War of shadows OOC

[DeTess]

Oh, nice. I'll edit my post slightly to reflect the new information.

[sarlon]

Because apperently I get to bored to easily and like drawing maps....


Give me the weekend and you guys will get a full color world map of your world.

[sarlon]

ok trying this again.....we have your world map....if you have any questions let me know...

[DeTess]

Hmm, I think I spotted a thing... But that's for Casmir to figure out for now :P

[sarlon]

Just a heads up guys since I don't want you all rage quitting on this game...

This first fight that's coming up you are NOT meant to win. You won't be permanently dead but there is a specific purpose to my methods.

[Imladir]

That doesn't sound ominous at all...

And nice map by the way.

[sarlon]

Alright I chatted with some other dms on what I have planned on this unwinnable fight so to make it easier I'll be setting it up and showing the outcome. Your first reactions will be what happens after that post

[Imladir]

Well... At least we can only die once, a 1 in Hide won't change much :o

[DeTess]

Well... At least we can only die once, a 1 in Hide won't change much :o

Got a 20 in move silently though :P

And with a decent perception I might spot trouble before the hide roll becomes relevant.

[sarlon]

Well... At least we can only die once, a 1 in Hide won't change much :o

In the world of D&D....you only die once? BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[sarlon]

I don't do critical failures, but if you roll a 1 on any roll, no matter how high your modifier, you're gonna find out what kind of sense of humor I have :P

Check the newest post of IC for an example.

[DeTess]

I don't do critical failures, but if you roll a 1 on any roll, no matter how high your modifier, you're gonna find out what kind of sense of humor I have :P

And now imagine someone trying to spot me and rolling under that 12, just completely missing me walking down the hallway like that XD

edit: wow, this really isn't getting any better on the roll department -_-

[sarlon]

Maybe the rolls are being saved for later when it's important.

[DeTess]

Maybe the rolls are being saved for later when it's important.

My dice luck does tend to trend that way, so we'll see XD

[DeTess]

Just to point out: I did not get spotted :P

[sarlon]

guys, I don't know what's going on, I'm not getting emails saying the posts have been updated.

But since most of you are posting while I'm in bed (most of you are in Europe somewhere I think), expect most of my posts in the morning my time (at time of this posting its almost 7:30 pm my time).

[Imladir]

I'll have an answer up tomorrow, sorry, the last few days have been busy and I kinda forgot

[sarlon]

I've sent two of you private messages. Please make sure to read them....and one to respond.

[sarlon]

hey uh....detess.....I know you're good and all......but that typo in your last post made me giggle.....you're carrying Gods around in your backpack.....now THATS some faith :P

[DeTess]

You must be mistaken! Certainly I'd never make a mistake like that! And if I did, I certainly wouldn't edit it out to make it look like it was never there in the first place! XD

[sarlon]

and this post just made me laugh even harder.....Glad you decided to join my game :)

[sarlon]

She sighs, pulls out her tongs, then mutters. It's never easy. Why can't I just kill minotaurs and get paid for it? It's always got to be messy.

because.....DMs like messing around with their players! It will all make sense I promise!

[NotASpiderSwarm]

Oh, no worries, I'm into it.

Raidah, though, trains hard and prepares because she wants to do good honest hard work for a fair paycheck, and the world just keeps on not making that easy.

[sarlon]

*****IMPORTANT DM MESSAGE!!!**********

I know this is for OOC for the group, but I need to ask a clarifying question for something that will be coming up later...

A player has asked me in private what are some of the books. I'll answer that in general knowledge if you wish or privately. So my question is.....HOW many books are you taking? (as many will fit or just the more interesting ones....and what would you deem "interesting" besides the obvious journals.) Give me 3 different perception checks and I'll give you somethings that you deem "interesting". Keep in mind there are probably 1000 or more books in this room, some VERY skinny (like a dozen pages at most) and others that would put the unabridged copy of the Oxford English dictionary to shame.

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Second...

I normally do this for my players face to face....but a few of your interactions are going to let me TENTATIVELY try this...

I give all my players hero points....I'll explain in detail here in a moment. You start with 5, they can be lost, used, earned, but NOT traded (you can't give one to another player). They do not reset at every session, but often you can earn several in one session...now granted this is a play by post and will be testing how I award.

Now the Fun info...

• Earned: AMAZING RP, sometimes just an off-hand comment at the right time even if your character wouldn't say it personally....you as a player interjected it to make it fit
• Lost: NOT the same as using....this one comes up more often when playing face to face when a player argues the rules too much to my face after I've made a decision. Question my rules, I don't mind, make me rethink something....but let it go once I've made the final decision.
• Using: This is the simple and fun part....you can use this to reroll ANY roll, you know you botched something that makes you petrified? no problem....use a hero point and reroll....you can use as many as you want, but you HAVE to take the second roll no matter what. I've had a few players use all their points in a single roll because of it being botched would have been MAJORLY bad news.
• Something to note....you CAN go into the negative in points, this allows ME the DM to make you reroll a roll, and you have to take the second roll no matter the outcome.

[Imladir]

Oh you can answer here no problem, I just didn't think of this thread when I asked the question ^^

And I didn't imagine there were so many books. Alyndra would be torn between finding the books she considers the most interesting (to her), and those that are the most precious / rare / old, thus needing to be protected.

And damn, why do I only have Augury and not Divination, it would have made it so much easier :'(

So I'll give you my three perception rolls:

Perception - (1d20+11)[14]
Perception - (1d20+11)[20]
Perception - (1d20+11)[25]

Here are some Knowledge rolls that might be pertinent (though if you don't want then, don't use them of course :D)
Knowledge (Arcana) - (1d20+13)[25]
Knowledge (History) - (1d20+7)[14]
Knowledge (Religion) - (1d20+16)[21]

Could have gone better overall, hmpf.

And noted the the hero points.

[sarlon]

ok...I have to put it in....its an OLD inside joke from my group.....but likes to pop up....there is an EPIC level barbarian novel (its 3 pages long......that's a novel to an orc barbarian).....

its entitled "a barbarians advice to a rogue from 30 feet away"

page 1: Grab it and Run!

Page 2: poke it with a stick!

Page 3: Pull the lever! (blood splotch on this page)

[NotASpiderSwarm]

Raidah is only looking for the journals. If there’s anything else mixed in with them, she’s not concerned about accidentally grabbing it, and if she sees something like a spell book or “Almira’s Secrets of Creating a Universe” she’ll pick it up, but the journals are the only goal.

As for how many she’s taking? I have 70 lbs of carrying capacity before I hit a heavy load. Raidah wants every journal.
Perception:
(1d20+8)[27]
(1d20+8)[13]
(1d20+8)[10]

[sarlon]

Hey guys no one's posted in a while.....anyone still alive?

[Imladir]

Damn sorry, I read the last message at a time where I couldn't answer and forgot about it. I was waiting for a mail...

I'm posting right now.

[DeTess]

Yeah, I'm still here. I was waiting for someone to post after my last post, and then no one did and I started not checking the thread as often, sorry.