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Post by edtosivaree on Jan 22, 2016 23:07:42 GMT -6
I'm sorry SC XD Did I fuck up your plans?
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Post by SuperCommando on Jan 23, 2016 0:57:26 GMT -6
No...
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Ok maybe ever so slightly. XD
But not in a bad way. You actually made things much more interesting. And not in the way you're probably thinking.
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Post by LaxKnight on Jan 23, 2016 1:02:59 GMT -6
No... ... Ok maybe ever so slightly. XD But not in a bad way. You actually made things much more interesting. And not in the way you're probably thinking. Uh oh.  |
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Post by BetaWülf on Jan 24, 2016 9:33:02 GMT -6
SuperCommando, can Alder make a saving throw to try and break free from the calming spell's influence?
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Post by SuperCommando on Jan 24, 2016 10:27:32 GMT -6
Sorry Beta, that's a negative. You already had your chance to make a save when the spell was cast.
The effect only lasts three minutes however, and they've been talking for a while so I'd say at this point it's just about up. In fact I think I'll have it wear off in my next update.
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Post by Faclan on Jan 24, 2016 21:45:41 GMT -6
Sawry BetaW D:
Alder can smash things shortly ^.^
And was thinking about a post for tonight but I think I'll just wait for an update.
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Post by edtosivaree on Jan 25, 2016 4:32:57 GMT -6
You know SuperCommando ... I just now realized I accidentally edited your post XDD Read the one where you commented on my out of the box thinking |
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Post by Seraph on Jan 25, 2016 8:14:31 GMT -6
That would be why the post made no sense. >.>
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Post by SuperCommando on Jan 25, 2016 8:18:52 GMT -6
I saw that the day you wrote it, actually. I just thought you did that on purpose for whatever reason. Must have accidentally missed the "quote" icon, huh?
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Post by edtosivaree on Jan 25, 2016 15:07:59 GMT -6
I saw that the day you wrote it, actually. I just thought you did that on purpose for whatever reason. Must have accidentally missed the "quote" icon, huh? Story of my life. Every time I have quoted someone, I have hit the Edit button. I usually catch myself, but you must have slipped by XD |
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Post by SuperCommando on Jan 25, 2016 21:30:08 GMT -6
Chapter 1 "map"/position diagram thingy updated. *sigh* I really do apologize again for the lack of professionalism that went into the creation of this visual aid... Anyway, players and Doran & sons are blue dots. Crushing Wave guys are purple. Seraph , is that an accurate representation of your movement? |
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Post by Seraph on Jan 25, 2016 22:01:26 GMT -6
 Yes. |
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Post by Seraph on Jan 26, 2016 8:54:50 GMT -6
((Double Posting YAAAAAAAAY)) Well, seeing as things have gone on for a bit now I am going to pose a question to you guys. Even though we know so little information we have at least one character that knows something crucial to justify them, Fade's character Theron, taking action. Do you guys want to trigger this encounter? I personally have no problem letting things play out or clock this guy in front of me for a Surprise Round (If I recall the rules correctly). What do you guys want to do? EDIT: Oh by the way for those of you who read the Chapter 2 DM post I posted, the language was the Elder Scrolls dragon language. I will leave a link for the translator here. www.thuum.org/translate.php |
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Post by edtosivaree on Jan 26, 2016 10:36:45 GMT -6
I thought SC was the DM O.O Not that I am complaining or anything
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Post by Seraph on Jan 26, 2016 13:22:10 GMT -6
He wanted to introduce me to introduce Kardesh. It was just for this post.
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Post by edtosivaree on Jan 26, 2016 14:18:02 GMT -6
Ah, alright fair enough
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Post by SuperCommando on Jan 26, 2016 14:27:52 GMT -6
Yeah, similar to how I gave some basic info to Lax and let him start up Chapter 2. I like delegating stuff out to players every once in a while. You're more involved that way.
Plus in this specific case I felt like it would have been weird to post my stuff and then tell you guys to wait for Seraph to post next. That's clunky and would ruin the surprise of "hey, there's a new player involved all of a sudden". So it made sense to combine the posts and have one of us put it all up at once.
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Post by edtosivaree on Jan 26, 2016 14:32:24 GMT -6
Wasn't complaining, was just curious  |
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Post by SuperCommando on Jan 26, 2016 15:07:58 GMT -6
It's fine. A little clarification never hurt anyone. Anyway nice segway, because heads up everyone, I've got a little more of that clarification stuff heading your way. I want to touch base on skills and how to record skill modifiers on your character sheets. First off nobody's in trouble or anything so don't feel like I'm cracking down on you guys. Just want to get everyone on the same page. As I've been rolling skill checks thus far I've come across some inconsistencies, so hopefully this should clear things up. So here I've got BetaWülf 's character sheet as an example because it's got what you should do and (maybe) what you shouldn't do. Hope you don't mind me putting you on the spot, Beta.  Anyway, the point of the character sheet isn't just so that you the player have a place to put all your info, it's also an important DM tool because I'll be checking it for certain stats in certain situations. Thus it's important to fill everything out as efficiently as possible so it makes less work for me. How you guys put down your skills might make sense in your own head, but for the sake of my sanity let's all do things the same way. The objective: Let's have the box next to each skill contain the total bonus you get for that specific skill, that way I don't have to go hunting across your sheet and add up different things each time. Our example above illustrates this with Alder's Athletics skill. It's got the +3 from having a high Strength score, and the +2 proficiency bonus representing training in that skill, for a total of +5. Note, if you have no proficiency in a skill and nothing from your background/race/class affecting it, then the number you put in the box is just your unaltered ability mod. (Such as Alder's Acrobatics or Slight-of-hand skills). Something that stands out to me however is how his Stealth skill got to be so high even though Alder does not have stellar Dexterity and I could find nothing on his sheet that explains such a huge boost. This is a good example why you should A) include every little rule and mechanic your character has on the sheet somewhere, and B) briefly explain what it does. It does me (and by extension yourself) no good to put "Alertness" down as a feat if I have no idea what Alertness is. Yes I could always look it up, but again the point of having the sheet is to be a quick reference so we don't have to look things up. (Spells are another story. For that just a list on your sheet is fine, just summarize what the effect is in your IC post when you cast it, like Faclan did when he used Calm Emotions.) I think that's all for now. This may apply to some of you more than others, or maybe some not at all. But please double check your sheets just in case. |
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Post by BetaWülf on Jan 26, 2016 16:44:38 GMT -6
Sorry about that SuperCommando. The Stealth being so high comes from his racial traits, as Bugbears are masterful when it comes to ambushing and other such stealthy endeavors. They are proficient in Stealth and get +6, added to my Dex mod and Proficiency bonus and we've got my +9. I added the Stealth bonus to the Features and Traits section. |
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Post by SuperCommando on Jan 27, 2016 10:59:45 GMT -6
No worries Beta. It's not you specifically I wanted to address, your sheet just made a good example. I've already mentioned to Fac and Lax in OOC segments of the RP thread that I've noticed inconsistencies with their skills too, so that's why I wanted to make an announcement about it just to have everyone double check their skills. Moving on... CHAPTER 2 – Seraph , LaxKnight , edtosivaree Meri's skill checks depends on how closely Nivara approaches, so I'll leave that up to Edto to determine in his next post. Let's imagine a tennis court for the sake of comparison. If you're standing on one end of the court, the opposite end is (roughly) how far away you can semi-clearly identify stuff. Anything close to the opposite end starts to become blurred and shadowed. So if Edto determines you two approach within the length of a tennis court, we'll say you can see Kardesh and Elloai and tell they are dragonborn without a check. If Edto determines you're farther out than that, I'll roll perception checks for you both. CHAPTER 1 – BetaWülf , Faclan , Seraph , Zenith , Remnant , Huka I know Seraph only posted the following yesterday, but we've had a lot of OOC stuff going on since then that might have buried his post. So I'm just going to bump it here so that those of you in Chapter 1 can decide among yourselves if you want to start combat or not. Well, seeing as things have gone on for a bit now I am going to pose a question to you guys. Even though we know so little information we have at least one character that knows something crucial to justify them, Fade's character Theron, taking action. Do you guys want to trigger this encounter? I personally have no problem letting things play out or clock this guy in front of me for a Surprise Round (If I recall the rules correctly). What do you guys want to do? |
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Post by Zenith on Jan 27, 2016 11:29:12 GMT -6
I'd be down for combat if it comes down to it. However considering the situation we have to think of the risk vs. reward here. If we do go in for the "teamfight" so to speak you can count me in however. I also have a plan if we went a more peaceful route with things so either way it works for me. Just let's be careful in how we set this up.
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Post by edtosivaree on Jan 27, 2016 14:12:28 GMT -6
CHAPTER 2 – Seraph , LaxKnight , edtosivaree Meri's skill checks depends on how closely Nivara approaches, so I'll leave that up to Edto to determine in his next post. Let's imagine a tennis court for the sake of comparison. If you're standing on one end of the court, the opposite end is (roughly) how far away you can semi-clearly identify stuff. Anything close to the opposite end starts to become blurred and shadowed. So if Edto determines you two approach within the length of a tennis court, we'll say you can see Kardesh and Elloai and tell they are dragonborn without a check. If Edto determines you're farther out than that, I'll roll perception checks for you both. Would I be able to make the same observation? Or is my perception to low? |
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Post by SuperCommando on Jan 27, 2016 17:27:21 GMT -6
You can make the same observation. In my tennis court analogy I didn't mean "you" as in Meri specifically. It was more of general "you". So it applies to you both.
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Post by BetaWülf on Jan 27, 2016 17:27:58 GMT -6
Yes, I'm certainly ready to start killing people.  |
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Post by Remnant on Jan 27, 2016 18:00:35 GMT -6
Wait, if we're going to do combat, can I do an intimidation check on shirtless guy?
Theron can try to get him to back off. Or, at least, redirect his attention from Hawthorne to himself. Theron would have plenty reason, since he heard their lil' conversation and can justify his actions by revealing what that scheming prick said.
Whether it fails or works results in violence either way. If he backs down, surely his company will scold him for it and attack without his cowardice stopping them. And if he doesn't back down, clearly violence will also be started. xD
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Post by edtosivaree on Jan 27, 2016 19:17:09 GMT -6
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Post by Seraph on Jan 27, 2016 19:42:09 GMT -6
Well Remnant that's why mentioned Theron before in the case that either I, he, or someone else could get in some action beofre we get things kicked off so we're all on the same page. If you wanna do your action first before initiative is rolled then go ahead if majority doesn't object. And the reason I thought I would use the Thuum.org translator for the ES Dragon language edtosivaree it was easier for me because I believe it has a direct character conversion for every letter in the alphabet much like the example table in the PHB. Something I don't think the Twilight Draconic ranslator doesn't have, although I tend to use both equally. Maybe you could sonider it a difference in dialects between our characters seeing as we come from different planes of reality. Or we could just put special symbols around our dialogue and say we're speaking Draconic for example. "~Look at my text, this is clearly another language not spoken by uncivilized hominid trash."~ |
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Post by edtosivaree on Jan 27, 2016 19:50:56 GMT -6
That is why I mentioned dialect. I wasn't discrediting it, but I'm using twilight
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Post by Faclan on Jan 28, 2016 6:14:37 GMT -6
I think I have my checks all corrected now SuperCommando, sorry for the confusion earlier |
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