OOC Discussion

The paladin has no objection to this change.

(I’m pretty much fine with anything that isn’t 3rd or 4th rank, which I don’t think anyone would suggest, given that it’s kind of a complete waste to put a high-damage reasonably-survivable fighter-type in the ‘protect the soft targets’ area.)

Take four:

Miska (Cleric) | Hengist (Fighter)
Aria (Bladedancer) | Kerrick (Paladin)
Gwydion (Elven Enchanter)*
Kaul (Thief)* and wardog | Masov (Bard) *
Dagmar (henchman) | Andrew (witch)

Hey, can we curse on this forum?

That’s a stronger front, but a weak rearguard if someone comes up behind us. I’d swap ranks four and five entirely if Kaul is willing, but at the least switch Masov and Andrew.

having only 4 hp i dont like my chances in close combat. but i offer my dog to take the rearguard.

Sure. I’m just imagining Lamech feels the same way about his 4 hp healer, and I’m guessing 4’s the upper bound on my henchwoman’s starting hits.

Something like this?

Miska (Cleric) | Hengist (Fighter)
Aria (Bladedancer) | Kerrick (Paladin)
Gwydion (Elven Enchanter) | Andrew (Witch)
Kaul (Thief) | Dagmar (henchman)
Wardog | Masov (Bard)

toatally agree about keeping Andrew out of danger, but Dagmar could use more armor than me. i give my 12 gp for an armour upgrade for dagmar.

Having trouble getting images set up for posting (arrived home to my internet connection being down, meaning I’m still stuck using my phone), which is holding up me getting my last few posts up. Hope to get it sorted later today. Regardless, the first IC post is up, laying out some initial rumors for the group. I’m looking for a decision on where the group wants to head…

So, a question of posting methods - if, in the IC discussion, I want to roll for Loremastery or History, for example, Orleans:

  • Should I do the roll?
  • If I do, and fail, I’ll indicate my character’s dismay at not knowing anything as appropriate…
  • If I succeed, I can just trail off and you can feed info as you want?

Let me know.

You can let me know with an OOC comment or PM that you’d like to know if your particular Proficiency provides any more info, and I’ll roll. This won’t take any more posts, and will retain the hidden information of whether there is nothing you know, or nothing to be known.

Oh, and in case it wasn’t clear, I’ll take care of this one now.

I can dig it. I’ll do it as a PM as to achieve the most hidden of hides.

Collecting adventuring votes.

Voted to kill goblins (or at least, seemed most interested in killing goblins):
Miska, Kaul, Hengist

Seemed most interested in Orleans:
Aria, Kerrick, Masov

Not yet expressed an opinion:
Andrew, Gwydion

Thanks for posting this… I’ll give the remaining two until the end of today to reply, then we’ll see if we can hash out a majority opinion amongst those who’ve replied.

My internet connection is back up and running, which makes my life easier. I’ll be posting some more info now, including an initial map (see the map thread, here).

A question came up about posting frequency, and I’ll just point out that I mentioned 1 per day in the recruitment thread. It’s not a hard and fast rule, as I know life happens, but it’s definitely the goal. On significant decisions (such as the current question of where to go) I’ll try to give 24 hours (I’m willing to wait longer for what I deem really important decisions), but I’m then going to try and move things along, by majority rules if necessary. Otherwise, a PbP game tends to get bogged down.

If you want your Character to do something, try to frame it in an active voice, as opposed to a passive, in-character dialogue (or, ideally, both), for example: I’ll ask around the festival about… as opposed to just: “I’d be curious how long it’s been…” so there’s no confusion about what you’re actually doing.

thirdkingdom has also taken to adding a header to his/her in-character posts, labelling them with a Character name. This is extremely handy for everyone reading the in-character thread, including me, so we don’t all have to translate your username into your Character’s name every time we read one of your posts. On other sites I’ve handled this with colours for in-character dialogue, but I don’t believe that’s currently possible here, so Character-name headers are probably the best bet.

If there’s no bar on mingling starting funds I’ll take you up on that, thank you. Spending some more myself, I show Dagmar in chain, AC 4, carrying a spear, and now a sling as well. Better armor will still be a priority for Hengist and Dagmar both if we live to see a treasure haul.

Bobloblah, shall I track Dagmar in the character thread or do you want her behind the scenes?

il give you 10 gp
to keep some silver for expenses