[DnD] D&D Discussion & Enlistment (Save Ends)

Well, wvlfpvp's still up. Maybe he can wipe the minions out with his at-will. Let's see how his turn goes first.

In any case, Cal's unable to communicate in Deep Speech. Puyet could conceivably attempt to intimidate. I guess pantomime is not an option since marauder's hostile.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Agh, torrents. I'll have to wait until i go home in a few weeks.

Also, even if there is a gold ring around your character, Glenn didn't see Cal shift - as far as Glenn knows, Cal is swimming with the fishes. As things stand right now, if GFZ were to for some inexplicable reason finish the battle, Glenn would logically move right on to attacking the Calfish. Just saying - if you don't want to get killed by your teammates, don't turn into an enemy or we may be forced to slaughter you strictly for RP reasons.

How ya doing, buddy?

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As for the books, Deni, Pang and I can probably hook you up with whatever you might want (strictly speaking you can probably make do with just DMG1 and DMG2). There's DM Essentials material too, though I don't have Essentials stuff yet.

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Glenn's undoubtedly seen the Calfish stick it to the Monitor. And he's about to stick it to the Marauder (or the minions if GFZ misses them or otherwise forgets to take his turn). Surely that'd give him a pass?

I was speaking idiomatically.

I think the best idea for guild party selection is a two-consecutive-adventure maximum, have everyone interested in the next adventure say so and which character they'd like to put in to it and then pick at random from that field. Have the guild run by some mentalist type who makes weird decisions or something.

I already gave up on the Minotaur bard idea, we've had too many bards recently by far. I made up a Minotaur barbarian instead who's designed to kill entire groups of minions in one long succession of charge attacks before chopping up their boss with a big axe (A combination of things that make charges more effective, the power that lets you immediately charge when you reduce an enemy to 0hp, a few attacks that knock bad guys prone and a Greataxe that fucks up prone opponents). I plan on playing the character entirely as a pacifist mind you.

And the name? Beefi Kertanz of course.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Battle's winding down, so I guess we'll have packrat parachute right in.

Cal will be retired once (if?) we reach our destination. He has a hard time letting things go, and will probably travel the world with body parts of Garr and Denny, looking for someone who can raise the dead. Because of this, I'd like to call dibs only on the following minor inventory items that Garr was lugging about:

- Rotten Doggy Balls Augmenting Whetstone
- Fuck You 1000 molotov cocktails
- Stonemeal Biscuit
- Horn
- False Scroll Tube

The rest, you fellas might find a use for (e.g. Glenn can use the gloves, Puyet the bandolier, GFZ the belt).

FELIPE NO

God damn the boat might have some issues to attend to before you start looting your dead friends. Shit.

Plus I'm probably just going to have a wave toss the boat and throw Garrmondo into the sea, where he will be revived by the talented clerics of the merfolk only to discover he was secretly the shapeshifted lord of the merfolk all along and he lives happily ever after! JUST TO SCREW WITH YOU

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

So like, what kind of skill does (attempting to) "give a rousing speech" (the Do Not Go Gentle trope) require? Diplomacy? Bluff? Plain charisma?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

One of the points of a skill challenge, Zerg, is that you have to use your common sense to determine which skills would be best applied — granting bonuses for good rationales, penalties for shitty ones. If I were to answer questions regarding which skill should I use for X this would tend to defeat the purpose.

This is the bit where I open up the PHB to Chapter 5, slide it across the table at you, and smirk.

I will say that ability checks are off the table since by definition they are not skills.

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So, couple of changes to announce.

First, with the Privateer FP we've officially added personal firearms to the campaign. When in a major port city, the items on the following chart are available as any other weapon.



The stinger is a small, cheap pistol, essentially a black powder Saturday Night Special. The privateer is a reliable midrange pistol, less prone to dangerous misfires than most. The dragon is the most powerful handgun in the world, and will blow your head clean off. The gorgon, harpy, and medusa are effectively a rifle, grenade launcher, and shotgun respectively. All firearms share two mechanics; reload only on a 5 or 6 on a d6, and a risk of misfire. Misfire only comes into play if you roll a natural one while firing, so there's no need to explain that in detail right away.

You can't BUY magic versions of these weapons, but you might find one. Also I should mention that these are all Exotic.

Second, I'm dropping the whole Achievements business. I've realized that I've missed a few occasions where some of you should have earned one, and the amount of stat tracking necessary for others... well. Plus, they're not really interesting. INSTEAD: Drama Cards!

If you do something awesome or achieve some personal milestone for your character or just make me laugh, you may get a Drama Card. Each card has a unique one-time ability that you can cash in at will. Some of them are just small bonuses, others straight-up allow you to seize narrative control of a scene. There are four tiers of these; I'm just straight-up rolling on a table so you're just as likely to get a Copper card as a Platinum. But even the Coppers can be worth saving for a rainy day.

I say "you" get them, but earned Drama Cards are actually the property of the entire active group; therefore no one will take unused cards to their grave. Whoever actually earned it maintains veto control over its use, however (so long as they remain in the active party).

Zephyrin, this is yours.



Third, packrat's not ready to play as it turns out so I'm movin' on down the list. News as it transpires.

Edit: and Soluzar's not been around in a week, so maybe get comfortable as a foursome for a few days while I hash this out

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Thinking about getting an actual drill sergeant hat for my character. =x

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Do these weapons have ammo requirements like every other ranged weapon, or is that offset by the reload roll?

I was speaking idiomatically.

You know what, tracking ammo is annoying anyway. Let's Not Do That Anymore.

Everyone has effectively infinite *MUNDANE* ammo for their ranged weapons forever. You're welcome.

Just in time for Cal to retire soon ugh editing world's messiest inventory after every single attack

(I say "effectively" because if i say literally infinite ammo then some of you will just stand outside the enemy fort pelting arrows through the windows for weeks on end.)

The reload roll just offsets the kinda ridiculous damage on these things.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I'd uhhh...

y'know

Keep track of special ammo, at least. "Effectively infinite mundane" is all fine and good but I can think of about half a dozen ways to really make you with infinite enchanted ammo of various kinds.

FELIPE NO

Just gonna chime in here to signify my interest to be entered into the super random fun party pool of potential players or whatever it's called. I saw that my name was on there with a question mark so I figured I never actually came out and said I would like to contend for a spot.


Carry on.

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Originally Posted by Agent Di Gun Him

Keep track of special ammo, at least.

Well yeah, that's worth the trouble since it actually costs more than 1 GP to fill a quiver with that shit.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Enchanted ammo costs money. Pretty sure that'll be tracked to avoid an infinite get-rich-quick scheme.

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I believe Freeport is the designated "Pirate Isle".

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Yeah Zeph, I'm not convinced there's a tavern on that boat.

Can you duel wield two pistols?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I don't see why not.

How ya doing, buddy?

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The entire ship lists somewhat to port

Does this mean we're not at a port?

And I have a map that must be somewhat older. On mine it's called "Velprintalar". Eh.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Pangalin

I don't see why not.

If you happened across a quickshot pistol, I take it you'd still need to roll, just not spend the minor to reload. Given the odds of a successfull reload and that you'd need to be stationery to reload both and fire in a turn, I suspect dual wielding pistols would be less fun than I first imagined it.

Still, might be worth a shot for anyone wanting to play a comedy gunslinger.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Lists to port. I think Pang meant it slants left facing forward, Zeph

FELIPE NO

Fucking boats.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

In my original encounter design the kraken was wielding a shotgun in each tentacle, but after some review this was determined to be a little too harsh what with Zerg's apparent expectation that he will be allowed to survive and all.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

If Gra-fa-zut can attack the tentacle grabbing him, can Glenn also attack it?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I guess that makes sense, sure. Just treat the tentacle as though it's occupying every space adjacent to someone being held.

(You can't flank the kraken via tentacle, though)

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.