The great big OOC thread

[itches]

Well i was going to wait untill the others post. that way it wont become a someone, me , someone, me, habit of posting.

[Maeko]

Will post later today...Sorry.

[Gralhruk]

No need to apologize, I understand that everybody has a real life :). It's just that all of my PBP games have been moving really slowly lately. I'm in four games over on the 3ebb and all four of my DM's (well, all three of them - 2 games are run by Second Talon) are spending much of their time playing Neverwinter Nights.

[Cadrius]

I will freely admit that I'm feeling a bit of summer lethargy when it comes to posting. The air is so warm, the water so cool, and the girls so beautiful that I have difficulties persuading myself to post. Fortunately I also work so I have free time then.

Plus after that one I definitely needed to mull it over and I'm still not entirely done yet.

So allow me to apologize in advance. If you don't hear from me for a few days it's likely due to me going off to the beach, chasing girls, or the various other things us college guys do.

But rest assured I will post shortly.

[Gralhruk]

No pressure. Enjoy the beach and the women, but don't work too hard :).

[itches]

We have Gnolls people!!!

Don’t listen to Gralhruk. I expect you to post regularly!!! If you don’t I will call your hurtful names ;)

Just kidding has fun over there in your summer. I'll try and survive winter down here.

[Gralhruk]

Call him names . . . or attack him with Gnolls, eh?

Anyway, excellent round of posts all. I particularly liked Maeko's story.

[Cadrius]

As did I, it was a very interesting bit. The best part about it is that it was totally within her head. Anything like that is a bonus to the reader and for some reason I find that aesthetically pleasing.

[Gralhruk]

The plot thickens. Cadrius guessed wrong, it wasn't Skerf that cut her - as it happens I didn't even know he existed until I started writing that post. It was Ricard, her one time lover and partner in crime. Alas, the full story will need to wait for a more appropriate moment http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server-smilies/otn/tongue/crazy3.gif.

At any rate, what does the current battlefield look like? I assume that we are arranged as follows:

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Itches, you want to pencil in the Gnolls?

[Maeko]

Thanks for the compliments, I am embarassed ! :∙
In fact the "Sutra" bit it's a Chinese Buddhist tale, I just adapted it slightly...

[itches]

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Assume that they are all just normal Gnolls, no extra classes. Basic battle plan being 3 and 4 will hold off C&S while 1 &2 take out the two "helpless" people of our group, M and I

That is unless anyone wants to do something special, in which case go right ahead ( like i could stop you)

[itches]

I thought i would just take this opertunity to express how much i enjoy this game. I really think that playing here, has honed my writing skills to where i want them to be. You may notice, but a lot of Itches's posts i try to work on the Verbel side of it. Always a week point in my writing, i think i am starting to show some imporvemt. either that or the 4 shots of whisky has mucked my vision up. Probobly both.

Well have fun and all. And please dont let Itches dies. Think of poor Lily

:worry:

[Gralhruk]

Itches: I thought your last post was excellent.

To make the combat a little more organized, I took the liberty of rolling initiative (okay, it's computer generated using Irony's dice server). Taking into account the initiative modifiers on your character sheets, here is the order:

26 - Maeko
19 - Cadrius
18 - Shade, Gnoll 1
17 - Gnoll 2
13 - Itches
10 - Gnoll 3
7 - Gnoll 4

Of course, feel free to ignore me if you'd rather just post at will.

[Cadrius]

Judging by how fast Maeko is moving she's likely risking breaking the speed of sound and we'll ALL be killed by the ensuing sonic boom.

Then again the big lug in armor is moving on a 19, what's up with that?

[Gralhruk]

Maeko rolled a 20, Cadrius a 15 (he does have improved initiative). Incidentally, the gnolls all have +0 init. I suppose I ought to start carrying a D20 around with me: computer generated random numbers aren't always terribly random. As I said, feel free to ignore it if you want to post.

I have a thing about getting a good initiative roll; almost all of my characters will take improved initiative at some point, almost all of them have a decent dexterity. It's really annoying when the tank beats my lightning fast rogue.
http://www.uniquehardware.co.uk/server-smilies/ups/unknown/lsvader.gif

[itches]

All right!!!

The two Gnolls that will try and kill poor little Itches get to go before him. I'm so dead.

Save my, and thereby save yourselves. For you see I am in fact the god of toenails. Yes that’s right toenails.

Speaking of toenails I just noticed that there is virtually no magic in this game. I personally think that allows for the best role-playing. Still we have not 1 magical weapon. Personally if we did at sure point introduce magical items - I’m assuming we will eventually, it would really allows us to make each item special, with its own story and such. But I’m rambling here so I’m off to do a spell check.


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16 spelling mistakes


Edit : i like the inititve, and will wait to post.


:nod:

[Cadrius]

Gral, I know what you mean. I prefer speedier characters as well, with the exception of course for the typical dumb oaf.

Itches I have noticed an improvement in your writing. I really think all you needed was to proof-read your work a little more and look what happens. Hell, I could certainly stand to proof-read my own stuff more.

[itches]

proof-read?

thats an interesting concept. I might have to try that one out one day :)

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26 - Maeko
19 - Cadrius <~~~~~
18 - Shade, Gnoll 1
17 - Gnoll 2
13 - Itches
10 - Gnoll 3
7 - Gnoll 4

[Gralhruk]

Cadrius, you said you were attacking the first two gnolls, but also said that Maeko didn't look like she needed any help. That sounds like you are having Cadrius attack G3 & G4; let me know if I misread you. Also, I should think that both G3 & G4 were within 20' of him, so he should have had time to make a single attack on one of them.

From Maeko's description, I'd say she readied an action to attack G1 or G2 so I think Maeko should describe G1's move since he goes after Shade in the initiative count.

Anyway, I'm off to post.

[Cadrius]

Yep you read me right, but it's a move-equivalent action to draw your sword, plus the 20' move over there. If only he was hasted...

[Gralhruk]

Ah, well lucky for you their is a little known rule about drawing a weapon: so long as you have a BAB of +1 or better you can draw your weapon while you move. So you do get an attack :)

[Cadrius]

Are you serious? I've never heard of that one. Wow. I'll get on that and do me a favor and get me the page number on that one if you remember it.

[Gralhruk]

I don't have the page number but I assume it is under the combat section, where they describe the "Draw a Weapon" move equivilent action. Here is a quote from the SRD:

Draw a weapon [Move Equivalent][AoO: No]

Description: If a combatant has a base attack bonus of +1 or higher, a combatant can combine one of these actions with a regular move. If a combatant has the Two-Weapon Fighting feat, a combatant can draw two light or one-handed weapons in the time it would normally take a combatant to draw one.

[itches]

Okay its my turn to post.

But before i do, i want to know, who is going to do the Gnoll's actions?

[Gralhruk]

Well, pretty much anybody who feels like it. I think it's easiest if you control the gnolls you are in combat with, but I don't really care if somebody else does it either.

[itches]

Now did Cadirus get to make an attack or not? after this i can finaly post my ... hanging in a net :s

[Cadrius]

Yep, he did, I edited it. Unfortunately I missed by two so all he got was a lovely clanging sound as the bastard sword met the large steel shield.

[itches]

i was Just wondering, how is everyones HP standing? i Know Itches is doing fine, haveing taken No damage.

[Gralhruk]

I think Shade has 24 or so after your gnoll slashed her. I updated her stats in the 'Cast' thread so you can check it there if you like.

So, who's next: Cadrius or Maeko? I think Maeko drops back in the initiative order because of that readied action but I'm not sure.

Also, does it bug anybody else that they can't see when Cadrius is on-line? I'm reduced to checking for his handle over at the 3ebb :).

[Cadrius]

Really? You guys can't see when I'm online? Weird...

Yeah the poor fallen paladin is now at 10 hp as of that last hit.

[Gralhruk]

There is an option in your profile to make you invisible when you are online; you must have it selected.

[Cadrius]

Hmm, possibly. Maybe I like my ability to sweep in out of nowhere, post, and be gone before anyone is the wiser.

Nah, maybe not. I'll have to look into it.

[Gralhruk]

Hey! I can see you now. My life is complete :).

[Cadrius]

Hey, I'm just glad I could add that final touch so that your life is now complete.

So who's next in initiative? Maeko?

[Gralhruk]

It's either Cadrius or Maeko. I think that Maeko might have dropped back in the order behind Cadrius if she waited for the gnoll to attack. I don't know for sure though.

[Maeko]

I was just checking the board before going to sleep, so, please, don't let me hold you back. Feel free to post, Cadrius :) .

[Cadrius]

This is what gives our game that gritty feeling. No cleric to go "Poof! All better!"

I rather like it. Even if it will take Cadrius a week to heal.

[Maeko]

I've a few potions, just in case ;)

[itches]

As do I. By a few I mean 2.


I am The Lizard Queen!!

[Gralhruk]

Well, I hit with both attacks. With Cadrius flanking, that makes for 6d6+4 damage to the gnoll: forgive me for not rolling and just assuming it died :).

[Cadrius]

Hmm, Cadrius seems to be poor ass broke. Stupid original rule about half starting gold for a 2nd level character...

[itches]

Ah good thing you made freinds with the aristrocrat then. 'Cause you know what aristrocrats have. Yes Money :fun:


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Cadrius
Shade
Maeko
Gnoll 2
Itches

Rough estimate of positioning and order of actions. I'm probobly wrong as it is late, and i'm tired, but still , i get an E for Effort

[Cadrius]

So Itches I assume you'll be taking care of Gnoll 2 again?

Poor Cadrius, the boy is going to be covered in scars. Good thing they build character.

[itches]

Well i will, if your willing to wait untill i cut my way out of the net. I worked it out to take me another full round to get out. I had planned to actual fight in this combat, but you people just killed them so quick. :dead:

Edit: there we go, I at least gave it ago. Now i need to find that dagger again.

[Gralhruk]

I haven't DMed 3e so I don't know much about calculating CR's. Anybody have a clue what an appropriate challenge would be for our group?

On a side note, I'm impressed that Itches managed to free himself and launch a coherent attack without harming himself or his allies. Of course, he didn't harm the enemies either but a hero has to start somewhere :).

Looking at your initiative order, I see that our three combat veterans get to act before the remaining gnoll. I'm going to take a wild guess and say he isn't going to live long enough to attack.


As for being poor, I wouldn't worry too much about it. Once we get to town, Shade can probably find some stuff that isn't nailed down. Won't that thrill our ex-paladin?
:evil:

[itches]

On a side note, I'm impressed that Itches managed to free himself and launch a coherent attack without harming himself or his allies. Of course, he didn't harm the enemies either but a hero has to start somewhere

Oh yeah!! And what a fine throw it was too. Such grace, Such speed, Such a clang as it bounced off the sheild.

[Gralhruk]

Even the longest journey begins with a single step . . .

Or, to put it more bluntly:

You suck now but maybe someday, with hard work and practice, you'll be gutting gnolls like your bloodthirsty companions. Although I'm not entirely sure if that is behavior you should be aspiring to.

[itches]

Yes that was something i tryed (badly) to get across before. The main battle itches will face while out here, will be to not turn into a bloodthirsty killer. It is the innocent itches that Lily is in love with, and she is the reason he is out here. It would defeat the purpose if, in order to survive, he turns into someone that she cant love.

Or at least i think

[Gralhruk]

Once again, I say sneak attack rules (and thank god for flanking!). An unmodified 18 on my attack roll and 3d6+2 damage finished him nicely.

[itches]

I'm noticing a pattern here in our fights.

Maeko throws herself into combat against multiple opponents, and manages to do quite good for herself.

Itches, does something totally useless, and manages to survive unscathed.

The Cadirus and Shade team set about systematically eliminating the enemies, one person at a time.

[Gralhruk]

You neglected to mention that Cadrius seems to take the brunt of the damage. Of course, in a non-flanking situation where our enemies actually get in a few attacks I think Shade will start absorbing her fair share.

Maeko is a little dynamo - around 5'1", 100 pounds and a 15 strength. Butt kicking for goodness!

[itches]

I was looking over our characters, and guess what i noticed. We have two part members who have no armour. Unfortunatle one of them is Itches.


he he he he . . . oh gods :tsk:

[Gralhruk]

If only he could cast spells we'd be all set.

Anyway, we're out of combat so post at will.

[Maeko]

Done, hope you like it.

BTW about armor, the heavier armour any of my characters ever had was chain shirt, I prefer to travel light....

...If its right for hunting orcs, it should go for gnolls too ;)

[Gralhruk]

Indeed, I do like it. Very nice hooks for Cadrius, I am curious to see how he responds.

[Maeko]

Yes, I'm curious too.

Of course now he'll be busy for a couple of days, with no time for answering ;)

[Gralhruk]

Hopefully it will be sooner than a couple of days :).

So, just out of curiousity where did your character concepts come from?

I had wanted to play a Shadowdancer ever since I read the description in the DMG, so I always had that idea in the back of my head. Then one day I heard "Rhiannon" by Fleetwood Mac on the radio and the line "She is like a cat in the dark and then she is the darkness" just set a light bulb off in my head.

I asked myself who "she" was, and Shade was born.

[Maeko]

Interesting!

Well, I started from the name, Maeko is a Shugenja I'm playing in 'Oriental Adventures', the game that got me here, I wanted a character to fit the Japanese name.

Add that I'm a sinologist with a fondness for martial arts and I have been wanting to try out the monk for a long time....

As for her attitude it comes part from 'Kung fu' (the old TV series with David Carradine? I don't know if the original title was that)
and part from 'The Initiate Brother' trilogy by Sean Russel, a very good, very realistic Asian fantasy in my opinion.

[Gralhruk]

Cool. Names are normally very important to me when I create characters, and sometimes I start there too. I think the right name really gives them more depth.

And yes, the title was 'Kung Fu'. The 'Oriental Adventures' game you are speaking of, that isn't Cadogan's Lands of Dyanasty is it? You must enjoy that game since he's attempting to make it historical. I'm looking forward to our characters meeting one another.

[Maeko]

In 'Lands of Dinasty' I'm Xiao Hu (little, or young, fox) and yes, I'm enjoing it a lot, although I hope we get to meet each other soon...

Sorry, the one with the shugenja is Oriental Realms, not Oriental Adventures, it is DMed by Walter Willis (it's the last game on the index board).

[Gralhruk]

And where did Itches come from?

[itches]

The name? That is from the 3rd Ed Board. The idea was that I would be Itches: Annoying As.

The character, well that is really a funny story. It is basically me. Only this guy is a better fighter.

Well that is only partially true. I was reading through the back-story in this game, and somewhere in there I starting coming up with the idea of this simple, and innocent fool. Who would yet remain non the less likeable. The idea was for over time, him to loose his innocence, and become hardened. Before this, it would be a good way to see what someone without guile makes of the D&D world.

The half-elf is because I gave him 2 feats, realised as a human he would need another one, so he became the hybrid he is today.

The rest is just me. :fun:

[Cadrius]

Cadrius came from...well...I'm not entirely certain. I was reading through the first couple of pages of the role posting thread when I realized I wanted to join. Well there were already a couple of goofball characters (Mega's and Cadogan's) and I wanted a serious one, somebody to bring balance to the mood.

I've never played a fallen paladin before and I suddenly had a concept of a man who consciously seeks the appropriate death but subconsciously seeks redemption for what he's done. At the time I wasn't aware I would create some sort of melodrama involving him slaying his brother and his beloved.

And while it is a good call that I tend to disappear on weekends (especially with my 21st birthday being Saturday), I'll be around to post tonight and tomorrow morning.

[Cadrius]

Oh and if anyone gets frustrated with my writing style as of late, I apologize. I've been going back and forth between what sort of third person present style of writing I'm interested in. I like the Cadrius-specific omniscient one, but sometimes I break away from that and go a little more broad. Ah well, I'll settle into something eventually.

Oops, he told a lie, guess he won't be getting back into the ranks any time soon.

[LonePaladin]

For those of you that read THIS thread first in your daily routine, I've officially joined this particular game. Forgive the artistic license in adding one more enemy, then systematically exterminating it. :paranoid:

And no, my character did NOT come in with a "Hi guys! I'm ! You can trust me, I'm a PC!" For that matter, he hasn't said [I]anything yet.

Yes, I know what I'm doing. ;)

If you really need to know, I can post a stat-block for him. He's a smidge over the 'starting gold' rule (I didn't get the right interpretation of it until I scanned this; why couldn't you have just said 450 gp?), but not with anything drastic or game-breaking.

[Maeko]

Welcome, Lone Paladin! :)

There is a 'Cast' thread. To see it you just have to choose the 'show thread from the beginning' option. All of our characters are posted there (it's useful, especially in combat, to have a full character sheet available).

That said, I hope you'll enjoy gaming with us.

[Maeko]

Originally posted by Cadrius
[BAnd while it is a good call that I tend to disappear on weekends (especially with my 21st birthday being Saturday). [/B]

Happy birthday Cadrius! :D

Oh, Gods...don't tell me I'm the veteran on the boards....

[itches]

Ah we have a new player!!!! <Pokes him>

Okay quickly some criticism. I had a look your character sheet, and you have neither food nor water. It might be a plot device on your behalf, if so never mind. Other wise, quickly, add it in before someone notices. ;)

Happy Birthday to you too Caddy.

As to Veteran, well that depends on what you mean by that. Age wise, your what? Twice my age ;) :yum: Post wise, Caddy holds that tittle. As for how long they have been playing? Well personally I have been playing D&D for about 2 years now. And I have been role-playing for about 4 months now.


One last note. Can someone please wake up the poor unconscious Nobel?

[Maeko]

Just age-wise...

I've been role-playing for 4 years and a few months (and married to the DM for three years ;) )
As to the board, I suscribed in March (member#91)

[itches]

Age wise well ... lets not talk about that. You do out rank me in playing experience, and I have discovered the first year of my D&D life, we didn’t exactly play normally. Way too much Meta gaming (mostly by yours truly). It was probably due to the fact that the whole bunch of us, starting playing at the same time, the DM included.

To the board, well I’m member number 10. And I didn’t start playing until several months after the fact.

[Gralhruk]

Happy birthday Cadrius!

Hmmm. It seems I've been playing D&D since before our fallen paladin was born :O

And welcome Lone Paladin. I hope you enjoy this game as much as the rest of us.


Just checked the IC thread and posted a response. Please forgive her manner; she's a little on edge these days.

[itches]

Damn it that means I’m the youngest player :cry:

Eh well I might be the lease experienced, but I am still ... annoying?

[Gralhruk]

Well, no reason you can't have him wake up. Maybe sound of a dead gnoll hitting the ground revives him. Just the alarm he's used to, I'm sure :).

[itches]

There we go, Itches in all of his glory!!!!

Plus a cameo apearense by the long talked about Lily.

[Cadrius]

Oh god, a real paladin. I don't think poor Cadrius' life could get any harder.

Incidentally Lone Paladin would you mind tossing in a bit more description in your next post? I'm curious as to what this guy looks like apart from his arms and armor. Any distinguishing features? Holy symbols? Scars? I like to get a good picture as to what each character looks like.

And as far as how long I've been playing...let's see...nine years now I think.

[Gralhruk]

No worries, I'm sure I can think of some way to make things a bit more difficult for Cadrius. How long before his head simply explodes :)?

Also, Lone Paladin, you obviously read the 'Rules' thread that Mega posted. Just out of curiousity, how much of the game thread have you read?

[itches]

Okay i edited my post, slightly to fit into Cadirus's post.


Just out of curiosity, whats the chances that were going to end up in combat with this dude? I mean we have a fallen Palidin, and Assasin. And he is a palidin. Still he might be one with , a whole lot of patience.

[Gralhruk]

Hey, Shade isn't really an assassin; that's just the way Cadrius decided to label her. She killed the dwarf to avenge a friend and the folks that witnessed the act made a few assumptions. I think her alignment is listed as CG, although she may be more CN with good tendencies.

[Cadrius]

Yup, he just decided to mark her as an assassin and it's stuck for some reason...

As for combat, who knows? Right now Cadrius is keyed up, running on adrenaline, and bleeding. Not a good combination.

Edit: Well there better be some posting going on soon, the four of us are all browsing here at once.

[itches]

Okay then, we do have a fallen Paladin, who well lets face it, is a good man, dispite some past mistakes. Almost the same goes for Shade. Maeko, is a calm and ration presence. I say the main danger comes from the Idiot. Oh wait thats me.
LOL

up to 32 hours with out sleep

[Maeko]

Well, Maeko is a bit on edge herself, right now.

And she also has her own ghosts to contend with.

Do you think this campaign is angst-ridden? ;)

[Gralhruk]

At least we're not all wearing black.

I'm sooooo tempted to post right now but I also want to wait for Lone Paladin to respond.

[Maeko]

Well, he's not here now.

You know? this is the campaign I enjoy most, pure role-playing. :)
No power-players, no magic-item-pumped-up characters...
Yes, I suppose hack and slash isn't my cup of tea.

[Gralhruk]

I'll probably just wait, I've got a few things in mind but the situation might change.

The pure RP thing is definitely fun. My other PBP's are all good RP games as well; I think PBP lends itself much better to creating well-rounded characters.

[itches]

I would like to add my voice in agreement. This is the main roleplaying game i'm in. So far Itches hasnt exactly been in combat. there is no way he would ever be a hack and slash character, which is why he has the Class he does.

Oh and on the side note, Itches doesnt have any angst. What you see is what you get. which is the buety behind him. Sometimes it is tempting to just have him make a normal attack, to not make a fool of himself. But that doesnt fit in the character concept, so it isnt exactly idiot. Fool is more the term.

34 hours and running!!

[LonePaladin]

Don't worry, Cadrius; I'll post a better description soon -- I was just providing first-glance-at-a-distance detail.

As for experience, I've been playing D&D (in all its incarnations) since '84. Been GMing since the start, too -- I didn't actually get to play a PC until '88 or so.

[itches]

I hate you.

With one line you destroyed my carefully crafted plot!!

Now i'm going to have to actualy work on getting what i want to happan to happen. Eh but its all in the fun of Free-Form gaming. :evolved: I look forward to the challange.


I had even had a Climatic ending!!


Edit: Okay problem solved, I found a way around it.

[Gralhruk]

Things have been quite busy around here, I see. It's all good, though :).

[itches]

so really, what do you think the chances of us actual ending up in a battle with this guy?

[Cadrius]

Hard to say. Cadrius doesn't have the heart to do much of anything right now. Poor guy.

[Gralhruk]

I can't imagine us actually getting into a fight. He hasn't done anything at all to provoke us. I'd say Itches and Cadrius aren't about to start one, Maeko seems to be above it, and Shade is more annoyed by Cadrius' behavior than Paladin's.

[LonePaladin]

Dutifully staying out of the discussion, both IC and out -- after all, I WAS asked to keep away from the huddle. :worry:

Did I throw a wrench into the gears, or what? :∙

[itches]

no, our characters are just slightly parinoind. and we dont like the way that Caddy re-acted. But none the less onwards


he he he gota gert that imiage of the new pc walking in saying "hi" then the rest of the pc's jumping him

[LonePaladin]

Originally posted by itches
he he he gota gert that imiage of the new pc walking in saying "hi" then the rest of the pc's jumping him

It MIGHT happen. I'm not wearing a "PC" sign, am I? If the others reason that my character's a threat, or decide to ignore him, that's what happens.

Of course, if the former happens -- say, Shade deciding to lash out -- we'll see what transpires, won't we?

P. S. Hey look! I'm animated now!

[itches]

Odds are 9 out of ten that Itches does something usless, but as Gralhruk said, it isnt likely to happen, it was just an image i got.

\
And welcome to the ranks of the undead

[Cadogan Trahem]

You guys dont mind if a familiar face revisits the adventure do you?

[itches]

What ?? No no No get away!!!!!!


AHHHHH
KILL IT!!! KILL IT!!!!

[Gralhruk]

As usual, any and all are welcome :). Glad to see you back, Cadogan.

Lone Paladin, feel free to post IC with anything you'd like - even if it's just reactions or whatever, it will give the rest of us something to play off of. Also, if Shade lashes out chances are it will be with her tongue rather than her sword, so you've little to worry about there ;). She's not much for one on one combat, and certainly too concerned about her own hide to meet Paladin in a fair fight.

[Cadrius]

Welcome back Cadogan. Hopefully we'll actually see that blind old fool again.

And the only reason Shade isn't up for a fight is because she doesn't have Cadrius to take the brunt of the abuse for her.

[Gralhruk]

I never denied it . . .

[itches]

A Quick question, ill anyof you ever see Itches in anylight except as an idiot? If a well meaning one?

[Cadrius]

Cadrius sees him as a harmless idiot.

[itches]

what? no well meaning?

[Cadrius]

Ok ok, a harmless well-meaning idiot.

[Maeko]

To Maeko he is more of an innocent than a idiot.

[Gralhruk]

Shade doesn't really think he's an idiot. In fact, she is a little jealous of his happiness and his devotion to his true love. She wants to think he's an idiot because it makes her feel better about herself.

[Cadrius]

Man I love days like this. Seven in character posts thus far. Keep 'em coming!

Oh and "idiot" isn't quite the right word for how Cadrius feels about Itches. It's one of those things where he knows he's a fool, but he's also a lovestruck fool so there's simultaneously sympathy and pity present in his feelings for the nobleman. So while he might roll his eyes at the man's antics, woe to the fool who attempts to rough up Itches in a tavern while Cadrius is around. But that's enough of that...

[itches]

Yes thanx for that, it allowed me to see how everone else see's my character.

But we must move onward not upward. Upward not onward. And always twirling, twirling, twirling towards the future!!

[Cadrius]

Thank you Citizen Kang.

[Gralhruk]

Okay, the no-names outnumber the names here :).

[Gralhruk]

Cadrius, it's funny that you posted the rage returning and making a man out of him. I was sooooo tempted to have Shade try to bring Cadrius out of his depression by sneering out "I like you better when you're mad.", but she figured it would just make him worse. I was saving it for the future, but now it doesn't seem quite as original.

[Cadrius]

Gral, that's actually pretty funny. I'm sure it'd work too provided Cadrius gets all sulky again. It seemed right for him to shake it off, plus I was getting tired of playing the pathetic aspect of my morose fallen paladin.

[itches]

Okay, the no-names outnumber the names here . :)

I'm Sorry that last one was lost on me

[Gralhruk]

What was lost on you? Shade's last IC post or something in the OOC?

[itches]

i edited it, but then again it is taking me so long to make a post these days that 4 other posts happen before i finish

[Gralhruk]

Shade, Itches, Paladin vs. Maeko, Cadrius

There are three of us refusing to give out a real name. It's a wonder we don't bump into each other on our way to the disguise shop.

[itches]

Ah, yes and only one of us has a good excuse. hmm a costume, i'll have to look that up when we get to a town.

[Cadrius]

Hmm, maybe Cadrius is merely a cover for another name. Eh? Ever think of that? Nah, it's not. I'm not clever enough for that one.

[Gralhruk]

Actually, half the problem is Mega's 'board name = character name' rule. I know it was designed to make it easier to keep track of all the characters (since you never know how many people will be posting here), but it does make for some odd character names.

As I mentioned way back when, Gralhruk is not exactly the best name for a human female.

[LonePaladin]

Originally posted by Gralhruk
There are three of us refusing to give out a real name.

Check my latest; at least I'm justified!

(That, and I had to work some way of explaining the screen name = character name aspect.)

Frankly, it doesn't really matter to me how much my expatriate's background comes into the story... but, then again, it might just take things in a new direction. Feel free to grab the ball and run like hell, if so inclined.

[itches]

He pauses for a beat. "And, until the church is restored to its proper state of worship, I have no name."

<cough> Redemption - looks at Cadirus <cough>

Not that i'm trying to imply something here.

But good reason the the weird name. Your a religious fanatic :fun:

[Cadogan Trahem]

Can anyone give me a quick update as to what is happening so I can possibly work in my return.

Last I remember, we where fighting Orcs and a Wyrvern outside of a near by city.

[itches]

Quick update? Oh no you dont, you have to go and read all the posts you missed out on.

Pah , quick update.

[Cadrius]

Er...quick update? Um...

Let's see. Cadrius, Shade, and WhoNAN flee the scene of an assassination done by Shade on Gralhruk. Enter crazy extra-dimensional home of WhoNAN's family. Shade and Cadrius say "Screw this" and leave. Get lost in creepy ass forest. Shade flips out almost stabs Cadrius in the face, Cadrius later flips out. Itches and Maeko meet in a non-creepy section of the woods. Itches falls in quicksand. Cadrius hauls his sorry aristocratic behind out. The four start marching along a game trail. Camp within the protective embrace of a tree (whose branches look creepy to Shade). Attacked by gnolls, Cadrius is wounded. Next morning, attacked by more gnolls, Cadrius is even more wounded. Meet Paladin, and the rest is recent history.

Oh and there's a bit of a romance subplot going on in there. Not to mention a subconscious search for redemption, Itches seeking to be reunited with his love, Maeko looking for an artifact, and Shade...er...well looking for something.

Man, it really shouldn't have been that easy to sum up the game in that short of space. What has all my typing been for?!

I would however strongly encourage you at least skim some of what we've done. There's some powerful stuff in there.

[LonePaladin]

Originally posted by itches
But good reason the the weird name. Your a religious fanatic :fun:

Thanks. Not bad, for explaining a screen name that I've been using for EVERYTHING on the Internet since '90 or so, eh?

Waiting to see Cadrius choke on his dice, when he sees my latest post. Let's see if I can get his character to grow any, huh?

[Gralhruk]

I think Cadrius will indeed choke on his dice. Very nicely done :).

Sorry guys, I took the day off yesterday for a little family outing. I'll be making up for it today though ;).

[Gralhruk]

Oh, and Shade is on the oldest quest known to mankind: the search for self :).

[Cadrius]

Hey, Cadrius has been growing plenty even if he's extremely moody. And while I didn't actually choke on my dice (I think I'd have bigger problems if I kept them in my mouth anyway) I was definitely surprised. Hmm...how would Cadrius respond...

Edit: There, done. Not my best work, but what can I say. I post in the moment and Cadrius needs a softer side anyway.

[itches]

Time i think, for a posting splurge.

Now to find something for Itches to do ... does anyone have some dinamite, and roller skates. I saw this really cool thing on T.V. the other day

[Cadrius]

Come on now guys, let's get a posting! I'm in the mood for some progress today.

[Maeko]

Me too! Where is everybody?

By the way, taking inspiration from Itches, any thoughts about our 'small, bald woman'?

[Cadrius]

Cadrius finds her a bit enigmatic, not to mention a touch bit strange (come on it's a bald woman who fights with her hands, how often do you suppose he's seen that?)

I personally find her to be really interesting. Her different ways of acting and thinking add a nice flavor to the mix.

Plus I think it's pretty amusing that she's almost as strong as Cadrius but is over a foot shorter and likely at 90 pounds lighter.

[Maeko]

Well, you see, as pen-and-paper DM I sort of grew tired of red haired, green eyed babes and strapping, blond 6 footers...

I wanted to play a character which would be strange and exotic, and normal at the same time :)

[itches]

YaY I inspired someone.

Sorry about the slight lack of posting, I’ll try and get some in here, but don’t expect anything too major. I have to make a big post in Battle Royal - everyone just died.

As to Baldy, she seems to be the most normal person of the group. Itches for some reason has totally accepted her as a member. (No offense Paladin, but he doesn’t see you as a member -yet) Unike Cadirus -whom he views as the leader, and is full of admiration for- and Shade -Itches is just plain scared of her- you managed to slip into the somewhat vague area of "friend". Nothing you do seems to surprise him (I’m putting it down to stupidity) hmm. Should do something more.

EDIT: okay i gave it ago, i went there, and i was about to start typing - when i descovered i had nothing. Nothing to type, nothing for itches to do. Seems he is going to stay in the quiet state of awe fot a bit longer now

[Gralhruk]

Shade really likes Maeko, especially because she seems so independant and centered. Shade has always lacked focus; she doesn't examine her own behavior deeply enough to avoid the pitfalls she keeps falling into. On some level, she can feel Maeko's 'sense of self' and subconsciously hopes to emulate it.

And I know what you mean about avoiding the 'teenage male gamer fantasy chick'. When I created Shade, I thought I'd stay away from the bisexual, well-endowed, sexpot that seems to abound. That has, of course, made it rather difficult to find a character portrait for her. I suppose I'll have to get around to making my own one of these days.

[Cadrius]

I saw a picture of Shar in the Faiths and Pantheons book. It reminded me of Shade. Dark hair, somewhat hidden face, two blades. Not quite right, but interesting nonetheless.

And as a strapping, blond six footer I resent that Maeko! Ah, call it a flaw but my human and elven characters always seem to be close to my actual height, Cadrius here is an inch shorter than me.

Well we've done Maeko and Itches. Onto Cadrius. What do you all think of him?

Edit: I had to chuckle when I looked to see who was online, just the four of us.

[itches]

Ahhh Cadirus


how do you spellhero worship? the simple fact is that Itches sees in Cadirus the hero that he once saw in himself.

adn yes i saw that the 4 of us were the only ones on. 4 out of the 5 ppl playing ;)

[Gralhruk]

So, a small and mostly useless post but I don't want to do much until I hear what the rest of the folks are about. As a side note, I didn't make the ant thing up; I actually observed that in my back yard several years ago.

At any rate, on to Cadrius. What can I say? Shade is puzzled by him, but at the same time reads him like a book. She is both exasperated and touched by his behavior. She wants his accpetance but at the same time refuses to acknowledge any acceptance he gives her. She wants him to like her but is scared to death that he actually might like her.

34 years and this is all I've learned about women.

From As Good as it Gets
"How do you write women so well?"
"It's easy. I just think of a man, and then take away reason and accountability."
:)

[Maeko]

Cadrius? Maeko likes him, she respects him as a leader and 'feels' he is a good man, she also knows there is a lot he is not saying and something rather serious is gnawing at him, she would like to help him, but is afraid to take a wrong step and make thing worse.

No offence intended on six-footers ;), is the 'everybody is a magazine-model' attitude thar rubs me the wrong way, to me charisma is much more a personality factor than a physical beauty related one.

Gralhruk, my compliments on Shade.
In fact it may have backfired a little, since when I think of you I have to remind myself you aren't actually a woman...

[Gralhruk]

I'm 5'8", 150 lbs, brown hair, brown eyes. No magazine model but I'm real. And definitely all male :). I'm also the tallest person in my immediate family, and all throughout my school years I was the third shortest person in my class. Edit: third shortest male, that is.

Oddly enough (or not) most of my characters are short as well.

[Cadrius]

Interesting, one of my roommate's brothers is the tallest one in his family. He stands at 5'3". As you might imagine it's quite a bit of fun going over to see their family when you stand at least a foot taller than everyone else.

I can defintely understand how the archtypical fantasy characters can get boring. Man they get old fast, although I will admit preferring my PCs to be attractive, but that's likely due to my own vanity.

[Gralhruk]

Most of my pc's are attractive but not gorgeous. I defintely picture Shade as being attractive. I'll have to check out that picture of Shar you mentioned.

Actually, I'm pretty tall even amongst my uncles, cousins, etc. Part of my Italian heritiage, I suppose :).

[Maeko]

Italian heritage? :D

I don't mean to pry, but do you know where from?

And yes, nobody wants to play an ugly character,mine are attractive as well, its just the supermodel look I can't stand.
Besides usually they are either Scandinavian looking or 'gorgeous archetipal Irish' looking, what about Asians, Africans, Mediterraneans and so on?

[Gralhruk]

Bologna, I believe, although I'm a fourth generation american and my family history is a bit lacking.

[Maeko]

Beautiful city, not too far from my place, I live in the countryside near Verona. :)

[itches]

I have played an ugly character. It is quite fun. And it is somewhat unusual for me to play a character with a Charisma this high.

[Gralhruk]

I've always wanted to visit Italy. My wife and I had plans to go with her brother and his wife (she speaks fluent italian and has a bunch of relatives near Florence that she visits once in a great while). Of course, my wife got pregnant and we had to bow out of the trip so we missed out on what looked like a great vacation :(.

We did get a wonderful son out of it, though :).

[Maeko]

I think you got the better deal! :)

Italy is still here, I can assure you... ;) .

[LonePaladin]

This is specifically for Gralhruk, though everyone else might get a kick out of it.

I'll let you describe what you find (especially since I'm not there now), but the remains of the campsite (such as it was) are still there. As for how my character was "occupied", let's just say that he was caught with his breeches down. :worry:


<--- Hey look! I've got skin now! :D

[Cadrius]

So the strangest thing just happened. I was reading Gral's latest post while there's some music playing on my stereo. I don't know who put in the cd, but this fiddle, guitar, and drum trio comes on (possibly a flute in there, hard to say). Suffice to say, it blended perfectly with the post. The tempo and tone swelled in the appropriate places and slowed in others. Seriously, it left me with goosebumps.

I think I'm going to start posting while listening to mood appropriate music.


Edit: Right, so I had no idea that was going to develop when I started that IC post. Then again, I must say I'm pleased by the fact that I can surprise myself with plot twists in my own writing.

[itches]

Your Running away.


Ahh shit

[LonePaladin]

Hope you don't vanish for good, Cad. I'd like to see how things develop between our divergent personalities and similar backgrounds. And, honest, I had no idea your character was an ex-paladin.

Then again, with my screen-name, I really had no choice but to play a paladin, did I?

[Maeko]

He is wounded and has lost a lot of blood.

It's likely he'll pass out somewhere on the trail...hint, hint.

[itches]

No Paladin could of been a nickname given to you back when you were a child. there could be any number of reasons why that is the name you use.

Look at how i worked Itches out

[Cadrius]

Oh don't worry, I'm sure this won't be the last you'll see of everyone's favorite moody fallen paladin. Unless of course he's ambushed and killed along the way.

[itches]

<cough> subdual damage to eat him later <cough> :dead:

[Gralhruk]

And he was on the verge of a breakthrough, too :(.

Shade isn't going to be terribly happy about this when she finds out. Maybe he will get a scolding after all :evil:.

[LonePaladin]

Did I just kill the thread with an innocent question? Or is everyone getting blitzed on their weekends? :KO:

[Maeko]

Usually there are very few people on, in the week-ends.

BTW paladin, you keep referring to 'the others' but at the moment there are just Shade, Cadrius, Itches, you and Maeko in the game... :)

[Gralhruk]

Yep, as Maeko said, it's just the five of us at the moment. Not that others might not decide to take an interest in the game again, but they'd have to post an entrance since their characters haven't been travelling with us.

Also, before Shade left she did say she was going to scout around a bit and that she'd catch up with the rest of you further down the trail. I'm not sure if you missed it or assumed that your character didn't hear it.

[Cadrius]

All I can say is that I'm real glad Gral and I kept this game alive, and hopefully I'm not slowing the game down. Don't worry, the Epic Saga of Cadrius will continue momentarily.

And yes, weekends usually aren't a very active time.

[Cadrius]

Well, there it is. I can't remember if I ever mentioned Cadrius' necklace before, I could've sworn I did but I didn't want to take any chances. I took a couple of liberties with Shade and Maeko, hopefully you guys won't mind.

Ah yes, the return of the impossibly long Cadrius posts. Combat takes up quite a bit of space you know.

[Gralhruk]

I love the long posts, and the combat descriptions are nicely done. I've been kind of waiting to see what the others do before posting my actions, but it seems that Shade decides to re-join the group so . . . maybe I'll post something soon. I need some lunch first, though.

[Maeko]

Well done!
And now, four to the rescue!

BTW folks, how do XP work, in free form?

[itches]

XP is a matter of descretion in free form. Just like dice rolls, you dont actualy have to do it, i mean i haven't rolled a set of dice once yet in this game.

still if you want to work out what your characters actual XP gain would be, that is also possible.

Mostly though i would imagine it would be up to everyone, if they all feel that it is time to level up then its free form.

Also i think this subject was breached before, if your brave enough you can wander around the past posts and find it

[itches]

Had he more time to ponder it he might have also considered why it was they always traveled in fours


Just wondering if you actually have an idea for this, I always had 4 of them there, because there was 4 of us.

Also want to know if we are going to just skip ahead to where we camp?

[Maeko]

It may be the number four has some simbolic value linked to combat in Gnoll culture; for the Chinese for instance it's linked to 'death'.

What more, if Gnolls are bipedal Hyenas or wolves, they should have four fingers

[Gralhruk]

As far as XP, I haven't DMed 3e at all so I have no idea what is appropriate. Back when I played 1e we stopped keeping track of xp altogether and simply leveled up when it felt right (usually every 3 adventures or so).

Oh, Cadrius, you definitely mentioned the necklace before. I think at least twice. Shade is definitely aware of it from our little interlude by the stream.

Also, I've included the 'Riddle of the Four' in my latest post. I think it has something to do with Maeko :).

[Cadrius]

Glad to see you guys were willing to wade through the post. And sorry about having Shade join back up, but I figured by the end of the day she'd have returned.

As far as the gnolls moving in fours, well, I think there's something more to it, some sort of cultural thing but it hasn't come together yet. Feel free to play with it.

[Gralhruk]

Hrrrm. Maybe she would have, maybe not; no need to apologize though: it's all good. Can't have all of us running off on our own.

[Cadrius]

Eh, I say we give the 3rd edition experience chart the finger and just do whatever we like. While we haven't done much combat-wise (which seems to be the real way to gain experience in 3rd ed) our roleplaying and plot development has been astounding. I personally think we should level up at some point in the near future, that or acquire some more wealth here. Cadrius has had about ten gold and basic equipment throughout the whole game.

Ack, I wasn't sure if Shade would return or not. I'll try not to take just a big assumption in the future.

[Gralhruk]

Nah, like I said, don't worry about it. I hadn't really made up my mind what she was going to do; I toyed with the idea of having her bump into Cadrius as they both escaped from the group. Since he went and got himself captured, clearly that wasn't going to happen anyway.

I prefer that everybody feel free to make whatever assumptions they want. It keeps the story interesting and it keeps me on my toes.

[itches]

<cough> treasure in the cave <cough>

I also agree with fingering the XP. Figeritivly speaking of course

[Gralhruk]

Cadrius has disappeared and Itches is singing? Good thing Shade isn't along or she might have a choice word or two for the aristocrat. :)

[itches]

A Word or two? would they happen to be Bravo? Well Done?

[Cadrius]

I think you nailed it right on the head there Itches.

I just realized how awful poor Cadrius probably looks about now. He's taken quite a beating over the past day.

[Gralhruk]

Yes, well, getting the crap beat out of himself certainly hasn't helped matters. Itches might take a lesson there :).

[itches]

No Itches has a plan if someone trys to beat the shit out of him. He screams and runs away.

Keeping in mind doesnt always work, there is a back up plane. Pass-Out :evolved:

[Cadrius]

Less talkie more postie!

[Gralhruk]

I was hoping for Maeko and Lone Paladin to post what's going on in the main group before I had Shade catch up to them.

[itches]

Isn't it obvious what is happening? they ah captivated by my brilant, whitty, amazing <cough> shit <cough> self written song.

Well maybe they at least wont tell Itches to shut-up. Unlike some other people are here who shall remain nameless
<glares at shade>.

[Maeko]

Well, actually I was about to do just that...

(edit): done, couldn't let Shade go without a back-up. :)

[Gralhruk]

I always love Maeko's little italicized thoughts. What's a kappa? :)

I suppose we get to see what Shade thinks of Itches singing skill. I haven't yet decided what she's going to say but I would like to make a small disclaimer: I personally thought the song was very well done, regardless of what she might say. :nervous:


You'll have to wait a bit for my reply. Sorry, but somethings come up here that I've got to take care of. Hopefully I can get back to this in a couple of hours.

[itches]

Thanx for the prasie, but it seems i will have to wait untill i wake up to see how shade reacts. So far i have been awake for over 33 hours and i should be asleep any moment now.

[Cadrius]

I really liked the song as well even if I had difficulties creating a melody in my head that would work with it. I'd blame that on me though.

Incidentally, do you do much posting after the thirty hour mark? I find my writing gets increasingly incoherent as I get further and further past 24 hours without sleep.

[Maeko]

Thank you, Gralhruk! :)

Kappa are small, obnoxious turtle-like humanoids who according to Japanese myth live in bodies of water, they are viciously mischevious and often truly dangerous (think small water troll).

Compliments on your song-writing skill, Itches, really! :)

[itches]

Thanx for the praise, people. My first song.

As to my posting, I do post after the 30 hour mark, but not as much as before, simply because I am up for more hours before hand. AS to the incoherent problem, it isn’t much of an issue until after the 30-hour mark. I can still hold it together though, it the 36-hour mark which is the big one. I do like posting and writing after the 30-hour mark, as while I am more incoherent I am also more creative. And you can still proof read things (I love spell check)


And if you can't find a melody that fits, dont worry either can I

:sleep:sleep:sleep:

Edit: I did it, i stayed on to see the post!! YaY. Now i thik going to go sleep. If i dont turn up for a few weeks i'm asleep

[LonePaladin]

Originally posted by itches
A Word or two? would they happen to be Bravo? Well Done?

*laughs out loud* If nothing else, the bard is aspiring.

Just jumped the story ahead a little more... and hey, look -- something for Itches to do that doesn't involve trying to stab someone! ;)

[Cadrius]

Well, well. This situation just keeps getting more and more interesting.

[Gralhruk]

It actually works out better this way. I was concerned that Itches would end up slitting Cadrius' throat in his haste to cut him free :).

[itches]

Almost ruin my plot will you ;)

Okay a few questions.
After a moment, the red haze resolves itself in five areas -- one on the path,

Is That Cadirus? What Alignment is he anyway?

How many Gnolls are there? If it is Cadirus then there are 4 of them, I’m assuming 3 normal but with clubs. The other one has some levels. Say Warrior 3?

I also took the liberty of rolling up some Initiative. It worked last time, so if you people want lets give it a go.

Paladin -21 (Natural 20)
Maeko - 20
Warrior Gnoll -19
G1 -18
Shade - 15
G2 - 13
Itches - 6
G3 - 1

[Maeko]

Good idea rolling initiative; although I'm a bit confused about relative positions, any ideas?

[itches]

...............................
..........I................
....................G1.....
.G3...................G2....
.............................
.WG.P.....................
..............................
.................................
..............S..M................
.................................

Changed initiative order
Edit At Will

[Gralhruk]

Not really, although somehow Itches managed to get to Cadrius before any of the rest of us had time to react :). Maybe he ought to be first in the initiative order.

[itches]

Paladin -21 (Natural 20)
Itches - 20 1/2 ;)
Maeko - 20
Warrior Gnoll -19
G1 -18
Shade - 15
G2 - 13
G3 - 1

[Cadrius]

Well, either there's an additional gnoll running about, or Cadrius is evil...hmm...two equally interesting possibilities.

Ah yes, once again Itches is cut off from the group by several menacing creatures. Combat just wouldn't be the same without him.

Hurry up and kill these gnolls so you can dig your way deeper into the plot!

[Gralhruk]

Looks like Maeko is up, then. In case you didn't notice, Itches edited his earlier post to include a map of the current battlefield. Feel free to post for any gnolls while you are at it, or you can leave them for me.

[Cadrius]

Hmm, I might like running the bad guys. I think I'll take you up on that. Beware my savage dogmen!

Right, that was pretty lame. You guys are going to chew through them like a beaver on speed.

[Maeko]

Posted, including one attack by the warrior gnoll, although Maeko wasn't too lucky this time.

[Gralhruk]

You guys are going to chew through them like a beaver on speed.
Probably, but it makes me feel so powerful.

http://216.40.241.68/ups/chaos99/greenchainsaw.gif

[Gralhruk]

I'll wait for Cadrius to attack for G1 (and hopefully give me an updated map :)) before posting.

[Cadrius]

.................................
............I....................
.................................
.G3...................G2.....
.................................
.WG.P........................
.....M.G1.....................
..................................
..............S..................
..................................

[Gralhruk]

In an ideal world G1 would only be 5 feet away from me, but this still works out quite nicely for my dark herione . . .

[Cadrius]

What can I say? They aren't smart monsters. If they were they would've gotten the hell out of there long before you guys showed up.

Edit: Whee, I'm a bodak now. Look out!

[itches]

Oh i dont know, already Maeko is almost gone. If she drops it will be Paladin and Shade vs the Gnolls.


Even if you count Itches as a fighter, things tend to happen to him in combat that keep him out of it.

[Gralhruk]

Well, perhaps he'd best start learning how to use that rapier of his. I barely hit that last gnoll.

[Cadrius]

.................................
...........G3.I................
.................................
.................................
.................................
.WG.P........................
.....M.G1.....................
............S.G2...............
..................................
..................................

Maybe I shouldn't roll for the gnolls anymore. It's been nothing but high attack rolls...

And man oh man is that an unholy mess there. Three gnolls, three characters, and a whole lot of people hitting each other in the back.

[Maeko]

I can only say one thing: "OUCH!!!"

Thanks for the 'amost gone', Itches; I'll remember it ;)

[itches]

Thanks for the 'amost gone', Itches; I'll remember it

well um ... you see ... i ment ....

Behind you!!
<runs>

what i ment by that comment was that you has taken a lot of damage. the first round of combat and how much of your hp was left? less about half?

[Gralhruk]

I suppose that means LP is up. I'm not sure how these danged paladins keep getting the jump on me; it's disgraceful. At least I managed to move quicker than Itches :).

[Maeko]

Originally posted by itches

the first round of combat and how much of your hp was left? less about half?

17 left, out of 30 (3 taken in the last combat, 10 in this one) :nervous:

I'm afraid the rest of the combat will have to wait till tomorrow then, usually LP is on about 12 hours from now; he's in central time zone.

[itches]

12 hours??!!

Damn, at the rate we were going we could of made it through this entire combat tonight (mytime)

[Gralhruk]

And who can it be in the darkness with Cadrius? Is it . . . Chewbacca? Sorry, just having flashbacks from Return of the Jedi. :)

Of course, if we're not careful it could be us in the darkness with you.

[Cadrius]

Bingo! I figured a wookie was just what this game needed.

Yes it very well could be you guys, eventually, but as for now there's another person or thing in the darkness with Cadrius. I wonder who it could be...

[itches]

yeah who ever could it be? :nervous:

What? us? Metagame? You don't know what your talking about!
:paranoid:












what do you mean i failed my bluff check?

[LonePaladin]

Nice job, picking up on my description of detecting evil.

Notice that I did NOT focus long enough to pinpoint every aura -- something else might be in the vicinity. Of course, this doesn't discount the possibility of Cadrius having a tinge of evil to him, but that's not really uncommon for fallen paladins, IMHO.

[itches]

you expressed some confusion about the Gnolls abilites or i read the post wrong. Both equaly possible.
http://www.online-role-playing.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=613

we have a thread where their stats are to advoid confusion.

[Gralhruk]

So, that leaves Itches facing G3, Shade with G2, Paladin and Maeko with WG. Depending on what Itches does, Shade might opt to accept an AOO from G2 and help out the aristocrat.

If he starts singing, though, she might just leave him to his fate. ;)

[Maeko]

Well folks, it seems we have a bit of confusion.

According to the stat block LP posted, his Gnoll War1 has 12 hp, meaning it should be dead already (got 6 from Maeko and 17 from LP) !
Even with maximum hp for warrior it shoud have dropped by now.

[Cadrius]

I was under the impression it was a War3 Gnoll. Just to make things interesting.

Edit: Eh, either way it doesn't matter to me. Somebody go though so I can post for the poor remaining gnolls.

[Gralhruk]

Anybody seen Itches?

Nice intro from Cadogan, by the way. I suppose I should have seen it coming but it surprised me anyway.

[Cadrius]

Well I'm assuming his character has a constant readied action to soil himself and then flee as fast as possible from any and all danger.

[Gralhruk]

Maeko (and one of the gnolls) is up before me anyhow, so even if we skipped Itches I still have to wait :(. Ah well, that's PBP.

[Gralhruk]

Truly amazing, and he manages to avoid actually killing anybody.

*sigh*

If only the rest of us could find such peacable solutions . . .

[itches]

Okay i posted, now as to the Gnoll-that-wont-die i sugest two possible solutions.

1) WE ugrade it to a War3 Gnoll by simply adding HP to him and go from here.

2) we decide that he is indeed dead and have somenone deal the finishing blow this round, and ignore anything that doesnt fit.

either way, i did think he was a War3 butit is up to someone else who isnt me. and i did take liberties with my post, i have no idea how that could hapen within game mechenics, but eh, its Free-form

:KO:

as to the non-killing. I dont think now is the right time for Itches to take that step. Though it will be a big one when he does.

[Gralhruk]

I say just bump his hit points up, although even at third level he can't have too much juice left having taken 23 hp thus far. Of course, this leaves Shade without a flanking buddy so I'm reduced to a mere 1d6 damage :(.

Not only that, but given their decent armor class it would probably be wisest if I went with only 1 attack. More sadness.

[Maeko]

Sorry for holding everybody up, :( here today is an holyday and we had family coming over :) .

[Gralhruk]

No problem at all. Real life is kind of important, too.

[Cadrius]

Ack, dare I say it could even be more important than the bizarre story that we're weave here?

Nah, that can't be it...

[itches]

RL more important? I'm offended by that very notion.

[LonePaladin]

The stat block I posted is for a generic, 1st-level gnoll; the big guy is a lot tougher than that. (The one that my character offed -- with one swing, no less -- was #1.)

Gimme a minute; I'll make a stat block for the big guy.


Never mind; with Maeko's last attack, it's sort of a moot point, ain't it? Ah well -- if someone wants me to, I'll make it up anyway.

[Cadrius]

Not all the gnolls are willing to fight to the death, of course you guys can give chase.

Then again I'm totally confused with the current state of gnolls being alive, dead, or horribly wounded so if Shade dropped that last one please let me know.

[itches]

Small Request, if it comes down to questioning the Gnoll, could i do the answering?

[Gralhruk]

Cadrius: That gnoll was still alive. Shade always tries to horribly wound them before killing them :).

Itches: Sure, why not.

Of course, I don't think Shade is going to stick around to do any questioning. The tracks ought to lead her right ot Cadrius. Yep, bolting off like a stupid man sounds like what she'll probably do.

[Cadrius]

Go nuts Itches, I actually hoped you'd take over the inquisition-er, I mean questioning.

Hell, I have no clue where Cadrius and Cadogan are at the moment, good luck finding them.

Edit: Ye gods, I just realized we have six active players now. Six! That's a far cry from a few months ago when you couldn't pay someone to join up.

[Cadogan Trahem]

I seem to have killed the game. :(

[Maeko]

Don't think so, I'll post later :)

[itches]

dont tell him that.

Cadogan you did kill this game. You ruined it for everyone. ;)

Now is anyone going to wake me up, or am i going to have to do so myself again?

[Gralhruk]

And there it is: the gnoll lair.

Just a note: I posted only one guard since we've killed, er, 12 or 14 gnolls. I can't imagine there are all that many left, so I figured they don't have enough manpower (or gnollpower) to mount a huge watch. I also gave her a surprise round (one hit for 17 damage, one miss).

I have no idea how long the others planned on waiting before following, but assume she was travelling for about an hour. I think she'd have little problem tracking them even taking the -5 penalty for moving at normal speed (30). Hopefully, they won't wait too long 'cause this could get ugly.

[LonePaladin]

Artistic license strikes again.

An hour's time, even stalking someone on a trail, can make it well over a mile away. I left the distance vague (of course), but made it within hearing distance; your missed attack will give everyone else reason to hurry, IMHO.

If anyone needs stat-blocks posted on the Monster thread, let me know.

[Gralhruk]

Works for me. I had thought to put a little distance between the ambush site and any guards at the prison area, but I think this works out better. That one guard outside probably would have expected sounds of fighting from the ambush area.

Besides, I'm thinking that this is just the prison area. The actual gnoll encampment is probably a small village located a short distance away from the prison.

Any ideas/objections?

[LonePaladin]

None here. Just waiting my turn -- after all, it ain't really fair if I don't give Itches and Maeko a chance to post, is it?

[Noticing how long it's been] Someone kick them awake for me, eh? :roll:

[Gralhruk]

I think they might be waiting for you.

I noticed both of them online yesterday but they didn't post . . .

[Cadogan Trahem]

I have been intending to post here for a day or two, but never seem to get around to it. Im always way too tired, or get really busy when Im about to! :angry:

[itches]

<gets kicked>

oww, what on earth was that?? :paranoid:


Okay Itches was following along Behind someone else ... if i think of something to post i will.

[Cadrius]

Sorry about the lack of posting but I was in Canada for the past couple of days. I'll try and get something up shortly.

[itches]

Dungeon Crawl!!!

Lets see if Itches can keep up the zero casualty rate now :fun:

[Gralhruk]

Okay, take a look over here (http://www.geocities.com/gralhruk/gnoll.html) for a map of the dungeon. It's the abandoned copper mine from Wizard's 'Map-a-week' section with a couple of modifications by me. Seemed appropriate.

[Cadogan Trahem]

I'll just mention im having alot of fun so far. I should probably also mention that Cadogan's persona has changed, he's not as optimistic as he used to be.

[Cadrius]

Well getting beaten and captured by gnolls tends to do that to a person. Glad you're having fun. It would've been awfully boring to be alone in that cave.