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Playtime! => PbP Games => Play by Post General => September 1776 => : Amechra March 07, 2011, 06:06:30 PM
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Andrew Jackson approves.
In 3rd person.
(Wait, that was IC...
DAMN IT!)
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TIme for spell discussion. Do you wish spells to be something anyone can learn as long as they're willing to pay the price (ala CoC), or class specific with levels like DnD. I think I can balance it either way.
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TIme for spell discussion. Do you wish spells to be something anyone can learn as long as they're willing to pay the price (ala CoC), or class specific with levels like DnD. I think I can balance it either way.
Noting how well class-only spells tend to balance out for non spellcasters, I'd say people should be able to buy training, but not for highest level, obviously. I'd be cool either way, but buying spells makes a good bit of sense.
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I'm cool with whatever you decide. Though I think that in the case I wish to play a meatshield, I won't be slinging any apells around anyway.
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I'm fine with either I just need to know which one we are doing and what the rest of the PrCs look like so I can figure out the best way to make my guy reflect the ideas I have.
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I'm thinking ritualistic, 'cause that fits the setting.
And you should just be able to cast them out of Tomes of Eldritch Lore (TM), but have some limitation on the number you can use before they drive you nuts.
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I was thinking of doing it similarly to CoC:
You have spell points equal to one of your mental stats. Each spell costs a certain amount of spell points, sanity, and possibly other things as well. But anyone can learn and cast them in theory if he can make an appropriate check.
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anybody out there?
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I'm still here.
Do you get to pick your own casting stat, or is that spell-dependent?
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I'm watching, waiting for inspiration on the subject of magic at the moment...
But yeah, I agree with "cast on a check". Because otherwise, how can Mr. Jackson use blood sorcery?
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I'm still here.
Do you get to pick your own casting stat, or is that spell-dependent?
Since a spell is you forcing your will on the universe or tricking it into doing something i wanna make it a mental stat. Just havent decided which one.
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Still here, still wanna be a mesmerist, dunno if I wanna go the ure-thing route of making him a Fast/mes, or something a little more daringly thematic like dedicated/mes or something.
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Still here, still wanna be a mesmerist, dunno if I wanna go the ure-thing route of making him a Fast/mes, or something a little more daringly thematic like dedicated/mes or something.
so you definitely want the mesmerist then?
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Still here, still wanna be a mesmerist, dunno if I wanna go the ure-thing route of making him a Fast/mes, or something a little more daringly thematic like dedicated/mes or something.
so you definitely want the mesmerist then?
Well... I don't NEED to, per se... I'm always flexible, if it would be easier to not have to chunk out another class. But currently, yep, looking at a mesmerist, despite how little I know about it. :D
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initially i was going to base it on the theories of Franz Mesmer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Mesmer
unfortunately he doesnt begin to really introduce his theories to the world until 1775 in Europe, at which point the war and beginning return of magic was in high gear and you would've been cut off from them. Spiritualism was introduced much later than that. I fumbled the ball thinking they were around earlier.
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Been mulling it over in my head what I wanted to try and do with my character here. While I'm still not all that certain I'm thinking I'll go for scouting. I'll do fast/infiltrator as my setup. Part of me feels compelled to use one of the classes made by BHU but another part says we need something else as well.
I would like to see a more fleshed out spell system since we can all potentially learn them, as I think picking up one or two spells could be cool and handy.
edit: after looking for an occupation to get spot as a class skill I had an epiphany. My character will be an artist, sculptor to be precise, as their background. So I'll be leaving the Acadian and religious undertones behind. Now to see what the Spiritualist looks like :smirk
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edit: after looking for an occupation to get spot as a class skill I had an epiphany. My character will be an artist, sculptor to be precise, as their background. So I'll be leaving the Acadian and religious undertones behind. Now to see what the Spiritualist looks like :smirk
:eh
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edit: after looking for an occupation to get spot as a class skill I had an epiphany. My character will be an artist, sculptor to be precise, as their background. So I'll be leaving the Acadian and religious undertones behind. Now to see what the Spiritualist looks like :smirk
:eh
It is referencing back to Call of Cthulhu. The first half was about Dr. Angell and his interactions with a sculptor who was psychicly sensitive. Hence the spiritualist.
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I may have to revise the spiritualist/mesmerist ideas to soemthing more appropriate somehow.
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thinking of adding war veteran and sniper classes. Anyone have some other ideas for stuff they'd like?
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War Veteran eh? Sounds great! That'll be a shining career as Tough/dip Fast/War Veteran/Frontier Marshal for my old geezer :D
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There is a sniper class in the Urban Arcana web enhancement, what the hell it is doing in there I have no idea, it may provide some good ideas.
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Veteran is ready for review.
Anyone done a PC yet?
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Seems like you flavored the Veteran as some sort of psychotic badass. I may want to adjust my character concept a bit.
We start at lvl 1, correct?
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I'm working on mine, albeit slowly--this week and next week are going to be
rough fun-filled.
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Seems like you flavored the Veteran as some sort of psychotic badass. I may want to adjust my character concept a bit.
We start at lvl 1, correct?
yes
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Working on it.
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Almost have mine done. Roommate swapping is eating up time with bullshit like cleaning up and making myself (psh) presentable...
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I know we have a little bit before Amechra returns. Tribble you still here?
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Ah, I just read Amechra's post; hope he's doing better.
What format would you like the char sheets in? I've put it in Myth Weavers for now.
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Myth Weavers is good.
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My apologies for the delays, I'm trying to sort out financial problems in real life.
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My apologies for the delays, I'm trying to sort out financial problems in real life.
Mate, no worries. 'Scool.
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Scientific crafting abilities: I want them to be worth the players time if they put effort into them, but I dont wish them to singlehandedly advance technology by decades or more in a short amount of time. I was thinking you begin by starting with a very high Craft DC. and requirements of time, money, skill checks, and materials. With each failure you lower the DC slightly until you get a success. Which means much research would be done in off time. Spells might be done the same way. Any thoughts?
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That sounds like a reasonable proposal.
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I agree. It sounds good.
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Is anyone considering playing an Acolyte? I wanna let you guys slowly discover things, and if I finish it out I'm gonna have to name some deities in teh class features.
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I guess thats a no. Stuff is coming soon, I had to call the IRS today and tell them I couldnt pay them (which is why I've been to shot to create).
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Don't worry about it, bhu. Sorting things out takes precedence over the game.
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They were surprisingly cool about it.
I may also have a new temp job so I'm actually a bit happier.
So no one for the Acolyte then?
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Not for me, thanks. I'll stick with your Veteran.
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In that case does everyone see something they'd like to shoot for or shall I keep making PrC's?
Also everyone peek at teh Sanity rules in Campaign info, they're partly up.
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I'm probably going to go for occultist. I'm possibly naming him Harry Dresden as well, but that'll be up in the air a bit longer.
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So we have a possible veteran, occultist, natural philosopher, and whatever tribble and amechra decide on if they come back.
Arc have you made any decisions yet?
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Oh and I'll need you guys to start deciding how or if you know each otehr so I cna work o nthe intro.
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I'm trying to research local police and what predecessors to detectives were like in the 1760s. And he'll be an occultist, just to nail that down for ya.
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I'm trying to research local police and what predecessors to detectives were like in the 1760s. And he'll be an occultist, just to nail that down for ya.
so we have an occultist who really happens to be a cop
whats everyone elses profession? And by profession i mean how they earn a living.
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I've been out of it recently. I've barely visited these boards at all in the past couple of weeks. If anything I'd still like to do the medium and be an artist, with the character idea based very similarly on H.J. Wilcox from the Call of Cthulhu.
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I'm still planning on the natural philosopher. He'll be the town's librarian, so he should (vaguely) know anyone who has dropped by for a book.
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How about you Pip?
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ALso, has anyone heard from Amechra or Tribble?
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Amechra's been away from the boards for a while, I think. Not sure about Tribble.
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Amechra's been away from the boards for a while, I think. Not sure about Tribble.
I hope he's okay. I wanna split your scientist abilities into two categories. Minor breakthroughs (for lack of a better word) which will be minor enhancement like the Tech gets in Modern, and Major breakthroughs which have the potential to be society altering (sub warfare, new weapons, etc.)
Im thinking of doing spellcrafting similar to the way Epic spell design is done but with less flaws.
I really have my work cut out for me ^_^;
Anyone have a PC yet?
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Are any of your changes going to alter the class skill list and/or prerequisites? If no, then I should have something.
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Nope, no changes
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Alright, I should have something soon then.
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I'm just waiting on the medium to decide if it works with what I want to do and build toward it. Other than that I could just start working on a character of almost any class and artist background to fit the role we need.
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The medium will be basically a sort of psychic warning system that can allow itself to be possessed to communicate iwth beings from outside at personal risk.
also crossposting:
Okay I just learned my mother has decided on permanent retirement, and it;s been decided she'll be staying with me. SInce I need her to pay half the rent to survive I don't have much choice in the matter.
She is however a bitter, emotionally unstable, controlling sociopath. So if there is the occasional delay please be understanding.
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Take as long as you like, mate. Absolutely no one's going to complain that you were a few days late posting because of personal troubles.
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Building up a guy now, s'matter of fact. I'll have it posted in a day or two.
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I'm setting it up to go Charismatic into Spiritualist, but I need to know the requirements and effects of the Medium feat. My character is actually mostly done now. I just need to know about Medium and buy gear. From the looks of it I'll make a good face but will be crap in combat for a while.
here is the sheet (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=293590) so far. It is amazing what you can do in just a couple of minutes.
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The Medium Feat has no prerequisites other than being taken at 1st Level.
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Here's Harrison "Harry" Dresden (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=293932), without equipment and with the assumption that the point buy is 32 for this game (if you'd like me to roll for them alternatively, gimme a sec to make it happen).
Can't get my files open off my external without the usb cable to link it to my comp, but until I find it, he's an investigative law enforcement officer, who in his off-time does a boat of research on the arcane. He's known to be quirky and odd, but he's good at his job and well educated, so it's overlooked mostly. Most think that his arcane research, if they know about the odd books he carries with him from shady bookkeepers, is simply an obsession with fairytales and childish fantasy - which is what he likes them to think.
And with that build, I can eityher continue in dedicated for some of the sweeter talents, or go straight into occultist at level 4.
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The Medium Feat is done. I changed Spiritualist to Sensitive. That way it currently doesnt have a connection to Spiritualism. Powers to coem soon.
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The Medium Feat is done. I changed Spiritualist to Sensitive. That way it currently doesnt have a connection to Spiritualism. Powers to coem soon.
Sweet. Checking it out now.
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Flay can you pop your PC into the character sheet thread?
Boz is on vacation for a few weeks. Theoretically I'd like to start when he gets back if possible, or at least start with those who are ready.
Also plz to look at the scientific invention rules for kitteh? I'm sure some of you know something I may have missed in the list of possible military enhancements.
also a lil giftie: http://www.lateralscience.co.uk/index.html
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I'm having trouble deciding which way to enter the Veteran PrC. Quickest way would mean very few skill points, which I don't prefer.
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I'm having trouble deciding which way to enter the Veteran PrC. Quickest way would mean very few skill points, which I don't prefer.
Like most things in life, if you take your time doing it, you'll feel better and be more satisfied at the end.
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We no has reading material on Wilmington in the info thread
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I have a partial list up for the Sensitives Detect Ability. Can anyone think of anything I should add?
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I was gonna say something like pain, but that probably falls under cruelty. Also, pain might be just general enough to be fucking annoying if taken by itself, so I think you're okay.
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Craft DC's for inventions for the military scientist are up in the info thread.
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Amechra has bowed out for the summer, and I have not heard from VT yet :(
Is a party of 4 (or 5 if VT shows) okay with you guys?
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Sounds fine to me. Hope Amechra's alright! Hope to see him again soon.
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Its good with me.
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Has anyone heard from vorpal tribble at all?
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Still looking for a way to build my character. I'd like to have an overview of everyone's character's roles. My summary so far:
Flay: Scholar?/spellcaster
Amechra (if he decides to join after all): Damage dealer
Arcanis: Face/supernatural radar
Bozwevial: Scholar/crafter
Analyzing this I think I'll add the following to fill in the gaps:
Pip: Tank/tracker/minor skillmonkey
Progression will be Tough -> Explorer -> Veteran.
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Also bhu, what's the point-buy are we using? Both Flay and Arcanis used different pb's, so I'm a bit confused.
Permission to mechanically use a slungshot as a chain?
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Everyone should be using 28 pb.
Lemme look the slungshot up.
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pretty sure I used 28 point,because I went looking for the point buy before making the character.
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From what Im looking at the slungshot would be closer to a sap than a chain, it would just still do lethal damage. They look kinda short.
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Im expanding the links in campaign info for the area/history/natives/etc. Anything I'm leaving out you guys can think of?
Also: Sanity rules updated.
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I peeked at the PC sheets and there are a few skills unavailable in d20 past that some of you have ranks in. I edited the first post of the PC sheet thread to include info for PC building, so the unavailable skills/feats/jobs are in it.
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Okay as soon as Boz gets back and makes a PC we'll try starting.
So now is the time for questions, such as what you think of the current rules for sanity, the senstive class, etc
Also if possible I'd like a lil background blurb under everyone PC sheets explaining a little about them, what they do to earn money, and how they may know each other or at least some hook for getting you lot involved with one another.
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Boz should be back anytime now, so do please make any corrections to your sheets and come up with some background stories for your PC's.
Plus if there are questions about sanity as written (at least what I have of it), now is the time
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Anybody out there?
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I'm here. I like what I'm seeing in the sensitive class so far, look forward to the rest of it by the time I get there. I'm about to look over the sanity rules and such again but they looked pretty good when I looked at them before.
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I'm back, guys. I know you're thrilled. :P Sheet tomorrow, or today, depending on which timezone I'm using.
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woohoo!
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I have a sheet up, albeit one without much of a backstory to it. Have we decided on an equipment process?
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Thought d20 Mod had one, if not will come up with something
Everyone please read post one of the character sheet thread, i notice some of you still have ranks in investigate
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None of four sheets has ranks in Investigate as far as I can tell.
I'm unavailable for the rest of the week, but I'll start pondering on a story. I'll fix the equipment later today.
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Excellent. Perhaps I got the ability mod column confuseded...
All I need now is some background on your PC's, and I'll get you some rules for equipment here shortly.
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I'll have the background done in probably two days, sisters graduation and work is gonna be the only holdup. Sorry for said holdup, guys!
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Dude I've been as much of a holdup as anyone, don't feel bad.
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We begin on the 23rd of September 1776. I made a (very) brief timeline in the info thread. Now would be the time to ask questions and such.
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Since the fires and ship destruction only take place two days before the start of the game and Franklin/Washington only start spreading the news the day before, has word of what's going on had time to reach Wilmington?
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I'd have to look things up, but the ship destruction is not confined to NY, so it's possible you've heard of that.
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FLay: Can Harry speak German?
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Okay travel by coach from NY to Philadelphia is 3 days, travel from NY to Boston is 5-6, more if weather is bad. So it's probably unlikely you guys have heard yet.
Also I have updated the WIlmington and Colonial America posts in the Info thread. Apparently Wilmington was considered a small backwater town in the late 1700's, but was the largest city in the state by 1840. Should I pick another city?
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Possibly. I don't know if the Outer Banks would be a great place to look (most of those locations would also be pretty small), but it's worth a shot.
Also, I have something up for a background.
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Do characters receive additional languages according to their starting Int modifier just like in 3.5? Couldn't find it in the SRD.
Also: how big is the town we're starting in (Wlimington or whatever you decide)?
Also also: background is roaming between my documents, waiting for the final touch.
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Possibly. I don't know if the Outer Banks would be a great place to look (most of those locations would also be pretty small), but it's worth a shot.
Also, I have something up for a background.
I was hoping for a large coastal city. Wilmington will be one eventually, but right now it's a hick town.
ALso, you guys may wish to mention in your background how you know each other
Also, much like the rest of humanity you probably don't believe in monsters unless you're superstitious
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Yes, he can speak German, unless that's an issue, in which case I can make an incredibly valid reason why he's forgotten it.
Anyone got an idea how we know each other, aside from seeing people around town? Only cause I don't yet know each other's backgrounds. Robert and I could very easily know each other through our mutual obsession with superstitious reading.
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Do characters receive additional languages according to their starting Int modifier just like in 3.5? Couldn't find it in the SRD.
Also: how big is the town we're starting in (Wlimington or whatever you decide)?
Also also: background is roaming between my documents, waiting for the final touch.
You automatically speak your native language, additional languages are 1 point each. You also know how to read/write your native language, each additional one is another point.
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Would Boston be an okay setting?
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Would Boston be an okay setting?
Yeah, I suppose, but if we spoke our native tongue only, we'd have to take a skill point for Speak Language: English. :drums :sofa
Seriously though, Boston would be fine.
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Boston's fine with me.
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Fits perfectly into my background, so Boston has my vote.
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lemme replace the links in the info section then
Optionally we could also do NY or Philadelphia
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So with the change in location, we'd be more likely to know of the announcement. Works for me.
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each of the locations has advantages and drawbacks
boston i have a map for, and is somewhat british free, but it's overrun with religious zealots.
philadelphia i sort of have a map for, tis the largest city at the time with much invention taking place, and theres less of a british presence i think
NY is ground zero for lack of a better term as much of the city is destroyed by fire, and there will be many leftover marooned british forces fighting over the spoils. in fact it might be their only beachhead left in the new world with their fleets gone (in out time the british didnt leave till 1783).
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Pip and Arcangel I still need character bios for you.
I'm edging towards Philadelphia. It's a port city like i wanted, you wont be in the immediate shit like you would be in NY, and you wouldn't have bitter religious nutcases like you would in Boston. Anyone have objections?
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I have neither objections nor jokes to make.
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I pretty much have my bio in my head right now I'll try and get it written up ASAP. I likely won't be able to post it until tomorrow night though, going to New Orleans this afternoon and won't be back until then. On the bright side the kiddo is getting to see the Aquarium there before her doctor's appointment.
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I pretty much have my bio in my head right now I'll try and get it written up ASAP. I likely won't be able to post it until tomorrow night though, going to New Orleans this afternoon and won't be back until then. On the bright side the kiddo is getting to see the Aquarium there before her doctor's appointment.
Awww! Well good luck to her!
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I pretty much have my bio in my head right now I'll try and get it written up ASAP. I likely won't be able to post it until tomorrow night though, going to New Orleans this afternoon and won't be back until then. On the bright side the kiddo is getting to see the Aquarium there before her doctor's appointment.
Awww! Well good luck to her!
Well the appointment went great, they are starting to ween her off of her feeding pump. The aquarium was a bit overwhelming for her though, with a couple of hundred kids there for summer programs running around screaming it was almost too much for me too.
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was it fun at least? See any of the more disturbing sea critters?
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was it fun at least? See any of the more disturbing sea critters?
It was ok. I was disappointed that she couldn't enjoy it with the bright eyed wonder she has for most things. The most disturbing thing there is their lack of understanding of geography. They have a room on frogs and one of the cities here has an annual frog festival, they marked this city as being 2 hours away on the interstate. Except it is actually about 4 hours away, google maps wants to contradict me and say 2.5 but I live closer than that and can barely make it in less than 3 hours speeding and not taking rest stops.
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Am now auditing links in campaign info to reflect new location/
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Sorry about the lateness of it I did a brief Bio in my character sheet. Let me know if you need something more out of it BHU.
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I should be apologizing to you guys for lateness :P
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I added three maps on the info thread
So how do you guys know each other and where do you wish to live?
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anybody out there?
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Yup, I'm here. Background will be done today, maybe even a link to the other characters (if their respective owners agree ofcourse).
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Yup, I'm here. Background will be done today, maybe even a link to the other characters (if their respective owners agree ofcourse).
Deal me your worst! Just kidding, though however you connect to an eccentric bookworm sounds good.
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If you feel like adding a connection to Robert, that's perfectly fine.
...Also, I just noticed that we have a Harry who's an investigator/wizard, a Will who's tough and survival-savvy, a Thomas who's charismatic, and a Bob who's well-versed in arcane lore. Was this intentional on anyone's part besides Flay's?
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If you feel like adding a connection to Robert, that's perfectly fine.
...Also, I just noticed that we have a Harry who's an investigator/wizard, a Will who's tough and survival-savvy, a Thomas who's charismatic, and a Bob who's well-versed in arcane lore. Was this intentional on anyone's part besides Flay's?
I wasn't going to say anything. :D
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I shamelessly stole my character's name from The Patriot. Thomas was the son shot early in the movie.
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Pip I still need some background on Will
Anyone have any questions?
Have you guys decided how you know one another?
Will have more stuff in the info thread soon.
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I don't know if anyone comes from a wealthy family but if so they could have commissioned a piece of work from my character. Or potentially I'm working on something for the library and have spoken to Harry a lot with his frequent trips there.
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Pip? You still there?
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Whoops, sorry for my lateness. My new internship started last week, so I was a bit busy. I'll put my biography on the internets tonight (for GMT+1) as I am writing this in the train.
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Aaaaaaaaand... IT'S DONE!
Possible connections would be:
- Robert is a childhood friend and partner in crime for his expeditions.*
- Harry may be interested in what Will screamed at night in the infirmary.
- Thomas... no idea. Will does have a high survival score, so I he may have tought Thomas where to get his mushrooms :D
* I wrote the expedition part before I read Robert's background, so this is a pleasant coincidence.
...Also, I just noticed that we have a Harry who's an investigator/wizard, a Will who's tough and survival-savvy, a Thomas who's charismatic, and a Bob who's well-versed in arcane lore. Was this intentional on anyone's part besides Flay's?
Apart from Harry I don't get any of the references, so: no sir, it was not.
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Kewl. Gimme a few days to finish the online gig and write up some intros. In that time you guys peek at teh maps and decide where you wanna live
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Hmm. Seventh Street, near the Southeast Square.
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If you walk along High or Market Street from the river banks, go left on fifth street and take the first right (can't read what it's called, but judging from Google Maps, it's Ludlow street). The McQuillens' house/shop is halfway.
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also, we'll be starting after monring breakfast so gimme an idea of what you'll b e doing
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I will most likely be living in/very near the library where I am working. Kind of depends on how flat broke I really am, since buying crossbow bolts now would make me loose wealth.
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aw crap i still gotta do the starting gold stuff thanks for reminding me!
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aw crap i still gotta do the starting gold stuff thanks for reminding me!
My roll is linked on my sheet down near the bottom. I just can't afford more than a 3PDC for rent otherwise I run out of money. I probably should have bought some other stuff too but there isn't a whole lot of options that make sense, the past book focused on combat equipment IIRC.
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Aaaaaaaaand... IT'S DONE!
Possible connections would be:
- Robert is a childhood friend and partner in crime for his expeditions.*
- Harry may be interested in what Will screamed at night in the infirmary.
- Thomas... no idea. Will does have a high survival score, so I he may have tought Thomas where to get his mushrooms :D
* I wrote the expedition part before I read Robert's background, so this is a pleasant coincidence.
...Also, I just noticed that we have a Harry who's an investigator/wizard, a Will who's tough and survival-savvy, a Thomas who's charismatic, and a Bob who's well-versed in arcane lore. Was this intentional on anyone's part besides Flay's?
Apart from Harry I don't get any of the references, so: no sir, it was not.
I would be VERY interested, yes! And similarly, I would be "living" near the library, but I'd be living in the library. I'll try and come up with a place soon. I wouldn't be surprised if I was renting out a small flat, a la Harry Dresden or Sherlock Holmes.
Oh, and Pip, there is something I think you should read. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dresden_Files)
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Thanks, Flay! Things make a lot more sense now.
I already rolled and substracted my gear, bhu. Though I remember I put some stuff like a compass somewhere on my sheet, but it's nowhere to be found.
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also, we'll be starting after monring breakfast so gimme an idea of what you'll b e doing
Just after breakfast and opening the shop, William's father, Ian McQuillen, instructs him to make a delivery of maps to the library.
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Robert will probably be asleep, having stayed up late the night before to finish an order of rifles.
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Harry will be waking groggily, on top of his studies, in the library. He'll notice the time, and in a panic start cleaning up after himself.
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ah well if u guys already rolled for money we'll go with that for now. Does everyone have all tehir sheets done, and a profession which earns them money?
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I'm not entirely certain what system we're using for wealth or where the equipment lists are.
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Pip and arc, what did you use for wealth generation? Do you have teh d20 past book?
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Well, I couldn't find any supplemental rules on how to roll for wealth, so I used the standard SRD way.
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official rules:
Roll 2d4 and add the starting wealth bonus for your starting occupation to determine starting welath bonus
+0 impoverished or in debt
+1 to +4 struggling
+5 to +10 middle class
+11 to +15 affluent
+16 to +20 welathy
+21 to +30 rich
+31 or more very rich
to purchase something roll id20 plus wealth bonus , and you must equal or exceed the purchase dc of the item
obviously it would take forever to list the equipment and mods here. I can try to find a link for it online to send to everyone (hint)
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Yup, those are the rules I used.
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Notes for FLay:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_criminal_justice#Colonial_America
http://law.jrank.org/pages/1640/Police-History-Early-policing-in-colonial-America.html
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/Policing-Colonial-America.topicArticleId-10065,articleId-9933.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Company_of_Philadelphia
As a constable you find much of your time taken up working for the local judges. The Library Company occasionally pays you to translate Germanic texts in your spare time as well.
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If you could find a link to the equipment list, that would be great. The closest thing I have is the Sidewinder equipment list, which is still a bit too technologically advanced.
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General equipment is in the srd http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20/article/msrd
though most of that stuff is unavailable
I'll try to get you a link to d20 past (I may have to find a pdf)
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Question for Pip: What kind of business do your parents own?
Note for Arcangel Arcanis: You are currently working on headstones as there isn't much call for sculpture due to panic about the war.
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Gotcha BHU. I'm finally back among those with access to technology again. As much as I love the little woman's grandparents being so far out there the GPS asking "where the hell are you?" (only a slight exaggeration) is a bit much for me.
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Notes for Boz: Your bosses name is Robert Colonel Peebles, you are currently working on an order of 100 muskets, his specialty. There are rumors your shop may be co-opted to develop new rifles for the war effort.
Does anyone need anything other than equipment before we start?
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No, once I get my equipment settled I should be good to go.
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Question for Pip: What kind of business do your parents own?
My dad took over my grandfather's cartography (work)shop.
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okay i cant find a time appropriate list for equipment other than weapons. SO tell me what you want and ill get you a DC from looking at similar stuff and doing research then we start.
Does anyone need anything else or want something I havent mentioned?
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So no requests for equipment DC's and such?
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added save dc's for sanity for everyone to review
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Let's see. Probably some sort of pistol, assuming it's not prohibitively expensive. The various materials needed for carrying out physical science experiments. Some armor, if it's plausible.
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the only equipment I can think of that wasn't purchased already is the story driven stuff that Thomas likely wouldn't carry with him all the time, like his artisan tools (which would likely be heavy), and some extra clothes (given his finances he isn't buying more than the basics until that changes).
The DCs look good. Though I would swap human mutilation and rivers of blood, IMO. Human destruction is disturbing but not unnatural like the river. Also you forgot a DC for the aliens, I suspect 22 since it fits the pattern. And I'm guessing those are meant to be will saves?
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Let's see. Probably some sort of pistol, assuming it's not prohibitively expensive. The various materials needed for carrying out physical science experiments. Some armor, if it's plausible.
.50 cal Dueling Pistol (DC 19)
Blunderbuss Pistol (DC 19)
Snaplock Pistol (DC 20)
Wheel Lock Horse Pistol (DC 18)
Wheel Lock Belt Pistol (DC 17)
Heavy Crossbow (DC 11)
Crossbow (DC 9)
longarms are easier to get
pistol shot and powder (12) (DC 8)
12 bolts (DC 5)
gunpowder barrel (DC 12)'
blast grenade DC 14
mild acid vial (DC 6)
buff coat (DC 11)
breastplate (DC 19)
studded leather (DC 13)
chemical kit (DC 16)
demolitions kit (DC 13)
mechanical tool kit basic (Dc 13)
advanced (DC 20)
lemme know if theres osmething you want not on htis list
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the only equipment I can think of that wasn't purchased already is the story driven stuff that Thomas likely wouldn't carry with him all the time, like his artisan tools (which would likely be heavy), and some extra clothes (given his finances he isn't buying more than the basics until that changes).
The DCs look good. Though I would swap human mutilation and rivers of blood, IMO. Human destruction is disturbing but not unnatural like the river. Also you forgot a DC for the aliens, I suspect 22 since it fits the pattern. And I'm guessing those are meant to be will saves?
i based them off the CoC list, yes they're willpower DC's, added the last DC
I think the river of blood DC is lower because you can rationalize it (a horrible battle took place downstream, im not going that way)
clothes business (DC 12)
casual (DC 8)
formal (DC 15)
coat (DC 8)
overcoat (DC 9)
toolbelt (DC 9)
we'll go with the same price for artisan tools as the mechanical tools above
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Out of curiosity, what are the stats for the buff coat?
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+1 Defense (no matter whether you're proficient or not), Light Armor, Max Dex +8, ACP -0, speed 30 ft.
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Hrm. You said longarms were cheaper, bhu? I don't suppose I could trouble you for a list of those?
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Getting my equipment up now. My apartment got broken into. Comp got stolen, as well as a few other light electronic items, window smashed, etc. Anywho, had to dig out my old 2005 desktop (which is too old to play sc2 properly...) to post. Sorry for the lateness.
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Hrm. You said longarms were cheaper, bhu? I don't suppose I could trouble you for a list of those?
Ferguson RIfle (DC 18)
Brown Bess (DC 13)
Blunderbuss Musket (DC 19)\
Snaplock Musket (DC 21)
Matchlock Arquebus (DC 15)
Matchlock Musket (DC 17)
Matchlock Caliver (DC 14)
Wheel Lock Musket (D C23)
Wheel Lock Carbine (DC 22)
okay my bad some of them are cheaper...
want melee or non rifle stuffs? If you cant get one dont worry too bad, you guys may be getting some help ;)
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Nah, I'll just go with what we have here. Let's see, starting wealth bonus of 10...
An acid vial (DC 6)
A toolbelt (DC 9)
A crossbow (DC 9)
12 bolts (DC 5)
Casual clothing (DC 8)
An overcoat (DC 9)
That should all be essentially free, since it's all below the threshold. Now for the expensive stuff. We'll assume I took ten on each of these.
Advanced mechanical tool kit (DC 20; drops wealth to 9)
Chemical kit (DC 16; drops wealth to 8)
Buff coat (DC 11; drops wealth to 7)
How's that look? This is assuming we don't need to bother keeping track of mundane things like food, shelter, and the like. At first, anyway.
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Your good. Anyone else still need to buy stuff before I start?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEtm_Q2LK9g
Sorry, just excited to get this party started ;)
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Alrighty then, expect a new thread tonight or so :D
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It has begun
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Posting Items, then posting my action. Pumped for this!
Starting Wealth +8:
-Casual Clothing (DC8, -0 Wealth)
-Musket Powder and shot x 12 (DC 8, -0 Wealth)
-Knife (DC 7, -0 Wealth)
-Ferguson Rifle (DC 18, -1 Wealth: W7) - Obviously he'd have an attachment to this rifle...
-Buff Coat (DC 12, -1 Wealth: W6)
-Messenger Bag (DC 6, -0 Wealth) - I'm going with a Contractor's field bag as a base for it, unless you want something else.
Can't really think of anything else he'd have on him at a given time...
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Just to be sure:
Wealth Bonus: 2d4 + 2 = +8 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3113396/)
Free stuff:
- Casual Clothing (DC 8)
- Raincoat (DC 8)
- Compass (DC 5)
- Spyglass (DC 7) (from standard binoculars in SRD)
- Flint and tinder (DC I don't care)
- Matchbox (DC I care even less)
- 2x torch (DC 2) (from chemical light sticks in SRD)
- 100 ft. hempen rope (DC 5)
- Maps of Philadelphia and the known new world (DC 3)
- First aid kit (DC 5) (contains bandages, needle and thread and a flask of alcohol)
- Knife (DC 7)
- .57 caliber bullets, 10 shots + gunpowder (DC 8 or so)
- Halberd (DC 6)
- Wooly blanket (DC little)
Expensive Stuff:
- Brown Bess (DC 13) (-1)
- Buffcoat (DC 11) (-1)
- Survivalist's Backpack (DC 10) (-1)
Wealth bonus is now +5.
Note that I won't be running errands with a friggin' halberd on my back, so all equipment that has location "home" or "pack" is not with me at the very start of the campaign.
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i has no problem with what you guys got listed so far.
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Just in case, bhu....
[spoiler].... did you chose this day specifically? And can we assume this isn't happening today? Or should I shut my filthy mouth? :D (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Constitution_of_1776)[/spoiler]
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ain't sayin' yet :P
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ain't sayin' yet :P
FINE! I suppose I can wait.... I know how to wait!..... In the creepy-ass cellar........ alone....
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Shite, I forgot to tell you guys this, but I'll be on holiday from Saturday til Monday the 1st. You recon it will take Will a week to grab his stuff from home?
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I'll work out some way of keeping you alive ;)
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Will shall return in little more than a week. You guys can go ahead on your adventure, I'll catch up with you, being something close to Bear Grylls on acid :p
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anyone have more questions or supplies requests?
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last call for goodies you would want on a week long espionage mission
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Thomas is just going grab his crossbow and such before heading out with them.
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If I'm posing as a musket merchant, having one and some ammo would help our cover.
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If I'm posing as a musket merchant, having one and some ammo would help our cover.
That reminds me, I'll be needing some tools to prove my cover as well (i doubt the church would appreciate me taking theirs).
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Okay how does a coach, enough supplies for a week, cooking and camping gear, the maps, and 1 firearm apiece sound?
Whoever is sharing the drivers seat gets an extra dueling pistol, everyone also get a Pennsylvania Rifle (which I will have to make stats for) or a Brown Bess (unless there's something you'd like to request).
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Either way, with my rifle handy, I'd like another gun, pistol or rifle I'm not too specific about. Whichever has a higher damage output; Dresden isn't much of a shot, so he likes to make his shots count. At this point, one more shot for a move action is kind of a pleasant thought. I like the sound of this greatly, that stuff seems fine.
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I don't think you want to put a rifle in Thomas' hands. He doesn't have personal firearms prof. hence he owns a crossbow and a couple of bolts.
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I don't think you want to put a rifle in Thomas' hands. He doesn't have personal firearms prof. hence he owns a crossbow and a couple of bolts.
we can get you more ammo then
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Either way, with my rifle handy, I'd like another gun, pistol or rifle I'm not too specific about. Whichever has a higher damage output; Dresden isn't much of a shot, so he likes to make his shots count. At this point, one more shot for a move action is kind of a pleasant thought. I like the sound of this greatly, that stuff seems fine.
Unless you objected you would be most likely to share the drivers seat with Jones as a lookout, so you would prolly get a pistol for when you're driving, and a rifle for otherwise
Anybody wanting a long rifle can use the kentucky rifle stats from d20 Past it's about the same. The Brown Bess and it are the two most common firearms where you'll be.
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So you guys ready to go? Warning for those choosing the rifle it has better range but doesnt accept bayonet mounts.
Also: Flay you may wish to peek in my samurai thread
Boz you may wish to peek in my Chaos thread
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I expect as many puns as you can fit into a single class.
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SO Kentucky RIfle for Flay, Brown Bess for Boz, appropriate tools/cloths and 30 crossbow bolts for arc. Pip will get a choice of gun on return.
Anything else before we start up?
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And returned I have. I've bought a Brown Bess from my wealth, but maybe a crossbow would be better, see Arch's argumentation. Anyway, I get my stuff from home.
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flay you accompanying arc or leavin on your own?
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FLay hasnt been on in 3 days, anyone know if he's ok?
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ok its been over a week for FLay now and he hasnt responded to the message I left. any thoughts?
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Don't know really. Maybe he fried his computer.
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Went look at his recent posts and didn't see much. This is the closest I found to an explanation:
Same, gotta finish a show, move, all that jazz. No rush, man.
That was on the 25th, so he may be in the process of moving now or has already moved and be without internet.
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do we hold off a few days for him to respond or do I catch him up when he returns (hopefully shortly)
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Completely legitimate business, lack of a computer after a burglary, and moving into a temp stay before shifting 600 miles south in September unfortunately had me offline for a helluva long time. I didn't forsee the issue, sorry about that. I'll be back pretty regularly for now.
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hugs
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Accepted gratefully!
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"Well, it would hardly be an expedition if we didn't have you traipsing abreast"
Well played, Boz! :lmao Poor Will; he's going to be driven insane even before we've encountered out first hentaipr0n beast.
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Big update to Sanity rules. WOuld like some review on my choices of nuttiness before i proceed.
Also making preliminary spell rules
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Nuthin'? No thoughts at all?
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I'm curious to see where the spells-skills mechanic will go.
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I'm curious to see where the spells-skills mechanic will go.
All the effects that would normally scale with level will now scale with ranks. The only question being do i make it progressively harder or static.
Example: Does the spell do 1d6 fire damage with two ranks, and another 1d6 every time you double your ranks in the spell, or does it do 1d6 fire damage per so many ranks.
not that you'll be getting fireballs but you get idea
I corssposted in min/max to no response so I left a nice fanservice pic there to goad conversation for the interested.
ALso *waves spastically at Flay*
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anyone heard from Flay?
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flay you intending to chat wif Jones before Pip comes out?
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Oh, yes indeedy. This on and off internet thing is pissing me off...
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just out of curiosity how often does everyone pop in?
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I try to check a few times a day, during the day. It depends on work. I normally forget at night and weekends because I'm not sitting at work bored. I happened to check today after playing a game with some friends on my computer.
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How about the rest of you?
I ask because I feel some of you may only pop up every other day or so, and I may be rushing things posting before you check in.
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I just don't currently own my own computer, so normally I'd be on daily, but now it's every other day or so.
Interesting job so far, btw. With a 20, I have a search of 22.
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I just don't currently own my own computer, so normally I'd be on daily, but now it's every other day or so.
Interesting job so far, btw. With a 20, I have a search of 22.
As long as you can still show up all is good :D
How bout you Pip and Boz?
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I show up on a daily basis, give or take a day occasionally.
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Usually a few times per day. Though I'm often in areas without internet reception on my phone. Also, there's a difference in time of at least 7 hours with you guys.
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No, bhu, I have no sense of quote-decency! :D
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http://www.fairatnewboston.org/index.html guess where im goin tomorrow?
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damn, flay your time in the cellar made u paranoid!
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Sounds about right; look in the obviously necessary cellar, roll low. General scan of town, top those feckin rolls!
Anywho, moving tomorrow, wont have a computer til thursday or friday, so roll for me!
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arc you okay?
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yeah I'm here. I've been reading along as best I can. I just didn't have much to say for the game and been having other projects on my plate, like completely re-installing my computer over the weekend thanks to "fixing"* it nuking my data.
*My system has a 3 drive raid5 array, so any one drive fails I don't lose anything. Storms last week took out a drive and my network card. When I replaced the hard drive my raid controller reset all of the drives to single disk, thus making any data on the 2 surviving drives unrecoverable. I learned too late of this bug and had other issues when dealing with my computer, but bug is fixed now with a bios update and the other issues are fixed as well. Plus I now have a 4th drive that is acting as a backup location so I don't lose my documents and saved games again.
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damn everyones had some crappy luck of late :twitch
Hugs for arc
we continue as soon as i get the spot, listen, search rolls from you
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You asked if Will was keeping the book, are you asking if Thomas was? If so then yes he will for now, he wants to show the constable in case he has any idea about it.
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Ah, I'm glad I'm not the only one who hot confused by that.
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sorry bout that
my blood sugar is out of whack and im occasionally having problems with disorientation. It's started since my pharmacy changed suppliers.
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Mmm... drugs...
[spoiler](http://cdn.head-fi.org/d/d1/d111892f_t_drooling_homer_2141.gif)[/spoiler]
Just take it easy and don't feel compelled to post.
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its the metformin. It's supposed to keep my blood sugar down but since they changed suppliers the exact opposite has happened. I'm averaging 240. I switched pills and it seems to be going down, i was only 180 when i got up today.
Plus the posting keeps me focused off certain recent misfortunes
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How long have we slept and how long til sunrise?
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Oh please let it be Dutch, I dare you, m************! :p
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[spoiler]I'm trained in Decipher Script. Could we collaborate somehow (possibly with an aid another)?[/spoiler]
For sure! I've got a +8, you a +7, so if you auto-succeed the aid attempt, it brings me up to +10 on my check. Taking 10 gets us a 20, which isn't bad, but I could also gamble with that nice hefty +10. It's a 55% chance we roll a total equal to or higher than 20, so I think it's a good risk.
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How long have we slept and how long til sunrise?
All this is currently before nightfall.
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Oh please let it be Dutch, I dare you, m************! :p
Canst thou readest Dutch?
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I am Dutch, so yes. I also speak German if Flay is feeling bold enough :smirk
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Hahaha, leave it to me to find someone who can and will check my work! :P My grammar and vocabulary are shit, my hs teacher wasn't much of a teacher so much as he sort of spoke German. It occurs to me I'm playing German-ancestry characters in both my current modern games.....
Actually, that's wonderful! Correct me when I use something stupidly, since basically I'm relying on a minimal knowledge of German alongside an English-to-German dictionary. :(
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Actually, screw that! I speak German; while the spoken language is much more tolerant, the written language has so many grammar rules, they make my eyes bleed. But as long as you're not writing a letter to Angela Merkel, I'll check what I can :)
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keep in mind i speak neither so I'll be looking stuff up online :D
should be amusing :D
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No no I may have not made things clear. It's at the end of the street. As in the opposite end of the street that you are on, not across from you.
Oy, that would have changed things. No matter, I'm going through with this now that I've awoken Boz.
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You know that feeling when watching a horror movie and one of the characters just has to open the door to the room with the scary noises, while you keep thinking "don't do it, idiot"? That's the feeling I have concerning Will right now.
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there's a reason for that
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I'd like to emphasize that Will has his halberd ready :p
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whose staying, and whose going outside?
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Robert already ran outside to find Will, I think. He might actually run into him as Will exits the house.
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pip? u out dere?
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Sorry for the delay. Give me an hour and we shall progress.
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anyone interrupting with questions before Jones goes on?
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anyone interrupting with questions before Jones goes on?
Listening
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Same; Dresden knows apparently f-all about the subject, so he's more listening intently, wondering how this all fits together.
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nobody answering jones?
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if it makes you feel better Flay, IC hates us all from time to time
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if it makes you feel better Flay, IC hates us all from time to time
Oh, I now. It's a definite hate-hate relationship.
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and right now it appears to be hating everyone except pip (but thats prolly cause he hasnt rolled yet) :o
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I has made an oopsie reading the old maps. I was under the impression valley forge was slightly northeast of philly, between it and NY. According to modern maps its slightly northwest...
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Let's just blame it on Jones' low navigation bonus.
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FLay? You reportin' to the others?
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I believe you're mixing up Will and Thomas again :eh
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I believe you're mixing up Will and Thomas again :eh
dangit!
So whose answering the constable foist?
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i must admit the pc's are taking this awful well
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i must admit the pc's are taking this awful well
Thomas doesn't know what to think. He knows strange things happen and isn't going to throw stones at Will over claiming to see a ghost. So he is just going along for the ride at the moment because it is a better life than carving headstones for just enough to pay rent and buy food. At least right now someone else is paying for stuff and he gets to travel. :lmao
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Robert hasn't actually seen anything that defies explanation yet. Weird things, sure, but there's the hope that this all has a rational explanation is still there.
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pip, you'r e up
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Sorry for not posting lately; I've been having some general motivation problems. I'm back in the running now.
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Sorry for not posting lately; I've been having some general motivation problems. I'm back in the running now.
u ok?
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Yeah, I'm okay. Thanks for your concern though.
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Pip, you chiming in before I move on?
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[spoiler]Listen: 23
Spot: 23 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3241306/)
Huh, thank you IC! Way to go with excellence and consistency![/spoiler]
:lmao
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No questions here.