Ultros64, psycojester and WDDBM it is. A party of three is my perfect number. We'll do this as a seperate thing to the group that played last time. Do you want to plunge into the same sandbox (map somewhere in this thread, perhaps with a different starting point) or try your hand at zombie survival?
I've been so silly. Obviously the solution is to dump my zombie scenario in the sandbox I made and get the best of both worlds.
On this map...
...you'll be arriving at the village of Redway, which is exactly five hexes (about 15 miles) south of Bluewater. Would be helpful if your characters knew eachother beforehand and had some casual reason to be going into this village.
I think this time I'll say no optional rules, unless I tell you otherwise. This means no racial perks this time, as they're awaiting a little tweaking from myself, so let's keep charaters core. Of course, there's nothing stopping you being a Dwarf without taking any dwarf perks, so I'd say aim for dwarf or human characters, considering the area.
Okay so basically we're going to playing mercenaries/adventurers/whatevers fleeing from a George Romero style zombie apocalypse in a fantasy world and wound up together in some podunk nowhere backwater town?
For my fellow adventurers, my character idea is a human rogue who uses a crossbow and throwing knives.
Edit: @ Ultros
While I personally think zombies are really cool, the way to keep things interesting when they're your main antagonists is to switch up the situations.
One zombie? Maybe not a big deal. Fifteen zombies? Now you're talking.
That not doing it for ya? How about a squad of zombie giants being commanded by an evil wizard? The zombies are also on fire.
The possibilities are nearly endless.
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There'll be another chance! Or feel free to get another game going.
As for concerns of zombies getting predictable, it's not like it's "all zombies, all the time". They're just the focus of this first little scenario. Plus it's a sandbox, so if you don't like it you can just walk away and find somewhere else to explore.
It's certainly not zombie apocalypse, but I don't want to go into it too much for the sake of spoilers. Rest assured most of the world is zombie-free.
As for the extra class perks... I'll say yes. But on the condition that if I somehow made one broken and forgot about it I can veto it off your character. Shouldn't be a problem.
Body 5
Shooting 5, Grace 5, Wisdom 2, Melee 1
Precision: +2 damage on critical hits with weapons of damage 3 or less
Dagger x2, Longbow, 20ft rope
Bless
Mordrim is an initiate of the High Clergy of Kurzah, the God of Justice and Law. While Kurzah holds no preference for his worshippers, many of his devoted are Dwarves who admire the stoic and honorable nature of his judgements. Clerics of Kurzah are not typical in their worship; unlike other deities whom grant blessings to followers helping the needy or poor, the followers of Kurzah act as Judges and experts of law. Their verdicts are known to be fair and just, and their courts are among the most incorruptible in the lands. Many creatures, be they Man, Dwarf or Elf, have traveled many miles to their High Halls seeking a fair trial.
The High Halls of Kurzah are currently located in an immense Dwarven city named "Kurzaalathrum", translated literally meaning "Hall of God Law". This is the town where Mordrim hails from, and his clan makes up a majority of the High Clergy. Having reached the respectable position of Initiate, he now travels to bring justice and equality throughout the land in his deity's name.
I got other stuff too, but I thought I would keep it brief.
Ultros64 on
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It's up to you, really. Neither character is particularly fragile, the Cleric's practically a fighter, so I wouldn't worry too much about creating an ineffective group. Go for whatever you want, I say.
Equipment: Light armour, Sword, Dagger, cloak, torch, hat gold 3g
I was trying to find something in the style of the traditional highwayman look, but its bloody difficult to find something appropriate
Backstory:
Remigo was born the 5th son of a wealthy mercantile family. Knowing he was too far down the order of inheritance to ever inherit the family fortune, Remigo instead devoted himself to drinking, dueling, wenching and generally having a good time on the families money. This extravagant lifestyle came to an end with the untimely death of Remigo's parents in an untimely carriage accident, leaving Remigo's eldest brother Lucio as head of the family. Within the hour of his succession Lucio had dredged Remigo out of a tavern, explained to him the importance of maintaining the family's name and image amongst the community, presented him with a large pouch of gold and told him that if he wasn't gone from the city by sundown he'd be leaving it via the river in cement shoes.
Since then Remigo has made a living by the sword, hiring himself out as an arms master, caravan guard or sell-sword to whomever have need of his services. These jobs rarely last for any length of time as Remigo never learned to keep a civil tounge in his head and tends to find himself fired with alarming frequency and rapidity. Most recently Remigo can be found drinking away the last of his gold following a short stint as a arms instructor to a minor nobles son.
I think the last session ran just under 3 hours, but I find it's best to see how it feels.
Do you guys have any strong feelings on starting off knowing eachother or encountering eachother for the first time at the start of play? I can work either way into things but having you already be together for whatever reason would get us into the proper game quicker.
An hour behind schedule now, are you still planning on coming, Ultros and psyco?. I'll stick around for a while longer but I don't want to start too late in the evening.
Hey losers, remember when you were all "Hey, we should play this game soon." And I was like "Yeah, let's do this shit." And Suga said "So we're doing it on Thursday." And then you guys didn't show up?
I'm so sorry, but I had my car break down on my way back from work and spent a huge amount of time trying to get it to a shop. Couldn't get a hold of anyone at all, and it took forever.
Again, very sorry. If it makes you feel any better, I had to spend $473 dollars on a new starter and a fried battery.
This shouldn't happen again.
Ultros64 on
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No worries, Ultros. I figured you'd have a good reason, so don't feel bad. We got a stand in and had a fun session, but will definitely try and do a follow up. Working your character in shouldn't be difficult at all if you can make it next time.
A proper writeup may materialise soon. Hope you all enjoyed it.
Well, I'm really sorry to hear that, Ultros. Hopefully your car will stay functioning for a good while. But yeah, we had a good time. It'd be great if you could make it next time.
We'll make it happen. Room will be #TAT on irc.magicstar.net as usual. I'll try and be in there beforehand but if you're super-early I'll be around in #rpgnet and #rpg_design
I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get there this week. I'm spending the week out in Arizona to visit some relatives and I'm not sure how much access I'll have to a computer.
You have no idea how much I want to test out this system, yet it seems that I'm repeatedly barred from doing that. I'll keep you updated as I find out my schedule.
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Reminder. We're scheduled to begin 2 hours 35 mins from now. A slight problem may arise that leads to me being up to 30 mins late, but I won't be any later than that. Chances are it won't be an issue at all, so still assume we'll begin at the planned time.
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On this map...
...you'll be arriving at the village of Redway, which is exactly five hexes (about 15 miles) south of Bluewater. Would be helpful if your characters knew eachother beforehand and had some casual reason to be going into this village.
I think this time I'll say no optional rules, unless I tell you otherwise. This means no racial perks this time, as they're awaiting a little tweaking from myself, so let's keep charaters core. Of course, there's nothing stopping you being a Dwarf without taking any dwarf perks, so I'd say aim for dwarf or human characters, considering the area.
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For my fellow adventurers, my character idea is a human rogue who uses a crossbow and throwing knives.
Edit: @ Ultros
While I personally think zombies are really cool, the way to keep things interesting when they're your main antagonists is to switch up the situations.
One zombie? Maybe not a big deal. Fifteen zombies? Now you're talking.
That not doing it for ya? How about a squad of zombie giants being commanded by an evil wizard? The zombies are also on fire.
The possibilities are nearly endless.
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As for concerns of zombies getting predictable, it's not like it's "all zombies, all the time". They're just the focus of this first little scenario. Plus it's a sandbox, so if you don't like it you can just walk away and find somewhere else to explore.
It's certainly not zombie apocalypse, but I don't want to go into it too much for the sake of spoilers. Rest assured most of the world is zombie-free.
As for the extra class perks... I'll say yes. But on the condition that if I somehow made one broken and forgot about it I can veto it off your character. Shouldn't be a problem.
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Human Bayou Hunter
Body 5
Shooting 5, Grace 5, Wisdom 2, Melee 1
Precision: +2 damage on critical hits with weapons of damage 3 or less
Dagger x2, Longbow, 20ft rope
Bless
Gold
Decided not to use the extra perk anyway, SUGA. I've also got a backstory in the works.
Mordrim the Dutiful
Cleric of Kurzah the Just (Scholar, Dwarf)
Body 5
Wisdom 7
Melee 4
Shooting 2
Craft 1
Perks
Learned - +2 Wisdom
Spellbook - Learn 2 spells
Spells
Healing Touch
Practical Magic
Items
Staff
2 Days Worth of Rations
Robe
3 GP (6 - 3 http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2038229/ )
Backstory
The High Halls of Kurzah are currently located in an immense Dwarven city named "Kurzaalathrum", translated literally meaning "Hall of God Law". This is the town where Mordrim hails from, and his clan makes up a majority of the High Clergy. Having reached the respectable position of Initiate, he now travels to bring justice and equality throughout the land in his deity's name.
I got other stuff too, but I thought I would keep it brief.
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Body: 4
Melee: 5
Grace: 5
Awareness: 2
Shooting: 1
Perks:
Athletic
Weapon Master (sword)
Equipment: Light armour, Sword, Dagger, cloak, torch, hat
gold 3g
Backstory:
Since then Remigo has made a living by the sword, hiring himself out as an arms master, caravan guard or sell-sword to whomever have need of his services. These jobs rarely last for any length of time as Remigo never learned to keep a civil tounge in his head and tends to find himself fired with alarming frequency and rapidity. Most recently Remigo can be found drinking away the last of his gold following a short stint as a arms instructor to a minor nobles son.
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For the timezone-illiterate I'm posting this at 4:45pm
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Do you guys have any strong feelings on starting off knowing eachother or encountering eachother for the first time at the start of play? I can work either way into things but having you already be together for whatever reason would get us into the proper game quicker.
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I'm assuming this is the correct server or whatever?
Anyhow, I'm in #TAT now
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It kinda sucked.
Again, very sorry. If it makes you feel any better, I had to spend $473 dollars on a new starter and a fried battery.
This shouldn't happen again.
A proper writeup may materialise soon. Hope you all enjoyed it.
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Ultros, I'm sure I can work you in if you can make it.
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You have no idea how much I want to test out this system, yet it seems that I'm repeatedly barred from doing that.
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