CoS: OoC (Players only)

[nijineko]

Here is where everyone who is playing can post everything out of character. Players only, please!

[nijineko]

so, i'd like everyone to consider how much credit they have, and post your wishlist here please! feel free to break the wishlist into two or more sections. i'll give examples here.

section one is for wishlist items that fall within your current credit limit. not only will this help you get what you want, it will give me plot and location ideas.

section two is for items that exceed your credit limit. this will help me plan villains and future plot locations and events. give me an idea of what sorts of things your character would be interested. and don't worry, this is only a general guideline.

section three are for things which cannot be purchased with gold: desired character events, directions of development, desired prestige access, and so forth. as the two above, this will be one of your prime methods of influencing plot and story flow. i won't necessarily take things verbatim, but i will make a good faith effort to make some version of what you ask for come to pass. just keep in mind the collorary....

if you think of more, make more! i read them all. do consider these lists editable; by all means, change them as the game proceeds!



storyteller's promise: i'm not out to get the players or characters. i may mix in good lumps with bad lumps, but in the end i try to make things work out roughly even. multiple bad lumps usually presage a plot climax of some type, and will eventually be followed by good lumps in similar measure. i will always listen and consider carefully what is being said. and ask questions if i'm not sure!

storyteller's request: that you communicate with me, even if it's just a little, "things are going good, thanks," now and again. and please never be afraid to question something. 99+% of the time, i don't mind explaining. though i might be evasive about details if it's a plot thing.

[Dax Thura]

I am fortunate in that I have I have all of my wealth on me already, so I don't want for much to start with. For the future, however, I'm hoping for items that will expand my spell repetoire. Things like wands, staves, and more know stones. I plan on prestiging into the Dragonheart Mage (races of the dragon p 88) next level which gives bonus draconic feats while increasing my casting ability.

[Elbryon]

I am not as fortunate as Dax to have all my wealth on me (meager as it may be) I was on my way to breakfast when I was sucked in and only have my traveling cloths, a small hand axe, and my coin/gems. Since only recently leaving the employ of the military and starting my adventureing career what I left behind is fairly simple pack w/bedroll and waterskins, flint & steel, torch, rations, a set of chainmail, and my prized dwarven battleaxe. I had yet to attain anything magical or fancy so that is the type of thing I would like to see being military minded and keeping in that frame I am always on the lookout for a full suit of plate mail and the most butt whoopin battle axe I can get my hands on :)

[Necrite]

Character sheet and background are almost finished, will get them up ASAP. Working an extra day this week, and my laptop just died on me (yay for extended warranties), so I'll be stuck using my PDA for the nonce.

My character is a (yet unnamed) hobgoblin from a world where goblinoids are the majority, and humans are the nomadic and tribal raiders that humanoids are in a typical setting. He is a scout returning home from an extended mission, and as such has his weapons and armor, plus some minor supplies. He has only a tiny handful of coin - probably not even enough to buy breakfast if he actually had to pay for it. Military service has at least a couple benefits!

I'd like one magic item, either to start with, or available on my credit, though not a standard one, so it's up to Nijineko to determine how to deal with it: a traveller's cloak that keeps the wearer comfortable, regadless of heat or cold, and repels rain, snow, mist and road dust, and functions this way when worn normally or used as a blanket.

An event that would be appropriate for a future RP scenario would involve him being forced into a position where his life hinges on trusting a human - his favored enemy*.

*Don't worry about this causing significant difficulty, Nijineko... I've dealt with it in my backstory. It should make things interesting...

[Dax Thura]

I'd like one magic item, either to start with, or available on my credit, though not a standard one, so it's up to Nijineko to determine how to deal with it: a traveller's cloak that keeps the wearer comfortable, regadless of heat or cold, and repels rain, snow, mist and road dust, and functions this way when worn normally or used as a blanket.

Might I suggest, at least as a starting point, a cloak of comfort. It gives a +1 to saves and Endure Elements effect. No book on me, but I think it's about 1500gp out of Complete Arcane or Mage.

[Necrite]

The endure elements is part of what I'm looking for, but the +1 to saves isn't really, and adds a fair amount to the cost. But you're right, it is a good starting place.

[Dax Thura]

Very well done. It evoked a sense of solemnity. You do know your stuff.

[nijineko]

*^^*

[Elbryon]

Very Very cool too bad we're so far apart I think I would enjoy an inperson game even more.

*I hope that doesnt sound to stalker like :(*

[nijineko]

hahahah. not to an rp'er. i quite understand.

[Dax Thura]

I'm waiting for the 3 bears to arrive.

[nijineko]

heheheh. =D

[Necrite]

A couple things about Elbryon's thread there: Is it Brandylegs (http://www.penandpapergames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=39476&postcount=19) or Bandylegs (http://www.penandpapergames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7333)?

Also, Search is Int based, so that untrained Search check should have your Int mod (-1) applied. My intention WAS to add a point or two to the roll... didn't realize Int was your dump stat.

[nijineko]

thank you for those observations!

i will note that in his character post it is brandylegs, but in my character file i somehow managed to put bandylegs. ^^ i assume that the post was intended correct spelling?

[Elbryon]

Ahh thanks Necrite I didnt even catch that and on the roll I wasnt even thinking about the mod since the skill is not something I have taken I will keep a closer eye on that.

[nijineko]

hey, necrite, when you searched earlier you had a +7 mod, this last search check you have a +8. looking at your character sheet, it looks like you shorted yourself that earlier check. ^^

[Elbryon]

Ok now that I've already shut myself out of the other room I am assumeing I left my posessions behind? I know I never said I was picking them up after crawling out of the frigid water and I don't want to assume anything. If this is true and I left what goodies I had with me I now have this mysterious axe I know nothing about yet and the white cloth the figure draped over me. Could you clarify my current situation.

[Necrite]

hey, necrite, when you searched earlier you had a +7 mod, this last search check you have a +8. looking at your character sheet, it looks like you shorted yourself that earlier check. ^^

Search and Spot are right beside each other on my character sheet. I think I was mybe looking at it cross-eyed or something.

[nijineko]

Ok now that I've already shut myself out of the other room I am assumeing I left my posessions behind? I know I never said I was picking them up after crawling out of the frigid water and I don't want to assume anything. If this is true and I left what goodies I had with me I now have this mysterious axe I know nothing about yet and the white cloth the figure draped over me. Could you clarify my current situation.

happily. you are no longer dressed in the white robe, but another outfit that was awaiting you when you got out.

your previous belongings were packed with the intent that you should take them. while you did not think (explicitly state) to take them, do not worry. ;D

you are now in the described room. there is one doorway, filled with what appears to be stone.

i assumed that your search check was more of a visual one, as there is not really anything in this room, other than what is described. not even dust.

[Elbryon]

Yes visual and thankyou I got kinda wrapped up and forgot all about the rest :)

[nijineko]

i'm glad you find it engrossing. =D

[Necrite]

NIJI... Niji... niji... niji....
NEKO... Neko... neko... neko....

Where are you... you... you....

[nijineko]

?? i'm about. school has started though, so my post freqency will likely be closer to once or twice a week. it takes concentration to posts these storylines. ^^ this isn't stuff i can just toss off the cuff, at least most of it isn't.

[Arahira]

NIJI... Niji... niji... niji....
NEKO... Neko... neko... neko....

Where are you... you... you....
LOL ....What are you commenting for you're the only one that hasn't posted yet. Niji can't move your story along if you don't post :P

[nijineko]

well, i wasn't going to say anything... but since it was brought up by another... i'll go ahead and chuckle at the irony. ^^

[Dax Thura]

Necrite, dude, what are you doing? Don't you know it's bad form to jump in on a knife fight where you're the prize? Just sit back, enjoy the show, and be ready to do whatever the winner wants.

[Necrite]

Ha!

I often play my fighters a bit too big for their own britches. I've had NPCs back down when I was OBVIOUSLY outclasses because they thought I HAD to be stronger than I looked to go up against them (that would be what I'm hoping for here), and I've had characters killed because I bit off more than I could chew (hopefully, this WON'T happen here). We'll see how things go.

And if you think what I did here was bad, remind me not to tell you about the time my level 6 Fighter took on the avatar of a god and walked away, not only alive, but unharmed. :D

[Dax Thura]

I have a few examples of those 'bold' maneuvers myself. They can be really fun whether they work or not.

[nijineko]

i had one character take on a fully adult blue dragon once and win... more or less single handed combat, to boot. of course, i stacked the odds as much in my favor as possible, considering the "one vs one restriction-no direct interference clause" i was under.

[Dax Thura]

I had one take on a Fang Dragon, while unarmed and unarmored, and survive! Just so we're clear, that was one of those times that a 'bold' maneuver did not work.

[Dax Thura]

"Bears three was the job,
Like the oak leaf among pine,
A human intrudes."

Okay, let's see how long you can keep this up.

[nijineko]

i'll take that challenge! i've been good at that particular style since i was in elementary school. =D

[nijineko]

by the way, just to let everyone know, i'm going to be down on frequency of posts. likely until the winter break. i will try for once a week, or after everyone has responded, depending on what's going on. typicially i have to wait until i'm assigned a certain post that is usually pretty slow and has computer access for me to have enough time to compose the posts. once i'm home it's schoolwork and bed and playing with the boys and spending time with the wife. ^^

this week is likely to be particularly late as i have been under extra stress. among other things, i was bitten at work a few days ago by someone not in their right mind, and then had to assist in forcibly restraining them at the hospital i work at. sigh. so, i'm not in the best of peacful creative mindsets just at the moment. *^^*

[Dax Thura]

"The job was for three,
Here they are before you all,
You'll take them right now!"

I reserve judgment on that you'll, but good job.

[nijineko]

well, the fox isn't as good at it as i am. ^^ he tries his best, though, so that counts for something. =D

[Necrite]

i was bitten at work

Didja bite him back?

[nijineko]

would have cost me my job. i contemplated breaking his jaw, but rejected that as a response born of anger, and not appropriate for a follower of jesus. so i simply shifted my grip and continued to hold the individual down until the nurse brought his injection. and sought medical attention promptly. lousy job, where you have to hold people down because they legally have lost their rights due to self harm. fortunately, that particular aspect of the job only crops up rarely. the darker side of a hospital.

[nijineko]

three tests coming up, homework, serious life changes (more on that later), lots of studying, work, church, and most importantly, family all equals no posting. *^^* as soon as i can, i will post regularly again. my schedule should clear up by the end of november-ish, maybe. but i'll try really hard to post something much sooner than that!

[nijineko]

posted! except for corat's thread, i'm still waiting on necrite for a response. =D

[Necrite]

I'm sorry!

I apparently handle this WORSE when I don't have a DM breathing down my neck. A level head actually works a cocky display of bravado.

*Edit, after posting* Goody. I may have impressed him IF he's a club-footed halfling child with stunted growth...

[nijineko]

well... i could pepper your im and email with messages if that would really make you feel better.... ^^

[Dax Thura]

"So many monkeys
Only three of us is there
What purpose for this?"

Ok, now you guys are starting to worry me.

[nijineko]

ah, encouragement! =D we'll do our best!

[Necrite]

Ok, now you guys are starting to worry me.

What is the matter?
Everyone likes haikus.
Get with the program.

[nijineko]

haiku, floating,
leaves upon a chill breeze soft,
promise of sleep.





{note: unlike the english mispronunciation of hai-ku, in japanese it has three syllables of equal length, like thus: ha-i-ku.
hence my first line does have five. =D you've made me think of a song! lucky you.
"everyone was haiku fighting, those verse were fast as lightning..."
sorry, just saw kung fu panda recently. ^^ }

[Necrite]

If you want to be particular, I really don't think my "haikus" is correct either. :P

[nijineko]

oh that wasn't aimed at you. i was thinking that i might get corrected, actually, so i was explaining the japanese language justification for my word choice.

[Arahira]

RAWR! to the lot o' ya!! >.<

[nijineko]

here is the more information i mentioned earlier. =D

i am moving. across the country. ^^ so in addition to all the above mentioned, i have to pack and move. and sell what we can't take. so please forgive business and slow posting. it'll pick up once i'm done with all this and started my new job.

[Dax Thura]

Are they bugbears?
--- Merged from Double Post ---
I continue to be impressed and entertained by the hiakus (sp?) of Nijineko and Arahira. I'm not familiar with the 5-7-5-7-7 cadence though.

[nijineko]

it is referred to as "tanka".

many times a pair of friends, acquaintances, or enemies would exchange haiku as a puzzle, challenge, or riddle in a zen-like way. or simply a competition as to whom could come up with the most subtle references.

one form of these competitions was for the first person to send a haiku, then the recipient would write the next two lines making it into a tanka. frequently they would add their own haiku, which the original person would then be likewise challenged into making the haiku into an appropriate tanka.

for various cultural reasons i won't go into, i am given to understand that writing a full tanka off the bat is considered a feminine form of poetry.

oh, and the plural form is the same as the singular form for both words. actually, the vast majority of japanese words have no separate plural.

[nijineko]

my apologies everyone, job hunting takes a lot of time plus family being sick for a week, has made it difficult for me to get around to posting for the last few weeks. i'll try to post shortly. and someone poke necrite, still waiting on a response to his thread. not that i'm in any position to poke anyone about posting... that's why i'm asking one of you to do it. ;) heheheheh.

[Elbryon]

no poke needed I see he's posted so just get all your stuff wrapped up it happens to all of us from time to time. We'll be here when you get back.

[nijineko]

thank you kindly! it is great to have such an understanding group!

[Elbryon]

So job found? Welcome back niji

[nijineko]

unfortunately no, no job found yet. but i had some time, so i made sure to post. if anyone knows of someone hiring, let me know. =D

[Dax Thura]

Are they bugbears?

[nijineko]

you mean the guys you are talking to?

[Dax Thura]

Yeah them. I'm still trying to figure out what race these Horntusks are.

[nijineko]

well, the description so far was given earlier in the thread. the unhelmed one looks human enough, despite the snaggle tooth/fang thing. the other one hasn't taken off his helmet yet. i should mention that he has an almost polynesian structure to his face.

[Dax Thura]

I'm stumped. What are they?

[nijineko]

=D you'll either figure it out during this encounter, or i'll explain it after you... survive, the encounter one way or another. ^^

[Midnight]

I'm following this thread with interest. One note: Initiative is 1d20 (plus initiative modifier), not 1d10.

[Midnight]

No posts in a long time--are people still there?

[Dax Thura]

Still kicking and screaming.

[Elbryon]

Yep I'm still here

[Arahira]

I'm still here waiting patiently for whenever Niji has the time to post.

[nijineko]

yeah, i'm still around. finally found a part time job, (hooray!) and i've been pretty busy besides... (and felt guilty whenever i wasn't job-searching....) *^^* it may take me a while, but you can pretty much count on the cat coming back. short of something preemptively distracting... like maybe death, or some natural disaster, ne?

=D

[Midnight]

My wife and I are about to adopt a baby boy from South Korea. We'll be flying there next weekend. While we're there, posting will be spotty. Afterwards, I'll try to keep up with posts, but depending on new-child hassles, it may still be spotty. If necessary, nijineko can take over my character. It's been great playing with everyone.

Thanks,
midnight42

[Arahira]

Well congratulations to you! I wish you much luck. ^_^

[Elbryon]

Congrats and have fun with him/her

[Dax Thura]

Do you realize I haven't leveled in over a year now? When do I get to level?

[nijineko]

heh. i've been thinking about that actually. quite a lot. work on that is in progress. ^^

one thought i've had is to hand out xp after each chapter in the story. the reason i'm slightly leaning towards that is because each chapter has slow parts and fast parts, with a corresponding flow of potential xp. since i've been doing a more story oriented format, i have to be careful to identify story goals and rewards, not just combat. i like a more goal-oriented approach to handing out xp. progress then becomes a matter of reaching goals, not killing things and taking treasure, per se. ^^ (though i'm sure some goals can be reached that way....) i have identified certain 'chapter break points' in each player's storyline already. most of you are not that far from reaching the first one. =D

[nijineko]

alright everyone. i have some good news and some bad news. as is my wont, i will start with the "bad" news. despite the fact that i've been spending only a fraction of my time with posting on rp and my other online projects, i've been spending too much time on the computer overall. i've noticed behavioral changes in the wife and boys that indicate that i'm too distant, or distracted, or busy... and i won't have that.

so i'll be spending a lot less time on the computer, and more time with the family. which means that the various online based projects and rp i'm involved with will take a serious hit in my attending to them.

the good news is that i will still make an effort to maintain involvement, but it will be more like a once or twice every month or three... or possibly even less often. i will be reachable via email, though much less often via pm or im. if you need to reach me, email me-or call if you have my number. ^^

again, this does not mean i am abandoning anyone, nor does it mean i am dropping anything, per se. if it does come to that somehow, someday, i will let everyone affected know specifically.
it does mean, however, that there will be loooooong gaps between when i look in to take care of something. if anyone cannot work with this, i fully understand, please contact me to work out any details. =D

like the cat of proverb, i'll always come by again... eventually. ^^

another piece of good news, i have a second part time job, so i am busy learning the in's and out's of that one, in addition to learning the first one. i'm near a month at my first job, and just finished the first week at the second job. looking forward to being able to pay more of the bills, that's for sure!

questions, comments, and in general, communications are welcome!

[Elbryon]

Good luck niji

[Arahira]

You are a good man, Niji, for noticing before it was too late and caring enough to fix it. I shall check continuously for your posts and wait patiently. Have fun with your family! ^_^

[nijineko]

i'm going to try an experiment with arahira... she has a third-party vouched-for long history of dice-prejudice... that is, dice seem to hate her. as such, for a limited time of unspecified duration, i'm going to experiment with letting her roll three times for each event that requires a roll.

hopefully this will have one or more of several effects: breaking the streak, verifying that all forms of dice do indeed hate her, possibly suggest alternate methodologies of conflict resolution, affect her metaphysical inter-relationship with chaos theory, possibly suggesting alternate modalities of interaction with dice-like objects thus altering the nature of the relationship, or some heretofore un-realized alteration of potentiality.

this notification is a courtesy to the group at large, as i know that some, if not most of you, follow each others' stories. questions, comments, concerns, or anything regarding this situation should please be directed only to me. thank you! =D

in any case... "let's see what happens".

[Midnight]

"Let's see what happens"--particularly appropriate, since Emperor in one world is roughly equivalent to DM in another. :laugh:

(For those who don't recognize the quote: There is a certain Emperor in novels by Lois Bujold who is noted for saying that. If you don't know who Lois Bujold is, get Cordelia's Honor or Young Miles and find out!)

[Arahira]

w00h00!

[Midnight]

Reading Variorum of Victoria--nice rolls, especially the natural 20!

Sorry for posting in your thread--got carried away.

[Arahira]

No Problem, happens to all of us. ^_^; and thanks again!

[nijineko]

thanks, both of you. i've deleted the posts from the game thread. midnight was quite right, you get to roll to confirm the crit, arahira. i get excited reading the posts as well. =D

[Dax Thura]

I'm doomed. This girl is too good to be caught by the likes of me. She's off somewhere setting up a new life having this guy's baby. She'll see me coming from miles away and be off weeks before I new she was there. I got to figure out what I'm missing.

[nijineko]

heheheh. she is quite the intelligent young lady. given the time gap between when the bard left, and her recent disappearance, i myself wonder just how she expects to find this bard. i think it obvious that she seems quite aware of the resources of the house, and has taken some pains to account for them.