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General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

Posted by The DirectorFor group 0
Aleks
player, 166 posts
Stamina: 8/8, Luck: 9/9
Magic: 7/7, MPs: 18/18
Thu 26 Dec 2024
at 21:31
  • msg #173

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

Is The Weird Wood in our area?
Egwin
player, 5 posts
Fri 27 Dec 2024
at 11:28
  • msg #174

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

Aumanas Lorarie:
Do you have a better idea of the type of character you're going to be playing, Egwin??


I statted myself out to become a durable no-magic fighter, a sort of tank if that's what you mean. But I prioritized Luck over Skill.

Personality-wise, Egwin is still in the "the plot happens to him" category of MC and he doesn't have any personal goals yet (although that would be fun) since I figured I need to be flexible with where he needs to go. Once I (as a player) get a better sense of Egwin's relationship with Blackmoor and the state of the world around him, he'll get some more attention to detail from me.

I assume you are currently between Maus and Jackport where the sorceress got released?
This message was last edited by the player at 11:30, Fri 27 Dec 2024.
Aleks
player, 167 posts
Stamina: 8/8, Luck: 9/9
Magic: 7/7, MPs: 18/18
Fri 27 Dec 2024
at 11:42
  • msg #175

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

In reply to Egwin (msg # 174):

Yep
The Director
GM, 8004 posts
Fri 27 Dec 2024
at 13:44
  • msg #176

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

Aleks:
Is The Weird Wood in our area?

The Weird Wood location is reasonably close to Vestfold :)
Egwin
player, 6 posts
Sat 28 Dec 2024
at 09:57
  • msg #177

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

Alright, well ... if my first companions pick up this next adventure on their way to the City of Maus then I suppose Egwin's village was located on the road between Maus and Jackport, close to the coast. Let's say it was partially a fishing village (which makes sense because I coincidentally made Fishing a special skill of my character).

Egwin probably comes across Aleks and Aumanas on the road as they all head to the same city.

Ready to go if you all are.
Aumanas Lorarie
player, 440 posts
Stamina 18/18
Luck 8/8
Sat 28 Dec 2024
at 14:59
  • msg #178

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

Happy for all that, if everyone else is. Weird Wood sounds good too.

Quick introductions to the members of your new party then.

Aumanas is a half-elven warrior who is most effective when dealing with large, horrific and dangerous monsters but who also seems to have an inability to slice and dice when it comes to weaker, more pathetic creatures such as ghouls.
Aleks is a mage who specialises in pyrokinesis (read throwing bolts of fire as those that upset him) and who managed to surprise Aumas when he rolled up his sleeves and became a more effective fighter against said ghouls, going toe to toe and succeeding as a fighter when the so-called "warrior" of the party forgot which end of his sword was the dangerous, sharp end.
The Director
GM, 8007 posts
Sat 28 Dec 2024
at 17:02
  • msg #179

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

Egwin:
Alright, well ... if my first companions pick up this next adventure on their way to the City of Maus then I suppose Egwin's village was located on the road between Maus and Jackport, close to the coast. Let's say it was partially a fishing village (which makes sense because I coincidentally made Fishing a special skill of my character).

Egwin probably comes across Aleks and Aumanas on the road as they all head to the same city.

Ready to go if you all are.

Actually, their next adventure will formally start from Vestfold (there is an in game reason...), but that's not a big deal for deciding where you come from. It is normal that the young adventurers of Blackmoor travel around the country in search of adventure and companions.
Aleks
player, 168 posts
Stamina: 8/8, Luck: 9/9
Magic: 7/7, MPs: 18/18
Sat 28 Dec 2024
at 19:30
  • msg #180

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

Aumanas Lorarie:
...and who managed to surprise Aumas when he rolled up his sleeves and became a more effective fighter against said ghouls, going toe to toe and succeeding as a fighter when the so-called "warrior" of the party forgot which end of his sword was the dangerous, sharp end.


RNG has jokes as usual. I assure you Aleks has no business in that kind of fight. Heck I only trained Staff because he literally always has one in his hand (It's his focus).
The Director
GM, 8008 posts
Sat 28 Dec 2024
at 19:43
  • msg #181

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

I will set up the Weird Wood adventure, then ;)
Aleks
player, 169 posts
Stamina: 8/8, Luck: 9/9
Magic: 7/7, MPs: 18/18
Sat 28 Dec 2024
at 19:53
  • msg #182

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

Any word from our potential Dwarf recruit?

...or are we...The Three Amigos?
The Director
GM, 8010 posts
Sat 28 Dec 2024
at 20:00
  • msg #183

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

In reply to Aleks (msg # 182):

I sent him a message, let's give them a few days before starting this adventure.
Aumanas Lorarie
player, 441 posts
Stamina 18/18
Luck 8/8
Sat 28 Dec 2024
at 20:07
  • msg #184

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

Aleks:
RNG has jokes as usual. I assure you Aleks has no business in that kind of fight. Heck I only trained Staff because he literally always has one in his hand (It's his focus).


You say that but there's only a certain number of times you can blame the RNG, good or bad. It happened far too consistently to be anything but random. Poor attack and damage rolls at the same time, so when I did hit something I merely scratched it and the only thing that kept me in the fight was my armour - and you beating the ghouls to death with that stick of yours.

So don't be so modest.

Anyway, with a tank who can take the hits, a fire mage who can dish the hits out and a good-looking warrior who looks dashing but can't hit for toffee, what could possibly go wrong??
Egwin
player, 8 posts
Sat 28 Dec 2024
at 20:33
  • msg #185

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

Aumanas Lorarie:
Anyway, with a tank who can take the hits,


For legal reasons, although Egwin has high stamina he also has some bad skill so he will TAKE hits but he can't really BLOCK them. It didn't seem plausible to me to have someone this inexperienced be good at fighting.

Due to his high luck, he is more of an anti-natural hazard kinda guy.
Aleks
player, 171 posts
Stamina: 8/8, Luck: 9/9
Magic: 7/7, MPs: 18/18
Sat 28 Dec 2024
at 21:07
  • msg #186

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

Your character is your character and it's your story of course but...

Characters in the this game are coming off of being trained up as basically state sponsored adventurers.

You've been trained by retired adventurers in your home town and the town's reputation is somewhat based on what, and how well, you do as an adventurer.

So training beyond what would be available to any real world soldier has been available to Egwin.

Unless of course there is a story based reason why it wasn't.
Egwin
player, 9 posts
Stamina 14/14
Luck 12/12
Sun 29 Dec 2024
at 14:10
  • msg #187

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

No, there isn't. In my mind I just thought "he's only sixteen so that means he must have room for a lot of growth". Also Egwin didn't strike me as very dexterous. I just like things to make sense.

According to the rules, combat works differently in the way that checks are handled. It just adds my dice roll to my SKILL and weapon's special skill. If this was GURPS I'd be in much more trouble I think.
Aleks
player, 172 posts
Stamina: 8/8, Luck: 9/9
Magic: 7/7, MPs: 18/18
Sun 29 Dec 2024
at 17:00
  • msg #188

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

You make him however you want. I'll play accordingly.

I was just making that information available because I think it's a cool element of this game.

On another note: This is an Olde School style game. Even a character with max in a category (except luck) has a ton of growing room.
The Director
GM, 8023 posts
Tue 31 Dec 2024
at 21:26
  • msg #189

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

Happy New Year!
Aleks
player, 178 posts
Stamina: 8/8, Luck: 9/9
Magic: 7/7, MPs: 18/18
Tue 31 Dec 2024
at 22:03
  • msg #190

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

Happy New Year!
The Director
GM, 8033 posts
Thu 2 Jan 2025
at 21:02
  • msg #191

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

Incredibly (for me), the Blackmoor Living World campaign have just hit the 20,000 posts milestone.
We started this campaign on the 1st of October 2017 (on Dave Arneson Game Day: this campaign is indeed my humble tribute to Dave Arneson) and so far we played together 44 adventures, plus 4 currently ongoing. This means seven or eight daily posts on average for over seven years.
I feel really humbled and thrilled by the patience and the dedication of so many amazing players that choose to roleplay in my little, personal take on Blackmoor setting.
Thank you so much!
Aleks
player, 180 posts
Stamina: 8/8, Luck: 9/9
Magic: 7/7, MPs: 18/18
Thu 2 Jan 2025
at 21:23
  • msg #192

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

Your attention to keep the game updated would be the singular reason for that success. I am legitimately impressed.
The Director
GM, 8076 posts
Fri 24 Jan 2025
at 19:47
  • msg #193

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

Next week I will be travelling between Tuesday and Friday. I don't think I will have opportunities to post, especially earlier on in the week.
The Director
GM, 8082 posts
Mon 27 Jan 2025
at 22:46
  • msg #194

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

See you in a few days! :)
Jan Tarran
player, 1410 posts
Skandaharan Hunter
Sk 10 St 13 Lu 10 Ma 0
Tue 18 Feb 2025
at 02:22
  • msg #195

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

Damn 502 gateway errors. I haven't had much time online recently, and they have only confounded my RPOL experience. I've not been able to get beyond the main menu for most of my games, and when I do I've not been able to post. Thankfully, I'm now able to read and post - with a lot of faff, naturally.
Aleks
player, 209 posts
Stamina: 8/8, Luck: 9/9
Magic: 7/7, MPs: 18/18
Tue 18 Feb 2025
at 02:30
  • msg #196

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

The 502 Monster has been worse than normal today. It seems particularly fond of blocking me from getting to the Die Roller.
The Director
GM, 8123 posts
Tue 18 Feb 2025
at 04:21
  • msg #197

Re: General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (2)

Thursday-Friday-Saturday I will be travelling and I don't think I will be able to post.
Considering the ongoing Gateway errors, it sounds like this will be a quiet week... so be it :)
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