Ooc

[Black Plauge]

Each of you has time to grab one, and only one item before you head to the lifeboats. The rest of your equipment has to stay behind, or you will.

Don't worry, I will give you the chance to recover your equipment.

[Grognard]

Very glad I picked archers. Can you imagine getting warhorses off in this?
BP you haven't given reason for haste. From your post it sounds like the ship is stuck fast on rocks. Also I don't fit in a lifeboat. What do I estimate my chances of swimming to shore? Swimming (unskilled) [roll0]

[Black Plauge]

You need to move quick because the sailors who are manning the lifeboats aren't going to wait for you (this was made clear by the captain when you first came on board and he outlined the rules of the ship). While the ship may be stuck, so long as the storm continues, the wind and waves could break it apart at any moment so the sailors aren't planning on sticking around for that to happen.

Also, the boat does have a longboat capable of holding a centaur. It only has one, though, so if you're not on it you should plan on drowning. With the sea as rough as it is, the Swim DC is 25 (yes, this is higher than "stormy water" in the PHB, the storm is that bad), no place for anyone who can swim, let alone those who can't.

[Black Plauge]

Sorry about not updating last night. I lost track of time and ended up having to rush home in order to get the laundrymat before it closed.

[Black Plauge]

Clarification: You are no longer in any of the small boats. You are all on shore.

[Linklegacy77]

oops.

well, he sid it while he was on the boat.

[Black Plauge]

That's fine, just clear things up and let me know what you plan to do now.

[Grognard]

If appropriate Survival (get along) [roll0]

[Grognard]

Bp can you give us some idea of the local sit? Location,climate,terrain,fauna & flora, number of surviving sailors, who is commanding them, is there anyone left who can read a rutter, foodstocks, etc.

[Black Plauge]

Climate and vegitation are those of a temperate forest in late summer/early fall. Similar to the mid-atlantic region of the US (Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina) near the shore. Small fauna is also typical of that kind of environment. You have not encountered any large or magical fauna yet, so you can only guess as to what might be in the area.

The forest comes down right to the beach (i.e. there is no dune buffer between the beach and the "inland" forest) and is thick/tall enough to hide any small variations in elevations from your eyes. You can see that there are no mountians sticking up over the tree line.

There are 12 surviving sailors. None is taking a clear leadership role and the only ship's leadership who you are familiar with are the captain, first mate, and navigator, all of whom are dead. You will have to ask the sailors if you want to know more about their skill set.

No food was brought ashore during the storm, so any that survived would still be on board the ship. You'll have to explore to find out what is left and what condition it is in.

[Grognard]

Ok, I brought my pack so I have my rations, tinderbox, utensils etc. Figure that will feed the group for a day or my group for two.
Survival (gather food) [roll0]

[Grognard]

Feeds five well.Turn that into a sparse meal all round since the sailors are doing heavy labor and will fall over without food.Soup I think.

[Black Plauge]

Link, can you be more specific when you say "get off the ship."

[Linklegacy77]

Away from the ship entirely.

[Grognard]

Teliq-Try and determine the type of animal Spot [roll0]
Bill-Yes it's silly but people still do it.

[Black Plauge]

Link, the ship is stuck on rocks well away from shore. Are you jumping into the water and trying to swim for shore? Hopping into one of the cockshells and trying to row your way to shore alone? Clambering onto the rocks the ship is stuck on and making whatever way you can across them? Some other method I haven't thought of? I need to know how you intend to carry out the desire get away from the ship because it makes a big difference in what happens next.

[Black Plauge]

Benicus, I need to know what you plan on doing about the captain's locked chest (if anything).

Link, the cockshell makes it back to shore without incident if you care to post again. Just don't try to do too much once you get back to shore as I'm trying to maintain simultinatity for the PCs despite their being split up.

Grognard, Teliq is still gleaning when the cockshell returns to shore, and will be for a few more saat (until about lunch time). If you want to play that out, feel free. I'll only step in if something interesting happens (or could happen) or when it's time to move on.

[Linklegacy77]

Sorry about that.

[Benicus]

Gel is going to see if the chest is breakable, if it is he checks (by rattling) to see if anything inside it is breakable, if there is breakable stuff in it he just carries the thing. If not though he busts the chest open and takes whats inside.

[Black Plauge]

Make an IC post Ben.

[Benicus]

Edited in.

[Grognard]

BP do I owe you five more rolls or are you taking the first one as generic?

[Black Plauge]

One roll is sufficent for your gleaning. Survival isn't specific about how long the gleaning takes, but does say that you're reduced to half-speed for overland travel while doing so. As a result, I estimate that for you to find and collect all the food that your check result indicates, requires about a half-a-day's worth of work, or 5 saat in local time keeping. You can break this up if you want, but I figured that barring something interesting happening, it is what Teliq would be doing until lunch time when the all sailors return from the ship for the first time.

[Grognard]

No need to break it up.Am quite happy to spend the morning playing slow tourist.Will avoid "interesting" where convenient for the moment.
Note, I am happy to feed my men and will grudgingly feed the sailors, the rest can go fish.

[Black Plauge]

At this point all I need is a bit of feed back from Ben as to how he'd like to proceed. I'll continue the update as soon as Gel responds to the sailor.

[Black Plauge]

So, lunch time. Teliq has finished his gleaning (though he can try again in the afternoon if he so desires since you don't seem to be going anywhere). Vilmos has been spoiling for a fight for a few saat, but none has been offered. Gel was able to get his stuff to shore, but not the loot from the captain's quarters.

I know Grognard wanted to talk a bit with the sailors, and this is the chance for that kind of thing to happen so I'll let you guys describe how you're going to handle lunch.

[Grognard]

Bp if you will edit in the sailors replies please.Will you allow overchanneling to heal Abaza?

[Black Plauge]

Teliq neither has a power which would heal, nor does he have the Overchannel feat so I'm not sure what you're talking about.

[Grognard]

Made it a feat now have they.Oh well sbt.

[Grognard]

Does anyone else want to ask the sailors anything? Unfortunately there are many questions Teliq simply would not think to ask eg locals, distance, rutters, sea folk etc.

[Black Plauge]

Sorry I forgot to mention this earlier. I'm on retreat for Easter weekend (starting yesterday) and won't be able to provide a proper update until Monday as a result.

Don't let that stop you from posting more questions for the sailors though.

If there are no further questions posted by Monday, I'll move on to after lunch activities. Indications of what you'd like to do would be appreciated if they haven't already been given.

[Black Plauge]

Language colors people. Please don't forget them.

[Black Plauge]

I'm sorry I didn't update yesterday. I've been sick since Tuesday and I ran out of steam before getting to this game when I went online yesterday. I'm feeling much better now, however, and so everything should be back to normal tomorrow (cross your fingers and knock on wood).

Ben, if you want, you can have Gel take a position in the argument on board ship and I'll figure out how that influences the decision. Otherwise I'll simply resolve it between the sailors.

Next update will take us through dinner, so if you'd planned on doing anything else during the afternoon, now is the time to post it.

[Benicus]

Got it :). Get well soon!

[Grognard]

What Ben said. Link your char is planning on eating real soon now right?
BP do you think it worth developing my hires or will they not be playing enough part in the game? (DMG standards won't work in your world).

[Linklegacy77]

Naturally he's going to eat, just in the way that's least pleasant to everybody else.

[Black Plauge]

I don't know that it will be totally necessary to fully flesh out the hierlings, other than to state that they are first level characters in NPC classes (warrior, expert, commoner, or aristocrat). They shouldn't be as important as the PCs to the story line, and really it will be more in their interactions with the PCs that the become important, not their stats.

If certain things become important, we'll start keeping track of them.

[Grognard]

What I wanted to hear. If I had known that you were going to intro the sailors I prob wouldn't have taken them.
Ok,plans.
1) Invite those who see normaly (read low-light or darkvision, read pc's) to accompany me on a dusk hunt/waterfinding. Streams and pools at dusk being good hunting.
2)Inspect shelters.
3)Inspect longboat repairs.
4)Take longboat out to collect broached cask.See night vision.
5)Plot/bond with mercs
6)Establish moral superiority over sailors/discuss getting us off this rock!
7)Check wounded.
8)Recon
I figure if I roll over on my back, balance one objective on each hoof and juggle the rest in my hands, might get somewhere.
Sigh, Teliq will pick from that list as seems best at the time.

[Black Plauge]

So, what's it going to be?

[Linklegacy77]

Good question.

[Grognard]

First things first. What is Vilmos bringing to the pot? I don't recall signing an indenture to him! Everyone else is contributing SOMETHING. If not, well he is welcome to warm himself from his bad temper, eat his sulks, and drink his solitude.
I know this makes your life difficult BP, but he doesn't have PC-IMPORTANT written on his forehead, and neither does Teliq.
Convo later as I have to pretend to do some work.

[Linklegacy77]

He's a passenger.

Plus, he has money.

[Black Plauge]

I know this makes your life difficult BP...
Doesn't make life difficult for me. Just make sure that you post something IC if you're going to deny him a share of the dinner you collected. So long as I know what's going on, you guys are free to interact with each other as you see fit.

[Grognard]

Link feel free to edit if you would rather do dishes, or starve, or whatever.
By convention default color is translated as necessary. I don't want any miscom with the sailors.
BP if we aren't going to fight anything (not complaining, quite happy with a survival game) how about some story XP?

[Black Plauge]

I have plans for a story award. It'll come at the end of the first story encounter. Since you're still in the middle of it...

As for not fighting, you're only not fighting because you've managed to avoid all the possible fighting encounters that have cropped up thus far. I'm actually quite surprised at this. I was expecting you guys to be a bit more bold and thus get into a bit more trouble. Everyone has been playing fairly cautious though, so said combat simply hasn't developed.

Oh, and don't worry. As you've been avoiding my planned combat encounters, I've been upping the planned story award, so you're not missing out on XP by playing the way you've been playing.

[Grognard]

I think we are all past "killa-monsta-grabba-loot".Your game tho,move it any way you want to.

[Black Plauge]

I've always planned for a mix of combat and story awards, you guys have just suprised me thus far with being far less prone to combat than I originally planned. No worries, I'll adjust.

[Black Plauge]

Are Gel and Vilmos going to take Teliq up on the post sunset hunting trip?

[Black Plauge]

Ben, Link, I need to know what you plan on doing in order to update.

[Benicus]

Postin now :)

[Black Plauge]

Ben, does that mean you're turning down Teliq's offer of a night hunt? The beaching thing will happen tomorrow at the earliest and Teliq seems to want to go hunting tonight with those who aren't hampered by the perpetual twilight post Io set (which, coincidently, is the PCs).

[Benicus]

Yeah, Gel's tired and he pretty much just wants to hunker down for the night.

Unless it would be better for the story that is...

[Black Plauge]

Debate that with your fellow players. I don't really care one way or another.

So, what about Vilmos, Link? Will he be going hunting with Teliq?

[Linklegacy77]

Do something social? What kind of dwarf do you take Vilmos for!

(nope)

[Black Plauge]

Teliq is half a saat from starting a "forced march." If he doesn't turn back now, he will have to make checks like those for a forced march before the night is out. Since said checks are not immediately disabling, I'll leave it to you Grongard to decide if you want to try your luck tonight or not.

If you turn back, my next update will be to start the morning (provided nothing unusual happens during the night, I haven't made those dice rolls yet:evil:).

[Grognard]

Well at least we have fresh water.Teliq will head down to the longboat to see what is going on.No personal weapons drawn yet, but he will order his section to stand ready.

[Black Plauge]

IC actions should be posted IC.

[Grognard]

Sorry.Fixed. I do like the "comfortably hard place to ... sleep". Makes nice pictures in my head.

[Black Plauge]

I figured a species with a horse like lower half would sleep standing up and thus their sleeping priorities would be for firm footing, not the cradle/nesting comfort of a creature that lies down.

Any word from Link or Ben?

[Tashalar]

Ooooh, 5 thousand 666 posts, BP. :paranoid:

*runs*

*turns back shortly to remark*
Ben's around, shall I give him a kick? Link's MIA (for a short while now).

[Grognard]

Ben says "maybe".Make of that what you will.No reply from link.You might get better results,being GM.

[Grognard]

Damn,pipped to the post.

[Benicus]

Thought this game was dead...

[Tashalar]

*kicks Ben*

Hey, I've been following along and was waiting for some action to start. Get moving. :nod:

[Black Plauge]

Thought this game was dead...

Grog wants to try and revive it. As I told him, if you (the players, plural) are willing to play then I am willing to DM.

[Linklegacy77]

Sorry, I'm still in.

[Grognard]

Up to you Ben.

[Black Plauge]

Link and Ben, if you're still on board, post IC and we'll get this game moving again.

[Grognard]

BP- Do I roll for my Npc's? Do you? Generic it? Constant Generic? Do recommend you use one of the generic options,Npc's should not steal the limelight from Pc's.

[Black Plauge]

NPC attacks will be rolled for just like PC attacks. If you want to do that using the builtin dice roller, go ahead. Otherwise I'll roll it as I need it.

[Grognard]

Ok I can take a hint.
Archers.
[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]
Javelin.
[roll4]

[Grognard]

Ok, that din't work.
Test.
[roll0]

[Grognard]

If at first you don't succeed...
Archers.
[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]

Javelin.
[roll4]

[Grognard]

Possible threat
[roll0]

[Grognard]

Damage [roll0]

[Grognard]

Sorry Link you're on your own. Can't take another hit like that.
Bp how does recovery of reserve work.

[Black Plauge]

1 point transfers from the reserve to your hp during each minute of light activity (i.e. not in combat).

Characters with Endurance (like Teliq) can also spend a move action to instantly convert a number of reserve points to hit points equal to their level. In Teliq's case that's 3 per move action (2 monstrous humanoid + 1 psychic warrior).

The full house rules governing hit points and reserve points are here. (http://online-roleplaying.com/forums/showpost.php?p=133564&postcount=2) The additional use of the Endurance feat is here. (http://online-roleplaying.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5194)

[Grognard]

Ok I got numbers wrong, will edit. On query what I meant was how does reserve heal. I.E. Teliq has spent X points of reserve and will recover them at X per interval.

[Grognard]

Shooting (assumes that the girralon has moved clear of cover. Add one if P/b).
Archers
[roll0] [roll1]
[roll2] [roll3]
[roll4] [roll5]
[roll6] [roll7]
Teliq
[roll8]

[Grognard]

Two threats. [roll0] [roll1]

[Grognard]

Damage [roll0] Add 3 if p/b

[Black Plauge]

If you are at full hp, any healing you receive (either magical, or natural) will be credited to your reserve until it's at full to.

So, Teliq is currently a level 3 character and thus has a natural healing rate of 3 hp for a solid night's rest. If he's at full hp, he'll get that many reserve points back instead (unless he's at full reserve too). If you get a full day of bed rest, that goes up to 6 hp. If a character with the heal skill tends to you you can go as high as 12 for the full day's bed rest.

[Grognard]

Thx

[Grognard]

Well at least it isn't eating you.
Shooting.
Archers.
[roll0][roll1]
[roll2][roll3]
[roll4][roll5]
[roll6][roll7]
Teliq.
[roll8]

[Grognard]

Two threats [roll0][roll1]

[Grognard]

Damage [roll0]

[Black Plauge]

Hmm... Couple of things wrong with those numbers:

While a +4 modifier to hit is not unreasonable for NPCs, it's too high if they're using Rapid Shot to shoot twice.

Also, there was only one critical threat in the bunch (the 23) so damage isn't quite so high.

That said, you still killed the girallon, so it's no big deal.

[Black Plauge]

It will take at least an hour before Vilmos and Gel are conscious again. As a result, Teliq has some time to do pretty much whatever he wants.

[Grognard]

Npc's based on stat +2,human +2,Fighter +1,Weapon Focus +1, Fast shot -2.
Correct, apologies. Must stop making mistakes. Curses.

[Black Plauge]

The NPCs don't have exceptional stats. That's reserved for PCs. The NPC stats are the average array for their race (in this case all 10's and 11's). If that wasn't the case the NPCs would easily outshine the PCs by sheer force of numbers.

Also, the NPCs have NPC classes, not PC classes. In this case your hirelings are Warriors, not Fighters.

[Grognard]

Noted, will change. Done

[Black Plauge]

Everyone is up now and capable of acting. Also Teliq is close enough to camp for Vilmos and Gel to see him if they want to join him (hint, hint).

[Grognard]

Heh,heh Teliq=drill sergeant from Hell!:evil:

[Benicus]

I'm so sorry to do this but I think I am going to drop this game. I haven't been that interested since the re-startup and I've just been dragging you guys down. Again, sorry.

[Grognard]

Sorry to hear that Ben.You're one of the more reliable people on orp, we will miss you.

[Black Plauge]

Sorry to see you go Ben.

This however, does create a problem. There are now only 2 PCs and my adventure design, while flexible enough to go down to 3, is not flexible enough to go down to 2. That means that we're just going to have to call the whole thing off. Sorry guys.

[Grognard]

Sigh.