And back I am. Exhausted, certainly, and may need a while for that to wear off, but I'm once more here to read and even write!
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5 yrs ago
Won't be replying for a while. Am hiking.
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5 yrs ago
My congratulations to the winners of TI9! Well played gentlemen, well played.
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5 yrs ago
Should have been writing posts. Took part in D&D shenaniganry instead. Got to fix that tomorrow.
5 yrs ago
There's a lot of backlog here on my end. I'm trying my best to lessen it, but replies might be less frequent for a time. A welcome change from the nothing doing I went through though! Thanks partners!
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I suppose it is about time for me to copypaste fill in some information about myself over here just as well. Only took me a few years to getting around to do it.
I am a married individual in my twenties from the country some people dare claim does not exist. The Finland conspiracy is an old joke, you can stop with it now. Not a native speaker of the English language by any means, though I did begin studying it exceptionally early for our country's standards. I suppose it was some sort of a test case. With that out of the way though, what more should I be saying here...
I like being nice to people. If one needs to ask why, well that alone is reason enough.
I play and Dungeon Master Dungeons and Dragons, both offline and in the past also over here.
I enjoy OOC chatter, be it planning the RP or a more casual exchange (not that RP'ing is that serious). I can make do without, but don't be afraid to talk to me.
Whatever the case, I'm here to have fun and hone my writing abilities!
I do think that should about cover it, yes.
Thanks for stopping by I suppose! I do also have a Discord account, but I prefer to start anything RP related on the site. At least with people I don't know from the past, that is! But hey, now if you are a longer time contact of mine and happened to read this, now you know and can ask!
If you would like to attempt an escape with (or without) the knife of yours provided by Orchid, you will want to get in private contact. Other than that, I don't think there is anything in particular? Unless @Gordian Nought would like a word about that?
No more need to send rolls, DM post is out! All seems to be well and proceeding smoothly.
You are free to approach Leosin's position without checking with me, though there is one guard occasionally present. Judgement has provided Torus with the knowledge of this man's schedule, but how that will be relied to the rest is the question. If you are willing to risk it at a random time, dice will tell how it turns out. Or you can try for a cautious approach, which calls for a stealth and a perception roll from the character attempting the scouting.
As the bard's magic wracked his mind, realisation flashed in the acolyte's eyes. He attempted to turn, but was met by two more of the supposed mercenary party as well as their weapons. Despite his best attempts at avoiding the effects of the quite successful ambush, he could not bend fate to his will. Now he regretted the fact he hadn't prepared and cast Sanctuary, though whether that would have changed the outcome would never be known. With the two other combatants beating the lights out of him, the acolyte went down without as much as a peep.
On with the show. They had an outfit to steal and a monk to rescue. And with no signs of alarm blaring out immediately, all was looking well for their plan to come. Oh, other than the two remaining party members that either knew or did not know what the others had been doing, depending on the positioning of Judgement at the time of the deed. The party had chosen a relatively remote location after all.
Davis fails his save against Parum's Vicious Mockery with a roll of 11 and is subsequently dealt two (2) psychic damage, as well as having disadvantage applied to his next attack before the end of his next turn. Orchid and Kyra both fail their stealth checks to gain advantage in their attacks against the now more aware enemy with rolls of 9 and 7 respectively, but both do end up landing a hit. Orchid does so with 22 (adjusted to 20 because improvised weapon, my bad) while Kyra has scored a natural twenty (though I had the wrong modifiers there too, considering the nature of the attack). I assumed both characters to be using club type weapons for knocking people out, but in the end Orchid dealt 5 damage, as did Kyra's critical hit (5). This knocks out the cultist.
Right, I will need stealth checks from @Lucius Cypher and @Norschtalen, as well as attack rolls with advantage. The (chronologically) latter of the two dice will be omitted in case of the stealth failing and Davis being aware of your attack, but that is character specific. Do also give me the damage for your nonlethal assault.
@Ryonara, if you would provide me with the 1d4 damage roll for your cantrip, that would be swell. In case he fails his save, you know.
Rolls will be supplied by me tomorrow in case you have not taken the opportunity to make them yourself before that point.
If I may remind you of the existence of this here RP again... well, I have already done so. An OOC response of sorts would be appreciated. Would you seek continuing with us or rather step away to free a spot?
As always, applying to everyone, any difficulties with lore or interaction likely find an answer if asked openly on the OOC! We are not here to snob about who knows the most, but to have a bit of fun! I hardly know everything myself either, so...
Yes, this month's Exceptional Story is quite good. The Rat-Catcher had quite a few nice twists and delicious, delicious lore to be sure. But I would appreciate if you still found the time to join us here
There we go, a post! Sorry for keeping you waiting. Speaking of waiting, let me address the following, since I feel there is a sort of misunderstanding here.
I’ll admit attendance for this RP is sporadic the the ever looming threat that the GM is going to cut it because someone is inactive has made me feel rather uneasy about dedicating too much time and effort. We play to have fun you know, not have another deadline to meet.
I can understand frustrations looming from deadlines being present in pastime activities and prioritisation of matters is everyone's own to choose. But I am the sort of person that likes to have some sort of a timetable for things they do. And especially when I'm DMing, I enjoy it being a bit tighter. As time passes, I feel more and more of the strings I have to keep in my hands slip away, and it becomes increasingly difficult to keep the game running in a consistent manner. Thus the deadline approach. It allows me to avoid most of the situations where I end up with no strings in my hands at all and need to pick everything up from scratch, which would both make it a chore and an unenjoyable process for me as well as drop the quality of the RP for all of you. I am sorry if this causes the opposite problem of making you not want to play, but as things are I have no other ideas on how to avoid this issue.
"I'm Keth", the other half-orc shared with Orchid. "Been here for a few months. Not seen you around before. New or something?" This one swallowed less of his letters than the older one he'd been talking with had done, hinting at a background different from either of the other two half-orcs. But whatever it was that Orchid had in mind for them, the new guy did seem receptive to hearing. And for the time being, they would move about with him. And with someone in the cult cloak on their shoulders next to them, Orchid found himself the target of the glaring eyes of other cult members a fair bit less often.
Those glares would be more common around Kyra though. Not exactly at her, no. After all, who would complain when somebody offered to do laundry for them? No, these glares were directed at other cult members, namely those who considered giving their cloaks away to a mere mercenary. She even heard some mention this out loud, the Dragonclaws with the ornaments on their clasps and heavier armaments by their side being the especially vocal opposition. And for those who wore purple she couldn't even get close to. After all, this was only the leadership figures, Cyanwrath and Morndath. Maybe more? But perhaps asking them would not have led to the best results.
She didn't completely waste her efforts though, as she did manage to get to know a 'fellow' mercenary as she ended up washing what she had next to a dwarf man carrying a nasty two handed crossbow with her. "Them cult boys and girls think themselves better than us, so don't let that get to yar head", he mentioned in passing before excusing himself, having almost finished his task by the time Kyra arrived to the designated laundry point. "They won't give those cloaks to anyone not in their little inside ring. Well, their loss!" A true statement, in a way. But this time the cult's hubris worked to aid them.
Parum would find that the fastest way out would unfortunately led pretty much straight through the camp. Since that would not be an option most likely, she had to seek a backup plan to that. And with all the little nooks and crannies, as well as little caves pointed out by acolyte Davis, the other option quickly formed to be taking the Southern side of the camp and trying to keep out of view. In the best case, they might even get to disturb the horses upon taking that path. Not bad at all. Problem was, that would definitely take more time. Might need a distraction to utilise to full.
By the time everyone began wrapping up their tasks, the sun had descended below the walls surrounding them, though it still painted the sky in a beautiful shade of red. Cult members, mercenaries and kobolds alike were preparing torches and lanterns, guards were changing their shifts, the food tents began seeing more traffic. People were preparing to rest for the night. Even Brannor and Torus would find themselves in the company of more prisoners as those the cult made do their dirty work for them were finally corralled back to their tent, though they were encouraged to stay away from the big guy. Or perhaps they simply chose to do so of their own volition?
Within the next half an hour darkness was likely to claim the camp. The plan of rescuing Leosin would be kicked in gear, assuming no wrenches would fly into the gears prior to that. And to Parum's luck, she would see a familiar figure walk up to her. And this figure was not Dragonclaw Stern or Investigator Krets. No, it was Acolyte Davis, as she had requested of him.
Orchid fails to discern anything beyond what was previously mentioned about Krets. He does learn a bit about the other half-orc though, and thus far they've stayed on friendly terms.
Kyra cannot get her hands on cult cloaks, unfortunately. She does pick up a piece of knowledge that suggests not all mercenaries might be very loyal to the cause.
Parum has found two routes the party might take in their escape, that fit in her restrictions at the very least.
The night will claim the camp soon. Time for preparation is more or less over.
@Lucius Cypher That's the plan now that the Druid matter is settled. I will have a post up early afternoon my time. That's when I'll have more time to write about this deadline matter too.
I suppose it is about time for me to [s]copypaste[/s] fill in some information about myself over here just as well. Only took me a few years to getting around to do it.
I am a married individual in my twenties from the country some people dare claim does not exist. The Finland conspiracy is an old joke, you can stop with it now. Not a native speaker of the English language by any means, though I did begin studying it exceptionally early for our country's standards. I suppose it was some sort of a test case. With that out of the way though, what more should I be saying here...[list][*] I like being nice to people. If one needs to ask why, well that alone is reason enough.
[*] I play and Dungeon Master Dungeons and Dragons, both offline and in the past also over here.
[*] I enjoy OOC chatter, be it planning the RP or a more casual exchange (not that RP'ing is [b]that[/b] serious). I can make do without, but don't be afraid to talk to me.
[*] Whatever the case, I'm here to have fun and hone my writing abilities![/list]I do think that should about cover it, yes.
Thanks for stopping by I suppose! I do also have a Discord account, but I prefer to start anything RP related on the site. At least with people I don't know from the past, that is! But hey, now if you are a longer time contact of mine and happened to read this, now you know and can ask!
<div style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I suppose it is about time for me to <span class="bb-s">copypaste</span> fill in some information about myself over here just as well. Only took me a few years to getting around to do it.<br><br>I am a married individual in my twenties from the country some people dare claim does not exist. The Finland conspiracy is an old joke, you can stop with it now. Not a native speaker of the English language by any means, though I did begin studying it exceptionally early for our country's standards. I suppose it was some sort of a test case. With that out of the way though, what more should I be saying here...<ul class="bb-list" style="white-space: normal;"><li>I like being nice to people. If one needs to ask why, well that alone is reason enough.</li><li>I play and Dungeon Master Dungeons and Dragons, both offline and in the past also over here.</li><li>I enjoy OOC chatter, be it planning the RP or a more casual exchange (not that RP'ing is <span class="bb-b">that</span> serious). I can make do without, but don't be afraid to talk to me.</li><li>Whatever the case, I'm here to have fun and hone my writing abilities!</li></ul>I do think that should about cover it, yes.<br><br>Thanks for stopping by I suppose! I do also have a Discord account, but I prefer to start anything RP related on the site. At least with people I don't know from the past, that is! But hey, now if you are a longer time contact of mine and happened to read this, now you know and can ask!</div>
