Player begging on knees to join online game.

[Tadhg]

Treebore wrote:
Refresh my memory Rhu, where in the Codex are the Lunar Knights, their castle, etc...?

Yeah, if everyone is going to be an elf, or half elf, I will have to change how I was going to start things off (Ie you won't start out in Outremere) and then see if I can come up with a reason why elvs would get involved in what is going on in the Highlands, which if I am remembering things correctly will be easy. I'll reread the Highlands material to day to be sure.

Hi Treebore.

Lunar Knights - page 198

Fontenouq forest - page 88

Map, south central Erde - page 156

Btw, this is just for some flavor and background, feel free to keep us in Outremere if it fits your campaign and thoughts for the Highlands and such. But otherwise, anything you want to do will be perfectly OK with me.

[Nearby to the Fontenouq is Frieburg, where Lion in the Ropes takes place. But I'm moving that adventure to the Outremere area - just because, most of my mods and adventures will feed off of Yggsburgh and the Blacktooth Ridge area.]

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[jllama]

I was planning on playing a human paladin, but if we need a cleric I can do that instead. I'm okay with an all-elf party, if that's what you guys want to do.

Are we making characters together tomorrow night or should have have one ready to go beforehand?

[Rigon]

Tree, I'll send you my character's info/backgroud later this evening, when I have it typed up.

R-
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[Treebore]

You can wait until tomorrow or you can prepare what you want ahead of time.

[Tadhg]

Treebore wrote:
Elves are widely seriously disliked, even outright hated, in Erde, because of how they ran from Unklar. To the point where the Elves left the world of Erde until Unklar was defeated just over a century ago.

Enough elves stayed, and performed heroic deeds, some critical to the eventual defeat of Unklar, that not everyone hates elves, but don't be surprised if you play an elf and merchants refuse to do business with you, charge you a lot more than anyone else, or kick you out of their place of business.

Friends of elves can expect similiar treatment. So keep that in mind if your thinking of playing an elf.

Yep, some good points. And by now, you may have read the section on Lunar Knights. They are the ones who stayed to fight Unklar and his minions. So perhaps the common Aihrdian citizen/commoner would know and recognize these elves by their silver cloaks. And as such, be give the proper respect and courtesy. [Your call, of course].
[Still catching up on all these posts]
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"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes:" - Macbeth

[Tadhg]

Treebore wrote:
Your in Rhu. Welcome. Hope I don't disappoint ya.

As for deities, if you have the Erde stuff, great. If not you can use Norse gods. In fact, I would prefer Norse gods, the only Erde god I really like to use is St. Luther. Plus Unklar. This game isn't meant to, at this time anyways, to involve Unklar, much. Meaning I don't intend on making him the focus.

Now if you guys insist on sticking your noses into Unklars business, well, we'll see.

Thanks. I'm sure it will be great. As to Unklar, I agree and do the same in my campaign. His presence and followers are around, but he is not. My guess is, he may make an appearance in A12 or A13 (if one is following the A series).

Having said that though, my character will always be preparing, fighting and otherwise doing battle with all evil and any of Unklar's minions!
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"Enjoy a 'world' where the fantastic is fact and magic really works!" ~ Gary Gygax

"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes:" - Macbeth

[Treebore]

I e-mailed this to the five of you whose e-mail I have, here is a character sheet to fill out for me to reference. You have 250 GP to equip with.

Name: Player Name:

Race: Alignment:

Class: Level:

Experience Points: XP's for next Level:

Gender: Age: Size:

Height: Weight: Deity:

Hair: Eyes: Homeland:

Languages:

Description:

Mod Save Mod SavingThrows

STR: Paralysis and Constriction

DEX: Breath Weapon and Traps

CON: Disease,Energy Drain, and Poison

INT: Arcane Magic and Illusion

WIS: Divine Magic, Confusion, Gaze Attack, Petrification, Polymorph

CHA: Death Attack, Charm, and Fear

AC: =10+ + + +

Armor Worn:

HP: Speed

BtH:

BtH+STR=

BtH+DEX=

Weapons/Name

Racial Traits

Class Abitlities:

Misc. Equipment:

Magic Items:

Platinum:

Gold:

Silver:

Copper:

Gems:

Jewlery/Art Objects/Trade Goods/Other Valuables:

[Rigon]

Email with chaacter info returned.

R-
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[Inkpot]

Guys,

It is with great regret that I must bow out of this campaign. My computer at home took a nose dive, and there's no telling when I'll get it up again. Please have fun and I'll look forward to reading about your adventures.

Respectfully,

Ink
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[Treebore]

Inkpot wrote:
Guys,

It is with great regret that I must bow out of this campaign. My computer at home took a nose dive, and there's no telling when I'll get it up again. Please have fun and I'll look forward to reading about your adventures.

Respectfully,

Ink

That sucks! Do the big splurge and just buy a new one on your way home tonight. You know you want to.

[Inkpot]

'The Big Splurge' in my present financial state would net me exactly a snickers bar and some pocket lint.
Ink
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[Treebore]

Besides, the game doesn't officially start until next Monday, when Rigon can join.

Tonight is more of a test run and to straighten everything out.

See if you can make it happen by then.

[Treebore]

Rhuvein wrote:
Hi Treebore.

Lunar Knights - page 198

Fontenouq forest - page 88

Map, south central Erde - page 156

Btw, this is just for some flavor and background, feel free to keep us in Outremere if it fits your campaign and thoughts for the Highlands and such. But otherwise, anything you want to do will be perfectly OK with me.

[Nearby to the Fontenouq is Frieburg, where Lion in the Ropes takes place. But I'm moving that adventure to the Outremere area - just because, most of my mods and adventures will feed off of Yggsburgh and the Blacktooth Ridge area.]

Well, I want to stay on the continent of Outremere, and since the Lunar Knights are a very mobile order I see no problems with getting your character involved with the Highlands.

Besides I am having to alter the history of the Highlands as written in the modules to fit into Erde and the region I want it in.

So its easy for me to deal with.
I'm fine with you having a cloak that gives you a +5 to hide checks that allows you to treat it as if you have the relevant stat as a Prime, even if you don't. While in the woodlands. In towns etc... you lose the +5, but still get to make the Hide check as a Prime. Good enough?

[Tadhg]

Inkpot wrote:
Guys,

It is with great regret that I must bow out of this campaign. My computer at home took a nose dive, and there's no telling when I'll get it up again. Please have fun and I'll look forward to reading about your adventures.

Respectfully,

Ink

Sorry to hear this, Ink. Wish I could help ya, I specialize in healing and resurrecting dead computers. I've just last week raised my daughter's dead computer and brought it back to life - what a feeling of power!!!

[Heh, of course I've been doing this as a hobby and profession for 22+ years, so I should be able to do this].

If you want to post (or PM) some of the info on what happened, I might be able to make some suggestions.

[And as Tree mentioned, you may want to think about a new one - I bought a new vista box at Best Buy and the hardware really kicks ass]

Rhu.
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"Enjoy a 'world' where the fantastic is fact and magic really works!" ~ Gary Gygax

"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes:" - Macbeth

[Tadhg]

Treebore wrote:
I'm fine with you having a cloak that gives you a +5 to hide checks that allows you to treat it as if you have the relevant stat as a Prime, even if you don't. While in the woodlands. In towns etc... you lose the +5, but still get to make the Hide check as a Prime. Good enough?

Oh yeah for sure, I wouldn't want to unbalance anything, but as you've mentioned, your experience at CK/DM 'ing will handle it. Thanks.

I'll try to get my char gen info to ya ASAP, but sorry it probably won't be tonight.
See ya online soon.

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"Enjoy a 'world' where the fantastic is fact and magic really works!" ~ Gary Gygax

"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes:" - Macbeth

[Treebore]

I have sat here for 19 minutes now waiting for people to remember they are supposed to be on SKYPE right now so I can start the conference hook ups.

I will twiddle my thumbs until I can't stand it and then go do something else. I'll leave SKYPE running, though.

[Tadhg]

Treebore wrote:
I have sat here for 19 minutes now waiting for people to remember they are supposed to be on SKYPE right now so I can start the conference hook ups.

I will twiddle my thumbs until I can't stand it and then go do something else. I'll leave SKYPE running, though.

What? REally. We're all chatting, but we don't see ya!
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Count Rhuveinus - Lejendary Keeper of Castle Franqueforte

"Enjoy a 'world' where the fantastic is fact and magic really works!" ~ Gary Gygax

"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes:" - Macbeth

[Tadhg]

You show as offline. Do you have more than one SKYPE login?
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"Enjoy a 'world' where the fantastic is fact and magic really works!" ~ Gary Gygax

"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes:" - Macbeth

[Aramis]

yes, you have been offline to me since 5:57

Don and Rhuvein are green checks though

Weird

We went into chat, which is a good back up when (inevitably) somethng goes wrong

[Treebore]

Glad we got everything worked out. I enjoyed the session and hopefully the good vibe I got from all of you means we'll have a nice long on line "speaking" game.

Until next week then.

Always feel free to e-mail/contact me if you have anything you want to ask about.

[Tadhg]

Again, this program is very impressive. I'm going to pick up another web cam to see the performance under SKYPE. I've used them before and they were OK to good, but with today's power in software, hardware and broadband speed, I expect the results to be superior.

Let me know if any of you have web cams and we can test them at some point.

[I suppose if we all have 'em, it could eliminate the need for whiteboards or other software. Tree can draw a quick sketch and show it too the camera. Hmm, or perhaps draw it online and have the webcam project it to all of us]

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"Enjoy a 'world' where the fantastic is fact and magic really works!" ~ Gary Gygax

"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes:" - Macbeth

[Aramis]

I do not have a web cam.

As to whiteboards, we should probably try one of the available (free) programs first. We did not really give the program connected to Skype (talk and write??) a full run, so we could try that. It seemed pretty sluggish the first time, but that could have been something done wrong at our end. I don't think that would allow importing tokens though. It may or may not allow importing gifs scanned from modules. Tokens are not crucial anyway. The one at rptools.net allows scanning, I think, and also "fog of war". This is a handy trick which allows you (the CK) to slowly open up the map to the players. So the CK sees the whole thing, but to the players they just see the first passage and 2 doors.

Unfortunately, such scanned maps often leave a big "32b"written on the floor of the room. . Truly the gods of this realm are organized!

I am still trying to get my mind around the idea that fabled Greyhawk is just across the bay, waiting for intrepid adventurers. Fortunately, Orlan is not at all intrepid at this point. Not when his total armor is a puffy shirt! And a smile

Onward!

[slimykuotoan]

Aramis wrote:
I am still trying to get my mind around the idea that fabled Greyhawk is just across the bay, waiting for intrepid adventurers.

Yeah ditto.

It's neat that the two are connected.

Greyhawk!

[Treebore]

slimykuotoan wrote:
Yeah ditto.

It's neat that the two are connected.

Greyhawk!

ITs to the east of the Blacktooth Ridge and the mountains behing the ridge. Strangely, the lands "over there" think you guys live in some great burning sands type of area.

[Rigon]

Well fellas, one down, two to go. From the responses of the audience, the first show went extremely well. I haven't been able to take any pics yet (I do all/most of the heavy lifting backstage and haven't been able to even watch the performance).

Tree, thank your daugther for the excellent rendition of Fynn. She is a very talented girl.

R-
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[acererak]

Just wanted to let you know I tried out Skype because of you guys and its really cool. Thanks!

[Tadhg]

I'm putting together my char sheet and will have it by game time. Sorry, for the last minute submission.
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Count Rhuveinus - Lejendary Keeper of Castle Franqueforte

"Enjoy a 'world' where the fantastic is fact and magic really works!" ~ Gary Gygax

"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes:" - Macbeth

[Treebore]

acererak wrote:
Just wanted to let you know I tried out Skype because of you guys and its really cool. Thanks!

We finally had the first actual session of gaming. IT went almost as good as being at a table together.

Plus its great sound quality is an awesome alternative to phones with friends and family with computers/on-line access.

We definitely need to spread the word.

[Rigon]

So, any word on wether or not we are playing this Monday (5/14).

R-
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[Treebore]

Yes, we will. My resort had wireless installed since the last time we were here, I have my books, my microphone, Dice, etc... So I am all set.

I'll be sending an e-mail to everyone soon.