OOC Comments and Table Talk

[monstermike]

I could use some feedback from you guys on our pace.

Am I flogging us along too fast? Do you want to go faster? About right?

I've taken some liberties with time in the early stages, since a blow-by-blow description of all the things getting up to the mountain didn't really seem necessary. We're going to be going to 10 minute moves in the near future.

[ProfGremlin]

As far as the pace goes, you're keeping me on my toes. Much faster and I might miss some posting deadlines due to some physical reality responsibilities. Keep to what you're doing and I'll probably be able to keep up. I must say, I do prefer your statements of 'post by____' than some games I've been in where posting was - well, lets just say rather lax and leave it at that.

[Deleted]

I'm all for trying the cave. These fortresses usually have a secret escape passage, right? With any luck, that's where it lets out.

[kwll]

Nov 4, 2010 14:25:54 GMT -5 monstermike said:

I could use some feedback from you guys on our pace.

Am I flogging us along too fast? Do you want to go faster? About right?

I've taken some liberties with time in the early stages, since a blow-by-blow description of all the things getting up to the mountain didn't really seem necessary. We're going to be going to 10 minute moves in the near future.

The pace is OK so far. Putting deadlines is a good idea: I will let you know if and when I cannot make it.

[ProfGremlin]

Bitsa is all for climbing to the cave opening. He'll suggest roping folks together just in case of unfortunate circumstances. Before anything else, he'll resurvey the area with the spyglass, per Owynn's request, to verify no guards or other personages are present. Bitsa will also look down the trail both ahead and behind them to see if anything else is going on and, if possible, look the fortress over to see if they've been noticed.

[monstermike]

I'll be a little more specific about how the climb looks up to the cave. Part of the way is rocky and part of the way is grassy. All of it is a fairly steep uphill walk. There is a pile of talus a ways under the mouth of the cave, so this might be going on all fours over jumbled boulders.
Not easy, but nothing I wouldn't take my 10- and 12- year old girls through on a mountain hike. There are no huge crevasses to cross or cliffs to climb.

The fortress is on the opposite side of the mountain. It is about halfway up on the eastern face, and you are a little bit south of center about 1/3 of the way up the western face.

[ProfGremlin]

Ok, that sounds good. Much easier than I was envisioning, thanks for the clarification. As long as there is no one else either up or down the trail or seen elsewhere in the vicinity I say we hike it.

[tenkar]

Yep, I had a vision of a dwarf getting misplaced in the rubble

Hike it it is,er... we do, will do...

Hike it!

[monstermike]

Nice IC speech by 'Nasan.

However, I'm going to rule against the saving roll on CHR because the speech will have the same effect with or without a SR.

Here's what I mean: If I allow the SR and say "Success! The morale of the party is improved" it makes absolutely no difference in terms of anything that happens later. The players will still determine the actions of their characters in the same way, and no one is going to get adds for courage or something like that. Therefore, it has the same effect as just making the speech without the SR. (Unless you have some specific suggestion of what the speech accomplishes...)

Bitsa's SR on scouting the cave makes sense, as it actually could (will) accomplish something which wouldn't have been accomplished without the SR.

I'll post the next bit in about 3 hours. That will give Pan a little extra time to check in. I'm also going to move us to a new thread. Chapter 2 - The Caverns.

[gaptooth]

No problem. I put in the Charisma SR in case one was needed, mainly so that the speech could be narrated as "rousing" and "encouraging" rather than "pompous" or "deserving of a punch in the face."

[ProfGremlin]

Is it conceivable that 'Nasan's morale boosting could have a quantifiable beneficial effect on the others in the form of a boost to the next SR they make? Say, the others feel so motivated that they perform their skills a little better than normally expected. This could be expressed as a single level reduction to the target SR needed for success.

Just an idea, I don't want to step on anyone's toes. I was just trying to think of how I would interpret and utilize such an action.

[gaptooth]

There's also Hermie. I don't want him running off fearing demon possession first time 'Nasan cracks out a spell.

Of course, I like ProfGremlin's idea too. One of the killer features of the Sorcerer RPG by Ron Edwards is the ability to gain bonuses from a series of connected actions, which encourages epic role-playing. But I'd have made the speech with our without a mechanical benefit.

[gaptooth]

One more thing: I'm definitely not trying to take over any of the characters. That last bit about leading was added to express Aonghasan's modesty and humility, not to force anyone to follow him.

[monstermike]

Nov 8, 2010 14:33:43 GMT -5 gaptooth said:

One more thing: I'm definitely not trying to take over any of the characters. That last bit about leading was added to express Aonghasan's modesty and humility, not to force anyone to follow him.

Yes, I await with pleasure the IC responses the other players give you.

And I like ProfGremlin's suggestion. Morale is boosted, and each of you will get a 1 level reduction on your next saving roll for any physically courageous feat on STR or DEX or similar at my judgement. I just wanted to make sure that the SR actually did something.

Herman, of course, will be quite impressed.

[ProfGremlin]

What is the size of the bear paw print in relation to Bitsa's foot? If it's the same size he can deduce it's a smallish bear. If it's bigger p'raps this would be a good time for the wizard to unleash his eldritch powers and roast them a bear dinner.