Scotley's 4e Swashbuckler OOC

Leif · Nov 26, 2011

Lou said:
Thanks. I am concerned about any other damage besides the poison from the bite.

Oh! I see! Sorry.

Lou said:
on another topic:
One of the GOOD/BAD things about 4e, which makes PBP discouraging sometimes, is the timing of actions. It slows down the play to have to go in order, since there are a lot of immediate interrupts and conditions from other PCs to take into account.

Yes, this is true, I suppose, but one way in which we are fortunate is that Scotley has an almost uncanny ability to wrestle out-of-order posts into a coherent, strictly-by-initiative-order Round Summary Post that summarizes and allows for all such effects.

Scotley · Nov 26, 2011

Lou said:
Thanks. I am concerned about any other damage besides the poison from the bite.

on another topic:
One of the GOOD/BAD things about 4e, which makes PBP discouraging sometimes, is the timing of actions. It slows down the play to have to go in order, since there are a lot of immediate interrupts and conditions from other PCs to take into account.

Sorry, I did not make it clear in my post. It was at the bottom in the die rolls. 5 damage plus the 5 ongoing poison damage.

You are correct, the interrupts, boosts and conditions do complicate the PBP environment. That doesn't seem to be slowing this game down too badly given the infrequent posting rate we've got going anyway. My life has settled down considerably and I'm ready pick up the pace a bit if everyone else is in a position to do so.

Leif · Nov 27, 2011

Leif said:
Yes, this is true, I suppose, but one way in which we are fortunate is that Scotley has an almost uncanny ability to wrestle out-of-order posts into a coherent, strictly-by-initiative-order Round Summary Post that summarizes and allows for all such effects.

Scotley said:
Sorry, I did not make it clear in my post. It was at the bottom in the die rolls. 5 damage plus the 5 ongoing poison damage.

You are correct, the interrupts, boosts and conditions do complicate the PBP environment. That doesn't seem to be slowing this game down too badly given the infrequent posting rate we've got going anyway. My life has settled down considerably and I'm ready pick up the pace a bit if everyone else is in a position to do so.

Way to jump in there Scotley and prove me wrong :-S

Lou · Nov 30, 2011

Before I change my actions, didn't Tabitha just roll into the spider web at H16?

Shayuri · Nov 30, 2011

Who's a what now? Spider web? I thought the blue stuff was water!

D'aawwww

Leif · Nov 30, 2011

In the words of Raul Julia in Presumed Innocent, "What a colossal blunder,"

j/k, Shayuri, could happen to any of us.

Scotley · Dec 2, 2011

That was indeed a spider web. I'll try to get a post up today if the site continues to run. It is still sort of hit and miss.

Leif · Dec 31, 2011

Read these two articles for an informative behind-the scenes look at what has happened in our hobby for the past several years:

The Escapist : The Ghosts of D&D: Past

The Escapist : The State of D&D: Present

Leif · Jan 10, 2012

You KNEW it was coming:

5th Edition D&D Announced!

Scotley · Jan 10, 2012

Leif said:
You KNEW it was coming:

5th Edition D&D Announced!

The play your edition your way vibe sounds good, but details on how they are going to pull it off are still a ways off. I have my doubts that such a thing is possible, but I do think there is room for a better system than we have now. I'm cautiously optimistic.