A Call to Arms (OOC) (Recruiting)

[johnsemlak]

Just to let you know I will be offline until Saturday evening (probably SUnday in Australia).

My previous post was brief; I wanted to see what happened if I opened the door.

In general I was planning ot go for breakfast, meet my companions, and relate what I learned about the road toc Critwall.

John

 

[Narrator]

Ack! Damn, just when I was focusing something on your character in particular... you're doing this to me on purpose, aren't you? Bastard! (j/k)

In that case, the posting requirement can be relaxed for everyone for the weekend I guess. Whoohoo! You're free! Go! Run through the fields! Enjoy your freedom from the Taskmaster! It won't last long...

 

[DDK]

Stupid Website

Ugh, I'm going to have to redo the website... I know enough about web design to basically get myself into all sorts of trouble

Essentially, the design I have, relies heavily on the incorporation of SSI which I don't have access to there. I was going to eventually ask if I could have a few MB on Canonfire but since I kicked him out and he's not speaking to me now... umm... that ain't likely

Stupid me is now realizing that I have to update the site and is now going, "D'oh!" because it's a major hassle without SSI. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks I'll have some proper webspace but until then or until I get around to redesigning the site to accomodate for the lack of SSI, you'll have to bear with me for the suckiness of it.

Eventually, I hope to incorporate the ability for you all to update your own character sheets through the browser (this is pretty basic stuff via forms so it's quite realistic to expect it) and also for you to be able to PM and stuff.

I have thought about moving the entire game to a message board I host... message boards are a cinch to setup and PHP Board is free and I've done it once before so... eh, see how we go, heh, you haven't even gotten out of town yet, sheesh!

Btw, you do realize that I'm not keeping you there on purpose, right? I'm just DM'ing what I think would happen and trying to keep it interesting. The game can move faster or slower depending on your actions. If you say "Right, we're all leaving this town RIGHT now!" then, eh, cool with me. If you all say, "Right! We're leaving this town right now and we're going to the bright desert to find the scorpion crown and ally with Rary and Robilar, stuff Tarvoden and his insane mission!" eh, fine with me

 

[Manzanita]

However you want to structure it is fine w/me. I do like being on ENWorld, as I have other things I do here, too. But it's no big deal. Manzanita is eager to get out of town, but it's pretty interesting here. I'm enjoying the level of detail you're putting into these seeminly random encounters (Emerus, the mapmaker etc.) Are all these planned elements of the campaign or improvised tangents. Not that you should tell me...

 

[M'faro]

About the web site I find interesting the possibility to update the character sheets ourselves. We now have more equipment and itens than what actually the sheet shows, and it's no small task for the DM to keep them up to date. Any changes that you feel will improve the game are welcome!

About the game I think we are all enjoying the encounters in town. Even if the characters are eager to leave the town and begin their journey, they are not hurried. We are all playing at the same pace, working together as a group.

 

[DDK]

I put up a map of Dorakaa for M'faro and Grenier to look over.

Are all these planned elements of the campaign or improvised tangents. Not that you should tell me...

Heh, well, I've already said that although I have a broad idea of what I'd like to happen, ultimately I'd like things to be directed by your characters.

Which is why I'm trying to leave decisions up to you more and more. At the start, I basically shoved everyone together and told you what was happening. That's kinda necessary, I've found, in getting things moving at a decent pace, but I'd rather the control of the direction be governed by the interaction between PC's and NPC's/environment.

That's why I stressed that I'm not trying to keep you in town with all these encounters. The encounters are just what's happening around you which you can choose to involve yourselves in or not.

About the web site I find interesting the possibility to update the character sheets ourselves. We now have more equipment and itens than what actually the sheet shows, and it's no small task for the DM to keep them up to date. Any changes that you feel will improve the game are welcome!

Heh, yeah, updating everything is a PITA. It's actually not THAT difficult, it's just annoying and therefore I tend to put it off and not do it.

About the game I think we are all enjoying the encounters in town. Even if the characters are eager to leave the town and begin their journey, they are not hurried. We are all playing at the same pace, working together as a group.

Cool, I'm just asking because I'm finding it hard to judge these things. Of course, that said, it's not up to me to decide when you leave town or what you do, so...

 

[Grenier]

Hey Djoran, what maps can we assume the characters have?

 

[DDK]

Maps

The ones that are shown on the website. I put the Iuz one up early by accident and was just too lazy to take it down. There will be another soon, but I'm having trouble getting it.

 

[DDK]

"It's only a day and a half out from here and they would welcome you with a hot broth and some bread to be sure. I would go meself but I haven't the means and these old legs won't carry me far."

An elderly man has made what seems to be a sincere request for us to check on his niece in Willip, whom he has not heard from for some time. He promises we'll get a good meal there when we visit.

So, what do you say about going through Willip?

*twitch*

*blink*

*twitch*twitch*

*seethe*

*twitch*

 

[johnsemlak]

*twitch*

*blink*

*twitch*twitch*

*seethe*

*twitch*

Sorry, DDK, I've read through the game thread and looked at the Furyondy map. I can't figure out what I said that was wrong.