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[Rystil Arden]

And it is based on what he said, that he would dislike having to wait on others.

That's why I took so long to try PbP, but I've more-or-less resigned myself to the fact that this will occur, so as long as other people are not annoyed if I keep posting, it should work out (an example in the IC thread of something I would do, which the HttBT players also did, was to post my tentative actions with several if::then statements even though I am last in initiative if the early initiative people weren't posting).

 

[Thanee]

In combat you have to do that anyways (or the DM has to fine tune your actions a bit), unless everyone checks in multiple times per day, it's about impossible to run combat "normally" (that is one action after the other) in decently quick time. It's usually required to run combat in full rounds (which does work well enough), where players have to state their actions before knowing what happens before their initiative comes up (I'm actually considering to change initiative in the way, that it is always players first then opponents, or the other way around, in which case the opponents get one free round before it goes over into that rythm - some kind of group initiative - might make things a bit easier, if you know that there will be no opponent action before your declared action gets resolved).

Bye
Thanee

 

[Rystil Arden]

In combat you have to do that anyways (or the DM has to fine tune your actions a bit), unless everyone checks in multiple times per day, it's about impossible to run combat "normally" (that is one action after the other) in decently quick time. It's usually required to run combat in full rounds (which does work well enough), where players have to state their actions before knowing what happens before their initiative comes up (I'm actually considering to change initiative in the way, that it is always players first then opponents, or the other way around, in which case the opponents get one free round before it goes over into that rythm - some kind of group initiative - might make things a bit easier, if you know that there will be no opponent action before your declared action gets resolved).

Bye
Thanee

Hmm...that makes sense, actually. Another thing you can do is roll initiative normally for the PCs, but then give all the NPCs the same initiative. That way, the fast PCs get to go first, but then once the NPCs have all gone, the players might as well be acting on the same initiative.

Another example of my posting in my other PbP is when I had to wait for a while so I posted character history and little stories about what my character was doing while I waited for people to post.

 

[Thanee]

As a player you can do that for yourself, anyways, by using the Delay action to delay into the beginning of next round. I like to do that in some combats, where I really want to know the overall situation when posting my action. Sometimes you lose a bit by going after opponents, but it's well worth it, I think.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

More seriously, does khavren's explicit acceptance mean that I was not?

Ehh... I would be shocked if Isida missed your "post" so this is one of those times where no word is good word. (She doesn’t always reply to things that she agrees with… You just get use to it, or at least try to in my case. )

 

[Rystil Arden]

Ehh... I would be shocked if Isida missed your "post" so this is one of those times where no word is good word. (She doesn’t always reply to things that she agrees with… You just get use to it, or at least try to in my case. )

I don't know. I think it would be awfully rude of me to just make assumptions . I may be an inveterate post-flinger, but I try to be as polite as possible. On the flipside of the "no word is good word", I tend to think that ignoring me means, "Go away." Of course, I could be wrong, but that's the whole concept behind the Ignore List, right? Actually, ignoring me is the best way to get me to stop posting. I'm like a vampire; once you respond to me or let me in, I'll respond to you, but I'll always wait for that first so that its your own fault if I'm talking to much . I think carefully about posting again if nobody responds at all.

Of course, if that's not how it works here, I'm not at all trying to say you're wrong. Just that this is the system to which I am accustomed (To give an example, I've decided that my other PbP group probably doesn't like me and/or wants me to go away because they haven't responded to anything I've said in over a week [including specifically asking some questions], whereas they have posted responses to statements they made to each other that have occurred after my questions).

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

I don't know. I think it would be awfully rude of me to just make assumptions . I may be an inveterate post-flinger, but I try to be as polite as possible.

Well I wouldn't go running off and post IC just yet but I'm sure it was a simple manner, you didn’t ask for any details and had no questions about the character so she probably just didn’t have a lot of time when she was making posts.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Well I wouldn't go running off and post IC just yet but I'm sure it was a simple manner, you didn’t ask for any details and had no questions about the character so she probably just didn’t have a lot of time when she was making posts.

I thought that this was possible too when analysing all the statements before making my post #329. But as soon as its possible that people want me to go away, I like to make it known that I don't consider it impolite for them to just tell me so, and I will do as they wish. And of course I wouldn't think of posting IC without a confirmation; that's just the epitome of rude (In fact, one of the questions I asked the other group that got ignored, since they did accept me into the group, was whether or not I could post in the IC thread, since my character was captured but he theoretically should be able to still do things; I'm stymied because they won't answer that...)

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

Rystil, you're totally in. Once you're caught up in the thread, you can start posting. Sorry for not making that clear earlier.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Rystil, you're totally in. Once you're caught up in the thread, you can start posting. Sorry for not making that clear earlier.

Heh, I read every single page of all three threads before posting before (I like to be informed before I start blabbing). Question then: I said I would play Shalah or make a new character. I really like Shalah's concept, but I don't care so much for some mechanics. If I play Shalah, can I retcon some of the mechanical decisions for which I don't particularly care? I have more specifics, and if you like, I can e-mail you instead of annoying all the other people with them