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[OOC] A Game of Trust

Tatlock's wearing whatever Oliver bought him... Still don't know that, myself. Whatever he's wearing, he's wearing it very badly (it's clear he's not proficient with any armor...)

Since it's a somewhat obscure rule, and one which the SRD somewhat inconsistently defines, I'll repost the most specific version (the one I'll be using, and the one Oliver would intuitively understand): "A character who wears armor and/or uses a shield with which he or she is not proficient takes the armor’s (and/or shield’s) armor check penalty on attack rolls and on all Strength-based and Dexterity-based ability and skill checks. The penalty for nonproficiency with armor stacks with the penalty for nonproficiency with shields."

Given that, it becomes a slightly more complicated choice to decide what to suit him up with. Sorry for not bringing it up sooner, but as I said, it a rarely-used rule (players mostly wear armor they're proficient with), so I'd initially overlooked it.
 

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dpdx said:
No worries, Z. The arguments are part of how Fendric operates (and part of why he exists) in our game world, and if there wasn't an argument, he'd probably start one once in a while just to relieve boredom. Far from ruining my evening, your portrayal of Raven makes it interesting.
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Thank you. I was worried you might still have some bad feelings about our little misunderstanding in the beginning.
 

Gear for Tatlock

- Leather Armor
- Dagger
- Shortsword
- Sling bullets (20)

- Waterskin
- Rations (7 days)
- Travellers outfit (2)
- Blanket
- Flint and Steel
- Soap
- Torch (3)

30g 7sp 3cp deducted (Tat's horse has saddlebags, also deducted at the time of purchase)
 



As pertains to our present situation, Niccolo might be just the gnome to give us that illusion Oliver is asking for. Is it possible to roust Uriel long enough to give us Niccolo's sheet/spells, and have someone else play him for this combat?

If so, I nominate Wings or Sparky, as I would get any arcanist I subbed for dead from a self-inflicted spell wound. :)
 

Since Sparky mentioned some meta-fears last time Shavah talked, I'd like to mention that just because she's participating in the planning, doesn't mean I'm trying to steer you in any given direction... Honestly, I don't have a clear idea of what a "good" direction would be -- none of the plans that I've considered, giving minimal assumptions about your respective abilities, allow for certain victory. That's one of my criteria for a good challenge... Creating challenges with solutions in mind tends to reduce the game to a series of puzzles, with the players trying to figure out the solution (ie, the one I "intended") rather than a solution... "I figured out how to beat the orcs and save the mayor's daughter" is a much more satisfying achievement than "I figured out what the DM wanted me to do", and a much more interesting one to watch from my end, so it's pretty win-win. Unless I accidentally come up with a scenario that's just plain unwinnable. In which case, tough. :) (As a sidenote, this is also one of the reasons I like being in the dark about your specific abilities.)

So yeah, don't worry about Shavah. Mainly I'm just using her involvement to keep my hand in the game while you ignore my precious villagers, so that you don't think I've wandered off or something :)

Finally, introducing holidays and such to the world is not just fine, it makes me very happy. The last thing I want is for you to feel like this is my world, hands off and all of that... The only time I'll overrule something is if it contradicts or otherwise interferes with something I've already planned or designed, and only then if it would require an unwelcome amount of replanning and redesign. In general, though, I'll deal with such instances when they come up -- if it seems like there's a good chance it might cause a conflict like that, bring it up in the OOC thread, but otherwise, it's safe to assume that anything you want to bring in is "canon" until I say otherwise.

Oh, and on the subject of holidays, hope you all are having a good holiday season, whatever that means to you.
 

Well, my brother is on holiday in indonesia at the moment, we can't reach him. Not a good festive cheer on this side of the PC, let me assure you.
 



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