[ooc] dnd - the nameless [thread closed]

[Velmont]

I have 19 days left of hard work to get my diploma... I'll try to show up regulary, but I may have some difficulty...

 

[doghead]

Velmont. Thanks for the heads up. Take what time you need. Good luck with your work. I'll ghost Hewik if you can't make it, so don't sweat that. While I think that characters can die, its no fun having them do it while you're away - so I generally just try to keep any "ghosts" out of trouble.

I'll be away from the 15th to the end of April myself, and might "park" the game before I go, rather than leave it hanging. Probably at one of the towns, so you can keep yourself amused.

 

[doghead]

Apologies, dying and holidays.

First of all apologies. It finally twigged that I had dropped the ball. In Round 2 Oscar suffered 6 damage. In Round 3 another 3 damage, which put him at -1. For some reason I had him at +1. Subsequently Oscar attacked in Round 4, and was attacked in Rounds 4 and 5. Actually, he should have been bleeding to death on the floor of the wagon while the goblins played croquet with his head.

As this was my slip up, I'll go back and bring the posts in line with the way it actually played out. This will put Oscar at -4, dying.

Sorry about this. The brain has been a little frazzeled of late. Fortunately, I've got a holiday coming up in a week. I think that given the rather dubious condition of wetware doghead at the moment, I'll park the game in the next town as soon as we wind-up this encounter.

Err, am I making any sence?

the head of the dog

 

[Argent Silvermage]

First of all apologies. It finally twigged that I had dropped the ball. In Round 2 Oscar suffered 6 damage. In Round 3 another 3 damage, which put him at -1. For some reason I had him at +1. Subsequently Oscar attacked in Round 4, and was attacked in Rounds 4 and 5. Actually, he should have been bleeding to death on the floor of the wagon while the goblins played croquet with his head.

As this was my slip up, I'll go back and bring the posts in line with the way it actually played out. This will put Oscar at -4, dying.

Sorry about this. The brain has been a little frazzeled of late. Fortunately, I've got a holiday coming up in a week. I think that given the rather dubious condition of wetware doghead at the moment, I'll park the game in the next town as soon as we wind-up this encounter.

Err, am I making any sence?

the head of the dog

Good call. Maybe Oscar will have an epiphany while dieing and he will take a level as Sorcerer. (I have a very interesting turn of events planned for him.)

 

[DrZombie]

As long as we're talking character development, I was wondering... Nate is a very calm, fairly modest guy, very protective of his friends. But when he gets angry, he gets very very angry. I think it would be natural for him to go berserk while fighting, but I can't see him as a barbarian... All the other things he'd get just don't seem right. Could I take barbarian rage as a feat, like once evry few levels. It smells faintly of powerplay, but then again those are feats I can't use for anything else. I'd get a raging fighter with less feats, or a barbarian without skills. What do the rest of you guys think?

 

[doghead]

Argent and DrZ.

Interesting. I want to work with this, but at the moment my brain and I are not on speaking terms. I'll give it some thought over the next few days. Feel free to throw up ideas. Actually, please do. I'll grab pieces from here and there, mix it up with a bit of this and that, then consider how I can work it in.

I'll get back to the IC thread tomorrow night.

night night

doghead

 

[DrZombie]

"A dog. The only creature that sleeps with his nose curled up tight against its bottom" Terry Pratchet (loose quote)

Sweet dreams, doghead.

 

[Thomas Hobbes]

Hmm. If you were anything but Lawful, I'd say Barbarian, past first level, is just a good representative of the "goes crazy in battle" fighting style, rather than ascribing to any given stereotype of illiterate brutes.

Your alignment makes things a bit more interesting. Power Attack definitely fits the style of fighting, as would other things on that feat chain. I could maybe see a "rage" feat, but with pretty good restrictions... minimum con, feats (toughness, great fortitude, power attack, endurance, some combination of those), level prerequisites. I've also seen a feat in various WotC products (couldn't name them) that let you choose to take -4 to ac, +2 to attack in any given round. That simulates it pretty well. "Reckless attack" or something.

 

[Argent Silvermage]

I'll be sending an e-mail to you with my plans. You'll love it.

 

[DrZombie]

Hmm. If you were anything but Lawful, I'd say Barbarian, past first level, is just a good representative of the "goes crazy in battle" fighting style, rather than ascribing to any given stereotype of illiterate brutes.

It's not the illiterate thinghy, it's more the increased mobility, evasion, survival skills. On the other hand, who knows what happens, and I could allways ignore my "inappropriate skills". Hmmm. Maybe I can convince the head of dog to ignore the alignment restriction. Might be easier then trying a new feat.... Must sleep, then think.