[OOC] OOC thread about the non-iconics adventure (part deux)

[reapersaurus]

And if this discussion did have to be done, It could of been done in the tavern, not inside the monastery....

So seriously - wouldn't he be ticked at Kytess, not at Ivellios or Ubaar?

[overly dramatic] Ivellios and Ubaar are not your whipping boys!
They don't exist to receive your abuse! [/overly dramatic] LOL

hell, I think Ubaar's got more charisma than like the majority of the group!

 

[CRGreathouse]

I think Ubaar's got more charisma than like the majority of the group!

Surely more than Kytess. Were you wondering why she didn't try to take leadership from the beginning?

 

[reapersaurus]

ya, actually, the more i play with it, the more i'm beginning to think that point-buy really makes for some uninteresting stats.

[grumble] the perpetual low-charisma of PC's using point-buy begins to grate on me.
You just don't have the points to spare... [/grumble]

 

[CRGreathouse]

The interesting thing about Kytess' stats is that they are the point-buy equivilent of rolled stats. I just approximated the scores as best I could; point buy actually gave me 1 point less Str and Int and 1 point too high Wis. HG let me drop the Wis, though, so that was fixed.

 

[reapersaurus]

hmm..
every single time i've rolled 4d6, i've rolled better stats than point-buy allows me to.

It's actually quite restrictive to my idea of a heroic character most of the times...

 

[Conaill]

every single time i've rolled 4d6, i've rolled better stats than point-buy allows me to.

In that case, I would have a good look at your d6's.

Just imagine how restrictive it would be to your idea of a heroic character to have to play those below-average characters you are bound to roll up 50% of the time.

One complaint I do have regarding point-buy: everybody tends to "optimize" their scores. Just look at the non-iconics ability scores: they are all even! (with the exception of Kytess's Wis7) That means you actually get a little more "bang for your buck" in terms of ability bonuses than you would expect from rolled stats with the same point-buy average value.

 

[Murhid]

So seriously - wouldn't he be ticked at Kytess, not at Ivellios or Ubaar?

I don't see how I did ill-treat them...

"Oneself is only commenting on the amount of chit chatter that occurs while one is in a destroyed monastery, seeking a certain stone, for a certain man...

Murhid was commenting on the whole party then.

I think the dust has gotten to you larger one..."

That was Murhid's attempt to be-friend Ubaar, seeing how Ubaar likes jokes and all. Though yes I know, neither I nor Murhid are the best joke tellers (edit: yes, I should of added a gesture or something along those lines, my fault)

And the only reason Murhid didn't make a direct comment about Kytess's timing is because he wants her support, and commenting would have lost it.

Tis a pity about the low amount of cha in our group. But I don't think it would make that of a big difference in our role-playing. Nevertheless I'm going to dump my 4th lvl attribute bonus thing on cha, wow a grand total of 11!~! Hooray I can be a 1st lvl sorcerer!

 

[reapersaurus]

In that case, I would have a good look at your d6's.

I just rolled 6 4d6 3 times, and got 39 points, 39 points, and 28 points.
That's actually lower than I usually get.

 

[Conaill]

Regarding the Detect Magic still being on or not: I just tried speed-reading all the conversation that happened since Ubaar cast his spell four pages ago. Took me just over 6 minutes. (And that's only the conversation bits, skipping over all the other description, and reading as fast as I could.)

Detect Magic only lasts 1 minute/level...

 

[reapersaurus]

oh, come now....!

You're going to hold role-playing against the characters?!~

Talking's a free action, right?