OoC Thread - Strife in Sokara - A solo game for Brother Shatterstone

[Brother Shatterstone]

OK. How does about 10pm ish BST sound, or do you want to go earlier than that?

I'll be here all day federal holiday... (Is that 10 PM GMT also?)

You didn't do anything It's to do with Ryat...

sounds like he's being a “rat” bastard...

 

[Jarval]

I'll be here all day federal holiday... (Is that 10 PM GMT also?)

Nope, BST is GMT+1 IIRC. Something I should know, I guess...

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Hey I wanted to let you know that you've done a wonderful job these last few post in setting a very creepy mood... All I can say is that Brystasia is allot braver than me...

Well Hestia too.

 

[Jarval]

Hey I wanted to let you know that you've done a wonderful job these last few post in setting a very creepy mood...

Great, it's nice to know it's been effective I've always found descriptive writing (as opposed to dialogue) rather tricky, so I'm very happy to hear it's working.

All I can say is that Brystasia is allot braver than me...

Me too. You'd not get me into that room for any amount of money...

Well Hestia too.

Hestia's less of a warrior than the rest of the group we've got at the moment. She's really not happy when it comes to combat, undead, or dark unpleasant-looking rooms. Sensible girl that she is

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Hestia's less of a warrior than the rest of the group we've got at the moment. She's really not happy when it comes to combat, undead, or dark unpleasant-looking rooms. Sensible girl that she is

I know she is. To be honest I think we should change her hair color, warrior or not, I think she should be trying to turn undead right now. I could make Brystasia a brunette or maybe auburn colored.

Anyhow, sorry about the delay in posting, I was helping the wife make her new character.

 

[Jarval]

I know she is. To be honest I think we should change her hair color, warrior or not, I think she should be trying to turn undead right now. I could make Brystasia a brunette or maybe auburn colored.

She was a bit shocked to see anything behind her. She's now taken the sensible course of action, although you might not like the way it turned out...

Anyhow, sorry about the delay in posting, I was helping the wife make her new character.

No problem. Is this the character for Isida's Burning Throne game? I really ought to get around to working something up myself, even if I am only on the alternate list And I can always watch from the peanut gallery, of course...

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

She was a bit shocked to see anything behind her./quote]
She's always a bit shocked... Though I guess the first zombie was behind her also. (Hey at least she's consistent.)

She's now taken the sensible course of action, although you might not like the way it turned out...

Cool, and I don't really mind, I think it confirms her blondeness.

I somehow miss this update last night but you can add the killing blow to the reel of "classic" Hestia!

I'm not asking you to change her btw, I really like her and she's a good mix for Brystasia, who is very competitive and doesn't like to lose or look stupid.

No problem. Is this the character for Isida's Burning Throne game? I really ought to get around to working something up myself, even if I am only on the alternate list And I can always watch from the peanut gallery, of course...

Yeah, that would be the game, and it's looking to be shaping up into a hell of a game.

I can't wait for it to get started.

 

[Jarval]

Cool, and I don't really mind, I think it confirms her blondeness.

I somehow miss this update last night but you can add the killing blow to the reel of "classic" Hestia!

I did look at my dice and say "You've got to be kidding me!". Brystasia left the creature with 1 (yes, just one) Hit Point remaining, and Hestia immediately dealt 7 points of damage (her non-critical maximum).

It reminds me of something that happened a few years ago in my RL gaming group. A party of mid-level characters ran into a young red dragon. The paladin (wielding a Frostbrand sword) immediately charged in, and he and the dragon proceeded to beat seven kinds of hell out of each other over the next few rounds. By the end of the fourth round, the dragon is on single figure hit points, as is the paladin. Then Lordan, the overweight, alcoholic middle-aged cleric (played by my brother) steps up. Not to heal the paladin, ooooh no. He attacks the dragon, rolling a 20 (this was 2e, so no need to confirm) and dealt precisely enough damage to kill it with his non-magical wooden club... With his only attack of the combat...

Dubbing himself "Lordan the Dragonslayer" from then on didn't do anything to improve the paladin's mood either...

I'm not asking you to change her btw, I really like her and she's a good mix for Brystasia, who is very competitive and doesn't like to lose or look stupid.

I think the party we're building up work well together. Certainly Hestia and Brystasia compliment each other very well, and I'm getting quite fond of Ged

Yeah, that would be the game, and it's looking to be shaping up into a hell of a game.

I can't wait for it to get started.

It's looking very good. I've just found the RG thread for it, so I've been digesting the characters you've go so far. Interesting mix, to say the least

One thing I'm not sure of is how ECL is being handled. I'm probably just being blind and missing something in one of Isida's early posts, but does ECL count as both classes at a given gestalt level, or just one?

Anyway, I'm getting some ideas for my character. I'm thinking a Shasa (half-rakshasa) dervish, taking levels in Barbarian and Wilder. Makes for an interesting combination

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Dubbing himself "Lordan the Dragonslayer" from then on didn't do anything to improve the paladin's mood either...

Oh after he got reminded about it at every tavern by the bard I'm sure it did nothing for my mood!

That sort of reminds me of my grandfather and great uncle... They both served in WWII, one a marine the other in the army so they learned to fire guns and such.

Anyhow after the war they use to do allot of target practice with my grandfather, the marine, always winning...

Anyhow, one-day luck favored my great uncle and he won... My grandfather right then and there asked for a rematch...

My great uncle's reply, "Naw, I'm retired."

I think the party we're building up work well together. Certainly Hestia and Brystasia compliment each other very well, and I'm getting quite fond of Ged

I'm quite found of all of the characters. We have a nice party so far. I'm curious to see Velimir’s character sheet, he did try to turn undead so that would be a fourth level holy warrior, or maybe he has some cleric levels...

I know you don't want to hear this, but I think we should make Ged and Hestia gestalt characters also… They’re important to the game, and I think Brystasia could still shine if those around her are gestalt also. (just an idea)

It's looking very good. I've just found the RG thread for it, so I've been digesting the characters you've go so far. Interesting mix, to say the least

Yeah, I think so, my character's history is like 4 pages long... I need to finish it today.

One thing I'm not sure of is how ECL is being handled. I'm probably just being blind and missing something in one of Isida's early posts, but does ECL count as both classes at a given gestalt level, or just one?

ECL is only on one side of the advancement, which is right anything more would be to punishing, but even a +2 does this, I think this is a mistake, the should go "across" and not down so I adjusted my character as she started out simply as Flamekissed but after seeing how Isida was doing the LA I asked for the half-nymph template.

Advancement goes like this:
LA 1 Rogue 1
LA 2 Rogue 2
LA 3 Rogue 3
Unfettered 1 Rogue 4
Unfettered 2 Rogue 5
Unfettered 3 Seductress 1
Unfettered 4 Seductress 2
Unfettered 5 Seductress 3
Unfettered 6 Seductress 4
Unfettered 7 Seductress 5

Anyway, I'm getting some ideas for my character. I'm thinking a Shasa (half-rakshasa) dervish, taking levels in Barbarian and Wilder. Makes for an interesting combination

Oh yeah that would be an interesting combination!

 

[Jarval]

Oh after he got reminded about it at every tavern by the bard I'm sure it did nothing for my mood!

That's pretty much how it went, although we didn't have a bard in the party. Human cleric, human paladin, ogre shadow mage... It was an odd little group to say the least...

That sort of reminds me of my grandfather and great uncle... They both served in WWII, one a marine the other in the army so they learned to fire guns and such.

Anyhow after the war they use to do allot of target practice with my grandfather, the marine, always winning...

Anyhow, one-day luck favored my great uncle and he won... My grandfather right then and there asked for a rematch...

My great uncle's reply, "Naw, I'm retired."

I'm quite found of all of the characters. We have a nice party so far. I'm curious to see Velimir’s character sheet, he did try to turn undead so that would be a fourth level holy warrior, or maybe he has some cleric levels...

Or, say, a holy warrior with the Death domain I'll have a sheet posted for Velimir soonish.

I know you don't want to hear this, but I think we should make Ged and Hestia gestalt characters also... They’re important to the game, and I think Brystasia could still shine if those around her are gestalt also. (just an idea)

To be honest, I'm not bothered. If you want then to be gestalt, I don't have any problem with making them gestalt At the moment, they're both 32 point-buy, 2nd level characters with standard wealth (or slightly over for Ged, IIRC). I haven't used point-buy for Velimir, just assigning him the stats that fitted my mental picture.

Yeah, I think so, my character's history is like 4 pages long... I need to finish it today.

4 pages? I don't think any of my characters have come close to that... Well, maybe one did, but I'm certain 4 pages is a lot more than most of my characters.

Unless you're using 48 point text, that is

ECL is only on one side of the advancement, which is right anything more would be to punishing, but even a +2 does this, I think this is a mistake, the should go "across" and not down so I adjusted my character as she started out simply as Flamekissed but after seeing how Isida was doing the LA I asked for the half-nymph template.

Advancement goes like this:
LA 1 Rogue 1
LA 2 Rogue 2
LA 3 Rogue 3
Unfettered 1 Rogue 4
Unfettered 2 Rogue 5
Unfettered 3 Seductress 1
Unfettered 4 Seductress 2
Unfettered 5 Seductress 3
Unfettered 6 Seductress 4
Unfettered 7 Seductress 5

Thanks, that's made things clear for me. Right, I'll go and add three more levels to my character

Oh yeah that would be an interesting combination!

He's turning into quite an intriguing figure Getting him accepted in human society might be difficult though.