Pathfinder: Rise of the Runelords, Burnt Offerings OOC

[Rhun]

a +8 to Init is always nice

Not too shabby at all!

 

[Rhun]

Can I just say WOW! That was one of the most unexpected deaths I have ever seen in a game! Kudos, Hewligan.

And Friadoc, we'll get Kael all fixed up and raised, assuming any of us survive.

 

[hewligan]

Can I just say WOW! That was one of the most unexpected deaths I have ever seen in a game! Kudos, Hewligan.

And Friadoc, we'll get Kael all fixed up and raised, assuming any of us survive.

I must admit, when I rolled on invisible castle and it showed that Kael was the target, I was a bit worried. I thought about fudging the roll and making the target the bison, but that seemed disingenuous to the story, given that Kael knew he was taking a great risk by stepping forward directly into the fray with his touch-attack spells.

In the end, the rolls were against him, but the story will go on.

 

[Rhun]

So far the rolls have really been against us. This is the worst we've done in a combat thus far.

 

[Friadoc]

It's all good, folks.

It's all part of the game, whether we can get Kael raised or not, while it doesn't happen a lot, I'm fairly good at handling character death. Live by the roll or die by the roll, it's fun either way.

Heck, I lost my halfling rogue over in IndustryGothica's Those Left Behind, to an infection from a Chaos Beast, and while it sucked, I moved on and made a half-orc scout.

If we can get Kael back, it's cool and good. If we can't, I'll figure out something from there. Either way, I'll be gaming with you folks still, as you've been a blast.

Thanks for the words of encouragement, though. Much appreciated.

 

[Rhun]

OOC: We should take this to the OOC thread (my fault, sorry!), but I do love Islay whisky. My favourite as a student was proper firewater: Talisker. I even went to the distillery as a sort of pilgrimage. Then I moved more towards the Ardbeg iodene taste, but over the last 5 years my taste has softened and now I think glenfiddich is probably the most balanced of the big whisky brands. Port Ellen is wonderful, but not being made any more, and there are a few Speyside gems out there.

Ah, a man with good taste I see. I had never tried Talisker, but found a single bottle at the liqour store, so I bought it. I was quite surprised. Ardbeg is great...but I'm sort of of the opinion the Glenfiddich is over-rated. Perhaps I haven't tried the right bottle of Glenfiddich yet though. Do you have a recommendation?

I haven't tried many Speysides, but I was pleasantly surprised by Speyburn. I thought the flavor was really good, considering I picked up the bottle for less than $20.

 

[Friadoc]

Ah, a man with good taste I see. I had never tried Talisker, but found a single bottle at the liqour store, so I bought it. I was quite surprised. Ardbeg is great...but I'm sort of of the opinion the Glenfiddich is over-rated. Perhaps I haven't tried the right bottle of Glenfiddich yet though. Do you have a recommendation?

I haven't tried many Speysides, but I was pleasantly surprised by Speyburn. I thought the flavor was really good, considering I picked up the bottle for less than $20.

I think it's a matter of personal tastes and biology, too. I enjoy Glennfiddich in general, I've been drinking a 12 year old special reserve at the moment, but I've known some really good stuff from other brands that just turn to ash in my mouth.

Sometimes I've gotta starve the palette to enjoy some stuff, other times I can down it while eating a good burger. Thus, I simply drink what tastes good to me and not worry about the rest. heheh.

 

[Rhun]

I don't drink scotch a lot...usually in the summer, sitting on my deck, enjoying a nice cigar.

 

[hewligan]

Discussion on where to run the next adventure (ENWorld, or elsewhere) and also on what ruleset to use (3.5e vs Pathfinder RPG)

I wanted to kick start the discussion about where to host the next game. Each games seems to take about 1000 posts and last about 12 months. I have some concerns about ENWorld as a host, namely:
1) This year has been incredibly erratic with speed of the site, availability, and communication (when it goes down there is never any idea when it will go back up, and when it does go back up nobody seems to know why it failed and if it will recur)
2) Morrus is in the middle of a fund-drive and has stated that if it fails by Christmas he will walk away from the site. The next adventure will probably kick off in November, and I am not sure if we can afford to have our site just die in the middle of it, especially with no external method of communicating with one another to set up a contingency site.

As such, I want to discuss 2 things:
1) Moving the site
2) Giving me a contact email so that I can communicate with you if this site or any other goes down (don't post here, just PM me and I will store the email somewhere).

Where can we move the site:
1) Nowhere - just take the risk that ENWorld will go down or disappear, but accept that as a risk we have to take given that this is the site we all come to regularly and if we move to another site we will possibly not visit as often and thus the game will suffer
2) Yahoo Group
3) Google Group
4) Paizo Forum
5) Other

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Next thing to discuss is what ruleset to use for the next adventure: 3.5e or Pathfinder?

I am currently leaning towards 3.5e. I love Pathfinder, but I doubt you all have the rulebook and it does mean learning a new system and converting characters. Your thoughts would be welcome.

Thanks,

Hewligan

 

[Rhun]

I'm fine with staying at EN World or moving...if we stay, I think it is definitely a good idea that we all give you our contact email in case the site does fail. It seems to be running better, but I've said that in the past and been disappointed.

As far as the game, I could go either way. While I don't have the Pathfinder rules, I do have the BETA, and I'm in a couple of Pathfinder games. I am planning on buying the rulebook soon. But whatever everyone decides will be fine by me.