Piratecat's Updated Story Hour! (update 4/03 and 4/06)

[Fade]

Who's taken over the 'face' role for the party, after the demise of Nolin?

Also, have I got this list of the current Defenders right?
Sir Malachite
Mara
Velendo
(Cruciel)
Agar Smoketallow
Eve
Galthia
Stone Bear
Tao Camber
Priggle
Burr-Lipp

 

[Piratecat]

Who's taken over the 'face' role for the party, after the demise of Nolin?

Malachite has a crazy-high intimidation score. Umm... that's what you meant, right? Scaring people?

Velendo has been systematically raising his diplomacy score, and he and Malachite tend to handle most of the face-to-face interactions (especially when the discussion is morality, which has been a central theme of late.) We no longer have a person who can just wander out and charm people. Mara could probably handle that role, but is a little too shy to be comfortable in it.

No, I take that back. Malachite's new cohort (who won't be seen for a while) is probably the "charmer" type as well.

Also, have I got this list of the current Defenders right?
Sir Malachite
Mara
Velendo
(Cruciel)
Agar Smoketallow
Eve
Galthia
Stone Bear
Tao Camber
Priggle
Burr-Lipp

No Tao - Jobu moved to Las Vegas about two years ago now, and sits in when she's visiting. Otherwise, you're spot on.

 

[Graywolf-ELM]

Didn't Malachite start out as a cohort to Nolin? If so, who plays him now?

GW

 

[the Jester]

Didn't Malachite start out as a cohort to Nolin? If so, who plays him now?

GW

Blackjack, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Blackjack]

Velendo has been systematically raising his diplomacy score, and he and Malachite tend to handle most of the face-to-face interactions (especially when the discussion is morality, which has been a central theme of late.) We no longer have a person who can just wander out and charm people.

Malachite has been raising his Diplomacy as well.

As PCat notes, there's no one single charmer, so the role falls to whomever seems best at dealing with the given opposing party. The group actually had to have a discussion (though not yet in the Story Hour) about who should handle the face interactions in a post-Nolin world, after a particularly unpleasant encounter.

Didn't Malachite start out as a cohort to Nolin? If so, who plays him now?

He did start out that way, but his cohort period ended long ago (when Agar joined, filling the cohort slot.) And yes, I play him.

 

[taran]

No, I take that back. Malachite's new cohort (who won't be seen for a while) is probably the "charmer" type as well.

New cohort? ::looks mournfully at his stack of "I (heart) Burr-Lipp" shirts::

 

[Blackjack]

New cohort? ::looks mournfully at his stack of "I (heart) Burr-Lipp" shirts::

That was given consideration, but Burr-Lipp is, alas, way too low in level to qualify.

 

[KidCthulhu]

Plus, there's that whole "far closer to the Neutral" end of the alignment spectrum thing to consider. Alignment conflicts between PC and Cohort, they just end badly.

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

Velendo has been systematically raising his diplomacy score, and he and Malachite tend to handle most of the face-to-face interactions (especially when the discussion is morality, which has been a central theme of late.) We no longer have a person who can just wander out and charm people. Mara could probably handle that role, but is a little too shy to be comfortable in it.

Stone Bear also has a few ranks in Diplomacy, but nothing that exceeds what even an untrained Emerald can do-- and certainly nothing that warrants drawing attention to himself.

I also have a little magic talisman for a Diplomacy check, should I ever really need it. Right next to my little magic "Feather Fall" talisman, and about as likely to be used.

Diplomacy is one of those skills that I'm far better off just roleplaying than rolling. Well, ok, one of those skills that I would be far better off roleplaying, if I wasn't so damned snarky all the time.

 

[Blackjack]

Diplomacy is one of those skills that I'm far better off just roleplaying than rolling. Well, ok, one of those skills that I would be far better off roleplaying, if I wasn't so damned snarky all the time.

Yes, Wulf, but without your snark you'd lose all your superpowers.