*Sigh* I was hoping for something more...
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Reveal, I feel your pain. Really I do. With the responses I typically get from my players, I would have been happy to see something like what you have.
I even award experience for notable postings on the private forum. Still nothing for almost all intents and purposes.
*sigh*
In the game I play in, we have a board we post to. For a while I posted extensively. Every so often, other folks would contribute. After a while, I just got tired of posting stuff to entertain myself. So I have slowed waaaaaaaay down and I devote more of my time to things like EN World and the campaign I run.
Not everyone else is into the RP online. But there is a lot of stuff that my players want to do that would be well handled online instead of at the table. Since I have a 7 player group, I try to avoid some of the rather singular interactions when at the game table. Otherwise I end up with one player wanting to get involved in a lengthy private discussion with an NPC while the other 6 players do nothing in the game.
If I could just get them to post. Or email.
*sigh*
I even award experience for notable postings on the private forum. Still nothing for almost all intents and purposes.
*sigh*
In the game I play in, we have a board we post to. For a while I posted extensively. Every so often, other folks would contribute. After a while, I just got tired of posting stuff to entertain myself. So I have slowed waaaaaaaay down and I devote more of my time to things like EN World and the campaign I run.
Not everyone else is into the RP online. But there is a lot of stuff that my players want to do that would be well handled online instead of at the table. Since I have a 7 player group, I try to avoid some of the rather singular interactions when at the game table. Otherwise I end up with one player wanting to get involved in a lengthy private discussion with an NPC while the other 6 players do nothing in the game.
If I could just get them to post. Or email.
*sigh*
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dravot said:It's Eberron...if he does well, he can have a Horrid Owl.
You perch atop the roof, scanning the surrounding area. The wind blows ever so slightly, just enough to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. It's a good wind; one that ecompasses the smells of the city. You smell machinery, bakeries, people and.... something... You can't put your finger on it, you just know it's there; something familiar. You close your eyes, trying to single it out. There! There it is! You smile, as the scent brings a warm feeling to you. You open your eyes, turning slowly to greet your new....
OH MY GOD! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!
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... and then there is the "whiplash" GM who tries to give out something cool, but then tries to "balance" it out -- just in case he's been too generous.
GM: "You spend weeks carrying the dragon egg and out hatches a dragon hatching!"
Player: "Yeah!"
GM: "Now everytime you cast a spell, it gives you 1d4 subdual damage as it claws your shoulder in fear, Mr. Wizard."
Player: "Uh, thanks,"
GM: "You've shown mercy to creatures that other men would kill outright, you're warhorse starts to develop two nubs on its back."
Player: "I'll take pegesi wings for $200, GM."
GM: "Your right!"
Player: "Cool. I can be patient and wait for the wings to grow."
Several sessions later ....
GM: "Your pegesi can fly now!"
Player: "Great, I go into a flying dive at the monster!"
GM: "You start the dive and then your mount pulls up. You'll have to retrain it to be a flying combat warhorse and you will also now need to make Animal Handling, Ride and Ride (winged Mount) checks to pull off any sort of combat stuff."
Player: "WTF?"
GM: "You spend weeks carrying the dragon egg and out hatches a dragon hatching!"
Player: "Yeah!"
GM: "Now everytime you cast a spell, it gives you 1d4 subdual damage as it claws your shoulder in fear, Mr. Wizard."
Player: "Uh, thanks,"
GM: "You've shown mercy to creatures that other men would kill outright, you're warhorse starts to develop two nubs on its back."
Player: "I'll take pegesi wings for $200, GM."
GM: "Your right!"
Player: "Cool. I can be patient and wait for the wings to grow."
Several sessions later ....
GM: "Your pegesi can fly now!"
Player: "Great, I go into a flying dive at the monster!"
GM: "You start the dive and then your mount pulls up. You'll have to retrain it to be a flying combat warhorse and you will also now need to make Animal Handling, Ride and Ride (winged Mount) checks to pull off any sort of combat stuff."
Player: "WTF?"
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reveal said:If the player does get me something better, I will give him a construct owl. I have the stats already written.
Wait. So is the player of the Ranger the ONLY player who took you up on your offer to internet-roleplay? If that's the case, I'd be thrilled he participated, not lament his lack of adjectives or whatever.
BTW, what he wrote seems okay to me. I mean, he asked you where the highest point in the city was and all that. Plus you fundamentally told him "no" to a couple of his questions, so maybe he didn't want to invest too many words into describing something that you might rule as not having happened.
PS: mechanical owl familiar = awesome!
Tony M
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tonym said:
The wasn't the only one who took me up on my offer. Another player did but I haven't done anything with them yet.
I guess I just expected something more general as far as the actual gaining of a new companion than "I go to A and get B." Just seems way to impersonal for such a personal act.
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