stonegod's Expedition to Castle Ravenloft: Ch. I [OOC]

[Stormwind]

[Yup, its a Brown Bear, not a Black. Its treated as Druid level -7, so strictly its a Lvl 0 equivalent animal companion, but we'll round that up to 1 for now. Merry Barovian Christmas. ]

Nice. Congrats Janis, ... now why are all the alarm bells in my brain ringing warnings that we might NEED the additional muscle provided by Janis's new friend in the near future ... must be the ravenloft atmosphere

[Please finalize plans. And if anyone wants to share or act folks to share info that they have, go ahead.]

Ashlyn is set ... she still would prefer to hunt the undead but she can wait .... and she is happy just doing something

 

[stonegod]

I have a large proposal due tomorrow, so don't expect updates from my end until Tues night. Gives you time to do any additional planning.

 

[drothgery]

I probably should have done this sooner, but I think I'm going to bow out of this game; I haven't really been able to create much of a character for Daellin, and I'm just not doing enough with him to keep him as an active character.

 

[DEFCON 1]

That's a shame drothgery... it's always good to play with you. Hopefully this doesn't mean you're dropping Khalia too (he says selfishly).

Although I will say that in pretty much all cases... your character is what you make of it. If you don't think Daellin has much to do... best way to rectify that is for you to have him just do stuff... any stuff... even if it's not directly related to the moment at hand. This is why for me every post I make includes a bunch of dialogue and actions. Cause it's something for me, DEFCON 1 (the out-of-game player) to have fun with and do... and it's a way to keep Jarrith Bronns (the in-game character) directly active in the game at hand.

I could just as easily make a bunch of my posts nothing but one-liners saying "Jarrith follows along" or something... but where's the fun in that? I don't do myself or stonegod any favors by not writing anything. Unlike tabletop gaming, Play-by-Post roleplaying is almost entirely about creative writing. Combat and dice rolling is a very distant second. And if you don't take the time every once in a while to go hog-wild and just have fun and write out a three or four paragraph post detailing your character's internal mindset, feelings and opinions... I can certainly see how you'd get bored and want to quit.

So basically what I'm saying drothgery... before deciding to quit the game entirely... give yourself a final three or four paragraph post right now with Daellin sitting on his horse and just talk about how he's feeling or what his thoughts are. You might find some new things inside the character that will spark further ideas for how he can continue and still be enjoyable to you, and even more importantly... stonegod might find something within it that he can use to drop in new bits of stuff for you to do.

 

[James Heard]

I could just as easily make a bunch of my posts nothing but one-liners saying "Jarrith follows along" or something... but where's the fun in that? I don't do myself or stonegod any favors by not writing anything. Unlike tabletop gaming, Play-by-Post roleplaying is almost entirely about creative writing. Combat and dice rolling is a very distant second. And if you don't take the time every once in a while to go hog-wild and just have fun and write out a three or four paragraph post detailing your character's internal mindset, feelings and opinions... I can certainly see how you'd get bored and want to quit.

I'll second this notion, but on the other hand I know what it's like to simply come to a point where a particular character isn't very fun anymore. Maybe you could come up with a new one, or try to rethink the character to where he has one of those curious fiction personality adjustments.

 

[drothgery]

That's a shame drothgery... it's always good to play with you. Hopefully this doesn't mean you're dropping Khalia too (he says selfishly).

No, I'm not dropping Khalia. The biggest reason why I'm dropping Daellin is that I managed to get involved with four games at once (running one and playing three), and I find that I'm paying a lot less attention to him than to Khalia and Serrana (my scoundrel/Jedi in Karl Green's SW Saga Edition/KotOR era game).

 

[stonegod]

No, I'm not dropping Khalia. The biggest reason why I'm dropping Daellin is that I managed to get involved with four games at once (running one and playing three), and I find that I'm paying a lot less attention to him than to Khalia and Serrana (my scoundrel/Jedi in Karl Green's SW Saga Edition/KotOR era game).

I totally understand and appreciate the heads up. I'll see you around the boards. Any particular requests for Daellin's future?

For all: If you feel your character is not getting enough "attention," do let me know. I can only work w/ what I'm given in some sense, but I do try to provide hooks for everyone.

 

[stonegod]

I will NPC Daellin for the short term. Unless anyone objects, I will most likely write him out (like Khensu and Marot) after this venture. If someone thinks you are underpowered, let me know and I'll think of what I can do.

 

[stonegod]

Stormwind, Kafkonia, pathfinderq1 Please check in; I'm waiting on your characters before moving the thread.

 

[Stormwind]

@All: My apologies for my slow posting of late, I have been completely innundated at work and haven't been able to give this thread the time it deserves. Fortunately with various deadlines now past, the situation should improve noticeably.