The Antigrol Tide (OOC)

[Mallak]

Don't feel pressured to leave on our account, Brother Shatterstone. It's nice to know our dark overlords are checking up on us every now and then.

unleashed, I think I understand your pain and some of the confusion. I intentionally did not have the captain speak in the first post because I did want to leave it open to external input without moving ahead too quickly. The only input I received after that was from you, and it was in a whisper to Naomi. Thus, the captain didn't hear you and said what he was going to say anyway. Naomi then addressed herself to the greatest figure of authority as she perceived it (that being the captain). Please don't think that your posts don't matter or are being ignored; they've registered with Naomi. Draw what conclusions you like from her resultant behavior.

Admittedly, I'm trying to make events fit into the timeline as I perceive them, and that might differ from how you see them. I hope that clears things up, and, once again, I'm sorry for the confusion. With clearer posting on my part in the future, we can avoid this sort of confusion. If anyone has any suggestions on how I can make my posts more informative as to the flow and order of events and/or also how to make them less confusing in those same respects, or if there's just anything you'd like to see in my posts that I'm not currently doing, please speak up.

 

[unleashed]

You're posts are fine and very informative most of the time, but perhaps when Colmarr asked the first question you could have put something in like: as she drinks from the pitcher Colmarr asks a question which goes unanswered, and apparently unheard by the girl before introducing himself.

Thus showing it evoked no reaction and that his actions took place as you did report everything else. That way I would have known exactly what had happened and I would not have reposted the repeat question, only the thought as I mentioned above (I only reposted the repeat question because I didn't know whether you'd missed responding to it).

 

[Jdvn1]

(Sorry, I'm really leaving the thread... Just a really slow night.)

Slow night in Gotham? Isn't that a good thing?

 

[jkason]

Probably should have occured to me before, but better late than never: is Sense Motive a roll we need to initiate? I know if a character Bluffs, an NPC auto-rolls Sense Motive to believe the lie. Didn't know if that worked the other way around, or if we needed to say "does Magyar believe x" whenever we suspect lying?

jason

 

[Mallak]

You, and by extension your character, are free to believe whatever you like in any situation. Of course, it goes without saying you should keep it in character, and keep OOC knowledge seperate from IC as best you can. If ever you are in doubt about how your character might react, or if you're fishing for more information, or if you think your character might be suspicious of something, you can ask for a sense motive check. I will then make the check and tell you what your character has learned (if anything).

In Player-vs-Player situations it's a little different, but the general rule of thumb is that if one player has their character do or say something which another other player knows is a lie due to OOC knowledge, that calls for a bluff opposed by sense motive. A classic example is a rogue scouting ahead of a party who finds a few gold coins or a gem or something on, say, a dead body. She pockets it, goes back to the party and says, "Hey, I found a dead body." They ask, "Is that it?" and she says, "Yep." That would call for a bluff on her part opposed by sense motive on the part of anyone questioning her. The sense motive check(s) may be modified for how well the other character(s) know(s) her (for example, if she has a history of being dishonest).

 

[Mallak]

So, are people out of contact for the holidays? I've noticed the post rate seems to have dried up a bit. Assuming this is the case, I'll lower my own postrate to accommadate so that the story does not move too quickly ahead of anybody.

 

[unleashed]

I'll be around.

 

[MummyKitty]

I'll be around during the holidays, and I am following the story... just not a lot for Noonchuck to do right now. He'd probably be somewhat fascinated by the child, but otherwise probably not sure what the fuss is about. He'd just as soon turn the kid over to the watch as fight to save her at this point.

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

We don't have christmas over here, just Hanucah.
So I'll be around as well.

 

[Jdvn1]

So, are people out of contact for the holidays? I've noticed the post rate seems to have dried up a bit. Assuming this is the case, I'll lower my own postrate to accommadate so that the story does not move too quickly ahead of anybody.

Y'know, a 1/day postrate is considered "normal"?