Theandric Saga OOC

[Yair]

I'm playing Hans the carpenter and Rodolf the shef .... for now.

Yes, but - do you EXCLUSIVELY play them? That is to say, would you mind if someone was to play out Rodolf calling for breakfast? Or Hans drafting some men to aid in moving a log?
There are two types of grogs, really: shared, common, folks that anyone can play when it strikes his whim, and on the other hand grogs allotted to one player. Are you saying that you want you, and you alone, to play Hans or Rodolf?
Most often the alotted grogs are shield-grogs (militant grogs that stick by the players' mages' side) or grogs the player has grown attached to.

You can also claim exclusive control over a grog for the scene of for the adventure; is that what you're saying?

Again, and more clearly: the default assumption is that grogs are open to be played by anyone, even if they were just played by another. I'm asking who wants to claim a grog as exclusively his for all time, and who wants to make such a claim temporarily (and to what term - the expedition? the current scene? the next Season?).

Well, back to work.

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

You can also claim exclusive control over a grog for the scene of for the adventure; is that what you're saying?

As for Rodolf and Hans, they are temporary mine, anyone can use them.
As for Permanent Grog ... I'll pick a militent one ... Let's say an archer one- hunter, I'll call him Lother Humbelhuff. He will stay to guard the Covenant during the expedition.

Anyone rejects ???

 

[Nzld]

I didn't update them as I figured they weren't final yet... if you send me the final-final versions, I'll post them.

As for grogs... which grogs would anyone like to preserve to his own play? I think I'll change the posts to have the common grogs along with the covenant's description or something.

I'm off to work now, but I'll make a post this evening; in it I'll move the discussion to the topic of establishing the adventuring party, open a new thread for the oath/charter discussion, and even hand out some rewards.

I sent the final sheets for Volkmar, Valeria, and Baldermar. You can also assume the grogs I sent yesterday are final unless you find any problems with them.

If Strahd wants an archer for his personal use, then you can drop the one I created for the turb and let him create a replacement one. I'm not trying to dictate all of the grogs... just trying to get the starting assets finalized.

 

[MummyKitty]

As for grogs... which grogs would anyone like to preserve to his own play? I think I'll change the posts to have the common grogs along with the covenant's description or something.

I'd like to have Mattihus as mine for a while.... maybe the season. I think it's great to share the majority of the grogs but I guess the way I've played ArM in the past (granted, primarily as single session games and not campaigns) each player had a magus, companion and grog, and the player played one of them depending on the "level" of involvement in the storyline. There were also "NPC" grogs that were part of the covenant controlled by the game master.

However, since I believe it's our intention to do a longer adventure, it makes sense to have the grogs in a pool that anyone can use, although I think it's also OK for each of us to have "favored" grogs that we are the default player for...

Just my thoughts.

 

[Yair]

I believe we have by now run roughly a session’s worth of play. This gives me the excuse to start handing out rewards.
All magi gain 1 Confidence Point, with the exception of Titus that gets an extra one for driving off the Stag. The Companions haven’t participated enough in the proceedings to warrant one, I’m afraid.
Confidence in ArM5, BTW, can be spent for a +3 bonus on a roll (even after the roll is made and the result determined), up to one point per roll (actually, up to your Confidence score, but you start at 1). They are typically gained at a rate of 2-3 per session (this one didn’t have much action in it, so I gave less), so feel free to spend them at the same rate.
XP are gained per adventure, not per session; not yet.

I have established a new IC-thread for the discussion of the oath and charter, here. Please keep discussion in the main IC thread focused on the expedition.

Regarding your grogs - I'll work on it tomorrow.

 

[Yair]

I'd like to have Mattihus as mine for a while.... I think it's also OK for each of us to have "favored" grogs that we are the default player for...

Alright, and of course it's OK, I just want to know.

 

[Nzld]

Spoilers

Yair, how do you do that Spoiler thing?

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

Yair, how do you do that Spoiler thing?

(sblock) write your text (/sblock) - Just use [ instead of ( , and ] instead of )

Add 1 confidence point

Are you going to update our PDF sheets ? PLZ

 

[Yair]

I'll update Titus's and Gorgamesh's character sheets (I suspect Nzld would like to make his own updating/character advancement, as he has the program). I'll also be rearranging the grog's character sheets... I'm working on it...

 

[Yair]

Characters/covenant updated. Please check to see everything is in order; especially the Personality Traits, as I've changed them to the "proper" format and I'm not sure all of them are what you meant.

Strahd, if one of the militant grogs is to your liking, simply pick him as your personal grog character. If no one fits you, we'll work out a new one and throw out one of the militant grogs.

Edit:
P.S, the redcap did come to eat.