Wing and Sword: a d20 Modern military campaign [METAGAME]

[shadowbloodmoon]

I figured that's what it was, but since the average of my two bonuses is the same for both watch and sneak, well....

 

[The Shaman]

I figured that's what it was, but since the average of my two bonuses is the same for both watch and sneak, well....

...then one roll works well for you!

Everyone: Feel free to add additional dialog to the game thread if you like - I'm going to wrap up the trek back to the outpost and describe the transition to our next encounter on Thursday evening. If this seems like a totally mundane encounter, well, that was exactly what was intended - it was designed to expose your characters to another side of the war, and the fact that you didn't kill anyone or start a fight (yet...?) was probably a good thing in this instance! I'll have some experience to pass out next time, and Marcel, Pyotr, and Normand will be levelling up before our next encounter...details to follow...

 

[The Shaman]

*sigh*...My wife needs the computer this evening, so I won't post again until Friday.

"Honey, this is why we need to buy a laptop..."

 

[Bobitron]

YAY! First levels gained in over a year of play.

 

[shibata]

Shaman and fellow legionaires:

Here is another interesting website (I guess that's a subjective valuation. . .)
http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_354.shtml

 

[The Shaman]

Here is another interesting website (I guess that's a subjective valuation. . .)

I've visited that site several times, shibata, and I agree that it's very interesting - lots of great stuff about all those small wars we never heard about in school. :\

I thought about adding copies of my collected website links to the bibliography, but honestly, it would take days to compile them all, and I just don't have the time.

Okay, so here's where we stand. This concludes Hearts and Minds, and we'll start our new engagement on Sunday night, The Tomb of Abd-el-Hammou. If you have any questions or comments for Lt. Ramadier or anyone else during the march back, please feel free to fire away in the game thread.

You each earned 500 XP for this little walk through the hills - that may sound like a lot, but your characters were exposed to a whole facet of the war that they haven't encountered before, so the learning experience deserves to be rewarded. All of you also get the roleplay bonus (of course!) for an additional 100 XP each.

Pyotr, Marcel, and Normand each get to make a promotion roll for leveling up. The promotion roll is as follows:

Promotion Check = 1d20 + Charisma bonus + Reputation bonus + Profession ranks​

Medals add to your Reputation bonus - Marcel receives a +1 for his Médaille de la Valeur Militaire, and Normand a +1 for his Médaille des Blessés Militaires. The DC is 22 - no APs may be spent on this roll (too soon to be bucking for promotion!).

Be sure to update your character sheets in the Rogues Gallery, and if you could give me a heads-up in this thread of where you spend skill points and what feat or talent you add, that would be appreciated.

Bobitron, I considered your request to make a feat out of taking 10, and I think it's a bit much, so I'll ask you to hold off. We can take a look at it again later on as the game progresses.

Shadow, do you have the prereqs for the Sniper PrC? I want to make sure you have a chance to build toward it if you like.

Oh, and thank you all for ceding an extra share of the spotlight to Marcel in this engagement - it will be making its way around the group as we go along.

Thank you all for making this such a great game - it's really good to be back, and all of you are the reason why.

 

[shadowbloodmoon]

Shaman,

I wanted to double check how much Xp we got before the crash because Pyotr's sheet still shows 1000, what we had at the very beginning. I thought it was 900, but that and the 600 and the original 1000 only add up to 2500, just 500 shy of level three. Can you verify what amount we're supposed to have so I can put it in there and level him up?

Also, It's going to be a while before I qualify for Sniper. I have to have a BAB of +5 and Defensive position class feature. To get that, I need to take the Gunslinger class up to 4th level, unless there is another class that offers it. To get Gunslinger, I need +2 BAB and SLeight of Hand and Tumble, which I will be taking some points in soon. Then I have to focus on Concentration and Move Silently. So about level 7 or 8 I should get Sniper 1.

 

[The Shaman]

Hmmm...errrr...uhhhh...aparently I wrote the number down in my OoC thread post but forgot to transfer it to my campaign spreadsheet, where I have big empty cell staring back at me from the screen. :\

I know that if you guys made it through the village without killing anyone then you were due to level up...for simplicity's sake call it a total of 3000 each for Pyotr, Marcel, and Normand and 900 total for Raffaele (which includes the mined road solo encounter). If you'd all be kind enough to add a line showing current experience to your character sheets, to make up for your game master's sloppy record keeping \), it would be appreciated.

 

[Barak]

I never mind having another character getting more of the spotlight for a while. It usually means more trouble down the road, anyway. I -had- realized that Normand's actions/dialogue wasn't very conductive to anything, which was part of why he sought out Ortu. Obviously, the more important part was that Normand realized he might be getting a rep amongst the légionnaires he didn't really want to shoulder, and seeking out Ortu might help out with that, since he was the one who spoke out about it. Of course, it remains to see how his latest words work out...

So I should be looking out at leveling info then, eh?

 

[The Shaman]

I -had- realized that Normand's actions/dialogue wasn't very conductive to anything, which was part of why he sought out Ortu. Obviously, the more important part was that Normand realized he might be getting a rep amongst the légionnaires he didn't really want to shoulder, and seeking out Ortu might help out with that, since he was the one who spoke out about it.

I think it's excellent, Barak - your section mates are developing opinions about all of your characters, of course, as (hopefully) all of your characters are of them. Since this isn't a game in which you're spending your time running down a traditional BBEG in his or her secret hideout, the main source of interaction, and of conflict, will be the non-player characters around you. Normand's comment about politics in the Legion was spot-on, and whether they want to be or not, all of your characters are enmeshed in it.

Of course, it remains to see how his latest words work out...

Well, I planned on posting a reply this evening, but my wife announced, "I think this is it," so we trundled off to the hospital...and were sent home. False labor. If the baby doesn't decide to show up early, then the OB/GYN is going to induce labor on Monday, the nineteenth. I'll have a reply on Tuesday sometime.

If I'm suddenly away for a couple of days without word, don't be alarmed!

So I should be looking out at leveling info then, eh?

Yes indeed.