[Discontinued]An Ocean of a Problem

[Seraphin]

2 in the morning on monday is a pretty tall order for me, because if we are assuming 4-5 hour sessions, it would leave me with an hour of sleep before I have to attend my chemistry class, so sunday 8PM CST is more or less out of the question where I am concerned.

 

All the other days are perfectly fine though and I have no qualms with any of those options.

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An hour! Back when I was doing chemistry we thought a hour to sleep was a luxury!

 

 

Anywho, if either of those times are preferable for Grim then we should go for that one...if neither then I would say Friday serves best.

[Corvus]

Well, anyways just recieved news that it will be starting on the 13th, so this next session will work fine at the old time.

[Grim_]

I won't be able to make next session (soccer tournament, 2 games today and 2 tomorrow, both ~ starting time) and I apologize for the lateness of my warning. I would as soon as give arch control over my character for the session.

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Rogar Wilco. Can you send me your character sheet before then.

[Corvus]

Okay, just a reminder that the session is tommorow at 1PM Central Standard Time, not daylight time (for reference, my alarm clock which I already changed over reads ~ 10:06 PM)

 

Also as a question came up and people are bound to ask it again, here are the specifics of the Leveling system I am using:

The Default Party level increases roughly every 4th session, which may be delayed a session if there is a major plot point coming up in the immediate future.

Anyone at a Level lower than the Default Party level increases a level every 3rd session until they catch up with the default level up schedule (they will gain 4 levels while the default level will increase by 3 levels)

Sessions where no major events occur MAY count as 0 sessions (dont just waste time before a boss battle in hopes of leveling up, as you wont), and some major plot sessions may count as 2 sessions.

The tenetive schedule is that Retech will level up to 6 next session, and after the Following session the rest of the party will level up to 7 the following session or part way through the session following that session (there is a plot event Coinciding with leveling up so if it takes you longer than 1 session to deal with it I will have you level up the characters, but use the un leveled version until the proper point in the session)

[Retech]

Oh, I wasn't supposed to level yet? I still know the basic stats of my character before leveling (basically -1 for most things and then minus the feat).

 

And central standard means that you're still the same in relation to the rest of us in the US affected by the clock change?

[Corvus]

Oh, I wasn't supposed to level yet? I still know the basic stats of my character before leveling (basically -1 for most things and then minus the feat).

 

And central standard means that you're still the same in relation to the rest of us in the US affected by the clock change?

I wasn't sure so if I already told you to level up then keep it and in that case I will be bumping up everyone else leveling to the end of today's session.

 

(If I say you should level up during the course of a session, that is far more likely an accurate statement than when I am writing in this thread, so if the 2 conflict just remind me what I said during the session.)

Yes, all of the US Changed, mostly I was posting a reminder for the non US players who changed over last week

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Ok.

 

Retech has been eaten by some sort of Mythical/Whale Creature...that or he has been captured, seasoned with sea salt and lightly boiled until tender. At approximately - Day 2, hour 16

 

Caliber and Loran (And Kazi, and Martel, and Cathran) are in a hastily constructed shelter - Day 2, Hour 9

 

Kazi and Martel are held prisoner/escaped the battle/about to be attacked on the ship - Day 2/1

 

Cathran is wandering about Kel's Maw, the shrine to Kel in the mountains.

 

 

We are heading to the northern spit (The long beach) in the hopes of finding the Teeth of Kel, hoping that leads to the Orb of Ruby.

 

 

 

Oh, Wyvern will probably be adding a rule against sitting in the channel while playing another game/doing homework while playing.

 

I would imagine he would allow you to sit in the channel if you had sent him your character sheet, and your character just played the part as an NPC(or a communal PC, or some such).

Its just when you have a character that does nothing, skips all the checks and such, until they are useful, then attempt to save the day, then disappear again.

[Corvus]

Okay, the Official 'Attendence' Policy (I shouldn't need to make a rule about this as it should be common sense, but apparently I do):

I understand that some people are late, and sometimes real life events get in the way, that is fine and I will make every effort to see you are in the action as soon as possible and won't be draconic by forcing you to make checks when you aren't even in the session. The trade off is that during that time you won't participate in the game in a meaningful way.

On the other hand, camping(see exception below), or flitting in and out, won't be tolerated. This is a game, and as such people are expected to play the game, not play the hero when it suits them.

 

Camping Exception- Chat logging reasons

While I would very much like to not have people camping in the session channel, I do understand that you may desire to be able to catch up on the events of the session when you are able to and for some reason you cant just ask for a chat log from me, so I will allow for camping in the game if you follow these simple rules:

1: Change your Nick to Watching|[YourNick] or some very similar variation (Having them start with W keeps them seperate on the list of people in the channel from all characters)

2: Do not Start Discussing the game, offering advice, or having side conversations of any sort.

3: Do not expect to be added to Combat or social encounters immediately after leaving 'Watching mode'

4: Do not immediately leave the session or re-enter watching mode after being told your character is not in the combat, unless I tell you that the combat will be the end of the session.

There will be no tolerance for breaking these rules, and violations will generally result in suspensions from the Game.

 

As Always I can provide you with a chatlog of game sessions if you ask me for one.

 

PS. If anyone wants this clarified I can explain why I am adding these rules.

[Retech]

I suspect that I might already be in the location of the "wet ones", because that's how getting lost and knocked unconscious generally turns out.

 

Since I am lost without either light or my bow and death is a very likely eventuality, I was wondering if I would be able to drop in with a new character in the event of Jen's death, and if so, what level would she be starting at?

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She would be level 6, assuming we did infact level up last session.

Or level 5 if we didn't (Huzzah for 7 more sessions till she catches up)

[Corvus]

Does anyone Who voted for Friday have issues with me running this week's session on Friday at 3:00PM my timezone?

 

Retech, you can make a new character if you please though it would have its progress towards catching up be reset, as your character should not die if you play them in a reasonable manner.

 

I will be nice and say the main batch of the party can level up, as the point I intended for you to level up at is at the rate things are going 4-5 sessions away.

[Nexaduro]

No, though I don't know when that is.

 

I'll be on all day though.

[Seraphin]

If we are levelling, would I be permitted to start taking some levels in Warblade?

 

If not, I can just keep going the way I have been, but I like the warblade fluff and abilities. Completely up to you, and I wont protest the decision.

[Retech]

I'll be absent this week because I'm going to participate in a math tournament.

 

Good luck with the tomb.

[Corvus]

If we are levelling, would I be permitted to start taking some levels in Warblade?

 

If not, I can just keep going the way I have been, but I like the warblade fluff and abilities. Completely up to you, and I wont protest the decision.

 

I almost certainly will not get time to actually read the character class, as I am busy until Friday at the Earliest and then I still have to plan the dungeon and make a chase deck for Sunday's session, So I will tenetively say go ahead and just take it and as long as it doesn't end up being broken or crazy annoying for me to deal with I wont make you change the character.

 

Note, The Next session is on Sunday, as I am not busy with the Savage Worlds game this week. (Friday doesn't work for me as I would have literally 2 hours to plan the entire Session)

[Seraphin]

Righto, thanks. I'm fairly certain it's not broken, but if you notice anything out of order in the sessions then just ask me to change it and I shall oblige.

 

Just in case, I'll save an unlevelled version of my sheet.

[Retech]

Are we still playing on Sunday this week or today?

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We are playing on Sunday (Checked with Wyvern this morning)

 

(Which has had the unfortunate side effect of me spending the day watching Bond films, rather than writing the assignment due for Monday...)

[Corvus]

Yeah, I plan on running the session on Sunday at 1PM, as my Savage Worlds GM had to delay the session until early next week. as opposed to the regularly scheduled sunday session.

[Nexaduro]

Would being a Conjuration Specialist (summoning monsters and such) be a pain in the arse, Wyvren?

 

I was thinking along those lines, but I realized that dealing with extra turns, such as they are, can be agitating.

[Corvus]

Well, it would certainly not be the easiest choice for me to deal with, but if you actually restricted to falling back on a limited set of options and had the information handy and actually know how to run the creatures, it would be acceptable (from my experience the Majority of the delays associated with Summoning creatures is the summoner picking what they should summon and then figuring out the rules for running the creature they summoned for the first time ever.)

[Nexaduro]

I'll figure that out. If my character is a Conjurer, he'll have an Azata affinity, I'll come up with other stuff to fill in the gaps.

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Do we have a specific time for tommorow's session yet?