Post by Andre on Jul 14, 2011 9:14:20 GMT -5
Hi folks .. my apologies for posting XP and RP points late, for our newer players here's the reason why.
I can figure out XP points quickly enough - it's the RP (role playing) points that take a while.. I go through every line in the chat log (copy of all the stuff the characters said and did that was typed into an FG game session) and award RP points for each instance of good RP'ing... if you do a good job RP'ing it can add up to quite a bit of RP points at the end of each game session - given that RP points can be used to buy feats, permanent ability score increases and/or skill increases hopefully you'll find that the RP points are worth the wait
Again for our newer players - feel free to scroll down to the section of this thread with just your character's name printed in bold and read just that section - if you try to read the whole thing you're in for a pretty long read
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DRAUG
2400 XP - defeating four ten foot tall "merged" draconians in combat
200 XP - dragging the hill dwarves kicking and screaming into the war of the lance
(as opposed to standing by as passive participants) by insisting that the hill dwarves get involved with the human refugees and the war in general (note that their participation still isn't nearly as much as what Forman would like )
100 XP for good role playing
236 RP points x 2 (since no RP points awarded last FG game session ) equals 472
Draug you really shone this FG game session ! You are TOTALLY kicking ass in the role playing arena - you really make Draug come to life during FG game sessions and I love how you pay attention to both PC's and NPC's alike and keep having Draug comment on and react to their behavior - THAT'S the sort of thing that makes FG game sessions a blast ! One of many examples of this (Draug saying he was the draconian's worst nightmare and howling was particularly great ) :
The arrow thunks harmlessly off Draug's hide (damage resistance vs weapons that are not silver).. " WHAT ? ! ? " shrieks the draconian in surprise..
Ithildraug grins at the scaled man "Draug skin tough!"
" I'lll.. I'll.. take that sssssskin for a trophy " the draconian snarls back at Draug.. if Draug didn't know better he'd swear the draconian's scales just turned a paler shade of green..
Ithildraug: "Come get it! Scale face!"
draconian: " Run now and I'll let you live you flea infessssted mutt ! "
Ithildraug: "What if run you in ground instead?"
The draconian closest to Draug bounces another arrow off his hide " What ARE you ? ! ? " roars the draconian at Draug.. Draug can smell the sweet scent of fear coming from his foe...
[TURN] Serinda
Ithildraug: "I your nightmare! Arwooooooooooo"
And this one - LOVED how you caught the fact that Tani is an unfamiliar name and had Draug ask "who the heck is that ?" .. if Rin didn't answer it's probably because Rin didn't catch Draug's comment
Rin looks around as he continues to sing adding the line "I'm as useless as Tani on guard duty." to his song.
Serinda: "I could think of some way for you to be useful..."
Serinda adds while holding one of the painful arrow wounds
Ithildraug: "Who Tani Rin!?"
Love the continous comments on Draug's "wolf-i-ness", the whole dog-like thing - great stuff
Ithildraug shifts into wolf form in a flash of blue light and casually slides down the the cliff using his claws as breaks
Sure enough Rin's bird shows up, circles a few times overhead, then perches on Rin's shoulder.. " Miss me ? "
Rin: "Yeah I was getting hungry."
" Yeah like you'd eat me " scoffs Tani...
Ithildraug licks his lips eyeing Tani ever so keenly
Dungeon Master: By now the refugees are getting close to area 25 on the map...
Tani yelps and hides behind Rin glaring at Draug " Piss off wolf ! "
Rin opens his beak and turns his head to Tani before licking her. "Yeah your right, your not spiced enough."
Ithildraug wimpers and hides his face under his paws
Serinda: "What do you mean how do you know? I'm an Elf, A silvanesti"
Forman: YOu are in a unique position to help
Draug begins to raise his leg against the Dwarf
Zane swats at Draug, "Not now."
Forman: he likes you!!!
" Well I don't like him " snarls the dwarf
Zane looks a little shocked and pulls Draug away. "Bad dog. You know better."
Draug runs behind Forman he seems to be the only one on his side today
Zane gets an idea and pulls out one of the bits of meat he has for Harroc and holds it in his hand. "Ok boy.. can you roll over?"
Draug looks a little annoyed with Zane but rolls over regardless commiting to his roll
Zane laughs a little. "Can you sit pretty?"
Draug Draug starting to enjoy the attention sits on his bottom and pretends to talk by snapping his jaws open and shut
Zane tosses the meat in the air and says "Catch."
And loved how you immediately tried to draw our newest player into the FG game and make him feel like part of things - again awesome stuff
Ithildraug runs up to the newcomer and jumps up both front paws on his cjest licking his face.
Forman: Forman grabs the beast and rubs his head, laughing
Ithildraug falls to the ground on his back legs up in the air waiting for a belly scratch
Forman: I agree, "all things in moderation"
Zane: You know what they say, alcohol, the cause of and solution to all of life's problem.
Forman: "including moderation"
Dwarves shout angrily as Draug , in hybrid form, pees on the side of the cabin.. it's beginning to look like a good time to leave..
Rin: "No but we make them seem smaller. Get drunk enough and you may see fit to freeze both of their groins. That would defiantly take some of their fight away."
Draug: "Whoah monk..... you scare me" says draug as his "tender bits continue to urinate"
Forman: "I scare you!!?"
Of course I got the HUGEST laugh out of Draug's interaction with Stenkast the angry hill dwarf leader to
(after Stenkast warns Draug several times " You better not take a shit in my cabin !" ) Draug takes a big steamy shit right infront of the dwarf (showing his teeth in what can only be a mischevious smirk towards Stenkast
A loud popping sound can be heard as DRaug dislocates the dwarf's shoulder ... the other dwarves holler, DRaug beats them into unconsciousness... there's about 6 rounds left of combat before Serinda's spell expires...
Draug: "Zane! Rin! Dwarf need Aide!"
Forman: Foram yells,"Hey Rin, we needa in here for a sec plz"
Zane: Was that Dwarf needs Ale?
Zane: What else is new..
Draug: "Dwarf need Aides!"
Rin: "I think so that or they accidently tore his tender bit's off."
Draug: "Rin give Dwarf Aides!"
Serinda get's up and heads out of the cottage
Forman: Draug pulled his shoulder out of socket.
Draug: "It make big pop bahahahha"
Rin: "So was it Ale the need..... Oh."
Zane: Who needed Ale?
Rin looks around at the scene. "Wow
Zane: I think they will need ale after this now..
(after DRaug trips Stenkast accidentally plowing the dwarf beard-first into Draug's poo)
Draug: "You help now? Sorry about shit in face accident... not suppose happen." Draug says slightly ashamed
The dwarf sits there stunned... looks at Draug.. pokes a finger at him .. " YOU .. after this is all over I'm going to kick your ass wolf-boy.. not gonna kill you , not going to chop anything off .. but I WILL make you scream for your momma! ... And be DAMN grateful for the bird here .... if it wasn't for him.. with this SHIT in my beard.. " the dwarf's voice finally trails off and he says " Fine ... I'll send one of my men .. ONE no more .. "
" And be grateful the bird made this shit go away too.. but not going to forget it was there in the first place... You SON of a BITCH ! " .. now get the HELL out of my cabin .. YOU there " Stenkast slaps another dwarf until he wakes up " You're going with them "
Draug: "Wait!.......... here take this." Draug slowly walks over and gives the dwarf a hug
stenkast the dwarf: "GET THE FUCK OFFF MEEEE ! "
Stenkast screams red faced at Draug
And I loved the reference to Rin's song here - paying attention to what could be easily overlooked -the other player's actions - and then commenting on them, going so far as to work them into the "fabric" of the campaign - great stuff !
Draug begins to sing Rins song "Another one losses its nuts"
FORMAN
2400 XP - defeating four ten foot tall "merged" draconians in combat
200 XP - dragging the hill dwarves kicking and screaming into the war of the lance (as opposed to standing by as passive participants) by insisting that the hill dwarves get involved with the human refugees and the war in general (note that their participation still isn't nearly as much as what Forman would like )
70 XP for good role playing
112 Role Playing (RP) points
Forman - all and all pretty good job of RP'ing with everyone given that 1) you're fairly new to FG (think you said you'd been playing it for a few months), 2) you're new to RP'ing at this level of intensity I think you said and 3) the PC's already have an established level of interaction , a "dynamic" if you will .. which makes RP'ing with them difficult until you're more fully integrated into their dynamic (which tends to occur given enough FG game sessions if you look for opportunities to RP with them, more on that below )
The following will sound like I'm picking on you - don't take it personally ! It's a rite of passage actually - if you ask darkalloy or solardawn (the two members of the group who have been with us the longest far as the entire length of the campaign - campaign's been running for close to a year now since it's start in summer 2010 ) they'll confirm I hassled just about every new player in the same way . ... I do it in order to encourage new players to be able to "mesh" with the current group of players in the style of gameplay we've established and also to enhance gameplay as a whole- also this way you get more RP points you can put towards improving your PC
The battle with the draconian you were closest to up on the frozen cliffs in the mountain (the rest of the PC's were below the cliffs about 50 feet or more beneath you ) .... I liked how Forman answered the draconian's question in the typical odd Forman way
The draconian closest to Draug bounces another arrow off his hide " What ARE you ? ! ? " roars the draconian at Draug.. Draug can smell the sweet scent of fear coming from his foe...
Forman: Forman yells loudly at the draconian "My name is Forman. How do you do!!!!"
I'd like to see more of that .... you'll find your opponents will often hurl insults at you , like when the draconian you were fighting was snarling "come here you human bitch ! " Returning their insults - Forman style of course by typing Forman's reply in FG - will net you more RP points ...
Also you might have noticed the pause in combats while you wait for your turn to come around in the combat round and the other players are declaring actions for their PC's.. use that time to think about how to describe Forman's actions in combat... the nice thing about monks from monasteries is you have tons of kung fu type movies in real life to draw inspiration from, use them as examples .. for example while you're waiting for your turn to come around in the combat round you can type something like " Forman spins in the air and tries to kick his opponent in the air " , or " Forman blocks his enemy's blow with his hand then lands a one-two punch quickly on his opponent, striking him twice" ... hold your finger over the enter key then hit "enter" when it's your turn and away you go ... if you use your tumble skill, rather than announcing over skype Forman tumbles from point A to point B type " Forman tumbles head over heels towards (insert location here) landing neatly on the balls of his feet" ... stuff like that ...
Also ... and I know there's a LOT going on in FG, lots of text flying all around so it's going to take some getting used to ... be careful to pay attention to all the text in FG.. loved how Forman introduced himself to the PC's and commented on having met Serinda and Rin before...
Forman: Forman walks up to the edge of the clif, smiles and waves, he swings almost ape like easing his way down the clif until he reaches the bottom. He then makes a deep bow and says "Forman of the Wheel, Initate of the Order, and slayer of whatever that thing was, at your servious
Forman: Forman points at Rin and says, there is a familier Face or beak?
And I believe Forman mentioned that the last time he'd seen Serinda she was in her father's bakery- absolutely wonderful that you remembered all of that and referred to it in an FG game session keep that stuff ! The only problem was Forman was casually mentioning all of this while Serinda was bleeding to death with arrows sticking out of her ... the text before that in the FG game session that night mentioned how the others (Rin and Zane) were huddled around Serinda pulling arrows out of her ... don't get me wrong, I'm sure if you'd caught that you probably would have had Forman comment on, or try to help her with, her injuries first or something and then introduce himself afterwards - think of it as a " what would I do if this was a real life situation?" .. or to put it another way if you see someone bleeding to death you wouldn't smile and say " Hey what's up ? " to the people you haven't seen in a while you'd be more like " Oh my god what happened to her ? ! ? Can I help?" Even if it's not someone you're particularly close to who's injured, unless that person is an enemy - and particularly if it's someone you at least know in passing.. the "oh my god she's hurt ! " reaction would probably be more likely .. and again this is NOT an attempt to chew you out or pick on you ! Basically the established "dynamic" among the current group of players is to pay really close attention to what's happening in FG then try to think "what would my PC do if this was happening in real life" and react appropriately.. it takes some doing and effort in FG, to note everything going on (particularly given there's a LOT going on all at once ! ) and to take it all in without missing those details.. but you get used to it after a while and you'll find you not only make the game more fun for everyone else but you'll have a lot more fun as well
I like how you paid attention to the other player's actions and tried to comment on them but some advice on how this particular group of players runs - remember my warnings about running a character with a subtle personality? ... try to make your PC's actions as bold and dramatic as possible.. most players tend to hesitate to do this , out of embarrassment or feeling uncomfortable I think.. a natural reaction but try to overcome it .. instead of going for what's most reasonable go for whatever will most add to the drama of the moment... for example when I made the comment in FG that " Forman sees Serinda bleeding to death" and you typed :
Forman: I have a healers kit and the skill to use it if you need
That's good... even better would be typing something like
" By the ancestor spirits ! " Forman whips out his healer's kit and starts bandaging an area that an arrow came out of. " They REALLY shot you up full of holes didn't they?" says Forman.. " Never fear... every challenge you overcome makes you that much stronger ! "
As a player you know the other players are probably going to hit Serinda with some sort of cure spell so it's not the most pragmatic/practical solution to the problem .. but again you're playing up the drama of the moment which makes it more than worth it - makes the game fun for you, fun for everyone and nets you RP points
Also... try to pay close attention to the PC's behavior and comment on it - subtle comments on their behavior are likely to be ignored.. not that the player is INTENTIONALLY ignoring you. .. it's more along the lines that there's so much going on in an FG game session the player might completely miss what you're saying.. when you interact with a PC, again, try to be as bold and dramatic as possible.. I like the interaction you have going with Draug the werewolf here when he's in his wolf form acting all friendly dog-like
Forman: Walks over, kneels down and rubs Draugs head.
Draug pants heavily wagging his tail "I like this newcomer" he thought "I should try to learn his name though.
But I would run even further with that.. don't stop at just patting his head, think about what dog owners normally do with their dog.. make comments about how you're going to find him a nice bone when you kill something huge, toss food in the air for him to catch, roll around with him on the ground play-wrestling as you'd do with a dog, say "Good boy ! " encouragingly and scratch him on the ears when he succeeds at something (in game terms if Draug passes a skill check - say Survival for example - or spots something ) , after you kill an opponent (if you feel this is something Forman would do - and given he ripped the head off a mule I'm guessing he would ) tear bits of flesh off the dead body and toss it to Draug saying " Here you go boy ! That's a nice choice bit , thick and juicy ! " Draug already regards you as a good buddy so I'd play that up as much as possible , look for opportunities to be nice to Draug then act on it ..
And of course look for opportunities to interact with the other PC's do and do it in a BOLD fashion, again bold is the key here .... I liked your interaction with Rin below :
Forman: Well Rin you look like someone plucked you
Forman: "Plucked" i should say
Rin: "Nah, partially roasted
Forman: you do smell delish
Rin: "Wel you can eat me later if you want but that would be breaking your vow."
(and yes that was a sexual joke on Rin's part, Rin's humor tends to be very subtle sometimes even I miss it ) ... That was a great start.. I'd go further with it .. remember bold... keep teasing him about it ! Maybe something like
" You know, I know a wonderful recipe for poultry.. first you put the bird in water and spices, let it soak for a while to really absorb that flavor.. then you fry him over an open fire and eat him right away ! "
(possibly wait for Rin's reaction then )
Norman gives Rin a friendly poke in the side, still joking. " Wait wait I know another one ! You cut the bird into pieces and fry him up with egg and pork.. that way you have the flavor of two meats at once ! And the yolk adds it's own distinctive flavor ! "
And basically go on in this vein for a while until and if you piss Rin off - basically busting his balls ...
The exchange between Forman and Draug was great ! Pretty much what anyone's reaction would be if a shape changing werewolf told that person that he was "scary"
Forman: I agree, "all things in moderation"
Zane: You know what they say, alcohol, the cause of and solution to all of life's problem.
Forman: "including moderation"
Dwarves shout angrily as Draug , in hybrid form, pees on the side of the cabin.. it's beginning to look like a good time to leave..
Rin: "No but we make them seem smaller. Get drunk enough and you may see fit to freeze both of their groins. That would defiantly take some of their fight away."
Draug: "Whoah monk..... you scare me" says draug as his "tender bits continue to urinate"
Forman: "I scare you!!?"
I liked how Forman hinted at his philosophy and way of life here - don't run away from that dragon it's a challenge ! Face that challenge head on !
Forman: Well it was Red, about the size of a house and had wings. Pretty much the embobyment of most childhood tales, in the flesh
Forman: How do we kill it
Zane: We kill it by running from it
Forman: You cant kill anything by running
I would run with that , make it REALLY obvious - to the point of corniness even - that Forman regards everything as a challenge and let people know JUST how happy Forman is when he overcomes it ! If Forman beats an opponent maybe a reaction like
Forman gives out a WHOOP of victory .... " YES ! YES ! " clenching his fist in the air Forman proceeds to run in circles around the others at an insanely fast rate. Forman stops and punches (insert name of PC here) in the shoulder .. " Wasn't that GREAT ! ? ! We almost died - I LOVE it when that happens ! "
Or if a person gets badly injured ... now that Forman has gotten to know the PC's a bit better.. once they're tended to and it's obvious they're going to live.
" Wasn't that GREAT ! ? ! " Forman grips (insert name of PC here) by the shoulder and looks him/her in the eyes excitedly.. " You almost DIED ! But you didn't ! You beat it ! Can't you feel it ? The thrill of victory singing through your veins ? "
Get that almost manic vibe going that you seemed to be suggesting that Forman has in your description of his personality .... Or other examples.. if the group is suggesting you run from a foe have Forman start complaining
" How are you going to better yourself like that? How are you going to test yourself to the full extent of your abilities ? How can you go through life like that ? Doesn't really seem like you're LIVING "
Yes , yes I know the rational reaction on Forman's part might be "Not everyone thinks like me " .. but again the end result is a PC who's so subtle that he sort of gets lost in the crowd... Draug belongs to another player who is also new but the player in question is doing great in the RP scheme of things - and part of the reason for that is he has an advantage .. dogs and wolves are by nature extreme - they jump up on you and put their paws on you and lick your face, they pee and poo everywhere, they whine and hide their face if you hurt their feelings..... and even when he's talking Draug has that whole barbarian-werewolf "in your face" kind of attitude.... again , try to play up the drama of the moment - go not for the subtle approach but rather the sort of thing that brings the character to life even if it's not the most REASONABLE reaction at the time ...
I liked Forman's interplay with the hill dwarf leader Stenkast when the hill dwarf leader started pissing Forman off with his whole non-involvement policy
Forman: Forman shouts again "From this time onward Bards will sing of Stenkast, the dwarf who would not get involved"
Forman: Forman yell's "O' how they will sing, of Stenkast the Hill dwarf who could not be bothered. His heroic deads where few and far between
Forman: Forman sings" They will sing of Stenkast who sat comfortable by his fire."
Forman: "who let the world pass him by"
Forman: "Listen to me, and hear what I say!!!"
Forman: "The Gods have returned, do you think that have nothing to do whith what is going on here!!!"
stenkast the dwarf: " NOOOO " roars the stubborn STenkast " And now I KNOW you're lying ! The old gods would have come to dwarves first not humans ! "
Forman: Perhaps they did and you did not heade their call!!!
One thing to bear in mind though... the natural reaction for a player is to find it easier to RP with an NPC than a fellow PC - not sure why , maybe because you're not sure how your fellow player will react - if that's the case don't worry about it ... the players here all know I encourage extreme RP'ing ...
And again I can't emphasize this enough, DON'T assume all of the above is meant to be me picking on you, saying you're not good enough et cetera.. I wouldn't be spending all this effort typing all of this if I didn't think you were a great player to begin with .. your forum posts are awesome .. now it's just a matter of bringing that same sort of energy to FG game sessions ..
RIN
2400 XP - defeating four ten foot tall "merged" draconians in combat
200 XP - healing the leader of the hill dwarves through miraculous means (cure wounds spell) and proving that the gods have in fact returned to them ..
85 XP for good role playing
192 Role Playing (RP) points x 2 for no RP points awarded last FG game session equals 384 RP points
I thought Rin was a bit more quiet than normaly this FG game session, but you mentioned Rin gets quiet when new players are involved so the spotlight shines on them for a while , very kind of you ... having said that I like how Rin, as usual, pays attention to his fellow PC's and NPC's alike ... for example he was the first one to check up on Serinda , noticing all the arrows sticking out of her after the draconians who attacked you high up on the cliffs made her their primary target.
Rin looks around seeing if any one left to fight, realizing that no is left he stops singing.
Rin then walks over to Serinda and kneels down. 'So do you want to pull them out or should I?"
Zane walks over and takes a loot at Serinda's wounds. "The best i can do at this moment is dress them, I don't know if I have anything at will heal as well as Rin."
Serinda: "I'll do it..."
Serinda takes a hold of one of the arrows, and pulls on it slightly before whimpering
Serinda: "Alright.... maybe not..."
Zane: Rin, when I do what I am about to do, yank. Ready?
Rin nods and grabs hold what arrows he can.
Zane: Sorry ahead of time Serinda..
Zane slaps Serinda across the face as Rin pulls.
Serinda: "There really should be a better way.... HEY!! OWWWW!"
Serinda wipes at her eyes, before covering her bleeding wounds
Serinda: "Where'd you learn medicine, amongst goblins??"
Zane: Well.. there was this one time in Hylo.. Nevermind. Probably not the greatest of stories..
I like the singing and comedy improv - the colorful insults to the leader of the hill dwarves, Stenkast, in an effort to "speak his lingo" was inspired and downright hilarious
Rin looks around as he continues to sing adding the line "I'm as useless as Tani on guard duty." to his song.
Serinda: "I could think of some way for you to be useful..."
Serinda adds while holding one of the painful arrow wounds
Ithildraug: "Who Tani Rin!?"
Rin (Dwarven): Now look here you little stump of a man whose beard should be inches longer, we have 1500 free'd slaves looking for refuge and food. Now are we going to dicuss this over a flagon or shal\l we do it over insults?"
Rin nods to the dwarf. "I thank you for our kindess good Dwarf. May your ale always be strong, your beard be long and your steel be sharp. "
Rin (dwarven): "Well for one I'd like to know how that chair feels looks like it'sd be a real pain in your backside. Beyond that though, I wanted to talk about a little request we have."
" Same thing you're asking for gods-damn babysitters.. you're getting pretty pushy human, you're starting to piss me off " STenkast growls pointing a finger at Forman
Rin (Dwarven): "In otherwords, the Mountain dwarves are beardless dressmakers, who don't have the gullet to stomach a real drink or the gruuff to throw a real insult."
loved how you and Zane kept busy while Draug and Forman kept at the stubborn hill dwarves until they finally agreed to send a guide with you guys - you filled what could have been a boring gap for you with great RP'ing (and of course you got RP points for it ) .. loved the reference to Otik's ale as well - again keeping NPC's in the mix by making references to them, good stuff
Rin looks to the dwarves. "You got a place I can get a drink while you knocka bit fo snese into him. I haven't had a good al for a few days now?"
Zane: Hey Rin! You find any ale?
Forman: Forman assumes the Lotas postion and says loudly "Stenkast, the dwarf who refuese to get involved!!!"
" an ambassador huh? I"ll ask the other dwarves, see if there's an ambassador.. ambassador.. when you put it that way.. doesn't sound so bad " Says Stenkast thoughtfully " People actually LISTENING to us for a change .. "
Rin: "Yeah, it's pretty good too I'm gonna see if they'll part wiht a few barrles for some stuff I repossesed.
Zane: You're right Rin.. this stuff is pretty good. The stuff from the last home is better though
Rin: "I don't know I like them both. This one is kinda sweet, Otiks has it's own flavor."
Zane: Yeah.. I am getting that as well.. Maybe if we mixed the two..
Rin: "Oh if we mixed the two then added some frenzy water. That would be a helluva drink."
Zane nods, taking another few sips. "There was this ale that I had from a farmer named Galen. That was one hell of a brew. Two glasses knocked a dwarf on his ass."
Rin: "Oh really I'd love to get my hands on that... You know i can add some of the flavor from otik's ale to this so we can see."
Zane: As far as Galen's brew, I have no idea if the man is still alive. It's been about 6 years.
Zane clinks his tankard with Rin's
Zane takes a few sips, swishes it in his mouth and swallows. Then the rest of the tankard follows.
Rin: "Might be even better wiht the real deal... Sadly I don't know if Otik is still alive either."
Zane: Going to be needing a refill here. This stiff is far too smoothi going down
Rin nods as the ale bubbles agian. "You know I can even make water taste like this."
Zane looks at Rin, "What's the point if there is no alcohol?"
And as always Rin's sense of humor is alive and well , like his comment to Forman (though I admit I didn't get the joke to Forman until reading it the second time when I was reviewing the chat logs- Rin's humor can be subtle sometimes )
Forman: Well Rin you look like someone plucked you
Forman: "Plucked" i should say
Rin: "Nah, partially roasted
Forman: you do smell delish
Rin: "Wel you can eat me later if you want but that would be breaking your vow."
Rin: "Huh never had a real mule skin coat, I wonder if I could get a rug too."
Ithildraug laps up some donkey blood not as good as Sangrias blood but it will do
Rin struts and pivots like he's displaying high fashion. "So am I sexy?"
Campaign saved.
Ithildraug howls and hoots in agreement
Rin: "Damn let him get some ale first, I mean he was just unconcious.... Oh by the way what would you take for a barrel or two fo that ale?"
Sure enough Rin's bird shows up, circles a few times overhead, then perches on Rin's shoulder.. " Miss me ? "
Rin: "Yeah I was getting hungry."
" Yeah like you'd eat me " scoffs Tani...
Ithildraug licks his lips eyeing Tani ever so keenly
Dungeon Master: By now the refugees are getting close to area 25 on the map...
Tani yelps and hides behind Rin glaring at Draug " Piss off wolf ! "
Rin opens his beak and turns his head to Tani before licking her. "Yeah your right, your not spiced enough."
Ithildraug wimpers and hides his face under his paws
This one in particular makes me laugh out loud every time I read it
Serinda: "Do you have anything that once belonged to the mountain dwarves? Perhaps an old heirloom?"
Stenkast looks at Serinda .. then starts laughing out loud.. " You heard what I told you already girl? We shed each others blood centuries ago we hill dwarves and the mountain dwarves... why the hell would we keep mountain dwarf garbage? Damn elves don't have half a brain in their head" mutters STenkast.
Serinda: "Sometimes people retain throphies from their fallen enemies.... It isn't uncommon. There may also have been useful items that may have originally been made by the mountain dwarves, but came into your possession, spoils of war
Rin: "Come on Serinda stop asking the Dwarves for their stuff. We need to start heading out."
Draug snickers at serinda
SERINDA
2400 XP - defeating four ten foot tall "merged" draconians in combat
300 XP - trying to keep the peace with the hill dwarves, going so far as to imprison Forman in a resilient sphere - if you're willing to take on a fellow PC in order to protect an NPC that's pretty good RP'ing
90 XP for good role playing
183 RP points x2 for no RP points awarded last FG game session equals 366 RP
Love the sense of sarcasm and "why me " Serinda has going here
Zane: You ok over there Serinda? Looked like a bad hit?
Serinda: "No.. This is where I always keep my arrows.... Sticking out of me.."
Zane getting annoyed with the dragon's love of tormenting women,Zane takes another pair of quick shots at the same draconian that shot at Serinda after moving closer to the others.
" GAAAHH ! " roars the draconian nearest to Draug as Zane's arrow sinks deep into the things' arm..
Zane: Let's hope they will shoot at me instead of you, Serinda. Gave them plenty of reason to
Rin looks around as he continues to sing adding the line "I'm as useless as Tani on guard duty." to his song.
Serinda: "I could think of some way for you to be useful..."
Serinda adds while holding one of the painful arrow wounds
Ithildraug: "Who Tani Rin!?"
And her reactions to being hurt and Zane and Rin's first aid attempts - VERY well RP'ed, loved the goblin remark !
Rin looks around seeing if any one left to fight, realizing that no is left he stops singing.
Rin then walks over to Serinda and kneels down. 'So do you want to pull them out or should I?"
Zane walks over and takes a loot at Serinda's wounds. "The best i can do at this moment is dress them, I don't know if I have anything at will heal as well as Rin."
Serinda: "I'll do it..."
Serinda takes a hold of one of the arrows, and pulls on it slightly before whimpering
Serinda: "Alright.... maybe not..."
Zane: Rin, when I do what I am about to do, yank. Ready?
Rin nods and grabs hold what arrows he can.
Zane: Sorry ahead of time Serinda..
Zane slaps Serinda across the face as Rin pulls.
Serinda: "There really should be a better way.... HEY!! OWWWW!"
Serinda wipes at her eyes, before covering her bleeding wounds
Serinda: "Where'd you learn medicine, amongst goblins??"
Zane: Well.. there was this one time in Hylo.. Nevermind. Probably not the greatest of stories..
Love how you're keeping that fussy dainty portion of her personality alive and well
Ithildraug trys to warm Serinda up by breathing hot wolf breath on her
Zane sees Serinda shiver and drops his pack and starts to dig through it. Finding what he was looking for, he passes a old, worn blanket to her. "It keeps me warm.. Should do the same for you.."
Serinda takes the cloak, sniffs it, and frowns, but decides not to complain at this point, she'll cast a spell to clear it's scent later on!
Love the reference to past history of the world of Krynn here and mentioning that elves and dwarves were in fact once allies - WONDERFUL that you can work this into an FG game session
(discussion with hill dwarf leader Stenkast) Serinda: "He isn't the
only one who took the time and effort to learn your langauge. There was once a time when our races were allies." She says also in Dwarven
And the part about suggesting to Stenkast that the dwarf guide would be a representative of the hill dwarves rather than a babysitter - VERY nice, very smart too
" Get him OUT of here ! " roars Stenkast..
Serinda: "We will, as soon as he calms down.. He's a human, so it may take a while.."
Serinda: "I understand you have no desire to babysit us... But how do you feel about sending an Ambassador, our group has representatives of nearly every great nation, Silvanesti, Qualinesti, humans, dragons even. We would be honored to have someone speak for the dwarves"
And I liked the whole chat with Zane here and how she held on to her conservative Serinda principles.. me drink alcohol? What are you, crazy ? I'm better than that ! Matter of fact I'm better than all of you to begin with - I have STANDARDS !
Zane puts the ale he is carrying down and walks out of the hut with a tankard. Looking around, he sees Serinda by the water. Walking over, Zane hands her his tankard. "You look like you need this."
Serinda: "I don't drink..."
Zane: You sure? After what happened in there?
Serinda: "Just waiting for the right time to go back home..."
Zane: I won't tell anyone..
Zane rolls his eyes, "Yep. Glad I am only part human."
Zane: Then again that does make me part dragon and with everything that is going on now, I don't know if that is a good thing..
Serinda: "I don't know why I'm spending all this energy trying to save this race.. They don't seem to care themselves.."
Zane points to the ale, "You sure you don't want a little bit, just to deal with them?"
Serinda: "No thanks.."
Zane: May make the trip better
Zane looks at the screaming shack and then back at the ale. "You sure? Rin was able to change it to a different flavor.."
Serinda: "I don't like any alcohol..."
Zane: Make it into water then.
Serinda: "I can just drink water then..."
Serinda: "We don't solve our problems by drinking..."
Zane: You know what they say, alcohol, the cause of and solution to all of life's problem.
ZANE
2400 XP - defeating four ten foot tall "merged" draconians in combat
150 XP - trying to keep the peace with the hill dwarves when Forman and Draug decided to confront them
231 XP for good role playing x2 for no RP awarded last FG game session equals 462 RP points
Zane continues to do a fantastic job of noting the actions of NPC's and PC's alike and replying to them - Zane particularly shines at noticing what other PC's are doing and reacting to it, which is really awesome - it's that kind of thing that makes FG game sessions all the more fun for other players, and the DM as well ... examples of this include his chivalric attitude towards Serinda and just looking out for her in general (perhaps mindful of Serinda's recent personal loss)
Zane: You ok over there Serinda? Looked like a bad hit?
Serinda: "No.. This is where I always keep my arrows.... Sticking out of me.."
Zane getting annoyed with the dragon's love of tormenting women,Zane takes another pair of quick shots at the same draconian that shot at Serinda after moving closer to the others.
" GAAAHH ! " roars the draconian nearest to Draug as Zane's arrow sinks deep into the things' arm..
Zane: Let's hope they will shoot at me instead of you, Serinda. Gave them plenty of reason to
Serinda pushes herself up out of the cold and shivers
Ithildraug trys to warm Serinda up by breathing hot wolf breath on her
Zane sees Serinda shiver and drops his pack and starts to dig through it. Finding what he was looking for, he passes a old, worn blanket to her. "It keeps me warm.. Should do the same for you.."
Serinda takes the cloak, sniffs it, and frowns, but decides not to complain at this point, she'll cast a spell to clear it's scent later on!
Zane notices Rin and Serinda both shivering from the cold and walks up next to each one, touching their shoulders. ((Cast Endure Elements))
Campaign saved.
Serinda: "hhmm..."
Serinda waves her arm through the air and then takes off the cloak, noting it's still not cold, so she hands it back to Zane
Serinda: "Thanks.. For both"
Rin: "Ahh.... I'm warm now... Oh how I wihs Branchala would give me a restore feathers spell."
Their discomfort from the cold (Serinda and Rin's) immediately lessens at Zane's touch... a practicle miracle.. DRaug hears Zane mentions Habbakuk's name as Zane prays briefly to the god before touching Sernida and Rin ...
Zane nods to both and takes the blanket back and stuffs it back in his bag.
Zane puts the ale he is carrying down and walks out of the hut with a tankard. Looking around, he sees Serinda by the water. Walking over, Zane hands her his tankard. "You look like you need this."
Serinda: "I don't drink..."
Zane: You sure? After what happened in there?
Serinda: "Just waiting for the right time to go back home..."
Zane: I won't tell anyone..
Zane rolls his eyes, "Yep. Glad I am only part human."
Zane: Then again that does make me part dragon and with everything that is going on now, I don't know if that is a good thing..
Serinda: "I don't know why I'm spending all this energy trying to save this race.. They don't seem to care themselves.."
Zane points to the ale, "You sure you don't want a little bit, just to deal with them?"
Serinda: "No thanks.."
Zane: May make the trip better
Zane looks at the screaming shack and then back at the ale. "You sure? Rin was able to change it to a different flavor.."
Serinda: "I don't like any alcohol..."
Zane: Make it into water then.
Serinda: "I can just drink water then..."
Serinda: "We don't solve our problems by drinking..."
Zane: You know what they say, alcohol, the cause of and solution to all of life's problem.
.... and the bit about slapping Serinda to distract her from her pain - marvelous RP'ing ... and love how you keep working the forum RP threads into the FG game sessions (the reference to the kender home Hylo below for example)
Rin looks around seeing if any one left to fight, realizing that no is left he stops singing.
Rin then walks over to Serinda and kneels down. 'So do you want to pull them out or should I?"
Zane walks over and takes a loot at Serinda's wounds. "The best i can do at this moment is dress them, I don't know if I have anything at will heal as well as Rin."
Serinda: "I'll do it..."
Serinda takes a hold of one of the arrows, and pulls on it slightly before whimpering
Serinda: "Alright.... maybe not..."
Zane: Rin, when I do what I am about to do, yank. Ready?
Rin nods and grabs hold what arrows he can.
Zane: Sorry ahead of time Serinda..
Zane slaps Serinda across the face as Rin pulls.
Serinda: "There really should be a better way.... HEY!! OWWWW!"
Serinda wipes at her eyes, before covering her bleeding wounds
Serinda: "Where'd you learn medicine, amongst goblins??"
Zane: Well.. there was this one time in Hylo.. Nevermind. Probably not the greatest of stories..
Also love how Zane make the interaction with other PC's humorous
Ithildraug waves frantically at forman from the opposite cliff
Zane looks at the exchange of the new comer and the Draug. Zane shouts, "Hey Wolfie, Kill the bad guy first then wave!"
Ithildraug: "Sorry I to polite I know!: yells Draug with a smile Zane probablly can't see
Forman: Forman waves back
Forman: That mule bit me under the armpit
The mule screams as Forman slaughters it leaving all sorts of tasty entrails for Draug (and Rin if he likes)... soon Rin is outfited in a still warm, steaming, stinky mule suit of fur...
Blahness98 (Zane): wow...
Campaign saved.
Blahness98 (Zane): afk
Zane does find LARGE arrows to suit the giant longbows the 10 foot tall draconians had..too big for his longbow unfortunately..
Forman: Forman twists the Mule (whos name was Billie) clean off
Forman: (head)
Serinda: "That's just.."
Ithildraug watches in amazement where was this guy last night maybe he could have eaten dragon
Serinda sighs and shakes her head, then carries on by herself to get away from the murderous humans, dragons and carrion eating birds..
Forman: Forman notcies Serinda and walks over tio say "Hello"
Zane: And you think I am disgusting. That was just plain awful. Those animals didn't need to die.
A loud popping sound can be heard as DRaug dislocates the dwarf's shoulder ... the other dwarves holler, DRaug beats them into unconsciousness... there's about 6 rounds left of combat before Serinda's spell expires...
Draug: "Zane! Rin! Dwarf need Aide!"
Forman: Foram yells,"Hey Rin, we needa in here for a sec plz"
Zane: Was that Dwarf needs Ale?
Zane: What else is new..
Draug: "Dwarf need Aides!"
Rin: "I think so that or they accidently tore his tender bit's off."
Draug: "Rin give Dwarf Aides!"
Serinda get's up and heads out of the cottage
Forman: Draug pulled his shoulder out of socket.
Draug: "It make big pop bahahahha"
Rin: "So was it Ale the need..... Oh."
Zane: Who needed Ale?
Rin looks around at the scene. "Wow
Zane: I think they will need ale after this now..
Serinda: "What do you mean how do you know? I'm an Elf, A silvanesti"
Forman: YOu are in a unique position to help
Draug begins to raise his leg against the Dwarf
Zane swats at Draug, "Not now."
Forman: he likes you!!!
" Well I don't like him " snarls the dwarf
Zane looks a little shocked and pulls Draug away. "Bad dog. You know better."
Draug runs behind Forman he seems to be the only one on his side today
Forman: Walks over, kneels down and rubs Draugs head.
Zane (quietly): It is true.. you are smart as a human.
Draug pants heavily wagging his tail "I like this newcomer" he thought "I should try to learn his name though.
Zane gets an idea and pulls out one of the bits of meat he has for Harroc and holds it in his hand. "Ok boy.. can you roll over?"
Draug looks a little annoyed with Zane but rolls over regardless commiting to his roll
Zane laughs a little. "Can you sit pretty?"
Draug Draug starting to enjoy the attention sits on his bottom and pretends to talk by snapping his jaws open and shut
Zane tosses the meat in the air and says "Catch."
Also love your sense of improv - spontaneously adopting lines from monty python to fit the D&D mythos and coming up with an RP reason just like that why Zane missed his survival skill roll when the dice decided to be evil - again awesome stuff
Zane (Draconic): I fart in your general direction you Drak bastard! Your mother was a kobold and your father smelt of eldeberries
Zane watches Draug follow the tracks he missed, "Sorry.. My mind is still on Laurana.."
Zane: I'll try to keep my game face on
Ithildraug gives a quick bark wagging his tale showing Zane its understandable to have your mind preocupied with a woman like that
Rin: "It's alright I'm not exactly all here either, worried about my mother."
Also loved how you and Rin kept busy while Draug and Forman kept at the stubborn hill dwarves until they finally agreed to send a guide with you guys - you filled what could have been a boring gap for you with great RP'ing (and of course you got RP points for it ) .. loved the reference to Galen again too - spontaneous thinking on your feet kind of RP'ing, great stuff
Rin looks to the dwarves. "You got a place I can get a drink while you knocka bit fo snese into him. I haven't had a good al for a few days now?"
Zane: Hey Rin! You find any ale?
Forman: Forman assumes the Lotas postion and says loudly "Stenkast, the dwarf who refuese to get involved!!!"
" an ambassador huh? I"ll ask the other dwarves, see if there's an ambassador.. ambassador.. when you put it that way.. doesn't sound so bad " Says Stenkast thoughtfully " People actually LISTENING to us for a change .. "
Rin: "Yeah, it's pretty good too I'm gonna see if they'll part wiht a few barrles for some stuff I repossesed.
Zane: You're right Rin.. this stuff is pretty good. The stuff from the last home is better though
Rin: "I don't know I like them both. This one is kinda sweet, Otiks has it's own flavor."
Zane: Yeah.. I am getting that as well.. Maybe if we mixed the two..
Rin: "Oh if we mixed the two then added some frenzy water. That would be a helluva drink."
Zane nods, taking another few sips. "There was this ale that I had from a farmer named Galen. That was one hell of a brew. Two glasses knocked a dwarf on his ass."
Rin: "Oh really I'd love to get my hands on that... You know i can add some of the flavor from otik's ale to this so we can see."
Zane: As far as Galen's brew, I have no idea if the man is still alive. It's been about 6 years.
Zane clinks his tankard with Rin's
Zane takes a few sips, swishes it in his mouth and swallows. Then the rest of the tankard follows.
Rin: "Might be even better wiht the real deal... Sadly I don't know if Otik is still alive either."
Zane: Going to be needing a refill here. This stiff is far too smoothi going down
Rin nods as the ale bubbles agian. "You know I can even make water taste like this."
Zane looks at Rin, "What's the point if there is no alcohol?"
I can figure out XP points quickly enough - it's the RP (role playing) points that take a while.. I go through every line in the chat log (copy of all the stuff the characters said and did that was typed into an FG game session) and award RP points for each instance of good RP'ing... if you do a good job RP'ing it can add up to quite a bit of RP points at the end of each game session - given that RP points can be used to buy feats, permanent ability score increases and/or skill increases hopefully you'll find that the RP points are worth the wait
Again for our newer players - feel free to scroll down to the section of this thread with just your character's name printed in bold and read just that section - if you try to read the whole thing you're in for a pretty long read
... DRAUG
2400 XP - defeating four ten foot tall "merged" draconians in combat
200 XP - dragging the hill dwarves kicking and screaming into the war of the lance
(as opposed to standing by as passive participants) by insisting that the hill dwarves get involved with the human refugees and the war in general (note that their participation still isn't nearly as much as what Forman would like ) 100 XP for good role playing
236 RP points x 2 (since no RP points awarded last FG game session ) equals 472
Draug you really shone this FG game session !
You are TOTALLY kicking ass in the role playing arena - you really make Draug come to life during FG game sessions and I love how you pay attention to both PC's and NPC's alike and keep having Draug comment on and react to their behavior - THAT'S the sort of thing that makes FG game sessions a blast ! One of many examples of this (Draug saying he was the draconian's worst nightmare and howling was particularly great ) :The arrow thunks harmlessly off Draug's hide (damage resistance vs weapons that are not silver).. " WHAT ? ! ? " shrieks the draconian in surprise..
Ithildraug grins at the scaled man "Draug skin tough!"
" I'lll.. I'll.. take that sssssskin for a trophy " the draconian snarls back at Draug.. if Draug didn't know better he'd swear the draconian's scales just turned a paler shade of green..
Ithildraug: "Come get it! Scale face!"
draconian: " Run now and I'll let you live you flea infessssted mutt ! "
Ithildraug: "What if run you in ground instead?"
The draconian closest to Draug bounces another arrow off his hide " What ARE you ? ! ? " roars the draconian at Draug.. Draug can smell the sweet scent of fear coming from his foe...
[TURN] Serinda
Ithildraug: "I your nightmare! Arwooooooooooo"
And this one - LOVED how you caught the fact that Tani is an unfamiliar name and had Draug ask "who the heck is that ?"
.. if Rin didn't answer it's probably because Rin didn't catch Draug's comment Rin looks around as he continues to sing adding the line "I'm as useless as Tani on guard duty." to his song.
Serinda: "I could think of some way for you to be useful..."
Serinda adds while holding one of the painful arrow wounds
Ithildraug: "Who Tani Rin!?"
Love the continous comments on Draug's "wolf-i-ness", the whole dog-like thing - great stuff
Ithildraug shifts into wolf form in a flash of blue light and casually slides down the the cliff using his claws as breaks
Sure enough Rin's bird shows up, circles a few times overhead, then perches on Rin's shoulder.. " Miss me ? "
Rin: "Yeah I was getting hungry."
" Yeah like you'd eat me " scoffs Tani...
Ithildraug licks his lips eyeing Tani ever so keenly
Dungeon Master: By now the refugees are getting close to area 25 on the map...
Tani yelps and hides behind Rin glaring at Draug " Piss off wolf ! "
Rin opens his beak and turns his head to Tani before licking her. "Yeah your right, your not spiced enough."
Ithildraug wimpers and hides his face under his paws
Serinda: "What do you mean how do you know? I'm an Elf, A silvanesti"
Forman: YOu are in a unique position to help
Draug begins to raise his leg against the Dwarf
Zane swats at Draug, "Not now."
Forman: he likes you!!!
" Well I don't like him " snarls the dwarf
Zane looks a little shocked and pulls Draug away. "Bad dog. You know better."
Draug runs behind Forman he seems to be the only one on his side today
Zane gets an idea and pulls out one of the bits of meat he has for Harroc and holds it in his hand. "Ok boy.. can you roll over?"
Draug looks a little annoyed with Zane but rolls over regardless commiting to his roll
Zane laughs a little. "Can you sit pretty?"
Draug Draug starting to enjoy the attention sits on his bottom and pretends to talk by snapping his jaws open and shut
Zane tosses the meat in the air and says "Catch."
And loved how you immediately tried to draw our newest player into the FG game and make him feel like part of things - again awesome stuff
Ithildraug runs up to the newcomer and jumps up both front paws on his cjest licking his face.
Forman: Forman grabs the beast and rubs his head, laughing
Ithildraug falls to the ground on his back legs up in the air waiting for a belly scratch
Forman: I agree, "all things in moderation"
Zane: You know what they say, alcohol, the cause of and solution to all of life's problem.
Forman: "including moderation"
Dwarves shout angrily as Draug , in hybrid form, pees on the side of the cabin.. it's beginning to look like a good time to leave..
Rin: "No but we make them seem smaller. Get drunk enough and you may see fit to freeze both of their groins. That would defiantly take some of their fight away."
Draug: "Whoah monk..... you scare me" says draug as his "tender bits continue to urinate"
Forman: "I scare you!!?"
Of course I got the HUGEST laugh out of Draug's interaction with Stenkast the angry hill dwarf leader to
(after Stenkast warns Draug several times " You better not take a shit in my cabin !" ) Draug takes a big steamy shit right infront of the dwarf (showing his teeth in what can only be a mischevious smirk towards Stenkast
A loud popping sound can be heard as DRaug dislocates the dwarf's shoulder ... the other dwarves holler, DRaug beats them into unconsciousness... there's about 6 rounds left of combat before Serinda's spell expires...
Draug: "Zane! Rin! Dwarf need Aide!"
Forman: Foram yells,"Hey Rin, we needa in here for a sec plz"
Zane: Was that Dwarf needs Ale?
Zane: What else is new..
Draug: "Dwarf need Aides!"
Rin: "I think so that or they accidently tore his tender bit's off."
Draug: "Rin give Dwarf Aides!"
Serinda get's up and heads out of the cottage
Forman: Draug pulled his shoulder out of socket.
Draug: "It make big pop bahahahha"
Rin: "So was it Ale the need..... Oh."
Zane: Who needed Ale?
Rin looks around at the scene. "Wow
Zane: I think they will need ale after this now..
(after DRaug trips Stenkast accidentally plowing the dwarf beard-first into Draug's poo)
Draug: "You help now? Sorry about shit in face accident... not suppose happen." Draug says slightly ashamed
The dwarf sits there stunned... looks at Draug.. pokes a finger at him .. " YOU .. after this is all over I'm going to kick your ass wolf-boy.. not gonna kill you , not going to chop anything off .. but I WILL make you scream for your momma! ... And be DAMN grateful for the bird here .... if it wasn't for him.. with this SHIT in my beard.. " the dwarf's voice finally trails off and he says " Fine ... I'll send one of my men .. ONE no more .. "
" And be grateful the bird made this shit go away too.. but not going to forget it was there in the first place... You SON of a BITCH ! " .. now get the HELL out of my cabin .. YOU there " Stenkast slaps another dwarf until he wakes up " You're going with them "
Draug: "Wait!.......... here take this." Draug slowly walks over and gives the dwarf a hug
stenkast the dwarf: "GET THE FUCK OFFF MEEEE ! "
Stenkast screams red faced at Draug
And I loved the reference to Rin's song here - paying attention to what could be easily overlooked -the other player's actions - and then commenting on them, going so far as to work them into the "fabric" of the campaign - great stuff !
Draug begins to sing Rins song "Another one losses its nuts"
FORMAN
2400 XP - defeating four ten foot tall "merged" draconians in combat
200 XP - dragging the hill dwarves kicking and screaming into the war of the lance
(as opposed to standing by as passive participants) by insisting that the hill dwarves get involved with the human refugees and the war in general (note that their participation still isn't nearly as much as what Forman would like ) 70 XP for good role playing
112 Role Playing (RP) points
Forman - all and all pretty good job of RP'ing with everyone given that 1) you're fairly new to FG (think you said you'd been playing it for a few months), 2) you're new to RP'ing at this level of intensity I think you said
and 3) the PC's already have an established level of interaction , a "dynamic" if you will .. which makes RP'ing with them difficult until you're more fully integrated into their dynamic (which tends to occur given enough FG game sessions if you look for opportunities to RP with them, more on that below ) The following will sound like I'm picking on you - don't take it personally ! It's a rite of passage actually - if you ask darkalloy or solardawn (the two members of the group who have been with us the longest far as the entire length of the campaign - campaign's been running for close to a year now since it's start in summer 2010
) they'll confirm I hassled just about every new player in the same way . ... I do it in order to encourage new players to be able to "mesh" with the current group of players in the style of gameplay we've established and also to enhance gameplay as a whole- also this way you get more RP points you can put towards improving your PC The battle with the draconian you were closest to up on the frozen cliffs in the mountain (the rest of the PC's were below the cliffs about 50 feet or more beneath you ) .... I liked how Forman answered the draconian's question in the typical odd Forman way
The draconian closest to Draug bounces another arrow off his hide " What ARE you ? ! ? " roars the draconian at Draug.. Draug can smell the sweet scent of fear coming from his foe...
Forman: Forman yells loudly at the draconian "My name is Forman. How do you do!!!!"
I'd like to see more of that
.... you'll find your opponents will often hurl insults at you , like when the draconian you were fighting was snarling "come here you human bitch ! " Returning their insults - Forman style of course by typing Forman's reply in FG - will net you more RP points ... Also you might have noticed the pause in combats while you wait for your turn to come around in the combat round and the other players are declaring actions for their PC's.. use that time to think about how to describe Forman's actions in combat... the nice thing about monks from monasteries is you have tons of kung fu type movies in real life to draw inspiration from, use them as examples
.. for example while you're waiting for your turn to come around in the combat round you can type something like " Forman spins in the air and tries to kick his opponent in the air " , or " Forman blocks his enemy's blow with his hand then lands a one-two punch quickly on his opponent, striking him twice" ... hold your finger over the enter key then hit "enter" when it's your turn and away you go ... if you use your tumble skill, rather than announcing over skype Forman tumbles from point A to point B type " Forman tumbles head over heels towards (insert location here) landing neatly on the balls of his feet" ... stuff like that ... Also ... and I know there's a LOT going on in FG, lots of text flying all around so it's going to take some getting used to ... be careful to pay attention to all the text in FG.. loved how Forman introduced himself to the PC's and commented on having met Serinda and Rin before...
Forman: Forman walks up to the edge of the clif, smiles and waves, he swings almost ape like easing his way down the clif until he reaches the bottom. He then makes a deep bow and says "Forman of the Wheel, Initate of the Order, and slayer of whatever that thing was, at your servious
Forman: Forman points at Rin and says, there is a familier Face or beak?
And I believe Forman mentioned that the last time he'd seen Serinda she was in her father's bakery- absolutely wonderful that you remembered all of that and referred to it in an FG game session keep that stuff ! The only problem was Forman was casually mentioning all of this while Serinda was bleeding to death with arrows sticking out of her
... the text before that in the FG game session that night mentioned how the others (Rin and Zane) were huddled around Serinda pulling arrows out of her ... don't get me wrong, I'm sure if you'd caught that you probably would have had Forman comment on, or try to help her with, her injuries first or something and then introduce himself afterwards - think of it as a " what would I do if this was a real life situation?" .. or to put it another way if you see someone bleeding to death you wouldn't smile and say " Hey what's up ? " to the people you haven't seen in a while you'd be more like " Oh my god what happened to her ? ! ? Can I help?" Even if it's not someone you're particularly close to who's injured, unless that person is an enemy - and particularly if it's someone you at least know in passing.. the "oh my god she's hurt ! " reaction would probably be more likely .. and again this is NOT an attempt to chew you out or pick on you ! Basically the established "dynamic" among the current group of players is to pay really close attention to what's happening in FG then try to think "what would my PC do if this was happening in real life" and react appropriately.. it takes some doing and effort in FG, to note everything going on (particularly given there's a LOT going on all at once ! ) and to take it all in without missing those details.. but you get used to it after a while and you'll find you not only make the game more fun for everyone else but you'll have a lot more fun as well I like how you paid attention to the other player's actions and tried to comment on them but some advice on how this particular group of players runs - remember my warnings about running a character with a subtle personality? ... try to make your PC's actions as bold and dramatic as possible.. most players tend to hesitate to do this , out of embarrassment or feeling uncomfortable I think.. a natural reaction but try to overcome it
.. instead of going for what's most reasonable go for whatever will most add to the drama of the moment... for example when I made the comment in FG that " Forman sees Serinda bleeding to death" and you typed :Forman: I have a healers kit and the skill to use it if you need
That's good... even better would be typing something like
" By the ancestor spirits ! " Forman whips out his healer's kit and starts bandaging an area that an arrow came out of. " They REALLY shot you up full of holes didn't they?" says Forman.. " Never fear... every challenge you overcome makes you that much stronger ! "
As a player you know the other players are probably going to hit Serinda with some sort of cure spell so it's not the most pragmatic/practical solution to the problem
.. but again you're playing up the drama of the moment which makes it more than worth it - makes the game fun for you, fun for everyone and nets you RP points Also... try to pay close attention to the PC's behavior and comment on it - subtle comments on their behavior are likely to be ignored.. not that the player is INTENTIONALLY ignoring you. .. it's more along the lines that there's so much going on in an FG game session the player might completely miss what you're saying.. when you interact with a PC, again, try to be as bold and dramatic as possible.. I like the interaction you have going with Draug the werewolf here when he's in his wolf form acting all friendly dog-like
Forman: Walks over, kneels down and rubs Draugs head.
Draug pants heavily wagging his tail "I like this newcomer" he thought "I should try to learn his name though.
But I would run even further with that.. don't stop at just patting his head, think about what dog owners normally do with their dog.. make comments about how you're going to find him a nice bone when you kill something huge, toss food in the air for him to catch, roll around with him on the ground play-wrestling as you'd do with a dog, say "Good boy ! " encouragingly and scratch him on the ears when he succeeds at something (in game terms if Draug passes a skill check - say Survival for example - or spots something ) , after you kill an opponent (if you feel this is something Forman would do - and given he ripped the head off a mule I'm guessing he would
) tear bits of flesh off the dead body and toss it to Draug saying " Here you go boy ! That's a nice choice bit , thick and juicy ! " Draug already regards you as a good buddy so I'd play that up as much as possible , look for opportunities to be nice to Draug then act on it .. And of course look for opportunities to interact with the other PC's do and do it in a BOLD fashion, again bold is the key here
.... I liked your interaction with Rin below :Forman: Well Rin you look like someone plucked you
Forman: "Plucked" i should say
Rin: "Nah, partially roasted
Forman: you do smell delish
Rin: "Wel you can eat me later if you want but that would be breaking your vow."
(and yes that was a sexual joke on Rin's part, Rin's humor tends to be very subtle sometimes even I miss it
) ... That was a great start.. I'd go further with it .. remember bold... keep teasing him about it ! Maybe something like" You know, I know a wonderful recipe for poultry.. first you put the bird in water and spices, let it soak for a while to really absorb that flavor.. then you fry him over an open fire and eat him right away ! "
(possibly wait for Rin's reaction then )
Norman gives Rin a friendly poke in the side, still joking. " Wait wait I know another one ! You cut the bird into pieces and fry him up with egg and pork.. that way you have the flavor of two meats at once ! And the yolk adds it's own distinctive flavor ! "
And basically go on in this vein for a while until and if you piss Rin off - basically busting his balls
... The exchange between Forman and Draug was great !
Pretty much what anyone's reaction would be if a shape changing werewolf told that person that he was "scary" Forman: I agree, "all things in moderation"
Zane: You know what they say, alcohol, the cause of and solution to all of life's problem.
Forman: "including moderation"
Dwarves shout angrily as Draug , in hybrid form, pees on the side of the cabin.. it's beginning to look like a good time to leave..
Rin: "No but we make them seem smaller. Get drunk enough and you may see fit to freeze both of their groins. That would defiantly take some of their fight away."
Draug: "Whoah monk..... you scare me" says draug as his "tender bits continue to urinate"
Forman: "I scare you!!?"
I liked how Forman hinted at his philosophy and way of life here - don't run away from that dragon it's a challenge ! Face that challenge head on !
Forman: Well it was Red, about the size of a house and had wings. Pretty much the embobyment of most childhood tales, in the flesh
Forman: How do we kill it
Zane: We kill it by running from it
Forman: You cant kill anything by running
I would run with that , make it REALLY obvious - to the point of corniness even
- that Forman regards everything as a challenge and let people know JUST how happy Forman is when he overcomes it ! If Forman beats an opponent maybe a reaction likeForman gives out a WHOOP of victory .... " YES ! YES ! " clenching his fist in the air Forman proceeds to run in circles around the others at an insanely fast rate. Forman stops and punches (insert name of PC here) in the shoulder .. " Wasn't that GREAT ! ? ! We almost died - I LOVE it when that happens ! "
Or if a person gets badly injured ... now that Forman has gotten to know the PC's a bit better.. once they're tended to and it's obvious they're going to live.
" Wasn't that GREAT ! ? ! " Forman grips (insert name of PC here) by the shoulder and looks him/her in the eyes excitedly.. " You almost DIED ! But you didn't ! You beat it ! Can't you feel it ? The thrill of victory singing through your veins ? "
Get that almost manic vibe going that you seemed to be suggesting that Forman has in your description of his personality
.... Or other examples.. if the group is suggesting you run from a foe have Forman start complaining" How are you going to better yourself like that? How are you going to test yourself to the full extent of your abilities ? How can you go through life like that ? Doesn't really seem like you're LIVING "
Yes , yes I know the rational reaction on Forman's part might be "Not everyone thinks like me " .. but again the end result is a PC who's so subtle that he sort of gets lost in the crowd... Draug belongs to another player who is also new but the player in question is doing great in the RP scheme of things - and part of the reason for that is he has an advantage
.. dogs and wolves are by nature extreme - they jump up on you and put their paws on you and lick your face, they pee and poo everywhere, they whine and hide their face if you hurt their feelings..... and even when he's talking Draug has that whole barbarian-werewolf "in your face" kind of attitude.... again , try to play up the drama of the moment - go not for the subtle approach but rather the sort of thing that brings the character to life even if it's not the most REASONABLE reaction at the time ... I liked Forman's interplay with the hill dwarf leader Stenkast when the hill dwarf leader started pissing Forman off with his whole non-involvement policy
Forman: Forman shouts again "From this time onward Bards will sing of Stenkast, the dwarf who would not get involved"
Forman: Forman yell's "O' how they will sing, of Stenkast the Hill dwarf who could not be bothered. His heroic deads where few and far between
Forman: Forman sings" They will sing of Stenkast who sat comfortable by his fire."
Forman: "who let the world pass him by"
Forman: "Listen to me, and hear what I say!!!"
Forman: "The Gods have returned, do you think that have nothing to do whith what is going on here!!!"
stenkast the dwarf: " NOOOO " roars the stubborn STenkast " And now I KNOW you're lying ! The old gods would have come to dwarves first not humans ! "
Forman: Perhaps they did and you did not heade their call!!!
One thing to bear in mind though... the natural reaction for a player is to find it easier to RP with an NPC than a fellow PC - not sure why , maybe because you're not sure how your fellow player will react - if that's the case don't worry about it
... the players here all know I encourage extreme RP'ing ... And again I can't emphasize this enough, DON'T assume all of the above is meant to be me picking on you, saying you're not good enough et cetera.. I wouldn't be spending all this effort typing all of this if I didn't think you were a great player to begin with
.. your forum posts are awesome .. now it's just a matter of bringing that same sort of energy to FG game sessions .. RIN
2400 XP - defeating four ten foot tall "merged" draconians in combat
200 XP - healing the leader of the hill dwarves through miraculous means (cure wounds spell) and proving that the gods have in fact returned to them ..
85 XP for good role playing
192 Role Playing (RP) points x 2 for no RP points awarded last FG game session equals 384 RP points
I thought Rin was a bit more quiet than normaly this FG game session, but you mentioned Rin gets quiet when new players are involved so the spotlight shines on them for a while , very kind of you
... having said that I like how Rin, as usual, pays attention to his fellow PC's and NPC's alike ... for example he was the first one to check up on Serinda , noticing all the arrows sticking out of her after the draconians who attacked you high up on the cliffs made her their primary target.Rin looks around seeing if any one left to fight, realizing that no is left he stops singing.
Rin then walks over to Serinda and kneels down. 'So do you want to pull them out or should I?"
Zane walks over and takes a loot at Serinda's wounds. "The best i can do at this moment is dress them, I don't know if I have anything at will heal as well as Rin."
Serinda: "I'll do it..."
Serinda takes a hold of one of the arrows, and pulls on it slightly before whimpering
Serinda: "Alright.... maybe not..."
Zane: Rin, when I do what I am about to do, yank. Ready?
Rin nods and grabs hold what arrows he can.
Zane: Sorry ahead of time Serinda..
Zane slaps Serinda across the face as Rin pulls.
Serinda: "There really should be a better way.... HEY!! OWWWW!"
Serinda wipes at her eyes, before covering her bleeding wounds
Serinda: "Where'd you learn medicine, amongst goblins??"
Zane: Well.. there was this one time in Hylo.. Nevermind. Probably not the greatest of stories..
I like the singing and comedy improv - the colorful insults to the leader of the hill dwarves, Stenkast, in an effort to "speak his lingo" was inspired and downright hilarious
Rin looks around as he continues to sing adding the line "I'm as useless as Tani on guard duty." to his song.
Serinda: "I could think of some way for you to be useful..."
Serinda adds while holding one of the painful arrow wounds
Ithildraug: "Who Tani Rin!?"
Rin (Dwarven): Now look here you little stump of a man whose beard should be inches longer, we have 1500 free'd slaves looking for refuge and food. Now are we going to dicuss this over a flagon or shal\l we do it over insults?"
Rin nods to the dwarf. "I thank you for our kindess good Dwarf. May your ale always be strong, your beard be long and your steel be sharp. "
Rin (dwarven): "Well for one I'd like to know how that chair feels looks like it'sd be a real pain in your backside. Beyond that though, I wanted to talk about a little request we have."
" Same thing you're asking for gods-damn babysitters.. you're getting pretty pushy human, you're starting to piss me off " STenkast growls pointing a finger at Forman
Rin (Dwarven): "In otherwords, the Mountain dwarves are beardless dressmakers, who don't have the gullet to stomach a real drink or the gruuff to throw a real insult."
loved how you and Zane kept busy while Draug and Forman kept at the stubborn hill dwarves until they finally agreed to send a guide with you guys - you filled what could have been a boring gap for you with great RP'ing (and of course you got RP points for it
) .. loved the reference to Otik's ale as well - again keeping NPC's in the mix by making references to them, good stuff Rin looks to the dwarves. "You got a place I can get a drink while you knocka bit fo snese into him. I haven't had a good al for a few days now?"
Zane: Hey Rin! You find any ale?
Forman: Forman assumes the Lotas postion and says loudly "Stenkast, the dwarf who refuese to get involved!!!"
" an ambassador huh? I"ll ask the other dwarves, see if there's an ambassador.. ambassador.. when you put it that way.. doesn't sound so bad " Says Stenkast thoughtfully " People actually LISTENING to us for a change .. "
Rin: "Yeah, it's pretty good too I'm gonna see if they'll part wiht a few barrles for some stuff I repossesed.
Zane: You're right Rin.. this stuff is pretty good. The stuff from the last home is better though
Rin: "I don't know I like them both. This one is kinda sweet, Otiks has it's own flavor."
Zane: Yeah.. I am getting that as well.. Maybe if we mixed the two..
Rin: "Oh if we mixed the two then added some frenzy water. That would be a helluva drink."
Zane nods, taking another few sips. "There was this ale that I had from a farmer named Galen. That was one hell of a brew. Two glasses knocked a dwarf on his ass."
Rin: "Oh really I'd love to get my hands on that... You know i can add some of the flavor from otik's ale to this so we can see."
Zane: As far as Galen's brew, I have no idea if the man is still alive. It's been about 6 years.
Zane clinks his tankard with Rin's
Zane takes a few sips, swishes it in his mouth and swallows. Then the rest of the tankard follows.
Rin: "Might be even better wiht the real deal... Sadly I don't know if Otik is still alive either."
Zane: Going to be needing a refill here. This stiff is far too smoothi going down
Rin nods as the ale bubbles agian. "You know I can even make water taste like this."
Zane looks at Rin, "What's the point if there is no alcohol?"
And as always Rin's sense of humor is alive and well , like his comment to Forman (though I admit I didn't get the joke to Forman until reading it the second time when I was reviewing the chat logs- Rin's humor can be subtle sometimes
) Forman: Well Rin you look like someone plucked you
Forman: "Plucked" i should say
Rin: "Nah, partially roasted
Forman: you do smell delish
Rin: "Wel you can eat me later if you want but that would be breaking your vow."
Rin: "Huh never had a real mule skin coat, I wonder if I could get a rug too."
Ithildraug laps up some donkey blood not as good as Sangrias blood but it will do
Rin struts and pivots like he's displaying high fashion. "So am I sexy?"
Campaign saved.
Ithildraug howls and hoots in agreement
Rin: "Damn let him get some ale first, I mean he was just unconcious.... Oh by the way what would you take for a barrel or two fo that ale?"
Sure enough Rin's bird shows up, circles a few times overhead, then perches on Rin's shoulder.. " Miss me ? "
Rin: "Yeah I was getting hungry."
" Yeah like you'd eat me " scoffs Tani...
Ithildraug licks his lips eyeing Tani ever so keenly
Dungeon Master: By now the refugees are getting close to area 25 on the map...
Tani yelps and hides behind Rin glaring at Draug " Piss off wolf ! "
Rin opens his beak and turns his head to Tani before licking her. "Yeah your right, your not spiced enough."
Ithildraug wimpers and hides his face under his paws
This one in particular makes me laugh out loud every time I read it
Serinda: "Do you have anything that once belonged to the mountain dwarves? Perhaps an old heirloom?"
Stenkast looks at Serinda .. then starts laughing out loud.. " You heard what I told you already girl? We shed each others blood centuries ago we hill dwarves and the mountain dwarves... why the hell would we keep mountain dwarf garbage? Damn elves don't have half a brain in their head" mutters STenkast.
Serinda: "Sometimes people retain throphies from their fallen enemies.... It isn't uncommon. There may also have been useful items that may have originally been made by the mountain dwarves, but came into your possession, spoils of war
Rin: "Come on Serinda stop asking the Dwarves for their stuff. We need to start heading out."
Draug snickers at serinda
SERINDA
2400 XP - defeating four ten foot tall "merged" draconians in combat
300 XP - trying to keep the peace with the hill dwarves, going so far as to imprison Forman in a resilient sphere - if you're willing to take on a fellow PC in order to protect an NPC that's pretty good RP'ing
90 XP for good role playing
183 RP points x2 for no RP points awarded last FG game session equals 366 RP
Love the sense of sarcasm and "why me " Serinda has going here
Zane: You ok over there Serinda? Looked like a bad hit?
Serinda: "No.. This is where I always keep my arrows.... Sticking out of me.."
Zane getting annoyed with the dragon's love of tormenting women,Zane takes another pair of quick shots at the same draconian that shot at Serinda after moving closer to the others.
" GAAAHH ! " roars the draconian nearest to Draug as Zane's arrow sinks deep into the things' arm..
Zane: Let's hope they will shoot at me instead of you, Serinda. Gave them plenty of reason to
Rin looks around as he continues to sing adding the line "I'm as useless as Tani on guard duty." to his song.
Serinda: "I could think of some way for you to be useful..."
Serinda adds while holding one of the painful arrow wounds
Ithildraug: "Who Tani Rin!?"
And her reactions to being hurt and Zane and Rin's first aid attempts - VERY well RP'ed, loved the goblin remark !
Rin looks around seeing if any one left to fight, realizing that no is left he stops singing.
Rin then walks over to Serinda and kneels down. 'So do you want to pull them out or should I?"
Zane walks over and takes a loot at Serinda's wounds. "The best i can do at this moment is dress them, I don't know if I have anything at will heal as well as Rin."
Serinda: "I'll do it..."
Serinda takes a hold of one of the arrows, and pulls on it slightly before whimpering
Serinda: "Alright.... maybe not..."
Zane: Rin, when I do what I am about to do, yank. Ready?
Rin nods and grabs hold what arrows he can.
Zane: Sorry ahead of time Serinda..
Zane slaps Serinda across the face as Rin pulls.
Serinda: "There really should be a better way.... HEY!! OWWWW!"
Serinda wipes at her eyes, before covering her bleeding wounds
Serinda: "Where'd you learn medicine, amongst goblins??"
Zane: Well.. there was this one time in Hylo.. Nevermind. Probably not the greatest of stories..
Love how you're keeping that fussy dainty portion of her personality alive and well
Ithildraug trys to warm Serinda up by breathing hot wolf breath on her
Zane sees Serinda shiver and drops his pack and starts to dig through it. Finding what he was looking for, he passes a old, worn blanket to her. "It keeps me warm.. Should do the same for you.."
Serinda takes the cloak, sniffs it, and frowns, but decides not to complain at this point, she'll cast a spell to clear it's scent later on!
Love the reference to past history of the world of Krynn here and mentioning that elves and dwarves were in fact once allies - WONDERFUL that you can work this into an FG game session
(discussion with hill dwarf leader Stenkast) Serinda: "He isn't the
only one who took the time and effort to learn your langauge. There was once a time when our races were allies." She says also in Dwarven
And the part about suggesting to Stenkast that the dwarf guide would be a representative of the hill dwarves rather than a babysitter - VERY nice, very smart too
" Get him OUT of here ! " roars Stenkast..
Serinda: "We will, as soon as he calms down.. He's a human, so it may take a while.."
Serinda: "I understand you have no desire to babysit us... But how do you feel about sending an Ambassador, our group has representatives of nearly every great nation, Silvanesti, Qualinesti, humans, dragons even. We would be honored to have someone speak for the dwarves"
And I liked the whole chat with Zane here and how she held on to her conservative Serinda principles.. me drink alcohol? What are you, crazy ? I'm better than that ! Matter of fact I'm better than all of you to begin with - I have STANDARDS !
Zane puts the ale he is carrying down and walks out of the hut with a tankard. Looking around, he sees Serinda by the water. Walking over, Zane hands her his tankard. "You look like you need this."
Serinda: "I don't drink..."
Zane: You sure? After what happened in there?
Serinda: "Just waiting for the right time to go back home..."
Zane: I won't tell anyone..
Zane rolls his eyes, "Yep. Glad I am only part human."
Zane: Then again that does make me part dragon and with everything that is going on now, I don't know if that is a good thing..
Serinda: "I don't know why I'm spending all this energy trying to save this race.. They don't seem to care themselves.."
Zane points to the ale, "You sure you don't want a little bit, just to deal with them?"
Serinda: "No thanks.."
Zane: May make the trip better
Zane looks at the screaming shack and then back at the ale. "You sure? Rin was able to change it to a different flavor.."
Serinda: "I don't like any alcohol..."
Zane: Make it into water then.
Serinda: "I can just drink water then..."
Serinda: "We don't solve our problems by drinking..."
Zane: You know what they say, alcohol, the cause of and solution to all of life's problem.
ZANE
2400 XP - defeating four ten foot tall "merged" draconians in combat
150 XP - trying to keep the peace with the hill dwarves when Forman and Draug decided to confront them
231 XP for good role playing x2 for no RP awarded last FG game session equals 462 RP points
Zane continues to do a fantastic job of noting the actions of NPC's and PC's alike and replying to them - Zane particularly shines at noticing what other PC's are doing and reacting to it, which is really awesome - it's that kind of thing that makes FG game sessions all the more fun for other players, and the DM as well
... examples of this include his chivalric attitude towards Serinda and just looking out for her in general (perhaps mindful of Serinda's recent personal loss)Zane: You ok over there Serinda? Looked like a bad hit?
Serinda: "No.. This is where I always keep my arrows.... Sticking out of me.."
Zane getting annoyed with the dragon's love of tormenting women,Zane takes another pair of quick shots at the same draconian that shot at Serinda after moving closer to the others.
" GAAAHH ! " roars the draconian nearest to Draug as Zane's arrow sinks deep into the things' arm..
Zane: Let's hope they will shoot at me instead of you, Serinda. Gave them plenty of reason to
Serinda pushes herself up out of the cold and shivers
Ithildraug trys to warm Serinda up by breathing hot wolf breath on her
Zane sees Serinda shiver and drops his pack and starts to dig through it. Finding what he was looking for, he passes a old, worn blanket to her. "It keeps me warm.. Should do the same for you.."
Serinda takes the cloak, sniffs it, and frowns, but decides not to complain at this point, she'll cast a spell to clear it's scent later on!
Zane notices Rin and Serinda both shivering from the cold and walks up next to each one, touching their shoulders. ((Cast Endure Elements))
Campaign saved.
Serinda: "hhmm..."
Serinda waves her arm through the air and then takes off the cloak, noting it's still not cold, so she hands it back to Zane
Serinda: "Thanks.. For both"
Rin: "Ahh.... I'm warm now... Oh how I wihs Branchala would give me a restore feathers spell."
Their discomfort from the cold (Serinda and Rin's) immediately lessens at Zane's touch... a practicle miracle.. DRaug hears Zane mentions Habbakuk's name as Zane prays briefly to the god before touching Sernida and Rin ...
Zane nods to both and takes the blanket back and stuffs it back in his bag.
Zane puts the ale he is carrying down and walks out of the hut with a tankard. Looking around, he sees Serinda by the water. Walking over, Zane hands her his tankard. "You look like you need this."
Serinda: "I don't drink..."
Zane: You sure? After what happened in there?
Serinda: "Just waiting for the right time to go back home..."
Zane: I won't tell anyone..
Zane rolls his eyes, "Yep. Glad I am only part human."
Zane: Then again that does make me part dragon and with everything that is going on now, I don't know if that is a good thing..
Serinda: "I don't know why I'm spending all this energy trying to save this race.. They don't seem to care themselves.."
Zane points to the ale, "You sure you don't want a little bit, just to deal with them?"
Serinda: "No thanks.."
Zane: May make the trip better
Zane looks at the screaming shack and then back at the ale. "You sure? Rin was able to change it to a different flavor.."
Serinda: "I don't like any alcohol..."
Zane: Make it into water then.
Serinda: "I can just drink water then..."
Serinda: "We don't solve our problems by drinking..."
Zane: You know what they say, alcohol, the cause of and solution to all of life's problem.
.... and the bit about slapping Serinda to distract her from her pain - marvelous RP'ing
... and love how you keep working the forum RP threads into the FG game sessions (the reference to the kender home Hylo below for example) Rin looks around seeing if any one left to fight, realizing that no is left he stops singing.
Rin then walks over to Serinda and kneels down. 'So do you want to pull them out or should I?"
Zane walks over and takes a loot at Serinda's wounds. "The best i can do at this moment is dress them, I don't know if I have anything at will heal as well as Rin."
Serinda: "I'll do it..."
Serinda takes a hold of one of the arrows, and pulls on it slightly before whimpering
Serinda: "Alright.... maybe not..."
Zane: Rin, when I do what I am about to do, yank. Ready?
Rin nods and grabs hold what arrows he can.
Zane: Sorry ahead of time Serinda..
Zane slaps Serinda across the face as Rin pulls.
Serinda: "There really should be a better way.... HEY!! OWWWW!"
Serinda wipes at her eyes, before covering her bleeding wounds
Serinda: "Where'd you learn medicine, amongst goblins??"
Zane: Well.. there was this one time in Hylo.. Nevermind. Probably not the greatest of stories..
Also love how Zane make the interaction with other PC's humorous
Ithildraug waves frantically at forman from the opposite cliff
Zane looks at the exchange of the new comer and the Draug. Zane shouts, "Hey Wolfie, Kill the bad guy first then wave!"
Ithildraug: "Sorry I to polite I know!: yells Draug with a smile Zane probablly can't see
Forman: Forman waves back
Forman: That mule bit me under the armpit
The mule screams as Forman slaughters it leaving all sorts of tasty entrails for Draug (and Rin if he likes)... soon Rin is outfited in a still warm, steaming, stinky mule suit of fur...
Blahness98 (Zane): wow...
Campaign saved.
Blahness98 (Zane): afk
Zane does find LARGE arrows to suit the giant longbows the 10 foot tall draconians had..too big for his longbow unfortunately..
Forman: Forman twists the Mule (whos name was Billie) clean off
Forman: (head)
Serinda: "That's just.."
Ithildraug watches in amazement where was this guy last night maybe he could have eaten dragon
Serinda sighs and shakes her head, then carries on by herself to get away from the murderous humans, dragons and carrion eating birds..
Forman: Forman notcies Serinda and walks over tio say "Hello"
Zane: And you think I am disgusting. That was just plain awful. Those animals didn't need to die.
A loud popping sound can be heard as DRaug dislocates the dwarf's shoulder ... the other dwarves holler, DRaug beats them into unconsciousness... there's about 6 rounds left of combat before Serinda's spell expires...
Draug: "Zane! Rin! Dwarf need Aide!"
Forman: Foram yells,"Hey Rin, we needa in here for a sec plz"
Zane: Was that Dwarf needs Ale?
Zane: What else is new..
Draug: "Dwarf need Aides!"
Rin: "I think so that or they accidently tore his tender bit's off."
Draug: "Rin give Dwarf Aides!"
Serinda get's up and heads out of the cottage
Forman: Draug pulled his shoulder out of socket.
Draug: "It make big pop bahahahha"
Rin: "So was it Ale the need..... Oh."
Zane: Who needed Ale?
Rin looks around at the scene. "Wow
Zane: I think they will need ale after this now..
Serinda: "What do you mean how do you know? I'm an Elf, A silvanesti"
Forman: YOu are in a unique position to help
Draug begins to raise his leg against the Dwarf
Zane swats at Draug, "Not now."
Forman: he likes you!!!
" Well I don't like him " snarls the dwarf
Zane looks a little shocked and pulls Draug away. "Bad dog. You know better."
Draug runs behind Forman he seems to be the only one on his side today
Forman: Walks over, kneels down and rubs Draugs head.
Zane (quietly): It is true.. you are smart as a human.
Draug pants heavily wagging his tail "I like this newcomer" he thought "I should try to learn his name though.
Zane gets an idea and pulls out one of the bits of meat he has for Harroc and holds it in his hand. "Ok boy.. can you roll over?"
Draug looks a little annoyed with Zane but rolls over regardless commiting to his roll
Zane laughs a little. "Can you sit pretty?"
Draug Draug starting to enjoy the attention sits on his bottom and pretends to talk by snapping his jaws open and shut
Zane tosses the meat in the air and says "Catch."
Also love your sense of improv - spontaneously adopting lines from monty python to fit the D&D mythos and coming up with an RP reason just like that why Zane missed his survival skill roll when the dice decided to be evil - again awesome stuff
Zane (Draconic): I fart in your general direction you Drak bastard! Your mother was a kobold and your father smelt of eldeberries
Zane watches Draug follow the tracks he missed, "Sorry.. My mind is still on Laurana.."
Zane: I'll try to keep my game face on
Ithildraug gives a quick bark wagging his tale showing Zane its understandable to have your mind preocupied with a woman like that
Rin: "It's alright I'm not exactly all here either, worried about my mother."
Also loved how you and Rin kept busy while Draug and Forman kept at the stubborn hill dwarves until they finally agreed to send a guide with you guys - you filled what could have been a boring gap for you with great RP'ing (and of course you got RP points for it
) .. loved the reference to Galen again too - spontaneous thinking on your feet kind of RP'ing, great stuff Rin looks to the dwarves. "You got a place I can get a drink while you knocka bit fo snese into him. I haven't had a good al for a few days now?"
Zane: Hey Rin! You find any ale?
Forman: Forman assumes the Lotas postion and says loudly "Stenkast, the dwarf who refuese to get involved!!!"
" an ambassador huh? I"ll ask the other dwarves, see if there's an ambassador.. ambassador.. when you put it that way.. doesn't sound so bad " Says Stenkast thoughtfully " People actually LISTENING to us for a change .. "
Rin: "Yeah, it's pretty good too I'm gonna see if they'll part wiht a few barrles for some stuff I repossesed.
Zane: You're right Rin.. this stuff is pretty good. The stuff from the last home is better though
Rin: "I don't know I like them both. This one is kinda sweet, Otiks has it's own flavor."
Zane: Yeah.. I am getting that as well.. Maybe if we mixed the two..
Rin: "Oh if we mixed the two then added some frenzy water. That would be a helluva drink."
Zane nods, taking another few sips. "There was this ale that I had from a farmer named Galen. That was one hell of a brew. Two glasses knocked a dwarf on his ass."
Rin: "Oh really I'd love to get my hands on that... You know i can add some of the flavor from otik's ale to this so we can see."
Zane: As far as Galen's brew, I have no idea if the man is still alive. It's been about 6 years.
Zane clinks his tankard with Rin's
Zane takes a few sips, swishes it in his mouth and swallows. Then the rest of the tankard follows.
Rin: "Might be even better wiht the real deal... Sadly I don't know if Otik is still alive either."
Zane: Going to be needing a refill here. This stiff is far too smoothi going down
Rin nods as the ale bubbles agian. "You know I can even make water taste like this."
Zane looks at Rin, "What's the point if there is no alcohol?"