Post by Andre on Jul 30, 2011 7:39:33 GMT -5
Usual apologies for posting XP and role playing (RP) points late here folks - for those of you new to my approach, I go through every single line of dialogue in the chat log and award RP points for every instance of good RP'ing - there's a lot of good instances so it takes me a while to go through and tally them up all up, which as far as I'm concerned is a good thing (that there's so much RP'ing going on in the first place ! )
... scroll down to the part with your name in bold letters to read your XP and RP as well as my commentary on your character that past FG game session - if you decide to read this entire thread instead you're in for a LONG read 
so feel free to read only the part that applies to you 
... DRAUG
800 XP - taking on Tadhg the troll wizard in combat
200 XP - deciding to head for Skullcap mountain (to find the relic within that's supposed to lead you to the dwarven kingdom of Thorbardin, hopefully a safe place for the refugees)
100 XP - good role playing
279 RP (role playing) points
As always Draug's RP'ing kicks ass keep it up !
I like how you detail his in-game behavior as far as when he changes shape and so forth :Draug changes shape in an aura of emaculate blue light
Draug shifts back into a wolf and runs down the giants arm
And when the stone giant who's deathly afraid of magic ran away when Tadhg the troll wizard showed up demanding Rin surrender got a huge laugh out of this comment - again nicely done !
Draug: "Awww man our ride run way" draug says solomly
And his interactions with both PC's and NPC's alike continue to be hilarious, loved the interaction between him and the grouchy dwarf guide Grist Coppertoes - makes the game highly entertaining for me
Grist the dwarf guide : " So are we moving or camping for the night ? Make a decision ! "
Grist angrily pokes Draug's furry side .. he still doesn't seem too fond of the werewolf..
Draug changes shape in an aura of emaculate blue light
Draug: "Don not poke me short man! You sore from Draug beatdown short man?"
" You CHEAT wolf .. too much gods-damn fat under your hide for us to injure you no doubt " Grist shouts angrily then starts poking Zane " Are we going to get going ? We can still get a good 3 hours of travel in ! "
Draug: "Let move. Draug no fat Draug have big bone! Look who talk short man "
Draug draug pokes Grists nose and taps his head "There there short man no nothing wrong with gettin the pleasure from the men ask rin"
I also love how you take every opportunity you can to RP with the other PC's - that's exactly what I'm looking for in a player, makes the FG game sessions that much more fun for everyone involved
.. the ice bitch comment in particular was hilarious ! Rin: "Hey Zane you still have the disks?"
Serinda can't help herself, it came out before she thought about it.
Serinda can't imagine how anyone couldn't bother to learn such a most simple forms of communication, not like it's a hard langauge, probably the simplest, doesn't even have the grace of the elven langauge.
Draug: "Princess so rude you are."
Forman: Not to worry my new friend now that the old gods are back in the world new clerics will soon walk the land in number, they will bring the words of the gods to those who cannot read thier writings of old.
" No we don't, no need to be rude about it " Fliara says a bit defensively glaring down at Serinda .. " For such a pretty little thing you're short on manners "
Draug: "No worry Fliara she had bad rep being nice, She called Ice bitch sometime."
Draug: "RIN!" Draug yells "You OK?"
Draug: "You look a lil tied up"
Rin: "I'm fine I just kinda got roped into visiting camp.
Draug: "Wooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh...... When you get here Princess?"
Serinda: "I got here a few seconds ago.."
Draug: "Impressive Princess. Show me how you do that one night yes?"
Dungeon Master: And whee flavor text (see text bs that just popped up
) Rin: "Well draug I'm sure she would but you have to be female to do that... I mean I could if I wanted to."
Serinda: "I doubt you'd be able to master it. At least not without years of intense careful study.."
Forman.. Fliara then looks at Zane in concern... " An ARMY ? ! ? "
Forman: Yes, and mayhaps Dragons as well
Zane: Yes.. a large one.. Bunch of dragon men are in it as well. Maybe a few dragons like the guy with the tattoos said.
Draug Draug uses his snout to point in the direction behind them
Serinda: "An army of Draconians... They're looking to conquer all of the world in the name of their dark goddess.."
Draug stands up on his hind legs with bows in the air growling imitating dragon sound
Zane: Well, then we should get dressed.. It's going to be another long day I think.."
Zane goes back into the tent.
Draug: "Much more nice in Nude Draug always say"
Rin: "Nah you cna come out as your are I don't mind."
Rin: "I mean after all I walk around wiht out pants all the time."
Draug: "Draug most time no where nothing feel free when it all hang loose"
Zane exits the tent fully dressed, fighting off the arms of what appear to be Laurana. "Shall we get moving?"
And awesome memory dude ! Loved your comment here :
Draug watches as the birdman the one person who he was suposed to protect may be taken away (howls in agony later on as Rin vanishes along with the troll wizard and Serinda)
when Rin is about to be taken away by Tadhg the troll wizard - you remembered that Astra, one of the gods the wild elves worship, sent you to protect Rin even though that was a couple of FG game sessions ago and worked it into this FG game session, great stuff ! And good RP'ing to boot ! It's easy to forget stuff like that a few game sessions later given all the things going on at once in a typical FG game session, lots to keep track of - the fact that you remember it is awesome !
RIN
1200 XP - surrendering to Tadhg the troll wizard in combat
200 XP - choosing to try to fight (in your head) the rope monster Loopy from appearing to rescue you from Tadhg the troll wizard
200 XP - deciding to head for Skullcap mountain (to find the relic within that's supposed to lead you to the dwarven kingdom of Thorbardin, hopefully a safe place for the refugees)
100 XP - good role playing
279 RP (role playing) points
As an FYI you got bonus XP and lots of bonus RP points for voluntarily surrendering to Tadhg the troll wizard and trying to mentally fight "loopy the rope monster" off when he was manifesting himself to try and rescue you
... As usual the phenomenal job of RP'ing that I normally see from you
... Love the interplay between Rin and Serinda here, you two have this whole comedic patter thing going on that's very enjoyable to watch Rin: "So what's the plan?"
Serinda: "I was under the impression you had the plan... it was your idea to start this avalanche..."
Rin steps out of his dome and it ceases to exsist. "Well I was just wondering if you had any other ones before we do this."
Serinda: "I may be able to throw some tactically placed balls of fire..."
Serinda: "Or turn into an elephant... and stomp around..."
Rin: "No Ice are you melting my frost queen?"
Serinda: "I don't think ice will help us with starting an avalanche..."
Rin gives a bit of a chuckle and looks around before he clears his throat and lets out a very large yell at a nearby mountian.
Rin walks up to Serinda and start to speak in Dwarven. "So Serinda I have this idea. What if I were to cut your arm and clsoe it up. Might make us seem less crazy which might help if the armies come looking for us."
Serinda: "What's wrong with your own arm?..."
You know it wouldn't be Rin if he didn't throw a pun in there at least once per FG game session like this one
(loopy the rope monster completes his journey and drags Rin back to camp with the other PC's then falls apart)
Draug: "RIN!" Draug yells "You OK?"
Draug: "You look a lil tied up"
Rin: "I'm fine I just kinda got roped into visiting camp.
And as usual your ability to improv right away at a given moment continues to be great like giving the rope monster a name, loopy - even better is your usual awesome attention to detail like remembering how Rin dies (many decades from now when the campaign is officially over btw or at least that's one timeline
) and working it into the FG game sessions even though the FG game session it was mentioned in was ages ago - great stuff .. also loved how you lectured the PC's for attacking Tadhg, totally great job of separating Rin the PC from darkalloy the player - there are players out there who would be tempted to go ahead and attack the troll wizard trying to capture their PC and not bother to tell the other PC's " Hey knock it off" but you're not one of them, very admirable ! Also liked the reference to the previous FG game session you worked in as far as the whole poop-in-the-dwarf's beard thing .. Rin: "So.... if you keep showing up I need to give you a name. Hmm.... Loopy? Anyway, loopy thank you for saving me but I kinda need to get back to what I was doing. You know saving the world and all.... Be great if you'd help and not try to do what you did last time."
" You have sex and steel pieces later , must LIVE first" Loopy says firmly as he continues to drag Rin along...
Rin: "I already know how I'm going to die and it's not here and if you kill them while I wait far away I won't die. See dilemma solved."
Rin: "That's means no shttingin infront of himm and no trying to melt, butn or punch him got it?"
Forman: You ok with this Bird man?
Rin feels something familiar stirring at the edge of his consciousness.. something he experienced not too long ago...
Rin nods. "Waht the worst that can happen I mena they won't have a dragon so I'm not gonna die."
As usual Rin's tongue in cheek humor is irreverent and humorous - a bit subtle sometimes even I have a hard time picking up on it sometimes - maybe in the first example below follow this up with a bawdy wink at Draug or something to get your point across ? (in other words in FG game sessions you might find it necessary to hit me the DM and fellow players on the head with the written "hammer" for it to sink in
) .. that's only sometimes though most of the time I think we all know exactly what Rin is talking about .. (when Serinda appears in thin air , teleport spell)
Draug: "Impressive Princess. Show me how you do that one night yes?"
Dungeon Master: And whee flavor text (see text bs that just popped up
) Rin: "Well draug I'm sure she would but you have to be female to do that... I mean I could if I wanted to."
Christania appears seemingly out of nowhere - a trick of hers , she's good at hiding in the background .. and is abruptly in Rin's arms,shoving her tongue down his beak ...
Forman: Forman says, "Yeah, to action on the March we go!!!"
Rin: "That answers that....MMMMM!"
" Miss me ? " Christania asks impishly in Rin's arms.. " Bring me back an engagement ring ? "
Zane: Well, then we should get dressed.. It's going to be another long day I think.."
Zane goes back into the tent.
Draug: "Much more nice in Nude Draug always say"
Rin: "Nah you cna come out as your are I don't mind."
Rin: "I mean after all I walk around wiht out pants all the time."
Draug: "Draug most time no where nothing feel free when it all hang loose"
Zane exits the tent fully dressed, fighting off the arms of what appear to be Laurana. "Shall we get moving?"
Rin: "So.... if you keep showing up I need to give you a name. Hmm.... Loopy? Anyway, loopy thank you for saving me but I kinda need to get back to what I was doing. You know saving the world and all.... Be great if you'd help and not try to do what you did last time."
" You have sex and steel pieces later , must LIVE first" Loopy says firmly as he continues to drag Rin along...
Rin: "I already know how I'm going to die and it's not here and if you kill them while I wait far away I won't die. See dilemma solved."
Your interaction with your fellow PC's continues to be great, taking note of what they're saying and commenting on it - loved his comment to Zane in particular regarding Laurana
Rin stands up and stretch's. Looking around he smiles as he see's where he is. "So I see everyone is doing what they do best then. Excpet you Zane I don't know how well you perform in there."
Zane: Rin, ask Laurana.. It's her opinon that matters..
Udyr 's form quickly changes into that of an eagle, and takes to the air to see whats making the sound. Rin looks up as Udyr flies off. "That's new."
Zane once again looks on and starts walking in the general direction of the place the need to go. Glints of gold can be seen on his neck
The column of refugees move ahead as you, their leaders, walk and talk.. and shout... with each other..
Udyr: LETS GO! MOVE IT!
Zane (muttering): more yelling.. more screaming... only awake for an hour and my head is already killing me..
Rin chuckles as he looks at Zane. "Zane you Dragon man is showing. You had best put it away there are children nearby afterall
Draug draug pokes Grists nose and taps his head "There there short man no nothing wrong with gettin the pleasure from the men ask rin"
Rin: "I wouldn't know persoanlly I try and try but it never pans out.... I thinks it's my eye that turns them off."
Zane looks completely serious as he tells the giant, "Pick me up. Keep me out of view of the rest and I will explain.."
Rin: "Yeah he can prove we aren't as crazy as we seem."
And loved the way you RP'ed out the whole hurting yourself to prove the gods exist to the friendly stone giants thing
Zane: Someone shoot me with an arrow. Rin, you'd better heal me
Draug: "Csn Draug use your bow?
Zane throws Draug his bow and an arrow. "Shoot me.."
Rin sighs and shurgs. "Dunno, was just havgin an Idea." Rin then looks to Castrun. "Excuse me Mister.... Castrun was it?... look here." Rin wait for the giant to look at him and he then rakes his claws arcoss his arm. "OW..."
Zane: Or not..
" Hey don't do that little bird-fella you'll hurt yourself ! " protests Castrun
Udyr: I like the idea of injuring the man-bird better...
Rin gives a bit of a chuckles as he let some of the blood drip onto the ground then places his hand over his arm a lite glowing out from it. He then removes his hand reavilng his arm is back to normal. Rin: "So about Takhisis."
Udyr: I don't think that is enough, I should break his arm.
And loved both the interplay with Christania here and the reference to the forum RP thread and past FG game sessions - Rin has a lover in his life right now at the same time Serinda lost hers - his reaction to it, him cringing and apologizing for bringing it up - masterful stuff, your usual excellent job of RP'ing
Christania grabs Rin's crotch region right in front of everyone... Rin knows she's doing it purely for show she knows full well the whole thing retracts when not in use... then shoves her tongue down his beak again " Going to keep an eye on your little refugees here lover..don't die , you don't get out of the engagement ring that easy "
Rin: "Oh don't worry I have a great big rock for the ring."
Rin waves to the refugee's as he stuffs the daimond box back into his pack. "Well sorry, we do have loved ones to say goods by too." Rin then kisses Christania and push's her away. "Now get going." Serinda: "Some of us..."
Rin cringes. "Sorry Serinda. I shouldn't have..."
Zane: Udyr, care to help me over here?
Draug: "No worry Princes you have the Draugster now"
Serinda: "Doesn't matter... We should get going.."
Draug puckers up jopkingly towards Serinda
SERINDA
1000 XP - surrendering to Tadhg the troll wizard in combat
100 XP - voluntarily teleporting Serinda, Rin and Tadhg to the Tower of High Sorcery to "face judgement" to so speak
completely on your own
200 XP - deciding to head for Skullcap mountain (to find the relic within that's supposed to lead you to the dwarven kingdom of Thorbardin, hopefully a safe place for the refugees)
80 XP - good role playing
185 RP (role playing) points
As an FYI you got bonus XP and lots of bonus RP points for voluntarily surrendering to Tadhg the troll wizard
... I liked how you RP'ed out the whole not needing to gesture or speak thing too when casting the spell Serinda glances towards the ground and decides this isn't going to be good for Rin's case, so she takes Rin's claw, the Troll's claw, and with a sheer act of will teleports them to the Tower without a word or gesture.
I like the interplay you have going with Rin, positively comedic ... particularly the part where Rin's like " Hey let's injure your arm then heal it so the stone giants believe the gods really have returned to krynn" and Serinda's like " What's wrong with YOUR arm ? ! ? " .. I can practically see the expression on her face as she says it
Rin: "So what's the plan?"
Serinda: "I was under the impression you had the plan... it was your idea to start this avalanche..."
Rin steps out of his dome and it ceases to exsist. "Well I was just wondering if you had any other ones before we do this."
Serinda: "I may be able to throw some tactically placed balls of fire..."
Serinda: "Or turn into an elephant... and stomp around..."
Rin: "No Ice are you melting my frost queen?"
Serinda: "I don't think ice will help us with starting an avalanche..."
Rin gives a bit of a chuckle and looks around before he clears his throat and lets out a very large yell at a nearby mountian.
Rin walks up to Serinda and start to speak in Dwarven. "So Serinda I have this idea. What if I were to cut your arm and clsoe it up. Might make us seem less crazy which might help if the armies come looking for us."
Serinda: "What's wrong with your own arm?..."
And I liked how you worked in the whole how Serinda is still hurting thing when Rin and Christania were locking lips - well lips and beak but you know what I mean
- in front of her, great RP'ing ! The only thing I would suggest is telling Draug in no uncertain terms he's not getting a kiss from you anytime soon (see below ) Rin waves to the refugee's as he stuffs the daimond box back into his pack. "Well sorry, we do have loved ones to say goods by too." Rin then kisses Christania and push's her away. "Now get going." Serinda: "Some of us..."
Rin cringes. "Sorry Serinda. I shouldn't have..."
Zane: Udyr, care to help me over here?
Draug: "No worry Princes you have the Draugster now"
Serinda: "Doesn't matter... We should get going.."
Draug puckers up jopkingly towards Serinda
Liked her interplay with PC's and NPC's alike here - she has the "I'm better than the rest of you" demeanor firmly intact alive and well , great RP'ing in and by itself
.. got a huge laugh out of her comment on the stone giant shrieking like a little girl when Udyr performs his druidic magic Thirty minutes later Serinda shimmers into view in front of you.. this is the first time Udyr has seen her (in other words Udyr has no idea if she's an enemy or a friend )
Udyr seeing but an elven woman, walks right up to her and yells, "WHO ARE YOU? AND WHATS YOUR BUSINESS HERE?"
Forman: She is a friend Uldyr
Serinda scoffs and covers her pointed ears
Serinda: "There is no need to shout, I can hear you just fine.."
Serinda takes a step away from Udyr
Udyr just glares at her, not to fond of non-wild elves, and walks off.
Draug: "Wooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh...... When you get here Princess?"
Serinda: "I got here a few seconds ago.."
Draug: "Impressive Princess. Show me how you do that one night yes?"
Dungeon Master: And whee flavor text (see text bs that just popped up
) Rin: "Well draug I'm sure she would but you have to be female to do that... I mean I could if I wanted to."
Serinda: "I doubt you'd be able to master it. At least not without years of intense careful study.."
Draug: "Giant you read Common?"
" Um.. no.. " Castrun says looking rather embarrassed...
Campaign saved.
Serinda: "No?!"
Serinda can't help herself, it came out before she thought about it.
Serinda can't imagine how anyone couldn't bother to learn such a most simple forms of communication, not like it's a hard langauge, probably the simplest, doesn't even have the grace of the elven langauge.
The hill giant SHRIEKS , nearly dropping all of you as he shies away from Udyr..
Castrun male stone giant : " How the HELL did he do that ? ! ? Is he some kind of mage ? ! ? "
Serinda glances at Rin and shakes her head
Serinda: "How come this enormous giant shreeks like a human girl.."
" I DO NOT ! " bellows Castrun indignantly looking down at Serinda ..
Serinda: "Must have been the angle..."
Serinda: "I'm sure it was merely the wind and the angle from where I was sitting that made your shreek sound like a girl..."
UDYR
800 XP - facing Tadhg the troll wizard in combat
200 XP - deciding to head for Skullcap mountain (to find the relic within that's supposed to lead you to the dwarven kingdom of Thorbardin, hopefully a safe place for the refugees)
60 XP - good role playing
151 RP (role playing) points
Not bad for your first FG game session
... to explain the whole thing I do as a DM in my FG game sessions - more than likely it's not the same thing you've come to expect from other DM's .. basically I look over the chat log of the FG game session for everyone and if I feel a player's PC isn't interacting with other PC's as much as they could I start making suggestions on how the player could do so.. you're not alone in this regard - I hassled Solardawn (who plays Serinda) a lot when solardawn first joined the campaign about this (ask him he'll tell you ) and I'm hassling Forman the monk (Nestor) right now about it too ... in your case I'm confident you'll rise to the task - you've been doing a great job on the forum RP threads so I know the ability is there it's just a matter of getting used to the way the other players operate in the FG threads and interacting enough with them to get a "feel" for the other PC's personalities Basically I expect players to be continuously monitoring what the other PC's are saying and to reply to it as often , as frequently and as outrageously as they can .. I realize this takes some getting used to but it's basically what I already have rin the bird man, serinda the silvanesti elf, Zane the ranger who appears human but is actually dragonspawn, and Udyr the werewolf doing ... Draug is brand new to me asking players to do this sort of thing in FG game sessions and he's taken to it like a fish takes to water so he's a pretty good example as far as what I'm expecting
... in Udyr's case I would recommend that you keep an eye on what the other PC's are saying and the moment someone says something you can complain about or insult them about go for it ! (remember from what we've established so far Udyr's as grouchy as ... well, as a bear ! ) For example this scene here :
Christania appears seemingly out of nowhere - a trick of hers , she's good at hiding in the background .. and is abruptly in Rin's arms,shoving her tongue down his beak ...
Zane 's face starts turning a little gold with the shout.
Forman: Forman says, "Yeah, to action on the March we go!!!"
Rin: "That answers that....MMMMM!"
Grist the dwarf guide : " YOU'VE GOT BRAINS OF IRON IS WHAT YOU'VE GOT NOT WILL ! "
Draug: "Draug be ready 3 hour before, we wait on this" pokes grist in the stomach "slow" pokes again "lazy man"
" Miss me ? " Christania asks impishly in Rin's arms.. " Bring me back an engagement ring ? "
Udyr: ENOUGH OF THIS! YOU SAY WE NEED TO GET MOVING, YET ALL YOU DO IS TALK! WE SHOULD BE LEAVING NOW!
You did get RP points for Udyr hollering at everyone to get moving all the time , good stuff ! But I would have also liked to see Udyr make a comment on both Rin and Zane's behavior here.. perhaps something to the effect of " YOU CAN SHOVE THAT ONE INCH LONG THING OF YOURS IN YOUR WOMAN LATER BIRD-MAN WE HAVE WORK TO DO ! AND YOU " (looks at Zane) " WHY IS YOUR FACE TURNING THAT STRANGE COLOR ? ARE YOU CHOKING ? THAT'S JUST GREAT, YOU'RE GOING TO CHOKE TO DEATH AND LEAVE ME STUCK WITH ALL THESE OTHER FOOLS ! "
Or when Forman said
Forman: I LLIKE TO YELL TO!!! LOOK HOW LOUD I AM YELLING!!!
Perhaps yell back at him " SO WHAT ? ! ? YELLING ISN'T ENOUGH YOU HAVE TO YELL SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE ! AND WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO ALL YOUR HAIR ANYWAYS? YOU'RE AS BALD AS A ROCK ! " .. or when Forman took a swing at the troll wizard the one time and missed, his blow bouncing off the troll's magic shield - I could be wrong but I'm guessing you know Forman's a monk
so he's probably doing some sort of fancy kung fu move .. when Udyr succeeded in hurting the troll with his fire spell perhaps Udyr might have yelled at Forman " THERE SEE WAS THAT SO HARD ? YOU DON'T SEE ME WAVING MY ARMS IN THE AIR LIKE A GIRL AND DOING JACK SQUAT ! I'M ACTUALLY HURTING HIM UNLIKE YOU - GET A GRIP AND DO IT RIGHT BALD MAN ! " Or when the stone giant was looking down at Draug the werewolf in concern saying he has fleas and Zane saying yes he has lots of them, I could easily see Udyr getting impatient and shouting " WHO IN THE GODS' NAME CARES HOW MANY FLEAS HE HAS ? ! ? WHY ARE WE SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT FLEAS ! AND HE " points at Draug " IS MY BROTHER IN HABBAKUK, THE ONLY ONE OF YOU WORTH ANYTHING AROUND HERE - IF ANYONE HAS FLEAS IT'S YOU ! " (points at Zane and the stone giant).
Interaction with NPC's gives Udyr plenty of opportunity to be grouchy too... for example :
Laurana : " So there's a great big valley full of wild game and a stream of water just waiting for us ? That's what the hill dwarves said ? "
Laurana eyes Zane curiously ... Udyr , Draug and Forman look on ....
Laurana : " That true boy ? There's a valley waiting for us and you know where to find it ? "
Laurana asks Draug bending down and scratching the wolf's ears...
" Yeah there is " Grist says irritably " And it'll be about a 3 day journey ... so are we all going to get moving or not ? " The dwarf seems as grouchy as Udyr ...
" They always spend this much time talking ? " Grist says angrily looking up at Udyr
Udyr: I'm afraid so...
Grist the dwarf guide : " So are we moving or camping for the night ? Make a decision ! "
The " I'm afraid so.." comment was good.. even better would have been something like Udyr hollering (Looks at everyone else ) " IS THE DWARF THE ONLY ONE HERE WITH HALF A BRAIN ? ! ? HE SAID TO GET MOVING AND YOU'RE ALL SITTING AROUND CHATTERING LIKE A FLOCK OF BIRDS ! WHEN I SAY MOVE I MEAN MOVE ! " (face starts to turn red ! )
Or Udry's comment below here :
Grist the dwarf guide : " WHAT ? I CAN YELL TWICE AS LOUD AS A HUMAN ANY DAY ! YOU THERE BIG MAN WITH THE BEARD YOU'RE UP HERE WITH ME ! WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A YELLING CONTEST ! "
Draug beckons to Udyr and stomps away swearing in dwarvish all the while under his breath...
Udyr glares at the dwarf, showing no interest in a yelling contest
It was good - even better would have been Udyr hollering something like " WHY IN THE GODS' NAME WOULD I WANT TO HAVE A YELLING CONTEST WITH YOU ? ! ? WHAT GOOD IS THAT GOING TO DO ? AND BY THE WAY THIS HUMAN CAN YELL AT LEAST THREE TIMES AS LOUD AS ANY DWARF ! "
I liked how he walked right up and started yelling at Serinda :
Thirty minutes later Serinda shimmers into view in front of you.. this is the first time Udyr has seen her (in other words Udyr has no idea if she's an enemy or a friend )
Udyr seeing but an elven woman, walks right up to her and yells, "WHO ARE YOU? AND WHATS YOUR BUSINESS HERE?"
Forman: She is a friend Uldyr
Serinda scoffs and covers her pointed ears
Serinda: "There is no need to shout, I can hear you just fine.."
Serinda takes a step away from Udyr
Udyr just glares at her, not to fond of non-wild elves, and walks off.
I was going to say it would have been even better if he expounded on exactly why he's not fond of non-wild-elves but then you did that in the forum RP thread, great stuff ! I would recommend not forgetting that - toss it in her face at every opportunity during FG game sessions, maybe something like every time she acts arrogant (from Udyr's point of view) holler something like (shoves his finger right in her face) " THERE ! YOU SEE ? ! ? THAT'S THE KIND OF ATTITUDE THAT GOT THE WILD ELVES ENSLAVED BY YOUR PEOPLE - AND THE WILD ELVES ARE THE ONLY ELVES WORTH A DAMN AROUND HERE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED " (pounds Draug on the back - who was adopted by the wild elves - never taking his eyes off Serinda) . " YOU BETTER COME DOWN TO EARTH WITH THE REST OF US CIVILIZED ELF ! YOU'RE NO BETTER THAN THE REST OF US NO MATTER WHAT YOU THINK ! " ... you know, stuff like that
.. Don't get me wrong there were instances of great RP'ing on Udyr's part ! For example I like the irritation thing he's got going with Rin the bird man
Night falls.. another day spent trekking towards the valley the hill dwarves mentioned goes by ... Udyr stretches , rises from the impromptu lean-to he lashed together to protect himself from the chill.. and stares at a horror from his past come back.. Rin in front of him trapped in some giant rope thing.. as he watches the rope thing falls apart ...
Dungeon Master: (Rin being the horror from the past
) Udyr: GODS IT'S THE ANNOYING MAN-BIRD!
Zane: Yeah, but look at Rin.. He just cut himself..
Rin gives a bit of a chuckles as he let some of the blood drip onto the ground then places his hand over his arm a lite glowing out from it. He then removes his hand reavilng his arm is back to normal Campaign saved.
Rin: "So about Takhisis."
Udyr: I don't think that is enough, I should break his arm
(Tadhg the troll wizard shows up to take Rin the bird man away)
Zane: He's trying to take Rin..
Serinda: "I am doing my duty, I'm doing my duty to the people of this world, by fighting the evil that's Udyr: Then let him! (Udyr then turns to the troll) Take him already, I'd be glad to be rid of him!
I'd just like Udyr to start interacting with the other PC's as much as he's interacting with Rin here - but great job with Rin ! And I liked how you took note of the fact that Udyr wouldn't know what the disks of mishakal are, commented on it and kept commenting on it when everyone else didn't respond - great stuff !
Udyr looks around a bit confused, "WHAT ARE THESE DISKS AND WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO DO WITH CLERICS
The refugees look up at the giants with terrified eyes missing what Zane says completely.. Castrun already mentioned he couldn't read ... Fliara looks embarrassed and says " I don't read either dear sorry Udyr: WHAT IN THE NINE-HELLS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT HERE?!
Udyr gets more angry as no one is answering his questions.
Zane keeps his balance as the giant moves and pauses his reading. "Can you also bring the tall angry looking guy with the permanent skowl on his face up here to so I can read to him as well?"
Udyr listens to what Zane is reading, though he is quite angry he was picked up and dropped next to Zane without his consent
Udyr looks at Zane, "I already know all of this! What use is it telling me all this?"
Rin: "Hehehe Medalion.... I get free pupets and lutes."
Udyr: What use is a medallion to me, more weight to carry?!
the only thing I would add here is saying how Udyr feels.. " though he is quite angry he was picked up and dropped next to Zane without his consent " is good.. even better is Udyr vocalizing it in his usual loud and angry manner
, maybe something like " DO I LOOK LIKE A SACK OF POTATOES FOR YOU TO HAUL AROUND ? NEXT TIME YOU WANT TO PICK ME UP YOU'LL ASK ME FIRST YOU OVERSIZED LUMP OF STONE-FOR-BRAINS!" (shakes fist at stone giant then turns to Zane and shouts ) " NOW WHAT'S THIS ABOUT THESE GODS-DAMN DISKS OF YOURS ? ! ? " I also liked how he got mad when the stone giant started asking about him being a priest and Habbakuk, good stuff !
Udyr not liking the idea of being carried too much ends up quickly shifting into an eagle, and perches on the giants shoulder.
The hill giant SHRIEKS , nearly dropping all of you as he shies away from Udyr..
Castrun male stone giant : " How the HELL did he do that ? ! ? Is he some kind of mage ? ! ? "
Zane holds on for dear life.
Zane: He's special. Kind of like me.
Zane: But better.
Castrun male stone giant : " A.. priest...are you sure ? "
The twenty five foot tall man looks down at the 6 and a half foot tall Udyr fearfully.. " That true ? "
Udyr: What? Am I a priest? YES I AM A PRIEST! A PREIST OF HABBAKUK! THE BLUE PHOENIX!"
" He's like that nature guy right ? " asks Castrun loudly (of Udyr)
Udyr glares at the giant, looking him right in the eye.
Udyr: HE IS THE LORD OF ALL ANIMALS, OF THE WILDS, YOU SHOULD SHOW HIM MORE RESPECT! " HEY WHO SAID I WASN'T SHOWING HIM RESPECT IN THE FIRST PLACE ! " the giant's voice is painfully loud in your ears as he shouts back at Udyr.. he lays you all gently down on the ground then stands, hands on hips to glare at Udyr..
The only thing I'd add is maybe something like Udyr looking up at the giant and shouting something like " SAYING ' HE'S LIKE THAT NATURE GUY RIGHT ? ' IS NOT SHOWING HABBAKUK RESPECT ! YOU THINK I'M AFRAID OF YOU JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE 20 FEET TALL ? SPEAK OF HABBAKUK THAT WAY AGAIN AND I'LL CLIMB UP YOUR LEG AND KICK YOUR ASS ! " (shakes his fist while he glares up at the stone giant) .
I do realize it's tough for a new player - you're thrown head first into deep water into a brand new campaign where the existing pc's already have an ongoing RP relationship with each other and the events in the campaign are for the most part brand new to you .. so please don't take any of what I've said above as criticism ! Again I pretty much hassle all the new players this way when they first join my campaign , it's a rite of passage so to speak
, so please don't feel I'm picking on you alone ! .. but I find the result is an FG game sessions that's tons more fun for everyone - that accomplishes the RP'ing thing I think pretty much all players strive for in a campaign, making the whole experience feel more "real" to the players .. ZANE
800 XP - facing Tadhg the troll wizard in combat
200 XP - deciding to head for Skullcap mountain (to find the relic within that's supposed to lead you to the dwarven kingdom of Thorbardin, hopefully a safe place for the refugees)
90 XP - good role playing
222 RP (role playing) points
Usual great job of RPing on Zane's part
.. as usual Zane's tongue in cheek humor is well and intact - got a huge laugh out of the Serinda shopping comment Draug: (elven) "we have a deal Zane I will show your sworbow the respect I give my own fur" Thirty minutes later Serinda shimmers into view in front of you.. this is the first time Udyr has seen her (in other words Udyr has no idea if she's an enemy or a friend )
Zane: If it comes back covered in gore from said fur, we will have problems.
Thirty minutes later Serinda shimmers into view in front of you.. this is the first time Udyr has seen her (in other words Udyr has no idea if she's an enemy or a friend )
Zane looks at the simmering Serinda, "Hello Princess. Everything well?"
Serinda: "No trouble really... Just had to do some shopping..."
Zane (mutters): Women.. All they do is shop.. Even with a war on..
Draug: (elven) "So how much are you willing to give me so you can aquire my fine tent good Ranger?" Zane: That's what we were doing before we got interupted..
Rin (Elven): "I'll gove you a thousand steel in diamonds if you give it to him wiht holes in it."
Zane (Elven): It has a few stains now, so.. if I take away the amount necessary to get it cleaned..
Rin stands up and stretch's. Looking around he smiles as he see's where he is. "So I see everyone is doing what they do best then. Excpet you Zane I don't know how well you perform in there."
Zane: Rin, ask Laurana.. It's her opinon that matters..
Draug continues to reinact a dragon but now jumping from space and another to reinact the fight between ember and flamestrike
Castrun looks at Draug in concern and booms " Your dog has fleas "
Zane: We know he does.. He likes them. He likes the way they feel.
love the quick on-the-spot improv you did here with Laurana , great stuff !
Zane: Well, then we should get dressed.. It's going to be another long day I think.."
Zane goes back into the tent.
Draug: "Much more nice in Nude Draug always say"
Rin: "Nah you cna come out as your are I don't mind."
Rin: "I mean after all I walk around wiht out pants all the time."
Draug: "Draug most time no where nothing feel free when it all hang loose"
Zane exits the tent fully dressed, fighting off the arms of what appear to be Laurana. "Shall we get moving?"
I like how you have the dragon-man thing peeking through when he gets irritated - and as usual I love how you pay attention to and react to other PC's behavior - see the above quotes re: Zane's tongue and cheek humor and I also like how the continuous yelling on Udry's part gave him a headache
Zane once again looks on and starts walking in the general direction of the place the need to go. Glints of gold can be seen on his neck
The column of refugees move ahead as you, their leaders, walk and talk.. and shout... with each other..
Udyr: LETS GO! MOVE IT!
Zane (muttering): more yelling.. more screaming... only awake for an hour and my head is already killing me..
Rin chuckles as he looks at Zane. "Zane you Dragon man is showing. You had best put it away there are children nearby afterall
Also liked the reference to the forum RP thread here where Zane first met Udyr .. the troll wizard had just shown up demanding that Rin the bird man turn himself over to the troll's custody...
Udyr: Who is this... thing?
Zane: Someone a bear should meet..
And I liked this comment, very dramatic
, again about the troll wizard.Zane: Someone light this bastard on fire..
And I got a big laugh out of this too - loved the reference to his time with the kender here
Zane slaps the mage on the back as he chants. "Hard to concentrate huh?"
Zane keeps doing it just to annoy him
Dungeon Master: The troll splutters.. whirls on Zane and roars in Zane's face " STOP THAT ! "
Forman: Forman crosses his arms watching them, shaking his head
Zane: Lived with the kender far too long.. This is fun..
Serinda turns to glare at Zane
Serinda: "Stop that..."
Dungeon Master: " Of all the immature - I SAID STOP THAT ! "
Zane looks at the troll's robes, trying to find a place to grab.
The troll roars at Zane ..