Heist of the Century: Resurrection. Pathfinder cloak & dagger intrigue action!

[LtFox]

In the bustling city of Sacrafel, where the Noble Houses rule with an iron fist from their lavish keeps and the common people are little more than slaves catering to their desires, the ultimate heist is going down.  A single, intrepid commonborn thief decides to do something about the social order by staging the robbery of the century.  The plan is simple, yet incredibly daring.  To destroy the Noble Houses forever by driving them into ruin with cunningly calculated high-profile thieveries.  And to do that, he will need some help.  His plan is utterly insane, everybody believes.  Yet, he has a reputation for making the insane doable.  Now he's looking for some others to join in his madness...



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This is the premise for the game, a kind of hybrid between political intrigue and backalley thieving action.  This setting is fairly light on the magic, and gods are all but forgotten, so factor that into your character planning.  In fact, a popular swearphrase is 'By the Forgotten Gods!'

Some information on the city and setting in general:
The city of Sacrafel is a huge metropolis, with a population nearing two million, of which the vast majority are commonborn humans.  The nobility make up only a few percent of the total population, but they have near absolute control of the city.  The reason for this is very simple:  They are the only ones with magic and armies.  The practice of several forms of magic, while not common, is also not frowned upon or forbidden among the nobility.  It is indeed regarded as a valuable talent.  The near-slavish mindset has been impressed upon the commoners for several generations now, and most have lost their will to try and change anything.  The nobles also keep a close watch on any commoners who might be trying to learn magic, or have some inborn talent.  Those people tend to disappear without a trace in short order.  This has led magical bloodlines all but dying out in the common people, and magic itself becoming something of a myth, most people no longer believe it even exists.  The Inquisitors which hold a considerable amount of power in the city's hierarchy patrol the streets looking for unaccounted magic.  Encounters with them tend to go very badly for the commoners.

The culture is mostly a mix between Victorian-style and Gothic as far as architecture and fashions go.  Sacrafel is a city-state in it's own right, and easily the largest city on the continent, serving as a hub for the outlying small fiefdoms which all profess fealty to Sacrafel.  The nobles hold lavish parties in the keeps that dot the city, and run the city's administration and armies, as well as most of the economy.  Nearly all the rest of the work is left to commoners.   The city is easily divided into the noble's areas which cluster near the keeps marking the High Families and are all high-class manors at the least, and the commoner's area which is mostly made up of hovels and other semi-decent buildings.  Commoners have very few rights, are given no education which does not directly pertain to their chosen profession, and generally get treated like dirt.  However, they still have a marginally better position than other races.  Those who are not human are outright slaves, treated as possessions instead of individuals.  Centuries ago, the humans of Sacrafel conquered and nearly drove to extinction the other races on the continent.  Now the remnant of those destroyed races are used as slaves for all imaginable purposes, as happen to suit their racial traits.  Elves are especially desirable as pleasure slaves, and dwarves are nearly always found near hard labor.

However, even after the centuries of oppression by the nobility, a few of the commoners resist falling completely in line, thus the city has a bustling underground.  Groups of thieves, prostitute rings (some which even minor nobles like to frequent, as it's considerable cheaper than their own higher-class brothels), smuggling and other kinds of shady businesses go on under nobility's collective noses.

One particularly charismatic thief and con artist named Asleod has made a career in pulling off insane and impossible heists often hitting the higher tiers of the nobility.  Many whisper of him, but none know how he pulls of his insane miracles.  And now he's looking for some suitable candidates to join in his latest lunacy.

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The band of thieves and miscreants Asleod is putting together is where you'll come in.  Your characters can be just about anyone who can fit the roles, nothing is set in stone beyond the general concepts.   Most slots are filled already, as the game was supposed to start last year but got delayed by various circumstances.  I'm still looking for 1-3 players more, though.

The game itself will in fact run as two concurrent, side-by-side adventures, split into the Nobility's Path and Underground's Path.  Most of the time, the group will be split between those two Paths according to their position in the group.  Folks who mingle with nobility will mostly spend time at balls and parties, and the underground thieves will mostly be using the cover created by those selfsame balls and parties to move in under the radar and clean out the vaults of whatever House is the target that time.  Of course, between the jobs and on some special occasions, the whole group will be mingling together, probably mainly at the safe house.

Looking for players for the following:

-Boss Asleod (Played by me as a semi-NPC.  Runs the crew, plans out the operations and has hoards of secrets.)

-Fixer/logistics person (Currently occupied by Wintercat's alchemist, who is something of an all-rounder and a general go-to guy of the group.)

-Muscle (Loki Aesir has this covered.  A combat-type rogue, I believe.)

-Breaking and entering specialist (For when you actually need to get to places.  Mostly involves spying, gathering information discreetly and of course stealing lots of stuff.) <- Looking

-Urban expert (Shihong's Urban Druid is holding the job.)

-Spy among the nobility (Have a few people with various skills already on the job.  Thus far, we got at least a Summoner(Zaer Darkwail) and an open-minded elven pleasure slave(Elven Sex Goddess).  Seeing as the Nobility's Path will run on it's own, a person or two more in this category might not hurt.  This is a rather flexible role, as there are no defined 'duties' you need to deal with other than gathering information and investigating things.)

-Any other role you feel will fit in with the game. (Anything beyond the roles described above go here.  If your idea is more on the esoteric side, discuss with me first.  Depending on the interest in the primary roles, I may take 1-2 of these extras into the game.)


Character creation
The game uses the Pathfinder rules, also known as D&D 3.75E.  You don't need any books, all the info required for playing is readily available at the SRD: http://www.d20pfsrd.com.
No earlier knowledge is required, though experienced Pathfinders are more than welcome.
Players of 3E and 3.5E of D&D are also entirely welcome, you should have an easy time transitioning to these rules.
Advocates of D&D 4E system are also welcome, as long as they don't gripe about the superiority of their chosen system vs this one.  In that case, go away.  This is a Pathfinder game.
Everybody else, RP experience not an issue: Most welcome!  Hopefully you have a positive experience learning the Pathfinder system.

As for mechanics,

1st level characters to start with.

Max starting HP and Gold.

25 point buy for abilities.

2 starting traits as normal.

Races in the setting are mainly human, though other races are present in minorities, mostly as slaves.

Class and other material: Everything on the SRD is fine, as is stuff from Core Book and Advanced Player's guide.  Everything else, run it by me first.  Remember though, that magic is rare and highly controlled by the upper strata of citizens, if you play a magic-heavy character, prepare to be heavily persecuted.  You should also consider the role you will be playing in the group when picking a class and skills.

Considering the game's genre and type, direct combat will likely be of lesser import than intelligence gathering and social skills.  There will still be combat, though, and probably at the times you least expect it.  The underground Path, in particular, may wind up in a scuffle or two with guards of one place or another.

The start of the game will be retconned slightly to accommodate new players, so I'll be starting fresh game threads once this kicks off the ground, though the old ones can still be used for reference purposes.

That should be all for now.  I will provide links to the other threads soon enough, in the meantime, old players feel free to say hello and check if your characters need a tune-up.  New players: WELCOME!

_LF_

[LtFox]

Reserved for info.

[DRoux]

I'd be interested in the B&E rogue.


Also, to clarify on this. Non-humans are subjugated, but would a half-elf be the same way?

[LtFox]

Hi there!

Glad to see some interest right off the bat.

To address that issue:  It depends a lot on who the non-elf parent was in that case.  There are a considerable number of half-elves among the nobility's lower strata, the result of using considerable numbers of elven pleasure slaves during the last centuries.  A noble bastard might be tolerated even if he or she is a 'half', but no matter the station, half-humans will always be ostracized as outcasts and second-class citizens at best and slaves like their elven parent at worst.

And if you'd like to make a B&E rogue, that's fine.  Although the role can be filled by other classes with appropriate skills and abilities, it's probably easiest as a rogue.

If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.  I'll be posting more information about the setting in general and the campaign start in specific over the next couple of days.

_LF_

[Foxfyr]

Desh M'Raviir, Male Catfolk Rogue (Knife Master/Scout) 1st
Character Sheet
HP:11 (Current: 11)  AC: 16, touch: 14, flatfooted: 12, CMD: 15
Fort:+2 Ref:+4 Will:+0



Growing up living in the darker portions of Sacrafel, Desh's skill at navigating the city streets and blending seamlessly into society is only surpassed by his ability with a dagger.  He had been a slave ever since he was a young kit, the closest thing he had to parents being a sylph slave who had raised him as her own.  Through a fortunate twist of fate, his contract of servitude was misfiled resulting in him being a slave without an owner.  To help prevent attention from being drawn to this fact, he behaves like any other slave would in the public eye and the situation largely goes unnoticed since nobody has reason to second guess it.  That is if they even notice him at all.  To help garner a living since his lack of ownership prevents him from holding a normal job lest his risks his secret, he performs on the street for coin by day and involves himself with more shady affairs by night.  Even among those back-alley compatriots, only one or two know his true situation to help him preserve that secret while also limiting the number of people who could blackmail him.

[LtFox]

Lookin' good, Loki.

Although you might want to note that catfolk are quite rare even among the nonhumans, and people with nonhuman bloodlines in them, such as Sylphs, are not exactly well-looked upon either, as I explained with the half-elf question earlier.  Might not impact your character much, but it might be smart to keep in mind that low profile is the way to a long life.

_LF_

[Foxfyr]

I've already taken that into account.  Desh's first master was most interested in attaining exotic slaves, considering them to be a way to distinguish himself among the other wealthy houses.  Hence why he had both a catfolk and a sylph to name a few.  A hobby that got a little too pricy resulting in a rapid liquidation of several assets, which created the clerical error in Desh's favor.  I also fully expect and am actually planning on playing out scenes where humans will be rather rough/abusive with him.  In the public eye he is very submissive and will play the part of a slave who is only there for the entertainment of his 'human masters'.  Basically be heard and not so much scene with his street performance.  Though that meek and subservient nature is all a front to his true savage and powerful persona that he displays whenever he isn't so concerned about his cover.

[DRoux]

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Bio

Born to an escaped slave (who went right back into servitude as a prostitute) and a father she never knew, Lislaith grew up deliberately avoiding her mother's profession. Most of the time she begged as a child, until she started to learn to pick pockets. Started to become self-conscious about her "assets" around age 16 in the slums, three years after her mother's death. Around that same time, a traumatic event that she absolutely refuses to discuss took place, and she became much more introverted. She found, however, in her line of work that looking boyish from a distance wasn't necessarily a bad thing. It helped her to avoid getting harassed when she was following a promising mark. She started full-time burglary at 19, and has been largely working small-time until now. Hates nobles with a passion.

Character Sheet

[Marie Reynolds]

So I would be interested in this game would a bard who is a daughter of a Lesser Noble who is a Lord of a fiefdom of  Sacrafel and she is a lady in waiting at the court but also represents her fathers secret wish to see the Nobility change and have their powers curtailed by a document that would provide rights to the commoner and hold the Nobility responsible to the people and her father and her both work with the Thief NPC and support their plan to rob the higher nobles in exchange for their help in discretely freeing slaves and such. Also she her self does provide some charitable organizations with in the city on her own. Please let me know if this would be an acceptable concept to play in the game.

[LtFox]

A-Okay, let's see how things are going.

DRoux,
your character concept seems solid enough, you just need to flesh out the equipment for Lislaith.  After should be fine to go.

Marie,
that idea would be acceptable.  The outlying fiefs don't have that much dealings with major Sacrafel nobility, but on occasion some of the outside nobles come to the city, and it's especially common among the lesser nobility, so your character would fit right in.  And although Asleod (the boss of the thief crew) is somewhat leery on  trusting nobles, he can look to the future enough to work with some to further his own goals.
So, go ahead and work out a character.

_LF_

[Zaer Darkwail]

Hi, as one the old regulars I welcome all new faces to the game :). As note my char is perhaps only real major noble in whole scenario as he is from major noble bloodline and also arcane caster (years the arcane arts or spellcasting in general has been noble only privileged after all). I work mostly in parties and provide occasional aid and once I learn send my eidolon farther distance she could tag along to some jobs so long she can cover her identity (as eidolon is default rather unique creature and there is screaming out loud glowing pentagram in their foreheads which is unique as finger print).

[Katina Tarask]

I'm in.  I have to go out soon, but I should be able to work on a breaker later tonight.

Any objection to decreeing a Ninja archetype that trades weapon and armor proficiencies for a Monk's unarmed strike (and their weapon proficiencies) and AC?

[Katina Tarask]

Draft, pending answers.

Super short version: Raised in what was left of an orc tribe that'd been assimilated and subjugated, some of the few worshipers of the old gods.  Kurohime is one of the last bearers of divine blood (which comes with little magic tricks that aren't at all impressive, but are still unaccounted magic), and most of her clan's been wiped out in the search for her.  She's since gone underground as a thief, spy, and sometime assassin, thoroughly pissed with the establishment.  She's been channeling funds to resistance movements for years, trying to stay under the radar.

Thoughts so far?

[Question Mark]

Was hoping I could reserve a spot.  I just started Pathfinder IRL, never knew what it was before.  Now I want nothing but Pathfinder >:)

I skimmed the intro post, looks like something I'd be interested in.  I even have the perfect character in mind for the breaking and entering/spying/info gathering/etc. spot.  I'm going to give this thread a thorough read through now; Ijust wanted to grab a spot before I commit.  If I lose interest for w/e reason, I'll just delete this post.

Thanks!


EDIT: And here's my Character Sheet.  Meet Mirren Stone: acrobat, thief, Raven...

[Zaer Darkwail]

Only 9 skill points? You sure you took into account 1 SP per level what humans get and 1 SP for having level in favored class? Or is my memory failing and rogues have now 6 SP per level as basis?

Anyways otherwise looks good to me but GM decides :).

[Question Mark]

Ah, you're right, should be 10.  Guess I forgot about the racial.  I used favored class to grab an extra HP by the way.

[Wintercat]

Looking forward to the game resurrecting, recall it had a lot of intrigue waiting to happen and curious on how it all plays out. Nonetheless, wondering what all will come to be seen, either way, a long way ahead still. Cant wait to hear more again.

[LtFox]

Welcome, all new faces.

Nice to see we've garnered some interest.

I have no problem with character archetype variants, as long as it's a documented one and not something made up on the spot.  Unless I made it, of course.

Now, though we seem to have quite a few players popping up wanting to play the B&E specialist.  Generally, I don't have a problem with player interest, and I may even consider taking more than one for that role, might be handy.

Thus far, I haven't made a decision about that yet, but at first glance the characters submitted seem to be mostly okay, after the fixes mentioned in the thread.

Unless someone wants to play a role among the nobility in some function (A commonborn spy infiltrating the nobility is also a valid concept, had one before but sadly never returned.), I will likely make a decision about the B&E spot, and how many of them I will take, in the next day or two.

Till then,
Happy plotting!
_LF_

[Meliai]

I've been keeping an eye on this thread for a while but was having a hard time thinking of an appropriate character, but I think I could fill your spy position!

What do you think of a foreign-born sorceress who's come to the city to investigate the disappearance of some extended family members? She could be posing as a minor noble & wizard visiting while abroad, or she could be hiding her magic and working under the story that she's the daughter of a wealthy merchant lord looking to make business contacts in the city.

Maybe at the start of the campaign she's not actually affiliated with Asleod and his group, but they coincidentally end up working the crowd at the same party?

[edit] On second thought the Sorcerer's super low skill point allotment would really limit her versatility in a game like this. A re-fluffed Archaeologist-bard might be a better choice [/edit]

[Katina Tarask]

Crunchy bits more-or-less done.  Fluffy bits to be hammered out.

The 'archetype' I was talking about was something to be slapped together on the spot; ninjas don't get archetypes, and the only way they have to get kung fu is ridiculously overpriced.  As in a Rogue Talent and an Advanced Rogue Talent to get a weapon that deals one point of damage more than my wakizashi with worse crits, a list of liabilities, and an immunity to disarm that you can get close enough to with a locked gauntlet.

But since that's out, I have weapons, and plenty of them.

One last potential tweak to the mechanics, given my character looks like this.  Homebrew trait: Androgynous.  +2 to Disguise checks as the opposite gender (thus negating the penalty).  Yay or nay?

[Question Mark]

@Katina

That's a lot of weapons.  Interesting selection; I could find many uses for a blowgun.  Question though: what's an Aasimar?

[Meliai]

An Aasimar is a demi-human with celestial blood or something similar! If you know what a tiefling is, they'r sort of the opposite.

Aasimars are humans with a significant amount of celestial or other good outsider blood in their ancestry. Aasimars are not always good, but it is a natural tendency for them, and they gravitate to good faiths or organizations associated with celestials. Aasimar heritage can hide for generations, only to appear suddenly in the child of two apparently human parents. Most societies interpret aasimar births as good omens. Aasimars look mostly human except for some minor physical trait that reveals their unusual heritage. Typical aasimar features are hair that shines like metal, unusual eye or skin color, or even glowing golden halos.

[Question Mark]

Ah, I knew they were something like "Good Tieflings," but the whole Celestial outsider thing makes sense.

Does Kuro have any obvious Aasimar traits that I missed in my once over of the char sheet?

[ShadowFox89]

 Would you be open to a homebrew class? There's one I would like to test out.

[LtFox]

Well then, lets take things in order.

Katina: that trait's fine.  I have no problems with it.
Also. The cosmology of Scyllia (the game world) is somewhat different from pathfinder standard, but it's of no concern for a tiefling or aasimar.  Fiends and celestials still walk the world on occasion, although it is generally rarer occurence than in standard games.

Meliai:  you could go with sorcerer or bard, your choice.  I don't mind either way, as more people on the Nobility Path is good.

ShadowFox:  that really depends.  In general, I somewhat frown upon most homebrew classes, as they tend to be unbalanced.  However, I find them useful on occasion, if well-made enough and an asset to the story.  Send me the specs of the class, if you think it can add something to the game.  Also, I want your reasoning why exactly that class would be beneficial to the story.  (my standard op for homebrew classes)  After that, we'll see.

_LF_

[Katina Tarask]

Description's in the description box.  Bio's at the bottom.

Question Mark: She easily passes for human, if slightly odd-looking when not in costume.

As for the weapons?  Wakizashi's a main weapon.  Kerambit's easier to hide.  If neither's a risk worth taking, the brush is innocuous enough to be taken anywhere, and the blowgun with the gold darts (pre-poisoned and coated) can be passed off as hair accessories.

[Question Mark]

So Lt, what's left on the checklist before we get this game rolling?

[Meliai]

   
Not having much luck finding a picture for her, I'll
swap this out once I have time to draw something.
Finn's hair is shorter and scruffier.

Finn Connelly
Commonborn spy
Character Sheet

Personality: Finn is exuberant and friendly, but difficult to pin down. Blessed with an abundance of personal charm and a silver tongue that could sell snake oil to a gorgon, deception comes easily to her. Combine this with the constant danger nipping at the heels of anyone with magical talent and you get a girl who tends to keep the world at arms length. Over the years she's gotten quite good at conversational misdirection, subtly rerouting chats any time the topic begins drifting to close to her numerous secrets with no one the wiser.
Finn is an excellent listener, having discovered early on that all it takes to gain many a person's trust is to provide a willing ear for them to air their grievances. In truth she genuinely enjoys speaking with others, and the need for personal secrecy can be draining at times.
Very little will get a visible rise from Finn unless she chooses to let it, but she has a somewhat volatile temper and is not above acts of petty revenge if she thinks she can get away with them.

Background: The youngest of three daughters born to a Caravan guard and a merchant, Finn's entire life has been spent traveling the continent. The Connelly family once lived in Sacrafel but fled generations ago, when the noble houses began snuffing out any signs of magic talent not stemming from their own lines. For as far back as any of the family records stretched, Abyssal-blooded sorcerers were common, a few rare cases manifesting the blood so strongly that the bearers grew horns, tails or other signs of their distant in-human ancestry. As the blood thinned fewer and fewer children showed magical talent, until the family began to believe it had finally died out. The sister's grew up with cautionary tales of distant relatives who'd been caught preforming magic and suffered horrific fates, so when Finn began to exhibit signs of arcane talent the three formed a conspiracy of sorts, keeping it secret from even their parents.
For her part, Finn seemed content to let her magic gather metaphorical dust. Instead she honed her social talents as she grew, as well as a knack for cooking. Eventually she was hired by the caravan master as a cook and, in a less official capacity, as a sort of peacekeeper. Long months on the roads wear at the mind, driving up tensions and sparking arguments between even the most peaceful of people, but Finn proved adept at defusing potentially explosive situations.

Recent history: 6 years ago Finn's eldest sister married a young man and moved with him to Sacrafel, giving birth to a daughter soon after. The sisters kept in touch, but just before the caravan was set to pass through the city Isabel's correspondence suddenly ceased. When the caravan arrived in the city Finn rushed to her sister's house only to find it empty. The caravan was forced to move on before long, but despite protests from her parents Finn stayed behind to try and find out what happened.

Skills: Equally comfortable infiltrating the nobility and their servants. Adept at mimicking accents and affecting behavioral quirks of a vast range of people thanks to travel experience. Oddly lucky.

Misc. Details

These are just notes for me, might contain some minor spoilers so don't read if you care about that sort of thing

• Refers to people by informal nicknames to avoid getting too attached to them
• Horribly depressed and lonely, obstinately refuses to let anyone know
• Hasn't really accepted the fact that her sister is most likely dead, liable to become suicidally reckless when confronted with reality if no one stops her.
• Niece is a Tiefling, could conceivably still be alive
• Fond of alley cats
• Insists on cooking for anyone she likes and deems "too skinny"
• Prone to stargazing
• Shuffles cards when she's nervous
• Refers to "The Lady"(luck) in the same sort of way most people would refer to a patron god
• Likely to become highly suspicious of, and possibly angry at, anyone she develops romantic feelings towards
• • Because it's obviously their fault
• • • Why won't they stop being so damn attractive?!
• I think I'm forgetting something
• I'll probably remember as soon as I hit post
• Oh well whatever no one's reading these

[Question Mark]

@Meliai   I laughed out loud at the end of the miscellaneous details, and cool character too!  It's so rare to find characters with such a heavy emphasis on avoiding combat, instead preferring to hide in plain sight.  And now this game has two!  How awesome is that?

[Crovonovin]

She looks great, Meliai!  Looks like we may be close to getting things underway.  I look forward to prowling the city's underbelly with (some) of you newcomers! 

[Meliai]

Thanks guys, Great to hear you like her! I'm really excited for this game :D

[Katina Tarask]

@Meliai   I laughed out loud at the end of the miscellaneous details, and cool character too!  It's so rare to find characters with such a heavy emphasis on avoiding combat, instead preferring to hide in plain sight.  And now this game has two!  How awesome is that?

Of course, if that's what you want out of a game, you probably should go for a different system.  The D&D system's always boiled down to, "Kill things.  Take their stuff," without much support for much else.

Such characters aren't rare.  They're just rare in D&D because it's something D&D sucks at.

[Question Mark]

Of course, if that's what you want out of a game, you probably should go for a different system.  The D&D system's always boiled down to, "Kill things.  Take their stuff," without much support for much else.

Such characters aren't rare.  They're just rare in D&D because it's something D&D sucks at.

I personally prefer a mix of the two.  I love the combined strategy and luck involved in Pathfinder combat, but I also like how there's always another option: you can run, hide, be diplomatic, etc.  Sure, most people prefer to bash things in the face until it stops moving and/or gives them shinies, and sure that's generally easier.  BUT you can always try another tactic, especially in urban environments with lots of NPC interaction.

Also, I'm still relatively new to systems: I have RL and online experience with 3.5, Pathfinder, and the occasional homebrew, but not much else.  So I work with what I know!  ;D

[Katina Tarask]

Thing is, the rules of the game do almost nothing to help make the run/hide/talk option interesting.  Often just a single d20 one which one side or the other auto-wins because they invested a ton in one skill while the opponent invested next to nothing in the counter, with a result as clear-cut as, "The person with a +16 mod just won the game," compared to the well-fleshed-out combats which can actually have some nuance to them.

Best advice I can give someone getting into system games?  Different games are good for different things.  Never ever treat D&D like the do-everything game; learn and play a lot of different games.

[Wintercat]

Looking good, Fox is still keeping a touch busy as it stands but hopefully we'll have a reply out of him at the weekend when he has a little more time available (as far as I know at least). I am curious what things may come to pass in time with these things, little plothooks and fleshing out a character can make things a lot more interesting at times. Hopefully all goes well and we'll be getting this show back on the road again soon, but I thought I'd say it though.

Very impressive, Meliai. That's a character that should carry forth an interesting tale.

[Question Mark]

*twiddling thumbs on a surprisingly comfy futon*

...So...  What happened to the original Heist of the Century?

[ShadowFox89]

 Someone stole it.

[Question Mark]

Someone stole it.

How?  Why?

[Crovonovin]

How?  Why?

I think that was a joke.   ;D

I believe LtFox was kept busy by the service, and therefore had no time to run the game any longer.

[Question Mark]

Oh.  Derp.

[Bloody Rose]

Are you still looking?

[Zaer Darkwail]

So far as I know; yes.

[LtFox]

Hello folks!

Meliai, character looks good.  Now we can launch the game sometime soon.

As for my take on the social aspects of the game, although the rules provide at best meager provisions for those, I run my game somewhat differently.  In general, skill ranks outside combat are used as yardsticks for the character's ability in any given skill, and I won't call for rolls that often outside combat, skillful and in-character role play is much more likely to get your way than a couple of dice rolls.  In combat, I mostly go with the rules as they are, though there is some flexibility.  If someone wants to do something that the rules don't say yay or nay for as is, just give me a word.  I'll then proceed to stab the rules until they cry and say what I want them to say.  That is to say, if you give me reasonable explanation, chances are rules will bend to allow it.

Zarazel:
I may be able to fit you in.  What kind of role were you thinking?

Shadowfox:  So, whatever happened to your character idea, or are you withdrawing for now?

Well, been slightly busy last week, but we should see significant progress this weekend.  You'll be getting quite a bit more details about the world in general, and Sacrafel in specific.  Who know, we might even kick the thing off the ground.

Cheers,
_LF_

[ShadowFox89]

 I don't think the homebrew class is gonna work. I'm not sure what slots I could fill, though I've been playing a lot of stealthy characters lately.

[LtFox]

Okay folks, the OOC and Character threads are up, and links are here:

OOC: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=136857.0

Character archive: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=136856.0

Old players and those who have mostly completed characters, please post them into the Character thread so I can more easily keep track of how many characters we have game-ready.

We should be starting soon, sometime this week is the definite timeline, as long as I receive all the pertinent characters until then.

Cheers and keep up the good work!

LF