The Forgotten Tower - A Pathfinder game.

[yesiroleplay]

Here's a link to my sheet.  It is still a work in progress, but I may have it semi-complete by midnight.

http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1076695

[vanTheMad]

The cutoff is just for character bio's. The mechanics can wait a couple of days if needed.

Ah, okay. I'll still likely have that up for your consideration by end of night tonight, just figured transparency and communication and what have you. I'm a team lead at a call center, so believe me, lack of communication is my number one source of stress!

[Latooni Subota]

Huh. Is Eowyn Lawful Neutral, or Chaotic Neutral. One the one hand she has a pretty clear personal code (Even if it's a cowardly one) but her code is motivated by a LOT of selfishness, which tends to be Chaotic . . . *Blinks*

[Blinkin]

I've had a lot of debate over personal codes and the actual definition of Lawful Neutral as beyond the one reference to a personal code, it goes on to talk about following the law. So, it's probably closer to chaotic neutral to neutral evil. But, I won't allow an evil character, so it had better not be NE; it'll be walking a tightrope as it is if accepted.

[Chulanowa]

Huh. Is Eowyn Lawful Neutral, or Chaotic Neutral. One the one hand she has a pretty clear personal code (Even if it's a cowardly one) but her code is motivated by a LOT of selfishness, which tends to be Chaotic . . . *Blinks*

Split the difference, go true neutral.

[Vergil Tanner]

@Blinkin:

The....actual fuck? I thought I...Bah, sorry. I had it all written down and done (including the Mythweaver), I just forgot to copy it in. >.<

Anyway, there we go; the CS and Mythweaver have been edited in. I THINK it's all correct and up to date.

[Latooni Subota]

Welp, I should have the sheet up tomorrow night, unless something silly happens.

[Blinkin]

I've looked at just about everyone's CS that's been posted. Not all, yet, but getting there.

Something that I've seen several times is a mistake on the cost of enchantments of weapons and armor. To save a little time, here's a quick and dirty breakdown on how enchantments are priced for weapons and armor.

A basic +1 for a weapon is 2,000 + 300 (Masterwork) + cost of item.

So, a +1 rapier would be 2,320 GP. A weapon must be masterwork to hold an enchantment.

For each additional enchantment, there is a formula. It's Total Enchantment squared x 2,000 gp, +Masterwork. A +2 enchantment, or a +1 flaming rapier would be 2 x 2 x 2,000... or 8,000 gp +Masterwork. A +3 would be 18,000 gp.

A basic +1 enchantment for armor is 1,000 +150 (Masterwork) + armor cost. A +1chain shirt would come out to 1,250 GP. A Mithral Chain Shirt is 1,100 gp (Mithral's Masterwork becomes part of the cost of the item)

The formula for additional enchantments is total enchantment squared x 1,000 +armor cost. A +2 piece of armor is 2 x 2 x 1,000, or 4,000 +armor cost. a +3 is 9,000 gp.

No single item may exceed 5,000 gp. A nice way to increase AC is to do +1 for a set of armor, and a +1 shield. you get a +2 AC for 2,000 gp.

Characters who get accepted into the game will not find replacements or enchanted items of an eastern origin. Keep that in mind if you feel that you simply must have an eastern weapon.

As a note on the game. Pay attention to the post and what you may not be seeing. Not everything will be as it appears and unless you ask questions, some information may not be apparent. I know that this may slow down game play, but I dislike leading people through a story as if they were mentally deficient. One of my biggest beefs with today's media is that the producers seem to feel like we have to be led by the hand to understand what is going on. I provide the world and the plot, but you have to be willing to explore it. I'll give you information that you need for the world, but you have to participate and use the information to get through the adventure. My goal is just 1 post a week from everyone and if we can get 2 post a week, I'll call the game blazingly fast.

[Vergil Tanner]

Ok, so

1) Have I made any mistakes like that in my inventory costs? >.>

2) Do you mean asking you questions via OOC (EG, "can I see X," or "Is there Y?" or questions in the context of an IC Post, like "X looked around to see if he could find Y?"

[Blinkin]

1. I haven't looked at your CS yet. Note that I said that I've looked at most of the CS's so far. I didn't specify anyone in particular.

2. Have you ever played in a tabletop game? No GM ever tells you every detail, partially because it's going to take too long, he/she hasn't worked out every detail or he wants the players to interact and asking for particular, or specific details makes that more likely. If it's OOC or IC isn't going to be very different, although if it's IC, it may prompt characters to consider the question because it's then something that they know about.

Example. OOC: Do I see anything unusual in the fireplace? As the character isn't doing anything, the other characters can't use it as something to respond to.

IC: "I want to look closer at the fireplace, maybe there's something else to find..." IS asking me for more detail and information AND gives your fellow players something to see and respond to in character.

Billy bo bob: "I'm going to search the bed..."
Glory Bea: Oh, good idea, is the desk drawers locked?"
"Holly Wood: "I'm bored, I'm going back outside, Do I see anything out of the ordinary?"
GM: Billy Bo Bob starts to search the bed, but all he finds is moldy straw, bedbugs and an odd stick with marks along it's length. As Glory checks the desk, the drawer opens easily, smoothly only to find nothing but some paperclips and a big, hairy spider.... Holly steps back out into the living room and her foot taps something that rattles noisily across the floor to then drop into a knothole in a floorboard... and taps several times on stone...

If that makes any sense.
"

[Vergil Tanner]

1. I haven't looked at your CS yet. Note that I said that I've looked at most of the CS's so far. I didn't specify anyone in particular.

I know! I was asking if that included me, since I want to know so I can correct it.

2. Have you ever played in a tabletop game? No GM ever tells you every detail, partially because it's going to take too long, he/she hasn't worked out every detail or he wants the players to interact and asking for particular, or specific details makes that more likely. If it's OOC or IC isn't going to be very different, although if it's IC, it may prompt characters to consider the question because it's then something that they know about.

Example. OOC: Do I see anything unusual in the fireplace? As the character isn't doing anything, the other characters can't use it as something to respond to.

IC: "I want to look closer at the fireplace, maybe there's something else to find..." IS asking me for more detail and information AND gives your fellow players something to see and respond to in character.

Billy bo bob: "I'm going to search the bed..."
Glory Bea: Oh, good idea, is the desk drawers locked?"
"Holly Wood: "I'm bored, I'm going back outside, Do I see anything out of the ordinary?"
GM: Billy Bo Bob starts to search the bed, but all he finds is moldy straw, bedbugs and an odd stick with marks along it's length. As Glory checks the desk, the drawer opens easily, smoothly only to find nothing but some paperclips and a big, hairy spider.... Holly steps back out into the living room and her foot taps something that rattles noisily across the floor to then drop into a knothole in a floorboard... and taps several times on stone...

If that makes any sense.
"

I know, I have played tabletop games before...but the way it works around a table and on a forum is different. I was only asking if you wanted it done via OOC or IC, because every GM does it differently and has different preferences. Forum System Games like this are new to me, even if Tabletop games aren't, so I wanted to make sure I understood the process...sorry if I annoyed you or something.

[Blinkin]

I'm sorry if it came across that way, I wasn't annoyed in any way. Just trying to explain.

Tabletop and forum are different, but only in pacing in the end. It takes far more patience and understanding in forum because you don't get the same level of non-verbal imput and, unfortunately, a lot of players don't have the commitment to stick with forum pacing. That's part of why games fail so often because the game isn't fast enough for everyone.

[Vergil Tanner]

It's ok, I'm a bit tired and misreading things constantly. Don't worry about it

Oh, I get that. The amount of group games that go the distance...well, the numbers aren't high. I was only asking, since if I want to know extra details about the room, it's faster to post in OOC and say "Is there this," than make a whole IC post that says "He looks around for X." I might make liberal use of both methods, depending on the circumstance....is that ok? Or would you prefer us to stick to one method or the other?

[Snake]

Huh. I always thought that the MW cost had been worked into the enchantment costs already.  I guess my items may push t total over what I thought they were. Crap.

[ArinTalis]

;0Luckily, the only items I have that are enchanted are wondrous items that follow the standard base cost for such, and my only weapon shall be my BARE HANDS. So... uh... yeah, I think I'm good. :)

[hellrazoromega]

As a note on the game. Pay attention to the post and what you may not be seeing. Not everything will be as it appears and unless you ask questions, some information may not be apparent. I know that this may slow down game play, but I dislike leading people through a story as if they were mentally deficient. One of my biggest beefs with today's media is that the producers seem to feel like we have to be led by the hand to understand what is going on. I provide the world and the plot, but you have to be willing to explore it. I'll give you information that you need for the world, but you have to participate and use the information to get through the adventure. My goal is just 1 post a week from everyone and if we can get 2 post a week, I'll call the game blazingly fast.

That is how I like to run my games, sadly a lot of players expect to be lead by the hand I leave bread crumbs and they just step over them. Awyway, that is to say, I am totally cool with that style.

[vanTheMad]

Finished my character sheet, I've added a link in my original post to the Mythweavers sheet, but its also below! I did a couple of minor tweaks to personality/background for ease of reading and to improve wording and what have you, but her general story is still the same. Let me know if anything is off in the numbers (I am notoriously bad at math, but I double-checked everything to be safe, if I'm off at all, I'm fairly confident I'm off by less than 10gp), or if you've got any gripes or further questions about my background/etc.

I did take three traits and a drawback, with the drawback being Vainglory. I found it a bit hard to explicitly frame her as a glory-hog, but I feel like her general personality traits of pride, barbarian hot-headed-ness, etc., pretty well explain why she would have difficulty bluffing, sneaking, or disguising herself, let me know if you want me to change anything to accent that drawback more.

http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1078082

[Blinkin]

Ok, looked at everyone's CS who has submitted one. I haven't seen MU or Chuie's CS, but hopefully by the end of the weekend, I'll have a selection made.

[Chulanowa]

Ok, looked at everyone's CS who has submitted one. I haven't seen MU or Chuie's CS, but hopefully by the end of the weekend, I'll have a selection made.

Yeah, I've had a mess of things going on. I'll have a CS by today or tomorrow, though.

Actually, having just thumbed through my bookmarks... I have a lot of stuff on my plate. I'm going to go ahead and bow out of this one. Sorry guys!

[Blinkin]

No worries, I just wanted to make sure that I hadn't missed it or that we had lost you. RL is a pain in the ass sometimes... well... nearly all of the time, if I were honest about it. lol

[Latooni Subota]

It will be up by the morning! This is swear!

[Blinkin]

As I said before, no worries. As long as it doesn't take a week more as I'm sure that at least someone is jones to get started.

[Blinkin]

Anyone who has not submitted a character sheet should do so by midnight tonight (Monday, January 23, 2017). I will make the selection based upon what completed characters that I have tomorrow morning; I know some of you are biting at the chomps to get something started.

[Snake]

I fixed my cost issues by removing a 750gp item which should make up the difference for the MW factor of magical item costs.

[Blinkin]

Ok, here we go down the rabbit hole...

The selection wasn't easy, some of the characters were more appropriate to my story concept than others, others yet never developed character sheets.  in at least one instance, a character would of been selected, if the sheet had been offered.

Be that as it may, the selections are based mainly upon the character concept and background and which ones that I felt would provide the best chance for success. Everyone was considered equally and I thank everyone for offering a character.

So, the accepted Characters are:
AubrienneDorenwald      VanTheMad   Urban Barbarian
Sharilena Seberden      Hellrazoromega Rogue 3/mage 2   
Talan’thanel Myriaadon   Virgil Tanner   Magus
Miklos         Wargtass   Fighter
   Amy            ArinTalis   Monk


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