OOC - Out Of Character

Alterith wrote:

hey...if we miss a post we're just standing idle right? So that means you guys scared them and they are just fighting defensively for a round, take another whack at them :D

/signed

MeNotHolgar wrote:

Alterith wrote:

hey...if we miss a post we're just standing idle right? So that means you guys scared them and they are just fighting defensively for a round, take another whack at them :D

/signed

I also agree!

it'll be enough time to concentrate, right? can you just 'take 20' on your attack?

on a much more somber note - I received a text from Jerry earlier this afternoon. His grandfather has just passed away and he is in California for the funeral. Because of this he said he will be unable to post for a little while yet. Hopefully he'll be back and ready to go soon, but understand that this is the cause of the current lack of posts. My thoughts go out to him and his family in their time of mourning.

RaSa wrote:

MeNotHolgar wrote:

Alterith wrote:

hey...if we miss a post we're just standing idle right? So that means you guys scared them and they are just fighting defensively for a round, take another whack at them :D

/signed

I also agree!

I concur, this is good news.

MeNotHolgar wrote:

on a much more somber note - I received a text from Jerry earlier this afternoon. His grandfather has just passed away and he is in California for the funeral. Because of this he said he will be unable to post for a little while yet. Hopefully he'll be back and ready to go soon, but understand that this is the cause of the current lack of posts. My thoughts go out to him and his family in their time of mourning.

I concur, this is NOT good news.

agreed...sad news...praying for you and your family Jerry.

My own grandmother just passed away two months ago, so my thoughts are with Jerry and his family as well, through this difficult time.

sux man, i'll keep you in my prayers as well.

On an unrelated note, I am going to Guangzhou today for my visa. I'll be out of touch for about a week, because I don't know if I'll have internet or not. If I do, then that's awesome. If not, then Jerry can just roll for me, and I will fill in fluff when I get back.

It looks pretty bad, guys. Finish this in 2 rounds or I die D:

self-stabilize ftw? hopefully....

Hey guys, thanks for your prayers and support. I really appreciate it. The family is doing alright - Grandma is taking is as well as anyone in her situation could be expected to. It's heartening to see that she recognizes the need not to be cooped up - she's actually going to visit East Lansing this week to spend time with my parents. Jack and I will probably be able to spend some time with her in the upcoming weekend as well. Yeah. During the funeral service, there were a lot of lighthearted moments shared as we spoke not just about his character but also some of the good memories we had.

My dad is the youngest son, and he has four siblings (two uncles and two aunts for me). Not including Jack we have around a dozen cousins, all who are very close to Grandpa. So it was a blessed time with family. My concern goes mainly to my dad and Grandma, but he's taking it very well, and she seems to be recovering ok.

Thanks again guys. Andrew and Zadok, hope you guys don't mind doing an "Auto-Resolve" for this.

The "dream sequences" were totally random, but it was only later that I started thinking of ways to enrich the actual campaign storyline using them. Sorry if it seems like there's suddenly nothing going on with them, but let's just finish this encounter.

If any of you guys end up needing to remake, don't do so just yet. PM me first. Thanks.

Glad to hear that people are doing well. I know when my various grandparents have passed that it helped having so much family around. Hearing and telling stories about peoples' experiences with that person and each other seems to build a great net of support, without which I could see an easy tumble into dark places. Anyway, you've got us to strengthen your net!

With regards to the game - I had counted a stabilize at -5, but I could be mistaken. If you counted -6, that's probably right. Hopefully the minor change wouldn't make a difference in the long run, being stabilized and all. Hope that clears things up for Krytox!

hikaritenchi wrote:

On an unrelated note, I am going to Guangzhou today for my visa.

Where in Guangzhou? The major centers of Guangzhou is not too far from Hong Kong.

David, if Mystia's constitution score is at 12, should her hit points at level one be equal to hit die (1d8 for cleric) + constitution score? Would that be 9 hp instead of 8? Unless you have a racial bonus (er ... negative I mean) to your hit points. I'm also assuming that your racial class does not get additional hit die at 2nd level. You might want to double check if you have some spare time on your hands. Just trying to see if it is possible to buy you (an) extra chance at survival.

Snaphin wrote:

yeah, my email accounts have received upwards of 8MBs and more before. My email is snaphin@yahoo.com. I've also bookmarked the link people mentioned earlier.

Yeah, i just got this message, and sent you the book. hopefully you get it :)

*Crosses fingers for level 3*

RaSa wrote:

*Crosses fingers for level 3*

psssssh, poaching levels?! coming in for the final boss... for shame.

hey, i came in multiple parts of that story thanks :)

I started in it, I helped kill the one monster that attacked you. I met the lizardfolk, and then I went elsewhere because you guys were all being so loud and causing such a huge ruckus. Then you all got yourselves in a bind, so I decided to come help. Sheesh. Show some gratitude.

RaSa wrote:

Sheesh. Show some gratitude.

Okay, thanks for the stripped down version of the D&D3.5. That enough gratitude for ya?

Your welcome sir. Is it everything you ever wanted and more?

*you're

Also, I sent a PM to Jerry. As for my HP, thanks for the effort, Zadok, but I get +2 Con at level 1 Merfolk, so I started with 10 Con, which gives me 8 HP. Although, I don't know if I am supposed to get Hit Dice at level 1 Merfolk, so...yeah. In any case, if you guys aren't going to revive Mystia, then that's cool. I'll be talking with Jerry about my future in this game.

I'll have to double check, but I thought that improvement to constitution scores would be affect hit points retro-actively as well.

I'll have to find the reference, but I'm almost certain that any increases in con apply retroactively to all previous levels.

For example: If I am a level 3 human fighter with a Con score of 11, I would have 10+2d10 hit points (max at level 1). At level 4, I gain +1 ability modifier which I use to increase my Con to 12, thus gaining +1 hp per level. This is applied backwards against my previous 3 levels, as well as the current and future levels as well. Therefore, once I have my new con score, my hit points would be (10+2d10) + 1d10 + 4.

yes...... I'm positive that's how it works. so if/when you raise con, you should gain hp at each level.

Yeah, it does, the same way that rage increases my hp by 2 per level because it raises my con score by 4.

David, I'm looking over your PM now. I'll get back to you on the details in it.


Yes, you (guys) are correct - improvements to Con affect your hit points retroactively. For sure. Keep in mind that the opposite is therefore true as well.

The main factor in allowing us to conclude that Mystia met her fate lay on Rasa - by declaring as his action that he was aiding Alterith, it forced Mystia to undergo another stabilize check which I did (for the additional round she would have been dying, had the +1 hp been taken into account). Unfortunately, because that check also failed, Mystia passed in either case (i.e. whether the hp was assessed correctly or not).

I'm currently drafting new Race and Class documents for Miderth characters. As a new rule, because our group is currently on Miderth, I will only allow re-rolled characters to be from Miderth. In the future, should any of our characters meet their demise on a different Shell, those races would instead be available (subject to my specific instructions).

I've decided that every character class (i.e. all 28 of them - from PH, PH2, Complete series, and the Artificer from Eberron) will be available for any Shell, as well as patron deities (i.e. for Clerics and Favored, and other classes that rely on a specific divine allegiance). Therefore, only race options will be impacted on a by-Shell basis.

Just a heads up on where I'm taking the building of this campaign setting.