Discussion of Group Adjustment

This thread will remain open until the start of Chapter 2. Note that this is NOT an OOC thread - please PM me with any in-game questions. Thanks.

Its really up to the other players, I can step out of the game if nobody else can decide who goes. I enjoy playing Alterith, but don't want to cause strife in the group by fighting for my spot. I may attempt to run a rifts game, just to see if I can make it work online, but don't know at this point. At least I'll still have dan's game. That would leave 5 to choose from.

Thanks for your thoughts and concerns, Ben. Always appreciated. Just for the record in case anybody is confused, there shouldn't be any conflicts occurring, because it's either based on volunteer retirees or my decision. That way you guys won't have to deal with bruised feelings or lobbying between each other, and if someone doesn't like my decision to retire them, I can blame it on random chance. :)

Lol, we get more posts out of you when you're breaking the group down than when we're playing...whats up with that Jerry? jp

If someone started a second group, could they still play their character in the first group?

About DM, I don't feel comfortable because I have a hard time being anywhere as descriptive as several of you guys here (I can picture it in my head, but I can't seem to describe it in words anything like the picture in my mind), and I don't have all the necessary resources. I have a slight interest, but right now don't feel like I know enough to do a competent job. I'll also have to learn how to draw a map (fairly) quickly especially for battles and stuff requiring initiative. (I don't want to spend an hour or more per map).

Grammar mistakes in my post.

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Haha, I just like disorder and breaking things down.

Just a placeholder fyi post on David's behalf, he has expressed potential interest in DMing a parallel Novemterra game. He did say however that he didn't want to take the spot from somebody else who really wanted to do it. So if you are interested in DMing, please post up! Otherwise it looks like it'll go to David. That way Ben can keep Alterith around and Zadok won't have to worry about fluffs and maps (which for me are much more time-consuming than I care to admit). :)

Random is taking a break in general, so with a potential DM coming from this group, the two games will have three players each (since there will be six of you left). However, once upon a time, Nick Olds (one of Jack's good buddies and a new friend of mine too) expressed interest in playing, and Trevor has always been interested too. I've just extended to them a potential invitation. And Rory, too.

If they could join, this situation would be (from a DM's standpoint) perfect - two games of four- or five-person parties each.

I'd definitely prefer to continue playing, as I'm planning on running a campaign over the summer, so this is my only place to be a rolePLAYER . I don't mind being in either split off campaign, but i'd prefer that wherever i go, i'm with Alterith..... as our characters backgrounds intertwine, and he is the reason i'm in this shell in the first place.

I'd prefer having david run a campaign so I can continue playing, I was just volunteering to drop down and run in case nobody else wanted to. My preference has always been to play, I always ran games because people preferred me as a dm

Okay good to know, thanks so far guys.

Snaphin wrote:

If someone started a second group, could they still play their character in the first group?

Excellent question, for which I currently do not have an answer. It's not certain yet who will be running what. Even if it ends up being David, we have not yet discussed that far.

This is a great point. While i am indifferent to wherever i end up, if I end up up in the other DM's group (david?) I just want to say i don't have a problem making a new character if he wants me to. Don't get me wrong, I love Rasa, but I also have this other character in mind i'd love to play sometime. however, he can definitely wait till a later campaign, as i'm sure i have many in my future. So basically what i'm saying, is if the new DM wants to start a campaign with new characters, i'd be willing to move to his if other people want to keep their old ones.

if the new dm decides to keep with the novemterra campaign, will characters be interchangeable?

i know this was a point of interest with the 'dual strike force' idea, that characters could be mixed and matched at certain points to create different teams. with two 'separate' campaigns going, this could be a more difficult venture. the reason i bring this up is because potentially people could end up completely segregated from one another with regards to roleplaying with one another. for example: Zadok is only in the d&d campaign and should he end up in 'group 1' and myself (or anyone else) in ' group 2' they wouldn't get a chance to roleplay together.

obviously this isn't make-or-break for me, i was just curious if this had been thought about by anyone else and if it sounds like a feasible idea.

Should the new GM prefer to also use the Novemterra setting, I personally would prefer interchangeability. However, the only weakness I see in this is pacing. Currently this is also an undiscussed issue.

To be honest I did not think of the potential isolation through the splitting of this game, but only largely because across the board (pun intended), there are some of us who are already isolated from each other, such as some players in Trevor's game from some players in this game, for example.

It shouldn't be too difficult to interchange characters. We are not a unified adventuring group with a home base of operations. What we do in smaller groups within the larger mercenary band is up to the respective DM's. However, if a player wanted to switch out with someone, they could sit out a session and stay at the home base until the other group returned and then could go out with them. With Jerry and David running the two teams it would be really easy as they live together and can easily coordinate the exchanges to occur at a convenient time for each.

yeah. welcome to my game. For the interchangability issue, we thought of it kinda like our two parties could be two strike teams for AVALANCHE or something. One would take out Mako reactor 3, while the other goes for reactor 2. Then, my team gets a message to sabotage Rufus's press conference, while Jerry's team hasn't taken down 3 yet because of heightened security, etc. While we could coordinate sometimes, with changing members and whatnot, it wouldn't be something done frequently, but the possibility is there.

Even logistically, with two teams, if one party finishes an adventure before the other party does, then...

but this is not to say that they can't happen. Team changes can occur such that the flow is not altered too much.

With that being said, I think Jerry will modify our forums a little bit, and change permissions and things like that. I expect to be able to hold votes for house rules over the weekend, or early next week. About that, if you're in my group, you will follow my house rules. If you're under Jerry, his rules will apply. Adjust accordingly.

For continuity purposes, nobody should create a new character, and with Mystia retiring, and potential new characters coming in, we should be more than set.

With that being said, I will probably take up Vampire just so I can play a game.

was it decided that you wouldn't be able to have Mystia in Jerry's campaign?

Update on Novemterra RPG Situation

This is the official scoop:

• "Scars of the Planet" is splitting into two parallel-running games. One campaign, two gaming groups, each led by David and myself, as co-DMs.
  
• In any official matters that require the decision of "a single entity," I assume that role in principle.
  
• Interchangeability between characters will be possible and may occur on occasion. It will not be a common occurrence.
  
• For continuity purposes, players will be keeping their original characters.
  
• The overarching campaign plot for both gaming groups will be similar. Notable NPCs and villains will remain consistent. Individual adventure Chapters are completely up to each DM and may feature completely independent sub-plots.
  
  
• This forum has been modified to accommodate this newest change in the game, most notably the splitting of the two games into sub-forums.
  

Thread is now locked, ooc thread unlocked.

Group decisions coming soon.


Thanks everyone!