Out Of Character

[sully]

Right now, I can't see how a desert rescue mission could succeed. To begin with:

1) Since Ulric is lost somewhere underground with the Speculum, how would a rescue party locate either Gustave, or the main group?
2) Transport. Assuming you knew which Alcazar Gustave was imprisoned in, how would you get there? You're going to need wings. Or some means of discovering that the underground labyrinth exists, locating it, and then tunnelling into it.
3) Water (and supplies) will be needed for any extended stay.
4) Fire power. A dwarf and two elves versus the desert world? Hmm...

I think perhaps this plotting should go over into the in game thread, since it is the preoccupation of the PCs there

I have all the answers!

1. Blind luck.
2. We'll discover the underground labyrinth. How? Blind luck.
3. We'll find supplies there. How? Blind luck.
4. I was told there would be powerful magical weapons and armor here. We'll find them. How? Blind luck.

[flightcommander]

"Gah," snorts Zax, eyeing the bloated corpse with resigned disgust, "thought we might 'av got a bit more jiggle out'o that one."

[The Red Baron]

Has anyone been keeping a map?



Am I allowed to post this?

[waysoftheearth]

None of the PCs has explicitly been keeping a map that I'm aware of. The Gnome group had a pursuit, which made it impossible to map their route for that period. The Hobbet group has been moving about cautiously enough to have formed a reasonable picture of where they've gone, so I have no problem with you posting your map in the OOC thread. I won't comment on its accuracy, however

If anyone had been making a map in character, they could also post it in the in character thread for discussion (between the PCs)...

[waysoftheearth]

The fighter (and ranger) players may be interested to know that I have updated the fighting/resting house rules to accommodate the DD V5 Hero rule (see near the bottom here. So Hinterlands fighters (and rangers) of sub-Hero status will now benefit too.

Concerning current in-game hp status of all the PCs:

As of the most recent group of PCs, I made something of "handing over" responsibility for maintaining PC sheets and info to the players. Mainly due to time constraints at my end, but I also figured that's how it works at the table top, so why not in a PBP too?

I set everyone up with a Golden Rod PC sheet online so that you guys could maintain your sheets conveniently (editable PC sheets inline, here in the forum), and so I could--ultimately--go look PC stuff up in a more or less standard format if/when I needed it.

The long and short of all that is that I'd like it to be more up to you guys to tell me how many hp your PC has

So... moving right along, I'm happy for either:

A. You guys to review your PC sheet and the relevant posts and tell me where your hp are currently at (our trustee Assistant Ref should be able to verify you count if there's any doubt in doubt).

OR Alternatively,

B. If that proves too problematic, I can re-roll everyone's hp at this current rest point and take it from there.

Which do you prefer folks; A or B?
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[ehiker133]

Pretty sure Leudigar hasn't taken any hits this adventure yet, so he should be at 6.

Haven't been following anyone else.

I'm good with either way.

[The Red Baron]

Dopey recovered back up to 5 after the crossbow incident, but is still suffering from a bolt in the side! (must have missed the vitals)

[acodispo]

Wetzel took two hits in the last combat and is down to 1 hp of 7.

[acodispo]

By the way, in Google Sheets you can open the revision history, and, if you modified your HP in the goldenrod on the same day that the relevant combat was posted, you can know precisely when you made the change (in case you need to find the reference on the forum). Same goes for equipment added and such.

[Eris]

Manfreid is still 7/7 HP as he's taken no damage so far.

He's picked up 6 (I think) arrows from the Breakmass present, but no bow and nothing else.