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Purple Dragon Knight
Master of Realmslore
Canada
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 Posted - 29 Sep 2004 : 18:24:40
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hammer of Moradin
Senior Scribe
USA
758 Posts |
Posted - 30 Sep 2004 : 19:42:11
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As you all should know by now, Talwyn is joining the group to briefly run Guaygrek until a suitable stopping point. Guaygrek is Sarelle's character, and will stay his until his return. Talwyn will be playing a new character, one that he has mentioned at Candlekeep before.
I have received interest from another scribe here at Candlekeep to lurk in on the game, so I did him one better by asking him to join. At this point he (Lysander by the way) will either briefly take control of Guaygrek until a stopping point, or he will have a character join at that same point depending on what Talwyn would prefer. I have other 'options' I could use him for, but what does everyone say to this?
Oh, and everyone check your e-mail's, I'm ready to get back into full swing and get this game rolling again! |
"Hurling himself upon his enemies, he terrified them with slaughter!"
Scribe for the Candlekeep Compendium
Candlekeep proverb: If a thing is said often enough, fools aplenty will believe it to be true. |
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Lysander
Learned Scribe
USA
183 Posts |
Posted - 30 Sep 2004 : 20:16:19
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Originally posted by hammer of Moradin
As you all should know by now, Talwyn is joining the group to briefly run Guaygrek until a suitable stopping point. Guaygrek is Sarelle's character, and will stay his until his return. Talwyn will be playing a new character, one that he has mentioned at Candlekeep before.
I have received interest from another scribe here at Candlekeep to lurk in on the game, so I did him one better by asking him to join. At this point he (Lysander by the way) will either briefly take control of Guaygrek until a stopping point, or he will have a character join at that same point depending on what Talwyn would prefer. I have other 'options' I could use him for, but what does everyone say to this?
Oh, and everyone check your e-mail's, I'm ready to get back into full swing and get this game rolling again!
Thankyew, thankyew verra much  LOL, well, now that Guaygrek might get passed around like.. a communal sacrement .. I appreciate it, and will try to be up to speed. *makes note to dig out materials* My days are fairly chaotic, but I'm not lettin' that stop me! 
My email, for the list, is sir_lysander@comcast.net. All email-related programs I have are freshly abused and (should be) in line and unobtrusive. |
Lysander
Defender of the Second Edition
Moderator, Project Gemengan, Worlds of D&D |
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Wood Elf Ranger
Senior Scribe
USA
627 Posts |
Posted - 01 Oct 2004 : 08:30:22
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Sounds great to me  Once Sarelle gets back we will be one BIG happy family As happy a family as a bunch of surly battle-ready dwarves can be 
Tell me when its my turn again Hammer. I think Darube is just waiting for the orcs to get in range so he can chuck his harpoon at the ugliest one of em |
~Lee N.
"Breaktime yes?!.. Yes?.. Maybe?.. Noo, baaack to work.." -Grovel the Goblin from NWN: HotU |
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hammer of Moradin
Senior Scribe
USA
758 Posts |
Posted - 01 Oct 2004 : 14:22:35
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If you're looking for the ugliest one you'll just have to pick one at random. Orcs are all ugly.
I've already determined that you hit when it gets to that point, but I just need to see which one it will be of the spear orcs (they will be the only ones in range of your harpoon). |
"Hurling himself upon his enemies, he terrified them with slaughter!"
Scribe for the Candlekeep Compendium
Candlekeep proverb: If a thing is said often enough, fools aplenty will believe it to be true. |
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Wood Elf Ranger
Senior Scribe
USA
627 Posts |
Posted - 01 Oct 2004 : 19:37:05
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There always seems to be one that is super ugly. You wonder how it ever lasted that long then you think it doesn't matter cuz I'm putting him out of his misery right now
I can't wait until you get this action sequence put all together and written up I bet it is going to read like one of R.A. Salvatores battle scenes   |
~Lee N.
"Breaktime yes?!.. Yes?.. Maybe?.. Noo, baaack to work.." -Grovel the Goblin from NWN: HotU |
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Kaladorm
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
1176 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2004 : 16:11:53
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Yeah, The Sundabar Sevens battle against 'the 8 orcc and an ogre' has a far better ring to it than 'the thousand orcs' haha.
Kev the Hammer - new york times bestseller, presents The Sundabar Seven Trilogy,
1st book - 'The 8 orcs and an ogre'
2nd book - 'The lone Duergar'
ooh and what will the third be I wonder? We'll have to wait until october to find out.
We've got Thaarg-Ka as Tarathiel, Darube as Innovindil, Drontar as Bruenor, Joylin as Cordio Muffinhead, Kaladorm as Regis, Guaygrek as Nanfoodle, and Dale as Cattie-Brie maybe.
Ok so its not an exact match...
By the way Kev, being a bit stupid and all I might have misunderstood how you want emails in combat. I'll try and remember to keep them in order of initiative this time, sorry  |
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hammer of Moradin
Senior Scribe
USA
758 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2004 : 17:30:08
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| Just send me one round of action per e-mail. When we were leading up to combat everyone sent in several rounds of action, responses, questions, etc. This is fine, but when you have a round of action in a combat situation only post this information on its own e-mail and try to put a heading on it to identify it so when I see it with all of the other e-mails it will stick out. It's all a learning process, and I think this will make it easier on communication and response. |
"Hurling himself upon his enemies, he terrified them with slaughter!"
Scribe for the Candlekeep Compendium
Candlekeep proverb: If a thing is said often enough, fools aplenty will believe it to be true. |
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hammer of Moradin
Senior Scribe
USA
758 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2004 : 17:37:31
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Originally posted by Kaladorm
Yeah, The Sundabar Sevens battle against 'the 8 orcc and an ogre' has a far better ring to it than 'the thousand orcs' haha.
Kev the Hammer - new york times bestseller, presents The Sundabar Seven Trilogy,
1st book - 'The 8 orcs and an ogre'
2nd book - 'The lone Duergar'
ooh and what will the third be I wonder? We'll have to wait until october to find out.
We've got Thaarg-Ka as Tarathiel, Darube as Innovindil, Drontar as Bruenor, Joylin as Cordio Muffinhead, Kaladorm as Regis, Guaygrek as Nanfoodle, and Dale as Cattie-Brie maybe.
Ok so its not an exact match...
By the way Kev, being a bit stupid and all I might have misunderstood how you want emails in combat. I'll try and remember to keep them in order of initiative this time, sorry
For the third, instead of The Two Swords, THE TWO HAMMERS!!! |
"Hurling himself upon his enemies, he terrified them with slaughter!"
Scribe for the Candlekeep Compendium
Candlekeep proverb: If a thing is said often enough, fools aplenty will believe it to be true. |
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Kaladorm
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
1176 Posts |
Posted - 05 Oct 2004 : 14:12:55
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Yes! We're onto a winner here, as your agent I expect 40% of the profit naturally...
(One of those bardic horns made from a claw of the tarrasque would be adequate payment) |
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hammer of Moradin
Senior Scribe
USA
758 Posts |
Posted - 05 Oct 2004 : 21:53:57
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| One of these days I will get around to updating my other thread for the campaign. Then again not a whole lot has happened in the meantime. I can post Dale and Darube's stable adventure, though. |
"Hurling himself upon his enemies, he terrified them with slaughter!"
Scribe for the Candlekeep Compendium
Candlekeep proverb: If a thing is said often enough, fools aplenty will believe it to be true. |
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hammer of Moradin
Senior Scribe
USA
758 Posts |
Posted - 14 Oct 2004 : 16:59:22
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| I have sent out a summary of actions for the round, and a request for actions for next round. Everyone is handling the combat very well, but don't get too distracted having opponents on two flanks could turn deadly. |
"Hurling himself upon his enemies, he terrified them with slaughter!"
Scribe for the Candlekeep Compendium
Candlekeep proverb: If a thing is said often enough, fools aplenty will believe it to be true. |
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Kaladorm
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
1176 Posts |
Posted - 15 Oct 2004 : 13:10:07
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With Drontar on the Ogre, we still have seven rounds to kill 7 orcs before their friends come into range. And a well placed sleep spell should delay them a bit further :)
Good job on the battle though Hammer it's working really well. The summary's at the end of each round help immensly.
P.s. Honestly not cheating on those damage rolls |
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Wood Elf Ranger
Senior Scribe
USA
627 Posts |
Posted - 15 Oct 2004 : 18:00:49
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I agree excellent job Hammer! I know it seems to be taking a long time but this is going to make for one awesome fight scene when its done
I also like the brief summaries of each round. Especially when we take so much time talking about different things we COULD do its nice to remember what each character actually DID do |
~Lee N.
"Breaktime yes?!.. Yes?.. Maybe?.. Noo, baaack to work.." -Grovel the Goblin from NWN: HotU |
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Kaladorm
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
1176 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2004 : 20:53:14
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Good job on getting the round numbers sorted too.
I can't begin to describe how confused I was, drunk last night at a party, briefly checking my emails and seeing Round 15 staring at me. I thought the world had gone crazy! Until I read it properly this afternoon and understood it hehe.
I want those orcs to hurry up so I can send them to sleep, perhaps I could enhance the spell with a Perform:Oratory check and tell them all about the wonders of good gravel, and how up near Sundabar you just don't get the same quality of gravel as in the great rift. In fact my great uncle Haldaor used to say to me as a child 'Kal, if you can inspire fascination in someone by telling them about the wonders of gravel then you are a true bard'. And so thats what I did, Drontar loves my talk of gravel, especially that time when old Kolar ordered Mulhorandi gravel, and didn't notice we switched it with some Halruuan gravel for at least 13.7 minutes. Ah the look on his face.... |
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hammer of Moradin
Senior Scribe
USA
758 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2004 : 21:04:36
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| Kolar himself must have been a little drunk to not have noticed so obvious a switch! And what dwarf couldn't be fascinated with talk of gravel? An elf maybe. |
"Hurling himself upon his enemies, he terrified them with slaughter!"
Scribe for the Candlekeep Compendium
Candlekeep proverb: If a thing is said often enough, fools aplenty will believe it to be true. |
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Lysander
Learned Scribe
USA
183 Posts |
Posted - 25 Oct 2004 : 01:19:07
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Originally posted by hammer of Moradin
Kolar himself must have been a little drunk to not have noticed so obvious a switch! And what dwarf couldn't be fascinated with talk of gravel? An elf maybe.
LOL
At least I wasn't the only one looking at the emails thinking "Round 2.... Round 15... what the [Removed to keep Forum-Friendly] did I miss???? |
Lysander
Defender of the Second Edition
Moderator, Project Gemengan, Worlds of D&D |
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MuadDib
Senior Scribe
South Africa
442 Posts |
Posted - 25 Oct 2004 : 08:58:45
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One question...Dale as Cattie-Brie???
What did I miss here? 
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MuadDib - Candlekeep Inn Barhand |
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Kaladorm
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
1176 Posts |
Posted - 02 Nov 2004 : 17:18:17
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Noticed one of the orcs chucking his spear into the ground haha. Does 3.5e have rules for critical misses, was this a house rule, or was it just flavour since the orc missed.
I know Reefy and I use critical misses as a house rule in our campaign, but we play something more like 3.25e. We also occasionally do it for skill checks under pressure to add a bit of excitement. For example my character managed to get a dance with the Lady Alustriel and rolled a 1 (trod on her feet and fell over). Luckily she made it look like part of the routine to save any embarrasment . Not the best time to roll a 1 though, otherwise I would 'so' have been in there with her |
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hammer of Moradin
Senior Scribe
USA
758 Posts |
Posted - 02 Nov 2004 : 21:30:44
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If the orc had been throwing into a mass of combatants which included orcs, I may have decided to see if the orc hit another orc, but a roll of a one into the party will NOT indicate a hit on another character, or what's the point of a rolled 1?
Sometimes I will have a one cause some outrageous effect. So, for instance, you are standing in the ballroom dancing with Lady Alustriel and an assassin fires an arrow at you just as you trip. You get a one, he gets a one. You can't dance, she makes a Reflex save to make it look like a dance move. His one means the shot was bad, real bad. It hits a shield hanging on the wall behind you, deflects into the air to hit the rope holding the chandelier above his head, and cuts it. The whole mess falls on his head knocking him unconscious. That would be an extreme, but funny, use of a rolled one. Most of the time I would just consider that a blunder, like hitting the arm of one of your companions, or just launching something completely off mark. |
"Hurling himself upon his enemies, he terrified them with slaughter!"
Scribe for the Candlekeep Compendium
Candlekeep proverb: If a thing is said often enough, fools aplenty will believe it to be true. |
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hammer of Moradin
Senior Scribe
USA
758 Posts |
Posted - 11 Nov 2004 : 16:58:40
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| We should be wrapping up combat soon, so be thinking about where you are at, and where the party will be headed to. Something to think about is the change in one character (Guaygrek) to another (Lysander's new character), and Talwyn joining us (I haven't heard otherwise Talwyn, and I haven't forgot about you). Guay will go into, hopefully, semi-retirement (still thinking about you Sarelle) so he can come back later. I just hope the combat I have you in points out a few weaknesses and strengths that everyone can use later. |
"Hurling himself upon his enemies, he terrified them with slaughter!"
Scribe for the Candlekeep Compendium
Candlekeep proverb: If a thing is said often enough, fools aplenty will believe it to be true. |
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hammer of Moradin
Senior Scribe
USA
758 Posts |
Posted - 02 Dec 2004 : 15:52:17
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We experienced the dungeon "crawl" without the dungeon, so now we'll try and speed things up. I will post M-F between 3 and 5 each day with new information for everyone to respond to. By the end of the week there will be something that everyone will need to respond to, and the weekend will be the time to do this. I just want to try and speed things up a bit so I will try to set the example, and before too long I think all of us will get into the groove.
If you don't post I, or an appropriate player, will control the actions for your player. Nothing is set in stone, and small edits can be made if we need, so don't be worried about a character making out-of-character type decisions.
I just want to try this out for now to see if it works, if not we can still find a happy medium, so let me know your input. |
"Hurling himself upon his enemies, he terrified them with slaughter!"
Scribe for the Candlekeep Compendium
Candlekeep proverb: If a thing is said often enough, fools aplenty will believe it to be true. |
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Wood Elf Ranger
Senior Scribe
USA
627 Posts |
Posted - 02 Dec 2004 : 17:11:19
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| Sounds good to me, though I am sad to see our first battle end, I was hoping to take on the rest of the orcs and ogres hehe. Perhaps we will meet them again |
~Lee N.
"Breaktime yes?!.. Yes?.. Maybe?.. Noo, baaack to work.." -Grovel the Goblin from NWN: HotU |
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Purple Dragon Knight
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1796 Posts |
Posted - 03 Dec 2004 : 07:57:58
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| Excellent idea Hammer! Most efficient! |
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Kaladorm
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
1176 Posts |
Posted - 05 Dec 2004 : 10:25:21
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| Sounds great. What did you mean by M-F? |
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Reefy
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
892 Posts |
Posted - 05 Dec 2004 : 11:01:16
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Originally posted by Kaladorm
Sounds great. What did you mean by M-F?
Good question, I took it to mean more frequently but that doesn't quite make sense in the context. More fluff? Marauding flesh-eaters? |
Life is either daring adventure or nothing. |
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Wood Elf Ranger
Senior Scribe
USA
627 Posts |
Posted - 06 Dec 2004 : 00:51:04
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| M-F = Monday through Friday. |
~Lee N.
"Breaktime yes?!.. Yes?.. Maybe?.. Noo, baaack to work.." -Grovel the Goblin from NWN: HotU |
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hammer of Moradin
Senior Scribe
USA
758 Posts |
Posted - 06 Dec 2004 : 01:44:18
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Originally posted by Wood Elf Ranger
M-F = Monday through Friday.
I guess I'm just used to seeing it so often at work that I didn't think about it. Sorry. |
"Hurling himself upon his enemies, he terrified them with slaughter!"
Scribe for the Candlekeep Compendium
Candlekeep proverb: If a thing is said often enough, fools aplenty will believe it to be true. |
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Wood Elf Ranger
Senior Scribe
USA
627 Posts |
Posted - 06 Dec 2004 : 02:20:39
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| I think we use the abreviation a lot more here in the states. *shrugs* |
~Lee N.
"Breaktime yes?!.. Yes?.. Maybe?.. Noo, baaack to work.." -Grovel the Goblin from NWN: HotU |
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Reefy
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
892 Posts |
Posted - 06 Dec 2004 : 15:36:52
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| I can't say I've ever come across it before but thanks for clearing it up. |
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