Re: AFK thread

[Yoren longshore]

Back properly on Sunday.

I'll be laying out a lot of mechanical stuff and asking for a bit of help from PCs to resolve each other's combats, just like in the melee.

Many thanks for everyone who can help and apologies for this week being much slower than I thought it would be.

I can help with the combats, if I know who'll need them.

[Baelon Drakeson]

I'm always happy to help as time allows... I'm between semesters right now, but I am prepping to retake the GRE on Wednesday (egads), trying to get a thesis draft done, and doing prep work for the class I'll be teaching this fall. Thankfully, running a one-NC fight doesn't take a lot of time.

Side note, I don't know how much time I'm going to have for this game once the fall semester starts (the week after next). I'll be teaching a class, assisting with another, be the primary tech person for the department, taking a class, possibly auditing a second one, and applying to PhD programs. Oh, and writing my thesis, too. I'll definitely be playing, but my posting rate will probably drop...

[Kevan Lyras]

I can help with NPCs as well as time permits, for the next 3 weeks.

Starting Sunday 6. September, I will be very limited for 2.5 weeks

[Reader]

Sorry, back properly during the week. Didn't get back from card game tournament until 2:30am on Sunday morning (long drive back), so was wiped out for the rest of the day.

[Reader]

And thanks for all the offers of helps - they're likely to be taken up on!

[Reader]

Bah, ludicrously late finish at work (Q2 reporting season for lots of listed companies, or Q1 for March year end). Sorry...

[Baelon Drakeson]

Life happens. I'm just glad to hear that it isn't something more serious.

[Reader]

Sorry another late finish! Tomorrow looks better - feel free to post in the narrator summoning thread with things that need done.

We've got this show back on the road before and we'll do it again.

[Reader]

Right, bit of a blitz tonight. Sorry about the incredibly slow week - work and a head cold crushing posting time.

Weekend a write-off due to my cousin's wedding, but we'll hopefully get back on track next week.

[Reader]

Right - given I'm away this weekend, everyone who has an NPC fight scene:

- Knightly opponent - use knight of quality
- Other 1v1 fight: please generate an opponent based on the "
Secondary character"
rules
- if you don't trust yourself to generate stats, use this: Fighting 5 (Appropriate Speciality 2B), Endurance 4, Agility 3, Athletics 4, Will 3
- Multi-opponent fight - use the guard profile with appropriate weapons &
equipment to adjust for the type of opponents. [Ser Kevan Lyras, I think I generated some opponent stats for you already]

Find another PC to buddy up with and share the rolls please!

[Kevan Lyras]

I am out over the weekend, but will do that beginning Sunday

[Reader]

If you're missing an offseason challenge mechanics thread and need something, please use this.

[Ser Derrock, think you're doing some jousting so this doesn't apply to you!]

- Ability (Speciality) TN 9 - Each DoS = +1 bonus to later roll
- Ability (Speciality) TN 9 - Each DoS = +1 bonus to alter roll

- Ability (Speciality) TN 9 - count DoS
- Ability (Speciality) TN 9 - count DoS

DoS cashed in for

- 2 DoS for 1B in a speciality [can be chosen once]
- 2 DoS for 1 glory [chosen once]
- 2 DoS for 10GD
- 2 DoS to improve an NPC's disposition towards you by one step [status <
=7]
- 2 DoS to contribute 1VP towards gaining a quality

Apologies to those of you lacking something personalised.

[Septon Arlyn]

If you're missing an offseason challenge mechanics thread and need something, please use this.

[Ser Derrock, think you're doing some jousting so this doesn't apply to you!]

- Ability (Speciality) TN 9 - Each DoS = +1 bonus to later roll
- Ability (Speciality) TN 9 - Each DoS = +1 bonus to alter roll

DoS cashed in for

- 2 DoS for 1B in a speciality [can be chosen once]
- 2 DoS for 1 glory [chosen once]
- 2 DoS for 10GD
- 2 DoS to improve an NPC's disposition towards you by one step [status <
=7]
- 2 DoS to contribute 1VP towards gaining a quality

Apologies to those of you lacking something personalised.

So Does that mean that I would count up my DOS from intrigue?

[Reader]

If you've done an intrigue, count it as 4 DoS and just roll half the checks in the original post (I missed out a couple, so please check the new version).

[Septon Arlyn]

So from what I read I would be testing 2 tests at TN 9 because the original post had 4?

[Ser Jorah Holt]

Right - given I'm away this weekend, everyone who has an NPC fight scene:

- Knightly opponent - use knight of quality
- Other 1v1 fight: please generate an opponent based on the "
Secondary character"
rules
- if you don't trust yourself to generate stats, use this: Fighting 5 (Appropriate Speciality 2B), Endurance 4, Agility 3, Athletics 4, Will 3
- Multi-opponent fight - use the guard profile with appropriate weapons &
equipment to adjust for the type of opponents. [Ser Kevan Lyras, I think I generated some opponent stats for you already]

Find another PC to buddy up with and share the rolls please!

My encounter is a squad combat
I have several guards, myself and garret vs a knight of quality and some guards of faith militant - as possibly the most awkward to run, does anybody want to run this combat?

I'm willing to run Ser Kevan's combat if nobody has already claimed it

[Septon Arlyn]

I can run the Faith milltant side of things if you want to run your guard group. Do you want to use the Grid that was already made for the melee and you and add in any objects you would like to impose that way? (carts, bushes, trees ect?)

[Baelon Drakeson]

My encounter is a squad combat
I have several guards, myself and garret vs a knight of quality and some guards of faith militant - as possibly the most awkward to run, does anybody want to run this combat?

I'm willing to run Ser Kevan's combat if nobody has already claimed it

How many total combatants? If over 20 it would use the warfare rules (with each "
squad"
being 1 unit). That would be quite easy for me to run.

I can run the Faith milltant side of things if you want to run your guard group.

Septon, why don't you take up [url=my fight][/url], and I'll run Ser Jorah's?

[Ser Jorah Holt]

I can run the Faith milltant side of things if you want to run your guard group. Do you want to use the Grid that was already made for the melee and you and add in any objects you would like to impose that way? (carts, bushes, trees ect?)

that works for me. I didn't use the grid particularly, so not sure how to populate it. I established there is at least one cart, a few horses and the manor house nearby where they are storing their items.


@Baelon, it was around 11 total combatants - 4 guards, garret and myself and 1 knight and 4 guards on the faith militant side

[Baelon Drakeson]

I can run the Faith milltant side of things if you want to run your guard group. Do you want to use the Grid that was already made for the melee and you and add in any objects you would like to impose that way? (carts, bushes, trees ect?)

that works for me. I didn't use the grid particularly, so not sure how to populate it. I established there is at least one cart, a few horses and the manor house nearby where they are storing their items.


@Baelon, it was around 11 total combatants - 4 guards, garret and myself and 1 knight and 4 guards on the faith militant side

Ok, that's not too bad, just a simple skirmish. I can do up a grid and get that started shortly. Are ok running garret and the Coldbrook guards, or would you like me to?

[Kevan Lyras]

Jorah: I am fine with that, I asked Ben to do it, but he has not answered so far. I am sure he is ok with it too. Here are the relevant statistics, I received from reader:

here are the statistics:

2 Guards in mail with halberds &
mail
Athletics 4, Fighting 4, Endurance 3, Awareness 3
Initiative: 2#2d6-3 1 0

1 guard with a longbow and hard leather
Agility 3, Marksmanship 4 (Bows 1B), Endurance 3
Initiative: 3d6-2 13

2 thugs with handaxe, mace and hard leather.
Athletics 3, Fighting 3 (Axes 1B), Endurance 3
Initiative: 2#2d6-2 5 3

Their initiative is already posted in the thread as well as an initial map. I think, NPCs should focus on the PC threat rather than the relatively undangerous boy.

[Theomore Tullison]

Looks like my RL has decided to make me so busy that I'm having difficulty tying up the last few threads (though the Baelon/Gwyn outcome sort of hinges on a discussion I'm having with reader before it can progress much further)

I'll finish up the chronicle with Theomore, though it may take longer than I like (actually, it is already taking longer than I like), then I may have to consider the option of Theomore being off scheming somewhere else than the rest of the PC's are for the next chapter. There's a certain appeal of playing a character that doesn't plan ahead the way things are looking to be like until Christmas on my end.

[Dyana Marsten]

Does that mean you'll leave, or abandon the character?

[Gwyneth Drakeson]

Hopefully neither!

One thing you might consider, if you just need some time away from Theo, is switch characters. Play your cohort, while Theo fades into a temporary NPC who you can call on for clandestine support.

[Loreia]

'RL getting busy' means he won't have barely any time to play period, "
until Christmas"
, so he's not leaving us. Sorry to hear that! Hope you can keep in touch with Reader to have Theomore do some offstage/handwave actions/activities. Just no roleplay, I guess.

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