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Post by makofan on Oct 3, 2017 8:49:39 GMT -5
What size is my snake guy?
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Post by ffilz on Oct 3, 2017 10:23:20 GMT -5
I'll try and get my elf equipped and named today.
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Post by Admin Pete on Oct 3, 2017 16:29:42 GMT -5
I will answer you both, but either late this evening or tomorrow sometime. Sorry I cannot get to it quicker. My sister-n-law will be with us this evening.
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Post by Admin Pete on Oct 3, 2017 16:31:26 GMT -5
I'll try and get my elf equipped and named today. I will get the adjustments applied late tonight or tomorrow night.
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Post by Admin Pete on Oct 4, 2017 17:15:05 GMT -5
What first level spells can my guy know? I thought I read you had a rule for this somewhere (based on GH? btb M&M?), but I can’t find it. Possibly I dreamt it. Let's start with the original list Detect Magic Hold Portal Read Magic Read Languages Protection/Evil Light Charm Person Sleep You will have opportunities for it to grow from there, depending on the choices that you make.
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Post by Admin Pete on Oct 4, 2017 17:21:01 GMT -5
What size is my snake guy? At first level your snake guy is a juvenile roughly equivalent to a 15 year old human. At this point when not moving and with head raised to converse it will be about five feet 4 inches above the ground and overall length of about 12 feet and you will weight about 170 pounds. At full growth these would change to 7 feet and 20 feet and about 400 pounds. At maturity your fangs will have grown and your bite will be with or without venom at your decision. Right now you fangs are not noticeable beyond normal teeth and your venom is at bee-sting strength and you have not yet learned control and it is random.
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Post by ffilz on Oct 4, 2017 18:45:42 GMT -5
What size is my snake guy? At first level your snake guy is a juvenile roughly equivalent to a 15 year old human. At this point when not moving and with head raised to converse it will be about five feet 4 inches above the ground and overall length of about 12 feet and you will weight about 170 pounds. At full growth these would change to 7 feet and 20 feet and about 400 pounds. At maturity your fangs will have grown and your bite will be with or without venom at your decision. Right now you fangs are not noticeable beyond normal teeth and your venom is at bee-sting strength and you have not yet learned control and it is random. I assume this applies for Varien also.
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Post by Admin Pete on Oct 4, 2017 18:52:56 GMT -5
At first level your snake guy is a juvenile roughly equivalent to a 15 year old human. At this point when not moving and with head raised to converse it will be about five feet 4 inches above the ground and overall length of about 12 feet and you will weight about 170 pounds. At full growth these would change to 7 feet and 20 feet and about 400 pounds. At maturity your fangs will have grown and your bite will be with or without venom at your decision. Right now you fangs are not noticeable beyond normal teeth and your venom is at bee-sting strength and you have not yet learned control and it is random. I assume this applies for Varien also. No, I am sorry you elf will never weight 400 lbs or have a venomous bite unless you run afoul of a particularly bad curse or blindly drink the wrong potion or from the wrong fountain or ... Ok, Ok, your elf may someday weight 400 lbs and/or have a venomous bite. It depends on the choices you make. Varien as an elf is about 50 years old which is roughly equivalent to a 15 year old human.
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Post by magremore on Oct 5, 2017 6:45:08 GMT -5
What first level spells can my guy know? I thought I read you had a rule for this somewhere (based on GH? btb M&M?), but I can’t find it. Possibly I dreamt it. Let's start with the original list Detect Magic Hold Portal Read Magic Read Languages Protection/Evil Light Charm Person Sleep You will have opportunities for it to grow from there, depending on the choices that you make. Before the first day in and about town, Wy will memorize Charm Person. While seeking out hirelings (as mentioned in the proper thread), he will keep a particular eye out for a strong-looking clod of whatever race.
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Post by ffilz on Oct 5, 2017 9:14:18 GMT -5
I assume this applies for Varien also. No, I am sorry you elf will never weight 400 lbs or have a venomous bite unless you run afoul of a particularly bad curse or blindly drink the wrong potion or from the wrong fountain or ... Ok, Ok, your elf may someday weight 400 lbs and/or have a venomous bite. It depends on the choices you make. Varien as an elf is about 50 years old which is roughly equivalent to a 15 year old human. Dang it, quoted the wrong one... Intended to quote the post about spells...
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Oct 5, 2017 10:29:27 GMT -5
Have Shiyazthar and Company run into any of the others or found that Hides R Us yet?
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Post by Admin Pete on Oct 5, 2017 11:26:43 GMT -5
No, I am sorry you elf will never weight 400 lbs or have a venomous bite unless you run afoul of a particularly bad curse or blindly drink the wrong potion or from the wrong fountain or ... Ok, Ok, your elf may someday weight 400 lbs and/or have a venomous bite. It depends on the choices you make. Varien as an elf is about 50 years old which is roughly equivalent to a 15 year old human. Dang it, quoted the wrong one... Intended to quote the post about spells... At first level the spells are the same and then they will start to deviate when you get to the second level spells. However, you can each learn other spells as you encounter them or as you share with each other or as you research them at higher levels.
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Post by Admin Pete on Oct 5, 2017 11:29:09 GMT -5
Have Shiyazthar and Company run into any of the others or found that Hides R Us yet? Shiyazthar and Kavita have arrived at The Laughing Ogre tavern.
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Oct 7, 2017 13:04:52 GMT -5
Are we to use private messaging as suitable substitutes for Sealed Notes Passed to the Gamesmaster?
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Post by Admin Pete on Oct 7, 2017 14:48:17 GMT -5
Are we to use private messaging as suitable substitutes for Sealed Notes Passed to the Gamesmaster? Yes, please do!
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Oct 7, 2017 16:49:37 GMT -5
The ogre grins as he picks up the change and watches her carry the two large mugs to the table, thinking to himself, "That is the homeliest elf I've ever seen, that makes her unique, I wonder what the story behind that is." And now my screen is covered in Caff-free Diet Pepsi. TOO FUNNY to not spew soda all over the room!!
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Post by Admin Pete on Oct 7, 2017 19:03:36 GMT -5
The ogre grins as he picks up the change and watches her carry the two large mugs to the table, thinking to himself, "That is the homeliest elf I've ever seen, that makes her unique, I wonder what the story behind that is." And now my screen is covered in Caff-free Diet Pepsi. TOO FUNNY to not spew soda all over the room!! I exist to serve.
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Post by makofan on Oct 11, 2017 8:35:27 GMT -5
Hey Periloos, how would we find out more about the ruin to teh northwest?
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Post by Admin Pete on Oct 11, 2017 11:10:44 GMT -5
Hey Periloos, how would we find out more about the ruin to teh northwest? I will see you back in the main thread.
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Post by Richard on Oct 11, 2017 20:56:11 GMT -5
Not sure if this comment should go here or elsewhere but:
It seems that the action thread currently involves two (2) separate locations: the tavern where most of the characters are located and the fur trading establishment were a single (?) PC went.
Given the large potential for confusion fostered by the limited communication possibilities of PbP (and the fact that players can easily forget who is where and why between posts that may be made days apart), it strikes me that when characters leave a particular locale further action posts for them should perhaps be made to a separate thread.
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Post by Admin Pete on Oct 11, 2017 21:34:24 GMT -5
Not sure if this comment should go here or elsewhere but: It seems that the action thread currently involves two (2) separate locations: the tavern where most of the characters are located and the fur trading establishment were a single (?) PC went. Given the large potential for confusion fostered by the limited communication possibilities of PbP (and the fact that players can easily forget who is where and why between posts that may be made days apart), it strikes me that when characters leave a particular locale further action posts for them should perhaps be made to a separate thread. That is a good idea, but unfortunately it will not be tonight. In the future I will try to remember to split when it first happens.
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Post by Admin Pete on Oct 12, 2017 11:34:20 GMT -5
Not sure if this comment should go here or elsewhere but: It seems that the action thread currently involves two (2) separate locations: the tavern where most of the characters are located and the fur trading establishment were a single (?) PC went. Given the large potential for confusion fostered by the limited communication possibilities of PbP (and the fact that players can easily forget who is where and why between posts that may be made days apart), it strikes me that when characters leave a particular locale further action posts for them should perhaps be made to a separate thread. That is a good idea, but unfortunately it will not be tonight. In the future I will try to remember to split when it first happens. Took care of that this morning.
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Oct 12, 2017 16:01:24 GMT -5
Terrific! Now we can indulge in our DIDs (used to be called MPDs)!
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Post by Admin Pete on Oct 12, 2017 16:10:59 GMT -5
Terrific! Now we can indulge in our DIDs (used to be called MPDs)! ?? What? Dare I ask?
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Oct 12, 2017 17:02:12 GMT -5
Disassociated Identity Disorders. By 1995 at least, the diagnosis had changed from Multiple Personality Disorders when stronger research (with lots of blind testing groups) determined that multiple personalities didn't actually exist, but patients had been unable to keep their compartmentalized roles together. "Normally" we can be a parent, child, spouse, project manager, rolegamer, writer, angry, passive, etc - and keep all these traits in one personality.
From Psychology Today: "DID is a disorder characterized by identity fragmentation rather than a proliferation of separate personalities. The disturbance is not due to the direct psychological effects of a substance or of a general medical condition. DID was called multiple personality disorder until 1994, when the name was changed to reflect a better understanding of the condition—namely, that it is characterized by a fragmentation, or splintering, of identity rather than by a proliferation, or growth, of separate identities. As this once rarely reported disorder has become more common, the diagnosis has become controversial."
I came to know about this when I started the Alter-Ego mail list -- Alter-Ego referring to the magazine by Roy Thomas. Turned out there was already a Yahoo group with the name of Alter-Ego, a DID patient mail list/group - so I had to change our name to Alter-Ego-fans per suggestion from Dr Bails.
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Oct 13, 2017 13:22:39 GMT -5
After a serious post yesterday, I had to spend 20 hours repenting of being serious. It's just too easy to associate (every pun intended) our hobby and the vocation of acting with DID. (A little personality compartmentalizing is healthy and much fun!) Ironically, my previous post makes a good segue into this, a commendation to Mr PD for a remarkable performance and/or script as Smokey Pete. I feel I have known him for years - and if he's a conglomeration of the better GMs I've known (and mostly forgotten the names thereof) then I truly have.
So an exalt to our gamesmaster for raising the bar! If the challenges and adventure can match his rolegaming skills, Murkhill is going to be even more exciting an adventure than I had hoped.
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Post by Admin Pete on Oct 13, 2017 13:51:14 GMT -5
Here is hoping I do not disappoint.
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Post by Richard on Oct 17, 2017 0:35:24 GMT -5
. . . "As this once rarely reported disorder has become more common, the diagnosis has become controversial." Just curious: *Which* diagnosis has become controverial? The original one, in which a lot of patients displayed signs of multiple personalities? Or the new one, in which full-blown personalities have been more normalized as a fragmented singularity? Because it strikes me that something the researchers may not have taken into account is that - especially in the modern Western world - most of us are having to assume many more roles than did our forebears. This is particularly true in the area of gender-defined roles, where we are under increasing pressure to remove said gender criteria altogether. Whereas we used to know what roles we were supposed to be filling and those roles were relatively fewer in number, today we are having to figure out our own roles while at the same time the possibilities seem to be continually expanding. In other words, in the past MPD was relatively rare because there were relatively few roles and no confusion as to which we should fill. But now the choices are many and the guidelines are both vague and shifting. Thus, more MPD.
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Oct 17, 2017 6:01:59 GMT -5
Raikenclw2, you might prefer to ask someone who is trained in this specialty rather than a rank amateur who came into limited knowledge due to a coincidence in nomenclature. (One is a self-identified term for DID patients, the other was the first modern comic book zine in 1960.)
One thing I was told is that DID was not relatively rare in the past, but misunderstood (and only diagnosed in extreme cases) as multiple personalities. Which made for more entertaining movies and best-selling books, but allowed less severe cases to slip under the radar.
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Post by Admin Pete on Oct 17, 2017 7:00:01 GMT -5
As interesting as this is, lets not go down the road with this discussion.
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