A New Barovia : OOC

[steveflam]

Once kintire posts, then I should update again

[steveflam]

Ok, so input time again. Just curious as I usually am! I personally think that Chapter Two, in general has been much better than Chapter One, quite frankly.

I am not very good like ewan at creating polls, hee hee hee, so I just want to know a few things here.

1) How are you finding chapter two so far?
2) Is there enough intrigue?
3) Would you like more combat/action?

As you all know I am open to ideas, criticisms etc so do not be shy
Even those of you who are not actively participating, but might be actually reading the game

[VAN]

I like the game so far and I loved that you use Strahd sometimes, for sure adds to the game's atmosphere. I would like to have an encounter at some point though.

The only thing I don't like and still need a way to avoid it is that we will die if we go to Jacob's house...Adam has strong reasons to go there and needs a valid one to not go, otherwise will be metagaming.

But apart of that I enjoy the game very much

[steveflam]

I like the game so far and I loved that you use Strahd sometimes, for sure adds to the atmosphere. I would like to have an encounter at some point though.

The only thing I don't like and still need a way to avoid it is that we will die if we go to Jacob's house...Adam has strong reasons to go there and needs a valid one to not go, otherwise will be metagaming.

But apart of that I enjoy the game very much

Oh, I have a solution for that and have a nice little post prepared for you guys and gals............ I took into consideration several factors and I think you all will be very happy with the result


I think that this would be Adam's first stop of the day, right?

[VAN]

If not the 1st for sure the 2nd. Adam wants to go to Militia as well. Depends on the group what we will do first, go 1st to Militia and then Jacob's house or the opposite.

And thanks for fixing that Tarlyn, you know I don't like metagaming

BTW I don't know if you have checked Myth Weavers already but I changed my spells a bit. They are in my character sheet.

[steveflam]

If not the 1st for sure the 2nd. Adam wants to go to Militia as well. Depends on the group what we will do first, go 1st to Militia and then Jacob's house or the opposite.

And thanks for fixing that Tarlyn, you know I don't like metagaming

BTW I don't know if you have checked Myth Weavers already but I changed my spells a bit. They are in my character sheet.

No worries on my part

[Ken of Ghastria]

1) How are you finding chapter two so far?
2) Is there enough intrigue?
3) Would you like more combat/action?

Honestly, I do feel a bit frustrated that -- as far as I can tell -- the primary tale (solving the murders) doesn't seem to have advanced one bit since the beginning of Chapter 2. Yes, we examined some clues and, yes, we're making progress toward getting more appropriate weapons. But we still seem to know as much as about the murders and our foe as we did back in October. Granted, we took a couple of weeks off around Christmas/New Year's, and I love the roleplaying, but I had hoped for more developments by now.

Tarlyn, I'm not putting all this on you, and I apologize if it seems like that. I fully recognize that perhaps we or our characters might have missed something important. Yet the investigation of Delsenora's murder has taken up a lot of time, both in game and out. That's totally understandable considering what she meant to the party, but I'm not sure if you intended for that to happen or if you meant it to be a "Gandalf fell into the pit, nothing you can do about it, move along" moment.

Now if Delsenora's death, the werebadger murders, and the new arrivals are completely unconnected, that's cool. Hey, this is Ravenloft -- weird people walk through town every day! If that's the case, though, I ask simply that you nudge our PCs to reach that conclusion so that we can decide how best to use our time and resources. Thanks.

[steveflam]

Am I to presume that you are are going to Militia HQ first?

[VAN]

For me this should be our 1st stop, to check if anything happened during the night. But if the rest have another idea it's fine.

[BigBadQDaddy]

I am digging the chapter so far. To me it seems like we are dealing with two separate crimes with possibly the same conspirators. That is just my opinion though.
As for intrigue it looks like that aspect is picking up steam. There are a few "who is this and what are they doing?" scenarios to deal with.
As for combat I am fine with the usage so far. Personally I think combat eats up a ton of time in PBP so having a handful of combat encounters per chapter suits me fine and actually the less combat puts the focus on the investigation.

[steveflam]

Okay, so I am advancing the scene now ....................

[steveflam]

All right, seeing as I am advancing the scene, I need one of you to remove Detect magic from your memorized spells. I am presuming that one of you would have cast it inside his home anyways

Let me know who cast it.

[Ken of Ghastria]

Khalfani can cast it. As a sorcerer with a full night's rest, he's got the spell slots.

[steveflam]

Khalfani can cast it. As a sorcerer with a full night's rest, he's got the spell slots.

The desk drawer is glowing.

DC 13 for type of magic.

[VAN]

Adam takes 20 to search the library and then the chest.