PbP weekend - Q&A
- Joël of the FoS
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PbP weekend - Q&A
If you need to ask us questions about the play by post weekend, please post them here (no, the rumour that we asked Ryven to answer them isn't true).
Questions about what is going to happen will punished by severe maiming (Socko is ready).
Joël
Questions about what is going to happen will punished by severe maiming (Socko is ready).
Joël
"A full set of (game) rules is so massively complicated that the only time they were all bound together in a single volume, they underwent gravitational collapse and became a black hole" (Adams)
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- Joël of the FoS
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Yes, of course. When you leave, just tell a mod: we'll find a good in game reason for your... departure.
It's sure that not everybody will be around for the whole weekend, so some character will be more important at times, and fade later.
Joël
It's sure that not everybody will be around for the whole weekend, so some character will be more important at times, and fade later.
Joël
"A full set of (game) rules is so massively complicated that the only time they were all bound together in a single volume, they underwent gravitational collapse and became a black hole" (Adams)
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Please be my guest. This is opened to everybody in the Ravenloft online community.
Everybody should drink and feist with us!
Joël
Everybody should drink and feist with us!
Joël
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Joël of the Fraternity wrote:Yes, of course. When you leave, just tell a mod: we'll find a good in game reason for your... departure.
It's sure that not everybody will be around for the whole weekend, so some character will be more important at times, and fade later.
Joël
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- Joël of the FoS
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He/she is an outlander? And make sure these spells do not infringe the Ravenloft setting spell restrictions.Moral Machivelli wrote:Can our characters have spells memorized from other source books outside Ravenloft . I was thinking of having my character memorize one or two from F.R. books
Just let us know the source of material from outside the Ravenloft setting.
Joël
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- Jester of the FoS
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1- If you're not on for much that's okay. If you can't post on Sunday then simply give your character a glorious death and leave (or, you know, just have him leave the party...) and check back on Monday to see what you missed.
2- Come one, come all. All you need to be is a flesh-and-blood person (at least 50% flesh, we have a cyborg/golem limitation policy), your previous participation is irrelvant. Post more and be forever remembered even if you never show your face again.
3- Considering it's play-by-post 90% of game statistics will be irrelevant, so much will be shrugged off as artistic licence. Cast spells from any setting, make up your own, just be good sports and don't have your L5 character blasting out incantations as powerful as Wish on a regular basis.
2- Come one, come all. All you need to be is a flesh-and-blood person (at least 50% flesh, we have a cyborg/golem limitation policy), your previous participation is irrelvant. Post more and be forever remembered even if you never show your face again.
3- Considering it's play-by-post 90% of game statistics will be irrelevant, so much will be shrugged off as artistic licence. Cast spells from any setting, make up your own, just be good sports and don't have your L5 character blasting out incantations as powerful as Wish on a regular basis.
- Scipion_Emilien
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Interesting, for the first time i will be able to play instead of being the DM in a Ravenloft game.
I have never a play by post game before, if someone want to explain to me the basics and the convention of this form of play, il be grateful. (can send me a pm if you don t want to make this thread huge.)
I have never a play by post game before, if someone want to explain to me the basics and the convention of this form of play, il be grateful. (can send me a pm if you don t want to make this thread huge.)
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Well, it's quite similar to the games going in in the bottom role pleying boards (Galen, the halfling does ..., etc.). You post in character, i.e. you say what your character would say, you write what your character would think, you describe his actions, etc.Scipion_Emilien wrote:Interesting, for the first time i will be able to play instead of being the DM in a Ravenloft game.
I have never a play by post game before, if someone want to explain to me the basics and the convention of this form of play, il be grateful. (can send me a pm if you don t want to make this thread huge.)
If you have out of the game question / comment / information / suggestion for other posters to see, you put "OOC: " before writing it (for "out of character:").
That's basically it
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The big rule of such a play by post is not to hurt critically, kill or injure another player without his agreement
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Also, for the fun of it, things go slowly, close to real time, so take your time in making the action evolve.
Joël
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What about characters? Can we slaughter them without care?Joël of the Fraternity wrote: The big rule of such a play by post is not to hurt critically, kill or injure another player without his agreement
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Just kidding.
The Remnants have one saying to represent loss, disappearance, exile, and death. It is [i]Shiao Marests[/i], "Taken by The Shadows".
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If they agree then yes. And there is nothing stopping you from offing a few servants who annoy you.Tobias Blackburn wrote:What about characters? Can we slaughter them without care?Joël of the Fraternity wrote: The big rule of such a play by post is not to hurt critically, kill or injure another player without his agreement![]()
Just kidding.
But, really, it's not that kind of party.
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