Kartakass: Beginnings OOC Thread

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Hi Tarlyn,

I don't have any complaints. If anything, it is me who has to apologize for not being on with enough regularity to post at convenient times. A comfortable post rate for me would be 3 per week, probably, but then again, there are times when things go fast enough to warrant a higher frequency.

As for the content itself, I view this campaign as a possibility of me learning how Ravenloft is played by others. I've only DMed and I felt I didn't do it quite according to canon. Plus, I've made several mistakes which made me, and probably my group, less than satisfied, so I merely want to be a player and learn. As that goes, anything you bring will be fine for me, except if you go into very graphic things. That, I might dislike.

Actually, in the horror department this has been pretty low, I'm afraid, but I know how hard that is to produce. I'm comfortable with dark fantasy, anyway, and I don't like overly oppressive environments (probably, one of my mistakes in my campaign).

Well, that's is, as honest as possible. I expect to hear from the others, now :-)

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I agree, 3 times/week are good enough. Except maybe when we have combat when things need to go faster.

I like the game very much and my only complain is that we never finish a quest :( For me it would be better finish the quest in Kartakass, then go to FR, save the man from Zhents and then return to RL to help Draven. Now we seem more plane travelers and not adventurers!

That being said I enjoyed very much the FR part, it was really great and added some fantasy flavor that I liked very much.
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I agree that 3 times per week would be a good pace. I also agree with Van that a quest completion would be nice, but I don't know what exactly is planned for us. It could be the GMs plan to have us not so much as complete quests, but discover the world while desperately trying to do good.
Either way I do enjoy the game and thank Tarlyn for taking the time to run it.
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Yes I agree with both Van and BBQD, 3 times a week is fine and yes we do jump around a bit too much.

I'd also like to see combat situations where we get a chance to directly effect the outcome ourselves. In too many sitauations Tarlyn and Jacob come to the rescue, which is fine, but it kinda takes the fun away a little when the npc's have bigger roles than the pc's.
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All duly noted.
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Hmmm...

Well, I must agree that getting bailed out by the two drow [TWO good aligned drow???in the same place?// :shock: :P :wink: is sometimes a bit much.

The planehopping doesn't bother me, because I figure you've got some nefarious DM plan at work.

Well, it might be nice to hang around in one spot for a bit longer. Exploring Sri Raji, for instance. I don't think I've ever seen anyone use this domain, come to think of it!

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Ail wrote:"If we can trust you at all, that is", Lucius adds.

For some reason, he's not keen to trusting this woman. Sure, anyone can say they oppose an evil deity, but how can they convince others of their true intentions? What if this woman has done the ritual herself, and now is claiming it on others?
You beat me on time Ail!

I totally agree with you!

Tarlyn, can we do a sense motive check?
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VAN wrote:
Ail wrote:"If we can trust you at all, that is", Lucius adds.

For some reason, he's not keen to trusting this woman. Sure, anyone can say they oppose an evil deity, but how can they convince others of their true intentions? What if this woman has done the ritual herself, and now is claiming it on others?
You beat me on time Ail!

I totally agree with you!

Tarlyn, can we do a sense motive check?

YEs , why yes you can. And as you guys don't always like the two dark elves helping out, they won't be part of the sense motive this time. mwahahahahhah!! Good Luck!
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No wait, we love the 2 darkies!!! Especially Jacob with his high wisdom!!! :lol:
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OK it's official, the dice roller hates me!

I got 13 total. Please guys get some more! :)
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Lucius got a 20 total on his Sense Motive.
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VAN wrote:
Ail wrote:"If we can trust you at all, that is", Lucius adds.

For some reason, he's not keen to trusting this woman. Sure, anyone can say they oppose an evil deity, but how can they convince others of their true intentions? What if this woman has done the ritual herself, and now is claiming it on others?
You beat me on time Ail!

I totally agree with you!

Tarlyn, can we do a sense motive check?
Yes, well.... that story sure smelled fishy, didn't it? Also, I like to be the first some time. I'm always missing the beat here :-) (heh, but now I'm back from holydays, I'm may be able to post more often)
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Lucius got a 20 total on his Sense Motive.
Better than Draven got when he first met Arijani....

But seriously if that IS Arijani I doubt even a 20 will do us much good... :arijani:
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lostboy wrote:
Lucius got a 20 total on his Sense Motive.
Better than Draven got when he first met Arijani....

But seriously if that IS Arijani I doubt even a 20 will do us much good... :arijani:
Yes, I know... but heck, better than nothing.
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Sense Motive: 7 + 5 = 12
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