[OOC] hobnobbing with the riffraff-- random musings and banter

[Fil kearney]

I've seen some folks poke through, but not post in the game thread... have I left this TOO open for folks to proceed? I really just need a consensus as to who will do what, and whether you want mara with someone... otherwise in the morning Crinneth will show up to reclaim her intern and I'll send Tanner off to the graveyard by himself.

npc's are just tools.. you certainly don't need them for you to function, and some find them downright annoying. MOST of the characters I build will hopefully be 3 dimensional enough to be at least interesting to have around while the team interacts with them

Mara is a great example... useful little tour guide, but completely disposable if the team doesn't enjoy her interacting with the team. Kreggan was the same way.. as virtually all the guests in the prologue.

Are we having a busy RL week?

[Ithamar]

I was waiting to be specifically introduced / ordered into the game thread / etc. I didn't know you wanted us to just hop right in.

[zarzak]

Sorry, first week of the school. Trying to get my schedule organized.

[Fil kearney]

Oh, yeah.

Ithamar is interested in playing as well. He knows it may be a chapter or two before we incorporate him, but I should at least introduce him...

We're team mates on another game thread here, and he knows his way around PbP pretty well.

He's gonna swell our ranks to 7 characters.. which is the largest team I've ever ran. So this is gonna get a bit crazy in a bit.

I think I should hold off on you actually jumping in once we move out of sharn back towards the mournland. thy could use the extra help once you get there. This will give you some time to figure out how to integrate with the team... we've got the Droaamites and the Brelanders intermingling.. so you may be able to help cenmet that a bit more tightly.

And now we have suficiet numbers so if someone should bail, ecan continue onward without compromising game integrity. Strength in numbers.

so hold o, Ith. I appreciate yer patience.

[NoldorForce]

Out of curiosity, what sort of character will Ithamar be playing?

[Fil kearney]

I don't think he's decided yet... yer welcome to ask him about it yerself tho.

[NoldorForce]

Wizards just mentioned the Head of Vecna.

Best. Artifact. Ever.

[zarzak]

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/news/20070401b

[Fil kearney]

Sul's Most recent post in his tangent HERE is another great example of completely taking the story in a direction I didn't anticipate.

Thematically appropriate, but I certainly didn't anticipate free- roaming bulettes to be scouring about.
This may or may not lead to something useful, but now there's bulettes being branded by Karrnath roaming free in the cogs.

Oi ve.. Now I gotta figure out how the world is gonna respond to THIS!

[Surreal]

In my original post about it (which was accidentally deleted), I had a slightly longer exposition about how the creatures could have been purchased because they made for powerful guardians. Or they may simply have been remnants of the war, used in some battle then forgotten about, until being picked up by some other group who found their previous military training very useful for operations.

[Fil kearney]

Ah! Nope. I've got this one covered. Looks like Aurok is gonna get introduced into the game sooner than expected.....

Okay. I"ll go ahead and share this little tid bit on the open invitation thread for all to enjoy.

[zarzak]

I hear Iron Kingdoms (http://www.privateerpress.com/ironkingdoms/) was an amazing third party setting and am considering getting a copy. Anyone know anything about it?

[Fil kearney]

Lock and loaded is some of my favorite cover artwork of all times... but I was bored with the book text.

I didnt pursue it any further than that.

[Fil kearney]

Originally Posted by Surreal

(if there was another clue somewhere, I must have missed it... a Hardy Boy I am not).

actually, there were three clues picked up from your night of chaos...
here's the post again...
http://www.rpgcrossing.com/showthrea...37#post1987037

I numbered them for your convenience. It may not be obvious, but I listed them because they are loosely related to what you're working on. obviously, since I'm bringing it up again, they have to be viable in some manner, or lead you in a direction I anticipate you heading, which is generally goal- related.
so if you don't WANT to sift through hordes of goblins to retain your trail, you are welcome to follow up on other leads. Otherwise, I'm more than delighted to see how the ity responds to massive stone burrowers tearing through the city, crashing through various buildings and alleys until either the cult or the bulettes are killed. good opportunity to map more of the city, quite ranly, and with all the commotion, the party will likely catch up with your tangent sooner than later!

[Surreal]

Fil, I've noticed that on the maps you've provided some objects always place themselves above/under others. Is there some way to set layers in excel?