[Game Thread] The Taproom

[WoLT]

The Taproom






“Frame thy mind to mirth and merriment, which bars a thousand harms, and lengthens life”

Thematic Music

Please note: It is NOT mandatory to read this whole thread to walk in and participate at the pub, though it is recommend you read at least the last couple posts so you can have an idea of what you're walking into concerning the current state of affairs of the Taproom.

The best strategy in the pub is to be proactive in chatting with others as the NPCs have their own stuff going on, as do the other PCs. If you want to chatter with them, do go up and do so. Waiting for something to happen is a poor strategy as plot developments rarely if ever occur in the taproom. Instead the intended design is to be a common area for general RP.

 

• Please keep all posts in character.
  
  
  
• Each time when entering please include your introductory description in your post.
  
  
  
• Always list the name of the character(s) you are addressing in bold at the top of the post you are making. *If you don't know their name, (such as a new NPC) describe them based on the description provided. *This is done for organizational purposes.
  
  
  
• GM's are free to jump into an NPC at any time, be it a persistent NPC or a Pub NPC of their own design that is just passing through, but GM's may not call for duels in the arena with a player. *Similarly Tier 3 Pub NPCs may not call for duels either.
  
  
  
• The deffault speech color is NAVY.
  
  
  
• ANY FORM OF PURPLE SPEECH (indigo, purple, dark orchid, etc.) is reserved for Telepathic communications ONLY. *Telepathic communications MUST be put in purple or they are said aloud. Telepathic communications are head at Eternity's inn exactly if they were said aloud (taking into effect proximity and volume), except they are heard inside the mind. *
  
  
  
• All posts are listed in common unless explicitly stated otherwise. *You must do this for every use of a language besides common, for every post.
  
  
  
• There are adventurer types from all over here but none of them want any trouble because of the Void Wraiths. *You can safely assume there is at least a handful of generic "barfly adventurers" to drink with at any given time.
  
  
• GM's and Tier 3's must not PC and NPC both sides of a conversation if it can be at all helped and if unavoidable this must never end in an in game exploit of any kind.
  
  
  
• You may edit your posts here for typographical errors, but please do not edit your post content, the speed of posting in the pub can sometimes get to be at a high volume and editing content can ruin continuity.
  
  
  
• The Void Wraiths watch the pub. *Do not tempt the Void Wraiths.
  
  
• The Rules as intended make the Pub an RP centric location, meaning it is normally free from dice rolling. Social rolls of various types can be made but only forcibly affect static NPCs (not pub NPCs) and while a PC or Pub NPC can choose to ignore a roll, it does so at the peril of public opinion.
  
  For example, lets say Adventurer X rolls a natural twenty bluff and Pub NPC Y decides he doesn't believer X for any particular reason... that's fine, but now he comes off looking like he's overly paranoid and distrusting, particularly of X. The roll itself is thusly used to gauge the level of performance, not the behavior of the PC or Pub NPC reaction. Players may feel free to dictate their own reactions from social rolls but this is not at all mandatory.
  
  
• You may assume liberties in your posts of typical behaviors from the static NPCs listed in the tour. *For example, Thugruk will mix your drink order and Kiyla and Da' Vhir will clear your plates or bring you food. *Do not expect extended conversation from them, see the Pub NPC's for that.
  
  
  
• Please post IC that you are leaving the pub when you exit the pub for another area or if you expect to be absent for an extended period of time. *This is not always possible due to unexpected absences (and we respect and understand that), but doing so when possible will assist others in not trying to start conversations with a character that is not otherwise present.*
  
  
  
• Anyone character lapsing in posting for 72 hours is considered to have left the area. *If they are a PC they are returned to their private chambers, if they are a Pub NPC, their location could be wandering the halls, adventuring, in private chambers or anything else that makes reasonable sense IC.
  
  
  
• Private tags are restricted in this thread for GM use only.

 

All games are intended for 1 on 1, but could be done in teams if desired. Bets are not required but can be made. Bets can only be of an all gear is soul boundRP nature (such as getting Biff the Barbarian to return to the Pub in a dress) and must still conform to the site wide PG 13 policy as well as EE rules and Pub Rules.

Once a game is agreed to all rolls should then be made until a winner is declared. Players may RP in between rolls but may also simply make all their rolls in one post (except for a drinking contest which requires turns to determine the winner). Once both players have rolled and the game is at an end the winner then writes their RP analysis of the interaction based on the dice (close games will have close totals, while the opposite is also true) and then their RP response.

Players may challenge Pub NPCs to contests but are warned that the scores of the Pub NPC are made with NPC owner fiat.

ARM WRESTING:

 

A simple test of strength. Gear bonuses are not normally incorporated (ie, STR bonus gear should be removed).
Roll 1d20+STR. Add +1 forplayer's option, character is more aggressive from having several drinks beer muscles. Highest roll wins.

DARTS:

 

A simple game of throwing darts scored by positions they land on in the scoreboard.
Roll 1d20+BAB+DEX Bonus. Roll 3x total, add your results and the player with the highest number wins. Apply penalty of 5 to each roll if tipsy or 10 if drunk. A roll of less than 1 indicates missing the board entirely and counts for 0 points total.

CARDS:

 

There are many games of cards, but all are dependent upon a few simple rolls here at EE.
Roll 1d20+WIS Bonus+INT Bonus+Bluff ranks+Sense Motive Ranks. Roll 5x, and total the results. The player with the highest number wins. Apply a penalty of 3 if tipsy or 7 if drunk to each roll at the player's option.

DRINKING CONTEST:

 

Thugruck keeps the harshest drinks on the top shelf for those special times when a couple of drunks decide they need to resolve things by seeing who can stand to ingest the most booze.

Multiply your CON score by 5. Use this as your total DRINKING SCORE.

Previous Drink Bonus: Add +5 to your first roll if your character has already had a drink since appearing in the Taproom. Add +8 if they have had three or more, and +12 or more (player's choice) if they have been drinking heavily (10+ alcoholic beverages). This bonus should be applied in game increasing with the number of drinks as indicated.

Low Alcohol Tolerance Bonus: Add +10 or +20 to each roll if you feel your character has substantially low or no alcohol tolerance.

Poison Resistance Bonus: Alchemists and other poison resistant characters subtract their total poison resistance from any result.

Roll 1d20-CON Bonus+previous drink bonus+Low Alcohol Tolerance Bonus-Poison Resistance. Subtract the total from your total Drinking Score.

If your character ever takes drinking score damage equal to or greater than their Con score they must make a Fort saving throw DC 25 or the drink has hit them too hard and they automatically lose. Players are normally considered to drink at the same time, so the other player must still roll to determine if they pass out/vomit as well, even if the other player fails during the round.

The first to reach zero passes out/vomits and is declared the loser.

Any character that passes out/vomits then fades from existence and reappears in their private chambers and may then play as normal. Any residual mess is cleaned immediately by the Ethereal Custodians.

LIAR'S DICE:

 

A popular game among brigands and pirates. In Character Rules description.

Roll 1d20+WIS Bonus+INT Bonus+CHA Bonus+Bluff ranks+Sense Motive Ranks+Diplomacy Ranks+1 for each feat, trait, domain, racial ability or class feature the character possesses that that that has a tangible bonus that might somehow apply to a dice gamedescribes them as lucky. Roll 5x, and total the results. The player with the highest number wins. There are no penalties for drinking in liar's dice.

CHALLENGE:

 

Challenge is an age old game at Eternity's End that incorporates elements of divine, arcane and psi power. Anyone can participate based on their will alone, but pure casters are by far dominant in this intense mental sport. Combatants must don insubstantial circlets to participate. Most of the game occurs in the minds of the participants, but often times complex illusions can be seen and heard by onlookers as part of the challenge game, sometimes beautiful, sometimes horrifying. The game utilizes crystals, tarot cards, chess pieces, casting bones that are often levitated, made invisible or exploded and of course there are lots of brilliant flashes of mystic energy and smoke.

Roll 1d20 Plus:
- Your relevant Casting Ability Score Modifier of your favored class
- Your single highest concentration bonus
- Your Will Save (passive gear bonuses apply, must not require activation or consumption)
- 2 if you have a prestige class of Divine, Psi or Arcane Caster (+2 max)
- 1 for each level of your highest caster level.
- 1 if you are an Oracle, Psi Uncarnate, Soulknife, Sorcerer, Cerebremancer (+1 max)
- 2 if you are a Godling class (+2 more if eldritch godling)
- 1 if you are an Elan with a psi class as your favored class
- 1 for each bonded object, familiar, psi crystal, eidolon or not counting expendable tattoos like potionsarcane, divine or psi tattoo (each must be present for the challenge, +3 max)
- Choose your highest ranked skill from the following list and add those ranks: Spellcraft, Knowledge Arcana, Knowledge Planes, Use Magic Device, Intimidate, Bluff.

Roll 5x and subtract the opponent's Spell Resistance or Power Resistance (whichever is higher) from each roll. The player with the highest total wins. Apply a penalty of 5 to each roll if the player is tipsy, if they are drunk apply a penalty of 7 to each roll and treat them as if they had onlyRound down. In the case of prestige or multi classes, if a character is level 13 and was a level 10 wizard with three prestige levels, they would be treated as if they only earned their first 6 levels in the order the class levels were actually earned at. half of their hit dice.

Pool

 

Roll 1d20+Dex Bonus + 1/2 total ranks from Knowledge: Engineering (round down). First to 50 wins. A natural roll of 1 (or any roll that equals less than 1 for those with Dex Penalties) indicates the 8 ball has been knocked in early and the game is automatically lost by whoever knocked in the 8 ball.

Chess/Go

 

Chess and Go are thematically different board games but the same rules apply.

players roll 1d20 and add either their Int or Wis modifier, whichever is higher plus ranks in Knowledge: Engineer. First to 60 wins. This is a two player game only.

 

Thugruck


Aestra Sendallas


Cookie


Morthos, the Story Teller


The Ifrit waiter, Da' Vhir


The Drow waitress, Kiyla

 

[WoLT]

Eternity's End in a rare moment was quiet. There wasn't much activity as apparently all of the foot traffic had gone off to other worlds.

It was unusual, but Kiyla took delight and sat down for once, removing her shoes and rubbing her feet while Thugruck polished some glasses as he had a tendency of doing on the rare occasion when business actually slowed down.

It didn't take long before Da' Vhir came along to make a crude comment about the size of Kiyla's butt from always sitting on it before she was back to work straightening the buffet and busing the plates from the empty tables, rolling her eyes.

A ghostly character wandered through into the pub, a non-corporeal illithid who's skin was dry and cracked from the looks of it. It was quiet and he seemed to enjoy that notion, finding a spot at a side table to rest his non-existent bones.

Nd' D'hat

[Aldra]

Galvin Fleetfoot This stern looking elf is always hovering a few inches off the ground, as if the thought of walking seems silly to him. He appears to be a mage of some sort, but your adventurer instincts make you feel that there's more to this man than meets the eye... "Don't ever get complacent, you'll never know when you'll find someone who can outmaneuver you"

Galvin floats in shortly after Nd'dhat sits, looking a little tired and worn out. The elf maneuvers over to a table near to the bar, takes a chair, and actually sits down instead of using it as a backrest as he hovers at the table as he normally does. "Heck of a run," he announces to nobody in particular as he leans back and sighs. He stays like this for a few moments before raising his hand and calling out, "Thugruck, something with a bit of a kick, eh? Need somethin' to get back off my feet."

Da' Vhir brings Galvin his drink soon after, which the elf takes a sip of. The drink had the requested kick, and the elf winces a bit at the potency before shaking it off and downing half the mug in one go. The elf sighs with contentment and relief as the drink invigorates him and shakes his head quickly to clear the cobwebs that had come with the fatigue. "You've out done yourself again," Galvin announces as he raises a half-inch off the chair, "That was just what I needed Thugruck, thanks." The elf then returns to his drink, albeit a bit slower than before.

[Insacrum]

The Watchmaker A man sits a table all to himself, in what would be considered the best lit location in the Tavern. He would be considered alone to most people, except himself. The table he is at is mounded and strewn with cogs, gears, springs and a myriad array of other clockwork parts. His hands move meticulously over a small item in front of him, which sits on a leather work area, surround by a small array of tools. He has a small cup that he drinks from which you notice is occasionally refilled by the staff. "If only I could find one more piece. Then I might just get this stupid contraption to work!"

The man currently sitting alone looks up slightly when he sees the elf float by. He didn't understand the need to be in such a rush all the time. From the look of him, you would think that the Watchmaker would be rushing to do things, given his limited number of years ahead of him. But alas, no. The Watchmaker simply patiently continued with his activities, turning a screw inside of what looked to be an interesting timepiece.

[MalchiorTheForgotten]

KABEL Leaning against the wall nearby is Kabel, the mute who gets his name from his weapon. Good thing he communicates telepathically, or you'd never get to know what he has to say. "......."

The man in black armor with his various weapons and odd cable strode in from the hallways. He observed Gavin and walked by with a nod, heading for the Watchmaker. Reaching into his pocket and withdrawing a small, metallic object, he placed it on the man's table. "I hope this helps." Kabel told him mentally, the only way he actually could communicate with people, unless, of course, they new the Sign Language of his plane.
Having delivered his gift, Kabel turned to the spectral illitihid. "I don't believe that we've met before. The name's Kabel."

[Insacrum]

The Watchmaker The Watchmaker is startled out of his focus by the delivery of an item onto his table. He looks at the deliverer, feeling the man's words materialize into this own head. He picks up the object in question, looking it over, turning it in his hands. Studying it for a while, determining it's best use. "Thank you so much! I think I know just where this will go." With the man now walking away, the Watchmaker puts the item down, essentially making it into a new pile all on its own, separated from the other piles of gears, cogs, screws, springs, and other internal watch organs. Once done, the watchmaker continues working with the screw that previously held his focus.

[WoLT]

Nd'dhat The Alhoon narrowed his eyes in judgement, it was clear from the get go he wasn't an entirely friendly sort, but when Kabel didn't back down or retort with offense he let out an inaudible breath, seemingly a bit dramatic being that he didn't have need for breathing... That's because you're new and young... Anyone who has been here long enough knows the name of Nd'dhat, and now you do too. he paused a moment to judge the reaction of the young man.

[MalchiorTheForgotten]

KABEL Leaning against the wall nearby is Kabel, the mute who gets his name from his weapon. Good thing he communicates telepathically, or you'd never get to know what he has to say. "......."

"So it would appear that I do. My apologies. Can I ask what brings you here? You seem to me a denizen native to the Astral Plane. Why stay here. I know we all have our reasons, but I feel yours will surprise me."

[WoLT]

Nd'dhat Bah! The astral plane... preposterous! he scoffed. The astral plane is infested with Gith and other species that don't know enough to bathe... I hail from Astromundi, but stay in this place because it is timeless... as you might imagine, it helps preserve what is left of me... for I am very old, yet at the same time, still haven't been born...further, I can't exactly walk among my people... they fear undeath because they do not understand it. Also, in regards to the inn, the brain patte isn't bad... I can't enjoy it anymore but the perception of it brings pleasant memories of when I could.

[Krazy]

Lucid Burns Lucid is a skeletal something that is perpetually engulfed in flames. He carries around a ball-and-chain which he refers to as his wifey. He loves to play games of strength and agility, using his wifey to hit targets in games of competition against others. He loves to gamble, betting people that he can hit or break certain targets better than them at the cost of either a brandy, a scotch, or a whiskey of their choice. He has to, as they say, fuel the fire. Well, my father was a fire colossus, and my mother was a necromancer. I'd really rather not get into it.

In truth, Lucid has been here all along. What has happened, however, is that whenever he passes out from the drink, the flames of his body subdue themselves considerably. Perhaps if you glanced at him earlier. He still would have appeared to be the burning skeleton that he is, but his flames would not catch your attention in so wildly curious a tavern such as this.

When he comes to, the flames of his body double in size and brightness. Of course, he still retains his seat at the bar somehow without setting it on fire.

"Ah!" he says, standing up. He stands at once--and then stumbles--and then stands again, now easily swinging the ball and chain at his side. "Hey Watch!" Lucid says, stepping over to his table. "How comes The Project?"

Of course, Lucid has never called The Watchmaker "Watch" before; he has, in fact, changed the nickname every time he has spoken to the man. How he has managed to avoid this particular variation for so long is completely unknown.

[Quori]

Articus Temporalis Articus does not stand out for his build or his height. He would seem otherwise average with the exception of his glowing eyes and lack of emotion in his face and mannerisms. As you approach he begins to bear a slight smile and you find it hard to anticipate if it is a genuine emotion or programmed response. Good day. I hope I'm not late... I'd sit down and eat, but I don't think I remember how.

[MalchiorTheForgotten]

KABEL Leaning against the wall nearby is Kabel, the mute who gets his name from his weapon. Good thing he communicates telepathically, or you'd never get to know what he has to say. "......."

"I see. Well, if you need anything, I'm around." Kabel then heads over to see his friend, Lucid. Approaching him and the Watchmaker, Kabel scratches the back of his head. "Hey, Lucid, I see you're awake. I dropped a piece for him off earlier, he enjoyed it for a moment, but you know how he is."

[Quori]

Articus Temporalis Articus sits at a table in the corner, not so much seeking to be alone as much as he wants an area to view the customs of others. He's become adept after a few hundred years of observational studies in cataloguing social graces, cultural ticks and common rituals. He orders a glass of water. Maybe I'll start to practice, one step at a time. With that he lifts up the glass, opens his mouth, and takes a drink.

[WoLT]

Nd'dhat Nd'dhat's eyes narrowed as Kabel made his exit. Pshh! the young were always so wise to themselves... or so they thought... Let him be ignorant of my wisdom, clearly he has no need for the intellect of ages! Nd'dhat floated, slightly scorned and snubbed over to a table off on the side of the room and began illuminating some advanced geometrical equations with magical force in the air in front of him, attempting to solve some sort of mystic puzzle, moving various runes and symbols with his fingers and facial tentacles.

[Krazy]

Lucid Burns Lucid smiles a warm greeting at Kabel. Well, you think it's a smile. After all it's a bit hard to tell when he doesn't have lips, properly speaking. But you definitely know it's warm, because, after all, it's mostly the way the fire shoots out of his mouth. Ah... Wait, watch this. Shh. Being as stealthy as a towering inferno of bones can be, Lucid delicately takes one piece of the watch on The Watchmaker's table, then moves it about a foot to the left. It could be months, nay years, until he notices I did that right there. He laughs. You know it's the small things in life that really make it worth... well, unliving. Lucid is the type to poke fun at his own lack of a life; he is, after all, clearly quite dead. So Kabel... Lucid says. What do you think would happen... if we attacked the symbols floating above octopus-face over there?