Ok, it's all up to the party to keep itself together.
Three haven't finish claiming their gifts.
It's up to you, whether you get to them before everyone moves on.

You don't need any more prompting from me
You are at the Tomb now, and there are a few ways to approach it.

You can split up, or stay together, or stay by yourself while everyone moves on.
This is a part of keeping track of everyone.
There are consequences to everything...good & bad.
I will be describing the scenes with whomever's there.
Describing something else, for other players.

If you are gone and another player decides to move on,
then so be it. One may be behind with consequences, another may move too far ahead with consequences,
or not...depends on where you are.
It's up to you to pace each other.

I will be trying to update at least once a day,
but at the same time I won't be doing it until you decide to do something.
We gotten to the part of the adventure where you are in control of your destinies & lives.

Good luck & have fun.

I'm sorry, but got yelled at the other day for my net surfing so I can't really participate as much as I was hoping. Sorry

That's too bad Fallon....maybe we shall see you again in here though.

For the others...if anyone is listening out there..in mho I think the group should stay together....it seems (I'm just guessing here) Rogue would prefer us to split, though, perhaps for the overall storyline. What does anyone think? Hello?
(echo echo echo) lol :)

Minx : The way I see it, it couldn't hurt to split up, until something dangerous happens, as long as our telepaths can communicate and we don't cut off any possibility of retreat, have we even found out if there's two entrances?

i can understand rogues reasoning having such a large group although i have to say it's a bit hard to say how many are still here and those that have dropped out

No, I don't WANT you to split.
It would be actually easier for me, if you stay together.

I was just saying that if someone is left behind,
or decides to go it on their own ahead or differently,
then I will deal with it.

And BTW, it is VERY dangerous to have your telepaths communicating over distances,
you already saw what happened to Vinoh before at the village when the Dark was aware.
(for those who are not aware, I would suggest reading up
This is your advantage, knowing the past, when you weren't present. I suggest you use it.
For play aspects, I'm assuming that character have told each other about this)

It is YOUR decision whether you want to split your party or not;
the strategy is up to you.

BTW, you are not required to use anything given to you,
or that you find.

This is also your choice, if you don't think it fits your character,
then don't use it or give it to another character.

Whatever.

one more thing, I'm sorry for the delay in the update.
I had a work project come up for this weekend.
I'm catching you all from work right now,
as soon as I get some rest, I'll pounce on it later this Sunday.

Minx et al. I don't really don't know how to approach this tomb but I think we all want to get moving, sooo... I've started a quick survey in the game itself and if people can vote real quick we can decide one way or another without more debate on what is the best way...just vote for what you want and let's get moving!

Personally I am ready to NOT find an entrance at the top in order to keep the group together. And, if that is easier on Rogue I think that's what we should do. There's no reason we can't split up (hit a fork in a tunnel or whatnot) in a little bit if that seems to be the way the story will work best.
If we don't hear from Rogue by day's end (in the story) then I may just throw this in (and hope I don't get in sh**) :)......what do you guys think?

Fine by me...especially if it will be easier on Rogue...

I still can't understand what made your characters think that it was you lot that brought the temple down.. but not the ray of light that hit the dark magic and ceased it's levitation.. that's all I'm thinking.. In all reality I think we should stay together.. cause I've seen some pretty hefty demons in my books and if rogue decides to use some of them.. we're toast. And telepathy across along distance can be read as well (thanks rogue for reminding us :D) Personally I wouldn't like the group to be split up. But then again I'm easy either way.

Minx you think of goin anywhere I'll bamf over to where you are and.. and.. um.. *ponders* I'll get back to you on this :p

If I die I'll just bring in a new character.. even more munchkin like than before.. hehhe.. er.. not that my 3/4 dragon 1/4 human is munchkin or anything... hehe :)

Attrah is ready to eat some souls,lets go.

If you have any questions about the limits of your items,
or the damage they might inflict.

Options on your abilties, etc.

Please just ask.

The Tomb awaits.

I'm ready to head in the tomb I say we put gell up front, hell if it's small quarters put the big guy up front for a meat shield ;)

lmao @ krazixs ! A meat shield! *giggle
And hey Golden....what the heck?! What's this talk about dying!!!! lmao....what did I miss????? Drat you don't check in for a day and holy cow.... :)

Char.Sheets

Hey guys I don't know if anyone is D&D orientated but hey it might help. What say you Rogue?

If it helps you then I say fine.

However since this is an pretty open-ended campaign
with quite a bit of emphasis on character interaction & development,
and some of the players have not played D&D or other RPG's,
then you might not want to "define" your characters so literally.

There are advantages & disadvantages to everything,
the decision is up to you.

But, it is a good resource to get ideas from any way you use it.
Thanks.

Speaking as a RPG rookie I can say that I think such detailed breakdown of character is helpful but I can't help but like the fact that this game, so far, has carried itself by the interaction between the characters without having to have pages of reference. I like the fact that details of history and character bio is realized as the game goes on.
It's like real life....you don't meet someone and are handed a biography...you learn as you go, as you talk, as you observe.
Just me...but I like it the way it is so far! :)

That's the thing that turned me off pen and paper games. All the statistics and rolling for saving throws and so on and so on. I'm more interested in playing a character and having adventures. If I wanted to dig through a pile of numbers I'd do my taxes.

lol Rockzilla
Statistics make it more real tho, cause you have chance to play against.. bit like gambling :p

Well I didn't mean to suggest we start "rolling" for anything, just in case anybody wanted a point of reference for the char. :)

Gah, I knew I should of been a thief. . . can anyone detect traps for this?

Apokx....do you have a problem with the way the game is being played or am I mistaken?
If I am mistaken, my apologies for thinking this.
If I am correct, then please speak your mind.

And just fyi....being relatively new to RPG I checked with Rogue to see what I can and cannot do (as far as the mechanics of the game goes) so I don't think I'm overstepping any boundaries here.

Feel free to comment, please.

Wow, an entire battle over the weekend when I can't log on. Oh well, hope my last posting can cover what I was doing.

Just an FYI that I'm heading down to Vegas this coming weekend so won't have access to e-mail from Thursday night through Sunday. If I have time I'll check and respond on the 30th but I'm still going to be on Vacation until the 2nd of July. I'll be around until Thursday though so we should be able to advance a little by then.

And Minx, you are playing the game fine in my opinion. In a game where no real rules were established as to how characters behave and we aren't really rolling dice to see if attacks work (correct me if I'm wrong Rogue) you need to set your own boundaries. In my opinion, a character needs to have weaknesses as well as strengths. In fact I think it is the weaknesses that define the character. Look at Krazixs for example, the poor snivelling fool (the character not the user :) ). I think his character could be very interesting although he hasn't been with us long enough to get to know him too much.

In all, just behave like you think your character will actually behave. Even if that means doing things that other's will not like. I've tried to throw a couple of suprises by not suddenly trusting every new player that comes along. I don't think anyone should just accept a new player. Yes I know that these players are likely to join us, but realistically my character would not know that.

Anyhoo, i'm rambling and not getting to a point and don't know what I'm saying (it's too early!) so I'll shut up now. Cheers!

Thank you for the support and advice Cubby. I agree with you on the strengths/weaknesses idea. The game will seem quite dull if we can combat everything we run into just by using magic. :)

And speaking of which, Golden...I am new to RP and am not familiar with the various magic elements that can be used which is why I limited by abilities to more along the lines of a rapport with nature rather than having a bag of magic tricks. If you would like to pm me with a few of the basics that would be appreciated for further RP games but as far as this particular game goes I will keep my limited abilities. Don't want to become too all powerful! :lol:

Yes,but it's too hard to explain.I'm going to begin running Attrah differently,with less dialogue/interaction,for personal reasons.
I would explain the others reasons,but I'm not good expressing what I mean,ending up making someone angry,or worse,getting banned from the board over a misunderstanding.

Apokx, I would like to think that this is the place where we can "meet" to discuss things regarding the game....whether they are good things or bad. If you are unhappy with an aspect of the game would it not be better to share it and perhaps come to a solution?
Just my thoughts...

You don't have to be worried about being banned from the board for expressing an opinion.
We are playing this for the fun of it and I would hope that everyone has fun.
Its been years since I played D&D so I try to make it more like a fantasy novel.
If your not I'd like to know why.
The dialogue is an important part of the game.
It makes the caracters more real and interesting.
I hope you will explain how you feel and we can help.

Please be involved,
I know you all are trying to be in character.
But this might mean life & death to members of the party,
and yours.

Oh swell.....now I'm being eyed up by a dragon like I'm his next tasty little morsel. *gulp :)

Don't worry Vinoh and I are seeing if there is anyone fun to play with in the crypts :)

I'm off to Vegas you guys so I leave my movements either up to you or rogue or I can just be trailing along in the background. I'll be back on Sunday night so I'll try to check messages and respond on Monday from home (therefore from Jinger's account).

Have fun undead/dragon/undead dragon? hunting!!

AAARRRGGGHHH!!
*runs around pullin hair out*
Went down to see the girl and she didn't have her net on Sorry peeps!

Don't worry I'll take care of you Cubby. ;)

heh
no worries, seriously...I'll write your actions if necessary.
you'll be fine.

Nothing to do at my house,Im bored. :(

Well, after speaking with rogue, I've decided to join in on the roleplaying. I've done a bit of AD&D, but most of my roleplaying has been online, and I may be overly descriptive at times (please bear with me :)). I've found that dialogue and solid descriptions of actions make online RPG far more interesting than anything else.

As far as my character goes, Tsorovan is generally found in elven form, with obsidian colored hair, deep green eyes, and clothed in black from head to toe, including his mail shirt. He carries only a single blade, an adamantine sword. His only truly "magical" powers (as opposed to his uncanny ability to hide and move silently) lie in his ability to take the form of a black dragon once a day. While in this form, his size may change at will, as the occasion demands, though never more than twice a day, and never beyond 30 feet in height or 60 feet in length. While in this form, his only defense is his scales and only weapons his teeth and claws.

Tried to keep it short, but here he comes! :D

urgh.. black dragons.. not good.. dragons of chaos.. nooo..

even if the nightmare did become my mount,its gonna die before doing me any good -_-

True... O_o

Edit: I think someone of a truely evil heart can tame a night mare anyways.. o_O

Welcome to the game rat....as friend not foe I hope :p

I'm trying not to update the game as much on the weekends,
since so many of our players are not available during that time.

BTW
Goban, D'Aleen & Thantos are out for another round trying to get their barings and seeing through the smoke & chaos.

I'll give it to you this time that they were able to run that fast to get to the other side of the great room and around the corner.
But in the future, this should take much longer, especially in the split second timing of a battle.

This is the disadvantage of splitting up, not bad...there are advantages too...
just something to consider
I know this is a story of fantasy, but let's not try to push physics too much.;)

awww come on rogue.. physics are good.. we'll have to get you to start calculating the difference in time of two arrows to strike a target, one being fired from a compound bow at 50M and another from a short battle bow at 70M :p

Tis all good :D

Sorry Rogue, I guess with Cubby not being able to respond and having "Goban" take off, I either had to follow or sit at the base of the stairs and twiddle my thumbs! lol.... I thought I was a little winded after running that far! :)
It's tough on the weekends as we do have a few people that can't interact so I don't like to push to far when they cannot participate.
Drat....fingers rapped twice now ! ;)

:D

Reaally :p

Well guys, I was looking forward to dropping in and starting some serious roleplaying, however, real life has cropped up its head, and things are going to be touch and go for right now. I'm almost never home at this point, and I don't feel it would be fair to join this group then just fall off the face of the earth. Maybe sometime in the future I'll be able to actually get into things. Sorry
-rat

I see visions of mummies,vampires,and other nasty things that go bump in the night :eek:

Mummies fire.. Vampires anything to do with light and then you cut off their head and burn both parts away from each other.. or just immobolize them by staking them in the heart.. hehe.. :D

aww...you all are no fun...heheheheheheeheheheeheeeehaaahahah.

warriors, come out and play.
waaariorss, come out and plaaaaaay.
for those old movie buffs
;)

lmao pony boy.....get home with you!
*opps :p

The big 4th of July weekend is coming,
and I'm sure many of you are going to be occupied otherwise.

I'm going down to my mother's today myself for a long weekend.
I don't know how much I'll be able to get on during this time,
so let's just say we take a break in the momentum of the story until next Monday.

Talk, debate, interact with your characters.
Collect your just rewards
But don't do anything significant.

Have a happy, nice, safe 4th all of you.
more fun & adventure next week.:D

Think of Electrum as Nickel
Something in between Silver & Copper

Not as good as Silver, but better than Copper.

Just replied to the Tomb,and this thread needed a bump.


:D

4th of July??

American holiday eh? :P
I worked...

*bumped again! :D
Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July weekend.
It's nice to get a break to sit down in the game ;)

I was worried I would miss something important while I was recovering from surgery, but I guess you guys have been busy counting your riches since friday :)

surgery!!? :eek:
Dude what happened??

But it's good you're back :)

I had a hernia that's kept me off my feet for the past 5-6 weeks, the recovery was more painful than the hernia itself for the first 2 days, but I'm almost as good as new now, thank god for codeine.

Glad you are ok rockzilla! And be careful with that codeine. I had my ACL reconstructed a while back and although the codeine was wonderful for pain management I just had absolutely no energy to do anything. Couldn't figure out why until I switched from Tylenol-3 (with Codeine) to just regular Tylenol. Suddenly I had energy again and could actually get up and move around (although with a little pain).

Sorry for the delay, but I was waiting for all of you
to make your decisions of what you were going to do.

If there is a lull in the future, kind of everone waiting for everyone else,
then I'm going to start PMing you all to figure out if you're waiting.
It kind of awkward for me to tell when you are set.

OK, now
Ready for more adventure.

Cubby here everyone. I'll try to keep up with play as much as possible but I just got laid off from work yesterday so I don't have the 8 hours of day on the computer like I used to. I should be able to update most days at least once (and I'll log into this account as Cubby instead of Jinger).

Who knows, mabye this means I'll be on here longer than I used to but right now I need to work on my resume, etc.

dude, that sucks
I wish I could help you, but you're all the way up there.
But if you need help with your resume, let me know.
I'm good at those, I've helped many friend get doors opened for them.

I hope you have a quick turn around time.

*Gets out the trenchie and C4*
So what was the name of the company? :cool:

That sucks mate :(
Where one door closes another door opens :)
Good Luck :D

OK, I'm not going to allow the use of "Phantom Footmen"
to probe areas before hand.

This will upset the challenge & balance of the game,
by allowing the characters to get away with letting something else do the job.

Figure out other ways to check for traps,
and searching rooms.

Thieving skills, definitely.
Scrying, maybe.
Telekinesis, maybe.
Phantom Footmen, no.

The only thing I might allow Phantom Footmen to do is
carry items, and open unlocked doors.

(Cubby here...too lazy to logout, delete cookie and log back in)Hmm...I handn't even heard of Phantom Footmen..been out of D&D for too long I guess. We'll just do this the old fashioned way.

Thanks for the offer on the resume Rogue. I may take you up on that but first I have a resume/job search clinic my old company is putting on and I have a friend of mine (that also got laid off) who has offered to help.

I'll keep you guys up to date (I'll be posting a thread in General Discussion or Member playground sometime soon to see if anyone in the area knows of jobs).

Back to the game!!!

Phantom footmen are a fragmented elemental essence.. hehe.. doh.. sorry rogue.. the phantom footman can't do much anyways... :rollseyes:

And I don't know if they're part of D&D, they're a rifts elemental spell :)

Hi all....been a little negligent lately with the game. Bad me!
Sorry to hear about your job Cubby, perhaps it's just an opening to a new and better opportunity.
As far as the game goes...have we managed to lose Gell somehow?

Yeah, and what about Attrah?

BTW, welcome back Minx!

I'm around.Currently on vacation with a friend.Next week around Wednesday we will be leaving to head to the beach. 3-4 days without internet access.


If at any time it becomes too much trouble to worry about Attrah,you can kill him off.


Preferably a knight's death in battle.


But ill be on and around until Wednesday. --- Sorry for lagging behind.

OI! glad i'm not the only one busy moving this last weekend from Friday to sunday, but I'm back and will be up do date from now on sorry all :(

Bump~

In that Apokx will be away for a few days....Rogue would you be so kind as to "speak/act" on his behalf so we don't lose anyone?
:)

Well, it seems some of our players have lives outside of the game.;)

Seriously, I'm sad to say that three of our players will be going,
at least for a significant amount of time.

forgotten_dream/Gell
Apokx/Attrah
Bob Biter/Vinoh

I hope they can join us at a later time again when can they invest the effort again.
I have liked the creativity of all of them.
They made their characters come to life,
and that is the essense of role-playing.

Thanks again for joining us.

Sad to see you guys leave the game (temporary or not) but I will look forward to the time when we can play together again! :)
It's been fun...thank you very much!

Awww.. this bites.. Have fun guys!
Look forward to seeing you soon :)

And in response to your PM rogue.. yes the show must go on :D Other wise they wont have anything to come back too :p

Hello everyone!

Well, Japan beckons and so do the countless preparations! I just wanted to say that it's been a fun ride so far, but don't worry... I'll be back! There's no way I can just forget about this great adventure. Therefore, as soon as I get my bearings in the land of the rising sun, Vinoh Madren will once again put his mind to the cause!

I have just posted my last participation to our quest, but I'll be around the boards very sporadically until I leave next week.

Take care and give'm heaven! :)

Bob

All the best in your new endeavors!
We'll look forward to having you come back to the quest someday soon!
:)

We await your return!!

Best of luck in Japan, Bob.

Sorry for being away, my ISP has been kinda fussy for the past few days. Whatever was wrong seems to be fixed though, I've been online for longer than 10 minutes straight without being disconnected, which is more than I've been able to do recently. I made up an excuse in the game. Barring any more shenanigans from the ISP, I'll be around.

Please excuse the delay.

I've up for the last 24 hrs.
Fixing a crashed production system.
and after a bit of sleep
I'm going back in again.

I'm sorry but my brain isn't working right now.

Yikes!
Sleep...rest....sweet dreams.
Don't kill yourself working! :)
We will bumble along until you come back! ;)

now, 5 hrs sleep in the last 72...only 3 meals...heh
not functioning.

I think I'm in my own dungeon.;)

hopefully if they let me sleep, I'll be up & runnin' tomorrow.

Functioning.. I'm suprised you're still able to type.. :eek:
Be safe and rest well
:)

I have returned! *thundering drums*



3 Days at Port Aransas Tex was pretty fun.
Have internet again,and would like to join the game when possible.~ =D

Worked it out with Rogue,and after some debate I have decided to continue playing Attrah.Some things will be changed,but all for the better. ( Mostly more interaction,and descriptions of what Attrah is feeling/thinking ).



The knight may suprise you.


-Ap

Cool! We look forward to the new & improved version.
Welcome back :)

Excellent...cubby here..sorry for the lack of updates...will update later today...

*bump*

Hey anyone still alive in here with me?

You're not alone krazixs! ;)

:D good was gettin a little nervous, you know all those bats up there and everything

I'll be gone for abit peeps...
Have fun and take care of Darghon for me :)
Rogue will be NPC with him for a while.. so he'll still be interactive when I get back.

I'm goin down to visit the GF for a week and a bit.. so I'll be back in just under 2 weeks. Take care all.. Destroy something evil for me :D

*bumped :D

Have fun! See you when you get back....don't worry.....Rogue will take care of you!

Hey there, I'm a relatively new user of this board and would love to get involved in the adventure. I've read through some, but not all of the story thus far, and it's been going for quite awhile.

I don't really want to enter a game that's been going for so long. Will you be doing another in the future? Is it too late to realistically join in?

Looften if you haven't yet send a PM to Rogue he's our DM and he can probably help you out

*bumped*

As krazixs says Looften...PM Rogue..you may be able to enter this particular game or perhaps you could start a post looking for more people to play (and someone to DM/GM) another game.

Don't think I'll join in one this one. After reading through it all, it looks like you guys are in the late stages of the game, and there aren't really any plausible scenarios for the entry of another.

Next game though. :)

We are still in the middle of the story.
Nothing late about it.

I think you'd still be welcome Looften. We've lost a few key players just recently (some short term, some longer) and new blood never hurt anyone I don't believe!
If not this game, we'll look forward to playing with you in the next!