The Painted Cage OOC

Hm, I don't have my equipment set up yet.  I'm not sure what else to buy.

I think before jumping in, PMíng the DM is never bad, send him the details u finished off so he knows what yr character can do/ is about, k?

I always check for PM's when i get a regular message , just write a nice big Intro and put that in yr first post then i should say...

Well um... so... it seems the game died before I even got a yes or no... that's unfortunate.  I was really looking forward to it.

Not dead, just resting. From what I gather a lot of people have busy RL's at the moment.

My last exam is tomorrow, then I'll have plenty of time for gaming for a long while.

Thanks, I think I passed it.

It was a very bad mass teleport spell, she could have come too.

Augh what are you doing?   My character is standing at the edge of what's left of the audience making a painting.  Azure hasn't even said if it was successful or not yet.  Please don't take control of my character.

Augh!  I haven't even been introduced yet!  I'm stuck making a painting of a no longer relevant character and I don't even know if I'm successful!  Oh well, good thing I'm about to go to bed.

Edit: Does anyone else find the fact that this forum keeps Firefox's spellchecker from working annoying?

Hey BS, could you edit that last post? It'd be better if Dire got to control his characters entry.

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I'm not crying over you being helpful. 

I'm just getting slightly annoyed over you unhelpfully trying to control my character's actions and not even paying attention to what's happened in the game so far.

Like you said, you didn't really use a real spell, so there is no way you could have caused my character to appear out of thin air.  Azure hasn't resolved my actions yet, so the bar maid does not yet exist as anything more than an image in Martin's head about what he's planning to paint.

Taking over someone else's character without their consent is a major violation of etiquette in a RPG and can cause the entire thing to descend into chaos, which is fine if you're a Sinker, but don't expect anyone to want to play with you.

I think you are way overreacting.

You may have had good intentions, but your actions were not acceptable.  It's never acceptable for a player to take control of another player's character without consent or an in-game explanation.  This isn't a rulesless forum RP or "roll to dodge" game.  This is D&D.  You can't just say "I cast a spell and suddenly so and so's character appears."  It's rude, and it's wrong.  If you want to try to make my character do something, have your own character do it.  Have Manahu come up to him and bring him up, or have Manahu cast a spell to teleport him to the stage.  That would be annoying to him, but would be within the context of the game.  Also, he hasn't finished making the painting yet, and Azure hasn't even stated whether his attempt to bring her to life was successful or not, so the barmaid does not yet exist.  Wait until she does before interacting with her.

Here's a (very) rough draft. Your comments are welcome.

General concept: Knife-thrower/juggler/acrobat, with some skill with musical instruments thrown in. 'Exotic weapon feats' also applies to 'William Tell' displays with crossbows, etc.

Illonis Bard 4/Fighter 2

STR 12, DEX 21, CON 12, INT 16, WIS 12, CHR 16

Feats: Point-Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Quick Draw, Far Shot, Weapon Focus (daggers)

Skill ranks: Balance 7, Climb 4, Diplomacy 5, Jump 4, Knowledge (the planes) 5, Listen 7, Perform (exotic weapon feats) 7, Perform (string instruments) 7, Sleight of Hand 7, Swim 2, Tumble 7, Speak Language (Auran), Speak Language (Draconic), Speak Language (Orcish), Speak Language (Dwarven) (free), Spot 2
Skill bonuses: Balance +12, Climb +5, Diplomacy +8, Jump +5, Knowledge (the planes) +8, Listen +9, Perform (exotic weapon feats) +12, Perform (string instruments) +12, Sleight of Hand +12, Spot +3, Swim +3, Tumble +12

Languages: Common, Dwarven, Elven, Celestial, Infernal, Auran, Draconic, Orcish

Illonis racial abilities/modifiers: Ambidexterity feat, +2 Dex, +2 Cha, -2 Str, +2 racial bonus to Perform, one free language, favored class of Bard, Blind (possessing blindsight), ECL +1

Signature magical item: 'Twinblades of Arven the Unscrupulous.'

Many years ago, a half-elven Xaositect mage called himself "Arven the Inscrutable," but he is better known by later generations as "Arven the Unscrupulous." An unreliable manufacturer and seller of magical weapons, he crafted the Twinblades in order to wreak a terrible vengeance on a rogue who had swindled him. Their first property is simple enough: through minor illusionary magic, they can appear to have a fiery aura, be faintly luminscent, exude a dark menacing mist, feel warm or cool in the wielder's hand, and so on. They can also take on the style and appearance of various crafted daggers (i.e., a typical and boring blade, a beautiful masterwork blade, a mithril blade, a gith-forged dagger, and so on.) Second, they act as +4 weapons when used for display purposes only. If the wielder attempts to use them in actual combat, their 'bonus' drops to -4. The wielder is free to use another weapon in battle if she chooses, but the blades are (marginally) intelligent, and will literally whine incessantly if the wielder uses another weapon in real combat. (Not a good situation for a stealthy rogue.) They can be quite jealous of other weapons, especially highly magical ones. They also have an unfortunate tendency to return to the wielder's possession, even if given away, sold, stolen, or thrown into the nearest portal. During the course of, say, bardic performances, they're usually well-behaved, even if they're not the center of attention. The Twinblades may be useless to rogues, but they have been passed around the bardic community for many years now.

Mythic Races (d20 product, 3.0, by Fantasy Flight Games).

Physical appearance: Pretty much humanoid. Gray-skinned, usually have black or dark gray hair. Tall and thin, but not as emaciated as, say, githyanki. Short version of their backstory:

An Evil, Evil Priest of an Evil, Evil Deity messes with the early Illonis.

The Illonis don't like that very much and exile the Evil Priest into "unknown planes."

The Evil Deity gets totally piked off and curses the entire Illonis race, forever. One aspect of the curse is that they're all blind. The other aspect is that the Illonis are cursed to wander the planes forever (supposedly to find the evil priest, whom they hate in the first place).

Yeah, the name of the race does sound too much like the state of Illinois.

Waaaahahhaahaaaahaaiiiii  Why?!  Why has the DM forsaken us?!!

Or rather, what's up with this game?  Is it still going?  I mean, I just introduced my character and suddenly it seems to have died.  My jynx has never wored that quickly before.  Did you finish your character Zimrazim?

I knew it.  I killed another game just by joining... Great!

I wonder if there's some way we can inspire Azure.  This is a really interesting game concept, so much more unique than Super Squid (and anyone who happens to be near or appears in any way assciated with them) Slaughterfest 6000!!!

I never said it wasn't fun.  I'm sure it is if you like pure hack and slash.  This definitely has a much more unique concept behind it.

I mean that game is pretty much entirely about killing Illithids and anything that gets between them and you.  There's barely even a break.  In this game we've got a ghostly sculptor who makes his works out of the very stuff of the ethereal plane itself, a couple of other addlecoves I don't even remember what they do, and a painter who brings the subjects of his paintings to life.

They're very very different.

 Also, I can't play in BoGR.

Wow, it took me so long to come up with a last sentence to add to my post that you came online posted two paragraphs and went offline again without me even noticing.

Anyway, !!!YAY!!!  I think me and BS just tend to have misunderstandings because english isn't his first language and I'm kind of an asshole.

Hm, looks like I've just got another goal.  Enhance my painting speed to unnatural levels without lowering the quality.  Either that or just figure out a better idea that trying to paint stuff really fast...

Bwahaha, echem, thats from one end to the other aint it? 

anyway, congrats are in order, i am security/ bouncer, you a police officer, what else we can get?