War of Many Facets OOC

Sorry I haven't posted yet.  I'm still pretty under the weather and have a headache.  I'll attempt again tomorrow.  Meanwhile, please figure out whether you guys want to go to Thalivan's now or the next day.

Also, I've sent out word on the Perception checks for those that made it, so please make sure you check your PM's.

All right, the silence over the past day has been pretty telling So unless anyone objects, I will advance the War to Phase II tomorrow!

No worries! I prolly should've updated a little sooner.  Anyway, Phase II is up and you can see it at the link below.

/forum/war-facets-phase-ii-rescue

As mentioned in that thread, you can do any shopping you might want to do.  You may include the 500 gold payment Thalivan gave you, as well as the 250 gold retainer payment and finally the 50 gold daily fee that he hired you on.  If you do buy something, please let me know!

And now, enjoy the gnoll!

Ah yes, forgot to mention!  1,500 XP for all of you today for surviving the ambush and clearing Phase I!

And one other thing.  My friend NeoTiamat will be running the current NPC situation, with my guidance, so please welcome him aboard!

To quote the original post in this thread:

No evil characters.  All characters should be at least neutral, and
good tendencies are preferred.  Since mechanics do not have much effect
based on alignment in 4e, and alignment is largely irrelevant to nature
of the Inner Planes, I do not require players to list an alignment for
the characters.  If you choose to do so, though, please use the old
Nine Alignments system instead of the new 4e system.

So a non-evil character would be vastly preferred :)  If you are interested, I can introduce you in Phase III (Phase II will probably be rather short).

That being said, where is everyone?  I don't know if you all noticed the new thread (I linked it above) or if you're all away or what, but it's been pretty silent for a long time now...

Oh wait, is this 4E?  I don't have 4E.  That doesn't make me not want to play though.  What kinds of character do you already have in your group?  What do you need?

To answer your question, Dire Lemon, the party currently has 2 Warlocks, 1 Swordmage, 1 Rogue, and 1 Wizard.  In role terms, that's 3 Strikers, 1 Defender, and 1 Controller.  I suspect the wizard has abandoned the game because it's been about 2, almost 3 weeks since his last post.  If there is anything the party seems to "need" right now, I would say it's a class with the Leader role (Cleric, Warlord, possibly Artificer).  A character with healing abilities, I think, would benefit the group more than a Controller, especially with 3 Strikers already on board.

You should read the first post in this thread.  It contains all the relevant information to creating a character and the hook to get a character involved in the game.  It should also answer most other questions you will have about the game.  If you have any further questions not addressed in the post, I'll be glad to answer them.  As I mentioned, you won't be able to join the game until Phase III, but that should give you plenty of time to create and polish a character if you are still interested.

Erm...Not sure what you're talking about with MMO terms.  Everything in my post is what the 4E calls it.

Okay, well, if you hate 4e, I'm not going to force you to play.  But you might want to actually try it before jumping the gun and making a fuss about how terrible it is.

That all being said, I will post the impending combat tonight or tomorrow.  On a related note, I'd like a quick roll call here to see who is still with the game and intends to remain active.  Post rates have petered out considerably lately and I'm not entirely sure why.  If you can, please post today or otherwise contact me to let me know you're still on board, even if you've posted recently in the game.  It'll help me keep track better.  I need to know because I have to tune the encounters.  This way, I don't send three people against an encounter meant for five.

I suspect we've already lost Formula and I'm not factoring him in the next combat unless his player speaks up soon.  If I have too much attrition, I'll probably just close the game :/  So please let me know if you're still with it.

No worries I understand some of the recent things.  I'm referencing more Phase 2 as a whole.  But thank you for chiming in!

"You're the one describing it as a rip off of the worst computer game genre in existence.  Not my fault."

So then by using terms that are quite explicit in the 4e books (Leader, Striker, etc.) I am describing it as an MMORPG and making you hate it?  You're pretty off-base here.  I suggest you get over your "hatred" of things resembling MMORPGs if you intend to play 4e.  You came in here with a bit of an attitude and I'm not inclined to let you play if you can't abandon this nonsense you're spouting.  I haven't done anything except describe the 4e game in the 4e terms.  If you can't handle that, then I'd just as soon not have you play because this is stuff that will come up repeatedly.

Sorry for not posting.  I've had to leave suddenly for a personal issue.  I'll be back by Thursday and will post then.

That actually does sound pretty awesome, and you're helping to cure cancer, which is also awesome!  I imagine most of the technical stuff will fly way over my head.  I'm a history grad student, so I haven't had a science course in years.  But if you can explain more in layman's terms, I'd be glad to hear it!

As an aside, I'm considering making an open call for another player.  Failing that, since global interest wasn't terribly high to start with, I'll add a Leader-type NPC to the party so that I don't have to worry as much about killing you all.  Do any of you have preferences for/against this?  I think having a character dedicated to healing will seriously help make the encounters easier to build and easier to handle.

If I do an NPC, he'll be mostly for combat-purposes only.  He'll just kinda "be there" outside of combat.  If someone directs him to do something, he'll do it.  He won't have any influence on decision making unless specifically asked, and he won't take any initiative except when fighting (or in obvious circumstances where his attentions are needed).  Otherwise he'll just tag along with the group and do what everyone else does.

Lastly, this week should be the last of the crazy weeks for me.  I've got a convention Saturday that I'll be selling art at, and then once that winds down, I can relax and breathe for a while.  I'll have my end-of-semester paper to work on but I should be able to handle it and the early stages of Phase III.  So I should be restarting the game on Sunday or Monday next week.

All right, just so we're set before I get started, I'd like to do another roll call.  Dunamin and Rock, I figure you two are still on board.  Atriden and Bob, if you guys could chime in at your earliest convenience, I'd be greatly obliged!