-nick xo xo

my proposal:
Eberron campaign set on the uncharted continent of Xen'drik. Your task is to come up with a character concept based (as loosely as you like) on the archetypes that can be found [here.] The only thing that i ask is that your concept and background include the idea that your characters are currently 'down on their luck.'

We will be using the ['Standard Point Buy'] for establishing ability scores and the same [SSA-X2 Character Sheets]. so if you feel antsy to make a character then feel free. I will post the prologue on a new site later this month and then e-mail all of you with the password to join at that time.

Also there will be a new requirement: a Meebo account. Meebo is free and will host the new chat room. It has a video function and i imagine having a bi-weekly online meeting/movie night. more information on this to come.

Please feel free to use this site in the meantime to discuss the new campaign. Question, comments, and criticisms would be GREATLY appreciated.

if i had my druthers i would start over. i have some ideas for an eberron campaign that will be more exploration/action based. I think now that maybe the cop drama, while exciting in the table-top format, is too slow paced for this medium.

-r

are we bored with the scene? the game in general? where this plot is going?

please tell me, and don't pull any punches, how you are feeling about this thing we are doing? If you don't have the time or the inclination to play then please say so, and i can begin recruiting for a replacement. If the plot, or the game is becoming boring we can try something new.

maybe this could be the alpha version of this idea, and we start over with the beta, now that we all have a better idea how we want this thing to work. just lemme know what you are thinking.

-r

-r

i ended up opening today, so i'll be able to game at 10! woohoo!

effectively i have three separate desktops that i can control from one computer.

that's all…

-r

NOTE: Grakul has been seated with Yuri and Grakul the whole time. I have noted this as it might not have been clear before, and made *BOLD* a section which will need attention as Yuri's player may not have noticed Grakul's presence.

I assumed Eryna was also at the table the whole time as her previous poses intimated. chris feel free to edit your pose to reflect that if that was your intention.

-r

is everyone game for this? i'm assuming we'd start late (midnight-ish?) due to rob's work schedule? i close at work sunday, so there won't be a time restriction on my part (hooray!).

In the last scene they were the only people who failed their sense motive to see if loraethal was bluffing when he said those shitty things about Grakul. that would have been an interesting addition to this scene if everyone had layed along.

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it begins…

It's just a guess. I run these things through in my mind a lot and that hit me as being interesting.

On a technical note, I reread the last two scenes as rob suggested and damn are they good. I edited my post including the earth time measurement of an hour, changing 'less than an hour' to 'a psalm or so'

good day.

18:29] nicklwray: yeah, i saw the post from trav regarding that. IS threatening a constable a crime?
[18:29] angstmachine: [DELETED DUE TO IT BEING OFF TOPIC]
[18:30] angstmachine: not specifically, but it could be construed as a crime against the state…
[18:31] nicklwray: WHA?!
[18:31] nicklwray: how d'ya figure?
[18:31] angstmachine: it's medieval style society… laws [aren't like] that
[18:32] nicklwray: no, i mean how d'ya figure it could be construed as a crime against the state. i get why it wouldn't specifically be a crime to just threaten me.
[18:32] angstmachine: stealing is bad, killing is bad, destruction of property is bad… might is right sometimes though, and nobody was hurt…
[18:32] nicklwray: aren't we just employed by the local PD?
[18:33] angstmachine: your effectively deputized against the sheriff…
[18:33] angstmachine: [deputized] _by_ the [sheriff]
[18:34] angstmachine: not to say that if you had statements and witnesses that you couldn't have them tried…
[18:34] angstmachine: just there is no [specific] law against threats of violence that aren't specifically coercive…
[18:35] angstmachine: [her story was that] she was trying to ensure that there [wasn't a] fight by threatening you..
[18:35] nicklwray: gotchya
[18:35] angstmachine: like if she had [threatened] you to [coerce you into] steal[ing] something, or [to] go kill some people…
[18:36] angstmachine: cool
[18:37] angstmachine: ya'll are the law though… you technically have the right to detain anyone you want and accuse anyone you want of anything…
[18:37] angstmachine: you can beand degree of good or bad cops as you see fit, and probably get away with it…
[18:38] angstmachine: beand=be any
[18:38] angstmachine: your just [supposed] to also have a moral compass

1. Detain Criminal.
   1. Constables have the right to temporarily seize property (eg. attics, cages, rope, ect.) to aid in this detention if need be.
2. Do 'footwork.'
   1. For petty crime: Resolve dipute and adjudicate recompense.
   2. For theft: Recover and return stolen property.
   3. For violent crime, or crimes against the state: Take witnesses statements and gather evidence.
3. Determine whether criminal deserves further recourse.
   1. If yes: Send to Guyns for trial with statements from witnesses and constables.
   2. If no: Discarge criminal back into the community.

At the end of every week a 'runner' from Guyns arrives in every community to collect any complaints, information, or criminals detained. All crimes require at least a written statement from the constables even if criminals are undetained or untried.

Note that detention is left up to the constables based on personal style and the severity of the crime. It can range from placing the criminal in stocks in the city square to simply admonishing the criminal to be home by sundown.

What is the punishment for threatening the life of a constable?
Do we have jail cells to work with, or offices or anything?

Loraethal:

we cool gentlemen?

I'd like to thank Shakespeare.

This game rules and I personally think we're all slick mother fuckers to engage in such a stimulating act of collective creation.

I have to admit I'm kind of pissed that I'm not getting a trophy but I'm planning on making my own out of old tacos. Nick if you want one, let me know. We'll have our commemorative
baubles!

God save the queen and canada.

Woman on Right

Dark haired woman in rather revealing lacy clothing that is threadbare and a little dirty. She seems more than a little concerned as she speaks with the woman across from her.

Woman on Left

Light haired young woman who wears what appear to be men's clothing over a dress. She looks unhappy.

Man on Left

Dark haired man with dirty face and hands who is wearing the LEather apron of a blacksmith. He seems sullen as he drinks and chats with the people around him.

Man on Right

Very drunk man in a metal helm and leather armor. He is just a little too loud and boisterous as compared to the relative quiet in the room.

The Bartender (left)

A slightly pudgy dark-haired man in surprising fancy clothes who stands behind a heavily polished pine bar, He chats congenially with his patrons as he washes mugs.

The Waitress (right)

A lovely young woman in simple, but flattering clothing who stands near the bartender. She wears an earnest, good natured grin as she takes mugs from the bartender and dries and hangs them from the hooks behind the bar.

Below I will post the patrons and employees of the Red Door all of which is information that everyone managed to see based of their free spot checks. If anyone noticed anything else I will PM with more Information.

To the right you will see the floor plan of The Red Door.

The bar itself is composed of pine clap board. The hearth is almost too big and bears all the earmarks of a forge, but with the accoutrements removed. The bar itself looks like a huge workbench that still bears scorch marks beneath the highly polished surface. It is plainly obvious that is establishment was once a part of the blacksmith's next door.

Non-Violence Award

Sometimes it's just easier to kill a motherfucker. It's a problem we face in our day to day lives, and that we no doubt struggle with. Luckily it's easier to take the high road in Dungeons & Dragons. For not rising to the bait all the players receive 150 experience

Best Role-Player Award

Tonight we open up the hallowed halls of role-playing and induct a man who needs no introduction. Travis wins. He gets 100 experience points for Loraethal.

RSS Usage Award

As two of you know I made a post a couple weeks ago that was entitled 'Another Boring Detail.' It was posted in the news section wich seems not to draw a great deal of readers, and was designed to not grab your attention at all. Had you read it, however you would have recived 25 experience like Nick and Travis did.

Thank you all for coming and allowing me to host this spectacular affair. Please feel free to post your acceptance speeches below.

After the meeting with Zelania the party makes it's way over to the Red Door. It is nearly empty, and empties further when the constables enter. The few patrons who remain are all out-of-towners and carelittle to converse so instead the constables try and enjoy each others company for the intervening time

If your character is doing something different please PM me, or note it below. I will post a simple introduction to scene 3 tomorrow around noon, with something resembling the above text, but you will all have untill monday at noon to inform me otherwise. You have about 2 and a half hours to play with before the Eighth Bell.

This is his new avatar.

Jealous? Get me your image…

I will be granting, and maybe even penalizing player's action points based on their role-playing.

Khorvaire is largely defined by the travails of the Last War,
and that is just as true of its adventurers. You fought on the
front lines of the Last War. You killed a great many enemy
soldiers, and you carry plenty of scars—on your body and
on your soul.

Adventuring: You adventure because you can't think
of anything else to do. You joined the army as soon as you
were old enough and never learned a peacetime trade.
Alter years spent in war, you can't just go back to your place
of birth and learn to be a blacksmith. Your home might
not even be there anymore. Adventuring seems like the
only option left to you, and it offers the opportunity to
continue using the skills you learned on the battlefield.
In some cases, it might even be a literal continuation of
your wartime activities—such as chasing Valenar raiders
across the Talenta Plains or racing Emerald Claw agents
to Xen'drik ruins.

As a member of an adventuring party, you have a sense
of belonging and companionship. You have a steady source
of wealth, more than enough to live comfortably. You have
some sense of purpose and meaning in your life. You've
made a reasonable approximation of the one thingyou really
want and can never again have: a home where you belong.

Personality: The war savaged your soul far worse
than it could ever hurt your body, and you remain bitterly
wounded. Your life is a contradiction. Violence sickens you.
You saw so much death and mutilation in the course of the
war that you had to steel yourself to it; still, you can never
shake the waves of disgust that course through you when
violence is necessary. But you live by violence, and you're
not sure you know how to give it up.

Behavior: You cling to the discipline of military life
because it is comfortable and familiar. You rise early in the
morning and practice weapon or spell routines. You like to
know the chain of command in your adventuring party and
prefer clear orders about standard operating procedure.
Even if some chaotic part of your belief system chafes at
these disciplines, a larger part of you relies on them to give
meaning and structure to every day. Without them, your life
might just fall apart.

Language: Yours is the language of combat. You have a
rich vocabulary to describe the maneuvers of the battlefield
and various aspects of your daily life. You speak of base camps
and rations, of reconnaissance and sabotage. To some extent,
just like your practice of military discipline, using military
terminology helps to keep your life ordered in your mind.

Variants: The warforged as a race are almost by definition
war-torn heroes. However, their emotional response
to the transition from wartime to peace varies widely,
and warforged are less bitter and wounded than war-torn
humanoids. Awarforged has no memory of a life before the
war to idealize and attempt to recreate. Warforged find it
extremely difficult to shake military practices and jargon
that are part of their earliest formative experiences.