Game on Saturday 2nd April at 4pm till 10 pm

There will be a game on Saturday 2nd April from 4pm till 10pm (UTC+1). Sign-ups will open this evening from 5 pm till 10 pm and the sign-up will be unsupervised as I will be DMing in a face to face game. All new players, please note that if you sign up you are guaranteed a place under the new rules, so sign up tonight. We will open 8 slots as usual, but the first 5 players will decide where to go and how many extras to take. Note that I would like this discussion to take place as soon as possible, so that I can prepare.

Syvil Dernsson (Level 4 Paladin) will be joining!

Meren signs up.

Cain ready to go lvl4 paladin

Sharleen is here! (Level 3 Barbarian)

me to oh wait i cant play :(

Reskin will be joining.

I'd definitely be up for Saturday.

Marokin signes up

Von (Fighter ?) Jim F (??? ?) Aurelia (??? ?) Syvil Derneson (Paladin 4) Meren (Fighter 1, Warlock 2) Cain (Paladin 4) Sharleen (Barbarian 3) Reskin (Warlock 3) Jon Heron? (Fighter 2) Marokin (Bard 3?)

If im not dead by then ill sign up :P

Jon Heron is a level 2 Fighter.

Which character Zil?

Depends on the quest you guys decide on.

Would not mind killing those things at the vale entrance and gaining entrance

Zil; which character is important to know because under the current rules, a level 1 character would instantly jump to the head if the queue and would therefore be involved in the decision of where to go.

I guess I was a half hour late to join this one.

Jim F. said: I guess I was a half hour late to join this one. you a new player????

Oh thats a good point!

Anyone willing to give up a space?

Stephen Dove said: Zil; which character is important to know because under the current rules, a level 1 character would instantly jump to the head if the queue and would therefore be involved in the decision of where to go. Are you telling me to bring out Aurelia so she can level? I thought about it but it doesnt seem fair since Im not new and didnt suffer a recent death. If others are ok with it Ill do that then.

Meren would prefer to travel with Reskin by his side so if someone is willing to give up their spot for Reskin I'd be greatful. (or we could just take more than 5 people)

Reskin is in already as things stand.

Jim F; you can still sign up. It is open until 22:00 BST. (3 or so more hours)

Mhmm, and if were going to Vale, 8 people would be good.

shit i dident see this in time 

He is but if any lvl 1s join he'd be out of the group of 5.

im a lvl 1 

Note to new players; if you are level 1 you AUTOMATICALLY get to adventure because of the rules about slot allocation. Jim F and Von; you are in!

This means the slots bump downwards

Well if there are a whole bunch of other level ones i dont need to feel guilty about bringing mine along. Hopefully survivial will lead to levelling and it wont be an issue in the future

You also haven't played in a long while mate!

And the unlucky ones for Saturday need not despair; there will be at lesst 2 midweek sessions next week.

This new revelation kicks out Jon Heron and Marokin if we go for all 8 players

I have been in a lot of sessions and do not mind being pushed back but in the future it can get scummy if we let extra characters level 1 that are not new or dead bump others. If a player does not fall in that category it should go by your highest level character you have you then choose who you want to take getting no bonus to your lvl1 characters. Again I do not mind but Sharleen got pushed out of slot 6 because of this and he might since I think Taleek has had less sessions.

@ Ernie; it's not that new. I have been running this system since we changed from the calendar. As it currently stands, level 1 characters always bump higher level characters out, but I am open to changing it if people are unhappy. Have the first 5 decided what they are going to do and where they'll go?

I would like to bring a certain trade to Haven and Bael's Isle from the Vale.

Ya Stephen I like the idea of new and recently killed players getting a chance to start their character again, but as it stands now I could just play my retainers and get at least three sessions without the worry of being the last to post. If people want to they can easily abuse that rule to get in whenever they want. 

Maybe if the players sit together and think about a system that they think would be better we can take off the thinking work of Stephen. Going to be hard to agree on something though :) Should be a different threat though imo.

I like the current system just make it new and recently dead players bump only not just all lvl1's. I really like the bump system I love seeing new faces and characters and there personalities.

As for the mission I also would like to go to the Vale, Syvil and I have been talking in discord about something that might help Haven in a way.

I propose we travel to the Vale then; if we go with 6 people.

If you've got a third or half the party as Level 1 characters that might not go so well. That one drac we met last time was a potential TPK and that skinless ghoul and the other undead in the caves don't seem like pushovers either. Besides, no one can go through until that sheep herder wrangles some writs of passage.

@Sloth; maybe what no one here is understanding is that Maladon has an 'end-game' that will be triggered when enough characters reach a certain level. Once that end-game is played through, the campaign is over. The point is, I as a GM, want to encourage players to play lower level characters and perhaps build up several characters, to slow the game advancement rate down. I want that because I do not want the game to end quickly; I'd like to savour it and I hope all of you do too. We now have characters at level 4 after 20 sessions and you have hardly stratched the surface of Maladon. As things stand, the game will end without people ever seeing 3/4 of the island; though that is OK because it obviously means we could base a new campaign here. Just something to think about when debating the bump rules for level 1 characters; the 'abuse' you talk about was something forseen and something I would encourage.

Or; we could slow down experience rates. I like Syvil and I am unlikely to ever have more than two characters.

I am behind with the logs;due to work, but the Writ has already been delivered to the Blue Sashes, so that impediment has been removed. Also Kodos has been pardoned provided he divulgences the location of the Scarlet Blades hideout.

Good news then! I wish to put my vote towards going to the Vale with 6 people. (Full disclosure? Yes; I want 6 people because I want Cain in, not because I want numbers. We are working on a plan together and it needs the Vale.)

If three characters are level 1, you might want some more actually.......................

If im in I would vote for going to gatesgarth, there was some happening there about a missing noble to investigate and it might be possible to set up some more food trade between that are and haven to alleviate the shortages.