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General Discussions and Shenanigans Thread #03:

Hey Bart are you still with us? You have been awfully quiet and didn't attend today's game! I need to know if it is Ravoprax or Willie with the Talon Long Sword! People still need to give me the deities their characters worship! Please go into the game and mark on the Loot list whom has which item and whom is carrying the gems and jewelry. Or at least post which of the found items you have, so I see it and can mark it on the loot list. Let's get on the ball here folks! It's been weeks I've been asking for some of this! Remember now, that the next game is in two weeks, so that would be March 7th, 2020, as I get back to Pittsburgh next Saturday!
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Ok, here are the deities I have listed for each adventurer in the game: <a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/7827542/party-line-up-and-the-deities-they-worship/?pageforid=7827542#post-7827542" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/7827542/party-line-up-and-the-deities-they-worship/?pageforid=7827542#post-7827542</a> For the ones I had to fill in myself, if you wish a different deity, please, let me know. For this game, like in 1e/2e AD&amp;D, if you wish to pray to a deity for something there is a 1% chance that one of a deities avatars or even the deity itself will appear. I might wait to type up the summary for the 2/22/2020 game until I get back to Pittsburgh, so I can use MS Word to type it up instead of Notepad,&nbsp; since the next game is not until 03/07/20. I will still type up the summary from my 1e/2e 2/23/20 game, since we can play on 03/01/20. I am still awaiting on Bart to make a new character.
Ok, It does not seem like Bart is active, so I sent off a note to&nbsp; Ullek-H &nbsp;, a player from previous games, whom is also a vet that served in Lebanon and Guatemala, saying he can join, if able,&nbsp; if we don't hear from Bart.&nbsp;
I have opened up a player slot since Bart with his half-orc barbarian and Ullek have not been heard from.
While walking into the lobby to see Harry Connick Jr. do a show at the Wynn Casino tonight, I happened to see and say a Hello to Guiarist Bruce Kulick! <a href="https://www.brucekulick.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.brucekulick.com/</a>
Nice Hope the show was good also
Yes the show was a good one!&nbsp;
Autarch, launches a new Superhero game, called, "Ascendant"!&nbsp; <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/autarch/ascendant" rel="nofollow">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/autarch/ascendant</a>
Looks cool I'm watching it if it makes it may buy into it
I had pledge to Jeff Dee's "Villains and Vigilantes 3.0: Mighty Protectors", a while back and they are still working on elements of it, though the core rule book was delivered! <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jeffdee/villains-and-vigilantestm-30-the-mighty-protectors" rel="nofollow">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jeffdee/villains-and-vigilantestm-30-the-mighty-protectors</a> Not sure I will pledge to the "Ascendant" one, as I had already made 3 pledges in February for Lloyd metcalf's, "Maximum HPs" fanzine and 2 orders for, "Amazon of Venus" comic book, one as a gift. <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lmetcalf/maximum-hp-002-rpg-zine-quest" rel="nofollow">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lmetcalf/maximum-hp-002-rpg-zine-quest</a> <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/goodideascomics/amazon-of-venus-an-adult-sci-fi-adventure" rel="nofollow">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/goodideascomics/amazon-of-venus-an-adult-sci-fi-adventure</a>
I might get the "Deluxe Essentials Kit" tonight, (surprised there is no sale due to DM's Day!), then the module after the ones included in that will be "Storm King's Thunder". Eventually, I'll get the Player's Handbook and Xanathar's Guide to Everything, as we go along. Also,&nbsp; Buddy-D , was kind enough to donate this Token Pack of Classic Horror Monsters for the game! I like how realistic and close to the actual movie ones they look as opposed to silly cartoony ones you see! <a href="https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/set/5266/fantasy-tokens-set-24-classic-horror" rel="nofollow">https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/set/5266/fantasy-tokens-set-24-classic-horror</a>
Ok, I worked on the last two encounter maps for this module the last couple of days. The last one has the scale off with it being 10 ft per square but the tokens are sized in each square for 5 ft. So, i enlarge the map only to find out the dynamic lighting on that map does not easily scale like a regular map graphic. So, now i need to reverse it back and simply make the tokens smaller. Sigh.
The PolyHero Rogue Dice Set is now available for regular purchase! <a href="https://www.polyhero.com/purchase?category=Rogue" rel="nofollow">https://www.polyhero.com/purchase?category=Rogue</a>
Weekly Game Session Reminder - Saturday, March 7th, 2020 - 10:00 am EDT - 5E: Lost Mines of Phandelver Just&nbsp; a Note to remind you all that there is a Live Adventure Gaming Session Today starting at 10am ET - 7am PT - 3pm BT! Roxxifarius and Word Nerd, will be there. We have not heard from Bart, Buddy, Hunter, Yoshi or Zerlan as of yet! You fellows need to get on the ball here and post! Warning that if you don't post your availability for the game you are likely getting booted, same for if you don't show up Saturday and have not posted why you can not make it!
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Oh, good grief! The game designers are still being lazy with game module design! These are token's from "Storm Lord's Wrath", representing a tavern owner and the barkeep, instead they are of a pirate and a fighter: Now here are descriptions of those two from the add-on module to "Dragon of Icespire Peak": The current owner of the Wayside Inn is Martisha Vinetalker, a striking half-elf whose pleasing features contrast with her tough demeanor. She is cold, calculating, charismatic, and knows how to run a business with ruthless efficiency and an eye for profit. The bartender is Backes Dunfield, a human with a scarred face and a crooked smile. He started working for Martisha six months ago and quickly proved himself a valuable lieutenant! ==== On top of that various people in the tavern don't have tokens or there are more Wrong tokens. So here we go again, with no real improvement over the Phandelver module, other than adding card decks to walk you thru combat and such. So, once again I will need to search the internet for all the missing graphics and likely maps as well and some more detail not mentioned. Plus, they are still using tokens not linked to sheets of their own, the game maker's excuse being to save computer memory. I was told there was a way to auto-number the minions/pawns/mooks, in the turn order, but i'll guess it will just add to the confusion instead, at least on my end. When I set up a 1e/2e game, i create a folder for the encounter location. Then there is a handout for me with all the encounter information copy/pasted straight from the module. Then All of the creatures and NPC's in this location has a sheet and token attached to it. This is something not at all done in 5E Roll20 modules, that I have.&nbsp; These 'modules', as they are only like shave off 1/4 of the time needed to prep things! It feels like way more work than running from a real table top with the 1e/2e AD&amp;D modules!
Well in my experience, its not just wotc other companies have done this with modules for online vtt DM had to spend most of the week between games to sort out tokens and fix their stats so that we could play again the following Sunday
Ok, while starting to edit down the chat archive, I realized that all of the Goblin arrow shots are showing "To DM", indicating that they were whispered to me! So I take it you fellows did not see the rolls right? They will be visible whenever I get the story chapter up of course. I still need to get the ones from when I was in Las Vegas up as well.
Another example of the game designers getting stupid! Look at this picture and tell me what's wrong!
Um, hm, well, first off its a bit of a stretch for a cow to be charging and or goring unless its a Cow (Female) Minotaur hehe could at least have a pic of a bull
Indeed! And though there are species that have horns on both sexes, like in Africa, the one pictured does not.
Ok, now they use an image of Mirna Dendrar, from LofP as two different dwarves from "Dragon of Icespire Peak", so I replaced them with the best I can find to actually represent them. I had a look at the original module and it had the Mirna token also representing her kids, Nars and Nilsa. Sigh.&nbsp;
Latest glitch for DoIP, is that they use a male gnome token for every gnome in a place even though there are female ones as well! The funny thing is, is that they went to the effort of giving all the gnomes names! So props for that!
Game Day Session Reminder - Saturday, March 14th, 2020 - 10:00 am EDT - 5E: Lost Mines of Phandelver Just&nbsp; a Note to remind you all that there is a Live Adventure Gaming Session Today starting at 10am ET - 7am PT - 3pm BT! Hermit Legend and Roxxifarius, will be there. Word Nerd, can not make it today. We have not heard from Bart, Buddy, Hunter, Yoshi or Zerlan as of yet! You fellows need to get on the ball here and post! Warning that if you don't post your availability for the game you are likely getting booted, same for if you don't show up Saturday and have not posted why you can not make it!
We will start Eimong, the monk and Keziah Dankill the cleric hill dwarf at level 3 with the rest of the party when they meet up Saturday in Phandelver. You are all welcome to do the leveling up prior to game time Saturday, so that it's out of the way! If the party heads to Conyberry, there may be some adventure module hopping as "Dragon of Icespire" has locations near that town. Seems things disappear from this game as well, I thought I had 3 NPC's as tokens for Conyberry but they disappeared and only 1 other, is still there. I'm thinking i'll combine the 3 add-on modules to DoIP as one module instead of plugging it into DoIP, to reduce clutter, and just move the Phandalin stuff into it, like i did with DoIP.
Game Day Session Reminder - Saturday, March 21st, 2020 - 10:00 am EDT - 5E: Lost Mines of Phandelver Just&nbsp; a Note to remind you all that there is a Live Adventure Gaming Session Today starting at 10am ET - 7am PT - 3pm BT! Buddy, Roxxifarius and Word Nerd, will be there. We have not heard from Bart, Hunter, Yoshi or Zerlan as of yet! You fellows need to get on the ball here and post! Warning that if you don't post your availability for the game you are likely getting booted, same for if you don't show up Saturday and have not posted why you can not make it!
For those of you whom could not make it to today's gaming session, here is the link into "Dragon of Icespire Peak", since we will be doing some module hopping, as we go along, so do not forget to join! <a href="https://app.roll20.net/join/5935621/5L5pGQ" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/join/5935621/5L5pGQ</a>
Ok, when i have dynamic lighting turned on (the default) for Big Al's farmland map, the only thing that is visible is the strip in front of his farmhouse, where all the player tokens are. However, when I turn off dynamic lighting, the main map of his farm and the kitchen of the farmhouse as well as outside around the house is visible.. Now, when I turn on Advanced Fog of war with a sight distance of 30 ft, the 30 ft is lit, while around the house, is in semi-darkness, as it should be as that is the idea of it, so that it's not in total darkness so you can remember where you have been.&nbsp; When I moved the Roqar token over to the main farmland area map, which was in total darkness the 30 ft lit up again and when i move her back to the house map, the farmland area where she was, became semi-dark. So, Looks like I leave it on Advanced Fog of War, with dynamic lighting on. Still, the Kaiser token works as it should, while the Roqar Token will not apparently shed light even though it has the same settings as the Kaiser one.
So Roll20 Doesn't like my token is what your saying?
Yea, sure seems like it!
Game Day Session Reminder - Saturday, March 28th, 2020 - 10:00 am EDT - 5E: Lost Mines of Phandelver Just&nbsp; a Note to remind you all that there is a Live Adventure Gaming Session Today starting at 10am ET - 7am PT - 3pm BT! Buddy, Hermit Legend, Roxxifarius and Word Nerd, will be there. We have not heard from Bart, Hunter, Yoshi or Zerlan as of yet! You fellows need to get on the ball here and post! Warning that if you don't post your availability for the game you are likely getting booted, same for if you don't show up Saturday and have not posted why you can not make it!&nbsp; It has basically been at least 3 weeks since Hunter, and Zerlan played, I think, and typically you would get the boot after 3 weeks of non-attendance and non-posting anything! Bart has been D.O.A, so he'll likely get booted for sure, looks like he came alive for 6 hours, I guess setting up or running his on game though and won't even be talkative&nbsp;in the General discussions thread here!
Would you folks be interested in playtesting a Ravenloft Adventure module, called "Prey of the Black Wolf"?!?! If so let me know right away so i can put in the application as soon as possible! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdJyZuWRVpU" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdJyZuWRVpU</a>
Sure Love Ravenloft
I have run a playtest once before for Dark Naga Adventure's, "Buried Zikurat"!
The Characters of Flint Frostbeard ( Hunter C. ), Kaiser Starlocke ( Yoshi ) and Ravoprax Elmash ( Zerlan ), still need to be leveled up to level 3!!! If they are not leveled up by next game session on April 4th, they will be leveled up by me or another player. If we don't hear from Bart, Hunter, Yoshi, or Zerlan by Midnight Pacific Time Tonight (03/31/2020), it appears I will have to boot you all out, so that 3 others can play!
Ok, of the four deadbeats I had to kick out of the game, Hunter responded back with this: "Thank you for telling me but as I can't play for 5 minutes I'm going to start playing in the real world instead of roll20." So I guess he can't wait until his turn in combat? Nothing is stopping anyone from making suggestions or idle chatter or role-playing anything!
I went in and upped the levels of the characters of the departed players and messaged Hermit Legend to level up Eemong the monk. We'll bring in the new characters of those who join either in Conyberry or Phandalin as we then retire the old characters.
Well, our newest player came and went already!&nbsp; Jaxer &nbsp;was his name. I suspected he was going to be a troll, from the start.
Here is a link to the discord chat room, link expires in 24 hours from now:&nbsp; <a href="https://discord.gg/NbBSVE" rel="nofollow">https://discord.gg/NbBSVE</a> If you had previously joined, no need to rejoin. Use the room for chatting about anything either voice or text or discussing game strategy or reminding others it's their move!
On second though, it looks like everyone needs to rejoin the discord chat and it now appears chat text is separate from voice, so two different rooms???? If so here is the Text Chat: <a href="https://discord.gg/TZz4Pv" rel="nofollow">https://discord.gg/TZz4Pv</a>
Game Day Session Reminder - Saturday, April 4th, 2020 - 10:00 am EDT - 5E: Lost Mines of Phandelver Just&nbsp; a Note to remind you all that there is a Live Adventure Gaming Session Today starting at 10am ET - 7am PT - 3pm BT! Buddy,&nbsp; Roxxifarius and Word Nerd, will be there. We have not heard from Hermit Legend as of yet! We have&nbsp; Rahfen &nbsp;, joining us as a new player, playing an Assimar Warlock! Warning that if you don't post your availability for the game you are likely getting booted, same for if you don't show up Saturday and have not posted why you can not make it!&nbsp;
Word Nerd, had to leave the game due to a family situation during the game's timeslot. It appears that we now have enough new players to fill all the player slots for the game.
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New Kickstarter for a board game based on the "They Live" Movie! <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1708218446/they-live-assault-on-cable-54" rel="nofollow">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1708218446/they-live-assault-on-cable-54</a> I saw Rowdy Piper at the Steel City Con here, briefly chatted as I was waiting for an autographed picture from Marta Kristen (Lost in Space), on her right side was James Best from The Dukes of Hazzard, whom I got an autographed picture and the one people seemed to be mostly avoiding at the time, a son of George Lucas, whom appeared in a prequel movie.
Ok, looking at the chat archives from since the Las Vegas trip this past January and February, I am just going to take the summaries and plug them in as story chapters, for those 2 months as notepad really bunched up the text and there were instances where I accidentally saved text to the wrong file name, overwriting stuff. Finally got caught up with my 1e/2e game with this, now to get this one up to date.
Is this adventure any good? I would not even consider this based on the artwork alone! <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gawain/deep-carbon-observatory-remastered" rel="nofollow">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gawain/deep-carbon-observatory-remastered</a>
Hm, maybe it was in White Dwarf magazine? Dont remember it have not looked at the mags in years, the maps are fine but the Characters and monsters are not very good&nbsp;
Thus why I was wondering about the adventure itself! The Previous version is a Mithral best seller. So I guess this one and the Blue Medusa one have content so good that people over look the bad artwork.
Ok, regarding the "Ravenloft" themed playtest, I got picked to be one of the DM's so I should be getting a play-test pack soon. If I can get the opening segment stuff set up by this Saturday we will start the playing then, if not we start it on the 18th and I believe 6 weeks of sessions was the number mentioned for the playtesting. After that then, of course, it's back to regularly scheduled programing.
Ok, I have the, "Ravenloft: Prey of the Black Wolf" play test pack now! I'm still not crazy about the artwork, but it's basically a step up from "Deep Carbon Observatory" that is doing well on Kickstarter now, with the doodle artwork.
Hopefully WOTC will make better artwork after they release it
Yea, if anything I expect the artwork to be improved upon from the 1e/2e days. The cover on the page will give you an idea what to expect! Here is the invite link into "Prey of the Black Wolf" 5E playtest: <a href="https://app.roll20.net/join/6736698/cWjD6g" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/join/6736698/cWjD6g</a>
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Oh boy, the PDF for "Prey of the Black Wolf", won't let you copy / paste text! So I would have to type it all in for handouts or just take screen shots.