We'll see about 2nd lvl. Should be soon enough, I think, and I still have snakebite XP to allocate. Though, behind the screen, I'm personally more concerned whether you'll all live through this day, considering your pursuits.

Good luck!

Quote from: Opaopajr;787027We'll see about 2nd lvl. Should be soon enough, I think, and I still have snakebite XP to allocate. Though, behind the screen, I'm personally more concerned whether you'll all live through this day, considering your pursuits.

Good luck!

So I see.

Sorry everyone- I think I'll be out of action until Friday! See you then!

Quote from: Mr. Kent;788286Sorry everyone- I think I'll be out of action until Friday! See you then!

Mind if I run with the last action you've done since then and keep the flow going? Damn... might be gone. Well, let's keep doing our best.

I realize I have a lot to atone for as GM. Forgive me, players, for I have sinned: I introduced algebra in-game.


You'll hate me even more once you realize what it is you've been sidetracked into. But first you have to live and investigate what you've been playing with. Whole pages of GM notes skipped to the scary parts. Reminder, this isn't the Old Graveyard, which was the original quest.

But I admire your pluck in the face of adversity. You keep me on my toes. Stay alive!

Evil, Bad Gm for bringing the evil Math into a game about, numbers and mechanics


think it would be easier to just describe in rounds what we could do.

Ie in 2 rounds Alric can reach / scale to the top (60 feet) He can make an athletics check Dc 15 to make that 1 round . . .

or whatever.

I think we will grasp it better. At least I would. I can mostly picture what it looks like but even a hand sketch would be handy, just relative positions

I have noticed I take for granted a thorough reading of the rules. I even caught myself in face-to-face games where I assumed players — and even GMs! — knew about Move Action Reaction (possible Bonus Action), and all the basic actions like Dash, Disengage, Dodge, Help, Ready, etc. When you start correcting the GM every half hour you start to become *that guy*.

Anyway, as for why only 60'/rd up a 100' slope at 40% grade, yeah that's some serious difficult terrain. I waived away the STR check assuming you are upset that possibly even your humanoid friends are being attacked, so you are going full tilt sprint (Spd x5).

Oh gawd, the maths are returning!

Since your base Spd is 25, going full sprint (Spd x25) is 125'/rd. Difficult terrain is 1 extra foot per foot (or half speed). That's 62.5' round down, but just easier to express as 60'/rd. Tah-dah!

Feel free to ask more questions because this is one of the best ways we all learn the system's RAW.

Back from Absence! Excited to get back into things.

Yeah I think the hard part is unlearning old systems.

I still get 3.5 isms in the game I am playing on sundays. And I am usually one of the rules guys (In that I really know the rules) This system I still lack mastery. But I am working on it. Knowing the rules also helps me violate them and understand what the consequences are of that. Not just willy nilly doing things.

Also old systems had rules that work to cover rules we don't have, so using old rules to fill the gaps helps

And stop with the Math my eyes are bleeding . . .Happy now

Sooo... you've all had a fascinating little adventure — and completely stumbled into another quest from its middle/end. And you're still in that area there, where I have embedded a few more (different) quest things. However, I have had the encounter creature scribbled up beforehand (I'm actually flipping through the new MM to see if they have updated anything for my other monsters, too).

The challenge is: do I reveal the creature stats now, and thus completely negate that quest's mystery (and its XP), or do I let you attempt to answer it at your own pace?

The rattlesnake is an obvious, everyday hazard of the region. Further, its mechanics would have to be known to get a sense of its fragility & lethality (I'm not actually fond of the MM version, personally). It needed to be common knowledge for the world's atmosphere.

This however is a mystery hazard. No one has to face it, as you have to seek it out, and it is quite uncommon. It is not essential knowledge for setting atmosphere, though it adds flavor like everything else. Some people hate spoilers, some people are OK with them — and then comes the challenge to be discreet for others.

So I throw it back to all of you. Do you want to OOC peek? Or do you want to discover what happened IC?

(Hint: it was one of my more 'gentle' of the serious quests, very low projected lethality.)

EEE the suspense! I personally don't mind spoilers--usually--but this, I'm sort of ary about knowing if we may discover it later. Then again, I'm not sure if the group is eager to delve much deeper into this after the wonderful time our characters had!

I know Hana's just as happy to drink her memories of this day into oblivion...

I don't mind knowing if it is something we will never run into again, but if it has future potential as an encounter, keep it unknown.

Spoilers seldom spoil it for me if you did do a reveal though, so there is my preference of not wanting to know but if I did it wouldn't ruin anything for me.

GM way too much not to have some knowledge of monsters for most the games I play in, so I have learned how to play dumb, I blend it in with the rest of my naturally stupidity

Well, the interesting challenge is several of the monsters I selected back in July/August are not in the 5e MM. So I am using already a few liberties to cobble together setting-appropriate monster variants. But now I have to reconstruct certain (very deadly) monsters from the mechanics available.

But rest assured there's normal things, too, like elk and wolves and bears and rabbits, oh my! (Don't melee the elk herd. You'll likely die.)

Avoid the Elk. Noted.

Alric is a small game hunter in any case

Pesky viscous Rabbits.

OK, seems like my seeded content shocked you all into being deer in the headlights. However the rest of the encounters for that area were already rolled up for hours into the future (anticipation in response to the hunter's blind & Forgotten Claim interest). So... the die has already been cast, even as you stand still and wait.

In light of that, let me resolve XP so far!

3rd XP Allocation

Rattlesnake by the Cradled Baby: utterly destroyed threat, saved baby's life.
Rattlesnake CR 1/4, 50 XP. Saved baby through caution/coordination CR 1/8, 25 XP.
Divided by 5 PCs equals 15 XP each.

Snakebite Emergency Coordination: returned mother & child to proper medical help, gained medical time, follow-up snake investigation & discovered new area.
CR 1, 200 XP.
Divided by 5 PCs equals 40 XP each.

Witness Shoshone Ritual: learn more about & respect Shoshone culture, how to stay safe treating snakebite, and participate in community prayer.
Bright Feather, Hanalee, Karnath, plus 10 XP each.

Discover Mystery Bush, Bones, & Investigate Cave/Claim Entrance: exploring alone in the face of danger what seems to be an active den. Alric, 15 XP.

Finding 'Lost' Alric: investigated where ally went in middle of crisis, explored & found him, even while 'hidden' (and not hurting his feelings for his bad hunter's blind). Caden, 5 XP.

total Alric +70, Bright Feather +65, Caden +60, Hanalee +65, Karnath +65

New Graveyard 'Incident'... TBA