XP
Killing Stuff
Chain Demon 500
Hydra 3000
Sharks 5
Cool Stuff
Raelin
Megahaduken +100
Med
Timely blindness +100
Ash 3505
Manbearpig 3505
Med 3605
Raelin 3605
Tribby 3505
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Feb 28, 2011
XP & Map update
XP
Killing Stuff
Chain Demon 500
Hydra 3000
Sharks 5
Cool Stuff
Raelin
Megahaduken +100
Med
Timely blindness +100
Ash 3505
Manbearpig 3505
Med 3605
Raelin 3605
Tribby 3505
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Jan 21, 2011
56:34 / 60:00 Riddle my wrists, no wait, I mean...
The Party Entered the Room of Riddles
"Y'know, this is my first room of riddles" Med remarked to the rest of the party's surprise.
Glowing letters appeared in front of Manbearpig.
A king had two sons. The king was getting very old and he didn't know who to give his kingdom to. So he got his sons together for a horse race. He said Whoever's horse crosses the finish line last gets my kingdom.
So the Sons both started out moving very slow, neither one wishing to pass the other. Eventually, they noticed an old man walking past them, who they told of their race. He gave them some advice, and, they followed it and took off as fast as they could.
What was the advice?
Med paused, and whispered to Manbearpig "swap horses?"
The riddle dissolved, and more of the invisible path was made walkable.
Shimmering words appeared before Ash!
Studies have proven that cheetahs have more hair on one side then on their other side. Some people believe that this is because when Cheetahs lay on their side they need insulation from the cold on the floor or ground. Which side of a cat has more hair?
Jay El laughed, having heard this one as a child. "The outside!"
The path elongated, and shimmering words appeared in front of Jay El
What is made of wood but has never been cut?
Jay El frowned "Why did I get the retarded one? A tree."
The riddle faded, the path elongated, and words shimmered into Raelin's view.
A prison, a sanctuary, a shield and a cell, death would occur had it fell, no hinges nor doors nor windows nor lid, yet golden be what inside, is hid.
Ash pshawed, "a friggin egg, man. Everyone knows that."
The words sighed, vanished, and shimmered anew in front of Tribby.
A Falcon lays 7 eggs, they hatch and are healthy. She feeds them, cares for them, and teaches them to fly. Half of them are boys. How is this possible?
There was silence.
"Wait, why does Tribby get the hard one?" Jay El said, quite insulted. "I mean..."
"Shut up! We don't have time for this!" Raelin snapped. "it's because the Mom counts, right?"
57:12/60 - The floor sinked slightly
"Oh crap."
The group mumbled to themselves for a bit
58:15/60 "There are two yolks in one?" The floor sunk dramatically.
Ash grunted "The flying part is important..."
59:32/60:00 "Half of them are boys, and the other half are men!" Ash laughed, jokingly
The riddle dissolved. Apparently he'd been at least partially correct.
Raelin sighed "Whoever put us in here is going to die horribly."
Words shimmered in front of Med. Raelin groaned.
What is the size of an elephant, lighter than a duck, which follows both creatures?
59:55 / 60:00 "Bloody... THEIR SHADOW!" Raelin screamed.
The riddles complete, and with 5 seconds to spare, the heroes darted for the resulting opening. As they did so, they began to transform back into their bipedal, opposable thumbed, increased brain cavity selves, and, due to the remaining psychic link, heard nearly immediately what each of them thought of each other's nakedness.
What nobody expected, was that when Tribby turned back, she would split in half. The invisible path was not big enough to support both of them and, at that moment, Tribby's consciousness had to pick.
Was she to return to the ogre body, or the half elf?
XP
Quests
Surviving Petal's Right Brain: 23*75 = 1725
Killing Stuff
Ash
Medium Undead 100
(Higher CR due to nudity)
Cool Stuff
Ash
Megaraptor lone battle 300
Megaraptor teeth bashin' spiderman flippin' dinosaur ridin' 300
Ash 2425
Jay El 1725
Manbearpig 1725
Med 1725
Raelin 1725
XP
Quests
Surviving Petal's Left Brain: 29*125 = 3625
Roleplaying
Med
wanting to smash stuff in new body 20
Raelin
inner monologue 50
Manbearpig
Mr. Ed voice 50
Honors (+5% p/successful creative solution)
Med 17.5%
Raelin 25%
Ash 27.5%
Jay El 10%
Med (3625+20)*1.175 = 4283
Raelin (3625+50)*1.25 = 4594
Ash (3625)*1.275 = 4622
Jay El (3625)*1.1 = 3988
Manbearpig (3625+50)*1 = 3675
Dec 14, 2010
Ogre Battle
The Goblins wrapped up their negotiations, and left with the large creature, and our heroes moved in.
Ash, Tribby & Shibou charged in, attacking the front lines, while Jay El, Med & Raelin dimension door-ed their ways behind the group where the Goblins had left from; hidden behind some rocks.
One of the Ogres, which was bright blue, launched into the air, and fired its spells at the melee in progress, as Ogre on Ogre action was taking place while Ash stabbed with his spear and Shibou thrust with her tusks. Shibou, scared of the spells, took off in a panic, but her damage had been done to the decimated front lines of the Ogres.
Some of the Ogres were hardier than others, but all soon fell to the combined blows of Ash and Tribby. The Bugbears turned out to be a larger threat to Tribby, scoring a lucky trip with their slaver whips, and providing an opening to the remaining Ogres to pounce upon her, causing very serious wounds.
In retaliation, Med muted the Ogre mage, very much reducing his offensive capabilities, and Jay El took to the air himself, en route for the assist.
Raelin launched a fireball at the Ogres, damaging them greatly, but also alerting them to Med and his presence on the battlefield. This turned out to be important, as it split the offensive forces nicely.
Ash was mortally wounded by one of the remaining Ogres, but Jay El was able to Teabag* him back to life.
The Ogremage, seeing that the battle wasn't going his way, attempted to fly away, but Med took him out with her own Magic Missile.
Ash, still bleeding, was able to take out another Ogre before it could lay a hand upon him, which freed up Jay El to teabag Tribby. The bugbears attempted to launch arrows at Jay El, but one broke his bow, and the others missed horribly.
The remaining Ogres around Tribby smashed her and again, brought her down, but Med was able to web the ogres (including Tribby) down, giving Jay El time to heal her, and Ash, again.
The Ogres which were bearing down upon the spellcasters, bore down upon them. Raelin did much damage to them with his spells, but not enough - the remaining Ogre obliterated Raelin with one shot.
Med, left with the choice to run, or stay and heal Raelin, healed the caustic elf, and, due to Pelor's blessing, was able to avoid being struck by the previously accurate Ogre. Raelin, in gratitude, turned invisible and ran, muttering something about the best of luck.
Jay El, too far away to reach Med in time, used his sling and pepped the Ogre with a rock with no noticeable effect.
Raelin, having a change of heart, lost his invisibility and zapped the remaining Ogre just as it was about to squish Med like a rather attractive bug.
At this point, all that remained were the bugbears, who were fleeing, but, thanks to the marksmanship of those in the vicinity, all were slain.
*Teabag healing: When a healer is flying, drops down briefly to touch a damaged companion, heals them, and then promptly flies back up.
LOOT
$15,000
+1 ring of protection ($2,000)
Razor Heavy Shield (1d8 slashing), returns +has ability to store vampric touch spell ($8,000)
Cursed Healing Helm (2d8+5, -1 to -9 autocast or activate) once p/day ($15,000) -- curse removes all body hair, permanently.
Wand of Major Image (8 charges left) ($8,000)
Menacing Leather Armor (30' target creature w/less HD, will save 10+0.5(yourHD)+CHAmod -- panicks 5rounds, save = shaken 1round) use 3xp/day ($40,000)
Pearl of brain lock Throw to daze creature for 3 rounds, once 900
XP:
Killing Stuff
Group
Manticores 1,000
Ogres 3,300
Cool Stuff
Ash
Multi-platform attack +210
Jon Woo Retreat +300
Battle plan +25
Tribby
Flaming Homer +50
Raelin
Rat Recon +50
Med
Webbed Jillion Damage +50
Mute the mage +25
Jay El
Multi-platform assists+75
Dimention Door Assault+25
Teabag Healing +50
Role Playing
Ash
Intimidating goblin +10
Tribby
Nosepickin' +80
Personal pronoun adverse +30
Jay El
Prayer +200
Guilt/Sleepless nights+75
Alignment Modifiers
Med +10
ASH +4845
TRIBBY +4460 LEVEL UP!
RAELIN +4350 LEVEL UP!
MED +4385 LEVEL UP!
JAY EL +4725
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Ash, Tribby & Shibou charged in, attacking the front lines, while Jay El, Med & Raelin dimension door-ed their ways behind the group where the Goblins had left from; hidden behind some rocks.
One of the Ogres, which was bright blue, launched into the air, and fired its spells at the melee in progress, as Ogre on Ogre action was taking place while Ash stabbed with his spear and Shibou thrust with her tusks. Shibou, scared of the spells, took off in a panic, but her damage had been done to the decimated front lines of the Ogres.
Some of the Ogres were hardier than others, but all soon fell to the combined blows of Ash and Tribby. The Bugbears turned out to be a larger threat to Tribby, scoring a lucky trip with their slaver whips, and providing an opening to the remaining Ogres to pounce upon her, causing very serious wounds.
In retaliation, Med muted the Ogre mage, very much reducing his offensive capabilities, and Jay El took to the air himself, en route for the assist.
Raelin launched a fireball at the Ogres, damaging them greatly, but also alerting them to Med and his presence on the battlefield. This turned out to be important, as it split the offensive forces nicely.
Ash was mortally wounded by one of the remaining Ogres, but Jay El was able to Teabag* him back to life.
The Ogremage, seeing that the battle wasn't going his way, attempted to fly away, but Med took him out with her own Magic Missile.
Ash, still bleeding, was able to take out another Ogre before it could lay a hand upon him, which freed up Jay El to teabag Tribby. The bugbears attempted to launch arrows at Jay El, but one broke his bow, and the others missed horribly.
The remaining Ogres around Tribby smashed her and again, brought her down, but Med was able to web the ogres (including Tribby) down, giving Jay El time to heal her, and Ash, again.
The Ogres which were bearing down upon the spellcasters, bore down upon them. Raelin did much damage to them with his spells, but not enough - the remaining Ogre obliterated Raelin with one shot.
Med, left with the choice to run, or stay and heal Raelin, healed the caustic elf, and, due to Pelor's blessing, was able to avoid being struck by the previously accurate Ogre. Raelin, in gratitude, turned invisible and ran, muttering something about the best of luck.
Jay El, too far away to reach Med in time, used his sling and pepped the Ogre with a rock with no noticeable effect.
Raelin, having a change of heart, lost his invisibility and zapped the remaining Ogre just as it was about to squish Med like a rather attractive bug.
At this point, all that remained were the bugbears, who were fleeing, but, thanks to the marksmanship of those in the vicinity, all were slain.
*Teabag healing: When a healer is flying, drops down briefly to touch a damaged companion, heals them, and then promptly flies back up.
LOOT
$15,000
+1 ring of protection ($2,000)
Razor Heavy Shield (1d8 slashing), returns +has ability to store vampric touch spell ($8,000)
Cursed Healing Helm (2d8+5, -1 to -9 autocast or activate) once p/day ($15,000) -- curse removes all body hair, permanently.
Wand of Major Image (8 charges left) ($8,000)
Menacing Leather Armor (30' target creature w/less HD, will save 10+0.5(yourHD)+CHAmod -- panicks 5rounds, save = shaken 1round) use 3xp/day ($40,000)
Pearl of brain lock Throw to daze creature for 3 rounds, once 900
Ogre Composite Longbow (Req. +6 str mod to use)
XP:
Killing Stuff
Group
Manticores 1,000
Ogres 3,300
Cool Stuff
Ash
Multi-platform attack +210
Jon Woo Retreat +300
Battle plan +25
Tribby
Flaming Homer +50
Raelin
Rat Recon +50
Med
Webbed Jillion Damage +50
Mute the mage +25
Jay El
Multi-platform assists+75
Dimention Door Assault+25
Teabag Healing +50
Role Playing
Ash
Intimidating goblin +10
Tribby
Nosepickin' +80
Personal pronoun adverse +30
Jay El
Prayer +200
Guilt/Sleepless nights+75
Alignment Modifiers
Med +10
ASH +4845
TRIBBY +4460 LEVEL UP!
RAELIN +4350 LEVEL UP!
MED +4385 LEVEL UP!
JAY EL +4725
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Nov 23, 2010
XP
Killing Stuff
Group
Thousands of unarmed moguai +1
Ash & Raelin
Unarmed high level unarmed moguai druid +25
Role Playing
Manbearpig +390 {+Flight, +wanting to help, +going to city & +protecting innocent}
Ash +200 {+Rael conversations, +item holding}
Tribby +0 {-Emotionless surgery/duckephant portrayal, -lack of sadness for being cast out/beast, -remorseless trampling, +giving in to the Ogre rage/mentality and attacking despite logic}
Jay El +800 {+Flight, +staying to heal, +diagnosis/inspection/surgery, +logical questions, +anger at Manbearpig, +wanting to find peaceful solutions, +Rael interaction, +Abatu questioning, +Swayability via conversation despite player knowledge}
Raelin +1,000 {+stayed in character, nuff said}
Med +1,000 {+stayed in character, nuff said}
Alignment Modifiers
Manbearpig +1,000 {+tried to save the Nykter child, +was emotionally torn about what to do with him, -took no action to stop the party from committing genocide upon the rest of them}
Ash +700 {+acted in basic self defense and self preservation}
Tribby -2,500 {-gleefully trampled innocent, defenseless creatures multiple times}
9 int & alignment to n/n
Jay El -1,000 {-used mind control against a good creature, -took action which wiped out a peaceful race}
+30% evil
Raelin +700 {+played characters against themselves well, +created distrust, +took advantage -not skimming off the top from Noble transaction}
Med 0 {+stayed good through inaction, -allowed evil to happen through inaction}
Quests
+1 piece of the machine! +1,000 (or, in Raelin's case: 500 for hard part of 1/2 power prism mission)
Cool things
Tribby +300 trample scene
Raelin +50 making it look like an accident
Manbearpig +25 football-holding, wind-shooting running scene
Jay El +50 neat double-shot of soundburst via whisper spell
Manbearpig: +2416
Ash: +1925 LEVEL UP!
Tribby: -1199
Jay El: +851
Raelin: +2276
Med: +1001
Group
Thousands of unarmed moguai +1
Ash & Raelin
Unarmed high level unarmed moguai druid +25
Role Playing
Manbearpig +390 {+Flight, +wanting to help, +going to city & +protecting innocent}
Ash +200 {+Rael conversations, +item holding}
Tribby +0 {-Emotionless surgery/duckephant portrayal, -lack of sadness for being cast out/beast, -remorseless trampling, +giving in to the Ogre rage/mentality and attacking despite logic}
Jay El +800 {+Flight, +staying to heal, +diagnosis/inspection/surgery, +logical questions, +anger at Manbearpig, +wanting to find peaceful solutions, +Rael interaction, +Abatu questioning, +Swayability via conversation despite player knowledge}
Raelin +1,000 {+stayed in character, nuff said}
Med +1,000 {+stayed in character, nuff said}
Alignment Modifiers
Manbearpig +1,000 {+tried to save the Nykter child, +was emotionally torn about what to do with him, -took no action to stop the party from committing genocide upon the rest of them}
Ash +700 {+acted in basic self defense and self preservation}
Tribby -2,500 {-gleefully trampled innocent, defenseless creatures multiple times}
9 int & alignment to n/n
Jay El -1,000 {-used mind control against a good creature, -took action which wiped out a peaceful race}
+30% evil
Raelin +700 {+played characters against themselves well, +created distrust, +took advantage -not skimming off the top from Noble transaction}
Med 0 {+stayed good through inaction, -allowed evil to happen through inaction}
Quests
+1 piece of the machine! +1,000 (or, in Raelin's case: 500 for hard part of 1/2 power prism mission)
Cool things
Tribby +300 trample scene
Raelin +50 making it look like an accident
Manbearpig +25 football-holding, wind-shooting running scene
Jay El +50 neat double-shot of soundburst via whisper spell
Manbearpig: +2416
Ash: +1925 LEVEL UP!
Tribby: -1199
Jay El: +851
Raelin: +2276
Med: +1001
Oct 16, 2010
Yadda yadda yadda
Using the King as a hostage, the heroes set it upon themselves to free the slaves, concubines, and animals. Jay El initiated a "handful to each" of the slaves program, where they distributed the hundreds of thousands of copper coins amongst the slaves.
Then, and, it being late clearly effecting both the party and the DM's logic systems... they decided to stay there a few months and make cool stuff.
At some point, urgency and a time limit had been mentioned, in relation to the upcoming end of the world... but, when else would they have the chance to make plate mail for a Duckephant?
They took a cheetah, monkey and a Duckephant, made Armor for Ash, the Duckephant, and Ash's horse; Tribby had the King's crown crafted into a bracelet for her, and, in general, they milked the Kobold dungeon for everything it had.
Little details like sleeping and co-existing and food management were generally glossed over, and Jay El managed not to have any pressing nightmares or plot devices thrown at him during the course of these many months and, in general, the party got away with a lot.
Eventually, they took their 8000 (finally) freed slaves out, went a bit West of the former Roe, and started the slaves off on building the town of Salsa.
At this point, they took the Goblin girl and 50 armed guards to the Goblin city, reunited her with her family, traded a bit of their jewels for gold, sold a bunch of morning stars, and let the Goblins know that they'd pretty much wiped out the Kobold threat.
And now, they were off to the Elf City!
Then, and, it being late clearly effecting both the party and the DM's logic systems... they decided to stay there a few months and make cool stuff.
At some point, urgency and a time limit had been mentioned, in relation to the upcoming end of the world... but, when else would they have the chance to make plate mail for a Duckephant?
They took a cheetah, monkey and a Duckephant, made Armor for Ash, the Duckephant, and Ash's horse; Tribby had the King's crown crafted into a bracelet for her, and, in general, they milked the Kobold dungeon for everything it had.
Little details like sleeping and co-existing and food management were generally glossed over, and Jay El managed not to have any pressing nightmares or plot devices thrown at him during the course of these many months and, in general, the party got away with a lot.
Eventually, they took their 8000 (finally) freed slaves out, went a bit West of the former Roe, and started the slaves off on building the town of Salsa.
At this point, they took the Goblin girl and 50 armed guards to the Goblin city, reunited her with her family, traded a bit of their jewels for gold, sold a bunch of morning stars, and let the Goblins know that they'd pretty much wiped out the Kobold threat.
And now, they were off to the Elf City!
XP
Manbearpig
Alignment Bonuses +200
Killing Stuff +600
+300
Roleplaying +700
Traps +50
Prison Break +400
SUB TOTAL 2250
Ash
Alignment Bonuses +200
Killing Stuff +1800
Roleplaying +700
Secret Word Solve +50
Neat Mid Air Spiderman Flip +50
Milking the armor/treasure/slaves situation for everything it was worth +50
SUB TOTAL 2850
Tribby
Alignment Bonuses +200
Killing Stuff +1800
Roleplaying +700
Duckephant domestication logic +50
SUB TOTAL 2750
Jay El
Alignment Bonuses +500
+10% Good
Killing Stuff +1800
Roleplaying +700
Cool use of wind-wall +50
SUB TOTAL 3050
All
Freed 8000 slaves +2000
Rescued The Faries +800
Created Salsa +1200
Defeated Kobold Dung. +2000
SUB TOTAL 6000
Totals
Jay El 9050 LEVEL UP! LEVEL UP!
Ash 8850 LEVEL UP!
Tribby 8750 LEVEL UP!
Manbearpig 8250 LEVEL UP! LEVEL UP!
Sep 6, 2010
Sticks & Stones 3
A Kobold snarled and sunk his short sword deep into Ash's liver, causing spurts of blood to momentarily blind it. Just as the lucky Kobold wiped the blood from its eyes, it noted the point of a spear coming directly into them.
"Need a heal!" came Ash's curt reply, as he shook bits of Kobold off his spear and biting into his own cheek to avoid screaming.
"Metoometoometoo!" Came Tribby's insistant reply as she once again booked it like crazy as the rock creature stalked her.
Jay El, looking like a frenetic conductor on roller skates, continued running, flailing and healing as the large stone continued to chase the heroes in circles as they took pot shots at it over their shoulders.
The final Kobold, seeing his moment, booked it for the door.
Ash debated, but, figured he'd kill two birds with one stone (or at least one Kobold with one jump) as he would be getting further away from the stone behemoth, and taking one more Kobold with him in the process.
Drained of all magics, both Tribby and Jay El launched their own assaults. Tribby with her mighty club, and Jay El with pebbles thrown from a piece of sling. One had decidedly more impact, but, it was the collective thoughts that counted, and, in the end, it was Ash who struck from behind the creature, causing its gold blood to pour from its chest cavity in huge gouts.
As the beast crumbled to the floor, a collective sigh was heard. Jay El collapsed to the floor, Tribby took a knee, and Ash leaned heaviliy upon his spear.
Ash glanced down at his fallen opponent. "Crap, not even a diamond or something for a heart?"
"I've got lots of short bows!" came Tribby's light hearted but clearly spent reply.
XP
Ash
Ash
Cool flips & jumps +100
Figured out puzzle +200
Secret Door +25
Potion Fatassery +100
Jay El
Vengence (poison food) +300
+5% Evil
Tribby -5% multiclass
Freed Jay El with inginuity +200
Morning Star Barricade +50
ALL
First Encounter 300
Second Encounter 750
Third Encounter 2250
Over all strategy 300
Ash 4025 LEVEL UP!
Jay El 3900
Tribby 3657 LEVEL UP!
Jun 14, 2010
XP
XP
Alignment Bonuses
JL 100 (self sacrifice/greater good)
Shitanya 60 (concern for living creatures & modified battle plans)
Killing Stuff
All
Kobolds 50
Dogs 15
Phantom Fungus 300
Towers
JL 300 (Hippogriffs & Healing)
Roleplaying
Ash 25 (pragmatic & action-oriented)
Manbearpig 5 (hung back for much of the session, except when Shitanya threw his face into the ground)
Traps
Total
JL 790
Shitanya 1055
Ash 1040
Manbearpig 680
Alignment Bonuses
JL 100 (self sacrifice/greater good)
Shitanya 60 (concern for living creatures & modified battle plans)
Killing Stuff
All
Kobolds 50
Dogs 15
Phantom Fungus 300
Towers
JL 300 (Hippogriffs & Healing)
Shitanya 300 (Bravery & Damage)
Ash 300 (Damage & Leadership)Roleplaying
Jay El 10 (probably should have been a bit more concerned for the fairies, but, still made the right calls where it mattered)
Shitanya 35 (believable reactions & concern for innocents)Ash 25 (pragmatic & action-oriented)
Manbearpig 5 (hung back for much of the session, except when Shitanya threw his face into the ground)
Traps
Jay El 15 (delayed, but successful action)
Shitanya 295 (quick action & strength)
Ash 350 (quick thinking pants shuffle)
Manbearpig 310 (creative gust of wind saves the day)Total
JL 790
Shitanya 1055
Ash 1040
Manbearpig 680
May 21, 2010
Yay Gems & XP
The group debated on how to get everyone, including Shitanya's unconcious form, and the nervous Gluestick onto the boat, and into the houseboat. (Gluestick couldn't fit)
Taking their time, they ransacked the dead Ogre's quaint cottage.
They found, and threw into the water some basic survivalist tools, a few humble Ogre-attempts at art, and a rather decent (for an Ogre) drawing of what they could only assume was someone he had once cared about. In addition, they discarded 1 Large club, and 15 animal skins.
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Taking their time, they ransacked the dead Ogre's quaint cottage.
They found, and threw into the water some basic survivalist tools, a few humble Ogre-attempts at art, and a rather decent (for an Ogre) drawing of what they could only assume was someone he had once cared about. In addition, they discarded 1 Large club, and 15 animal skins.
They decided to keep:
- The big sack of smokeweed
- The Small chest of gems
- 10gp (7 blue quartz, 1 azurite, 2 malachite)
- 50gp (2 citrine, 3 clear quartz, 1 rose quartz)
- 100gp (2 amethyst)
- 500gp (3 yellow topaz)
- 1000gp (blue sapphire)
- 10gp (7 blue quartz, 1 azurite, 2 malachite)
- The Big chest of misc coins ($1,763 gp, 26,421 s, 32 c)
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Apr 27, 2010
How are you calculating XP?
XP SPREADSHEET (current character levels etc)
Due to some of the unorthadox XP awards, I thought I'd extrapolate a little.
The following, are some of the methods I've been using.
Experience is calculated via:
Alignment
Roleplaying
Overcoming Challenges (Killing Stuff, disabling stuff, sneaking around stuff, and other desired outcomes)
"extras"
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Due to some of the unorthadox XP awards, I thought I'd extrapolate a little.
The following, are some of the methods I've been using.
Experience is calculated via:
Alignment
- Doing things contrary to your alignment (ie breaking the law, or being unethical) would be negative bonus/penalties for a lawful good character.
0 Just walking around and being somewhat lawful good etc would be a 0 bonus. ie you don't really make any decisions one way or the other,
but didn't do anything "wrong" -- the proverbial "how are you doing" answer of "not bad". Non-commital alignment or "follow the crowd" type play.
+ Doing things within the alignment, even when they are difficult choices, or against the party's decisions etc.
"Its easier to just kill the children, but, gosh darn it, that would be kind of evil, now wouldn't it."
Roleplaying
- Doing things that fit the player's personality, not the character's. A tacturn homicidal maniac doesn't joivially save someone from drowning just
because they're important to the plot or a player character etc. Also, taking player-knowledge and giving it to the character. "Yeah, I know
they have this item because I read their character sheet earlier, so..." or, saving that drowning character due to player-knowledge and making a transparent excuse.
0 Didn't really do much, followed the crowd, killed stuff when appropriate etc. Think "Diablo" vs "DND"
+ Had realistic emotional reactions to events. Your sister was skinned alive in front of you. You didn't search her body for treasure, or attempt to seduce
someone on top of the corpse. In fact, you're a little upset about it, and aren't acting at all rationally. Those undead were scary, maybe you panic a little.
Taking the character's thoughts and emotions into consideration when taking actions. Just because there's a sword of ultimate
power in front of you doesn't mean you pick it up. Would you be delirious or in shock from a situation? Would your character attack another PC if they weren't a PC?
would they fear that much power would corrupt them?
Overcoming Challenges (Killing Stuff, disabling stuff, sneaking around stuff, and other desired outcomes)
Nuff said? If you die or are removed from combat you'll recieve less experience for an encounter, but you'll still be in the positive.Quests
Dying from poor decisions is a much greater penalty than dying from poor dice rolling. (Shitty dice happen)
Similar to above, but more plotvelopmental. ie a fairly specific DM-assigned quest would be "Protect the queen". She lives throughout the campaign and
makes it to the sanctuary, you get mo' exp. She dies, you get mo' penalty. Quests sometimes become a shoot-from-the-hip situation, where an actual
quest-completion becomes impossible, and the character must find the best possible solution. "Okay, I can't extinguish the flames of ergamore... which is
really really important... maybe I can grab some flame-retardant thiniges and..." -- Think outcome over syntax. It doesn't matter if you actually extinguish
the flames if the things that you're protecting from getting burnt don't get burnt, right? The reason the queen had to stay alive was not just because she
was nice, but, because she was the only one who knew how to cast the right shield spell against the evil wizard of foopie. So, what if we take out the evil
wizard of foopie before he can cast the ultimate zap?
"extras"
Sometimes people do things that are just bad-ass, unexpected, cool, creative etc that deserve an extra tip o' the hat.
Realising that if you donn some spiked armor, and through a collection of well timed spells, some gunpowder and a catapult,
you become a firey spikey cannon ball of ultimate death is creative, cool, and couragous, and makes for a great story down the road.
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Apr 19, 2010
Shitanya Dumpalina, The Lawful Monk destined to become a chaotic barbarian...
Jay El's compass leads them to the garbage dump, where they meet Shitface, the rather fecally obsessed Ogre guard.
Shitanya puts aside her Monkish dignity and earns her name, and does her part in bribing Shitface... by shitting on his face. What was truly remarkable about this bartering offer, was that Shitface had never introduced himself, nor explained his rather socially awkward desires. Somehow, she had just... known. (or, possibly, her player had been suffering from tourretes, and the DM simply capitalized on it)
And, while it wasn't very Monk-ish to offer to shit in someone's mouth, one couldn't argue with the results.
Granted, Ash did his part too, though for him, the single gold piece seemed trivial in comparison to the facial defecation that Shitanya had so generously offered.
The party cast a whisper spell on each other, went in, did a bunch of rolls to talk to the rat, and got a rather surprising "What the fuck you want?" common-tongued reply.
Skuzz endeared himself to the party, though took a distinct dislike to Shitanya, (likely due to her repeated somewhat un-monk-ish offerings of simply eating the rodent) and had her wait outside, much to Shitface's delight.
"Put a leash on yer fuckin' dawg" became Skuzz's catchphrase for the night, as he bartered with the group.
Tribby and Jay El combined into a reasonably believable good cop, while Ash played himself. The group eventually negotiated a few different trades, and ended up discovering that Skuzz actually knew a fair bit about the upcoming apocalypse, and was a fairly shrewd negotiator. Shitanya learned that Shitface knew a LOT about feces, and the different variants thereof; which, given the whisper spell's workings, made for some interesting expository dialogue.
Eventually, the party, after using Tribby's familiar as a diversion and having a brief still-surrounded-by-rats-that-are-only-a-few-feet-away "secret" discussion on weather or not to kill, steal or otherwise backstab the rats, decided it would be best to go talk to Gustoff about the 8-20 moonrocks that Skuzz had ever so politely and loquaciously requested in exchange for The Crystal.
Experience
Shitanya: 15
Manbearpig: 600
Ash: 615
Tribby: 870
Jay El: 1200
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Shitanya puts aside her Monkish dignity and earns her name, and does her part in bribing Shitface... by shitting on his face. What was truly remarkable about this bartering offer, was that Shitface had never introduced himself, nor explained his rather socially awkward desires. Somehow, she had just... known. (or, possibly, her player had been suffering from tourretes, and the DM simply capitalized on it)
And, while it wasn't very Monk-ish to offer to shit in someone's mouth, one couldn't argue with the results.
Granted, Ash did his part too, though for him, the single gold piece seemed trivial in comparison to the facial defecation that Shitanya had so generously offered.
The party cast a whisper spell on each other, went in, did a bunch of rolls to talk to the rat, and got a rather surprising "What the fuck you want?" common-tongued reply.
Skuzz endeared himself to the party, though took a distinct dislike to Shitanya, (likely due to her repeated somewhat un-monk-ish offerings of simply eating the rodent) and had her wait outside, much to Shitface's delight.
"Put a leash on yer fuckin' dawg" became Skuzz's catchphrase for the night, as he bartered with the group.
Tribby and Jay El combined into a reasonably believable good cop, while Ash played himself. The group eventually negotiated a few different trades, and ended up discovering that Skuzz actually knew a fair bit about the upcoming apocalypse, and was a fairly shrewd negotiator. Shitanya learned that Shitface knew a LOT about feces, and the different variants thereof; which, given the whisper spell's workings, made for some interesting expository dialogue.
Eventually, the party, after using Tribby's familiar as a diversion and having a brief still-surrounded-by-rats-that-are-only-a-few-feet-away "secret" discussion on weather or not to kill, steal or otherwise backstab the rats, decided it would be best to go talk to Gustoff about the 8-20 moonrocks that Skuzz had ever so politely and loquaciously requested in exchange for The Crystal.
Experience
Shitanya: 15
Manbearpig: 600
Ash: 615
Tribby: 870
Jay El: 1200
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