[Gaming] D&D Jay's Game - She's Dead Jim

[Hailey Knight]

D&D Jay's Game - Helga Doesn't Approve

He said the next day or so; he's not doing it yet.

You can only connect if someone's hosting at the same time you're connecting.

Also, it loaded up Gametable this time. I will assume that's the go-ahead for making macros.

 

[rathkor]

D&D Jay's Game - Helga Doesn't Approve

Oh. I thought he said it would be up for a couple. days. nevermind.

 

[Hailey Knight]

D&D Jay's Game - Helga Doesn't Approve

Jay's left it running now, so anyone who wants to give it a shot, try to connect. I was successful. I see a bear, a tavern-type place, and some stuff I can't discern in red and gold.

 

[Gusto]

D&D Jay's Game - Helga Doesn't Approve

I connected, but I see a box with an upside down question mark and a sideways question mark.

 

[Jay]

D&D Jay's Game - Helga Doesn't Approve

Make sure to overwrite the Java file with the fix I provided or you won't be able to see the JPEG files.

 

[Gusto]

D&D Jay's Game - Helga Doesn't Approve

Yeah I did that.

 

[Jay]

D&D Jay's Game - Helga Doesn't Approve

I just tried it with my girlfriend's laptop. I see everything perfectly fine.
And I tested it with my computer from work as well just now. Worked perfectly fine.
Make sure you properly replace the Java file.

 

[Jay]

D&D Jay's Game - Helga Doesn't Approve

I figured this would be somewhat interesting to deal with. So I'm going to create my own Gametable package with all my pogs and underlays so that all the references will be perfectly fine with almost no downloads done on either end. I'll provide you guys the package in the next few days once I'm ready.

 

[Gusto]

D&D Jay's Game - Helga Doesn't Approve

Alright bro, thanks.

 

[Gusto]

D&D Jay's Game - Helga Doesn't Approve

Also I'm reattaching this because I've changed several things since my previous upload.

 

[Jay]

D&D Jay's Game - Helga Doesn't Approve

Alright, I just spent the last few hours wrapping up my work with Gametable (adding Pogs and Underlays) for the campaign. I'd like you guys who have installed Gametable to delete it and to simply download the entire new package (that has all I will require you off the start) off my upload here: RapidShare: 1-CLICK Web hosting - Easy Filehosting

Mind you, if you already started making your macros for your character kindly make sure to copy and paste the macro file over the new install folder and overwrite the file.

Furthermore, I'd like everyone to provide me the following before Shawn's game this Thursday :

- A link to your character sheet or to simply attach it to the forums like Gusto just did.
- Provide me an initial background to your character by PM that I can work with. You need not provide me great stories like escusion did. A paragraph or two will be fine for this week.
- Discuss what brings you to Dougan's Hole. How you guys want to start off... etc.
- I'd like you to answer this along with the answers to the following mini-quiz just as your character would answer them. Be honest as I'll incorporate your answers to my "plans" :

1. How trusting are you?
2. How do you react when faced by setbacks?
3. How assertive are you when it comes to making a decision? Will you take charge or let others lead?
4. Somebody plays a joke on you. What's your first reaction?
5. You find yourself in a bad situation but find an escape route. However, this will leave others to their fates. What do you do?

 

[Gusto]

D&D Jay's Game - Things to Do By Thursday

Man, what the hell, I can't even open Gametable using that download...

 

[doomdragon6]

D&D Jay's Game - Things to Do By Thursday

As soon as I get a free minute (should have some in about an hour) I'll send everything.

 

[Jay]

D&D Jay's Game - Things to Do By Thursday

Man, what the hell, I can't even open Gametable using that download...

This is getting frustrating. The package works fine on my computer (I just downloaded it and opened it) and I just tested on my woman's laptop as well as my work laptop. 3 computers that work perfectly fine running 3 different OS. Maybe your Java is fucked up? Maybe your Windows? This is the EXACT same application with minor corrections made by the people who created the original gametable.

 

[rathkor]

D&D Jay's Game - Things to Do By Thursday

I got it to load up. I not able to connect, though that might be me doing it wrong. Can someone tell me how to connect real quick?

 

[Jay]

D&D Jay's Game - Things to Do By Thursday

Go to Menu - Press Network then Join

Replace character and player name with your character name (this doesn't matter for connection purposes). Then connect.

 

[Hailey Knight]

D&D Jay's Game - Things to Do By Thursday

In Enter Host Address paste the IP that Jay posted earlier.
In password, put halforums with no period, and make sure it's plural. No capital letters either.
In Port, put 6812 as the number.

Gusto, you installed it in Program Files, pasted the gametable file from the OP into it, deleted the old gametable file (the java bit) and renamed the new one as gametable?

 

[rathkor]

D&D Jay's Game - Things to Do By Thursday

I got connected and i saw a couple carts and a few pogs. Is that everything i should be seeing?

 

[Jay]

D&D Jay's Game - Things to Do By Thursday

Yes.

 

[rathkor]

D&D Jay's Game - Things to Do By Thursday

Finally got it working. Thanks guys.

 

[Jay]

D&D Jay's Game - Things to Do By Thursday

I'm leaving the server up tonight. Tomorrow though, I'm going to put it down so that I can start preparing the adventure. Make sure to take the opportunity for the next 24 hours to check things to make sure everything works.

 

[doomdragon6]

D&D Jay's Game - Things to Do By Thursday

Works perfectly for me. Now to type a backstory. Alas, my keyboard is dying and randomly skips keys I press, and I have no keyboard I can plug in. So typing is a BITCH.

I'm going to retype that last line without fixing errors so you can see how bad it is.

Works perfectly for me. Now to type a backstory. alas, my keyboard is dyig and randmly skps keys I press, and I have no keyboard I can plug in So typing is a BITCH.

Surpisingly, better than usual.

 

[Jay]

D&D Jay's Game - Things to Do By Thursday

I got the character sheets for Rathkar and Gusto. Should I have any others?

 

[Hailey Knight]

D&D Jay's Game - Things to Do By Thursday

Tyrdin Non, level 1
Tiefling, Ardent|Psion
Ardent Mantle (Hybrid): Mantle of Clarity (Hybrid)
Hybrid Ardent: Hybrid Ardent Fortitude
Discipline Focus (Hybrid): Telepathy Focus (Hybrid)
Windrise Ports Benefit: Windrise Ports (Intimidate)
Background: Windrise Ports, Out for Revenge, Society - Wealthy, Pivotal Event - You Kill, Early Life - Social Outcast, Fugitive from a Vengeful Rival (Windrise Ports Benefit)

FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 8, Con 13, Dex 10, Int 19, Wis 10, Cha 17.

STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 8, Con 13, Dex 10, Int 17, Wis 10, Cha 15.


AC: 16 Fort: 12 Reflex: 14 Will: 14
HP: 25 Surges: 7 Surge Value: 6

TRAINED SKILLS
Bluff +10, Streetwise +8, Endurance +6

UNTRAINED SKILLS
Acrobatics, Arcana +4, Diplomacy +3, Dungeoneering, Heal, History +4, Insight, Intimidate +3, Nature, Perception, Religion +4, Stealth +2, Thievery, Athletics -1

FEATS
Level 1: Unarmored Agility

POWERS
Hybrid at-will 1: Energizing Strike
Hybrid at-will 1: Mind Thrust
Hybrid daily 1: Mental Trauma

ITEMS
Cloth Armor (Basic Clothing), Greatsword, Trail Rations (10), Hempen Rope (50 ft.), Bedroll, Everburning Torch, Waterskin


Short version of his backstory:

Tyrdin has been rejected since the day he was born. A member of the human family Non, Tyrdin believed his Tiefling nature to be a weird fluke, much like his psychic powers which have slowly developed since his young childhood. Rejected by others, particularly his father Lord Non, Tyrdin spent many days locked in his room, growing in him a strong fear of darkness. This fear culminated when the voices came, first promising to understand his difference and his powers, and then promising him the rank of king if he killed his father.

With an assassin's aid, he took Lord Non's heart to the voices, and then he learned the truth--his nature was no accident. His mother had slept with a Tiefling, some stranger he never knew. With Lord Non dead, his mother had to take him away before his sister Samia, the new ruler of the trade dynasty, could have him killed. They escaped to Dougan's Hole, as far out of the way as you can get, where he works cutting fish, hating life, and wondering if one day he'll return home--or find his true father and become a king.

 

[doomdragon6]

D&D Jay's Game - Things to Do By Thursday

Did you get my Char Sheet?

Not especially well-written, but here's the backstory:
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Falagar (real name: Willian Nebyl, known only to his mother, and possibly his father) is a boisterous, loud-mouthed wizard whose legendary incompetence is matched only by his nigh-encyclopedic knowledge of beasts.

Sometime around while he was the age of 21, Falagar’s mother took illness, forcing her to be bedridden most of the time. This prompted Falagar’s father, a seasoned hunter of small game and a true beast of a man, to take his trade up a few notches. He set out on the road to become a monster hunter for hire. No longer bringing the family a meager living of whatever he’d caught, Falagar’s father sent instead his son and sick wife a letter or two every month, filled with fantastic tales along with his earnings to support them. At first the earnings were slim, just enough to cover what they had already been used to, if just barely. But as the months dragged on, his father would send greater and great amounts of money, and more impressive trophies to boot. Where his first letters had included a wolf’s tooth, his later packages contained things like the feather of a cockatrice or the scale of a drake.

Things went on like this for about 13 years, the two getting at least a letter per month. Then, one month, nothing came. And another month. And another, and another. Falagar and his mother finally assumed the worst. With what little money they had left dwindling, Falagar took an oath to his mother – that he would set out in the world to become a monster hunter just like his father and make enough money to support her and maybe even find a cure. He also vowed to find what had happened to his father, or if he was even still alive. [The last clue of his father is a large blue Behir scale, received in his father’s very last package four months before Falagar set out on his own.] She begged and pleaded him not to go, but he would have none of it. He adopted the name Falagar and set out to become a monster hunter.

He had little success.

Most of his excursions ended at best in failure, at worst in a village being burned down. In such latter cases, he reasoned that the beast he’d been charged with finding had burned too, and chalked it up as a success.

As he travelled tavern to tavern, he built himself up to its patrons and invented elaborate stories of his victories against tougher and tougher monsters. He used his father’s trophies to bolster his own stories and won the favor of everyone around him, eventually earning him his next job, almost always doomed to expose him for what he was. These tavern trawls were not huge wastes of time, of course, as he used them to drink in the tales of the world around him. He collected stories of creatures, places, people, and even incorporated the details into his own stories.

He maintained a steady income, however, taking care of small nuisances like Giant Rats or other infestations. The occasional happy accident would occur, now and then, when things would go his way. A missed magical bolt would break the branch that crushed the Krenshar; A leaking oil barrel would cause the explosion that killed the spider queen, and so on. This only bolstered his image and provided him real trophies for his “modified” tales.

During a period of successive failures, he would even create his own trophies. A pilfered scale off of a shop’s scale armor became the scale of a large metal beast. The long-decomposed skeleton of a bull provided the sharp horn of a Horned Drake. He began to build himself up so much that he even began to forget what was true and what wasn’t.

His infamy towards destruction caught up to him, however, and he was apprehended by the (kingdom? Insert large government body here). He explained his story, which was enough to save him from a kingdom prison. Instead, they banished him to an icy land devoid of warmth or happiness, and a place where it was unlikely he’d catch much of anything on fire. They told him he could still send his packages to his mother, but to never set foot inside the land again.

Now he treks across the land of Icewind Dale in hunt of new monsters and new contracts, his only “companions” being a Dretch he managed to catch inside a magic crystal, that’s just as likely to attack him as his enemies, and a little baby Gelatinous Ooze named Bloby that he found after clearing a tavern of an Ooze in its basement.

He now sets out to hunt even bigger and better game, to make a name for himself, win back the favor of his kingdom, raise enough money to finally cure his mother, and find what happened to his father.

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I tried sending the below in PM but it was to long
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- A link to your character sheet: http://www.filedropper.com/falagar

1. How trusting are you?
-- It's easy to read people (Insight: 2) so I'm confident that nobody's going to get the drop on ol' Falagar.
2. How do you react when faced by setbacks?
-- Setbacks? Setbacks are just "inopportune moments" to skip over during the story later.
3. How assertive are you when it comes to making a decision? Will you take charge or let others lead?
-- Most people can't keep a straight head in trying times,, so I try to steer them in the right direction.
4. Somebody plays a joke on you. What's your first reaction?
-- Challenge them to a duel, of course.
5. You find yourself in a bad situation but find an escape route. However, this will leave others to their fates. What do you do?
-- Survival of the fastest, my friend. No, no, I'm just kidding-*cough*But, uhh, if nothing else, I can use the others as bait while I concoct my master plan.

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-Hunts monsters for money
-Also an avid treasure hunter—will hunt treasure just as vivaciously as a creature
-Takes trophies from his kills – also tries to establish contacts to sell monster parts (scales, horns, sacs) to [**Would be cool if we could set up something where maybe if I roll high enough, I can find something of value to sell/trade to someone when I kill a ceature]
-I have provided many things to work with—for example, if we leave Icewind Dale, there’s the danger of being found by whatever kingdom banished him. Also, potential for father things, etc.

 

[Hailey Knight]

D&D Jay's Game - Things to Do By Thursday

Sounds like we're with a jar of explosives in a wizard suit . It's cool; I'm looking forward to seeing him in action.

Jay, the old method of replacing the gametable files got me into the server, and the pogs loaded fine. Your new package does not work for me; it won't open Gametable at all.

 

[Jay]

D&D Jay's Game - Things to Do By Thursday

*Sigh* Really weird. Well make sure to have the right Java file and if you downloaded the pogs, extract the pogs/underlays/overlays and overwrite the folders. Oh and send me your character sheet, it would be swell. I didn't see you logon this afternoon though.

Thanks for the background story Doom and the file. It's very creative and my brains is shooting me a couple of ideas that I'll be writing down shortly.

 

[Gusto]

D&D Jay's Game - Things to Do By Thursday

I tried to redownload and re-install and everything but now I can't even connect to your server, where before I just couldn't see your pogs.

Server down?

 

[rathkor]

D&D Jay's Game - Things to Do By Thursday

Rathkor (last name withheld) grew up in a prosperous city that relied heavily on trade and commerce. He grew up surrounded by just about every race in the lands. Adventurers passed through daily, and spending time in the local pubs and taverns promised an exciting tale from many strange adventurers. Rathkor eagerly listened to these tales, imagining one day to live out adventures like these. His father, Balthazar, wasa former adventurer himself, and prided himself on his strength. He trained Rathkor daily, building up his strength. Rathkor didn't mind this training, but he never felt like he was very cut out for fighting. Besides his desire to be an adventurer, Rathkor also desired knowledge. He loved studying and learning. Late at night, he would read tomes he found at the local library. The books that facinated him the most were the ones pertaining to magic. One night, he decided he wanted to be a sorcerer. He knew, however, that his father would much prefer him to be a strong warrior. He knew he'd have to find a way to train in magic in secrecy.

The very next day, he was approached by a cloaked figure. The figure said nothing, but handed him a slip of paper. All the paper said was "Center of town. Midnight. Come alone." Bewildered, Rathkor decided to see what the note was about, but knew he shouldnt be too foolish. He decided to go, but he would bring his father's daggers as protection.

That night, he went to the center of town. He arrived around twenty minutes early. It was an old habit he picked up from his father. "If youre fifteen minutes early for an appointment, youre late," his father would always say.he was alyaws expected to be early for everything. The cloaked figure from earlier appeared in front of him. Rathkor held tha blades in front of him. "Who are you?" he asked.

"I am Salvitor," The figure said. He pulled his hood back, revealing a male elf. "I understand you've decided to study the magical arts. I can help you."

From that night forward, Salvitor trained Rathkor, teaching him many fantastic abilities. Rathkor excelled at magic, quickly mastering the abilities he was taught. By day, he was trained in fighting up close with daggers, and by night he learned to figt with magic.

One day, Salvitor told Rathkor their training would be put on hold. Salvitor had to do some work in the northern mountains. He was to be gone for a few weeks. Rathkor eagerly studied and practiced in his absence. After a couple months, Rathkor begain to worry about his master. Eventually he gave up on seeing his master ever agian. He slowly began to give up practicing his magic.

One day, a little over a year after the disapearance of Salvitor, Rathkor was at a bar. There he heard a group of adventurers from the north mentioning several brutal murders that occured in a town in the mountains. Rathkor didn't know how, but for some reason he knew this might be connected to Salvitor's absence. It was then that he knew he had to investigate. That night, he packed up some supplies, including his father's daggers, and took off, leaving a note for his family: "I have to go. I shall return some day, with tales even greater than Father's. I wish you the best. -Rathkor."

And so his adventures, and his investigation, began in the North.

---------- Post added at 11:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:27 PM ----------

Also, after reading Doom's backstory, I think it would be kinda funny if one of the adventurer's stories Rathkor listened to in the taverns was Falagar. Doesn't have to be, but it might be funny. I'm good either way.

 

[Gusto]

D&D Jay's Game - Things to Do By Thursday

Also, after reading Doom's backstory, I think it would be kinda funny if one of the adventurer's stories Rathkor listened to in the taverns was Falagar. Doesn't have to be, but it might be funny. I'm good either way.

Alas, you may never know.

 

[doomdragon6]

D&D Jay's Game - Things to Do By Thursday

I have a request. If you tell me to make a knowledge check or something and I don't meet the DC, can you instead of saying "You don't know," tell me something that's just wrong instead? That sort of keeps the character's know-it-all have-an-answer for everything attitude, and has the potential for getting the group into trouble.

For example,

Me: Can I tell what caused the wounds on this man?
You: Roll a heal or a nature.
Me: *rolls and doesn't meet the DC*
You: You believe that is is the mark of a large bird of prey, perhaps the legendary Snow Falcon.
Me: Awesome!
Actuality: Dude got mugged with a knife.

Edit: Added two daggers to my Char. Sheet and equipped one in my off-hand. Gold left: 2.25

 

[rathkor]

D&D Jay's Game - Things to Do By Thursday

Here's a pic of Rathkor:

And a pog:

 

[doomdragon6]

D&D Jay's Game - Things to Do By Thursday

Lol.. Looking through items for fun, and saw the Rat Killer's Coat. So perfect for Falagar. What if we all started with a Level 2 item based on our character? Make us a little unique. This one is even described as a fur-trimmed coat. Would make sense given the cold. =P

Granted, I understand starting with a magical item could overpower us an eency bit. But I'd never buy something like the above.

 

[Jay]

D&D Jay's Game - Things to Do By Thursday

I have a request. If you tell me to make a knowledge check or something and I don't meet the DC, can you instead of saying "You don't know," tell me something that's just wrong instead? That sort of keeps the character's know-it-all have-an-answer for everything attitude, and has the potential for getting the group into trouble.

For example,

Me: Can I tell what caused the wounds on this man?
You: Roll a heal or a nature.
Me: *rolls and doesn't meet the DC*
You: You believe that is is the mark of a large bird of prey, perhaps the legendary Snow Falcon.
Me: Awesome!
Actuality: Dude got mugged with a knife.

Edit: Added two daggers to my Char. Sheet and equipped one in my off-hand. Gold left: 2.25

You never seen me DM yet have you. MUAHAHAHHA! Yes, I'll make sure to throw you some witty comments... especally when you THINK you have met the DC.

 

[Jay]

D&D Jay's Game - Things to Do By Thursday

Lol.. Looking through items for fun, and saw the Rat Killer's Coat. So perfect for Falagar. What if we all started with a Level 2 item based on our character? Make us a little unique. This one is even described as a fur-trimmed coat. Would make sense given the cold. =P

Granted, I understand starting with a magical item could overpower us an eency bit. But I'd never buy something like the above.

There will be no shortness of magical items. Those who properly seek rooms will be rewarded appropriately.