The inability to see the map is definitely a concern for me. I know I get a similar issue when I'm at work, which uses an out of date version of Internet Explorer. Not sure if this may be the same issue. Does anyone else have trouble seeing the map? And if so, mind sharing what browser you use? See if we can't resolve it.
I can see it just fine. All I use is Internet Explorer.
I use Internet explorer both at work and home. Work's is out of date, and all I get there is usually either a flat image of a small section, or something incredibly scrunched up to be unreadable. At home, with an updated version, it works as normal. Now I'm not as savvy as I wish I was when it comes to software and whatnot, but if we can find someway you can see the maps, all the better.
Congrats, Sweetman! Good to hear they both are doing well. :)
Congratz! I'll do what I can for you in game. Just let us know when you can be back.
Just an FYI for everyone, I PMed Haruk and Beatrix to remind them it's their turns.
You may want to instigate a policy to deal with slow posters in combat. Out of combat its rarely an issue but in combat, momentum really falls apart if you end up waiting for individuals for a day or more.
A lot of the PbP's i'm involved in have a declared policy on this, for example that a character will have its action taken for him/her if more than 24 hours pass since his or her initiative came up. I'd personally be fine with that one or any other really.
Just an FYI that tomorrow morning I'm having my wisdom teeth removed. Not sure how this'll impact my posting (I'm hearing lot's of doom and gloom about it), but in case for some reason I don't post for a few days, that's why.
Today, Thursday the 3rd, I will be attending the Mighty Marvel Marathon, watching Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man II, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers. I will therefore most likely have spotty attendance in my games, though I will try to post when possible.
Wisdom teeth pulling sucks. It'll beat you down for about a day. After that it's better. It's just the first 24 hours that are the worst.
Yea, it sucks. I really don't want to do much of anything. So far I've found the old Transformers cartoons are the most relxaing thing at present.
Man I love those old cartoons. Transformers back in the 80's was greatness! :)
I'd like to think items aren't just being placed because Haruk wills it ;).
If they are, let me find two spring loaded wrist sheaths in the next room please.
And finally, if you ask for spring loaded wrist sheaths, that isn't Haruk willing it, is it :P(insert evil laugh here).
I was beseeching the mighty Haruk to beg the GM (or Asmodeus) for the items, you see. I'd totally hand over the crossbow in that instance ;).
OH mighty GM(Asmodeus) please let this humble servant find a pair of spring loaded wrist sheathes in the next room for my companion Alazandaru.
If you grant me this blessing, he will sign his soul over to you
"Should have read the small print"... Alazandaru's smart enough to find a loophole in an infernal contract. Hes just not wise enough to think to check...
I'm in, contract devil. There best be gold plated wrist sheaths with my name on it and a curse on anyone else who touches them though ;).
Sorry to see you go Steven. I wish you well in all that you do.
With that, it drops the group down to 5. I'll leave it up to the five of you if you wish for me to recruit a replacement or not. I'm open to either.
I'm good with 5. But if the majority prefer a 6th, then that's cool with me too.
As am I.
Alright, I've got listed under Morthos's profile the items AK mentioned. If there is anything else anyone thinks we should also take(and that doesn't dance on the side of ridiculousness as per encumbrance) let me know.
Out of these items, I'll need to know who's taken what. I know I took one of the longbow's. Not sure if anyone else did though. Can't remember if anyone took a chain shirt either. Let me know.
Took a chain shirt before the storeroom from another guard. In the storeroom itself, took a Heavy Mace and the Light Crossbow.
A wand of CLW is all the healing i'm really after. Happy with 5 or 6.
Obviously channeling is out of the question, so, I think if we can manage a wand as AK said, we'll be fine in that regard.
Guys, what in the Nine Hells?! Quit acting like heroic PCs. We're evil, vile people, who have commited a crime so horrid that we were deemed no longer fit to live(or live among normal citizens)
No fires, no hostages, no killing people who've surrendered. Haruk is a scion of Hell, I am going to be doin awful, bad things if I get my way. I really hope you all aren't going to continue to prevent me from playing my character.
Evil doesn't mean Chaotic- the alignment system is done on two scales, after all.
Alazandaru has a twisted sense of honour and truthfully, hasn't really finished falling from grace yet.
But even if I was role-playing him as completely and utterly consumed by evil, he would see using hostages against what few guards are left as a sign of weakness. He has long term plans. These plans do not begin well from a reputation of slivering out of the prison using hostages.
Bostarg, you put it all excellently. I've actually felt that honestly, Haruk is being RP'ed as Chaotic Evil rather than Lawful Evil, but I was loathe to make this an .
Essentially making a deal to ensure someone's safety only to then suggest burning him alive inside is not, to my eyes, a lawful trait. Both IC and OOC, I was very surprised by this. Asmodeus is Lawful Evil- yes he's a tyrant, yes he wants dominion over the world- but he's insidious, cunning and yet can be trusted to honour his words and oath. The very epitome of a bargain with the devil is in itself one of the most potent symbols of Law- a contract, with extremely rigid and inflexible terms that both sides are expected to honour.
I'm in full agreement with Bostarg about the surrenders. While Alazandaru would honestly prefer to remove the risk and slay any who are still fighting, when Haruk or someone else has forced a surrender, he will honour that surrender accordingly; even if he doesn't agree with it in the first place.
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Truthfully, Way of the Wicked strongly emphasises Lawful Evil- this is because its hard to form party cohesion without the Lawful element. Thus far, Haruk seems to have been played as Chaotic Evil, which is downright strange as he claims Asmodeus is his patron.
I'm not fond of too much inter-group conflict, so I apologise if this post offends. Do note that I was essentially dealing with the above issues in-character and not wanting to make a fuss OOC- but as the discussion has now started, I am going to make my opinion clear as well.
Morthos deems it no challenge to kill someone unarmed. Especially some nobody, redshirt guard. He's just not worth it. Unless he wants to battle. He's more on the challenge of the fight than just killing someone to be killing. Dueling was his other crime(s).
But that's just Morthos's style.
Bostarg posted as I was writing this. As per the hostages, I agree with that. I actually put that in Morthos post as well. That they would only slow us down and get in our way.
Morthos also lives by the creed of allowing someone to live if you've given your word to them.
This is how I would deem Lawful. I feel Haruk is more along the lines of Chaotic. Chaotic to me is telling them we'd let them live if they dropped their weapons and surrender and then killed them. At least it feels like it to me.
But that's just not Morthos. I've never played an evil pc, so, I'm trying to play a Lawful bad guy as best I can. I think of "Chopper" and go opposite, yet, still evil.
Any one of you want to correct me on my opinion on chaotic and lawful, please do. It's easier to do with good characters than it is evil ones.
To be quite honest, Haruk, I was going to be PMing you to discuss some of the same issues that have been brought up here. Please understand that I'm simply looking at the overall enjoyment of the campaign.
The others have pretty much laid out the issues as they stand, I don't feel I can contribute more than what has already been said on that. From the backstory you had provided I did have a good feel about the type of evil you were wanting to portray up until the end, as I had asked you about it. My certainty has slightly dropped now.
I would ask that you take a look through Faiths of Corruption as one tool. Take a look at Asmodeus's doctrine. Lawful Evil is not easy to play, just like Lawful Good in many ways. Worship of Asmodeus on top of it is even harder. You have to deal with many of the same issues just with a different perspective on them.
If you have any questions, please ask. The most important thing is that everyone enjoys the game.
See, I'm playing Haruk as inherently better than pretty much everybody not LE, moreso if they worship somebody other than Asmodeus. Thus, he does not feel he owes it to them to follow through on any deals made because they are made with people beneath him. He's a supremacist, do you really think an old school member of the KKK or Hilter's Nazi party would care if they made a deal with a black person or Jew and then turned right around and did the opposite??
When he makes a deal or pact with somebody he considers worthy, he will honor it. But until then, he says what he thinks others wants to hear, but does not care if he needs to break the agreement, if breaking it gets him further than keeping it.