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Hey, I'm just thinking aloud here, but if we get coins for the Winter Phase, and if we're allowed to use them like that, I'd like to spend mine to make Epicurius have succeeded on one of those experience rolls of his. Whichever he wants.
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Thanks for the info. But I think I'll still save up my money for a bit I may or may not be planning on building a church
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Coins are only for adventure time in the spring and/or summer, not the tending to the manor and buffing up in the off-season phase.  If anyone does improve their manor at all, please make a note of it on your sheet with the rest of your knight's Notable Events. That also goes for any pagan bacchanalia your knight happens to throw (Sir Pryderi is going to toss any save-the-date cards right into the rubbish bin, so you know!).
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ibntumart posted:(Sir Pryderi is going to toss any save-the-date cards right into the rubbish bin, so you know!). He's still getting one.  (updating now!)
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Family events - Family Events: 2#1d20 4 7. Looks like one of my brothers got married! Not sure how much this affects me but hey. I have 5 young knights but I assume those are cousins who are the same age or slightly older than me since I doubt any of my theoretical brothers would be old enough to be knighted. I'm boosting my Generous up by 2 with the points gained during the winter phase because that bumps it to 16. Apparently, by the way, due to the points I gained from exp checks I actually have gotten my chivalric trait bonus! So 100 glory extra this winter phase, plus that sweet +3 armor bonus. I guess based on the book I have to do an in-character oath as well? Is there like an order that I join with a ceremony or something? Otherwise Pellogres can just swear the oath while praying. Let me know and I'll whip up a post once the IC thread starts rolling again. I got 181 glory from my traits/passions/chivalry/manor, plus the 9 for being a rich knight and spending 9£. My new glory is 1675 which I feel is pretty drat decent. I'm going to save the rest of my money because I have some future plans but I will be needing some cash for them. I am going to have Pellogres share 2£ with the peasantry, as he is an incredibly generous type of guy and feels bad living too richly without making it rain for his people. I don't know if you want to give him any glory for this or not, I'm okay with him just doing it anonymously and I know the money will probably just vanish but I figure it's in character. Character sheet updated below.  Sir Pellogres the Mighty Glory: 1674 Age: 21 Son Number: 1 Homeland: Salisbury Culture: Cymric Religion: British Christian Lord: Earl of Salisbury Current Class: Vassal Knight Current Home: Woodford Manor Personality Traits Chaste 13 / Lustful 7 *Energetic 13 / Lazy 7 Forgiving 10 / Vengeful 10 *Generous 16 / Selfish 4 Honest 10 / Deceitful 10 *Just 10 / Arbitrary 10 *Merciful 17 / Cruel 3 *Modest 13 / Proud 7 Pious 10 / Worldly 10 Prudent 10 / Reckless 10 Temperate 13 / Indulgent 7 Trusting 10 / Suspicious 10 *Valorous 15 / Cowardly 5 Directed Traits: Chivalrous Bonus: (84/80) YES! Religious Bonus: NO Passions Loyalty (Lord): 18 Love (Family): 15 Hospitality: 16 Honor: 16 Hate Saxons: 9 Statistics SIZ 14 (Knockdown) DEX 10 STR 18 CON 12 (Major Wound) APP 12 Damage [(STR+SIZ)/6]: 5d6 Healing Rate [(STR+CON)/10]: 3 Movement Rate [(STR+DEX)/10]: 3 Total Hit Points (SIZ+CON): 26 Unconscious (HP/4): 7 Distinctive Features: Piercing Eyes Skills Awareness 10 Boating 1 Compose 1 Courtesy 10 Dancing 2 Faerie Lore 1 Falconry 3 First Aid 11 Flirting 3 Folklore 2 Gaming 13 Heraldry 8 Hunting 2 Intrigue 3 Orate 3 Play [harp] 3 Read [Latin] 0 Recognize 10 Religion [Christian] 2 Romance 2 Singing 2 Stewardship 2 Swimming 2 Tourney 2 Battle 10 Horsemanship 15 Sword 15 Lance 15 Spear 6 Dagger 5 Horses Warhorse Type: Charger Damage: 6d6 Move: 8 Armor: 5 HP: 46 SIZ: 37 CON: 12 STR: 30 DEX: 17 Breed: Riding Horse Type: Charger Move: 8 Squire's Horse Type: Rouncy Move: 6 Horse #4 Type: Sumpter Move: 5 Horse #5 Type: Rouncy Move: 6 Equipment Armor Type (10 Points): Norman mail, with Shield (6 points) Clothing (1 Libra Value): Fine clothing Weaponry: Sword, 2 spears, dagger Personal Gear (on Horse #4) Travel Gear (On Horse #4) War Gear (On Horse #2) Family Characteristic: Clever (+10 Gaming) Annual Glory Awards Traits: 16 (Merciful) Chivalry: 0 Holdings: 6 Passions: 48 (Loyalty (Lord), Hospitality, Honor) Religion: 0 TOTAL: 86 Holdings Manor of Woodford Army Family Knights: 0 Old Knights, 1 Middle-Aged Knights, 5 Young Knights Vassals: N/A Other Lineage Men: 16 Levy: 55
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I appreciate the thought, Eclectic Tastes. Ok, so first, Glory. I started with 1305 for the year (Actually 305 without the knighting bonus.) Then, as per Ibntumart's calculations, I got 175 glory for the year. Plus, since I'm living as an ordinary knight this year, I get another 22 glory. This brings my total glory to 1403. Now, family events. I rolled a 14, so someone is missing. Who? Well, originally I rolled my father, but he's dead (which explains why we haven't seen him around a lot, but then I rerolled and got my brother, of which I have one. Now, I'm going to roll for skills, which unfortunately, just gives me 2 points, of which, I'll put 1 in spear and 1 in courtesy. Since my glory broke the 1000 mark, I can increase any trait by one. To encourage me to post in this more frequency, I'm going to increase Energetic by 1 point. I still have that £18 ransom. So, since I'm a knight, and knights spend, I'm improving my house....tiling the floor, putting a mosaic on the wall, and building a Mews and Hermitage, so that a hermit can come and pray for my soul. I think that would cost me 10 pounds, right? Here's my revised character sheet: quote:
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Apr 10, 2014 05:43
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Wait... So both your brother and my sister went missing?
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"Sir Bledri, someone is missing!" "What? Who?" "I forget... your father, I think. I haven't seen him in years!" "...well, yeah. He's dead." "...oh. That... that would explain that, then. I'll... I'll just go do a quick headcount and see if I can't figure out who it is, then?" "Yes. Please do."
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Epicurius posted:Now, I'm going to roll for skills, which unfortunately, just gives me 2 points Friggin' Orokos.  Isn't there some kind of safety net for this? This is just messed up. Like, I got six skill points on my roll, can I just undo spending one and give it to him? Nobody deserves such bad rolls, especially not one of the players on the lower end of the Glory chart, and I dunno about Epi, but if I were in his situation, I'd be feeling pretty discouraged. Maybe I'm just weird, but I'm feeling kinda  about his stuff there.Which I guess is ironic since I'm the one playing the grasping, amoral, hard-hearted social Darwinist.
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EclecticTastes posted:Friggin' Orokos. Sadly, this is where Pendragon shows its age; it was created with both feet firmly in the age of 'random dice rolls can and will gently caress you.' Now, that having been said... it's my experience (and note, I'm not sure how well this experience has aged) that these things genuinely do even out over time and are mitigated largely by play. That is to say, you don't just get experience checks for rolling crits, you get them when and if you convince your GM that you should have 'em... or, sometimes, because you witnessed something awesome or you heard a moving story or just for the hell of it. You don't just get Glory for successful rolls and vanquished foes, you get it for Being Awesome. Sir Tor is one of the more commonly-mentioned (if infrequently as the main character) in Arthurian legend; he's one of the first dudes Arthur ever knights personally, and he survives all the way to being one of the guards at Guenevere's execution before Lancelot kills him while springing her. He is, according to most sources, a mediocre Knight at best; he's on the receiving end of a lot of rear end-whuppin's. What he excels at is being courtly; he's always wearing the latest fashions, flirting with the ladies, schmoozing the best seats at Arthur's feasts. He's a popular guy, and amasses several thousand Glory just by being a popular guy (although Tristram probably didn't like him after the whole 'sit around making jokes about Cornish knights while Tristram can hear me' bit). People know his name today. In Pendragon terms, Sir Tor basically is a great roleplayer who rolls terribly. He's never going to go toe-to-toe with guys like Lancelot; his stats just aren't there. But by being an awesome guy who everyone gets along with, he still amasses more Glory than most PCs will ever see no matter how many dragons they kill. My point (to the limited degree that I have one, and I'm not just using this as an excuse to talk about Sir Tor because Sir Tor is awesome; dude was raised the son of a cowsherd who had 13 kids and he still showed up and said 'yo Arthur make me a knight and gimme a seat on the Round Table' and it was only after he was knighted that Merlin revealed he was Pellinore's illegitimate son) is that the speed of a character's growth and the awesomeness of their stats doesn't make the game; it's the play that does that. Some of the best games of Pendragon I've been in ended up with me going into the Winter Phase with precisely zero experience checks because I hardly picked up the dice at all. Now... it's easy for me to say that, as I've got a good chunk of Glory and I'm pretty familiar with the system. And it's debatable how well the whole "but seriously, if you roleplay well enough you'll usually end up with pretty significant bennies even if you roll for crap" bit works in a play-by-post situation, as that sort of thing is always more prevalent in face-to-face games. But as much as it sucks to get boned on Winter Phase rolls (and it does suck), it only really becomes a problem if we - as a group - let it. It's a pretty common theme in Arthuriana that more Glorious knights look out for the less-Glorious; those of us who get good rolls need to make sure we look out for that sort of thing, and talk up our compatriots whenever possible, and try and slide a bit more Glory their way. In essence, it'll only be a problem if we all let it. (in theory.)
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Minor setbacks! I'm sure that next year, I'll cover myself in glory, maybe by finding somebody's lost dog or something.  Nah, luck of the dice. I'm sure the rolls are going to turn around.
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So... Quick questions. Do I get any bonuses on manor improvements? Or what is the purpose of building those (aside from pimping your place)
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Epicurius posted:Minor setbacks! I'm sure that next year, I'll cover myself in glory, maybe by finding somebody's lost dog or something. Well, maybe not a dog.... dereku posted:So... Quick questions. Do I get any bonuses on manor improvements? Or what is the purpose of building those (aside from pimping your place) Oh, sorry, I plum forgot to mention: you get Glory for your lavish displays of wealth. From the rulebook: Conspicuous Consumption: Generally, each expenditure of £1 or more (whether on purchases for oneself or on gifts for others) also accrues Glory for the buyer. For each libra up to £100, the buyer gains 1 Glory per librum spent; for every £10 thereafter, he gains another 1 point. Thus, a gift of £120 would result in 102 Glory for the gift-giver. Also, I finished both my current work contract and doing my taxes, so it's full steam ahead! I'll try to get the Spring post up before turning in. For now, here's some inspiration from Hark, a Vagrant: 
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Well that was just weird - I finally get the chance to sit down and post, nobody else has touched the thread in a few days since our honorable GM, and while I'm typing Sir Derek posts...Great minds find free time alike, I guess.
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Apr 18, 2014 04:47
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Hail my free timed bro!
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Apr 18, 2014 05:48
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Good news! Sometimes, mostly at the GM's whim, you get a Glory Bonus to certain skills - such as Intrigue. The notion is that high-Glory characters get a bit more leeway in their social interactions; if a guy with 8000 Glory misses a Dance step, people are less apt to say 'hey he screwed up' and more 'oh, is that the new style, then?' and start missing steps of their own. The bonus is +1 to the skill per 1000 Glory, so you never know, Derek - if ibntumart decides we deserve that bonus, your roll goes from a failure to a crit. 
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Apr 18, 2014 07:27
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So if what I understand is correct I have to puppyeyes at the gm? Because I am willing to do it
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A crit would be more fun here than a failure, so I'll allow it. (As long as no puppyeyes are involved: I'm more of a cat person!) I'll be on the road and forcibly hobnobbing at my wife's work event later today, so everyone who hasn't posted yet, plenty of time to do so.
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Apr 19, 2014 10:29
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Unless anyone else wants to plan further, I'm going to assume the party's locked in their planned patrol and will post the next scene this afternoon.
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May 18, 2014 08:49
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Seems to me we have a solid plan!
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May 18, 2014 10:23
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Now let us see it crash and burns in horrifying and hilarious ways
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May 18, 2014 17:29
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The important thing is to go out with glory (since you can pass it on to your heir!).
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But i don't have a heir 
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May 20, 2014 00:21
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dereku posted:But i don't have a heir Well, you had all winter to engage in out-of-wedlock heir-creating hobbies.
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May 20, 2014 00:30
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Chastity is a christian value
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I've been invited in, so: Name: Grigor Homeland: Salisbury Culture: Cymric Religion: British Christian Father's Name: Terfel Title: Father's Class: Vassal Knight Son Number: 1 Liege Lord: Sir Roderick, Earl of Salisbury Class: Vassal Knight Manor: Clatford Age: 24 Year Born: 462 Traits: Chaste 13/Lustful 7 *Energetic 13/Lazy 7 Forgiving 10/Vengeful 10 *Generous 16/Selfish 4 Honest 10/Deceitful 10 *Just 10/Arbitrary 10 *Merciful 13/Cruel 7 *Modest 13/Proud 7 Pious 10/Worldly 10 Prudent 10/Reckless 10 Temperate 13/Indulgent 7 Trusting 10/Suspicious 10 *Valour 15/Cowardly 5 Passions: Loyalty (lord) 15 Love (family) 15 Hospitality 15 Honor 15 Hate (Saxons) 16 Attributes: Siz 18 Dex 12 Str 14 Con 12 App 10 Damage: 5 Healing Rate: 3 Movement Rate: 2 Total HP: 30 Unconscious: 7 Distinctive Features: Rough hands (6) Skills Awareness 5, Battle 10, Boating 1, Compose 10, Courtesy 8, Dagger 5, Dancing 2, Faerie Lore 1, Falconry 3, First Aid 10, Flirting 5, Folklore 2, Gaming 3, Heraldry 3, Horsemanship 12, Hunting 10, Intrigue 3, Lance 12, Orate 3, Play [harp] 8, Read [Latin] 0, Singing 20, Spear 7, Sword 15, Recognize 3, Religion [Christian] 2, Romance 2, Stewardship 2, Swimming 2, Tourney 5. Glory: 1203 Horse #1: Charger Horse #2: Rouncy Horse #3: Rouncy Horse #4: Sumpter Squire: Equipment Carried: Chainmail, shield, 2 spears, sword, dagger, fine clothing, personal gear, travel gear, war gear, valuable cloak (worth 1, from Byzantium) Family Characteristic: Fine Voice (+10 Singing) Army: Family Knights: 0 Old Knights, 2 Middle-Aged Knights, 6 Young Knights, Grigor Himself Vassals: Other Lineage Men: 14 Levy: 70 Great Grandpa's Glory: 2800 Grandpa Iowerth: B. 410 AD, Knighted 431. Starting Glory: 1301 439: Nothing significant. 440: Garrison duty, killed by Pictish raiders. Glory: 1446 Papa Terfel: Knighted 460. Starting Glory: 1132 460: Garrison duty, little or no combat. 461: Nothing. 462: Nothing. 463: Nothing. 464: Married. Gain 100 Glory. Glory: 1232 462: Grigor born, apparently 466: Siege of Carlion: Survived. +45 Glory Glory: 1277 467: Siege of Carlion: Survived. +30 Glory Glory: 1307 468: Battle of Snowdon: Survived. +60 Glory Glory: 1367 469: Fought Picts. +100 Glory. Glory: 1467 470: Fought Picts. +50 Glory. Glory: 1517 471: Fought Picts. +200 Glory. Glory: 1717 472: Fought Picts. +100 Glory. Glory: 1817 473: Battle of Windsor: Survived. +45 Glory Glory: 1862 Hate (Saxons): 16 474: Died on Garrison Duty. +25 Glory. Glory: 1887 Family: Middle Aged Knights: Father's two younger brothers Young Knights: Paternal first cousin, 3 younger brothers, maternal first cousin, illegitimate younger brother Other Family: Father: 4 Siblings: 3 sisters (1 alive and married, 1 alive and unmarried, 1 dead and married), 2 younger brothers (both alive and married) Mother (alive, remarried): 1 Sibling: 1 sister (dead and married) My Siblings: 6 siblings: 6 brothers (3 alive and married, 1 alive and unmarried, 2 dead and unmarried) Mors Rattus fucked around with this message at 03:06 on Jul 15, 2014 |
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Welcome aboard, Mors! (Man, I'm going to be the only notable Pagan on the planet at this rate...)
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Sorry, but with stats like that, if I'm not singing hosanna, well...
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May 20, 2014 05:34
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At this rate with this guy I guess both Rhum and Derek are probably waiting for a reason to 6d6 this guys butt. Or at least talk him down a little
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I'm not sure whether this guy is Briant's new best friend, or if Briant would consider such blatant abuse to be a little tacky. Like, just whippin' a dude in the middle of the road is a bit much.
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If anyone has anything else they want to do in the current scene, now would be the time. By tomorrow evening, I want to move us onto the next scene.
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So if this turns out to be one of the many, many times that Merlin gets a bunch of knights to do his dirty work by bullshitting them - because let's be honest, he does that sort of thing constantly - can I get a Religion (Pagan) roll to puzzle that out?
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He doesn't have that bad a reputation for it quite yet... but I'll keep that in mind as the campaign progresses!
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ibntumart posted:He doesn't have that bad a reputation for it quite yet... but I'll keep that in mind as the campaign progresses! Hey, if I'm gonna have all the other PCs looking askance at me for refusing to go to chapel with them, I may as well get something out of it.
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I know I'm a few days behind, I swear I'll post tomorrow. I just got done with one hell of a week at work, and am trying to claw my way back to normalcy now.
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Some time ago, this was said.ibntumart posted:Well, maybe not a dog.... Now I reread it and think "heeeeeeeeeey."
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Lager posted:I know I'm a few days behind, I swear I'll post tomorrow. I just got done with one hell of a week at work, and am trying to claw my way back to normalcy now. No problem. The giant's not going anywhere! At least, not while you guys are around and uneaten. Knights are tastier than goats. DivineCoffeeBinge posted:Some time ago, this was said. A GM has to have his foreshadowing moments every now and then! Regarding the giant, big as he is, it's not really a skirmish per se (even though I will allow two of you to charge with Lance instead of one). I can't really justify Battle for this fight.
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ibntumart posted:Regarding the giant, big as he is, it's not really a skirmish per se (even though I will allow two of you to charge with Lance instead of one). I can't really justify Battle for this fight. Ah well, it was worth a shot. Sword gets the boost, then!
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Just got back from Origins. Expect a post within 24 hours.
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