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Diogines posted:You turn on your side to Uncle Jorah and say "WELL MAYBE IF EVERYONE IN MY GODDAMN LIFE WOULD STOP BEING SO CRYPTIC WITH ME I WOULD KNOW WHAT TO DO WHO THE HELL ARE YOU WHERE THE HELL AM I WHERE THE gently caress IS MY DOG AND WHAT IS GOING ON!?" Still the most succinct and honest thing Enkidel has ever voted to say. edit - yessssss perfect thing for the top of a page.
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Dog Kisser posted:I'm super tempted to run a game where the game's already done and it's just an extended postmortem Q&A session. Just answering every question and backstory reference, no matter how vague or nonsensical, and try to see if we can build a story backwards from there. You should look into Microscope. You've kinda just described it.
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rex monday posted:You should look into Microscope. You've kinda just described it. Pretty much, actually. I wouldn't use a structured system, though - I'd just wing it
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Jul 26, 2018 18:00
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Dog Kisser posted:Also I for one would TOTALLY love just a full Ur wiki with all the minutae I could possibly want! Oh, you mean like the official Paradise Lost Wiki? I work on it from time to time, mostly adding new WORDS that we come across. Most sections are in serious need of a revamp or update however. So if anyone feels like contributing, well, there it is!
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Jul 26, 2018 18:08
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Diog, I would like to echo five-years-ago you in that I'm sad that you never got to write an update where Ishamal just looks at Enkide-in-Snarls next to Snarls-in-Enkidel and is just so, so, so disappointed and confused.
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It is a great hope of mine that Diog's will includes a clause to release setting info and notes about all his works. I would prefer to get my hands on them sooner but I think death might be the only way he'll give them up.Swedish Thaumocracy posted:Oh, you mean like the official Paradise Lost Wiki? I actually updated the OG balls page a few weeks ago. It needs more work, but at least it now correctly notes who has died and how.
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Jul 26, 2018 18:44
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Wait, who if any Melachim are associated with Sparrows/Eagles again? Since that's who uncle Jorah is.
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Jul 26, 2018 19:35
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Nothingtoseehere posted:Wait, who if any Melachim are associated with Sparrows/Eagles again? Since that's who uncle Jorah is. I think we have been assuming that one was Xuriel?
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Jul 26, 2018 20:13
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Yeah, I think Xuriel was associated with birds. The wiki might know, actually. E: Well the wiki says that Xuriel is "friend to birds" but doesn't mention a creator. I'm not sure if that's accurate though.
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Jul 26, 2018 20:22
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I think we can fairly definitively state that that whole incident is responsible for 90% of Enkidel's lack of reverence towards the Melachim. Watching our talking goat spirit animal fistfight our ghost-uncle while they screamed about the merits of birds versus goats always left an impression on me that the Melachim were basically just semi-omnipotent doofuses.
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Zodiac5000 posted:I think we can fairly definitively state that that whole incident is responsible for 90% of Enkidel's lack of reverence towards the Melachim. Watching our talking goat spirit animal fistfight our ghost-uncle while they screamed about the merits of birds versus goats always left an impression on me that the Melachim were basically just semi-omnipotent doofuses.
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Mexican Deathgasm posted:Well, seeing as you're jumping to invective and have the empathy of a rock, good luck with that! Sorry for my harsh tone I was grumpy this morning. Enkidel is everybody’s and sometimes that can make us chafe since the story is so good dozens of different people will want to do/see dozens of different things. I get why that can be frustrating when things steer away from something you’d be interested in seeing sorry.
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BlackJosh posted:Sorry for my harsh tone I was grumpy this morning. Enkidel is everybody’s and sometimes that can make us chafe since the story is so good dozens of different people will want to do/see dozens of different things. I get why that can be frustrating when things steer away from something you’d be interested in seeing sorry. Ah no worries. I was grumpy too. I need to not read this thread at work, it's like getting a massage from naked Emma Watson with no happy ending.
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Jul 26, 2018 21:01
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Zodiac5000 posted:I think we can fairly definitively state that that whole incident is responsible for 90% of Enkidel's lack of reverence towards the Melachim. Watching our talking goat spirit animal fistfight our ghost-uncle while they screamed about the merits of birds versus goats always left an impression on me that the Melachim were basically just semi-omnipotent doofuses. Maybe lack of reverence, but I didn't lose any respect for them. They showed human emotions and therefore aren't total automons, I don't respect anything that can't exersize some semblance of free will.
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Dog Kisser posted:The game obviously runs in DnD 2e the best edition ftfy, friend the edition when lorebooks reigned supreme e: besides, The Shekelesh is obviously not-Zakhara 
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Jul 26, 2018 21:31
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Olothreutes posted:It is a great hope of mine that Diog's will includes a clause to release setting info and notes about all his works. I would prefer to get my hands on them sooner but I think death might be the only way he'll give them up. I wouldn't be surprised if Diog had a Pratchett Clause in his will, ordering all of his game material to be destroyed. Except for Jael's character sheet, which is just the word Sorry printed out on a piece of printer paper.
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Jul 26, 2018 21:41
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Zodiac5000 posted:I think we can fairly definitively state that that whole incident is responsible for 90% of Enkidel's lack of reverence towards the Melachim. Watching our talking goat spirit animal fistfight our ghost-uncle while they screamed about the merits of birds versus goats always left an impression on me that the Melachim were basically just semi-omnipotent doofuses. My impression was that it was more a departmental rivalry, and Azzazel was a former employee who didn't like where the company was going, wherein the Melachim took responsibility for the poo poo they did and the majority started cleaning everything up and established Baitel and the PtB; maybe it was the destruction of old Amalek that triggered this. Not everyone did though, such as Faramu/Fare, the Trio and Azzazel, and I think it revolves around how everyone wanted to plan around Asherah awakening. The PtB think ONLY the Pantokrator can deal with Asherah, and intended to fix everything and hold out as long as possible to be saved. They're likely right in 99.7% of cases, and it's why they are so passive and helpful because they don't think it's worth expending energy for that 0.3% chance. The Trio think Asherah can be resisted, and we should actively fight against her forces. Doing so deprives Asherah of some power and prolongs the period, and if the Pantokrator does come back then good. Xuriel might be apart of this group, along with Damat and Mereniel. Zepa as well maybe. Faramu/Fare went turbomilitaristic, amping of the point of view of the Trio to the elevens. Use all means available to win, nothing is sacred because the Pantokrator is not returning and only death, destruction and eternal torment await. 7Bird probably has a similar point of view to the PtB but is trying to basically go stealth to survive. No active resistance, just if no one knows they exist Asherah can't rip those memories out and find them. Azzazel is utterly fatalistic and thinks everyone is a fool. Asherah cannot be opposed, the Pantokrator is not returning and the only sensible course of action is to enjoy oneself before existence itself is eternally damned. Fakmok seems to...just not acknowledge Asherah? Probably thinks he can take her right now and is completely, utterly wrong. Probably a Nephilim, probably a son of Amok and thus even more fallible and myopic. Nusku is some small time player, maybe even just a mighty creation intelligent enough and powerful enough to convince others it's a god. May know of Asherah but utterly incapable of grasping the gravity of the situation. Probably asks for gems and minerals to be sacrificed to spite Fare and maybe a few Power Orbs get caught up in it. I have no loving idea what motivates the northern dragons. Orm is Orm. I know people like the snake but he's honestly a metric fuckton of nephesh bound up in being idle and devoid of emotional consideration should probably be eaten or sacrificed to El. I think that covers everything?
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Orm is a friend we should do what he wants FIND HER AND BRING HER HOME.alpaca diseases posted:ftfy, friend I ignore 2e because I think THAC0 is counterintuitive.
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Olothreutes posted:It is a great hope of mine that Diog's will includes a clause to release setting info and notes about all his works. I would prefer to get my hands on them sooner but I think death might be the only way he'll give them up. Hahaha honestly the last thing Diog needs is to give a motive for some goon to have him taken out!
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Voting is closed. If anyone wants to do a count on a spreadsheet it would be appreciated. It would also increase the odds of an update tonight. Someone did a count but a whole bunch of people voted for more than one option and in this instance depending on what was voted for we may blend options. if you volunteered account, please post let us know. Otherwise we will probably start in about an hour when we get home. Having a count waiting for us then means we will update sooner or be more likely to update.
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FaustianQ posted:My impression was that it was more a departmental rivalry, and Azzazel was a former employee who didn't like where the company was going, wherein the Melachim took responsibility for the poo poo they did and the majority started cleaning everything up and established Baitel and the PtB; maybe it was the destruction of old Amalek that triggered this. Not everyone did though, such as Faramu/Fare, the Trio and Azzazel, and I think it revolves around how everyone wanted to plan around Asherah awakening.
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Lead out in cuffs posted:There used to be a wiki. What happened to the wiki?. Dog Kisser posted:The game obviously runs in DnD 4e, the best edition
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Diogines posted:Voting is closed. If anyone wants to do a count on a spreadsheet it would be appreciated. It would also increase the odds of an update tonight. Someone did a count but a whole bunch of people voted for more than one option and in this instance depending on what was voted for we may blend options. I will count.
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Diogines posted:How dare you! Quelle surprise. 4E is a perfectly fine combat simulator with a so-so other stuff simulator attached. Whereas all the other editions are horrible spreadsheet simulators, so it doesn't suprise me you like em.
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super sweet best pal posted:I ignore 2e because I think THAC0 is counterintuitive. I refuse to believe that someone who plays one of the Enkidel-squirrels thinks this system is counter intuitive   It makes perfect sense and is relatively straightforward if you ask me 
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Dog Kisser posted:Quelle surprise. 4E is a perfectly fine combat simulator with a so-so other stuff simulator attached. Whereas all the other editions are horrible spreadsheet simulators, so it doesn't suprise me you like em. Diogines fucked around with this message at 00:09 on Jul 27, 2018 |
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Diqnol posted:I will count.
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Diogines posted:Thank you. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wqsHOJLrDejqqIAxj4GF8ynQ6Z3z7Lg-mBdfutrTAOY/edit?usp=sharing
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Jul 26, 2018 23:17
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Want my D&D looking like an 80s aerobic workout video from a fantasy realm.
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Diogines posted:4e is a crime against humanity with no soul where every character is basically a wizard with numerous spell-lole abilities. And the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting was ruined! And I submit it was Final Fantasy Tactics: The Boardgame and I loved that poo poo.
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Dog Kisser posted:I'm super tempted to run a game where the game's already done and it's just an extended postmortem Q&A session. Just answering every question and backstory reference, no matter how vague or nonsensical, and try to see if we can build a story backwards from there. I would be super into this. In fact, there was an old goldmined thread where somebody did something similar, where the thread was 'reminiscing' about an old tabletop RPG, but I can't find it now.
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Diogines posted:You and Uriah make your way a few blocks over towards the Street of Tanners, exactly where your Presence Sense(s?) point. You find the building the Anaki told you of, made of mud bricks it looks perfectly ordinary from the outside other than the fact it is a bit big. Weapons raised, you and Uriah open the door.  Filled with rage, you and Uriah are swift to grab the altar and statue and smash them into each other! The stone shatters and crumbled under your fury! You smash them again! And again! It does not take long but soon the statue and altar are little more than a pile of rubble, the cages have been smashed apart as well and what few other objects or pieces of furniture which were in the room have been torn asunder. You and Uriah may both feel a little better now? Maybe. Nothing has otherwise changed. What do you do next? 1. Round 2 of voting. Same question. If you already voted you don't need to vote again. Option A is removed. Voting closes in an hour or less. Very possibly less. Next update will be tonight. If you change your vote please say what your old vote was, thank you. B. You can't hear or feel them, but, if they were far enough underground you wouldn't anyway. And not hundreds of feet either. Two dozen paces of solid dirt around them and you are pretty sure you wouldn't be able to Presence Sense(s?) normal humans, that is more than they would probably need and solid stone, less still. Could they be hiding in the city? Might they be hiding in some other building, cloaked by mystical means? You've not made any real search of this part of the city, search the streets and buildings nearby for clues. C. Make for the east wall of the city, which is not far and scan the surrounding countryside. Your Presence Senses(?) will work better beyond the wall with you atop it, without it blocking you. If they fled east there may be tracks? There were no obvious signs of where they went on a very brief examination as you made your way here but you can be pretty confident you'd find tracks in the dirt beyond the city if they fled over the wall. If they left, could they have climbed over the wall, the closest way out of the city? D. Make for the gate, south of you and search there. There may be tracks if they went through the city gate? There you will also be able to more easily sense for Presences beyond. The gate would likely be the easiest way out of the city, though not the closest. E. Curse and scream and maybe yell. F. Make for the palace. From what the Anaki said his people were looting it, you felt about a dozen people there? Maybe Nusku cultists left behind? Would they have more information? G. Search for the handful of others you felt in the city, see if they know or saw anything. H. Drag the altar and idol to the ruins of El's temple. Give up on the Fare cultists. Make offerings to El now. I. Make an extended effort to Presence Sense nearby and listen very hard. Your previous probes were brief, with a more concerted effort might you find something? J. Go smash your way into the palace vault with Uriah. Was the Anaki after gold as he claimed, or might there be something else down there? K. You have no idea who the others in the city are aligned with. If anyone. You and Uriah round up everyone still alive in the city to find out if they are cultists too. L. (Add on)Send Uriah to guard the Anaki. M. Something else. Fill in. [...] Travic's Awesome Index: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3550307&pagenumber=4080&perpage=40#post473373440 If you want to, feel free to join us on irc #madgod on synirc.net. The channel tends to always have some people in it and is especially active when updates go up. If you do not know what IRC is, here is a web based chat version which will not require you to register or download anything: http://chat.mibbit.com/ One of our players made a wiki about the game: http://sa-diogines.wikia.com/wiki/Paradise_Lost_CYOA_Wiki It has various bits of information, some of it is spot on, other bits are very wrong. If you find it difficult to keep track of the growing number of names and places in our game, the wiki has a good list. Diogines fucked around with this message at 23:58 on Jul 26, 2018 |
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C Gee that sure was worth destroying a very valuable sacrifice, giving the cultists more time to run, and a few days worth of capycycles
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Keeping my vote from before, but quietly plant a dagger on the remains of the statue.
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Diogines posted:4e is a crime against humanity with no soul where every character is basically a wizard with numerous spell-lole abilities. And the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting was ruined! Forgotten Realms was bad from the start and at least you can see a progression from late-stage 3.5 to 4e, while 5e is basically three steps back from 3e plus a few good modern ideas stapled on, buoyed mostly by being the edition of choice for funny and entertaining podcasters.
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Diogines posted:4e is a crime against humanity with no soul where every character is basically a wizard with numerous spell-lole abilities. And the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting was ruined! It did produce one of my favorite trilogies of novels: Richard Baker's Blades of the Moonsea. And I liked Swordmages
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