Also feel free to add ateen1220
I'm one of the other players.

What timeframe do you guys play? I DM on irc but i can double as long as the times don't conflict. Don't usually go into 4th ed often because i'm not too savvy with that edition.

>>8694
We're really open when it comes to time and availability. If you want to figure out the specifics, feel free to add us.

This post is a month old, but if the offer is still up, I'm game. I've been itching to play, I've had everything necessary to play 3.5 for around 2 years. Except someone to play with. So if you want fairly inexperienced, you got it in spades right here.

ateen1220 replying again. Not sure if this will get any attention, but...
Add me on Skype if you're interested, or you can email me at ateen1220@yahoo.com
Always like people who are interested in TTRPGs

Totally unofficial responses from someone who has played on this server for four days.

Yes this is the same one that was posted in /tg/.
At least a few people have been on at all points that I have tried logging in, ranging between 4 and 20. The mod team is global, but I believe the server is based in europe. You start with a set of stone tools, and work for everything else. All standard minecraft mobs are present, and NPC "goblins" (zombie pigmen) showed up in force this morning as a special event. /me for emotes is functional, but in my experience, rarely required. Effort was put into kobolds because they need careful balancing between not being fun and making the game unfun for everyone else.

Logged in to the newer server and couldn't find a way out into the world. Started starving, couldn't eat the food with which I'd spawned. Was browsing the server and alt-tabbed back to MC to find a creeper had detonated next to emaciated me.
That protection script is pretty darn overbearing...

Yeah, the protection scripts are set so if you don't have a race assigned yet you can't interact with anything. It is there to prevent the most blatant griefing and ensure people don't go wandering off on their own without some help getting settled. But they don't tell you that the global channel is on /g, and usually someone has to flag down a mod in IMs to get a race assigned. It is not an ideal system. Still, been fun once I got started.

>>9926
> /g
That'd be a good thing to have in the server info post on the forums as well
Also /help 1,2,3,4,5

Hi everyone. Admin here again. I'm posting just to let those of you interested know that the server, including the plugins and approach, but not the thematics and overall concepts are currently being overhauled. The past few months have been very useful for us as far as what works, what doesn't and a l
ook at further plugins to provide further support and fun. We expect these to be implemented at latest by the end of january, along with detailed explainations of form and function on the forum. I look forward to seeing you online.

2012/08/25(Sat)18:05 No. 8756 ID: e5c426
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Derp Herp

Possibility of lateness due to school project shenanigans. Apologies.

Possibly late due to the sky falling.

Family dinners ahoy!
Jangles is back in town and Cheesus is fulfilling family obligations.

Are you still looking for players?

Personality would be something that's hard to help with...but maybe I can think of something.

- A sorceress who is sick and f***ing tired of wizards treating her as a lesser being for their greater knowledge of how magic works, and treats them with greater disdain than other magi. She has great skill with ray-and-touch-based battle magic (acid arrow, spectral hand, etc).

- A half-elf whose half-elf parents wanted to teach her another trade, but she learned of her powers and decided to pursue that path instead. She has a fascination with the idea of making a tattoo scroll, or perhaps a tattoo familiar (specialized feats?).

- A sorceress whose temper is quite even, and whose magics are naturally subtle as a result of this temperament (enchantment and illusion specializations). She has the bloodline of a subtle creature, such as a rakshasa or devil, which is where her sorcery and temperament come from.

idk just thinking aloud.

Anonymous 2012/10/28(Sun)11:11 No. 8818 ID: b3b2ec
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So far I intend the Players to start in the Real World, in some kind of unnamed, but large city.
I'd leave it to the players wherever they know each other and if they already have their 'mons.
The first couple of sessions would establish the characters and the relation between eachother, while also introducing Wild Ones that enter the world and cause chaos, perhaps even threatening the Players quite directly.
I am not sure how to do this exactly though.

Eventually I would bring up a third Party into the game, which is basically a secret government funded Organization made to contain or eliminate any threats that appear, but also to study them.
They would also study why and how the Wild Ones enter the world and explain it to the Players, the reasons being the Internet increasing in size and the Barrier between the worlds being more and more fragile.
Wild Ones with luck may reach the real World or they may be helped from outside by humans who actively seek to 'summon' them.

Anonymous 2012/10/28(Sun)11:12 No. 8819 ID: b3b2ec
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>>8818
The Government group, called 'Hypnos' for now (I really do need a different name) would have 2 influential characters:

A charismatic, but aggressive and cold Project leader, who believes the attacking monsters to be a threat to eliminated and nothing more.
He'll go as far as to deny any sentience of the Digimon and claim that the monsters are simple animals, incapable of free will and simply mimic human behavior to manipulate people to feel pity.
I've considered making him a father of a destined that has gone missing, which would be why he takes his job personal and relies on it for psychological and financial support.

Further the would be a subordinate scientist, high in rank and obsessed with the idea of creating life from scratch and the evolution of the Monsters.
He would push the organization to capture Wild Ones alive, to 'study' and to preserve them.
In the late stages of the campaign he would attempt to create a perfect Digimon from scratch, which wouldn't turn out so well.
I'd hint at him having contact with a 'Mon, but he would barely remember it himself.

>>8819
The invading Wild Ones would have a Group too, I am unsure how to name then though.
I intended them to be Conquerors, but that didn't seem to fit anymore as I worked it out a bit.
First the Wild Ones would reveal that they come to the Real World seeking for, what they assume to be their destiny, to become perfect and become creators themselves.
They however, would have been created, or rather given live by certain Digital Gods, these Gods would seek to prove their worth by showing their creations to mankind, but also to punish them for creating the imperfect and violent Digital World.

The last kind of Antagonist I considered is a cold, calculating Monster, in the literal and figurative sense.
He would be created by the scientist guy, made to be 'perfect', which would play out in him basically feeling superior to every single thing.
While not only extremely powerful, this one would be smart enough to attempt to rile up the Players against each other.
There is one catch to him however, as he loads Data of his opponents to become stronger, he does so very efficiently, but once he reaches a certain threshold, he would lose sanity, and be in constant pain.
That pain could only be temporarily numbed, by loading more opponents, which would result in him becoming more and more of a wild, rabid beast.

I also considered making a formerly known Digimon into this monster, be it villain or friend, to make it more impacting.

Thats pretty much it so far, I basically need Feedback on these Ideas, Names and Digimon to fill these Roles would be nice too.

Anonymous 2012/02/25(Sat)22:44 No. 8081 ID: 6412fa
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>>318080

OP here

Thanks for responding! I wouldn't bother you guys with this thread, since it's pretty slow, but I am honored to have someone instrumental to this game's development willing to speak on its behalf!

At the moment, I only have a few questions.

1. Are you assumed to be "proficient" with all of the weapons of your External Kung Fu? For instance, if I was using Blossom Harvest and a Staff, could I drop my Staff in combat and switch to Unarmed or a Massive weapon?

2. I have been informed by my local game store that they will be receiving a few copies of the game, but have no dates listed. Do you have any news regarding expected printing/shipping dates?

3. During a round of combat, on your turn, can you elect to not attack and instead perform a Marvel? For instance, if you and I were on a rooftop, but you were using Graceful Crane and I wanted to reduce the amount of Replies I took, could I choose to not strike you and instead just utilize a Knockback Marvel to try and push you off the roof?

That's all I have for now, and I appreciate the time you have taken to respond. Thanks!

>1. Are you assumed to be "proficient" with all of the weapons of your External Kung Fu? For instance, if I was using Blossom Harvest and a Staff, could I drop my Staff in combat and switch to Unarmed or a Massive weapon?
Yes. In fact, 'weapon proficiency' isn't a thing in LotW. You can use any weapon with any style - however, unless your weapon is compatible with your style, you don't get to add the weapon traits (listed on pages 192 through 194) to the External Style statblock (Speed/Footwork/Strike/Damage/Block/Toughness).

>2. I have been informed by my local game store that they will be receiving a few copies of the game, but have no dates listed. Do you have any news regarding expected printing/shipping dates?
I am afraid I do not, but if you want, I can ask around. You'd probably have more luck asking about that particular issue on the RPG.net forum thread.

>3. During a round of combat, on your turn, can you elect to not attack and instead perform a Marvel? For instance, if you and I were on a rooftop, but you were using Graceful Crane and I wanted to reduce the amount of Replies I took, could I choose to not strike you and instead just utilize a Knockback Marvel to try and push you off the roof?
By the rules, no. You have to make the attack and include the Knockback marvel. That's not a valid way to avoid replies.

Thank you very much for your reply, Mr. Hughes.

I've been trying to find an online game of lotw for ages; has anyone else had any luck with this, or wants to start one?
Willing to attempt pbp, seeing as timezones can be a problem.

Hmm. Looking into this... Huh. Yeah, this is pretty damn cool. You and your colleagues did a fine job, Mr. Hughes.

This is not an urge that is uncommon, I think. Though how far the project gets beyond the initial storm of activity varies. I have been vaguely following this instance:
http://theM42project.blogspot.com/

I remember reading something about a monk making a snake of light from a pair of gongs to scare away bandits...
I would mix in some Jojo's Bizarre Adventures for spice.

actually yeah, jojo had the stands which were pretty similar. they took orders from their masters but were also characters of the story in and of themselves.

I think the only ones that spoke were Dragon's Dream and Spice Girl and a few others...

As for system, I'd say avoid having the tulpae be all of the heavy hitting, and I'm trying to think of a reasonable way to work multiples but not coming up with anything.
I agree, though, this sounds awesome. You have the guy with the not-star-platinum that can do brain surgery via punching, you have the dude with the thing that's just invisible and intangible but it can make people go insane, you have the dude that is thoroughly convinced he has excalibur and it's speaking to him, you have the guy that just got the ability to see all this shit and be able to punch it.

And the dude that makes evil flesheating butterflies from the sounds of the bells he wears.

And the dude that can shoot memory leeches through eye contact.

And the guy that draws snakes that come to life and catch on fire.

I'm pretty sure Tulpas are in Enter the Shadowside.

Maybe slimes.

Make a distinction between cutebolds and kobolds. You seem to be missing Outsiders and Elementals.

>>8751
I don't really have enough cute/rat/dogbolds to warrant their own folder, but thanks for the outsider suggestion.

>>8749
I'm not sure I have that many slimes, but I'll see.

Tozols. Everyone loves tozols.

Anonymous 2010/12/29(Wed)16:42 No. 5740 ID: 2563d4
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Anyone trying the current 0.8 dev builds?

Felid Monks are agreeably killy. Sneak up on things and one-shot them in their sleep. Also I just grew a mane, thus apparently making me +2 furry http://pastebin.ca/2033789 .

And yes I am bad at remembering to ever try out scrolls to ID them before the last moment. And, yes, +5 ring of evasion on an early dlvl as well as being awesome at dodge. The RNG is going to rape me.

Anonymous 2012/08/22(Wed)15:35 No. 8745 ID: 4a20fa
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>< LionsPhil> >You squeeze the jackal. You kill the jackal! Your Stabbing skill increases to level 1!
>< LionsPhil> >The [other] jackal barks! The jackal gazes forward, looking utterly alone.
>< Rurik> :<
>< LionsPhil> I feel bad now. :(
>< Rurik> You should!
>< LionsPhil> They are together now ;_;

>< LionsPhil> Hmm. Just found an evil enchantress, zapped her with a previously unidentified want of paralysis, then constricted her to death in my tentacles.
>< LionsPhil> I'm /fairly/ sure I didn't launch one of Driblis' kind of RPGs instead by accident. Fairly.
> * LionsPhil chops her up for rations
>< LionsPhil> Oh christ, two /more/ evil hyoomons. Help me, miscellaneous fluffy forest creatures I can summon!
>< LionsPhil> Welp. Sigmund'ed.

Seriously, they give octopodes grappling (I...assume it's unarmed-only, anyway), but make their "ideal" classes magicians? I'm gone pick the specialisation that introduces as many other targets as possible.

So I end up spamming Summon Small Mammals, tentacle-grappling things, and furpiling them to death. Oh, naked, because octopodes cannot into armour.

That crazy v0.10.

Anonymous 2012/08/24(Fri)12:47 No. 8750 ID: 4a20fa
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D'aww.

Anonymous 2012/08/25(Sat)06:02 No. 8754 ID: 4a20fa
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>Sonja. A graceful kobold assassin. Admire her graceful pirouettes, thrill at her daring leaps! But watch out for her knives!

Unfortunately, my minotaur is finding her prowess with a blowgun breathtaking.

Anonymous 2012/09/28(Fri)11:03 No. 8799 ID: 4a20fa
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I'm really not very good at this game. :|

Ok. I hope your mother is ding better.

>>8744
This, but doing better, rather.

>>8746
Er, right, that is what I meant.

yeah, well she's not been doing well so now i gotta help take care of her. It now means i don't have as much free time as i usually do so DMing will have to be put on hold til the family can figure out what we can do.

It's fine, family comes before people on the internet.

how do i view an .epub :V

>>8721
Calibre will open goddamn near everything
http://calibre-ebook.com/

commenting on this as i read it. i like how this author provides examples of what happens when things are missing. obviously every experienced quest author and gm can relate

rolled 5, 6, 4, 3, 1 = 19

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rolled 6, 6, 3 = 15

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rolled 19 = 19

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rolled 8 + 3 = 11

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rolled 4 + 9 = 13

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