[OOC] The Depths of Blackmire Keep - Dare You Enter?

[Chicken]

Also, this is the last day to post your character. Please make sure you've done so, or have made edits if I've asked them.

Below I have made a list of players who have completed their sheets, whose sheets need edits, and who have expressed interest but NOT presented a sheet.

COMPLETED APPLICATIONS:

@Irisity - Kyra Ortella
@Heyitsjiwon - Lothair Lucius Attolis
@Zetsuko - Riley Kincaid
@CollectorOfMyst - Flint

EDITS NEEDED:

@Hedonismbot - Boran Brenton
@Enzayne - Eira

NO SUBMISSION:

@Romero
@The Scotsman
@Darcness
@BurningCold
@ECDN
@Ashgan
@AngelNoire
@Dr Catfish
@WadeSauce

I will take at least 4 players. I may take up to 6. If you have not completed a sheet and still wish to apply, please do so by Midnight CST of 7/6/2018 OR by the time I wake up on the morning of 7/7/2018. If I wake up and your sheet has not been finished, you will not be considered for the first leg of the adventure, though you may still be able to join later on.

I want to thank everyone for the interest expressed thus far. The roleplay will begin on Monday, 7/9/2018 or Tuesday, 7/10/2018.

[Hedonismbot]

I have made the necessary edits and completed the sheet.

[Chicken]

I have made the necessary edits and completed the sheet.

@Hedonismbot

Boran Brenton (Critique)

One note: you can consider Knives to be covered by Hand-to-Hand. Hand-to-Hand involves both unarmed fighting, knife fighting, and other very small arms fighting (like kukris, shanks, etc). So, feel free to change your Hand-to-Hand to II and to use your leftover 1 point on another weapon.

For his flaws, would you consider renaming Coarse to Crude? And for traits, can you define Cool-Headed? And finally, being Well-Read is reflected by Expertises and Skills; perhaps, however, he could be a Quick Reader / Quick Study? Everything else looks good.

Personality is good. Equipment is good. History is good. Make the edits I've advised and your character gets a thumbs up. He can join the cast of characters I will consider.

[Hedonismbot]

OK, I hope this is better. I didn't intend for "well-read" to be a blanket trait to cover academic and practical ability, but rather having some very basic knowledge or memory of a concept and the ability to recognize and build upon it when needed (for example: "This monster looks like a vampire. They are said t be weak to silver, we should try that." or " This room is a dead end. Perhaps we should scour the room for a hidden passage just in case." Which of course doesn't mean he's always right.). I honestly just didn't find a correct phrase or word in English to describe what I meant so my bad there.

I swapped it around to something similar that I also considered, which shouldn't have any issues with clarity.

[Chicken]

Passes inspection. All good!

[BurningCold]

@Chicken Life got in the way this time, unfortunately. I'll have to pull out of this one.

Best of luck!

[Chicken]

Not a problem, @BurningCold. Real life gets in the way of things. If you have time in the future feel free to message back or drop a post in the OOC.

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@Irisity - Kyra Ortella
@Heyitsjiwon - Lothair Lucius Attolis
@Zetsuko - Riley Kincaid
@CollectorOfMyst - Flint
@Hedonismbot - Boran Brenton

All of the above players (and associated characters) have been accepted into this roleplay. We will begin posting on either Monday or Tuedsay (7/9/2018 or 7/10/2018), so be prepared for that! The posting rate minimum is 2/week, though we can certainly try to go faster when the stars align.

Should we use Discord? I posed this question at the start of the thread. Discord might be good for helping us organize collaborative posts, or for giving simple "Yeah, that's fine" replies concerning a post someone wants to make concerning your character. However, I understand that a lot of people require Discord use for their RPs, and I don't want to do this unless at least a majority of y'all opt in.

As far as posts go: there will be scenes in the RP where I, as the GM, exact an immediate consequence upon one of your characters. I know I said this before, but those moments will happen.

There will also be moments where I send you a PM or a post a Hider saying something akin to "Okay, so you're about to kill the big bad guy in this scene. Feel free to write out how you do that." Or I might say, "You try to sneak past the room ahead, as you posted earlier. This is what you see. Feel free to incorporate this into your post." And, of course, there will be moments where I just describe what's going on myself. I hope all of the above is fine.

And lastly, thank y'all so very much for sticking it through and making your sheets. I know I gave everyone some deep scrutiny, so I'm glad that didn't dissuade you. I look forward to seeing your characters delve the Depths of Blackmire Keep.

Please, feel free to post here with any questions or comments you have; alternatively, send them to me via PM!

[CollectorOfMyst]

@Chicken Thanks for letting me in! I greatly appreciate it, especially since I came down so close to the deadline *sweats*

As for Discord - well, there are pros and cons to both keeping it in the OOC, and to moving over to Discord. Putting conversations here lessens the feeling of missing out on potentially important conversations, as well as keeping everyone up to date. Not everybody has Discord, and actually, OOC chemistry does lend itself in part to keeping things running smoothly. However, Discord is a quick and easy medium, which allows people to have conversations much faster, almost all times of day, at the cost of almost killing the OOC here. I'll leave the main decision up to the rest of the crew. If a pull point is collabs, there are alternatives such as GoogleDocs and PiratePad.

And in terms of the RP - as I've said already, death and dismemberment are not on my list of favourites, but that's what improves the game. And Game Master autonomy is pretty much why we need you in the first place. Things get boring if things don't happen.

And dude. Your scrutiny was actually much appreciated, on my end. Can't learn what to improve if you're never aware of the faults.

[Hedonismbot]

I've never used Discord so I can't say much about it's benefits. I would be vary of spreading out the discussion, though, as
@CollectorOfMyst said.

[Chicken]

Well, the first IC post goes up tonight after I get home from work. Remember, no rush in posting. Twice a week is the minimum, though you may certainly post more.

This first post is just a meet-and-greet style one. Your characters are starting the mission in a tavern. Yeah, nobody is surprised.

See you guys in a few hours!

[Rebirth]

I know it’s too late to join up now, but if there’s ever a point where you’ll be accepting again let me know! This RP looks great :)

[Chicken]

I know it’s too late to join up now, but if there’s ever a point where you’ll be accepting again let me know! This RP looks great :)

@Rebirth

Not a problem! I'll let you know as the time gets closer. Feel free to discuss character ideas via PM in the interim.

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Bad news: post delayed until morning. Good news: post almost ready, and will be posted in the morning. I'm waking up at 3:30 to finish it. See y'all tomorrow morning before work.

[Chicken]

@Irisity @Heyitsjiwon @Zetsuko @CollectorOfMyst @Hedonismbot

First post is up. Please post your characters in the Character tab (in hiders of course), and then post in the In-Character section. Feel free to pursue dialogue with one another, and note what I wrote in the OOC hider and the relevant hider to your character.

I will be taking note of your character's traits, background, flaws, and proficiencies throughout the RP to guide what your character notices, sees, etc. Different characters will get different notes on the same topic sometimes, or pick up on details the others don't. It's up to you to share those details (if you wish to).

As far as Discord goes, I'm going to wait for more opinions on that matter.

[Heyitsjiwon]

Working on a post! As for discord, I think it's a nice way to keep in touch and organize things. So, I'm in favor of one.

[CollectorOfMyst]

@Heyitsjiwon just a quick question- are you being ‘the stranger’, or no? Because if not, I will profess an interest

[Zetsuko]

I'm fine with or without a discord, I'll leave it up to you guys.

[Chicken]

In that case, here's what I'm thinking concerning a Discord, given the opinions voiced thus far:

1) We use Discord, BUT mostly use it for coordination purposes and quick questions.
2) Actual plot and such should be discussed on the OOC thread.
3) Any plot that IS discussed in Discord should be added to the OOC thread in paraphrased form.

Sound good to everyone?

[Hedonismbot]

I'm kinda confused about the "stranger" thing at the moment? Anybody taking his/her role?
I wanted to get a post up, but I've fallen asleep very early in the evening two days in a row, ironically when putting my 1-year-old to sleep.

[Chicken]

I'm kinda confused about the "stranger" thing at the moment? Anybody taking his/her role?
I wanted to get a post up, but I've fallen asleep very early in the evening two days in a row, ironically when putting my 1-year-old to sleep.

@Hedonismbot

Since the first poster (Lothair) already RP'd being in the tavern already, assume they're the stranger. That was more to give someone a reason to talk to someone else immediately than anything.

EDIT: Also, I'm going to be posting a Discord link tomorrow, maybe tonight even.

[CollectorOfMyst]

Apologies, but expect a bit of a delay on my end. I’ve just gone on holiday. I don’t still intend to post /m- it’s just going to take a little more time.