[OOC] Dungeon Crawling Adventure

[Descartes]

No problem. It wasn't like I was planning on using a shield, or a swordbreaker, or any of the other cool equipment I listed as having.

[VitaVitaAR]

If you having something in mind for repairing it, fine, but I was still kind of surprised.

Also, @IncredibleBee, @Descartes, could you wait on posting until more people have replied next time? Not everyone is able to post at a rapid rate and it's kind of strange to have a bunch of things from two characters happen rapid-fire before anyone else can do much.

@Scrapula, if you wait until my next post I'll get you into the first floor, but no deeper, alright?

[Scrapula]

Isn't Sophia Lemongrass a healer? All you'd need to do is set the bone and cast a healing spell.

I'll make sure not to go too deep into the dungeon, but the first floor only is a bit too shallow. How about floor 2?

[VitaVitaAR]

She'd have to get past enemies and still-working traps if you wanted to do that and I think it might how off too much of the dungeon.

[Scarifar]

Also, @IncredibleBee, @Descartes, could you wait on posting until more people have replied next time? Not everyone is able to post at a rapid rate and it's kind of strange to have a bunch of things from two characters happen rapid-fire before anyone else can do much.

@VitaVitaAR

This is why I prefer to talk to the person I wanna interact with in pm, then work on a collab post together. None of those short and sloppy quick posts from speed posting.

[Scrapula]

The dungeon is quite deep, from what I'm inferring. Most of two stories in wouldn't show off very much of it at all, and the increased presence of enemies and traps lower down would serve as a serious reason to keep Fieri confined to the upper floors. This dungeon's been raided several times over, there can't be anything immensely dangerous in the lobby and basement. The sub-basements, however... those house the nasty gribblies.

[Raineh Daze]

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This is why I prefer to talk to the person I wanna interact with in pm, then work on a collab post together. None of those short and sloppy quick posts from speed posting.

@Scarifar

Because clearly insuring nobody else can interact in a scene until it's done is preferable to simply waiting so that people who coincidentally aren't able to readily post in the USA late at night can possible interact in scenes.

I don't even begin to comprehend the logic that intentionally excluding people is the best way to avoid issues with... excluding people from a scene.

[VitaVitaAR]

@Scrapula: Well, the without going into two much detail, the first floor is already down a steep flight of stairs. The only thing on the surface that even marks the castle's existence is a crumbling tower surrounded by the ruined remains of walls. You're already going down to get to the first level, and there is a trap on the stairs which might not be lethal but is rather embarrassing and was probably nasty when there were still active guards about.

[Scrapula]

Fair enough. Fieri will go down the stairs, probably trigger the trap, and explore the first floor. Finding something that can entirely embarrass Fieri would be an interesting experiment.

[VitaVitaAR]

That's a trap I'm quite willing to show off at this point, as well. There's plenty to look at on the first floor even if there's not much in the way of treasure there any more as well.

[Scrapula]

If you wouldn't mind explaining or PMing me the trap, I'd be able to integrate it into my next post flawlessly, then.

[Scarifar]

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Because clearly insuring nobody else can interact in a scene until it's done is preferable to simply waiting so that people who coincidentally aren't able to readily post in the USA late at night can possible interact in scenes.

I don't even begin to comprehend the logic that intentionally excluding people is the best way to avoid issues with... excluding people from a scene.

@Raineh Daze

I didn't say it would be the best solution, just the most preferable.

[Shisa]

I know that this is a western setting, but I wanted to make an eastern-style character. I hope that's alright, but if not, I'm certain I could come up with something different. Well, if this is still open of course.

Haruka

Name: Haruka “Haru” Taiyo

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Race: Hundi

Class: Monk

Appearance: Haruka is rather short and has a very petit build. Good for martial arts, but not so good for not being mistaken for a boy. She has short dog ears that tend to stick straight up, and her skin is tan as she spends most of her time outdoors. Her hair is short and black while her tail is rather fluffy, and is of the type that turns up and curls slightly. Her eyes are dark brown. Being the scrappy little thing she is, she has a few cuts and scars here and there. She generally wears the yellow robes associated with her temple, along with a pendant shaped like the sun. This was given to her by her master, and is very precious to her.

Personality: Haruka can be rather hot-headed and act rashly, but she always means the best. Haruka isn’t super bright except when it comes to combat, thus she tends to offer half-baked ideas on the spur of the moment. She’s generally very kind and tries to always stay optimistic, even when things seem grim.

Brief Backstory: Haruka was dropped off at an Eastern temple when she was a baby in the dead of night, leaving the monks there to raise her. They did so happily, never having seen a Hundi before but taking the dog-girl as a sign of good fortune. Most of the monks were very calm and quiet folks, but Haruka was always very energetic and enthusiastic. Well, at least when it came to training her body. Book learning didn’t go quite so well, but the monks there always adored her all the same. One monk in particular got along with her very well, and they trained together often. While the monk was old, his skill in the martial arts was unmatched even by the other monks. His training could be harsh at times, but Haruka completed each task until there was nothing left to learn. Then, one night soon after the final lesson, her master was slain by a lone swordsman. She decided then and there that she would leave the temple that had been her home for so long to find the person who killed her master and avenge him at the tender young age of 16 (A part of Hundi tradition, but completely unbeknownst to her). She finds herself currently quite far from home, in a strange new land very different from what she had known. As she was the only one of her kind known to her in the east, she was surprised to learn that there were many more besides her and even more surprised at their traditions. She was defeated multiple times by her master during training, but the fact that he was now dead made marriage somewhat impossible for her. Thus, she decided to marry the first other person who could beat her after learning of the Hundi’s cultural rule. After all, the only person who had ever beaten her was her master. If anyone else could do it, they must be equally amazing.

Equipment: Rope, throwing stars, sun pendant, quarterstaff, rations, a waterskin, herbs, poultices, tinctures, salves.

Abilities: Haruka’s body, having been through rigorous secret eastern training, is overflowing with ki that modifies her base properties. Poisons and diseases are driven away more quickly than they can take root, and her mind cannot be tampered with. In addition, she is always stronger and faster than most humanoids of her build could be. Her body is as iron, her fists are as steel, and her speed is like that of a cheetah. She can also channel her ki into other living things to stun them or into inanimate objects to shatter them. After the death of her master, she has been taking her mental studies more seriously. While she is still not the sharpest knife in the drawer, she has become somewhat skilled in medicines and herbal healing, believing that if she knew more about those things she could have possibly saved her master. In addition, she’s become somewhat fluent in western language although there are still many words she doesn’t know. When surprised, flustered, or overexcited she tends to have a tougher time stringing the words together.

[VitaVitaAR]

I apologize to all my players, but due to some behind the scenes difficulties I'm going to have to relaunch this as a closed RP. I will be sending invites out to several players and I admit this will be based on personal preference in terms of their characters and in the makeup of the party.

Do not feel as if you are being discriminated against in some way if you do not receive an invite, I am basing this purely off of putting the characters together into a party.

[IncredibleBee]

So basically you didn't like the way some players were behaving but don't feel like talking it over with them?

[VitaVitaAR]

While I had some problems with what was being done in the RP, that was not what made me make my decision to restart as an invite-only. That is my final word on the subject.

[IncredibleBee]

I speak pretty fluent legal-ese, and I have to say that keeping any dislikes on a player's personal behavior to yourself is pretty bad to do in general. If you don't get that out in the open, the negative behavior is liable to continue in the future, and ultimately you prohibit the player/GM in question from growing.

[VitaVitaAR]

If what was happening directly in the RP were the only problems I had, I can say with complete honesty that I would be continuing the RP in this thread and attempting to rectify it.

With the other circumstances involved I don't feel like I have any other choice.

[IncredibleBee]

What were the other circumstances then?

If you're going to cut out a chunk of your playerbase, we at least deserve to know why.

[VitaVitaAR]

I don't want to disclose it because I feel like it would just make people angry or angrier at one another if I did. I don't like doing this at all but with how things have gone behind the scenes the only way this will get anywhere is if I do this.