plot-locked

[curlytop]

George's set up tonight is much the same as it was for the first game. Large table, stack of character sheets, bagful of dice, pizza, Doritos, Mountain Dew, and Red Vines. He's brought beer again, just in case, and a huge bowl of popcorn.

At least this time he's relatively certain everyone showing up will know it's a game. Progress.



[ooc: Plot-locked to the 2nd group of D&D players. Will have separate threads in the comments.]

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Intro thread!

[curlytop]

George is seated at the table with his DM screen and a stack of character sheets. He shuffles them absently, just to be sure the distribution is fair.

[quick_clean_pure]

Graverobber settles into a chair with a casual lean, nodding at George. "Hey there," he says. "I'm in for your newest round of your game-thingy. Whadda I got to do to get started?"

[curlytop]

George on the other hand, sits up when Graverobber arrives, grinning broadly. "Hiya! Thanks for signing up." He wasn't sure he'd get as many people on board with a storytelling game as an actual adventure.

"Okay, well...I've got a character sheet for you." He rifles through the papers and pulls one at random. "You'll be playing Riswynn here. I think all the information you need is on this sheet, but if not, let me know." He has a small stack of books next to him for just such eventualities.

"Ehm...I only gave her a bit of background. You can flesh that out if you want."

[quick_clean_pure]

"Thanks," he says, taking the sheet and looking it over with a slightly blanched look. That...that is a lot of numbers. Okay. But he can do this. He thinks. Probably. "How many other people here are new at this, do you know? And, uh, what's a druid?"

Re: Intro thread!

[arkadia]

Eden just about bounds over, and doesn't so much sit down in his chair as he does perch on it, peering at the stack of the character sheets.

"Hey, this is the game, right? With the dungeons. And the dragons."

Re: Intro thread!

[curlytop]

"It is!" George grins at him. "You must be...Eden?" It's either that or Viv, but he's fairly confident.

"Fair notice, there aren't actually any dragons in this one."

Re: Intro thread!

[arkadia]

"That's right!" Eden beams. "Nice t'meet'cha. I guess you're George?"

He cocks his head, thinking about the lack of dragons for a moment, then shrugs one shoulder.

"S'fine, I don't actually even know what a dragon is."

Re: Intro thread!

[sunbaked_baker]

Though her mun is beset by car trouble limiting her immediate availability, Sunshine is absolutely around, looking forward to the game.

"Hey there!" she greets with a grin.

Re: Intro thread!

[curlytop]

"Hi!" George says, matching her grin. "Decided it sounded like fun even without the peril?"

Re: Intro thread!

[sunbaked_baker]

"Actual peril would not be my idea of fun," she remarks, dryly. "But I love a good story. How have you been, George?"

Mingling (or, we don't have to take our DM to have a good time)

[curlytop]

[Mingle! Talk! Make friends!]

Re: Mingling (or, we don't have to take our DM to have a good time)

[sunbaked_baker]

Sunshine is there, reading over her character sheet and looking back and forth between it and the explanations of what the numbers mean. DC? CHA? AC? And her character's name...

"Al-dare... Aldeer... Alder..." she murmurs to herself, speculatively. "Aloof, superior-feeling sorcerer with an aloof, just-so name... probably has a goatee and Opinions."

Campaign

[curlytop]

Once the game has been explained--at least as well as George is capable--and everyone's had a chance to chat a bit and grab food, George calls them all together to get started, making sure everyone has their character sheets and any questions have been answered.

He's learned a little from his first experience, so he starts out by saying, "Right, so, this adventure is more mystery than fighting, just so you're aware of what to expect. You lot are an adventuring party who have been hired by one Oswald, a coroner, to travel with him to the village of Graymoor to help him investigate and tax the death of Ser Thames, a local knight. When you arrive this morning, the weather is grim, and the drizzle quickly freezes into glass in the streets. In the middle of the small town’s square, Graymoor’s blacksmith, George Gilly, lies face down in the snow, still, and ashen."

Re: Campaign

[quick_clean_pure]

Graverobber is listening and paying attention, but is also simultaneously checking over his character sheet and squinting at, trying to memorize the spells he has available. On the one hand, he's pleased to have magic, but on the other hand, it's a lot of fucking spells.

"Um...okay," he says. "I, uh -- can I tell right away that he's definitely dead? Otherwise I'll attempt to cast Healing Word. And fail, presumably. But I would try because that seems like the thing Lawful Good does."

Re: Campaign

[arkadia]

Eden perches on his chair, listening with his eyes shut, before stealing a quick glance at his character sheet.

"Once Hair-Guy's done trying to heal, I'm going to rifle through the guy's pockets," he says. Then, very firmly: "For investigatory purposes."

Re: Campaign

[sunbaked_baker]

Sunshine continuously reads over her character sheet, trying to memorize what all the numbers mean while listening to the others make their choices. She glances at Eden as his character loots the corpse... in order to help their investigation.

"Um..." she hesitates, trying and failing to sound like an aloof sorcerer bored of the mundanity of the world might sound. "So... if he's still laying where he fell, we are probably the first to find him. If Healing Word doesn't work, 'cause he's dead, Aldeyr would - or I would, I suppose - try and see if there's any sign of the cause of death that he can see on the blacksmith's back. That'd be..."

She looks over her character sheet again. Which would it be?

"...Perception? To see if I can perceive the cause of death?"

A roll of the dice gives her: "...I got an eleven?"

OOC

[curlytop]

Questions, comments, personal problems? Anyone care for a mint?

Re: OOC

[bjornwilde]

Sorry I haven’t tagged in with Viv, aka Ember yet. I should be at a laptop in a few hours.

Re: OOC

[curlytop]

No worries! I'm just happy we're rolling on this at last. :)

Re: OOC

[dreamingofelectricsheep]

Sorry I’m holding things up. I’m in all day training today and was yesterday. If you’d like to have Viv nod encouragingly to the tavern mistress and move the thread along, I’m good with that. Otherwise I’ll try and tag at lunch.

Re: OOC

[quick_clean_pure]

Hey there, is the half-orc woman not replying to Graverobber? If so, I can move on to my tag, but I wasn't sure if it just got skipped or not.

Re: OOC

[curlytop]

She is! That's the innkeeper. I just bundled his and Viv's questions together.

Re: OOC

[quick_clean_pure]

Ahhh got it, I misunderstood then, thanks! I'll go tag in.

Take a Pass

[curlytop]

Stumped on a tag? Contemplating whether your character is finishing their pizza or making a straw out of their Red Vines?

Drop a comment here saying, "Pass," and we'll skip them for this round.

Re: Take a Pass

[dreamingofelectricsheep]

Sorry I’m holding things up. I’m in all day training today and was yesterday. If you’d like to have Viv nod encouragingly to the tavern mistress and move the thread along, I’m good with that. Otherwise I’ll try and tag at lunch.