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Off-Topic / Re: Campaign #1 - Somewhere on the Sword Coast
« Last post by Joy on November 25, 2025, 05:45:38 am »
[Time: Tuesday, Spring 26, 6:00, 9C Calm]

The ring of quick casting has reset. Everyone's temporary hit points bestowed by Yulya have refreshed. Ashley has returned to human form and is sleeping. You realize it's been since late yesterday morning that you've all slept. Nixie and the other cats have all despawned.



Cat also realizes that her natural claws are not capable of being honed. Each claw instead sheds a hollow casing of itself when enough force is exerted, yet even then they're not considered "honed." So she settles for honing her sword.



Cat will need another hour to recuperate from her injuries, Alice will need another three or be healed in some way. Yulya and Ashley are fully refreshed.

You consider if you should rest more and sleep now or after the rest of this level has been explored, you feel tired but are in no danger of becoming exhausted any time soon. Ashley will likely sleep for another 4 hours unless awakened.

[Interactions are required before you venture fourth.]
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Off-Topic / Re: D&D Meta Thread
« Last post by Joy on November 24, 2025, 08:03:56 pm »
I have simplified rest as anything you can do that doesn't require movement from one place to another or guarding or physical labor like setting a trap. Honing weapons also is not rest or I would just make it automatic. But cooking is eh, not really like a chore to a cook, more like fun.

I have to start offloading some things I would do. If our HP disagrees, then my record will supersede. If you're concerned, report your HP/MP somewhere in your post and if it's close, I'll accept it. Like your inventory. Don't be afraid of elementary arithmetic, it can't hurt you.

Frustration and slowing won't occur because you know how to add and subtract and you have reading comprehension and if there's a discrepancy then I'll simply rule in my favor and no argument is needed. See?

>potential

See above. You may post your HP somewhere in your post if you're concerned.

>don't see any benefit

The benefit is we get to share in the fun! Yeah!

I'll give you a great hint to start you off. You were full health before the octopus because that's what I wrote there and it was obvious.

You can also say things like, "we do x and rest until we're healed" etc.

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Off-Topic / Re: Campaign #1 - Somewhere on the Sword Coast
« Last post by Alice on November 24, 2025, 06:10:20 pm »
Having re-shaped into human form, Alice dries herself, warms up and dons her Vest of Protection, clothes and equipment



Great work Alice! Uh, can you - remove the rings and the wand? And please bury the bones in a respectful way!
Alice prys rings and staff from the skeletonized hand and respectfully tosses it back into the water.
What are all those rings about? Maybe the owl guy can tell us. So the staff gives you another ranged attack? That should greatly increase our firepower!

That was again great work! We should leave opening that chest to Ashley!
Alice nods.
Yes, I've had my share of chest traps already. And I don't wanna break her stuff. I hope there's more valuables inside than in the last one.

Yulya gladly takes the octopus snack from Cat and finds a little more time to rest while Alice warms up.
Let us continue! There appears only one way westwards!
Yulya carefully leads her party to the west passage, staying behind and investigating the area for traps
Alice rests until her Ki points are regenerated.
Alright, let's go! What about the cats? Will they follow us or sleep here?

Alice advances in front next to Cat, her bow readied with a honed arrow. If the immediate coast in clear, Alice will inspect the barrels.
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Off-Topic / Re: D&D Meta Thread
« Last post by Alice on November 24, 2025, 04:46:44 pm »
Hmm, I'm not trying to be difficult or make us appear to be lazy (we are) but I had no idea about this regeneration rate or that cooking now counts as rest. So what doesn't? Does honing your weapons also count at rest time? What bout setting up  trap?

The whole rest issue is a bottomless pit that will lead to a heap of unforeseeable consequences like our HP record disagreeing with yours, you letting a character go down while she's still having HP according to our own records, having to argue over this and recalculate the resting time over the whole in-game day and general confusion. All of which needlessly creates work, frustration and slows down the game even further.

It has serious fuck-up potential and I really don't want to do this. I'd therefore strongly prefer that our dear DM keeps track of everything and decides and tells us how much we have rested and regenerated. You don't have to do all the math, a reasonable rough assessment is fine, nobody will challenge you for that. I realize in the real game every player has to keep track of his stats but that doesn't work here because you advance the game, make all rolls and it takes at least a day for us to respond. We can't discuss things in real time and you can't look at our stats either. The whole game will be a total mess unless you roll all the dice and hold all the cards. We can still say we wanna rest until we have regenerated at least X HP but beyond that it should be you who gives us definite stats at the end of a rest. I don't see any benefit in all of us doing that separately.
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Off-Topic / Re: D&D Meta Thread
« Last post by Joy on November 24, 2025, 03:29:52 pm »
Look for [Time: ...]

I'll allow Alice to ask because I know how bad her system brain is at math.

This serves two purposes, 1 so you actually read what I write, 2 so you can make appropriate choices. I really shouldn't have been doing this for you. But you're level 4 now, we've been doing this for almost two years, it's time to let the fledglings fly.
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Off-Topic / Re: D&D Meta Thread
« Last post by Kashtan on November 24, 2025, 11:02:13 am »
but we dont even know how long we have rested
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Off-Topic / Re: Campaign #1 - Somewhere on the Sword Coast
« Last post by Yulya on November 24, 2025, 11:01:17 am »
The bony hand wears three jeweled gold rings of unknown type with clearly a magic aura surrounding them.
It still clutches a wand, Yulya easily identifies it as a wand of magic missiles, but the rings evade her ability to identify.
Yulya is relieved Alice has returned without an incident
Great work Alice! Uh, can you - remove the rings and the wand? And please bury the bones in a respectful way!

Yulya speaks a prayer for the long deceased wizard and marvels the staff.
This is quite marvelous! I cannot wit to show it to Ashley! It will improve our ranged combat options significantly!
Still Yulya feels the burden on her has increased...

With Alice having returned with a chest, Yulya finds some time to relax
That was again great work! We should leave opening that chest to Ashley!



Yulya gladly takes the octopus snack from Cat and finds a little more time to rest while Alice warms up.
Let us continue! There appears only one way westwards!

Yulya carefully leads her party to the west passage, staying behind and investigating the area for traps
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Off-Topic / Re: D&D Meta Thread
« Last post by Joy on November 24, 2025, 10:37:22 am »
MP/HP now simply regenerates 1/8th total rounded up per hour of rest, including things like cooking. Please keep track of your own status.
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Off-Topic / Re: D&D Meta Thread
« Last post by Kashtan on November 24, 2025, 10:34:27 am »
yeah our peace cleric could wipe out half of the map in the first turn
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Off-Topic / Re: D&D Meta Thread
« Last post by Τamamo on November 24, 2025, 07:33:43 am »
Haha, Yulya will become even more of a monster with this. She's our only serious range attacker. Well more like heavy artillery.
It would be helpful to know everyone's status before we continue. Has everyone regenerated HP? How many MP does Yulya have? Then we can decide to rest or continue on. I think there's only one way now that our trap has collapsed.
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