Dedicated OOC thread

Hours Williams · Post by **Hours Williams** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 11:43 am

Aether wrote:A couple things:

Kilo has done another bad thing.

On EU, has one character ever eaten another? There's got to be an achievement record for something like that right?

Ahahahaha!

Rufus · Post by **Rufus** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 1:10 pm

Aether wrote:On EU, has one character ever eaten another? There's got to be an achievement record for something like that right?

Post by **Jason Long** » Thu Nov 03, 2016 6:23 am

Ok, another item to add to the Templar contract, "Must not eat other members".

Captain Cook · Post by **Captain Cook** » Fri Jun 02, 2017 6:19 pm

Pretty sure that falls under WP chain or something like that. I'd have to double check the Japan book to see what it says and then see if RUE rolled it into something else.

Aether · Post by **Aether** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 7:39 pm

Captain Cook wrote:
Aether wrote:
Captain Cook wrote:GM Notes:
Kilo: You also you forgot to roll initiative.

It's at the beginning of my combat post. I rolled a 13.

Ah ok, I missed it because it wasn't in the usual spot at the top of the post.

Haha, ok. I've never seen anyone put it at the top except for you with Oradro.

Captain Cook · Post by **Captain Cook** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 1:49 pm

Oh? It's a site standard.

Tyrannosapiens Rex · Post by **Tyrannosapiens Rex** » Fri Aug 11, 2017 4:43 pm

I always listed it at the beginning of the combat block. Right above APM.

Aether · Post by **Aether** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:39 pm

Tyrannosapiens Rex wrote:I always listed it at the beginning of the combat block. Right above APM.

That's where I put it as well. I'm sure if I went and looked others would do it but the only one I have ever seen put it at the very top it Oradro.

Captain Cook · Post by **Captain Cook** » Sat Sep 02, 2017 6:01 pm

Hey folks, I'm sorry. I didn't realize my edit of the GM post didn't go through. I'll re-do it and have it up sometime later today or tomorrow.

Post by **Consumer** » Mon Sep 25, 2017 8:34 pm

Greetings

I am going to be taking over as your GM. I just need a day or two to get situated and then I shall be able to attend to your many needs.

Dhaltuun Onyxforge · Post by **Dhaltuun Onyxforge** » Tue Sep 26, 2017 3:52 am

Hail!! O mighty and gracious one!!

Post by **Jason Long** » Tue Sep 26, 2017 6:11 am

Consumer wrote:Greetings

I am going to be taking over as your GM. I just need a day or two to get situated and then I shall be able to attend to your many needs.

And what form of offerings should our worship take, o' mighty one?

Post by **Consumer** » Tue Sep 26, 2017 8:21 am

Jason Long wrote:And what form of offerings should our worship take, o' mighty one?

I accept regular and consistent post rates as proper tribute.

Post by **Tiree** » Tue Sep 26, 2017 5:18 pm

Consumer wrote:
Jason Long wrote:And what form of offerings should our worship take, o' mighty one?
I accept regular and consistent post rates as proper tribute. OR DEATH!

Consumer you forgot something in your last post... I fixed it for ya!

Tyrannosapiens Rex · Post by **Tyrannosapiens Rex** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 3:25 pm

This AGM did part of his job.

XP is totalled but not yet added. PPW calculated.

Post by **Consumer** » Thu Oct 05, 2017 4:06 pm

Thank You T-Rex.

Post by **Consumer** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:07 am

Alright, we need to make a quick change on how you guys post for combat. I prefer this particular template for combat posts... it makes life real easy.

Combat Posts 101 wrote:Perception: Some Dice here.
Just in Case: D20/D100
Conditions: Stuff you want me to worry about.

Skills: Roll any skill rolls in this location

Initiative: Hopefully you roll high.
Number of attacks: Likely less than a billion.

Actions One: Do some stuff here.
Etc..

Parries (Note what you're parrting with... hands, sword, etc): Post as many rolls as you have attacks. ie. 5 attacks= 5 parries. Esra if you're dual wielding post double your attacks.
Dodges (Here you put the reason you would dodge, like armor reduced to 50% or what not): Again as many rolls as you have attacks. I take the dodges from the last actions up, ie 5 actions... your 5th action is the first I sacrifice. This way you don't need to post reserved actions that may never come to fruition.

After all that is done, post you flavor text... Ie the role playing part of this exercise. This way I'm not digging through the post to find the rolls intermingled with the role playing.

Any Questions?

Post by **Tiree** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 7:33 pm

Do you folks want to give Captain Cook any EP for his GM duties this last quad?

Dhaltuun Onyxforge · Post by **Dhaltuun Onyxforge** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 2:50 am

yes. i think he should get something. he stepped up to save the Eurasia game and jumped in to help templars as well.

Post by **Consumer** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 9:16 am

Dhaltuun Onyxforge wrote:yes. i think he should get something. he stepped up to save the Eurasia game and jumped in to help templars as well.

I think you're mixing me and Captain Cook up, but maybe I'm wrong.

Dhaltuun Onyxforge · Post by **Dhaltuun Onyxforge** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 5:50 pm

no, i meant you.

Post by **Tiree** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 5:55 pm

and I meant Captain Cook

Dhaltuun Onyxforge · Post by **Dhaltuun Onyxforge** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 6:22 pm

my bad.....i miss read that post.

yes, he did a great job.

Post by **Consumer** » Thu Nov 23, 2017 4:38 pm

2017 Holiday Post Rate Suspension is now in effect till January 2nd 2018. I will still attempt to keep updating every Tuesday unless there are no player posts.
So Happy Holidays to everyone and hopefully a happy new year.

~Your Friendly GM Consumer.

Post by **Consumer** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 10:38 am

The following player wants to join the Templar.

Dwarf TW

Dhaltuun Onyxforge · Post by **Dhaltuun Onyxforge** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 11:38 am

Looks good to me.

Townsend · Post by **Townsend** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 6:40 am

Dhaltuun Onyxforge wrote:Looks good to me.

Ditto. He's shorter than Rufus (and not quite as good-looking), so I like him already.

Tyrannosapiens Rex · Post by **Tyrannosapiens Rex** » Wed Feb 07, 2018 8:42 am

XPs been put out. People need to level and things.

Only 3 of you have voted on the GM poll.

Dexter Portlywright · Post by **Dexter Portlywright** » Thu Feb 08, 2018 7:04 pm

Test post

Tyrannosapiens Rex · Post by **Tyrannosapiens Rex** » Mon Feb 12, 2018 1:25 pm

Annual chatter pruning completed.

Salomón · Post by **Salomón** » Sun Oct 07, 2018 8:41 pm

Greetings and salutations, fellow champions of good (or at least, fellow scourges of evil)!

Just wanted to come in and introduce myself - I will be joining you all in the game as soon as Consumer is able to make it happen (which should be pretty soon, hopefully!)...

Could someone fill me in on how the "Farm" came to be, and where it is actually located? Is it on (or within a mile of) a Ley Line? That would certainly make casting some of the more expensive spells easier (and be a boon to Rufus as well, I imagine!)

If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask - I will do my best to answer

Rufus · Post by **Rufus** » Mon Oct 08, 2018 6:34 am

Greetings and salad dressings, fellow spell-slinger!

Back at the dawn of recorded time, in the very early stages of the Templar's ancient history, the group was sponsored by the Warrior's Shrine and its HQ was part of the shrine complex. Ultimately though the group went independent and the farm is a work in progress towards giving the group a new HQ (I was on hiatus at the time this happened, but it's my understanding the group was awarded ownership of the farm as payment for a job. Hopefully Consumer and/or Jason Long can further elaborate). And by HQ, I really mean a place to park the group's Behemoth Explorer when we're not out in the field on a mission. Think of the RV lots at a campground where you can park and hook up to shore power/water/sewer/etc -- only MUCH bigger.

Unfortunately while the farm is close to Merctown proper, as I recall it's not close enough to any ley lines for magical bonuses. Or at least I can't recall ever having been able to tap them. Dhaltuun, Two Claws, and/or Dexter may be able to offer some additional experience along that line. Consumer, I would like to request that be added to the farm's description here as it seems to get asked a good bit --> http://www.explorersunlimited.com/eu/vi ... 12&t=14860.

Salomón · Post by **Salomón** » Mon Oct 08, 2018 7:01 am

Thanks, Rufus.

I have a "master plan" (long-term) in mind that would require some significant buy-in from the rest of the team, and Consumer, as it would be an epic arc taking a fair chunk of adventure time. It involves making a new HQ at a nexus point.

It's several years IRL down the road - I'd need to Dual OCC to make it happen, which is (at minimum) 5 levels away - probably more. I think the team will be into it, once I get the general logistics down. It might also be helpful for another spell-slinger to Dual OCC into a complementary OCC - or, alternatively, have another player join up who wants to play that OCC. I have a female friend who is actually interested in doing just that.

But I'll explain more when it's time for the big reveal

I am super stoked (and impatient) to get going!

Post by **Jason Long** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 2:47 pm

Welcome! Rufus is correct. We got the farm as payment for a mission to help out a community just outside MercTown. If I remember correctly, the farm is about 1 mile outside the walls of MercTown.
At the point when we started the current job, the farm wasn't very organized and consisted primarily of a farmhouse, barn, and a couple outbuildings. Jason has put some team funds into fixing it up. Much of that will , hopefully, be complete when we get back to town. We have a care-taker and several locals who do the labor.

Salomón · Post by **Salomón** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 11:19 am

Thank you sir!

Looking forward to it. As I mentioned to Rufus, Salomón is a "creator/builder" of sorts (though in a different way than a TW). He would love to be active in renovating the facilities, improving defenses, etc. Eventually, I've got some long term plans that involve staking out a new HQ , but that's a ways off and will require a significant investment from me in terms of character arc and development (including a Dual O.C.C. choice). I think the team will be onboard with it once I get a better idea of the path forward and can present the plan. And, there's no reason we couldn't maintain two facilities (a "Merctown" branch, as it were, and the other one, wherever it might end up).

Post by **Consumer** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 7:05 pm

So I am posting this in all my groups to clarify what I am looking for in a player post.

Player Non-Combat wrote: Perception: D100/Percentage
Just in Case D20/D100
Conditions: Things that are important, Sixth sense, Bio-Regen, Immunities, etc. You don't have to post all of your characters special abilities, just the ones you are actively using.

Skill Rolls D100/Percentage (What the skill is for.) If there isn't info to what the skill is for it will be ignored.

Post: Please include Thought and action, and if possible Speech. This is also a good place to make mention of the skills/special abilities you are using, in addition to stating them above.

Player Combat wrote: Perception: D100/Percentage
Just in Case D20/D100
Conditions: Things that are important, Sixth sense, Bio-Regen, Immunities, etc. Again you don't have to post all of your characters special abilities, just the ones you are actively using.

Skill Rolls D100/Percentage (What the skill is for.) If there isn't info to what the skill is for it will be ignored.

Initiative: d20+bonuses
Number of attacks: ???

Strike rolls should state target and weapon used, like such.

Action One: Player swings vibro-blade at the pirate. (Strike: D20+bonus; Damage: d6 MD)
Action Two-three: Player aims for pirates head with ion pistol. (Strike: d20+bonus; Damage: 3d6 MD)

If you roll a Natural 20, go back and edit the attack to notate its increased damage.

Parry: d20+bonus. Give me as many rolls as you have attacks, they're free.
Dodge (What triggers your dodge, 50% armor... Ranged attacks, etc) d20+bonus. Give me as many rolls as you have attacks, these will be taken off of your last attack first and move up. If you don't include your bonuses in the roll, I will be sad.
Roll w/: d20+bonus as many times as you have attacks, also free to use.

Post: Please include Thought and action, and if possible Speech. This is also a good place to make mention of the skills/special abilities you are using, in addition to stating them above.

A round is 15 seconds, limit your speech to what you could speak in 15 seconds, no monologing.

"This is radio, its bold and blue."
"This is Telepathy, it is Italicized and purple.
"This is Speech, it's Bold."
This is thought, it is Italicized.

A note on skills. I assume you can speak your native language, no rolls necessary, unless you are trying to explain a foreign concept to a non-native speaker.

If you have 60% and up in a skill, you don't need to roll unless, stressed, or trying to explain a foreign concept.

Radio: Basic, no rolls needed for general use of a communication device. Changing frequencies, or installing them requires rolls.

Side note on skills posted. Feel free to post skills that you are unsure would work for a task, just make note of why you think the skill could be useful.

That's all I've got for now, if you have any questions please ask.

Post by **Grave Digger** » Fri Nov 15, 2019 3:29 pm

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Post by **Augur** » Mon Jun 01, 2020 9:53 am

I have organized and vastly expanded the number of channels on Discord.
EU's Discord server set-up now mirrors that of Hangouts, only better.
Every group and game has its own channel.
Come join us! https://discord.gg/MhfX6hD

Post by **Augur** » Sun Oct 10, 2021 5:57 am

Kudos to the Templar!
I had nothing to delete from your forum, all your character accounts are active, and no character sheets lingering around that need to be archived.

Post by **Consumer** » Tue Nov 08, 2022 4:17 pm

So from the absolute variety of how you all post your combat posts, I can see that a refresher to what is expected is in order so here is a sample.

Perception: 1d100: [67] = 67 /29%
Just in Case: 1d20: [17] = 17 ; 1d100: [11] = 11
Conditions: Note what is active, if you have powers active they should be here with durations. (ex: On all the Drugs, Presence Sense 2:00 minutes)

Initiative: 1d20+2: [13]+2 = 15 (Possible note here for very specific reason why this would change.)
Number of Attacks: 5

Action One: Dance a jig.
Action Two: Realize I need to Activate a force field, activate force field (40 M.D.C; 4 minutes).
Action three: Fire my NG-45 LP at the deranged clown from the dumpster. (Strike: 1d20+1: [6]+1 = 7 ; Damage: 5d6: [4, 1, 1, 2, 1] = 9 M.D.)
Action four: Move towards the clown, drawing my salsa-matic 3000.
Action five: Gallagher the deranged clown. (Strike: 1d20+5: [15]+5 = 20 ; Damage: 3d6: [3, 1, 6] = 10 M.D.

If you are a mage or Psychic, you must use actions to activate powers, same goes for items that are not automatic, like force fields and such.

Parries as needed: 1d20+7: [17]+7 = 24 , 1d20+7: [3]+7 = 10 , 1d20+7: [16]+7 = 23 , 1d20+7: [2]+7 = 9 , 1d20+7: [3]+7 = 10 . Note I made 5, same as my actions.
Dodge (vs Ranged attacks, or Whatever trigger you'd use to decide when it's time to dodge) 1d20+5: [5]+5 = 10 , 1d20+5: [10]+5 = 15 , 1d20+5: [14]+5 = 19 , 1d20+5: [12]+5 = 17 , 1d20+5: [18]+5 = 23 . Again note, 5 actions, 5 dodges. If these are used they'll come off you last actions. No need to reserve actions for dodge.

Contingencies
Will not attack if the drugs wear off, or I realize the Deranged clown is a Splugorth.

This is where you would write the meat of your post, full of thought, "word", and actions.

This is what a combat post should look like. Make sure you're doing your math, the less math I have to do, the less likely I am to shoot your character on principle of disliking math. If any of you have a question, please for the love of Cthulhu ask.

Post by **Consumer** » Thu May 04, 2023 9:28 am

Alright real talk. I'm feeling like most of you are not enjoying the adventure, given that a majority of your characters complain incessantly about what is going on, and to be frank it's disheartening to me.

This whole adventure is meant to be an exploration based scenario, driven by the group instead of me just railroading you around an adventure. I thought the group might like that as a change of pace, but it is looking like I'm just wrong and that I shouldn't have bothered to change from the strictly linear adventures you've been on in the past.

Am I right or wrong, please someone tell me.

Post by **Jason Long** » Tue May 16, 2023 3:00 am

I for one am enjoying it. RL has kept me distracted for reasons I won't go into here. I agree that we haven't been coordinated at all. We seemed to do better back when we used this thread instead of Google Chat. I think we should get back to using this more.

I am interested to see who and what we will meet. Jason, being a professional soldier, would welcome meeting Nemo's people. I think he would find that environment comforting.