OK, folks we have 4 plus the original poster on GM wanted. one more and I'll close it out.

Two of you even have characters to me already, which means you're doing good on those rules, at least.

I'll go over the characters I have later today. It shouldn't take long.

Folks, if you could please also send me some basic physical info? Height and weight guidelines are on page 121 of the PHB.

Hair an eye color would also be handy. As would an Alignment. Remember, your alignment (well, part of it) should match your Ideal, which has an alignment it represents attached. Chaotic or Evil Ideals don't fit Paladins, for example. Well, not most Paladins.

Hello all.

Hey, how's it going to you?

Doing good, looking forward to getting started.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:02, Wed 06 July 2022.

A head's up, folks. When it comes time to pick alignment, I don't allow Evil or CN. It can be hard on a game when someone decides that screwing the rest of the party "is what the character would do". So: no crazies, no nasties.

OK, folks, 4 of you are done, one has dropped out over issues with the new Mechanic (Background Personality definitions, it actually IS a mechanic, with rewards, but most DMs forget, myself included) and the Original Poster of GMs wanted has gone missing, but I had a reserve player in the wings, and just let him/her know we have an opening after all. We may be starting with 5, rather than 6, but that should be fine.

I'm looking at a Monday start, as I have a busy weekend, suddenly. I may not be able to give good answers until evening Saturday or Sunday, but I'll have my phone and will check in for questions during the days.

If anyone has any questions now or any time, let me know. I'll be setting up personal threads to make it easier for private conversations such as rules questions or just Knowledge rolls.

also, I'll be using the bio line to give a capsule description of everyone to help us (and that includes me) keep strait who is who. It may not be the most flattering description, but it will give everyone an idea of what they have learned about each other during the journey. In only two or three words, so...

Oh, well that should be interesting to know. And I think it's fine with us just being five.

I don't have much questions now though. Maybe as we progress I might shoot some questions.

I've always done a session 0 to cover all the personality stuff. Anyways I'm fine with 5, can always add a player later too.
This message was last edited by the player at 01:02, Fri 08 July 2022.

Hello everybody!
Looking forward to play with you!

Yep looking forward to meeting everyone in game.

Yup me too.

Folks, looks like I'm needed tomorrow, too, so the game itself won't start until Tuesday (Pacific US time zone, BTW) around noon. I will get the private lists set up tomorrow and have you all make a die roll for me after, however.

Also, we have 5 ready and one more in process, who should be finished tomorrow, so we'll start with 6 after all.

Hello everyone, can’t wait to start this gaame.

OK, folks, everyone should ahve a private thread to save going back and forth tom PMs with questions and private results and what not.

Please check to make sure you can see one such, and only one such, and that it has the right character name on it.

Then, just to make sure it works, please give me a d100 roll made on the die roller and pasted in.

Thanks.

Oh, and anyone that has a couple pounds of remaining pouch space and wants to fill it, this will be your last chance. Let me know about that, too.

Still need rolls from Vinlas and Y'strahl

And we've started. You're all sitting in the surf spread out along a beach somewhere.

One question.... What is the temperature like?

In reply to Bjarne (msg # 18):

Good question, and there are charts for that. Let me find them and I'll post a weather report IC.

Greetings from Vinlas the stablehand/village troublemaker.

Sorry - Covid break

I am fine with skipping to the next morning JSYK

Move is going to be a little late. My laptop has been in the prepping phase of an update for half an hour or so. As soon as it is done, I'll post.

I'm still waiting on three of you to send me your Con saves: Ingvar, Stig, and Y'strahl.

The others can start start discussing priotities for the day any time you want.

Well DM, judging by the con save results, and disadvantages on ability rolls, it may be better to have us wrestle a moose or a bear for some food.

In reply to Bjarne (msg # 25):

I'm not sure how addressing starvation helps with thirst issues, but whatever works for you.

Just saw this part. Let's do Moose or bear wrestling for a waterskin I guess

Discuss IC, please.

Folks a reminder: Foraging for water and food is one action, not separate ones.
This message was last edited by the GM at 04:49, Sat 16 July 2022.

It's the weekend, and I don't generally update on the weekends. I suspect that why we're still waiting on 2 folks: The weekend.

So, let's give them a chance to catch up, and I'll post results for the day's activity (ie: the forage) Monday. If you're NOT foraging (and I will assume everyone is, barring other instructions) please send me a note telling me what, if anything, you ARE doing.

Foragers, on the other hand, please send me some rolls: Wisdom(Survival) once at Disadvantage, and 2 rolls of 1d6.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:44, Sat 16 July 2022.

I made a typo above, folks, which I've fixed: TWO(2) rolls of a D6 are needed with the foraging roll.

Folks, I've just had some sort of thumb drive melt down. The thumb drive I keep my game files on so I don't lose everything when the laptop finally dies of old age (as has happened a few times to me). Ironic that I lose the device I use to keep from losing my files.

This game is just starting and we're mostly using the 3 basic books, so it won't affect much here. I have hard copies of those. Still, my copy of Xanathar's was digital, so somethings may be a little iffy until I can get into town and have Staples run a data recovery on it and transfer things to a new drive. Might be a week.

Question, will a help action do something with foraging

In reply to Y'strahl (msg # 33):

No, I'm afraid. The duration on Help is until start of next turn. 6 seconds, more or less.

In reply to DM (msg # 32):

I hope everything gets sorted out soon dm

SO do I. Could just be an issue with the usb jacks on my laptop. I'll try and copy it at the library tomorrow, then take it to data recovery of necessary.

Luckily this game is early days and all you game tracker file has in it was the results of the thirst checks. Easy enough to reconstruct

I still need Con saves from Ingvar and Stig, as well as their plans for the day, if other than foraging.

Also, Stig hasn't been on in about 5 days, so we may have lost him

I'll update tomorrow, folks, whether or not the others respond. We may be down to four already.

Happens with every game.

I mean Stig posted this, I didn't understand if he finished his covid break or if he is entering it.

Either was, computer viruses and biological ones are incompatible. Without details, or another post. All i can do is give him some time and move on without him.

Sorry for the delay in posting folks. I got sidetracked trying to find affordable data recovery yesterday. Now I need to decide how much my game files and downloads are worth to me.

It's fine DM.

I hope Stig is fine IRL, and I hope we will hear from him soon. If we don't I am also fine with moving on as 4 or including new people if DM wishes.

Also if it's ok for me to choose, I would like to give the food and water that I found primarily to the people who are active and are playing the game. If the two players who are absent leave the game, can we become cannibals and eat them?

In reply to Bjarne (msg # 43):

No, but you only found enough for 4 to eat and 5 to drink, so they went unfed. Until they are back, they're non-factors. Which also means you'll need survival rolls for a new lean-to when the time comes.

But a life of forage rolls and living day to day gets boring so I'd recommend some water skins and starting to move north to find Vinland.

Ill give you folks a deer or two to try and kill for combat practice tomorrow, so that should help.

I could use some definitive guidance, folks, what are you going to do on day 3? And Wo is doing which part?

My character isn't much help on that regard. So she'll be here as spiritual guide.

Also, I can't see what you mean about private message, it must not be directed at me if I can't see it

I'm unable to see any private messages as well.

If you have Nature training you should be able to see it, if not, not. Assuming I set up the language groups right, anyhow

Unfortunately seems like this game hasn't worked out. I'll be bowing out, thanks for trying.

OK, then, I guess we consider this the 2 weeks notice to game deletion.

In reply to Eyvindir (msg # 49):

Unfortunately, if you consider doing something similar, let me know DM

In reply to Bjarne (msg # 51):

This was an off the cuff idea, and, obviously, I wasn't doing it well. Too much emphasis on tool use, I think. I probably should have started with full gear and a nice combat.

Maybe. Let me think on it. Goblin bashing always works, I suppose. I have a sub-setting for that I could use, but some of it was lost with my data issues, and it might be a couple weeks before I get it back, if at all.
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:20, Fri 22 July 2022.

I'll  also be on the lookout for a future game  like this.