OCD Thread (All players)

[Longman]

Apologies for all the post editing, and slight craziness of this GUMP encounter. I am trying to get my head around a few of the movement and combat rules.

I think in future, initiative is not a good mechanism for PBP. If I beat all or most of you in the first initiative roll, I will go first. If enough of you beat me, you all get to go first. That way, we can just take it in turns.

[Woe]

Ok. Probably doesn't help tonight as I'm playing by phone.

I recall in the basic set, party vs enemy initiative much like you're describing. It definitely speeds things up. The only downside is that a group could get wiped out and unable to do anything. But at least it is fair chances.

[Longman]

The other issue is that some of your posts are based on questions about the rules, so I have try guesstimate what you would have done if that was clear. Some are BFRPG rules, some are mine.

For future reference -

You can move and shoot, but not vice versa
Talin takes a full round to change weps
Kilian can shoot crossbow and then swap straight to melee, but his crossbow takes a round to reload
Tiana can change weps in 1 round, but at a small to hit penalty

You can fire at someone only 5' away, but at a pretty big penalty. (-5).

If you fire at a melee containing friends, you can either take a -4 penalty to hit, or, risk hitting your friends if you miss badly. If you don't specify, I will assume you have taken the to hit penalty rather than risk missing our friends.

[Woe]

BTW I am fine with all the interpretations of my plans. It keeps the game mov g, and I definitely prefer keeping a fast pace over 100% precision of my motives.

[Woe]

Tiana can change weps in 1 round, but at a small to hit penalty

Did you mean Freya? Tiana hardly has two weapons to switch between.

[Longman]

Yes, I meant Freya.She has two short / light weapons.

Tiana can switch between one dagger and another dagger if she likes, too.

[Woe]

One thing that is working better with initiative is after every round, let me know the results of the next initiative. That way I won't wait for something else to happen after your post.

[Longman]

Makes sense. Especially if I am always going last.

The GUMP is a slow beast.

[Woe]

Oh, another thing... Fido. I figure he's a NPC, or at best, a retainer with the intelligence of a dog. He can "level up" and become more obedient, but unless you want me to play his actions now, we can leave him as he was originally intended -- flavor (and hopefully does not kill the party with badly-timed barking or slobbering).

And he looks something like this:

[Longman]

Fido is currently a normal dog.

With a bit more training - like - several months - he will be a riding dog with extra HP and better attack and damage. Then, you can treat him as more of an NPC.

In the meantime I will play him as flavor. He won't get you into too much trouble. He may even help.

Is he OK so far? I think he has been fun.