Gary Harper, Dungeon Master
February 11, 2018 1:22 PM
The Threat of Blackfang (nm) [Tag: D&D Group] by Gary Harper, Dungeon Master
Subthreads: Setup and Introductions by Gary Harper, Dungeon Master with Parker Fitzgerald, Dwarven Cleric, Zevalyn Ives, Kir, Lily Spencer
The Opening Scene by Gary Harper, Dungeon Master with Parker, Nefrig Boneaxe
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The Threat of Blackfang (nm) [Tag: D&D Group]
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Kir, Erevan Amastacia
March 02, 2018 10:09 PM
Um... elf... guy.... doing stuff? by Kir, Erevan Amastacia
OOC - hey Gary. Great opening scene. Try to remember to use a past tense (‘Gary spoke up,’ ‘Gary paused’ rather than ‘speaks’ and ‘pauses’) as that’s the style guide here. Content is great though, and I always enjoy reading your posts, which is the main thing.IC
Once he had Erevan Amastacia all set up, and they had all the dice back on the table (Kir assumed an older student was pranking them with that, though he hadn’t been able to see anyone around), Gary began kind of… story telling. Kir smiled. The stats and everything had been kind of complicated and there seemed to be a lot of detail to get his head around. But this was more like what he’d been imagining, insofar as he’d been able to imagine anything about this at all - it was like playing pretend. Only in a way that was socially acceptable now that they were teenagers.
And then… Gary was telling them to talk. Or, rather, be their characters. Parker went first, introducing himself, and saying he was a dwarf and such, which seemed redundant cos they’d all just discussed character names and types before beginning. But, oh, he supposed their characters were only just meeting. Right.
“Pleased to meet you,” he tried, feeling a little weird but not too self-conscious. He could tell he was going to be kind of clunky and awkward at this at first, but Kir wasn’t really someone who embarrassed easily. He’d rather have a go and get it wrong than sit there in silence. “I am Erevan Amastacia, elven bard, with many a… great poem to my name. Am I allowed to claim that?” he checked, mostly with Gary but also glancing at Amber because she seemed to know what she was doing. “And uh… A chimera? Wait, are you asking as Parker or as… um… what was your dwarf called again? Are there chimeras in this world?” he checked.
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Zevalyn/Amber the Valorous
March 07, 2018 8:35 AM
Human Warrior takin' names by Zevalyn/Amber the Valorous
While Parker and Kir began talking, Zevalyn placed her human fighter figure into the indicated corner where they were supposed to be arriving at the cave. As long as character had been broken, Zevalyn took the opportunity to answer Parker's suggestion and Kir's question out of character, "There are chimeras in D&D," she told Kir, "But unless Gary wants to kill us all, we're not facing one of them as level ones," she added, with a grin toward the two second years.With that, she put on a more serious expression, and sat up taller in her seat - not so much because Amber had good posture, but because Amber was larger than Zevalyn was, being both an adult and an extraordinarily strong woman with mass and muscle up the wazoo - "I am Amber," she stated, introducing herself IC to her traveling companions. "I hope it is not a chimera, Nefrig, I hear they are quite fearsome, but I will prepare myself for that possibility." With that she mimed drawing out a great longsword and holding it out in front of her. "This is Justice," she introduced her weapon. "Blackfang will meet her in due time, whatever kind of foul creature it is."
"Also," she warned, pretending to point the tip of her sword out in front of her, presumably at the stone statue, "I have a bad feeling about that statue." In character, she couldn't mention that any time a DM specifically mentioned a statue shaped like a creature or humanoid, especially one described as 'menacing', and then had everyone take a position on the map relative to it, that meant it was almost certainly going to come to life and attack them, but she thought she was conveying the idea well enough. "Be ready, friends."
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Lily / Ronin the Rogue
March 14, 2018 9:14 PM
Trying to be stealthy. by Lily / Ronin the Rogue
After the floating pieces had been dealt with, Lily still had little idea of what was going on. She assumed they were all creating an alternate identity for their character, but the game Gary had set up for them did not look like they would be doing anything active. Lily felt a bit apprehensive, but it was still too early to leave.Choosing a name for her character was easy. She had a list of male and female names she almost always used whilst playing make-believe, so it wasn't difficult to choose one. Ronin - she would be Ronin the Rogue.
Soon, Gary began explaining something and she realised he was telling a story. The premise of their story, evidently. Then it was their turn to chat; apparently there was more role-play than she'd previously assumed. She looked at what Gary was setting up, and then moved her male character to the same corner that Zevalyn had moved hers.
Parker and Kir were chatting, which left her and Zevalyn. She stayed quiet and observed instead, not quite certain what chimeras were supposed to be - though Zevalyn hinted that they were malicious. Zevalyn continued with the role-play and Lily grinned. Now this she did understand. "One thousand gold pieces is a lot," she said aloud. "This better be worth it. I want to look for a secret door or some way to get past the statue without disturbing it."
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Connor Priory/Osril
April 09, 2018 7:17 PM
Just trying to catch on. by Connor Priory/Osril
Connor walked into the library carrying the invite for the game. He was glad that he had spoken to Gary beforehand and had things cleared up for him. He had been having a really difficult time wrapping his head around the concept of a half-wizard, half-elf. Apparently, in Dungeons and Dragons, elves were a little more humanoid than in reality. Connor was still a bit puzzled by how Muggles could get things so incredibly wrong but as this was the game, he was going to go with it.He was also really glad that Gary had provided him with a list of character-appropropriate names, as from Connor's perspective wizards had names that ranged all over the place and elves had names like Blinky. He didn't....really think he wanted to be called Blinky.
So the Crotalus had decided to go with Osril. In part because it was one of the names on the list that he could easily pronounce.
Other than that, he.... had absolutely no idea what he was doing .
It turned out that Connor was the last to arrive. He had been running a little late, trying his best to finish up a Transfiguration essay. Of course, now the end was a little rushed so he might go back and rewrite it.
He recognized pretty much everyone from class. Zevalyn and Lily were both older than him but were rather people who stood out and the former had started with his year anyway. The third year couldn't help but be impressed with "Amber's" introduction though. She really seemed to know what she was doing.
The floating dice were a nice touch too. Connor wondered if someone was casting a spell-though nobody looked old enough to be able to cast both wordless or wandless magic-or if they had actually found floating dice. He assumed Gary was a Muggleborn but that didn't mean he wasn't capable of finding a store that had enchanted dice. After all, they had to go into magical stores to buy stuff for school.
"I'm Connor Priory, of the Wisconsin Priorys" He introduced himself. "Also known as Osril. I am able to do evocation and transmutation" After clearing up that whole wizard-elf hybrid thing, the Crotalus had asked Gary some more questions and found out about the different wizarding schools, which were not places like Sonora but more like areas of study. It did seem rather limiting to him that a wizard could only do two things when they were required to study multiple disciplines here.
After some more setup on Gary's part and a mention of chimeras which "Amber" said would get them all killed at this point, the game began. "I wish I'd decided to divination on it." Connor replied. "Then I could find out. I suppose I could change the statue into something else?"
OOC-All mentions of Connor's previous conversation with Gary has been okayed. Sorry this took so long!
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