I’m saying it’s not impossible, by any means, and is going to be dependant on circumstances; trying to cast on the front rank of human-sized enemies? No problem. Trying to cast on the goblin shaman in the third rank of the enemy? Not so likely. Don’t assume you (or your character) are always going to know exact answers to these kinds of questions in advance, as they will simply be dependant on the specific situation.
On another note, I’m traveling today, but I’m hoping to get the final posts I want up by tomorrow night so we can get started.
Well, if this is the case I think Gwydion should move back to the third rank, Dagmar take Kerrick’s place and the paladin with AC 5 and 7 hp move to the second rank, taking Gwydion’s place.
(I’m pretty much fine with anything that isn’t 3rd or 4th rank, which I don’t think anyone would suggest, given that it’s kind of a complete waste to put a high-damage reasonably-survivable fighter-type in the ‘protect the soft targets’ area.)
That’s a stronger front, but a weak rearguard if someone comes up behind us. I’d swap ranks four and five entirely if Kaul is willing, but at the least switch Masov and Andrew.
Having trouble getting images set up for posting (arrived home to my internet connection being down, meaning I’m still stuck using my phone), which is holding up me getting my last few posts up. Hope to get it sorted later today. Regardless, the first IC post is up, laying out some initial rumors for the group. I’m looking for a decision on where the group wants to head…
You can let me know with an OOC comment or PM that you’d like to know if your particular Proficiency provides any more info, and I’ll roll. This won’t take any more posts, and will retain the hidden information of whether there is nothing you know, or nothing to be known.
Thanks for posting this… I’ll give the remaining two until the end of today to reply, then we’ll see if we can hash out a majority opinion amongst those who’ve replied.
My internet connection is back up and running, which makes my life easier. I’ll be posting some more info now, including an initial map (see the map thread, here).
A question came up about posting frequency, and I’ll just point out that I mentioned 1 per day in the recruitment thread. It’s not a hard and fast rule, as I know life happens, but it’s definitely the goal. On significant decisions (such as the current question of where to go) I’ll try to give 24 hours (I’m willing to wait longer for what I deem really important decisions), but I’m then going to try and move things along, by majority rules if necessary. Otherwise, a PbP game tends to get bogged down.
If you want your Character to do something, try to frame it in an active voice, as opposed to a passive, in-character dialogue (or, ideally, both), for example: I’ll ask around the festival about… as opposed to just: “I’d be curious how long it’s been…” so there’s no confusion about what you’re actually doing.
thirdkingdom has also taken to adding a header to his/her in-character posts, labelling them with a Character name. This is extremely handy for everyone reading the in-character thread, including me, so we don’t all have to translate your username into your Character’s name every time we read one of your posts. On other sites I’ve handled this with colours for in-character dialogue, but I don’t believe that’s currently possible here, so Character-name headers are probably the best bet.