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Post by Daos on Oct 23, 2017 18:38:59 GMT -8
Yeah, that's a good point. The party's movement rate is whatever the slowest party member's is. Which would be 6, thanks to Theron, Garnet and Finbul being all S-sized beings. So if the M-sized beings are lightly or moderately encumbered, it won't slow the party down any. (I don't advise being moderately encumbered, though, if you can avoid it, because you then suffer attack penalties.)
You're all fine at the moment. We're basically just discussing encumbrance and movement rates. And I get why. In the last quest, the party didn't bring much food and water, and had to go hungry and thirsty several times as a result. And in my games, food and water have weight, so carrying a week's worth of either can really weigh one down. At the lower levels, before the party has access to things like Create Food and Water, it can be an issue.
So does that make Theron Bing-Bong or Brutalitops?
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Post by Ezeze on Oct 23, 2017 18:48:11 GMT -8
"And my axe!" works so much better for Jherek, though... Are you kidding me? Jherek is a member of a long-lived race who is prone to wandering alone in the woods and wielding two weapons at once, motivated at least in part by his ongoing love affair with a fair, dark-haired woman. He's Aragorn.
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Post by HorizonsDream on Oct 23, 2017 19:18:39 GMT -8
Yeah, so, sorry for taking so long to reply today. Thursday, Friday, and Monday are hard days for me due to my school schedule, so I am more concerned with trying to take a nap before work or trying to get to work.
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Post by notARobot on Oct 23, 2017 19:47:37 GMT -8
I've gotta go with Brutalitops here, if for no other reason than being able to cast "Chang Self" Fine, fine. Katya's Gimli, Jherek's Aragorn...but Theron gets to be Gollum. Tricksy hobbitses... Nobody would begrudge you having a life outside our D&D game. Just because I (and perhaps a couple of others here) are obsessed uber-nerds who have time to post here multiple times a day, doesn't mean you should let us drag you down to our level (On the off-chance anybody here finds the phrase "obsessed uber-nerd" or the associated implications offensive, I wasn't talking about you...I meant those other people we're gaming with. Total uber-nerds.)
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Post by Ezeze on Oct 24, 2017 7:13:46 GMT -8
My brain's been stuck thinking of us as the study group from Community ever since I first suggested it I've gotta go with Brutalitops here, if for no other reason than being able to cast "Chang Self" Oh, oh, I like this better - if only because it clearly and incontrovertibly means that Katya is Hector the Well Endowed. On the off-chance anybody here finds the phrase "obsessed uber-nerd" or the associated implications offensive, I wasn't talking about you...I meant those other people we're gaming with. Total uber-nerds. Excuse you, but I prefer Pen-nerd to uber-nerd. It carries stronger implications of superiority and leadership
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Post by notARobot on Oct 24, 2017 7:26:35 GMT -8
Katya = Hector confirmed
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Post by GravityEmblem on Oct 24, 2017 9:44:16 GMT -8
Very much a possibility...but then who's Lillian?
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Post by Jherek Everfull on Oct 24, 2017 9:47:24 GMT -8
Legolas, she's obviously the Elf Bro!
Who are the Frodo and Sam?
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Post by Ezeze on Oct 24, 2017 10:06:41 GMT -8
Does the PHB not list a price for a bedroll? What am I missing? Very much a possibility...but then who's Lillian? If we're talking about Community then she is clearly Marrrrrrrr (Abed is not good at names)
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Post by notARobot on Oct 24, 2017 10:11:20 GMT -8
I suppose I could see Theronymous fitting into the role of Samwise. His introduction into the plot was being discovered eavesdropping on the conversation between Frodo and Gandalf, right? Theron spent quite a bit of time in Chapter 3 getting up to that kind of thing.
I'll be honest, I was a much bigger fan of The Hobbit than the LOTR books. The Fellowship just got sooooo booooooring in the middle where Frodo was kicking it with the elves for like 100 pages, I wound up putting it down and never finishing it...
EDIT: I see "Winter blanket" listed under Miscellaneous Equipment in the Money and Equipment chapter...I think that's the closest thing listed (and for our intents and purposes, maybe we can consider them to be equivalent?)
Given that it's summertime, I was just going to have Theron wrap himself up in his nice new velvet cloak when he goes to sleep...
EDIT#2: A control-F on my 2e PDF collection turned up this quote from the section about encumbrance in Chapter 6 of the PHB: "Since all player characters are adventurers, it is assumed they know the best methods for packing and stowing equipment. Blankets are rolled into bedrolls, small items are carefully arranged, rope is properly coiled, weapons are slung in the most comfortable manner, etc."
This suggests to me that the word 'bedroll' is used in a pretty loose sense to indicate whatever sort of portable, roll-up-able material adventurers might use for bedding, such as a blanket.
Googling the word turns up a similarly simplistic definition of "a sleeping bag or other bedding rolled into a bundle." Interestingly, if you look at Google's ngram feature that maps word frequency in its English corpus, 'bedroll' doesn't seem to begin entering common usage until around WWII (its first spike in growth happens around 1935-1950, when it drops off slightly until picking back up again until the Vietnam era). So etymologically, I would guess the word wound up in our language as a descriptor of whatever soldiers would carry around to sleep on (sleeping bags, in the modern era, but in a more medieval-like setting a rolled-up blanket probably fits about as well as anything).
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Post by Daos on Oct 24, 2017 10:16:55 GMT -8
Bedroll is not found in the PHB. An oversight, I guess. It does appear in the Complete Ranger's Handbook, though. It costs 3 GP and weighs 8 pounds.
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Post by Ezeze on Oct 24, 2017 10:19:22 GMT -8
Bedroll is not found in the PHB. An oversight, I guess. It does appear in the Complete Ranger's Handbook, though. It costs 3 GP and weighs 8 pounds. Oh my gawd why is stuff so expensive? Hopefully the Watch can provide provisions, 'cause hardtack is way overpriced. Why?
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Post by Daos on Oct 24, 2017 10:31:13 GMT -8
You got a free riding horse due to your backstory, and those cost 75 GP (plus a saddle (10 GP), bit and bridle (1.5 GP) and at least one saddle bag (3-4 GP). So, you know...think about that before complaining about prices. Anyway, hardtack basically lasts forever. That's what makes it valuable. You can buy cheaper foods, but they expire eventually. Bread will last a few days. Cheese needs to be eaten on the same day. Fruit and veggies kind of vary, depending on the type. Meat won't last long, unless it's cured, smoked or dried out.
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Post by Ezeze on Oct 24, 2017 10:41:39 GMT -8
You got a free riding horse due to your backstory, and those cost 75 GP (plus a saddle (10 GP), bit and bridle (1.5 GP) and at least one saddle bag (3-4 GP). So, you know...think about that before complaining about prices. Then you promptly sent us out to the hills where he would be a huge liability Besides, at this particular moment the issue is not solvency - it's liquidity. You can buy cheaper foods, but they expire eventually. Bread will last a few days. Cheese needs to be eaten on the same day. Fruit and veggies kind of vary, depending on the type. Meat won't last long, unless it's cured, smoked or dried out. Fair enough. What level of book keeping are you looking to have us do? Can we say we buy 'x' days of appropriate food or should we be parsing out how much of what we are buying?
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Post by Daos on Oct 24, 2017 10:50:17 GMT -8
But on the bright side, now you don't have to worry about feeding and watering the horse, too. If you aren't looking to do a lot of math, you can do the former and I'll figure out the calculations myself. No worries.
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