I also made a nymph, a nereid.

Probably becomes more/or less cunning. And yes they have!




Heh, thanks! :D

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I have to admit while I like the general idea of the divinely mandated gender swap I'm less enthused about the Thief class after looking at it again since it looks a bit weak. Any suggestions for a more martial class (or magical I guess but we see pretty full of magicians at this point)?

The Hoplite/Spearman is interesting, for a down-to-earth normal guy with good fighting prowess.  Otherwise, the Nobles were always getting into trouble with the gods...

In reply to Player Eight (msg # 21):

Why not go full-on Amazon, now that you're a girl?

While it isn't in the core book the Assassin class in Issue 12 of the minotaur magazine is considerably more martial than the thief and retains some of their sneaky style the spearman doesn't.

Out of the eight of you who have finished their characters, we have two warriors, one specialist, and five magicians. This will be fun!

I know I said I'd split the group, but I was expecting at least a couple more players to join us - splitting into four and five doesn't seem worth it, given play-by-post's attrition rate. One or two dropouts and I'd be recombining you, anyway.

So we'll run as nine, and you'll see your game intro in a little while here.

I was very tempted but even though I like the Amazon and would happily play one the personality and background I went with screamed Thief! :-)



Interesting but I think I'll stick with the core rules for now. :-)

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Say hello to Parthena your totally trustworthy, not at all greedy, anything but cowardly thief specialist!

Hi all! I'm playing Xanthos, a Spearman. I'll do my best to protect you all from the monsters!

So, are you gonna split the group in two now that we have 11 players, or do we go forward as a big group?

Our 11th player is going to join later, so ten will be fine. To be honest, I'd be hard-pressed to find time to write for another group right now. Besides, no matter how I split you, one group would be lacking in warriors.

Fair point.

My sheet is done, I believe. I'm assuming I'm good to post IC now.

While I have no doubt there will be extra complexities in combat from larger groups this game is fairly simple by default, so it shouldn't be to bad.  And the setting does lend itself to big epic group journeys.

Oh yeah, my sheets done too. think I forgot to mention that before posting IC. So it's been ready for a while :P

Personally I think such a big group is very unwieldy and I'd be surprised if it works. But I like this kind of surprises.

Over the years here I've learned that people drop out regardless of the size of the group. I've run quartets that imploded and nines and tens that stayed stable - I know for a fact that I won't ghost this game, so stick with me and I think we'll have a good time.

Assuming we are paid in advance we should probably just make a list of all the items we need to be functional, and how much that costs, then divide any remaining money later.

Name         items      net Silver cost
Scarlet       none        -100
This message was last edited by the player at 15:27, Tue 06 June 2023.

Beorn'll take:

- Two waterskins (4 sp)
- Flint and steel (5 sp)
- backpack (25sp)
This message was last edited by the player at 13:06, Tue 06 June 2023.

Call a backpack 25 sp.

Alright, if we're paid enough for it up front, I'll get these things. if we're getting supplies from our own pocket, I'll skip the backpack but buy the rest.

During character creation I already equipped Dardanos with:

Sling w/ 20 stones
Flint and tinder
2 days rations
Waterskin

He also has a dagger and staff as his starting equipment and 25 sp left over after purchases.

I did not get a sense that we were being paid up front, but I wouldn't be opposed to pooling funds for purchasing more equipment. Torches, oil, and rope for instance.

It doesn’t look like we are being paid up front.

Kalikore will take a backpack (25sp) and two waterskins (4sp) and her other 16sp can go into the kitty.

I bought the following for Parthena during character creation:

Sling
Slingshot (x10)
Flask of Oil
Rope
Bedroll
Rations
Waterskin

As a thief she also comes with a dagger.

Oh my Aphrodite! I need to have a further think.