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by Marcuson
Fri Oct 20, 2023 11:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Skill practice and challenge
Replies: 29
Views: 1728

Re: Skill practice and challenge

Here's what it's like to practice Dodge now: You consider your combat capability vs that of a restless skeleton ... With melee combat you figure it'd be a significant challenge. With ranged combat you figure it'd be a bit of a challenge. You quietly get into position to stalk a restless skeleton as ...
by Marcuson
Thu Oct 19, 2023 6:08 pm
Forum: New Features
Topic: Random Encounters!
Replies: 20
Views: 1018

Re: Random Encounters!

1. Horse gets spooked, I get thrown off. 2. Horse runs away, and I end up having to ask someone who is faster (or sighted, depending on the person) to help me find said horse. 3. I then have to find the way back to the road, not always easy when I'm already off it, and wandering aimlessly. I sympat...
by Marcuson
Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:02 pm
Forum: General Socializing
Topic: Funny stuff thread
Replies: 260
Views: 16252

Re: Funny stuff thread

You head east. [Mistral Lake, Town Square] (OutUr) Mid Afternoon, Mild You also notice a copper-edged large wooden crate (open), some wanted posters hung on the back of a large post board, a wooden trash barrel, a community post board, a copper water pump, a grumpy pumpkin-lantern labeled "cai...
by Marcuson
Wed Oct 18, 2023 1:00 am
Forum: General Socializing
Topic: Funny stuff thread
Replies: 260
Views: 16252

Re: Funny stuff thread

You see a headless lord. It is riding an icy-eyed black nightmare steed. A mad, malevolent laughter emanates from within the blackness of your breastplate's neck! You state (muffled by a mask), "I see." You head northeast, riding your chestnut horse. Descriptions were redacted -- find out...
by Marcuson
Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:39 pm
Forum: General Socializing
Topic: Music that reminds you of another player (or their character(s))
Replies: 19
Views: 1643

Re: Music that reminds you of another player (or their character(s))

Music for Zotikos's opinion on Viali PCs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0TQfpyYO38

(Note: There is an error in the video's lyrics; they should properly be, "And as the gloom begins to fall, I see there is no aureole")

Let's bring this thread back, along with the other one!
by Marcuson
Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:04 pm
Forum: Outposts
Topic: Town militias: Shadgard Coydogs and the Mistwatch
Replies: 9
Views: 379

Re: Town militias: Shadgard Coydogs and the Mistwatch

Citizens of Shadgard who want to aid their settlement during an attack can already do so. I'm less certain about Mistveil Keep's view of the matter. I'm hesitant to give too much "official" authority to player characters, so I suggest some very limited powers for player characters who are ...
by Marcuson
Mon Sep 25, 2023 9:15 pm
Forum: Suggestions/Tweaks
Topic: Mentor Lounge Additions
Replies: 1
Views: 121

Mentor Lounge Additions

I think it might be useful to implement an object in the OOC Mentor Lounge that allows players to test out canned socials (including ones from hiding) so that they know what those socials look like when seen by others. Maybe a mirror of some type?
by Marcuson
Tue Sep 19, 2023 4:19 pm
Forum: Shadgard
Topic: The new permit for the 2Falls mine
Replies: 3
Views: 228

Re: The new permit for the 2Falls mine

I'm speaking only for myself, here, but the way I play COGG is that I never have the expectation that the GMs will be paying attention to my characters, reacting to my characters, or developing plans for my characters. My characters just do things; anything else is gravy. I think that philosophy has...
by Marcuson
Tue Sep 19, 2023 3:38 pm
Forum: Shadgard
Topic: The new permit for the 2Falls mine
Replies: 3
Views: 228

Re: The new permit for the 2Falls mine

Good observations, Deborah. I would suggest raising the issue with people in-character, since the events at Two Falls Mine are part of the overarching narrative that's unfolding between the Mistveil Dominion and Shadgard.
by Marcuson
Thu Sep 14, 2023 8:49 am
Forum: General Socializing
Topic: New England Hurricane Warning
Replies: 0
Views: 181

New England Hurricane Warning

(Note: I am not a meteorologist. Listen to local news and heed any official advisories.) If you live in New England in the United States or the Maritimes in Canada -- especially in Maine and Nova Scotia -- be aware that Hurricane Lee is currently on track to make landfall along the North Atlantic Co...