Talk:The Snow Gate

"It's been a devil of a time catching up to you, but I brought a friend! Now let's crush another frog!"

I have my battleaxe ready and in hand.

I will assume Oddsdrakken has carried away the things I usually had him hold, so no throwing axes or shield. I have 3 AP as it is, so I don't want those things back right now anyway. Fjall had been holding my Crossbow and assorted goodies in the same way. I only mention either so that Alexis can jump in and inform me if I need to be calculating a different encumbrance or not.

Good to be back in the saddle again guys, let's rock this thing. Pandred (talk)

No, when you separated, you took those things with you; so you have everything that Oddsdrakken would have carried. The same is true of Fjall. I wouldn't have them rob you. Incidentally, please don't write several paragraphs, as it will get complicated when there are five of us speaking. Could you please cascade extra comments with indents or assemble them in one paragraph?--The DM (talk) 06:30, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Noted, and I've condensed the text above. Further: now that I know I have those things, I drop them, excepting the Hand Axe, which I keep ready. --Pandred (talk) 08:07, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

August 18

I shift my sword in my hand nervously. "What have you gotten me into, Pandred?" –Vafrandir 15:34, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

For the record, it is pretty hot here today, and I have no air conditioning. That will be the reason for any slow responses today.--The DM (talk) 18:08, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

No worries; I don't expect us to jump in immediately anyway. As you said a few days ago, better to go in slowly and prepared than hastily. –Vafrandir 18:11, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

That's all very well, but I'm beginning to think I'm just going to be running Pandred and Vafrandir.

August 19

Engelhart: Hello, fellows. I'm sorry for my tardy arrival on the scene. Translating the running onto a wiki was more of a hurdle than I'd thought it would be. And if not for Shelby's example I trust it would be much worse still. I hope this is practical for you, Alexis, because it sure isn't on this end of the rope. Engelhart (talk) 00:03, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Alexis, I've completely misplaced my list of sage abilities. The file on the drive from back when lists an "Andrej" at the top, leaving me unsure as to whether it belongs to my character. Might be you have an updated version in your possession? Engelhart (talk) 00:12, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Pretty sure that's the one, Engelhart. It's got your Beasts at 32, right? That's what I used to recover mine. --Pandred (talk)

Found it, thank you graciously, Pandred! Was definitely looking at the wrong place. So, onto another issue: the page for Encumbrance isn't yet up, do we use one of the excel files? The "newer & harsher" one, the original one, or something else entirely? Engelhart (talk) 00:44, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Alexis, I want to make sure I'm understanding how we're doing this. Do you want us to post our actions here, and you update the main page with whatever you feel is most pertinent to the viewer, or do you want us to use this as a party-chat zone, and post only our definitive actions on the main page? The way things had been going I was under the impression that the main page was something you'd be fiddling with and our interactions would be here, but I'm not 100% certain I understand how we want things run. --Pandred (talk)

I believe that if we all try to update the front page, we'll step on each other's toes, and things we write won't get updated or they'll be overwritten by someone else's edit. Shelby is more familiar than I and can confirm or not. Engelhart updating to the front page is just something that needs to be shaken out, as we adjust to a new system. I think we're smart and with some experimentation we'll work this out. There's something called "echo" but I'll be damned if I understand it.

Notifications: The harder problem I'm finding is that as we update, I don't know what I've seen and haven't seen without actually opening the discussion page and scanning through it. Like Shelby mentioned yesterday, I want a notification by email that someone has posted something. I think the best thing is if someone starts a new query or subject, please start a new thread with a title.

Time Zone: the time zone is seriously out of whack. This is an easy fix; Engelhart is in Portugal; I'm in Mountain; I believe one of you is in Pacific. Is there a time zone anyone would specifically like this set to? I'm flexible.

Beasts: Engelhart, your Predict Beasts ability allows you to predict (and because an ice toad is unnatural, and not just a giant form, it IS a beast) where the beast will attack and what movement it will make. Therefore, you KNOW that the toad does not intend to attack your character, or at all, just now. This is a predetermined fact.

Encumbrance

For everyone, I've created this page for your encumbrance calculation. My hope is that the flexibility I have to create tables such as this in the wiki, and to be able to update it quickly and at will, and for the players to be able to update such things as well, will pay for the difficulty that adjusting to the wiki brings. My sympathies, Engelhart. --The DM (talk) 02:39, 19 August 2020 (UTC)