KegaToday at 10:26 PM
btw if you were wondering
I may or may not have ommited the snakes SR last fight to see if we COULD squeeze both combats
They were still pretty chonky despite that

Rich C.Today at 10:27 PM
you may want to tell them to pause

KegaToday at 11:02 PM
Alright
just under 30 over before official end
Despite skipping the combat I feel good about it. It all flowed organically.
any feedback from YOU- Rich?
if that IS your real name

Rich C.Today at 11:04 PM
Rich is my real name actually...
except nobody actually calls me that IRL, they use my full name.
Anyway
Alright
so....
you kept saying Vivian
a lot

KegaToday at 11:06 PM
I noticed

Rich C.Today at 11:06 PM
even when it was supposed to be Ito or Stevenson

KegaToday at 11:06 PM
wait wha?

Rich C.Today at 11:06 PM
Also, her name is vivina
Yeah, like, a player would attack, and you'd describe it as Vivian attacking
or Vivian getting attacked when it was Lillian getting attacked

KegaToday at 11:07 PM
what the heck did I really?

Rich C.Today at 11:07 PM
Yeah...

KegaToday at 11:07 PM
I'm actually embarassed holy shit

Rich C.Today at 11:08 PM
I wasn't certain if it was on purpose

KegaToday at 11:08 PM
it wasn't

Rich C.Today at 11:08 PM
Alright, you've got a good grasp on the rules it seems though
Like the Magus spell and knowledge rolls etc

KegaToday at 11:09 PM
jesus christ I'm sorry to anyone I offended with that I actually didn't mean to.

Rich C.Today at 11:09 PM
That's why they kept talking about you shipping Vivina and Lillian as Vivian

KegaToday at 11:10 PM
god I thought they were just beating me in for repeatedly speed typing out Vivian instead of Vivina.

Rich C.Today at 11:10 PM
Anyway, on that note,
Your communication could use a little work. Players were unsure about what exactly the quest giver wanted. Some thought they were supposed to fight the mystical winged beast. (Which I think was cut out because I asked you to?)

KegaToday at 11:11 PM
oh no

Rich C.Today at 11:11 PM
They also weren't certain about what to do with the fence

KegaToday at 11:11 PM
the farmer talking about the winged beast was just- them exagerrating.
Warthog got the right of that at the end.
but- that aside

Rich C.Today at 11:13 PM
10:57PM
Lillian Ereshkigal:(Did we de-rail the mission?

10:57PM
Stevenson:(gotta hit that -1)

10:57PM
Shou Takeda:>Somehow despite neanderthals handling the future equipment, it somehow manages to retain usability.

not even- y'all did as asked.
you just brought your results TO him.

10:58PM
Lillian Ereshkigal:(didn't know if we were supposed to fight the big guy lol

y'all were- it initiated the fight.

10:58PM
Stevenson:(Oh i thught there was another larger thing with wings)

10:58PM
Shou Takeda:(So the big dude was the boss and not a servant of a bigger construct)

10:58PM
Cidolfus Lanlis:[~~there are bigger things, just not in this level range~~]

10:59PM
vivina:(farmer just exagerate size)

Y'all expecting to fight the final boss as 2-4's? HEEEEELLL NAH

10:59PM
Stevenson:(Nah, just worried is was a big thing we were supposed to flee

10:59PM
Cidolfus Lanlis:[vivina got the right of it. It was dark so he got spooped by soldier lad and ran off.]

10:59PM
Shou Takeda:(>What do you mean you wont brutalize your players like the good gm)
This exchange?
Where Warthog figured it out?

KegaToday at 11:13 PM
Yeh- there was no 'winged beast'
it was just the soldier
however
that aside
if you honestly feel the other confusion as to the questgivers intentions weren't clear- I can see that and I will accept that.

Rich C.Today at 11:15 PM
Yeah, it's just got to be a little more clear as to what they questgiver wants.

KegaToday at 11:15 PM
and by god will I watch the name that I write from now on

Rich C.Today at 11:15 PM
What I gathered was that some kind of threat was happening, and that they should go to the East Gate to figure it out. That's where the farmer started talking about the big beasts that were described as demon-like
And a mention of souls being stolen.
Which had some of them confused because they never came across any souls.
The last thing that I thought needed help, and this may not be your fault. It could be player composition or something. But the pace of the RP was super slow. It was about 2.5 hours before the first combat.
And anything less than level 5 combat is usually slow from all the misses
So Communication is the biggest thing I would try to work on. Your fight was well enough balanced. It would have been a bit more balanced if you had 5 people like you planned. But between players not showing up, internet issues, and then me bringing in Hanae for you, you ended up with 6 people instead. So I'm not blaming you for that at all. That was a string of unfortunate circumstances.
Story line is a :thumbsup:
Balanced combat was a :thumbsup:

KegaToday at 11:21 PM
I referenced the previous OAR from this chain with the soul stealing, though i can definitely see why referencing that in without including a similar circumstance is moot. That's noted and I appreciate the point you brought up.
I also pulled up the chat log and ctrl F'd "vivian", I did it three times and i am so sorry
three times when it wasn't vivina

Rich C.Today at 11:23 PM
Yeah, if you are going to reference a previous OAR you need to provide some backstory
Player confusion was quite evident
anyway.
It wasn't a bad OAR. Just a couple things to work on.

KegaToday at 11:24 PM
nod nod

Rich C.Today at 11:24 PM
Which will be improved with more running.

KegaToday at 11:24 PM
yeh
I'm also partly working on getting more out of social and out of combat encounters with text
hence the 'fire' in the mimic oar I had recently and the 'crowd' this time.
Because most I've GM'ed in is voice games
typing it out is new and hectic and I try to help myself out by pre-typing set in stone descriptors beforehand
but that aside I'm getting more and more used to it all.
I mean I've had the 6 OAR's before to start getting more into typing with haste.
Any more feedback?