Herowannabe

We’ve been reading the Alcatraz books with my 10 year old daughter and she loves them, and Brandon has quickly become her favorite Author. She has seen all the books and things that we have had him sign back when it was easier to get his signature, and she has heard our stories, and now she’s dying for the chance to meet him herself. I know it’s a long shot, but if anyone is looking to unload a couple of badges for this year’s con, please DM me! Thanks in advance!

For those of you who are into board games, Brotherwise Games (the guys who also happened to do the recent Call to Adventure: Stormlight Archive game) just announced that they are releasing a Dragon Prince Boardgame this fall! https://www.brotherwisegames.com/thedragonprince?fbclid=IwAR1M3voMioWxxAsr9aj1w6LZNwZkoxR9z6ay3vRaOeegTalvRyN1ADkNOXw

Right? I can’t wait to find out how and why he was imprisoned.

No worries, thanks for letting us know. Good luck with your test and with the rolling blackout situation! Once things settle down if you decide you’d still like to play let us know- there’s a good chance we’ll be able to let you take over for someone else who needs to step down. Such is the nature of PBP games.

@Kasimir @Use the Falchion @JesterLavorre the discord server is up and (hopefully) ready to go: https://discord.gg/YqQe5v8F

@Use the Falchion make that one spot left. Vinaya is the last character available if you still want in.

Sure, or you can PM me in discord or add me as a friend and then I’ll respond with the invite. My username is Herowannabe#8665

Oh yeah, definitely text only for this game, I should have mentioned that earlier. Okay cool, it’s official then. I’ll get a server set up for us and send out invites soon. Also, FYI I’m planning on getting this started sometime this weekend (So @Use the Falchion, if you still want in then you better hurry! There are only 2 slots still open)

Hey everyone (and specifically: @Kasimir @JesterLavorre @Use the Falchion) in spreading the word for this game I stumbled across the CortexRPG Discord channel, which is actually set up to run PBP games and has a bot designed specifically for Cortex dice rolling (which is what ToX uses). I confess I’m not super familiar with discord- I have used it before but not much. However, what would you think of moving our game from the forum to Discord instead of RPGgeek? Personally, I am happy to do it either way, though I do see a few advantages to using discord: For one, it already has a thriving community of Dragon Prince / ToX fans, while RPGgeek is... well... pretty dead, to be blunt. Second, as I mentioned, the Cortex dice bot is specifically designed for rolling dice. You can set it so that it automatically totals your two highest dice and then picks the best effect die out of the remaining dice. I’ve tested it out and it’s pretty slick Third, I already know of at least one player who would want to join our group if we switched to Discord, but who isn’t interested in forum play. That said, if anyone is opposed to using Discord, then I don’t want to switch to it if doing so would mean losing any of you as players. #noplayerleftbehind Thoughts?

Kas! Long time no see! Sure, we’d be happy to have you aboard. Speaking from past experience, playing in a PBP RP game takes a fraction of the amount of time commitment it takes to play in Sanderson Elimination game, so I’m betting you’ll be just fine. Just go here and follow the instructions to get officially signed up.

Oh it will still be a few days at least before we get started, I just wanted to give you a chance to reserve a character before other people do, if you want.

Any luck getting that confirmation email yet? I’m about to put out an invite on the ToX Facebook page, but I want to make sure you have first dibs on characters

Ooh that’s rough. Good luck with it!

FYI it is a PBP (play by post) game, so the biggest time commitment you would have to make is a few minutes each day to read new posts and make one or two posts of your own. Just saying.

@JesterLavorre @Use the Falchion The sign-up thread is now up over at RPGgeek.com. If you're still interested then please pop on over and pick a character to get officially signed up. As I mentioned above, the adventure supports up to 6 players and seems to play better with more players rather than fewer, so if you know anyone else who might be interested then feel free to invite them. I'm going to wait a couple days and then post an invite on ToX's facebook page for anyone else who wants to play.

I think that means you’re doing it right. We’ll miss having you, but I understand how it goes. If things change down the line and you decide you want to join in, let us know, we can probably make that happen.

Alright, its sounding like PBP is going to be the way to go. After doing a bit of looking around, I think our best venue will be rpggeek.com, mainly because it already has a dedicated page for ToX with a dedicated "Play by Forum" subforum, plus it allows for rolling multiple dice of different types at the same time, which will be necessary for the game. I'll work on getting a thread started for us there within the next day or two. In the meantime, anyone who wants to play I ask that you go read the Rules Primer, which is now available on their website. You don't have to read the "Running the Game" section if you don't want to, but please go over the rest. Do NOT read the "Lost Oasis: A Playtest Tale" page- because that is the adventure we are going to be playing. Lastly (for now), by my count we have 3 people interested in playing, namely @Use the Falchion, @JesterLavorre, and @AonEne. The adventure supports up to 6 players, so if you know anyone else who would be interested in playing, feel free to invite them!