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Note to self--get more details ''vis a vis'' Celstia and Alexia--what was Kib doing there?  What enemies did he fight?  What enemies did he make?  Would he be known in either nation?
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So, Kib's only a level and a couple thousand XP from Field Marshall. Given the area-of-effect stuff of the Field Marshall, we might want to seriously think about making the transition to d20pro, with its vastly superior effect handling. -[[User:Slitherrr|Slitherrr]]
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:Whoah, cool-- another d20pro consideration. Did you guys get to play with it some? I have a call in the next few days with the developers of it so I can convince them to give me a source license so we can make some tweaks to it. -[[User:Mattie|Mattie]]
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::They'll do that? Holy cow, I am all over this. -[[User:Slitherrr|Slitherrr]]
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::Anyway, I haven't coordinated with Jones to play around with it much, I've just heard through the grapevine that certain parts of it are vastly superior. -[[User:Slitherrr|Slitherrr]]
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::: I ran half a mini-game with it and it's better in some ways and worse in others. Biggest issue is that players can't change their own character sheets. 2nd biggest (related) issue is that the GM ends up doing a good bit more work (since the game is setup as having the GM be a control freak). After that, I think pretty much everything else is ultimately superior or equal. Many things make the GM's life easier, but in the end I think there's slightly more work for the GM and less work overall for the players. (Rather than overrun poor Kib's Talk page, I made a [[d20pro]] page with more of my thoughts/feedback.) - [[User:Mattie|Mattie]]
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:::: It's ok, Kib's tough. But yeah, this probably deserves its own page. -[[User:Slitherrr|Slitherrr]]
  
I'm thinking that, generally, his leadership would have been squad-level, the equivalent of a second lieutenant.  I hadn't thought about whether he was infantry or cavalry--infantry makes more sense if he keeps going with the pole-arm focus, but he has enough ride that cavalry with shield and mace is quite reasonable, although he wouldn't have been particularly well-armored for the task. -[[User:Slitherrr|Slitherrr]] 13:13, 24 September 2009 (EDT)
 
: Probably an infantryman. As a 1st level guy, probably not at the point where he'd have achieved any renown. -gm
 
:: I'll agree that there wouldn't be much renown.  I don't know how much time he would have spent getting to know anyone, either, but I suppose it depends on what he was doing in either place.  If he spent some of his time garrisoning, for instance, he might have gotten friendly (or unfriendly) with any number of inhabitants.  He'd also know the men he lead, and perhaps an officer or two, but that goes without saying. -[[User:Slitherrr|Slitherrr]] 22:43, 24 September 2009 (EDT)
 
::: All that sounds about right, and he might even have achieved some level of honor and distinction, but I don't think genuine renown really kick in until about levels 6-9. ;) Feel free to expound or invent backstory, I think you have as good a feel for this world as anyone by now.  -gm
 
  
Ok, he's got history, now to give him personality. So far he's just been a good man's Good Man--follows the rules, but isn't a stickler, patient with other peoples' foibles, and so on. I'm thinking that, to help balance him out, he's going to need a vengeful streak, of which he's essentially unaware.
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So, how long had the Absold's held title before it was revoked/the arrest? How long before Our Present Time (1401) was the arrest? Trying to make a go at working on Tana's story. -gm
 
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:I was figuring that Kib was basically raised with the title, maybe Garn getting it when he was five or six, making it eighteen years ago. The arrest conceivably could have happened a quite a while after Kib was dumped at the Bandit Kingdom, but probably didn't considering the timing with Tana, so make that maybe a month before game time, which would be, errrrm, three months ago? Four? He wouldn't have had to make it through to the Bandit Kingdom like Tana did, so that would explain why it took her this long to catch up. -[[User:Slitherrr|Slitherrr]]
That being the case, he has a pretty good score to settle with the Beholder guy. While he has pressing issues in Draglet, and eventually far West, to get to, he'll probably find some pretext or other to seek the Cultists out. Step one, then, would probably be to ask around while he has some downtime in Kred.
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Speaking of far West, what would be the most accepted way to travel that direction? I suppose shallow-water ships make the route, but if the storms regularly come close to the shore, then maybe not.
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Mental note: Ranks in Gather Information. -[[User:Slitherrr|Slitherrr]]
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Latest revision as of 19:10, 2 April 2011

So, Kib's only a level and a couple thousand XP from Field Marshall. Given the area-of-effect stuff of the Field Marshall, we might want to seriously think about making the transition to d20pro, with its vastly superior effect handling. -Slitherrr

Whoah, cool-- another d20pro consideration. Did you guys get to play with it some? I have a call in the next few days with the developers of it so I can convince them to give me a source license so we can make some tweaks to it. -Mattie
They'll do that? Holy cow, I am all over this. -Slitherrr
Anyway, I haven't coordinated with Jones to play around with it much, I've just heard through the grapevine that certain parts of it are vastly superior. -Slitherrr
I ran half a mini-game with it and it's better in some ways and worse in others. Biggest issue is that players can't change their own character sheets. 2nd biggest (related) issue is that the GM ends up doing a good bit more work (since the game is setup as having the GM be a control freak). After that, I think pretty much everything else is ultimately superior or equal. Many things make the GM's life easier, but in the end I think there's slightly more work for the GM and less work overall for the players. (Rather than overrun poor Kib's Talk page, I made a d20pro page with more of my thoughts/feedback.) - Mattie
It's ok, Kib's tough. But yeah, this probably deserves its own page. -Slitherrr


So, how long had the Absold's held title before it was revoked/the arrest? How long before Our Present Time (1401) was the arrest? Trying to make a go at working on Tana's story. -gm

I was figuring that Kib was basically raised with the title, maybe Garn getting it when he was five or six, making it eighteen years ago. The arrest conceivably could have happened a quite a while after Kib was dumped at the Bandit Kingdom, but probably didn't considering the timing with Tana, so make that maybe a month before game time, which would be, errrrm, three months ago? Four? He wouldn't have had to make it through to the Bandit Kingdom like Tana did, so that would explain why it took her this long to catch up. -Slitherrr