Heroica RPG Rules & FAQ

[samurai-turtle]

Maybe their should be a "feilds of glory" for starting player like a training grounds. Heck, we could even have want to be Quest Masters host it it would be training for them too.

[Palathadric]

I dunno, maybe it is just an issue with Google Chrome?

Yeah, it actually works fine in Firefox for me. It's just Chrome where it's screwy. Weird!

[CMP]

I'm going to say right now as a person in the fields, and I'd say this if I wasn't at the moment, but no. Definitely no. There would be such a huge headache of identifying all the actions by everyone, keeping the battles straight. The thread would get bloated and such. Also, keeping track of the roaming monster and what creatures have been defeated in which section would be a nightmare for the QMs.

I'm going to say right now as a Fields QM, and I'd also say this if I wasn't at the moment, but yes to everything you just said.

You just need to be patient, another quest will pop up eventually.

[Zepher]

Alternatively, you could maybe work on learning to host a quest if you're impatient.

[Yzalirk]

Alternatively, you could maybe work on learning to host a quest if you're impatient.

But if I host one, I do not think I can participate on it.

[Endgame]

Hosting is more fun than being a player character, in my experience, anyway.

[dum]

Alternatively, you could maybe work on learning to host a quest if you're impatient.

Don't you have to participate in one before you can host one?

[KotZ]

Don't you have to participate in one before you can host one?

He participated in 136 as Mhinak before he abandoned the character for Goliath.

[Rider Raider]

Don't you have to participate in one before you can host one?

He has, he just deleted his previous characters.

EDIT: KoTZ beat me to it.

Edited May 2, 2016 by Rider Raider

[Zepher]

But if I host one, I do not think I can participate on it.

That's a good point! I should stop hosting quests too, since I can't participate in mine.

[dum]

He participated in 136 as Mhinak before he abandoned the character for Goliath.

That explains so much.

[Yzalirk]

That's a good point! I should stop hosting quests too, since I can't participate in mine.

If I can participate on my own quests, I would totally look into it. I have a few ideas for some quests.

[Lind Whisperer]

Hosting is more fun than being a player character, in my experience, anyway.

But you don't get LOOT from hosting*.

If I can participate on my own quests, I would totally look into it. I have a few ideas for some quests.

Sorry, but unless Sandy changes the rules, your character can't participate in a quest you're hosting.

*Besides a shiny Medal underneath your name.

[Kintobor]

That's a good point! I should stop hosting quests too, since I can't participate in mine.

If I can participate on my own quests, I would totally look into it. I have a few ideas for some quests.

Oh, Zepher, you and your dry, Fellow-esque wit.

In all seriousness though, having QM's PCs in quests is a recipe for trouble. If you want to both run a quest and play a PC in said quest, I'd advise you to go ahead and write a novel, because at that point that's basically what you're doing. If your character is going to know what happens, you're no longer roleplaying, you're acting off a script.

If you got ideas for quests, why not work on some of them. I'm more than certain some of the QM veterans wouldn't mind helping you out in laying out a solid plot and helping you balance battles.

Edited May 3, 2016 by Kintobor

[StickFig]

But if I host one, I do not think I can participate on it.

That's a good point! I should stop hosting quests too, since I can't participate in mine.

Oh, Zepher, you and your dry, Fellow-esque wit.

If I can participate on my own quests, I would totally look into it. I have a few ideas for some quests.

I think the wit may have been missed hahahaha.

However, someone should truly take Lord Lawrence Boomingham on a @Zepher quest and give that guy a taste of his own medicine!

[CMP]

However, someone should truly take Lord Lawrence Boomingham on a @Zepher quest and give that guy a taste of his own medicine!

:laugh:

[Zepher]

I think I've been through the QM gauntlet at this point! Kinto, WBD, Sandy, Brickdoctor, KotZ, Endgame, and now finally (finally!) CMP.

[KotZ]

I think I've been through the QM gauntlet at this point! Kinto, WBD, Sandy, Brickdoctor, KotZ, and now finally (finally!) CMP.

Gauntlet? What's that supposed to mea?

[Flipz]

OoC: How will anyone but Ezeran and Timothy be able to use the weapons, as Inferno and flood consume ether?

"Petaldan, may I have the hammer?

When they're being triggered by an item like that, they don't consume Ether unless the Artifact specifically states it does.

[Lind Whisperer]

I was always under the impression that "first post trumps future posts," and if you end up second post - like I have, on several occasions - you edit your post to reflect the first person's actions.

For example:

Person A walks into a room, and speaks to the swayable NPC.

Now, according to my impression, Person B couldn't - or shouldn't - post:

Person B runs into the room ahead of Person A, and speaks to the NPC ahead of Person A.

Was I wrong, or would that post by Person B's be acceptable according to the rules?

Edited May 9, 2016 by Lind Whisperer

[Flipz]

I was always under the impression that "first post trumps future posts," and if you end up second post - like I have, on several occasions - you edit your post to reflect the first person's actions.

For example:

Now, according to my impression, Person B couldn't - or shouldn't - post:

Was I wrong, or would that post by Person B's be acceptable according to the rules?

I only did it because you jumped on top of me in the middle of a posting error. I've since retconned my retcon.

Edited May 9, 2016 by Flipz

[samurai-turtle]

OK, I was wondering something about selling off stuff. If I bought an item for 5 Gold and sell it off is it 2 Gold or 3 Gold. So, would I round it up or down?

[JimBee]

OK, I was wondering something about selling off stuff. If I bought an item for 5 Gold and sell it off is it 2 Gold or 3 Gold. So, would I round it up or down?

The answer you seek is in the first post of the Marketplace topic.

[Endgame]

Despite rolling it for 15 quests otherwise, I have a suspicion Flipz is 100% correct, but I will ask anyway: do Confused enemies using a Special Damage function as a Special Mirror? I've always done it as just using level...

EDIT: And it seems like other quests have only used level too?

Edited May 16, 2016 by Endgame

[Flipz]

Despite rolling it for 15 quests otherwise, I have a suspicion Flipz is 100% correct, but I will ask anyway: do Confused enemies using a Special Damage function as a Special Mirror? I've always done it as just using level...

EDIT: And it seems like other quests have only used level too?

See, I was thinking it worked that way myself (including during my most recent Fields hosting, IIRC), but because of the situation in 146 I ended up reading the Confusion rules from the FAQ to see if the First Aid Kit would have a failure chance, and I ran across this (the last question in the "Effects" section of the FAQ):

Q: How does the confused-effect work in the case of the confused hero targetting an ally or himself, for example with healing or an item?

A: The point behind the effect is that the confused hero becomes disoriented and has a chance of mistaking an ally for an enemy. This works the other way around as well - he might just as well mistake an enemy as an ally. To better phrase it, the confused hero has 1/2 chance of using their action to a random target on the unintended side. This does not apply when the confused hero targets himself, though, so he can use a Remedy on himself without care.

So I went a little further up to read the description of Confused on enemies:

Confused - The enemy has a 1/2 chance of hitting a random ally instead of the target with every DAMAGE or SPECIAL DAMAGE rolled for it or with Free Hits for the next three rounds.

And sure enough, that's neutral enough wording that I feel the "indended action on opposite target" explanation for Confused Heroes should apply equally to the enemies.

Do note, however, that Hexed very definitely works the way you are imagining it:

Hexed - The target performs an attack on a random ally instead of their intended action until the end of the next Round or the target is remedied.

(Emphasis mine.)

On a separate note, someone was asking (either here or in PM, I don't recall) whether or not attacking allies and rolling Damage/Special Damage results in retaliation against the aggressor. I'd initially thought it was just up to QM discretion, but then I ran across this:

Q: If I target an ally standing on a different row than myself with an attack for some reason (eg. in confusion, with a healing weapon), how will the damage be calculated? And what if "DAMAGE" or "SPECIAL DAMAGE" is rolled?

A: When it comes to attacking allies, the rows make no difference. You will always have full power against your allies. The targeted ally will not counter the attack, but rolling "DAMAGE" or "SPECIAL DAMAGE" will be counted as a miss.

So to whomever was asking that of me, there's your answer.

Now, I do have a Sandy/community question of my own: should we allow Stunned to stack and/or extend? It's struck me recently that, with the way Stunned currently works, a Hastened Hero is guaranteed to be able to attack at least once per Round. But what if an enemy can apply Stunned 2, preventing the Hero's next two actions? It would allow some interesting different Specials QMs could use without having to come up with new effects that bypass existing Hero immunities (which I've always found to feel a little...off). I don't know, it's just something that sprang to mind amidst all this discussion.