ATM II Planning/Discussion Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Feanor of the Peredhil · 06-22-2006, 07:57 AM

Game Timing Update:

Though it is open to change, the game was slated to run for several weeks. Thus far, one morning and early afternoon of it has taken us several real time weeks. At this rate, the game will end some time after we've all watched the birth and growth of grandkids.

Unless somebody gives me a fantastic reason for a longer delay, I'd like to see "today" and all of it's adventures or pieces of adventure, wrapped up by this time next week. Does that give everybody enough time to wrap up their tangents and get back to Mount Zoom?

Celuien and LMP, can Anakron and Panakeia get through the Lost Angles part of their snit and return to the mountain by then?

Form, Jay, B88, can we wrap up lunch and conversations with locals (there will be time for more of that later) and get back to the mountain?

Hookbill, Roggie, can we um... finish whatever it is we're doing there and get ourselves into a negotiating mood?

Everybody else: are we good to go?

By this time next week, I want everybody inside of Mount Doom. By next weekend, I want Roggie to have been successfully convinced by his diplomats (all of them!) to negotiate. Savvy?

I love adventures, but they don't all have to take place on the first day.

Hookbill the Goomba · 06-22-2006, 08:10 AM

I was under the impression that Roggie wouldn’t be in a negotiating mood until his casino was ‘safely’* back in Mordor. So, that may be difficult, but I'll give it a go.
Perhaps Smilog can start dropping hints here and there and eventually he gives in?

*Or as safe as one can get in Mordor...

Feanor of the Peredhil · 06-22-2006, 08:36 AM

Roggie will be what I tell him to be. Consider it an extra big challenge, if you like. I don't want the game to stagnate on day one.

littlemanpoet · 06-22-2006, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil

Game Timing Update:

Celuien and LMP, can Anakron and Panakeia get through the Lost Angles part of their snit and return to the mountain by then?

As soon as Panakeia decides whether she's going to drop Anakron or go through hell with him, Anakron will head for his private chambers in Mount Doom. I just hope Celuien didn't delete her copy of our PM post we were working on, 'cause I did.

OOOOOPs!

Celuien · 06-22-2006, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

As soon as Panakeia decides whether she's going to drop Anakron or go through hell with him, Anakron will head for his private chambers in Mount Doom. I just hope Celuien didn't delete her copy of our PM post we were working on, 'cause I did.

OOOOOPs!

Never fear. Check your PMs.

I can finish up our stuff in one or two more posts, I think...

Formendacil · 06-22-2006, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil

Form, Jay, B88, can we wrap up lunch and conversations with locals (there will be time for more of that later) and get back to the mountain?

Fine by me... but as Alli's driving, I think YOU should have the honours of seeing it happens.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 06-22-2006, 01:40 PM

I will make sure we're back to Mount Zoom. I just wanted to make sure you guys could get all of your unfinished business taken care of up to the point that a sudden relocation wouldn't completely mess up your subplots.

Formendacil · 06-22-2006, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil

I will make sure we're back to Mount Zoom. I just wanted to make sure you guys could get all of your unfinished business taken care of up to the point that a sudden relocation wouldn't completely mess up your subplots.

Er?

We HAVE a subplot?

It seemed to me like we were just making things up as we go...

Mind you, I was starting to develop some plans for talking to the locals... but they can wait for another time. (*Gets plans for that as well*) Maybe TGWBS or Boromir have a subplot in mind right now... but I'm just drifting.

littlemanpoet · 06-22-2006, 04:12 PM

Never mind sub-plot: We have a plot? We're just making things up as we go.

Hookbill the Goomba · 06-22-2006, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

Never mind sub-plot: We have a plot? We're just making things up as we go.

As shown quite perfectly in my latest post.

Feanor of the Peredhil · 06-22-2006, 05:20 PM

There is indeed a plot.

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Originally Posted by Game Proposal

Basic Storyline:

As the King’s Law weakens, the Dweomer becomes more and more unpredictable, and Roggie’s subjects emigrate to Gondor, the political situation is rocky. Several ambassadors must negotiate peace between the countries.

Basic plot being: ambassadors negotiating peace between the countries.

By sub-plots I merely mean any agendas that you guys have that don't directly relate to your characters (meaning the diplomats themselves) behaving in such a way as to... oh, I don't know... stem off a huge war wherein everybody dies.

Celuien · 06-22-2006, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

Never mind sub-plot: We have a plot? We're just making things up as we go.

I guess we (meaning Anakron and Panakeia's keepers) are sort of improvisational just now. But we do have a basic sketch. We just don't know the details of how we're getting there.

Anyway, save filled. It'll be interesting to improv out of this one, considering our ultimate plan.

Hookbill the Goomba · 06-23-2006, 05:50 AM

Save filled. Smilog goes crazy and stuff. A mysterious figure seems to have taken control of Mount Zoom. I haven’t expanded upon this in case Fea has a plan in place. My plan is that they enter the Crack of DOOM again and fall down a trap door and end up in some random part of the casino.

06-22-2006, 07:57 AM	#1
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Game Timing Update: Though it is open to change, the game was slated to run for several weeks. Thus far, one morning and early afternoon of it has taken us several real time weeks. At this rate, the game will end some time after we've all watched the birth and growth of grandkids. Unless somebody gives me a fantastic reason for a longer delay, I'd like to see "today" and all of it's adventures or pieces of adventure, wrapped up by this time next week. Does that give everybody enough time to wrap up their tangents and get back to Mount Zoom? Celuien and LMP, can Anakron and Panakeia get through the Lost Angles part of their snit and return to the mountain by then? Form, Jay, B88, can we wrap up lunch and conversations with locals (there will be time for more of that later) and get back to the mountain? Hookbill, Roggie, can we um... finish whatever it is we're doing there and get ourselves into a negotiating mood? Everybody else: are we good to go? By this time next week, I want *everybody* inside of Mount Doom. By next weekend, I want Roggie to have been successfully convinced by his diplomats (all of them!) to negotiate. Savvy? I love adventures, but they don't all have to take place on the first day. __________________ peace

06-22-2006, 08:10 AM	#2
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	I was under the impression that Roggie wouldn’t be in a negotiating mood until his casino was ‘safely’* back in Mordor. So, that may be difficult, but I'll give it a go. Perhaps Smilog can start dropping hints here and there and eventually he gives in? *Or as safe as one can get in Mordor... __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

06-22-2006, 08:36 AM	#3
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Roggie will be what I tell him to be. Consider it an extra big challenge, if you like. I don't want the game to stagnate on day one. __________________ peace

06-22-2006, 01:40 PM	#7
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	I will make sure we're back to Mount Zoom. I just wanted to make sure you guys could get all of your unfinished business taken care of up to the point that a sudden relocation wouldn't completely mess up your subplots. __________________ peace

06-23-2006, 05:50 AM	#13
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Save filled. Smilog goes crazy and stuff. A mysterious figure seems to have taken control of Mount Zoom. I haven’t expanded upon this in case Fea has a plan in place. My plan is that they enter the Crack of DOOM again and fall down a trap door and end up in some random part of the casino. __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

06-22-2006, 04:12 PM	#9
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Never mind sub-plot: We have a plot? We're just making things up as we go.