# Glee's roleplaying game companion thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 26, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397 "2013-05-26T12:55:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/141 "2013-06-06T16:17:06Z")
I shall be waiting by the free hospitality, waiting for the return of the hobbit and pondering asking the mage (who has gone off with the hobbit, of course - we’ve split the party already? 😉 ) whether it might be a good idea to collaborate on some kind of act with our familiars. Note that my character is assuming that Sneakerpuss is a familiar. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/142 "2013-06-06T16:38:03Z")
Dorric, to help you roleplay better: - you have absolutely no recollection of ever meeting John Smith before. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/143 "2013-06-06T21:28:51Z")
Thanks. I am going to use awareness and alertness on this walk to see if I can find the hobbit we are looking for or anything else of interest. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/144 "2013-06-07T03:59:45Z")
> [@glee](#): > > \*if you’ll pardon me stepping out of the game, there was a scene in ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ where a swarthy chap uses a Scimitar to Display Weapon Prowess (then Indiana Jones simply shoots him 😃 Even more amusing, that wasn’t the way it originally was supposed to go down. There was supposed to be a choreographed fight, but Harrison Ford had a really bad case of food poisoning and was in no mood to follow through with a physically taxing scene. So he improvised, much to the disappointment of the stuntman with the sword who had trained a long time for that combat. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/145 "2013-06-07T11:48:11Z")
John tells Sneakerpuss to locate the circus hobbit and communicate back to John the location. Following this, he expects Sneakerpuss to return to him. So, in short, whatever roll is required for Sneakerpuss to locate something should be used. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/146 "2013-06-07T18:14:13Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > John looks at the crow called Jinx and uses his Spellcraft to determine if the bird is magical or a magical familiar. Can I just get the roll result of this or are we still waiting? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/147 "2013-06-07T22:16:21Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Can I just get the roll result of this or are we still waiting? Ooops - sorry! (see Game thread) ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/148 "2013-06-08T12:24:47Z")
I’ve sort of lost track of who is where. Who’s still back in the tent with me? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/149 "2013-06-08T18:02:18Z")
I am a bit puzzled myself. I thought I’d posted in the Game thread that Crumlin had ushered the remaining adventurers out of the tent to look for Sir Cuthbert (the Circus hobbit.) But I can’t see that post now. 😕 So please assume that all 6 characters are talking to Sir Cuthbert and offering their services; either as performers or doing maintenance around the Arena. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/150 "2013-06-09T10:00:30Z")
I’ve asked the Mods if they could insert a sentence explaining about Mayor Crumlin bringing the rest of the party to the ringmaster-hobbit (Sir Cuthbert.) Hopefully that’s possible! Meanwhile I thought I’d explain a bit more for our newbies about how the actual roleplaying usually works. Once the DM has designed the campaign and storyline and sorted out the characters, the first thing is to **get the party together**. This could involve them being members of the same Guild (or a secret Society.) They could all be recently-qualified (like in our Game.) Maybe they are simply in the same Inn when something dramatic happens… Next comes **involving the party in a quest**. The characters could be hired to solve a crime, patrol a building or bodyguard someone. They could have a Patron (like Mayor Crumlin), or be falsely accused of a crime. :eek: As the story starts, it’s useful to **give the party a chance to use their Skills**. (That’s happening now with the Circus wanting performers and maintenance chaps…) Once the players are familiar with their characters e.g. with their familiars :), **the action begins**. Travel, combat, gathering information and items, facing dilemmas - any or all can happen. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/151 "2013-06-09T10:02:33Z")
Again to assist roleplaying: Familiars are normal animals with just the added power of telepathic contact with their Master. They are loyal, but don’t fight. They can only do things normal animals can do… ---
**Author:** ![BrianJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@BrianJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrianJ)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/152 "2013-06-09T23:29:52Z")
Sorry to butt in, but this looks fun. If you need another npc or pc later, I’m game 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/153 "2013-06-10T12:28:16Z")
> [@BrianJ](#): > > Sorry to butt in, but this looks fun. If you need another npc or pc later, I’m game 🙂 You’re not butting in (this is the thread for comments) and I’m glad you like the game! Sadly there is a long waiting list, so I can’t offer you anything. But watch this space - maybe I’ll run another game sometime… ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/154 "2013-06-10T19:45:08Z")
So has everyone got something to do? I still think that some sort of show involving the familiars is the best way to go for us MUs (although how exciting a routine worked out by two introverts using Cha as a dump stat will remains to be seen.). ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/155 "2013-06-10T19:54:52Z")
I’m not sure I follow either. Are we all fighting in the arena or putting on a show? I can do either, though a level one mage is not much of a fighter. Heck, he’s not much of a mage at that point. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/156 "2013-06-10T22:53:53Z")
Just to help out: Sir Cuthbert and Jornilsson run both a Circus Arena and a Gladiator Arena. They are looking for people to do all sorts of jobs: a) arena stuff - entertainment (e.g. juggling) - teaching (e.g. a language) - demonstrations (e.g. display weapon prowess) - magic (e.g. Familiars acting) b) maintenance and support - repairs (e.g. carpentry) - decoration (e.g. painting) - healing (e.g. first aid) Make them an offer! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/157 "2013-06-13T12:42:40Z")
Uh, what’s going on? What’s taking so long? ---
**Author:** ![Bibliovore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/158 "2013-06-13T14:21:43Z")
I was thinking the same thing myself but I’m not sure what the hold-up is. We seem to have stalled… ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/159 "2013-06-13T16:05:02Z")
Indeed, I think we’ve all offered things we could do for the circus… ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/160 "2013-06-13T22:01:30Z")
Sorry about the delay - I had a tricky day: - a filling fell out (needed emergency visit to dentist) - washing machine packed up (and I’m going away for the weekend) - printer stopped working (probable cable fault) - Microsoft Word stopped working (?) I hope to post something on Friday… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397.md?page=9)