# 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:** 9
**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 13, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/161 "2013-06-13T23:28:30Z")
No problem glee. Thanks for the heads up. As for me I am going on vacation for a week starting today, but I should still be able to check in once a day or so. ---
**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 14, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/162 "2013-06-14T00:10:45Z")
> [@glee](#): > > 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… Ah, no problem. We’re ready when you are. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/163 "2013-06-14T08:13:48Z")
My problems pretty much sorted - thanks for your patience. I’ll try and post more over the weekend… ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/164 "2013-06-15T18:19:33Z")
John + Plixican, please confirm your Familiar’s act - or suggest a new one! Dale, you’re sorted as a healer (remember you can use First Aid as well as Spells.) John and Dorric, please let me have your (family-friendly) chants. Quentin, you’ll be in the Arena on your own, OK? Johannes, see if you have a Skill to help you act correctly in the Parade… Once I’ve got those replies, the game will move on. (Sorry if the game seems slow at times, but I do value your input - and this is the also time to thoroughly study your character!) ---
**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 15, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/165 "2013-06-15T18:56:29Z")
Mahaloth: Are you ok with our familiars performing together, perhaps with a “Sylvester and Tweetie Pie” style dynamic (without either getting hurt, obviously)? ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/166 "2013-06-16T03:06:21Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Quentin, you’ll be in the Arena on your own, OK? Yessir. Two-hander and a scowl. ---
**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 16, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/167 "2013-06-16T17:23:10Z")
> [@Teuton](#): > > Mahaloth: Are you ok with our familiars performing together, perhaps with a “Sylvester and Tweetie Pie” style dynamic (without either getting hurt, obviously)? Yes, I think you’ll find Sneakerpuss is good at capturing prey. If yours is good at evading, it may be entertaining to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Bibliovore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/168 "2013-06-16T17:30:32Z")
Johannes will use his etiquette skill and a winning smile to participate in the parade with the proper decorum. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/169 "2013-06-16T19:10:22Z")
Quentin has a 75% chance to _Display Weapon Prowess_. He needs 1-15 on a d20 (= 20 sided dice), but rolls a 17 = fail. :eek: Dale has a 75% chance to _First Aid_. He needs 1-15 on a d20 (= 20 sided dice), and rolls a 11 = success. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/170 "2013-06-16T20:25:57Z")
(John Smith and Plixican need no rolls to instruct their Familiars.) ---
**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 17, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/171 "2013-06-17T00:10:57Z")
John communicates with Sneaker telepathically, saying, “Hey, why don’t you sneak over to that tent Johannes just came out of and see what you hear? Come on back and let me know what is going on over there.” ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/172 "2013-06-17T00:49:21Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Quentin has a 75% chance to _Display Weapon Prowess_. > He needs 1-15 on a d20 (= 20 sided dice), but rolls a 17 = fail. :eek: Ha! A flesh wound. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/173 "2013-06-17T12:43:09Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > John communicates with Sneaker telepathically, saying, “Hey, why don’t you sneak over to that tent Johannes just came out of and see what you hear? Come on back and let me know what is going on over there.” I’ll use this in game now as it’s a helpful instruction! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/174 "2013-06-17T12:57:35Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](#): > > Ha! > > A flesh wound. It was for 2 hit points, so indeed just a scratch to the healthy Ranger! ---
**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 17, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/175 "2013-06-17T16:19:58Z")
John uses his knowledge of local and ancient history to understand: What a Decarus is. What the two man are arguing about and how it relates to their current situation. ---
**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 17, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/176 "2013-06-17T22:07:10Z")
Is there a place near the tent where john sensed trouble where Dorric can hide and either be ready for a backstab or shoot his sling from a place of hiding? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/177 "2013-06-18T02:48:49Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > Is there a place near the tent where john sensed trouble where Dorric can hide and either be ready for a backstab or shoot his sling from a place of hiding? Sure, but not to worry - Dorric uses his _Alertness Skill_ to recognise that 20 Gladiators led by Jornilsson look supremely confident. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/178 "2013-06-18T03:04:07Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > John uses his knowledge of local and ancient history to understand: > > What a Decarus is. > > What the two man are arguing about and how it relates to their current situation. John has a 85% chance to remember _Ancient History_. He needs 1-17 on a d20 (= 20 sided dice), and rolls a 3 = success. He recalls facts about the traditions of the Empire… John has a 35% chance to know _Local History_. He needs 1-7 on a d20 (= 20 sided dice), but rolls a 12 = fail. He doesn’t know why the Patrol are behaving this way now… ---
**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 18, 2013, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/179 "2013-06-18T11:26:16Z")
Plixican sends his crow aloft to scout the immediate area, to generally see the last of the land but specifically to check for any other Empire soldiers in the vicinity. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397/180 "2013-06-18T14:13:35Z")
Gentlemen, it’s tricky to run a Web roleplaying game, so I thought I’d ask your opinions about now. For example: Are you happy with your character? Does the use of the two threads make sense? Is the game too slow or too fast? From my point of view: - there’s been some super speeches and clever use of Skills + Familiars - it’s a bit slower than I expected (but with 6 players in different time zones, that’s probably inevitable) - do have a close look at your characters (there is a wide range of Skills … and some plot points!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glees-roleplaying-game-companion-thread/659397.md?page=10)