DM Mulciber's events

[Mulciber]

General Guidance (to Help Survive My Events)

Stay In-Character: When you're emoting or talking, do what your character would do. Don't worry if its a PC or an NPC. Don't worry if they're really cute and you might hurt their feelings IRL, I want to know what your character would do. Out of character, I expect you to be both cordial and respectful or I will remove you from my session. Also, for longer sessions I will call bio breaks, so you may then let the OOC banter fly (properly mark it as such) until the session resumes.

Stats: Play your character's stats. A score of 10 is average. 8 is below average. 18 and above is both rare and powerful. 25 and higher is amazingly rare, leading into epic. The only low stat that's tough to roleplay is Wisdom and I usually state "you're in need of a life coach and often make unwise decisions."

General Intent: You may ask what is possible for a situation if you give me your basic intentions. There is more to the world than what you can see with your client. An example of this is a tell to me with "I have a high Intelligence, could I surmise how to X?" Or I can instruct on a more general plan like: "We would like to setup an ambush, so we will be watching and listening for those coming down this road."

So You Rolled A One: I strongly appreciate a player who can roleplay a critical failure gracefully. Demigods and above may ignore this rule.

Take a 20: In my sessions, you are most always under a time constraint, so this will probably never be a rule you will be able to employ. Technically, it is allowed when non-threatened and you have sufficient time to perform the task. However, this is a beacon to me that you should be threatened and you have too much time on your hands.

Take a 10: My personal view is that this is a lazy rule. Never ask me for this. I greatly enjoy reacting to critical success and failure rolls.

Special Rules
Mercy Roll: I have a long-standing tradition of infrequently allowing a mercy die roll in my sessions to provide a fortunate turn of events. Send me a tell asking for such and I will roll for you. I roll a special die for this... it has been infused with the pain and tears of players over a decade, so I trust its wisdom. It's a minor artifact in my possession named the Yellow Die of Pain. Should it desire, I will grant fortune. However, should it critically fail on your behalf, the bad luck will spread to your companions.

"Greed = Death": My most common saying over the years and it follows with the BG:TSCC DM motto "IC actions have IC consequences." I will often allow you to perform dangerous actions in the name of personal gain and it is up to you to reign yourself in. I will sometimes be merciful and tell this to you before you finish doing something horrendously bad for you.

[Mulciber]

Last eve I ran the first small-scale event in a plotline reacting to the "Danneren" family, events in the woods near Doron Amar, and a recent surge in "Bhaalist" activity. The attacks and abductions in the region seem to be growing in frequency.

The physical outcomes of which will be posted in guild forums.