Tormented Soles - A Tickling RPG (Roleplaying Thread)

[Kalamos]

So was the original idea, when I thought we were going to have a subforum.
Without being able to split the story path, it is actually worse having two or more gaming locations to keep track of.

I can't force you gals/guys to stay in Bisanthium, though.
Also, I read you guys added new cities and places to the game setting. No problem, just keep track of what you invented.


Reg's.

 

[country]

Waylander noticed Stapleton looking longingly into the woods, then at his wolf, then at the woods again. Maybe he wanted to leave, he thought. But then, his skills were not at the best when it came to survival, Waylander could clearly see that. He almost said something to him, but Night Raptor came up to him holding a coin. "Would you like to start the bidding?" he asked. "By all means, lets." he replied. He was beginning to worry, but he wouldn't let on. That man, Vega, interested Waylander. He was a mercenary, but obviously not a particularly evil man, and he seemed to abhor his employer. Well, former employer. Waylander needed to question the man, see what kind of man he really is, and to do that, he needed a clue as to where they went. He knew the soldiers couldn't possibly have taken them, but he wanted to see this woman questioned. They might find out things that they didn't already know. But the two main reasons were quite simple; For the sake of the wolf, and just because he wanted some enjoyment out of the day.

 

[Tennessee]

OOC: Hue, I do not think it's cool that you just swooped in in the midst of whatever rilina and Tukano already had going, and essentially ruined whatever interaction they had going.

Did you at least check with them first?

 

[Kalamos]

DM-Talk


Please disregard Hue's last post.

I am taking full responsibility for this, since Cassandra is not posting now.


As I said, travel takes time. Travelling to or from Port Kaph takes time.
Also, Night Raptor [and Draco] had no way of knowing where Rilina and Castorp were located in Bisanthium, nor that she had been rescued from the guards.

Finally, following the spirit of the rules, kidnapping a character is the same as hurting or killing him/her/it, so it should be role-played.

I realize I have no way to enforce my point of view as a Dungeon Master, and setting designer to this game.
Also, since I can't edit posts and PMing players would take too much time, and other players might play on in the meanwhile, I have to do this in the public.

I am sorry for Hue, but until we a full forum I have no choice but this.

I apologize, and I realize it is not your fault at all: you are just playing the role Cassandra allowed you to, but preserving the spirit of the game is important too.

I'd suggest you edited somehow your last post, Hue: please consider that Night Raptor recently flew from Bisanthium [and artillery could be waiting for him], and unless he [or other chars] had established some kind of telepathic link with Rilina, none would have a way to track her down in a big city.

I trust everybody to understand what I am doing and aiming to.
You are free to disagree and post your comments in this thread.
Please don't send me PMs: I like to receive private comments, but now we need a solution that will work for everybody.


EDIT 01:

Thanks for your comment, TNtickle, I was posting mine. 🙂
When and if we will have a forum, you'll be able to send me PMs or Reports regarding problems pertaining the game.

Until then, we'll have to make do in the public.
Bear with us and keep playing.


EDIT 02:

Corrected name references.


Reg's.

 

[Hue]

DM-Talk


Please disregard Hue's last post.

I am taking full responsibility for this, since Cassandra is not posting now.


As I said, travel takes time. Travelling to or from Port Kaph takes time.
Also, Night Raptor had no way of knowing where Rilina and Castorp were located in Bisanthium, nor that she had been rescued from the guards.

Finally, following the spirit of the rules, kidnapping a character is the same as hurting or killing him/her/it, so it should be role-played.

I realize I have no way to enforce my point of view as a Dungeon Master, and setting designer to this game.
Also, since I can't edit posts and PMing players would take too much time, and other players might play on in the meanwhile, I have to do this in the public.

I am sorry for Hue, but until we a full forum I have no choice but this.

I apologize, and I realize it is not you fault at all: you are just playing the role Cassandra allowed you to, but preserving the spirit of the game is important too.

I'd suggest you edited somehow your last post, Hue: please consider that Night Raptor recently flew from Bisanthium [and artillery could be waiting for him], and unless he had established some kind of telepathic link with Rilina, he'd have no way to track her down in a big city.

I trust everybody to understand what I am doing and aiming to.
You are free to disagree and post your comments in this thread.
Please don't send me PMs: I like to receive private comments, but now we need a solution that will work for everybody.


EDIT:

Thanks for your comment, TNtickle, I was posting mine. 🙂
When and if we will have a forum, you'll be able to send me PMs or Reports regarding problems pertaining the game.

Until then, we'll have to make do in the public.
Bear with us and keep playing.


Reg's.

[Master Jupiterian talk ON! (OOC: To Kalamos: I think that you mean Draco NOT Night Raptor. Draco was the one who flew to Town B. to look for his brother. I have just edited that post. Draco is now running after Tukano's male and female characters and also after Rilina. That fact is unknown to Draco at this point. 4 days is now what it took for Draco to reach his destination. I HOPE EVERYONE IS SATISFYIED NOW!) Master Jupiterian Talk OFF!]

 

[Hue]

Waylander noticed Stapleton looking longingly into the woods, then at his wolf, then at the woods again. Maybe he wanted to leave, he thought. But then, his skills were not at the best when it came to survival, Waylander could clearly see that. He almost said something to him, but Night Raptor came up to him holding a coin. "Would you like to start the bidding?" he asked. "By all means, lets." he replied. He was beginning to worry, but he wouldn't let on. That man, Vega, interested Waylander. He was a mercenary, but obviously not a particularly evil man, and he seemed to abhor his employer. Well, former employer. Waylander needed to question the man, see what kind of man he really is, and to do that, he needed a clue as to where they went. He knew the soldiers couldn't possibly have taken them, but he wanted to see this woman questioned. They might find out things that they didn't already know. But the two main reasons were quite simple; For the sake of the wolf, and just because he wanted some enjoyment out of the day.

(OOC: The betting is for a game called 50/50. Country and Taj will catch on quickly, I hope, after this post.)

Night Raptor smiled, showed the sides of the coin, which had a 'H' engraved on one side and a 'T' engraved on the other, and said, "The game is called 50/50, each of us will place bets on a side, for example, 'I bet my Wooden Staff on 'T', then one of you can bet something on 'H'. Whoever wins gets all of the stuff that was betted."

Night Raptor looked at Katie frozen in place. His eyes went from her feet all the way up to her head/face sizing her up and wondering which spot is the most ticklish on her body.

Looking back at Waylander and Stapleton, Night Raptor said, "Makambo is off limits, but other than that, all is free game. Waylander, what do you bet and on what side?"

 

[Kalamos]

Note: I said that it took Draco 2 Days to get from Port K. to B.

And it took 7 days to reach Port K at the beginning of the game.
When and where are your chars now?

As for the 'tracking down part, Draco and Night Raptor have more keen sense of smell, sight, and hearing than normal humans do.

Still, you can't automatically pass your perception rolls just because your chars have super-human senses.

What Night Raptor and Draco do is basically interfer with everybody's plans and mix things up to the 'boiling point'.

This is something I cannot allow you to do for two reasons.

First, this role playing game is about tickling, so it is pointless to go against the whole point of the game.

Second, your chars are super-human, and the other characters can't simply put up a resistance: they are at your characters' mercy [which is clearly against the spirit of the rules].


In my opinion, this demonstrates why you shouldn't have a full party of six [we can't keep track of what character you are currently using], and why your character shouldn't have super-human powers [other players are at your mercy].

I understand Cassandra told you could, but since she is not here to explain, we all have to cope with it.


Personally, I think you should choose a main character in your party, and role play only one - you wouldn't lose the others, but their movements would be determined by us, the DMs.
The reason for this is not punishing you, but allowing other players to have fun as well.

Of course Cassandra might tell you otherwise: this is the last time I am going to tell you how I feel about your characters.
Should issues arise in the future, I invite all players to PM Cassandra.

If you will remember, Night Raptor 'tracked down' Vega when Vega kidnapped Rilina and Rachel. N.R.'s appearance at Rilina's shop was unexpected and was not talked about with the others until that point.
I don't see a difference in this latest plot, but I will agree to delete that post if Rilina, Tukano, and the DM's say that it should be deleted.

Tukano mailed me about your post.

I understand you don't like to be singled out, but this is unavoidable.

As DMs, we must act quickly, and let other players know what is the official course of action.

My decision is, by necessity of game continuity, law.
I can't send mails or PMs, and wait for other players to cooperate.

Again, as I said before, as DMs we don't need to backup each other's decisions.
The first who posts is right. Should we disagree, we usually sort it out via PMs. Not before you players.

So, consider your last post void, for the reason I stated above.
Also, I invite you to reconsider the role of your characters within the game: role playing game is often about cooperation; if you'd rather oppose other players' plans, maybe a group rpg is not the best game for you.

You posted you are living a stressful period of your life. We understand that and we pray for you. But I feel you shouldn't use this rpg as an outlet for you stress.

I hope you understand and you'll keep playing with us.


Reg's.

 

[Hue]

And it took 7 days to reach Port K at the beginning of the game.
When and where are your chars now?





Still, you can't automatically pass your perception rolls just because your chars have super-human senses.





This is something I cannot allow you to do for two reasons.

First, this role playing game is about tickling, so it is pointless to go against the whole point of the game.

Second, your chars are super-human, and the other characters can't simply put up a resistance: they are at your characters' mercy [which is clearly against the spirit of the rules].


In my opinion, this demonstrates why you shouldn't have a full party of six [we can't keep track of what character you are currently using], and why your character shouldn't have super-human powers [other players are at your mercy].

I understand Cassandra told you could, but since she is not here to explain, we all have to cope with it.


Personally, I think you should choose a main character in your party, and role play only one - you wouldn't lose the others, but their movements would be determined by us, the DMs.
The reason for this is not punishing you, but allowing other players to have fun as well.

Of course Cassandra might tell you otherwise: this is the last time I am going to tell you how I feel about your characters.
Should issues arise in the future, I invite all players to PM Cassandra.





Tukano mailed me about your post.

I understand you don't like to be singled out, but this is unavoidable.

As DMs, we must act quickly, and let other players know what is the official course of action.

My decision is, by necessity of game continuity, law.
I can't send mails or PMs, and wait for other players to cooperate.

Again, as I said before, as DMs we don't need to backup each other decisions.
The first who posts is right. Should we disagree, we usually sort it out via PMs. Not before you players.

So, consider your last post void, for the reason I stated above.
Also, I invite you to reconsider the role of your characters within the game: role playing game is often about cooperation; if you'd rather oppose other players' plans, maybe a group rpg is not the best game for you.

You posted you are living a stressful period of your life. We understand that and we pray for you. But I feel you shouldn't use this rpg as an outlet for you stress.

I hope you understand and you'll keep playing with us.


Reg's.

[Master Jupiterian Talk ON!]

(OOC: Let me point out something that may come across rather harshly or out of line, I have NOT KILLED a character since killing Ayal with Night Raptor. The guards after that story line had a chance to duck out of the way before Night Raptor's flame hit them. If I was going to 'take out my stress through this RPG', then I would have had only 1 character, like Night Raptor or Draco, and they would basically destroy everyone, and everything that they came in contact with. I thank you all for your prayers and concerns. My "Mr. Hyde" side tends to show himself more and more these days and I am having trouble fighting that side off so that things can remain peacefull, both on and off the screen. Current location is my retreat place on Jupiter {mentally that is, very peacefull up here and nice view}, where most of my stress is released. Gotta love the peace and quiet of space. "Life is short, eat your dessert first!")

[Master Jupiterian Talk OFF!]

 

[Kalamos]

Let me point out something that may come across rather harshly or out of line, I have NOT KILLED a character since killing Ayal with Night Raptor.

There is no connection with that.
Ayal was an NPC [that is no player controlled that character].

Rilina and Castorp are player controlled. Tukano and TNtickle complained.
I agree with them: Draco shouldn't have taken Rilina away.

Rule's spirit is: you should role-play interaction with other characters with other players' consent.
Effectively whisking Rilina away [since neither she nor Castorp have means to stop Draco] is the same as forcing your decision upon them.

If I was going to 'take out my stress through this RPG', then I would have had only 1 character, like Night Raptor or Draco, and they would basically destroy everyone, and everything that they came in contact with.

Instead you have Night Raport, AND Draco, AND 4 other characters.
And they disrupt the plans of many of the characters they come in contact with.

My "Mr. Hyde" side tends to show himself more and more these days and I am having trouble fighting that side off so that things can remain peacefull, both on and off the screen.

As I said, we undestand and pray.
But I'd suggest you fought your "evil side" by more opportune means: action games are more ideally suited than speculative rpgs.


Reg's.

 

[cassandra1]

OOC: :weird: Damn it, I wrote out a long post addressing these recent issues and it disappeared. Anyway, since I don't feel like typing it all over again, I would like to point out two things: Kalamos designed the RPG world and almost everything in it so he has just as much DM authority as myself, and my suggestion concerning Hue's 6 characters is to only use Draco and/or Night Raptor. The others should minimise their involvement unless they are needed, such as to help in a war between armies or to break into a heavily fortified castle.

Of course Cassandra might tell you otherwise: this is the last time I am going to tell you how I feel about your characters.
Should issues arise in the future, I invite all players to PM Cassandra.

Kalamos, it sounds like you are a little displeased at how lenient I have been.

 

[ticklishrilina1]

((OOC: Okay, the reason I asked about the Port thing earlier is because I too kind of have a problem with being just snatched away like that 😉 I understand everyone wants to let their character do this thing, but I'm here for tickling and the story around it. Especially if the Port is for the fighting characters, I don't really want to go there.

And I personally do agree with Kalamos about the post, swooping in and taking people. I think one of the problems is the multiple characters; maybe since you play 6 you feel they all should be doing something?

That's just my view, and I support Kalamos completly.)

 

[Kalamos]

Kalamos, it sounds like you are a little displeased at how lenient I have been.

I am not displeased at all.
I simply acted when I felt it was necessary; you can't be online and watch the game 24/7.

 

[Hue]

[MJ Talk 1] {Ladies and Gentlemen, I have edited my post which has brought conflict and ruffled feelings into play a bit. It now doesn't invovled Draco 'snatching' Rilina. That post is now a more settle event if you will. Please re-read it. Thank you. I hope everyone is satisfyied now! Not only that, but I hope that the ruffled feelings have been soothed. I will say one thing, and that is this: IF the bashing of MY actions don't cease, THEN all of HELL WILL BREAK LOSE! Trust me when I say, for the sake of honor and then entire TTC, it would be best IF you contact me DIRECTLY with any PROBLEMS that you have with me, my actions, or my characters actions, i.e. movement and magic use. I can be your BEST allie or your WORST enemy. I'll bet that any one of you would feel the same way when going through life constantly being made fun of, taunted, teased, and singled out for being picked on.} [MJ Talk 0]

 

[Kalamos]

[MJ Talk 1]
IF the bashing of MY actions don't cease, THEN all of HELL WILL BREAK LOSE! Trust me when I say, for the sake of honor and then entire TTC, it would be best IF you contact me DIRECTLY with any PROBLEMS that you have with me, my actions, or my characters actions, i.e. movement and magic use. I can be your BEST allie or your WORST enemy.

Very well.

Consider your characters frozen and out of play.

To all other players: disregard Hue's characters actions from now on.


Cassandra's leniency has been clearly betrayed, and I have no patience for this kind of behaviour.

You asked for our symphathy, then you react like this.
We explained why your *characters'* actions go against the well-being of the game as a whole.

If you intend on backing your threats up, be sure that *no one* will tolerate that.

Please consider looking for company and amusemente elsewhere.

 

[nessonite1]

Hue...
Nobody may post threatening messages in these forums. I havent been following this thread since it's just too much to keep up with. But as far as the RPG game goes Kalamos and cassandra are the law. Their word is final whether you deem it to be fair or not.
Kalamos...
Like I said, I havent been following the thread. I'd like you to reconsider banning people from the game. You're the judge but I dont want you to make a hasty decision.
Play on!

 

[Kalamos]

I am not banning a person from the game.

I froze Hue's chars until he can decide which character he is going to use.

Also, it is clear he is not having fun anymore.

He asked for our sympathy over the previous posts, since he had suffered an accident.
We understand and pray for him, but I feel this is no place for people to let their stress out.
This thread - until TT can give us a subforum - is meant to be a roleplaying thread: we are close to Hue, but he should reconsider his commitment to this game.

We are happy to have a great gaming experience with everybody. But we are trying to follow and enforce the rules that common sense dictates.
Nobody should have an overbearing stance or exploit technicalities at other players' expenses.

It is not nice for me to say this on the public forum, but Hue went against the spirit of those rules; against common sense.
Unfortunately instead of PMing Cassandra as I suggested before, he chose to threaten us, and the forum.

I hope everybody understands that I am not singling Hue out at all: but this is a group game and for the well being of all involved players we need to enforce certain rules and restrict disruptive behaviour.


Have fun and stay with us.

 

[nessonite1]

Understood, K. Like I said this is your game to manage however you and cassandra wish. I dont know a thing about RPGs much less this particular game. Enjoy yourselves! Im leaving before I get trampled...

 

[Tennessee]

(OOC: Getting back into the actual story...)

Vega turned to look at the dancing girl--Rachel, he corrected himself mentally.

"No, we will not return to Bisanthium--not any time soon, at least," Vega said. "As I said, I am a mercenary, a wanderer. I go where there are individuals willing to pay for my services. But, Rachel, when I freed you..."

He trailed off. How could he explain, without revealing the true problem?

"If you wish to accompany me, I will do everything in my power to keep you safe. However, you must promise me something. A time may come when I ask you to leave, out of concern for your own safety. If that occurs, no matter what the circumstances, you must promise to leave me. Are we agreed?"

 

[Taj]

((OOC: Wow, go away for a day or two and all hell breaks loose! Ok, everyone just step back, count to 10, take a deep breath and relaxxxx. There....now don't we all feel better? What we all need to remember is that this thread is still more or less the "testing ground". The rules as stated before are a guideline to the game. They should'nt be broken, but the DM's obviously don't have a problem with "bending" them a little. So lets just work with that. Now as for editing previous posts, that can tend to be a bit of a problem since they could be 2 or more pages back, and the player would rather move forward onto current events. So to avoid all the hassle, can't we just put in our next post, a followed suggestion OOC to avoid going back and rewriting the whole thing. Example: Makambo attacks and bites a player on the leg. The PM then writes back and says Taj, you can't attack another player without giving them a chance to respond or defend themselves. My next post, I make the correction OOC. (Makambo ATTEMPTS TO ATTACK and bite a player's leg.) On a sidenote Kalamos and or Cassandra. It really isn't fair to other players, who are interacting with another player, to freeze their character. Perhaps just a warning or something? Now Country and myself half to wait for a decision from one of the DMs before we can continue, or start on a whole new storyline. So I'll leave it this way for now.))

Stapleton listened carefully to the advice N.R. had given him. His legs were telling him to take Makambo and run for their lives, but his heart and soul were telling him otherwise. Plus he felt a certain type of bond forming between the one called Waylander and Makambo. He could see it in their eyes. He was still unsure of his feelings, however an animal's instincts are seldom wrong, so he decided to remain...for the time being anyways. Besides...he could'nt help but feel a certain need to watch the events that were about to transpire. He felt he could'nt participate, since he had nothing of value, except for his fire starting stones. He would wait, and see what happened next before proceeding....

 

[Kalamos]

Taj, please read Hue's threats in his post.

 

[Taj]

I'm not going to say who was right, and who was wrong. It's not my place to do so. I will say, that like pretty much any game...be it board, RPG, hell even cherades...someone gets mad, they vent, and they move on. So until I read something on the current situation on whether or not the decision is final...my char. is just gonna find a nice soft rock, and sit and wait...chin in hand....;-)

 

[Kalamos]

-> Taj

I understand and respect your point; I always welcome discussion and I don't usually shy away when I am called to explain myself.

I'll try and answer to your objections as clearly as I can.

I am not trying to blindly force my game vision upon you, Hue or anybody.
I am trying to preserve gaming balance and fun for everybody.

Tukano, TNtickle and Rilina complained over Hue's char lifting Rilina's char away.
Cassandra and I warned Hue several times against that kind of behaviour. He created invincible chars [EDIT: very powerful chars] and roleplayed them abusively.

Hue assured he understood and tried to comply with our guidelines.
But he later slipped, and did that again.

I didn't over-rule his post: I explained why he should edit his actions to preserve gaming balance.
Also, consider I have no way to edit your posts: I have to explain everything in the public.
It is becoming tiresome, and what's worse, I get little support from you guys: if you don't trust me enough, at least trust Cassandra.
As far as I know, nobody warned her, and I learnt of Hue's action only when Tukano mailed me over it.


Also, you invite us to bend rules if necessary: we bent them several times already, and I had to take the brunt of Hue's outbursts twice in this thread.
We understand his problems, but this is not supposed to be Hue's sandbox.
If we bend the rules for Hue too much, other people will complain.
We must draw a line.


Finally, you proposed adding an OOC: Hue's action was just a couple posts above mine, and nobody had posted a following action yet.
It was much easier to ask him to edit his own post.

Unfortunately he snapped at me again. I am not paid to run this game. And especially, I am not paid to be insulted.

Freezing his characters was a last ditch measure, while he regains his senses and makes up his mind.

SheDevil was harshly reprimanded when she posted her threats over the discussion forums.
I see no reason why we should tolerate Hue's aggressive behaviour, especially considering how disruptive it has been to our game.

I am losing my patience: I begged Nessonite NOT to delete Hue's posts, as opposed to what moderators routinely do.
I can't ask her to bend forum rules again for a single misbehaving player.

I hope you understand my point too.


Reg's.

 

[Hue]

[Master Jupiterian Talk 1]

(This is getting ridiculous! 2 things I need to point out, 1.) My characters are NOT, repeat NOT invincible. IF that was the case, then arrows, and weapons would be useless against them correct? Correct! Arrows fired by NPC's would have bounced off of my characters IF they were invincible, instead the arrows penetrated and, in Draco's case, caused termendous pain. 2.) For the 2nd or 3rd time at least, I HAVE EDITED MY POST INVOLVING DRACO, RILINA, AND THE BUYERS OF RILINA.)

[Master Jupiterian Talk 0]

 

[Kalamos]

[Master Jupiterian Talk 1]

(This is getting ridiculous! 2 things I need to point out, 1.) My characters are NOT, repeat NOT invincible. IF that was the case, then arrows, and weapons would be useless against them correct? Correct! Arrows fired by NPC's would have bounced off of my characters IF they were invincible, instead the arrows penetrated and, in Draco's case, caused termendous pain. 2.) For the 2nd or 3rd time at least, I HAVE EDITED MY POST INVOLVING DRACO, RILINA, AND THE BUYERS OF RILINA.)

[Master Jupiterian Talk 0]

For the first and last time, you should APOLOGIZE for your threats, before posting in this game-thread again.

 

[cassandra1]

OOC: Oh for the love of...

Hue already settled the problem with grabbing Rilina by editing his post. What more can he do to make corrections? Let it go already!

And when Kalamos said that Hue's chars were invincible, he meant that Draco and NR were far too powerful. Assuming that you went ahead with swooping down and picking up Rilina (and assuming that nobody complained), no one could have stopped you. Castorp and Luna don't have the means to stop you, and we have seen that the city guards couldn't do it either. This creates the impression that Draco and Night Raptor could do practically anything they want. Any persistent resistance from other chars would result in a non-lethal beating. A virtual wedgie if you would, even though you haven't done anything of the sort.

Finally Hue, were you in fact snapping at Kalamos in the previous page? Or was that a misunderstanding caused by a badly phrased post?