Emil wanted you to follow him (Emil) upstairs. You don't have to, but I wasn't sure I make that clear.
Also, Waterbury isn't a town, it's a plantation.

I knew the first part, I did not realize the second.

If there's supposed to be an air of mystery here, cool, it's working. I got the sense we were going somewhere Emil was welcome, maybe even a place he owned. Now it seems like they're trying to capture him.

Maybe Emil himself is surprised.

I just want to make sure you and I are on the same page as far as what's going on, because I don't want to just act erraticaly because of an OOC misunderstanding.

However, I will gladly act erratically because of an IC misunderstanding.

I got'cha. No, I think we're on the same page here. He is known here, but not particularly welcome. As to why, that will have to unfold as we go.

If Demios is still around, Stan would like to try to spend some time with him. I can't remember if he left to do his own thing.

If he's unavailable, then Stan will focus on his academic/magical career, maybe do some spell research if he has the time.

Please don't wait up for me to make any necessary rolls. Go ahead and roll them yourself, or GM fiat it.

I just want to take the time to say that I really appreciate your willingness to make this game extra fun. Things like The Sea-Ripper's Bride, I just don't know what I'd do without a player like you. If only I could get my other players to engage like that.

Thanks again.

No problem! I couldn't have done it without your trusting and inspirational DMing style.

Does Stan know who this guy is? OOC I'm assuming it's the astronomer guy from the character development thing we did ages ago.

Great question. I'll try to answer that in-game.

Gnome Darwin. Sheer genius.

Stuff like that is why I stick around in your games.

Not to suck up twice in one week (It's a new one now, right?) but Emil is a great character. I don't know if he's a pre-written NPC or what. I don't want to google it because it's better off not knowing.

No, he's not pre-written per se. The Savage Tide Players Guide mentions him only as the owner of Dractus Manor, and that there are rumors around town he's a bad dude. Everything else I've been running with to flesh him out.

I'm kind of confused by the last post. By "join her for dinner," does this mean Lavinia, and/or the Blue Nixie in general? Because Zan, the messenger, is a guy.

Oh shit, my bad. You don't have access to my notes, so you'll need some context, huh? I'll update the post; but yes, join Lavinia for dinner on the Blue Nixie.

If only Stan had Trobriand's way with women...

And if only Trobriand had Stan's...

Sorry, the last week and a half has been crazy. How are you?

I'm doing well. Getting back into FF VII a little bit. Then I realized it's been 20 years this week since that game was released.

Are you the kind of GM who gets annoyed by short, dialogue-only posts? Because I will start posting longer posts, with more context, if you ask.

You should post what you feel is necessary. I think, given the scene with Vaireus, your posts are fine. Sometimes I need more, sometimes just dialogue is all that is needed. If I have a problem, I'll let you know.

How are you enjoying the game? Too rail-roady?

Not too railroadey at all. You've found a good way to play to the strengths of the play-by-post medium. It helps with the pacing when you're a tiny bit more railraodey than you would be with a tabletop group.

I'd like your permission to get rid of the "private to GM" marking in my party tracker. It would make things look a bit nicer, and now that it's just you and me it seems pointless.

Unrelated edit: Stan can't actually use a wand of cure light wounds, as that spell is not on the wizard spell list. He'll probably be giving that away soon. I know he's used it in the past; that was probably just a misunderstanding of the rules on everyone's part.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:58, Sun 19 Nov 2017.

So sorry for the delay!

It's cool. Holiday season and all.