You know what to do here.

hey, when you get the chance to put up my character sheet, please use my latest from the taverns.  It's updated for cash etc.

Good point!

If anyone has changes to make to their PC sheets, please do so ASAP over in Taverns, before I move them over here (I will move them here sometime Tuesday morning, Eastern Stanard Time).

Thanks!

I believe my sheet's good to go too. (The one in the Taverns thread)

Taverns XPs:

In RoA, we give out XPs for posting, RPing, and problem-solving as much as for combat and class-related skill use and story awards.

Here are XPs that reflect posting and RPing from the first session in Taverns.

I will also post this over in Taverns, in case you miss it here.

Please add these XPs to your PC sheets.

silly newbie question:

where should I have posted my character sheet. The only time I ever posted it was in a PM to DM Mike.  Is that all I need to do? How do I edit it?

No, if you want to view and edit your character sheet you should go and look at your description (by clicking on your portrait/name on one of your posts) beneath your description there are two options: edit description and view character sheet. When you click on view character sheet you will see it displayed beneath your character information screen and between them is the edit character sheet option.

It must also be one of your posts in Taverns as they haven´t been moved here jet.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:04, Mon 22 Mar 2004.

I will move the sheets over to Adventures later today.

Sorry to intrude on your wonderful game but I'm updating the Player Character Locator so if your an active player please raise your hand...or your mouse, nah you better just write a reply in this thread..I will be using the description you have posted when you click on your avatar, if there's none there I'll go into your character sheet, if I still no luck you'll be left blank(You don't want that do you?).

Thanks for your attention, you can now return to regularly scheduled programing.

Charan is here.

Tethost is active

I´m here

Drake is here

Styvan is here.

Avion here

Glymir is here

That's everyone, DM GreenKnight.

TRAITS:

It's early enough in the campaign that I can add this with no trouble:

We RoA DMs are allowing PCs to add Traits from Unearthed Arcana.

You can pick 1 or 2 traits to add to your PC.

Adding them is optional, and you either do it NOW or never.

So, before we get into some combat and so on over in the adventure thread, pick a trait or two, add it to your PC sheet under Feats, then let me know here or in a private line in the adventure thread which trait(s) you took.    If I don't hear from you, I will assume you did not go for the Traits.

We will not be given PCs the chance to update after this first notice, and PCs can only take traits at PC creation time.

Here is a list of Traits and modifiers associated with them:

Traits: ("Unearthed Arcana")

Abrasive (+1 on Intimidate, -1 on Diplomacy and Bluff)
Absent-Minded (+1 on Knowledge, -1 on Listen and Spot)
Aggressive (+2 initiative, -1 Armor Class)
Brawler (+1 on unarmed attacks, -1 on weapon attacks)
Cautious (+1 on unarmed attacks, -1 on weapon attacks)
Detached (+1 on will saves, -1 on reflex saves)
Dishonest (+1 on Bluff, -2 on Diplomacy; non-lawfuls)
Easygoing (+1 on Gather Information, -1 on Intimidate and Sense Motive)
Farsighted (+1 on Spot, -1 on Search)
Focused (+1 on Concentration, -1 on Spot and Listen)
Hard of Hearing (+1 on Spot, -2 on Listen)
Hardy (+1 on fortitude saves, -1 on reflex saves)
Honest (+1 on Diplomacy, -1 on Bluff and Sense Motive; no chaotic-evils)
Musclebound (+1 on all strengh checks, -1 on all dexterity checks)
Nearsighted (+1 on Search, -1 on Spot)
Nightsighted (+10 feet on darkvision, -1 on Spot in bright light)
Passionate (+1 on fortitude saves, -1 on will saves)
Plucky (+1 on will saves, -1 on fortitude saves)
Polite (+1 on Diplomacy, -2 on Intimidate)
Quick (+10 feet on movement, -1 hp/level)
Reckless (+1 on melee damage, -1 on melee "to hit")
Relentless (+2 on saves vs. tiring; if fail, are exhausted)
Saddleborn (+1 on Ride, -1 on Handle Animal)
Skinny (+1 on Escape Artist, -2 to avoid being knocked over)
Slippery (+1 on escape artist checks against being grappled, -1 all other grapple checks.)
Slow (+1 hp/level, halve movement speed)
Stout (+2 to avoid being knocked over, -1 on Escape Artist)
Suspicious (+1 on Sense Motive, -1 on Diplomacy and Intimidate)
Torpid (+1 on saves vs. enchantments, -2 on initiative)
Uncivilized (+1 on Handle Animal / Wild Empathy,-1 on Bluff, Diplomacy, Gather Information)

This message was last edited by the GM at 03:56, Mon 05 Apr 2004.

There's nothing more nerve wracking than low-level combat!! lol

need to hit level 3 and scribe command undead....

oh how sweet this combat would've been with that spell.

Low-level combat is just a little on the boring side. Nothing wrong with it other than that. ;)

low level combat is deadly!  one bad roll (or good roll from the DM) and it's all over....

And considering the dicebot here on Rpol.net ... one bad roll typically turns into 7.

Does that mean I've used up my good roll :)

If you weren't helping to save my behind I'd give you crap for gloating!! lol

atleast you guys didn't crit against an undead :p

probably only 20 I will roll in combat the entire adventure....

Sorry about the OOC confusion over in the adventure thread DM Mike.

I will be heading out of town for a few days, will be back Thursday or Friday evening.  Feel free to keep Drake moving

Drake: So noted.  See you when you get back.

Why oh why did I chose to spontaneously cast harm spells instead of healing?

I will again be heading out of town until Friday. I will be in Indy and don't anticipate having access to a computer.

Thanks for the update.  Have a good time.

So, did Tethost come back and rejoin us, or is Mike controlling him?

Yeah I came back.  Hopefully for good.  We'll see come september...

Cool, welcome back then.

My friend has been involved with a project that is just about ready for release. Feel free to take a look at it, download the demo, etc....

http://www.dundjinni.com/products/dundjinni_demo.htm

*is too lazy to click on the link, but apparently isn't too lazy to type up a sentance or two...*

What is it?

Woah, man!  I saw ads for this in Dragon and read a quasi-review of it on a website dedicated to Sci-Fi/fantasy items.  Man, it's gonna rock when it comes out.  (hope my wimpy computer can handle it!)

Man that looks like it's going to be a damn good product!

I will be on vacation and have no internet access between Thurs 27 and Mon 31.

I'll see if Brutus can kill you before then. :)

A spiked chain....I should have guessed. :P

Man, between you and the dice roller I'm a goner! ;)

XPs:

To the best of my memory (which is almost shot), the last I gave XPs was before entering Gregor's home.  If I am wrong, please let me know, and the first player who can come up with an accurate rendering of the XPs I have thus-far given gets 50 XPs!.

I'll go from the tavern, then to Snid's, then the courtyard, then the sewer, then RPing with Gregor.  (I'm stopping this post at Snid's since I know for a fact I did not give any out for that and the tavern.  Once I know where I need to go back to, I will give those as I need.)


The Tavern:

All PCs get 100 XPs.

On top of that, Styvan and Arion get another 200 XPs.

Snid's

All PCs get 30 XPs.

On top of that Styvan, Tethost, and Ebermior get another 30 XPs.

Last XP we received was for the investigation (street/alley/Taran shop) and ghoul combat.

Okay:

RPing at Gregor's

All PCs receive 30 XPs.


Sewers

All PCs get 50 XPs.

Courtyard fight

All PCs get 120 XPs.

Drake is making judgements upon how he has seen his fellow travelers, thus far and Styvan, has been very aggressive. Though since he just thought the idea (to add a little to the post), it's no big deal :)

Hello fello gamers. I am DM Capn_Chord, and I will be taking over the region to give DM Mike a little bit of a break. He does far more work than any of the DM's in ROA so I am sure he needs it.

Just a little background on myself. I began playing D&D in 1993. Since then I have ventured into all manner of games and have gone back to play 1st edition up to 3.5. I enjoy a lot of interaction between the characters and would hope to see the group talking and getting to know each other IC. OOC talking and chatting are also encouraged as I've always found that the friends made while playing the game are by far the best part.

I will try to run things much as DM Mike has been doing. His style is a bit different from mine and I would like to try it out and see which I like better. You'll find I'm always looking for new ways to do things.

I should be posting to the game later today.

Thanks
DM Capn_Chord


P.S. BTW if everyone could give me a quick role call post, it would be appreciated.
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:16, Thu 24 June 2004.

Drake is here

Tethost is most assuredly here.

Good to see DM Mike finally getting some relief!

Capn I hope you brought a new dice roller with you, Mike's does NOT like me!!

Welcome aboard, Capn.

Ebermior is here, and will try to post more frequently.

Ok, it looks like everyone is present and accounted for. I will npc Charan as DM mike was, and I have atleast one new player coming in.

Ok, it sounds like there is a bit of confusion as to what the group is doing. It was established that you were going back to Tarrans. However the reason for going there was not. Styvan brought up trying to get into the hidden passage. I will admit however that it would be really hard to get to with Tarran there in the shop in the middle of the day.

Will be out of town on tuesday and wednesday of this week. I'm going to a Van Halen concert in Pittsburg. I will try to post through tomorrow, but out of town company may prevent that.

Howdy all!

Glad to be in, just waiting for the go-ahead to post.

Lookign forward to it.

-Steph

Should be fun Nali, our group has some interesting personal issues going on! :)

Ok, I must appologize for my own slowness of posting. I have been having some delays with major issues at my work and I've been out of town alot. I will be out again on friday and saturday of this week. I attend alot of concerts during the summer and this week will be seeing Nickelback and Three doors down.

I'm hoping that we can pick up the pace of the game a bit. There is a minimum requirement of 3 posts per week. I would like to see it at one per day and weekends off.

Oh my goodness, it's a dwarf from the underdark!!

Sorry about my previous post. It was one of my many other personalities. You never know around here which PC might also be a DM.

Sorry about my previous post. It was one of my many other personalities. You never know around here which PC might also be a DM.

I know what you mean.  I believe one of my characters is in a region where the DMs outnumber the non-dms significantly.  Then again, if you're Tic, then the underdark is getting to look similar.

I am Tic in the Underdark, and Zavier the Hunter in Savage Frontier. Then I DM for Anauroch and Dragon Coast.

Just checking to see if Styvan and I are back to full HP yet.

Yes to Avioon on the hp questionn.

My appologies for not posting yesterday. For some reason I could not connect to the site. I'm on my way to work now and will post this afternoon.



Thanks.

Drake will be in and out at less frequency for a week or so. My mother is terminally ill and has taken a turn for the worse.

Take all the time you need. Many prayers for you and your family.

I didn't know everyone else was taking time off :P

Anyone?

Hello, I just noticed that for some unknown reason my lattest posts has dissappeard. It was about five days ago that I made an update to the thread and after seeing Drakes post here, I went to look and it was gone. I will be getting that back up sometime today.

I do need to as what the situation with the game is. I have been a bit slow getting my posts out there. However, when I do post there is almost no response to it.  What is everyone looking for that is apparently missing?

Alright, I'm confused as all hell about the game being transfered, now that I have two characters in RoA 2: Adventures. I'm slowly working it out but still seem to be posting the wrong information in the wrong thread.

I'm gonna have to bail. Beside the fact that I just saw the restriction of two characters in RoA (I have three), this game deserves someone who can post more regularly. Besides, if I drop my extra character then it allows for one more player to enter RoA, which I guess it the whole idea of the limit of two characters anyway.

Thanks for the brief, yet fulfilling roleplay and kudos to Capn_Chord for keeping it all going.

I'm still here. Don't know what's happened to the others. My lack of posts the last few weeks were due to some RL issues, but I'd like to continue with the campaign if possible.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:25, Thu 12 Aug 2004.

Sorry about my absence the last few days. I was out of town and thought I would have net access, but when I got to my friends house to spend the weekend I found out that he does not have internet at all. I am home now and will get rolling with things shortly.

I'm leaving for Texas in the morning and I'll be gone for 10 days. Go ahead and post actions for me while I'm gone.

Ok, I have three players who are still active, and one player who has definately dropped out. I must hear from anyone else requesting to stay in the game by friday afternoon. If I have not heard from you by then the character will be placed in inactive status untill you return. Upon return you may be placed in a different region if this one is full.

After friday I will be opening the region to new players to fill the empty spots.

I'd like to stay active.

Ok for all of those who are remaining in the game, I would like to get a little dialogue started. I would like anyone to post a short recap of what has happened to the group so far. This will be an attempt to get everyone pointed in the right direction. Please also throw out some things that you would like to see happen. This game is about your characters. I need to know what they want.


My hectic summer is drawing to a close, all vacations and trips are out of the way and things should be slowing down. So some order should also be put back into my DM duties.

Tethost originally came to the Dragon Coast searching for the last known whereabouts of his parents.  Staying at an inn, he got into some near danger with some men dressed in black before he and another got conscripted to help a man who's bodyguard had gone missing.  After some slow starts (and an ignored possible adventure of a priest of Azuth that had lost his mind, which Tethost was compassionate towards), the group headed off to the alley where the man had gone missing.  From there the group ran into Gregor the necromancer, who Tethost established a basic relationship with, hoping to work with him in the future (due to their shared interest in Necromancy).  The party moved through the sewers, finding a dwarven corpse, then had a bit of a tussle when emerging from the sewers.  Tethost nearly left the party, becomming worried that he had lost sight of his goal of finding his family, but then reconsidered, worrying more about personal safety first.  The group returned to Taran's shop where Tethost attempted to distract him, and work towards a possible job in the future, but he was quickly retorted and Taran accused him of working for Gregor.  The group then regrouped outside, was attacked, and Tethost was hit with a poisoned arrow.  He was dragged into a fabric warehouse, where the group finds themselves now.

Ok, we have at this time, four players who will be continuing. I do appreciate the recap and will be getting the ball rolling. I would like to stick with the four of you for a short period of time. This will hopefully allow us to get some consistant posting started and it will give us a good core group for the new recruits to mesh with.

I will also be getting out some xp for the four of you who have been patient and willing to hang in there.


Thank You

DM Capn_Chord

Hey, I'm heading out to a conference until the 13th.

Please feel free to RP Tethost until I get back to keep this going, I really do enjoy this game, and look forward to where it'll go.

Hi all, I have been having pc problems and have been unable to stay connected for long. I hope to have this fixed by tomorrow. Sorry for slowing things up.

Any X.P. coming our way for the past events?

Yes I do have xp coming in the very near future.

Ok, again I wish to thank you guys for hanging in there. I have been slow posting due to summertime activities and all kinds of other good rl stuff. When the game has been moving the rp is great, and I blame myself for the slowness of things. Below you will find xp for the period of time from 6/26/04 thru 9/1/04. If anyone levels, please pm me with the changes to your character.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:24, Fri 03 Sept 2004.

I have finally returned. Saddly enough the old pc's harddrive gave up the ghost and I am just now getting back on line. I sincerely appologize for my unexplained absence. I'm dealing with some other issues about being alowed to use the pc at work for non work things. I hope to be posting regularly again in the next day or so. Please bear with me.

Hello all. I regret to inform you that you will once again be receiving a new dm. I took on the job thinking I had time to handle two regions here at ROA, but with recent happenings at my job and my home, I am really limited in the amount of time I can get on line. I feel it is unfair to have all of you sitting around waiting on me and have put in a request for another DM that can keep this region fun for all to take over in my place.

I have enjoyed the time that we have had here and may return in the future if RL Permits.

There will be more info on you future DM to come in the next few days.

And said DM may well be your old pal DM Mike!

I need a head count to see who is still with us.

Please post by 9am Wed. 10/20 (Eastern Standard Time).

Any players who do not post by then will be considered gone.

We had a DM lined up to take over, but I am not sure if that will happen, so I'm gearing up to get this region rolling again.

Thanks to those who have hung in there!

Drake Debonn still here

Styvan Longmorr's still here.

Just the 2 of you?

Were you the only 2 actively posting, or were others posting until Capn_Chord had to leave the region as DM?

Can someone give me an update of what has gone on in the adventure since I let Capn_ take over?

It looks like we have a DM lined up for this region, but it also looks like we need to get more players involved, too!

Give yourselves 150 XPs for waiting around, and I'll award XPs for the summary, too.

Thanks, guys!

Tethost and Ebermoir were posting as regularly as the DM was and I thought it sounded like we were getting new blood, one of them left already due to too many characters.

I can't remember when you left, but after leaving the sewers we return to Taren's (?) shop and got a pretty cold shoulder, and while leaving were ambushed
and Tethost got shot with a poinsoned arrow, from assassins up above.  I ran off and confronted one on the rooftop. I was a monk-type character with an invisible cloak or something of the sort.  I got a good hit in on him across the troat and he gave me a little pop in the chest.  We got Tethost's poison under control and headed back to the Necramancer's house via the tunnels.  I have gone up in level.

I fear we've lost Tethost (he has not shown up in his other games, either).

So you are now back at the necromancer's home?

Capn_is talking to the new DM, and you should be up and running soon.

Maybe the new PCs can come in having been once employed by the necro., and since you have lost so many other characters in the party, you'll need their help.

Thanks.

Ebermior is here, and hoping this posts in time.

Woo hoo!

So it looks like 3 PCs are still here.

We lost Tethost's player (he has not shown up in ANY of the games he plays in here for over a month), so it makes sense you three stalwarts are still here.

I'm glad of it, and Capn_Chord is working on filling in the new DM.

The region will start to roll in a little bit.

Until then, thanks for waiting, and I'll make sure your DM gives some nice birthday magic items out to you three.

What am I talking about?  Go check out the Happy Birthday RoA thread in RoA: OOC Fourm.

Thanks, guys!

The new DM is getting set up as a DM this weekend and then he will be here.

We have some new players coming in, too.

So hang on, and the fun will get under way again soon.

As DM Mike promised, Here I am!

I'm just dropping the quick hello before I finish catching up on everything that has happened.  It looks like I've got three PC's.  That's a nice comfortable amount to start with.  Hopefully we'll recruit some fresh meat in the next couple weeks.

My plan is to have this region up and running again by Monday morning (That's US Eastern Time) after which I'll be posting at least six days a week.

Here's a quick introduction of myself.

My name is Kelly and I live in Southern Indiana.  If you'd like you can call me Kelly, Inn Keeper or InK.  Whatever you're most comfortable with.  I work the graveyard shift as an innkeeper which leaves me a lot of time to keep things updated.  I'm 29 and have a B.A. in Religion and Semiotics.  I live with a cat, her name is PJ.

Feel free to introduce yourselves.  I'll be in and out through the weekend, getting things set up.  Ask as many questions as you want.  I'll do the best I can to answer them.


Have fun!

InK
This message was last edited by the GM at 10:06, Sun 24 Oct 2004.

SEMIOTICS!!!!

Umberto Eco!!!!!

Roland Barthes!!!!!

Aha, a like-minded person!

<sub>Oh...I don't DM here anymore....

I'll go lurk quietly now.</sub>

And now I am ready to play!  A day earlier than I thought at that.  Here is what I need from you as players.  I need you to make a descriptive post in-game.  Give a description of yourself, you mood and some mannerisms.  Presume the Gregor wants you to tell him exactly what happened since you left.  I will post very late on Monday, or today if by chance everyone get's their post in.


This ball is officially rolling!

Have fun :)

Thank you folks so much for being patient in your wait for XPs.  Your magic item birthday presents should be allong by this time tomarrow.  Please add these totals to your character sheets.  If this means that you level, please let me know.

As you likely guessed, the windfall from Gregor is your Happy RoA Birthday present.  I hope you enjoy!

InK

Greetings adventures, I am chomping at the bit to get this game going.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:28, Fri 29 Oct 2004.

I am also ready to get started, but I just got ready to get started.

Your XPs as of 3 November 2004



Please update your sheet accordingly and let me know if you level.

InK

Wheee pretty shiny XP's!

Typically, I'd be handing out XP's today, but I don't do that when players are in the middle of an action sequence.  I will give them out at the end of the action though.

InK

So, Ebermior has left our little group for that magical world we called real-life.  We'll presume that he decided working for a necromancer was against his ethics and he's had a change of heart.  The real kicker to this is that he was the groups cleric.  So for now, I can only say 'Don't get hurt!'.  If any of you are planning to multiclass to a cleric very soon let me know, otherwise I'm going to try to find a way to advert for a new one.

InK

Well I dunno bout the rest of you, but I like the way this is starting. I've already been burned and held in the first combat! YAY!

I feel a little like this.


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This message was last edited by the player at 12:26, Sat 13 Nov 2004.

lol!   Yeah, I tend to be rough on characters at first.  Perhaps I'm stress testing... :)

I'm not bored...that is all I ask..:)

This will be hasty My wife is 31 weeks pregnant today due to complications we are going to deliver the baby today. I do not know when I will be able to get back to a computer. I do want to continue this game, and I will be back.

Hi all.  I am the newest member of the cast at your service.  I look forward to adventuring with you all.

Quickie.......it's a boy!! Gabriel born 11/15 3lbs 12oz in NICU Good condition, but still needs some time.

Congrats to Tarmon!!!

And a welcome to Malikas!

Congrats Tarmon.  That's awesome.

w00t!

If anybody can think of a good way to work our new fellow in to this scene I'd like to hear it.  I'm having a bit of creative block at the moment.  As always, there are XP's for good ideas.

congrats Tarmon..nothing better than being a parent, once you get used to not sleeping, a loud and ever dirty house,etc... but all worth it.

I just used the direct route and inserted myself in.  So let's get this started. :)

Thanks folks...third time parent  all three are boys!

It looks as if I will be able to post regularly for at least the next week or so, I have borrowed a computer to use duing that time frame. I will be closing on the new house December 3rd, so I will be out of touch the 3rd-5th.

Wow...new kid...new house.  Sounds like exciting times.  Congrats again.

I too am a parent of three boys..............

Kids are always great, but when they outnumber the parents, it gets the work becomes amazing, at times.  My oldest is 7 (others 3 and 1) and he can help out quiet a bit, but the attention is hard to divide amongst everyone.

Mine are Jacob 4, Daniel 2-3/3, and now Gabriel. Being a Dad is great, except for that punishment thing.

Finally, I get the XP's posted.


Please let me know if this causes you to level.
This message was last edited by the GM at 09:35, Tue 23 Nov 2004.

So I've had three players PM me to tell me they're gone for the US holiday weekend.  In that case, I'm going to put the game on hold until Monday Morning.  Feel free to continue posting if you'd like.

InK

Hi everyone.  Another new addition to the group.  I look forward to RPing with you all.

Just to let you know, I'm based in the United Kingdom (north-west of London), so you may find I post very early or very late!

I'm in the US, but I work a graveyard shift, so I'll be right up there with you.

Welcome to the group.

Welcome Lia.  I'm in the US (east coast) so I'm about 5 or 6 hours behind you.  I love London and the Windsor area.  Cornish Pastry Company is my favorite.  Mmmmm.

Southeast Coast  Georgia Howdy Ya'll

welcome

I am going to be on vacation starting this coming Saturday, December 11 until Sunday, December 26.  While I will have internet access, I don't plan to be spending a lot of time on Rpol.  You will still see posting from me during these two weeks, but it will be much slower than usual.  I'll try to think of something fun so you can keep earning your XP's while I'm away.

For those of you that celebrate the holidays, have a great time!

Sorry gang, I'm waiting for the DM to tell me the results of a bardic knowledge check on the cult.  I'm not ignoring you on purpose ;-)

I'm just sad that he didn't resolve anything with me before he left. I can't even roleplay for interest or experience.

Hi,

Man, I never realized DM Innkeeper ran this region, too.

E-mails to him have bounced back, so he is apparently having e-mail and internet problems at present.

I can not promise he will be back at all, so for now...

Until I can line up another DM to run this region, here's one possibility:

Any player wishing to move their current PC to another active game that is accepting players can do so with no cost of Day Units, XPs, etc.

The DM of the new region will have to work them into the established plot, so the player may have to wait a bit before action starts for them.

Hope this helps.

Yeah, how do we do that?

OK.  I'm gonna start shopping around.

I'll wait this out for now too see if he can get back.

I will wait too. I've already been through three cast changes....what's another.

We have lost Styvan due to RL issues.

How do you change to a different game?

Head over to RoA: OOC Forum and look in the "Space for PCs" thread to see which regions are accepting players.

If one strikes your fancy, tell the DM of that region (in a PM there in OOC) you are interested, have a PC already playing in a stalled region, and that I, head honchoroo said you could come on in free of Day Unit cost.

One possibility may be that I will condence this region with DM Ink's other region, bringing THOSE PCs to THIS region, since this one is longer-running and more established story-wise.

Keep watching for updates, though.

50 XPs for those staying on here, too!

Well, I've moved Lia over to Thesk - not that far geographically, so it works well :-)

Good luck to you and your characters - you never know, we might meet again!

I have a new DM who may be taking the region over.

He's going to read through what has been posted, get a feel for the region and its PCs, and take it from there if he can manage.

In the meantime, please, someone, post a synopsis of your mission's goals (besides just "finding the missing bodyguard Al-Aiir") and what has happened so far.

That will help him get up to speed.  XPs will be given for the effort.

Thanks!

Folks, if I can't get a synopsis of what has gone on in the region from you, there's no way I or another DM can come in and run things.

If someone does not provide one by Sunday 1/23 we'll have to either shut down the region or re-start the place with a new DM and potentially a mix of new and old PCs.

No XPs will be lost to those PCs who have been running here already, but if you HAVE been running here already, why no help with the synopsis?

Thanks.

Mike

Why? Time. but I will see what I can do.

We were hired by Gregor to go find an old necromancer, Hamish, and a lady from Gregor's past who lived on the cliffs.  Hamish had made the ring we found on the floating dwarf in the sewers.  When we arrived the cottage was on fire and we killed a cult member that seemed to be responsible.  Returning with what information we could gather from Hamish we went back to Gregor who informed us of the cult.

""But yes, you're right, it is time for the cryptic shroud to lift.  You're too deep now to distance yourself in any case.  The cult that has been giving us so much trouble for the last several days call themselves K'kikrass'tch H'tch Ka'siss'raa."  The strange words are obviously draconic but someting about words make the syllables take on a life of thier own.  "The translation is 'Hand of the Serpent Lord'".  They're fairly new to the city and none of my contacts know much about them.  Hells, we don't even know who they worship!  We do know that they believe in mutilating themselves to take on a more draconic appearance.  This is likely to both erase their old identity as well as an initiation rite.  They hold anyone who is not in thier society in distane and not worthy of thier own will.  They've managed to worm thier way into some very powerful circles in this city.  It's impossible to know the extent of thier influence"

Worried about necklaces that Hamish had made, Gregor offered us another job.
""The largest stockpile of these nasty things are kept by an old enemy of mine.  He's a Sembian who has used to be a harbormaster for Grey Moon and goes by the name of Vorpatric.  He holds them in a well kept fortress here on the coast.  Your job will be straight-forward.  Get in there, take every necklace in the place before the cult manages it, and bring them back to me.  I'll pay you one-hundred gold pieces for each necklace you bring back.  Sound good?"

We agreed on the price of the job."By immediately jumping to negotiations of price you show your eagerness to take the mission.  That means all were discussing now is the pacification of greed.  I will raise my offer to 130 gold pieces per intact necklace."

OOC:  For the sake of speed, let's presume that you settle on 150gp per necklace and move on."

He then filled us in with a little more info: "Now, there is another matter which you may or may not take an interest in.  It is a well known fact that Bella Vorpatric and I share little love.  We have wronged each other enough times to fuel ten rivalries.  Still, we both live.  If, at the end of your little 'adventure' the old Harbor Master happens to die by your hand, I am certain that a rather pricy bag of jewels could find their way into your coffers."

"As far as a map of the fortress, no such thing exits.  The man is a talented conjurer and his gross wife is not without her own arcane talents.  They have been able to keep thier secrets well.  I am among a fortunate few who know where the fortress-port exists.  It actually floats on barges along the shoreline east of the city on a regular rotation.  I know that once every Tenday, it appears about a mile off an old pirates cove called Redskull Bluff.  I do believe Mr. Gardock knows where to find that.  It should appear there in three evenings from now."

Answering some questions, he gave us a time limit: "Lia Essmoor typed:
Lia did have a question.  "Do you know what we may encounter inside the fortress?"


"Abberations most likely.  That's the sort of thing a conjurer would prefer.  You know, beasts and such made of little more than teeth and claws?  Arcane abilities that can boarder on the non-sensical.  That's the sort of thing I'd suggest you be ready for.  There arn't so many men and women who are willing to work alongside a rabble like that, so you shouldn't find many.  Beware those you do find though, for they are likely desperate men.  Or they could be slaves."  This last bit he says with a remarkable flippancy.

"Very good then.  If you're successful, then meet me back here in five days.  Otherwise, I would not recommend you return."  Though his face and voice remain friendly, it is not difficult to understand his true meaning."

Then we all left to equip ourselves but most ended up an inn and were planning how to get to where we needed to go.   That leaves us were we are now.

OK guys, I've jumped over to Cormyr.  It was good playing with you and I hope to "bump" into you guys again in another region.

HOLY JOE!

250 XPs for that post, Drake!

It will be a great help to me or whoever I can snag as a DM.

NOW...

Besides Drake, who else is playing in this region!?!

PLEASE POST YOUR ACTIVE STATUS HERE NO LATER THAN THURSDAY 1/27 (noon, EST).

We'll get some resolution here (and action, maybe!) by this weekend!

Well...

I've  posted for new players/PCs to enter this region, so once DM Magius gets a party again, he'll get the adventure rolling.

It will be his call whether to re-boot things (in which case those PCs who ARE still here retain all items and XPs they gained in this adventure and get 10 extra day units) or pick up from where DM Innkeeper left off.

Hi guys,

I'm Catarina, or Cat as my friends call me, your pretty half-elven side-kick to the heroes of the Dragon Coast. Looking forward to joining you soonest.

So, who will I be adventuring with?

I believe I might be the only one left from this group, but I may be wrong.  I have stayed through 3 or 4 GM switches and as many cast changes.

You're the only two players I know of as of now. I hope the group expands, it's be a shame for a whole region to collapse. We'll see how it goes in the next few days.

Well, I know Tarmon from other games as well and he dropped out of each, I presume he had r/l trouble since I know him as quite reliable.

I'll try to go drum up support over in RoA: OOC.

DM Mike: You da bomb! - Free magic items, if that doesn't work I don't know what could make a player join.

Hey hey! Dart here, expect me to have a character up and written in an hour or 8.

No, Catarina, "da bomb" is in my pants, and wo be the world when it finally gets out.

(Actuallu, when my wife is done in the shower I can get into the bathroom to let "da bomb" out ker-plunk and flush, but that's more than you needed to know, I have grossed you out, and we are all the more sorry that I posted here, SO...)


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Yes, support has been great so far, and I hope that results in a good mix of players and PCs for the region.

Next up, Fido needs PCs over in Calimshan, so maybe I better go rescue that region.

Ah, good thing my red cape never gets too dirty!

heh, speaking of capes... I remember somebody mentioning Turboman, and his cape getting caught, together with a series of other superheroes. Maybe you should reconsider wearing a cape, regardless how 'sassy' it looks ;-)

*in girlish voice* Can we start yet?

It looks like there are plenty of takers. they must just need to be approved.

Not sure where we are at present.

Rocpile is working on PCs, I know, and I will check for PMs here.  I will also check with DM Magius.

We should get running here soon.

Alright, just to make sure I have all the rquests and havent' lost someone in  the process, I'll post the characters RTJed to me here. If there's anyone whose character I didn't mention, please tell me and I will look for the PM.

1)Zhoran, a rogue.

2)Cade Maldron, a rogue.

3)Relgic Rockender, a fighter.

4)Catarina, a rogue/sorceress.

5)Denira, a cleric, witch of Rashemen.

6)Lorne, a rogue/cleric.

7)Kas, a fighter.


These are the ones I know of. If I missed one, please PM me.

Um... I hate to say this: Unless you approved their RTJ they won't be able to see this thread since it is for group 2 only...

I'm afraid you have to repost the list in OOC: Dragon Coast or it will be ... um... pointless?

Whoops. Mistake there. I'll repost it.

Don't forget Drake, who has been here longest!  :)

Sorry, I just assumed I was in, since my character was already here.

Are we gonna start yet? ;-)

I was just making sure I hadn't missed anyone. Now that I know I haven't, it should start any day now. No later than Sunday or Monday.

Looks like the region will soon be under way and in able hands, so I'll wish you all good luck and a fun time!

Thanks DM Mike, we can hardly wait to start! *shuffles feet* ;-)

I can't wait to see how my whole last party disappeared and I meet a whole new one!

I added everyone to ROA2. Just post here so I know you're here, everyone...everyone being Drake and Catarina (who I know are already here) and Zhoran, Denira, Masaio, and Lorne, which makes two fighters, one pure rogue, one witch of Rashemen, one rogue/cleric and one rogue/sorcerer, if I'm not mistaken. Post in OOC to keep yourselves busy. I'm going to gather up the adventure and try and get these rusted wheels a' turning.

Um well, maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea to start with a brief intro? So I'll just begin: "Catarina is the name, trickery and sorcery be my game." the pretty half-elven lass says as she bows lightly, shaking her long red hair back while stroking the tiger-striped cat on her arm. "I hail from Aglarond but my curiosity brought me here."

"I am Denira, member of the Wychlaran order of Rashemen. Your ways are strange to me but all I ask from you is your respect."

Greetings. I'm a tiefling cleric of Tymora. Ah, so, yeah, don't mind the slightly bluish skin...and the little horns. I'll try and hide it for you all.

Drake Debonn, fighter by training, not by choice.

Greetings to you all. Looks like we've got a whole lot of backstory to be reading.

Two still missing, Masaio and Zhoran. I'll PM them and ask them to post here, to join in with the introductions. Continue that, going well.

No need to read the previous Dragon Coast posts. If I'll follow the previous storyline- which I'm not sure about- I'll start it from the beginning of the adventure, not from the middle and make you read a few good pages of posts.

I'm here, I'm here. I apologize for being late :)

I'll go setup my Bio Lines and Pic a portriate and all that.

I'm here - didn't realize I had been dragged in.

I'm the pure rogue - in reality, more of a swashbuckler type than a skulker. Zhoran, at your service.

Yay! That means the crew is on board! Off we go... *stops dead in her tracks*

We do go off now, don't we?

Yeah, we should be starting. Unfortunately, that free Friday I had turned into a very narrow day in which I didn't really have time, and so yet another deadline was broken. I'll start it in the next few days. Sunday I will have time, I should be able to start by then, but I'm off the idea of setting deadlines.

Alright. By ROA tradition, I'm going to set three possible adventures on a separate thread, which I'll name "adventure ideas". I'll try and make a blend of role-playing, combat and puzzle solving, again by ROA tradition. If you prefer, I could just take one and start quickly, since this has stalled long enough already. Anyway, I'll post them and post either your prefrence or if you just want me to pick one and start.

Can we have access to our sheets, or are you keeping track of them?

Hello, my name is Masaio and I'll be your Heavy Calvary for the duration of the adventure!

Sooo... are we still getting the free magic item?

Inquiring minds want to know, eh? ^^

I do so hope so.

I prefer starting over a magic item, but if we are to get it anyhow... *shruggs*

Yes, magic item would be fun.

For a moment there I was afraid I was the only who hadn't recieved one. Now I know better :)

Any word on when we are going to start the adventure?

Right now. I'm making the first post now. As for the magic items, I'll take proposals on PMs (or for whoever has already made requests, I'll PM back with a response).

Any value restrictions?

Just as we are about to get started... :-(

Beginning Sunday (13th) I will be on a seminar till next Sunday (20th). I doubt I'll be able to go online, DM Magius please npc Catarina during that time if necessary, thanks.

DM Mike says keep the magic items to 5000gp or under. Also Magius could you please put up our character sheets soon?

Hot diggity damn, 5000 gp limit. Whoa, I'm gonna get me one dem nifty doo-dads that makes a man better in some obscure way!!! YEAH!!!

I tried to stir things up a bit with my post, just to keep the game alive and running. The six of you were talking about a plan, why the stop?

Huzzah! They accepted my request for the Hathran portrait. Like it? It from the PGtF.

Edit: Little small though...
This message was last edited by the player at 20:33, Tue 22 Mar 2005.

Nice Pic Denira, definately suits your Character better than the last :)

I agree!

I have to agree on that one. And fitting, too!
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 04:02, Mon 28 Mar 2005.

I will be going on vacation this week, but may have access to a computer, but if you don't hear from me, I will be back for sure on Friday or Saturday.

Have fun Drake!

Yeah, have fun Drake!

Hey, just flew in from the Underdark, and boy are my Arms tired!

A dwarven ranger/paladin with an a few gifts from people she's helped.

Hello Pumilia :)

Sorry about being away for a week. It was totally unplanned and unavoidable.

Owie! I just burnt my finger cooking! That really smarts.

PM:

Awfully quiet.

Too true.

We're screwed are'nt we?

of corse we are, but isn't that the point?

If nobody objects (you players here and DMs of RoA) I'll take over the region and move the game forward.

Well, he may not have posted lately, but he has logged on recently.

as long as we move along

DM Magius answered a PM of mine this morning, he is still here. He's just of the oppinion the players haven't decided upon a course of action, thus he's not pushing them into action. *shrugg* At least that's how I understand our short conversations.

Heh, good ol'..."Well, I was waiting on them..." The downfall of most online games. :)

Let's try and get going then. :)

So lets carry this on in OOC.

We seem to have 3 trains of thought on the subject.

1) We investigate the victim's murder further, find out why he was targeted and work out something after that.
2) We follow the assassin, hoping the pursuer won't be caught and see what we can learn from that.
3) We confront the assassin and either a) kill him or b) interrogate him.

Anything I've missed?

No I believe thats it. I am of a mind to go with option three. Find the bastard No I believe that’s it. I am of a mind to go with option three. Find the bastard and beat the crap out of him until he talks.

But since my AL is CG I think option two might be easiest. We can simply have a stealthy character follow him and we follow that character.

What say ye?

I am still here, yes, and I'm trying to think of a way to push you PCs past this bump, but I don't want to make things more chaotic. A vote in the OOC is probably the best way, I agree with that.

I won't abandon a game that quickly, though I can't blame anyone for thinking I have.

Eh, well, I guess I was a might bit too hasty with my post, didn't read the DM's OOC post.

Sorry, but hey, somebody made a decision!

You did good, Pumilia. Someone has to take this foreward.

Sorry guys but Catarina's leaving your cozy corner or the RoA, though you might meet her in a different region... you never know... :-)

Happy gaming!

-Cat

I hope this gets things moving along.

Gonna be busy for a day or two. I'll post when I can.

Bump!

Lol!

Hi, my name is Masiao and I'm addicted to combat. This is my first KA meeting and I'm a little nervous...
This message was last updated by the player at 21:01, Sun 15 May 2005.

Now, now. We were all a little nervous at our first meeting. it'll pass. Now lets go around the room and introduce ourselves shall we?

Could we possibly have a map to see who's where?

Yeah, I'll try and get one up.

Sorry for the delay...

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A                        B        B
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B                        B        B
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C                       D  D   D  D
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D                          D  D
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E                         | G  G|
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F                         |Ba   |
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G       |Dr                     |
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H       |P |
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I       |M |
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J       |Dn|
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K       |L |
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L       |DD    Z  T  T
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1 sq=5 feet


DR=Drunk man
D=Dock
B=Boat
T=Tavern (starting point)
Ba=Barrel stack
G= gatehouse

P= Pumilia
L=Lorne
DD=Drake
M=Masaio
DN=Denira
Z=Zhoran

This is the current position.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:12, Tue 24 May 2005.

Thanx!

My processor blew and I don't have a spare so I'll be away until I can get a new one.

Ouch. That sucks.

Cah caw, cah caw!

Can nyone say "Coup de grace for non-lethal damage"?

I'm sorry to announce that, for the summer vacation, I'm taking a week-and-a-half-long trip to the US starting tomorrow, where I probably won't have access to the internet (though there is a small chance I will). So the adventure won't progress until I return. After I come back I'll try and put this campaign back in high gear with my exams having ended and I'll have much more free time.

Ok DM M. Have fun and stuff, see ya when you get back.

My character would never suggest it herself but what if we knock him out and throw him in the sea? Unless there is someone watching at this very moment noone could know it was us. He's been seen wandering the streets drunk already. Only a high level cleric would be able to find out it was us who did it and then they'd have to find the body first.
If he survives we'd already have the guild on our backs if we got rid of him using another method.

Um, Pumilia wasn't there at the time, but weren't you guys charged with finding this guy's motives and employer? The guard wanted you to find out who was really behind the murders. Plus, Pumilia isn't bloodthirsty, at least, not right now, justice is more then just blades through flesh.

It's that whole lawful good thing.

My point is. I want to lessen the threat to the party. If what Lyral says is true the guild will come after us. We need the element of surprise on our side if the captain asks us to investigate further and we certainly don't need a large group of assassins on our case.

Hi all,

DM Magius sent me a message saying he will soon have to drop this region as a DM.  I am not sure when this will occur, but he has gotten very busy in real life of late, so he may not be able to get on as frequently as in the past.

I can try to take over Dragon Coast (again) or find a new DM for it, but the latter option will take some time.

And if I take over as DM, my posts will not be very frequent as well, twice a week, tops.

(Running Waterdeep, Sword Coast/Amn, and Savage Species regions in RoA and my normal workload will become intense at the end of August as the new semester of teaching starts.)

So I'll be happy to DM in Magius' place, but perhaps a new DM who can devote more time and attention to the region would be better.

Just wanted to give you the heads-up.

Thanks, and hang in there!

Damn it. This character always scares off DMs. Fisrt Inkeeper in Rashemen, now Magius.

I seem to have that effect with Pumilia as well. Heck, I've got a newer character that's already completed one adventure, and is now on her second, in the same region. I'd love to find a place were Pumilia can stay active, or at least, find a GM that can make this place stay active.

Yeah, I hear ya both.

One of the inherent problems with on-line gaming (and RoA, by extension)is DMs come on ready and able to devote time and attention to the game, but later their life throws them curves they did not expect and the game stalls or stops.

DM Magius was good enough to give us warning and not just dump the region and leave suddenly.

So we have time to get a replacement and are not forced into a sudden need to fill the hole.

(And I may already have a new DM in line, so hang tight!)

This may be DM #5 for me, since I joined this region.

Yeah, I asked to be one myself but Raven was in charge of recruiting and said I was too young. :(

How old/young are you?

I'm 18 in a couple of months.

I could take this region. I'd have to find a new home for Masiao but thats cool.
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:39, Fri 22 July 2005.

Ok I'm going to continue the story from where DM Magius left off. Is everyone still around?

I'm here.

Yup!

Wow I was hoping for more but... oh well. I guess I'll just have to round up a player or two and get this started. I know how long you two have been trying to play those characters.

It's not like someone like Drake would quit without telling anyone. He's been in this region since it started!

I'm still here, just haven't chimed in for a little while. I'm ready to start up whenever everyone else is.

Here here! Don't forget the wierd looking one.

Ok good that’s four, I have no problems moving forward with four. We can assume the others, like Masaio, lost their stomach for it when they heard who the assassin works for.

Listen I need another day or two before I move on but you guys can post in character if you like, I will be moving on from where DM Magius left off, I won't be starting over so if you wanted to post something IC you can go right ahead.

Do you guys want to skip ahead to the sewers?

Only 2 of us going into the sewers, right?

Well thats up to the team but I think you should all go and make sure the Assassin is settled in before leaving him Masaio's care.

Yeah, I'd better announce it too before I forget.

19th-28th, out of commission. So, I'll need to be NPCd. :)

Okay Lorne, we have two new players coming onboard soon, once they do I'll getthe region going again for good. Posting rates might not be everyday but i will post as often as I can until a nother DM comes onboard to help ease the pressure.

I will be on vacation during that time as well, but should have some internet access to check on things.

<waves> Hiya. The first of the new PCs is here.

Hi Amylarn

Ok everyone the first post in the Sewers thread is up. You may post when ready.
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:12, Thu 18 Aug 2005.

<waves her hand> Um, sorry, but I'm a little confused. Do I wait until the other characters "find" me in the sewers? Or do I just jump right in? DM DarkChylde gave me a sort of starting place but didn't elaborate. Either I need some more information or I'm making a big deal out of nothing.  :(  Help?

Hello Amylarn, new PC here *waves*

I just wanted to pop in and say hello. I'm starting a new job really  early tomorrow, so I don't have the time to read through things (what a maze BTW). But will look into things when I get home ...

Looking forward to gamming with ya all ;P

Ditto Elomion, I look forward to playing too. And congratulations on the new job.

Thank you, it seems like hard work, so there will be no problems sleeping at night the next two weeks, or so.

LOL congratulations indeed and good luck!

A hearty welcome to our new PCs. Dydh da.

Just about every day I come to the RPOL site and the link for ROA2 is red which is supposed to mean there are new public messages. But when get here there aren't any new messages of any kind. Anybody know what's going on?!

The new messages are for another group. A group you're not in.

Oh. Okay, thanks. :) I guess that explains why there are so many other names in the RoA2 but I never see any of them.

Heh he ... I know the feeling I have two characters in RoA2, so I can change sheet and other stuff that I've never encountered on this site before.

Hello from one of the new PC's. :-) So, who do I need to hide behind for a couple more levels? :-) (mages are such wimps at start).

I would shield you, but my AC isn't very good. Nah to heck with it, join Amylarn and I shall try to shield the both of you ;P

And hello and welcome by the way.

I could shield you... if I had more heatlh. Thats the bad thing about my character.

I could give you a magic item that improve your... nahhh

Well, I've got a decent AC and an OK hp count (though I rolled really badly for it).

Well, my AC isn't as good as Denira, but I've got fairly decent HP.

Drake is back from vacation.

This is on the main RPoL page.

Due to major registrar complications it is possible that the rpol.net domain will become unavailable for a short time.  If this does occur please use

http://rpol.hyphenit.com.au as a temporary work-around.

PLEASE pass this information on to those you game with here.

How many posts are we waiting on to continue?

Probably just mine and Darkchylde's round summary.

Thats right!

Yes, well I'm being taught to iron tomorrow and it's 2.15am right now where I live. I'll post as soon as I'm able, otherwise it'd just be rubbish.

Don't sweat it, just post when you're able!

How many clerics do we have?!

3...I think.

Oh and my ironing lessons didn't happen. Instead, I spent the day chopping firewood.

Well, one of us is only part cleric.  :-)

Hey I'll be posting sporadically over the weekend. Some really messed up stuff happened at my office and I have been working at least 13 hours a day for the last 10 days.

I don't see things improving before monday. I should start posting regularly by then.

Yeah, only a small part for now. To grow bigger I hope.

Sorry about my lack of posting guys, I've been very busy.

I apologize for my absence but IRL issues kept me busy for last couple of days.

Anything soon?

Still here. :)

I know you must all hate me now, IRL has me beat and I can hardly find the time to check the posts much less make one. I don't when things will return to normal so I am contemplating turning over the region to another DM.

Would this be all right with you guys or should I tough it out and post when I can?

Not really, I understand RL takes precedence.

If you think things will go back to normal and you will have the time to run this region, I would prefer you do so, rather then starting over with a new DM?!

Well, I'm just biding my time on another game so I'm not really missing this one too much. <grin> But Elomion is right: RL does take precedence. I'm good with whatever the majority vote is.

I don't care who GM's the region, I just hope that when it starts it gets moving a reasonable pace. I have been through at least five GM's so far and haven't really got anywhere with a storyline. I don't want to relocate just yet, but would love to play an active D&D game.

Almost 2 weeks, any update, good sir?

2 weeks and nothing may mean we're gonna need to get a new DM. I'm afraid we'd lose interest here if it lasts any longer.

<listens to the crickets chirping in the silence>

*chirrrp chirrrp*

Who do we go to when we need a new GM? I'd love to keep this one, but its been way too long now.

We wait for a volunteer. Nothing else we can do unless you want to jump ship. Unfortunately there is only one game right now with any spaces left.

I'd rather not jump ship. Is it known that we've been possibly abandoned?

Yes, it's known. No volunteers yet. Keep your socks on and we'll get someone new eventually. Might take a while though.

Oh, I've got me socks on. Just was unsure of the process. Now that its known, I'll be a-waitin'.

<covers her nose> Whew! Lorne, it might be time to wash those socks. Peew!

Hi all,

DM DarkChylde, who runs the Rashemen, Silver Marches, and Dragon Coast regions for us in RoA was suddenly stripped of internet use around the 24th of September.

We first got word from him this week about his situation, and he's very sorry he had no way to contact anyone here -- his players or his fellow DMs.

When he can get regular internet use, he'll be back DMing on RoA.

For now, we'll try to get DMs to fill in for his regions.

We'll keep you posted on his status as news comes to us.

Thanks!

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Players are allowed to join into any regions currently accepting PCs with NO cost of Day Units, loss of XPs, items, etc.  Just take your PC sheet with you when you request to join another regions.

However, if you decide to sit things out a bit and wait for either DM DarkChylde to come back to the game or for us to find someone to take the region over until he can come back, you'll get 75 XPs per week of waiting.

So if you decide to stay here, you'll get 225 XPs for the three weeks you've already waited so far.

If you move on now, you don't get those XPs.

And if you move on in a week or so, you'll have them, plus another 75.

But we hope to have someone take over the region by then.

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ROLLCALL! Who is still here?  Who plans to move on?

If a player does not reply by 10/19, it will be assumed they are no longer with this region.

Thanks again, all!

Still here

Ok, I think I'm in the right place. This is the home all sorts of unsavory, blood thirsty, cut throats right. Anyway, I am DM Capn_Chord and I will be your interim DM until your current DM is able to return. If someone could give me a recap of where we are in the story I'll be glad to get things up and rolling. Oh yeah recap is worth exp. So post away and let me know who everyone is.

I'm afraid there are a few of us who are VERY new and can't provide much of a recap. For instance you can see my number of posts is less than 15. And, no, that's not because I ignore this game but because not much has happened since I started. I started with a zombie attack in the sewers that hasn't finished yet...and that's about it.

Ok, so we are in the middle of a Zombie attack. Well if everyone could give me a hello post and just let me know who everyone is, how long you've been in the region and anything at all that you know about what is going on.

Well, I've been in region for, well, about half the adventure, maybe a little longer, but not much, probably shorter then that.

What Pumilia Knows (I know more, but...) is that she overheard a guy (Let's call him ASS), who was bragging about killing a man. Pumilia, being a Paladin, was outraged, but being way out of her element, had no way to fix it, so she swtiched bars, lesser evil and all. Then, she overhears the group members talking about ASS and his killings, so she inserts herself into the mix, because, hey, maybe they can help her find and met justice on ASS. So, after inserting herself, she gets them to go with her to find the man, and, lo and behold, it seemed ASS followed her to this bar, so, Pumilia runs up to him, and then after him, banging him along the way with he side of her axe.

With help from her new friends, they capture, and then briefly interrogate ASS, but they need a safe ans secrure place to do so, like the sewers! So, with ASS in tow, the group ventured down into the sewers, and found a little secure room to hide ASS in, along with a guard (one of the PCs). Then, just as Pumila and the gang are about to go above ground to root out some corruption, they overhear a zombie attack, and go charging into the fray (well, at least Pumilia does, with her handaxe, a weapon gifted to her by dwarves she saved back in the underdark, that works wonders against undead).
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Ok, so we have

Pumilia Tundar
Amylarn
Lorne
Denira
Drake Debonn
Elomion Giluran

Is everyone accounted for?

No, we're missing Miriam of Mystra and Cade Maldron.

Ok, just about everyone has checked in. I need to read just a few more pages of back posts and we should resume posting tomorrow. Can someone tell me if the group is still in Westgate?

Unless I'm mistaken, the sewers that we were attacked in are under the city of Teziir. That is what DM DarkChylde wrote in the "introduction" he sent me way back when.

*Harumph* He never told me anything like that!

I've PM'ed my introduction to my the DM who contacted me as assistance.

I'm back, now that someone PM'ed me.

Sorry, for not checking in sooner. I see the DM has been given a brief history, which is good enough from where we are at. I've had more things happen, but most have not included anyone else.

OK, going to throw out a bit of an Executive decision here, we are still in the sewers but those sewers will be under Westgate. All sewers look alike anyway. So anything that mentioned Teziir please substitute westgate. I was, way back when, one of the DM's of the Dragon Coast region so I'll be taking the group along some of the things that I had started and will be trying not to mess up Dark Chylde's story too badly.

Wanted to throw out some Kudos to Pumilia. I was a player in the Underdark Adventure to save Thunderdelve. Due to RL concerns I wasn't able to continue very far after I destroyed the entrance to the keep with a horn of blasting. All they told me was that the horn would open the door :) Its that kind of interaction that makes ROA cool. You can travel to the different regions and pass on the tales of your exploits. As you can see Drake already has seen many things in this region. I hope to give you all many great stories to pass on.

I'm at work now and have to finish up some things before I can work on the game, but I will have and in game post up this afternoon. I look forward to adventuring with you all.

Since I'm very new and most of the info DM DarkChylde sent to me was background regarding Teziir, will I need to know anything about the city of Westgate instead? I understand that the Westgate City Watch could have easily hired me (us) for the same purpose "to go muck around in the sewers" but what about other information? (Who is in charge of the city? What kind of trade does it have? Etc?) Will that information be important to us?

Actually anything that happened in Teziir could have happened in Westgate. It is just larger and seedier. Unexplained deaths run rampant and there are more guilds and organizations than you can shake a stick at. I will post some info about Westgate a bit later, but for now there is nothing significant other than some of you were hired by the watch to check out the sewers and some of you were dragging a prisoner down here to hold him captive.

There seems to be some small confusion amongst the groups as to why they are in the sewer. Both groups are here on behalf of the city. The original Dragon Coast group is there to take care of a problem for the city watch and just ended up in the sewers. The new group was sent by the watch, specifically to check on a group of theives activities in the sewers. I hope that clears things up for those who were wondering.

Yep. I don't want the other group to realize who we brought down there and why. I mean, they may think the worst, hence the whole "we'll be right back, need to see something first."

I think Lorne has hit the problem exactly. I didn't originally want to reveal that I was working for the City Watch in case the group of strangers were the very thieves we were supposed to be looking for.

I agree with both of you, just wanted to clear the waters a bit. Besides, what we know OOC shouldn't affect IC.

Currently waiting for those who are taking care of the prisoner to post something.

Notice, due to the very unpolite ganking of my internet access at work, I am very limited in the time that I have to post now. I will be able to post 3 to 4 times per week. If it falls to anything below this I will have to hand off to another DM. I will not however be disappearing and the hand off would not mean any down time. You've all sat around waiting on us enough. Just wanted you to be aware of the situation.

anyone got a message spell

Not looking good for another DM. this game must be cursed. do we got any clerics with remove curse?

we ain't got anybody with message, who would we have that prepared remove curse?

Of course, I'm going to clain that Pumilia is cursed (this being almost the third DM she's killed).

I think this is my six or seventh since I started here

Guys, I just don't know what to say.

DM DarkChylde is back, so maybe he will pick up the region.

You have the worst track record for keeping a DM followed by one of RoA's oldest regions, the Silver Marches.

And the Dragon Coast as so many cool cities and sites to plan adventures around.

If there were two of me, I'd run it.

Oh, and wouldn't the world be SUCH a better place with two Mikes? All jesting aside, Darkchylde hasn't been posting much at all since he returned which leaves me wondering what he is up to.

Well, once again, this does not bode well...

I agree with Denira on both points.

Guys, I wish I could say we have a DM lined-up for Dragon Coast, but we don't yet.

Dalelands just lost its DM, too, so we're over a barrel.

Hang in there if you like, or see if there is another region open for players.

We're trying to get new DMs in here, I promise!

So we have the same open invitation to leave, or would we have to pay to leave this sleeping region?

Right now we have too many inactive regions and too many uninvolved players. Things won't get better unless we get the DMs to run them and create more. I don't know what Darkchylde is doing now he's back but he's definately not here.

Right now DarkChylde only has time to play here and there, not DM for us.

There is a new region open called Shaar/The Great Rift.  The DM is gung-ho and has things set up.  Gaming in the region will begin right after the new year, but you can get into the tavern and RP there.

In effect, you'd keep all items and XPs gained in this region, but just start fresh there.

I am afraid we'll be closing down Dragon Coast for now.

I'm trying to get more dedicated DMs on board, but it's rough.

Thanks for your patience.