Might Paddy be genial, but worried to see old gang buddies about and/or ask about the "good vampire" thing? William might get over his inital shock on noting Carl bristling at him and think to show the attention is affectionate by asking after Paddy's wife, I think.

Howdy, amigos!

The Stray recently informed me that due to RL beasties/time constraints at present, The Storm is going back on hiatus. This shouldn't affect those of you in his supers game, which is being prioritised right behind work to keep up momentum.

Thank you all once again for being a great group and making The Storm what it is. With battle plans laid and dubious allies collected, I am exited for the finale when we do get there.

Meanwhile, good health and good holidays, and here is some awesome for y'all:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwoghxwETng

We're all gonna die!!!!

So in the realm of PCs, I have:

Alouette/Carl
Charging Bear/Jake Lawrence (? unsure about if you still want to run Jake in this coming fight)
William Pierce/Mad Irish Murphy
possibly Adrian Vega

Important NPCs are:

The Amazing Evans
Dr. Ward
Wildcat Hawkins
Ghost Wolf

There's also a bunch of former PCs/less important NPCs, but I want to send them off to Do Other Stuff while this core group deals with Pale Moon, his Snake Buddy, and his Ghost Warrior bodyguards. Sound reasonable? Any changes I need to make to that roster?

I'm in as well...though a recap would be greatly appreciated as I've slept a few times since we last played.

Our intrepid heroes are heading down into the Mines of Moria Wendell Mine in order to stop the Comanche shaman Pale Moon from cracking open the seal that keeps Tezcatlcoatl and his brood of snake manitou from overrunning Texas. Pale Moon has made his Ghost Warriors immortal by binding their souls into a photographic plate -- as long as the plate exists, the Ghost Warriors are invulnerable to most forms of harm. But breaking the plate isn't an easy answer, as warnings say that if the souls held inside the plate are released while inside the mine, they'll be drawn into the Ghost Rock and blow the whole mine sky-high, which will probably release Tez anyway and destroy the town of Blackthorn above.

Dr. Ward, the wizard cattle baron who made deals with the snake manitou in the first place, has repented his actions and is travelling with the posse in order to complete a ritual that will return Tezcatlcoatl to his slumber. He also thinks he can dispel the magic of the plate without killing everyone. Several members of the posse are in possession of weapons dipped in snake venom, which can harm the brood and Tez himself if things go horribly awry. The posse has also met up with Ghost Wolf, one of Pale Moon's warriors who leads a faction that is not particularly happy with the direction Pale Moon has been taking the tribe. Ghost Wolf has tentatively agreed to get as meany of his people out as he thinks will follow him.

Does that work?

Adrian and his pet Bone Agglomination are going to help Ghost Wolf and everyone tell the Comanche to shoo, then Doctor Ward (who is a Man of Genius and Complicated) will make sure the Snake stays off this plane, and then the Apocalypse won't kick off in Blackthorn, Texas and we can have Easter Eggs. [nod]

So Alouette, are you fine with keeping hold of Wildcat and/or Ghost Wolf? Or should I ask if someone else wants to run them for this?

That is a good summary, both of you, thanks!

@Stray - Alouette might be off dealing with whatever ruckus it is that frees the PCs up to go deal with Pale Moon without the NPC flotilla...does anyone want one of my babysat PCs? Stray, you don't want Ghost Wolf yourself?

@Adrian - and remember to let your conscience be your guide, not the demons in your mind!

Alouette is kinda important to this, though, and the clank not being part of this final battle just feels wrong. And as for Ghost Wolf...I'm not sure, because I think you run him better than I do.

True. The people demand clank! Clank or bust!

Yeah, but rest assured that if necessary(/with sufficient buildup of aetheric energies that the Hawk bursts another chain) Alouette could reappear to the Ride of the Valkyries, possibly by a bunch of crowlets on kazoos...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlo49pcDroo

All right, though. Go go gadget Actively In The Way!

If you want any semblance of stealth, you should probably grab it before it patters out there and starts greeting Comanches it hasn't met...

Speaking of, did we leave our NPC buddies fighting a thing offscreen? There should maybe be mention of the thing.

Hoka Hey, Actively in the Way!

The NPC buddies are off trying to find the other Ghost Warriors in the caverns, both to warn them about Pale Moon and to keep this group from being flanked. They're also dealing with a large brood of Snake Spirits elsewhere. I can mention that, yes.

Here checking in. Real life has been all sorts of crazy yesterday, but I'll try to get in a post with Adrian today sometime.

Ditto.

And posted.

Hey,Stray: I don't see Ghost Wolf on the map. Am I not looking in the right place?

*Checks*

Ah, darn it. Alrighty, give me a second to update it.

Updated. Ghost Wolf added to the map.

That really sucks about Photobucket. That's going to ruin all the image placements littered throughout my games. There are a lot of links I'm going to have to update now. Sheesh.

I...I'm not affected yet, but likewise. Boo.

Yeah. I have pics spread out across forums that are now broken and will need replacing, including my own game wikis and the games I run here on Rpol. I speant a good chunk of yesterday downloading my images (couldn't get them to download all at once) and uploading them to a new platform. I have the feeling I'm not alone, and I'm pretty sure Photobucket is about to collapse. This is not the sort of move that goes over well with a user base.

I just read a few reactions about this on Twitter. head-->desk seems appropriate.