Re: Not Dead Yet
Thanks, all. I would like to finish up a couple of things, if the players are up for it, and game for figuring out how to do it fairly quickly -- that would mean some fast and loose non-mapped based posting, and me seriously backing off my rules-lawyerliness.
First, Tara and Iminye are in the midst of a scene that could close out the story arc of taking out Isabella -- a key goal for Tara, and one she has been chasing for a while, and something that would set Iminye up for her plan to TAKE OVER THE WORLD. And if they fail, it could be a hell of a cliffhanger. Second, at the same time, the same scene (though in a different thread) could close out Valan's arc. If those three players would like to do that, and figure out how to make that happen.
Third, Donato is also at the end of a story arc, in a scene that could wrap something up for him, and answer a few questions for him.
Fourth, Mobley -- this one really would require a willingness to set aside the rules, maps, and the like, and just rolling with it, but I'd like to wrap up the "do we get the bone-staff from the white dragon" if the players would like to do it.
Fifth, and this is probably just one or two posts, Tandro can be shuffled back to Sutton.
There are a couple of storylines that can't be wrapped up quickly -- unfortunately, Amira's is very early, as is Gabhran's and Abby's. Garflin might be wishing, with 20/20 hindsight, that his father/antagonist hadn't escaped that last big fight. I might be able to do a quick wrap of the current scene involving Jonathan and Elijah, but not in a way that actually closes a milestone in the story.
It is possible that six months from now, I'll feel like the possibility of reopening things (maybe with a "let's say a year, or 2, or 3 or 5 have passed -- if you want to pick up with your current PCs, what happened to them in the meantime? If you want a new PC, let's talk." But I can't guarantee it.