I had no idea that there was a thread limit, but apparently 1,000 posts is it! So here we go with the second thousand!

Oh... oh right. The numbers aren't the amount of those items, but what the number is for each roll... I'm the only one that missed that wasn't I? Damn...

The old inn is looking kinda dusty lately. :P

In reply to Selenia (msg # 3):

In my table top game, I just shot a wand out of my bow for 236 healing damage on an undead leader with 45 hit points.

Uh...wow? That's not something you see everyday.

In reply to AJ (msg # 4):

You must be some kind of bard or magus with Weapon Wand spell?

In reply to Alison Romtree (msg # 6):

nope Rogue 1/Fighter 1/ Ranger 1
no I used the wand like an arrow

LOL well that clears it right up.

In reply to Alison Romtree (msg # 8):

Lucid Channelling a Spirit of  an Paragon Character

Been swamped, likely until weds. Sorry for inactivity.

Sorry for my inactivty, new activites took up my interest suddenly. I'll get to posting tomorrow. Sorry for taking so log to get round to it.

Not a problem. I've had my own RL issues... limited posting over the past ten days, so I perfectly understand how that goes.

NPC me for now. Broke my arm this morning, and typing is painful.
I will join the others in meeting the gill men, however.

We are entering the time of year when my posting rates will drop significantly. I will try to post twice per week. I can usually do that.

Yikes. I hope its not too bad.

Sorry to hear about your broken arm! Were you shadow boxing with a wall? (Don't bother replying; typing's tough right now!)


Thanks for the heads-up! You, too, Alison. I'm twisting my mind trying to figure out what could change this time of year. All I can come up with is Summer School or Camp Runamuck! Down in these parts it's just siesta time!

I have 5 children age ranges 14 - 3. I am suddenly swamped with people who need me.

Ha-ha! I was almost right. Kids are out of school and underfoot! That's what summer camp was invented for!

Congrats on the 5 kids. Well, they always need you, just not so persistently.

I promise not to kill off your character... at least until school starts up again!

Just waiting on a PM from the DM regarding my PM :p Then I'll post I promise! :D

My computer just gave up the ghost today. The screen stopped displaying anything, though it's lit up, so I'm figuring it's either the  monitor that somehow burnt out or else the videocard went out. Or maybe the hamster died.

Anyway, I can use my friend's computer on a more sporadic basis until I can get mine fixed or replaced.

Anyway, I'm still around; I just may not be able to stay on top of things all that quickly.

Np man. Thanks for telling us, and I hope you get a new monitor soon.

Congrats Miranda on nailing the 8000th post!

Miranda is an NPC lol. Or are you congratting me? :)

In reply to Selenia (msg # 23):

Miranda got the 8000th post not you dear

In reply to Grey Wolfheart (msg # 24):

oh. :(

Damn you, Miranda. Damn you!!!! :p

Damn NPCs indeed. (We oughtta fry em up and eat em.)

In reply to Chas Flyd (msg # 26):

That's your solution to every problem, though! :P

Hey folks! I'll be writing up a sheet for the evening but soon I'll be able to jump in an RP with you guys! Can't wait!

Cuz I'm HUNGRY!  Speaking of hungry...its new meat.  Hi G'eldrina.

In reply to G'eldrina (msg # 28):

Aaah, another woman to figure out how to control.

She's got a big, mean friend who wouldn't take too kindly to that ;)

Cat fight!!!!

In reply to Selenia (msg # 32):

No just misscommunication

In reply to AJ (msg # 33):

BOOOO! :(

In reply to Selenia (msg # 34):

*sits on Selenia* you want a show?

In reply to Grey Wolfheart (msg # 35):

I want to see a cat fight. Preferably with myself not involved in fight directly but watching closely from the sidelines, safe and with a bucket of popcorn!

Finally got my sheet made. Wildwoods, I'll be seeing you soon!

I should be joining Wildwoods soon as well :)

GM, I don't think I've been added to any language groups, if those are a thing we're using in this game.

In reply to G'eldriina (msg # 39):

I don't think we are, lol. That's "too serious" and this is a vignette style game so far from what I've seen.

That's going to be a habit I'll have to get out of, then, because I'm very used to my characters making full use of their languages.

You simply need to write something like:

"Ah I see. Well I'm Selenia the Red Witch, a pleasure to meet you!" the red-cloaked woman replied as the crow on her shoulder peered around in silent curiosity. The wolf that was laying at her feet was chewing on a piece of beef jerky the woman had recently given to her, although she looked at the people speaking to the red-cloaked woman warily.

"Do you speak draconic by chance?" she asked. "The sky is blue. Can you understand what I just said?" she followed up in Draconic.

Alas, I had no idea there were language groups when I joined RPoL, and I don't know how to use them.

There should be a PM in your inbox re: language groups and their setup.

Hey all,  I'm sad to have to say this, but it's become clear to me that I will not have time for much/any gaming through seminary, which started a few days ago.  30+hours of week each for my employment work and my school work leaves me with not enough time for my wife and children, let alone time for enjoying myself with you all.  I hope that when I graduate (or when some to-now unknown relative leaves me a fortune in their will so I can stop working while I do school?) I'll be able to come back and join you all again.

Good luck man.

I'm sure I've fallen behind on some threads here. My apologies. I've been under the weather for the past two days, and I'm still recovering a bit. Hoping to be back up to par tomorrow.

Hope you get better soon. And don't worry about the game just rest up a bit.

In reply to GM StarMaster (msg # 47):

No worries, it gets us all from time to time.

I often check on things at work by phone and forget when I get to the house all that I had seen. And don't let there be a honey-do list, delays delays
lol

Rearranging my office today so I will not be posting or won't be posting until late this evening.

Not sure how much time I'll have to post between now and Saturday. I'll have some, I think, but suddenly have a lot of stuff on my schedule. Expected some, but it just seems to be that time of year! Hope everyone has a Happy Holiday.

Things should be back to normal for me on Saturday.

Happy holiday to you too! And to everyone on here!

Happy Hollandaise!

In reply to Krass (msg # 53):

Sorry I am late but Happy Fourth day of Christmas.

Four Calling Rings

Apologies for my lack of posting, but I've been sick this past week. It was bad enough Monday that I should have gone to the ER, according to my doctor, but by the time I saw my doctor, it had mostly passed. However, it did take its toll on me. My brain's been a brick and my body feels like it got run over by a herd of elephants.

I honestly didn't expect it to last the whole week, but then my car broke down on the highway on Friday on the way back from the doctor, dragging it out further.

My brain finally came back on-line yesterday, but body is still sore. I should start getting caught up on my posting later today.

Well take care of yourself first my friend.......and I hate car issues. I got a clunker that often acts up OR family members bump it around causing issue.

Feel free to feel better before putting us into the next meat grinder.

In reply to GM StarMaster (msg # 55):

You should go see a doctor anyway to make sure you're still not dangerously ill.

Agreed. Also... would it be possible to get a map? I'm having a hard time visualizing what's happening.

Oh yes, a map would be most helpful.

I was working on a map... have one but it was pretty poor cause it was scanned. I was working on fixing it just before I had jury duty last Tuesday. It in itself wasn't a big deal but it screwed up my sleep schedule so bad it took my till yesterday to get straightened out again. I'll try to get the map up later today.

No rush my friend and do not lose sleep for it by all means, we are patient.

With Long Arm Alison's reach increases by 5'. If she gets an AoO she will use it.

In reply to Alison Romtree (msg # 63):

Ummm, its been a while, are we waiting on a post from me?

Nope. Just waiting on me. March has been a bad month for posting for me. I seem to get a few good days and then a few more bad days.

In reply to GM StarMaster (msg # 65):

No worries, just making sure I wasn't the bottle-neck. ;)

In reply to Baron Yosef Murkwood (msg # 66):

Thank you for the update! Can we uh, get a map update too? I want to see what my flanking options are. :)

New player, joining  Champions of Khonsu. Not sure which group. very chilled player in both in game and OOC. Haven't TTRPG in like a year. Excited to stretch my legs and play.

In reply to Jayce (msg # 68):

Have you ever uttered the phrase "WATCH OUT flying fiends!" aloud?

In reply to Alison Romtree (msg # 69):

Haha, I cannot say that I have. Should I?

Well it would have passed my test =-< LOL

OK so Spring Break is not next week, but the week following. I need to get this whole calendar thing under control.

So, I see we have serpentfolk coming. Am I instantly aware? Do I hear or see them?

Please NPC's me until 22

I am here and will post later tonight. Been busy working and work both my jobs on Monday and Tuesday.

In reply to Selenia (msg # 74):

Just got back myself, sorry for the delay, catching up on stuff now.

In reply to Baron Yosef Murkwood (msg # 75):

I am here. And will be back to regular schedule.

Welcome back everyone.

In reply to GM StarMaster (msg # 77):

Good to see you all.

I am here still. Just have been super busy with the 4th of july and stuff, plus today I worked for 12 hours. I will post tomorrow.

Still here as well.

Is there a map I should be able to see?

No. The map under Map 2 was where they started, but they've now gone to the moon on a moonbeam. I haven't done a map for that area. Yet. Not sure if I need to.

You'll just have to read the description.

Can Alison reach across the pit with her Longarm spell?

The pit is an illusion, apparently it hasn't fooled the Yuan-ti or the half-breeds that saw their leader slither across it, so they've closed with Alison and Marik and hit both of them.

Did any of them move close enough to me to provoke? Would it even have an effect if they did? Since the one just walked through me.

When that happened, Sylvandria recognized it as a Mirror Image. Apparently, though, its action did not disrupt that image. She can attempt to attack it, and if she hits it, it vanishes, leaving one less image to be the real Yuan-ti.

Otherwise, she'd have to move to reach one of the others, which might or might not be the real one.

and I roll a 1! Lousy 1...

You guys are lucky. I face the unenviable task of charging a Beholder.

I want to apologize to Starmaster and Grey for having been slower than usual in my posting times lately. I've been super busy in rl but not enough to want to quit the game or anything (I won't ever just vanish).

I'm working 56 hours/week, but also in the process of buying a new property and that's eating up a lot of my time and energy too. Also I'm preparing to go on vacation in the middle of august to Cancun too. But I'm still around. :)

In reply to Selenia (msg # 89):

Np love


Also I am preparing a new 5e game soon with lots of player involvement in world building. More to come later.
This message was last edited by the player at 04:25, Thu 28 July 2016.

In reply to Grey Wolfheart (msg # 90):

Keep us posted when you launch!

Krass, the beholder and everyone else seems to be under a sleep spell! I think it is the suspense that will kill me!

Thanks for the update, Selenia. I'm not sure if I envy you or not!


I had expected to get to the Beholder game today, but when I woke up, I got online for about 2 minutes before the server went down. It was down all day. Now that it's back and I WANT to get caught up, I'm falling asleep... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

First thing tomorrow!

In reply to GM StarMaster (msg # 93):

Yeah I've been a busy beaver.

Today I just spent a couple hours getting the home inspected and going over things with the inspector and my realtor. There are some issues but nothing necessarily enough to kill the deal, but I may need to have the seller adjust their price or fix things before closing. I am hoping to get the inspection report by tomorrow sometime.

I can't wait for August 12th though, since that is when I go on my vacation. I get back home on august 19th but then have camping to do...I will be "totally back" on August 22nd.

Hey GM, I just noticed you only rolled once to see if I hit the real thing rather than the mirror image, when I made two attacks on my turn.

That was because you only succeeded in hitting one of the images. Sylvandria's second attack missed. It would have hit one of the half-breeds, but the pureblood is a bit tougher.

Bleh. Another rough week. This one ended up with me getting food poisoning on Saturday. Left me a mess. When I finally got some energy to post on Sunday, damn thunderstorm came through and knocked out the Internet for awhile.

Still trying to get caught up.

In reply to Baron Yosef Murkwood (msg # 73):

hello, I am new here, HI HI

So am I :), hello everyone.

Greetings all new players. Good to see more people.

Hello all, I am new as well, have fun together!

Alright now! We are coming back up.
Welcome aboard.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:53, Thu 27 Oct 2016.

Hi guys, hope we'll have great fun.

Percy are you in the colony pathfinder game that is starting up? If so, I'm the witch hunter...

Nice. That game was taking a bit long to start up so I joined this one.

In reply to _Ethan Urdan (msg # 104):

I never got a reply from the dm for my rtj for that game.

Howdy all! Lets try and have some fun! :D

In my game, Dangerous Isles, I was the last to post, on 23rd. Love to know if anyone else still there.

This message was deleted by the player at 02:23, Fri 28 Oct 2016.

In reply to _Shinoskay (msg # 109):

Kinnon will be all over the markets in his time off, upgrading his familiar, new spells etc. What sort of crafter are you? That may be a hook.

In reply to Kinnon Shininglight (msg # 110):

honestly, that was a cross post mistake...

thankfully, I am still playing a bit of a crafter who is coming in a bit lost.... i swear its a coincidence.

my char is going to be a herbal alchemist, as in he makes plant based potions and salves.

He Aasimar with wings, a switch fighter.

In reply to Ultan (msg # 108):

Yep, still here.

Okay, Dangerous Isles is back up and running again!

Hi everyone, I'm a new player for the Agents of the Shield adventure. Pretty hyped up!

Creating a CS might take me a while since I'm new to Pathfinder, the amount of options is quite overwhelming but I think I'll manage.

Hi all,

I'm the latest addition to Dangerous Isles.

Looking forward to introducing you all to the three-armed wonder that is Drax :)

Welcome Drax. Looking forward to seeing where the third arm is!

Just wait until I start growing a familiar on my back ;)

I may be slow to post over the week end due to the holiday, as well as the fact I'm working 16 hours between Saturday and sunday.

In reply to Drax (msg # 117):

I love Tumor Familiars. Made mine a monkey, gave it armor and weapon proficiencies, and now it's a bodyguard.

I'm intending for Hedgehog and giving it Protector archetype, so I will be even tankier ;)

Grey I am  holding off continuing to give you a chance to post, chime in, etc.

In reply to Selenia (msg # 121):

Okay Love.
But first, Happy Fourth Day of Christmas.

And merry Christmas to you too Grey. :)

In reply to Selenia (msg # 123):

It is now the Fifth Day of Christmas, Five Golden Rings to you my sweet.

I never understood if the "days of Christmas" started before or after December 25th.

neither, the days of christmas start on christmas day

Ah, OK. :)

If Little Christmas, 6th January, is the 12th day, then it starts on Boxing Day 26th December, i.e. when presents were given. 6th January is when the magi arrive with their presents.

Sorry, you are right. 12th day ends on eve of Epiphany, 5th January. It starts on Christmas Day.

In reply to Ultan (msg # 129):

Really?
Yes, Epiphany is not part of the 12 days of Christmas. It is it's own season. And of course Christmas starts on the eve.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

About 39 more minutes to go for new year here, but happy new year to you all too.

Hold, _Hold.  30 more minutes until the new year

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

In reply to Kinnon Shininglight (msg # 134):

XD

Nostalgia fun fact: I have been in this game for three years now.

So have I!  :-D

I've certainly been having fun with your game, Selenia! I sure hope you have, too, if you've hung around that long!

It's been one of the more eclectic types of games I've been in, but I certainly have been enjoying it. :)

In reply to Selenia (msg # 138):

Cool. I am having fun in that game as well.

Mom went to the hospital again on Monday. Early. So sleep has been disrupted most of the week. She came home Thursday, but she seems to be getting worse than better, so she may be going back in another day or two.

That's just the way it goes sometimes.

Good luck, starmaster, with your mother. And make sure you get some rest for yourself too, or both of you will be sick.

Yep. Mom went back to the hospital Saturday night. Probably another infection. Haven't got word from the doctors yet. She should have gone to rehab last time, so will probably go this time.

In reply to GM StarMaster (msg # 142):

ATTENTION GAMERS!

GM StarMaster is a buddy of mine, and he wanted me to pass on some info. He is currently in the hospital with a bad gallbladder. He has surgery scheduled to get it removed on Wednesday Feb. 1st.

Not to worry! His doctor promises that, short of very serious complications (which the Doc does not believe will happen), GM StarMaster will be home, and back at his computer, in time for the Super Bowl (that would be this Sunday, Feb. 5th, if ya didn't know).

So he says to keep playing, and he'll catch y'all up after the weekend.

Hoping he'll be fine.

Please let him know we're thinking of him and wish him the best for his surgery.

Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch.

For those who may not have heard, eight days ago on Sunday night just after dinner, I suddenly developed a severe stomach pain--level 7. While I struggled with it for half an hour, figured it was probably food poisoning. It wasn't like any other stomach pain I'd ever experienced before. Then I wound up throwing up 4-5 times, though afterwards the pain level was only 5. An hour later, I threw up 2-3 more times and the pain level dropped to 3. And there it stayed. No more throwing up, and it didn't go away. I couldn't find any position where the pain was lesser, and it was too high to let me sleep. Finally called the EMTs about 1 a.m. and off to the ER I went.

A dose of femital (or something) dropped the pain to 1, and eventually it went completely away. However, the hospital continued to run its test to try and determine the cause. I'm not convinced that they ever did. One doctor concurred that it might have been food poisoning, but the other doctor concluded that it was a problem with my gallbladder and recommended I have it removed. He scheduled laposcopy surgery for Wednesday. If it went well, I'd be hope by Friday. Turned out it was in bad shape and required full abdominal surgery to remove it.

Let me tell you... in all those movies/shows when they talk about a painful wound to you abdomen, they aren't kidding! Every muscle in your chest and abdomen, and a few in your arms and legs, are all tied in together. So every deep breath, every burp, every hiccup, every yawn, every laugh, every cough causes excruciating pain! This is on top of the pain meds!

Every movement... sitting up, standing up, sitting down, laying down, stretching, reaching, bending... causes pain. One such movement at a time is usually okay, but then requires an hour of sitting still and getting over it.

Alas, the hospital's discharge procedure was rather inept on Sunday, and I wound up having to make a dozen such movements so that I could get my meds from the pharmacy before it closed. So after I got home and settled in, it took around 8 hours for the pain to subside.

It's slowly getting better, but will probably take 5-6 weeks for the surgery to completely heal and the pain to completely go away.

But, I'm back! Not sure how much I'll get to in the next two days... have to reorganize the house a bit as I'm mostly fending for myself.

Anyway, I apologize for the absence and lack of word.

In reply to GM StarMaster (msg # 146):

It is okay. We will wait on you.

Here we can take a slash to the gut and loose hit points. In RL I feel for you. Take whatever time you need.

My dad recently had his gallbladder removed and its been painful for him, so I understand.

Take the time you need to recover ! We can wait. Shame clerics in D&D dont actually excist.

IT'S A CONSPIRACY!

Finally recovering from my surgery, I get a cold last week. Wound up coughing half the nights so didn't get much sleep, making me tired the next day.

Then on Thursday and again on Friday, my computer picked up its own virus!

Somewhere along the way, I misplaced my brain. Been looking for it ever since.

The next adventure may have to be The Search for StarMaster's Brain!

In reply to GM StarMaster (msg # 151):

Where did you last use it? We can begin there.
Keys....Wallet....Brains....all the same. We can do it.

In reply to GM StarMaster (msg # 151):

That would be a good premise for making a psychic character. :)

 Did you check under the table?

Naw! That's the one from that Abbey guy..... Abbey Normal, I believe it was.....

Well, there you go! A good reason for keeping a zombie around--to find your brain when you lose it! Unless....

Hundreds of good reasons to keep a zombie or three around.  ;)

This game lit up on my sticky list today but I don't see any new posts. GM logged in yesterday and I see a few players have as well, what's going on with this game. Any ideas?

He posted in my thread.

Thanks Selenia. It seems I missed a post from March in my thread from the GM.

I am confused, Tank. You are posting in Group 1, but you were with Group 8 in the Crystal Mines? How did you jump threads like that?

Well, Tank is an agent of JAGSS, so she has a ring.

The thread she posted in is the generic thread for The Shield.

She probably forgot she was in the Crystal Mines.

In any case, I'll be adding Tannon Flint to the Crystal Mines thread, as the team he was on have all vanished. Hmmmm. Maybe an idea for the next mission!

Still waiting to see what Kraw is keeping mesmerized.

In reply to _Kraw Keeneye (msg # 163):

I am mesmerized...does that count?

Apologies once again for the delay. Last Friday, internet was out and continued for half of Saturday. Monday I picked up a virus/malware that screwed up Windows Edge browser, and it would no longer load anything from the internet. Didn't know what the problem was, though, so I put it into the computer shop. Turns out, Edge is so intertwined with Windows now that I have to reload Windows, which could wipe out a lot of my material.

Also, I just discovered that, somewhere along the way, I've had a lot of files deleted. May be more than the ones I've found so far.

And then RPoL was down for a couple hours yesterday.

Kind of bummed right now, but I'll get caught up today or tomorrow.

Just an FYI...

Hurricane Irma may come knocking at my door over the weekend, and while I don't plan on answering, power and internet might go down for a day or two.

Anyway, been prepping for that, as well as dealing with a few other RL (minor) issues that just seemed to gang up on me.

Still alive!

As bad as Hurricane Irma was, it wasn't all that bad. Almost no building damage has been reported, not even broken windows, but signs and lots and lots of trees have been uprooted.

15 million people without power. It's starting to come back online now, but probably won't have it at the house for another 2-3 days. Posting from a friend's workplace, which never actually lost power because it was part of the evacuation route.

All we had were a few roof leaks, and the backyard fence got blown down.

Glad to hear!

I'm glad you didn't suffer severe damage!

Glad you didn't get hit to bad. My sister is down by Tampa in Clearwater and they are still without electricity. They got a call today that the estimate is Friday afternoon to get it back on.

Surviving makes us stronger.

;)

Damn, you were lucky. All these storms make me think 'Earthquakes aren't all that bad' in comparison.

10.5 days without power!

 Lost power on the 9th just around noon as the hurricane passed by.

 No power, no AC, no lights, no stove/microwave/toaster oven, no hot water, no TV, no computer, no modem, no internet.

 Florida. Summer. Hot. Humid. Sat around in the dark and sweated. Didn't sleep well, didn't eat much.

 Couldn't go anywhere since most places were also without power.

 For a few days, gas was scarce, because most gas stations didn't have power, and so couldn't pump gas. The few that either had power or emergency generators had long lines and then ran out of gas. Tried getting by on ice, but so was everyone else, and ice quickly sold out.

 Finally got power back about 8:30 last night.

 So now we're cleaning up the mess.

 It'll probably be another day or two before I get caught up on all my games.


The difference between earthquakes and hurricanes is that earthquakes tend to be more devastating in a smaller area, while hurricanes tend to be less destructive overall but do so in a much greater area.

Well thanks for the update man. I'm also glad that you seem, overall, to have come through it ok. More annoyed than hurt it sounds like. But really glad you got power back. That's major, really.

Will be slow to post. Broke both arms on Sunday. Care Facility has wifi, but long posts hurt.

Yeah, that really sucks, doesn't it? We'll see how things go for the New Year.


Pfui. Don't know whether it's the holiday blehs, blahs, blues or busyness, but I find myself unusually lacking in time with unexpected lack of mental energy to boot. I get a few posts in (if I'm lucky), and then my brain turns to mush. Getting around to posting as I can.

Anyway, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone!

Likewise Starmaster.

Joyous Season all. And peace to your families.

Merry Christmas everybody.

I think the holiday mess is behind me now, and I've had a chance to recharge my gaming batteries.

So let's get these games back on track!

I am traveling the next few days and connectivity may not be reliable.  I should be able to check in some.

Chas

In reply to Chas Flyd (msg # 180):

AJ and Augie just can not deal with Chas.

He does take some getting used to....

Right?

He is only mildly offended.   ;)

In reply to Chas Flyd (msg # 183):

Doesn’t matter he is severely offensive

Yeah...I get it.  Sorry?  No hard feelings.

Thanks for not killing poor old Chas.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:51, Fri 16 Feb 2018.

In reply to Chas Flyd (msg # 185):

I as a player am fine. My character and her servant could no longer be near Chas.

He was quite useful on Aerostratos though.

In reply to Krass (msg # 187):

Useful maybe, still doesn’t change that the whole skinsend Spell is to much for my girls

It is pretty gross.  Even I have to admit that.

Apologies for the delay in getting back to this game. Had a family event on the 24th, with people coming in from out of town. Spent the week before cleaning the house and straightening things up and whatnot.

It only lasted one day, but it wiped me out the following day, and then I had a medical procedure the next two days, which wasn't a big deal, but somehow managed to wipe me out the rest of the week.

A warning to everyone: DON'T GROW OLD! IT SUCKS!

I just don't have the energy I used to. Running errands during the day or doing chores seems to wipe me out by 6pm. I sometimes manage to get a few posts in here and there, but if it requires THINKING... not gonna happen.

In the midst of all this, my friend and I are trying to start up a new ftf game, since we haven't done any in several years now. Actually, it's more of a campaign, and we're OCD, so we have to dot all the t's and cross all the i's.

Getting back to it finally...

Incoming Worldly, Dark, Brooding, and Pessimistic half-elf rogue type. He isn't creepy but he is depressing.

Working on a redeemed killer background, He needs to do good to atone for the evil he has done. Raised by a Ne Cult, Influenced by CG Sacrifice, now N looking to become NG.

Glory Archetype Ninja Similar to to the Urban Ninja.


#1 common (undercommon and common)
#2 common language (everyone speaks elven)
#3 old dead language (Aquan, not quite so dead around Kortos)
#4 monster language (Halfing and Lip reading, the only way to get a fair price in Absalom)
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In reply to Awi Shelessu (msg # 191):

Did i post to the wrong thread?

No, this is the right thread to introduce yourself. Not everyone feels they need to respond and say 'howdy'.

I am looking forward to Playing my character with a tiefling, i drew it up based on the premise of operating well in darkness and subtlety. It also plays well with my expectations to  explore what it means to be a functional member of society when your one that society would normally persecute.

Hello everyone.  My creative spark has hit and I am ready to dive back into gaming after a long hiatus.  My character is pending GM review, but I will be playing an Elven Investigator.

Welcome to the club.

My long work weekend has grown to be a bit longer.  I expected to have today off, but I am getting called in to work today to cover a call off.  I should be able to post again some time later tonight or tomorrow morning.

No worries, this game seems to be Fun/roleplay oriented from what i've seen. Worst case you vanish for two weeks, we decide to start without you can you join in whenever you get back and step into a portal. ;-)


Genius Campaign nexus Starmaster has here, absolutly brilliant.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:04, Mon 30 Apr 2018.

Jagss gear weights about 39-40 pounds before adding in the Oil, Lamp, and tent.

I mostly blame the pitons.

Most of you probably have haversacks or holding bags so it's moot, but still can easily put most people into medium encumbrance.

Hello. I want to apologize for my absence for the last couple days. I started a new shift at work and I've had to adjust my sleep to compensate. I should be able to post again tonight.

Happy Mothers Day to any of you that are :)

Pfui. Been sick the past three days, so haven't got much done.

In reply to GM StarMaster (msg # 202):

I can understand that.  I pretty much slept for the last two days.  Eventually, I will feel better.  I hope you do too.

In reply to Nikosian (msg # 203):

Well then, we can start this party it looks like.

If it helps save time, if you scroll up about 10 messages Awi asked Ariana a pretty similar question and received a answer. I expect you'll get a pretty similar answer.

*Healthy wishes

In reply to Awi Shelessu (msg # 204):

OK, i'm back sorry.


@niko  sad thing is if you went  for aid other you would have auto passed. 1's aren't auto fails for skill checks by default. :D

Also the atleast 3 of us are skill monkeys it looks like.

The world cup has got me all mixed up, time and sleep wise.

In reply to Nikosian (msg # 206):

It's fine, between School and lack of a social calendar and a pregnancy scare i've lost all track of time.

I'm back now.

Is there a way to switch messages within a thread so the most recent post appears at the top of the page?

In reply to saneighbour (msg # 208):

No but reply loades the last 5 posts below it in newst order.

Hello everyone!

I've finally got my character created and now I'm ready to roll. I thought I'd pop in and say hello.

Hollah'!!!

Wait...that didn't come out right...

I look forward to diving into StarMasters world and getting my 'PC' feet wet. (I've been a DM forever it seems) Catch y'all on the flip side.

S

Cool. I'm right behind you. Welcome.

In reply to Hidari C'athyl (msg # 211):

I like how you've bookended a really creepy saying with positive words of affirmation and greeting! Ha ha

Haha. Completely unintentional.

Greetings, all! Glad to be along for the ride.

Hey hey Ather! I'm, by no means, part of the official greeting squad (being a freshie myself) but I say "Welcome!"

Disclaimer: There may or may not be 'an official greeting squad'.

In reply to Vatra Praxx (msg # 215):

"Nope, no official greeting squad. But consider yourself welcomed

In reply to AJ (msg # 216):

Oh, sure i have to double post just to get told to chill out while fishing for a welcome and they just get one.

I'm hurt, litterally my sleeve is soak in the blood from wearing it on my sleeves for so long.  oversized safty pin probably helped.

Welcome Ather. As to what everyone else is talking about I"m so confused.

Hey hey all,

I just got out of surgery yesterday, so if you were waiting for Vatra, maybe move ahead a couple of rounds and I'll catch up when I'm back on track creatively.

Peace out.

Hey, Vatra. Rest up and get well. Surgery of any kind is no joke.

Too bad we can't just send a CSW your way.

In reply to Ather Merrikson (msg # 220):

ha ha ha!! THAT would be awesome! These Tylenol 4's are pretty good but a CSW would get me back up to 'Rarin' to go'

Got it. Get well soon.

;)

If you don't get well, take comfort in knowing we will take good care of your corpse, and pull out all the stops at our funeral/wake.

By the way do you have a preference...funeral or wake?  Pyre or burial?  Music choices?  Floral arrangements?

;)

Wake/ pyre/ 4 piece bagpipe playing a Pantera mash-up/ tulips on as many organs as possible...  obviously.

Done!

4 piece bagpipe playing a Pantera mash-up is gonna be hard, but for you...we'll find a way.

May I recommend the 'Blood Tulip'?

Hahaha.

Has this game died as well?

If it did, I'll not hold it against this Storyteller. This game has been going for several real life years now.

In reply to Selenia (msg # 227):

Technically in my thread I think player 2 and 3 are have given up trying or are being grumpy.

One has spent 2-3 post trying to get info on flowers (druid) and the other just hasn't reacted since llast month.

Add in a hurricane (or 2?) and the start of the holiday season it's not impractical for the game to be last thing on your mind.

I have nothing but respect for starmaster.

He's had this thing going for like over 3 years now I think, and the sheer scope and size of this thing is astronomical and he's always usually very responsive and such to all the groups. I myself am on a hiatus of sorts (that he and grey know about) as my rl is a bit too busy right now, but he's always been great with communication.

It's actually very weird to me to see he hasn't logged in since late September. His track record is excellent in my eyes.

In reply to Selenia (msg # 229):

^^
Give it time, just because we may be forgotten doesn't mean we are lost. Once Irl calms down i'm sure he will remember us and re-organize.

My group was at a possible end of the adventure or commit to bodily harm. I feel more abandoned by the players tbh.

Still here.

Got busy in RL. As I've explained several times already, though maybe not int his game, ever since I had gall bladder surgery early February of last year, I've been a bit off. I have lots of time to post, but I wind up getting tired way too early in the evening. Brain power wanes quickly. Even if I try to read a post, I can read it ten times and still have no idea what I just read.

I thought things were turning around a month or so ago, as I seemed to be able to return to my normal routine. Maybe the busy week has triggered a bit of a relapse. Or maybe I'm just getting old.

Anyway, getting caught up today and (hopefully) tomorrow.

In reply to GM StarMaster (msg # 231):

I understand the feeling.

But as you can see, I had your back here while you were away. ^_^

Ha-ha! Yes, I saw that, and I was going to thank you... and then forgot to do it!

We've had some great fun! Hoping we can have some more.

Question about the combat, is it more similar to chess or roleplaying. One i have more details and a bit more control while the other is abstract and the details are fuzzy.

I move to A-3 and try to power attack the hobgoblin.
/rolls power attacking to hit hobgoblin

I rush at the hob goblin on the right swinging my weapon with heavy handed blows.
/rolls power attacking to hit hobgoblin

In reply to Awi Shelessu (msg # 234):

Combat is combat not roleplaying

It depends on the situation, but usually tends to fall somewhere between the two and is often a mix of both.

In the current situation, there aren't enough characters or monsters to shift into full-blown combat mode, so it's a bit of abstract battlefield combat with role-playing.

Here's  hoping we start up again soon.....

Lit those zombies up good, didn't need holy water and oil!

Pokes the game.
Checks calendar, marks off 18 days and circles the 6th.

In reply to Awi Shelessu (msg # 239):

Still here

Aye, still in search of new lands.....

Sorry about my absence. Had a bit of burnout on pretty much all my games. Might have been the holiday blahs, the holiday blues, depression, old age or any combination of those.

It's fine i'm dtruggling too, my instinct is to hide from reality though. you were upfront about it when i joined.

I hope everyone is having a good holiday season so far. As best as you can be, anyway.

In reply to Selenia (msg # 244):

Okay here

Yep. Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Or just Happy Holidays as applicable.

Epic Solstice, and merriest of holidays to you all and your clans.

Stay warm and sober enough to stay safe.

;)

Hi.

Does any of group want a monk/witch.

(Tank with healing skills).

Greetings and salutations, new gnome Whimsy oracle here. Tricksy sort, can heal in a pinch.

What?  Foster more wayward adventurers?  ;)

We might benefit from an addition or two, but the adventure (Novo Vereker) has been mostly investigative thus far.  I imagine stuff may get hairy eventually... We did beat up a stack of books...? Heehee.

Your old Uncle Flyd approves.

Just a heads up. Having internet problems. Not sure what the cause is, so it may clear up later today or may not get resolved till Thursday.

Only have an alternate connection right now via my friend's phone, which will disappear when he goes to work soon.

New players: pick an expedition. Any of them can use another player. The monsters are banging at the gate!

Warning to new guys. Chas is unique and disgusting.

 Chas has a uncle Fester/pig vibe to him. Slightly more creepy then the average Addams, and into raising family members so they don't leave him.

Emerald thread has it's own dysfunctions, an escaped childhood assassin, An Alfred-esque druid socialite, and a female Jake harkness.

In reply to Awi Shelessu (msg # 253):

More like a daughter of Jake by an
Alu-Demon

Holidays and retail work schedule has slowed my ability to make a sheet. I've got the mechanics in my head, just gotta get them down.

Awww...shucks...thanks Krass.  I miss 'running' with you.  Have a great holiday!

As for the rest of you...you will never be left behind...and there is a painless productive existence available to all...

;)

If you don't mind hammerspacing the she-incubus as threatened a whismy oracle may be the right counter weight of chaos to our seriousness and capabilites.

P.S. do you think Ariana could add a doorbell and/or reciprical circle effect to her transportation magiv just enough to give a slight warning and be recognizable as probably her magic style.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:58, Sun 23 Dec 2018.

Is there some list of open expeditions? The only game threads I can see are years inactive.

In reply to Taika (msg # 258):

unless the dm opens up threads the cast list would be your best bet, he has most groups labeled.

Novo verker, dangerous isles, dwarven gunsmiths, and emerald shrine are the stand outs.

Don't know about old inn or champion.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:09, Mon 24 Dec 2018.

In reply to Awi Shelessu (msg # 257):

Old Inn is kind of in a slight break

Old inn is on a hiatus that will be ending soon.

Can someone give a quick breakdown about the premise/theme/basics of the expeditions?

In reply to Taika (msg # 262):

Well Old Inn is the adventures of the Crimson Witch and her loyal Wytchwolf Witchguard Grey Wolfheart.

The expeditions themselves are like mini-adventures you're doing on behalf of the JAGGS Society. We're there to hunt things down, explore, catalogue, and sometimes actually help people or provide a service.

Some of the adventures are more social, others combat heavy, others more explorative or investigative. You go and talk to Ariana and see what jobs are available, pick one, gear up, and she sends you out. If other PCs go with you, you work together with them as a team but your character sheet transfers over from adventure to adventure.

Both Champions and Crystal Mine appear to have died out. I have characters in both that I'd love to bring to 'Active' adventures...

Emerald shrine is basically learn and report archelogical mission at a mysterious shrine discovered deep in the jungle somewhere, it's a known 'temple' but almost nothing is known anout it as people thst go in don't often come out.

JAGSS is the guild/company that is sponsering our adventures and serves as a home base and hub. The dm npc is a divination type interested in all forms of information gathering, particularly information at risk of being lost or forgotten. To this end JAGSS recruits and attracts talented individuals.

Some of us are in awe of the powers Ariana wields, simple curiosity,  others come in search of excitement, wealth, acceptance, asylum or as kindred spirits.

Whatever your motivations are, most none revenge motivated pcs can find a reason to look in or seek JAGSSs out, and most pcs can find a few reasons to stay. It's a lot like early Fairy Tail anime in some aspects.
This message was last edited by the player at 12:46, Mon 24 Dec 2018.

In reply to Krass (msg # 265):

Champions isn't entirely dead

In reply to Miyam Spektor (msg # 267):

When you and I are the only ones fighting, the game is dead......

Novo Vereker is essentially exploring an old 'abandoned' wizard's lair.  Interesting setting with portals between rooms and good food, wine and excellent taste in furnishings so far. For the most discerning adventurers, to be sure.

We just 'closed the book' on a book golem.  Aherm...  It is now safe to join us. :)  Bring fresh scones from JAGSS if you do.  Chas has a thing for them.

Just to say I asked to join Shrine of the Emerald Cobra.

Awi is a half elven mutt, breed to fit in yet retain darkvision and the physical and mental agility useful to an assassin. Unexpectedly he had shadow bloodline elements from the human side.

I imagine you have some cold hertiage by your description?

Hi.

Vic does not know much about his heritage.  He was dumped on monastery doorstep.

However he is a Winter Witch.

Crunchy bits all done. I actually ended up going a different direction than originally planned and multiclassed with Bard. So now I'm a Bard (Fey Prankster)/Oracle (Whimsy). Face skills, sneak skills, debuffs galore. Should be pretty fun to play. I'm not particular as to which expedition I end up in, so I leave it up to the GM to drop me into whichever one is most in need of a player.

     Yeah, yeah, yeah--what he means is, I was playing with my new Skeet launcher and I accidentally gave the cable from Ass-finity a 12-guage enema...

     He'll be back tomorrow.  No worries, mate.

Oy!!  I'm not Dead!!  I'm just ... Kinda-Dead.  Which is better than Mostly-Dead, I'll have you know!

I find 'kinda dead' the perfect kind of dead.

Eh, i've been dead inside for years, at some point you realize it sucks, but it sure is peaceful, especially when the living's drama starts getting out of hand.
This message was last edited by the player at 06:34, Wed 26 Dec 2018.

You are a poet...perhaps I can use that at my next eulogy.  Hmm...

@ duskwalker i'm playing out somethibg with my subconcious/repressed memories. Seeing you pulls at the savage garden origins of my character. Your face simply gives him the same sensation you'd get from a snarling wolf with his fur bristeled up. I included a check just for roleplay reasons.

In reply to Awi Shelessu (msg # 279):

Awi I am very old role player.  Hay my first D&D was a red box just after they revamped it the first time.  So you can work out how old I am.

Some of the best parties I been in is when my character and another did not get on.
In one the elf I played and dwarf always at each other.
However when the group got into fight dwarf took many a wound to protect my elf and in return I kept him alive with loads of healing through many combats when he should have die.

So we are cool.
But it is useful to post background thing in OOC: it helps.

In reply to Vickire Duskwalker (msg # 280):

I don't have a specific senario played out, but my gut is think Norgorber cult/church and the drow who seem to be new to pathfinder, jointly experimened to breed half drow that could pass as human.  Combining the elven abilities with dark vision and low light. To create a  better assassin capable of working on several levels and able utilize effects to hamper his marks vision without negatively effecting his own.


I'd diverging here from what I have thought out to bring a bit more of the evil forced out, since your mixbreed is something of a unexpected golden oppertunity. I'm thinking Awi nay have bern put through a deathpool with other such mixed elves by the cult of norgerber in a purely evil fashion and it's created a schism inside him.  Who wanted to be, vs what he has done.


Simply seeing you causes all those repressed kill or be killed 'dog foghts' he has blocked out to swell up and put pressure on his conciousness while triggering a flight or fight responce.

He is a trained proffesional, and keeping outward cool without giving anyone reasons to roll sense motive except maybe Archibald.

Inside he is having a mild panic attack and isn't sure why, his gut tells him it's kill or be killed.

His mind wonders why, and if your an assassin sent after him or that followed archibald after he ghosted Norgerber in the capital. Reading as of a list drives home a sense of checking off a list.

It's all internal, i'm assuming thhat half drow elfs have a few unique bone or eye markers as a hybrid offspring, possibly in the way their eyes reflect light.

You simply have the face of his boogie man by no fault of your own, I just haven't processed this and only bits of it will come out slowly. He's drawing a weapon half instinctively and half subconciously out of a need to protect himdmself. He is skilled at slieght of habd but this also creates role play oppertunities so i listed it, not as an attack but something Awi did in fact do that could be troubling to others.

Awi.

This is perfect.  I choose the picture and description to make Vickire seem like the very thing the JESS would be up against.  So being a member makes him little un-nerving.
He looks like drow male and or drow surface elf cross bread.

His nature and way of speaking is meant to add to it.

It looks like I done good job.

All of which have logical reason to be as they are.

Player smiles.

Awi's dreams tonight.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:44, Wed 26 Dec 2018.

Hmm looks like Champions of Khonshu is the only stalled adventure. Thanks guys for keeping things limping along.

Not sure what happened with Champions... probably my fault. I think I was waiting for one or two more players to post... and then just thought it died.

New posts are up in case in isn't quite dead yet... just mostly dead.

Hi GM.

You seem to have removed me from Thread 5 Emerald Cobra.
Which was the group I joined.  I was having nice talk with them.
I can see Novo Vereker (7) instead.

Was this error or is there a reason?

Thanks.

Oops. Error on my part. I'll fix it.

I assume we get to forego sleep  or training time to advance?

The Shield Agents had a couple of days of rest after solving the Problem with the Crystal Gryphon Mine, so rest isn't an issue. The last I knew, the game had done away with the training and crap between levels as you were assumed to be doing that while you were gaining all those experience points. Then, one day, when you acquired that last experience point you needed, you woke up one day and said 'Eureka!' as all those things you'd been training for suddenly mad sense.

Ogun Jobi needs to gets his crap together... I'm working on finishing my sheet now. I may not get it done tonight 'cause... well the Cowboys are on but i'll be done tomorrow for sure ;)

For your enjoyment......

https://www.bing.com/videos/se...+Horus&FORM=VDRE

Sorry Life has been rebooting, will be back in force next week.

I'm gonna be out for a few days or so. RL just threw me and my family a curve-ball.  I'll be checking in and I'll try to post if I can. May not be till the weekend tho.
:(

So that was really rude of my, i'm sorry.

In reply to Awi Shelessu (msg # 294):

Sad face

Been a crazy month so far.  I hope folks are surviving the weird weather in N America.  (Or wherever you may be...)

;)

In reply to Chas Flyd (msg # 296):

Thanks the snow has finally subsided.

Lies, chas wants to be friends forever, and the chill will help keep you able.
:)

I'm in Wisconsin and it keeps snowing. We had more just last night.

I'm in Forida. What is this 'snow' of which you speak?

I think A.J. moved to the window and attempted some form of knowledge local or profession soldier type check, or maybe just a general background check.

Could be wrong, I didn't manage to type window out before bed last night and she seems a bit lost in thread.

In reply to Awi Shelessu (msg # 301):

Actually probably perception as soon as the dm asks for it.

In reply to AJ (msg # 302):

I am in Washington. 2 inches of snow falls close schools for a day. 6 to 8 inches close for a week. Even if most of the roads are clear after the second day.

A foot or more might as well call it a vacation.

I was in San Antonio, Texas back in '73 when the town got a dusting of snow. There were like 20 accidents in the first ten minutes. They closed down the interstate and the air base. Me and the other northerners spent the day ROFL.

Odly most cold weather accidents in dfw seem to involve O.K. state license plates. Never understood that.

The henge represents a diplimatic portal, and crossing it rings the doorbell for each nation, with the huts being way stations for waiting.

We are the equivilant of ring-n-dash teenagers, about to start a diplomstic incident.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:30, Tue 19 Feb 2019.

I am in Washington State too and it has been a bit more than usual.  I left the 'snowy states' so I wouldn't have to deal with this crap.

It sure can suck for those who have never dealt with it before.

And I do like my friend on the cold side.  ;)

Perception dc = Lowest party member stealth modifier + 10 plus 2 for everyonrme that can roll above a certain ammount, Maybe partial concealment bonus since we want to peek?

rolled 2-3 times as a mini game depending on how long we have to hide?

Any opposed?

Ok lowest stealth roll + aide other attempts then.

10, 15, 21, 32 so far, +Jarvis and Archibald.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:18, Wed 20 Feb 2019.

I think our group is waiting to see what happens, and AJ and Jarvis are the only ones in a position to really peek out. Is there anything you want from us while we wait, I can't think of any useful actions to take besides making stealth checks again to stay hidden from the other two groups.

I'm not sure if i'm very aware of either group in character i'd think. From a meta aspect my character not inclined to support either one, but the Nirmathas group sounds like they would be more friendly/understanding of the two in a pinch. Either group might have hard feelings about a ex-cheliax soldier though.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:22, Thu 21 Feb 2019.

"Will the real Ogun Jobi please stand up, please stand up" Lol.
Thanks to Star Master for jumping me into the Tomb of Mogrelden. Been real easy with me as I was going thru some personal crap after joining up. Personal crap is finally handled so I'll be posting regular like from now on. I did slightly edit Ogun's last post by SM but nothing major.

I've cone to the conclusion Jarvis has both the excited and nervious talker traits.

Hello ladies and gents...

The puppet master of Vatra and his weasel familiar Aurthur Brown here. I know I haven't been on for a long, long time and for that I'm sorry (specifically to the Novo Vereker group).

Between a new workload and motorcycle instructing and teaching music, this year has been insanely busy. To the point where I wanted to pop in and take my hat out of the ring as far as playing on this site.

StarMaster - thank you so much for letting me join up and create that weird, little gnome with severe social awareness. Ha ha. You seem to have a great universe going on here and it's a shame I can't prioritize it into my already busy schedule.

Take it easy and may all your roads be filled with gold, guts and glory!

Scott/Vatra

Dammit Vatra.  I was just getting used to the smell. Be well ya little piker.

;)

In reply to Chas Flyd (msg # 312):

Wow! Happy Birthday Starmaster!

Welcome to the Old Farts club, StarMaster!!

Why the heck is there only 1 18##'s year in the 18th century if there is even 1? Is it a Counting numbers thing, I hate counting numbers.

1st Century should be 100-199.
0 Century, or the first 10 decades, should be 0-99

instead we get this

1700-1799 is the 18th Century?

Triggered.
https://xanth.fandom.com/wiki/Pet_Peeve

Thank you all for the well wishes.


The problem with the dating is that ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) don't have a direct correlation with the cardinal dating. Ordinal deals with position. Thus, the 1st Century is it's position in the dating system. It covers year 1 to year 100, as 100 would mark the end of the 1st Century/hundred years.

It does get confusing. And it's only because of computers that year 1 has to be entered as 0001.

OLD FARTS ABOUND!  Happiest of personal anniversaries GM Starmaster!

YO YO YO

Who let the yo-yo in???

excuse me, dont short change this yo-yo-yo. Only premium yo-yo-yo's up in this post, thank you very much.

I like yo-yos.

Can skeletons operate a yo-yo?  Oh, my.  A new hypothesis to test!

(And welcome aboard.)

 Dex 14,

I believe if the string is tied to the intermediate phalanges tightly enough I see no reason they couldn't reasonably accomplish this. It's tricks that require skill points, training, or complex patterns where it gets fuzzy.

So skeletons handle normal yo-yo operation fine, but really cannot handle 'around the world', 'walking the dog' or similar tricks.  Makes sense.

Sad but makes sense.

Might have to dress my zombie in a sad clown outfit and give him a yoyo.  Might be good for demoralizing any enemies?

mayhap wrong skeletons

In reply to Skay (msg # 325):


"While most skeletons are mindless automatons, they still possess an evil cunning imparted to them by their animating force—a cunning that allows them to wield weapons and wear armor."

https://www.d20pfsrd.com/besti...letal-champion-cr-1/

Find a Yo Yo bard, spiked yo yo tricks, perform Yo-Yo.

A normal yo-yo would be like a bludgeoning whip, a spiked yo yo might get up to shuriken damage.

Gives new meaning to feint and dirty trick manuevers.

Ghouls are where it is at though, they can range from feral to skilled laborer.

If your interested in undead gobblet bearers, Ghouls are pretty close to an elite array commoner mentally. Atleast as smart as most vampire societies, and i'd say on par with blade's movies atleast.

close to, but perhaps more intelligent.

Ah...ghouls.   That IS interesting.   I find myself intrigued with the notion.

Ghouls make better skeletons.... can confirm

Fleshy bits for the yoyo, cravings to carrot and stick. Solving that one npc wish to no longer be stupid. Hold a conversation.

On the subjects of skeletons, Xanth has several mechanic and fluff aspects that improve or explains many of the unusual physical imposdibilities.  Such as vocal cords and holding the bones together. Its been decades since i read "heaven cent" believe it was cartilidge as string, glue, and filler as needed. Such as keeping water from sinking the bone boat immediatly.

There are essentially not limits to the usefulness of a body, living or dead.  There are less complaints in making such use if the body is already dead in my humble experience.

Necromancy is essentially the truest form of recycling.

Lets hear it for sustainability. ;)

Druids would like to have a chat with you about your constructs, and their exclusion from returning to the circle.

Cleric would like to have a word about you stealing Chips from the celestial boardgame table.

It's all fine till recylcing decides to recycle you. It's the smell, disease, empathy, that people have a problem with, that and the little things like soul binding, increased agression, general destructive behavior, tendancy to recycle others.


People tend to have a prpblem with uncle joe finnally getting that back porch for his favorite rocking chair that burned in a house fire back. Getting yanked back into a defective meat bag and locked inside. If thaylts not bad enough, uncle joe gets a front row seat to Aunt Jill's very own horror movie.

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1086.html

No Chas, your character irreprehinsibly insane in the membrane and torturing your dear family(well maybe its a reprieve, who knows) by shackling them here.  Most of JAGSS would probably not wish you on their enemies but wouldn't say it to your face, we are a accepting organization.

Necromancy has it's value, but many of it's spells are cruel on many levels. Others are just plain mean and horrifing.


Cthulu approves, tear down the foundations that shield you from the outer realms, tear holes in Faerun's wall, steal from the fey that shekter the collective psychic energy of the planet from the outer realms, steal from the battery piles of the divine, and drive you victims insane in their rotting tombs.

You should be devours later then some.
This message was last edited by the player at 06:42, Mon 01 July 2019.

Oh, no!  Anti-necromancy discrimination?  I feel moderately slighted...well, not really...just another misunderstood antihero out saving the world with methods misunderstood by the narrow morals of unenlightened or simply un-accepting.

The poor necromancers who love and cherish the dead remain beleaguered by their judges.

:(

(Ha! its a bit of an old trope, but a good one.)

You are quite frankly, single handed saving the fantasy world from positive energy poisoning. All those regenerated limbs and cuts need their duplicates removed existance. Else we wind up poluting the environment with extra adventure parts.

Right?  Haha!  Positive energy poisoning!  That is some dangerous stuff.

In reply to Chas Flyd (msg # 336):

Meanwhile in Vecna's druid headquarters...

A imp squaks, reincarnation, male 280 pounds hunan. New limb half elf 22 pounds left. 80 gallons of paladin blood.


One druid writes it each down, a second druid assigns a undead bears to go correct the balance, and a warlocks sits at a crystal ball eating donuts with a stack of papers and lights a page on fire every few minutes.

an easy solution is be a juju oracle and tell all those people to put there complaints where the sun dont shine. Cause none of it applies at that point.

I ran a game once where the PCs visited a city ruled by a necromancer. He used undead as his police force. When the PCs finally killed the necromancer, there was now no one to keep control of the undead and they began attacking the citizens.

Having killed the necromancer, the PCs felt that their job was done and left, leaving the citizens to deal with the several hundred undead now running amok in the city.

In reply to GM StarMaster (msg # 339):

The cure is sometimes worse than the disease.

Well that, or all pc's are justDelusion CE jerks that run around doing as tgeybplease without thoughtsms for the locals or the mess they leave behind.


Log Horizon did a good job with this, and it's interesting to see all the "dark" animes that have been popibg up that question adventures and their actions.

This EXACT issue is showcased in rise of the shield hero.

the other heros were going around doing 'heroic deeds' and then leaving immediately.

One caused there to be a zombie dragon, another caused a town to be over run by rampant cursed man eating plants that rapidly reproduced....
Etc etc etc.

It's all well and good to go after the big honcho bad guy but, ya, murder hobos tend to forget about consequences. 'hey, I killed the dragon and looted the treasure hold, adventure over now... right?

lol

Remember the smaug fight?

"hey, we got in, got the gem, didnt even have to fight the dragon... adventure over, good job guys."

Berserk is the story of of a barbarian that walked away from a swashbuckler.


Goblinslayer and Monsterhunter generations explore what happens when adventures do half measure and monsters get smarter.  RWBY explores this partially.

Wiseman's grandchild touches on it slighty, Most of tge new life in another world explore adventures doing the right thing. Deathmarch to another world is quite stable.

Re:Zero explores in depth actions and consequence.

Grimgar of fantasy and ashe? explores the opposite, the effect of adventuring on adventures.

Adventurers have more power, Fewer responcibilities (When was that last time your cleric got recalled by their church or order?), and considerable freedom crossing borders.

Thus, my point is made for me generous fellows.  The necromancer with a heart of gold, a true friend to the living and the dead, is as much a hero as the next adventurer, and certainly more than many as he honors the dead in his own way.

Of course there are different moral values relative to the dead, and we certainly see that many do not share Chas' perspectives and value of the dead, but if he ever becomes the necromancer-emperor and has an undead police force, don't kill him?

;)

wait, monsterhunter as in monster hunter? as in monster hunter generations? monster hunter world? monster hunter the game series that has been going on for some 15 years?

They do a thing where monsters get smarter with survival?

In reply to Skay (msg # 345):

The deviant monster class, is based on the ones that got away.

Deadeye Yain garuda lost an eye.
Bloodbath Diabolos lost 1 horn, and overgrew the other trying to regrow the lost one. and now has hormone imbalances.
Soulseer Mitzsune has adapted to being blind.
Bolt reaver Astolos has learned to use magnetism against hunters.
Elderfrost Gammoth is just old as dirt.
Dreadking mostly changes tactics, dreadqueen has a tail infection, both have altered coloration(possibly from regrowing scales after breaks.

Most the deviants are implied to have been adapted after a failed hunt, or to have lived a long time presumably inspite of being hunted. MH:Gen is the clean up/specialist hunters fixing all the problems you created in the previous games.

Lets not even compare the monsterhunter guild to Attack on titan's king. Or the undertones about fatalis armor turning hunters into fatalis.

In reply to Awi Shelessu (msg # 346):

Lol, Hormone imbalance, lol.

I am going to like you.