The obligatory out of character thread.

Waiting to see if there will be enough interest to get this going before putting more out there, however please give the game-info link a click to see what newcomers will glimpse.

I am waiting another day or two to see if any of the old players want in, giving them the right of first refusal.

This might be a good place to give me a sense of what about the adventure you had been looking forward to, so I can make sure to incorporate that into the story.

Excellent, we have another from the old game coming over. Not sure if anyone else is going to be interested, so I will put up an ad.

I would appreciate everyone at least saying hi here if they can, and let me know if there is anything about the story idea that you particularly hoped to see.

Going to try and find a few more bodies to hopefully take over my old characters.

HI

Well, I had just joined, so the limits of my knowledge of the game is ... kill jotuun.

If that's what lured you in, I can promise that there will be much of that.

The ad is up, I will be filling out the threads over the next few days, hopefully we can be on the move and looking for Jotunn to kill by Saturday!

The bard is here as well, I love the norse culutre and all.

Amund is in the house, and his trusty sidekick Geri ("Woof").

Warning, you new guys haven't seen much, but Amund is a little quirky and unpredictable.  All in good fun!

We have a new player for Klaengr! huzzah... We are closing in on a start date!

Red 5 standing by....

Whoops, wrong game. New player here, so no idea what has occured before yet. Have a keen interest in Norse culture and a lot of (long time ago) 2e experience. Veteran RPGer since the 70's.

welcome then

For those of you with interest in the Norse culture, please feel free to share, either here or in a PM if that makes you more  comfortable. The more I know about it, the better experience I can hope to provide. I read the mythology as a kid, and seen viking movies since, but I am always interested in learning new stuff.

Hoppy Easter!

Hippity!

March 20-21.  Festival of Ostara (Eostre), the Spring Goddess.  This is a festival of renewal, rejoicing and fertility, although for most of the Northern People, the forces of Winter are still at full sway.  In ancient times, the gift of colored eggs to one's friends and loved ones was a way of wishing them well for the coming season; a magical ritual of prosperity and fecundity.  The rabbit was the symbol of this festival as well because of it's re-emergence during this season, and for its reproductive ability.  These two rituals have survived into the modern holiday of Easter (which derives its name from Eostre) as Easter eggs and the Easter bunny.  Like most ancient heathen rituals, they are relegated into the world of children; held for naught among adults; but the race memory lingers on.

Reference:
http://www.wizardrealm.com/norse/holidays.html

As a side note, the North American version of Eostre (a copy of her was taken to the New World when Vikings settled in NA) is a character in Neil Gaiman's American Gods. This book is a fantastic take on mythology and the power of belief. Highly recommended reading.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gods
This message was last edited by the player at 21:26, Sun 27 Mar 2016.

Indeed...

Really? Thanks... I was afraid the hand written map would be a negative...

Heck Yeah!! I love the crude drawing - looks like something I would do.  It helps get a visual on what is going on.  I DM my 18-yr old daughter and her friends in old school AD&D and I always go for the visual layout - usually with miniatures, but I have also been known to do the crude drawing.

Yes the map is very helpful. To me it captures all the info we needed, it doesn't have to be fancy. And the stat blocks being posted is also very nice.

We have a new player for Vermundr! Huzzah!!!

Everybody play nice!

The game has, sort of, just started, so there should be very little catching up required. Let me know if you have any questions!

And we have a new player for Ludvig, everything is set. Please welcome the new players!

Hi all new players

** APPLAUSE **


"Welcome to the mix gents or gals!

Welcome new people!  This game has been off to a fantastic start so far.

Thanks for the warm welcome all.  Nice to be back playing the game I learned on.  Its been a couple years since I played but should be caught up in no time.

If you get a chance, look over your character sheet and see if you have any questions.... that seems a good place to start.

Game map image for Group 0 has been updated. Not really game relevant... yet!

Ha!

Well played, good sir. Well played.

This is a test, I repeat, this is a test of the game system!

I would like feedback on the DM reply rate... are people feeling left out if I move too quickly? Or does the pace work for everyone?

Again, this is a test of the game system!

We now return you to your regular posting activities...
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:06, Sun 10 Apr 2016.

Irrelevant humorous image posted to game map group one.

The rate seems good to me, but Im new...

Rate is good everyone seems to be keeping up.

I like the fast posting rate, it keeps the game moving; however, I do need to get back into that mode, Blue was so slow at times . . .

FYI, I use both private and secret communications a lot. Not sure how familiar you all are, but sometimes you know it's private and sometimes you don't.

A general rule of thumb is if it is something the others do not see or hear, it will be secret, and if it is OOC-ish it will be private.

Sick. The flu, I think.  Gimme a few days.

I think the rate is just about right, really. As far as I can tell all the players are getting involved and staying in character. The story has been pretty entertaining and definitely has that Norse culture feel to it I was hoping for.

I find that a GM that posts a major "move" about 3-4 times per week on average is about the right rate for me. Adding maybe 1 or 2 other "answer the question" or just adding additional info type posts. When I am running a combat, I tend to post every 48 hours or so one round of results, but I answer specific questions as soon as I see them. And when I'm not running combat I tend to let the players direct the narrative and just respond to their individual actions as they are posted, unless it feels one or a few are "leaving the rest behind" and then I try to slow it down a tad to make sure everyone is contributing to each scene.

Play by post is a balancing act for all involved, really. I feel some players are shy to post thinking someone else needs to do something first. I try to encourage them to just chime in anyway, even if they feel something else was supposed to happen first, because you never know what the other player's schedule is going to be like. Trying to take turns in a specific order and waiting on others to post is a sure way for the game to go stale. But then again, if I feel one of the players (and hopefully it's never me) is dominating the game too much, as a GM I try to slow down my responses to them so that others have time to get their kicks in also. And as a player if I notice I'm doing it, I try to self regulate. But real life happens for me often enough I'm rarely "that guy."  :-)

We don't have any arcane casters that can cast the reverse of Enlarge do we?

Also sorry for the lame post earlier. Had too many beers after work.

Updated my post.

Liking this game a lot, so far, liking how everyone is participating.

Guess I'll wait another day to let everyone post something...

HELLLO NOrwegian Blue! HELLO are you awake?!!

Going out of town for a few days to celebrate a little friends sixth birthday. I am so jealous. Expect to be back Monday, though I will have my cell, it's just hard to post much on there....

Just thought I should let you all know.

Norn, from the similar messages, I see you are the new "Xodyax" in Winter's latest adventure.  I am the 'good' cleric Pulon Bastus over there.  I just hope Winter gets the time to run the game as he has in the past.
This message was last edited by the player at 05:04, Sun 01 May 2016.

Me too... the background story of the world sounds interesting.

Have I done something wrong? I've been told my adventures can be too scary some times, hope I haven't scared you all away...

Haven't scared me yet

That's good... I had a campaign that i thought had great potential once, but my penchant for describing monsters rather than simply posting their names, and making up monsters pretty frequently got a lot of characters on edge. It's not like they were ever close to death, they just didn't like finding, for example, creatures who were human heads with spider legs who would climb into the hole at the top of the neck of human bodies without heads, and control them.

What an interesting concept.  Its been so long since I dm'd a game that I quit thinking about new and exciting ways to kill pc's.

Let you in on a secret, this encounter is meant to push you guys, the last one was too easy, this should be interesting.

Well I missed the last one, and so far the dice roller hates me.  Hopefully it doesn't carry over from the other games Im in.

I have a few game concepts I kick around in my head but I dont know that I have the desire to start any games and run them.

Turn them into novels, it pays better!

It would.  Maybe after I retire.

It will take Klaengr three rounds to get his chain mail on.

What is this supposed to read?
This message was last edited by the player at 13:56, Wed 04 May 2016.

I had to think about it, but 'hard' was supposed to be 'harm'. Thanks for the heads up...

I'm going to try and get a map of some sort up tonight, please be patient. Hope everyone is about, this is deigned to be a tough one!

Was kind of hoping for a post from Dragnar, but we move ahead regardless.

I am going to assume he gave Amund his ring back, and informed him it might offer some magical protection in combat. He may or may not be wearing the other ring himself.

I won't be able to post much this weekend nor next weekend for family events. Apologize for the short notice this weekend.

I'm concerned that we have lost Dragnar... gonna give him another day or two to post, then I will move things forward.

NOTE: Photo bucket issues again, the map is posted as game map group 2, which I believe you all have access to.

A moose playing with windchimes

Which is the PC?  Geri or Vermundr?  Im trying to decide which has more mannerisms befitting a dog...


;o)

Lol. I would be the pc.  There's a method to my madness, I hope.

Not sure the dog isn't one too though....

Woof!!

Another day or two for the rest to post, then I guess we'll move on without them.

Waiting on Klaengr, Vermundr and Dragnar I think...

I'm done waiting for Dragnar, does anyone want to handle him for the moment, or should I just kill him off. I feel you could use his spells at the moment, but it is up to you guys.

I updated the map in group two for everyone, it didn't take right off the bat, so I had to reload that page, let me know if this is a problem.

Updated the map to group one this time. oopsy. No biggy.

Hello everyone.  I'm the "new" Dragnar.  Unfortunately for you, I have next to zero experience with second edition, so Dragnar will seem a bit slow and out of sorts as I get up to speed on the game and who/what Dragnar is all about.

Welcome new Dragnar.  Kill these undead things.

I'll try.  If nothing else, I can help by occupying space and drawing attacks to me, right? :)

Welcome.  If you have questions about 2e feel free to ask.

Map updated as group map 2

Waiting on Vermundr I think...

Appreciate everyone's patience. I'm having some family related issues that are messing heavily with my ability to respond in a timely matter.

Again, thank you.

Not a problem Ludvig.

I will be updating today though, sorry for the delay.

Just to clarify: I read this to mean that I have three undead on me, correct?

Indeed... do you see the map? Just curious...

Why, yes . . . yes I do. :)

http://allday.com/post/8586-10...ably-never-heard-of/

Waiting another day for Klaengr and Ludvig

Sigh, one more day for Ludvig and Vermundr, then we move on, promise.

Sorry for the delays folks. Real life has just been a little busy for me lately. At this point DM, Klaengr has no choice but to continue to just melee with this Napster until it is dead or Klaengr is.

Sorry for the hold up.  Life got in the way.  I'll be posting from the phone for a couple weeks.

Not a problem, just wanted to give you the chance.


Just a quick check, is this combat boring? I really thought it would be a cool encounter.

Im not bored with it.  I think the premise is better than most.

Good to hear. Hard to gauge from this vantage when a slow down is my fault or real life. Good to check.

Definitely not boring.

The combat is not boring, it does feel like we're getting trounced, but maybe that's just Klaengr's point of view.

The combat is great, so much to do; tactical abilities will come into play.

As for getting trounced, the rolls don't seem to be going our way right now, but that will turn around and these undead will be put to rest . . . again.

Amund will keep up his rosy attitude.

Not bored!

sorry out of town till Tuesday-ish

S'all good. Summer tends to be pretty sporatic on RPOL. It picks back up in the fall again when students are back in session and familiy vacations are all done and etc.

I'm back, Vegas was fun, will update tonight! Sorry for the delay...

map updated as group 2

Nice attack Ludvig.  That's how we do it!!

map updated as group one. I tried to wait for you Vermundr, but I felt the need to push ahead, sorry.

Klaengr's internet access is going to be spotty for most of July, sorry for that.

I'm a bit confused as I try to match the narrative to the map . . . are the "Ls" riding the "Ms," and the new entrants in my sphere are the two LM pairs to the right of my position?

Yes...
 I guess the M's should be N's, sorry.

Unless he updated the original map, I'm not seeing it (and the original map doesn't seem to have updated).

Got it... thanks or nevermind. Whichever works for you.
This message was last edited by the player at 08:15, Wed 06 July 2016.

The current map is the one for group one.

Another day or two for the remaining players...

Not sure why, but I am getting the alert that I have a private message, but when I look, there is nothing there...

Did one of you send me a message?

Not sure what time frame we're talking . . . I sent one on July 7, but it's largely moot.

I fear we may have lost a player... on the plus side, we've gain a player, everyone say hi to Sigurd, one of the herded humans who will be joining on your journey should you guys survive this battle...

Awesome way to join the game! "Welcome...TPK!"

I think we are okay.  Klaengr did say his access would be spotty through July.  When I went to Paris and London a couple of years ago, I was off the grid for three weeks.  He'll be back.

Welcome Sigurd.  Once we save you, we can talk about going after the Jotunn.

Serious computer problems, doing my best but ack. Restored Windows, but it isn't helping.

We have a new Vermundr... he and Sigurd can post this round, and then we will move on, computer willing.

I'm reading thru the back threads now so I can catch up on where things currently are.

If you need to npc me to get through this current fight, than by all means please do.  I should be fully read up and running by tomorrow.

No rush. I think Windows 10 just killed my computer. Downloaded an updated now it won't even boot up. Sigh.

From what I hear, that's pretty accurate for Windows 10 lol

Yeah... that's why I went back to Win 7

Hell...I'm still running Vista at home and I haven't had a hiccup, well, since it first came out.

My computer couldn't upgrade to Win 10 because my video card is incompatible (8 year old machine) so I'm stuck with Win 7 for the time being.

Bought a new computer, cheap but serviceable.

Vermundr made both of his saves, so feel free to take the action of your choice.

Sirgurd, you can also grab a broadsword and act if you wish. You are in the lower right of the map, the closest human to the charging mounted demons...

A hearty welcome to Sigurd!

Things are going swimmingly. I have out of town guests for the next two days, so things are a little slow, but I expect to advance the combat today.

We also have a new addition who is just starting character gen, I am not holding this round for their action, but they (fingers crossed) should be ready before the combat is over.

Question - Because I killed the napster, I assume the lemure that was riding it is tumbling to the ground. Would it be possible for me to hide in shadows again? It will obviously know I'm around somewhere, but I'm guessing it would be hard for it to keep track of my position.

Yes, I'd like to set myself up for another backstab, if possible. I'm not much use in combat toe-to-toe.

Given the circumstance, if you spend one round getting into position, you could back-stab the round after, as long as you don't enter the continual light.

Thanks

Hey guys! I'm new, and am just about to introduce my character into the main game. Thanks for letting me play with you here!

In reply to Wulfgar Olafson (msg # 123):

Pretty new myself but welcome to the party :D

Also new here. Welcome!
This message was last edited by the player at 23:02, Wed 20 July 2016.

Thanks, guys! please be sure to tell me if I'm doing something wrong, because I'm totally new to the rpol community!

Okay, up to now I haven't felt it was an issue, but I have yet another person requesting to join, and I thought at this point I should get a sense of how the players feel about party size, etc. and if you guys think another fighter would be a good idea...

thoughts?

Fine with me.

Yeah we could even it out from 9 to 10 lol

If it improves my chances of survival, I'm for it. :)

But more seriously: I'm too much of a newcomer myself to deserve a vote.

Okay, that seems pretty solid, I'll let them know.

Can we see (in other words target) the thing that says, "fee, fie, foe, fumm...."???

not yet, dark, foggy night...

Gonna give Hrunnwulf, Klaengr and Ludvig another day or two to pitch in.

Hopefully tension is mounting, nice to think I can create the sense of it, even over RPOL. probably fooling myself though.

Finally getting over my nasty, nagging, phlegmy, coughy, icky, thing, whatever it was. Fingers crossed!

So, I gather that despite you telling me this, the word "unbeknownst" indicates I should not react? :)

Meh, you can suddenly become aware if you want, I  don't care... you weren't aware at the time I wrote that though...

That would have been a great use of the 'secret' functionality


I just used it there... everyone should see that except Dragnar. In a perfect world someone might notice that the Bard didn't see it, but that they did, and cry out a warning.

It might just be a question of whether I see who/what delivers the death blow. :)

Gonna give hrunnwulf another day or two, then move forward...

Current map is in Group Two.

Another day for Ludvig and Vermundr then we'll move ahead...

Where is the big dude at?  Is the map updated?

dun dun dun.... suspenseful, ain't it?

I'm still a little confused.  Is the Big L near me and Klaengr the big fee fi fo guy?

He's not on the map, no... there is one Lemur who vanished into the darkness...

I'm also confused.  The boulder came to us and landed in the fjord .. . from what direction, roughly?

The fjord is to the bottom, the boulder came from the top, over the battle and into the water... the same direction the monsters came from.

Move on then?

waiting to see if anyone is going to attempt anything like a strategy, or if it is a free for all... pretty decent visual though, huh?

I will be away from home with questionable wifi for the next two days. DM, NPC me if you need to. Sigurd will try to find and use ranged weapons if possible.

Gonna give another few hours for final actions, then we advance...

Just saw this on FB... http://schwalb-entertainment.m...a-glorious-death-pdf

We have a new Klaengr, welcome our new comrade please...

Hello all. Looks like I will be picking up Klaengr. Looking forward to playing with you.

Hail the priest of storms and bacon!

Welcome to the game!

Welcome!

Tough spot we're in. As much as I don't want to rest another day before attempting to free the captives, I am concerned we are so battered that going in there before we have a chance to heal up a bit more will result in a TPK.

One good hit and Klaengr goes down. Many of the other PCs can take 2 or 3 good hits.

Sigurd's report of a "Large band of orcs milling about" leads me to believe we are outnumbered. Not a good situation to willingly go into battle if we don't have to. Much prefer to go in at a time and place of our choosing. Hopefully they orcs will be drunk and fat off plunder and not as likely to be wantonly killing survivors yet. It's a risk though.

Will try to have a map up tonight, but I'm not going to be able to get to it till late...

Okay. Sounds good.

I am in agreement with Klaengr.

Motte-and-bailey fortifications, according to wikipedia, could be made of either wood or stone. I'm thinking this one is stone since the Sn'orks would easily have burned down a wooden one, but I'd like to be certain.

Also: Sn'orks. One of them is an All-Star.

Wood is not the uber-flammable substance most people seem to think it is. I get wood designed for burning for my fireplace, and it can be a serious task to get it going.

In this case, and in this primitive world, the motte is raised dirt creating a man made platform about ten feet about the land around it, and bailey was a wooden palisade, not unlike the image of the forts of the wild west, long straight logs with pointed tops, and a raised walkway on the inside for guards.

The issue with this particular palisade is that the Jotunn who attacked this town, then the party later that day, smashed several sections of the wall to allow his minions entry.

With the population wiped out, and even the survivors (those the Jotunn could find) driven away, the Sn'orks had no problem moving in, looting, etc.

They will leave eventually, they are (to be generous) hunter gatherers and will run out of food when they eat the last of the scraps, corpses and prisoners, but I don't think the party wants to wait for that to happen.

Must admit, I don't get the Sn'ork all-star joke...

Has "Sigurd" been able to construct a crude map yet?

The quality of the map doesn't matter. I just am not feeling overly confident about blindly waltzing into a fortified encampment on the heels of a hard battle with no time to recuperate.

Struggling with how to make it still, sorry. Damn it...

In reply to The Norn (msg # 165):

Maybe just a basic Microsoft Paint type program? Sigurd is simply scratching some lines in the dirt/snow. Doesn't need to be anything fancy.

Group three is the town map. The party is approaching from the lower left. The building Sigurd mentioned in unmarked, my bad, but to the left a bit and half way into the city.

Gonna do a map of the raised area. Orcs are traveling about the town in groups of four to five. According tot he scouting report their are about thirty in the bailey with the leader and two ogres.

I have an inquiry about what my Raven can do pending before the Norn now.

I keep finding new questions to ask about my character. :)

The central character of "The Snorks" was named All-Star.

https://youtu.be/I4ALjDSsMd4

Basically Smurfs underwater.

Is there much cover, in the way of still-standing buildings, or piled debris?  Could be useful for stealth attacks.

Yes, still quite a few half-standing buildings. a few intact. The building Sigurd recommends is a little over half intact, and leans up against a small ridge.

Been having some internet issues this weekend.  Should be back up and running in full by Monday at the latest.

Ok I'm back

Can we get a status update on who is injured and by how much? It might be helpful to determine who needs to drink a potion before we end up in a battle against snow orcs. Thanks!

I have no better ideas.

Couple of questions for the DM:

Is the opening where the three orcs are located a gate type situation, or has the gate been removed/damaged? Basically is it truly an opening we can walk through, assuming we deal with the orcs first?

Is there a way to scale the motte away from the three sentinels?

Is there a way for a small group to approach the three orcs at the opening, i.e., cover, etc?

Okay, there is a gate, but it is closed. The openings here are the ones created by the Jotunn when he attacked the city, places where the log wall has been knocked down.

There are plenty of opportunities to climb the motte away from the opening, which as stated are the only parts guarded by the orcs.

The purpose of the motte was defense, so anything that would have approached the concept of 'cover' would have been trimmed, pruned, burned to the ground or otherwise removed.

I asked a question to Erik, and I'd like to get an answer from him before we make a final plan. If he can help in the way I'm thinking, it might make our plans easier.

I do have a fairly decent disguise skill . . .

Ha!  Vermundr does possess some rather soft, inviting eyes.

Tis ashame there is no Garth in our party to ask if anyone found Vermundr attractive when thusly dressed.

Sorry not to post for a few days. I'm overworked and under paid (like most of us, surely) but I almost have a finished dissertation, and I'm almost caught up grading student writing assignments.

Okay, we seem to have stalled, and Klaengr is on limited internet right now, so I am going to try and get things moving here...

It seems like a two pronged attack is the parties desire, with Sigurd as a free roamer and Amund on the parapet.

Unless I hear otherwise, this is the plan, effective Friday evening.

Straight thru the buildings, Klaengr as the leader, Ludvig, Dragnar and Hruunwulf

Hooking to the left, Vermundr as the leader, Erik and Wulfgar

Alone: Sigurd, and Amund

Looks good to me.

Yep, sounds about right

That looks like an accurate summary of our confusing posts.

Yup. Amund is cocked and loaded.

Hruunwulf is tensed and awaiting the command to charge!

Looks good.

My posting over the next month or so may be light. I'm going to be extra busy at work. I'll try my best to keep up with the game, but don't wait around for me if everyone else is ready to go.

I guess just assume that Sigurd is lurking in the shadows, waiting for a chance to strike...

DM: Did you need any additional information from us to proceed?

No, sorry, dealing with some things, will advance later tonight...

Computer issues mean that I can't post on weekends.

Been struggling with things lately, but going to try and get this back started right now.

Other than Ludvig, who is out for the weekend, anyone else who is frustrated with  my delays, let me know and I can drop you out with my apologies.

FYI, I am going to create private threads for each of the separate groups from here on, until the time (one hopes) that people start to gather back together again.

In reply to The Norn (msg # 194):

I'm still in, but I will certainly understand if you've got more pressing stuff going on right now and need to shelf the game for a while. Only you know what's right for you, but please don't continue out of a sense of duty/obligation. I don't fault anyone for attending to real life stuff. These are games and meant to be fun. Hard to have fun when real life is giving you a run for the money.

If we're pressing forward, I too hope the party gets back together and soon. It's a major drag for the DM when the party splits up in any game, but especially so in PbP. It basically means the DM has to run multiple games at the same time.

If anything, RPOL is the best way to deal with a split party...

I'm not going anywhere.

I'm still in :D

I'm not here, I'm over there. :D

I'm on the wall, but willing to wait for whenever you are ready.

Woof !!

Pant, pant, pant

Grrrr

Woof !!

I'm still here too, and can't wait to rescue some hostages

I hope I haven't been holding up the game for everyone. Being in my own group makes this game seem like it's on hold. :)

I haven't heard anything in a while either.  Is there action going on elsewhere?

GM hasn't logged in since 11/9, so I suspect all is quiet everywhere.

Perhaps he had a personal emergency?

sorry, things have been tough of late. Will move things along now...

Happens to all of us...I haven't had power in about 3 weeks now :D

Wow, that sucks...

That's a bit of an understatement lol.  We did manage to find a used generator but it isn't going to run the whole house.  I'm actually kind of enjoying things...sort of how I want to end up, but others are not as thrilled.  I don't know why their bitching, I'm the one humping everything out of the woods and up the hill to the house (wood, water).

Sounds like a challenging life...

Well, it certainly isn't the norm in a 1st world country but ya gotta survive somehow.

heading out of town. Should have internet, but limited... be back in two weeks!

In reply to The Norn (msg # 213):

Well I am around whenever we are ready to start again!

Damn, looks like I am going to be moving, not sure when I will be back on line. Hoping February? This is a busy time for a lot of people, so hopefully it wont be a huge inconvenience, but feel free to let me know if you want to drop out.

Merry Christmas, Festive Festivus, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Holidays...

I'm good on hold for awhile...do yo thang, I'll be 'round

I've got nowhere else to go.  :)

In reply to Dragnar Donegal (msg # 217):

I'm good, I can sit around and take the time to sharpen my axes! Hope it goes well. Have a good holidays.

Still here as well, still ready to play when you've got time to run the game.

I'm hanging around.  Whenever you are ready.  Merry Christmas !!!

I'll be here too :) Good luck with moving, I just moved earlier this year too! Feliz Navidad!

So...new year and I'm still here.  Just a heads up that I'm good whenever you get yourself settled.

Same here

ditt0

Yup, still hanging on.

In reply to Amund Gunvar (msg # 225):

Happy New Year to you all and I am still around!

Also still here!

I know our DM is dealing with some life issues right now and in the midst of an out-of-state move, but I wanted to check in and let everyone know I enjoyed playing in this game for the short time I was around. Unfortunately, real life has sidelined our DM and it's been two months since we last had any in-game activity and my interest in this game has waned.

Thanks DM for giving me a chance to play a very cool character, albeit for a brief time, and best of luck to the rest of you if/when the adventure gets underway again. Give those Snow Orcs hell!

~ Klaengr (Sep 2016 - Jan 2017)

No problem, I'll be down and out for awhile yet, so thanks for the heads up.

This was a fun game.

The dust begins to crumble, slowly at first, like a broken hourglass.  Soon the pieces became larger as the grime encrusted warrior slowly stirs.  The large matting of cobwebs begin to break their moorings, cloaking the figure in a strange veil.

"Who goes there?", his voice cracks with dryness. "That voice seems somehow familiar."

Wow, I didn't know anyone was still here.

Feeling energetic today, but no clue if it will last. I've been telling the tale of your battle on the edge of the fjord a lot of late. To be honest, I was pleased all of this was still here, thought it would have been deleted long ago.

Sad my pictures all now say "Photobucket" on them. Ruins the decor...

How have you been?

lol yeah photobucket and their charging idea.

I'm still alive so there's that.  Yourself?

Hey guys! Hope you're all doing well.

Health is a wreck, life is kinda of shitty, but honestly, nothing to complain about. I have my own tiny town home I am buy, never thought I would be an owner.
My attention span is crap, I can almost never even watch a TV show all the way thru in one go, usually wander away within ten minutes.
Years ago I was potentially exposed to Mad Cow, and I wonder if that is an issue. I don't feel like 58 is old enough to explain this kind of mental decrepitude. But I don't think I can commit to DMing anymore, not even sure I could focus well enough to play, sadly.
Hows by you guys? Staying safe I hope?

Staying safe, and as sane as possible.  Fortunately, can work remotely for an almost indefinite amount of time.

Sorry to hear about your difficulties.  I hope you can find an explanation.

I am going to dangle my toe into DMing again, but I am starting with a simpler game. If things go well, this will be the second game I  try to bring back. At my best I could run about four, and play in about four more more. For now I expect to be DMing only for awhile. Take it slow. I expect to have a sense of my capabilities in about a month, maybe less.

I hope it works.  Don't push yourself for our sake.  Some Many things are more important than gaming.  Heresy, I know.

Eh, a firm grasp on reality is over-rated.  I'm looking forward to completely losing what remaining faculties I have to old age.  Short shorts with exposed testes at the park, here I come :D