Quick question: could each character take a try at a task, such as opening the coffer, or does one failure mean we won’t get it open by force?
Thank you
This message was last edited by the player at 19:05, Tue 03 Apr 2018.

I will be offline starting now, returning Monday. Feel free to NPC Homund's foursome.

It's open, so you now know the answer.

See you in a few days, Homund.

I should drop out of this game for now -- it's been fun!

Drop back in any time you want.

After the first run-through of SotSS... and I intend to run it multiple times... I will be running Grimtooth’s Museum of Death.

Hey guys, I apologize for being somewhat awol the last week and a half, had a bit of a family health emergency, but things are back to pretty much normal now.
If you are based in the US I hope you have a great Memorial Day weekend

Yikes!  I hope the health emergency wasn’t too bad.

Thank you, my wife slipped and fell and ended up with a concussion, we were lucky in that it wasn’t too severe and she’s now feeling much much better.  Scary stuff though, happened in he blink of an eye.

I hope she gets well soon, Gurren.

A reminder for everybody: this campaign is active and accepting new members.  If you have already joined but haven’t posted lately, feel free to jump back in,

Hi there! I guess I finally got in?

Welcome Varrish!
I’m another player here, it’s been a great game so far.  You may have read the gameplay thread already, but in case you haven’t: we have finally gained entry into a tower in the ruined Keep and rescued some of our fellow villagers, I think if you already have your characters this is a prime spot for them to join in, one of the other players has a character who has been stung by an unknown (and as yet unseen) creature and is having some dermatology issues at the moment, waiting to see what happens next before continuing to search the ground level....

So far on this adventure we’ve encountered:
Vine zombies.
An unknown (probably beastmen) who dropped a portcullis on us.
A weird well that seemed to be some sort of sacrifice contraption.
A ruined chapel that contained a tar ooze (nasty), a frog demon idol, and now has two beastmen locked inside as prisoners.
A sinkhole that seems to have some supernatural activity eminating out of it.
The current tower featuring a cascade of increasingly unpleasant beastmen, prisoners from our village, and the aforementioned unseen stinger.

Looking forward to playing with you, I think you can start posting at any time, let me know if I can be of any help.

In reply to Gurren (msg # 36):

Thanks! I got as far as the temple in the other online game I was in. My herbalist made the mistake of tasting the incense cone, and went blind. :D

Welcome, Varrish.  If you wish, you may jump right in and join the party.  Your characters will safely crawl in under the gate and cross the courtyard to join the others in the tower.

Hi Bigredtwenty,

Quick question:  how do we handle healing?  Grum got dinged by one of the beast-men, will he heal over time or because we're zero level we have to wait until the end of the adventure?

One more:  do the lucky signs have any effect at zero level or are they only for after zero level?

Thank you, hope all is well with you!

An uninterrupted night’s rest heals 1 hp, and lucky signs do indeed count at level zero.

Two more quick questions:

Are all of the characters of the players who are away now considered NPCs or are they considered off doing their own thing?

If there were to be a plan that could use some NPC asssitance, is it ok to ask them if they will participate and you can evaluate if they would agree to help or not? (It would not be anything that would be trying to use them as cannon fodder, but simply something that is aligned with the goal of the peasant mob — root out the evils facing the village, in this case specifically, help me investigate the beast men we locked in the chapel and potentially interrogate them, more than my guys might be necessary if something got to them or they have regained their resolve...)

Thank you

For now, all player characters remain under the original player’s control no matter how long they’re away.  In the future this may change, but for now I’m keeping this loose so that people are free to jump back in even if they’ve been gone for a while.

What are the characters doing while their players are away?  This is uncertain.  They may be lingering in the gatehouse, or returning to the village.  They won’t be very helpful until their players return.

However, keep in mind that “Yeppo” in an NPC “player” whose characters are controlled by me.  You may ask them for assistance, and they will most likely provide it.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:51, Mon 03 Sept 2018.

In reply to Bigredtwenty (msg # 42):

Is this game still running?

Yes!

Looks like I forgot to add you to group 1.  But I just added you, so you should now be able to see the main gameplay thread.  Feel free to jump in.
This message was last edited by the GM at 04:02, Wed 26 Sept 2018.

This game is still active.  Current players, feel free to go ahead and post again.  Meanwhile, I’m always accepting new players.

The game is moving again!  Can’t keep a good campaign down.

I finally bumped the ad for the campaign.  New players incoming?  Time will tell...

Well, you've got one new player. Hi to those of you still here! Is it just two others?

Hello!  Welcome!