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This message had punctuation tweaked by the GM at 15:04, Mon 09 July 2018.

For those who have played some 5E, which of the published adventure modules have you played through (if any)?

Ive not played through any of them to be hinest. Started a couole butthey died out before we got anywhere

I've actually managed to get through over a decade of gaming without touching an adventure module, all the campaigns I've done or been in were homebrewed.

I prefer homebrew myself, but since I wasn't planning on running this game until I saw multiple people showing interest, I've got nothing prepared. The last time I ran my own homebrew game was in 3.5, so I'd have to spend a fair amount of time converting everything to 5E, and I don't really have time for that right now.

We'll most likely be running a premade for this game since the point is to learn or become more familiar with the rules.

I don't mind if its premade, just nothing too short or boring lol

How would we go about multiclassing, was thinking of adding Ranger to Garrin. You said we would roleplay it before the fact?

When you gain a level, instead of becoming a Rogue 2, you would instead become a Rogue 1/Ranger 1.

There's a table on page 163 that shows you what's required to multiclass into each class. The Ranger requires you to have a 13 in both Dexterity and Wisdom (so you need to swap some ability scores around), and the table on the following page shows you what proficiencies you gain from that class. In the case of Ranger, that would be "Light armor, medium armor, shields, simple weapons, martial weapons, one skill from the class’s skill list". You also gain all of the abilities/spells of that class for the level (Favored Enemy and Natural Explorer, but no spells, in the Ranger's case).

Roleplaying the Ranger multiclass would be pretty easy, as it's very similar to Rogue to start with. Taking a background that's related to Ranger'ish things works well for that (Outlander, Hermit, Soldier, Criminal (Spy)). Multiclassing from one non-caster class into another is really fairly straightforward, as is going from caster to caster. Mixing the two types of classes together is where things can get a bit more hairy.

Greetings

Hello everyone!

So what instrument do you play?

I play the Viol^^

How are those character sheets coming along, folks?

If you have questions, post them here and we'll give you a hand.

How much is my starting gold and may I have the longbow with arrows or no.

For starting gold, you choose one of the following:

1. You take the starting equipment given to you by your class and background (having 10-25g left over).
2. Roll for starting gold (4d4 x10 GP for a Wizard), but you don't get any of your class or background equipment.

And do note that as a Wizard, if you decide to roll for your gold, you need to spend 50g on a spellbook, and the longbow costs another 50g, so you've got 100g worth of your starting coin tied up in just those two things. Then you need either a Focus (staff is 5g) or the Component Pouch (25g) to cover your material components.

You don't need to worry about ammo, so ignore the arrows.

I'll stick with option number 1 thank you!
20 gold I'll keep the starting equipment and longbow from my background. Ignoring ammo, gotcha.

Which background did you take? I'm pretty sure none of them give you a longbow.

Damn. I thought you meant my own character's background. I haven't got one picked out.

My character sheet is pretty much done, I just have to expand Garrin's background a bit to incorporate the Ranger aspect

Sorry for the delay on my character. Brother got leave before he gets deployed so been partying it up with. Will try to get him wrapped up tmrw.

No problem, Z. Let me know when you've got it ready.

So now this is what it feels like to have a completed character sheet in 5th edition
Roflmao

Hi all.   I am going to be an additional meat shield for the group, even if a short one.
I look forward to getting started, so trying to get my sheet done quickly.

Depending on how many people we end up with from all of the applications, we may split this into multiple groups. Right now we've got a solid group, but we'll see how it goes.

And there should be one (more or less) complete dwarf cleric for the party now.

Eirlen, is it wise to take an instrument generally played from a sitting position into combat? Also, is it bad that I played string instruments and never heard of one of these? I thought you just misspelled viola.

Hey folks.  Looking forward to a good game!

Zeric -  I had to look it up to! haha I honestly thought it was like some version of a medieval viola/violin...I wonder, could I just say it's a viola or something to that effect?

In reply to Eirlen'harel (msg # 28):

Hey, you’re the bard, you play it however you feel like. Not like any of us uncultured murder hobos will know you’re playing it wrong.

I believe my sheet is good to go.  Woo!

Seems we got a lot of rough necks.. lol

Got my sheet done in paper besides trinket and gold.

And my favorite past character was a drow bard/dragon disciple. Even npc'd him as a minor character when I dmd years ago. I'm just bummed about the new "pick one instrument" stuff going on

"I kill people with spells so I'm not a rough neck."

I'm not sure the dead would agree. :-)

I'll review all character sheets tomorrow, and we'll see how close we are to getting this thing rolling.

Hi, is there an online character sheet I should be using?

We're using the RPoL character sheet, I just forgot to turn it on for you and Yikra.

You two should both have access to your character sheets now.

Thanks! I've found a good mix of background stuff too to tie in a druidic mentor kind of thing to. The folk hero background comes with a "fairy god mother" kind of option, but no reason it can't be a druid that was involved in the death of her past life. Final draft of the dragon(re)born!

Can't wait to get started.
Yo Yikra, how's it going?
This message was last edited by the player at 18:40, Tue 17 July 2018.

Alright, so 5/8 of you have your character sheets completed. Two of the three are very close to being done, and the third actually is done on D&DB, we just haven't filled out the sheet here yet.

I'm going to split you into two groups tomorrow (assuming the seven servers we upgraded this weekend remain stable) and we'll get this party started. Character sheets aren't done for everyone, but I think we've got enough to get started.

As far as the adventures are concerned, I'm going to start you off in the Lost Mines of Phandelver pre-made adventure, which will take you to roughly 5th level if you manage to take it all the way to completion.

Once again, this game exists to help you learn how to play 5E D&D, or how to play D&D in general (I believe everyone here has some D&D experience, even if only of early editions). Therefor, if you have questions - ASK! We do have a couple of veteran players in this game who expressed a desire to help, so I'm not the only one who can answer your questions.

We will utilize languages in this game, so if you've not yet chosen your languages, you'll want to do so and then let me know so that I can get you assigned to the proper groups.

[Language unknown: Neneun di inad'ncsite anyhe lletee Macewe.]
[Language unknown: Riwaom fi iveerestasoniou ch ovestiove Ereughthiwer.]
[Language unknown: Icatiotic omei ioumenounderwil ast enmoro Eculad. ]
[Language unknown: Nteingeau il iswaesivhe llnte ilbeto Ratandrutbleain.]
[Language unknown: Eclenc trlo sticfihoto rut adwhre Llll-llpe.]
[Language unknown: Tedicaset yin latandent-lattic een hatarewer Oveainere. ]
[Language unknown: Undtedble ekst iccefiekev llsa anyivetha Virsomartund.]
[Language unknown: Illlbe oun conentiventeati en ilompe Isacet. ]
[Language unknown: Llhoat tin ntrereulwi ev ionevente Whehisred.]
[Language unknown: Earatiing venev rieknc'aiec ouek anulpo Resastwhe.]

Hi guys, glad to be here.

Doing great Renard! And welcome Jendar!
And whoa that language thing is pretty cool. Is there an option to speak it somewhere?

In reply to Yikra (msg # 42):

There should be an option for each language your character can speak (other than Common) in the downdown box labeled 'Insert a private line:' at the very bottom of the list.

If there is an issue with the languages listed, let the GM know to be able to change it.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:39, Tue 17 July 2018.

Welcome to the party Jandar.

So I'm going to be that guy. What's your character smell like? Or do they not smell much at all?

Jandar doesn't have a strong scent, but if you get close enough it's somewhat a mix of late adolescent hormones and earthy woods. Like a teenager that got into his dad's incredibly old stash of cologne.

So what about you?

My character smells strongly of magical treasure with earthly undertones of experience points.

Ozone... ozone and disappointment for rolling a friggin 2 on my first attack roll ever on this site lol.

Beets.  Cenric smells like beets.  And power bars and the gym.

Incense with a hint of rock dust. And dont worry Yikra, the dice roller hates everyone. Atm its being nice to me so when it decides to crush me, it does it extra hard.

In reply to Zeric Understorm (msg # 49):

Yeah in another game I was sure I had a character with 3 abilities that were 18... But forgot to put the 1 in the drop lowest section lol

I'm exhausted after a day of cleaning and moving furniture in preparation for my German exchange student who'll be arriving on Saturday.

In the morning I'm going to have a quadruple extraction at the dentist to fix a problem another dentist caused when I was a teenager, so I'm gonna feel like crap tomorrow but that also means I'll probably take the day off which means more time for you guys.

Wow. Dude, intense. Hope it all goes smoothly. I'll make it without you for a day. Maybe.

Best wishes my dude.

I got sent out of town on business. I'll probably not have time to post again until Friday.

Both groups are about to step into the first dungeon, so excitement is on its way.

Huzzah!

I'm going to try to move things along tomorrow.

I was worried this game had died.

Not intentionally. My business trip got extended and my coworker tore a hamstring and had to have surgery right before we launched a project that he was in charge of so I had to take over for him. We do have a number of people who have not logged in for over a week, or in some cases over a month, so we may need to combine groups.

I do have one person who just applied to the game, and two more who showed interest not too long ago, so we may combine the groups and push on as one if we have to. Or I can just NPC everyone who's missing and then have the groups meet up in Phandelver to form a new group.

hi, im still around but away till sept 3rd

kind regards

Hello all, looking forward to joining you. I should have my sheet done by this weekend.

Greetings, my Elven brother!
This message was last edited by the player at 07:39, Sat 01 Sept 2018.

Hail my good fellow and future companions.

(muttering) Brother my left foot. Oh Goddess not another flighty wizard sure he's the greatest thing ever.

I think I have my sheet finished now.

Also, for those of you still here, drop a line here in the OOC so that we know you're here. It looks like both groups have lost roughly half of their members, so I'm probably going to shove the remaining players into a single group.

I'm here, and am happy with the plan to merge groups.  I am assuming we should just assume we always have been together?

Most likely, yes. Both groups are at the exact same place in the story, and we've had very little get-to-know-you style RP up to this point, so changing up the parties shouldn't be too big of a shock.

<grumble> About bloody time. <grumble>

I am  here

Looking forward to the merge. I wont get an IC post up until tonight though.

Do we continue?

We will continue in the new Group 3 thread.

A little background for us new folk would help. Goblins? Where goblins?

The group was hired to escort a wagon of supplies to a nearby town. The dwarf who hired you, Gundren, left with a human fighter, Sildar, the night before and would meet up with you after you arrived. On the road you found two dead horses, which belonged to Gundren and Sildar, and there you were ambushed by four goblins. You followed the signs and trails, which lead you here to the cave, where it seems Gundren and Sildar were taken.

I am off to a Greek island tomorrow for a week's vacation. I'll post when I arrive & see what the internet coverage is like, hopefully should be good enough to post while im away

I had to rebuild my computer, but I think it's finally up and running. Now I just have to reinstall a crapload of apps. I should have time to post an update tomorrow, though, unless things blow up at work.

For those of you still in the game here, how keen are you on the whole slow post rate, thing?

It depends upon what pace you want to change it to...  I don't want daily posts.  I could deal with every other day.  Just my two cents...

In reply to Psynister (msg # 75):

I know I am not involved yet, but normally I can post daily, I'm good with daily or every other day, anything more I think is too slow.

I only bring it up because I think the pace we are moving at right now is causing us to lose players. If we're down to just the folks who want it to be slow to begin with, then no problem. I don't want to keep chewing through players if we can avoid it, though.

my rate of posting should pick up again now :) work deadline finished yesterday and the pressure is off /hooray

daily should be maintainable

I can post every day sometimes but others it may be a couple of days between posts.

We've got a couple of new faces joining the run here. Since we just combined groups anyway, I'm going to toss these two new ones in now and we'll pretend they've been with you the whole time as well.

Relissaer and Teranthvar are your new additions.

I've got another player who will be joining shortly, as well.

This particular adventure is designed to throw you straight into the action and then give you an opportunity for RP and get-to-know-you's after this first dungeon, so feel free to let your character's personality show in your words and actions, but know that you've got an opportunity to do such things more after you clear this place out and reach the town.

Something that should be said just so you keep it in mind -

This game is here to teach you the system, or even to teach you how to play the game in the first place for those who are brand new to D&D all together.

If at any point you don't know what to do, or you don't even know what you can do, what your options are, feel free to post those questions here in the OOC. You're also free to discuss plans here before you execute those plans in the game thread.

Hey is the group OK? I just got started, but it seems it's a bit inactive here.

Per the people who originally requested the game to be made, this game is intentionally set up to have a slow posting rate. The idea is 2-3 times per week, which we have certainly been slower-than for a little while now.

I'm trying to give everyone a chance to say something, but also asked about the posting rate. If things are too slow right now, I don't mind kicking it up a bit. I do not want to leave people behind though, when a slow rate was specifically requested to begin with.

Real life has gotten complicated so I am going to have to bow out. Sorry.

I am happy to continue but work better if there are posting to roll off :) so kicking it up a bit would be beneficial for me at least

As with most rolls in 5E, Initiative uses the d20. You can find your initiative bonus on your sheet, a few inches down. It's below your character stats, to the right of your HP, and abbreviated as Init:

Most characters have an initiative bonus that's the same as their Dexterity modifier. Some classes and some feats will give you a bonus to that as you gain levels, but for most it is just the Dex modifier.

I'm going to try to move us along tonight.

Preparations for my two exchange students to go to homecoming proved to be far more time intensive than expected. I'll try to get things moving on Sunday afternoon, or I'll get us going on Monday.

Almost Halloween : D hope everyone has some fun!

Talin, I do hope you hit and kill Wolf #2, but I believe you need to roll to hit a second time to hit (since you already rolled once), and take the lower of the two rolls.
Assuming the GM doesn't rule otherwise...

The reason is that you are making a ranged spell attack while being threatened by an enemy.  Here is the rule:


This message was last edited by the player at 17:16, Fri 02 Nov 2018.

thank you :) rolling now. I assume i stay with the one damage roll?
This message was last edited by the player at 23:21, Fri 02 Nov 2018.

Yes.  I am glad that it didn't change the result.  One wolf down, two to go.

It's been a heck of a week. Sorry I've not had a chance to update the combat thread, or get the second group off the ground and running as of yet.

Right now, chances are fairly good that I won't have time to do it today or tomorrow either, and then Sunday I'm traveling for Thanksgiving.

I should have a little bit of downtime next week while I'm visiting family, but I can't guarantee it. I won't be stressing about it, so be aware of that, but if we've got some down time I'll do what I can.

I'm fine with slow play. I'll keep an eye out for any updates.

Well, talk about a dusty and ill-used OOC place to have a Lady meet you, I suppose.

Hello, I am Beatrice. You may not call me Betty. I am your typical "uncultured", "uncivilized" barbarian, which is rather funny if you ask me, given how everyone else around here seems to dress.

Anyway, Betty is excited to adventure with you, I suppose.

;)

-Ken

Welcome. You shouldn't have any problem with Maric. He's a Druid...and doesn't say much.

Perfect, that's exactly how I prefer my elves. Useful and quiet, I suppose.

I'm working on getting Betty's character sheet finished, submitted and approved, and should have a character background up sooner or later. :)

-Ken

I like my barbarians short and wide...seems we'll get on well together!

The only thing wide around here is the empty space between those pointy ears.

Seriously. I'm a great guy! Betty is just a little ... temperamental.

-Ken

All right, I've got her description all updated. Physical stats will likely come tomorrow sometime. Forgot to include them.

-Ken

As you may have noticed, I'm going to bring some more players on board very soon. I'm going to give the new guys a little more time to get their characters finished up and then we'll get this train rolling again.

I would expect no less from a halfling barbarian. When all the other halflings were out smoking the Ole Toby, you were running face first into trees.

LOL.

As I said, we'll get along famously...

Quite. Like peanut butter and gasoline. (Ed: Not that Betty knows what either of those things are, but at least this time, she got the context right!)

Yeah, this should be fun. I'm happy to wait to be introduced, too bad we're mid-scene, we could get in some "meet at the pub" roleplaying in while waiting.

I've also pointed the game out to a pair of friends, one completely new, one a GM who rarely gets to play.

Also, I SWEAR I wasn't trying to imitate a certain anime character when I started this character creation process. Ultimately, the stumbling across the avatar I chose is sort of what started this whole ball of mess rolling! :D

-Ken

A 'petite halfling barbarian?'

Oh this is rich!!!

Good afternoon! Don't forget the middle aged forest gnome ranger. The first person to call him petite is going to feel the business end of his eighth staff!

- Jammer

Eighth staff...

Honestly took me a minute, but then I LOL'ed.

-Ken

Welcome Betty...... ;)

Thank you, Towely!

Hopefully we're able to get started soon!

-Ken
This message was last edited by the player at 12:55, Wed 19 June 2019.

Welcome other new players! I'm SO excited to get started!

-Ken

Feeling is mutual :D welcome. Reminds me of a Pratchett quote something along the lines of it doesn't matter how tall you are, the other guys feet are always ground level.

Hi everyone! I'm playing Morgan Ironwolf, warrior and...well, that's pretty much it. She doesn't have much to fall back on. Not so bright, pushy and proud, but very capable in a fight.

Nice to meet you all.

Went old school with the artwork. Nicely done!

And the name. Thanks!

Good day, or evening, or afternoon to whoever is even reading this!

I'll be playing my sweet child Tally, a halfling who plays the lute and has terribly terrible wild magic.

Hope to enjoy my stay round these parts!
This message was last edited by the player at 11:54, Thu 20 June 2019.

I hope to get to PM responses at some point, but it's a high stress day at work today, following a night of being under the weather for most of my sleeping time last night. Sorry for any delays, everyone.

-Ken

I will be out of town tonight through Sun evening with only my phone to respond. I'll try to post, if needed, but otherwise likely won't be around.

-Ken

I'm getting updates from the new guys on their actions, and then we'll get this thing rolling in all one thread again.

Happy 4th, all. Enjoy and be safe. And if you're in the mood, hug a founding father...or Betsy Ross. I'll be around. Interested in seeing how this combat plays out.
This message was last edited by the player at 10:32, Wed 03 July 2019.

FYI -

I messed up. The purple colors are for foes that are either stunned or asleep. So, I basically wasted two good rolls, unless there is a rule for the coup de'tat. I apologize for the lack of attention to detail, and any confusion thereby.

Sigh. Not often I get good rolls...

I did the exact same thing. Two rounds in a row... :(

What should we do, GM? Delete and repost?

-Ken

You can edit the posts for this round if you want to.

I stuck with the rolls, but at least now I know how critical hits work. Maric's gonna have a fight on his hands when the fellow wakes up. Wonder, will he have a round where he's incapacitated, or will he jump up and be in the full, ready position to attack?

Either way, serves me right. Should've just stuck him and been done.

I've edited Betty's post, changing her target and adding a disadvantage roll for the dart attack at long range.

-Ken

I like the tactical challenge of this battle.

I think it would be best for the overall tactical situation for me to stay back and keep shooting, but I'm much more effective in melee. So I'm burning a round to switch it up. Next round, the Redbands are going to feel some hurt. :) (die roller willing!)

For general 5E tactics, I will tell you that it is far better to kill off injured targets so that they can no longer attack you, than it is to spread your damage around. A target with 1 HP can still attack and kill you just as easily as one with full HP, so a threat is a threat. Focus them down, kill them off quickly.

Jesus, that's 4 attack rolls and the only one that hit was the one I scrapped 'cause I thought the sleeping dude was a non-combatant! :(

-Ken

The dice have been fickle, I feel like Xander has had the devil's luck and it unsustainable. Might as well go for that hail Mary and use up any remaining resources.

You forgot to add Rhonin's action in the last round.

I'll get that fixed when I get back home.

Of course I agree, but if there aren't any wounded targets that need picking off, our ranged attackers should focus on THEIR ranged attackers. One of the reasons I was debating whether to hang back and keep shooting or not.

That was meant for all of us. If I could have my turn back, I would've tried to kill the baddie who's since smacked me around. Not paying attention hurts. A lot.

LOL - Tallison. good thing 5% didn't happen...
This message was last edited by the player at 17:45, Mon 08 July 2019.

It'll happen someday. Just hope that it doesn't bring hell.

We'll get a good story out of it. You never know where a character will end up. It's nice letting the ending surprise you.

"And that was the end of Tallison Magemark, when his wild magic summoned a fire ball centered on him."

Honestly sounds fun though.

Well you and everyone else but might be a net positive at this point

If I am following the thread correctly, there's an innate power that you hold that can backfire? That's an...interesting addition to heroic fantasy gaming.

:o

Yeah, I think that's a sorcerer thing, now.

-Ken

Wild magic it's called.

GM, who or what are we waiting on?

-Ken

In reply to Beatrice Thornhall (msg # 143):

Me.

OK, gotcha!

-Ken

They landed some good hits on you, guys. Next round.

Nothing like rolling a 1 for damage! :(

-Ken

A brief observation:

Haven't had this much trouble with bandits since 1st edition. Not a criticism...kind of like that the challenge was about even and without the additional help, we would've either run away, or died. Good fight so far.

By god the dice hate me!

-Ken

I finally got decent rolls...dang it!

Like I said, this one's going to be hard. And it's entirely possible that some of you will die, even the new folks who literally just joined us. Some of your rolls have been terrible, and a lot of mine have been pretty amazing.

Fate can be a cruel mistress. Unless you're Xander, then she's your side piece.

Yeah, tough is good, especially for the EXP rewards!

-Ken

Yeah, I should get tons of XP for running away! LOL!

"Oh, you're going to get tons of something for running away, I suppose!"

Tons of XP is exactly why this encounter exists. ;)

Huzzah!

Now get to the game posts, GM!! :D

-Ken

I was busy Skyping with my daughters in Berlin and Amsterdam. They outrank you quite significantly. ;)

Post in process, now.

Still waiting on Xander to post. He's on a roll right now, we don't want to upset his luck streak.

As well they should!

Come on, Xander!!

EDIT: Also, 800!!

-Ken
This message was last edited by the player at 22:24, Sun 14 July 2019.

I'm honestly terrified, my patron has a wicked sense of humor. But here goes!
This message was last edited by the player at 10:43, Mon 15 July 2019.

Well done, everyone.

Thanks, GM!

Question about leveling up: do we roll for hit points, take the average, or get to choose which one we like best?

Congratulations on the level up! What battle to be level one!

Your choice

Thanks. I'll play it safe for this level, and probably try rolling after this. :D

For those of you who leveled up, let me know when you have your sheets updated, or if you have any questions. Everyone, feel free to talk/RP in the game thread, and make some Medicine checks to stabilize your fallen comrades. Unless you go chasing down the Redbrands right now, it should be a little while before we have another encounter.

Pretty sure I got everything updated on my sheet (listed level & hit points updated, hit dice & 2nd level ability added).

Okay, feel free to have a look. Let me know if I missed anything.  Thx!

If there are any long swords among the treasure, Maric would like one. He's proficient as a wood elf. Long bows, too, though the red guard were using XBows.

FYI.

What do we need to do for Darkness to wake up, or is it something only a long or short rest will generate?

-Ken

Now would be a good time to use the Help action (it's like Aid Another if you're familiar with 3E/Pathfinder).

I've already done a medicine check that stabilized her, she doesn't have another Death Save, now, so no other check, I don't think.

-Ken

Just need to help Xander and Talin.

LOL - Betty's not gonna risk another Medicine check! :D

-Ken

Then use the Help action on someone else making the check to give them advantage.

Hope the DM doesn't mind me doing this.

Advantage and Disadvantage: in both cases, roll 1d20 twice (or two d20's). If you have advantage, take the higher number. If you have disadvantage, take the lower number.

If you have advantage from one source and disadvantage from another, they cancel out and you just roll 1d20 as normal.

Using the RPOL die roller, set up the die roller to roll 2d20 (plus or minus modifiers). Then below that, in the General options, select "Drop Lowest" and put a 1 in the next box if you have Advantage. Select "Drop Highest" and put a 1 in the text box if you have Disadvantage. Then the die roller takes care of it for you.


10:14, Today: Morgan Ironwolf rolled 15 using 2d20+4, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 11,11.  Example Advantage roll (with die rolls recorded).

10:14, Today: Morgan Ironwolf rolled 19 using 2d20+4, dropping the highest dice only with rolls of 17,15.  Example Disadvantage roll (with die rolls recorded).

10:14, Today: Morgan Ironwolf rolled 12 using 2d20+4, dropping the highest dice only.  Example Disadvantage roll.

10:13, Today: Morgan Ironwolf rolled 13 using 2d20+4, dropping the lowest dice only.  Example Advantage roll.

Very cool. Thx for spelling it out. Much appreciated.

My apologies for being so late to the healing party. Between work and sleep, I haven't had much time to look at my character the last couple of days. Hope I make up for it...

Rhonin - Maric's a bit prickly. Part of his backstory. Just rollplaying, hope no offense was taken.

None taken. A curmudgeonly old gnome and a prickly young elf. What could go wrong? :-)

Working on getting everyone leveled up right now, and we've got one who's considering changing the character up a bit.

Made me laugh!

In reply to Maric Arumae (msg # 182):

The problem is, I'm not sure who is more grumpy. Me? Or the gnome?

It's a busy weekend. My wife and I are regional coordinators for high school exchange, over a large portion of central/north Texas. Our first student for the year just arrived today and we've got a meeting with host parents this afternoon to help them get prepared for everything.

Things are going to be crazy for me for the next months, so you may want to anticipate a little bit a slow down for the next while. Probably more like the game's original intention of 2-3 posts from me per week.

I'm going to try for a post later tonight, or maybe tomorrow afternoon if we have another family this week like we did last week, who stays over for an extra 5 hours to talk.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:10, Sat 20 July 2019.

No worries, that sounds awesome and I hope the kids and host parents have a blast.

I made an edit to a post, forgot to include Maric in original post.

You can use a Short Rest within the shrine to recover hit points if you like.

You each have a number of Hit Dice equal to your level. The die is the same as whatever you roll for hp for your class: d10 for fighters, d8 for warlocks, d12 for barbs, and so on.

You can spend hit dice during a Rest to heal yourself an amount equal to what you roll, plus your Constitution modifier. You can spend them one at a time, seeing what you roll on the first on before you roll the second, and so on.

If you take Sister G up on her offer to rest inside the temple, roll 1d6 and 1d10. If the d10 is higher than the d6, you heal for an extra 8 HP. If the dice are the same, you heal back to full HP no matter what you rolled on the hit die, and don't need to spend any of your hit dice to do it.

Rhonin took her up on her offer; used both hit dice and healed back up to full HP.

Does anyone need help getting their character leveled up?

I wouldn't mind you taking a look at my sheet - only thing I didn't fill in were spells, but I need a long rest to gain them anyway, so if you look at what I've got, hopefully it's where it needs to be.

When you gain a level, you'll get access to your new spells and hit points during any rest. You won't regain what you've lost/spent, but you will gain the new things. So you'll have another 1st level spell slot available right now, and can have the new spell(s) learned/prepared.

Great, thanks!

Maric, did you just Grinch grin? lol...

As a matter of fact...LOL. Apparently I have a way with people.

And he's thinking of calling you leatherface. You just need a chainsaw and it'd work perfectly.

hi, sorry for lack of posts, it's been a tough week at work & we have guests for the weekend. should be normal again monday

Looks like we're all ready to go hunt down some Reds. Any objections or other things you wish to accomplish before we push on?

Speaking for myself, I'm ready. Excited to use new powers.

Operation Punchy-punch is a go!

-Ken

This operation sounds like a winner already!

I know the reference but I'm not a horror movie fan so I don't get the connection between leatherface and Rhonin. Maybe I need to pick up an ax somewhere?

It was in reference to you being the oldest among us (to the best of my knowledge). Apparently my attempt a humor fell short...again.

I'm going to be tied up today welcoming new exchange students to the area, but I think I'll be able to get a post out tomorrow. Possibly later tonight, we'll see.

All good, have fun :D

In reply to Maric Arumae (msg # 200):

Thought I replied to this but didn't...obviously. I'm just as middle-aged and sometimes as crotchety as Rhonin.

I get the humor now. I'm sorry I had to get you to explain it to me. I saw Friday the 13th at a friend's house during a sleepover when I was a little kid and I swore off horror movies from that point on. :-)

As far as I can tell, he is the oldest among you and I just remembered there is a thread to put background stories in. Hopefully, I can start putting Rhonin's together on paper and convert it over to the game.

In reply to Psynister (msg # 201):




Enjoy your time. I had a couple of international student roommates many years ago in a Jr. College in East Texas and had a blast learning about Germany and Japan.

In reply to Psynister (msg # 201):

Oh sound fun I was tied up by and exchange student once they really know how to tie knots and.... wait you mean busy ah my bad, Have fun I am sure it is not going to be that bad and make sure you use safe words.

*grins and winks*

My apologies folks. I just realized, after my last post, that I have posted twice before most of you have posted since we started down into the cave.

I'm trying to be patient. I'll slow down and wait my turn next time.

Don't sweat it, your being part of an active community and moving forward events. That's always fine with me.

So explore the west passage way and the two rooms north and south? Continue north or explore east? I'm thinking west, what's everyone's thoughts?

Am heading home Sunday. Longest vacation in forever. A good time on the north shore of Long Island. Now looking forward to getting home. Will post Sunday. Try not to die without me!

I'm sorry that I've been absent. I'm travelling and visiting my daughter and her family in England and haven't had much time to get online. I'll try to get on this evening (18AUG19).

Enjoy the trip!

I am back now. It was fun, as I indicated. This week was a grind trying to catch up, but I am almost there now, so I'm good with that.

Looking forward to facing some nasties!

Hellllloooooooooo!

Anyone around?

Sorry, I'll try to get a response out today or tomorrow. Been a rough couple of weeks for Vuur's player and I.

-Ken

I'm sorry to hear that. Hopefully the worst is past.

Yeah, hopefully so! Thanks! :D

-Ken

Hoping we can get this thing moving again.

:)

Ditto!

-Ken

I'm at Narita airport right now, and will be home in Busan in a few hours. So back to normal posting soon!

I'm drowning in work meetings at the moment. I'll try to get something out today/tonight.

no worries, work has been a right ****** for me too over the last couple of weeks. Take your time & chill out, we'll all still be here :)

It looks like Rhonin is gone, and we've had 2 others who've not even logged in for a week, so there may be some attrition going on. I haven't forgotten you, guys!

Glad you're back. Eager to press on. Hope Rhonin's just waiting the delay out...was just getting to know the little feller with the big stick.

Welcome back :)

I'm still here! Hopefully everyone comes back.

And post 1000!

Yeah, I don't check in unless there's a new post, so maybe they're just waiting. Hopefully we resume soon!

-Ken

Same, been a busy week too but I'm still here

DM - can we get an estimate of timing when the reboot of the game will occur? Or a short explanation of the game plan. I'm not looking for personal info, just an idea of your plans for the game moving forward.

In more than 10 years on this site, I've found the games that sustain are the ones that have at least one person posting every day.

Not a criticism - I've gone through periods as a DM where I've had too much real life going on. I'd just like a time frame when this game's going to go live again.

Thx.

He hasn't checked in since 9/11, but maybe a new post will prompt a check-in from him.

-Ken

Or not ...

Anyone here interested in picking up the DM mantle for another D&D game? I would, but my free DM time tends to be affected greatly by working and I've found it's not conducive to GMing. :(

-Ken

I joined this game because I wanted to learn about 5ed. I can't manage something that I don't have much of a clue about, otherwise I'd volunteer.

Hope Psy is okay. That's the main thing. Seen some folks disappear, only to find out later they'd died.

Yikes, I hadn't had that happen, yet. Hopefully he IS ok, though. I imagine it's just his schedule that's got him sidetracked.

-Ken

I feel like it's a little early to talk about jumping ship. The pace for this particular game is slower. That said I was thinking of starting a new game.

5.0?

Yeah 5e using saltmarsh and yawning portal. Goal is to have the rules and setting up by next week. Going to have exploration and a few premade dungeons/encounters. If any player wants to go off and do anything there will be a downtime thread and maybe some one on ones in PM if anyone feels inspired to RP.

It'll be three weeks Wed. since the last GM check in, sadly.

That said, Xander, I've been thinking about running Saltmarsh myself, locally, and I'd LOVE to play it with you if you do start up your game. Count me in!!

-Ken

I'm game. I want to learn the new system. Keep me in the loop. Thx.

So it's been nearly a month since the DM showed up - I'm going to unpin this game. A shame, really, just when we were getting started.

Hope Psynister is okay.

Xander, you still gonna start that Saltmarsh game?
This message was last updated by the player at 13:34, Thu 03 Oct 2019.

I'm fine, I just have life eating my breakfast, lunch, and dinner atm. When will it be back up again? Probably December if I'm being honest.

I'm glad your okay, and appreciate the update.

I can wait til December for this one to start again, though if Xander starts up the Saltmarsh game, I'd be interested. Heck, might make me a better player when you get back.

Agreed on all counts!

-Ken

Haven't started the game yet, I'll have it up soon though.

I'll keep the game stickied, I don't mind playing now and again.

in case anyone is still interested, got the bare bones up

link to another game

I've got a lot of things checked off of my list, but now I'm traveling for business and will be doing so until the Christmas break. So, we'll probably get things moving again in January. My work schedule will determine the timeline, and I won't know the schedule for January until we get closer to it.

So for now, expect January to be when we get things rolling again. If I find out otherwise, I'll drop another update.

sounds good to me :) happy holidays everyone

Same, enjoy the holidays all!

Of course, the game wouldn't be the same without Betty, I suppose.

I'm glad to hear that the game will be picking up again soon!

Happy Holidays!

When y'all start coming back from the holidays, drop me a line here so I know for sure who all is still here and interested in getting back up and running.

Here, but I'll be on vacation from Jan 21 to Feb 26. I'll be online and checking in, but not likely posting much in that time.

I'm here and interested. Being under the weather has sapped my creativity but hopefully I'll be over it by the time we start.

-Ken

I'm game. Like Morgan, I have vacation time from the 17th - 25th of January. But I should have access to internet, so it should not be a problem.

I’ll be returning from vacation on 6th January so good to go from then.

Happy new year &#129395;

Obviously, things changed a little bit. Not too long after the last update here, I lost my job and devoted all of my spare time to finding a new job. I did find a new job in early/mid Feb and things are going really good there. The problem is, I have to be up at 4 AM to beat the Dallas traffic, get off at 4, home around 5:00, and then I have a few hours to do dinner, shopping, spending time with the family, and then to bed again before I start the cycle all over again.

So, I could bring the game back, but only post on those nights that I actually have a little free time, or give up on trying to maintain maps and post on my phone during lunches/breaks. With the horrible traffic coming home, I can't always predict when I'll have time to post at night and when I won't.

It's been a long break, so you may all be willing to give this one up all together anyway.

Time for honest thoughts and feels, guys. Let me know what you think.

I'd be willing to get back into Beatrice. I don't have a lot of free time, either, so I'm actually OK with slow posting.

-Ken

I'm fine with slow posting :)

congratulations on your new job!

I'll second the congratulations, and third the OK with slow posting!

I was critical with the way things played out, but it becomes more understandable with the loss of your job. Ditto on the congrats by the way. I've been there, so totally understand.

I'd be willing to slow play this game as well. I like this character. One thing: I'm gonna need help with 5e. Haven't played this edition since Saltmarsh imploded.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:23, Thu 05 Mar 2020.

Anyone know why Saltmarsh imploded?

Alright. I'll work on getting us back up and running this weekend, then.

Where do you all feel that your 5E skill sits right now? What do you feel is missing, or weak, in your Player skillset?

Weekend was unexpectedly busy, so I'll do my best this week. When you have a minute, give me a reply to the question above.

I was starting to get the hang of things in the Saltmarsh game...so really just want a primer so that I don't have to ask too many questions. Advantage/Disadvantage still seems awkward to me - there really isn't much to compare it to in earlier versions of the game.

I can PM you time to time if I'm unsure of things.

I am still a novice but I have access to the players handbook and I will ask if I have any questions

In reply to Maric Arumae (msg # 261):

You can compare it to the Circumstance Bonus in 3.5E, which was most often +2 or -2. In some cases you would have an advantage to succeed and in others you would not. One thing they tried to accomplish in 4E and 5E was to get away from everything being about the numbers. In 3.5 it mattered more what magic items you had and which feats you chose than which race/class/PrC you were playing.

To fix that, they overcompensated in 4E and made the game feel like a pen and paper video game. In 5E they found a much better balance for it.

So the question was asked; how to we give players a bonus in advantageous circumstances and a penalty in disadvantageous circumstances, without making it all about the numbers game again? The answer was to give them a second roll of the dice. On average it works out to about +5/-5, which in 3.5 would have been a 25% change. With hard caps on ability scores and fewer crazy magic items, in 5E it actually works out being closer to a 50% shift in success chance.

You can also somewhat compare it to confirming critical hits. A natural 20 gave you a chance to crit, you had to roll a secondd d20 and still score a hit on that roll in order to get the bonus damage. You think you know the outcome after the first roll, but let's roll again to see if you're right.

I'm aces with 5e.

-Ken

Great explanation. Very clear. Tbh, I was starting to get acclimated to the new rules. Hopefully I won't be a drag on the game.

I'm down with the basics of 5E. Pretty comfortable with it as a player. It's as a DM where things break down for me. Luckily, I'm only a player in this game.

What do you struggle with as a DM?

Death saves: I assume the primary attribute's modifier is what is used for death saves? In my case, that would be wisdom. In other words d20 + ability modifier, correct?

Also, how does one go about spending Hit Dice to regain hit points? Just roll, add constitution modifier (if there is one), and call it a day?
This message was last edited by the player at 16:28, Thu 12 Mar 2020.

Death Saves have no modifier at all. It's just a straight d20 roll, 10+ is success, 1-9 is a fail, trying to get 3 successes before 3 fails. A natural 20 heals you back to 1 HP.

You spend hit dice (you have one per character level) whenever you take a short or long rest. Each die restores the amount rolled, plus Con. Your hit dice are per class, so if a fighter multi classes into wizard, he has 1d10 and 1d6 for his dice, and he chooses which he wants to roll.

You regain half your level worth of hit dice when you take a long rest. You choose which dice are recovered if you have different dice because of multiclassing. You also heal to full HP after the long rest, so spending dice during a long rest is done to heal in case of an attack mid-rest.

I stopped trying to DM 5E a little over a year ago, but one of my big challenges was trying to remember all the monster abilities/powers and what they do. I don't think it would be an issue in play by post, since I have all the time I want to look at. In face to face play, I was often forgetting to have monsters use their special powers.

Another thing was that I very early on ditched the CR/XP system and went back to old school "small amount of XP for combat, lots of XP for treasure" method. I was never a big fan of the CR/EL system of 3E, and found that 5E didn't seem to have improved upon it. It was too much effort to create bespoke, artisanal monster encounters tailored to the party.

So it's less a problem understanding what to do (I've been DMing for 35 years now), just the way 5E does it isn't as intuitive for me.

I have to admit, Morgan, most of my games on RPol are 1st edition or Original D&D. I do play a 3.5 face to face game that's been going on since 2009. The DM is great, created his own campaign that rivals anything that TSR/Wizards/Hasbro has created.

I do like 5e though, at least the small amount that I've played of it. Just want to learn more.

I do enjoy 5E as a player. And I'm considering trying to DM it one more time.

I think the CR system is wonky and doesnt work well or make much sense, so when I'm running custom games I scrap the concept.

I'll be semi-unavailable from tomorrow afternoon through Sunday. I have an out of town funeral to attend (perfect timing, I know), and will be limited to posting from my phone.

-Ken

I'm sorry to hear that. God rest their soul.

Much appreciated. She and I were not close - understandably - but she was my dad's girlfriend for a long, long time. So, I'm mainly there for him.

-Ken

Sorry to hear about the loss, either way. My father's pain is my pain, even if I have no ties to it.

Having had to use my phone for most of my posting over the last 5 weeks, I kind of hate this site for mobile. Having to constantly zoom in/out is bad enough, but then you've got the formatting of things too. It drives me crazy sometimes, and I'm a programmer so I'm used to doing things like that anyway.

Have you switched to the beta format? Much easier for phone use!

Ken - you have my condolences, on your father's behalf.

I should probably check out the new beta format. I end up checking RPOL on my phone all the time, but am reluctant to post because it's such a pain.

I found my kindle to be almost as difficult as my cell, fwiw. To the point where I stick with my laptop.

I'm gonna try to get this moving tomorrow. Try.

Dealing with all of these flight changes with students has been a nightmare. It's almost over, though, only 2 more students left.

In reply to Psynister (msg # 282):

No problem! I've lost most of my Chinese students for this semester, and one of the ones that didn't suspend their classes is teleconferencing in from China twice a week for classes! It's a hard time to be an exchange/international student.

Bump!

Just checking in!

I was hoping to have time tonight. I'm going to have to work late, 1-3 hours, so that part sucks. Tomorrow looks like a good day, too. I can't get overtime at the moment, so extra hours I put in today I have to take off tomorrow by leaving early, which opens up the afternoon.

i'm here, work is a grind..... I hope you are all safe & well

You know, Maric, Halflings can ride Dire Wolves. With Betty attacking while riding you, you'll trigger your Pack bonuses while attacking... ;)

-Ken

I did know that, and was going to stay w/in 5' of the party members, but I like the idea of being a mount. The one drawback of dire wolf is only one attack...but great speed.

Let's do it!

Halflings can ride regular wolves. A human can ride a dire wolf.

My laptop dies over the weekend, thanks to a storm that shorted the power supply and the charger. I've got a new computer on order, and once it arrives I'll get things moving again here. I was literally in the middle of a post when it happened; had just gotten initiative rolled.

Grab me as you run by and toss me onto your back!

-Ken

Never mind, I'll get a response out later today.

&#128513;

-Ken

It's like that scene in LotR where Legolas did some funky maneuvering while climbing atop a sprinting horse.

Burp!

Glad to be rolling the bones with y'all. Happy Memorial day coming up. Thank you, if you served. I did 4 years in the Navy - no thanks necessary as I got a lot more out of them than they got out of me - I was a good sailor, two cruises to the Persian Gulf, but I was focused on finishing my college degree, and didn't look at it as a career opportunity. It was a decision I didn't regret, but I recommend service to any young person who will listen.

Huzzah to a surprise round. That was fun. More of that please!

Maric, the damage in the MM is for DM's who are running the monster. You'll always roll your own damage instead of taking averages.

Sorry for the delay, guys! Gotta get the rolling/stats thing re-figured out, then I'll get a post up!

-Ken

No cleric, huh? This should be a quick game. LOL!

You're all we got, Meric!

Then I will have to do the best I can!

I'm going to continue tending to Maric until Morgan posts.

-Ken

I could jump out of my animal form, but I'd lose at least a round, plus the benefits of being in Dire Wolf form. Do we have any potions of healing?

Not that I'm aware of ...

-Ken

If your wolf form loses all of its HP, you revert to your own form with the same HP you had before you shifted. "Dying" in an animal form is not a big deal unless it's enough damage to finish off that form plus kill your real form, you just lose the form an turn back into yourself. If something does knock you out of your wolf form, but you're still alive and well in your natural form, you can shift back into a wolf again and gain a full set of wolf HP.

You can sacrifice your spell slots to heal yourself while in an animal form as well. Each spell level restores 1d8 HP.

Wow. Apparently there is some required reading that missed out on.

'Hang's head in shame.'

I'll get on it. Thanks for the tip.

For example, if you have 30/30 HP, then you shift into a form that has 34 HP.

You take 30 damage, dropping you to 4/34. Still an animal.
You take 6 more damage, destroying from animal form. The extra 2 damage roll over to your actual hp, dropping you to 28/30.
If you then shift to another form, you retain your 28/30 for personal, but now you have a fresh 34/34 for the animal form.

Thanks for the heads up. I will work on my knowledge base so you don't have to do all the work.

Give me a direction, guys. Ahead lies one path, back to the large room there are several different options for where to go.

Sorry, Betty was suggesting forward through the door.

Busy times. Alright, hopefully I'll have time to post later today. In the spirit of keeping things moving, if there are simple little checks to be made for things, I'll just roll anything we're missing on your behalf.

Fingers crossed for an open schedule this afternoon.

Cool - back on track. Still in dire wolf form. Woof.

'woof'

"Woof."
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 06:35, Tue 21 July 2020.

""Meow""

Response tomorrow, provided I remember. Also waiting on Wolfie to determine our target.

It sounds like Crufts in here

Which way do you want to go?

Never mind. We're there. Let's go kill some folks.

:)

I have rolled a 3 for damage, now, the last three damage rolls I've made! I need a new d8!  :\

-Ken

If only Betty and I were in range to give an attack of opportunity, why should Maric and Talin get actions? Shouldn't the bandit's fleeing action resolve before any of us can go again?

Because neither of them posted an actual action for the round yet. They both posted, but did not list actions. I think they may have both thought the fight was over, and made RP posts instead of combat posts.

I just need a quick recap of the story so far :)

1. we were escorting a caravan
2. the caravan got ambushed
3. some of our friends got kidnapped & we are trying to rescue them?

Is that about right? If so, I'd like to keep this ruffian alive

Two friends were kidnapped. You rescued one, went to the town to deliver your goods and found it overrun with the ruffians. You found where their supposed hideout was, and that is where you find yourselves now.

Are we waiting on anything other than the DM to have free time to post?

-Ken

Not that I know of. I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth though - as far he's concerned, this is a labor of love of sorts. Having done a fairly recent run through the various threads, I learned a lot about game play and such. Amazing what I learned just by reading the instructions! LOL.

That said, I can be patient.

My last post specifically mentioned who we were waiting on. :P

And they've both posted since then, although one was a PM.

As of today they have, yes. When I'm not tied up in work meetings, I can get the next update put together.

No rush! Just pointing it out to be helpful. :D

Shooting for an update this afternoon if my schedule stays open. I had time over the weekend, but the site seemed to be down every time I checked it.

Yeah, they had a server crash apparently.

Sorry guys, I had no notifications here so I thought I was waiting on you. Then I click it and see we're waiting on me. Update incoming.

I think we're waiting on you, again, Psy...

-Ken

Familiars are fun little creatures to play with when no one suspects what they really are.

You're a lucky little wolf.

Hoping I'll have time to update this evening.


Spoiler - You'll know roughly where he is, but he is invisible, and he's a slippery sucker, so you might still lose him.

I have to admit that I am looking forward to whatever surprises are in store.

To clarify, you can't tell exactly where the wizard is, but you know the general area well enough to continue your pursuit. His speed is faster than Maric's right now, so catching him won't be easy and he'll get an even larger lead on the rest of the party with each passing round.

It may be possible for you to catch him, just be aware that it's going to be 2v1 when you do while the rest of the party spends time moving and dashing to catch up.

Let's go for it!

Hold on tight, Betty. I'm stretch out a bit.

Full on dash, if Maric hasn't already taken it. If he has, I want to try perception again, see if I can find the trail.

I tested positive for covid this morning. It shouldn't have any real impact on the game since we're taking it slow anyway, but it's a heads up just in case. There are times that it sucks all the energy out of me, and times where my brain just straight up doesn't function for coherent thoughts as well.

Take care and be well. I lost my mom to COVID in July, so take it seriously!

We're here when you're back to normal!

-Ken

Get well. Psy.

Betty, sorry to hear about your Mom. God rest her soul.

Psy - hope you have a mild case. I've had a few acquaintances catch it, and their experiences were not good.

Betty, you have my condolences.

Thanks, you two. It was sudden, but I hadn't been able to see her for months, and I hadn't talked to her for the 2 weeks she was sick, so in some way, it sort of prepared me for her absence.

-Ken

My condolences Ken :( sorry to hear the news.

Terribly sorry to hear that, Ken. I've had several family deaths in the last couple of years, but none from Covid as of yet. Right now my suffering is about on par with a sinus infection mingled with flu symptoms here and there.

Hey gang: just checking in. Hope you all are hanging in there. Looking forward to Old Man Covid going away soon.

Take care of yourselves. Come  back whenever you're ready.

Well, later that same day is when Covid stood up and punched me right in the face. This crap is absolutely no joke. Full body aches, joint pains, constant fatigue, fever and chills, restless nights full of pain plus cycling between sweating and shivering. Once it really sets in, you're just wrecked 24/7.

wow. like i said, hang in there. hopefully that new drug that been approved proves helpful.

Good luck and get well soon, Psy!!

-Ken

How's everyone doing?

Doing good here, hoping Psy is recovering!

-Ken

Yeah, me too.

Also hoping Psy recovers soon.

I'm doing well. Glad you guys are, too.

Doing much better, guys. Thanks.

The mage already has a lead on you and he gains an even larger lead every round. How long do you want to go after him? Give me an amount of time and I'll make some rolls to see if he manages to get away from you completely within that time, or if you lose him.

One turn is 10 minutes, right? I'm thinking that Maric wants to at least try to find some tracks or scent some spoor, so a minimum of 10 minutes, perhaps fifteen, but not much more than that. Y'alls thoughts?

I think it will be impossible to catch him, unless his magic wears off soon (no idea how long the effect will last), but if Maric can keep tracking him, that would be best.

Humans evolved as endurance hunters. Let's just keep on the trail.

A Round is 6 seconds, a turn is 10 rounds (1 minute).

Gotcha.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING for my friends here in the US!

-Ken

Indeed, I hope everyone has fun and a small break from 2020 :)

Sorry I've been absent. Busy time of year for me. Happy Thanksgiving.

Beatrice and I are completely unaware of any such rivalry! :D In fact it may be that Beatrice is completely unaware of Morgan...

"Just another meathead boy in a shiny suit of tinfoil, I suppose."

 ;)

-Ken