Hey, don’t give me the option to make a list of obscenely powerful magic artifacts unless you want a list of obscenely powerful magic artifacts!

And I think it was 5-10 in the character creation thread Markus.  So you should be good.

Everyone appears to be substantially ready to proceed...so give me a couple of hours to knock out some RL things, and i’ll Get you all up and running!

And the opening post is up!  Bread and mysterious, as it should be!  Feel free to put some flavor into your introductions to your characters and their journeys to the city.  The gods have temporarily suspended random encounters in the wilderness. ;)

So, my laptop died and I'm literally stuck posting from my phone (aka piece of garbage) for the foreseeable future. I'll do my best, but...

Happy New Year...:-(

Mysterious bread has the best flavor.

I have access to a real computer today!...aka having to work on Saturday in the office...and want to say I love everybody's posts...:-)

Now let's all turn and stare at Ghorza.

Just as a general note, while I’m all for giving people time to deal with inconveniences, i’m giving Ghorza another day or 2 to post, and otherwise we’ll nudge forward and let her jump in when she’s able!

Teasing!

So, is the Gilded Stag an inn, a tavern, or a combination of both?

Insofar as it actually has rooms one can stay in, it's an inn.  In terms of the atmosphere of the place, it feels more like a tavern.

Hi, hello, I am here.  Promise.  I just shouldn't he in the first few to arrive.  No need to repeat the weeping.

I’d jump in, but it feels like each little reunion needs a little room to breathe...savor the pathos!

I’m on hour 42 of a 48 hour shift. I might have the energy to post tonight. If not, I’ll do it in the morning.

Cop, doctor, or just decided happiness is overrated, Markus?

Nurse.

urgh

When I was a social worker, nurses were the only people I didn't dare complain about my schedule around.

I've found it's a few public service jobs.  Though admittedly, nurses get the short end of the stick on dirty work!

Sorry. I accidentally posted my update before finishing it. The corrected version is now up. Posting from my phone is such a first-world annoyance!
:-D

Very deliberately not choosing how close this exchange is taking place.  Feel free.

@Acanthya: Being obliterated in a torrent of fire works fine.  I think Kella actually took Gate instead of Wish for her 9th level spell.  She sort of has two streams running parallel: damage spells and movement ones.  So a Gate straight to the worst parts of the elemental plane of fire would absolutely be her panic button.  And I suppose everyone else can be forgiven for not realizing she was practically an elemental herself at that point (level 18 sorcerer gets weird).  She would have tried to hide it.  And having her mortal parts burned away by the stunt and needing to recover for a long-ass time explains them missing each other when everyone tried to find the fallen.  Works for me.

Umm, you're 18th level? I thought we were only 12th...

We used to all be epic, and have since lost ground.  At least, that's how I understood the scenario.  We were all in the 18-22 range when we retired, and 12 is what our skills have rusted to.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:38, Wed 16 Jan 2019.

Where did you hear that? The only reason I say that is because that's not the perception I got from the game. How did we lose levels? I thought we made it to 12th in our adventures and then retired.

From the Players Wanted post:
"Returning to Adventure is a mid-level 5E game in which the PCs will be playing a party of near-Epic levels characters who've been in retirement for a decade or two, and let real life rust their skills a bit (hence only being mid-level), "


So whatever kind of badass you had written, might want to turn that up a notch.  We were world-shakers once.  We're still pretty scary.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:43, Wed 16 Jan 2019.