OOC Thread...

Hi there! I see that I've been added here :)

What shall we name dear ol' PC other than Player 1?

I don't know yet :) Naming characters is a bit hard for me - I struggle with finding good names. I'll make you know, when I have something...

I have unlocked your character sheet... go make your choices...


Talk to me if there's any details you want to discuss... (Maybe your character is mistress of just using brass knuckles or some less-typical weapon than those listed? Let me know...)
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:46, Fri 09 Nov 2018.

I started working on my character sheet. I have a question: WIS - what does this stat mean in DW, exactly? Intuition, awareness, mental focus..?

Yes, all that. Mostly awareness, like noticing small noises or odd smells that others might miss. But also Willpower...

As one site I just visited put it:

Thanks!

I'll be going to bed soon, but I hope to have this finished tomorrow...

Alright, I have finished the character sheet (aside from the name). Could you check whether everything fits?

EDIT: Name added.
This message was last edited by the player at 01:22, Tue 13 Nov 2018.

Everything I see fits... I cleaned it up just a tiny bit...

1. How does one pronounce Leide?

2. Don't forget to pick a portrait... (and, if you want, to fill in a description in the official character description section...)

1. Uhm... I just realize the name is basically "Lady", but with "eh" at the end. Ha, maybe I'll be changing that name, then :)

2. I tried picking a portrait, but nothing fits :\ Could I go without one?

1. Well, let me know...

2. If we can't find you anything you think fits, then yes. But... give me:
--age
--hair color
--hair length/style
--anything else I should know about description...

1. Okay, let's simply change Leide to Neide and it'll work for me :)

2. Some details about her looks:

- age: 24
- hair colour: red
- hair style: shortish - half-neck length, razor-cut on the side; typical haircut of the soldiers of Alara's temples
- height: 5'6'', more or less
- athletic build
- reserved, not very friendly demeanor

So..... How'd'y' pronounce it? "Nay-dee" ? "Nigh-dee" ?



Mmm...

"human-caucasian-red hair-short hair" gets me these...

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Expanding to brunettes too got me this...

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But then I tried "just show me characters holding swords" and that actually turned up some decent results:

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Then finally I was like "okay just show me all the female fantasy warriors you got and I'll just pick out the redheads myself"

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Then just to be thorough I tried the female fantasy "rogues" too:

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If you don't like any of these, we'll just play on without a portrait... but I kinda like some of these...

I chose a portrait... just remember it's quite an approximation.

As for the name pronounciation, it's 'Nay-deah'.

Got it :)




1. So... "Nay-dee-ah" ? ...Except the last two put together as one syllable? ...Like how a Brit would pronounce "nadir"?


2. Okay so next issue: When we open this story, is Neide ABOUT TO START leaving the organization, or will she have JUST have left them, or will she have left them weeks back?

If you have no opinion, I'm thinking about About To Start, and then role-play that out. But I'm willing to do it however you want...

1. Argh, how to explain it? :) There no 'ee'. It's just 'e', like in 'end'. Just like in some German female names: Beate, Elfriede etc.

2. I'd go with "about to start". The way I see, she's still a member, but not necessarily happy. Heck, we might go on with her still being a member for a while - it has some RP potential...

So it's either "Nay-deh", or else 1 syllable, "Nay(deh)" with a tiny little deh at the end. I guess.

Does it rhyme with... "Made" (if we stick a little extra breath on the end)?




Okay, I'm gonna start like that...

EXCEPT i have a kidneystone right now and I shouldn't really even be sitting in this chair for long... I hope it'll leave my body soon, believe me...

...Any other details we can deal with first...?


EDIT: Also-- Any details on how you want this goddess-- whom I have named Alara-- to work or not work? Or are we leaving the rest of that up to me...?
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:32, Sat 17 Nov 2018.

Heh, no, not really. :) It's really "Nay-deh", with a loud "eh". Like in German command "Haende hoch" etc.



Uh. Kidneystone sounds awful. I hope you it passes...

Anyway, as for other details: I'd prefer the goddess' influence (if you choose to use) to manifest in somewhat subtle ways. No celestial beings bursting forth through dimensional gates to enforce the goddess' will etc. Other than that, I'll leave these things up to you...

As for other things - I can't think of anything else to sort out, actually? I'm ready to begin...

Got it, I think...





Yeah, stone is still around, but it's in a place RIGHT NOW at least where it's allowing other systems to function somewhat normally. So I'm gonna try this...

Sorry for to replying earlier... This week's turning out to be busy.

How's the kidneystone, if I may ask?

I can go almost 2 days with no real trouble or pain, but then have a flare up of varying difficulty for hours... So, comes and goes...

How do you treat something like that? I guess there *is* some sort of treatment..?

If you have money or great insurance or you're desperate (or any combination), they can blast the stone with a sonic pulverizer that doesn't hurt your soft tissue but breaks up the stone.

If you're poor with bad insurance and not desperate (especially if you've played this game before, every few years), you drink lots of water and hope it passes soon.

...Everything okay...?

Just... getting back from Thanksgiving holiday, perhaps...? I know I just now have...

Actually, I plan on posting in a few minutes :)

It was a hectic weekend, but not due to Thanksgiving - we don't have it here...

Alright, it took a bit longer than a few minutes... Argh, I had a crazy day yesterday.

That roll you made for me... what was it, exactly? Please, help me understand the system :)

It wasn't for you... it was for the guy to try to dodge.

I'll roll stuff for NPCs sometimes when I'm trying to decide on a particular direction... And that 12 was so impressive I posted it (in the name of transparency)

Ah, I see!

I'm trying to wrap my head around the PBTA systems, as I ordered the newest edition of Kult - which uses this system, too. I hope to run it someday... assuming my package from Modiphius finally arrives. I'm worried, as it's late :\

I will try to post in-game soon, but in the meantime:

Christmas gift: 2 extra xp points...

Thanks :)

I haven't been posting due to Christmas, but I'll be resuming posting now...

Hmmm... a tentative question: would you like to try out Kult?

Mm, doesn't really sound like my kind of thing...

But it's a PbtA game! :)

That said, it can be rather macabre and heavy...

Yeah, sounds a bit heavier than I'd want. Horror is one thing, but Kult doesn't sound like my flavor of fun...

Now if you want me to make you a little LIST of PbtA games that are not Dungeon World that I would like to play, let me know

Ah, but Kult 4E is the only PbtA game I own...

But speaking of horror: I gather that you're not opposed to it in general. So, where's the line? What kind of horror game would you find acceptable?

PbtA's Monster of the Week game might be okay, if I'm thinking of the right one...

...But I grasp that you don't own a copy... (I've just looked at the playbooks online... for all I knew, it was free, like the core Dungeon World... But... I guess... not...?)

I checked DriveThruRPG. MotW isn't free, unfortunately...

But speaking purely content-wise: what would you say is the important difference between Kult and MotW? Remember we still need to test Savage Worlds, so maybe I could cook up some horror story for that system :)

...First thing that comes to mind: Kult seems too real-world.
...Second thing: Kult seems too grim and serious and... biblical.

Contrast:
--MofW seems more... well, a little more goofy and playful. Just a little, but I think it makes a difference.
--MotW is, obviously, drawing on a postmodern melange of (slightly over-the-top?) pop culture more than, well, whatever Kult's drawing on...

Ah, I see! I think I know what you mean, more or less...

BTW. Kult isn't literally Biblical - it's drawing heavily from Gnosticism, actually. But I get what you mean.

Yeah...

Say, maybe I should have thought of this before-- what about this? It's horror, AND it's entirely free!

https://engineoforacles.wordpress.com/downloads/

I got talked into using it for my Dark Shadows game, and it's worked pretty well.

The only real adaptation we've had to make for RPol is that in the game, they count attending 1 gaming session as being worth 1 xp. Well, RPol is like one never-ending session, so we've counted 10 posts as worth 1 xp. (On one hand, it's a pretty low bar, but on the other hand, it means you always know your XP easily, because you go to the THE CAST section, see how many posts you've made, and divide by 10.)

What'd' you think?

Hmmm. I'll be looking into this. This might be interesting...

... not today, though. I'm really falling on my face today. :\

BTW. How about this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKbEaNjcplk

I actually have that book...

No problem




Mm, I already work with Texas college students all day...

Okay, so I've been thinking about my reply and here's a question: what's the town's layout? Is there any reason why he can't just walk out of town? For example, is the town walled with guards standing at the gates etc.?

Just trying to get a better understanding of the situation.

No, he's just worried about other Alarans catching him before he can get very far, that's all... Particularly Aekins, of course, but he figures that any minute (but there's no telling exactly when), she'll give up on finding him herself, and will rouse the other Alarans to flood the town and search for him-- especially the edges of town...

I'm reading the Ghastly Affairs rulebooks. Hm, they are kind of inspirational :) Would you like to run it? Or would like someone to run it for you?

BTW. What appeals to you about this game? The system or the setting?

I'm running a game using Ghastly Affair based on the old Gothic TV soap opera DARK SHADOWS (1966-1971) right now. (The players all seem to have busy Real Lives, so it's been going VERY slowly since mid-December.)

But yes, I would like someone to run it for me...

Between the system and the setting, I suppose I'd have to say the setting, since the system just seems like simplified D&D (which is good, because both parts (the D&D part and the simplified part) make it easy for me to understand, but it's not exactly a novelty for me. The setting is the novelty...

The setting is interesting, although it might be a bit tricky. The book encourages going over-the-top with the Gothic trappings... I'm wondering whether it wouldn't make the scenarios a bit unbelieveable?

Doing some digging into Gothic fiction right now. It's a difficult genre...

No more so than a Hammer Horror film, I suppose...



Frankenstein, Sheridan Le Fanu-- especially Carmilla, Dracula, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Varney the Vampire, Poe, Jeckyll and Hyde, Coleridge...

Movies like Black Sunday, most of the Hammers...

What aspects of Gothic fiction are attracted to? Dark mood? Strong emotions? Scenery?

Are you interested strictly in the 1760 - 1820 period, or would you be open to a Gothic story set in late 19th century?

The supernatural.

OUT OF the 20 main elements that Ghastly Affair considers to be the main elements of a gothic story, I'd say my favorites are: Hauntings, Monsters, and Mysteries.

(The full list: The Castle, Confinement, Crime, Curses, Dark Places, Desecration, The Despot, Fiends, The Fury of Nature, Hauntings, Innocents, Lovers, Madness, Monsters, Mysteries, Omens, Ruins, Strangers, Shocking Secrets, and Talismans.)

From their list of 100 GOTHIC THEMES AND MOTIFS, my favorites:

33. Ghosts
38. Gypsies
42. Immortality
64. Mysterious Manuscripts
69. Pride
75. Rituals and Superstitions
78. Secret Passages
79. Secret Societies
89. Transformation
90. True Love
94. Vampires
98. Weird Medicine
99. Werewolves

From their list of TYPICAL GOTHIC CHARACTERS, my favorites:
The Bandit With a Code of Honor
The Beautiful Gypsy Woman
The Lonely Vampyre
The Mad Scientist
The Mysterious Strangerat the Door
The Obsessive Demon Hunter
The Old Tinkerer With a Strange Artifact
The Repentant Sinner
The Sailor With a Tale to Tell
The Self-Made Man Whose Past is a Lie
The Sophisticated Courtesan
The Swashbuckling Pirate
The Tormented Artist
The Werewolf Horrified by Himself


I could go on...


Also, I could show you the link to my Dark Shadows game that uses Ghastly Affair... (Half the good stuff is in private threads, though... But only half... then again, I could add you as a player just to give you access to glance at all the threads...)



I would totally be open to that...

After all, that's where Dracula was... and Richard Marsh's THE BEETLE, which in its day was at least as popular as Dracula, but now is almost forgotten...

Could you give the link to your GA game? Let me take a look at it...

BTW. Have you seen the Penny Dreadful TV show? It was great and it might right up your alley...

link to another game

Let me know if you want access to the private threads...



I... really dislike that they made that show. On top of everything else I disliked about it, I felt it was ripping off what Alan Moore had already done with his League of Extraordinary Gentlemen...

You didn't like Penny Dreadful? I thought it was fantastic...

What else you didn't like about it, aside from the LotEG aspect?

Didn't like the writing, neither plotting nor dialogue...

I agree with this review in general...
http://www.undertheradarmag.co...iews/penny_dreadful/

Hmmm. Different strokes for different people, I guess...

BTW. What an awful situation Neide got herself in! I need to think carefully about what to do...

I talked to my wife about it and we agreed-- the worst thing, right after//or possibly//tied with the Alan Moore Rip-Offiness is the poor dialogue.

I don't feel the dialogue in Supernatural is good enough, but it's twice as good as was Penny Dreadful's.




Mmokay...
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:17, Sun 03 Feb 2019.

Heh. Psssssst. Initially, I thought Aetkins put a snake into Neide's cell or something :)

I do not have plans for shenanigans between here and the shrine, but if Neide wants to whisper-talk while the two of them stealth-hurry over there, that's fine with me...

Actually, I'd say she would be quite focused and on the edge while on the way. So, she wouldn't be talking much - just sneaking toward the shrine and looking out for possible threats...

Okay, so this concludes our first bit... "Get Neide to stop being an Alaran, meet her crew (not that there's been time to learn all their names yet), and get on the run."

Those three objectives... accomplished!

So I think it's a good time to ask what you'd like next...

A: Some time on the run where we camp and talk to each other?

B: Fast forward to the next adventure in Sefonia, as we try to move northward, like Bill Bixby on the run and stumbling into adventures?

C: Fast forward a lot more, to the Northlands, which its people call Quayern, and have adventures there?

D. Something else?

Hmmm. I'd say we should go with A, then B or C? B might be more appropriate, as going straight to C could be a too big of a storytelling jump.

But yeah, let's do at least a bit of A, so that Neide learns a bit more of her crew.

Is Kerran's name okay? I like Aden's name and love Ondreya's name and like Kerran's name, but I didn't realize until hours later that we've got two "ends with an N" guys in the team...

Hey, no problem! I wouldn't even notice that if you hadn't pointed it out to me. Also, these things happen. For instance, *all* of the female names in my country end with an "a"...

WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE

THE BAD NEWS: tomorrow, I report for jury duty. Can't be sure how long it'll take. They say these things most often take a day or less, but it was 4 the last time they got me.

THE GOOD NEWS: In one week, I start a new summer schedule, where I will have a LOT of free time on Wednesdays and Sundays. So, you'll be seeing me more often...

Just know that I have not forgotten about you-- I'm just going through a schedule adjustment-- and I will be back and running things more regularly if you can be patient a bit longer...
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:21, Sun 19 May 2019.

Hey, no worries! Let's just hope it won't turn out to be some "trial of a decade" thing with you having to spend a month in isolation or something :))

I think we've accomplished A, then...



B: Fast forward to the next adventure in Sefonia, as we try to move northward, like Bill Bixby on the run and stumbling into adventures?

C: Fast forward a lot more, to the Northlands, which its people call Quayern, and have adventures there?

D. Something else?

Alright, back from being sick. Ugh, this last week really frustrated me...

What next... I'd go with A or B, no real preference here. I'm curious about the Northlands, but maybe it'd be more realistic for the crew to have at least one adventure more in Sefonia? It kind of depends on what you have in mind...

Okay, we're gonna have one more adventure before leaving Sefonia... I'm gonna try to do it Dungeon World style, with player input setting it up...



After some days avoiding civilization, the party comes to Bredon, a Sefonian town near the northern border.

Neide has been here once before.

Tell me:

1. Why Neide was here before. What sort of problem was she sent here to help deal with, or what sort of problem was she on her way to deal with when she passed through Bredon?

2. Not counting your answer to #1, what was the most memorable thing about Bredon?

3. What is the important reason why you have to go into the town of Bredon now?
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:29, Wed 05 June 2019.

She was here as a part of Alaran unit sent to deal with a local group of highwaymen / robbers.



The rather scenic, pleasant layout of the town. The town is well-kept, close to a lush forest, with a river flowing through it. A suprisingly pleasant place.



How about the group being in need of getting more rations etc.?

Sorry, been busy... back for now...

No worries!

I'll be posting tomorrow, hopefully... Today and yesterday were quite busy, not that much time to think of proper response. Ugh.

Understood... But I hope you understand that I have the most time to post Wednesdays and Sundays...

So I won't hold anything against you if you don't against me...

:)

Of course, there's still a lot of my Wednesday left...

I won't be holding your posting rate against you, no worries :)

Alright, question: are Kerran and Neide still wearing their temples' colours? Or did they manage to get normal clothes along the way?

Kerran's wearing a robe, but it's pretty non-denominational. He could be a middle-class religious pilgrim honoring any deity.

Neide, however, is still in what she was wearing.

My wife and I go on vacation tomorrow... I expect to be back Thursday... I have zero guarantee that I'll be able to log in while I'm gone... I mean it's certainly possible, but odds that I will make a long post to anything are Low...

Posted!

I hope you had pleasant vacation :)

Back, but it's bedtime.

We'll see if I have time to catch up tomorrow. My guess is: at least partially.

Sorry for taking a whole week to reply... I've had a string of busy days last week.

I got a little sick Thursday like I had a head cold...

THEN I GOT REAL SICK, flue, fever, aches, lots of coughing...

My wife caught it from me 24 hours after I got it, too...

I was able to work on Monday because it was an unusually easy day, but yikes.

But... Every day since Sunday has been a little better, and a little better, and a little better...

But yeah I have not been impatient for you to hurry the heck up...

Sorry to hear that :( And I'm really sorry for keeping you waiting. Sometimes, juggling stuff (even enjoyable stuff) is hard...

I have no plans to interrupt the PCs' lunch...

Happy Wintertime Holiday of your choice!

I hereby give a gift of 1 free XP!

Please record it on your character sheet and/or bio line, and have a happy day! I'll be back to be the GM as soon as I can...!

Thank you :) Happy Holiday to you, too :)

Going back home to my main computer tomorrow. Then (when I've rested enough from traveling) I can really get back to GM stuff again...

No worries, I'm waiting :)

Oooooh, now I really have to make with some good clues and stuff. There will be a delay-- I hope of less than a week-- while I think about this...

Sure, no problem! :)

This is just me pausing in case you want to do a reaction post. Post there, or here, when you're ready to move the scene back to the constable's office...

Sorry, busy times lately. Tomorrow and Friday, I expect to be worse. Mmmmmmaybe Saturday will be good, maybe not. If not, I'll try to post Monday. Just know that I haven't forgotten about you...

No worries!

Sorry for the delay! Some really busy days right now. I'll try to post ASAP - tomorrow, hopefully?

Sure thing, no problem

Phew! Alright, that took way longer than I hoped... Again, sorry for this kind of delay. That last week was a bit crazy.

Anyway, posted!

I must say I hate this Rollo guy already... :)

Okay, so here's something I'm wondering about: what would you say are the rules for Alaran jurisdiction? Because I'm kind of thinking whether she could just go to Rollo and execute him in the name of Alara...

There ARE rules for Alarans working inside the law, but they're mostly for stuff that happens in, or right next to, a sizable city.

When they're out in the wilds, or a town of Bredon's size or smaller, Alarans will often just dispense justice first and ask questions never, if the reason they want to dispatch someone is strong enough and the person is right there and no one but Alarans are looking...

How do you WANT it to work...?

Good question. As much as I'm tempted for the Alarans to be able to go full Judge Dredd on occassion, I'm not sure it'd be the best idea...

... I need to sleep on this, I think. I'll make you know :)

...I had a vague idea a while back for the next plot-pivot, but i need a little time to focus...

If I don't get back to this in the next 24 hours feel free to nudge me...

I see it all worked out :)

It's way too late here now, but I hope to reply tomorrow!

Feeling run down. I hope to be back and get things rolling again Friday...?

Sorry, helping entertain sick family members today. I have greater expectations for tomorrow...

No worries, I've been busy the last few days anyway :)

Was gonna post more today but started getting headache... and then tomorrow is my busy day and after that it's spring break for a week so my schedule will be super disrupted so we'll have to see what happens...

No worries!

Let's just hope none of us will catch the coronavirus...

I'm not only back, my schedule is finally starting to stabilize...

Great :) The whole virus situation really threw me off my schedule in these last two weeks, so I wasn't here lately. But I'm back now...

I know that the pace of this game is slow, but I felt it would be cute to role-play Neide forgetting that Aden said to leave the anti-witchcraft spell up to him.


Anyway, the three songs I was thinking of for the feel of Aden's song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMTEtDBHGY4

The more commonly-heard version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFWKJ2FUiAQ

Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnbx_Fb4NmU

Finally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5YHqWqhFkU

So that's what the song sounds like! Thanks :)

And sure, let's RP Neide being a scatterbrain, if you want to. And I'm really sorry about me forgetting about Aden...

Sorry for the week-long delay... This whole last week was quite crazy for me. Ever had a string of days when you want to do something, but you keep running out of time every single day due to complications? That was my last whole week...

That's the beauty of a solo game-- one inconveniences no other players.

True, but it can frustrate the GM having to wait and wait... So, I apologize. Seriously, that was a very annoying week.

Your problems were much worse for you than for me. I sympathize, though, with your frustrations. Sometimes I have days where I just say "well, not today."

Ha! I guess I just broke the one clue needed to defeat the witch... ;)

Nah, just a little potential loot

I am super NOT pushing you... but I'm checking on you.

How you doin'?

Need to vent about RL or anything?

Not pushing.

Super not pushing. Just trying to be encouraging.

Hello...

Ah, let's not talk about RL. Let's just say that I'm not proud of my organisation skills lately. All this working from home etc. is convenient, but it also messes with my sense of time.

Also, we're having super-important elections back here - and the prospective results make me feel... quite sad, to put it mildly. Ugh. Finally, I'm busy lately trying to make Stellaris (a PC game) either work on my PC correctly, or working out how to make my money back...

Anyway, I made a post. Let's move :)

UGH now i myself am having a day or two where I just do not have the time to sit down and GM properly, sorry... MAYbe tomorrow...

Back... what's happened is that my schedule is still solid two days a week for GMing, but the rest of the time has gotten more unstable.

But this one week (through Thursday, anyway) MIGHT turn out to be surprisingly stable... we'll see...

Posted!

Posted... I'll try posting often now - I'm on vacation, so I have more time, at least in theory.

Question: still not interested in trying out Savage Worlds? I think I asked you before, but maybe you changed your mind?

I'm asking, as I finally got around to reading the rulebook to the newest edition and I'm eager to try it out in some fashion...

Mmmmmm...

1. Solo game for me, or invite others? (Others could be more fun, but could also be super more frustrating when they flake out and disappear.)

2. Exact setting...?

1. I'd prefer a solo game for now.

2. Setting - not decided yet. Savage World is supposed to be useable in many different settings, so... any wishes for stuff you'd like to try playing?

Pulp hero stuff. Hollow earth, dinosaurs, mad scientists, sky pirates, secret societies, masked avengers, psychic abilities, mystical artifacts, Atlantis stuff. Maybe ghosts and/or nazis.

Ah, pulp sci-fi :) Silly or serious? Also: modern age or 1920 / 1930s?

In-between silly and serious. If "in-between" isn't specific enough for you then I guess I'd say half a millimeter toward the less-serious side of the line.

And... MODERN age pulp? I'm not sure how that would even work exactly. I would say 1930s.

Modern-age pulp, as in: pulpy themes in a modern world. :) Not sure if it's workable, myself...

So, 1930s. Any initial ideas for what kind of character you'd like to play?

Male. Evil-puncher. Maybe a little like Doc Savage, a puncher-scientist (or Tom Strong, if you know that reference).

Maybe a masked avenger, maybe not, depends on the world and what options you give me...

...THEN AGAIN, a mystic, like a Chandu, might be appealing, too... Mm, it's hard. Depends on the exact world and the options you offer...

Ha! Chandu... I have to Google him. I know Doc Savage and Tom Strong...

I'll make you know what I came up with.

The Shadow is basically Chandu except with guns, hiding half his face with a scarf, and specializing in just one mental trick learned in the mysterious far east

So, backwards: take away The Shadow's guns, don't hide his face, and let him be a bit more of a jack-of-all-trades as far as mental tricks learned in the mysterious far east, and you've kind of got Chandu.




Please do.

Back on the ground floor.

I meant, where exactly on the ground floor..? :)) But now I see it's not that important - she's obviously close to the staircase.

Right.

(Any word on progress on a Savage Worlds game?)

Ah, so to be clear: the guys are currently right of the hole? And they cannot get to either the western or the northern corridor without crossing the hole first?

As for the SW game: I'm thinking... The thing is, currently my mind is more in the fantasy and sci-fi modes. I have some ideas for 1930s pulp, but not sure if they are too good...

Pretty much yeah



Welllll... just tell me what you're thinking about using Savage Worlds for, and we'll discuss it.

Start with sci-fi thoughts, perhaps...?

Hmm. When it comes to sci-fi, I don't have anything fully solid yet, but I'm in a mood involving fighting killer monsters, guns, high-tech, far future...

Sure okay let's do it

If you need any help or suggestions let me know

I need to work out the details, is all :)

I have the general feeling for what I'd like to do in such a story. Just need to iron out the actual plot... Bear with me, please :)

Mokay!

Sorry not to post today. Very busy start-of-semester day, and then a really bad weather-related (I guess?) headache. And tomorrow will likely be worse (at least on the first front). I'll do my best...

No worries! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you feel better soon.

What a revolting development! I'm now officially pissed at the witch! :)

I have been just about out of my mind with anxiety over the election, which obviously is not over.

I expect to return when this anxiety is resolved satisfactorily.

That's perfectly understandable. No worries!

Thanks.

Okay, for obvious reasons, I think I'm feeling enough calmer to try to proceed.

Tomorrow starts Family Time for me, so my GM posting is gonna be REAL sporadic for more than a week (but probably less than 2?).

No worries - as you can see, I was absent from posting, too.

I can resume now, though.

*groans* Is it so cold where you are? Back here, things got suddenly very chilly... Uh.

Nah, not too much.


ADVISORY...

Starting today, my schedule changes. I will have less time Mondays-through-Thursdays, but-- kind of like the latter part of last year-- more time Sats and Suns. (Usual amount of time Fridays.)

Just a heads' up.

Thanks for the info :) I'll take note to adjust my schedule and post on weekends, then.

No, don't bother to do that-- just be aware that I've got the most time to make lengthy posts on weekends...

I see. Anyway, posted!

Now, if Aden says that he was wondering whether they locked their room's door back at the inn, I'll be unhappy :D

Haven't forgotten about you, but I'm just... having an off day. Maybe tomorrow I can get it together..

Hey, no worries! :)

Basically this ultra-winter weather (makes the brain want to hibernate) and power outages (disrupts work schedule, also family needs extra-entertaining) has disrupted my schedule... I'll do my best, but this weekend I won't have 5 spare hours per day to play like I usually do lately...

We're having winter weather over here, too... At least no problems with power or other tech.

I'll be waiting, I know one needs to be in a good mental spot to write :)

My life is undergoing turbulence.

It looks like I will be on RPol less often, especially when it comes to the long posts I like making.

I am currently trying to figure out exactly what this means for the future...

Sorry to hear about the turbulence...

Does it mean you won't be able to continue? No pressure here, RL issues come first, of course.

Still working on that.

I THINK it just means I'll be even slower...

No problem there. I'm not the fastest poster myself, as you know...

Wow, we spent a whole year IRL exploring the witch's house...

Just to make clear: what time is it in the story currently?

Hm! Good question. Shall we say that you have just enough time to get back to town and leave you with (once you're back) perhaps an hour to spare before the sun goes down...?
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Good, that makes sense. Let's go with it.

Life turbulence continues but is getting better BUT this is busy week for actual workjob this week. Might get better this weekend...

Hey, job = good! :)

Everything is continuing to super not go right as far as having any free time.

HOWEVER, I'm kind of caught up on work stuff for the moment, so I hope that maybe tomorrow might be better...?

Just so you know I'm not vanished.

Thanks for the info, I'm still here, too :)

Sorry for the delay. I had a week-long vacation, so I started catching up with TV shows and I also got the new Resident Evil game. All of this had me completely distracted from RPOL...

Um, so, yeah, hi-- tomorrow I go to visit family, and then the day after I get my second shot.

The last one knocked me out (made me sleepy, lots of naps for days) and I've been fighting to get energy back on and off since then.

No telling what the SECOND shot will do.

Also I've heard a lot of places are running out of Pfizer (which I had) and just giving Moderna. If that happens, who knows what THAT will do (although I've also heard it actually might give one better protection).

Just a heads-up

So... how are doing after the second shot?

... any useful mutations? ;)

Hi there.

Sorry for disappearing for a few weeks. It was due to somewhat unpleasant personal experience I had here on RPOL.

Can we continue?

Yes.

Sorry you had an unpleasant experience elsewhere... Glad to be a happy place here for you...

Alright, that took longer than anticipated, but I posted! Hopefully, you're still around...

Posted again! Sorry it took me that long to make a single roll. Too many things I needed to take care last week. Let's continue!

Am taking day off today... I'm overclocked at the brain bank. Probably back tomorrow... even more prob Tues

Ooops. Overclocked brains are bad :)

No worries, I'll be waiting.

Ugh, bad headache today never got much better. Back tomorrow...

Sinus headache/pressure. Just feel really bad today. Please respond to this so the game lights up for me for tomorrow...

I hope you're feeling better now...

Sorry for not responding immediately. The last week was... irregular. Both due to All Saints Day (which is a holiday here), me trying to finish a sale of some books and being occupied with a tricky character creation for a game on another site.

Anyway, I hope your sinuses got better. I know how unpleasant these things can be...

I hope you're feeling better!

I apologize for not posting for a week... that character creation process I mentioned turned out to be quite distracting. That's what happens when you have 20+ books for one game and try finding the perfect combination of equipment for your PC...

Forgot to say so in the post, but Neide gets +1 xp...

Time to go Judge Dredd on Arno... Or pretend to do so, at least ;)

Been busy. Now just very tired. Will try to get it together soon. Haven't forgotten about you.

Reply to this message please so the game "lights up" for me again

I'm here!

... admittedly, a bit distracted by the sudden urge to assemble all of my Slaves to Darkness models for Warhammer. But I'm still here :)

Unsurprisingly doing family stuff.

However MERRY CHRISTMAS--   1 FREE XP POINT!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Okay, I have apologize for disappearing for so long. There was Christmas, I also was on my winter vacation, I was catching up with movies and TV shows etc. Somehow, I got completely distracted from visiting RPOL... Aaaaagh. Sorry about that :(

I'll be posting ASAP, but I need to think on Arno's proposal once again. Not sure if I should take it :)
This message was last edited by the player at 00:56, Wed 05 Jan 2022.

:)

Proceed at your own pace.

Posted! A bit later than I intended - I was a little overwhelmed with stuff.

Anyway, Arno pissed me off :)

Ugh. Having a busy week... and now, not feeling great (but not covid).

Wanted you to know I was thinking of you though...

So, reply to this to "light the game up" for me again...

I'm here!

Glad to see you're back :)

Ugh, on and off. Weekends are less busy for me than weekdays now--

--I'm gonna be busy until maybe Saturday, maybe longer. Back when I can.

No worries!

Struggling to come back and catch up. Maybe tomorrow, maybe Thursday, certainly/surely Friday or Sat.

I'm here! A bit busy (last week diverted my attention successfully), but I'm here...

My new post is in. Yeah, Neide could use some way of refreshing her HPs...

...Are we stuck?

So, um, I'm thinking of closing this down.

I'd forgotten it was even here for months.

Please let me know if you object.