Awesome! I don't know why, but OOC I find it extremely fun to conjure spirits. So I am glad I am playing a shaman.

And I will probably end up conjuring a bunch in my next IC post! Unfortunately it is looking like it will need to wait until tomorrow. Sorry for the wait.

Darn it, I was in Atlanta for the week and missed the chance to flirt with Kate! He'll definitely consider it. Not sure what Kate's drinking habits are like.

WD, where you moving to?

Back to Houston, Bear. Just got settled in and whatnot.

I forget, how many people are coming along for the expedition through the jungle? Bicho is staying behind. There are four Shadowrunners and the two main scientists going along. Who else?

3 scientists.  4 runners.

Caduceus, where you're going isn't part of the domain of Sky - the tree canopy goes up at least 6 stories and the jungle is pretty dense.  There's sky over the river, but you're not going to be seeing much daylight within the jungle.  You can adjust your post if you like to do all Forest spirits.  (Note that 'Movement' isn't an option for Forest spirits.)

Bummer. I was afraid of that and should have asked ahead of time. I'll have to pretty much rewrite my post, but I should have time within the next 24 hours.

Alright, my post should be fixed now. Let me know if there is anything I missed. I did add a bit more to my post, particularly at the end. I sent one spirit out to Search and asked the group about possibly Levitating some equipment.

Good luck with that move, WD. I'm finally selling my house on Tuesday from ours, so all our last-minute fixing and packing.

As a heads up, I'm heading to a scouts jamboree, leaving Friday night, getting back home a week the following Sunday.  Reception is supposed to be patchy and I'll only have my phone, so posts in that period may be light/non-existent.

I'm not sure how to do initiative using the dice roller on this.  Can someone tell me what I have to do?

Set number of dice to 1, put +4 in the +/- box, select your character (it should default because you only have one) and put "Initiative" in the description.  It should be set up to automatically remember all dice.  Don't worry about the TN as it's irrelevant.

Damn, for just smoking a joint those are some seriously out-of-whack rules. Will roll init when I can, but just sayin’. Whoever wrote those mustve taken their DARE membership a little too seriously.

In reply to DeusEx (msg # 871):

Oh, the secret is to not have it on Shadowrun mode...

Just a heads up that I'm largely disconnected next week.  Posts will be with my phone, so probably won't be that long or exciting :>

Hope you are going somewhere good. I just got back from a vacation of sorts myself and am still getting caught up on things. I expect to finally get an IC post up tomorrow though.

A scouter training event.  I'm getting trained on first aid and teaching cannoing.  My wife is getting trained on other stuff.  And they're entertaining 3 of our 4 kids with Harry Potter-themed activities throughout the week.  Should be fun, but much will depend on the weather :)

In reply to DeusEx (msg # 876):

That sounds like a lot of fun (assuming the weather is good).  Have a great week!

Just waiting on White Duck I think.  I'll move the story forward at the end of the week regardless

Gah, sorry, I was waiting on everyone else. Its been a busy past few weeks guys, sorry about that. Gonna jump in and move things along for WD as soon as I get the time today.

So if Caduceus does try to escape the snake-creature by levitating upward, what would he roll for it? Quickness? Athletics? Reaction? Something magic-related?

I think it'd be reaction.  The magic is what 'moves' you and determines your speed, but reaction is what lets you time your movement to the snake's brief distraction, twist your legs out of reach at the last second, etc.

Well, Duck's made his stealth checks and will continue to look for the lost doctor while all this is going down. I feel like he's a bit out of sync with the rest of the group, so I'll wait til Duck finds him or about ten minutes in game go by before calling off his search. I'm here until then, just kinda standing by.

The joys of party-splitting :)

Time-wise, a few more things are likely to happen with Caduceus's encounter before White Duck sees anything super interesting.  (WD could see things 'sooner' if he runs flat out, but that's not going to be super stealthy and carries risk, so what you, and the others, are doing makes sense.

Caduceus, if you want to increase the pace on your thread, feel free.  I.e. Don't feel you need to wait for others to post if I've responded indicating what's happened for you.  No obligation to speed up though - real world trumps game world :>

So... how’s everyone doing?