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This message was lightly edited by the GM at 06:58, Sun 20 Nov 2005.

Game start date:  Sunday, 10/23/2005.  Look for the first posts to appear during the afternoon and the game to begin early evening time.

I live on the east coast of the USA, so we're using eastern standard time when I say "evening" and such.

Oh, sure, just another case of the talls putting us little folk off as long as possible!  We're not going to take this, you won't be able to keep us down forever!  The Hin will rise up, you'll rue the day you put us down!

Howdy all, glad to be gaiming with ya!  Sorry to any 'tall' folk in the game....Lyle's a bit of a racist...doesn't trust people taller than 3'6.... Most talls seem to think all halflings are thiefs, he doesn't like that attitude from the talls...even though its true in his case.  I tend to be a very fast poster, if I start going to fast let me know. I don't want to move us through a RP situation before we are ready....that said I'm not quite sure how I'm going to play Lyle just yet, quiet and mean as hell or a loud mouth whos mean as hell...either way I've been playing peace lovers to long and plan to do some fighting this game!

For those interested I'm Mike from the Fort Wayne area of Indiana, I work weekdays and go to school (this month) on Wednesdays...that'll change next month, and the month after that...doing the accelerated thing to try to get done quicker.  Looking forward to gaming with ya'll.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:09, Mon 24 Oct 2005.

Hello everybody.  My name is Anthony and I will be gaming with you.  I am physically located in Arizona, as I am stationed here with the US Army.  I work during the week and have school on Monday and Wednesday night, but I try to post multiple times per day if given the opportunity.  Any questions, I can be reached at echoxero@yahoo.com.

Hi everyone. I'm Australian and I'll be playing Emir, an elven Ranger. My name's Daniel, in case you wanted to know, and my posting time is pretty flexible in my timezone, but for you guys it might be at some ungodly hours. Emir is a rather stand-offish character, helping out but not really joining in, if you catch my drift. I look forward to playing with you guys, and having some great roleplaying!

Hi folks,

I'm Jon, and just to make it more international, I'm based in London, UK.

I'm actualy brand spanking new to this concept of online rpg, so bear with me please, but an old hat at the table top stuff.

Kalas is a charming fellow, with a glint in his eye for oppertunity.  Currently attired in the traveling styles recently seen in Waterdeep.  HE's gregarious and likes to socialise.

Glad you're all here!

If one or two other players wish to join within the next few days, I will add them.

The party will not go over 6 members, though.

After Wednesday I expect to move thing along to a point where I want the party solidified, so adding a new member or two after that date would be harder than easier.

When you can, make sure you pick a portrait for your PC and set up your bio lines for your PC, too.  Then pick a color for your caracter's dialogue (speech).

Once all those are done, take a total of 75 XPs for the effort.

Glad we'll be gaming together, and hope you like the adventure!

Mike

(From Pennsylvania in the US.  Age --- older than you.  I teach writing and communication at several area colleges.  Been gaming for far too long and have no blocks of time to allow for tabletop, so have to do my gaming on RPoL now.)

Hi all,

The game is going great so far.  Just wish I had more time to post!

We have a last PC/player joining us.  The PC will make a breakfast-time appearance at the tavern and his player should post here to say "hi" soon.

I'll get your sheets into the game so you have access to them shortly.

Thanks!

I'm glad I accidently stumbled upon this site/RoA/game very pleasantly supprised, and I do appreciate the effort Mike.

For a newbie to this thing I have been made to feel welcome, so many thanks.

Jon

Hey guys sorry im late. I missed the tavern so i guess ill meet up with you folks outside of town.

Hi,

I'll post tonight or tomorrow (Sun 11/13).

Sorry to take so long.  Work is a harsh mistress.

Okay, I am slightly confused.  I have no Idea where my character is, in relation to the others.  A little help, please.

I think we've kind of moved you to the woodsmans hut...I didn't really know that I was there until it was mentioned by another player.  but I think for the most part we are all there.  I'm inside checking the place out right now.

That's pretty much it.

Lyle dallied in talking with the kids and that allowed time for the new PC (Kalmir) to hit the scene.

Now you're all at or near the hunter's hut (for ease of things).

Daimon was there before Kalmir and Lyle got there.

In reply to your question DM Mike, In the message I quoted, Kalas asked me to look around at the place he just visited for any 'woman' sized tracks. That was the place I was reffering to.

Oh, gotcha!  I'm dense sometimes.

Like my post said, the only tracks found are those from a large man, probably Benn himself.

PC sheets are up and you should have access to them.

XPs:

For roleplaying and investigation so far:

Each PC gets 75 XPs.

Hi, everyone. :)  Glad to be here, and thanks, DM Mike, for inviting me.

Glad to have you!

Sorry for the lack of the posts recently, I've been a tad busy with the run upto to Crimbly.

Where's that?  Sounds charmingly English (but could be Canadaian, eh?).

*grin*, slang for Christmas.

Oh.

Well Merry Crimbly to ya, pal!

Hey guys.  I am starting my leave on Sunday, where I will be driving home.  I am not sure if I can get on everyday, but I will try to get on when I can.

Thanks for the update, and have a great leave/holiday!

Ah why can't I roll high when i need to?

Ill be out of town from Sunday Till tuesday so I wont be able to post much in those three days if i even get to post at all. Apologies for the inconvenience guys.

Have a great time!

Have a very Merry Christmas Kalmir!

HOW I DO INITIATIVE

Now that it seems like combat may break out, let me explain how I run initiative.

I make the rolls, first for the PC party, second for the NPCs/Creatures.

I average all initiative modifiers (thus high Dex. scores and various skills and feats which allow modifiers to initiative) in those rolls.

The side that gets the higest result goes first, followed by the side the lost.

It's just easier that way.

Thanks man! You too...

To DM MIke: You da boss boss

I will either be unable to post over the next 5 or so days, or I will, depending. Having trouble with the net, will hopefully get to the bottom of it in the next few hours, or have to wait 5 days, Christmas and all. I'll edit this if I get it working, if not, just NPC me if needed. Then again, even if I do get it working, it will be Christmas, so I might not have time to post anyhow, but I doubt I'd be the only one in that boat.

Echo that on the X-Mas thing.

And good luck with the techno stuff.  NEVER fun!

Whelp, I'm heading out for a few days myself, worst case I won't be posting til Christmas day, and most likely not then (unless the kids decide they'd rather be with thier S/O's then the family...)  Everyoen have a great holiday, and I'll see you shortly.


[Private to DM Mike: DM Mike, if you want to take the combat, I'm gonna hold off my action til I can get a sneak attack from above with both the good daggers...if its looking like I'm not gonna get the chance for that then put the good ones away and start raining daggers from above. ]

Since it seems 3 or so of us will be out of communication for the next few days, why not say we'll re-start the current encounter on 12/27 about 5pm or so eastern time?

That way we can enjoy the holidays, etc. and come back ready to roll.

Good?

Have a Good Christmas folks,

Regards

Jon

That is acceptable DM MIke. Merry Christmas/any other holiday you want. Looking forward to the 27!

Fine with me. :)  Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Happies!

See you soon!

Got my net working, just thought I'd let you all know. Anyhow, have a Merry Christmas all, see ya all soon!

Good news on the 'net!

See, those little helper elves really DO exist!

(we have one here called dm littlewing!)

Yeah isn't she great!

She gets pixie dust all over the place, but yeah, she's great!

You know, when i first read that I thought of silence of the lamps...


"She puts the Pixie Dust all over, or She gets the hose!"

M E R R Y   C H R I S T M A S   E V E R Y O N E ! ! !

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and has a wonderful New Year.

I had hoped to post tonight, but I'm knee-deep in home repairs and painting my daughter's bedroom, so it looks like tomorrow for a post.

Sorry!

25 XPs for my goof.

Ahhh, we did that to our daughter one year...compeletly emptied her bedroom while she was visiting with her father (that took 2 days by itself) then did a complete makeover of the room, she was shocked when she got home!  I hope your little one likes the new color! :)

We don't have the room to take the things out of her room, so it's a lot of drop cloths and moving stuff from one wall to the other.

But, it'll get done soon. (fingers crossed)

Happy New Year Everyone!

Happy New Year guys! I'm tremendously drunk and hope you all are too!

Happy happy new gnu year year!

Hey guys, I am back.  Sorry for the delay.

I am a little lost, can somebody bring me up to speed?

Not sure when you last post was, but in a nut shell...

We took the map from the woodsmans hut, followed it to the X's marked.  At one of them we ran into Cala and her dog Blackie who joined our cause.  After that we ran into the woodsman who we took the map from, the one who lost his lover (the missing ranger) he didn't seem to care one whit that she is missing and just talked to us then left.  After that we found some funky mushrooms and followed them to this area where we found the slimy people that we got into a fight with but they pointed at something then ran off....now we wait to see what they pointed at....I'm placing my money on it being Binky the dimunitive giant of doom...but I've lost coopers on that bet before.

Ah, thank you.

xoxox love, lw :-)

Well, it is his PLAYER's birthday, but we get the idea, dm littlewing!

Happy birthday!!!

For Damion

Well from Lyle's short history above, we followed the slimy things to a very boggy, swampy type of place, humid and stinks like... something that smells really bad. The little creatures have tracks going into a hole behind some rocks, and some human tracks (wearing boots) are leaving the hole going in another direction. And we've all just basically jumped into the hole where there is a completely smooth room, not naturally made, with a hall leading out of, which we are about to go through.

The last couple of posts have more details in them, you might want to read them, but that's basically it. Anyone can feel free to add more to expand on what I've already said.

You left out the most improtant part...the giants are making fun of me again!

No we are not!

see, now they're calling me a liar too!!!!

Also, Blackie's not getting his Blackie-snack because he won't be reasonable and follow Cala down a deep, dark, evil hole in the ground.  Dunno what's wrong with the poor thing...

I duuno about Kalmir, but I'm making fun of Lyle, dirty little thief... ;)

Thank you, I understand alot better now.

well maybe Blackie is the smart one? Lyle I most certainly am not making fun of you! I just feel stupid cuz I can only rage one per day and i did it already. Wasted it more likely on a fight that lasted two rounds! :S

Nah, I know your not making fun of me, but Lyle is a bit prejudice against anyone over 4' tall....Its like I've always said "Never trust anyone over 4' tall"

So lyle has short man syndrome?

Big time, or he just likes to start crap...not sure which yet.

10 silver pieces says both.

Well, her character sheet says Cala's the smarter one of the pair, by far.  Blackie is wiser, though, and that may be what's coming into play here. ;)

You know whats funny? I think i'm the only person who has taken damage:S

I'm sure we'll all get a chance to experience that before we're done here. ;)

^Heh...

Heh!

Ouch Emir, you have an evil attack bonus with your bow.  Remind me not to pis...make you angry.

Is it me or is Calathra just the cutest liddle hin anyone has seen?

Well, YOU'RE not a cute little hin, that's for sure!

She really is, you just wanna pick her up and squeeze her :)

I do appreciate the thoughts, but try to bear in mind before anyone gets too into the 'picking up and squeezing' bit, that cute or not, she is armed. ;)

Hey all, just wanted to warn you all that I've run into a bit of a problem.  My computer has finally died out on me so I'm using my wifes currently.  This is going to affect my posting for a short while until I can get some sort of work around.  I truely do apologize for this and hope to have something in place shortly to correct it.

[Private to DM Mike: I'm going to try to get something in place asap, but if you need to move forward or are waiting to move forward please NPC me.]

Hope it all works out soon!

Sorry Guys gonna be away for the weekend Fri-Mon. Do not think I will be able to post. GM please feel free to NPC my character till I get back.

Will do.

Have a great weekend, everyone!  (I'll get on a few times throughout.)

Does there appear to be a way that Damion can cross the muck?

The going would be extremely slow (3 rounds) and you'd need to make a Reflex check, DC 13 each round.  Failure means you sink like Benn did.

If we could run a rope from like, the pole the ranger lady was tied to and some other secure place on the other side, could people use that to pull themselves along if they sink?

Good idea.  That'd work.

It is about 300 feet from the pole to the exit of this cavern.

Someone strong like Kalmir would have to drive a blade or other item into the stone floor or wall to provide something secure to tie the rope to.

The adventure is done!

Great work, everyone!

There is still more RPing to do, to be sure, and you need to collect your reward.

But here is what I need you to do to help wrap things up easily:

Can someone find the the reward you were promised?

This information should be back in the early posts of the game.  I need to rush around the other regions so often, I lose track of details.

Thanks!  I'll give XPs for this help, as well as adventure wrap-up awards soon.

Great job, all!
This message was last edited by the GM at 05:37, Sun 23 Apr 2006.

I'm not sure we were offered a reward.

"I don't have any idea what's going on, so can't tell you what you might find if you look, but if you DO look, it's your decision.  We'd appreciate it, and if you can tell us what happened to Kitta in the woods, we'd appreciate that, too."

The Innkeeper told us this, not mentioning any kind of reward as such.

"I'm Mira and I think the woods ARE haunted, even if this doodie-head here doesn't.  And my pa is one of those men thinking of hiring people to look into it.  We...we don't have much money, but if things get taken care of and the ghost is killed...or whatever...then we could give you pies and cookies and furs and stuff."

A little girl told Lyle and Kalmir this, and then left to tell their parents about Lyle and Kalmir.

Other than that, I can't find any mention of a reward.

OK, good then i wasn't the only one.  I could fine nothing either.

Well I want my pies and cookies dammit!

Yeah, I didn't find anything in my search either.  But if they want to fill every available container with gold coins and jewels, Cala won't object at all. ;)

Hmm...

They'll give you something.  They like Kari and will scrape together what cash they can.

Oh, well now I feel kind of guilty about taking it. ;)

A little girl promised me pie and cookies! And I want them! Who cares about gold?

Experience is its own reward, however gold and treasure is a close second.  And I think we have both coming.

I think this is going to be the end of my travels with the group, just to busy running my games here for RoA and trying to keep real life juggles up in the air.  I had a great time however and hopefully if/when things calm down I wouldn't mind rejoining you all.

sad to see you go.

Take care, Lyle.  It was fun playing with you.  I'll try to hold up the hin presence in the group. :)

Whoops!

Didn't see this before I posted in the ARP thread.

I'll get one more player/PC on-board. then get the XPs to you, the reward (and the little girl's pie...not a mudpie, let's hope!) and move on.

Thanks for playing, Lyle, and come back if/when you can!

It's been nice playing with you Lyle, even if I had to keep checking my stuff. ;)

Kalmir not want little guy to go!

XPs are posted and the girl's pie is given out!

Still waiting on the new player/PC, but we can move ahead without them.

The only problem is which adventure to take on?  I'll go count the votes again, but it looks like we have a tie.

If anyone wants to now vote between the two main contenders, that might help.

I am just curious, do we have an arcane caster?

Had.  I think we lost that player when RPoL was down.  He/She was new, and this was their first exposure to PbP, so the time off could not have been a good thing for them.

Don't worry I'll mutlticlass!Only my cha is 8 and my int is 10 so i can only cast 0 level spells but we can work around that right?

I think we would have an easier time if one of the roguish characters decided to multi-class, as my int is only 14.  However, I will be our blaster, somehow...

I don't think Cala's personality would mesh very well with a dip into wizard, and her charisma isn't high enough for her to be much of a sorcerer.  If I was going to dip her into anything, it'd probably be ranger, just to get some wilderness skills, but I think she's probably going to stay a rogue.  And, multiclassing at this point would make for a pretty weak wizard or sorcerer, I think.  It'd be better to add a new character if we really need a blaster type.

And yes, joining a game and then having the site go down for ten days can't have been a very encouraging first dip.  :(

The question we really need to ask is... Do we really need an arcane caster? we have muscles and a doggie!

If we could just find a druid to awaken Blackie, maybe he could be our arcane caster!  Though he's not really that smart...or that charismatic...and he has doggie breath...and a thrown stick proves a serious distraction...OK, maybe that wasn't such a brilliant idea after all. ;)

I plan encounters and adventures around the PCs that I have, so if we do not have an arcane caster, I tend not to give out a lot of magic items that would be of use only to a wizard, sorcerer, or even bard.  Likewise, no challenges that require only the talents of such a PC.

So we're good.

I'm going away for this weekend, so I will be unable to post until I return, I should be back in 3/4 days, feel free to NPC me if needed.

Have a great weekend!

Just a thought, but if my character pulls second shift, he won't be able to prepare spells in the morning.

If you say it in character Kalmir will switch shifts with you. Unless there is something preventing him.

I am currently on leave right now and don't have access to my books.  I will be back to my regularly scheduled life on sunday.  I will post when I can.

Have a good leave!

If you have time or interest to post before Sunday, there are links to the SRD D&D books over in RoA OOC Forum.

I'm back.  How do you want me to get back in the game.

We can just say Damion went along with the rest of the PCs.

Just post in-game when you like.

Do we get any sense from the noises we're hearing whether the riders are moving towards us, more or less perpendicular to our course, or away from us?

Parallel from you (meaning they are heading toward the campsite - the way you came - but not at a fast clip).

.....................................

          Noises ------>






     ================================================
               Trail
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             <------- The way you came                      To camp -------->

I might be posting less for a little while.  My computer took a dive when we had a power outage last night and I need to get a new CPU.  I will post at work when I get the chance.

Yikes!

Good luck and buy a good surge protector when you get that CPU, man!

That's the thing though, my surge protector didn't work.  I am going to be looking into filing a claim, to see if I can get some money for it.  One of the benefits of being in the military and living on base.

I apologize for my silence these last few days, got to go camping for fathers day weekend and today I'm off to class for the evening.  Expect answers to all of Cala's questions about me shortly however!

Can Cala just try to stab the stirge a couple times instead of trying to yank it off?

do I have to make a grapple check

She can, but if you miss the To Hit roll by more than 5, you'll hit Blackie and do normal damage to him.

D'oh!  No, and i can't believe I forgot to put that into the post.

Editted now to reflect that.

Just a note that I have posted in RoA OOC for an arcane caster to join the party.

Also, I am planning the next adventure(s) for this region.

Did you want to go back to the Zundbridge and check things out or adventure within the city of Waterdeep before the snows of winter fall?

Or did you want to do some dungeon crawling down in Undermountain?

OR do you want to skip winter altogether and move out into the environs around Waterdeep for a wilderness/caravan adventure?

Let me know.  I'm up for anything.  You guys are fun to DM for!

I'm up for about anything.  I'm curious about the Zundbridge, but I'm always up for some good dungon crawling, too. :)

Yeah, I'm not fazed what we do, but I wouldn't mind finding out about the Zundbridge.

Zundbridge or undermountain.  And thank you, you are fun to PC for.

I just wanna swing my axe. :)

Let's wrap up the mystery at the Zundbridge (and there will be some axe-swinging, I can assure you) and then go from there upon a return to the city.

Give me a bit - probably sometime to tomorrow - to get a post up.

Day Units:

All PCs have earned 5 day units.

Add these to any you still have.

If you want to do something like buy gear, etc., you can spend day units now, before going off on the Zundbridge adventure.

Prices are as per the PH or DMG.

Let me know if you want something odd.

Magic items are available for sale in some select places, so feel free to buy scrolls, potions, and other items worth up to 500 GPs each.

Anything more than that, and I'll need to know about it.

Take the day units and money off your sheet and add items purchased to the sheet.

Those who use ammunition, buy some new quantities now to take the place of that used.

We have a new PC coming in, an elf wizard.

Once he gets into the party, we'll head off for the Zundbridge.

Hello all, My name is Trevor and I'll be playing the resident elven wizard. I am from Texas, and currently in college so I cna post at most times outside of class.  Thamior is fine enough to be around unless you get on the topic of magic than he'll just talk your ear off.

Welcome. If you come bearing Bull's strength spells... double welcome!

Welcome, Thamior. :)

Yay, I'm not the only caster.

thanks for the welcome, yall.
Perhaps, I can hit up a merchant for scrolls later kalmir.

hi to all

dm mike asked me to post for him that he is /has been having net/connection problems plus alot of  overtime at work. so  he said he would prob be posting by saturday  and he hopes the net problems are fixed for him by then.

OK.  Thanks for the update, dm littlewing. :)

Training...

3+ hours on the road, 6+ hours at work...

Learning new (non D&D) rules and regulations...

Mike's head hurts.

I will post this weekend, at least once during the week, then next weekend.

On or around Sept. 1 training is done, the diapers are off, and I will have more time for RoA.

I'll be back on to post throughout the weekend and then posting should resume at a pace of about 3-4 times a week.

I started a new job last week, and training was very time and travel-intensive.  So far this week I've put in over 50 hours and still have to get through today!  (Thank God for overtime pay!!)

Sorry for the delay this week, but things will pick up again later today!

Sorry I haven't been on, have been moving house but don't have a phoneline to connect to the internet and I'm not sure when I'll get it back, so NPC me as needed.

XPs for posting, RPing, etc. have been posted.

They do not reflect the combat, which is still going on.

Hello.  I've recently been added to the region.  I hope my tankish nature fits in here with everyone.

All the warriors gimme a HOOO-AAH! :P

Welcome!

Take 25 XPs for the portrait, 25 XPs for setting up your bio lines, and 25 for your PC's description.

Hoo aaaah!

Sweet! You're a brick too! This is great.  Finally I'm not the only one.  Dude, I bet you do great damage don't you?  I'm a tank.  If I use a couple of my feats, I can have AC 26 or higher...  And for a level 4 character... that's really good.

I plink away at a D8+5 damage with my Mithril longsword +1 though.

What you got dude?  I bet if we team up, we're gonna be some bad dudes.

Oooh, more people for the enemy to focus on while sweet little Cala moves behind them and pokes them in sensitive areas! ;)

Cala, you say the sweetest things!

Just to make sure I get this right before posting, I am riding up on the scene from the south, and I see the party, along with some Waterdavian soldiers fighting some unknowns, and the stone golem is missing?

How far away from what's going on am I?

I've got my internet back! I'll be posting shortly.

When you see the group of PCs and the soldiers fighting the thugs, you are about 100 yards away.

You got the main details right, Rjak.

Still here, will post in a few hours, don't have time at the moment, just want to say I'm still here.

8 points of damage to the werewolf

I think it is the dice roller who hates you Emir! LOL

It doesn't like me much either. :(

Hello all I just joined, looking forward to playing with you guys.

D'oh, I just realize I forgot to add the things in the description lines in my IC post..

Welcome. :)

Hey what's up new guy?  If you can't tell, I'm our tank. :)

And I'm our damage  machine.

Yes.  Good Lord Kalmir is a damage machine.  I am thankful that I do not have to fight you, lol.  I would be expertising every turn just to increase my AC to an ungodly amount. :P

That said, DM Mike... I think Calathra, Kalmir, myself, and the new guy will be alright by ourselves.  We seem to be handling this scene rather well.  I'm tankish enough to plink away at the little guys and keep them off everyone's back while Kal does massive damage and Cala sneak attacks from the side.

And yanno, even if I do get hit, I have oodles of hit points. :)

4 players/PCs is fine by me.

On another note, I juist got a message from Emir's player that he is dropping gaming due to time constraints and demands at school.

He'll be welcomed back to RoA as soon as he can find the time to chuck virtual dice again.

So long as the 4 present players keep rolling/posting, we should be fine.

Meep.  Sorry, I got too hasty there.  Gotta fix my action.

Just a heads up to the group.  I'm moving and working and doing a lot for the next few days, so my posting frequency may drop a bit.  I'll get it taken care of as soon as I can.

YOUR posting rate may be slow?!  Have you seen the DM's!!!?

Hello all. I am taking over the abandoned Damion so if he acts differently than he used to just think of it as a split personality :)

Beats split pants!

Hello.  I'll be joining you shortly.  Happy to be here!

hmmmm....kind of a slow game huh.

Yeah but it's okay.  I normally don't care much for slow games, but Mike is one of the best, and these are one shots where the goals actually get accomplished and players get to reap the rewards. :)

Mike's just busy right now.

Yeah, Mike's a great guy and he really...

_{heh...I'll get posting now.}

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Fair warning: I try to post at least 2 times a week, but mainly get on during weekends and early in the week due to my work schedule.

Maybe with the snows we are sure to get where I live over the winter, I will be able to get posting more.  More snow = less driving = less work, so...

Not really that big a deal. I was just worried I took over a character in a dieing game is all. Back to the fight!!

Nope, we're alive.

We just sometimes need to use a walker to get around.

Not ready for a motorized wheelchair yet, though.

RoA Birthday Gifts:

If anyone has not yet taken their RoA Birthday Gift, send me a PM.

Those who have done so, add the items to your PC's sheet.

We will worry about how your PC got them after this adventure is done.

In effect, they are given to your PC as part of the treasure/reward for this adventure.

Since the items are free, they are not going to take away from the treasure/reward list I was going to create for this adventure, so fear not on that regard.

XPs for December have been posted.

I will get back into the game over the weekend and post at least once, hopefully twice.

And if you have not read it yet, go check out the RoA holiday present!  It is over in the RoA OOC Forum.

Did you post xp for the werewolf fight? You said you did I think but I don't see it.

I don't think I did yet.  I'll check.

Where is the One Shot XP thread?

link to a message in "RoA 4: Adventures"

Man, that's handy!  Thanks, DM Annihilator.  35 DM XPs for that!

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Nope, no XPs for the werewolves, pirates, thugs, etc.

Give me a bit to figure them all out.  I really should have given out XPs when you charged off to get to the tunnels, since the first attacks near the bridge were one encounter and the tunnels were another, and the golem a thirds...

Oy, my head spins!

But once I get the XPs worked out, they'll be good.

And 35 XPs for catching that I did not give them out yet, Kalmir!

Heck, the mood I'm in, I'd toss out XPs if people tied my shoes or sharpened my pencils!

Thanks Mike!

XPs for the pirates, thugs, werewolves, golem, investigation, etc. are up.

Is it our turn to act yet or are we waiting on the pirates?

Rjak had to act.  He has not been one, so I posted for him and then the pirates.

I posted for the pirates, so now Yugin and Damion can post.

Once they post, the pirates act again (they won initiative) and then the PCs all post again.  I gave a more detailed rundown in the in-game thread.
This message was last edited by the GM at 04:19, Tue 02 Jan 2007.

I'm still here, alive, but not really kicking.

Work's been hectic, and I have been a bit too addicted to Neverwinter Nights.

I'll give NWN the heave-ho for at least the week, and get posting going again.

Sorry for the delay, and to try to make up for it, once I post I will give a nice bonus for you all for waiting.

Sorry, and look for a post in-game soon.

Welcome back boss!

Shameless plug time. I have a website if any of you are interested. www.gatorgraffix.net.

If you like, tell all your friends, I could use the buisiness :)

I'm going on vacation from sunday the 14th until friday the 19th. Please NPC me as needed :)

Will do.

Sorry guys had not net access for the last week.

Hey, if Kolby here doesn't ice the Captain with his next attack, I'd like to do a Coup de Grace on him if I can.

Sounds good to me!

Thanks to all for the adventure.  It was fun.

[Private to DM Mike: Thank you, Mike.  I'm now stepping down from the game.  Please retire Yugin.]
This message was last edited by the player at 20:55, Sun 28 Jan 2007.

You leaving?

Hello? Anyone home??

Yes, Yugin is leaving.

Am I'm here (for now).

DM DarkChylde will be taking over the region as soon as I get done wrapping things up, so expect faster play with more frequent posting.

My work takes me away from the computer much more than my previous job did, and when I get home, I want to spend time with my family, so I can not find the time to DM on RPoL as often as I did when I started the One-Shot Adventure region up.

Look for a few more posts from me, then DM DarkChylde will take over.

Well, it's been a pleasure. Good luck with everything :)

See ya round Mike.  Your mad DMing skills are the reason I brought the character to the region in the first place. :D

As for the treasure.  You guys can split it up however you want.  Nothing in there catches my attention.  But then, unless it teleports me, heals me, moves me faster, or is better weapons and armor (deflection too), It doesn't help me very much.

:)

I hate to go, but my posting rate has slowed so much, I feel it better to get a DM who can keep the region moving at a faster rate of play.

Sorry the treasure didn't have anything for you, Rjak.  I try to pick items that will help the party overall, but I guess this time I came up short a bit.

(We are in Taverns mode, soon, so there is always the chance to buy stuff, and if you can't find it in Waterdeep, it just can't be found!)

You didn't do bad Mike.  The endurance paste would be effective for me, and so would the swimming gauntlets, but I am already wearing gauntlets of ogre strength, and I think the endurance paste helps Kalmir more then me.

What I need is to make my Mithril Sword magical.

Since it's between adventures, can I dump some of my DMxps into GP and... sell my 1,000gp diamond to come up with enough to purchase some enchantments?

For my sword I'd like to make it magical and maybe corrosive.  For my throwing hammer, I'd like to give it the returning ability, but the sword is more important to me at the moment.

Yes.  Work out the details/costs and let me and/or DM DarkChyklde know what you come up with.  It will also cost some Day Units, but that is no biggie, since you will be gaining some soon.



Work out the costs and so forth.

Thanks!

Greetings and salutations, it is time for me to take the reins from DM Mike’s capable hands. This should be fun for us all. If you have any questions for me, feel free to PM me. Right now I’m going over your CS to see what’s up.

Welcome new DM! Look forward to seeing what you have in store for us.

Well meet everyone, I'm new in this region and just thought I'd pop in and introduce myself. I'll be playing the character of Khidran which you'll probably learn more about at the inn. As for myself I’m from Denmark and tomorrow is my 30th birthday ;P

Looking forward to some got tales around the campfire.

Welcome. Enjoy your birthday when it comes! Look forward to meeting you In character.

Welcome. Enjoy your birthday when it comes! Look forward to meeting you In character.

Hey, good to have you along.  Our group has some really good warriors in it.  It'll be nice to see a new addition.  Kalmir here is a Cannon, I swear!  Me, I plink away every turn, but I am really hard to damage.

Thanks guys, sounds good. I've been looking for a way to get into the Waterdeep region, so I hope you'll want to stay here? If not I'll of course move along with you guys. My character is part warrior, part spell-slinger and I think he will concentrate on spellcasting especially in a group full of warriors.

Welcome. I am the healer of the party. We could definetly use another spell slinger.

Another ARP has been added I will introduce it IC in a little bit.

Hey guys in bed sick, will post ASAP.

I'm down with doing the temple adventure or the undead one, being a priest and all.

So far I prefer the temple one over the others.  I don't like the undead one.

I like the temple and the undead one.

Almost back on my feet, at least well enough to post ;P

I'm up for those two as well.

Hello all, I just joined up to offer some fire/electricity power.

Well meet, I just joined up myself a tenday ago. I hope not to be on receiving end of your spells ;P

Welcome Authiel. Good to have some more magical support on board.

Pretty magical support :P

Well met Khidran, and I'm sure you won't unless you somehow get on my bad side, a very difficult thing to do generally.  :)

Thank you Damion, I'll do my best.  :)

And thank you very much, Kalmir.  :)

Boy, we're one quick group when it comes to initiative ,huh Kalmir.

Hey, guys, sneak/eldritch warrior here to help out, Tymora be willing, and curse our foes, Beshaba be willing.  :-)

Welcome, we could always use more magic!

It'll be a few more levels until I'll get my own spells, but until then, I've got a pretty decent Use Magic Device skill, and some neat curses to throw at people.  ;-)  Iodaem is more of a warrior, though, especially useful once he gets to flank or otherwise sneak up on enemies.  :-)

Well meet, Iodaem should be interesting to experience your character.

Sorry about the delay guys, had some internet trouble should be gone now though.

Welcome Iodaem.  :)

Welcome.

Looks like we might just have ourselves a party :)

Yeah, things are starting to form and with this new exciting hook, I'm starting to get my hopes up ;P

Geez, we finally get a good amount of people and the place goes quiet!

I guess I'm partly to blame with my absence *goes to the corner*

We might as well get to know each other, so where are you guys from?

Denmark here, that is GMT +1

I'm from the east coast of U.S.A.
New Hampshire to be exact.

I was born on the East coast, but now I'm in the beautiful Ozarks in the middle of the U.S.  :)

I'm from Jamaica.

Sounds like a pretty eclectic group.

Yeah, got a good spread.

My name is Daniel BTW, I'm 30 (last month :() and studying at the momment.

GMT +1 here, too, but a bit further north than Khidran - way at the top of Norway, in fact.


[Private to DM Darkchylde: Hi, did you get my PMs here?]

Hi, Daniel.  I'm Kristin, and I turned 30 in December so I know just how you feel.  Oh, and I'm studying as well.  How odd is that? :p

Hello Kristin, that is odd. Now I just have to ask: what do you study?

I study English, German and Math until summer. I need higher levels so I can study marketing, my dream is to become an Art Director (not sure if it is called the same in english?) and I also play around with the thought of my own company, need more skil though.

Iodaem -> is it cold up there? We have had a terrible weather the last couple of weeks, started looking like spring befre that, but now it keeps changing and is getting cold again ;/

I'm studying to be a teacher.  I graduate this May, and I've already passed all the exams I need to get my certificate.  Currently I'm student teaching which is where I actually teach a class all day every day for the semester but don't actually get paid to do it.  I'm having a blast with my students, they're learning a lot and having a lot of fun so it's rewarding even though I'm not getting paid to do it.  :)

We have art directors here, they work in all sorts of areas like marketing for newspaper or magazine ads, commercials for radio and T.V., etc.  Basically marketing campaigns and such.  And then, of course, we have art directors who work on making movies and T.V. shows, video games (my personal favorite art directors *giggles*) and some who work on the layouts of magazines and newspapers and all sorts of things.  Is there a particular branch of marketing you're really interested in or something more general?

When you live north of the red line here...



...it's cold most of the time!  :p  Today, we actually got out of the negative degrees, but that's just going to make the snow melt, and at night, it freezes to ice, which in my opinion is even worse.  (I've got terrible balance!  :p)

Boy don't I feel like the old man of the group. My name is Jason and I turn 34 this august! ARG!! I currently work as a copier/fax/printer tech, but I am desperatly trying to become a fantasy illustrator. My dream would be to work as a freelance illustrator for companies like WotC, Dragon Magazine, etc.

Iodaem: I hear what you're saying about the ice. We had a warm snap for a bit then it dumped a bunch of snow on us which just turned to ice after a bout of rain. We are FINALLY into the 50's!!!WOOHOO!

It's actually really chilly here right now too! I tink we actually were down t the seventies last night! :P *sigh* I just love tropical weather.

What a coincidence, hon, we were in the 70s today too.  :p  Say, when are you coming up here to visit?  Bring DC up and maybe I'll actually get a chance to play tabletop sometime soon.  :p  I promise to take you to my university campus so you two can use those sexy Jamacain accents to bag a few hot American chicks.  :D  *begs and uses her puppy dog eyes (though green like cat eyes - how weird is that)*

I wish! Work has me a bit busy right now though I don't see myself getting any vacation aytime soon. :(

How can one refuse such an offer! I would quite my job and be on the first plane if I were you Kal!

*remebers the day when he actually got to table top game*
SIGH

Do you have a typical North-Eastern USA accent?  It might get you laid down here complared to our southern drawl, but I'm not sure.  :p

You're free to come down to table top either way, but there'd only be two of us so it might be a bit difficult unless we can get some other RPoLers to come.  :D

Kristin -> Heh, I actually wanted to become a teacher, but had a class where we should start our own fictive business from the ground, examining every possible price, license, and such. I realized I really enjoyed working with the commercial aspect of my project (a café placed on pontoons on the water), so I decided to skip it and went on to make a marketing company for entrepreneurs. The thing I really like about marketing is the freedom to be creative, variety in projects and now a day you get to influence almost every aspect from product development to actual commercials.  Sorry no free video games ;P
It’s great you are having a blast with your students; fun is such an important part of learning.

Iodaem -> Yeah, I hate ice too ever since I fell last year and broke something within my hand. Here it is looking like spring again …

Damion -> I’d love to see something you have made?

Kristin -> starting a dating service are we? ;P What can you do for a Viking with Danish accent? ;P

I haven't played table top for 15 years and even back then we only played 10-20 times, oh man I miss it so bad :/

This is a cover image for one of the sections in the game Bellicose, which is in development. If you like it and want to see more feel free to stop by and check out my website, www.gatorgraffix.net.


Kristin: I spent some time in the south when I was in the service and the accent didn't help me much back then. :P

Wow that is really fantastic, looks a lot like a comic which gives it a sense of being alive.

I have a couple of friends who makes tattoos as well and who has just started tattooing which I'm hoping to exploit and get me this as back painting with lots of shadow:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a300/dvrz/image.jpg

I love fantasy art, sometimes I spend hours browsing through sites, I really which I could draw like that.

Teaching is awesome.  :)  And I'll offer favors in exchange for free video games!  I'm totally addicted.  I play more games than most guys I know.  Anyway...

Sure, I could start a dating service easy.  :p  The beauty of being a 30-year-old college student and mother, I guess.

Hmmm, Damion...if your accent is too Bostonian then that could be why.  I mean, I'd much rather jump in a car and go to a party than jump in a caw and go to a potty.  *giggles*  Still, I'll do just about anything to tabletop again.  I just love playing on tables.  :p  You come down and visit, and I'll take you to my campus.  Oh, and the good news is that there are two other universities in the same town.  Lots of pretty young women round there.  :p

And that is a cool picture.  Can any of you draw me a really nice purple dragonfly?  I want a tattoo of a purple dragonfly so bad.  But I'm afraid of needles, so simple would be better than fancy and, thus, more needle-pokes.  :p

Off to take my middle child to urgent care now, allergic reaction to something.  Likely poison ivy which means I'll have it by tomorrow.  I'm deathly allergic to the stuff and will need a shot for sure if I get it.  :(

See ya'll later...

That's a nice piece of artwork. It would make a nice back piece.

Geez Kristin, do anything to tabletop. I may just have to take you up on that offer sometime! Hope your kiddo is doing well and in turn you are also!

Oops, I stand corrected.  :p  My fiance informs me there is one thing I cannot do to be able to tabletop.  He can tell you what I'm allowed to do, though.  Ask him if you have any questions.  :p

I'm not even gonna comment on that one. :P

Now what did I say wrong?  :p  *giggles*

*slaps forhead*

And then things turned odd ;P

I don't recall any of my teachers being this free-spirited?!

Then of course, most of them were men so ...

No kidding. Boy, do I ever wish I had teachers like you back in the day.

Sorry, guys, but she's taken already.  ;-)

The good ones always are.

I guess I'm no ordinary elementary school teacher.  :p  I mean come on, I play DnD, MtG, and violent video games with a vengeance.  *giggles*  My favorite movies are LOtR and 007 flicks and pretty much almost anything action-adventure and such.  I'm totally addicted to baseball (season starts soon!!!  *big grin*), actually like other sports too, and can't get enough of swimming and fishing and stuff.  Maybe that's why all the little boys at school like me so much.  :p

Anyway, I am taken, that is true (not that I'm anywhere near the prize he thinks I am).  And I like my taker very much.  :p

Sounds like a match made in....well you get the idea.
GO SOX!!!

*covers her ears and runs screaming*

St. Louis Cardinals!!!  2006 World Champions and My Heroes!!!
St. Louis Cardinals!!!  2006 World Champions and My Heroes!!!
St. Louis Cardinals!!!  2006 World Champions and My Heroes!!!
St. Louis Cardinals!!!  2006 World Champions and My Heroes!!!
St. Louis Cardinals!!!  2006 World Champions and My Heroes!!!


:)  Sorry, couldn't help it.  I'm a lifelong, diehard Cards fan.  Whoo!!!!!  :)

Baseball sucks! Go Cricket!

*runs and hides before Authiel sends a magic missile his way*

*tackles Kalmir and holds him down while she lists the gazillions of merits of baseball*

I'll change your mind when you come visit.  Baseball is awesome.  :)

I for one am a football fan more than anything. American football not that sissy euro crap, soccer. heehee

Oh, you mean the football where you use your hands to move the ball from one side of the field to the other?  Yeah, that makes sense, doesn't it?  :p

Me, I'll always be a fan of real football, not the silly american one, and a certain someone is teaching me to like baseball, as well.  :p


Oh, and by 'euro crap', I assume you mean 'the entire world outside of north america-crap'?  :p

American football is good, Packers fan myself, but the other football, forgive me, my love, but I've called it soccer for 29 years... is a bit better in my opinion.  I loved playing it in school.  Baseball still beats all, though.  Except maybe mini golf.  :p  I think I should play in the mini golf masters this year.  I think they're having it an hour and a half from my house.  :p

A man after my own heart.

Watch it, hon, he's taken.  :)

That is NOT how I meant it WW. I wouldn't expect you to understand the heat of a football fan! :P Real football that is. :)

...say, anyone know where the DM is?  His last log-on here was over two weeks ago now. . .

You're right, dear.  The heat of a football fan is beyond me.  *giggles*  I'm passionate about my sport, but not to that extent.  :p

Dunno, Kalmir, where's DC?

I'm just kidding. I just love to woop europeans into a frenzy about america football vs european footbal. Makes me laugh.

Haven't heard from our DM in a while. Alas, I think we have lost yet another. I will post something in the ROL forum.

Haven't seen him anywhere in that long, actually.  The players in his other game are asking about him, too.

Again, european football?  Please.  It's the biggest sport in the entire world, with the northern parts of your continent being one out of very few exceptions.  :p

Let's wait and see what Kalmir says.  He and DC are best friends irl.  It's likely just work or internet problems since Kalmir hasn't been able to call me in awhile either.

Actually, I just remembered that I'm playing in another game on the site, where DM DarkChylde is also playing. . .  his last log-on there was within the last 18 hours, and his last post was on the 22nd.  In here, though, he hasn't posted since the 13th, and he hasn't logged on since the 14th. . .  Did he get tired with us already?

Ok, OK....WORLD football vs American football!

I posted in the RoA forum and he seems to be MIA. Oh well. You guys are fun to talk with anyways! :)

DC can only post from work mostly and that's where he keeps most of his game info. He's been really busy at work and not been able to post though he does get on once in a while from my place. I'll ask him what's the deal.

For those of you playing in my game in The North, I'll update sometime today or tomorrow. I thought I already posted an update but I don't see it. *sigh* I'll have to redo it.

Thanks, hon.  I figured it was something like that.  Please tell him that I say, "Hi!"  And give him a big ole hug for me too.  :p  j/k  Don't want to get you two in trouble.  *giggles*  Silly Jamaicans...

Has anyone seen 300 yet????? It was AWESOME!!!!

300 was not awesome... I think we'll have to invent a totally new word as awesome doesn't even begin to describe how great that movie was. The graphic novel was good too.

WW, I'll tell Myky that you said hi. But no hugging. I'm sure you would rather do that yourself. :P

DM Darkchylde had this to say:



I apologise on behalf of RoA for this as well. Please hold tight, and we'll see if we can find a new DM for you guys.

Well I don't want to get you two beat up or anything so I'll just handle that hugging myself.  :p

Thanks, BCM.  :)

Yeah, thanks BCM.Well, now we wait.

Yeah I was gonna say something but I knew he had wanted to come on and tell you guys himself. I guess he hasn't had a chance to get back on since he left that message in the DM's lounge. I know he is a little torn up about it. He was one of the first DM's here.

How many players are still active in this region?

*raises hand*  I didn't really get to start before he dissapeared, though. . .

Starts jumping in the back "here me, me, me ..." ;P

And I totally agree european soccer or what all "the rest" of us like to call football rocks - like the American jelly as well though, specially Steelers even if Bill Cowher (spelling?) did leave ;/
This message was last edited by the player at 19:45, Tue 03 Apr 2007.

Present and accounted for.

Still here, of course.

Of course, you have a national team that isn't a complete disgrace, heh.  :p  You've even won an international tournament - we're having a hard time just qualifying for them, up here.  :|

Well, at least we've never been beaten by Brazil!  :D

Have you ever played Brazil?  :p

My country hasn't qualified since 1998. And we've been beaten by Brazil.

Four times - we've beat 'em twice, and had two draws!  :-)  The only other team to never lose against Brazil, as far as I know, is Hungary.  :-)

I was kidding, honey.  :P  Surely you realize that I remember (some, at least :p) what you tell me about football, Norway, and TIL.  (Okay...a little bit.  Not very much.  :p)  *giggles*

Lolly lolly lolly get you adverbes here!

Yeah you guys miss Drillo (and his machine ;), even if it was extremely boring footie.

We have been lucky and have a lot of talent, that really helps + we are probably the nordic nation with the best teams, which means we get to buy a lot of your best talents.

I was imprissed by your 2-2 result against Turkey though, they looked like heavy favorites :D

Heh, yeah, I'd rather have Drillo and boring matches that we won, than Hareide and boring matches that we lose.  :p


Well, the best norwegian talents tend to dissapear into Europe, though I think there's a few of them in Denmark, too, now. . .  though I can't say that I can think of anyone other than Hangeland right now.


Heh, if not for our goalie, we would easily have won that match - I think that even I would have stopped the shots Turkey scored on, and that's saying something.  :p

I may take over the region...

Keep watching this thread for updates.

I would need to know a few things:

1.)  Level, race, and class of the current PCs

2.) Location of the party

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And we would be starting a new adventure.  I would try to get ARPs up OR just get going with a simple adventure.

Again, keep watching, and if I am given permission to run this region, I'll be honored to get back into running this region.

Fourth level elven warmage.

Waterdeep.

:)

Gee, I may know a thing or two about that city.  :)

Hmmmm...maybe.  ;)

Level 4 Human Barbarian. But you knew that right Mike?

Human Rogue 2/Hexblade 2.  :-)

Mike...

?

4th level Cleric of Mielikki in all her naturely goodness!

Just to clarify, prospective DM fbaker4 was looking over the One-Shots, considering taking it over, then DM Mike recently decided that he maybe could fit in One-Shots.

So there's a bit of clash I didn't forsee. Sorry. So now: fight! fight!

[Private to prospective DM fbaker4; DM Mike: Sorry about this.

Have you made a choice, fbaker4? I'm sure Mike wouldn't mind passing on One-Shots if its easiest on you, and him too. :)

And I gave you DM access, to get a better look at the PCs.
]

no no - i'm cool; i don't fight over dming.  If mike wants it, mike takes it.  I posted a note into the pirates area.

[Private to DM Mike: I just wondered, with the time crunch that you have made plain in the 'Back to Basics' game, if you'll fold that to run this.  It's fine if you do, I understand that until RoA can run efficiently, that'll be your focus.  But I do like Cabot, and would hate to see that die just because.  Here's an idea - what if you folded the mixed Back-to-basics game into RoA?  You could award XP aggressively and pretty soon, we'd have PC's that were RoA-strength, and players could move on once we were done?]

Sun elf, Wiz2/FIG1 - but I guess you (Mike) know, since you sent me here ;P

Iodaem -> Can't seem to recall any other norweign talent over here, except for perhaps Ståle Solbakken, who looks like a future national coach.

A shame about he Turkey match, you could have used the points. I think we had a bit of bad luck (along with stupidity, Nicklas Jensen red card!) in our loss against Spain?!

I must admit I myself mostly follow Juventus and take no particular interest in the national league except for the weekly run through the results.

If Mike noticed fbaker4's possible interest, I can understand him posting here since fbaker4 only posted in the oocs for the other game and not this one.

[Private to prospective DM fbaker4: Mike and fbaker4, I hope Back to Basics doesn't close!  I like it the way it is, without all the frills here in RoA (even though I do enjoy them when I'm here.  Besides, I know that at least two of us in my group are here on RoA and have plenty of RoA characters as it is!  :p]

I had no idea any other DM or prospective DM wanted this region.

But it looks like the prospective DM fbaker4  is taking over another region, so I will be taking over this one.  At least I was tossed the keys to the region, so...

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Loook for Tavern and some ARP posts next week, then we will get going!

If there's anything I can do to help, just let me know.  :)

Yeah, I'm sure he'd do better than the one we've got, at least.  :p


Yeah, but after the loss to Bosnia before that, I've been pretty sure that our chances of qualifying for the championship are pretty much gone, anyway.


[Private to DM Mike: Hey, Mike, would it be all right by you if I swapped out a feat for Iodaem?  When I was making the sheet, Ability Focus was still being voted on, so I ended up taking another one (Quick Draw) instead.  Since I never got to even make an IC post before DarkChylde left, I was hoping that now that it's been accepted for RoA use, I could swap Quick Draw for Ability Focus (Hexblade's Curse), for an additional +2 to the DC for those?]

I think I will keep some of DM DarkChylde's ARPs up, as well as add one or two of mine to take the place of those I may delete.

Look for chances soon, and then we'll get to voting and some taverns play while I get the adventure set up once it is decided.

[Private to Iodaem: Sure, make the change to the PC sheet.  Seems fair to me.]

Oh, remember that Iodaem wasn't a member of the party when DarkChylde left - he didn't even get to enter the scene, IC.  So, we'll need to make that happen, somehow.  :-)

[Private to DM Mike: Change made.  :-)]

Just wanting to make sure, since Authiel only barely got to start - do ya'll think you would have invited her to join you guys?  I don't want to just "join" in if not.

Well, it looks like the battle we had started actually happened so anyone who was going to be a part of that would have fought with us I suppose. I guess we could just pick it up as a sort of "the day after".

It would be easy enough to assume I suppose that you guys came along while we were engaging those goons. Ya'll jumped in and after we trounced them we invited you guys back into the inn for the mandatory after fight drink and boasting session. Fast forward to the next morning and voila! New party!

That's pretty much what I was saying. Neat and tidy!

Sounds good.

Pretty quiet around here.

Yeah I was wondering where people went too?