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This message was last edited by the GM at 14:17, Wed 05 Jan 2011.

As I said, the opening posts of the Restart might be a little "clunky" or "heavy," but they will help to move us forward (and they will get better).

In the Restart/Wrap-up to Theets of Kakou are
Kuuhaku
Kasumi
Daikihina
(and non-returning PC)

while in the Restart/Wrap-up of The Road to Kakou are
Zheng-Ze
Ishikawa Chizuru
Tenba Ichiro
O'

Soon (perhaps within hours), I will have a combined thread for us all and the game will take off full speed.
This message was last edited by the GM at 05:48, Wed 15 Dec 2010.

How do you each feel about making the Prologues Public ?  Basically that means that visitors can see/read and that the PMs become readable by all also.  I also can Archive them, but don't know what special status that creates, if any.

Opinions?

Where should i be posting?
This message was last edited by the GM at 06:23, Wed 15 Dec 2010.

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We will be closing that Thread down within the day (to open the "Call to Adventure" one that will incorporate both groups) so I'm giving it a "getting ready for bed" type of feel; HOWEVER, if you have something more for her to reflect upon, ask, or do, please do. :-)

Both groups are almost together in "time frame", so we should have our classic "Call to Adventure" post sometime tonight (Friday).

Cool!

really dont think i have anything to add, i am here.

Quick note to say, I've been waylaid by something nasty. Today finally got out of bed. Game is still alive despite how bad I feel. :-/

Hope you feel better. Sorry you've been handed a shitty hand by fate lately.

ｍｅｒｒｙ　ｃｈｒｉｓｔｍａｓ　ａｎｄ　ａ　ｈａｐｐｙ　ｎｅｗ　ｙｅａｒ，　ｅｖｅｒｙｏｎｅ！

Merry Christmas everyone!

 I'm in rural Montana until after the weekend with very little Internet access (using the phone now and that's not real great for long narrative posts) but the game will get going for sure after the holidays.

Merry Christmas.  Have fun everyone!

Happy holidays, merry christmas and all that Jazz...

Happy New Year!

Well, I'm back from sickness, rural mountain hideouts, travel-stopping snowstorms, and have crawled out from the *have to do* pile of papers work that attacked me when I returned to work.

Let's Game!!!

Welcome back. Looking forward to responding to your posts, DM.

Heck we are all still around after a few years so I can't see what harm a few weeks could do. Sally forth! (sorry wrong genre) Iku zo. Banzai!

I am just waiting for the new thread. I think i kind of said all i wanted in the old

Does it matter to anyone if Ichiro and I have the same dialogue color?  I can be flexible.

Oops, I can't remember for the life of me what my dialogue color was... Which color best says "in need of cosmetic dentistry!?"

Just FYI, it doesn't matter to me.

O', how about an ugly green ?  perhaps a boldfaced, ugly green?

If you're partial to the color, you can have it. I'll do the dark green thing, if nobody else takes it. I'd rather have something that makes my character look distinct in the backscroll along with something easy to read.

O's new font color look like O's eyebrows!

Ouch...that's bright.  I tend to use green for most of my characters in most games (no bold though...)

"Taking it to the streets...." (bah-da! Bah-da!)

Speaking of diplomacy, what skills do people bring to the table (might be useful to know in the future)?  I've got stealth skills, tumble, Knowledge (religion) [mostly as a prereq for my PrC, but it has actually popped up so...], and I'm throwing some ranks in heal (nice to have for emergencies, and I did get a nice untrained check in the prologue; too bad the baddies showed up and chased us off before we could interrogate their buddy I saved from death...) and survival (so I can pick up track when I find a spare feat slot)

In classic arcane fashion, Zheng-Ze's skills are mostly concentration and knowledge with a little bit of Listening and Spot ability.

Well, like my character said, I mostly AM here to look good and hurt things. Skills are hide, Iaijutsu focus, move silently, open lock, perform (dance), Sleight of Hand, and Tumble. I suppose I can sneak around and be roguish too.

Ummmmmmmmmmmm, comedic relief?
(Half-ogre barbarian+skills = ROFLOL)
I can probably open doors, unless DM house rules applying strength to intimidate...
OHHHH, let's not forget illiteracy! O' can do illiteracy.

Kasumi offers spells and healing, just don't expect much from him in fight he's small and very weak.

Excellent idea!  But chances are Zheng-ze is across the street by now (if O agreed)

Ichiro, roll me a diplomacy check (please and thank you).

Great idea about presenting something "official looking."

Kuuhaku and Chizuru, let me know if you might look for anything specific and/or roll  spot or search checks.

PM

THANK YOU, everyone, for your patience.

I've been saying that WAY too much lately and for that I apologize. I dug out from snowstorm this past week (a little bit more physical labor than I intended to do but being a good neighbor always pays dividends).

We have another one coming tomorrow, but all caught up at work, so should have some game time.

I'm posting this quickly in my other games, and I'll be back tomorrow with some postings that move us forward.

Again, thank you for your patience!

Welcome back from hibernation :)

My in game posts assumes that anyone who wants to be in the room (with the exception of Kuuhaku and Chizuru who are "around back" dealing with a dog) can be listening to the conversation inside the Orphanage.

Just a quick note that I'll be unable to respond to posts until Monday or so.  Sorry for the inconvenience!

no problem.  I think you and Kuuhaku are of similar mindset when it comes to the alleyway strategy, so any actions taken by him should work out well for the both of you.

We hope to see you Monday.

I definitely didn't build my character to be the face, in spite of his high charisma rating. Hopefully you guys don't mind me playing him as occasionally uncouth or brash.

Hey, gang, I know it's been a Comedy of Errors lately with my posting rate.  My power source died on the computer Monday afternoon and work has been too busy for me to sneak in some posts. (Doing this one at lunch, but can't spread out the gaming material at the moment...)  So, once again, I find myself apologizing...

The good news is that the laptop fix is not super expensive, and I should have it back after work today.  No promises about when I'll post (since that seems to jinx things), but I'll do my very best to reward your patience as the game continues.

Happy Friday!

P.S.
I appreciate a mix of personalities played with maturity. So far, so good...

FYI: Rearranged the last two posts (mine and Kasumi's) to create a slightly better flow.

Just reposting this for easier reference:

Don't forget psionics! =P

I actually think the 'psionics is different' is kind of stupid.  IMO, Arcane, Divine, and Psionic magic are just different ways of approaching the same thing...

Honestly, I always think its kind of weird that people who live in a high-magic fantasy world like D&D don't ALWAYS assume that the solution to any kind of mystery is some kind of magic.

Hmm, unless they see it like we see Super-Spy technology maybe?  It *could* happen but is "our little problem" worth that kind of attention? But if there's a mage on every corner, then THAT would be different.

Will the first three people who read this please roll a d20 +/- any Charisma modifiers ?  And then post the results here.  Thank you.

Sorry everyone!

10:08, Today: Kasumi rolled 4 using 1d20+1. CHR check.

Ugh, of course I never play CHA heavy characters....

07:37, Today: Kuuhaku rolled 11 using 1d20+1. Charisma Check.

Here you go:
08:40, Today: Tenba Ichiro rolled 20 using 1d20+3. Cha Check.

The two nezumi arent' very good at reading human expressions; however.....

I was unexpectedly called to LA last Friday.  I'm back now and hope to have an update tonight.

I keep thinking that someday soon my Work World should slow down....

Welcome back, DM. Glad you've returned.

Welcome back!

I will try not to leave without warning next time, although Weekends are usually slower for me.

Some version of the flu waylaid my family this past week.  I'll post this evening (Saturday).  Someday we will hit a rhythm and break out from this terrible stop-go-stop-go I've put you through.

Ok, soap opera life continues---seriously, trying to make light of a terrible situation. Nothing like other tragedies in the world, but one of my best friends' house burnt down in the March 12 wildfire near Choctaw, OK (about 15 miles away). They've been staying with us for the last 8 days or so. I haven't had any time for play.

But I'm coming back and coming back *soon.*

Good to get an update from you T'ien. I'm still around personally. How about the rest of you?

"Something or other about patience" - someone

Er...yeah, I'm still here.

No problem. I'll be around regardless.

I'm around but have been slowed by RL so still need to catch up on the game.

I'm still around as well

DM- How's things? Any time for an update?

I really do have hope for this campaign. I don't mind waiting as long as it takes for the DM to deal with RL. Just letting you all know I'll be here.
Also, anybody here play Pathfinder? 4th ed left a bad taste in my mouth, wondering if I might like Pathfinder...

Yes, I certainly do play pathfinder. I've actually got a fairly long-running PF campaign going.

I also play PF. I've found it to be an excellent successor/add-on to D&D 3.5, and the module series are especially high quality.

I enjoy 4E as well, but its simply not the same 'feel' as I get from 2E and 3.5/PF, so I can understand some people getting a bad taste from it.

What's the learning curve for someone who was competent in 3.5?

Low. You'd have to adjust to an easier and simplified skills system, and double-check spells before you cast them to see if they've been changed. The grapple/trip/overrun rules all work on the same system as well, which is pretty simple to learn. I'd guess 2-4 sessions to figure out and remember most of the changes.

I made a pally, and boy are they improved!

Yup!  I have an archer pally in another game, and smite evil + rapid shot each round is ridiculous!

Hah, a bit late a post Kasumi. I'm not entirely certain this game is alive.

Better late than never :-)

I had completely forgotten about this game, but loved O'. Would love to play him. Any interest in getting this going?

Hi all, not been here on Rpol much in the last year so just saying hi to some of my old games.

In reply to Kasumi (msg # 74):

Howdy back! I just checked for the first time in a year myself.