I guess I’ll roll d30 and ignore any results above 27.

Update: I rolled all of my spells and their mercurial effects.  Somehow I managed to not roll a single offensive combat spell....

Now rolling up my goon.  Will choose highest str.
This message was last edited by the player at 10:30, Thu 02 July 2020.

But you got a familiar.

Yay, we got a fourth player.

True.  And... sweet.

I think both of my characters are about ready to roll, except for my familiar.  Shall I roll it, or do you want to handle that?
This message was last edited by the player at 15:40, Thu 02 July 2020.

Hi all. My prime attribute will be strength as I plan on being a warrior.

Welcome aboard, new player!

All right, I scrapped the thief in favor of a cleric. Someone needs to keep you lot alive.

Welcome, new player!

Looks like things have changed so say hello to your dwarf buddy instead. Glad to be here.

Hey, all. Happy 4th, I guess, for my fellow Americans inclined to celebrate it. Outside of Boston, I was treated to a Blue Angels fly over. That was enough for me!

A couple of you are new to my games so I'll talk a little bit about the desired pace. Weekend posting is optional. That said, if everybody posts on the weekend, I will post as well. I might just use a weekend post to advance the game as well. Three or so posts during the week would be good. That said, this adventure could have a lot of dialogue, so we'll see how that goes.

Here are a few extras for this run:

*This adventure is inspired by a major non-American work of literature. The first to identify it via PM will get a reward.

*The first player to use three English words (not in one sentence) unknown to me will get a reward. Don't be too cheeky about this. I suppose poor Neftas cannot compete in this, at least with his dialogue.

*Finally, the player whom I deem to have done the best detective work will also get a reward.

Go now. The game is foot.
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:43, Mon 06 July 2020.

Rolling my familiar later, I take it?

Ah, no, I just neglected to look into it.

OK, before the events described in the first post, I would assume Betrugar had had the opportunity to attempt to summon a familiar at least once. If you don't get a 12 or better on the result, you can make a luck check to see if you had the opportunity to recover and try again before the shipwreck. If the first (or second) attempt succeeds, just proceed to the relevant tables to generate your familiar.

I failed my Find Familiar roll and then bungled my luck check, so it looks like I’ll have to wait.

That's a successful luck check; you wanted to roll under luck. No modifier, though.

Some might argue that the player makes up for what the character lacks.  I don't believe I will be this easily dissuaded from your erudition competition.

Well, Clark Ashton Smith would have won the competition on the first page of one of his stories, "The Coming of the White Worm", which had:
--welkin--
--sortilege--
--coracles--

Prob no update until tomorrow late afternoon or evening.
This message was last edited by the GM at 02:50, Mon 06 July 2020.

Ah.  Should I roll Find Familiar again, then?

Yes. It means you were fortunate enough to have had time enough to recover from the first attempt to try again before the current events.

Got it!

20:28, Today: Betrugar rolled 15 using 1d20+3.  Find Familiar.

I will be away this weekend; look for more from me Monday.

Enjoy. Others are free to post but I'll hold off on updating until Monday.

Not gone yet :-)

I’m definitely not gone.  But then again, neither is disco.

I know, right? My 17-year-old son is an Earth, Wind & Fire fanatic.

So, just making sure I understand: they're tying her up and leaving her?

Yes, yes. Ye shall learn the ways of my baroque expression. I've loved the word "ligature" ever since I saw Nick Cave's Australian movie, The Proposition.

Sorry, I think I lost a day last weekend when I went for a run the day before the heat advisory. Upper 70's would appear to be my limit.

All good. I'm 1.5 pints into strong beer tonight, update from me tomorrow. :-)