The thingy is telling me to make a new one since the old one is getting full. Guess we chat a lot ;P

Ok, advice please.

So as you know I hang out with my aunt every week. She's a bit out there sometimes...anyway my husband and I just had a massive argument about letting her drive during our outings. She's insistent about doing it and my car is hard on her back so she won't go in it. Long story short, my husband has forbidden me to ride with her because she can be somewhat inattentive when she drives and on occasion she's a bit reckless. For instance a few years ago she went the wrong way on a two way street with a divider...so how do I figure this all out without upsetting her? I see her weekly so it is a recurring problem.

Oh WOW.

Well first it seems to me that your husband is doing what he is suppose to do, that is protecting you as his wife. I believe it is in most vows, "Love, Honor, Cherish, and Protect" so he is not just being a jerk, even if it came across that way.

Your aunt might need to be sat down and gently showed how her actions could harm others. This is going to meet with push back. She is going to feel that she is being treated like a child. She may not ever forgive you.

There really is no way around this, IMHO. Your husband is doing the right thing, even if he went about it the wrong way. Your aunt will likely push back, but she may come around.

My two pennies.

Unfortunately I think you're right. Sigh.....................................
What a mess. I already had to tell her I can't be around her smoking and I know she was hurt by that. It's like she's trying to kill me or something! Ha! Thanks for your advice, I always appreciate feedback!

On another note, I will sadly have to post tomorrow instead of today. I unexpectedly have to help my sister move. So sorry everyone!

Mandela Effect: Flying Scorpions

That is flying Mother F'ing SCORPIONS!!!

http://www.meh.ro/wp-content/u...11/12/meh.ro8948.jpg

That's not a scorpion, and that's not a tail.

That's its genitals. D:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecoptera

Yes because that makes it soooooooo much better. ;-)

Gaaaaaaah! Just Gaaaaaaaah!! Such heebie jeebies!

Politics Alert:

Playboy now has a tranny centerfold. W-T-F!?

So guys go and take this magazine thinking they are going to see naked women - which I totally do not condone - and they get a dude who dresses up like a girl, penis and all.

W

T

F?!!

Please, Dear God, let me off this planet.

Crap. My aunt mis-communicated and now my entire day is shot to hades! I'm so mad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGG!!

Needless to say I don't have time to post today. Sorry guys.

Another nightmare inducing Madela Effect Animal I give you the Goblin Shark:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OXCJ...0/2-Goblin-Shark.jpg

I am never going into the water again.

Holy crap! Not only is it freaky looking, it's really really ugly!

Question: Do woodchucks vomit splinters? What happens when one of them passes gas?

Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry for the delay guys. I have to work part time all this and next week so it throws me.

Sorry I've been so busy. I'm hoping to post thursday. I'm scheduling surgeries at an OB/GYN and everyone wants in before the end of the year for insurance reasons so I have stacks of charts on my desk all nagging me. Psssssh! Dumb. If it makes you feel better, I've been neglecting my laundry and dishes too! ;P

I don't feel neglected.

No worries here.

Thanks guys! Ideally I like to post twice a week so I feel bad when I don't. I can't believe I used to do it 5 times a week. Gosh!

Just fyi, I may post in spurts throughout the day so don't think I forgot you! :)

If I'm light on posting this week it's because my family is having something of an emergency. I don't know how bad it is yet, I'm still waiting for a call so it could be minor or it could be a death and of course waiting to find out which one is really grating on me. Sorry for my flakiness, I'll keep you posted on what to expect from me.

Oh no! No worries here, I hope it goes okay.

Thanks. I just called the hospital and they claim my aunt's probably been checked out so I'm thinking that means she's alive. I can't get a hold of my sister but I think that bodes well at least! What an epic mess. I appreciate your well wishes.

Praying for you.

Thanks so much guys!!

Well she's alive so that's good! It's going to be a mess to sort everything out but it's better than I feared. Phew!!

Ok, I shall post tomorrow. Man, she's starting to do better physically but mentally it's way worse than I thought. Depression is some crappy stuff! I need to realize how good I have it and stop whining. Nothing like seeing what other people have to deal with to put things in perspective.

I am sorry to here about her mental health. That is never something people should suffer from. I wish both you and her all the best.

Thanks so very very much! You are all so good to me.

Yeah, it's been extra tough for her lately. My uncle died last year as you may recall and there have been a lot of unpleasant reminders. In October it was what would have been their anniversary, then thanksgiving. In a week or so it would have been his birthday then 5 days before christmas will be his death anniversary, then of course there's christmas itself, and lastly at the end of december is HER birthday. So an already hard time of year made considerably harder. On top of that she has some major pain/health issues that frequently keep her house bound and she's been going a little nuts because of everything.

My advice: Take care of yourself while you're young. I try to plan ahead for my aging (mostly successfully...) since I have seen how bad it can be and as a personal trainer I know the mistakes so many people make. Her health issues make this way harder than it should be and since they were mostly preventable, it's really hard to think of how things could be different for her if she'd not taken the path she's on. It's just plain sad.

I'm sorry to hear that. Depression is a hard thing to live with, and it makes everything else worse. I hope things can improve.

Thanks! She seems to be doing a little better now. January will definitely help :)

Hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!! I love how completely blunt Alice is. Poor Penny must be mortified. Thank goodness she couldn't hear that previous stuff!

I'm glad you enjoyed it. =-D

:o

Oh, if only I'd failed my Spot check. :D

It would have been more effective if Penny had given him a nice lip lock, but you are right he would never have believed that.

Hahaha! Besides, it's so prudishly adorable that she'd do what she did!

A Victorian to the end! :D

Hopefully everyone had a good Christmas/Holiday/day off! I'm working this week until friday so I'll post then. Thanks everyone!

Penny - Don't be deterred, we both know the truth...One of us deserves some kind of happy ending. =-D

Hahaha!!! Yeah don't worry, I just can't make it easy for you! Where's the fun in that?! I've always preferred slow burn romances that take forever to build. Of course the problem with play by post is it's already been five years, ha ha!

Crap! My dumb husband wants me to pay attention to him for some reason! Poop! I'll finish posting for the rest of you later ;P

Too needy! You should pat attention to us first. :P

Poor Penny, she really can't make a move.

If it we're me, I would ask, "Is That all I am?" Or "Is that what I am to you?"

But I'm not Penny, I'm me. :-)

Hahaha! You know I couldn't make it easy on her! Of course Alice is right, you could be more aggressive and see what happens ;P

I keep thinking of Charlie Prince from the Movie 3:10 to Yuma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bEq_8Hxg_g

I love the way he folds the gun back on his hand to put it away. That is how Alice does it. Just for visual reference.

Cool!! Surprisingly I imagined it correctly!

This is known as a twist draw. The actor must have practiced it a lot before the move because he gets it exactly right and it takes tons of practice. I've been at it for four years off and on and I still can't get it right. I prefer behind the back Mexican style, but that is just me.

Well it's dang awesome!

I'll post for the rest of you this afternoon. I got interrupted

My week got unexpectedly crazy. I'll post tomorrow

Well poopy heck! If I don't get to today tomorrow should be better, sorry guys.

ooc: I'll finish posting later today. I've got a little more research to do on trains first! Plus grocery shopping ;P

Scratch that. There's something I forgot needed to be addressed story wise and I'm just getting some feedback on it before I proceed. Apologies!

I got a New job!

Yay!! What kind of job?

An associate attorney position with a debt collection firm about an hour from home. The work will be easy, I'll make 10 times what I make now, and I will be considered for partner soon.

Congrats!

Thank you both. I will be able to do things for myself again, like vacations and such. Plus I will feel useful.

Cha-ching! That sounds awesome! Congrats!!

There is something really satisfying about working admittedly. I only work about six hours a week for my business (by choice) but when I cover for my old job and I work full days and things are busy and I get a lot done it's strangely awesome sometimes. I guess I feel like a real live grown up! Haha! You'd think at my age I would already but nah, I always feel like I'm faking ;)

ARTEMIS MY HEARTSTRINGS ARE PULLING IN EVERY DIRECTION, STOP DOING THIS TO ME, YOU MEANIE!

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! Yay! I love it when my players get upset! I suppose that's evil of me...

I just killed off a player in another game of mine and I think I enjoyed it too much. So just remember it could be worse! ;P

I will likely be unable to post much if at all next week. I will be starting my new job and expect it will be hectic as I get to know new people and learn a bunch of new stuff...

No worries! You're asleep anyway, so when you're ready to post again just let me know. Good luck!

I should be able to post again now, though not as often. Maybe once a week. Sorry for inconvenience.

By the way, my week is truly hellish. I have a bunch of crap to do and I'm covering for work. I'll try to slip in a post somewhere though. Thanks guys!

Guys, it's definitely time to level up!

You should be level 11 now, because if I'm not mistaken it's been over a year since you became level 10. Ooops...I'll add bonuses for men of letters and hunters next week when I get a chance. Thanks!

Ah. Oops. I forgot to level up to 10, I was on level 9 the whole time. :\ (Since it was so soon after we'd made level 9, I was in no hurry for 10, got busy, forgot about it, then couldn't work out if I should be 9 or 10.) So now I have two levels to add. :)

Yay for leveling up! I hope everyone is doing well IRL!

I vote to make dicerolling not required for certain players.

Certain people may opt to simply "always succeed" and that must be followed by the GM, because even with a year straight of that, it still would barely balance out at like 40% victories.

Hahahaha! Nice try Jo... ;P Though you do have the worst luck of any player I've ever encountered. I'd feel sorry for you if it weren't so funny!

And good catch Penny! I'm pretty bad at keeping track of people's sheets since they are kind of all over the place. In my other game I forget to level people up too and sometimes I'll remember 2 years later and they have 2-3 levels to make up for and it's really funny because mid fight they are suddenly summoning dragons or turning into flaming bears and it's hilarious.

So feel free to try to keep me on track when it comes to leveling guys...sorry about that!

I choose those two options for my levels up.

The backdoor pilot for the Wayward Sisters spinoff was on last night. I liked it, it really fit the Supernatural style while being new and focused on the girls. It was better integrated with the series than the last attempted spin-off, by reusing characters long established in the series, while introducing the new characters over a few episodes.

I'm still a couple seasons behind...We've been rewatching 24 since our 10 year anniversary is coming up and we used to watch that show together while dating. It's a bit consuming at the moment. But I'm really glad to hear this spin off has better potential! I want good things for it because I do really like some of the characters in it so fingers crossed it doesn't tank!

And nice try Jo ;P That would be pretty epic though!

Oh I have to eventually roll something useful right?

Eventually..?

RIGHT?!

Haha! No promises Jo!!

So I'm writing a book and I have a question. Which do you think is better, a meaningless death or a meaningful death? Basically one of the characters dies in battle simply because it's a battle and it's realistic. One of my beta readers thinks they should die saving someone instead because it would feel more meaningful. My argument is that crap happens and it's much more realistic for it to come out of the blue and surprise you. It almost seems cliche the other way. But as readers what do you prefer? Thanks!

When you kill me in my next round, make it realistic. Meaningful stuff is for the books...

...wait crap it's a book. Make it matter! It might be realistic but nobody reads fiction to get back to reality they read it to escape reality

Hahaha! Will do Jo!!

And you make an excellent point! Thanks! I'll try to figure out a happy medium without being cliche.

Either way can work, but it depends on the situation and what you're aiming for, what theme the book has and what point you're trying to make. A critique of war might make it pointless and tragic, while one about people supporting each other might have the rescue.

I had Penny update Alice in my last post. Are you still eavesdropping on that? :)

Sorry I missed that. I have made edit.

Irish. Think Debra Ann Woll from True Blood or the Daredevil NEtflix series:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2832695/?ref_=tt_cl_t2
But slightly more masculine, meaning less pretty, and much more cowgirl than model chick

Thanks! Good advice! I ended up kind of mish mashing the suggestions so that she dies while distracted warning someone else. So it's not the overdone diving in front of an arrow or bullet situation but it hopefully is less meaningless. Thanks everyone!

And I finally saw Daredevil btw. She's really good in that so I think I get what you're looking for Alice. At least we'll find out if I do...Same strawberry blonde hair then? Not that I plan on coloring it...
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Darker red, more auburn than strawberry blond

When I die in this combat I still want to summon dragons and spit fire and stuff I insist!

Bring back the hamsters! :D

I don't have a clear actress in mind for Penny, the portraits I've used have kind of taken over in my mind. And I had no idea what my original random height and weight represented. I need to make some tweaks.
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Haha! Ok Penny! Let me know when you have a decent idea of what she looks like. Thanks!

And Jo if you die I'll let you do that!

If?

Have you seen my relationship with Mr. Dice?

Hahaha, good point!

I'm posting in stages today so I didn't forget anyone!

By the way, I should have mentioned this like five years ago, but if there's anything you as players want to be involved in the story sometime I can try to incorporate it down the road. Example: let's say you want to deal with zombies, I'll eventually give you a zombie encounter. If you don't care and you're fine with how things are that's great but I do want to cater this to your needs somewhat too. That said, no dragons and flaming bears Jo.

;P

Oh come ON!

All I want is dragons and flaming bears! On my side of course. Maybe that way I can actually win something!

I think I mentioned in my PM, trip to Europe where The Scooby gang can meet Alice' daddy.

Will do!

*slowly growing excited look*

Hahaha! You never give up do you?

On another note, I should have mentioned that I'm on a staycation for my 10th anniversary. So if I don't get to post until next week it's because I'm too busy playing video games or going out for sushi, hahaha!

Then, next week it turns out one of my coworkers at my job I cover for broke her ankle playing roller derby so I will probably be busy then too, covering for her. Sigh. I'll try to post when I can though.

Took me longer to travel than expected. I’ll try to post tomorrow.

Posting in stages today!

I'll post for Alice and Jo tomorrow hopefully! Sorry about this guys. My week is probably going to suck thanks to the receptionist at work her broke her ankle during roller derby. Sigh....

So that receptionist is out 4-6 weeks...I'm only covering a couple days a week but it's enough to throw me trying to cram in everything else. So my solution is to pick away at it, meaning I will post for one person at a time when I can until this mess is over. Thanks for your patience guys, just know if I didn't post for you, that is why!

Everybody understands that you'll only be able to post for me for 4-6 weeks. We accept it, and love you!

I understand completely, no worries here. :)

I'm here, but You can skip me. I'm heck o busy

Ha! Thanks Jo! You sure you want that Jo? That's just extra time for you to fail your dice rolls! ;P

And thanks everyone. I'm getting kinda stressed about it all. They keep adding more and more days that they need me and they're all pretty crucial for them. I can't wait for the middle of April when this crap should be over! On top of that I have a sick hedgehog I have to force feed (not fun) and a barbershop quartet competition next week that's really scary and a bunch of other stupid stuff in between. So just assume I'll be posting in chunks until things settle down. I'll have to make it up to you when all is done! :)

And Alice, I'm so happy you're busy! One less thing for me to worry about! Just let me know when you're ready for a post and you shall have one.

Next week should be a mostly normal week finally but the next one is the craziest of all. Then after that it slows down. At least next week should be good for posting!

Okey-doke!

Post for me as well.

So this is my crazy week, as mentioned. Just so you don't think I fell off the face of the earth. I'm hoping to squeeze a post in for you tomorrow though and then next week my work is finally loosening their grip on me so I only work a day or two here and there instead of this mess they've thrown at me. Posting will then resume to 2-3x a week at that point.

It's funny, I only actually worked there 3 years and that was 5 years ago! I've subbed for them longer than I actually worked there!

Just fyi, I'm having family drama again. It's not only screwing with my schedule, but it's draining me a ton. I just don't have it in me to post anymore this week. I'm sorry guys. I'm sure I'll do better next week though!

In reply to Artemis (msg # 105):

Starts shoulder rubbing vigorously

Okay, no worries here. Good luck working through it all. :)

Stay sane and safe.

Thanks guys! I really appreciate all the support. I think we're at a good point for the moment. It's kind of a monthly recurrence with this person but fortunately I think we've come to a few possible solutions. Time will tell, but at least for now I'm relatively free again :)

Well you've got a backup family here whenever you need us!

Thank you!! :)

Sorry Alice, Jaffers is the bartender. The Professor is Delapore (a name I stuck to him earlier).

Huh? I'm confused

You were asking the Professor about the locket, but he shouldn't have it. I believe the bartender Jaffers has it.

OIC. Well might as well let it stand. At least he will be eliminated for sure. I believe you are right. =-D

And yup, Penny is right. Jaffers is the bartender guy and Delapore is the woman shy professor :)

Alice will probably get an I don't know...then she'll ask for his help.

Ok! I'll add that now.

It was either kiss him or slap him, I chose the more pleasant option.

You know, in this day and age, it probably means you two are married now. :p

Hahahaha! Slapping vs kissing reminds me of this sketch:

https://youtu.be/3cNnE89KGJc

I'll wait for Penny and Ian

Ok! Let me give Penny a bit more time to question him and then I'll work things together. If there's anything you can think of that you want to do in the meantime that's fine, otherwise enjoy your brief reprieve. I know you're busy!

Sorry, you know how talkative Penny is. :) If you want to put the conversation with Jaffers on hold so we can meet with Alice, that's fine.

No need. I have lots of work.

Just a head's up, this week is really crazy for me! I'm going to try to post wednesday though.

posting shall commence tomorrow!

Crazy week of work. I'll try to post wednesday or thursday. Thanks guys!

Ill have a post up sometime this week, I promise!

No worries Colin :)

As for the rest of you, I may not get a chance to post this week. I'm helping my sister renovate my hoarder mom's craft room while she's on vacation and it is going...slow. I was there for 9 hours yesterday and I think I lost a little piece of my soul in the process. We've been working all week and I only have until Friday to get everything done so all my free time is spent there. If I miraculously finish in time or scrape together energy I'll see what I can do though.

Man, it's totally overwhelming! I pulled a shirt off the closet floor and chunks of old dried cat poop went flying everywhere! Clean your closet people! Clean your closet.

D:

I know the feeling. I'm going to have to spend the rest of my life cleaning up after my parents. Or rather, waste the rest of my life cleaning up the waste of theirs. :(

It’s so true Penny!!! The rest of their house isn’t much better! At least I don’t have to worry about that for a few years. All of my family are hoarders to some extent, myself included. I save the weirdest things sometimes. I have a frozen TV dinner in my freezer from when I was first married 10 years ago and I can’t bring myself to get rid of it. It’s gone through 3 moves and 4 freezers and I always take special care to save it. I guess I have my own issues....

I'll post for you tomorrow Jo! The other thread was waiting on me for something so I wanted to get my post in early for them.

My best friend since I was 9 did a time lapse painting of Jensen Ackles. She’s incredibly talented. I’ve been trying to be as good of an artist as her since were kids and I’ll never never catch up! That’s ok though, I’m just proud of her.  Here’s the link!


https://youtu.be/e_6HIbWTHsY

Oh. And she did it with skittles. Because why not?


Oh, and here’s one of Castiel too, albeit with normal paint.

https://youtu.be/O1tP6Wc6r8E
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Holy CRAP she's good! What in the...!?

I know right?! She’s won a bunch of awards and crap for art and she actually specializes in art depicting her experiences in Afghanistan during her years in EOD for the Air Force. She’s also beautiful and has incredible cosplay skills. She made me a whole quidditch outfit years ago with black snakeskin padding and a wand and everything! (I was Slytherin). She’s a pretty dang amazing person and she’s ridiculously talented. I’m happy to be her friend but boy it makes me want to do better! In like, everything.

Goodness, me too, lol! No fair!

Wow, that's impressive.

Ok, so if you’re wondering why I’ve been flaky lately it’s because ever since I worked on my mom’s room I’ve been possessed by the cleaning demon. I’ve been deeeeep cleaning my whole house ever since and it’s a bit consuming. Today is kitchen day....if I don’t make it today I’ll do tomorrow! Sorry guys!

*Pours a salt circle around the kitchen*

More like a devils trap! ;)

So, I was woken at 2 in the morning by my husband freaking out about our cat. So I’m waiting at the vet to see how she is. They’re running tests because she’s walking weird and acting spacy. Even tired and stressed and worried so if I don’t post til Friday I’m really really sorry! It just depends how the rest of the day goes.

No worries here, I've had a similar problem with a sick cat. Certain noises put him into a violent fit, and he'd act a bit like you described afterward. It was years before I could identify the issue enough for the vets and get him some medication. Now the issue is getting him to take his pills

Besides, it was babysitting day today and I have no energy left. :)

I'll be more upset if you do  post knowing that. Just let us know how things go, on?

She’s hospitalized there for 24 hours. She has kidney disease, which I knew about, but apparently it’s getting worse. They estimate a matter of months left, which is something I guess. I’m trying to look on the positive side that she’s really old and we gave her a great life but she’s extremely special and soooo affectionate so I know she’s irreplaceable. At least we still have time for now. Thanks for your support and understanding guys!

And Penny, that sucks trying to give pills! What I used to do is crush them up and mix them with gravy or meat based baby food. Often she’d just eat it on her own. If not you can at least shoot it into his mouth with a medicine syringe. Fun times.

I'll pray for you guys.

In reply to Mary-Alice Reussoe Conner (msg # 146):

Thank you! That means a lot!

I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope it goes well for you.

Yeah, I struggled to give my cat his pills, because he also has bad teeth and is just stubborn besides. He'd even spit the pills up later. :o I also hit on crushing him up in his meat, but now the struggle is making him eat his meal on time. He needs one pill three times a day, and the effect only lasts 8 hours. And he's fussy, doesn't like the vegetable flavour, and gets bored of the others, so I need to swap between three or four packets. Cats! Argh!

Penny I had a similar issue with a cat. Mine was a once a day thing, but you might use this if you get desperate.
1) Crush pill in water. I found that making a fluid just thinner than a paste worked best.
2) Suck fluid up in turkey baster
3) Wait for kitty to get in your lap
4) Open (pry open) cat mouth, and squirt in fluid with baster
5) Apply ointment to scratches...

Also before I forget
I highly recommend Caraval and Legendary by Stephanie Garber. Wonderful story, beautifully written, can't give it enough praise. Just fantastic.

Yeah that sucks Penny! I’m sorry you have to deal with that!

Update: Misha is home but I don’t know how long she’s going to be around.  Vet thinks she has cancer but my husband wants a second opinion. So Monday she goes somewhere else. Normally I’d think that unnecessary but the first vet was pretty unprofessional. Still, I don’t have my hopes up and anticipate putting her down next week. We’ll see though. I’d love to be wrong. She can’t put much weight on her hind legs and she needs help to use her litter box and she can’t be left alone unless we lock her up where she can’t hurt herself. So I’m going to probably be out of commission dealing with this for a week or so. If I can make it less I will but I’m just drained. Thanks guys.

Poor puss. :( I remember going through similar issues with my old dog. Good luck with everything.

Is Misha named after Misha Collins? Yeah, I can picture him as a cat. :D

Unfortunately, my cat's not a lap cat, he's a reach-out-your-arm-and-pat-me cat.

Yup! Her name is a combo from Misha Collins and also because she reminded me of a russian supermodel with her high cheekbones and half lidded eyes.

The second  opinion went well. She's improving on her meds and we're going to give her iv fluids twice a week and then let her live as long as she seems happy. The dr said that could possibly even be months, it just depends. She'll probably never be able to jump up on stuff again but she walks well and isn't in pain. When she goes downhill we'll euthanize her but until then we get to spoil her and at least have more time than we thought!

So I have a lot to catch up on but I’ll try to post this week sometime. Thanks for all your support and patience everyone!!

Yay, healing!

In reply to Artemis (msg # 153):

So nice to hear!

That's good to hear, almost a relief.

Thanks! Yeah, it will still suck when she goes, but I have more time at least. Unfortunately I have to inject an i.v. bag of fluids under her skin twice a week so that sucks....It's really weird! the fluid gathers under her skin into this big lump and slowly gets absorbed by her muscles! It creeps me out! Plus needles....yikes. The things we do for our animals.

On another note, I will try to post tomorrow. I'm still trying to get my life back together. She can't be left alone because she will fall over when she tries to get on stuff so I either have to follow her around the house or lock her in a bedroom, that we emptied just so she can't get into trouble. There's furniture all over that looks atrocious and things are in disarray RIGHT after I just got done organizing everything! It's driving me crazy! So I'm kind of unmotivated and burned out and blah but I think I can scrounge something together tomorrow. We did get a little ramp for her so she can get back on the couch again. So ugly....

Take some time to rest and get organised, that's the first thing.

Thanks. I really appreciate it guys.

Well, I can remember a plot point from five years ago. :) I might be a bit rusty on the specifics however.

Nicely done! I can't believe it's been that long!

Sorry for the delay guys. I’m going to post for you tomorrow though!

Posting in stages. I'll get yours soon Jo!

This week is going to totally suck so there's a good chance I won't get to post until next week though that will of course change if I magically get an opening. I have to work at my old job and then get ready for my neice's murder mystery steampunk birthday party. The fools had me write it for some reason and I have no idea what I'm doing.

Murder mystery steampunk birthday party?!

Yeah you’d think I’d be excited right? I just have an....interesting family and if things don’t run smooth I’ll probably hear grumbling. Since I’ve never done anything remotely murder mystery-ish, I’m stressed.

6600 =mine!

Well the mystery thing turned out surprisingly well actually! Yay! My schedule should be normal for a while now. Thanks guys.

I'm very much not feeling well this morning. I shall commence tomorrow though. Sorry!

No worries, get well!

Cool I’m in court all day

Thanks so much! :)

Sorry I've been flaky guys! Real life has been lame lately. On that note, the next two weeks are going to be nuts for me so I may not get to post much until January 8th. I'll try to do it here and there if possible, but just giving you a head's up. I'm soooo excited for January when I can return to my routines! In the meantime Merry Christmas/Happy holidays for those who celebrate and I'll post whenever I can! :)

Understood, and merry Christmas everyone!

I'm posting in segments today, so I haven't forgotten the rest of you! Thanks for your patience and happy new year!

Don’t worry Jo, I’ll post for you tomorrow.

Ok!

Dang. This game has been going 5 years and counting! Crazy!

I was hoping to post for you guys last week but work sucked my life away and now I'm busy until Wednesday. Poop! Sorry about that everyone!

No problem

I have two revolvers and a repeating Rifle.
1) Can the Pistol(s) hit the woman at this range?
2) If I run, tumble, and stand can I move pass the two dorks running at me?
3) Can I “fan” the rifle, Rifleman Style? (I can send you a YouTube Video if you need)?
3) b. if yes, can I shoot all three?

Snow day =husband working from home=no computer for me =expect a post tomorrow. Sigh. Sorry about the flakiness lately guys. Between work and vacations my schedule is off. I’ll be good for a few weeks soon and then I’ll have one more crappy week and then thankfully normalcy returns....

No problem here, I know the feeling. Take it easy!

Damage is 23 without additional hunter damage. Adding that in makes the total 35

Posting in chunks today. Sorry about yesterday, my day got totally stupid again.

I'm going to be taking a week off for my anniversary so we can laze about, play borderlands, and eat mass quantities of sushi. Therefore I shall try to post next Wednesday or Thursday depending on how my week goes. Thanks guys!

My week is getting away from me unfortunately so I will post next week! I should warn you that until after March 24th I have a lot of crap going on so I may be a bit flaky here and there....apologies! This goes for you too poor Colin, who I forgot to post for! Sorry!

No worries at all! If you can tolerate my slow pace, I have no problem returning the favor!

That's fine. Good luck getting everything sorted out. :)

Im with Emma we get out while the getting is good.

By the way, thanks for your patience and kindness from before guys! I was working really hard on a barbershop quartet competition with my sisters and it's finally over and life is back to normal! Yay!


And thanks for letting me know Alice :)

Hey guys, I'm doing a bit more research before I move the thread along for Penny and Alice. Sorry for the delay!

Just a heads up that I’m not going to be posting the rest of this week unfortunately. I had to put my kitty down this morning and I’m having a hard time.

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. :( Take all the time you need.

Oh no! That's terrible!

We're here for you!

Thanks guys. I appreciate your patience and support!

I think I'm ready to get back into things now. I'm going to post today, if I only get to do it in chunks I apologize but I'll make sure it all happens today.

Lord I love your updates. Literally ALWAYS quality, and depth, to every single one.

First game I've LITERALLY never had a "in-between" post from the GM. Amazing.

Hahaha! That's so incredibly sweet! Thanks so very much! :)

Ok, I'm going to admit I've dropped the ball a bit regarding leveling up. I'm trying to figure out exactly what level people are supposed to be because looking at character sheets I think they're all over the place. For some reason I thought you guys were supposed to be level 11 but I'm only finding bonuses and such for 10. Did I just not add the bonuses yet? How about if you aren't already at level 11 you do so and I'll get off my fanny and add the bonuses soon? It's downright creepy how fast time goes!

I've got a really bad cold/sinus infection and got very little sleep. My eye is so puffed up I can't open it all the way and on top of everything, I committed to covering at work tomorrow (and next week) a long time ago and they're depending on me because they're understaffed. So this week (and actually next week) sucks. I'm going to try really hard to post Friday morning though. Sorry guys.

Ugh, I know the feeling. Take it easy and get well!

Yeah it sucks right? And thanks for the well wishes! I'm happy to report my eye is back to normal and I can commence with the posting! So therefore I shall :)

Yay! Glad to hear you're feeling better!

Thanks!

Sigh. I tried to post a couple times on here today but the dumb site was down and now I'm out of time. I will do so tomorrow now that everything is back! Thanks guys.

This week turned into a major poo fest! I’ll try to post tomorrow if I can but I’m really sorry if it doesn’t work out!

No worries, my day started just like that. :)

Yikes! I'm sorry to hear that!

Things are busy for me. I shall post Wednesday. Sorry for the delay!

No problem!

In reply to Penny Dreadful (msg # 210):

Ditto

By the way, we have a new player in our midst! Welcome Reginald Harkness! Ah Reginald. That used to be my hedgehog's name :)

Welcome new person!

Reginald woo!

Welcome to the gang!

So I have been trying like crazy to post since last week and things keep getting in my way. After today my husband is taking a week off work and that will make it nearly impossible for me to get time to post until next Wednesday. Sigh. If I get a spare ten minutes today I'll do it but I have a ton of crap that I'm trying to get done so if it doesn't happen I'm sorry! Thanks for always being so patient guys!

No probs! We're in for the long haul, we can wait. :)

Hope you have fun with hubby!

Thanks so much guys!

Man, it's nice to take time off but I really pay the piper when I do! Yikes!

WOOT! WOOT!
Go Penny it’s ya birthday!

Shotgun: Is it a breachloading side by side double barrel or a lever action? (Pump action might have been invented by now, but wouldn’t see mass production for some time so I suppose pump is plausible too.)
So your description, does it mean that 3 rounds are normal and the forth gets the bonus?

Lever action. And yes, three rounds are normal and the 4th gets the bonus :)

I'm covering for my boss at work a bunch this week and cramming in my usual crap in the days between, so I apologize for my lack of posting. I've been doing surgery scheduling for an OB/Gyn and one of the doctor's is moving so we're down to 3 and trying to schedule a butt ton of surgeries before the end of the year with only three doctors and only two of them working at a time has been....fun. So I'll definitely get a post in this week, but I'm sorry for the wait!

Hon...

You always have been, and always will be, a quality over quantity poster. I think I speak for everybody when I say your quality ALWAYS makes the wait more than worth it, so I don't think we're concerned, but we do appreciate the heads up :) :)

No worries here, I know you'll always be back for us. :D

You guys are so nice! Thanks as always for your patience :)

Btw, for Penny and Alice be sure to note your new chapter. Sand and stone or something like that. I’m too lazy to look;p

Sorry, I got so busy last week, and will be the next. It's impossible to keep up sometimes.

Heh, don't I know it! No problem whatsoever, I'm not going anywhere and heaven knows I make you guys wait on me a zillion times, so take as long as you need :)

Back in the game for now! Welcome, Reginald! Though it is a little late haha

Welcome back! And no worries, Reginald lasted about 2 days...hahahaha! ;P

Welcome back!

A lot of people might not like our pace, or our game, but you know what? Good riddance. We love it!

Thanks very much Jo! You guys are all awesome :)

Speaking of pace...I was all set to post today but honestly, I'm going through some minor personal stuff that has me completely drained and down this morning. So I'll try to post sometime this weekend. If I don't get a chance I apologize! But I really will try. Thanks as always for your patience.

If it makes you feel better, there are way flakier GM's out there than me? I'm a player in a steampunk game where the guy posts maybe once a month. Sheesh.
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No worries, I know I struggle to keep up with my own games. And I've also got GMs who post weekly or less.

Anyway, I can have Penny talk to Alice for a bit.

Thanks Penny. I really appreciated it :)

Alice would very much like to meet Crimwell. I am actually looking forward to the interaction. =->

Posting in spurts! If I get interrupted I'll finish up tomorrow! :)

I'm sure none of you will be surprised that I'm probably not going to be able to post much the rest of the week due to Thanksgiving. For my fellow Americans, Happy Thanksgiving! For Penny, just have a fantabulous week ;P

I'm not really excited about hosting, even though it's a small gathering, but at least I like the food! We're having nachos! I feel like turkey just isn't my thing. Luckily my mother in law agrees!

Have a good one!

Thanks! It was very nice! Now I just have to brace myself for the chaos of christmas...yikes.

Still waiting on Alice's rolls. If I don't get them by the next time I post, I'll just roll them myself. Speaking of posting, since Christmas is tomorrow, it should come as no surprise that I won't be posting until next week. My husband is taking some much needed time off. If, however, I get a little time I'll try to pop one in, otherwise you can expect one next week.

Happy holidays everyone!

Merry Christmas! Have good holidays!

Merry Christmas

Thanks guys! Hopefully everyone had a good holiday :)

My week is crazy and my day is shot to hell. I fell in the driveway running away from imaginary demons (haha, it was dark and I’d just seen a horror movie), and I landed on my foot and heard a snap...so needless to say my schedule is thrown off. I’m trying to avoid the ER and waiting to talk to an advice nurse...sigh. I’ll be ok but needless to say I’m not going to be able to post today

Ouch! I hope it's all okay.

Thanks! I found out today it's not broken, just sprained. It's really swollen and bruised but I'm just happy nothing broke. It was probably a ligament that snapped or something when I fell. Oh well. Thanks for your patience!

Sorry I didn't get a chance to post today guys. We got a kitten thrust upon us yesterday and she's a huge handful. I really wasn't wanting a kitten to be honest, and it's a transition to say the least but she triggered our friend's PTSD and he needed to find a home for her fast. She's just lucky she's cute...
Oh. And I did my taxes today. Lots of grown up stuff going on. Next week will be a little better, though I should warn you my sister's having her c section...I'm sure I'll be able to squeeze a couple of posts in though! Yay!

No problems here. I wish I'd posted on a previous day, but two days of babysitting had wiped me out.

I have to ask: what was the problem with the kitten? It's hard to think of anything more harmless, or was it more a nuisance thing?

Well for my friend having her jump out at him unexpectedly triggered a huge panic attack since he has really bad ptsd from serving in Afghanistan. For me, it’s that I’m not over my old cat’s death yet and I do find kittens to be higher maintenance than I wanted to commit to. My house isn’t really kitten friendly so I’m still trying to minimize the things she can destroy. She’s extremely rambunctious...that said she’s very cute and she seems to be helping my husband with his own anxiety issues (his job is nuts), so she’ll be worth it. I just have to take a chill pill and realize she’s going to get into things and it’s not the end of the world. We were really spoiled with our old cat. She’d sleep on the couch, on a chair or on your lap. The rest of the time she’d be eating or drinking or casually wandering around. She never jumped on anything or got into anything. Ever. She was lazy and mellow and absolutely perfect! ☹️

Ah, okay. I was asking about the PTSD issue, I never imagined something as minor as a kitten could cause such a reaction. And I can understand the stress of winding up with a pet you didn't really want. Well, good luck with the little one.

My cat is mellow like that. After kittenhood, he never did more than wander and poke around a bit. He's 17 years old now, and still moseying around with few signs of stopping.

Yeah, we were all really surprised that this huge buff guy who served in the military was undone by a tiny little kitten, but he really really was. Now, living with her for five days or so, I actually get it. She just pounces out of nowhere and attacks you. For someone with massive anxiety issues (our friend), it's very triggering since his ptsd centers around being unexpectedly attacked, among other things. Unfortunately his girlfriend is having a hard time sympathizing and he may just lose her over this. It's a really annoying situation to be in honestly. He's neglected his mental health too long and it may cost him the best woman he's ever met and WE have to pay the price for it with this little holy terror running around like a maniac. Plus, this is the second girlfriend we've had to help through his ptsd issues. They always come running to us, and I'm happy to help, but it's just not very nice to be so heavily involved in other people's relationships you know? They're grown ups, they need to be able to communicate with EACH OTHER. And I adore our friend, he's an amazing person, but he really needs to put in the hard work and get help or he's going to ruin his life. No one can do this but him. Oh well. At least the dumb kitten is cute, even though she's interrupted this post three times by getting on the kitchen table... ;p

Alice had both pistols out, it was in my last post. She is all about speed and being a step ahead. If she saw the woman pulling a scroll, she would have fired, and she would be aiming to kill. Do I at least get a chance to stop this?

In reply to Mary-Alice Reussoe Conner (msg # 253):

Sure! Go for it! What you don’t realize though is that she has some tricks up her sleeves but if you get a good enough roll I can see it delaying her. Sorry about that

Artemis before you resolve Penny’s save...

Penny you are really close. You can spend an action point to add 2d6 to that roll. Even if they are average, it would make the roll a 17 which would be a pass. Just consider it because getting that scroll could change this whole encounter.

I forgot all about action points! I think I've barely used them in this campaign. Thanks!

Good thinking Alice! I keep forgetting about those too.

By the way, it's my anniversary on leap day so I'm going to be out pretty much until Tuesday, just a head's up! :)

Guys I’m home with kids for next two weeks, and I doubt I will be able to post much. Very sorry. Artemis, Alice will shoot at Yasmine, but only when she is sure it is Yasmine.

No worries, I understand. It's kind of crazy everywhere now anyway. Did your kids' school get cancelled? The virus is in my city/state so they've closed down all schools for at LEAST a month. There are tp shortages and businesses closing and all kinds of crap going on. It's a real mess. I'll probably still post for Penny and NPC Alice, but I may just do it 1-2 times a week until things settle down. Thanks for letting me know and stay healthy everyone!

No worries here, stay healthy, happy, clean, and several feet apart everyone!

We've had similar chaos, but I guess it's the same around the world. But schools are still open here. My sister's a teacher, with two small kids, so she's worried, and she stresses too much as it is. :(
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Thanks. I'll try to get my energy up to post tomorrow. I'm feeling pretty blah over everything. I just found out my sister and brother in law are pretty screwed from all of this. He worked his butt of to open an audiology clinic a couple years ago and was fiiiiiiinally starting to see profits. They are even almost done building a house. Now he has to close his business until this is all over since his patients are typically over 60 and it's high risk to them. So he has to try to find work stocking shelves at safeway and their house is probably going to have to be sold before they can ever move in. I'm really stressed for them. It totally sucks.

Also, your sister is unfortunately right to be worried. My mother in law is a teacher and was told it's quite likely our schools will have to close for the rest of the school year.... Everything sucks!

Stay safe and healthy everyone. The wife and I are in self-isolation right now. Could affect my posting rate.

Thanks Colin. You too. Honestly, I'm a bit depressed right now. So many people are losing their jobs over all this and I'm really stressed about what that's going to do. There are so many people around here who will be in dire straights and though my husband's job should most likely be secure, I feel incredibly bad for everyone. It's hard to motivate myself right now. I think I'll try to pull myself together and post next week. Right now I'm just drained.

I don't know what to say. Take it easy, look after yourself and loved ones. I can wait. I think the only thing we can have now is patience.

Hey folks, just wanted to check in and let you know that my first kid was born last week. She is currently in the NICU and will be for awhile. I’ll try to stay active but obviously this has sapped a lot out of me. I’ll post when I can and keep folks updated. Thank you.

Congratulations!

Congrats!

Wow, that's huge! I hope she gets out soon and major congratulations to you! Naturally I completely understand if you're hit and miss on here. That's the beauty of being in your own thread though. No one is waiting on you!

Thank you everyone. I really appreciate it.

Man! I just got a ton of my grandpa’s old sheet music today. Some is as old as 1880! I wouldn’t be surprised if Penny’s song were in there somewhere!

So very cool!! Some songs are actually valuable, especially if the music is original printing.

Nice.

Could be. I looked up music-hall tunes from the era, found a list of them and something with wind in the title that could fit. But when I tried to find more about it, it turned out that was the only website on the internet that had it. So much old stuff is still not on the net, just on paper somewhere.

It’s true! There’s still a ton of knowledge not available online. Thank goodness for books and things!

In other news, today there is an 80 percent chance my husband is going to quit his job. So that’s fun...
We’ll be ok though. We have savings and he has some mad skills in IT and cyber security so he’ll figure out something else. I just need him to work someplace that isn’t going to give him a heart attack in five years. His health is deplorable! Today he and his boss are going to HR to finally try to take down their director because he’s a tool and he sucks. Should be interesting!

I’ll be posting later today.

Let us know how it goes!

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. And everything that's happening to your country. :( I hope you all stay safe and do well over there.

Thanks! Yeah, it’s been a hellish year. In January I sprained my ankle, February I think Australia had those wildfires and of course covid began overseas. Then march everything went on lockdown and my aunt got diagnosed with cancer, I think april is when the murder bees showed up. In MY state of course. Thank heavens it’s not bad yet, end of May all the race stuff and now it very well could be jobless june! On top of that, my cat is going through her first heat and is driving me bananas! Haha! Wow, just, wow. Oh well, a lot of other people have it a lot worse.

On a happier note, do you guys realize that this fall will mark the 7th year we've been playing this? That's crazy! Poor Penny and Ian. Talk about a slow burn romance! Hahahaha!

In reply to Artemis (msg # 276):

Don’t forget wide spread rioting and civil unrest. Also June is Jumanji Level 6, aka Hurricane Season.

Seven years! I think after this, Penny might have to move things forward. ;)

The bushfires hit their peak over December/January, and were finally stopped by February. But we can look forward to them again from September on. :(

I completely missed those murder hornets. That just shows how many crises we've had this year. Right now, the US police and army brutality is just so shocking. I'm afraid for all my friends in America.

Yeah. Life pretty much sucks all around right now. You should look up the murder hornets if you haven't seen a picture of them yet. Absurdly big.

As far as my husband's job goes, he's waiting to officially have conversations with everyone for one big showdown. Basically he's talked to HR and they are supposed to have a zoom or in person meeting with him, his direct boss (who he loves), his manager (who he hates), HR and the CEO if she can be bothered to actually come. It's a huge gigantic mess. The idiots in charge are probably going to be stupid enough to not meet my husband and his boss's demands and in doing so, half or more of the IT team are going to quit in solidarity because they all hate the manager too. It's that bad there. My husband will quit by the end of the week if they don't give them a new manager or try to postpone the meeting again. So after this week, we'll probably be jobless. Yikes!

We have a good savings and he's got mad skills so we'll probably be ok, but I'm having flashbacks to when we were first married. The day after our honeymoon (if you could call it that) he lost his job and we had to live on my piddly pet store job for five months before he could find anything. We had 60 bucks in the bank when he got hired at his current job. That was twelve years ago, but the stress and memories come rushing back like yesterday! At least this time we're significantly better prepared. We had saved up a decent chunk of money to do house renovations that got put off thanks to the virus. So now we can use that money to live off of instead and just ignore the ugly floors, hahahaha!

Phew, thanks for letting me vent on here guys. I don't want to admit to my husband that I'm a bit scared for this sudden change in life, but I also support him completely. I've been telling him to rage quit for years.

Oh damn. I wish you two the best of luck with everything.

Ditto what Penny Said.

I am SO glad I put everything on my sheet. “Vial of Healing Liquid” will come in really handy right now. ;-)

Thanks for the support. So far things are looking awful. He has a big meeting today to say his peace but the higher ups seem not to care about IT’s concerns. Stupid idiots. At least he’s going to get to tell them what he really thinks today and he’s going to be professional but he’s not holding back. Therapeutic! I fully expect his last day to be sometime next week though. We have really good savings, so we’ll be fine.

Today is my husband's last day. He's taking a week off or so, so my posting will be hit and miss since we finally get to spend time together. Seriously, he's like a whole different person!

I do plan on posting later today though, after I'm done with a client :)

In reply to Artemis (msg # 284):

Good different? I hope!

Hahahaha! Yes! We laid awake last night and just talked. It was insane. He's usually glued to his phone scowling over some IT outage or email or something stupid. 12 years I've taken a back seat to his career and his schooling and his stress. He's been more attentive to me in the last 24 hours than he has in years.

=-O WOW! Smooch’s!!

Hahahahaha!

Well, I'm sorry to hear that, and happy to hear that. :) I hope it goes well for you two.

Thanks! I really appreciate it!

His direct boss (who is awesome) and one friend/coworker also quit. It's taking a team of 20 consultants to replace them and it's going to cost thousands and thousands of dollars, so that's extremely satisfying, mwhahahahahaha!

In the meantime, he's happy for the first time in over a decade :)

Got a new client and am covering for my old job too. I hope to post Wednesday.

I’m on vacation until next Friday.

Have fun!

Alice will go with whatever plan Penny wants.

Alice might have better Strength and Swim modifiers, but Penny couldn't order her to stay and risk it, she had to go herself.

Nope -1 to both. She is built for Dex not Str.

Ok so bad news and worse news

Bad - I have no search skill, so I only get +1
Worse - I also don’t have the swim skill, so I am useless at this point.

Good luck Penny.

Hahahaha! This will be great then! ;p
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Husband's birthday weekend, so I'm a bit busy. If I get a chance, I'll post today, otherwise I'll go for Monday. Sorry guys! :)

Happy birthday to him! Enjoy!

Have a good weekend!

Thanks guys! :)

I may not get to post this week just fyi. My in-laws live near some of the wildfires and are waiting to hear if they need to evacuate. If they do, they will be staying with us, so I've got to get the house ready for the possibility of 3 house guests for a while. It's mostly smoke issues, so I don't think their home is in physical danger, at least. So that's good. But I have no food for these people, and my budget is pretty dang fixed right now because we have no income, so that will be interesting to say the least. Not to mention all the dietary restrictions I have to work around. Sigh. I love my mother in law to death, but I'll have to be on my most G-rated behavior for a while. She's very innocent, so watching remotely grown up tv and saying things like "butt," are also out of the picture, lol. Who knows, I could go through all this work and they won't even need to come. Man, I hate 2020. Stupid humans have ruined everything.

In other news, my husband's old job is bleeding IT team members. They are all starting to drop off like flies for other jobs, and the consulting company they had to hire to replace my husband is charging them 35,000$ a MONTH, so the business is really hurting now. Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome! If he's willing to go back, he might be able to charge them a smaller fee, say, 25,000 a month, to get his job back :P

Okay, good luck with the in-laws! :)

And man that company must have regrets now.

Thankfully, the in-laws backed out of coming for now. Of course, that was AFTER I stayed up late cleaning every nook and cranny, all for nothing...There's still a possibility they'll end up here if the smoke gets worse, but I thiiiiiiink we're in the clear for now.... *crosses fingers*

And yes! The company has dug themselves into a wicked hole. Hahahahahahaha! It is extremely satisfying. My husband did tell them when he quit he'd come back as a consultant whenever they needed, but they're too proud and stupid to ever take him up on it, which is just as well. The workers who are left are now finally realizing the situation my husband shielded them from for so long, dealing with the manager, I mean. So they're suddenly a lot more sympathetic, and hence they are dropping off like flies. It's just nice for him to feel validated.

Man, what a crazy year, right? On top of all the world-wide things going on, to have such a huge change in income and career and crap too. So much change! No wonder I'm stress eating English muffin pizzas so much! >:D

Thanks guys, for letting me vent as always!

If I don't get to post tonight, I'll definitely do it tomorrow. Sorry guys. I'm having one of the worst days I've had in a long while. I'll get better though, I'm just trying to figure out the mess that is my life! lol ;P

That's fine, I think we all understand. Take all the time you need, and good luck getting through it. :)

Thanks so much for understanding! I'm feeling a bit better. Just a draining, life changing week.

Posting in increments! My client got her times wrong so I'm being interrupted. Sigh.

Merry Christmas and happy holidays!!

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope it goes well for you all.

Thank you Penny! It was lovely!

So, just a head's up. I'm going to be out this week. My husband got a job and it starts Monday! Hooray! It's been six months, believe it or not, since he's worked! So we're taking the rest of the week to be as lazy as humanly possible and watch every horror movie we can lay our hands on, before he gets swamped again for the rest of his life. I'm sure my posting will start picking up a great deal after that, lol. Thanks for your patience guys and have a happy new year! :D

That's good news on the new job. And enjoy your movie binge!

Thank you! It was great!

Penny I have a question. Sometimes you use an avatar that wears a bowler hat. Where do I find that one?

Female, 19th century: fh19045.

So, I wanna talk to you guys about something. It’s been over 7 years that this game is going. I’m thinking we should try to finish up this campaign in 2021. So by the end of the year, we should have wrapped up the storyline and, for the first time as an online GM, I will have finished a story. We’re on the homestretch and I have some pretty epic things planned. What are some things you want to see for your characters before the end? PM me with any requests on that front.

As for future gaming together, after this game I’ll probably take a generous hiatus and then I’ll make a new, entirely different game in the future. If people want the chance to play with me again, they’ll have it. If not, well we’ll always have this awesome 7+ years to remember!

On another note, 7 years of gaming tends to muddle memories and storylines. I’m going to start a new thread soon with a recap of characters, events, and histories so people can refresh their memories for more cohesive playing. I really want to end this last year with the best experiences I can for you. You’ve all been so great, showing up for years like you have.

Thanks! And you've been a great and dedicated GM too.

I'm looking forward to the big finale, the culmination of over seven (by then eight) years of play. It's quite an achievement. Maybe we can play "Carry On Wayward Son" beforehand. :D

But I also wouldn't want to rush things or skip anything good you had planned. Ending naturally and well is enough for me. I think the current phase has begun to wear on me a bit: first we searched for the Ring of Solomon, then we searched for the Key of Solomon, and to find that we searched for two halves of a scroll, which then had us search for the copper scroll, which then had us search for another scroll, and now we need to search for all the parts of that scroll... D: So, maybe no more scroll treasure hunts thanks. :)

I think the problem is, everything on rpol takes a million trillion years so what would have worked in tabletop just plain takes too long. I think I’ll delegate some of the npcs to get the rest of the scroll stuff. There were two other pieces but we can divide, conquer, and sum up. Nothing wrong with that.

Any chance on getting a level up?

Not a bad idea actually. Looks like it's been nearly 2 years, lol. I believe you're currently level 11 so go ahead and level up to 12! Though, actually, considering we're on the downswing of this game and you're gonna need it, I'm ok with upping that to level 13 if everyone is ok with that. We still have a few months left, most likely, but why not end with some pizzazz? Your characters have certainly earned it.

I wouldn't say no to that, I'd get two more feats and some oomph. :) But then I'd worry the bad guys would be even tougher too. :o

Sounds good to me! 2 levels up it is! Level 13! I'll try to get the bonuses ready for you soon for hunters/men of letters.

It looks like I'm officially starting college again on March 1st, barring anything catastrophic. The college I'm doing is online, and you pay per semester, not credit. So, I'm going to be stupid and try to cram my bachelor's degree within 6 months...I already have my associate's but that's still 29 classes to complete by then. Yikes. It can be done, others have done it, and I'm going to give it my very best. So, consequently, I'm only going to be posting on my games once a week instead of 2. It won't be that much different, but I wanted to give you a head's up! :D

I'm probably going to start this once a week thing now, since I only have a few weeks to get my crap together. We're also going to try to move this year if we can at all find a house worth moving into. Inventory is historically low, so it's stressful. I think this will be the year I have my first panic attack! So I apologize in advance if on occasion I have to flake. I'm hoping to be done within my timeline, but I won't beat myself up too much if it takes longer. Wish me luck....

Sorry, I forgot to respond to this last week. But congratulations and good luck on the degree!

Thanks! This is my last weekend of freedom before I start on Monday. To stay on track I have to pass two classes a week. The anxiety alone is killing me....hahahahahaha!

Also, I will be posting for the other two threads today. Gots to have a lunch break first!

So my next 3 classes are all spreadsheets and algebra and accounting and things that make me want to shrivel up and die. I've canceled a lot of my real life stuff for the next week or two so I can try to bust through this thing but it's been really hard because math is not my thing. Luckily my husband has been helping me, but I expect to be walking through pure and utter hell til they are done. So I'm unable to post for the next week or two but after that I should be good to resume. I'm so sorry guys. Even my husband thinks these classes are ridiculous and he's a whiz at them.

No worries, I remember my university days and had good a few weeks like that. :o Good luck getting through it. We'll be here and ready when you have the time again.

Ditto

The goal is for me to probably start posting Saturday nights for a bit. Seems to be when I'll have the most time! I'm making good progress through the courses though. My awful accounting classes seem to be behind me for now, so ideally I'll start doing weekly posts and in a couple months I can hopefully pick up the pace again. Yay!

Well, it looks like some of our players on here are busy with real life stuff since it's been a while. If there's one thing I can understand, it's being busy. So I'll just sit back and see if others start showing up again down the road. Just don't want you thinking I've forgotten this game. My schedule is a little better now so I can do my once a week posting once players are able to join again. In the meantime, no rush! We'll just sit back and relax until things pick up again.

I'm here! I got busy with work and couldn't think of anything to add after Alice.

If it's one thing I understand, it's being busy! No worries! I'll just move things along.

Sorry I've been MIA as of late. School is kicking my booty. That said, I'm kicking school's booty right back! I just have six classes left, 22 classes already completed. I am hoping to be done by mid July for good and then I'll be back to normal and freeeeeeeeeeee!!! I was going to post today but I ended up not feeling well, so I'm hoping to slip a post in sometime in the next few days. Thank you all for being so patient with me. I've had to put aside a lot of the things I love due to this whole endeavor, and I'm so looking forward to getting my life back again.

That's great! Well done on the classes. And no worries on the wait, you're allowed to take a break when you're working hard. :)

I'm still around.

Ok, I'm really really hoping to be graduated by July 19th. That's not long at all. Maybe sooner if I have my way. So if you are all good to be patient with me, I'm almost free and I can go back to posting regularly soon. I am beyond excited to get my life back. Seriously.

I'm looking forward to it, and I hope you get your well-earned graduation. :)

Got a new kitten and it died unexpectedly. Mother in law diagnosed with breast cancer, they think it’s early stages but need to pass one last test to be sure, and I’m behind on school but almost done. Life has been rough lately. I’ll be back in a week or two though.

Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear all that. Take all the time you need.

Thank you Penny :)

And thanks for your patience everyone. Life kicked me in the face a bit but I'm crawling back from it. My mother in law has surgery in a couple weeks and if the biopsies look good she'll be in the clear.

As for school, I graduated about a week ago. Did 2+ years of work in 4 months, 21 days. It felt like sooooo much longer. But it's done. I have a lot more to do and learn on my own before I can get a job in the field I want, but at least I don't have deadlines breathing down my neck. I'm going to try to get back into posting twice a week now. Thank you eternally for your patience and support. You're awesome.

Well done, and congratulations on the graduation! And we're glad to have you back! :D

Ditto

Thank you both!

Congratulations, and amazing work Arty! So proud of you and your great accomplishments during a time when most people are just scraping by!

Thank you so much Jo!  :)

Congrats!

Thank you!!!

Just a heads up I’ll be posting next week! I have company coming and I’m frantically trying to get the house ready. We’re talking every inch of the dumb thing, lol!

So, the pieces are moving and the end game is on the horizon! Soon we'll be at the final battle, for both threads. It will still probably take another month or two of playing, but the end is not far, in theory anyway. So brace yourselves my friends. Eight years. Eight years of playing, my gosh.

Let me know your thoughts on what you ultimately want for your characters, though I think to some extent we've touched on this before. Just let me know if anything has changed. I definitely have plans of my own for them, but I want you to feel satisfied at the end of everything. Also, since we're soon to be on the final push, we might as well make it epic! Level up 3 levels please. There will be a tiny bit of a time jump in the near future, so your characters will have earned it in preparation. I believe this puts you at level 16, so go nuts and really think of how you want to face the final showdown.

I plan to whip out some last character drawings for everyone before then too, and I will put out the spells and hunter bonuses in the near future.

Lastly, Colin, I will finish up your thread next week. I'm trying to get my house ready to put on the market this week so after that my schedule should ease up!

Let's do this everyone!

Wait, its that time already?!



I'm so excited! Woot woot!

In reply to Artemis (msg # 352):

Looking forward to the end of it all! It is going to be amazing.

Huzzah! It's been a long road and the finale will be well-earned.

Also, I believe this is obligatory. :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-ejz2RmueE

Thank you everyone! I'm super excited too! And YES Penny! Absolutely must pay homage to that song!

In the meantime, thanks for your patience with me this whole freaking year. We'd be done by now if my stupid real life weren't such a pain. I'm trying to sell my house and keeping it clean and scramming while people look over everything has been very unfun. Who knows how long it will take to actually sell too. Sigh. The joys of real estate...But who cares! I'm off to post some character development for you!

I know the pain of selling a house! Godspeed!

Thank you! This makes that wretched college degree feel like a breeze! 2021 has been such a pain in the bum! lol

Farewell to Colin Browne! It has been a joy and absolute pleasure to be a part of his journey all these years! You have the great distinction of being my first rpol player to have reached an actual storyline conclusion. It's an honor that it was Colin. Thank you, for truly wonderful times, my friend.

Thank you for that wonderful send off for Colin! There were lots of ups and downs but I can honestly say that it was all a joy. My eyes even turned sort of misty reading that!

I’m so very very glad you liked his ending! I got a little misty writing it too, lol! But it’s so incredibly satisfying to have an actual end to a character’s story after so much work from both of us to bring his tale to life. Thank you for such fun over the last 8 years.

Holy hell. It really has been almost 8 years to the day. I never realized how much of my life has been including Colin in the background.

I know, right!? 8 friggin years is a long time! It makes it extra sad that it's over, but also extremely satisfying to have an actual ending. Like when your favorite tv series actually gets to end instead of being canceled, lol.

I have a d&d game that's been going close to 12 years now with no end in sight. When it finally does end in however many years more, it's going to feel reeeeeally weird. I was in my 20s when I started that thing!

Wow, congrats you two!

Amazing send-off too! You might have gotten misty-eyed, I'm over here bawling my eyes out! Great story end! Amazing writing from both!

Aha, that was great! Well done to you both. My eyes are also damp, must be something in the air. :D

And something else has been a long time coming for Penny. :D I promise I wrote it before reading about Colin and Amelia, but I like the similarity in stories and themes between Colin and Amelia, Penny and Ian, and Simon and Lily all at the same time. :)
This message was last edited by the player at 09:20, Thu 14 Oct 2021.

WOHOO!!

Hot damn!

Huzzah for Penny! EIGHT YEARS in the making!! I will most definitely be posting tomorrow;)

Since things are winding down on here, I wanted to be sure I did some final art to celebrate this wonderful time with you all.

Since Colin is done, it seemed fitting to send him off with one last piece. And since Simon and Lily are getting married, I figured I'd post theirs too. I actually drew theirs a long time ago, before I learned better hair techniques, lol. So forgive me!

The other characters will get their time soon. Just gotta draw them first!

https://artstuff2001.blogspot.com/

These are great! A truly amazing gift for a character’s farewell!

Thank you! I figured eight years warranted a doodle!

They look lovely, well done!

Thank you very much!

To me, this is a perfect summation of this game. All the characters; the trials and tribulations; the happiness of enjoying the little things. We’ve had a hell of a run and I wish Colin had had a chance to join you all for the party.

https://youtu.be/RL9yB0ne67A

Waaaaaaah!!! This was BEAUTIFUL!! Thank you for posting this. It’s absolutely perfect. When this game is over I’m going to cry. 8 years of stories and friendships and fun and imagination. It ends up meaning a lot. And I’m so sad Colin isn’t there too. No one parties like an Irishman!

That was lovely. :)

Since it looks like people are busy lately (and understandably so this time of year!) I figured I'd just wait one more week and then I'll just move the story along if that's ok with everyone :)

Merry Christmas all! I will get back to posting next week but in the meantime I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend.

Merry Christmas!

Ok, so my holiday was really busy and I'm completely blah right now. I've literally just been playing Horizon Zero Dawn all week and eating hot pockets. I'm going to just laze out and give myself a break for the rest of the year (lol, such as it is) because honestly, 2021 was not great and I want to end it with as little physical movement as possible. I'll be back and ready to kick butt next week though. A gal can only live on hot pockets and inactivity for so long, after all!

That is completely understandable. :) We had a sweltering heat wave on top of Christmas that sapped any remaining energy. Anyway, I hope everyone had a good holidays and I'll see you in 2022. :)

reporting for duty

Thank you, Penny! I forget that Australia has summer during our winter. I hate heat waves, so that sucks!

And my holiday was stupendous! I hope yours was great too!

You're a mean, mean GM, Artemis. :o

Lol! Sorry! I got plans though, don’t worry ;p

I've been re-reading old threads on here to get my bearings for the home stretch. My gosh we've been through some stuff together! It's amazing to see how far we've all come in terms of story, characters, arcs, relationships, etc. When I'm done delving through all the stuff I'll make a notice thread with some highlights of things that would be helpful to remember. After more than 8 years of playing this game, I've definitely forgotten a lot!

Also, we're in place to get the last battle going pretty dang soon here....Closing in on it!

Penny's done some stuff and seen some things, hasn't she? :D I still remember all the best bits though. :)

Welcome back Kate!! Thank you so much for making the time to finish this game out with us! And lol, Penny’s not gonna make it easy on ya ;p

Wait, it really is Kate? Yay! Welcome back!

Lol, yup! We’ve had this planned about a year now! Just needed the story to catch up!

Thank you for having me back! I’ve been peeking in from time to time and our lovely GM thought it would be fun to throw Kate into the mix again. Nice to see you’re all still here!

I am also glad to have you back!

So I know I'm super behind on spell lists and hunter bonuses, etc, so I'm going to make this simple. I think I'm 5 levels behind on updating it.
You'll get 5 new action points (1 for each level)
a plus 1 on any skill check
a plus 1 on any save
an additional point of damage on all damage rolls
your crit DC will be lowered by one. So if you normally crit with a weapon at 20, you'll now get to do 19, etc.

Better late than never!

Sorry for the lack of posting today. I had it all planned but my cat is having mild medical drama and it just sucked me soul out. In the last 2 months we've spent over $2000 on this fool, lol. She's so high maintenance! Posting is on my to do list tomorrow, though!