Re: Out of Character Discussion
Before you dust off the guillotine, know that Nasrudin is quite innocent, as the guilt falls solely upon me. I won't bore you with the details as they ultimately don't matter (to you anyway), but, needless to say "something came up", and I made the mistake of not informing the lot of you, like a responsible GM should have. For that, I apologize, it's a problem I've had for as long as I've roleplayed online. But I digress.
Here's the deal: I want and fully intend to keep Champions going, though I can't promise daily posts, I'll make more of an effort to at least post twice a week and on weekends. That is, if you're all willing to put up with my shenanigans a little further. I know I haven't been the best nor most committed GM as of late, but having developed some strange obsession fondness for Champions, not to mention our trio of adventurers, I'm hellbent on not killing this game off just yet. So, I want and plan to keep it going, but would very much like to do so with the three of you on board and, possibly two others to replace our lost comrades. Of course I understand if any of you are done with my BS and can't blame you, if you want to move on.
However, there is one slight issue, which is Rihad. I don't feel satisfied with the direction that storyline has gone, since the dynamic duo assaulted Natalo's and things haven't exactly followed my original plans. When Nasrudin ended up splitting off from the group, I adjusted the story accordingly, but- I feel -did so in the wrong direction. Long story short, I'd very much like to move on from Rihad; After all, there's the entirety of Tamriel (and perhaps beyond) to offer possible locations for exploration and adventure - Not forgetting the machinations of Akatosh and his first task to you.
So, I see two possible options; First, we could just have a short time-skip. I'll wrap up what would have happened next and we bring Chapter 1 to its conclusion. You'll be rewarded some skill points (which was my intent originally, to answer Nasrudin's question; give you points once you left Rihad) and we get on with Chapter 2 on the shores of Cyrodiil, with you receiving some supplies and equipment from your newfound ashashin allies. This, in my opinion, would be the preferred option as no progress would be lost and we could more or less pick up from where we left off.
Alternatively, I have dotted down some possibilities for restarting Champions entirely, starting again from the moment of the Champions' resurrection. However, I would really only consider this option, if only one or none of you, were interested in continuing. While I think it might be interesting to start anew with a slightly altered story, there's the aforementioned loss of progress; Everyone would have to get acquainted again, find basic equipment, etc. But, I figured I'd mention it anyway, just to put it out there.
Finally, assuming all of you are Americans, I suppose you'll be busy celebrating that silly Halloween of yours over the weekend, so I expect whatever I/we decide to do here, would start on Monday (or Sunday, I really don't know the common traditions related to Halloween, aside from all the candy and decor and whatnot). In the mean time though, I look forward to reading your thoughts tomorrow. For now, I bid you all a good night.