For out-of-character chatter...

We've received a lot of applications. We'll start reviewing them on Thursday. Expect to hear something back this weekend, if not sooner.

Welcome to everyone who was selected! We'll get started as soon as everyone has their character sheets done.

For character creation, stick to the Player's Handbook unless you get permission from me to use something from another (official) source. Use the 27-point buy method for determining your ability scores.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Hello Everyone, I am glad to be here. I am running a Tiefling warlock.

Will start working right away on the char sheet.

Hey bros, I'm playing a human barbarian. Character sheet will be in by this time tomorrow, unfortunately I work soon. But looking forward to doing this! Very new to the format, so be sure to holler if I'm doing something silly.

Glad to be here.

Dwarf Druid, checking in.

Here's to hoping the next guys check in with progressively more durable fists.

Damn and I was going to use Diamondfist for my surname. Oh well ;)

Goliath fighter here. Excited to start I'll hopefully finish my sheet tomorrow.
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Hey everyone. Your friendly neighbourhood Sorcerer here; Dragonborn and cold as ice.

Greetings everyone! I know that you were all waiting for me with baited breath.  After all, I am the world's most magnificent bard!

And you thought divas were a modern invention...!

Oh, one other thing; if, when looking at my portrait, you could impose an imaginary blue-white filter, you'd have a better idea of what I'm supposed to look like. I couldn't find a white Dragonborn pic...(though if someone is any good with digital picture manipulation or knows where I might find a decent white dragonborn pic, I'd be appreciative of the assist).

I've got my sheet finished. Waiting to find out the other player classes to solidify the default prepared spells list.

What are we doing as far as forming the group to begin with. Do we know each other already, or are we going to be meeting in-game?

The original adventure assumes that the characters are already an adventuring party. However, we have a pretty diverse group, so I am considering coming up with a small, introductory scenario to get everyone together. I'll think about it more overnight, but I am definitely open to everyone's insight/suggestions on this.

I don't have any good thoughts on the subject one way or the other, but I will say I'm willing to tie my backstory in with anyone else's if it makes things easier and/or someone has the interest.

Hello everyone. I'll be playing the rogue Lucien who is an ex-spy now out for his own interests.

I'll say my sheet is done except I had a question about gear. Are we taking the default kit, or can we buy our stuff?

Your equipment should be the standard provided by Class and Background.

Anyone who wants to tie their characters together should feel free to do so.

I'll get my description posted tomorrow. I spent all day traveling and have to get up early to travel for work tomorrow, so calling it a night early.

I'm a Dwarf Druid with the Soldier backstory. Had some good military experiences as a blacksmith for my unit before being transferred to one lead by a corrupt, racist human who abused his position to murder half-elves. Happy to tie into anyone that could relate to any of that.

Dookie, I need to audit my equipment. Otherwise, my character is done.

As for backstories, my guy was booted out of a tribe up north, spent a few years roaming the wilds, and worked as a mercenary. He plays a Celtic version of a lyre and likes jokes.

Might have met your Druid if he was hired to support your company. Dunno if that would fit.

Drust: I'm from northern climes myself. I suspect a touch further north than your homeland. I've fled my own home, heading south, so might have met you on the way. I might be a Sorcerer, but you wouldn't think it to look at me; I've the physique of an athlete and the trappings of an outdoors(wo)man. You know, apart from the whole dragon-lady thing. I also play the lute; the makings of a kick-ass rock band?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRjH_gJbUqQ

Dwarven cleric - I'll get started on the character tomorrow. Very excited here since this is my 1st 5e game, and finally got into NB game :)

Ooh! I play the lute, but I'm also skilled in drums, lyre, and flute.  We can totally jam out.

Though she's a diva herself in  her performing aspect, Aliandra has something of a fascination with heroic types. She's learned that her most popular songs were those which reported the daring deeds of adventurers, so she wants to get the scoop on other bards by joining the ranks of those on the front lines.  So, sort of like Taylor Swift mines her relationships to get hit songs, Aliandra mines the people who explore mines.  And dungeons. And haunted castles.

Oh damn I had not seen there was a specific format for the char sheet...

Now I need to convert things over... :P

Ok, char sheet added, portrait picked and description changed to fit portrait.

With regards to my skills, I have been doubting wether to take on intimidation or investigation. I have finally taken the latter, although I may come to regret this. Both fit the character nicely enough though so...

If it's any consolation, I'll be playing an Intimidatin' sort...

yes, it is of much consolation. I was looking at the party and it didn't seem that there would be much too much investigators going on... so thats what made me decide for it.

Anyway, glad to have the intimidation base covered.

I am very much chill with the idea of meeting Magdalein on my way southward. Would she be the mercenary sort?

And on a side note, we ought to plan ahead with regards to who is going to be who in the band. We need, at minimum, one cool headed money grubbing type, one artsy hippie, and one Sid Viscous psycho.

Well, Paran is calm...

... as a disadvantage, he sometimes gets controlled or carried away by the Fiend entity with whom he has made a pact.

Afterwards he feels miserable and tries to make up for it.

I need to work with the DM how he/she wants to deal with flaws, and how we can make this into a flaw without being too disruptive within a "good" group.

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As for backgrounds, I don't know who might want to tie his/hers to mine. Paran comes from a wealthy family fallen onto disgrace.. to top it up he started showing signs of having some weird blood in him that marked him as a tiefling so feeling angry and betrayed, some other warlock saw the opportunity of using him to seal a pact with a fiend. He got into it a bit unknowingly but with the rage, and rebellious nature that he had, it was some time until he noticed the monster he was actually turning into.

He has been fleeing from that life, but the pact still holds, and the Fiend has his dues.

So... in the fleeing part is where I guess it makes most sense. Paran can be from almost anywhere geographically so in that sense he can adapt to anyone's background. His is criminal.

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By the way, I went for Fiend for I think it fits his background... the other option I was playing with was the Old Ones... which brings the telepathy into play... I quite like this option too, if we imagine some kind of entity Cthulhu like or something. Its a bit less of punch power, but its not that bad and it may open roleplaying options...

I am not sure what kind of module we are going to play though if its a lot of combat then Fiend might be better....

It is possible Paran and Lucien are acquainted. I don't know that Lucien will have traveled far from his home city for the beginning of the adventure. Lucien would have been familiar with many local criminals. His background is Charlatan, but I'm interpreting that to say he was a spy for the local lord, who worked the criminal underground. He has since become... disaffected from his work.

LOL
Hey we have a Rockfist and an Ironfist.
And that would be a Mountain and Hill dwarf.

Perfect!

That would fit in fine. Toppor was in a good company for quite a while before things went to crap after the transfer.

I think I'm pretty much done with my character.

Aliandra, as mentioned, is something of an adventurer groupie. She is likely to contrive an excuse (truthful or not) to accompany any party that looks like it's heading into interesting places.

@Lucien:

    That might be good, if you want you might have been an instrumental in Paran's exit from his fall down from grace. I think that might be a good and strong bond, leaving out both from the same city.

Hmm...Mags could be persuaded into mercenary work, I suppose, though it's wouldn't be her chosen profession. Her background is that she's fled her CE white-dragon-supremacist family, looking for a new life. Her upbringing was a little sheltered, so if the first dude she came across was a buff mercenary type with a killer 'tach and he introduced her to his line of work, then yeah, I guess she could happily fall in to a merc lifestyle!

OK, racism just isn't funny, but I had to laugh at the idea of "White (Dragon) Supremacy."

Sieg scale?

Going to hell for that.

Black (Dragon) Power!

We've got a lot of racism in these backstories...

@DM:

We are a rather large group, if we are going to rp our meeting, even if its just in groups of 2, it is going to take ages to get going.

If you don't mind my suggestion, given that you have the info from all of us, could you just weave some common background / backstory of the last days or months or whatever fits, as to how we got together and where we are at with what goal in mind ?... I think we are all mature enough to take a given backstory and run from there.

I really think that given the size of this group it might be a big awkward to set up a scene that actually gets all of us together without loosing a lot of time.

I'm good with that idea.

Whilst I'm happy to "cut to the chase", Drust and I have already sorted out a preliminary meeting between the two of us, with potential to rope both Aliandra and Toppor in without too much hassle (if they're willing, of course)...that's half the party.

I'm fine with being roped, too.

Wait, that came out wrong...

IF a scene is player driven and runs while players finish up their characters, it might work.

I also don't have a problem being scooped up.But yeah, with half the party potentially in already, it would be even easier to build off of whatever we get together than to start from scratch.

@Magdelain: Thats great... if we do it ourselves for the whole party then so much the better. But knowing where we need to be probably might end a plausible link for all of us.

I just have been in too many games that didn't get past that first scene. Got stagnant before even starting when some of the characters didn't reply or DM got despaired because no one seemed to be going anywhere just making fantastic in-character posts that took them no-where, because it went against what their character would do... :p

I am sure that if you guys have been around long enough you have seen this in one flavour or another :)

I see a lot of you are working on backgrounds/hooks/etc. here and in the private messages. That's great! Continue to do that while we wait for everyone to finish their character sheets. Then I think we'll just start and assume that everyone has come together already as a loose party and work out the rest of the details as we go. This will allow us to get right into the main story.

Also, please let me know when you are done with character creation. Once I hear from everyone, we'll get started.

Vimak is also traveling south, leaving his tribe who's ancestral home is high in the mountains, far to the north. He doesn't play an instrument but he would see the idea of a band as tremendously novel. As long as the group continued to seek adventure and greater challenges he would tag along. At 7'6" and 300 lbs he would make one hell of a bouncer...

OK, so a little roll-call is needed, I think...

Hands up everyone who comes from "the far north", "the mountains" or "frozen wastes" and is travelling south right out of their backstory?

*puts a claw in the air*

And my axe!

Vimak, the tambourine was made for people like you.

Though please don't drown out my vocals...

In reply to Paran (msg # 33):

Sounds like we're among the few who aren't coming from the north. I can see Falen having helped you escape from the fellow who tricked you into the pact.

I've been all over the place. As far as where I'm from, that kinda depends on the map.

Finishing up my sheet had a quick rules question. Is a two handed weapons damage just the dice plus str mod or is it different, as in previous additions?

I imagine you mean Lucien ? there is no Falen here :) maybe a char of yours from another game ?.

Thats great, ok if it works for you, it works very nicely for me too. Let's see it can be a tight friendship, both knowing where the other is coming from, understanding and leaving the space to each other without becoming judgemental, but keeping those "falling-from-grace" streaks under control.


@Toppor, @Vimak: I am not sure where we come from either. Both Lucien and I would be leaving a prosperous city, probably would feel a bit at a loss at the forests... and we are both the squishy type (more or less) so I guess that if your characters are not squirmy with regards to a bit more shadowy characters, you'd certainly feel like a necessity to Paran. Not that he is the picky type either so...

In reply to Paran (msg # 53):

You are correct, sir. Let's just hope I don't get their personalities mixed up. Falen is a dick.

I've heard from half of you thus far. If you are done with your character, please send me a PM to let me know. If you are not done, please try to get that done soon, so others don't have to wait for you.

I'm hoping to get started this weekend, if not sooner. Thanks for being patient.

I'm ready to go.

Two-handed weapons deal just [damage dice]+[Str mod]. You don't get (Str mod)x1.5 like in 3ed.

So what's the name of our band?

http://www.metalbandnamegenerator.com/

We're just waiting on Dorn to generate his character. If I don't hear from him soon, we might just get started without him, so you all don't have to wait around too much longer.

Ooo...one of the names this throws up was "Scent of Season"...I kinda like that. It's that or "Terminal Skull"!

Dorn said he will get his character done this weekend, so we'll plan on starting early next week.

Cath, that simple little app wasted WAY too much of my time.

In reply to Magdalein Drexaalor Vosi (msg # 61):

Could make it fantasy appropriate and call us "Tarrasque Skull"

You guys make the music, I'll make the Goodberries to keep your strength up. The only instrument I play is the staff-to-goblin-skull-drum.

Nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk!

Toppor, something like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...=1&v=5rCoseZkII0


Vimak,

Add  a few umlauts and it's perfect.

Exactly this.

We'll get started tomorrow, with or without Dorn. Sorry for the delays.

No worries. It's rough starting on a holiday weekend anyway.

indeed

Dorn left. I just bumped the advert for a replacement. We'll get started later today. I've got to run now.

Hi all I'll be playing Antia tieflng cleric of light :)

Welcome! I'm glad we were able to find a new cleric so quickly.

Hello Anita! We've been working on our origins. So far all the characters are either part of a band coming down from the north, or ex-cons (sorta) from a nearby city.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:06, Mon 28 Mar 2016.

Welcome Antia,

I'm sure we'll be drinking mai-tai's out of Mindflayer skulls in no time :)

Perhaps she's with the ex-cons to guide them from their life of crime to the light :)

Hello Antia, nice meeting you

I wouldn't call us a band, so much as a...

*Sunglasses*

Motley Crue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmXWkMlKFkI

*claps appreciatively*

Anita: to give you a little more info, Lucien is actually an ex-spy who worked in the underworld where he met Paran and helped him move on from some dark times. Pulling him towards the light would probably be very appropriate for his backstory. Paran, thoughts?

That might do nicely, Antia being the moral compass and you providing the way out...

It would need to be close friends then as it's kind of hard to take someone external as moral compass or trust him enough to pull you out of a mess of murders and corruption of evil-demon grade.

Time got away from me tonight and I will be away from home all day tomorrow, so I'll try to get us started on Thursday. Sorry. And thanks for your patience.

I can live with that. Oh look I'm starting to collect a following ..... saint hood is just round the corner :)

@Anita: Excellent!

@Paran: That works for Lucien. He's been around for awhile (by human standards) so he would know enough to recognize someone in over their head and befriend them.

On a completely different note, what kind of music do you guys listen to to get in the mood for d&d (or any other rpg), if any?

The Conan the Barbarian Soundtrack. The music to that film is just epic and nothing gets me in the mood better than listening to that opening narration, followed by the awesome title music.

I'd go with the Lord of the Rings soundtrack music, for pretty much Magdelein's reasons.

I'm always in the mood to play D&D, so I don't bother listening to anything. If I need to for some reason, LotR/Hobbit music is pretty much the best there is.

Excellent choices, all. Cuing dem beats up on Youtube.

The various World of Warcraft soundtracks are really good. Other than those I do lots of movie scores: Gladiator, 300, Kingdom of Heaven etc

Okay, I finally got the first game thread posted. Sorry for all the delays.

I'll throw something your way this weekend. In the meantime, go ahead and use this time for some in-character interactions, to get to know each other a little bit.

Hi guys just to let you all know I will be on a family holiday from next Monday to Friday. I will have my phone but depending on the signal availability posting might be a little patchy.

Hello, everyone! I apologize, but I've been excessively tired the past couple days and haven't quite been up to posting. I might be able to move things along for you tonight, but most likely, it won't be until Thursday (I'm gone all day on Wednesdays). Sorry!

I just made a little standard travel post. I don't know if we wanted to formalize marching order and watches or not.

I'm down with that.

Should we roll for initiative?

Yes, go ahead.

When you post your actions, include any rolls in orange text at the bottom of the post. If you don't want to roll (or forget to), I can handle the rolling for you.

Just to clarify - these farmers are calling us the bandits, right?

No, they pointed to the woods, whence the arrows came, and called whoever shot the arrows "Bandits!"

Sorry that wasn't clear.

Good, that's what I was hoping but I wasn't sure.

Not that Lucien buys their act *shifty eyes*

apologies at work and just about to go into a meeting will post at lunchtime :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUGuR-ATjR8

1) Called it.

2) Is it a new round and can we post new actions?

3) Any results from the perception checks?

Yes, please post your actions for the new round.

And those who spotted something have been notified.

Toppor casting Shillelagh is a bonus action

http://www.dndmagic.com/?id=297
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Hmm. So it is! /update

@Aliandra: Trying to disable the enemy by making them laugh is a potentially great tactic.

I figured if I rolled well, it was a brilliant use of Intimidate.

If I rolled poorly (which I did), I can add a skill to my performance repertoire:

"Now presenting Aliandra, the human pincushion!"

@DM: even though I understand we run this without maps, could we have something like this: ?

Bandit 1  -- Fighting Vimak --  -10hp
Bandit 2  -- Fighting Paran --  -4hp
Farmer 1
Farmer 2
Farmer 3

Or something of the sort to keep track, it's really confusing as it is, and you probably have it all sorted out in your head, but for us is quite hard to follow through.

Done.

Thanks a lot :)

I had to send my (new) computer in for repairs and now I'm using my old one. Unfortunately, it keeps freezing up on me (hence, why I got a new one), so I might be a little sporadic in my posting until the other one comes back. Sorry.

No worries, good luck with the forensics.

In case you hadn't noticed, we lost Magdalein. I have someone lined up to take her place and should be able to add her tomorrow. It'll be a different character, but since this is so early on and Magdalein hadn't really established herself yet, we'll just drop the new character in and let you all work out the history as you proceed.

Nice work dealing with the bandits/farmers, by the way.

Sounds good. Losses are inevitable.

GM in my last post antia soundly smacked one of the bandits but it didn't appear in you last post :(

Damn shame about Mags. Glad you've got a replacement.

Antia, I didn't post your action because all of the bandits/farmers were dispatched by the time your turn came around.

Everyone, please welcome Nadia, who will be replacing Magdalein.

Hi! Thanks for having me. I just need to finish up my character sheet and I'll be ready to roll.

Welcome Nadia.

As an aside to the group, I'm not the kind of player who withholds loot in the name of roleplaying, so be aware that Lucien found money, but he's going to distribute it more subtly than: hey guys I found a bunch of gold on these dead people!

Greetings, Nadia!  May all of your rolls be significant;y above average!

Nice meeting you... be most welcome. :)

Welcome to the group!

Thanks, everyone! I'm all done with my sheet and ready to go!

Woot woot! Good to have you on board!

Good to have you.

I'm waiting for Lucien to interrogate this poor bastard. I'll chime in as 'bad cop' if need be.

Oh, not necessarily the best option for interrogating someone, but I'll give it a go.

Hey everyone quick question: is it cool to have this interrogation going this quickly? I normally would avoid posting this much back and forth in such a short time span, but I got the impression the group was willing to let Lucien take point. Let me know if you'd prefer that I wait. I usually try to let 24 hours pass between back to back posts.

Take it away.

Weekends can often be iffy here on rpol, with people often away from computers for two days straight.

That said, i don't think anyone has a problem with you putting the (metaphoric) screws to the prisoner.

No prob. My character already moved away anyways...

Weekends can be a bit iffy as you say on rpol... :)

What's in the box!?

* looks at lid of box.....hmmmm what are those letters on it...... P.A.N.D.O.R.A..... wonder what that stands for?!!!*

I believe that "Pandora" is Greek for "candy."

^^ Lol'd.

I thought it was over priced jewellery

I finally had a chance to get caught up on the story so far and get a post in. I hope my post is okay. It seems to me like opening the box is a bad idea, but I'm not going to stop anyone from opening it if they are really set on it; I'll just stay a safe distance away when they do. :)

While you are at it, why don't you ask about this Carlanis and the evil magic ?

But do it subtly. *paranoid Rogue is paranoid*

I updated my last post to move things along and allow everyone else a chance to get involved. Let me know if you're going to stay in Milborne, camp outside of town, or press on through the night (or something else!).

Hey-o! Do you guys want to do a post of your characters relating the information to our characters, or do you want to fast forward through that bit? I'm only asking because I tend to fall victim to assumption and I don't want to jump the gun or stay quiet in indecision.

I've paid zero attention to their posts specifically to allow them to relay everything to us in their own words. Not that I can't go back and read it all if that's what we're going to do, but that gives them the chance to RP with the rest of us.

I'm game.

Sorry about that. I blanked there.  If you want, we can assume Aliandra relays everything as conveyed in the scene. While she might embellish under other circumstances, she has no reason to do so now.

Sorry about the delay.

All up to you, i think. And no judgement, yo, it happens.

At this point I say we go on without the IC post. We can assume the briefing was done with a long distance shot of Nadia and I speaking to everyone else.  Then, a close up of the next character's reaction shot...

Wait, I thought we were going to camp outside of town.

Also, sorry about holding things up. I wasn't feeling well all weekend.

Typed sarcasm is usually shit, sorry. Vimak is kidding, he'll camp outside with the others.

Well now you've confused the bard!  I'll edit my post.
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As long as the wood elf is allowed to continue making the decision of whether to camp or head to an inn, we're going to be sleeping outside a lot :P

@GM: Did Lucien get anything with his investigation?

Sorry. I overlooked that.

There does not appear to be anything unusual in Tauster's house; his magical components, etc. are probably kept in the tower.

Sorry for the lack of posts the last few days. I've been feeling quite unwell.

Sorry man, that sucks. Doing any better?

Yes, I am. Thanks.

Glad to hear it. Have anything gnarly and cool like ebola or just generic nastiness?

OOH can I get in on the act I've been suffering from Plantar Fascilitis for the last 9 months - Hardening of the tender that runs under the foot from the toes to the heel..... bloody painful and spent 4 months on a crutch for support :( now can walk again but I have days where I need to pop pain killers

OK thread highjack over back to the bosses ailment :)

So we can split 150gp into 18 gold each with 6 remaining. Any suggestions for what to do with the 6 extra? Or we could start a group fund?

Group fund sounds dandy.

Yeah.. I'd say start a group fund... maybe even set more apart for fund ?

Agreed. Consider yourselves to have agency to take as much from my share as necessary. Honestly in 5e it's more beneficial to have a big pot for potions and the like than personal wealth anyway, as far as I can tell. Not like you can plod off to magik-mart and pick up your +6 belt of everything and boots of immunity to plot like in other editions.

I wouldn't know if I would classify Ebola as "cool..."

I have depression and hypersomnia. It's hard enough to stay awake most of the time, but when my depression flares up, all I really want to do when I get home is sleep.

Let me know how you want to handle the group fund/how much to put in it.

Oof. Sorry.

However, ebola is metal as hell, and totally cool. You bleed from your everything. Badass.

Also, Imma just preemptively throw 9gp in. It is an arbitrary amount, so no one feel like they have to match it. But half of this haul seems like a decent way to kick it off.

So we have the 6 gp, plus Cathasach's 9 gp, which makes 15 gp in the group fund so far...

Let me know if there is anything else you want to do in the inn. Otherwise, the night will pass without incident. I'll move along to the next morning later tonight or tomorrow.

Lucien will throw in an additional six to the group fund for now.

Paran would throw to the group additional 8gp, keeping 10gp.

(If more is needed no problem to ask).

I'm going on vacation from 6/15 - 6/23 and we're doing it tech-free, so I won't be around during that time. Been planning it for a couple of months, but the vacation didn't get approved at work until today, so I didn't mention it before hand. NPC me as needed.

Enjoy, bruh!

Likewise, I'll be on a mountaintop from the 21st through the 24th, wrestling with grizzlies for cell phone access.

Ugh. They probably use Bluetooth headsets and think they're all cool. We get it, grizzly bears, you assistant manage at an Office Depot. You're -super- important.

Anyway, have fun also.

I am currently on vacation, but they have Google fiber here so my internet access is actually improved.

Hope you two have fun!

+1 Cath!  Thanks for making me laugh.

D'awww. Thanks.

I will be off from the 22nd July to the 15th August.

and I will be with reduced connectivity from the 5th July to the 10th July

@Aliandra: "Suggestive" was the wrong word choice; I edited to make my meaning clearer. Sorry about that.
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 21:12, Mon 27 June 2016.

No worries, and no offense taken!  Now I'm going to write a breakup song about you and trash your reputation.

http://shotgunshuffle.com/comi...ey-net/#.V3GVp_krLDc

So there!

Noooooo! Oh wait I have a secret identity. Whew.

Honestly, if it's as catchy as 'Blank Space' I won't even be mad.

I'll be busy tonight--wedding anniversary--and will probably not be able to post until tomorrow night or Saturday.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 179):

Have fun :)

Congratulations, and have fun.

How many is it?

I have a *gulp* 20th coming up next month.

How many is it?

I have a *gulp* 20th coming up next month.

mine will be 17years  in September but been together for 25

13 next month for me.

I am about the same 16 years married almost 25 years together

Thanks, everyone! It was our 10th.

Congrats! I am, apparently, the only person in the game who isn't married yet :P

You're in good company, Luc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeXjBWN8LO8

This album is mostly slow and doom-y but has a sprinkle of medieval flavoring.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLVcSC6WfeU

So the magic users step forward to soften up the orcs,giving the fighters a chance to ready themselves :)

Heh yes... it seems like that.

I was going to step back but as you took the first row, I thought Paran would not let you take the hits, and he is better prepared than you, I think, to take a hit.

Bite your tongue! I be tossin and bossin, my style is awesome.

*from nearly 80ft away* No I'm good, I'll just stay back here thanks. You guys stay up there and keep the pressure on.

We're waiting on Toppor and Antia to post their actions...

I have no objection if someone wants to try and stop Lucien from killing the first unconscious orc, just let me know.

Sorry for the delays; I've been really tired all week.

No worries brah. As it is I'm procrastinating GMing by playing here so no judgement.

I'll be spotty for the next few days.

Apologies for the delay wife got side swopped last week by a drunk driver thankfully she wasn't hurt but I've been spending most of my free time trying to. Sort out the insurance nightmare.

Nadia casts the net over her own head and frowns adorably...

Well, that didn't go well. Hopefully the muscly guys can handle things.

I've had a lot going on this week. I intended to post tonight, but time got away from me, and now I need to get to bed. I'll post tomorrow night. Sorry.

Wasn't trying to be a jerk by the way, just knew it would take a round to get the nets back and figured 'what the hell'.

And then I nat 20'd.

#Barbar4TheWin
#KoboldPride
#YOLO

Never apologize for wrestling a werebear. I'm still not convinced the nets will work even if we manage to get them on the bear, so the only other way I can think of to beat this thing without killing it is to grin it into submission. Aliandra?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ1kVDEbcts
This message was last edited by the player at 04:19, Fri 29 July 2016.

I believe it is spelled "b'ar".

And I'm too pretty to be mauled.

I. AM. BAR-BAR.

New round?

Yes. Sorry.

Sorry for the silence this week. I had a busy week and two sick kids.

Speaking of orc though, did we get XP for that fight?

Experience point totals should be current.

Sorry for not being on here lately. I've had a really rough week or so, but things are looking better.

Of course, we have a guest coming on Sunday, so that will affect the time I have to post...

I will try to get some posts in when I can (perhaps tonight), but I wanted to let you all know that I have not abandoned you.

By Grapthar's hammer, by the suns of Warvan, THIS GAME SHALL LIVE!

Also, life gotten any better Hobgob? Sounds like you've had it kind of rough the past couple months.

Must apologies to am on holiday and was told the caravan site had wi fi but its crap so not been able to post until now ....managed to find high ground with a mobile signal....

Woot! Enjoy yer time off, though. Would 'caravan site' happen to indicate horses and the like?

In reply to Cathasach Drust (msg # 213):

I'm always on board for games not dying.

Awwww yeah. Feelin' the love!

Also, if I haven't posted this here already, this is one of muh favs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE0ukoL7sW8
This message was last edited by the player at 22:04, Tue 30 Aug 2016.

Eh? Ehhh?

*jumps the tumble weed as it blows past*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQc5gDXQGIs

Sorry for the two-month (plus) absence... :(

I have some mental health issues (among other things) that occasionally lead me to disappear for a while. Things are going well for me now, and I'm missing roleplaying, so I'd like to see if I can get this game up and running again. I can't promise I won't disappear again in the future, but I will do my best to give you some warning if that should happen again.

Having said that, is there anyone here who might still be interested in continuing this game?

More than happy to continue and don't beat yourself up over things just happy to hear you are feeling better :)

No worries. I'm up for it.

Thanks. Let's see if anyone else is still around...

I'm here still

Tentative yes.

Okay. I'll see about recruiting some new characters and we can go from there.

Cool cool

*gives thumbs up*

We've got a lot of applications. I'll be selecting some new blood over the next couple of days.

If you are okay with it, I would like to jump ahead just a little bit...

After meeting with Garyld, who knows nothing more about the orcs, the party is approached by a merchant who will pay them 15 gold pieces each to escort a river barge down to Thurmaster, where they need to go anyway to see Tauster and collect their pay for delivering the letter (10 gold pieces each). The trip to Thurmaster is uneventful. We will start up again as the party is on its way back to Milborne to collect the barge-duty pay. The new party members will have joined up with the party during this time.

And I have given each of you some extra experience for sticking around. :)

That's great news :)

We've selected four more characters to join the story. They'll be added soon. Please welcome them.

I'll get the story moving again soon.

Lathan Swiftstrider reporting for duty!

Hello all!

Hi there guys welcome on board

Welcome new players!

Hello everyone, sorry for the delay in posting up but I'm here now. I will be your nobleborn half elf paladin for this game, its a pleasure to be playing with you all, thank you for having me. And may the blessings of Tyr be upon us all...

Hi everybody!

I think the new players are all pretty much finished with their character sheets.

I'll move things along later this week. In the meantime, perhaps you all could introduce yourselves and the veterans could provide the newbies with a story summary.

Khaerus is a Wizard, seeking knowledge, tomes, mysteries, secrets, magic, etc.

Not that wealth, fame, good food and drink, and companionship would be turned away either. =)
This message was last edited by the player at 03:53, Tue 08 Nov 2016.

I'll give the recap a shot. Lucien is the group rogue by the way.

The party has recently traveled from The Spotted Owl Inn with a chest belonging to Gordrenn, allegedly a purveyor of magical goods. The chest allegedly contained magical components for a wizard named Tauster who lives in Thurmaster in the province of Haranshire. Now I say allegedly, not because Lucien is paranoid, but because the party voted against checking the contents of the chest. Even after a ragtag group of farmers attacked the group because they were convinced that the chest was full of dark magics, the party still believed the chest ought to be delivered to Tauster.

As a side note, the party had only been paid with a letter of credit worth 150 gold after confirmation of delivery. If 150 gold seems like a lot to deliver a chest to a relatively peaceful hamlet, then you're right. Not that there's any evidence of any illicit happening with the wizard or his supplier since the box was not inspected and the villagers were not interrogated.

Once the party arrived in the town midway to their goal, they were asked by the locale residents to check up on Tauster's apprentice: Jelenneth. She had not been heard from in some time and people were beginning to worry. After resting, the party continued on to Thurmaster where they delivered the box to Tauster. The wizard had no news of his apprentice so the party went in search of her. After convincing the local magistrate and a druid to help them track the girl, the party came upon some orcs who were summarily beaten back, but with no sign of the girl.

The party also successfully managed to capture and restrain a werebear, who the magistrate was trying to find and help. We left off with the group debating pursuing the orcs under the assumption that Jelenneth had been kidnapped by them. As a tangentially related note, the promised reward for the girl's return was 400 old pieces. Just throwing that out there.

Okay, cool cool! Thank you for the introduction Khaerus and thank you so very much for filling us in on the adventure so far Lucien. That introduction to what was going on is certainly going to help me, I for one am not very good at going back through the old game posts and picking up the thread of the story. Especially when on a time limit, so that's a huge help for me.

So DM, do we new players fit into all this?

Hi!
Thanks for the story thusfar!
Albrecht will be a new druidic buddy! But more importantly, Al's an active brewer and herbalist, so he's got the parties recreational needs covered!

Thanks, Lucien!

How do the new characters fit in? Feel free to work that out over the next day or so, in as much or as little detail as you'd like. I'll move the game thread along tomorrow or Friday.

From Msg #231 in this thread:

"After meeting with Garyld, who knows nothing more about the orcs, the party is approached by a merchant who will pay them 15 gold pieces each to escort a river barge down to Thurmaster, where they need to go anyway to see Tauster and collect their pay for delivering the letter (10 gold pieces each). The trip to Thurmaster is uneventful. We will start up again as the party is on its way back to Milborne to collect the barge-duty pay. The new party members will have joined up with the party during this time."

Should we be seeing the in-game thread? Currently I only see the OOC thread.

Same for me, I don't see any IC thread.

So... I know its a bit late to start this but does anyone wanna try and work out how the new players are going to fit in with the party?

In reply to Alessandra de Tylmarande (msg # 247):

Absolutely. For background purposes Lucien is a master of espionage so if any has moved in underground circles that could be a connection. He enjoys gambling, making traps, and completely rational caution. Mechanically he's a ranged rogue who doesn't have a longbow yet, but hopes to get one soon.

Antia is a sister of light cleric so if any of you are religious you might have met or heard if the demon child taken un by the order and brought up in the faith....some say it was an experiment to see if they could save her soul from the curse of her race....others see it as blasphemy....

Cool cool, thank you both for posting that up.

Its pretty much like it says in Alessandra's description, she's a member of one of the oldest and most powerful noble families in the city of Neverwinter, her family has always had a strong connection to the worshippers of Tyr and has included several clerics and paladins of the Maimed God. As a girl Alessandra grew obsessed with stories about noble knights, her own ancestors among them, and brave adventurers; so she pretty much dedicated her life to become one. And now that she has sworn her Oath to Tyr and stood her vigil in the Grand Temple of Justice in the heart of Neverwinter, she is now a sworn Knight and Paladin in his service. So she is off and out into the world seeking quests both to prove herself and make the world a better place.

That is assuming that this is taking place in the forgotten realms... if not.. well then I'm kinda in trouble. :p

Then she could have heard whispers of the demon child cleric while at the temple of justice but ignored the rumours until now... Could lead to friction between the characters or they could end up the best of friends :)

Either or is very possible, the last time that I played Alessandra in a game we also had a tiefling woman with us, although she was a ranger and not a cleric. But in general Alessandra tended to be a bit cold toward her, because its hard for her to imagine anyone with daemon blood in them being entirely beyond the influence of the Demons and Devils. But she also does her best to assume that the she is good until proven otherwise... that is probably the tack I'm going to take.

It should be interesting to see how it turns out.

Sounds good to me :)

In reply to Alessandra de Tylmarande (msg # 247):


Al's a dwarven scout/guide above and bleow grounds. He could have met or hung out with any naturey types or anyone outside urban settings for a while. There also seems to be a druid npc somewhere in the party past, he might be have had some association with their circle.

As far as whether this campaign takes place in the Forgotten Realms, I don't think that has ever been explicitly stated.

The party's old druid actually departed with the NPC druid when we parted ways, do it seems reasonable to me that they might have sent a friend our way.

Khaerus spent most of his life in a monastery and has only more recently been traveling about to see the world.

Okay cool cool! Its nice to know a lot more about my new companions in this game. So does anyone see any obvious connections or should we just hand wave it away? I'm also a bit reluctant to offer ideas since I'm not sure how the GM will introduce us into the game.

If he's already made that clear and I missed it, then I'm really sorry. Its been a bit busy lately.

Lathan is a wandering hunter/ranger/adventurer, so he could easily have met up with the party during their recent travels and decided to accompany them for a while.

And/or he could might know Albrecht or the previous druid and been drawn into the story that way.

The payment for the barge work is 15 gold pieces per person. Everyone is entitled to that.

Antia, Cathasach, Lucien, and Vimak also should received 10 gold pieces each for delivering the letter to Tauster, if they haven't already marked that down.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 259):

Added to my sheet, on a related note: Lucien really would like to buy a longbow if one is available.

Just introduced Alessandra to the game, sorry if the post was a bit rushed and definitely on the long side. I'll try and make them a bit smaller and easier to read next time. I tend to go a bit overboard with character introductions.

I hope my post was alright and didn't make any serious mistakes. If I did then I'll edit it when I get a chance.

Lucien can purchase a longbow in Milborne.

Also, I'm currently recruiting characters for a d20 Modern "Shadow Chasers"-style game, if any of you are interested: link to another game.
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:39, Fri 18 Nov 2016.

Sorry all, I have overcommitted myself. I don't feel I can give all the games I play in the time they deserve. I need to drop this one, please feel free to remove or replace me.

Sorry to see you go. Best wishes in the future!

I'll bump the advert to find a replacement for him and Cathasach (unless you're still with us, Cathasach; let me know!). I would imagine we'll get some interested parties pretty quickly, so we should be able to keep moving along.

Still here. Def sorry to see you go, Vimak. Your character is easily one of the most entertaining things I've had the pleasure of interacting with on PbP.

We found a replacement for Vimak... Welcome, Kol Zad!

I'll move things along later today. I've got to run to an appointment now.

Alright, 'Kol Zad' is a fucking sweet name. Totally gonna lift that sometime in the future.

By the way, what's our current loadout of skillsets looking like now that the party has mighty-morphin-changed-the-cast? I know for sure

-Antia is classic cleric (horns 'n sulfur notwithstanding)
-Lucien is face-y and scout-y and stab-y
-Cathasach wrestled a bear once (I'm way too proud of that)
-Albrecht is a druid(?) and a scout

How are the rest of you fellers focused? And how can we work to help you kill things and look cool?

Oh, also welcome. It's good to have you here. I've been putzing around the past couple weeks but I'll be checking in properly now.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:18, Mon 21 Nov 2016.

Hi everyone, happy to be here and to meet you all.



Thanks and you are more than welcome to do that. I thought it was a cool name for a half-orc though I am usually horrible when it comes to naming a character.

As for how Kol functions in a fight he is the standard sword warhammer and board type with heavy armor. Aside from that and some barbarian lite abilities gifted to him due to his orc heritage. So at the moment he can only really hit things and take a little bit of a beating as well.

That being said I can change him up if need be.

Welcome, Kol, though I am fairly new so take my welcome as you will. =)

Khaerus is a Wizard (and Sage), thus predictably a bit more ranged combat in focus and good at intelligence-based skills.

Welcome kol hope you have fun :)

Hi gm is it ok for antia  to pick up a bladed weapon before we set off again...never liked the mace all clerics seem to start with never felt it fitted in with her character

Lathan is another new character. He is a ranger who fights with two swords. He is good at hunting and other outdoorsy activities.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:54, Mon 21 Nov 2016.

Yes, please purchase any equipment you need now.

hi guys still here will post soon just been a hectic (S**TY) week so far had to take over a project after one of the office staff was sacked and its gone slightly south so I'm having to work hard to bring it back into line before the deadline next week.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Yes, Al is a scout and social avoidant druid, he's also a total noob. I'll try not to mess things up too badly. You guys are all really good! I'm still learning how to play this way, hopefully I'll catch up to your level.

Is anyone else having trouble accessing the site? Lately I'm getting an rpol site down error message.

although over here in England we don't have thanks giving happy thanks giving to you as well :)


Yes I noticed the site was a bit iffy last night and couldn't get on though its been ok today so far (touch wood)

The site's been going down for several hours for me every day. It's more than a bit annoying. =)

This was posted in the technical area by one of the admin guys on the 18th November.... might still be having a little bit of trouble with it.

Hardware fault.  Luckily we've got redundancy, but trying to recover from the fault caused massive resource overload.

I've come up with a work-around that has reduced load by about 30-fold, so hopefully that will tie us over until the recovery completes.

Sorry for the interruption.  I'll be contacting the provider regarding this failure.

So, what is the plan exactly? I gather you want to talk to the farmers, but I am unsure beyond that. Are you splitting up? If so, who is going where?

I'm honestly not sure myself, although I think I volunteered to be our parties ambassador to any farmers that we do meet. I'd like to get a better idea of the plan myself?

Also, are there any questions in particular people want me to ask the locals? I'm still getting my feet under me with this game so I'm not sure about some of the questions I should ask and shouldn't ask?

My understanding of what has been put forth was to start towards the nearest farm and then slowly make our way inwards further in to the Mire, talking to farmers as we go for those that are in further. IE: go to this farm on the most outside near us - then go to the next farm closer in, etc - until finally there are no more farms and we just head in to the mire unless any farmer have given us a better idea of what's going on and where more specifically we should be heading to.

It has been suggested that only some of the party goes to speak to the farmers. I have not posted IC yet and won't be able to until later today. That being said if the group decides to split up for a bit he will go with those who won't be talking to the farmers.

Lathan is against the idea of splitting up, but if the others insist on doing so, he won't argue and will go with whichever group needs him most.

I don't think we ought to split up, just go with what Khaerus suggested here. We head from farm to farm and talk to the locals.

@Alessandra: Lucien will whisper in your ear if necessary.

agreed lets not split up yet ...lets work our way from farm to farm to try and find out whats happening.

Albrecht had asked earlier about any nearby bodies of water and I never replied. Cutter Brook runs through the middle of the New Mire.

Sorry. I've been away from my computer pretty much all day the past two days, but I'll try to post something soon.

It's been awfully quiet lately. Is everyone okay?

Once you are done talking to these farmers, I will jump ahead/summarize a little for the sake of moving things along.

I'm here. I don't have any questions for the farmers, so unless someone else does, I'm ready to move on.

I often have trouble posting the weekends but am also fine to move on. =)

I'm so so sorry that I disappeared on you all, exams have been complete hell. But I should have gotten something up sooner.

I managed to get a quick post up, its not very good and my explanation for her silence is pretty weak but its all I could force through. I'll do better once I get back into the flow.

I'm sorry for the trouble everyone.

Apologies for not posting sooner. I'll make sure not to disappear like that again without at least giving a warning in advance.

Apologies work leading up to Xmas has been hectic and in the evenings I've been painting the house to get it tidy before the family decend

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE :)

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays all!

Happy holidays!

Happy Merry!

My post is up, how does it look? Sorry that the first part is basically in the past, I just wanted to get her response up. I hope that's alright.

In reply to Alessandra de Tylmarande (msg # 298):

It's a necessity of the play by post format. No worries.

Happy new year!

Happy New Year!

Is everyone still with us?

Antia, Kol, and Alessandra have not posted in a while. Could you three please post soon to let me know if you are still here before we proceed?

Bump?

I hope we didn't lose them... If I don't hear back from them soon, I'll start looking for replacements.

I removed Kol from the game, as he hadn't posted in a month.

I'd like to know who all is still with us before we proceed to the next part of the story. Albrecht, Lucien, Lathan, and Khaerus have all been active, but Alessandra and Antia have been very quiet. If I don't hear back from them very soon, we'll have to remove them and recruit new blood.

Thanks for being patient.

I'm still here.

Still here! Albrecht will make everyone a nice breakfast before we set off again.

I'm assuming you already know that I'm still here, but since the others are checking in, I will too.

Yes, I know you all are here still. I'm just concerned about Antia and Alessandra.

They both logged in yesterday, and Antia sent me a PM saying she would post today, but neither of them posted... :(

If I don't hear back by tomorrow night, we'll start recruiting replacements. Thanks for your patience.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 310):

No worries. Such is life in PbP games.

Apologies work has been crazy since i got back from Xmas :)

I'm here as well, sorry for the trouble everyone.

Hey hey, just glad you're back.

I'm glad you're both still with us. I'll move things along tomorrow morning.

Thanks DM, its good to be back. I hope my posts have been alright?

Ahhh one of Kaherus's personality flaws coming in to play, lol.

Would I be able to cast entangle in a cave here? The wording in the spell description is kinda vague. I'm not sure if i need previous plant life or soil in the area, it just says 'weeds and vines sprout'.

You can cast entangle in a cave.

What's the plan? It sounds like several of you want to follow the goblins deeper into the cave, but there does seem to be some disagreement about that.

I was hoping that Anita and Khaerus would chime in. Right now it seems that follow the Goblins is the leading plan.

Following is my vote.

My apologies. My cold turned in to a sinus infection and I've been unable to sleep well which has affected my functionality. I'll try to post more.

As a player and thinking strategically, I honestly don't see much of a point. But speaking as my character, Alessandra is a very wet behind the ears young paladin who see's the goblins as a potential threat to the locals, so definitely follow them and ensure they leave the area. One way or the other.

Hi guys sorry for the lack of posting my daughter gave me her flu which has gone down onto my chest and has knocked me for 6 will post as soon as I can stop coughing for five minutes

It's been a weird couple of weeks, but I'm still here.

For clarification, Antia was only talking with the shaman. The chief has not been part of the discussion regarding the ring. The chief and the other goblins are still watching everything from a distance.

@GM: Would I be able to learn anything about the ring with an Investigation check?

No, your investigation check didn't reveal anything about the ring.

You will need someone with the ability to cast identify to find out anything else about the ring at this point.

In case you hadn't noticed, Alessandra and Khaerus are gone. We'll be recruiting some replacements once we get to an appropriate spot in the story, probably after you resolve the issue with the goblins.

Is Lucien's plan amenable to everyone?

Also, as a heads up, I'll be busy/traveling a lot the next couple weeks, so my posting might be a little spottier than usual but I'll try to check in daily.

I'm fine with the plan.

Fine with me

Don't worry im off to the peak district on holiday next week hopefully the place we are staying at has wifi

All good with the plan.

I had a medical emergency this weekend but I'm doing better today. I'll try to post as soon as I feel up to it.

No worries. Take care of yourself.

Thanks. I'm much better today. My vacation has been canceled and I have a lot of follow-up appointments the rest of the week but I am otherwise doing well.

How is everyone doing?

Once you get the situation with the goblins resolved we'll recruit some more players and move on to a little more action.

Cool cool cool. I hope the mission back to town is going well. We're mostly lamenting the lack of donuts for our stake out back here.

Well, I'm waiting to hear back from Antia right now, but it looks like our trip to town might take longer than expected.

Sorry for the slow going. I'll try to keep things moving more quickly.

And thanks for the comic relief, Albrecht. I've been getting a kick out of your posts.

Am I violating the first rule of D&D? Yes, yes I am. Albrecht, remember me if I never come out again!

I wasn't feeling well earlier in the week, hence the lack of posting. I apologize. I'll be away from home until Saturday. I'll post this weekend. Thanks for your patience.

No problem I've been having slight health issues too this month :( nearly sorted out though :)

I hope everyone is doing okay. I'm still here; I've just been a bit preoccupied lately. I probably won't be around much more the rest of this week until Saturday.

Antia, I think Lathan is waiting on you to initiate the conversation, by the way.

Apologies I've had a lot of crap dumped on me at work this week

We just added a new character to the story. She should be able to help you out with getting the ring identified.

Let's welcome Seirye (pronounced Siree) to the game!

Welcome Seirye!

hello, hello, I'm so very glad to be joining you all. You should all be able to help me massively in my researches ;) ... sorry, our mutual adventures.

I'm assuming there is still a post or three before the party find their way to the inn where I am staying?

Yes. Lathan and Antia should be there shortly.

Please don't think too badly of Seirye :) She'll grow on you in due course as she learns to appreciate being kept alive! She hasn't seen a lot of the real world, let alone real people.

Otherwise she's just your basic High Elf Wizard - very smart, nimble, possessed of a surprising mental and physical toughness but not very good at getting on with people yet.

Hi DM, Are you expecting us to add anything to your last post in Milborne?

Not necessarily. I'm assuming you'll want to take the barge from Thurmaster back to Milborne. If not, let me know. Otherwise, I am mostly just giving Antia a chance to post. I'll move it along shortly.

Not been a very good week or so for my and my wife. She had a call back a week and a half ago when they spotted something on her 3 yearly breast scan.  It's been a bit stressful until she was given the all clear last Friday when they did the scan again... So I took the family away for the weekend to relax.... So big apologies for not posting

No problem. I'm glad to hear everything checked out okay.

Lucien and Albrecht, the rest of the party should be returning to the Patchwork Hills soon (by the end of this week, I imagine), and with one or two new friends, so hold tight. Then we can hopefully get all of this New Mire mess resolved. :)

Also, if anyone is interested in a game in the Planescape campaign setting, I just started one and am looking for players: link to another game. Any and all of you would be more than welcome to join.

Refresh my memory GM. Who was Garyld?

Garyld the Carpenter is the town constable in Milborne.

Sorry, intermittent web access while i switch providers. I'll keep trying to post, but it looks like i haven't been able to.

As a heads up for everyone, my wife and I have our wedding anniversary this week and I am anticipating not being around much on Thursday and Friday. I'll try to check in and post if I'm able to, but otherwise don't expect much from me until the weekend.

And now that you are close to solving the New Mire problem, we might be adding an additional player, whose character will be joining you after you return to Milborne.

'Close to solving the problem' eh? Anyway, sounds like a plan Stan.

I have awarded experience to each of you for successfully resolving the problem with the New Mire. Congratulations!

And welcome to Gallus, who will be joining the party shortly!

Hello everyone. Looking forward to getting started. I'm a bit busy with the 4th right now but should have my CS up by late next week. Thanks for having me.

Hi Gallus

And a happy holiday to all the Americans. Enjoy yourselves!

Oh so close.

Welcome Gallus!

Gallus should be making his appearance in the inn soon.

If anyone else wants to restock/purchases supplies, you can just send me a PM indicating what you are purchasing.

I'm not sure where Gallus is... If we don't hear from him soon (today), we will proceed without him.

Apologies for the long silence, the 4th weekend of selling fireworks got longer than we hoped.  We've pretty much just put the last box of supplies away and done the last of the bookwork.  Took a family day yesterday just to relax, sleep in and go to the beach and ready to rejoin life again.  Thanks for your patience and look for me to get caught up tonight.

I'll get things moving again over the weekend (I don't have my notes with me or I'd do it now). In the meantime, continue the roleplay in the inn.

Seirye probably shouldn't post first. If someone else wants to dive in and get us started?

Since the job doesn't start for two days, let me know if there is anything you want your characters to do in the meantime. Otherwise, we can jump ahead.

Lucien is going to upgrade to studded leather armor, but otherwise we can skip ahead.

Seirye decides its time for her to get her familiar. She spends one night at the tavern performing the necessary ritual. Procuring the necessary charcoal and incenses costs 10GP. I've updated my wealth

Fizjl.
Tiny Celestial Spider (Good)
AC:12, HP:1, HD:1d4, Init:+2, Bite +4 1P, PP:10, Stealth:+4
Abilities: Celestial, Climbing, Darkvision, Spider Climb, Web Sense, Web Walker

Fizjl is female and has a deep purple hue. She looks like a wolf spider. She has decided that she will live in Seirye's hood unless she wants to see what is going out at which point she will climb up onto Seirye's shoulder.

Seirye visits a tailor and has them sew a small pouch onto the inside of the hood. It has stitched walls with a leather insert, rather than just being a single flap of cloth. Consequently it is slightly squared off with a little rigidity. Fizjl moves in right away.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:58, Wed 26 July 2017.

Sorry for my long silence.  I was waiting for the dwarf to respond.  I might be on tomorrow night but if not, then I wont be back till Sunday night.  Have a great weekend.

Real life is important. Bad things happen without warning - it's happened to me - and players can't get onto RPOL to let you know for a variety of reaons. However I think that if someone doesn't login, let alone post, for seven days you probably need to move the story on. The DM can run their character.

Seirye and Lucien, be sure to update your character sheets to reflect the changes if you haven't done so already. And anyone else wanting to purchase equipment, go ahead and do that now.

Done and done.

double done and done

I found out tonight my step father has cancer.  Its all over his body.  He probably isn't going to live out the month.  I'm going to be out of contact for a while helping my mom through this ordeal.  I'll try and keep you updated, but don't look for anything consistent for a while.  Forgive my shortness, I'm sure you can understand my not wanting to do this right now.

I'm sorry to hear about your step-father! Take care and join us again when you are able to do so.

That's terrible Gallus, take care of you family.

Question: GM are weather and night enough to qualify for the Wood Elf 'Mask of the Wilds' ability right now?

Oh Gallus, I'm so sorry. We'll be thinking of you and your family.

Yes, Lucien, you can use that ability.

I'll be gone pretty much all day today, so don't expect much, if anything, from me until tomorrow.

I'm assuming Gallus won't be posting right now, but we are still waiting on Antia. If I don't hear from her soon, I'll post for her so we can proceed with the skirmish.

Apologies guys been on a bit of a trip taking my daughter to her grandparents for her annual two weeks holiday ... unfortunately they live in the back of beyond and internet connection is patchy at best

It's the same with my grandma. She doesn't even bother trying to have internet.

Sorry for the delay in responding. We had/have some unexpected guests this weekend.

No worries.

I swear I'm not usually this incompetent.

Texting from my phone so apologies if it comes out poorly. Just wanted to update everyone. At my mom's with no computer. Funeral will be in two weeks. Until then I'm going to be pretty busy. Thank you for your patience.

No problem. We'll be ready for you whenever you are able to come back. Take care.

We're just waiting on a post from Antia before we proceed to the next round.