To be honest I know almost nothing about the rules for either 1.0 or 2.0, so for me the key is the ability to explore the individual stories and goals in the midst of the overarching plot.

Setting up scenes where the players can talk and explore without absolutely needing a response from a GM has helped me in rpol games specifically.

That's generally my philosophy... you shouldn't have to wait on the GM in order to post and do some role-playing.


I've been dragging my feet a bit... need to put up a Posting Rules thread. It's not meant to be an absolute rule, but just suggestions to help improve the game for some players that need it.


Anyway, put up a Players Wanted post, so hopefully we'll see some response.

I'm at GenCon thru Sunday.

Howdy folks!

I'm Albert, your "friendly" (as friendly as folks from Eisen get) Eisen marine.  I'm going to have to sit down with y'all and figure out how exactly he fits into the story, but if anyone wants to create some tie ins ahead of play, I'm more than amenable to it!

I'm always up for some historical ties.  Prior to joining up with Alicia, Jarrun was a wandering professional pugilist.  He would earn his travel money either by working as an able seaman or in the ring.

Excellent!  Well, Albert's a marine (and a dabbler when it comes to fisticuffs), so perhaps they served on a ship together?

Still alive!

As bad as Hurricane Irma was, it wasn't all that bad. Almost no building damage has been reported, not even broken windows, but signs and lots and lots of trees have been uprooted.

15 million people without power. It's starting to come back online now, but probably won't have it at the house for another 2-3 days. Posting from a friend's workplace, which never actually lost power because it was part of the evacuation route.

All we had were a few roof leaks, and the backyard fence got blown down.

I'm glad you made it through relatively unscathed.

10.5 days without power!

 Lost power on the 9th just around noon as the hurricane passed by.

 No power, no AC, no lights, no stove/microwave/toaster oven, no hot water, no TV, no computer, no modem, no internet.

 Florida. Summer. Hot. Humid. Sat around in the dark and sweated. Didn't sleep well, didn't eat much.

 Couldn't go anywhere since most places were also without power.

 For a few days, gas was scarce, because most gas stations didn't have power, and so couldn't pump gas. The few that either had power or emergency generators had long lines and then ran out of gas. Tried getting by on ice, but so was everyone else, and ice quickly sold out.

 Finally got power back about 8:30 last night.

 So now we're cleaning up the mess.

 It'll probably be another day or two before I get caught up on all my games.

You must live around Naples, then. My cousin lives around Tampa and was much more fortunate.

The main thing is that you are alright!

Yup.
I'm actually considering putting my name in as an emergency responder through my office for a disaster team.  Every time I see how bad things can get when disaster strikes, I want to help however I can.

Here's to recovery.

Yeah, live 3 communities north of Naples... four if you count North Naples.

Taking longer than I thought to clean up.

The big issue right now is cleaning up all the debris lining all the side streets. A news report the other night said it was estimated to be 4 million tons. The downed trees and branches, if they dry out, could wind up being a gigantic fuse! And the interior material from houses that got flooded are out on the street and starting to turn into a biohazard from the mold. Most of the flooded houses have been condemned now because of the mold growing inside.

To further complicate things, my internet provider seems to have had some damage to its wires or towers or whatever because I've been fighting with them all week. I can't stay connected for more than about 15 minutes at a time, although it's been better today. I write something and go to post it and find I've lost internet connection and the post also disappears.

While it's not all that big of a deal, it means I wind up playing tag with the internet... matching time and energy with when I'm online!


Anyway, hope everyone is still here.

I am in Italy until the 12th, then go to a mini-Con until the 15th evening.

Still here and back to normal work hours for me.

Bleh. Struggling to get back into this game. With so many players dropping out/disappearing, I've just had a hard time refocusing on this game.

Since I haven't deleted it yet, it's not quite dead, so one last attempt to reboot this...

If anyone is still here, still interested, speak up!

If you have any ideas for where you'd like the story to go, also speak up!

A suggestion?  Do a role call and clear things out.

And I'd love to start playing!  ... You'll just need to figure out how to introduce my character.

Still here.

Still here, just trying to figure out how to fit in.

Also here...

For those who are looking for ways to get introduced, unless you already have a plan, Jarrun had spent the past few years traveling from port to port as a pugilist ring fighter before his run-in with some rather murderous types and joining this quest at Alicia's side.

I'm open for ties.

Glad to see everyone is still around. Plus Albert recruited two new players; working on getting them done.

Ties are always good!  Drop me a PM when you're around today and we can figure something out.

For game purposes, Alicia had been at the University in Altamira for several years.

While I won't object if another player wishes to create a Background with her, I don't have any trouble in 'creating' links with other characters going forward.

Alicia's history in the Cast has several possible hooks, but she has lots of interests that are not necessarily mentioned there as well.

(Temporary avatar, I'm chronically indecisive)

Anyway, Hi! I'm leaning towards a Ship's Captain, myself. Possibly Probably with ties to the Brotherhood of the Coast, but we'll see what happens when I have a chance to hash out something concrete.