To be continued...

So Eri was still pretty new when all this went down so as long as you give me an idea of what is expected I'm cool to start anywhere. Just let me know if you need any specifics from me :)

I was thinking of two possible starting points.

Either the Silver Forest and back to the quest line you were on or farther to the west and dealing with the feudal minor lords and some more classical type of adventure.

I think I'd prefer the second option unless there are strenuous objections from the crowd. I never really understood what our quest was.

@DM: Making some tweaks, and I think I'd like a name change. Can you rename Uriel to Berrian Sylvaranth, please and thanks?

Done!

Thanks! I've not had time to deal with this yet but I'll get there ;)

Good to go.

Happy to pick up again as you like. Just an FYI I'm going to Disney with the kids next week, leaving Tuesday. I may get the odd phone post in but for the most part I will not be following until I get back.

I think this is an important point. I think it should be clear for everyone what our goal is. Although I must apologize for derailing our trip last time. We had a goal and I steered away from it a bit..

I'd like our adventure/goal to be related to one of the factions we were dealing with before. We've obviously gotten into contact with some of the Orders already, and exploring them further sounds pretty cool. If this also means getting to see some of the background groups (silver elves for example) that makes it even more interesting. I'm also happy to see more of the Eyes of Yggdrasil, but that's of course very centered around Kharash only :P

Posted a fresh start. I made a decision to remove us from the Silver Forest and further west to the Plains of Krieghold. This portion of the campaign will be just as open, but more focused on the interactions of the different factions and orders but with a more classic DnD style for adventures.

So where do we sit with Grunt?

Given grunt's size and the amount of time we've spent with him as his porter, I assume we have some sort of routine established here?

I doubt we just wander from place to place with the thought "we'll figure it out when we get there."

Well, Griswold probably would, but the wiser ones amongst us would have thought ahead, I'm sure.

Perhaps we have some sort of oversized tent for him, or made advanced booking at a place with appropriate accommodation (an inn with stables, a barn, etc)? Also, depending on how famous the guild is, people might have heard about him ahead of time?

You can treat Grunt as more of a mascot type NPC. His size has made him a signature part of your group, so most nobles have likely heard of you because of him. He is too innocent for combat since his rehabilitation, so unless someone directly threatens you, he will stay sidelined. As for accommodations, Grunt sleeps under a super heavy tarp. He likes it that way and doesn’t mind the rain. In the past, you’ve been able to find a barn or stable that he can sleep in during bad weather. He is a big fan of horses and has been caught spoiling Tilda several times with apples.

Any more questions? I’m happy to answer!

Does my horse gain hp for being overfed? :P

How's everyone doing? I got a note a couple of months ago that things were getting started back up again, but I wasn't available at the time, and it looks like we didn't get very far before it started going downhill again.

Who all is still here, and how's everyone doing?

Hi Wrenn!  Im fine ty.  Hope you are too.

Also Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all.

Sorry, everyone. I have been struggling to motivate myself to keep up with this game. I have been trying to find a way forward but the holiday season killed my confidence and motivation.

As a New Years promise, I vow to update this game every Friday. I apologize and appreciate the patience.

No worries. Real life is exhausting sometimes and it can suck you dry.


Merry Christmas/happy new year and all that jazz back by the way!

Happy new year! :)

I'm here and happy to pick up whenever!

I need to read all the things and get caught up on where we are, then I'll hop in there and add something for Wrenn.

Sweet!  Welcome back.

Sorry if I’m a bit flaky for this week. I fell in the driveway Tuesday running away from imaginary monsters (I always run to my car when it’s dark), and either sprained or broke my foot/ankle. That combined with covering at my old job has made this week truly awful. I’m supposed to get xray results today so hopefully it’s good news...

Ouch. Hope it's nothing serious!

Best wishes for getting better, Eri!

Thanks guys for the well wishes. It’s a really bad sprain but not broken. Yay!!

Oh, yes - Get well soon, Eri.

And glad you didn't break anything!

Thanks! It's a lot better. I can hobble on it and it's almost back to normal size. Yay! At least my security cameras caught the whole thing. It's a pretty funny fall, I've had several requests to see it repeatedly, hahahahaha!

Hehehe, at least you got a good laugh out of it ;)

If no one has objections, I will move you to the Tower in the next 24 hours or so.

Let's roll

Im fine with that :)

I'm good with that.

Perfect!

Heshim is supposed to be looking after Grunt. How dare she abandon her duties so quickly and so brazenly! XD

Such is the life of NPCs! You can’t trust them at all!

How is everyone doing?

I'm doing alright. I got laid off in early January, sent my Dutch girl to a new host family because she was driving my wife to drinking, took on a Japanese girl short term, spent a month looking for a new job, got a new job in early-mid Feb, welcomed the Japanese girl to the family permanently the same day they offered me the job, took on another Japanese girl because her host family was not longer able to host her, fast forward 3 weeks and that brings us to today.

That’s a hell of a busy couple months!

That is crazy pants. Who are all these foreign women you’re hosting??

Okay here. Kind of fell off my radar because I was waiting for Kharash to answer - it seemed like he was steering the conversation. I’m happy to jump in though.

I'm a coordinator for a high school foreign exchange program. I have 2 girls living with me full time, and the one who is with me temporarily. I've had 4 other daughters previously.

I thought my house was busy!

Yeah, that's impressive! I really couldn't handle that. I can barely handle the new kitten that was thrust upon me.

I've been busy too, I just had my 12th anniversary last Saturday and have been playing video games and watching action movies with my husband for almost a week. Pretty great stuff. I'm back in it now though! Sorry about that guys.

Hmm video games and movies...heads to Google...



Yep, checks out.

Oh, and Congratulations!
This message was last edited by the player at 15:52, Wed 04 Mar 2020.

Hahaha! You’re hilarious! We actually tried to get anniversary themed  tokens when we first got married. For cotton we got matching Kramer t shirts (from Seinfeld), then paper we got little notebooks. The third year we forgot and decided we were way too flaky to handle traditions! So now we just eat tons of Asian food and laze about for days. This year was especially great since it was a leap day and that’s the actual day we got married. We used to talk about taking big special trips on actual leap days but that’s just not in the cards for a while. Now we just get soooo much takeout it’s ridiculous and keep saying, “It’s cheaper than Europe, it’s cheaper than Europe,” to justify it!!

I don't think you need to justify it - it sounds glorious!

Agreed! It really was! Of course now I miss it extra with all the virus drama ruining the world...

Hey folks, sorry I have been quiet. COVID has hit my area hard and being part of the military has added extra steps. I just wanted to let you know that I am still here and will move us forward as I can. Please, stay safe during this tough time.

@GM - I guess the people intrigued by the shouting could make perception checks to try and better discern what is happening (if they want to), or is that not currently possible?

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.

Oh, well firstly big congratulations! :) And secondly, I hope she gets good and strong quickly.

Go be with your child! :)

Congratulations

Thank you everyone. I really appreciate it.

Hey folks. It’s been a crazy few months. I feel like I can finally get back to the game. Who is still with us?

I'm still here if people are inclined to resume.

Yup! Still here!

I'm still here. :)

Good to hear from everyone. I will try to update tonight or tomorrow. My expectation is to update every Friday. Even if there are only you three that are regular.

Sounds good :)

I'm...here, but not really. It seems like being home all the time would give me more time, but it's actually done the opposite.

I do stay up to date on as many games as I can, but I honestly don't even have the time to handle the games that are already active. I might be open to coming back at some point in the future, but for now I'll bow out.

I keep links to all my games in a private thread within my own game, as well as my character sheets, so in order to cut down on my notifications every day, go ahead and remove me for now. If I wind up with more time again once things settle down, I will reapply at that time.

Sorry to hear that, Wrenn but good luck!

Sorry folks, but life seems to be kicking me once again. Things are going to be sporadic until things even out again.

You and me both :)

It’s almost like there’s a pandemic happening, or something crazy like that.

It is with sadness that I am announcing the deletion of this game. Too much has happened and changed for me to even attempt a revival. Thank you everyone for all the hard work and time spent in my little world. I wish you the best going forward.

Grab what you want from the game threads. Deletion will happen September 1st. Thank you again.

Thanks for the fun times.

Sorry to hear that but I totally get it! Thank you for the fun while it lasted and I hope you have only wonderful things in your endeavors. That goes for all of you!

My thanks too.  All the best to everyone!

It was good times, all.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:38, Sat 04 Sept 2021.

In reply to Wrenn Muernig (msg # 67):

Waaaaah! I’m sad now! Lol! I have this picture saved to my computer because it’s just so awesome!

Haha!  Me too.

Wow. I honestly didn’t expect people to still be here. I’m floored.

Well, it was a really fun game :)

I take it then there is still interest?

I dunno.  We've tried (and failed) to restart so many times already.

I've been on this site for nearly 20 years, I'm not going anywhere.

I wouldn't mind picking things back up. If we do though, I think starting from scratch is our best bet rather than trying to pick up the broken pieces from 2 years ago. After our break in 2019 and the attempted comeback then while I was traveling through Europe, I know everyone got a little lost on what was going on and what we were supposed to be doing, so I don't think trying to pick up right where we left off is a good idea. We could do same characters, same story if that's what you want to do, but if so then I think we need a clear path laid out for where we're going, what we're doing, for who, why, and so forth.

I think a fresh start gives us a better chancing at keeping it going long term, though.

I agree with starting from scratch. In fact, I don't think I would even keep it 5e. I have fallen in love with Pathfinder 2E.

In any case, I think I would keep it small. Likely just my core group that has been hear the longest. I have gotten over my need for larger adventuring parties. I have been running a game IRL with only 3 people for over a year (Virtual of course).

I think respectfully I would have to bow out. Life has gotten considerably busier since I last participated in this game. I don't know that I could do it justice, let alone learn an entirely new rule set :)

I certainly can understand that. I wish you good luck and fortune in your adventures ahead.

I'd be willing to try it. I've joined PF2 games twice on here, and neither of them took off. It's got ton of character creation choices, which is as much a con as it is a pro in my book, as that many options is bound to present the illusion of choice. I'm more interested in 5E, but I'd give PF2 a shot.

I've never done pathfinder but I'm willing to learn! I've been on here a million trillion years too and I'm not going anywhere so I'm up for whatever!

The game has been purged. It's just us four. I have to say that I think sticking to 5e is a better idea. At least we are familiar with it.

As for the game, if we restart, It will be from scratch with just the people currently here. I will archive the rest of the threads for posterities sake, but we will start afresh.

Thoughts?

Sounds good.

Sounds perfect! Thank you!

Threads have been purged. I'll wait for Griswold before we continue. I want to know if he is in.

I would also like to point out that my life has significantly eased since we last played. I am retired from the military and working from home, for the most part. I do have time to post. I have also learned a lot from running in-person games and that will hopefully make the stories more enjoyable.

I'm still here and interested in playing :)

What do you mean by start afresh though?  If you mean from level 1, I probably will make an entirely new character.  Griswold already got knighted.  Would feel weird to start over with him as a squire again.

My homebrew world has gone a lot of changes since we started. I think we should start from scratch. New characters. New storyline. New setting(if wanted).

Sounds good to me, though I don't think we need to change the setting - you have put so much effort into the world building.  Unless you mean moving our attention to a different country within the same world?  If so, I'm definitely interested in exploring one of the other cultures.

World and story, I leave entirely in your hands, DM. I'll have fun regardless.

How about this for a prompt?

Located on a small island, nestled between the Empire of Krieghold and the lands of the Savannah Queens in the the middle of the sea, lies the former kingdom of Amur. A city-state that played neutral party between the traders of all kingdoms, it was the hub that would rival even Sirai’s massive port. But like so many fallen kingdoms, it fell prey to the greed of a dragon.

Valketh the Stormbringer, an ancient black wyrm, used a mighty spell to batter Amur with wind and waves. Using the storm as cover, Valketh raided the main keep of the massive city and claimed it as his own. Now, centuries later, the ruins of Amur stand as testament to the power of an ancient dragon.

The city of Amur, the surrounding jungles and towns, plus a small port are still occupied. Gatorfolk, kobolds, and dragon cultists guard the ruins and pay homage to Valketh as he slumbers in the now sunken keep. Treasures abound in the ruins, waiting to be claimed, if you can get out alive.

I never turn down an opportunity to raid a dragon's hoard.

I thought something a little old school might set us on the right path. Plus, you can be from anywhere in the world. Backstory, class, and race are all on the table. No restrictions as long as you can put a good story to it.

All published books available and level 1?

Correct

The only thing I'm not really playing right now is a wizard, so I might make another one. I'll give it some thought, though.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:27, Sun 05 Sept 2021.

Obviously it would help if the party has a shared backstory, but it is not required.

I'm fine with you playing a wizard again, if you like, Wrenn.

I've come up with a concept for a somewhat unusual (and a little edgy) character.  More for story than min-maxing, the best fit for them would be:

Race:
Changeling/Kalashtar

They wouldn't actually be either of these, but the concept best fits with the themes presented by their racial rules.  At the moment I am leaning more towards Kalashtar.

Class:
Twilight Domain Cleric / Shadow Magic Sorcerer / Hex-Blade Warlock / The Undying Warlock

The Twilight Domain Cleric is the least appropriate, but I thought I'd offer it up in case we need a healer of some sort and I am interested in playing one.  I've played grave domain clerics before so I'd rather not do that and though death domain would also fit, it is considered a 'villainous' option and (imo at least) is a little overpowered.

Point is, with this character, I am happy to customise them to fit whatever we need.  Though they'd make for a weak 'tank'.
This message was last edited by the player at 11:11, Sun 05 Sept 2021.

Undying Warlock is so incredibly bad, it's not even funny. Unless you're in an undead-heavy campaign, you might as well not have a subclass at all. I've been playing one now for 4 years in a PotA game, which is undead-lite, and I regret taking that subclass every time I think about it.

Here are all of the things that I'm considering, all of which I've just not had a chance to play yet, in no order at all.

Echo Knight Fighter
Fathomless Warlock
Stars Druid
Shephard Druid
Bladesinger Wizard
Scribes Wizard
Swarmkeeper Ranger
This message was last edited by the player at 15:14, Mon 06 Sept 2021.

Alright then, that's a no to undying warlock.  Thanks :)

Well, I’ll leave the final choices to y’all. Remember that the races don’t have the same background as listed in the books, so you can come up with whatever. Kharash did it for dragonborn and made them a nomadic tribe people.

What are you thinking about playing, Eri?

While you mull on character stuff, discuss if you want to start knowing each other or not. You’ll be starting in Sirai no matter what. It’s the closest launch point to Amur.

Having an established relationship certainly smooths out the introduction. Working an escort job for our starting gold can work for any race/class/backstory combination.

For a lot of other things, I'd need to nail down which character I'm going to play before I would know the best way to tie them to another.

I think I'm going to play a barbarian! I've never done it before so I'm quite excited. And I'm all for knowing each other if that makes it easier. Probably human. I'm thinking I'll make her a bodyguard for hire, on temporary terms. She moves from job to job, preferring the nomadic lifestyle.

Gris, have you narrowed down your decision at all?

Uh, kind of the opposite actually...as I'm reconsidering my original character concept now.

Sorry >.>

If you have a preference, feel free to pick whatever you like and I'll work around you. :)

Glad at least one of us is decisive, Eri!

I'm currently leaning toward the Stars Druid. Twilight Cleric is amazing, so I considered doing that if you're going to remake Gris and Eri is going for a Barbarian (temp hp every round on a raging barbarian is insane), but I'm leaning more toward the druid at the moment.

Tbh, stars druid looks really good.

I think I will try to dual class, if that's okay.  I'll divide levels between Shadow Sorcerer and Hexblade Warlock.

GM, did Amur have its own language and, if so, would it be too meta to pick it as one of the languages our characters know?

Quick rules point: I’m going to say no to multiclassing.

As for a language, it would depend on your background. An archeologist that is studying Amur would likely know the language but a regular sailor would not.

Okay, thank you.

I was thinking about giving my character the cloistered scholar background from the sword coast adventurer's guide, but whether or not he specifically studied the Amur is debatable.  I wanted him to hail from the Dunnothi port city of Sirai, so Amur's fate could feasibly be of academic interest to him.  A cautionary tale maybe?

If there's no dual classing, I guess I'll go Shadow Sorcerer.  I've only played 1 Sorcerer before and that was a long time ago. :)

Edit - I'm also thinking variant human, if that's allowed.  Aiming to pick up the skilled feat, which would mean he starts with 4 languages (2 human, 2 cloistered scholar) and 8 skills/tools (2 sorcerer, 1 human, 2 background, 3 skilled)
This message was last edited by the player at 15:15, Thu 09 Sept 2021.

If you are going to be from one of the many libraries of Sirai, there should be no issue having a cursory knowledge of Amur. It would be similar to a layman's knowledge today of the Roman Empire. The main information is there but the details are fuzzy.

Amur spoke a dialect of Giant as their main language, though the melting pot effect means that multiple different languages were common in the city. Goblin might come in as a close second due the the prevalence of hobgoblin guards and watchmen.

No issue with variant human or the feat choice.

Which languages would be associated with the study of astrology?

Celestial is the language of the gods and heavens.

What are we doing for ability scores?

I’ll let you choose from 4d6(high 3), standard array, or (my personal favorite) the 24d6 dice pool.


Dice pool (24d6)
Assign as many dice as you want to an ability and roll for your score. Highest you can get is still 20 but you can ensure higher scores with more dice. Obviously you have to roll at least one dice. Abilities with only 1d6 have +3 added to the score. Word of warning, there are no do-overs with this method.
This message was last edited by the GM at 04:08, Fri 10 Sept 2021.

Pool of 24 sounds...interesting.

My table game, before Covid, had a guy use it and his character got 20 and 18 for Strength and Constitution but was a 7 and 9 in Wisdom and Charisma. He basically roleplayed it like MCU Drax.

Sure, let's give it a shot.

00:07, Today: Wrenn Muernig rolled 7,14,17,13,14,7 using 3d6,4d6,5d6,4d6,5d6,3d6.  Ability Scores.

I've done more with less.
This message was last edited by the player at 05:09, Fri 10 Sept 2021.

I guess I'll try 24 dice too :)

2d6, 4d6, 4d6, 5d6, 4d6, 5d6

11:17, Today: Griswold Ortmann rolled 7,18,15,16,16,15 using 2d6,4d6,4d6,5d6,4d6,5d6.  Ability Scores (Str, Dex, Con, Int, Wis, Cha).

Well, okay.  With Variant Human that gets me:

7,18,16,16,16,16

Did I do this right?  I think I did roll above average, but only by 3.  That's pretty crazy Oo

Though, I guess 24 dice works out as 4 dice per stat, which is straight up better than 4 dice keep highest 3.

EDIT:
Also rolled for starting gold:

12:17, Today: Griswold Ortmann rolled 4 using 3d4.  Starting Gold (roll multiplied by 10, +10 gold from background).

Total of 50gp.
This message was last edited by the player at 11:17, Fri 10 Sept 2021.

Damn, I'd say the dice roller liked you.

Well, I think it was only 3 points over average, but I might be wrong.  And the gold roll was very poor.  Still, I think I managed to get what I needed.

Regardless, I am just about done with my character.  Still a couple of kinks to iron out.  But here's a little about what Wrenn and Eri's new characters would know, if they had spent even a little time with him:

Name: Khalazar Ul Atahbi
(Also known as: Old Man Gloam)

Place of origin: Sirai, Dunnothi

Appearance:
A very old human man, who relies heavily on his staff to stand and walk.  He has exceedingly long hair, eyebrows and beard.  All are translucent-white (think polar bear fur), thin and wispy.  He peers up from under said eyebrows with tired, misty eyes, whilst his honey, but dusty skin is like a landscape of valleys and mountains, covered in deep-set wrinkles.

He wears either travelling garb, or scholarly robes.  Both are unremarkable and dully coloured.

The strangest thing though is the way light seems to interact - or rather fails to - interact with him.  No matter how bright or direct the light-source, he only ever seems to be illuminated by diffused lighting.  No part of him ever gets cast into strong contrast and no part of him ever casts a shadow. Its as though a permanent storm cloud hangs over his head.

He and his belongings feel 'clammy' to the touch.

Personality:
Quiet and often curt, sometimes to the point of harshness.  Can be polite, though this often feels laboured unless in the right company.  Not overly inconsiderate of others, even favouring benevolence, but makes no secret that his own wellbeing is his first and foremost priority.  Loathes physical contact.

Background:
Khalazar is more than willing to talk about himself, though he is sparse on details and, considering his age, short on stories.  He tells how, when he was young and through no fault of his own, he was subject to a terrible misfortune.  An event doomed him to a fate worse than death.  However, at the 13th hour, thanks to an incredible twist of fate, he was spared.  Partially.  He now exists trapped between worlds, spending his life searching for a way to complete his restoration.  He makes particular note of the human scholar who was instrumental is his half-salvation and asks if you have heard of her.  You have not and it seems foolish for him to have asked, as he mentions she was already old when he was but a boy.

Old Man Gloam:
Khalazar's cold nature, age and physical...quirk, has resulted in many false rumours and fearful tales being told about him.  Mostly by children who enjoy scaring their friends with ghost stories of "Old Man Gloam who snatches children from their homes."
This message was last edited by the player at 15:10, Sun 12 Sept 2021.

How’s character generation coming?

Sorry I'm a little behind! I've been trying to get the house ready to sell. I should have my sheet done tomorrow I believe. Wednesday at the latest. I'm trying to get my nerve up to decide which method for ability scores I want to take my chances with. Dice rollers do not like me....

No rush at all. Just wanted to check in and see if y’all had figured out a common backstory yet.

My sheet is done, save the physical description stuff and making some decisions about his background traits.

https://www.dndbeyond.com/prof.../characters/57828801
This message was last edited by the player at 23:32, Mon 13 Sept 2021.

Okay, I've made Khalazar in D&D beyond too now.  It took a while as I had to homebrew a bunch of stuff that I have the books for but have not purchased on D&D Beyond (its kept private so not being shared with the community at all).

Anyway, here's the 'share' link for his character sheet, hopefully this works:

https://ddb.ac/characters/58138823/OUvZOg

Wrenn, it seems our characters might be acquainted through scholarly pursuits.  If so, that could make us friends, colleagues, or rivals?

Also, I love that we're starting as two super weak (Strength 7) scholarly characters that are (most likely) going to have to rely on Eri's character to do literally *all* the physical tasks.  Its a very evocative set-up.
This message was last edited by the player at 11:19, Tue 14 Sept 2021.

I have more or less all the books, so I can share them in the campaign if we're all doing DDB.

I can make a new campaign and share it here.

https://ddb.ac/campaigns/join/23030892412651762
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:54, Tue 14 Sept 2021.

Perfect.  Thank you!

As we get characters set up and backstories hammered out, Let me know final names so I can change them on the game here and I will also get the first post up so that you can start interacting in character.

For this game, I am not going to set a schedule for posting. I will try to have a major update at least once a week, however. NPC replies and the like will come quick as needed.

Sounds good!

My character name is Herrin Madrigal. Herrin is pronounced Heron, just like the bird.

Now, any ideas why we all know each other? My plan is to have Herrin be a previous gladiator (against her will), and she'd be likely to take on bodyguard positions to support herself now. Perhaps you could have convinced her to travel with you as your brawn/protection? I'll have a better description of my character available soon, upon GM approval.

My character is Mennta, an Aasimar Sage, student of the stars and all things that in them are. He is a druid, but not so much one of the nature-loving kind. He certainly would be willing to hire on a bodyguard to go off in search of lost information or to explore a place that could potentially contain such information (even if we're talking 0.0000001% chance).

Feel free to post in character when you are ready.

My new character description is up. Sorry if it was a bit rushed. I'm distracted today by some wacky wacky stuff.

My dog got sprayed by a skunk tonight. I didn't realize it had happened, I just knew she had barked at something after I let her out. When she came in, she dove into the carpet to wipe it off, then jumped up onto the couch to wipe it off there too. Now my entire house smells absolutely horrendous, and the smell is a trigger for both my wife's post-covid condition and my own, so the smell is amplified. I may be going to a hotel tonight if I can't get through it, but I get to spend tomorrow trying to deskunk my house. We're going through every home remedy Google has to offer right now, to do what we can tonight, but relief can't come soon enough.

Work stuff has kept me busy the last few days, which is why I haven't posted yet, I'm going to try tomorrow, but I make no promises as I don't know how much work it's going to take to get rid of this smell.

Sounds horrible :(

I hope you don't have too much trouble getting everything back in order and the two of you don't suffer.

Take as much time as you need. No rush here. I can only imagine what that smells like and I empathize with you on getting rid of it based on my own dog getting sprayed before.

I had to take time off from work to do all the work to get the smell out of the house, but I've got deadlines on the work projects for this week too, so I had to make up those hours. I'll get a post out "tomorrow" which is later today since it's 3:30 AM right now.

I could throw a crap reply with my muddled brain right now, but I'd rather doing it tomorrow when I can put some actual thought in to it.

Apologies for the delay.

Its fine.  Don't worry :)

RL comes first, so don't worry about posting. We are not on a strict schedule and if we do move the scene, it is easy enough for Mennta to quietly keep to themselves in the bacvk of the group. They are a druid, afterall.

I’m sure the vizier is a representative they need to deal with etc but Herrin is a bit blind when she’s antsy, lol. She doesn’t do well with sitting still long.

Let's hope so.

GM, could you remind me how you like skill checks to be done?

For example, say both Khalazar and Mennta want to insight the vizier, do we both roll, or should just one of us?

As it stands, I'm hoping to make 2 insight rolls.  First to see if he was lying about being part of the expedition and a second later if he names the house that he supposedly represents.

Thanks!
This message was last edited by the player at 18:37, Sat 30 Oct 2021.

I’ll rule an Insight for the truth and a persuasion for getting him to say the information you want. You can each roll one but not both.

Great.  Thanks!

I guess I'll try persuasion, then.

If anyone else wants to roll insight (or whatever) go for it.  If not np :)

Dammit lol.  Rolled a 10 on 1d10, before realising the mistake.  Went back to roll the d20 and got a 2 XD
This message was last edited by the player at 12:20, Mon 01 Nov 2021.

Ok, I'm gonna roll an insight...

Meh. 12

Insight! You may edit your post as required.

We probably don't even have 50g between the three of us, combined, so hopefully he's got a better plan.

I'm pretty sure its all BS.  I mean, he's wearing jewellery so fake we were told right off the bat, no check needed.

*insert evil laugh and finger steepling*

I am currently going through extreme emotional trauma and will be unavailable for the foreseeable future.

Oh no! I’m so sorry! I hope things get better asap and please feel free to PM me if you ever need to talk.

Thoughts and prayers, and hug-filled good vibes sent your way as that's the best I can do from here. Wishing you all the best.

Yeah, you should take all the time you need, of course.

Just for your knowledge, the reason that I am out right now is my daughter passed away on Monday. I thought y’all deserved to know at least.

Oh my gosh I am sooooo incredibly sorry. I am heartbroken for you. Please please get help through this, I can’t even imagine. So much love to you and your family right now.

I have no idea what to say to that. I'm so incredibly sorry.

That is just...

I am so sorry for your loss.

I also don't know what to say, other than thank you for somehow managing to think about us, during what must be an absolutely horrendous time.  Now don't think about us anymore, just get through this.

As if losing my daughter wasn’t enough, yesterday I lost my 4-legged best friend to a hyper aggressive tumor that grew in his abdomen. The day after my wife and I complete our road-trip to get to the Pacific Northwest from Columbus Ohio. This has honestly been the shittiest two weeks of my life and I needed to vent. I’m sorry to dump this on y’all but I had to tell someone that I’m struggling mentally and too many people close to me are emotionally wrecked to handle it.

You need to dump it somewhere, I have no problem with it being here. Sometimes letting those fingers fly while you're typing helps a bit, too. I have no idea what it feels like to loose a daughter, but I have lost several dogs and know those feelings all too well.

Huge hugs, man. Terribly sorry for all of it.

Oh no. Holy crap. I’m so incredibly sorry. I’ve lost beloved pets too and that’s heartbreaking enough without it being on top of everything else you’re dealing with. Please please vent to us anytime. It’s so important to have the ability to express grief and pain and we’re here for you. If you ever need to pm me or anything like that, please do. Sometimes unloading our grief on others really helps.

I'm sorry for taking so long to reply.

I've tried to write something many times now, but everything I come up with just feels so completely inadequate.

Just know that we're all thinking about you and that this is a safe space where you can vent as much as you like.

We're listening :)

But, please consider counselling, if you haven't already.  Especially if those closest to you are unable to provide the support you need.

It's been a hard time, but I think that I am in a okay place to pick things back up again. Thank you everyone for your support and I am looking forward to posting for you again. Expect something to be up by this weekend.

Take all the time you need. We're just pleased to have you back in any form at all, no matter when that will be. Definitely looking forward to playing again.

Don't go jumping the gun.  There really is no need to rush into anything.

But if you're sure, then that's very good to see :)

It really is okay. I hope that this will help me focus on something else besides the loss.

Speaking of the game, have y'all decided on a course of action? I don't mind waiting for the group to hash out the plan before i post.

Herrin: For your roll, to track down an individual, you would need investigation.

Ah. That's right. Thanks!

Update coming soon. Just trying to get things in line.

Sorry, but just to be clear: did each of us spot the pickpocket?

That's the first I've heard of it, so no. ;)

The secret is out :)

I love using that function.

Haha, oops >>

Its a little weird when you see a post and have no idea that other people have not seen it. :D

My life has been tossed upside down the past year and I have decided to shutter this game for good.

Thank you everyone for your participation in this game in all of its incarnations. It has been a privilege.

This time next week, I will officially delete the game. Please grab whatever you need from the threads for posterity if need be. For those interested, my discord name is Guardsman#0332. Just let me know who you are so I can not delete your message  as spam.

It has been an absolute pleasure, all. The very best to you all in whatever paths life lays before your feet!

Thanks everyone.  I hope life treats you well o7

It's been lovely! I hope everyone has only wonderful things come their way!