Playing with Kobolds is always fun but we should probably move on

Hey gang,

I just stopped in after what's become my longest break from RPOL in all the years I've been here. My wife's been having some increasingly serious problems with her health, and I'm having trouble finding time to check on my games. I'm sorry for not saying something sooner, but I thought I could hang on. So if DM allows and you are all of agreement, I'd like to fade Maerk into the background for a couple of months or so until I can get back here. I feel badly, but the posting rate of this game is slow enough that I feel like I can keep up if things level off with my wife.

Best of luck to all...

Best of luck to you!  I hope things turn out well for you and your wife.

I hope thing's work out with your wife Maerk!

Starting today I am on vacation until August 10th. From August 4th to August 7th I'll be at GENCON. I'll have internet through the hotel so everything should be okay, but we'll see what happens.

Maerk, taking care of your wife is far more important. I hope everything works out for both of you.

Yala, we are all jealous that you are getting to go to GenCon. Bring us back some cool stories!

My first day there, playing the Battletech grinder, I got 4 kills and won 4 mini's! Woot for free loot!

Nice!  The first GenCon I've been to (only one of two) was GenCon XII, back in 1979, when they were in Lake Geneva, WI.  I had submitted to be an official GM of a scenario that I had written (just one 3-hour session).  Consequently, I had a "Judge" badge instead of an "Attendee" badge, so I was able to bluff my way into the vendor area an hour before it opened.  I started the line forming at the official TSR booth and I was the FIRST person to purchase the AD&D Dungeon Master's Guide.  I still have it on my shelf.
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That's a cool story, love hearing those from olden days.

I should be able to post I tonight.

Olden days.  Sigh.

It's funny how I am constantly reminded that I'm the same age as old people.

I was only five at the time... A little before my gaming career began. ;-)

The best part about age is the stories we have to tell. I've met people, surprisingly many of them, who have very few stories to tell.

Nez, you probably don't want to know how old I wasn't at that point.

Still swimming, were you?  I was not quite 18 in the summer of '79, getting ready to start college.

Maerk grappling the mini-mannequin:  https://youtu.be/31ZjnrHR8EA?t=44

Yes, that's exactly how I see Maerk vs the mannequin! Too bad I couldn't roll even an average on the d20 for damage! Oh well, I still have him grabbed with a fairly decent Athletics DC, so we'll see how things go. As a former high level wrestler and coach, I'm often disappointed with grappling rules, but I've never really thought of better ways to handle them. Just gotta roll higher for damage. There are some feats that help, in fact Maerk already has Titan Wrestler, but I also want to pursue the shield aspect. I like PF2 generally, but I'm not familiar enough yet to pick up on nuances like I have with PF1. Listening to a Starfinder podcast didn't help as much as I thought it might due to differences in rules.

I was 4 years old back then. Mind you my first GENCON was in 1997 in Milwaukee as a gift to me from my gaming friends when I got back home for surviving my enlistment in the Active Duty Army. (And surviving almost invading a nation (Haiti in 1994), and spending time and seeing combat in said nation (Haiti in 1996)).

Anyway sorry for delay in posting, am catching up now. Had a hell of a week at work!

I've never been to a convention. Not even a local WoodchuckCon. (lol, I made that up as a joke, but there probably really IS such a thing!) I'd love to go some day, but my current situation of 20 hour days and rolling max on the 1d10 children table sort of puts the skids on such pursuits. Some day... I've often thought about advertising for a convention just to see who would drive three hours from the nearest small-town airport to attend! I'm happy to GM/DM/LM/LL/ETC some games. If you build it, they will come... right? ;-)

Didn't work out to well for some folks. https://sephlawless.com/inside...est-abandoned-malls/

Those remind me of Fallout. I'd love to explore places like that!

Well the hits keep coming. So everyone knows my responses might be slower than usual here for awhile. I'm facing some health issues. I went in for a routine eye exam that found one of my optical nerves was swollen and a bleeding blood vessel in my eye. They sent me for a MRI which found fluid behind the eye near the brain placing pressure on the eye, and suspect I might have excess fluid on the brain too so are now considering other tests. Yesterday I went back to the ophthalmologist, and I'm being referred to a neurologist for sure. The sent me to do an MRV today but they are holding off on the CSF analysis for now.

So yeah fun times.

Wow, sorry to hear all of that. Hope they figure it out quickly!

Oh, that sounds awful.  I'm sending positive thoughts your way!  I hope you are back to normal soon.

Get well soon! It sounds like you're in for a lot of medical tests but hopefully they can figure stuff out.  My mother has been basically bedridden for a year but they finally figured out and treated what was wrong with her and she's now able to get out and move around like she used to. Fingers crossed!

@DM:  I don't suppose the doll itself qualifies as a "loose, unattended object that has 1 Bulk or less."  Asking for a friend.  :-)

Had company show up for the long weekend, will post if possible, but maybe not until Monday.

Yarr that attack was for last round. Make another attack for this round.