Ladies and Gentlemen, Children of All Ages… and if there are any Elves in the audience we know that’s quite a stretch for you…  may we present the amazing and absolutely unique OOC Chat Thread!
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The issue has been resolved!
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Hihi,

Is this the link you wanted to post?

https:// www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Expert_-_Player_Version_(3.5e_Class)

Copy this and get rid of the space after the //

I kept trying but RPOL keeps ignoring the final ). driving me nuts.  Fortunately, our other new player has a fix.  this one works:


https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/...ion_%283.5e_Class%29

In reply to Ben (msg # 4):

It also turns part of the URL into ... so it’s a double issue

What's our starting gold?

Do we need to buy a wagon with horses to live in, or is it provided by the circus?

Wagons, horses, basic food all by the circus!  You will even get wages, in addition to starting gold, which will be out shortly, after we have all the starting characters approved and set up.

When I was a young lad I always dreamed of performing with the Argentos...that was 12 years ago...now I guess it's better late then never.

Nice to meet you all...I guess.

Tahra is working on her character sheet.

I think I'm done, I'm sure I'm done.

I believe we have our full cast.  I am happy to report that no one wanted to play a mime.

You can all relax.

I really hate the dice roller!  But hello everyone, anyway. :)

Oh bummer I love mimes. I love to wear their faces. They have such smooth skin.


Hey, is there any guidelines on character sheet creation? Was it 3.5 or 5 edition?

3.5 edition.

Starting Gold for everyone is going to be 200 GP each.

After that, you have several ways of getting more.

You will get a regular salary, which will be determined by your character sheets.  I am waiting for a few more to be finished.

You will get periodic bonuses when the Traveling Show makes a profit.  How profitable it is largely depends on how well the shows go, which will be affected by the characters, in several ways!

You will have opportunities to earn income on the side, with adventuring or other deals your characters might get involved in.

The Argentos's HIGHLY discourage pickpocketing and similar behavior by their cast.  Such things give traveling shows a bad name, and by making people less eager to watch a show, hurt everyone in the end.  Don't rob the audience, please.  That's for sleazy, less reputable troupes!

I'll have my character sheet finished tonight.

Guys what wizard school would you suggest for me?

GM is necromancy a forbidden practice in our world?

I spend most of my money on my horse. :)  And hopefully I'll have my sheet by tonight too.

Make up, clothes, slippers, daggers, boots, sling, quarterstaff, silken cloak with a hood.  Anything above that, Nwofia saves, or lends if anyone is in need.

Much as the ability to supplement the cast with undead is interesting, let's keep necromancy out of it.

It's all fun and games until a zombie dancer flings a big toe into the audience on a kick and takes someone's eye out.

I'm serious man, zombies have no place in the entertainment industry....except that half of the people are zombies...

https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1698551
lemme know if that link works, though I don't consider the character sheet finalized it has all the numbers.

Okay, Nwofia's sheet is finished except there are some items I don't know the price or weight of.

So I think that I'm ready except for the part where I need to record and name her collection of trained snakes, and what tricks they know.

I haven't bothered to pick any equipment at all, was hoping we'd have a chance to work together on figuring out the show and that would determine what materials/equipment I purchase out of my starting gold.

as they are basically a party item...and I am the puppeteer and puppet repairman can i ask for a provisional stipend to ensure that the puppets are masterwork and therefore capable of being enchanted.

if I use androgynous puppet dolls (wooden) and are further enchanted with illusion...for an outfit change and character change.  or for the dragon puppet to "breath attack"

i am ok with my character going into debt to the troupe if it allows for a better show that we can provide.


as an aside...this is to party members i have craft wonderous item so if there is something withing my means to craft for you i will make it for 75% of market value (50% over cost) this will give me more money and will save you all money on some various items.

i specialize in illusion and my prohibit schools are conjuration and evocation

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will work mor on my character sheet over the weekend.

note to self need equipment, skills and clean up the code and info for my spells
This message was last edited by the player at 15:21, Sat 15 Sept 2018.

Mostly done.  I am guessing I am the shortest in the party?  And if you haven't guessed, green is her favorite color.  In another life, she'd love being a Dryad, if she could ride a horse. :)

Also, she grooms and washes her horse and often sleeps with him.

Assuming Ben approves (not completely done yet), Tahra can contribute Actress (usually a villainess), palm reader (r could be an astrologer), potion brewer, singer (mezzo-soprano), and veterinarian.

Oregon Ducks playing football tomorrow but should be able to finish up anyway.

hey guys I'm usually AFK on weekends. I may check in but no promises. TTY Monday.

So Ssasha's main skill is handle animals, followed by Escape Artist, then perform (dance). She's due another skill feat in a couple levels and will probably take versatile performance. She has four vipers, ranging from 2' to 8' long, the largest of whom Kule is know to be irritable and difficult for everyone else. She does occasionally harvest enough venom to sell or poison a dagger, not that she ever needs to use her daggers on anyone.

I assumed we would make camp in town, which is why I posted riding ahead.  If I am too far ahead of myself, I'll change it.

Also, I wasn't sure if we were sharing wagons.  If I am sharing, I need to know.  :)

Agreed, not clear if we just left toward town or if we're there already. But I thought we were gonna have time to create our act together. I suppose we all just POOF are on the same page.

Nwofia's main skills are Balance and Tumble, followed by sleight of hand, jump and escape artist and she is constantly coming up with new ways to use these skills in her act or in collaboration with others.

Why don't you jump off a cliff?



JK JK JK.

Two snares and a cymbal fall off a cliff. Ba dum cha.

I went ahead and deleted the arrival portion.  She can put on that part of her show when we are all caught up, which I assume will be in the new thread.

BTW - Alayna is a soprano, a little untrained but not bad.

Wikipedia

Escher's work is inescapably mathematical. This has caused a disconnect between his full-on popular fame and the lack of esteem with which he has been viewed in the art world. His originality and mastery of graphic techniques are respected, but his works have been thought too intellectual and insufficiently lyrical. Movements such as conceptual art have, to a degree, reversed the art world's attitude to intellectuality and lyricism, but this did not rehabilitate Escher, because traditional critics still disliked his narrative themes and his use of perspective. However, these same qualities made his work highly attractive to the public.

Hurray for the public; BOO and HISS at the critics.

BTW, he found school difficult. He married a nice wife and seems to have had a happy marriage.

P.S. Yuk to Picasso, mostly. Pollock and Warhol con artists. And a shoutout to Renoir and Goya.

Rita is an 18-year-old priestess of Pluto and Proserpina who has taken part in many missions on behalf of King Theoderic, including the successful battle for Cambete two years ago. Originally from Arras, the city of temples, she also has strong ties to Raviniacum, Theoderic's home town, where she started an orphanage for children who lost their parents and families during the war with the Huns. She will be serving as the Argentos Traveling Show chaplain and is accompanied by her boyfriend Riordeg, 19, a warrior and cousin of Theoderic's, who will serve as an escort and horse trainer/handler.
This message was last updated by the player at 20:47, Tue 18 Sept 2018.

Jack the Dripper and Andy Soup Can actually made art. They were certainly overrated, but if you want someone who's a con-artist look at Marcel Duchamp's "In Advance of a Broken Arm" a fine example of modern art gone too far, but he also produced "Nude Descending a Staircase #2" which is definitely of artistic merit. And I don't even hate the medium of found art, since I actually really like Piccaso's "Bull's Head" which any two-bit welder could reproduce. Ironically most of these pieces only critics seem to like at the time were created as open rebellion against what critics were demanding. Also there's the sense of absurdity and whimsy like in Rene Magritte's "La Trahison des images".

"Ceci n'est pas une pipe."

Hey so does the company have cages, of various sizes and perhaps a dog? I have three different plans all of which require a properly sized cage.

So far, you are the animal expert!  No dog yet.  Horses, and the snakes, but there is room to grow and add.  I would assume whatever enclosures the snakes use don't take up much room, and according to msg 16 in The Traveling Show visits Cambete, because of Snakes!!!  Ssasha has a wagon all to herself.

sorry I was away, long weekend.

hey guys, sorry if I'm ignoring anyone, but we're all kinda doing our own thing even though its one big thread. You probably don't want me bumping into whatever you're doing at the moment anyway, but Esher....count me in for that puppet show man. Sounds awesome. I can do an elmo voice if you need another hand.

I was talking to the two elves at their table.  I'm waiting on them, then I can come back to our table, if I have the timeline correct.  Or they might ask us all to join them.

Pesky thing, trying to coordinate all this sometimes!

I think we have managed to converse with each other and the NPCs in a manageable way, but yeah, Tahra and I posted at the same time so it got a little muddy.

Joining all is OK by Tahra (me). Regarding Og, Tahra will have an idea....

re: Og Worman and the puppets
how good is your concentration skill...as long as you have no penalties...

yes, i am willing to accept any aditional assistance you wish top offer.

Let us keep things acceptable, please, this is a family oriented place!

You got it. Sorry.

my apologies as well.
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I never saw your comment, Escher. PM ME! JK JK.

Concentration is 4, btw.

as long as you did not have a negative skill modifier I can cast greater mage hand and relinquish control of it to you, this would allow you to "have" 3 hands to control puppets

Helium vendor delays causing havoc at work has turned into several night of missed posting opportunities. I'm still here I just need to catch back up.

Woah! Helium!

Liquid Helium specifically, I work in superconductivity. It get's you down to -452.2 F at which point you have numerous superconductive materials.

Alas, liquid, I cannot help!  But if you were in the NYC area I could steer you to our welding gas suppliers.  They are very responsive, and they do helium and a lot of other gasses (helium is used in welding as a "shielding gas" when working with some particular materials, because it is inert).

I'm not in purchasing, but the main problem with buying He gas is the coefficient of expansion. 1 gallon of LHe produces about 400 gallon He gas. One of our big dewers is on the order of thousands of pressurized He gas tanks you'd see at like party city or welding supplies. We've got lots of dewers that need to be refilled. You can liquefy He with nothing more than an industrial refrigerator, not very different from the residential variety, we just use a lot of He, and it's hard to stop it from escaping.

sounds like a blast.

Aargh.  I just got distracted reading about Josephson Junctions and SHeQUIDS.  Where was I?

For the less tech inclined that's Superconducting QUantum Interference Devices. Basically when you have a thin resistive barrier between two superconductors the quatum tunneling creates an internal bias within the device. Dr. Josephson discovered this so he got a Nobel prize and we call that circuit a Josephson Junction. When you make a superconducting loop with two junctions is a single photon of magnetism passes through the loop it produces a stable current which can be amplified and measure. This is your Superconducting QUantum Interference Devices or SQUID, because quantum physicists think they're clever with the nomenclature. Numerous interesting results from this, probably the best known being an array of such devices can take high sensitivity magnetic images, which is how open MRI work. Lovely stuff, but sorry if it disappointing, I'm just the software-engineer. I mostly do firmware with a bit of GUIs and software-architecture rolled in. While I understand some of the underlying quantum theory, my jobs more focused on the how than the why. Though I am thankful for my talents for higher level math. I never expected to actually find uses for calculus of complex numbers, number theory, anything past ODE really.

are you all the same person?

No Og... I have this problem see.  I am ineffably curious and easily distracted.  So when Ssasha mentioned superconductors, I started reading stuff up and got stuck to exclusion of all else.  Last time I did anything scientific, it was synthesising benzo-diazepines to investigate possible insecticidal properties (as I told my boss before we started, there aren't any) but that was around 1980.  I stopped science after that.

Superconductor...

Capable of leading two different orchestras playing two different pieces at two different tempos, simultaneously.


"Look, a baton in each hand... no ordinary conductor can do that!"

"Superconductor!  Thank god you're here!  The violinists keep falling apart when we get to the adagio, and don't even ask about the horn section!"

"Stand back citizen!  I'll need some helium!"

I don't know why these thoughts are coming to me.  It's been an exhausting weekend.

In a way, Danny Kaye.

Superconductor: "Cooper go help Cooper play his violin. And you Cooper, help Cooper get the horn section together. A super conductor knows, Coopers work better in pairs."

|Ket>: "Hey man I need one of those breast cloths slingy things."
Dirac: "You mean a <Bra|? Fine, here's your <Bra||Ket>"

Officer: "Do you have any idea how fast you were going son?"
Heisenberg: "No, but I know precisely where I am."

Trust me I've heard them.
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Writes down all the jokes and plans to use them IC.

Keep em  coming!

not gonna mention this in character, but I didn't pay my tab. :D

Perhaps, as I paid last, I was told?  Otherwise, I'm not sure I noticed.  A bit naive, that way.

Roll for initiative?

I did say JK. :)  when you purposefully moved to a position it just felt more like a preparation action.

Could be, but I don't think a roll is required. If need be, I take a 10.

Nwofia's done Schrodinger in character, what next, Heisenberg?

sorry for the slow posting work went crazy for a bit there.

hello all, my apologies, I'm going to be dropping this game.

Oh, I'm so sorry!  It was fun writing with you!  Please take care.

Well, with a few slots to fill I am going to put the Help Wanted sign up.  Sorry to see you go, Og, the Wizard Barbarian idea was unique.  I will keep Og along as NPC, maybe you'll be back!

Or a replacement.

I once played an Irish Barbarian Monk who had become a monk after sharing a cell in an English prison with a sensei.  I love incompatible combinations

Hello everyone! I'm looking forward to joining you in this grand adventure. As of yet, I'm still in the throes of character creation. Hopefully, I'll have it nailed down quickly...:-)

Yaaaayyyy Aria!

Well, my character is "finished"! Now I await DM approval...:-)

Hey all!

I'll get caught up. Internet was down and I missed the acceptance message.

I'll be your roustabout/security/stand there and hold the thing, guy. Seems a circus is a good way to run from the local troubles.

Yay Arlo!

I felt the performance seemed to go quite... quickly.  Not sure if anyone else was waiting for a cue to perform, but I was.  Did I miss some guidance that we were all supposed to post our performances simultaneously?

I'm fine with how it went, just trying to get into the flow of what's expected.

You can "backdate" a post if you want.  The "cue" was the lead in post that asked the PC's for die rolls.

Hello everyone, I'm Aria. I'm an orphan who was discovered hidden from the ravages of an orc raid on a merchant caravan (see description for further details). I've been raised by the show since a babe and have probably been used by your characters as a gopher. Until recently, I was in a more auxiliary role. However, I just turned sixteen a few weeks ago and thanks to my beautiful voice and countenance, I've been added to the show.

So, with that being said I'm going to interject myself into the current flow of the story. If anyone has any suggestions as to how, I'll gladly consider it. If not, I will pick my spot and go for it...:-)

Build on the posted comments. This is an equal-opportunity game.

Darkvision is black and white only, but it is otherwise like normal sight up to 60'.

So heat radiation isn't really in issue in 3.5.  Just straight up Hide and Move Silently rolls.

Lindon beat me to it...:-)
Now if this was 2nd edition, infravision was totally a thing.

Sorry I've been missing.  Just moved house and was sans Internet.

I will be out for a week traveling.  Might not be able to post.

Are we still traveling or waiting on someone?

hi guys and gals

i love the concept of this game....but...my schedule has changed drastically and i can not dedicate an appropriate amount of attention to this game...so in an effort to not hold you all back i ask that the gm do one of two things

1) turn my character into an NPC
2) retire my character in what ever way fits the story line best

i enjoyed playing with you but i need to focus on less here so i can focus more on work.

love you all, bye.

I should be able to get back into the swing of things now!
Tough week, getting things back together at work after a week away.

Sorry to hear that but glad you're back.  May the odds always be in your favour.

I think we have fallen asleep?

Well, I did. Still trying to think of what to say. ;) I'll put it up tonight.

Point of information: Is Latin = Common?

I assumed so, for most people (although for Nwofia, it's a foreign language and 'common' is a sub-Saharan African language).

Latin and Germanic both share the spotlight for Common, depending on where you are.  Here, it is very mixed, as if people are muddling them both together.

Who knows, given enough time, maybe a bunch of Germanics will adopt a lot of Latin, mutate it into an almost unrecognizable form, and being Francs, name it after themselves.

I think we've had enough ideas kicked around.  Now we need action posts in order to move things forward.  Even if your post is just, "I do whatever everyone else is doing."

Sorry I have been away a while.  Spring is generally a tough time.  This one worse than usual.

Well hello everyone!

I was never properly removed from this game and have just recently gotten involved in rpol again.

IF I could still be of use to you, I will do my best.

IF you all are fine without me, no worries, DM please remove me so the game doesn't show up on my notices.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:53, Sun 05 May 2019.

Tahra needs you.

Welcome back!

Alayna could use someone to rescue her from the trouble she gets into! Welcome back!

I heard we’re still trying to keep the peace with the Orcs. You’ll all have to keep me nice. :)

I'll work on that, buddy!

My schedule has changed enough to allow me to return...I have also caught up on my reading.

And speaking of my "elven trickery" I can go seriously theatrical with it.

just let me know if you  all  need or want me back
This message was last edited by the player at 23:14, Sun 09 June 2019.

Could we just roll a performance roll of some kind and just sink or swim?

Unless someone thinks we're actually making progress?

I think we need to agree what kind of performance... or rather, we have made our input and it's time for the Argentosses to tell us what performances to do and then we roll for performance.  If that makes sense?

Yes. I could draft Tahra's rope act.

And happy to draft Nwofia's performance.

Should I draft a Tahra performance using PCs and NPCs?

You can just present the plan and see who goes with it.

should i continue to hang around?

Can Ssasha control her snakes?

Of course we want elven trickery M. Escher.

High wire act
Snake dance with animated ropes imitating the snakes (expanded use of Animate rope if Ben OKs)
Punch and Judy type show Punch and Judy kill each other because won't stopfighting and are egged on by two people who enjoy other's misery; funny burial scene
Dark Moon torch song
Song with musical accompaniment by farts, belches, burps, sneezes, etc.
Tango type dance by two couples, one serious, one inept
Goodnight song ala Sound of Music

Not so much inspiration of long time no post, but here is something to start with, I hope.

Last band I was in irl used to finish with Edelweiss from the Sound of Music.  It was the most sinister version most people had ever heard, not excluding the 'Marilyn Monroe' version in "The Man In The High Castle".

ooh I call drums.

What can I do?

Bass? DJ?

I did vocals, a guy from work did guitar, that guy's colleague played bass and the bass player's wife played percussion.  I always wondered what it would sound like with Djembe and pipes though.

High wire act. Maybe with punch and Judy, be an egger-on. Also, what do you want to do?

How about this?

Nwofia stands, seemingly naked in the middle of the stage with the spotlight on her the only hint of illumination in the darkness.  The spotlight follows as she somersaults to the edge of the square and climbs up onto the roof.  AS if from nowhere, using her skill at sleight of hand, she produces a rope from her diaphanous costume and ties it securely onto a buttress.  With the other end of the rope in hand, she jumps from roof to roof until she reaches the opposite side of the square where she ties the other end of the rope to another buttress.

Next, the dark-skinned woman steps out onto the rope and walks slowly and gracefully across, not rushing and leaving the crowd with plenty opportunity to watch.  When she reaches the other end, she climbs onto the roof again, and unties the rope from the first buttress.  She grabs onto it before the rope falls and launches herself into the air and begins climbing the rope toward the second buttress, even as it swings her away from a straight descent, but the question still remains, will she reach the second roof or will she hit the ground or the other wall.

Of course, at the last moment, if she needs to, she will use her tumbling skills to avoid injury and to stand and take a bow before the spotlight passes on to...

Brava!

Oh my, I just realised.  Nwofia invented Parkour!

I'm more a horse woman acrobat, but I can tumble. Can we work me in? Little nimble half elf girl?

Two horse who rear and buck, and you tumble on and back and forth between them?

Introduction

Let us entertain you
Let us help you smile
Watch us do a few tricks
Some old and then some new tricks
We're very versatile
And if you're real good
We'll make you feel good
We want your spirit to climb
So let us entertain you
We'll have a real good time
Yes all
We'll have
A real good time

Tahra's song Middle

Are you going to Cambrete Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
For once he was a true love of mine
Have him buy me a cambric shirt
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Without no seam nor fine needle work
And then he'll be a true love of mine
Tell him to find it in a sycamore wood lane
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
And gather it all with a basket of flowers
And then he'll be a true love of mine
Have him wash it in yonder dry well
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
where water ne'er sprung nor drop of rain fell
And then he'll be a true love of mine
Have him find me an acre of land
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Between the sea foam and over the sand
And then he'll be a true love of mine
Plow the land with the horn of a lamb
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Then sow some seeds from north of the dam
And then he'll be a true love of mine
Tell him to reap it with a sickle of leather
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
And gather it all in a bunch of heather
And then he'll be a true love of mine
If he tells me he can't, I'll reply
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Let me know that at least he will try
And then he'll be a true love of mine
Love imposes impossible tasks
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Though not more than any heart asks
And I must know he's a true love of mine
Dear, when thou has finished thy task
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Come to me, my hand for to ask
For thou then art a true love of mine
Songwriters: Arthur Garfunkel / Paul Simon

Ending

We thank you all for gathering here,
And hop ewe have brought you good cheer;

but

If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended:
That you have but slumber'd here
While these visions did appear.
And this weak and idle theme,
No more yielding but a dream,
Gentles do not reprehend.
If you pardon, we will mend. (5.1.440-447) A Midsummer Night's Dream

Whether or no we've found favor in your sight,
We pray the gods grant you, one and all, a peaceful night.

We have a new thread to post in!

You see a group approaching your home and move to confront them.  One of them begins casting something, what do you do?

Initiative?

Nah man it would be the same as me coming to your house and saying “I’m here to party” and then I play some music from my phone.

So yeah... initiative.

Still sitting quietly in the corner...I am still waiting on word from the gm as to if Marcos is needed for the story.

Oh, he will get involved somehow.  Might need a little tweaking, but he will.

Tweaking how...like doesn't need the NPC expert level any more...or shift grow illusion kind of tweak.

The faster I can finish the tweak the less you are waiting on me.

A tweak in the storyline, to have something that more directly involves our quiet little puppeteer.  The character is fine!

Howdy!  I imagine I'll be joining you in the not too distant future, a refugee from another of the Europa games.  Friendly neighborhood bard.

Welcome!

Welcome.  How goes it in the others (A dressmaker and one called light would like to know).

A very interesting question, indeed.  I still follow the 513 thread, lurking quietly in the background, but I'm not otherwise terribly active on RPoL.  This, rejoining here.  This seems more inline with Topaz's skillset. :)

Hey guys, it's been a blast playing with you, but I'm bowing out. Take care!

Oh.  Sorry to see you go, Og.

Tomorrow I get back from holiday travelling and return to writing posts!

To quote the great Philosophers Eddy Murphy and Dan Akroyd "Merry Nuyear".

Apologies for the delay in update, folks.  I was away for a few days in TX, encountering spring earlier than normal for me in the Great White Nort' and celebrating the beginning of my 6th decade of life.  'Twas a lovely trip, to be sure.  I'd not have expected that the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area could have amazing public gardens and flower festivals.  None of them are the Kew Botanic Gardens or gardens of Versailles, but in no way at all did they disappoint.  Color me quite happy with my mid-century mark. :)

Also, we stumbled over a most wonderful little tiki bar.  Like, top 15 nationally of all things!  It was really unexpected and a wonderful bit of serendipity on the last day of our trip.  If you're in the area and enjoy "Tiki", check out 4 Kahunas in Arlington, TX.  They're tiki-famous!

Anybody in the group know Prestidigitation?

Sleight of hand?  Yeah, Nwofia does, why?

21:59, Today: Nwofia Barandi rolled 29 using 1d20+13.  Takes a silver denarius out of Tahra's ear, just to show she can.
See? ;)

Hmmm...I'd have voted that Tahra would, but I'd guess MC.  Topaz does, as well.

The spell, for effects when Tahra sings.

I can't do those things. I can only ride, tumble, dance and sing. ;)

I hadn't really thought of where Nwofia was from either, nor why she's in the area, but she knows she's never going home again.  It's not like one can simply travel deep into sub-Saharan Africa in the 6th century AD.  The name Nwofia is and Igbo name (cause I nicked it from Chinua Achebe) but I don't think she's from QUITE that far.

Hello ladies, gentlemen & other assorted beings!  I will hopefully be joining you soon...

Well hello Shankier ;) <3

Well, howdy, Siankiir.  Welcome to our little corner of something or the other.  WHat's your art?  Dancing?  Juggling?  Poetic recitation?

IC: She doesn't know yet
OOC: Dancing w/swords

Oooo... Dancing and swords. I love that!

(which comes from the amazingly amazed rider/tumbler/dancer) :)

Hmm... must learn to juggle with knives.

Umm Alayna, you said something in the IC thread about me and an elf doing something but I'm at a loss.  Help?

My mistake. I'll fix. I tend to forget to reread my late night posts, and it bites me. Ask the DM, I do that a lot. Can I learn? I hope so!
This message was last edited by the player at 22:26, Thu 06 Aug 2020.

Apologies, all, but I'm still away from computers mostly for the next couple of days, most likely updating on Saturday.

Rough weekend for me -- hit with some unpleasant news on the employment front that's still knocked me into a slight tailspin.

Sorry to hear that Siankiir. I know that kind of news bites.

My apologies, all, for the delay.  My brother passed unexpectedly an I'm out of state helping with related family concerns for a few more days.

Blessed be Topaz and blessings to your brother on his journey to the Summerlands.

So the concept of "plausible deniability" remains plausibly deniable.

Day & a half away, I'm figuring Siankiir is still in hiding so far... ;)

Marcos will have Jolo bring you some food and water.

As an FYI, I'm gonna be away from the 20th thru the 23rd.

For the last few days I have been busy recuperating from Oral Surgery.

Take care of your teeth!

And now I am able to get back to posting.

Glad to hear you're out and well again, Ben!  I've all that 50+ stuff coming up myself, next week.

I had a stupid busy weekend and week. I'm back, trying to figure out how to contribute.

Tested positive for COVID :(

Very sorry to hear it, Siankiir.  Get well soon!

I've my own test out and am hoping to get results back today, though think I likely already had this, way back in February. :(

Shudder. Hope for your best.

Be well soon Siankiir.  <3

In reply to Siankiir (msg # 179):

We are all here pulling for you!  May it be short and completely asymptomatic!  Better yet, may it be a false positive!

Happy day, y'all.  It's been a weird year, but hopefully this beginning of the common holiday season in the States brings you and yours a measure of happiness and a time to reflect on the things for which you're thankful.

If nothing else, hopefully it brings you an opportunity to enjoy the fruits of a bountiful harvest season, a fine reward for a season's work of planting, tilling, tending, gathering in, and preserving.  Whether your labors are metaphorical or actual, I wish a happy day of thanksgiving and reflection with those special to you.

Just for confirmation, are we still IN the Frog Bog?

Certainly sounds that way.  It's "knee-deep".  At least the frogs say so.

Heh.

It's why I'm trying to verify, since Thistle mentioned that whole "don't go left or right, stay straight" while we were in the bog.

The dead tree is past the end of the Frog Bog.  The path bends away just past the bog.

Wow, we have now passed a thousand posts.

Lake Constance, about 4 long days' march east from Basilia, where dragons rule. Also, about 5 days' march east-southeast from the eastern edge of Burgundy.

Apologies for the delays, all  I'm in LA with my partner for another week for more medical stuff.  Cedars-Sinai really screwed things up badly.

I have returned of sorts.

would i be permitted to resume?

If so; do i need to level up or build a new character or anything

Absolutely you can return!  Not much game time has actually passed, but you might want to go over the history since the last you remember, and the current thread.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:49, Mon 10 May 2021.

I once had a lover from there, waaaaaaaayyy back in the 1970s

In reply to Marcos Conner Esher (msg # 192):

Welcome back!  We'd be really happy to have you along on our current derrings do!

I had been gone so long I was not sure if I was still welcome back.

Especially with the party Having completed more then a free significant adventures, I was not sure how much the group had leveled up.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:10, Mon 10 May 2021.

Leveled up? This is RPOL.

yeah i kinda assumed that lol. but when i applied way back when i dont exactly remember the gm made reference to the the prestige classes i wanted to take. so i thought it was a possibility that the gm would hand out XP.

This really made me laugh!  I've been playing games with Ben off and on for about a decade now and can't remember ever leveling up.  That's never been an issue for me, as I approach this as a story game from an E6 PoV, which puts the PCs near the top of the power curve. :)

YMMV.

similar ...

but i am a book keeping kind of guy, and the scrolls and single use magic items i craft for each show has diminished my xp reserves to the point that i cant craft more.

each item used in the show cost an average 15-60 xp worth of crafted magic items. some shows use 6 or more of those items
I had sort of assumed payment for doing shows and paying for crafting materials with that.

of course if the xp and gp cost is a non factor then that is a horse of a different color, and he can be less miserly with "spending" of those resources.

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i thought we were around half of that


This message was last edited by the player at 23:43, Mon 10 May 2021.

Hmmm...I guess I'm still thinking in E6 terms.  I'll leave it as a Q for Ben.

I just be myself until he says I can't. But I'm a simple girl, so that's easy. :)

Level four here.  Given I'm not a magic user, and we're not doing combat, I'm pretty easy with that although with all the German (and Elvish) being spoken around her, maybe Nwofia will be speaking in broken Dwarven (or broken Elvish) soon?

I'm biding until your next post, Siankiir, and was planning on drawing the music (and dancing) to a scene end and handing it back to Ben, if that helps.  Happy to proceed with that plan, if you'd rather I did without continuing the scene.  Happy either way.

Sorry, Topaz. Couldn't resist inventing Black Metal a !millennium and a half early.

I have had a very difficult last few months.  So many things managed to converge at once to create extreme stress, leaving me very little time.
Writing became very draining.  Normally it’s relaxing.  So I had to take a break.

Hopefully, I will manage to get things back together.

Take whatever time you need, Ben.  It's been a weird year. :(

Truly, no worries. My time has been stupid. But we are here when you are ready.

Glad you were able to let us know.  Totally been there sadly.

Be blessed Ben.  I hope the currents of life converge to bring you joy and peace.

Mental health is important. Go recharge and relax.

By the way, it's my 30th wedding anniversary today.

Happy anniversary, Nwofia!  All the congrats!

Back from the wilds of the middle lands of the country.  Short vacation, parents' 60th anniversary, and brother's hail and farewell.  Some unplanned things made what ought to have been an enjoyable trip far more foreheard-wrinkling than it ought to have been, but things worked out for the best in the end.

It's good to be home 'midst my chickens, goats, sheep, and turkeys.  I missed my garden and trees, work and m'lass.  Home is a good place to be.

In reply to Topaz (msg # 213):

welcome home

Back from a mid life meltdown. Hope there is still a place for me.

With a heavy heart, I'm resigning all my character(s). I'm fighting cancer (good odds). If it's convenient, I'd like to keep this game on my list. It may be that I'll have the energy to check in, hopefully apply for something, in mid-December. Feel free to have my character(s) taken over. For those who wish me well, thank you. I'll not be checking in on this game. Thank you to all who have interacted with me for so long.

Stay safe, Tahra.

Thanks for playing with us, Tahra.  We'll keep a light on for you, should you decide to come join us in future.

Stay safe and good luck. It was a pleasure playing with you, Tahra.

May your thoughts be clear Tahra.  Give cancer a good kicking.  Me and that bitch got history.

In reply to Tahra (msg # 216):

My wife fought and won against endometrial cancer, I wish you the same successful outcome

As an FYI, we are gearing to temporarily move in with my in-laws this weekend due to house renovations (the curse of having only one bathroom and that's what's getting demo'ed first), which will include packing up my computer to take with me.  I'll have my phone, but my formatting will be wanky until the computer is back up.

Seems like we've lost our Ben.  He's been absent for a bit, both from here and his other games.  Hopefully he's alright. :(
This message was last edited by the player at 17:40, Wed 06 Oct 2021.

Echoing that concern. :-/

I hope and pray he is okay.  And of course, Tahra as well.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:13, Wed 06 Oct 2021.

Indeed, prayers all.

Just touching base to keep us from going totally into abeyance.

Sorry for the smell I farted and didn't realize you were right behind me.

How could you, Marcos? How rude!