This thread is for all the OOCs you want to make.

First question: what level should we start at?

I tend to prefer starting at first level but I'm not averse to 3rd level for starters.

I suppose it depends on whether you think 1st levels are complete novices or the elite among ordinary people.

I personally would prefer third level.

I'm not particularly inclined towards any, though 3rd-lvl can allow for a little bit more diversity and usually PbF is a bit more slow paced in character evolution than other games...

While a 1st level character doesn't necessarily have to be a 'beginner', upon further thinking, it did make a bit more sense to start everyone at 3rd level.

This gives everyone some 'experience' under their belts.

So we just need to purchase weapons and armor with our starting money?

Yes. Ordinary supplies will be provided, but anything unusual you'll need to buy yourselves.

Salutations. New blood on the block.

gona go for a mechanic space farer and a big wrench to make the machinery comply.

Jumping on board, too! Solarian Spacefarer here.

Always nice to have a solarian on board.

So what sort of build is everyone going for? Im on the fence of maybe switching to ACE pilot and take skill focus Pilot or keep space farer and go for the guy that can fix really everything with medical expert tossed into the mix.

On the other hand reading the skill dc's to fix stuff i might be better off to grab skill focus engineering.

I'm either going to go sniper or assault weapons/explosives, with the ghost specialization.   I haven't decided yet.

Hello there. I guess I'd be covering the medical needs of the team. Culhayn will be an specialist in Life Science, as well as a good Face if needed.

In reply to Culhayn (msg # 11):

I have access to the medicine skill, if you'd prefer to go another route.

Edit: I've got sniper, longarms, and heavy weapons.  Also explosives (engineering) and medicine.   Someone else is going to have to be the face, though.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:35, Tue 15 Jan 2019.

At this point i picked up all the mechanic skills. But if we got so many with medicine maybe i'll aim for pilot mechanic. Don't think its fun if we have to many medics.

You can't have too many Medics! What if the Medic gets shot? Who's going to fix him up?

Korasha Lashunta here. Basic and Advanced Melee Weapons and Small Arms.

Skill strengths are Athletics, Mysticism, Physical Science and Stealth.

Okay, Character Generation update. I forgot to take into account Level for starting equipment, mostly because I was originally basing it on everyone starting at 1st Level.

Since everyone is 3rd level, starting credits will be 8,000.

Additionally, you can purchase equipment, armor and weapons up to 6th level.

AND... you can select one weapon OR armor at up to 6th level for free.

I must admit, this system is much more confusing when it comes to character creation than I'd originally considered.

It does seem like it, doesn't it? I'm not sure the game is a winner yet, but it is science fiction/fantasy, so I guess I'll have to wade through it.

In reply to StarMaster (msg # 15):

wheee free stuff!!!!

And if we don't mind to much overlap i'll cling to the medical expert as its actually gave me a background idea.
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In reply to Sonaeu (msg # 16):

Yeah i thought making a lvl 3 char would be a breeze. But its familiar but to much is  changed so i end up going back to things.

I always think a little bit of overlap is advantageous rather than detrimental.

I need to redo my equipment, so I'll probably make an IC post tomorrow.

Great no i got to redo my entire character ;-)

The force field we get. I assume it follows all the normal rules for taking up two slots on an armor to install it into?

I guess I'm mostly finished with my character sheet (there are some formatting issues and information that should be better distributed, but the overall information seems to be there), and I guess I got a good grip of who Culhayn is right now. I'll make an IC post soon.

I think im done. Even included the GM's gear.

Just on the fence about the Force field as no armor at our level really supports the 2 upgrade slots needed for the force field.

Backstory wise im a mechanig in a Laubu Mesa hospital. Married to a doctor and already in te grandchildren age. Wife died and i set out spave faring to rediscover myself.

Gear wise i bought 10 rolls of duck tape, 10 packages of binders and a toolkit that i called WD-40 Im the supreme handy man now.

*grumble, grumble*

I really hate the layout of Starfinder (and most of Pathfinder) as you have to hunt through a dozen places to find the rules to cover each subject. Completely missed the Slot rule for armor.

On the other hand, there are three armors available: Estex I & II, and Ysoki Refractor Suit.

I could just say it's a belt, but you've already got a belt. The Force Field does some of the things that the EFG does, so I think it probably makes more sense to combine the two into a single unit (as opposed to make the Force Field a vest or something).


On another note, is it just me, or does the CRB not explain what a Push is?

In reply to StarMaster (msg # 26):

I use the SRD myself, at least there's usually clickables.

In reply to StarMaster (msg # 26):

Every armor does exactly what your belt does. So dropping it or even making the belt a forcefield that protects against the enviornment as a bonus isn't to bad.

But yeah layout wise its a pain. You know the replacement batteries are all only under ammo and not listed in any other place so i been looking through the gear section thinking i was looking over them but my jump pack batteries are just in the regular ammo section.

Not sure what sort of push you are looking for. But in combat it would be reposition. P 246

Neither PF or SF wiki were any help.

Push that I'm looking for has to do with Crew Actions during Starship Combat.


Yeah. While I can understand why they'd put batteries in with ammo, it's really counter-intuitive.

Guess all the CRB says about Push actions is that they are difficult and can't be done when the associate system is malfunctioning or wrecked (pg. 322).

Push is a descriptor just like Attack action and Move action. Some things you can do listed on the following pages list actions that have it. Fire at will for example is a gunnery phase push action and lets you fire at a -4 penalty.

Btw how are you going to do the ship stuff? We as players build it or we get a GM created?

And Ship roles are those NPC or we got to fill em?

The rules as written don't offer the appropriate type/size of ship for the game purposes, but they do mention that there are many more ships than are listed in the rules.

So, the ship will be a custom GM-generated ship.

In reply to StarMaster (msg # 33):

Vague works better unless you actually plan to have ship-to-ship combat.

So what are we waiting for peeps?

Its time for Lashunta Drift!! the 3rd instalment without original crew.

In reply to StarMaster (msg # 26):

You can always declare the force field non-removable then remove the upgrade slot.  That's a bit of a wiggle but it works too.

Do I need to roll for Sleigh of Hand checks to conceal weapons on her person or can I be assumed to take 10?  She has both a sidearm and a melee weapon to conceal that way.

Sonaeus question is a good one. We got any special role or are we just there as the away team?

*starts handing out red shirts*

Soneau can take 10 to do that.

In reply to Revonoss (msg # 38):

I might be a red shirt, but I look GOOD doing it.  ^_^

Red shirts always look good and fresh at the start of an away mission ;-)

At the risk of not knowing something obvious. Whats the 'aiudara'?

That's the network of ancient magical teleportation portals that the Lashunta use to get around the planet. The word is both singular and plural, and refers to both the network and a single portal.

It's a (hopefully) way to send more supplies to the ship if they are needed... if the journey takes longer than expected.

Ah right. It needs a receiving portal or is it more a teleporter like thing?

And as non magic user can i fix/maintain that?

Unless it gets more definition in one of the supplements, it's probably meant to have a receiving portal, but that's not the way teleportation works normally, though we've used teleport pads as receivers in some of my ftf games.

Can i change my name to scotty? I got a pet project now ;-)

In reply to StarMaster (msg # 45):

Technomancer does have a few teleport spells, including one for interplanetary use.  So a matter transmitter wouldn't be unreasonable to find.

Ouch, my bad about the questioning that was already on the ship data. for some reason, the entire ship data thread had just slipped my attention! Now I'm seeing it.

In reply to Culhayn (msg # 48):

I remember seeing it popping up to review it later and forgot about it after that too. So don't feel to bad.

No problem. It's not always easy to wade through tables of data.

Remember, the only dumb question is the one you don't ask.

I have a really dumb question, one that probably would have been answered in the briefing (or simply common knowledge).   How much in contact with our point of origin are we?   Sonaeu does have an idol career to maintain.

Probably not a lot, but it'll depend on whether the aiudara works. I'm sure there'll be recordings of Soneau that will get used.

In reply to Sonaeu (msg # 51):

The entire crew is gonna be groupies ;-)

In reply to Revonoss (msg # 53):

Well, she IS the morale officer.  :D

She's not doing a very good job.  My morale just went way down.

In reply to Socket (msg # 55):

Well, you are a stowaway and not crew until the Captain says otherwise.
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Are we all in the same room? As i was attending the teleporter test.

No, everyone was scattered around the ship. The aiudara is in one of the cargo bays.

Ouch, mistook it as we being all together. I have just updated my last post to exclude any mention on them being in the same room.

I might be scarce in the comming weeks. Redoing the living room so my puter is put out of harms way.

I am not bossy...I order you to take that back!   :P

Sold.  Your it.

On a more serious note, is everyone armed and in an environmental suit?

Armed. Environmental suit would seem a little too much, though most armors do protect at least a modest modicum with their own environmental field. Culhayn would be good for something like 6 days if needed.

All Starfinder armor counts as an environmental suit unless specifically noted otherwise.  It seems unlikely that anyone dodged that feature quite so hard in a space ship based setting.

I wasn't sure and some things are better to error on the side of caution.  Unless you can breathe vacuum.  ^_^

Also, don't forget that Lashunta have limited telepathy (which is the main reason I wanted a game with this race).  Radios are really only going to be needed if we split up.

There's a picture of the temple under Game Map 0.

I assume picking locks is engineering now?

In the case of a physical lock yes.  Computers manages purely digital locks, and arguably mysticism could be used on some times of magical versions although generally those require a spell not a skill.

I'm having a bit of trouble staying with the game right now, please continue on without me.

No problem. We'll still be here when you can return.

In reply to StarMaster (msg # 72):

Sorry, my bipolar is acting up lately and I'd rather take a break from posting than to quit the game altogether.    Just NPC me along as you see fit until I feel back up to it again.

Bipolar, and depression is a tough thing to deal with. I suffer from depression myself, and my daughter suffers from anxiety. Her mother was bipolar.

I hope all is well, and cannot wait til you get back! Feel better soon!

Life comes first but yeah we aint moving that fast so we just put you on the bench next so our stowaway and when life is nice again we'll see you back.

Want me to make any rolls to get access to whatever is hidden in that block?

Yes, you either role-play what you are doing or your roll an appropriate skill check.

Well i posted i looked to get access but you only answered the writing question. Its why i wondered.

Sorry. I didn't realize your post to be your version of role-playing and you didn't provide any dice rolls, so I thought you were just looking for 'clues'... something other than a big red button that said 'PUSH HERE'. So I gave you a clue.

I'll be joining you all, I just kinda need to catch up on the current situation before posting.

In reply to StarMaster (msg # 79):

I really did under-anticipate how confusing the system was....sorry about that.

What system is confusing?

OOC: Actually Phelar made the point about Stellar Drift. :) Or did I miss one of Rav's posts?
This message was last edited by the player at 06:16, Sun 28 Apr 2019.

Hey bossman did you see my question in PM?

Hello everyone. I have signed on to be our illustrious GM's idea man and general NPC controller. I've been a DM/GM for over 20 years and, while I don't have a lot of experience with Starfinder, I do enjoy making characters as colorful as possible.

So, if you ever wish to have a scene with anyone who's not a PC, you can either message me directly or let me know here and I'll whip something up.

Let's have some fun and may the dice gods be ever in your favor.

With the relative freshness of Starfinder i doubt many have much experience ;-)

Welcome aboard though and looking forward to see all the greyed out NPC's getting some colour.

With the current scene seeming to give us little more then us waiting for the next thing to happen im all up for some sort of scene as im drawing a little blank beyond going over the data again and doing my job. I really should have though of something else the hard working senior might get boring else ;-)

Bar night?

Sounds interesting. Today is an odd work day for me, but I'll see what I can cook up this weekend, maybe a flex time scene that happens when y'all are in the drift.

I'm all for bar night!  Socket is just hanging out in the Tech room working on a drone.  Not sure how long that will take.

Does it matter how long it takes? Socket just needs a drink right now and drops by. Hell you could want some advice from Revonoss on some design choices.

And i expected you toe be one of the implant mechs. But two droners are nice to. What you building?

I can't hold it anymore

Culhayn do you know who your profile pic is?

Oh, yes, I do. I believe it is a certain Charles Snippy, a proud citizen of the even prouder nation of Capitania.

Romantically Apocaliptic is such a gem...

Nice way to bypass Phelar's question about if everyone is scared of her Culhayn. Just go straight to the topic of food! :)

To be fair, I had an answer to that one, but Culhayn would rather if he was not the first one to express his thoughts on the matter, :)

And it is as they say, food brings levity to any lingering tension.

I stopped reading RA when the whole lifealope deal started. I loved it more as short post apo funny things.

I think I understand your opinion. It truly has changed, both in overall style and in scope. I'm still pretty much in love with it, though.

Just to make everyone aware, I have set up language groups. If you don't have the language on your sheet, you don't have access to those languages. If you don't see any languages, it means you either didn't have any listed or I couldn't access your sheet.

I'm not sure I'd make one for the telepathy languages. Especially when you could have some in the group like Phelar that are not language dependent with their telepathy.

Hey Star did you see my Private Message? :)

Whats the holdup?

Not sure there is or isn't a holdup, just not sure if there is going to be a separate 'landing party' thread again.

Well we are waiting for something. some resolution for what Phelar is doing and us putting on our red shirts.

Actually, I may not have made it clear enough, but the Captain was planning on landing the ship, not sending down a shuttle.

So, there wouldn't be a landing party so much as an away team to go over and check out the ship.

Ahhh... makes sense there.

Also need/want any rolls from me and Rev?

Yeah but iirc we advised against it in case it was a trap. But captains never listen anyhow ;-)

I didn't realize we were in a ship that could land.  I thought it was much bigger than that.

The Starhawk is only a large ship. Huge ships and larger can't land.

Anybody going to head onto the plantoid?

There are two people cycling though the airlock so i assume yes. And i plan to go once whatever we are doing with Phelar is finished.

Same. When done Phelar planned to go, likely with Revonoss, considering at the moment they are working together.

That might hinge on how what she is doing affects her in the end though too. It's not like she actually did something, standard...

That's fine, I was just trying to poke the game to see if anyone wanted to move this along.

No worries.

Can we use our ship to scan the gnome vessel for lifesigns?

Absolutely.

Before I start running the gnomes, I wanted to give everyone a chance that's going to to post in the adventure 2 thread and to give a chance for the sensor readings to come back.

They went off before i started those readings right? Make em suffer that void spawn that looks like a gnome ship ;-)

Why are you giving it away?!?

3:)

I'm getting confused with the multiple threads... people on the away team are expected to post in Into the Vast, or on Adventure 2? There seems to be a little bit of bleeding between them right now.

Saia, Ashina, Culhayn, Solsantharis and Soneau are supposed to post in Adventure 2 I beleave, unless they have predeparture stuff they need to finish in which they should post in Into the Vast?

I assume that the ship we detected the 7 gnomes on is the one Phelar is talking to?

Yes.

Fridays are always a crud show for me, so I'll try to post tonight. I'm not working tomorrow morning so Saturday at the latest.

Just an fyi Gamma there shouldn't be any static in the 'coms' as the coms is a mix of Phelar's machine control and telepathy. With Ravenoss filtering it through our ships speakers. All we'd hear is what he'd think to Phelar, and he'd only hear her. Everyone on the bridge of our ship though can hear both.

Leaving for vacation. Will be slow or afk for about 12 days

Ah. My mistake.

Its all good. :)

So do we got a target to shoot at now? And with the weapons facing can either of us just take shots?

Yes, there's a target. Phelar just isn't giving you a bonus to hit.

Also, the interposing mountains provide a +4 bonus to the other ship's AC.

Hello. New blood here scholar soldier korasha lashunta handy with a gun and lab equipment.

You guys saw this one?

link to another game

Yah, looked like a good idea, done badly.  And I gave up on 1st level D20 games a long, long time ago.

Sooo.... As the other one folded without any reason how are we going people? Sort of feeling its just me and PHelar left here.

I am here...just not sure what to do as it seemed to be focusing on you and Phelar scouting the site and speaking with the gnomes.

Still here, too. Some RL problems keeping me busy.

Me, too. Brain's been fried for a week now. Have to get it jumpstarted somehow.

I was getting used to my new work hours. :) I owe a post myself to be honest. :)

So to not drag this into the new year. I assume we got the materials to set up some form of transport system and use the shuttle to transport goods and parts to our craft once we get stuff set up?

I would hope so?

I got the feeling we died. :-(

Not quite yet. Just had some RL issues and haven't been able to keep up with all my games lately.

It's mostly behind me now... I hope. Knock on wood.

As I imagine some others have I think I have completely lost track of the story thread.  Could we do some kind of 'setting the stage' update, not a full recap but just what is valid for what is going on now?

I think its safe to assume we lost most players. Its like only 3 of us signing in regularly and the GM's sign in but aint really posting. We are truly adrift and the new scene didn't really advance us to anything either.

There's four of us. You, me, Saia, and Sol. The GM's might be slow, but are still posting and good. :)

So we just replace the handful that are not posting, and move on.

In reply to Phelar Morilla (msg # 141):

I'm here about to make a post sorry. Got caught up and never noticed the post indicator changing color.

GM whats the hold up? You want any rolls? With the bonusses ect i was assuming somme basic scan results would be automatic and might prompt for rolls just to look deeper into stuff.

November just turned into a really rough month.

Before I recruit any new players, I feel I'd better get the game back in gear.

The big problem with November was that I had no creativity. I couldn't write a post if my life depended on it. It was like half my brain went on vacation.

I'm hoping vacation is over.

That does suck. Nobody in my GM wanted thread came this way either?

Also didn't you have a nice Co GM? What happened to him/her?

I'm still lurking around, this is just my busy season so I don't have allot of time at the moment

Next month, everything should calm down, though, so I'll be more around then.

I hope next month is calm for everyone again. Usually the 2nd week of the year games get back up again.

Still good to hear you are still with us.

Best wishees to all!!

Merry Christmas you filthy animals!

Been having computer issues.

A couple of weeks ago, Windows did an update on my computer and it shut down my wifi access. I borrowed a computer, Windows did an update and crashed its wifi as well!

Figuring this might have been a more global problem, I had a friend check the internet and found that it was a common problem. No doubt the next Windows update would have fixed it... if I could get online! Anyway, found a YouTube video that gave 3 solutions. First one didn't work, but the second one did, though neither worked on the borrowed computer.

So, just got that straightened out, and then my screen started glitching. Flickering horizontal lines all over it kept me from seeing what I was typing or hitting a post button. Shutting it down for a few hours sort of reset it... for a bit.

So now I was back to the borrowed computer and had to solve its problem. Had to reboot Windows completely.

Been getting caught up on all my games...

Whoohooo!!! Windows is great!!

Sorry the bug got me its draining my interest in games. Will get back when i feel alive again.

No problem. Just hope it's not the CoViD-19 bug! If not, then we all get those now and then.

Been having more troubles with my computer anyway.

Hello all! New here and am happy to join you!

Welcome to the choas! Mayhem should be along shortly. ;)

Can't wait!

Yeah, welcome aboard!

I was just having a crisis! I couldn't find any of my Starfinder material (all pdfs). With the computer problems I've been having and the shuffling of data around, I though it had got deleted or something. Turns out I put it all on my SF flashdrive (rather than the D&D/Pathfinder drive).

Found it. Crisis averted.

In the middle of that, I was trying to put up a post but kept getting a 404 Error when I went to post. It's my understanding that this is a problem with the server, but don't know if it's my server or RPoLs server.

I had the same issue yesterday so I would go with it being on rpols end.

I am here just a little lost. Not feeling to well and it also feels im out of place in the story at the moment so its not helping in getting anything posted up.

I wonder if she'll think the same about Phelar when she finds out about how she came to the ship. lol

I don't know! Ought to be an interesting role play encounter! Let's see what develops!

So, so, sorry. Ran to see my 80 year old dad. He thought he was getting sick. All good. I'm back.

Yay on the rolls! Thanks Phelar!

To bad Ciani's MIA to see Phelar's magic trick. :)

Happy Thanksgiving. May you congregate with as many or as few as you wish.

Sorry I've been MIA. Covid is making the trucking industry just explode and I've been working 55-60 hours a week since this crude started. Our slow period should be coming, but there wasn't one last year, so idk what's going to happen.

Been sick for the past week. Nothing serious, just a seasonal cold where my whole body aches, I take the usual meds, and then all I feel like doing is laying around in bed all day. It's still hanging on which is why I'm posting this.
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I guess im lucky with just an over stuffed seasonal belly. Get well soon boss.

Health first man, then game. You have a loyal group. They will be here. :)

Since I was the last one to post, it would seem as if it's time to check to see if anyone is still interested in continuing this game?

Admittedly, the poor posting rate is mostly my fault.

Im here. Though at times a i feel out of touch with the game but thats just the rate and maybe a little that i am a small time engineer compared to the woman that talks to the computer with her mind.

In reply to Revonoss (msg # 172):

LOL! You are to engineering what I am to computers! lol Remember that. ;)

I think though I did not realize that when I chose Triune for the whole telepathy with computers thing, I did not take into account that she was the one that developed Drift Tech and passed it to everyone. If you go by the Starfinder lore. Of course, with that in mind, I did not know we'd be doing this right now either! So, yeah...

That being said, I'm still here! Will post tomorrow.

So i know we move slow but you know we havent gained a single level in 2 years? I havent even needed to take my book from its shelf in ages. ;-)

Yeah. It was going to happen as soon as you left the temple and The Drift.

Hmm i sense an incentive to strip the temple and get moving ;-)

Wasn't necessarily saying that; I was just responding to your comment.

Besides, I didn't have much else set for the temple.

Could be me but i believe stripping it and taking stock of what we got is all that seems to be planned to do there still right? Or is anyone else having any other plans?

The only thing Phelar has planned to to look through the temple's database. See what she can find of any worth either about herself, or their mission. She feels they are there for a reason other then cool sheilds and a neat new engine type that she can make money from. :)

Did some spring cleaning last weekend. Ran across a box of some ten-year old papers mixed in with some gaming materials. And then there was this sheet...

DIVERT YOUR COURSE

This is the actual radio conversation of a U.S. naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995. Radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations, 10-10-95.


CANADIANS: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the south to avoid a collision.

AMERICANS: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the north to avoid a collision.

CANADIANS: Negative. You will have to divert your course 15 degrees to the south to avoid a collision.

AMERICANS: This the captain of the U.S. Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course.

CANADIANS: No, I say again, you divert YOUR course.

AMERICANS: This the Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. Lincoln, the second largest ship in the United States Atlantic Fleet. We are accompanied by three Destroyers, three Cruisers, and numerous support vessels. I DEMAND that you change your course 15 degrees north. I say again, that’s one-five degrees north, or counter-measures will be undertaken to ensure the safety of this ship.

CANADIANS: This is a lighthouse. Your call.

In reply to StarMaster (msg # 180):

I remember hearing about that while I was down in Haiti for the Army the 2nd time. I just shook my head, especially considering we had our Battalion commander deciding that it was appropriate to do a Battalion run around Port-o-Prince Airport AFTER the UN Base Commander just issued a heat index warning because it had just hit 105 degrees out. Needless to say I was happy I drew RTO detail that day, they didn't have enough vehicles for all the fallouts.

It just shows how many morons are in the upper echelon of one of the most technologically advanced militaries in the world. And it's scary too.

We got that radio thing with a Scottisch lighthouse. So my guess its actually fabricated but tells us we know how the world thinks about us navy arrogance as its generally well believed.

As it turns out, it is a joke that's been going around for around 80 years.

Which kind of indicates that the attitude is more Old School than modern, but since the US wasn't part of the original joke, it's only been adapted to us.

Of course, you have to remember how much the US public was being influenced by the major newspapers at the time, who dumped their personal beliefs and agendas on everyone.

We got 'dragged' into WWI, which was a 'foreign' war, and we were damned if we were going to get involved in another one, which is why it took Pearl Harbor to get us into WWII. We would have anyway, because Germany and Japan both wanted to conquer the world.

The problem is that besides the American Civil War, we are one country. In half the space over in Europe there are 50 countries that have been at war with one another for over 500 years.

That's where the difference in attitude comes from.

Btw did we level?

YES! Everyone can gain a level!

Whoohooo!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9K8-3PHZOU

Do we still have a player to man the weapons? I can do some target painting or so to give a boost to attack rolls maybe if someone else is going to shoot em.

So I read that as we need to send the away team into that nest on foot to look or am i mistaken?

ANd i guess my piloting gives me a gunner seat for now?

Sorry for the lack of posting guys my sleep levels have been critical of late, considering I suffer from both insomnia and sleep apnea, and that's been affecting my ability to do much of anything save for go to work and get home. And to be honest, it's even been affecting that, which as a driver is VERY bad. Anyway, thanks to this I literally ended up sleeping the last two weekend's away. Which sucked for the chore's I needed to get done around my house I own. Yay me.

Anyway I'm getting a post out now though.

What a horrible combination to have. So you cant sleep and if you do you start choking and cant rest. At least you can get that horrible loud breathing machine for the latter to make sure you will probably not get sleep from the noise of that thing.

Sorry about not posting the last few days. The main line out of my house broke and the drainage has been backing up into my downstairs through my downstairs bathroom. So that's about 3 grand out of my pocket for them to dig up my yard and fix that. All while I been spending the last several days cleaning up the crappy situation in my downstairs bathroom, kitchen, and basement. Fun times.

Oh great another winner of the water lotterey. Good luck with that. We are so lucky we live on high ground i just had water flood in through the garage wall putting a small layer in the ground level of my home. Everyone with an actual basement in my streed was having something like you.

Now they are opening it i suggest installing one of those things in the main pipe that prevents the water from flowing back. Sets you back another 200 or so but will ceep the crap out next time the water comes. At least through the sewer.

So at this point i start to wonder if we actually have any fighter type chars on the team.

I'll be heading off for vacation. Will be back around the 1st.

Sorry for the wait in a reply, I am still dealing with the main line disaster at my house. Every day I come home from work I have to do clean up. Thankfully they are finally going to be here tomorrow to start the work.

Under normal circumstances, I'd be pissed. But I can't. Last week we had huge amounts of storms, and towards the end of the week their main guy got admitted to the hospital for a heart condition. So they had to hire a new crew to complete all the jobs they had lined up, to include mine. I've worked with this company in the past, so I know they do good work, and know they guy who was admitted to the hospital. So while I can be frustrated at my situation, I cannot be mad at the company.

Wow. That's a bummer.

Do what you gotta do. RL comes first. I'm sure the game will still be around when you get things straightened out.

New guy here. Tracker, Courrier, emergency damage control guy, and part time philosopher cop.

Resume includes doesn't need any equipment in wild space and can function as a lifeboat because he and the void are one... Professional courtesy and all.

Has returned a lot of runaways and violently vented the control deck of one slaver ship, likes to laugh.

In reply to Le'Auil (msg # 197):

Welcome aboard!

Welcome to the game!

Welcome.

Lee COULD walk in on the team or ship at any time but I don't want to barge until GM clears me... Which probably won't happen until I have starting gear purchased...

I'm thinking space cop who went private sector to help save more people by not having so many rules.

And then he ended up on a ship looking for an entire lost planet.

I mean... SOUNDS like something you need a space hunter for. I'm chuckling at declaring a planet as my Bounty Mark though. Let's hope I don't have to subdue it to bring it in!

In reply to Le'Auil (msg # 203):

Nothing a lil chloroform will haver an issue with right?

Has anyone had run ins with stellar police or Komena security forces? It might be funny for Lee to have done the paperwork but not actually met you before.

If someone is a runaway or actively has a bounty on them that may be something we can build from, even if Lee isn't hunting you directly. He has done a lot of object re-theft bordering on space piracy. He's particularly effective where the original thieves are frail to the effects of the void.

Revonoss was a war mechanic and medical assistant in his youth. In the last 12 years he is a spacer. But he is on the old side of the spectrum so not sure he is the type to get in that kind of trouble. An odd bar fight maybe with some folks wanting to prove themselves.

Has anyone raised the question of Telepathy counting as contact for the purpose of delivering spells, particularly mental ones?

Not yet, but Phelar has already did some pretty outrageous stuff with her telepathy. Of course she's also a Phrenic Adept with Extended Telepathy and Triunes Blessing which lets her use all that on computers and constructs.

Oh, that all? ;P

It would be nice to do some touch buffs and such on the fly thanks to touching minds.

Telepathy would only count as 'contact' for mind-affecting spells. It wouldn't do it for anything physical.
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Feats skipped my mind. I just requested feats that I thought should be okay including descriptions in the PM. Expanded Telepathy is looking real nice...

I go for feats that fit the feel of the character, not that look nice or sound cool. So if you have a path you have envisioned for your character, then go that route with you feat choices.

Here is a good place to find all the feats that are Paizo official: https://www.aonsrd.com/Feats.aspx

Phelar's vision, or my vision for her rather, is she is a technological, and magical genius. At the same time, she was also a mentalist and could use those powers to affect man and machine. The issue is, she has no memories at all of her past or where she came from. There are other issues as well, such as being found by the team here in cryostasis, and no recent known record of her to exist save for what was in the computer of where she was. And all it had was her name. I've given StarMaster pretty much free reign on her true origin's from there, with giving some idea's now and then.

Lee is a Hunter first mental power second. Expanding the range of those mental powers is never bad.

There ya go! That being said, look for feats that fit your primary feel first, then your secondary. Unless a secondary one fits early on, like Expanded Telepathy. Be careful though, Starfinder has a TON of feats! lol Especially with all the new books that came out recently.

Lee has had to freelance and that required him to learn a little of a lot of skills. There are a few that he has a lot of that help on many levels. These feats will help him hunt more with his mind and cut off potential advantages from targets' telepathy.

I was just now old when I realized that since my 7 years off RPOL began, they instituted a search function in the portraits. This one is a little more haunting and pretty than the other and really puts forward more of what I hoped to feel from their design.

Yeah a bunch of people wasted quite some time on adding the tags and here we are all ignoring them and just flipping the pages ;-)

Is there a specific gate room on the ship or should I post directly to security's office as that is likely an important first stop? Also, as an exercise Lee wants to make a point of determining if he can sense minds on other sides of such a portal. It may be handy later.

The aiudara is in one of the cargo holds. With the captain currently busy, Corlene is the security officer sent to meet Le'Auil.

Been watching Stargate SG-1 again...

When the portal opens, you can see precisely what's on the other side. It's like a door was just opened. The only mind you can sense is the security officer there to meet you. Her name is Corlene. Presumably there are other minds on the ship, but they are apparently out of range at the moment.

I used to watch it all the time, I felt a deep resemblance in the gates.

I half wished I'd looked through some of the special materials before making my primary loadout...

I'm not confident about another thread I should post to.

I decided it might be best to just edit that last post rather than try to find a new thread.

Between detect magic and detect Affliction being cantrips (cast all day long as needed) Lee should be able to take 20 on any skill checks needed if he takes 5 minutes per spell.

Barring divine/plot intervention, if the cause is either active magic, poison, disease, traumatic brain injury, or at this juncture passive magic like a curse... The proceedings MAY invade personal space a bit but not include any chance of harm.

I believe this is the place where StarMaster needs to input, since this is the part of her background I pretty much gave him free reign and we all only give him ideas. lol

Yeah, I try to give a lights in the void theme to most of Lee's magic.

I'm not sure how I would rule a replicant with no actual previous life's lack of memories(just an OOC theory). I think it should give a lot of negatives. I'm not sure if Lee should be able to draw that information to that conclusion with surety but he might be able to conclude it is 'almost as if' an infant's brain was put into an adult body or the brain has been regenerated after terrible trauma but there are no other signs of trauma. Maybe it would look like a psychic assault recovery.

Just know if either of you comes to harm Revonoss will twap you on the head till you need medical attention ;-)

Well, we would be deserving at that point. We COULD do this in the open Void of space... Plenty of people think magic is best done in unusual places with less clothes. Lee doesn't subscribe to it himself but a day naked in the void does wonders for the circulation and perspective, he DOES frequently recommend them though he understands most people need help with that. He has the ability to lead such meditations for small groups.

He should be able to tell if magic, science, or something hybrid did the job of locking up her mind. Or are you particular about the not figuring it out when he should be able to?

Is the Void in the Drift as well? I mean is it still space or is it actual stuff?

The Void is both the space between star systems and the vacuum of space. The Drift might have pocket of vacuum, but the Void doesn't really exist there.

Are we by chance close enough for Know Coordinates spell to function for a better alignment on our target, using this (player theory) dead battery as an anchor to find another part as the target of the spell? Lee would try it at least

Actually I think that Lee would confer with Sol on the results of his own checks to make sure that he's not misinterpreting anything because a lot of his knowledge comes from stuff that's left is less definitive than book learning that Sol might have had.

Resume for communication because I think there is a good shot:

Computers 2, diplomacy 7, culture 8, mystic 9, sense motive 10, perception 13

Auto senses intelligence at telepathy range.

Can survive in space with no metal, magic, or tech active on him... and still maneuver freely, oh, and may light up at will(over all time is limited but unless we are doing a large cultural exchange I think a blinky conversation can be done). As we are all telepaths that point is moot.

Hello everyone.

I'm brand new to both this game and to Starfinder (but not to this GM). I'm trying to finish up character creation and was wondering if someone could answer a question about upgrade slots for armor?

Question: We are given a purple force field as standard free issue. The Nethys SRD says it takes 2 slots for a forcefield. The light lashunta tempweave armor we are issues says it has 1 slot. Does this mean we can NOT use the forcefield UNLESS we buy/find armor with 2+ slots?

In reply to Alyn Reed (msg # 233):

correct.

Thank you for clearing that up. That just simply means the shields are available if we end up getting armor with the slots. But it's good to know because it also helped me understand how upgrade slots work better.

I also was looking through all those upgrades and it looks like there's a lot of really nice ones even the really low-level ones that Take a single-slot.

Starfinder was still new when I started this game, and I hadn't quite figured out all the rules.

We hashed it out in the OOCs back in the beginning.

What I'd set up as the EFG is automatically incorporated into EVER suit of armor... even if you're wearing a chainmail bikini, apparently.

So, you don't need an EFG belt. Instead, the purple force field is the belt. I was originally going with the idea that you'd have environmental protection even if you didn't wear armor.

In reply to StarMaster (msg # 236):

STAR Master... Just to clarify so you're saying that the belt is actually like a purple force field but is not actually the same thing as the purple force field add-on that you would normally use as an armor slot add on? It is a standalone belt that just simply has the purple force field mechanics correct?
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Also the rules of fantasy physics say that a chainmail bikini totally has a really high armor class.

I mean look at somebody who's like Xena warrior princess compared to somebody who's like the Green Knight from King Arthur guess which one lives longer.

Especially when it comes to women the less armour you have on with the stronger they actually are. :)

I was thinking the purple force field generator was modular and can be removed from the belt and added to armor that has at least two slots. But, of course, you don't have to; you can use the slots for something else.

So, yes, it works just like the armor add-on.

Does this mean that I can choose to take the belt though and essentially get the force field? Without needing to have armor to use it?

Yes.

Cool and good to know! Thanks for the clarification!

I have the field in my temp weave. Which has 1 slot so could it be we ruled it could fit in 1 slot at the start gear phase?

So, there's Lashunta Tempweave Basic with one slot and Lashunta Tempweave Advanced with 3 slots. Both are light armor.

It seems odd that there isn't a version with just 2 slots. So, let's say that the light armor you have all been issued is Lashunta Tempweave Special with 2 slots.

That should solve all the 'problems'.

Well knowing the belts are special portable purple forcefield generators, as well as our tempweave is new tempweave basic-special, really fixes the issues.

Starting out, I am going to keep the belt forcefield but I'm sure I'll find a better belt slot item of some kind eventually, at which point I can consider switching the purple shield out into the armor slots if I want to keep it. The archive of nethys has a lot of neat armor slot augments though and it's gonna be tough to decide what I want but that's part of the fun of a crunch system like this. :)

Sorry about my silence the last couple of weeks guys. My...depression hit me kinda hard so I kinda wanted to just sit back and stare at nothing for the last couple of weeks.

Lashunta Mind Mail I has 2 slots. It's what Phelar wears.

In reply to Phelar Morilla (msg # 246):

Urgh been down that dark pit. Stay strong and even if you do not feel like it keep up with doing things you liked before so you do not drift away from the people you do them with or the way back is a lot harder cause that shit just proves the depression right.

So for that skill pool

Computer: Revonoss 13
Cultures: Le'Auil 8
Diplomacy Le'Auil 7
Mysticism: Le'Auil 9
Perception: Le'Auil 13


Anyone has higher bonusses then our workhorse Le'Auil or is this how we are going to build up the pool?

I think Lee's 10 sense motive and investigative profession  (bounty hunter) skill of 8 should likely play a roll though perhaps only +2 or something as this isn't like anything he has investigated or studied before.

A bounty hunter needs lots of skills.

Well those are what the GM asked for. And seeing there is no input from the others i think Lee should just make the roll as he contributes most and get this thing going. I mean i can make a case why engineering ect comes in too if we go down the drone path but we stalled long enough without any motion in any direction. So just tally up and deal with whatever the boss tells us comes from the result one way or another?

I really hope a 44 does it!

Tomorrow is a start of a 4 day work week for me (Thanksgiving week), followed by 3 6 day work weeks for me. So after Thanksgiving my posting will become sporadic until Xmas.

Everyone, sorry that I have not been posting regularly. It has been a little hectic in RL. However, I will commit to more time and submit a post today to get that trend started.

I'm still around as well.

Of course that part of the plan hinges on the ship having higher processing power than the shuttle. The message wouldn't have been solely to Phelar but the mental equivalent of turning to took at her while sitting at a table full of the party.

Lee is still receptive to other people's ideas and not hiding anything.

In my 20+ years of PbP gaming on various sites, it was generally accepted that posting between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day diminished considerably due to Holidaze, work schedule changes, family, shopping, putting up decorations, etc. For that reason, expectations for timely posts was kind of put on hold.

In my case, this didn't usually apply to me, but this year, I seem to have hit a down cycle. It's probably a combination of age + health + meds + diet + environment + Holidaze. So, just bear with me while I sort it all out and hopefully get back on track in the new year.

Alright, I'll hold off until we get more from you. It's a pretty fun time with a compelling plot. I'm interested in seeing how it unrolls.

The Amazon busy season is over finally, so now I'll be able to get back to regular posting again! I apologize for my haphazard posting the last several weeks and am glad to be able to get back to posting normally now!

So I am totally here but it feels like I'm waiting for you guys to do something else but the GM is thinking you guys were waiting for me. So I reread the post and it sounds like you guys are trying to send some sort of electronic communication but my character doesn't have a headset or anything like that.

Or are people trying to do telepathy? I'm actually a little bit unsure as a player what you guys are doing.

I believe Le' is contacting you with telepathy. But we are also on our way to you in a shuttle by now. I guess we where just waiting for the GM to let us know we can do it without any problem.

Le has 50% extension on mental abilities/spells. He also has a life bubble spell for just such occasions and megavitamin spell to replace meals in space. Search and rescue or at least hunting are his schtick.

So we got a tribal human. Think its potty trained?

They are generally house trained as much as any pet in its age category. Though they tend to retain a certain messiness regardless of age.

Individuals may vary.

Congratulations on purchasing your new pet. Your pet comes partially trained although is intelligent enough to be receptive to additional training as needed by its owners. Your pet is of a breed that generally is loving and loyal to its owners as long as the owners do not utilize two firm of a hand in the training and rearing of said pets.

Your pet does respond positively to positive reinforcements rather than negative reinforcement so utilizing things like treats and other things during training is going to be much better in terms of results than utilizing negative reinforcements like fear and operant conditioning. Make sure your pet has an ample supply of food and water so that it maintains a good mood and steady health vitals.

So just to be clear. Le' just mind probes the strange human and we can skip the whole medical checkup/quarantine part? I was getting ready to do his so desired colonoscopy!

I mean, you did make certain promises. As long as you do it before he downloads interstellar law on 'likely unnecessary proceedures'... Well, we can still keep him in the med bay until we get a room for him. I feel like it presses plausibility to suggest we have a large number of unused state rooms and he might be too... Geeky for his own safety if we put him with a bunch of alien crew members in a berthing.

Maybe they had REALLY specific divination though, before undertaking the mission.

I'm sure that there is an extra small bedroom area that he could have LOL. They're always is with this type of trope and there may even be one that wasn't there before due to how the universe is warping a little bit with his entry. :)

In reply to Le'Auil (msg # 268):

Well i am mostly making sure Le' really has the ability to do a full medical check to see if sudden space exposure ect left no medical conditions as you stated quite plainly he is okay and cleared. Dont want our guest falling over cause he really needed that colonoscopy.


And i am sure we have an empty shipping box somewhere for you Alyn.

Alyn will consent to a medical exam more out of the sheer novelty of it all. But ooc magic and such will reveal is is totally fine and Alyn is fine because he cast an air bubble spell on himself (instinctively when he was dropped into outer space) which is why he is okay.

I find it funny that Earth is actually in a Paizo published adventure path for Pathfinder. :) LOL! And now we have a character from earth!

Really? What Adventure Path is that?

Oh that's interesting! I had no idea!

Reign of Winter. In the 5th book of the adventure path the players actually go to earth. Siberia Russia during WW1 to be exact.

https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Reign_of_Winter

Le knows enough about medicine to keep 'paid more for alive' targets in that category... Usually. He still maintains several different weapons so he doesn't have to make too high a roll. He's a decent bounty hunter. Gear chosen to blend in... The free tl6 item... Wasn't written on the sheet but Tactical Shell Knuckles is nice for versatility and general close combat effectiveness.

I dont know but anyone with me if i 'accidentially' give this new crew member a room in the incinerator before turning it on? My ears hurt from all the reading i got to do ;-)

Given the interactions Le has had with humans he still equates to them like I do dogs. Each has quirks that make you hate them and a few have redeeming qualities that keep them in your heart and home.

Only 2 cats have redeemed themselves in my eyes in nearly 40 years of experience.

Well your new human pet will grow on you in time. :)

Why does this make me thnik of someone here? ;-)

Woof? :)

Well if my math is right we can pick up a few more humans created or drawn in by divine power and then make Captain Golarion.

I think Animal Control is just a slightly less social Bounty Hunter...

We are a voracious species. We breed quickly, eat a lot, and are demanding.

So... Pitbulls.

Starmaster...just waiting for a response from thranel.

First off I wanna say sorry for my silence. Had a minor medical emergency happen. All is well, I'm healthy and good.

Alyn is waiting for Thranel to respond to his question.

In reply to Phelar Morilla (msg # 286):

Good to hear hun.

Yes, is very good you are at least recovering well!

Thanks guys. :)

I went to work today, because I had to take Wednesday off for a medical check-up. And all is good. So I am all up to specs! Yay me!

Wish I could say the same!

With me, it's just about not sleeping well, which makes me a mental zombie the next day. Been going on for over a month now.

Last Wednesday wound up being a 'good' day (a.k.a. not so bad) and spent the entire day posting. Got caught up on half my games... and went to hell the next five days.

The Mental Zombie part seems to affect the left side of my brain more than the other side. So, creativity shuts down, making it hard to focus on posts. On the other hand, the mathematical right side is fine, which means I can sit at the computer and draw up floor plans one pixel at a time. Tedious at any other times.

Well no judging here. I had gout and then got covid going to the damned doctor to treat the gout so yeah my energy and life have been ugh lately too.

I seem to not be able to win. One issue right into another.

Anyway I want to apologize for my week of silence. I had gotten a massive and major ear infection which made concentrating difficult. It's healing pretty good, but I am still having my moments of ouchie.

That's what I keep saying... RL happens to us all, at one time or another, to varying degrees. If you're one of the lucky ones that don't have any inconvenient or serious problems, more power to you.

Sorry about the silence again guys. I had another 'episode'. Should be good now. Fingers crossed.

I've been under the weather for the past two weeks with insufficient mental energy to post, and then Thursday morning the AC went out so I've been melting in 90-degree heat for the past 4 days. Tech finally got here yesterday and the AC was working fine when he left, but now it's out again! Aaargh!

Woah is it that hot yet? It's like in the forties here still lol!

I finally can go outside without my winter coat.

Yeah, it was a bit of hot spell for this time of year down here in Florida. But that's weather for you.

AC's supposed to get fixed tomorrow. Also have a doctor's appointment. So, maybe by Friday things'll be back to normal (whatever that is any more).

Normal? Whats that?

I can't help but see Jem and the Holograms when I think of these locals... I'll get a post in this afternoon.

Do they have minds? Le is ensuring that his armor is affixed properly to protect his nuts. No being too careful in a first contact.

So, AC finally got fixed after two weeks. They had to send a Master Tech out to fix the screw-ups that the other 3 techs made.

On the other hand, my doctor's appointment got canceled, so I'm looking for a Master Tech to fix ME!

I got a bonesaw and no idea how to use it!!

Grats on getting the AC fixed! And just in time too, since it's only going into Spring. Thank god this didn't happen to you in the summer time!

Sorry for the silence the past couple of weeks guys, some personal issues came up and hit me pretty hard.

I'll get a post out tomorrow. Storms rolled through where I live last week and we only just got power back on the past weekend, then my work week started. Between that, and cleanup from the storm I've been torn to the nine winds. I do apologize.

This is what hit us:
https://www.wane.com/weather/s...ategory-2-hurricane/

https://www.wane.com/news/phot...path-of-destruction/

I live in the wrong region to be a disaster tourist. But good to hear youre ok.

We lost power for 10 days back in '17 when Hurricane Imra came through. Lots of damage here, too, then.

Yeah it all sucks! Derecho's are basically like land hurricanes. Take a thunderstorm, give it some crack laced steriods, and you got this thing. Thankfully only one every ten years rolls through.

Never heard the term before, but then the midwest isn't a place I've ever lived. East coast, west coast, and southeast... so blizzards, earthquakes, and hurricanes respectively.

Lived here all my life, and 10 years ago was the first time I ever heard it myself.

I'm a weather guy for a living and only heard about em 7 years into the job

Easiest way to describe a derecho is a hurricane on land. It's insane. We had all of the wind of a hurricane, even rain, lightning, it was even dropping golf ball sized hail in some spots. The only thing we didn't have was the evacuations of a hurricane. Reason is unlike a hurricane which sticks around for days, these only stick around for hours and can potentially leave just as much damage.
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Did rev just get a Sonic screwdriver?

Not quite. It doesn't do a lot of things that the sonic screwdriver could do.

In reply to StarMaster (msg # 315):

Well as the sonic screwdriver was boosted to be the hail mary in the new series that was hard to pull off. Still would like one though ;-)

Hi everyone! :)

Welcome!

Welcome

Hello, glad you could join us

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.

Enjoy and have fun! :)

So apparently it was my turn to get Covid, although a weaker strain. Culminated Monday night when I fell getting out of bed because I got dizzy and my legs were so weak they couldn't support me. After friends helped me get into a chair, called an ambulance to take me to the hospital for evaluation and testing. Everything else was clear but the test came back positive for Covid. Put some fluids in me, gave me a few prescriptions for me cough, and sent me home.

According to the doctor, I have it for a few days, so Monday was the worst of it. Getting better, but I still feel like crap and a bit unsteady on my feet.

At least this explains why I've been feeling so crappy for awhile now.

Rest easy..! I’ll behave, this time.

Just rest rest rest! Give work and this game a short break for a week or so and rest! I wish I rested for a week when I got it earlier this year and I pushed myself and didn't and it sucked.

Oof. Take good care boss.

I hope you have stuff to eat that doesn't bother you.

During vaccination process I woke up one night without the use of one eye for a while. I was so tired I just went back to sleep and woke up fine.

Later I tested positive and had painfully dry sinuses... So fluids!

Afk till the 29th.

Enjoy the trip…/ vacation/…

1300!

In reply to Sabin Shess (msg # 329):

thanks

Probably should apologize for not posting an update here, but brain's been too tired to even think of doing that.

Getting better. Just slow.

Still here… :)

Thanks for checking in. Just rest up for now.

Don't feel bad man, I'm not in the best shape right now myself.

That said 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.

Happy times!! Good luck for you and heres hoping to some minor inconvenience with the eyes and brain.

You guys take good care for yourselves RPol hasnt gone anywhere in the last 10 years so doubt it will leave us now.

Not fun, hope they find out what is wrong and you get better quickly.



I’ve been around longer (14yrs) and there are posts from the mods that date back to May 2005… 17 years. Now I’m curious how long it has been around..!

So an update on my condition. So far from what I can read from the reports that they posted on my charts there is some sorta cyst messing up the flow of fluid in my sinuses. There is also fluid in and around the frontal lobe near the eyes. Likely both related.

Anyway, post incoming since this is the first day I've felt up to doing one and not had a throbbing full feeling in my head! :)

A cyst..! That’s good news, right?! Just a mucus sack, easily removed?

I mean, kinda? To be honest I have no idea. lol

In that case, it’s great news. You’ll see!

I'm hoping they can lance those cysts and drain that fluid and that is the end of it. I really hope it's that simple though.

I saw the neurologist this past Tuesday and they hit me with the good news bad news routine.

So basically they confirmed that I do indeed have fluid behind my eyes, and along my frontal lobe. They asked me a bunch of questions about symptoms I'm having which currently are none, or very few. That said she explained several things that could have been going on, and explained why she's ruled them out based on my symptoms. Which put us to the point that now we're going to do a spinal tap to test the brain fluid. If you thought I said the bad part earlier, here's the other bad part. I been on Topamax for well over a decade or more to control my migraines that I used to get 4 to 5 times a week. So they want me to stop taking it two weeks prior to my spinal tap so that they can get an accurate read on what's going on. Means at some point here in the future, I'm going to be in a lot of head pain for a couple weeks.

That said, she did say she only wants to do the test as a precaution. So maybe I am getting to the tail end of all this?

Anyway, I am back and good for now! So will be posting tomorrow.

On the plus side those migraines might hit you hard enough you wont notice the spinal tap. Those things are a bitch.

As you may have heard, Southwest Florida where I  live got clobbered by Hurricane Ian. Once again, we've lost power. With Irma, we lost it for 10 days. It could be longer this time as a couple of substations got trashed and there's almost a million people without power now across the six counties.

Currently using my friend's hot spot from his phone, but there's still the problem of charging up my computer and his cell phone.

So, not sure how much I'll be able to post before we get power back. No gas stations are operable because their pumps are electrical and they don't have power either. Most stores were closed today, but a few restaurants managed to open to feed the people that can't cook at home now.

Lots of trees down, and some damage to houses and yards. Six houses on our block lost their back porches. Our fence barely survived, but it's leaning because the ground got so soaked. Lost a few solar panels. But other than that, made it through without any damage to the house (except the back porch (the lanai) is 50% gone) and we're all intact--people, cats and dogs.

Happy everyone’s safe!!

Yes my prayers go out to you. Stay safe!

Good to hear all damage is only material. Take care. Sounds you got lucky  as you skipped the floodings that they show on TV here.

Play by post means play at your own speed... Glad you weren't hurt!

Yea! Power's back as of Friday afternoon. Internet came back late Friday night. We thought it'd take long because we're at the tail end of a line and the telephone pole and transformer at the other end of the block were both lying on the ground because the pole had snapped in half!

Spent yesterday cleaning up, picking up the pieces, putting things back in place, and making sure nothing got burnt out. We'd unplugged the TVs and shut off the AC at the circuit box, so we seem to be okay.

Our two house cats keep wanting to go out on the back porch like they used to, but it's half gone, so that's not going to be an option for awhile.

Anyway, expect to get caught up on my games today.

Glad to hear from you, Starmaster! Take the time you need - we understand you literally and figuratively weathered a natural disaster and need time to get back on your feet.

*puts on the EVA voice*

"Welcome back Commander"

Good to have you back! Don't start at a sprint. These games are a marathon. You are the best judge of what you need. Do what you need. We'll be around.

Agreed, and welcome back! ;)

I do that normally... especially since I've slowed down in my old age.

I got two posts up Saturday morning and then lost the internet again all afternoon. By the time it got back, I was wiped out.

A normal afternoon storm came through Sunday, signalling that our usual weather pattern was back to normal. Thunderstorm interrupted satellite TV and we lost power for a moment, but that killed internet again. Sucky local provider.

Getting caught up...

Sorry it took so long to get a post out! After my procedure last Monday I could barely sit up without severe migraines setting in. People warned me that that would happen, but I did not expect anything like this. I'm still getting them, but now that I am back on my meds that are slowly getting better and better. I'm posting now. :)

Well, good to have everyone more or less in order! Looking forward to forward in the story but more importantly y'all are in decent positions, if not better!

Ha! You spoke too soon!

Thursday my computer got hit with ransom-ware. Cost me $75 to take it to the shop to get it removed. :-(

Went out to dinner Friday at a Golden Corral and apparently sat in their uncomfortable chair too long and hurt my tail bone. Really hurt by 2am and had to get up and take some Aleve cause my sciatica was also acting up. Not really sure the Aleve helps, but tail bone is better now. Only hurts when I sit down, stand up, bend over or squat.

Whether that's contributing to my tiredness or the COVID aftermath is still hanging on or it's just old age in general, just don't have enough energy these days to keep up with everything.

And, of course, stupid RL things like errands and chores get in the way, too.

Yeah, I know... too much pissin' and moanin' but when you get old, it's nothing but aches and pains that prompt it! As the saying goes, 'the spirit's willing but the flesh is weak'. Bleh.

Glad you both survived Starmaster / Phelar.. :)

Phelar, hope you heal quickly.

StarMaster, time to get you a firewall for your porn.

Got that covered. I was looking for a recipe for chicken soup!

I am waiting for us to transition back to the ship. It's important for what Alyn wants to do next.

This seemed to be the Alyn Reed Show, so I was just expecting you to keep going. Didn't realize you were waiting for me to say 'You're back on the ship now.'

I didn't want to force people to move if they weren't ready. :)

At this point im just the taxi driver that hauls you around. Its all out of Revonosses expertise.

I don't know the new gravatic screwdriver is likely to play a large roll in joining these pieces.

I've had no net since Friday, just got it back so will be trying to catch back up the next couple days.