You're planning to keep going to the library often then?

I'll put up something for you in a few hours in your private thread to deal with your nightly excursion - I think that running the nightly events in private threads will help a lot in keeping the main thread moving and focused on the primary goal.

Yeah, and chatting with Scaramian, basically working to learn some more stuff about whatever i find a good book on, most likely.

So, while Ashaia's bounty hasn't been revealed yet, the rest of the team's have been, alongside those of a few NPCs; I'd be curious to hear what everybody's OOC reaction to them in general is like, particularly the various differences and what they might mean.

My reaction is basically, "goddamnit they know about Lilah, Nothing, and myself" because that'll make it HARDER to do our damn jobs.

Im flattered that Carmen got center spot however, it fits her grand thief image :D Tho her uncle is gunna be a pppaaaiiinnnn

Otherwise, its amusing how only some of us have any accuracy in portrait, I mean, ya think Brandescar would bother to do that to ALL their prisoners, but guess not! :P


edit: Carmen has examined it more thoroughly in my private thread that we've been running concurrently; right now she's in the future tho so I cant say what she knows :P
This message was last edited by the player at 14:57, Fri 26 Nov 2021.

You'll remember that no portraits of your were taken when you were put in the prisons, and you escaped within the span of five hours, so it'd be really hard for them to have anything, since they can't take photos. :)

Oh I forgot we escaped the same day XD Whoops. Well, that was like, what, 2 years ago?

Oh, i know of several things i could say ICly, and i don't want to spoil it, so if anyone could share them over the mental link that'd be great :P

Something like that, yeah; it's fine, reminding things for the team is what I'm here for! ^_^

Sorry Adrika, I sort of missed your comment. I should point out that, due to Carmen being currently asleep, nobody will be able to share the info until it's morning IC, at which point I'm sure Carmen will bring the link back up and help everybody get back on the same page.

Yeah, no rush. Plenty of opportunity :)

if it helps, Im bursting at the seams to explain what I found as well XD but the thread must reach dawn! Then. THEN. Info dumps abound!

Investigated the graveyard as well, figured i'd get that done before Ekkard would clean the place out tomorrow. :P

I'm noting that I added the leader of the dwarf crew, Barnabus Eisenbauch, to the list of NPCs in the common knowledge.

I also want to note that I specifically didn't add to the list the new details about Ashaia that were revealed when she read her own bounty poster; since she's the only one to have actually read it, she could easily choose to keep some of those details secret in character, so the rest of the team wouldn't be aware of them, which makes them not common knowledge. I hope that's clear enough!

Sorry for not being able to post. On top of my current issues, I have gotten to a legal situation where I am a victim of a crime. I have not been harmed and I am alright but very distressed. I hoped to convey the seriousness of the matter without going into TMI territory.

Hopefully, I will get some of this off my shoulders tomorrow when I go to the police station to make a report.

I'll be back when I can, and I want to apologize for the ongoing issues I have and thank you for the overwhelming patience you have given me, especially DM.

No need to apologize, take the time you need to recover and settle a bit. I perfectly understand the need for giving other things precedence from time to time.

As far as the game is concerned, the situation is such that I think I can push things forward to the next morning, so Carmen should be able to take point; you had the heavier load for a while now, getting it off your shoulder for a bit would be only fair anyway. So, you won't need to feel guilty about putting your full focus on getting better and dealing with your real life issues, and I'm sure everybody will be happy to have you back once you can go back to giving the game your attention.

In the meanwhile, absolutely worry about yourself first, and know that you have my best wishes for a good resolution of whichever situation you're currently into!

Just eorry about real life Ashai, we can wait! I really hope youre ok or will be ok and that this all resolves soon!

Ill get a post up soon btw

Yeah, don't worry about having the others wait on you for a day or two, just focus on your own mental health right now.

Had a (somewhat) game related dream a few nights back.

We were supposed to take out this powerful vampire, and we were playing nice to get close to him. I managed to land a pretty big curse on him that took away his immortality, making him mortal again, but that required me to not be in the combat so i was in the basement two floors down looking for some celestial artifact he was hiding, and the reason we were there in the first place.

When i came back there was the vampire, no trace of the rest of the party (though a TPK was implied as there was blood on his lips and i may have caught a glimpse of him holding Carmen up by the throat) so i started improvising and pretending i was still on his side.

Did manage to get the artifact though, so there's that.

That's interesting. I don't know that the rest of the team could be taken down that easily - Ashaia is an extremely tough cookie and Carmen is even more slippery than the rest of you has seen so far - but it's certainly an amusing image.

Of course, you won't be meeting any vampires until you begin your third big mission, and even then, since you're playing villains, you'll have a much better chance of negotiating things with them than a good party would have. So, you know, you'll only get into a vampire fight if you mess up. :)

By the way, for reference, breaking Balentyne is your first big mission, while I would consider the stroll through Tiadora's dungeon, the delivery of the weapons to the Malebolgians, and the killing of Odenkirk as small side missions. The game is supposed to be composed of four big missions (each of which corresponds to one of the AP's first four books), plus an "Ending" section that is covered by the last two books but which I will likely be combining and tightening a bit - assuming you all have interest enough to get there, since, considering how long this first book has taken, that's a lot of game to go through.

Yeah, i remember thinking in the dream that it was odd for them to be beaten that quickly, since the general consensus seemed to be that with it no longer being immortal we were considering it an easy fight.

Me searching for the artifact was basically us deciding to save time and have me look for it (being able to phase through solid walls helps) while the others wrap up the fight.

Oh, I could definitely see something like that happening, don't get me wrong, it just would need to be the result of some combination of spectacularly bad luck and incredible recklessness. It's not impossible, just unlikely.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Regardless of what you believe/celebrate, I hope you have a joy filled day. December is cold and dark, let us fill it with some light :)

I can agree to that; best wishes of a fun end of the year for everybody, and happy holidays to all! ^_^

Yes, merry happy present-and-chocolate-stuffing mid-winter-ish day and all that :D.

Not sure if i've linked to something showing the type of shelter Adrika would have helped Lilah build, but i'm thinking something like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skcqFTi3s_A

Grumble wouldn't fit (and making it large enough for him would make it hard to have it remain unnoticed) but he can change into a bear so that should give him plenty of winter insulation. Maybe there's a natural cave in the area he can be a bear in?