In reply to Immortal Eye (msg # 621):

I think I'll buy these two things...
'Short & Medium-Term' Benefits: Familiarity w/{Alien/Extra-Dimensional'?' Hen Language [via: Urr-Dani]} [2xp]
Moving Closer to Perfection {+1Edge-Might} [4xp-Tier Step]

I had 2 xp previously unspent, but the DM requested an Intrusion I rejected which cost me 1 xp... so I could not spent it really on anything impacting.
This unfortunately means I cannot make two advancements toward Tier 4.  So one advancement - a Moving closer to Perfection [+1Edge to Might], and the language I've been working on so at least one of us can speak to Urr-Dani.

And I'm once again back to 1 xp. Sigh.  But now I've competed 2 steps into advancing toward tier 4.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:04, Wed 26 July 2023.

If the goal is to completely remove the gate from where it is, or even just clear away enough rock to get access to all of it, it will likely take several days of careful work.  We can flash forward through that if you like.

Im fine with that.

Suits me! I had assumed the gate wasn't movable - and we might need to make some decisions about where we want it if we do move it! Inside the clave? Or is that too risky?

If we move the gate is it probable that may break it?

Well likely Gates are placed where they are for a reason... it might not be a good idea to move it before we learn whats on the other side of the gate first!  Like we have no idea if the dimension it goes to is coterminous with our plane {meaning the distances here are the same there} and not leagues or even as light years apart in differences.  Very bad!  We could move the gate down the street and find out the exit which was once in a castle on a planet is now into open interstellar space... OR WORSE!!
This message was last edited by the player at 17:03, Sat 12 Aug 2023.

I agree. Let's not move it.

Uhm... a d701?  Do you have some non-Euclidian dice up your sleeve?!?  If so ... keep them! :)

I have 7 tables of cyphers in various books.  If you roll a 701 exactly, you get an extreme cypher.

Manually enter 1d701 at the top right in the dice roller.

You can keep the 430 if you want.
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:18, Wed 16 Aug 2023.

In reply to Immortal Eye (msg # 631):

HUH?!?  That's possible?!?  Wow.  I though you typed a typo...

I appreciate customizable dice rollers :)

I'm assuming with the passing of the days for the excavation we are ALL able to fully recover from our injuries and stress incurred?

Yes.

Don't sweat it we all have Real life issues that come up... its cool!

As for Mhari, its not exactly that he's less interested in the discovery... but he has a few deep seated childhood issues.  He's not just a 'typical' Glaive 'Blood makes me relax' sort.  He actually kind of hates fighting... but he learned to fight cause he has 7 brothers all trying to kill him.  Mhari's mother died when he was very young and his father is a ruthless opportunistic rich merchant of VERY questionable ethics and few if any morals.  His father was also the 7th Son of the 7th son.. and by measures some legal some murderous eliminated ALL his brothers to gain leadership of the family Wealth.  He is also gifted with the Holy lightning like Mhari and he has tried to make Mhari more like him... not that he hates his 7 sons but he feels only strength should survive.  But Mhari is more like his sweet mother.. he does not want to kill his brothers, he does not really value wealth. Eventually, the conflict with his brothers and his father's manipulation reached his limits ands he sold himself into slavery to flee home.  He's free now after much adventuring [Hence Teir 3]... but he has no desire to return to the struggle at home. Let his brothers battle each other over the family wealth... Mhari has disowned his family.

As you can guess his childhood lacked any real heartfelt love and its traumatized him subtly.. now as an adult he seeks love in his life... many times in the wrong places to fill that need that has never been filled.  So in regular fashion he regularly seeks companionship making the same flawed mistakes seeking what he feels he needs.  He's never dishonest with his partners and he's not opposed to commitment.. but as a glaive danger finds him and more than a few of his paramours have come to an untimely death in his arms.  So.. he mostly seeks out adventurer lovers who might be able to survive random threat.  So... no, he does not make use of prostitutes.. he has standards... and he would only consider someone who he knew something about that he found admirable.  Appearance is tangentially important but not his focus. He only would seek companionship with someone he respected and liked their personality.  He has a strong sense of honor and so.. married individuals who have committed to a relationship.. he has a great deal of respect for and in fact no small amount of envy.. that they have found 'their ~ One and Only'.  His honor would never allow him to deny or break up a couple of each other's love.. something he has distinctly lacked in his life.  So married women are completely OFF limits!

What would you guys like to do next?

Tour the area for threats, wider radius. Investigate tracks. Look for ancient remains numenarean artifacts, or building or levitating construction or underground complex.
Else see if we can get the gate working. Or establish what's missing that we then have to search for and/or construct.

Have we done a detailed map of the immediate 2 mile radius of the Clave?  If not we should do that.. a territory Survey.

Sorry for the lack of posts recently, work has been extra-busy at the moment. Will try to post soon!

Can we get an update on the clave of strangers thread with the changes our efforts have made in the clave?

Also if this a 'sandbox'... can we initiate actions on our own?  Cause Mhari is all about exploration and travel.  Perhaps start an open RP thread where time, place and pc/npc's unvoled can be defined and RP and maybe even actions can be done outside of main plot advancement?

Example:
Open RP thread
Time: 2 days After Return from Japan
Place:  Center City - Miskatonic Psychiatric Care Asylum
Status: open to any to post {or possibly closed to only the actors listed}
Actors: Justicar/Justar, Dr. Javier Lemarr {Dr. Phage}
This message was last edited by the player at 17:40, Sun 24 Sept 2023.

I suppose we could do something like ... individual side missions.  I could create individual groups for that (have before), so that players could choose what is revealed to the other players.  This could be one or more players, depending on who wanted to do what where.

Maybe figure a week of in-world time for side projects?  Or longer?

Thoughts?

Sure sounds cool...

Ok, you should all have a private thread you can post in with a bit of a seed to work from.  You can take it in a different direction, too, if you choose.

lol.  That's not exactly what I'd been suggesting.  I meant a communal thread of Open RP where each of us could suggest a RP interchange where it would be closed to only those included in the RP interchange could participate OR it could be labeled as Open where anyone could participate...

In Example...
{Example 1#}
Plot:  Mhari Exploring the Forests within a Mile of Clave looking to mark trees for felling to add to lumber stores for new construction
Time: 1 day After Return from Gorge Cave & Excavation of the 'Portal'
Place:  Clave of Strangers
Status: Open
Actors: Mhari & Others

{Example 2#}
Plot:  Mhari invite Roberta to Dinner
Time: 1 day After Return from Gorge Cave & Excavation of the 'Portal'
Place:  Clave of Strangers
Status: Closed
Actors: Mhari, Roberta

{Example 3#}
Plot:  Urr-Dani requests Mhari take her to visit Yenth
Time: 1 day After Return from Gorge Cave & Excavation of the 'Portal'
Place:  Clave of Strangers, Travel to Yenth
Status: Closed
Actors: Mhari, Urr-Dani

These examples would be the label on a post in the Open RP thread so all reading it would know if they were open to submitting posts or if they were limited to the listed actors involved.

Not to say individual threads is not cool and fun... but the "Open RP" thread WE the players could have more control over the situation with of course input from the GM as some RP will only be with the GM... like Mhari taking Urr-Dani to visit Yenth.  But it would also allow the other players to "see" the action and gain some entertainment from the interaction as well.. plus spark their creativity to propose their own Open RP situations.

At a Certain point in every RP game the players become the source of adventures with their individual character's stories.

The way you have it now we cannot see each other's interactions or RP...
This message was last edited by the player at 13:46, Tue 10 Oct 2023.

Gotcha.  Well, I'm happy to change the groups back to 0 for those threads and you can interact with each other as ya'll see fit.  That works, too!