Unfortunately I’ve received PMs from some players opting to drop out.

As such, I would like those who intend to continue on to play here to let me and your fellow players know.

I’ll consider whether it makes sense to continue in this same story with pushing things ahead, or maybe starting over.

Thanks for your patience.

Here

here

Sorry to hear of the issues right now, everyone. I've personally ran a game where a similar event ended the whole thing, and I hope that doesn't happen here!

You will find it harder than a little bit of IC confusion to get rid of me, or Garnog.

here

Still around --  I'm hanging in for the good part.   You know, Ragnarok.

Ragnarok and Roll!

Garnog, the massive half giant, joyfully bouncing around in puddles has brought me much joy this day! :D


...assgardians :)

She means  assguardians guess I know where we fit in now.

Sig, this is waiting a response from you in game of some kind.

Wulf - are you going to post?

 Oh crap! Sorry.

In reply to Aros the Axe (msg # 11):


These asses are the finest of exemplars, come to us from Assgard's hallowed halls!  Yea, verily, though they be hind most in our ranks, their prowess shall be felt (and smelt), like unrelenting wind!    No buts about it.

Working on a post now to push things forward a little bit.

In reply to Askatla (msg # 14):

;)

Still waiting on 3 to post their actions or non actions if you will since many may not use ranged weapons.

That's my line!

But yes, waiting on Wulf and Sigfrodr to post their actions right now.

I am not going to wait further. I have some time today and most of you have posted so will get things going ahead.

Thank you we were only waiting on Wulf and he hasn't logged in  a long time.

Finishing up a work trip today, and will update the game likely either later today when I’m sitting around at the airport or tomorrow on my day off.

Waiting on actions from Wulf and Sigfrodr before I resolve the round.

If nothing by Sunday then I'll go ahead and resolve the round anyway.

Update pending

 Sorry I had computer issues.

Was spending the weekend with family, apologies - thinking on what spell I should use, whether to attack the creature or protect the party.

Sigfrodr, that’s an... interesting weapon you attacked the Harpies with...

Was delayed in posting due to some circumstances beyond my control, apologies. Working on getting out the next combat round now.

Obviously an unauthorized supplement from Vikings and Space Smugglers.

All's fair in love and... Ragnarok!!

(ignites lightsaber)

There is a new, although somewhat short, show on netflix called Ragnarok, not historical but still fun.

 Sorry about that. I have no idea why it happened.

In reply to Garnog (msg # 30):

Had not heard of it...looks like it may be worth a watch.

Finishing up work for the week and will resolve the next combat round likely later this afternoon after I get home.

Only people missing posts from are Sig and Wulf. If no posts, then I will presume no action.

In reply to Game Master (msg # 33):

I'll post tomorrow, been drowning this week in work

Hey Wulf, just a suggestion but I wouldnt refuse any healing if you can provide any.

In reply to Aros the Axe (msg # 35):

Will do!

We have two healers?  Wacky.

She has acted plus is in control of stone golem or whatever it is.

Yes, it is injured from the fall and stunned right now.

That's good. I don't want to lug this gear with us by hand. lol

The critical hit system is not the same as the typical D20 system, it triggers if your roll total is 10 more than the EDC, there is a chart for you to roll on depending on the type of attack you are using.

cool thanks it will be fun to see it happen one of these times then.

Here’s the rules for crits, in case you’re curious. I’m in another M&M game on rpol and our DM doesn’t use crits, they’re definitely a little OP, as well as the fact they would slow gameplay by require more rolls.

Critical Hits
Whenever a player-character’s Melee or Missile roll
exceeds the target’s EDC by 10 or more, the attack
is a critical hit. Critical hits represent exceptionally
well-aimed (or incredibly lucky) blows or shots.
Whenever a critical hit occurs, a new D20 roll must
be made on the appropriate table (see next page).
This rule only applies to player-characters’ attacks;
creatures and NPCs (no matter how powerful) can
never inflict critical hits. This restriction reflects the
fact that player-characters are the heroes of the
story and thus enjoy a greater degree of combat
fortune and dramatic stature.

Melee Critical Hits
1-4 = Stunned!
Opponent takes normal damage and is -2 to
attack and EDC next round.
5-8 = Dazed!
Opponent takes normal damage and is -4 to
attack and EDC next round.
9-12 = Knocked Down!
Opponent takes normal damage and is knocked
down and must spend a round getting back up.
Prone characters suffer a -4 penalty to EDC.
13-14 = Armor Strap Cut!
Opponent takes normal damage and loses a
randomly chosen piece of armor. If the opponent
wears no armor, roll an extra D6 for damage.
15-16 = Weapon/Shield Broken!
Opponent’s weapon is broken – unless he has a
shield, in which case the shield is rendered
useless. Opponent also takes normal damage. If
the opponent has no weapon (other than its
natural ones), roll an extra D6 for damage.
17-18 = Grievous Wound!
Roll an extra D6 for damage.
19 = Maimed!
Opponent takes 2 extra dice of damage and
loses a randomly chosen limb.
20 = Instant Kill!
Attacker beheads (or otherwise instantly kills) his
opponent (even if multiple-headed).

Missile Critical Hits
1-5 = Stunned!
Opponent takes normal damage and is -2 to
attack and EDC next round.
6-10 = Dazed!
Opponent takes normal damage and is -4 to
attack and EDC next round.
11-16 = Knocked Down!
Opponent takes normal damage and is knocked
down and must spend a round getting back up.
Prone characters are at -4 EDC in melee.
17-18 = Grievous Wound!
Roll an extra D6 for damage.
19 = Hit Vital Spot!
Opponent takes 2 extra dice of damage and
loses a randomly chosen limb.
20 = Instant Kill!
Target shot between the eyes, through the heart
or other instantly fatal wound.

Hell I love the critical hits, I also believe they could slow it down unless the DM/GM rolled all of the extra dice himself for the crit. This wouldnt slow it up and adds flavor. Plus could add to our individual characters reputation of names. Beheaded, or slayer or anything for us to use.

I haven't seen them to be over powered at all, mostly useless so far except for one knockdown result that was kinda handy, and there shouldn't be any slow down of game, you just do all the rolls at once and put them in the post together.

I would disagree with critical hits being mostly useless.

In any case, critical hits do apply in this game. Obviously they will likely not come up all that often unless/until you have a high melee/missile modifier and you are fighting an enemy with a comparatively low EDC. Garnog is getting some here in combat because he hits like a truck.

If you suspect that you may have rolled a critical hit go ahead and make that roll and put it into your post. Worst case result is that you did not roll a critical in which case it would not apply.

Aros, in your case rolling at 28 to hit is going to be a critical hit, so if you want to roll a critical hit effect and put that into your post, feel free to do so.

edit Brinjar, your higher of the two rolls (the 26) is also going to be a critical, so you can also roll a critical hit effect too.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:52, Sun 09 Feb 2020.

The harpy is stunned!

Why wacky?   This is the sort of game where you pretty much need it.  At this level, anyway.

Spells cost points --   the last I cast uses all but 1 of my points.    I won't be casting healing, or much else, till I regain points.

Had a busy week with work - apologies!

Majority of people have posted, so I am going to update the next game round. I think a few things to keep in mind:

1. The last few rounds if somebody didn't post their intentions then I assumed they took no action once it came time to resolve the round. I think going forward for combat rounds in order to keep things moving just a little bit quicker for game updates I will NPC an action for a PC once we have a majority of players who have posted their intentions. It may not be the action you want though so just keep that in mind.

For example, I posted the last round on Saturday 8th and four of you posted your intentions shortly after that, with the fifth posting the next day on Sunday 9th, so I could have gotten in another combat round before the work week started since it was a clear majority at that point.

2. Per a suggestion from Garnog's player, for this upcoming round I am going to try out a mechanic wherein the enemy characters will complete their movements both in the current round and the next round, so you will have a good idea as to who you can target.

Then in the subsequent rounds for this combat, the enemies will have future movements already out.

There is some difficulty in trying this as the combat order is supposed to be missile attacks before movement and melee, so bear with me as we try this out. An example of the problem right now is one of the harpies will be moving towards Brinjar, though he is entitled to a missile attack before she actually reaches him, so this might be problematic in future round postings if say Enemy A reaches Player A in advance, even though he or she may have been able to strike him from afar.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:48, Sat 15 Feb 2020.

This will be enough to kill the harpy so no need for further combat posts, will do a game update a bit later tonight

You're the GM, so of course it's your rules. But I've found that eschewing things like location and order of actions allows the game run much smoother. If people want to make an attack, they can. Period. Saves us from having to ask questions about who can get an attack in and where.

That's fair too. Thank you.

Glory/Wisdom/Experience from Combat with Harpies

For fighting the pack of harpies off successfully and facing a unique foe for the first time in their adventure, everybody gains 100 points of either glory/wisdom/experience regardless of their class.

Warrior classes (Aros, Garnog, Sigfrodr) divvy up the glory points between themselves earned for vanquishing foes in battle, and each take 420 additional glory.

For our magicians (Askatla and Wulf) and our specialist (Brinjar) have no fear, there will be opportunity for you to gain additional Wisdom/Experience points as we continue on in the adventure.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:22, Sun 16 Feb 2020.

Do they get wisdom for doing magician appropriate things in combat, like Wulf's well timed healing?  Or otherwise useful actions with their available magical resources?

Drowning in work this week, will try to post tomorrow though

Yeah some of it is MM discretion based on what happens in-game that the magician classes may do, but there are some monsters who in the manual award either a small or large wisdom point value for the magicians vs. glory points that the warriors divide up.

It seems unlikely that wisdom will keep up with glory, or even be close, if it just comes from killing.

Well, let me give an example - in my other game the party had encounter with several floating eyeballs which only give wisdom points, so a warrior class isn't going to get anything out of that encounter. Magicians don't have to split the reward either, and the magician character in my other game got a huge payday in that result from the party killing 4 floating eyes of 920 wisdom points.

I play that caster he's referring to --    and almost felt a bit guilty about how that shook out.

We spell workers are adequately taken care of, no worries.

Almost being the operative word here. :)



Well we Specialist workers may need to unionize! All of me, myself, I...

Almost, exactly, yes.



Well, I too use a sling, how about we form Slingsters Local 777.    Of course, I'll get the half points every time something dies by your sling.     But as you pointed out, almost.      ;)

it's very close to spring break for me - next week is break, so I will be able to post more then since I won't be as slammed hopefully

Hope the studies go well -  what do you major in?



In English:   I get back one magic point per hour, by sitting around touching rock or stone, and doing not much else.    Six hours will replace what I spent on that spell.    I want to be at full before we go into that place.

In reply to Askatla (msg # 63):

I'm a third year comp sci major with a minor in cybersecurity (but really I enjoy data science more).

As long as I get half points from your spell xp. :D

Been sick dealing with the flu so no updates for a few more days.

Starting to feel human again with the flu subsiding so will be updating this game likely either today or tomorrow. I'm still home recovering so probably sooner than later.

There hasn't been any additional posting since Monday, so I am going to make the following assumptions:

1. The party will burn the corpse that they found.
2. The party will rest up for the night, allowing Askatla/Wulf time to recharge.

So the next game post that I will put out will incorporate that and put you on to the next step of the journey.

If there is anything else anybody wants to add please do so shortly :)

Do we plan to heal before recharging, or does that work better in the middle of the process?

Askatla drank a potion already that cured her wounds.

There are 4 potions of healing remaining.

Otherwise you can attempt to magically heal once the magicians have their power back, or you keep traveling and wait for the wounds to heal over time, however per rule book that is one week of complete rest to get back 1d6+character level, so you would be advised to find a village or some other place to let your wounds mend over time. Overall far faster to have magical healing.

And, just for the record -

I have 7 spell points to work with.     Healing is 3 points -   not bad, for D6+6 worth of healing -  but, casting it leaves me not enough points for some other things.    Like the stone titan I conjured in that last fight.   (though I've got to have a sizable stone nearby, to do that)

I'm not going to leave anyone hurting & unhealed when they need it, but do want to use my points as wisely as possible.     Going into this place, I'm looking to have a full 7, if possible.

Healing before we rest is always preferable, because I'll regain the points afterwards.

As GM said, we do have healing potions remaining -  that can save Wulf and I some points, or do the job when we're low on points.

Aros, I've got some info for you concerning what you found -   may be a somewhat longish post, will write it as soon as I get a chance, today.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:19, Sun 01 Mar 2020.

Sounds good, What I suggest is we rest so casters get points. We scout out the area, then heal and rest before we go in, so we are at max potential.

Might even have an encounter while scouting, would be a great bonus. Looking forward to the game and leveling soon.

There is no limit, either in minimum or maximum time, that you can devote to recovery of power points, nor is it typically based on rest.  Each class has its own methodology but they are all about the same recovery rate, so we could just spend 12 hours here to recover 12 points for each caster if we wanted to, taking breaks to use it as they fill up.

Actually, according to the narrative, that's all done now.     So Wulf and I are both at full.     But Garnog is right, it's a point per hour deal, not unbroken sleep.   By "rest" I was just meaning undisturbed down time, so I can "meld."

Correct, you guys could if you want just linger longer, cast more spells, recharge enough to to cast again, and then rest again.

You just lose time and rations.

Sorry that I was a bit behind his week. Catching up with work after being sick got that better of me.

Anyway, next game post will push things along - we will see what happens with tossing the chess piece in the fire but the party will break camp and continue their journey.

No worries! Life catches up to us all sooner or later!

well, classes were cancelled for the rest of the week and online classes for three weeks from Monday because of coronavirus, so hopefully I have more time to post

Right now only Askatla and Brinjar have posted in the game thread in the past few weeks.

I know everybody is going to be a in different situation given what is going on in the world right now. I've been fortunate enough that my work has transitioned to teleworking, but I know everybody else's situation may be vastly different.

For now, no updates in the game just yet until your characters take an action(s) that would warrant a response.

Right now I've been trying to get used to all online classes, but I'll try to get a post up tomorrow.

Still around and about --   just dealing with a world that's suddenly upside down.

I did not mean to be gone quite this long --  I will post tomorrow, for certain.  (both games)

I've mostly been doing some preparatory things for the home, just in case (and no - I'm not one of those idiots that buys a whole trunk full of TP!) but I'm mostly done with that, now.

I should buy more TP just in case my colossal viking needs to wipe.

Scary thought!


Well now, that was simple.    And why did I think I was going to need to write some long old post?

To further expound upon my post, here's my proposed marching order.

Single-file
Aros
Brinjar
Askatla
Garnog

Double-file
Aros / Brinjaw
Askatla / Garnog

Is Sigfrodr still considered to be with us?

He is for the time being, his player logged in yesterday.

Sigfrodr - you still playing?
Wulf, same question. You have posted in this thread but not in the game thread.

The order looks fine to me.

In reply to Askatla (msg # 85):

 Still here

In reply to Sigfrodr (msg # 86):

Yeah, still here, getting caught up is all

Alright sounds good.

Working on an update now.

edit



Haven't heard anything different from other people on the marching order so we will go with this marching order. There is enough room for double-file marching, what I will do though is put Sig and Wulf at the back of the line behind Aros' giant chess piece (which is large enough to take up two spaces).
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:58, Mon 30 Mar 2020.

Garnog isn't going to go in until he has had a chance to rest and heal, anything else would be more foolish than brave.

That’s a good point. Has it not been a few days since the previous? I confess I’m no except on M&M (V&V) healing so I’m not sure but I feel like we should be fully healed now?

Nope. After the battle with the harpies you guys slept overnight and then the next day traveled to where you are now.

Healing and Recovery takes some time:


Magical healing is obviously much faster, however nobody apart from Askatla indicated that they would use a healing potion on hand or use healing magics (that Wulf, for example) could use, so my presumption is that those who were wounded are just dealing with it.

I will observe that there is nothing stopping you all from camping out a week if you were so inclined.

Ahh, I see. This raise a quandary. As a player outside of the game it feels smarter to stop and rest, despite the possible new challenges which may face is in the meantime. But, as Brinjar, it feels much more fitting to take a healing spell or potion each and venture in, to explore this place.

Personally, I’m leaning towards spells and potions and exploring now. But what are everyone else’s thoughts on this?

The power requirement for healing spells is quite low, and the recovery time fast by comparison to either the time it takes to heal naturally or recover potions, from wherever those come from.  It is almost always better to heal frequently and take brief rests to recover, which we probably could have done mostly in the time after the harpies, we just didn't bother.

Looking for input as to what you guys want to do:

Your party healers are Askatla (with nature's comfort - (1D6 + Talent)
as well Wulf (Divine Vitality - (1D6 + Talent)

Wulf can cast his once before needing to re-charge
Askatla can cast hers twice before needing to re-charge.

You also have 4 healing potions (1d6+2) one time use.

The entryway is open but you can all step back out and heal up before actually looking around. Up to you.

For reference, your wounded are:

1. Garnog (HP 13/23)
2. Brinjar (HP 7/10)
3. Aros (HP 11/15)

Askatla had been wounded but immediately following the battle drank one of the potions and healed those wounds.

The power point recovery also isn't tied to sleep, or days, nor does it need to be done all at once, you can mix it up throughout the day in hour segments just as easily.

I'm fine if anyone wants to use the potions

Best if we used  spell  points save the potions maybe for when we need healing in combat  or just after when we dont know what else might happen.

I find that saving potions to use them on the healers if they go down is the best plan, although that plan tends to end up with a few unused potions it is better than squandering them.

My spell is also more effective, hit point wise --  D6+6 -  you're gonna get at least 7 points off one of those.

If I cast one, it still leaves me 4 points for other magics.

I'd prefer not to have to cast two of them, and then go do a bunch of adventuring, because it only leaves me 1 point.    But, if I can get a period of rest melding right afterward, that works.

Also, I'm in my element here, being surrounded by stone --  I've got a 4 point spell that can camouflage us, the whole party, with the stone, if we need to hide for some reason.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:06, Sun 05 Apr 2020.

You can cast one, take a 2 hour lunch break, cast another two, then rest for 9 hours and get them all back.

So what I'm gathering from everybody is that you'll go with casting spells and resting, casting more spells, etc, and then go exploring?

I think I'm going to go with that as the executive decision here and so will update the game thusly to keep things moving.

On another note and as an FYI - I've put Wulf and Sigfrodr into NPC status for this game. Unfortunately both players last in game post was two months ago. I have informed both players and if they intend to become more active in the future then we'll work them back into the game.

For the time being, they are still with the party but they will remain outdoors while the rest of you explore the barrow.

That sort of thing has been going around a bit, a lot of folks can only manage the state of mind required to play when at work, and away from the distractions of home.

Particularly with Wulf staying outside to 'watch our backs' or some such we should probably just make use of his healing capability and go in rested, sounds like 3 or 6 hours would be enough?

I looked back at my notes and you guys arrived at the mountain at dusk, so I figured it made sense for everybody to camp out overnight. Regardless everybody is back at full HP and PP.

And team, don't suffer in silence --  if you are injured, make sure I know --  I do my best to keep on top of that myself by reading what's in the posts, but my powers of perception at times fail ;) and I may miss that you took 6 points from a rusty nail, or something.

So, it's Fantastic Four for now, is it?    Glad we've still got a core group -  I want to see what happens in this place, after all the build up!

And actually, now I think on it, this GM does post helpful point tallies.  I'll make it a point to watch those.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:19, Sun 05 Apr 2020.

No updates at this time since nobody has posted.

Yup. It's been affecting me, I'll admit. I've been slowly developing a new routine to help with the rut, but we'll see. :)

I am also thinking of trying to do another round of recruitment here since we've dropped on our active players.

Anyway, I'm finishing up my work at home for today and will get out an game update in a just a little bit.

More people is probably a good idea, we are close enough to 2nd level that you might just want to start them there, and use that information to help recruit them.

I think that is a good idea. Thanks!

Hey everyone, new player here. I'm Garett Ockarrson, the somewhat laid back elementalist who's just here to study and learn and maybe throw fire in the faces of people who interfere with said studying and learning. Nice to meet you all!

Welcome to our new players, we have Garett who just introduced himself. Also new will be Kara Bibiardottir, a Valkyrie, and we have another potential player who may also be joining also as a Valkyrie.

My intention is to get them in the game pretty much right away after they finish rolling up their characters so you'll encounter them soon enough.

Greetings! I'm Kára Bíbíardóttir, the shield-maiden from Valkya keen to learn more about foreign lands.

Yes, our ranks had been getting a bit thin...welcome on!

Another Shield Maiden we will drink, fight together and show the men what real women are! For Odin!

For Odin! Another mead!

I'm surprised we got two valkyries. That's a whole lot of warrior maiden in a pretty small space.

And meanwhile we only have two spellcasters, by the looks of things, so that's gonna be an interesting party balance.

Glad to have you aboard!

We have a lot of warriors - Aros (Viking) Garnog (Half-Giant) and now with Brianna and Kara we have two Valkyries.

Askatla and Garett are our resident mages

and Brinjar is your resident thief :)

I am still in

It's a viking game shouldn't warriors be well represented.

^I agree, they should and they are!

Aros, glad you are still with us!

Nothing wrong with more shields to put in a line, but for now I don't use those things myself.

We've had a hard time keeping valkyries...several have joined briefly, but none stayed, for whatever reason.

But our prince is no longer here to drive them off. I haven't tried to drive any away yet either but hopefully that won't happen. I am in the market for  a shield maiden to share my adventures with .

Well, yes, there was kind of a reason with the last one.   And said reason likewise departed.

Edit:  And so this doesn't sound terrible to the newcomers, I should add it was more a matter of that player feeling spitefully ignored by the prince's player (who had a problem answering other player's posts in general), not anything offensive or nasty.    It was kind of a two way street of bad attitude.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:09, Thu 23 Apr 2020.

The general attrition level of RPOL games is so high that I gave up keeping track of anything like a reason why long ago.  People and games don't always fit, play the ones that do.

In reply to Aros the Axe (msg # 124):

Then prove yourself worthy of a shield maiden they aren't ordinary women.

Also happy to announce that we have a Berserker joining us as well!

Unfortunately Brinjar hasn't responded to a PM I sent just yet, so I may push things forward just slightly to link up the existing party with the new members joining us.

Let's go send the enemy to see Hel, and may we if we fall go to Valhalla! For Odin! (drinks Mead)

How Vikings should face their end!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e9bZD86s3g

Had a bunch of 401 or 404 errors on the RPOL website yesterday in the afternoon so wasn't able to post anything, will put out an update this afternoon.

Behind on some PMs which I will get to ASAP.
Also have to put some of the new players in the appropriate language groups and again will get that done ASAP

Languages! That's what I forgot to do. . .

I don't think I get anything special anyway

Garnog uses his words. . . occasionally.

OK, after a stressful work week I've had some time to sit down and do some gameplay here... I believe that I've responded to all outstanding PMs, so that should be settled, and language groups have been updated for our new players, so feel free to converse in your shared other languages.

We've had everybody post in the game thread right now except for Brinjar, Gudrik, and Kara. In interest of moving things forward a little bit I am going to NPC their actions for the moment.

Just as an FYI, in case people don't know or aren't familiar with it you can do do "group" conversations for languages which only those in the same language group can see but otherwise it shows up as gibberish. Though in order for everybody to see it needs to be "Language" and not the private or secret to language.

For example:

"[Language unknown: Capa ilstsa noever ent inwawi rat ntire ing tho.]"
"[Language unknown: Re iomire chnall weev meplce les ma andin ai.]"
"[Language unknown: Hat aveevetra undeautin dipe herdayeau con in wil vorac.]"

some of which will show up gibberish for some of you, others will see the actual words.

Was intending to update today after I finish work, but not really enough for me to go on right now in the game thread.

I can push things forward a bit if folks are OK with me essentially just writing up that you've shared some of your plans and are in agreement to travel together as a group in exploring the barrow.

Sounds good to me

No worries on my part, unless someone wants to interfere with Garnog's method of securing the battlefield and or looting the corpses.

I'm not going to stop you

I don't really have much to add. Not like this is a particularly good place to sit down and just socialize, after all.

Askatla is reluctant to just blurt out why our group is here at the immediate moment, though it will surely come out later.   In the meanwhile, I'm sure we can unify on the basis of strength in numbers, and all that.

You probably don't want to make Garnog do it, particularly not while covered in ghoul brains and skull fragments.

Hey all - sorry that I've been basically MIA the past few weeks. Work for me has been pretty much non-stop and much heavier than normal and subsequently sucked a lot of energy out of me for doing anything for fun.

That said, June is looking better for me, and I have an expected weekend coming up with Memorial Day here in the US, so I do intend to keep things going if the rest of you are still around and with me.

Thanks!

I'm still around.

Was there XP awarded for the ghouls fight, or is that going to wait until the end of the IC day?

Not yet. Will award that once the party rests.

This was a success, but I was waiting for Gudrik to post result of his attempt since he had tried it first. Unless Gudrik just wants to yield results to Garnog.

Either way is fine with me.

I got distracted. I'll post something shortly.

Ok, so you didn't actually roll to attempt a feat of strength, so at this point will just go with the narrative already in the game thread.

Will put in an update to get you guys in the next room in a little bit as I have some time today.

In reply to Game Master (msg # 150):

sorry for being so busy all, online class just started monday, and I'm still recovering from GCX last weekend (charity gaming convention for St. Jude) - but hey, it raised 6 million dollars for the kids for the year, which is something I'm incredibly proud of - enough to run the hospital for two days.

Work has exploded. I might be slow in responding as I deal with 12-14 hour days.

Thanks for checking in guys.

Unfortunately, given no posts in the game thread since my last update 2 weeks ago I'm wondering about the viability here and I suspect that many people have dropped out or lost interest at this point as I look at the last log-ins.

Will leave things open a bit longer for the time being.
This message was last edited by the GM at 02:22, Fri 26 June 2020.

Still around -   also with things a bit nutso.    I was the last to post -   I kind of thought I'd leave it to someone else to take a turn -   and if there is no one, yep, I'd say maybe we're finished, or at least due for a hiatus.

Sorry, I'm still around. I can get a post up in the morning, try to get things moving a bit.

I am as well, though my online class started this week so I've been adjusting to that.

Hey all,

As of today I have taken a look at 'The Cast' page and have moved players who either have not logged in a long time or who last posted anything well over a month ago to the NPC inactive list, though I have not removed their players access. If any of those players log in and decide they would like to continue to play, please give me the heads up. If you have lost interest, I appreciate the heads up as well - I do not take offense if somebody doesn't want to continue on.

In any case, this only leaves active the following: Askatla, Garett, Garnog, Gudrik and Wulf.

So, since we've kind of hit a downward death spiral here I'm wondering what input you all have on continuing the game in the format that we have it right now.

On my end, I really don't see the point in continuing this dungeon crawl in the game thread right now, and I have to wonder if the story itself has just become stale. Does it make more sense to restart the game again, and/or have me hand-wave you all through this dungeon and onto some other adventure?

Appreciate any input that anybody has.

Thanks

I'm fine with any option

I don't mind a bit of speed up if you want to get us to the next big feature, just grind up some of the discarded characters with monsters to keep the story on theme and have the survivors move on.

I keep meaning to ask for a clean up of the map. It looks all jumbled up to me and I can't make sense of it.

Things are starting to calm down a bit as my company has started to bring those on furlough back to work.

This kind of ascii map is only visible on a wider screen, if you look at it on a phone you see about half of each line on two separate lines, that makes it harder to look at.

I think I'd prefer the hand-wave option, but could deal with the other choices.


just grind up some of the discarded characters with monsters to keep the story on theme


(dons apron and face mask to shield from the splattering bits)

Appreciate the input.

On my end still undecided on how exactly we will proceed, but will make a decision once we get into the weekend.



Sorry about that, as Garnog has noted that is an issue on a phone and I've had that happen to me if I browse a game on a phone. I have another way to present maps now so I think I will transition to that style once we get started into a new adventure / new dungeon.

Ok - so I made a decision and will work on a new adventure with our still standing players which will push things forward a little bit with our survivors.

Please chime in when you have a free moment and let me know that you still plan to keep on playing.

I should hope it is obvious by now, but for the sake of forward momentum I will point out that I will be up for whatever crazy scheme you have in mind.

I'll keep going

Aye!

That's three, how about Garett and Gudrik?

I'm here, more or less.

I'm here. Work has been crazy, but I'm doing what I can.

Was sick, better now, I'll play.

Glad to hear you are feeling better! will put you back to active status.

With all that I'll be putting out a new game update in the next few days.

Working on a new adventure still with our group. Will also put out another recruitment ad, just FYI for folks.

In reply to Game Master (msg # 173):

Alright!

I'll be out of town from Thursday to Monday without internet.

I'm back from my vacation as an fyi, I'll get caught up ASAP

I've not been on vacation exactly, but am back to post as well --  will get something in tomorrow, for certain.

I might be a little slow in responding for the next couple of days. Trying to get ready for a house assessment.

Having a busy work week and there are some PMs I need to respond to - we do have some new applications, so potentially new players joining!

In reply to Game Master (msg # 178):

nice!

Get at least some reply out to the new players first, leaving them in total limbo for to long is a good way to see them fade away before we can even make use of them.

Greetings everyone!!
excited to join in and am currently reading up what has transpired so far!
I should be able to post daily, or every other day at the latest, just started the radiology program in my local college so I will definitely keep GM posted on my availability should anything change.

Welcome new folks!


GM -- since we lost Aros, what became of that animated statue?

In reply to Askatla (msg # 182):

With his death it reverted into a chess piece and was left behind in the barrow.

I got the impression that it wasn't so much left behind, as any attempt to retrieve it would have been a suicide mission at best.

Hey guys - so I am working on an update now, and I am going to try to utilize resources from Roll20 for maps/combat in the future vs. doing ascii

However, my initial sample that I was going to put on here was rendering huge. So, I've shrunk the size a bit so hopefully it the quality is still good enough for our phone viewers/posters as well as those on computers.

Thoughts?

(Also - in going this route, I'm going to need everybody to pick a portrait, so Wulf that means you need to pick something, or I'll have to pick it for you!)

I don't know how you managed it because I have never seen it work this way before but the map is both a good size and readable on the PC, with a tiny bit of blur on the words I don't need because the pictures do the job better, and small enough to be convenient on the phone without exploding the thread into some unusable side scrolling monstrosity.

And yes, portraits, and descriptions should be a minimum requirement for RPOL.

Hello, all! Someday, your prince was going to come--and here he is! Prince Jan Zaichus, at your service.

Regarding the map, if you want ideas on how to use Google Drawings to do an interactive map, GM, PM me and I can show you.

Have just posted a game update.

Acaelus and Zaichus, welcome to the game, and welcome to battle! In your opening posts you can do some RP flavor if you like as to how you came to be at this village and at this time, but then go ahead and post your move/attack actions.

Thanks! I'm looking to get up to speed and post tonight.

I'm hoping to get something up by tomorrow. Assessment is done and I hurt my knee so I've had to work and try to recoup which made gaming fly out of my head.

Sorry for the delay on my part.

Acaelus and Zaichus - you two sound kind of Grecian!   Sorry, no gorgons or gyros here. But if you'd like to slay some trolls...


GM, is there a boulder, outcropping of rock, big enough for Nature's command?

So, fair warning.  In a group fight this size try not to target anything I am clubbing, even if it helps sometimes it will likely be wasted effort more often.

Yes - plenty of suitable boulders near you that you can target

Just posted my first action against Trollman #10, please let me know how I did, if I missed or did something incorrectly. I will also re-roll for starting silver as I used a d20 in error.

So, Acaelus, would you be open to having Jan Zaichus, a prince of a nearby small province, traveling with you? Jan's off to see the wider world and rally the people of the land against threats, and he would have sought a fine traveling companion to head out into the country.

In reply to Zaichus (msg # 195):

That sounds like a fine idea indeed. I'll play off of whatever you come up with regarding how we came to travel together!!

In reply to Acaelus Ulfsson (msg # 196):

Welcome! I don't think I had seen you join. :)

Yes, well.  That's the six point spell.   Most of what else I do is a little more subtle...

In reply to Wulf Leofricsson (msg # 197):

Thank you for the welcome Wulf!!! I'm glad to be here!!

GM-how long do we wait before our second actions? (not rushing anyone, simply new to rpol)

A few points worth noting about the Stone Titan

Its default monster feature for Large size is that it gets 2 attacks every round.

Look up Trample in the Maze Master Guide page 21

And look into the critical hit rules, because that was probably worth one.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:01, Tue 11 Aug 2020.

Hey Acaelus - your post was good. No issues there. What you can do for actually showing the attack/hit dice is either to send it to me in a private line in the post itself, or just do it at the bottom in orange text, so it would look something like that.

"Acaelus fired an arrow at the monster!"

OOC: rolled 20 to hit, 6 for damage



I try to move at the speed of my players. However as you may have noticed that can be slow sometimes as people have different posting speeds, times, frequencies and it can lead to lulls in a game.

For example, in this instance case we have a majority of your fellow players who have posted their actions, but not everybody has yet, so I am ideally waiting for them to log on and to do so but eventually may just NPC their actions.

You would post your next action when I resolve the next battle round as right now we are doing a combat. If we were outside of combat you could post your action or intention pretty much whenever suited you depending on the circumstances you are currently in.

Wow, really -  I'll have to look up all that stuff - I haven't seen any of it.  With trample, I kind of thought trolls would be too large themselves for something like that.

The trolls are indeed large and not eligible for trample by other large creatures.  The Trollmen however are medium sized.

I am due to get power back on at my house hopefully this evening per ComEd, assuming that happens I will go ahead and put in a game update tomorrow since the majority of people have posted.

Garett - you still with us?

GM, I updated my attack based on Garnog's helpful info.

I'm pretty sure the trample damage applies, but enemy gets DE 15 save to avoid.

Unclear on the "large creature gets two attacks" thing -  I think we're in trouble, if so!  But Garnog plainly knows the rules better than me, so I included second attack/damage if this is so.

On the critical -  what I'm reading is only a player character can do that.   Never an npc.    I think the stone titan is an npc, but not sure.   Crits are optional anyway -  are we using them?   I included this too, just in case.

And this marks, by far, the most rolls I've ever put in one action!
This message was last edited by the player at 19:39, Fri 14 Aug 2020.

FYI: Saturday through Tuesday I'll be driving my daughter to college or driving back. I actually expect to have time to post, particularly Monday-Tuesday when I normally would, but if I disappear for a day or two, don't be alarmed.

Was in the hospital after an accident in my power chair the lawyer is being chosen.

The viking setting makes criticals strongly suggested (and optional for NPCs) because it fits the theme a bit better than the Greek one.

Page 16 of the Maze Master guide has the information on size.  Which is more about size difference than individual size.  So large creatures can hit two separate medium creatures, or a single large creature.

Not quite the same as multiple attacks, but in a target rich environment like this one it can be just as good or better.

In effect they get a free double attack but can't use the double attack feature because they are monsters not PCs

NPCed a few actions here. I am going to work on resolving the battle round now.

FYI: Saturday through Tuesday I'll be driving my daughter to college or driving back. I actually expect to have time to post every day but today, particularly Monday-Tuesday when I normally would, but if I disappear for a day or two, don't be alarmed.

I'm alive ... ∆_∆. LoL

Great to hear that you are alive, if not completely ok!



GM:just an issue with the dice roller...
eded up rolling twice do to a check box i hadn't noticed....
these are my two rolls, as unfamiliar as I am to this format and the rules for using the dice roller, I defer to you as to which of the two rolls will play. If it is a critical hit, then please feel free to roll on my behalf to resolve the outcome of said critical hit. Thanks

21:06, Today: Acaelus Ulfsson rolled 18 using 1d20+11 with rolls of 7.  Ranged Attack vs Cavetroll #2 (+2 for short range, +3 for deadly aim vs monster).
21:05, Today: Secret Roll: Acaelus Ulfsson rolled 30 using 1d20+11 with rolls of 19.  Ranged Attack vs Cavetroll #2 (+2 for short range, +3 for deadly aim vs monster).

Sending you a PM on this and WoC rules on this, so check your PMs!

Sorry to learn of your pain, Brianna...hope things improve.   These are tough times for many, right now...I know a lot of people who are either sick, or experiencing some other difficulty.

I'm unclear on how movement works here, against this map --  the stone titan has a 90' move; can I position it behind/near trollmen 5 & 9, and attack in the same turn -  or will it need a turn to make it over there?

Movement is very simplified, you get it every turn, and very little modifies it except to remove it.  And you can't trade it in for any other kind of action so that doesn't tend to happen much outside critical hits.

Are either trollman 1 or trollman 9 injured?

In reply to Zaichus (msg # 216):

Although a bit blurry, I do believe trollmen with damage stand as follows:
Trollman#9 is at 6/12
Trollman#10 is at 4/12
Trollman#1 is at 12/12
Trollman#5 is at 12/12

Cavetroll#2 is unscathed as of yet @ 36/36

Cave troll 1 is lightly injured
Cave troll 2 is uninjured

Trollman 1 is uninjured
Trollman 2 is severely injured
Trollman 3 is uninjured
Trollman 5 is uninjured
Trollman 9 is injured
Trollman 10 is injured

All other trollmen were killed during the prior round.

Just as a general FYI for folks - I am in process of moving house this next week, so unlikely that we'll have a game update until end of the month as I am unlikely going to be able to check RPOL.

That hopefully should be more than enough time for those who haven't posted yet to post their actions this upcoming battle round.

Right now I have that as:

1. Zaichus
2. Garett
3. Gudrik
4. Wulf

Garett and Wulf - I NPCed your actions last round. Please post your combat intentions.

Thanks

By Odin if my character survives this there will be a grand feast!

Hope your move goes well, GM!

In reply to Brianna (msg # 220):

Yes!  Victory feast!  Roast cave troll, all around!


Yes, best wishes with the move --  hope you enjoy the new place, once you're settled in.

In reply to Game Master (msg # 219):

Just got done with a move two months ago myself, best of luck with the move, hope it goes well and with minimal headaches!!!!

Hope all is going well with everyone!
And just as much, I hope everyone is just as excited to see the conclusion of this battle, and better yet reach a conclusion to this adventure in the coming future!!!!

In reply to Game Master (msg # 219):

Good luck with the move!

Wulf will want to protect his comrades, no matter what - I'm not sure the best way to do that, whether healing or taking sling shots at a troll.

Some of that depends on how many times you can heal, and how much each instance of healing is likely to do.

If you have a lot of weak uses then go ahead and start early, but if you have fewer more powerful ones start with the sling against the heavily damaged troll men and do the healing later when people start being badly hurt.

Hey all,

I've finished my move - just finishing up my workweek here as my job has shifted a little bit, and I'm resting up. I anticipate that this weekend I'll put in a game update.

Sounds good!

Work has been just kicking my butt.. .

In the hospital I have Colon Cancer caught early we hope.

Oh, wow! Thoughts/prayers for fast recovery.

I can still game, I'm a GAMER cancer won't stop me.

In reply to Brianna (msg # 230):

Our thoughts and prayers are with you, and in the spirit of your earlier reply, Let's Game!!!

In reply to Brianna (msg # 230):

oh my God I'm so sorry

I've been absolutely slammed with work this week, but I can try to get something up tomorrow or Monday

Well that's just crappy. ..

Hopefully everything will pass easily.

Best wishes and hopes for you, Brianna!


I have an acquaintance who dealt with that a few years back, got the appropriate treatment, now in remission, doing well.   You can be another success story!

Well after my MRI on the noggin we will rule out it being outside the Colon.

Apologies for my absences and lack of an update over last weekend. Labor day weekend here in the US got away from me, and I've been transitioning to a new role at work.

Regardless, working on an update now. Will be NPCing any players actions who have not yet posted.

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I am truly sorry to hear this and echo what everybody else has said so far, will be pulling for you, and so in that manner, I better get that update out so you can stab-stab-stab some more of the trolls! :-D

I completely understand, GM
 No worries here - I've been really busy with classwork as well. I'll try to get a post up over the weekend.

Happy to announce and welcome Frode Windcaster, who will be joining the game as a thief.

welcome!

Welcome, Frode!

Danke, friends

In reply to Game Master (msg # 240):

Greetings Windcaster!!!!

Still in the hospital but cancer tumor is gone.

Glad to hear!

In reply to Zaichus (msg # 246):

Glad to hear it as well!

Yay, that's awesome!

In reply to Brianna (msg # 245):

That's Fantastic!!!! Way to Go!!!!

Great news!

Brianna, I can NPC your action since you are in hospital, no issues there.

Garett, Wulf, any actions? If nothing by Saturday then I'll NPC you.

I posted before and was ignored, I just have issues posting rolls using my phone.

Not sure what you mean by ignored. You didn’t have enough movement to reach the cave troll so I reasonably had you attack something else on your way there.

I think that one was somewhat my fault as I didn't kill the trollman in the way of you getting to the cave troll fast enough.  Fortunately we solved that problem so you should be able to engage it now.

Forgive the push - Reviewing actions and the party's combined attacks this round have killed all enemies except for cave troll #2 and trollman #1. As they are so clearly outnumbered, I'm going to wrap up the combat now with my next game post.

Cool. More substantial update from me later today if I'm lucky, or tomorrow if I'm not.

Let's see which handsome lad gets lucky. lol

Hi all,

Some of you already play in my other, older Mazes and Minotaurs Game: link to another game

That game was put on hiatus back in March, but I'm looking at getting it restarted with more players. If anybody here who isn't already a player in that game would like to join, I'd be more then happy to have you join on up. (just keep in mind that this is the Vikings themed version of the rule system, and that the 'classic' original Greek version) :)

Real life stuff keeping me away today--contribution from me tomorrow. I'll consider the other game :-)

In reply to Game Master (msg # 258):

very interested, just a bit busy with exams and clinical hours lately, response from me tomorrow and i'll look into the other game as well!!!

I probably need to pass on the other game--RL is about to get a bit crazier for me.

No worries if you don't have the bandwidth to join right now.

Already in said game, and so...

before Zaichus makes a beeline towards the elf.

No, no, it was Brianna he said he went over to.  Though I think he's going to have to look around the guy who's hanging all over her.  ;)

In reply to Askatla (msg # 264):

whoops... need to proof read before posting ^_^
thanks!!!

Been enjoying the IC thread and haven't wanted to interrupt just yet. :-)

I want to take a moment to inform everybody, and remind those who were around earlier this year, that early this year we had a player who joined enthusiastically and then quit abruptly, in part, because another player in the game was ignoring things being said from her character to his over a number of posts.

Please make sure that you acknowledge your fellow players when their characters indicate IC they are attempting to interact with your character. While I understand that your character may not want to say anything back or give them the time of day, you need to acknowledge in some manner that they were interacting with you.

As we have a number of new players (Acaelus, Zaichus, Frode, and actually another person rolling up a character) please make them feel welcome.

If this is an issue for anybody please let me know.

Crazy day; substantial contributions from me over the weekend.

Disabled, in medical recovery and using my phone so trying to o play. My pc earlier chose a young npc brave man to cuddle.

oh no Brianna!

I'll get caught up tonight and post tomorrow.

Welcome new players!! Hope you don't die right away. Lol

Been a hectic work week - I intend to update tomorrow or over the weekend once I have a chance to rest up.

In reply to Game Master (msg # 272):

no worries

Brianna - Hope all is well with you, I will say a prayer for you if you like and hope for a timely recovery.

New Players - Welcome!!! Hope to meet you and your characters soon!!!

Everyone - Trying to be timely with my responses, radiology program is very intense though and leaves little enough opportunities for family-time, so I am sneaking in replies here and there during study sessions.

At rehab trying to get home.

Anyway if you need protection 20-50 Valkyries can protect it and I dare trolls to attack. While you guard it aggressively. Hee Hee

BTW - if you really want to try to convince the townspeople to abandon their village you can do so, you just need to convince more people then the mayor (who, perhaps for obvious reasons doesn’t want to), and you’d need to pass several persuasion/personal charisma checks.

Stand and fight or run its up to the villagers, either way she'll fight for those in it. Fleeing trolls still will likely attack.

Okay, so OOC, I'm not going to split up the party into different threads per se, but can incorporate what you are intending your characters to do for the next game update. Right now I'm seeing two purposed actions...

1. Scout/Hunt for trolls
- Garnog
- Frode
- Acaelus

2. Defend/Build additional fortifications
- Brianna
- Zaichus
- Wulf
- Gudrik

edit Would need to know what Askatla wants to do.
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:38, Tue 20 Oct 2020.

In reply to Game Master (msg # 279):

I'll help defend.

Frode will, indeed, be more useful out scouting than here in town.

Defend as well.

That all makes sense to me!

Garnog is the next best thing to useless at stealth, but if the sneaky folks want to have some nearby backup for when they run away from trolls that notice them he is probably less hard to lead around quietly than a half dozen armed men.

That is indeed where I was hoping to get to, with an added bonus if Garnog was to accompany at a discreet enough distance to provide support.

Okay, for our hunters:

Acaelus - give me two Hunting rolls (this is 1d20 + Skill modifier + Wits modifier); and then one stealth roll (this is 1d20 + danger evasion modifier + Hunting bonus); finally, give me one perception roll (this is 1d20 + danger evasion)

Frode - give me one stealth roll (this is 1d20 + danger evasion modifier + your thievery bonus), and give me one perception roll (this is 1d20 + danger evasion)

Garnog - just need one perception roll for you.

For our defenders:

- If you want to inspire townspeople, direct them to build, train them further with sword, shield, spear, axe, etc, then give me two personal charisma rolls (just your 1d20 + personal charisma modifier)

- If you are going to get into the ditches yourself or otherwise exert yourself in building things (or, as above with personal training) give me one physical vigor roll. (your 1d20 + physical vigor modifier)

You are free to do one or both of those. If there is a different action or thing that you want to do, just let me know.

-  rolled 10 using 1d20+9 with rolls of 1.  Stealth.
Well, I'd like to thank the Dice Roller for the warm welcome!

In reply to Frode Windcaster (msg # 287):

lol, wow.... ^_^

It happens to the best of us... got a few attack rolls come up as 1s and 2s this weekend during table top!!!!

Vigor rolled 21 secret roll to build shelter for non-combatents and practicing archery.

The dice roller is in an amusing mood today, it gave me a 26 for perception, that would have even worked for stealth, if only just. Fortunately I don't have to tempt it by making another roll.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:26, Thu 22 Oct 2020.

Very mixed bag:


20:47, Today: Zaichus rolled 7 using 1d20+6 with rolls of 1.  Personal Charisma #2.

20:47, Today: Zaichus rolled 15 using 1d20+6 with rolls of 9.  Personal Charisma #1.

Interesting rolls. Update will be coming out today/this weekend.

In reply to Game Master (msg # 286):

Would doing both to help the townspeople be possible?

Yes.

In reply to Game Master (msg # 294):

thanks, I'll roll that in a bit - currently finishing up some research for my final paper for one of my classes

Back home and recovering I taught my Colon Cancer whose boss! Now radiation and chemo. The battles in the war continue and I will win.

Anyway I'm working on my dissertation for doctorate in sacred literature. I worked on it even after my surgery.

In reply to Brianna (msg # 296):

nice!

Good to hear, Brianna!   I think if I were healing from something like that, I'd want to keep my mind engaged too.  I haven't studied sacred literature per se, but have been an avid mythology buff since middle school.

In reply to Game Master (msg # 294):

would I need to roll both things twice or should I roll both once?

17:00, Today: Wulf Leofricsson rolled 18 using 1d20+4 with rolls of 14.  physical vigor #2.

16:59, Today: Wulf Leofricsson rolled 23 using 1d20+4 with rolls of 19.  physical vigor #1.

16:59, Today: Wulf Leofricsson rolled 22 using 1d20+3 with rolls of 19.  personal charisma #2.

16:59, Today: Secret Roll: Wulf Leofricsson rolled 6 using 1d20+3 with rolls of 3.  personal charisma #1.

now that my rolls are done I'll get a post up tonight or tomorrow - sorry for the delay. I'm not sure why one of them was marked as a secret roll, but it's here

Wulf, sorry, the rolls I needed were for my prior game post so what you rolled is moot.

In reply to Game Master (msg # 301):

Sorry about that, my mistake

I think there was some confusion all around.  I rolled a 26 for perception, and the post said I could detect where the attacks were coming from, but somehow I got trees?

You did roll 26 on your initial perception, so when Garnog woke up he could hear the enemy moving around.

You didn't roll for another second perception which I asked for, so I rolled that for you.

You are all in basically pitch dark, so you can't actually see an enemy or an ally until they are a few feet in front of you.

So you want us all to make a new perception roll every turn through the whole fight?  That is good to know, I thought I already had the roll you needed.

Tapping into the 13th warrior a good duel.

Yes, yes, typical dice roller -  anytime a player throws double 19s, it's of course for a wasted roll.

In reply to Askatla (msg # 307):

yep, the worst

Crazy busy day; contributions from me tomorrow.

I am moving tomorrow, assuming all goes well then will post an update either over the weekend when things settle or early next week.

Wussie, I posted the day I almost died having my Colon cut out and moved around my guts sewing the other organs together. So your moving ... Yawn.

LoL, just kidding.

Good luck with the move!

Good luck!

Hellloooo? (taps screen)

still here

Hello!

Hi guys, thanks for checking in. My move is complete, I've just had a busy few weeks with things related to said move. Hang tight and I will get an update out as soon as possible.

Hangs off a tree limb ... "Hanging On". lol

All good! It's ben hectic for me, as well.

GM, what are the best ways for our brawl-averse PCs to make an exit? Is there a side door or a way to walk wide around the troublemakers to head for the door?
This message was last edited by the player at 05:39, Fri 20 Nov 2020.

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

Happy Thanksgiving to those in the U.S., happy belated Thanksgiving to those in Canada, and happy Thursday for everyone else :-)

Hope all is well with everyone, Happy belated New Year!!!

And to you ...

Happy new year guys!

2021...how has that number gotten so high?    Whatever I once dreamed of as the future, face masks weren't part of it.    Here's to a hopefully (somewhat?) more ordinary year than the last!      But, not gonna hold my breath...

Happy New Year!

Hope everyone is having a good 2021 so far!!!
Also, hope we didn't lose our GM!!!

In reply to Acaelus Ulfsson (msg # 327):

been busy, but I'm doing well. I also hope we didn't lose him

I hope everyone is doing well.

And you, friend.

I can tell you from experience:

I've played in this GM's game since, I believe, 2013!  (the Grecian one)

Over the years, he's sometimes been gone for months, or even over a year once.   Yet always returned to begin the game again.   I realize that may not console those who want to play now.   But I can assure you, this GM hangs in far better than most.

I don't have quite that length of time with any one GM on this site, but I have been through that sort of thing before.  One guy from Alaska disappeared for months every year.