For any extended absences or players leaving the game please post here and let us know. Thank you!

Narrator and I will be out of town for much of today and tomorrow, so posting may be slow.

Understandable.

Whatever you do, do it safely. Go loaded for bear!

I'll be at a conference this weekend. I'll have access, just not all the time, so I'll do what I can but may be slow.

No problem. Have fun! ^_^

I am going on vacation for the next five days, so my posting may be sporadic.

Have fun and be safe!

My posting may be sporadic the next few weeks, as my wife and I just got an adoption placement! Our baby girl is in the NICU for a few weeks as she was born premature, but she's otherwise doing well.

Congratulations!

In reply to Sai Nightbreeze (msg # 8):

Congrats! Been there on the preemie front so hope all goes well...

Congratulations!!!

Good on you for adopting, there's a lot of children out there in need!

I wish you a wonderful future with your new daughter <3

Thanks! She's doing very well, already putting on weight and ahead of schedule with feeding from a bottle, so things are looking good!

Congratulations!

Agreed, congratulations!

Congrats to you and your family!

We'd like to apologize for the slow responses to any of the threads. We've been having some real life difficulties dealing with 100+ degree weather and a broken cooler. Thankfully we were able to get a replacement pump so hopefully that does the trick, but as many of you could imagine sitting in a house with barely a fan that feels like it's doing nothing does not make for a good writing environment. Especially when our desktops heat up the room even further. Thank you very much for baring with us as we get things back on track.

Of course, no problem.

Good luck! Our a/c went out a couple weeks ago (when we tried to turn it on for the season, of course), but thankfully it hasn't been very hot here. Hopefully you guys can get it fixed soon for comfort's sake

In reply to The Narrator (msg # 17):

No worries, bloody hot here in the UK at present, and A/C seems to be an alien concept to us Brits!!!

Not a problem

In reply to Elisar Moonraven (msg # 20):

That's amusing to me because a friend of mine from school moved out there a couple years ago, and basically said the same.

Yikes. My family couldn't live without our AC :P

Stay strong, GMs!

In reply to Malkus (msg # 22):

Lol!

Too hot, we complain...
Too cold, we complain...
Too wet, we complain...
Too dry, the begonias are dying!

In reply to Elisar Moonraven (msg # 24):

IDK about all that, just specifically the comment about Brits not believing in A/C and now it's being hot.

I'm pretty sure I don't have air conditioner in my apartment either. I just apply water to my skin every three minutes. :/

It's not that hot here, luckily.

In reply to Malkus (msg # 25):

Us Brits have two hobbies ... complaining and queuing!

In reply to Elisar Moonraven (msg # 27):

That explains why she said something a couple days before you did: you were waiting your turn XD

I'm on vacation visiting family. I can still post, but my availability is much reduced, so I'm semi-here for the next week.

Okay. Not a problem. Thanks for letting us know. Have fun and enjoy your family time! We hope all goes well! ^_^

Cooler is fixed. Now, to catch up.

We live in the Mojave desert in southern California, where it gets upwards of 110F degrees, with little-to-no humidity. That's before turning on a PC that raises the temperature even more, assuming it doesn't overheat and stop functioning. Real fun.
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:39, Tue 30 June 2020.

In reply to Conspirator (msg # 31):

Lol! I’m in the UK. Last week we had temp of over 33c with scorching sun. Today it’s 18c, grey, windy, miserable and probably gonna piss it down tonight.

Glad the cooler is fixed! That's miserable (heat treater, so i'm a bit familiar with ambient temperature in that range).

Regarding the u.k's swings, Michigan periodically does crap like that too.

I will be travelling a lot from 7/5/2020 - 7/12/20 so my posting will be sparse at best.  If you need to NPC Alban to keep the story arc moving then feel free to do so.

On 7/21 Conspirator got into a car accident. He is ok now, just has banged up arms. Due to this he will not be posting for a few days until we get the xray results back. Then we'll be able to tell if anything is broken or not. Either way he is bruised up and posting will be slow at best for a little bit.

Hope he feels better

Oh no! I'm sorry.

Ouch! Hope you heal up fast. Take care of your health.

O jeez! Rest up

Thank you everyone for your kindhearted notes. We really appreciate them and your patience.

In reply to The Narrator (msg # 35):

Ouch! Sorry to hear the news but relieved it wasn’t a more serious accident.

Ow! Get well soon, Conspirator! <3

Take your time. It’s not a problem

My Goodness! Best wishes for a speedy recovery Narrator!

What they said. ^^^

Car accidents are no joke, even if you walk away.  Take it slow, we'll be here when he's ready.

Thank you.

Well wishes for the banged up DM. Glad it wasn't worse but take the rest you need.

Not really an extended absence per se. I work in IT and most of my clients are in logistics and obviously they're getting hammered and the cracks in their IT stuff are showing, so I'm getting hammered too.

I've had a pretty good pace, but today (Friday Morning NZ time) and a chunk of my weekend are likely borked. Hope to be back to posting regularly soon. :)

No problem. Thx for the heads up. Will keep that in mind.

I'm back! But attentance will be spotty: This coming work week is my last for the year, expecting it to be flat out. Then the drive down to Christchurch for the family holiday. I'm aiming for a morning post and an evening post every other day until things go back to normal in January. :)

Alright will keep that in mind thx for the info.

I've got family down in Hokitika. Or am I thinking the wrong Christchurch?

Still present but have had back issues for the past two weeks ..

That's entirely the right Christchurch - but I had to look it up. I'm not familiar enough with the area to know what's where. :)



Ahh, that sucks to hear dude. Back problems are the worst.

I've had recurring back issues on and off for the last two years. I put on so much weight.

I finally got better recently and I've been able to start weight training again, feels amazing to have my mobility and core strength back.

Best of luck to your recovery! Can't pray (not religious) but sending good/healing vibes your way. :)

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Actual Extended Absence Stuff

I'm flat out right now, not sure how regularly I'll be able to get onto this game for the next 4-5 days or so.

I've got my last day at the office getting my clients ready for me to be on leave. I'm in IT, I'm the top-level "get this guy in case of emergency" person. All my clients are in logistics in the busiest time of year, so... Yeah. Busy.

Then I've got all the house/prep shit for a two day road trip with three humans and two border collies, and the yard is already overflowing. So on top of everything else, I need to beat it back into submission so the month while I'm away doesn't get utterly ridiculous, don't want the neighbors hating me. Full days' effort right there, easy.

Then up at the crack of dawn on Sunday to kick off the two day road trip itself.

I'll have a laptop with me and I'll be keen to get online when I can. But family and dog and driving and sleep time comes first.

Should be back to regular-ish posting once I'm set up in Christchurch and back to a normal routine, which should be sometime after Tuesday 22nd Dec NZ time. :)

In reply to Eithan (msg # 54):

Not a problem the holidays get crazy for everyone. Hope you enjoy your trip and make sure to be resting up enough. Be safe and have fun. We'll see ya back real soon.

Because of things piling up, plus running my own D&D campaign elsewhere, I'm going to pull out of this game for an indefinite amount of time. I'll try to come back, if it's in the cards, but I don't have all the time I used to.

In reply to Stennan Sacredmaw (msg # 56):

We understand and sorry to hear that you'll be leaving us for a while. Hopefully we do get to see you back someday. Either way take care, have fun, and be safe! And thank you for letting us know!

Hey guys,

Work's been crazy busy this week, and every time I think I've climbed my way out of it, they pull me back in.

Could be another week or so before time frees up again.

Hope to be back soon.

Hope to see you back here soon Eithan, focus on your stuff though, it's better than worrying about this game ha ha.

Take care of work, but don't over do it okay? We want you back in one piece!

I'm going to be mostly unavailable until next week, to attend a funeral.

In reply to Wightvane (msg # 61):

Sorry to hear that. I hope its a nice service. Be safe!

My apologies to anyone left in the dust.  My whole family came down with a nasty stomach bug that put us out for a while.  Should be back to normal now though.

I'm glad you've all recovered and it wasn't something more severe!

Welcome back :)

Funny that.  Because she was sick, my daughter wasn't at daycare when there was a staff member who tested positive for COVID.  So... silver lining, I guess?

That's most definitely a silver lining.

I really hope nobody else in that workplace got infected, especially not any of the toddlers!

Glad to hear it!

In reply to Sai Nightbreeze (msg # 65):

Glad everyone ended up alright for you and your family.

Attention players playing in Conspirator's games:
He is currently not doing so well. We got our vaccine shots and its been kind of hard on him. He is okay, nothing live threatening that we know of, but posting is hard for him right now so please be patient.

We appreciate your understanding, thank you.

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In reply to The Narrator (msg # 69):

Hopefully he's doing ok. The reaction is no joke. I was lucky (pfizer), but my spouse was out a couple days after the second dose (moderns).

I second that.  Get well soon.  Take your time.

Just got my second one on Thurs. Still feeling it, but nothing major. Hope they start feeling better soon! Take all the time you need.

In reply to The Narrator (msg # 69):

Please send him our best wishes, and well done for getting the shot in the first place. A difficult choice in trying times.

I had the Pfizer and had a really sore arm for a few days but otherwise good. Hopefully due 2nd dose soon.

I'm glad you both got you vaccine shots.  I hope he feels better soon.  R.L. comes first, I'll be here when it's convenient for you both to get back.  I'm getting my second shot in a few weeks.

I am on vacation from tomorrow, will be back Thursday.

Thank you everyone for the well wishes. We really do appreciate the support! Have fun on your vacation Spark and be safe!

Sorry for my absence. Still sore, and having a bit of trouble concentrating, but I'm gonna do what I can. I appreciate all the positive vibes you folks have been sending my way!

This is one of my favourite games. I'd be truly sad for my GM to be unable to keep my enjoyment going :)

No worries, Conspy. Glad to see you around, but we are patiently awaiting your full recovery. Take care!

No worries, IMO a lack of concentration is the main ruin for DND.

As an example; me and my brother were gonna start a new campaign today, but he was tired, so we decided not to play today, since that is often better than investing to something when you aren't in the headspace to fulfill that commitment.

Forcing yourself to be creative can lead to burn out, but it can also lead to worse things; like subpar content or even a major mistake. I know this for a fact, since I do a lot of creative writing, and getting bored of stuff is never my biggest worry; it's much worse to wreck something you've put a lot of work into because you weren't sufficiently self-aware.

Tl;dr Don't be a gm while you're sick it sucks ( for everyone ) !

Don't feel the need to rush back to action on our account. We'll be happy to have you back whenever you're up to it. Your health comes first.

Well, it might take a bit longer than usual, but I can still post. I just can't get it all done in one chunk right now.

In reply to Conspirator (msg # 83):

Just so long as you take care of your real-life self before you worry about in-game us.
I think everyone here understands.

Sending todays message of love and support :)

Thanks, folks. You guys are awesome. I'll try not to overdo it.

Sorry if my posts are short and/or sporadic this week. Visiting my mother for the week.

Good to know, I'll admit I was wondering about that.

Happy to hear it! Have fun with your visit!

Thanks. We will.

Back from our trip. Good visit, but stressful. Narrator is on muscle relaxers at the moment, so I got to drive cross-state, after mostly avoiding getting behind the wheel since my accident last year. Then we had to go grocery shopping, since we had the foresight not to leave a fridge full of food behind for a week. I'm about to go to bed, but we get to relax tomorrow, and hopefully, catch up with you all!

YAY~

Glad you made it back! Sounds like quite the adventure.

In reply to Conspirator (msg # 90):

Well done. Sounds like an excuse for a takeaway if ever I heard one! How far is cross-state? I’m in the UK so can’t really relate...

In reply to Conspirator (msg # 90):

Welcome back.  Enjoy your rest day.

In reply to Elisar Moonraven (msg # 93):

Many of our states (especially outside of New England area) are comparable in size to England proper; some are larger than the UK as a whole.

I can't speak for the DMs, but 'across the state' usually amounts to three to six hours of driving here in the Great Lakes region.

The difference between driving in the UK to the US is that our tiny island has a fifth of your population and significantly less land to live on. A trip to London from the north can easily take 4 hours or more and it’s just a few hundred miles.

Living in Australia now and it’s the same size as the US but a maybe a fifteenth or the population. It’s a dream to drive in and very little traffic when you’re out of the city.

Welcome back Conspirator and Narrator!

Eat food, you sillies :)



I always have to consciously remember this, because the Mercator Map they show us at school and daily life doesn't really do justice to the size of a lot of places. Namely, greenland and africa are shown to be way smaller in proportion to the other landmasses.

IIRC, it has something to do with image stretching occurring as you get further from the equator.



I know it's like that in most big cities, but this is just wild. I figure the UK may be the closest thing we have to an entirely-urban nation... Japan may be a close second though, from what I've learned of.

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I can't speak from experience on long travel times (my furthest car ride was several hours and didn't even leave the province, and when I was an infant we took an airplane to morocco to visit family), but I know here in Canada traveling across provinces is an ordeal. Say you wanted to go from Ontario (where I live) to British Columbia (somewhere I maybe want to visit one day), you would never ever take a car... unless you have a few months to burn on a road trip lifestyle. You would take an airplane.

I actually recall the same thing sometimes being done in America (it may have just been from storybooks, or maybe it's a sort of inflated trope that does occur in real life but very rarely) where you'll take a car or motorbike and travel across the large swaths of desert, stopping at motels.

It sounds wild west, but to my understanding it's something you can do in modern day!

Only about 150 miles, but I since I hadn't driven father than 7 miles at a time since last June, and still get nervous behind the wheel, it was an ordeal.

Years ago, my brother and I drove from California to New Hampshire in 3 days. We took turns driving, and got a speeding ticket at one point, but it definitely didn't take months.

Tidelan, we did eat our food, before we left. That's why we had to go shopping right after we got back.

In reply to Tidelan Wavyrus (msg # 97):

Actually most of the UK is still pretty green. We have several major metropolitan areas, London being the biggest, but still lots of green between them. If you want seriously urban nations then I’d start with Hong Kong and Singapore...

What we don’t have is the HUGE areas of wilderness that have next to no people at all, such as you get in Canada, USA and Australia. By comparison our green bits are small, but they’re still there!

The US road trip is still an iconic dream vacation for many Brits. Get a car in NY or somewhere else in the north east and drive across the whole country, seeing all the sights as you go, then end up on a beach in California. A lack of geographical knowledge normally gets in the way, as the romance is that you drive past Mount Rushmore via the Everglades on the way to Yellowstone, then go to the Smithsonian en route... I do wonder what great landmarks would actually be on the route if you went direct from NY to LA?

In reply to Elisar Moonraven (msg # 99):

It's just order of operations.
Hit the Smithsonian first, then the Everglades, then Mount Rushmore, and then California.

A little less zigzagging that way ;)

When there's not a pandemic going on, we host exchange students from EU/Asia, and we take a road trip during spring break based on things the kids want to see. So far we've gone to 7, 11, and 13 different states. We often hear them say something along the lines of feeling like they're living in a movie while driving across the various landscapes. It's always a highlight of their experience.

Nice.

In reply to Elisar Moonraven (msg # 99):

Word of advice: Avoid Wall Drug when you go to Mount Rushmore. It's a tourist trap that is all advertising and no substance.

In reply to Nutcracker (msg # 103):

Good to know, though I doubt I will be visiting anytime soon!

That's funny because I detested that place as a kid. I'm planning a trip that way later this year and was talking to my dad about it.
"Don't forget Wall Drug..."

Sorry about my absence the last few days. After my second Covid vaccine on Tuesday, my arms are still too sore for a lot of typing (one arm is always sore thanks to nerve damage, the other just lately thanks to the vaccine)

I wondered where you were. Hoped you were well!

Good luck on recovering from the 2nd jab :)

Congrats on the second dosage!

This reminds me of a time when I was in grade school, and I asked my grandparents if taking double medicine would make me double healthy. They said no, but I knew they were just keeping secrets from me (my sleep paralysis demons told me so, he's a good guy when you get past the tentacles) so I got all my buddies together and we took every pill we could find around the house.

We were all hospitalized for three weeks and Josh died from intestinal bleeding, but I haven't had anything worse than the flu since, so I count this as an overall win.

Real story, don't laugh. truly happened. definitely not midnight and sleep deprived, no.

In reply to Conspirator (msg # 106):

Hang in there! I've heard that second dose can hit pretty hard.

Emergency work project is killing my free time this week. I'll be freed up over the weekend, so NPC Wightvane/Irsoneic as necessary to keep things moving for the next couple of days. Don't let me hold things up.

Yuck. Hope you don't get stuck with another one after this for a long while!



Not in your group, but that's an absolute bro move.

Don't work too hard. Hope it comes out successful. Best of luck. ^_^

Hey guys just wanted to give a heads up Conspirator and I are going on a trip out of state to visit friends and family. We'll be gone for just over two weeks starting this Saturday, but we will still try and keep posting it just may be sporadic. Thanks for bearing with us and thanks for being such great players.

Thanks for the heads up. Have a safe and fun trip!!

Enjoy!

I will be travelling out of town starting Monday for two weeks, so my posting will be sporadic.  If you need to NPC my character go ahead, so the storyline isn't held up. I will check on posts when I can.

Unavailable tomorrow, and spotty through the weekend.

Wightvane/Irsoneic

Looking forward to you guys coming home. Should be nearly over now, right? :)

/pleads
*wrings hands*

I'm assuming the two weeks would include this weekend, won't be long now :)

I am back from my trip and ready to go.

It's officially Wednesday. The last GM logins were 21st and 24th, which would both have been near the end of their trips.

Hopefully they made it home safe and are just taking it easy.

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I know nobody asked, but a couple cools things have happened in the last weeks so I thought I'd share while I'm here:

1. I joined two new games on RPOL. Very fun, but probably a mistake considering I'll be swamped when this game comes back ha ha

2. I graduated high school :) Now, I am officially unemployed! LMAOOO

We're back, safe and sound, and barely traumatized by Boston traffic at all, I swear! Thank you all for your patience, and bear with me, as I take time to adjust to a regular posting schedule again (I envy Narrator's ability to jump right back into the swing of things.) Congratulations, Tidelan!

Hooray, and welcome back!

^_^ Yep we are home safe and sound. Thank you all for your patience! Congrats Tidelan on graduating from high school. Well done!

If I could do cartwheels and somersaults at this news, I would do.

Mentally I'm doing flic flacs like crazy to hear you're back and ready to think about posting again :)

Hey guys just letting you all know that today we're off on another trip and won't be back until after the 31st so posting might be on hold until then. Hope to get back to you guys soon. Have fun until then guys and take care!

Have a nice trip!

Enjoy!

We're so needy that you need another break from us? ;)

I bet they're just doing the thing where they burn all their Vacation Days at the end of the year. At least, I know a lot of people in some careers do that, because it's efficient :)

It's good to be able to enjoy your freedom and spend time together, especially as I assume things have been rather hectic and confined throughout the year.

We should have set up a fight-club so we can entertain ourselves!

Maybe that's a project for you Tidelan, we've had a round-robin tournament, what about a royal rumble or team deathmatch? (I'm half serious)

Sure! That sounds fun! Heres some ideas, anyone can feel free to respond with thoughts:



Also, a new monetization system for a new tournament style, and after getting lots of good advice previously:



Definitely simpler and quicker this time around, but that's a good thing for filling just about a week while the GMs are away. We won't need them for much adjudication either, since the only thing they would need to roll for is how many people show up, which we can do retroactively since money is not an issue for Tidelan atm (you guys saw how last time ended lmao).

Anyway, if this interests enough people (at least 6, up to 14) I'd be happy to announce it in an IC thread as soon as tonight.

Spark and Walter are off for a two-week vacation tomorrow with little or no access to the internet! See you all on the other side! :)

In reply to Spark (msg # 133):

Have fun, stay safe!

Buh bye! Cya soon :)

Take care and be safe! Have fun!

On hols this week, posting may be sporadic.

Elisar / Golun

In reply to Elisar Moonraven (msg # 137):

See you soon, Bud

Ok thanks for the heads up. Take care and be safe!

Tusk and I'll be on vacation to South Dakota from 9/11 to 9/20. I'll try to post; you can NPC us if needed.

Ah ok no problem. You have fun and be safe!

Enjoy the American prairies!

So to make it official, I kinda got tired of mimicking as I felt it hampered my interaction somewhat. Tried to get a helmet of telepathy through Hexia's store and when that proved impossible i took a breather. Decided to play a second character but by that time the assault stories had started up. So taking a longer break but haven't entirely vanished.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:13, Mon 22 Nov 2021.

Ok good to know thank you. I'm sorry you've been struggling. I didn't quite realize the extent of why you wanted the helm of telepathy. No reputable vendor of magic is willing to sell magic that can manipulate free will, therefor you wouldn't be able to find the helm, but Conspirator and I did talk and we would be willing to have Hexia sell you Helm of Restricted Telepathy. This would be like the other helm, but without the manipulate others quality. Obviously since this is a lesser item we wouldn't charge as much and it wouldn't be as rare. I hope this would be acceptable. If it is, then you are welcome to return to Hexia's shop saying that you received a message from her to return to her shop and that she may have something that will interest you. I hope this helps. If not then we can try and work something else out. Please let us know, but if you wouldn't mind maybe we can switch this over to a pm. Much appreciated. Thank you. ^_^

I am still around too.  Life has been rough the past two months, but I'm still around.  Over the weekend I'll jump back into it.

In reply to Alban (msg # 145):

Hopefully things are manageable once again!

Things are getting better. I had to have a surgery on Friday. Home now recovering.

I’ll be taking an extended absence while I read Tidelans last post...

In reply to Carmen Diaz (msg # 148):

OMG that is SO FUNNY!!!

I'll be away for 48 hours with wifey so may not get around to posting in that window.

Okay no worries be safe. ^_^

Just got to Baltimore, and will be here about six days before a few days in Charlotte, then back to the great, white north.

Shouldn't affect my posting much.

Ok good to know. Thank you. Be safe and have fun!

Out of action for a few days, going on my first LARP adventure! Back Sunday but might not be able to post until Monday PM.

Have fun!

In reply to Elisar Moonraven (msg # 154):

Sounds like you'll be having a blast!

Take care and have a blast!

In reply to The Narrator (msg # 157):

My feet hurt... catching up a bit now!

In reply to Elisar Moonraven (msg # 158):

Welcome back!

Nice welcome back!

Posts from me will be infrequent until after the 12th.

Posts from me will be infrequent this week due to traveling

In reply to Alban (msg # 162):

Safe travels, buddy!!

Okay no problem. Be safe and have fun!

I fell off the world, sorry about that!
I'm having some work/life balancing issues and it doesn't leave much room for creativity unfortunately.
Will hopefully be back soon!

In reply to Spark (msg # 165):

Tell me about it! Sometimes things get crazy. Hang in there

Absolutely. Hang in there!

Hey everyone sorry we didn't post sooner. We ended up needing to house sit for family, but the internet out here is crappy to say the least. We'll get back to posting as soon as we can. We're house sitting thru to Thursday.

In reply to The Narrator (msg # 168):

No worries! I hope they left you plenty of food and booze

Lol thanks. We kind of left our own booze here so I think we're covered, but no time for that until later. Getting bugged to no end by flies and working on a special one shot for some other family we're gonna go see at the end of the month. Wish me luck! Hopefully it comes out ok. Trying to write it so they could make literally any character and it still be fun.

Good luck.  I usually do alot of world building, then some plot outlining, and Ad-lib the rest based on what occurs.

Same, but this time I'm writing out a lot of it ahead of time.

I will be away till Monday, August first.

Ok be safe and have fun.

Very sorry. Job issues. Back asap

Ok be safe and good luck.

*Ties Azucondie's leg to the sled*

Hey guys sorry it took so long to post but our internet has been super sucky thanks to the weather. Hoping to get posts up tomorrow, but we'll see. Again sorry for the inconvenience.

Are you on the dark side of the moon? :)

In reply to The Narrator (msg # 178):

Don’t worry about it.

^^^ I'm with him. No sweat

Sweat is important, it's how the body loses heat.
So .. sweat a little bit, but not so much you need to change shirts every 10 minutes.

In reply to Boneclaw (msg # 182):

Says the bird-man...

May as well be: Rural United States. We're lucky there's even an internet provider that reaches us at all. We're on the outer edge of the nearest satellite's service area, so the signal is weak on a good day. When its cloudy or windy-- and its usually windy-- it takes several minutes to load a webpage, if it doesn't timeout, which causes me to have to retype everything I submitted if I forgot to copy it first. Each combat post requires at least 3 open tabs, (the thread itself, the reply page, and a page for each monster's stats, though there's often other things I need to look up, as well.) I'm running two fights at the moment, a quest that isn't in combat yet, plus checking all the PMs (usually at least 4 or 5 at any given time.) Not counting this one, I currently have 9 tabs open for this game, and I haven't loaded a monster for one of the fights yet! If I was posting from home, I'd have gotten maybe 2 of them to load by now. If I wasn't already bald, the service here would be enough to make me pull my hair out! /rant

Hoping for Skynet then? :D

Tip: type in google docs before pasting it into RPOL.
Google docs auto updates. So if the internet goes out you don't have to rewrite everything.

I do this in Microsoft One Note at work.

Then paste to my phone, as our work server blocks rpol.

In reply to Lukas Verbannt (msg # 187):

That's a fantastic idea, as our work server also blocks RPOL.

Advance notice - I m on holiday from this Sunday for 2 weeks. I doubt I will have any opportunity to log in to the game so please NPC as needed.

This applies to both Elisar and Golun.

In reply to Elisar Moonraven (msg # 189):

Enjoy your time off, bud

In reply to Malkus (msg # 190):

Thanks.

Paris for 25th wedding anniversary, then Disneyland to keep the kids happy, then down south of France for a week on the beach. A lot of miles to cover but should be fun!

Nice! Have fun and be safe! Oh and happy anniversary!
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:19, Mon 08 Aug 2022.

In reply to Elisar Moonraven (msg # 191):

Have a blast, and happy anniversary to you and your wife.

Hey guys just a heads up we will be unavailable the 8th thru the 12th. We are going to my cousin's wedding in Georgia. Ought to be fun, I hope.

In reply to The Narrator (msg # 194):

Safe travels!

Have fun

Thank you!

Have fun.  And happy marriage to your
 cousin and their spouse.

In reply to Brohm of Clan Stonehelm (msg # 198):

thank you! ^_^

In reply to The Narrator (msg # 199):

You're welcome.

Hope you had a great time. I'm in the future and it's now the 13th :)

Hey guys we made it back from our trip safely, but, it figures, as soon as we were home we got really sick. Thankfully doesn't seem to be covid. Still sucks being sick though. Will try to post soon, but can make no guarantees. Will let you all know when we are doing better.

Sorry to hear that. All of my rpol GMs seem to get sick all the time! :(

We GMs are a sickly lot, it seems. Probably from all those sleepless nights coming up with new ideas, and sitting at keyboards instead of exercising. Also, people tend to get sick a lot in the winter, and for about 90% of humanity* its winter this time of year.

*According to a Google search for "what percentage of humans live in the northern hemisphere." Feel free to fact check me, cause I have a hard time believing it myself!

In reply to Conspirator (msg # 204):

I think the British sent their prisoners to Australia precisely for this reason. They wanted the Earth to be less wobbly about its axis of rotation.

I arbitrarily blame the Dutch.

We're terrible people so you might be right.

Also slow posting on account of illness and sore muscles.

No.  It's definitely the British.  It is clearly all their fault.

Expect extended delays from me (also Tiria) for the foreseeable future, my internet is only working intermittently and the new router/modem my ISP sent me today has not resolved the issue. Feel free to NPC me to keep things flowing.

Got another big storm coming, and this time I got called in as a Disaster Service Worker, so I might not be around much the next 72 hours.

Lukas Verbannt
Kiara Goldentongue

ok thanks for letting us know. Be safe!

Aah Kiara is Lukas, nice.

Stay safe.

That's me!

Stay safe :)

Take care of each other, you two.

They are both me, and while there has been massive and historic flooding just 30 minutes away, none of it hit my patch of the woods!

Safe and sound.

I did end up getting called in on Friday for what was supposed to be a 12 hour shift at at an Emergency Shelter the county set up, but they wound up consolidating shelters and closing the one I was assigned to after 10 hours.  Add to that the fact that there was literally only one mental health crisis I needed to deal with the whole 10 hours? It's been easy.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:19, Sun 12 Mar 2023.

Sweet that's awesome to hear! Glad you are safe!

Hi all

Just wanted to drop in and say hi and give an update to my extended absence. My 14yo son passed away suddenly and unexpectedly over Christmas. Needless to say this was a huge shock and we have had a lot to deal with. I am hoping to be back at some point, but as to a timescale I couldn't say.

Happy for GMs to NPC Elisar and Golun as needed, then move them back to town when missions are completed.

Very sorry to hear, Elisar, condolences.

I really have no words to offer :(

In reply to Elisar Moonraven (msg # 218):

My condolences to you and your family on your devastating loss.

That's a heavy burden to bear, my friend,.

I'm sending you my best. May your path be easier and your load less wearisome in the days to come.

I'm so terribly sorry for you and yours.

Malkus

Our condolences friend. We wish the very best for you and your family. Be safe and be well. We'll miss you until your return.

That is heartbreaking.    Our love and thoughts are with you, friend.

Hey everyone I hope you had a happy holiday. Conspirator and I went on a trip to visit family and I managed to test positive for covid. Don't know when we'll be able to post, but hopefully soon. Will try to keep you all posted. Take care all and be safe.

In reply to The Narrator (msg # 225):

I hope it passes easily for you

Thank you everyone for the well wishes. You'll be happy to know I am doing much much better now and will be posting soon. Hope everyone has been well!

No wifi at home for the next few months or so. Will try to post whenever I go somewhere with wifi and enough space to put my laptop. Currently posting from my folks' place in Vegas.

Hey everyone I'm very sorry I know it's been a while. I've been dealing with a serious case of burnout and a lack of self esteem. This is no ones fault, but my own that I have not been able to post and I apologize for not posting sooner to let you all know what's been going on. It seems that it took a lot out of me being as busy as I have been. Still no excuse. I don't know when I'll be able to post again but I will see what I can do today and we'll see. At the very least I will be helping my husband take over the quests I was running if I find that I still cannot seem to post. I hope that it doesn't have to come to that, but it's bad enough I've been keeping you all waiting for so long. You guys deserve better and my other half deserves a more consistent co-dm. Hopefully there won't be too many discrepancies. Thank you all for the wonderful patience you've had with us, and me especially, and for being the wonderful players that you are. Much love to everyone. Wishing you all the best.

In reply to The Narrator (msg # 229):

I understand burn-out, and life issues very well.  Take all the time you need.  Come back when you can, and have the desire too.  I hope things improve for you.  We'll be here when you're ready and able.  It's a great game, but nothing to stress over.

The first part of that sentence was correct. Burnout is an affliction, first step to healing is to not beat yourself up about it.
It's good to learn your limits, to take the time to heal when you need it.

Applause for the good job, both storytelling and listening to yourself.
Now go relax.

Real life comes first, self care comes first.

Seriously take all the time you need!

I've really enjoyed my adventures with you.

Go look after yourself <3

Thanks for the games!!

Tusk and I will be out of tow from the 3rd through the 13th or so. I'll be beating up nerds in Pennsylvania.

In reply to Malkus (msg # 234):

Ok no problem. Thanks for letting us know. Be safe and have fun!