This thread is where all bonus xp and announcements will be posted. Please keep up on reading these. You don't want to miss out on any bonuses.



This message was last edited by the GM at 01:32, Thu 26 Dec 2019.

Added Rule 8 to the rules thread, regarding party size.

Attention players: We've added a house rule to the rules thread. Please take a look.

Posted Rule 9, regarding Lifestyle Expenses. Note that this mean you don't need to buy rations, but any you started with have value.

Posted Rule 10, regarding downtime.

Speaking of downtime, as a bonus for us reaching 100 posts, everybody gets 1 unit of downtime to spend!

Rearranged the rules thread, and clarified (hopefully) crafting a bit. Added rules for forgoing sleep to craft while in the wilderness.

Edited the downtime rule to reflect the fact that parties are only assumed to be adventuring for 8 hours a day.

Updated the Lifestyle Expenses rule in the Rules and Character Creation thread. Look there for costs.

Merry Christmas to one and all from both me and Conspirator! As a little Christmas present please add 150 xp to your character sheets. Enjoy!

Updated rule 3, to clarify how we will move things along if we don't hear from a player for awhile.

Congratulations to everyone we are officially over our first 1000 posts!
150 xp to everyone. Enjoy!

Hey guys there's been an update to the home brew rules. We meant to include it from the beginning, but blanked when posting everything. Enjoy!

The inn is now open for business! Feel free to come in and say hi to Darla, the innkeeper.

Updated Rules and Character Creation thread, to show what happens if your character dies and you want to make a new one.

2000 posts! 150 xp for everyone!

Updated the Rules and Character Creation thread. Crafting single-use consumables such as potions and scrolls takes 1 downtime unit, regardless of cost.

Just a reminder, if anyone has paid for a house and I haven't made a thread for it yet,  please pm me a description of the place you want.

Updated the Rules and Character Creation thread, to clarify the effects of exposure.

3000 posts! Everybody gets 150 xp!

Just a heads up players we finally have a map! Enjoy. :)

Just made the shops and inn into notices, so they won't disappear into page two if they don't stay active enough.

Important announcement for crafters! Crafting is now twice as efficient in both downtime and gp cost, and you may hire skilled hireling to trade gp for a further reduction in downtime cost. We also updated the downtime section to reflect the xp gain from downtime spent.

[MISC] Smith's Gambit is now [LOCATION]Smith's Gambit Town Hall. Pretty much everything in that thread happened in there, anyway. If anything interesting happens in the street, it will get an [EVENT] thread.

Also, the guard barracks has a thread, now.

Attention Players
Thanks to the efforts of those on the Anonymous Note Quest, a new village within the Rimewood has opened up and a new shop along with it. In order to get to these new areas you must take a portal that will be opening up every morning in Smith's Gambit from now on. This portal will take you directly to Hexia's Shop, but only stays open for a minute and can only be opened once a day. From there you can exit to the Fierce Hearts tribe village.

Items available for trade from the Tritons have been posted. In order to get said items you must go thru the Triton Embassy and the items will take a week to get to you.

Congratulations players! We have made it to 4000 posts. That is awesome! Thank you very much for sticking in there with us and I hope we live up to your hopes for the game. Everyone gets 150xp! Enjoy! =^_^=

Today we got the xrays back and Conspirator's arms aren't broken. So he should be updating his posts later on today.

Attention Players
Since the Expedition group has returned a new and updated map has been posted. The hexes that are colored bright green are the areas that have already been mapped.

Thanks to a certain industrious young merchant, Smith's Gambit now has a tavern! So if you're tired of Brown Ale, or want more than one drink per meal, head on over!
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:06, Sun 02 Aug 2020.

Smith's Gambit finally has a smith! I mean, it had Erret from the beginning, but if you go to Spark's Melting Pot, you can get metalwork!

Well done everybody we've made it to 5000 posts! 150xp for everyone! ^_^

Adding rule 9, regarding changing out cantrips.

Yay we've reached 6000 post! Well done! Everyone gets 150xp! Thanks for hanging in there with us everyone. ^_^

Attention players
The game map has now been updated with a new and current map. The forest that is still white is what is still unexplored. Hope you all like. ^_^
Also would like to thank one of our new players for pointing me in the right direction for which program to use to make the map. Thank you Eithan.
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:42, Thu 10 Dec 2020.

In regards to downtime units House rule 3 has been updated. Also Hexia's Shop has some brand new items of her very own creation. Check it out.

You get a strange feeling and check your pack. Inside you find something you know that wasn't there before, a small silver tin decorated with a reddish orange emboss of a crest with a cover at the center. Around the sides are more embossed images of little dragons. As you open the tin you find a single piece of cake with white frosting. Should you take a bite you will taste the best meal you've ever had. If you reuse the tin you will find that while in it food cannot rot and instead stays as fresh as when it was put in there.

The First Year Anniversary Tin -
Can only be used for 1 ration worth of food, but that ration can never rot for as long as it is in the tin and instead stays as fresh as the time it was put in.

First Year Anniversary Cake -
Whoever eats the cake tastes the best meal they've ever tasted, is cured of all diseases and poison, becomes immune to poison and being frightened, and makes all Wisdom saving throws with advantage. Their hit point maximum also increases by 2d10, and they gain the same number of hit points. These benefits last for 24 hours.

Happy 1st-Year Anniversary Pioneers of Rimewood!
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:18, Tue 15 Dec 2020.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! Everyone gets 150xp. Hope you're all safe wherever you are and have fun!

Alright we've reached 7000 post. Well done! Everyone gets 150xp. Thanks for hanging in there with us everyone. Hope everyone continues to enjoy the game. ^_^

Sai's Fine Leathers is open for business!

Chloe's Cozy Cavern Tavern is under new management! It is now the Dragon's Den, and offers drinks, food (same food as at the Frostbite, but not quite as hot, unless Carmen decides to hire a cook) and gambling!

So please, stop trying to use the Frosthide Inn as a Tavern! It's more like a B&B.

8000 posts guys! Everybody gets 150 xp! Well done!

Sorry guys nearly missed it. 9000 posts! Everybody gets 150 xp! Well done!

After much consideration, we've decided that having both a tent and a blanket or heavy clothes is sufficient to ward off exposure (otherwise, half the humanoids you run into would be half dead when you meet them.)

Updated construction prices to account for: larger rooms, stairs, and stone construction.

Due to popular demand, I finally added rules for running a business other than just selling to each other! We reserve the right to adjust the table if it turns out you can make unlimited free money or something (its from the DMG, but the way we handle time may have an unpredictable effect.) Future plans: Determining a modifier for different lifestyle expenses!
This message was last edited by the GM at 07:19, Sun 11 Apr 2021.

Attention Players! We have reached 10,000 posts! Congrats! Everyone gets 150xp!
In addition to the xp we are also adding something extra since we've made it this far. From this point on all players will be able to have a max of 2 characters per player. This comes with its own set of rules which will be subject to change if necessary.
As of now the rules are:
1 business per player regardless of how many characters you have
Max 2 characters per player
XP sharing will be allowed between characters owned by the same player
No going on quests with your own characters
Only one character per player may enter the Arena's tournament at any given time
&
Player names Must be on All character sheets

Please bare with us as we add more quests to accommodate the surge of new characters. To request your second character please send a pm through your original RTJ thread with the name of the character you wish to make.

House Rules has been updated with Rule #11 regarding multiple characters. Don't forget to check it out.

Could all active players please post something in the OOC thread? Trying to clean up the character list, and I don't want to drop anyone who's just waiting for a quest or something.

Hey guys 11000 posts already! Everybody gets 150 xp! Well done!

Hey guys just a heads up two new jobs have been posted on the job board. Hope you like them.

Hey guys, we're back! Sorry for the delays we should have posts up sometime today. Congrats to everyone on making it to 12000 posts! Everyone get 150xp!

Hey guys the new current map has been posted! Enjoy!

Hey guys we've hit 13000 posts! Everybody gets 150 xp! Well done!

Keep an eye on the Job Board, new quests coming very soon!

Okay! Big new event happening! Its time to take the fight to the Redfoot! We won't begin until those currently on quests that are just about to finish up are back, unless none of their members want to join.

Alright guys we've hit 14000 posts! Everybody gets 150 xp! Nicely done!

We've modified the chart for running a business, so no matter how many DTUs you spend at once, you get can 30 days worth of profit, since you're always taking 30 days worth of risk. I've also added a tier for rolling higher than 100. Hopefully, that helps make using the DTUs this way more enticing. Don't forget, if you upgrade your lifestyle level, you add up to 15 to the roll!

Also updated the rules on sleep.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:33, Fri 15 Oct 2021.

Hey everyone. Just wanted to let you all know we have updated some of Hexia's price list and with new items to boot! Enjoy!

Archives of the old threads should now be visible to everyone. Feel free to take a stroll down memory lane. Someones memories, anyway :)

I know this is late, but better late than never.

Happy 2nd Anniversary Pioneers of Rimewood!
Going along on your travels you each come across a strange crystal fragment. Whether is be in a pocket, a pouch, or randomly showing up in your pack this item seems to appear out of no where. Upon further investigation you come to learn the name of this object is a Lesser Been There Crystal. You also learn that it has the following ability:
One character may speak the command word and spend 1 minute focusing on this crystal. After that minute has passed a portal will open for up to one minute to somewhere the user chooses and has been before. Then the dormant crystal crumbles into dust.

Enjoy!

Merry Christmas everyone and Happy Holidays! May everyone have a wonderful weekend too! Here's 150xp for the holiday. Don't forget to add it to you sheets. ^_^
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:06, Sat 25 Dec 2021.

Woohoo! 15,000 posts guys! Everybody gets 150 xp! Well done!

From this point, until the end of the assault on Burning Stag, if you haven't made a combat post by Wednesday, we will choose an action for you and move the thread along. One exception is, for squad 1, if I haven't posted part 1 of the round, and you're in part 2, keep an eye on the thread, post your action as soon after I do as you can, and I will update the thread again that day, or as soon as I can after. Most days I can post from home, now, so hopefully that won't have to happen.

If it helps, don't be afraid to make conditional posts: i.e. "If so-and-so attacks enemy 1, I'll attack enemy 2."

Its over! The Assault on Burning Stag is finally over! Thank you all for your patience! If you took part in any of the squads, please see the "Burning Squad Loot" thread for rewards.

Congrats on 16000 posts! Thanks for sticking around! 150xp to every character!

Sai's Fine Leathers has a new owner, and a new name: Leather and Longings. Congrats Donella on your new business!

We have made a few updates to the rules since the end of the assault. Each of you who can PM us with what has changed gets 10 DTU for each change they correctly identify.

Additionally, we will no longer require characters to pay a lifestyle expense for every 2 DTU spent. We never put it in the rules, anyway.

Most importantly, we would like your help coming up with new quest seeds. PM us any ideas that you think would make a good quest, and if we use the idea, you will be rewarded with a choice of either the GP, DTU or XP rewards that the quest gives.

Oh yeah, I forgot to announce, Tidelan's Arena is now Victor's Arena!

Hexia is now allowing players to copy from her book of spells, for a price of course! A list of her available spells is now up on her price list. Enjoy!

Just a heads up from now on new orders from Hexia will take time to construct. Players will have to choose to spend either DTUs or the amount of lifestyle expenses required to cover the time it takes to make the item or a combination of the two.

Yay! A new current map has been uploaded!

17k posts guys! Wow! Everyone gets 150xp! Woohoo!

Apologies for my unannounced absence. Had a series of family-related distractions, (mostly good) which took most of my energy.

Happy 3rd Anniversary Pioneers of Rimewood!
On this particular day you wake up to find something round, about the size of a human fist, wrapped in colorful wax paper left on your pillow. As you inspect it you smell the delicious smell of pure chocolate and when you pick it up it seems too light to be just pure chocolate, but it does tempt you to inspect it further.


I know this year has been a rough one, but we just wanted to say THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts for sticking with us and supporting us. You guys rule! Again Happy Anniversary Pioneers! I hope you guys enjoy what we have planned!

Merry Christmas everyone and Happy Holidays! May everyone have a wonderful year ahead! Everyone gets 150xp!

Added a rule about skipping "too easy" fights to the house rules. Its actually been in use for a while, but I kept forgetting to add it

Congrats everyone we made it to 18000 posts! Wow! 150xp all around!

Hey guys I put it in OOC, but I don't know how many of you actually saw it. I'd like to invite you all to join my discord server (you do not have to if you don't want to, but I'd love to connect). See you there. When/if you connect just let me know you are from this game and your main character's name from here please.

https://discord.gg/sPq8P8ay

So, I guess I forgot to announce it when I changed it, but you get 5 DTU a week now, not just one.

For those that don't use our Discord, the change to 5 DTUs per week has been determined to have taken place on June 13, 2022 (Thank you, Victor!.) So, if you've been here since then, you should have another 156 DTUs.

Narrator and I will be away for about a week starting Saturday for my brother's wedding, which may effect posting.

In the meantime, if the players in "Wizards and Worried Worgs" or "The Moonlit Sky" can give me a short summary of the events in those quests so far, it would make continuing those threads easier on me. Post in the quests' respective OOC threads, please, not this one.

Prestidigiparcel has come to Smith's Gambit. Now, for 15GP, any letter or parcel the size of a backpack or smaller can be transported instantly between Smith's Gambit, Torrakum, Zantum, Estro and Porter's Respite. No longer must you wait weeks for messages from your big city contacts, or care packages from dear old granny. See the Prestidigiparcel Clerk at the Triton Embassy for details.

Note: Do not, under any circumstances, attempt to transport live animals, eggs or any parts from a blink dog. Bad things will happen.

Also, the Swap Meet is now open! If none of the player owned shops want your unwanted loot, or simply won't meet your price, list it in the Swap Meet!
This message was last edited by the GM at 05:19, Tue 19 Sept 2023.