Hey guys,

Here's the OOC chat. Say hi :)

Hello all, totally trustworthy sidhe of House Balor here? Forked tongue? What forked-tongue?

In reply to Pedro Ayala (msg # 2):

Great concept-I am excited with how you create the mechanics of your character. <3

Hi there! I'm playing something just as rare!  A polite nocker! Okay, relatively polite. ...  For a nocker...  Okay.  Well, we'll see what happens.

Anyways, nice to meet you, Pedro.  Please excuse the lack of details on Korbin at the moment.  Gonna try and remedy some of that tonight.

In reply to Korbin Waller (msg # 4):

Polite Nocker, that sounds interesting! I hope that we will be able to role play together. Is your character going to focus on weapons, armors etc at all or more complex mechanical wonders?

Korby’s a weaponsmith and armorer foremost. But he’s as much of a fighter as a craftsman. (Maybe not ‘as much of’ but he certainly thinks so.) Looking forward to being ready to start! Just need to hammer out these last few details.

Hope you don’t mind, Pedro. I liked the way you set up a lot of your character description so I stole a bit from it in general concept. Still need to do some editing but I figure something beats nothing.

In reply to Korbin Waller (msg # 7):

Oh no, that will just give him more confidence and this isn't even his final form...
 ;)

No worries, my ego can not get any bigger

;P


Love the image of how kithain look when they die from cold-iron. Is that foreshadowing by the Storyteller?
This message was last edited by the player at 15:30, Sun 31 Jan 2021.

Hi hi hi. Sahara will be joining you. She's the better half of Jeffrey Kingsley, who is her mortal half- Sahara is both the Changeling and drag identity of Jeffrey. They're different enough in persona and pronouns that I thought it was wise to set up different characters to post under.

Sahara will be handling most of the day-to-day dealings, at least one the Changeling side of business. Also the business side of business.

One of us, one of us, one of us...

Hi all. It's your friendly neighborhood Grump Seelie Satyr here. I'm working up my character now and if I can swing it point wise, he's going to be the proprietor of a local bar where (hopefully) Fae of all types can congregate peacefully :-)

Question - It looks like the knowledges the char sheet that was posted differ from the list in Changeling 20. Which should we be using?

In reply to Henry Wilkes (msg # 13):

Please adjust your sheet as necessary

Hey all, stereotypical HONOURABLE!!! Troll warrior reporting in. :)

Who doesn't want more big, strong men around?

In reply to Miss Sahara Sandz (msg # 16):

Cheating on me already? ;P

You don't own me. At least not in public.

That's what being Unseelie is all about.

Hi so I'll be making the pretty little thing called Annabelle Broch. She's a Redcap, and surprisingly polite, not that she won't eat her way through someone's rib cage given adequate provocation.

In reply to Annabelle Broch (msg # 19):

We'll get along just fine. 8)

Hello everyone I am playing Luis, whose pitch idea was Chef Gordon Ramsey, as a Redcap.

Remember, what is on my plate is mine, no sharing.

*sigh* Where are all the nice Seelie at? ;-)

Oh I see! Are you saying what I cook isn't good enough for you ritzy pub?

See, just another example of the systematic oppression of Courts trying to hold down the underclass, I am an artist. Wait til you try my chilli rellenos, my enchiladas, my steak tartar with verde sauce.

I just don't want my chef eating my customers! Sheesh...

No nice Seelie? Well don't bother searching the mirror then old goat.

Don't eat what's on the plate. Right. So we can eat the plate then?

Hehehe, Hieronymus was not a nice Fae back in his younger Unseelie days. He may be a little prejudiced given that he lived a rather...wild...lifestyle.

Annabelle, I'm sure you're a perfectly nice Seelie Redcap. Aside from the plate eating that is. Unless we put plates on the menu :-)

Satyrs have their appetites and we have ours. Bit of an omnivore I'm afraid, given adequate reason anything can be on the menu. For a plate the jest of it might suffice.

Hmmm much in the same way one takes raw ingredients and creates a delicious meal, there must be a way to do that with plates, cutlery, and other inorganic objects. *thinks*

Absolutely, it might seem like leather, wood pulp and ink, but I assure you anything by Dickens is tediously dry, while Chaucer's works if you can get over the musty age is quite saucy. But when it come to buffoons, make sure you make them talk first, a mime is a terrible thing to taste.

*chuckle* Oh..I like you :-)

On a completely OOC note it didn't make sense for Annabelle to have her own freehold or to have acquired a great deal, but it'd make sense to place her in a motley for mutual protection. I have some freebies that could be spent in support of such an organization. The slight caveat if you could even call it that is you'd need to be willing to take on a recently sained weirdo, possibly at the behest of a well connected Seelie Boggan, Wendy Wheelman, who is her mentor.

I may have a freebie point or two...I can rearrange things. I think it depends on what the GM has in mind for the campaign.

I came within... Inches of pitching exactly this character.

Are we best friends now?

In reply to Annabelle Broch (msg # 31):

Sure, I can free up a couple of points if needed.

That is a stinking rotten awful joke, everybody tells it and it wasn't funny after the third or forth time.

I am a chef, an artist. You don't eat the customers otherwise it scares them all off and you don't get to cook. Even the ones who wise mouth off about the food being bad. Maybe kick them out through the door but no eating. Even when they deserve it.

Luis, I apologize if I offended your Fae sensibilities. I appreciate the artistry of fine dining - I look forward to enjoying your creations at some point.

So. Captain, my captain. What's next?

Well, there was some discussion of pooling points? If we are doing that what do we want to do? I mean other than provide ourselves with an army of enchanted bikers to spice up the weekends?

I do enjoy a spicy weekend.

Are we talking about the same thing?

Know what? Doesn't matter.

I don' think I've ever eaten someone's weekend. Seems like something you could steal from someone spice up with a little adventure utterly devour their time and leave them a little more inspired than they were on Friday.

Since I have been quietly cobbling myself together into existence,  I just wanted to say hello~

The last time I played Changeling I was a Wizened, so this is an interesting little adventure of trying something new and devouring the lore in this book.

I cannot join in the Motley adventure I think, but in classic Autumn fashion, there are these lines of social structure that are easily neglected for a nice time that I'm sure someone will complain at her about.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:06, Fri 05 Feb 2021.

Hello all, PM me when you are finished with your character sheets so I can look everything over and set languages. <3

Well if Henry wants to make his pub a Holding, that would be a possibility. I can park my food truck anywhere and am not opposed to having a brick and mortar kitchen to work out of.

I certainly see possibilities for dreamers both as clientele as well as possibly those coming in for brewing or cooking lessons. And that is a resource that is certainly better with combined points.

As for Retinue and Contacts, I actually favor Retinue for staff as opposed to an army, but both options have value.

I think Contacts as a spy network given several our social orientations would be excellent, representing those we have cultivated to come in and talk about their woes. Possibly better than Retinue.

As far as resources that could work, not really feeling it one way or the other.


The one I love the least is titles, I think any heavy investment in that gets problematic quickly, but am open to differing opinions.

What do you think Henry, any of this interest you?

I was hoping that our GM would also weigh in on what they are thinking as to how we all fit into the world.

My initial thought was that Henry was going be part of the existing Seelie Freehold, and have the bar as a mundane location but I'm open to making the bar a holding. I'm also open to ditching the bar entirely and just have Henry hanging around the Court as an advisor of some sort.

In reply to Henry Wilkes (msg # 44):

Totally up to each of you as characters to be part of either the Seelie or Unseelie Freehold. One of the major conflict points will be Seelie vs Unseelie.

=)

To that end, I see Henry as part of the existing Seelie Freehold. He wants to be an advisor and represent the commoner viewpoint. He thinks his age and experience (and past as both an Unseelie and now a Seelie) give him a unique perspective on things.

Of course others may see him as an old, over the hill, deluded pacifist who is out of touch with things *chuckle*

Is Luis Seelie or Unseelie?

Annabelle is Seelie but kind of doing this rechilding thing and she's a redcap so that might not be the most reliable of affiliations.

Holding vs not I've got no strong opinions on but there is an interesting scenario where Henry and Luis through cross-faction connections maintain an uneasy neutral meeting ground which might be a spark of a holding in that liminal space between factions where enemies can sit down across a dinner plate and negotiate. Ie not neutral in the avoid conflict sense but neutral as in at the center of conflict where peoples can meet.

Looking at google I can up with a 50 guest restaurant with 2 shifts needs about 22 employees so Retinue would probably only be senior staff unless someone wants to go crazy. Like a bare bones approach would be Resources 3; Retinue 2.

Annie's aunt Starlightmelody Rockstar, is a kinain and the sort who has her name legally changed to Starlightmelody Rockstar. So probably not the most fiscally responsible choice to help run a bar but she is Redcap kinain so there's that.

I could contribute 3 (or 4 with her aunt) to making the bar concept work at which point you'd effectively gain Annie as a bit of a ward/employee and solve my what's her mortal life like. In those terms she's a business/poli-sci major and university who put her degree on hold for a bit taking it slow finishing her degree.

Well I was thinking the bar was kinda small- like an English pub with maybe 10-15 tables max and a decent sized bar. The menu is like 10 items...all pub food.

Right so that's 30-60 guests so Chef and maybe 2 cooks and 2 washers/bus 1 manager 1 bartender 1 host/head waiter and 3 other waiters. So 11 people on shift at any time. 10a-7p shift and then an 7p-4a would let you operate optimistically 11a-3a. That's pretty bare bones.

Following the progression you'd need about 7 dots to make everyone retinue, but my suggestion is maybe only the chef, manager, bartender, and host on any given shift is aware, which is 5 (since three players can take such positions) which would be 3 dots.

No...more like one bartender, one cook, maybe a second cook. We’re talking a family business sized operation, not a commercial restaurant.

In reply to Annabelle Broch (msg # 47):

Seelie. It amuses me to have the two redcaps on the 'good guys' side.

22 employees is that small family operation. With just a chef and a bartender the chef and bartender are going to be spending more than half of their time washing dishes and if a guest has concerns that need attending to you shut down operations entirely until it's resolved. You could have two tables that way but you'd feel short staffed. You can run a bed-and-breakfast that way or have fixed meal times so the chef has time between meals to do the dishes but then rather than the expected which is turning over a table 2-3 times a shift.
The small family restaurant model I gave you should serve about 200-300 "meals" per day.
I know I a fairly proficient amateur home-chef can knock out a thanksgiving feast for about 50 as my upper limit and that'll damn near kill me if I have to do it every single day. That's at most 3 tables. Backing that off to sane levels you'd be able to do 2 tables, you could have 12 physical tables but you wouldn't be able to turn them over fast enough. There might be a space to do something like this if you could charge celebrity rates but realistically 11 employees a shift is a comfortable baseline minimum and since you actually will want to do 14 shifts (weekends) and social norms only allow someone to work 5 per week you really want 33 people.

This of course ignores things like having a boggan with the right merit working 9 shifts effectively covering 27 shifts the work of 5.2 people but they could only do that working back-staff. Or like some sort of magical kitchen that helps with the cooking.

What I'd suggest is 4 resources which covers owning a nice small restaurant/bar such as a celebrity chef might personally run and 4 retinue which means 6 employees are fully in the know. This means you could have a front room which could service maybe 42 guests at a time, and then you'd have a private VIP dining room for changeling business. 6+3 9 people in the know means you could always have 3 people in the know on duty or shift to cover entertaining a duke or something.

I'll point out if we're fine with Annie and her aunt being on the wait staff with the three freebies I was planning on tossing at this if that'd be 4/8 dots from me, if each of you were willing to put forward 3 dots we could not only do this but have 2 extra dots to spend on contacts or making it a holding.

I don't see my academic contacts dot being appropriate to share unless it's on campus of a university or something.

Well, I wasn't imagining that the pub would employee 22 employees. I was thinking of Henry and at most 3-4 others. I have been to many a family run pub/restaurant in my travels and I was patterning the Ram's head after those. Heck, I remember a small restaurant in Florence Italy that was run by a guy and his wife - no other staff at all. The Rams Head is first and foremost a bar, with a small selection of food served because people drinking want food.

I don't want the pub to have a celebrity chef - just good drinks and a small selection of quality food. A hidden gem that those in the know frequent because of the quality and prices.
This message was last edited by the player at 03:34, Sun 07 Feb 2021.

Luis' short concept included the name of a celebrity chef. Which is why I was thinking bar owner plus gormet chef is restraunt bar. Bar only would reduce the staff but I'm not sure how practical that is. If changeling stuff is going down and your 4 person bar has 3 player characters on staff you're shut down until they can get back. The restraunt bar could go a week with 90% of the staff still there no problem. It's big enough to host a big changeling event.

Our lovely local Balor has suggested an idea that I would like to implement. Everyone can submit any number of Bunks for "pre approval" That way you know, in the moment, how much your action will reduce the difficulty of your cantrip casting.

I would like players to focus on a cantrip which would qualify as a Level 1 Bunk, Level 2 Bunk, Level 3 Bunk, Level 4 Bunk and a Level 5 Bunk.

You may have multiple bunks that fall within the level one range if you choose.

Additionally, signature bunks have mean discussed. This would be a bunk that connects to the heart of your character (his or her thesis statement) so to speak.
Signature Bunks are Ranked from 1 to 5 but their modifier is 1 higher than their level. For example, a level 1 Signature bunk would provide a -2 modifier to cantrip casting while a level 5 signature bunk would provide a -6 modifier to casting. Signature bunks unlike other bunks are things that your character can do over and over without a diminishing return.

A pooka-wolf who huffs and puffs for example before using Hopscotch to move items great distances.

Or even chimerical (or Autumn Realm) alchemy!

This is an opt-in system. You do not have to participate or can participate later my PMing the below:

Level One: Bunks -2 Modifier
• Huff and puff: Ties into how my character has an affinity/draws strength from the stories of blah blah blah.

This message was last updated by the GM at 04:16, Sun 07 Feb 2021.

The bar is just a narrative device that justifies Henry's resource level. I has mortal staff who keep the place running (and making money). I wasn't expecting it to be a commoner Freehold or anything. *shrug*

In reply to GM (msg # 55):

I'm taking parseltongue for my level one signature bunk! lol XD

Hello all,

Our satyr Henry Wilkes has been removed from the game due to inreconcilable differences concerning his Treasure.

He will be missed.

I hope all is well out there in Changeling land =)

*Very quietly*

Greetings, all

Hello~

Hey hey. :)

Welcome Gabrielle!

Does this mean we have a Slaugh? I'm excited.

You are too kind.

Sluagh, indeed.

I have been trying to catch up through the OOC posts, but I do not believe there has been an established reason for our all being together, as yet?  Or, possibly, depending on the story...ever?

Annabelle and I are linked through the restaurant and Court. You are more than welcome to join in to our little endeavor. The more the merrier. Don't worry, we don't bite.

Speaking of the restaurant, assuming we still want to do that now that Henre has withdrawn, I currently have Retinue of 2, Resources of 2 and Dreamer 1 allocated and have a few points floating around unused.
If we want to still go that route It offers options and a reason to associate.

In reply to Gabrielle Jonson (msg # 64):

Hello there and welcome to the game. You don't have to come up with a reason to all be together but if you choose to that will have advantages IC.

Gabrielle has little to offer in the way culinary pursuits...

Perhaps arrangements could be made to assist with security and other such "pest control" services?

She is a duelist for hire.  A remover of problems.  A courier for a very specific kind of message.

I love it-that should be your character's tagline. =D
This message was last edited by the player at 13:12, Mon 08 Feb 2021.

Hello, friends and foes!

Your friendly neighborhood earnestly Seelie Gwydion Sidhe here. Everybody's favourite drinking buddy, I know. I'm working sheet stuff and whatnot out with the GM. But I believe Janet/Rue's been in service at the Seelie freehold for a few months at least (starting when the Baron was alive). Before that, she was mostly attached to a Duchy County. . . not in Albuquerque, location TBD. But I'm 100% down for establishing preexisting character ties. Let me know if anybody wants to discuss anything in PMs! :) Once I get my bearing, I may come to you!

Either way, looking forward to playing with y'all.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:40, Mon 08 Feb 2021.

Welcome, Janet.

Do come in.  I believe we are all still tidying up the place.

In reply to Janet Green (msg # 70):

Pedro is in service to the St. Claires in a ward-like relationship akin to the Greyjoys and Starks of Game of Thrones fame. The two may have met, however briefly-I am open to anything, Changeling can be a fantastically big venue.

Pedro is an Unseelie "Serpent in the Garden" type with a heart of gold.

;)
This message was last edited by the player at 21:18, Mon 08 Feb 2021.

Thank you kindly, Gabrielle. The hospitable welcome is appreciated.

And Pedro, awesome. A PM forthcoming!

Hey, think about sending a PM my way, too, Jan. Sahara is supposed to be a sort of court jester and favored entertainer of the Seelie nobility in ABQ. She's Unseelie, but her Pooka-ness and her flare make sure she's not really taken seriously. Making her the perfect sort of person to know.

A shy young Gwydion is... Delicious. Just like snack just laying there waiting there to be plucked.

Miss Sandz, enchantée! I think Janet/Rue has probably at least heard tell of this thing called... 'a sense of humor,' is it? ;)

I bet she'd love to know Miss Sandz. PM coming atcha soonish!

Please refrain from describing our "friends" as delicious, snacks or similarly provocative things. Make some people nervous and other people's juices flowing, which is all sorts of scandalous. Annie will obviously know some more about anyone joining in Luis' Restaurant so if anyone wants in on that we could discuss.

Open to other stuff, Annie is kind of embracing childhood late in life which is weird, but there are reasons. She's also extremely attractive for similarly nebulous "reasons". She's full of whimsy and secrets, and will want to get to know you.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:00, Tue 09 Feb 2021.

Sounds very intriguing, Annabelle! (And Luis!) I bet Rue would be fascinated by / would make a point to at very least frequent a restaurant run by two Seelie Redcaps (with a potential Sluagh bouncer in the form of Gabrielle?).

PM coming atcha once I've got a little bit more of the sheet worked out! Bet we can figure out a fun dynamic.

What kind've cuisine does the restaurant dabble in? New Mexican Tex-Mex or just kind of whatever chef feels like?

I'm so excited to meet all these locals

Hello all,

Lost another Annabelle due to irreconcilable differences to how the Geas flaw should be handled and subsequence violations of Rule 0.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:00, Mon 15 Feb 2021.

That's a shame, Rule 0 is to help a story along usually.

How are things otherwise? I noticed several gears turning.

Hope everyone is doing well!

I may be about to be eaten and/or arrested.

Otherwise I'm good. ;)

Aaaww-is our troll afraid of a little bitty butterfly?

;)

XD

<3

When they come with their own horror movie clip, yes, a little bit. :p

In reply to Jerome Harding (msg # 83):

Did someone say horror movie? <3 Hahah

Eep, good luck Jerome. I bet it would be particularly awful to be eaten by a butterfly. Tiny little proboscis! Everybody thinks it's cute until it becomes a terror-straw... :P

*Takes notes*

Terror straw... That sounds wonderful...

Yeah, Butterflies are only cute because they're small.  Terror straw is accurate

I find that true of many things.

Hello Darlings, Are you sure I can't touch up an outfit or two?

He twirls a long eyebrow tuft to get it just right.

Pedro appears from the shadows to poke the newbie.

*poke poke*

Welcome to the madness! :)

We ARE all mad here, periwinkle free?

Not mad...  Some of us are just a little frustrated...  Not the same.  Really.  REALLY.  STOP SAYING I'M ANGRY!  I'M FINE!

Ahem

Sorry...

Hi, Thom! Welcome. :)

In reply to Gabrielle Jonson (msg # 92):

Girl, I hear you, what's frustrating you today?
He sketches without looking at his pad a sketch of a shirt with skull and worms dangling out of an eye-socket.

When the conversation about frustration has come to a complete close he flashes the sketchpad to Gabrielle. "I think I can make the sockets and worms look 3d by some angles, would you be interested?  No charge at all if chimerical, just bring a black T-shirt, if real, merely the cost of paint and fabric.
I always find fabulous clothes make me feel better.

Reply to Janet
Hello Janet.

My character probably knows quite a few of you in that his pooka mom troll dad and Eshu granps are trying to get him to socialize more, and though he's legally an adult, he's a pretty good kid, so he is trying to accede to their wishes.  If you think a slightly unseelie pooka, seelie troll (minor knight) or Eshu might think you someone who their boggan (none of them really get boggans) loner might become friends with you, you may have been introduced to Thom -- perhaps even as the quiet and studious Tom.

Very interesting, very interesting indeed. Your family seems quite fertile-where did you say they live again?

*smile*

Gramps lives where his feet take him, where the stars shine his destiny and mostly where he can pitch a tent or afford a cheap motel.
My Ma and Pa live nearby enough.  She's a lawyer and he's a cop.
And girl, I'm an only child.  This much fabulousness is enough for any family.

You sound awfully interesting, Thom. And I suspect you and Miss Sandz will get along smashingly if you like to design fabulous clothes.

I could use some custom dresses. This figure doesn't exactly shop off the rack...

Thom sketches out a brief undetailed dress with a swatch enlarged next to it.  The swatch is filled with multiple colored feathers.  "I doubt it would look right if they were real, but it sounds like an iteresting challenge.  Drawn on, I can certainly do.  Chimerical or physical?  Fabric preferences?

In reply to Janet Green (msg # 85):

https://youtu.be/J_nTmGrQd7E

In reply to Thom (msg # 99):

And what, exactly, are you implying aren't real?

Thank you for the specialties clarification!

Just so we're all on the same page: I noticed two different rollers being used for dice so far. Is there one e should be using or do both methods get the point across?

I can see the results of the dice rolls so I think we are cool. =)

In reply to GM (msg # 100):

That butterfly-lady is COOL. And... uh, yes, very creepy. Careful, Jerome!

In reply to Miss Sahara Sandz (msg # 101):

Thom twirls both eyebrows pausing to figure out what Miss Sandz is getting so upset about.  "On the outfit, I could put real or drawn on feathers for this design. If you like it.  I would be glad to make another.

Sorry for the quiet folks.  Been in touch with the GM about it but we're out of Texas and it's been a couple of weeks.  Luckily we seem to be past the worst of it and on our way towards better days.

Is there still a potential Seelie motley in the works?  Korbin's got a few background points he could spend on it.  Please let me know where it all stands.  Gonna go sit down and have a nice first actual post now. :)

Good gosh. Glad you're doing okay!

Me too-please stay safe and warm. <3 <3 <3

In reply to Korbin Waller (msg # 106):

Hang in there!

Glad to hear you're doing well Korbin!

Apologies for the silence: Weather took out my power and my phone did not have a good enough charge.

I will be sure to post something more coherent tomorrow!

In reply to Nikki Ochoa (msg # 111):

Hang in there! <3

The weather's been brutal this winter's end, Nikki! No worries!

And it looks like we might have a new PC? Welcome, Matt! :)

Thanks! Yeah just waiting on some final approvals from the GM before diving in. Nice to meet everyone. I see something about a man-eating butterfly?

In reply to Matt Irizarry (msg # 114):

Hahah-I love the idea of turning the concept of a butterfly on its ear and making it something terrible. All the excite!

In reply to Pedro Ayala (msg # 115):

Like millions of bugs that destroy our crops?

It kicked my ass, by the way. :p

In reply to Jerome Harding (msg # 117):

XD

By the way, does our holding have a mascot/guardian? My character has a dragon that could protect it while we’re away.

In reply to Matt Irizarry (msg # 119):

The Seelie freehold is called Joyous Guard. There is an Unseelie Freehold called Scarwood but I think most of us are at Joyous Guard.

I do not think there is a PC commoner freehold at least at the moment. =)

PS
Dragon? I have a velociraptor!

PSS
Wantta join House Balor? All the cool kids are doing it...

;)
This message was last edited by the player at 17:52, Thu 25 Feb 2021.

Yes the seelie freehold. Are commoners not allowed at the seelie freehold? Going to stick with commoner most likely. Gotta represent the those on the bottom.

Sidhe only freehold, thats a great idea, er...I mean. No-no commoners are totally welcome at Joyous Guard.

In reply to Pedro Ayala (msg # 120):

Don't listen to Pedro, he is evil and he must be destroyed. :)
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:09, Thu 25 Feb 2021.

Come at me bro lol.

Re: Jerome:

Oh nooo. When butterflies attack...

Re: Matt:

A dragon? Cool!! Like Pedro said, Joyous Guard is the Seelie Freehold where mooost of us might be based. There's a thread with the important NPCs laid out that's pretty good to read! Sidhe and Commoners welcome! I think there was maybe talk of a motley at some point, but it seems to have never been finalized/went poof.

And if you wanna figure out previous character dynamic/association, let me know! I'm all about figuring friendships/enmities/respectful acquaintanceships out pre-game when possible. :) Janet/Rue's been at the hold for a year and some change, and *cough* will protect you from the Balor? ;)

I’m open for connections of all kinds. I have his description for anyone to view.

*shrug* I’ll bite. Korbin’s relatively new to the area but I could see plenty of argument for him joining a motley. He’s Seelie (though perhaps not as heavily so as some) and while him and Matt come from wildly different backgrounds, they could find plenty of common ground in relatively similar chrysales. Matt wouldn’t be the first troll he’s befriended, either.

Korbin’s a smith. Precious little would make me happier than him being off on quests to make weird and useful weapons and armor, whether it’s for his friends or commissions for the freehold. (Maybe at a slight upcharge for most nobles. They can probably afford it. ;p)

Beyond that, I did save a couple of points to put towards shared backgrounds but have nothing in particular in mind. Anyone else still interested in this idea? Likewise, Korbin’s appearance and some other information is available in his description if you’d like an idea of who you’d be working with and don’t stalk the descriptions habitually as I do.

Dragons and velociraptors?  Do either of them have a perchance for couture?

A saddle and armor for the dragon maybe? Matt’s Kith form only wears a loincloth made of gold dragon scales.

I want to state for the record that I'd like to join some other players, too. I'm feeling lonely out in my own thread. ^_^; And my character is a sort of natural sidekick, anyway, so he's not really cut out to be a lone wolf hero.

Everyone but Matt (who is still completing some character generation tasks) should have an IC thread. I will be getting everyone together shortly.

Please PM me if I have missed you and have not yet created a private thread for you.

<3 X <3 X

A tree decided to be part of our house and it's just been a very big distraction this week.

I'm fine, house is better than you'd expect, it was like the first big 'home owner' thing I've had to deal with (aside from replacing the Heating)

I will certainly post tomorrow, or maybe even tonight!
This message was last edited by the player at 20:47, Thu 04 Mar 2021.

Oh gosh, Nikki! As nice as trees are, when they come as uninvited guests in one's house... O.O; I'm glad you're okay and the house is better than expected, and good luck dealing with everything!!

Same! Jeez!!!

Hello all-rough week. Will post in AM EST Sat morning. Love ya!

good luck with your week.

*poke*

Be careful where you poke around...  You might lose something important...

In reply to Pedro Ayala (msg # 137):

*Chomp!*

LOL-Just kidding. I am going to do a quick post tonight before bed but I have some college course work I need to power through. Sorry guys, banality is kicking my arse I gotta get my creativity back up.

Great use of Birthrights Pedro and Gamine

This message was deleted by the player at 19:23, Sat 13 Mar 2021.

Sorry I've been absent, had some work emergencies. Shall post by Monday at latest, though!!

No worries-hope all is well <3 X <3

Hope the week's treating you well!

Happy Spring~

Perfect time for that Art. Drats, knew I forgot to spend freebie points on something...

Friday through monday are passover prep/celebration that keep me away from computer if needed, post for me.

I'm getting to do Passover with my family and I'm so excited. Unbelievably excited for Passover.

Sorry all I had a little scare irl. I am back with internet now. <3

In reply to GM (msg # 148):

<3 Hang in there <3

Hope you’re doing better.

I'm glad things have improved GM! <3

Creating the audience chamber thread now. Everyone is welcome to this thread. We will have to do a little timey wimey thing with some of the characters so that everyone is in the same place at the same time.

Can't post until Monday.   Perhaps Thom dawdled a bit?

Hello all, I have figured out an OOC way to get us on to the next scene where everyone might meet each other in a court-like settling. Please proceed to the currently active scene (please also note and update your XP from scenes that have been closed on your character sheet or the scratchpad section of the game).

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So, what is this scene?

Currently, an audience has been called to announce the death of the Baroness. Those who attend will have the option of getting to the bottom of the matter. This has created somewhat of a power vacuum within Joyous Guard and wise Kithain might be aware of what this might signal to adversaries of the Seelie Court.

How long could such news be kept from the Unseelie Court of Scarwood? Long enough for the Seelie Court to stabilize their court?

How long before nobles from outside of the area look toward Joyous Guard, their greedy hands covetous of its riches?

What effect would this absence have on the functioning of the powerful war-treasures to the south which protects the border?

Lets discover the answer to these and even more questions, together.

That's right, I did it-come at me bro.

LOL, just kidding. ;)
This message was last edited by the player at 17:55, Wed 07 Apr 2021.

I am coming at you with a stern statement of advice!

*Storyteller squee of joy*


Please post here if everyone is ready for me to move the scene forward. I love the roleplay but just do have just a couple more things planned.

:)
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:36, Thu 08 Apr 2021.

I'm happy to move on when everybody's ready! But also happy to respond if anybody else has got stuff.

That said, I (probably) won't be able to post until later. Today's a heavy work day.

It will be interesting to see the noble/commoner aspect play out with the shake up of the hierarchy. Matt is just like “I don’t have a problem, but...just letting you know the others are not too happy.” Lol

I am perfectly happy to move on.  Though I am also content to to continue to try and post another few rambling posts, in which, Gamine the Sluagh says not one single word.

It's hard, but I am a team player.

Same, Sahara needs to make a little bit more of a scene but after that...

What she needs is a hype man to shout out her words lol

Truth.

Raise your hand if you really hate picking a character portrait on RPoL? Now raise the other if you know good and well that it’s because you’re laughably picky and has nothing to do with the portrait system. *hits Post Measage with a toe*

In reply to Korbin Waller (msg # 164):

I feel ya brother!

XD

:raises both hands: Choosing portraits is the hardest and perfectionism is mean. I picked a shiny person whose face you can't see for a reason, haha. That said, I like the one you settled on, Korbin!

Also, um. Turns out I was way too tired to post tonight after work, but I will tomorrow.

But a question for Matt and Jerome: is Dralen the name of Matt's dragon or is it, maybe because y'all are standing next to one another, Jerome's kithain name? If the latter, Jerome, is it a name known in court? Since we're so few, I've mostly been assuming we've probably all at least heard each other's names, but I don't wanna step on any toes.

Also, I greatly enjoyed Gamine's post of a sluagh saying nothing. It was very sluagh. :)

Thanks!

Dralen is Matt’s/Terran’s dragon chimera.

Okay I've  ended the court scene we are now on a timer. I will set a thread that will serve as our "IC Clock" moving forward. More details to come...

Everyone, please let me know what your character would like to do from here and I will create threads to facilitate those scenes.

Hope everyone is having fun!

<3
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:48, Fri 09 Apr 2021.

In reply to Janet Green (msg # 166):

Heh! No, Jerome's Kithain name is "Gerald."

In reply to GM (msg # 170):

Well... I guess I'd like to help investigate that murder? I do have some minor investigation skills, and it seems to be where the action is at the moment. :)

Matt would like to check out the freehold’s defenses and talk to whoever is in charge of them. Unless there is enough commoners that want to talk about a council before the investigation.

Sahara would like to get with the Sidhe and figure out what they think is going on.

*raises hand* Rue would like to clone herself so she can do ten things at once.

In reply to Matt Irizarry (msg # 173):

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This is the IC Board where the Thanes of Joyous Guard avail themselves to discuss the defenses of the Freehold for those who are interested.

In reply to Miss Sahara Sandz (msg # 174):

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The Chancellor will see to Miss Sahara's concerns while the sidhe are whisked off after court to deal with the politics of Houses after a Baroness turns up dead.

Okay everyone should have a plot shard to play with (or not) please let me know if you need a scene thread created but everyone should be set for the moment.

Sorry for the silence on my end. Had a rough work week punctuated by a surprise apartment inspection on Friday. Nothing like staying up past midnight cleaning on a work night for a two minute inspection. I’ll try and post today. Feel free to ignore ignore Korbin as convenient.

Yikes, Korbin. Sorry to hear the week was so rough, glad things have settled some.

In reply to Korbin Waller (msg # 179):

Hang in there!

Are we waiting for something in the Watchers on the Wall thread?

In reply to Matt Irizarry (msg # 182):

Yep, just waiting on me to have some inspiration.

Finding yourself with a sudden dearth of inspiration sucks. Dunno about anyone else but my usual solution is to hit up the fiction section of the local bookstore. Even if nothing there inspires me with it’s greatness, I can at least find a paperback that’ll get me thinking about how I could do that better. :)

Hang in there. It won’t last forever!

I make themed music playlists on Spotify myself! :) It's mindless but creative enough that I find it helps me get going.

In reply to GM (msg # 183):

I agree with everyone who posted here. Just working through it helps, but also some fun music and an epic story here and there *poof* works for me! Hahah XD

I sent you a PM of Changeling inspiration awesomeness. <3

Glamour incoming!!!
This message was last edited by the player at 00:38, Thu 29 Apr 2021.

Thanks all!

<3 X <3 X <3

You're going to see me post in a past thread and that's kind of just to record I was actually there.

I was *supposed* to have posted a month ago or so, but, geez, life sometimes and Internet.

Going to slowly thread myself back into this tale. <3

In reply to Nikki Ochoa (msg # 188):

Yay-happy to have you!

Ought to be some to get a post together tomorrow, but if y’all want to move the thread forward before then, assume Korb’s all for looking into sudden emergence of a young changeling who might or might not be in trouble.

Poke

Poke

*waves*

Still around. Should have much more time somewhere between two weeks and a month from now, too.

Hello all,

I hope that everyone is still here, our glorious ST is out of commission for a while but will return to us sometime in the future. I would like to use this board for us to discuss me possibly taking up the reins of our ST's fantastic story. We (the ST and I) have spoke about some of the wide arcs in that nebulous way that players like to do with their ST but I would have a bit of homework to do and would need your help.

Anyone interested? If not I will start to repopulate the posts and threads with continuations of the existing story. A time skip is on the table but I would hope to avoid such a blatant demarcation from one ST to another.

Happy to field all questions and concern.

Best,

Sagacious Serpent

Okay, sounds good. :)

I’m for it. Sounds good to me.

Willing!

I’m still here. Let me know what I can do.

Great-I will do some reading today and begin posting some scene ideas tomorrow! First, however, I am making the executive decision to gift everyone with +25 xpfor hanging out. I am sure we would have earned at least that had the game continued at a steady pace.


As I read over threads and BG information, please feel free to PM me information if you have developed plans/goals for your character.

Rar! I am still here! ROAR! AND MORE POWERFUL THAN EVER BEFORE!

In reply to Miss Sahara Sandz (msg # 201):

Hahah-awesome!

FYI

Downtime and a bit of a time jump.
Little Re-start in the works.

1 month down time +15 xp
Please discuss OOC what your characters would like to do. We will go from there. I will overlap some story atop that.

Craft stuff
Develop influence in the city (or the freehold)
Take a trip to the wild side and visit the Unseelie? Sure-lets create a story!

A walk on the wild side? Sahara is Unseelie, c'mon. But she'd love to hang out with some of the Unseelie and develop in the city. She's also looking to save Honeydrop and coordinate fundraising efforts for that. Finally, she'd be eager to learn gossip. Always gossip.

1) Matt/Terran has the Recruitment Target: Sagacious Six aspect to him, so maybe some interaction with them?

2) Gain influence with the commoners of the city/freehold

3) Form and organize commoner (not Thane) militia/council

4) smooth over relations between the commoners and nobility

Re-start Activity check who is all still here for some Changeling action!?

*pounds chest* Let’s go oh yeah!

I could go for some more. :)

I'm still here! or will be able to still be here after the 6th of July. :)