Well, I asked. Both characters are sure once more.

Quil'Fank was not, however, punished for his hubris. He drew The Gem, and just earned himself some quick cash. I'll detail it tomorrow.

I could have sworn there were people here...

uh-oh, are we waiting on me?  I thought that rat was buying everyone drinks.  Can I blame Quil'Fank?

Robin isn't going to interject for now so please don't wait for her.

I will post tomorrow. Brain is currently out on me, but I'll have a post up. Hopefully, it will actually be useful to those playing this game.

Ah, darn. Only one post?

That won't do at all.

Alright, quiz time for me, since I'm clearly thick in the head as a GM.

What event or data does the group require? I am clearly forgetting someone or something important, or failing to give information required to make an informed decision.

I'll make an attempt to sum up some thoughts of mine. My 2 coppers.

What's going on?
 * A group of extremely disperate adventurers are summoned to claim some title as the heir (GROUP 1) to (darkness? deck? something else?).  They have (with them/attending them) a best friend or back-up plan (GROUP 2) because the prime group(1) has no idea as to what they are getting into.  As part of the set-up, a member of GROUP 1 is declared as the heir (Dia) from a draw of the cards.  Another member(Derrick) is soul-banished(?) leaving their back-up to rescue them.  As part of the introduction, i.e GROUP 1's trip to town, Robin looses someone important to her? Redbreast. (Although Admittedly I'm confused as Durque appears to be Robin's GROUP 2 Counterpart, which makes Redbreast a GROUP X?)  Finally in town GROUP 1 rests in a warded area on a hill, then GROUP 2 arrives in town.

Goals?
 * BOB: "Anything in the old manor ruins is yours, if you can keep it...Thankfully, one only needs to clear the surface of the ruins. A few rooms in the building itself. You don't need to go deeper. And don't go deeper. Find the Occallium. It is unmistakable, and you will not confuse it for anything else. If you find it, the Heir can do all kinds of miracles with it"
 * GO TO OLD MANOR RUINS
 * FIND THE OCCALLIUM
 * -> Robin: Rescue Redbreast
 * -> Olivia: Rejoin Derrick's soul with his body, or at least rescue the soul

Player Character Impetus:
 * Derrick: Return to his body and draw again from the deck to become heir.  Very personal and selfish but he's a disembodied soul so who can tell.  Plus I don't have to do anything to flesh him out further at the moment.
 * Olivia: immediate => Get the Occallium so that the current heir can bring Derrick back to his body, this theoretically would require going to the manor ruins.  Also, avoid drawing from the deck for personal safety. longterm => Magical knowledge which Derrick would have promised her.

 * Robin: ?
 * Durque: ?

 * Dia de Muertos (The Current Heir): ?
 * Bang Ironson: ?

 * Jarnbrautarlest: ?
 * Quil'Frank: ?

So then what are the short-term and long-term reasons for the group(s) to stay together?  A Character's desire for the deck (GROUP 1) seems to be their driving force.  Become Heir and whatever powers/accolades/troubles come with that.  Group 2 is here to stand beside their counterpart.  Although it appears group 2 members can also draw from the deck so perhaps the notion is that ANYBODY can become heir.

FOR OLIVIA:
1. Get a drink from Bourbon, get any info he might have about the ruins, go to the ruins, scrounge around, learn more about occallium, etc.
2. There's not enough immediately in town to make me think that these people have the answers.  I think answers will be found at the ruins.  After hitting the ruins, then maybe it will spark connections to people in town or it won't.

Robin drew the Knight during her attempt at being darkest heir, that is where Redbreast came from, she had literally just met her on
the road. So Free NPC companion.

Robin kinda sees it as I didn't become heir, but I may as well help out.

Durque thinks this will be funny to watch. And he gets to smash heads to help people, so the place you are is better than the place you're not.

Dia has a Stupid Side Quest which he has to do before he can do what he actually wants.

Bang Ironson is basically here for the money.

I'd like to see the outcome of Dia's aside before posting.  Afterwards get a reasonably priced drink and see what others are getting into.

I am brain dead or something. I'll try to have something up tomorrow - Sunday, for me.

Robin and Durqe will wait on the edge of town in the direction they (the party) need to go.

I'm guessing Dia will need to do the sidequest.  If there is a place to meet with the paladin order, then Olivia would accompany Dia to that end.

After Quil'Fank finds residence, Jarn will leave to meet up with the others, who ever we go to save first doesn't matter to him.

Looks like Dia does need to go on the Side Quest to get the Paladins into town.
So He will go to the Paladins and He will probably need Olivia's help.
While Bang Ironson will go to the Manor with the party into the manor.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:23, Mon 27 Sept 2021.

I have been way too distracted lately. Everyone has answered.

I'll have something up as soon as I can.

So, Dia and Olivia are going on a Paladin meeting quest. That's a surprise, and I was planning on offscreening this, but I'll try to cook something up by tomorrow evening. Quil'Fank is likely to go to his room, or just shotcall a room and say it is his.

Robin and Durque are doubling up to shore up Olivia's absence, Ironson and Jarn are going into the manor as well.

Is this accurate?

My part yeah.

Yup

Yeah. That is accurate.

I have to actually make these two threads, but I intend to do them tomorrow. I've got a good idea of how to start, but I need to do the wordsmithing first.

I'd like to post but I wanna see what the results of Jarn's head butt were.

So admittedly, I missed the detail where all three halls had been opened up, and that I was expected to describe them.

Team Ruins: Let me know all of the means you have of piercing darkness beyond "Ironson has a glowing weapon and darkvision." Durque and Robin have lowlight vision, and the troll also has darkvision, but Jarn has no means of piercing the darkness - that one is still technically human, in spite of their considerable augmentations.

So if I've missed anything, let me know. And no, the Flamer does not count.

Team Diplomacy: Olivia, I need to know what you are planning on putting Dia in. Whether you want to be absurd with this or or straight laced is up to you. If Dia says, "There's no way I'm walking out in public with that" or something akin to that, they are totally going to be wearing it.

So, Dia should hope you are feeling nice, and that you aren't inclined to dress them up as a member of the Lollipop Guild before encouraging them to talk to the Order of Quarter.

Good enough, everyone. I shall post tomorrow.

EDIT: I am surprised at how busy I was today. I shall try again, hopefully before noon tomorrow.
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:53, Fri 19 Nov 2021.

Hey-o, sad days on my end. I've got quite a bit on my plate dividing my attention these days, and I'm running into a lot of mental snags trying to balance PBP with life.

So, I'm going to have to kill the game at the end of this year.

Thanks for the investment, though. Salvage whatever you wish, and then I'm throwing the game into the Abyss.