I would be fine with random encounter being an option, so long as it's not the focus. That actually works better in this kind of a concept that most other games.

Sorry I checked out for a bit there. I'll be getting caught up and hopefully making an IC post in about 12ish hours. RL has been a bit rough but it's clearing up...

In reply to Arthur Dagonet (msg # 57):

Sorry to hear that you have been having a rough time in RL. Hope that things will settle down for you soon.

Was thinking the same about whistles, but mirrors is a clever idea too. I was planning to do some shopping as we go on patrol.

To clarify missions -

Seeking out Brother Marnely:
- Kovani
- Arty

Harbour Market:
- Khay
- Andrea
- Theirastra

TBC:
- Hedge
- Jack
- Etherian

Hedge hopped into the market group

In reply to Kovani u Vatri (msg # 60):

Etherian will be sticking with the herbalist. Her concern over the Dragons Blood has piped his interest, so he'll keep on that line of questioning.

Life and work.. and more work… hammered me for a few days but I am back.

No worries, RL first, always.

In reply to The GM (msg # 63):

I was/am in the same boat here. Next week is looking the same, another 5 ten hour days. Normally I only work 4 days a week. It should be the last week of this though.

Aplogies, swamped with RL stuff. Will try to catch up in the next day or two.

There is some confusion as to Who Went Where.  We have to clear this up.

As far as I understood the discussion in So It Begins,  (see Msg 60_, Etherian stayed behind with the Herbalist, so did Jack.  They shouldn't be at St Abners.

Kovani and Arthur went to St. Abners (as per msg 54 and 58.)

Others went to the Market.

In reply to The GM (msg # 67):

Sounds right to me.

Won’t get a post up until tomorrow night.

Sorry for not posting over the weekend, as well as erratically, guys the last couple weeks. We were hit with a heavy workload and my normal workweek of 4 days a week had 2 extra days added the last couple weeks. I volunteered one, and was mandated the other. All I wanted to do is just come home and sleep. LOL! Now things are back to normal with the new hires so I am back on my normal schedule. Yay me!

In reply to Theirastra Nailo (msg # 69):

Congratulations! I hate it when RL gets in the way of my hobbies!! :)

RL can really suck. Heading into my busy season so my posting will be around the clock as I'm able. Problem with being in a 24/7 business. Never know what time I'll have to be away for.

Hiya, caught up on my thread, sorry. In the middle of trying to write a 5000 word Masters assignment so that is draining my time!

Khay is singularly lost right now. If anyone would care to take over the investigation and give him and instruction, he would be happy to receive it.

Folks, I believe that I am going to bow out of this game.

Best wishes to one and all. May you have fair winds and following seas, both here on RPoL and in RL. :)

In reply to Jack Smythe (msg # 74):

Sorry to see you go.

Have we lost Arthur too?
This message was last edited by the player at 11:31, Sat 10 Apr 2021.

I don't know about Arthur, he certainly hasn't appeared in a while.
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:45, Tue 27 Apr 2021.

Sorry about my adsence again all. Seems Mother Nature was trying to kill me, and then work was trying to finish me off.

Looks like we sprung the trap in our scene. I'm trying to figure out where to post there. lol

I have had a very difficult last few months.  So many things managed to converge at once to create extreme stress, leaving me very little time.
Writing became very draining.  Normally it’s relaxing.  So I had to take a break.

Hopefully, I will manage to get things back together.

In the meantime, where things go here will depend in part on a little player feedback.

We can:

Pursue the rehabilitation of the two caught teenagers.
Pursue the gang that was training them- which must be done creatively as they are headquartered in one of the “off limits” parts of the city, you will have to be crafty not only to identify them but get them out of the safety zone.
Pursue another case!

We’ve had a few players drop out.  Do we want to recruit any more or do we have enough?

First off sorry about not posting the last few days. The main line out of my house broke and the drainage has been backing up into my downstairs through my downstairs bathroom. So that's about 3 grand out of my pocket for them to dig up my yard and fix that. All while I been spending the last several days cleaning up the crappy situation in my downstairs bathroom, kitchen, and basement. Fun times.

Secondly I think that option A and B can work together, which is what Theira is working for. A sorta scratch our back and we'll scratch yours sorta thing.

As to recruitment, how many players do we have?

Recruitment is a nessicary aspect of RPOL games, the turnover is very high because play by post is both a bit lax on commitment by design, and hard to get any solid impression of both game and player style before you see a few iterations of how it actually plays out.

There could almost be a permanent recruit/lurker slot but that can be a lot of behind the scenes work for the GM.