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11:19, 29th March 2024 (GMT+0)

OOC: Curious Beginnings.

Posted by The DarknessFor group 0
Y'kar'us the Wight
player, 154 posts
HP:4, AC: 10, SvTh: 14
Lv:2, XP: 1839.5, Luck:0
Sun 2 May 2021
at 11:28
  • msg #183

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

Worked 12 yesterday, but it doesn't feel so much like work when its for yourself, and it's outdoors in fresh air, etc.

12 hours for the man is soul sucking.
Sancho
player, 85 posts
AC 10/Wanderer 1
Alive
Sun 2 May 2021
at 14:07
  • msg #184

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

Nod, nod. I would add that neither Mr. Darkness nor myself work for the man in that sense. He's in education and I'm in social services.
Y'kar'us the Wight
player, 157 posts
HP:4, AC: 10, SvTh: 14
Lv:2, XP: 1867, Luck:0
Mon 10 May 2021
at 00:48
  • msg #185

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

Today my nascent carpenter skills had me learning about the structural and decorative benefits of mullions.

I'm spending mah bullions on mullions! *cue 80's Yo! MTV Raps interview segment*
This message was last edited by the player at 12:26, Mon 10 May 2021.
Sancho
player, 87 posts
AC 10/Wanderer 1
Alive
Wed 12 May 2021
at 14:18
  • msg #186

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

It's been over a week since GM has logged in. That tends to mean only one thing in these parts.
Y'kar'us the Wight
player, 158 posts
HP:4, AC: 10, SvTh: 14
Lv:2, XP: 1867, Luck:0
Wed 12 May 2021
at 14:47
  • msg #187

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt, here. At least for a while longer. He deserves it from my point of view: he was very consistent prior to being put on 12 hour days. He's told us he's busy, we've told him not to sweat it, I don't want to write this game off that easily.

It would be a major bummer if the game did die off, though. :\

Edit: Sancho, what is your rpol screen name, if I may inquire?
This message was last edited by the player at 14:49, Wed 12 May 2021.
Sancho
player, 88 posts
AC 10/Wanderer 1
Alive
Wed 12 May 2021
at 18:50
  • msg #188

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

I haven't written anything off. It's just one of those signifiers.

If I were to dig into it, I would note that the GM's cutting this game from whole cloth. That consumes all kinds of energy and time. I learned early I could only run modules on RPOL.

The ever imaginative ben_reck !
Y'kar'us the Wight
player, 159 posts
HP:4, AC: 10, SvTh: 14
Lv:2, XP: 1867, Luck:0
Wed 12 May 2021
at 19:25
  • msg #189

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

ben_reck, good to know. I'm Jewwk of Shuu.

If things do happen to fall through here, I'll be starting up some sort of rules-lite and/or OSR-y game this fall/winter when I can dedicate the proper time/energy into it. That's why I ask.

It may even be S&W:Whitebox again, I really prefer these rules to 5e.

The current homebrew I'm running is probably closing in on the dreaded loss-of-player-interest...one player was a complete noob friend, and I'm not sure he's really digging it/grasping the full concept of role-playing. I like the setting and the groundwork I've laid for the gameplay, but 5e just seems too much for a casual, a noob, and someone who hasn't gm'ed in 20 years.

I suffered a concussion a few weeks back that I had to pause the game for some recovery time and I think that kinda was the death knell, though I could be wrong. :\

Sometimes it's just a matter of bumping the threads because my friend in Cali was too drunk on whisk(e)y to remember he read the posts. :p
Sancho
player, 89 posts
AC 10/Wanderer 1
Alive
Wed 12 May 2021
at 20:02
  • msg #190

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

Some months ago a bachelor fell and hit his head. He was the neighborhood guy who really did up his house for Halloween and Christmas. A few days later when he didn't show for his shift as a city cop, his co-workers checked on him. They found him dead in the bathroom.

And that's just one more reason why men live longer when they have wives who make them see their doctors.

D&D 5.0 is not for newbs. It remains a highly tactical, chewy system subject to analytical excess. I plan to get to know it through Solasta!

I actually don't like rules-lite systems. B/X is fine, though. OSR is great.
Y'kar'us the Wight
player, 160 posts
HP:4, AC: 10, SvTh: 14
Lv:2, XP: 1867, Luck:0
Wed 12 May 2021
at 20:20
  • msg #191

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

I've had three concussions since late November. :\

That Solasta looks pretty cool.

Stuff like Baldur's Gate was pretty fun back in the day...I can imagine the leaps in gameplay have been amazing.
Sancho
player, 90 posts
AC 10/Wanderer 1
Alive
Wed 12 May 2021
at 21:59
  • msg #192

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

Concussions make one more susceptible to the successive ones.

Football players ?used to? be treated with opiate-based painkillers to treat the short and long-term effects of head and other injuries. That led to opiate dependency.
Y'kar'us the Wight
player, 161 posts
HP:4, AC: 10, SvTh: 14
Lv:2, XP: 1867, Luck:0
Thu 13 May 2021
at 02:50
  • msg #193

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

First concussion was hitting a deer on the interstate, July 2013. I did not understand what a concussion really was or how to take care of it at the time. I was still single, and living alone; ended up dragging out months and months in post-concussion syndrome.

Finally got better, but never really was quite the same. Def shaved like 15 points off the old IQ. It was noticeable.

Couple days before thanksgiving, cracked my head open (and almost certainly fractured my skull...I did not go to hospital because I feared covid more than toughing out a head wound).

A week or two later I hit my head in the dark at night, barely bumping a wall. That was x10 worse than the initial major head injury, in terms of my concussion symptoms, despite not even showing a mark physically.

Again got post concussion syndrome.

This time I barely bumped my head against a rafter while standing up from a picnic table at a pavilion in the park. Stupid engineer put thick cross braces above the picnic benches at some weird angle. I never saw them because of my baseball cap bill blocking it. Immediately knew I was f'ed. But it was a minor blow/symptoms this last time around; mostly, I think I know how to take care of myself better.

Unfortunately, had to learn the hard way.
Y'kar'us the Wight
player, 162 posts
HP:4, AC: 10, SvTh: 14
Lv:2, XP: 1867, Luck:0
Thu 13 May 2021
at 02:54
  • msg #194

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

In re: fungal cult and mushrooms.

Morels found this year: 222.

Season is winding down and/or over.

Never did find any dryad's saddle, which is weird.

A long pause before mid-summer when chanterelles, chicken of the woods, and oysters start coming out.

Around that time, I truly hope to find a jack-o-lantern mushroom, in glowing form, across the street, where I've found them many times before...just so I can post it here. :)
Sancho
player, 91 posts
AC 10/Wanderer 1
Alive
Thu 13 May 2021
at 16:52
  • msg #195

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

From my perspective, your compulsion to eliminate risk (any possibility, no matter how minimal, of exposure to a respiratory virus (Covid-19)) effectively amplified your level of risk (didn't seek treatment for a possible head fracture). It's a distressingly common 2020 tale.

But at least you don't have an opiate dependency!
Y'kar'us the Wight
player, 163 posts
HP:4, AC: 10, SvTh: 14
Lv:2, XP: 1867, Luck:0
Thu 13 May 2021
at 21:30
  • msg #196

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

We all do our own risk management on everything we do everyday. Sometimes the calculus for one, is different for another.

Clearly you understand this at your age, no?
Sancho
player, 92 posts
AC 10/Wanderer 1
Alive
Thu 13 May 2021
at 22:26
  • msg #197

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

Ah, of course, Y, I do. And I think your history of concussions is awful. But I sure don't think you lost 15 points of IQ; granted, I sure as hell wouldn't know.

But I also think that Covid-19 threw that risk calculus out of whack for some. And they ended up dying of untreated medical conditions. I think those are considered to be deaths associated with Covid.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:35, Thu 13 May 2021.
Sancho
player, 93 posts
AC 10/Wanderer 1
Alive
Sat 15 May 2021
at 18:31
  • msg #198

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

Alright, fellow players, I'm going to bow out. Really a week is all I ever give a silent and absent DM. It may sound harsh but if he's too overwhelmed/sick to post a line about needing a week or two or three, then this isn't the place for me (or him) to be.

These are the other games I'm in:
link to another game

link to another game

link to another game

link to another game

link to another game

The games are all long-running and well-run.

Cheers!
Y'kar'us the Wight
player, 164 posts
HP:4, AC: 10, SvTh: 14
Lv:2, XP: 1867, Luck:0
Sun 16 May 2021
at 02:06
  • msg #199

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

Happy gaming!
Lisa
player, 32 posts
Sun 16 May 2021
at 02:21
  • msg #200

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

I put in a RTJ for The Halls of Arden Vul, fingers crossed.


Cymon.
Y'kar'us the Wight
player, 165 posts
HP:4, AC: 10, SvTh: 14
Lv:2, XP: 1867, Luck:0
Sun 16 May 2021
at 02:27
  • msg #201

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

I'm exceedingly busy and excited to do a ton of outdoorsy stuff with family and see fam and friends I haven't seen in a while.

If I don't see ya round, happy gaming!
Sancho
player, 94 posts
AC 10/Wanderer 1
Alive
Sun 16 May 2021
at 03:30
  • msg #202

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

Likewise, Mr. Mushroom Master.

I'll put in a word for you, Cymon. That GM's a stickler but I find he's still fun to game with.
Sancho
player, 95 posts
AC 10/Wanderer 1
Alive
Sun 16 May 2021
at 16:35
  • msg #203

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

By being a stickler, I assuredly meant that you'd better give the RTJ a close read before posting your RTJ.
Lisa
player, 33 posts
Sun 16 May 2021
at 22:18
  • msg #204

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

I think this is like the second go at applying... either way well see how it goes.


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Sancho
player, 96 posts
AC 10/Wanderer 1
Alive
Sun 16 May 2021
at 22:55
  • msg #205

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

I think you might have missed something in his RTJ. You should follow it to the letter.
Y'kar'us the Wight
player, 166 posts
HP:4, AC: 10, SvTh: 14
Lv:2, XP: 1867, Luck:0
Fri 21 May 2021
at 16:27
  • msg #206

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

To be clear, on the off chance Wiglaf does return to gm, although busy, I'm still available to continue, in case there was any confusion.
Lisa
player, 34 posts
Fri 21 May 2021
at 20:14
  • msg #207

Re: OOC: Curious Beginnings

Yes same here.
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