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Them Dang Other Things (OOC )

Posted by StorytellerFor group 0
Storyteller
GM, 1 post
Thu 24 Jun 2021
at 16:47
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Them Dang Other Things (OOC )

Everything but characters.
Amathavel Aelorothi
player, 1 post
Fri 25 Jun 2021
at 00:27
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Free Form Forgotten Realms - say that 5 times fast!

Hi all - Looking forward to playing with you all!
Merdrel Kav
player, 1 post
Fri 25 Jun 2021
at 00:34
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As am I!

This is my first foray in to free form stuff, so... go easy on me!
Amathavel Aelorothi
player, 2 posts
Fri 25 Jun 2021
at 00:41
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Its pretty simple - youll get the hang of it!
Anoushka Li
player, 1 post
Fri 25 Jun 2021
at 06:03
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In reply to Amathavel Aelorothi (msg # 2):

Greetings one and all. I see good times ahead.
Scriostus
player, 1 post
Fri 25 Jun 2021
at 12:29
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Hello everyone! I look forward to creating a memorable story with you all.
Storyteller
GM, 5 posts
Fri 25 Jun 2021
at 12:41
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Them Dang Other Things (OOC )

So we are about good to go as soon as everyone has a character idea. Please post in Where the Story Goes where you'd like to start. This does not have to be one group, although they will likely meet later on. And while those who travel together already know each other at least from sight at the start of the story, each character will get their own thread for time jumps to the past as to how you got there. If here is an idea you want to write out about that, or you want to add a small adventure that has happened before you met the group, you put a link to the respective post at the end of a post in the IC thread for your group. This way, there is no need to puzzle out from individual threads where the single post or posts fit into the story.

Every now and then, the threads will be cleaned up and the story so far, from all groups, will go into one thread so it makes a coherent story. Due to this, if someone goes AWOL or drops out, their characters will stay as NPCs as to such a time we can fade them out (or not if the group wants to continue running them).
Farid
player, 1 post
Sat 26 Jun 2021
at 23:30
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If we are putting where we are starting into "Where the Story Goes", what do I use the Characters thread for?
Storyteller
GM, 6 posts
Sat 26 Jun 2021
at 23:59
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To post your character's description.
Anoushka Li
player, 4 posts
Mon 28 Jun 2021
at 13:47
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I have posted on where the story goes, but I'd like to expand upon the implication of that post.  Anoushka begins on a road somewhere or perhaps a small village.  She travels throughout and thus could be anywhere from Baldur's Gate to the Vales
Annastarria
player, 1 post
Mon 28 Jun 2021
at 13:53
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Hello everyone. I'm Annastarria and I'll be your resident mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a puzzle. Kind of like a three-layer cake but with many more layers.

Be seeing you.
Storyteller
GM, 7 posts
Tue 29 Jun 2021
at 10:20
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Them Dang Other Things (OOC )

So, we have how many groups now? I'll set up groups later tonight, and then I can figure out where you start from.
Storyteller
GM, 8 posts
Wed 30 Jun 2021
at 09:09
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Them Dang Other Things (OOC )

So we have Anoushka Li, Annastarria and Amathavel starting at Waterdeep - logical place for you to end up in the same inn.

Farid, Scriostus and Mirabelle start at the World Pillar Mountains in the north of Al-Qadim.

Roland Tyr, Eldren Valdrake and Merdrel Kav start in a boat on the River Arkhen on their way to Selgaunt.

Does this work for everyone?
Mirabelle
player, 2 posts
Little Pixie, Big Trouble
Wed 30 Jun 2021
at 09:17
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Sounds like a plan to me!
Farid
player, 3 posts
Wed 30 Jun 2021
at 09:21
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Re: Them Dang Other Things (OOC )

Storyteller:
Farid, Scriostus and Mirabelle start at the World Pillar Mountains in the north of Al-Qadim.

Does this work for everyone?


I'll have to find a way to get there because I'm damn near on the southern coast. And the land itself is called Zakhara.

Don't ask me why but it's the only forgotten realms setting where it isn't named after the place it takes place in.
Storyteller
GM, 9 posts
Wed 30 Jun 2021
at 11:10
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The part of the continent is named Al-Qadim, meaning "without beginning" because to the inhabitants, they were there before everyone else was, and they consider the rest of the world as mostly uncivilized. Zakhara is thus just one of many nations arising and falling, but Al-Qadim will still be there when there is a new political setup.

Of course we could start you all out on the South Coast. Near Hudid or the Murr Oasis or Dihliz.
Anoushka Li
player, 5 posts
Wed 30 Jun 2021
at 11:29
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Re: Them Dang Other Things (OOC )

Storyteller:
So we have Anoushka Li, Annastarria and Amathavel starting at Waterdeep - logical place for you to end up in the same inn.

Does this work for everyone?

Works for me.
Amathavel Aelorothi
player, 5 posts
Wed 30 Jun 2021
at 13:25
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Re: Them Dang Other Things (OOC )

Should we write ourselves making it to Waterdeep then?

I love that city!
Storyteller
GM, 10 posts
Wed 30 Jun 2021
at 13:33
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Yep you can do that. I'll grab it for the story thread later.
Anoushka Li
player, 6 posts
Wed 30 Jun 2021
at 13:34
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Re: Them Dang Other Things (OOC )

Amathavel Aelorothi:
Should we write ourselves making it to Waterdeep then?

I love that city!

And if so, are we in Underdark or The Dripping Dagger?
Storyteller
GM, 11 posts
Wed 30 Jun 2021
at 13:36
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You'd have been directed to the Dripping Dagger and gotten the usual weird messages from the front door.
Amathavel Aelorothi
player, 6 posts
Wed 30 Jun 2021
at 13:48
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The Inn of the Dripping Dagger - my favorite fictitious bar!
Annastarria
player, 4 posts
Wed 30 Jun 2021
at 13:53
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Waterdeep goodness. :) Sounds fun!
Storyteller
GM, 12 posts
Wed 30 Jun 2021
at 22:12
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Got too busy today but groups are set so you can post, I'll do introduction posts tomorrow.
Storyteller
GM, 16 posts
Thu 1 Jul 2021
at 16:41
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IC for group 1 will be up in a bit. I am working on the best starting point for group 3 as it ne4ds to be more in the south. Still need t0o hear from group 2 if the starting point works out.

And link added for a map of the Dripping Dagger.
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:59, Thu 01 July 2021.
Martin Tam
player, 1 post
Thu 1 Jul 2021
at 17:49
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Greetings to all.  Being on the run a wanderer, Martin could start anywhere.
Amathavel Aelorothi
player, 8 posts
Fri 2 Jul 2021
at 12:59
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Welcome to the game!
Annastarria
player, 8 posts
Fri 2 Jul 2021
at 14:09
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quote:
Anoushka met the barman's smile with a coprophilic smile of her own


I love it. A very polite (and amusing) way of describing her smile. Well said, Li. :D
Anoushka Li
player, 10 posts
Fri 2 Jul 2021
at 14:12
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Re: Them Dang Other Things (OOC )

Annastarria:
quote:
Anoushka met the barman's smile with a coprophilic smile of her own


I love it. A very polite (and amusing) way of describing her smile. Well said, Li. :D


*curtseys* Why thank you.
Storyteller
GM, 20 posts
Fri 2 Jul 2021
at 20:06
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Is there a way to see when people were last on?
Anoushka Li
player, 11 posts
Fri 2 Jul 2021
at 20:15
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Click on The Cast?

By he way, I won't be here for 24 hours now cause I don't do Saturdays.
Storyteller
GM, 21 posts
Fri 2 Jul 2021
at 20:16
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It's my birthday tomorrow so I won't be around much either, if at all :-)
Storyteller
GM, 23 posts
Mon 5 Jul 2021
at 09:04
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OK, some of the players seem to have gone AWOL already. I'll wait to Wednesday to hear from them. If they don't show I'll add Tam and Farid to Group 1. Luckily, Waterdeep has many portals.
Mirabelle
player, 3 posts
Little Pixie, Big Trouble
Mon 5 Jul 2021
at 09:20
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You didn't forget about me, did you?  ^^;
Storyteller
GM, 24 posts
Mon 5 Jul 2021
at 10:15
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I did lol

Should stop posting before first coffee.
Martin Tam
player, 3 posts
Mon 5 Jul 2021
at 20:26
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Well, I am pretty much in limbo, absolutely nothing going on here.
Storyteller
GM, 25 posts
Mon 5 Jul 2021
at 21:03
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Them Dang Other Things (OOC )

Yeah... Farid you around? I'll just have you find a portal and find those two and set up your story tomorrow.
Storyteller
GM, 26 posts
Tue 6 Jul 2021
at 17:36
  • msg #38

Them Dang Other Things (OOC )

So our pseudo dragon has RL demands preventing enough time to post. This being the case,I'll have everyone arrive in Waterdeep, which is not too bad a solution. So everyone is in group 1 for now. Tam and Mirabelle, do you want to end up in the same inn or do you have other preferences where you start out? I can hook you all up soon enough in any case.
Mirabelle
player, 13 posts
Little Pixie, Big Trouble
Sun 11 Jul 2021
at 05:02
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Annastarria:
OOC: Anyone else speak elvish save Amathavel and Mirabelle?


Worth noting that Mirabelle actually doesn't speak Elvish; she speaks Sylvan.  Though Elvish is basically derived from Sylvan and they use the same alphabet, so it might work well enough for our purposes.  Elvish would basically be a dialect to her, I guess?
Storyteller
GM, 33 posts
Mon 12 Jul 2021
at 10:17
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Re: Them Dang Other Things (OOC )

It is a bit like Dutch and Afrikaans. While you can understand each other as grammar is very similar and 80%of the words are the same,albeit with different inflections. Elvish has developed over time, so some of the words an elf would use might need explanation. I'd think Sylvan would have dialects as well, but more like different dialects of English. I do stipulate that an elf grown up in elvish society will know Sylvan.
Anoushka Li
player, 23 posts
Mon 12 Jul 2021
at 10:35
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Re: Them Dang Other Things (OOC )

I speak Dutch and Flemish is easily intelligible but Afrikaans takes hard work.

Similarly, Old English (Beowulf, not Chaucer) is REALLY hard work and closer to Frisian than it is to Modern English.
This message was last edited by the player at 10:36, Mon 12 July 2021.
Amathavel Aelorothi
player, 21 posts
Tue 13 Jul 2021
at 01:13
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Re: Them Dang Other Things (OOC )

Im Cuban so i akin it to me hearing someone speaking Italian - i dont entirely know what is said exactly but by certain words being similar, i get the gist if not the meaning. Only language i get totally lost with that is further away from Spanish is Portuguese.

If German & Spanish had a baby, it would be Portuguese...
Storyteller
GM, 35 posts
Tue 13 Jul 2021
at 12:58
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Re: Them Dang Other Things (OOC )

And here I thought Spanish and Portuguese were very much alike.
Anoushka Li
player, 25 posts
Tue 13 Jul 2021
at 13:16
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Re: Them Dang Other Things (OOC )

Spanish and Portuguese are very much alike when written but when spoken not so much.  Spoken Portuguese crunches several syllables into one and changes the consonants constantly from z (pronounced th in Castillian) to j (pronounced zh) in Portuguese, from n (at the end of the word) to o in Portuguese and from s in spanish to a sh sound in Potuguese.  Add to that in written Portuguese, many times the l's become r's and the sedilla above the n in 'ny' sounds, becomes an h after the n.

They are very closely related but at the same time very different in practice.  Add to that much of the above doesn't apply in Brazilian.
Annastarria
player, 21 posts
Tue 13 Jul 2021
at 13:50
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Re: Them Dang Other Things (OOC )

I was raised bilingually and could blow your minds pulling out the Scots Gaelic. Pronouncing it would be your first task, trying to speak it the second. It's second nature to me since I'm a native speaker but people trying to learn it later in life find it rather difficult.
Anoushka Li
player, 26 posts
Tue 13 Jul 2021
at 14:14
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Re: Them Dang Other Things (OOC )

There's another.

I learned Irish as an adult and don't speak well but when watching the BBC Northern Ireland soap 'Seacht' or listening to Irish language rap, I get about one word in three.  Watching ANYTHING on BBC Alba though, and I get maybe one word in twenty.  Ah but Julie Foulis is awesome so it doesn't matter much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fV6j9ZmPfE

There's a big difference between the two even though they're closely related.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4cCffWjq3g
Annastarria
player, 23 posts
Fri 16 Jul 2021
at 21:18
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Re: Them Dang Other Things (OOC )

**pokes the game** Oi!
Storyteller
GM, 36 posts
Sun 18 Jul 2021
at 08:00
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My internet is on and off- as soon as you are all ok with it you can move on to the evening when everyone will have returned from some checking of the area or a nap. It is still afternoon now.
Storyteller
GM, 39 posts
Fri 23 Jul 2021
at 15:01
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So we had to take in a flooded out relative, power is still wonky and I got my second Covid shot a few hours ago. So I am slow. But keep posting, I'll chime in later.
Martin Tam
player, 11 posts
Fri 23 Jul 2021
at 17:24
  • msg #50

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Been under the weather since I went out of town.  Will get a post up today or tomorrow.
Storyteller
GM, 40 posts
Mon 26 Jul 2021
at 07:23
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Them Dang Other Things (OOC )

So,switching to evening now. Mirabelle won't be able to get into the library,she'll have encountered a very annoying magical security system (make something up if you want to).
Annastarria
player, 30 posts
Wed 28 Jul 2021
at 23:49
  • msg #52

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Post! Post my children! Let us revel in revels and adventure in adventures!!
Storyteller
GM, 41 posts
Fri 30 Jul 2021
at 15:22
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My computer died so I am using my house mate's computer, which I can only use every now and then so I will be a bit slow. Sorry.
Annastarria
player, 35 posts
Sat 7 Aug 2021
at 03:13
  • msg #54

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Are people waiting on other people to post? Post! Write! Let the words flow like wine!
Amathavel Aelorothi
player, 29 posts
Sat 7 Aug 2021
at 03:32
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I was waiting myself...
Anoushka Li
player, 35 posts
Sat 7 Aug 2021
at 17:32
  • msg #56

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Looks like LI and Star are coming with you, Amathavel. Not so sure about anybody else.
Mirabelle
player, 22 posts
Little Pixie, Big Trouble
Sat 7 Aug 2021
at 17:43
  • msg #57

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Sorry, I could've sworn I posted something?
Martin Tam
player, 15 posts
Tue 10 Aug 2021
at 23:25
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I am having a lot of trouble getting into this game, it just isn't what I thought it was going to be.  I am going to bow out.  I do wish all of you the best of luck.
Annastarria
player, 37 posts
Tue 10 Aug 2021
at 23:38
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Sorry to see you go, Martin.
Amathavel Aelorothi
player, 30 posts
Wed 11 Aug 2021
at 00:54
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Me too man - sorry to see ay go
Anoushka Li
player, 37 posts
Wed 11 Aug 2021
at 14:22
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Good hunting Martin.
Annastarria
player, 38 posts
Mon 16 Aug 2021
at 23:48
  • msg #62

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Hmm… GM hasn’t been on in over a week. That’s troubling.
Anoushka Li
player, 39 posts
Tue 17 Aug 2021
at 10:43
  • msg #63

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They will return.
Amathavel Aelorothi
player, 33 posts
Fri 20 Aug 2021
at 14:26
  • msg #64

Them Dang Other Things (OOC )

Hope so - we were just about to begin our 1st road trip!
Annastarria
player, 39 posts
Tue 24 Aug 2021
at 01:27
  • msg #65

Them Dang Other Things (OOC )

It's looking more and more like the GM has ghosted the game. :(
Anoushka Li
player, 40 posts
Tue 24 Aug 2021
at 09:13
  • msg #66

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:( :( some meaningful text :( :(
Annastarria
player, 40 posts
Tue 24 Aug 2021
at 09:27
  • msg #67

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Heartfelt response. :(
Amathavel Aelorothi
player, 34 posts
Sat 28 Aug 2021
at 12:26
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I sent our almighty GM an Rmail a day ago - hoping for a response. He has 8 games running so im thinking RL came in & yanked him away...That would be alot of games to abandon all at once.
This message was last updated by the player at 15:43, Sun 05 Sept 2021.
Annastarria
player, 41 posts
Sun 5 Sep 2021
at 04:46
  • msg #69

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Any word from the GM, Amathavel?
Amathavel Aelorothi
player, 35 posts
Sun 5 Sep 2021
at 13:28
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In reply to Annastarria (msg # 69):

Nothing yet.

Taking a look at the dates of the other games before the GM went dark, our game was one of the last he checked in on.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:45, Sun 05 Sept 2021.
Amathavel Aelorothi
player, 36 posts
Wed 7 Sep 2022
at 01:57
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Hi guys - is anyone still around?
Annastarria
player, 42 posts
Wed 7 Sep 2022
at 02:04
  • msg #72

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Imagine my surprise when this popped back up again. Sadly it seems the GM is not here.
Anoushka Li
player, 41 posts
Wed 7 Sep 2022
at 07:35
  • msg #73

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Opens an eye 👀

Hello? What day is it? Where am I?

WHO am I?
Amathavel Aelorothi
player, 37 posts
Wed 7 Sep 2022
at 13:18
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Them Dang Other Things (OOC)

I had this game on my list for over a year & i did miss the potential it had as a free form FR group & the budding party dynamic.

So i am considering taking over where our missing GM left off. This wont be right away as i have a few RL concerns at the moment that is keeping me away - perhaps in a few weeks.

So wanted to see if there was interest on a reboot of sorts. Ill leave it up to you if you want to keep your current characters or start with new ones.

I might keep Amathavel but have 2 or 3 i might do that have potential.
Annastarria
player, 43 posts
Wed 7 Sep 2022
at 13:19
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I would be very interested and would continue with Annastarria.
Annastarria
player, 44 posts
Wed 7 Sep 2022
at 23:47
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What say you, Mirabelle, will you join us?
Amathavel Aelorothi
player, 38 posts
Thu 8 Sep 2022
at 16:37
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Them Dang Other Things (OOC)

I'll set up the new game over the weekend and have a link ready for anyone that wants to continue on.
Annastarria
player, 45 posts
Thu 8 Sep 2022
at 16:55
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Excellent! I look forward to it.
Amathavel Aelorothi
player, 39 posts
Sun 11 Sep 2022
at 15:36
  • msg #79

Them Dang Other Things (OOC)

Here is the link - just the OOC Chat tab is created for now.

link to another game
Amathavel Aelorothi
player, 40 posts
Fri 16 Sep 2022
at 21:25
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Got an RTJ rules up for the game now - hope to see some of you guys there!
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