This is an OOC thread

Hello All,

Amadeus what class are you going to be playing?   Looking to see if we can be companions during the begin of our background

50% warlock 50% sorcerer. Going to hard focus on necromancy making monsters and beasts undead. He won't animate humanoids, goblinoids are a 50 50.

Shades of grey hero. Just as likely to send an undead dragon into an orc encampment as he is to donate half his gold to feed a town.

Oh my, had me speechless there for awhile.  I don't know what to say about that.  Undead monsters walking around with you....

I do like my Brains.... don't want any to be nibbling on it anytime soon. LOL

You will be safe. Bones barely bite but Ama is another story. Dhampyr.

How about yourself? I only know so much.

Well I'm still trying to get a better grip on what I would like for her to become.  But I can inform you that she is a Dark Elf, Sorceress.

Not sure how my alignment is looking but should focus on more Chaotic nature.

I think I have seen you in a few God games. Not just MoDs vampire game. You normally went goddess of magic if I am not totally wrong. XD

Do you know if your Mythic rank is the same as our Class levels?

We do not start with mythic. We earn it ingame.

Welcome Squee and Valkora

Bare bones I have, but Bones can be made t o go boom nicely. Just like boots... or a hat. Boom hats...

Hello, folks :)

Valkora is essentially a Witcher, for those familiar with the books/games/show by that name!  An edgelord huntress of monsters, to put a finer point on it.  I'm not settled on race and class yet, but she'll be a strong, sturdy skirmisher that holds the front line and defends squishier party members :D

In reply to Valkora (msg # 12):

Umbrala is not going to be happy hearing that.  LOL

"Monster" is a general term... it also includes people who are scumbags or are otherwise deserving of a butt-kicking ;P

 Actually, Umbrala will be extremely happy to hear that :P

 It's the whole reason she makes monsters :P

Hello everyone!

Groot? Is that you?

That looks like Daddy Groot.


Welcome to the game...

Essentially, yeah it’s like teenager Groot lol. Recently gained sentience a couple decades ago from absorbing the decaying body of an arch druid who was the Gardner and guardian in a magical garden hidden in the jungles of Chult ruled by a Medusa who is a cursed former queen of the fallen empire of Omu. He has learned about the world from her, but is now exploring it on his own.

Welcome, Colony!

Gosh, this is quite the group of misfits and oddballs, isn't it?  We're gonna get some serious double-takes when we roll up to the tavern ;P

Be sure to let me know what languages you speak.

Elvan, Dwarvan, goblinoid, draconic, Deep speech, Primodrial, Sylvan, Gaian

Gaian is effectively egyptian hieroglyphics. Deep speech is aberration language.

Everyone should have a sheet. I will be on for around 5 hours here and there. Let me know if you need anything.

In reply to Valkora (msg # 20):

Any you can already hear the sharpening of pitchforks and lighting of torches :P

What have I gotten myself into. I’m a lonely elf.  (Wicked Grin)

If they wanna bring torches and pitchforks that's on them for coming to a fight poorly armed ;P

Sooo, Valkora is a Blood Hunter, known in-world as a Crimson Warden.  I'll just copy the background blurb I wrote that sums it up:

She's kinda scary, but loyal to allies and someone you'd want on your side rather than the other way around!  Do we know what's bringing our group together, or could we have connections prior to game start?

Am I wrong for wanting to make you a steel sword and a silver sword?

If you were to make them, they would be used well ;P

Chess, Valkora, and Amadeus are green lit on first round of review. deeper dives forthcoming.

I will admit, I haven’t touched equipment yet cause I’m not sure how much money we will have and if we’re allowed to create things at creation price.

Will finish character sheet tonight.

In reply to Chess ala'riina (msg # 29):

We get 2000sp starting wealth, which in this world's currency is equivalent to 2000 gp in regular 5e currency.  I'm told that magic items can be purchased from starting wealth: Common items for 100sp, Uncommon 500sp, Rares 5000sp.  Subject to GM approvals, I'm sure.

Therefore, I've been poring over Uncommon items and trying to resist being too basic and collecting all the +1 bonuses ;P

I believe my sheet is done with equipment and all, and I've updated my character description for those interested in such things :)

5e is so weird

It does have some good point but then there are a lot of things I dislike.

I've been playing 5e since the playtest and fancy myself pretty knowledgeable on the system, unlike with nWoD which had me perpetually clueless ;P  If anybody has system or character-building questions then I may be able to help :)

To further complicate things, you may spend 100 silver to gain a tool prof. You may not gain over 5 total tool prof.

I break the 5 max tool prof by just playing my base class lol

If you dont know this guy you should.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...amp;ab_channel=JoCat

 You can craft 1 item at crafting price and have it for the campaign if you are capable of crafting magic items.

 The exception is Artificers. They are generally considered to be crafting everything.



 Apologies for being late to posting. Sleep came to claim its due.

Woohoo, we're starting!

So um, are we an established group or did we just meet this morning? ;P  Valk has kind of a vagabond mercenary/bounty hunter lifestyle and I think she wouldn't have been with the group long, probably a couple weeks at most.  I'm open to establishing connections going further back if anyone has been in a similar business, if we had cause to cross paths.

...or maybe I overthink such things and we can just hop in and wing it ;P

In reply to Manofdusk (msg # 39):

Crafting Magic Items Requirements, DMG pg. 129
Item Rarity          Creation Cost          Minimum Level          Days Required
Common                    100 gp                  3rd                     4
Uncommon                  500 gp                  3rd                     20
Rare                    5,000 gp                  6th                     200
Very Rare              50,000 gp                 11th                     2,000 (~5.5 Years)
Legendary             500,000 gp                 17th                     20,000 (~55 Years)

I will pass in learning the craft.  If your prices are the same as crafting.  Thank you for that boon.

 Most of you have probably just met


Edit: also note that you are not at the town yet. You are just in the woods leading up to it. It's nearly a day's travel to where you're going right now.
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:36, Sat 04 Feb 2023.

Character sheet done

Lots of progress on the character sheet, and the description is up as well.
Squee is looking like he will be boatloads of fun

Ooo, a chaotic bomb-making goblin artificer!  Love it :D  I play an artificer in another game and they're a lot of fun.

This group is totally going to set an example for shining, lawful virtue for all that we encounter ;P

Goodness I should have rechecked this thread. My bad totally new here but happy to be playing! Bit late but playing Fallon as a half elf, a knowledge domain cleric. Excited to develope on that and be warned she's all brains and little common sense and wants to learn practically everything to a fault. Lots of knowledge based and support spells but we're squishy over here xD

The Colony is a Warforged spontaneously created from ordinary fungi feeding on the dead remains of a powerful arch druid. His leftover primal energy caused the colony of fungi to form sentience and animate the corpse along with the rotten log he was laid to rest in. Has some of his previous memories that of course seem like watching a video of someone else instead of their own memories. Exploring the world out of pure curiosity of the world outside the jungles of Chult.

Melee striker with utility spells and some healing

Valkora definitely noticed that ;)

Valk is a Blood Hunter, and is basically a Witcher aka Crimson Warden in this game's world.  See post #25 earlier in this thread for a general description of the order.  In short, she's a durable, edgelord melee monster with a propensity to track and slay monsters!  She also can aggressively defend allies via the Sentinel feat, so she'll be a scary bodyguard for the squishies, hehe

Just so you're aware, Serenity is Hunter's wife, not the priest's.

Woopsie, edited!

Good for Serenity, because Hunter seems cool ;)

 Alright, so I need a plan.

 Head out in the dark?

 Take a long rest or several short rests? (it's 1AM where you are so a long rest puts you at 9AM or short rests to start earlier)

 What kind of food? Rations (or goodberries) let you start instantly, OR yu can get Serenity to cook.

 10cp gets you a good meal, 1 sp gets you a great meal. These take an hour but grant stat bonuses based on which meal you paid for.

I'm down to set out to hunt the pig-monster, but it depends: Are we at risk of exhaustion or something if we set out on a big adventure starting now?  I dunno how long our day was prior to game-start, but Valk hasn't spent any game resources and is ready to go!  Also, on the food thing: doesn't this feast we just had count as eating? :P

If any teammates prefer to wait for daylight due to not having darkvision or to rest then that's cool, though :)

I would say that myself and Ama likes to avoid the sunlight hours.  LOL

 This meal DOES give you bonuses until your next long rest (12 temp hp, 2 "free" HD to spend on a short rest, advantage on saves vs poison and disease, and an additional +1d8 hp restored if you recover hp with HD on a short rest).

 After this, you get to choose two of those effects for 10cp or all 4 for 1sp (and the hour it takes for her to cook it and you to eat it)


 I'm going to say no on the exhaustion for now. You've been in a carriage so rest has been available. I WILL say that you have about 8 hours left before you need a long rest (instead of the 16 hours you normally have).


Edit: I have story prepared for whichever decision you make. I just need a consensus (or a vote, majority wins. Either way is fine by me. You guys are going to be asked to make these kinds of choices often as I'm trying a different storytelling method this go around so "electing" one among you to make these decisions is also an option if you like)
This message was last edited by the GM at 07:11, Sat 18 Feb 2023.

My character doesn't do well with dark haha. But she would go with the group if they decided to risk it for the biscuit. Though I think the proverbial man bear pig is gonna be more than we can handle.

I think y'all know my vote!  Head out right now to the wheat fields to follow that pig-beast's trail, then go kill the bugger ;D  If it looks like it'll be more than an 8-hour job then we can come back with whatever progress we make and pick up where we left off after a rest.

Oh boy, Valkoras such a hammer to nail gal lmao hard to argue with the logic but that thing is gonna eat us! Haha oh boy. Hell with it im inclined to fuck around and find out. For the knowledge!

Cant eat us if we devour it first.

Bacon :D

Heck yea the monster huntress is all about getting out there to hunt the monster ;D

Rough around the edges as Valk is, she views it as her duty to rid the world of monstrous/supernatural threats to innocents.  Ergo, finding the town in this state of desperate fear over the threat of a monster is offensive to her :P  If it kills again on our watch then that's our fault, which makes it the priority.

Not that she's against checking out the manor, the spore rot, or the bandits, but none of those are actively preying on the town like pig-beast.  Might be we discover we can't take on piggy yet or that there are discoveries to make or other tasks elsewhere to do first, but we won't know until we check!

Quite possible this approach gets us into trouble, of course :)

All right then you got me. Out we go. Into the woods (feild) lol

Raise your hand if you can’t see in the dark please.

Half elves have dark vision so all good

Chess is at least part Drow, Squee is a goblin, Amadeus is dhampir, so that just leaves Vallora. Vallora, do you have Darkvision? I have the Darkvision spell if you don’t.

Believe she has it since she said in game she didn't need light, look at us dark vision party lol

Then we don’t the lantern on and can be sneaky sneaky lol.

Eh, might have to convince Fallon, she doesn't like the dark regardless, flavor choice there also its her Spell focus. Dm do I need a wisdom saving throws on this since I took out the light?
This message was last edited by the player at 17:15, Sun 19 Feb 2023.

Valk does have darkvision, yep :)

I feel bad for Fal going in the dark, though!  If it's bad enough for her then I'd rather light ourselves up and have a functional cleric, hehe.

That's why I asked if I need a wisdom throw cause fal really hates dark. Back story session is gonna be fun. First character so I hope it's not to on nose.

 Yeah, you guys saw that right, the damage for making the save is currently higher than for failing.

 The damage is 1d4 for making the save and 1d6 + fear for failing. The d4 rolled higher than the d6 this time :P

The Colony has a passive perception of 18 or so we have to roll perception every time to hear somebody?

In reply to The Colony (msg # 71):

you do not. if your passive perception is higher than the DC, you do not need to roll

Hey there fellers! Hoping to kick ass with you guys :D

Welcome!

Hi and welcome! Glad to have you and hope to have fun!

In reply to Douth (msg # 73):

Salutations.....

Welcome to the weirdo crew, Douth!  You look like you'll fit right in ;D

I dunno about the rest of you but 90% of my stuff requires line of sight. We just met Gannon, time to get a triforce to stab him with.

Ikr and immediately plunged into darkness Fallon more scared of that than anything so arson it was X.x

Chess, you good with getting scooped up?

Yes. In your arms.

I'm waiting for Fallon before I post, so I'm not carrying her all over the place before she has a chance to react :)

Yea sorry bout that dealing with health stuff

Hey guys lol so got a few theories and ideas to accomplish while colony recovers and were in town. I was wondering if chess or Val would be up for snaring animals alive for a project to help the town complete harvest. Also, an escort later to the mill Fallon wants to make a salve to help colony regenerate spores. These can be done over a few days bit would prefer to streamline so I'm not taking up to much time.

Sorry y'all for not posting for a minute.  Tried posting a catch-up to maybe offer some help!

Sure, totally up for hunting animals!

No worries we've all been there if there's anything to adress in the pick up I'll respond next post then jump up lol and yay got a good idea on that will explain if other plan pans out. Gotta make something first.

HAPPY

EASTER

Happy Easter!lol

Happy be-lated Easter!

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop? I must know lol.

Let's find out! One? Two? Three? (munches on it)

Three.

Lol all the way to 3... such restraint  xD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UYvsk6_foc

LMAO!

Oh gosh I forgot about that commercial haha

Dang it, I realized only after doing my rolls that Fallon had already done regrowth potions and I just did a poor copy :P  Sorry all for being slow posting and then useless when I do post :/

I'm interested in this plan to go hunt bandits, because bandits can be seen and hit!  Sounds fun :D

Sorry to beat ya to the punch. Honestly only useful thing I'm good for besides strategy haha. Could definitely use a hunter xD

I'm waiting to give Douth a chance to post since he was to be with Xar'ach.

Same lol but bright side my little Alice the watcher doll is pretty much done haha

Sorry for the delay on my side. Running 12 hour days. Quarbon just ordered a ton of new parts and with the spacex rocket blowing up they ordered a whole new ship worth in parts.

Sounds tough, hope you stay well

Apologies for the wait, people.

 You guys got busy while I slept. I think I got everything caught up.

A discussion that's barely related to what's going on in game: how do you guys choose character flaws? From the get go? Or do you build your character first, get a feel for how you RP them, and write in flaws from there?

A mix of the two. I have some to start to make the character interesting but develop flaws over time related to events in the story especially if I multi class. Example: Circle of the Moon druid that had a sigil on his back that helped to keep “The Beast” in check, so the druid stayed in control instead of the other way around (think Naruto if you are familiar with that anime). They fought against flying teradactyl shapeshifters that clawed his back breaking part of the sigil. Primal energy corrupted the druid causing him to almost lose control and attack his team (gained lvl of Barbarian). Now more bestial while raging and random animal parts sometimes emerge (no mechanical effect).

I tend to pick flaws that vastly screw over my character, directly looking for what would most hinder them. Then I spend most the game working around it. Soooo, I make the character first then?

Bit of both for me too, some flaws from backstory but if it makes sense to add more later then I will.

Agreed on a balanced mix. I try to have something in written into the backstory but remain open to adjustments.

 Well, that ended quickly. It only had 52hp and 53 was dealt in the surprise round :P

And I didn’t get to say hi to it. lol

Do the pass without trace trinkets activate the spell which is an area or is it only effective on the person who uses it? Just don’t want everyone using all of them if only using one can do the trick.

it's only on the person who uses it.

 Also, is there any way you guys can come together with bonuses, advantage, or re-rolls to gat a DC 20 Survival? You've passed the other rolls with flying colors. If you can get that DC 20 Survival, then not only will you all get a surprise round, you'll get something akin to a Lair Action that can cast Snare each turn.

If anybody could have offered Valk a Guidance on her Survival roll it would bring that 19 up to a 20 at a minimum :)

Since we've spotted the bandits early and have some time to observe them, can we tell how many there are, their equipment, and if there's anything special/unusual about them?

I shall help. Do something like give you inherent knowledge of north or something for theatrics.

In reply to Valkora (msg # 113):

Best I could do is Enhance Ability which would give you advantage on the roll.

Colony would cast guidance on Val to get her to 20. Boom.

 Not so much at a distance. You'd have to get closer (close enough to get spotted) to find out anything useful unless you have magical means of spying on them.

Sorry had family up but yea I can do guidance but it's a touch spell and Val is hiding somewhere

Oh, suppose maybe we should resolve this: Colony knows where Valk is since we're sneaking together, so that fungal Guidance will do the trick to get Survival up to 23!

• 13:08, Today: Valkora rolled 4 using 1d4.  Guidance.

Thanks for the help offers everybody, but save those spell slots and such to give the bandits a bad day :)

I’d like to vote for waiting a little longer.

With the 20 survival check, did we get that Snare lair action?

Agreed with waiting. Most, if not all, of them should be moving to the wagon and it will be easier if they are bunched up.

As long as everyone on the wagon stays on the wagon, they won’t be hurt by Spike Growth.

Sure, let's give these scoundrels a chance to converge so our magic folks can catch more of them in their big spells :)

Sleep has a max hp of effect but the bigger the group the more potential. Let the nap time come.

I was thinking blindness as a good go lol

In reply to The Colony (msg # 120):

Yep. However, it will take effect on Valkora's turn (and she can select who gets hit since she made the roll)
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:37, Tue 13 June 2023.

Hey gang, on vacation in Italy with gf at the moment so my updates might be a little slow. If it breaks immersion or turn order, just consider Douth to be very slow at waking up right now! I’ll try to have a post written for tomorrow!

I'm about to board a flight at JFK, bound for Austin. I doubt I'll have enough energy to post tonight but will do so in the morning.

Fallon, do you happen to have Turn Undead + Destroy Undead?  All clerics normally get those, but I wanted to check just in case you have some homebrewery that replaced Channel Divinity with something else :P  If you do happen to have TU, it could be quite effective for this particular scenario :)

Yes! If they have 100 hp or less they obliterate otherwise save of 14 in a 15 ft radius. but dm let a bit slip bout the orb so may be a great advantage with the clairvoyance soell and the homebrewed Alice the Watcher. Fallon has keen mind and if she can clairvoyance the other orbs well have a map of the forces and major players. Take the orbs and turn the undead on the bandits then simply dispell all but the giant  problem sovled.


But otherwise pkease note the turn undead is only once per short rest at current level
This message was last edited by the player at 02:35, Tue 18 July 2023.

Could always run off with them if they follow me bit that would out us quickly.

I dont know if Amadeus regs as alive or dead to them.

If you have a homebrew Turn Undead then I'll be quiet, but the core 5e one is a bigger wipe than that!  It has a 30 foot radius, and at level 5 destroys undead of CR 1/2 or lower :D  Once per short rest, sure, but I'd consider exploding like a hundred zombies to be a worthy use of it, lols

The orb does seem powerful though, so I'm interested to see what alternative options it gives us :)
This message was last edited by the player at 02:55, Tue 18 July 2023.

Mightve looked wrong was using fight club to keep track of spells so may have wrong version loaded thanks for the heads up!

Hello all! Looking forward to playing with you (get it? little Bard pun there. I'll see myself out).

Welcome!

In reply to Raefynn (msg # 134):

Welcome to a great world...

Not sure how Valkora is set for hiding, but Xar’ach has several mechanisms to assist himself:

• Base speed 50' (can increase to 60' given the right circumstance)
• +7 Stealth
• Advantage on Stealth rolls
• Sneaky. Without squeezing, you can move through and stop in a space large enough for a Small creature.(I’m sure this looks comical, or perhaps painful, considering his actual size)
• Umbral Sight. 90’ darkvision and is invisible to darkvision in darkness.
• Relevant spells at his disposal: Disguise Self (could appear to be one of the group we took out), Pass without Trace (if the trinket times out), Rope Trick, Fog Cloud

Valk's Stealth capability is to roll at +5 without disadvantage... and that's pretty much the extent of it!  I already used the Pass w/o Trace token, and it must have expired by now.  So yeah, probably Xarach is the best one to go in first :P

Colony has Pass without trace as one of his spells that would affect the whole group of that helps.

 Sorry guys. Not feeling well (COVID), gonna take a small Haitus till next weekend.

Ooh feel better. My best friend just Covid from his wife (it MUST be true love, lol).

Ouch, get well soon!

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Get well soon, MoD!

Sorry everybody for proposing a plan and then canceling it, but it seemed like the gaseous form thing was going to be hard to coordinate and unlikely to work out.  I reckon this attack will descend into chaos pretty much immediately no matter our plan, so I figured better keep it relatively simple and just pull the trigger ;P

Hope you get to feeling better.

In reply to Valkora (msg # 144):

No worries, I was thinking along the same lines.

In reply to Manofdusk (msg # 140):

Stay healthy

Drink lots of OJ and plenty of sleep.

Is there a map showing where everybody is and where the enemies are? Hard to figure out where to go just based on posts.

 Ama is still outside, Xarach and Valkora are on the wall at the back. Everyone else moved to the front but the gate is still closed. The inside of the fort is about 5,000 square feet (even though it's a circle)

Been a bit tight at work. Got a trip this weekend then Ill be back.

Sorry for the lack of communication.  Heat stroke put me in the hospital where I caught covid. Home today but feel like death warmed over. Will post as soon as practical.

Yep, COVID sucks. Heatstroke sucks too... I imagine the two combined is an entirely new magnitude of suck. Get better. We'll be here.

 Apologies for my own absence. Mine own suck hath spilled over into September. Hopefully all will be resolved soon.

Since Colony is on the inside, can he see where the thrown boulders are coming from?

 Yep. There's a stone giant zombie in the back being given orders by what is presumably the bandit leader

Hello all! Jerinvar is looking forward to joining you soon!

Jerinvar is an Owlin, but my avatar is that of an owlbear...it was the closest image I could find.  He will be combat focused with some roguish abilities...so it is somewhat fitting lol

Welcome to the game.. Jerivar

Welcome!

Welcome

Welcome!

Yeah, artwork of Owlin, I can find. Portraits on rpol? Not so much, though there are a couple of birdfolk here and there (and...owls, in Neutral Air Animals, lol). Maybe we should submit some.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:33, Sun 08 Oct 2023.

I was under the belief that they were no longer taking submissions for images to be added to the gallery?

They weren't for a long time, but...shrug. I've see the:

Want to submit a portrait? Instructions are here: RPoL faqs (portraitsfaq)

Which takes you to a Portraits FAQ and "How do I submit a portrait?" is the first part.

Short of a name change (Jerinvar) and approval on his spending of 2000 sp, I believe this Owlin Echo Knight-Rogue is ready to join you all as soon as an opportunity to do so presents.

I had forgotten to update. MoD is either on his vacation or getting ready for it. Posting will resume upon his return.

Thanks for the update!

I'll try to wait patiently :)

 I have returned from my vacation :P

Welcome back!

How many dead bandits are there?

 Twenty five dead bandits total and roughly 70 of the zombies "survived", including the giant.

Gotta get all the orbs in one place. I really want to see what they do in when used correctly.

Have we already identified one of the orbs? How long does their control over the zombies last?

Been saving the ID for when we have the whole magic item in one place.

Just checking in to see if there is a plan to get things moving...my character hasn't been added to the current narrative so I can't post and its been going on 7 days since the last in game post was made.

 Sorry, November is the most difficult month of the year for me so posting is at a snail's pace until after thanksgiving. I'll try getting something moving now.

No worries.  Truth is, knowing that is all I needed.  It's the not knowing that had a fella wondering if a game has died or not.  If a slow November was mentioned previously I missed/overlooked it.

I work 8 days a month every month (24 hour shifts), so no month is busier than any other for me.  And with so much down time it is easy to focus on gaps in game posts :)

 Well, truthfully, it's the second half of September through the end of Thanksgiving. Posting slows progressively. December and January will pick back up in earnest.

I think you are one of the newcomers, Jerinvar, and I think Mat is the other. (LOL, The Other, pun intended)

Also to main group, in case you forgot or didn't read, The Other said to look for the crest of the family fallen, which as Mateau is wearing.  He is making no effort to hide it, and since I put italics around it it can be assumed that he is making it available to anyone who glances his way.

Note for those upon seeing Jerinvar:

He has the "Haunted One" background.  Specifically, as it may affect your interactions with him:

In reply to Jerinvar (msg # 177):

FYI, Xar'ach has a custom background that includes the Heart of Darkness feature. Perhaps they'll see a kindred spirit in one another.

This message was deleted by the player at 22:49, Wed 15 Nov 2023.

I updated my character description to include more backstory, for anyone interested in the circumstances surrounding Xar'ach's Heart of Darkness.

 Happy Thanksgiving

In reply to Manofdusk (msg # 181):

Happy Thanksgiving

Hope all of my American neighbors enjoyed the Thanksgiving weekend.

I'm waiting for a response from Xarach.

:)

 Apologies. I had hoped things would slow down after Thanksgiving... they have not. The lull should hopefully come soon... but, for now, Imma try to maintain 1/week posting.

Hi all! I believe I'll be joining y'all relatively shortly in-game but I wanted to say hi here. It looks like purple might be available for Selgar's speech text?

Hello again.

I been a bit busy myself.  Sorry for the vanishing but I will read up this weekend and start posting. Good for 1/week while Holiday season is here.

DM, are there normal amounts of wildlife in Darkwood and the surrounding area or has the pig-Thing consumed them as well?

Also, welcome back Chess!

 There is normal wildlife in the wilds.

 Sorry about being absent so long. Things were supposed to slow down but have not. It's getting better though so maybe I'll start to have more time.

Right, plan formulation time. Who survived the holiday rush?

I'm still here though I don't really count it as havjng survived the season until the decorations are packed away.

**giggling**

I survived...barely.

I live!

A solid crew. At this time I don't think we are ready to go back after the hog father. But I think we can seek out the people who are much like colony. If we can get a working relationship with them we can really expand our knowledge as they clearly have a means to avoid the pork boss.

That will also give me time to figure out what the orbs can do as one whole unit.

Thoughts?

You gotta at least talk to me to get the orb.

I think talking to the fungi people is a good next step. Having the undead guarding the town helps prevent attacks from bandits.

I am avoiding that as long as I possibly can.

In reply to Amadeus Maxim (msg # 199):

Did I do something wrong?

Not in the slightest. It's a lot of stuff going on in the background.

I agree that talking to /working with the fungi people seems a good next step.

I also live, though New Year's Eve has tricked my body into thinking I'm back on overnights which is not great for my new 9-5 gig.

And fungus folks sound good to me. I know Selgar's antsy to get back into the wilderness.
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Apologies for my absence...gaming over the holiday season got away from me.  Things have settled down, for the most part.  Hope you all had a great holiday season.

 They started the holiday rush in September then never stopped. Last year, the work slowed down considerably in December but that has not yet been the case. I will still try to pop in at least once a week. Gonna wait to get everyone posting IC regarding the intent to go into the forest then I'll kick it off.

I think I may have missed something.  As far as I understand, Jerivnar was in the bar/tavern/inn, saw Xarach and identified with him (as they share the same 'background'), they chatted, conversation ended.

I've not been asked to join the group and it would be awfully pretentious of me to assume I'm just somehow a member.

Does something need to happen as far as some sort of invitation to join...or is it supposed to be assumed that he just jumps right in as if he's been one of them all this time?

I think this is more planning ahead. Mat isn't part of the group either. He has something they want but no one bothered to talk with him. *shrug* I figure it will happen sooner rather than later, but I suppose it might be later.

 Most of the people sent here have been sent by the empire to help deal with the problems here in exchange for noble titles (so I think it is just assumed that the people that show up are here to help at this point)

sounds good...thanks.  Was a piece of the puzzle I'd missed or overlooked!

Ominous Presence...any chance you've heard from Manofdusk? Over 2 weeks of absence/silence feels a bit...ominous?

It's been more than 3 weeks since the GM has logged into the game.  I'm guessing this one is dead in the water...?

Not for sure.  He is having a busy time.  Give him a few more days/weeks till his schedule permits him some free time.

Still alive here. Just been swamped having near a month with nearly no pay. Setteling now

MoD is alive but his job has been relentless as of late. However he is putting in for a few improvements. I'll do my best to keep you all updated best I can as MoD and I talk often.

...anyone wanna talk shop about theoretical plans, potential synergies, or character interactions?

Selgar is a zealot barb 3, rogue 2. Planning to go scout. Very much an outdoor cat, uneasy in civilized areas even as rural as Darkwood. An aggressive and mobile combatant. Often going Reckless to get advantage with dual-wielded rapiers. Expertise in Athletics and Stealth. Used to going solo but appreciates the increase strength and flexibility of a party. Never got completely comfortable with speaking, let alone socializing.

The Colony is (Warforged) inhabited by billions of sentient bacteria that have taken over the corpse of a deceased arch druid. He is Druid/5 Circle of Spores. He is melee primary with druid support spells such as Pass Without trace, Guidance, Wither and Bloom. He also does undead type stuff like Animate Dead. Next level he can make zombies mid combat.

Jerinvar is an Owlin Rogue 1, Fighter 4 (Echo Knight).  In addition to being quite stealthy (and capable of flight), he is quite charismatic, though being persuasive is where he shines.  He prefers to stay out of direct combat and attack opponents through  his manifested Echo.  He strives for battlefield control (Tunnel Fighter Fighting Style + the Sentinel feat + manifested echo) to provide his allies opportunity and freedom to move around the battlefield.  He uses his Hat of Disguise to alter his appearance as needed in order to get around unnoticed.
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Xar’ach is a bugbear Ranger 5 (Gloom Stalker). Considering that he’s over 7 feet tall and has prosthetic legs, he’s very stealthy and it’s difficult to get the drop on him. He’s practically invisible in darkness. His weapon of choice is a hand crossbow but he’s adept with a rapier as well and is building a repertoire of support spells such as Pass without Trace, Longstrider and Goodberry, which he hopes to enhance soon with a Life Cleric dip.

The Colony: May I ask if they know how long dead the corpse they inhabit was? Selgar has chanced to work with and for druids in the past. He's not great at names but he's got a better memory for faces and is familiar enough with skulls to guess a little of the appearance of a person in life. And I look forward to making a lot of corpses for you and the other necrotically minded.

Jerinvar: I think you'll fit right in with Xar'ach and Selgar as bestial scouts/precision fighters. Selgar's generally gonna be tough enough to soak damage until the less stealthy partymembers catch up with a mission gone loud. Indeed, none of us will be the typical glass cannon sneaky type. Excited to explore tactical options sharing the frontlines with ya. At the very least I imagine Jerinvar will be great at keeping multiple targets locked in place while Selgar hits them with Sneak Attack + Divine Fury + Rage Damage + Rapier Damage.

Xar'ach: Selgar's looking forward to hunting with ya again. I like that when it comes to beast men we have a pair of intelligent cultured ones like Hank McCoy or the Beast that abducted Belle, and then there's Cat Man who has never found a box that he likes.

By the way, I'm recovering from the flu and pretty heavily medicated; sorry if any of the preceding didn't make sense.

The corpse they inhabit belonged to the druid known as The Gardener who was buried in a fallen tree within the Gardens of Nangalore in Chult about 2 years ago.

Hmmm...this one seems done?

Goonies never say die. Rebellions are built on hope. A third reference.

*attempts to plant Colony spores into campaign to revive it*