GM Fuzzfoot's Castaways (Inactive)

Game Master PJP

Why stop short? We need radios and crazy Giligan's island stuff made out of coconuts.

Just posting to say I'm still here. Waiting for the results of my days efforts and excited to get to hear about this creepy black menace.

Sorry - I got slammed the last few days and didn't even get a chance to post I was travelling.

I am back now, but will be out Tues - Sunday of this week.

I am going to be travelling for the rest of the week. I am probably not going to try to make updates during that time, so I will pick it back up on Monday.

Hey guys, just letting you know I've had a family emergency come up, and unexpected house guests. I will be unable to post Saturday. Hopefully, I should be able to post late Sunday night and again late Monday night. I will be able to post regularly by Tuesday. Sorry for holding up the game, and feel free to bot me as needed.

Thank you for your patience.

Doesn't seem like you held things up--after all, the GM was traveling.

What *was* our normal watch schedule?

Should we spend the next few days properly exploring this hex, or move closer to the mountain before we bother exploring? Or we could travel all the way up the mountain and then begin exploring while up here? Or maybe you guys can explore part of the hex, and Echo and someone else can travel further inland, and start building a shelter? When a proper shelter's completed then we could move into it and repeat the process? Thoughts?

Should clear this hex.

Lets definitely clear the hex before moving along.
One more day before celebeth finishes the bow? Im for exploring deeper into the jungle together and we should be better armed. There might also still be some washed up wreckage to be found.

Cool. Exploring this hex it is.

I decided to change Aki's avatar to reflect the fact that she's in human form right now and, in fact, hasn't been in her true form for several years.

As for plans, I'd really like it if either Celebith or I could find our spellbooks before we go farther inland (I figure we can arrange some sort of sharing if we find only one--the Spellcraft check for preparing spells from a borrowed spellbook is annoying, but reachable). I'm not sure what the chances of finding them in usable condition are, but we could go one hex to the east and west along the beach searching for them or other gear of ours before heading for the mountain.

I'm fine with exploring our hex, and the other ones near the shore until we find a spell book before heading up towards the mountain.

Did everyone write on their character sheets that they have a wooden canteen?

Also, should we make a list of what we're keeping at camp? None of us have a backpack, so we can't carry all that food around with us.

Thoughts?

Yes, that would be good. We could make a Google Doc of what we're keeping in camp and ask the GM to link it in the campaign description.

Can anyone make a backpack?

I can't.

Although with that thought in mind, we might be able to use some of the sails and some rope/net to make a makeshift sack. Then we'd just have to haul around that cumbersome thing. lol

Yeah, that's probably what we'll have to do. While we could theoretically make a needle out of the bones we got, making thread and actually sewing something without messing it up horribly might be beyond us at present.

I got craft (leatherworking). Maybe can make a backpack from sails and such.

Ah, then we *do* have a chance. :D

I tried to make bone needles and such. The srd says various craft skills can make simple tools, so my guess was any of us could.

I can make wooden needles no problem. Do we want some? We could use the cord from a net as thread if I make the needle big enough, or thin strips of canvas. I'm fine with a make-shift sack, though.

Actually, I could probably make fish hooks and a fishing rod, too, though we'd need something for the line. Again, not something I could make.

Where's a seamstress or a weaver when we need one?

What ive learned from dwarf fortress is: everything starts with raw materials. A weaver cant do anything without thread. Unless theres a heard of sheep or llamas on this island, or a wooly mammoth, or a cotton field...

Im not sure what explicitly we've salvaged from the wreckage vs what we used so far constructing the shelter. Do we have enough cloth material to make a few sacks?

Palm fronds can be harvested to make twine.

Have we cleared our hex?

Looking at the map we can explore the beach to the east or west, or move inland to the north.

I think our plan was to move inland toward the mountain, to try and gain higher ground to get a better view of our island. Keep with the plan? Is there a reason to explore the beachhead to either side of us? Possibly more supplies?

I'm guessing more stuff from the ship might have washed up on the adjacent beach hexes, so it might be good to look here a little longer (mostly for those of us who use spellbooks and would very much like to have at least a little something to memorize from).

I don't think we've finished this hex yet. It says it takes 2 full days for a beach hex on the campaign tab.

I'd rather check the beach hexes as well, before moving inland.

Due to an incredibly busy weekend filled with a Christmas celebration, two birthday parties, and many hospital visits, I will be unable to post from December the 16th through till December the 18th. My posting should resume as normal on Tuesday the 19th. Apologies if this slows down the game. Feel free to bot me as needed. (Echo will try her best to help Nathan make an escape route by targeting the people in our way with mind thrust and telekinetic projectiles. She can use points from her phrenic pool to gain a +2 or +4 bonus on concentration checks to cast those spells if she needs to attempt casting defensively. Otherwise she's definitely in for fleeing as soon as there's a path to take.)

I'll try me best to sneak in a post if I can, since I don't want to miss our epic retreat! Haha. But I can't make any promises.

Thanks for understanding, and have a great weekend, guys.

Good luck with everything!

So if I turn into a fox, what does that do to the grapple(s)? :D

Additionally, I'm getting married this Friday, so it's quite possible I'll be somewhat... distracted for the next while. So if I disappear for a bit feel free to have my character do all of the smart things I haven't thought of.

Pshaw, you'll have plenty of time to post on your honeymoon.

(I kid-have fun).

Ha! That might result in a short marriage...

Congrats! Have a great time.

Echo, I hope the hospital visits go well.

Honestly, I expect posting to become pretty haphazard here for the next 2 weeks anyway, so no worries. Everyone enjoy your holidays and we can start back in earnest after the first of the year.

Aki - As long as being grappled doesn't prevent you from changing form, I would say that the rules don't cover this. But I would allow you a free grapple or escape artist check in your new form with a +2 circumstance bonus for the sudden change.

Thanks!

Hmmm... I think I'm going to save the surprise for later, in the current circumstances...

Hey, guys! Happy to be back, despite the fact that I'm getting manhandled by a bunch of strangers...

Also, advanced warning:

I'll be unavailable to post from December 22nd through to December 26th due to the holidays. I might be able to fit in a post here or there during that time, but I'm not sure. Holidays are busy around here. Posting should resume as normal by the 27th (or the 28th at the latest).

If it gets too crazy around here to mention it later this week, Happy Holidays to those of you who celebrate something! And have a great few days to those of you who don't!

And have a great wedding, Aki. All the best! And enjoy yourself!

Same here. Holiday Season means posting will get erratic.

Happy Holidays to ALL!

Yeah, most games slow down for the week between Christmas and New Years (or simply go on hiatus).

Congrats Aki!

I too will be doing a bit of travelling thursday and friday and again monday.

I'm wracking my brain trying to think of a IC reason Pharithstilis an Celebeth can come find y'all. All I can think of is if you arent back by sundown we should go looking.

Echo's going to keep struggling to keep the other members of the tribe occupied, but I don't expect to escape. You're welcome to move on with the chase without checking back in on Echo's efforts.

Okay, I'm back! Hopefully everyone had fun over the holidays!

Just got back from family vacation and travels. Happy New Year!

I kind of hope Aki will be able to pull off a dramatic escape here.

Looks like malothor might get away. I’m hoping we get to pull off a dramatic rescue :)

Yay!

Sorry everyone - I know this is slow moving right now. Work has slammed me this week, but I expect to be back to daily posting soon.

Apologies. I have been MIA fighting a bad cold. Will jump back in tomorrow I hope.

So, obviously, Celebth's keeping her own gear we recovered. But that extra gear we found, who wants what?

There's:
- sack
- bedroll
- blanket
- flint & steel
- utility knife
- Silk rope (50')
- Dagger (sheathed)

And six days of trail rations for the group to share.

Aki doesn't have much in the way of carrying capacity, so not her.

Will take dagger

We can use that empty crate to carry stuff, might be a two person job.

Are you all keeping track on your sheets? Or do I need to setup a group inventory/loot sheet (which is no problem)?

Just depends on how you want to do it.

I havent kept track of what we have at the camp. We might need a group sheet for that.

A group sheet would be a good idea. I'm only tracking what Aki is carrying.