I am! Though things have been a little busy irl, as my wife and I are expecting our second child literally any day now. So please have a little patience if I'm slow to respond, but I'm too fond of Audsley and this group to ever think of giving this game up :)
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@Audsley: Congrats and good luck!
I'm in sort of a weird place as far as time to post goes. It's easiest while I'm at work (though the breaks aren't scheduled, and some days are busier than others).
Also, I picked up an orphaned game as the GM, which is an incredible amount of work, it turns out. Much respect for our GM, here. The other side is tough!
Real life always has to come first, and it seems like real life has hit all of us (in varying degrees) of late. I agree with Audsley- -we've got a good group (save for maybe that Janna person).
RE: Janna: Sometimes I struggle giving Janna a voice. (Which probably makes a better character, but seems to pale next to the conversational soliloquy the rest of the party (seemingly) effortlessly contributes). I hope that's not a drag.
I'm definitely committed to the game, though my ability to post has been severely curtailed from where I was a year ago. I was somewhat worried that people were losing interest, though I appreciate everyone checking in :)
I love the characters / story and will keep things rolling, though I can't guarantee that right when I think I'm in a good place to post, my wife won't get stuck on a mountain while hiking (example this weekend...) So, thanks everyone for being around.
Now to continue with the murder plot... *evil grin*
I'm still interested. Turante is made to not be a leading voice, but rather a counselor and aide, which is why she often advises but does not commit actual decisions. Happy to help however I can.
Our baby has arrived! Please bot Audsley for the next week or so as needed. Thanks!
Congrats, Audsley!
Yaaay it's the next generation of kingdom rulers! :D
Congratulations! Girl or boy?
Little guy called Gabriel. Thus far he shows a delicious predilection to sleep lots :)
Lucky! :D
Huzzah to Sir Gabriel, and parents :)
Emil, I think your post and Wolfspirit's crossed each other?
Doesn't look like it. Why?
Well, the boy told about the Shoanti, but I read your post as initially asking him if he'd seen anything. The other of events didn't seem logical to me.
Shoot I thought that was the dwarf talikng still. Damn. I'll update later tonight.
Hey @Franka, your profile line still says you're a druid 1/wizard 2, instead of a druid 1/wizard 3.
Thanks, Túrante. Fixed it. :)
I don't know if anyone else is having this problem, but I haven't been able to see the My Campaigns tab in at least two days. I had to get here by posts by this username. Weird.
Yeah, they are having some serious problems with the boards right now. Last time I checked there was no ETA for fixes.
I'll be out of town on a gaming convention this weekend. Botting shouldn't be needed, but just a heads-up.
I noticed that Túrante made the Sense Motive check, but I didn't get the impression that she gave us an indication of what she learned. Should we check the spoiler for ourselves, Túrante, or will you include it in your gameplay?
I'll just say that playing my hand early with it could cause something that doesn't have to be a fight to turn into a fight, so let's see if we can finesse the situation a bit more!
OK, let's see where that takes us. :)
I will be camping this weekend and may not have internet. Bot if needed!
Happy Easter weekend everyone, fittingly, giving this the Lazarus treatment. This week has been insane between dog surgeries, work, and taxes, but I'm finally un-undead.
I hope you have a good trip Turante. For everyone else, in order to pick things up and recap, you've gotten some pretty solid circumstantial evidence that the man is, in fact, a lycantrope, likely afflicted. How you deal with it between trying to cure him, banish him, kill him, is somewhat up to you.
Just taking this out-of-character, see who's still with us to discuss our plan of action. I'd be up for trying to cure him, but I don't think we've got any solid leads on how to go about that. Did we?
We know it's a curse. And curses are usually lifted by clerics and the like. The player knows more and really hopes Audsley can join back up with us, as he likely has the right knowledge check for this.
Yes, we need an appropriate Knowledge check for the steps necessary to cure lycanthropy, then we need a cleric who can do it!
Speaking up for Audsley (who I hope is enjoying fatherhood, and getting more sleep than I have been at least ;)), you know the most likely cures. OOC, it would require a level 12 cleric, or the herb Wolfsbane.
Also, it is really hard for me to type Wolfsbane without my brain auto correcting to Wolfspirit
So, where does that leave us? I'm stumped. We can hardly put him in the cell with the owlbear while we wait for the Wolfsbane to be brough in from Restov...
We need another cell! Also if he's an infected lycanthrope we can probably say "We'll just put you in the cell at night for protection, then let you back out during the day." Once we can convince him that he's actually killing people while he's out, anyway... I mean nobody wants to spend their nights in a jail cell but if he has an actual conscience and feels bad about people getting murdered we might be able to convince him with some diplomacy.
There are a few options available for imprisoning him for his own good: There's a set of crypts under the keep that's used for the morgue, there's various buildings, you could tell him to leave town and hope he makes it through the night ok... If there's a general theme of what you want, you can probably accomplish it. It's good to be the Leader.
I think that Emil would prefer being upfront about what's going on. And Emil would also do his best to help the person. Since this requires high-level cleric-y stuff, he'd probably pay for the right scrolls (or scrolls + herbs).
The herbs are actually relatively cheap. Somewhat gray legality, but again, it's good to the King.
One last chance to definitively state what you guys are going to do. I have a "dragging the plot along" post I can make, although you guys seem like you're on the right track, and Kundal is willing to go along with you.
I do have a reply for our Shoanti werewolf but I'm too swamped to put it down properly for now. Things should clear up next week.
I'm back! Still sleep deprived, but that's not going to change for a few months yet at the very least. Thanks for being patient with me, everyone!
Good to have you back, Audsley. :)
Welcome back oh sage!
Welcome back Audsley!
A quick update from me: I'm working on getting the next transition up, but fell short tonight. I did want to say I'm still alive and give an update on my life status:
The Good: After doing the work of two different positions for half a year now, I'm finally being promoted to the new position.
The Bad: There currently isn't a backfill for my old position, so now I'm *literally* doing the work of two people. All my usual windows of time to work on PbP have been gobbled up as I juggle things... at least for another week or so.
The Amazing: I've been selected to fly out to Vegas in about two weeks and pitch a game idea! (sadly can't share too much.)
The Ugly: I've fallen remarkably short on posting. The next leg has some logistics to get over, and I've let things get drawn out horribly bad. I am working to catch up, but it's been rough. I hope I haven't lost people, but I understand it's hard to keep a game going with a GM that can't consistently commit.
I hope everyone is doing well.
Thanks for the update, Wolfspirit. And congrats on the promotion! It's also nice to read of your opportunity to pitch a game, all goes well.
Speaking for myself, I do miss the pace in this game, but as long as you're checking in occasionally and see some light in the future, I'm definitely up for sticking with it. Really enjoy the group and the game we have going on, so I'm willing to wait for things to pick up.
When I signed up I knew it wasn't for a fast paced game like a scenario. And i also have been guilty of infrequent posting. I am as interested now as I was on the first day. So relax, and do what you must!
Same!
Hey there everyone. I just wanted to pop in to say that I'm back and survived the past few weeks; they've been incredibly insane, but things should be quieting down and I'll be dedicating a chunk of time tomorrow to getting things in gear again with the game.
Hello again!
Hooray!
Welcome back, Wolfspirit!
Some personal news from my end: We have received our dog last Monday. He's eight weeks old, very cute, and quite a handful. I'm striving to keep up with my games, but could be spotty in the coming weeks.
With all respect, is it inappropriate for me to ask if this game has lost a critical amount of steam? I know we're all fond of the characters and campaign, but... well... it's been limping for some time.
I guess I'm just asking: do we think this is really going to pick up speed again, or should we just give up the ghost and bid farewell to our heroes once and for all?