Naneko and Amy approach situations from possibly the two most diametrically opposed positions I've seen for some time.
Death and rebirth and all that- no time for mourning, absentees! Get stuck back in when you can!
Well it WAS fun haha.
As a player, I feel I must voice a concern, Gatsby.
I find it very irrational and rash (perhaps unfair?) of Dorrigan to lump the group in with Naneko's actions, when they've shown none of her behavior (that he's had liberty to observe on an occasion already, meaning he should know that Naneko and only Naneko was prone to such outbursts).
It's very un-Dorrigan of him to stoop to Naneko's level of behavior without thought placed behind it, even based on what he saw. At least as a man of the law, he's being very off-center with his position that the others are equally guilt when they showed no sign of causing problems.
If anything, justice should have already been done in his eyes seeing the sole perpetrator die before him, with his own eyes observing.
Just a thought, Gatsby.
Additionally, Rednal, did Amy miss the part where Morgan said that no one was paying attention to him because of the festival time and the chaos? Her pointing him to try and find someone at a stall is merely asking him to do what he's already tried to no effect.
Just a thought for you, Rednal. Yes, his Bluff was good, but I think he spoke all the "facts" in his gratuitous lie he fed to Amy.
Apologies, players - I've been out of action for two days, and will be out of action for two-three more, it looks like. It's the end of term, and as a teacher the pressure is on. I'll be back and posting again as soon as possible.
Gatsby
And Ben, I do understand...
Naneko and Naneko alone did, yes. Naneko only, none of the others, so there is no actual excuse to lump them in.
Unless he's burning off excess fuel now, and will later change his stance...
Emotions are rarely rational. We came as a group and destroyed his future and that's all he cares about at the moment.
Wow... two to three days more turned out to be a rather conservative estimate.
Apologies for the whole week away - the end of a Japanese school year is a lot more busy than I was expecting, and I'm looking forward to actually having a day off tomorrow.
However, this does mean that after my extended absence I am actually back and reading / posting again. I won't be able to start posting in the threads until after the afternoon leaving ceremony, but I'll try to give a big, worthwhile update for everybody to set things in motion again.
Sorry for the delay!
Gatsby
I don't know what's not going on here, but I don't like it.
I'm still here! Waiting for the same!
Hello all... have we accidentally died while I took my time off? Or have Bora and Gavin just gone AWOL?
Still waiting...
Couldn't tell you what happened to the others.
Hey all, I'll be doing work for a convention for the next few evenings, so I won't be available to post until Sunday. See you guys then!
Doesn't look like you're going to miss a whole lot...
I'll give it another day and then send a PM round. I'm not a fan of unexpected stalling.
Well, I gave it a lot of days... I think we're dead. Any thoughts, remaining posters?
Still waiting. I'd suggest we move on without Bora, then finaggle a way to get her back in later.
If no one else returns, then have me and Amy do it, and recruit new players in.
That's what I'd do anyways, but I'm not you.
Might be an idea.
I would also be quite happy to run a shorter campaign (like a stop-gap) to explore a different part of the world for a month or so, and see if she and the others turn up again to restart this one.
I'm down. New characters?
Hmm... I guess so. Give me a bit of time today to think about it.
No worries. With Roland's background, it would be easy enough to claim a new character (via any of the players, it doesn't have to be me) as one of The Long Eye's contacts, which would give us an easy tie-in with this crew, assuming we ever need it.
I went to hospital! It was add fun as you can imagine. However, for those still sticking around, I'd be happy to run a smaller, geographically dissimilar thing if you're interested.
Just FYI you're not allowed to die. DMs live forever.
In the hearts of their players! Or something stupid like that. :)
Count me in. I'm game for next try.
I could bring back Morgan, or run someone else new and exciting. All up to you.
Well, I am still not dead...
I'd be happy running an alternate campaign for a while, something low-intensity as I get back into the swing of posting again, to explore a different part of the continent. The Jungle islands to the south might be an idea... any suggestions as to what kind of environment / experience you're after?
Yup, I'm still down for anything.
Also, if any of you are in the Jacksonville, NC area at any point next year hit me up. I'll be moving there at the end of this year until mid-2016.
Post a few times a week, start at level 1, focus on interaction and exploration rather than total warfare?
Well, I'd be interested. I always enjoy running social encounters more than combat.
I don't know if it's okay to post here (yet) or not, but I talked with Gatsby and he said if you guys were going forward that I could join, so I figured it would be okay to drop in and introduce myself (I'm in the other Phantom Limbs game, but have been watching this one cause I'm curious about how the other half lives, so to speak). I'm more than happy to fill whatever role you guys think would be needed.
That depends on the type of character I'm playing, although diplomacy *is* my favorite social skill. I usually will try to make a character that fills a niche that is missing from the party (healer, knowledge monkey, trap monkey), so I would be fine with just making something that would compliment they characters that the rest of the group plays. I also like to find interesting character builds and focus on them.
depending on where we're going, I was currently thinking about making a guy who makes robots (machinesmith or tinker), an amnesiac character who won't be leveling so much as regaining his memories of abilities (that one is not class specific), or a maybe the child of a god who is trying to bring the divine back to the world (godling), cause all of those appeal to me for one reason or another, but I can certainly play other things if necessary.
Well, players? Any thoughts for Vrog?
Sounds good.
In that case, build at level 1, 500 starting gold, don't worry too much about weight limits, and for retain imagine jungle with a vaguely Aztec theme (jaguars, ziggurats, all the old tropes). Kit yourselves out to explore, and take it for granted that you're not local (unless one person wants to be a local guide).
I'll create a sperate thread for it and psy the link here this afternoon.
Yeah, no problem at all. In fact, I'd like to see the playtest stuff given a spin...