Rise of the Runelords
Game Master Rysil

My vote is wait until we have people committed to moving forward. We're down two right now, and until their back I don't see sense in moving forward.

Yea, I also vote we bot or delay her so we can keep moving.

Sorry guys, my brains have been scattered this week with preparations for international travel.

I'll get my actions up posthaste! I honestly thought I was further down on initiative. It almost always happens with my characters.

Oh great, sorry, wasn't trying to override you, welcome back!

Well I just took my turn, so I think Esme is up.

... and they're off and running ... awesome

Questions/comments regarding what happened with group 2 (sorry I hadn't noticed before but it occurred to me when I saw the map and the relative positions to everyone):
- The horsechopper is a two-handed reach weapon and so wouldn't be usable with Belor 5 feet away. So Commando 1 would have also had to have taken a 5 foot step away before attacking (if it survived the AoO).
- I don't see a roll for the Commando to confirm the critical hit on Belor. Looking at the next d20 roll, it looks like it would have been a regular hit but for expediencies sake, rather than shifting things, I suggest a new roll to confirm the crit.

Rohan. Looks like you went out of turn again. PC order is: Talon, Zelaria, Rhasa, Noro, Esme, Rohan. I don't know how to link to a specific post, but the Initiative can be found in Adrien's post on July 1st 4:28 am EST.

Here is the full list, copied from that post:
1. Goblins 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
2. Belor:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
3. Talon: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20
4. Zelaria: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
5. Mayor: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
6. Rhasa: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
7. Bale 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14
8. Noro : 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
9. Esme: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
10. Aldern: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (12) + 0 = 12
11. Adrien: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
12. Lyrie: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
13. Rohan: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
14. Tsuto: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
15. Ameiko: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

I'll have Rhasa's post put together shortly once I figure a few things out.

Bah, for some reason it looked like I was next.

I see noro up next will post tomorrow just got home from work and need some sleep

Hey guys, sorry it's been a few days. I'm super busy with school and my other DMing commitment here on the boards. I'm down to continue posting as a player each day, but I'm going to need someone else to take the lead on the DMing part here. I can also put time into developing and managing more maps as necessary!

Hey, shall someone bot Esme's move ... c'mon lets keep this campaign alive!

Done.

I think I feel a pulse ... Ok now it looks like an NPC's turn followed by Adrien.

Alright, since I refuse to let a 3rd game die on me, do the rest of you guys want to recruit another DM to take over?

I'm willing to play this if we get another DM. We'd likely have to create another thread and start over, but I'm game.

Noro here...

Noro has been accepted in another runlords game I might consider trying to play in two of them but will need to have a second Alias to do so.

Talon also applied to that game but did not get in. I was hoping to adventure with Talon.

Long story short I would be game .. but I will create a new alias (same character though)

I'm up for keeping this alive. Let me know what I can do to help.

Well I suggest doing a recruitment thread for a new DM and go from there. That person would just have to get this thread transferred over which has been done before. If you would like to start the recruitment thread, Talon that would be great.

Talon I am sorry about the other game. I even put a good word in for you.

I appreciate it, did the same for you. You had a string of rejections but have been very successful lately. Good for you. I am envious of the GM Mug game. Best of luck in the new RotRL's game.

I am out of town for several days and will take a look at it when I get back. I feel like we have lost not only a GM but several players,I'd want strong commitments from the other players before going out to solicit a GM. If it's just the three of us we could be looking for players and a GM. We may just have to let this thing die.

actually I just got passed up twice for Skull and shackles games and was passed up on a Kingmaker game as well.

also if we do get a new a DM at least 4 of us are still here.

Feel free to open a GM recruitment anybody. I don't have the energy right now.

Recruitment thread posted.

Here.

Hey everyone - Rohan has recruited me to run your RotRL game.

Can everyone post here to let me know who's around and to see the aliases of each of you, please?

I'm going to start a new thread for the new game, as I was a little unclear where the previous GM was heading. Is that still ok with everyone?

A couple of character-related questions:
1. Do you want to keep your ties to one another and the NPCs?
2. Do we have every role filled still? Do we need to do a little extra recruitment?
3. What are your expectations for this AP? Heavy character development? Combat-focused? Open? Just want to make sure your hopes and dreams align with my posts.

Looking forward to getting started!

Thank you again for stepping up to run this.

1. Yes, I think they add a lot to the story.
2. We do have every role filled.
3. For me personally, I would like to do some heavy character development. Though being a tank, combat still interests me too.

Adrien (Tank, Diplomat) checking in.
1. No preference.
2. If everyone checks in, I think we're okay.
3. I enjoy a good balance. This party does well with RP and is effective in combat.

If you PM me your email and we can discuss the Anniversary edition.

Thank you again for stepping up to run this.

1. Yes, I think they add a lot to the story.
2. We do have every role filled.
3. For me personally, I would like to do some heavy character development. Though being a tank, combat still interests me too.

I'm here and agree. On vacation for a couple more days, love my character and the role.

I need to recreate the alias will work on that after work.

Still hanging about. Glad to see things'll be back in motion. Thanks for taking us on.

1. Yes, unless your new beginnings require us not to have ties with certain NPCs (which might require a revision of some backgrounds). These NPC ties also helped the group put together ties to each other as well.

2. Depends on if everyone checks the board. May want to consider some PMs (although those are hard to notice at times). We have Rohan's summoner, Adrien's Fighter, Rhasa's (my) Witch, Talon's rogue, Noro's Barbarian, Zelaria's Oracle, and Esme's Bard. Some notes:
- Esme/Narkari doesn't seem to have posted since the end of June (even to the KM campaign she was running), so I'm doubtful here;
- Zelaria/Hu5tru likely just needs a PM to get her attention, if she's not already lurking, as she is active in other threads.

3. Balance seems to be the way to go for me. We have some good RP put together here, but I'd like to see the characters in action, so to speak, too.

Ok - I sent Zelaria a PM. I think we're good with 6 players and we won't need to recruit someone to replace Esme.

Is there somewhere that I could see a summary or easily digest the player connections? Or do I just need to go back and read through the beginning of this thread?

In the beginning of this thread, the DM had us write out our ties to each other and to NPCs. Everything should be on the first page.

You can look at my revised alias for Noro but she is in another game at the momnet which is why I will re-create a new alias for the original Noro for this game.

the back story is basically the same.

All of my ties are in my background

Oh, and thank you very much Rohan for taking the initiative to get things going and to Aperture for stepping in, I am getting excited here again. We had great chemistry but I was ready to have the coffin measured for this one.

Well I was motivated. I'm not going to let another ROTRL game die without a fight.

I hope this isn't too much of a bother, but can someone take all of the connections and put them in one place? I'm getting confused on what was approved vs. what was proposed (there may not be any difference).

Also, do any of you use Hero Lab? If so, can you email me your .por file?

por file sent.

alias created but not populated yet

Got it, Noro. Thanks.

I've created a new campaign for the game.

You can find it here.

Check in there, and feel free to reboot your character interactions in the gameplay thread.