Present!
I understand the schedule issues completely. Do what must be done, I won't fret too much.
The first night after the tournament you all are either milling about the gambling hall or working. The hall is filled with laughter and music sprinkled with the occasional cries of defeat or squeals of victory. But it comes to your attention that there's a commotion occurring at the front.
Stools are being thrown, patrons pushed, and cards and chips scattered as six men become unruly. You all recognize them as surly patrons from the cheat the devil tournament, and also remember them not doing so hot.
"THIS PLACE IS A SHAM!" one bellows, wobbling a bit as he smashes his empty bottle against the wall.
"WE deMAND A REFUND!" another cries angrily.
So we lost Ibara, Sully hasn't posted in a looong while, and a few people who said they're still here haven't posted in almost two weeks.
Going to send out a few messages, but at this pace may need to run another recruitment, or even combine with the other Second Darkness campaign.
Wait a moment...I posted. So, what has happened in your other campaign? Have a lot of people disappeared from it as well?
From after February 2nd, the only posters have been myself, Meghan, and Ryssa.
Taton had said he was on vacation, so that's understandable, but Sully has gone dark and I Aster hasn't posted in since the first.
I sent private messages yesterday, at 2 in the morning. I'm going to give them a couple more days, but if nothing comes up, I'll probably shift Ryssa and Meghan into my other Second Darkness game, which is progressing decently well.
I see. If you have to combine both campaigns how will it affect the two parties? Also where is the other party at in their game?
I'm sorry, I had a death in the family last week and that rather took over my life for the week. I am back now, and plan to resume posting.
Condolences. Good to see you back with us.
Sorry to hear that. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.
Glad to see you're still with us.
Okay, I was gonna post, but who is Larur? Have we met Larur? I know Saul Van-whatsit.
Larur is kinda a manager of sorts, but below Saul. Performing a word search on the page will show the post he's first mentioned.
Thanks! I missed that section of the wall-o-text about pay checks.
Considering opening up another quick recruitment, or combining both second darkness games into one massive 8 person game. I can vouch for the roleplaying quality happening in the other game, but not sure on all your thoughts on such a large number.
Thoughts?
8 is a lot, but at the same time there is less action here.
I agree with Taton. What do the players in your other game have to say about this, gm?
Either works for me.
Okay, I've thought it over and I'm going to look for another player in a recruitment post rather than cram all of you in one game or port one player from the other game into this one.
Sound good?
I'll be posting something relatively soon, but if someone has a volunteer in mind who they'd think would be a good fit, by all means recommend them. I'd like to have two more players.
Sounds good to me!
Hello! I'm one of the new guys!
Stat-wise, I'll be arcane support, mostly, with a focus on conjuring. I'm part of the high-charisma crew, as well, so there's that.
Character-wise, Tural is an aasimar who's kind of sensitive about his past, a deep hatred of drow, and feels betrayed by most of the Outer Planes, good and evil.
DM- When/how should I introduce my character in the gameplay?
I'll bring him in. There's actually a decently perfect scene just around the corner.
Nice to meet you, Tural! And welcome to the group!
So GM, are we adding another person as well?
Welcome to the game, Tural!
Just invited the next candidate that will hopefully round out the party. Hope to get the game moving forward at a steady pace once more, onwards!
Hello all, Elea Mulberry reporting for duty
She's halfling Fighter using the Opportunist archetype. At the moment she's mostly a speedbump for enemies considering her low damage and high AC. Eventually she'll be using alchemical weapons as an integral part of her toolkit.
Character wise she's a rather fierce young woman who loves combat, having known little else in life. She also is a smart combatant though and enjoys tactics as much as she likes the thrill of the fight. Elea is a former slave from Cheliax who was trained to fight in less than legal gladiatorial matches. She escaped with help from the Bellflower Network and recently arrived in Riddleport. She hates slavery and is suspicious of people in power and of nobility. She's also completely new to freedom.
Welcome to the party, Elea!
Yay! More orientation shifts at work for me! (sarcasm) But in all seriousness, you will see some slowdown on my part in updates, but please but assured I will not go dark on you or abandon any games. I'll update when I can but between schoolwork, internship work, and work work, I'm gonna be a bit swamped. Should hopefully have more consistent breathing room sometime between one and two weeks.
Is this downtime? i.e. Could Tural work on some alchemy projects outside of his work shifts? Apparently he's only working two hours a day (I think)
Updates tomorrow, if I don't collapse. (joke, but seriously glad I have tomorrow off-ish)
Just to keep you all in the loop, during the no-new-notification incident (where forum games weren't alerting folks to updates), I had a member of my family pass on.
As such, I feel it fair to inform you that I updates might take longer than usual (which I know, is plenty long of a wait already) and if you feel the need to drop out of a game I'm DMing or drop me from a game I'm participating in, I understand.
That said, I do hope to update within a couple days as I could use the distraction as the usual business of these events tend to warrant. Thank you for your understanding.
Life moves on eventually. I just need some time.
I'm sorry to hear that, DM. My condolences to your family.
My condolences. I'll still be here when you get back in the swing of things.
Ah, yes. Forgot to mention. I'll still be here, as well.
So wait, I'm slightly confused. How is this going to be handled? I held off on summoning this round because I wasn't sure how we were handling this.
Essentially write down what your move is that could be accomplished in a regular turn and wait for my update. When I get time, I'll move the combat forward. This lets a quick combat happen with getting held up waiting for people to post their turn. Those who have time to post and act will do so.
Okay, makes sense. Sorry, I must have missed that during my read-through of the discussion.
My condolences.
Take all the time you need
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Realized I forgot to roll.
Because I find the idea of both the tiefling and the aasimar trying to court Samaritha hilarious.
Realized I forgot to roll.
[dice=Diplomacy]1d20+7
[dice=Charisma]1d20+3Because I find the idea of both the tiefling and the aasimar trying to court Samaritha hilarious.
Lol! Indeed. Just be careful as Ryssa likes to share so she might flirt with you as well!
No internet access for me until Tuesday. Happy Easter!
I'd be upset with these developments had I not made Taton a generally brusque character.
Heavy work weekend just ended. Updates most likely tomorrow.
Finals are over and I'm currently competing at a national leadership conference. Should be back by Monday and resume a better frequency of posting now that schools out.
Apologies for the lack of keeping you all informed. Up until now most free time was trying to fix metaphorically shooting myself in the foot on one final.
Finals are over and I'm currently competing at a national leadership conference.
Good luck. Looking forward to the game picking back up.
Messaged our two players who haven't posted in a while. Wondering if they're still interested.
Sorry for the silence. Not quite knowing what to post simply turned into not posting for quite a while.
Similar situation. Didn't even much get to hit a person, either. :\
Can't go into a burning building as I don't want to die, and it seems fruitless to do much else. Don't even have rope to tie up the offenders.
Just a heads up, will be on a short family get-away. Should be back Monday to reliably post.
Was gonna get all rude, but then you all pre-empted me with kindness.
Was gonna get all rude, but then you all pre-empted me with kindness.
Give it some time. Meg's just trying the nice way first so that if Smeed is a jerk we can be as nasty as we wanna be in response. ;)