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OK, saw the previous post about detect evil. So leora is doing detect evil and Jessi is doing detect magic. Anyone else doing anything of that sort?
I have updated the map of the Long Roads coffeehouse and the Nest to indicate the use that each area of the Nest has been used. Please move your icons as needed to indicate where you are during this search of the Nest using detection spells. If you are walking a path through the Nest, you can draw a line to indicate this.
A few questions then if we need to get to that level of detail
Kiri and GM, did Kiri ever get a sense that it left or went away, and if so, what direction?
GM, can you mark on the map approximately where Kiri noticed it?
Leora will prep Detect Evil and Detect Chaos. I'll update my spells when I get home tonight. I would think we would keep watch for the night and wait for Kiri to let us know if she sensed the creature like she had before. If we hadn't sensed it through most of the night, Leora would probably scan the whole area with detect evil.
My plan was for Jessi (and hopefully Nicolae, as well) to cast both message and detect magic before entering the lower level of the Nest, then following the route I drew on the map. Message would be used to quietly inform the others of the invisible thing's location once it got pinpointed.
I'll follow along. Sounds like we won't need me to pick up detect alignment just yet. I think that would be a good spell to have on hand.
Sorry I've not been updating as much lately. I've been stressed out about this election, and apparently with good reason considering the results. I guess games are going to be a welcome escape from the dystopian young adult novel America seems to be becoming. Anyway. Back to the game.
Agreed.
Quick Note: I'll probably be offline for the next couple of days (jury duty tomorrow (at the least); holiday Friday). I hope to catch up on Saturday and will give an update then if I actually get picked for a jury.
Quick update: I wasn't empaneled but will still be unable to post until Saturday.
As the GM and some of you may know, I don't have home internet and post from my local library. Well, I went to the ER last night and found out that I have a kidney stone. The doctors are hoping I'll pass it within a week. Right now the pain's not bad, so my tentative plan is to visit the library briefly every other day to catch up/stay current in the games I play on these forums. If the pain gets as bad as I'm told it might, that's subject to change. So if I disappear...that's the reason. I'll try to post an update when I can.
The GM may bot my character as he sees fit.
@Jess Take care of yourself. Those are not pleasant. Here's to hoping it passes quickly.
On a related note, has anyone heard from Dom recently? He hasn't posted in a while, and was usually pretty quick to respond.
Jessi, I hope you get better soon!
Thank you GM! I'm hoping Dom and Tinker have some tricks up their sleeves to catch this thing!
Thanks for the kind thoughts.
I haven't heard from Dom for a while.
KS Update: No change...still waiting. Will check in again Wednesday if I'm able.
KS Update: No change. Will keep checking in as long as I'm able. Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow to those in the U.S.!
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone too. I hope the KS pass soon.
Passed a tiny (partial?) KS last night and am hoping to be back to (almost) everyday posting on Wednesday. Also hoping there's still a game to come back to. :x
Yay, glad you are doing better!!
I'm still lurking here somewhere! I just didn't want to post if it had just been me and Davina...
EDIT: I was just saving it all up so I could roll a 20 ;)
I'm here too, I just thought we were in a holding pattern at the moment.
I'm here too. Hanging out and waiting to find the rat. :)
Slight alteration to my schedule due to weather and needing to catch up on some things at home.... I'll be away from the web until Thursday afternoon, at which point I'll be back to my nearly daily posting schedule. If needed, the GM may bot Jessibel before then. In the off-chance that she can see this alleged rat, Jessi has three silver coins in hand ready for coin shot use.
GM, are you still with us?
Sorry I've not been updating as much lately. I've been stressed out about this election, and apparently with good reason considering the results. I guess games are going to be a welcome escape from the dystopian young adult novel America seems to be becoming. Anyway. Back to the game.
It could be worse--Barzillai Thrune could be running the show.
That would be considered worse, right? ;)
Feeling good again and am ready to post full-time again.
Glad to hear you are ok. I'm sorry your week was Hell. Welcome back.
What Davina said. Glad to see that my favorite game on these forums is still kicking!
Uh, yeah--I have a red shirt with black shoulders (Jessibel's favorite colors) that I try to wear 1) when it's clean and 2) when Jessi's engaged in a tough combat in this game. It was clean this morning and I thought, Maybe if I wear it, our GM will magically return and say that the game's back on. Well, I'll be damned....
Quick Note: I've got a full schedule of real-life errands tomorrow and won't be able to post again until Friday.
Longer Note: It looks like we've lost both Domitius and Nicolae. That leaves Jessi, Davina, Kiri, and Leora (with her whopping 12 Str--tops in the party!) as the remaining Silver Ravens. Should we recruit another player or two or try to push onward as-is?
If we move on as a foursome, we might want to consider selling one of the figurines of wondrous power to bump up our equipment some, as we've invested a lot of our accumulated wealth on 'intangibles': Jessi's tuition at the Opera House Society (which won't bear fruit for a while) and to House Sarini to legally liberate Dom. With an average Str score of 10, we're melee-challenged in combat, and if Kiri hits a cold spell with her wind attacks could find ourselves hard-pressed or even killed.
Any thoughts?
I'm still here.
Jess in a few levels I'll be using my dex for damage and extra sneak attack damage when I get third level investigator study talents at level 4. I dipped to Swashbuckler for a level. I agree that getting some better gear wouldn't be a bad idea. With my wimpy strength carrying any amount of gear weighs me down terribly, and cuts out some my panache talents.
sneak-sneak-sneak-sneak-SNEAK--sneak-sneak-sneak-sneak....
@Davina: We should both look into getting mithral armor and weapons--maybe Turl's cousin can get us a good deal if we order in bulk.
@Everyone: Concerned with our awesome GM's relative silence on the boards recently, I sent him a PM offering to run a short side adventure in Kintargo if he needs a little time to recharge his batteries or resolve any ongoing real-life (and/or computer) issues. I haven't heard back from him yet, but it occurs to me that finding out now if the remaining players would be interested in such an arrangement makes a lot of sense: it'd give GM Paladin a sense of how dedicated we remaining players are (or aren't, should it turn out that way) and would give me a better idea if the time I'm currently investing in prep work for a Plan B is a good thing or a waste of my time.
So...who's still out there interested in saving Kintargo from that big goon Barzillai Thrune? And who would be up for my Plan B if our GM's unable to push the game forward in the near future?
I'm good with that.
Sounds good to me, Jessi! If you need any help, let me know. I have some basic photoshop skills and can help w battle maps if you aren't running an official adventure. Or whatever else... just holler!
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I'm down with a side quest.
Glad to see the four of us are still around. My offer still stands, but...do I detect the magic of Christmas in the air? o<|;D
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you and your families!
P.S. - It looks like I'll be unable to post for the next two Sundays/Mondays (12/25 & 12/26, 1/1 & 1/2, though I may be able to sneak in a brief post on 1/2).
Merry Christmas to you all as well.
Merry Christmas to all!
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Merry Christmas! I[m sorry about all this. Had a kind of a burnout with work and holidays and everything. If you guys are still willing to have me as GM despite this, I am going to go ahead with this.
I'll bot Dom and Nicolae for the moment until we complete the current encounter. I'll see if I can get in touch with them through email instead, maybe they're in the same boat as I was regarding holiday burnout.
Sounds good. WB GM!
Glad you're back!
Welcome back GM.
Hey--I see a rat on the Nest combat map; too bad my character doesn't yet.
We probably want to wait until our GM hears back from/doesn't hear back from Dom and Nicolae before implementing this, but it's worth thinking about now. I notice we haven't assigned a manager yet for the new "Forvian's Fighters" team. Going forward, how about we have each manager decide on the actions and make the dice rolls for the team(s) they manage? It would force some of us (me included) to get a better handle on the weekly rebellion upkeep and actions rules of the campaign.
Happy new year, everyone!
I'm excited for a new year and a continued game!
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@GM: Any ballpark guesstimate as to when we might restart things?
Waving hello and Happy New Year.
Given it's been almost a month since we've heard from GM Paladin I have a couple of suggestions.
I mentioned the need for a GM in another game I play, and I may have found a GM, GM Wasted, that's interested in taking over the campaign. I said I'd have to check to see if the remaining players were interested.
My other thought was I could do it. Full disclosure: I'm a fairly new GM with 7 or 8 PFS GM credits to my name, and I could understand if you don't want me at the helm of a full on campaign.
I'd still like to continue, my other Hell's Rebels game isn't going to complete the series, only going through book 4, and I'd like to see things through to their conclusion in this one.
Wow...several developments overnight!
Yesterday I started setting up a campaign for the side adventure I offered to run previously. I was going to pitch it today, either here, in PMs, or both. With GM Paladin's extended periods of silence, I realized that if he didn't reappear soon to take the GM's seat, I'd likely end up taking up the reins, something I'm not 100% committed to doing. But it the event that I DID end up running Hell's Rebels, it would only be for the first four books (I got the pdfs for the first three adventures via the Humble Bundle offer a few months back and treated myself to "A Song of Silver" for Christmas). Sounds like Kiri wouldn't be interested in such an arrangement, though.
As for the GM Wasted option, I've gamed with him briefly in a "Rise of the Runelords" campaign in which he lasted a week or two before disappearing from the boards for months with a severe medical condition.
(Davina: If your group's still looking for a rogue, tell him that Shaedeen Valzanar (the unchained rogue [burglar] I played in the same RotR game as Wasted) is looking for a new group of adventurers.) If he feels up to running 3 APs, I'd be interested in him taking over this campaign (though I'm still not giving up on GM Paladin entirely).
As for Davina running the game, I'd also be OK with that (though honestly, I'd prefer having her as a PC, Jessibel's mother figure when she's not at home in the Greens). Your GMing experience wouldn't matter to me: I'm a long-time D&D 3.5er who just got serious about Pathfinder a little over a year back. I've run one game on these boards that's lasted for over a year, but the amount of work that's required is why I'm hesitant to offer my services here.
So, long story short, I'm here and ready for the game to continue, in one form or another.
What I'm hearing from Jess is that she'd like to wait a bit to see if Paladin comes back, and run the side adventure. I don't mind waiting a bit. I really liked his GM style, and hope he makes it back. If not I don't mind talking with GM Wasted more about his ability/interest in running this for us. Honestly I really like playing Davina and would rather play than run.
First off, you guys rock. Thanks for volunteering your time and effort to GMing! I'll be happy with whatever you end up doing and know it will be fun.
Davina summarized it well in her post: best option is probably for Jessi to run the side adventure, then we can reevaluate.
As for DM experience, Davina, running a PBP from an AP is probably one of the best ways to get your feet wet in my opinion. I'm totally fine if that's the route we end up taking.
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