Carrion Crown Blues: Broken Moon

Game Master Kartari

Ah, I wasn't thinking of anything specifically about ghosts per se. Something more broadly applicable. :)

Psst! I'm going for creativity (and what I imagine would be a cool special effect) over absolute strictness to the rules here. ;)

Posting in a bit...

I'm having another busy spell with work. Probably will be less verbose here over the next couple of weeks. I've got two weeks off in the beginning of July though, so things should pick up then.

Just a bit longer... be back to post either tomorrow or by Saturday the latest, I expect. I really hate being busy, LOL.

In the meantime, I believe Naught can take her round 1 actions, too.

Sorry, will be back by Tuesday the latest, I believe ATM.

I'm technically off from work this week, but I managed to get a job interview and need to prepare for an exam tomorrow before they give me the final interview.

Anyway, be back here as soon as I can.

Happy 4th to all who celebrate!

Good luck on your interview!

Ye!

Good luck!

Thanks everyone! It didn't work out, but on to the next thing.

Alright, I've held you all in suspense long enough. Posting shortly.

*hugs*

Hi, I am here and will get a post up soon after I'm caught up. I meant to reply this weekend but ended up interrupting a family vacation by getting a serious sinus infection and ending up in the ER/hospital for a few days. I had some other work and family issues ongoing keeping my busy before that, so I apologize for this extremely long absence.

Ugh, just as I was about to complete my post a 1 second power outage got it. I will try again later tonight.

I'm just glad to see you back, Christoph. And glad you're feeling better, too! :)

Glad to hear you're on the mend.

Not sure if everyone's just busy, or if there's confusion about what to do. If it's the latter, feel free to ask questions here.

To clarify, there are basically two apparent ways you can reach where the scratching sounds are coming from. Either way requires reaching a door 20 ft. away from you without a walkway and 30 ft. from the ground below.

Northeast Chamber (K8 on map): You hear the sounds coming from in this chamber, specifically from the vicinity of the door to your left. But there's a black oozy creature hanging from the ceiling in here that nobody was able to identify.

Northwest Chamber (K5 on map): There's a door to your right in this chamber. You don't hear the scratching sounds in here. However, you can spatially deduce the possibility that this door might lead to the same location as the door from the northeast chamber. There's no black blob in here, though it does have a few dangerous plant creatures you've identified.

It's been a while since someone's posted. Is everyone ok?

Sorry >_<

Will try to get a post in after I get settled in at work and caught up.

Ok great!

Usually at least a couple will post by now, so I was getting concerned.

Sorry if my wordy posts are confusing. I just clarified things in the Gameplay thread.

There's also the map (just click "Current Map" in my profile), which is up on Google Drive so it should be immediately accessible to all. I moved all your icons to the hall (K9) if a visual aid would help; the chamber with the scratchy-sounding door in question is K8.

I really wish this forum would allow for email subscriptions. I was just going about my day and was like, wait... how long has it been since I looked to see if there were new posts :p

Seriously. Would be nice!

I'll send some PMs out. Maybe you're not the only one...

Don't really know what to do at this point though, no ranged >_< XD

I've gotta take you shopping for a bow!

Yay!

Sorry about being away life got in the way.

{hugs}

No worries, Zelda.

Ok, posting soon...

How's everyone doing?

Okay, how about you? :3

Doing okay, thanks. :)

BTW, while a bludgeoning weapon like a punch might affect it, Naught would have definitely noticed Christoph's and Istivan's arrows smoke and sizzle on impacting the creature. So, she'd probably think twice about punching it nonetheless. :o

I'm wishing Aliseya had learned the resist energy spell right about now. Then Naught could punch away without a care. :)

Ye.

Or after she can take Naught out shopping for a very pretty wand of fireball. Or something.

Even better!

Going to give the others another couple of days to post. I really don't want to start botting active players. Then I'd just be playing with myself.

Wait, that came out wrong...

:)

Sorry getting caught up now

Everyone, I'd really like for us to all pick up the pace in this game. Starting now, lets all try posting at least once a week. And I'll call combat rounds by 5 days, either botting or skipping turns for PCs who haven't posted by then, depending.

We'll see how that goes. Hopefully, we can up the frequency another notch after that.

I do understand we have real lives that can get in the way of fun time. It's certainly happened to me. But we shouldn't be waiting over two weeks to complete a single combat round. I mean, we'll reach Ascanor Lodge no earlier than the year 2030 at this pace, LOL.

And if anyone has any feedback or suggestions about how I can improve the game to your liking, I'd actually love to hear from you. Feel free to PM me if you want to keep it private. My aim is to run a game that's fun for each and every one of you, as that's what makes this enjoyable for me as well!

BTW, you're all able to move yourselves around on the map, if you'd like. No need to login or anything.

Zelda - While we have time before the others post, you do have two more magic stones in hand? You could throw one at the creature instead of using/risking your sword if you'd like? They're +10 to hit each, 1d6+4 damage.

Sorry for the absence again. Moved across the country and had an uncle in the hospital with covid. Things have been more exciting then I wanted. I will definitely try and pick it up (or at minimum let folks know I've got something on so I can be botted).

You've certainly got your hands full. No worries, Christoph. Hope your uncle gets well soon.

Thanks for the well wishes. He's out and doing better now.

I am so gladcto hear that. I will pray for continued improvements to his health

New York got pummeled by the remnants of Ida last night. Family's all safe but a tornado, touched down 15 mins from where I live. We don't get tornadoes!

Yeah, that's where I live, too. I actually drove through that storm to get to a D&D game. Had I paid attention to the weather beforehand, I'd have probably skipped that game. But when I first got in my car, it was just cloudy and drizzling. About a third of the drive there, the evil druids attacked in full force. My phone's emergency alert went off right after my game started. Gee, thanks for that timely warning! LOL.

Everyone dealing with serious s+&& and then there's me, who just got over a week suspension...

(getting caught up on all my threads now as I can)

Geez. I'm sure it's Cosmo's fault somehow. :)

If I back up another step to the right, do I appear (to Christoph's estimate having just been attacked) to be out of the creatures reach? If so, do I think I have a clear shot at it?

Christoph estimates the creature has about a 10 ft. reach. He'd need to move two more squares to be out of its reach (15 ft. away or greater).

However, given that there's mutual cover between you and the creature, Christoph would expect he would not provoke AoO's for shooting at it with his bow while within reach.

Nor would he provoke for moving 10+ ft. away from it for that matter. Though then he'd not have line of sight to shoot it at all, so long as it stays out of the hallway.

Though it has cover, Christoph realizes it's a slow moving target and easy to hit. Hitting it hasn't actually been a problem at all so far. Figuring out how to damage it has been.

...swift action to use my last Judgement...

Geez, it's high time we all get to bed.

Naught proceeds to glare at the evil glob of licorice jelly. (for lack of anything better to do)

Do NOT mistake this creature for licorice jelly. This is not the tasty treat you're looking for. :O

:(

Just making sure you don't die a horrible death, LOL. :)

Geez, it's high time we all get to bed.

I'm not completely out of resources but uh... running on fumes for sure.

I'll give the others another day before I move on.

Posting shortly

I think my bow will probably come out next round but I put it in anyways. I can wait a round.