Okay, normal posting should resume tonight / tomorrow. Winter may have a job for you, but meanwhile think about what you might like to do with yourselves.
M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)
I have been having issues with the Paizo website from time to time (I think it's a Paizo issue, not a my-computer issue). I will keep posting as reasonable and feasible but responses may be a bit delayed.
M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)
OK, so Yordan is distracted by his Mental 1 state (-4 CHA, plus make a DC 15 Will save to enter dangerous situations) and sickened by his Physical 0 state (-2 to attacks, saves, skill checks). I don't suppose either of those have been cleared up by a couple of nights of rest... ?
The distraction will clear up after a good night's rest, hey! Of course, to get a good night's rest, you need to make a DC 15 Will save -- otherwise, the nightmares.
The pace of posting seems to have really slowed down in the last two or three weeks. That happens, sometimes. But you have a clearly defined objective now (clear the wing) which should be... I don't say easy... straightforward enough. So, if there's nothing else you want to do in the Sanctuary, let's get a party marching order together and move out.
Male Human Rogue (Swindler) 2 AC:14 HP 10/10 Perc:+5 Init: +3 F:+1 R:+5 W:+1 SAN: 37/40
Ready. I know it's summer vaca time here in the US, not sure if that is part of the slowdown.
Same marching order:
Fritz
Ghelik
Oracle
Kyleen
Mrkala
Yordan
M Human Wizard (Elder Mythos Scholar) 2|Init:+7;Per:+4|HP: 11/11;San: 36/39; AC:12(T:12,FF:10)| Fort:+1, Ref:+2, Will+5|
I agree with these marching orders.
I've slowed down due to stressors at work and my wife being away. I have no idea how single parents handle rambunctious children and full time jobs alone all the time..can't wait till she's back!
I've slowed down due to stressors at work and my wife being away. I have no idea how single parents handle rambunctious children and full time jobs alone all the time..can't wait till she's back!
I have two small people. I recommend cages. Or, summer camp.
M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)
M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)
M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)
Never heard of it. My current bedside stack topper is Russell Weigley's Eisenhower's Lieutenants : the campaign for France and Germany, 1944-45.. Last SF was Katherine Addison's The Goblin Emperor.
I liked Goblin Emperor well enough, but it suffered from mustache-twirling villains.
K6BD is a webcomic. It takes a few pages to get going, but then it's go, go, go. Basic premise: God is long since dead or gone, and the universe is being run by seven evil demiurges who are thematically associated with the Seven Deadly Sins. There is a Chosen One who is supposed to gain the Key of Kings, overthrow the seven, and set the universe to rights. But he gets kidnapped at just the wrong moment and the Key lands on the person nearest to him: Allison, an underemployed twenty three year old barista with a philosophy degree.
M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)
It's interesting, though the art is a little weird for my taste. (It probably means something, but I'm not sure what.) Very Hindu/Gnostic in cosmology so far -- I'm only a little way into book 2.
M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)
I go back and binge-read GG about once per quarter.
The Hindu/Gnostic thing is very deliberate. (Someone once said that K6BD reads like a heavy metal album written by a comparative religion major.) The art improves very noticeably through the first three books. Now it reminds me of Paul Pope.
M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)
Just wondering -- for those sleeping in the chapel, did they see holy water or anything like that there? Or a font for making it?
I think retreat and regroup, though maybe we should look in that hidden corridor before resting... it seems like the only other place we haven't looked. Unless there's a secret compartment somewhere...
M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)
Have to search once I get back in there... does anyone else see any problems with this?
M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)
I knew I should have slept in there and done some looking around, but Yordan is somewhat self-sacrificing.
Posting has been light because I'm getting into some short term work after finishing the Tajikistan job. Currently in Dubai, en route from Frankfurt to Kabul. More anon.
M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)
And here I was thinking that we were all too embarassed to say anything to Winter...
M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)
I'm in Kabul, Afghanistan. I'm totally fine but very distracted; apparently being here is taking me right out of whatever headspace is good for running a PBEM campaign. However, I'll be back next week. I honestly don't know whether my head will get back in the game (or if it does, how quickly) but I'm not walking away quite yet.
M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)
Stay safe, Doug. We want you back alive (and incidentally continuing to GM, but that's far less important than 'back alive').
My previous job ended in July, and the two months since then have been Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. I had a job lined up; it fell through. Got a short-term job in... Afghanistan! Which was super interesting but also kind of intense and a tiny bit depressing and knocked me right out of the gaming headspace.
While there, got another job offer! It fell through. Came back from Afghanistan. Bounced right back to Tajikistan. Got offered another two months of work in Afghanistan, which would have paid very well but nnngh I did not love being in Afghanistan. Got a third job offer which was "we think we won this bid, and if we did you have a job, but wait for confirmation" and hung up in limbo for two weeks.
And now it looks like I really, truly will have a job running a project in Chisinau, Moldova, starting on or around the end of this month.
So now that that's settled, I'm thinking about getting back into the campaign. My head's still not completely back in the game, I confess, but maybe the best way to deal with that is to push forward. So, willing to give it a try and see what happens.
So... who's still in? Players, have you lost interest and wandered off? I wouldn't blame you; but if not, chime in, please.
M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)
Glad you seem to be doing OK. As for the game...
Push forward! I want to discover how we got in here ;)
I'm guessing that since the whatzis didn't chase us down and kill us all it probably does want to talk to us, but Yordan is really scared of talking to it. Right now we've just reported to Winter -- maybe she has an idea or two.
Fortuitous I logged back into Paizo today - I'm all for continuing! However, I am defending my Ph.D. on November 2, and currently in the End Game. Constant writing/prepping publications. It is likely I will require some/lots of botting between now and then.
M Human (Ustalavian) Ranger (infiltrator) 2 -- HP 13/16, AC 16, init +5, Per +8 Fort +5 Refl +6 Will +2, San 32/34, distracted (-4 CHA), sickened (-2 to all)
I'm thinking we may have to attack this thing, but I'm reluctant to stir up something that isn't (so far) a threat. Opinions?
