DMDM's Wrath of the Righteous (Inactive)

Game Master Douglas Muir 406

Well, as "all right" as one can be while being trapped in a lightless underground cavern while demons rampage on top...

Sorry, gang. I've been having internet access issues here in Tajikistan -- outside of the office, I'm stuck either using my mobile phone hotspot (theoretically a gig a month, but it's inefficient and burns really fast) or sitting in one of the few cafes that have free wi-fi.

I'm actually outside of Tajikistan for the next few days starting Sunday, so things should pick up a little.

Yeah, a GB doesn't last as long as you think it would, even with efficient transfer. Hope the new job is enjoyable/challenging/engaging!

Well, after some painful contemplation, I eventually decided to shut down my other PBP campaign. I'd been running that one for two and half years (!) but... well, there's just not bandwidth for two. Not actual megs per day, and not time and attention either. Right now, it turns out, I can run /at most/ one PBP. Now let's see if the actual figure is more or less than one...

That's too bad, I enjoyed lurking on the WotW. Will watch for it to start back up, just in case.

As for me, I'm preparing for a conference presentation next week, so I'll probably not be posting much until 6 June or so, when I return. Feel free to bot Osei as needed.

He's currently huddling in some "safe" corner.

Going forward, I'm going to assume that if a player doesn't act within 48 hours, then no action is taken. Obviously, there will be reasonable exceptions if you're out of town or whatever; you can ask me to DMPC you or another player to step in, etc. etc.

Note that this requires you to check in every couple of days. This doesn't seem unreasonable to me, but what do you think?

Seems reasonable to me.

Agreed

Busy week -- will have more up in the next day or so.

One of these days I may actually be conscious again.

Unless the otyugh eats me first... it is an otyugh, right?

I think you are still too fresh for it. As long as we don't let you bleed out and decay, I think you're fine. Though it could have a penchant for take-out ...

Welp. That was wrong - the beastie is totally down to eat your freshly unconscious self!

I hope it only wants carrion.

Laurie looks to be gone, but we still have Felice and the temporarily silenced Alderman to deal its. Meanwhile, I suppose someone could try talking to the otyugh...

Can we bot the DM if his internet access is down? :)

Or we can just assume that all the enemies have taken no actions for around 5 rounds now, per Doug's suggested 48 hour rule.

Should we post and resolve 5 rounds worth of actions? =D

Easy for me... Five rounds of being jounced unconscious on a paladin's shoulder.

...and he liked it!

Balek, if he were conscious, would like it that an old friend is loyal enough to carry him out of danger in search of healing. Love is not too strong a word.

Though not that way.

Sex is for kids. And pair-bonding, and reward, and enjoyment, and so on, but in Erastil's view the primary purpose of all that stuff is to produce the next generation and keep the parents putting up with each other for long enough to raise them to be the next generation, when the cycle repeats. ("Lather" and "rinse" are optional, depending on the availability of soap and water in your cultural milieu. "Repeat" is not optional.) Balek just hasn't met the right person yet, though a certain amount of teenage experimentation is not ruled out. Erastil doesn't actually have a problem with teenage experimentation, as long as any resultant kids get properly supported.

Hello all.

So, it's been a combination of work distraction and /really bad internet/ here in Tajikistan. Every time that one ISIS guy posts a video, they pretty much shut down the internet for a week or two. A high ranking Tajik defected to ISIS a while back -- google "Tajik ISIS" and maybe "tomato" and you'll get him -- and the government here is super crazy paranoid about political Islam, so whenever he posts they just shut everything down. Which, okay, we're next door to Afghanistan, but honestly guys, this is not going to do it.) VPN can sometimes get around, but you have to play find-the-server tag.

Honestly not sure how to proceed here.

Well, I'm willing to hang around until the internet situation gets better for you, which I understand may a while.

Agreed, we can pick up as soon as the situation changes...

I'm here even if we move slower than the UQ Pitch Drop experiment -- that's fine. If we need to put on hiatus, that's understandable, though sad.

I am willing to wait

I think I must put the campaign officially on hiatus at this point, at least for the next few months. My sincere apologies to all of you.

I understand, but I will be ready when you're ready to start it up again.

No problem. I look forward to it coming back.

thats ok by me, I whont have much time to post in the next two month anyway.

No problems, DM - thanks for letting us know. Hopefully we'll get a chance to start back up at some point.

Hope all is well!