GM Tarondor's Emerald Spire Campaign

Game Master Tarondor

Great! We'll move on as soon as Nych is ready.

I've got Wymond fully updated. He's gonna be better in combat thanks to his new Weapon and Armor Expertises along with his new general feat, Incredible Initiative, giving him +2 to Initiative!

Nycholas gets Studious Spells at 7, so now he can prepare 2x Enlarges a day for free! Nycholas also gets Weapon Specialization as well, so +2 to weapon damage. Took the Fleet General Feat.

Welp! Back to roleplaying Triath for the time being! :P

Sorry for the radio silence this weekend, folks! Gateway issues kept me from posting. Plus, Mother Nature decided to play an April Fool's joke on us by dumping about 8 or so inches of dense, wet snow on us, causing power outages that threw off my sleep cycle due to my CPAP going offline, we weren't able to get out of our garage because of said outage, so we couldn't shovel the driveway immediately, and when we did try to shovel it it was a real struggle due to how heavy and wet the snow was. I finally limped into work about 3 hours late, and stayed late too. Leaving me tired, cranky and sore when I finally got home. Very funny, Mother Nature. Ha ha. You got me. Happy April Fools. -_-

Here I am wondering if we'll ever see snow again. My kids were so disappointed by the complete lack of snow this year - not enough for a snowball, much less sleds.

Sorry to hear your week was worse!

We had a lot of snow in AZ. None of it by me. I am good with that.

I’m gone for the 5th and 6th. See you Friday or thereabouts.

Have fun! :)

Folks, I'm under the weather -and- busy with taxes. If I am a player, please bot me. If I am the GM, I'll be back as soon as I can.

Get well soon! <3

Folks, I want to apologize for my absence. It was a combination of several personal things going on, filing taxes (I own a few businesses so it takes awhile) and having a fairly bad case of bronchitis (which I’m still not over). Nonetheless, I wish I had posted to let you all know I’m still alive.

My plan is to return to all my games tomorrow (Thursday the 20th).

Hooray! :)

:)

Should I roll the readied attack now or wait to do it when a snek approaches?

When it happens.

Thanx! :)

I thought Triath was still with Lilika and Nycholas? He didn't touch the snake idol...

He's a class feature. He chose to go with you.

Unless you don't want him to, but honestly if he's not with you he's self-directed and would choose to be with you, so...

Okay.

Hello, hello!

I’m working on a major trial tomorrow. I’ll be back online shortly after that.

Good luck with that!

Good luck indeed!

Okay, let's talk.

I'm feeling like I must either kill both parties or talk to you out of character. The challenge levels of these two dungeon levels you're on are much tougher than the last one, and you had to run away from the last one. Now you're dividing up into two groups of two.

I feel that I have to warn you that if you don't turn back and try to reunite soon, I can't be responsible for the very likely TPK (or two) that will shortly follow.

I hate stepping out of character like this, but I'd hate for the game to end prematurely, too.

If you tell me you want to press on, I'll assume that you're taking on the risks inherent in splitting the party in a dungeon and say no more.

Nych's question about the next level being snake themed is my attempt to find a reasonable in-game excuse to go back :P

I was under the impression Lilika and Nycholas were looking for us anyway, and it just wasn't as clear as it could have been that they were looking in the wrong direction...

I don't think there is an easy way to find us. Or at least a very likely way, beyond touching the portal. But that is up to them. We have yet to find a way to portal back or I think we would happily take that option.

The other option is we apparently have the ability to teleport back to town? We could just go there to regroup and try again.

In order to use that, we'd need to actually reach the physical Emerald Spire and touch it. If we can't find that, we're stranded.

Ah, I did not know how they worked.

Hello!

I’m off to a vacation tomorrow. I’ll be back after June 21st. I will not be checking my games.

If I am a player, please bot me. If I am the GM, I’ll see you soon!

Tarondor

Have fun!

"Do yer worst!"

"Uh, okay!"

*does exactly what's asked of him*

How was the vacation, GM? I'm going on vacation myself on Tuesday!

Hey folks! I’m back.

For our 35th anniversary, the wife and I took the kids to the Black Hills and Yellowstone National Park. Saw the Badlands, Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Jewel Cave, Devil’s Tower, the Bighorn Mountains, Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. We saw bison, bears, bighorn sheep and elk up close (relatively) and even (supposedly, I’m not sure) a mountain lion at some distance. Despite our best efforts, we saw no wolves.

A came home with a bonus gift: COVID. So I’m taking things slowly, but I’m getting back to my games today.

Wow, that sounds like a fantastic trip!

Also Darn, COVID sucks!

Feel free to take your time getting better. I'll be going to Chicago on Vacation from Tuesday the 27th to Sunday, July 2nd. Feel free to bot Wymond (and Triath!) as necessary.

Welcome back!

I am back from my Chicago trip and will begin catching up on posting this afternoon after work! Thank you for your patience.

Dear GMs and Players:

I apologize for my absence over the last 8-9 days. I have suffered a serious bout of COVID. That plus the stresses of business and family have really beaten me up, physically. I am now up and out of bed, but I continue to live life in the slow lane.

I don’t want you to worry about me. I’m not gone, but I do ask your patience.

If I am your GM, I will return soon. If I am your player, I will understand if you remove me from the game.

Best Regards
Scott / Tarondor

Thank you for the information, GM! You take it easy and get well. I'll be ready when you feel better!

I’m back. I won’t bore you with the details, but life has gotten a bit harder for me. For one thing, I’m about to have a third child in a few weeks, so I’ll be quite busy for a while.

I’m dropping some of my games, but this isn’t one of them. I hope to be able to dedicate greater attention to this game from here on out. Now back to our show.

Congratulations, GM!

Congrats!

Sorry, I saw that we were back on and I dunno, kept forgetting to post lol.

Congrats on your new baby, GM!

So what happened to Nycholas jump spell? I was gonna have him jump straight across the pit. Seemed the most dramatically appropriate use of the spell

I missed reading about it? Oops? I'll put him back.

Hey gang!

I’m off to GenCon and won’t be online until I get back next week. And -then- my wife is having a baby, so expect my presence to be spotty for a bit!

Thanks for bearing with me.

Scott / Tarondor

Have fun, GM!

Hey, gang. My newborn daughter is now a week old and her mother and I are exhausted. I’m returning now to my games, but please forgive me if I’m slow for awhile.

Tis cool! I'm glad things are going well with the new kiddo!

Congratulations!!! Take it as slow as you need.