Gm Aest's Kingmaker: To Forge a Kingdom

Game Master Aest

I'm just glad you're all back!

Super-short gameplay post, and a question... is all my stuff back at the outpost?

If it was packed on Surefoot, it's here with us. We didn't unpack you or distribute your things.

EDITED to ADD: I am fighting the temptation to sing the Dwarf mining song from Snow White...

You didn't immediately strip my still-warm body and distribute my belongings equally among the party?! And you call yourselves adventurers! :P

I just love prestidigitation!

Oi! Lurkers! What exactly do you folks do? Do you just read everything quietly, offering input at times? Do you PM each other to place bets on who's going to do something stupid? Do you provide your own commentary? Do you secretly go full MST3K or Statler & Waldorf? Do you draw fanart? How do you entertain yourselves with this little game of ours? Genuinely curious here!

I've been reading along. I'll talk about it with Hmm, especially the differences between this and our home game of Kingmaker.

The only other comments have been public comments here.

*materializes*

You rang? :D

I mainly just read along and laugh and 'awww' where appropriate. Hmm and I sometimes chat about the game via Hangouts and of course you've seen me pop in here from time to time.

I do like the idea of the lurkers going MST3K in the background though :3

*edit* I'm also playing in a Kingmaker game here on the forums so it's fun to see how different GMs approach all the encounters and NPCs!

Hello, lurkers. How are you? Glad to see you're enjoying the game. Feel free to make bets or go full MST3K on us, that's fine.

Everyone around?

I did PM Deliverance (Luthor) but haven't heard back. I hope he's okay. I should check in on Daen too.

BTW, I love how you write Perli and Tyg... And that you've let Cyanne know that her boyfriend met the Nixie.

Working on a post now. Just had three double shifts this week, so I'm playing a bit of catch up on the weekend.

I love our lurkers, and I love the singing! :D Cyanne, you're making me want to write songs again. Maybe a ballad of Medge the Pirate King? Lali's not a song writer :(

I hope Luthor's ok. Let us know if you here from him.

Daen, that sounds...painful. Get some rest!

OK Cyanne's choice of her song 'My Favorite Things' by Rogers and Hammerstein was the straw that broke the camels back, he he.

You have not truly heard this song until you have heard THIS version.

*GASP* New Lurker! Hi Lurker!! :D

Hi lurker!

Ha! My song made Eric delurk! Awesome!

Everyone, this is Eric. He's in my Mummy's Mask campaign and he's awesome.

@Daen: Please take care of yourself! Working back to back double shifts is exhausting.

Hugs all around!
Hmm

Another lurker appears! How long have you been there?! Are there any more of your hiding around here?

Daen, take care of yourself. That sounds hellish.

Hmm, keep us posted if you hear anything from Luthor.

Yes thank you for the kind words Hmm!

I am awesome! If you need further proof then look at my profile :D

Kaz, I have been a member of these boards for...ohhh a long time (2009, he he)

Now back to lurking :P

So, I'm not going to be around until tomorrow. I went out this morning to find that my car's been broken into. So right now I'm dealing with the police/insurance/DMV and I'm not in the right frame of mind for writing. Unless it's about how I would gladly strangle whoever did it. I guess the one positive is that they didn't break a window to get in. What makes me furious is that the parking lot at my apartment complex is gated so one of my neighbors did this. I am MAD.

Oh, Lali! That SUCKS. Car trouble is going around. Bret's refused to start in the cold weather.

I will be posting as Cyanne, but with everyone busy, I've been trying to slow down my posts here so that I'm not the one dominating gameplay all the time.

Hmm

Lali, that's awful news. I'd be spitting chips. Don't blame you for being pissed! Take some deep breaths, get this s#$@ sorted, and we'll be here when you're ready. Hopefully they catch the rotten neighbour. Though if you want to rant, I'll gladly listen. :P

Cyanne, car trouble sure does seem to be going around. My dear old Baldrick has sprung an oil leak, and my mother's motorcycle ('Cherry Baby') has come down with a leaky coolant tube and a puncture over the course of her recent road-trip. On top of that, my sister's car alternator's just kicked the bucket!

I'm trying to keep on top of posting as well; I've just been in a real rut. No job, missing my mum, ex won't stop messaging me... Just feeling pretty low in general. Plus I'm in the same boat as Cy, not wanting to spam gameplay while everyone else is busy.

I'll take it at the pace the game wants to move at. If that's slower, we can go slower until people are in places they can post regularly.

Sorry to hear everyone's troubles.

On the other hand, the surest way for a game to die is for no one to be posting, and for everyone to be waiting for someone else to do something. Maybe you and I will have to carry gameplay for a bit so that the others have stuff to respond to...

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I have been very glad to see you posting regularly again, Kaz. BTW, what is the ex messaging you about? Is he pestering you to get back together or does he want something that he left at your place?

If it's about stuff, get rid of him by getting whatever it is back to him. If it's about the relationship, remember why you two broke up in the first place. Don't let him back just because he's whiny. That's a huge mistake. Second chances should only happen if both parties have had a chance to learn and grow in the meantime.*

Hmm

* Will this get me kicked out of the Shelynite Union?

Honestly, that sounds very Shelynite. "Second chances should only happen if there's something to love again" would be straight out of their playbook, as far as I know.

He wants to return things I left at his place. I've told him, I'm not interested in an empty glasses case, six-dollar pair of linen pants, half-bottle of bourbon, or all the old love letters I sent him. As far as I'm concerned, he can drink the bourbon and burn the rest.

He keeps wanting to catch up for coffee - "nothing weird, just as friends". Keeps asking how I'm doing. Says he knows I'm seeing someone (I'm not). Asking about my sex life (as if he has any right to know). Says he misses my family (yeah, well, you can mention that in the 50 messages you've sent to my sister because I'm not responding).

All in all, it's just tiring.

Ugh. That's just pathetic. He wants back with you, but he doesn't have the balls to say so? You're better off without him. Ignore and move on.

Hugs,
Hmm

Hey everyone. Much like Lali, I havnt been in the right head space to post anything for a solid week (maybe more?). Thought it was about time some proof of life was handed out to you guys.

Ill see about a post later this evening.

Thanks for the check-in. It's nice to know you're still around, Luthor.

HE LIVES!

Good to know you're still kicking. Take care of yourself, mate.

Thank you for posting, sweetie. We worry when you go completely silent.

Hugs,
Hmm

I was going to post yesterday, but then I got the opportunity to see my favourite band for free, so I went to that instead. Also took them out for pancakes!

Kaz, two things:

1) Pancakes with your favorite band? Awesome!

2) That was a kick-ass speech there. I LOVED it.

Yeah? I was worried it was too rambly. It was hard to write; my head was still blown out from the joy of having pancakes with these guys at this joint.

Lead singers go that Till Lindemann "inexplicably appealing" look to him. Or for another example, Clint Eastwood.

Also, failed to deliver on that post. Maybe today will be the day. Havnt felt this mentally blasted in a while.

While I'm hoping that today will be the day, I'm just glad you're checking in with us and letting us know you're still alive.

I had a big post, and then I just threw it out. It wasn't working. I'ma gonna try a nap and go after it again when I put the kids to bed.

Cyanne hugs Daen. "When you're rested, it will come."

I've been lurking for a few days now, read aboout 2/3 through the game posts, and I just wanted to tip my figurative hat in admiration to the lot of you. Very well done.

(nods toward Daen) Hey, good to see you. Nagh tig shenk'hat.

Zoh, so nice of you to visit! Stay as long as you like, and welcome!

Lurker no. 4 appears! Where do you guys keep coming from?! :P

I think I'm responsible for all four people checking the thread out. However, they all became readers because of what the rest of you have done here.

Hmm

Lurker no. 4 appears! Where do you guys keep coming from?! :P

Belkzen, and proud of it! ;-)

I was another player in the game Daen and Aest were in last year. Then I submitted for Aest's new Eberron game without realizing it. So I figured I'd read up on what you've all been up to.

Again I say, great job.

Zohruk

I need you guys to know, I don't cry for anything less than like, Andy giving his toys to Bonnie at the end of Toy Story 3.

And I cried when Luthor found Kaz.

You guys...

I need you guys to know, I don't cry for anything less than like, Andy giving his toys to Bonnie at the end of Toy Story 3.

And I cried when Luthor found Kaz.

You guys...

You and me both, mate. You and me both. Though I'm a notoriously teary person; still counts, though.

I cried too. Just about every time that Cyanne got weepy it was because Hmm was weepy.

Gang, if no one else posts in 24 hours, Cyanne will pull off all her clothes and interrupt gameplay for the biggest burlesque dance scene ever, and who cares what that will do to the plot, her relationship with Daen, or her redefining herself in the Stolen Lands. Heck, she'll take off all of Kaz's clothes and teach him to poledance with her. Maybe I can get Tyg and Perli in the act.

This is a threat.

Don't make me do it.

Post. Please. A sentence or something. We have THINGS to do here. Let's take a look at what is going on. We have:

1) a burgeoning romance between Kaz and Luthor. I want to help set it in motion, but only if Luthor is HERE.

2) an exciting plot to get Akiros back on his feet and in as a spy / double agent within the camp of the Staglord.

3) a trip back to Restov to get Kaz restored;

4) the company of secret agents Tyg and Perli on that trip to Restov;

5) a battle with the Staglord!

Let's do this PEOPLE! Come join me... or face burlesque. The choice is yours.

Hmm

Oh boy, now you've done it. They'll all stay away just to see the show.

Wait, did I just ruin it for everyone?

Lali's waiting outside the barn until Kaz and Daen are out, so there's not much for me to post. Plus I want to see Cyanne and Kaz as a pole dancing duo *grabs popcorn*

Hmmph. How about if I promise the show in ooc discussion if you all reward me with some short posts. Let's finish this up so we can head on to Restov!

Well. Looks like I need to post, if only to spare my character from what would be the most awkward and uncomfortable experience of my life. >.>

Also:

1) a burgeoning romance between Kaz and Luthor. I want to help set it in motion, but only if Luthor is HERE.

Every time you mention something like this, be it IC or OOC, I just keep picturing Cyanne with this face. I don't even know why.