Sorry you are having to go through all that! As noted, we'll be here when you are ready and able.
Dropping a note in all my games. I am hoping things won't change too much, but wanted to forewarn my games that there may be some delays in my posting. My work schedule is usually busiest over the summer months and while it is slow right now I know at some point it will get crazy busy when I start getting shipments in of hundreds of new computers for a rebuild of one of my schools I manage. On top of this I am finishing up my dual MBA/MSIS this summer with three classes in a condensed 8-week semester.
All of this to say, I will do my best to keep up and if I know of major delays I will try to notify people (like when it is finals week), but if I do end up disappearing for a few days here or there just know it won't be long term. All the craziness I have going on over the next couple months should primarily be wrapped up near the end of July.
As always, if you need something quick you can generally ping me on Discord.
Thank you for the heads up, Celia. Good luck with all your work and classes!
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Is everyone ready to proceed with the trip to Acisazi?
I think so.
Yes, think we are ready to set sail.
Engage.
I'll give Evander another day to reply.
In the meantime, feel free to brainstorm anyone/anything else you want Gilda to scry on during your trip.
Really sorry for the delay, guys. I’ve had a rough few days. Hoping to get going again tonight.
I’m going to wait a bit longer for hopefully at least a couple more replies.
Hey, guys, sorry. It was our first Father's Day, and I didn't have a lot of time to post.
Anyway, do we want to ask the elves for some kind of support in our struggle against Barzillai? I was thinking that's what we'd do originally, but given the village's condition and sickness, I'm starting to think that might not be a good idea.
Figure we can ask them after we've sorted things for them.
I have family coming into town this week, so I may be less responsive than usual. I'm going to try to keep us moving, but if I miss a day, that's why.
I suppose in hindsight, with family coming into town, I should have just said I would be away/not posting for a few days. So I guess this is me saying that later than I should have. Probably will be back to my normal routine by Tuesday, but I don’t expect us to get back to our normal pace right away.
Hehe no worries. We haven't been at a normal pace for a bit, mostly because its not been a normal 'time' for awhile with everything going on.
I suppose that's true. Here's hoping we can get back to some sense of normalcy, sooner than later.
I'll probably give folks another day or two to post before moving us forward.
I just realized I don't have Vend's stats for use as a familiar.
Presumably he's coming along with us. I'll admit though I am somewhat having second thoughts about an improved familiar in PbP - it's probably not as fluid to roleplay with compared to a tabletop setting whereas a non-speaking familiar/companion is easier to emote (or one where the player has full autonomy over the roleplay of?).
He just has the standard faerie dragon stats which you can see here.
It's a little tough since I've already role-played as him a bit up to this point. I don't mind you having more say on his flavor or personality. Presumably, over time, he would be shaped by Gilda's own preferences anyway.
Hmm, what about this, you can roleplay as him whenever you like, but I reserve the option to also roleplay as him if it seems appropriate for the story (would most likely be in out-of-combat situations). You don't need to make a separate alias or anything like that (unless you want to).
How does that sound?
Not sure exactly when it starts, but this upcoming week my wife wants the family to be device free, so I will not be online for about a week.
Hey, I wanted to just drop you all a quick note. Between having two major school projects due over the next two days, finals next week, and craziness at work, my wife just got home from a few nights in the hospital yesterday, and she has some temporary mobility issues so I've had my hands full. Please bot me as necessary. I swear I will be back to my normal posting at some point, hopefully after my finals are over next week.
Thank you for the heads up, folks! I'll give one more day for anyone else that wants to post additional prep before diving down, then move us along.
That said, if both Gregor and Celia are out for a few days, I might hold off on any potential combat since I'd rather not have to bot both of them for several days in a row.
Evander would like to use monkeyfish, but it's a minute per level extract, so he'll save it for later.
Since we’re still missing a couple folks, I’ll hold off on pushing things forward till we hear from at least one of them. Feel free to discuss any plans you might want to make to save Evander in the meantime.
I mean, it's not like I'm going to drown - we have water breathing on. And my Swim check isn't exactly, um, high, so I'm not going to be moving that fast.
Course neither is my grapple check. I don't have ranks in Escape Artist.
Look, I'm not gonna be hard to catch, is what I'm saying.
On a missing folks thing, the folks we're missing are Celia and Gregor, who both said they were out for a bit. You may just want to roll their saves for them.
Matiscio will simply dive after him and try to keep Evander from swimming on down to his demise.
I could just roll for them, Evander, and probably will eventually if needed, but that was also sort of a test to see if things could move forward yet. But as I mentioned, you can feel free to work on 'rescuing' or 'stopping' Evander still.
To answer your in-game question, Gilda, I'm assuming you can tell what was happening if you made the save, so you could guess that Evander wasn't able to resist the effect as you were.
Going to give Celia and Gregor one more day to chime in before pushing things forward. I would much prefer at least one of them to be back before we proceed.
Dropping a note in all my games. Finished up with school yesterday, just waiting on the audit for me to officially be done and graduate even though there are no commencements with the whole virus thing. Wife is doing better after brief stint in the hospital. Looking at starting to get back into my games and get posting again sometime this week. My work is really crazy as first kids were coming back on the 17th but now everything is going to be virtual for an indeterminate amount of time, but teachers are coming back still and there is a lot of questions floating out there so bare with me as I ease into catching up on things and getting back into a regular posting routine again over the next week or so.
Thank you for the heads up, Celia! Will be good to have you back soon!
I hope we get to congratulate you real soon, Celia! :)
Bump, bump
I touched base with Dak (Celia) earlier today and he's tested positive for COVID and has been sick and out of commission for awhile and he still remains sick. He said to let everyone know he'll be back when he recovers.
Sheet, that's truly awful news. I hope he makes a speedy recovery.
Hey, I wanted to drop in and give all my games an update. I'm still alive, obviously, and I've managed to stay out of the hospital and off a ventilator. However, I'm still not fully recovered. Even though I'm outside my two week symptomatic/infectious period by over a week there are some lingering issues that are still weighing on me (continued shortness of breath, getting light headed, overall fatigue). I doing my best to push through it but it is barely just enough to get me through work everyday and doesn't leave a lot of time for anything else. I would like to give a hard and fast "I'll be back and up to playing again by this time", but sadly at this point I can't. It could be a couple weeks or it could be a couple months for me to get used to this new (hopefully temporary) norm on top of a few other things going on.
All this to say, I'm ok, I'm trying my best to manage, but I can't give you a hard "this is when I will be back". I understand it has been awhile as it is, between this most recent struggle with COVID and my past slowness with finishing up my graduate stuff so if you need to move on without me I completely understand and I'm just sorry that right as I was getting back into things again this whole virus thing came along and knocked me back down again. I'll check in again once I feel I'm up to playing with everything else I am balancing.
Is everyone still alive and or okay?
I hope you made a speedy recovery, Dak. I hear it can be a gruesome journey back up if the virus got you good :(
Thumbs up here, at least for now.
And yes, also wishing Dak well.
I am. Wishing Dak well, as well.
Sorry for the long silence a lot been going on and after getting pinged on Discord I wanted to drop a note in all my games. I'm actually doing a lot better now, pretty much fully recovered. However, my wife has been really sick, last month she was in the hospital for a week and I'm sitting in the surgery center now waiting to see how things turn out on a few hour procedure she is currently in. Depending on how invasive the surgery is I may be dealing with a lot for at least a month or so taking care of her and the kids and working. On top of that with the holidays coming and the normal delays that revolve around that I am going to say that it's going to be at least January before I look at picking things up again. Maybe if things get better sooner I will try jumping back in before that but I feel like early January is going to be more realistic.
If you need to move on without me I understand feel free to set my character aside or find a replacement if needed and when I check back we can go from there. Sorry for all the absent time, these last few months have just really kicked my butt first physically, then mentally and emotionally. Hope you all are keeping safe and have a good Thanksgiving and Christmas for those who celebrate.