JZ's Carrion Crown - (Wake of the Watcher) (Inactive)

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Aw, sorry it didn't work out but I'm glad you're able to have such a good attitude about it :)


retired

Interviews always leave me utterly drained and exhausted. You have any others lined up?


Male Ulfen Bloodrager 9 | 94/94 HP | AC 19 T 11 FF 19 (AC 26 currently) | Fort +10 Ref +4 Will +8 | Initiative +0 | Perception +15, Sense Motive +0
Resources:
Rage 9/23 | Spells: 1st 2/3, 2nd 1/1
Zelda | 47/47 HP (0 nonlethal) | AC: 21

That's a bummer JZ. =/

If you don't mind me asking, what was the job?


I'm in the fortunate position in that I don't need a new job, the one I have is great.

I'm the head of user research for the UK office for national statistics. Long story short, the ONS is the centre for stats in the UK and informs government on issues like social change, opinion and the economy. It's my job to help teams learn about users and create services that meet their needs.

This job was a similar role but in the private sector. I was invited to send in a cv via a contact on LinkedIn. It's all fine, I just think having had the chance to interview I acquitted myself well but we just weren't the right fit for eachother

It would have been nice but I really enjoy my job now so it's not like I'm hugely disappointed


INACTIVE - GAME DIED

Wowww so you are literally the guy who holds up the numbers saying "guys everyone agrees that Brexit would be terrible" and then the government tries to do it anyway


Ha please don't get me started on Brexit!

Im more the guy that designs the service that gathers the data on Brexit pre and post and says.... "Well this should come as a surprise to no one" as he looks out on the now Mad Max-esque landscape

At the moment though, I'm working on the next UK census. We have a target if 80% online completion from the whole population so it's a big ask


Male Dhampir Inquisitor 12 | AC 28, Touch 14, FF 26 | HP 69/99 | F +13, R +9, W +15 (+2 vs disease/mind-affecting, -1 vs ability score damage/drain) | Init +7 | Perc +25
Buffed Stats:
AC 32 (+ Lastwall Phalanx), Touch 17, FF 29 | HP 69/99 | F +13, R +10, W +15 (+ Lastwall Phalanx)| Init +7 | Perc +25, See Invisibility | Freedom of Movement

Well "everyone" seems a stretch since it was majority voted for, but let's not get too deep down that rabbit hole :P


Controversial Zed....

You're absolutely right though, it was a narrow majority. I really do wonder if the result would be the same now that certain truths have been revealed.

Anyway, let's leave politics to others.


Male Dhampir Inquisitor 12 | AC 28, Touch 14, FF 26 | HP 69/99 | F +13, R +9, W +15 (+2 vs disease/mind-affecting, -1 vs ability score damage/drain) | Init +7 | Perc +25
Buffed Stats:
AC 32 (+ Lastwall Phalanx), Touch 17, FF 29 | HP 69/99 | F +13, R +10, W +15 (+ Lastwall Phalanx)| Init +7 | Perc +25, See Invisibility | Freedom of Movement

I'm in America so my understanding of European politics is limited to what I hear online. I would put myself in the category of "too ignorant to have a valuable opinion".


Male Ulfen Bloodrager 9 | 94/94 HP | AC 19 T 11 FF 19 (AC 26 currently) | Fort +10 Ref +4 Will +8 | Initiative +0 | Perception +15, Sense Motive +0
Resources:
Rage 9/23 | Spells: 1st 2/3, 2nd 1/1
Zelda | 47/47 HP (0 nonlethal) | AC: 21

I stand by my previous statements that democracy is dumb because people are dumb.


Inactive

Still here, just waiting for the GM to bring us back together~

Also I've been a little sick so there's that.


Inactive

Actually, a little sicker than I first thought - or at least suffering from a lot of recovering-from-sickness malaise and lack of mental energy. Since I've still got work to contend with for the next three nights starting tonight, I'm going to take a few days off PbP to just focus on that and continuing to rest up when I'm home. Feel free to bot Hazel as needed and I'll check back in early next week!


retired

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Hope you’re able to rest up and mend quickly, Hazel!


Need to retcon something - one of the citizens mentioned the name Gregorus as someone who came through recently.

"We haven’t had anybody new in town since that Gregorus feller showed up a while back. He mainly keeps to hisself, and don’t give no trouble."

His name isn't Gregorus (the name of the Rider Vrood's spirit revealed), but someone called Lucas.

My bad.


Male Dhampir Inquisitor 12 | AC 28, Touch 14, FF 26 | HP 69/99 | F +13, R +9, W +15 (+2 vs disease/mind-affecting, -1 vs ability score damage/drain) | Init +7 | Perc +25
Buffed Stats:
AC 32 (+ Lastwall Phalanx), Touch 17, FF 29 | HP 69/99 | F +13, R +10, W +15 (+ Lastwall Phalanx)| Init +7 | Perc +25, See Invisibility | Freedom of Movement

Honestly Zed isn't about saving this guy. To him there's no benefit for the party or their mission, and if he is a criminal and the town decides this is their punishment, he thinks it's a little cruel and unnecessary but isn't going to meddle.

The only potential would be if he had information on Lucas or something else that could help us, but that's a big if.


INACTIVE - GAME DIED

I'm inclined to agree. Seems like a cruel punishment, but the pseudo-medieval setting is full of those. We have no knowledge of what's actually going on, no context, and our preliminary information gathering indicates that the town is executing this guy (in a particularly horrid way) for being a criminal.

I might try to sneak into his head to be sure - I would not be surprised to find out that he's being executed for not being one of the Deep Ones here - but this feels like a way to get ourselves in even more local trouble with a town that already doesn't like us.


NG Male Human Investigator (Psychic Detective)9 lvl 1 spells 6/7 lvl2 5/5 lvl3 4/4 Insp: 10/12 HP 48/48 Init +0, Per +16 AC 18/14/18 Frt3,Rfx6,Wll8

I think Kaz is also not inclined to interfere with local 'justice'. It goes against the grain as 'not the way we did it in Caliphas', but he would probably assume that some semblance of a process was followed.

He is, though beginning to have some deep 'Lovecraftian outsider in Innsmouth' kind of suspicions about this place.

As intended, I'm sure.


Inactive

Back, feeling better! Thanks for your patience!

Re: the man on the rocks - It's definitely not something that Hazel is happy with but Constantin, Kaz, and Zed all have a valid point: we don't know what the heck is happening here and the guy really *could* be a common criminal. She's not ready to make an issue of it - yet.


Inactive

I hope Hazel's concerns as expressed don't seem too meta-gamey. As a player, based on what we've seen and heard so far since getting here, it really does read to me like there's a deeper, more insidious/malicious level of dislike and unease at our presence than what the party experienced way back in Ravengro. I could be reading it totally wrong but that's what it seems like to me and it seems like it's obvious enough for basically anyone new in town to pick up on.


Let me just give you a little context Hazel.

Ustalav is a pretty insular nation as a whole.

If Ravengro is a 6 on the scale of being suspicious and unwelcoming of strangers, then Illmarsh in it's completely backwater remoteness, is probably at least an 8.

Does this mean people here are especially out to get you? Maybe. But not necessarily.


NG Male Human Investigator (Psychic Detective)9 lvl 1 spells 6/7 lvl2 5/5 lvl3 4/4 Insp: 10/12 HP 48/48 Init +0, Per +16 AC 18/14/18 Frt3,Rfx6,Wll8

Sorry, all - I forgot to give my games the heads-up that I would be out of touch last week. I'll be caught up shortly...


retired

I’m recovering from a bout with pneumonia, so I may be a bit scarce yet. Sorry, friends!


Inactive

Hey guys, I'm still alive but I've just been dealing with I finally had to realize was PbP burnout. Been PbPing in varying capacities and with varying game loads since early 2014 so I guess I was overdue for a burnout spell, eh? At any rate I've been doing some work behind the scenes to get my load lightened a bit so I can focus more properly on my player games and the GM games I have that excite me the most.

I've also been taking a little more time to do not-PbP stuff too, which has been nice.

At any rate, I'm going out and about for a bit this afternoon but once I get home later I'll catch up on what I've missed here and get back to posting.


Yeah I hear you Hazel. I reduced my games in January from 8 to 2. It just takes so much time, effort and mental capacity so I completely understand why you needed to take some time off.

It's great that you have decided to stick with this one of all your games!

Having said that we've been ploughing through this for the past 3 years or so - how is everyone still feeling about it?


Male Dhampir Inquisitor 12 | AC 28, Touch 14, FF 26 | HP 69/99 | F +13, R +9, W +15 (+2 vs disease/mind-affecting, -1 vs ability score damage/drain) | Init +7 | Perc +25
Buffed Stats:
AC 32 (+ Lastwall Phalanx), Touch 17, FF 29 | HP 69/99 | F +13, R +10, W +15 (+ Lastwall Phalanx)| Init +7 | Perc +25, See Invisibility | Freedom of Movement

I've been there Hazel. During a hard time in my schooling I had to drop some games. I had so many going on there were three columns in my campaign tab.

But this is one of the games I kept. Honestly, it may very well be my favorite game as far as roleplaying and serious character development goes. I think Zed has been immortalized in my mind and will likely make numerous appearances in my future homebrew games.


Male Ulfen Bloodrager 9 | 94/94 HP | AC 19 T 11 FF 19 (AC 26 currently) | Fort +10 Ref +4 Will +8 | Initiative +0 | Perception +15, Sense Motive +0
Resources:
Rage 9/23 | Spells: 1st 2/3, 2nd 1/1
Zelda | 47/47 HP (0 nonlethal) | AC: 21

I'm in a similar boat. Between my father passing away last year and my responsibilities at work ramping up, I've had to trim back my long term PBP commitments significantly. This was one game I made an effort to maintain precisely because I was enjoying it and playing with all of you so much.


INACTIVE - GAME DIED

I had to drop running games when my S.O. started chemo, but I still have time to slip in to play a few. I’m happy letting Zev, Vala, and Khaz lead the investigative part of this section.


NG Male Human Investigator (Psychic Detective)9 lvl 1 spells 6/7 lvl2 5/5 lvl3 4/4 Insp: 10/12 HP 48/48 Init +0, Per +16 AC 18/14/18 Frt3,Rfx6,Wll8

I have had a hard time getting more than a few minutes of free time at a sitting for the last few months, so my apologies that Kaz hasn't been incredibly active. That being said, this is very much my favorite PbP, and I am definitely interested in keeping it going as long as humanly possible.


I'm in as long as you guys are :)


Inactive

Definitely still in!

Regarding the task at hand I want to say that maybe we should go meet these Neighbors but I'm not actually sure that we've got enough real in-game justification to do that just yet - outside of maybe simply wanting to completely canvass the area in and around Illmarsh and cover our bases.

We could always ask Croon his thoughts on the matter but he may not know anything more than what the Mayor's already told us.

And as much as Hazel likes being straightforward, even she thinks that we need to be careful about how we approach the Church, the Vizier, and the other locals.

Thoughts?


INACTIVE - GAME DIED

Don't forget that I have divination, so we may be able to gain some foreknowledge about what avenues may work or not.


Inactive

That works too :)


INACTIVE - GAME DIED

We need to find out how large and powerful the Viziers actually are.

If the Viziers are like, six people including the sheriff, then it's a matter of identifying them and probably killing them.

If they are the majority of the town, then the other townspeople will be too scared to go against them, and fighting them would mean basically wiping out much of the settlement. Even if we get proof of the malfeasance of the cult, if the townsfolk are outnumbered they can't exactly do anything about it.


Male Ulfen Bloodrager 9 | 94/94 HP | AC 19 T 11 FF 19 (AC 26 currently) | Fort +10 Ref +4 Will +8 | Initiative +0 | Perception +15, Sense Motive +0
Resources:
Rage 9/23 | Spells: 1st 2/3, 2nd 1/1
Zelda | 47/47 HP (0 nonlethal) | AC: 21

I'm always down for a good murdering but we should probably try to understand the conspiracy first. There's a chance that the victims are alive.


Male Dhampir Inquisitor 12 | AC 28, Touch 14, FF 26 | HP 69/99 | F +13, R +9, W +15 (+2 vs disease/mind-affecting, -1 vs ability score damage/drain) | Init +7 | Perc +25
Buffed Stats:
AC 32 (+ Lastwall Phalanx), Touch 17, FF 29 | HP 69/99 | F +13, R +10, W +15 (+ Lastwall Phalanx)| Init +7 | Perc +25, See Invisibility | Freedom of Movement

Honestly this town is such a dumpster fire that I wouldn't mind wiping most of it out.

Yeah I suppose we should try avoiding a massacre.


Inactive

For our GM's benefit it sounds like we're basically in agreement to see if the Mayor can give us somewhere a little more secure to operate from and then to use some magical means to suss out where we should start first.

That said, most of our characters who can do that are currently pretty busy IRL based on previous posts and while I can't speak for anyone else I'm usually not comfortable botting other characters during investigative/RP sections without permission.


Sorry guys! What a crazy few days. Man it doesn't feel like I've even taken a breath.

Thank you for your patience


Inactive

*munches popcorn as she watches the events unfolding in Gameplay*

Checking in! No worries about Hazel being in a holding pattern with the others; things have been a little busy this week so it's good timing for me :)


Yeah things have been crazy for me too. I hope to get back to a good pace soon.

In the meantime, Zed and Kaz, what are your intentions here?


Male Dhampir Inquisitor 12 | AC 28, Touch 14, FF 26 | HP 69/99 | F +13, R +9, W +15 (+2 vs disease/mind-affecting, -1 vs ability score damage/drain) | Init +7 | Perc +25
Buffed Stats:
AC 32 (+ Lastwall Phalanx), Touch 17, FF 29 | HP 69/99 | F +13, R +10, W +15 (+ Lastwall Phalanx)| Init +7 | Perc +25, See Invisibility | Freedom of Movement

I figured I'd give Kaz a chance to to respond since he's more the investigating type.


Ok I will bot Kaz actions by the end of the day if I haven't heard otherwise.


Male Dhampir Inquisitor 12 | AC 28, Touch 14, FF 26 | HP 69/99 | F +13, R +9, W +15 (+2 vs disease/mind-affecting, -1 vs ability score damage/drain) | Init +7 | Perc +25
Buffed Stats:
AC 32 (+ Lastwall Phalanx), Touch 17, FF 29 | HP 69/99 | F +13, R +10, W +15 (+ Lastwall Phalanx)| Init +7 | Perc +25, See Invisibility | Freedom of Movement

After you bot him if he doesn't come back I'll take the reigns and keep the scene moving.


NG Male Human Investigator (Psychic Detective)9 lvl 1 spells 6/7 lvl2 5/5 lvl3 4/4 Insp: 10/12 HP 48/48 Init +0, Per +16 AC 18/14/18 Frt3,Rfx6,Wll8

I'm back - sorry, all, crazy weekend.


INACTIVE - GAME DIED

Yesss can’t wait for the crazy shenanigans


Inactive

It's a little early but I finally got my work schedule for the month and wanted to note the following now:

I'll be out of town at a convention April 13th & 14th. Given the nature of conventions I likely won't be checking in or posting at all except for maybe quick notes in Discussion if necessary.

I'll also be out of town April 22nd - April 24th. For this I will have my chromebook and should be able to check in and make some posts in the evenings before bed.

That is all :)


Thanks Hazel.

Does everyone have Roll20 accounts? I am considering switching map-making to that.

Also - and this is perhaps a little more out there - do you all use Discord? I have recently been playing in a game run on Discord via text. It's a bit of a change from traditional play by post but I have to say I am massively converted to it. Things move so much quicker, it's easy to have side conversations for rp, dice rolling is all taken care of in there, easily share images of monsters or NPCs etc

Would anyone be interested in something like that or is too much change?


Male Dhampir Inquisitor 12 | AC 28, Touch 14, FF 26 | HP 69/99 | F +13, R +9, W +15 (+2 vs disease/mind-affecting, -1 vs ability score damage/drain) | Init +7 | Perc +25
Buffed Stats:
AC 32 (+ Lastwall Phalanx), Touch 17, FF 29 | HP 69/99 | F +13, R +10, W +15 (+ Lastwall Phalanx)| Init +7 | Perc +25, See Invisibility | Freedom of Movement

I have a Roll20. I have no issue switching, although I have very limited phone access to those maps.

I also use Discord. I don't know if I would like to switch to it for PbP though.


retired

Never used discord before, but I’m big user of Roll20. My opinion for Roll20 is it’s a poor middle ground. I’ve been in a game that used it only for maps and it was more hassle than it was worth. Any of the file sharing sites at least load on mobile, Roll20 technically loads, but not in any helpful or useful manner.


Male Ulfen Bloodrager 9 | 94/94 HP | AC 19 T 11 FF 19 (AC 26 currently) | Fort +10 Ref +4 Will +8 | Initiative +0 | Perception +15, Sense Motive +0
Resources:
Rage 9/23 | Spells: 1st 2/3, 2nd 1/1
Zelda | 47/47 HP (0 nonlethal) | AC: 21

I've got a roll20 account and I'd be happy to switch.

The only wrinkle would be squeezing posts in from work. The office firewall doesn't play nice with roll20. I may be dependant on folks to move my token in the future.


INACTIVE - GAME DIED

I have a Roll20 account just for games on here that use it for maps.

I am not a Discord user.

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