KC's Age of Worms

Game Master Kobold Catgirl

I might not get a post up today. Mental health stuff. I'll try to post tonight, and if not, tomorrow morning.

If we don't hear from Tanith today, I'll assume there's no objection. Sorry for holding things up for a full unanimous vote—this is one of those times where I'd prefer to be sure everyone's on board.

Sorry, posted. I didn't have a lot to add.

No worries. I'll try to get Krekie's stats to the party over the next week—I haven't finished her redesign, but feel free to throw her at any rogue-ish problems that Carina and Eben don't want to deal with.

So, my laptop may be broken, which isn't a huge crisis but will likely mean that I won't be able to post very frequently for a bit, as I will be dependent on my phone to post.

Oh, that sucks. Hope you don't lose anything critical.

Damn, that sorta sounds like a huge problem. Not for the game, but generally. Hope you can get a working computer again soon!

Yeah, that sucks big time. Sorry, and +1 to what Gark said!

Okay, computer's back up and running, just in time to be house-sitting. I'm working on a post now, but expect posting to get a little spotty for a patch.

Sorry, I had to take a couple days off the internet, but I should have let y'all know sooner. All is well--I just felt a little burned out between work and hobbies. I'll be back tomorrow.

Update: KC's computer is still throwing a hissy fit and being uncooperative. The issue will be resolved tomorrow.

Sorry about the radio silence, everyone. Things got really rough in my personal life for a few weeks and I've been putting everything into my work to try to at least get one source of stress under control. My situation has eased up a little, and I'm close to caught up on commissions. We'll be back June 1st.

Looking forward to it!

I'll wait one more day for Jelani, then rotate the memories regardless, so Tanith can have someone to talk to. Like I said, Jelani dropping would be totally understandable - I really fell off the face of the earth for a month as far as the non-Discord crowd was concerned - but I won't deny that it would be a blow.

I'm here. Sorry, I didn't even realize it'd been since Tuesday that the post went up. I'll try to post here as soon as I see new posts from now on so that I don't forget to go back later, my bad.

No worries! I was just bracing myself for bad news. Looking back, I jumped the gun in worrying after just a few days.

I'll post tomorrow afternoon. Sorry, days are pretty swingy lately.

Ugh, I might not manage it today after all. Had a big roommate squabble last night and the first half of the day was basically occupied resolving it, and now I have work to catch up on. These updates are more challenging than normal ones, since they're obviously very individualized, so please bear with me a bit longer and we'll get back to the action soon enough.

I promise I'm not fading out again, it's just been a lot to deal with for these last few days in a row. I have the post about halfway drafted at this point.

Okay, things are starting to calm down around here at long last. Thank you all for your patience. I think I can get things moving again tomorrow. Fingers crossed!

Huzzah!

Yay!

To be clear, the post is still on the docket. It's... basically just a matter of looking for a day where I can focus on managing the "this update is behind schedule" panic for an hour or so to finish writing it. Once the stone is rolling, I can keep up, but getting the boulder moving to begin with is the trick.

Sorry that I keep trying for a day and missing it! I'm going to aim for sometime this week, and keep it vague like that from now on.

Getting work done on time would genuinely be so much easier if I didn't care if it was late. XD

Don't worry about it. I've got exactly the same problem.

I literally thought about posting Thursday, but figured, "nah, I have three more days, better to focus on work instead. Not like some horrible great dome of upwards of 114-degree days and 85-degree nights is gonna mess with my productivity."

I'll do my best, but if things get pushed back to more like Tuesday or Wednesday, it's because my energy is being rationed for major priorities.

I'm pretty sure I can get the posts up tomorrow morning or early noon as long as nothing else blows up in my face. I give it pretty good odds--let's say 7/10. I was hoping for today, but I just had an absolutely pedantically rickety day, so I'm going to spend the evening prepping and outlining the post and taking things easy.

Things are stabilizing. I'm finally seeing my therapist again after a forced 1.5-month hiatus, so that's excellent. I'm planning a post sometime between the 28th and the 5th of August, after I'm back from a trip to Bellevue I'm making to see a friend.

If I'm not able to resume by the end of the first week of August, I may have to consider ending this game, just because it's frankly not responsible of me to keep everyone waiting multiple months if I don't really have a plan to resume. If we do end, I'll try to make sure there's a good, solid wrap-up of some kind to give us all some closure. I'm considering it an absolute worst-case scenario.

That said, right now I'm optimistic. Things are getting easier and my workflow has gotten a lot more steady and reliable. Knock on wood!

It's good to hear you're getting some help, have somebody to talk to.

It might be on the later end of that range - persevering through this second heat dome, which is basically an unimaginative sequel to the first one.

I imagine it's less a 'sequel' and more like, 'a continuation of the saga'.

Hard to believe it's "only" been two months! We're back, though!

Goodness gracious I literally told my girlfriend, "Yeah, I'm gonna go update the forum games now," and then instantly got caught up in an ADHD hyperfocus and now it's two hours later and time for bed. I'll post tomorrow!

Actually, I may not get a post up until Saturday or Sunday. I've been pressed by a work deadline I didn't quite meet today due to yesterday's troubles. It's frustrating, but I'll have it done tomorrow morning, and then I'll hopefully find myself with much more breathing room.

I mentioned it in the Discord, but to repeat it here: We'll be back soon.

Was diagnosed with ADHD as a kid, long time ago. Always written it off as BS and suffered through, but g&& d$$n that comic is #relateable.

Never seen something capture my struggle so perfectly.

I'm basically in the same boat right now. Good luck! I hope we both get caught up and then have the wisdom to slow down during those high times.

Thanks, Jelani. I really appreciate that.

I'm working on a post for today! Not sure if it'll make it up today. All this internal Paizo stuff has kind of messed with my head a bit, as those in the Discord have probably noticed. I've been on these forums since I was ten, so I feel "obligated" to speak up in all the arguments going on because it all feels very personal for me, and then I'm hyperfocused on it and it's consuming my whole mood and there my day goes.

I'm completely unaware there are things going on at Paizo.

I was actually worried I'd somehow offended you, but that's the ADHD telling me how s+*@ty I am again. -sigh- Been a rough day on my end. Hope it gets better for both of us soon!

No, no, sorry for not responding! When I'm running behind on a post, sometimes I unconsciously avoid checking the tabs and I don't see posts like yours. It's a bad habit. Best of luck to you as well!

Gosh, I picked a bad week to finally put aside the guilt and anxiety enough to start the PbPs back up again. XD

Depression has hit and a fight with my ex-who's-also-my-roommate went bad. I may be spotty with posts, but I'll be trying to err on the side of "crappy frequent posts". If I make a mistake, let me know. And if posts seem lazy, it's because they really are right now, I just really want to get things rolling again so I can have the energy to put effort into things later when it matters.

I'll err in favor of the PCs when in doubt, since this fight really isn't the main point of the adventure even if it's starting to feel this way with how long we've taken to get here.

Also, who wants to run Clunk for this fight? I still need to redesign Krekie--I think I said elsewhere that she's an assassin/stygian slayer-type with a few weird tricks like the sea crows, so I'll be "half-statting" her until then with eyeballed numbers.

I can run Clunk, he's just an out of the book Kolyarut IIRC?

Yup! Aside from being Chaotic Evil and having some ranger levels with Favored Enemy (the enemies of Kyuss) and Favored Terrain (soil drenched with Farrukh's blood), which is important to remember in case Farrukh takes a lot of damage in this fight.

I think the funniest thing about that is "Favored Enemy: Non-Kyuss Worshipers" is an actual thing. There's a Ranger archetype or something (maybe Slayer or Inquisitor?) that lets you Favored Enemy enemies of your own faith.

Happy Turkey Day, all!

My Thanksgiving got postponed to today, so things have been chaotic. I hope to get a post up tonight!

I'm assuming that Cuetzpalli, Clunk and Krekie are basically going to use their actions Readying to attack when the octoxills (octopills?) emerge from the Ethereal Plane. Feel free to roll for the first two.

Also, if anyone wants to redesign Krekie, I wouldn't say no. Otherwise I'm either going to find time to do it myself sometime over the next week or just use her old 3.5 rogue/assassin stats. The redesign was really mainly just to make her a viable threat to PCs, after all.

I posted Clunk's action already, he turned Invisible.

Oh, I meant for him, Cuetz and Krekie winning init.

Okay, two weeks later, me and the roommate made up. Thank God. I've been a little overwhelmed by responsibilities lately, but that will make things easier.

After casting see invis, Cuetzpalli should be able to see them coming in right? If he gets another action before them he might do something other than ready. If not here are my rolls.

Kelmarchen (AS, PA): 1d20 + 23 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 23 + 2 + 2 = 322d6 + 25 + 2 ⇒ (4, 3) + 25 + 2 = 342d6 ⇒ (3, 2) = 5
32 to hit for 34 sword and 5 holy.

Asking in advance of my actual turn so I don't waste time when it rolls around: would I be able to use the 'Buy a feat' aspect of using an AP to cast a spell with Ectoplasmic Spell attached?

Yeah, I think metamagic feats are fine.