KM Devon's Kingmaker: The Maker of Kings (Inactive)

Game Master PirateDevon

Lord, I am waiting for the first person that says something to the effect of:

Cuddles, this is why we can't take you out in public anymore.

:P

I suppose on the note of Treehouses and fun, we will forgo the more stealthy parts of this, and I will try to have a map up tonight or tomorrow for everyone.

This should be fun.

"Dammit, Cuddles, this is why we can't have nice things!" :P

Busy last few days, and have not had my brain attached when I have thought to get the map uploaded.

Will have it up tonight so that we can go into happy fun times.

Sorry for the day wait, up at the top next to Oleg Murder hobo surplus supplies is the map for the current enounter, all PCs are on map, please arrange yourselves where you would like to be in the lower left corner of the map no further up than the cart.

That's...a pretty awful spot to be in, tactically speaking. We're hemmed in by a river and pretty much our only option is to hide behind the cart and hope we don't get hit too much, because one bowshot is enough to drop any of us.

Perhaps it's worth doing the 'right' thing and announcing ourselves as duly appointed officers of the law, but I suspect the bandits won't have a bar of that.

If we can, I'd suggest we hurry off into the trees and retreat, and come back another time--possibly at night. Does Anton know any fire spells that might set something in the camp alight and eliminate night fighting penalties? Then between the disarray caused by the burning tents and perhaps having Katya sneak up to a watchtower and eliminate its guard and then start firing on everyone in the camp, we can get some results.

What does everyone think?

I have the spark cantrip, which can set unattended objects alight, but I don't have it prepared. I'd have to do so in the morning. And yeah, I doubt they'd give a fig about the 'officers of the law' thing.

Just let me know what you guys are doing.

I am placing you based on what direction you are coming from :P

Hmm. What does everyone think? Should we fight our way in or come back later? We have no idea of their strength. Just that they are quite well prepared!

We're the heroes. What could go wrong? :)

Says the guy on five hit points. ; )

Oh, sorry. That should say 9. :P

Edit: Fixed.

Seriously though, I don't like attacking a prepared position without some kind of artillery at the ready.

I agree, probably better to withdraw...

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Ok.

If I understand everyone, tactical retreat.

Go ahead and in your initiative orders post up for me how you are backing out of things.

Also in your posts, roll anything you plan to use. Do keep in mind attempting stealth slows you by half.

Family emergency, be back soon

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Hope all is well, Devon. Take care.

This is to all my games: I should be back "online" by the evening of May 28. A pair of back to back emergencies in my family (one of which involved gunshot wounds the other a simple infection run amok situation) has put significant strain on my day to day resources partnered with some massive issues at work, compounded by the time I have missed because of said emergencies. I am commited to returning I just need a couple more days.

Take your time Harsk, we are in the middle of something important, so I don't mind holding up.

Jeez. That sounds absolutely crazy. I hope everything's going alright now for you and yours! :/

Holy moly. Good luck with everything.

Yeah luckily (in a sense) its not MY drama? But its rattling my wife because its her sister. Now the actualy injury part is done and I am waiting to see if at some point there are legal repercussions? It was "accidental" but the who situation was totally reckless. Made for T.V. or something, lol. But for now, people are alive, put back together and doing okay. :-)

Being an Australian I pretty much have no comprehension of a private individual owning a gun. Farmers might own firearms to keep their properties clear of pests, and sports shooters might own guns, but that's pretty much it. The concept of an individual owning a gun for personal protection is pretty much totally foreign.

I hope everything works out all right.

Well if it helps I can't imagine the copious spiders your country seems to contain along with other cultural/continental oddities but yeah I can very much see how the gun things seems weird from the outside...its pretty weird from the inside too ;p

My second, another daughter, was born at 5:41 pm US Eastern time. I have no idea what this week do to my posting. We'll see. I hope it doesn't disrupt it too much, but, again, we'll see.

We are all just having fun times lately aren't we? :P

Now I am thinking about spiders owning guns. Thanks Devon.

Congratulations Choon! I have two daughters myself. Just watched the eldest one put on a concert with her school class this afternoon. : )

Congratulations again, mate! And jeez, Mike, why did you have to put that image in my head?! D=

Click me. You know you want to.

: D

Okay, so... that actually made me laugh more than it should have.

I shouldn't be laughing about that nearly as much as I am...and I can't seem to stop. That is so...ANGEL YOU ARE NOT PUT THAT IN OUR GAME!!

GMs are like dragons Harsk,

Meddle not in their affairs, for you are crunch and good with ketchup. Or apparently miniaturized bullets from a spider gun.

Wahahahaha!

Better one of those than one of these. ; )

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH

I could always find a picture of the brain bug. : D

Alright, is everyone back and mostly around? I know that Choon is going to be hit and miss due to new baby girl.

How is everyone else?

I'm... alive, which is good. I can be around.

I'm... alive, which is good. I can be around.

+1. :)

I am around. Waiting to see if I get shot...or attacked by spiders...or spiders with guns...or arachnids who are like spiders but way bigger, have no guns but do pal around with other "arachnids" that look like potato bugs but can shoot starships out of the sky with plasma from their ass...so, basically, I am here but terrified.

Would YOU like to know more?

Here is what I need to know from you guys. This went from a semi tactical retreat, to OMFGGAISRUNNAO!

Or at least that is what it feels like. What direction are you headed, and how long are you planning on running away?

Away from there. Until they stop shooting.

Away from there. Until they stop shooting.

You mean I get to pick what direction?

*giggles with mad GM glee*

Fine. The way we came. ;)

It was mostly supposed to be run for the group, slow retreat for me (because I am slow) at least a fair distance back the way we came to regroup and reassess our travel/attack plans...

At first level, two hits from a bow are capable of taking out pretty much any of us. That was a tactical retreat! ; )

We'd be going wherever we can go that will put concealment or cover (or both) between us and the camp. Running is a full round action so Katya can't do anything else this turn, but next turn she plans on finding some cover (a tree trunk perhaps?) and pulling out her bow to ready an action to shoot anyone who pursues.

Is this the point where everyone just slowly looks at Cuddles at the same time?

Oh, I can provide one huge distraction. I'd prefer if that distraction didn't involve the removal of my hp, however.

Pretty much! : D

1. Yes I think Cuddle is pretty much "distraction on a stick" or "distraction on command" lol

2. This is when Angel introduces a hyper-nineties character who rides up on a skateboard and says "Wow dudes did you say DISTRACTION?!?" it is at this point that we rescind our offer to let her play a GMPC :P

Harsk, did you by chance call for a distraction?

I'm really not sure how to feel about that...