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

Game Master PirateDevon

Hi!

As far as I know we're waiting for Angel to move us on in the gameplay thread, or put out the word to recruit a new face or two, or both.

If anyone has any amendments to the plan above, we can always talk about that. : )

Ok guys, mostly back in action. For now I want to get gameplay back moving at something that resembles normal pace before i recruit more.

Will research where we are at and get things rolling later on.

That's good news! =)

Hear hear! I would thump something but...its the Internet. I might break it...

Half the time I think the internet is likely to be broken by any display of positive emotion. ; )

Hope you're feeling better Angel. And Devon. : )

--Mike

HHrrrmmm. SEems like we have finally fluttered out huh?

I hope not. Three of my GMs have already gone missing, and I need games like you wouldn't believe. It's my daily dose of happy. :/

I'm still here.

If anyone has tips to kick the flu, i'm all ears. into my fourth week now of this.

Go to work, come home, pass out for about 9 hours, wake up go to work.

Ok, not coughing up my lungs, or whatever is in them.

Give me just a little bit, and I am going to get this ball rolling. even if it kills me.

WEll don't hurt yourself or push it too hard, I was just trying to check in. Take care of yourself.

My go to flu tips:

Licorice tea (Or a "Breath Easy" blend) and tea in general.
Eucalyptus essential oil vapor. (like 2 drops in a steaming bowl and inhale the steam, usually you might cover your head and the bowl with a towel to trap the vapor.)
Eucalyptus EO on your feet (again one or two drop) rub into soles of the feet and put on socks.

I got more but those are the big ones. Feel better!

Glad this isn't going to die. Just make sure you don't end up doing so, Angel! The flu is some nasty stuff.

I can vouch for eucalyptus vapor. I don't know if it actually does anything to help you fight the flu, but for relief, it's fantastic. On a similar note, peppermint oil does wonders for headaches if you're having a lot of those. Just dab a drop on the temples.

Choon, i will have you know, the only thing that I could think of when you did the hugs and clapping.

Was me having a flashback to Dragon Age. And hearing... "Enchantment!"

Ya. Those two are cut of similar cloth. :)

I'm going to be completely transparent for a minute here, because when I signed up for this game, I made a commitment to sick it out. So, way I see it, you guys deserve to know what's going on.

My life isn't going so well at the moment. My depression has been worsening due to a series of circumstances, most of which revolve around my family. My stepfather and stepsister are nearly impossible to peacefully coexist with, and it's only gotten worse over the last few months.

Last week, my mother and stepfather got into an argument so bad and so hostile, I didn't feel safe. I walked out, saying I was going to see a friend for a few hours, and m mother followed me out. "Come back, and pack what you need for a week. We'll go stay somewhere else for a while."

So, well, we did. We were in motels for a while, and now I'm staying with my fiancé. I don't know yet whether I'll be going home soon, or just packing up my things and moving in here. It puts me in a pretty tight spot, and I don't know if it will get better.

Am I safe/alright? Safe, yes. Alright, not really.

Am I still going to play? Yes, if you'll still have me. I signed up with the intention of sticking this out, and I don't intend to let a rough patch stop me completely. I might just be sporadic for a while. I hope you understand, and I'll try to get an in-character post later today.

Also, I'm currently playing Dragon Age: Inquisition and missing Sandal terribly. He was fantastic. (Playing a male human rogue Inquisitor. Totes bonking Dorian. I have a type...)

Hey Ronnie. I'm more than happy to carry on and have you back when you're ready.

Stay safe in the meantime, and good luck.

--Mike

Ronnie hun, you know me. We are here for you whatever you need. You guys have been patient enough with me, I have no problem giving you the time that you need.

Your up in the game, take your time. If you want me to go ahead and play you for now, I will, but if everyone else is ok with it I will just give you the time to post on your own.

I'm back. For now. I think.

Dammit harsk, I about coughed up a lung at the office laughing at that. :P

Heh, I am both sorry and NOT sorry. No lungs out of the body though, that is not allowed. :p

I swear, you guys are making me laugh entirely too much. This is like watching an ongoing slapstick episode of the A team or something like that.

I swear, you guys are making me laugh entirely too much. This is like watching an ongoing slapstick episode of the A team or something like that.

So who is playing which role? Harsk could be Mr. T., Anton could be Hannibal, Katya could be Face, and that leaves Cuddles as Murdock. ; )

Go on Devon, see if you can fit an "I pity the fool" in there somewhere... : D

*insert wink to cynarion here*

You did it. You actually did it. *dies laughing*

*Slow clap*

The sound every Kobold shall now hear when they see Harsk charging into battle...

Hehehehe...nice work. : )

So...does the kindling give us +1 to Survival checks to find a decent campsite? ; )

Wait, sorry, that should be

So...what do you say...can we use the kindling get a +1 for Survival checks to find a good campsite?

Diplomacy check incl. Faceman bonus: 1d20 + 4 + 1000000 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 1000000 = 1000009

Got to get into character. ; )

You guys are making me watch the A team now. Mind you it hit TV the year after I was born.

I now feel horribly young, at 24. Am I destined to be the baby of every group?

(My place in time is as the target audience for the first Pokemon games. I was six when Red & Blue came out...)

"Mostly dead"! *collapses into a giggle fit*

You guys let me know what pace you want to go. I do not want to interrupt the interplay between characters. If at any point you want me to move it along, just let me know. I am more than willing to just off the poor lizard rats.

;)

I say off em. Smoeth them or hammer them they aren't answering and I don't see the point. LOL

My concern as a player is that the kobolds have to come from somewhere. We already have bandits. We know those bandits have a base nearby but I doubt it's their main stronghold, it's too close to civilisation. We're already planning to antagonise a bunch of bandits. Can we afford to similarly antagonise a bunch of kobolds who might join up with the bandits if we force them into a corner?

I'd rather deal with one at a time, which is why Katya's trying to engage the kobolds in some kind of conversation--to see if they can perhaps carry a message back to their leaders. Kobolds have an intelligence of 10--the same as your average human--so it's not like they're incapable of discussing things or relaying a message.

I am thinking of the Stolen Lands a lot like any modern military invasion: we're effectively a vanguard army of PCs sent to pacify/root out local militants. That doesn't tend to work very well when you annoy all the locals and they start resenting you instead of welcoming you. I'm sure there will be stranger (intelligent) things than kobold tribes found in the depths of the forest!

Does that make sense? Or am I overthinking it?

Antagonise? They are ALREADY antagonised. They want to eat me! Granted I am tasty but c'mon!

On a more serious note we can't let them go without risk, they aren't responding to reason and that leaves...? I suppose we could take them prisoner but that is a huge imposition on Oleg and his wife...

I'm just saying right now, you guys make me laugh.

Hugs all around.

I know these four kobolds are rather annoyed with us already. When I was talking about antagonising them, I was referring to the possibly several hundred kobolds living in a tribe somewhere near here. Having to fight off a siege of kobolds at Oleg's isn't high on my list of things to do! : )

In any case, it looks like you're right anyway and that there's simply no way to actually negotiate with them. Off with their heads, I guess!

Anton would prefer not to kill them, but he acknowledges that they pose a risk, and are beyond negotiating with. The group can't keep them prisoner personally, keeping them at the outpost imposes on and poses a risk to the Levetons, and if the group frees them, they'll likely just try to kill us. A couple would still be at high hit points, and Anton only has one spell left, so he'll view it pragmatically and accept that killing them quickly is the most practical option.

We can deal with the tribe when it comes :p

Bah, I think I left my tables and things at home. If I can find them I will get the night and morning stuff done on my lunch here at the office, if not it will have to wait till later this evening.

No worries! School holidays here after today, so my opportunities to lounge around and pretend to be someone else on the internet will be even more limited while I look after the kiddies. Hopefully I will be able to keep up. : )

Damn you! SA doesn't get holidays for another two weeks! *glares enviously*

Damn you! SA doesn't get holidays for another two weeks! *glares enviously*

Really? So you have Easter in the middle of school term, and then get a holiday? So you get extra days off?

Yes, this is true. But I'm beginning to go grey from the stress of these children. I'd rather have a break now!

Hehehe. We went to the local fair today, which was partially at my daughter's school. The teachers were all helping out, and they had that kind of manic-but-about-to-get-relief look in their eyes. It was pretty funny. : )

That's pretty much me at the moment. I'm gonna miss some of the kids (like little Max, who loves dinosaurs and hates Vegemite sandwiches), others... not so much. My default facial expression is 'rictus grin'. My diet is coffee and whatever I can grab at a shared morning tea.

Seems like we haven't really been able to get back up to speed. Maybe time to call it a day? In my exp once a game gets on this track its hard to turn it around. Sounds like Angel is super busy and with the pace I'm wondering if its not time to put this to bed. Don't get me wrong I like the idea it just seems like the stars are not aligned for us right now...

I have the same feeling. Angel, how are you going over there?

I'm feeling foolishly and uncharacteristially optimistic. I've dealt with GM hiatus before, as well as slow games, and I'm just keeping my fingers crossed for this one...

Let me tell you guys where I am at right now.

My place of employment has been in a very large shakeup over the last eight months. Locally owned and operated business, have gone from 7 full time employees down to three. Working in construction supply. Yesterday morning we had our other outside person quit because he was offered a job elsewhere. I am right now trying to effectively do the job of what would normally have 3 or 4 people doing, mainly because we can't afford to hire anyone else right now. And with our loss yesterday now I have to do all of that, with half of my time not in the office where I need to be.

Normally when I get to the office I get a chance to get in, sit down check work email, and then check and post for the game before I get going with the work day. That has not happened with any consistancy recently, due to various shakeups at the office.

If you guys are willing to be patient with me, I will keep the game going. I will admit a lot of my day right now is making it through the work day, and then coming home and crashing. Mentally I feel drained, and half the time abused by the end of a work day, but that is neither here nor there.

I have not advanced the game because to be very frank, I have forgotten to pull out my pad and do the basic stuff to calculate the last few days. By the time I am at a point where I can sit down and think, I'm just so burned out mentally that normally forum posts are the last thing on my brain.

If anything, that is an indictment on me as a GM, not making the appropriate amount of time for players. I normally post when I hit the office first thing, because that is when I am sitting down and have full function of my brain, and to be honest lately I don't even check the website over a weekend because most of my weekend is spent in a partially comatose state recovering from the week.

If you guys want to keep going, I will keep running. I may be slow, I may be a moron, and I might be less than you deserve as a GM right now. But I will do my level best to keep the game going. I blame myself, and only myself for the game being where it is.

I have my ipad with me normally when I come in, and I do not have any dice at the office, but I could open Roll20 or something like that where needed. It is not a matter of being able to do at this point, it is a matter of doing things on a regular basis, and not neglecting things because I am busy and stressed.

Sorry if this is a bit long, a bit of stream of consciousness this morning, as I am getting ready for what I gather is going to be another nightmare day at the office.

Had another thought cross my mind.

When this game really started getting bumpy was right after the bandit fight at the trading post, and thats when I started having health issues last year, and I just let things roll one into another. That being said, the game really never got off the ground very well.

Would you guys be interested in rebooting the game, starting over from square one? We have not done much yet, and we could also add in one or two more players to round out the group. Anyone that wants to stay is welcome, anyone that wants to leave is welcome to.

I could also clear the air on the game, redo some of the prep, get the ball rolling correctly.

Is that something you guys might consider, or be interested in?