I leave Tuesday after work and will be on a boat to mexico cruising, back on the 23rd then staying in south Florida working remotely for the week of christmas. So from Tuesday to Monday next week I will not be posting then limited posting the following week.
Just a reminder I'm leaving today. Bot me and remember to Parry and Riposte. :) Will check back in on the 23rd.
No update tonight. I have a lot of drinking to do. Free drinks! :)
I have no free time this week. Since my parents are elderly I'm going to be spending my time at their place helping out over Christmas. So I'm calling a break until 30/12/19.
I hope everyone has a great time over the holiday and try to stay safe.
The generic post to share before attempting to recovery post:
So, I got the flu. Not really over it, yet, but past the worst of it.
I went to get tested to verify it was flu, and the care providers went down the "better safe than sorry hole" a might to far, in my opinion.
Standard questions, designed to check for other, deeper concerns/problems, right? "Do you have any tightness in your chest?" "I've been coughing for about three days at this point, yes, I have a tightness in my chest!" So, they stopped everything about verifying the flu in order to check for a heart attack. Thing is, my fever had just started to break, and I was not only DRENCHED in sweat, but I was still actively sweating that hard. They couldn't get a good EKG read because the contact stickers wouldn't. Stick, I mean.
They called an ambulance and transferred me to an ER, to make sure I wasn't having a heart attack. The ER team was focused on EXACTLY one thing, for obvious reasons. First thing they did different? They took that super medical tape and taped the sensors down. EKG told them almost immediately that there was no heart attack going on. I was still in that ER for nearly 15 hours . . ..
IV fluids. Roughly 2.4 liters of fluid pushed into my system. Breathing treatment. Seems when I arrived in the ER, my O2 saturation was around 82. They started to admit me in order to watch my O2 saturation levels, but after I sat in their ER for that long without any further dips, they accepted it might not still be required and discharged me instead of continuing to wait for a room. Having an asthmatic wife means we have a nebulizer at home, and that helped sell the release, too. Still spending more time asleep than awake, for now.
Missed a couple of Santa gigs the family had lined up. Went to a photoshoot with a family yesterday. I was there for about 10 minutes, just needing to sit and smile, but I stumbled into the house when I got home, completely exhausted. I'm supposed to go get caught in a neighbor's house tonight. Very worried about going. Just as worried about denying their kids.
Being a healthcare professional, I totally empathize. My dad had something similar a few years ago, but turned out he WAS having a heart attack that was triggered by pneumonia. He was nearly septic and ended up having CABG x 5. So, as frustrating as all that surely was for you, and it may sound coarse, but you were definitely very lucky!
Here’s to a speedy recovery for you, and Happy Holidays!
Still very busy this week. I hope you all had good a Christmas and have a good new year as well.
Probably the 2nd or the 3rd for resuming posting.
Ok, I'm back home at last. But too tired to post anything. Hope it was a lot more peaceful for you over the new year.
See you all on Monday.
Freya's last post was a month ago, we seem to have lost her. Her player last posted under his own ID back in August.
Does anyone know someone who wishes to join the game?
We have a Rogue, fighter, Bard & Mesmerist. So character choice is pretty flexible.
Aaaand cleric!
I'm still around.
I don't need the Ioun stone. The ability to parry makes my AC not as primary of a concern. Others could use it first.
Josef can have it IMO.
I've had fun all day with my internet provider. Way behind on things, so no update tonight.
Sorry, too busy tonight to update. I'll kill you all tomorrow.
The week of too many people wanting me to do things for them continues. No time to update sorry.
Guys, I have been thinking on this for at least a couple months now. Life has gotten too hectic for me, and as such I have decided to thin out my PBP roster a bit to help make hopping on the forums less of a burden. I have decided to focus on thinning out games that have slowed in posting frequency to the point of not being easy to follow and remember accurately what is going on.
As such, I will be dropping out from this game. I hope you all the best in the PBP world here on Paizo, and hope to one day see ya’ll in another game in the future!
Thanks a lot for the good times!
Well crap, there goes our Baron...
Take care, Darian. See ya around the boards.
Be welllll!
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Like husband, like wife. After the accident where I lost this game for a month (and honestly for a while before that) I've been struggling with Isabel's motivation to keep adventuring. So this is a good time for me to step back as well.
Thanks guys, it's been lots of fun while it lasted. Hope the Stolen Lands don't eat you all. :)
Ok, I'm sorry to hear that, but I do understand your reasons. I've had to drop out of games myself in the past.
The Baron and his wife will retire from adventuring and run the kingdom as NPC's, unless someone else wishes to rule. Then they can have been called back to Cheliax for their old problems.
We do need another player or two. We have A Druid/witch going to mystic Theurge. A Cleric, a fighter & a Rogue type. If you wish to continue I'll bot Darian & Isabel until the end of this dungeon.
I'm down to keep going. I'm always around.
I'm still here and willing to continue on if what's left of the group is.
Losing a bard and an arcane caster, I would be in favor of replacing the pair with something of a similar nature. If we don't get another bard, I would say we need another heavy hitter to make up for Darian's offense/offense boosting capabilities.
As far as the pair running the kingdom as NPCs or having them return to Cheliax, I'm of mixed opinions. Running a kingdom and the all that entails is a big part of a traditional Kingmaker game (although Freya herself has very little desire to do much with that - being more of an opposition to expansion voice).
At the same time, the AP can run just fine without all the kingdom building stuff.