Megan's Kingmaker PbP

Game Master Megan Robertson

Have a nice time Barnabus!

My availability to post will be reduced during the next week as we take a short trip. Feel free to bot Rhasa as necessary.

Popped on long enough to let you guys know that I'm in the process of moving... so I'll be out of the loop for a while. May be back next week, but I'm expecting it to be well into the following one. Hopefully not, but we'll see. In the meantime, that's why I posted what I did.

Take care and be blessed in your new abode, Lothar.

Ok so sue me Barnabus has a soft side,

Wanted to let everyone know that I'm back. The missus and I are fully settled in now, so I should be ready to begin posting again.

Must say, the new place has a completely different feel than where we were previously (which was my deceased grandmother's home) and it's a good one as far as I'm concerned, as though a great emotional weight is no longer present in my life. My wife has noticed it too and we're both happier now than we've been in a year and a half. I just wish the circumstances for our leaving had been different (I'll just say that my sister aside, my family is something I don't want to have to deal with again).

Congratulations. I have seen a lot of that kind of trouble and it's a tough spot to be in. I am fortunate in that I have not had to wade through that yet and I have had very good role models so I hope I know how to proceed.

Glad you've reached a good place in life. That's a beautiful thing.

Delightful to hear, Lothar.

Going back through the discussion thread again, as far as I know we still haven't decided on a name for the settlement.

I don't know that it really matters at this point if it has a name, I'm sure there are many places that start out with no name. I'll throw out a few suggestions to start us out; it could be Laketown, Tuskwater City, Shrike City, or how about Bandit's End, although that sounds more like a tavern name.

And there is nothing that says we can't change the name later on, I know that's happened a time or two in history.

If Sinon ever hears "Bandit's End" he will surely appropriate it as a tavern name... being a reformed bandit himself :)

"Yes Bandit's inn the only place you can get witches brew!"

I was thinking there was some mention of naming it in honor of the fallen ranger. Of the options you offer, Tuskwater City or something with a reference to the rivers seems appropropriate. Laketown seems a touch generic.

Hmm...one out of four, not too bad I guess for someone that is not real good at coming up with names. I like the idea of naming our city after Kylia as well, something like Kylia's Refuge or of course just Kylia would be good I think.

If everyone else is ready to start heading these settlers down towards the fort, I'm okay with that. Cue Frankie Laine singing Rawhide and let's move 'em out.

I'm beyond ready. I'm really not getting much out of this portion of the game, so I'm ready to get back to doing some exploring.

Kyliaton

Kyliaville

The hamlet of Kylia

Also ready to get back to exploring!

I am ready as well.

OK. We can move on to more active adventuring now that things are settled at Oleg's.

At my house we are in the final run-up to our annual fall adventure. This year, we will not have access to wifi for at least four days. In addition, pressure at work related to my anticipated absence and ongoing major project may take me out of the game earlier than that and may keep me off the boards for a while after.

I wanted to post this to all my games while I could to explain that I may go silent for a while. I may get a few more posts in - I'm not sure when radio silence will begin. It could start as early as today - probably late tomorrow - and might run through the 26th if the project goes poorly.

Please don't let my absence stall the game. Bot me as necessary and we will pick up the pieces (or roll up my new character) when I return.

Peace.

Enjoy your 'adventure'... we'll keep your place warm on this adventure until you return.

So with the settlers coming in, I thought we could once again look at the things needed for the kingdom.

One example would be
Edicts

Another would be building something...
such as replacing one or both bridges?

Another would be roles:
Ruler
Councilor
General
Diplomat
priest
magister
marshall
assassin
spymaster
treasurer
Warden

Good thought. I've been trying to throw up people who can be busy 'kingdom building' under loose direction from your good selves, whilst you continue adventuring. Hope that is working OK for you.

What format of governance do you wish to establish anyway? Will rule be by a single person (king) or a governing council of some kind? In what (if any) way do ordinary people have their say?

You've mentioned a militia. Will this be to defend the realm or to maintain law and order within it? Or both... but they require somewhat different qualities from at least their commander if not the rank and file.

How will you pay for whatever you want to do? If you wish to levy taxes, you'll need to decide what to tax and arrange for it to be collected.

Just a few questions for you to chew over. (Naturally I'll have some more once you have answered these to your satisfaction.)

Back from the trip. It was really an adventure - we hiked rim-to-rim at the Grand Canyon. It was hard, it was amazing, it was worth it, and I can't wait to return to do it again.

Will see tomorrow what work holds in store. That's going to impact posting availability - I just hope the vacation was enough to keep me sane over the next couple of weeks.

And in other news, at long last I have found a job! I start next Wednesday (1 October - also offspring's 18th birthday). Hopefully it will not impinge too much on role-playing, but it may take a few days to get into the new rhythm.

Congrats, Megan! I'm sure it won't be a problem for us if we have to slow down a bit while you get into the swing of things at the new job. I'm just glad you've found work.

Keep us updated and let us know how it's going.

Congrats from me as well, DM.

My apologies for not being a greater presence here, but I'm caught up in a playtesting gig on top of the prep I'm doing for a Marvel-based steampunk version of Reign of Winter. I do check the thread from time to time in between the work that I'm doing.

Congratulations, Megan. I know it's been a long road for you. Good for you to stay the course. And Happy Birthday to the progeny, as well!

The project hit and went well, but I'm still recovering. This is my first change to log in, let alone post, in two or three days. I'm too tired to have withdrawal symptoms.

Once I am caught up somewhat on sleep, I will rejoin you.

Faith in our Heavenly Father kept me going, as well as my family and my gaming friends (including, of course, you lot!).

It's odd, I just got released from the Sunday School teacher calling, which did require a lot of preparation. It's as if Heavenly Father was clearing my time ready to go back to work!

congrats

Didn't we already make a similar deal with a brush thiancyth?

Looking back, it was not a long-term deal so much as a "we are going to help you and you are not going to attack us today" kind of deal.

It was just happy to be helped out of the hole it was trapped in. Then it ran off.

Happy Halloween!

May the spooks be a treat and not play their tricks on you this night.

There were 2 zombies on the train home last night.

Oh, dear. I saw a contestant on a "game show" yesterday get dragged off camera by three zombies and when the camera came back, he was back in his chair, zombified. It was quite hilarious, actually - on his turn to answer, he did the "zombie walk" toward the camera moaning and the host said, "He really doesn't sound much different than normal, does he?" and eliminated him from the game for the day.

That probably didn't make much sense - it's a regular cast of characters that play the game, and this was one of the most common players.

Has something happened to our DM? I've been waiting for the story to advance for sometime now, thinking maybe it's just due to the holiday season that we're moving along so slowly.

Is everything ok?

I looked at her post history - she's been posting as recently as yesterday in other games. I sent her a PM.

Perhaps she too has been zombified.....

No just working and travelling... I have a 2-hour train journey each way. Love the job but I leave the house at 6.20am and get back 7.20pm.

Megan, I appreciate that you are a busy person with a lot of irons in the fire and I'm thrilled that you've finally found a job after such a long search. With you posting in other games, it appears you have lost interest or lack the time to continue on with this game. It's not like we expect daily updates, but you haven't posted in the game thread since November.

If we haven't lost all of our players by now, I think it's time to ask if you think we should just see if we can find another GM. No offense intended, but if you aren't interested in running the game and we are interested in playing, maybe we need to respectfully part ways.

Perhaps you are right. I think I've rather 'lost the plot' with this one... I am still interested but I'm at a loss as to what to do with you.

I would love to continue with you at the helm. I'm completely open to a "one month later" reboot if that helps us push the story forward. Some generic "you explored the following hexes and found nothing of interest, but we need to play out this hex" might be an option. I'm sure there are other ideas that might allow us to regain some momentum.

I think one thing is the change from straight out sand-box to the kingdom building, I think we can run book 2 as straight sand-box and that should give us a reboot.

All right then.

Would you like to catch up with the worg and have a brawl? A good fight might sort of clear the air and get us going again.

Nilus joined us over a year ago and hasn't had reason to draw his weapon in-game yet. I think it would be nice to see him in action.

I'm fine with hand-waving it and advancing the story, but I think a good fight would be pretty refreshing.

I think we need a vote from the team just to know who's still out there, though.

Who's up for a fight? Aye!

At the ready...

I'm fine with this as well... I'm just put out by the fact that I never noticed we had started back up again...

Sorry, partner. I hadn't gotten around to sending out PMs. I have done so for Nilus and Calindar now.

I'm assuming that at this point we're just waiting to see if Nilus and Calindar responds before moving on, correct?

Nilus responded in the negative. He lost interest waiting for the game to move forward, which is a true shame. We never got to see him in combat.

I have not seen a response from Calindar, but I haven't looked to see how active he has been of late, either.