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I'm good with staying and the boards seem stable right now! (I type on a wooden desk so every key stroke is like knocking on wood, so no I'm not trying to jinx us! :P )
I fixed up my mom's old house, and worked on that novel I'd been tinkering with for years, and look at that will you--this is Sticky's 13th post! How lucky is that!? WOO-!
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Okay, so it looks like we'll stay put for the time being then! Cool beans. Got an early dinner-date with the hubs so I'll get us moved forward a bit later this evening :)
*facepalm* Sorry Skarlit, you'd mentioned earlier that you'd be on vacation but with the site outages and passage of time I lost track. No worries, I'll bot you along in a bit - enjoy the rest of your trip and safe travels! :)
Okay, so instead of making a copypasta, I'm going to link a post made earlier today by VC Hmm that discusses the current state of Gameday and possible options for keeping games moving should we have further downtime.
You can read it here.
Since moving is basically an absolute last resort, are any of the other backup options Hmm suggested something folks would be interested in (or comfortable) exploring?
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Sticky is fine staying. He has no pressing engagements, and even though Paizo I think said there might be another outage (I thought I read that somewhere) I don't have any problem hanging out here.
One imagines that at some point, in an effort to save their business, Paizo will either get a new working server, or a new IT crew AND a new working server. Moving (and even talking about moving) seems to me to be a waste of good posting time at least for any game that is part of GameDay session 1.
Session 2 is its own beast, and there is time to plan for that.
Even then though I probably wouldn't go. I am a member of several anti-social networks, and hate setting up new user accounts on the principal that I just hate leaving bits of my personal information all around the internet. I don't have any dealings with Amazon, or Twitter, or Facething, and Google thinks I'm a centenarian thanks to a personal misinformation campaign. I even try to avoid using mapping and location tracking software (my phone's GPS is set to 'off' all the time).
Now I'm just going to sit down on my porch with my sandals, and black socks on, and listen to my 8 track player. Oh, and keep off the damn grass (unless it is legal where you live).
'Let's not worry too much about it' is also an equally valid option and is noted :)
From a personal standpoint, I generally don't mind taking a slightly more sedate pace when I run games. My only real 'concern' (for lack of a better term) is being able to make progress on the days I have off to counterbalance usually only being able to make maybe 1 GM post on the days that I work, since this is a Gameday game and on a bit of a timer :)
*edit* You sound quite a bit like my husband regarding use and protection of personal information, so I actually do understand where you're coming from.
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Oh, for some reason I miss read that post as a "Do we want to do something during the times that the site is blacked out" instead of actually moving the whole game there. I'm very much on the side of staying, and maybe communicating in some way if/when the site blacks out again. I mean something as simple as emails with links to a dice rolling website or something would work.
Nah, you read it right Uproot - the first question was, "Do we want to move?" which pretty much got a "Nah, I'm good here" and so I followed it up with "Do we want to have some sort of backup like Hangouts/Discord/shared Google docs?"
To which I basically got another, "Nah, we're good". So we'll just continue on with business as usual and deal with any future outages should they arise :)
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Yeahhh...bit of a GM fail on my part as I forgot to account for *everyone* only having a 20 ft. speed. Next time, should you find yourselves in another combat, I'll be a little more judicious about where I start you guys from. Sorry!
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Yeahhh...bit of a GM fail on my part as I forgot to account for *everyone* only having a 20 ft. speed. Next time, should you find yourselves in another combat, I'll be a little more judicious about where I start you guys from. Sorry!
No worries (at all). It wasn't a complaint, just an excuse to make a joke about how you can't tell a map feature from a PC in this game without at program. Should have got my program. ;) Really Sticky just wants to get close enough to end the fight the way most fights end at first level--color spray-- which in all likelihood won't work against these guys. If it doesn't he'll probably need to test it real quick on the PCs to see if it is something specific about the hyena pod-people or if he's just loosing his touch. Oh good! It knocked all of my allies out! That means the old Sticky's still got it! BOO-YAH! Hey! Move aside slavering monsters, I'm trying to moon-walk here!
Just checking to make sure folks are enjoying themselves so far and that the pace isn't too fast or too slow! :)
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Loving the excellent amount of colour and character you bring to the story and the interesting and amusing bunch of characters we've got in this group.
Due to current RL priorities my posting rate may be slower than some at this point, although I'm doing my darnedest to keep it at a at least a once/day rate. As such, it can be a little overwhelming with the amount of posts that come up in between my logging on, but that is not to say slow down, as the story is very engaging, just more to describe where I'm at. Overall, I think the pace has been great.
Glad to hear that folks are having fun! Don't worry if RL is slowing you down as I've said before that I don't mind taking a bit of a leisurely pace with my games :)
Checking in; I'll be getting some updates for you guys when I get home from work in another hour & 1/2 to two hours :)
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I'll be heading on a family vacation for a week from Sat 29 Sep and returning on 7 Oct. I may have some access to the internet during this time and will post if I can, but I expect I will be irregular if best depending on time and internet access.
Feel free to bot Seedy during this time if he ends up holding up play. I'm here until the end of the week and then will be back to full availability upon my return if the game is still going by then.
Okay Seedy, thank you for the notice and I hope you have a good time on vacation when you go :)
Hey folks, I'm working today and we're also getting a new student so I should probably be all sociable and set a good example and stuff so I'll catch up with the game this evening when I get home :)
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Ok, I'm back from my vacation. Turns out I had no internet whatsoever during the week, which was very relaxing but means I had a LOT to catch up with on these boards upon return.
I'm up to speed with the GamePlay thread here now and ready to jump in when needed. Sounds like we're off to the Tower next? Will be good to have the whole group back together, I think.
Welcome back, Seedy!
As for what you folks want to do next, I'm waiting to hear some input but I'll also (as I can, since I'm working tonight) get together a summary post of what you've learned so far since there's been a lot of stuff scattered across Gameplay. Hopefully that'll help you guys decide what your next move should be :)
In case anyone is wondering, we *are* getting closer to the end of the scenario and should be on-track to wrap up before Gameday comes to a close :)
Though it shouldn't affect Gameplay flow too much, my work schedule has been shifted to solely night shifts in the wake of our one dedicated night shift person quitting unexpectedly. This will probably be what I'm doing for the somewhat-foreseeable-future so you'll be less likely to see posts from me during daylight hours (say, anywhere from about 8-10am up to 5-7pm CST).
Sorry for the quiet; had some family business yesterday evening and more today. Updates to resume later this evening!
Okay folks, we're getting close to the end of this scenario and you know what that means....time to roll for some BOONS! Please roll a d20. If you get a 19 or a 20, roll a d4 to determine which boon you'll be receiving. While me rolling for everyone is faster, I think it's more fun for folks to roll (and potentially win) themselves :)
Oh well, maybe next time!
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tomorrow is going to be a very long day at work and the next few days until Monday are likely going to be some of the busiest and most tiring days of work I will face this year. I will try to keep posting but it might be spotty and will likely be lower quality than normal. Bot away if things are waiting on me! Prickles might be happy that uproot shut-up for once!
Thanks for the notice Uproot, I'll be sure to bot/delay you as needed, if needed!
Heyooo Sticky, when you get a chance please PM me an email address of some sort so our wonderful organizers can get your boon to you after the game is reported :)
Nah, I think the one you won gives +1 to Diplomacy checks made against clowns in Irrisen while under the light of a full moon in winter but only if you're a Shabti...
And thanks for the notice, Plumeria! Will do!
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Really? Because cat-chuks are a thing. What you do is tie two cats tails together and then attach one of them to your naked forearm by their claws and then flail away with the other one--no proficiency feat needed.
Oh well, maybe it will be an improved arcane familiar for my fighter, or an axebeak companion/mount for my cleric, or maybe a free warhorse for my character who just bought one (but I'm not bitter)... grrrr.