In case anyone was curious about the shimmering snow, *cough*Zes*cough* it was a haunt keyed to the doll. When she was destroyed, the haunt dissipated.
@ Silence: I FINDZ YOU!!!
YAY! YOU founded me when I was little!
@YBD: better safe than sorry :P
And we're going to use that picture as Silence's image on the map from now on :3
Just to clarify, you aren't at the Winter Portal yet. It's farther into the Somir Valley. You can reach it today if you keep going, but it'll have been dark for a couple hours or so.
I'd say we press on then. What does everyone thinks?
Yep.
Da.
Are we waiting on someone?
We're waiting on everyone except Neverhome. I just realized that I'd neglected to mention anything about posting in combat rounds, but that's what we're doing. Because vision's so limited, it'll make it easier for me to track everyone.
Blik, are you there? You didn't say anything in the past week...
I am in another game with blik, and he had mentioned he had lots of work upcoming but that he should still be posting... I just dont know if well the work was more than bargained for?
I'd been wondering what was going on with him and had been preparing to send him a PM. I'll give him a bit more time since it sounds like RL is rearing its ugly head.
@Zes: before you ask, there's a reason I didn't say anything about the Eagle's saving throw. Also, don't be surprised if more materialize every couple rounds.
Any news of Blik?
I PM'd him as soon as I got out of work this morning. None of his other aliases have posted since the end of May, so I'm not sure when we'll be hearing back from him. :-(
Just holding on Silence's actions. :-)
Man sorry, Rough 24 hours at work.. (mostly cause i ended up pulling shift and a half at work due to well... issues. I will post in a few hours, just woke up, need to eat, shower, feed the mao etc... then get ready for work again >.< but hope to post once all thats done
No problem. I'm subbing at work, so I won't be on until later this evening anyway. :-)
I was thinking...it's been more than two weeks since Blik has checked in: should we look for someone else? We could put up a recruitment for a divine caster, and maybe someone else.
If we do that, I'd say that we wait until we get to level 3/arrive at a plot relevant point to smooth the transition for who we find.
Thoughts?
Sounds good to me. I think we just need the divine caster. We have everything else covered.
I was thinking the same thing, honestly. You're very close to leveling, and then there's a nice cinematic/RP scene before the AP starts in earnest. I was planning to reopen recruitment then.
A shame, I liked friend Blik... it happens though *nods*
As did I... :-( However, Heldren does need a new protector now that the Sentinels are dead. Our neighborhood bat-halfling may not be the guardian they deserve, but he's who they need right now.
ooohhh good call!
lol. It's not who he is, but what he does that defines him.
By the way, I'm curious: how's group one doing?
Nevermind on the previous post, I just read what they've been up to. And I thought we were a little undiplomatic with the sentinels!
I also saw that they're also down to 4 members...and they were looking for a full arcane caster. And we're looking for a divine one.
What I'm getting at, it's that I wouldn't mind Vashti's idea of merging into one mega-group: quite the opposite.
I can see that there could be some problems: we're deeper into the story than them, and an eight people group could be too big/give a lot of work to YBD to tune encounters to the number of players.
On the other hand, party balance aside, it sounds really fun to me RP wise: they all have awesome characters!
Not as awesome as our samukitten, tough
So, yeah, just giving my two coppers here. I just wanted to say that while I'm also okay recruiting new blood, I'd prefer the merging option.
PS:AND THEY HAVE COOKIES!
Right now, I'm leaning toward continuing with two 4-person groups. They're contemplating rebuilding their Cleric as a Mystic Theruge. I do feel that 8 people is too much for me to handle, but if another few people have to drop out, I'll give it some serious thought. It would definitely be awesome RP, but you're twice as far along as them, so they'd be missing a significant portion of Book One.
Update: Group One has also suggested merging groups, and I've been playing around with the Mythic rules. If everyone in both groups is wanting a merger, I might be persuaded to do so. It would mean more work for me in balancing encounters, but I wouldn't have to keep doing everything twice, either. Let's pause and continue discussion in their thread.
Well we can wait for them to catch up in the story if it wouldn't take too long. Merging groups is good with me.
They're just leaving the Sentinel Lodge, but I can always GM fiat something. After all, they initially existed in the same universe, and your group already took out all the encounters. :-)
I'm okay with a merger. Whether right now or wait for them to catch up.
As to the how, suffice to say weirder things have happened.
Merging is fine yes yes, We can perhaps slow our roll just a bit, give them time to catch up I mean after all we started together
Update: the entirety of Group Two + Vashti is fine with merging groups. While that's technically a majority, I don't want to make a decision without giving everyone a chance to give their opinion. Plus, I want everyone to be comfortable with whatever's decided, so if even 1 player has an issue, we'll continue going through options. This is just an update to keep everyone in the loop. :-)
I was reading the Harrow Handbook (It's fantastic: there's fluff, crunch and moar Feiya! What else can you ask?) and they added a couple of Hexes. One is mostly tailor made to the new Cartomancer Witch archetype, but the other is kinda interesting...
The hex is wasted if it is not triggered within 24 hours.
YBD, I was wondering: does people would know that I'm taking an hostile action against them while I cast an hex? If that wasn't the case, I could take (later) this Hex, and use that to gain a little edge on enemies before battle starts: I could mask the hex as a witty retort while the Big Bad is doing his speech, only to trigger it as battle starts.
@Zes: The way I run Hexes, spellcasters and/or mundane enemies with knowledge of the arcane (like Order of the Staff Cavaliers) will know you're doing something. However, those ignorant of magic won't realize you're doing anything.
@Everyone: I really apologize for the multi-day delay. My wife and I are sorting through a major life development, and there's been no time to do so much as turn on my computer. I promise that nothing bad's going on, relationship-wise; it's more of a health issue thing. I have some stuff going on tomorrow, but I'm hoping to get back into the swing of things in the next day or two. Thanks for your patience, and don't worry: I'm not going anywhere. :-)
Np, take your time. Especially since you now have the added hassle of combining groups.
Yep. No worries.
What they all said times twelve. Yes yes
@Lyosha: Awesome battle chant *.*
Only, I think the "warn allies" part won't work if you keep talking in Erutaki. :P
He tried! And he's regressing so he switched to a language he comfortable with. So he thinks he warned you hehehe.
Also YBD you're using the wrong image for Silence, you need to use this one!
I lawl everytime i see that.... nad i will catch it one I will and it will Rue that day (speaking of which... my catfolk ninja name is Rrruh... pronunciated rue.... go figure)
Yes, the battle chant was pure epicness. :-) Silence, being Large increases your reach by 5ft. Katana = 10ft reach, Naginata = 15ft reach. :-)
Thankies :3
And the quicker we kill this thing the quicker we get to all the pretty girls!
Yay!
Semi-related: yesterday I embarked on a search of the internet for an image for Zses, but had no success. I swear, I only found long-bearded wizards and half-naked beefcackes!
On the other hand, I found an image for everything else: one for every other character and concept I have, a cool Rincewind fanart, and an appropriate image for a Qlippoth-Spawn tiefling. <.<
when in doubt. . . draw it? I got nothing man, aside from the young silence and the search for the red dot I got nothing either though well.... I might have something in the works we will see *mwa ha ha meow