Rise of the Runelords

Game Master Kevin O'Rourke 440

If Kevin is for it, I'd like Creydon along as a bot, since he's the only one who can use those wands I just asked about. :)

Neither Azalia nor I have UMD ranks!

Hey now... I have ONE rank. That's something. I mean, likely not good enough, but you know.

Anneka helping the skulks make sense and Creydon in bot mode dishing out inspire courage and heals as needed makes sense.

Hey now... I have ONE rank. That's something. I mean, likely not good enough, but you know.

I didn't see it because it wasn't in bold like the rest of your skills!

I didn't see it because it wasn't in bold like the rest of your skills!

Fixed.

Hey everyone. Apologies for my absence, but I assure you I didn't take it lightly. I'm starting to get caught up in my games this week, and hope to be back to regular posting by the start of next week.

Hope all is well with you and yours.

And thanks for your understanding.

No worries, glad to have you back. Ye've just killed the Hidden Beast and are just talking with your new Skulk buddy.

Sad poke. Hey everyone. We're so close to the end of the entire AP!

Let's just give up.

I'm kidding! I'm in it until the end, I just don't always have the energy to prod people, so thanks for that.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Still not clear here. I'm hoping to catch up in the new year. Feel free to bot Creydon in my absence.

Merry Christmas to you as well. Hope it was good.

Anyone hear from Kevin or Creydon?

Nope, but you know we can just write our own story this way, right? Let's just methodically loot the city, teleporting back when the portable hole is full of gold, and then doing it over and over again until we're SUPER rich with the best equipment money can buy... and THEN we'll go fight the big boss.

Sorry guys, I'm going to get back on top of the play by posts but it'll take a few days. Creydon's still dealing with a few things.

Glad you're back!

As am I!

Hey folks, I have been lurking a bit and am glad to see the campaign continues. I am feeling an itch to play again. I wonder if there is still room for Anneka in the story? It would be nice to help finish what we started.

Welcome back! Wouldn’t be the same without you

Glad to have you back.

If you want to rejoin any of my other games just let me know.

Thank you! I'm excited to be back.

1. I'm still level 15--should I level up to 16?

2. About how much time has passed in game since we left the cabin?

3. What did we say Anneka's been up to?

Hooray Anneka!

She is still with the party!

It's still the same day as that cabin. Maybe the next? Things have been slow the past few weeks in real time, and Creydon hasn't been able to be here in person as much as he'd like, also.

Welcome back, and yes, I say level up. No need to lag behind the rest of us. We want you at your best. :)

It's a few weeks since the cabin though much of that was downtime with a bit of montage like travel. You're now in the lost city of Xin Shalast... basically think the ruins of Atlantis if it was in the alps.

Level up.

Azalia can steal as many times from the giant camp as she'd like but each check will increase in difficulty as the giants will notice things going missing.

I'll keep that in mind, but isn't this a huge city that used to be the centerplace for the avatar of greed? There must be some unattended wealth. :)

It's a few weeks since the cabin

Oh.

Oh it's huge but at various points people have gathered together the choicest of items that are laying about... like those giants.

Okay, makes sense... we might have to fight for some of it, but how about the doors? Aren't they made of gold or some such? :)

Just got back into my account! Being locked out sucked

Welcome back Drazh.

Oh yeah but in the poorer parts of town it's gold leaf and things. I promise you there is one hell of a solid gold door later on! There's optional encounters along the way to help you line your pockets further before the big bad.

Same! I'm also leveled up to 16.

Sorry, I've got a lot of tight deadlines popping up until the end of the month. I need to take a week off f games. Bot me as needed. Thanks!

No worries Ferocia.

I look forward to seeing what you've been working on when it comes with the post!

I'm going to a house in the country from Friday through Monday that will have spotty internet access. Please bot me if I'm holding anything up. This also goes for the Azlant and the WotR game. Thanks.

Hey Kevin. I haven't heard from you in a while in most of the campaigns I share with you, so I was just wandering if things are all right.

Gang,

Does anyone know anything about Kevin's situation (or Creydon's, for that matter)? I know that people having life situations and rightfully de-prioritizing gaming happens all the time, but we are SO CLOSE to the end of the AP, that it kind of stings to think we won't see it through.

Looking at his posting history, it looks like things started to get busy for a while before he had to stop, since it seems he was only able to focus on some of his campaigns and not others before his last post. So, he had the chance to say what's up, but I don't recall hearing anything. Nobody owes anybody an explanation, of course, but not knowing what's going on makes it difficult to know if I should move on from Kevin's campaigns or not.

Any additional information or thoughts would be appreciated. Theories would also be appreciated, the more wild and crazy, the better.

Sadly no idea. It’s worrisome when someone who is normally active suddenly drops off like this.

I don't know either. I was just waiting to see if the games closed from lack of posting.

Theory: he inherited a gajillion dollars and was too busy traveling the world to continue the games. They have crappy internet on the cruise ship.

I admit I did the same thing last year during quarantine. It took me weeks to get the nerve to come back and admit that I needed time off. It was just a hard reality to come to terms with.

Miss you guys <3

I don't know either. I was just waiting to see if the games closed from lack of posting.

I ruined that for you! Ha ha whoops!

Theory: he inherited a gajillion dollars and was too busy traveling the world to continue the games. They have crappy internet on the cruise ship.

Nice theory!

My theory is: Dinosaurs.

That's it. That's the theory.

My theory is: Dinosaurs.

That's it. That's the theory.

I like it, but it needs an adjective... like EVIL. Evil dinosaurs. Or, you know, maybe just hungry, or secretive, or courageous.

... and now I'm thinking that the true explanation has to be found in a Mad Lib somewhere. :)

Clumsy dinosaurs.

Haha!

I've been crazy busy, but nope, haven't heard from our GM.

Ok so a bit less relevant to this game than most I'm in but still.

I've been kind of avoiding this for a while, I knew about a week or so back I really should get around to it but kept finding excuses to push it off one more day. For the last half a year or so I've just been floundering and then playing catch up every month or so. I hate abandoning groups but continuing as is isn't fair on people either. I'm going to be dropping out of all of the games I'm playing in and most I am GMing except two which are near the end.

The last year has thrown me out of routine with the games, the pandemic is bad enough but there's some personal stuff that looks like it's coming up that'll be making things more awkward. I've enjoyed GMing and playing but it's just not something I can do right now.

I'm going to try to wrap up Fall of Plaguestone and Rise of the Runelords.

So obviously you're recognizing that many of you are in other games I'm running not included in those two.

Checking in. Great to hear from you, and of course I'm here for this.

Glad you're doing okay. I'm also glad to finish this one up. You had a lot on your plate, so I think it's smart to scale it back. Hope you get through those future events okay.

No worries and no pressure! I haven't been able to keep up in months either.

Whenever I'm in a place to start games I think I'll focus more on modules than adventure paths!

Welcome back! I agree that AP's are way too long to work well in PbP. Maybe if you cut out whole books and boil them down to their bare essentials. Sending positive vibes your way for all the stress in your life.

Anyway, excited to have you back and to finish this one out!