Just wait until she has Wall of Force and Prismatic Spray
Sorry about that DM, I thought from your description that the 2nd Goblin had stopped near the fruit stand. Ill try and keep better stock, but just be patient with me im not used to working in theater of the mind. ;)
No problem, I hadn't described it as clearly as I could have, and like I said, I'll typically tend at least slightly in you guys' favor in hedge cases.
Hi all!
I'm just warning you, I'm about to finish my final bachelor's degree project, so my posting might be patchy in the next week-ish. I'll still try and post, but it's possible that a day or two might pass where I'd be unable to do so, so feel free to bot me!
Good luck with your studies. Also what are you studying if you'll forgive my curiosity?
I am a student of the (not at all) ancient art of Mechatronics Engineering, where one harmonises the tangible physical Yin of the Mechanical with the abstract digital Yin of Electronics to achieve true enlightenment and progress.
I stick sensors to microcontrollers and do mindcrushing amounts of numbers fidgeting to get them properly set, but describing it like that doesn't get new people into STEM.
See that's why I should have ignored people when they told me to follow my passions. Unfortunately for me my passions led me to studying history which is not the best degree ever for gainful employment.
Well, I developed a passion for journalism halfway through my subject, so I was really tempted to go for that, but I decided against it with the general situation around it these days, and the fact people with hard to pronounce names have a significant disadvantage in it.
Although, I'm sure you can find something to do with your degree! Fingers crossed!
Good luck with your project :)
See that's why I should have ignored people when they told me to follow my passions. Unfortunately for me my passions led me to studying history which is not the best degree ever for gainful employment.
I too graduated having studied history and also have a degree in Engish Literature but have been working for the last ten years in the completely unrelated field of user experience design!
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See that's why I should have ignored people when they told me to follow my passions. Unfortunately for me my passions led me to studying history which is not the best degree ever for gainful employment.I too graduated having studied history and also have a degree in Engish Literature but have been working for the last ten years in the completely unrelated field of user experience design!
Ha, I've got you both beat. I have a dual degree in Creative Writing and Psychology, and people won't even hire me!
... It occurs to me that this isn't a competition I really wanted to win.
I know the feeling...
Same here! Hahahahahahahelp
...Anyway, in answer to your question in Gameplay, Efan, I'll usually bot PCs if they're okay with it during expected absences, and if there's a particularly long unexpected delay I'll take over as well (although I usually try to give the benefit of the doubt and shoot a message first). That said, I forgot that Gao was busy this week, so I'll update shortly!
EDIT: Since it's come up and I don't know if I discussed it before, I tend to make rolls for the PCs as they come up to keep the game moving--things like initiative checks, saving throws if they're important for other events in the post, and attacks of opportunity. If you prefer to roll these yourself, let me know, but I find it can help speed things along and make it easier to keep track of things as they're happening--that way we don't have to retcon if an opportunity attack would have killed a monster that proceeded to deal damage, or figure out when exactly someone fell asleep, or that sort of thing. I'll try to leave as much in your hands as possible, but I find it can help things to roll for you when needed.
Hey guys! Quick update, I mentioned I will be scarcely posting this week, as I'm just about wrapping up with university, period.
In addition, my laptop had honorably passed away, luckily the day after I handed in my final report. I'll be looking into getting it fixed, but for now I'll be posting scarcely, if I find somewhere to do it from. I'd ask you to bot me, if possible, and I'll try and get on with the game ASAP.
Cheers, and sorry! Especially more so that everyone is excellent with their timing, and I'd hate to ruin your pace for now.
Hopefully, thanks for the understaning!
Laptop. RIP.
Best of luck with your dissertation Gao and hope you manage to resurrect your laptop soon.
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I must have misread something earlier. Efan went to help the Father earlier and I thought he killed the goblin attacking him after Efan missed. So after that he went to help the Sheriff instead.
Otherwise he wouldn't have left an elderly man to fend for himself. Efan is kind of a dick. But he's not a Rick Sanchez-sized dick :)
Oh, so must've I. Sorry!
I suppose Gao could've went there with Efan to help the father, and then charged alongside him towards whereever he was going?
Sorry, again!
Shara is going back to help him now though, since she wants his help spell casting, so I think things work out.
At this point, one way or the other, Father Zantus is safe, actually. Since we've been playing this kind of fast and loose, which I've been enjoying immensely myself, let's preserve everyone's actions and dignity. Originally one goblin attacked Father Zantus, and Efan assisted him in putting it down. Then another one attacked the old man, and Gao knocked that one out. Finally, Shara has just skewered another that took the opportunity.
Father Zantus may not be the hardiest or most badass old man himself, but he sure has some good bodyguards.
Following this round of belated updates--this week had some craziness, including my phone breaking--I'm letting you all know that I'm going on another trip, starting later today. This is very short-notice, I know, but I didn't know I was going until last night myself. My younger brother is still looking at colleges, but this trip also brings us near my older half-brother who I only get to see once in a great while. (Incidentally, he's the person who got me into RPGs in the first place.) His schedule happens to be open for one of the days of the trip, so I'm going along to get to see him.
Like I said, we're leaving later today, and I'll be back on this coming Tuesday. We're staying in hotels the whole time, so I SHOULD have wi-fi and time to post, but in case I don't, that's the reason why.
Hey. Quick heads up. My sister is going away to college for the first time this weekend and the whole family is going with to help her move in. I'm leaving tomorrow morning and I should have internet, but my posting may be slower than usual until Sunday.
Just letting you know I will be away for a couple of days starting tomorrow evening. Unlikely to post then until Sunday. Thanks!
Hey guys, Loup let me and Shara know that his laptop is currently busted, so he doesn't have a way to post. He's looking into ways to try and post otherwise, but he doesn't have the money to fix the laptop right now so he may be out for a bit. He'll be back as soon as possible, but he may be gone for a while if his other posting methods don't pan out.
And Loup Blanc here letting you know that it was probably a false flag--things look to be okay for now. It was probably just a crash, but I've had bad luck with computers in the past so I was expecting a worst case scenario. I should be okay, but if I go dark the old message stands.
Also, hoping to update this (and the other games I'm running) today; I've been having Internet issues all week before this, so I wasn't able to post at all until yesterday (and then I was only able to update as a player).
Loup, feel free to delete my previous post (if you can) for narrative flow, as i have it saved somewhere else. If you do I'll simply re-post it once the goblin is confirmed down as I still intend to act as I did in my previous post.
Hey guys, this is a blanket notice going out to all of my games here on the boards. While I am thankfully outside the path of Hurricane Harvey, current projections for Hurricane Irma are sending it barreling up the coast of Florida to sweep much of the eastern coast of the United States. As I live directly on the ocean, I'm already gearing up for a potential evacuation at the moment. While hopefully all I get is a lot of rainfall, it's likely that by the time Irma hits Maryland it will still be at least a Category 3 storm, if not worse. I will have my laptop and such in the case of an evacuation, but I likely won't be able to post with any real schedule or frequency. Moreover, given that I live more or less directly on the ocean, it's more likely than not that if I'm forced to evacuate there will not be a home for me to come back to after the storm passes. The island is not built to withstand that kind of storm, and the last time something anywhere near that deadly swept through, it made an inlet where there used to be a road. My point being, if I'm hit by the hurricane it's very likely I will be off the boards for a long while, or at least my posting will be sparse and intermittent.
I'm sure I'm not the only one following the storm on the news, but I'll do my best to keep everyone updated on my status. It's likely the storm, if it hits me at all, will make landfall here early next week. If you see on the news that the storm has hit Maryland and you don't hear from me, that's probably why. I just wanted to put this message up now as I'm prone to losing power during storms and I didn't want to leave anyone hanging.
Thanks for understanding,
Jon
Stay safe dude, I hope you and your family get through it unscathed.
Be well and be careful. Hope it all works out for you.
Holy plot advancement Batman!
Oh wait nope my bad just a mirage
GM, if the goblin threat is just one to get us together and doesn't form a greater part of the plot of this book should we post our thoughts about meeting up together and getting ready to see Foxglove?
Apologies for being pushy, I'd just like to see if this game is going to gain momentum.
Hopefully it will gain momentum, yeah. My apologies for disappearing again--it happened for a number of reasons. I'd like to get this going again as soon as I can, although that may not happen for a day or two. Sorry for the continual slow pace, and here's hoping it changes soon.
Hey folks,
Sorry for unexplained absence. I got dragged into an unplanned business trip that went far longer than advertised. I'll catch up and post as soon as I can - most likely tomorrow. If you've had to replace my character in the mean time, I understand.
You haven't missed anything dude :) We're just waiting for this to pick back up again.
Yikes. Well, I'll keep an eye on it. Doesn't seem like there is anything worth adding to the conversation so far.
I don't know if anyone else is in his other games, but Loup did get up some posts in the other games he's running. I won't speak for him, but it seems like stuff is letting up and he'll be getting us running again soon.
Feel free to push on.
So is this game dead?
According to Loup, something suddenly came up again and things got even busier. He said he was considering a short hiatus, but I haven't heard from him since
Alright. I'll gladly wait personally.
Hi guys, does anyone know how to mark this game as inactive so it doesn't appear in my list or is that something only the GM can do?
Only the GM can mark a game inactive. Shara and I communicate with him on the regular and he still very much plans to come back, but his life is too busy right now to really be on the boards. While he hasn't come here to post it, his games are all on a hiatus for the time being and he isn't posting in the games he's a player in either. I don't know exactly when he'll be back (I'm not sure he does either) but I expect him to return at some point in the future.