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Yes, it was! If you have a chance to come to Europe next summer and are interested in attending a 4-day outdoor convention in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, I strongly recommend you to come! About half the tables were ran in English (the other half in French), with many players coming from the UK, Netherlands, France, Germany, etc.
In case you're interested in checking out the Con's website (both in English and French)
Night March starts on Monday! Purchasing will last until you depart. Probably mid to end of the week!
Be ready!
Just found out that it is Labor Day on Monday! (American holiday for our European friends.)
It's a day where people tend to travel for the weekend, so I will post the start of the next scenario on Tuesday.
Sound good?
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Everyone let me know if your Perception or Initiative scores change when leveling and I'll update the dice blocks on the Campaign Info tab.
If it makes things easier (and if people want) I can also just assume everyone takes 10 on their day jobs and post those on the tab too. Just let me know what your take 10 would be. The alternative is for me to create a Day Job dice block so the GM can roll them when each game is finished.
I am leaving for vacation to North Carolina tomorrow evening and I will be gone until the 4th of October. I should still be able to update every day, but some days might prove inconsistent.
Fill in your own Day Job if you got em! I trust you.
Also, we should put a Day Job block in the Campaign Tab so GMs can just roll at the end. (If people want...)
Next up, Lithrac and the Library of the Lion.
Thanks BS! Looking forward to the next one. I mentioned something like that about Day Jobs before but no one responded. It would be a good idea though.
If it makes things easier (and if people want) I can also just assume everyone takes 10 on their day jobs and post those on the tab too. Just let me know what your take 10 would be. The alternative is for me to create a Day Job dice block so the GM can roll them when each game is finished.
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Thanks for the very kind offer, Bold Strider, I really appreciate it. "A bit" would be an understatement, actually.
Moreover, I must regretfully announce that I would like to bow out of the Flaxseed campaign altogether. As I've mentioned in my Siege of Serpents game, I've been feeling increasingly burnt out about PbP GMing for the last few months. I think that has been showing in my much slower posting rate, the abysmal quality of my posting (as GM and player alike), and the general lack of enthusiasm from my part in way too many games. It's not a lack of time anymore (it used to be when I had more than 20 ongoing games at the same time, but it's hardly the case now), it's a problem of motivation. "Burnt out" would be one way to put it in words, it's that situation when you know you have to do something, but keep postponing it indefinitely because you don't feel like doing it, that the simple idea of doing it is a huge problem for you. I've overcommitted to PbP, and now comes the price I guess. I just don't enjoy it anymore, save for a couple of games. The situation isn't new, as you surely have noticed, and has grown much worse over the past few months. So, rather than remaining a burden for the group, I prefer to bow out and allow you to find someone else that will be more interested in keeping this game alive. I'd like to thank you all for giving me the opportunity to play in this campaign and many others.
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I think we all understand, Lithrac, and Bold Strider taking this one over is fine. We will all hate to see you go but this campaign could also really use a kick in the pants to get moving again.
The question for the rest of us then is this: losing Lithrac puts us at four people (one GMing and three playing). I think we'll be fine with this one since it's combat-lite but we should probably look at bringing another player in as a replacement.
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I will gladly take over this game and I regret that you aren't enjoying this anymore, Lithrac. I always enjoy playing with you.
As to finding another, I support this. The campaign is still relatively early so we might find a replacement with exactly our XP. Any thoughts on recruits?
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As a heads up, I will be taking the Illinois Bar Exam on Tuesday and Wednesday and travelling to Chicago on Monday. I am aiming to still get posts up, but I cannot promise that it will happen.
That being said, I'd like to wrap it up and get out Chronicles tomorrow if everyone can post something to allay Thomas.
Tadah! Chronicles for everyone!
So, what are thoughts on replacements and how this is going so far?
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Thanks for running that one, BS! And especially for finishing it up while getting ready for and taking the bar. Hope that went well!
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Now, concerning this campaign I've had several thoughts that I've already shared with BS. Before we jump into the next scenario I think there are several things about this campaign that need to be revamped.
The Confirmation: 39 days
The Wounded Wisp: 95 days (!!!)
Mists of Mwangi: 66 days
Night March: 58 days
Library of the Lion: 116 days (!!!)
If we're serious about going as far as we can (and I still am, even if no one else is), we need to pick up the pace a lot. I think we should aim for 4-5 weeks per scenario as a maximum.
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Thank you a lot BS for the scenario! Also, thank you EF for pointing all of that out. To be honest, my motivation went down a lot after Lithrac deciced to quit the game (obviously). But I'm ready to go forward and continue at a faster pace. I've slowed down a bit in PBP lately as I'm writing my thesis and I started my own AP (Carrion Crown) in PBP with a group of french-speaking friends.
As for my character... I'm getting a little bored with the sorcerer class and in this little group, I fear to do the same stuff Falco does, slightly worst. I'm thinking to retrain him as a bard, maybe, so that we'll have a support build. What do you think about that?
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I understand with being busy; this year has been really tight for me as I've been trying to finish all of my class work this year but I should be done with classes by May and then I can just focus on writing my thesis as well.
As for Pandoor's retraining, there is a fair amount of overlap with sorcerer and wizard but a bard would provide some variety, not to mention some backup healing. But I say do whatever you want.
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Hey guys!
So EF gave me an invite to this campaign. I have to say, I'm super excited. Here's my schtick:
1. I'm happy to stick with the Halfling. Honestly, the last time I played a halfling it was 1e, and it's time I changed that.
2. I've played with everyone in this campaign before. I can definitely commit to playing fast. My teaching schedule this year (and next) allows me to post an unreasonable amount each day. Unless my fiancee and I are away, or I'm at a convention, I'll be here to post.
3. I just retired my cleric of Sarenrae, so I've already been kicking around the thought of a new cleric. Based on what we have, a cleric of Desna seems like a good fit.
4. My level. I'd be lagging behind, but I've got some core games in play right now. I can apply the credit to this character, so I estimate by the time we all hit 4th level, I'll be caught up.
5. Scenario options. I don't know what you guys have in the pipe, but I've played a bunch of core over the last few months. I don't know if my presence messes that up. The first 3 GM XP I'll be applying to this character is the Quest for Perfection trilogy.
6. GMing. I'm happy to GM. I JUST qualified for 5 stars, so that means I'm cutting back. This is a good thing as I can pay more attention to what I'm running.
7. I'll have a character ready ASAP.
8. Thanks again EF and everyone else for letting me in. See you in a bit.
Welcome! I think we will also be joined shortly by Pirate Rob. This is looking like a really good group!
For those who just joined, our campaign scenario outline is above. You can request favorite scenarios to replay if you want and you can also volunteer to GM certain scenarios. We're in the process of filling it back in if you have any suggestions and if you've already played something, just make a note and wipe it off or volunteer to run it. Once we get it filled it, it should serve as a template for what not to play/run outside this group so we don't run in to problems.
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As for what to play immediately, can everyone play 00-13 The Prince of Augustana? It's a pretty quick and fun one and if no one has played it in Core yet, I'll get it started in a couple days once the new folks have settled.
Ok, well it sounds like everyone is ready or will be soon enough and I had some time tonight so I decided to go ahead and get the next scenario started.
Everyone: go ahead and suggest some scenarios on the spreadsheet and/or start signing up to GM once scenarios have been added. Pick out your favorites that you'd like to replay or pick out some quick ones that are still enjoyable. Please, I beg you all, not Assault on the Wound. Lol.
Hey, no problem. The halfling thing only started because I was making another Flaxseed and I guess everyone else thought it would be funny to do the same thing. All my new characters have been Flaxseeds for the past couple years, lol.
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Rock on. I applied a couple of floating CORE chronicles to Dorvhan so I'm at 2 XP. Should make catching up a bit easier.
Dorvhan, a dwarf who follows Desna. He's mildly self-conscious about it. But only mildly. His prized possession is the Butterfly, a masterwork dwarven waraxe custom forged to have a butterfly shape to the blade. He was picked on as a young lad (he's been following Desna as long as he can remember.) It's left him a bit bitter about it, and he hates bullies.
He is officially built and ready to go.