To Wear the Carrion Crown (Group 3 - Trial of the Beast) (Inactive)

Game Master Haldhin

All,
Sorry for the delay, but I have caught the flue. I will resume posting asap.

I'm alive again, and back to posting.

They haven't posted in two weeks. =/

True, but I was out of action for over a week too, so I don't mind giving them another 12 hours or so. If they haven't posted by then, we'll continue and I'll bot them unless/until they reappear or we have to find replacements.

Sorry guys was a busy week between work going down the tube to hell and helping out with the first gaming convention held in our city this weekend.

Sorry folks. I've had some health issues for the past few weeks that prompted multiple trips to the hospital for tests. So far everything's come up inconclusive, but it's been pretty stressful nevertheless. Today is the best I've felt in three weeks, so hopefully whatever I've got is on the mend. Should be back to regular posting now (fingers crossed!).

Guys, for some reason I wasn't seeing updates. Not sure what happened, but sorry for disappearing for a few days.

Wanted to also give you all a slight retcon. When you entered the house and found the fireplace, picture, and staircase, there were also three other doors exiting that room (not including the one you used to enter the house). I just used the room descriptions from the adventure, and didn't realize text about the doors wasn't included.

Going upstairs now isn't a problem, just wanted to let everyone know there are a few more avenues of exploration when you get back downstairs.

Sorry for the confusion.

Hi everyone,
So I’m alive and doing reasonably well. Sorry for disappearing; as most of you know, my schedule has gone through some massive changes over the past few months. I won’t get into details, but suffice to say, between changes at work and my son’s new/revised/ever-changing sleeping schedule, the 2+ hours of free time I typically had at night has all but vanished. I have tried to keep up, but my efforts have more often ended up with me asleep at my desk rather than producing anything for my games. After some retrospective consideration of what’s been going wrong for me, I’ve decided that I’ve been trying (in vain) to maintain a posting pattern that just doesn’t work with my current lifestyle.

All that said, I sincerely enjoy running my games, and I really want to continue DMing. I am therefore going through a (hopefully short) process of examining my new daily schedule to try and carve out new pockets of free time I can use for updating game threads. To try and better focus on the games I run, I have also resigned from all the games in which I was a player.

Hopefully, my efforts will result in a more consistent updating schedule, and we’ll get some solid momentum back in the games. I want to thank everyone for their patience – I know it’s not easy being on that side of the computer and wondering what’s happening.

I will make every effort to post an update tonight, then again on Friday.

Feel free to post questions here or send PMs as needed.

Thanks,
Andrew/Haldhin

No rush at all mate - I've got other things keeping me distracted XD

Working on modifying the Shattered Star Campaign to fit eight people for one.. and making it set in an alternate, post-apocalyptic timeline where Karzoug returned as well. Lets just say I'm worried I may end up brutally murdering my players, heh.

Thanks for checking in at least.

Yea, thanks for letting us know.

I'm sorry everyone. We had a death in my wife's family early last week, and I've been out of town and away from the computer for the past week. I'm working to catch up now, but it may be another day or two before I'm fully back in the game.

Just to let everyone know what's been going on, my son was very sick for a while, and both sleep and free time were in short supply around the house. Now that he's getting better, I am going to have the time I've been setting aside for updating the game.

I'll have an update later today, and will try to be consistent through the rest of the year. Understanding, of course, that the holidays can be hectic for people, so things may be choppy through New Years. But once we get into January, I should be set for a more consistent posting schedule during the week.

All, I updated the map and will post an update this evening with Alpy entering combat.

Finally back from our whirlwind two-week holiday tour of seven states. Hope everyone had a great holiday season. Happy New Year!

Hi all,
Hope everyone had a nice holiday season.

After traveling around a bit during the holidays, both my wife and I came down with this new strain of flu, and we're just now getting over it. Luckily my son seemed to be immune. Fun times. Just wanted to let everyone know I'm planning to start updating again tonight.

Thanks,
Haldhin

I had a bout with that myself over this last weekend. Nasty stuff. Holidays were nice if short here.

Let's do it!

Glad to hear you and your wife are better. This season's flu strain is no fun!

All,
Just wanted to give everyone a few quick updates.

First, everyone has gained a level! Please try to have your characters updated in the next few days (not really a spoiler to say fights are coming up).

Second, we only have a few more buildings to explore, and depending on your decisions, we could reach the "end" of the adventure very quickly. I am already working on the treasure/loot/market updates, so we'll have those almost immediately when the adventure is over. (The market is going to have access to almost all of the "generic" items this time around).

Finally, I know my ability to run this adventure on a consistent basis has been subpar for a while now, and I appreciate everyone sticking through it. I enjoy running for all of my players, and the lack of momentum we've had has been extremely frustrating for me, and I'd guess many of you as well. I just want to reiterate my commitment to the game, and I think moving forward, you'll see my updates returning to more frequent and predictable pattern.

Haldhin

Sounds good to me. =)

I'll get Bjorn leveled up after work.

Ditto.

All, just a note to let everyone know my family is right in the middle of the winter storm projected to hit Atlanta tonight. There is a decent chance we will lose power, though of course, we're hoping for the best.

If our power goes out, I will not be able to post anything until it's restored. I'll try to post updates if/when needed as the situation develops.

Thanks,
Haldhin

I have posted a map in the Shared folder.

You entered at K1, walked down the hall to K6, and are currently on Level 1 (bottom map) of K7.

The two doors on Level 2 of K7 used to have a bridge between them. That bridge is now under water on level 1 of K7.

Hi all, sorry for my silence. We made it through the freeze last week, but the thaw afterward resulted in a neighbor's tree falling which took out our power and internet. Everything is good now, back to posting.

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How do you want to proceed? Climb the walls to the upper door?

That's what Bjorn is doing.

Looking to get a check of active/current players. Who is still here?

*Raises hand*

Here and I'll post soon.

Present!

Haldhin, I really appreciate the time and effort you've put into this game but I'm thinking it might be best for us to just call it here. You've been increasingly busy off and on for months now and I'm confident we're never going to get that early momentum back. It would be best for your peace of mind and to give us some closure if you just called this game done.

Hello all,
For a variety of reasons, I agree. Thank to everyone who played.

I'll mark this as inactive.