End of an Era, Dawn of an Era; if a Crown should Fall...

Game Master Irnk, Dead-Eye's Prodigal

Lots of hugs to you for all you're dealing with Phaedra. I'll even add in some bear hugs too, just for you.

Awe thanks. It'll be okay.

Heh, Thankies ^w^

*hugs*

Henry's mom texted me to ask us over to celebrate my birthday tonight after we get off work.

I'm just really excited for my birthday tomorrow night cuz Henry is taking me to the Fall Out Boy concert, and he got me an air fryer for my birthday.

I have to gjo home, pick up Henry, and go to his mom's house.

Have fun and happy B'day!

Happy birthday!

Thank you thank you!! I plan on it. ;o)

Yay!

At the arena now. My husband is the BOMB, and got us the MOST awesome seats. I have to go on record and say this is the BEST Birthday EVER!!

Yay!

I share the same birthday as the lead singer of State Champs. Lol It's the opening band.

Neat.

I just have to tell everyone what a wonderful husband I have. I forgot my phone at home today, so he used his lunch break to go home, pick up my phone, and brought it tho me....without me even asking him to do that. I LOVE YOU BOOBEAR!!

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Dadgummit!! Stupid aliases

Huzzah for Boobear!

Okay, you don't have to tell everyone.

Yes I doooo cuz you are just the sweetest most wonderful husband in the UNIVERSE and I LOVE you!! *kisses*

Hokay...

In retrospect, my last gameplay post was a bit dense, which brings up a matter I will address next.

Bluntly, Martella has presented four 'jobs' she wants done over the day of the vote & exaltation. If the PC's are skilled/lucky enough, they can get all of them done and still have time to do other stuff.
The jobs are:

1) Discovery: Martella needs one of you to uncover the true dedication of two senators: Duke Centimus and Countess Abrielle Pace. It is unknown if either supports Eutropia’s bid to end primogeniture, and while their votes will be apparent after the senate convenes, she wants you to discover their positions in advance, as well as the reasons each noble holds that position.
Divining each noble’s motivations requires a Sense Motive or Perception check after at least one member of the party has put the noble at ease with one or more Influence checks.

2) Fraud: One of you must create a scandal surrounding one of the major opponents to the repeal of primogeniture.
Doing so requires first identifying an opponent, either with a Sense Motive check or by coordinating with another PC (such as one taking the Discovery mission), and then by spreading rumors with a Bluff check and manufacturing or coopting damning evidence on the fly with a Linguistics check to create a forgery.

3) Politicking: Martella would like one of you to make a strong impression on Baron Nicolaus Okerra and remind him of certain debts he owes her. While Baron Nicolaus Okerra isn’t a senator, his war record and general popularity make him an influential figure—one whose reputation helped sway a number of otherwise neutral votes.
The PC can accomplish this task by successfully influencing, or by two successful Intimidate checks to browbeat him.

4) Spy: One of you must stay close to High Strategos Maxillar Pythareus, watching for unusual behavior or listening for snippets of conversation, and warn Martella if he takes any unusual actions, all while remaining unobtrusive.
Spying requires a total of three Perception or Sense Motive checks, but to approach close enough to attempt one of these checks while remaining unnoticed requires the agent to first succeed with a Disguise or Stealth check.

The Social combat rules on pages 14 & 15 of the player's guide are going to be very prevalent really all through the Campaign, but particularly over the next few scenes, so please check them out if you haven't already. If you have any questions, ask me, please

So of course what do I do immediately after acknowledging making a dense post, make another dense post.
As you all have no doubt noticed, I really am only managing to make at best one gameplay post a day here, which leads me to sometimes attempt to cram as much as I possibly can in to try & keep things moving and everyone engaged.

What are your feelings on that? Do you think it might have gone better if I had only presented one task at a time or was this alright?

Well...I mean....it's just, I don't get "subtle" very well. Mairwen isn't gonna know what she wants her to do unless she specifically says, "I want you to do "this" to "this" person. That's just me though, I have a hard time getting subtle or vague instructions and knowing what to do with them. My diplomacy is pretty good...but I have NO sense motive, disguise...or any of that which usually helps with these kinds of missions. So, I'm just basically trying to figure out what her "job" is in all this.

It's true that there are "four" tasks, and there are "four" of us....but I find that splitting people up is rarely helpful because some have strengths that others lack.

I can heal and diplomacize with people and occasionally bop someone on the head if need be.....but I'm not really a subterfuge type character. Though that's just my thought on it. You're dong the best you can with everything you have going on in your life, so if we need to clarify some things...we'll clarify them.

I'm just the kind of person that has to be told what to do though, but that's just me.

I think the best thing to do, and again this is just my opinion, is that we split into two teams of two so that if one person misses something or gets into some kind of trouble, there is someone else there that can help them out.

I mean...at best, I could probably be someone's sidekick and help them with some of the diplomacy type stuff, but I think dividing the jobs in half and pairing up with a partner and then deciding on which two tasks the pair want to tackle would probably be the best course of action here.

I could see myself getting into lots and lots of trouble if left to my own devices.

Sorry....making suggestions always makes me nervous.

Did any of that make sense? I don't know if I explained what I was thinking very well or not.

I don't mind taking this at a leisurely pace, myself. I understand the concern of losing momentum, but I promise to stick around :)

I'd rather take it slow than be overwhelmed.

Ditto

Agreed (also just woke up, will read and get to posting in a bit)

I have the most wonderful wife. I was stuck at work and she brought lunch for me and my co-worker. I love you, honey!

Yay!

(Obligatory extra text since it won’t let me just post “yay!”)

I love you too ya big lug.

Sorry, things sometimes escape my notice. Like not knowing people's names and stuff. I've not been feeling good, so my attention span is all over the place too. Thoughts just run through my head so fast it's hard to keep up with all of them.

*offers hugs*

It's okay, it's just hard for me to get all my thoughts into one post really.

I'm trying to figure out the best way to get all these things done, but I really don't have good experiences with splitting up parties so...it's hard for me to figure out how to do that with knowing so little about the people we're supposed to be watching or whatever, as well as knowing so little about the people we're supposed to be working with and their motivations.

As well as what their talents and skills are.

Well! I was concerned that you lot would be bored over the last few days what with me being completely drained from yearly inventory & instead I discover that you might be moving things along better than I ever would.
There will be a gameplay post later today, I promise.

Returning to old business, what I actually meant in my earlier post about breaking that last gameplay post into more, smaller, posts was that my post rate would likely still stay that same, I would just have would up taking a couple of days to get it all out rather than just the one.

No worries, everything will work out. Hehehe

Sarada, remember you add your favored enemy bonus to sense motive checks against humans
Martella is a human.

I forgot it added to SM, thankies. Not that it changes anything :3

Sorry all, tonight was parent-teacher conferences and they ran WAY late.
Will have a gameplay post tomorrow.

No problem

Ye, no worries.

Due to some changes in schedule and poor planning on my niece's part, she is going to be bringing the boys to me at 6 in the morning, then I have to take them to work with me where their other grandmother will pick them up.

:(

6am came way too early. Getting JJ fed, already fed Decker and getting ready to lay him down for a nap so I can get ready for work. I'm sooo tired. It probably wouldn't have been so bad if I hadn't woken up at 3 this morning.

Okay, got off at 12, went home and ate lunch, then we spent the next five hours shopping for a pair of shoes for me that are appropriate for the weather as well as work. We found out that NO ONE carries a size 13 in store that is fit for work or this lousy weather, so at the third mall we went to I actually had to go to a Torrid and have them order a pair of boots for me to ship to the store. I really really hope they fit because I have never spent over 70 bucks for shoes in my LIFE. Then I found out from my mom while we were out shopping that they are coming out here Thursday to leave for their yearly trip to California, so we had to do our Christmas shopping for my siblings and niece and nephew that are out there so my parents can take their gifts to them for me. Then I was on the phone with my sister for like almost 40 minutes and probably would have been longer but her friend called from the urgent care. A knife fell and landed with the pointy end in her toe and it wouldn't stop bleeding so my sister took her to the urgent care and now I guess she needs to go pick her up or something....otherwise I'd probably STILL be on the phone with her.

I'm so tired.....

O.O

*offers hugs*

Well, my dad got the all clear to drive, but he still can't lift anything very heavy. But he's still planning on driving to California, so my sister is still out there this week and after they are done packing Wed night, my sister will load up their vehicle for them and make sure that their overnight bags for the motels they stay at and stuff, are light enough for dad to handle. She also made sure to tell dad that he's not to do any of the unloading when they get to CA, and to have my other siblings help him. I'll make sure my sister in CA knows that, unless Donna already called and told her that.

Anyways, they'll be out here Thursday and leaving Friday for the west coast, so we got all the Christmas shopping done for the family out there and I finally got the cards done and the packages wrapped so that my parents can take them out there with them so we don't have to worry about shipping them.

I just really hope my father doesn't overdo it on the driving. Mom said she would try to get him to stop three nights instead of just two so he isn't pushing himself too hard. My sister also made him promise to stop every few hours so he could get out of the car and stretch and stuff.

*sigh*

*nods*

*semds more hugs*

*makes tea for everyone*

Patents made it to New Mexico, tomorrow night they should be stopping in Kingman Arizona.

I'm so tired.

*sends hugs*