Darkened Thresholds - Artifact

Game Master JonGarrett

I won't be completely unavailable, but I will be frequently distracted.

Merry Christmas everyone of ya! I hope you've had a good one and here's to a happy new year!

I've been thinking about what to do after we're done with this adventure, and I think Charly would go looking for her "sister." Partly to find out more about what happened to her and partly to find out if she's a threat. (I'm guessing yes, but you never know.)

Sorry for posting again so soon, but I was wondering if Charly's sword would be 3-harm, Hand? Just wondering for when the fight really gets going.

Swords are normally 2-harm hand, unless you have other tricks to up the damage (there are ways).

Charly can definitely search for her kindred. Finding might not be on the cards yet, however.

Ah, thanks!

And just so I'm being as transparent as possible about this. I rolled two Use Magics. The first one was to try giving Kavax a boost to his damage, and I rolled a 6. The second was to shatter Carlos' spell and I rolled a 14 on that one.

Yup. That six was why the lights came on.

Alrighty then. About to try something new.

Sorry I've been so quiet. I've just... well, to be frank, I've been struggling to think of a reason for Cheshire to stick around. He already has what he wants, so trying to get out of here while you're busy would be most in character for him... which tells me that maybe he isn't a good character to be playing the way I've defined him.

Don't worry, you guys are nearly done. And trying to escape right now would be...difficult.

Sorry for the delay, Kavax and I are plotting a little and I keep not seeing the little red notification dot for PM's.

It's okay. Plot away. I'm looking forward to seeing what y'all come up with.

Hey, I'm opening up a recruitment thread for a short DnD 5e adventure if y'all are interested. The thread can be found here: A Dinner for Party of Five

Interesting. I may be along shortly.

Long weekend. I'll post when I'm done all of the festivities and stuff here.

Apologies. Paizo apparently ate my post detailing what happened. Joy. I'll fix it later/tomorrow, as headaches dictate.

Okay, despite what I posted in Gameplay, I really don't want Charly to die! I'll spend some luck if I need to so she can survive.

I just got (unofficially) laid off so I've been finding motivation hard right now.

I'll still post but I might need a day or two to figure this all out.

That sucks dude. Take the time as you need.

And yes, Charly can use Luck if the other choice is death.

I've just been *officially* laid off... but I'm actually not feeling too bad about it, since I'm happy to have gotten to work for a month in the first place. At least now I have recent work experience and professional references who like me.

That said, I understand that this is pretty rough. Take it easy, and remember that role-playing was literally made for escapism.

And Kavax goes for the diving save! Hopefully Charly won't be too traumatized by a brief moment of being clutched in the claws of a terrible dragon, soaring above a landscape that is burning and crumbling away!

Also, I find it interesting that this is probably the first time that a demonic dragon saving a feral vampire from near-certain fiery doom could be considered very heroic.

I think Charly's going to have enough trauma tonight that Kavax rescuing her isn't going to add much to it.

That said, I wonder how this affects her being barely in control of herself.

Just curious, but isn't Kavax's skin supposed to be scorchingly hot?

His blood is. His scales are usually only 'uncomfortably warm', but he is a bit agitated right now and might be hotter than usual.

Charly probably should not try to drink Kavax's blood. It would be a thoroughly unpleasant experience. Sure, it's really rich in magical energy and all that mumbo jumbo, but its also searing hot, highly caustic, and rather toxic.

All said, I am still expecting there to be a couple points of Harm getting distributed around due to impact, abrasion, ring of fire, and that kind of stuff.

I'm not sure if I'm just reckless or if it's because I'm just dumb about how this game works, but Charly always does seem to wind up hovering around death's door in these situations.

And I'm not planning on drinking Kavax's blood, something tells me even if she did go feral, Charly wouldn't want to.

Just a heads up. I did something stupid and gave my fingers a steam burn. I'm hoping that the pain will lessen in the next day or two, but posts from me are definitely going to be less than they have been.

No worries. We're mostly done here, I think. I've got a sniffly headcold thing which is making writing a little difficult, but should have something up tonight.

Well, it seems I'm doing a lot better today than I thought I would be. Still stings a little, but not nearly as much as before. Assuming things continue this way, I should be good.

And sorry to hear about that. Hope you get well soon!

Apologies for dropping out. I think, among other things, that Cheshire just wasnt' really... working.

I don't plan on trying to rejoin, but I did want to apologize for vanishing from the game.

It's alright. Sometimes you find a game just isn't for you, or the character isn't working. I can't speak for everyone, but I wouldn't mind if you did come back if you wanted to.

I'm sorry to see you go, and was hoping the transfer to Gemstones and the interesting future plans for Cheshire would help, but completely understand. If you change your mind or simply would like to try a new character feel free to get in touch.

Yeah... I don't know. I think part of it was Cheshire, and part of it was just... never clicking with the game system. I always think these kinds of more narrative systems are interesting, but whenever I play them I discover that I don't play well with them, it seems. I could ramble on about my theories as to why, but... it comes down to, for whatever reason, I've just never managed to enjoy a less structured system.

No worries, experiments don't always work.

I'll get a post up tomorrow probably. Its been a busy Easter weekend as its also my father's birdthay.

No worries, no rush.

Also! Some side GMing business.

First and foremost, with Cheshire's choice to head off we're down to 7 players across the two tables. We have a couple of choices here - we can start re-recruiting to add to our numbers, or we can we can do my original plan and have it so we alternate between whose running and who is playing the games and have everyone on one table. Thoughts?

Secondly, it has been suggested we do some little side stories for character development. Does anyone wanna do some shorter, one-to-one games? If so how would you like to do them? We can set up threads here on Paizo, or run them via discord for higher speed, or Other Suggestion?

Third, and more of a note, the next game is intended to be a much more chill, relaxing game. Other than maybe Kavax everyone's gone through some more emotional trauma than expected this game, so the next one will be more light hearted.

I'm fine with either, but I think we have a solid core of players as is to go with alternating GMs. As for the side things, We could also do Google Docs. I think that'd work better actually since we couldn't really separate IC and OOC in Discord and Paizo doesn't make it easy to keep track of threads that aren't part of a campaign. It's not that hard to set up a doc and share it and we can use comments for OCC questions and stuff.

Either could be acceptable. Though I do note that even with a split table, the nature of Kavax's Apocalypse countdown means that some things he can do will affect both tables (they'll be seeing the red moon over in Gemstones, too, right?)

It is somewhat odd that Kavax has managed to avoid the emotional trauma that everyone else is dealing with. Or maybe he's just jaded. Though I do kind of play him as being of the type where he's aware that things can be horrible, that *he* is likely to be part of horrible things, and still wanting to do some good because that is no excuse for not trying to do something about it.

Yeah, the gemstones crew will also find out about the red moon and other bits. So far the bulk of the responses seem to be merging the tables, so D and will talk about that tomorrow.

For purposes of the game, I'm thinking Cheshire hid upstairs and left the building as soon as it was possible, and is now avoiding the group as hard as he can. Just in case you want him to show up as an NPC or something later. ;)

It is certainly something I'm thinking, yeah.

Aw, bye Almonihah! I'm disappointed I didn't get a chance to play at the same table as you, but I understand dropping out if you're not feeling the game. Take care!

I'm here just thinking of what to write. I'll probably have something in the morning.

OK guys - who wants still wants to do a short? I know Charly is excited to start one.

Also, Gemstones is just wrapping up, so we'll likely start the next game next week. As I mentioned it'll be a little more light-hearted. Think Romeo and Juliet, only with werewolves.

Oh joy. this should be hilarious since I think there's only one or two of us that don't have negatives for charm.

Kavax actually only has a 0 for charm... but he can only use it on monsters. So he's actually better set for playing matchmaker with werewolves than normal people.

The upside of that ability (that he actually CAN use the normal Manipulate move on monsters, and expect them to keep their end of the bargain) might actually get some exercise.

Oh, and for side things, Kavax may be due some worrisome dreams/remembrances now. Though that remains up to the GM.

I think that's kinda up to you. Although I will say they won't get too detailed until things get closer.

AHOOOOOOOOO... Werewolves of London!
Do do, do do, do do do do.

Curious: are we merging tables, or did I miss something?

Yeah, you're all here. Sorry, had some things on my brain.

Woo! Finally get a chance for Charly and Jessica to meet. This is going to be fun!

Cool! Yes, our two tormented characters can finally meet! I'm sure there will be no drama absolutely whatsoever. ;)

So, question about the letter. How is it delivered?

Jessica generally wanders off with the saddest music ever playing as she hitchhikes down the road after each adventure.

Edit: Also, how much time has passed since the end of the Gemstone table? Are we healed?

Nope, no drama whatsoever! :P

That said, I would like for them to be friends. I think Charly would be a good anchor for Jessica and help mellow her out.