GM Kate's Extinction Curse [closed]

Game Master Kate Baker

/waves Welcome Lysle!

Hi folks! I'll be you're other new player/character. I need to finish purchasing gear and building out the profile, but I have the basics in place. Kennari is an abjuration specialist, and a scholar of all things Aroden/Azlant.

Welcome aboard! May Groetus embrace you too!

Happy to have you, Dennis!

Our first lawful! Just know Niksi will not tolerate any unprofessionally lawful behavior, such as excessive punctuality, alternating chewing bites on each side of your mouth, or waiving your right to remain silent without first consulting a lawyer. To be on the safe side, she recommends being between 30-40 seconds late at all times, drinking soup, and not getting caught as respective methods to maintain professionalism.

Yay! Dennis and Lysle :)

Happy to have you, Dennis!

Our first lawful! Just know Niksi will not tolerate any unprofessionally lawful behavior, such as excessive punctuality, alternating chewing bites on each side of your mouth, or waiving your right to remain silent without first consulting a lawyer. To be on the safe side, she recommends being between 30-40 seconds late at all times, drinking soup, and not getting caught as respective methods to maintain professionalism.

Lol @ you in particular being anti-lawful, considering the other characters of yours I've played with recently. And don't worry, Kennari is lawful in the theoretical sense only. He's far too busy with his research into the Last Azlanti to be concerned with any of those sorts of things.

Oh the irony is not lost on me!

If you're all set to head back to the circus as mentioned, we can introduce Lysle's character and get the whole band together!

Indeed. Sounds good to me. Let's get Lysle in here.

I imagine my character has been with the circus the whole time. He just hasn't had a chance to take to the spotlight (mainly, because he avoids it).

I like that idea, Unset, since it feels intrinsic. Is there a way you see us approaching your character that makes sense to have him organically decide to come with us now whereas he hasn't before? What do we know about him?

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And, yeah, if that's where Unset is, then let's head back. I hesitated slightly since I wasn't sure the easiest way to get him to join the party. I'm for whatever's easiest to accomplish that! :)

(And I should be back to more regular posting starting Sunday.)

Is the plan for the party to head back to the circus, then come back here to finish exploring?

Would it make sense for my PC to have searched out the party, either because they have been missing too long or because of some "circus emergency"?

I mean if we want to retcon it I’m fine saying Marilus realized he’s scared of underground, right spaces and went back to the circus and sent Unset. I think whatever works best for everyone is fine with me.

We were mainly going back as we hadn't told anyone from the circus we were heading out or where we were going. SO it would be entirely feasible for you to stumble upon us out looking for us.

I'm good with whatever gets us all together the fastest. I meant to post yesterday but I learned the hard way that I cannot do boats. I spent so long retching that I pulled my side muscles and have been resting all day

Oh no! I hope you feel better soon.

Oh no! That sounds horrible.

Why don't we go with Unset out looking for the party? That seems like the easiest way to bring everyone together.

I apologize if you have all been waiting on a post from me. I am just trying to get caught up with life and work before I dive deeply into four days of gaming for PaizoCon.

I've been focusing on Unset's mechanics, but have been tooling and re-tooling around with his background before his transformation. I am waffling between a nobleman and a harbor tough--likely leaning more towards the latter.

No worries! I was actually about to suggest a pause for PaizoCon. Why don't we come back on Tuesday, and Unset can introduce himself to the group?

And we are back on!

I hope everyone enjoyed PaizoCon online if you participated or enjoyed the long weekend otherwise! I got to be on one of the Twitch panels, and Dennis assures me I did not look as nervous as I felt.

I think we're at a good point to pick up with Unset meeting up with the group whenever you are ready!

Nice. I had a great con; got to run and play in a bunch of fun games. Let's do this!

Everyone ready to move on?

Yep! Figured people were still busy with con fatigue.

Yup. Ready and eager! We only have so much time before Groetus comes!

Yup, good to go!

Ready to go. However, I will be heading out of town from June 12-19 and expect to have limited ability to post during that time.

Apologies for the short notice, but Dennis and I are out of town for a couple of days. I’ll post again Wednesday!

I haven't done this in a while, so one hero point to everyone for coming together as a group!

Also, Lysle, Unset can be 6th level. I realized I didn't specify when I said we were in Chapter 2 of Book 2. The new APs go through 4 levels in the first two books and 3 levels after that.

I'll be on vacation, through Saturday (will resume posting Sunday/Monday). I don't anticipate posting at all.

We've gone back and forth on this a bit through the campaign: are people comfortable with assuming that you hang out for a while until you've healed everyone, or do you want to have it rolled out?

And have a good vacation, Jacob!

I’m good with that. As for healing, don’t forget the potions I made for people! I also have soothe a certain number of times per day, but I prefer to save that for in-combat. She has a +8 medicine so not great, but she can use it if needed.

I'm good with that as well.

Works for me!

Just realized that I hadn't leveled Unset up to 6th. That has now been done (now with AoO!). I have not made any additional purchases.

Sorry I’m being slow to catch up. I have a deadline on the 20th and I did not get great sleep this past weekend due to people launching fireworks all night from the field by our apartment. Plus my family is visiting this week. I will catch up as soon as I can

Oof, that's rough. Our dog was pretty terrified by the fireworks, which meant we couldn't really sleep either with him so anxious. Real life comes first! Have fun with your family!

Ugh. I've been fortunate that both dogs couldn't care less about fireworks. Holiday, our previous dog, couldn't stand text tones, though. That was certainly problematic.

I'm leaving this afternoon to attend scout camp with my youngest. I probably won't be posting again until sometime Monday. Feel free to bot Unset in the interim.

Have fun. Hope you're prepared. ;)

I am having an intensely stressful day and wont be able to post until tonight at the earliest

Sorry, we were camping this weekend. I'll move you along this evening.

Sorry for the delay. Busy weekend, and I missed that I was up.

Update:

I am currently sick, having caught what Jess was recently sick with. I’m heading out to get tested for covid and strep shortly, though I anticipate it will be negative on both as Jess was also negative on both. I don’t know how much energy I will have for posting for the next couple days. Sorry for the inconvenience D:

Oh no, I hope you both feel better!

Hope you feel better!

As a heads-up, I'm getting a tooth extracted Wednesday. I'll presumably be on some sort of pain killer for a few days afterward, so not sure how that will affect my posting. I'll post tomorrow (Tuesday), but I'd say feel free to bot me after that if I'm ever holding things up.

Or it will lead to hilarious posting!

I apologize for being slow to post the last few days; I was participating in Gen Con Online.

Please, everyone have a hero point!

I love that there's no automatic AoO in 2e. Granted, I thought I would be taking some here, but I'm pretty sure I would never have even moved Thkrull into the room in 1e.