Ok, just to confirm, the plan (per my understanding) is to speak to Rickan about the possibility of you guys spending coin for services? (At the moment, you're at 3 of 5 non-away players, which I think would trigger the majority rule).
If I'm off-base in my understanding, or someone's got an idea to go in a different direction, let me know -- otherwise I'll have Norfin lead you to your rooms post-breakfast in the next 10-12 hours.
We want to speak to Rickan both about paying our way and about what we found. We need to set up a time to review it all with Hamish and Rickan and see if they can offer insight.
Yep. And Fiona's leaving a silver on the table now.
Definitely happy to pay for our way, no point making people dislike us when we have coin.
I had to pull up HeroLab to find how much cash I had on hand. D:
I have enough cash for about 1 week of room, board, and stabling. We may be able to sell some of the gear we captured here and get cash.
FYI, going on a short camping trip tomorrow, back Saturday or Sunday. Probably won't be posting during the trip.
trying to keep up. :)
Between work, new books (DRESDEN FILES NEWEST BOOK IS HERE!) Video games, and family, my Pbp time is getting crunched!
;P
I would hope not, camping and all.
If my own experience is any indication, Rags, the Dresden book shouldn't be an issue for more than a day or so (though the after-effects of sleep deprivation may stay a little longer...)
LOL, True,... very true,.... ;P
Sandy wouldn't mind doing 2, going to the stables and asking about teh things there.
Sorry, all... I've got an audit coming up at work next week, so I'm really busy trying to prepare for that. Posting likely to be reduced for the next week.
Don't apologize for work.
(WORK should apologize to YOU!)
;P
Take care,
Stupid work. I keep saying that I should have been born into self-sustaining wealth, but nobody seemed keen on fixing the error.
Yeh - work has a nasty habit of getting in the way of fun.
I KNOW, right?!?
To (mis) quote one of my favorite musicals,
"Lord? Would it be SO bad, if I had a SMALL fortune?"
;P
Such a great musical.
Was just looking at the wiki for a minute and was wondering if anyone wanted to put a "logo" icon for us to put in the corner, instead of that default ugly thing? Especially since some of you seem to be considerably more artistically talented.
Wuh-oh. >_>
Wuh-oh. >_>
...or we can just stick with the ugly thing for now until something snazzy and cool presents itself? No stress.
Just being lazy. I have a couple of busy days, then should have time later this week.
LOL!
"Go-Go Gadget LOGO maker!" ;P
SO. Many. (bad) Ideas. ;)
I would offer to draw something, but I am pretty sure the best you would get is a demented non-Euclidian stick figure.
It's got to be better than the non-placeholder that's there now. ;)
Ok, folks, so in the (unfortunately) more serious vein - it would seem that Braniac's feeling a little overwhelmed at the moment and will be withdrawing from our group (at least for a few months).
Personally, I don't love the idea of dragging around a Sorceress-bot or running a GMPC, so I suspect that means we'll need to have something happen to neutralize Lani in a non-permanent fashion (I can't resort to the time-old 'Reality Shift' to have her retconned out of existence as it doesn't easily allow for a later re-entry, and plus, I believe she's the only one who was able to read the Aklo...)
Anyhow, that's an in-story GM headache....
....but beyond the logistics of that, Braniac's departure leaves a hole in the party -- both in losing a quality player and a source of arcane support (blasting) -- which then brings us to the question of what do we do about that?
I'd say, simply put, the options are:
(a) Go on without Lani and hope for the best;
(b) Recruit someone who wants to play a character in a somewhat similar role that could be written in;
Of course, we could try (a) and see how it goes while reserving the right to do (b) later - but, having said that, I just want to gently remind folks that it's generally much harder to bring in a new party member after the combat where you needed one (often, in such cases, there's more than one character to replace), and that it's considerably easier to have an appropriate PC-type arrive while you're mostly working out of a town (even a wee little hamlet like Rustknoll) than it is to do when you're elbow-deep in dungeon.
So -- thoughts?
Ah, I'm sorry to hear that. :(
Our first fight was such a near thing that I hate to move forward without a sixth, personally. I guess that's (b).
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Hey, guys! I do want to try to rejoin the game in a few months when I have more free time. In the meantime, I can offer to be a silent tagalong until combats occur, at which point I will be more active in posting. I'm just a bit overwhelmed trying to keep up with the quantity and quality of all of your posts right now!
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Well, that certainly simplifies things. I'm totally fine with that if everyone else is. :)
For the sake of moving things on, I'll have us move to a post-lunch sort of place late tonight unless anyone objects.
(So get your additional questions/discussions in soon before Hamish heads back to the kids... )
Having a part-time Lani sounds better than no Lani at all! Glad to hear it.
Having a part-time Lani sounds better than no Lani at all! Glad to hear it.
...aaaaand now my brain is smashing that into Part-Time Lover by Stevie Wonder. So that'll be in there for a few hours. Thanks.
Day one of the audit completed, but unfortunately I don't have the mental energy to post tonight. Soon!
LOL, PArt-time Lani! Ther'es a song in there somewhere too! ;P
I understand Brainiac, I confess I'm feeling WAY overwhelmed recently,
Between trying to keep up with the FUN stuff that I WANT to do, (PbP, couple of video games and videos, not to mention my family) and the stuff I HAVE to do, (This working from home STINKS! They literally expect you to answer your email at ANY TIME day or night! And then get cranky if it takes you more than 2 minutes to respond. With a complete answer. To a question that will take at least a couple of hours to find out. Not. Happening.) ;P
ANYway, very busy, hard to keep up, I get it! You do what You gotta, Come back when you can! :)
Thanks for undestanding, guys!
Day one of the audit completed, but unfortunately I don't have the mental energy to post tonight. Soon!
No problem. I'll make sure that any Eldritch Horror Merlan releases saves Fiona for dessert.
;)
Day one of the audit completed, but unfortunately I don't have the mental energy to post tonight. Soon!No problem. I'll make sure that any Eldritch Horror Merlan releases saves Fiona for dessert.
;)
Much obleeged!
I am nothing if not kind and benevol... ok, no, I can't finish that statement.
Oh you COULD finish it,...
It just depends if you want us to hold any online-printed material against you later. As evidence,... ;P
And Merlan would NEVER unleash an Eldritch Horror!
At least not on purpose.
Unless it was cute and cuddly. Then we might have a teensy issue.
Sorry Brainiac. But I figured the best way to have Merlan be,... well,... Merlan, was if he had someone to act off of for that bit. Hope you dont mind! :)
(If you do mind, I promise to never do it again!) :)
All good! Please, involve me as much as you'd like. :)
DSX: I have a healer's kit with some remaining "charges" (I don't think disease uses any).
I can toss guidance on us.
I have Heal at +8 and you're at +4, but it never fails that the person with the highest modifier rolls lowest. :)
So we have a +2 from healer's kit, +1 from guidance... the big decision is, who aids vs checks?
Either of us could prepare detect disease tomorrow, too, so we're not toast if we roll low.
FYI-Sorry, actually busy this weekend! back to doing shows, Even if they are livestreamed instead of with audiences
;P
FYI-Sorry, actually busy this weekend! back to doing shows, Even if they are livestreamed instead of with audiences;P
Hey, wait, does that mean we can watch Rags?
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Actually yes, For a (VERY) brief moment or two.
I have wormed my way into being the live introducer of the Halloween Concerts for the past several years. I appear in costume, usually but not always themed with the popular music from the concert that year, and BS my way through a sometimes-entertaining intro and interactions with the audience.
SO, I been a Jedi, Astronaut, couple of different wizards, (BIG surprise there!) :P A couple of years ago I dressed as Gru, and my workers all dressed as Minions. It was great. :)
The orchestra all wear costumes, and when we have an audience we encourage all the kids to come dressed in costume, and they do! :)
Lemme see here,...
AH, HERES the official announcment, complete with linkies
UL Symphony Halloween Concert Online This Friday
This year’s concert will stream online for FREE. Adults and little ones alike will get into the Halloween spirit when the UL Lafayette Symphony presents its Annual Halloween Concert: Friday, October 30 at 7:30 p.m.. Orchestra members will be wearing costumes and present a program of Halloween themed music. Musical highlights of this year’s concert include: Saint Saens – Danse Macabre, Mussorgsky – Night on Bald Mountain, Rossini – Overture to The Barber of Seville, and Williams – Nimbus 2000 from Harry Potter. Simply click on this link at concert time (7:30 pm on October 30) to view this live online concert for FREE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0XmauxLLEo
Please check out these online videos of past concerts if you want to get a flavor of what this concert is all about:
Holst Mars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6okfYMc1KY
Superman Skit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXx39s4DOO8
Night on Bald Mountain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeIiWuYUnN4
I'm bummed becasue this year I didnt have time/workers to set up my fun lighting. so it will be 'boring' from my point of view. :P
But teh music and silly skits in between are usually fun.
Enjoy! click the link before 7:30, I'll be the nerd doing the silly (hopefully entertaining) intro right at the beginning! :)
Oh, that's some of my favorite light classical!
Nice brass on the Holst, especially low brass. of course, that's the fun thing about college. You never know what strengths you'll have from year to year.
Spiff! :D
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I have news for all: Audit Week has ended and I yet live.
Should be recovered and back to posting in the next few days. Thanks for your patience!
If you watched the live feed,
yes, that was me, in the NASA suit, being a dork. :)
I could have picked you out of a crowd.
That setup was so strange, with the players spread out into the seating and no audience. I was afraid that some of the woodwinds would get lost, but even that little mid-low register flute part at the beginning of Danse Macabre came through. The balance was incredible considering the lack of audience to soak up bright tones and how spread out the players were. And it's tough to play by watching instead of listening kudos to them.
Some costumes were cute, too. Loved the butterfly violinist and the clarinet broomstick :)
I could have picked you out of a crowd.
That setup was so strange, with the players spread out into the seating and no audience. I was afraid that some of the woodwinds would get lost, but even that little mid-low register flute part at the beginning of Danse Macabre came through. The balance was incredible considering the lack of audience to soak up bright tones and how spread out the players were. And it's tough to play by watching instead of listening kudos to them.
Some costumes were cute, too. Loved the butterfly violinist and the clarinet broomstick :)
LOL, Yeah, for a short guy I DO tend to stand out. :P
Um, not on purpose, of course. ;)And costumes were TAME compared to the usual craziness we get. :) (ALthough the percussion DID have a nice set of costumes. Did you notice the Professor and the PowerPuff Girls?) ;)
Yeah that is all part of the large-ensemble Covid style work-arounds.
No Audience. All spread out, using ALL the space, stage and audience seats. Masks, bell covers, and few other things that the CDC and State DIDN'T come up with. All the Universities are all contacting others, and some are working with hospitals & scientists, and gathering all the research, and coming up with odd, unusual or just plain annoying things that actually work. (No Class/Rehearsal related Covid cases since we came to school. Some ID10T -error FRAT cases and such,...) ;P
LAST week we had the Wind Ensemble do an outdoor concert across the street at the Alumni Center, outside. With audience, with masks, etc etc. It went well. (Recorded no livestream) SO we are getting back to business.
SLOWLY, but surely,... :)