Mr Clint's Duchy of Ashlar

Game Master Mr Clint

I used to be an Islanders fan, during the 80’s, when I lived in New York. I stopped watching when I was stationed in Hawaii (Army). Never got back into it.

What'd you do in the Army? I was a 13D in the militia (Army National Guard).

Well now is the time to jump back in as a Islanders fan. They are in the semi finals, series is tide 1-1, game 3 is on now 2-1 Lightning. But, the islanders are looking good.

I was a 98H (signal intelligence, morse code). Interestingly my father was 13D (field artillery).

@GM - I’m happy as long as it’s not the Rangers I’m happy.

Rangers are going to be looking good coming up here shortly. Have a good pool of prospects coming up, its going to be an interesting time shortly for the Blue Shirts for sure. Islanders have split the series 2-2 and the games get more intense as they go. I think they play tomorrow (Monday) you should try to catch the game. Might get you sparked back into the fandom.

What is everyone else into outside of work and gaming?

When I worked in Manhattan the boss would buy us tickets a few times a year. It was fun, but I grew up in Colorado so I am more attached to the Avalanche than to any of the New York teams.

Outside of work and gaming there isn't a lot of time, but I love reading. Favorite genre is Sci-Fi. Board and card games and video games sometimes... jigsaw puzzles with my sister.

What free time I have, I mostly am on here. I do some photomanipulation stuff sometimes. One of my newest things is using a face animator on artworks. Here is an example of the original, and here is the animated. Other than that, mostly hanging out with friends or playing some video games if late at night and nothing is going on (usually Subnautica).

I have a request and I am going to use Zalona as an example only because I have been thinking about it since last night and her being the first to respond.

When you enter a room that is clearly a bloody murder scene, get into your character and react to the scene how your character would. The room, items and bodies included, are as much as a character to interact with as much as the party itself is.

Zalona, after seeing this murder scene, goes in and pillaging through the items looking for things of value and magical items. I don't know if that is what any of you would do, unless your character is murderer or a sociopath and I don't get that from any of your characters background.

As an example from Zalona's background

Sure, she had her standards, but it was remarkable how flimsy they seemed to be now, looking back. She wouldn't touch slavery or drugs, and she would only kill in self-defense. And there had been times when even those were tested, and when she had found, years later, that some of her robberies and deceptions had actually driven people into slavery or suicide, well, she told herself then that human lives were ephemeral anyway. ... But it had eaten away at her, at her sense of self, and who she wanted to be.

This written point that in bold gives me the feeling that Zalona has a heart and seeing this would also impact her, and she wouldn't just go looting as if it was an empty room.

I make this request because I think it would give more depth to the game. I'm not using the Sanity/Madness rules, but take a look at those and keep it in mind as you come across things that would impact your character and their psyche.

I'm having fun, looking forward to things unfolding as you explore the rest of the Sea Sprite and possibly beyond.

That's fine... I can put in more emotional impact stuff like "after calming down from the initial shock of the scene, and trying to avoid the blood," etc., but Zalona would still loot the place. At heart, she's still a thief. Her past life and just being on this ship... if they were going to run at grisly sights, then they would already be gone. This is what they are here for, and although she would prefer to give all the corpses a sea burial, when they were on deck with the first body the others made clear that they weren't going to do anything like that, at least for now, so she is trying to focus on the mission.

Oh I am not saying that they would run from what they see... or maybe they would? I'm not sure.

Without being in person where we can feed off of each others body language and infliction/tone of voice we need to use text to share in the story telling.

I am going to wait until this evening to post, hope the others will jump into the gameplay.

Can you clarify... harpoon or trident? The most recent post says trident, but the original one says harpoon. No worries either way... just want to know for loot list reasons.

100% bad on my end. It is a harpoon. I'm not really sure why I switched that up.

I am going to be posting shortly. I waited a few extra days past the weekend to give people an opportunity to jump in. I don't want to be discouraged since it seems we lost a few people, but I kind of feel discouraged. I will continue to press on, hopefully others will see this and plug back in.

I have not heard from anyone saying that they couldn't continue, but I also haven't heard back from those I messaged when I was just checking in to see how people where doing.

Aww...I hope people didn't ghost the game. Unfortunately, people do that on here sometimes...Thanks for not giving up! It's been mysteriously enjoyable so far!

I am not going to give up, I really want to finish what we started. Once we get back to Languard we can always recruit more of a team before continuing on. It's just rough to try and recruit where the party currently is... lol.

I have messaged everyone who has been AFK from this game for a week or more. Just so everyone is on the same page, I don't know why they have been gone but I will totally welcome everyone back and we just move forward. But as we move forward, if we see that we might be away for a little bit for any reason, let's keep everyone else in the loop. That way there is no confusion or players left in the unknown.

Plastic Dragon/Rhaedlaf has dropped out of all of his games. But back in April Rhaedlaf had covid so I really hope that nothing major has happened.

ElbowToTheFace/Arn Blacksnow has been messaged to check in. They are still active in other games, so I'm not sure what's up. I asked if we could get clarity.

Smiles-A-Lot/Aris Ironeye has been gone a week from everything from what it appears. Hope all is well.

Drop off does happen. But so long as we keep going they may come back. For all 3 wishing the best

Sorry for the absence I thought I would be able to post more than I actually was during my vacation and we have been having a mini heatwave wreaking havoc with telecom and internet service in the area.

Sorry to hear that, but glad to hear from you!

All is well. Hopefully you were able to relax during your vacation. Glad to have you back!

How many dead people have seen at this point?

1 on the deck tied to the wheel.

Hope that helps.

LOL Zalona. You probably just slew the last remaining member of the crew alive. Nempura would have done the same. He shouldn't have touched your leg.

That's possible, but they also could really be undead. :)

... And he definitely shouldn't have touched her leg. She was freaked out enough already. :)

Zalona went full Negan on that one...

Because of what we are going to in the game, I will be checking the Gameplay thread morning, lunch, and evening and respond to what's happening as we go. I know we are missing Aris and Rhaedlaf but I will be controlling them.

Dig in and have fun!

I can’t believe I did knowledge undead…. It should be knowledge religion…. Spoiler alert! Lol

Happens to the best of us

Wondering if you could make a map with tokens on it that we could move around, like on Google slides rather than a new pic with each reveal. ... I am having a hard time knowing where I am. I thought I was at the door to 9 because you said I was able to see people stirring in 7 at the same time... so the door into the blank room is right there... no idea why I needed a double move to not quite get there.

If I started from far away, was I by Aris? If so, I could get the keys from her instead of trying to pick the lock. I just need to know where I am so I can make better decisions.

If a new map doesn't work, maybe grid markers so we can describe things more exactly, like I'm moving from A11 to C14 or something?

The double move was because the floor in that cabin is slick with rain water and is difficult terrain. I there everyone out there starting just as is. The only one I had in a specific spot was Nempura because she was the one who was going for the door.

You were at the bottom of door 7, Image here, because everyone was in the same room (11). I could be wrong, but you came in offering to use your last cure and that is where the woman died.

I know it isn't perfect, but it is better than no map. I will take a look at Google Slides and see what's up.

See if everyone can access and interact with This Map. If so then we can switch over to using this option.

Also, Helgar and Arn. Neither of you moved on your turn. Are you wanting to stay where you are? If so I will continue forward, if not move your guy on the map in this post and jump on over to the Gameplay thread and say where you move to.

Requested access to move on the map

Zalona never went back into room 11... and never would. She called her offer from outside the door. When she headed for the other rooms, she didn't do it from in there.

That is my misunderstanding.

Where exactly would your character have been sitting down then, before the dead started to rise? The only open door at this time has been the door that leads from 7 to 11, and then from 7 into where the stairs are.

I was assuming the whole time that I came in from the middle door between the stairs and 11 and back out the same way. Again, hard to track when we haven't had markers on the map before this.

Ahh gotcha, yes. Never assume. Only say that because that middle door is locked. The only way people had been entering into 11 is through room 7.

Moving forward I will be using the Google slides so people can use their tokens. Everyone moving forward can be more descriptive as to which door they are using, or attempting to use, and I think all will be well.

As far as Zalona goes... She killed the "undead" person, left to go sit in the hall way door was locked, went through room 7, and is now sitting in the hallway? Is that cool to where we are up to this point? We are going to retcon her turn because it would have played out completely different had I known where she really was. If that is cool. I will make a post for her to interact with at the start of her turn this past round.

Yep, that's fine. Although, Aris has the keys... she could have opened that door at any point as well.

You are correct, but unless I missed it she didn't...

I will have something up for you shortly in the gameplay thread.

How far is the vessel from the shoreline?

How far is the vessel from the shoreline?

In character, a good distance from what you remember eyesight.

I took the opportunity to maneuver the NPCs (now) of Aris and Rhaedlaf so now Helgar and Arn can move into the room so that 2 can hit in melee at the same time. Feel free to undo the moves if you so wish.

No that sounds good. It is within the movement they had available so I am cool with it.

I am making a judgment call this time and will be moving Arn. If he stays there he will die surrounded by that gang of Lacedons. Please include your movement in the description, and bounce over to the interactive map and move your token.

when I last looked at the map I didn't think I could move.

If I ever seem to be doing something stupid without saying that is my intent feel free to assume I misunderstood the situation.

You are only able to move now because Nempura went up the outside of the ship, leaving room for an additional person to back up, I believe.

Just call Nempura the Black Pirate (Douglas Fairbanks)

Need an 18+...time for a different way out

Reread your section. Those climbing out of the ship is a DC12.

Nempura climbing the rope ladder with the Lacedons trying to also climb it is the DC15.

In any case, probably faster to just run up the stairs.

Still need a 15+ for that. Very bad odds, when failure means giving time for a horde of sea zombies to come in and rip her apart and success might just mean climbing a bit higher and needing further success. Best to take that acrobatics check and get out with everyone else.

Hey guys! Last night I hit a deer and totaled my car. I am all good and no one else was with me. But, I am dealing with stuff with that this morning so I might be a little late in posting today's post.

Been there...deer are no joke. Glad that you're ok.

Yeah, I agree with Helgar. One near cleaved off the front end of our childhood jeep when we were young and almost went through our windshield. Glad you are alright!

Real life comes first. Hope everything gets worked out.

Oh it's a headache but things are moving forward. Gameplay post is up. Zalona and Arn are good to go.