Legacy of Fire: Module 2: House of the Beast (Inactive)

Game Master BloodWolven

I'm about to move. Next week may be spotty.

How is everyone doing, because it has been awefly silent.

Sorry, my life has been pretty crappy the last couple week, so I've been more reactive.

The play has been kind of sporadic. I know we went to stop a big baddie. I don't remember stopping him, though we hurt his operation. Honestly, in the exploration of the path under the mountains, I got lost really fast. I went purely reactive because I didn't have a clue where we were anymore. I haven't moved from that reactive posting style.

I'm not even sure what we brought back that's worth investigating and recording the way Auso would think necessary.

I think the Grundmoch thing moved away instead of dying? the mouther is ded though. The real big bad is still up.

Being in a dungeon can get you lost fast, especially if you don't make a map or follow along with the maps I provide.

Grundmoch was killed by Aukan. The gibbering mouthers were both killed. Yes the Carrion King is still out there somewhere. Your group had decided on taking out the other areas first and then come back to the boss.

If you want a list of possible things you can do just let me know.

Still in team "kill everything else on the map and then try throne room"

I'd like the list.

We can still decide what order we kill things in.

During the peaceful night in the mansion. You could soak in one of the baths. You could find a room to spar. You each have a room to rest within. You could interact with your fellow adventurers.

Now if you are asking what else you have to do in the dungeon, you can go up or down. The level you are upon seems to be done.

Sorry for my absence folks, I work for a certain internet retailer, and the weeks around Prime Day is our busiest period outside the Christmas season. Not done yet either, I'll be pulling 55 hours next week at least. Hopefully things will taper off after that.

No worries Liam. Yeah hopefully things will taper down for you!

Presently we have nearly no posts coming in for this game so I am about ready to shut it down, maybe new recruitment. I don't know, I am just frustrated. I will give it more time but you have heard my concerns.

Our other two active players asked for a list, I gave it to them, two different lists and yet nothing...

Sorry for the rant... :'(

Hmm, I am currently in "Battle mode" psychologically, for me it is basically a rest? Vivi would respond in character if someone interacts, but I was reading things as "lets get Liam fixed and get back to murderize the Gnoll king and all of his friends".

True, true, I am in a similar mode.

I've been slammed at work, and have dropped into a more reactionary mode overall. Trying to get back on the horse this weekend.

How long could this have been a problem, Dude?

I am a civil servant and the #2 guy in a nearly 70 man IT shop for a set of military medical facilities. The #1 guy is active duty and swaps out every 2~3 years. The new guy is completely unqualified, having none of the relevant experience or education normally required for that seat. His last job was as the exec for someone with the political clout to get him the position anyway.

On top of the actual work things, I've spent the past year trying to keep the team morale up and minimize the damage he's been doing to their perceptions of the job. Scheduled departures (non-military) between his arrival and January number about 12. In a year. Serious negative impact. Losing a bunch of the immediate supervisors in December, now.

Then we add the actual work stressors on top. Rolled out a new electronic health record; the phone system we connect to is old and breaking (constantly), and handsets compatible with the replacement system are going to run us around $2.5 million we don't have budgeted; the team chose to stop working network accreditation stuff in order to focus on the changes for the new health care record, and we've been playing catch up from that error for 6 months so far; oh, and DoD is changing which part of DoD pays our paychecks, forcing us to migrate all of our personnel records and such. That's not even all of the work stuff, just the glaringly obvious big issues.

The military chain of command is deploying the new guy, and when the deployment ends, they won't be putting him back over my shop. I've had like 3 weeks working with the team without him, and some of that is starting to normalize again. As the team relaxes and focuses on helping medical professionals have the tools they need to provide care instead of trying to resist the new guy, I'm finding it easier to focus on things outside of the office, again.

Which frustrates the dickens out of me, because I'm part of the "Work to live, not live to work" team.

The above probably helped me get lost as to what was happening and where we were. Once I lost that info, reacting was pretty much all I could do.

Auso, that is a whole barnful of yarn. I am sorry for those situations none of them are easy or fun to deal with. My principal has changed 3 times in the last 3 years, here is to the new one! I hope it works out for the year.

Post when you can that is all I am asking. I know weekends are hard for most people but last week, the week days seemed rather dead and not just this game. IDK.

Unlike Auso, my work life is going fine. It's just my home life that is dealing with a similar scale of issues. I'd rather not go into the details. I'll try to be better about keeping up.

Thank you everyone for checking in and keeping us appraised of your dilemmas. May they all work out in the end.

Please aim to post at least once per day and this game should be off to a quick restart. This also lets me know who to NPC.

:)

At a theme park tomorrow so you likely won't see many posts until late in the evening.

Message to all my games:
I am sorry I did not get on yesterday. We packed a lot and in 100+ heat. So I was exhausted and crashed hard. I will be on the Oregon Coast for another week. No wifi but I will try to make some phone posts. It is my last vacation so don't expect any posts. We leave tomorrow!

FYI: I don't have access to my campaign modules until the 7th or 8th. So I am fine with keep going but it won't be very detailed except for what I come up with.

@Sassarra:

IIRC Kinetic blasts do full damage to swarms, an AOE kinetic blats even double damage?

To all present, greetings!

Let it be known that the player associated with this character will be out of pocket for six days. During this period, he will be attending a work conference and will be limited to his cell phone for access to the forum. This conference has a reputation for providing entertainment covering the normal downtime. The final day of the trip will be 19 Aug, 2022.

We thank you for your patience and cooperation during this time.

Awesome! Good to know Vivi!

Thx for letting us know Auso.

Sassarra the group is supporting you, what do you do for round 2, 3, 4, etc. I could bot you... I will do that tomorrow if you havent posted in 10 hours. Noon my time Pacific standard.

I will get a post out later, my creative juices were kind of emptied with a certain degree of horribly infuriating mockery elsewhere :).

No worries I am feeling it myself... also putting in full days work getting my classroom setup is draining me!

Sorry I wasn't on this weekend, Saturday was my IRL campaign and we played a lot longer than normal. Sunday was a long church service, shopping, and preparations for the coming school year. Let alone from my fatigue from the long game.

Now I have been dealing with pain, kidney stones. So I hope to be able to post but no promises.

Get better from his totally friendly blonde as well!

I have Covid and it is kicking me when I am down. I don't work tomorrow but with aches, Covid fog, etc. We will see when I get to posting tomorrow.

I see Auso posted, still waiting for others to post up to Round 3!

Will post today.

Sorry, I've been dealing with family medical issues. Can you bot me for this fight?

Sure Sassarra

Sorry all about my absence, I have been focusing on my classroom and that takes priority. I should get us caught up and going today. Working on it right now.

I will catch you guys up first thing tomorrow!

I'm going to have intermittent posting issues for the the indeterminate future. I'd like to stay in the game and will do my best to keep up because I'm really going to need an outlet. But at time I may have issues posting. But I understand if you would prefer to have a clean break.

So, generic posting of warning.

My wife reports for surgery in roughly 12 hours.

Her surgeon has asked me to take 2 weeks from work to be at home to provide assistance.

That will also mean corralling the two grandchildren, keeping them entertained and fed while their Mom works, and keeping them out of Grandma's hair.

Can't say that I'm positive what my posting habits will be like until I can return to my normal schedule.

Thank you for your understanding, and go kill something evil, will ya?

How is is going Auso?

Sorry for my lack of posting. I was in a depressive slump and had too much stress from my job. All of my games paid for it.

Here is to getting back to posting once per day!

She is recovering well. Better than the PT guys expect, but she's recovering slower than she normally does. Might just be a consequence of getting older, that.

Shutting down the work laptop and getting ready to head back to the office this morning.

Auso, I wish you and your wife the best. I hope work isn't too bad.

Wolf, I've been there. It can definitely be a one-two punch. I hope things look up.

Poke!!!

Hey folks. I’ve recently gone back to school, flight school. I’m hoping to be an airline pilot in a few years. I knew it would take a lot of commitment, but now that it’s underway I realize the commitment is going to be significantly more than I even realized. As much as I enjoy it, I’m not going to have time for gaming for a while. Maybe I can come back in a year or so when I’m done training and just trying to build up my hours. (I’m not asking you to hold a spot for me, to be clear), but for now I have to step away. It’s been fun, and I’ll miss it, but real life has to come first. I want this career, and in the short term that’s going to require some sacrifices. Hope I see y’all around some time. Best of luck, and happy gaming.

Best of luck to you Liam! Come back when you can!

Vivi?!?

I feel like we should open recruitment again? What do you think?

we probably should. I just have trouble understanding the current combat.

What are you confused about? I know it has been disjointed or jarring.

Hello? Do I have you three as players? I haven't heard anything from you. Also our recruitment board has been awfully silent. I expect players to pop in and say something.

Let us finish off this fight using theatre of combat. What do you do and what heroic poses and actions do you do?

I am there.
Will do my turn tomorow.

Okay thanks for checking in!