GM Harrow’s Curse of the Crimson Throne - AE

Game Master GM Harrow

Map should be updated now, I forgot to move the active tag to the new one.

We'll try speedrunning the more straightforward fights after this one.

We're leaving for a brief vacation to Germany today. I should still be able to play on my phone, but often a bit slow. We're back Friday.

Handwaved fights are fine by me

Travel safely and have a great time, Elric! You and Kandru are currently up in this fight, I believe.

Apologies - I seem to have misunderstood. I had thought we were skipping this fight and waiting on the GM to post.
I'll try to get something up tonight.

Travel safely and have a great time, Elric! You and Kandru are currently up in this fight, I believe.

Can someone bot Elric for a couple of turns? Roll20 and his full attack routine is a pain to manage over the phone and the wifi at the hotel is shifty.

I'll try to post today and bot Elric. Had some IRL happenings this week with my cat needing emergency surgery, so I've been a little distracted.

OH, good vibes to your cat's safe recovery!

Thank you, she swallowed one of her toys which got stuck in her intestine so they had to perform surgery to remove it. The surgery went well and we visited her at the hospital today, she was very happy to see us (and eat her favourite snack). If she remains stable tonight we can bring her home tomorrow.

Oh no! I'm so glad you were able to get her emergency surgery. I hope you can bring her home tomorrow and she recovers well.

Well, I'm certainly hoping everything goes well with your cat! A healthy appetite is generally a good sign - hopefully, you don't have any trouble.

How is your cat doing, GM? I hope she's feeling better.

If we're kicking down the door here, Shrike would just charge the "doctor," and only interrogate once we have the upper hand, if at all, but she'd have listened to the others if they said something about other tactics in advance. E.g. she'll hold back for Pava to try talking/bluffing first if that's preferred. And she definitely wouldn't open the door before all others are ready too, so please place yourselves where you'd want to be.

I was just about to have Elric put an arrow in the gut of this arrogant SOB as a conversation opener, so we’re very much on the same page here. The “doctor” is about to have a very unpleasant consultation.

Wow, so fighty. :D

My cat is very depressed because she has to wear the catsuit, so she refuses to move and I carry her like a princess to her food, to her litterbox, to her favourite napping spots...

We had the check-up yesterday and the vet said everything is fine and the incision is healing well. So she's just being a drama queen.

Awww. A friend's cat had to wear the catsuit last summer to prevent excessive grooming leading to bald spots, and she was similarly dramatic about it. I give my elderly cat like 4-5 small meals a day topped with a tiny bit of treat-puree so he eats enough of the kibble. They all have good servants. :)

Good the cat is recovering! :)

Shane is not fighty, he is Bull####y :) But maybe it will help in the fight.

Cats have the right to be drama queens now and then, as a treat.

Obscure American reference: "Dr. Feelgood" is an ancient metal song about a small-time drug dealer.

Ancient?!

:crumbles to dust:

On the time scale of pop music. But hey, it's not as ancient as some of my favorites!

This probably won't work, but hey :)

If it does, I am so doing a victory lap in my head!

Elric and Kandru are still up. Audria too, of course, but I'm beginning to worry since we've had no updates in five weeks. Shane, do you talk to her player elsewhere? Have you heard anything?

That's a creative solution, Shane! Exploiting his connection with the queen.

One of my favourite systems is Exalted, where players get extra dice for particularly creative solutions or cinematic descriptions of their character's actions. :D

I haven't heard from Audria's player either, I hope they're ok.

Elric and Kandru are still up. Audria too, of course, but I'm beginning to worry since we've had no updates in five weeks. Shane, do you talk to her player elsewhere? Have you heard anything?

I 'spoke' to Audria's player just the other day in fact, the new job has been more draining than they thought but hopefully soon?

EDIT: Okay, they said they will see if they can catch up this weekend.

That's a creative solution, Shane! Exploiting his connection with the queen.

One of my favourite systems is Exalted, where players get extra dice for particularly creative solutions or cinematic descriptions of their character's actions. :D

Thank you! One fun thing about Illusionists is they force you to get imaginative.

I can't believe he failed the save! *Happy wizard clapping*

Hi folks! Sorry for making y'all worry. As Shane says, will try catching up this weekend. It's been almost four weeks since I stared, and it's been... interesting.

I realize that I haven't been posting as regularly as I should in this forum. My dog has been very ill for a couple of weeks, and I wanted to spend some time with him in case of the worst. I'll try to get something up tonight.

I realize that I haven't been posting as regularly as I should in this forum. My dog has been very ill for a couple of weeks, and I wanted to spend some time with him in case of the worst. I'll try to get something up tonight.

Sympathies and I hope your dog gets better :(

Happy to hear from you and that you're hanging in there, Audria. I hope the new job is interesting in a good way. Or at least that it doesn't have downsides as untenable as the last situation's commute.

I'm sorry about your dog's illness, Kandru. Real life comes first; we'll be here. I hope he gets back to his usual self soon.

It may, but I'm at the wait and see stage at the moment. As I've told everyone at my old job when I was leaving, I'll miss the people, not the commute.

And sorry to hear about the sick pupper, Kandru. :(
I hope he does get better.

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Out of the frying pan, into the fire, I guess.

A large part of it is probably me just feeling off balance since I'm back to building up a rapport with my coworkers, and unfortunately it seems like there won't be a chance to do that given that A) we are remote and B) the person who is my supervisor is all business and, from what I have heard from someone that knows them, plays their cards close to their chest.

At least I'm actually starting to work on stuff instead of sitting around and just doing a bunch of training, but I feel like I was mislead to some extent about what I'd actually be doing. That's not helping matters.

That sucks. I hope the work relationships and your actual duties will get better and more interesting with time, then.

Me too.

On the plus side, I've caught up and posted! She is Audria. Here her roar!

*Proceeds to sound like an adorable kitten*

Hurray! So glad to have you back! She may not be very scary, but Audria is possibly the worst of this group to have mad at you, because if even she's not arguing for mercy, you can be damn sure none of the others are going to grant it. :)

I appreciate everyone's well-wishes for my dog - unfortunately, he passed about a week ago. I should be ready to get back into the game, though - thank you for your patience.

Glad to have you back, Audria, and here's hoping work improves!

It has gotten better since Istarted. Like I said, I think a large part of it is feeling off balance and feeling my way into things.

Also, I am deeply sorry to hear about your dog. I know it's never easy to deal with losing a pet, especially one as beloved as he seems to be.

As for Audria being mad, well, I'm reminded that one truly should beware the nice ones. When they stop being nice, war crimes tend to happen.

Oh, I'm so sorry Kandru. I hope his memory will bring you joy someday, rather than sadness.

So sorry for your loss, Kandru. </3

Oh Kandru, I'm so sorry to hear that

Sorry Kandru P :(

So uhhhh. Does it need to be a readied action? Nips at Heels is ready to bring this interview to a close...

But don't you want to hear more about his eeeeeviiiil masterplan? Wait, wait, he's going to show you his school diploma next! It has fancy writing and everything.

But no, it doesn't have to be a readied action, you can go ham if you like.

Sorry for slow responses, a bit of health trouble lately. Nothing major but sapping.

Oh man, hope that clears up soon. Being sick ain't fun.

I hope you feel better soon, Shane.

I know I already declared a readied action, but I'm not sure where in that round we are or whose turn it now is, so this is in case it comes to Shrike's turn again and he's still up. If, on the other hand, her readied action does trigger, that would be just the Acrobatics + first attack, and she wouldn't get the second standard-action one.