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Ah, thank you! In all fairness, I had him for a very long time and I had complete freedom, so it was only limited in my starting point. I think I did get to retrain some features that I couldn't figure out how to use, so even the starting point wasn't totally set in stone.
+1 I should have added that part of the reason I lurked in other games was because my submissions to recruitment threads weren't getting any - and I mean any - traction. I didn't and still don't have time to totally nerd out on the latest published rules and lore, so my characters tended to be more vanilla than other submissions and less eye-catching. After the flavor-of-the-month gets old, some players drop out so they can do new things. Real-life prevents others from staying the course. That's when I have had many of my best opportunities. Two of my longest-lived characters weren't mine - the player ghosted and the GM had invested so much in the character's backstory that they didn't want to throw it away. I offered to step into that character's role and continue - I was even able to track down one of the players and get his blessing (and hidden backstory!), to boot. I played that particular adopted character for over five years and don't regret that I didn't roll him up for a second.
Be patient. Watch games unfold. Let GMs and players know when you appreciate what they do - don’t bury them with comments and stay out of the game thread. An audience member can reasonably make an occasional comment in the discussion thread or recruitment thread. Or direct message them. But keep it short and to the point. I’ve met a lot of people and gotten accepted into a lot of games as a replacement player in this fashion. I was usually following the games in question because of a story I liked or a GM whose style I appreciated. When an opening came up, I let them know I was a fan and that I’d been lurking and I’d like to throw my hat in the ring. It’s certainly no guarantee, but it will expand your contacts and the more you know, the more likely one will think of you when they want to extend an invite.
Huh, that’s the second character today that I hadn’t realized is played by a familiar face. Lesson: It’s a small virtual world. And I need to look at character sheets to see who’s playing alongside me!
Liesel-Marie has no qualms about handling the creature’s disembodied head, so there is no hesitation as she gently picks it up and turns it to face the Judge, holding it steady for his preparations.
Don’t forget the 4 I needed to aid you - and failed. Your luck on this spell is rubbing off! ;-)
Lurker here - I've been in your wife's shoes. Even when you walk away, like I did, you can hurt for quite a while. And it can get in your head - one of my passengers still has anxiety when the anniversary gets close. Glad she's OK, but don't be surprised if she needs you around more than usual for a while. I guess that's what I'm trying to say. Peace.
Same here. I am thinking to draw up something vanilla, though, to give me to me to focus on the basics of the new rules. My plans always change when the party make-up starts to gel.
Interested!
Oh, how I have dreaded this day. I have often in the the last few years considered bowing out because I was afraid I wasn’t holding to the high standards I felt your quality games deserved, but could never bring myself to do it. I have always admired your flexibility with regards to your players’ crazy ideas (dive-bombing warforged comes to mind) but even more the depth and detail of the world you created and invited us to enjoy. Thank you, thank you, thank you. May you find the balance of work, life, (and gaming) that brings you joy. And may we meet again.
Oh, how I have dreaded this day. I have often in the the last few years considered bowing out because I was afraid I wasn’t holding to the high standards I felt your quality games deserved, but could never bring myself to do it. I have always admired your flexibility with regards to your players’ crazy ideas (dive-bombing warforged comes to mind) but even more the depth and detail of the world you created and invited us to enjoy. Thank you, thank you, thank you. May you find the balance of work, life, (and gaming) that brings you joy. And may we meet again.
Oh, how I have dreaded this day. I have often in the the last few years considered bowing out because I was afraid I wasn’t holding to the high standards I felt your quality games deserved, but could never bring myself to do it. I have always admired your flexibility with regards to your players’ crazy ideas (dive-bombing warforged comes to mind) but even more the depth and detail of the world you created and invited us to enjoy. Thank you, thank you, thank you. May you find the balance of work, life, (and gaming) that brings you joy. And may we meet again.
Mine prompted that I needed to give permission before it could apply the update. Not sure what, if anything, I have enabled to cause that, but I'm not complaining. I haven't confirmed that it's working yet, but I have faith.
Sefayll moves toward the remaining threat on the wall.
Congratulations on successful completion of the adventure, everyone! I've been lurking pretty much since I was too late to get into the initial recruitment. I did attempt to get in as a fill-in, but Kreig was selected at that round (and I think that was a fantastic choice - he was fun to watch!). I am tickled to report that I found a copy of the box set and have squirreled it away in my library, but didn't want to read it while I was following the adventure because I didn't want to spoil it for myself, even as a bystander. Anyway, congratulations on a game well-played and especially a game well-run by Papa. I'm needing to step back from games, not get into new ones, or I would so throw my hat in the ring for that RotR game, Papa. I hope I am able to find it in the boards and follow along, though!
I must have missed it this time. I know the developers have tried to relay the amazing amount of spaghetti they must attempt to untangle every time they try to make a change of any significance. There are barriers to testing anything with the sort of load that this site requires, but I agree that by now, one would think they would have found or created a way.
Perhaps he and Rodergo got on each other's nerves waiting at the train station and decided that Rod really would be safe to return to his homeland without an escort, so Janosz sold his ticket to a fellow that seemed harmless but with terrible body odor (and a seat assignment next to a certain cleric).
I’m game for a Janosz return. Aubrey will come up with something. Actually, Janosz might not get on the lightning rail at all and come back to the apartment, job done.
Can’t see why not, but Aubrey is on holiday for roughly two weeks, so he won’t likely weigh in with a reintroduction scenario until at least mid-month. Maybe you can show up and save the day with the party members that aren’t imprisoned currently. It’s good to see you posting again. I heard you had a tough go for a while - wishing you all the best.
Send some of that snow westward, we'll take all you got. Sorry to hear it's knocked you off schedule. And minor or not, I hope the Mrs.' little procedure leads to a speedy recovery. I had good fortune with mine - everything healed well. The follow-up physical therapy for mine wasn't fun, but at least it was something I could do something about.
It's planted. Don't fall for the ruse! You're still as young as you think you are! Phew - I hope I got to you in time. I almost fell for it, I know. Congratulations on moving off of a 0 year. Those always seem to have all the questions about how I'm aging. Those and 5's. If it ends in 1, your new decade is old news and nobody cares. Except people you went to school with who can't possibly be that old, either. ;-)
I am open to whatever inspires you, Aubrey. And sadly, recruitment does seem necessary.
This saddens me, but difficult decisions often sadden someone. Congratulations on making a tough call and good luck as you go forward in life. Here's hoping you are able to settle in and come back to let us know you are doing well. Godspeed, sir!
Second that preference for the new rules.
Whatever you do, don't stress about us. We should helping you relax for a bit, not adding to the tension. Take your time.
I'm game to continue.
Wendaug looks over at Kira and Sol, gives a half-shrug, and draws back her bow before letting fly, sending a cold iron arrow whistling through the scrum.
He will delay so everyone can move together. "Well, let's get this party started, what do you say?"
Booam fidgets with his greataxe, eager to join the battle, but unable to find room to strike.
"Ha! Right where I want you!" He activates the cloak of fangs and his canine teeth grow to prodigious size. Unable to swing his sword effectively, he releases it with his right hand to draw his dagger.
"Gah! This thing is nothing but armpits! Where's that brother of mine? That sword-swinger would be handy right about now!"
Verrick, bow readied, moves forward, looking for pressure plates and the like. Just to be careful.
Verrick slides over for a different angle and fires again.
Dohrlok times his approach, seeing Verrik draw back, and lets the arrow pass by before stepping forward to assist his student.
Our area bans fireworks based on recent rainfall, which means most years, but it has been unusually wet here lately. The sky was inundated with sparks and explosions last night and the night before. I saved my money and sat on the front step and watched other people's cash go up in smoke.
We had some locally-sourced and homemade brats for lunch. Maybe the best I've had in a long time. Your spread sounds pretty good.
Rhok tells the mongrelfolk warrior, "I can take care of these two. They need you in the other room." Drawing his mace, he reaches down and smacks the closer surviving cultist to keep him out of the fight beyond the mage's spell.
The Gorumite cleric steps forward brandishing his greatsword. "Foul creature! When you die, STAY DEAD!"
How about 'Encounters in the Drift'? A book of things/events you can run into during drift travel.That would be cool... so cool I'm actually messing around with writing an adventure anthology like that. :) Just getting back into the RPG writing stuff after a decade away, so no promises and since I'm not established I won't be able to work out the details until the rules are out. But the Drift is big enough for plenty of encounters and options if Rogue Genius or other publishers have similar stuff. If 'not established' implies 'would like to be once more', this thread might be of interest.
I run almost exclusively on roads, but there is a nature trail near here that is an excellent, if somewhat flat, course and we have a fair-sized park that the local college cross-country team uses for practice. Those were my training grounds. Last year, I was managing 12 - 18 miles a week. This year, I have had several weeks of no miles at all for one reason or another, but I was managing about 15 a week leading up to the half. Most of those were long runs on Sunday mornings with a smattering of shorter runs. Not enough to expect to do particularly well. I think I agree on running trails vs roads, though. There was a man and wife that caught up to me on the dam, so I stepped aside to let them pass me on the gravel road we were running on. I was feeling like I needed to give my legs a break and walk for a bit, anyway, but when I stepped aside into the grass, my legs felt better - I ended up running alongside them and visiting for a quarter mile, then picking up my pace and leaving them behind. That was near the midway point - I think I finished about ten minutes ahead of them. I have to say, it never occurred to me that I would be having a discussion about running on these boards. Kind of cool, really.
It's good to see Spanky on the forums again. I hope things are well for you, sir.
My personal cheering section met me on the dam around mile 3.5 and they both commented on the view. I was too focused on where I was placing my feet to look up much. And guess what, Couch25k is how I got started - small world! I will get you an estimate of the length of the dam when I get home. Oddly, running on the very-flat high road of the dam was the worst part of the whole thing. Wading through the river, miles of uneven meadow, more miles of wooded singletrack, those were all interesting and, dare I say, fun. The part most like a road course was the worst. I did not expect that. I don't know that I will be looking at a marathon any time soon. A half is plenty right now.
Impressive. I did a half-marathon trail run this weekend - first ever half, first ever trail run - and while I'm not setting any records, I was pleased with it. I had some trouble finding their official site, but this might work. Was a beautiful morning for it.
HEATHY IS BACK!?!
If it was malware designed to hold your data hostage, the external drive must be disconnected or it's gone, too. I don't know if that's what's going on, but if you are counting on an external drive, you need to keep that in mind.
It appears someone is still a bit put out by the experience. At least you care enough to keep an eye on him.
Yeah, I think we should be good.
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