I actually made it a point to buy that boxed set because, well, leshys :) Guess I'll need to pick up the plushie at some point, too! Thanks for the bot...again. They let someone go at work last week and another is on vacation for two weeks so I've been pulling some overtime :\
Was sick all last week with COVID and then this week it's been work stuff and/or wrangling tree removal stuff. So...meh. Big ol' sack of meh. But all of that is now thankfully (hopefully) done and maybe I can catch up AGAIN and STAY caught up. Off to do that right now~
A bit delayed, but chronicle looks good - thank you! Going back to a conversation I missed out on earlier, Fran is currently at 44 exp with the Lions chronicle so I believe she's on track with everyone else in terms of level and leveling. Got her profile updated with those small things; will get checked in and ready for our newest adventure! Enjoy the con, Vardarel! I've never been to Origins but it's within driving distance (about 5 & 1/2 hours, give or take) so who knows what the future might hold? This week's RL adventure has been all about trying to get some trees removed from our property so hopefully the adventure here will be less stressful :P
"Ooh, it's not easy to not hurt someone with magic," Fran frets; she'd certainly rather not kill the goblins but keeping them alive certainly requires some creative use of her resources. She briefly considers her options before deciding to channel regenerative power into Bella (and by extension, Khiari). Then she conjures another protective shield around herself as she looks around the cavern, trying to figure out if the source for the goblins' enchantment is nearby.
Hey folks, finally checking in. First off, I want to apologize for dropping off the face of the Earth for the last several weeks. Everything basically snowballed - work/life busyness cut into the free time more than usual, then when I *had* the free time I'd either be tired/unable to focus on writing or had other things seeking my time, and so the longer I went without posting the harder it got to want to sit down and post even though I knew I needed to at least check in with folks if nothing else. I definitely have a better understanding of and sympathy for others who've ghosted games and then later returned to explain how things happened and they fell into a shame/embarrassment cycle mental block about the lack of posting. It also doesn't help that there was and still is an undercurrent of me just not really feeling Pathfinder in general as of late. Even with 2e simplifying the game in a lot of ways that I actually appreciate and enjoy, it's felt like there's just so much to keep track of and every time I turn around there's another 3 or 4 classes coming out or another big setting book or it's already time for another brand new year of PFS and the usual metaplot to go with it. So I've been in a weird place where I've missed the *people* but not...really missing playing all that much. Which also made me feel guilty, even though I logically know it shouldn't. All that said, my interest level in hobbies tends to wax and wane over time so my Pathfinder lull isn't likely to be permanent. It's taken me longer than I expected just to try and figure out what I wanted to say in this post but I know you guys have been waiting on/botting Fran before closing out the current adventure. Feel free to go ahead and bot but if you'll bear with me a little longer, I'll try and get to that myself tomorrow/later today (since it's 3am local time as I type this). After that, I'll try and figure out what I want to do when it comes to playing and our campaign together, if that's okay. Thanks again and I'm sorry for worrying everyone.
"I don't really have any good magics for traps or warnings...but, um, I can help with building the watchtower," Fran offers, rolling up her sleeves. "Many hands make lighter work, after all!" She looks around again, considering the camp layout. "Once that's done, I'm happy to help with walking patrols. I can't see very well in the dark, but Mister Midnight is another story - and he can fly so he can see up over the fences too!"
Hey folks, this may (or may not) seem abrupt but I've given it some thought and I believe that it would be best for me to put this game on an indefinite hiatus. I certainly set out with the best of intentions for this game and was quite excited about it (and I still do really dig the AP's story), but found myself getting waylaid by RL stuff (mostly good, thankfully) which then snowballed...and here we are nearly a month out since my last in-game post. That's no way to tell a proper story and that's certainly no way to keep people engaged, either. So my thought process is to put a pin in this for now and perhaps, hopefully, come back to it at a future time where life is calmer and I'm in a better position to give the game the time and attention it deserves. When and if that happens, I'll send out PMs to see who is interested in picking things back up - and if there's no interest, that would be more than understandable. Does this work okay for everyone?
I'll look to finish up my character tonight - and regarding your spoiler GM, that sounds like a good enough hook to me :)
A bit late on this, but don't worry about overlapping with me! Take the concept that speaks to you and run with it :D
Hokay, I'm still in. While I certainly don't *dislike* Clover (or Snowy!) I'm also admittedly not as attached to her as I have been to some of my characters. I'll give it a day or two and see if any new and exciting character ideas - or perhaps a new twist on an old favorite - occur to me.
"Maybe it's, um, a regional thing," Fran suggests. "Same thing b-but named differently depending on where you're at. Like Deacon's Jr. in Varisia but when you get to Absalom it's called Smiley's." Fran also takes a moment to put in a request for a healing scroll from Darlene before heading out.
"I'm alive!" Soddy huffs indignantly, wiping furiously at her face with a sleeve, clearly unnerved by the sudden overwhelming emotion she just experienced. "I am a leshy. Hath not a leshy eyes? Hath not a leshy hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer as a fleshy is? If you prick us, do we not bleed?" A pause. "Well...it isn't blood that we bleed, but I think you understand what I meant." Another pause. "I wish I'd come up with that speech all on my own, but I heard it in this fleshy-made play that I saw in Absalom once. Quoting it seemed appropriate. Anyway, it sounds like Sleeping Sword would like to carry the pendant. I'm okay with that."
I'm alive (and thankfully well) but have had a lot going on with work and family stuff lately. I've got to head to bed in a moment but I will catch up on things later tonight. Thank you for your patience and I apologize if I've made anyone worry.
"BETTER LATE THAN NEVER."
"Why is it made of pickles??" Fran can't help but ask, looking both amazed and oddly distressed at how the goblin's magical shield manifests itself. Still, she manages to keep her magic focused on Bella and even follows Lokaloka's example in flinging some debris at the Blue Swarm.
Apropos of nothing but since it occasionally comes up, I wanted to mention that as of the beginning of February I am no longer an acting Venture Agent. Nothing's wrong, just decided that 4+ years was plenty and that I'd like to step back and allow for some fresh blood to step up for the Online VO Corps. Not sure when that change will be reflected on my website profile but just consider me an Average Jane once more.
Oh no, they were absolutely speaking Common. I just used a tool to make the text look all janky and f*$!ed up for that extra creepy factor - guess it worked a little too well! They were saying stuff like 'meat', 'bones', and 'warm, juicy meat' :D
Glad to hear you're doing okay, GM. My sympathies on the work front; we've also been busy here lately.
Work was bananapants last night so unfortunately no time for updates. Fingers crossed that tonight will be better!
And we're off! You'll quickly notice that some of my links take you somewhere that isn't Google Slides. I'm excited to say that I've been working on a separate campaign page for the game, which you can find the main landing spot for here ---> Season of Ghosts Campaign. This is something a little extra that I set up in order to better help organize information about the game since there are plenty of names and locations, among other things, to keep track of. With that being said, this won't replace the use of Google Slides for more immediate things such as combat maps and the like - just think of it as a supplement to the game and hopefully a way for everyone to be able to find information more easily instead of having to search through Gameplay all the time. Please feel free to look around the campaign site at your leisure - given the setup and nature of this AP there's a lot of basic information about Willowshore and its citizens that everyone is privy to right from the get-go. And of course I'll be adding to it as the game progresses; I'll do my best to mention when there's something new worth checking out!
Sending good thoughts and well-wishes to you, GM!
Per the email that GMs (hopefully) should have received: Door Prizes Paizo has graciously offered up prize vouchers for Gameday, and we will be randomly drawing winners from a pool of all players and GMs for reported games. These vouchers will need to be emailed, so please encourage your players to fill in their emails when signing up so that we can get them their prizes when they win. We also have a set of boons for our PFS1 players. Each GM and Player of a PFS1 game has a 10% chance to win one of our lovely boons at random. Have everyone at your table roll a d20 and a roll of 1 or 20 wins. Please select the prize won in the dropdown field on the RPGChronicles report (page 2 if you are using RPGChronicles for signups), and make sure they filled in their email addresses so we can send them out.
Relas chuffs with laughter, amused by the whole spectacle. "What was that, Palo? Did you see a bug or something? I know you hate bugs!"
"And it's stupid, acting like they've got something to prove and that pushing someone around who might not be able to fight back is gonna do the trick," Palo scowls. "That's not a show of power, it's a show of cowardice. So people like that need to be disabused of that notion right quick - with words if you can, but if a kick in the teeth is what's needed to prove the point then I can live with that. Either way, maybe they'll learn a lesson and start putting their energy to good use."
"That's right," Mister Midnight says happily, always happy to accept tribute in the form of pets and scritches. He looks back at Stitch. "Hm...I guess treats will work. At least it saves me the trouble of having to have Fran manage my money and go buy things with it!"
Mister Midnight does a lazy loop through the air before flapping over to perch atop Meat Wagon. He gives Stitch a positively mischievous look and remarks, in perfect Common, "If you want things for your toy business then we'll need a contract. I don't work for free for anyone except Fran!"
Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I'll go with a Pendant of the Occult for sure and maybe a wand. @Nicole - Your faction should be corrected now for the previous scenario :) Just got up to start my day/evening, let me get some caffeine in my system and I'll get my rear over to Gameplay :)
GM Screen:
Nicole follows her teammates out of the water while Vardarel focuses on the wounded Yellow Shark. Both he and his ghostly longbow open fire, with their combined efforts finally bringing Yellow down for good! Red Shark turns its attention to the easy prey still in the water and ascends, breaking the surface to strike at Roark. It bites down on the tengu and finding him tasty, immediately releases to try and take another bite. Luckily Roark is able to avoid this second attack.
Unhappy to be the center of all this attention Roark swiftly beaks the lamprey attached to his arm, forcefully ripping it free of his flesh and killing it in the process. Blood trickles out into the water. He then turns his attention to Red, jolting it with an arc of electricity and damaging it a little bit. "Go for the eyes, Roark! Go for the eyes!" Taiwalei cries from beyond the wall of water. "Elemental water consumes metal," Selan continues to holler from beyond the wall of fire. "So those sharks probably like to chew on metal too!"
Roark
Active Conditions: None Environmental Conditions: Metallic Tree Patch (Difficult Terrain) Clover, Stitch, Bella, Nicole, Vardarell are up!
Totally random comment but Roark, I admire your prolificacy when it comes to running games for people and the Cottonseed lodge crowd in general. I wish I could manage that level of GM output!
With Player Core and GM Core now being available - I believe subscribers are getting their physical copies now, PDF purchases are available November 15th - you may use Remastered options for relevant character classes and ancestries if you wish! I'm a dang dirty PDF-only person these days so it'll be a bit before I can get my grubby hands on the new material but if you've got any questions about Remastered options, go ahead and ask and I'll do my best to give you an answer :)
While not yet sanctioned for Organized Play, Season of Ghosts is on the docket according to November's Organized Play Monthly Update so yes, I'll eventually be able to issue you chronicles for your adventures :)
Seeing that her allies are having trouble getting the ship stabilized, Pooka begins stomping out a beat with her foot and her voice rises over the commotion. ~Cloaked in folds of midnight waters
Hold fast, tides are turning
any restrictions to character creation? what level to start? Your questions will now have answers! Anyone that's interested in playing Season of Ghosts may now check in here ---> Ghosts, Yo.
I wouldn't mind playing an AP. :) Groovy. I'll PM folks when I get the campaign thread set up (so as to not hijack *this* thread any further), which should be within the next few days.
In other news, we're nearing the end of the scenario - huzzah :) Also, the Time Tracker has been updated again. 20 minutes for the two successful Navigate the Maze checks, 10 minutes to explore the majority of the maze map, and 30 minutes total for your meeting with Gedun & Yeyacha + the downtime while they chatted with Selan.
Seeing little other choice, Bella takes a deep breath and looks into the water, allowing herself to sink underneath the surface. As she does, she draws her dagger and focuses her attention on the nearby Red Shark as she attempts an underwater performance. To her immense satisfaction, Red Shark begins to bob its head around in time with her movements.
Stitch also sees the writing on the wall and busts out the WD12345 for Meat Wagon and himself. That done, he raises his shiny new shield and gives the signal to submerge. And though perhaps not truly designed for aquatic maneuvers the construct sinks below the surface, revving its engine as it advances on Blue Shark and slams into it!
Roark
Active Conditions: None Environmental Conditions: Metallic Tree Patch (Difficult Terrain) Roark & Clover are up!
"You two are sisters, huh?" Gedun repeats, looking from Bella to Khiari. "Fascinating! Well, it's nice to meet you both and everyone else," they add. "But, ah, were you asking me to apologize? I mean, jokes or not, Yeyacha and I are the wronged parties here and so-" Gedun's thought is interrupted as the wisps contained within Yeyacha's chest-cage begin squeaking and making noise; it sounds like communication but none of you are able to understand it. Your two new acquaintances, however, do. Though Yeyacha's expression is imperceptible, Gedun smiles. "See now, was that so hard? Thank you, little ones, and let this be a lesson to you! Alright budding, they seem sincere enough and they've got homes to get back to, so go ahead and let 'em out." "Fine by me," Yeyacha shrugs. "We don't have time to babysit anyway." The cage swings open and all of the wisps rather quietly flitter out and hover around the group, apparently chastened by their scolding and experience sitting in 'time out'. "Now, that's much better! I'm glad we could settle all that without any trouble," Gedun beams. Even Yeyacha seems to relax, as much as one such as they can. "So, you're with the Pathfinder Society and this is the Maze of the Open Road? Wonderful! Are we somewhere on the Material Plane, then? You said you were explorers, are you exploring this maze?" Yeyacha sighs and gives Gedun a look. "Too many questions and not enough answers. Tell them why we're here." "Oh!" The talos puffs their chest out in pride. "Well, we became big names back home after a job. I’m talking wanted posters and bounties big. We’re not exactly celebrity material though, so after hearing the Material Plane is quite nice around this season, we decided to take a vacation. Might even make it a staycation if things get interesting!"
Though I've largely ceased participating in PF1 things, I'd be willing to entertain an exception for something like Strange Aeons/Carrion Crown/Ravenloft shenanigans - especially with this group of people, who have proven to be wonderful to game with as well as pretty reliable posters outside of any major RL curveballs :)
By the way, I'm keeping tabs on this even though I've not chimed in until now. I appreciate everyone's willingness to step up so we can still offer some 1e content for our conventions :)
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