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Hey all,

FYI, My Work life STINKS right now. :P

(I mean, it can be a hot mess on a good day, but it is getting ridiculous) :(

SO, if I vanish from posting-Radar for a day, or three, I'm probably just trying to dig my way out from under a lot of shenanigans being busy at work.

Probably. ;P

That is all. Carry on! :D

Hey all,

FYI, My Work life STINKS right now. :P

(I mean, it can be a hot mess on a good day, but it is getting ridiculous) :(

SO, if I vanish from posting-Radar for a day, or three, I'm probably just trying to dig my way out from under a lot of shenanigans being busy at work.

Probably. ;P

That is all. Carry on! :D

Hey all,

FYI, My Work life STINKS right now. :P

(I mean, it can be a hot mess on a good day, but it is getting ridiculous) :(

SO, if I vanish from posting-Radar for a day, or three, I'm probably just trying to dig my way out from under a lot of shenanigans being busy at work.

Probably. ;P

That is all. Carry on! :D

Safe travels!

Ragadolf wrote:

Personal prejudice, but MOVING is one of my Top-Three LEAST favorite things to do. Ever.

I've moved at least 15 or 20 times in my life. Hopefully this is going to be the last one. However, if not, I'm pretty used to it by now.

Oh I get it. I'm USED to it. (I've done my share of city/college/state/hopping over the years.)

Still don't LIKE it. At all. :P

But Still, New house? COOL! :)

Sergei the Haunted wrote:

Ragadolf wrote:

OK, I dont know where to move to, need to know which room the 2 very dead bodies are in,... :)

It's the one on the lower right with the two sideways yellow people in it. Zoom in old man. ;P

LOL.

Well Rags DOES operate a theater, thus must the drama always be heightened!

Oh,... You have NOoooooo idea how true that is!

Pat- sorry to hear it's 'intense'.
(Is that legal-ese for 'a hot mess'?)
good luck!

David- New business? Good luck!
House hunting? Cool, Have fun.

Actually MOVING? NOT so cool.

Personal prejudice, but MOVING is one of my Top-Three LEAST favorite things to do. Ever.
It ranks right up there with looking for a new job, and divorce. :P
(For me at least)

Once you GET moved? THEN you're back to 'Cool' again! :D

OK, I dont know where to move to, need to know which room the 2 very dead bodies are in,... :)

Had a bit of a long week, got called into work early both days(and I work morning tomorrow, so can't ask me to come in earlier than we open! HA!), *and* I started my early(ie, 5:30am, and then 4:30am) morning walks again. 1.3 miles the first day, and 2+ the second. Sadly, a bit too chilly this morning.

Am just now catching up.

Ugh, I feel that. It's dance season for my rentals. SO many days of different dance schools, morning noon and nights. :(

And of course my university is having EXTREME money issues (They 'misplaced/overspent' $50 million in two years) :P

So, do they balance their budget? NO!
They come up with entirely new, overly complicated, near-impossible to fulfill correctly time sheet changes, to make it more difficult for us to log in our overtime/Comp Time so they wont have to pay it. >_<

When the majority of your job is essentially all nights and weekends, (I run the campus auditorium) that is a problem. :P

And DON'T even get me started on State Inventory!

MOst days I prefer Ravenloft to University. Not gonna lie. It's safer. :P

I'm getting the feeling we will be switching to combat rounds shortly. If you haven't checked the map in a while, you might want to reposition yourself. Most of the party is still clustered in the first room.

Yeah I get the feeling you are probably right.

Yeah, that’s where the ‘Cole goes first’ usually comes from…

Yes. Yes it does. :)

Sterling Starshadow wrote:

Sterling decides to let the more martial companions brave forward solo if they wish...

I love how you say this, and then are the first one to say you're walking into a new room that is clearly haunted.

LOL, I hadn't thought of it that way. :)

I mean, he's not the FIRST one to enter the room. (Unless I misread the posts?) :P

But he for sure isn't going to be the first down the hallway with the now clearly homicidal maniac on the other end!

Besides, he knows how to deal with spirits, but I haven't really battle-tested his melee combat skills as such. Much. Yet. ;P

"IT'S ALIVE!!"

Oh my,
THAT was,... Perfect.

Karrin, please don't ever change! :D

EDIT- Yeah, I had to go back and say it IN game too! ;P

Best. Adventuring. Group. Ever.
<Mic Drop>

Honestly, I'm not mad at you for choosing $$ over gaming. :)

I mean, I WISH I could choose gaming over RL, but yeah, bills aint gonna pay themselves.
;P

Hang in there!

So, Happy MOther's Day!(?!?) :)

Had a good day with the wife.
(DId not have to Work today, YAY!)
Got to see a musical show, and took her out to dinner. :)

AND finally finished updating Justin.
Not that much difference between 12 to 13 for wizzies, (Thank goodness)
But I did a re-training (Thank you Dungeon Monkey!) And had to check all of the little nit-picky things, (Caster levels, DC's, etc)

Believe it or not, dropping TWO of the original feats actually nerfed him.
A little bit.
(OK, A VERY little bit, at this level the average dmg dice results are about the same. But it's still true!) :)

See you all in the game! :D

Patrick Curtin wrote:

Relatively annoyed strangers to boot. No one likes being called as a witness

It's not fun, I only testified once as a material witness. Got about two quips in when the Judge told me to stick to the facts, buzz kill!

Yeah, I probably wouldn't last long.

I just noticed that there are two Sterlings on the map, and zero Sergeis

<Scooby-Doo> "Hruuh?!?" </Scooby-Doo>

Wow. Just,... Wow.

I know I look forward to interviewing strangers on my days off. :P

Hang in there! :)

LOL,
I DO luv the banter and commentary of the PC's! :)

Keep it up everyone!
(It makes me want to do better too!) :D

yay dedication! :)

True, true.
At least it isn't as bad as it COULD be. (I guess.) (?!?) :P

I once had a Monday that lasted ALL. WEEK. LONG.
No exaggeration.
By Friday I was saying: "I dont even care about Friday anymore. Can it just PLEASE not be MONDAY anymore? Can it just please be Tuesday?!?"

;P

Well, you are winning in LIFE, (so I am told)
But behind in the FUN category. :)

I'm right there with you. :P

Yes, it has been a week, for sure. I am going to try my best to post up today, I am keeping my benchmarks in mind, but my hearing starts in one week. Like, best Thursday. On the plus side I saved our clients* $50K in rental fees by securing free conference space rather than renting a conference room for $850/day, so I look good.

*It’s all the Army, but different parts take their money out of different buckets. And, contrary to popular myth, the government doesn’t particularly like overpaying for things, especially ridiculous amounts of money.

Man oh man, I do not envy you! Good luck!

<Sigh>
It has been a LOOONG week.
And it is only Wednesday.
>_<

That is all, carry on,...

<Sigh>
It has been a LOOONG week.
And it is only Wednesday.
>_<

That is all, carry on,...

<Sigh>
It has been a LOOONG week.
And it is only Wednesday.
>_<

That is all, carry on,...

OK, posted.
Enjoy! :D

Nighters Silver Rose!

Hello, Finals week here.
You'd THINK I'd be bored. Or at least slow? But Nope.
SO much drama, (Between renters) You'd think they were auditioning for a Soap Opera. ;P
A SPANISH soap opera. :)

Managed to get my passport paperwork sent off. And paid a small fortune for as much 'expediting' as they can promise (and charge) for. Now I just have to actually buy plane tickets and a hotel reservations. O_o

Sigh. I'm trying to NOT spend money. I really am! :P

So, I wrote up Justin's 'level up' post.
(Ye D&D and Ravenloft powers I am a wordy lil aged wizard.)
Hopefully it will serve as a bit of entertainment for everyone. And perhaps a peek into the wizzie's brainbox. :)

It is spoilered for length, and to separate the 'behind the scenes' parts from the general public access. Feel free to read it all at once, or the 'public' parts first, and then the spoilers. Either way. :)

I'll likely post it tonight.
(Otherwise I'll just keep tweaking it. Although my tweaks HAVE been making it a bit shorter. A bit.) :D

Hope everyone is having a good week?
Carry on!

So I started writing Justin's "Level up" post last night,...

Yeah. It's getting away from me. (He IS a wordy lil wizzie, ain't he?!?)
;P

Again, no REAL time passing, other than how long it's taking me to write it, in between trying to help my wife nail down a new job, get (and pay for ) passports so I can make my 'Lil'' brothers wedding in June. (He lives in Washington state. Like in the middle of a Hallmark card. But getting married in Canada.) And just keeping with up the 'usual' level of insanity from work. :P

You know, I USED to think that retiring to a beach and lounging around sounded boring.
Now? It's starting to sound better and better. >_<

Maybe I can see if there's any truth to those posts about retirees just living on cruise ships. Everything included, and cheaper than retirement homes.
<Insert 'Thoughtful emoji' here>

I don't *think* that was meant as a complement?

But Hey! You do you! :D

Ragadolf wrote:

Kenzo Hagetora wrote:

Awesome, hopefully life calms down a bit for you soon.

Seconded! :)

It's not, this is going to be a hell week but hopefully a hell week that produces some revenue so I can live with that...

That works. Even storm clouds have silver linings. :)

Awesome, hopefully life calms down a bit for you soon.

Seconded! :)

SO,... since we are re-gathering, and collecting our wits (And hopefully our players!) ;P

Is this a good time to 'level up' Justin? :D
I have an in-game idea of a way to work it. (Quickly, no Real-world time) Just need to write it up. ;P

I'm actually NOT meta-gaming (not intentionally) especially since after this arc, we'll be hanging around Sigil for a spell,
(See what I did there?) :P

BUT Justin doesn't know that! So his dilemma with Planar traveling (which you just re-posted from much earlier) can be solved with a 7th lvl spell. SO that is affecting my spell choices.

WHY oh WHY are there so many actually GOOD 7th level spells?!?!?
And why are there even more that SHOULD be good, that are so BAD?!?
(Mage's Sword anyone?) :P
(THAT spell should be a straight up lightsaber. Instead it's like a force-powered bastard sword.) :(

Once he realizes what loot and knowledge they MIGHT have recovered, but now will never see, from the Mummies-Lord's tower/demiplane, he is gonna straight up in-game CRY. :D

Works for me! :D

A certain Wizzie (And his player) are apparently easily confused, and keep getting lost when traveling multiple Planes from 'here-to-there'. ;P

Sounds good! :)

_Bastian 'Ogre' Zorovich wrote:

Bastion mounts the steps and raps upon the door.

"Bang, bang."

Bastion actually saying Bang Bang as he knocked cracked me up.

Then Love Shack started playing in my head, and I started trying to figure out a parody involving horrible asylums.

Heheh, yeah, I smiled too. NIce touch.

I used to do a lot of musical theatre, but I've mostly recovered.

Now WHY would you want to recover from that?!? O_o

(Says the aged wizard who still enjoys doing musical theater. When he can.) ;P

Yeah - I decided to go ahead and do it. If anyone has serious concerns we can hash it out, but my watchword now is forward momentum. We aren’t going to RP every painful inch of this. I want this done. I Am already workshopping the next arc and the arc after that

Ooooo,

Dungeon Monkey has stories to tell! O_O

I can't wait! :D

(PS- I am being serious!) ;)

ROFL, Sounds good Dungeon monkey!
Onward! And Upward! :D

understood,
Did we lose Blayze? In game? Or just out of game?

I wouldn't want to teleport out and leave her behind!

PS- (PC issues stink!) ;P

Ragadolf wrote:

Time?

Time,... to do stuff.

I've heard of this mystical 'Time', but I don't believe I've ever actually SEEN it.

O_o

I haven't either lately, once or twice a week I do this a*~+*$% thing called falling asleep early... that's what happened last night when I was intending to post :-(

I'm not quite the machine I used to be 10 or 20 years ago!

Ugh, tell me about about it!

(I'm still 'A machine'. But it's an older, starting to break down machine!)
O_o

Hopefully she asks for a turkey sandwich, on rye, with lettuce and tomato, so she can share it with her good friend Karrin.

ROFLMAO! :D

Time?
Time,... to do stuff.

I've heard of this mystical 'Time', but I don't believe I've ever actually SEEN it.

O_o

Four year side quest *head desk*

I can see the adds now,

"For those moments in your game when a facepalm just won't do enough, *HEAD DESK*! Now available in Normal, Large, and Silver Rose sizes!"

:D

ROFL! And our Rage-machine is a wannabe Bard! I luv it! :D

And, in some versions of the rules (3.5/5?) a Bard/Barbarian combo actually works! ;P

And, as always, nice storytelling. :)

(Especially for what was supposed to be a random encounter-turned-side-quest!) :D

HAD to post Justin's thoughts on the current situation.

It was almost like it was set up for it! :D

We DO be doing more damage before breakfast than other Adventuring groups do all day! ;P

Just waiting to find out what happened to Blayze & Alessia (Hopefully getting them both back!) before activating the Teleport to outside!

WHY do I get the sneaking suspicion this is gonna be another close call?
:P
I mean the adrenaline rush is cool and all, but poor wizzie's gonna have a heart attack!

On a side note, planning Justin's LVL up to 13 for when he gets a nights sleep :)
(Hoping to make THAT an interesting post for you all)

But, WHY are there SO many good 7th lvl spells?!?!?! O_o

LUV the RP guys,

Just a note, before we talk ourselves TOO far ahead in the narrative, Sterling really would like to verify that he hasn't lost his connection to Pharasma or her blessings. (Powers) :)

Zek, I have not read ALL the Discworld novels, But I DO like them!
I still have an old copy of the OG Discworld game for Windows.
(On 3.25" Floppy disks)
It was not a sandbox, it was an old school, linear-style game, where you cant proceed to Y until you did X. You play as Rincewind, and his walking chest is your Inventory. :)

Before I even read the next posts, Just so you all know,...

I was in a hurry when I wrote that last Sterling-Speech. Did not realize how long it was getting. (Sorry?)

(I was almost late for work. SOmeone has to run the Auditorium) :P
I was thinking later that maybe a lot of that (most of it?) could have/should have been internal dialogue?

Then later I thought some more, and realized that Rambling on (for a good while) about why he doesn't need to apologize for anything, And then offering a (sincere) apology, is pretty much on-brand for Sterling I think. ;P

Ok, Now to see what we've gotten up to before I crash for the night! :D