Out of Character

ok, Stay safe

Can I make an animal handling check to stay on my hippogriff, because if Hehsh can fight this battle from hippogriff-back, then he would be an idiot to dismount.

I will hold off acting this turn until optimum and Mach's questions are resolved actually, would change quite a bit for me.

Sure, you can stay on the hippogriff. Every time it takes damage or has to dodge anything, you'll need to make a check with disadvantage to stay seated, or plummet. Your call.

FYI I'm going to be out of town between the 1st and the third/ tuesday through thursday. Sorry to keep traveling. I think things will slow down as fall/winter keep up.

I Invited a new player, Adam, to join us.

The more the merrier

WooWhooo!!!

Nice, welcome aboard.

Thank you everyone.
I look forward to reading 60 pages of posts to catch up with the story.

Yeah, I remember that. Howdy

I've finished reading "The Dragon Who Took Too Little".
It feels pretty epic. I'm looking forward to this.

(checks notes, sees that the next part was entirely going to be haggling over the prices of uninteresting menu items in low end taverns; rips up notes)

Epic it is!

that could be interesting XDD

Ack. Rocks fall, Mavis dies of embarrassment.
Please don’t let Mavis’s die enforced faux pas become a thing.
I’m not terribly comfortable RP’ing a lecherous dwarf.
I’d suggest rolling insight, but I fear the die.

Hey DM, don’t we have some hobgoblins to fight? Like, right away? Without time for chit-chat?

Hah, comedy gold. The dice don't define your personality. Also, the dragon included Mavis in the gifts, as payment in advance "for deeds about to be done".

Sure, but it went like this.
1. It’s 6:30am. I haven’t had coffee. I type my post
2. Ooo, I missed the apostrophe in "she’s" edit post, and re-read
3. Errr.... that last bit reads like a cheesy chat up line. Hit edit again
4. Yeah but IRL we sometimes say things that, on reflection, aren’t quite right. I leave the post but add an OOC
5. Before hitting send, I think, naaah- let’s let the dice decide whether my comment came across as intended. Mavis has +1 cha, how bad could it be?
6. It’s a 3. Seriously?!
7. Fair nuff. I best narrate her social awkwardness.

And that, m’lud, is how what was intended as a polite exchange came to be a #MeToo moment.

I’d ask for a +1 dagger, but I’d only stab myself.

Edit: and if it’s not clear, the last bit was social awkwardness, not flirting. Mavis was looking at the stitching, not Ruby’s chest.

Oh boy. Moving on. Yes, a +1 dagger would be lovely!

LOL.
That's all I got. LOL

So, how does this work in PbP? IRL it seems easier to gauge when people are ready to move on. I guess we comment here.

FWIW, I’ve nothing else to do here. I don’t feel the need to add anything until we land in Blackwater, unless anybody else does, or something happens en route. Mavis hates flying, but I think I’ve made that clear without feeling the need to indulge in a panic attack montage.

We have to sell stuff at the first landing spot. Other than that I am good.