General OoC discussion

Just FYI: I'm going to be at DunDraCon 47 on and off all weekend, so my posting may be sporadic after the turn five post for the next few days.

Safe travels, and have fun!

FYI I’ll be on vacation starting Wed. 2/21 but will try to keep up with posts when not passed out from jetlag.

Have fun, folks!

FYI: some of you may know already from other games, but JoshuaMabry has made the hard decision to step away from Gamers Plane, due to new work and life commitments. Coincidentally, the party's rogue, Joseph, is unconscious but stable at 0 HP.

There's a couple of questions this raises: the short-term and the longer-term.

In the short term: if you as the party want to revive Joseph, Albertus can use an application of his healer's kit and Joseph will roll his hit die (if he hasn't already today) and I will run him as an NPC as you explore the rest of the Ruins for information that could help revive Devek (and maybe treasure, though the party has been pretty content to let the treasure go so far). If you don't revive Joseph, you'll have an all-player party, but no rogue. Which is OK.

In the longer term: Do you want to continue as a 6 PC party, or should I open the game up to new PCs when the party has returned to Hochoch and resolved the Jarls' problem? 6 PCs is plenty for now, but probably the minimum for surviving later parts of this classic AD&D adventure. I certainly would want to get more PCs if the number ever drops below 6. We don't have to answer this question right away, of course, but I wanted to start you thinking about whether you will want to invite more people when we get to that point.

I'd prefer Joseph being played as an NPC until we return to Hochoch or other reasonable spot to part ways. Otherwise, I was going to play Aanbo as carrying Joseph the whole time, or creating a litter to transport him. So if Albertus is fine with spending a use of his healer's kit to revive Joseph, I will forego my own HD recovery.

Keeping him around as an NPC is probably for the best.

I expended a use for Josephus, keep with your own recovery too, I just added a use for his, plenty left on the kit, all good.

Aanbo is currently at 12/19 HP, having gained some due to leveling up, so I think he's fine for now. He also already spent his 1 HD when we rested after a battle with the priests on the second floor.

Congratulations! Completely understandable.

I have given this some thought and I've decided that I'm going to bow out of this game. I have a lot going on and 5e really isn't my thing anymore, so I think this is my best choice for games to drop. It was fun playing with you all!

Thanks for the memories, Naatkinson! It's been a fun several years!

Like the other PCs whose players have bowed out, Ogbar will continue as an NPC back in Hochoch after the party resolves the crisis with Devek.

Sorry for the spotty participation lately, I've been having some health troubles for the last week and a half. Sick kids, sick wife, and sick me. Hoping for recovery soon, thanks for your patience.

It's been great playing with you again Naat! Best of luck!

"Also, we've been trying to reach you about your wagon's extended warranty."

Realized I wasn't sure of day/month/year, so if it's relevant I can edit that bit of the letter... but I'm ok with using placeholders. While I appreciate lore and storytelling as much as any of us, it's less important that today is a particular day... and more important that the day was included in the letter so the man has an idea of when we were there should it ever become relevant to our story.

It's a wonderful letter; I love the idea that Theran documents things this way.

Yeah, that was amazing MaJunior!

Sorry for the slow posts the past couple of days: travel, and birthday celebrations in the family.

Which character wants to administer the potion to the sleeping Herald, if you choose to do that? You could have one of the now-NPCs do it, if you're concerned about risk.

Albertus is willing to do it.