Out of Character discussion:

She's a stone cold killer!

"Gilly Puddlefoot, killer for hire!"

My name is Gilly and I like to killy.

Lol!

Hahahahahaha

I have a sneaky feeling that my attack might not hit

Probably a safe bet...

I'm glad I didn't come back to y'all waiting on me! The mountains decided to rain pretty hard on me. Didn't stop me from exploring, but still... never again will I complain about a GM making me roll some form of endurance check for cold weather.

No kidding, I'm a fanatical backpacker and I'd rather pack in the snow than in the rain. Something about being inescapably wet that just saps you.

The years I spent hiking in the rain. Ugh.
Saying that, the years I’ve spent working in the rain. Double ugh. Dom is right, it drains you. At least when it’s just cold, movement creates heat

I survived, and found the tucked-away chalet I was hunting for. Overall, a great way to start the year.

In regards to the game, is Eltrezar able to hop off the horse and move towards the bandits? He's not currently in dagger range, nor did he declare a spell at the beginning of the round. My confusion stems from being mounted, but not being the one using the horses movement on his turn. I'd like to hop off and move towards the bandits, but understand if my movement has already been used up.

Yes, he can. All horse movement is Elmo's Movement and Action because he's the one controlling the animal, whereas Eltrezar is just a passive actor and can at any time jump off. But if you jump off while the horse is in motion, you have to make a Dexterity check (with penalties) to stay on your feet or you fall and eat dust. Elmo brought his horse to a halt after a full double-move sprint on Elmo's turn. Eltrezar hasn't done anything on this turn and dismounting is a free action. So he could dismount (free Action), Move (Move Action), and Attack (Regular Action) if he likes.

Damn, Coulson has a sore throat

Oh no! Coulson!

Time to start rolling up a new character I think?

Maybe we’ll find some captives in the keep. :,(

That’s an awesome idea.

Just found my spare two sets of rolls from character creation. If Coulson doesn’t make it, what is the party lacking now? I’m more than happy to plug a gap

Clearly we're missing Shmoulson, Coulson's estranged cousin. But more seriously, I think we're in need of another warrior. We have arcane and (soon) divine magic, archery, and sneakiness. What we need is a dedicated meatshield.

Yeah a Dwarf is exactly what we need. Solid tank plus trapfinding? Unbeatable.

Man, that sucks @TheFoxofFinch...

I think somewhere I said this in the OOC chat, by the way, but if you lose a character, you have your other two sets of stats you didn't use first go round, plus you get to roll up 1 new set of stats. And then you can either keep the new set of stats or go with one of your remaining 2 you've been sitting on. You should always have 3 sets of stats to choose from when you make a new character.

And I could be mistaken, but wasn't @TheFoxofFinch also considering a Barbarian at one point? So far everyone has been pretty religiously sticking to the classic classes, but I did post the Advanced classes if anyone wanted to give one of them a spin. I've never had anyone in any of my groups play an Advanced class, but the OSE fans seem to think they're pretty balanced and still play well with B/X RAW.

Also, there's someone new requesting to join the game. New account with no history so I'm not sure what their experience is. Are we interested in a new player at the table, or do we want to keep the group as it is?

I'm fine with anyone that wants to play, as long as they know to keep their pacing up. And since we have lost Kelric it seems as good a time as any to bring in new blood.

I'm gonna miss Coulson, I liked his character :(

I'm playing an OSE ranger and a druid in another OSE game on Mythweavers and they are super fun classes. I almost ran a barbarian instead of a ranger but went with the ranger for flavor (druid and a ranger traveling together seemed like a perfect pair)

*My only issue with the advanced classes is most of them have abilities that activate at higher levels (4, 7, 11...) and I've NEVER played a pbp that went above a level or two from where we started (usually 1st). Like my ranger... I have no delusions that I will ever see him cast a spell, nor my druid change his shape.