Out of Character discussion:

@dominion451: Can you give me a image of Sister Maloria so that I can get a token made for her, whenever you get a chance?

I'd say the seeming majority of the pbp players I meet are service men.

Don't forget to approve my sheet submission so I can post in character ;)

That's strange. I guess it might be convenient for them. I run a B/X game on Tuesdays over Discord and we just lost a player now that he's getting stationed in Osan.

No internet in Osan?

How are we set for players? I remember someone saying they had a player willing to join. (I said something similar myself but never followed up on it). Are we happy where we are at?

One bad encounter really cuts our into our group! :D

Yeah, South Korea is an interesting place. Totally at odds with Ireland, that’s for sure! But lots of interesting people and it’s been a real eye opening few years!

There's 5 players now right? Myself, Locken, Gilly, Angel and Eltrezar, and if Elmo stays with us we have 3 melee and 3 ranged so I guess we're good. I'm fine if you guys want to bring a sixth (melee) onboard but it should be a frontline fighter... We're kinda getting creamed!

By the way I'm headed out to Joshua Tree for a lil backpacking today, I'll be back tomorrow afternoon. If I slow down the meet up feel free to NPC Maloria untill I get back in cell range.

Oh neat! That's a special place for my family, as my father grew up in the park. (Literally in it, his father was a park ranger). I'm heading into the mountains tomorrow morning until Sunday night.

Yeah, but the time difference is going to make it really difficult to run our game together. Right now we're debating us here in the States getting up at like 6am in Saturday mornings so he can play with us, but he has some sort of classified job in Intelligence for the Air Force and isn't sure what sort of time constraints he's going to be under. So for now he's pretty much on hiatus from or game.
That's totally up to you all. There was a player that applied, and I sent them a PM basically giving them a heads up at the pace the group likes to play at, and they never responded after about three days, so I figured if they can't be bothered to respond to a PM after three days, they're probably not going to be the right fit. Add to it the fact that it was a brand new account and the username pattern happens to be similar to one of the patterns the player being debated on the front page uses, it was just a no go for that one.

Noted for those taking vacations this week. Have fun!

I think we are squishy, when one or two attacks can take out our frontline. I do have a buddy that seems happy to join! Some of you already play with him on other games - nezzeraj. A big fan of the system!

I'm somewhat familiar with nezzer. I think he would be a good addition to the team. I won't be on vacation next week but I do have to leave town for some specific doctor appointments. To tell the truth none of my doctors are in the same town where I live and the primary one is nearly 50 miles away. I've got some sort of condition that has caused my calves and ankles/feet to swell. My calves are now about the same size as most people's thighs. That has taken a toll on my hip joints so one of those trips is to see a physical therapist. I'm suffering from a vicious catch-22. My weight is causing my hips to deteriorate. To cure that problem I need to exercise. The best form of exercise for a 73 year old man is walking. To walk I have to use my hips. And there's the catch. There is another form of exercise that I could use: a bicycle of some sort. Gyms having plenty of stationary bikes and my insurance would pay for a membership but all the gyms in California are closed. It only makes sense when you know who the governor is. I may use that next pandemic recovery check to buy one for my home. It gives me a headache just considering all of that and then typing it all out. I'd get up and get a pill to ease the headache but my hips hurt too much to walk those 8 steps to the kitchen.

Damn Aldrusian, I hope you can find a way through it.

I’m in a game DM’d by nezzer. It is in fact a game that KCC is in too lol.

Yeah, I'm not opposed to new players...

@Aldrusian: What about water walking? Do you have access to a pool or beach where you can get some of that weight off your joints?

I'm an hour and a half from the nearest beach (probably Ventura), I don't have a pool at my home and there are no public pools open these days even if it were warm enough. High here today is supposed to be 73 (23c) but water temp of any nearby lakes would be too cold (ocean temp is probably around 57 F, lakes around here would be lower)

Ok I'm back. Yeah I've played with Nezzeraj, I'd be happy to have him on the team! We definitely need another melee fighter. I was really torn between another cleric and a plain ol' fighter for my new build, but I figured it was best to keep plugging away at a cleric in hopes of bringing healing magic to the table eventually.

@Aldrusian before I worked in neurosurgery I worked in physical and spinal rehabilitation and I would definitely advocate for a stationary bike over walking until you get your weight down. Burn more calories, way easier on the joints as I'm sure you know.

PS to anyone interested, I have a friend running a Conan d20 game "Tower of the Purple Mage" and he just posted the game ad in the Tavern. Gonna be an 8th level game so if you wanna do some high level gaming now's your chance!