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On another note, I'm wondering why the DM has ignored both my and Kili's wonderings about collecting the "angel's share." Not that I'm greedy, but some healing potions would be nice to have available, especially with Skinweaver parked.

I think he didn’t notice. The forums has been a lot of work for him lately, sorry!

Oh I thought you were joking around. You know that the angel's share is what evaporates from the barrel? Good luck catching it before the angels do, lmao

Oh. I thought that was a share of the value of the task. I obviously had no idea what it was. I thought there was some sort of payment for the task, but also... Storm would have done it without a payout.

Decided to go for suggesting the new rule in the forum after Jacob started narrating our actions again so soon. It wasn't a big narrative, but we were in the middle of deciding which inn to go to, and he's already gathering us together at an inn at the end of the night?

My apologies, I have spent way too much time on Scotch and Tequila distillery tours back when I was a globe trotter and tipsey hotel owner.

Well, I think someone is trying to edge me out of the game or something. I may have pushed a little too hard.

WHAAAAAT? No hurry? Since when? You've been rushing us forward this whole time, but there's no hurry? I'm so confused. Somebody is suffering from temporary bipolar disorder.

I'm just shaking my head... I'm too focused on Kit's side mission with Duke to be upset with him lol.

That's okay, at least I managed to keep him from cutting me out of the game. At least, I think I did.

I told Rod earlier tonight just wait and see how pissed he is when Kit and Duke aren't there in the morning like he'd planned for them to be. We'll be the ones he cuts out lol.

Okay, Rod says there was something I was supposed to react to, but I'm not seeing it. It might be because I've had a headache all day. What did I not catch in the last bit of dialogue?

I'll thank Storm for glossing over it, lol

Once again, Jacob is sharing with us how he will rewrite the story when he sings of it. Sigh.

Also, curse you, Mr. DM Man. I know you like the drama, and the vagaries you seem to think we could magically understand, but there is no way that any of us actually know who the heck we are supposed to be attacking here. This is madness, pure and simple. We'd be just as well to just vacate the pyramid as stay and fight, for all I know.

Kon and Duke and Caine are focused on the monster, a threat to all. Kit is vacillating between confronting a false prophet of Uhti, assuming Kiltzi's peace and having Duke take down the vampire, but has chosen to taken down the vampire. Jacob wants to gloriously defend Guenaver. You want to fight back against the invading and standing conquerors, the Silver Order. It seems that everyone has a very clear idea of their place in the struggle for Nexal. There are no more significant factions in Nexal than this. Only one faction is left out and direct battle is not their game.

I applaud your ability to focus on one target in this larger struggle. I have placed no odds on who will win. I doubt any will. There is not a right or wrong answer here to noodle out. The party determines who wins and loses.

If you wish simpler battles, try to stay out of the Capitol of all Maztica and its embroiled politics. I could have just as easily set up a conflict with clear alliances and then tell you that you were doing the bidding of another that you did not agree with. Here I have laid them all out.

I must needs keep the outlander quests simpler and more direct, as well as keeping the larger story arch a more pure battle between good and evil.

Sorry. I didn't mean to be so whiney. Life is rarely as simple as black and white, as I am fond of saying on facebook. So... yeah. Just ignore my little pity-party fit that I threw because I couldn't figure out the "right" thing to do. Life is messy.

I appreciate the inspired edit of my post, Rod. I completely forgot that I could dismiss the web. Sigh.

Ha ha! Don’t mention it! It seemed easier to and faster to add that as something you would have done at the table if I had been there to nudge you as the DM.

FYI, I'm not pooh-poohing the storyline. I appreciate it. I'm just not sure that Storm has a part to play in this particular scenario, or that he's in a state of mind to contribute.

No offense taken. I just posted as Guen asking what you, the heroes desire. Hopefully that provokes some conversation as to what the individual members of the party want to do.

Kit holds the Wand of Azul so I know she want to use that to find Elena.

Kon wants to right the Pyramid of the Gods, but I can’t seem to get him motivated to speak of it.

Storm wants to learn more about his prophesy but doesn’t seem to know how or find out. Kitty and I have plans for giving you a more defined quest but need to leave Nexal for that.

Jacob has a quest and plenty of opportunity for dialogue but seems to be quiet for a change. Hopefully he wakes up and starts talking.

I do realize we seem to have spent over a month on a single battle, but I have had all the themes going at once. I’m half way through this particularly quest. Besides one more surprise, I’m ready to settle into moving into the second half.