OOC and Setup

She'll definitely look very different.

Next time they run into Chet, she should get a bonus to hide because he wouldn't recognize her

putting my feelers out for a third player

That's a dramatic change for sure! She'd probably be able to blend into a crowd better...

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Logan has a middle name? The revelation!

Al's aunt shows up.again but this time, she makes Al's parents adopt a human instead of a puppy

What archetype is he looking at playing? Whoever he ends up playing, I hope he knows what he's in for :D

still discussing the archetype, but cool concepts were mentioned!

And I bet Al draws a lot fewer glances now than she did before 😄 Unless she runs into someone she knows.

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Would she have been allowed to take Ripper with her?

She can have Ripper, but at the mall they wouldn't let the dog in, so she'd have to find where to leave her - your call

Good point. In that case, I guess Al left Ripper at home.

Reservation Dogs is really good @witchdocor , I watched a few eps - the kid actors are impressive, very natural

It's a good window into the culture. The kids are Mvskoke (Muscogee Creek Tribe) but the themes and situations are pretty recognizable and relatable across most tribes. I'll admit that after having watched it with non-Natives some of the humor gets lost or needs clarification or explanation. One of the funny ones was explaining why they blurred/pixelated the eyes of the owls anytime they showed up in an episode. I thought about having Johnny turn the taxidermied owl in Eddard's shop to face the wall when he was in there but I forgot to include that detail before things went sideways with Chet & company.
I just thought Reservation Dogs would be a good touchstone for you and Bowl since you're both in the other side of Atlantic. Plus, it's a really great and well-written show.

I definitely got curious and am planning to give it a shot. I'm just really bad with watching TV shows

Really good reference, yes. Love learning snippets like that.
I noticed the spitting on the floor, and the interesting gestures around flames, like washing oneself with smoke. Oh, and the use of 'shapeshifter' almost like an insult?

It's not the flame, it's the smoke. 'Smudging' is usually the ritual process of slowly burning sage and letting the smoke drive away evil spirits or forces. They sort of try to 'bathe' in the smoke.

Shape shifters are, in most ways, entities not to be trusted so they get a bad rap. I mean, what can you trust about them if you can't even trust what form they can take.

The spitting must be a Mvskoke thing. I don't know much about it beyond it being hilarious when Willie Jack and Uncle Brownie got into a floor-spitting contest of wills.

Congrats, Dr_B, for running a fun and captivating campaign!

Congrats and thank you for running this, B! It's such a fun and consistent game

Thank you for sticking with it, and for the prompt and enjoyable posts 🙏

Each player along the way injected new life, energy and ideas into the story. I can see @Dunko is already doing that!