OOC Group Game Discussion

Khyree’s personality should be a little more curt than my last post makes it seem. After reading it back, I wanted to delete and rewrite it with less information and more cynicism, but for sake of keeping our pace up I decided to leave it be.

Anyway, hope you guys are having fun.

Of course! :D

About Tasya and Khyree — I know the story was initially set up with Admiral, Tasya, and Khyree in mind, but it sometimes feels strange to interact with Tasya and now Khyree, since they are former PCs, and I was wondering if there might be a way to retire them somehow instead of dragging them around with us for the whole campaign? I know that’s a bit difficult because you came up with the story with Khyree and Tasya in mind, but maybe there’s a way to tweak it to get Regan more involved instead?

That's a bummer to me to hear that it feels strange to interact with Tasya and now with Khyree. Glad you spoke up about that oopsylon.

I believe we can soon fade Tasya out of being active in the game. Her actions can split off from Regan's and Admiral's since she is a dedicated circus member after all and she doesn't love in any way that her mother and Mischa have put her in this position. There will be a way--assuming the party does locate Lady Oceana--to transfer the knowledge Tasya holds in her subconscious to Regan or Admiral. She would be likely to then retreat back into her circus, feeling she does not have the strength to accomplish what her mother hoped she would--as the imp implied.

That said, perhaps Admiral and Regan ultimately will offer to champion her cause for her (🤞), a cause that they are themselves are heavily intertwined in.

Now Khyree, she definitely never wanted the path her master set her on. I see her being quite content to pass her torch to Admiral. I just need her to 'deliver' something first.

And since you mention Regan's role, Regan has a backstory that is connected to the fight against slavery, Taresh, and the original ringleader of Madagast circus. So he is pretty intertwined in this story. Also, he may find out more about his pact weapon's origins as well. I feel Ma is playing Regan strategically and waiting for the right time to reveal his 'hand'. Although Ma, please pipe in and let us know how you feel about all this.

oh yeah and Cordey...I developed a connection to the old Makai for him through his amulet. But Cordey will be content to return to his Lelay and will also feel responsible to get back to Martin with the skiff and get back to work in the shipyard.

Okay, great! Yes, I was thinking we might part ways with Tasya when we finished helping the circus troupe recover their ship, it was just that the introduction of Khyree made me think you might be planning to keep them both around in the long term and I wasn’t super excited about that so I thought I should let you know. Sorry for the bummer! I’ve been really enjoying the game otherwise and you’ve consistently been such a fantastic DM throughout! 😊

I've thoroughly enjoyed the story so far. I know it can be difficult story-wise in PbP, considering how often players can come and go.

As for Regan... I'm not sure if it's strategy or paranoia. That said, the two aren't mutually exclusive. I'm trying to not do that thing players do where we immediately tell others that we've never met before everything about ourselves, just because the player knows the other characters are PCs. And while the group seems honorable... we met during an undead attack and immediately got caught up in fey shenanigans -- Regan doesn't really know any of you yet (with one exception). He'll keep it relatively close to the vest for now.

A vague understanding that he's after slavers is more than enough... and should let him gauge the others' stance on that matter.

And I'd like to second the "fantastic GM" part! True words, Oopsy, true words.