OOC Chat Thread

Everyone, I apologize for my silence. Family came to visit the last few days and I didn't have much time to myself. My household is back to its version of normal.

@Thunder_Lungz -- a hearty belated welcome!

Not a problem, thanks for letting us know.

Just a heads up, we've gotten hammered by snow here the past two nights and I have kids at home on snow day and having to work, so just not able to post rn

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

Hope you'll have some spring soon

Yes, hopefully Saruman will quit with the snow storms.

Heads up, I am abroad until Tue, posting might be erratic!

Hey gang, I too am going on vacation beginning tomorrow, and will be mostly unavailable to post until around April 3rd or so.

Safe travels and good luck on your embarkation roll!

@emsquared: Heads up that I am traveling from today, so I will post when I can but it may be patchy

Hello gang, I kind of knew this would happen but I have an absolute TON of catch up to do with work after my holiday, and so probably won't be able to manage a post until early next week.

No worries, it is a busy post-holiday for me too, here

Alright. I'll be traveling from Saturday but I don't think it will impact my posting frequency.

Meanwhile, the rest of us should think of a way to get out of the party's predicament. The refugees want coin. As I see it, we can either give a little, give much or try to talk or fight our way out of it. Neither option seems ideal. What do you think?

It’s been fun reading back through the story so far and seeing how consistent you all have been despite the ups and downs of life. I feel like I’m about to join up with a bunch of celebrities :D

You’ve been going for almost a year I think, right?

Good luck with your current choices.

I've discovered I have as much enthusiasm for shopping in RPGs as I do in real life: none. :-) Éothain has a lot of unspent silver because I've been too lazy to go through the list. I've been thinking about having him give each refugee 1 SP when we drop them off at the nearest town. I'm guessing is about 25 SP? He may feel responsible for the fire in the warehouse and this act of kindness would help with his guilt.

@Stefron: I prefer option 1, give them a little coin. I would prefer to identify who their presumed leader is, so likely the most shouty, pushy person. Get them, along with someone who comes across as the more level-headed person that the villagers listen too, and give them the coin.

If Éothain is happy to part with a bunch of silver we can use that. Then those two village people get all the coin, and all the grief if the other villagers feel unfairly treated. We can just scarper out of there and get on with the more interesting thread in the journey.

Does everyone/anyone else think that is a good idea to try?

if we are escorting them to the nearest village, how about:

-we say that for now we will grant the refugees safe passage to the village, and more help will follow. This should count for something, as they are an easy target and should be reassured by us escorting them.

-once there, we pay the village head, not the refugees. We pay the 25SP to give the refugees what medical/logistic help those 25SP can buy

Alright, it sounds like giving some coin in general and up to 1 silver per refugee is generally acceptable to the group.

We can proceed with that assumption to keep things moving unless anyone objects.

It doesn't particularly matter where or when or how you give it to them for the purposes of the mechanics of the Event. Apologies. The "challenge" with this Event is just a "test" of how much aid you guys are willing to give them.

The more aid given, the less chance you have to get Shadow from the experience.

But so the detail of if or how much coin in particular (the main, mechanical consumable/resource for such a "challenge") is/was important.

If rpgventurer is willing to supply all the coin, that's fine with me, and won't negatively impact you all.

Let's proceed with this assumption, and let's call it 20 silver, if no objects?

Sounds good. Duinhir will pay his share

Hey, just reading along. I might have missed something. You all just left Gondor, but where are you? Where is Annulond?

There is a map in this post.