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I think it's felt like it's taking a long time because it has been over a couple holidays which has delayed things. I'm expecting things to pick back up.

I'm good with continuing the game. Curious to see what else we'll discover in this living dungeon! :D

^What John said. :-)

Hi, all! I've fallen ill and my doctor says I should take the weekend off from work but that sure as heck isn't happening as I have two wedding cakes to finish! So I can't guarantee any posts. If I survive the weekend I'll get back to posting Sunday evening (that's Sunday morning for most of you).

Caledoniaman, here's Blackstar's randomly-determined spell for next round:
THANKS!

Get well soon. Don't worry about posting. Let real life take priority.

Thanks! I'm still sick but am back to posting. :-)

I just want to make sure Blackstar's two currently active magical effects were factored into Hellwasp 3's action, and Haguk's, if he hit. Thanks! :-)

Done! :-)

Heads up: I have taken the High Weirdness Adventurer Feat. Normally, a high weirdness effect (randomly determined using this High Weirdness Table) triggers when an enemy crits a chaos mage. With this feat, weirdness will now ensue on 33% of Blackstar's turns! You've been warned. ;-)

I'm currently holed up in hospital with my son. I should be able to resume tomorrow.

I hope it's nothing serious! I wish you and the kiddo the best!

It's a long term illness that we've been dealing with since September. He has leukemia, which on the grand scale of things is pretty serious but beatable. It makes maintaining a game like this challenging though. I should be back to posting later today. Apologies again for the delay.

Will be up to my neck in work for the next 48 hrs.

I feel like an idiot. Of course you told us about it before. I just wasn't thinking the other day. I'm so sorry. :-(

Did we roll icons this month? There's probably a different way across but this might be a good time to use one.

I don't think we've rolled icons. Have we?

EDIT: I just checked - the last icon rolls were back in December. So here's for February.

Golgath - P
Imehoten - P
The Wolflord - C

Lunar Queen: 1 positive
Count Fedemir: 1 conflicted
Golgoth: 1 positive

Yeah I thought I had mentioned the paracord in the backstory I submitted but apparently not.

Not a single item among his possessions belongs in this world:

Sorry man. As a general rule, I don't tend to read backstories at all. If I do read them, I rarely remember them. If you run as many games as I do in person or online then you need to not fill your brain full of the backstories of imaginary characters, lest something important gets squeezed out of the mental hard drive. e.g. knowing how to walk.

TIL the GM will not use our backstories to dance like puppets...

Changing subject quickly to icon relationship rolls. This is actually the defining feature of 13th Age but also it's biggest downfall. As a GM it is a headwreck. Badly explained, difficult to incorporate and messy. Which is why I've been slack in pushing the rolls. I'm keen to make sure you use them though on the previously suggested basis:-

On a 6 - You describe the benefit from the Icon (within reason).
On a 5 - You describe the benefit from the Icon (within reason) and I decide the twist (again within reason).

Please describe it in the narrative thread with an OOC aside to indicate that you are using a roll and the value of said roll.

Good?

Yep, next time I have one I'll use it I guess.