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Welcome everyone!

Thank you for the invite and excited to get started!

Yay! I look forward to the inevitable and grisly death of my (first?) character with y’all!

Hi everyone, glad to be here.

For those who haven't, please vote on the swearing poll in the rules thread.

I'm also adding one for public/private game. Though I'm not sure if there's a GP policy against public games with swearing 🤔

Thanks for the invite! I'll read through the rules tomorrow morning and roll up a character.

I'd like to start the game somewhere next weekend at the latest. So no rush :)

Glad to have you all here. Esidrix should be joining us soon as well.

Emerging from the brambles, I'm in! -- Still didn't get the invite, maybe the characters I'm about to sacrifice will appease the Gamer's Plane gods... :D

Hello All!

Odd... but good to see you made it!

Ha! Nice Diogenes avatar, @quilltd! (I'm a philosophy professor IRL)

Oh yeah! Hee hee, Diogenes was the first person I thought of when I rolled irritated hermit.

Hehe. Nice touch :D

I made my avatar before rolling up all the distinguishing features. I’ll change it out later to something more appropriately maniacal.

No worries :)

Avatar updated.

Definitely 'resting maniac face'. Love it!

That's very unfortunate, Ogion >.<
But at least it's not a fumble anymore!

It looks like we're going a bit faster than the 3 posts per week rate that I set on the recruitment thread. Please don't feel pressured to post quickly. I'm just going ahead with the story when I see that everyone has done their post. (And also because I happened to have the time this evening :D )

My available time is usually just Mon-Friday, but the weather kept me inside more than usual this weekend. Also, work has been quiet so far this week. (Yeah, I probably jinxed it.) Some weeks it can be a struggle to check the forums more than once a day.

At least it's progress, next one will be a 3 ;D
I say the same to you—don't feel pressured to respond to my posts. I just get carried away and maybe write too fast.

Thanks :)
I'm enjoying the pace and the RP so far! So not pressured at all. When life gets a bit more hectic for me, it will slow down anyway.

It would be kind of hilarious if we all ended up jumping into a pit toilet when there was just a secret door next to us. Also gross.

It would be hysterical and gross, but "the tavern owner's mug-washing cloth just hanging on the edge of the hole." is the clue he went that-away. There's no reason for him to put his rag on the toilet and run out a separate way. In either case, we should not be in the building when it's demolished :)

Did I forget to mention the door? Oh bugger! *evil grin*
Don't worry, this is Mörk Borg. It's all going down the shitter anyway! Hehe :D

I'm liking the mix of personalities we've got in the party.

It was meant to be :P

I will be out of town next week from March 16th through the 23rd. I will not have internet access during this time so I will not be able to post until I return on March 24th. Please bot my character if needed.

Have a good trip!

Vacation sans internet - Enjoy!

Enjoy what I am presuming is Spring Break!

We're just waiting to see what Borda wants to do after seeing the barkeep and some lady in the tunnel.

If anyone else wants to take an actions in the mean time, go ahead and do so.

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@Drgwen I see your character sheet still isn't complete. If you could take some time to do so.
Here is the list of equipment you can buy from:@quilltid Don't forget to add the new dagger to your sheet.

I'm sorry @Drgwen, I messed up who own which character. The previous message was for @Dmbrainiac who is currently away so makes sense that it's not being filled in.

My apologies for the mistake! :)

No problem!

Ew Keftar, I guess it was worth it though. Updated character sheet!

Totally! This is why our moms never allowed us to play in filth. They know a black Kergüs dagger could be lurking inside!

lol yes. That is exactly why I wouldn't let my boys play with filth.

Apologies, the weekend was busy. Not to mentions yesterday was one of my holidays. :)

No worries :) I know how life can get sometimes. Hehe.

With PbP it's sometimes tough to know how long to wait. So, I will try to move the story along every 2-3 days (not including the weekend) either way. If anyone misses the chance to do what they wanted to, we can always discuss it OOC and add it retroactively.

My character sheet should be updated now with equipment and details.

Awesome :) Thanks!

Gonna progress the story tomorrow.

How's it feeling so far? Any comments or questions?

me likey :)

Good to me and the regular, but relaxed pace is also working!

FYI, I have a surgery in a few hours that may prevent me from posting for a day or two. No worry, though-- the surgery is a happy thing--it's a gender affirming procedure.

Wish you the best of luck, Drgwen!
Rest well.

@Degwen, Sorry, I was sure I wrote down the different omen options somewhere here, but I can't find it. So I must be mistaken.

I've added them to the rules thread now. You can use an omen to lower the DR of a check by 4. So if you're 4 or less off, it becomes a success.

Last time I did this adventure nobody saved Elma. Nice to see a different outcome here :D

It occurred to me, too, that I spent my Omen to save an NPC that just tried to extort us. Which is... not very Mork Borg of me! Oh well...

Hehe. I see what you mean, but I disagree. Chaotic actions are surely in the spirit of Mörk Borg!
Who knows, she might serve a purpose later.

I hope so! I wanna see a surprising Elma character arc

At least we can use omens to help each other if needed, right? Maybe we'll be resting for 6 hours soon and can reset omens.

That's true too. Better to use them before they reset.

Yeah good call -- if we are gonna swim, we should rest first so everyone can use an Omen if needed.

@ogion @Dmbrainiac We haven't heard from your characters in a while. Is there anything you'd like them to do? If you're taking a break from this game, no worries, but please let me know :)

Sorry, I've been a bit out of it here lately. I'll catch up and make a post later today, but Merkari is generally inclined to rest as well.

That's fine. Just jump in when you feel ready. We can have Merkari be in the background until that's the case.

Looks like we have our first victim. Sorry @quilltid . Such is Mörk Borg.
But not to worry, we'll get you back in the game with a new character. Maybe a more sturdy one 😁

You can choose between continuing the story as Elma or barkeep Turo. For Elma roll a "Fanged Deserter" class, for Turo roll a "Wretched Royalty".
If you don't like either of those, we can discuss other options.

Poor Keftar. It was always risky for him with 1 HP though. Hopefully someone can use his dagger at least.

If you do not have grand plans for Elma, I think she will be interesting to play.

I'll add in waterskin and food as directed in player building rules?

Both the NPCs are in the story mostly as back-up characters in case of death ;) But I tried to not make that obvious. Hehe.

Yes, you are welcome to buy anything from the equipment list with leftover money that you think is plausible for her to have. I have specifically left the descriptions a little vague to allow for them to change slightly without much issue. But she's not suddenly going to have a cart. ;)
I suppose one of the benefits of dying is that you get to prepare for the situation you're in right now.

If you also want to use her image I was using it's here: https://i.imgur.com/pKnEZ7f.png

Appreciate the image, submitted Elma's character sheet! I went ahead and spent some of the silver on a lantern and lamp oil to fit what she had in story.

That's a big HP difference compared to Keftar! :D
I also like the traits, they seem quite appropriate.
Approved!

Did we want to do the rest now, since we've made it past the 'danger'?

There was actually going to be an attack if you had slept before the water tunnel. So good job avoiding that, everyone. :)

I'll make a progress post today or tomorrow.

Got a very busy weekend coming up. From Friday to Monday I expect not to have much time to post. If I find time, I will though :)

Starting tomorrow (Thursday) I'm out of town until Sunday. So I'll likely be slow to post.
I'll try to respond to posts when I can.

Enjoy your trip! Just noting here that Elma is illiterate if it changes how the books/shelves affect her.

@TheGenerator I know this is very meta and maybe you think it would "ruin" the scene here, but are we actually supposed to find her offer remotely appealing?

Hehe. That's totally up to the PCs. The story will not end if you choose to sleep. In either case there is more stuff coming.

This is not a story about heroes saving the world. It's a bleak world where death is likely to come at any moment. Perhaps that might make it appealing to some. If Malista is being truthful...

The previous group I ran this adventure for didn't take the offer. So don't feel like you have to go either direction for my sake 😁

Btw, hope you're all enjoying it so far.

Ok good! Just wanted to check in. It’s easy to gauge stuff like that when I can see the GM’s face; sometimes it’s harder in text. Yeah this is great so far! I do love MB

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I know there hasn't really been any combat yet. But that's simply because you avoided it. Should be coming up soon, though.

Mork Bork is much safer without dice.

😂😂
True. You can ask Quilltid

Ha ha, I have definitely learned that lesson with Mork Borg. The atmosphere of the game is great and I'm learning a lot about the system!

This is not where the story was supposed to go. But I like it! :D

Well, any GM that gives his players options had better hold on. :D

I have a couple games where I don't do any prep work, I just follow the players around and answer they're questions... with monsters.

No plan survives contact with the PCs.

I should have known better than to accept GMs into this game!!!

Nah, I'm actually enjoying it a lot :)Haha. Genius moves :D

@quilltid would you like me to change the image of Elma's character sheet to this one?

It only occurred to me now that you might now be able to. I think I can edit your sheet as the GM.

Sure, that'd be great, thanks!

Done :)