OOC Chatter

Again, just wanting to check in and see who's still here and committed to playing. I know Drama and Couch are still around and posting. I suspect On3_Guy is still around.

You other guys still want to play D&D?

I'm still around. Today is just my birthday, so I might not be active if the game continues today.

Happy birthday! No worries, I'm talking about the general sense of lull. I doubt it'll bounce back today. I'm just hoping it bounces back at all.

I think it will, I just think Dramasailor is IRL busy right now. Job promotions and such.

Yeah, work has been rough and I know Moods is doing the new small human gig. I'm hoping to boost this one next week.

Sounds good! And, congrats Moofs! I remember reading that, now.

Hey all, I'll be out of Internet range all weekend. Feel free to bot me as needed!

We'll likely push on Monday. Have a first birthday party for my daughters today, and likely spending tomorrow recovering from having a first birthday party for the daughters. :)

Are you guys doing okay? I hope I played that scene decently.

All good here! Just getting back into things after a long weekend. It played well, definitely. I'm not sure what Geran wanted from them though, or what we learned (i.e. What are they up to, are they the bandits, etc). Posts shortly!

Geran was just studying his voice, so he can shift into the leader, and infiltrate their camp. I thought it'd prove useful.

Ah. That makes sense! I do wonder if hey have a larger camp or something nearby.

But, I think this is their camp (cuz bedrolls and treasure) and we're about to off them all.

No, this is an outpost. They have a main base. All we need to do is find it. Maybe if we kept one alive, Geran could read his thoughts. This is kinda meta-gaming, isnt it? Sorry Drama.

How do we know that? There's no hint of it. Guessing?

I'm curious how you came to that conclusion, both in-game and meta-game.

I'm not confirming or denying, but am also curious as to the thought process here.

Well to me it's really quite simple. Look at the facts- for one, they said they'd send supplies right? Well we know that there aren't any supplies except gold, books, and cloth- not food in that cave. Also, if this were their HQ, don't you think it'd be much more heavily guarded considering the loot? I bet you this is just an outpost.

Also, they were obviously not afraid to take on Caruthers, so they either have a massive trick up their sleeve, or they have an entire force to be reckoned with. If they weren't bandits, then why are they hiding in the first place? Also, they did mention 5% of the "business" right? I find it hard to believe that a functioning business would be run out of a cave with no supplies, a few sleeping bags, and a few chests of loot. You gotta think, how did these guys get such amazing treasure in the first place, right? Not some common folk, I tell you. They're hiding something, for sure, and Geran will intend to figure that out.

I wouldn't call that metagaming, then. That's just your character taking facts and drawing conclusions... all good. I'm happy to let Geran do his thing, and we'll find out if he's right or wrong together. Metagaming in this context would be something like getting a peek at the map and seeing 'super-secret bandit city' then making decisions based on that.

In a similar fashion, Rixon figures these guys are bad dudes because how else would they have so much loot and why would they be hiding, which is why he's okay with ambushing strangers, this time. But they might turn out to be hunters with an inheritance, and he'd feel real bad about that.

What I meant by Meta-gaming was how I was suggesting to keep a guy alive, when Geran hasn't communicated that yet. That's something that could easily influence your characters choices at the moment.

Ah, yeah. You'll have to communicate that IC. Rixon really wants all the baddies to die, always.

I edited my last post (not the actions of course) I just threw in communication, so I don't have to wait till next turn.