OOC Thread

Hope everyone has a happy holiday season!

Same! Merry Christmas everyone :) It has been a pleasure to play with you guys, and looking forward to starting up in the new year.

Hey fellas, I've survived this year's big Christmas avalanche of work, and am now enjoying a bit of downtime. Read all 373 game posts and enjoyed the story immensely! I'm really looking forward to joining the team when this starts back up! Cheers!

Len, what (if anything) does Torden know of the Arkasian Empire? What of the troubles in Khaled Del? Have those been resolved? Whether or not they will figure in this story it will help me get into character knowing how that played out (unless you'd rather we just retcon it out of Torden's brain)

Really looking forward to getting back into with you all

Right back at you, Starrbeardo. Say, you have the greatest username of all time. Is there a story behind it?

Jabes - wow, that's awesome you read through all the posts already! These guys are pretty good role players, hey?

I'd say Torden is probably quite familiar with the Arkasian empire. In a short summary, the dwarves would look upon this empire of man as a once-strong ally that deteriorated into corruption, greed, and decadence. The men that Torden encountered in the town of Isica (where the adventure ended) were Arkasians, for example. Time-wise, I'd set Torden's vignette adventure before the fall of Arkasia, but not much before, perhaps a few years. We'll talk more.

As of Kaled Del, that story is in a state of quantum flux in my mind. I can see it going multiple ways. I think the most important decision in locking it into any particular direction is Torden - what kind of story do you want to tell with him in this adventure? Is searching for a new home for his people? Was he exiled for failure? Did he discover the truth behind that which was beneath Kaled Del and searches for an answer to it? Or something else entirely? Even if you just have a vague idea, like "redemption" or "revenge" or "exiled", it would be great.

I'd call that an understatement. Everybody is amazing!

I think for Torden I'd like to have as little past history to deal with initially as possible. You know me, rather than establishing an elaborate backstory I prefer to "discover" my character's backstory as I develop the character through play. So let's just say Torden is "seeking answers" about what went down in Kaled Del. He's on another one of his long jaunts out in the world, exploring the world in a way only a worshipper of Marthammor Duin can.

Haha my username has a joke from a commercial with Sarah Silverman (beardo) plus the fact that I haven't been clean shaven since like 2010 and my last name (Starr).

Here is the commercial.

Also, Jabes, With our previous cleric once I when I was brought back from the brink using his holy power my character began speaking in something akin to tongues. I think we were planning on having the holy healing draw him toward religion somehat. If possible I'd Barendd to learn about the various Dwarven deities since he had no real attachment to that side of Dwarven life. Looking through the list of Dwarven deities I think Vergadain would be a cool one for my character given his past.

Hey everyone! I hope you had/continue to have a great holiday! Ive recently gotten back from my trip so I will be much more able to post now that I'm home again. Jabes, glad to have you! Cant wait to see what elements your character will bring to our party. I know things wont be really picking up again in our game until after the new year, but I figured I'd check in anyways.

This sounds great. In that case, let's canonize the success of the Farsky mission. Here's a sketch of what has been going on to give you enough to go on without forcing you into any corners (hopefully):

The mission to Farsky found the old the old Arkasian observatory a tomb; the sages passed into undeath to continue their research for eternity. The heroes were able to confirm that breaching the Oathreach would have resulted in ruin for Kaled Del. A year later, the Arkasian empire fell. Dwarves from around crumbling Arkasia returned to the north, bringing new strength to the ancient Dwarfhold. Kaled Del pushed back the Goblin King and resumed mining operations under the mountain, safely above the Oathreach. Durond Stoneshield, son of Aduin, now sits on the throne, and the Breacher movement has been quieted.

Not all is perfect in Kaled Del. They may have pushed back the Goblin King for now, but he is not defeated. Worse, the Arkasian Empire was Kaled Del's primary customer. The great forges that once crafted the Mithril Plate of the Crimson Guard now churns out cheap short swords and bolt heads for the scattered remnants of humanity.

Torden has resumed his mission as a wanderer of the surface world, acting as one of several eyes and ears for the King of Kaled Del. You have a wide degree of freedom for conducting this mission.

Welcome back from your trip, Daykinator!

Happy new year everyone :)

Happy New Year's Day to you all! Hope this year is good to you all and that we have fun on this game!

I love it! I can't wait to start! Happy New Year, everybody!

Don't remember when exactly we're gonna start the game again. I'm pretty sure it's soon, so I thought I'd warn that I'm going on vacation tomorrow. I'll have my phone with me though, so I'll be trying to post as normal.

Thanks Jacketch for the heads up.

Alright everybody, are we all present and accounted for? I am ready to resume the game! Just post when you're ready and we'll get started right after we've all checked in. I'll post a recap of what's been going on to remind everyone of what we've been about and where we've ended up.

Everyone okay with reconvening at the Summerspring Inn? It will be convenient to push the clock forward an hour or two, have everyone reunite in a place, and it would make sense of Jabes' character to show up at the Inn as well. If you had any unfinished business, please post what it is and we can will narrate the outcome rather than roleplay it to move us along (maybe purchasing equipment or asking about some information).

I'm good to go

I'm ready!

I'm ready enough, mostly gonna post late in the day for the next few days, and after conversing with Raishe for a while Pageflap takes the brazier back to the inn with him.

Im good & glad to be back!