OOC Talk

For the out of character discussions.

I apologize for my sudden and unannounced absence. I had to deal with a crisis at work. It's all sorted now so I'm back and anxious to catch up on my games. Thanks!

To let everyone know I am trying to get ahold of Cosmickeyring, I'm going to give him a bit more time to post (might be busy) but will move on with the story after a bit since it's nothing too heavy right now.

Thank you for the update. I look forward to seeing 1 post per day as advertised.

The voice I imagine for PROWL is that of Soundwave from 1980's Transformers. In fact, each time I type up a post I sit beside the electric fan and speak the lines into it hahaha!

Yes its all good.

Haven't had much experience with Wild Shape. Do you just take the beast's hp given in the stat block or do you roll its hit dice to determine hp? Metal Wild Shape has some boosts that affect that:

Metal Wild Shape
Whenever you use your Wild Shape feature, your shape is made with metal and pieces of the city, more similar to a construct than a beast. While transformed into a beast, your AC increases by your proficiency bonus and the Constitution score of the shape increases by 2.

You take the beast's hp, looks like you would add a flat +2 hp because of metal wild shape.

Doesn't it depend on how many hit dice the beast has? A 2-point increase in CON score is a 1-hp increase per hit die.

As for taking the beast's hp the stat block gives both a straight number and a dice roll for hp, so which one should I take? For example, for the panther, do I get 13hp (plus whatever benefit from +2 to CON) or do I roll 3d8 (again plus the benefit from the increased CON)?

I'm not sure if I missed the answer, but can Tremor take a second roll on the hack due to the assist action from Prowl?

I got +2 con mixed with a +2 mod, so your math is right. There isn't any rule that dictates you have to roll for hp or take the "normal" number, your choice.

@Tsavo Yes you can do that because of his earlier help.

Well, we didn't discuss two-way radios and such, but PROWL does have a smartphone. :-)

PC's are still half a mile out so Rodrigo meant drive onward but if the team prefers to move in on foot Rodrigo will be taken aback but as a player I'm okay with it.

That is allowed, keep in mind PROWL will obviously have to talk in order to respond, and also assumed they have a phone in their hand (or holding it on their shoulder).

Oh...yeah...might be something to spend 'gold' on in the future, an integrated communication system. A cell/radio transmitter/reciever would be a good upgrade to look into.

We are driving onward now, correct?

I think PROWL can be texted and can text back, so perhaps no need to speak. I hope his phone is on silent!

I agree, we should all get radios. It's only 20gp per unit.

Dang...I missed that. I can afford one of those. So after this first mission.

I missed that, too! Yes, let's all get one after this mission. Naji's telepathy is cool but that's only for speaking to her, correct? And only with line of sight.

Haha yes, Rodrigo is basically Robocop/Judge Dredd. No subtlety whatsoever. He recognizes the value of stealth (that's why he ordered PROWL to recon, and even suggested the spellcasters send their familiars) but he cannot be expected to do the same. He will march up and kick your door down.

Maybe I should also talk about his being bossy. I'm not a bossy player so please don't hate me. It is just the character. ;-)

I like the character for sure, very neat man who lays down the law.

Spell duration for Burglar's Friend is only 1 minute, so it's probably run out by now. Pass Without Trace is active but PROWL should be visible to cameras now.

Want to give everyone a heads up my posting might be iffy till the end of the week, my sister is getting married and I'm involved in lots of the prep work.

No worries. Thanks for the heads up.

No worries! Congrats to your sis!

Yup, that was a hell of a storm! But I'm back now, and in one piece.
Thanks for taking over. That was perfect! :-)

Glad you are alive and well.

Yeah, jeez. Glad you're ok.

Welcome back, Jabes!

Everyone, I jut want to repeat that Rodrigo is an ambitious man and wants to prove he can take command in hopes of rising quickly through the ranks. I fully expect his behavior to rub the other characters the wrong way, and I hope that will make for some interesting roleplay.

But I DON'T want to piss any of my fellow players off. If any of you feel this playstyle is disruptive or making the game less fun then please be honest and tell me, and I will change Rodrigo's behavior, no questions asked!

I agree that conflict can sometimes make for good stories but I appreciate that your are open to how the rest of us feel. I, for one, have absolutely no problem with the way you are playing Rodrigo. I think he's an interesting character.

As for PROWL....PROWL doesn't care. XD

Hey. If that's in response to how I played Tremor's reaction, I apologize. Don't read into it that you upset me (or did anything wrong). I'm RPing Tremor's reaction - not making my own comments. I would have done that in a PM or here.

So, no worries. Play him however you want. Enjoy the game.

Tsavo, I'm glad we're good! Just wanted to be sure. :-) PbP can be tricky that way.

So what are you guys thinking for preps/strategy? We've no idea if Ulgrik is coming alone.He could be a hobgoblin or bugbear. Rodrigo's out of ki and will need to meditate 30mins to recharge.

PROWL will also need the short rest to recharge his Wild shape slots.

For strategy I could Entangle again or Faerie Fire, depending on whether Ulgrik looks strong or dextrous. I also have Spike Growth, Hold Person. Moonbeam too, but PROWL prefers debuff and battlefield control over direct damage.

And those stun batons are fantastic! Kinda OP, if you ask me, TBH.

Well I did ask for input, but didn't really get much. ;-) I appreciate knowing what Prowl is going to do. Based on the previous encounter I'm guessing Tremor is going to Eldritch Blast and Jericho is going melee.
You've all seen Rodrigo operate...he just gets in your face and lays down the law. Although he did suggest the deception using Mulrick to gain the element of surprise. My intention with that is to get Ulgrik talking, maybe get him on record as the leader of this group and extract their plan.

It happens, could roll another.

Where are y'all 'hiding' in the diner, it'll have to be quick because they are fast on the approach.

Rodrigo is crouched behind the counter, next to the crate gun in hand. I suggest the non-melee guys stand together and use the Dust of Disappearance the moment Ulgrik's van rolls up.

Campeador's suggestion works for me. PROWL can be holding the dust, ready to deploy it.

Works for me too.

Of course, it only helps us stay invisible until the battle starts. "If a creature affected by the dust attacks or casts a spell, the Invisibility ends for that creature."

There's a bit of a snag at the moment, Tsavo has asked to drop the game. Down two players, I am planning on adjusting the encounter so everyone left can act without me npc-ing any of the other characters for fairness (This won't require any retconning fortunately). In the meantime I will look for some new players to add after this encounter. Does that seem doable?

Ok, no problem.

1. PROWL used the Dust of Disappearance as planned, right? So a bunch of our guys are invisible right now? Who exactly?
2. Based on the description it sounds like it's dark in the diner. Did someone turn out the light? I don't remember that being part of the plan.

1) Presumably Prowl and Jericho, while Naji and Tremor are hiding either in the kitchen or the van.
2) The goblins had the lights off, only counted as dim light so it imposed no disadvantage to anyone. If you want the lights on go ahead.

1) Cool!
2) Oh, my bad. I completely forgot that this was specified earlier. Thanks!

Is it too late to say Mulrick was given instructions to say something like "Grug and the others split.", "Hey boss can you tell me the plan again?" or something to that effect? If it's too late then Rodrigo is about to turn on the lights and lay down the law. Otherwise, he waits til Ulgrik has spilled the beans.

Are you inserting RocketBlaze's character into this scene or is he joining later? What about Naji and Tremor? Are they still here as NPCs til the end of this scene?

Sure, considering the circumstances thats fine, I'll have a new post up today.

I'll insert Rocketblaze after this scenario, back at HQ.

As far as Tremor and Naji Yep, npc them until HQ.

Ok we have reached a good spot for everyone who is new to introduce their character when you can. Right now they are in a small conference room located in the mission control room. If the scene changes (Prowl or Rodrigo goes to a different room) just be sure to keep that in mind.

For immediate background info your character has been reassigned to be a field agent. As a recap the party investigated a diner where a group of goblins were hiding out, making no effort to conceal themselves. It turns out they are working for a hobgoblin named Ulgrik, who came by to pick up an illegal weapon shipment for some kind of war against the "dream lord". Successfully capturing him and his cronies the party is now back at HQ to figure out their next step.

Can't wait to join up with the new guys! I also hope Cosmic comes back!

A 'dream lord', you say? How fortuitous that my character is a Kalashtar. :p
His basic back story is done but there's more fleshing out to do.

Great, there's still probably two weeks before things will start really heating up, so everyone try to have your spells/abilities/backstories good to go by then. The reason is from October 14-21 I will be going on a trip to New York with some friends and family. I might get a chance to write a little but the posting frequency will be low.
Great news, you have discerned this is a bracelet (bead) of power. The command word is "Stunt"

Have a fun/safe trip! :-)
Do you mean Pearl of Power? Or Bead of Force?

The pearl, guess my mind wanted to combine them.

We are going to end up with several spellcasters in the group, so a Pearl of Power will be useful. In addition, there's the gear from the weapons shipment:
Also, reminding everyone to purchase walkie-talkie for group communication.

Good idea re: comms. My bard, Cole, also has 2-way telepathy up to 60 feet.

I might not be at my home but @new-members need to get in the game thread and introduce your characters! Just go for it!

I have returned! Was pretty fun, and: Time to PM some people and maybe bring in someone else if I need to!

I don't have spells selected or abilities entered, but the core info is there and I can jump in on RP if you want. Should have time in the back half of the week after classwork is due to finish up my sheet. This whole "work 50 hrs + do a college course + be a stepdad to 4 kids for half of the week" thing has been busy as of late!

Ahhh that's ok! Yeah go ahead and start posting when you can. It looks like happy potato dropped this game, too bad.

Bummer! Seemed like one joyous spud.

Annnnddd Rocketblaze has disappeared, shame. Two options: We can go forward with the three of you or I can do some more recruitment.

The site might have lost a few people when it wasn't working. I am okay with anything you decide to do.

Yeah I am okay either way as well.

My thoughts campeador, for now I'm okay with just the four of us.

I'm good as long as people are committed.

Is this game dead? I hope not. I was really enjoying it.

Reminder, as discussed before, when the party got split:

wow its a good thing i bought thoes anyways :D

whos the boss man of the group. like the "leader" type

An ambitious man, Agent Diaz has taken the reins. But that is only roleplay; as a player I have no desire to order everybody around. Therefore, at every decision point I have asked everyone OOC for their input.

Whoa I just realized: Jericho, Dr. Spidermoon, and Cole are all fresh because they are new characters, but Rodrigo and Prowl are down some resources. What time of day is it in-game? Although, even if it's night-time, I realize the mission is an urgent one, so story-wise maybe we need to put off the long rest?

It's about 2 P.M. If you take a long rest you won't arrive until 8:30~ (I don't set strict time limits for long rests) and your enemies will be furthering their own goals. Your choice.

Well if it's only 2PM the only thing that makes sense is to proceed. :-)

What resources do we need?

I am down to 1/5 ki and have used my Human Determination reroll. Both can be recharged with a short rest.

I think PROWL is down a few spell slots and might be out of wildshape slots, but with Jabes unavailable and PROWL NPC'd maybe it doesn't matter.

I don't mind continuing without resting. I feel like Rodrigo would just keep going.

id assume either the travel or your interrogation could have counted for your SR?

Cole has used two spells but he's good to go.

I forgot about that. That's right, he used spells for his interrogation of Ulgrik.

This is a situation where we don't have the luxury of waiting for full power bars... unless we plan to go in first thing in the morning. I don't think we should/can wait, though.

Agreed. So I think we're all set. Jericho has already gathered Intel in the building, so no need to hack like before, unless you guys want the CCTV feeds?

Any and all info is vital.

i agree, from what it sounds like its "time sensitive" so I think we should move on the BBEG before they make their move.

Given everything that has happened I agree with Cave and can grant a short rest. PROWL has 1 charge of wild-shape left, but I'm not going to include them in combat (or have it count against the party).

Roll for hacking into camera feeds if you wish, also let me know if you want a map or just a description.

Suggestions for our strategy? Because the next thing that's gonna come out of Rodrigo's mouth is orders. As a player I'd rather hear from you guys first, whether IC or OOC.

Dr. Feel good is ready for whatever he's to niave to truly know whats going on.
but i woudl suggest some sort of plan. because going in there ther and "trying to fit it" is a terrable plan that i totaly agree with xD

Jericho's opinion is that in order to get as far into the facility as possible to find Jakor, the team needs to pretend they're either the weapons supplier or they have something Jakor wants. We could say that we're just going to have a drink, but we might have to come up with a plausible reason for how we discovered that hidden tavern, and if Jakor is not in the tavern we may not be granted access.

Personally, I'm find with whatever we come up with! As a player I opt to adapt to the situation, and I don't have my character hold any judgments just because his idea isn't chosen.

Some persuasion and a selection of high powered weaponry as samples for Jakor should work.

This is a (near) weekly checkup for everyone.

I'm here.

Here!!!

meow?

Okay, just checking if y'all are done pre-planning, I'll probably change the scene later tonight to get some action.

oh idk DR. Feel good has not the best idea how to go about this :D

Yes, still here. Sorry, mind's been all over the place lately!

Don't worry about it, I do this partially to remind myself. Also I have lied and might not get a post up till tomorrow (busier then expected).

Hi! Still here! :-) *transformer sounds*

Just watched Bumblebee with the kid and it felt like most of that movie was an homage to the Transformers of the 80s. Hit me with the nostalgia feels, that's for sure.

IKR?!

Which plan are we going with? Just some guys out for a drink among our own kind or weapons dealers?

I vote the gunrunners, just for fun hehe!

I opt for gunrunners as well.

i vote for gun runners but Dr. is to scared for that. so i'm fir either way

So! We'll need to be packing some heat to show off!

Are we able to secure some of the weapons the goblins had? We can use those as part of our cover.

An excellent idea, yes you may. I will retcon and say you brought that along, with everything back in it's crate. Your choice whether you wish to represent an interested 3rd party or a "replacement" for Ulgrik is something of (possible) consideration.

Contents of Ulgrik's crate:
The bag of sand was Dust of Disappearance, which we already used. The potion was Potion of Fire Breath. Do we put that back or do we keep it? I vote we represent a third party. Would also like to sweeten this package with extra firepower, because it really doesn't look like much.

if the potion was firebreathwe should use that for the main selling point. and the rest is an "oh btw we have this too..."

Maybe we can sell Prowl haha!

I dont think we would want to part with such a valuabel asset :D

LOL!

Well, you could pretend. I wouldn't be opposed to it.

I was hoping someone would suggest that!

While you guys are discussing things would you prefer to just be moved to the secret area or do anything above ground? There are a couple events that could happen but they are not essential.

Also while you aren't for certain, it would make sense to pull the van around back as opposed to lugging it into the main dining area. (I'd still let you of course, it'd be kinda funny).

If we're going with the "gun runner" story, we ought to park the van by the staff entrance and knock. Give whoever opens it the pass phrase, perhaps couched in terms of a delivery.

idk Dr. Spidermoon's awakardness might jepordize things XD best to pull round back and have him hid or something incase shit goes doen

Do we know the password or shall Cole go telepathically snooping?

That's a good point. I know Ulgirk told us to ask Tracy for "the special" which gives us access, but that was in the assumed context that we'd walk in the front door. Perhaps if we come in through the staff entrance, we tell her that we have her "special" delivery.

"special delivery" *wink wink*

You're referring to the door which leads to the 'tavern' right? Double-checking.

I meant the service entrance but descriptions of both entrance doors would be beneficial.

There is both a wooden door and a large metal shutter to the kitchen. From the camera feed you can tell both the entrance to the tavern and door leading further into the compound are also metal.

Hey guys heads up, I wont be posting next week Tue-Thurs. 2/12-14

To be honest, I wasn't sure if you were going to choose to remain behind when we were invited into the tavern. You last posted you were going to read your book. I didn't want to speak for Cole, PROWL, or Diaz.

Jericho wouldn't have said anything if you didn't mention it, since he'd figure you were going to watch the van.

Yeah, in your last post you said you were staying in he van. No reaction from PROWL as always.

I'm surprised unofficial team leader Diaz didn't have something to say about it though. :-D

He can be in the van as backup.

Jericho would have offered to link his tap on the camera feeds onto Spidermoon's devices, but that assumes the doctor has a smartphone or laptop.

Yeah I don't see anything wrong with that. Unless Cave is jealous because of being out of the action. :-D

To be honest, I completely missed that.

I assumed everyone was going in, but because Spidermoon hasn't done anything requiring a retcon and for the sake of convenience: if you really want to hang out in the van that is fine.

i think i got caught up and missed things and didnt realize everyone went in, Idc where i am.
but if im in the van i would be chilling in the back reading a book and not paying attention

I think i bought a phone and walkies but i know fur sure i have a phone :D
Team leader where am i needed?!

If Spidey isn't good in a possible confrontation/combat situation, he can definitely stay with the truck. He can be pose as our driver but he better be ready to drive us outta here quick if things go wrong.

A healer would be useful in a fight. But do whatever your character would do. It'll be fine. :-)

Even though Rodrigo has appointed himself team leader, I have no intention of bossing my fellow players around. I say do what you think you would enjoy. :-)

Jakor, Jackal, and Dak. Somewhat similar-sounding names. One and the same? Who knows?

Remind me what the mission here is? There's finding out about the Dream Lord, there's finding Charles' son, Alan. And it seems like Rodrigo has a secret side mission going on. That about right? After we gain the intel we need, do we trash the place and kill/arrest everybody? Or not?

There's more to this complex than this, right? We need to [sorry for the euphemism] penetrate deeper before we do anything else.

We only know what the cameras revealed here. I know we came here because we learned that weapons are being supplied to Jakor for the hobgoblin's war against the Dream Lord. We were also asked to check on the owner of the burger joint.

Whether we want to help Jakor against the Dream Lord, or arrest Jakor, has not been decided.

OK Spider's decision, He'll maintain at the vehicle. Nothing about the brief briefing told him this was "super" dangerous. also i feel like his awakardness would have been noted and screwd you guys up already.

To be fair, Jackal is probably a nickname. I am split on giving everyone fantasy names in the modern day :P.

As far as objectives go: right now I'd consider this the "investigation" phase since you are light on details. No orders to kill/detain, but you do have license to kill, should the need arise.

Was obviously in killbot mode when I posted that haha!

PvP in persuasion. I'm not personally against the idea of rolling because the player themself may not be so persuasive. so the "roll" gets the idea of the message being conveyed adequately; however, the player(s) should do as their character would do not what the player would want to do. If Diaz is ded set on getting that sword. i would think he would begg and plead to try and go after it. but ultimatly "obeying" the "commands" of the "leader."

That being said. Players should be players and characters should be characters. I wish people wouldn't mix the 2 but it happens. Hopefully that helps?

...but I like campeador. :P

I'm not a fan of PvP either but Cole will do whatever's necessary to not blow the mission and quite possibly get everyone killed. In a life or death situation where he doesn't have time to understand Diaz's motives for wanting the sword, he'll use ever trick at his disposal to get Diaz to leave peacefully. Plus talking people down is what Cole does for a living so I think it works fine here.

If this is an uncomfortable situation everyone would rather not play out via rolls, we can RP the interaction and ignore the dice. If campeador is OK with it, though, the long term repercussions of this could also be fun to RP. I'll go with whatever you all decide. I'm good either way.

I hear you there Cave, that's a good medium I can go for. Within that context whatever Campeador decides should be fine, and I think everyone here is good about not crossing the lines.

I agree with Cave. I am against leaving PC vs. PC Persuasion and Intimidation to the dice. That being said, I also agree that a die roll to represent how convincing an argument has been conveyed isn't a bad idea. In the end it's still up to all parties to act as their characters would. I trust Annex and have been enjoying the tension-filled interaction so far.

So I've been teasing this little by little, but Rodrigo has been given a side mission by Lock. I have purposely been vague about it because even though I trust everyone here to not mix up player knowledge and PC knowledge, I thought you guys might enjoy the mystery. Let me know if I judged incorrectly and you are finding Rodrigo's dodginess frustrating.

My playstyle is that there is a reason for everything a character does, or there ought to be. So long as the DM is aware of it, I as a player don't need to be in the loop and I will trust that choices are being made for the benefit of the game.

Hey guys, I have some heavy work to do from Thursday to Sunday that i will either not be able to get on or get on for a quick post. I just wanted to give yall a heads up! Mothers Day happiness to you mothers types :D

Appreciate the heads up, don't work too hard!

oh imma be dead on monday :/

Is there any more intel to be gained from Mulrick and Flitter? I want to go on this mission already!

Did we ask for a map of the facility, and where Jakor's room is?

I dont recall seeing a request for one? i c ould also be blind :

Yeah I don't think we have the secret facility mapped. Just the burger joint.

Actually You do have a map of the underground, minus this secret sanctum Mulrick is referring to!I'm actually on vacation right now (until the 25th), which has made some of my posting a bit wonky but overall I still find time to engage. If you want Mulrick to kinda "draw" on the map that might take a bit of time as I don't have a ton of access to my laptop.

There you go! Anything Mulrick can add might be helpful. I say "might" because really, just how intelligent is a goblin's intel?

oh i didnt know they were talking about this building :D I guess i wasn't really paying attention to names and things

Something I must keep in mind as I roleplay P.R.O.W.L.

Quora: What onomatopoeia describes the sound Transformers make when they transform in the original 80's series?

teehee
interesting

whrr-tschzz-tschzz-tschzz-chk is my personal favorite

As a small heads up I was gonna update tonight but my family got together and we watched 1/3 of Endgame instead so I will do it tomorrow!

I will be on a family trip from 6 Oct through 11 Oct, and will have limited access. I should be able to check in at least once a day when back at the hotel, but my participation will be otherwise diminished.

What do you think, my friends? What should we do? Stay on mission? Or side quest?

boulder would say mission because brainwashing.

i'm indifferent

P.R.O.W.L. would stick to defined mission parameters. Me, I have no preference.

Hmm... If the bad guys are too busy trying to not get eaten by their loose dragonkin, our entry might go easier. Of course, the loose dragonkin might also try to eat us.

OK. Side quest.

As a tally (In character)

Save them: Cole, Rodrigo (?)

Indifferent: Dr. Boulder

Got better things to do: P.R.O.W.L

More like: "We can use them."

i would lump boulder in the got better things to do category with prowl. Mission mission mission :D

Jericho would agree with pursuing the mission. He'd like the hobgoblin to go with, but he won't force the NPC to join.

Save them (for exploitation): Cole, Rodrigo

Got better things to do: P.R.O.W.L, Dr. Boulder, Jericho

And so the jury have decided.

The hobgoblin y'all saved is much to weak too resist if everyone wants to drag him along btw.

Sorry for not responding everyone, kinda a busy week/lacking motivation, I'll try to get a post out tomorrow!

Drink a can of motivation and have a good day!

Rodrigo is hot-headed but he is not stupid. I want to make sure I understand the situation: "Boss" is alone in this room? Any other perceived threats? Who besides the injured hobgoblin and Rodrigo have entered through the trapdoor so far?

Yeah it looks to be just Boss. There is a camera but it appears to be fixed on the orb.

Looking over the posts it looks like only Jericho has come up so far.

@cavejohnson sorry for the delay, the door swings upwards.

no worries, its not my intent to push people D:

Yeah, sorry, I think I might have missed a few things. Thanks!

Party fought some draconians, fled through the door to the north as they witness some goons fighting two other draconians (Total of three), the room seems to be some kinda prison/holding area. A few of the party have gone up a ladder leading to a nice looking room containing a shiny sphere protected behind glass and Jakor, who is currently under the Suggestion spell (for now). The party is in the midst of trying to get him to cooperate with...something.

The remaining members who have yet to reveal themselves are still downstairs, there is a pounding on the metal door from which they entered and muffled screaming, also Flitter is really psyching themselves up. To check the door would require accounting for the camera which covers the entrance partly, but it's not too difficult to get around.

Sewers Map.
New Room Map.

Wow, Rodrigo has always been pretty intense, but this is pretty dark:
This isn't any sort of criticism. Just an observation. Hadn't seen this side of him before. I thought he was all ambition.

You weren't the only one who thought about that line. It does give me a great idea for a near-future encounter.

Yes, Rodrigo is on the edge of the dark side. He tries to be an honorable man but he harbors such bloodthirsty thoughts.

Can someone fix my brain.

the scene i'm seeing is we went into the room and locked it from the draconians. The ladder leads up to a "control" room of sorts where the "star" is.

We bring wounded gangster up into the control room where the "boss/supervisor" guys is. Supervisor guy see flitter goes nuts and detains him.

Supervisor guy is gonna go down and take care of the draconians?

Does that seem right?

That is the gist of it. I definitely understand the confusion. There are factors meticulously at play here, such as: Jakor isn't looking too good, DM didn't think the plan through, suggestion spell side effects, etc.

Cool I wanted to make sure i understood what was happening :D THanks

Just wanted to give an update, I've been a bit preoccupied (mentally or otherwise) which is eating my creativity/motivation to GM. I'll try to get another post up today or tomorrow.

Thanks for the update! I'm in this for the long haul, so don't worry about it from me. You take care of yourself!

Still here!

Apologies to all, but circumstances have changed around here so that I will be able to be online a lot less than I used to. To my Somebox, please feel free to bot (heh!) PROWL. I hope my situation changes soon. Thanks!

Delayed response: That's okay Jabes, thanks for the heads up!

To everyone else: How should we proceed given these changing circumstances, we could:

1) Have me autopilot them.
2) Have someone autopilot them.
3) Something else?

I figure once the 'dungeon' is complete we can put P.R.O.W.L and the doctor off to the side for now.

I'll also just go ahead and tell you what I sent to Jabes in the last note so that things won't be at a stalemate:

"You notice one of the Hob-Medics slooooooowly reaching for what appears to be a beeper. You're pretty sure their intent won't make the situation any easier. You also hear Flitter continually mutter how they will 'show them the true radiance of the moon' if only they had their star... "

Geez, I completely forgot to respond to this.

I generally prefer DM-autopilot for absent players, at least when their characters don't have a convenient means of exiting the picture.

The dr. is back in the office... somewhere :D

I'm slowly coming back online to GP

You aren't the only one! Past few months have been really crazy (but you already know about that), Jabes is still preoccupied (last I checked), Campeador has been inactive for 2 months~.

Bad news time: I think I should drop this game in it's current state, I don't have the time/drive to keep it going whole-souled and feel like it'll just be a chore for me.

I'm fine with whatever decision you make. I had a blast with this game!

To be fair, with out a couple of hours of reading i was a smidge bit lost of where we were but it was a fun time! I liked the concept!

Thank you for your support and for playing! I concur the concept was very fun to create, maybe a simpler system would've worked better for me, another time.

I rather enjoyed it, too. Could you tell us where you would have taken the game? What were the upcoming highlights? I need to know what that evil voice in my head was. :P

Yeah, I'm curious about the star and Flitter, too.

Oh boy time to jog my memory...

The voice was Flitter's "dad" (biological relationship left ambiguous.) who was waging a war against the Hobgoblin gang for kidnapping Flitter. Flitter was brought here from Dal Quor forcefully in the gang/warload's quest for power. If they could learn how to harness the "star's" power or Flitter's magic directly LA would be in serious peril. Her dad didn't like that one bit, progressively ramping up their efforts.

I was gonna have a battle or two when everyone was asleep, the environment/enemies would keep shifting to signify everyone was in a crazy domain where the odds are very stacked.

Flitter probably would've grabbed the star very soon, I was hoping to have a situation where they end up grabbing it within the next few scenes (or during the aforementioned dream sequence) to have a VERY exciting (explosive) turn of events.

The star is mechanically both Flitter's arcane focus and a sort of supercharger which let me justify letting them cast very high level spells while otherwise not posing a threat. Probably would have a fight where the goal was to shatter/neutralize the star.

I was toying around how the final battle would take place, or even the outcome. (whether it would be in LA, if the group decided to track down the dream-man, etc.)

Other random ideas I had:

A normal human who became a necromancer and caused a massive undead outbreak at a mall, which was quickly becoming distorted to fit a stereotypical eeeevillll dungeon.

Big ol' capitalist company signed a deal with devils, now they're loose in in the big fancy building.

Nice long plot line was fixin the dream stuffs interesting!