Ephesos

Indeed, yay Temmyn! The log of that session will be going up... gah, when I get to it.

 

Also, FYI, the next date that everyone in Selos can make it is April 23rd, and if possible I'd like to make it sooner than that. What are the party's thoughts?

 

(I will process all leveling on the roster once the whole party has done so... but yes, Blood Marsh party should level up and post here.)

 

I will be coming from work again today, so I should still be on-time-ish.

Ooh, does that mean you get to fight the developers of Duke Nukem Forever as well?

...I doubt that without prior knowledge of Osiris and his story, all respondents would immediately classify an artist's rendering of him as a zombie. And when you say "a picture of Osiris", that assumes there is one representation.

It would be more egotistical if it weren't so true.

But honestly, aren't we all gods of our own little worlds whenever we indulge in a creative act? I feel like we've already got a lot of that impulse floating around in this community... between Blades, the various scripts and stories of the years, and our tradition of RPs. And after all, we're all here because we like spending time in imaginary worlds, so it's no surprise we tend to wax fantastic in our spare time. I don't necessarily see it as a bad thing to have a richly detailed world inside one's head, as long as you manage to step out of it once in a while.

This post if nothing else confirms that I should be asleep, but I think I've got a point in there somewhere.

Meh, I think mine was clever, thank you very much.

Update time, everyone. Some of you already know this about me, but during the past three summers I've worked as a camp counselor. When I'm at that job, I more or less disappear off the face of the earth for six weeks, so DM-ing is out of the question. Thanks to the wonderfully kind people at my internship, I'm able to work another summer of camp this year. However, this means that I'm going to be gone for six weeks starting in the second week of June.

 

That may seem like a long time away (and it is), but realistically it means that we have 3-4 sessions left in each of the current campaigns. What does this mean for you, the players?

• Each story will be picking up rather a lot, very soon.
• Expect plenty of epicness, both from your fellow party members and the local NPCs.
• The main action of each campaign will be concluding within the next few sessions.
• Just because the adventure ends doesn't mean that your characters will ride off into the sunset (unless you want them to). With the relative success of this system, it's a possibility that we could see higher-level campaigns in the future.
• When the campaigns end, I'll be asking a lot of questions. There will probably be a huge, poorly-managed poll.

To that end, HERE is the calendar for the next Selos session. Fill it out ASAP, if you'd be so kind. Also, I do appreciate it when people who want to sub fill out the calendar. Just FYI.

 

...I am perplexed. Also, why would cursed items benefit the player's stats? Then they wouldn't want to remove it.

 

As much as I liked some of the old item mechanics (identifying, for one), they don't work as well with the feel of the later Avernums.

Oi! Reminder and a slight change! The next Blood Marsh session is Sunday, April 11th, 4pm CDT. Be there!

 

(grumbles and strikes his review from the record)

It speaks to how tired I am that I had to read this three times before I realized you weren't talking to me.

...

 

I am sad.

 

...

 

To expand upon the above thought: This is insane. Either we shouldn't list joke scenarios, or we should make them an exception to "official" scoring. I.e.: they should not qualify for the Quality Scenarios lists. I do not like outright deleting reviews, regardless of the circumstances.

Nah, Orbital Power Transmitters are really all you need.

Joke scenario? Joke review.

 

Serious scenario? Serious review.

 

I see no problem here. I did actually play it, the review is over 100 words long, and it's no worse than some of what went on at SV, or even the Lyceum.

Macro photography is fun!

To Hell in a Handbasket now has a CSR thread! So if you've played it, go and give it a review!

 

(and for the record I feel that it is perfectly acceptable to give joke scenarios joke reviews and I'm a mod so there PIKAS!!!)

 

To Hell in a Handbasket

Mac/Windows

 

Author: Nemesis

Recommended Levels: 1-100

Version: 1.0.1

 

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Composite Score: 5.0/5.0

 

Best: 100.00% (1/1)

Good: 0.00% (0/1)

Average: 0.00% (0/1)

Substandard: 0.00% (0/1)

Poor: 0.00% (0/1)

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Keywords: Humor, Short

These aren't the quotes you're looking for.

 

*handwave*

 

Hey Blood Marsh types: Next session is Sunday, April 11th, 5pm CDT!

 

Triumph: ...whoops. Yeah, the last one was in fact session 6. That has been fixed. Dunno what you mean about it being the fifth, though.

 

Dintiradan, two things. First, ow. Second, that was amazing. Third, ow.

 

And, Vitze gets a perk! Based on her recent performance in Quera, and in the village, she has earned the perk Conviction:

-You may be right, you may be in the wrong, but either way, you're sticking with it.

-You gain a +2 bonus to both Diplomacy and Bluff.

 

See, reminds me of the strangest 'sentence' ever:

 

"Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"

 

Google it if you dare. Also, perks, I promise.

 

Honestly, armor bonuses have only really come into play more recently as I've started to solidify how I do Defense. When I wasn't being all fluid-like with numbers ('cause I do that), most of the time people got a defense bonus equal to half their level. But now I've decided that that's dumb.

 

...long story short, don't worry about it. And fair warning to everyone, armor is good.

 

Wait... as in, it's done?

*headdesk*... fixed now.

And also, I finally have the LOG of Friday's action up.



The Blood Marsh calendar is already filled out, and I'm just debating if I can be ready by Tuesday, the first open day. Probably not... more at 11.

Notes on people's character sheets:

• I did not recall Boregloaf having armor, but it is now noted. Breastplate is +2 defense, helmet is +1. Boregloaf is now a super-tank.
• I also did not remember Lanrezac having gauntlets, but that's fine (they're even mentioned in a spell), so there you go. +1 defense.
• Lanrezac still has Halith's amulet, and also still has the (broken) compass.
• Nixak's spells are finally correct on the roster page. Also... that guy needs armor.
• Vitze and Nixak both have one of Vance's blinding bombs... might want to remember that.

And everyone's updates have been made on the roster page.

 

 

...unless it's related to the plot and your backstory. In which case you're pretty much out of luck.

 

So... if someone wants to send me the Exile bits and pieces they want uploaded as avatars, I can do that.