Balladeer

I say congrats anyway, Eph. Whether you feel it's been worthwhile or not, your presence in the community has been a positive one.

Originally Posted By: Naughty Salmon Originally Posted By: The Ghost of Jewels "Couldn't reach it." Valid. Why weren't you there to assist him in his kitchen scavenger hunt? Well, I would have drug a chair from the dining room to reach it for him if he had asked me to, but more often than not he doesn't say anything. But your question reminds me of another pet peeve. ("Honey, where's the [random household item]?" "It's in the [wherever I always put it away at]." Less than a minute later in a whiny voice. "It's not there." Also less than a minute later while handing it to him. "... Yes it was.") Either actually try to find it, or ASK me to find it for you, but don't pretend you put in any effort when you didn't.

I have two big pet peeves. First, I hate to yell so when I want to talk to somebody, I walk around the house till I find them sometimes calling their name in a normal voice. So when someone wants me and they start hollering my name at the top of their lungs, I can't stand it. Especially when they expect me to come to them or when they try to have the conversation across the distance. For crying out loud(npi), you wanna talk to me, get off your butt and come here. Most times I just keep repeating an answer in a normal voice until they are within hearing distance, which I think is one of my husband's pet peeves... ("Didn't you hear me calling for you?" nod "Why didn't you answer me?" "I did, you just couldn't hear me.") Second, which is probably no surprise, I hate it when people make a mess with no intention of cleaning it up and fully expecting that I will and should do it for them. Don't get me wrong, Hubby is a wonderful cook and I fully enjoy having supper made for me every night, but when it's my job to clean up he has not a care in the world how far the spaghetti sauce splatters. ("You couldn't use a lid?" "Couldn't reach it." ...)

Click to reveal.. Name: Lindy Occupation: Priestess of Light Race: Human Strength: 1 Dexterity: 2 Intelligence: 7 HP: 9/12 (+1) Stamina: 4/10 Skills: -Magic (Healing Arts): 8 (+2) -Religion: 2 -Nature: 1 -First Aid: 3 Items: Magical Staff (Can be a light source.) Two meals worth of soggy food. A voodoo crossbones Bag with 2 curing potions, 1 bottle of water, and 1 empty bottle. A mysterious magical book Three coppers No, I am not imaginative.

Yeah, but the fates rolled an Energy potion instead of a Curing one.

I'm starting to get the feeling that Lindy should heal every scratch as it appears so she doesn't end up spending stamina on big drains. Stamina is more precious than ever now that I've no energy potions left. *does a fist-shakey at the fates* Thanks, Aran, for doing such a good job taking over for Lindy when I had to go.

Congrats Thad! So glad to have had your gracious input for the past four years and two thousand posts.

If it doesn't burn on the way down, I spit it out. That goes for soda, coffee, and my pesudo-inebriation cocktails. My favorite flavor is Dr Pepper though I'll settle for Mr Pib if it's on the menu. But if I find a Squirt, I'll take it for old times sake. Yummy... Regular Coke is better than regular Pepsi, though, and diet anything is just disgusting. The worst one I have tasted is that Diet Mt Dew Violet somethingorother... *retch* But all in all, we only buy soda here for special occasions like cook-outs and such, so milk and water are our staples.

Click to reveal.. (Lindy's upgrade) Name: Lindy Occupation: Priestess of Light Race: Human Strength: 1 Dexterity: 2 Intelligence: 7 HP: 11/11 (+1) Stamina: 6/10 Skills: -Magic (Healing Arts): 6 (+2) -Religion: 2 -Nature: 1 -First Aid: 3 Items: Magical Staff (Can be a light source.) Length of cloth. 2' x 8' Two meals worth of soggy food. Bag with 5 potions. (Only to be used in the direst of straits. DM can prompt a playing spectator to use if really needed.) I hope that my increase in magical skill will offset the stamina drain for all the new hit points that may need to be restored.

First instinct is to vote for Tuesday though it doesn't matter much one way or the other for me.

It could also be taped (I love my DVR) or Etris could just be taken over by a spectator for an hour or two.

You're always welcome to stop by as a spectator. They get to play every now and again without making a new character. Don't know how it'd work with your schedule though. It'd be like 5am-12noon for you.

Ever wanna just ask, "What were they thinking?!!??!" Well, SD and I were a little reckless last night with Lindy and John... Okay, okay, so we were really reckless, but we didn't do it all by ourselves. Here's our behind the scenes chat for the 'pit room'. Click to reveal.. (Read Eph's log first.) First, I will say that pushing John had crossed my mind enough for me to send an only half-joking request to Nioca/Etris to help me do it. The bait not taken, I was content let it go until... [21:51] Sleeping Dragon: Try pushing me in. [21:51] Sleeping Dragon: I actually have a good feeling about the pit. [21:52] Me: I was already thinking that. [21:52] Me: If you're ok with it. [21:52] Sleeping Dragon: Yeah, sure. [21:52] Sleeping Dragon: John's just protesting in character. (Lindy pushes John in and he rolls a 4 for balance.) [21:52] Sleeping Dragon: hehe [21:56] Me: Watch, now they'll blame me if there isn't a way out and John dies. [21:56] Sleeping Dragon: Sorry. [21:56] Sleeping Dragon: I deserved it, though, really. [21:57] Me: You should run a perception or check the walls or something. (John checks and comes up with nothing.) [22:02] Me: If Eph likes John's character, I'm sure he'll give you a way out... somehow. If... (I, being new to DnD type games, had always just assumed the above. The 'you can't kill another character's player without their permission' rule in regular RP's probably had something to do with this. I now know better.) [22:02] Sleeping Dragon: If not... I feel bad for Duck. [22:03] Me: I'll promise to come back for him IC. Just hope he lasts that long. [22:04] Sleeping Dragon: Aw, thanks. (After John's attempt to climb the walls failed all seemed lost.) [22:10] Sleeping Dragon: Looks gloomy. [22:11] Me: Indeed. (Etris saves the day and Lindy apologizes.) [22:15] Sleeping Dragon: XD [22:16] Me: I don't know if I want to start a romantic realtionship with John... Not at this point. [22:16] Sleeping Dragon: [22:18] Sleeping Dragon: It is inevitable. (Now, SD and I are both thinking that if the pit's a dud, the void must be the way out, so I suggest...) [22:21] Me: Hey... you should push Lindy into the void. (John asks Lindy to look closer and I totally miss what SD is trying to set up till it's too late.) [22:22] Me: You have to push me first. [22:22] Sleeping Dragon: You can't look over the edge to get a better view first? [22:22] Sleeping Dragon: [22:23] Me: No point. Just go for it. (Thankfully, the Almighty DM gives the group enough hints to know that the void isn't the way to go either and Lindy's demise is stayed.) [22:25] Me: Haha, I don't think they know we're in cahoots. [22:25] Sleeping Dragon: Yeah, I think I'm in trouble now. [22:45] Me: Is it okay if I post this chat log in the RP thread for everyone? [22:45] Sleeping Dragon: Sure. Why not? [22:45] Me: Great. Behind the scenes stuff is always fun too. [22:46] Sleeping Dragon: Sure is! And for those of you who wish you could have been a fly on the wall for the aftermath, here's a log for what happened when we started to call it a night. Click to reveal.. [22:43] Ephesos: Behind the door, you see a torchlit passage descend a flight of stairs. It bends to the left a ways down the path. [22:43] Ephesos: (If the party still wants to rest, we can call it here.) [22:43] SarachimSeafello: Either way. [22:43] Jewels: "I definitely need a rest." [22:44] Sleeping Dragon: "I'm still pretty beat up. Maybe snuggling with the healer will give me some residual healing." [22:44] Dikiyoba: A rest would be good. [22:44] Nioca: (I think we need to get out of these dungeons, but if everyone wants to rest and call it, I'm game) [22:44] Ephesos: Okay. Will people be keeping watch? [22:44] SarachimSeafello: I'm unhurt. I'll watch. [22:44] Dikiyoba: "I can keep watch. I'm not tired." [22:44] Jewels: I start to wonder if hugging John was a good thing or not. [22:44] Nioca: I'd prefer to rest, since I'm a bit drained. [22:45] SarachimSeafello: "Or Conall can watch. All the same to me." [22:45] Ephesos: If anyone's watching, I need Perception rolls from them. And remember, taking a turn at watching means you get less rest. [22:46] Dikiyoba: (I'm at 10/10 HP and 9/10 stamina, right?) [22:46] Jewels: 7 stamina I think [22:47] Ephesos: 7 stamina, yeah. [22:47] SarachimSeafello: Am I at 7, or 8? [22:47] Jewels: 7 [22:47] Ephesos: 7, Kaval. [22:47] Sleeping Dragon: Maybe Ephesos can post the stats and inventory of everyone in his next post on the forums. [22:47] SarachimSeafello: Yeah. I'm curious what Nioca has. [22:47] Dikiyoba: (Grr, Nikki.) [22:47] Ephesos: I can certainly do that. Anyone mind if I post the character sheets to my site? [22:47] Dikiyoba: I'll stand watch anyway. [22:47] Dikiyoba: Dikiyoba rolled 1 20-sided die: 10 [22:47] SarachimSeafello: I don't mine. [22:47] Ephesos: That's where the logs have been anyway. [22:47] Sleeping Dragon: Unless of course they have secret inventory, like Lindy seems to have. [22:47] Jewels: I don't mind. [22:48] SarachimSeafello: Okay, I'll rest with the others. I may need to climb something. [22:48] Ephesos: Cumulo had some rare cheese. [22:48] Jewels: It's not a secret, per say. I just haven't needed them yet. [22:48] Jewels: Which is a good thing... [22:48] Nioca: I have spores in my pocket and a shortsword. That's about it. [22:48] Nioca: Oh, and clothes, but that's a given. [22:48] SarachimSeafello: I wouldn't mind seeing my inventory. I keep getting this nagging feeling I'm forgetting about something I have. [22:49] Ephesos: Okay. So Conall will keep watch, and nobody is helping? [22:49] Dikiyoba: (If I discover that I've had eyeglasses in my inventory this whole time... ) [22:49] SarachimSeafello: Right. [22:49] Nioca: (Part of me wants to help, but at 4 stamina, I could use the rest) [22:50] SarachimSeafello: I could help, but what's the worst that could happen? [22:50] Nioca: Giant digging machine attacks? [22:50] Jewels: Lindy's down to three and she uses stamina every time she heals someone so she's gonna be snoring in just a bit. [22:50] SarachimSeafello: I think Conall can see those coming. [22:50] Nioca: Can he, though? [22:51] Nioca: We just had our favorite digger disappear into thin air. [22:51] Ephesos: Common sense tells you that you're not going to get very good rest in a dark dusty corridor somewhere underground, for the record. [22:51] Jewels: "Wouldn't we wake up if a giant machine started rumbling towards us again?" [22:51] Ephesos: You will get rest, just not as good as it could be. [22:52] SarachimSeafello: "If you're insisting I help Conall watch, I can do it. Just don't blame me when I'm cranky tomorrow." [22:52] Nioca: "You know, if that thing comes at us again, we need someone fully alert who can hurt the thing." [22:52] Nioca: I'll help. [22:52] Nioca: Nioca rolled 1 20-sided die: 18 [22:52] Ephesos: Okay, so I need Perception rolls from Etris and Kaval. [22:52] Jewels: Don't [22:52] Dikiyoba: "You're a mage. You use stamina like crazy." [22:52] SarachimSeafello: "Hey, you actually need rest." [22:52] Dikiyoba: "Rest." [22:53] Ephesos: (looks forward to fixing this up in the log... ) [22:53] Nioca: "I'll still get rest." [22:53] SarachimSeafello: (Hey, I like that our group is so dysfunctional that we get into long arguments about who should and should not go to sleep. ) [22:53] Jewels: I start singing Etris to sleep so he can get better rested. [22:53] Nioca: "And I'll make sure we don't get a digging machine up our rears." [22:54] SarachimSeafello: "Fine, have it your way. While you're up, could you take this piece of glass and sharpen up another bone for me? I'm down to just one, and I like to have two." [22:54] Nioca: (Would that hurt my stamina recovery further?) [22:54] SarachimSeafello: (It didn't last time we tried it.) [22:54] Ephesos: I already covered this. If you help keep watch, you get less rest. [22:55] Ephesos: And you're out of glass, Kaval. [22:55] Nioca: (Yeah, I know, but if I also sharpen the bone [22:55] SarachimSeafello: I am? Dang. [22:55] Nioca: (oh, nevermind) [22:55] SarachimSeafello: Oh well, I'll make do. [22:55] SarachimSeafello: ... wait, isn't there another broken glass ball in the hallway? [22:55] Dikiyoba: "Good Lord." [22:55] Jewels: "Out of glass? Aw... I was gonna ask for a piece to shave with in the morning." [22:55] Sleeping Dragon: "Razor hat?" [22:56] Ephesos: There's no more glass. [22:56] SarachimSeafello: (If you don't want me to keep sharpening things, you shouldn't put so many bones everywhere. ) [22:56] Jewels: "Heh, that'll work, John." [22:56] Sleeping Dragon: "I'll want it back when you're done, assuming that jungle on your face doesn't dull the edges too much." [22:57] Dikiyoba: "Kaval can stay awake or not. The rest of you need to go to sleep right now, or I swear I will club you unconscious." [22:57] Jewels: "I just hope it's sharp enough to get the job done." [22:57] SarachimSeafello: "Good enough for me." I go to sleep, for real, seriously this time. [22:58] Ephesos: Okay, so Conall keeps watch. [22:58] Nioca: *cough* [22:58] Jewels: I lie down using John as a pillow and fall asleep. [22:58] Ephesos: ...End session. [22:58] Ephesos: Okay, so, first, story time. [22:58] Dikiyoba: Do I need to roll for anything again, or will that happen next session? [22:59] Ephesos: (You're good.) [22:59] Ephesos: I think I've told this one before on SV, but it's good... so I ran a few games for some kids at my job this summer. Standard dungeon crawl. Dragon at the end. [22:59] Ephesos: There's a big sacrificial pit running through the entire temple that goes down to the dragon. [22:59] Ephesos: It intersects the dungeon at two points. [23:00] Ephesos: The first time these kids pass it, they just walk by once they realize how deep it is. [23:00] Ephesos: The second time, the rogue decides to go down the pit. [23:01] Ephesos: Obviously, the rope holding him snaps and falls into the darkness. He gets bullied into a corner by the dragon (which he can't see). [23:01] Ephesos: I had to take him into the next room to run that part, so I don't spoil it. [23:01] Ephesos: As soon as I come back to the room, the warlock looks right at me and says "I jump into the pit". [23:01] Ephesos: I ask him "are you sure?" [23:01] Ephesos: "I jump into the pit." [23:02] Ephesos: Repeat that twice. And I take him outside. [23:02] Ephesos: He does everything he can do to get eaten, but I just have the dragon physically knock him into the corner with the rogue, where they cower until the party finds them. [23:02] Ephesos: He also forgot to use a rope. [23:02] Ephesos: It was awesome. [23:03] Ephesos: That is what I kept thinking of for the whole pit thing. [23:03] Sleeping Dragon: Uhg, you never know with this RP. [23:03] Sleeping Dragon: The pit could be awesome... or it could be a pit. [23:03] Sleeping Dragon: The only way to find out is to go on in. [23:03] SarachimSeafello: Most fantasy settings require you to do an obvious, stupid thing at some point. [23:03] Nioca: Actually, I probably could have shone the light down their ahead of time. [23:04] Nioca: Unfortunately, I didn't think of that till after John jumped in. [23:04] Sleeping Dragon: The failure in the pit actually made me more confident that the void was something good. [23:04] Sleeping Dragon: But Ephesos was extra cruel this round, I guess. [23:04] SarachimSeafello: Yeah, ditto. [23:04] Ephesos: I mean, I'm surprised. [23:05] SarachimSeafello: How so? [23:05] Ephesos: Very, very surprised. Nobody thought to do with the door what you did at the very beginning. [23:05] Dikiyoba: ...argh. [23:05] Ephesos: And I did not expect anyone to want to go into the bottomless, death-assured void. [23:05] Jewels: Close it and open it again? [23:06] Sleeping Dragon: DMs aren't the only ones that can throw curve-balls I guess. [23:06] Sleeping Dragon: It is improv-rp. [23:06] Ephesos: Yeah. [23:06] Ephesos: Or take it off the wall. [23:06] Ephesos: Of course, it might not've worked. [23:07] Ephesos: Depends on the door, in case you haven't noticed. [23:07] Ephesos: (Of course, don't count on that. ) [23:07] SarachimSeafello: Hmm. In retrospect, yeah, that would have made sense. [23:07] Ephesos: Shoving John into the pit, though... wow. [23:07] Nioca: And Lindy? [23:07] Nioca: Never saw that one coming. [23:07] Jewels: Meh, John wanted to go in. He said so himself. [23:07] SarachimSeafello: Yeah. Sounds like. . . well, like something John would do. [23:08] Sleeping Dragon: I try very hard to stay in character. [23:08] Jewels: And I suppose my character has a breaking point. John seems to pick on her in the RP. [23:08] Sleeping Dragon: Easiest target. [23:08] Nioca: Yeah, but still... [23:10] Jewels: It was all I could think about as soon as he said he voted for the pit. Running through the back of my mind... "Push him in, push him in... just do it. Push him in!" [23:10] Ephesos: Aside from the PvP, how are people liking it? [23:11] Nioca: I like it. [23:11] SarachimSeafello: Me too. [23:11] Sleeping Dragon: Awesome, of course. [23:11] Nioca: Not enthused about how I still am blowing rolls like crazy, but I suppose that's in the hands of the dice. [23:11] Ephesos: Also, for the record, everyone recovers 3 Stamina, except Conall, who recovers 2. [23:11] Dikiyoba: Sweet. [23:11] Nioca: Yay. [23:11] Jewels: I loved the PvP part too. [23:11] SarachimSeafello: Does anyone else find it alarming that we seem to get more stupid and reckless with time? That's pretty impressive, considering how we started by picking a fight with an octopus. [23:11] Ephesos: Oh, and Kaval still only recovers 2. [23:12] Jewels: John and Lindy gonna have it out one of these days. [23:12] Ephesos: John is still wounded at 5 HP. [23:12] SarachimSeafello: Oh, right, zombie arm. [23:12] Sleeping Dragon: I think we were getting more reckless towards the end because it was getting late. [23:12] Sleeping Dragon: Aw, no residual healing? [23:12] Nioca: And because we were still cooped up in that room. [23:12] Sleeping Dragon: Oh, right. [23:12] Dikiyoba: Tired and not thinking clearly, obviously. [23:12] SarachimSeafello: Probably. I am kind of sleepy, actually. [23:13] Ephesos: Fair enough. [23:13] Nioca: Seriously, at the time, dropkicking Lindy out the door seemed relatively sane. [23:13] Sleeping Dragon: I know right? [23:13] Ephesos: Anyone have thoughts on the next session's timing? [23:13] Nioca: Hmm... [23:13] Sleeping Dragon: As usually and can't guarantee any time, but weekday evenings are the best chance. [23:14] Sleeping Dragon: I* [23:14] Dikiyoba: We need to get off this current schedule. I have one other social activity and it's on alternating Thursdays and Tuesdays. [23:14] Ephesos: I mean, we can try for a regular day or keep it floating. [23:14] Sleeping Dragon: What activity is that? [23:14] Nioca: I say keep it floating. [23:14] Nioca: You never know when things come up. [23:15] Jewels: Mondays and Tuesdays work best for me. Wednesday is church and the next four thursdays I am busy with something. Friday is movie night. Weekends could work but the kids usually want the computer then. [23:16] Nioca: Tuesdays after this are a no-go for me. [23:16] SarachimSeafello: I'm fairly flexible. Thursday I'm busy until about 6:30 Central, but other days I could start at the time we did today. [23:16] Sleeping Dragon: Monday then? [23:16] Nioca: But other than that, I'm flexible. [23:16] Dikiyoba: I suppose the question really belongs on the SW thread so we can get everyone's opinion. [23:16] Ephesos: Fair enough, yeah. [23:17] Ephesos: I was kinda hoping to work it out now, but that works too. [23:18] Ephesos: Okay, so cool. Yay nobody dying, despite your best efforts. [23:18] Nioca: Well, the cake has to go to John. [23:18] Nioca: Sitting on the orb? [23:18] Ephesos: That was absolutely inspired. [23:19] Jewels: Anybody mind if I put some of the after session chat logs in spoilers tomorrow? [23:19] Sleeping Dragon: I was hoping for butterflies. [23:19] SarachimSeafello: I don't mind. [23:19] Nioca: Not me. [23:19] Sleeping Dragon: Go for it. [23:19] Ephesos: The what? [23:19] SarachimSeafello: You have an INT of 5. You're supposed to notice how they've gotten progressively more dangerous. [23:19] Ephesos: But sure. [23:20] Nioca: Admittedly, it was a bit of a spike from the last one. [23:20] Jewels: The part of our chat together after the session ended, eph. [23:20] Ephesos: Oh, okay. [23:20] Ephesos: Yeah. [23:20] SarachimSeafello: Hey, the fish rain was pretty dangerous. [23:22] Nioca: Yeah. [23:22] Ephesos: I didn't initially intend it to be that dangerous, but then I couldn't get the mental image of a carp taking out a stone statue... [23:22] Ephesos: *get it out of my head [23:23] Nioca: What was the fungus stuff, anyway? [23:23] Jewels: Stuff that stole our stamina. [23:23] Sleeping Dragon: The movie did have fungus with eyeballs. [23:23] Sleeping Dragon: They made neat noises, actually. [23:23] SarachimSeafello: Precious, precious stamina. [23:23] SarachimSeafello: I'm have 10 now if not for Nioca. [23:24] Ephesos: Yeah. [23:24] Nioca: In my defense, I honestly thought the wall was breakable. [23:25] Jewels: I wasn't that happy with Eph raising Lindy's stamina use for group heal... but I suppose it's not supposed to be that easy. [23:25] Nioca: I thought the raise was due to the increased damage she had to deal with. [23:25] SarachimSeafello: I am looking back on the session, at all the possible weapons I did not think to pick up at the time. [23:26] Nioca: The previous group heal was for two people, one somewhat injured and one seriously injured. [23:26] Ephesos: Yeah, that was basically it. [23:26] Nioca: This one was for everyone. [23:26] Ephesos: Everyone had a bunch of damage. [23:26] Jewels: Okay. Anybody grab a fish for supper? [23:27] Nioca: I threw my Sunfish into the void. [23:27] Jewels: I wasn't quite in character yet when I started leaving the scene. [23:27] Nioca: And John made his into a hat. [23:27] Sleeping Dragon: I'm keeping my fish-hat. [23:27] Jewels: I sure hope Cumulo pockets some... [23:27] SarachimSeafello: He's a foodomancer. I'm sure he'll think of it. [23:28] Sleeping Dragon: Maybe some got stuck in his robe when he got showered with minnows. [23:28] Sleeping Dragon: I can imagine a bunch falling out when he goes to lay down. [23:28] Dikiyoba: His fish will even taste good from the spices he summons. [23:28] Jewels: Hey... look at that... some fell down my brazier. Who want's sushi? [23:29] Sleeping Dragon: I was wondering what that smell was. [23:29] Ephesos: I think that Etris still has a trout. [23:29] Jewels: I punch John in the stomach... Not too hard though. [23:29] Nioca: Oh yeah! [23:29] SarachimSeafello: I could have pried the talons off of that vulture, I could have gotten some spores to throw at people, I could have grabbed loose stones from where we fell, or the razor blades from the glass ball explosion. [23:29] Ephesos: And John is still wearing a ... fish hat. [23:30] Sleeping Dragon: Does it add to my stats? [23:30] Nioca: I forgot, Etris picked that trout up that knocked him out. [23:30] SarachimSeafello: So many chances that will never come again. I sure hope that there's a baseball bat or some barbed wire in the next update. [23:30] SarachimSeafello: Or, ideally, both. [23:30] Sleeping Dragon: Haha, I'm sure there'll be plenty more to come. [23:30] Ephesos: It most certainly does not add to your stats. It also probably penalizes your bluff rolls. [23:30] Jewels: See... now that you've said it out loud the DM's not going to put it in. [23:31] Nioca: Next time we come across cloth, I'm making a pouch. [23:31] Ephesos: (I should've had Jareth comment on it) [23:31] Jewels: I have cloth. [23:31] Nioca: For the spores. [23:31] SarachimSeafello: (John didn't have the fish-hat yet when we met Jareth) [23:31] Jewels: I tore off my skirt just above the knees... [23:31] Jewels: Lindy tried to give you some when you took the spores. [23:31] SarachimSeafello: Also, we have John's extra clothes. [23:31] Nioca: That way, you know, I'm not keeping the spores in my pocket. [23:32] SarachimSeafello: I think your mistake is carrying them with you in the first place. [23:32] Nioca: Nah. A tightly-tied pouch would do the trick. [23:32] Nioca: But right now, I'm just asking for a critical roll to blow those all in my face. [23:33] SarachimSeafello: You should give them to me. I have the relevant weapon skill. [23:33] Jewels: Or into all our faces... [23:33] Ephesos: Oh, he didn't? [23:34] Nioca: Didn't what? [23:34] Dikiyoba: Nope. The fish-hat came while we were in the void room. [23:34] Dikiyoba: Right before Lindy threw John into the pit. [23:34] Ephesos: Ah, okay. [23:35] Dikiyoba: If my character ever meets him, there will be sneerage. [23:35] Jewels: Are we sure it didn't come off in the pit and stay there? [23:36] Ephesos: John's a competent hat-maker, it stayed on. [23:38] Nioca: Was there any plans for him to get out of the pit if no one could rescure him? [23:38] Ephesos: If he had fought the octopus... [23:37] Ephesos: VERY lucky. [23:37] Nioca: John is very lucky. [23:38] Nioca: *rescue [23:38] Ephesos: ...nope. [23:38] Nioca: Wow. [23:38] Ephesos: Similarly, if anyone had actually gone into the void... [23:38] Ephesos: Look, I can't just let everyone off. [23:39] Sleeping Dragon: I was seeing the light for a few minutes there. [23:39] Sleeping Dragon: I would have felt really bad for killing Duck's character, though. [23:39] SarachimSeafello: Eh, Duck can make another. [23:39] Nioca: John also is lucky that Ephesos offered a counter-suggestion to what I had in mind. [23:39] Sleeping Dragon: John would never say it, but from me: thanks Nioca. [23:39] Nioca: Originally, he was going to get shot out of that pit like a cannon. [23:40] Dikiyoba: To be honest, there was a certain amount of curiosity in seeing what you would do Ephesos when I suggested going into the void. [23:40] Nioca: Don't thank me, SD. [23:41] Nioca: When Etris says John owes him, he means it. [23:41] Ephesos: One near-death was enough. [23:41] *** Rowen has joined the chat. [23:42] Nioca: Hello. [23:42] Nioca: You just missed the PvP match. [23:42] Sleeping Dragon: Good luck collecting that debt, then, Nioca. [23:42] Dikiyoba: And the rest of the session. [23:43] Jewels: One near death per session... that seems exciting enough. Maybe it's just because I've never played a DnD before but I like it when crazy stuff is happening. [23:43] Ephesos: Dead characters are bad. [23:44] Ephesos: Of course, if characters persist in doing stupid things, I can't stop them. [23:44] SarachimSeafello: I'm not sure we can get much stupider. [23:44] Jewels: Bad, yes, exciting, also yes. [23:44] Ephesos: Think of it like this. You've been warned. [23:44] Nioca: Ephesos: since Lindy's a fairly competent healer, would it be possible for her to revive a fallen character? (As in, recently dead and it'd cost 10 Stamina to do so) [23:45] Ephesos: It's entirely possible, yes... but I think she'd need some more ranks in her skills. [23:45] Ephesos: Btw, I need to dole out skill points. Boo advancement system. [23:45] SarachimSeafello: Whee, advancement system! [23:46] Nioca: Ooh! [23:46] Dikiyoba: We should gain points according to the number of stupid things we do *not* do. [23:46] Rowen: So you will let characters die and not just have them knocked out or unable to do anything until receiving major healing? [23:47] Ephesos: I was thinking skill points based on one's Int score, and HP based on Strength. [23:47] Ephesos: But that would be a little lame. [23:47] Sleeping Dragon: Wohoo. [23:47] Dikiyoba: Yes, it would. [23:47] Rowen: That would be like death but able to come back with not such a strict restriction like raising. [23:47] Jewels: Hm... I like that though Eph. Lindy approves. [23:47] Sleeping Dragon: John, too. [23:47] Nioca: Stamina already does that though. [23:47] Nioca: (The knocking out stuff, I mean) [23:48] Nioca: HP based on Strength sounds alright. [23:48] SarachimSeafello: Eph: Your system penalizes Dex-heavy characters. Not that I'm biased or anything. [23:48] Ephesos: Yeah. For instance, if Cumulo had run out of Stamina during the octopus fight (since he almost did), he would've died by drowning. [23:48] Ephesos: Sarachim: I know, yeah. [23:49] Ephesos: That's my dilemma. [23:49] Sleeping Dragon: Just give everyone the same boost to hit points and stamina, and skill points based on how many they already have? [23:49] Nioca: Wait: What if it's a flat amount of skill points, but you can put it into HP or Stamina as well? [23:49] Sleeping Dragon: Ah, good plan. [23:49] Dikiyoba: Why not just give people skill points to spend as they wish? [23:50] Jewels: Or Dex heavy could gain stamina. [23:50] SarachimSeafello: Or speed. [23:50] Nioca: But then you'd be shutting out Intelligence. [23:50] Sleeping Dragon: Stamina is also mana, though, mages practically need it most. [23:50] SarachimSeafello: True. [23:51] Sleeping Dragon: I think boosting everyone's stamina and health and giving everyone skill points to spend sounds fair. [23:51] Sleeping Dragon: Or just give skill points and let people choose if they want to buy skills or health and stamina with them. [23:51] Ephesos: Stamina cannot be gained except by DM favor. [23:52] SarachimSeafello: Well, there's still speed, if that actually does anything. [23:52] Ephesos: Speed is not important. [23:52] Ephesos: Yet. [23:52] Dikiyoba: Commence plan: brownnosing. [23:53] Nioca: Two stamina questions: First, can one burn multiple stamina points in a single attack to really amp it up? And second (and this is more a proposal), but would it be possible to burn HP to regain stamina during an intense moment (like a fight)? [23:53] Ephesos: Donations in straight-up Meat are welcome. [23:53] Ephesos: 1. Yes. [23:53] Ephesos: 2. No. [23:54] Nioca: Okay.

Hm.. And if I roll a 1 while trying to bolt a bad guy... I heal him to full? Perhaps Lindy should stick to whacking with her stick.

@ Eph Well, at first that was my intent as well, that she'd be a healer but then someone asked if I could blast the archway and I asked if I could use any offensive spells and you said go right ahead. So then I just figured that as a priestess she'd probably learn the other priestly spells. Healing, curing, blessing, and shielding are her primary ones but anything on the BoX list of priest spells up to level 4 (since she has a magic level of 4) became optional. Thus the smitely ice bolt and the repel spirit/dispel undead. As the DM, I lean heavily on your opinion for what Lindy should be allowed to do. If you think giving her access to all level 1-4 BoX priest spells is overpowered tell me how many spells she can have and I'll whittle it down.

I don't think it's as much of a time issue as it is a 'controlling player decides they don't want to play anymore' thing. This RP has been going rather fast IMO. It wouldn't be unusual for an 'active' RP to sit for a week without any posts. Or a month... or three... So really, I wouldn't consider any faction as NPC unless it was originally a NPC faction or the player specifically said they were going to sit out the rest of the game. And even then, I still make it a practice to get interactions approved by the faction's/character's non active player.

Wednesday's are definitely out for me. Most every other day I'm available.

That was a fun six and a half hours. For the next session, I may just request that someone else start with Lindy till I'm more able to concentrate on the game. Like after supper or something. Reading through the transcript, I think Rowen played her better than I did. The transitions between players is almost imperceptible. Kudos to Eph for doing so much work on it. Great job. @Alo: Definitely, yes.

Bah, Nikki's always still up at 10pm my time. But Thursday probably works best for me. Hopefully, hubby will have to stay late at work and supper won't start till 6:30 or so.

I'm interested. Best time for me is when the kiddies are in school or in bed, so between 5pm and 9pm CST I probably can't attend.

How many times I have to tell you, Slarty? Most everything I say is said with a smile. That's the way the kids are talking these days. "Seriously? Seriously!" It's the new "Dude!" Gotta catch up on the lingo. Seriously. Though once again I forgot my . Can't you see behind the words? Edit: v is a shameless spammer. Tisk, tisk. Bad example for the kids.

Originally Posted By: Slarty Sooner. This one wasn't actually abandoned -- Really? Seriously, Slarty? There's only three left to write and you're quitting now? If it's entirely that difficult, I can go ahead and just finish it up. You won't like the results cuz I probably won't change my last suggestions much, but it'll be done. So... seriously?

I own the whole series. Well, stopped looking for new ones five years ago or so, but I have the rest. I enjoy them more than some of Anthony's darker stuff. Just found and read If I Pay Thee Not in Gold. A collaborative between him and another author. It was... odd to say the least. The ending was way too rushed. Like they had a deadline approaching or something. Idk, I enjoyed it for reading something he wrote but the story was kinda meh.

Been so long since I posted a picture, I've forgotten which ones I've already put up... I think these are new ones. Steam vent at Volcano National Park. A lizard and the Cannonball Tree it was sitting on in the Foster Botanical Garden.

Read the whole of Under the Overpass by Mike Yankoski in two days. A rather honest view of the church in America from the perspective of two chosen-to-be-homeless Christians. While they had some good examples of mercy and grace, most of their experience was rather bleak. They make no excuses for the rampant hypocrisy they report, only sound a call to action in the church's failure to respond to the needs of the homeless as the Bible calls for.