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General OOC chat & RTJ specific adventures (1)

Posted by The DirectorFor group 0
Rennias Greystone
player, 350 posts
Stamina: 5/8 | Luck: 6/9
Natural Wizard
Fri 29 Jul 2022
at 04:03
  • msg #820

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

I am getting my post-adventure plans and such together still anyway. Will have more concrete plans after work tomorrow I think. Just needed a few days to sort my thoughts out.
Graden
player, 519 posts
Typically Gruff dwarf
Fri 29 Jul 2022
at 12:29
  • msg #821

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

I am not sure how the Tendays will match up, but we have some training to do as well, so it might all work out ok - I'm sur the GM will keep us straight
The Director
GM, 5617 posts
Fri 29 Jul 2022
at 19:36
  • msg #822

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

Yes, I will ;)
Jan Tarran
player, 642 posts
Stamina 16/16
Luck 10/10
Sat 30 Jul 2022
at 06:14
  • msg #823

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

The Director:
In Blackmoor City at this point in time you can buy a leather hauberk for 25gp and sell a second-hand leather cuirass for 15gp - are you sure you can wear your new armour with no problem? Please double check in the "read me first" thread.


Yep - checked already to make sure. My cuirass has served me well but I'd prefer something with a bit more regular protection.

This means rather than frequently rolling 5s and 6s for armour rolls, the RNG god's will offer me regular 1s from now on. Such is life!!

10gold after buying and selling?? That's great

Will finalise training too when I'm next online
Rudjam
player, 669 posts
Two swords
Twice the fun
Sat 30 Jul 2022
at 22:58
  • msg #824

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

Graden:
Some of us down in the Dismal Swamp are planning to start the Croaking Fane adventure, if anyone else wants to join?


Hell yeah.  Temple=treasure!
The Director
GM, 5620 posts
Sat 30 Jul 2022
at 23:05
  • msg #825

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

Shall I start setting up the Croaking Fane adventure, then?
Rennias Greystone
player, 351 posts
Stamina: 5/8 | Luck: 6/9
Natural Wizard
Sun 31 Jul 2022
at 04:34
  • msg #826

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

Yes. I'll be PM-ing you some post-adventure book keeping stuff, but Rennias is definitely interested in going with Graden to croaking Fane.
Skartalla Silvertongue
player, 96 posts
Skandaharian rogue
Comes from the north
Sun 31 Jul 2022
at 08:04
  • msg #827

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

Should I discount the 10-day upkeep money from my sheet now, or later?
The Director
GM, 5621 posts
Sun 31 Jul 2022
at 16:11
  • msg #828

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

In reply to Skartalla Silvertongue (msg # 827):

Now it's a good time. Anyway, it has to be before you start next adventure.
Skartalla Silvertongue
player, 97 posts
Skandaharian rogue
Comes from the north
Sun 31 Jul 2022
at 16:23
  • msg #829

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

Done! So very broke...
The Director
GM, 5623 posts
Sun 31 Jul 2022
at 16:43
  • msg #830

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

Now you are signed up for the Croaking Fane adventure: you will find either treasure or death there, so I suspect that the issue of having momentarily empty pockets won't be that relevant for a while... ;)
Rennias Greystone
player, 353 posts
Stamina: 8/8 | Luck: 9/9
Natural Wizard
Sun 31 Jul 2022
at 18:14
  • msg #831

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

Death is not an option. :P
The Director
GM, 5632 posts
Tue 2 Aug 2022
at 21:19
  • msg #832

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

The Croaking Fane adventure is now up and running!
The Director
GM, 5648 posts
Sun 7 Aug 2022
at 20:56
  • msg #833

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

I'll be traveling, so there won't be updates on Tuesday.
The Director
GM, 5693 posts
Wed 31 Aug 2022
at 18:20
  • msg #834

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

This year I will be on holiday on the 1st of October (Dave Arneson's Day), but I will be back just a couple of days later. If you are OK, I would like to run the essay competition as we did last year. Would you be interested in participating?
Rennias Greystone
player, 378 posts
Stamina: 5/8 | Luck: 9/9
Natural Wizard
Wed 31 Aug 2022
at 18:31
  • msg #835

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

I will not submit an entry as I am already a winner, but I will very certainly help vote and participate that way.
The Director
GM, 5695 posts
Wed 31 Aug 2022
at 18:34
  • msg #836

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

In reply to Rennias Greystone (msg # 835):

...and the XPs that you won turn up to be quite handy...
Rennias Greystone
player, 379 posts
Stamina: 5/8 | Luck: 9/9
Natural Wizard
Wed 31 Aug 2022
at 20:56
  • msg #837

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

Yes I was able to spend 100 xp to raise skill from 4 to 5. It's still low but rome wasn't built in a day. :)
Rennias Greystone
player, 381 posts
Stamina: 5/8 | Luck: 9/9
Natural Wizard
Wed 31 Aug 2022
at 23:25
  • msg #838

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

Director please check PMs!
Sigibert Riverhopper
player, 464 posts
Sat 17 Sep 2022
at 10:57
  • msg #839

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

Hello, sorry I haven’t posted for a while. I am going to have break from RPoL to concentrate on other projects.
The Director
GM, 5742 posts
Sat 17 Sep 2022
at 11:02
  • msg #840

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

In reply to Sigibert Riverhopper (msg # 839):

OK, best of luck!
At the moment you are not part of any ongoing adventure, so it's fine. Have your break and maybe we'll see you later.
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:03, Sat 17 Sept 2022.
The Director
GM, 5753 posts
Sun 2 Oct 2022
at 17:50
  • msg #841

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

The 1st of October is the perfect time for me to review how the Blackmoor Living World campaign is doing (as it started on the 1st of October) and of course the number of posts in the various adventures that are part of the campaign is an important indicator that is easy to track in time.
This is the current situation:

First year: 2,500 posts
Second year: 3,000 posts
Third year: 3,800 posts
Fourth year: 2,800 posts
Sixth year: 1,900 posts

Total: about 14,000 posts

Obviously last year was the year with the least posts so far, so I will have to make some good consideration.
What are your thoughts and comments?
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:05, Sun 02 Oct 2022.
Jan Tarran
player, 698 posts
Skandaharan Hunter
Sk: 8 St: 16 Lu: 10 Ma: 0
Mon 3 Oct 2022
at 05:54
  • msg #842

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

You would need to consider a few other factors such as number of players - recruitment versus fallout, and whether these were regular or occasional posting players.

Other main factor is always real life and illness especially. Last year we were all still recovering from COVID19 and in my profession we've got a huge amount of extra work to do to make up the time we all lost. So I have less time available on a night to engage with my hobbies, and I'm not alone with this.

So instead of three times a week I'm posting twice, but the posting rate of other players who I'd normally bounce off has fallen too. So before you'd get me and another player or two with multiple posts in a day a couple of times a week then a "this is our action" declaration message, it's taking us a couple of weeks to get through the bouncing ideas and chatting stage of the posts. So it's taking us twice as long to do anything, which in turn creates player lethargy and they drop out or fade from the game as a consequence meaning it's harder for the remaining players to get to the declaration posts as they're waiting on another character to act or speak.
Rennias Greystone
player, 398 posts
Stamina: 7/8 | Luck: 9/9
Natural Wizard
Tue 4 Oct 2022
at 03:30
  • msg #843

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

This year has been especially tiring for me and most people I think for sure.
Rennias Greystone
player, 400 posts
Stamina: 7/8 | Luck: 9/9
Natural Wizard
Tue 4 Oct 2022
at 14:38
  • msg #844

Re: "Group 0" OOC Chat and RTJ Specific Adventures

I just realized I might have been rolling my skill checks incorrectly. Although I believe I succeeded on both of those roles because I think you're supposed to roll a 2d6 and try to get at her underneath your skill total. Which in this case is my magic plus one for both magic lore and second sight. And that total is nine and I think the first one was way under like out of five and I think the second one just barely makes it at like an 8 or something.
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