OOC Chat IV

[Keehnelf]

It had been Numen's plan to stay hidden if at all possible--provided nothing seemed to be taking place that might mess with his ultimate plans (whatever those might have been).

[Zhym]

Well, then. Sorry about that, folks. Or you're welcome, depending on how much you're enjoying this particular bottle episode.

[KingOfCowards]

Wow. I wonder how it would have played out if Lug would have stabilized Numen instead of attacking Varas.

EDIT: Not be judgmental, very impressed by the roleplay in this encounter honestly.

[Zhym]

Yeah, a fair question. My reading of Keehnelf's post was that Numen was actually dead, since sleeping characters can be auto-killed (not just knocked to negative HP). AleBelly had to roll an attack for Varas to hit Numen, but I figured Numen was dead at that point.

But even if Numen could have been stabilized, Lug's first impulse still might have been to attack the SOB who just attacked his friend. Especially if Lug thought they'd be going after him next.

Plus, let's be honest here—we're all probably a bit safer without Numen around.

[Keehnelf]

But now there's Niles with a book full of eons-old dark magic...

[Zhym]

Martin stares dumbfoundedly at Melvin for a spit second.

There's one of the more context-appropriate typos I've seen lately.

[Zorroroaster]

Lug looks crestfallen as Marge packs up and prepares to leave.

Is it weird that I personally feel badly that my PC has just slightly upset another person's PC?

[Keehnelf]

I like it

[Mister-Kent]

Plus, let's be honest here—we're all probably a bit safer without Numen around.

Knowing Numen's pre-Heir motivations intimately, I find a lot of this discussion very amusing!

Now I can't speak for Numen's plans as Heir of the Wolf, but I feel it must be said that he was a noble demon, if he could be called a demon at all. I'm not saying there would have come a day where you'd have welcomed his assistance, but I'm not not saying it either

[Spartakos]

Martin stares dumbfoundedly at Melvin for a spit second. "You are the scum of the earth."

Don't hold back, Martin, tell us how you really feel.

[Keehnelf]

Sorry for the slow start back into this week! Busy last week with three days of job interviews that killed my deadlines for this week and put me a bit behind. Catching up quickly though and hoping to keep everyone moving this pm or tonight.

Should be accepting a job offer today which means a bit of a slowdown at the beginning of November as I start that position, but that's more a realistic FYI than a dire warning.

[Zhym]

Congrats!

Did you ask if they have any web blocking software in place?

[AleBelly]

Congratulations! Is this job a city council job?

[Keehnelf]

Haha, I wish it were the city council. The local dems actually are still clamoring for me to run but the end result of our family talk was that the wife would revolt if I did that while we're still considering a second kid. It's lame because the timing was right and there was tons of community support for an opponent to the incumbent, but I was the only one willing to step up.
The job is Manager of Administrative Services for five departments in the school of Architecture and Allied Arts, running a newly-built integrated services group. Here's hoping there's no blocking since I'm the one in charge!

[Zorroroaster]

Congratulations!

[KingOfCowards]

Have any elves or magic users offered to help defend the town? A few spells would be really useful, I'd think.

Yeah, lack of spell power could turn out to be a big problem for us.

Melvin, Abi, and Constance went off with Bromric and the demon. They might or might not be back in time at this point.

Valorie, Baxtaw, Nihilius were with Lug and seem to be too late for the battle

Rhodri has been captured by hobgoblins.

Naila was last seen captured by orcs.

Numen has been slain.

That leaves Odium the Odiferous, who seems quite unlikely to help out, and Deliah, who we have seen very little of.

EDIT: If Odium could be persuaded with monetary compensation, Bertram would be willing to pitch in a little for his services.

[Keehnelf]

Word has definitely spread about Odium: you could always seek him out in Town Business or the Tavern and give such an approach a swing.

[Zhym]

Is there a moratorium on new characters for existing players? According to the game rules, anyone whose characters have all completed at least one expedition could create another character. If that's still the case we could probably have half a dozen first-level mages that way.

That may be a bit too exploity, though.

(I couldn't create a new character regardless; Melvin is on his first mission right now.)

[Keehnelf]

I think the number of eligible folks would be fairly small, but I'd be ok for anyone who was eligible to do so, if they liked. Three or four more level ones (even wizards) are probably not going to shift the balance as much as clever play but might mitigate some of the bad feelings from mostly missing one class.

[Zhym]

So, basically, those who can are free to create new mage characters because having them might help us feel better after we lose?