Howie's Speakeasy - "Come on in"

[Starbeard]

Apologies for lagging behind on posting. We've just had a baby on Friday and I'm still catching up with everything! I'll try to jump back in ASAP, but it likely won't be until Friday.

[Mant72]

Congratulations!

[SocraticLawyer]

Congratulations!!!

[DadsAngry]

Congratulations!

[Grognardsw]

Congrats Sean on the new family addition!

[SocraticLawyer]

Persuade increase? (41) [1d100] = 21
Dang.

[Starbeard]

Thanks! It's at this point that I'm glad to be in pbp games, I've had to drop all of my face-to-face gaming commitments indefinitely.

[Mant72]

Yes, being a new parent is awesome and demanding. Things will calm down a bit when they turn about 5.

[DadsAngry]

So I don't think it's a good idea for Dr. Clarke to visit Ms. Ford. He is already in hot water and can't afford to be associated with another young girl's dead corpse. I think he should stay home or use his time to visit bookstores in search of the person who visited Raymond.

[Grognardsw]

I just saw this. My notifications aren’t working. I’ll edit Dr. Clarke out, and you can post his other actions.

[makken123Tabs]

Just thought I'd pop in and say Hi. Saw the new baby post by Starboard, congrats! My eldest is 20 today.

[Grognardsw]

Dr. Clarke’s reaction to the woman in the bookstore was funny!

Just thought I'd pop in and say Hi. Saw the new baby post by Starboard, congrats! My eldest is 20 today.

Hi Hal, hope all has been well. We took a few years off but are now back to finish. The pace is slower. You’re welcome to step back in.

[makken123Tabs]

Yeah, I'd like that. What've you got in mind? Oh BTW I'm not Hal. I played a chap, I forget his name off-hand, who was murdered by deep ones---there was a fishy Priest as I recall!

[Grognardsw]

Great, I’ll PM you to work out details. I was thinking of Hal Lancaster who you played briefly after the demise of reporter Eddie Sharpe in Innsmouth.

[makken123Tabs]

Thanks. Eddie Sharpe...oh yeah, I remember now! And I totally forgot about Hal.

[Grognardsw]

Welcome makkentabbs123 back to the campaign! He will be taking up Hal Lancaster again in pursuit of his missing war buddy Sam Archer. This will cast more light on that strand of the story.

[Starbeard]

Hi guys. The baby's healthy and doing just fine, and has only spoken in eldritch tongues once or twice that I know of.

Please accept my sincere apologies for falling off these past few weeks. I’ve switched over to being the one who stays home with the newborn most days, and between that and teaching I’ve just been too swamped to do anything else. On top of that I’ve also had a computer crash this past month, two car breakdowns, and right now we’re in the middle of moving.

Anyway, as you've probably expected, the cut is that I was thought I could keep up with some semblance of an online gaming schedule while taking care of the peanut, but clearly that was a stupid idea (I know, those of you with kids are all laughing at me right now).

In order to save my sanity and be fair to the rest of you, I’m just going to have bow out of all of my games for the foreseeable future. I’ll be back, but it’ll probably take a while, so carry on and feel free to turn Marius into an NPC or hand him over to another player.

Sorry to drop the ball on you, and I hope you keep having a great game. This one is a classic, and easily one of the most engaging and sprawling campaigns I've ever participated in. Keep it up, Grog!

[Grognardsw]

Thanks and have fun with the new baby.

[Mant72]

Man, I need to roll a Sanity Check after seeing that cat nestled in the mega-beard!!!

[Grognardsw]

Hi All,

It was school vacation week this past week and I was away. I plan in posting by mid-week. Thanks.