1-26-17 Recap

Another fun time.  Got to the Dungeon Crawl part of Episode 4; will probably wrap it up next session (shooting for Sunday March 5th; food plan is probably order-out Chinese or Tacos).  Moira took an insane amount of notes, like a freakin’ court stenographer, so the Synopsis should be up to date on the Adventure Journal page tonight or tomorrow, which means I can finally start adding the really sexy stuff to the Realm section.  Player sections all have Character Sheets besides Alena, and those are mostly accurate, except I forgot to add a blurb about Moira’s steed.  Even though they’ve been MIA for awhile, I’m going to put up some temporary sheets for Yoshy & The Samurai Guy, boosted to Level 4 with what I *think* they’d want, but they’re not getting any more freebie Xp than that until they actually show up or get used as NPC’s.  To the two Players in question: you’re always welcome at the table; don’t ever feel like you’ve “missed too much” to join back in at any time.

Volg is an interesting specimen.  We’re keeping the Merciful Healer Archetype for now, but I’m considering letting him retcon it if he doesn’t like it, since it seems like he didn’t realize all that it entailed.  Of course, I *could* just say it is what it is, and use this as an opportunity to introduce the function of the Lethe Lotus, since that’s a thing that’s now part of the ongoing story.  We’ll figure that out as we go.

Still haven’t finished tinkering with the other sites yet.  The Meadhall is entirely in the hands of another Busy-Body Family Guy; no timetable there.  I’ll talk to fellow Horseman tonight at the Super Bowl party about what he wants to do with our personal playground.

I’m thinking of using the Silent Paths site as a sort of memorial; how it all started, the college years, the struggle through all the revisions (whether personal decisions or forced because of new game editions), what it could be and why it probably won’t be much of anything.  Not sure how much content will wind up “free” or public, but there will be some.  I’d still like to eventually run campaigns in it, and will undoubtedly write some kind of fiction set in that world, but aspirations for publishing it as a commercial game line are admittedly unrealistic at the moment.  Still haven’t heard anything from my old co-conspirator on that front.  Hey, Mr. M: if you’re reading this, drop me a line.  It’s been FOREVER man.

Anyway, hope everyone has a great month.  Feel free to post suggestions, questions, & general comments.

Happy Birthday & Safe Journey to “You-Know-Who-You-Are.”

~Excelsior!

1-9-2017 Recap

Had a lot of fun last night.  The party has launched into Episode 4 (which might be a longer one, 2-3 sessions probably, complete with a classic dungeon crawl).  Testing out the “Posts” function, which is different from making new “Pages.”

We’re hoping to do this again Thursday January 26th, joined by the mighty Volg Gravelheart.

I’ll be farting around with the site throughout the day, cleaning up the “skeleton” outline look and dropping images and icons around.  I’m also going to focus on the Players pages, getting a Pathfinder Character Sheet pdf I can manipulate for each PC and throwing those up. Those of you who wrote backstories, let me know if you want all of it posted, or an abridged version omitting personal details you don’t want the rest of the party to know (although we’re mostly experienced role-players here who can game unbiased by out-of-character information, I guess).

Oz has brought up the issue of using more homemade stuff as opposed to copyright images in case we weaponize… I mean monetize the site.  It probably won’t be an issue while it’s just us friends doing a fun thing, but something to think about for the future.

Still a long way off from setting up mics and turning our game sessions into podcasts & YouTube videos, but that is a thing we’d like to do eventually.  I’ve already snagged the YouTube & Twitter real estate.

Anyway, anyone without a WordPress account, I suggest getting one, or doing whatever it is one has to do to post Comments here on the site.  So that you can.  I haven’t figured out how to get a “Gravitar” or whatever it’s called for visual icons attached to your handle, but I’m sure it’s pretty easy.

Anyone have suggestions for the site? For the game itself?  If you don’t mind, as a general rule, let’s stick to using Character names or Internet Handles/Nicknames when referring to Real Life People;  I don’t care if you link to your own Facebook or whatever, but let’s try to keep at least a passive level of anonymity to avoid cyber stalkers.  Because unfortunately, they are a real thing.

Once again, had a lot of fun.  Thanks to everyone for coming over!

~Excelsior!