And that was the moment Callvyn decided to not speak to Brian again. :)

Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas, folks.

I have added your stockings to your belts. I'm assuming attunement for everyone, as no one has reached 3 attuned items yet.

The Coal and Tangerine will still need to be identified, of course. Not all of them, one of each will do. Don't get your hopes up.

If you get bored over the Holiday Slowdown, go ahead and decide what you do and don't want in your Stockings. Keep in t=mind that they are "of Holding" and not "Handy". This means you can't access anything in combat without a bit of a multi round search. Keep combat essential items in your regular pouch. Also keep in mind the narrow opening. No, your shield can't go in there.

I am, at some point in the next couple days, going to need something resembling a new duty roster. Mostly for the Helm, but we'll have an extra body that will need to be asigned to one shift or another as crew, too.

What I have currently:

"Day" Helm: Brian
Pivot Helm: ??????????????
"Night" Helm: Keira

Dayshift: Glass (Captain), Jed (Cook), Callvyn (Crew)
Nightshift: Ayamba (Crew)

Unassigned (either or both can handle helm duties):
Tor
Xanadyr

 Tor has no particular objection to any schedule, awake or asleep although he'll probably be looking to spend a chunk of his 'leisure' time learning a craft skill by closely observing someone who has one - because any technology he can bring home (after the campaign closes) will be invaluable and Kobolds do not, on the whole believe in leisure.

In reply to Tor (msg # 872):

Per Xanathar's: learning a tool requires 10 weeks (Int might reduce slightly) of full time training. it also requires a full time instructor, the tools, and the materials involved.

Just here and there won't help much. So you know.

In reply to DM (msg # 873):

 Sure, but that doesn't stop him from trying and 'aiding another' will hopefully provide advantage on any repair/craft checks our repair person makes while helping give Tor something to be getting on with.

 Actual success has very little to do with it. ^_^

I have folks posting on multiple threads, which means they're in two places at the same time, so I'll be shutting down the excess threads. I think we're done with them, anyhow.

I'm fine with taking the day shift or something else if we want to set up some kind of weird rotation of one person off each day.

The exhaustion limitation means that we need three Helmsmen, in order to keep moving 24 hours/day, but we can have two normal shifts for everything else.

Remember folks! Keep Brian happy and less sleep deprived and we won't have any problems.

We want 3 we have 5 capable. It shouldn't be an issue.

Do we have several trained navigators though?

Tor is trained specifically in spatial navigation, and from what I understand Master Glass is trained in the tools and is learning how to apply them to space... I'm not sure if there's a third.

 Nobody knows. OOoooOOOoooh! ^_^
This message was last edited by the player at 01:50, Fri 30 Dec 2022.

Sounds like an IC question. How else will you know if you don't ask IC?

Actually, I think a few do, it's just no one remembers. After all, it hasn't mattered, yet. You have Brian's Orrery to do all the navigation work for you.

And no charts, as I recall....

In reply to DM (msg # 882):

 Heh, just editing 'cause the 'ask ICly' point is a good one.

 And without checking the rules, I don't think the Orrery actually substitutes for navigation skill... The Orrery tells us where we are (which definitely helps) but the skill also covers getting from hither to yon safely which may be a tad more involved.

The Orrery tells where you are, and where your destination is. (Assuming it's big enough, or has a Locator). The rest is just pointing it in the right direction.

It helps if you glance at what you'll be flying by and through, but if you get too close to the Sun, you'll notice. Eventually.

Without charts it's the best you can do.

 Huh, nifty... I wonder if I can find other magic items that totally obsolete a skill. Getting one for Perception would rock!

And Glass has been drawing charts as we go, with his own Navigation prof to help as needed.

In reply to Master Glass (msg # 886):

Drawing charts is Cartography.

I've got one that negates an inkwell... But the orrery doesn't negate navigation, just stops us from never getting to the destination. It doesn't stop us from accidentally setting a goal half way across the system when two others, just as or possibly more useful are closer.

Though not expressing a care for such matters is perhaps another problem.

Navigation is reaching your destination you picked...not the destination you SHOULD have picked. That's Research.

And the orrery does that part quite well. That's what it's for after all.

No, to find out there are better destinations closer you need that rather expensive Geonomicon you didn't buy. And that's assuming it's up to date and includes the sorts of places you think you want to go to.

I didn't say they were good charts. He has a logbook as well, but we are still very, very new to this method of travel.

You also have 4 charts you haven't paid much attention to from the Hammerhead.

Truthfully, an orrery IS a chart. Updated in real  time. Oh, a few smaller items may go missing, but all the big stuff shows up, as does the Orrery itself.

Folks, a reminder that you have a couple of boarding pikes (halberds) and a couple of ropes with grapples (At least I think they have grapples) strewn about your main deck.

You probably have an empty chest by now, between food used and food in the Galley. You could place that on the main deck, put the pikes and ropes in it, and some potion bottles, and have everything you need right there handy.

The deck isn't so big you'd need more than one repository of potions on it.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record (for those of you old enough to remember records, broken and otherwise) think simpler. It's usually a lot easier and quicker, and requires a lot less materials and tools you don't have.
This message was last edited by the GM at 07:26, Sat 31 Dec 2022.