Time for a new OOC thread.

The list of movies with 5 films in the franchise made for slim pickins but I finally decided hey, we were just talking about pirates.

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SO ANYWAY, has the dinner-party conversation petered out and it's time to wrap it up? Or "nooooooooo, GM, not at all, I'll go post now!"?

I think we can move on, unless others want to continue talking.  I don't want to rush anyone.

I'll get one more opinion.

We can move on.   Ari could offer advice to Jon's conversations about earth,  but that can be saved for another day

I'm fine moving to Wiermonken (SP?)
I know that before Ballad left, She, Jade and I were working on logistics for this trip.
And Jon hoped that Ari would come (almost assumed it if he is being Honest) because it would be strange without her.
Just as it has been Strange without Ballad and to a lesser extent Lance.

Ssssssssssssssssssssounnnndssss like maybe we, the non-Lance players, wanna consider exploring what's up with Weirmonken?

Janessa, I see, hasn't been around since March (golly), so we'll leave her in Amber.

So let's see, what should the next step/s be...

--I'd like someone to post about leaving Tanus and saying so long to the ambassador-- the next morning, I imagine.

--I'd like someone to post about driving back home (since I think you're too polite to leave your carriage-man in Tanus). Describe your journey back home in any way you want, except that I don't expect (1) you to get lost nor (2) for there to be any actual danger.

--And then--


...Hey, wait a second! What about Hless?! We should probably find a way to put him in his home Shadow! Right? Right?!

Sounds like we have a plan:

1. Drive back home to Amber
2. Research Hless' Shadow
3. Take Hless back home if possible
4. Head to Weirmonken and investigate what's up over there.

Sound good?

So, someone post about #1 above...

Then, someone roll INT to research point #2...

...unless you roll CHR to charmingly ask people around the castle very nicely if they've ever seen or heard of a Shadow with horned bunnies?

I think I'll make you roll to get back home when you're ready... but I'll give you an extra +1 on top of any other modifiers.

And by "you" I mean whoever's handling the Moving Through Shadows. Which doesn't have to be Jade. Though it could be. Either way.

You ARE going back to the castle before setting off again for Weirmonken, right?

I was thinking that we'd leave from here.  That we packed for our long trip and this was just a stopover.

I was thinking that too. The trip to Weirmonken should be led by Jon, I am willing to help though.

Hm, didn't expect that. Jon's never been there... I don't think y'all got directions first.

I'm willing to handwave that, and say "oh Jon got them before he left"

--But no extra bonus to the Move Through Shadows move like I just talked about when I thought we were headed back to the castle.

In reply to The GM (msg # 11):

I'll admit that I must have misunderstood and figured he was from there.

But I'm okay with whatever.  If we need to head back to Amber that's okay

Jon is from a Shadow that calls itself The Feywyld as I recall.

Weirmonken is a Shadow that (also) had a lot to do with Jon's father Eric back in the day. Jon has inherited a very large two-handed sword from there (two-handed for any Earth human, anyway, to say the least! A Royal Amberite, I admit, might very possibly be able to swing it one-handed if need be, although I'm pretty sure even they would feel more comfortable doing so using both hands).

That's all I'll say for now.

It's kind of Jon's hook (as I think of Hless as being mostly a Jade hook), so I'm a little eager to hear his thoughts on this matter.
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:39, Mon 04 Sept 2023.

Hless was a wonderful hook.

Jon would've got directions and he did research Weirmonken for Random before it was decided that he would be going there.  Jon does have the sword with him in its custom sheath/harness. (Very Cloud from Final Fantasy looking)

I also agree that there should be no bonus for the Move through Shadow, as Jon didn't review immediately before heading out with Hless. And I also assumed that we were going from Hless' home to Weirmonken.

What I do need to know, is how many are with Jon? Jade, Ari, the Coachman, any soldiers or rangers? Are they on foot or horseback?
This message was last edited by the player at 16:59, Wed 06 Sept 2023.

That's a good question.    I was thinking it was just the three of us on a private trip

I thought that as well.

Not for the Weirmoken trip, it is a dangerous area.  Jon in talking with Random and Ballad (so long ago), he was looking at 1-2 guards for each Cousin who was coming with and a few extra for general security. This is as much as a diplomatic mission as it is anything else.

If we go with a Dozen total, that would be 3 cousins, 3 guards for the cousin and 6 general guards, plus the Carriage, Driver & ?a footman?

I didn't realize that.  Wow!    Okay, a fifteen guards sounds good, then.
Plus the service folks

I have no objection to your plans. Roll to Move Through Shadow again when you're ready.

OK, So reading over the Move, it looks like I would get a +1 for Riding in the Carriage.
From our conversations, I have a -1 situational modifier because I am new to this & didn't recently prepare, does that sound correct?
Are there any additional negative's (sadly perception isn't high enough yet for a bonus)?

While you think on that, since I am currently a straight roll, I will roll it now and we can modify it down as necessary.

Ari, Jade, be ready for a Hellride!

Whoo hoo!!!!  Ride em, Cowboy!!!

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