Island Empire OOC, (Closed)

As an aside, do any of you read the online comic 'Order of the Stick' by Rich Burlew? He is a part time game writer and writes the comic with an insider's love of the game, while poking fun at some of the rules and cliches of the game. I find my self laughing out loud at some of the strips. It is done in a very simplistic style, but is amusing none the less. You have to be a bit of a rules nerd to appriciate some of the strips. If you check it out let me know what you think. It is up to episode #188 and by default the link takes you to the latest one. There are several long running plot threads so you really have to back up to properly figure out what is happening. Yes believe it or not there is a plot.


http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/GiantITP/ootscript

Calendar

I have been remiss in giving you a calendar and map. Here is the calendar and I'll will try and post a world map tonight. I have to get it down small enough for EN World to let me post it. I may have to email it out. The current Campaign date is Firesday the 27th day of High Summer in the 2nd year of the 2nd year of the reign of Xenieda the First. The years of an Imperial Reign always start on the First day of Low Winter. The time from the death of a ruler until the First of Low Winter is called the Mourning of that ruler.

I simply did not have time to go back and review the posts to award additional exp. for roleplaying and problem solving. I have decided to award each character an additional 300 exp. and I ask you to take the time to consider the posts of your fellow players. Who's posts did you most enjoy reading? Which player added the most to your enjoyment of the game? Take a moment to rank your fellows as MVP (most valuable poster). Via email, I want you to rank each of your fellows by character name (Morwyn, Rook, Radoon, and Finn only) in order from 1 to 3 (leave your own character out) with 1 being the postings you like best and 2 being next with 3 three being the least beneficial to the game. This doesn't mean you disliked anyone's posts. Just that you enjoyed some even more than others. A small additional award with accompany this voting. I want to give you a chance to encourage your fellows and give me an idea of what you are enjoying about the game. Your emails will be confidential. Just to be fair, feel free to critic your DM in the same email. What could I do better? Are there aspects of the game you are unhappy with?

I will be out of town and offline until at least Wednesday. Feel free to discuss your plans for Mermaid's Rest in my absence. I look forward to your emails upon my return.

Everybody tell Keith Happy Birthday! After this year he'll be adding "and holding" to his age.

Happy Birthday Keith

Scotley, the In Character thread is approaching the ~1200 post limit currently advised. I see you guys are currently in a combat, so when it is over, could you migrate to a new thread, please?

Thanks, I've been looking for a good place to make a break.

Spells from Magic of Faerun

Electric Jolt is a ranged touch spell that does 1d3 electrical damage at close range with no save. It has verbal and somatic components and a range of close.

Silent Portal lets you open a single portal--door, gate, drawer, lid, window etc. without a sound at close range. Magical or intelligent doors get a will save. Somatic component only.

Game Recovery

Well guys, as you may have noted ENWorld's data base died. The last backup was made at the end of December so nearly five months of posts have been lost. I will try to come up with a summary by Thursday and let you all have input to any important details I've missed then I'll revise it and we'll try to start playing again no later than Monday. If you made any back ups or know how to get posts from Google cashed files please let me know. I've actually lost several games that started since the end of the year. At least we should be in a position to continue will only mild disruption.

I will be traveling for vacation for the next week and unable to post.