Against the Giants 5e PBP (Full)

[Snarf Zagyg]

@Steve Gorak

My sincerest condolences. I thought about posting this before to you, then chose not to ... because I realize that even if I could time travel and go back in time to tell myself that things would work out or do things differently, I'd probably just mug myself for beer money.

That said, as much as this sucks (and it does), you also might have dodged a bullet. I once left a job for another job ... ignoring certain warning signs. And my offer was rescinded after I had broken my old lease and entered into a new lease in a new state ... and no longer had a job. It was terrible. I wouldn't wish it on anyone. That said, I am so glad it happened then. Because any company that would entice you to move and then yank the rug away isn't a long-term solution. IMO. So eff 'em. And take care of yourself and your family.

(It looks like @Maxperson is the only person left to go this round in our PbP ... assume @FitzTheRuke is playing for you for the time being.

 

[Steve Gorak]

@Steve Gorak

My sincerest condolences. I thought about posting this before to you, then chose not to ... because I realize that even if I could time travel and go back in time to tell myself that things would work out or do things differently, I'd probably just mug myself for beer money.

That said, as much as this sucks (and it does), you also might have dodged a bullet. I once left a job for another job ... ignoring certain warning signs. And my offer was rescinded after I had broken my old lease and entered into a new lease in a new state ... and no longer had a job. It was terrible. I wouldn't wish it on anyone. That said, I am so glad it happened then. Because any company that would entice you to move and then yank the rug away isn't a long-term solution. IMO. So eff 'em. And take care of yourself and your family.

(It looks like @Maxperson is the only person left to go this round in our PbP ... assume @FitzTheRuke is playing for you for the time being.

You’re absolutely right. It’s actually a blessing that things happened the way they did. I just need to lick my wounds and move on.

Thank you all for the kind words!
Cheers,

Sg

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Group 2 - just so you know, I am working on rolling the round! (In fact, I spent an hour on it on Wednesday but I didn't finish!) Since then, I have had two teenagers down with the flu (luckily for us, my wife and I have our flu shots! Our kids are a mess).

I will get to it ASAP. Promise!

In the meantime, I have a question for @Steve Gorak - did Gimlak lose concentration on Tasha's when hit by the bed? (19 damage).

That'll help speed me up a little.

 

[Steve Gorak]

Group 2 - just so you know, I am working on rolling the round! (In fact, I spent an hour on it on Wednesday but I didn't finish!) Since then, I have had two teenagers down with the flu (luckily for us, my wife and I have our flu shots! Our kids are a mess).

I will get to it ASAP. Promise!

In the meantime, I have a question for @Steve Gorak - did Gimlak lose concentration on Tasha's when hit by the bed? (19 damage).

That'll help speed me up a little.

Dc 10 con save: 14 success! So Gimlak maintains concentration!

Cheers,

Sg

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Oh dear god.

I just went to finish my post in G2 and the hour I spent on it on Wednesday is gone. I foolishly left an unfinished post (I should have copied it over to some other program when I didn't get it finished enough to post it before heading to work). But it's usually THERE when I go back to it. I guess my laptop rebooted or something. It's gone.

Well, at least I will do one thing that I should have done in the first place: I will split it up into shorter posts so that I can get through it. When I do that, I work quicker. Every once in awhile I try to resolve everything in a single post, and it's a MISTAKE. There's too many moving parts, and I get confused and intimidated.

So bear with me while I resolve it in bits. Hopefully I can finish it today. Too bad I have to reinvent a bunch of it. I guess I can at least look up my rolls on coyote...

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Fwhew! Worked that out. Please audit me for mistakes, in particular in HPs and spell-slots.

 

[Steve Gorak]

Fwhew! Worked that out. Please audit me for mistakes, in particular in HPs and spell-slots.

Gimlak psionically cast synaptic static, so he used spell points. He should still have his 5th level spell slot, but be at 8 spell points if I am not mistaken.
Cheers,

Sg

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Gimlak psionically cast synaptic static, so he used spell points. He should still have his 5th level spell slot, but be at 8 spell points if I am not mistaken.
Cheers,

Sg

8? I'm not sure how it would be that high. It was at 7. You cast a 5th level spell and then blew a 4th for points. I'm not really sure how that works, but I can't imagine how it would be higher than it was.

 

[Steve Gorak]

8? I'm not sure how it would be that high. It was at 7. You cast a 5th level spell and then blew a 4th for points. I'm not really sure how that works, but I can't imagine how it would be higher than it was.

You’re right. For some reason I thought I started up higher. Sorry about that!
Cheers,

Sg

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

So this is a post for the Good Gamers of Group 2-

While I am quite positive that my character would be fine killin' 'em all and letting his patron sort 'em out, I am reasonably certain that at some point we might need to question someone, if only to find the location of more enemies that need a-killin'.

Something to consider. On the other hand, I do appreciate that we have decided to go old school in all senses of the term.