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Shrug. Well, you've got universal health care, maple leaves... there had to be some downside to living in Canada. :p

Note for context: because of holiday schedules and the like, it actually took us more than a month to find out the resoution of the cliffhanger at the end of the last update. Five weeks where casual conversations would periodically feature lines like: "I wonder if that worked?" or: "I hope we...

Part the Sixty-Sixth In which: things get even worse. With a shout, Benedic lunges forward and skewers the badger that has just killed Eva through the heart. (Benedic was, at the time, being run by Eva’s player. Quite satisfying.) Then, he notices Lira darting forward beside him. He...

Part the Sixty-Fifth In which: things get bad. As a rain of goblin arrows begins pouring in from all sides, Reyu realizes that she has made a critical misjudgment of the situation. The bear is acting contrary to its nature not in reaction to provocation by the humans, but because it is being...

Well, if you had introduced yourself as Zog, I probably would have thought to mention it. :) (I told Fajitas and WLS there needed to be a space for known aliases on the nametags at the rehearsal dinner...) Glad you found us though. Well, the next two updates bring the story hour to the end...

Part the Sixty Fourth In which: Lord Agasha is afraid, and Anvil gets his Justice on. The party breaks camp the next morning and continues along the trail. Benedic examines the goblin tracks and confirms that—together or not—the goblins and the bear are certainly heading in the same direction...

My DM did something similar in our current campaign. The world has four gods (technically, 2 gods and 2 goddesses). They cover the four seasons, Good, Evil, Law, and Chaos... and everything else. There's a sidebar that discusses it in my storyhour...

In our campaign, the DM has had the party roaming through most of the known world (and a couple unknown bits) for the last few years real-time. It's been great fun, but I think that as this mission winds down we're all looking forward to going back "home" for a little while. It's a chance to...

Part the Sixty-Third In which: Reyu does good work, but Lira is on fire! The party finds a suitable clearing about an hour before sunset. As they set about pitching tents, picketing the horses and the other business of making camp, Reyu and Thatch both notice Lord Agasha walking off on his own...

Sigh, I have other things I'm sure I should be doing right now. Do drone bees have stingers? no Who played Pvt. Ryan in Saving Private Ryan? embarassed to admit, I would have gotten this one wrong, thinking "Tom Hanks," not "Mat Damon" Jimmy Carter was governor of which state? What does...

I must admit, worries about being burned at the stake aside, traveling through the Sovereignty was pretty cool. Anvil natrually refused to be intimidated by the customs of a strange land, even in the face of unheard-of obsequiousness. ;) And now, in honor of the Red Sox, another update...

We once told our party's cleric that a sending allowed him to send 31 words instead of 25 because we knew he would end every message with "May Kettenek's Justice be upon you." Seemed like a good idea at the time.

Part the Sixty-First In which: the party enjoys the hospitality of the Sovereignty, and seeks to recompense their hosts. After a few more days of riding, the party comes across signs of human habitation. First Eva spots a hill, terraced into farmland. Then, the party notices human peasants...

In terms of what has been posted, Welcome to the Halmae is close to two years behind where the campaign is in real time. (One of the other players once remarked to me that we must be the only story hour that updates weekly, and still manages to fall behind). To be fair, when I started, I was...

How about: In the capital, it costs 1 sp to use the sidewalks.

Part the Sixtieth In which: the adventurers get a taste of the wonders, and dangers, to come. Thatch and Dennis are on third watch, just after midnight >click. click-click< “You hear that?” >c-click< Thatch nods. He raises a torch in the direction of the sound, revealing three large...

I celebrated World Game Day by missing a sesssion of my group's regular campaign... for the first time since I started playing in it! That's what you call ironic, it is.

One of the great joys of having the familiars around is pretending not to have heard what they just said. It didn't make it into the write-up , but I remember once, right just before the party reached Noran when Euro had heard something in the woods, and Reyu didn't believe him. Well, since...

The Ketkath Mountains are said to be filled with all manner of strange creatures unknown in more civilized lands. Some of them seem to be creatures of legend and fairy tale. Some are so bizarre as to defy description. The vast majority are very dangerous. Travelling along paths and roads...

A giant three-headed hydra with pink bunny slippers... shudder. Of course, we never did figure out what the magical aura around the Miyen Kai was. I haven't totally finked on this week's update... yet, but it might be a little while before I can finish the polish on the next installment. It's...