Attn Rystil Arden's players and GMs: On Vacation for a Bit

Rystil Arden · Aug 8, 2005

Knight Otu said:
That, too. The orcs and hobgoblins allied, and are rampaging through Orussus.

Oh no!

At least they took out the friendly Gray Render before it could joın with the hobgoblıns

Jdvn1 · Aug 9, 2005

Just saw this thread. Have fun on your vacation, Rys!

Brother Shatterstone · Aug 9, 2005

Have fun.

(Wish I was having more... :\ )

unleashed · Aug 9, 2005

Even when he's on holiday he posts more than me.

Enjoy your trip Rystil.

Keia · Aug 9, 2005

Take care Rystil. I'm enjoying the updates on your vacation!

Keia

Brother Shatterstone · Aug 9, 2005

Keia said:
Take care Rystil. I'm enjoying the updates on your vacation!

Indeed, that’s very cool of you.

If it would help you can put Molpe on hold so you can keep the bulk of the DT group moving forward.

Bront · Aug 10, 2005

Brother Shatterstone said:
Indeed, that’s very cool of you.

If it would help you can put Molpe on hold so you can keep the bulk of the DT group moving forward.

Yeah, you heard him, you can put DT on hold and work on SoM

No worries. I expect nothing from you on vacation, so anything at all is a bonus.

Rystil Arden · Aug 13, 2005

Rystil's Update, Episode II:

I'm almost halfway through the trip, and my current hotel has wireless internet, so I may be able to make some game updates, though I might not. We are here for a few days more though, so we'll see.

We saw a bunch of other stuff in Istanbul, including a few more mosques and a really awesome archaeological museum with stuff from Mycenean Greece, Dark Age Greece, Classical period, and then some random Hittite and Egyptian stuff too. Anyway, we left Constantinople and saw the site of Ilium (Troy from Homer's Iliad), which had more ruins and excavation than I expected, plus the requisite giant wooden horse. After that, we saw a neat cliffside Hellenistic theatre at Assos, then moved on to Pyrgamum, which had the second-biggest library in the ancient world (after Alexandria). Pyrgamum had a really neat acropolis with a temple to Hadrian and a lot of space to explore among the ruins, as well as a red church with underground passageways and an Asklaepion (a medical centre dedicated to Asclepius, god of healing). After that, we saw Sardis, the capital of the kingdom of Lydia (home of kings Midas and Croesus), which had an impressive reconstructed gymnasium facade. Finally, I checked out Ephesus, which in addition to the basically non-existant Temple of Artemis (of Seven Wonders fame) had a huge number of other buildings, including a Christian castle and the home of Mary after John took her there.

Cheers,
Rystil