[D20 CoC] Beyond the Mountains of Madness Campaign - Recruiting Alternate Players

[Morpheus]

Please note that the week that I was referring to is a week in game time. You are free to play out that full gameweek over the course of a number of weeks in realtime, if it takes that.

No problem whatsoever! I'm very pleased that you folks are sticking with the game.

In thinking about the length of this campaign, however, I'm sure that all you of would agree with me that 68 months is too long. I'll now be examining each chapter and event with an eye towards trimming the length of time, but I'm going to try to be careful not to exclude any events that a) are critical to the storyline, b) are important for character or NPC development, and c) add fun. If ever any of you players feel that we're bogged down in details that don't matter and aren't very much fun, don't be afraid to post your thoughts. Or send me a PM.

For example, I have a tendency to spend a lot of time adding setting details and photos and maps that, I think, add to the immersion. If you think that I'm spending too much time on this, just let me know.

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Job (the tortured one).

You're doing a great...ahem...job!

 

[Job]

You're doing a great...ahem...job!

Thanks! I wonder if the EnWorld site will be here in 68 months...

 

[Job]

Next Steps

Current Campaign Status

Prologue - All characters have one week of game time, if you care to use it, to take actions before the start of Chapter 1. If you don't care to take any action before the start of Chapter 1, then...

The Chapter 1 thread is ready to go --> Chapter 1 Awaits!

 

[Job]

Communications

To try to keep things moving, I PM'd Eahba and Dallas, asking if they're planning to continue with BtMoM. So far, I've heard from Eabha, and she said that she is still very interested but ran into some RL issues (including internet connectivity) that limited her availability.

If we haven't seen much activity after a reasonable period of time (maybe after the Christmas holidays), I may shift their characters to NPC's and open a slot for a new player. I'll allow players to reclaim their NPC's and rejoin the game if their situations change and they declare an interest.

This leaves everyone's options open, yet helps us maintain our momentum.

I know that TZ is also having connectivity issues and remains in touch, so this won't affect him unless he doesn't feel that he'll be returning.

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Job (the tortured one).

 

[Morpheus]

Like two trains speeding towards one another on the same track, let's keep this sense of dread moving...

 

[Job]

I was buried in RL work this past weekend and yesterday, and therefore didn't get much accomplished with this expedition, but I plan to do a bit of scheming tonight.

Job.

 

[Job]

Shaman,

If you don't believe that Paco would respond to the newspaperman by sighing and rolling his eyes, let me know what other act of exasperation he would exhibit and I'll make a slight modification to the post. I didn't really envision Paco rolling his eyes, but you know your character better than I.

Job.

 

[Job]

And it's a good thing that those reporters are accurate! I'd hate to see what would appear in the newspapers if they weren't so exacting in their profession!



Job.

 

[The Shaman]

And it's a good thing that those reporters are accurate! I'd hate to see what would appear in the newspapers if they weren't so exacting in their profession!

Noticed that...

Paco's more surprised by the reporters than exasperated, if that's what the sigh and eyeroll are meant to express.

 

[Job]

Fixed. Much better.