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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Caine Freerover" data-source="post: 1837497" data-attributes="member: 25319">I think the game is going fine.  PbP and PbM games always have an inconsistent pace--sometimes a problem catches everyone's interest and there's a flurry of posting, and at other times there's nothing for days at a time.  At such times it's the DM's job to clear the blockage, either by assuming a consensus and advancing the action, or by getting on someone's case to roll the dice if that's what he's waiting for.If you are willing, the game can be sped up further by letting Turanil roll all the dice.  Then all you have to do is post, you don't have to also go to the dice server.  Turanil doesn't even need the server, he can just roll a real d20. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile    :-)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" />It also helps tremendously to have one player be the clear designated leader in any given situation.  This doesn't always have to be the same person; in my current PBM game my character is the leader on site-based exploration (i.e. dungeons and the like), and another character is the leader for social occasions and party negotiations.  I think the military leader/investigation leader division makes perfect sense in this mission.Let's keep going!  There's a mystery here to solve!--Ben</blockquote>