Discussion for a Kingdom of ashes

[The_Universe]

Way to go, gang! You're survivors! We'll probably pick up in 2 weeks, a little ways before you get to Hyrwl, since you'll have ample opportunity to get there ahead of all but a few of the numerous refugees.

Now, you simply need to hope that word spread across the city that the retreating populace was to gather in Hyrwl. Only time will tell. Nonetheless, you made it out of Oceanus, the city of the Forsaken Elves, with your lives mostly intact, and now you have a pet Tyrannosaur, and Justice has a Huge Magical Beast. heh.

I'm opening up the discussion now for what those of us remaining in the area want to do next week--any suggestions?

Anyway--good job. Looking forward to picking up in two weeks.

 

[AIM-54]

Way to go, gang! You're survivors! We'll probably pick up in 2 weeks, a little ways before you get to Hyrwl, since you'll have ample opportunity to get there ahead of all but a few of the numerous refugees.

Now, you simply need to hope that word spread across the city that the retreating populace was to gather in Hyrwl. Only time will tell. Nonetheless, you made it out of Oceanus, the city of the Forsaken Elves, with your lives mostly intact, and now you have a pet Tyrannosaur, and Justice has a Huge Magical Beast. heh.

I'm opening up the discussion now for what those of us remaining in the area want to do next week--any suggestions?

Anyway--good job. Looking forward to picking up in two weeks.

Do tell. I'm dying to know what happened in this week's episode

 

[The_Universe]

I'll see if I can get someone else in the group to fill you in, Jeremiah. If nobody's done it by tomorrow night, I'll do it.

Also, am I correct in assuming that you are gone this upcoming weekend?

 

[AIM-54]

I'll see if I can get someone else in the group to fill you in, Jeremiah. If nobody's done it by tomorrow night, I'll do it.

Also, am I correct in assuming that you are gone this upcoming weekend?

Yeah, I'm gone this weekend, off to Boston for hockey, theater and a family reunion. Should be fun.

 

[The_Universe]

Awesome. Hope you and Nico had a good time this weekend, although I'm sure the group could have used the extra muscle that kaereth provides. We'll pick it up in two weeks! Huzzah!

 

[Xath]

Quite a complicated bit to explain, but I'll do my best.

L'aurel jumped on Frarathir's new horse and ran off to retrieve the Duke's body. Xath didn't think it was a good idea for her to go off alone, and so jumped on her pony and followed. About 2 blocks away, they ran in to their first encounter. A large Draconid (portrayed by Mik Nichols) and his 6 minions. Both horses died, then Xath nearly died, then L'Aurel nearly died, but we finally beat them. Hooray!

Outside the Apectan Temple, they encountered several undead. L'Aurel was paralyzed for 4? rounds and Xath was quickly incapacitated. Then they ripped Xath's throat out. Poor Xath was killed. L'aurel unparalyzed next round and killed the zombies.

L'aurel carried Xath's body into the Apectan Temple (don't ask me how), where she met the crazy guy who kept calling Justice Katie. No one at the temple could ressurect, but the crazy guy(let's call him George for lack of a name) could cast reincarnate, and did so.

Xath went to the halls of her forefathers and found many answers. She was allowed to ask one question of her ancestors and asked "What is the destiny of the Army of the Phoenix?" The response as follows.

A kingdom of flame,
A kingdom of ashes,
Shall be a phoenix birth.

But its birth, as all,
Is never certain, should
Phoenix fail to show worth.

Beyond the Westgate
Shadowed serpent slithers
To feast upon ruins.

King’s folly calls to
The unquiet dead of
Ages gone, heroes lost.

Shadow will hold sway
Over Falcon’s throne,
Time passed shall come again.

Spirit blades hold the
Fate of hidden queen’s
Throne of hallow’ed flame.

Beware the serpent,
He who knows secrets
Of Falcon’s lost rebirth.

Beware the founder
Who trades soul for life
Unending, wakened.

North and West the
Damned assemble, t’bring
Doom to chosen kingdoms.

A Falcon in flames
Shall be Phoenix’s
Dawn upon the redden’d earth.

What I've been able to understand so far is that the Bluestar really is a red Herring!
So anyway, Xath was given the option to stay or return and chose to return to you guys. Here is where Kat's "sort of" comes in. Xath was reincarnated into the body of a Tall, svelte, fair elf. Almost double the height, almost the same weight. Then we waited for 10 minutes as Xath wandered around the temple confused as heck as to why the world had shrunk. Then the rest of the party, sans Cirith and Archonis, arrived at the temple. That was Thursday. Now it's bedtime. Someone else can explain Saturday or I'll do it later.

 

[The_Universe]

new e-mail

kbauman@bearingpoint.net

That's where to send the nerd questions if/when you have them.

 

[The_Universe]

And now for something completely different

Liz's brother Laramy is going to be in town this weekend, starting tomorrow. We're going to go do some rudimentary sightseeing on saturday (I think) but the evening will be open by and large all weekend.

We have a large number of people gone from the group this weekend, leaving (I think) Gertie, Tim, Liz and myself.

One of the things we hoped to do while Laramy was here was to introduce him to Roleplaying. The easiest way to do that is to just have him jump in, but the regular campaign is perhaps a little complex for a middle-schooler to just hop into, and trying to write up a 7th or 8th level character without ever having written up ANY character before just plain sucks @$$.

In short, when we play this weekend, I was thinking I (or someone else who wants to try out their skills in a low pressure environment) could run a nice, simple one-shot to show Laramy the ropes of D&D. He's into the fantasy thing, and so while I WISH we could play star wars or D20 Modern, I think we're stuck with D&D for the weekend.

Let me know if you want to participate (or run) an adventure for 1st level characters in D&D.

If you want to participate (but not run it) have a 1st level character written up using my standard rolling rules, and I'll let you know more about WHEN we're playing this weekend as soon as I know.

 

[Xath]

The Good, The Bad, and the Awesome

Bad News: I had to give up the six flags job because of transportation conflicts.

Good News: I don't have that insane rehearsal schedule.

Awesome News: Last night I auditioned and got into my favorite play in the world, "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)"

Bad News: Starting March 29, it rehearses every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday in Baltimore, leaving Saturdays and sunday nights open for roleplaying. Bye bye fridays.

Bad News: You're going to have to come see it.

Scary News: I keep a stack of level 1 characters ready for such an RP emergency as this weekend. Although, most likely, I'll just make another one.

Bad News: Midterms today and tomorrow.

Good News: Spring break is next week.

 

[The_Universe]

Bad News: I had to give up the six flags job because of transportation conflicts.

That sucks.

Good News: I don't have that insane rehearsal schedule.

WOOHOO!

Awesome News: Last night I auditioned and got into my favorite play in the world, "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)"

I like this play. It is also among my favorites. Is it still the three person cast? If so, which player are you?

Bad News: Starting March 29, it rehearses every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday in Baltimore, leaving Saturdays and sunday nights open for roleplaying. Bye bye fridays.

*angry zombie noise* Dammit! Oh well. At least we'll still have saturdays, which is mostly when we play, anyway.
Bad News: You're going to have to come see it.

Scary News: I keep a stack of level 1 characters ready for such an RP emergency as this weekend. Although, most likely, I'll just make another one.

Yes, that's a little scary, I admit. But I suppose it could be worse. As long as you have never tried to bite someone to help get you "in" to the character, or used your black trenchcoat as a cape so that you could stalk across the metro station, you're still healthier than some.

As long as you view life as a contest where all the other living people are competitors, that puts you squarely in the "good enough" category.

On a more serious note, try to run something fairly standard, since Laramy is only partially aware of the standard RP stereotypes. In this case, it's a good idea to play something standard, so that he gets what's going on.

Bad News: Midterms today and tomorrow.

My advice: murder a hobo as a sacrifice to the dark gods of homework.

Good News: Spring break is next week.

YAY! Mine is this week, but I have a job to go to. No rest for the wicked.