Hooray! First game after 3 months off

[Piratecat]

Man, I've missed D&D.

Don't get me wrong, last week I got to sit in on Morrus's Age of Worms game, and had a great time. But I missed my own campaign. We hadn't played since mid June; babies, vacations, work crunch and sickness all conspired to thwart one bi-weekly game after another.

For this first game back, I considered using a big fight, and realized that I wasn't getting excited by it -- so I decided to shove the plot forward instead. One character had her brain reamed out by her own evil split personality, another character got proposed to by her religion's equivalent of the Pope, the wizard got to research 10th lvl spells ("Kevin, can I create 'greater wish'?"), an evil cult declared that the end of the world is nigh, and next game I might actually get the chance to see if they're right. And we even had craploads of snacks brought back from England to occupy people when they weren't making funny jokes.

It was a nice reminder of why I love my players, and why I love the game that gets us together a couple of times a month. I'm actually basking in the afterglow... and that's just weird.

 

[Ashy]

WOOT!!! Now, if we can just figure out a way to get the SH up to date!

 

[blargney the second]

Three months... ouch. That afterglow explains the second sunset in the east.

 

[Plane Sailing]

And we even had craploads of snacks brought back from England

Strange fact: in the late 1960's there was a referendum about whether to rename England as Snackland because of our wide range of tasty snacks.

 

[Samnell]

For this first game back, I considered using a big fight, and realized that I wasn't getting excited by it -- so I decided to shove the plot forward instead. One character had her brain reamed out by her own evil split personality

Eve?

another character got proposed to by her religion's equivalent of the Pope,

Mara?

The wizard got to research 10th lvl spells ("Kevin, can I create 'greater wish'?"),

Agar.

 

[Piratecat]

Eve?
Mara?
Agar.

Yes, yes, and yes. For the record, Eve's personality lost and was integrated into her more decadent, worldly second personality; Mara (who had previously been proposed to by Malachite as well) turned down The Clarion, citing an inability to turn aside from duty; and Agar now has the ability to rip apart mountains. Mmmm, tentacly.

The last few months have hardly been gaming-free; I played Starguild with Plane Sailing in England, and we had a great Gencon. But there's just something about getting together with your own gaming group, and your own PCs, that's hard to reproduce.

 

[Silver Moon]

That's great Kev,
Our 'weekly' group hasn't played much this summer either due to crazy schedules, probably four games in three months, and I found the two and three week breaks to be long - I'm sure that I couldn't deal well with a three month hiatus. And thanks again for singing up to run at my Gameday in November! Looking forward to seeing you then.

 

[Samnell]

Yes, yes, and yes. For the record, Eve's personality lost and was integrated into her more decadent, worldly second personality; Mara (who had previously been proposed to by Malachite as well) turned down The Clarion, citing an inability to turn aside from duty; and Agar now has the ability to rip apart mountains. Mmmm, tentacly.

It wasn't too hard to figure from the last known party lineup.

 

[Flynn]

Congrats on getting back to gaming. I'm currently on a self-imposed hiatus myself, and look forward to returning when my burnout has passed.

Keep It Up,
Flynn

 

[Bloodcookie]

an evil cult declared that the end of the world is nigh

What? Again?