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<blockquote data-quote="Echolocation" data-source="post: 7907202" data-attributes="member: 7011911"><p><strong>After session</strong></p><p></p><p><em><strong>Necrogolems</strong></em></p><p></p><p>In between sessions, I ask players to answer a question about their character. Previous examples include:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Who would you kiss, marry, kill from the Coaltongue party? (RIP Pemberton),</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Where do you get your clothes (including shoes) from?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Why do you work for the RHC? (Asked early in the campaign)</li> </ul><p>This week, I asked players to contribute a theory to the Trello board. I had previously mentioned that I dig the conspiratorial theories made by the players. Two players stepped up to the challenge (Lissandra's/Ella's) and provided the disturbingly/humorously accurate "Necrogolem Theory" (see attached).</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Solstice party</strong></em></p><p></p><p>We also have a text channel on Discord that allows players to roleplay. Typically this is for characters to interact with other people in the party, but sometimes characters interact with NPCs. I also use it to foreshadow things. For example, a while ago, the party met a gambling halfling who smelt curiously of coffee.</p><p></p><p>The current scene is a Solstice Party held at Ella's house:</p><p>[SPOILER="Description"]<em>The last rays of the solstice sun burnish the clouds gold as guests begin to arrive at Ella’s home. Effie warmly welcomes each arrival at the gate, a blue-haired gnome boy beside her shyly holding up a basket of flower wreaths. Sofia and Maria sit on the grass nearby, alongside a flower crowned Maxwell and Ruki, nominally weaving more flowers together. Mostly, though, the young gnomes are just throwing flowers at each other, with the tengu and Crisillyiri gentleman left to pick up the stray petals. The scent of crushed flowers mixes with the mouth-watering aroma of festival foods as a steady stream of trays is carried from the kitchen to the tables dotting the lawn by an entourage of a sheep, two platypi, a bear, Gary, Andolyn, and her invisible servants.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Several musical notes sound from a pink-haired gnome tuning her lute under the trees and a mob of children immediately descend on her location, yelling out their favourite songs. A wizened female gnome wanders nearby, lighting the lanterns scattered about the lawn with a whispered word - the orchard and back garden already aglow with similar lights. Bee, a female gnome and a male dwarf work together under Gran Clara’s supervision to manoeuvre an oversized metal box into position by the house, doing their best to follow her instructions. Laughter drifts from the lounge room windows as a spry old gnome with a goatee tells wild tales to Delft, Pete and the other constables over a game of cards. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Uncle Ivan and Grandpa Desmond were last seen heading towards the garden shed.</em>[/SPOILER]</p><p></p><p>Ella's adorable toddler gnome siblings made a Summer Solstace card for the beloved Big Friendly Giant Avvakir. Here is the card made with glitter (crushed rocks from The Dreaming).</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]117979[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]117980[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong>Meme</strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]117981[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Echolocation, post: 7907202, member: 7011911"] [B]After session[/B] [I][B]Necrogolems[/B][/I] In between sessions, I ask players to answer a question about their character. Previous examples include: [LIST] [*]Who would you kiss, marry, kill from the Coaltongue party? (RIP Pemberton), [*]Where do you get your clothes (including shoes) from? [*]Why do you work for the RHC? (Asked early in the campaign) [/LIST] This week, I asked players to contribute a theory to the Trello board. I had previously mentioned that I dig the conspiratorial theories made by the players. Two players stepped up to the challenge (Lissandra's/Ella's) and provided the disturbingly/humorously accurate "Necrogolem Theory" (see attached). [I][B]Solstice party[/B][/I] We also have a text channel on Discord that allows players to roleplay. Typically this is for characters to interact with other people in the party, but sometimes characters interact with NPCs. I also use it to foreshadow things. For example, a while ago, the party met a gambling halfling who smelt curiously of coffee. The current scene is a Solstice Party held at Ella's house: [SPOILER="Description"][I]The last rays of the solstice sun burnish the clouds gold as guests begin to arrive at Ella’s home. Effie warmly welcomes each arrival at the gate, a blue-haired gnome boy beside her shyly holding up a basket of flower wreaths. Sofia and Maria sit on the grass nearby, alongside a flower crowned Maxwell and Ruki, nominally weaving more flowers together. Mostly, though, the young gnomes are just throwing flowers at each other, with the tengu and Crisillyiri gentleman left to pick up the stray petals. The scent of crushed flowers mixes with the mouth-watering aroma of festival foods as a steady stream of trays is carried from the kitchen to the tables dotting the lawn by an entourage of a sheep, two platypi, a bear, Gary, Andolyn, and her invisible servants. Several musical notes sound from a pink-haired gnome tuning her lute under the trees and a mob of children immediately descend on her location, yelling out their favourite songs. A wizened female gnome wanders nearby, lighting the lanterns scattered about the lawn with a whispered word - the orchard and back garden already aglow with similar lights. Bee, a female gnome and a male dwarf work together under Gran Clara’s supervision to manoeuvre an oversized metal box into position by the house, doing their best to follow her instructions. Laughter drifts from the lounge room windows as a spry old gnome with a goatee tells wild tales to Delft, Pete and the other constables over a game of cards. Uncle Ivan and Grandpa Desmond were last seen heading towards the garden shed.[/I][/SPOILER] Ella's adorable toddler gnome siblings made a Summer Solstace card for the beloved Big Friendly Giant Avvakir. Here is the card made with glitter (crushed rocks from The Dreaming). [ATTACH type="full" alt="CardFront.jpg"]117979[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="CardInside.jpg"]117980[/ATTACH] [B]Meme[/B] [ATTACH type="full" alt="meme.png"]117981[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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