You're right of course Epilo and I wasn't suggesting it was a death sentence otherwise I would have chosen to play a fighter over a thief.  Parties have survived through intelligent moves and playing to their strengths and the rest of your post starts to open the dialogue I was just hoping to start.  Thud Garet sadly has little to offer the party at this point other than being a damage sponge.  He has no missile capability which I think is an oversight when he has a high dexterity.

I can't swing a spell, but I can swing a mean sword.

Well Thud Garet can't even do that Treakle, but it will not always be this way.  :o)

There was a whole reason why Thud had that name - good bit of backstory, behind that.  I got to hear most of it, while he was incapacitated.

So, Garet Jax, is it?

Pleased to meet you.  I'm Inaya Ohmsford.   Where are my f--king elfstones?

Hello Inaya, well met.  Yup Garet Jax it is.  I haven't done any back reading and HOD has pulled me up on that so I'll get onto it, at some stage I'm almost positive.  Depending on what the story is I might have to claim to being delirious at the time it was told.

Elfstone?  Elfstone?  I don't know what you're talking about?  Garet walks away whistling.

Have we got a side laundering thing going Inaya?  Who else knows? :o)

Well I've got the gambling proficiency, so I'm often hedging my bets.    Lots of laundry - it just piles up!   I'm not your lawful-good sort of cleric.   I serve a neutral goddess of twilight and shadows.    I know how to keep a secret!

Garet could be convinced that this god is worthwhile, I'll have to find out who cured him with some back reading and if I like the previous interactions I might be primed to get converted to someone/thing.  Near death does weird things like that to people, or so I am told.  He is one of the great unwashed godless heathens at the moment.

Who's the god is it one of Grayhawks or just from Deities and Demigods?

I've got farmer listed on the character sheet is that my proficiency?  That's not so useful unless I get myself a cow to cuddle.  Steady on, they'd just be friends, that's one of the taboo get kicked off Rpol topics.  Who do I have to bribe/sleep with to get something better or has that horse bolted?

Is it possible for Garet to access this armoury?  I'd like to pick up the sling and the 24 bullets, they'd be a worthwhile addition in his hands.  Personally I don't like having a broadsword as a weapon, it's just messing with my aesthetic, but for now it'll have to do.  If he can access the armoury he'd grab a dagger as well.  Any chance of that?
This message was last edited by the player at 04:49, Tue 31 Aug 2021.

Has anyone been keeping track of how many lizardmen heads you have collected for bounty?

In reply to Garet 'Thud' Jax (msg # 906):

Garet needs to post (IC) to get items from the inventory.

In reply to Garet 'Thud' Jax (msg # 906):

Xan Yae is a deity of Greyhawk, specifically the Baklunish regions and people.

She is a goddess of thieves, among other things.  Though more in the sense that they're clever and make use of the shadows, than because they steal things from people.

In reply to Hand of Destiny (msg # 907):

I believe it was 6 lizardmen killed so far.

Yeah I looked her up yesterday, seems like she's pretty dope.

There's got to be some XP in a conversion I'm sure so if any of the clerics want to role play speaking to Garet about their god, fill your boots, druids included, I like nature, so might he.  He's just had (another) life changing experience after all he's been to the brink.

The very limited back reading I've done (sorry I find back reading dialogue really, really boring, even my own) had him down in chapter 1.2 also.  He's a bit of a faller isn't he, the previous name of Thud wasn't far off, I suspect the name was half the problem hence the update.

Garet isn't so crass as to steal things by the way. In his eyes he's more putting items that aren't being properly used to better use for an unspecified length of time without telling the owner of his higher purpose.

Dimitri would sign but your charter says all the previous members need to vote affirmative to let Vanorin, Aleks and Dimitri in.

That is the literal text of the Charter, but I am trying to keep the story moving so you can post that you are signing the document and then post for Initiative when the lizard men turn up, or do nothing and I will move on.

Unlike face to face games, sometimes we need to handle several actions that might be separated by a time period of hours or even days.  If I wait for everyone to address one thing at a time before moving on then we will never get anything done.  Nobody showed any intention of declaring any actions after 'sorting out the book work', so I have moved on to the next event.

So roll your initiative and declare your actions so we can get this show on the road :)

The map of the camp site is in Group 9, I actually spend a bit of time trying to keep the maps up to date and I expect you guys to use them but based on some recent posts it appears some of you are not.

The squares on the map are 10 feet.

The nearest lizardmen are to the south and about 70 feet from the tree Garet is in, well outside dagger or hand axe range.  The lizardmen to the west are about 100 feet from Menion who would be the closest player character.

If you are having trouble seeing anything or if you have any question, please ask.

If you are going to attack something you need to specify your target if you expect me to see if you actually hit or record any damage, I am good but I am not a mind reader :)

A quick note regarding reversing spells i.e. Bless/Curse, Cure Light Wounds/Cause Light Wounds.  If a player wants to use the reverse version of the spell then that is the version they need to memorize or pray for.  e.g. You cannot Pray for Bless and then cast Curse.  I can see Inaya prayed for curse (as opposed to bless), so that's all good.  I just changed the book keeping for future reference for all spell casters, please record reversible spells as shown below:

I think I am waiting on Korkas, Salochin and Vanorin to roll initiative and declare actions so I can write the next update, looks like everyone else has posted.
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:40, Fri 03 Sept 2021.

Sadly we have lost the player running Kinza the Ranger due to a death in the family, just as we had reached a point where he was active again :(

Thankfully, Taya and Thud/Garet are being run by active players once again.  Currently we have openings for Menion (fighter), Kinza (ranger) and Aleksandyr (dwarf fighter/cleric).  With Jorda the Paladin also an NPC most of the fighter types are now NPC's :(

I’m not gonna try and die but I’m one good dagger stab away from death (hell a dart can zero me out, lol) so if the dice do me dirty maybe I’ll take control of one of them or make a new beating stick/ranged deathdealer peep.

You are welcome to take on one of the NPC's as a secondary character if you want, I'd rather players run party members than me having to run multiple NPC's & the enemy & everyone else you encounter in this world :)

In reply to Hand of Destiny (msg # 918):

I'll take one Capt. H.

Is anyone else having problems with the map?  It all works fine at my end.

In reply to Hand of Destiny (msg # 920):

I don't see Map 9 in the drop-down list anymore.

Because it is map 1.  :)

In reply to Treakle (msg # 922):

Map 1 is the location alone, which I can see.

Map 9 was the same map with the lizardmen marked on it.

I explained in the last update that I was removing map in Group 9 and put the updated map in Group 1 (I forgot I had the map posted twice).  So there should only be one updated map in Group 1.

I have heard about players in my other games sometimes having trouble with the maps not updating but I believe this has something to do with refreshing the cache on your device.  The problem unfortunately is at the User end not on the site (Unless I forget to upload :)