A'ight.  Does anyone object to a retcon of "Arancon" to "Aranwen"?  I imagine this might have changed some interactions in the past a bit... but meh.  If it works for you folks, it works for me. 

The only issues I see with a retcon are the facts that "Arancon" is a male name, and that he hooked up with Davena back at the Inn. 

But then again, I don't guess that the latter is an issue.  It's not like we can't retcon Davena's sexuality so that the encounter still happened. 

No kidding.  It's bad enough to NPC Midge, but he's had so little life breathed into him, anyway, that it's not as big of a deal.  Arancon has been played the entire time, and is the party leader... I hated to reduce him to an NPC.

To get a player of Reralae's caliber is a boon I hadn't even dared to hope for.

Ladies and gentlemen, for our remaining performances, the part of Aranwen will now be played by Reralae.

I'm am beyond stoked! 

It's a bus, not a tank!

A bit of a faux pas, skipping directly to the triple dog dare.

Let's see if I can get a post up here.

I concur.  Step by step would be super interesting.

Alive?  I don't think Ohio is THAT dangerous...

Love the van! 

I'll see what I can do about sharing some beer.  A word of warning - Canada customs kills packages of beer.   

Wow!  Look at the talent at work, here!

I have made a red several times, as a matter of fact.  It's one stye that I keep tinkering with, as I  have yet to be 100% happy with what I've done.  Had one that tasted great, but wasn't red enough.  Made some changes, red was pretty perfect, flavor was off. 

You're too kind.

I need to send you some beer now that I've gotten better at it. 

As some of you know, I brew my own beer.  After eight years of doing it, some of them even turn out decent. 

This past weekend, I had a tent at Auburn's Oktoberfest.... and man, did I ever have a great time.  I got so much incredible feedback on my beer, including having representatives from a pro brewery telling me how I needed to find a sugar daddy to help me finance opening my own operation - and offering to help me out if that day ever came. 

Yeah, they were probably just being nice to the hobby guy, but it still felt really good.

If you'd like to read about, see pictures, etc... I did a blog post on the subject.

I have reaced out to an outstanding player from the Inn's past to see if she might be interested in taking up Aranwen's role. 

I've flaked on her as a DM a couple of times, so she maay tell me to get bent... but it's worth a shot.

Aranwen has communicated with me via PM that I should NPC Aranwen "indefinitely", as he has too much going on.  He didn't use the words "I quit", but he thanked me for the chance to play and doesn't seem to think that he will be returning - it reads very much like a goodbye. 

Davena is tough to read.  Dating back to your experiences with her in the inn - she carries on conversations easily, but gives few to no tells about her actual feelings.  Aside from her interest in Aranwen, Kith is not sure that she has ever been able to pick up on any of the woman's actual motives. 

I can't speak for party members, but neither Garn nor Davena seem to care what happens to the corpse or his belongings.

Ch'dau may have more luck than the average bear in estimating numbers based on footprints.

Hard to say re: who killed the priest.  It was a blade, the cut is clean - indicating one stroke.  Perhaps even from behind. 

Aranwen expresses her thanks for the assitance, as well as a willingness - if not eagerness - to accopany Davena and Garn in their efforts to explore the caves, provided no one else has any serious objections.  Davena holds a glimmer of humor in her eyes regarding her smallclothes, though she makes no response or outward acknowledgement of the comment.

The party searches the area and recovers their weapons (though it takes Ch'dau several undignified tugs to pull his falcatta from the tree trunk).  As they move to investigate the dead man, Kithran questions Davena. 

"Davena, have you heard of anything like this before? Rituals concerning a death god or death cult. Anchors? Anything of that sort?"

The blonde woman stares into the distance, as if lost in thought.  "D'hurgen is the god of death; I am familiar with his worshippers, having encountered them in the past.  They can indeed be cultlike in their devotion, caring for goals that do not align with those of society."  She shakes her head.  "I cannot imagine what a death cult would need with an anchor.  I know that a good ship anchor is not a trifling cost; my family owns a vessel or two, and these can be expensive to replace... but I do not see the connection between these and any cultists."

The party locates the body of the man at the edge of the clearing Kith had found.  He is brown-haired, dressed in ebony robes, with a silver skull pendant around his neck.  A neck that has been cut open, spilling enormous amounts of blood upon his chest.  The eyes are fixed and open, the mouth frozen in a rictus of a scream. 

The bodies of the dead are collected and set ablaze.  Eventually, the exhaisted group collapses in rest.

Several hours - though not enough to feel truly rested - pass, and morning arrives.  Garn and Davena work on breakfast and preperations. 

"We will scout the area near the caves, look for signs of travel," Garn explains in curt tones.  "That will give us ideas for the best route to approach, perhaps helps us estimate numbers and the like.  I have no desire to walk into some undergorund fortress unawares."

Davena nods.  "This sounds reasonable."  She then looks around the campfire.  "So, will you be joining us?" she asks.

Post is in progress.

Anyone ever hear from Blackthorn?

Texans
Ravens
Chiefs
Chargers
Patriots
Colts
Falcons
Giants
Seahawks
Rams
Jaguars
Bears
Cowboys
Steelers

Falcons

Chiefs

Bill's

Packers

Lions 

Cowboys

Patriots 

Vikings

Panthers

Giants

Texans 

Seahawks

49ers

Rams

Bears

Ravens
Seahawks
Titans
Cowboys
Patriots
Bills
Texans
Lions
49ers
Packers
Chiefs
Rams
Bears
Eagles
Browns

I see no reason that won't work.

I've asked Blackthorn to post by Monday.  If he can't, I'll NPC and bump the story.  Too much inertia!

lol @ wisdom checks.

Dang.  I was hoping somebody would post the schedule...

Green Bay
Kansas City
Minnesota
Cleveland
New York Jets
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Carolina
San Diego
Seattle
Dallas
San Francisco
Detroit
New England
New Orleans
Oakland