Got my book and shirt in yesterday, damn this sucker is huge! Still waiting on the canvas map.

And...backed. Damn, I was late to the party!

Got into Handy's "Beyond the Ice Fall" game Thursday afternoon and I'll be in attendance at Chainsaw's "The Strange Tale of Crystal Point" game Friday night.

Got some free time for off-grid gaming as well.

Thanks for the kind words guys, but I don't think I really did anything that most any other person wouldn't have done.

In hindsight we were all actually pretty safe; while we were extremely close to the altercation, we were not in line of sight. And the police officer who responded immediately resolved the situation.

Of course, during the moment we had no idea what was going on. We all feared that it was a so-called "active shooter", someone walking the halls just randomly shooting. And in a situation like that you simply have to secure your location. I think most people would have come to that realization. Had I not been there, two of my assistants were nearby and would have acted- although maybe not as quickly.

At any rate, I am glad that nothing happened to me or to my staff. And that it seems like no serious injuries were suffered by anyone other than the shooter. In a crowded mall on Christmas Eve with a children's playground nearby it could have had a much, much, worse ending.

Chainsaw wrote:

Very good root beer, if you can find it.

Yes, indeed. While I still enjoy Abita's root beer more, Small Town's Not Your Father's Root Beer is nice (if maybe a bit too sweet) and alcoholic to boot!

And the second...

The Druid started off the evening directing the party's exploration, keeping to the main corridor and noting where the side passages were. He found a white figurine of a man in a strange hat stabbing a bull in the throat that had been cut in twain and put the pieces back together which caused it to meld back into one piece.

Dangerously vulnerable and seeking shelter the party crawled through a cave in and found a closed off passageway, and deciding this was the safest refuge we were likely to find we holed up. The Bard strung his net across the opening and we set watch. First watch we heard some inhuman wailing. Second watch we heard some footsteps and bellowing. Third watch we heard nothing. We awakened somewhat rested (with fresh complements of spells and hit points). The Necromancer raised his badger companion again and as we all were healed up a bit we pressed on.

Down the corridor the party heard the sound of a gong from the south and bellowing from the north. A massive creature came lumbering down the corridor, slapping aside and killing the undead badger. The creature confronted the Druid and the Scout. From the other direction past our torchlight came the sound of chanting and the party was slowed save for the Druid.

After a brief melee: the Necromancer was down, the Scout was down, the lumbering creature was down, and the magic casting crab creature breathed spores all over the Druid and the Bard. The Druid rubbed his white figurine all over himself and the spores slid off. The Druid poured some restorative wine down the throats of the Scout and the Necromancer. The Bard tried washing his spores off with water but met with nothing except pain, burning, and spore growth. Deciding it was the best course of action the Necromancer splashed the blue liquid that had killed the Cleric over the Bard. The Bard collapsed but the spores went away, although his skin did turn blue. The Necromancer poured some wine down the Bard's throat. At this po

Chainsaw wrote:

Also, joseph, I failed to take any pictures of Jeff running Fane Saturday night - I was too engrossed in the adventure (some details below). We had a really good time!

 
Forgotten Fane was awesome!

I almost always run either a thief or fighter type character at con games, mostly so I can stay involved in the game and do cool/dumb things but not have to think too much.

This time I went with the Pyromancer and I think I did pretty good with his spells, wand, and incendiary fire. Allan did help me out by acting as my sounding bound on some ideas, although my using a spectral phantasm of a cadre of plump aromatic monkeys to try to distract a dinosaur did get by him.

It's about to get real!

Just checked in for my flight tomorrow morning, lucked out and got one of the good seats.

Now if the next 24 hours could just fly on by.

Same schedule here, also playing Swords & Six-Siders on Wednesday night and possibly playing in a DCC game on Sunday morning.

So excited, I've been looking forward to Texas since the day I left Lake Geneva. Of course I am behind on prepping for the Thursday night social so I will have to find some time to buckle down and get finished before Wednesday.

Chainsaw wrote:

Here lies Xanovil Qaan
A Hyperborean Holy Man Known for
Courage, Honesty, Mercy
He died in Battle with Honor and Glory

Not exactly the way I remember it.
But no matter, my Necromancer will see to it that Xanovil has an hour or two more to show his "Courage", "Honesty" and "Mercy".