Undertowners!
We’ve finished up our second adventure together, and frankly, I'm amazed that you haven't thrown me under a bus. I hope everyone is having as much fun as I am with San Francisco, because I’ve had a truly amazing amount of fun!
I know I went over this in the chat room the other night, but as a reminder, with the end of our second adventure, I’m declaring a Significant Milestone. That means you may do ALL of the following (the third only applies to the spell casters):
1. Add one additional skill rank. You can increase a skill by one level; add a new skill at the Average (+1) level; or just “bank” it for later.
2. Choose ONE of the following Minor Milestone benefits:
a. Switch the rank values of any two skills. Example: switch your Discipline and Might skills.
b. Replace any single stunt. Example: replace Guide My Hand (Conviction) with Blend In (Stealth).
c. Purchase new stunts or powers, assuming you have refresh available. I don’t think anyone can actually do this.
d. Rename one aspect. Example: rename "TACT ISN'T MY STRONG SUIT" to "MY MOUTH IS A LOOSE CANNON". This typically isn't a whole new aspect -- think of it as a refinement of an existing aspect. But I may be open to new aspects. Bring me your idea, and we’ll talk about it.
3. For spell casters, you may reconfigure your focus and enchanted items and slots. Please see me about this for help if needed.
I also wanted to thank everyone for giving me such good feedback from our adventures so far. It really helps me in crafting where we go from here. You told me you were interested in continuing a couple of the plot lines that we’ve had in our first couple adventures (but haven’t really finished yet); that you wanted more interaction between the players; and that you thought it was time to meet more of the NPCs in San Francisco.
Happily, I think I can do those with this next adventure. However, I’d like to have some in-game time between the adventure we just finished (which took place in late August / early September) and the next adventure (let’s go with January). As such, there are some hanging plot lines I’d like to wrap up. I wouldn’t want y’all thinking I’m hiding things from you (or at least, not these things).
So with that in mind, I propose the following for wrap-ups:
DOWAN -- Your adventure finished up well, and I don’t think we need any further explanation for it. You should be thinking about what focus item(s) you want to make during this time. Get me ideas as soon as you can.
EDWARD -- After the Ghoul Caves, you called in sick so you could go home, take heavy drugs, close all the shades, and try to sleep off the headache and partial deafness. Otherwise, you pretty much returned to business as usual. As with Dowan, I need any ideas you have for focus item(s) you want to make during this time.
FILII -- After the Ghoul Caves, you returned to the Mission, where you put in a report with the Elders concerning the probable fate of Brother Fereggi. You presented the tabard you had found, and were told they would relay their condolences to the Order of Malta. You also put in a report on the Ghoul Cave adventure, which interested the Elders considerably. They said they would need some time to digest your report. Finally, you took the journal Edward gave you to Brother Bernard, who declared the book “FASCINATING!” and promised to try to get you a translation of the contents.
JACK -- After the Ghoul Caves, you went home, where you immediately examined your detonator. It was indeed working, so you’re a little mystified why the explosives you left in the Ghoul Cave before exiting didn’t seem to go off. However, you decided that’s a mystery for another day. Instead, you want to focus on getting some training for your new sword. Mr. Yamato lives up to his promise, and gets you the name of a local martial arts instructor who also offers sword training (among other weapons). His name is Sato Hisoka, and he has a small dojo in Japantown.
TORY -- Your plot line also finished up well, except that you were to report to Kenichi “the next morning” for a new assignment. You indeed went to the meeting, where Kenichi told you he was most impressed with your handling of this assignment, and that he hoped you would be willing to take on additional, similar assignments for him in the future. However, at the present he needed some time to consider all the ramifications of what you had found out concerning the vase and the FBI agent. He promised to contact you when he has more for you to do. He also admonished you to keep this particular assignment, and any future assignments from him, just between the two of you.
If anyone has any troubles with those, please let me know. They are laying the ground work for the next adventure. Also, assuming you don’t, I need to find out what EDWARD, FILII, and JACK plan to do with the gold they took from the Ghoul Caves. Are you planning to sell it? And if so, how? To a pawn broker, a museum, what?
Again, thanks for a wonderful almost-year of gaming. I look forward to the next adventure, and our one-year anniversary!
Mij
[Edited to correct milestone type]
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