Through Ultan's Door

Ben L. Seems like Ultan’s Door is sold out in print. Do you plan on a second printing?

Fuel for the dream engines: https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2018/10/22/653642391/long-lost-watercolors-of-1001-nights-bring-new-life-to-age-old-tales https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2018/10/22/653642391/long-lost-watercolors-of-1001-nights-bring-new-life-to-age-old-tales

Are we on for this week?

Prospero's Speech, when he relinquishes his power at the end of The Tempest and leaves his island forever: Now my charms are all o'erthrown, And what strength I have’s mine own, Which is most faint. Now, ’tis true, I must be here confined by you, Or sent to Naples. Let me not, Since I have my dukedom got And pardoned the deceiver, dwell In this bare island by your spell, But release me from my bands With the help of your good hands. Gentle breath of yours my sails Must fill, or else my project fails, Which was to please. Now I want Spirits to enforce, art to enchant, And my ending is despair, Unless I be relieved by prayer, Which pierces so that it assaults Mercy itself and frees all faults. As you from crimes would pardoned be, Let your indulgence set me free. Picture is of Patrick Stewart as Prospero in a production of The Tempest I saw in the outdoor theater in Central Park 23 years ago. During the whole play a real storm was gathering overhead. And as he gave his final spee...

Is this game going on hiatus?

Confirming: no game tonight?

Planning Thread: Is it worth it to go invade The Double now right away, even though I imagine we’re low on spells and some are low on hp? To assault them later would be risky due to all the prep they can do, but it would let us do prep. Or would that one potion we have only work while they’re in the particular dimension they are in right now? Ben L. We don’t see the paladin dimension dooring away in the now completely empty sphere?

Downtime Thread for tomorrow's game: I will post Bazekop's possessions either tonight or tomorrow. Athan Silesia Here is Zalvorex's character sheet if you want to play them next session: Zalvorex MU13 AC4 S8 D14 I17 W13 C10 CH12 HP28 Spells Memorized: Message Detect Magic Shield Unseen Servant Detect Invisible Detect Evil Invisibility ESP Clairaudience Dispel Magic Polymorph self Telekenesis Wall of Force Anti-magic Shell Project Image Equipment: Horchak Tooth Dagger 1d4+2 12 Shimmer Darts 1d3+3 (ROF 3 a round) Force Projecting Earings AC5 Alien Skull Ring of Regeneration 3 HP a Turn Dust of Dessication (in a sealed pouch: dries up water, causes 3d6 save vs. breath weapons for half to those in a 10” if thrown) Tablets of Extra Healing Scroll with the following spells: Floating Disk, Knock, Protection From Normal Missiles, Reverse Gravity. Feel free to distribute any of those items (temporarily) to other people as seems most effective to you

Hi all. Might folks be available to play on an unusual night this week? I have in mind Wednesday 10/17 at our usual time 830-1130. Could folks make that day and time? This is a one time thing Eric Boyd Aleksandr Revzin Pete Segreti Nick Kuntz Chris P. Athan Silesia

I highly suggest you do this Ben L. so you can keep the session logs, and the years of stuff from this group. https://support.google.com/plus/answer/1045788?hl=en

Hi all, I'll post on the downtime thread soon, but I can't run this Thursday. I need to try to get this zine into print. I'm close, layout is done, but printing and assembling the zines is turning out to be complicated. I'll run next time 10/11.

Minutes of Downtime! 1. Does Zalvorex have any scrolls of Identify he can use on all of Bazekop's magic items and we can dole them out as we fly over? Maybe, someone has EDIT detect magic?

Downtime Thread & NO GAME this week. Resuming 9/27. In the warmth, before the fire, in Zalvorex's cozy sitting room, Zalvorex welcomes you back. Vaz pours a mellow, mauve whisky that washes away your weariness. And the two of them settle down to eagerly hear your report. They ask you about in detail about the landscape of the valley and the encounters you had. They are very curious to hear the current state of the ship. They question you in detail about each of your encounters. They seem disturbed when you recount the encounter with the Eigolphins. And apologize that you had to relive their trauma "in most violent fashion". They are pleased to receive what you have given them, pocketing the detachable globe and smiling broadly when you hand over the humidors of hulbaba. They encourage you to return for the still more lucrative materials in the lower deck. They ask you casually if you took anything else from the vessel. Dennis finds that the experience he had in the c...

A dense spherical growth of the jungle lattice occupies most of this hex. Within the sphere an enticing, rolling valley can be glimpsed, blanketed in white flowers. It is the crash site of the Parapraxis. The witch Zalvorex once navigated this fine vessel through the treacherous tides of the Oeneiric Sea that connects the dreamworlds, but its once gleaming hull is now cracked, its glorious sail in ruins. The imago core of the vessel's damaged engine is leaking potent nightmares that inhabit the shifting valley landscape. The sphere of jungle lattice that encases the bewitched valley is in fact a magical barrier that Zalvorex erected long ago to keep the nightmares from spilling into the jungle and to protect the vessel from his rival, Bazikop, demonic Prince of the South Wind. The Imago Core draws its power from the underpsyche of the crew, absorbing their memories and traumas, their fears and libidinal desires, and above all their dreams to power the vessel. Zalvorex lived long wi...

MIA Nick Kuntz here are mia's stats. You can tell me about her class and personality if you want to. The only thing that's established is that she is bold and adventurous

If you might play in the next session (8/30), then tell me what your character most fears given your sense of who your character is--the sort of things (people or entities or situations) that you might have genuinely terrifying nightmares about. Eric Boyd Pete Segreti Shoe Skogen Aleksandr Revzin Evlyn M Shemek hiTankolel Nick Kuntz

Here's a bang-up title (logo) that Matt Hildebrand cooked up for my zine, the first issue of which is in the works. I think it'll be ready soon! Until then I thought you'd enjoy a few peeks behind the curtain. More glimpses to come soon. In less exciting news, I can't run the game tomorrow night. It's actually more like this: if I try to run it, I know it's not going to go well. I need to do more prep on either or both of the new locations you're headed to--they're fun, and I'm looking forward to a change of scene, but they're just not ready to go. Next week 8/30 for sure.

Downtime Thread: First thing; are we attempting to get that first animated Maenad out of the water or are we giving it up as too difficult? Broader plot hooks; i’m good with either plunging again into the Abyssal Prison or attempting to recover the engine part for Zalvorex’s ship.

Hey Ben, Probably won't be able to play tonight. Something is brewing at work that might call for me to be here later than planned.

Downtime thread for our stay at the pagodas of the Hanging Merchants. Ben L. We never talked about it, but we had a couple of the Zyanese energy bows with full charges of force and electricity. Could I have one at hand as an alternate range weapon, when my current energy bow loses its charges? Are they a full bow stave, just with no string? I'll probably also be getting a mundane short bow, but don't want to push the hazy edges of encumbrance too far.