What's Going On?
Its been a slightly slower month in the Blades; although you would be forgiven for thinking otherwise!
We've welcomed several new members to our ranks of various origins and abilities, adding a little more variety to the company. Although we are still rather short on the magic users front! For our Storytelling team its my pleasure to announce two new souls have taken up the mantle to support myself; allowing us to the ability to handle higher turnouts or just keep a regular pace going around other commitments!
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The Hovel has received a remodel downstairs in the bar area to take advantage of a few new items and mix things up a little. There is now more space and hideaways for people to come visit us. Which we are never to turn down guests provided we're not out on a job! For other house related things a few new additional shared rooms have appeared for those looking to train or get a good nights rest.
On the mechanics front we've begun trialing a new roll / character progression system which from initial events has been a great success. Removing a bit of RNG and letting our members abilities and skills influence their rolls more consistently! Its lightweight and non time consuming system which will be a great asset.
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One group made their way to La Noscea where they involved themselves in some pirates plunder; before meeting an unusual type of adversary in the form of a Zombie Kraken! No less than expected they drove the creature off to complete their task. Although this short summary may not /quite/ give the best idea of the hoops they had to jump through to achieve it!
Another group made their way to Eastern Thanalan in the pursuit of abducted Goldsmiths Guild members. With some guile (Or lucky rolls) they talked their way through most of their adversaries before finishing off the rest with their weapons. Rescuing those in the process and taking a hostage to interrogate.
And lastly but by no means least. A trio went to the rescue of a Trader locked in a basement beset by voidsent. Overcoming the confusion of the situation and the unusual environment they found themselves in the beast was slain and the man rescued. With considerable bonus added to their reward for a job well done.
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The Hovel has received a remodel downstairs in the bar area to take advantage of a few new items and mix things up a little. There is now more space and hideaways for people to come visit us. Which we are never to turn down guests provided we're not out on a job! For other house related things a few new additional shared rooms have appeared for those looking to train or get a good nights rest.
On the mechanics front we've begun trialing a new roll / character progression system which from initial events has been a great success. Removing a bit of RNG and letting our members abilities and skills influence their rolls more consistently! Its lightweight and non time consuming system which will be a great asset.
This months main event featured actually three events at the same time. The Blades were divided up into groups and dispatched to three different regions of Eorzea to complete their respective tasks!
One group made their way to La Noscea where they involved themselves in some pirates plunder; before meeting an unusual type of adversary in the form of a Zombie Kraken! No less than expected they drove the creature off to complete their task. Although this short summary may not /quite/ give the best idea of the hoops they had to jump through to achieve it!
Another group made their way to Eastern Thanalan in the pursuit of abducted Goldsmiths Guild members. With some guile (Or lucky rolls) they talked their way through most of their adversaries before finishing off the rest with their weapons. Rescuing those in the process and taking a hostage to interrogate.
And lastly but by no means least. A trio went to the rescue of a Trader locked in a basement beset by voidsent. Overcoming the confusion of the situation and the unusual environment they found themselves in the beast was slain and the man rescued. With considerable bonus added to their reward for a job well done.
With that; this What's Going On? post is concluded! Exciting times ahead as we go into Autumn. We're looking forward to reaching out to some other Free Companies to involve them in our meddlings. Many thanks to our members and associates who've been active and supportive.
Onwards and Upwards!
Onwards and Upwards!
