Obsidian's Rob McGinnis posted a poll over on Obsidian's site, asking what type of player you are. Choices include persistent world player, small DM-led game player, DM, custom content builder, and more. It would be nice to see Obsidian become more aware of our type of game play, so give some thought to heading on over and voting at this link. You'll need to register at Obsidian's site if you haven't already.

Hey all. We're under the 3 hour mark until game time, and we only have 3 signups. I had mentioned a while back that I'd make a decision at the 3 hour point each week (when possible) based on the number of signups, as we had a time or two where a few of us showed up and then waited around, and had to postpone. So, based on that, I'm going to postpone the session today. If you are able to play and didn't sign up, just a friendly reminder to try to sign up 8 hours in advance, and if not 8 hours, then no later than 3 hours in advance. We are coming up on the toughest part of the campaign so far, so we'd want at least 5 anyway (Zelus is unavailable, so that means we would have needed all 5 of the rest of you).

I thought it would be a good idea to give a recap of what has happened since the start of the campaign. The campaign started with a few of you arriving in Pinevale as fellow travelers in a caravan. You arrived amidst whisperings of a prophet who was foretold in legends. Rumor had it that he was now wandering the mountain peaks and villages of the Duchy of Elik, giving warnings of dreams he had of death and destruction. Death and destruction did indeed seem to follow him wherever he went. Some locals felt that he was the cause of the death and destruction that seemed to follow him, while others viewed him with reverence and felt that he was only helping by foretelling and warning of the trouble to come.

The party has already rescued the Prophet from a band of goblins, and learned that the Mayor of Pinevale, Gimshaw, was leading the goblins. You are on the trail of Gimshaw, and have learned that not only was he behind the goblins, but that he has been trafficking in the corpses of the dead and taking them to a place called Traitor’s Keep. You have also learned that his men were behind the theft of an artifact of the deity Hasaar. The trail of both Gimshaw and the artifact leads to Traitor’s Keep, where you are now headed.

In addition to Gimshaw, others seem interested in the Prophet. Lugar Nash, an agent of Duke Aerist, offered the party a reward for the return of the Prophet to him, back before the party rescued the Prophet. Fick Nooley, a mysterious fellow, has appeared three times to the party so far. He has told the group he is trying to learn about the Prophet, but knows that it is important that the Prophet be kept alive. Most recently, he believes he has a lead that will help him discover the Prophet’s secrets. He wants you to look for him in Mander’s Wait when your business at Traitor’s Keep is done.

There were two mysterious encounters as well. The party was attacked by two mysterious robed figures hunting for the Prophet, after the party deceived them about the location of the Prophet. Each of these robed men had a flame tattoo on his forehead. Also, the party battled some men clad in strange blue and gold full plate armor who were also at the goblin lair looking for the Prophet.

Perhaps the party will find some answers at Traitor’s Keep.

If any of you want to share your screenshots, you each have the ability to upload your screenshots. Click on the "Misc" menu, then "Images," and then "Player Galleries," and you will see a gallery for each of you. Feel free to upload screenshots that you take in Naeldor sessions, screenshots from other NWN2 sessions, screenshots from other games, or even photos of yourself or of your Aunt Bertha to share.

I'm not sure if there any Mac users among you, who are playing on a PC out of necessity, but there is now word that a Mac version of NWN2 is on the way. I'm not a Mac user myself, and have never understood swearing fealty to any piece of computer code no matter how good, but there are some Mac fans out there for whom this will be welcome news. Are any of you Mac users?

The registration page and roleplay forum for the August 26 session are up. Off to Traitor's Keep, or look around more in Mander's Wait? More importantly, what will happen next between Seamus and Cyrus? If you can't make it, please post in the Session Availability section of the forums. Also, the session summary from the August 19 session is up.