Okay, a bit of a change here. Everyone involved gets 100 XP per mass mailing they've been a part of, sans the very first mailing I sent out starting this off; for most of you, that's 1000 XP total. Katrina, yours started with Mailing 8, so 400 XP there. Wolf and Half-Orc, 100 XP for this one. Introductions can happen later. For taking out the three Crusaders, everyone receives 900 XP. In addition, a search of the dead body will reveal a large metal shield, a masterwork bastard sword, enchanted (+1) full plate armor in decent shape, a plain grey cloak that registers as magical, two potions, and a mighty (+3) masterwork composite longbow. Searching the horses will net you two sets of masterwork plate barding, 1900 gp, a blue quartz gem (appraised at 8 gp), an onyx (70 gp), a bloodstone (40 gp), a moonstone (50 gp), and a star ruby (worth at least 9000 gp), not to mention you now can claim a trained warhorse with full tack.

Everyone: Give yourselves 200 XP for the session instead of the standard 100, due to the sheer number of replies I received (80 by my count). Also: 200 XP to Drakar for staying in-character regarding Narush. 100 XP to Roland for staying in-character when leaving the party. 200 XP to everyone for general paranoia. ;)

Okay, everyone who posted gets the regular 100 session XP for remaining in-character. Menaria gains 250 XP for judicious and useful use of spells. Drakar gains 350 XP for rescuing the infant dwarf. The Wanderer gains 300 XP for rescuing the halfling children. Lannstuct and Katrina get an additional 50 for remaining in-character despite conflicting reports. The Wanderer gets a bonus 100 XP for style. Glim gains 250 XP for dogged, meticulous brainpower. Katrina and Kyran get 200 XP for attempting to help out.

XP TIME! That's right, it's time for more XP for people! Everyone gets 200 session XP for this post, as opposed to the 100 standard session XP. This covers not only the length of the post, but also putting up with my absense and distractions during the last week or two. Don't forget to give yourselves 100 each from the previous two mailings. Plus, the following: Drakar: 500 Katrina: 500 Korg: 550 Kyran: 600 Lannstucht: 400 Roland/Walker: 550 Ruathor: 450 Segev: 600 Tana: 450 Tanda: 450 These cover the experiences from Mailing 16 to present, far too numerous to elaborate on here.

"Okay! XP! Everyone gets 200 XP for the session, based on the number of replies I've received. Katrina gets 900 XP for her solo combat session against two 5th level rogues.In addition, everyone gains 1,100 XP for the fight on board the ship. Drakar gains an additional 200 XP for attempting to arrange for a decent strategy, as well as 250 for good use of spells. Katrina gets 100 for not sitting and waiting for a rescue. Korg gets 200 for sheer badass style. Kyran gets 200 for strategy and tactics. Lannstucht gets 200 for staying mostly in-character. Menaria gets 250 for use of spells while staying in-character. Roland gets 200 for sheer kick-butt style. Ruathor gets 200 sub-plot bonus Segev gets 150 for letting his minion do all the work. Both Katrina and Segev get 200 for proper use of magic missile to sensitive areas. It's all in the wrist, right? ~_^"

This was another long one; two whole weeks worth of messages to slog through, over 100 in all. Everyone gets 350 session XP instead of the standard 100. This also goes to Barb, now playing Jonahli. In addition, there was too much going on this time to accurately break things down, but I'll give an additional 300 to everyone involved. So grand total: 650 XP for everyone this mailing.

As the group seems to be angling for splitting up (which will make tossing effective baddies at you guys a lot easier), I'm going to list who it looks like will be on what team. The Caer Ritaegno team is headed into the hornet's nest, so most of the party's combatants are best used there. The Marach team is the more social and cloak-and-dagger type of team, with Katrina and Lannstuct added for their combined magical and fighting prowess; should combat erupt there, they'll need someone able to handle it. Any comment or possible changes, please email me in private or reach me on IRC.

And here is the Loot!

Therro - XP: Everyone receives the standard 100 session XP for the mailing. In addition, everyone gains 344 XP for this fight. Loot: Among the corpses of previous victims, the group finds coins amounting to 28 gp and a piece of hematite worth 10 gp.

Marach - XP: Everyone who posted gets the standard 100 session XP. Jian gets 300 XP for defeating the dire rats, and an additional 50 XP for doing it with a sense of style. Everyone else gets 200 plot XP each.

XP Time: For avoiding violence with the Hydra/hybrid, the entire party gets 500 XP each. Alfred, Kyran, and Drakar each gain 250 XP for figuring out the riddle. In addition, give yourselves 200 XP instead of 100 XP for this session.

The trolls have between them: two suits of chain mail and one chain shirt, suitable for Large humanoids/giants; two fullblades, two greatswords, and two giant-sized shortbows; a quick scan will register that they are not magical, although the one fullblade is masterwork. coins and bars worth 900 gp emerald worth 900 gp aquamarine worth 500 gp amethyst worth 110 gp boots of stealth (+10 to move silently) worth 2000 gp