[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Lord Windos]

.....Well, that was an intense and uncomfortable reactionary post, but beautifully written none the less that sheds just a little light on that dark and now very forboding past you've been hinting at. My problem with it, though, is the fact that it leaves Heart incapacitated with grief/trauma, which in the end causes the same problem if he had just dragged those Nuzleaf to be slaughtered by Ven/Shiva: its going to cause delays, as the party can't and won't move on without him and finding out just what the hecky happened to them.

If this breakdown happened sometime after the next set of Encounters occurred, or sometime during it, then it wouldn't interrupt the next set of Encounters, and Heart could still choose a third one if he wanted without sacrificing his or the group's time.

That, or he has his breakdown but recovers in time to re-join the party as they all continue on their journey, and during the next set of Encounters he skips them to cope with the stress of his PTSD flashback.

......My suggestions might seem callous, and I REALLY don't want to come across as insensitive towards your character's plight, but I also don't want this to cause a grief spiral that just ends up ruining everyone's moral for the next few days in game AND out of game. If Heart can deal with his trauma without forcing them on the others.....well, it wouldn't be ideal or nice for him, but we could all choose a time and place to have that breakdown/therapy session in much better/less critical circumstance. We ARE in the middle of a quest in dangerous territory, after all, so being incapacitated/mired in a mental breakdown is not the sorta thing your character needs to deal with right now.....