[Balanor]

To get right to it: I have made the decision that the Thay PW will begin building up to a complete setting reboot.

First off though, thanks again to everyone for posting here. I appreciate your opinions and ideas, and especially for saying 'no, that is a stupid idea' to my originally presented notion of a time travel reboot option. ;) I am also thankful and pleasantly surprised at the support -or at least general acceptance- of a complete setting reboot from many of those who posted. In the end I think the decision for a complete reboot is healthier, easier, and (most importantly) more fun for everyone involved.

As I have mentioned in previous posts, however, I want to give all our active players a chance to reach their goals for at least one of their main PCs and allow them to play that character having achieved whatever it is they are trying to do (within reason). That is going to be the first priority for the upcoming campaign that will end in a setting reboot. So at this time, the clock will continue to move forward while that happens. The next step after goals have been realized will be a campaign that ends in a setting reboot.

While I don't have a timeline as to how long these two necessary pieces will take, I anticipate it will be at least 3 real-time months before the reboot will occur - possibly longer. Until that time, the in-game time will continue moving forward and storylines can continue to progress as normal.

So - for those of you reading this, if you have a PC with a goal you would like to see become reality, please see this thread for details and how to go about getting that information to me so the DMs can help you get that realized ASAP.

As the setting reboot nears, I will provide further information (probably in that thread) regarding how to go about requesting any type of compensation for a PC after the setting reboot has occurred.

Thanks everyone - and hopefully our ride forward is a wild and fun one. :)