Southern Comfort OOC

[Marlowe]

Maybe it's time I invented some actually horrific, nasty evil NPCs. Not to give the game away.

[Linguz]

Anyone want to guess Dardiana won't share what she found?

Probably not until she gets the information from Horbin. She's keeping the note, though.

By the way, I'm back in school, so any time between 7am to 3pm UTC -4.5, I am there. Including right now.

[Marlowe]

BTW, the note has some unslightly inkblots. It may be a discarded first draft.

I'll add that to the spoiler if it matters.

[mattie_p]

Anyway, I'm still seething over "Pimptastic".

Seething? Why would you be seething? I was expressing a complimentary hope that you're as extremely lucky in love as the PCs are in this game so far.

The word "pimp", in this case, was not referring to any hope you are involved in sex trafficking in any way.

[Marlowe]

Sorry, I thought you were saying that there's too much sex here, to the point that everyone's coming across as one-dimensional. I had hoped there was some apparent variety on display.

Out of interest, Bethlen hooking onto Grath was a completely random roll, and unexpected by me. I know I rolled the dice, but most of the options were things she'd have just gone "just no" to, for various reasons. I was completely thrown when the dice came up with something that might work for her.

Don't even ask about Lotus.

[RaggedAngel]

Don't even ask about Lotus.

So, what about Lotus?

[Marlowe]

She started out as a looks only-expy of an incredibly minor anime villain (Mazenda, from Slayers Next, if anyone cares) and changed completely as soon as I had to work her into everything else. Astra is based on an old PC of mine from a campaign that died. Because a rolled statline like that was too good to waste. So there.

I long since grew out of basing PCs off Slayers characters after I realised that Slayers is a DnD parody in the first place and that if the campaign goes very well indeed, the PCs will resemble Slayers characters anyway. If it doesn't go well, they'll resemble Zeta Gundam characters.

[stanleyindraven]

lotus is a die that says yes

[Marlowe]

Also, Linguz, you don't know what precise locations they were studying, just what books they were looking through, which I'd probably give precise long-winded titles if it wasn't 2:00am here. Also, Astra apparently likes to make potato-based dishes.

[Linguz]

She doesn't really have the time to look through each book for the most recently looked page by rolling a natural 25 on a d20.

So instead, she's just trying to get the general gist of the book, through the title. It might not be much information that they can go off, but it's better than
"They were looking through some books. I don't know which."

And I'll be sure to tell Thorwald that.

[AshesOfOld]

Thorwald will appreciate the consideration.

[mattie_p]

Mmm, reading. I mean, it's not exactly a strange hobby for a D&D player, but it's still nice to talk with people that read a lot. Literacy is awesome and wonderful, and I really wish that my parents had loved learning and reading more; I can only imagine what I would be like now, considering the sheer volume that I read.

So RaggedAngel, going back to a way earlier topic, here (http://www.myextralife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/SFSignalNPR100Flowchart.jpg) is where I found out about The Name of the Wind. I've probably read at least a third of the books named there in the 100, if not more.

[Marlowe]

Hey Ragged, if Delphi turns out to be the only party member that doesn't do anything dodgy tonight then she's never going to live it down.:smallbiggrin:

[RaggedAngel]

Hey Ragged, if Delphi turns out to be the only party member that doesn't do anything dodgy tonight then she's never going to live it down.:smallbiggrin:

I swear I keep trying to post, only to get dragged into this or that or something or the other. Guh. These past few days have been crazy, because everyone's on campus but classes haven't started. I'm one of the only people I know that has a solid laboratory job, so I'm trying to not be entirely socially dead while everyone else gets to catch up on what happened over the summer. They're watching movies and hanging out while I do science, and I will be offline a lot until Thursday, when real life kicks back into effect.

tl;dr: I'm complaining about having too many friends that want to hang out with me.

[Marlowe]

So you make up for this by playing a game where you play a cute girl who hits on everyone.

Makes perfect sense.

[RaggedAngel]

So you make up for this by playing a game where you play a cute girl who hits on everyone.

Makes perfect sense.

I regretted that paragraph, and removed it, seconds after I posted. And you commented on it.

Do you people ever sleep?

[Linguz]

Do you people ever sleep?

No.

And this is to let me post.

[Marlowe]

Hello, China? It's just about time for me to get lunch.

ALso, the nice Uzbekistani lady wants to marry somebody from her own country, so when not at work that leaves me little to do other than pull your little puppet strings and watch in amazement as you all go in an entirely unexpected direction.

[RaggedAngel]

No.

And this is to let me post.

>_<

I really like this game, but the cocaine-fuel posting rate is hard to keep up with. Ugh. I keep trying to read through the IC, but by the time I do there are a half-dozen new posts. And the dialogue hasn't been the clearest or the most straightforward. *stress*

[Linguz]

Delphi not need to know what going on with others. In fact, Delphi not know what happening with others.

[RaggedAngel]

Delphi not need to know what going on with others. In fact, Delphi not know what happening with others.

DELPHI KNOW ALL.

...I mean. Uh. She's a scout, you know. She's got these things called Hide and Listen.

[Linguz]

Playing a half-orc who never uses pronouns has had that effect on my mind. That I don't use 'em.

Anyway, maybe so, but why would Delphi walk around the castle being stealthy when she doesn't have a reason to be overly suspicious?

[Marlowe]

Just a random question, who is carrying their waterskins?

[Linguz]

Dardiana carries it around everywhere in her pouch.

[RaggedAngel]

Just a random question, who is carrying their waterskins?

Is there a reason we wouldn't be carrying our stuff?

[u-b]

Just a random question, who is carrying their waterskins?
Gregor has one medium-sized in Abyss' saddlebags (I gues at nights these lie somewhere next to the dogs). Thought about getting more, but a) he's a ranger and b) the area seems to have a lot of fresh water around.


Dardiana carries it around everywhere in her pouch.
Ow. That's quite a bit of a pouch for anyone other than Grath.

[Marlowe]

Because, not to give away something I've already given away, Lotus has a class ability that can be used to detect them, and by extension you, even when you're hiding. Lotus has also identified herself as being of the same "calling" (class) as Ajneguhs.

It could work on a number of other things, but waterskins would be the most obvious.

[u-b]

The text on the class gives an example of finding a body of a creature as a body of (mostly) water, so I think unless you have deliberately nerfed the ability, the waterskins themselves are largely irrelevant. Anyway, the range, time and daily uses are all limited, as well as capabilities to identify detected objects.

P.S. If you see anything above, it is an optical illusion, completely urelated to anything I ever thought, read, or written.

[mattie_p]

I didn't bother reading the class abilities recently, I figure Grath will just hit it harder until dead, repeat on next foe. That said, Grath is switching over to 100 proof liquor in his waterskin :smallsmile:

[u-b]

I suspect Grath's relations with whatever hittable will (un)fortunately continue to be extremely short, in a manner not unlike Winnie the Pooh's relations with honey: as soon as there is any, there is not any...

[Marlowe]

The text on the class gives an example of finding a body of a creature as a body of (mostly) water, so I think unless you have deliberately nerfed the ability, the waterskins themselves are largely irrelevant. Anyway, the range, time and daily uses are all limited, as well as capabilities to identify detected objects.


This is what you get when your "books" are saved to flashdrives and aren't available to be consulted. Hopefully, by the time it becomes important that will no longer be the case. Glad somebody was paying attention there.

I'm using that particular class because I had fun playing one once (multiclassed pointlessly with Favoured Soul of Odur. I had NPCs brains exploding out their ears trying to comprehend my belief system), and it's an easy one to throw together from memory. The obvious core alternative is even simpler, but boring.

Anyway, RaggedAngel, I don't want to make this game a chore or homework for you. If Delphi gets wants to crawl into a bed, already occupied or not, we can just move on to the next morning.

I...don't know if sneaking around an undergarrisoned but still military castle where most of the home team have good Spot/Listen checks (Rangers. Scouts. A couple of Druids.) is really that good an idea. There's always a pantry raid, but they're not charging you for anything anyway.

[mattie_p]

There's always a pantry raid, but they're not charging you for anything anyway.

I read that as "panty raid" at first. And thought of mentioning it. But then I'd be accused of derailing the campaign with too much sex, as I was before. :smallbiggrin:

So I won't say anything.

[Linguz]

Ow. That's quite a bit of a pouch for anyone other than Grath.

It's only four pounds. :|

Granted, I'm not too sure how much 4 pounds is.


I read that as "panty raid" at first. And thought of mentioning it. But then I'd be accused of derailing the campaign with too much sex, as I was before. :smallbiggrin:

So I won't say anything.

There is never enough!

I read it as that too.

[Marlowe]

I read that as "panty raid" at first. And thought of mentioning it. But then I'd be accused of derailing the campaign with too much sex, as I was before. :smallbiggrin:

So I won't say anything.

I knew somebody would. We're now at the stage where we just have to skirt close to the naughty bits and things pop up anyway.

4 pounds is about 2 kilos. About.

[Linguz]

Still is just a number for me. :/

How much does a textbook weigh, on average?

[Marlowe]

How big a textbook?

Not 4 pounds.

[Linguz]

Let's say the College Physics textbook. ~1000 pages plus cover.

Edit: Weighed it, the scale didn't detect anything. :/

Edit2: Just learned my dog weighs 6. Tiny maltese too. So I have a rough reference now.

To lower the weight on one side, she might have 2 half-sized ones instead that she clips to her belt (on two parts of the skin). Or not.

Pardon my lack of understanding weights.

[Marlowe]

And in case anyone's wondering--I took the Favoured Soul level for healing spells (my element barred me from them), armour proficiencies, and Bastard sword proficiency.

Only problems that hadn't occurred to me-My armour was mithral shirt and masterwork buckler--proficiency didn't matter. A healing wand would have gotten me all the healing I wanted, and the Bastard sword wasn't much use with Str 12 and almost no BAB. I spent most of the time in combat using a crossbow and Shocking Grasp. I think I hit with the sword once.

[stanleyindraven]

think gallon of milk. and panty raid was easily how that was read on first glance.

[mattie_p]

think gallon of milk. and panty raid was easily how that was read on first glance.

If he's metric, as I suspect (because he doesn't know what a pound is), think 4 liters of milk. Or 2 two-liter bottles of soda.

EDIT: Grath bought a cure light wounds potion and some more coffee while shopping. (Coffee grounds are not listed anywhere I could find, I priced it as 5gp per pound, pre-ground) Might be one or two additional items to buy.

Do you play with "Tool, masterwork" for any and all skills for 50 gp? Not that I have the cash for one now, but would like to know if I could get like a survival kit or something. Also, custom magic items for skill competence bonus (at bonus squared x 100gp, per SRD)? Or should we just use items from the book? Again, thinking ahead here, nothing I want to buy right now.

[Linguz]

If he's metric, as I suspect (because he doesn't know what a pound is), think 4 liters of milk. Or 2 two-liter bottles of soda.

1) I'm not metric, as I was raised in the USA for 10 years.
2) I know that bolded weight well. That's plenty of weight. That might be moving to her backpack.

[mattie_p]

My bad then. Lots of metric users here.

[RaggedAngel]

Wohoo, I posted! No more ire is to be directed at me.

[Marlowe]

On a complete random note, today I discovered that Chinese has no word for "Queen".

EDIT: Or, at least Shantung dialect does not.

[RaggedAngel]

On a complete random note, today I discovered that Chinese has no word for "Queen".

So there's no specific word for "female monarch" or "emperor's wife"? Interesting, but not ground-breaking. It is, as far as I know, a fairly sexist culture.

[Marlowe]

You can say "Ruler's Wife", but not "Queen" or "Empress". In other words, they don't seem to have a concept of "Woman with Authority".

No wonder the Koreans kept asking me really odd questions about the Commonwealth.

[u-b]

So, "女王" for "woman monarch"? That looks reasonable. Even more reasonable than "mountain sheep" for "goat". Guess what's that "公" in their "公豬".

[Marlowe]

Oh, and sorry for the really, really inept description of the Cable raft. I am simply no good with mechanisms.

And yeah, you can put the words together, but the combination still seems to be an alien concept.

[RaggedAngel]

...yes. I too know this foreign tongue of which you speak.

suddenly feels shame in her knowledge of nothing but English and Latin

[stanleyindraven]

dont feel bad i only know english and german though i tell myself i will learn sanskrit so i can actually read with the cuneiform that i learned.

[Linguz]

Delphi hops up onto a chair, and standing on it places her head only a few inches higher than the tallfolk that are already sitting down. "Care to enlighten us a bit, there? Who fled during the night, and is it important?"

Delphi is in the dining room.

Speaking is going on outside in the courtyard.

Delphi has bat ears.

[Marlowe]

Let's just assume that this place has excellent acoustics. My fault for putting Bethlen in the courtyard. Which was justified, but which causes some...stagemanship.

That said, a lot of people are now looking at Delphi. Well, a lot of them would be looking at Delphi anyway, but now they're looking at her funny.

[u-b]

Knowledge: Arcana [roll0]
If Gregor has a solid idea of teleportation, he nods and is not overly concerned; otherwise he scratches his head and decides this is none of his business anyway.

[Marlowe]

((It was "Shadow Walk". And no, they're not high enough level to cast that themselves. Because that would be just plain sick.))

[stanleyindraven]

it is plainly obvious that they work for the shugenja or his master, duh! lol

[Marlowe]

Yeah, 'cause that's why they're really set on having one of their own sent that way to figure out what is going on.:smallbiggrin:

I assume that in Your People's culture, you have a lot of Bards. Possibly more than the other arcane types. It's a bit of an oddity that we don't have one.

[u-b]

((It was "Shadow Walk". And no, they're not high enough level to cast that themselves. Because that would be just plain sick.))

Yeah, 'cause that's why they're really set on having one of their own sent that way to figure out what is going on.:smallbiggrin:
Hey! You give out the info we have no means of knowing and stanleyindraven just tries to balance the things! How could he do that other than taking away the info we DO know? :smallconfused:

So much hope for any real confusion... :smallsigh:

[Marlowe]

Yes, you're perfectly correct. I'm just trying to ineptly conceal that they're really controlled by telepathic giant space cats.

Seriously, good roll. Sometimes I feel nice, but then the feeling passes.

[stanleyindraven]

it is all a rouse. and yeah, bards are iffy. one must be played well to be effective. we are sticking with meat or potatoes, no mixing.

[stanleyindraven]

damn, i had my money on flying spagetti monster not a nyancat

[mattie_p]

Grath bought a cure light wounds potion and some more coffee while shopping. (Coffee grounds are not listed anywhere I could find, I priced it as 5gp per pound, pre-ground) Might be one or two additional items to buy.

Do you play with "Tool, masterwork" for any and all skills for 50 gp? Not that I have the cash for one now, but would like to know if I could get like a survival kit or something. Also, custom magic items for skill competence bonus (at bonus squared x 100gp, per SRD)? Or should we just use items from the book? Again, thinking ahead here, nothing I want to buy right now.

Repeating question. Also, found Coffee in A&EG... at 50gp per pound. He bought a half pound. Double dratted expensive habit...

[Marlowe]

Gah! I meant to get to that. The kits and masterwork tools should be easy enough, but there's nobody in the castle that can make such items at the moment. Vierzehn's short-staffed.

And I LIKE Bards. You just don't want to play one like a walking cliche.

I'm trying to work out if Bethlen's deliberately trying to be shocking everytime she opens her mouth.

[u-b]

What kind of horse is that? Probably an ordinary light horse (in which case Gregor is uninterested), but if they are giving away warhorses, that would be a thing to consider.

[Marlowe]

Standard light horse, sorry.

Oh, and I changed my mind/told a lie. They're vampires! Obviously! Vampires who can walk around in the sun, don't sparkle, and get laid and occasionally knocked up. Yup, definitely Vampires.

[stanleyindraven]

well at least i now know you are not stephanie meyers

[Marlowe]

And poor Loki. I think you just gave him wisdom damage.

[stanleyindraven]

lol, well, horbin has a delicate way of putting things.

[stanleyindraven]

lol, well, horbin has a delicate way of putting things.

[Marlowe]

Now Thorwalts gonna think they're a pack of Odin cultists. And that would be confusing even for me.

[AshesOfOld]

It's confusing enough as it is. Thorwald's head hurts.

[stanleyindraven]

we are in fact still in the courtyard

[Linguz]

Are we? I thought we were following people already...

[RaggedAngel]

Are we? I thought we were following people already...

Can I request a nice, rational post from Marlowe explaining what exactly is going on?

[Marlowe]

We are still in the courtyard. The Caravan has left, and I'll get you moving this afternoon.

[Linguz]

Alright. There's what confused me. Thank you Mar. Removed my post, then.

[stanleyindraven]

hey, dont call horbin out on his poorly relayed messages. that doesnt help his case any. he cant help it that he remembers and interprets things a certain way.

[Marlowe]

Sorry, it was mentioned a couple of times and hinted at in others but I did not expect people to get confused: Kresta, Larissa, and some others are going to Whitewater Rip with Kresta's mules, and with Bethlens.

Bethlen, Gretchen, and yourselves are going to the Ominous Pause Gazebo to meet our mysterious blond handsome man who plays with fire and likes red.

I'd have mentioned details like this more often but it's been hinted at me a few times that you're not that interested in details that don't effect the party.

To be honest, I was waiting on some indication that half the party had finished breakfast, but now I'm hustling you on.

And Horbin is being hilarious. But I think it's reasonable that Thorwald would remember who said the lines about backwards spelling, considering she made some right after jumping off his lap.

[Linguz]

Methinks we'd keep on eating until they ran out of food. :smallbiggrin:

Free food, after all. And an orc.

Also, even if we're not interested, it should help the realism if we know where they're going.

[Marlowe]

I'm sorry, I thought it was mentioned enough. Betlen said what she wanted Kresta to do bck at the Nixie's stone, and Vierzehn was obliging with it. I thought if I mentioned it more it would be obtrusive.

[u-b]

Just in case:
Gregor: spot 10+8 = 18, listen 10+3 = 13 (then active listen [roll0] on next round)
Abyss: spot [roll1], listen [roll2], scent
Barry: spot [roll3], listen [roll4], scent
Cherry: spot [roll5], listen [roll6], scent

[Marlowe]

Hey! Who thinks we're using too many spoilers?

[RaggedAngel]

Hey! Who thinks we're using too many spoilers?

I find it a bit annoying and it's making it hard to post, so me.

[Marlowe]

Do you think you could have, um, let we know where you are and what you want to do then?:smalleek:

[RaggedAngel]

Do you think you could have, um, let we know where you are and what you want to do then?:smalleek:

I cannot understand this sentence, nor can I tell to whom it is directed.

[mattie_p]

I think it was directed at you, RaggedAngel, but I agree that it is unclear.

Marlowe, the spoilers make it difficult for those not involved in the spoilers to interject. Particularly this last sequence, where the spoilers bled over the page break. While I have no problems with some spoilers, perhaps extended sequences can be editted in to a single post? Not sure exactly how to fix the problem, private messages have problems of their own.

Anyway, Grath is following along, not much for him to post yet. He regularly fails spot/listen checks in a spectacular manner, no need to roll to do so.

[Marlowe]

Sorry guys, having a really frustrating weekend. It's annoying to be shoved into a class you weren't expecting with five minutes warning and unfamiliar material. Especially when I'd asked several times what my schedule was and not getting an answer. Especially when they'd just (again with no notice) made me waste my free first period observing another teachers class instead of letting me prepare.

ANyway, Let's be a bit more sparing with the spoilers. Horbin's visitation was spoilered for length more than secrecy, and Astra's letter spoiled because I didn't know how Dardiana would react to it. Since then some of the other players have been getting rather crazy with them, and when I get a PC post in a spoiler I'll respond the same way.

[AshesOfOld]

Aww, man. Five xp till I level up.
And yeah, sorry for not posting IC, I'm kinda drawing a blank.

[Linguz]

((It is a glamoured travelers outfit, and therefore is very constricting if you wear other clothes over it. On the other hand, if you just wear it it is +5 AC. Only it makes you look as if you were planning on taking on the entire sports team.))

Just for clarification: There is 0% spell failure chance, then?

[Marlowe]

+0%.

It is a glamoured +5 travellers outfit.

Retail price 2,7700 gp. If you want it.

Also, any male of any species wearing it takes -8 Charisma.

EDIT: And I didn't expect anyone to actually put it on.

[RaggedAngel]

+0%.

It is a glamoured +5 travellers outfit.

Retail price 2,7700 gp. If you want it.

Also, any male of any species wearing it takes -8 Charisma.

EDIT: And I didn't expect anyone to actually put it on.

Heck, if she hadn't Delphi would have. There's nothing like a good old-fashioned chainmail bikini.

[Linguz]

Ah, alright. And that's one expensive item.


Heck, if she hadn't Delphi would have. There's nothing like a good old-fashioned chainmail bikini.

Then put it on, Dardiana gave it to her.

[RaggedAngel]

Ah, alright. And that's one expensive item.

Then put it on, Dardiana gave it to her.

But but but

but but but

It's like, ridiculously expensive. Surely it should go to someone else. Don't we have a spellcaster or someone that could use it? The no-weight and no-armor check penalty things are awesome for Delphi, but I don't want to be an armor hog.

Though I will be frank: Delphi's only going to put this thing on if she thinks that Dardiana will still respect her. She knows that she'll look good; but it won't matter if she loses Dardiana's respect.

[Marlowe]

It's deliberately designed to be useful, but humiliating to the wearer. Fashion tip, wear it for the adventure and look like a schlabber, then find a buyer afterwards.

It might have to be a rather special buyer, in this case.

[Linguz]

It's expensive, so many we should just sell it at the nearest convenience? Of course, we'd have to find out the price in character.

And I don't think Dardiana would ever lose Delphi's respect over a bit of clothing. She's far from that type of person. It's some action, like stabbing her in the back, which will definitely do that.

[RaggedAngel]

It's expensive, so many we should just sell it at the nearest convenience? Of course, we'd have to find out the price in character.

And I don't think Dardiana would ever lose Delphi's respect over a bit of clothing. She's far from that type of person. It's some action, like stabbing her in the back, which will definitely do that.

RaggedAngel scribbles furiously in her notebook: Don't. Stab. In. Back.

Selling it sounds fine to me. It's certainly an upgrade to her current armor, but we can get awesome stuff for everyone. And I suppose you're right, we have no idea what it costs in character. Well, time to roleplay away. :smallsmile:

(Psst. Marlowe. You know you want to give me some delicious "not hogging the loot" xp. :smallwink:)

[u-b]

Retail price 2,7700 gp
2,770 or 27,700?

[RaggedAngel]

2,770 or 27,700?

+5 Glamoured Clothing? According to my math, it's a little over 27,700 gp if you include the cost of the clothes.

[Marlowe]

Misplaced comma, sorry

+5 armour enchantment=25,000
+Glamour at 2,700
=27,700. I'm ignoring the basic cost of the masterwork travellers outfit.

And it would be much cheaper to take a +1 mithral shirt and glamour that, but it wouldn't be as degrading.

EDIT: Ragged, how far away are you from level 2? It takes me ages to get to a Mythweavers page where I am.

[RaggedAngel]

And it would be much cheaper to take a +1 mithral shirt and glamour that, but it wouldn't be as degrading.

I love how you DM, Marlowe. :smallsmile:

So, xp for rp? I really want some delicious level 2. ;)

[Linguz]

I love how you DM, Marlowe. :smallsmile:

So, xp for rp? I really want some delicious level 2. ;)

Did you get the 100xp we got for staying the night at that castle?

[RaggedAngel]

Did you get the 100xp we got for staying the night at that castle?

Saywhatnow? Gods, I have to read more carefully.

*DING*

LEVEL UP TIME! WOOOOOOO!

(How do we determine new hitpoints again?)

[Linguz]

Roll or take average, I believe.

And it was in an edit, which I only saw because I love to read stuff again before I post. And that one was a few posts down.

[RaggedAngel]

Roll or take average, I believe.

And it was in an edit, which I only saw because I love to read stuff again before I post. And that one was a few posts down.

I'll go ahead and take average, then; no need for a 1 or 2 to ruin my good mood. :smallsmile:

EDIT- And here's her updated statblock. I realized that I was missing several skillpoints, so she's suddenly good at Survival, like she should have been from the beginning. :smallwink:

Delphi Fallios (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=354167)
Female Chaotic Good Strongheart Halfling Scout, Level 2, Init +6, HP 16/16, Speed 20ft.
AC 19, Touch 16, Flat-footed 14, Fort +3, Ref +8, Will +1, Base Attack Bonus 1
Javelin (4) +7 (1d4, x2)
Throwing Axe (2) +7 or +1 (1d4, x2)
Sling +7 (1d3, x2)
Studded Leather Armor (+3 Armor, +5 Dex, +1 Size)
Abilities Str 10, Dex 20, Con 14, Int 14, Wis 12, Cha 10
Condition None

[Marlowe]

As I recall, it was in an edit made about 20 minutes after the main post. It was the "Thank the Gods Korgoth wasn't here" bonus.

[RaggedAngel]

As I recall, it was in an edit made about 20 minutes after the main post. It was the "Thank the Gods Korgoth wasn't here" bonus.

No, it was definately my fault for missing it; and I must say, I've been putting a lot of thought into where Delphi should go from here. I was thinking Swift Hunter for a while, but we already have a ranger. Perhaps a Master Thrower?

[Marlowe]

Hey, I want you guys to go up levels and do cool stuff. It's just that I won't be rewriting the NPCs into doormats.

BTW, the two skeletons that Bethlen's not mentioned are wearing an obsolete form of Ashdown light armour (they don't have the cloak, of course, but the colours are tagged on the cuffs and shoulders) and were carrying monringstars.

I'd mention this IC, but nobody has any reason to as yet, and I don't want to distract from the Elf/Halfing action.

[RaggedAngel]

I'd mention this IC, but nobody has any reason to as yet, and I don't want to distract from the Elf/Halfing action.

:smallbiggrin:

Out of curiosity, does Delphi manage to avoid that Charisma penalty when looking at Dardiana? Because she's probably going to spend an awful lot of time inspecting the structural integrity of the garment.

[Linguz]

Also, any male of any species wearing it takes -8 Charisma.

Any male wearing it takes the penalty.

[Marlowe]

It has a -8 Charisma penalty when worn by a male, because I don't want to seem sexist, but it's a bikini.

Grath, you want a bikini? Horbin? Gregor? Thorwald? Does anyone want to see any of these people in bikinis? I can carry off blue velvet dresses but I wouldn't want to see myself in a bikini.

[u-b]

Gregor would be just fine if Abyss wore a bikini, but it probably would not fit well. Other than that... much better on girls, thank you.

[mattie_p]

Yeah, not interested in the bikini. Thanks for offering, though.

[Linguz]

Oh, and by the way, most Elves are bisexual, with their long lives. Bisexual and skilled in bed, from long years of practice.

And herbivores. But Dardiana isn't one of them. She likes her meat. :3

[stanleyindraven]

oh weekends, how you make me lament getting into a great game. I must be the only person with zero weekend computer time.

[mattie_p]

Sure seems like it, stanleyindraven. Time for Horbin to play catchup and do something. We'll try to avoid battles on the weekend, I guess.

[stanleyindraven]

well, i am hoping that this post will suffice for my absense. i tried to make it a little humorous and a little on topic.

[Marlowe]

Out of interest, the inhabitants of Lesbos deeply resent the word "Lesbian" as a name for a sexual orientation. The name is applied because Sappho was from Lesbos (and I don't think she ever left it). But she was one person over two thousand years ago. Whatever, the people of Lesbos are apparently sick and tired of calling themselves "Lesbosians", and the rest of us are bored with snickering over passages from Herodotus that go "And then the Samians fled, exposing the flanks of the Lesbians to the Persian rams".

Incredibly pedantic rant over. Please continue.

[RaggedAngel]

Out of interest, the inhabitants of Lesbos deeply resent the word "Lesbian" as a name for a sexual orientation. The name is applied because Sappho was from Lesbos (and I don't think she ever left it). But she was one person over two thousand years ago. Whatever, the people of Lesbos are apparently sick and tired of calling themselves "Lesbosians", and the rest of us are bored with snickering over passages from Herodotus that go "And then the Samians fled, exposing the flanks of the Lesbians to the Persian rams".

Incredibly pedantic rant over. Please continue.

Hm. I never thought of how the Lesbosians must feel about the term 'lesbian'. That said, I usually call my self bi or gay, despite being a girl; I feel like the word 'gay' should be unigendered, or ungendered. I prefer the term pansexual for myself, but most people don't seem to know what that means.

[mattie_p]

Omnisexual, perhaps?

I first heard the term pansexual in the leftoversoup comic strip. The pansexual character is, perhaps too stereotypically oversexual.

[stanleyindraven]

well so long as you are not asexual or disengendered yourself, i think it is ok

[AshesOfOld]

Disgendered sounds painful.
And I look fantastic in dresses, but I don't think Thorwald will like the bikini. And it won't go well with his hairy chest I might suspect.

EDIT: Did I say chest? I meant back, of course.

[stanleyindraven]

i dont think i would look as good in a dress now as i did in high school but i found that shaving was a big factor in that

[Marlowe]

It's finding appropriate footwear that ruins it. Do you know how hard it is to find woman's shoes in Imperial size 10.5?

[u-b]

Checking if Gregor has an idea about what to expect from Thorwald:
Knowledge about Hide from Undead: [roll0]
Knowledge about Magic Stone: [roll1]
(these are either Arcana, at +1, or Religion, at +0 max 10)

[AshesOfOld]

Checking if Gregor has an idea about what to expect from Thorwald:
Knowledge about Hide from Undead: [roll0]
Knowledge about Magic Stone: [roll1]
(these are either Arcana, at +1, or Religion, at +0 max 10)

Huh? About what he could do against undead, or? Gregor could just ask him :smallsmile:.

[RaggedAngel]

Delphi can take 10 on Survival for a 16, which I noticed is enough to predict the next day's weather. So, what's the weather going to be like? Generically sunny? I hope it's generically sunny.

[mattie_p]

I predict the weather will be steamy with a chance of moisture.

[Linguz]

Where that moisture is will depend on certain... key factors.

[Marlowe]

Strangely enough, the next day promises to be generically sunny. The night may well be quite sultry.

[mattie_p]

Hey, who wants to grind a few levels before we go check out the base?[/sarcasm]

[Linguz]

Hunting boars? Like South Park?

[Marlowe]

I believe he was thinking of a different sort of grinding.

[Linguz]

I just realized... I never rolled to know stuff she found out:

All History rolls:
[roll0] - War against the Abberancy
[roll1] - Crimson Iron Rider
[roll2] - Yamighul
[roll3] - The Destroyers
[roll4] - War of the Sage's Treason

[mattie_p]

Grath is just going to keep making up names for shugenja Ajneguhs. As long as there is an "sh" somewhere in there. Or unless he is continually corrected. But so far no one has been motivated to correct the orc barbarian with the greataxe, for some reason...

[Linguz]

Dardiana doesn't care about how you pronounce it because she's never spoken his name and isn't going to because she doubts she can say it correctly.

Anyway, the only thing the orc barbarian is missing is speaking in broken common.

Grath not think Grath prononsin name right.

:smalltongue:

[stanleyindraven]

lol, well who cares, sad part is we all know who he is talking about.

[mattie_p]

Grath might be slightly less wise and charismatic than an average human, but he isn't totally ignorant. He does have a 12 int. He just tends away from contractions and pronouns, and apparently has slight memory issues with proper names.

And that is the challenge, stanley, to see how much I can garble the name and everyone still knows who I'm talking about. Plus if he has divinations or something that trigger on use of his name, Grath is safe.

[Linguz]

I will keep replying to everything, because I'm bored at school.

Sad? It's how close of a party we are! I say it's a grand thing if he can say it anyway he wants and we know exactly!


Grath might be slightly less wise and charismatic than an average human, but he isn't totally ignorant. He does have a 12 int. He just tends away from contractions and pronouns, and apparently has slight memory issues with proper names.

And I'm playing an illiterate Gestalt Barbarian//Savage Bard Half-Orc with 13 Int, 11 Wisdom, and 13 Charisma, yet he doesn't use any pronouns (I included) and speaks a broken common.

[mattie_p]

Feel free to play your barb your way, and I'll play Grath my way. No wrong way to play a barbarian.

Unless, of course, you want to point out what Grath is doing wrong in character.:smallbiggrin:

[Marlowe]

Grath's problem is that he is probably the second-most mannerly member of the party (after Horbin), while being an Orc Barbarian. This is not wrong, it's just rather unexpected. Makes him fun.

Those knowledge rolls: (Not spoilered, because I'm bored with that, and because I can trust you guys to play the game properly).
The Abberancy war:-no idea
The Crimson Iron Rider: An Administrate Goddess, known for wearing red, fighting with a Maul, and having the words; "There's nothing I can't destroy".
Yamighul: A mountainous plateau north-east of Your People's territory. Sinister reputation. Nothing humanoid lives there.
The Destroyers: You know Odin is referred to as the Destroyer.
War of the Sages Treason: You know there's a god of evil called the "Warped Sage". He belongs to the Admininstrate pantheon.

And relating these results to the actual rolls would be tortuous.

[mattie_p]

Grath is really just terrified of being kicked out of decent society. Once he gets his legs under him he may or may not get a little ruder. We'll see

[Linguz]

Grath's problem is that he is probably the second-most mannerly member of the party (after Horbin), while being an Orc Barbarian. This is not wrong, it's just rather unexpected. Makes him fun.

Feel free to play your barb your way, and I'll play Grath my way. No wrong way to play a barbarian.

I know you can play your character in anyway you want, I wasn't trying to make you change. Sorry if it came out that way. I was just sharing my current experience with a barbarian.

And might I add: He's living in a country were slavery isn't only legal, but it's pretty much expected.

---

And Dardiana's probably not going to say anything further, so if anyone's waiting on me to post since Beth and she are speaking, don't.

[stanleyindraven]

So, I have found that the logistics of combat, especially out of order can be very hard to get down correctly.

Chapter 3
Surprise!

"Bandit, you say," Thorwald said with a curious look, then looked around him as if searching for someone. "No bandit here, alive anyway." He stroked his beard quizzically then pointed into the forest. "Perhaps if we follow them, we can find the bandits and ask if they know any of us, hmm?” With that, Thorwald followed the others after the bandits' trail.
Grath searched the body to see if Bethlen left anything of value on the corpse of the redcloak before following the group. As he moved along the trail, he put his bow away and pulled out his new axe. As he walked, he quietly played with the holy symbol hanging from his neck while scanning the area for any threats.
Delphi took the lead of everyone behind Gregor, advancing quickly but cautiously. Somewhat to Delphi's annoyance Bethlen kept pace with her, plainly determined on annoying her. She was nimble for a bigfolk and had some stealth skills, but no actual forestry. Dardiana as well, was close behind the Delphi. The others, burdened by armor or being more cautious, followed behind amongst the mules.
After less than half an hour, Gregor heard, a couple of hundred yards ahead, the sound of voices being raised in greetings, and then just raised. Gregor cursed silently, placed one javelin on the ground pointing in the direction of the sound, then took to the left to get around the bandits while they were still hollering and assumed a stationary position hidden, laying down in visual distance from their projected path.
Gregor’s inching to the left around the voices brought him to the edge of the bush, and the rocky bed of a not inconsiderable stream. Looking to the right he could see a scattering of ten red-cloaked figures, four of them slightly darker-cloaked than the others, variously standing, sitting, and gesticulating on a rocky spit of land formed by a bend in the stream. The clearing was dominated by a large standing stone. He could also spot two mules and some kind of bundle on the ground in their midst.
Voices were being raised in anger, but Gregor couldn’t make out the words. The main dispute, going by body language, seemed to be between a large human in a redcloak and an elf-sized person in maroon. The three other maroons were standing with their backs to him, backing up their fellow fashion victim. The other five redcloaks were just sitting around goofing off. He estimated the others were about five minutes behind him.
***
Grath found that there was nothing of value, but he did recognize the ‘animal bites’ on the corpse as coming from the claws and beaks of birds, some of which would have been extremely painful if they'd hit soft bits.
***
Gregor thought it looked as though the rest of the party would run straight into the redcloaks soon enough. The open stream-bed area where they were standing was no more than fifty feet across between stream and trees. Gregor tried to sneak a bit closer along the edge of the forest until he was within a hundred or so feet from nearest bandit. Then, after he was sure no one was looking his direction he moved roughly forty feet closer. After taking position Gregor waved his dogs to also sneak closer with Abyss stopping right next to him.
***
The party was still descending downhill and became conscious of the stream below and to either side of them. They could hear the raised voices not too far ahead. Bethlen Gabriel, who had moved a little ahead thanks to her long human legs, stopped, lifted her head, and started to curl her lips back from her teeth, which were perfectly normal, by the way.
"Grath wonder if other survivors than Bethlen and merchant daughter. On bright side, all foes dressed alike." Grath got his arms limbered up as he moved toward the voices, still trying to move quietly and remain unseen in the trees until he could see the enemy. Grath then pulled his bow back out before he moved near the front of the group, attempting to see the enemy so he could gauge the tactics he needed to use.
Marn moved forward quietly, sticking to the back of the group as normal to try and get a look. He then tripped and fell on his face, but was still to far enough away that the enemy group didn’t pay any attention. The boss redcloak and one of the maroons, each armed with shortbows and shortspears, were arguing furiously. Horbin, Grath and Dardiana moved forward carefully. When Gregor saw his teammates approaching stepped back, leading the big dog to mount and moved forward.
At this time Gregor was better able to listen to the argument between the maroon-cloaked person and the redcloak leader. The maroon appeared to have launched into a tirade.

"...he told you do what? Ajneguhs told you to do WHAT? "Scout around and get to know the neighbors", not "knock over a caravan on the Fall". These people are not SHEEP. That flippitijibbit Vierzehn's got a company at Trammelburgh, and even if he is a fop I wouldn't want to face him on the flat or in the rough. Then there's that nightmare whore at Whitewater Rip. She could get a hundred striders down here tomorrow and YOU'D never see her coming. She's got enough witchery to get past Ajneguhs' little games as well, assuming they're actually his.
And to top it off, you went and grabbed a girl. Very smart. How long do you think she's going to last? If we'd come along a half-hour later you scum would have had her bleeding out already. People remember, in these parts, when girls go missing. And who took them. And what to do with the latter. At least tell me you didn't leave any other survivors!"
There was a bit of a mumble.
"Oh, all Gods facepalm in our general direction...."
Thorwald moved forward, a little behind Grath and to the side, morningstar and shield in hand. He listened intently for signs of the argument escalating. No reason for risking death, if they were about to do themselves in.
Bethen slipped past Delphi with a fell look. She made an odd gesture with her hand, and said, as loudly as she had ever spoken yet, something that sounded like "Frenzied Murder". A sudden squall of black feathered wings, stabbing beaks, and hooked claws assailed the redcloaks around the boss. The boss started to bleed profusely and looked ill as he rushed to hid behind the large standing stone. The archer and swordsman that were standing next to him also scattered to flee the birds while dripping blood.
"There's a time to reap and there's a time to sow," Thorwald whispered under his breath, a big vicious smile on his handsome face. He ran forward, clearing the trees, ready to blast the maroons as soon as he was within range. Delphi moved her sling to her offhand, taking out one of her javelins with a fluid motion as she darted through the trees, quietly and quickly, staying low and unassuming. She hurled the javelin at the nearest redcloak to her, hoping to strike swift and true and to remove some of the weaker threats from the fight swiftly. The Redcloak struck by Delphi's javelin staggered under the shrieking roil of raven's wings, but he hadn’t gone down, yet.
Grath moved to the edge of the tree line. He shot his bow at the closest maroon-cloak, but the arrow flew wide. The maroon-cloaks looked around with mild interest. Dardiana followed Delphi through the trees and went in the other direction as her when they reached the edge. She took a moment to understand what was going on before lobbing an eldritch blast at the same target as Delphi. The redcloak swordsman fell, blasted to the ground by Dardiana's hit, and laid still. The Ravens were still shrieking. Just after the swordsman fell a javelin from Gregor thudded into the half-orc maroon-cloak that provoked a grunting curse.
Marn began casting from his hiding spot in the woods. At the end of his spell a celestial badger appeared directly in front of an archer and it began attacking the redcloak. He then moved through the trees to Dardiana’s position. The badger’s attack caused the human woman in front of him to cringe in pain as its teeth buried in her thigh. Before any of numerous opponents could meaningfully react to his first javelin, Gregor threw another one at the same gal, staying behind the tree, just in case. Gregor's second javelin thudded into the maroon-cloak, she went down.
After the surprise had eneded, Thorwald uttered an incantation and fired searing flames from his hands, trying to catch as many of the maroons as possible. He caught the group off guard as he rushed out of the trees with fire springing forth. Horbin gripped his blade and rushed through the trees, zigzagging his way toward the opening. With the growing number of combatants, the ‘boss’ rushed to hide behind the large standing stone and drew two short swords.
One of the bleeding archers rushed to the stream’s edge trying to stem the blood, unsuccessfully. Another archer ran away from the melee and fired at Bethlen, his shot went wide. The archer close to the maroons moved closer to the stream and fired at Bethlen as well, who seemed to be a very hard target. At the passing arrows Bethlen flashed a dark smile. Dardiana climbed a bit higher in the tree, to make sure she was out of melee range. She then partially turned around and fired a blast at the closest archer. Her hit lightly singed the archer, distracting him from passing on some possible useful information to the maroons. The swordswomen took a swing at the badger, missing horribly.
The maroons found themselves at a slight disadvantage because they didn’t know what Bethlen could do. The redcloaks knew, having met her on the Fall earlier that day, but they hadn't been eager to report that she chased them off in some confusion. So the Maroons focused their attention upon the large flaming man running at them. One of the maroons called out, “All right men, chap on fire. Fire rounds rapid.” As they all fired at Thorwald only one struck true as the others flew wide. He took the arrow with little notice and pushed through burning all before him.
Bethlen moved up to the bundle on the ground which all who paid attention could tell was a human being. She made a familiar motion with her hand as she knelt beside the person struggling in the saddlebag. The swarm of squawking birds continued to attack the maroons and the archer that had gotten close to them. Delphi darted around the edge of the battle, attempting to keep up a barrage of unpleasantly spiky ordinance without putting herself into the line of fire. She weaved through the trees with practiced ease, and she just poked out of the tree line to make a rapid attack against one of the outlying bandits. The javelin whipped out, her aim true and clean, and struck the man firmly, dropping him to the ground bleeding uncontrollably.
Grath entered into a whirling frenzy while screaming, “KORRRRRD!” as he charged up to the maroons. He cleaved two of them nearly in half with one swing of his greataxe. The rocks beneath them bathed in a river of red. He roars again with bloodlust, “KOOORRRRRD!!! I Have sent two gifts to your halls!!! Now, who is next?”
The badger continued its onslaught causing the swordswoman to succumb to the damage. Horbin charged and missed the elven archer as he swung wide. The redcloak boss tried to stop his bleeding, futilely. Gregor charged on his dog toward the maroon-cloaks and launched another javelin into the fray.
The ‘leader’ of the maroons looked at Grath and the bloody mess around him. “Percy,” he shouted in a cracked voice. “You killed my sone you blue bas-“ then Gregor’s javelin hit him in the side, silencing him. The man staggered but pulled his bow up for an attack. “-tard! Die,” the maroon finished as he let off a wide shot just past Grath.
The archer that Horbin had missed side stepped and then fired at Bethlen, hit he in the arm and visibly barely damaged her. The badger magically disappears just as it had appeared. Horbin bolted past one of the mules to the standing stone and swung his blade into the redcloak boss. Though he was still frantically trying to staunch his wounds, he looked up at Horbin and remarked, "I surrendaaaaaarrgh." He didn't elaborate for some reason.
Dardiana jumped down from the tree, letting go of it at last, and made her way to the rocky flats, where she charged up an eldritch blast and threw it at the archer that fired at Bethlen. The elven archer, hit by the blast said something that sounded rude, if she could have made it out. Bethlen produced a sickle from somewhere and slashed open the bundle, then pulled a ginger-haired Human girl out of it. Marn ran out onto the rocky shore near Horbin before hearing Grath shout.
“Another offering for Kord,” Grath let out as he turned to the last maroon-cloaked man. His greataxe buried into the man’s chest, dropping him. At this moment Grath realized that the odd pressure on the haft he mistook for a design flaw was actually something more. It lifted as the man slid off the blade and into a pile on the rocks.
The cleric of Loki charged the elven redcloak and smashed them to the ground with a well placed attack. Delphi advanced toward the last archer, standing on the bank near the stream and whipped her final javelin through the air. It found its mark with alarming speed and a barely audible whistle through the air. It pierced the archer’s throat and dropped him to the ground, bleeding profusely.
The sun began descending to the west, filling the sky with redness that should have, but in defiance of poetry didn't quite, match the blood splattered on the white rocks. Bethlen's black-winged summonings, invocations, sendings, conjurings or whatever they were fluttered past her in a shrieking squall, ascending into the sky and scattering. She roughly heaved the ginger-haired girl upright, embraced her, and, with a certain mercurial flash, slapped her across the face. "Where is it," she growled.
Grath, for a moment, heard a voice speaking Orcish in his head, "Thank you, friend. You have avenged me with my own steel."
Spike the mule wandered out of the trees, looking like he regretted being left behind. Not sure if the team was in the mood to take prisoners, Gregor immediately began applying his mediocre medical skills to the fallen opponents. He attempted a time-critical task of keeping some alive, starting with whoever looked more promising in that regard. ‘After all, it's easier to kill a guy after you decide he is of no use than do it other way around,’ he thought to himself. Dardiana attempted to assist Gregor in keeping someone alive. The Elf redcloak archer and the Half-Orc maroon were the only ones they were able to keep alive. The Elf had a smashed jaw and wouldn't be talking much.
Delphi glided forward to the bodies, her mouth set in a thin line and her hands moving swiftly, going over and through the belongings of each man on the ground. She was respectful but thorough, and she took special care to recollect her javelins, cleaning the blood and other fluids off of them by wiping them on the cloak of the man they struck. She tucked them away on her belt, as she returned to her slow and steady search of each man. "I'm going to take my time with this, guys," she muttered as she inspected for hidden pockets on a redcloak, "because it would be foolish to rush searching them only to miss something important. Feel free to help if you wish; I can still make mistakes."
"Oh, all right. Then I'll scout around. By the way, did you pick up my javelin,” Gregor said after trying to keep would-be prisoners alive long enough to not rush a final decision about their fate. Gregor rode around and checked if the site was frequented and by whom.
Delphi nodded and took a mismatched javelin from her belt, about to toss it to Gregor underhanded. She paused for a moment and with a raised eyebrow she took out one of her own throwing darts, holding the two next to each other, comparing their lengths. She looked at Gregor, grinning, and then tossed his weapon to him lightly before deliberately winking. She then returned to her work, as if nothing had happened.
Horbin looked around. "Feel free to search," he said as he looked around. After each body was searched he moved the dead men into a pile.
Marn also began to search the bodies from his end of the battlefield, taking his time. "We will need to make our camp soon, my spell reserve is almost exhausted for the day," he said as he systematically searched their belongings.
Grath knelt, clasped his holy symbol with both hands, and muttered in orcish, "Thank you, Kord, for a battle safe from harm for me and mine. Escort my brother, who fell earlier, into the halls of glory, wherever they lie for him." He then cleaned his new axe, showing it the most respect possible for its assistance in the victory. He then assisted Horbin with the manual labor of dragging the dead into a pile, and then gathered wood for a campfire or pyre. Grath let the others search the dead, heal the wounded, or anything where he felt he would be a hindrance. After all the labors of the day were done, he pulled out his panpipes and played the Dirge of the Unmourned on his pipes.
After listening to the haunting hymn, Delphi applauded very quietly and politely, the sound almost lost amidst the crickets and cicadas. She smiled at the large man, her eyes distant and wistful. "That was really beautiful, Grath. I had no idea you could play so well." She paused for a moment, working up her nerve, before continuing. "Do you think you could tell me about your god? I've never found one that truly suited me, but I want to know why you follow yours. I suspect knowing that will help me know you." During the performance Dardiana, watched Grath play and silently congratulated him, mentally.
After having searched the downed foes some leather armor, short swords of varying quality and short bows were the most prolific items found. The redcloak leader had a note with a crudely sketched map attached. As Delphi lifted the pouch from the leader’s belt it provoked a reaction from Bethlen.
Her conversation with the girl had been, "Where in the name of Blessed Silence is it you brainless, cotton-fingered little trull?
"I-I dropped it on the Fall. When they attacked, and Hagen was hit. I-" the ginger-haired girl responded.
"I bloody well know you dropped it. If these idiots," she gestures around at the fallen redcloaks, “had had it, and tried it on something very interesting would have happened. Why did you have to bloody well get captured? You've made me waste half the day getting you back instead of looking for the thing. What part of ‘don't you dare touch this’ was hard for you to under-". It was at this time she noticed Delphi lifting the purse. "Kresta, that looks like your fathers. Yours now, I suppose, unless these fine ladies and gentlemen have other opinions."
The area was devoid of the traces of regular camping. The large standing stone was flat on one side, and the words "LINGER HERE" were inscribed near the broken top. The missing piece appeared to be lying next to the stone on its front.
Delphi opened the note which read:
"Grumio, I'm sick and tired of you and that pack of idiots you call a band skulking around the place messing everything up. I'm told you a dozen times now, those little tarts and cakes are spell components, not for midnight snacks.
Get out and scout around. Get to know Redside. Don't take on anything you can't handle. Around here, that's pretty much everything. Don't attract attention. Avoid the Fall and Trammelburgh. Vesplin's little brood will keep an eye on the Ashdowners at that place for you. Don't worry about my defence. I have my two champions, and our mutual friend has lent me some help to make some other arrangements.
Don't, for the love of not suffering an eternity of torment, let this fall into the wrong hands.”
The letter was signed Ajneguhs. The map showed a location about two days travel from there, at the headwaters of the stream they stood beside. It lay a little to the south and a longer distance east at the head of a narrow mountain valley. The Fall and Trammelburgh, which appeared to be in the middle of the Stahlmund, were marked in red letters. Trammelburgh looked only a few hours to the north-east of where they were.

[Marlowe]

And it's going to be really embarrassing for me when I have to come up with an explanation for why Kutcher's spell armory does not, in fact, include "Tasha's Hideous Laughter".

Of course, there's always the standby, "He's a villain. He was lying". But I feel I should come up with something else.

[Linguz]

...

Why would you need to have an explanation ready? Do you expect us to ask him why he doesn't know the spell or something?

[stanleyindraven]

was anyone else going to post ic before we get moving?

[Marlowe]

You are not going to have to post IC before things get moving.

[stanleyindraven]

i didnt think you would be up this late. have school tomorrow? but i fugured we were giving anyone a chance to post that wanted to, seems everyone is content being quiet now.

[Marlowe]

"Awaken Undead" can be a terrifying thing.

[Linguz]

Mar, if Dardiana's been asleep 4-5 hours, she'd be awake right now.

Yes or no?

[Marlowe]

Yr up. you heard all that. And no, I won't make you take wisdom damage for listening to it.

[Marlowe]

And I do have to get home and sleep, so have fun sorting out your preparations before the army of darkness (or seafood) descends upon you.

A tactical map will be up when I have the time.

[Linguz]

Alright. Good night, then.

[mattie_p]

Ashes, per Deities and Demigods, it looks like this:

http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t467/pecklink/loki.png

[Marlowe]

And yet by RAW, they forgot to give him Fire Domain.:smallbiggrin:

[AshesOfOld]

Thanks Mattie. So, basically just a red flame? Or is there something in the middle that I can't see?

[mattie_p]

That thing in the middle just seems to be white flame, maybe a little stylized.

Also, u-b, Dardiana as an elf only trances for 4 hours. So I guess she was awake already, or just snuggling? Ask linguz. Anyway, this occurred on the last watch, Dardiana was already sufficiently rested.

[Linguz]

Yep, I asked Mar if 4 hours had passed and he said yes. So she was awake, but still in the roll.

[Marlowe]

And I will not be writing most of the skeleton dialect out from now on because even though it was planned a long time back it takes too much space and it's oddly unsettling to write.

This does not mean that Horbin's advice is doomed to failure. I'll write more dialog from them if it's actually important.

[stanleyindraven]

well, if someone asks them a direct question and they respond i would guess that would be the part that mattered.

[u-b]

Clear visibility up to 30ft. Concealment up to 60ft. Those with darkvision can ignore this. Beyond 60ft, total concealment.

I'll give you 1d2+strength for thrown stone damage.. I'll let you have 20 feet range increment..although it strikes me as a bit high compared to say, thrown daggers.
It would be more correct to phrase that those with darkvision ignore this up to their darkvision. And low-light vision is either x2 or as good as during daylight, not sure which.

I'd say 1d2 is quite a lot (0.5 below sling bullet), but can live with that. The range increment I based on darts, spears, etc. - I think the entry for the dagger assumes it has to correctly rotate to strike point first.

[mattie_p]

Never mind. but probably someone already saw it.

Never mind the never mind. u-b, doesn't rapidshot allow two ranged attacks at -2 to each? How are still at +7?

[AshesOfOld]

So. Monday were starting prep. week for the new students, and I'm tutor. That means showing them around, giving them a good time and drinking till we drop. I'll try to post every day, but I can' promise it'll be good. Or intelligeble.
So I guess it'll be as usual, really.

[u-b]

u-b, doesn't rapidshot allow two ranged attacks at -2 to each? How are still at +7?

+2 BAB
+4 DEX
+1 Size: small
+1 Halfling with thrown
+1 Point blank shot
-2 Rapid shot

[Marlowe]

...But rapid shot requires a full attack action, which you can't do since you moved.

You'd also need Quickdraw to use it with thrown weapons every round. I'd let you do it on the first round, since you'd already readied your ammunition, but there's still the Full Attack thing to get past.

What I've done is assume that the shot that hit actually occurred, and the first unsuccesful shot never happened.

[Linguz]

...But rapid shot requires a full attack action, which you can't do since you moved.

You'd also need Quickdraw to use it with thrown weapons every round. I'd let you do it on the first round, since you'd already readied your ammunition, but there's still the Full Attack thing to get past.

I had thought about that, but you're forgetting who he's riding on. He can fight with the mount with a DC10 ride, which he gets on a 1.

His mount moves him, which results in him getting a penalty if the dog takes a double move or a run. If it moves twice, total is -4. If it runs, -8.

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On a similar note, this also works with a floating disk with a caster, as long as the disk can hold the weight. Since a caster can take a move action to direct the disk somewhere else and it moves there at the same speed as the caster. Then the archer/ranged person is allowed a full-round action even after being moved.

[u-b]

I was targeting skeleton at t8, since it is closer and within first range increment (upd: if it could not be targeted, ok with s6, but that is extra -2 for range). Was holding one stone in right hand, three stones in left hand and assuming you can both hold three stones in one hand and draw one of them. If not, will retcon to hold either two or one in left hand, as required to use full rate of fire.

The situation with mounted archery is less clear, because it only states you have -4 if your mount is taking a double move and -8 if your mount is running, nothing about mount taking single move. Any way, the mount is taking the move action, not the rider, so the full attack is still in there, even if at some penalty (please, specify) and even if first of two shots is from an extra range increment (please, clarify).

[Marlowe]

I see, Useful. I've ever seen any mounted archers in action before. This makes thrown weapons plus riding really complicated because he'd still be using his move action to draw them without Quickdraw.

Unless I've missed them, Thorwald and Delphi have till tomorrow to say what's what they're doing, then the skeles move.

[Linguz]

Oh, but you forgot something ub.

You're using a stone you found on the floor, that'd be an improvised weapon, I believe. -4 penalty to your attack rolls.


This makes thrown weapons plus riding really complicated because he'd still be using his move action to draw them without Quickdraw.

Unless you count them as Shuriken, which can be drawn and fired in a single standard action. They are drawn as ammunition.

Does drawing a weapon to throw make them draw like a weapon or a projectile? If the latter, it'd be a free action.

[Linguz]

Oh, but you forgot something ub.

You're using a stone you found on the floor, that'd be an improvised weapon, I believe. -4 penalty to your attack rolls.

[u-b]

Gregor does not have a handy quiver equivalent for the stones (like, I assume, Delphi does), so he keeps them in pockets and will draw one stone per move action (Explorer's outfit has lots of handy pockets, so I think this will do).

About stones being improvised weapons I assume the consensus is that only any random stones are treated as such, but if you spend some time to cherry-pick each stone, they are just fine. Like a random twig is also improvised weapon, but a well-cut club is not.

[mattie_p]

u-b, you've obviously done your homework here. Thanks for keeping me straight. Like the others, I haven't seen mounted ranged combat done much, but you are all over it. Nice work.

I don't think you take a penalty for mounted range combat for a single move by your mount, as it specifically states penalties for double move and run options.

Incidentally, you might want to get a sling if you are going to be throwing more rocks, seems like bludgeoning ranged damage is fairly rarely used, so slings and bullets look like the best option, rather than all this negotiation for penalties and bonuses.

EDIT: Gretchen just cut me off! How dare she advance ahead of the barbarian!

[stanleyindraven]

Gretchen just cut me off! How dare she advance ahead of the barbarian!


I know its crazy. Everyone goes melee before the tanks.

[Marlowe]

These people really don't like These Undead. For completely different reasons.

And it seems that it comes down to whether Gregor has to pass a stone (:smallbiggrin:) from one hand to the other as a move action or something different. I'm going to rule it's a swift action, and if his mount takes care of the move then yes, he can rapid shot like this.

move action-covered by the mount(apparently, I'm still looking for where this is actually written down)
reloading his throwing hand-swift action once per round
still leaves him full attack.

And no, I'm not letting everyone pick up random stones to do this. Gregor and Delphi both fished around.

Although I have learned from this that some certain previous DM's disallowance of me being able to use Rapid Shot using Thrown weapons (requiring Quickdraw) or light crossbows (requiring Rapid Reload) appear to have been, to put it politely, completely wrong.

EDIT: removed pointless late-night semi-profanity.

[mattie_p]

I'm going to rule it's a swift action, and if his mount takes care of the move then yes, he can rapid shot like this.[/B]

move action-covered by the mount(apparently, I'm still looking for where this is actually written down)

Just look here, under mounted combat (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/combat/specialAttacks.htm#mountedCombat):
With a DC 5 Ride check, you can guide your mount with your knees so as to use both hands to attack or defend yourself. This is a free action.

When you attack a creature smaller than your mount that is on foot, ... blah blah

You can use ranged weapons while your mount is taking a double move, but at a -4 penalty on the attack roll. You can use ranged weapons while your mount is running (quadruple speed), at a -8 penalty. In either case, you make the attack roll when your mount has completed half its movement. You can make a full attack with a ranged weapon while your mount is moving. Likewise, you can take move actions normally.


He seems to know what he is doing.

But actually, you do need rapid reload, or a repeating crossbow (its an exotic weapon that requires proficiency) in order to rapidshot a light crossbow.

[Linguz]

Why on earth can't I skirmish with a sling? That's more or less the mechanical basis for this character.

I don't see anything that says you can't.


Skirmish (Ex): A scout relies on mobility to deal extra damage and improve her defense. She deals an extra 1d6 points of damage on all attacks she makes during any round in which she moves at least 10 feet. The extra damage applies only to attacks taken during the scout’s turn. This extra damage increases by 1d6 for every four levels gained above 1st (2d6 at 5th, 3d6 at 9th, 4d6 at 13th, and 5d6 at 17th level).

The extra damage only applies against living creatures that have a discernible anatomy. Undead, constructs, oozes, plants, incorporeal creatures, and creatures immune to extra damage from critical hits are not vulnerable to this additional damage. The scout must be able to see the target well enough to pick out a vital spot and must be able to reach such a spot. Scouts can apply this extra damage to ranged attacks made while skirmishing, but only if the target is within 30 feet.

Edit: You should totally use a war sling also. A war sling and skiprocks. Both are made by halflings, so it's possible that Marlowe allows you to treat them as martial weapons, like some other races.

I'll put in the info on the war sling and skiprocks (Races of the Wild) in my next edit.

War Sling: This exotic weapon is a heavy sling used with a special sidearm throw to hurl a skiprock with deadly power. Without skiprock ammunition, a war sling is treated as a normal sling and deals appropriate damage when used to throw normal sling bullets or stones.

A user proficient with both the skiprock and the war sling can ricochet a sling-thrown skiprock just like a hand-thrown skiprock; see the skiprock description for details.

Cost: 5gp | Damage: 1d6 S, 1d8 M | Critical: x4 | Range: 50 feet | Weight: 1 pound

Skiprock: Halfling weaponsmiths developed these polished stones. Each skiprock is perfectly weighted and shaped for throwing. If a skiprock hits its target, it ricochets towards another target of the thrower's choice. The second target must be adjacent to the original target (no more than 5 feet away). The thrower immediately makes a second attack roll for the skiprock against the new target, with an attack bonus 2 lower than that of the initial attack.

Although they are thrown weapons, skiprocks are treated as ammunition for the purpose of drawing them, crafting masterwork or otherwise special versions of them, and what happens to them after they are thrown.

Skiprocks can be used as sling bullets, but using a skiprock's ricochet ability in conjunction with a sling requires taking the Exotic Weapon Proficiency (war sling) feat.

Cost: 3gp | Damagte: 1d4 S, 1d6 M | Critical: x2 | Range: 15 feet | Weight: 1/4 pound

[RaggedAngel]

Edit: You should totally use a war sling also. A war sling and skiprocks. Both are made by halflings, so it's possible that Marlowe allows you to treat them as martial weapons, like some other races.

I'll put in the info on the war sling and skiprocks (Races of the Wild) in my next edit.

Oooh, I have Races of the Wild. Time to go find it and see all the sexy loot I should request from Marlowe. :smallbiggrin:

[Linguz]

Oooh, I have Races of the Wild. Time to go find it and see all the sexy loot I should request from Marlowe. :smallbiggrin:

My post now has the details on those two. And you might be able to take Rapid Reload (sling/war sling) too, if Mar lets you.

[RaggedAngel]

My post now has the details on those two. And you might be able to take Rapid Reload (sling/war sling) too, if Mar lets you.

Rapid Reload is definitely going to be necessary if I focus on slings, but I'm still fighting between staying in Scout or going for Master Thrower, which won't work with slings.

[stanleyindraven]

i think you turned yourself ashes

[Linguz]

Rapid Reload is definitely going to be necessary if I focus on slings, but I'm still fighting between staying in Scout or going for Master Thrower, which won't work with slings.

It's a prestige class, altering them is possible. Switch it around, try making a Master Slinger class and get Mar's permission.

[mattie_p]

No skirmish against the skeletons, because, as linguz quoted, skirmish doesn't work against undead, among other things. You can skirmish lots of other stuff, though.

I see no reason why skirmish won't work with a sling. C Adv, page 12

Also, ashes can try to turn again next round. Here's to rolling something other than a nat-1!

[Marlowe]

You can't skirmish with a sling unless you already have loaded it. It takes your move action to reload, check the weapon description. And the Rapid Reload feat is exclusively for crossbows. Skirmish=bows fine, thrown weapons fine (unless they're two-handed) rapid-reloading light crossbows fine, but not with a sling.

Sorry to be harping on this. I have another character in the other campaign I was running trying to say he could use Rapid Shot with a sling (and climb up a wall in the same round)only yesterday so I'm a little weary on the subject of slings and what you can or can't do with them right now.:smallfrown:

[u-b]

Never looked at slings for exactly that reason. Though now I regret that I didn't because...

Your Strength modifier applies to damage rolls when you use a sling, just as it does for thrown weapons. You can fire, but not load, a sling with one hand. Loading a sling is a move action that requires two hands and provokes attacks of opportunity.

You can hurl ordinary stones with a sling, but stones are not as dense or as round as bullets. Thus, such an attack deals damage as if the weapon were designed for a creature one size category smaller than you and you take a -1 penalty on attack rolls.
So what results for small characters looks as follows

sling, bullet: 1d3 at +0
sling, stone: 1d2 at -1
stone, thrown: 1 at -1

Correct?

Did Abyss hit with its bite as per #690 (ready, [19] for [6] trip [21])?

upd: I guess t8 moves to p7 as p6 is already occupied by t5.

[Marlowe]

OOF. Yes Abyss did it, and the damage is just enough to get through the DR and bring that one down.

And I'm tired and stupid. The skeles didn't double-move, so of course they get attacks on Bethlen and Gretchen.

On Bethlen
attack:[roll0]damage[roll1]:[roll2]damage[roll]1d6+1[roll] light mace, ironically

On Gretchen]:[roll3]damage[roll4]Handaxe???
]:[roll5]damage[roll6]Scimitar
result of those tangle copy pasted codings with that Gretchen is hit for 3. Bringing her to a mere 26 hp.

Editing

[u-b]

According to wizards (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/glossary&term=Glossary_dnd_naturalweapon&alpha=), bite should be just fine:

Bite: The creature attacks with its mouth, dealing piercing, slashing, and bludgeoning damage.

Claw or Talon: The creature rips with a sharp appendage, dealing piercing and slashing damage.

Gore: The creature spears the opponent with an antler, horn, or similar appendage, dealing piercing damage.

[Marlowe]

THAT's good to know. That one only had 1 hp left anyway. Have to look up what gore will do.

EDIT: So biting with sharp teeth can count as bludgeoning but getting several hundred pounds of boar smash into you counts as piercing? All Hail 4Kids! I mean, WoTC!

[Marlowe]

I'm so tempted to have the skeleton do it.

...can Undead even gain levels?

[u-b]

Only those with functioning brains or their equivalent. Int "-" kind of prevents all the learning. AND all the thinking...

[Marlowe]

Technically they're awakened...but well, you've seen the results.

[mattie_p]

Is it our turn again, by the way?

[Marlowe]

Yes. sorry if it is unclear. All PCs but Gregor and Thorwald, who have moved, have another go.

...and now I have to tell Ashes that his crit doesn't count against a skeleton. The extra damage from his fire aura will do it in anyway, but you just feel so petty.

.......and it's worse than that because he doesn't seem to have range on anything.

[mattie_p]

Is it possible to get an updated map? Please?

[Marlowe]

Done, although versimilitude may be a problem.

Moves awaited: Grath, Delphi, Horbin, Dardiana, skeles.

Moves done: Gregor, Thorwald, Bethlen, Gretchen, Nuisance.

[AshesOfOld]

I know. I'm retarded. Actually I'm really stressed out, I'm trying to post between preparing all kinds of crap for prep week and not murdering somebody. If I hear anyone say "Oh, I didn't think that was my job" one more time, I think I will.

I have range on burning hands! And turn undead! Don't count me out just yet :smallbiggrin:

[mattie_p]

Thanks for the map. Grath just smashed one to bits. And I mean bits.

[RaggedAngel]

You can't skirmish with a sling unless you already have loaded it. It takes your move action to reload, check the weapon description. And the Rapid Reload feat is exclusively for crossbows. Skirmish=bows fine, thrown weapons fine (unless they're two-handed) rapid-reloading light crossbows fine, but not with a sling.

Sorry to be harping on this. I have another character in the other campaign I was running trying to say he could use Rapid Shot with a sling (and climb up a wall in the same round)only yesterday so I'm a little weary on the subject of slings and what you can or can't do with them right now.:smallfrown:

Ah, but you'll note that I've mentioned several times IC that Delphi keeps a dozen or so loaded slings on her bandolier. The actual sling is 0gp; it's just the bullets that cost money. So she never loads a sling, she just draws a new weapon.

[Marlowe]

Sneaky. Not sure how the logistics of that would work. It sounds like a great way to lose ammo. Right, we'll go along with that.

[RaggedAngel]

Sneaky. Not sure how the logistics of that would work. It sounds like a great way to lose ammo. Right, we'll go along with that.

Rules-wise, discarding flavor? They're kept in the same meta-body space that all undrawn weapons are. They cannot be sundered or damaged or affected in any way until she draws them in hand.

Flavor-wise? Think of how a pirate would keep six loaded gun on his person, because they took much less time to draw than they did to load. It's that, but with slings instead of guns.

[Linguz]

They cannot be sundered or damaged or affected in any way until she draws them in hand.

They can totally be affected. For example, if someone were to use Disrobe on you, the bandolier (being considered clothing) would fall and you wouldn't be able to get them with a move action that involves actual movement... but Delphi'd probably be more interested in clothing herself again. Being more PG rated, they could also be drawn from you and used against you (probably during a grapple with a grapple check) or could be taken off your person without you noticing by an enemy doing a successful DC 50 Sleight of Hand.

By the way, smart idea. I'm glad you're on our side. :smallbiggrin:

[Marlowe]

Well, lets just hope that "Kutcher", despairing of his legions of darkness, is not now frantically researching "Inflict clothing damage".

BTW, I promised Terrible foes. Any doubt that I delivered?

The opposition shall become more serious when I'm confident I can play rough without breaking my toys.

[RaggedAngel]

The opposition shall become more serious when I'm confident I can play rough without breaking my toys.

Don't say "I want you to play rough with me." Don't say "I want you to play rough with me." Don't say "I want you to play rough with me." I want you to play rough with me until I break-

Dammit.

[Marlowe]

Just for that, changing from "Sad and Wistful Reinforce avatar" to "World Destroying Berserker Construct Reinforce avatar".

[RaggedAngel]

Just for that, changing from "Sad and Wistful Reinforce avatar" to "World Destroying Berserker Construct Reinforce avatar".

Oh baby, I love it when you go word destroying berserk on me.

...I'm going to go take a cold shower.

[AshesOfOld]

Redoing attack roll from IC [roll0]

[Marlowe]

...And on a silly note, I notice that my new avatar has the outfit wrong:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQiDedrLCojRmUuPsIKk22P4lZQB01Ir ApO1T_tftMhDJTEDxBn
Photon Lancer; Genocide Shift.
Reinforce owns a coat you idiot fanartists.

Embarrassing about Grath missing, but it had to happen eventually. And it was either have the skeleton commit suicide or have a random magical accident on the other side of the world transform it into a mangy Alsatian.

Thorwald, I must admit I have no idea where you are. Delphi, you have a clear shot to the one threatening Bethlen.

OK, so maybe they didn't get the outfit as wrong as all that.

[mattie_p]

Gah! Two misses from the brutes!

[stanleyindraven]

Yeah, well had to happen as mar says. Best part is i would have one hit that one too.

[Linguz]

That comment about trees brought this up:

In sparse forests, there would be around 5 small trees every 10 squares. In a medium, 7 small and 1 large. In a dense, 8 small and 2 large. The small trees don't actually stop movement, but instead give a bonus to anyone fighting with one in their square, as they use the tree to their advantage (+2 bonus to Armor Class and a +1 bonus on Reflex saves). The large ones are like the ones you're only using. Except you can't fire through them. They provide cover, though.

If you want, I can generate randomized spare/medium/heavy forests so you can use them and whatnot. Including using undergrowth or not. For example:
http://i48.tinypic.com/2uii1xd.png
The black is the large trees, the lighter area has no trees, the mid-range green has small trees. This is a medium forest lacking all undergrowth.

Also, later copies will also have the things on the top/side for coords.

If you can't see it due to China, can you see if you can find an image hosting that works in China?

Just in case you didn't know. And to offer my services.

[AshesOfOld]

Yeah, sorry about that Marlowe. Neither do I. I promise I'll try and get better at these Tacmaps soon.

Btw, ding! Taking average hp. Gonna do the crunch later. I'm too tired at the moment.

[Marlowe]

OOH! OOH! That looks great. All it needs are co-ordinates.

I'll try to have a few lesser trees next time. And think of a type of Minion for Kutcher that's actually dangerous. Was gonna use skelewolves, then realised that if they were semi-awakened as well then they probably wouldn't be aggressive, and they might not listen to or understand their "master" at all.

[Linguz]

http://i47.tinypic.com/a2b13k.png

Added a key, what trees do, and the coordinates, and I made the google document I'm using to make them ready to mass produce any of the standard forest maps. Also, through the use of paint, any spot without any trees can be quickly changed color via the bucket tool. The ones with trees, for some reason, doesn't have the same color for the font and fill exact, so it takes a bit more.

On closing, feel free to order any amount of maps with colors, sizes, percentages of each color, and even features (like a river). I can most likely do it in moments. Send me a PM or tell it to me here, or any other way to contact me really, and I'll get it to you ASAP.

[RaggedAngel]

http://i47.tinypic.com/a2b13k.png

Added a key, what trees do, and the coordinates, and I made the google document I'm using to make them ready to mass produce any of the standard forest maps. Also, through the use of paint, any spot without any trees can be quickly changed color via the bucket tool. The ones with trees, for some reason, doesn't have the same color for the font and fill exact, so it takes a bit more.

On closing, feel free to order any amount of maps with colors, sizes, percentages of each color, and even features (like a river). I can most likely do it in moments. Send me a PM or tell it to me here, or any other way to contact me really, and I'll get it to you ASAP.
Your ability to actually sit down and accomplish things is so sexy.

[Linguz]

My first thought: What?!

Followed quickly by laughter.

And honestly, I don't know how to reply. At all.

[RaggedAngel]

My first thought: What?!

Followed quickly by laughter.

And honestly, I don't know how to reply. At all.

:smallwink: Ignore me, I'm just a horrible flirt. There might be a reason that I can never game in real life, because most of the guys that I end up in groups with will, unfortunately, spend huge amounts of our time attempting to hit on me or show off, in game or otherwise.

...Yeah. I'm still convinced that I've just gotten unlucky with my real life D&D groups, and that nice guys like you all do exist outside of the internet; but if that's true, I've yet to find them. :smallfrown:

[Linguz]

I'd probably be too shy to speak to you at all in real life. Unless we were closer friends. Then I wouldn't keep my mouth shut when I'm around you and other friends.

And I would love to play D&D with you all night long. Just you and me in your bedroom with two to six other people around, as the other players and/or the DM.

:smallbiggrin:

[RaggedAngel]

I'd probably be too shy to speak to you at all in real life. Unless we were closer friends. Then I wouldn't keep my mouth shut when I'm around you and other friends.

And I would love to play D&D with you all night long. Just you and me in your bedroom with two to six other people around, as the other players and/or the DM.

:smallbiggrin:

"Angel, what where those sounds from your bedroom?"

"Oh, nothing Elizabeth. Just me and Linguz playing D&D. If you know what I mean."

"Riiiiight. Yeah. You have fun with that, dork."

[stanleyindraven]

i can tell you i am not that nice a person. my r/l group knows me as a womanizing man whore with little to no morals and a high alcohol tolerance. also i seem to have a strange ability to appear at parties im not even invited to. though some people think im nice, its because they dont really know me.

[Linguz]

"What are you talking about? All we're doing is playing D&D." Linguz rolls the d20, missing the orc by a single point.

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I know you and I think you're nice. Plus, someone has to, in the end, try to seduce Angel or it wouldn't be a party. Can someone get him and me a drink (and flights for all of us)? Mar can stay in China. We'll be in the same room, playing by posts, and then waiting for Mar to post (and playing a separate campaign in the meantime). We'll stay hyped up on sugar, spice, and everything nice to keep on trucking through the weeks!

Anyone in?

[RaggedAngel]

"What are you talking about? All we're doing is playing D&D." Linguz rolls the d20, missing the orc by a single point.

---

I know you and I think you're nice. Plus, someone has to, in the end, try to seduce Angel or it wouldn't be a party. Can someone get him and me a drink (and flights for all of us)? Mar can stay in China. We'll be in the same room, playing by posts, and then waiting for Mar to post (and playing a separate campaign in the meantime). We'll stay hyped up on sugar, spice, and everything nice to keep on trucking through the weeks!

Anyone in?
Gods, I wish. I barely have time to sleep, let alone road trip.

Next summer, fo sho.

[Linguz]

Gods, I wish. I barely have time to sleep, let alone road trip.

Next summer, fo sho.

Next summer I'll be at UCF starting my college life (hopefully). And will be working, also hopefully.

[Marlowe]

"Oh baby, I just won initiative"!
"Oh know, that means you're right on top of me!"
"So I have a free Standard action?"
"You can have any sort of action".

Sorry for the lack of posts in the last 24 hrs or so. The sites just been running really slow. Lil' note on the forest maps; here (in a PC-cafe) I can view them. On my work computer I can't, due to the slowness of that connection.

I'm tossing up now between throwing more forest fights at you and just letting you reach the Location. You're only a days travel away now, and I have run into an interesting other permutation with this "vaguely aware undead" thing that Kutcher is currently messing with.

[Linguz]

If you have an email that I could reach you at, I could send them there.

And I assume 'tossing up' means you're undecided. Do you want us higher level before we reach the Location? That's basically what I see as the deciding factor. Also, forest fight would allow you to test the new map.

[Marlowe]

Throwing enough fights at you to get to level 3 in one day would be very dangerous. I imagine now you'll be leveling up inside the Location.

See what I can do, however. Check yr PMs for my e-mail.

EDIT: And the other campaign is kind of easy to run, I throw them information, they stand around talking, then I send my DMPC (not planned as one, but what do you do when 3 successive DMs vanish?) out to do something by herself and they all follow her.

[u-b]

As the day starts, he snatches berries and other food as they travel (Take 10 for 14, meaning enough food for him and two others to share).
That's only if we travel at half Grath's speed (which would be 20). But we likely travel at 30, so Grath gathers less.

Also, I wonder if you can take 10 on survival. As in, at all, because it is not immediately clear to what degree "when your character is not being threatened or distracted, you may choose to take 10" applies to a day hike through the forest.

[mattie_p]

True, but Grath still has rations, so he is basically supplementing his rations with some fresh stuff.

Also, why is it that no matter when I go to bed, you guys start talking immediately after? I'm camping out here, checking the forums, no action. Then head upstairs to bed and the floodgates open.

[u-b]

Also, why is it that no matter when I go to bed, you guys start talking immediately after?

North Carolina
Quite a way from Eurasia. Very much like what I get in most games with US residents.

[Marlowe]

I don't even know what street the Western Hemisphere is on.

[mattie_p]

I know where Marlowe is, but RaggedAngel and Linguz are (if I recall correctly) also in the Western hemisphere. And now I have a vague idea where you are, u-b.

Last night I go to bed early at 9:30. Conversation starts at 9:38.

Anyway, not complaining really, just seems funny to me.

[Linguz]

I sure am. In the country of Venezuela here. So Northern Latin America for those of you that don't know the country's location.

[stanleyindraven]

What is that GMT -6? I am just south of mattie so we share the same time table.

[Linguz]

Venezuela lies 1 hour and 30 minutes past that. -4.5. We're right on the line so we decided to use 30 minutes.

[AshesOfOld]

Huh. No wonder I can't catch any of guys online. I'm in Denmark, so that's +1.

And oh god, I have the worst hangover now. And we're going on a barcrawl tonight. I may not survive. But at least our fresh meat seems to be enjoying themselves.

[Marlowe]

Hey, when are Horbin and Thorwald going to do their "Bethlen is obviously Evil" speech?

...cause, if you're looking for the right moment; it's closing on you fast.

[stanleyindraven]

Lol, well it may or may not be coming. Guess we'll see...

[mattie_p]

Let's go over the reasons why Bethlen is obviously evil:

1) She is a warlock.

2) She obviously seduced an innocent young orcling.

[Linguz]

1) She is a warlock.

Dardiana is a warlock...

[mattie_p]

Therefore Dardiana must be burned as well. Glad we got that settled :)

Sorry, should have done more to indicate sarcasm in the previous post.

[mattie_p]

Unfortunately it appears the dreaded Gazebo does not have a tvtropes page. Otherwise I would link it.

I know we are all totally playing into that trope. I hope ironically.

If you don't know how scary gazebos can be, click here (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CB4QtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DFoT TLusJ8mU&ei=uIk-UOjaGoTg8wSjyoGoBA&usg=AFQjCNGtjAtXkoQ3jX3qRU-PlCLVvqDJdA) (not a rickroll).

[Linguz]

I believe this is where that video got the idea. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_and_the_Gazebo) That story, anyway.

[mattie_p]

The author does give his respects to Aronson at the end, but I figured a cartoon would be more user-friendly.

[Linguz]

At least also link to the original story is what I'd say.

Also, these are pbp D&D players. If they can't read something without forcing themselves to sit down and read it, I'm a bit confused.

Anyway, not trying to be rude or anything above. Sorry if it comes out that way.

[mattie_p]

If we want the original story, technically we should go here (http://www.theschoolforheroes.com/questlog/692/the-tale-of-eric-and-the-dread-gazebo/), which leads to the story in the words of the original author/DM, instead of the wikipedia post.

Details.

It's cool, though. No worries. Just don't trance around Grath :smallbiggrin:

J/K

Maybe

[Marlowe]

Dardiana is a warlock...

And they have matching skin tone as well. Obviously Bethlen is Dardiana's evil twin. Aside from being taller and looking totally different with different stats and being Human and all.

[mattie_p]

And they have matching skin tone as well. Obviously Bethlen is Dardiana's evil twin. Aside from being taller and looking totally different with different stats and being Human and all.

That's nothing a well placed reincarnate spell can't fix. Or polymorph, or a really good disguise check. Or any number of things really.

[Marlowe]

I have to stop writing the NPCs as incredibly snarky....:smalleek:

[Linguz]

Dardiana turned the ability off soon after being blasted by the energy through her eyes. "Let's just say I couldn't see crap. But it wasn't either of those. Transmutation and Illusion is all I was able to make out." Dardiana walks over to the side across from Beth and walks into the pit.

I did state the side across from Beth.

Also, unless you state that Spider Climb only allows her to crawl, then yes. If she can be walking, which she would prefer, she's doing that.

[Marlowe]

Technically, Spiderclimb doesn't say you have to crawl. It says you have to have both hands free to move. So as long as you're not holding anything I'll let you walk.

That's my ridiculous interpretation and I'm sticking to it.

Although, this means your cloak is probably dangling right over Grath's head and your Twin-Linked Upper Abominal Assets are probably on the verge of popping out of their containment device.

But none of these things are actually a problem.

[Linguz]

1) She wears no cloak. That was part of her previous attire, which was completely removed. It's all in her backpack, at the moment.

2) She's using a hand to hold them down (or up, in this case, kinda). :smallbiggrin: With her arm. So her hands are still free.

[RaggedAngel]

1) She wears no cloak. That was part of her previous attire, which was completely removed. It's all in her backpack, at the moment.

2) She's using a hand to hold them down (or up, in this case, kinda). :smallbiggrin: With her arm. So her hands are still free.

RAW is truly your gimp. I like that. Welcome to the RAW-gimp-club (not with Delphi, of course, but whenever I play an artificer).

[mattie_p]

Well, that answered a question that Grath had. I tried to post before bed that Grath tried to walk on the walls. Forum ate it though. Whatever