DrK Crimson Throne OOC

[farothel]

And Ciraneoth has just done a Mr. Spock on you.

[rax]

Cassian has currently nothing to add to the conversations. He's waiting to hear Barvasi's reply to Andrei.

[DrK]

With Barvasi asking you to leave are you guys going to head back to the Castle and give the letters to Marshall Kroft?

Or will it be pit fights and dragon rescues? It’s not suicidal to start a rumble but Barvasi is pit veteran and there is another guard in the room at the very least

[wilphe]

Winifred is trying to head off anybody making an ill advised rescue attempt with her suggestion.

If no one is interested, then back to the castle

[Haval]

What are my chances of breaking the cage open with the Drop spell? Ideally without Barvasi noticing. Away from book or I'd check the wording.

If it's unreasonable then I'm going to have to come back later.

[farothel]

I'm okay with leaving and coming back later. Question is how does he contain a dragon. Those are normally very difficult to contain.

[Haval]

It's a psuedodragon, so it's familiar sized. I don't think they're that powerful.

[wilphe]

https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Pseudodragon

The pseudodragon is a miniature cousin of a true dragon whose bodies rarely grow to more than a foot in length. Their tails are tipped with a sharp barb, through which they can deliver a powerful soporific poison

https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/mo.../pseudodragon/

Upon reaching adulthood, a pseudodragon’s body is about 1 foot long with a 2-foot tail, and weighs about 7 pounds.

https://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/pseudodragon.htm



You get the idea, catsized, intelligent, usually NG

Some GMs have them act catlike as well

[wilphe]

So what do people feel?

[farothel]

I think the dragon can indeed wait a few days. That way we can also distance our visit with the arrest/dragon rescue and hopefully that allows for less reprisals.

[rax]

Cassian has no strong opinions on what to deal with first. He'd like to put Barvasi out of business and out of the city's misery, but only if we can do so lawfully. That seems possible, but heading off a potential war or more civil unrest seems more important, so he agrees we should prioritize the Shoanti business. Rescuing the dragon is the least important of the three tasks, and there's a good possibility we can free it if we later accept the job to kill Barvasi.

Finally, Cassian hasn't forgotten his promise to the bishop to help track down the necromancer cultists. He's getting quite antsy about being sidetracked from making good on his promise all the time.

[wilphe]

Well also Andrei was explicitly warned away from following that up, so unless he wants to antagonise the Academae Cassian is going to have to wait or act without him

[wilphe]

Our list of unresolved stuff also includes keeping an eye out for Pavo

"Have a care, but also, please, keep an eye out for my fellow acolyte Pavo. When he went back into the city yesterday evening he hasn't returned, with the madness last night I am worried about him."

https://forums.giantitp.com/showsing...&postcount=360

[farothel]

that must have been before I joined. Who's Pavo?

[wilphe]

Yeah it was

Pavo is a dude who didn't come back to the cathedral after the riots

I am only mentioning him to be complete



So beg for XP, rest and go see the Shaman in the morning?

[DrK]

See IC, 150XP each for getting the letters and solving the problem with the Chelaxian amabssador. You just going to rest and then head to the Shoanti district in the morning?

[rax]

Well also Andrei was explicitly warned away from following that up, so unless he wants to antagonise the Academae Cassian is going to have to wait or act without him

Our list of unresolved stuff also includes keeping an eye out for Pavo

"Have a care, but also, please, keep an eye out for my fellow acolyte Pavo. When he went back into the city yesterday evening he hasn't returned, with the madness last night I am worried about him."

https://forums.giantitp.com/showsing...&postcount=360

I wouldn't interpret the information Andrei relayed as a warning to lay off. He even states that he thinks the Academae will find something to reward us with if we help them out. In any case, Cassian would still feel that keeping his word is more important than whatever reason the Academae has for trying to keep the matter under wraps.

As for Pavo, finding him was Winifred's promise. If she asks Cassian for help, he will give it.

Edit: Huzzah for xp!

[wilphe]

No she didn't make a promise, it was just a request, just adding our unresolved plot hooks.


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"You are not a black magister (mage who hunts mages) Do not investigate this fallen apprentice further. Leave that to us..."

[wilphe]

You just going to rest and then head to the Shoanti district in the morning?

Yep

Do we get paid anything for this?

[farothel]

updated my character, taking +5% BS for 61 in total.
And I still had to get my shield, so I'll do that now before we turn in for the night.

EDIT: just calculated I need at least 2600XP to complete the scout career and actually 3100 as I want to master a few things. I think I'm going to be stuck in this career for some time.

[rax]

https://forums.giantitp.com/showsing...&postcount=659

"You are not a black magister (mage who hunts mages) Do not investigate this fallen apprentice further. Leave that to us..."

Which isn't what Andrei reported at Eel's End.

updated my character, taking +5% BS for 61 in total.
And I still had to get my shield, so I'll do that now before we turn in for the night.

EDIT: just calculated I need at least 2600XP to complete the scout career and actually 3100 as I want to master a few things. I think I'm going to be stuck in this career for some time.

Scout's a pretty good career though - a nice mix of combat and exploration skills as well offering advances in a broad array of characteristics.

[Haval]

Need to buff my social skills until I can get journeyman wizard trappings.

For the record Andrei's view is that if we should happen to run into Mortimer again obviously we're going to have to defend ourselves. Assuming we win it might be reasonable to expect the Magister to be grateful about it. Being told not to hunt them down is more of a guideline then a rule.

[farothel]

Scout's a pretty good career though - a nice mix of combat and exploration skills as well offering advances in a broad array of characteristics.

True, it's a nice career. As long as I don't have to use Fel I should be okay.

Need to buff my social skills until I can get journeyman wizard trappings.

For the record Andrei's view is that if we should happen to run into Mortimer again obviously we're going to have to defend ourselves. Assuming we win it might be reasonable to expect the Magister to be grateful about it. Being told not to hunt them down is more of a guideline then a rule.

Defending ourselves against an attack is not hunting someone down.

[Haval]

Defending ourselves against an attack is not hunting someone down.

I should try and be clearer.

Andrei has been warned off doing anything about the Necromancers but is open to being creative in interpreting that as an order.

If we happen to run into them and have to defend ourselves then it's hardly his fault. If we're actively looking for them and get into a fight as a result then he doesn't have to tell the Magister how we got to that point. I think dealing with the Necromancers and doing the Magister's work for them might outweigh them being upset with him for disobeying them.

In any case I think we'd need an actual lead first and I don't think we talked about it much in character.

[farothel]

I don't know that. I wasn't there when that order was given, so I can do whatever I want.

[rax]

OOC: Busy week, busy weekend. I'll try and get a post in tomorrow.

[wilphe]

We cool with taking Long Knife in the Dark with us as a warrior?

We are going somewhere unpleasant against people who batted the three of us away with little effort the last time we met

Some help from the bishop would be nice too

[rax]

@DrK
Roughly how long would it take for Cassian to march to the temple and back? (And discounting any time needed to speak to the Bishop, since he can't guess that)

[wilphe]

He could ask one of the guards to take a message and then send help along to follow us

Its nice to have the cavalry coming

[rax]

Yes, but the guards are still described as being "distant", so the main thrust of the question still stands. How far too the temple and/or the nearest guard?