The Royal Artificery Society - OOC

[DeTess]

Yeah I guess I don't mind going ahead!

But before you skip to tomorrow, I think Shandara has some more shenanigans she wants to try with that owl that frequents near her home...

That's fine, I'll make certain to reserve time for that.

[Prehysterical]

I'm okay with finishing dinner and doing the time skip.

[DeTess]

Allright, I'll skip ahead then in my next post, though that might end up being sometime this weekend, depending on a bunch of stuff.

[DeTess]

If there's anything you want to say or do before splitting up, now is the time. It's fairly late in the evening, but with the festival on there'll be entertainment going all night for those interested. Otherwise, after any owl related and/or other nightly shenanigans are done. We'll go to the next day.

[WindStruck]

To get a rough idea for how much stuff costs, would you say 1 copper is 50 cents, 1 silver is five dollars, and 1 gold is 50 dollars? About??

[DeTess]

To get a rough idea for how much stuff costs, would you say 1 copper is 50 cents, 1 silver is five dollars, and 1 gold is 50 dollars? About??

Probably a bit less in my estimation, more like 3-4 dollars per silver (so 30-40 cents per copper and 30-40 dollars per gold) ? Though it's unlikely to be completely consistent for that either. For the meal, I based it on the cost from the pfsrd for a good meal (5 silvers) and added costs for plenty of good drinks.

[WindStruck]

I guess we are inching closer to getting an owl familiar.

One thing I note is that there is a special ritual involved, and it costs 100g in magical materials. But I know literally nothing else about what may be involved.

[DeTess]

Shandara would know what it entails, or would be able to figure it out quite easily with a trip to the library. You're free to make up something appropriate, or I can come up with something if you want.

[WindStruck]

Guess I'll think on it. Probably involves keeping the animal in a magic circle of some kind... for at least an hour, plus other stuff.

We can skip ahead to the next day, though I imagine Shandara will be taking it easy, rest more/early, and won't be active till the afternoon.

[DeTess]

Okay, @prehysterical, what are your plans for the next day? No point in introducing the early morning if neither of you have plans until alter in the day.

[Prehysterical]

Bolten will probably sleep in before going to the library to research that nagging feeling left by Ulrik's story about the foreign dragons.

Also, with it being Thanksgiving week, I will be out of town and replies will be slow.

[WindStruck]

I might be interested in visiting the palace just to hear the various petitions. If that's allowed...

Shandara doesn't have anything to gripe about to the people in charge.

[DeTess]

I might be interested in visiting the palace just to hear the various petitions. If that's allowed...

That should be fine, I'll introduce your arrival at the palace in a bit.

Edit: just checking, you hadn't yet delivered the sword yet, right? Or had you done that right before the festival?

[WindStruck]

Yeah that sword we worked so hard on for slaying Deathless Kings should have been delivered to the ranger's guild master.

Also, you remember that whole stat block I wrote about it, right?

[DeTess]

Yeah that sword we worked so hard on for slaying Deathless Kings should have been delivered to the ranger's guild master.

Also, you remember that whole stat block I wrote about it, right?

Yeah, I have the full statblock (who knows, I might throw the situation at an irl group one of these days), I just remembered some uncertainty about when it would be done, but couldn't find the confirmation one way or another.

Good to know that it's done though. Not that it has any relevance to how easily they'll let you into the palace. Nope, none at all...

[WindStruck]

Yeah, I have the full statblock (who knows, I might throw the situation at an irl group one of these days), I just remembered some uncertainty about when it would be done, but couldn't find the confirmation one way or another.

Good to know that it's done though. Not that it has any relevance to how easily they'll let you into the palace. Nope, none at all...

Okay.

But I'd wonder why not anyway? Does no one ever just watch what happens in there?

[DeTess]

But I'd wonder why not anyway? Does no one ever just watch what happens in there?

Plenty of people do, but as this is an event in which the emperor appears to the public, there's very heavy security present, and unfortunately the drow have a bit of a reputation...

Anyway, I updated my last post in the IC thread, rather than double-posting again.

[WindStruck]

Plenty of people do, but as this is an event in which the emperor appears to the public, there's very heavy security present, and unfortunately the drow have a bit of a reputation...

Anyway, I updated my last post in the IC thread, rather than double-posting again.

Oh. Right.

lol honestly, I've been so used to Shandara being treated fairly and equally that it rather slipped my mind. Yeah. Emperor. Drow... what could possibly go wrong?

I guess now that I think about it, usually Shandara would have that dagger with drow poison on her for self-protection. Though, if she applied just a little bit of common sense, she might think it a bad idea to bring it to this occasion.

Oh yes! She does have nice clothes too listed in her inventory. She should probably wear that as well.

[DeTess]

I guess now that I think about it, usually Shandara would have that dagger with drow poison on her for self-protection. Though, if she applied just a little bit of common sense, she might think it a bad idea to bring it to this occasion.

I expect she would know better than bringing that weapon, though there would also be something of a large place just outside the palace gates where people who would normally carry weapons and the like could leave them behind (obviously with some kind of ticket system or similar to make it easy for people to get their own stuff back). People would often travel quite far to go here for judgement, even if they couldn't attend the rest of the festival, and the area around the city isn't quite that safe that travelers would go about entirely unarmed.

[DeTess]

@windstruck, how long are you planning on sticking around to watch proceedings in the throne room? They'll continue accepting petitions until sometime after sundown.

[WindStruck]

Hm. I imagine Shandara would have been arriving in the afternoon in the first place. She may as well stay until sundown? Or at least, perhaps unless she starts feeling incredibly bored.

[WindStruck]

Well, I'm sure most people have their limits when it comes to sitting in once place for a time.

Let's say 2 hours + (20d6)[75] minutes.

[DeTess]

Okay. Could you roll me a sense motive or a knowledge (nobility)? Just to see if you can pick up some of the more subtle undercurrents of the proceedings.

[WindStruck]

Uh... should I do both?? Might as well.

Sense motive: (1d20+4)[11]

Nobility: (1d20+8)[10]

[DeTess]

@windstruck, could you roll me a perception?

[WindStruck]

Alright. (1d20+6)[25]

Assuming no overwhelmingly bright lights in the palace.

[Prehysterical]

Okay, I'm back. Should my next post be about heading to the library for research? Or should we just do that with a roll and proceed to our evening rendezvous?

[WindStruck]

We had an evening rendezvous?

So what was on the agenda? Being blinded by fireworks?

[DeTess]

Okay, I'm back. Should my next post be about heading to the library for research? Or should we just do that with a roll and proceed to our evening rendezvous?

that's up to you.

[Prehysterical]

We had an evening rendezvous?

So what was on the agenda? Being blinded by fireworks?

Don't we need to meet up with that sketchy dwarf guy? The one from the restaurant? Or is that not until the next day?