discuss things OOC here such as when your taking a long leave of absence problems with rules etc...

Still here.

oh am curious do either of you have "Sages and specialists? Im thinking of bringing the material from those books in.

I don't.  All I have are the basic books not much else.

ok long story short basicly it lets you acquire long term service of various not combative experts Such as "healers" or "cartographers" "Smiths" etc.

I don't have it either.

it allows you to create things like "historians," "Healers" (using the healing proficency with adden benefits instead of magic" "Scribes" "blacksmiths" etc.


Various noncombative experts who become your associates or "Camp followers (which is good once you go up in rank enough to be officers.

Hello.  Designated professional camp follower here.

Hello and welcome!

Greetings to all.

just noticed... no posts this whole month people been busy?

I don't have The Complete Book of Elves.  Can you elaborate on these Special Powers?

well Communion allows elves who TRULY Trust each other (this cannot be coerced, by either military orders, or by magical compulsion) to share their spiritual esssence in a way that in addition to the fluff, gives them a bonus on attack rolls in each others presence... Manifestation just lets you seem great and majesticby using the natural features to your advantage (though it works best with outsiders)

Everyone, tell me when you want to skip ahead..

Well, since I'm the newbie at the table, literally and metaphorically, I think I'll let the more experienced players make the call.

I think we'll be ready to move on in a few more minutes of game time.

curious one more idea on rules how do people feel on psionics and especialy wild talents?

I generally prefer to not include psionics in fantasy settings.

Never really gave it much thought  except for the fact that in 2nd edition Dark Sun setting psionics is a part of ones life.

Not fond of either myself.

ok thanks for the input.

On Combat and Tactics Im looking through it it has a LOT of optional rules some im sure I want to use... some im sure I dont... some Im... wanting input on.

It has rules for Mass Combat amongst other things which I feel could be useful if we get to more then a small skirmish soon.

It's official, the roller hates us.

So let it be written!

just curious who here hates the roller?

Well, it hasn't been trying to be my friend lately (lol).

For me the roller is no worse luck then rolling the dice myself.  (My luck STINKS.)

how do you feel on things currently I know ive side tracked a bit just trying to keep from getting too monotonous with the dwarves... though Im feeling I probaly brought in too many rats lol.

The dice roller is our friend....
The dice roller is our friend....
The dice roller is our friend....
The dice roller is our friend....
The dice roller is our friend....

Now watch, I'll still roll a "1" on my next attack.

LOL it does seem to be a conspiracy... by Evil dice, plotting to screw over PCs...

Are we trying to fight the entire rat carpet or just the cranium rats?

you attakk the rats as individuals, but their powers tend to become reinfroced as  a hive.

hmmm...  I can't remember. Are we using torches for light sources, or oil lanterns, or are we not using anything, you know, being elves.

Id say none being elves.. ... you probaly can light a torch if your willing to spend a few actions on the task... (to drive them off or such)

remember not only would it be redundent with your infravision It would be counterproductive, unless your looking for trouble light draws attention.

Heya! Im going to Branson on vacation tommorow for about a week... see you!

Checking interest? Still here

I have a new laptop so should be that much more available.

I'm still here; just waiting for the restart. :)

I'm on the fence.

Being the new guy on the block, my perspective is that the game has been faltering since I signed on and I have not gotten hooked by the game or have become attached to the character.

If you guys want to continue, then I'll stick around.  If you guys want to close the game down, then that's okay with me.

Restart?


I took the post to the place right before combat if thats what you meant.

One more idea... I knowit warns a lot in the DMG against "monty haul" campaigns. but im thinking that after going through this attack, leveling everyone up to 3rd or 4t level, making people more potent,  thoughts on how that would affect things?

Being a multi-class character, I'm thinking that Meeka would then be bumped up to a 2nd or 3rd class level.  Jumping to 2nd class wouldn't be all that far fetched, just a big bonus point award.  3rd level is bit bigger of a jump but if that's what people would prefer or it allows for a bit more enticing encounters, no worries from my end.

ok well Tag.

By "Restart", I meant waiting for posts again.

As far as the game is going, the pace of advancement is OK; I'd just like more time to explore the city.

oh an issue I brought up before... who here would like to try building retinues?

I'll admit I would enjoy using sages and specialists, I know id have to write them up myself unless any of you have the book too.

ok looks probable we'll have a new player soon peeps.

Okay.  hi all.  I'm the new player.  Geetings.  I'll be spotty for the next 5 days, as we just had our 1st. baby!

Heya! does anyone else think the commanders "joke" was over the top, of whats accepted from good aligned people... I'd wanted a little levity, yes yes yes, at teh expense of the dwarves dignity.

Tell me honestly, do you think that as a childish prank, or a monstrous display of emosadism.

Being a non-dwarf, I'd put the shaving in the same category as sending the fellow back stripped of his clothes as well as his dignity.  Mean certainly, but not evil.

Of course, if I were playing a dwarf character, he'd certainly would have done his damnedest to kill the commander for such an insult, even if his own life were forfeit in the effort.

Playing dwarves frequently, I'd sayt it was a grave insult.  Certainly one desrving of a dark vengeance and a long, burning anger.  But while creul, it was not in and of itself Evil.  It also certainly was not Good, nor even humorous in a rougeish fashion.  But think, what is Evil?

In Arminna's mind, the action crossed a line.  As a priestess of Eilistraee, her job is to work on improving the reputation of good drow, and this work in direct counter to that.  Furthermore, she feels that this action is more in line with a follower of the Spider Queen than the Dark Maiden.

I certainly respect the opinion and have no interest in trying to change Arminna's mind on the issue.  That said, I'm just curious.  If the goal is to improve our reputation with the dwarves, then why help take down a dwarven patrol?

From the mindset of being a drow with little actual knowledge of the dwarven enemy, Meeka thinks this is rather tame when stacked against the atrocities of war of which she has learned.  Of course, she only knows of dwarves by reputation (aside from our adventure) and has no concept of just how egregious the dwarves would view the shaving.

Okay, What are the chances of my character climbing down to the prtoal?

maybe "narrow tunnel" would be better then "shaft" for what I had in mind.

and you can go in quite easily, make no mistake.

problem is, reaching its only a small part of it you need to knwo , and posses, its "key"

Her goal is not to improve the reputation of the drow with these dwarves, but the reputation of the drow in general.  These dwarves are evil and at war with good drow, so she has no problem with taking them down as long as it's done in an honorable way.

*Waves Wand of enemy detection around*
Fzzzt... Bang
"Oh what does that mean?"
*Looks up sees the army of Bugbears that have completely surrounded her*

Wand of Enemy Detection, waved around by drow in a drow patrol.  Hmmmmmmmm.  How many enemies could there be among the drow?

You'll have to get it, and spend some of its charges, to find out, lol. Well try deciding what to do with wands, remember this is 2nd edition, some wands (like Enemy detectoin) can be used by anyone... id reccomend that a wizard take the wand of magic missiles, its all to easy to use up, but it will give you some extra firepower.
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Anyone besides Meeka got mage skills?

Hmmmm....     Could be.  *L*

hes a Fighter mage thief though, so his XP will be spread THIN. so you might try discussing IC which of you should get the wand... As both of you have the problem of low levels in early editions that you rmagic is so easy to use up at this point... latter on you'll get more spells a day, and such.

The Banded armor btw has STRONG enchantment, I'ts either +4 or 5 I'll tell you that much. When I found I wound up rolling so many gemstones I decided to change them to uncut stones, partialy for game balance, partially because it suits the scene better.

I rolled a 20 for the wand "GM picks, thought about wand of wonder, but decided that would be too powerful at this point... so would a wand of fire... which id REALLY like to bring in lol... enemy detection is I know of limited use lol.
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Everyonehought id ask...

*LOL*  Just found my AD&D charts.

Good, so you see how long the road will be, good news is you will be VERsatile with a capital v, when you reach the end.

Ohhh...  indeed I will.  *L*  But the longest road is frequently the one most worth traveling.  Did theThief scores include the dexterity adjustmets.

Yes in point of fact I believe they did... I can give you the VERY Base scores, along with the racial modifiers and dex modifiers if yuo want

No.  Just wanted t make sure I had the correct scores put down.   Thanks.  When I get a moment, I'll put in the modifiers for the attributes.

huh just said I put in the dex and racial adjustments


oh hmmn anyone going to post has been going slow last few days...

*L*  Thought I was out of actions.

another idea? to add some spice to the game?

keep planning out what to do when they get back... but one idea I just came up with is they get sent to the top layer of ysgard.

Curious

When was last time I awarded XP Lol... when we get back to city Im thinking just to give a flat XP award to everyone to pump levels up a bit, if that sounds reasonable.

Works for me.  You may want to give out the amount of GP aquired also.

oh looked throguh "Planes of chaos" and found some rules on svartalfheims physical effects, these apply mostly to armiannaa and ynavera

any priestess of eilistraee WITHIN svartalfheim Proper, is treated as being one level higher but ONLY for purposes of spellcasting.

All bard abilitys function at 3 levels higher, including spell abilitys, though bards cant memorize extra spells.

hello

everyone note down 20,000 xp for completing this arc

(Yes this amount IS disgustingly and artificially large dontbother poitning it out, its meant to carry some of you to higher level territory... as I cant afford to keep things to the kind of pace as a table top game I think we all agree)

this will also allow for some more varied encounters.

Hmmn Question...

any ideas how hard Adamantine should be to craft?"

In reply to Servant of the Dark Maiden (msg #76):

My knee-jerk thought is that adamantine would be VERY difficult to work.

it needs to be easier, then creatingtraditional magicalitems,otherwise drow would just do that.

Could you please tell me what levels the 20,000 XP makes Valhriir?

In reply to Servant of the Dark Maiden (msg #78):

That's a very valid point I hadn't considered.  I still think it would be rather more difficult then working with steel, though from what I seem to recollect at least the Drow armor/weapons don't need the services of a mage to make them.

Valhriir, as a warrior/mage/thief, you'd split it three ways 6,666.67 to each class.  Since your DEX and INT are above 16, I assume you get 10% bonus for the thief and mage classes.  So, by my reckoning and not counting any other experience awards you may have received previously:

   Warrior - 6666.67 experience points - 3rd level
   Wizard  - 7333.33 experience points - 3rd level
   Thief   - 7333.33 experience points - 4th level

In reply to Meeka (msg #80):

Am thinking hmmmn require multipe rolls and say longer 'baking' times in a faerzerass, for a higher bonus item, as they have more power to absorb.

Thanks.

One thing to do in downtime though? just a friendly reminde?

Spellbooks

you'll need to try buying scrolls (you have a few allready on hand) you can also try sharing each others books.

as you will want to expand the size of your spellbook.

Am working on updating my character to her new level.  Do we have a total of how the GP was split out?

hmmmn 3,000 GP to divide amonsgt the party, (will forgo the searching for someone to purchase the gems etc this time... but in the future you should try finding a connection or two amongst appraisers... ingeneral they take up to half the items value for themselves but also save you trouble hunting down a buyer.

Oh did I fail to include the treasure found on the dwarves?
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oh two more things lol

Its time for more prof's for several of you

second Ynavera, Vaugn,Armianna all of you get advanced innates now having reached 4th level be sure to note those down.

Is this game still on? lol its odd the GM would have to ask that but lol.

I'm still around, not sure what to have Meeka do, but I'm still around.

Still here.

Decided to get the next plot arc under way, while at the same time leaving you some time to do personal things, buy scrolls etc.

I'm still here.  Been busy working looong hours.  Sorry.

Curious?

how do you people feel on 4th edition?

I think we all HATE their killing Eilistraee

Hate it being done in a blatant way.

Hate the fact that "uncorrupted Dark elves" have brown intead of dusky skin and BLACK hair... when even in the days of illythir their hair was white ...

The ladys made out to be a total idiot... Sorry for the rant

point is how do you feel on 4th editio nI hate it with every ounce of my heart... and hope wotc goes bankrupt.

In reply to Servant of the Dark Maiden (msg #93):

To be honest, the last AD&D stuff I bought is the Players Option stuff between 2nd and3rd editions and I didn't care for it.  I decided that additional books was just not a wise investment.  As such, I have no opinion, or interest, in 4th edition.

The best way to describe 4th edition is this

its BALANCED

Every potentialy unbalanced power has been removed, or dumbed down till its balanced.

This is both a pro, and the mother of all con's.

I never bothered with 4E.  When 3E came out, I thought that it no longer had a D&D feel and I stopped with 2E.

3rd edition had some GOOD points...

The abolition of demihuman level limitations.

PRC's allowed for more flexibility

It also had one or two NOT SO GOOD points.

An almost obssesive focus on playbalance,

Most notably EVERY SINGLE Priest spell, whos major balancing factor was

"Insert gods name here" Only grants this spell under VERY EXTREME circumstances."

was either totally ommited or dumbed down a little mayb,e and handed over to general use.

I was a bit of a fan of quest spells and the like.

even 4th edition has one or two good points.

I also Miss my evil drow priests with Snake whips and tentacle rods

GONE All GONE

not to mention drow no longer lose power in the sunlight.... Elaine cunningham tried to give a cool explanation for it in windwalker... but the REAL reason

what was it?

Simplification.



Namely

"It ends the "open ended level upping" of 3rd edition

And restores the 30th level cap.

As well as I see some value in the Epic destinys.

However What it does to the cosmology, and the planes, I felt like id been RAPED when I read it.
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OOC:  Is the Lord General putting Arminna in charge of the next mission?

Yes, that was the point.

Still here; hope everyone else is doing well.

Anyone still here?

I'm still checking in once in a while.

still here

Yeap.  I'm here.

Good to hear, so let's get started again.

Indeed.  *L*

So let it be written, so let it be done

Arminna had the last post, and since I don't like to double post it's open for someone else to jump in. :)

I had the one before you Arminna, but I'll jump in.  ;)

Looking at the cast though....  GM's last post a week and a half ago, Valhriir's last post was the same, Ynavera back in April, Nelin back in January and BoneGuard never...  Doesn't look too promising.

Still, at least the GM and Valhriir's player have both been online recently, so maybe there's some hope for this game continuing.

Sorry that was really my fault.  I meant to follow up my post to the singer.  I will jump in when you leave the temple, but please poke me to make sure.

My laptops getting sent in for repairs, my desktops a peice of garbage...

I might be able to give an occasional brief message over next 2-3 weeks on my PS3

but that will be all..

Still here.  :)

Looks like it's time to pull the plug on this one.

im still here

but everyone think we should try skipping to the next mission?  the "night in the taverns" while a good RP thing, is slowing things down.

Sounds fine to me; maybe one or two more posts to wrap this up.

I'll stick around a bit longer, but we're going to need more Participating PC's I think.

Bumped my players wanted ad


Am trying to keep things going... and have an encounter or two in mind along the way.

I've got some problems with my home ISP.  I don't know if this will have a noticeable impact on my involvement in the game or not, but I wanted to give you some heads up just in case.

Thanks.

Ok I think nows a good time to skip ahead a bit to say , right before its time to leave, if theirs no objections?

No objection here.

No objections; however, you might want to calculate each persons XP and share of the treasure.

the gemstones, I decieded were uncut, just to keep teh game from being overwhelmed with out of control wealth.

just calcuated its 6,993 to split amongst yourselves... will go ahead and restate teh magic items A spear, a hand axe, and banded mail, radiating strong enchantment if anyone wants to try claiming it, and a scroll of leomunds secure shelter, if anyone wants it.

I think I allready assigned XP correct me if im wrong.


about 1,750 for each of you, you probaly CAN blatantly buy some items with that much... but might want to consider housing experiences dining etc first.

have had the little encounter now playing out in my head for months lol, was burning a hole in my head.

I know I know I know, I SUCK At composing music.

and then some.

has RPol changed the way italics worked or am I stupid? maybe im putting toom uch in at once...

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Sorry for the late post, r/l and holiday stuff have been keeping me busy.

Question:  How far away is the caravan from its next camp site?

id say maybe 8 hours. 3 at a quick pace, the pace has been slow, almost leisurely thus far, the pilgrims are elderly, many are bound to a cane, some have kin helping them along.

a quick pace risks leaving some of them behind, though and youve been told bluntly "better to get them all there dead, then to get all but one there alive, and leave one behind in the tunnels.

DAMN ME FOR A FOOL!!!

I didnt post what I'd pictured very well...

Id been thinking the tunnel was branching ahead but just said "up ahead"

 was triyng to say you have to decide wheither to explore it or go on , ahead, not "explore it and resolve it or turn back.

sighs so sorry for my stupidity.

Arminna is going to want to investigate with the four that she indicated, while the rest of the caravan holds here.

Does that work for what you need to know?

ok have posted.

ooking forward to next post..

Holidays have kept me busy; hope to post sometime next week at lastest.

Curious any magic items wanted?

wont make promises but like to keep track.

Being a warrior mage, Meeka could benefit from a great many magical items.  On top I guess would be magical short sword, magical dagger, magical chain mail armor.

I can list any number of things that it would be nice to have, but stuff that I specifically would like for the character.... I'm not sure.  I've never really got hooked enough on the game/character to give it a lot of thought.

Allready thinking of armor as well as wands and staffs.

As a Sword Dancer, swords would be a good pick, along with clerical devices.  One particular item of interest for her would be a Ring of Elemental Command (Earth).

hmmn thought you'd say a "Ring of shooting stars"

both are good lol.

one problem here is im trying to figure things out... I dont want to just massacare the PC's then tell you "roll another set of chars.

they bit off a BIT more then I think they can chew.

If this is more than they can handle, then why is it here?  Travelling with such a large caravan, it seems like that we couldn't have avoided her.
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because shes lucid first few minutes, giving you time to hurry by.

Ok, then here's the part I have a question about.  Is the ghost in a tunnel that the caravan can bypass?  If so, Arminna is at the point where she's going to back off for now.

yes the ghost is in a tunnel that can be avoided in fact it takes a detour to get to her, and Yes Armiana Can probaly retreat at this point.

http://gawker.com/5877981/the-...et-wins-sopa-is-dead


Oh Tyrany, Where is thy Lash!

Oh oppression where is thy yoke!

Where is their current position between rest points?
This message was last edited by the player at 22:08, Tue 24 Jan 2012.

id say hmmmn maybe 2 hours past your last one.

I'm still here; just waiting for something to happen.

posted again.

Curious after this missions over with, how do you feel on a "sojourn" across the outer planes As while I like the localized concept of this game would like to face a few foes beyond just the dwarves personally.

I'd be okay with a sojourn.  I don't have much experience with tripping the outer planes, might be interesting.

The occasional expedition to the Outer Planes would be fine by me; it would give Arminna a chance to meet priests of other faiths.

Still here.  :)

ok note I did post last.


Your go

OK, I thought that was part of another thread; I've now posted.

Curious how do you feel about raising everyone to 9th or 10th level after this, take things high enough that players start establishing strongholds and such.

I'm not thinking about a stronghold right now, so I'd be OK with just advancing to the next level (which is 7th for Arminna).

Also, Arminna is thinking that a trip to Waterdeep would be good for Meeka, which would dovetail nicely with what's going on with Meeka's conversation.

I'm good either way, advancing a small bit and moving on to Waterdeep or advancing a bit more, to stronghold levels.

Waterdeep hmmmn could be difficult to work in well the "Faced with prejudice issue" could get redundent after 6 or 7 posts...

hmmn if we go for stronghold idea where youd want it?


Want someplace close to a city, or someplace near the border?


want someplace your more likely to face dwarves, or random monsters?

I'm good not going to Waterdeep, just responding to Arminna's comment.

As to a stronghold, near a city vs. near the border and facing dwarves vs. random monsters....  I would lean towards near the border and facing random monsters I think, though they are only slight inclinations.  It depends more on how each of these would impact our gaming experience, but not sure how that could happen without giving away spoilers, which would negatively impact the game for me.

I'm guessing, but I'm not sure, that this is all said to Meeka by the shade of her grandmother.  Can I get a bit of clarification on this matter?

By taking a role she means taking a job, or long term position you wont be able to quit that easily shes telling you to see the rest of existence basicly.

the whole "I love not a sword for its sharpness..." etc was to avoid glorying TOO MUCH in your own martial prowess.

Sorry gang.  I've had a bit of a personal crisis recently and role playing has been rather distant from my thoughts.  I'm hoping to work back into the swing of things in the next day or two.

Sorry for the delay; last week was crazy for me.

I wasn't thinking a full fledged adventure in Waterdeep, just a visit to the temple of Clangeddin Silverbeard (I'm presuming that Arminna knows a dwarf there from her time in the Skullport/Waterdeep area) to introduce Meeka to some good dwarves.

oh curious as its getting to that point now...

how od either of you feel on henchmen?

I'm okay with henchmen, though I'd take additional party memebers (more players) over henchmen if given the choice.

Same here.

ok What would you like in a henchamn if I could ask


A stealth expert, a "Tank"


wont give anything ultra specific like "Someone with a 18 in strengh, 12 in dexterity etc.


but things like a specific class or even Kit im good with...

My knee-jerk thought is going the stealth route.

While we don't have a tank, Arminna seems decent in a fight and Meeka's half a warrior herself.  And while Meeka falls far short of being a great mage, she's got a bit of skill in that arena.  So stealth seems to be the area in which we're most lacking.

I would go with something along the line of Fighter/Thief.

Hmmmn sounding interesting coming up with ideas...


hmmn Curious does Ranger sound good, if its just stealth your wanting? or wanting a theif able to work with traps thought id ask.

You know better than us what we'll be facing and what would fit best.  If we're going to be facing a lot of traps and locks, a thief is called for, if we're going to do more sneaking about and scouting, then a ranger works well.

Not being able to make an enlightened choice, I lean a bit more towards ranger than thief.

Sounds good, but I still think we need some sort of tank.

hmmmn thinking of various ideas...


curious by tank would you prefer a weapon master, or someone whos relatively brute force oriented for a drow? (e.g. uses a shield, or two handed weapon)

By "tank" I just mean someone who is a strong fighter.

Still here; I'm waiting for Illyana to return with her report.

Is there another route that takes us around where the manes where sighted, or do we have to go through them?

You'd need to add several hours to your trip but yes.

When did we ask that?  (or do you need us to ask that?)

(was just something I inferred since giving a "full report" would include discussion of the vague idea


I dont NEED you to ask that but it would allow a variety of themes to be brought in if not... hmmmn Im still for jumping to at least 9th level at this point just to keep things moving progression wise.

OK, I see the miscommunication.  I was working from the spot that Arminna had just started her report.

oh

I see now I got confused I thought you wanted to summarize it

OK, I've edited the message to make it flow more smoothly, and posted a new one.

ok hmmmn thoughts on what shes going to want to do in waterdeep other then visit temple of clagaedinn?

That's all I had planned for Waterdeep; I figured they'd go plane-hopping after that.

just re read plane shift,  You'll be able to come out NEAR waterdeep but not at it precisely.

Could you give a bit more description as to what Meeka and Arminna see?  Are we in the forest, hills, is there a river, cloudy or clear skys....?

What was our XP from the last adventure?

480,000

This is deliberately inflated, no kidding but Im wanting to be able to do some fighting Giants, ogres, and dragons etc next engagement or two.

I've modified Meeka's character sheet to indicate the additional experience points.  I can't recall if we're doing the 10% for high stats as part of this, so I did not include the 10%.  Even so, Meeka was a F4/MU4 and is now a F9/MU10.  Heck of a jump in one fell swoop.

Was thinking using the 10% bit yes.


one thing remember you have scrolls you might want to try transcribing.

Thanks.  Can Meeka just copy the scroll spells over or is there any need for dice rolling or a process you want followed?

One of the scroll spells is Diary.  I'm unable to find a spell Diary in any of the books I've got.  Where would I find that one?

Its in the wizard spell compendium  volume 1it causes a Diary to Magicaly fill itself out Allowing your journey to be logged without you to have to record it yourself

it lasts for one day a level.

Is the 480,000 XP our new total, or do we add that to our current XP?

add it to your total.

on scribing new spells in you have a 95% chance to do so, if you fail you have to wait till you gain a new level to learn that particular spell.

Hello sorry to interrupt things with this bit of brigandage but thought it nice to take a break from Dwarves and bugbears lol.

No, that's fine; I like the break.

If you could, I'm not able to look at my books right now, so if you can tell me what level Arminna would be at with 553,185 XP, I'd appreciate it.  Thanks.

Wow, 12th level

this will give you access to 6th level spell's and a few more Spelllike abilitys.


Including the power to grant any bladed weapon +3 bonus for 7 rounds 3 times a day


And Spell Turning (as per the 7th level wizard spell) once a day.

at 13th level you'll be able to invoke true seeing OR commune once a day.

at 15th level still a ways away you'll be able to invoke planeshift, or SStoneTell once a day

any more questions just ask.

oh a question on henchmen wnat to wait on that, try collecting Exotics while out on the planes or have someone "just find you" all have possibletys i admit.

I don't have any particular preferences on henchmen, though exotics might end up getting us into more trouble in the Realms then they're worth.

Here's the class ability Arminna is using:

  At 5th level, sword dancers can cast magic missile (as the 1st-level wizard spell, four missiles per spell), or they can temporarily enchant an edged slashing weapon to ignite with a fiery blue-white glow visible to all and strike with a +3 attack bonus (but not a damage bonus) in the next round (in addition to any other bonuses it has). They can either cast magic missile twice in one day, enchant a weapon twice in one day, or use each ability once in one day.

Armianna I'd appreciate an updated CS?

it would be helpful.

oh heres a question?

Drow equipment cant endure long in sunlight, hmmmn Say this battle is at nigh to be nice, but ... you'll probaly need to try switching out equipment for STeel blades and such before continuing your journey

I've updated her Character Details.
Working on updated CS; I need her new saving throws.

We could probably switch out equipment during a visit to The Promenade.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:41, Fri 09 Nov 2012.

good idea.

Elven chain mail isnt for sale conveniently, bad news for MEeka.

Good news, is that Armor, Ghost armor, etc are available.

am allready working out the bandits loot, trying to keep from overdoing it, as DMG warns against monty haul campaigns problem is guy writing it wasnt thinking about realitys of a PBP game.
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:02, Fri 09 Nov 2012.

updated my Ad so you know only nibble came from someone who ive encountered in 2 or 3 other drow related story arcs and no offense but have a low opinion of sighs.

after she understood the games premise she lost all interest im afraid.... but will renew it again latter today when the ad becomes bumpable.

Good News!

We have a new prospective player!

Curious, any theories about Eilistaees "Must use magical armor or none" rule?

Is their a reason for that, beyond "I like being ineffable"
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:01, Sun 11 Nov 2012.

I'd wondered about the arms and armor thing when we first starting heading out to the Realms.  I've not played too many unarmed and unarmored warrior types, especially one as petite as Meeka, but if that's the direction we're heading, then she'll work it out if she can.

The gods are inscrutable. (lol)

As far as the loot goes, Arminna hasn't acquired any magical items yet, so this would be a good time to equip her.

Everyone say hello to our new player.


Looked through drow of the underdark but couldnt figure out how to say "hello" or greetings lol.


IMPORTANT


Keep in mind that when roaming the planes Magic weapons and armor With +' lose power when removed from their Home plane.

Miscelanious magic isnt effected that badly but...


Armianna clerical spellcasting ia also effected it shouldnt effect you that badly.


Am planning on introducing some magic items curious you wont mind if If I over do it a bit as its been 2 years games been going on.
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:12, Tue 13 Nov 2012.

Hello everyone.

Greetings, and welcome aboard.

Question would it be best to retcon him into the game or for him to be someone whos jsut catching up with you for some reason.

I tend to shy away from retcons when I GM.  Idon't know specifics of our new player, but if he's also Drow from back home, it might work that he was sent after us, maybe with some information or item or something.

If you want Seldszar having to been sent after them for some reason its find with me.

Sounds good.

In reply to Servant of the Dark Maiden (msg # 214):

In reply to Seldszar Rilyniryn (msg # 215):

Oh on the planar quest keep in mind stay out of Baator... no one should need to be told not to go sight seeing there, but thought id mention that.

One minor correction:  The spell Arminna cast on Meeka should have been a Cure Critical Wounds, and she should add another 3 hp to her total.

ok


I hope this isnt getting too complicated in game

Meeka, it wont make Seldazers Message seem too nonsensical if the mage just comes to you rather then vice versa, as it proably makes things go quicker (a good thing in a PBP game)

seldazer just informed me he wont be able to psot for the forseeable future... WONDERFUL


Happens all too often though.

SO you know that im NOT Just being a D*CK he asked me to NPCerize his char, before introductions were finished wonderful.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:25, Tue 20 Nov 2012.

Like I mention to GM about not be able to post was that my internet provider was going to cut my internet servie off which is now has been pay for now and I am able to post now.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:33, Wed 21 Nov 2012.

Ive been reading Dragon magazine back issues lately it has a LOT OF ideas but some are pretty outlandish others Im amazed didnt become canon.

On the Whole stronghold issue, hows everyone feel about the Portal taken in the 2nd act?


Its going to be heavily fought over.
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:51, Thu 22 Nov 2012.

In reply to Servant of the Dark Maiden (msg # 223):

PM

am I the only one who wants to speed up this convo?

I'm on board with moving the convo along.

Go ahead with moving the convo right along.

Go ahead and move it; we can finish up the convo with Rakan in short order.

Still here; just waiting for the next post.

Ok if we just skip to the next scene since things are bogging down.

Okay by me.

Fine by me.

OUCh, meeka, when you put it like that it DOES sound odd.

I'm just naturally suspicious...  >:)

Does "he" refer to Kiawarn or to a server?

I'm just wondering if Kiawarn has left our table yet.

oh yes he does leave your table, and hmmn you get any food you ordered, though most of whats available, is either fruit, light clear drinks, or vension, a lot of it seems derived from elven, or faeri recipes.

Is "The Dirk and Firmin" just a tavern, or is it an inn also?

just a tavern/ greenhouse, might be able to find an inn by aking th inhabitants though.

I've got the last post; who will be next?  :)

We are now over 1000 posts.  Yay group!

I just found out that I may need to skip out of town in the near future due to a family medical issue.  If I do, I suspect I'll be out for several days.  Fair warning.

Thanks.

Has out infiltrator been given a name?  I can't find one in the posts.

I'vll come up with one soon. I promise... just need to consult Drow of the underdark again.

Sorry for taking so long on the issue.

his names "Calimar Naerth"

Lets go with that.

Ok is everyone ok with next post starting in arborea, to get this exploration underway?

I'm fine with it.

Works for me.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:53, Tue 18 Feb 2014.

Sorry for the delay; I hope to post next week.

*poke*

I'm not exactly sure what the coure is saying.

Hes saying that Eladrin are the LEAST HONEST of all celestial beings, so its not unlikely you met one in disguise at some point.

new PC incoming New PC incoming...

Hey folks; new resident psych-something in the room.

Who's all here?

Meeka here, fighter-mage

Arminna, priestess of the Dark Maiden.

Yo yo yo! Look who's in the hizzy!

Hello everybody!  I have been granted entry into your little cabal!

Matt here (FronkyDondo) - playing X'andersloopsihop!

Can I get a synopsis of where we are/I am - at least what X'ander would know from his point of view?  Danke

Well a Portal to the Quasielemental plane of minerals was captured from dwarves

An evil Drow ghost whos corpse was mutilated and shaped into furniture by an especialy evil and depraved dwarf centuries ago harried the PC's while they escorted a group of pilgrims to the city of shrines.

an NPC Subcommander delivered an extreme insult to a dwarf commander by cutting his beard off....

And a group of dwarves


As to where the PCs are now their in Arborea deciding wheither to explore Arvandor or Olympus, and has just heard the tale of woe of a eladrin who was punished for duing the right thing.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:56, Wed 17 Sept 2014.

If I'm only misding gear, can I also start?

Yes your a ways away from needing it.

Any lead-in?  Background?

It would help in your opening post to give an idea of where your from and such...

oh could you reply to my PM? its a valid question im asking i think...
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:03, Thu 18 Sept 2014.

In reply to Servant of the Dark Maiden (msg # 264):

Regarding where we're from: is there a reference for city/town/province names?

If its feasible, I can just wander in from being lost somewhere else and with no former knowledge of the party.

I'm working on it.  Since you sent it, my schedule has been changing from nights to mornings, so I've had less time between shifts and therefor less time to be at home with books open.  As is, I'm a zombie.

Hmmmn Maybe on a period of seclusion note their currently exploring Arborea so good reason while you'll be there?

Aleis has an Arborean sword... receiving it as payment for services rendered?

sounds good... or maybe You got it as loot off of some Medusa or gorgon that attacked you.

or a Gift... any of those 3 you want.

I pity the medusa....

How should I lead in then?

Say a recent Revelation/vision has led you to believe your path lies with these other Dark elves?

Oh, yes; that will definitely get Meeka's attention.  (lol)

I presume we've skipped from the afternoon to evening (and the evening meal) and we're now doing character introductions.

Working on my character intro for the new people; anyone else, feel free to jump in.

Hope everyone enjoyed the holidays; looking forward to gaming again.

Who's next in introductions?

Should we just skip ahead to morning?

I think so.

OK, then.  Somebody needs to post next; I had last post and don't want to double-post.

*bump*

OOC: Im coming down with MS, I should be able to continue this RP but... I waited for years to get surgery to fix my Lazy eye... then this happens? IS this a joke?

Best of luck.  :)

Does Arminna know what event the ghost is talking about?

Hmmmn... good question...

just rolled knowledge religion Drow.

You know that this ghost, and possibly her colleagues, if any, were clerics of Aurashnee, Lloths identity before her banishment from Arvandor, which left this blight here to this day.

But how are you to explain to someone that her DEITY has betrayed the Tel'quessir?

That I cannot say.

*bump*

In reply to Arminna Xun'sohna (msg # 285):

Meeka has left... she was here for years but... sighs...

So please divide her gold and magical items between the two of you...

What had she had?  We should probably worry about that later....

I'm at a loss for what we should do with the ghost.  I'm actually thinking 'banish' because we seem to be going in circles with her.

Yes or leave her be... maybe step by step you can help her find a path to redemption...

As for Meekas Equipment... She had a rod of Passage a Wand of Magic Missiles... and a Sentient Sword

Hopefully Kyariniel will accept the invitation to join the Dark Maiden's service.  If not, it's probably time to take our leave.

would the rest of you be ok with another mass level up and moving on either back to svartheim or maybe celestia?

If I may make a recommendation, have Meeka be seriously injured instead of killed.  This would necessitate a return to Svartheim or moving on to Celestia.

Also, I would not be opposed to some XP.

ok.... hmmmn say enough to go to level 19?

Then say a brief return to Svartheim have a few ideas for there... can always go to Celestia a bit latter...

I'm at level 12, so that seems like a huge jump.  Maybe 16?

true but would like to use the options in "High level campaigns" at some point... part of why I formally abolished demihuman level limits but we can go to 16 worry about leveling up with us that close...
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:33, Tue 24 Nov 2015.

Fyi; I'm still here but recovering from a car crash. Biggest casualty is I broke my hand and typing is now a chore.

Owch!! Get well soon.

Cast is off.  I can almost type.

Yay!

Oh can I assume Armianna uses her "Commune" ability sometime soon so I can drop a plot hook in?

She can do one as part of her evensong when they stop at night.

Broken hand = the suck.  This is a SLOW recovery, at least as far as I'm concerned....

I've had broken bones also, so I know the feeling.

FYI, I hope to put up a post by next week.

I'm getting swamped IRL, and I'm going to have to bow out

Sorry to hear that; hopefully you can come back when things calm down.

Who all is with Arminna at this time?

Anyone whos still with us, Pluss, Jhaelnya, and 20 young soldiers accompanyting you, you've been given nonlethal weaponry...

I believe that Arminna is the only Player Character at this time, and that we have a scout/tracker (I can't recall his name) with us.

think you had an infiltrator, not a scout, experience in blending in, becoming what he is not.

*bump*

*bump*

Do you think we need more characters?

just got a pique of interest might be getting a new PC coming in.

Sounds good. :)

likely a rogue of some kind but I think thats worthwhile...

Hi all,

I'm working on a bunch of the miscellaneous things but will be joining you as a Justifier - Ranger.

Would love for any tips on factions and such for the setting.

Thanks for having me!

We have 12 posts left in the main IC thread. It's probably time to create a part 2!

suggestions for new threads name

You could name it based on the current mission and then when we move onto a new mission open a new thread and close that one. That's how I've seen that done in other games.

Potential new name could be: o Sympathy for the Simpathetics

You could always go with "the tunnels tremble with anticipation II".

started a new thread, with a slightly DIFFErent name.

In reply to Servant of the Dark Maiden (msg # 321):

Yes, I kept misspelling Simpathics on my phone :)

So have we decided in the old thread that we are moving out in a group of 12. I'm assuming the 10 others are NPCs, right?

Also is Arminna a Commander now?

Happy new year! Looking forward to our quest against the Simpatics

Is this a once a week posting rate game?

for all too long its felt that way... if you'd like to speed things up a bit I'd WELCOME it.

Ok. Let's work on that together.

For now, can you give me a description of the party we are traveling with and then I will post about how Vhurdaer carries himself with this group of new people.

Arminna, are you up for more frequent posts?

Currently, my posting rate is about twice a week.

In reply to Arminna Xun'sohna (msg # 328):

Cool. Are you a commander now? Do you want to lead the expedition?

In spite of her being the Veteran player, you Vhaunder might be better suited to lead.

Ok. Sounds good.

Works for me.

hello

Hey there. Sorry, I wasn't sure what to do with the last post and should have asked. So my tracking roll was that bad, huh?

yes...

So can we roll again?

dont want to fish? just making sure

also am currently purging my 3rd edition D&D books on ebay if you'd like links

I am not sure what the thing about fishing means.

decided to say yyou found some subterranean fish, that would go for a pretty penny.

Hmm... I don't have any fishing gear per-se but I am trained in Survival and Hunting, so... I'm sorry but I'm not as fluent in this system so I may need some coaching here.

the fish could be a  tad bit dangerous.

So do I need to shoot them with a bow?

LOL

want to just skip fish wanted to use monstrous compendium...

I'm all for the fish just not sure how to kill them :)

Perhaps we can deal with the fish on the return trip.  As I recall, we're currently looking for evil birds.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:05, Sat 22 Apr 2017.

Simpathics, they feed on goodness, kindness, honesty, and compassion, leaving only hate and spite

I'm still open to playing.

Me too

ok lets note the location of the fish and move on...

(Was looking couldntt find rules for fishing... while they'd taste good, these particular subterranean fish are pretty dangerous)

Fishing is a NWP in the PHB; that's the extent of my knowledge on it.

*bump*

*bump again*

Is there something we need to do?

*bump*

I thought Illiana was going to lead us in, and we'd RP the combat.

ouch sorry you get confused after a bit...

So who should do what next?

you should take her report and decide how to go about things.

Oops, I missed that you edited your last post.  (D'oh!)

OK, waiting for her report.

*bump*

Do you think we should add some new players?

yes. definitely!

Ready.  ☺

bumped our ad will do so again and again.

A RTJ We have!

Yay!

So what's the latest?

*poke*

here sorr4y Thanks for hanging in you always carry through:hugs:

Uh, at what point are we at?

The part I forgot whos turn it was sorry...

*nudge*

sorry just got back from Branson Mo

no problem ☺

Ideas what I should get my niece for her 2nd birthday?

Gift cards work well for me.

As to the game, go ahead and run the combat like last time.

that would be a gift to my sister not my niece in effect.

*bump*

Still there?

yes Thinking on what to do next but I love this plot lets go ahead and post.

Good. :)  I think the next post is yours, unless you need me to do something.