That’s mine too with no tanks uh ranks... circlet of persuasion and synergy. Did we all make charisma characters?

But my real talent is to blave
This message was last edited by the player at 08:55, Wed 22 Aug 2018.

My diplomacy is also 9... but I actually have ranks in it.

I am mostly sneaky and cute.

Sneaky and cute? Please! I'm married to a wereweasel! ;) :) :D

THe very best part about playing Bryon is I don't have to worry about remembering pesky things like names or details...LOL

Hey, all! First OOC post, sort of getting my feet under me in-game.

Quiquises is very sneaky, too. Not cute, so much, though.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:56, Tue 28 Aug 2018.

So where did Gondioque go, did I miss something?

Gondioque checked in to Cabreus House Inn, in that thread, and sent Bryon off on a quest.

She sent Swift to contact Haakon after searching the suite for spyholes. Then she found out about the house routine and make herself available to names guests. Ben hasn't posted about that yet.

Oh, so where is Haakon? I am so lost which is not good for a scout.

Haakon is hanging in the House Palantus thread.

I just found out about this today. Rita is definitely in!

So is the next generation game on pause?

I'm finally back in town, and now working on dealing with the obnoxiously large paperweight that used to be my computer.

Will try to catch up over the next few days.

We are bumping the time to the next day.

ALL the characters may attend the Palantus Luncheon, if they wish, since a lot begins there, and they are all related to this... except Bryon and Druk, who still can, if invited by another character.

Gondioque would have to have her two messages sent and receive an invitation before she could attend.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:24, Thu 06 Sept 2018.

So after setting up the musicians that night Druk will have set up the messenger business as discussed. He will have had the first two letters delivered and be engaged in working out the details with his partners the next day.

The Visigoth king is nowhere near here (Lucky for him), he is in the distant city of Tolosa.

It will be a while before a response.

From the local overtyrant, returns come when he feels like it.  It is best to keep Humans waiting, lest they think they are actually important, so it may be a while before that letter is responded to either.

So I’m not sure what to do. Do you want me to role play the business set up? Shall I just summarize it? Do I show up somewhere? I have no invitations to anything at the moment.

You can summarize it if you want.  Accounting and business deals are not everyone's idea of role playing.

Of someone wants to take her, Bryon will be on "best" behavior.

Hey all, Hurricane Florence is about to hit, so I could lose power

In reply to Belenus (msg # 65):

Same here.

For clarification, are orcs allowed to use magic without penalty?

In reply to Florian (msg # 67):

The "Orc Magic" system of this world, and Orcs in general, is entirely different from how many people think of them.

In a nutshell (and this would be known only to very knowledgeable characters, but is useful for a player perspective)...

Once upon a time, Orcs lived as savage bloodthirsty barbarian tribes, mostly underground.

The gods ignored them.

But there were other beings, collectively known as "Infernal Powers" or "Demons", some of which were overthrown and rejected deities from a time when deities had no morals and worked solely on a Terror system, (Dagon and Pazuzu are in this category).   Beaten down by the glorious gods, they eventually realized what was going wrong:  they had no civilizations glorifying them.  Note that gods of death, such as Pluto, are not considered Infernal- even if they might live down below they are loyal to their pantheon and civilization.

Sooo... the Infernals struck a deal with the Orcs.  We'll make you a civilization.  Conquer everyone, and serve and worship us.  Since Orcs were really into conquering as a hobby, they eagerly accepted.

Issue number one, though:  Orcs were hunter gatherers.  Hunter gatherers simply can't produce food like agricultural civilizations could.  So the Orcs would be up against unimaginable odds, unless... instead of wiping out the conquered civilizations, they could use them to provide food.

And that led to other things.  Humans were just so much better at managing an economy.  Keep it under control, and you can be rich!

And THAT led to two other things:  First, the Infernals realized (Or maybe knew all along) that really Evil evil isn't about death and mayhem, in fact, great horrors seem to inspire humans to acts of heroic goodness.  Really Evil evil is in the corrupting of the good.  Second, the Infernals are not good at getting along with each other.

So now, we have the Demon Mephistopheles, patron of the Overtyrant of Massilia, using the Orcs to control the city, allowing the Orcs their to be wealthy and powerful, and allowing Mephistopheles to have a wonderful playground in which to tempt and corrupt Humans.

The Infernals grant magic to the Orcs, but it is not the same as that of the other races.