Here we go again....

In reply to GM (msg # 1):

From the last thread:

Oh right, Praxians practice polygamy, don't they? (try saying that 3 times fast)

F@£k, totally tongue twisted!

I see I posted IC in "temple" exactly what had happened in "earth complex" - should have read therm bith before posting, but at least they match :)

Polite Praxians practice polygamy peaceably. Polite Praxians practice polymenbn oh nuts.

Peter Praxian picked a peck of pickled Payoatay!

Also, if those Yelmalions are going to try to take the Sun Disk by force, I almost feel sorry for them. Almost.
This message was last edited by the player at 11:57, Mon 01 June 2015.

From what they said they will be approaching religiously a the Husband protector of the Earth. Or sumfink..

Busy arvo here.

Henal and Melock your gear is all up above and would need you passing the approaching Yelmalions. I'm happy for you to have been armed and with a helmet etc. All cool.

In reply to GM (msg # 7):

Well,  he was carrying an axe, but since he planned to trade it, he'll have his bone sword with him.

Dang it, never noticed the new OOC thread!

Guess I'm not a prepared Praxian...

Perfectly prepared praxians? preposterous!
Potential passionate polygamous pairing!

There I'll get Greeshar married off :-)

Lol.

It looks like you might have a patron of sorts which is very unexpected. I thought this Khan would be an enemy. I do like how this game twists and turns...

It's an interesting proposal and one that I might like, especially as it might resolve our access issues to the GFH and keep us all safe (especially from the Yelmalions) when we travel back and forth. The problem is, working as mercenaries detracts from our time to do other things that we need to (eg travel to pavis) and our Khan is already working for Prairie Thunder

Let's hope Kobal just marries the girl ;-)

Yeah Kobal, no stress. :)

That said I don't want you to feel trapped into this so feel free to negotiate out of it if you want.

Hayfever has just kicked in and eyes are all blurry, back on the morrow.

Those with the Khan will have received a message that Ohanzee needs to be freed somehow and that he wants his Rhino.

A Khan's daughter for a Khan's son, a good sized dowry, patching up old rivalries. What's not to like? And if she's a moose there's always the old bison skin bag with a couple of holes in it over the head trick ;)

Kobal will get to describe the girl if he marries her.

There you go, a win, win, win, win situation!

Dentist for me this morning and busy arvo. Will hopefully give Kobal a chance to post. I wont have a chance to post IC until my evening.

Does that go for all of us? I can suddenly see the attraction...

You can try and find a wife amongst the Red Thorns if you want, or from the Black shields who are currently back at the Bison Khan Grasslands just for that reason.

Ohanzee is going to have to start his own clan if he goes ahead with marrying Kinope since he's going to be unwelcome in pretty much all nomad camps. The Outcasts maybe :)

Well it depends on what your achieving with the marriage, which is cleaning the water of the GFH's. Meaning a new oasis with water.

Another way to do this is to actually divert a serpent here, like Waha did.

Or go find Ronance and get his help.

Snuck in a few quick posts. Will be back this evening. Off to play the strange game of frisbee golf.
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:52, Tue 02 June 2015.

That's all on my to-do list. How will marriage - and with who - help in that regard?

I think you might have not been about for the whole or most of the Kinope visit. There was dancing, singing, poetry, storytelling, temporary POW sacrifice by all and a permanent sacrifice of of POW to Kinope by Ohanzee with the end result that she agreed to a marriage with him as per the old tale. After this she will gift catfish to cleanse the pool.

As per the old legend though, Ohanzee must forsake Waha to fulfil the myth. Big step and one that he has said he's prepared to do on more than one occasion, but when it comes to it....

Found my "Wasted Khan" story notes. Hope to write it up tonight. Kind of committed myself to doing so IC now.

I'm going to be really shot at for posting time this week and am away next week: in general expect me to be a bit "vanilla" but if I don't write the blessed thing soon it'll never get done.

Okay so we don't stall Kobal can decide later on the whole marriage thang.

I'll just see what those below ground want to do before moving theta part on.

the effect Melock is aiming for is like a big dark wall to shade the hole they are in, hopefully to make it like dusk, if not night time. If he fails he'll try a stretched dark wall, which to cover the same area will be so thin it will only dim the light not block it.
Am I right in remembering this hole is 40m across?

42-45m wide. It's 50m deep. Rock Lizards live in it's eastern wall.

In reply to GM (msg # 30):

if he has to resort to the spell, its going to be a very thin darkwall. Lets hope they cant command the lizards :)

I misread the last GM post and thought he was back outside. have updated my last post to correct this.

Snowed under. No chance to do a credible IC today. Will support any reasonable attempt to get down there (might even support a moderately unreasonable one from Melock as Hoskar IC hasn't seen him come up with a bad plan yet).

Personally I think giving the disc to the shaman is not a good idea.
but that's the way these things go :-)

Sorry for the delay, particularly just as things were focused on Kobal.  I was busy yesterday and today catching up with some urgent work.  Hopefully I'll have more time from now on.

I'll try to come up with a description for the daughter in due course...
This message was last edited by the player at 18:22, Wed 03 June 2015.

Great stuff Kobal. I gave you a bonus for your post too.

I will have to post IC on the morrow as we have kids on a sleepover and it's like a riot at the moment.

Where is Whispers BTW?
If anyone could make it rain on this day it would be her.

I have a suspicion that Ohanzee might be up to something with the disc, possibly getting Gadesha to smooth off bits of the map to make it useless, or make a fake some how.

In reply to Melock (msg # 38):

Damn, wish I'd thought of that! Fact is if the Rangers were prepared to swap it just for him, then swapping it for him and his stuff sounds like a good deal, especially since there's a good chance they'll loose it soon anyway. Plus putting the shaman in a better bargaining position might help the Ranger's situation regarding this clan.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:42, Wed 03 June 2015.

but we had you...and we'd have broken the chain eventually.

So we swapped the map which allows someone godhood for....a rhino and your stuff... lol

I love this game!

To be fair, it was originally going to be just getting Ohanzee for the disk. Now we get Ohanzee and all his stuff back. But I'll have Tarnessh try to distract and delay the dudes in there, and hopefully the Ravens will think of something.

Also, if they're weakened when they're done all that, there's nothing stopping us from just ambushing them later and taking the Golden Disk back. They're stupid foreigners!
This message was last edited by the player at 23:08, Wed 03 June 2015.

Hey all!

This move has taken over my life and I haven't been able to jump back in yet.  I should be settled by Monday, so I will probably be back to the regular then.

Just wanted to let everyone know. :)

One question I forgot to ask... Kelab Besi wants an equal man-dowry of 20 herd beasts.  I doubt Kobal has that himself.  If he doesn't, is it okay if that comes from any communal Rangers herd...?  :)  :P



I was wondering that as well.  Wondering if Gadesha fashioned a fake or something.



But we don't know how long it would've taken, and Ohanzee would've been restricted both physically(?) and metaphysically until then.
Kobal's view is kind of "it's foreign sun stuff, not to do with Prax or Waha" so not *too* cut up about giving up the disk.

of course you can have it from our herd.

In reply to Amara Brightsky (msg # 44):

Yes, Kobal can take bison out of the collective herd.

Agreed, but since you are a Khan's son marrying a Khan's daughter I'd be amazed if your dad doesn't cough up the beasts needed.

I'm not sure where the "allows godhood" comes from?

Jeez dont give him ideas!

I think it’s traditional to catch your own.

In reply to GM (msg # 49):

Of course, or raid :)

Will be back home in an hour or two to post IC. Just trying to track down 90 military vehicles and 1200 Finnish soldiers.

To loose 89 military vehicles and 1199 Finnish soldiers is careless, but to loose  90 military vehicles and 1200 Finnish soldiers...

Agreed. Although we need to reserve at least one rhino - one of our number's short one mount.

IC, I'm waiting to see what happens to Tarnessh (will there be screams?) before doing anything precipitate like following him through.

I'm in big trouble lol...

Big military day here in Finland. Our city is hosting the big parade and there's 20,000 Finnish soldiers on manoeuvres on the Russian border.

Last month  a million reservists got letters telling them where to report in case of war. It's not been done in over twenty years.

I'm with stupid clever-clogs.

Okay we can all move to the staying in the Temple thread.

Kobal's cloud is only protecting the small group beneath it from the glare of the Sun.

No sign of Whispers from the Sky. She's still healing the sick priestess presumably.

Volatile times :-|

It's odd being in a country where every male I know will have to go off and fight in a worst case scenario.

Melock and Ohanzee can you both try and roll under your Darkness rune. A fail means you can't pass the Yelmalion's magical glare, which is blocking the exit tunnel to up above.

Kobals shade is on the other side closest to the exit tunnel.

I haven't marked those with Kobal: Salen, Hoskar, Amara, Tarnessh, Gresshar and Akala.

I fear we are at the beginning of another ,not so, cold war.


If the area affected by the sunny boys is too big to cover with the darkwall, then he'll do a wall between himself and them that curves over them and hopefully blocks some of their light.
If he survives till tonight, Melock plans to summon Raven and see if the fact that the Raven Shaman is helping sun worshiping foreigners is an excommunicating offence :)

Will just wait to see what Ohanzee plans.

Sorry, called away. There is no other way out apart from through the earth with Gadesha I guess?

He'll follow Melock if it works.

I know this is not very comforting, but didn't you Finns acquit yourselves ridiculously well last time you were in a war?

Also, could I invoke the Fire Rune to dampen the light or make it easier for Melock and Ohanzee to see?

I love that Sun Hawks and Ravens working together are kinda more then the sum of their parts, by the way. Ebony and ivory, baby!
This message was last edited by the player at 10:57, Thu 04 June 2015.

Tarnessh could walk through the Yelmalions magical light. Roll a 1d100 for your Fire Rune. You are looking for a very low roll here ;). This is to help Melock and Ohanzee.

Entering the magical area will bring you in contact with those inside. You will be entering a heroquest.

The Yelmalions include several Rune Lords and a Priest. They outclass you severely both magically and physically.

Not trying to stop you, just putting it into perspective.

I will post IC Melock and Ohanzee trying to go through.

Gadesha can be communicated with back inside the Complex, which is where Whispers presumably is too.

In reply to GM (msg # 59):

What would I need to roll against?

In reply to GM (msg # 65):

Could I roll before I enter to see if it succeeds and then decide what action I take?

Entering a HeroQuest hey, I hadn't though that running through would do that, though now that you mention it it is obvious :-O

In reply to Tarnessh Listens-To-Silence (msg # 67):

Yes.

14:37, Today: Salen Dustchaser rolled 22 using 1d100.

I'm hoping my pass for a "Try not to sh!t your pants" roll is a 25 or less.

;)

In reply to GM (msg # 65):

Taking that in to consideration, if the darkwall idea fails, then he wont try to get through.

And if he doesn't try I'm not! I'm for going to talk with Gadesha!

It doesn't look good for our raven boys.

The Shaman has entered the dome of light, leaving his braves outside.

I've no idea of anything else I can do to help out here.
It doesn't help things that I'm so busy I've no time to think.
If you have suggestions I'd love to hear it, but I think the Yelmalions have won.

In reply to Amara Brightsky (msg # 74):

Think you're right. I've got absolute bugger-all too. No runes relevant to elements, and this isn't a talky-talky job.

In reply to Amara Brightsky (msg # 74):

Hows your 'high diving from 50m up in to a murky pool of unknown depth' skill? :)

Also i am going to be away for a couple days cuz of my brother's wedding.

Better than yours ;-)

Had I been less busy I the last few days, I might have suggested Tarnessh try being elmal in a heroquest. The disk might have been enough to help tarnessh prove superiority.

That would've been interesting.  But doesn't Elmal have some association with horses, like god of horses, or Orlanth's horsemaster or something?  I wonder how Orlanthi Praxians deal with Elmal?

Canonically there is no Elmal in Prax and Orlanth is worshipped in a very weak form here. He is the little brother of Storm Bull and worshipped mainly for his movement powers.

Okay back at a computer :)

@Ohanzee, there's a bit of a misunderstanding where the entrance hall to the Earth Complex is. It's past the caves and behind the mythic entrance. It's accessed by a long tunnel, which I've shown by marking your route.

I shall update the map when I get a chance this weekend.

You are in the room where the ceremonial feasting took place on your last visit. The grand entrance hall to the once magnificent and large complex, which unfortunately is now mainly demolished.

No chance of seeing the light change nor make it back so quick, sorry. My bad. You have run around 150m.

This message was last edited by the GM at 07:41, Fri 05 June 2015.

Sorry, I'll edit that last post

08:58, Today: Henal Longgrass rolled 74 using 1d100. Strength roll.

This dice roller really has it in for us.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:59, Fri 05 June 2015.

My fault for not being more descriptive :)



Bye Bye Melock....

Gurgle.

Finally posted "The Wasted Khan" in "Stories". Don't know when I'll get chance to tell it IC, though: rather time-poor right now.

Hope you enjoy it.

What, that stuff is for reading?

;)

In reply to Salen Dustchaser (msg # 87):

Nah, mate: wrap some Kafl in it and skin up.

IC - don't think I'll get a chance to post again before my "away". Have the lad make himself useful going after Melock.

Not honestly sure if I have any rope on me, or if anyone else does, but if I/they do, I'll throw the end to anyone going fully in after Melock and brace myself to haul them out of it goes badly; deploying the shield's Strength magic to haul 'em up.
This message was last edited by the player at 11:48, Fri 05 June 2015.

Roh roh raggie... Things definitely don't look good for my fellow Raven :(

Could do with a shaman and a body pretty damn quick I'd say!

Does look like we've got one PC down at this rate.

Amara you're wearing armour yes?

Yes, but I have the silver fish

There was no mention of it IC so I thought you had just jumped in. You will Join the others at the bottom then, breathing like a fish :)

In reply to GM (msg # 93):

Sorry still away from internet ( using cellphone here) will try to catch up for when i return tho.

Not forgoten you all, I will be home in two hours or less to post IC.

Now we have sun my posting time is natually less.

In reply to GM (msg # 95):

Have you got 24 hour daylight yet?

Just when I have more time to check the forums, it gets quiet...  :P

What happened to Melock was real surprising.  After all the things that the party has had to deal with, he jumps into a pool of water and drowns (even if there's a monster involved)...

In reply to Kobal (msg # 97):

I really should have thought it through first :)

And you just have to try to drag us all down to your level :P

In reply to Ohanzee Shappa (msg # 99):

Of course :)

On the plus side, I think we've found out whats polluting the pool.

Getting close to it.

A dead raven?  :P

In reply to Kobal (msg # 102):

Nice :)

Lol

Kobal will cast a Healing 2 in an attempt to fix what's wrong.  That's all he's got.

Ohanzee the lake is in one of the Giant Finger Holes, open to the sky.

Yes I know. I meant buried as in down a hole but not actually covered with a "roof". Not sure what the term for that is so I put buried. :)

It was the underground lake that threw me, but I getcha :)

Here's the whole place, minus the two outer holes, the ghost hole in it's entirety and the new tunnels.

Great story Hoskar!

My laptop hard drive may be in the crapper, so it's in for repairs. Meant to take 'a couple of days' but who knows, may be longer, so I'll be restricted to posting from work for a time.

In reply to Salen Dustchaser (msg # 110):

I hope you've been backing up your files :)

Yes I have! It works for a short time and then the Blue Screen of Death appears, muttering curses about device drivers and suchlike. Guy at the repair shop said it's basically had it, will phone with a proposal/last rites.

In reply to Salen Dustchaser (msg # 112):

sounds like its over heating.
if you keep the old hard drive you can turn it into an external one and plug it in to your new one

From what the Earth Witch said I read that we'll need to leave Melock behind and go as soon as Salen is over?

She'd like that, but as always you can negotiate.

As per PM, salen made his leap across to the entrance platform to the Earth Complex. Take a jump tick.

Over to you lot, whatcha gonna do?

Salen is still trapped but can easily be hauled up from above if needs be.

Melock is out of it for the moment. He was killed, both from drowning and having his chest crushed by the water worm thing.

Like Ohanzee before him he has a slightly involved way of remaining in the game, which has costed him both physically(possession wise and bodily) and mentally. I suppose in another type of game a Hero point would be spent here.

None of you have access to Divine Intervention at the moment which will change once you become initiates of a great spirit or god.

Melock is being revived by a form of resurrection that Serpent Tamer knows, but only for those who have drowned, thanks to her Water Rune.

Is there any way Henal can take the rope round to where they can haul Salen out?


Probably going to need Greeshar, Kobal and Akala for this as they are the big guys unlike Henal.

One less raven on our next quest - that has to make things easier.....

In reply to Henal Longgrass (msg # 119):

you'll miss him :)

Yes, Salen will undo his end and then all you have to do is go above ground and drop the rope down. It's a done deal.

Unless folk want to hang around you'll all go up top and get your mounts ready and depart. Ohanzee will find his Rhino has been returned.

I think I mentioned before that one Bison could be killed and will feed you all for the trip, with occasional hunting relieving the monotony.

Ahhh... but what mess will result here without Amara to guide him with gentle thumps and kicks?

Oh hey guys what'd i mi-OH MY YELM!!

What is it with Ravens and bison riders always kicking the bucket?
Rhino riders seem to have survived well (with the exception of Ohanzee)  :P

I'll just have to take it out on Ohanzee instead....except...I need to be careful.

Sometimes I think if I just look mean at Ohanzee one of his limbs drops off.

By the way Akala, on further consideration, next time you do something like unilaterally deciding to give our enemy clan control of a holy area that we busted our asses saving, maybe run it by us first, OOC?

Also I kinda don't appreciate being put under a geas permanently while I was unable to effect any of it due to real life stuff, GM.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:09, Tue 09 June 2015.

It remains to be seen how this plays out - whether for good or not.  Kobal being brought up with Red Thorns as rivals, is bound to be concerned that it plays into the Red Thorns' hands.  But I think it's kinda more realistic that sometimes characters will say things without consulting the other Rangers - sometimes there's not going to be the opportunity to do so.  If Tarnessh has an issue with Akala's declaration, perhaps take it up with Akala IC?



The geas has just been placed.  There's still time for Tarnessh to respond IC to what the Earth Witch said.  But we've asked for her help, and she's named her price.  If we don't accept, we probably don't get Melock back...

This being a play by post game, I think the GM needs to move the game along from time to time to prevent the game stalling.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:29, Tue 09 June 2015.

No that's the thing, Tarnessh doesn't have an issue with it IC.

The only geas in place is that of the one between the Earth Witch and the Rangers where they must serve her for two weeks each earth season.

Which was decided before Tarnessh joined the game.

Ah, okay.  Unfortunately I was on one of my extended absences when we first met the Earth Witch...  I wasn't sure if originally it was just this Earth season, or every Earth season.

For a start I would not do this to a player, and haven't so far.

I've mentioned several times IC since you lot have arrived that your are under geas to the Earth Witch for services rendered before.



This is the Earth Witch reminding you once more, as you have already tried to postpone the start off by saving Ohanzee, and she's getting a tad bit hassled.

Unlike the GM ;)

The Geas is from when the Rangers accepted magical aid from the Earth Witch to help defeat the evil shaman residing in the GFH's. Magical Runes painted on their bodies.

For this she required two weeks service every Earth Season.

The new Rangers have inherited this geas.

It's been the whole reason you lot have come back to the GFH's now and not returned to the clans to report your scouting mission.

I remember.  I'm not sure Kobal ended up using that rune, unfortunately :(  He choose Luck, and its power wasn't quite what he'd expected  :P



Yep, I remember that too.

Remind me to ask about the geas IC some time, not into all this inheritance malarkey ;)

You obviously never read the small print in your contract...

;)

Salen chose Harmony, and while it didn't have the power he expected it did prove very useful.

And speaking of geases and stuff, let's remember this: we're playing a bunch of kids/young adults who are the pawns of shamans/witches/gods, and although we are more powerful than anyone else our age we are just minnows when compared to Lords and Priests and whatever else. Being a Ranger is all about compromise, negotiation and manipulation...and sometimes just bashing heads.

The GM can throw anything at us, any time, and he doesn't have to ask permission.

Just suck it up. This isn't Pathfinder.

It was only a joke for the OOC

Oooooooooooh. Sorry then. My fault, I remember now. I misread what the EW said in that recent post as being something added on. In my defence, I have just been through a traumatic event; namely setting up and taking part in a wedding : P

You have my deepest sympathies. ;)

Where are the Sandstorm Hills relative to Hoofcrack? Don't have all my stuff here at work and my memory is as good as a sandstone paddling pool :(

You are currently South West of the Rhino Rocklands.

Cool, thanks :)

I hadn't expected Whispers to come with you, but her healing was aced and my gm emulator gave a definite yes in her wanting to come. So there you go.

You know I'm not that far off rune level myself.
Though obviously I really suck in terms of magic.


I too, thought that our agreement to return was not actually a geas, just a promise and for one year only. I also thought the Earth Witch promised us benefits (I can't remember what). While we did need her magic to destroy the shaman....she ended up with a temple out of it. I did think our agreement to return was based on the promise of more magic or bennies
This message was last edited by the player at 18:59, Tue 09 June 2015.

In reply to Amara Brightsky (msg # 144):

Does Vinga have acolyte or is just rune lady?

Just Initiate or "Daughter of Vinga"

but I'm not even an Initiate yet lol

She plans to offer you gifts, magic and training once you come back.

I thought she'd asked for you to come back every year, but perhaps she didn't. So it's a one off, with perhaps the choice of renewed service next year. Your choice.

msg 799 in the second we're off to see the shaman thread.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:15, Tue 09 June 2015.

Ah, yes, I didn't even read that as a geas, I read it as a request. I seem to remember all of us responding along the lines of "sure, if we're in the area"

However, it makes the story more interesting if it's a geas.

I vote for a retcon for this time at least to make it a geas.

Going back every year may be a bit restricting, particularly as I expect we'll have duties with our own clans as well.  But it would add something else to the game.  So, I don't mind either way.  I'll leave it up to those who have a firmer opinion.

As to whether it's a geas or not, I think with our band we'd still try to honour it.

I think it transformed into a geas over time, me not keeping any notes is to blame for that.

Lets just keep it for one year as a binding contract with a possibility of renewal. Payment being the teaching of skills and spells.

You lot will be passing the Rhino Rocklands, will you stop there to pray or shall we just pass by? We can play out the prayers or just cover it with a general post if you want.

We should stop as we left a notice there for others of our clan, that we'd return that way.

Plus it would be good to oust respects to the grand rhino.

You wanna go via the Rhino gorge too? That was where the knot messages were left.

The Red Thorns have gone ahead.  I think we should try to take a relatively direct route to Hoofcrack, subject to how the morokanth guide us.  The Rocklands are a sacred place for rhinos, but the gorge is less important as I understand, unless it happens to be on the way.

The most direct route to Hoofcrack would miss out on the Rhino Gorge. The Morokanth want to get home by the quickest route too.

Looks like it's Gern for dinner tonight.

While Melock is in intensive care, I'll be piloting Tarosh Long Neck and doing my best to make him as different to Melock as I can :)

Haha, I see Tarosh giving us more grief than the rest of the newbies combined  :P

In reply to Kobal (msg # 157):

I'll try my best :)
He's almost the  complete opposite of Melock, he's good at fighting and boasting

He can sing very well too.

So there's 9 Morokanth in all.

3 females and six males.

Ohanzee is talking to one male, the others can be where ever you want them to be. I will treat them as neutral for the moment.
This message was last edited by the GM at 10:36, Wed 10 June 2015.

Ohanzee has Bamled's ashes in the amphora still, forgot to/didn't have a chance to hand them over for entering in the complex... doh, must remember when we get back!

I think we can say that a small ceremony was held and he was interned, perhaps in the wall of the new Rangers' ceremony cave?

Yeah, that sounds good to me.

Trying to remember our standard marching order. Can't find it in one of the stickied threads though that might be an idea. IIRC Henal was normally on the right side.

It's in the map thread, but needs updating, which I'll do today.

Just looking at the AA atlas and I see that there's a seasonal serpent that passes quite close to the GFH's on it's way to the Bison and Rainman grasslands. It originates in the Bleak Hills where you fought the Cannibal cultists.

It could possibly be persuaded to change course.

To wash the Red Thorns away :D

I love how Glorantha has a lot of just weird shit that happens and while everyone contextualizes it within their culture, no one really knows why they happen. It's always kinda bugged me when settings become too well-defined and rigid and Glorantha is great at avoiding that.

I like the fact that whatever weird stuff gms/pc's come up with it only takes 5mins online and/or a few old books pulled off a shelf and there turns out to be something that backs them up already written sometime over the last thirty odd years.

Best come back ever Tarnessh  :D

I like it too :-)

Note to self.

Find a familiar.

Sounds like something for the way back. Salen is certainly up for that.

Busier than expected today, will post sometime soon.
This message was lightly edited by the player at 15:09, Wed 10 June 2015.

Tarosh has a good connection with water, so he should be able to help. If we manage it, don't we run the risk of flooding the Earth Temple?

Ohanzee and Melock....see!!!!
I'm not the only one that mixes them up in my head.

In reply to Amara Brightsky (msg # 175):

at the moment its easy to tell the difference, Melock is having his stomach pumped after deciding to go for a swim in pool with no filter :)

You can try and summon Manul to provide you with a cat. The Earth Witch will get you a spirit to inhabit it back a the Ghost Hole.

You also have a crystal to attune to, as does Tarnessh.

In reply to Melock (msg # 176):

And I'm the good looking one ;P

I thought I'd already attuned to it?

Not yet as Amara hasn't had the time. Normally it takes a week of game time but I'm happy for a full day of doing nothing else.

Since finding it you've not had a moment's rest.

I think everyone will have some down time on the return from this quest, with learning of spells, perhaps some skills and attuning of crystals etc, back at the GFH's before heading back to the Clans.

Great backstory Amara.

Well, I'm working on the "How Amara's hair turned red" story which uses this backstory. :-)

The source is a bit out of the way for the return journey I think.

And I'm not sure Ohanzee will help. The way he feels about the Red Thorn shaman personally getting one up on him by marrying Kinope, personal revenge. Of course if the oasis is cleared by other means then he loses the personal revenge aspect.

What does Attuning crystals do again? Sorry I forgot, but I've got hands in a lot of games. You're lucky that Tarnessh doesn't become a Solar Exalt who has 5 dots in Celerity but was countered by a level 20 Wizard casting Wish, making me use up a Fate Token. : (

You have to attune them to use the ability of the crystal which depends upon the crystal type. Basically it's a POW vs POW of the crystal after a period of concentrating on the thing.

RE: the agimori
Message 202 of the Earth temple.

Tarnessh is supposed to send up his eagle when we leave the GFH.

I get the feeling these guys might be really upset you handed the disk over. :-)

In reply to Amara Brightsky (msg # 186):

Oh for Petes sake, I was at a wedding irl!

Likely, but I did't know :)

My first thought was that changing course may lead Chaos and cannibals towards the Earth Temple.

Someone  could try talking to the spirit of the pools at the GFHs.

The last pool killed one of us  :P

Didn't even know that there was a spirit there. Regarding the serpent thing in the pool though, I did think that so long as it isn't inherently chaotic then it would make a good outer guardian.

I think that's something we should probably remind ourselves about - in the GM's game, the spirits of nature are everywhere.  If we try to call a spirit and there's no response, nothing lost, I guess.

In Glorantha everything has a spirit of some sort.

You'll have better odds at contacting spirits that you share a rune with.

Perhaps the spirit of the pools knows why the water is bad? It might not be only rainwater. Emesh-Ga would likely remember.

I'm thinking that the serpent of the Bleak Hills might be what once flooded the Rhino Gorge, or that there's another far rarer serpent that comes out of the Rhino gorge itself.

To be fair Tarnessh handed it over to the Raven's.... Ohanzee swapped it for his gear and Rhino.

Leaper is a traitor! First he was Condor, not he's turned to Thunderbird!

Yeah he's meant to be Thunderbird.

Does the Sun have a spirit? I imagine that's Sun Hawk, but isn't the Sun also Yelm? Does that mean the Red Moon also has a spirit?

Those would be great spirits aka gods :)

They're gods/Great spirits.

For you lot the sun is Bright Treasure, for others = Yelm, Elmal, Kargzant etc. Sun Hawk isn't the sun, he's a Fire spirit.

The Red Moon is Rufelza or Shepelkirt depending on who you are. Tada's Bloody eye for you lot.

Wasn't it the Blue Llamas that are connected to the Shallow Water clan?

I thought it was them, or was it the High Tree Clan whom you lot met briefly?

I should start to keep notes...

The High Tree Clan certainly knew of them but didn't know where I think they were allies of the clan from whom Granny came. I think it was the Blue Llamas

I think it was the Blue Llama clan, but there are a lot of river folk.

In reply to GM (msg # 201):

That's where a wiki is useful.

I thought High Llama was the type of Nomad and the Blue Llamas were a clan within it.

Yes. I don't think I have said anything contrary to that :)

Plenty of room to charge and your rhino will sense most obstacles. It is mainly flat grasslands.

The weird thing is that the Glorantha wiki is terrible, and it's a setting that would really really benefit from a good one.

You're right I suppose we could use the rpgnet wiki for info.

I'm adding the various clans to the cast list and will put general info in their descriptions.

On the morrow I'll have us make camp.

It will in the Western Edge of the RR's you'll be camping from about 6am -3pm. There will be plenty of shade.

Great line :D

Did we ever get any more about the Spotted Man?

Not yet. They went a bit quiet on that one.

In preparation:
Cock the two crossbows
Coat the bolt tips in venom
Cast speedart on the first at least, second if time (Strike that, no POW)

Ranged: crossbow of course
Melee: Axe and shield
This message was last edited by the player at 10:30, Fri 12 June 2015.

Almost certain it was. Even though I wasn't around for much of that stuff I seem to recall that being true. Feel free to tell me otherwise!

Haven't had time to post the last couple of days but finally get my laptop back from the knackers' yard tonight! New hard drive and fans should help enormously.

Oh, and for a desert nomad Salen appears to have a lot of contact with Water spirits!

Maybe we should hire a Witcher...

Tarnessh not going to alert the rest of us using the familiars?

With them diving fast on an approach path I think it's safe to say they are either after you two on the rock or the rest in camp ;)

In reply to Henal Longgrass (msg # 217):

Oh shoot, I thought that we were far enough above the camp that the harpies hadn't seen us or the camp yet. I shall correct that post-haste!

Dice roller hates you!

15:53, Today: GM, on behalf of Tarnessh Listens-To-Silence, rolled 100 using 1d100. dodge.

Cast protection

Hold javelin like a spear against a charge
If unhindered fire bow at flyers
If melee, sword and shield

Say, were you and Amara separated at birth?

Harpy got herself a new husband! :P

Looking up (30m) those below will see that there is some commotion taking place just out of sight on top of the nearest rock.

RR's

How stunned am I from the wing-fart-gas? Can I still take an action?

You've been hit by a befuddle spell so nothing but defend yourself.

only attack any that come within Great axe range.
if any of the harpies try and make of with the mounts, he will cast demoralise on them.
if any of the rangers are grabbed, that harpy with get binding cast on them followed by demoralise.
He'll try to stay close to the mounts to prevent them being attacked or driven away.

Are they within javelin range for me?

considering how far Amara can throw a javelin, I guess that the Giant Finger Holes is within range :)

yeah....but with multimissile now, I can potentially tag three of them in one go.
And I think the GM said I can throw twice in a round.

In reply to Amara Brightsky (msg # 230):

I think they all hit the same target with multi missile, but that's still 2 a round :)

You can swap targets. On my fone. Back in a bit.

There's a clear shot at the Harpy holding Tarnessh either with spells or Missiles with Range. Obviously you miss and you might it Tarnessh.

There's a STR vs STR going on versus Glama and the Harpy.

Hoskar can see Glama so he could cast Str on him.

Now I'm imagining an orbital javelin strike by Amara.

Maybe when she reaches demigod power levels.

Edit: Also would struggling count as defending myself?
This message was last edited by the player at 19:23, Fri 12 June 2015.

Yes.

I think you need to make a Dex roll on a 1d100 for a reaction. Low is very good in this case.

Isn't Tarnessh getting kidnapped becoming a bit hackneyed as a plot element? Henal will cast befuddle on the harpy.

It seems so. Time to stop it ;).

Glama has won his Str Roll so he ain't going anywhere.

Can I hit the harpy holding on to Tarnnesh?

I can't see why not. If you cast your charm that extends your range. As mentioned if you miss there's a chance of hitting Tarnessh. A slim one at that.

16:02, Today: Tarnessh Listens-To-Silence rolled 67 using 1d100. Dex.

16:02, Today: Tarnessh Listens-To-Silence rolled 67 using 1d100. Dex.

ok, Tarnessh you should keep fingers crossed.
It is me throwing the javelin, so....well, just keep your fingers crossed.

GM you want to take care of the roll or should I?

Ewww ewww Harpies are so gross ewww

In this case you can roll. Good luck.

Well...at least it shouldn't be taking Tarnessh anywheres


15:13, Today: Amara Brightsky rolled 32 using 1d100. Good luck tarnnesh.
Right inna
15:13, Today: Amara Brightsky rolled 15 using 1d20. where I hit?
15:14, Today: Amara Brightsky rolled 5 using 1d10. damage.

I may or may not have just been shit on or at by a harpy. I yearn for the embrace of sweet death.

Camping weekend, poor phone signal, will keep going with the crossbow, second one already loaded. Will call for spells on it though.

Actually, carry the loaded crossbow over to the fallen harpy and check it out whilst checking above now and then :)

13:36, Today: Salen Dustchaser rolled 2 using 1d100. climb.

Don't know if I needed to make a roll, but seeing as Salen is climbing as quickly as he can I thought it might be useful. And that roll certainly is!

Nice roll.

Henal can either follow Salen or take a slower route which requires no roll.

Tarnessh  you are no longer befuddled and can either go up with no roll or go down with a climb roll.

The two taking off are five metres away from Salen and Tarnessh.

Some of the ones above are throwing crude darts down.

Folk below can see the occasional Harpy flitting across the gap between the rock faces.

The Morokanth have a small chain of human slaves. Three foreign looking men and two female river folk.

Most of the Morokanth are without missile weapons.

Dice roller must think I need high rolls today, keeps giving me low ones. ;)

A shot at one of the harpies making off with Glama seemed like the thing to do. If Salen wounds one, perhaps it'll drop Glama - if he falls 30 metres or so to the ground, well so be it...he's probably dead either way.

Great rolls. If he drops he will fall on the rock. You have time for an aimed roll if you want.
Head shot?

ok, so if Salen is taking on one of the ones going after Glama then can I just take potshots at any passing around us? or is the other one carrying him off a viable target for me?
This message was last edited by the player at 20:19, Sat 13 June 2015.

TThey're moving fast but sure. You can have a shot on the ones carrying Glama too if they hove into view. You can try and give chase if you wish.

Always! :)

I rolled a 19 anyway. You suit the Bow...

Thanks! I can hear Orlanth calling me...

I feel bad for Glama. Considering how gross harpies are, death might be a mercy for him. I imagine that they won't eat or kill him immediately. First they're going to just poop and fart on him for like an hour, because God hates him. (Yes I know God doesn't exist in Glorantha, the sentiment stands.)

....an eejit?

:P

Probably! One lucky shot does not a summer make...

On a serious note, how long will it take to climb down? Cause we should take off after the harpies ASAP. Besides saving Glama, Tarnessh wants them all dead.

Minute or two tops. No roll needed.

15:28, Today: Henal Longgrass rolled 60 using 1d100. Dex roll.

Giving chase to the Harpies will involve winding your way through the Rhino Rocklands, or going around.

Amara, being a Rhino Rider will instinctively know which gully to take, but even so give me several riding rolls.

Tarnessh and anyone wishing to follow can try and keep up. For the Npc's to follow they'll need to be told to do so.

I pass them all.
09:56, Today: Amara Brightsky rolled 217 using 5d100, unique dice with rolls of 38,69,66,35,9. Riding rolls.
the 9 might be a crit.

Cool you'll keep up no worries. Will post IC once the Kids are in bed in an hour or two.

Akala will go with you, as will Greeshar.

I'm a bit wary of immediately chasing after Glama, as much as Salen would want to, mainly because he won't trust the Morokanth slavers in the slightest. I guess he will also be concerned that those left behind have to have a big fight to avoid becoming slaves themselves.

In reply to Salen Dustchaser (msg # 267):

Then everyone should go!

I'm hoping the fanaticism will make it turn round and attack the party while its still carrying Glama and the binding charm should mean there's more time to kill it before it gets in range :)

Best to all go after Glama then.

Back home now with propper access :)

So I've lost track of who is where?

Carried away: Glama

Up top: Tarnessh, Salen

Down below givin chase: Amara, Tarosh, Akala, Greeshar, Henal

Down below in the camp (or at least undeclared): Hoskar, Kobal (+ Emesh-Ga with helmet), Ohanzee, Nixa, Sand Fox, Leaper, Peat Bog, Whispers and several Morokanth initiates plus priestess?

Tarnessh has come down and is giving chase.

Carried away: Glama

Up top: Salen

Down below givin chase: Amara, Tarosh, Akala, Greeshar, Henal, Tarnessh.

Down below in the camp (or at least undeclared): Hoskar, Kobal (+ Emesh-Ga with helmet), Ohanzee, Nixa, Sand Fox, Leaper, Peat Bog, Whispers and nine Morokanth initiates plus eight hyenas.

And another  group of Morokanth , eight in number, leading a pack Bison, two Gern and a short line of shackled humans. One Morokanth is a Waha priest.
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:42, Sun 14 June 2015.

19:55, Sun 14 June 2015: Henal Longgrass rolled 394 using 5d100 ((68,70,87,74,95))

No one else needs to roll ride :)

Salen will come down and ride off if all the Rangers do, but only if all do.

This music seemed appropriate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgYnKu8RYAU

During the pursuit you weren't in range or the quarry just wasn't visible long enough to hit it with a charm.

I didn't bother with the fanaticism once you were as it would have worked against Glama :)

I had him make str rolls vs the Harpies. Aced it on one.
17:57, Yesterday: GM, on behalf of Glama Golden, rolled 1 using 1d100. escape!
17:57, Yesterday: GM, on behalf of Glama Golden, rolled 76 using 1d100. escape!

I've left Kobal and Hoskar floating as I'm not sure what they want to do. If they stayed I'll have the other Npc's stay too.

Lol, that's the opposite of what I was aiming for. He stopped a charge distance away from the camp/Morokanth. I guess everyone else charged past :)

The Harpies are turning into real opportunists. I feel like having them look like magpies.

Finally in the new place!

Give me tomorrow to catch up, and I will try to slide a post in!

Hello all!  Sorry I disappeared for a moment, but I have returned!  :)

Your post was a good cinematic moment in my imagination



Welcome back. No rush. You are currently charging through the Rhino Rocklands after some Harpies.

Who is carrying the new multimissile 2 matrix?

I appear to be back. Tons and tons of catching up to do. Will try to nip a post in sometime today.

Edited in: I'm not sure on my exact timeline between the new Morocanth turning up and most of the Rangers going harpy-chasing. I'll try and gree the new ones but if that excludes me from any hope of harpy-chasing please put it down to timeline-confusion; although I think someone needs to say "hi" to them in a nice manner.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:46, Mon 15 June 2015.

Welcome back Hoskar!

So The one remaining Harpy with Glama is flapping around just above him.

It can be engaged with Spells, missiles or lances.

First come first served.

Ohanzee if you followed you are at the back of the charging mob and unable to engage. Though you will likely have first pot shot at any diving Harpies.

Greeshar will use his lance.

What is it with Sun Hawks and getting kidnapped? first Tarnessh then Glama....

they just have to try to outdo us Ravens ;)

They're just so pretty and shiny...

ROFL

Just to show how i come up with this stuff, I use an online GM emulator and when creating the scene the first thing to come up was "Something Bad Happens"

It reads bottom to top.

The first thing to come up is ALWAYS "Something Bad Happens".

;)

Nah... sometimes it's "Something Very Bad Happens" :)

Competition caption time

Be a dull game if it wasn't.....

Baboon on left talking about one in background: I told him to use a Sun shield like mine or he'll get his bits burnt.

Baboon on right (in a Frankie Howerd voice): Oooooo!

I also thought the one on the right looked like Frankie Howerd, so I was going for:

Baboon on the left: "I wrote a poem for her, you know Lurcio. My love has hairs upon her chest from which I groom her fleas, but where I'd rather put my hand is up between her eyes. Somehow I couldn't find a rhyme at the end there."

Baboon on the right: "He's the only one who can't. Strange boy. Anyway, the prologue...".

Anyone trying to find their way back need a survival roll, except for Rhino riders. Their Rhinos know the way.

You lot have been travelling since midday yesterday. It is now around 7am the following day. None of you have slept.

Nutters the lot of you.

Glama needs 6 puts of healing to fix his broken leg and cuts and stuff. Not a 6pt spell, just 6pts to heal his multiple wounds.
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:40, Mon 15 June 2015.

In reply to GM (msg # 299):

Very good point. Sleep needed or drugs to stay awake 8)

09:30, Today: Tarnessh Listens-To-Silence rolled 60 using 1d100. Survival. Not too bad, actually. Assuming the target isn't Survivalx1

Also, I'll help heal up Glama when we get back to camp, then we obviously need to get some rest after we get everything squared away.

I updated my mac the other day and my spell check is acting like it's possessed, it's not cutting me any slack at all. "Tarnish is hanging out in the Docklands" has me tearing my hair out.

Caption Contest

Ohanzee (on L): "Hey Melock! Where do baby ghosts go during the day?"

The Ghost of Melock (on R): "Day-scare centres!"

-----------------

Looks like Amara (wearing Emesh-Ga's helm) and Greeshar doing the family thing of picking fleas off each other in the background!

Based on facial expressions...

Baboon on the left: [Rooarr!] "I've got a warrior's shield!"
Baboon on the right: "I've got the jester's shoes"* [splort!].

*I'm not sure whether this is only UK rude slang, or rude slang the world over. If in doubt, google it. ;)

I didn't even realise that was two baboons in the background, I need new lenses!

Tarnish is Tarnessh's secret evil twin. He is a Lunar Illuminate with a goatee. This is now canon.

(I bet you could find some setting support for it. Glorantha is weird, after all.)
This message was last edited by the player at 15:01, Mon 15 June 2015.

I've got a new phone, so I'm having to add all the names and places again.

the one on the left "I've just swallowed a fly"
the one on the right, "Hold on, I'll go get a spider"

sorry for the delays.
Was talking to the surgeon today :-)

Jeez, you need better anaesthetic.

;)

Wah(a)!  I missed all the action.  Busy weekend.  Busy day at work yesterday too.  Still catching up.  Will post something later today.



Haha  :)

Akala you are either with Ohanzee and Tarosh or with Henal investigating the cave.

If we could figure out a way to get them to say that they intend us no harm, Tarnessh could detect if they are telling the truth or not.

I'm saying this in OOC because I assume that it wouldn't be as easy as straight-out asking, cause that would probably make them upset.

Not sure how much weight I'd put on it either. They may well intend no harm now, but that doesn't mean that if a situation arose they wouldn't take advantage of it...

You've all heard the rumours that Morokanth can turn humans into Gern (Rune Magic). They do this to get ones with good motor skills and to interbreed with their Gern.

I would prefer "Are you going to try to make us slaves", but that might be too direct.

I'd rather be dead.

Rune Magic, who would have that... Oh, how about a Rune Priest...

We're not scared, we'll have kitties by then :P



But they can easily say no to that and mean it, but then down the line a situation occur that they do the opposite. They would not be lying and the fact that they said no is in no way binding.

Real world example ask newly weds if they are going to divorce I'll bet a tiny proportion say something like "I don't think so but who knows what the future will bring" ;)

Amara is wise.

Ohanzee, I will answer your spirit request in a bit, not ignoring you. To be honest just waiting to see what comes up as I'm not sure of the answer yet :)

I have no idea why the morokanth leader almost bit Tarnessh's head off after being alright with me, but am simply trying to be pacific here.
Oh, and with any luck if he answers my "that's right, isn't it?" bit, Tarnessh will still be able to gauge his honesty :)

Yep, GM: thought "Alter Creature" was live in the game. Hope not to encounter it, mind you. Darned if I'm going to look nervy about it though - if he's a Rune level we're probably outgunned.