And here we go again.

In reply to Salen's mum (msg # 1):

Wouldn't strong enough magic be able to open the slave collar?

The answer is possibly yes, but we have no where near the strength of magic nor knowledge to do so would be my guess.

They are Mostali inventions and no doubt they added a back door as it were, but that doesn't help us.

I realised that we would be too weak magically as I suspect you'd need to be of Rune Lord type strength to move it and Mostali approaches are completely foreign to the nomads or indeed any human.

Sorry for the late post.  I've still been catching up with life since being away for a week.

anybody know animate dead or create zombie? :)

The Queen is powerful in both life and Harmony so neither spell would work in her vicinity.

Where Tarosh found his stuff is also where the Harpies store their treasure. Gear stolen from captives etc.

You can each make up one minor magical item that is either a matrix (Max 2pts), potion, scroll or something random and not too powerful. I will reserve the right to refuse.

Plus two other mundane objects, which can be a piece of equipment, Praxian or otherwise, old or new, a weapon (No crossbows) of bronze or a piece of armour of Bronze/lead or copper. Kralorela, Teshnos or Pent are places that objects might come from.

Eg a case of spices, strange hides, ivory, a Kralorelan sword, a jade elephant broach.

The idea for using the hands is totally in keeping with mission impossible and all spy/adventure yarns where security needs to be breached.

Hazy memory here; am I right in thinking Detection Blank:

1. DB 2 will prevent 1 point detections (enemy, life, etc) and stay up.

2. DB 1 would be taken down by the detect spell of the same level but still prevent that detection.

3. A 1 point warding has the equivalent of a detection 1 spell to trigger activation

4. What about spirits, does DB help against detection by these?

I've got my rulebook to hand ("paw"?). I think:

1. Yes

2. Yes

3. Warding is a Rune spell, and in general 1pt Rune = 2pt Battle Magic ergo 1pt Ward is blocked by 2pt Detection Blank and knocks it down; 1pt Ward is blocked by 3pt Detection Blank and it stays up. At least that's how I used to play it. However, I'm hazy on this as the rules say Warding acts as "a Detect Enemies spell" so I'm not totally sure whether or not it being a runespell doubles its force in terms of detecting enemies in the way other runespells are doubled. GM?

4. Not that I'm aware of - the spell description says nothing about it, and Countermagic has no effect on spirits and Detection Blank "in other ways functions like countermagic".

Also: things are looking up for Hoskar, it seems. Maybe he'll still feed the body I used to use.

Hmmm... so with the prevalence of bound spirits raiding in Prax would actually be very difficult as there's no way to block the sense of said familiars. Unless they cannot detect live spirits?

You know, I actually thought of cutting off hands, and then I thought it was too gross to suggest.

Well spirits can only sense so far and those raiding tend to ride in quick and fast. Plus I don't think that many people have them, you lot are quite special. I'd say the average person doesn't, certainly very few of my npc's have them, so far mainly rune levels and shamans.

Always go with your gut feeling!

The queen is waiting to be brought to Hoskar. Those of you who have fallen under her spell so to speak, should have answered her ;)

Okay she's going to try and reincarnate Hoskar, by beating him in spirit combat, which won't be hard as her POW is higher than his to start with.

Posts from you lot helping with the ceremony will also help her chances and enrich the moment :)

Okay, folks: I've been delegated the narrative of what happens on the Other Side here. I hope you like it when I post it; if not, it's all up for amends/Gregging.

Okay. Posted now.
I might have one bit to add at point *** depending on the GM's answer to this private question...
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 09:06, Fri 13 Nov 2015.

In reply to Hoskar Feather (msg # 20):

Nice post Hoskar. Glad to have you back, pity Henal doesn't have bind spirit or else he might have been able to try and get Four Paws back using his cat affinity.

That's a yes to both.

Lovely post Hoskar Two-Feather. Welcome back.

Time to come up with some objects.

Strangely enough, I'd been discussing this with ye GM privately. I've traded something off here. Watch the edit to my last IC where the "***" was before...

In reply to Hoskar Two-Feather (msg # 25):

Ah, good to see. Now to work out what loot I want.

In reply to Hoskar Two-Feather (msg # 25):

I'm glad you got Four Paws back this way, as Melock needs the bind spirit matrix that I'm hoping you've left at GFH :)

I didn't list it among the kit I took, but then I'm not sure whether or not it's part of the baggage Hoskar lugs round for the group. Given that Melock's got Kor with him back at the GFHs recuperating from a nasty scorpion puncture, it might well make sense for Hoskar to be travelling light since he's riding Ram who's usually the baggage conveyance.

Nice post, Hoskar  :)



Kobal will find:
- a hammer which bears a Repair spell matrix
- a necklace of beads, semi-precious stones and griffin feathers
- sword belt from the east, with a metal buckle
Hope this is okay...

Sorry for the post dry-up the last day or so, kids are off for a couple of days so keeping them occupied. Will post later.

fine by me :)

Invisibility is 3 points isn't it?

other than his own gear, Tarosh finds;

a farsee matrix in a hollowed out skull of a dragon newt that needs to be worn like a helm for it to work. has 2ap and will just about fit someone who is size 18, will need to be padded for anyone smaller.

a bracelet made of woven hair from a bison, rhino and high llama with irregular size and shape amber beads, the largest is 2cm by 3cm by 1cm and has an ant in it.

gold broach of a scorpion.

@Ohanzee. yes it is

In reply to Tarosh Long Neck (msg # 33):

Oh great: so now some Dragonewt or other will be chasing us for its body parts. Are you sure you're not Melock? WOT LARX :)

IC, I'm taking the view I'll be exhausted and woozy and therefore snoozing awhile...which should cover my player's lack of web access over the weekend rather nicely.

In reply to Hoskar Two-Feather (msg # 34):

that though had crossed my mind, quickly and looking both ways. :)

its always good to help the GM out with scenario hooks.

More plot hooks?? :)

Hoskar thanks for mentioning the White Lance again. It's good to keep that to the fore

I'm using Sumerian for Earth speech and it's names.

For example http://nookofnames.com/categor...ames/sumerian-names/

I've no idea what I should find....

In reply to GM (msg # 37):

I hope google translate works for Sumerian, otherwise it might take me a while to learn it :)

that's an interesting website.

One phrase that jumped out at me, Achka llamam kapuwan — I have many llamas

Same for me, though I did think of something decorative with a cat motif.

well now it's battle between greeshar and me over who gets to wield the lance!

My vote's for you - my 'ulterior motive' in mentioning it was the hope that one day I might see you hurl it through the blasted Basmoli Ar-cat Harratt-possessing blighter and hear its final howl of dissolution.

No pressure. :)

Is "My hovercraft is full of eels" on there?

Ar...who????

Have I mis-remembered? Wasn't the Basmoli spirit that stole the Goldhand from us by possession named both "Ar-cat" and "Ar-grath"?

In reply to Four Paws (msg # 43):

if you changed hovercraft to floating wagon, quite possibly :)

I was being facetious.

In our Glorantha, anyone who's name begins with Ar.... will be unknowns as we'll steal their thunder, before killing them with the white lance.

Kneel before Amara-Eel!

How about copper earrings that extend my earth sense?

Fantacism and Mobility might also be good choices for me as well.
As well as spirit screen.

Too many choices....

In reply to Amara Brightsky (msg # 48):

The copper earings sound good.

Enchanted copper extending earth sense is a great idea. This can be done back at the earth temple when you lot get copper armour made, or find.

I always imagined Vingans keeping a cool head in battle myself.

Mobility would be a handy spell for Amara.

I'd use the fanaticism solely to counter the demoralises that we keep getting hit with.

ok, Mobility it is

For those struggling

There is a carved wooden bison, that would fit in a belt like a dagger does, which is a matrix

Calm Bison(Spirit Magic, 2 points, instant, ranged)

When cast on a bison that is panicked, demoralised or otherwise excited or frightened, this calms the bison down to a normal state. It must overcome POW in order to work.

A well worn strip of hide, with ties at both ends. A matrix
Run Through Narrow Places (Spirit Magic, 2 points, instant)

This allows the user to run through a narrow place without stopping and without touching the sides. It gives the user an edge in that he need not stop to run between two rocks whereas his pursuers must stop and edge through the rocks before starting to run again.

A hide mask depicting a smiling face, with an open mouth and eyeholes. A matrix

cheerful Song (Spirit Magic, 2 points, self only, temporal)

For the duration of the song the caster can sing a cheerful, merry tune. They gain +20% Sing for the duration of the spell as long as they keep to cheerful songs.

That's a very good use. I had overlooked that :)

Exactly what I was thinking! That has been a real nuisance for some time now.

Unless someone else wants a Fanaticism 2 matrix, Salen will have one. If they do, I'll take the Run Through Narrow Spaces matrix, which sounds like something that's up Salen's (narrow) alley, (hoho).

Salen will find:
- a spell matrix (see above)
- a small piece of ivory on a leather neck chord, carved into the shape of a serpent (or bison, or fish, or condor!)
- a piece of copper big enough to shape into a greave (either leg), or just a bronze greave

Interesting.  I was wondering how you came up with such exotic names.

I will have
a) a silver anklet, with an interlocking ring pattern (Mobility matrix)
b) a bronze leaf shaped sword (old, but serviceable)
c) a copper square shaped nose stud with an emerald

Pentan drum

Parrot feathered headdress from Teshnos.

A bolt of shimmering silk.

- a spell matrix: Fanaticism 2. A large ivory toggle, carved to look like a ferocious troll
- a small piece of ivory on a leather neck chord, carved into the shape of a serpent (it is of the river below)
- a piece of copper big enough to shape into a greave.

I'll take the Calm Bison matrix, also finding

A piece of ivory carved into the shape of a sitting cat on a leather strap

One more thing to come

Those of you with jewellery can roll 1d100+100 Lunars for their worth.

Make sure to add all this to your page on the loot thread.

14:56, Today: Henal Longgrass rolled 144 using 1d100+100.  Jewellery worth.

Ok, that is getting a bit more description to be worth that much

A piece of ivory carved into the shape of a sitting cat on a leather strap with golden eyes and ebony nose and whiskers inlaid value 144L

A finely made cloak with a strange beast embroidered on it.

The rest of the loot will be mundane Praxian gear/treasure.

So been doing a bit of browsing re Teshnos on the Glorantha Wiki and elsewhere and I see there is Solf, Cold Volcano and the Burned Out Fire, described in places as a Lodril type figure.

In places he is said to be associate variously with Fire, Earth, Fertility and Disorder and on the wiki his followers are said to practice sexual deviance, gluttony, drugs and suicide.

The though came to me that the item might be from his cult and like a befuddle or demoralise matrix, but rather than the typical befuddle or demoralise it is along the lines of a drug matrix. In other words it causes the target to get so high that they don't much care to get involved or are too stoned to care or be effective.

Make it so.

Nice! Not sure if the ivory counted as jewellery but then saw Henal had much the same, so rolled:-

23:08, Today: Salen Dustchaser rolled 157 using 1d100+100.

- a small piece of ivory on a leather neck chord, carved into the shape of a serpent (it is of the river below) with sapphire eyes.

I'm not sure how much smoke Kobal will need to fill the tunnel so that the harpies can't fly around it as it travels down the tunnel.  He'll draw POW from Haaro to cast the spell, but after 4 points of POW (if necessary), he'll use his own POW.

what we have so far.

Harpies Lair

Temple
Ohanzee
1. A medallion of flint like material banded by gold  that immediately caught Ohanzee's eye because on one side it has a marking that looks like four Disorder Runes joined to make and Earth Rune with a cross through it (actually a Dragon Rune). Turning it over there is a Man Rune and round the edge are pictures of men with strange lizard heads or limbs or bat wings and one that shows what looks like a winged lizard. 114 L


2. A choker of some thick rhino like hide (actually elephant) on which is attached at the front a jade figure humanoid with the head of a long nosed big eared creature that reminds Ohanzee of the strange carved rock Melock found. From the mouth protrude two ivory tusks (elephant headed humanoid sitting cross-legged.

3. Lead plate vambrace for the right arm. Very old design and has the appearance of being formed to look like the carapace of some insect.

Henal
A carved wooden bison, that would fit in a belt like a dagger does, which is a matrix

Calm Bison(Spirit Magic, 2 points, instant, ranged)
When cast on a bison that is panicked, demoralised or otherwise excited or frightened, this calms the bison down to a normal state. It must overcome POW in order to work.
A piece of ivory carved into the shape of a sitting cat on a leather strap with golden eyes and ebony nose and whiskers inlaid value 144L
A finely made cloak with a strange beast embroidered on it.

Kobal
- a hammer which bears a Repair spell matrix
- a necklace of beads, semi-precious stones and griffin feathers
- sword belt from the east, with a metal buckle.

Tarosh
a farsee matrix in a hollowed out skull of a dragon newt that needs to be worn like a helm for it to work. has 2ap and will just about fit someone who is size 18, will need to be padded for anyone smaller.

a bracelet made of woven hair from a bison, rhino and high llama with irregular size and shape amber beads, the largest is 2cm by 3cm by 1cm and has an ant in it.

gold broach of a scorpion.

Leaper
Pentan drum. Sound of galloping horses 2pt matrix

Parrot feathered headdress from Teshnos.

A bolt of shimmering silk.

Amara
a) a silver anklet, with an interlocking ring pattern (Mobility matrix)
b) a bronze leaf shaped sword (old, but serviceable)
c) a copper square shaped nose stud with an emerald

Salen will find:
- a spell matrix: Fanaticism 2
- a small piece of ivory on a leather neck chord, carved into the shape of a serpent (it is of the river below)
- a piece of copper big enough to shape into a greave.

Other
A set of Iron slave braclets
A small flame coloured gem, warm to the touch, magical.
Two small locked chests.
A necklace of interlocking golden monkeys.
An elaborate bronze hook on a short wooden stave
A single edged bronze sword, wider at the point that the base.
A long wavy bladed dagger. Bronze.
An ivory broadsword.
A squat stone statue (4kg) of a long nosed and big eared animal (Elephant)
Three  stoppered, earthenware jars, filled with spices. (Chilli)
Two golden armbands.
A broken glass mouse.
A clay tablet with strange writing on it.
A bronze seal in a leather bag with a ball of wax. The seal is of a long nosed animal like that of the statue.
A stuffed cat with lustrous golden-brown fur.
A set of iron claws, perhaps those of a lion or something similar. They slip over a large person's hands.
A bundle of porcupine quills (100)
Several clay tablets depicting bats and what looks like half bats-half human hybrids.
800 lunars in three large gourds.
A lump of Bronze (4kg)
A 2m string of glass beads
Two gold chains
A small Gold statuette of a foreign god, finger sized
Two hand sized stone statuettes of foreign gods (Volcanic glass)
A small prayer wheel made from wood.
8 gold nuggets
Assorted Praxian jewellery (1kg)
Assorted Praxian weapons/shields. No metal.
This message was last edited by the GM at 09:56, Mon 16 Nov 2015.

A reminder Amara that your hand will be fully regrown in four days. All you are missing at the moment are your fingernails.

Yay! Go Lunar magic!

In reply to Amara Brightsky (msg # 69):

is the regrown arm red?

Take damage on the hand now and you'll never have fingernails on it.... >)

OK, so items are (pending approval)

1. A medallion of flint like material banded by gold  that immediately caught Ohanzee's eye because on one side it has a marking that looks like four Disorder Runes joined to make and Earth Rune with a cross through it (actually a Dragon Rune). Turning it over there is a Man Rune and round the edge are pictures of men with strange lizard heads or limbs or bat wings and one that shows what looks like a winged lizard. 114 L


2. A choker of some thick rhino like hide (actually elephant) on which is attached at the front a jade figure humanoid with the head of a long nosed big eared creature that reminds Ohanzee of the strange carved rock Melock found. From the mouth protrude two ivory tusks (elephant headed humanoid sitting cross-legged.

3. Lead plate vambrace for the right arm. Very old design and has the appearance of being formed to look like the carapace of some insect.

So who knows Detect Magic? :)

The Queen Harpy has.

Amara I am a bit confused by your post. Hoskar is asleep. You are in the Temple, are you now going to climb down into the dark cave where the chaos harpy came out of, to retrieve your javelin?

In reply to GM (msg # 67):

Funnily enough I was thinking of elephants for the animal motif on Henal's cloak.

I have a mental block for Hoskar/Henal.

I keep confusing the two.

Henal is nowhere near you. He is down by the nests where you climbed in. You are in the temple.

Ohanzee... royal advisor... with his reputation... oh my!

Mr GM, are the items (a few of posts up from here OK?

Wondered what was going on there. Would it help if I call myself "Two-Feather" IC for a while?
Apologies for my missing the underlying meaning OOC on Friday too, Amara - thought my mind had gone wonky.

Yes, perfect

Amara you are in cave 7 staring down into cavern 5. Ohanzee and Hoskar are in the temple too with the Queen.

The rest are down in 11c.

In terms of finding out about the statue IC, I see I've just accidentally micturated on Ohanzee's chips, as 'twere. Some things never change. Oh bugger.

NAh I was just buying for time so i could work out what the go with the statue was :)

In reply to GM (msg # 83):

Cue sigh of relief.

11:09, Today: Hoskar Two-Feather rolled 50 using 1d100. Maybe not smitten as a kitten, but I imagine still rather favourably disposed to her. Not that I wouldn't be anyway what with her zinging in and saving my life.

Hoskar though thankful is a man in control of his own destiny.

I'm just glad none of the unhatched harpies had explode on death as a chaos feature  if a few of them had, it could have been quite messy :)
This message was last edited by the player at 13:47, Mon 16 Nov 2015.

Scrambled eggs.

08:56, Today: Amara Brightsky rolled 85 using 1d100.  Climb.

At least it wasn't a fumble....

17:29, Today: GM rolled 16 using 1d20.
17:29, Today: GM rolled 16 using 4d6.

But the fall destroys your left arm (severed again)....

Bangs head on table....

It's kinda funny. In a bad way.... Honest.

Seeing Tarosh's post now, I'm happy for him to have helped you with a rope.

Got in there just in time.

I can edit my post.

That's what you get for mixing with lunars

uh...maybe the harpy queen can heal it....this time without lunar taint...

"Did you hear that? What is she moaning about now..."

;)

Oh, posted and then read the OOC. I'll edit when we decide

If its easier, I can delete my post :)

This is awesome. It shall be so.

Lets go with the flow. Amara fell and you're helping Ohanzee down.

lol.

Of course, now Ohanzee is down here, there's no way I'm going to let him bring me up without him finding my javelin.

Am I conscious?

Isn't it the case that regeneration stops when the regenerating limb takes damage? That means Amara's hand will never have fingernails. Can of course ignore it, but it might be fun :)

If that's the case, I'll have it cut off and regrow it again. I need my fingernails!

You are.

I think the Queen will be able to fix it with finger nails. She knows that her glamour beat you and that you are favourable to her aims.

Okay javelin found. Spot hidden tick for Ohanzee.

Amara is healed of wounds and lunar influence.

Plans?

It's late afternoon.

Apart from the IC "retreive my kit", I've been dead during the action so I'll have very little idea what's going on. Hoskar will be guided by those who are in-the-know.

Whilst I think of it. For you to be initiated in to Waha, or Issaries or Vinga etc, you will need to have a relevant rune at 50%, having a second rune at 50% will help too..

Rune levels will need to be a rune at 100%.

This is as well as skills etc.

In reply to GM (msg # 109):

What does the spirit rune need to be for becoming a shaman?

Plan wise, collect any loot we want to keep, set fire to the cave and then make our way back to the others.

100% or as near to.
Those wishing to be shamans need to be using that rune as much as possible.
I will advance it for cool uses etc

Loot up, light up and leave.

What are Waha's runes, Death and ? I doubt Water or Disorder feature :)

Oh I think the other one might be Mastery

Waha's runes are Death, Man and Beast.  At least I think that's what it was for RQ2.  Since then I think it's been changed...

I agree with the plan of action of the others.

So Mr GM, would Spirit Rune suffice for initiation to worship Waha shamanically?

that would be good for me too.

That's a yes to the spirit rune. Actually I need to rethink this.

Waha is death and Mastery these days, but i'll allow other runes to be taken into consideration for those not taking the shaman path, as having the spirit rune has limited your rune choices.

So as long as you are good on the skills and have 50% in any rune you're okay. Having a rune that is relevant to the cult is better.

Salen for instance is a Condor initiate so already has a foot in the door for Foundchild in my book.

Amara is sorted by both having Mobility and being a Thunderbird.

Kobal has the mastery Rune so is cool

Henal can use his spirit, though he's make a better follower of Orlanth in someways.

Really I'm not going to worry too much. Dsecide what you want to join, talk to the priests, gease some palms, say your prayers and Storm Bull's your uncle.

Ok, but for once I'm playing a cow herder, though I suppose the runes are more right for Orlanth. Thunderbird should help a bit for Waha though and I'll have to look at the skills side.

You'll be perfect for Waha so no worries there.

Both my kids have birthdays this week, and parties on sat so will be a bit unsure of posting amounts. Shouldn't be too noticeable :)

Wasn't sure what colour the Queen's feathers were (I had it as white in the otherplace): I see they're browny-orange and rune-covered. Do you reckon I should edit for consistency or take the view things are different there from what they're like here?

On runes, I believe I'm good to go for Issaries (he said smugly).

The feathers are what ever colour you want them. Her followers had white feathers instead of dirty ones. You can have a white one :)

LOL, for a would-be Shaman the Spirit rune is my weakest! I haven't a clue about the runes unless the GM tells me something. :)

You lot can post how you get back down. The fire will burn all the bodies, will clean the statue and cause the rodents to flee.

The Cliff Toads will be safe in their massive cave. How will you move the loot?

Henal will have enough magic to squeeze you all in and out of the  statue or you can climb down if you wish. The latter will be fraught with danger.

The Queen has not answered about the statue.

She will fly down.

Reminder that Tarnessh and the other fought the Broo baboons and discovered a harpy.

Go via the statue I think, far safer than trying to climb.

I vote for climbing :-)

We can use the rope to get down, we've got enough to leave some behind. I vote for climbing down.

What about the loot? Lower it down in the nets?

Definitely climb down with the rope, don't fancy crawling through those guys again!

Lower in the nets then climb down the rope.

Dinner now so will post properly later

SO I have a neat glowing subdermal tattoo?
awesome and it matches my new nose ring too.

Maybe lower one or two of us before the loot, so someone is there to guard it while the others make their way down...and communicate all of this to the others so they know we're done and successful.

Slow day for me today.

Folks can ic getting down. A fumble on the climb means something bad, though if you are tied on it isnt fatal. Leave it up to you.

Do you want suggestions for the living harpy statue?

If so perhaps it was a mate of Storm Bull, one who promised to stand guard here in case the chaos turned to stone ever turned back again. If some great magic did turn it back from stone then the same magic would have to turn the harpy back to flesh.

Might not have much tome today myself: posted a portmanteau.

Failed (but not fumbled) my climbing, so I felt something a shade embarrassing but not disastrous was in order.

09:51, Today: Henal Longgrass rolled 18 using 1d100.  Climb.

Phew, made it. Will do an IC in a minute.

Thanks but she is a baddie...Mwa ha ha ha.

Oh goodie. Well she'd like us like she'd like a hole in the head then... no wait, she's got one of those :)

I had the queen with two resurrection rune spells. She has one left.

Up to you lot if she uses it on Glama.

Well we'd not want her to save it if we knew she had it, after all he is a Ranger!

Rolls for searching the chest

12:43, Today: Secret Roll: Ohanzee Shappa rolled 37 using 1d100.  Spot trap. FAIL
12:42, Today: Secret Roll: Ohanzee Shappa rolled 84 using 1d100.  Disorder rune. FAIL
12:41, Today: Secret Roll: Ohanzee Shappa rolled 52 using 1d100.  Trap set disarm. FAIL
12:41, Today: Secret Roll: Ohanzee Shappa rolled 42 using 1d100.  Spot hidden. PASS

In reply to Ohanzee Shappa (msg # 141):

Ohanzee, a question, why make them secret rolls and then post them? :)

I wasn't fussed about them being secret but browser remembers the last choice. I swap between browsers, work, phone, home on tablet, home on laptop and sometimes I forget to set it appropriately.

You spot the other chest...

In reply to Ohanzee Shappa (msg # 143):

That make sense :)

Uh-Oh! Looks like we lost another one!!

15:17, Today: Salen Dustchaser rolled 96 using 1d100. climb.

:(

In reply to Salen Dustchaser (msg # 146):

I think your attached with a rope though, so Salen should fall too far

yes, Salen you are okay. just post something dramatic happening.

Unconscious...covered in poo. Broken leg.

So do you think you'll hang below for the rest of the day and wait until tomorrow when the storm will have died out?

There's a whole new are of the river complex to explore and the door to something ancient on the ground floor.

Last chance to visit the secret valley, which is close by the base of the statue. Not saying you have to, but just in case.

I was just about to remind folks of that!

We will totally go there.

Now Amara truly has her own personal glowspot.

Kobal just failed, not fumbled, his climb.  I figure even if he lost a few HP, he could heal that back himself.



After the valley, I'd vote for investigating the complex further, particularly if the Queen can shed any light on things.

We don't have any particular deadline for getting back to the Earth Temple, do we...?

No deadline.

you must go via Hoofcrack to pick up Whispers and Greeshar.

And via our camp in the Rhino Rocklands to pick up the clan members and those with cats might want to call in on the pissy cat lair there :P

Oh and Ohanzee wants to return via Rhino Gouge.

Very true!

Yes, go to Pallas and see if we can bind spirits into the manuls that we got there.

Wonder if Pallas will give us any kudos for keeping hold of Four-Paws...?

So there's a map in the chest.

What's it of?

A secret mountain pass into Kralora used by smugglers

Sounds neat: Hush Hill to Lostpath Sleepers to Mubashi would create a route avoiding the Fever Trees and be priceless for nomads.

I can't find any reference to "Lostpath Sleepers" in the GtG either, so this game might be able to make it up.

I love it.

Your idea, Ohanzee - I'm not trying a hijack here honest guv - what do you reckon?

I wouldn't take it like that :)

Salen has to return via the ravine where the Water Spirit Aquamerina is - even if he has to hop all the way. :)

Ohanzee - I've just edited an update into IC #272. I'd missed saying something I should have about the padlock. The new bit is the: "Even the padlock - the dragon thing - is curious. Saw one like that on a trade chest once. They said it had an interesting temple statue inside it, but they never opened it in front of me. Think it was from somewhere out East. What was it? Dombain, I think.".

...which fits with your idea of the assemblage including a map of a way out East.

Yep that you do.



Lovely.

sorry for my lack of posts today, just catching up now :)

I'd forgotten about those things - happened during those months I was extremely busy...

I'd forgotten too lol.

You lot will have to camp in the hidden valley, if you escort the dryad. Do some of you wish to continue down?

If anyone (hi, Tarosh) expects me to know about Dragonewts IC, they've got another think coming: even in Pavis, you don't get a lot of them to the pound.

However, methinks here's where Hoskar having been inside the wall comes in handy more generally.

Away all next week, so I'll try and do as much IC answering today as I can...

I'm currently getting pumped with you lot visiting Pavis briefly at the end of the game year. Briefly? It will be a good year of real life time I should think, or more.

I think I will then zoom through the following year so as to get the shaman apprenticeships out of the way.

Those not taking that path can tell me what they'd like to do and we can hash out what happens: Raid, loot, work as mercenaries, go on missions for their priests.

Sound good?

Since Amara and Ohanzee are with the dryad, Kobal will follow them down.

Sounds good to me :)

In reply to Ohanzee Shappa (msg # 175):

Me too. Try to advance in Issaries, up my trader skills and learn a few more "detects" (e.g. Detect Detection 'cos I'm sneaky) would be my "fast forward" thought while the Shaman types are apprenticing. If Hoskar makes it through an Issaries initiation, I bet "Path Watch" as a one-use (is it once-per-season use in this game?) Runespell might be quite handy for the Rangers.

Despite the good armour, he's not intended as a primarily-combat character. But I imagine trading will involve the odd scrap.

I can always hang around trying to be useful to Becx.

In reply to Hoskar Two-Feather (msg # 176):

Rune spells for an initiate
POW is sacrificed permanently for this, but the spells gan be regained on your Holy days at a Shrine/temple to your god /spirit, with a whole day of worship, a pow roll, sacrifice and re enacting the appropriate myth. A priest/shaman must be present.

I'm going to stay with the dryad till morning, but from an IC point of view I've not got much to add :)

In reply to GM (msg # 173):

That sounds like a good plan as the apprenticeships I suspect would make dull reading.

Fine with me.  Kobal would be working on improving his skills to initiate into Waha.

Perhaps I'll ask the shaman about the "Friendly to Trolls" quest after visiting the Aldryami :-?

Okay, i'm not going to be on for the rest of today, or sat.

Enjoy your holidays Hoskar.

And I'll be posting possibly sat night/sunday.

Feel free to IC setting up camp or returning below to those on the bridge. I'm happy for those who do go down to set the scene.

The Harpy queen will have sent her two harpy companions off to gather the others from the Eerie.

It hadn't occurred to me that he would, it was just a new item and something to talk about :)

Pavis will be fun, though I think the party will be penniless before the end of the first day, being naïve gullible teenagers from the wilds, Hoskar being the only one of us to have spent more than a few days in a town.

Glad I wasn't meant to be an expert on Dragonewts - Hoskar so hates to disappoint :)

You lot will just have to pay attention when I brief ya on the fun and games the locals get up to, then, or yes Bob probably will end up charging you over the odds for a Bisonburger.

Bwahahahaha!

Although on the other hand, it does mean I (the player) had better start immersing myself in all things Pavic to stop me making a total anus of playing Hoskar.

Hoskar Two-Lives

I think you know we'll all be utterly reliant on you when we arrive in Pavis...what's worse is everyone will think we're hicks. I barely speak sartarite....

While the lot of you are studying to be shamans, I'll train up my Dex and Str.

Manul cat
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gIXw-3H48yU

I love it!

In reply to GM (msg # 186):

Always looks so unusual as I'm used to our domestic cat with his pointy ears sticking up and short fur.

The Dryad has gifted you with the spell

Food Song 1 point
This spell will allow the singer to pick any plant which they
need, whether it is for eating (and all Aldryami are vegetarian
cannibals), shelter, weapons, or so on. It insures that the plant
so used will not be offended or hurt and, if killed, will return in
peace to Aldrya’s bosom.

If you eat it now you will have a long dream filled sleep and in the morning you will know the spell. If you want you can post what you dreamt about. It will be about Elves and their kin, land and you.

Nice looking cats, though I don't think they'd make good pets. One of the other clips mentions that where they come from in China, it can get down to -40f, which bizarrely is -40c, no wonder they are fluffy :)

Henal went to bed on full POW.

Now heres the downside of that potion. For 5hrs your POW was replaced fully every hour.

Now for 5 days your POW will not replace at all.

What's Sartarite? ;) Salen doesn't speak a word! I think he'll have to find some birds flying about Pavis and have them translate, though likely they're as dumb as we are!

And don't they speak Pavic in Pavis, or did I miss something?

Also, is the Food Song spell for all of us, or just those with the Dryad? (and yes, maybe I should read the game thread first...)

She gave a seed to all those who spent the night above.

What, she couldn't have gifted us all Bladesharp 4, or something useful like that?!

Cheers! ;)

Great dream post Ohanzee :)

Yes they speak Pavic in Pavis. Which is a mix of old Pavic and Sartarite.

All of you have the food song

and yep great dream Ohanzee :)

lets try and work out a plan IC on what you want to do.

The magical door down below, which hides the seed of Genert, hidden there by White Aldryami/Aldryami Lords.

A locked door in the upstairs complex.

When do you plan to return back to Hoofcrack?

Are you going back to your clans via the Second Age Trading House? Perhaps that was set up to facilitate a route to Teshnos?

sorry, major crisis at work...

I'll be busy on this all day.
I'll get a very quick post up, but I'll go with Ohanzee to return the ceremonial dress.

Obviously we need to clean out all complexes below and find a way past all those doors.

Salen also needs to see the River Spirit here again before we move out.

That will need some sort of summoning.

Okay.

Stay another day?

Summon the Serpent? As long as it's cool the ritual will work. I'd suggest getting the dead priests to help)

Break open the locked door upstairs?

Perhaps the dead Priests know what is behind it (and the other door with the seed of Genert).


I will follow your lead.

In reply to GM (msg # 201):

Staying another day is a good idea, we can see if there's anything else in the local area.

:(



Sorry, haven't had time to read the IC thread yet.
As for future plans, explore the complex, but as to going back to the clans, since we're escorting the harpy queen back, I'd suggest taking the quickest/safest route.

Let's hope she shares Ranger goals... for my own sake too!

In reply to GM (msg # 191):

Glad I didn't roll too high then.

Nothing like a bit of inter rivalry conflict. I do like a bit of intrigue and politics.

Very busy morning today so excuse the lack of posts. From next week I'm at school four mornings a week, brushing up on my bad Finnish, so I'll be changing my posting times I think, though there should be little impact on the rate.

You're off to Finnishing school then :P

Boom Boom :)

So for a point of permanent pow you can sacrifice for either


Accelerate growth  1
this spell matures a plant one year in 15mins. Either one tree or a 3m square area of bushes.

or
Purify Water 1 point
Permanent, 160m, reusable, stackable
This spell causes all particulate matter in a 3x9x9 meter volume
of water to settle. It will not work on living tissue nor on material
dissolved into the water. This spell can also create cult holy
water by casting it upon a small volume (1 litre or less) of
specially distilled river water, cleansed of all contamination.

This offering of rune magic is open to all the Rangers if they so wish.

Unfortunately this is the only place you can renew the spell.

I'll wait to see if anyone else wants to join in and receive some rune magic or attend the ceremony.

I might go for Accelerate growth, but with the sacrifices I keep making the POW is dropping and if I end up facing the Waha spirit of retribution I don't want it too low ;)

Tarosh will get a point of purify water, as I can see this being helpful and its in keeping with who he is :)

I'm suffering for POW, so I won't indulge this time.
My initiation should be due soon and I'll need all the POW I can get then.

It will be very useful when heroquesting to clean the GFH water.

Subtract a point of pow from your sheet and the health thread and add the spell.

In reply to GM (msg # 215):

That and the catfish should clear it up nicely :)

I should really sacrifice for accelerate growth...I'm an Earthy one now and took the place of the earth Queen during the ritual. Sigh.....soon kiwidinok will have more POW than me!

I've just realized how much water the spell purifies, 243 cubic meters! That'll keep our mounts watered for a few days

Sorry, really busy at the moment, will be busy for the next week.  Will try to post whenever I get the opportunity.

Busy today, will be able to do a bit more tomorrow.

So
Purify water for Tarosh

Accelerate growth for Ohanzee and Amara.

Please deduct the permanent POW from your character sheet and from your page in the health and pow thread. Thanks.

Don't forget to add the rune spell too.

Perhaps Henal and crew need some help.....

There is a clue in my IC posts.

Ignore all the writing, but this is  a fair representation of the floor.

It's actually one season and four days off.

Oh yeah, gonna edit. :)

Sorry, busy few days again at work, can catch up now.

Salen will also sacrifice for the Purify Water rune spell, if that's okay?

Maybe its a code.

I guess it could have read 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42...

I think part of Feather Wait's training for Melock will be to learn to do as he is told by his shaman. Granny 8 legs is meant to be off limits to him, until he becomes a shaman. :)

Just me then, he never said she was off limits to me :P

In reply to Ohanzee Shappa (msg # 230):

One advantage of being a Raven, no one is surprised if you don't follow orders :)
and he had a good reason to call on her

As everyone is quite busy this week I'm happy to just coast along for the moment.

It looks like a return trip will be needed to open both doors. We can't have everything easy now can we? :)

Hoskar tried it before didn't he, was looking when the dragonsnails attacked? So I guess that confirms that it needs to be the copper rod specifically.

Better let someone else talk to the Aldryami Lords (if we find them), don't want Ohanzee screwing it up... though you might have to bind and gag him ;)

Love the cut scene....

Come on you Uz erm, I mean tree huggers

kickstarter is go

https://www.kickstarter.com/pr...uest-classic-edition

In reply to GM (msg # 235):

backed, though I've got to make sure I don't go overboard on the add-ons :)

Now, do I have a spare $1000 in my back pocket...

I do have my original RQ2 rulebook, but not with that cover on it.

didn't take long to reach the goal.

Glama has a name change as I have just started a book where one of the characters has the same name. I can't remember who suggested it in the first place, but your source has been found.

:D

So, back to Hoofcrack.

I'll get us going monday lunchtime.

What a weekend. Saturday in Ikea followed by and evening of painting the boys room. Today finish painting and construct (some of) the purchase, empty two bedrooms and pull up the old carpet ready for the fitters tomorrow. I'm knackered!

Love the new name, Glama is fading to black as Ohanzee is loosing a little darkness.

Will everyone eventually become grey and muddied over time?

Lets have everyone chime in and get this show on the road.

Nothing much of interest came up on encounters so I will have you arrive back at Hoofcrack, unless you want to do something else.

Muddied and grey maybe, but never beige :)

Interesting name change.
Does our love of the Queen override us falling in love with her followers?

Yes. Her followers are normal. The one who died up above had a special gift that only some of them get through heroquesting.

In reply to GM (msg # 245):

Thats a relief :)

Something that has amused me when I saw it referenced on a blog: http://akraticwizardry.blogspo...aster-nietzsche.html

Good to fast forward to the oasis if there were no significant encounters on the way.

Might have to detour though if Hoskar spots any honeyguides :)

You want to find some honey. Remind me why?

Hoskar/Salen will need to make a special survival test to locate a honey guide bird.

If either Condor brave makes up a Honeyguide song to call the birds they will get a % bonus.

Get a critical and I'll allow you to have a a Call Honeyguide fetish that allows you +20% to all future calls.

Part of the mid term plan.

1. Find honey
2. Steal honey
3. Sacrifice honey and fatted calf to Ratel in hopes of winning favour (in the form of a honey badger to bind a spirit into). Kind of an "acceptable" alternative to Melock's rubble runner.

In reply to Ohanzee Shappa (msg # 251):

Whats unacceptable about me? Everyone loves me :)

That should read

Everyone loves me dead :)

Just starting my catch-up.

Already:

- love that dream, Ohanzee
- I see I hadn't really grasped what a Praxian "long nose" was like: will need to go edit my story somewhat - glad I've not told it IC yet.
- Honey song? Hmmm. An idea begins to form...
...not the one I just posted either: that's just a giggle.
This message was last edited by the player at 12:40, Mon 30 Nov 2015.

Thank you, hope the holiday was good. Assuming it was a holiday of course!

In reply to Ohanzee Shappa (msg # 255):
And thank you also.

It was meant to be a mix of holiday and sorting out Xmas presents, but turned into a jolly time coughing my guts up (sod's law #22: time off work = time in which to be ill) and getting the landlord to repair a leaking mains water inlet pipe (which he did amazingly quickly: think we've found a good 'un).
All turned out well, but it could have been more fun. Ho-hum.

Okay, when we're out in the Wastes the song means that a survival roll needs to be made to call a Honey Guide. Normal %.

One go per day.

In reply to Hoskar Two-Feather (msg # 256):

its always relief when you find a good landlord.

There might be a better chance of finding honey near oasis's.

sorry everyone, had extremely limited internet over thanksgiving.
I should be good from tomorrow (once I catch up).

Still busy  T_T  but hope to catch up tonight...

Am thinking Kobal would take the Purify Water rune spell as well (if that's okay).

Yep.

Add the spell and subtract your pow from both your character sheet and the health and pow thread please.

No probs.

Gonna wait for youse lot to post IC what you're up to.

There's the jumble of boulders to the south of the oasis, where you camped last time. There's no sign of any Morokanths at the present, but as you get closer you'll see Oasis folk on the edge and they will pass on messages if you want.

Happy for folk to make up oasis folk to interact with, they'll grudgingly do as they're told.

Tarosh, what was your lady friend called? You'll find her at the jumble of rocks as if she's been waiting.

Aaaah.

Well I like you anyway. For one, you've never tried to eat me.

Maybe I'll try and convince the serene chortling twerp I seem to have acquired to help find you if Melock hasn't already.

In reply to Four Paws (msg # 264):

Thank you fluff ball, the problem that Melock has, is that he's has to somehow catch my old body, so I'd be careful with what you offer to do for him, just in case he uses you as bait.

She's keen :)
I don't think I've named her yet, so her name is Solana

Nope. It is me...

Apologies my love, the Queens beauty has burnt the names and faces of the women in my life from my brain.

*Smack*

Evening is fast approaching, I assume that the Harpies will need to land and cannot fly through the darkness? We'll have to camp till tomorrow in that case.

Far better song than my half-formed second idea, Salen in "Harpy Plucker". Nice one.

Many thanks! I'm no musician, and usually the thought of writing any semblance of a song makes me cringe - there are players here far more gifted than I in that regard - but this time I went with it. And to be honest I've admired those songs others have written and simply tried to use a similar style, with influences being Just Like Honey (The Jesus & Mary Chain) and Me in Honey (REM).

And having done that, I'll put that particular 'talent' back under a (Praxian) rock!

The healing spirit fetish that Broken Claw gave each of the Rangers to defend against Mallia has been used up, hasn't it?

Yes they sure have.

Great song Salen. We will put that in the song thread.

I know its a bit soap operay, but fiery women are more entertaining than meek ones :)

All good :)

So who is going into the Oasis...In the dark....On Grandmother spider's holy day....?

Thanks for the kind words, Mr GM sir!


That did make me LOL! ;)


Surely you mean, "unused to dealing with women"?  *runs*

A bit soap opera-y, as you say, but sometimes that is just the better way - I enjoyed it.

I think this is where we either push Ohanzee forward, or all take a step back leaving him on his own! To be fair, we'd have done the same with Melock. ;)

Can we wait until morning, at least?

Why do they hold kickstarters over the Christmas period? All of my money has been spent!

In reply to Salen Dustchaser (msg # 278):

You wouldn't need to push him forward, he would have volunteered :)

@Amara, that's why I'm only going for the basic hard back version. I'm not even looking at the add-ons as I don't want to be tempted as I can't afford to get any of them

Ohanzee is going

Oh yes, it is the old girl's holy day isn't it. If she turns up it'll save popping in to see her at Rhino Gouge. Might even call her, good chance it would work tonight :)

Unless you lot are carrying torches it's hard to see the Morokanth guards.

Let me know if anyone is carrying a torch.

We have Amara, Ohanzee, Henal and who else going to the actual oasis?

What was the reason for the High Llama's going rather than other herd beasts last time, was it the swampiness of the area?

Anything with hooves get's diseased. I've been informed that HL's don't have hooves.

Hoofcrack.

Same here. While I own most RQ2 stuff (so I'm not feeling too bereft), the previously unpublished stuff looks interesting. Think I might have to give this one a miss and hope to pick up what I'm after as individual items later.

Thinking of old publications: can anyone advise me on this...

...I've got the RQ2 Trollpak, Apple Lane, Sanakepipe Hollow etc, but there are RQ3 versions. Would I learn anything new/mythic by trying to pick up the RQ3 versions one day, or are they merely identical reprints with updated stats?

PS: my net connection is pitifully slow this morning: have me on foot in best armour, shield and stasff in hand, going in to Hoofcrack with the others; no torch. Unless this would leave too few MPC rangers behind guarding the mounts: not sure if the NPC bunch is along.
This message was last edited by the player at 09:04, Wed 02 Dec 2015.

Kobal's going to the oasis as well.  He'd carry a torch unless there's enough light otherwise.  Sorry, don't have time to post IC until tonight.
This message was last edited by the player at 09:17, Wed 02 Dec 2015.

Okay: my net access is back so I'll take a swing at posting IC and be going in to Hoofcrack on foot.

Who else do you want with you?

There's Gloaming, Leaper, Sand Fox, Nixa, Tarnessh and Akala.

Tarosh are you going?

Tarnessh or Gloaming, we might need the light. Gloaming, he's more roughty toughty too :)

Throw in Alkala too, some rhino brave muscle!

In reply to GM (msg # 288):

yep, I'll be posting something shortly :)

I didn't specify sooner, but guess what: I'm with my mate Ram (my default setting); who I assume is staying outside what with liking to keep his feet in one piece.

I'll wait to see what Amara and Kobal have to say.

Having seen what the former has to say, I'm suddenly glad I donned my metal armour 'for show'. If we have to leg it, I baggsie a go of Salen's mobility (if you have any to spare, guv): Condor Solidarity, siblings!

Sometimes things need to be said to try to provoke a reaction......

Someone has these morokanth under a tight leash.

No I wouldn't bother getting RQ3 editions, you gain nothing that I can think of apart from different covers perhaps.

In reply to GM (msg # 295):

Cheers, guv. I suspected as much.

IC, I'm taking a guess at who's talking. Here's hoping it doesn't backfire too badly.

I wouldn't worry about that...I think matters are about to explode. :)

In reply to Salen Dustchaser (msg # 297):

I can't see this ending peacefully, unless their shaman steps in on our side. I think the Queen would just cause more trouble.

Zakeen no balls. I like it.

Sorry shit of a day here dealing with Finnish bureaucracy and stuff.

lol, I can't keep up. I was posting to get Tarnessh to vouch and Hoskar's post came in so I modified it to add guarding against showing the loot and then that and Tarnessh's intervention made the whole post void.

I'll twiddle thumbs a bit :)

Bloody sun hawks...

Been swamped again today, will get another post in when I get home, about an hour or so.

I'm waiting until the others have responded, before Tarosh answers Zakeen

I'm out of responses till something arises. I imagine it'll take a while for the lad's Communication rune to cool down after that bit of fast-talking.

In reply to Hoskar Two-Feather (msg # 304):

it was a very good bit of fast talking :)

in case I haven't mentioned it before, Tarosh can call the rain down from the sky, which we could use to fill containers with water.

You lot only need to get to the Rhino gorge for water.

So lets say your mounts need a good 4 water skins each and you need 1. 3 day trip, not counting stop overs at the Rhino Rocklands and encounters.

Water skins are 10 litres.

It's negotiable I should think. The price that is, as he's certainly taking the piss. Hugely so.

So Zakeen the Poor and his clan, the Morokanth Ain'tGotNoSilver clan are hitting us up for cash.

Certainly trying to fleece you. Got you rather cornered.

yeah and unfortunately we need to pay....unless someone can talk the price down.

Tis grand. Next time Morokanth ask for our help, we say no.

We only need to get to the edge of the Rhino Rocklands. There was thepool near the manul spirit cave where we stopped and that's a day away.

I also have a detect water matrix that might help.

Sorry not been around much, just started a new project on client site in Swindon and am working long hours.



Paging Hoskar two feather.....

In reply to Henal Longgrass (msg # 312):

Coming right up, guv. here's hoping.



Yep: I have plans to explain this IC later on - I'm mindful (both IC and OOC) that this particular angle for dealing with Two-Thumb would prove to be as popular as a bacon buttie at an Eid celebration (although I thought only Salen actually saw Kaonu killed). You wanna make something of it IC, go for it, guv. :)

I'm sure Hoskar has a plan.  But any subservience to Zakeen Too Dumb, even feigned, is going to grate on Kobal.
And yes, none of us (except perhaps Salen - I can't recall) actually saw Kaonu being killed.  We were all going to meet the Earth Witch.  Kobal just feels Hoskar would understand the hate.

Hoskar's dad got around. Pretty sure Amara and Greeshar's dad knew Krakka too.

They were looking for the White Lance weren't they.

I'm really going to need to explain myself IC here, aren't I?

About to post IC, but unsure just how commandingly dismissive Two-Thumb's last words were. If there was a clear "no more talk - feck off" implication there (ie one the player's missed but the character couldn't have), feel free to "pull" my IC.



Think we said Krakka looked for it in the Rubble in his youth. Not sure anyone ever specified who his companions at the time were.
This message was last edited by the player at 09:07, Fri 04 Dec 2015.

Oh shit. Dark Claw's a weeny bit too dead to make an effective go-between.

Unless anyone has any ideas IC, I reckon we leave in a hurry and are boned when it comes to water.

In reply to Hoskar Two-Feather (msg # 317):

Agreed, time to leave.

Spending the night in the camp site?

I'd say so.

And Salen was indeed the only witness to Kaonu's demise.