Kaelynn would definitely be a Ravenclaw :)

Meri would...  Actually, she'd probably just storm out, muttering about how these wannabe-mages couldn't even hammer in a nail with those flimsy little wands, let alone construct magical items of intricate complexity and potentially devastating arcane power :)

Rowan...  Well, I doubt she ever went to ANY school, nor would she want to...

I have one character who might have joined Slytherin.  But if that Malfoy brat had given her any hassle...  Well, let's just say that I hope that castle is well fireproofed! ;)

Meri storm out? Is that a hint at powers to come :p


And great, I wonder which pyromaniac character that could be....not a Kai by any chance?

Well, I originally imagined Meri as more of a "builder" than a "fighter" type character build.
Had a few ideas of how to make those artifice powers work IC too.  Been doing that for every power in the book :)

That said though, being able to unleash the kind of destructive electrical power that would make the worst lightning storm in history feel a bit inferior can only be a fun thing too ;)

The pyromaniac character is a possible future D&D character I had in mind.
Maybe a replacement for Meri if she happens to bite the dust later on (though since I started building my own game world, I've also invented a lot of NPCs who could become full-on player characters if needed).

I've only got one Kai character with fire powers, and they're more kind of "imitation" fire powers.
Basically, left-handed magic, channelled through an elementalist artifact that adds fire energy to them.  So Lightning Hand will set fire to things it hits, Invisible Shield will burn anything that strikes it, and so on.

I'd be a Ravenclaw, but I think Nym might be a Hufflepuff, what with her accepting nature and not caring what anyone is like and wanting to be friends with them anyway, which is basically Hufflepuff's main thing. Second choice would probably be Gryffindor for her...well, I'm not entirely sure whether it counts as "bravery" when she seems heedless of any threat. She's pretty clever but I don't think she'd really fit as a Ravenclaw, and she's certainly not ambitious so Slytherin is totally out :D.

Hey, if Luna Lovegood can be a Ravenclaw, anything is possible :)

Ah, so the wolf was actually the fox from before?  Must have missed that.

Yeah, the fox and the wolf are one and the same, and Celindara called him The Trickster, and that apparently he has another form again he prefers... or at least one she knows him better as. I wonder what that could be ...


I know, I know, I need to finish the OP wiki so you can look this stuff up :)
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Just to point out that of course the bag of holding was only an idea. Since it would be a significant investment, and would drain a lot of your money / treasure resources that could be used for upgrades and even as in roads to NPCs later, you don't have to go with it.

I am very open to the possibility of manufacturing a temporary version for so much cheaper just to hide Many.

How big actually is Many? I've been picturing him about the size of...erm...<tries to think of a round thing that is quite small>...a cricket ball, maybe? Is he more like the size of a football, then? That would explain why Nym doesn't have a pocket big enough ;). Maybe we could make a little sort of sling for her (or Meri) to wear and he can just sit in that (inside her/Meri's robes) and apart from probably being rather warm and possibly slightly squashed from time to time, he'd surely be safe enough unless the bad guys can shoot Blighty stuff through her clothing or something? :D
Why is it Many is the threat and not any of us? Are we immune somehow, or at least highly resistant? I mean, how come they could get to all of us through Many but the possibility of them doing that through anyone else doesn't seem to have come up?

Yeah, I'm not sure I can make 1,000gp worth of stuff without sacrificing all my magical gear to the cause.  (And that could probably be put to better use helping to massacre any Blight monsters who try to get close enough to infect Many!)

TL:DR - I've no idea...

Just checking, how much is the gem in that flying dagger I have worth?
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I'll do a separate post on the Blight properly IC with Celindara, and maybe a second post here to give you a few more ideas about how to deal with it once she's had her say.


Yeah, Many / The Ball started about cricket ball sized, and has now grown to perhaps the size of a large grapefruit. If you want to go get a robe and try to put a grapefruit in to a pocket and see how much that distorts everything, go right ahead :p More importantly, Many has his four eyestalks that make him a little wider and more obvious and would probably hurt to squish anywhere too tight.

I mean, he's small enough to fit in to a backpack, Meri could have him in hers, no need to make a sling, with Timur maybe ensuring Many doesn't get squashed. That is certainly an easy option to simply hide him and stop him being directly targetted.


The reason to create an extra dimensional block is that yes, of course the blight can get through normal clothing! You saw it travel very quickly through both Celindara and the fey, and that was from a smear of it on Celindara's hand which grew in both and flowed through their flesh. So if it didn't corrupt your clothing to make more of itself, it could soak through to get at Many.


None of you are immune, Celindara even said that when you asked. She original mentioned were that the Blight targets single people, but that it feeds on connection. That meant whole houses were corrupted, but then extended bloodlines showed the signs, though it had twisted by then (as you saw with the fey). That was how the cult's work was first discovered!

So what that means is that if anything gets targetted to one of you, there is a good chance of passing it on to anyone 'connected' if they try to help. At the moment - and Celindara doens't realise this yet - that does mean your familiar and you are going to infect each other.

But, because Many os connected to both of you, that means that he's a bridge that will ensure all five of you get taken out. Worse, if Many is the one affected first, are you really going to step aside and not try to help him, even though that means both of you will get infected (and so your familiars)?


There's something maybe been made less clear but Blace did say the domain of the cult was decaying and filled with blight asa residue. So basically you will be walking in to an area that is filled with Blight, even if it is 'dormant' or perhaps a better word is 'unpowered' or 'unmotivated'. So you might not be able to avoid contact with it, and really what you need to do is limit what it can do to you if it gets 'empowered'. So disguising or hiding Many non-magically Many might stop him being directly targetted, but if he comes in contact with it anyway and either of you get targetted later, then that might be enough for whatever effect is being generated to jump to the other.


Anyway, let's have Celindara explain it a little better...

Nym's comments actually gave me one idea...
Since the Blight is basically "demon poop", is it possible to create an artifact that can extend the cleaning effect of Prestidigitation to a wide area and give it a bit of a boost? :)

Probably wouldn't work, but I can never resist the crazy ideas.  And there's something I like about the idea of defeating this with a simple cantrip :)  hehe.
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Ooh, yea, I really like this idea. It would also be a good way to stop incidental blight getting on Many (or your familiars) and so you won't have to worry about the linked effect. So you could just hide your familiars in your packs, and that should be enough.


Ok, so provisionally I'll say you can construct an item that enhances Nym's cleaning effect only (not any other prestidigitation effects) so that if she uses the power in it it actually can target an area 5 squares away. So effectively she can create a burst five effect out of it. And I suppose she could be 2 squares from it before triggering that burst.

I'll also say that since she can have up to three prestidigitation effects going at once, I'm happy to let you have have three conduits - so Nym can actually target one, and the other two will also emulate the effect whereever they are. So you can actually create up to three burst 5 zones around the items, using up to three prestidigitation effects, but Nym only has to be close to one at the time.


I'll need to you use up components (such as magical items, gems or components) up to the value of 360gp. I know its steep, but that's the value of a Level 1 magical item, which these will be counted as. And you could always sell later on as such if you like :) You or Nym should have gems of that value, and it seems logical to simply make the gems the three focuses. So pick three gems with a value of 100gp, 100gp and 150gp and spend 10gp in ritual components. Or three 100gp gems and 60gp of ritual components.


Not this effect will only affect 'inert' blight, any that gets empowered with will becomes more like a creature and can't be cleaned. However, it will still stop any getting close to you that would have any corrosive/poisonous effect, ans stops you being pre-blighted before you actually encounter anything that would start trying ot use the blight against you.


Sound good?



As for the new post, the idea is that if you want to create any frost/acid/fire bombs they will work. So if you want to also try to make any or convert any potions, or start working out the best ways to maximise your resistances and spells, now would be a good time :)

Just checking, does removing the gem from the flying dagger effectively destroy it, or just leave it as a normal non-magical dagger?
Will use that one if we're a gem short.

Meri currently has 5 vials of Alchemist's Acid left.  Plus the two rather volatile-looking Acidic Fire vials she mixed up one of earlier during the little chat with Blace.

She can also make Fire, Acid and Frost vials too with enough time to do the required alchemical jiggery-pokery.  Still got plenty of reagents. :)
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It will destroy the magic that enchants it, leaving it as a non-magical dagger with crappy balance :p


However, if you want to use that gem, you won't have to pay any additional cost for magic. I'll say the inherent magic in the item gets reused.

Therefore, feel free to use the worst two gems and save all your more valuable gems and ritual components for other things :)


Oh, and I'll say you can still study the dagger later for residual magics to learn more about animating things.

Cool, I just checked and posted to the IC thread before I came here and saw this discussion - when Celindara mentioned it being like dead mess that needs cleaning up, I thought of Prestidigitation myself (and had Nym comment on it, though of course without specifying the ability's actual name ;)). Gem-wise, I have one worth 150gp, two worth 100gp and two worth 50gp. I did have another one which I think was worth 100gp but the Trickster turned that into the weird coin that I still have (so let's not count that as a possible component ;)).

Wonder if we can track down the Trickster and persuade him to change it back?

Meri is good at persuading people...  ;)

Well maybe he didn't so much convert your sapphire as steal it and give you an illusionary fake. I think the coin he stole from Goodwin was his way of making it up to you... though still leaving Goodwin adrift.

You might suspect the coin you have is probably worth the 100gp the previous gem was worth.


Anyway, so yeah, feel free to use the dagger and the two 50gp gems to make the three prestidigitation focuses. I'll come up with a better name for them if you can't :)

Oh, and while I'm sure Meri is good at persuading people, maybe be nice to The Trickster... maybe he's doing stuff in the background you'll be grateful for...

I doubt Meri's fire resistance is up to the task of protecting against the kind of fire damage I'd expect Nym to be capable of slinging around though ;)

Also Meri's alchemical frost attack only targets single creatures.  Maybe there's a more effective area attack version available if she lives to see the higher levels? :)

Who knows, maybe you've live long enough to find out! If you can get mire fire resistance or stand behind Nym...

Yeah, I think the Trickster is pretty cool...as in, I think that while he may not be directly on our side (he is called "the Trickster", after all, which implies a certain amount of..."neutrality"...as in, he plays tricks on everyone equally ;)), he's probably not going to do anything that would outright hinder us and therefore allow the Blight to get any worse than it already has. Nym likes him, anyway :D.

I presume your gloves give Resist 5 vs Fire, Meri? That's about the lowest resistance it seems possible to get from an item, anyway (I've seen Dailies that give Resist 2 or 3 but that's generally to everything...since I swapped Acid Orb for Burning Spray I do have an At-Will that does fire damage, so being able to burn stuff constantly shouldn't be difficult...but the current damage range on it (assuming the target isn't Bloodied) is 9-18 so even the lowest damage would be enough to hurt you if you have no further buffs to your resistances ;). And it's AE, so just don't be too close in front of me when I'm burning stuff :D.

That said, if we should ever find ourselves against something that deals one type of damage that neither of us have resistance to, bear in mind I can use Elemental Shift to give us both Resist 5 to it for a little while (as long as you're next to me when I use the power - it's okay to move away once I've done so). And I think the reisstance stacks with any resistances you may already have, so if we ever meet a big nasty burny thing, I think +5 resistance from me would stack with that from your gloves and make you a pretty good tank as long as all they did was try to burn us :D.

Yep, resist 5.
They also let me add a nice little fiery blast to one of my attacks in a tight spot, though only once a day.

While it may look like i'm just letting meri answer nym, i'm actually still train hopping right now, so update tomorrow...

Yeah, was going to respond earlier, but got distracted.  (Not by something shiny for once!)