And here we come, ready for a new thread and more interesting post to read, as well as approaching the end of the game.

Don't keep me waiting for you too long...

Yay, new OOC thread! :)

Also I think Vyctar's avatar looks scarier than Peacock's.
Sort of a cross between Dracula and Heath Ledger's "Joker".
Got me wondering which of them would win in a one-on-one duel? :)
(Peacock and Vyctar I mean.  Though Dracula Vs Joker would probably be worth watching too!)
This message was last edited by the player at 19:51, Sun 06 July 2014.

...Peacock's avatar looks scary? Uh. That's new to me.

Not really.  But Vyctar's does :)

Well good thing we aren't about to confront him, then!

I think Peacock's avatar might seem scary in a way once you get to know him - you know, under the façade of all flamboyance and 'shallowness', he's a deadly man, if you antagonize him.

EDIT:
As Sun Snake says: maybe Dusk will take care of him for us... *wink, wink*
This message was last edited by the player at 20:26, Sun 06 July 2014.

Well I can't help wondering if Peacock has gone off to take down Sejanoz, but his ego made him too overconfident, so he'll get wiped out, forcing poor Dusk to escape from a lethal situation and make her way back to the rest of us.
Sejanoz meanwhile gets the Deathstaff and then we have to deal with him later.
Just my thoughts on where this is heading for now.  Although knowing Shadow, it's more likely that there's some twist we're not seeing yet...  ;)

Lol, Dusk Rat comes back alone on a Zlanbeast saying Peacock nobly sacrificed himself and left her in charge. Also, the Zlanbeast seems to be burping rather smugly.



Edit: Well, Dusk Rat already managed to escape one deadly situation with the Valador snake thingie without dying, so it's all good, right?

I mean obviously she's a spy for Valador, but that just means she'll be fine :D

Lol yeah but that was just a giant mutant snake thing with metal spikes all over it and some kind of psychic-wave attack...Peacock can make dragons out of dirt and generally blow the shit out of pretty much everything if he doesn't totally screw with their heads and leave them a gibbering wreck instead...or just do both ;).

Yeah, but the dirt dragon was just an illusion, so that doesn't count ;)

Swift has ways of dealing with "blow the shit out of pretty much everything" magical attacks.
(Well, one less than she had before since Valador stole the Green Marble off her...  I know it was technically his to start with, but, you know, finders keepers! lol).

Screwing with her head just makes Swift angrier...  A LOT angrier! >:)

Yeah, I wish either snake or Swift had got the chance to tell Peacock his dragon was imperfect now! I guess we were too busy making evil plans behind everyone's backs. I mean... admiring the Maakengorge.

I can almost hear him now...
"LIES!  EVERYTHING I DO IS PERFECT!!!"

Dramatic Foxy :) just hope that it pulls some sense into Sun Fox

Nice pull with the Rain Feather quote!

Yeah, I just hope we don't get to see the fight between Sabre and Sun Fox they were talking about. o.O
Hopefully (and I do believe that), that might be just the right way to 'reassure' Sun Fox, no matter how harsh method that was :/

Wonder whose side Swift will take in said fight? ;)

*reaches for the popcorn...*

It's very symbolic because I seem to recall Rain slapping Sun Fox to bring her round once before. The message was conveyed in the same way to try and show her that

I can't wait for all the threads to be revealed to see if there are more of these sort of unintentional echoes scattered through.

Shadow, if I understand it correctly, when sleeping, we can choose (only) one stat to recover: either CS, END or WP. Some disciplines give bonuses to the recovery of relevant stats, but it's always only one stat that is affected by sleep, right?

You're half right.

Basically, you should only get to reroll CS when you sleep.

HOWEVER, your Kai Disciplines allows you to add options to that.

Healing allows you to also recover 5 END whenever you sleep. This is separate from the CS reroll, meaning you can get both at the same time.

Mindshield allows you to recover 2 WP from every ti,e you sleep, as well. But the sepcific fluff of this are such that you rest your mind in place of your body, so if you recover the WP, you do not get to reroll CS.

Psy Screen and Curing both increase the amount recovered with Healing and Mindshield, without modifying the conditions which apply to those recoveries.

Furthermore, Divination has an improvement that can be used to recover WP; if this is used, it replaces the END recover from Healing, much the same as the Mindshield effect replaces the CS reroll.

So, in the end, that should mean that you recover END as well as reroll CS, Hornet - or you can recover END and WP, if you prefer that and are content with the CS you have right now.

No way am I going to beat my last CS roll, so I'm not touching that for the rest of the game if I can avoid it.  (That is assuming we get another chance to sleep before the end of the game!)

Definitely need more WP to heal Swift's tired little broken mind.
So END + WP restore for me! :)
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:30, Mon 07 July 2014.

OK, thanks for clearing that up. I wasn't sure if it was (CS or END or WP) or (CS+END or WP+END); and obviously went for the wrong interpretation. ;)
Will have to think it over a bit more.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:30, Mon 07 July 2014.

She did. I corrected it.

Yeah, and so did I ;) (for others: I edited my previous post as there was a typo in Swift's post,, but then edited it back again once Swift's post was corrected :) )
This message was last edited by the player at 20:37, Mon 07 July 2014.

That's nice.

oops?  What did I mess up?  (>.<)
Been fighting off a cold all weekend so I'm surprised I lasted this long before messing something up, hehe.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:05, Mon 07 July 2014.

Swift, you originally wrote CS + WP, which isn't an allowed combination. (On a side note: fingers crossed you win the fight against cold with as little END losses as possible ;) )

Also, I'm glad you guys are ALL taking the first watch and leaving the second watch for Hornet alone. Seems like we've all started trusting each other, finally. O:-)
This message was last edited by the player at 21:23, Mon 07 July 2014.

Way to marginalise the other NPCs.

Also, to take the second watch you need to wake up...

Ouch yep, didn't even notice that one!  I was frantically looking through my posts in the IC thread going "What did I miss?  What did I miss?!!"  lol  (>.<)  Sorry!

Almost over the cold now thanks :)
Not too much END loss.  Plenty of Laumspur did the trick!
(And when that ran out, I switched to chocolate ice cream!) :)

Hehe; chocolate ice cream - Laumspur of the real world ;)

Shadow, I will go with recovering/re-rolling CS.
I don't know if you guys will talk a bit more but Hornet will drift off to sleep.

Edited my last IC post.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:08, Tue 08 July 2014.

And the number of posts furtively grows... ;-)

Does it? ;D

I'm keeping an eye (albeit a closed one) on you lot. :D

It's all good, I promise of the three characters on watch, at least two are still conscious/alive, and only one character has threatened the health of another! :p

But in a joking affectionate way with no permanent damage intended! :)

Well ok, maybe a little scarring, but only in fun.  It would probably spell out a funny nickname or something! :)
This message was last edited by the player at 20:06, Fri 11 July 2014.

Hugs-stabs are the best hugs!

Exactly!  What does a few life-threatening injuries matter between friends? :)

Not a thing for very long :)

Actually, now I feel it might've been a good idea to follow Sabre and go to sleep.
(See: there's also Sabre Fox here. In case someone wanted to get all stabby-stabby, sneaky-killy O:-) )

Soooooooo.... only Sun Snake made it through the night?

In reply to Sun Snake (msg # 40):

Maybe more, depends on your interpretation ;)

Definitely more (hopefully). :) I will post tonight the latest (sorry, busy day and whole week).

Clearly the Seagull won and took Sabre Fox's form :D

Sssshhhh!
Don't spoil it! :)

Moany swift! Maybe she shouldn't whisper so much ;)

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This message was last edited by the player at 20:57, Fri 18 July 2014.

There's so many whisperers in your group, it's hard to pick somebody who doesn't do it. :)

She doesn't usually mind (or even care about) you whispering to each other.
But Sun Fox's reaction to the initial whisperings made Swift think you were saying nasty things about her fellow fallen Fox.  ;)

Aww, maybe you should whisper ask your new bestest friend what was so embarrassing :D

Hmm, got me curious now.
I'm liking making Swift so overprotective though! :)

Don't worry, she's used up all her toxins, so you won't need to keep a close eye on your meals any more ;)  hehe.

But whispering to oneself doesn't count... :D



Eh, glad I met Swift only now that she's much more 'social'. -_-

Yeah, it's a good thing that you all managed tyo strike such a good friendship! It really helps things along, and surely you all trust each other very deeply now?

:D

Yup, we seem to have gotten passed all the evil stuff sent against us, and are all the best of friends and the strongest of teams. Ready for the sudden but inevitable betrayal of Sabre Fox who is secretly a Drakkar, or just has evil orders from Golden Sparrow to kill us all for the Sommerswerd.

Ahh ok, I thought I was the only one who's been preparing for that possibility... ;)

I wonder why Shadow even bother with creating such elaborate characters like Valador or Shining Peacock...when he could just easily sit back and watch us kill each other all by ourselves :D

[Private to Sun Snake; Swift Fox: OK, guys, got Sabre distracted - time to strike now, before he does!
This message was last edited by the player at 19:21, Tue 22 July 2014.

Shadow had to give us a common enemy to ignore or else we might have all ganged up together to go burn some NPC villages. The mentality of the average PC is a tricky thing to negotiate.

See now none of you could kill Foxy, he's fast enough to avoid stealth attacks and can hear em coming a mile off, has high psych defences now, and fights with battle magic and bisecting on crack

Care for a try anyone? ;)

Hard to hear something that doesn't make noise! What starts with advanced Invisibility options and ends with an insta-kill attack option from a jade spike? Can't remember...something something Swift something :p

Hmmm, that's funny: immediately, fight against Starfire springs to one's mind, doesn't it? (I know it'd be different - Sabre isn't drunk, we wouldn't have Sabre Fox and Golden Sparrow on our side, etc. - but it's interesting, how we came to a similar discussion point, considering the "inheritance" of Starfire-Golden Sparrow-Sabre Fox).

That's an interesting parallel indeed! ^_^

So what you're all saying is we just stagger around looking like we're helping until Sun Fox saves us? :D

Ah but I can sniff those smelly Foxy's out ;) and can either dodge or block a spike with invisible shield ;)

We do have Silver Raven and Sun Fox though :)

Minor irritants......... ;)

Forgot to say, I@m on holiday from Friday evening until Tuesday. Just before the action, luckily.

Will also be off mid-August for an extended weekend, which might be during action?

Speaking of absences...I'll be away for an extended weekend (Thu - Sun) the last weekend in August.

I'm sure we'll be able to handle things so that the plot keeps going smoothly - so long as I'm warned before it happens, like you just did, I can work around absences. :)

Almost forgot, did anyone take that shield the High Priest was using?

Sun Snake didn't pick it up, he's got a different shield to mess about with!

I don't thyink anybody did, no. Unless you did yourself, Swift Fox, but I seem to remember you didn't? It was four backpack slots, and I seem to remember nobody had the place. But, I could be wrong.

Sooooo....

20,000 posts coming up! Quite a big, impressive round number. In case I miss it from huge posting by people over the weekend, let's just say the congratulations all on keeping this game rolling for so long in terms of years, posts, etc :D


And it seems appropriate, for the 20,000th post, so instead of ask what we can get, ask what Shadow might want. Is there any thing we as the players can give you asa reward for getting this far? :D

Just keep being as awesome as you've always been this far, and I don't think I could possibly ask anything more of any of you. I'm merely a storyteller - it's the lot of you, who are truly exceptional players, who have made a game aslong and (hopefully!) fun as this one possible.

Thanks for being awesome, you all! ^_^

Awwww ^_^

Also: Wow, I didn't realize it until looking it up, but first post of the game was made on 16^th November 2011 (one of the Notice threads now) and OOC started on 17^th. That's over two and a half years. Really impressive.

Yep, it is. :)

I think we will be ending around November of this year, if everything goes as I expect it to, and when I started the game I suspected itwould take three years or thereabouts to get to the Endgame, so, as far as I'm concerned, we're on schedule, which is an achievement in itself when a play-by-post game is concerned.

Yay! :D
This will probably be the first message board based game I've ever joined that's actually finished!  Feels like an achievement in itself, although I'm hoping I manage to make it to the ending in one piece, hehe :)

Pity about that shield, it had some rather nifty enchantments on it that would have been useful once it was repaired.
Wasn't willing to lose Swift's odd mirror shield thingy to carry it though.  That one has more value to her after all :)

EDIT: Just checking to see if there's anything I forgot to note down.  Did Swift happen to give anyone a purple amethyst she took from the Acolytes' temple after we defeated the High Priest?
This message was last edited by the player at 22:25, Thu 24 July 2014.

You should have kept that one on your person, although it is possible you gave it to Silver Raven.

I believe Fox's logic is sound from what he saw. We best be careful!

Yeah, I checked back at the temple section and I definitely took it from the statue there.  But it's not listed in my inventory, either I forgot to note it down or gave it away at some point.  Might have gotten lost in all that mess with the technical problems I've had over the last few months.
Considering its purpose, I doubt Swift would have discarded it willingly, especially not in this area.

I'll read through everything that happened after that then, see if I can figure it out...
This message was last edited by the player at 19:21, Fri 25 July 2014.

I have an idea for stopping the attack, but I wanted to know, is the some sort of Kai sign or logo?

I'd have suggested we stop and signal to them while we're still out of range.  Since flying towards them is clearly panicking them...
But I'm guessing we've flown into range by now anyway.

Well, stop flying surely can't hurt any - but you should suggest it to Hornet in character if you want it to happen. Or he could read this thread and have the character come up with the idea on his own, I guess. :)

As for a standard signal, no, you didn't have that - there's nothing so distinctively Kai that a band of kraan-mounted drakkarim couldn't fake it in some manner, and the crew isn't made of Sommerlendings to being with, so any common ground you can have with them is relatively thin.

There ARE ways you might get yourself recognized, but I'm not going to reveal them; however, remember, it must be something that an enemy would be unable to fake. That's the only clue you're going to get.

Of course, many of the methods you have suggested so far might work... but, that would rely on the luck rolls, and those aren't looking any good so far, are they? So really, either come up with something that requires use of your powers (so that you can roll for success instead of being forced to rely on luck), find something that would unmistakably mark you as allies to the crew (that's very hard) or just prepare for withstanding the attack and hope that, if you survive without retaliating, they will take it as a sign that you're not coming with harm in mind (which I have received some good ideas on how to go about it so far, but I'm holding up my comments because I don't want you to know before you try them if they'll be good enough or not).

And, as I said, stopping flying RIGHT NOW is one brilliant idea and would not compromise your chance of success in anything short of a direct attack... and you're not going to attack Banedon's ship, right?
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:42, Mon 28 July 2014.

(I already said that, but let me re-iterate ^_^) Never pass on other players'/GM's good advice. :)

How about dropping the boat with Fall Lobster (on the rocks below, not the Skyrider itself!) - they might take that as a good sign...? :D

Seriously, though, Raven and Frost know left-handed magic, don't they? At first, I thought about suggesting to them using the Levitation spell...but now as I think about it, the Lightining Hand could be just as a good a signal (directed up into the sky)...or it makes the dwarves panic and they start shooting like crazy. :)

Ah sorry, I had to go out right after my last message.
Glad Hornet's character figured it out too though ;)  hehe

What I was planning is more ambitious. I've been looking and the Kai do have a war banner at least. Sun Fox could create it in flame in the air like she did the Fox previously. Fox could help her also

I knbow they have a war banner, Sabre Fox. As do the Drakkarim, and the crew. What's keeping the idea from being a Drakkar ploy?

I mean, the use of copious amounts of magic might help tip the scales in your favour, certainly, but it alone would not be enough, and the banner itself is not a good enough proof of your identity, since you need not be a Kai to know of it.

I think a Blue Snake is a less obvious Drakkar ploy and more likely to be from Sun Snake or someone who knows the mission. Master Blue Snake did serve aboard the Skyrider during the war as most Kai I assume would know, so it's not like you are relying on the dwarf crew to recall the name of an otherwise obscure Kai Master :)


Edit: Good to see you around Jacek! Who indeed will snag 20,000. Will it be our Gm blowing us all apart with bor rifle fire to end on a high note? :D Will Dusk Rat just post a hidden post without noticing the numbers?


WHO KNOWS!
This message was last edited by the player at 17:19, Tue 29 July 2014.

My kudos to you all, guys for keeping it up and running for so long. Congrats on the 20'000th post, too.

Warning! The post no. 20k will be the next one, the one that follows mine so it's all at your responsibility now :)

I think I can field that responsibility myself. :)

This game has been incredible for me so far, really fun, and it means more to me than I can properly explain. And, it wouldn't have been possible without you all working together with me to make it last this long; this result, reaching these many posts, it is an achievement of the group, and I am really, truly greateful of having had the good luck of you all helping me get there, including the ones who have left, for their contiributions were magnificent too, while they lasted.

And of course, all of you who sticked to it this time, that makes you all the best player one could hope to have. It might be a small thing, in the great scheme of life, but I do hope you all can be proud and happy of this, at least a little bit.

I do want to say my thanks in more than words, but I do not believe that giving out FP, as I have at previous milepoints this far, would suffice; you all get 1 anyway, but in addition to that, I'll also let you pick any one improvement to any of your disciplines, whichever you want, completely free and effective immediately. I hope that's a good prize for you to receive.

And now, let's move onward, for we're getting closer and closer to the end of the game, and I, for one, can't wait to see how you will handle the challenge that I have in store for you all! ^_^

Gifts if such a nature from a GM means the difficulty curve is increasing :(

Nah, just it's acool gift for a cool milestone.

And hey Jacek, I edited my post to say 'good to see you around' early, but I'll say it again - good to still see you lurking around :D

I'm wondering if our next challenge will see the difficulty curve turn into a vertical cliff? ;)

That is if we manage to avoid getting killed by our own allies first!  Hehe.

Well verticle cliffs we know that Squirrel Fox can climb :)

I think it's somehow fitting that Shadow got the 20000^th post (plus, this way, we all get an FP :D)


LOL! :)
And as Kai, if we can't climb the cliff, we can just try to tunnel through it ;)
This message was last edited by the player at 15:16, Wed 30 July 2014.

Don't forget there's an improvement as well, not just 1 FP. :)

So, I'm gathering nobody has any objection to Sun Snake's suggestion? That wouldmean that Snake and Sabre (with Alyne tagging along and Rain Feather's corpse being carried along) will go to meet the Skyrider's crew, while Water Hornet and Swift Fox, alongise Raven, Ferret, the kraans and Lobster, wait for the negotiations to be completed.

Just wantd to make sure I had everything right, and wasn't making any mistakes.

Game note:

The Skyrider is more or less in the area where you would have expected it to be stationed, Sun Snake.

Water Hornet, the area where you are is mostly a rocky desert, flat, devoid of life and with only rock and dried earth everywhere within two kilometers from the Maakengorge's crack in the heart; this land is almost completely devoid of life, like a scar on the planet itself. The advantage of it is that you can see the area for miles around, since it's flat, and not only would you be impossible to ambush, but with the exception of your group and the Skyrider with its crew, there's nothing else in sight.

Oh, I won't forget about the improvement, you can bet on that. :)

Action-wise: yep, going along with Snake's plan.

Also, thanks for the description of the surrounding land - quite the opposite to what I thought, but got it clear now. :)

Funnily Swift Fox could argue that the crew (briefly) know her and want to come along too. Depends upon who she trusts least between the two groups, or how much she wants to carry on whispering to Silver Raven :p

Indeed, she could argue that. Will she? :)

Nah, she seems a bit calmer these days.  Not looking to dive into the fray on this particular occasion.
Maybe when we run into Vyctar...  ;)
This message was last edited by the player at 00:11, Thu 31 July 2014.

Thanks, Sun Snake. The game has never left my "Games You Play & Peruse" list so I jump in now and then but just watch you in silence. I'm trying to decide which one of you to kill when I finally take on the role of the final adversary of yours, people.

Or not...



By the way, I kind of hoped it'll be Shadow who gets the last post. Seemed appropriate.

By the way, I heard Sabre saying nasty things about you earlier when you weren't here! ;)  hehe.

That's funny. He PM-d me just the same about you...

Umm, he must have misunderstood!  I only say nice things about you!  :)

He also warned me you might say so.

*peers around nervously...*
Err...  Ummm...  Well Sun Snake put me up to it!  (;~;)

Don't worry... too much. I've got a file on Sun Snake as well.

Damn! Shadow, come in and intervene till I give out too many of our secrets ;)

Hahaha. It's not like the old Night to Forget forum is still open where I'd have compelte freedom to open secret threads and make PMs and plot everyone's downfall.

Hahahha.

Haha.

Ha.

Just a few more hours, Sun Snke, and you'll kill one another long before November.

Will they? :)

Antyway, in the interest of fairness, i cannot confirm or deny having revealed any secret or potentially dangerous information to Jacek or any other of our lurkers.

I can, however, confirm that all lurkers have access to every thread in the game, including all the secret ones where you were playing solo portions of the adventure, so you can rest safely in the knowledge that any knowledge which can be found in those threads is accessible to them.

^_^

Lol, though interestingly they won't have seen the private lines hidden in plain sight, right?

[Private to Swift Fox,GM: Where the real plotting to kill them all happens, haha! Shhhh.

Out of curiosity, can they see Swift's conversation with Silver Raven during the flight from Argazad? :)

That was in a PM, which aren't accessible to lurkers, so no. When we finsih the game, I'll ask all the players who had PM-developed threads if they can be made public.

We all could see that one. By the way, backstabbing is spelled with two b's and Sun Snake doesn't have 'two faces so you can stab him twice'

Edit: Aww, my joke spoiled by facts! :(

Ah, sorry about that. PMs are personal though, so I wouldn't want any of you to ever fear that anything you said in them could be divulged without your knowledge, and I thought it was better to make that point clear.

If I also recall correctly, once the thread is 'archived' (maybe it is called differently, but the result is the same), all private lines become visible. I found this feature of RPoL really useful - since once the game ends, or the thread is considered to be completely closed, the GM does this magic trick and anybody can read through all the posts, including private lines. Some situations then get completely different light. (But this works only on actual game threads, not Private Messages, if I'm not mistaken; just like Shadow said - PM are truly private, it seems.)

Also, Jacek, hi, nice to see you pop out of the shadows. :)
This message was last edited by the player at 22:02, Thu 31 July 2014.

No worries :)
Was probably my favourite post of Swift explaining her story to someone, more emotional than the "team reveal" a while back.  So I wouldn't mind someone else reading it.

Since the mystery about Swift is explained now, I think I can let the hidden stuff be opened up, now that everyone knows what it's actually going on about :)

(And also the secret of what she did to get hold of the Oede she used to save Silver Raven.  There's a reason why she seems a little uncomfortable whenever the subject comes up!) ;)

I've done it! I've got rid if Ferret! ;)

You make it sound like Ferret will be locked in the inside of the cell :)


Also, I think this got lost in the wall of text

I did noticed, but I thought it made more sense for Groumor to reiterate it, in case Swift and Hornet had failed to notice you calling them, since they didn't posted themselves moving closer.

We can just say Groumor himself missed your words, preoccupied as he was with the more practical details of the situation.

Well Swift is a little internally preoccupied herself at the moment, so can assume she didn't notice the signal.

Actually I thought it was just a signal to say "Everything's ok, we're not gonna get blasted out of our socks after all.  You can take your hands off the stabby things now!"  hehe. :)

Yeah, I did get the signal, but it seemed you waited for Groumor's confirmation. Anyway, sorted out now.

Good thing having Raven around, we can learn how to activate that Staff weapon :)

Does Sun Snake know how to do that already from being in the head of one of the soldiers? Or was he using the soldier to use the weapon?

What sort of upgrades? :)

And was that offer enough for us all to hear? Cause Fox will head over if so

Was more sort of OOC teasing for now :)

Swift has been learning some crafting tricks from Silver Raven, so for now we're just figuring out what we can do with what we have :)

Ewww, chopped giak!  Hehe.

Probably smells better than the living one :p

I don't get it... :-/ (Call me slow, but I can't figure what part of Raven's speech Sabre Fox was reacting to...)

He's not, he's reacting to the fact Sun Snake asked for Swift Fox only, and not Sabre Fox too.

Aha! :) Thanks for the explanation, Snake. (I should perhaps head to bed right now. ^_^)

You were with the Kraan, it's understandable :)

OOC note: since you're not going to get any more level ups, I decided I will remove the limits on using + only when you level up. From now on, whenever you have three + in any one discipline, you're free to exchange them for an improvement at any time you want... hopefully this will encourage you to get more creative and try more daring feats to make the final portion of the game even more impressive! ^_^

Also, I want to apologize if I've been a bit flaky this last week or so - thing is, since the beginning of August I've beeing going through those ten-hours workdays I spoke about sometime ago pratically every day other than Sunday - hence why I might have been limited in the number of posts I made everyday in each thread. That's likely going to continue for the rest of the month (although I do have some free days this coming week), so don't think I'm losing interest if you fail to see me answer a post of your own immediately - just accept my apologies in advance, and be sure that I will post as soon as I can - though likely late at night (in my timezone), as I've been doing lately.

Thanks again everybody for being great players and being still playing - stick to the game, and I promise I'll strive to make it awesome enough to be worth it in the end! :D

No worries.  I'll definitely be sticking around until the end :)
(Or until I get poor Swift killed, whichever happens first!)

Indeed, no worries, only the amount of posts you've been able to make has been noted - down to a sane once a day rather than always answering our comments - and never the quality of them, so it's all good:)



To change the subject, in case people didn't know, the 'new' RPG by Cubicle 7 is being kickstarted (I didn't think to link, but it got mentioned in the Ruel game so thought I'd echo it here)

https://www.kickstarter.com/pr...-wolf-adventure-game


The basic rules will be similar to the original, but it sounds as there will be advanced rules with more options too.

Think this one will last longer than Mongoose? :)

Who knows, they are using Kickstarter to try and release all the core books that Mongoose had at once (revised and expanded for the new game) so hopefully with more critical mass at once they can concentrate on more adventures that might keep it going.

We shall see! Having a two tier system of rules might help to pull in new people but keep others happier too.

I'm a little gun shy at this point regarding Lone Wolf projects, but I still pitched in my money and have crossed my fingers. Who knows, I might even run a game under the system :D Presuming someone else doesn't do it first...

@Shadow: like others have said: don't worry about the posting rate.
(On the tangent: I, myself, will be able to post again on Sunday evening, as I'll be away from computer (and similar devices) starting this afternoon.)

I'M INTERESTED!!! :D  hehe

:p

Well if someone else makes one, I'll play that too!  :D

I'll need something to fill the void in my life when this game finishes...

-.-

Edit: This is meaningful text, because apparently I can't just put a narrow-eyed accusatory face as a post :( RPoL, why yo gotta enforce good communication? Why you got to be The Man? The (nice) Man?

*hides from the scary narrow-eyed accusatory meaningful text face...*

(;~;)

Whatever I did, it wasn't me, it was Sabre!

Been tardy lately. So how exactly game wise do I try and describe this magnet or roll for it?

The magnet just 'works' to pull to the strongest magic source, but there seems to be tricks to then fool it in to going towards the next levels of magical strength. Plus I'm not 100% I remember how the 'drawn towards another magnet' works, and if it feels different.

So if Sabre just plays with it for now and takes it out, I'm sure Shadow will describe its basic function and maybe we can even figure out something with it from there. After all Raven knows gadgets and there might be some discipline/magical manipulation with it sun Snake has missed.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:08, Fri 08 Aug 2014.

The magnet is a small golden marble, Sabre Fox.

If you put it on a flat surface (like the palm of your hand), it will roll toward the stronger magic signature - of course, distance reduces a signature's strenght somewhat. If you put something on its current rolling path which is at least five centimeters thick, it will stop rollig in that direction and aim toward the next stronger magic signature. You then just need to follow it and it will keep rolling until it reaches the magic signature it's being drawn to, or until you grab it and put it somewhere which is not flat - or it finds an obstacle thick/not flat enough to negate its effect.
I'm sorry, I'm too tired to post IC today - I'll have somebody up tomorrow morning though. Good night, everybody! ^_^

Yep, ask Silver Raven. He knows things! :)
This message was last edited by the player at 22:06, Fri 08 Aug 2014.

Rain Feather seems to be back around-ish!

http://projectaon.proboards.co...1&scrollTo=41059


Also, I seem to have run out of time for posting tonight, will post tomorrow (which lets Sabre play with his magnet too, of course)


Also a reminded that I'll be away from Thursday to the following Wednesday.

Uhm... uh... more like "is around, and is so incredibly sorry that she disappeared on you guys without any warning and can you please forgive her?"

I missed you guys, and I'm so sorry I skipped out on you... can you ever, truly forgive me for doing that?  Please?

You're forgiven. Life happens, it's not your fault if you were unable to tell us and to play with us; this is just a game, after all, and if you had more important things to handle, nobody should fault you for that. I sure never did, and never will.

Welcom back, Rain! It's a joy having you around again, and I'm very sorry I coudln't keep your character alive for a bit longer, in the hope you would rejoin and play her again.

I even considered having her sleep into coma, but it would not have worked - Peacock would not have left her in that state with the power he has at his disposal, and I could not in good conscience play your character in your stead in what was to be such a pivotal confrontation, and the only way the character herself would not have had that confrontation was if she was unable to. So, I'm truly sorry I coudln't hold out for you just a little bit more - the loss of you as a player and as a character made this game less than it could have been.

That said, as I stated on the P. Aon board, you're awesome as a player and a as a person and it's great to have you onboard again - and if you want to rejoin, just Pm me and we'll see if we can't think of something for that, even if it can't be in Rain Feather's role anymore.

Even if you don't decide to play, I do hope you'll stay and follow thee game to its end as an observer - you contributed to it as much if not more than any of the other players here, and it would be a shame not to hear what you think of it once it is finished! :D

I'd be happy to- Rain will always be alive, inside my mind.  And in about twelve hours, when fanfiction dot net decides I'm not going to spam it with stuff... I think you'll like it, honestly.

Rain lived as she dies- don't spoil it for me, I want to read it for myself. I just hope she died satisfied with her role... and that she managed to change for the better from her past.

Welcome back! :)

Yeah, Rain Feather's end was so sad though :(
You even managed to get Swift into one of her killing rages to try to avenge you.  Then Sabre had to spoil her fun by killing the High Priest too quickly ;)  hehe.

Nice to see you back again anyways :)

Welcome back to RPoL too :) Hope the RL stuff has calmed down now?


The death bit starts at around page 17
link to a message in this game

However the lead up to it confronting the High Priest was back on page 10
link to a message in this game


Basically Swift Fox's group finished their mission and flew to meet us, Alyne/Rain Feather went to the High Priest directly as 'inside people' while the rest of us would attack outside. However Sabre and co had to go rescue some Drakkar first (and meet Water Hornet, our new player) and Sun Snake / Swift Fox had to go intercept a a Kai hybrid that was going to warn the High Priest


I think Rain Feather's death works as a redemption/following her new path sort of way, obviously you'll have to read the lead up to it and the aftermath to see!


Edit: Yeah, everyone wanted to kill people when Sun Snake was all 'hey, let's not kill people'. Bloodthirsty lot!

In case you guys are curious, the spamblocker finally decided I wasn't a threat over at fanfiction.net, so the first book is up.  Please tell me what you think!

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1...-Rain-Feather-s-Saga

I like it so far.

Looking forward to reading the rest :)

Yeah, it was truly an exciting read - you gave a lot of personality to your Rain in this telling, and made some interesting narrative choices as well - skipping the gourgaz fight was one I particularly liked.

I do think the writing was a bit hurried in a couple of place, but that does fits with the general breakneck pace of Flight from the Darkness, so it's fine.

I'm really curious to see how you'll handle Fire on the Water; it is a much more massive and epic book than Flight, and also one of those with the more room for improvement, so I'm truly curious to see what you've planned for it! ^_^

Can't wait to see Rain Feather's version of Wolf's Bane...
High-Octane Nightmare Fuel!  (O.o)



Just updated Swift's profile description to reflect recent happenings.
If anyone wasn't there when her backstory was explained and would rather not read it till they reach that bit in the story, then don't read the new description, as it's full of spoilery things! :)
This message was last edited by the player at 15:33, Mon 11 Aug 2014.

Started to read it then realised I have a post to make... sorry!

I'm sure that Rain could possibly play her mother if not a new Kai character?

what is our actual plan for Vyctar then?


Sun Snake's plan is to sort of hide the full force of the Kai, go to Vyctar apparently alone to talk to the man, and then play it by ear from there. Not saying this is a good nor well thought out plan.

What's our plan as players here? :D

That's something I'm looking forward to hear, mostly because I'm pretty sure it will be totally unworkable - due to things you don't know yet.

That said, it's also interesting because you're finally starting to plan taking the full breadth of your abilities into consideration, and that's something that's almost always lacked in how you tackled your challenges so far - the only possible exception being Swift Fox's group's assualt to the camp in the Darklands.

Improvisation seems to be the word of the day for you lot thus far... not that I mind, but some proper planning is always amusing for me to read about! ^_^

Yeah, it's all going to go to hell because Valador has already made a deal with Vyctar and he's an uber Kai now, or Shining Peacock is betraying us, or the Deathlord is around, or the deal's been made, or Lone WOlf is still alive, or one or a hundred other things!

So Vyctar left us on the 4th night and it's now the 6th morning? So can it be Vyctar or is it someone else?

Also I guess we all just need to storm as fast as possible in that direction then? If Vyctar flew with a small group already, then the Skyrider is no longer a means of catching up quickly to ground forces. We might end up assaulting a fortress :( At least we can find the thing if it comes to that.

Yes, a group of flying beasts (almost surely Kraan) took off and flew through this area some time around the middle of the 4^th day. Currently, it is morning of the 7^th day (so the group flew off some 2,5 days ago). So it's probably Vyctar...? (I have read neither posts in IC threads nor posts in timeline thread which didn't involve Hornet, so I don't know what happened during the fourth day.)

As for the plan...looking at Sabre's last IC post, it seems he can't return to Vyctar without Rankhar or evidence of his death. Of course, we might try to fake such evidence, but even if successful at it, we'd have to make it to Vyctar quickly, before Rankhar would show up (and something tells me that's exactly what could happen :)).
This message was last edited by the player at 07:37, Wed 13 Aug 2014.

Also, I completely forgot: Hi, Rain, nice to meet you as a player. :)
I joined the game when you were away. It's sad Rain Feather (the character) had to die, but even in death she managed to influence Water Hornet somewhat. So, looking forward to whatever you and Shadow come up with (regarding your return to the game).

Brutal approaches are usually the best :) plus it was Foxy's idea first that Swift plagiarised :/

Ehhh, I was in a dilemma whether to use an FP for a re-roll. I probably wouldn't have (like Shadow told us: "you should sometimes just go on with the bad rolls/luck"), if it hadn't been a 0 (which, I imagined, could've meant Hornet just leading the ship into crashing against rocks). :)

Yep, sometimes you should. :)

Then again, remembering what skills and powers you have access to is also an important roleplaying skill, so keep that one in mind as well - it might come in handy sometime! ;D

Almost forgot, I checked back and found that Sun Snake threw the Mindshield Circlet to Swift during an argument with Rankhar.  But she gave it back and he dropped it, whereupon Sabre picked it up.
I didn't see it mentioned again after that, so assumed Sabre still had it.

Fox has it yea, Rankhar refused it I believe.

Only an issue if the leader needs psychic protection from the Cener, but might be something to think about if the opportunity arises to give it to them Sabre.

However, otherwise don't give it to them, as funnily any kind of  psychic protection might stop sun Snake doing nasty things to them later...or at least make it more costly.

Yeah, I'm also wondering how much should we help the guys. Emotionally/instinctively, I want to keep as many Drakkarim alive as possible. But rationally, I'm questioning whether their deaths wouldn't be beneficial for us (as cynically as it may sound). On the other hand, Vyctar surely knows(?) about bad blood between Sabre and Lieutenant Vandran and if Sabre returns as the only survivor, this probably won't help his trust with the Drakkarim.

Long story short: let's see how the fight goes... :D

Organizational note:
I'll be away from Wednesday evening (27-Aug) till Sunday evening (31-Aug). Hope it doesn't slow the action down (much) with the incoming fight... :-|
This message was last edited by the player at 13:41, Mon 25 Aug 2014.

I'm wondering about that too.  Might see if we can pick off a couple of them...
Just to make our resistance to their escape look more realistic of course! ;)

Just checking again, so it's literally only by flight that we can enter the tunnel with the Drakkar?

Only by flight, yes, and also only by flying through the group of kraans and drakkarim, since circling around them isn't feasible either.
This message was last edited by the GM at 06:50, Tue 26 Aug 2014.

Sooooo.... what's the actual then? If there's only one way in, what are we doing?

It seems like Sabre is going in on a Kraan to meet up with the two Drakkar, then something happens, then somehow the Drakkar win against the Cener, leave, and Sabre pretends he's disabled the Skyrider so so they make the escape seeing it 'saboutaged.


What's the middle bit? It will look odd if the Kai come in to help, and hard to explain.


I mean Sabre could just charge in yelling 'the Cener are coming behind you but I've lured the Kai to me thinking they will capture us, if we sharge out right now the Kai will get the Cener in the face and we shall escape!'

That way you can lead the Cener out in to the open for us to destroy, give yourself a chance to get away, then we can pull the saboutage bit so the Drakkar think they have plenty of time.


Also, if Sabre can drop his psi-screen Sun Snake may be able to project any information about the Cener position and actions to Sabre Fox to help the escape/tactical routing of the Cener out of the caves, and Water Hornet can try to control all the Kraan subtly so that Sabre's flight is skillfully executed and the moment the Drakkar are on the Kraan they get pulled out swiftly.

That's a much better and more comprehensive plan than any you've hashed out in character so far, Sun Snake - you added a lot of tactical details that were missing from the current formulation of what Sabre suggested. I'm happy you did, although maybe you might want to hash out those details in character as well? :)

As far as I'm concerned, I am waiting for a full plan - like the one you just offered - to be agreed on among all of you, and then for Sabre and anybody else who'll go with him to just make an IC post where they mount the kraans and dash on to update.

If I'm not seeing that happening by Saturday eveningm, by the way, I'll just have the Ceners start their own attack on the Drakkarim and you'll then need to adjust to a situation where the fighting is already started, so do try not to take too long coming up with a plan you're all fine with, ok? ^_^

I guessed there might be a loose timer on the situation :(

Well we could do it that way. I was under the impression we could attack from behind without delay until Shadoe gave further input. Then again, could we cave in thier route from above the cave? A joint venture with the two Foxes should be a reasonable idea here and anyone else. It wouldn't eliminate the Cener, but allow us time

Actually could we get an extension since Water Hornet isn't around until Sunday? :(

How you got the impression you could attack from behind a group that is exiting from a tunnel you're standig in front of is beyond me.

As for collapsing the tunnel on them as they exit, you most definitely COULD try that - but success is far from guaranteed, you'll need to roll and should expect the Ceners to have countermeasures against such things. Additionally, if you want Sun Fox (or any other Nexus user) to help, they'll have to be flying in on the kraans alongside you, Sabre Fox. Meaning that anybody you leave on the ship will be unable to contribute to the battle. I thought that would be obvious?

And Sun Snake, I think you makes a valid point - Water Hornet deserves to have a saty and so I will delay your term for actions until Sunday night. Hopefully that's enouigh time for you to be ready and push things onward! ^_^

...this post is feeling snippy to me. Which was not my intention, I'm merely a bit tired today, so my apologies if I accidentally offended any of you. I'm truly happy you're starting to plan a way to tackle the battle, and am very curious to see how it will go. Do your best! :D

From the previous info, I either read or misread that we would have to travel behind the Drakkar to make this attack as opposed to the Cener, which brought on the confusion if that helps

We could try the Nexus approach on the way. We don't have to kill them with it, merely block there path for a few minutes to allow us in position with the Drakkar

Awww, why am I unnerving you Sun Snake? ;)

*tries hard to look all sweet and innocent...*

You always un-nerve 0.0

Precisely!

You'll have to let me know how, so I can start doing it to our enemies too.
I've yet to find one who's actually been scared of Swift so far...  :(

To be fair to the enemies though, they have a very hard time being scared of you - by the time they notice you're around, there's usually a dagger sticking out of something vital in their bodies. That must count as extenuating circumstances, right?

Hi, I'm back! :) Sorry for keeping you waiting. Plan confirmed (with Hornet joining the party ;) ), so let's see what (and at what point) goes wrong ;D

Well maybe she'll actually get to kill the night at some point.
Got to live up to Red Dawn's expectations after all ;)

Waiting on Dawn Sword replying: "Ok, will I get you some bubble bath and a rubber duck while I'm at it, Master Sun Snake?!"  ;)

I think the exclamation mark at the end ruins it - it doesn't convey enough worship, makes it almost sound like she'd be displeased by that. :)

It's like the first day at a new job, your boss is talking up how your job is going to be all co-ordinating this and be dealin with that and then asked to get some coffee as the first important task :)


I can't help it, all I have is oil and infusions and this seems to be the safest time to get rid of the infusions first!


Also, is there a limit to how much oil and tea Sun Snake can drink to restore WP? :)


Edit: Lol, that just makes it worse!
This message was last edited by the player at 18:21, Tue 02 Sept 2014.

Eh, I think Alyne is in enough awe of Sun Snake by this point, considering he saved her from her Acolyte life (which, let's reming us all, was supposed to end with her ritual suicide) and gave her a new purpose in life, as well as a new place to belong into, that she'd have little problem obeying any order he gives her. :)

You have no limit on how many WP restoratives you can use, no - the ones you use now are ones you won't have later on, so for me you can go nova on them whenever you like. ^_^

You will just have caffeine rush Snake :)

As long as he can use WP whilst undergoing caffeine shakes, it's all good :)

Just remember, while you're firing caffeine-jittery mindforce attacks around, if you should accidentally hit Swift with one, you might get something sharp thrown at you in return.

She may be a bit more mentally stable, but she's still got a very short temper! ;)

Before I start rolling for Nexus attempts, would either a blast from Power Word or Invisible Fist assist at all in a superior way? Also, Fox has the ring that does 20 End damage, how about that?
This message was last edited by the player at 06:33, Wed 03 Sept 2014.

ooo, at last.  Something I can kill without making everyone annoyed at me! :)

Indeed! ^_^
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:49, Wed 03 Sept 2014.

Did you see my idea Shadow? Want to see if it makes a difference before posting

Oh, I'd missed that. Power Word is a mid-range attack, Sabre Fox - it hasn't the same ability to strike from afar as Nexus, so you'd only be able to use it when you're on the terrace. Once you're there, though, it might well prove more effective... much depends on how you decide to use it, really, as well as factors you aren't aware of, so I can't give you a clearer answer than that.

Sabre Fox, your landing - and any thing you want to attempt after that, be it Power Word or something else - will need to wait until AFTER your enemies have acted. Your action this turn where the further attempts to bnlast the wall which failed; you should edit the landing from your current post and keep it for your next one - who know, maybe the changes in the situation will make you decide for a different path, and if not, copy-pasting isn't going to be that hard, is it? ^_^

Updated

Looking at the preferences of landing points...I like how two guys are aiming at attacking a woman and a child, while leaving the girls to fight the big bad Cener who's facing off against a big bad Drakkar. ;)

Yugash is 16 years old though - that's hardly a child any longer, more like a very young adult, isn't it? Consdiering this is a medieval setting where Sabre Fox was killing people when he was 11 and saving cities like Ruanon when he was 14, I mean.

I doubt either of them could be considered anywhere near helpless though! ;)

Yeah, you're right, of course.
But it just sounds better/funnier that way:
Sabre and Hornet go kill women and children, while Swift and Sun Fox go kill men. :)

(And I realize the fight doesn't necessarily has to end with everybody from one side dying. ;) )
This message was last edited by the player at 18:01, Thu 04 Sept 2014.

The reason of mine was that I'm counting on the Lietenant not being an easy target and it's Kansal I'm worried about!

I agree the Sergeant might have harder time survivng.
Although my reasoning (for Hornet's positioning) is that
a) Hornet is not a standard fighter
b) Yughash unsettles me for some reason, so I'd like to deal with him definitely (if possible)

But maybe we have to consider another matter: if we're successful and keep both Drakkarim alive, how will the Lieutenant view the fact that you, Sabre, chose to help Sergeant Kansal instead of him? (I'm not saying it'll be bad, just wondering...)

Was hoping I could hit Yugash with one of Swift's insta-kill specials before we landed.  But the chances of it working are somewhere between slim and none at the moment.

Just gonna try and stun him for a moment in the hope the Drakkar can take advantage of any opening in his guard to lop his head off or something, hehe.

Considering he's got a bit of a grudge to settle with Swift, he might go after her instead though, so you might not need to worry about him...
This message was last edited by the player at 18:41, Thu 04 Sept 2014.

So can Sun Snake just nuke the whole site from orbit? It seems the only way to be sure the bad guys are dead. For various definitions of 'bad guys'...

The main problem with nuking things from orbit, Sun Snake, are the surrounding terraces - they'd keep any missile from connecting unless they were bunker-busting ones. ^_^

Welcome back Rain...ish!

Who's flames are immune to fire dominion no less :(

Eh, she's weaker enough than you as it is without I letting you also take control of her stronger ability and use it against her. This balances things out. :)

Say, Sabre Fox, where did you left Rain Feather's spear and the rest of her stuff? Since I don't have anything nothed on your sheet as being carried on your person, I wanted to make sure of what you did with it.
This message was last edited by the GM at 07:12, Fri 05 Sept 2014.

By the way, would Swift know the woman's name?
Can't remember if Rain ever mentioned it when she was around.

(Noticed that she's got a name in the cast list now.  At least I think that's who that is.  Could be wrong...) :)

EDIT: Yep, just saw the update, hehe.
This message was last edited by the player at 08:39, Fri 05 Sept 2014.

I'm carrying it all I believe. Most of it were special items from what I remember. They should all be there. Ironically I wagons present Breakwater to her at some point in the fight

Nobody (except maybe Sun Snake) should know Renora's name.

Also, Sabre Fox, it was pointed out to me the post where tyou found Rain Feather's stuff and then distributed it among the group... everybody, can you confirm what you took?

The relevant post is #570 in thread VIII, "Power, Players".

And Sabre Fox, you should add Breakwater (and anything else you kept of Rain's stuff) to your sheet if you're carrying it now, since it's not there right now. And the same goes for anybody who took the stuff when Sabre Fox handed it around but forgot to note it down.

I think that since Fox was in a one track mind that he was pretty selfish with taking all of Rains stuff to be honest. I recall giving the headband to Sun Fox, but I'll tally up everything laterr

Well that was brutal 0.0

At this point, Swift would probably be thinking: "Oh well, at least she got rid of Yugash for us!" :)  Hehe.

Swift wouldn't have taken anything of Rain Feather's.  She does have her reasons for that actually...
Unless of course she did take something without realising it at the time...  ;)

She also got rid of a Drakkar for you, as well - that's two enemies of the Kai you no longer have to face for the price of a single attack! Quite the bargain, really! ^_^

Now only Evodhar and Vandar remain to deal with, and they're standing just next to you, Swift Fox. Do you have any plan for them, or will you and the others just stand by and watch as they kill each other? :)

Yep, sorry for the delay.  Been a hectic week here.
Sticking with ranged attacks for now anyway.  If we're going to stand back and watch them kill each other, might as well try to help one of them out too ;)

I suspect Swift Fox has something of Rain Feather's, if not two things.

Sun Snake has nothing, the only thing Sabre Fox gave him was the Turquoison Headband he gave to Sun Fox.


This might not go well. I had a very definite reaction in mind if Sun Snake was in a position to see Rain Feather's mother, but I knew it might not be possible if Rain Feather was in control of that character :p

I took:
- Dagger of Power - but it supposedly belonged to a Kai Journeyman Moon Sparrow
- Starfield Warhammer
- Snake Chainmail

Not sure if the Starfield Warhammer and the Snake Chainmail belonged to Rain Feather. Did they? In any case, Hornet does have them with him at the moment (chainmail worn, the two weapons on his back and his belt, respectively).

They didn't "belong" to her, per se - she was just carting them around. Theyre part of the equipment of the five Journeyman Sun Fox killed to fuel Valador's resurrection spell.

...does Hornet knows that yet?

So that's where the dagger went, I keep losing track of things :)

I'm still wondering what happened to that magic sword Swift picked up in Toran.  Kind of lost track of it from then on...

Then again its enchantment was that it became unnoticeable, like a concealed weapon in plain sight, when sheathed.  So I suppose that's very appropriate! :)

The person you gave it to is still carrying it. I think it will remain in that person's possession until death, considering how well paired together the two are.

You'll not be seeing it again in this campaign, at any rate. Which I'm a bit sad about, since the Runic Rapier is a very old creation of mine which I really like to put into varous stories, so I was looking forward to see it in action.

Hornets in trouble ;)

I think Hornet is just wishing he'd stabbed us all in our sleep now, hehe ;)

Aww, didn't know that about that sword.
Where's it from?

My own mind. I just thought that a weapon with the only power to become "unfindable" when not in use was very very cool. It's been around in my head a while.

By the way, do you know that there's people discussing the Lone Wolf books on the Community Chat thread of the site? Not sure if that interests anuybody, but I found it quite amusing. :)

Hornet does know that the Dagger of Power belonged to a fallen Kai (Moon Sparrow - although I think Hornet doesn't know the name in-character, just that it was one of the missing Kai). As for other equipment (Starfield Warhammer, Snake Chainmail) Hornet saw Sabre find these items together with Rain Feather's belongings - so, if asked, he would probably assume they were in Rain Feather's possession (although she didn't necessarily wear the chainmail and fight with the warhammer).

Regarding the current situation: it was actually kind of a trick of reversed psychology Hornet tried applying on Renora - he hopes that she does try to read Sabre's mind and: a) Sabre Fox has a trick ready up his sleeve (perhaps attacking the woman once she tries to examine his mind); b) it will keep her occupied while Hornet, Sabre, or others come up with a tactic how to fight her.

Now, I wonder who's carrying Runic Rapier... :)

EDIT: Shadow, are all kraans entangled with vines, or some - like our - are still free?
This message was last edited by the player at 22:02, Fri 05 Sept 2014.

I vote for Hornet stabbing us all in our sleep too.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:10, Fri 05 Sept 2014.

You're STILL thinking about killing ech other among Kai, even now that I and Rain are pushing a real, proven backstabber into the group? You really are hopeless, aren't you? ;D

Only the seventeen Drakkar's Kraans are trapped - yours landed afterwards and the vines which were heading for them were the same ones who were trying to catch tyou as well - and which mysteriously stopped before they could. wondering what's going on with that?

I'm NOT! It's them, those bloody traitorous Kai...they should be summarily executed!

As for the Kraan - it's obvious: Sun Snake is pulling off some dirty tricks. (I'm telling you, he can't be trusted.)

Actually, I wonder what Renora would say if some Kai offered to join her and backstab their (former) friends...
This message was last edited by the player at 22:23, Fri 05 Sept 2014.

Who says Sun Snake hasn't already made that deal...after all he has control of the Skyrider, has got shot of all the other Kai, has Rain Feather's body and is on very good terms despite everything with the mad mage who could resurrect her.

I'm mean I'm not saying Sun Snake would wipe you all out and team up with Renora, I'm just point out he's currently maybe possibly in control of possibly maybe 500 END worth of damage per person in a portable shell and is a long way from any such devastating explosions...

Why is it always Foxy playing such dangerous games?

He's probably not alone, he just doesn't have the decency to hide those games from others :p

The worst thing....... Is he is being sincere 0.0

So, I have Rain/Renora's and Swift's actions, and half of it for Water Hornet, but what about the rest of you, Sabre Fox, Sun Snake? Are you going to spend your turn doing nothing, or are you waiting for something from me? because I kind of need to know your actions before I can update you with the results of them. :)

I posted the question for my action in a PM two posts above! I was wondering why I didn't get a response...or maybe I did and it didn't/can't see it?
This message was last edited by the player at 20:20, Sun 07 Sept 2014.

Uh, you're right... missed that. Still waiting for Sabre thought - I need to be sure he's really doing nothing as his action for the turn.

No problem! Should have checked when you posted as Silver Raven earlier but hadn't mentioned my question.

It's more like I said "I'll answer that later" and then forgot. Still counts, though. :)

Ah, yes, I know that one, it does count at work and in leisure! :)

:) Indeed.

Pay no attention to the noises in the cave...
This message was last edited by the player at 22:03, Sun 07 Sept 2014.

Ouch!
I knew we should have packed some cans of Raid!

Heh, looking at Evodhar's (and his swarm's) stats and abilities - I think we should've packed some portable nukes ;)

*thinks for a moment, then looks at Sun Snake with a raised eyebrow*

BTW, Swift, the four kraan that brought us here have remained unhidered.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:40, Mon 08 Sept 2014.

I know, I know.  I didn't mean to kill those two...  Sorry! :(

Such things happen...honestly, Evodhar would be the one to blame.
(also: previously I just wanted to say that in case Swift was looking for a kraan to mount, she wouldn't need to free one of those brought by Drakkarim from vines and she could just use 'our' kraan).

I think taking off in a Kraan now will just mean getting killed by falling when it gets turned into bug food under me, hehe.

Still, I suppose we could fly really fast back to the Skyrider.  Though Swift won't leave unless Silver Raven and Sun Fox do first...

So, to sum it up, I have the following plan:

Renora: douse the enemy with fire

Sabre Fox: add explosions to that

Swift Fox: running, but yet to pick one specific action

Water Hornet: undecided between several possible actions

Sun Snake: needs to give me a roll for his latests sneaky plan

Sun Fox & Silver Raven will collaborate as best they can once I have afull plan, but first, I need you three, Hornet, Snake and Swift, to complete your planning... unless you think that Sabre and Renora will be enough to win the battle on their own? ^_^

Not that I doubt my brave companion and the cunning witch, but Hornet will try to assist. :) (will post shortly)

Snake's going to do what he can, which is sit in the Skyrider and sip some tea and enjoy the view :p

Running isn't an action?  How about Running and Panicking?  I can multi-task! :)

That sounds better already! ;D

Sabre, Renora and Hornet, I need a roll apiece from you - can't properly run a combat round if I'm missing the rolls who'll determine success or failure of your plans. ^_^

And before any of you starts rerolling when they've succeeded - this is combat, 0 are criticals. And your CS will matter as well. Roll well!

One roll for Mr. GM...

(eh, not so good, but not going to re-roll it)

Wow, nice re-roll Swift! You went from 'aww crap' to 'aww, yeah!'

And you...you rolled a number too Water Hornet....


*shakes head and sheds single tear for fallen comrade*

LOL :D

At least, Shadow can - for once - enjoy writing a post when things don't go completely according to PC's plans...

"for once?"

You must have missed the ones where we were exploring Toran then ;)  hehe.

Ah, Water Hornet has Stockholm syndrome it seems... seems his evisceration shall be a merciful one

Foxy lucky roll 7 :)

Now I know the ring isn't combat per se, but do I get my dual wield rolls? Or shall I wait for the slashing to start :)

Indeed :) I missed a lot of stuff - like the fight with the Nadziran, for instance - but it also allows for a better conection with Water Hornet the character (who missed a great portion of groups' adventuring, too).

And there are no bad rolls, only rolls that present you with unexpected challenges ;)

Well out of all the enemies Swift has faced so far, I feel the most dangerous and deadliest one has been...
The Dice Roller!  *plays sinister music*  ;)

Indeed.

As for me screwing you plans, Hornet, we call that Tuesday around here... and wouldn't you guess - it's  todsy! Wonderful, isn't it? ^_^

Yeah, Shadow does that a lot.

But for something completely different, this showed up in my Youtube suggestions this morning, and I can't stop listening to it.  Never thought I'd be one for acapella game music, but this is too good not to share.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s20588opz4

But anyways, most plans never make it past first contact.  Just keep thinking on your feet...

Bah failed luck rolls and not even a re roll. I'll see what that does before I post

:(

Probably something horrible that will require us to kill the dude before Sabre gets fully inflicted with it...

So much bad luck, Sabre Fox...

So, you have a choice now - you can try and get the bugs off yourself - which means you'll need to do an action with that focus, and will be unable to help in this coming round, or you can choose to fight on, keep attacking the Cener, and let the insects burrow into you further.

You will receive 3 END damage and lose 1 CS either way, but the full effect of the attack will depend on this decision right now. Neither of the outcomes is good, but one is not as bad for yourself, while the other is not as bad for the group.

And you can't know which one is which.

ooo, I liked that music.  "One Winged Angel" was definitely one of my favourite battle themes from FF7.  Made it feel like quite a tense battle when I first played it.
(And that was before he started blowing up half the solar system to get at me!)

Ouch.  Hope we can kill this guy before Sabre gets turned into bug food!
(Or even worse, before he gets saved by Swift again, hehe) ;)

Well would running away from the swarm a bit and performing some extraction with the Drakkar knife be an option?

Sabre, I was thinking about a post where Hornet would redirect his powers to help Sabre (even if that would mean releasing the majority of bugs currently held in check back at the group), as this would would be a very in-character reaction for Hornet.

But what if Sabre himself dived into the air vortex? That might help him and still keep the majority of bugs occupied...?

One of the best boss songs ever, yeah. Not that hard the fight itself though - I think I never died even once in it. Then again, it was the fourth Final Fantasy I played, so maybe experience counted for something...

You can't run away from the swrm, Sabre fox, because you're in the middle of it and they've attached themselves to your skin. where you go, you'll drag them back along.

And what exactly would you want to do with the knife?
As for your idea, Hornet, that definitely has merit - and is one possible way Sabre fox could ahdnle the "removing bug fromk myself option". I never said that was impossible to do - I said that he had to go for it and forego any attack action if he wanted; how to go about it is entirely up to Sabre himself.

I completely forgot to mention: I'll be away from my place from Thursday till Sunday - will (try to) follow the game on my phone (hopefully, the connection will be OK, although we're heading away from civilization). Sorry, the last week was crazy and my brain completely left this piece of info out :/

Anyway, long story short: I should be able to post, but my wall-of-text powers (which aren't that good anyway) will be  nullified for those several days. :)
This message was last edited by the player at 21:49, Tue 09 Sept 2014.

Yeah, the fight itself was easy enough.  Actually easier than the one before it that required your team to split into three and co-ordinate destroying bits of him with each other.  Took me a little while to figure out which parts to kill first to stop him regenerating himself.

I just destroyed the barrier he casts at the start of the fight and then pelted him with all the most damaging attacks I had.
First time I fought him, I was distracted by some kids who were watching me play and shouting suggestions at me and wanting to take over the controls, even though they had never even seen the game before, hehe.

Fun times :)

Yeah, I think the only really challenging fight I had in FFVII was the Ruby Weapon - pinning it down was incredibly annoying a process, epsecially since it kept banishing my party from the battle.

And I can sympathize with playing with spectators - a bit of a bother, but plenty more fun as well. :)

As far as difficult fights in a Final Fantasy go, I think I would have to give the prize to my first playthorught of FFVIII - the one where I somehow failed to understand how junction-magic worked and so played the entire game up to the end of Disk III with only normal, unboosted stats (although I did figured how to use all commands). My first meeting with the Malboros were nightmarish, I only finally managed to beat Diablos before entering the Lunatic Pandora, only finally managed to survive the end boss of Disk 3 by FINALLY learning how junction magic worked... and then my lv 54 party got annihilated by the end boss so many times (lack of proper junctioning spells, you see) I had to restart the game from the beginning.

Those were very hard battle; of course, eventually FFX (and IX to an extent) offered challenges which were just as difficult, but I never had that feeling of being overwhelmed like that ever again - it was more of a "we're not ready for this one yet". Fun, but just a bit less enjoyable.

Hopefully you're getting something of that same kind of experience with this game - honestly, I try to make it challenging enough for you lot, but I always think I'm just not good enough at instilling that feeling of being crushed under unbeatable odds yet.

But don't worry, I'll keep working on it until I succeed! ;D
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:06, Tue 09 Sept 2014.

I don't think there's a boss fight I thought we'd win from the Gourgaz fight onwards.

Haxadrom is probably the only one that seemed doable from the start, and that's because Sabre Fox had the Sommerswerd and the CS to deal with him one on one.

And yet, you're all still alive, aren't you? How does that makes you feel, realizing everything you've fought and survived and accomplished thus far?

I have to share this: when I got to my first serious fight with Hornet's character (in his introductory thread), I even asked Shadow if he didn't make a typo in enemy's END score. :D I see now that this is a standard thing.

And yet the battle was a (very) narrow victory - so to answer your question, Shadow: it feels damn good when one makes it through :)

Lucky!

Yeah, I never did manage to beat the Weapon monsters.
Then again I didn't manage to get the Knights of the Round summon either, which is definitely a useful ability against those things.  (I knew where it was and how to get to it, but the process of getting there was kind of a pain in the butt really, and I kept putting it off).

Need to see if I can get that game again and try to get everything in it this time...
(Had it on the old PS1 years ago until my console broke down.  Might see if I can get it on PC, though I'll need to build one that can handle it, since the ones I'm using now aren't really up to the task of gaming, they're just a means of getting online and keeping up with my writing).

But I won't be able to look at Sephiroth without thinking of Rune Star now :)  Hehe.

As for this game.  When I first saw the Nadziran's stats, I thought "We can't handle this thing!!!"
Of course that was before we discovered that Dusk Rat was actually a walking nuke! :)
This message was last edited by the player at 23:54, Tue 09 Sept 2014.

Jumped on Hornets idea then :) and my idea with the knife was essentiall prising them out of Fox's skin with them like you would get a splinter of wood out your skin with a pin. I would imagine it would cost END but ever little helps!

Eh, the bugs ate through Vandar's armour - they would eaten your knife's blade just as easily.

Swift Fox, I need you to give me an archery roll and then I can update the battle. :)

Hmm, 6.  Not too sure about that.  Hoping he isn't dodging around too much...

Also hoping Kagonite is harder for bugs to eat!  (O.o)
This message was last edited by the player at 19:11, Wed 10 Sept 2014.

It is, especially when encased with the most powerful of the Battle  Magic spells - the one that would make it pierce the fangs of every bug.

On a unrelated note, I was going to write the post and then realized I actually miss Renora's action AND Sabre Fox's Nexus roll, so we've gotta wait a bit more.

And yes, Sabre Fox, I need the combat roll - it will count for both empowering the tornado AND how well you do in getting rid of the bugs. I thought you'd posted the roll, then I checked and realized you'r posted to ask if the roll was needed - my fault, and I apologize.

If there was ever a time to roll this 8 it's now! :) infact I'll increase that to 9 with Hasxadroms ring. So that's two 9's from Hornet and Foxy in this attempt :)

So... I think I should make it clear how I'm doing this thing right now, since it's not going to make sense otherwise.

I am using the roll of Sabre, Hornet and Sun Fox to reduce the enemy CS, then raising it by 1. Given that the starting value this turn was 29, the +1 raises it up to 30... however, adding all three rolls together, once I apply it will reduce Evodhar's CS to 2. That gives Renora +11 combat ratio, and so her critical is an instant kill... except her damage should be halved, since the smoke is not going to be very effective on the bugs - Evodhar had already started to produce the not-breathing kind of insects, which would have cut down on the attack's effectivity.

And yet, halving a critical and negating a one-shot KO once it has been rolled feel extremely cheap to me. And I don't like being cheap.

You all read my theory before on why this battle was so hard, and I was really uncertain how to handle this, so I'm asking you: do you want this round to bring Evodhar down in a single strike, or would that strain believability too much for you all? I ask because the situation, as it is right now, doesn't look like it would lead naturally to the guy's death - but I don't want to deprive you all of a deserved victory, either.

I'll take the votes on it in this thread, so everybody, let me know: should I close the battle here with this win out of left field, or do you prefer to bring about a more proper victory by protracting the battle - with the risks that would entail?

I dont' want to be unfair toward you, but I wouldn't want to ruin the drama of the fight, either, so really, I'm willing to let you all dictate how things should go, just this once.

Let me know! ^_^
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:40, Thu 11 Sept 2014.

I think you worked hard to make this guy very difficult, so a one shot kill does seem odd. Though it was a nice combination of tactics there by the rest! :)

Perhaps a good compromise is that he is temporarily dissipated by the strike, like being knocked unconscious? Thus allowing us to recover our wits and so forth?

However, you did say the body and all the insects needed to be gone. So it seems like having a turn or two 'free' to recover still means we have some work to do and decisions to make. Do we recover, or do we gamble on scrambling at disposal and being caught weak if we don't finish on time? Especially if some of the insects, even if just buzzing around without purpose, are immune to some quick disposal methods. And also are hard to fool in to a common point of disposal.


So we have a temporary 'win' before he comes back to his (hopefully a little more reduced) power again?

To change the subject completely, this game just came on early access on steam:
http://dwelvers.com/

It's a cross between Dungeon Keeper and Settlers, and is going strong just now. Ameena and I know the developer from on of the other forums, and he's a good guy so glad he managed to reach this milestone.


I have a few steam keys if anyone wants to play the game - PM me and let me know!

Hmm, I can't really decide...
Part of me is enjoying the fight, while part of me realises I'm going to be rendered pretty much useless after firing my last arrow...  (Or Silver Raven's last arrow, to be precise!)

Only move left I can think of to use would be...
(Hmm, nah, I think I'll keep that one as a surprise trick up Swift's sleeve for now, considering it's probably my only chance of winning if I ever end up in a fight with Sabre!) ;)  hehe.

The next move is you guys cut the Kraan loose and run back to the Skyrider for EPIC BATTLE!

Seriously, do you know the guns the ship have? I do! Lotsa guns! All the guns! And all the dwarves are in red shirts already.


And I'm sure the travel time won't let the Cener grow too large...you know... really, how fast can bugs reproduce magically anyway? Size of Godzilla at best. Really, we would be fiiiiiiiiine.

Well... I do have a bit of a plan to try and deal with the body.  Rae knows Acidic Touch, and she as a dagger that I don't mind throwing away if it means ending this guy.  (I'm going to assume that her background means that's not a surprise to anyone.)

The way I see it, dissipating the bugs could give me a chance to cast that and then use the dagger to apply the acid to the trouble spots- heart, stomach, and then just leave the dagger stuck in his chest cavity to let the acid melt him away.

It buys us some time to strike directly at the body itself, but we've got to figure out what we need to do to destroy him utterly outright.  Liberal application of fire and acid ought to do it, I think.

I'm fine either way.

Hey if our rolls earned the win then that's all good for me! I mean Fox could pretty much insta kill this guy on a critical roll
Anyway with his Cs reduced so may as well just call it a win here

I tend to agree with what's been said by the others: while I'm worried what can happen if we continue with the fight, I think narrative-wise it makes sense to let the guy shine for a bit longer ;-)

So, I'm not going to be upset if the battle ends, but I'm voting for giving the Cener another chance. :)

I'll remember that when he turns on Hornet and Foxy leaves him to die ;)

So, votes thus far are:

Sun Snake: find some sort of compromise.

Swift Fox: no vote.

Renora: neutral, no preference either way.

Water Hornet: keep him alive.

Sabre Fox: kill him.

...ah well, I guess it's still up to my decision in the end, isn't it? I'll think it over and post something this evening. In the meantime, if any of you wants to change their votes, you're free to do so.

I forgot to wrote it, but I really like Snake's idea. So I also vote for a compromise. :-)

:) That just means giving Sabre Fox the victory as the only decisive vote - but I've already planned what's to happen now, anyway. I'm just writing it; it's taking longer than expected, but I'll have it up before today ends for sure.

What's not decisive about unconsciousness :D

The fact that each and every single bug needs to be unconscious for that to work - which is really the same as dead, from the game's perspective.

Don't worry overly much - it should still be satisfying enough, the way I've envisioned it. Also, it will serve to make Renora's points more meaningful, I think, so it's all good in the end. :)

Bah, psychic backlash, sympathetic shutdown, a wizard did it...the reason to do a fantasy settings is there are so many ways to fudge impossibilities :)

Why do I feel everything is more complicated?

Would be too much of a break with tradition if it wasn't! :)

Hornet, which ring did you just destroyed?

Silver and Cloth one :) Although, the idea was to toss it close to the puddle of acid, not directly into it. But if you rule that it fell into the acid...well, that must be fate. :)

Since Renora isn't stopping it, the acid is expanding, so it'll have took the ring before anybody can get to it anyway; it will eat thoguh the terrace and make it crumble down eventualy, although that's likely to take the better part of a week.

If you wanted the ring preserved, you should have handed it to somebody else - if you throw it away, it's been thrown away.

OK. :)
But you say Renora's acid can eat through a rock terrace? O.O
I think we should be really nice to her... [Private to everybody except Renora Nematah: Quickly, we have to murder her before she starts suspecting aything...

Given time... but yes, you really should; her fire is just as lethal and immune to dominion, remember? :)

Seems like a plan!

If it's not too much trouble, you might want to give your name Remora Feather via an edit. Unless it was a deliberate omit! Lol

Now as much as I laughed at seeing Renora talk about Foxy in mispronunciation, it was an auto correct mistake on my phone!

Now I don't mind letting it slide as a player but Foxy wasn't trying to make fun of her, nor would he intentionally make that mistake. Possible edit there? Me personally, I'm fine either way, but it wasn't meant to come out like that haha

You might just have he said he misheard and apologize. It wouldn't be surprising - everybody Fox knows basically always has the name of an animal, it's not out of bound to think that, tired after one such battle as he was, he misunderstood the name.

I'm not really in favour of editing anything - the current interaction gives both characters a chance to show off more personality, and isn't that always a good thing? ^_^

It's fine either way, haha was just funny to read, but in the meantime.....

Someone's made Foxy angry...... 0.0

Lol, yup, fully functional group with no tensions, what can ever go wrong letting us all speak together :p

Especially as this may be a tense subject with Swift...

Sins of the parents and all that ;)

On the matter of Sabre Fox not knowing - he went to sleep halfway through your discussion with Shining Peacock, didn't he? Or was that after Peacock left?

Anyway, Sabre, Sun Snake is right that Peacock mentioned he had a spy among the Ceners - but he didn't said who it was, or even that it was a woman, I think. Of course, once you know that Rain Feather's mother was among the Ceners and connect it to Peacock's words, it was an easy association to make.

So, you should check the power player thread, Sabre fox (and if you can't, I will as soon as I can) but it's likely that you should have at least suspected, although it makes sense that you wouldn't have made the connection if you hadn't thought about it, as well.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:27, Tue 16 Sept 2014.

Thinking about it, wasn't i on holiday at the time and put Fox to sleep while I was away? Rather appropriate that I missed it in that regard lol

Lol, that would do it!

I think Sabre was too busy being tormented by nightmare seagulls at the time ;)

That sounds about right! As a player I didn't know it was Renora either, as my usual practice is if my character is not in the thread, or is not involved, like sleeping lol, I make it a point not to read it. It's more fun that way to retain total mystery of the game, hence why I didn't refer to it.

On another note, I'm curious, I'm guessing Renora has right hand magic abilities much like our own? Are they freshly inspired or based on the multiplayer game builds like in Forests of Reul?

They're an original set of powers and absolutely different from what you Kai can do. The only thing you and Renora have in common is psychic defenses, and those only because they're a cross-group skill that any player worth worrying about in Magnamund seems to have access to.

I might post the list of Right-Handed Magic spells I created once the game is over, but until then, you'll just have to guess and hope that nothing of what Renora can do is capable of taking you out before you can retaliate. :)

I think I saw some already back in the fight in Argazad actually.
And they just might be that powerful!

I think you've gotten the wrong impression, Swift Fox.

So Dusk Rat was using non-right handed magic? :p

Yep. Kai-Alchemy and others Magnakai Disciplines. They just were being unleashed to the full extent of the power they can manifest.

Should I now set the scene In leading Renora to her departed daughter?

Don't worry Sabre, we know this is just a clever way to throw her off the ship with plausible deniability - go for it :D

Nah, I set the scene - although if you want to add of your own to it, Sabre Fox, you're completely welcome to do so. :)

Wait, skillful manipulator? I think I'm being set up by the GM here! Especially dangerous when Swift Fox is whispering again and potentially looking in Sun Snake's direction.


Sabre Fox is all 'people keep things form me' when Sun Snake's been nothing but honest and it's the character that's slept through or gone over to Drakkars during most of it. And we've heard nothing about what Golden Sparrow is plotting from him...

And Swift Fox is all *glare* 'people are always whispering* *whisper whisper whisper* with the other person who is on Moon Shadow's side....


Sneaky foxes cant be trusted! :p


Pay no attention to the fact Sun Snake has had private conversations with bothe foxes...that's just... co-incidence....

<.<
>.>
O.O


Anyway we all know Renora will kill us all for many reasons or Water Hornet will stab us all in the back for the frequent revelations!

I didn't think anyone else was on Moon Shadow's side...?

And Swift may be always whispering because a certain someone seems to get angry at her when she speaks out openly! ;)

Yeah yeah, Silver Raven is a completely disinterested third party with nothing to do with Moon Shadow :p


And of course Sun Snake needs to yell when it's suggested to kill all the others, he can't openly appear to want to betray everyone else!

Nah, NPCs don't count! ;)

So you mean Sun Snake isn't planning to give everyone flowers and hugs? :)

Does belladonna count as a flower? And does choking count as hugging? Asking...for a friend...

Hmm, funny that, I have a friend who wanted to know if repeated stabbings counted as friendly gestures :)

Funny how Water Hornet and I had similar ideas, just different skill sets to try stuff out.

The fact that you all have different powersets is one of the things that makes the game more interesting. :)

Snake, could you please explain what did you mean by that: "The Grandmaster was me, and I don't recall asking for input." ? I'm a bit slow today (again ^_^)