Once the elder sister has entered her trance, the younger sits before her and begins croaking like a frog, as if speaking to the tranced elder.  Every few seconds, she bows forward from her seated position, rubs her hands on the dry ground, and then on her face.

[Private to GM: Entreating the frog god for rain to permit the dance of worship.
05:14, Today: Elaina Grattan rolled 15 using 3d6.  Religious Ritual (Frog God) (11 + 1 extra time).]

Jednesa sees them miming being frogs, pick up a five gallon tun, gently 'sneaks' up behind the younger sister, and starts to slosh water over them and the ground.

Masugatan hops after Val while croaking and sticking his tongue out.

The younger sister, on finding mud to rub on her face instead of dust, looks upward with a hopeful expression -- and sees the ogress sloshing water from a bucket.

"Oh, stop, Jednesa.  We're praying for rain for our worship."  She doesn't seem to mind being wet or muddy, just that it's not actually rain.

"Now, please, let me get back to it.  You'll be welcome to dance with us if the frog god grants it."

With that, she resumes swaying and croaking at the elder sister, who doesn't seem to have noticed anything.

In reply to Elaina Grattan (msg # 365):

Christine watches the scene in amusement...

"Oh, sorry."  She starts to step away and then stops, "But Frog is wet, Toad is dry.  Would not Frog prefer devoted sisters be in wet place to bring Frog attention?"

"Oh, yes, frog is wet.  That's why Holiness had chosen the wetter place to camp, but I have to agree, the mosquitoes are inconvenient.  Still, it doesn't look as if we'll have rain tonight -- but we don't have enough water to use this way, either.

"Thank you for trying, though."  She reaches out for Jednesa's hand, draws it toward her face, and presses her cheek against the huge knuckles.  "You're a good friend, Jednesa."

"Oh, okay.  Jednesa like frog girls too."  She starts to go put the barrel back on the cart, "Jednesa has three more barrels of water if that would be enough?"

there has been a lot of good RP. 5pts to everyone

OOC: Sweet!  Thanks.

OOC: Excellent!  PM incoming for Narrator as well.

"Thank you again for the offer, Jednesa.  We might take you up on that at some point, but I honestly don't know if the god would accept our dance that way.  It's not something that's come up before.  We'd need to ask Holiness after she's done with her trance."

In reply to Elaina Grattan (msg # 373):

Emma smirks at the ritual before her for the frog god. As a priest of Helios, she is glad her god does not ask the same, but it is definitely amusing.

She prays to the sun as it sets instead.

[Private to GM: Thank you for the extra points. I need to add up Christines to calculate Emmas exactly, but will refrain from spending them for now.

If Christine was to spend 4 points to improve Emma to a 75% Ally, how would that play out?]
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In reply to Emma Wilson (msg # 374):

Thesun fades from the horizon...
[Private to Emma Wilson: I have done this once before, raising a presumed 62pt character to 125, but going to 187+.... hmm we could boost a level or two of PI, add a holy ability like intuition, divine, and maybe add a spell]

Once again Jednesa is happy taking middle watch.

"We'll take either first or last watch, as long as it's together."

Masugatan offers to take whichever watch is left over, and tries to persuade Val to take it with him.  Two pairs of eyes are better than one, after all.

In reply to Masugatan (msg # 378):

Emma is happy for the first watch.

[Private to GM: I was thinking that, yes a level of PI, a level or two of IQ, Combat Reflexes and an energy reserve, and some cp for later use and a few spells.]

In reply to Emma Wilson (msg # 379):

Valerie  snorts. "Duh, we take last watch so I can get breakfast started."

[Private to Emma Wilson: PI is 10, IQ +1 is 20, combat reflexes is 15, er is 3 per +1. new spells depend, save remaining points. it might be better to get thr extrs PI as that unlocks spells. keep in mind that Helios is the god of sunlight, laughter, and music, and not incineration]
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"So, Holy Sister and I, with Emma, for first watch, Jednesa and Christine? for middle, and Masugatan and Valerie for last?  Holy Sister will cast her Watchdog before people begin to bed down, as usual."

[Private to GM: 13:33, Today: Elaina Grattan rolled 8 using 3d6.  Watchdog, radius 8, (13).]

Masugatan almost makes a sausage joke, but stops himself before it’s too late.  Still, you notice him snickering about… something.

In reply to Masugatan (msg # 382):

That sounds about right.

Looking at overall, point increase of 147 to 220, +2 IQ [40], +1 PI [10], Combat reflexes [15], +3 [9], Spells +2 [2]

In reply to Christine Bjorn (msg # 383):

If this is acceptable, let me know and I will go ahead and make the change... she already has PI 5, so it can't increase more than 1, can it?
This message was last edited by the player at 01:10, Tue 07 Sept 2021.

OOC:  Just a note, Elves can buy their own three levels, and Sean Punch (the author of DF) has said that explicitly they're supposed to stack... but there are arguments that have been made against it in the GURPS forum community (and we have no idea if Gwythaint like it or not).  If Gwythaint says "Elf 3 levels and Wizard 6 levels can stack" that's a significant potency for the Elf Wizards.

Relevant Kromm quote here: http://forums.sjgames.com/show...356&postcount=45

And I know you're asking Gwythaint, but my "Hey I have a Kromm quote handy" button triggered.

In reply to Jednesa (msg # 385):

Lol, thanks, but I am pretty sure Power Investiture does not stack with Margery of any stripe..