Argor Constantine |
Sorry for the silence. On top of being busy, the keyboard on my phone stopped popping up. Made it impossible to post from work on quiet stretches.
Argor Constantine |
Leveled up Argor.
Bought a headband of Int +4, and retrained some skills, as well as began a 2nd spellbook.
DM Jelani |
You large fools, I would suggest narrow frame. I would allow you guys to take it, since you are kind like magical beasts.
Otherwise that belt thing works. It's just that the majority of hallways everywhere are 5' wide and you're in a huuuge city.
Cladissa l'Velorryan |
Handwave the wedding?!? Blasphemy! We have to have the wedding! And bachelor/bachelorette parties! Imagine Gianluca, Hrimnagel and Grommuk taking Argor out for a guy's night! And Imrizade going out with Sabrina, Cladissa and Nyugelle! It's comedy gold!
Argor Constantine |
It's not something I wanted to even suggest, mind you. Just with at least 3 of us having reported in recently about being busy, I didn't want to try to force something that could drag on and on due to slow posting. Nevertheless, I will try and work on the biggest part of the post now, and that way, I should be able to post quick replies via phone or tablet.
Argor Constantine |
Leaving some room open for you to dictate some things about the Wedding, Jelani, if you would like. Namely, Argor would have let Imrizade (or her house's servants) handle the arrangements and venue, with his own lending whatever assistance may be required of them.
Also, am leaving some room in the timeline for others to toss in whatever else they'd like to do, namely Cladissa had mentioned taking Imrizade on a "night on the town" bachelorette party style, so am leaving some room for that as well, should they wish it.
I do not see Hrimnagel or Gianluca really having an interest in showing Argor a good time via a bachelor party, nor do I picture Argor being interested in one.
Sabrina Henderson |
Updated Evolutions:
Base: +3 Str; +3 Dex; +6 Natural Armor
Extra Head - 2 Points
Large Size (+8 Str, -2 Dex, +4 Con, +2 Natural Armor) - 4 Points
Natural Attack: Slam - 1 Point
Skilled: Intimidate - 1 Point
As Thron informed me last night, when a Large or bigger creature Polymorphs, they first adjust their physical stats based on a table in the Polymorph Subschool section and then apply the benefits of the Polymorph effect.
I originally took +2 Dex so that I would keep the benefits of Paired Partners with Wild Shape as a Large Animal/Dire Wolf; from what I learned, it was redundant. By RAW, Sabrina gains +2 Dex when her stats are adjusted and then immediately loses it from Wild Shaping. She also takes a -4 to Str but regains it via Wild Shaping. The only major loss is a -2 to Con.
Given the nature of this discovery, I have decided to drop the +2 Dex Evolution and grab some other ones.
Argor Constantine |
Lurking
DM Jelani |
I meant, where is Rutai going to look for her? The Blakros's have tons of property on Kortos split between Diobel and Absalom, and if you look at the post where she left, she didn't say which one she was going to. He could go to the main estate, where the feast was. Or he could ask Argor's staff if she'd been back at all as she mentioned. [sarc]Or he could brute force it and spend the next week flying to every house, villa and apartment owned by them on the island.[/sarc]
Argor Constantine |
I figured he'd start at the most likely source of their main estate. If he couldn't find her, he'd ask around there who last saw her, and where she was headed, and follow the trail until he lost it or found her, at which point, he'd return to Argor and report.
DM Jelani |
If you want to get married, I want you more involved in the wedding itself. I ain't planning your wedding for you. I know you don't have a lot of time right now, which is fine. Seems we're not in a hurry.
You have wide latitude to do what you want location and ceremony wise. The guests you mentioned before will have all RSVPed and will be attending. The wedding of one of the famous Freaks to one of the Blakros daughters is bound to be an even more extravagant affair than that of Michellia and Damien. At least that's the expectation in the high class social circles, and salon gossip.
Argor Constantine |
That's fine with me, you know I am always apprehensive about using premise NPC's as my own RP fodder though, hence my lack of posting any "on camera" RP regarding the wedding planning.
However, I figure there has been some "behind the scenes" interaction, and not Argor leaving her out of the loop in regards to his interactions when not on mission. So, regarding the "fiancé is mad" scene you've alluded to, do you want to have me do both sides RP, or you handle hers, or what?
Argor Constantine |
So, due to from the fact that I JUST now got home from my 12 hour shift that should have ended 2.5 hours ago because one of my patients decided to try and die on me at shift change...I won't be able to post that researched info as promised. On top of that, my grandmother has gotten very sick and may not make it very long either.
As such, I would appreciate a bit of help on the wedding planning research from any of you interested, willing, and with the free time to do so. Any of you who want, feel free to post some suggestions regarding the wedding details for me to peruse and soon as I can, I'll add my own research to the mix and settle on some decisions.
CladissaVelorryan |
Sorry to hear that! I'll see what I can add to the wedding planning if you'd like.
I'm back from my trip and I should be posting the next part of Cladissa's events this evening. I'll try to work in some background wedding details as well.
DM Jelani |
I've got my real life game today as well as a bunch of other stuff, so don't expect anything from me for a couple days at least. I'd like Gianluca to be able to get at least one more post in before we end downtime, AND Hrim will need to introduce his new character to the team. Maybe we can do that at the wedding to save time?
Gianluca the Honeyed |
Sorry to be so scarce!
And Thron, very sorry to hear your grandmother has taken a turn for the worse.
Work + family commitments have conspired against me. I'll be busy...for a while more, honestly. (We'll have guests over at our house every evening this week...and then I fly to NYC for work for a week. Actually, once I'm in the air on Sunday I *might* have a bit more time, since I'm flying without family this time.)
I'll try to get a bit in there before that too though.
And, y'know, to level up.
Argor Constantine |
Couldn't sleep, and was trying to read through some stuff about Absalom for wedding tidbits. Couldn't really find anything specific, so I guess I am just going to have to come up with something without cannon input.
I kinda had a really neat idea for a venue...but would require some concessions from you, Jelani.
Assuming a wedding of a Blakros and a Varlokkur is expected to be an extravagant ordeal, could it be possible to have the wedding take place within a created demiplane explicitly for the occasion? That way, we can describe it as literally just about whatever we want, without requiring being tied to any location in the city. Also, from an in-character perspective, it is a flashy, gaudy, over-the-top wedding venue that is somewhat expected of such prestigious members of society that would be impossible to duplicate...or forget.
If allowed, I'm thinking something along these lines:
A perfectly serene and beautiful tropical paradise, with the edges of the demiplane having views of an expansive blue ocean and islands, distant picturesque mountain ranges, etc. A well prepared and elegant site will be prepared within the demiplane for the ceremony, including a performance stage for musicians, a well manicured dance area, banquet tables, and of course the ceremony itself. The temperature will be warm enough for summer attire, but not overbearingly hot so as to cause anyone to sweat. Hired staff would be on hand to tend to anyone's needs, obviously.
As for features granted by the demiplane spells, I'm thinking the following:
-Portal (from Create Greater Demiplane) - bound to a marble archway located within the gardens of Verde Heights that, once the spells durations ended, would just serve as a nice reminder of the ceremony.
-Bountiful (from Create Demiplane) - to create real vegetation and natural features like beaches, palm trees, gentle streams, tropical flowers, etc.
-Seasonal (from Create Demiplane) - to give Argor control of the temperature, lighting, and such of the demiplane. For example, for the ceremony, he could will it to be a clear, perfect day, and as the ceremony wound down to the reception, he could will the sun to set and a beautiful, cloudless night full of stars and a picturesque moon over the ocean would gradually come into existence.
-Shape (from Create Demiplane) - to make it so the whole plane naturally loops in on itself, so that while the plane has set limits, any guests walking about could continue to have the sensation of a limitless paradise that just conveniently loops back on itself.
Is this TOO over-the-top for their wedding?
DM Jelani |
The problem would be finding someone high enough level to cast those spells.
After scouring the wiki, there was only one NPC I could find that is powerful enough and not a BBEG or on another plane. That's Felandriel Morgethai.
How much prestige you have left?
Argor Constantine |
Going with the assumption that the above is plausible, with an expenditure of some prestige points. Going to make a post about my travels to Diobel. Jealous of the RP my character is not present for. Punks.
Argor Constantine |
Argor would be agreeable to that.
Argor Constantine |
My grandmaw passed away last night. I will post as able.
Gianluca the Honeyed |
Anyone around?
Finally have a window to post, and lurking on roll20
DM Jelani |
Hrim - I know you were borderline about having time to continue in this game. I know Hrim has been basically written out at this point, but I haven't seen any posting from you in a while. Do you think you realistically have time to keep participating? I think I could be satisfied with 3-5 posts a week. If so, we can introduce your new character at any time now. Perhaps he could have been invited to the wedding, or crash the wedding or something...
Argor - I'm basically waiting on you to introduce the wedding scene since I don't know exactly what you have in mind yet. How/when do you want Imrizade to arrive? When should guests begin arriving? Any other stuff I should know going in? If anything is secret you can PM me of course.
Argor Constantine |
Ok, I'll send you what specifics I have planned and get a post up ASAP.
Argor Constantine |
I'm going to say that the Wedding will be on Day 12.
Imrizade will return to Absalom on Day 10, to the Blakros estate, to do her final preparations for the ceremony.
What season/month are we in in Absalom? The invitations to the wedding will inform everyone, at the very least, to be dressed for summer weather.