DaWay's Legacy of Fire - Howl of the Carrion King
Game Master DaWay

Holy mackerel this fight is rough.

As to khat mentioning that barb is her next class:
I think it would be cool to let the RP of a campaign dictate what class and feats you took next. Like Khat's dance of death and fury indicated her shift into barbarian. Playing a campaign where deciding the future of a build is illegal would be fascinating to me. I'd probably end up with some horribly MAD monstrosity of a multiclassed mess.

Side note: where is Arizhel and all her lovely smiting birds while all this is going down?

As to khat mentioning that barb is her next class:

I think it would be cool to let the RP of a campaign dictate what class and feats you took next. Like Khat's dance of death and fury indicated her shift into barbarian. Playing a campaign where deciding the future of a build is illegal would be fascinating to me. I'd probably end up with some horribly MAD monstrosity of a multiclassed mess.

Side note: where is Arizhel and all her lovely smiting birds while all this is going down?

That is an interesting idea, but some people would hate playing that way. I personally would love it. As for Tolus, I think rogue is very appropriate. He's the guy always in the background, listening. At least until he's smooth talking our way into some place.

Only in very rare case do I actually plan my builds more than a level or two. Most of the time I take what feels natural. I'd already decided to take barbarian for my next level. Khat is getting hit way too often and not hitting often enough, so some extra HP, and the ability to kick it up a notch is going to help. Plus, I like playing characters that hit hard. It's very cathartic.

As for Arizhel, does anyone happen to know if her player's been on recently?

I know she was having a rough time a few weeks ago, I was assuming this is spillover/clean up.

Sorry, had a rough day yesterday. Getting post up now.

62 damage this round from eagles, I think . . . Hopefully the 11 remaining will focus on them and not all of you!

For the general populous:

1) My son has a horribly broken leg, which was re-broken and re-set three weeks ago because the deviation was over 10 degrees. Not sure I understand it all, but that has been a set back.

2) My boss had his leg amputated, which lands his case load on me for the duration of his rehab and recovery. My workload has way more than doubled.

3) I am relocating my home closer to my office (Currently, I commute 135 miles from my home to my office (Missoula Montana to Butte Montana).

4) I have bronchitis.

5) My great aunt died this weekend (Della Dodge for any of you in the Seattle area).

6) I volunteered at the Con this weekend, much more of a time suck than I had anticipated. Thanks to Big Kyle for all his help! (Again, for those of you in the greater Seattle area, great guy your Venture Captain is!)

7) I expect the storm to pass soon, but not before June 23 (the earliest we expect my boss to return to the office).

Now that a Master Summoner is keeping us alive, I don't think I'll think of them as quite so broken from now on. :P

I will be passing through Montana in about 2 weeks time. I will wave as I pass bye and hope you've weathered you're storm well.

Oh wow, what a s*%!storm. I hope everything calms down for you soon.

I actually know a bit about broken bones (3 nurses in the family and I'm going into bio medical engineering). Depending on the style of the fracture sometimes it's difficult to get it to heal properly, because if the weight of the body pushes it out of position while it's still broken then the new bone will heal like that, causing long term problems

Wow Arizhel.. when it rains it pours... Hope things smooth out for you soon.

Oh, ouch. I hope that everything gets better for you. Especially on the injury front.

Indeed. That's one crazy list of crazy you've got there. My sympathies.

Holy bacrapnutz! That makes me stressing over my impending third baby boy look like nothing lol.

I only have a girl. I think my chances of serious physical trauma are less than if I had a little boy (knock on wood)

I only have a girl. I think my chances of serious physical trauma are less than if I had a little boy (knock on wood)

Don't worry, the emotional truama more than makes up for it (I have 2 of each).

I just realized that I've been forgetting about 1d6 worth of sneak attack this whole time! Oh, wow! I feel stupid now.

Yeah, I took Superior Summons and I forgot to add 1 to each summon, so there are three fewer eagles than there should be, but I think eight is enough. (Yay bad 80's puns!)

Okay, I think I need to give you a heads up.

I've been having emotional and anxiety issues for a while now. I'm seeing a psychiatrist Wednesday, and hoping that I can get something working out. I'm okay, I'm not about to go kill myself. (I've experienced what that does to family left behind, and why I am very much against suicide.)

On top of this I've been having issues with my faith. I am a Christian, and I've been having a series of crises of faith for the past few months to a couple of years. I'm not like one of the WBC people. I do believe that pre-marital sex, pornography, and homosexuality are sins, but I'm not about to go around saying "God hates F*$#!" He doesn't and neither do I. The only difference between me and someone who's not a Christian is that I have asked for the forgiveness that God has already offered. I've been scared in the past to speak about this on these boards, especially when I see some of the comments in threads that talk about religion. I know I'm most likely in the minority here, but I'm hoping that you see me as the same person now as before. The only thing that's changed is I'm trying to be more honest. I'm trying to open up and let people see the whole picture, instead of the bits I try to keep polished.

I'm telling you all this because I had a bit of breakdown this evening, and an epiphany. I'm using this game, these boards, and my computer as an escape. I've built a wall around myself and I need to start tearing it down. I need to be honest with you and myself. I've done such a good job closing myself off, that I didn't realize what I was doing until tonight when I had to have a heart to heart with my mom.

I'm telling you this to let you know that my posting is probably going to drop, maybe even drastically. I don't want to cut any of the games I'm in, but that may mean the GM has to GMPC my character. I'm going to be going though a long process, and it may mean that I do have to drop games so I'm not crippling myself.

Anyway. I hope that you all understand and can bear with me while I get this mess sorted out. I'm okay. I just need to work through this.

Those are some very heavy issues to deal with, Adam.... I wish you well through your healing process. Take care.

I'm right there with ya, buddy, at least Spiritually. I'm a Christian too (who shares the views mentioned) and I understand completely what you're talking about. I haven't been influenced by a suicide, but I get what you're saying. If you need someone who shares your views, I'm here, though I'm no therapist.
I guess I'm saying I'm a sympathetic ear, if you need one.

While I do not share your views I can sympathize with your situation. Get yourself sorted out, this is just a game, it's for fun, you being comfortable with who you are is more important to me than how many times a day you post. We will be here when you feel the time is right.

Thank you. Sometimes knowing you're not alone is enough to help.

I've been there before buddy. I hope things begin to unfold for you, best of luck

DeWay - I took two-weapon fighting as my feat during level up and was hoping to find a small sized kukri from the goblin vendor before it turned into a brawl instead. So...if I were to be able to find one at some point so I can make use of my feat, that would be awesome.

Just sayin'.

No prob we can role play, what I think might be a fun little scene.

I'm glad there was finally some objection to my actions back there. I was expecting more of that and less...approval. I'm pretty sure that's the most evil act any of my characters has done in a PbP, and Kara's true neutral.

I don't expect evil acts like that will happen often, as her first instinct was and always is to do things the nice (right) way. But she's in a terrible mood at the moment, after having her diplomatic success ruined and then nearly dying because of it, so I figured it would be fairly natural for her to lash out like that.

Taldor's initial reaction was 'Oh she just killed one of those, big deal' and then i planned on having him think back on it and talk to you later so you didnt feel like we were all ganging up on you

I'm just glad for the excelent RP opportunity. :)

I also like how this divided along the slave - free axis. Good stuff. :D

did Kara actually pay him for the kukri? I thought you said she didn't, now you're saying you gave him what he asked for.. so I'm confused.

Trying to keep the IC thread a bit free from this discussion - here's what Kara meant:

At the beginning of the bargaining, Kara warned the goblin of the consequences of trying to cheat her (i.e. losing an ear/getting sliced up). He then proceeded to do just that, so she followed through with her threat. So when she said he got what he asked for, she meant he had asked for the stabbing by doing exactly what Kara had told her would lead to it.

Make sense?

Malak is Chaotic neutral so he's like "meh, what's for dinner?"

heh.... it's all good.. just be glad Fionn isn't LG lol, she'd be REALLY pissed.

She scowls and looks around at the group. "Bunch of hypocrites with your finger pointing and calling evil. While you're at it, why aren't any fingers being pointed at Khat? I had just secured safe passage without bloodshed when she almost got us all killed...."

Boom. Headshot.

As her player, I have to applaud you on hitting that out of the park. Now I have to get her response made.

Haha, you thought you were gonna get away with that one, didn't you? Looking forward to the response. I gotta say, the RP today has been awesome fun. Also, the expression on your avatar's face looks perfect for the situation.

DaWay - have a safe trip - hope it is all quiet and uneventul, and that arrive safely in Seattle.

as for the bargained price, Kara, did you miss the post where daway said the goblin came down to normal market price for the kukri?

No, didn't miss it, but since it didn't really play out clearly, I took some liberties with it. "Too little, too late" kind of thing. As soon as she discovered he was trying to sell her a non-magical weapon for over twice its cost, she made her move.

Haha, you thought you were gonna get away with that one, didn't you? Looking forward to the response. I gotta say, the RP today has been awesome fun. Also, the expression on your avatar's face looks perfect for the situation.

Well it's up. Here's hoping I didn't disappoint, or go overboard.

Nice. This is good stuff. Now...shoot. How to fix Khat.

The drama in this group is going to get Juicey! I can feel it. TV dramas got nothin on us. :P

Kara, just an FYI, if Khat ever finds out what you did, she's not going to be happy. Especially since she hates, hates being a slave.

Do you mean casting a spell to compel her? The way I'm playing Kara, she doesn't even know she's a spellcaster. So in essence, by including the suggestion spell, it's just adding a mechanical rule for how well she's trying to motivate you to get up and go. Or in other words, the spell components were touching you gently and speaking to you, urging you to get up.

So she's at least not consciously trying to force you to do anything by magical means.

While that makes great flavor, I think the rules don't really work that way. Besides, to Khat it doesn't matter whether you think it's magic or not, but what you did. She's been a slave for almost as long as she can remember. She's strong willed, and if she ever figures out that you were using magic or she succeeds her will save, things are going to get heated pretty quick. To her, her mind is the only thing she has left that's hers, and using magic to compel her to do something is tantamount to enslaving the one part that's remained free.

Besides, I picture Kara as the type who would use a spell if she felt it was needed to get someone to do what they wanted, but if you wanted to use a mechanic, Diplomacy would work. Your modifier is probably high enough that it would influence Khat anyway.

On the road today at 4:30'to get to Billings for a CLE at 7:30. If you are in billings mt this afternoon, I'll buy you a coffee somewhere.

Am on all times and I am not a morning person.

Shrugs. The rules don't say WHAT the spell components are, just that they exist. I don't think there's anything wrong with taking some liberties with them, especially things like enchantment spells from anyone who isn't a wizard. Now granted, someone could still make a spellcraft check to identify what she's doing as a spell (because it IS a spell, after all) she doesn't consciously know that what she's doing is magic. She just thinks she's really persuasive.

Granted you're right, she probably is the type who would use magic to serve her purposes in such situations. But that's not the case at least as far as her intentions go currently. Now if you were to take some ranks in spellcraft, or if someone else used spellcraft to notice that Kara's casting spells, then your fears would be justified. But Kara would honestly be just as surprised as you are.

I've already run all of this by DaWay, by the way, and he's on board with the idea, so I think we're good.

Never said it was wrong, just that I don't think the rules work that way, although there's a good bit of leeway. Anyway, if Daway is on board then everything's golden. I was just under the impression that if you succeeded a will save you knew something was going on.

I am back home, no coffee for the GM

4:30 am - 1:30 am work days rock!

Ha! I just arrived in billings. Will be going through the rest of Montana tomorrow.

And I am more about the flavor of the story than the rules. The rules only make it fair. As far as Kara's magic goes as long as she meets the requirements of the spell it can come of anyway she wants. Such as wrapping a foot to CLW or dancing seductively for suggestion/fascination. It's all cool.

It's not really an issue, and it's not a big deal, but maybe it'd be good to have some baddy try to do something similar to Khat. The reaction should provide a piece of the puzzle for Kara once she realizes she can cast spells.

Is everyone ready to die horribly at the hands of the big dude with the sword? I think he should catch up to us pretty soon.