Dungeon Master Heathy's Carrion Crown

Game Master Heathansson

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Story of my life! :)

Teacher to class of children: "What state do you live in children?"

Calvin (of Calvin & Hobbes fame): "I live in the state of confusion!"

Teacher: ",... "

Teacher: "When he's right, he's right."

Hello everybody. I'm sorry that I've been away for so long, and without communicating. I'd like to come back and start playing Alinya again, if you'll have me.

It'll take me a little while to read up on 450+ posts of horror, adventure, and investigation.

PS - thanks to AinvarG for spurring me out of the cycle of self-doubt about asking to come back.

Glad to see you! Alinya is too good a character to just let her disappear. I had to ask.

In other news, um, how well can Satari swim?

Yeah I never imagined Alinya would leave us for good.

It's all good; I'd've asked but I didn't want to be a kvetch.

Apparently I don't have that concern. I'll kvetch until they tell me "NO, LEAVE ME ALONE!" ;-)

Heh, your better than I am.
I'll kvetch even AFTER they tell me that! :)

Welcome back Will!

Thank you all, it's nice to be back :-)

Now to catch up on posts!

Caught up. Good investigating!

Just FYI, My kidney surgery went well (As well as such things go) And I am now able to sit up long enough to check email.
:)

Hopefully will soon be able to sit up long enough to post posts.
;P

Hope everyone is doing well,

~Rags (Ken)

Just FYI, My kidney surgery went well (As well as such things go) And I am now able to sit up long enough to check email.

:)

Hopefully will soon be able to sit up long enough to post posts.
;P

Hope everyone is doing well,

~Rags (Ken)

I have been so caught up in things in my life, I totally forgot about your surgery. I am so glad hear things went well. My mother-in-law similarly got good news after her heart procedure. Hoping you both continue getting good reports.

Good to hear, Ken. I hope recovery and followup go as smoothly.

Thanks guys,

I completely understand AinvarG, I've been very self-centered lately since my health and our financial situation went down teh toilet drain,... :P

In the good news area, I only had to get rid of like 10% of my kidney to get rid of a tumor the size of a golf ball. So I'll call that an even trade.
:)

Be back solidly soon I hope.
(Just in time to get busy at work,... sheesh, it never ends!) ;P

that's good, i would call that an even trade as well

Tenro, I remember a while back you were interested in a spider-themed ninja archetype. If you have a few bucks to spare, look here!

Ooh nice I will check it out!

Ack, opening night for Wiz of Oz!

SO much for any sleep.

If I vanish, [Swarzzenegger} "Ah'll be Back"[/Swarzzenegger]

;P

Notes to self.

Spells to acquire:
lvl 1
shield
mount
obscuring mist
summon monster I
detect charm
detect undead
cause fear
ray of sickening
enlarge person
And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.

lvl 2
book ward
acid arrow
stone call
web
blood transcription
blur
haunting mists
false life
bear's endurance
bull's strength
cat's grace
darkvision
fox's cunning
knock
make whole
owl's wisdom
spider climb

lvl 3
cloak of winds
magic circle against evil
phantom steed
sleet storm
spiked pit
stinking cloud
arcane sight
blood biography
clairaudience/clairvoyance
displacement
illusory text
invisibility sphere
loathsome veil
major image
vision of hell
gentle repose
halt undead
howling agony
ray of exhaustion
vampiric touch
excruciating transformation
fly
haste
magic weapon, greater
secret page
slow

Items to craft:
Spectacles of Understanding - needs comprehend languages
Slippers, Feather Step - needs feather step
Headband of Intelligence - needs fox's cunning
amulet of natural armor - needs barkskin
Cloak of the Hedge Wizard - Necromancy - needs ray of enfeeblement
pearl of power - no requirement
efficient quiver - needs secret chest
scabard of vigor - needs greater magic weapon

it was mostly just a love of fire and the fact that these buildings are pretty shoddily made.

and i figured if there was a fire in an inhabited building, t would be a chance for Rholf and Master Drood to be all heroic! hahaa

Well played sir bug, well played,... ;P

i didnt see any perception rolls that beat my stealth roll anyhow... heh heh heh heh.... NYEH HEH HEH HEH

Yes,... much to the dismay of Edwin's ego. :(

A Note on Names Dromites have no gender, and thus their names are not divided between male and female. Generally, a dromite has a personal name, a caste name, and a homestead name - typically a hive city.

Personal Names Niks, Rask, Sask, Neksak, Leksa, Heneks, Seleks, Seksa, Aksa, Olak, Leik, Svek, Hakkor.

Caste Names Fire, Glimmer, Ice, Shatter, Thunder, Flash, Lightning, Sunspark, Icespear, Stormstrike.

Cool.
As I noted in the thread, I thought perhaps the Dromite names tended to be literal. And that would have been funny, considering I have always pronounced 'Leik' as 'Like'.

That might have been just too embarrassing for our erstwhile detective to have missed. :)

So where are the Dromites from? What source I mean? Advanced Race Guide?

Question for the group,

I'm Finally getting around to catching up all of my PbP PC character sheets. (I was like, 3 levels behind on a certain druid) ;P

You have probably noted that Edwin doesn't have all of the combat support that a normal bard has. Detective trades the song of Combat bonus for the song of out-of-combat bonus. Certainly helpful in this AP so far, but not helping make him a heavy hitter. And he probably never will be.

But so far, his assisting by tripping, disarming and otherwise keeping bad guys occupied seems to have been useful. Your thoughts?

I will never be a heavy hitter, but I can certainly go the archer route and take feats like rapid shot, multi shot, etc. to provide some ranged punch. Or should I go the whip-master route? Keep em off balance for others to pound on?

I'm not married to either idea, and could probably go a mix of feats for a little of both. As long as Ed remains useful in combat, and gets to annoy, I mean educate, his fellows, I'm happy! :)

I just thought that this is about the level where we start to get 'serious' with the bad guys, (as evidenced by the vamp nest) and I want to make sure that he remains useful in combat, even if he is only going to be providing support.

Ah I probounced it lake.

And they are from the psionics books by dreamscarred press.

Re: Edwin, as I believe you told me once, play what you want to play. That said, we are weak for ranged options and your tactical options make the rest of us more effective. Free attacks? Yes, please.

Leik is actually as close to a tank as we have and his thrown soulknives are our primary ranged threat other than Alinya's spells. We have bows and crossbows, but the wielders don't use them much.

I could totally see you using Improved Trip and Improved Disarm to affect the enemy's ability to affect us. Note that since we will probably see a lot of creatures with natural weapons, I would suggest you focus on the trip feats over disarm feats, but it's all up to you.

Play what you want to play. We could use either, but the whipmaster might be a better fit because it makes the rest of us better in combat. Who needs Inspire Courage, anyway? We have Mr. Drood!

;-)

Heheh, At first I did try to pronounce it 'Leek', but seeing how it was spelled, my mind just juxtaposed the e & i and turned it into 'Like'.
:)

Huh, I keep seeing that book on the website. I'll have to check it out.

Heh,
Well said Pixie, well said. :)

I can totally see Drood being disdainful of ranged attacks, preferring to focus upon his whip work. But then pulling out his bow and turning a BBEG into a pincushion when necessity dictated.

His line?
"See? I told you bows were no good. They take all the fun out of a fight!"
:)

I am planning on taking the Pyrokineticist prestige class, and one of the perks is being able to make your mind blade into a whip of flame (go to 5:53 if you dont want to watch the whole thing)

Now, i won't be getting too deep into the actual feat support for whips like improved trip, etc. But i will also have a whip. I was planning to play it as Leik liking Mr. Drood's trademark whip.

woah. kids don't try at home.

Whoah, cool,

Heck, I hurt myself with regular whips! Don't let me try that!
:)

Ah MAster's of the Universe, I miss the 80's movies. They were fun. :D

huzzzah!!

huzzzah!!

Brilliant! Right up to the elephant, you bricky chuckaboo :)

Hello,

Busy busy of late.....

some guy was reading our game for a year; wanted to know if he could play.....reckon you guys need a fighter guy around about now....

no qualms here.

Someone else to hide behind? I mean, to assist in our investigations?

Certainly, no complaints here.

Yarp.

I have a work-related formal dinner event to attend tomorrow night, coupled with a project that I have been working on whose culmination is tomorrow morning. As such, my posts may be sparing for the next 48 hours. "Bot" me as needed, although I don't anticipate that being necessary.

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Welcome back. And I have no concerns with a new hire. Especially if frontliner is what he is interested in playing. I wouldn't want to force someone into a role they didn't want to play, of course.

Hi all, just thought I´d drop by! I will be joining you as soon my character is ready.
First time poster, but as Heathy said I´ve been following the game thread for some time. I will be playing either an inquisitor or a magus (most likely the latter). Opinions and suggestions welcomed in both cases!

Welcome Istvin. Either an inquisitor or a magus would fit well. Alinya will happily trade spells if you decide on a magus. Might be worth looking through everyone's skills - I think we have many knowledges covered, but it would be great if you could round out a couple of gaps.

Hi Istvin.
Both sound like a good addition. pretty much a win/win for the rest of us. :)

See you soon in the game. (Presuming that Edwin lives through his next save that is!) ;P

Welcome aboard!

Hello! N'Kai looks sweet as :-)

I´ll try and roll N´Kai HPs...

1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 81d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 91d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 81d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 41d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Looks like you got the gist of it.

Hello! N'Kai looks sweet as :-)

Thanks to you, I used Alinya´s character sheet as a guideline ;D

Wow, I am never that lucky with my HP rolls in real life...