Nebten Presents: "The Harrowing" (Inactive)

Game Master Nebten

Ooh, I actually quite like that "letter O" answer. Could be.

This is a definitely a tough one, only one line and one hint.

I feel like air is the "obvious" answer. That in itself makes me shy away from it.

song doesn't particularly "fit" into something, which is why I would say that's not it.

I am also assuming no in-game shenanigans will circumvent these riddles. (IE, bluff, SM, etc)

Ok, let's put it to a vote to get final consensus:

1) Something sound-based (a word, a song, silence, etc.)

2) The letter O.

3) Air.

4) Something else.

#2!

Light.

How intriguing and this is only the second riddle. =v)

I find that one pretty open ended. Obvious to the riddler is not obvious to the riddley.

riddlee, riddlie.... none of them look right. lol. But yes, its a very open ended riddle in my mind with several answers capable of being "right".

much like the old "I run, but never walk" line. River, OR Fence can work there. But if you add "I never move, yet cover large distance" then suddenly Fence is the correct one, as river waters do move.

as an aside, while I want to vote for air, I feel it is wrong, so instead say.... sound. I think the answer is sound. Specifically since we are dealing with what is apparently the "tongue" story-kin.

argument: Sounds fits in your mouth, as it originates from it. It then can easily fill a room. It also encompasses several things, such as song.

judging from our vote, it seems we will each have to give our own answers though :3

My vote's for something sound-related, although the letter O was a close second for me...that puts us at two for sound, one for light, one and a half for the letter O. Shayn, you still alive? Want to cast a vote?

In the interest of moving things along and since I have no support, I will change my vote to sound.

I think that carries it, then - I'll chime in in gameplay.

Sorry guys, I got it wrong. :(

I'm still here, and I continue thinking it's the letter O... As much as the caterpillar thing makes not much sense. The caterpillar thing would just make sense if it was "smoke".

Yeah, let's go with letter O as our second chance answer. I already used up our first chance answer. :/

We were just given an additional hint that it's probably something material. I very highly doubt O is the answer.

That's a good point. With the caterpillar thing, maybe we should go with smoke.

I'll go back to the same "different amounts make a difference" point. A light cantrip can only fill up a mouth, but it can also fill up a room, and it's the exact same thing.

But light runs into the same issue as sound - not really material.

Well technically sound is material, he just decided that hearing didn't count.

stink? bad enough smells can be tasted, and they can certainly fill a room.

as for a material, perhaps water. Water can fit in your mouth, but it can also fill a room.

a liquid.

though if we get the second chance wrong, I've got a riddle for him....

I also thought water for a second; but it doesn't "leap" out at me.

So what's the verdict my little chickadees? Answer in Gameplay when ready.

I'm for light again.

I'll bow to others' opinions - don't have any more ideas.

A caterpillar is a nasty pest that may eat many grains, so a farmer stores his harvest in a very large room.

Me thinks you are becoming as mad as I am, Galstak.

Me thinks you are becoming as mad as I am, Galstak.

I'm not quite sure what it means.

I was just going off your random caterpillar quote.

BTW, say "caterpillar quote" out loud. Sounds weird don't it?

Screw the token, I just want him to tell us what the answer to the riddle is.

Lol! I'll focus in getting the Token, getting the Dinos out and getting us out of there. Not sure I'll have enough rounds of performance but... Let's try hehe!

I'm just stoked to see the full power of performance - my only experience with bards is the guy that took one level of it on his wizard last game and would maybe remember sometimes that he had Inspire Courage.

But yeah, I think even just focusing on the token would be fine. The rest of us can bust Kio out, although getting Mr. Mad Tea Party to let him out peacefully would be nice, too.

Sorry, I'm putting this in all my games. I've been in a pretty bad accident this past Sunday. I'll be alright but I haven't checked any of my threads or games, and likely won't be posting frequently for another few days at best. If that's OK I'd still like to participate. My apologies- rorek55

Oh no! I hope everything is going better for you now.

UNLOCKED! Harrow Tattoos

Each of the 54 cards in a Harrow Deck is linked to an element within the Harrowed Realm, be it a location, a creature, or an event. If the players correctly identify an associations during the adventure, they will receive a boon. If the boon directly effects the players, I will let them know what it is. If the boon directly effects a creature, the players will not be told the penalties(ie -2 to hit and AC to affected creatures). I will try however to describe the effect if such affect is describable. (The Raven clowns appear to be more clumsy).

The players will know if they select the correct tattoo when the card glows green. If they choose incorrectly, the card will glow red.

From now on, I will not be keying the players when they should use the cards. They are going to have to pick-up the clues by the descriptions of the events before them and see if it matches the image on the card. Some of the images are easy to correlate, others can be more difficult. The card also has to be selected at the right time. For example, if a Pathfinder selected the Rakshasa while in the Prophet's Garden, he would have chosen incorrectly.

It takes a Move Action to activate a tattoo on yourself and a Standard Action to activate another PCs tattoo.

I hope this is comprehensive. If there are any questions as to how these mechanics work, please let me know.

This is the highest level martial character I've ever played, and gods, I didn't realize how much bookkeeping there was, especially with a character concept like Kaelin. Just imagine if I was two-weapon fighting on top of all of it. :)

Yah, it even gets crazier at higher level. I played a 2 weapon melee rogue in Living Grayhawk up to level 15. I would frequently play with a buffing wizard and cleric, so I just had a wet board to keep tally of all the bonuses.

HeroLab is a God send for the giantslayer I'm playing in RotRL online. Not only with all the buffs & conditions but then rage condition effecting the character.

Is it sad that I'm so dependent on a digital assistance for a pen and paper game? =v)

I'll just leave this here. :)

Happy to help make things more complicated.

I'm not complaining! =v)

I will say that when I play in person, if I'm playing a caster, I try to stick with buffing instead of de-buffs. I just hate to annoy the DM all the time, and they get saves to boot too.

"Is that at -2? He can only do partial actions. He can only attack green haired cats."

Unless its Feeblemind, which recently just ends combats.

If I had realized she was already sightless, I probably would have picked a different spell then blindness to lead off with. The joys of reading.

I've now attempted to blind her not once, but twice. I concur wholeheartedly. :)

I did intend to have Improved TWF, I'd ask to have the chance to rebuild the character as I hadn't seen the FAQ which made him illegal.

She has preternatural senses of some sort? Blindsight? Echolocation? She seems to have all the benefits of blindness, none of the penalties. I don't think my character would be smart enough to figure out what, but maybe someones character could.

Also, are there any other variant rules other then called shots in play we should be aware of?

Go ahead Tariel. You thinking of just making your last feat Imp TWF?

Not other variant rules that I would use that I haven't listed already in Discussion such as Harrow Deck tattoos. To be honest, outside of Called Shots, I'm not well versed in the other variant rules.

Thanks, I think I'll just rerwork him. Since we won't be leveling much, if at all. If I stay with the original idea it will cost most of my other feats.

Also, it likely has a sort of blindsight or such. So just staying away of anything that relies on 'mundane vision' would be out, and staying away from things that require 'sight' would be safe. Though blindsight can be fooled easily as normal sight by illusions or the like.

In either case your up, Tariel.

Ah, I missed where you discussed called shots. Just trying to catch up to speed.

Challenge is fun! I wish I was rolling a little better, obviously, but I like how the campaign is going so far.

To be honest, I never brought up Called Shots. I apologize if people thought I sprung them on the game. I won't do them any more and I can redact the previous action, if you wish. But in my option, I would leave the last set of actions as is, otherwise Tariel will take more damage.

I don't have a problem with called shots really.