Seers of the Drowned City by Wicked (Inactive)

Game Master Something Wicked

I have updated the main hyrantam map to indicate the location of Parallax University Library. One thing to consider RP-wise is whether to make the journey now in the night, or delay until morning. In addition, you'll also want to plot your course. Do you row west again, across the vastness of Starview Lagoon, or do you dare the ruins to the east, navigating through the more numerous ruins leading north into Old Hyrantam?

Night-time didn't seem to hamper us too much last time, so I'm not much bothered with traveling at night again, although I'm not opposed to day travel either. As to route, I'm not too concerned about that either, although it seems like we're more likely to run into trouble among the more numerous ruins.

Dima you are adorable!

As to the way we travel I honestly do not care one way or the other. WE have time so the ruins could be great fun. Traveling in the daylight might be safer but the safe way is sometimes not the fun way ;)

Sorry guys busy week! Updates coming tomorrow!

Hi guys! I just wanted to acknowledge that my posting rate, across the board, has suffered in recent weeks. I'm taking an important exam at the end of this month and have amped up my study schedule, which means I often have to push my posting aside more often than I'd like to. I hope that come May I'll be back to posting (almost) daily again. In the meantime, please bear with me :).

Also, I was hoping to see Shearwater interact with Eryssala before moving on :).

I think we all are hoping for that :)

And thank you for the heads up. Good luck on the test.

Sorry about that. I really had to think about how Shearwater would react!

It should be noted that Dima's thoughts do not necessarily reflect the more cautious opinions of his player...but his voice is awfully loud so I had to write it ;)

It should be noted that Dima's thoughts do not necessarily reflect the more cautious opinions of his player...but his voice is awfully loud so I had to write it ;)

Don't worry - Kwesi's here to play wet blanket. ;)

I am having some family drama / emergencies so please bot me if need be.

The family emergency turned into a death so please bot me if I am not posting. I will most likely go though bouts of frequent posting and then none at all for a while.

My condolences. Take all the time you need!

Wow, Mal, so very sorry to hear that you've lost someone :(. We'll be thinking of you.

That sucks hard. Best to you and yours working through it.

My condolences, wishing you all the best.

Thank you all. I should be back to posting monday though it will be sporadic throughout the remainder of this month. So if need be please bot Mal when I am not posting regularly,

I should be able to get back to posting at least a few times a week. My apologizes for the delay. I am having to move in with my brother, his fiance, and my two nieces. This is pure madness.

Welcome back. You just missed the silence of studying. :)

Is it weird that I think I miss that?

Mal, we're not using the roll20 map for this fight (yet) since everyone is presumably still in their boat, and the current map on roll20 is of the balcony. I simply placed the tokens on the map for future use. This is a theater of the mind encounter, so don't worry if the map doesn't make sense with what I wrote.

Gotcha. I am sad a 24 misses. Someone magic them to death!

Uhhhh.....woopsie!

I'll be out all day tomorrow, and won't be able to post until the weekend.

The library does indeed contain helpful info, but it will be a big post that I'll work on today/tonight. In the meantime, if you want to continue RP, assume you find some books. They're written in common, as best I can tell.

What, Taldane? That seems odd. Didn't Lirgen have its own language?

I can't find a listing for it online, but I'll check my books later. I'm sure there are translation rules we can play with.

I don't ever recall seeing any mention of it in an official source either, so this might be as close as we're going to get. Unless there is something in the adventure itself, of course.

Shearwater, at least, knows both Osiriani and Polyglot, so we've got that going for us. Shearwater can also prepare comprehend languages, in case the books are written in something more esoteric.

Thanks for that link, it certainly clarifies things.

There's no specified language for Lirgen in any of my resources, including the ISWG and Lost Kingdoms. We are told that Lirgen and Yamasa were settled by travelers from Rahadoum, whose inhabitants speak Common and Osiriani. Shearwater's knowledge of Osiriani and Polyglot would seem to be enough.

Unless..you wanted to make it more mysterious. Then we could insert our own fiction into the story, that Lirgeni was a dialect of common, and require a linguistics check (probably lower than the 30 suggeested by RAW) to correctly interpret the books?

Lorewise, I can't really imagine a dialect of Taldane being the dominant language in an ethnically Garundi nation. Of course, a Linguistics check might be appropriate if some of the books are written in a particularly archaic form of Osiriani and Polyglot. That would be a bit more believable, if we want to go that route. Either way is fine with me, though in the latter case we might miss out on some important info due to a bad roll.

For light Mal has and Ioun Torch.

Oh yeah Shearwater, you get to keep that Nat 20 for translating the Lirgeni dialect, here and elsewhere. It's appropriate, considering your dreams.

All, what now? Do we go downstairs, or try something else?

For light Mal has and Ioun Torch.

Annnnnnddd...trident!

Yay!

I could summon a small elemental and send it through the pillars, so we can see what they do. Yes/No?

I vote either Dima or Mal goes though. Spells are more useful ;) Also if Dima and Mal are left unwatched for long they will just throw the other through.

I second the bros throwing each other through. ;) Really, I'd offer Kwesi for the task except that with her burn she's less sturdy than her CON suggests. And sending her pet otter through seems a bit cruel. I'd be cool with summoning something small through if you're good with using the spell - it's not a bad way to use a spell. Although it might make some sense to throw an object through first; it's not guaranteed to trip whatever magic might be there, but it's such a risk-free option that it's worth a shot.

But Dima and Mal could wrestle for it :D

Sun rod sounds wunderbar.

With the time he has left, Shearwater asks the air spirit what it felt as it passed through the pillars.

Did I get answer? I'm thinking that either it succeeded its save against the effect, or was immune to it. If it was the latter, might I be able to deduce what the effect was based on my knowledge of elementals?

Otherwise, I'm good to go on.

Busy day today, so I may not be able to post until tomorrow.

Sorry, caught up with some real life stuff, please continue without me for a bit.

As I bet you've noticed, this adventure contains a lot of "dungeon" exploration. I know in PbP this is tricky b/c it can slow things down considerably. I still think it's fun to let the PCs have "control" over the manner they encounter these areas.

You've all been doing a GREAT job of pushing forward by describing your actions. I just want to emphasize the importance of spelling out actions, especially in relation to objects and spaces, and trying with each post to "accomplish" something relative to the space you're in. Even things like using Perception to check the titles on the shelves is great, as is moving through the space.

I also want to note that the staircase that brought you to this level continues down one more floor. I see now that's not really clear in the description or map. There is another level below!

That was going to be something I asked about.

Poke.

Busy afternoon, so I won't be able to post until tomorrow.

Not sure if I was on purpose or an editing error but my statue did nothing in your post though it did move. The middle one you called the third. Just letting you know. I am assuming that bucket of rust missed me :)

Oh, I typed Dima instead of Mal. It moved and took a swing at you :).

Stupid website keeps dying on me. Thirty minuets to finish my post.

But Mal is so much better looking than Dima!

Well seeing as how that's probably true, Mal's pretty pucker-face doesn't matter as Dima can always fall back on his charming and irresistible personality!

You made me think of this! Also I have charm! I can be endearing!

Poke.

Need Round 1 actions from Schist, Shearwater, and Dima. I really don't wanna bot 3 players :(...