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Male Human Ranger/Soul Weaver 14 | HP 140/144 | AC 31/T19/FF27 | F+16/R+17/W+14 | CMB+22 CMD 41 | PBS 24 PSD 28 | Init+4 | Perc + 18/25 | Influence + 27 | disable device + 25/+32 | Spell Pool: 9/27 | Channel: 8/18 @ 7d6 DC@23: Ray:180 ft. DC@25 | Martial focus @ 1/1 | Feint 3d6 | sneak attack 4d6 | dark slaughter 2d6 | Studied Target 3/+3 | Quarry 1/1 | CLW @ 13/50 | BUFFS: Darkvision and Bless on Torsten

sorry GM TL, I meant two air Mephits


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Is it a long term medication thing or just a flu thing? Or is it none of my business? :P


Male Agathion (Leonal) Gestalt Monk-Paladin (with bardic performance!); Mythic (dual): Archmage/Heirophant

Hypothetically long-term medication. We will see.

I'm just trying to figure out if it's actually the medication or the various illnesses that my family has been passing out like candy on Halloween.

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Male Human Ranger/Soul Weaver 14 | HP 140/144 | AC 31/T19/FF27 | F+16/R+17/W+14 | CMB+22 CMD 41 | PBS 24 PSD 28 | Init+4 | Perc + 18/25 | Influence + 27 | disable device + 25/+32 | Spell Pool: 9/27 | Channel: 8/18 @ 7d6 DC@23: Ray:180 ft. DC@25 | Martial focus @ 1/1 | Feint 3d6 | sneak attack 4d6 | dark slaughter 2d6 | Studied Target 3/+3 | Quarry 1/1 | CLW @ 13/50 | BUFFS: Darkvision and Bless on Torsten

like candy... never really saw that metaphor used for bacteria and virus's before...


Male Agathion (Leonal) Gestalt Monk-Paladin (with bardic performance!); Mythic (dual): Archmage/Heirophant

Heh. We're full of surprises over here. Or maybe I'm just full-of-it...

>.<


Male Agathion (Leonal) Gestalt Monk-Paladin (with bardic performance!); Mythic (dual): Archmage/Heirophant

Welp, I'm wiping out. G'night everybody!


Male Agathion (Leonal) Gestalt Monk-Paladin (with bardic performance!); Mythic (dual): Archmage/Heirophant

Okay, one more edit, and now I'm done...


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Could it be flu medication with long term medication combined together? Maybe they have weird effects.


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Inarus wrote:
Could it be flu medication with long term medication combined together? Maybe they have weird effects.

No worries. I'll sort it out. :)


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Its like you can't take high blood pressure pills and grapefruits at the same time.

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Male Human Ranger/Soul Weaver 14 | HP 140/144 | AC 31/T19/FF27 | F+16/R+17/W+14 | CMB+22 CMD 41 | PBS 24 PSD 28 | Init+4 | Perc + 18/25 | Influence + 27 | disable device + 25/+32 | Spell Pool: 9/27 | Channel: 8/18 @ 7d6 DC@23: Ray:180 ft. DC@25 | Martial focus @ 1/1 | Feint 3d6 | sneak attack 4d6 | dark slaughter 2d6 | Studied Target 3/+3 | Quarry 1/1 | CLW @ 13/50 | BUFFS: Darkvision and Bless on Torsten

well no, swallowing anything with a grapefruit would be dangerous. I mean the grapefruit would be tough enough by itself


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Oh no. You nubcake.

*facepalms*

I meant this

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Male Human Ranger/Soul Weaver 14 | HP 140/144 | AC 31/T19/FF27 | F+16/R+17/W+14 | CMB+22 CMD 41 | PBS 24 PSD 28 | Init+4 | Perc + 18/25 | Influence + 27 | disable device + 25/+32 | Spell Pool: 9/27 | Channel: 8/18 @ 7d6 DC@23: Ray:180 ft. DC@25 | Martial focus @ 1/1 | Feint 3d6 | sneak attack 4d6 | dark slaughter 2d6 | Studied Target 3/+3 | Quarry 1/1 | CLW @ 13/50 | BUFFS: Darkvision and Bless on Torsten
Inarus wrote:

Oh no. You nubcake.

*facepalms*

I meant this

oh, well that could work too seeing it's from Harvard and all...


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And I meant nubcake!

On a more serious note, I know people with High Blood Pressure so one of the things the doctors tell them not to do when they're on meds is not to eat any grapefruit.


Male Agathion (Leonal) Gestalt Monk-Paladin (with bardic performance!); Mythic (dual): Archmage/Heirophant

They do!

It's for different specific reasons, though, but the idea that "things you can't take together" stands.

At present, though, I'm not taking anything else.

Either way, as noted, it'll sort. :)


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I knew there was a really good reason to Never eat grapefruit again...


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I like the last part, "Or you could switch to orange juice instead, which tastes much better."

Grapefruits are sour, and therefore ebul!

Ahhaha. I'm rather sensitive to sour and bitter stuff.

Anyway, off for a swim.


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Just a Mort wrote:

Actually I have no issues with using something that attacked me/my friends for death knell stuff, but if you bought a harmless animal that never did you any harm, just for power, it gets my hackles up.

Unless the character in question is ebul, then yeah, whatever.

*Cough*

I take it, therefore, that you are not a fan of THIS Paizo spell ;-)

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Oh no. That is a blatant violation of animal rights. Do it in front of me and its...

*pounce*
*bite*
*claw*
*claw*


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The real kicker is that they get a penalty on the save if they trust you...

(Although I find it amusing that they put in prices for different kinds of dogs!)


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So, then there was that one time, where I just stayed in bed for almost a full 24 hours, and the rest of which was taken up by family, and then I went to sleep again, and then went out we woke up I went to a forest for a family party, and the only Internet that I had that day was used to make a really grumpy/salty comment, somewhere else that was probably unneeded. And then I got back home again, and the Internet was gone again, until I left the house again to get my son's leg x-rayed.

So, hey, in other news, I am totally not on that medicine anymore!

Also, sorry.

And I'm currently on the phone. I will see what happens from here, and how soon I can update the game. Dang it.

(Sorry.)

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What's up with your son leg with the x-ray?

Forest is good! I like forest! So many fluffy animals!

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Male Human Ranger/Soul Weaver 14 | HP 140/144 | AC 31/T19/FF27 | F+16/R+17/W+14 | CMB+22 CMD 41 | PBS 24 PSD 28 | Init+4 | Perc + 18/25 | Influence + 27 | disable device + 25/+32 | Spell Pool: 9/27 | Channel: 8/18 @ 7d6 DC@23: Ray:180 ft. DC@25 | Martial focus @ 1/1 | Feint 3d6 | sneak attack 4d6 | dark slaughter 2d6 | Studied Target 3/+3 | Quarry 1/1 | CLW @ 13/50 | BUFFS: Darkvision and Bless on Torsten

hey fighting a head cold myself, the question is if were going to go look for said "Grumpy/Salty comment"


Male Agathion (Leonal) Gestalt Monk-Paladin (with bardic performance!); Mythic (dual): Archmage/Heirophant
Just a Mort wrote:

What's up with your son leg with the x-ray?

Forest is good! I like forest! So many fluffy animals!

Hah! I love forests. It's just that they don't tend to have good internet around here...

My son's leg has been hurting (mine often did at his age), and, just because my niece is suffering from sarcoma, the doctor decided it's better safe than sorry. Hence, the x-ray.

Usawoti wrote:
hey fighting a head cold myself, the question is if were going to go look for said "Grumpy/Salty comment"

Hah! It's mostly just me misunderstanding another poster's intent. I've since apologized.

Internet, at present. How nice!


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GM TL wrote:

"Yah: the feather-beak wan'n't down here." adds a dust mephit.

"Right-right." adds another, "I's down tha other way..."

Both mephits pointing to different passageways, right?

Or same passageway?


Well, they're both pointing back toward the five-way cross-roads.

You may possibly assume that it's not the way you came from (that's how you got to the five-way line, and you'd either come from a place, or explored all the dead-ends), or the dead-end room that had no evidence of a bird.

To be clear...

There was a crossroads with five corridors.

- You came from one way. In various passages, you fought two smokey air elementals, a white dragon, and discovered a room of dead stuff, as well as a dead dragon.

- You've explored the "dust mephit" way. It was a dead-end, but you reinvigorated dust mephits.

- You are now in the "air mephit" hallway at another split. Usawoti asked about what lived here, and they noted, "Oh, the other big dawgs. Tha's why y'r here, right? Make 'em go boom?" There were dead mephits along the way.

- The "lightning mephit" hallway is yet unexplored.

- The "smoke mephit" hallway is yet unexplored.


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GM TL wrote:

Right-right." adds another, "I's down tha other way..."

Which other way? I can ask IC


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I thought your son fell down or something during the forest trip, that's why I asked about the x-ray.


GM TL wrote:

Right-right." adds another, "I's down tha other way..."

Inarus wrote:
Which other way? I can ask IC

You'd need to.


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Inarus wrote:
I thought your son fell down or something during the forest trip, that's why I asked about the x-ray.

Hey: nothing wrong with asking! It's kind of you to be concerned. :)


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It was asked IC


Inarus wrote:
It was asked IC

Yup! I've been answering the full series of back-and-forths since posting that (thus haven't seen this post until now), but I always er, usually, uh sometimes, when I remember try to check the Discussion thread first, as it's usually shorter, and easier to respond to. :D

I mean: oh nnnnooooooeeeee~! You've learned my darkest GMing sssseeeeccccrrreeeeeettttssss~! How will I maintain the air of mystiiiique~?!*

* I am not very good at that. It requires being way too formal and serious. :D


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I don't even bother about the mystique part. I really try my best to be as open with my players as I possibly can.

I even tell them when their actions will screw them over...


Inarus wrote:

I don't even bother about the mystique part. I really try my best to be as open with my players as I possibly can.

I even tell them when their actions will screw them over...

Okay, this is actually a good question!

I have tried to avoid meta-knowledge like this, though I also try to give as many hints as I can think of along the way - definitely not always enough, but it has certainly made the game quite interesting so far!

That said, how much would you like the rails highlighted? How much do you want potentially-hazardous decisions made obvious?

(Currently, if something is likely fatal, after a review and my earlier mistake, I have switched policies from earlier, and am planning on noting the disparity, as best I can. I'd still minimize meta-information, like numbers, but try to mention things like having strange suspicions or whatnot.)

Aaaaalllllssssooooo... speaking of rails, I'm going to need to work out exactly what you're going to be facing next. I'll update when I can, though I'm currently sleep-deprived for unrelated reasons, and have TKD today...


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TL - I need to think for a while on what you're asking.

My lawful side wants to see everything on the table so that it can analyze and come to what it feels the best decision.

But again on the other side, sometimes you don't know you can fly until you actually fall off the cliff...


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All right. Lets try to think philosophy at 8 am in the morning. Because it works so well.

I am a strong proponent of player freedoms. Players have the right to do anything they want, including to ride a gilded carriage all the way to hell. That's fine.

Things like using NPCs for trap bait leave a foul taste in my mouth, so I told the players that there would be consequences for it. Because I WOULD tweak the module so there would be. Even if the module did not include it. So I warned them of the results should they try to do it. I think what I did was fair.NPCs are not there to solve your problems for you, afterall.

I used not to like railroads, but once I started looking at PBPs, I realized you needed a little railroading otherwise it's too easy for the group to lose focus.

I guess it's about finding a balance between player choice and railroading. For an AP, I feel if the AP states you are supposed to go X, then if the players are not getting the hint, just tell the players because the AP said so, so you do it. How they want to do it, that's their problem(I.e decide to airwalk in invisible...etc). If they can come up with plausible arguments why they don't need to do it, then either let it play out in game, or just say why it won't work, go back to AP.

In a whole load of conversations, it is easy to miss things. Generally the longer a post, the more time it takes to craft a proper response. If there are points that require players to make decisions, perhaps a short summary of the options would be a good idea.

A bit of my background thinking re: mephits. I suspected I killed the guy they were serving. So since I felt I would have gotten into trouble by killing their boss, so I must as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb, and decided to try to brazen it out.

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Male Human Ranger/Soul Weaver 14 | HP 140/144 | AC 31/T19/FF27 | F+16/R+17/W+14 | CMB+22 CMD 41 | PBS 24 PSD 28 | Init+4 | Perc + 18/25 | Influence + 27 | disable device + 25/+32 | Spell Pool: 9/27 | Channel: 8/18 @ 7d6 DC@23: Ray:180 ft. DC@25 | Martial focus @ 1/1 | Feint 3d6 | sneak attack 4d6 | dark slaughter 2d6 | Studied Target 3/+3 | Quarry 1/1 | CLW @ 13/50 | BUFFS: Darkvision and Bless on Torsten

so if I understand the question right, your asking how much information we want... I have no idea how to answer that.

I would think that information we could get from the mephitis, based on their willingness to share and their understanding would make sense.

I don't mind railroads as long as the story is good and the suspension of disbelief is minimal.

Still fighting a head cold, and near the end of a long couple of weeks.


Male Agathion (Leonal) Gestalt Monk-Paladin (with bardic performance!); Mythic (dual): Archmage/Heirophant

I hear ya on the cold, Robert. Those things sssuuuuuuck.

We're still fighting the vestiges of the month from awful, down here.

My youngest son vomited just this morning. Again. After one or two days of being fine. I'm getting pretty tired of it. Poor guy is also getting tired of it. He wants food, dang it! Not toast!

Toast is great! But it sucks after a while!

(I have to say, though, on a completely unrelated note, if I ever meet you in real life, and you're not a bald, Shoanti-heritage male, I'm going to be rather disappointed. Similarly, if I ever meet you, Mort, and you're not somehow a snow leopard, I'm going to be quite put out*.)

((Also, also, I'm not a white-haired, angular-faced thin and handsome grim young man. For the record. I also don't own any fur... so.))

* This is not a thing that is true.

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At the end of the day I'm not really a snow leopard lol. My name comes from this

But paizo has limited pictures, and I didn't want to be associated with rats(no, I'm not a rat), so I manifested as a snow leopard. And some say, the more you take a form, the more it becomes you...


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the solution to toast, cinnamon and sugar....

Well I at least got the bald part down, but I'm not covered in the cool shoanti tattoos

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Cinnamon, sugar? I want!

Down here we do porridge, when we're sick.

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Also TL - tried ginger tea yet? It's supposed to be good for vomiting. Add some sugar. The only worry is if he can take the spiciness.


Re: the rails.

That's fair. I generally am okay with players going off the rails, if they're okay that it might throw me for a bit and force me to reorganize and re-plan the game.

I tend to look at rails for non-AP material as vague guidelines that point out what the intent is, but are to be followed (or not) as makes sense in-character for the story.

That said, as a GM, I know how difficult it can be to either quietly (or noisily or whatever) retool your game in the background, or just outright toss it and change everything. For that reason, as a player, I tend to try to stick with the script (though I might "cheat"* a bit in order to make it easier on my fellow players).

Also, as a GM, I can understand that me having to retool or redevelop things could be an un-fun "downtime" on the game for the players... so it may behoove me to be up front about it, if I don't have a basic idea of what's going on before hand. That way the players can choose what to do.

So! All that said, I figure I'll let you know out-of-character: you guys are pretty far off the rails, by this point. Like, impressively so.

It's not at all a bad thing, though - beyond rather impressively extending this game, I've found your current track on this adventure to be pretty entertaining, with solid character growth and interaction, and I like what's happened so far. Plus, I've got the gist of what you'll be finding in the next few corridors, either way...

(And it's not like you can do very much about that now...)

Oh, and, just so you know, in-character, Usawoti, if your "head-map" is correct, you've only explored about 6/11 to 7/11 of the runes your path is tracing on this floor. Your current direction is ever-so-slightly-"down" instead of ever-so-slightly-"up" as it was before. Sorry if I wasn't clear on that before.

In any event, you'll run into two more "cross-roads" as you've seen, but there will be a few passages that start to connect to others (creating crossed loops) - specifically down where you are now, and somewhere up where you went before, now that you're getting your head-map more clear.

* Figuratively. Not literally. I mean stuff like noticing the fort is well-defended, so finding a small hidey-hole that's meant to fire on the PCs and vape in via invsibility and gaseous form until we find the end boss, assassinate him, then slowly work our way down the grunt ladder; stuff like that, instead of stuff like, "I totally have had this 32 in strength the whole time? Yes, of course!" or whatever.


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The doctor put him pretty strictly on the "BRAT" diet... well, now, I suppose, it's the "BRAT" diet.

That diet is supposed to be good for digestive tract failures going in either direction - and he had both, previously.

Regardless, it stands for:

Bananas: a fruit, but mildly binding one, this helps prevent diarrhea, while balancing needed chemicals, like potassium
Rice: a filling, bland, and carb-laden dish that helps keep weight up through repeated loss
Applesauce: not as hard as real apples, but this has since been stricken from the general recommendation, as it does soften/swiften stool, soooo...
Toast: it's toast; it's like the least-offensive (but still carb-laden) thing you can eat.

The diet is a rule of thumb/guideline, so things like, say, non-flavored saltine crackers could be added, but we've mostly stuck to the diet.

Also a few supplemental things like Pedialyte (basically a formula for upset tummies - it's pretty close to baby-specific PowerAid, though probably doesn't taste as good) and other specifically-recommended stuff...

Either way, his tummy situation is... odd. It only ever happens, recently, in the morning when he first wakes up, making it a very peculiar timing. We've a few possible theories for why this might be occurring, but I'm watching and waiting for now.

EDIT: coding, my bane...

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ok, I re posted my original Icon, when I stopped playing last year I cleared my page, I may have to put things back again...

so were pretty far off of he rails? weren't we supposed to go in the tunnels?

On we go to the crossroads,

and the MEphits want a name story... that's awesome, the funny part is Usawoti has one but it's for a totally different character. The name means "salt"


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his original story

Background:

Salt or "Usawoti" came from the hills near the eastern coast of the Valashmia Jungle expanse. His full name in the language of the 'Dawn People' is "usawoti indodana nokuduma isivunguvungu ophumelele kwabathakathi age imikhonto" which is a loose translation of "salt, son of thunder-and-lightning-storm who won hunts-with-spears" . Salt's village had been visited by a pathfinder named Shivkah and her retinue, she had traveled from the coast through the Jungle and into the hill country intent on going to a lost city in the interior, she was looking for a guide. There she was befriended by Salt's mother who was Shaman and wise woman of their tribe, and Salt's father who was the Shaman's bodyguard and consort.

Salt's parents had heard of the pathfinders and of their accomplishments and befriended Shivhah with the hope that Salt could go with her into the interior and then to civilization. They new that if Salt stayed with the 'dawn people' he would have limited opportunities. Even though Salt was an albino, which is considered good luck his, other "deformities" would keep him being accepted as a full member of their society. So when Shivhah asked for a guide into the interior, Salt's mom agreed. Salt would take her to the ruins, as long as Shivhah took Salt with her to learn to be a pathfinder when she returned to civilization.

Appearance:

When Salt was born his mother laughed and declared "what is life without a little salt?" for he was born white as fine salt, he is an albino. He has grown up short for one of the 'dawn people' instead of tall and lean he is barrel chested, bowlegged and long armed, he is what they consider undesirable, both in form and face. He has a sloping forehead, a heavily ridged brow, a weak chin with a dimple, and a broad nose. his ears are large and round and each is pierced with a cats claw. The white hair on his body blends in well with the color of his skin, and he mix's red berry dyes in his long twisted dreadlocks. His eyes are of course white,blue and pink.

Salt is constantly moving. His eyes shifting, his head turning , his hands fidgeting, his feet shuffling, his entire body wiggling even in his sleep he is tossing and turning. he will approach, touch , smell even taste almost anything. When he stops moving it is due to perceived imminent danger. Contrasted by the fact he speaks rarely and quietly, but when in physical altercation he will roar both intelligibly and unintelligibly, sometimes a mixture of both at the cause of the danger.

Salt's armor was copied after armor recovered from the warrior sailors their people skirmish with when they go to the sea, he knows the style is called lammelar, though his is made from the horn of antelopes instead of metal like the dead sailors. The armored kilt and his necklace of teeth and claws were made from his first lion kill. His backpack, kukri and boots were a gift from Shivkak when one of her team met with an unfortunate end.

His pride and joy is the five foot tall Taiaha that he carries, made for him by his father out of a hardwood called acajou . His mother insisted that he also bring an atlat and five darts, for anything that you "can't run right up to and whack with your stick" (a running joke between her and his father).

Personality:

Salt is very much a product of his society, He is used to woman being in leadership roles and deferring to them in the decision making process. He expects men to obey, protect, and serve females. Those men in leadership roles are expected to demonstrate great humility and piousness, which he will strive to do as a direct reflection on his tribe and more importantly his mother, the leader of his tribe. However, he was reminded by her that not all woman are to be trusted, and to place great value on those with wisdom and to remember that truth, loyalty and courage should be valued by all peoples.

Also salt is very introspective: he likes to watch, listen and think carefully about how he feels and what he wants to communicate in response, it is not uncommon for the 'Dawn People' to communicate with gentle touching, holding hands, grooming for parasites or mutual washing. When communicating with language he will carefully select the right words and enjoy using them properly. However, he is very firm in his beliefs and if communicating with language does not suffice, or if the situation demands some other form of communication he will demonstrate those feelings with proper 'dawn people' social behavior: verbal non-linguistic demonstrations of concern, visual physical demonstrations of displeasure, aggressive proximity demonstrations of frustration or overt touch prompts demonstrating his disapproval. Or, a solid combination of all four. In other words; If pressed he may growl loudly, swing his arms wildly, run up on you quickly and beat you about the head and shoulders profusely with whatever object is at hand.

But I probably should tell the Mephits a different story...

Maybe something to work on over the weekend


Male Agathion (Leonal) Gestalt Monk-Paladin (with bardic performance!); Mythic (dual): Archmage/Heirophant

Sounds awesome!

Re: "fixed air" and "old characters"... heh, the reason it took me so long to figure out what, exactly, it was that I was talking about, is that I wasn't able to find the right article in Wikipedia. Who ever thought I'd need to revisit this guy again?

(That one game where the teetotaler rolled up and ran with an expert booze-(and-tea)-crafter...)

The Exchange

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Complain about the new boards here!

Sorry, had work. And I know I'm good at going off rails, sometimes intentionally, sometimes not. But I'm as curious as any cat!


Male Agathion (Leonal) Gestalt Monk-Paladin (with bardic performance!); Mythic (dual): Archmage/Heirophant

That works! As noted, it's been quite interesting so far...

EDIT: Don't know if I'm clear, here, so: I'm having fun; as long as the two of you are also having fun, we're good. :)


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Male CG Adult spectral dragon | HP 266/332 AC: 20(20 Tch, 16 Fl) | CMB: +18, CMD: 31 | F:+ 18, R: +16, W: +15 | Init: +16 | Perc: +23, SM: +4 | Speed 30ft | | Bard Spells: 1st 6/6| 2nd 2/5| 3rd 5/5|4th 3/3|5th 1/1| 10/10 rounds performance Active conditions:

I'm also heading the direction the mephit indicated feather beak was.

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