Did I even get my next response right to remedy the previous one? I read Taig's posting of 'E.' and I'm utterly confused with the quick game of cards comment. :P
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By the way, the device he gave E. ... I couldn't find a good online picture of it. Although it's on the cover of the Manual of the Planes if you have a copy of it.
So my question is -- Who's going to be the first one to figure it out?
I believe E is now responding in kind...
The taig equivalent of "bump"?Did I even get my next response right to remedy the previous one? I read Taig's posting of 'E.' and I'm utterly confused with the quick game of cards comment. :PSorry, I was goofing around. :)
Yep, but "in character". :)
Thirty two new posts? Jeepers. What I get for dealing with finalizing school registration. :P
It is my hope that the device will liberate us from this existence.What device are we talking about? Just wanted to clarify before giving a response.
The "compass" that E. has. I assume it's for planar travel and thus gets them a way out of where they are now.
With the sinus meds I'm doped up on right now ... Yoda, understand I do. Viserys? Verily, not much so. :) I read the DM hint, but I didn't gather much from it other than the Spellcraft check done as a result.
I'm probably missing something obvious that once I'm struck with a clue-by-four...
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With the sinus meds I'm doped up on right now ...
Sorry about that. I figured that you and taig would be the ones to attack this head on.
You must love springtime...
If nothing comes of that, then detect magic
You would have easily been able to tell that it started moving as soon as he cast detect magic.
With the sinus meds I'm doped up on right now ...Sorry about that. I figured that you and taig would be the ones to attack this head on.
You must love springtime...
If nothing comes of that, then detect magicYou would have easily been able to tell that it started moving as soon as he cast detect magic.
It was only made worse with the fact that my Tuesday night group where 5 out of 7 are smokers. Indoors. In the basement. It began last Tuesday evening...
And she's caught it from me and has stayed home today. Fun times!
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I can infer that it's magical by observing what Taig might have done. I fail to see how that informs me how to use it, which is why I asked about UMD.
I'm feeling dense right now. Heh.
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With the sinus meds I'm doped up on right now ...Sorry about that. I figured that you and taig would be the ones to attack this head on.
You must love springtime...
If nothing comes of that, then detect magicYou would have easily been able to tell that it started moving as soon as he cast detect magic.It was only made worse with the fact that my Tuesday night group where 5 out of 7 are smokers. Indoors. In the basement. It began last Tuesday evening...
And she's caught it from me and has stayed home today. Fun times!
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I can infer that it's magical by observing what Taig might have done. I fail to see how that informs me how to use it, which is why I asked about UMD.
I'm feeling dense right now. Heh.
It's ok. Blame the drugs.
The device is essentially powered by a detect magic spell. Before casting that, it's basically little better than a chunk of metal. After casting detect magic, it seems to start working. Looking through the scope offers some information similar in some respects to normal detect magic but specific to portals.
It's ok. Blame the drugs.
The device is essentially powered by a detect magic spell. Before casting that, it's basically little better than a chunk of metal. After casting detect magic, it seems to start working. Looking through the scope offers some information similar in some respects to normal detect magic but specific to portals.
Now that's a first. Okay. I'll just run with that. :)
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Now that's a first.
"First" good or bad? Coming up with something "the same but different" for a group where a number of the players are DMs can be a little challenging. I'm hoping to throw in something every so often that either no one is really expecting or that will hopefully cause you to look at things just a little differently.
Now that's a first."First" good or bad? Coming up with something "the same but different" for a group where a number of the players are DMs can be a little challenging. I'm hoping to throw in something every so often that either no one is really expecting or that will hopefully cause you to look at things just a little differently.
It was creative, actually. Simple. We also have to keep in mind as we start jumping around from planar realms, the laws of magic and/or logic may not be as it seems when attempting to perform a task or cast a spell.
Taig ... I don't think Vassago ever said his own name ... unless it is within your nature as an oracle that it is revealed to you. Heh. :P
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Any ideas on how to make Lanwin more melee-focused? I've never been that good at building melee characters...
Hard to do with a halfling or a gnome. My first thought is the Divine Power spell. Gives you a bonus to hit and damage and some extra HPs. It was nerfed from 3.5 (probably rightly so, the +6 str was a little much on some builds).
If your str or dex was higher, I'd recommend Power Attack or Piranha Strike (Sargava: The Lost Colony, which I believe Moff now has). You can never go wrong with weapon focus for the bonus to hit, IMO.
Edit: I'm also going to say Prayer spell, for the bonus to hit and damage. It also affects eveyone in the area, and penalizes the enemy. I see you've already got Divine Favor, that'll work very well.
Hawt.Taig ... I don't think Vassago ever said his own name ... unless it is within your nature as an oracle that it is revealed to you. Heh. :PI'm not going to tell you what Moff chatroulettes me with. :)
Concur.
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I think I'm failing my communication roll ...
The Doors a a proceed City will drawing door of need of to.
Which should translate to -- "The City of Doors will need a drawing of a door to proceed."
This right after -- "Just portals to understand need operate that keys." Which translates to -- "Just understand that portals need keys to operate."
And somehow this translated to -- "We need to draw a door on the wall."
Hey, I give CH points for ingenuity. Besides, drawing a door on the wall is essentially giving you a drawing of a door. ;-)
Given that this is the first device any of us have come across that operates by detect magic and we seem to be in a location that appears to be chaotic, anything's possible.
At one instance, I almost thought there was a Time Bandits vibe going on and thought to myself, 'ooooh, cool!'
So we need an actual drawing of a door and a key? And drawing one ourselves does not suffice?
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Hey, I give CH points for ingenuity. Besides, drawing a door on the wall is essentially giving you a drawing of a door. ;-)
Given that this is the first device any of us have come across that operates by detect magic and we seem to be in a location that appears to be chaotic, anything's possible.
At one instance, I almost thought there was a Time Bandits vibe going on and thought to myself, 'ooooh, cool!'
So we need an actual drawing of a door and a key? And drawing one ourselves does not suffice?
Draw a door on a piece of paper and you will have your "key".
On one hand I'm enjoying the interaction. On the other hand, I don't want things to just be frustrating.
EDIT -- ... but you still need to find the portal.
I'm enjoying the interaction too. Hopefully, no one is getting frustrated.
Well, I went about to "draw the door". But to find the portal, I'm stumped. Right now, we're all assuming we're supposed to be facing a certain direction where the compass directs us. Beyond that, I'm at a loss of this puzzle.
Anyone else is more than welcome to speak up. Bueller?
EDIT: I've taken PM cold medicine, so I'm liable to pass out here within the hour. :P
Spoken. Awww, Moff gave it away when I'd just figured it out and posted in the other thread. Arg arg arg. :P
Spoken. Awww, Moff gave it away when I'd just figured it out and posted in the other thread. Arg arg arg. :PSorry.
S'cool. I'm finally eating and feeling better. The brain pod is starting to function again. Woot!
What can I say? The instruction manual for the compass was written in slaadi :)
Or the character who's supposed to be making the best use of the compass is, well, flighty.
I'm finally eating and feeling better. The brain pod is starting to function again. Woot!Woot! Now if only Urizen will feel better. I'm actually surprised that I've been able to keep pretty healthy this season. It seems like my kids were sick every three weeks or so.
Having the cold is the suck, because you essentially just have to wait for it to work itself out of your system. Now I hear that snow may be coming back again, so this means yet another temperature shift. Twice.
Grrr...
Need to get some more otc meds, but I swear they make me feel like I'm a potential criminal when I have to show my ID and sign papers because I want the meds with the psuedoephedrine in it. Going to send the gal to pick it up this time.
Need to get some more otc meds, but I swear they make me feel like I'm a potential criminal when I have to show my ID and sign papers because I want the meds with the psuedoephedrine in it. Going to send the gal to pick it up this time.
Implicating her as an accomplice, eh? I hate that stuff. I took Sudafed one time and stayed up all night with my teeth chattering. Nasty.
Need to get some more otc meds, but I swear they make me feel like I'm a potential criminal when I have to show my ID and sign papers because I want the meds with the psuedoephedrine in it. Going to send the gal to pick it up this time.Implicating her as an accomplice, eh? I hate that stuff. I took Sudafed one time and stayed up all night with my teeth chattering. Nasty.
I take Sudafed only during the day. I take NyQuil PM during the evenings.
But Benadryl? Whoah. It's Rohypnol for me ... and has made me say some classic blunders because my listening and/or lip-reading goes way south. That and I don't care for the hang-over effects it gives me in the mornings when attempting to awaken.
And yes, an accomplice. I certainly didn't go through the box of 48 alone that I picked up last Friday. :P Some of my options are limited as a post-bariatric patient as we're told to avoid ibuprofen and/or aspirin based content due to being more prone to ulcers.
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Need to get some more otc meds, but I swear they make me feel like I'm a potential criminal when I have to show my ID and sign papers because I want the meds with the psuedoephedrine in it. Going to send the gal to pick it up this time.Implicating her as an accomplice, eh? I hate that stuff. I took Sudafed one time and stayed up all night with my teeth chattering. Nasty.I take Sudafed only during the day. I take NyQuil PM during the evenings.
But Benadryl? Whoah. It's Rohypnol for me ... and has made me say some classic blunders because my listening and/or lip-reading goes way south. That and I don't care for the hang-over effects it gives me in the mornings when attempting to awaken.
And yes, an accomplice. I certainly didn't go through the box of 48 alone that I picked up last Friday. :P Some of my options are limited as a post-bariatric patient as we're told to avoid ibuprofen and/or aspirin based content due to being more prone to ulcers.
Sudafed does nothing to me. Benadryl makes me borderline manic-depressive. I took out a ceiling fan on Benadryl one time, then crashed for about 10 hours.
Sudafed does nothing to me. Benadryl makes me borderline manic-depressive. I took out a ceiling fan on Benadryl one time, then crashed for about 10 hours.
Perhaps E. should take one ... we're going to need what we can take to handle those abishai. :p
If only Elysia could control her rod of wonder by duplicating the previous effect against them, that'd be great! But I don't want to be anywhere near her when that occurs. :)
I'm looking more of a skirmishing approach. I haven't thought exactly yet what I will be saying them, but I fully intend to be messaging them. Anything more said and I suspect I'd be metagaming, so I'll stop right here.
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I went ahead and started the combat. (I don't think that Urizen is around right now...) If someone wanted to do something before combat and didn't get a chance to post (like Lynora), assume that you have a round or two to prepare before combat started.
And, taig -- negotiation will sometimes work. Sometimes when you wouldn't normally expect it. Just not this time...
Oh, I'm around. Barely. And still trying to figure whether I'm playing my F2F game this evening.
I went ahead and started the combat. (I don't think that Urizen is around right now...) If someone wanted to do something before combat and didn't get a chance to post (like Lynora), assume that you have a round or two to prepare before combat started.
And, taig -- negotiation will sometimes work. Sometimes when you wouldn't normally expect it. Just not this time...
I plan to Dipomacize the hell out of things, so no worries. :)
Well in this case, since the DC is 15 plus the spell level, it really doesn't matter with a 14 result.
Personally I can see both sides of it. At the very least, I think it should be more difficult than identifying a normal spell. My gut tells me to add 5 to the DC. What do you think?
FWIW I tend to agree with you that it would seem it should be more difficult as it doesn't necessarily require all the components necessary as would casting a standard spell.
EDIT: We already got our answer. Spellcraft can't be used. Period. Go to the link embedded above as to why.
Agh! Hellacious day. Imaginary numbers followed by lab. Ended up going through the McDonalds drive through on the way home cause I couldn't face cooking after the heart dissection this afternoon. Blech. Trying to catch up on thread now. May be a bit before I can put up a post, but sometime within the next half hour to hour for sure.
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Well in this case, since the DC is 15 plus the spell level, it really doesn't matter with a 14 result.
Personally I can see both sides of it. At the very least, I think it should be more difficult than identifying a normal spell. My gut tells me to add 5 to the DC. What do you think?
FWIW I tend to agree with you that it would seem it should be more difficult as it doesn't necessarily require all the components necessary as would casting a standard spell.
EDIT: We already got our answer. Spellcraft can't be used. Period. Go to the link embedded above as to why.
Saw that. I agree and disagree. Mostly just because I personally don't like "impossible" things in the game. I'll think about it, but I may still override the RAW in this case...