Don't worry, I have been busy too
Norton... you typed Kresten for the gift of the hammer... I'm assuming you meant Kressle since you asked for her.
Furiel asked to give a magic item to Mikmek. I will assume that happened and pick one from the spreadsheet.
Yep, misspelled the name
Where are ya going? South? or finishing the hex to the east where the Lurleton estate is?
Ah yes, I don't remember if we decided to check the Lurleton first, or if we wanted to see if we could get some spying done before.
We are mapping the hexes in a circular pattern. The farm hex still had some work to do. To claim some farmland with farms on them, I think we need to map the hex.
I'm out, got too behind with things and frankly alot of stuff preparing for NCLEX and other things with work and life.
Sorry for no notice, but real life has a way of making you forget about an online game.
Okie doke... I understand completely.
If you don't mind, I will keep you in the world as "Master Senis" an "inactive" profile-less NPC.
works for me.
Letting everyone know my boss is in town this week (surprise, surprise!) and it looks like I'll be working some pretty long days all week. I'll try to get posts in when I can, but will be tough. I apologize for the short notice I also suffered from. Please bot me in combat.
We just can't seem to hold that fifth slot filled eh?
By now, I would certainly understand of the Dm and other players are tired of trying.
Well, last time we had few candidates, maybe some of them are still interested
That WOULD save a lot of bother.
And I'm back now. Sorry for the sudden disappearance. Getting caught up now on events from this week.
Though it possible that your words were heard, there are no birds close enough to consider it "likely" they heard.
You can assume Furiel addressing them directly was heard.
Ugh, now *I'M* becoming a disruptive element in this group. I don't want to be that, this group is very good, and I like the interaction.
The Green Man is quite upset about Furiel and Norton seemingly thinking he would willingly abandon anyone in need, and while it seems right to play that out, I think I need to work harder at finding ways for him to not fly of the handle so much.
It's getting a little old.
Still, unless addressed, he is unlikely to get over this one soon.
It is needed to be taken in account the fact that we, as players, are communicating via forum, but we, as characters are communicating live.
I, as a player, lost Green's subtlety, Norton might not have. If such incomprehension are detrimental to the game we can just ignore them. We are here for the story not for the accuracy.
I like Green because he has been anything but subtle. An open book if you will.
Anyway, Furiel was inspired by Norton to try to reason with the Magpies. Unfortunately it caused someone he sent in harms way to be captured. Because their swordmaster may pay for it, there was no way he was leaving him behind.
The group has been somewhat disorganized. It is great to see Ta take the initiative and come up with an awesome plan.
If a 31 bluff didn't impress the magpies, I think nothing will short of force.
Well, at least we were always in agreement on what to do, those magpies made a very bad choice.
Guess they thought us weak for being "good and merciful".
Well, they are about to learn that the trope "Good is not soft" also applies.
I don't think you're disruptive at all. You attempted subtlety, something we didn't expect and responded in a different manner. A perfect example of what can happen in real life. As Norton said, in a different medium it may have been caught on, but not catching on as it's not expected behavior is also possible. Besides, flaws define a hero as much as their assets.
Also we need to consider how this plays out. If one of the hostages were to be seriously injured or even killed, that right there is a good example of an event that could bring about some change. And there's lots of ways of RPing it out! I kinda like how it's turning out.
Also, regarding my awesome plan. I hate to say it, but we are kinda splitting the party here. And I think everyone knows what happens when you split the party...
more room to fight? ;)
Norton's post will bring a response.. I will post within an hour.
I have posted now that diplomacy has failed :-(
seems to have failed...
Hahaha, your Npc's must have a very high tolerance for social faux pas then.
CR 1
XP 400
N Small outsider (earth, elemental, extraplanar)
Init –1; Senses darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 60 ft.; Perception +4
DEFENSE
AC 17, touch 10, flat-footed 17 (–1 Dex, +7 natural, +1 size)
hp 17 (2d10+6)
Fort +4, Ref –1, Will +3
Immune elemental traits
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft., burrow 20 ft., earth glide
Melee slam +9 (1d6+7)
Special Attacks earth mastery
STATISTICS
Str 20, Dex 8, Con 17, Int 4, Wis 11, Cha 11
Base Atk +2; CMB +6; CMD 15
Feats Improved Bull RushB, Power Attack
Skills Appraise +1, Climb +7, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +1, Knowledge (planes) +1, Perception +4, Stealth +7
Languages Terran
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Earth Glide (Ex)
A burrowing earth elemental can pass through stone, dirt, or almost any other sort of earth except metal as easily as a fish swims through water. If protected against fire damage, it can even glide through lava. Its burrowing leaves behind no tunnel or hole, nor does it create any ripple or other sign of its presence. A move earth spell cast on an area containing a burrowing earth elemental flings the elemental back 30 feet, stunning the creature for 1 round unless it succeeds on a DC 15 Fortitude save.
Earth Mastery (Ex)
An earth elemental gains a +1 bonus on attack and damage rolls if both it and its foe are touching the ground. If an opponent is airborne or waterborne, the elemental takes a –4 penalty on attack and damage rolls. These modifiers apply to bull rush and overrun maneuvers, whether the elemental is initiating or resisting these kinds of attacks. (These modifiers are not included in the statistics block.)
ECOLOGY
Environment any (Plane of Earth)
Organization solitary, pair, or gang (3–8)
Treasure none
Earth elementals are plodding, stubborn creatures made of living stone or earth. When utterly still, they resemble a heap of stone or a small hill.
When an earth elemental lumbers into action, its actual appearance can vary, although its statistics remain identical to other elementals of its size. Most earth elementals look like terrestrial animals made out of rock, earth, or even crystal, with glowing gemstones for eyes. Larger earth elementals often have a stony humanoid appearance. Bits of vegetation frequently grow in the soil that makes up parts of an earth elemental's body.
A small earth elemental is 4 feet long and weighs 80 pounds
"I just punched the king in the head, twice. Think they are mad at us?"
"Don't worry about it, you should see what the queen usualy does after her morning barrel of wine."
I will put up her action and post next round map in a bit.
Furiel plans to send both air elementals to help our druidess.
Perfect fly 100! that is fast.
PC is down... no maps for a while.
"There have been many groups who have taken the name Magpies in Mivon over the past several generations. Association with the fey was used as a cloak of fear, and mystery... though originally that may have been the case. The first was said to have been led by a fey-touched half-elf witch Rovanna Haasen, who trained runaway and orphaned young girls to become thieves, spies, assassins, and enough witchcraft to serve as a coven for their rituals."
"There are a few varied stories of her fall decades ago, but they all include old debts catching up to her. Not an uncommon demise. Her most well-known children are a small, but influential trio of hags known as the Festering Lilies. They mostly deal with trade of illegal and rare arcane material ingredients, and self preservation."
response to Norton coming up
We can move on to the next month whenever.
I will include the Magpie report, and we can begin construction on your personal holdings.
I have a couple errors I keep forgetting. The Lurleton estate is a rundown mansion, not a villa. Construction of a mansion will be half-cost in this hex.
What the Broadhammer dwarves are asking for is a shrine. They will provide labor. Half cost for a shrine in the Stagfall hex.
If we skip the month do we get to automatically explore the hexes around the fort?
Norton will surely be happy to have a few days to retrain and organize the festival.
Another thing Norton still has to do is talk with Kesten to give him some magic equipment, and talk to Nihtscada and try to bring her on the party side.
I have also updated the Calendar sheet on google docs
No you need to actively explore. We can do that first... after Norton's side chat with Rojeune.
Next Hex in the plan is south east of fort. Do we explore it on the same day or do we get back to fort first?
Is Ta' still around?
In the exploration map linked in the "Campaign Info" tab are the purple hex already explored?
I sure hope so, not only do I like Ta, but finding one more player to bring us to five has proven...difficult.
I'd hate to see what finding TWO would be like.
Sorry, I'm still here! I got a bit caught up for a couple days, and things started moving forward. But I'm still here!
Yay! We still got four of a kind, hard to beat that hand.
Good to hear we are still kicking!
What about the quest for other players, do we look for others or we stick with four?
Updated exploration map to be able to answer "yes. purple is explored area."
Southeast of the Fort it is.
Happy to recruit again if you would like me to.
I vote for trying again
The AP is designed for 4 with 15 pt builds.
I personally am a fan of the group of 5 myself. But I can go either way.
OK, so do we go straight to the next hex from the Lureton estate?
posted then realized I was going the wrong way... I think.
You want to go where the Three River's Crossing is?
it's ok I said south west, Furiel said counterclockwise. since we are exploring them all it doesn't matter.
So this morning my computer decided to go all screwy on me. I didn't have time to troubleshoot so I'll be looking at it tonight. I'm hoping it's something minor but wanted to give a heads up if I don't post that's why.