Mhar thinks about this for a while, listening to a song from on high. Then, he says, "Together. Yes. Do you mind walking with me? I have an apology to make, as well as a repetition of your request to someone else."
"I would like to accept your offer. It took three people and a grand-high monk to kick sense into me, and I apologize for my earlier unintended rudeness. Thorrpe and I wish to learn our new abilities. You offered to practice with me. Please, practice with us, in the garden?"
In response to Cookie, and the fact that we will be here a year i dont mind helping with the Alchemy, or even setting up a semi permanent Lab.
Jezelyn would accompany them to the garden to practice magic at their convenience.
Others would see Jezelyn, Mhar, and Thorrpe practicing magic together out in the garden.
I know there were many questions asked and a lot to look through but I'm literally on my way out to the wedding. The water is 3 ft. high evenly, not enough changes to make that different. I'd assume 3 ft. puts it either at waist or chest level depending on your chosen height.
Besides that, I'll try and answer the rest when I get back late tonight. Very sorry for the delay in what is a fabulous rate of posting.
Thorrpe suddenly is over 10 feet tall and he sticks his arm out and Shadow crawls up his arm.
Seems like it would be waist high max(4-5ft sounds like chest height). Though 3ft definitely chest height for small characters.
That's my take as well Tatsuo.
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Seems like it would be waist high max(4-5ft sounds like chest height). Though 3ft definitely chest height for small characters.
Actually 3ft. may well be drowning for small characters! Sense of proportion time!
()If you're 5ft. tall, it'd be chest-height. If you're 6ft. tall, it'd be waist height. If you're, say, 5ft. 6in. ... it'd be about mid-belly height, right in between.
Small size ranges from 2ft. tall (making them entirely under the water) to 4 ft. tall (making the upper part of their head the only thing showing.)
Medium on the same chart goes from 4ft. up to 8ft.
Gnomes would have two whole inches (at least!) guaranteed to be sticking up and may exceed it by as much as 8in. (enough size to cover their prodigious head?)... unless they're female, in which case they're entirely covered at minimum height, and only exceed it by 6in.
Halflings, on the other hand, are given no such guarantee. At best, the males might exceed the pond by 4in. and females by 2in. - definitely not enough for their heads.
Humans (which we are) are guaranteed to be above the water! Huzzah!
At an average of 5ft. 9in. for males and it'd be lower-belly (still juuuust above-waist) high (though probably close enough) for most humans (presuming "average" proportions, though many in real life obviously don't conform to this), and at an average of 5ft. 4in. for females, that puts it substantially higher on the belly... nearer the chest by 5in.
Hence... how do you round? I can see it being a serious question, though I hadn't thought of it prior.
I think Spirit of Kotei has the most elegant solution: is it closer to 2/3rd your height or half? Round accordingly.
Uh, sorry for the silence. Just found that PanicRoom had a broken link, never pointing to this discussion. Soooooooooo..... I'm here.
Hello, Jian Min! Welcome!
Spirit, no worries, we'll debate and RP until you have time. No stress. Enjoy the wedding! :)
Im very sorry for hitting you sir, but you did want me to try. A smirk starts to creep across his face.
Hello again cookie, and Zayne how have you fared here in this bit of paradise?
Assuming there are answers, and a bit of small talk.
Looking over toward Cookie
"You know Cookie we might be able to do some interesting things if we put our heads together, and not in the physical sense though that might be quite interesting to try."
I was wondering we said that every day would be 2 months is that to imply this exercise is our training and the rest will be handled, ala montage correct?
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"It has been a bit difficult truth be told. Very little is familiar. I've even been spending time in the garden getting instruction from the monks on the properties and uses of various plants. The upside is that I enjoy learning new things, and the potential of the plants here is quite interesting."
Looking over at Zayne, "You might want to towel off. But I would like to thank you for helping us out. Honing our skills, especially those that will likely involve combat will probably prove vital in the coming days."
In response to Thorrpe's display, Jezelyn would perform several tricks with dancing lights and prestidigitation, and freeze a few leaves on nearby garden trees.
If she notices Simeon watching them practice, Jezelyn would finish whatever she was working on at that point, then smile and walk over toward him.
"Do you have any magical ability? If so, would you like to practice with us?"
Are we still on round 1 of the raft battle?
Yes
I agree it has been quite difficult to figure out some of the new things this land has to offer, i have been up to the library several times trying to learn some of the history and advances that have happened in the past 300 years. Unfortunately i must say i have gotten no where. I think, if you dont mind, i will pick up on your idea and learn some of the herb lore of this new land hopefully these new ingredients are just as powerful as the ones 300 years ago.
Simeon scratched his left ear when he realized he had been spotted watching. "Uhh, I can't use magic," he half smiled, "or I don't know how. How can I be a, 'Dragon of the West', if I can't fight or magic things up. How did you learn? Or is it as natural to you as singing?" Simeon definitely couldn't sing either. He had tried, once.
Just checking in to confirm I am still alive. Just waiting on the DM so we can get to the second round. :]
I was wondering we said that every day would be 2 months is that to imply this exercise is our training and the rest will be handled, ala montage correct?
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Correct, but as I said, this is so we don't do 365 days of training to get anywhere. Feel free to RP time in between training of course!
I'll be checking through combat but I just realized that aside from answering questions, seeing as I'm not running actual enemies I can just post the "round 1 results" and then we move on to round 2! Will be done shortly!
Braeth
What did you damage Rai with? A Chakram? I want to role play it out.
Spirit of Kotei (SoK for short :) )
1. Are the training bonuses permanent? I am guessing they are but I can not find the post that states they are or not.
2. The Knowledge-Local bonus, can it be used untrained or do you still need ranks to use the +1 bonus?
Cool. I took the Knowledge local bonus, why didn't someone attack me! lol
Do we get all 2 or 3 of the bonuses, or choose one?
Jez, since you were damaged, you can choose all, two, or one of the choices.
Im just going to say that Rai acted before me and as such Jian and Zayne dont get AoO against me. ill take the first two if possible.
PcGen has to kidding me! The equipment I have isn't working as I was intending! I'm rebuilding stats.
Good question. All bonuses or just choose one?
i think it is a choice
I will be taking +1 init
For now, I will just boot my initiative by 1 and wait to hear if I also get the skill bonuses.
In the most recent post, the GM didn't specify, so it looks like I could get all three, but in a much earlier post, I think I remember the GM saying we would get to choose a bonus from some specific options, in which case, I would just get the one bonus.
Also,
Jezelyn would smile at Simeon.
"My magical ability does come naturally, although it has taken practice to hone it and develop it. However, I know there are some who learn magic, as opposed to being born with it. You are welcome to practice with us and see if anything occurs. Or, we could see if the library contains anything that could help you learn."
Here are my thoughts;
1. If you were a defender or made it on the raft, you receive +1 to acrobatics.
2. We all receive +1 knowledge.
3. All those who were injured, +1 to Init.
So at the very least, we all get #2. And the other two, you receive those if you qualify for them.
1st: excellent job, Rai! Had Jez fallen, between her damage and Thorrpe's ( and the others', though they are my closest allies) I would have tried halting the fight via Diplomacy () Good to know that diplomacy would have worked, at least in theory.
2nd: this is to teach us that things are unfair? (And/or lateral thinking?) Thus, I choose all three bonuses. To wit: 1) I know much of old Kotei, and thus would be able to progress forward toward the new, making the knowledge (local) logical; 2) I was on the raft and have acrobatics as a preferred skill from my old life, and have been retraining in that to a limited extent; and 3) I have been harmed by my "ally" the ship, my "ally" Vem's recklessness (nearly causing us to tumble over) and those who wounded others harmed my sensibilities greatly (I am loathe to see any of them coming close to death).
If others do not qualify for something, I use my newfound expertise to train them! Hence, bonuses for all!
That said, if the GM prohibits this for some reason (I can't imagine why - my logic is "flawless"... yes, that's the word... I'm just sure of it! :D) then... oh, man, I really don't know what I'd take. I suppose the knowledge (local) would be the strongest for my particular character, all-said.
I believe Spirit has said each training phase merely gives us a choice, which is the influenced by the choices we qualify for.
So someone like Jezelyn qualifies for +1 initiative because she was injured while Vem is not because obviously she took no damage.
This merely opens up the path for Jezelyn to chose this bonus, and is not conferred to her automatically, as per my understanding when Spirit first mentioned this training, we would always choose one bonus per exercise.
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Ok, I found it. Since it is in the single tense, it sounds like we are only conferred one bonus per training session.
After each Day of Training you will all gain a new bonus, be it a bonus skill point, feat, weapon proficiency, etc.
However, the way this was worded, it sounds like some of us would qualify for more than 1.
1) A +1 bonus to Acrobatics. Fighting on a raft and in waist deep muck is no easy task.
2) A +1 bonus to Knowledge (local). You learned something quite valuable about Kotan traditions and life today.
3) (Only available to those who took damage from an ally) A +1 bonus to initiative. You will certainly not let anyone, especially one of these people, get the best of you again.
If it is only one, Raito takes the +1 to Initiative. Comes in handy for Iaijutsu
Ok, I found it. Since it is in the single tense, it sounds like we are only conferred one bonus per training session.
After each Day of Training you will all gain a new bonus, be it a bonus skill point, feat, weapon proficiency, etc.
However, the way this was worded, it sounds like some of us would qualify for more than 1.
1) A +1 bonus to Acrobatics. Fighting on a raft and in waist deep muck is no easy task.
2) A +1 bonus to Knowledge (local). You learned something quite valuable about Kotan traditions and life today.
3) (Only available to those who took damage from an ally) A +1 bonus to initiative. You will certainly not let anyone, especially one of these people, get the best of you again.
If it is only one, Raito takes the +1 to Initiative. Comes in handy for Iaijutsu
Ok, I found it. Since it is in the single tense, it sounds like we are only conferred one bonus per training session.
After each Day of Training you will all gain a new bonus, be it a bonus skill point, feat, weapon proficiency, etc.
However, the way this was worded, it sounds like some of us would qualify for more than 1 and take them.
1) A +1 bonus to Acrobatics. Fighting on a raft and in waist deep muck is no easy task.
2) A +1 bonus to Knowledge (local). You learned something quite valuable about Kotan traditions and life today.
3) (Only available to those who took damage from an ally) A +1 bonus to initiative. You will certainly not let anyone, especially one of these people, get the best of you again.
If it is only one, Raito takes the +1 to Initiative. Comes in handy for Iaijutsu
Oooo yea thorrpe got nailed!
though I have learned magics in prefer to wade I to combat as I did when I was a soldier. I usually bring allies with me, either Shadow or something else.
Thorpe hit me? In that case I'm grabbing the init bonus myself. :D
As soon as someone hits the water Thorrpe acts. He waves his hands and makes an odd shrill whistle as suddenly in front of Kite a dolphin appears, as it does Shadow winks out of existence in a puff of smoke, which flows into Thorrpe. The dolphin immediately charges Kite
1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 3 + 2 = 23 for 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
That is where you got smacked by a dolphin
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It got lost in the chaos, but I looked back and managed to see it. Damn good roll, too.
Also, over the course of their magic practice, Jez and Thorrpe would discover that they can both cast Detect Magic and Mage Armor. Jezelyn would also demonstrate her Shocking Grasp ability on an unfortunate flower.