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You can get copies of the Family Histories from any Genealogical Society. You might be able to get more exacting information in Skyway, since all nobles really want accurate genealogies. Since it's very possible that Eberron's society has printing with moveable type; Genealogical books of the accuracy you're looking for will cost 5gp to 20 gp.
Family History books would cost less, about 9 sp to 5 gp.
Absylon will get get the best books available, I assume the higher the price the better the info? Or is it just a better quality book (binding, pages, print etc)?
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A bit of both, actually. :)
DC 25 gives you all the information of a particular house that was in Dragonmarked Houses. DC 30, you get into in-depth family histories, including what did what, or family biographies of successful house leaders. DC 35 -- you get into the esoteric history of the house.
Kind of like information on getting rich in the real world.
shelling out the 80 gold to get the best books on the four Houses I mentioned, those bring up my checks by how much?
Worried that othan won't react kindly to being tricked?
Especially when the person attempting the trickery is also committing fraud by claiming membership in a Dragonmarked House in the process- Danir is not going to prison for someone else's lies.
I was just wondering why othan was being kept out of the loop.
Sorry, wasn't intending to exclude Othan, just wasn't sure if he'd really be interested in our conspiracy theories... :)
It is probably better that you did, Othan sometimes acts without thinking through exactly where his actions could lead.
I am fine with moving on to the end of the voyage, or not if others want to interact with the other passengers more.
So Absylon's story has a hole visible to anyone knowledgeable about laws surrounding dragonmarked houses? Doesn't bode well for a story he could give to high ranking members of House Lyrander.
How many hero points do I still have left GM?
Would Thrask know anything about these guys in particular?
Are we going to stay here trading insults with some half-elves with superiority complexes or move on? Othan is perfectly fine with acting threatening if needed to shut these idiots up.
GM I am going to be out of commission for a week it seems, the jackals of verizon struck again... Getting new internet connection, that is going to take at least a week unless I get real lucky... Bot me until then.
Ah, verizon...they know that in order to stay popular they only need to do better than comcast:)
Which are crazy, the internet providers or our characters? :P
Both?
A big thing came up at work that may require me to travel for a few days. I may not be able to post until sometime next week.
Hope work works out for you, Browman.
The inter net providers. In the world of espionage, you need to be a little paranoid.
This post came roughly three (real) hours before I was attacked by an assassin. Coincidence?!? :)
Other than shouting about his eyes, does the guy attacking Xov do anything on his turn?
I need to track down a copy of that player companion and take a look
Othan you can find blood of the moon stat info on the d20 look under the category of races...
I don't want to change my main 6 stats at this point, otherwise I am flexible about changing things, but given that I have made it to lvl 4 with my current abilities I don't see a need to change them at this point. Thanks for offering though, I will have to remember skinwalkers for future games. Not a fan of only getting the physical stat buff when shifted though.
yeah, that is kind of a lot of bookkeeping. or at least an annoying bit of bookkeeping
I'm thinking that we either need to actually start posting with some frequency or call this one dead- waiting days for a single post, having questions asked towards the gameplay be routinely ignored, etc.- these things make for a poor gaming experience from what could otherwise be a great game. But that's just MHO, what do the rest of you think?
My preference is for posts every day, but I think realistically that won't always happen.
oops, kinda posted my thoughts in gameplay before i read discussion.
without trying to offend anyone:
- responses from the GM do seem to take a bit more time than i would have expected.
- players sometimes take a long time to post or do not post at all. I could see this being an issue arising from the fact that we are dealing with something that pertains primarily to one character (mine). If that is the case or even part of the reason, then we should speed through my side story and get moving on someone else's story or the main campaign arc.
- on the front of player/character motivations, i see the following:
--- Ebran motivated to play the party scout, doing his own quest, making money. Lofty goal of one day being an airship captain.
--- Xov motivated to solve any mystery that arises
--- Danir motivations relate to House Cannith, but also to magical research and creation, problem solving.
--- Thrask/Absylon/etc motivations to... be crazy?
--- Othan motivations relate to killing, little else.
Xov and Danir's motivations require heavy and repeated GM feedback to inquiries.
Thrask seems sufficiently self-motivated to be the live wire of the party, being crazy and forwarding his own shadowy goals.
Othan's motivation requires more frequent combat, otherwise there is little for him to do, it would seem.
Othan is also fine with being the big brooding backup to whatever schemes the group has. He is skilled at intimidating people. Our adventures will likely force us to continue dealing with less reputable parts of society and having someone who is clearly skilled at killing (and always armed even if we are allowed no weapons into a meeting) is often handy.
Also stating that I am only motivated by killing makes me sound like more of a psychopath than I am. I am highly motivated by money, really having no vested interest in our long term mission other than that it should make me incredibly rich.
Decent summary, Ebran.
One thing that might be happening is that people are waiting for others' to get a chance to post before they do, so everyone is waiting on everyone else. As in, GM is waiting for Danir and Othan to post, but they are waiting for Xov and Ebran to post, but we are waiting for the GM to post, so no one posts.
Usually when I can I'll post with something Xov is thinking, even if he isn't doing anything, just so that people know I am caught up and don't need to wait for me.
As for how people are invested in this particular part of the story, Xov seems comfortable getting between interhouse conflict. Danir seems much more inclined to go do something for his house. Othan...I'm not sure.
As a player, I'm anticipating how it will play out when "Thrask"'s cover is blown.
I don't know how busy people's lives are, but this time of year for me I usually get a rapid oscillation between being overloaded with work and having too much spare time. If other people are having real life events going on, that could reduce posting, which also reduces people's investment, which cycles back around and reduces posting rates. Personally I'm fine with the game moving slowly, as long as it is actually moving and not completely stopped.
Danir's only real motivation with getting his task done so that he can get back into his house is because it helps him towards his long term goal- gathering enough personal money, power, and partners/hirelings to make a foray into the Mournland and return to Eston- his home and the former seat of Cannith power. He wants to find his family members bodies and give them a proper burial and might also wish to seek some keepsakes/mementoes from his family home.
Danir's only real motivation with getting his task done so that he can get back into his house is because it helps him towards his long term goal- gathering enough personal money, power, and partners/hirelings to make a foray into the Mournland and return to Eston- his home and the former seat of Cannith power. He wants to find his family members bodies and give them a proper burial and might also wish to seek some keepsakes/mementoes from his family home.
That'd be fun. hopefully i can pilot the airship for that venture :D
Which items has Danir finished crafting?
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Here are my justifications:
1. you guys look like you need more breathing room.
2. Danir wants to do his storyline, and he's itching to.
3. You still can work with the Citadel, if Ebran's elemental skyship was smaller, and less conspicuous. I'm thinking of making it a special ship, that has landing capabilities. Yeah, you don't have to dock at a tower.
4. It will allow you to go all over Khorvaire, and can go beyond. Even to Sarlona and Xen'drik.
5. Plus, it will make it faster to get one from place to another. And riding the rail would put you in more danger than a skyship.
i, of course, like the idea.
Even if the other PCs don't want to have any sort of focus on a traveling game, it is pretty awesome, like Othan said. It could even have small but comfortable rooms, and a luxurious common area (with a bar).
A large ship would be nice, but a smaller one is quite good for the reasons you mentioned.
And a smaller one could be better for daring escapes, especially once i get a rod of ropes and my future powers of ranged control of the ship's elemental.
I'm fine with Ebran getting a ship. Xov is fine with it too, at least until he learns to teleport.
Absylon wouldn't mind an airship... Although if given a choice Absylon would prfer a spacious airship, more room from which to deploy mercs...
Note GM, I have plans of going to House Tharask (I forget the exact name) as Absylon with a letter of authorization from "Thrask" to use the House's services on his behalf...
When my character arrives at the "merc pit" I would like if possible for the mercs there to be determined by dice rolling, so that it feels like opening up a can of "mystery meat"...
It's your choice whether or not to do that though...