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Anyone else making connections to an episode of Doctor Who titled "A Town Called Mercy"? Starts off much the same. See this link for a synopsis.
It takes place in Nevada during the late 1880s. The Doctor and his companions approach an isolated desert town called Mercy, with a perimeter marked out and a sign saying "Keep Out." I'll be curious if a cyborg gunslinger shows up.
This is near Alkenstar although Numeria is a bit away...
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I ran Feast of Ravenmoor recently.
It was fun, lots of fun. Isolated backwater town, suspicious people.
One of the best points, i made an NPC speak the 'technical truth', thus not actually lying, against some high SM rolls.
I almost killed a PC (1 hp from death's door) in the end.
Maybe i should run it again in the future. :)
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Yes. At one point i asked who felt like their PC was in an actual horror flick. They said they did. :)
They got especially frustrated with the swarms, and hurt by the faceless stalker in the cornfield. Surprisingly, the mayor did a better number on them as a whole, than i expected, the glade being a mere 30x30 feet.
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Just a heads up. I am posting this in all my games, so you may see it more than once.
I am leaving for a cruise at 2am on March 5th. I'll be on the road all night and arriving at the ship midday. I won't have internet access til sometime the night of the 5th... For the next 2 weeks, I will have spotty internet (wifi at sea isn't the best), and I'll probably only be checking in at night once a day. Please if my character needs to take action between my own posts, GM feel free to bot me as necessary.
Ship returns to port on March 19th, and I will resume normal posting on the 20th.
Thanks, and sorry for any inconvenience my semi-absence may cause.
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I don't mean to suggest anything nefarious here, but if nearly every child has one of those carved toys, and nearly every child has whatever this affliction might be, and the affliction is affecting arms/hands(?) which would be the body parts coming in contact with the toys... see where I'm going with that?
The priestess was (we assume) unknowingly swabbing the tree down with what is essentially a poison. Is it possible there's something in whatever wood was used for the toys that is similarly detrimental? Cashews have already been mentioned, after all...
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An interesting theory :) Now how can you find evidence for this!
And have fun in the warm sun Hakime :)
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I don't mean to suggest anything nefarious here, but if nearly every child has one of those carved toys, and nearly every child has whatever this affliction might be, and the affliction is affecting arms/hands(?) which would be the body parts coming in contact with the toys... see where I'm going with that?
The priestess was (we assume) unknowingly swabbing the tree down with what is essentially a poison. Is it possible there's something in whatever wood was used for the toys that is similarly detrimental? Cashews have already been mentioned, after all...
The children had cloth on their faces, as well. Perhaps what got on their hands would get on their faces, but it seems a reach (well, not a reach from hands to face, but ... you know what I mean). We can check the dolls for residue, since we know what we're looking for.
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Do we? I'm not presuming it's the tree oil.
On the other hand, Wyeth is an apprentice alchemist, so he could give identifying it a go.
As for faces, good point! However, little kids chew on things, and as for the older ones, that's how colds get transferred. How often do you hear admonishments not to touch your face e.g. during flu season? So, yes: Perhaps a reach, but not totally out of the question.
@Gob: I can do that later for the spellbook.
As far as Enter Image, there oddly is no target. However, you need to look like whatever 'likeness' you're trying to work with. Since it says 'bears your likeness' in the spell text, I'm ok with using a Disguise check to make it (and in this case, Aspex is arguably the best person to use the scroll as at least she is the same gender, making the Disguise check easier).
For the sake of the DC, I'm thinking a DC 15 Disguise check is sufficient as that would roughly be the minimum spell DC (give or take).
Just saying it in a single thread since you're in a few of my games :P but welcome back and take care of yourself :)
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I teach physics and recently I was looking on You-tube for video examples of rogue waves, which are freak superposition of different sources of ocean waves that create an unusually large wave that can capsize even big ships.
Well, I found one, but before I could watch it, I had to watch an advertisement for a cruise ship line. Someone in their organization needs to check the content of the videos they are advertising before. The video shows ships getting capsized or nearly capsized by huge waves.
Sorry you got sick, but I hope is was a good cruise before you got sick.
No worries; hope you had fun!
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At least Benson had a good reason (gaming!) and his absence was short.
On the other hand, all I can do is apologize for my extended "away" time. Life unexpectedly went off the rails for a good while. I started spinning back up on my games last week, but I still have a couple to go... lots of (general life) catch-up to do and that's sucking up gaming time. Still, I think I'm basically back. Thanks for the botting, GM, and thanks for your patience, to everyone.
Man, I can't believe I missed out on an ape joke... sigh.
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Thanks, Marduk. Great to be back!
GM: Ah. The +6 tripped me up so badly I didn't recognize it. Thanks!
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Welcome back! Plus side, you guys are 'bout near the end, but a couple of decisions will need to be made.