GM Kiora's Wrath of the Righteous

Game Master Kiora Atua

Unexpected supper with my parents, I will post again as soon as I am back (I can't let Annabelle all alone, with the sun rising soon!)

I wanna know what your choices for your +2 to a skill are. Right now I know:

Markus: K(Arcana)
Valaria: P(Oratory)
Ehren: ????
Hinagiku: ????
Ary: K(Planes)
Isilme: P(Oratory)

Ehren needs to pick his new Nature Bond.

I applied it to Perform (Oratory) too.

For those interested, there's a Lunar Eclipse tonight starting in about 1.5 hours. It'll peak in about 4 hours. :)

Partly cloudy here, so I might try to step outside and see if I can catch it. Thanks for the heads up! :)

I'm having déjà vu here. Any domain suggestions? Animal for a cute party mascot? Feather for fly? Growth so he can be taller than Ary for 6 seconds?

And I'll put the skill bonus into Heal for a +16 bonus. Does Heal become obsolete at some point? Maybe. But I'll never fail at it. ;P

I think you've reached the point where it's normally obsolete... about 5 points ago. ;)

I'd go for Mountain so that you can someday expend 1 MP to cast stuff like Flesh to Stone and Clashing Rocks :)

But if he gets enough Heal he can diagnose and treat the really rare conditions! I mean, what if one of us gets copper poisoning and needs chelation?

I'd go for Mountain so that you can someday expend 1 MP to cast stuff like Flesh to Stone and Clashing Rocks :)

I think I have a winner. :P

Hinagiku took perception for the +2 bonus on 1 skill. Acrobatics would have been nice, but it does not really sound like something Iomedae would bestow on someone.

Iomedae, give me sight beyond sight!

Wait, wait, does that mean Iomedae really meant to call Ary her "Lion-O"? :p

Ehren @ a domain choice:

The Community domain! (The community from which Ehren originates/the one that he wants to restore)
The Memory subdomain of Knowledge (regaining more Kellid memories)
The War, Glory or Law domains! (representing various powers that Iomedae herself would have the ability to grant)

I think he's still limited to Druid domains, which gives him a choice from: Air, Animal, Earth, Fire, Plant, Water, Weather, or the Animal/Terrain Domains

Oh, man, the badlands domain, then. Right?

The Growth subdomain also gives some pretty awesome powers and the righteous might spell, which is kickass.

Badlands is pretty amazing, but unfortunately it's one of the odd few that replaces a class feature.

Ladyfriend's birthday today, so posting might be a bit spotty... but maybe I can post while she's not looking. <.<...>.>

Ladyfriend's birthday is definitely more important ;)

Hina is actually the inspiration for Ary's idea right now... out of character.

Kintsugi is a small part of Japanese culture and tied to their philosophy (read the philosophy section a bit) that things are more beautiful for their flaws and having been broken. And I think it's a beautiful philosophy when applied to friendship. :)

Interesting idea, I wonder what Hinagiku would think of it... sounds anathema to Irori's teachings (or maybe not).

It's only anathema to Irori's teachings if you consider flaws to be an objective assessment.

Most of the time, flaws are only subjective. Your eyebrows are weird. I don't think your voice sounds good. Your fingers are too long.

...Your Strength score isn't high enough?

...You got slashed on the face and it made you ugly?

But everyone has a different path to their own enlightenment, yes? My judgment of your flaws has no bearing on whether those flaws stand in the way of your personal perfection.

Also, I can fix the sickened condition! I'm not an alchemist but I can do it.

How many mages does it take to cure a hango- oh dammit, Markus can fix it. Never mind. ;P

Nice idea Ary :)

Yeah, I think Markus has a good point.

Achieving perfection isn't about eliminating the flaws until you have none, it's about understanding them and overcoming them, even if they'll always be a part of you. I'm certain Irori knows this. Applying Kintsugi to a friendship or a person just means that you don't try to pretend the flaws don't exist or hide them, you overcome them (obviously a broken dish or friendship both still need to be repaired to be useful) and accept that their existence is part of the whole of the thing.

It really depends on what Hina's view of perfection is. To me, the only perfection one could reach is perfect acceptance. There are things you cannot change or overcome, and even the concept of growth is entirely an art of repairing small breaks. Exercise, learning, speaking. It's all about incremental adjustments to overcome a flaw, or strengthen the things that have been broken. :)

At least that's my perspective. :)

Moving away from Hinagiku's philosophy (who would probably say that flaws can be overcome, whatever they might be... still I need to think about it more thoroughly), I think that in this case she would not consider Annabelle as more flawed or broken, simply different.

Here's an interesting test case:
Imagine you have only one arm. Obviously that's a serious flaw. Does overcoming it mean you need a new arm identical to the original? Can you achieve perfection without needing to replace it?

Yeah, I have thought about this, almost putting it into my previous post... but Annabelle lost and arm to get a tentacle instead... so it seems like its not the best way to approach the situation.

Thinking back on the flaw thing. I think Hinagiku would oppose it, saying that flaws can be fixed, whatever they are. On the other hand, characteristics (having one arm, a scar), would only affect the kind of perfect one is trying to attain.

In Annabelle's case, her flaws have not changed, nor is she broken. Her characteristics have changed though.

Markus would like to make a few purchases today! I'm gonna roll to see if there's stuff here. <25 means it's not.

Masterwork Breastplate: 1d100 ⇒ 6 Damn, nope.
Masterwork Banded Mail: 1d100 ⇒ 2 Wow, I guess I'm having no luck with armor.
Masterwork Chainmail: 1d100 ⇒ 3

Whatever dude. I f*@&in' give up trying to find armor for Annabelle.

They actually had loads of armor available in her size, but unfortunately Crosses'n'Garlic is en vogue this season.

Hey, that chain shirt kept Ary going for days. It's a lucky chain shirt. Not so lucky in the fact the previous wearer before Ary died. But... you know.

Yeah, but... Annabelle doesn't have a badass legendary shield to help out her AC.

She doesn't really NEED it, as she's a reach-weapon wielding mounted warrior, but the speed decrease doesn't matter as much as she's gonna have a 50ft speed regardless.

I guess I'll just attune the chain shirt and the glaive, though XD

You could always have something ordered and/or commissioned... I think. Now that we have the time to spare, I mean.

For total AC, Banded and Half-Plate would be equivalent to a Breastplate (edit: given her +2 dex mod), so if you're not worried about speed, heavy armor isn't a bad choice. Unless there's some reason I've missed that she can't wear heavy armor.

I've got a personal vendetta against half-plate, and I already looked for banded mail. I don't have enough money to afford Field Plate or Full Plate or I would have rolled for those as well.

She does (or at least ought to) have Heavy Armor Proficiency though.

Totally missed the "banded mail" stuck between breastplate and chainmail :p

And yeah, Field/Full plate are super expensive at the moment.

Don't forget about eastern armors, either. Just as an example, Hrut was sporting Four Mirror. It's a 6/2 armor with a -5 ACP... but it's insanely cheap. As a matter of fact, it's reasonable to believe after he got his full plate updated that he very likely would have parted with said Four-mirror armor...

Is Eastern armor readily available in Kenabres? I've always kinda worked with the assumption that it's not as common as regular armor, if only because of setting flavor.

I'd say it's rare, but this is a special instance. :P

Is Eastern armor readily available in Kenabres? I've always kinda worked with the assumption that it's not as common as regular armor, if only because of setting flavor.

No. Not readily available.

You could certainly order it though, or commission, from Nerosyan (which is a bigger city)

In case any of y'all are interested and missed the press conference today, NASA announced they have evidence that there is currently flowing water on Mars. It's sub-surface and briny, but it's a pretty huge deal for the possibility of finding life on Mars.

Press Conference: Water on Mars

In case any of y'all are interested and missed the press conference today, NASA announced they have evidence that there is currently flowing water on Mars. It's sub-surface and briny, but it's a pretty huge deal for the possibility of finding life on Mars.

Press Conference: Water on Mars

Awesome! That's crazy exciting.

Interesting!

When Markus is a demigod, what will his favored weapon be? :)

Blindness. :P

Better than Ehren's. 'Self Harm' :3

Ary's is Shield. :3

Isilme's will be a Rapier... wit ;)

Better than Ehren's. 'Self Harm' :3

Why, naturally. The most dangerous weapon is the one you can't trust. ;P

I think everyone has a Rapier named Wit at some point on one of their characters. Cadence is a good name for a light mace drumstick, though. I'v also always wanted a character who weilded a Harp/Bow called the Heartstring.

Oh, I like that idea. I'm still torn on Val's demigod weapon. It feels like cheating to use Starknives since she already uses her goddess's favored weapon.