Journey to the West: Kyrademon's Jade Regent PBP

Game Master Kyrademon

"I like the touch of pepper," Hrunndalf says to Rhost as he is sitting near the campfire, making a few adjustments to the strapping of his new suit of armor. "I'm not one to spurn a hearty soup at the end of a day's traveling anyway, but the spices do add an extra layer of oomph."

"Thank you," Rhost says. "Pepper is a good traveling spice. So is mint, if I may one day."

Hrithik Ranbhir wrote:

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This might be a dumb question, sorry to ask, but as it's important to my character... How do you pronounce 'Hrithik'?

"Rih-Tik". With a trilled "r". [ˈrɪt̪ɪk] in IPA.

After the tasty meal of peppered rabbit stew, Kalimac and Attatoq seek out Lio.

"Lio, I've been wondering something. I've never seen Attatoq take to someone so readily as with you. It's as if he's decided you're family. And how you talk about talking with him. Most people look at me funny when I talk about him that way. But I guess you understand."

"I guess what I'm wondering is whether you've always been this close to animals, or was it something you learned. I had to learn it."

After the tasty meal of peppered rabbit stew, Kalimac and Attatoq seek out Lio.

"Lio, I've been wondering something. I've never seen Attatoq take to someone so readily as with you. It's as if he's decided you're family. And how you talk about talking with him. Most people look at me funny when I talk about him that way. But I guess you understand."

"I guess what I'm wondering is whether you've always been this close to animals, or was it something you learned. I had to learn it."

Lio smiles. It's a pretty expression. "Ah laittle bit ah both ah suppos'." She says. She pauses for a long moment, pondering how honest she should be, before continuing. "Ah had some undastandn weath an'mls, baht ah lerned 'ow ta tal'ck fluentle frum 'eh Dru'ads." She looks at the two of them, a curious little look on her face. "Hau d'd 'eh tu of yu meat?"

As Kalimac, Attatoq, and Lio talk, Melinda's haunting music plays distantly. Lio looks over to where the sound is coming from, her head turns sideways, she listens briefly, much as a wolf would when hearing a pack member announce himself. She is still paying attention to Kalimac and Attatoq. Although the three can't see where Melinda is, they can see Alaric follow in that direction. Lio raises an eyebrow. Then again, the girl was 1/4 Ork, so she was probably older and more experienced than she seemed.

This might be a dumb question, sorry to ask, but as it's important to my character... How do you pronounce 'Hrithik'?

Kalimac got it. For more gory detail beyond the wikipedia entries:

The Hindi (read left to right) is: ऋतिक
The first two characters along the line are the the first syllable, which is the stressed one. There's apparently in dialect a bit of an emphasized exhale starting the trilled-r. So, pronounced like the beginning of rhythm if you exhaled sharply at the start and trilled the "r".

The second pair of characters are the second syllable, which is "tick" as in battle cry of "spoon!"

So: (h)RRRIH-tick.

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Lio listens to Hrithik as he details the list of names and titles he has gone by. She wonders at which point he was going to let her know which one he wanted to be addressed by. That moment doesn't come. Well, she thinks, that's just typical. And how was she supposed to pronounce such a strange unnatural sounding name anyway. ""Irr'tck Ranb'r" She tries it on for size. She has probably never actually said his name before. "W'll 'atll do, ah suppos."

Reta looks at what Hrithik is doing, and then glares at him.

"Goblin goblin gobliny goblinosity goblin," she growls, "Goblir goblinar Goblin goblin goblin-cakes. Goblin goblin, gob-gob-goblin."
Hrithik and Alaric, and Melinda if you join it at some point (or anyone else, if you join it at some point, for that matter), if you would like to move forward on Reta's Lesson, you can assume that, at the moment where it left off, it does not seem to be going well, and Reta seems about to get up and leave.

Hrithik picks up a purple pickle and smiles warmly at Reta.

"Your daughter seems to have emphatic thoughts she wishes to growl, Sir Alaric. Do you have the usual clerical means to understand the words she just said, or to understand them if they were repeated?"

Concentrating briefly, Hrithik closes his eyes and growls, "Jiena la kelb li jkun imħarreġ ma tittratta u swat. Lanqas jien an ħerqana fil-logħba tiegħek tal-prova kif wunderbare int. Tmurx lil hinn, il-bniedem tleqq."

Hrithik opens his eyes, nods, pops the purple pickle he holds into his mouth, and crunches happily. "I believe I can repeat that as needed, sir, if you can be ready."

Perfect Memory mindchemist class feature gives double Int bonus to memory checks and Knowledge skills (currently a +8 bonus). Hrithik certainly can't keep an endless recording of every word he's ever heard, but I hope he can take-10 to keep a couple of sentences just uttered at the forefront of his memory as long as he concentrates on running them over and over through his mind.

"Your daughter seems to have emphatic thoughts she wishes to growl, Sir Alaric. Do you have the usual clerical means to understand the words she just said, or to understand them if they were repeated?"

"Three things. It's just Alaric, I'm no cleric and yes, I can understand other tongues for a brief time."

Alaric closes his eyes, mutters: "All languages are one."

"Now, feel free to continue."

Lio smiles. It's a pretty expression. "Ah laittle bit ah both ah suppos'." She says. She pauses for a long moment, pondering how honest she should be, before continuing. "Ah had some undastandn weath an'mls, baht ah lerned 'ow ta tal'ck fluentle frum 'eh Dru'ads." She looks at the two of them, a curious little look on her face. "Hau d'd 'eh tu of yu meat?"

As Kalimac recalls the story of finding Attatoq, it's clear from his face that it is a bittersweet memory. "I found him as a pup. His mother had lost a fight with something big. I never did figure out what got to her. But Attatoq here was all I could save from her litter. We've been together ever since. I think he's missed out on some learning his mother would have taught him. But I've tried to teach him what I could of how to be a wolf. What isn't instinct, that is."

As Kalimac recalls the story of finding Attatoq, it's clear from his face that it is a bittersweet memory. "I found him as a pup. His mother had lost a fight with something big. I never did figure out what got to her. But Attatoq here was all I could save from her litter. We've been together ever since. I think he's missed out on some learning his mother would have taught him. But I've tried to teach him what I could of how to be a wolf. What isn't instinct, that is."

"Ah 'ken yu did jus' faine." She grins. "Yu'r 'is packe nou. E es kontent, an' a'ts 'eh emportunt paart."

"Thank you. And I see that Attatoq has adopted you to the pack as well. So, welcome to the family, Lio," Kalimac beams.

"Three things. It's just Alaric, I'm no cleric and yes, I can understand other tongues for a brief time."

Alaric closes his eyes, mutters: "All languages are one."

"Now, feel free to continue."

Hrithik's eyes twinkle and his smile widens to a grin as Alaric says his first of three things. He waits for Alaric to finish, then says, "You and Miss Melinda share one thing deeply, indeed exactly, in common, sir. Alaric it is."

Looking back to Reta, Hrithik says, "As for what your ward wishes be known, I believe it was: Jiena la kelb li jkun imħarreġ ma tittratta u swat. Lanqas jien an ħerqana fil-logħba tiegħek tal-prova kif wunderbare int. Tmurx lil hinn, il-bniedem tleqq."

If a memory Int check at +8 is needed to accurately remember the foreign sentences, Alaric and I probably shouldn't be the ones rolling it. Hrithik will think he's got it more or less correct, whether he does or doesn't, so I don't think we should get a sense of the d20 roll involved, if one needs to be at the DC involved.

""Irr'tck Ranb'r" She tries it on for size. She has probably never actually said his name before. "W'll 'atll do, ah suppos."

Hrithik beams at the address. "No one has ever addressed me so distinctively before. Thank you for the kindness, Miss Cromvathar."

Hrithik inclines his head and turban respectfully to Liothonae. "I look forward to our journey together."

Hrithik, repeating a few words in that manner is a DC 20 (appropriate Knowledge, in this case local) check, so you can take 10 without a problem. Repeating full sentences or long phrases that way is a DC 20 Int check, so even with your doubled bonus you would still need to make a roll to get it perfectly accurate.

EDITED TO ADD: And very well, I will make the roll.

"Thank you. And I see that Attatoq has adopted you to the pack as well. So, welcome to the family, Lio," Kalimac beams.

Her expression is pleased. If it had been anyone else offering the hand of such a friendship, they would have probably been rebuffed by the elven woman's cautious demeanor. "Ah ahm naught su'ar yu nough wot yu 'r gett'n ento, bot ah acc'pt yur off'r." She greets the wolf with a nuzzle and a little lick on his snout. She doesn't greet Kalimac that way, because he's a person, and that would be weird, and that's probably a good thing. ;)

According to Hrithik, what Reta said was the following:

Hrithik, repeating a few words in that manner is a DC 20 (appropriate Knowledge, in this case local) check, so you can take 10 without a problem.

The only coherent part of Reta's speech short enough to count as "a few words" to me is the little five-word sentence at the end: Tmurx lil hinn, il-bniedem tleqq. Hrithik taking-10 on those 5 words results in a 23 on that DC 20 K:Local check.

So Hrithik should be able to nail those few words, and then do as well as memory allows with the rest of it. What Alaric hears come out of Hrithik's mouth I leave to capable GM hands ... :-)

liothonae cromvathar wrote:

""Irr'tck Ranb'r" She tries it on for size. She has probably never actually said his name before. "W'll 'atll do, ah suppos."

Hrithik beams at the address. "No one has ever addressed me so distinctively before. Thank you for the kindness, Miss Cromvathar."

Hrithik inclines his head and turban respectfully to Liothonae. "I look forward to our journey together."

Lio shrugs. "Ets ah dist'enktave naime," she says. "Bot et's 'ard ta pranounse."

Hrithik's eyes twinkle and his smile widens to a grin as Alaric says his first of three things. He waits for Alaric to finish, then says, "You and Miss Melinda share one thing deeply, indeed exactly, in common, sir. Alaric it is."

Alaric reddens a bit. "Yes, of course... she's a wonderf... anyway."

Looking back to Reta, Hrithik says, "As for what your ward wishes be known, I believe it was: Jiena la kelb li jkun imħarreġ ma tittratta u swat. Lanqas jien an ħerqana fil-logħba tiegħek tal-prova kif wunderbare int. Tmurx lil hinn, il-bniedem tleqq."

Alaric listens carefully. "I am fairly confident she did not say precisely that."

Hrithik does manage to get the final phrase pronounced a little better:

"She doesn't like you."

Alaric listens carefully. "I am fairly confident she did not say precisely that."

Hrithik sighs and nods. "I'm trying to retain too much I don't know any referent for." Hrithik pops another purple pickle. "Her last short sentence was more coherent, and I thought I recognized one turn of phrase."

Trying different inflections, Hrithik repeats, "Tmurx lil hinn, il-bniedem tleqq. Tmurx lil hinn, il-bniedem tleqq. Tmurx lil hinn, il-bniedem tleqq. Tmurx lil hinn, il-bniedem tleqq. Tmurx lil hinn, il-bniedem tleqq."

Looking to Alaric, Hrithik inquires, "Anything?"

"Yes, that's the part that indicates that she doesn't like you. It means literally: 'go away Shiny Man.'"

Lio shrugs. "Ets ah dist'enktave naime," she says. "Bot et's 'ard ta pranounse."

Hrithik laughs, "So says the pot with the name "Liothonae" to the kettle. How many people ever pronounce that to your satisfaction? Am I even close?"

Reta has watched the interplay back and forth between the two men, and turns to Alaric. She points at Hrithik and unleashes a torrent of angry Goblin.

"Jekk jogħġbok għid li ... persuna li jiena mhux DOMESTIĊI li jridu jitħarrġu għal ħidma ma tittratta ftit ikel u theddid ta 'kastigi. I a gwerriera ta 'l-tribù bufo jilgħaq u l-bint ta' l-Graff eroj kbir Alaric, u jien mhux se jkunu umiljati b'dan il-mod quddiem il-missier tiegħi waqt li tbissim u li qed tagħmel a favur billi jagħmel dan! "

liothonae cromvathar wrote:

Lio shrugs. "Ets ah dist'enktave naime," she says. "Bot et's 'ard ta pranounse."

Hrithik laughs, "So says the pot with the name "Liothonae" to the kettle. How many people ever pronounce that to your satisfaction? Am I even close?"

"Po't?' Lio asks. "Ah dunna 'xp'ct outters tah speake Elv'n, so et dunna matt'r mouch ta me."

Alaric listens to Reta's rant. When she's finished, he pats her hand, and turns to the Shiny Man.

"She objects to your method of training. She is not an animal. She is a warrior with a... um... proud lineage. Perhaps you could try a different method?"

It is later that evening, when Lio finds a spot near Shalelu. She nods to Myri, who is sitting by her adopted sister, and takes a seat on the ground.

"Yes, that's the part that indicates that she doesn't like you. It means literally: 'go away Shiny Man.'"

Hrithik, his face grim, points and pokes a petite purple pickle at Alaric. "Have you bothered to inform your ward of any of this? You keep thanking me on her behalf, but after a day to prepare her for her first lesson, does she even know what's going on here? What's on offer?"

Hrithik scowls. "It is known that Goblins revere pickles, spoons, and fire."

Hrithik hooks his thumb at Reta. "Does she even know that there is a course of training tonight that would provide her and her loved ones with countless pickles of every color and flavor known to the sophont races? Is she remotely aware that she could learn, here, now, this month, to craft spoons of every element conceived, from arsenic to adamantium? Has she any information about the sheer amount of abysmal pyrotechnic conflagration that could be taught to her if she'd just knuckle down and apply herself?"

"Because if you signed her up to be taught, and explained to her the importance of an education, and she had any inkling of any of what's available to be learned, I cannot imagine her first words to her teacher would include: Tmurx lil hinn, il-bniedem tleqq ... or that you would be anything less than mortified to hear it."

Myriana smiles openly and welcomingly as Lio joins them. She utters but a single word, but she sounds like she means it sincerely.

Myriana smiles openly and welcomingly as Lio joins them. She utters but a single word, but she sounds like she means it sincerely.

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Lio smiles at the teenager. "Myriana Cyfarchion, ydych chi'n teimlo'n well? Mae teithio yn ymddangos yn dda i chi. Rydych yn edrych yn hapusach nag sydd gennych yn y dyddiau diwethaf."

Alaric Graff wrote:

"Yes, that's the part that indicates that she doesn't like you. It means literally: 'go away Shiny Man.'"

Hrithik, his face grim, points and pokes a petite purple pickle at Alaric. "Have you bothered to inform your ward of any of this? You keep thanking me on her behalf, but after a day to prepare her for her first lesson, does she even know what's going on here? What's on offer?"

Hrithik scowls. "It is known that Goblins revere pickles, spoons, and fire."

Hrithik hooks his thumb at Reta. "Does she even know that there is a course of training tonight that would provide her and her loved ones with countless pickles of every color and flavor known to the sophont races? Is she remotely aware that she could learn, here, now, this month, to craft spoons of every element conceived, from arsenic to adamantium? Has she any information about the sheer amount of abysmal pyrotechnic conflagration that could be taught to her if she'd just knuckle down and apply herself?"

"Because if you signed her up to be taught, and explained to her the importance of an education, and she had any inkling of any of what's available to be learned, I cannot imagine her first words to her teacher would include: Tmurx lil hinn, il-bniedem tleqq ... or that you would be anything less than mortified to hear it."

Alaric, impressively deadpan: "You're right. I have no idea where this dislike could possibly have come from."

"She objects to your method of training. She is not an animal. She is a warrior with a... um... proud lineage. Perhaps you could try a different method?"

Hrithik glares at Alaric. "It isn't about my method. It is about your responsibility to prepare your daughter for what awaits her."

"If you don't start preparing your ward for exposure to civilized lands, you are sleep-waltzing her to her death."

"It does not take a caravan to raise a goblin. It takes a father. An active father, who does something productive with an entire day's allocation of spells of language comprehension, who spends more time than the caravan glazier thinking about his ward's education, who accomplishes something meaningful while spending his every free moment with the only human in this camp capable of speaking Goblin."

"Speaking of whom, we need her now. Since Melinda so obviously was not used earlier to prepare for this lesson, Miss Reta deserves to have her present now to end this and to prepare for the next lesson, if there is ever to be one."

Lio comments quietly, as Shalelu and Myri are nearby... "Mae'r gerddoriaeth wedi rhoi'r gorau i

Lio smiles at the teenager. "Myriana Cyfarchion, ydych chi'n teimlo'n well? Mae teithio yn ymddangos yn dda i chi. Rydych yn edrych yn hapusach nag sydd gennych yn y dyddiau diwethaf."

Myri responds, seeming a little abashed but visibly brightening,

"Ydy," says Shalelu, her glance flickering almost imperceptibly over to Myri.

liothonae cromvathar wrote:

Lio smiles at the teenager. "Myriana Cyfarchion, ydych chi'n teimlo'n well? Mae teithio yn ymddangos yn dda i chi. Rydych yn edrych yn hapusach nag sydd gennych yn y dyddiau diwethaf."

Myri responds, seeming a little abashed but visibly brightening,

** spoiler omitted ** she begins to turn bright red in the glow of the campfire and abruptly looks away and off in the distance.
** spoiler omitted ** She takes a sip, cradling her clay mug in both hands staring off in the distance and rocking slightly back and forth.

Lio says, "Te? Ers pryd ydych chi'n hoffi ei fragu dail? Wyt ti'n iawn? Concern crosses her face as Myri starts to rock back and forth a little.

She looks questioning at Shalelu.

Lio comments quietly, as Shalelu and Myri are nearby... "Mae'r gerddoriaeth wedi rhoi'r gorau i ** spoiler omitted **

”Għalhekk,” Reta says to Alaric, ”Għandu tiegħu, kwalunkwe kien, int konvint li huwa mill-isbaħ u perfetta għadhom? Huwa jew hija għadha qed taħdem fuq jipprova li għal kulħadd madwar lilu bi kwalunkwe mezz possibbli?”

”Jistgħu immorru issa?” she adds, a little plaintively.

Lio says, "Te? Ers pryd ydych chi'n hoffi ei fragu dail? Wyt ti'n iawn? Concern crosses her face as Myri starts to rock back and forth a little.

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She looks questioning at Shalelu.

Myri begins to think the heat from her body is rivaling that of the dying campfire. She speaks, noticeably not looking at either Shalelu or Lio. "Rwy'n yfed te ... jyst ddim yn hoffi ... hyn ..."

Alaric bursts out laughing at Reta's comment, placing a fond hand on her shoulder. "Well said, Reta. Well said. Jistgħu immorru issa." He turns to Hrithik. "I'm sure you'll excuse us."

Alaric leads his charge away from the others, all the while encouraging her to speak until his spell runs out.

liothonae cromvathar wrote:

Lio comments quietly, as Shalelu and Myri are nearby... "Mae'r gerddoriaeth wedi rhoi'r gorau i ** spoiler omitted **

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Lio's answers Myri's question. Her voice is subdued, and maybe a little uncomfortable. "Gallaf ond ddychmygu ei bod yn cael ei ffordd gyda Alaric erbyn hyn. Wedi'r cyfan, mae hi o leiaf chwarter ORC, ac mae'n ond yn ddyn. Rwy'n amau ​​y gall wirioneddol ymladd hi i ffwrdd os nad yw ei fwriad. Er ei fod wedi dilyn hi i lle bynnag y bo hi a aeth, ac felly mewn gwirionedd mae wedi dod â hyn ar ei hun."