How's everyone doing?
I think I'm going to go ahead and try to get us started again towards the end of this week.
I'm good... ready to go whenever.
Ready
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...Player One.
Fixed that for ya! ;)
I've kinda stalled on my new PC and currently lack motivation to keep working on him.
I'll get him done, eventually, but please don't wait on me. I honestly have no idea when I'll be done. Doubt it will be any time even sorta soon.
Ready...Player One.
Fixed that for ya! ;)
Proving once more that the book is almost always so much better than the movie.
Okay, then I'll get my post up in the next couple of days -- since we have some new players joining, can I get a brief synopsis of the character fluff and build from each of you that I'll stick in the opening post, so that everyone knows who's playing?
Well my fluff didn't really change, except that i'm adding some more mystic abilities to Amuent-Ra.
Gotak is out in the world to find and eradicate arcane defilers (and perhaps protect preservers), and -- eventually -- to slay the sorcerer-kings and dragon(s). This is an incredibly tall order, and she can't recall why she's out and doing this, but she's been doing so for (perhaps) a year or two, enough to have gained a reputation as a tough customer. Before the time she came to herself walking across the wasteland, she has only fragmented memories.
MG, if you need help let me know.
Narzor is a lich worshipper of Orcus who arrived on Athas during the Green Age, which the world was still young, He came to this out of the way world to work on a millennias-long experiment on the influence of different magic types on wildlife. He recently concluded his experiment and is wandering around to see how things have changed. He's a bit concerned, however, that he can't seem to contact his God.
Mechanically, Narzor is a Lich (formerly human) with the Warlock and Shadowcaster classes. Warlock gives him some pew pew, and Shadowcaster has some truly bizarre light-and-darkness-based magics (plus getting some really potent limited use abilities). For mythic paths, I took archmage and guardian.
Rokan is the same lovable Rokan. He still remembers a quest that nobody here knows about :D Complete it he will.
Okay, updated with the 'story so far' post. Let's have everyone read that, and I'll clarify any uncertain points for the old timers and new comers alike, then I'll do another post where I set up the current scenario.
MG, if you need help let me know.
Narzor is a lich worshipper of Orcus who arrived on Athas during the Green Age, which the world was still young, He came to this out of the way world to work on a millennias-long experiment on the influence of different magic types on wildlife. He recently concluded his experiment and is wandering around to see how things have changed. He's a bit concerned, however, that he can't seem to contact his God.
Mechanically, Narzor is a Lich (formerly human) with the Warlock and Shadowcaster classes. Warlock gives him some pew pew, and Shadowcaster has some truly bizarre light-and-darkness-based magics (plus getting some really potent limited use abilities). For mythic paths, I took archmage and guardian.
Just a quick note -- from Nazor's perspective, the world may have been young in the Green Age, but this planet is trillions, if not quadrillions of years old, far, far, far older than Earth -- remember this is my own canon.
Also, if MG doesn't want your help w/ character building, might I raise my hand? I'd like to revive one of the abandoned characters and could use some help rebuilding him as a DM-PC. The character I want to resurrect is the dwarf Rikus. I can give you a link to his sheet if you'd like to help me with a rebuild.
Here's the sheet if you'd like to help me out.
I'll take a look and see what's what.
It's true that I was going with the canon Darksun stuff. Basically, he would have arrived before the sphere was cut off by the halfling and his retinue.
EDIT: so at his core, he's an Elementalist caster right? Did you want suggestions for builds, or stick with the classes he has?
I'll take a look and see what's what.
It's true that I was going with the canon Darksun stuff. Basically, he would have arrived before the sphere was cut off by the halfling and his retinue.
EDIT: so at his core, he's an Elementalist caster right? Did you want suggestions for builds, or stick with the classes he has?
Nothing is invalid in what you wrote, I just want to emphasize that this is basically a homebrew setting with a customized Dark Sun as the center. I've changed a lot of details over time.
There are portals to other worlds in this universe. The planet of Serinbaal is connected to the mythic earth the Mongol game is set in, as well as the Ninth World in the Land of Vralk.
I'm open to suggestions on the build, including switching classes etc.; I remember he did a lot of stuff with condition effects, like grappling foes.
Well, let me put it this way: how complex a character are you looking to run?
let your imagination run wild, give me the best you got, I'd like a challenge to learn some new aspects of the game.
Also, just to tease some stuff and give some hint at the wider cosmology -- the tower the characters are visiting in the Numenera game is an intradimensional object; it also exists, in some fashion, in Serinbaal, in the plains of the Great Ivory Plane by the shore of the Sea of Silt, south of the Seven Cities, and is also found in the Caucuses near some Urartian ruins in the mythic earth of the Mongol game.
I'm not in that game right now, but is this setting up some sort of "grand merger"? :P (especially now that build rules are sync'd). Or some crossover?
I have no explicit plan, but there's certainly a possibility that characters from one game might enter the world of the other, or there will be shared characters. Slavathras has visited some of these linked worlds, for instance; he appeared under the guise of an Abyssinian merchant named Kato, who journeyed both to the court of the Abassid Caliph, as well as the yurt of the Great Khan.
I have read the summary post. At this point do we presume to be back at an entrance to the cavern network into Kalidnay?
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No, I'll cover that in the next post -- you'll start out in Kalidnay in the Plaza of Power before the gates of the Scarabhold, Citadel of the High Templar Ahmun Ahnpur. I'm going to relate how Rokan refocused a new set of compatriots on the original mission...
I'm doing this deliberately so we finally hit pay dirt, so to speak, with some of the plot threads that have been dangling for a year or more, like Cae's lost mistress. You can certainly go back to the diamond mines if you want to, but I'm getting more of a sense of pacing, and we really need to intentionally move stuff along or none of these threads will ever go anywhere.
All caught up as well. Sad that Hamza's appearance/joing the team didn't get a mention :p
I still plan to eventually make my dragon PC, but for now, I will continue to play everyone's favorite shadowy assassin.
Cae is a tall, lean fellow with white-blonde hair and emerald green eyes that are distinctly cat-like. He usually has a jovial smile and a friendly demeanor. He is well-kept and clean, though he has many tattoos. Despite his youth, he has an intricately braided beard that he strokes absent-mindedly when deep in thought. He speaks in a deep musical voice that hints at his bardic nature. Around his neck is a rope chain with a diamond ring on it. He was raised as a slave concubine and companion for a wealthy family's daughter.
Mechanically, Cae is mostly a buffer/debuffer with some casting thrown in.
All caught up as well. Sad that Hamza's appearance/joing the team didn't get a mention :p
I still plan to eventually make my dragon PC, but for now, I will continue to play everyone's favorite shadowy assassin.
I didn't mention him b/c I thought you were changing characters; I left out details on lots of characters that were there and then weren't. I can add that in if you're going to continue.
I didn't mention him b/c I thought you were changing characters; I left out details on lots of characters that were there and then weren't. I can add that in if you're going to continue.All caught up as well. Sad that Hamza's appearance/joing the team didn't get a mention :p
I still plan to eventually make my dragon PC, but for now, I will continue to play everyone's favorite shadowy assassin.
Nah, that's okay, I thought I had mentioned in previous post that I was going to continue to play as Hamza. Apparently, I did not.
Do we have the newest and synced build rules somewhere?
I think I posted them in other games; I'll try to fully update the build page for this game this coming week; I don't think we changed anything major since you last updated.
Okay, updated with the recent events. Everyone can write an introductory post for their appearance with the rest of the group in the Plaza of Power. It's about midafternoon, and you've just come upon the ruins of the caravan I mentioned in the last post. You can start to look around and inspect things, as well as explore the nearby ruins.
Again, let me know if you have any fluff questions.
How long has passed in game since the assault and the 'opening' of the new week? Has it only been one week?
The assault happened at the end of the new week, when the various races start to establish new trade venues. The caravan is mentioned in my post -- the tareks attack the caravan that Almah asked you to investigate which was under the aegis of the winged pterrans and the anthropomorphic pangolins from the south.
You arrive at the Plaza of Power a few hours after the attack, which Narzor has observed.
Here's the relevant info from my last post; you're investigating this situation. Narzor came upon it before you do.
The Compact of the Broken Tablet was directed by the Lady Almah of House Vordon to begin their explorations of the Kalidnay ruins within this site, since a troubling report had come to the noble lady's ears: a caravan of the winged pterrans known as the kamistala'i and the race of anthropomorphic pangolins know as atodilophs have been waylaid during their movement through the city, seeking to visit an unknown purveyor within the depths of the ruins. She charged Rokan and his companions to investigate the dispatch of the caravan, and, if possible, determine their current course and intentions. For the representative of both races had been extremely circumspect in their comments when they had visited Destiny's Chariot, and had declined to reveal the true nature of their visitation to the lands of the Seven Cities.
Anyone else have any questions? I'm really trying to get this moving again...
Sorry, I meant how long between our assault on Kchac'Thraa and the 'opening of the new week'? Basically, how long has there been for all these new communities to become established? Seems like an awful lot has happened, so I'm wondering how much time has passed.
I was intended it to be a busy week; it doesn't make any sense if it's months, because there's supposedly an impending threat right now that everyone will want to follow up on. Maybe 3 weeks at most.
You can set up stuff quickly with magic and lots of servants -- the romans made big camps in a single night, for instance, and Caesar set up extensive defensive works at the battle of Alesia within a few weeks. It may seem surprising upon first inspection, but it's well within the realm of possibility, especially with magic.
Any other fluff questions? I made a post for everyone else when they enter the plaza. Like to get this running again soon...
Looking at the other recruitment threads i have to change up some things.
Guess some other have to do that too, when i look at Jimblis and Nazors wounds and vigor points...quite a difference^^
I didn't read everything yet, it's quite a bit, so i don't know yet wether i have fluff questions or not.
I'm going to try to update everything in a comprehensive format -- I should be done with my semester next week and have about 2 weeks to devote heavily to getting all my games on track.
btw, I haven't forgotten you Sebecloki. I am going to do my best to finish your character this weekend and get it posted.
Just to get that clear, we are standing in the ruins of Kalidnay, which seem to be pretty lively somehow?
And there, on a huge plain? was a caravan raided by some dudes with 16 arms, who then fortified the site of the raid with large stone walls?
It's a big plaza, like the Roman forum or the big open square in the center of Berlin. Yup -- they set up an impromptu fort in the middle of that space.
That makes me smile a bit. I've been to both and both aren't that big actually. Explains my problem grasping the situation a bit though.
Going by your usual maps, i imagine you imagine everything quite big and wide and huge.
Now you're coming from the U.S., where a lot of things are exactly that and there's a lot of space in most places.
Funnily i have been lectured on that quite a bit by a friend, because i heavily misjudged some distances there.
In Europe in comparison everything is quite small. Even though it might look spacious and wide, it usualy isn't like that.
So i'm not quite sure how big exactly that fortification is supposed to be, but in either of those squares it would most likely be quite the thing.
The squares are about 10ft. The ogres are supposed to be 5' squares. I think it's about 100ft across.
I am American and I've never been to either of those places in person -- maybe the big public spaces in North Korea are a better comparison, I'm trying to think of a good real world example. It's supposed to be massive and cyclopean, like larger than life huge. Part of this is my frustration with most module maps, where all cities are usually blah circles with not anywhere near enough buildings, or squares, again, with only enough buildings drawn in for a town. All castles tend to be very blah too, like boxes with only a few rooms. I try to make everything sprawling and overwhelming, like there's way more to the world than you can see, and stuff going on behind the scenes and in other parts of the world. I think that makes is seem deeper and more immersive.
You mention a caravan at least 3 times here:
"This caravan from the south came to barter with the denizens of the Citadel. We have dispatched them for their wickedness. The foreigners from Balic who have seized the Citadel have sought dark magic from the devil serpents. This dark magic silences the mind and the word. This caravan was made up of enemies of our tribe's ally, the great warrior Tsepan. They sought the dark magic of the Citadel to oppose him in the distant lands of the south."
"All lands are threatened by this dark magic. You should join with us to end its threat to your peoples and ours. Soon, the Citadel will send its forces to find this caravan, and then we must seize them, and abduct a captive from whom we can pry the key to the fortress."
1) A caravan from the south that came to barter.
2) A caravan made up of enemies of the allies of tareks.
3) A caravan the Citadel will find and seize.
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We PCs are also investigating a caravan's disappearance.
Thus, using the word caravan over and over is kinda confusing.
Is the caravan referenced in your quoted text just one caravan? And is it the same one we are looking for, or an entirely different caravan?
Part of my confusion stems from the fact that the flaming remains of the caravan we're looking for is visible to us. So when the tarek starts talking about a caravan, I automatically assumed it was the one we can see. It doesn't make any sense for it to be talking about an entirely different caravan in my mind.
There is one caravan -- it was made up of winged pterrans and anthropomorphic pangolins from the far south below the Deadlands. They are fighting a war with a Tyrant named Tsepan who lives in a city with mirrors on its walls. Tsepan is an ally of the tareks, whose lands are between those of the pterrans, the pangolin-race, and the Deadlands.
The pterrans and pangolin-guys came to Kalidnay to bargain with the forces from Balic that moved into one zone of the city, and became allies of the 'serpent spiders'. They are trying to get powers to overthrow Tsepan. The tareks attacked them to prevent that from happening.
It is currently flaming wreckage in the midst of the hastily erected fort the tareks made.
The Citadel, containing the Balicans, is about to dispatch a force to see what happened to their trade partners.
Is that clear?
Mostly, yeah. Sorry for my confusion, I need to make sure I fully understood what's going on for Hamza to reply.
Please, ask me questions, that's why I'm making these long fluff posts -- I have a lot of details on this world and I want everyone to engage it.
Just to clarify -- the wreckage of the caravan is inside of the haphazard fort -- you can see it on the pdf of the map I uploaded. Those carts are the caravan.
Is Narzor visible?
No. He's still invisible. He was speaking to the person who could see invisible.