Mantisbane Pact with GM Zek

Game Master Zektolna

Just rely on Talia to become a divine being and then smite it with her radiance :)

Also man, I'm just realizing only now how much its great being able to switch out spells day to day.

You mean Kilarra's not the best choice for ascension to godhood?!

I'm wounded.

Kilarra is SO annoying some times.

Hahahahahaaa!

Awesome.

Only sometimes?

:p

Using a weird new spell that throws the GM totally off kilter and may be OP?

Awesome.

Got it!

If the Mantis are competent then I believe entering as a group of refugees is probably a mistake. No way they will let us in without lots of questions and they'll check what happened at Cuttle and realize not everyone died on the ship.

Sneaking in one way or another seems safer if we can pull it off because we really don't want to draw attention to ourselves.

Then lets all go in with Talia as a healer and leave out where we're from.

I don't believe for a second we'll be able to sneak a bunch of sick people into the city without being noticed.

GM: I sensed some frustration there. How do you want us to handle such debates in the future? Those moments are always tough in PBPs.

Thank you for checking, Vorya! : )

I think it's one of those things that'll just take a bit of trial and error. I probably should have given y'all an extra day to discuss it, but I also didn't want things to stall out.

It's definitely a tough situation considering the possible implications should something go wrong. There should definitely be a debate if you want one. Nothing wrong with that. Perhaps just a bit more decisiveness (which I know isn't that easy considering all the factors involved).

Situations like this are also potentially good opportunities to discuss things ooc. Due to the nature of situations like this, they may also call for a bit more frequent (albeit shorter) posts. That's one of the things I was personally trying to do with in-character questions that came up the last few days to hopefully avoid things stalling out from not getting an answer sooner.

I know some of you likely have more experience in matters such as this, so feel free to chime in with suggestions. I think Kilarra was the one who mentioned it, but there wasn't ever going to be an unanimous decision, I think, so you ultimately just have to go with the option that the most people will be okay with. Whether that was the case or not in this situation is certainly something else we could discuss.

At the risk of being unhelpful, I have not found a good way to square this circle. That is why I took the coward's approach and only run solo games via PBP.

No worries, Vorya. It's made more difficult by the medium. It's sometimes hard to know someone's tone in writing.

That said, going forward for decisions such as that one, I'm going to plan to give y'all at least a couple days to work out your plan. While I don't expect everyone to reach an unanimous decision, I do want to make sure everyone's on the same page.

Laying it on a bit thick Kilarra.

Only cause you know her. Lol.

Besides, she doesn't want to carry a person growing a spider swarm inside them any longer than necessary.

Let's just not overdo it.

Two Nat one Perception checks?

Vorya's sight must be failing.

Maybe he's blinded by his love for Shelyn.

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I'll see myself out...

I guess you could say

Love is Blind

Hahaha!

So now we want to get a feel for the city?

Vorya volunteers to check out whatever passes for temples here.

You can explore it, if you'd like to, but fatigue will start to set in before too long. You did walk past midnight to get to where you are. I'm assuming you're heading to the Wharves for now, but you don't have to stay there.

You can also split up, if you'd like, but y'all might want to discuss that first.

I didn't mean tonight.

Going to hold off on pushing things forward to make sure at least a couple more people are onboard with going to The Curved Cutlass. I suspect things may be a bit slower for the next few days till the site gets more usable.

We are going full- "I can clearly not choose the cup in front of you"

That's really funny -- until you realize how that worked out for Vizzini.

Vorya isn't foolish enough to get involved in a land war in Asia. Or even know what 'Asia' is.

Hahaha!

Just posting to say that any comment I have to add to Talia's awesome 'diplomatic' ultimatum will only make it worse. I'll wait to see how it goes before trying another tactic.

I was going to claim that we were religious pilgrims but I got beaten :(

Nothing further to add let's see how the bluff check pans out.

Advanced Warning: Tomorrow is both of my children's birthdays, so I likely won't have time to make a post. Also, this Saturday is their birthday party, so I probably won't be able to post that day either.
Thanks!

Twins, Kilarra?

They're a year and an hour apart. Haha. My son's turning seven and my daughter's turning six.

That sounds like hard work!

Hahaha. A bit. I also babysit my niece and nephew five days a week for ten hours a day (who are three and one) so compared to that, just having my own is... SO relaxing. Haha.

I don't know how people with kids do it. My wife and I have enough difficulties dealing with each other.

Have a fun with the kiddos.

Thank you for the heads up, Kilarra. That sounds like quite the achievement managing to have two kids almost exactly a year apart, haha. I guess it saves on party costs. Hope everything goes well.

Testosterone? What are you trying to say?

Hahahaha, Vorya. I was actually going to comment ooc in the gameplay thread with, "What is this testosterone you speak of?"

I think I'm going to hold off on an update till at least a couple more people have a chance to chime in. Partially because I still have to figure out how he's going to respond and partially because I think it would be very good to have a couple more voices in this... delicate... situation.

Ur going to regret waiting GM

Also yeah maybe I should dumb down Talia's insults.

I'm hoping we can avoid a fight here. I'm sure the odd corpse is considered normal here but half a dozen or more slain on the street is going to bring attention we don't need. If a fight breaks out, let's try and take it inside a warehouse? It will be harder for them to pelt us with arrows if we have cover.

Ok who the heck is Makori? Why hasn't she killed us yet?

So, two options.

1. The Gm was worried we would get killed and had Makori give us a 'Get out of Jail Free Card'. Unlikely. I doubt a bunch of toughs could really have killed us.

2. Makori really is Bad News Bears.

Kilarra derails the entire game.

Nice!

Hahaha. You're welcome!

I totally understand that Kilarra's outvoted, and the game can move on with the majority decision and a very angry Kilarra, but how can you guys let this slide?!?! Kilarra's once again mind-blown by her companions thought processes. She thinks they're all idiots.

For my part, Vorya figures if she was a Red Mantis spy, we'd all already be dead.

Unless she's after Rix. They could also use a mole to see what other rebels, allies, and weaknesses we discover in the city.

Besides, she can be plenty of other things that want us dead/hindered besides a Red Mantis.

Just putting this out there: Makori's going to continue following you, despite Kilarra's words, unless you physically stop her from doing so. She still hasn't gotten paid.