Drazan has had a dream too. And
I'm moving to CA this week. Sorry it has been slow going. I thought I would have more time, but there's been a lot to do.
Today and tomorrow should be relatively easy-going though.
So, Imix and Istiel are going to meet with the Beastling "Sages"?
What exactly are you looking for?
We'll work this into the narrative as we go.
Beats me, Istiel is just playing bodyguard and biding her time until she gets to punch a Stormreader (or is it storm caller? I forget).
Moving is a heck of a thing GM. Dont' worry about the game while doing it.
What to do with that dream is the question though.
Drazan will hold on to the kukri attune to it, if no one has claim over it already.
Mostly it is to send them to the library (probably with us as guides).
Imix'll be judging them, of course, but if they're Suriname-taught he'll give them the benefit of the doubt. It is important that if we all get killed the legacy endures. This is part of that.
I'm going to take a break from posting for a few days guys. The mosque attack in NZ has me feeling pretty distraught. So many want me and my family dead just for being us. It gets to me.
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@Oios: Not sure what to say that doesn't sound trite. The fact that this happened in New Zealand stuns me, as I'm in Australia. I can only hope that the tragedy galvanises a togetherness response, and wish you peace.
I concur with Imix. Take your time, and find the peace you and your family deserve.
Thanks for the kind words all. A little bit of time has helped but your words of support have done even more.
It does seem like it's becoming more clear to people how deeply embedded and accepted bigotry has become in our society and that provides some hope that things might actually start to turn around.
I hate to get political for a bit here but if you guys could push back against people in your lives that make blanket statements about "Muslims" or "Islam" then that would be wonderful. Criticising specific Muslims or specific understandings of Islam on the other hand is not only perfectly okay but necessary. Blanket otherizations and demonization of us though is what makes tragedies like this far more likely to take place.
And that applies to any vulnerable group, not just the one that me and mine happen to be a part of.
Playing with you all is a bright spot in my life and brings me a heck of a lot of joy. I hope that I'll have the ability to keep doing so for a long time to come.
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I'll do my best Oios. Deepest condolences to you and your family in the wake of this tragedy.
It is a pleasure playing with you, Oios. I hope to play with you for a long time as well!
I'm not good at keeping my mouth shut either - no othering will slide by unopposed in my presence.
I've started work and things are calming down a little. I hope to be more present more often, and once the move is done and my family is settled, in the next couple of weeks, for things to pick up pace again. Thanks for your patience.
Oios, Drazan, you done interacting with your interludes?
I'm wrestling with what to do with Imix, we can continue to spoiler it if we're ready to move everyone else along.
Also, I'm having internet issues with my new home, so that's great. I can post at work during my lunch, but that's not much time. May still be spotty for a bit.
Sorry, I'm fighting a cold or something and haven't had the energy to stay awake for long after getting home from work. I'll try and get back to normal tomorrow.
No worries, rest and feel better!
Feel better soon Drazan.
Also, taking bets on how long it takes Istiel to get Oios' sister killed.
Istiel has a really, really bad track record with keeping associated npcs alive. Suuha is the only one left and a) he would have been dead if it wasn't for Domhnall and b) he wisely quit the whole monk thing.
Yep, Istiel's had a rough run of NPCs. But a monk needs an order, right?
Imix, I'm still thinking on how to approach your dream. Good thing is, it doesn't need to be resolved for a little bit.
Very Clever, Imix! I'm fine with this as long as BP is okay with us splitting the party. Istiel, Imix and Drazan go looking for Hamfatten while Oios stalls the Stomreaders? Worst case scenario they get huffy and we abandon our plan to be taken by them as dreamers and instead just give them tribute for some rain.
Alternatively, Istiel could go looking for Hamfatten herself. It wouldn't be the first super dangerous solo mission she's been on!
Okay we need to talk about this, what are we doing here? It seems very dangerous, perhaps insane, to look for Hamfatten without Latha's help. She has been advocating for us and having our people being escourted around for a reason- if we or whomever goes gets caught they'll probably end up in whatever situation Hamfatten has ended up in, which at best is being held hostage.
The two sensible choices here are:
1) We either have to go to the Stormreaders and leave with them as we originally planned, leaving Hamfatten and the guards to their fates and potentially allowing a serious incident to develop while we are gone. We will all have to go, too... It will take all four of us to fight our way out of and make our way back to The Flight if it comes to it, if such a thing is possible.
or
2) We meet the Stormreaders, give them a bunch of tribute and ask questions, then go with Latha to figure out what is going on with Hamfatten and crew. We miss out on figuring out what is up with the Stormreaders, but hopefuly prevent the Beastlings and the Three People from fighting one another.
A third crazy idea is to stall the Stormreaders while Istiel (who is the most stealthy) tries to figure out where Hamfatten went. She will probably get caught and cause a serious incident though, but I'm willing to risk her/I think she can do it with some luck.
I'm leaning towards (ranked choice) voting for 2, then 1, then 3. Whatever is happening with Hamfatten needs to be dealt with. If we really want to go with the Storm Readers, why don't we ask them to come back and pick us up?
Oios attempted to do 3 while getting Lathas protection in the form of an off duty guard or something to escort Isitel.
We have enough tribute to buy the Stormreaders off for now and concentrate on what's happening in the city for sure. So 1 might be the best option actually. We can always go with them next time. There's not that much of a rush hopefully.
4. We attack the Stormreaders, and capture their people.
I like Imix's idea. Capture and interview the Stormbringers and then follow up on delivering vengeance on the perpetrators responsible for the untimely disappearance of members of our flight.
Otherwise we're just being reactionary.
That'll panic the beastlings and anger them too as they're really suffering from the drought and are content to just pay the Stormreaders off in exchange for rain. If we do that then we'll have to be fine with the Flight being kicked out if not attacked as a way to placate them.
We don't have a diplomancer that can charm secrets out of the Stormreaders either.
This puts me in a difficult position.
Out of character I agree with Oios that attacing the Stormreaders (even after they perform the rain ritual or whatever) is going to anger the beastlings, there may be long term repercussions, and we may not even win the fight. Latha cautioned us that the bird they have (Iforgot exactly what it is) is very very powerful.
On the other hand, in character Istiel thinks the Stormreaders are taking advantage of the Beastlings and should be taught a lesson and would totally agree with Imix and Drazan's sentiments.
So I'm torn, but I know the "right" answer is to correctly roleplay Istiel considering that's what I'm here to do. If Imix and Drazan attack, Istiel would happily join. Is this after we get them to make it rain?
Otherwise I'm happy to take Istiel on a solo mission (With BP's blessings, because that's a lot of work) as Oios is trying to set up in the gameplay thread.
Oios is in favour of attacking them too, just after we find out more information one way or the other and prepare.
OK, so I'll proceed onto the Stormbringers then. Istiel can split and go solo, but she's not getting an escort. I hope I explained it well enough. Latha is not high enough on the totem pole to be defying the expectations of her leadership, and she knows it.
RE: Kill them all. Nup. I've gone off it now ;)
They need us, we don't need them. We want their help, but we can survive without it. They're on a fast track to the destruction of their society. Imix remembers feeling that desperate. Let's see how their leaders react.
I just picked the option with the most drama. This is awesome
Hell yeah Imix, this is great.
Haha, ya'll are nutters. Ok, so I understand correctly:
1. Your going to withhold the tribute from the beastlings,
2. You're going to meet with the Stormreaders,
3. You're asking Latha to get an audience with someone who can make decisions that she can't, and
4. You're going to lie to the Stormreaders and tell them you have no tribute?
Maybe 4 is. We're going to say we're not going to GIVE them tribute. Not so much that we don't have it.
Ah, OK, I'll get us going this afternoon.
I have to say Imix is working on the assumption that there's going to be a lot of very angry senators intercepting them before - or as - they get to the Stormreaders.
Are we allies? Allies trust each other. We're risking life and limb to help them. The moment something goes wrong they start pointing weapons at us.
Also should say I like the twist :)
Haha, ya'll are nutters.
We didn't want to be crazy murder-hobos, we were forced us into this life!
Also, s!@&, wasp-people. Wasps are notoriously hard to punch... Istiel needs another flying potion.
I have to say Imix is working on the assumption that there's going to be a lot of very angry senators intercepting them before - or as - they get to the Stormreaders.
Are we allies? Allies trust each other. We're risking life and limb to help them. The moment something goes wrong they start pointing weapons at us.
It is a sound assumption. You're operating under the assumption that politicians willfully put themselves in harm's way, however.
Y'all are the exceptions!
As for being allies, you are in the testing phase. Oios's mysterious friend hopes there will be something more concrete in the future. Others do not. Politics, man.
Regarding the pointing weapons thing, they're just being pragmatic. They know you are powerful, and their people have gone missing. But it was quickly apparent to Latha that you're not involved, so that's water under the bridge as far as Latha is concerned.
Not that she's pleased with you on the balance though :)
Also should say I like the twist :)
I aim to be surprising, but logical. It can be a hard line to straddle.
Hopefully it works most of the time.
We didn't want to be crazy murder-hobos, we were forced us into this life!Haha, ya'll are nutters.
Haha, that's true. Maybe most murderhobos are just victims of circumstance. Surely more than are recognized!
Hey guys I'm going on vacation starting tomorrow for about five days so any posting will be real sporadic until the 16th or so!
Also I'm starting a new job on the 22nd. I have NO idea what that'll do to my posting rate but at least for a while it'll be slow for sure as I figure out how much free time I will have. Might even be more as the commute is shorter but we will see.
Enjoy, and congratulations on the new gig.
Indeed, congrats! Glad to hear the commute is shorter as well!
So, I was actually going to prompt you all for some diplomacy checks, but Imix took the lead on it. You'll get a +2 bonus for excellent rollplaying, for a total of 16. Does anyone want to aid Imix's check?
I don't think anyone wants Istiel's aid unless you want 1d8 diplomacy damage.
Drazan will sit and simmer on aiding this one. Making good with enemies is a waste o time ;)
Playing for more information. Though, really, does anyone have an issue with just giving them a bit of tribute from one of the things we found and then returning to regroup and prepare? For one thing root out the wasp spies and find Hamfatten?
Don't think it's a good idea to tip the delicate balance of power between the beastlings and the wasps quite yet as the Flight doesn't have a place to go. When we're more secure and better prepared we can move against them the next tribute time. For now we can keep the beastlings on our side by becoming their defacto guardians against the wasps by paying them off until we're ready to deal with them.
Or you could just murderhobo everyone! JK
Busy day for me. I'll get a post up tomorrow.
Wasp spies? Did I miss something?
I thought no tribute just meant no temporary clean rains for the beast people. That being said the beast people did invite us in and give up the locations where there might be more stuff to loot in hopes we would pay their tithe so they didn't have to sacrifice more people to their grabby insect hands, so the good thing to do would likely be to reward the beastling's faith in us with doing what they were hoping; paying their tithe.
However Drazan hates these wasps because they are either enslaving the people they get or eating them, and anyone that aids or cooperates with slavers is no better than a slaver themselves. So Drazan wants to kill this fowl bird creature and pull all the wings off the wasps and drown them in the river. Maybe let one go to let it tell the others, but follow it back only to ambush the remaining wasps.
In summary, I'm fine with this going either way. I don't want to squash any dreams that others might have of coexisting with others in peace. Learning they are slavers first will only justify the purge of waspy leadership further.
Oios found out the wasps have spies in the beastling city.
Oios is all for taking them out as well. Just after we have investigation and preparation time.
Ah, sorry I guess I didn't make the connection when the beastling was talking to Oios about spies. There was a lot of spoilered stuff the past few weeks I didn't read either.
In any case, Istiel is on Drazan's side here, these guys deserve a beating. But otherwise is fine with giving some tribute for the rain. THe Seer did give us a location to take people if we found dreamers.. which are Istiel and Drazan so far, right? We could find Hamfatten then submit ourselves as dreamers and wreck their little operation FROM THE INSIDE.