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Usawoti also has some computer issues. He's had to take his laptop to be serviced. Hard disk failure.

Ouch! That... sucks! I'm sorry to hear.

Hope things work out for the better, John, and swiftly - not just for the game's sake, but mostly for yours! :/

I went to open it at work tonight and it wouldn't... I ran a diagnostic and the hard drive has gone. So I will borrow tech from where I may to try and stay up, the biggest problem is I like to type on word and keep it and build on it, but using multiple devices I won't be able to do that, so I will post when I can...

Understood my friend. As I said: nothing but empathy and understanding on my part!

Do as you need - this is supposed to be "a good time was had by all" instead of "a chore was had by one" - just let us know, as you can!

Welp! That post I made in the other thread is a mess.

Figures: I try and clarify something and it looks... incomprehensible.

So~! Let's revisit and expand upon the derpiest map ever~!

Huzzah!

<more seas and, next to this ↓, a string of islands over ↑this way↑; including Golan and Erevel>
..........................................O...................................
.......................................... ......................................
.......................................... ......................................
......................................o.................................O
........................................................................... ....
O......... ......... O..........................................
.......................................... ................................... .........
..........................................O ..........................................
<more seas and, next to this ↑, a string of islands over ↓this way↓>

Directions:

. W .
S + N
. E .

Key:

O: a main island; this is not really to scale, at all, but it shows the concept.

o: the lone small island in this area; again, not to scale, but shows the concept.

...: the seas; it's the wrong color (it should be black), but it's clearer this way.

The sea seems to extend as far as you can tell in all directions.

The distance from one island to another is only about ~300 feet (a little more), and each island is easily roughly half a mile in diameter (~2,640 feet).

Now, that bottom "O" is, on the next map (see below) going to be "FC" - it's the same place. So the DMEM could be instead...

<more seas and, next to this ↓, a string of islands over ↑this way↑; including Golan and Erevel>
..........................................O...................................
.......................................... ......................................
.......................................... ......................................
......................................o.................................O
........................................................................... ....
O......... ......... O..........................................
.......................................... ................................... .........
..........................................FC ..........................................
<more seas and, next to this ↑, a string of islands over ↓this way↓>

Hope that helps!

So that's the Derpiest Map Ever Made ("DMEM"), and it's Key. Now for the DMEM: Eastward Expansion edition ("DMEM-EE")!

First, to clarify how the maps relate: you are on the bottom-most DMEM island - the one furthest "east" (because of how derpy works) - and that will be the top most island of the DMEM-EE. For DMEM-EE, I'm going to replace the "O" islands with a letter to differentiate them.

<more seas and, next to this ↓, a string of islands over ↑this way↑>
.........................................FC...................................
.......................................... ....................................
...................... ....................SC................BR.................
................ ...............//CF................ TG ....................
BR........ ........ SF//............... HT................ OG..........
.......................\-\............... ................................... .........
........................\-\CH ..........................................
<more seas and a few barren rock islands over ↓this way↓>

Directions:

. W .
S + N
. E .

Key:

FC: "Fungus City" - the big jungle-city, apparently former home of the Stone Giatns, apparently infested with fungus.

SC: "Stone Camp" - the barren island where the stone giants reside.

BR: "Barren Rock" - a barren island.

CF: "Cloud Fort" - a large castle sized for its cloud giant inhabitants. This has a big bridge to the island SF, below.

//: "Big Bridge" - a bridge with seven torii-style gates and runes impressed in them; each gate has a guardian that must be given (at least one each) prayer and offering. It leads from CF to SF.

TG: "Training Ground" - a barren area with pit fires meant for combat training exercises.

SF: "Storm Fortress" - an strange semi-translucent shimmering fortress with storm giants inhabiting it; this has a big bridge to the island CF, above, and another bigger one to the island CH.

HT: "Hill Tribes" - an area with hill giants.

OG: "Ogre Ghetto" - an area infested with ogres; it's where they're kept.

\-\: "Bigger Bridge" - this enormous bridge also has seven torii-style gates and runes impressed in them, but the older runes are scratched out and replaced with newer; unlike the smaller one, there are no guardians. It leads from SF to CH.

CH: "Coven Home" - the island the coven is said to reside within.

...: the seas; it's the wrong color (it should be black), but it's clearer this way.

The sea seems to extend as far as you can tell in all directions.

The distance from one island to another is only about ~300 feet (a little more), and each island is easily roughly half a mile in diameter (~2,640 feet).

Please recall: this is a derpy map - specifically, the Derpiest Map Ever Made! Hence, though the bridges look kind of like they start beside the islands and drop you off in the water, they do not. I don't have a way of drawing them connecting between the islands, so I'm just kind of typing them up "next to" the islands. Sorry if that's confusing!

See, I'm being repetitous, so it's like Hebraic poetry, right? That's how you guys look at it, right? Poetic? Certainly not lazy or derivative, I can tell that much right now...

>.>

*cough*

I'd say stop at sloth bridge at the moment. If we're doing interior design. Chances are probably not, but I'm waiting for my human.

Yeah and its 7 am in the morning, and I'm going back to bed. Go Sloth!

Woo~!

That works! I mostly just wanted to give the two of you a hint and feeling of what was going on - a method of information.

Since Robert wasn't going to be here for a day or two, I wanted to make sure that, when he got back, he could make a reasonably informed decision (instead of being stuck between two entirely unknowns).

Yeah the maps exactly like poetry :-!

I borrowed a tablet and will read the posts but I'm not going to post till I get to a computer at work this one finger a a time is harder than it looks

Welcome to my world, Robert. The world of Handphone posting ;) Like 50% of the time.

Now you know why sometimes I say stuff like, NOT SO FAST GUYS! Or make typos? ;) Or delay in maps, and the..."Do I have to?" When it comes to combat and I'm supposed to post the order everyone goes by, every round?

TL - uhhh do you want me to fix up something on paint? I mean I ain't no artist, that's Hmm... but if you wanted some circles and squares, I suppose I could handle that...

And Ok, I tried!

I will never whine again :-( so it Looks like the original builders were good guys

TL - uhhh do you want me to fix up something on paint? I mean I ain't no artist, that's Hmm... but if you wanted some circles and squares, I suppose I could handle that...

If you feel like it, feel free! I'm not going to demand anything, however - and you can see exactly what my cartographic skills look like!

If you want to (but no pressure to do so from me), they're basically nothing more than rough circles of half-mile-diameter land set ~300 feet apart (this varies a bit, but not too much) in a black sea.

Feel free to do nothing with any of that - I'm just providing it in case it would help you (and you feel like doing it).

My guess is they were good guys, then bad things happened. And when bad things happen to good guys, sometimes good guys tap on the dark side and become bad guys.

Eager striving I think Ill put as envy. Abundance - gluttony.

Sorry the post was short the internet was not working right at work and it ate my post. Then I worked an extra 4 hours doing a transport. I really like the storyline TL I'm just running out of steam:-[

Dude, you're cool. If anyone understands, it's me!

BTW, I'm not Irenicus, I don't share a name with the main villian from Baldurs Gate 2:Shadows of Amn.

Coincidentally, I used the same character name as my brother did fot the Baldurs Gate playthrough.

His character was called Inarus. Bezerker of some kind.

In my playthrough, yes, I played a paladin, because my brother told me there was a cool pally sword in game that gave 50% spell resistance...well. What a reason to play a paladin...

In my defense, that was the first time you know, I was playing tabletop stuff, so I wouldn't have understood what RP means. Even if you bonked me over the head with it.

The paladin promotion quest gave me problems of course. I didn't even know detect evil existed and what the hell it does :p

Sorry Inarus the brain was a little frazzled and I'm really hating the tablet, hopefully the internet at work will be working so I can us a laptop

26 - 30 jan ill be having an activity dip. Chinese new year.

Happy New Year! :D

Yeah, I suppose its like the equivalent of Christmas for the rest of the world, visiting relatives, hanging out, eating Chinese New Year Goodies, getting fat, gambling...

Eh I count sloth, gluttony and greed in there :P Ah, who cares. Its a once per year indulgence ;)

Don't get me wrong. Usually I don't gamble(its a family thing), don't drink (tax on alcohol is bloody high here), don't smoke(can't stand the smell and its bad for you) and don't do drugs (illegal here).

Well, unless caffeine and sugar count as drugs, then yes, I enjoy copious amounts of tea, and I'm a notorious sweet tooth.

Well, unless caffeine and sugar count as drugs, then yes, I enjoy copious amounts of tea, and I'm a notorious sweet tooth.

I simply cannot understand that mindset and refuse to do so, quietly being judgmental and thinking less of you, now.

>.>

<.<

*cough*

Don't get me wrong. Usually I don't gamble(its a family thing), don't drink (tax on alcohol is bloody high here), don't smoke(can't stand the smell and its bad for you) and don't do drugs (illegal here).

I live in the U.S. and more or less do the same.

I've gambled. Once. I was ~15, put in a quarter and got back $20.00. I decided to end my gambling career on a net positive~!

I don't drink alcohol or smoke because 1) I was raised not to and chose to embrace that aspect of my heritage; 2) I've seen exactly how many lives it can ruin by watching my extended family; 3) I can't stand the smells and they leave me nauseated and headache.

Drugs are similar, but, in addition to experiencing exactly what it was like to be entirely out of control (one bout of Tylonol-3 with Codine was more than enough for a lifetime, thank-you), as a Christian, I've led Bible Study/Christian Life Change "Small Groups" that had former or current abusers in it, and that is not a road I ever want to go down. I like my skin, face, hair, teeth, and, most importantly, mind too much to let it go that way.

Chinese do gamble. Its part of our heritage. My family is exception, but we do gamble on CNY on tradition.

Alcohol - I used not to drink, then I fell into bad company ;)Kidding. I'm a naturally curious sort, so it'd just be a matter of time that I started sampling drinks. Besides, I have certain issues that I get cold easily, so sometimes during rainy December months, I drink to get warmer(not much, just a bit). Besides its useful to know what to drink when you're out entertaining on work.

Cigarette smoke makes me sneeze. Urk!

Drugs - I swear caffeine is a drug. The last time I drank a whole cup of black coffee, I was like, twitchy the whole day. (No, tea has no effect on me). And chocolate makes me feel good...

And there's this...

Hahah! Yeah. Caffeine is definitely - literally, not figuratively - a drug. It's just a socially acceptable/expected one that happens to be mild enough to avoid causing major problems. I'd rather be free of it, myself, but I know that, at this point in my life, that's not really going to happen. I am naturally nocturnal, so I don't function in daylight hours without something forcing me to wake properly.

And chocolate stimulates the same feelings as falling in love, sooooo yeah. XD

Daggum that special dialogue is hard to right, though.

Sigh, I should have chosen something easier.

OH WELL~! GM-big-boy-pants-time!

Back in the day when the US created the FDA and was putting together the list of "illegal drugs" they considered putting Caffeine on it...

Oddly enough TL some of our experiences/upbringing are very similar.

On a separate note even food can become an addiction. So I struggle with potato products as much as I do caffeine...

Going to go read the game thread now, yeah, internet at work is up tonight so I can actually type...

Fries are ebul! Go for mashed potato. Butter, bacon bits and some pepper. Slurrrrrp!

You might want to try the toasted rosemary potato too. Good stuff.

Also, off for a swim. I suspect something of my low energy levels and generally low mood might be caused by "haven't got out enough"

Daggum that special dialogue is hard to right, though.

NM guys, regular dialogue is hard to "right" too, it seems. GG, me. GG.

>.<

... dang it, TL. >:I

(How did I even manage to do this?! I'm stupid, but... wow.)

Back in the day when the US created the FDA and was putting together the list of "illegal drugs" they considered putting Caffeine on it...

Oddly enough TL some of our experiences/upbringing are very similar.

On a separate note even food can become an addiction. So I struggle with potato products as much as I do caffeine...

Going to go read the game thread now, yeah, internet at work is up tonight so I can actually type...

Hah! I didn't know that about caffeine!

As for my upbringing, you might not be able to tell (or you might!), but I'm a super-Conservative guy in many ways - perhaps most of them - and I understand that such opinions are rather... unpopular around the internet. Ces't whatever - I like people, so. :D

I definitely understand the food thing. I've had various similar addictions - basically anything that can be a good time can be an addiction, if you become dependent upon it.

But I'm glad you get a keyboard! As one who knows phones intimately, I can honestly say that I couldn't GM on just a mobile device. At all. All that autocorrect. All that inability to highlight the one daggum thing I need, no, not that one, no, not the whole word, just the one letter, let me target the - fine, I'm erasing the whole thing and starting over are you satisfi- NO I DON'T WANT TO CHANGE EREVEL TO EARNEST WHY WOULD YOU AARARGGGHH-!

*please stand by while we resolve some technical difficulties*

Edit: ninja'd by TL, I will read the post and respond in a different window

Hah! I know that feeling!

Also I really like the way you have done the accents! That alone is worth the price of admission.

Thanks! It's... well, I can't blame anyone but myself! XD

But I'm glad they work! I figured, you know, if you had nothing to see, you needed personality somehow...

(NOTE TO SELF: "things sound cooler when you don't over explain them and leave vague mysteries; got it!")

Fries are ebul! Go for mashed potato. Butter, bacon bits and some pepper. Slurrrrrp!

You might want to try the toasted rosemary potato too. Good stuff.

Also, off for a swim. I suspect something of my low energy levels and generally low mood might be caused by "haven't got out enough"

Mashed potato is best potato!

Enjoy swimming! Super awesome!

BTW, I'm not Irenicus, I don't share a name with the main villian from Baldurs Gate 2:Shadows of Amn.

Coincidentally, I used the same character name as my brother did fot the Baldurs Gate playthrough.

His character was called Inarus. Bezerker of some kind.

In my playthrough, yes, I played a paladin, because my brother told me there was a cool pally sword in game that gave 50% spell resistance...well. What a reason to play a paladin...

In my defense, that was the first time you know, I was playing tabletop stuff, so I wouldn't have understood what RP means. Even if you bonked me over the head with it.

The paladin promotion quest gave me problems of course. I didn't even know detect evil existed and what the hell it does :p

Hahah! No, you're fine. I've made my fair share of low-RP choices.

That said, there's nothing wrong with choosing things for power, so long as you RP stuff once you know what you want! :D

(It's a thing everyone has to learn.)

Storms. Don't know when I'll have power/easy computer access for more updates.

I got irritated in going slayer mode. Why did I have to turn into this fugly thing...happened a few times because ebul liches kept using maze on me.

Though I have fond memories of standing over the lich spawn spot and triggering the sunbeam from the Daystar. Such warm fuzzy feelings...

My brother didn't have that problem. You know, all he needs to do, is get really angry(aka Rage)?

I was actually looking at the Caps together if there was some kind of hidden message. Then decided it was just every 2 letters or so.

Nevermind.

I got irritated in going slayer mode. Why did I have to turn into this fugly thing...Nevermind.

I'm a little lost 'got irritated in going' isn't 'slayer mode' where everyone starts and RP is 'icing'?

I got irritated in going slayer mode. Why did I have to turn into this fugly thing...happened a few times because ebul liches kept using maze on me.

I... am afraid I don't understand this.

Though I have fond memories of standing over the lich spawn spot and triggering the sunbeam from the Daystar. Such warm fuzzy feelings...

My brother didn't have that problem. You know, all he needs to do, is get really angry(aka Rage)?

Heh.

I was actually looking at the Caps together if there was some kind of hidden message. Then decided it was just every 2 letters or so.

Nevermind.

Yeah, if there's any hidden message in Crone's stuff other than, "always starts with lower case/ends with upper case (with the occasional extra '-Y' to make it happen), every alternating letter changes caps/not" then it's a fluke.

The Maiden always starts lower case, eeeexxxxxteeeennnddssss anything with an 's' sound or anything like it, and always ends the sentence without one of those.

The Mother is simply AlwaysCapitalizeAndRunTogetherNoPunctuation

I mean, uh, I'm totally mysterious~!

>.>

When you give in to your dark side (slayer mode), you gain immunity to maze spells. Which is very helpful in dealing with evil liches, because they keep tossing those imprisonment spells at you. But why do you have to turn into a big ugly monster? :(

The immunities are damn cool

When you give in to your dark side (slayer mode), you gain immunity to maze spells. Which is very helpful in dealing with evil liches, because they keep tossing those imprisonment spells at you. But why do you have to turn into a big ugly monster? :(

The immunities are damn cool

You mean there is really a thing called 'slayer mode' I thought you were just revering to good-old-fashion darn-fine murder-hoboing.... I had no idea it was really a 'thing.' Of course I didn't play 'Baldur's Gate' so hopefully my ignorance is excusable.

Oh, I will be posting in game soon, hopefully that means within an hour.

Hey, I don't murderhobo EVERYTHING, I don't think? I'm also likely to carry a sap(if I have the weapon proficiencies for it), cos I'm sappy, and you never do know when someone fetches more money alive then dead...

Hey, I don't murderhobo EVERYTHING, I don't think? I'm also likely to carry a sap(if I have the weapon proficiencies for it), cos I'm sappy, and you never do know when someone fetches more money alive then dead...

oh, I know you don't murder-hobo everything. I mean the trees and the grass and the flowers all seem to be ok. And is it really murder-hoboing if you eat the thing, I mean that's really hunting right?

The really gross part about this, since my brain went down the 'eat what you kill' bunny trail, is if you use the sap on the monkey to knock him out so you can put him in the table or after he is in the table....

sorry that mental image got stuck in my brain again and I had to get it out...

Killing so you can eat them up is hunting =) Ish not murderhobo =) I prefer my things to be dead before I actually eat them. Not as if I get jollies watching things suffer, afterall.

And to be honest you really should be very careful about eating innards raw. There is a high risk of contamination and catching all kinds of nasty things. I know I don’t practice what I preach, since I have this tendency to eat my liver not very cooked. But fully cooked liver is so dry and hard…and I like the taste of blood…

But I mean if things fetch more money alive then dead, then I could use those moneys to buy more fish to eat? :)

yeah, I prefer steaks medium rare, but some things, like chicken and hamburger need to get to 180 F. before I will eat it, I still have never had liver cooked in a fashion where I went "man, I gotta get me more Liver!"

Mort, I have to ask, how do "Imperial Dragons" stack up and compare to anything in Chinese myth or legend? I've looked at it, before, but I'm certainly no expert - in anyone's, really - so I'm curious what it seems like to someone from an Eastern culture.

(It's funny, I made Dishadraluongg and Susulakun substantially before I knew that I'd have anyone from Eastern anything in a game of mine; hope that I didn't somehow create really offensive words or names or anything. Sorry, if I did!)

EDIT: ((And even funnier - to me - that it ended up being the person who actually has the hypothetical most connection to such a probably-butchered thing who ended up tied to it. Go figure!))

For Western dragons, the PF dragons are kind of like exaggerations of the tropes - creatures that are of impossible power, even by Western myths, in order to better fit in with the game world. Dragons were always super-impressive, of course, but having those creatures be powerful spellcasters, have so many supernatural abilities, and such varieties of exotic breath weapons are substantially beyond the pale of most "standard" Western myths (though, of course, our various fictions have them either more or less powerful than even this, depending).

I know that some Eastern dragons tend to have a lot of other characteristics and elements tied to them - lion-like dragons, dog-like dragons, and so on - but I lack a cultural understanding of what that means, if anything. I know that the serpentine forms (like the Imperial dragons) are most famous through combinations of Japanese anime (especially, I suspect, Dragon Ball and its related series) and manga (there was actually a Korean "manga" I followed for a brief time that I no longer know the name of that referenced a powerful water spirit that appeared the same), but I'm curious how that looks to someone from an actual Eastern culture.

I apologize if this seems like a totally n00bish or whatever line of questioning, I was just typing the name out just now and it really struck me as, "Wow, this name probably looks like total nonsense to anyone, even though it vaguely sounded kind of like a couple of eastern dragon names, to me." (as I basically smashed them together, so it'd probably be like 'Jofrahlnknew' or something for John, Frank, and Lew to us in the West - a name that doesn't really look like anything from more common names*).

* I suppose I didn't even do that much similarity. I just grabbed some sounds that sounded - to my totally not Eastern exerpeinces - vaguely like those that I heard. So, I suppose, kind of like the name "Phantomhive" for a British person's family in Black Butler, except, at least, those are still actual words. So I went even weirder! XD

Also: mmmmmmmmmmm steak.

My preferences are medium, but yeah - I'm all about well-cooked chicken and burgers. I haven't had enough liver (I've never really been able to go for it, much, though I've snacked off of my Dad's in the past) to say much, other than it's never been something I've wanted to have more than just the one bite. XD

Fish are great, too! I'm especially fond of tuna combined with macaroni and cheese. Yum.

Oh, also worth noting - I am currently very sick and on medicine.

If something is entirely nonsensical, I blame one of those two factors.

(Technically, though, it's Dayquil, so it shouldn't have any effect. Sooooo... so much for that excuse~!)

Firstly, get well soon! Try to wear a mask when playing with your son(if you can't avoid being too close to him). Germs!

"You cant put one life above another" - is part of the reason why duress is not a defense for murder >.<

Lion head dragon - you talking about this?

Chinese dragons are more serpentine in nature. The picture is fine, but I would put their flight as an (Su) ability, somewhat akin to flight hex. Chinese dragons also are more mythical, as opposed to their - sorry- more reptallian western counterparts. They feature as minor deities in Taoism, and their powers are tied to the wind, tides and rain. Yes, I'd give them control weather/spells with water and air theme(call lightning, aqueous orb, lightning bolt) - though technically lightning and thunder is handled by Lei gong and his wife. How you can get rain without lightning and thunder always struck me as weird.

Chinese dragons do not have a breath weapon, but they can swallow things whole. Also, shapechange at will, because there is a legend of a dragon prince who turned into a horse to bring a priglim to the west. (Yes, Journey to the west).

Haku in spirited away is actually a river guardian spirit(of the Kohaku River.

Chinese magic doesn't go for categories like beastshape, instead you get the qi shi er pian - translates to 72 transformations, which you can turn into any god damn thing you want to. Then you get the jin dou yun -roughly translating as travelling cloud, where you ride on a cloud superfast, to wherever you want to go. I suppose the D&D equivalent is windwalk.

In Ji Gong, some characters get teleportation abilities, but its used mostly within the town itself(short ranged Ddoor?). Occasionally trips to heaven, but that would be under planeshift, I guess, but people never get the randomness associated with planeshift.

I don't think Chinese magic translates very well to D&D honestly.

Truth be told, neither does Western magic.

In reality, D&D has a lot of tropes that come more from modern stories rather than myth and magic - generally stuff like mind-reading, teleportation, and whatnot were considered realms of "psychic" creatures and stories (more modern takes) rather than traditionally magical stuff, and I rare is the actual myth that has anything resembling fireballs or similar direct magic.

Golems, for example, are (from my knowledge - be aware I'm very limited in some regards, so I could be wrong) purely the realm of the divine - what with being powered by runes by a priest for the express purpose of protecting his people (and it's a clay golem that goes berserk and needs to be put down by erasing the rune).

Generally the thing that meshes the most closely is stuff like ghosts and curses and enchantments and whatnot, though flying items and some similar elements exist in the tales of witches and so on.

Interestingly, our vampires are entirely unlike traditional Western vampires - you can directly trace the D&D/PF vampire to its "ancient" roots... in Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula (which upset quite a few of the mythological purists at the time, even as it was broadly considered a very well made popular-trash novel, from some of the oldest reviews I've read; it's well-written, though, and quite engaging!).

D&D has elements of both Tolkien (tonal style and quest-like essence) and Vance (in magical ideology), but actually imitates neither very well.

One of the reasons I really like both Blue Rose and Psionics (3.5 version, not 3rd) is that both actually work fairly well to tell more mythological stories and even modern ones (except for Vance, 'cause that guys' stories are weird, if kind of cool), and both do so in different ways. Neither are really good at the myth parts, though.

I do think PF and 3.X D&D could be used to do a fairly accurate retelling or recreation of various mythologies... but it'd require a lot of tweaking (especially spell levels and stuff). Most mystical beings ("wizards" or otherwise) would probably best be unique creatures with specific spell-like abilities rather than the actual mechanics "wizard" character.

(I find older editions similarly weird when trying to recreate fantasy stuff; and 4E doesn't even try to be anything other than GAME FOR GAME SAKE-style development, sooooo...)

((This isn't bashing 4E, in particular. There are fun things to be had, and I, for one, am extremely upset that it's the one published edition of D&D that didn't get a semi-faithful adaptation of the rules. Instead you got a Diablo-clone that, to all indications, wasn't even very good.))

Anyway! I'll get to writing a response (unless Usawoti manages to beat me to it!)

Few things:

Please inform me if any long term buffs of mine (tongues), heroism(will be cast soon) etc. wear off

Is the way to the tower clear – I get the impression if I get off the ground, I can’t see where I’m going, which would be crap for navigation.

Member of coven – do spirit animals(aka Shuuvu) count?

DC to ability – I choose Charisma – for concentration bonus when it happens since magic is going to be wonky there

My frost weapon will be a scorpion whip(yeah, how predictable). Though I doubt it will be my primary weapon. Prefer Beast mode ;)

Also – Usawoti will require a spell component pouch to function or he doesn’t get any spellcasting, lol, which I’ll cover in my post later.

did I forget to put a spell component pouch on my items list again? I hate playing casters...

Just read the game and discussion, Mondays are problematic because of meetings, so I just got up, I will need to post later.

At least I have my computer back, unfortunately repaired is not the same as "as it was" so I still need to put some things back together, I assumed that having documents put back on that it would have the same programs...

Before I decide what 'weapon' let me ask, is Usawoti going to get his original gear back or did the 'black water' destroy it?

I will be back on in a couple of hours...

Few things:

Please inform me if any long term buffs of mine (tongues), heroism(will be cast soon) etc. wear off

Is the way to the tower clear – I get the impression if I get off the ground, I can’t see where I’m going, which would be crap for navigation.

Member of coven – do spirit animals(aka Shuuvu) count?

DC to ability – I choose Charisma – for concentration bonus when it happens since magic is going to be wonky there

My frost weapon will be a scorpion whip(yeah, how predictable). Though I doubt it will be my primary weapon. Prefer Beast mode ;)

Also – Usawoti will require a spell component pouch to function or he doesn’t get any spellcasting, lol, which I’ll cover in my post later.

You have now become an active agent.

You are no longer blinded by the effects that were in place, before. Once you are outside of this place - basically near the bridge again - since you can fly, you've pretty much only got air until you get to the tower. You may, of course, always make other stops...

Shuuvu will not count unless and until you happen to get near him/her (I... just realized I don't know). And then, yes, it will.

Remember, even if it's not your primary weapon, you certainly have a potentially devastating "ace" in the hole, should you need it.

You can presume components - they are effectively provided by the shard that is now in your hand.

EDIT: Silly ninja-barbarians! Always making it unclear who I'm responding to!

did I forget to put a spell component pouch on my items list again? I hate playing casters...

Just read the game and discussion, Mondays are problematic because of meetings, so I just got up, I will need to post later.

At least I have my computer back, unfortunately repaired is not the same as "as it was" so I still need to put some things back together, I assumed that having documents put back on that it would have the same programs...

Before I decide what 'weapon' let me ask, is Usawoti going to get his original gear back or did the 'black water' destroy it?

I will be back on in a couple of hours...

Hey, no problem. I... may need reminders from time to time, though. Sorry, if I rushed you! Not my intent - once the two bonds were in place, it was pretty much time to reveal the next step...

You may always choose to swing by for your gear. At present, there's a bit of a "crisis mode" but should you think it important enough, you may certainly do so.

Ah! One thing that is a failure of mine - the weapon is +2, but at any point, you may utilize greater magic weapon to (temporarily) turn it into a +5 (for ~20 minutes).