Ok.
It was never my intention to push the spell too far, and I apologize for coming across as such. In the future, I'll ask first.
If I drop those spells, It would knock off 16 days by my calculations.
That still means 33 days of scribing spells all day every day. Seems a bit outrageous. How long does the longest person need for upgrades?
I'm at 24, but I could go less by paying more for my gear.
It feels like a lot, though.
I'm at 32. Maybe Thron could let you increase your work day to 9 or 10 hours? I couldn't find anything that caps spell scribing at only 8 hours.
There isn’t on spell scribing. Just item crafting. I just used 8 Hours/day as an example.
I fully intend to let all this downtime overlap. With you guys finding different people for each item around the world. At this level that kind of travel isn’t unheard of.
So your items can be being upgraded at the same time Eugeni scribes spells as well as the ship bein repaired (not a lot of damage is on it, but it’s there).
I’m not entirely sure it’d jive with a centaur. Especially a shape shifting one. I don’t think having steel hammered into your hooves is something an sentient creature would be thrilled about. Now, regular boot slot items I’m willing to say you could have adjusted to work, like anklets, over your hind legs, and when you assume a human form they become boots.
I'm planning on using powerful spells to repair and modify the ship a bit once I get it. I need to look into the details more but there should be spells that can fix the ship up and make it look cool/add dragon handles and landing gear.
I'm kinda thinking I'll cast mage's magnificent mansion every couple days with extend spell using my variable metamagic feat so that we can have a giant mansion inside the ship with rooms for each of us. Or maybe eventually a demiplane or something depending on what level we hit.
I also want to look into casting some spells on myself with permanency before we get back to adventuring, but I haven't had time to look into that yet.
If you're looking for repair spells for the ship, I recommend the Make Whole spells, especially Greater.
Cool
As for Permanency spells, you can never go wrong with Permanent See Invisibility. Just 5,000 gp (or a use of Blood Money). Often some of the best 5,000 gp I've ever spent.
There's no way to cast that on others, is there?
I'm right now thinking of custom crafting the attributes of a Mantis Mask on top of those of a Buffering Cap (with it looking like the latter since Zoli's not so into leather bug masks...or being mistook for an assassin).
Open to other suggestions as well.
Zoli: What about the Spectral Shroud? It's a core item that grants unlimited See Invisibility. For our level, it's also surprisingly cheap at 26,000 gp. It also has a cool secondary feature.
@Thron: Here are the two Word of Recall sanctuaries I had in mind for Jeeves. I think it would be a good idea to iron out the details.
Kyonin:
The Kailani family estate in Erages. Jeeves grew up and raised her twins here. It is also where she has currently stashed Shion. Her parents live here, and she buried Vince in the family graveyard.
Magnimar:
The Kyonin Embassy. After The Skinsaw Murders, Jeevika has been sitting around her office, tallying up the census data, and making sure that Ironbriar's shenanigans didn't harm the local Elven community. After several months, it feels like a home away from home: both Sabby and Setsu have visited her here at some point, she reunited with Ryli here, and Shion was born in the building.
Sound good?
Sure.
I just noticed I never updated my HP in my status line when we hit 15th level. I corrected it now.
@Ryli: Since you have a lot of leftover gold, what do you think about getting Lorthan a Hat Of Infinite Disguises?
Shopping List 1.4:
Chalk x10 - 0.1 gp
Inkpen - 0.1 gp
Chalkboard - 1 gp
Candle Lamp - 5 gp
Silk Rope (50 ft.) - 10 gp
Journal - 10 gp
Diamond Dust - 1000 gp
Pearl of Power Level 2 from Vault of Greed - 2000 gp
Powdered Rubies for two Nymph Simulacrums - 4000 gp
Cracked Pale Green Prism Ioun Stone (Saves) - 4000 gp
+3 Darkwood Buckler, Carved with Symbol of Kyonin from Frostmaw's Hoard - 4602.5 gp
Candle of Invocation (Chaotic Good) - 8400 gp
Candle of Invocation (Chaotic Good) - 8400 gp
A Resurrection Diamond for Tanitus Tileani - 10000 gp
Orange Prism Ioun Stone (Split with Ryli) - 15000 gp
Silver Spindle Ioun Stone (Keyed to Blood Money; as per crafting rules, Eugeni can provide the spell for the maker.) - 24000 gp
Standard Strand of Prayer Beads with just Bead of Karma - 20000 gp (As noted at the bottom, you can purchase Prayer Beads Strands that are missing certain Beads. I just want Karma, not Smiting or Healing.)
Belt of Physical Prowess +2 to +4 (Str, Con) Upgrade - 30000 gp
Headband of Inspired Wisdom +6 - 36000 gp
Changes:
The big change is that Jeevika is just going to buy a Headband of Inspired Wisdom +6 in Iadara instead of upgrading her current +2 to +6 to save time and get access to the benefits immediately. It also shaves two days off our wait. Ethariel will get her old +2.
The second change is that Jeeves will buy another 1,000 gp in Diamond Dust.
Finally, Jeeves is also buying a bunch of drawing supplies for possible Greater Teleport references.
So is the longest wait time down to 24 days now? I can spend a few/several days scribing for 22 hours a day if needed. My ring of sustenance should enable that. However, I'd prefer to avoid the hand cramp and eye strain for Eugeni's sake.
I still need 30 days for my belt, but Jeeves is not married to it like her headband. If we needed to get moving sooner, then she could just pick it up later.
Totally forgot about half of the ioun stone. And I should really consider getting a few things for Lorthan.
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Okay, so preliminary shopping list....
Starting cash: 6699.63+167528.25 = 174227.88
Blessed Book - 12,500
Nymph Simulacrum - 2,000
Cloak of Resistance +3 -> Cloak +5 - 16,000
Belt of Physical Might +4 (Dex, Con) -> Belt +6 - 70,000Subtotal: 147227.88-100500 = 46727.88
Ship - 8,100
Nymph simulacrum - 2,000
Dragon simulacrum - 15,000
Permanent arcane sight - 7,500
Permanent see invis. - 5,000
Cracked pale green prism ioun stone - 4,000
Subtotal: 33,500
Total remaining: 13,227.88
Need to figure out if there is a spell I can cast at this level which would allow me to add landing gear to the ship, otherwise I'll have to have it modified by a work crew. Ideas?
Final (?) Spell List:
1st - Blood Money
2nd - Prot. Evil (communal), resist energy, detect thoughts, locate object, see invis., hideous laughter, scorching ray, blur, blindness/deafness
3rd - Nondetection, vampiric touch, fractions of heal and harm
4th - dimensional anchor, dream shield, nondetection (communal), black tentacles, locate creature, telekinetic charge, enervation, stone shape
(Jeevika and Ryli can cover Protection from Energy (Communal). Greater Scrying is much better than the regular version; if you gotta scry, use that one. Detonate is too situational. Bestow Curse requires a touch attack, and I don't think Eugeni wants to get into melee. Upon a second reading, Major Creation covers anything Minor Creation can do.)
5th - break enchantment, dominate person, icy prison, sending, wall of force, telekinesis, transmute rock to mud, permanency, major creation, shapechanger's gift, fabricate
6th - dispel magic (greater), repulsion, chains of light, mage's decree, permanent image, curse (major), disintegrate, stone to flesh, Flesh to Stone
(Vision is better than Legend Lore. For Stone Golems, Zoli and Jeevika have adamantine weapons. Ethariel has clustered shots. Ryli can summon power attacking giants. Meanwhile, I've ended entire battles with Flesh to Stone; it's a great anti-wizard spell.)
7th - banishment, mage's magnificent mansion, teleport (greater), scrying (greater), vision, power word (blind), simulacrum, ethereal jaunt, shapechanger's gift (greater)
8th - create demiplane, power word (stun), clone, polymorph any object, mind blank
I want something that can polymorph Eugeni into a diminutive creature for the AC and bonus to-hit. Ideas? He's not a humanoid.
The Fey Form spells are just what you need! Fey Form III+ allows diminutive size, and much like the Monstrous Humanoid line, you can still cast your spells and access your gear! Plus you get a lot of cool abilities!
Anyway, that's Sabrina's farewell! Maybe. Cladissa sort of gave her a good reason to return, lol.
I don't see any Diminutive creatures that are Aberrations. But won't you run the risk of making yourself less intelligent by using PAO?
As to Landing Gear...Fabricate? An average unskilled check for Eugeni is a 19. That would be enough to do it. I'd classify such an item as probably High Quality, so DC 15. Once the basic structure of them is complete, some mundane workers could attach them relatively quickly, easily before the magic item stuff is done.
I don't mean a permanent transformation, just some kind of buff. Fey Form III seems like a great option, thanks.
Fabricate also sounds good. How much would the wood or iron or whatever for the landing gear cost?
Components V, S, M (the original material, which costs the same amount as the raw materials required to craft the item to be created)
For sturdy, reliable landing gear for a ship like this that isn’t built for such stresses, lets call it an even 1,000 gp.
Final Spell List:
1st - Blood Money
2nd - Prot. Evil (communal), resist energy, detect thoughts, locate object, see invis., hideous laughter, scorching ray, blur, blindness/deafness
3rd - Nondetection, vampiric touch, fractions of heal and harm
4th - dimensional anchor, dream shield, nondetection (communal), black tentacles, locate creature, telekinetic charge, enervation, stone shape
5th - break enchantment, dominate person, icy prison, sending, wall of force, telekinesis, transmute rock to mud, permanency, major creation, shapechanger's gift, fabricate
6th - dispel magic (greater), repulsion, chains of light, mage's decree, permanent image, curse (major), disintegrate, stone to flesh, Flesh to Stone
7th - banishment, mage's magnificent mansion, teleport (greater), scrying (greater), vision, power word (blind), simulacrum, ethereal jaunt, shapechanger's gift (greater), fey form III
8th - create demiplane, power word (stun), clone, polymorph any object, mind blank
Shopping list
Starting cash: 6699.63+167528.25 = 174227.88
Blessed Book - 12,500
Nymph Simulacrum - 2,000
Cloak of Resistance +3 -> Cloak +5 - 16,000
Belt of Physical Might +4 (Dex, Con) -> Belt +6 - 70,000
Subtotal: 147227.88-100500 = 46727.88
Ship - 8,100
Dragon simulacrum - 15,000
Permanent arcane sight - 7,500
Permanent see invis. - 5,000
Cracked pale green prism ioun stone - 4,000
Landing gear raw mats. - 1,000
Subtotal: 32,500
Total remaining: 14,227.88
@Eugeni: You might want to pencil in Greater Make Whole on your list. Otherwise, you will need to use Blood Money and Limited Wish.
@Thron: There's one more "side quest" I want to tackle before we start Book 6. Time to bring Shalelu home!
I'll just cast it from the books before selling them. I don't see needing it much in future, and if I do I can buy a scroll or something.
Despite being a priestess, I think that's the first time Jeeves has actually petitioned Shelyn directly for help (rather fittingly because it will literally take a Miracle to pull this off). I would say that it's a holdover from her days as an Oracle of Bokrug. The ol' Water Lizard just handed her some divine power and basically said, "Figure it out yourself, kid." Poor Jeeves is just not used to the idea that a divine being would actively help her. If you all haven't noticed, she is often under the impression that she is one minor slip away from falling from Shelyn's favor. Old habits die hard.
Thron, if Shalelu froze to death offscreen, that's understandable (and very sad). However, I still think it would be cool if a side plot over two years in the making (!!!) was finally concluded.
I'm going to visit family for a couple days without my PC. I'll follow on my phone, but I won't be doing any substantive posting until Saturday evening probably.
@Thron: Did Jeevika's Sending to Shalelu fail?
I’m debating whether or not 2nd hand knowledge of a person counts as “Familiar.” I let it slide with Argor due to DM Fiat as well as his own celebrity status...but Shalelu was no celebrity.
Huh. Didn't notice that particular emphasis of the spell. I'll leave it up to you, but I imagine that Jeevika probably has a lot of secondhand info about her through other PC characters (whatever Setsuna left behind, Zoli, Ryli, and especially Eugeni).
I guess it could be done through Eugeni? He certainly knows her. He also knows the Sending spell, so I imagine that he could forward the message for Jeeves. Unawareness about the "familiar" word aside, I contacted her directly mostly for narrative simplicity and speed.
Ready to start Book 6 when you are, Thron.
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Reading Setsuna from 2015 is so weird; she's practically a different character. I think the events of Fort Rannick caused her to go slightly insane.
Anyway, there's my in-character justification for Jeevika accepting this side quest. Push comes to shove, we just add another fool to the pile of corpses who thought they could take us and crib their stuff (plus Alaznist's treasury) for The Greater Good™.
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Out of town without a PC until Saturday, prolly no/few posts from me till then.
Lurking a bit, off and on. Bear with me if you don't see me; I may be tabbed out.
Finally back home. Sorry for the absence, guys.
How far along the downtime timeline are we here, Thron? Has the 30whatever days elapsed already, or are we still in the middle somewhere?
I ask because I haven't added any of my newly copied spells or gear to my sheet yet.
I went ahead and fast forwarded us to completion of downtime.
Okay, I got my sheet updated. Now to figure out which spells I memorized and make a post.