How much do you want to RP your last two days in the jungle?
Hmmmm... good question. I suppose it depends on whether or not Sevak can get any more clues into what's going on with Paq, if it's really just the effects of the stuff he was taking to stay up at night or if there's something more going on. Maybe I can write up how Sevak approaches the next two days, and if anything strikes some sparks we can play a scene, otherwise just go to when they exit the jungle?
Sounds good to me.
So should I go ahead and do that, or is there still something happening on this day? I've been wondering if a certain naga was going to show up in Sevak's dreams again...
Oh, no, go ahead and do that.
Sorry if I was unclear.
I just wanted to double-check.
That is good. Your new night visitor doesn't want to meet you when you are happy and at peace....he lurks...
Uh-oh... :D
Oh, on the topic of multiclassing, could we use fractional base bonuses? It helps multiclassing not give quite so funny of BAB and Save numbers.
Cleaning manure...thrills and chills!
And yes, fractional base bonuses are fine.
Hey, it's good for growing character. ;)
Also, I've been looking over the art for nagaji, and... I don't think nagaji have tails.
No? Huh. Have I used that term too often or something?
Not often, but enough times that I had to look up and see if they had tails or not.
Oh, I had to look up who Immonhiel is, and... it should be fun when Sevak discovers he met an Empyreal Lord in-person.
Do you approve as a player of the choice? It took some digging and some work to make a giant toad seem impressive.
Yes, I think it's quite appropriate, both in terms of it seeming to fit Immonhiel's brief description and fitting with Sevak's story.
Bandit diplomacy. Should be fun!
Oh, definitely.
The funny thing is that negotiation scenes can be way more tense to me than combat ever will be. I guess I get into them more. :D So looking forward to some verbal tightrope-walking here. Hopefully Sevak doesn't fall off!
I will do my best to deliver.
Hopefully you didn't have something awesome planned for that town they just passed. :D
I do wonder sometimes how many wrenches and curve-balls you're having to deal with when it comes to Sevak...
Anything awesome I plan and really want to do, I just save it for later. Never worry about that. You'll eventually go to some town.
True enough. :D
The biggest curveball was you taking the deal from the spirit naga. Game changer.
So I gathered. I think I'm glad it happened, even though Sevak is clearly less than happy about it. :D
Sorry to have Sevak be troubled but in this land, nagaji aren't welcome. I will try to keep it from being too 'samey'. After this, things should ease up and you'll be more a race of interest and exotic flavor then evil.
It makes sense, and I'd say two or three times isn't enough to get too samey.
Poor Sevak...humans can be corrupt to!
Can't wait to get him to a city or something.
Sevak is still... trying to figure out his new worldview. XD He's just starting to really understand the idea that there's good and evil in everyone, of every race. He kind of vaguely always knew that, but is only just now starting to truly comprehend what it means.
The bandits are going to be a wake-up call.
Well for the bandits, he kind of already knows he's in for a group of amoral cutthroats. After Bo's quiet wisdom, it was a bit of a shock to him to see a village elder resort to petty extortion.
Can't have all of them be full of quiet wisdom. Besides, had to punish you for avoiding that town.
Oh man, and I was worried the fight would be too easy!
We have got to get you some class levels back...
The dice decided this was to be a bitter, hard-fought fight where Sevak flailed around wildly making a fool of himself until Paq was there to flank. XD It happens when you have nothing to do except roll a single attack every round. I'm sure if he'd rolled a twenty that first round and confirmed the crit it would have turned out to be really easy.
I have plans to give you more options. Sorry that fight was so boring for you.
Also, if Paq seems flippant, he doesn't realize how wounded you really are.
Eh, it's a consequence of the system.
GM's job to improve it.
I have ideas.
Actually not our first tavern. There was that one that burned down in Quain.
Ah, true enough. Hopefully this one doesn't suffer a similar fate.
...though that seems like it would be kind of funny, if inns Sevak stayed in always managed to burn down, for completely different reasons each time... but let's not do that. :D
Wherever the story takes us! I am done trying to predict Sevak.
Me, too. XD
I really need to slow down and think through his actions more on posts like these, though. I probably could have thought of something more clever to do than challenge the leader to a duel if I'd thought about it, but I let the rush of acting on my first impulse get the better of me, and now Sevak is stuck with a bad decision.
No need to rush. PBP.
We got plenty of time.
How I have something I want to do as a surprise to Sevak (and maybe you) but not sure how to do it without your participation.
Gm problems!
I can keep it a secret from Sevak if you can't figure out a way around me knowing. ;)
It isn't so much a secret as I want to do a big reveal, but you won't set it up without knowing!
I'm sure you'll figure something out. Or you could just hint at it enough for me to do it without fully knowing what's going on.
You have faith in my GMing abilities?
I'm sure we'll have fun with whatever happens.
So you don't have faith in my Gm abilities.
I have faith it will be fun no matter what happens, which is, I think, a stronger expression of faith in a GM than believing you'll be able to get a certain plot point to happen.
It's going to be a bit of a shock for Sevak when he realizes that no one has quite the answers he's seeking.
And yes, he's definitely in a bad spot, emotionally, at present. Or really, his joy over seeing again was just a momentary reprieve from the darkness weighing on his spirit. Feeling like the world would have been a better place without you, at least for the past year or two, is a pretty terrible state to be in.
Clearly he needs an success.