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OOOOOH; Speak the name of Angeliqua Maria Theresa Padfoot Cooper and she might appear; is she in your box hehe, that is one crazy halfling of firey mite?
That's quite a name! I once played a gnome character named Poo the Red-haired Babe from Hell, Who Time After Time Demonstrates Most Redeeming Qualities in a Gnome, such as the Design and Construction of the Dwarf Whacker, the Sheep Whacker and Who Wishes She'd Invented the Shade Whacker and Who Has Recently Taken on a Different View of the World to Make it More Colorful!
Um,... Wow.
BAlfic & VAle,... That is QUITE a collection of former/current characters! Gives me hope to join them someday!
Assuming, of course, I survive the next few posts! ;P
Laters,...
I played an elf named Yes; that was fun.
OOOOOH; Speak the name of Angeliqua Maria Theresa Padfoot Cooper and she might appear; is she in your box hehe, that is one crazy halfling of firey mite?That's quite a name! I once played a gnome character named Poo the Red-haired Babe from Hell, Who Time After Time Demonstrates Most Redeeming Qualities in a Gnome, such as the Design and Construction of the Dwarf Whacker, the Sheep Whacker and Who Wishes She'd Invented the Shade Whacker and Who Has Recently Taken on a Different View of the World to Make it More Colorful!
Of course you will survive; no worries; just dont be to picky about how; I got the kids gloves on; no worries.
Um,... Wow.
BAlfic & VAle,... That is QUITE a collection of former/current characters! Gives me hope to join them someday!Assuming, of course, I survive the next few posts! ;P
Laters,...
Kemnebi will be fine. Its the Drow that was penciled into the Calander to die.
hehe just let everyone know how many times Balfic has died; hehe; he is the only character in my game to have ever had a real funeral; heck he had more than one; complete with burial; sermon; headstone thingy and all that; damn orc just wont stay dead.
I think it is somewhere around 8 or so; though balfic doesnt have the record for most deaths in one gaming session; that would be whatever Jeremy's (Davion) pc was named; think he had 4 in one night; not to smart, wise, or cautious.
I have offically died 17 times. 1 normal funeral and 1 viking/state funeral.
Hope you all have a Merry Xmas.
Hello my Friend I did not mean to impose but I had not seen you in an Elf's age. Man can those Greek Gods drink, They must have some Dwarven in them. Hope your trips went well and I will hear from you and Balfic Soon.
Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!
Traveling, time and access both more limited than I thought.
Should be back and back to 'normal' by the 3rd.
(Whatever 'normal' means!)
Thanks for understanding,
And HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Laters,...
Hey Kojan,
Good to see you on the boards. You know we could use an another person in our party....
Val should be back tomarrow if I remember right. Talked with him yesterday.
Balfic
Heyea all; back to the land of Dust and Wind from the land of Ice and Snow, hehe. Have some good ideas brewing.
hmm; wonder if Kojan's little brother Kosan is gonna join up to kick some butt. If I remember right; Kojan built a fortress with several other pc's about 20 years ago real time; maybe 6 years game time; not too far north of here before all hell broke loose and it was destroyed by a force that come up out of the underdark highway.
anyway; off to check the pbp thread and get things hoping;
"one little, two little, three little drow prince;s
four little, five little, six little drow prince;s,
seven little, eight little, nine little drow prince;s,
one drow prince left to kill; la la lalala la la."
No worries; my posting will be sporatic at best with the festivities until the 4th :)
happy holidays; party safe.
Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!
Traveling, time and access both more limited than I thought.
Should be back and back to 'normal' by the 3rd.(Whatever 'normal' means!)
Thanks for understanding,
And HAPPY NEW YEAR!Laters,...
Val,
Your timing is off a bit. The Fortress was built before I ever joined your game...
So more like 16 years.
and welcome back. Glad you had a good trip.
Uhm, was responding to Kojan; you know; that half dwarf; ie; only half his body left hehe specially after your little chat with you know who hehe....
the song at the end was just for you though; so you didnt think I was getting addled and forgetful of my commitments in my old age hehe
Val,
Your timing is off a bit. The Fortress was built before I ever joined your game...
So more like 16 years.
and welcome back. Glad you had a good trip.
I'm BAAAACK!
Did 'ja miss me?
Or is your aim getting better???!? ;P
Hey All, sorry for the disappearing act, but access during family visit was much more limited than in previous years.
BUt I'm back now, will get back up to speed asap!
Hope everybody had as good a Christmas and Happy New Year as I did!
Laters,...
Rags~
Ok; am back and all newly yeared up focused like; hehe lets run with it all; woot!
I think we still have an opening or two in the heavy combat and heal department; no biggie without though we could do some cool stuff if you had a damage soak guy hehe; am trying to kick a dwarf I know.
Welcome back Ragadolf.
Glad you had a good Xmas, and Holiday. So get any good gifts?
Welcome back Ragadolf.
Glad you had a good Xmas, and Holiday. So get any good gifts?
Pretty good all around. GAined back in 2 weeks all the weight I had lost in 3 months. But it was SOOO worth it! ;)
Pretty good gifts too. Got a complete battery powered tool set, drills, saws, the works, so now I can work on the house we bought a couple of months ago! ;D
But I'm glad to be back! Let's roll guys!
Here is my charater, let me know if i need to make any changes.
List of magic item I would like
Amulet of Shen-Yi's protection (sheild +1), 2000gp
Bracers of the monkey king (Dex +1), 2000 gp
Head band of Budda's wisdom (Wis +1), 2000 gp
Guanutlets of stone (incress unarmed damage by one size), 2000 gp
Total; 8000 gp
DMG starts out 5th level charaters with 9000 gp
no bonus' for the items have been added to Hwe-Ko's stats yet.
I need some rolls from you; you can read back in character make up; need two rolls of a d6 and several percentile.
You can join in the game right away and we can finish fleshing things out on the side; I will have the Orcs at the Oracle follow the party down the cliff. The Orcs are at the Oracle to ask "Should we follow Ugmar Graa (an epic orc hero) into battle against the snakes and if so, why? the Answer given was: Ugmar was encouraged and paid by his cousin, High Priest Balfic Graa; to battle the snakes and save the world, defeat the snakes and thier allies or face extinction.
Balfic gave like a million gold to the chiefs of the ork and hired them all to fight; problem is; the snakes are damn tuff so the though there are millions of ork; their getting pounded; now the orks are situationally allied with the Southern dwarves against the snakes; and word is that the elves and humans will soon fight the snakes so relieve might be coming; the Ork chiefs are in a bad place; hold on and fight; or break contract and flee. It is no easy choice; so they sent a party to the only known Oracle to ask not fully trusting Balfic who is no longer a priest of an Ork Diety.
So here you are with the Orks at the Oracle; and you get your answer, but not yet the price of what it cost you; and lo and behold; you all see this elf here at the oracle wearing the symbols of Right Fist; a group that High Priest (half orc) Balfic is part of; now that is very very intersting; because Balfic is a big time mover and shaker hero among the orks; even elves work for him; the most famous he bought out of slavery from a drow witch; now here you guys just saw a drow witch; so what the heck is going on as this is fairly near where Balfic bought his elf. Is this the elf; something big must be going on. Now you guys see this horde of undead coming and the Oracle is leaving by some escape route and it sure looks like no one will survive the undead attack; so; as three of your group of 10 are Balfic's cousins (he has a really really big family as his mom and many of his sisters are humans and run a brothel that is a favorite of many orks (Balfic group up in his mother's brothel which isnt very far from here either) which being north of here is very suspicious.
Here is my charater, let me know if i need to make any changes.
List of magic item I would like** spoiler omitted **
as a half ork; you can more or less choose to be part of Balfic's family or not; they are the prime source of half breeds; there are lots of rumors of his mother trying to build a bigger better race by combinine lots of races; so the brothel has all kinds of ahem; workers; hehe.
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My posting may be sporadic for the next few days. I'm kind of down with a nasty strain of flu, so sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down, awake for a few hours, asleep for a few hours. The good thing about it, when I'm awake, I'll have plenty of time to post, because I can't get out of bed and do much else! Ugh, I hate this time of year! And this Midwest weather, unable to decide if it wants to be a balmy 60 degrees, or a dismal 10 degrees, isn't helping!
Ouch,
Well hope you get better soon.
Feel better.
Heh Astinos is beginning to feel like a cop in a Max Security Prison.
So you're essentially telling me I can choose to be a son of a whore. If I wasn't playing a Half-Orc I might be insulted ;) Playing the son of a runaway whore of Balfic sounds good to me.
If this is for the region I came from I would like to have been trained in a chinaesque one.
d6's 1, 1, 3, 5
%'s 8, 11, 14, 28, 59, 73, 74, 80, 85, 85,
as a half ork; you can more or less choose to be part of Balfic's family or not; they are the prime source of half breeds; there are lots of rumors of his mother trying to build a bigger better race by combinine lots of races; so the brothel has all kinds of ahem; workers; hehe.
There is nothing wrong with that profession. You would be amazed at the people you meet....
Hey Vulcan. I really feel for Astinos. Only reassuring words I can give you is that you haven't run into Cera or Angelica yet. Then you would be the guard of a lunatic asylum.
Are you my daddy, if so I want 18 years of back child support.
LOL, more like Uncle Balfic.
Man that sucks; we have all been there; my friend is Mucinex D; its the mucinex with the decongestant; help get that stuff out and keeps you from feeling like your hacking up a lung; also like to drink a few cups of Gypsy Cold Care; its an herbal tea; some peeps hate it but it works for me. For fever i get a box of epsom salts; they are dirt cheap; and put them in my hot bath; soak a bit; then dont rinse off; just get in bed; your whole body heats up; is great for all the achy muscles and helps kill a fever; that is what I do; hehe; flu is a great excuse to have a hot toddy or two or three; let me know if you need a recipe :)
My posting may be sporadic for the next few days. I'm kind of down with a nasty strain of flu, so sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down, awake for a few hours, asleep for a few hours. The good thing about it, when I'm awake, I'll have plenty of time to post, because I can't get out of bed and do much else! Ugh, I hate this time of year! And this Midwest weather, unable to decide if it wants to be a balmy 60 degrees, or a dismal 10 degrees, isn't helping!
Well; more like a madam; or a whore queen; she is as powerful as any queen; probably more than most seeing how she just hired an huge army to uhm; well; more on that later maybe hehe. royalty and movers and shakers from four continents come to dine at her table just for the conversation alone; she is no lightweight. Now; balfic would be only 5 years old when you were born; so, he would probably be an uncle if you the son of one of his human sisters or a cousin if your the son of one of his aunts.
Now; your from the area (by your rolls) just below Tarantis; so; you probably spent your first 12 years growing up in her city; Balfic; I dont remember your mothers name; can you insert please? anyway; lots and lots go on there; is a huge merchant area as well as where political decisions happen for a multitude of kingdoms; think of it like Washington DC and Bangladesh and Cairo all rolled into one. It is a free city of guilds; but she is the most powerful single figure; helps to have one bad dude as a partner and guard.
So; at 12 you would go with the Orcs who live in the Chinese area; she has many many contacts there; and would have sent you if you wished; after all; you would make her more contacts; now; pretty much all the orcs got conscripted by the bad guys and made into slave labor; you would escape this and turn up at the monestary with your letter of introduction; they would then train and care for you like your background says.
now; the chinese area is a real nightmare; more on that later; but you would adventually leave there to go to the south to fight the snakes; more on that as well; you distinguish yourself; and get sent with these other guys by the chiefs to ask the oracle the question; which brings you up to date; more on your background later.
So you're essentially telling me I can choose to be a son of a whore. If I wasn't playing a Half-Orc I might be insulted ;) Playing the son of a runaway whore of Balfic sounds good to me.
If this is for the region I came from I would like to have been trained in a chinaesque one.
d6's 1, 1, 3, 5
%'s 8, 11, 14, 28, 59, 73, 74, 80, 85, 85,as a half ork; you can more or less choose to be part of Balfic's family or not; they are the prime source of half breeds; there are lots of rumors of his mother trying to build a bigger better race by combinine lots of races; so the brothel has all kinds of ahem; workers; hehe.
Hwe-Koe's background info from birth to age twelve; figure you left at 12; was trained in the temple until your 16; then went out in the world; joined up with a group heading to test their skills and get fabulous treasure in the south; ie where you got your items; and like that; so here is things you would know growing up; also; here are a couple heroic facts you know. Kinda long; so take your time.
Major Heroes you know:
Cousin Ugmar is probably the tuffest orc anyone knows; and Kojan is probably the tuffest dwarf anyone has ever heard of; these two once fought a titanic battle against each other that lasted for hours, literally, with no winner; they finally just went and had a beer; and this was years ago before they got double tuff. Being even close to one of these guys is enough to have anyone soil their jeans; their tuff; their mean; and they kill with very little provocation.
Cousin Balfic is darn near diefied among Orks and finally has the Direct Blessing of Mother as he is slated to marry no less that the Goddess Loviatar; word on the street is that he is going to meet the goddesses family soon and have "dinner". Things Balfic is known to have done:
1) a challenge of faith against a cleric of Grummish; Balfic challenged the high priest of Grumish to a battle of faith during a council meeting of the most powerful chiefs of Orkdom; the challenge was to test bravery and faith; the priest of grumish could go first; choose any dagger which could be held and inspected by the other priest; the priest of grumish chose Balfics very impressively sharp dagger; and Balfic let that priest go first; Balfic took off his armor and bared his chest to all; the priest of grummish stabbed Balfic directly in the heart; the blade came out his back; Balfic walked around the chamber to show everyone; some prodded it; it was real; Balfic says" Thus I have supped in the faith of my god and have no hunger or fear; can you say the same priest of grummish; Balfic pulled out the dagger; the preist of grummish tried to run; some orks held him as per the law of arbitration and challenge; balfic stabbed him in the heart and the preist of grummish died. Balfic had no wound. Thus the Orks took Balfics blessing and money and decided to fight the snakes against the orders of the priesthood of Grummish; who now hates Balfic. He was once the chosen of Shargaas; who very much loves him; but she gave him as a gift to the Dark God for the survival of Ork Kind; he was pleased see later note.
Balfic has for some time; and does carry Sorrow; the sword of the champion of Loviatar; though he is known to distain her cult of followers.
Balfic is squire to a paladin of Ukko; but nobody knows why and are to afraid of him to ask.
About a year ago; you heard of some enslaved orcs near Tarantis; who were blessed and changed; given power and freedom, some guy Dark champion named Kormath; seems a black dragon was involved; strangly enough; they are gaurding the pass to Kojan's home dwarven empire working with the dwarves; crazy stuff; so wierd it must be true.; you heard this right after you left the monestary; also; lots of gold being passed around for anyone who wants to test their skills on the southern continent.
some growing up info:
ok; thing an average half orc growing up in Mom's hometown; everyone calls her Mother; not many know her real first name; so regardless if she is a aunt or grandmother or mother or sister; everyone calls her Mother; probably came from being the Madam or House Mother.
Ok; the city; well; it is pretty much merchants; everything is for sale here including possibly countries; certainly there are a whole lot of mercenaries as you would expect; just about any fighting style can be found, taught or tested; Drow frequent the city as well as vampires, orks; humans, lizard men, and anyone interested in power; politics; or buying or selling something rare and valuable; though, sex is what the city mostly sells and is famous for providing. Murder and duels are commonplace and the weak dont survive long without a patron. As expected; a whole lot of wealth changes hands here; and most of the "family" grow up working in and around the city; some directly for the "family business" some in support functions; Balfic for instance was a bouncer; enforced people paying fees; and worked as a healer on the side. This sort of thing is typical; work are cook; healer; bouncer; collector; extract vengence for a missdeed real or imagined; golpher; message runner; porter; waiter; some of the family places are five star; some dont even know what a star is; the family is into everything and turns its nose up at nothing. There is only one rule; family helps family; period; got a problem with family; take it to an aunt who will arbitrate; her word is law; Aunts generally are the Madam's of a particular working establishment. The family has a lot of rules; is very lawful, but this is the greatest of them.
The city population is usually around 1 million; but more than half are transients; which makes it one of the largest cities around.
ok; the dieties of importance while growing up, and yes; you have family in each cult:
Shar'gaas; the orc diety of birth, lust and motherhood as well as patron of assassins. It should be no mystery that the Grah household has a similar name sounding name; I think Grah means "of R'gaas" meaning the diety; she is one of the houses most ferverant patrons. Balfic was her greatest champion.
Isis; in her fertility role; mystery of womanhood and magic; many females of the guild called the Left Hand hold her as their patron; thus, they refuse no male services; of course they are all magi so many dont try them for fear of being enchanted as slaves. The high priestess of Isis; visits the city from Egypt each month at the full moon; it is rumored she comes to see some half orc lover....
Freya; another love goddess of fertility and vanity; many barbarians hold her in high esteem and is she has a powerful following; Cousin Ugmar hangs out with these guys as he is an epic level Barbarian and appeciates ahem; strong lovers though he tips his hat to Grummish.
Ishtar/Aphrodite - This is cult has the strongest human following in the area; Aeneas is the strongest human follower and is chosen of Aphrodite; he is the stragetist behind the Greek/Roman prince who is in this scenario. They portay vengence; love; lust; you name it; they got it in spades as they are all pretty hot headed. Second in fights in the city to the followers of Freya who very much believe in winning a woman attention by besting a worth foe in combat; these two groups have a good natured running fued.
There is also a shrine to Sunemeya; of the lizard folk; they are fairly quite and reserved; but revered in the city for wisdom as they live quite a long time and dont get to excited; lizard folk pilgrimage to the shrine one a month on the new moon to clean it up and brind a fresh kill to leave there. Nobody messes with place as it is a holy shrine and one of the only places that has peaceful austerity; seems that rumor has it that if you pray there in peace and give offerings of fresh hunted game; the lizard god may give a blessing; for woman seeking fertility; this is always a multiple birth. One child of the get is always given at this shrine to the lizard people; who take it with them. There is a very strong rumor going around; that the great magi Fystor is one of these children and was given the ancient secrets of dragon magic.
Anyways; these are the revered dieties you grew up with; meaning; in this city; it is pretty much death either quick or slow to profane or violate one of these dieties; all of dieties are of no significance to the law; treat them as you wish; but these guys were instilled in you from pretty much birth to revere from all your cousins, aunts; friends; ect.
oh; there is strangely one halfling shrine in the city; nobody knows who it is from; but it is small; really just a small, umbrella like roof and a stool with a bucket that always seems to have chicken, biscuits, gravy, cole slaw and some type of lemon sweet water. It is considered bad luck to eat there or hang around it; as the master thief Bob the Halfling likes to visit it and takes a poor view of anyone who messes with the place and there is also some magi, Hava, who seems to owe whoever diety the shrine is a favor; so put a bigtime nasty curse on any who tries to make off with the bucket or drink; last guy who tried it on a dare; swelled up like a beachball for about 2 weeks.
so; basically; you can learn just about anything growing up until you leave home; just ask an aunt or sometimes you get selected out to learn stuff; either way; most of your life has been in one school or another; even life on the street is taught as a class; the world one big classroom; you get sent to the temple to learn; knowledge is power; that is the family motto; well, one of them. Slackers end up dead; missing and presumed dead. In any city you go; you probably have family; your related to 1 out of 8 orcs; and about 1 out of 12 humans.
One thing; Mom is tight with Ronin of the Four Horsemen; meaning the Guildmaster of assassins; this is fairly well known; the Left Hand and the Right Hand; they are his hands; he is the head; the marks; joes; the guys that buy services; they are the body. Ronin is a Half orc and rumored to be number one son of Mother; but that could all be fiction; is a strong rumor though and about half the family is part of either the left or right hand.
To round this up; your character should think of most things as a business transaction; very good outlook for a LN; which most of the family is also. Your character should not have very many racial predjudices; as everyone is a potential customer even if your only selling the Way of the Leaf; peace; harmony; and bodily health.
ok; background skills reflected in your upbringing. These are bonuses added to your normal skill ranks; so you might have religion 3 ranks; but know a lot of specifics about fertility and family; so get the bonus about those things.
diplomacy +2
knowlege of fertility dieties +3
knowlege of religious law about fertility and family +2
Herbalism; +2
intimidation, always a class skill; and +3
knowlege; mortal husbandry; also known as matchmaking +3
couple more things you have heard as rumors;
there is a great ice pryamid in the middle of a swamp; go figure; it doesnt melt; some crazy dwarf lives there.
there is a sacred place of free love on the southern continent; free love for everyone; it is guarded on one end by three gold dragons; and the ice pyramid on the other but lots of free love in the bushes.
latest rumor is the elves have invaded the place and want to kill everybody, but the some dwarves and some wird looking short tan tan guys showed up to stop them; the two armies are facing each other in a stand off; but there is still free love in the bushes. Rumor is the dieties of fertility are getting mad about those wanting to fight a war on their holy ground. funny; several of these guys here in the group fit the description of those trying to protect the holy ground of free love; yes; think hippies hehe.
Great roleplaying guys. Been having a good laugh. Kemnebi's reaction in the grotto was priceless.
Nightwish, hope you get better soon. I am sure Namaste would add alot to this situation.
Vulcan, Lorderl, man I am wondering what your guys characters are thinking about all of this. I am sure they aren't happy. Between Hags, Kobolds, and Drow.
Thoron, cute, real cute.
Ubermench, welcome to the group. I am sure you will have lots of fun. Curious to see how your guy plays out. If you have any questions feel free to ask and I will try to help. Val usually doesn't post btwn Wed-Sat. He doesn't have alot of time then.
Orange Robed Orc, sounds like an old martial arts action theatre series...
See you guys in game.
Llv
hehe I am really enjoying this good work guys; building up a good rp bonus :)
am currently working on exps; will try to get it out to everyone before we hit the dungeon proper; I expect you guys have a quick stop a the princes camp to stragegize and then head it; hope everyone has thought about how to spend stuff to level up.
Thx for the kind words. I mostly just write stuff down to get it out of my head, sometimes it's worth a smile or two. :)
BTW, updated some journal posts on the end of Kemnebi's char profile.
WOW!, there are 46 post to catchup on, I'll see about getting a post in over the weekend after I've caught up on the reading
Sorry guys, been laid low by back spasms, wifes been sick ad we've got a 2 1/2 month old. Will be reading and catching up.
Sorry guys, been laid low by back spasms, wifes been sick ad we've got a 2 1/2 month old. Will be reading and catching up.
Wow. Hope you get better soon Vulcan. Pain sucks, and you REALLY want to enjoy this age with your kids!
Young, Small,... easily controllable,... ;)
AND a delayed 'hope you get better' to Namaste as well! I see/guess/hope that your feeling much better now, judging by your last post! ;)
ok; hope you guys have been thinking about leveling up; am going to try really really hard to get exps finished tomorrow and posted; not sure how much they will be or if you will level; but you should be ready.
ok; we have one more guys joining the game and a possiblity of one more; so; am closing new joins until we see how things go; more than 7 or 8 might really bog down getting through anything, but who can say as this is my first online DM attempt.
Hello Everybody, You by now have heard my name praised and reviled, sometimes in the same sentence. You will meet my alt soon and I hope we will have fun. Wait until you meet him.
IMPOSTER! hehe I dont see no fur behind that beak, but the coloring is right on hehe. Sigh; some peeps just feel the need for confessions; sometimes mum is the word; sometimes not; check your email.
your starting languages are elf: pick one either high or drow; and human: greek or roman; and lowborn fey all speak Sylvan; others you can buy or get as normal. Everyone has common; but that is not really a language.
Hello Everybody, You by now have heard my name praised and reviled, sometimes in the same sentence. You will meet my alt soon and I hope we will have fun. Wait until you meet him.
Hey Ragadolf,
This is the guy who is making Kemnebi's life interesting. Nothing like screaming High Elves trying to cut your throat. lol.
Anyways... Hi Lorm. Guess we will see some incarnation of you soon in game.
Great, Hey Lorm! Why are you making trouble for my little cat-man? Don't you know I can get into trouble ALL by myself?!? I don't need THAT kind of help! ;P
Heh, see you in the game soon! :)
Ragadolf,
welcome to my world. I have been accused of things that I have no idea of what they are talking about.