I would like to informally introduce an ‘Instinct’ to Smoog’s charachter (loosely based on the mechanic from the Burning Wheel RPG).
During our Perilous Journey evenings and anytime we make camp Smoog will always spend some time inspecting, evaluating, and documenting our group’s magical items for abilities.
If no un-evaluated items are available, Smoog will document something ‘Strange or Amazing” we ran across recently.
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He is keeping a journal of ‘Amazing Things” he runs across and has already extensively researched Thunk’s Green Gloves.
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At some point I want to do a scene between Sees and Smoog during his Geomantic Charge time.
F%*k yeah, he is a hoot to watch hinker tinker with his new toys!
I just didn't want to flash forward with the tracking without checking out those pipes.
I think we need to take a minute and decide who is with whom and for how long. Smoog was helping Fssst dispose of bodies, and Hegh was looting corpses. Thunk may not have been patient enough to wait for all of that to get done, and Sees certainly would not have been.
I thought narratively I looted while Fssst and Smoog looted. Hegh would continue onward immediately after.
Sees and Thunk did not stop to loot.
If we want to all stick together we will have to change something. Otherwise, Sees and Thunk are a few minutes ahead.
I also think we may have gotten ahead of ourselves
(possibly trying to catch up too much after the long holiday break from action).
Smoog did delay for looting and destroying corpses so he is in the last group.
Wow Sees, that is awesome. Is it possible your scales are telling more of a story? Perhaps you were destined to be the nest-mother because you have both Black and Red scales? Maybe the All-Eater was female and Gorlaug is the father? That is why Krispa brought the egg to you?
The best answers make more questions. This is definitely the most earth-shattering thing I have up my sleeve, and I did pass it by Mooshy. This is the elaborate tale I'm spinning for my last low-level move. The answer to "What move?" is the last card I've got up my sleeve, so I'll leave that in the air until it comes to pass.
O.K. cool. This definitely brings a new level of WTF and "play-to-see-what-happens"!
This reveal has me wondering if maybe Hegh has not actually been talking to himself all along.
Aww, unckie Hegh!
I do kind of like the idea of Sees not being the one who can get closest to talking to the whelp...
Her theme is kind of a constant, desperate struggle for control.
That dagger is mechanically awful for Sees. The slingshot will do the same damage, has a +3 advantage to hit and keeps her out of danger. Gorlaug's Wrath does 1d10 damage, deafens, and has a +2 advantage to hit.
Does the blood on it do anything mechanically?
No. Passing the dagger was just my narrative way of explaining that this bbeg is going to have an undead monkey (!!) on his shoulder catching your stones. I learned that from a spout lore and hadn't shared it yet. I don't expect you to use it.
My opening salvo on this guy could be ridiculous... With Felix 1d10+3d4 roll twice with best result. Come on snake eyes don't fail me now! Although with that Aid bonus even a snake eyes could be turned to a 7.
It's hilarious though, and I'm totally going to find a way to make it super important.
It's hilarious though, and I'm totally going to find a way to make it super important.
Ha, I'm really enjoying the fact that each of Hegh's three "gifts" to Sees have been either completely practical (dagger, illusion hat) or useless (vial of smells) from his point of view. Sees seems to see it differently.
Anyone recall the All-Eater's name in draconic? I think it started with a T.
Trothar means protector according to...
draconic.twilightrealm.com .
Trothar means protector according to...
draconic.twilightrealm.com .
I don't see a conflict between the translations All-Eater and Protector. ;)
In the weird way we're implementing naming, the language seems to operate like an Asian language, with characters that can mean something individually which has no bearing on their meaning together... except also a character is pronounced backwards if read upside-down.
Oh, I thought All-Eater was a nick name.
:)
There is not a direct translation on that website.
I will look on others.
name is actually
Tanulth Eater of All
I just knew the All-Eater had a name in cannon, and I need to build my phoneme table to roll off of.
Oh, yes there it is, way back in the discussion thread.
And I was way off thinking All-Eater was red, also.
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Everyone should know that I'm adjusting the way rolling for Loot works to make it more fair. Instead of using your Wisdom modifier, everyone in the party will be using the same modifier for Loot rolls - a modifier that I will tell you, based on how loot-filled the location you're in is. For example, looting some Skaven that you mugged with hardly anything on him might be a roll at a -1, but looting a dragon's hoard might be rolled at a +3.
Cool
Thunk is interesting in that he was not particularly important he is just the one that lived. Being red he was actually looked down in a bit
What color is canon for the All-Eater? Moosh and I have been working off of red.
MiniGM wrote>>> Tanulth the Eater of All! He was (originally I envisioned black but Gorlaug was black so lets go with Blue, but a deep navy, like a midnight blue.
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Little bit of strategy over the table, so feel free to leave us to luxuriate in our ignorance, Mooshy.
On the topic of Grick:
- I would imagine the hinted-at solution is to have the cleric Malduin heal him. She commanded her troops to bring any bites to her, as if she could do something about it. Keep in mind though, that something might still be a holy shotgun shell to the back of the neck.
- Looking at the flavor of Grick's magic, I was thinking that once he has the necromancer's skull he would have a chance to seal himself at the brink of death and have us animate him, making something that falls along the wright/revanant/lich scale. (undead with spirits and varying levels of intelligence)
- Smoog could try to use Sees' healing acorn and/or the healing bracelet to make Grick a cyzorg (undead cyborg)... That's a fun option, but probably more risky.
- In the extremely unlikely end of possibilities, we could ask the necromancer to fix it. Even if he might, he might not be able to.
- We do not have a proper healer. Even if I multiclassed cleric, it would be ages before I could cast something that would cure zombie blight. All I can do is rub his chest with Vicks and tell him bedtime stories until he feels better.
Anything else I'm missing?
someone found something that has "restoratve magic" no idea what
someone found something that has "restoratve magic" no idea what
That is probably worth trying.
Fssst has a necklace that has "restorative properties;" however, the loot table is random. I would be pleasantly surprised if it happened to be a necklace of cure major disease.
I thought it was a bracelet, and I looked back to see who had it and I saw Hegh turn the bracelet he found into gold. I was like: "No!" but it was Fssst's necklace that has "restorative properties".
Hegh's not a jerk, he wouldn't just melt down someone else's loot. :)
You may ID the pendant with a Spout Lore check.
Take no notice of the hungry look the little pink kobold is giving each of you as he contemplates your heads...just go about your business :-)
I am worried about Grick, but I am more worried what happened to Flung!
He's tied up downstairs. It's not the necromancer who's here, it's been Twinkletoes the whole time. The Flung we see is the fae trickster in disguise.
(Actually probably not. That's part of why Sees hugged him I was hoping to phase through the illusion.)
She may be able to copy his outward appearance but she could never pull off his dry wit and sarcasm! We would know.
In today's news, the mountain of Etna on the Italian island of Sicily erupted. Here's a really cool picture of the eruption that gives you some conception of a minor version of what Moontower Mountain's eruption might have looked like.
On Aid and failure:
Gaining XP is part of the results of a 6-. Aid changes the result to a 7-9. So it would seem, RAW, successful Aid precludes XP. That said, I wouldn't worry about it in a game I GM'ed.
My only worry would be inconsistency among players. I know I probably don't always remember to deduct an earned XP on a subsequent aid. Only really an issue in PbP.
I currently have a +2 aid bonus from Sees, so if anyone would like to aid my dismal spout lore roll, I may be able to figure out what to do with this ethereal chain.
You're too far away from most if not all of us because you wing-ed your way over there. Sees can't see magic, so... I think Thunk, Grick, and possibly Fssst are close enough to help.
Common guys, it's been Monday for like, 43 whole minutes. *lesigh*
Not in CST... :)
I'll be updating later this morning.
Poor thunk waited all weekend to see if thunk hit
Oh lawdy, is Grick passin' notes in class too?
Sees, did you take that scrying stone?
Yup, went back to the podium to make sure. It's sitting in a pocket so they can't see out.
If the loot score in that room isn't +1 or more, the orb might be cracked.
Mooshy, that weird doodad that Hegh found makes me think you might have watched an episode of Pawn Stars recently?