Yeah, Erret would have cropped up in stories. Liberally sprinkled with swearing most likely.
I don't have a map up right now, but since you were all able to move into position before combat actually started, you can basically be in whatever advantageous place you want to be. Iniga has her action to take, and Samen and Wamblee can post their Round 1 actions as well.
I'll plan on putting up a map tonight.
I currently have an earache so my response time might be affected.
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Between stony step, step up, and combat reflexes from Wamblee alone, I don't think Erret is getting away this time.
Wamblee, do you want to accept Iniga's rage song this round? You aren't casting spells like Samen, so I think it's an overall positive for you.
I completely forgot to include that. I will indeed.
Edit: Done!
When you say declare actions, do you mean for this turn or another set?
I would guess round 2 actions. I think we jumped the gun, but it seemed appropriate given that round 1 results had been posted.
Yep, I must have made that post without checking to see if anyone had acted. It was perfectly a-ok for you both to post. I just wanted to make sure it was clear that everyone could post for Round 2.
everyone good to fast forward to Light anything you want to do except take watches and pass the time in your own fashion?
yep, I'm good
Yeah, nothing in particular I need to be doing.
Updated profile to include the Hand abilities and suchlike
I forgot that I still had a command word to unlock so I might as well roll for them since its already been a couple of days travel and its probably going to be a couple more before we get to Light.
Fingers crossed for command word!
I'm fine with moving on.
Sorry but I'm pretty frazzled. I'll refresh myself properly on what we're up to tomorrow and post.
no worries, it's the weekend, take some time to yourself if you need it!
Happy to be in Light, and we'll see what trouble we get into!
Iniga, it's been a little over a week since you've posted. Is everything ok on your end?
Yep everything is fine. We just got to Light on Friday and unfortunately over the last week iv been working to get a draft of a business process ready for our CEO.
Deadline was today so feeling hopeful that activity will improve a bit in future since the current deadlines / timeframes we are working under are uncharacteristically shorter than they have ever been due to the pandemic. I'll still be busy for the next month but hopefully it should be less frantic than its been in the last few weeks.
understood, thanks for letting us know!
Iniga, before I forget again - do you plan on looking up Alizeh while you are hear? This is where she ended up after the trouble in Forge.
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Happy 2 years and 3500 posts! You all continue to be awesome players!
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Loose Ends
--Where did Hotah's vision of relics and Sky come from?
--Why did he move to Rokerenge? Why did he choose to be burned?
--How much does tricky Uncle really know? What happened to him in Bertrude’s hut?
--Where is Bertrude now, after she abandoned the group to get away from Abbygailiwy?
--What happened to Chaska, your eldest Uncle?
--How does the Cedarsmoke tribe feel about Hotah and Uncle?
--How much does Cedarsmoke know about the heirlooms, and Sky?
--Is Bree waiting at the Breathless Valley? Is Abbygailiwy there now too?
--Where did Krissa go? To Light, like Marianne suggested?
--Where did that misshapen dragon come from? (lovely one)
--Why did Iniga see a vision of the priest tortured by efreet?
--Why are elementals and spawn becoming more common?
--Why is gem magic so dangerous? What are the Fey doing in the North? Who is the “someone laughing” that sent Maht and the rest?
--Why was the Ambrosia griot slain? What is the tribe of peace?
--Why was Cedarsmoke absent? Why did their absence at the meet seem to be expected?
--Why did Inquisitor Locatelli target the Meet? What other secrets does Efreeti Tango hide?
--Will the tribes honor their boon regarding the Tribe of Peace?
--How much of Tuan Sho’s rumors were true: unrest in Hearth, and the Inquisition supposedly being overthrown; a phoenix, and “The Favored”, as well as a Quiet Elder growing in Hearth.
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Goals
1) Samen wishes to increase his mastery and understanding of the elements.
2) Marianne at this point wants to learn how to survive without relying on the gods.
3) Wamblee wishes to find a true path for oreads to live; also concerned with chaotic events
4) Iniga: peace. Hearth, other races, sylphs, etc She probably wants to get political/leadership
5) Samoon is finding Bree. (if possible)
As always, let me know if I've missed anything!
For context Iniga - this is another story you would have heard on the road.
Rentwyrth, a rich citizen of Rokerenge, was the cause of Hotah's (your uncle, everyone else's father) death. Hotah uncovered a strange operation under the mines -- there was a strange dragon-like thing that Rentwyrth was trying to grow, perhaps to sell.
Renntwyrth harassed the Firenze family, trying to sue them for the Firenze inheritance, blaming Hotah for negligence in the mines.
Bree, Samoon's dead love, is Rentwyrth's daughter. Before she died, she helped the Firenzes get their inheritance. They ran into trouble with Rentwyrth, and Samen killed him right in front of Bree.
Joseph Rentwyrth is the son (Bree's brother). He went to the University with Samoon. They were friends before all this started happening (but now obviously not)
Phew, even condensed it's quite a lot. Yay plot!
Even at the speed of pbp, a lot can happen in two years!
Edit: GM, would any of the rest of us have met Joseph? Or have had heard stories about him?
Joseph grew up in Rokerenge, and then he and Samoon went off to the University of Alchemy at the same time. So you certainly met him during your childhood and early teen years. You remember a thin sylph with asthma, who tended to look down on those who had less brains or money than he did.
(He and Marianne were also an item for a while before he and Samoon left)
update coming tonight - busy Monday!
let me know - does the italics + name help identify who the post is directed at, and lessen the confusion about whether someone is talking? I'm always willing to make changes in the name of improving the game.
I was fine with the bolding, but the italics is fine too. What might reduce confusion more is to use a colon and/or carriage return.
Ingia: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit...
or
Ingia:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit...
Yeah Bolding has been fine for months - it was just in this specific conversation things were not clear if either the NPC was speaking my name or the GM was.
Samen's formatting idea still works fine, a colon or spacing option (like in his second option) just makes things smoother. Italics is fine too though.
ok, cool. I am quite used to the bold, so I will couple that with Samen's suggestion.
I figure I should ask since it's an NPC spending the money -
is everybody cool with Marianne spending her share of Hotah's money on glasses that give her a constant See Invisibility effect?
I'm fine with it
That is no issue to me.
It benefits us all, for starters.
that's reasonable.
Samen, could you please mark off 2000 gp, as keeper of the gold?
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Already did :)
Sorry to hear about being sick, Iniga - just let me know if you need some time, and I will bot Iniga (mostly being passive I think) if you need more time to recover.
Get well soon, Iniga.
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Perhaps further inspiration for the Oreads?
I may not be able to post again until Saturday. Just a heads up.
How far from Wamblee is Inara? Or anyone else for that matter? Just in case he feels the need to use Treacherous Earth.
Instra has backed away from the battle somewhat, I'd say 30 feet behind you, so she is clear.
She is the only one that is with you - Iniga is on her own agenda, and Marianne is keeping watch while Samen and Samoon attempt to destroy the stockpile
Duly noted!
Wamblee has a shot at fleeing if he needs to. But he is going to try and defeat the golem.
that was well done! if the golem had gotten in a round or two of full attacks without your DR, it could have been a different story! :)
Cheers! I am most glad that I went down the Pummeling Style route for unarmed combat, and that Inara was amenable to urgent requests. :)
I'll likely be able to post again tomorrow but then won't be available until Monday.
Iniga - fair points about the illusions, but here is what I consider to be the ultimate weakness of illusions - once you know to be on the lookout for them, they are possible to disbelieve.
--So for instance, when you didn't know "Benny" was NOT Rentwyrth, you're right, I didn't give you any perception or will checks etc, because even if you touched his arm, there wasn't anything "different" enough (still a sylph el with the same basic body type) to warrant a check like that.
--For something like a face though, if someone were willing to allow you to thoroughly touch their face (basically Take A Standard Action To Interact With An Illusion), then I would allow for a potential Will save to disbelieve.
--I don't remember you casting detect magic on "Benny" at the bar when you met, but if you did so, please let me know! I want to make sure I'm playing the game straight.
Fair point about illusion spells having that pretty critical weakness, and you are absolutely right, I didn't cast Detect Magic.
That was mostly because by touching him, leaning against him, talking to him etc I assumed that I was interacting with him for the purposes of revealing an illusion spell.
At the end of the day I don't mind how you rule illusion spells but if the only way to detect an illusion disguise is for someone to willingly allow you to touch their face then I'll be using Disguise Self + Mask Dweomer a heck of a lot more often because that becomes extremely powerful.
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Illusions are something that can be quite the headache at tables. Paladin morality being a worse offender. ;)
I think the one caveat here is that only when you are disguising yourself as someone remarkably similar to yourself (same height, build, and race, in this case), then the "interaction" bar will be set higher (touching face, or something besides just body/arm), whereas if you are trying to be anyone else (different hair, height, race, etc), there will be a much lower standard for "you feel that something is out of place" kind of thing.
Agreed that illusions can be a bit of a pain - one more reason to dislike Rentwyrth :)
Gotcha
I don't mind the boosted interaction rules for illusions, I just didn't know about them :)
No worries - thanks for asking! :)