[5e] Courts of the Shadow Fey (Inactive)

Game Master mishima

Updating in a few hours, will do a Rava temple scene

Updates incoming shortly!

In retrospect, 100ft is probably way over the top for a city wall. Then again its the biggest city on the planet and high fantasy. *shrug* Sometimes I dont think stuff through very much.

Maybe shrink it to 40 feet and make the steep stairs difficult terrain. That’s still high.

Hehehehehe, i like that I reminded folks to remember Bless and then promptly forgot it myself.

Also... High Fantasy likes things to be Big and Dramatic, right?

Here's Tattershall Castle, which is 110 ft. Conwy is 98 ft. I guess maybe they might build something tall like that right over the gate to defend against magic etc...then have a regular wall encircling out around the city.

Still, sorta wtf crazy. Let's just roll with it, sorry if it suspends belief. :)

One thing is sure though, I need to vacay visit some real castles.

...Hey, maybe Fae magic makes it even bigger? Either way, works for me.

All this beer talk is giving me a massive thirst. Time for a beer run. ;) I'm so weak.

HEHEHEHEHEHE. Ummm, "What can I say, except, you're welcome!"

...and thanks for letting me know about the Ready option. It sounds like it'd kill my Bless, so I think I'll just wait for my regular action.

Concentration doesn't require an action in 5e.

True, unless you use it as part of the Ready action while casting a spell. :)

Meaning, since Kjeta has Bless (a Concentration spell) active, and wishes to keep it active, she cannot Ready Confusion without killing the concentration on Bless.

I've a business trip this week leaving tomorrow. My posting will be intermittent. I may return Thursday, but it potentially drags to Friday. Please bot me as necessary.

cheers

Thanks Jubal.

I dislike botting players, so would anyone care to volunteer to play the Ghost Knight? He has all the Midgard abilities completely spelled out on his sheet conveniently. I'll do it if no one wants to, but would appreciate it greatly.

I'm afraid I've got enough on my plate for the moment, especially since I don't normally play spellcasters.

Things are quite busy for me as well and I don't feel comfortable enough with the rules yet for that level of play.

Cure spells work normally on Dhampir in 5e, right?

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And speaking of travel...I'll be taking my wife and daughter to Costa Rica for her 50th birthday! We travel Nov 9-23 (and I'm stretched a bit thin prepping between now & then).

I don't know what my internet will be like while I'm out of the country, but please forgive if my posts are less frequent (or terser)...and please feel free to bot Kjeta if needed.

*Carnadine disintegrates into a puff of dust*

Yeah hehe, there's no weird reaction or anything. Basically they just have darkvision, can drink blood to regain HD (not hp), can charm, and have resistance to disease and necro damage.

And thanks for the heads up, sounds like an awesome trip.

This freaking elfmarked is getting a promotion for sure. Ran up 10 stories with an arrow in his chest, crit the hound in the heart and is now beating the s+@@ out of it on top of the wall.

Infinity, I have two Suggestion-related questions:

1) It says "Creatures that can't be charmed are immune to this effect." but it doesn't look like it gives the Charmed condition (and someone in the comments references this tweet from designer Jeremy Crawford, suggesting that since this doesn't give the Charmed condition, elves don't get advantage on it....but I figured I'd get a ruling from you first.

2) Suggestion in Combat: I'm considering *suggesting* that the non-confused fey's boss is at the base of the tower and desperately needs a bow...and that he should toss it down for him. I read a bit about if Suggestion can be used in combat and it sounds like it can be (assuming it doesn't cause the subject to harm themself) but wanted to ask if Kjeta suspects that might be a reasonable suggestion in combat.

3) Whoops--3rd Q--just noticed that it has a duration of Concentration. Can I cast it without concentrating (and have it only affect the fey for one round, which I suspect would be good enough to toss his bow)? Or would I still lose Confusion if I cast this?

Thanks for your help!

1) Right, charmed is charmed. Suggestion is not charmed. Elves dont get advantage on suggestion saves. If a creature was immune to charm, then I would say suggestion doesn't work.

2) Awesome idea, kudos on the clever usage.

3) Might not be an issue since I forgot to roll his will save. Let me do that now...otherwise no though. Casting a concentration required spell breaks concentration on other spells.

You lose concentration on a spell if you cast another spell that requires concentration

Thanks! In that case, I'll hold this in my back pocket, for when the 2nd elf brakes free of the Confusion.

Thanks for the heads up about darkvision in 5e. So much for me to learn!

Given that (after combat) do you mind me adding Light to my cantrips known (in place of one of my current ones)?

That's fine with me, yes. Its one of those rules that honestly I never thought of much, but with shadow fey they have certain abilities (along with normal hiding) that trigger based on light level so am more conscious about it.

But yeah, a character with darkvision shouldn't walk down a dungeon without a light source if they care about traps.

Just back from work, more detailed posts incoming after short nap...

Sorry for not posting earlier. Didn't get home until about 7 or so and then I spent the next four hours eating supper, making some chicken soup, and cleaning up the mess from making the soup.

On the plus side, if this turns out like the last batch, it's going to be very good soup. :)

No worries, I delay too sometimes...get busy while at work then just feel like unwinding a bit at home. Really just a single post from players a day is all I'm ever hoping for.

Well, this was more I had some homemade chicken stock that I need to use and I can't refreeze. Tried something different with the chicken and I'm hoping it turns out.

As long as you put some beer in that soup, all will be forgiven. ;O)

DM, in my end note on this post I drank another dose to change my Blessing to AC (losing CHA). Let me know if that doesn't work. Otherwise I think that arrow just clinked off of my holy symbol. ;-)

Ok thanks, I scrolled back through but missed it. Yes that makes it a miss on the archer's part.

Alas!!

Well, it was fun to give it a shot.

Yeah, had a kewl writeup for it already. He rolled high.

We'll see. Maybe I'll burn my last spell next round too try it again?

I'm back. Thanks again for the botting!

I like how you can just put 'shadow' in front of any word and it instantly sounds amazing.

'Shadow hunter'
'Shadow mechanus'
'Shadow balls'

shadow cabal

The resident smith is not impressed with the overly complicated darts.

Shadow shadow!

I'll try to get an xp update this weekend, used to not tracking it. Not close to leveling, just saying.

I find it hilarious the first thing one does when encountering a mount with flight mode is to slam a cold brew...and that it makes perfect sense. XD

DWIs (FWIs?) not a thing in ye olden times I suppose.

Wow, I totally want to RP my first ride on the owl, and celebrating...and I just arrived in Costa Rica with family, so it might not happen for a few days.

Woot. managed to get a post in. Might be a spell til the next one so don't wait too long on me for RP...but I'll squeeze another in if I can.

EDIT:

Oh, and 1) I'm continuing to love the quality of RP and character development in this game, and

2) to Infinity's point above, yeah, I'm loving playing a fantasy character whose fantasy god enables her to solve all problems with beer...but I hope all know that this is how Fantasy Ale works, and that real world beer is...quite dissimilar in its effects. ;-)

Oh very much so. I don't really drink that much cause I get uncomfortably hot when I imbibe. Not a fun experience when you're already hot-natured.

I love the RP as well, and like where the story is going!

But I must confess: I'm worried about the rate of posting, more precisely, that I'm unable to hold up. So please let me know if it bogs down the game too much.

"Beer is the mind killer." --elvis presley

I've been known to throw back a few, but yeah...not trying to encourage that. Have seen such destroy quite a few of my friends/family.

As far as post rate goes, I am happy (ecstatic) if each player posts once per day. I'll never expect or require more. Also, I become much more active on weekends (which includes mondays for me) but realize some like to become less active on weekends. That's also fine. If it ever gets overwhelming just let me know and we can work something out.

My posting rate also increases on weekends and slows to a maybe once a night during the week.

Cheers

"Beer is the mind killer." --elvis presley

I've been known to throw back a few, but yeah...not trying to encourage that. Have seen such destroy quite a few of my friends/family.

As far as post rate goes, I am happy (ecstatic) if each player posts once per day. I'll never expect or require more. Also, I become much more active on weekends (which includes mondays for me) but realize some like to become less active on weekends. That's also fine. If it ever gets overwhelming just let me know and we can work something out.

Thanks for the clarifications.

Please note that I'll be travelling for the next six days or so, with limited opportunities to post. Feel free to bot me as needed.

Alright Deimus, thanks. Will get a way for Hru to get out of there safely. :)

Getting a little dream sequence post together.

Updated tracker with xp and NPCs...hp should also be current as of the dream sequence.

Finally, here's a little Giant Fey Owl stat block if interested:

Update incoming next hour or so, got distracted assembling quadcopter from discrete electronics for 1st time. :)