Might and magic, Lords of the Contested Lands

Game Master Chyrone

If someone wants to roll Brunhild's check, go for it.

The GM won't hit the requirements, fyi.

Got a 14 on her str roll. Does that help?

Just short of success.

question. Wouldn't Estelle have given everyone guidance before we tried the check? Just for future reference :3.

question. Wouldn't Estelle have given everyone guidance before we tried the check? Just for future reference :3.

Afraid that wouldn't have worked, if you mean the push. Ability checks are not affected by guidance. But that would have been a good idea for future reference, yes!

I have a witch whose thrush kicked down a door, which the other four combined didn't pull off. :)

Can't find it, but that was awesome.

Haha, that must have been quite epic :)

I once listened to a podast where they used the base ability scores as modifyers for certain checks, mostly ability checks, to make such rather rediculous results less likely. Though, you would miss out on gems such as those!

Found it.

What are Brunhild and Daniel's plans for the remainder of the day?

mmmmm, i really want to have him wonder into the hidden area... alternatively go report our success.

If he ventures out on his own, could be interesting, could be dull. But i reckon the other three would rather venture into the unknown together. (or do they want to see what happens?)
It's a horror trope after all....

Estelle was going to swing by Tobias during her visit to town, so that's 2, if you choose so.

Estelle would definitely want to go to the unexplored section, but preferably tomorrow, after we've rested. There doesn't seem to be time pressure, the passage is well hidden, and we're outnof magic plus she'd have a better weapon tomorrow. I dont really see a benefit to going right now.

Although?

As the actual road to reconstructing the town and its interests now begins, i've added two new slides to the Misc Info.

Slides as notes on any quests you've taken up, and one for tracking acquired rumours & investigation. If you have something of personal nature to investigate, just let me know and it will be added.

If one can travel through various lands, it helps to keep tabs.

Astella needs to know when the puppies are born so she can go with Sally and fulfill that promise to get her a dog.

Other than that, Astella would be interested in rumors of what happened to those who were kidnapped during the Nighon invasion, which is when her mother was taken and her father killed. She is fairly certain that her mother is dead (or she would have found her she believes), but there is always that lingering doubt.

Added personal investigations as slide 5.

oh and daniel will take the MwK longsword for now

Estelle wrote:

cowed or honorable enough

Would you have liked to go a few rounds? :)

Daniel Stands by his assessments.

Astella, the guardsman mentioned a week, that pups were expected.

Yeah, I know. I just thought I would mention it because I don't know how quickly we're going to be moving from day to day, and that was one of the things on my list.

I'll add travel schedules/travel times between immediate neighbouring lands somewhere today or tomorrow.

Merry xmas & happy holidays everyone.

Merry Christmas, and happy holidays.

Merry Christmas. :)

Same!

Been 00:00 here. Happy new year!
May it be a better one. ^^

Happy New Year to you as well... thanks for the great story. :)

Thanks. Glad you're enjoying it.

:)

Happy new year, everyone!

Also, +1 for the great story.

To ask something more about this room we're in, is there like a wall adjacent to the magical door that could be broken through or such? I'm not sure what else to do here, other than accept it might be a dead end. Or try guessing the location of this basement and trying to dig for it from the outside or such.

It might be a dead end....for now...?

I mean, the castle's due for repairs and maintenance.

But i'll say ahead that the locket and symbol have no effect on the barrier.

Yeah, true. I meant a dead end for now. We might miss a key, or need more powerful magic or such. Or just a craftsman who might know more. I believe the goblins said there were other unopenable or inacessible areas as well, correct?

Correct.

Should you want to travel to the other towns;

Wendel mentioned the small traveler stop, was 3 hours on foot.

Taking the road towards Fairhaven, takes 2 days on foot.
From Fairhaven to Fairbrook, also 2 days on foot.

There are a few other landmarks, such as the White Cliffs, but i'll get to those once the topic comes up in game.

I won't be able to post today due to family matters and time constraints, sorry.

Hey sorry all, I've been sick with Covid past few days, and will be dealing with that. I'll try to post if possible, but feel free to bot me. Just notifying my games.

Sorry to hear that. Get some rest and take care of yourself!

That's a bummer. Take care of yourself Daniel, take it easy and get well.

I won't be able to post properly today; my son had a vaccination the day before yesterday and he's still not well. Have to cut my writing time short unfortunately :(

Np. Take care of him 1st and foremost.

Speaking of which, all at work had to stick swabs up our noses, as precaution after the assistant manager failed his save, after his spouse contracted Covid.

Naturally, one of those 'if you get result X, then congrats with the baby', jokes, was bound to show its head.

Wanted to apologize; I thought from reading the previous posts that most of us had moved closer to Brunhild's conversation near the end and that said NPC had adressed us, so i thought we were alreardy in the discussion. Though, that might not have been the case. I wouldn't have joined/butted in on Brunhild if that was true.

It was my understanding you did, and this was so.

Is it just me or is Brunhild chain crushing those diplomacy checks? :)

That might mean her combat rolls will be low ones.

Feeling a spark of hope, both at being able to do a good deed and in making progress towards brining her faith to the north,

All the while people from Avlee and Erathia bring their faiths to Stone City in return....

It just means that all of the good rolls are used up when combat starts!

And Brunhild's goal is not to convert non-dwarves, but to ensure that the faith in this dwarven god is spread to dwarves living abroad. And with the castle, to have a waypoint for travelers to pray at. Not looking for anything as shocking as getting elves to worship the King of the Deep.

You had me worried. Without a specific people named.... dwarven worship among them elves and humans? :)

But imagine the sales we could make with fake beards for the converted!

Guess estelle is having some trouble finding the kids :) that said i'm at a dinner and cant post more ic atm.

Brunhild, i've sent you a PM about your question.

If anyone else is curious, just let me know and i'll drop the relevant info here.

To add to my previous post.

If anyone has a question about the setting, don't hesitate to ask.
In this case, my guide description of The King of the Deeps was a bit lacking, leaving some confusion as a result.

Is there any description of Shaymara? As it, more of her faith? Also, is there a guide somewhere we can get more setting information from? I know you made us an overview document covering the basics, but I essentially only know that + what I know from playing HOMM 1 and 3.