Variel's teeth aren't as good to bite ankles. No offense.
actually.....
Chomp off!
Variel bite +4 (unarmed attack, BAB+1 STR+3) Nonlethal damage 1d3+3, critical 20 2d3+6
Castor bite +4 (rat) damage one point non-lethal (1d3-4), critical no increased damage (2d3-8)
Variel is clearly the master ankle biter here.
Can you use arcane pool to enhance the bite attack? Can you use spell combat as well? All Castor has is stealth and maybe a squishy meat shield if Pollux takes one for him once.
This is just one rat's opinion but...
Arcane Pool and Spell combat refer to weapon attacks. And unarmed strike is considered a light weapon so it looks good for mister smiley, master arcane ankle biter.
... All Castor has is stealth and maybe a squishy meat shield if Pollux takes one for him once.
Actually all we familiars have going for us is GM grace and (rather expensive, currently 1k gold/death) immortality. The stealth is helpful but without HIPS or a way to gain concealment it is very unreliable.
Both Thumbs and my divine self are within 1-2 crossbow territory which is why we passed on the saltworks.
I give the coming bar-brawl a 30% chance of killing either myself/Thumbs or forcing Tark to bend/fudge something to keep us alive.
Especially seeing how Thumbs likely just started the bar fight.
Someone put an illusion on the game board. As soon as the other player notices that Castor/Pollux is cheating violence will likely ensue.
What I should have done as soon as the illusion was noted was to forfeit the game and pay the rube an extra gold for their trouble.
...oops
I should have a proper update sometime tonight or tommorrow.
Not to interrupt an epic man-rat fight, but have we lost Sasha already?
Poor Sasha. We hardly knew ye.
No, im just bad at mentioning shes the one noting ron's absence.
There is an update post for those who missed jt on the page previous to beorns last post.
So Thumbs and I might fill in for Signors Ferrari and Ugarte. I wonder who should play Rick? Ilsa? Laszlo? Capt. Renault? The mayor can always stand in for Major Strasser but he would never be the actor Conrad Veidt was.
Hmmm Greenstreet and Lorre movie night I think.
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Im gonna be a bit slower this week due to family goings on and other things. Ill try to get upbwhat i can. In the meantime i feel its a good time for you to regroup and share info.
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posting should resume tommorrow
Ooga Shacka! Ooga Shacka!
"I cant stop this feeling.....
Castor manages a surprisingly passable imitation of Björn Skifs vocals.
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Just a heads-up that I'm traveling for the next few days and weather has been a mess so far. Online access will be intermittent; feel free to autopilot or direct Sasha as needed.
Back in town; will catch up tonight
<waves to Sasha>
Offers something moist and red on a water cracker.
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I will resume posting in earnest come monday.
It's monday. I am in earnest. But it looks like there's still rp ongoing.
Well Thumbs wants to just flat out ask Points and not-Ron to join the Ravens but the rest of the group might object to the method direct.
Any thoughts comrades?
Do them a solid by checking around for the people they are looking for.
Seems a bit weird to hire them on the spot, given that the group's pretty evenly split on Merelda (Castor and Beorn trust her; Litsy and Variel don't), and Sasha hasn't interacted with the party much, except for managing Pollux the Crazy Maniac.
Beorn and Pollux could probably persuade Litsy and Variel to help them find the people they're looking for to recruit them... Or they could mysteriously bump into each other again, as if drawn together by the strings of plot fate, and have to work together to solve a problem...
Seems a bit weird to hire them on the spot, given that the group's pretty evenly split on Merelda (Castor and Beorn trust her; Litsy and Variel don't), and Sasha hasn't interacted with the party much, except for managing Pollux the Crazy Maniac.
Beorn and Pollux could probably persuade Litsy and Variel to help them find the people they're looking for to recruit them... Or they could mysteriously bump into each other again, as if drawn together by the strings of
plotfate, and have to work together to solve a problem...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! Oh Castor doesn't TRUST Points or not-Ron. Castor doesn't trust Tuesday or the persistence of objects or the Maxwell equations. Castor just thinks they will be amusing.
We could go with the classic. 'Even though we have just met, I know we can trust each other.'
Apologies for absence -- lousy week.
Looks like you have a plan Opera. Any way Thumbs and I can pitch in?
Perhaps send your rat minions to keep an eye on the tavern
Perhaps send your rat minions to keep an eye on the tavern
That's actually a good idea, although if it is a small dragonette we are facing, it might look at Castor as an easy meal...?
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Sure, no problem. You willing to cough up the thousand gold rat-replacement fee?
Didn't think so. Besides I do not enter drinking establishments unescorted.
I mean Castor send his rat minions that he commands via his poison assisted coup.
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"Those two emit a pc glow, we should include them"
"Those two are total strangers, and that one was rude. Absolutely not."
"Yes, but the glow."
"What are you babbling about?"
"The glow man! The glow! The obvious aura indicating that these two are clearly protagonists and their inclusion may further the story!"
"I am clearly neither insane nor drunk to neither understand nor argue so let's just do what you want."
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Also the mountain of blissful chastity that is Beorn when women hurl themselves onto him is a joke that'll never get old.
On thay note, I take it we're ready to move on?
I'm ready! Just waiting for the barkeep's answer, though I don't think he knows anything...
I’m good for it. There is only so much sexual tension I can muster in such circumstances. So the bard is…what? Oblivious to women? Challenge accepted!!!! =)
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Dunno and at this point i dont care. The answer will never match the various scenarios my brain has devised to make Beorn the man of sheer will he is today.
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Beorn favors courtly love! Serenades at open windows and thrown roses and handkerchiefs fill the air as he sings sweet tunes of love that transcends mere sweaty groping! :)
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Love hates that game of words!
It is a crime to fence with life—I tell you,
There comes one moment, once—and God help those
Who pass that moment by!—when Beauty stands
Looking into the soul with grave, sweet eyes
That sicken at pretty words! (Cyrano de Bergerac III.293-298)
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Maybe one day, Beorn will surprise us with his choice of partner... Like Donkey in Shrek
Maybe one day, Beorn will surprise us with his choice of partner... Like Donkey in Shrek
Romantic love is difficult to let go of I hear, but still Merelda is more than willing to wear down Beorn… ‘s defenses and show him the ‘error’ of his ways!
Let the show continue!
Beorn's character arc is going to be one big How I Met Your Mother episode, and we'll all be at each other's throats trying to guess who the 'mum' is.
My money is still on his story ending with him cheerfully telling his kids that this is how Dragon Disciples are born.
Who really has a thing for courtly, chaste love - Dragons. Princesses in tower? Dragons. Standing under a lady's balcony to serenade her in the moonlight - Dragons. It's a match made in heaven!
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<Castor walks by carrying a tiny lute and wearing a large hat bedecked with flowers.>
<Castor walks by carrying a tiny lute and wearing a large hat bedecked with flowers.>
Beorn's character arc is going to be one big How I Met Your Mother episode, and we'll all be at each other's throats trying to guess who the 'mum' is.
My money is still on his story ending with him cheerfully telling his kids that this is how Dragon Disciples are born.
Who really has a thing for courtly, chaste love - Dragons. Princesses in tower? Dragons. Standing under a lady's balcony to serenade her in the moonlight - Dragons. It's a match made in heaven!
I thought I was supposed to SLAY the dragon. But it turned into something else entirely.
Well then…I think the question comes down to what kind of metaphor ‘slaying the dragon’ represents to Beorn!
=)
Sorry. I meant to reply last night but…stuff. Things. Etc… I will try and do better today.
Sorry. I meant to reply last night but…stuff. Things. Etc… I will try and do better today.
Castor pats Point's hand in commiseration and offers them a plate of probably canapes.
*Jeopardy Music plays.*
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Ready for the next scene
...Stand By for further instructions.