How my Shield Sparkles so (Inactive)

Game Master TheNine

Looks like after common, dwarven is the official team language.

Also of note, this is a very high Dex party! No wonder we're so quick on the draw.

So it turns out I will not have much internet (just minutes), so I’m leaving this message to let you know it may be more spotty than expected. Feel free to bot me or have my character just shrink into the background

Meanwhile I dropped off a bit in posting because my internet was not what I thought it would be over the weekend. Back, and catching up now.

all good the both of you no worries or stress

sorry crazy busy weekend post tomorrow after work

Staying near Elann as she introduced herself and asked for a couple particulars, Boram watches as Amrus dismounts and reiterates they are from the silver shields. As he introduces them, Boram tips his cap, nodding "A pleasure."

He would have introduced himself eventually, but Amrus had the forsight to get the pleasantries out of the way and get down to business. He waited to see if Amrus, after mentioning his little side business, would inquire about more important matters. Like what they were serving for lunch.

Haha, he will be the last to ask about food, probably.

Sorry for not posting sooner. Weekend was busier then expected.

Mom's day is over time to post.... when I get off work

Just a heads up, In the morning I'm taking a friend to the nearest 'City' (Columbus Ohio) for an out-patient procedure. So I will not be posting at my regular time. I'll be up later tomorrow than normal and should be able to get any posting done before I head to bed.

Hello! This is an FYI that I'll be away in nature (and away from internet and computers) starting Friday (5/26) evening, until I return late Monday (5/30). I will catch up on posts that evening.

Posts will resume Tuesday sorry for the late headsup

Post moving us along in the morning. sorry for any delays

Elann also frowns when Boram doesn't take the rope and tie it to his pony. He perhaps doesn't understand, so she will try to grab an end of the rope and fasten it to the horn of his pony's

Why are you messing with Boram's pony? Amrus hasn't answered his question, the GM has given us no direction about using the rope to unload anything from the ground.

Cool your jets, no one else is in a hurry, let the RP happen.

"What can I do to help you"

So that sort of depends on how the boat is arranged (which I asked about a little in my post). I was trying to not assume too much. It's not clear where the loom is or whether it's location is clear from the winch. So I imagined Amrus *might* need help spotting it (but certainly help affixing the end of the crane's line to it, so I suppose I can post that as the answer).

What we know so far:

Those in the hold can indeed direct the hook to lift up the loom, its easy enought to direct it from the deck to the shore. Elann. if you can make a dc 15 spellcrafting check you can easily manage to cast your cantrip and help from the shore on that end.

So we know the loom is in the hold and anyone in the hold can direct the hook to the loom. We also know that it's easy to maneuver with Elann's cantrip, so I assume Amrus, who made the Crane winch DC, could direct it himself.

my assumption is with a DC 16 intelligence that the winch is pretty mechanical and not just a pulley with two ends. So, I'm not sure what Elann's doing with Boram's pony and a non existing rope and why she just didn't use her spellcraft check like the GM inferred.

Also, Boram is not on the boat he's back with the animals.

It would have been nice if our GM had given us a little more information about the winch and what was expected or if one of the two people who are in the hold had offered to help.

I'm not sure having Boram move from the land, back up the side of the boat and down into the hold is the best way to do this.

TheNine, any helpful information here?

Fair enough. I'm not sure why I imagined Boram on the boat, but I can retcon that to Amrus just asking whoever *is* there to hook it up for him and I think the rest is fine.

Fair enough. I'm not sure why I imagined Boram on the boat, but I can retcon that to Amrus just asking whoever *is* there to hook it up for him and I think the rest is fine.

Sorry if I didn't make the posts clear enough. I'm just having difficulty with the venue, so waiting for more description.

It would have been nice if our GM had given us a little more information about the winch and what was expected or if one of the two people who are in the hold had offered to help.

Once we have an idea of what we're seeing below in terms of the areas we're checking out, that would be the next step. This has all been basically a couple of minutes.

On a side note Elann's casting (if non-stop) would yield 20 gallons per minute, for a better idea of how much we're able to affect the fire.

Anduriel Give me a dc 16 strength check to see if you can salvage the much heavier metal

So he rope attached to Borum's pony is for guiding it down, not pulling it, right?

well there is a very light pull on the pony, buts its mostly guidance yes

Question: If we were to punch a hole in the hull and mostly sink the ship down into the shallows, would it sink? Is it too much into the mud to go down at all? I think if we could sink it, the fire could go out, then as long as it's shallow, it can be repaired and water emptied out of it with a pump and buckets. We might be able to save the ship, but it depends on how capable it would be to be sunk.

You know, thats a sound idea. it would probably setting on the bottom though its not deep enough to fully emerge to fully save it. maybe?

Given the cross-posting and backtracking due to missing details, let's just assume Amrus helps the team as best he can with the winch (hoisting additional boxes/cargo as requested), and keep his post about joining D'witt and Detecting Magic, but assume that happens after all of the hoisiting.

D’witt was taking 20 in his search so he would have been in there long enough.

post on the morrow

To make this plain: Elann is requesting someone ride back to town while they lower the load from the boat to the height so that a wagon can pull up and they load it into the back. The fire is still active (for the moment) and she doesn't want it to burn down the crane primarily, but also wants it to completely go out, so while waiting for the person to get back from town, she will try putting out the fire, because it is still needed. If someone from the team can ride quickly and bring the wagon intended for the loom, that's the quicker they can head off and/or choose to abandon the fire at that moment or completely put it out (which for how much water she's put on the ship at this point, I'd be surprised any fire wouldn't go out).

That's what I thought you were recommending Elann.

Boram is recommending we dump the loom on the ground, and go rescue the prisoners as quickly as possible.

GM how long would it take to go to town, bring back a wagon, and load the loom onto a wagon?

Yes, I'd leave it up to the GM to explain the situation better. Is the crane in any danger of burning up now? Is the fire mostly subdued? How far would the town be? If it is a short gallop to where at most the group is waiting a few extra minutes, it might be worth it. If not, then we might just go after the crew. It all depends on what he "sees" of the progression of events here.

Ah, I thought the loom had been set on the ground and the crane burning was no longer an issue. One of my posts discussed him lowering it on shore and I didn't see any corrections to that.

It feels like we have the loom winched up and is hanging there, are we moving it off the boat?

Here:

The tiefling briskly but carefully moves it up high enough to clear flames and then laterally out over the shore. There is mild celebration when he can start to carefully lower it there.

I rememberd reading that post.

Assuming all of that happens (any more INT checks needed for continued operation?):

The tiefling briskly but carefully moves it up high enough to clear flames and then laterally out over the shore. There is mild celebration when he can start to carefully lower it there.

But I got the impression from the way the gm and the other characters were narrating that it hadn't been safe to assume all of that happened and the narration was slowed down to include other stuff.

Honestly, I'm not at all sure what's going on....

edit:He did narrate:

Amrus begins the process of lifting the loom up and out of hte burnind ship the process relatively slow (what with the burning) When it clears enough of the deck the process is sped up by the pony helping pull the loom clear of the ship.

But he never really did say if it was set on the ground or if it's dangling there so we can get a wagon under it. I'd assume if we wanted to get the wagon, and we kept the ship from burning, that we could lift it off the ground and put it on a wagon.

Ah, I had also assumed the loom was already on the ground too.

If no one else wants to, D’witt will volunteer to ride back.

Splitting the party to go after an unknown number of enemies, capable of taking out a ship's crew does not sound like a great idea. Aside from the fact that it leaves on player sitting on their hands for however long.

I think Elann's idea is we to send one person to fetch the priests and their wagon, while the rest of us make sure the fire doesn't spread. Once the wagon was loaded and the priests were headed back to town, then we go after the bandits.

Boram's idea is to leave the loom here and go immediately to rescue the sailors.

I didn't get the impression that either of us wanted to 'split the party' well, other than one person quickly riding to fetch the priests and their wagon. But if that's what we're doing, we could practically hand waive that and just say they were back x amount of time later.

my apologies... I maybe should have chosen a different start intro. You are are doing fine by the way.

The loom while heavy could be managed to be picked up by you guys, though its is heavy (275 pounds) a team life would be able to get it into a wagon. It is already on the ground. You could leave the loom and try to track down the crew if you wish I will say, they become more difficult to follow away from the softer riverbank are.

That being said, follow the crew if you wish. Your contract is with the merchants in town however.

You could reach macridi from your current location in about 10 to 15 minutes by horse running, 25-30 at a slower pace. The boat is not a lost cause yet... but it is certainly becoming a more expensive one.

Just got back from Vegas. It was fun but exhausting. :p

So Thursday I got word that my little sister was diagnosed with a stage two invasive breast cancer. Its essentially the same one that took our grandmother and great aunt. Im seeking a 2nd job to help with upcoming medical bills and will do my best to keep up with my commitments here becuase i'll need something to distract my mind. If i seem distant or vacant feel free to give me a nudge i wont hold it against you.

that being said i'll try to have a post tonight or tomorrow morning for you all sorry for the delays.

Dude, so sorry to hear about your sister. You take care of family, we'll be here for when you need the distraction.

Sorry to hear man. Take your time, and yeah the distraction will be here when you need it.

Hope she gets better soon!

This is an FYI that I'll be away in nature this weekend, Sat 8/19 and Sun 8/20. I'll return very late Sunday and likely won't post again until Monday 8/21.

Amrus whistles in the dark.

FYI: I'll be away this coming weekend starting Friday evening 9/8 through Sunday 9/10 (US/Pacific time). I will have limited access to post from my phone, so I may be able to keep up over the weekend but can't guarantee a post. As it is the weekend, I suspect this won't be very disruptive to the game.

I know the GM had some stuff come up, but he also mentioned he might post more. That is not the case. It's been a long time and I think I'm going to step back from this one in favor of my busy work life. Hope you all have fun on the boards and that the GM comes back and runs for you all.

Hey TheNine, I hope things are going well for you and yours, especially your sister.

Thanks for attempting to run the game, we appreciate it. I'm going to move the game from my que, if you decide to start again let me know.

Good luck and good gaming everyone.