Laliytsa Iansoh's page

Real life has been a mess for me recently, more health issues with my grandma, so I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to respond.

Aest, I have loved being part of this game for the past 3(!) years, and I’m so grateful to you for giving me a story that’s been such a wonderful part of my life for years now. More than that you’ve been an awesome person to know, and I fully support you setting the game aside to focus on yourself, it’s the absolute best thing to do. I’m so happy to hear that you’re pulling yourself up out of the hole, and I have no doubt you’ll get all the way out of the pit.

There’s been a lot of awesome people in this campaign, I love you guys and I hope you’ve all got awesome stuff headed your way. Luthor, I know you’ve had your own struggles, just know you can always shoot me a message. Ronza and Ladile, you guys are awesome people who brought awesome characters to life and I loved playing with you. Sam, I’m sad we only got a short time but your writing was excellent. I don’t know if Daen or Cyanne check this thread, but I loved you both and I hope you’re doing well.

Personally I don’t think the campaign would be the same without Aest so I’m not looking to get us a replacement DM. However I am SUPER interested in seeing your notes and learning what you had in store for Lali and the rest of the gang :)

And of course, if any of you have openings in other games or want to start one, hit me up, my inbox is always open ;)

It's been a week since combat start, I think it's probably time to bot Luthor, sorry man :(

Feel better Luthor! I've been there before, and I promise it gets better.

Assuming we're camping the night with them, someone want to take a stab at diplomacy for a discount? I certainly can't lol. The village has my vote, although we should have enough gold for two with our loot from the Stag Lord, although if we do sell the masterwork longsword + composite bow we'll have more. We can probably use the natural armor amulet for someone, so maybe hold on to that?

I like the village, we need to know our neighbors, I like the strange plants too. OOC I want everything really, but I know we can't afford that lol

"500 EACH?" Lali shouts. "Ain't even have 'em if'n we hadn'na got yer stuff outta the river. "Mebbe can pay yeh more, but fer 500 each id'a jus' walk there"

Is his bow +1? That's actually worse than the one I have, he short changed himself lol.

That helmet though...not really her style, but wearing it would be pretty darn practical. +1 Leather would be nice too, same AC as she has with the studded and takes away her armor check penalty. Everybody cool if I take those two?

500 gold for each place...that's a lot more than I realized lol. Assuming we sell the boring leather armor/shot swords etc plus the 250 GP gives us 475 gold, which goes to 775 with the gems, 800 flat if we sell off the bracelet.

I think it's a good trade off, but the question is, how much money do we have? According to the last gear update I did I have all of 1 gold. That doesn't include whatever we made from selling gear from the last stag lord encounter. (It also reminded me that I wanted info on the stag lord's bow so I could have it maybe lol )

I'm inclined to buy the map info, just to give us a better idea of what we're walking in to

Thinking about it I probably do since I'm our pathfinder

Lali digs in her saddlebags and pulls out the group's maps. "Got 'em" She spreads the maps out on the ground. "Now, I don' mind sharin' 'em since yeh said yer gonna be wanderin' 'round gettin' it anyways. Saves us havin' to save yeh or dealin' with yeh vanishin' out here or somethin' She shrugs

"When did yeh run into Kobolds?" Lali says, sidestepping the idea of giving up their gold for a moment. "Kinda allies with 'em, mebbe can get 'em to leave yeh alone?"

Agreed. I thought there was something wrong with my monitor at first.

Lali’s first move is to head over to the ponies and help to look them over; they could have injured themselves, and she doesn’t want them pulling a wagon until she’s sure they’re ok. She keeps one ear on the conversation and tries to remember everything she knows about the places the Gnome mentions.

K. Geography: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
”This here is Roheline, an’ we’re it’s Stewards. Our territory, part from’a Brevoy charter an’ part ‘cause we ran out the bandits an’ take care of those what live here.” she says idly, picking up one of the pony’s hooves to check the sole. Something about some unknown person sending in people to map the place gets her hackles up; feels like another hunter checking her trap lines.

”That there’s Baron Kazimir Vasilovich, leads us. Kinda surprised nobody told yeh ‘bout us.”

Could we have the octopus wrap around it and lift to help get it out?

"Ah heck" Laliytsa groans as the other pony makes a senseless run up the river. She's still sitting on Wild; the training she's given him has made them closer, but there's something else that's made their bond deeper, stronger. She doesn't need to use the reins anymore.

Ride: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19
Handle Pony: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21

She nudges Wild so they're trotting in the shallows in the same direction as the panicking pony. "Hey baby, c'mon, yeh don' wanna go that way" she croons, clucking her tongue a few times with the hopes it will head this way.

I'm here and I definitely want to keep going. I've been sick for the past month, gone from bronchitis to sinus infection back to bronchitis and I'm not on a bunch of meds that are messing with my brain so I haven't been posting. I'll try to get on that more asap.

Sorry you're having a bunch of trouble Kaz, that sounds awful :(

Good to see you Luthor!

Sorry for the lack of posting on my part, i've been dealing with a nasty sinus infection that's compounded by the stupid bronchitis I've had a few weeks ago. My brain is in a blender.

Has anyone been in touch with Luthor recently?

"Oughta go" Lali says, already thinking how nice it'll be to get out and explore again. Building the settlement has been the most rewarding thing she's done in her life, but it means she hasn't been out in the wilderness proper in months. Besides, these rumors of a dragon sound credible to her. "Graelem an' I founda wyrven 'while back, likely our 'dragon' righ' there"

I'm around! Antibiotics are making me start to feel like a person again lol

I am fighting through what feels like the plague right now. I know we found some kind of drake or dragon in the woods a while back, anyone remember what it was?

No worries, it's all good. I'm still recovering from the holidays myself. I hope everyone has an awesome new year!

I am back, after being gone and then contracting the plague. Yay for feeling like an actual person. I have read over the kingdom building rules and would generally rather poke my eyes out than make us all do some min/maxing calculating every build point fancy pants thing. Kingdom in the Background sounds good me, although I would like to do some input on what's going on there. Maybe a compromise between the two?

I think Neutral Good is perfect, I don't see Lali working as well with Lawful Good lol.

Do we pick sponsors from Brevoy and that ball to help us out? Lali likes Maegar Varn, would support working with Orlovsky and the temple of Erastil, doesn't know anything about sailing so she's neutral on the Lebedas siblings, and thinks Garess can suck it because mines generally pollute the land around them. And Kobolds are friends, not things to stab.

I will be leaving town in the morning and will be gone for a few days. My friend's parents lost everything in the wildfires we're having in southern california, so I'm going up to help as I can. I should be back thursday-ish I think

Hmm. What about Elkheart for the City and -blast for the province? If we slap it together with some of the words for Green we'd get stuff like Zelenblast (Russian), Grunblast (German), Zelenoblast (Bosnian), Grengblast (Luxembourgish) etc. In looking up translations of the word green I found out it's 'Roheline' in Estonian, which I think is pretty.

I'm down for the time skip, although I'm still wondering who is behind that wall in the kitchen xD

I favor taking over the Stag Lord's place, although we obviously have to do something about the zombies, and make sure there aren't any hidden surprises. I like the idea of making something positive out of a place that was awful.

City/Barony names...that's tougher. I'll admit that I'm drawing a lot of blanks. Lali's very agnostic, but considering how involved the party's been with Erastil we could name our first city after him? Erasville, Elkheart or something. For the barony we could go with something basic like Greenbelt Barony, Verdantia, idk. Something more creative would also be good, but my brain can't come up with it right now lol.

I sympathize. I've been there before; heck I go there on a regular basis. Half of dealing with depression is learning how to trick your own brain; sounds weird but it's true. Try writing for 5 minutes and then decide if you want to continue or stop. If you want to stop and come back to it later it's totally fine, don't feel bad about it.

No worries Luthor, we've all been there. We're always here if you want to talk, in public or a PM :)

Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29

Lali freezes, the pastry she was just shoving falling to the floor as she takes off, dragging Tiphane behind her and almost running over one of the servants in her haste. When the man looks like he's going to protest she glares at him and puts a finger to her lips

Arriving at the wall she whispers to the girl "Tip? Passage behin' this? Where's it gonna lead to?" she says, pointing to the movable section. "Somethin' behin' there, an' it ain't human"

”Oughta, yep” Laliytsa nods as she rips off a piece of the roll and hands it to Alitsi. ”Wanna? Nope. Don’ wanna get in yer way, but the break’s nice.”

”Alitsi’s dad asked me to watch her fer a bit, make it easier fer him to talk to the fancy pants an’ stuff” She tears off a bit of bread and pops in into her mouth; she’s thrilled to get some actual real food in her stomach. Good stuff, this”

The site has been a definite pain in my rear, between logging me out and being down. I hope they fix whatever's going on.

Alitsi’s comment about her “new mother” forces a snort-laugh out of Lali. She shakes her head, smiles, and gestures for the girl to follow her. The group heads out of the ballroom, Laliytsa relaxing as they leave the gaggle of nobles behind.

”Yer a genius Tiphane” Lali compliments the young girl. ”Snag us some real food, leave the fancy pants behind fer a bit.”
She turns to the other girl. ”Now. What yeh gotta ‘member. Nobles don’ think like regular folks. Look down on yeh fer all kinda dumb stuff. Me, ‘fore this? Monster hunter. Got hired by nobles some fer nasties on their land. An’ didn’ always go good.”

There’s a pause, then Lali starts to talk again, slower but still steady. ”I was too rough. Too ill-mannered. My accent too rough. So what I learned is, first thing, try not to be around them. But when you’re stuck with them? Keep quiet, stay on the outskirts, and think about everything you want to say before you say it. Treat it like being around a dangerous animal and you’ll do just fine.”

She pauses, heaves a sigh, then focuses back on Tiphane since they’re nearing the kitchens. ”Can we get in an’ out an’ not get in trouble? Don’ wanna get a ladle thrown at my head makin’ a cook angry”

Lali looks from Kaz, to the bickering Lebedas siblings, and over to Garess representative. She gives Kaz a quick pat on the arm and takes off across the ballroom.

Walking in this getup is still a problem and she can’t help but notice a few nobles that seem to find this amusing. She works very hard to keep her expression neutral, though she does imagine what they’d look like if she punted them into a kobold lair.

Lali gets over to the corner Varn and Akilina are in, but she ignores them in favor of Varn’s daughter. There’s an attempt to bend down to the girl’s level which is quickly aborted by the damn corset she’s been shoved into. She settles for keeping her voice low instead.

”Listen. Fat-head back there? Ignore ‘em. Miserable ol’ coot, tryin’a make errybody else miserable as he is. Don’ realize his version’a manners ain’t got no real manners at all. If’n I said somethin’ like that my great-granny’d rise from the grave an’ come get me. Person like that, don’ yeh worry what he thinks ‘bout yeh."

Speech done, she looks over to Akilina and Varn and offers them a small smile. "Wanna talk to yeh later, but ain't gonna butt in on yeh." Unless they stop her she's going to move and find a place where she can lean against the wall and observe what's going on around her.

Lali in fancy clothes

Lali cleans up decently, although she complains about it the entire time the group is getting ready. She has no problem getting dressed up, sometimes it’s fun to look nice and dresses aren’t a problem, but being laced up into things that don’t allow you to breathe or move, much less fight, along with pointy shoes that hurt your feet is ridiculous. Toss in a gathering where you can’t say what you think, and where you have to bow down to snotty nobles that think they’re better than you, and everybody’s hiding their agendas, and you get something that should be reserved for a special lair of hell, not something they’re being forced to attend tonight. It’s the most anyone’s ever heard her speak at once.

Fast forward to the receiving line and she’s standing there with crossed arms and a sullen look on her face. Lali’s going to get through this evening as best she can, maybe talk to this Akilina since someone who’s a Druid might be a reasonable person.

She’s broken out of her thoughts by Luthor’s quip; it’s the first thing all day that makes her smile. She catches the eye of the young girl, turns so the rude man in front can’t see her, and makes a funny face while miming him talking.

I'm sorry I haven't been around as much, it's been a rough week. My grandma was in the hospital and nearly passed away, but she's doing a lot better and she's home now. I'm hoping to get caught up on life in general tomorrow/saturday

Once they're in private Lali hugs both Cyanne and Daen, though she also ruffles Daen's hair just to see him scowl. She takes a seat and listens to the pair's analysis.

"Hmm...hopin' it's gonna be ok with Sootscale, Nah bein' with us fer a while's good. Far as how we're gonna run it, we ain't talked a whole lotta 'bout that. Clear out bandits an' nasties, make it a safe place fer people to live. I wanna look fer an' old bitta family land too...that bit's personal."

She looks around at the rest of the group, thinks about it for a moment, then shrugs. "We ain't exactly a buncha fancy political fancypants noble types. Gonna run it best as we can. Guess we oughta talk to Medvyed an' this Akilina both eh? Havin' a Druid on our side'd be good."

Sorry that you're leaving Nah but Real Life always has to come first. If things calm down I hope you'll consider coming back :)

I'm open to getting a fifth, but only if somebody has someone in mind for the spot. Otherwise I'm perfectly happy going forward with the four of us.

Laliytsa reads the letter and snorts. "Eh, figures." She passes the letter on before turning to the group of pages, looking them up and down and sizing up the boy they were trying to hold down. "Hmm. Needa teach yeh some holds, mebbe some basic grapplin' skills. All oughta be able to take down someone his size."

Same, I'd like to go visit. :)

I still have to update Wild's info now that he's an official animal companion, I'll try to get that done asap

Luthor you have my eternal sympathy.

Lali suppresses a full body shudder at the idea of attending a ball. "Yep, gonna skip that" She smiles at the young girl, pleased that this young charge isn't going to try and persuade her to join the dreaded social gathering. "Think we're gonna get 'long jus' fine. Sworldlord teach yeh anythin' 'bout huntin'?"

Hey guys, just a heads up, I'll be slow on posting for a few days. I had an unexpected gallbladder removal last week and I'm still pretty hopped up on painkillers.

Aest, I am so, so sorry. Put us on hiatus for as long as you need. You are in my thoughts and prayers, and I'm always here if you need someone to talk to.

Here's what I've got for us so far

Kaz: Baron
Lali: Marshal (I require a gold star badge)
Nah: Magister
Luthor: Treasurer

I think Valeriya would make an excellent Warden or Councillor, but ultimately that's their decision. I do have some NPC suggestions we can use, or we can look at our sponsors to help us recruit someone.

High Priest: With Kaz's strong connection to Erastil, plus Luthor's leaning towards the religion we probably want a worshiper of Erastil to fill this role. We can ask Kaz's old mentor, or we can go back to the temple in the city and have them send a priest with us.

General: We could offer Kesten the job, or seek an outsider.

Warden/Councillor: No idea here.

We could offer Akrios a job as part of his atonement, that's slightly dangerous imo, but if you guys are up for I'll go along with it.

We could also go to Luthor/Cyanne's old school and see if they have someone to recommend.

I'd like to try the second option. More support is always good, although I know this is a task Lali's not really built to shine at xD

Just a heads up, I'll be out of town with no internet access until late Friday.

Laliytsa looks at the rest of the group, shrugs, and then bounds up to the stand. She raises her right hand and promises to ”Tell the truth, just the truth an’ that’s all.”

She makes a short but impassioned speech about how the Stag Lord was demanding tribute from people like Svetlana and Oleg, how he murdered and stole from anybody who passed through his lands. She talks about finding Cyanne, about Gralem and his travelers, and about the ”Damn hill fulla undead behin’ his base.” Since she’s the last of the original charter that’s still signed on she’s more detailed about their early encounters with the band; she figures the others can fill in the details on their more recent fights.

As a closing argument she says ”Back where i’m from we’da hung him by now. Some green lady bangin’ yeh and promisin’ yeh everythin’ yeh want just so yeh do her biddin’ ain’ no excuse fer murderin’ an stealin’ an piligin’ an’ all that. What he done ain’t right”

Lali shrugs. "Dunno. Ask Perli mebbe? Or we needa find some kinda fae expert? Ain't my thing."

I don't have K. Local or I'd roll that for this. Asking Perli and/or 'Daen' both seem like good steps.

I'm so, so sorry Aest. I get where you're coming from. I remember when my grandpa passed away, he'd had severe Alzheimer's for years. It was hard, but at the same time it felt like we'd lost him years earlier. Knowing he wasn't suffering from all the confusion anymore was kind of a relief.

Laliytsa's silent through the Stag's Lord speech, though she does roll her eye a lot. She wait until they're out of the prison before sharing her thoughts.

"Knew 'bout some green lady he drew pictures of. Sounds like somethin' what knows how to manipulate people real good. Fae mebbe? Daen ran into a river fae lady, oughta ask 'bout her."

I've been having a lot going on IRL but I'll get a post out l;ater tonight.