Magnitofera Skeller's page

Hello.
Seems the dwarfs are here to stay.
That means Magna won't.
To the other players: Sorry to bring that mess up to you.
To the DM: Thanks for the game, was fun while it lasted. Please feel free to DMPC Magna, of take her out of the game altogether. I would appreciate if you mark her as "inactive" in the Campaign tab.

Magna would be outside the fort kicking dwarven butt.

Have fun

Just talking about Magna's point of view.
Maybe we can't claim the gold mine yet, but sure as hell she won't get anyone else to claim it. To let another group claim it is plain idiotic.
And I am not talking about Good-Evil or Law-Chaos here, but Friendly-Hostile.
If the dwarves are not friendly to the group (specially Magna), and are even hostile to them, then they are a THREAT to be removed. As soon as possible.
The moment they say "Not talking anymore" and turning their backs to Magna, they are considered hostile, and are the new "Stag Lord bandits" to be removed from the land.
So Magna's action is unchanged. She will non-lethally take them out, tie them up, and banish them from the Stolen Lands. Or die trying.
The next group of dwarves, or humans, or kobolds, that appear might as well learn to be more diplomatic or they will face the same fate.
Now... if the dwarves are a "feature" we are unable to remove, well, that was Magna's fault, and I ask, as a personal favor, to roll back Magna's calling them, and their arrival. And Magna will go out after her talk with Edric and Talia, and never come back. Have a nice game.
Just don't ask me to "accept" Magna will allow some HOSTILE group take over the gold mine without her try to do something about it.

I just want to point out Magna is not an idiot, not a fool. She would invite dwarves that would be allies with her, not any dwarves.
And, being a Paladin of Torag doesn't mean she won't attack dwarves that threaten Talia, her friends or the new kingdom. No reason why left some "renegade" dwarves reclaim an area, if she can prevent it.
They want to mine the gold, they need to swear allegiance. If they don't, they are no better than any other brigand. She didn't invite them to steal the mine from them. That is silly.

Magna tries to hit the wolf from the ground, having a great difficulty to use her axe in that position.
Attack Roll (-4 for being prone): 1d20 + 8 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 8 - 4 = 12
Damage Roll: 1d12 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
"Get off of me!"

if a war they want, a war they will get... I prefer to have it sooner rather than later.

Dear DM:
Not amused with the dwarves reaction. My take was to try to make some sense into them, and if unable, punch them to a pulp, tie them up, and make the guards send them packing home.
I was thinking in lines like:
"I didn't decapitate the Stag Lord to suffer idiots like you."
What she would accept instead of knocking them out is to make them swear fealty to Talia and the new kingdom, make them all conscripts in the new army (with her as general) and remind them "Oathbreakers die", another of the Six Rivers Freedoms.
She won't allow a group of rogues take the gold mine, even if they are dwarves. You have what you hold. She has the mine, and she won't relinquish it without a fight.
So, my point is, Magna isn't going to let them go away without them swearing fealty to Talia, or stopping them by force if necessary. You are with her or against her, and them being dwarves is no excuse.
So we will need to compromise here... do we roll initiative, or the dwarves take it down a notch?
Note: I would expect Magna called for Dwarves friendly with her, not some sycophants. You send me sycophants, she will kill sycophants.

21 Saraneth 4707

Brow furrowing, Talia pauses for a second, hesitation showing on her face. Edric had never given Talia any indication that he was interested in her. "Why do you say that, about Edric? He has never given me any signs. Besides, the earnest devout holy warrior... that's not really my type. Nothing against Edric of course - he is quite handsome, and he's kind as the summer day is long. Perhaps you should tell him you have these feelings? I waited a long time to do so with Gavriil, until it was too late, I'm afraid. Don't make my mistake, Magnitofera!"

Sobbing, Magna answers.

Surprise Round
Magna receives the attack with a fierce smile and an axe overhand chop.
Attack +1 Greataxe: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10
Damage: 1d12 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
"Remember our training, be ready to charge them in turns!"
Switches their stance to Distracting Charge.

When your ally with this feat uses the charge action and hits, you gain a +2 bonus on your next attack roll against the target of that charge. This bonus must be used before your ally's next turn, or it is lost.

I think Magna misses, is prone and hurt (-10 hp)

Magna goes after Barod.
"Excuse me, I think you didn't hear me."

Magna bows before the caravan leaders, a wide smile in her face.
"Praise Torag! It is my pleasure to have you here, my kinsmen. Welcome to our new home."
She shakes her head, without losing the smile.
"Kobolds! This is a wild and strange land. One of those kobolds saved my live, and I owe a debt of honor to him. We need to deal with them, but for now we need to stay away. Do not approach their lands... for now."

Magna signals everybody to assume a "Lookout" stance, and moves towards the eastern side of the fire, some 20' from it.
"Everybody, get in the middle! Edric, cover the west flank, they might try to surround us!"

We got the drop on them! The power of feelings!

Magna stands when she hears about the wolfs, and looks for his bow and greataxe.

If Magna hears that Vosil will have something else to worry about...

Perception Check: 1d20 ⇒ 14
Magna, unarmored, put her blanket over her head to muffle the noise.

They arrived!!! :D

21 Saraneth 4707

Talia returns Magna's embrace, squeezing her fiercely. "The philosophers argue over the root causes of feelings like friendship, comradarie, and love, how they form, why some take to others... I suspect that it all is borne of respect. There's nothing to forgive, my friend..."

Magna keeps crying.

21 Saraneth 4707

"What do you say, Lord General Skeller? Will you serve at my side to protect Fairhaven's people?"

Magna looks away, not a Talia's eyes. She answers in a cold voice.

"I respect her as a companion and a clever person but I do not love her and I absolutely do not prefer her to you."

Magna looks coldly at Edric, and answers him with an even colder voice.

Magna says more work, less festivals

Of course!

Also, the Kingdom building is not really my cup of tea, so forget me if I don't participate much. I think you are doing great, and thanks for taking me along on the ride!

Also, don't forget the gold mine!

26 Desnus 4707
Magna looks away from Edric.
"But you do prefer her over me, as everyone else."
She runs off towards the forge. The next day she is nowhere to be found.

21 Sarenith 4707
Magna, fully armored in shining scale mail, goes directly towards Talia (without looking at the others, specially Edric), and kneels before her.
"I have come to pledge my service to Queen Talia, the first of her name, and the land and the people. I beg of you to let me serve in your Kingdom."

+1 Fairhaven

"So you want us to compromise? To allow this land to be ruled by her?"
She looks with her brown eyes to his.
"You prefer her to me? Do you love her?"

"I am lost. You know we have turn ourselves to the betterment of others, and the defense of good and faith. I came here looking to forge this lost lands into a better place, and now I find the same impurities we left behind creeping back into our work. The same nobles, the same concessions, the same politics. I thought I was going to leave all of that behind. I thought I was going to lead this place to a better tomorrow. And I fear that will not be. Everybody loves Talia! Everybody wants her to be queen! Everybody prefers her to me!"

At first Magna seems uninterested on the sparring, but after Edric prods her, and a lucky shot to her side, she unleashes against him, trying to hit him with all of her strength, letting her rage take the better of her.
After a few seconds she crumbles, crying.
"Sorry, I let myself go."

Magna, frowning, looks at Edric. He can see a tear forming in her eye.
Without a word she gets one of the axes, goes to the courtyard, and prepares for the sparring match.

"This is my second proposal: Let me rule, as a Countess, over this Stolen Land, with your assistance and wise council.

As soon as Talia says that words, Magna stands up, turns and leave the room.

Are we all in the room when Darrick Lebeda talks? When Talia makes her speech?

Also, although Talia was not necessarily on Kaalib's radar, he'd be willing to give it shot. I could switch my 2nd level spell for Alter Self and we'd even probably get her pregnant and pop an heir in the next year.

:S

I love the "Stag's End" name!
About the crest, it would be an anvil for Magna. Nice idea!

Fear not, we will find a way to put Magna in the side of good.

Right now Magna fears Talia has become the de-facto leader of the group, and that she is not "good enough" (read: Lawful Good enough). If she don't act now the basis for the new land will be set by her, Vosil, and others, so she is still on time to make sure the new lands start with the correct leadership (Again: Lawful Good).

One thought: in less than 70 years (much less, probably), Vosil and Talia, being human, will be dead. As a dwarf, Magna will just be getting started. There's nothing to prevent her acting all nice and supportive while she puts her long-term plans into motion: after all, who'd expect to be betrayed by a paladin?!

Very good point.

Magna mostly ignores Darrick, and looks for Dwarfs in the newly arrived people.
I forgot! Can she send messages to her clan for them to send miners and soldiers to exploit the gold mine? I picture a nice Drawven settlement there.

The birth of the FederationKingdom of the Greenbelt.

About the helm, I was thinking is keeping it as a "relic" of the new Kingdom. A trophy.

I am, so far, going for the "Magna talks to Edric to try to make him join the coup" idea...

I have thought in Magna asking Edric for her for her coup, and having him put some sense into her.
The idea of them having a heart-to-heart while fighting in front of the Throne sounds epic too.
Yes, she has to mature, and yes, the "end game" is for her to become the general, working in tandem with the other PC's.
Who has a good Sense Motive that can see her internal turmoil, and organize an intervention for her?
Maybe Talia herself... ummmm...

“I think there are two types of writers, the architects and the gardeners. The architects plan everything ahead of time, like an architect building a house. They know how many rooms are going to be in the house, what kind of roof they're going to have, where the wires are going to run, what kind of plumbing there's going to be. They have the whole thing designed and blueprinted out before they even nail the first board up. The gardeners dig a hole, drop in a seed and water it. They kind of know what seed it is, they know if planted a fantasy seed or mystery seed or whatever. But as the plant comes up and they water it, they don't know how many branches it's going to have, they find out as it grows. And I'm much more a gardener than an architect.”

I have to say, in this case, I am a gardener. I am enjoying the game very much, and letting Magna "grow" organically, instead of making her do whatever I want or think.

Magna stands, without her armor, and moves towards Kesten.
"Let's go receive them."

Magna hammers in the forge. Her sweat falls on her eyes, and she don't know if it's only sweat or there are tears intermixed with them.
She finally destroyed the bandits. During many days and nights she craved for that task. She dreamed for the opportunity of finding that den of evil and destroy it.
She triumphed in a bigger way she had dared to imagined, Torag be praised. She had faced them, look at them in the face, accepted their strikes and bruises and persevered, letting them forge her into something new, something pure, something better, killing the leaders, including the Stag Lord.
But her work is not over. The Greenbelt has to be shaped... forged... turned into something worthy, something valuable. Something perfect. As with the horseshoe she is forging, it needs to be rid of imperfections, contamination particles, leaving only pure and strong iron. If not, if the steel is not pure, it is weak, worthless, doomed to be broken, to fail.
She needs to get rid of any contamination. Get rid of any imperfection. Guarantee that this new lands are pure and strong. Perfect.
She needs to get rid of Vosil.
She needs to get rid of Talia.
Torag demands it.
Water keeps falling from her eyes. And not all of it is sweat.

About blessing an item to make it non evil Magna will be very willing to hammer the evil out of it (and leave it unusable). ;)

Kaalib smiled in a toothy, lizard like fashion. She had noticed, and his debt was recognizably paid. This made things a bit easier. "Regardless of our differences, we both have a healthy respect of law. It is the bright light of civilization, and by it I hope to bring my people out of their barbarism. I may have to duel my own chief to bring this end, and if that happens, I would ask you to be my second. We can keep the trickery to a minimum under your watchful eye, to be sure. The mere reputation of the one who killed the Stag Lord should make it a surety"

Magna puts a hand over the Kobold shoulder.

NG sounds good. For now ;)

I think Magna won't let the helmet get away from her sight. Maybe store it somewhere safe, but she won't let ANYONE use it, much less sell it.

Magna do not find Perlivash joke funny, but refrains from follow the theme with the fey dragon.
"She is powerful then? How is she named? How does she look?"
Edit: I see they won't get anymore from the tiny dragon, so we can move on.

Magna flinch a little when the tiny creature calls her Magna.
"Magnitofera is my name, Perlivash, if you don't mind."
Everybody (even me) calls her Magna, but she is not fond of the "moniker". You know, she is a proper dwarf. ;)
"Perlivash, you and Tyg-Titter-Tut must be careful who you play with. Besides that, are there any news of the lands? Have you seen more bandits?"

"Hi Perlivash. Stand down Nat, I know this small creature. Perlivash, what to go say hello to the others? Maybe we can get you a sweet there."
She will try to coax the small faerie dragon back to the others.