I don't know...I don't want to leave here for too long, but I usually feel better in the Grove than just about anywhere else. What do you think, hon? she asks, JHUndead would feel 'very uncomfortable' at the Grove. The positive energy it touches wreaks havoc on them. His eyes seem to look backwards or forwards in time, and the vision brings a smirk to his face.
Not that the Grove is some haven of Law or Good, but it overwhelmingly a haven of Life fed by positive energy.
Oooh. You make that point well for me sir, and I am so glad that we are of a like frame of mind... :)
Perhaps you might consider a position as one of my provincial governors?
A new entity is born.
It has come to may attention that some Board Thread rules have been ignored by posters in the RPG entries. I cannot be bothered with the mundane incursions by non-RPG entries.
I am prepared to use Board Energy to smite the scofflaws, limiting or circumventing their powers in said threads until such a time as an arraignment may be scheduled. The swift sword of Board Justice has been drawn.
You have been warned, despoilers.
[Evil DM hat on] MWAHAHAHAHA! [/Evil DM hat off]
A new entity is born.
It has come to may attention that some Board Thread rules have been ignored by posters in the RPG entries. I cannot be bothered with the mundane incursions by non-RPG entries.
I am prepared to use Board Energy to smite the scofflaws, limiting or circumventing their powers in said threads until such a time as an arraignment may be scheduled. The swift sword of Board Justice has been drawn.
You have been warned, despoilers.
[Evil DM hat on] MWAHAHAHAHA! [/Evil DM hat off]
Nice avatar :) This should be interesting...
Nice avatar :) This should be interesting...A new entity is born.
It has come to may attention that some Board Thread rules have been ignored by posters in the RPG entries. I cannot be bothered with the mundane incursions by non-RPG entries.
I am prepared to use Board Energy to smite the scofflaws, limiting or circumventing their powers in said threads until such a time as an arraignment may be scheduled. The swift sword of Board Justice has been drawn.
You have been warned, despoilers.
[Evil DM hat on] MWAHAHAHAHA! [/Evil DM hat off]
Now I just have to remember to go back to the original thread post to review the Thread set up, before I attack. Ahh, maybe...
RL 3.5 game tonite, so bad guys are free to get in one last attack.
With regard to Lords of the Boards, the only overtly evil one, Serafina/Innocent Blood, had gone quiet with Patrick being busy elsewhere, and both Kobold Cleaver and VT Plantjack are Lords/Champions of the boards.
The only reasonable counter to use of boards energy to 'know' about a subject seemed to me to be a villain with access to the same source whom I presumed would be able (amongst other things) to use it to keep research into her whereabouts and doings vague.Edit:
Hmm. I don't know. Maybe I'm thinking a bit too much in the mode of a DM trying to construct a villain who can survive for at least a round against a munchkin player. One of those players with a 2nd edition Elven Fighter-Mage character who charge in and kill something with a longsword before it has the time to blink and say 'huh?'
<shudder>
Yes, I think you are overthinking. A villain doesn't have to be all-powerful or come with armies to be a challenge. We're not necessarily as powerful as we sound like we are. And so far we've been taken in by every cunning plan that comes along :) I think the scary dragon lady is a good addition to the villains team. Trust us not to be jerks about it. The point of the game is for everybody to have fun.
Edit: And it's already been established that KC is Lawful Evil.
I was, but now I'm Lawful Neutral with evil tendencies again. Protectors of the Boards (who are part of the dying organization known as Servants of the Board)are not allowed to be evil, but KC was at some point and paid the price.
And let me get something straight: Champions of the Board, Servants of the Board, and Lords of the Boards are three different things.Champions: Like the Champs of the Earth and stuff. KC was the Champion of teh Board, then he died and was replaced by Wasp, then he was replaced by Plant. KC is no longer the Champ, having betrayed his rules.
Servants: An organization. It is full of certain branches, such as Protectors, who are generally good or at least non evil, Cleaners, who pretty much the lowest class who just take care of low level threats, and some others.
Lords: Someone who has achieved 1,000 posts usually, though as with Irrellia there are exceptions.
Yeah, I am in and out. Kinda hectic at the house, so post and I'll reply when I can :)
I'm out too. G'nite all
I don't. I want his head. For my trophy collection. Such shiny, pretty, jewels.
Oh yah, he's just announcing he's back ;) No fisty cuffs. Plus I needed to have a plug for that villian music ... Oh soooo sweet ..
Already mentally flexing her fingers and wondering how to take posession of the treasure on display...
The abomination laughs, a sound like a cat in a Cuisinart with a hundred rusty nails
The Tsar spins his blade and cuts a hole in the fabric of the thread, walking through to somewhere else in a pulse of green energy. The hole seals behind him. The music fades away.
Hmmph. Pesky inconvenient witnesses.
off for a bit ...have fun!
Well, that's certainly a twist. I wonder if Smagnavast realizes that he just saved LJ's mortal existence? :)
Of course there's a decent chance that being in the Grove would have also helped her stabilize and heal, but that just made sure of it.
Even if he takes control of the Place of the Winds it won't corrupt her. She had a chaotic evil goddess inhabiting her body for years, and still didn't lose her neutral good alignment, or even come close. It will be a little awkward for her having an evil creature inhabiting her power base, but as long as reality is returned to 'normal' she will be alright.
The Warden is being shaped by any uses of Board Energy, specifically those used against the founders of a thread, or the thread rules themself. The more power used, the more he draws to himself.
If you are familiar with the Seeker series, or the books, he is similar to a Mord-Sith. Able to turn the power used against the attacker. In a twist he can draw the power into himself, or funnel it back into reinforcing the thread rules.
Kinda like a dampening field, or living booby trap. he is manifestation, not so much a character.
You realize that Plant isn't going to let this dragon take over the Winds as a new 'base'.
Smagnavast doesn't care a shred about VT Plantjack.
The warden is currently making him uncertain; he's not sure if the warden is an agent of law or not. If the warden IS an agent of law, and has a better argument than his, he might be prepared to give a little ground on his position.
Laws yes, but laws as set down by the founders of the threads he has been assigned/drawn to. The laws vary, but he isn't assigned to any of the 'evil' threads.
Just as a clarifier: I had the Steel Tsar attck the Place of Winds because it had been continually slipping out of the 'current' rotation. I also wanted to show the power of the resurrected Steel Tsar. He is now reanimated in the service of Innocent Blood, but I am not ready to kick the story over into battle mode just yet. I think we should talk a bit here about a basic story frame layout.
M still dabbles with the Place of Winds, thru Woodsy mainly, but is has fallen out of the RPG rotation.
IMO, if we want/need it involved someone should create an alternate.
Yeah, I just wanted to shake up the complacency a bit
Edit: some more JG Thirlwell to smack your auditory sensors with ..
DAMN THIS ALBUM ROCKS!
I agree about the creating an alternate. It's totally possible for LJ to transfer her connection to another place. It's mostly just that it's the only air themed thread and I just never quite got around to making another.
LJ died in the Records Room in that reality, at Ash's hand. If I dismember corruptly?
LJ died in the Records Room in that reality, at Ash's hand. If I dismember corruptly?
That's correct. She was sacrificed in order to facilitate GDK's return.
In the terminator franchise, the timeline keeps trying to reassert itself with the occurance of the events: first the creation of Skynet, second the occurance of a war, and third the defeat of Skynet at the end of the war as a result of John's actions...
Edit:
Okay, this is a poor parallel, but there are some examples of timelines over in the science fiction genre trying to resume their 'normal' course.
Don't disagree, but the main character's owner has to be willing to let it happen. Ladies' and Gentlemens' agreements when this began. That's why we create fodder! ;)
Indeed. Fritz Leiber did a series off short stroies dealing with a timeline that was hard to change. Two competing factions attempted massive engineering to get the timeline to bend to their will. Perhaps LJ is the focus of beneficial futures, and her demise is what can bring the Black into power. Hmm, perhaps a campaign to make her undead ..
Scurries off to plot
Indeed. Fritz Leiber did a storyline dealing with a timeline that was hard to shange. Two competing factions attempted massive engineering to get the timeline to bend to their will. Perhaps LJ is the focus of beneficial futures, and her demise is what can bring the Black into power. Hmm, perhaps a campaign to make her undead ..
Scurries off to plot
Zappa - I love the Dead while the body's still warm. real song. major drugs must have been involved.
Zappa - I love the Dead while the body's still warm. real song. major drugs must have been involved.
Or good old Alice Cooper:
I love the dead before theyre cold
Theyre bluing flesh for me to hold
Cadaver eyes upon me see nothing
I love the dead before they rise
No farewells, no goodbyes
I never knew your rotting face
While friends and lovers mourn your silly grave
I have other uses for you, darling
We love the dead
We love the dead, yeah..
--'I love the Dead', Billion Dollar Babies
Zappa - I love the Dead while the body's still warm. real song. major drugs must have been involved.
Or good old Alice Cooper:
I love the dead before theyre cold
Theyre bluing flesh for me to hold
Cadaver eyes upon me see nothing
I love the dead before they rise
No farewells, no goodbyes
I never knew your rotting face
While friends and lovers mourn your silly grave
I have other uses for you, darling
We love the dead
We love the dead, yeah..--'I love the Dead', Billion Dollar Babies
Great. Now I have 2 creepy songs floating around in my head.
But yes, I agree that any major changes to Lynora-Jill only happen by agreement of Lynora.
But of course! We all control our avatar's destinies. It's all collaboration and a willingness to set some pieces away, as I did with Brwaaktor, though I did love that lil' chicken ..
Oh dear, what have I gotten myself into? :)
Don't disagree, but the main character's owner has to be willing to let it happen. Ladies' and Gentlemens' agreements when this began. That's why we create fodder! ;)In the terminator franchise, the timeline keeps trying to reassert itself with the occurance of the events: first the creation of Skynet, second the occurance of a war, and third the defeat of Skynet at the end of the war as a result of John's actions...
Edit:
Okay, this is a poor parallel, but there are some examples of timelines over in the science fiction genre trying to resume their 'normal' course.
Hmm. I'm not sure that I would classify Smagnavast as fodder, and given what the warden just did I might be grumpy if I didn't admire the elegance of what just happened.
And since the Steel Tsar's attacks couldn't really have been planned for (she wouldn't have been in the grove otherwise), Nirellia doesn't come into the matter...But yes, I agree that any major changes to Lynora-Jill only happen by agreement of Lynora.
You misunderstand. You choose which of your avatars are fodder, not us. We come here to agree on major changes like that beforehand, or use the attacks of enemies to further the story, using the stroyline to whack one of our own 'at someone else's hand'.
Letting the Admiral and Warforged die from wounds, etc.
I will say, that Innocent Blood has been from the first meant to be an epic challenge, but I will work with y'all to see her and her newly-reborn Herald go down in flames. But it's gotta be a smooth write out. All I ask.
Okay, here's the thing. I'm trying to keep my character from being too gosh-darn powerful, but every time she dies she's going to come back with a little more divine power. (Permanent death would involve a similar set of requirements to what y'all had to go through to kill GDK.) So I'd rather not kill her off too much. Since her silly player has never been able to figure out how to get that divine energy out of her.
Beams helpfully. I have a number of suggestions on that front....
Since her silly player has never been able to figure out how to get that divine energy out of her.
Stop drinking all my Dark & Stormys? We Jacks consider that our divine energy. ;P
I mean... why are you all looking at me like that again?
I guess what I'm saying is that if you're okay with her having the power of a demigoddess than you can kill LJ, but as long as she's supposed to be just a priestess (even if it is of herself) she shouldn't die.
I'm glad people still have interest in the Place of the Winds, and I appreciate the consideration. I've always talked about the shrine as if it abutted a mountain range. Maybe those are the Mountains of the Winds and the dragon would like to lair somewhere in them? (Or, if someone wanted to go back to the original inspiration, look in the Skaith books for the map and check out the location of the Place of the Winds. Maps are also somewhere online in the blog.) Of course, I have no objection to the dragon being a part of the thread, but I can only imagine what consequences the destruction/desecration of the Shrine would cause. Great magic resides there, and those sentient ancient Elemental Winds that hearken to it and its keepers must be taken into account.
Anyway, I'm glad it's remained a part of play, and I hope that it would occasionally attract the random poster who just wants to post a question for the council. I was sad to see that faithful Bwaaktor was slain by that dastardly tin can.
I'm sure some day the King of the Fallarin will return...who knows with what consequences. Until then, the council should elect a new spokesman, since that's not Woodsy's role.
I'm glad people still have interest in the Place of the Winds, and I appreciate the consideration. I've always talked about the shrine as if it abutted a mountain range. Maybe those are the Mountains of the Winds and the dragon would like to lair somewhere in them? (Or, if someone wanted to go back to the original inspiration, look in the Skaith books for the map and check out the location of the Place of the Winds. Maps are also somewhere online in the blog.) Of course, I have no objection to the dragon being a part of the thread, but I can only imagine what consequences the destruction/desecration of the Shrine would cause. Great magic resides there, and those sentient ancient Elemental Winds that hearken to it and its keepers must be taken into account.
Anyway, I'm glad it's remained a part of play, and I hope that it would occasionally attract the random poster who just wants to post a question for the council. I was sad to see that faithful Bwaaktor was slain by that dastardly tin can.
I'm sure some day the King of the Fallarin will return...who knows with what consequences. Until then, the council should elect a new spokesman, since that's not Woodsy's role.
You can always petition Sunny G for a resurrection. He's a sucker for favorites.
Oh sorry for the posts but my laptop crashed today (of all days) but I had all the information on backup. It was just a matter of purging the old HD, installing a new one, and transfering a lot of data. I'm trying to cathc up on the threads.
Ugh ..out for the night. Later all ..