
Merisiel Sillvari |
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Who are your new buddies from the cover of Cohorts and Companions? You even got them matching outfits!
Minions. I have had minions for a while. They don't last long though. Not sure I remember who those two were. Or even how they died. They were in it for the money, in any event.

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Archpaladin Zousha wrote:Who are your new buddies from the cover of Cohorts and Companions? You even got them matching outfits!Minions. I have had minions for a while. They don't last long though. Not sure I remember who those two were. Or even how they died. They were in it for the money, in any event.
Did you wind up saving on paying them, or like Ezren, did you make the mistake of paying them in advance?

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Archpaladin Zousha wrote:Who are your new buddies from the cover of Cohorts and Companions? You even got them matching outfits!Minions. I have had minions for a while. They don't last long though. Not sure I remember who those two were. Or even how they died. They were in it for the money, in any event.
If they don't last long, then why do you bother with the matching outfits? Seems like a waste of money.

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Minions. I have had minions for a while. They don't last long though. Not sure I remember who those two were. Or even how they died. They were in it for the money, in any event.
Having them wear matching uniforms based on your outfit doesn't sound very chaotic of you, though. Is Kyra gradually edging you over to lawfulness, or neutrality? What next... paying taxes? :-o

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Merisiel Sillvari wrote:Minions. I have had minions for a while. They don't last long though. Not sure I remember who those two were. Or even how they died. They were in it for the money, in any event.Having them wear matching uniforms based on your outfit doesn't sound very chaotic of you, though. Is Kyra gradually edging you over to lawfulness, or neutrality? What next... paying taxes? :-o
Actually dressing up your minions in matching uniforms is very chaotic if you're doing so to boost your own ego. Context matters.

Merisiel Sillvari |
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Merisiel Sillvari wrote:Did you wind up saving on paying them, or like Ezren, did you make the mistake of paying them in advance?Archpaladin Zousha wrote:Who are your new buddies from the cover of Cohorts and Companions? You even got them matching outfits!Minions. I have had minions for a while. They don't last long though. Not sure I remember who those two were. Or even how they died. They were in it for the money, in any event.
I don't consider paying someone in advance a mistake. Often, mercenaries take jobs like this so they can use the advance payment to pay off other debts or the like to help friends or family, and therefore when they don't come back from their last job, they still manage some good out of the whole thing.

Merisiel Sillvari |

Merisiel Sillvari wrote:If they don't last long, then why do you bother with the matching outfits? Seems like a waste of money.Archpaladin Zousha wrote:Who are your new buddies from the cover of Cohorts and Companions? You even got them matching outfits!Minions. I have had minions for a while. They don't last long though. Not sure I remember who those two were. Or even how they died. They were in it for the money, in any event.
I didn't buy their clothes. What they do with their money is up to them.

Merisiel Sillvari |

Merisiel Sillvari wrote:Minions. I have had minions for a while. They don't last long though. Not sure I remember who those two were. Or even how they died. They were in it for the money, in any event.Having them wear matching uniforms based on your outfit doesn't sound very chaotic of you, though. Is Kyra gradually edging you over to lawfulness, or neutrality? What next... paying taxes? :-o
Kyra is hardly lawful.

Merisiel Sillvari |
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On page 26 of Cohorts & Companions there's an illustration of you with a nasty-looking bat creature perched on your arm. Do you think someone commissioned that picture to deliberately freak you out, and if so, will stabbing ensue?
Or have you actually been working on overcoming your fear of bats?
That's someone disguised as me who then proceeded to blow their disguise by not being properly afraid of a bat is all.

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Rysky wrote:They're fun. Not hats though.Merisiel Sillvari wrote:What about tiaras?ulgulanoth wrote:Meri what is your opinion on fancy hats? Especially the big ones with a large feather on them?They can be cool! They can also be frustrating for those of us whose ears are not hat-friendly.
Speaking of headgear-isn things is the jewel on your forehead magical? If not have you thought about getting it enchanted?
Could see it creating daggers of force that shoot at people that annoy you.

Merisiel Sillvari |

Merisiel Sillvari wrote:Rysky wrote:They're fun. Not hats though.Merisiel Sillvari wrote:What about tiaras?ulgulanoth wrote:Meri what is your opinion on fancy hats? Especially the big ones with a large feather on them?They can be cool! They can also be frustrating for those of us whose ears are not hat-friendly.Speaking of headgear-isn things is the jewel on your forehead magical? If not have you thought about getting it enchanted?
Could see it creating daggers of force that shoot at people that annoy you.
It's not magic. Usually. Sometimes when I'm high level it is.
And no... force daggers are inferior to ones you hold in your hands.

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Rysky wrote:Merisiel Sillvari wrote:Rysky wrote:They're fun. Not hats though.Merisiel Sillvari wrote:What about tiaras?ulgulanoth wrote:Meri what is your opinion on fancy hats? Especially the big ones with a large feather on them?They can be cool! They can also be frustrating for those of us whose ears are not hat-friendly.Speaking of headgear-isn things is the jewel on your forehead magical? If not have you thought about getting it enchanted?
Could see it creating daggers of force that shoot at people that annoy you.
It's not magic. Usually. Sometimes when I'm high level it is.
And no... force daggers are inferior to ones you hold in your hands.
But you can stab ghosts with those!

Merisiel Sillvari |

Merisiel Sillvari wrote:But you can stab ghosts with those!Rysky wrote:Merisiel Sillvari wrote:Rysky wrote:They're fun. Not hats though.Merisiel Sillvari wrote:What about tiaras?ulgulanoth wrote:Meri what is your opinion on fancy hats? Especially the big ones with a large feather on them?They can be cool! They can also be frustrating for those of us whose ears are not hat-friendly.Speaking of headgear-isn things is the jewel on your forehead magical? If not have you thought about getting it enchanted?
Could see it creating daggers of force that shoot at people that annoy you.
It's not magic. Usually. Sometimes when I'm high level it is.
And no... force daggers are inferior to ones you hold in your hands.
Ghosts are for Kyra to handle.

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Rysky wrote:Ghosts are for Kyra to handle.Merisiel Sillvari wrote:But you can stab ghosts with those!Rysky wrote:Merisiel Sillvari wrote:Rysky wrote:They're fun. Not hats though.Merisiel Sillvari wrote:What about tiaras?ulgulanoth wrote:Meri what is your opinion on fancy hats? Especially the big ones with a large feather on them?They can be cool! They can also be frustrating for those of us whose ears are not hat-friendly.Speaking of headgear-isn things is the jewel on your forehead magical? If not have you thought about getting it enchanted?
Could see it creating daggers of force that shoot at people that annoy you.
It's not magic. Usually. Sometimes when I'm high level it is.
And no... force daggers are inferior to ones you hold in your hands.
It's nice having clerics :(

Merisiel Sillvari |

Also, I found your flower!
Why is that my flower? It's pretty cool looking, I'll grant you that... did it stab someone? Did a bat get tangled in its leaves? Did it upstage the other flowers with its awesomness?

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Rysky wrote:Also, I found your flower!Why is that my flower? It's pretty cool looking, I'll grant you that... did it stab someone? Did a bat get tangled in its leaves? Did it upstage the other flowers with its awesomness?
Yes, the Osiria Rose gains nutrients only by luring in bats with its beauty before stabbing them with their thorns on contact and feeding on their suffering.

Merisiel Sillvari |

Merisiel Sillvari wrote:Yes, the Osiria Rose gains nutrients only by luring in bats with its beauty before stabbing them with their thorns on contact and feeding on their suffering.Rysky wrote:Also, I found your flower!Why is that my flower? It's pretty cool looking, I'll grant you that... did it stab someone? Did a bat get tangled in its leaves? Did it upstage the other flowers with its awesomness?
Well then!
I approve.

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Rysky wrote:Merisiel Sillvari wrote:Yes, the Osiria Rose gains nutrients only by luring in bats with its beauty before stabbing them with their thorns on contact and feeding on their suffering.Rysky wrote:Also, I found your flower!Why is that my flower? It's pretty cool looking, I'll grant you that... did it stab someone? Did a bat get tangled in its leaves? Did it upstage the other flowers with its awesomness?Well then!
I approve.
Yay!

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Merisiel Sillvari wrote:Yes, the Osiria Rose gains nutrients only by luring in bats with its beauty before stabbing them with their thorns on contact and feeding on their suffering.Rysky wrote:Also, I found your flower!Why is that my flower? It's pretty cool looking, I'll grant you that... did it stab someone? Did a bat get tangled in its leaves? Did it upstage the other flowers with its awesomness?
It also color coordinates well with you (being Red and White).
Hey do elves see color the same way humans do?

Merisiel Sillvari |

Rysky wrote:Merisiel Sillvari wrote:Yes, the Osiria Rose gains nutrients only by luring in bats with its beauty before stabbing them with their thorns on contact and feeding on their suffering.Rysky wrote:Also, I found your flower!Why is that my flower? It's pretty cool looking, I'll grant you that... did it stab someone? Did a bat get tangled in its leaves? Did it upstage the other flowers with its awesomness?It also color coordinates well with you (being Red and White).
Hey do elves see color the same way humans do?
Colors are brighter and shadows are darker for us.

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John Kretzer wrote:Colors are brighter and shadows are darker for us.Rysky wrote:Merisiel Sillvari wrote:Yes, the Osiria Rose gains nutrients only by luring in bats with its beauty before stabbing them with their thorns on contact and feeding on their suffering.Rysky wrote:Also, I found your flower!Why is that my flower? It's pretty cool looking, I'll grant you that... did it stab someone? Did a bat get tangled in its leaves? Did it upstage the other flowers with its awesomness?It also color coordinates well with you (being Red and White).
Hey do elves see color the same way humans do?
Wouldn't shadows be brighter for Elves? Low-light vision and all.

Merisiel Sillvari Creative Director |

Merisiel Sillvari wrote:Wouldn't shadows be brighter for Elves? Low-light vision and all.John Kretzer wrote:Colors are brighter and shadows are darker for us.Rysky wrote:Merisiel Sillvari wrote:Yes, the Osiria Rose gains nutrients only by luring in bats with its beauty before stabbing them with their thorns on contact and feeding on their suffering.Rysky wrote:Also, I found your flower!Why is that my flower? It's pretty cool looking, I'll grant you that... did it stab someone? Did a bat get tangled in its leaves? Did it upstage the other flowers with its awesomness?It also color coordinates well with you (being Red and White).
Hey do elves see color the same way humans do?
Nope. It's about contrast, not washing everything out.

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So does that mean you see shades of colors that are indistinguishable to humans? For example, let's say we set two dabs of paint out, one lime green, and one a hair yellower than that, but just barely. If an average human couldn't tell the difference between the two colors, would it be easier for an average elf to say "Oh yes, this is lime green, and this is [insert elven for 'a hair yellowish than lime green' here]."?

Merisiel Sillvari |

So does that mean you see shades of colors that are indistinguishable to humans? For example, let's say we set two dabs of paint out, one lime green, and one a hair yellower than that, but just barely. If an average human couldn't tell the difference between the two colors, would it be easier for an average elf to say "Oh yes, this is lime green, and this is [insert elven for 'a hair yellowish than lime green' here]."?
Exactly. One of several benefits our +2 to Perception checks gives us.

Pillbug Toenibbler |

How can you walk around with your sharpy-pokey rapier & dozen slice-y knives and not stabbity-stab every idiot you come across?! Seriously. Do you do meditation exercises, have some magical willpower-buffing item, or is Kyria always casting hold on you?
I just want to stab idiots I haven't even met in person, and so many of them won't shut up, filling the air & aetherweb with their loud bigoted ignorance that "must be heard", continuously taunting me with their needing-to-be-stabbed-edness.
How do you do it? You are like some nascent Empyreal Lord for self-restraint in stabbiness.

GreenDragon1133 |
How can you walk around with your sharpy-pokey rapier & dozen slice-y knives and not stabbity-stab every idiot you come across?! Seriously. Do you do meditation exercises, have some magical willpower-buffing item, or is Kyria always casting hold on you?
I just want to stab idiots I haven't even met in person, and so many of them won't shut up, filling the air & aetherweb with their loud bigoted ignorance that "must be heard", continuously taunting me with their needing-to-be-stabbed-edness.
How do you do it? You are like some nascent Empyreal Lord for self-restraint in stabbiness.
The urge to stab is somewhat mitigated when those you desire to stab can stab you back, I would imagine.

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Pillbug Toenibbler wrote:The urge to stab is somewhat mitigated when those you desire to stab can stab you back, I would imagine.How can you walk around with your sharpy-pokey rapier & dozen slice-y knives and not stabbity-stab every idiot you come across?! Seriously. Do you do meditation exercises, have some magical willpower-buffing item, or is Kyria always casting hold on you?
I just want to stab idiots I haven't even met in person, and so many of them won't shut up, filling the air & aetherweb with their loud bigoted ignorance that "must be heard", continuously taunting me with their needing-to-be-stabbed-edness.
How do you do it? You are like some nascent Empyreal Lord for self-restraint in stabbiness.
Usually if something has been stabbed to death it makes it kinda hard to stab you back.

Merisiel Sillvari |

How can you walk around with your sharpy-pokey rapier & dozen slice-y knives and not stabbity-stab every idiot you come across?! Seriously. Do you do meditation exercises, have some magical willpower-buffing item, or is Kyria always casting hold on you?
I just want to stab idiots I haven't even met in person, and so many of them won't shut up, filling the air & aetherweb with their loud bigoted ignorance that "must be heard", continuously taunting me with their needing-to-be-stabbed-edness.
How do you do it? You are like some nascent Empyreal Lord for self-restraint in stabbiness.
Practice. Turns out, stabbing everything tends to get you in prison. I've been there. In prison AND in stab-everything mode. Not too eager to go back to that place. It helps to practice stabbing with words, since those tend to not get folks AS worked up as sticking them. It also helps to have someone like Kyra around who keeps you calm. Sort of. Partially because she's good at calming me down, but also because I kinda hate it when she gets that look in her eye when I sorta kinda step over the line.
That's my advice I guess. Make friends with a cleric who worships the goddess of healing and redemption.