Keepers of the Circle * New 5 / 9 / 2014 *

[KoTC Edam Neadenil]

Buurz the Fishwife wrote:

Old Buurz likes shiny rings, yup, me do. Me hobbies are brewing me magical brew, healing me friends - for a slight fee of course, 'puffin me greenie, hunting 'ol dark-n-twisty witchy-witches and drinking me mead! So, if me math up to par, me should receive five shiny rings! Yup, me should!

<puts out her wrinkled hand>

C'mon ye lot! Me Goatie waiting for me return!

ah ... but Wood Earth Iron Crystal Ivory and Obsidian are not shiney.

I only count two shiney rings.

[T7V Jazzlvraz]

All can, however, be polished nicely, including Earth. Shadow's the one I'm having trouble imagining as shiny.

[KOTC WxCougar]

Obsidian is a shiny stone, and while shiny is counterproductive for shadow, it can be a useful distraction.

[Black Silver of The Veiled, T7V]

Obsidian is volcanic glass. Here is an image of obsidian crafted into spearheads by some ancient humans. Even though it is a midnight black, it is still shiny.

[Buurz the Fishwife]

KoTC Edam Neadenil wrote:

Buurz the Fishwife wrote:

Old Buurz likes shiny rings, yup, me do. Me hobbies are brewing me magical brew, healing me friends - for a slight fee of course, 'puffin me greenie, hunting 'ol dark-n-twisty witchy-witches and drinking me mead! So, if me math up to par, me should receive five shiny rings! Yup, me should!

<puts out her wrinkled hand>

C'mon ye lot! Me Goatie waiting for me return!

ah ... but Wood Earth Iron Crystal Ivory and Obsidian are not shiney.

I only count two shiney rings.

Ye look older than me, and me an 'ol bag! Methinks yer eyesight not as good as mebbie it used to be, yup, me do. Me magical brew help with that 'lil issue, ye 'ol battleaxe!

<cackles>

[Nihimon]

T7V Jazzlvraz wrote:

Shadow's the one I'm having trouble imagining as shiny.

Come on, where's your inner poet?

[T7V Jazzlvraz]

Buried. Deep. Beside my inner philosopher.

[Saiph the Fallen]

My stars shine darkly over me; the malignancy of my fate might, perhaps, distemper yours; therefore I shall crave of you your leave that I may bear my evils alone.

I always found that quote, taken from "Twelfth Night" by Shakspeare, quite captivating.

[Nihimon]

Saiph the Fallen wrote:

My stars shine darkly over me...

Your prior use of that particular phrase was very much in my mind when I asked Jazz about his "inner poet" :)

[KOTC WxCougar]

Ah poetry. I can't say this instrumentalist is very good at it, but we do have some fine poets in our ranks! And we could certainly use more fine poets to add to our ranks (and those who aren't are quite welcome as well!)

[KoTC Edam Neadenil]

Buurz the Fishwife wrote:

KoTC Edam Neadenil wrote:

Buurz the Fishwife wrote:

Old Buurz likes shiny rings, yup, me do. Me hobbies are brewing me magical brew, healing me friends - for a slight fee of course, 'puffin me greenie, hunting 'ol dark-n-twisty witchy-witches and drinking me mead! So, if me math up to par, me should receive five shiny rings! Yup, me should!

<puts out her wrinkled hand>

C'mon ye lot! Me Goatie waiting for me return!

ah ... but Wood Earth Iron Crystal Ivory and Obsidian are not shiney.

I only count two shiney rings.

Ye look older than me, and me an 'ol bag! Methinks yer eyesight not as good as mebbie it used to be, yup, me do. Me magical brew help with that 'lil issue, ye 'ol battleaxe!

<cackles>

ooh that be the Pot calling the cauldron black ye silly old hag. I be a young sprightly gnome, full of spirit and vitality and in the flower of life compared to the likes of ye.

[KotC Carbon D. Metric]

Small update: After another fresh recruit for our Ring of Crystal we are back #5, Bronze baby! Wooooo!!!

[KotC Xelstorm]

KotC Carbon D. Metric wrote:

Small update: After another fresh recruit for our Ring of Crystal we are back #5, Bronze baby! Wooooo!!!

You're welcome!

Very excited to be a part of Keepers of the Circle.

[FMS Quietus]

KotC Carbon D. Metric wrote:

Small update: After another fresh recruit for our Ring of Crystal we are back #5, Bronze baby! Wooooo!!!

LOL Congrats! Looks like this week will continue to be very interesting indeed. ;)

[KOTC WxCougar]

KotC Xelstorm wrote:

KotC Carbon D. Metric wrote:

You're welcome!

Very excited to be a part of Keepers of the Circle.

We are quite excited to have you! (If you can't tell by the joyous noise. :))

[KoTC Edam Neadenil]

KotC Xelstorm wrote:

KotC Carbon D. Metric wrote:

Small update: After another fresh recruit for our Ring of Crystal we are back #5, Bronze baby! Wooooo!!!

You're welcome!

Very excited to be a part of Keepers of the Circle.

Hale good fellow and well met.

Ring of Crystal :D One can never have too many arcanists.

[Bringslite of Fidelis]

Congrats for claiming yer spot back KoTC! :)

[Lam]

Bringslite of Fidelis wrote:

Congrats for claiming yer spot back KoTC! :)

Uh, so when did they lose it?

[KotC Carbon D. Metric]

Lam wrote:

Bringslite of Fidelis wrote:

Congrats for claiming yer spot back KoTC! :)

Uh, so when did they lose it?

Yesterday at some point after some Elkhaven votes rolled in, I guess not everyone was on board with their merger, but I'm not sure it has yet to be seen who will come out on top :D

[Bringslite of Fidelis]

Lam wrote:

Bringslite of Fidelis wrote:

Congrats for claiming yer spot back KoTC! :)

Uh, so when did they lose it?

Har har... "Standings Position On Tally"

[KoTC Edam Neadenil]

In the end it will all come down to how many small companies with no real chance of their own settlement opt for joining the established more organised groups with plans in motion and guaranteed support and how many decide to throw their lot in with a bunch of other little companies and see what comes out of it.

[KOTC WxCougar]

Thanks, Bringslite. :) Still glad to see Ozem's Vigil doing well.

And certainly will be interesting to see how everything shakes out. I hope the smaller guilds find a good fit for their home, be it with us or other compatible settlements.

[Saiph the Fallen]

I am proud a member of the The Seventh Veil, but if I were not, I'd definitely be interested in joining Keepers of the Circle. I've conversed with many of them and will gladly say they are a great bunch of people (plus they have a female in their core leadership, which I think every settlement should, or at least a gay male).

Though I do hear they owe Old Buurz a ring or two, she hasn't stopped yapping about it...

:-)

[Buurz the Fishwife]

<nods>

Mmmhmm, them do, shiny lady.

[KOTC WxCougar]

I think we had a conversation about forging rings on a mountain top at one point... ;)

(And we actually have two females in our leadership, both myself and our Watcher, Nymerias.)

[KotC Carbon D. Metric]

KOTC WxCougar wrote:

(And we actually have two females in our leadership, both myself and our Watcher, Nymerias.)

Both of whom are in a word, fantastic, leaders. I feel privileged every time I get to help contribute to what we hope to build together.

[KoTC Edam Neadenil]

Buurz the Fishwife wrote:

<nods>

Mmmhmm, them do, shiny lady.

What did you do with the first lot we gave you ?

[KOTC WxCougar]

KotC Carbon D. Metric wrote:

Both of whom are in a word, fantastic, leaders. I feel privileged every time I get to help contribute to what we hope to build together.

Aww thanks :) And really, all our leaders and members are great to work with and fun as well. We have two online Pathfinder games going on within the guild and it's a blast.

[KotC Carbon D. Metric]

Ahem, *cough*bump*cough*.

Thank you :D

[Bringslite of Fidelis]

Hehe, Nice! :)

[KotC ChaiGuy]

KOTC WxCougar wrote:

KotC Carbon D. Metric wrote:

Both of whom are in a word, fantastic, leaders. I feel privileged every time I get to help contribute to what we hope to build together.

Aww thanks :) And really, all our leaders and members are great to work with and fun as well. We have two online Pathfinder games going on within the guild and it's a blast.

Wxcougar is quickly becoming among my favorite GMs that I have played with over the years. The rest of the group is a lot of fun to play with as well.

Both games are using the Emerald Spire adventure from the Kickstarter (I'm guessing that's where they obtained it).

[KOTC WxCougar]

Yup, I am using the PDF from the kickstarter of Emerald Spire. I found a neat little pdf reader for my Kindle that lets me do notes and bookmarks. Our other GM did all the real work though since he set up the roll20 maps and monsters.

[KoTC Edam Neadenil]

Shame I am in the Aussie timezone and the current games are US, I enloy online table top games. In the past I used to play 3.5 online a lot. Mainly to preplay the modules I ran for my local RPGA living greyhawk group, but it was actually rather fun in its own right.

[KOTC WxCougar]

We tried to spread it out with one in the morning US (or really late night for one overseas member) and afternoon/evening US.

[KoTC Edam Neadenil]

KOTC WxCougar wrote:

We tried to spread it out with one in the morning US (or really late night for one overseas member) and afternoon/evening US.

I could possibly have made one of the games at a stretch so not complaining.

It is good to see so many Keepers members getting actively involved in Pathfinder and getting to know each other, even before early enrolment.

[KOTC WxCougar]

No worries, I know it's impossible to cover everyone but had wanted to try :).

And soon we can all get together in game -which is an exciting thought.

[KoTC Edam Neadenil]

DeciusBrutus wrote:

T7V Jazzlvraz wrote:

KotC Lorhayden wrote:

...intelligent undead...

At the risk of offending any of them reading this, the term feels a bit oxymoronic ;-).

Well, they are the things that terrify the most: Vampires, mummies, and ghosts.

Spotted this a few pages back.

If you assume a world where sentience is possible without life the same ethical/alignment discussion could be had about numerous other possibilities, intelligent constructs for example.

If I recall correctly issues regarding the rights of vampires, clay golems, mummies and so forth come up regualrly in Terry Pratchetts books.

[KotC Carbon D. Metric]

Yup, the zombie and undead population of Ankh-Morpork have created a support group called the Fresh Start Club to help address the stigma of undeath and fight the misconceptions and disgust society has for them.

Very therapeutic.

I'm so happy some else is a TP fan.

[KoTC Edam Neadenil]

The location of Keepers Pass is somewhat reminiscent of Lancre actually.

[KOTC WxCougar]

I'm afraid I have to admit to not reading those books.

[KoTC Edam Neadenil]

KOTC WxCougar wrote:

I'm afraid I have to admit to not reading those books.

You need to.

Also congratulations on getting us to 82 members overnight.

[KOTC WxCougar]

I do have it on my list, but my to read list is quite long.

[KotC ChaiGuy]

More proposed KotC symbols have been added to the KotC Symbol Thread. Feel free to stop by and check them out, then vote for your favorite here.

[froggalpha]

KoTC Edam Neadenil wrote:

DeciusBrutus wrote:

Well, they are the things that terrify the most: Vampires, mummies, and ghosts.

If I recall correctly issues regarding the rights of vampires, clay golems, mummies and so forth come up regualrly in Terry Pratchetts books.

I quite enjoy Pratchett's books, but I'm also amused to see the Jimmy Buffet quote :P

[KOTC WxCougar]

I suppose I should poll to see which of his books I should start with.

[KoTC Edam Neadenil]

KOTC WxCougar wrote:

I suppose I should poll to see which of his books I should start with.

There are about 40 books now. They tend to have themes.

- witches books (Wyrd Sisters, Carpe Jugulum etc)
- nightwatch books (Men at Arms, Fifth Elephant, Guards Guards etc)
- death books (Mort, Reaperman, Soul Music etc)
- Rincewind Books (Color of magic etc)

There are also three English TV Movies based on Hogfather, The Colour of Magic and Going Postal .

[KotC Carbon D. Metric]

I'd start off with the Colour of Magic and then The Light Fantastic first, but then again, I'm a sucker for any Rincewind novels.

[KOTC WxCougar]

Will take note. Thanks. Anyone read Diana W. Jones?

[KoTC Edam Neadenil]

No, though I have a preference for female fantasy authors, particularly Australian ones like Isobell Carmody, Trudi Canavan, Sara Douglass, Tracey Harding, Glenda Larke, Sophie Masson and Fiona Macintosh.

A good intro to the Craziness of Pratchett might be the Hogfather TV movie.

[BrotherZael]

of course. Miyazaki's film adaptations are rather decent portrayals of D.W.J., and I'm afriad I've seen more than I've read (having only read castle in the air and the dark lord of derkham).