The new good deities are stubbed in.

If anyone feels creative and would like to hep develop any of these, please let me know!

I just updated these pages to give better titles, and make those larfer and centered on the screen.  I.e. made them far more useful.

Alan got it, that is the Bófir name for the earth spirit, aka Kith-jora.

All existing good deities have been updated.  We need one or two small items to be consistent - Merca doesn't have a "joining the pantheon" blurb, Falloed doesn't have a quote.  But overall, these have been moved to the new format and are looking good.

Note that there are three new good deities coming:

Erna, goddess of hope
Satta, goddess of peace
Armon, god of mercy and second chances

Haha, I knew who it was.  Do I count?

I have updated the four greater gods of good.  

You will notice a couple of big changes already.

Oriana is no longer a subordinate lesser deity of Shinara.  She is now a greater deity, taking Therassor's place as a greater good power.  I have given her followers a little more in the way of granted powers to reflect her increased status.

She is closely allied with Shinara and Telamor.  

Therassor is now a subordinate of Rydor.  I have yet to update his entry, but it's coming.  Oriana's page mentions two of the new lesser deities that are coming - Satta, lesser goddess of peace and Armon, lesser god of mercy and second chances.

More to come...

Cidal and sylvari, ranger and rogue - the mismatched pair of lightfooted travelers moved to act as scouts along the trail that the rest of the party vacated.  

After the over large raven dissapeared, the forest seemed to go very quiet - unnaturally so.  Isilmewen and Rosariel could both feel their skin nearly crawl at the unexpected silence, like a calm before a storm.  

And yet, nothing happened.

The main group continued in a parallel course to the trail - at least, as close to one as they could muster - while the dedicated scouts roamed back and forth, keeping an eye on the path ad the group moved.  As near as the ranger cold tell, the tracks - both sylvari and owlbear - continued along the trail with no breaks in them.

Gradually, the path picked up elevation, grew steeper, more rocky.  Eventually, it wound its way up to what felt eerily like a natural fortress - the trail slipped between two large boulders, making it impossible to take any reasonable alternate route.  It felt like a trap, buy Dak could find no traps, Isilmewen could find no snares.  So despite their misgivings, the group made their way carefully through the pass.

And still, nothing happened.

Once behind the natural stone walls of the boulders, the group found themselves on a more thinly wooded hilltop, with much more space in between the trees.  Indeed, near the center of the summit lay a natural clearing, offering a ring of grass for the sun to cast its gaze down upon.

In the center of the clearing stood a lone sylvari.

Before the companions could confer as to what to do about the figure, a scratchy male voice spoke up.  "There is no point to skulk about, I have known of your presence for some time now."  As he spoke, he chuckled absently.  A chorus of raven croaks - more gutteral than any crow's caw - seemed to join in laughter from among the trees.

"Bah, do not stand there and gawk!" he exclaimed.  "You seek me, so approach!"

The figure was that of an ancient sylvari, old even by the standards of the long-lived children of the stars.  His unkempt long hair was gray, knotted, and bespeckled with dirt and twigs.  Over his gaunt frame, he wore a robe that once must have been green, but had clearly seen many seasons out of doors; dirt and grime were deeply ground into the cloth.  His rheumy eyes boasted irises nearly devoid of all color even as he fixed the group witha calculated gaze.  He leaned on a knotted wooden walking stick as the party approached.

"You stand in a sacred grove!" he proclaimed emphatically in a voice that sounded as if it was nearly unaccustomed to speech.  "Why have you followed me, why do you despoil this place with your presence?"

Mae'rel noticed the disk around the old syl's neck - it was made of stone, but had the image of a tree etched upon it.  This would mark the elder as a servant of Adoran, lord of nature.  And yet, something of this talisman seemed amiss.  Every time she had ever seen such a symbol, the tree seemed vibrant, alive, growing.  The tree on this symbol was instead twisted, bent, blighted.  

I have organized and sorted the religion page, putting the deities into sensible order.  I am about to start the arduous process of editing all of the existing deities to correct some things, to standardize entries, to make them more usable.

I will also be adding some new ones - and removing one.

Welcome back!  Glad to see you again.  The post was worth the wait, of course.

The raven is huge, but not quite to the point where you would think it beyond the realm of natural possibility.   

I need to know the plan for sure.  We are sending a scout - but who?  Seems like you are going parallel to the trail, yes?

Just wanted to post a thread here to highlight Audlis creations.  With the help of a handful of creative people, I have really started to turn some effort toward expanding the world once more.

Today, I posted the article on Gaela and Lleua, the Moon Goddesses.  Esther and I cooked up this tale months ago, but I never quite plished it and published.  Well, here we are.

A little bit back, I added the Cliaraí character class.  These are servants of Telamor, the god of artistry - think something like a bard, but all of the magic is divine.  This one was pretty much my own brainchild.

Then, we have the Bófir - a race of minotaur-like beings, refugees from Capasha.  This was all Silas' idea, I just helped him cook it and write it out.  

Anyway, I hope that you enjoy.  We have som much more coming, and would LOVE for anone else who would like to help flesh out tot world to jump in and help!

Just as a gentle reminder, Dak is going to be superior to anyone in the group for sneaking around in general.  In indorrs or urban situations, he will be peerless for certain.

Outdoors, in the woods, etc?  Isilmewen is going to have the upper hand.

Not saying Dak is a bad choice to scout.  Just making sure everyone is aware of the skill sets at play here.

It has been asked, so let me comment here.

This is a very large raven, yes.  It's the biggest one any of you have ever seen.  It is not supernaturally large, however.  Not person sized, just a really big bird.  Noteworthy, but not magically so.

Sorry for the delay.  Back off of holidays, life should be back to normal.  I'll post weekly... and if everyone can manage, maybe even as much as twice per week.

Please be aware that I did some heavy assuming in this post.  The commentary of the posts seemed to suggest that you folks wanted to follow the footprints of the person inside of the cave.  I felt it would have been frustrating to do a round of posts outide the cave, then start following with another round.  If I'm wrong, say so, mea culpa, I'll chop things into finer pieces in the future.

Always verify.

There are no real contacts to establish here.  Any settlements nearby will be little more than village/hamlet type things.  No real enterprise for Dak to connect to.

Owlbears do not eat their young.  They are fiercly protective.  Taking an owlbear egg or baby is asking for death.

There are no major settlements nearby.  You ae still roughly a week out of Hyanda Nost.  Winde'Kua lies nearby to the south/southeast, but you would need to cross back over the river - and Winde'Kua is a ruin.  

There are surely smaller villages and the like within a day or two at the most.

No other identifying marks on the pendant.  The silver work is very cunning, and the ruby, while not epecially large, is impressive.

First set:

1) the ceiling is unremarkable rock.  Some cracks.  Irregularities.  Appears like a totally normal cave.
2) late morning, yes.
3) ESP requires you to be actively seeking, you must focus on the target to perceive thoughts.  I imagine it to be like noise in a room, but you can focus on one source at a time.  There is noise from a half dozen other party members, but nothing else perceptible.
4) it is impossible to say.  Everything in the cave has been eaten to some degree.

Second set:

1) difficult to say.  The floor is hard packed dirt and rock, there aren't a lot of great impressions.  Best guess would be boots, but not human-style hard soles and such.
2) the pace would appear to be normal walking.
3) the locations and directions are scattered and random - again, the floor isn't conductive to great prints, and you have owlbears tromping all over everything.  There do appear to be consistent marks going in and out of the cave entrance, however.

A little loot, a couple of questions... there ya go.

I love fluffy roleplay.  No need to change anything there.

This can be so easily done badly.  If people have to actually worry about their character being harmed by an ally... that's just not a lot of fun in most games.  

If this is Octavia taking the "my character is basically having barbarian rages without the actual class, because it's fun RP"... I can get behind that.  And it does give a lot of chance for RP and such.  Hold person, the calming herb... those are genius.  

My only concern now is that I don't want it to get tiresome.  But if this is a legit character arc, where Ruadhrí undergoes some character growth - but maybe struggles and backslides some along the way?  Okay, I can admit that this could be an engrossing, memorable story if done right.

Okay, I will go ahead and admit it - I wasn't a huge fan of the "Ruadhrí loses his mind in fights" angle.  But you folks are turning it into some compelling reading, and now, I want to see where this goes.

I have updated the roster page to include all character names in the first post.  Reralae has also posted her concept to the thread.