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Topic: You Filthy Little Thief!!!
Subject: Greetings, fellow orphan (who in this city isn't? XD)
Theresa Lofton? That name had no face for Miran's rather impressive memory. The name itself, however, was spoken occaisionally by the older orphans as he grew up. Not that he could really devote much attention to ancient memories as Percy threatened to drag him to the floorboards of this dark tavern.
Thankfully she dettached herself to order drinks while Dai spilled her life's story with frequent interruption from Ocyari. Miran himself might have occupied one of the interruptions had they not been completely taken by the curious child.
When Percy returned with drinks for the crew, Miran watched her drunken act with wonder. She did pretty well, who knew how much practice she had?
"I'm sure we'd all be overjoyed to have more help from a fellow orphan. Most of our brothers and sisters cannot afford time from their regular duties, you say you will come with us? As the girls say, the more the merrier.
Since you've been here longer, do you think you could identify a person whom we think may have information about the theft."
It struck Miran a moment later to wonder about the man who entered. In such a locale, his celebration seemed suggestive of a less than honourable acheivement. What could he have recently pulled off to arrive here in such spirits?
Posted on 2008-08-22 at 18:00:11.
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Topic: The Inconceivable Crusaders
Subject: Gamiates
As he had proven a number of time in the past, Grakh was not one who favoured the idea of attacking an unprepared opponent. Whether wittingly or not, he nearly ensured that any foe within about a mile was fully prepared for his descent into the cave. It may prove a boon or bust to the two who set of seconds ago. Perhaps the metal cacophony emanating from beyond the cave mouth would deceive potential listens into misjudging the proximity of the front lines. But then, perhaps not.
Gamiates followed behind, careful not to be in the way of either of the half-orcs. They both knew how to fight, and fight well they did, where his own speciality favoured distance from his enemies.
Who knows, if the group was lucky today, the clamour would chase away any hostilities already present within the cave. Maybe they would leave the painting behind also, or possibly they hasn't even arrived to perform the transaction. Maybe world peace would arrive any moment now and rainbows would shoot through the skies. Gamiates was not necessarily the optimistic type.
Posted on 2008-08-22 at 16:17:52.
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Topic: The Day They Woke Up on the Wrong Side of Reality
Subject: Trapped by skeletons! Again!
Fighting bone with fire, Jeremy lashed out with his torch. Ghostly pinpoints tracked the swing and held just out of the arc as it rushed before the body. The skeleton began to move in with its sharp finger bones, woe to those who watched but could do nothing from behind.
Then with a cry, Ben's axe appeared to split the time-worn skull. The blow was more powerful than the effect would suggest, yet the bone still shattered, the force leaving the remainder of the body flying back.
However, no sooner had Ben destroyed the skeleton than the one next to it moved into place. It's right arm swung toward Jeremy, whose reflexes helped him dodge out of the way. At the same time, the skeleton in front of Ben, previously ignored, took advantage of Ben's distraction. Ben, though, wasn't as entirely unprepared for the assault as it seemed, not as though the mindless functions of the skeleton could interperet that. Ben leapt away from the first slash, but couldn't dodge the nearly instant second claw. It dug into his ribcage, just under his right arm and tore visciously through flesh and muscle [-5 Ben 7/15].
Owen saw a chance, but weaponless he took a different tact and didn't leap into the path of the skeleton that now held the place. He cast about for items which could be used to invoke skeletal destruction. Though his search proved pretty much vain, as the nearest free weapon in the form of large, heavy stones lay in the rubble filled room beyond their attackers.
Posted on 2008-08-22 at 15:58:06.
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Topic: Forgotten Realms: the Unsung Heroes Q/A
Subject: And to think
How close it was to a 44% rate when you chugged that potion. We have a supergnome now, instead of another dead one. Don't forget Artanis' shield either... wow. We ought to be careful.
Posted on 2008-08-22 at 06:00:20.
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Topic: Forgotten Realms: The Unsung Heroes
Subject: Dylan's Back
For the majority of the three days Dylan spoke fairly little, but observed much. He studied the habits of his new companions for some time, then began to question them, beginning with the sturdy famrer at the head of this venture. The group he had chanced upon were mostly hired by Bartholomew not so long ago in the city Darromar. Linnix, the drow Aelistae, the half-elf Artanis, and the glowing gnome Xaris were what remained of the original team, having lost two of their members in a fire. Talus joined quite recently, at the last city when he helped with the fire that killed the two women. There was, for a time, another woman who died that same night before Dylan encountered them.
The mission itself was nothing more glorious or heroic than rescuing the James family and relocating them to safety. Still, it had clearly attracted the attention of a good number of able bodied warriors. For scarce profit and nonexistant fame they set out against greater danger than they knew. There's something that would make a pretty good fireside tale, Dylan thought, too bad I'm no story teller.
At the downed bridge, Dylan was slightly put out by the carnal sight before him, being a man with more peacable aims through most conflicts. While the others came up with suggestions for the crossing of the bridge, he considered his options for not the first time. He was already going north, travelling with an obviously well armed company. If he kept his wits about him, he would have a most serendipitous adventure on his way.
Finally, later that night, he decided to officialize his participation in this quest. He unveiled his reasoning and tried not to sound like he was convincing himself as well; the mortality rate of this crew was unfortunately high. Of course, Dylan was no stranger to lady luck Tymora, and had some experience of his own from travelling alone. "Besides," he added, commmitted to the desicion, "I'm a sucker for finding out how the story ends." He didn't really leave any room open for rejection in his speech, though he didn't expect to be denied anyway. He said nothing until after Aelistae prayed to her goddess, listening intently to the music.
"We should come up with a back-up plan just in case this spell of yours doesn't want to work the way you want," Dylan suggested. "No need to waste time on it immediately, especially if this works the first time. Just keep it in mind."
Posted on 2008-08-22 at 05:30:29.
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Topic: Forgotten Realms: the Unsung Heroes Q/A
Subject: Ouch
That is a fierce north winded conclusion to two more characters. This is one of those occaisions where one is forced to recall the birth of the saying 'Lawful Stupid'. Anyway, an honourable retreat is a bit overdue so new characters it is I guess. I wonder who will join our crew next- more importantly, does Chris have any other side plots he can throw at the new characters to occupy them? Oh dear- and what about Firin? I hope he has some kind of ammulet of ice immunity hidden under those bandages somewhere....
Oh, and I'm back now. I'll see what I can do about that update for our lovable bard (anyone else notice a large number of singers seem to inhabit our group. A few have departed, whether by father or fire, but I notice a number of non-bard singers XD)
Posted on 2008-08-22 at 02:56:45.
Edited on 2008-08-22 at 02:59:54 by Sibelius Eos Owm
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Topic: Filthy Thief Q/A
Subject: The perils
of starting off at only 4th level hey? With a few more levels (and perhaps a few more) we really could tear the building down. But then, the DM is supposed to give us something to keep us in check for when we try to do ridiculous things like that. Attacking the familiar was cold-blooded though- that mountainous beast has made himself a dangerous enemy.
Posted on 2008-08-15 at 04:58:53.
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Topic: Filthy Thief Q/A
Subject: Lol
30 points to the one who sent the bloodsucker screaming for his mommy.
I'll wait to see if Al has any second judgement on familiar placing/detection before I decide what to post. I am predicting a sorcerous meltdown here if the owl was killed. Heck, with Percy's reputation, there should be hell to pay whether the owl will live or not. We just need to figure out how to get in now though.
Other plans include trying again tomorrow, attempting to talk to the vampire-crowd, turning undead at the crowd for the fun of it, assaulting the door, assualting the crowd, flying in through yonder window and..... oh, yeah, throwing the vampire in through yonder convenient window.
Maybe now is Ocyari's time to shine, with quick tricks of legerdemain and other skuldudgery?
Posted on 2008-08-15 at 04:37:07.
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Topic: Q&A: The Day They Woke Up on the Wrong Side of Reality
Subject: You may or may not notice
But I arbitrarily increased one of each of your scores by a small jump. If you have questions or complaints, go look up the word 'arbitrary' and don't bother me ^-^.
Posted on 2008-08-15 at 04:21:23.
Edited on 2008-08-15 at 04:53:55 by Sibelius Eos Owm
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Topic: The Day They Woke Up on the Wrong Side of Reality
Subject: I
My body jerked when I realized there were more monsters in this room. I already knew, as I had during the last battle, that I wouldn't be able to do much to help. Standing in the back, I was at least safe for now from attack, but that couldn't have been further from what I wanted. Before I was very preoccupied with the pain in my stomach, but now that the wound was gone - without a trace no less - I wanted to visit destruction against the monsters.
My first true glimpse that reality had been left behind those stone double doors came to me with a malicious, yellow grin and a sudden pain in my stomach. I had fallen over quite immediately, it was a survival instinct to get out of the way of danger and was also a weakness of mine; I probably wouldn't stand well as a warrior the way Ben was. Though with magic on my side, I could overcome. I also had another asset at hand- I could shout hella loud.
"Push them back! We're trapped in this hall!" I waited and watched the battle. When my chance came, I would take it without hesitation.
(Note to players, I think I'll be using 1st person for my own posts and reserve third person for mastering the game and such.)
Posted on 2008-08-15 at 03:50:50.
Edited on 2008-08-15 at 03:52:11 by Sibelius Eos Owm
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Topic: The Inconceivable Crusaders
Subject: Gamiates- Both Spellcasters in one
Gamiates watched the cliff grow closer with aprehension. He had guessed that this journey would result in the need to climb since he first spotted the cave, though he wished with every approaching step that it would not be necessary. By the time he stopped before the base of the cliff, he was cursing himself for not having a Jump spell prepared to deal with things like this.
He reached out to the rocky mountain face as Grakh did to his right. He winced at the idea of one even as strong as he climbing in that full suit of steel. Gamiates himself wore no armour, opting for a long black tunic with elbow length sleeves and pale yellow breeches. Besides, armour would do nothing more than get in the way of his spellcasting gestures, which was ultimately his most important asset. Gamiates paused one last time to ensure that none of his supplies would be tempted into an impromptu flight, then glanced up to the top of the cliff. This wouldn't be an easy climb for either of them.
Posted on 2008-08-14 at 15:35:50.
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Topic: Inconceivable Crusaders Q&A
Subject: Perhaps
Perhaps it is shown like that a d20 + 8 for his AC? Making it normally 18.
But that's not what I have come to write- Nice epic post Wyrmsting (well, in comparison I mean, Reralae so far holds the record I've seen). Though I have to say, is it a growing trend to out-do the DM? 
Posted on 2008-08-14 at 15:00:52.
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Topic: Filthy Thief Q/A
Subject: uh
oh dear
Posted on 2008-08-13 at 21:19:31.
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Topic: You Filthy Little Thief!!!
Subject: To spot a vampire, apply copious amounts of holy water to your subject
"Is it going to be you?" He asked Miran.
Miran didn't answer immediately as he gazed at the crowd contemplatively. It was clear to him that no spell of his could be put to use determining identity. He glanced at the man for a moment, still remaining quiet, then turned to Percy, "O mighty sorceress Percifeer, do you have any wisdom or magic to share?"
A spell like Detect Magic, keyed instead to vampires would provide a very immediate answer. "Paomallen? Beinsel? Can you identify undead from sight?"
Posted on 2008-08-13 at 20:53:23.
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Topic: Inconceivable Crusaders Q&A
Subject: Haha
Can you say major party issues? One of us dislikes orcish creatures, one of the half-orcs is a paladin who by definition dislikes non-do-gooders (which is every other member of the party). I wonder how we are going to get past these interesting things. The party has been together for at least some time now, so maybe we've grown tolerant of each other, or there is some other special reason. Maybe we're all secretly planning to run a knife through the backs of everyone else (longsword through the front for the paladin).
Also, you may notice my char sheet missing from above. My only defence is that I hate looking for magic items to hack at my budget, especially since mages don't get to use armour.
Posted on 2008-08-13 at 14:50:55.
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Topic: Filthy Thief Q/A
Subject: Hehe
Yeah, it's simple enough. Fireball the crowd- the one still standing has Spell Resistance XD. I hope Pao has Detect Evil, or we're going to have to get creative. Mirrors anyone?
Posted on 2008-08-13 at 14:45:28.
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Topic: You Filthy Little Thief!!!
Subject: Miran the Dark Artist
Angry, Ocyari stomps over to the wall and sits down with her arms crossed, pouting.
Miran mentally sighed. Be another member of the party as she may, places such as the Heart of Darkness were no places for children, and even less so for childish act. Paomallen knelt down to talk her out of her mood. Miran decided that he would take it upon himself to talk with her also, but later.
"For my part, I think Miran has a point. Hopefully, the contest would be non-lethal, and I would think he could handle it. If Miran wants to go for it, I say let him try."
Miran was pleased that he had some support in the manner, and so bouyed he stepped up to the challenge, "I think we shall meet to the challenge of Dark Powers. What do we have to do to gain entrance with this contest?" He touched briefly with his mind each of the spells he had left for the day. No doubt the Silent Image spell he had used not so long ago would have cleared the bar, but such was no longer an option. Another simple illusion such as Ghost Sound should suffice. He hoped the test would require of him nothing more than a simple cantrip. He only had so much ability to memorize spells, and the night could hold many more suprises.
Posted on 2008-08-13 at 03:59:32.
Edited on 2008-08-13 at 03:59:52 by Sibelius Eos Owm
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Topic: D&D 4.0 Discussion
Subject: Of all the things
Of all the things in 4e that I have noticed from my brief time considering the books, there is one thing I wish we could have: The artwork.
I've decided on a whole not to hate 4e, but to hate what it represents and to hate the little changes to details that mess with a previous gamer's head. Why is there no tyrant alignment? no liberator alignment? You know which ones I mean- Lawful Evil and Chaotic Good. 'Tis an outrage. Also, as a matter of personal preference, I don't like one thing that they did to the monster manual, and that is that they came up with random creatures of the same type, like the skeleton. I don't think any of these extra types are necessary or make sense. Oh, and lastly I guess this point will be, as I have been rambling on too long, look at what they did to the elemental! Outrageous! The mixed and matched and combined a couple of them but left out most of them if their intention was cross-elemental creatures.
Posted on 2008-08-12 at 14:04:02.
Edited on 2008-08-12 at 14:04:58 by Sibelius Eos Owm
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Topic: You Filthy Little Thief!!!
Subject: Ooh
Miran felt somewhat insulted at the mocking tone in which his words were relayed back to him. Though insulted as me may be, his sense of self-preservation won out and he agreed with himself to proceed with an amiable outlook. A test of Strength, Stealth, or Dark Powers? Miran quickly considered the challenge. Who would be best for a challenge of Strength? Pio no doubt. Stealth? That would be Llammoth. Brilliant. He glanced back at Ocyari to hush her when she put forth the possibility of meeting the stealth challenge. Miran wouldn't even consider such a notion.
But Dark Powers, there was quite likely their ticket in the door. "To what type of manifestation do you refer to when you speak of 'Dark Powers'?" Miran asked with a good measure of confidence. If the brute meant what Miran believed him to mean, this would be no problem. Surely any one of them could summon up the appropriate display if he guessed correctly. How could he deny a summoned stampeding horse entrance afterall?
Posted on 2008-08-11 at 23:05:09.
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Topic: The Inconceivable Crusaders -- Recruitment
Subject: Filling in for my bro
Dragon Shaman looks all okay. Okron actually just spent the weekend playing a gold (unrelated to this situation) shaman. Wow, so much interest, so few openings. I may have to ask my brother if 7 or 8 would be acceptable for his campaign XD. We'll see, surely enough, we'll see.
Posted on 2008-08-11 at 20:38:58.
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Topic: The Inconceivable Crusaders -- Recruitment
Subject: I'll field the availability question
It's pretty much first-come, first serve, which means I desperately need to hand in a character soon. Okron is currently working on what to tell you people about the general area we live in.
Posted on 2008-08-10 at 14:56:54.
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Topic: You Filthy Little Thief!!!
Subject: Entering the Heart
Finally the group turned down the right alley to make it toward the Heart of Darkness. Miran paused for a second, the idea of gaining admission to such a place did not please him as he came within sight of it. It was certainly even less inviting now at the front door than when they heard the name spoken half way across Drefast.
"Hush now, Ocyari. Stick close to us," he whispered back to the girl as she made one last puppet.
Before the iron bound door even Miran did not miss the benefit of moving through these streets fully armed. He hoped that inside the steel might continue to be a deterrence for troublemakers. He extended his arm and grasped the handle, attempting nonchalance. When the handle did not turn he did a double take, and found himself soon eye-level with the door block's chest.
"What do you want?" the man positively growls at the party.
"We wish to obtain access to this establishment, fine sir," Miran manages to say as he discovers the head of the creature a bit above where he would expect.
Posted on 2008-08-10 at 14:52:53.
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Topic: The Inconceivable Crusaders -- Recruitment
Subject: By questionable I intended to say
Generally looked down upon by the public eye. Obviously doesn't need to be the case for all or even any of us (save our Drow) but it is a fun possibility. My comment about the abundance of rogues was just a laugh as I see characters coming into my brother's inbox.
Posted on 2008-08-10 at 05:52:22.
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Topic: The Inconceivable Crusaders -- Recruitment
Subject: There's not much to say about characters by way of class
Rogue, Rogue, Rogue, Fighter, Wizard/Cleric (the last of which would be my own character)
Posted on 2008-08-10 at 05:39:23.
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Topic: The Inconceivable Crusaders -- Recruitment
Subject: I should mention before it is too late
Okron, you know of Reralae's rogue already (that's not to say another rogue wouldn't be appreciated), and I shall make my own whatever I'm doing eventually. Note to other players that characters of questionable nature are welcomed. It is for that reason that Okron and I fashioned the campaign name thus.
Also, in defence of Reralae's character- Jevaf was created long before her player knew anything about a particular Drow named Drizz't.
EDIT: I must amend something: though characters of questionable nature are welcomed, non-evil characters are required. This comment is directed at the discriminated against, such as Drow (Jevaf), Goblinoids, etc. Also there is a few PrCs in Complete Scoundrel that make for much fun with this (Grey Guard, Malconvoker-this last summons demons for the purpose of fighting devils etc.)
Posted on 2008-08-10 at 03:39:50.
Edited on 2008-08-10 at 03:44:42 by Sibelius Eos Owm
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