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[Ukrainian Ranger]

I don't doubt that even 9-3=6 may end badly for our health. I suspect that GM has some hidden tables with nasty stuff

Edited my suggestion, BTW. Chat with lovebirds may bring even more problems

[Weirdsound]

I don't doubt that even 9-3=6 may end badly for our health. I suspect that GM has some hidden tables with nasty stuff

Edited my suggestion, BTW. Chat with lovebirds may bring even more problems

No tables. I interpret the rolls as I see fit.

Also, feel free to suggest time-skips if you want.

[Mlamlah]

Best to screw up now when it's relatively safe, than later in a fight.

[Thecard]

Uk, you can't live your virtual life in fear of a one.  Let's have a sit-down with our birds.  Get some tea and scones, and make them love us.

[Ukrainian Ranger]

better screw up when we healty

If we do time skip until  something important happens I suggest
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1) Together with Alice train animal empathy on some small non dangerous animals near the tower (rodents, insects)
2) Talk with some old tree(s) near the tower, to try and learn some secrets
3) If that fails, use some fire magic to scare that tree and get useful information
4) Order our dwarf to make us a helmet from one of the maces, leave valuables here as well as artifact, let's not carry it with us
5)Experiment with sending mental and audial messages in future

Uk, you can't live your virtual life in fear of a one. 

I am not afraid of risks (Damn, I always said that you guys are too risk averse) , but there are no need to risk when benefits are minor but if other players insist

6) Pick a love bird to train it to be our pet

PS.  I  prefer UR

[Thecard]

I  prefer UR

Alright, I'll do my best to call you UR.  I dunno why I keep thinking you're UK.  The syllables or something.

[Ukrainian Ranger]

oh and almost forgot
7) Ask Alice about her lovers that she doesn't like much but that have nice skills\powers to be a candidate to conversion.

[GreatWyrmGold]

I don't doubt that even 9-3=6 may end badly for our health. I suspect that GM has some hidden tables with nasty stuff

Well, GM just said he has no tables, and 4-3 ended well enough...

Now about your numbered actions:
1. Sensible, if we time-skip.
2. See above.
3. Riight, turn the trees against us when most of our enemies aware of our existence are elves and most of our allies chat with plants...
4. See above. Not right above, two above.
5. And the past.
6. See #4. No matter how you interpret that, it works.
7. Be subtler if we do it at all...

[Thecard]

I agree with all of UKR's plan, but for 5) let's try the past first, and see if we can get some advice from dear old dad.
Uh.. 7) seems interesting, I guess, but I don't know if she has lovers she doesn't like very much.  I guess maybe there are some who scorned her or something.  That could work out pretty nicely, I think.

[Mlamlah]

I think that if we wanted to send even messages through time that far we might have to get our virgin sacrifice on.

[Thecard]

I think that if we wanted to send even messages through time that far we might have to get our virgin sacrifice on.

Well, let's go find us a gaggle of virgins.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Let's stick to sending a message five minutes or so back in time.

Say, have Alice hide something (a stick, a book, herself) somewhere in the tower, listen, follow our directions, and send a message back in time about how we found the item hidden.

If this works, we can figure out how to cheat time afterwards.

[Thecard]

Let's stick to sending a message five minutes or so back in time.

Say, have Alice hide something (a stick, a book, herself) somewhere in the tower, listen, follow our directions, and send a message back in time about how we found the item hidden.

If this works, we can figure out how to cheat time afterwards.

Well yeah, start small.  I just think sending messages back would be very useful.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Let's stick to sending a message five minutes or so back in time.

Say, have Alice hide something (a stick, a book, herself) somewhere in the tower, listen, follow our directions, and send a message back in time about how we found the item hidden.

If this works, we can figure out how to cheat time afterwards.

Well yeah, start small.  I just think sending messages back would be very useful.

Probably.
Do we still have any items dear old Dad gave us before leaving? Just in case communication through time ends up being one-way.

[Weirdsound]

Character:

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Name: the Male Night Troll "My father says I earn a name when people fear me enough to give me one."

Physical Traits:
Movement is Impaired in Left Arm. Grasping is Impaired in Left Hand. Right Leg Damaged; likely broken
Tattooed Arms "Prevents me from getting magic fatigued as easily, and even helps out a bit with casting. Also: Fashionable."
Springy Legs "I wish I could fly, but being able to jump like a flea and kick peoples ribs in is the next best thing."
Camouflaged Body "I can be invisible... at a glance or at a distance."
Hypnotic Gaze "I'm good at disabling a mortal's self preservation instinct... not so good at predicting his actions once I do."

Skills:
Eon Manipulation (+5) "Eon Manipulation is a family tradition. I hope to someday be as good as my father..."
Stealth (+4) "They can't escape what they can't see!"
Dark Manipulation (+2) "The night is my birthright and my greatest ally..."
Night Creature Empathy (+1) "Because it pays to be friends with other night dwellers."
Communication (+1) "Even for one as hideous as myself, a silver tongue goes a long way!"

Inventory:
A cursed bracelet of plant reading [+1 when listening to plants] (Worn, right arm, boosts Plant Empathy in some situations)
Scorchedjade, An Artifact Rose Quartz Spear [Unknown Enchantment(s)] (Wielded, right hand)
Steel Buckler (Wielded, left arm)
A Soul Catcher Necklace (Worn)
2 Steel Maces [Noisy and Somewhat Encumbering] (Hanging from belt and strapped to back)
Alchemist's Work Outfit [Shirt, Apron, Pants] (Worn)
-6 Handfuls of Beach Sand (In pocket)
-An Elf Tooth Charm Necklace (In pocket)
-1 Handheld mirror (In pocket)
-2 Large Rubies (In Pocket)
-2 Platinum Ingots (In Pockets, Straining Garmet)
-1 Human Brain of Phyros [Magically Preserved] (In pocket)
-1 Small Sack of Grey Powder Labeled 'Phoenix Ash' (In Pocket)
-1 Small Sack of Assorted Dragon Bits [Small Bones, Scales, Teeth, Ect] (In Pocket)
-1 Small Sack Labeled 'Warning: Gunpowder' (In Pocket)
-1 Book Titled 'Intro to the Inferno: The Scourge's Guide to Flame Manipulation' (In Pocket)
-1 Book Titled 'The Devil's Cookbook: Alchemy for Those Lacking in Moral Fiber' (In Pocket)
Thick Belt (Worn)
-1 Large Knife (Sheathed, Hanging from Belt)
-1 Saber (Sheathed, Hanging from Belt)
"Shit. Now I need to kill another human for Alchemy components. Wonderful..."

Perks:
Magic Perks
Budding Animal Empath: You will gain the animal empathy skill if you succeed in 1 animal empathy actions, or successfully study it in a book
Budding Plant Empath: You will gain the plant empathy skill if you succeed in 2 plant empathy actions, or successfully study it in a book.
Improving Communicator: Your Communication skill will increase if you succeed in 3 communication actions, or train extensively under a superior communicator.
Time Displacement Specialist: Take a +1 to any attempt to send something foward in time.
Budding Fire Manipulator: You will gain the fire manipulation skill if you succeed in 2 fire manipulation actions or train with somebody who has it
Aspiring Water Manipulator: You will gain the water manipulation skill if you succeed in 6 water manipulation actions, or train extensively with somebody who has it
Aspiring Swordsman: You will gain the Armed Combat [Swords] skill if you succeed in 6 sword combat actions, or train extensively with somebody who has it
Fire Manipulation Utility Theory: You do not suffer an untrained skill penalty for using non-destructive fire magic
Fire Manipulation Combat Theory: You do not suffer an untrained skill penalty for using fire magic to destroy, kill, or maim
Bug Speaker: You do not suffer an untrained skill penalty for using animal empathy on bugs
Bird Speaker: You do not suffer an untrained skill penalty for using animal empathy on birds
Youth Speaker: Take a +1 to any attempt to communicate with a mortal who is under 30 (Or equivilant to being under 30 for non humans)

Reproductive Perks
Mature: You are physically and mentally capable of converting and impregnating mates. To do so you must spend a "Gift" perk. "Gift" perks can be gained by rolling very high, learning new skills, or through other supernatural means. If you create a child it may be born with some traits of it's mother in addition to whatever gift you use to conceive it.
First Gift: Can be spent to convert or impregnate a mate. The night troll created will have your four physical features. Gifts that grant more than two traits are rare, so this may be worth saving for somebody special.
Gift of Puppetry: Can be spent to convert or impregnate a mate. The night troll created will be bound to follow your commands for as long as you both live. You will be made aware of any major changes to your puppet's health or location.
Gift of Hideousness: Can be spent to convert or impregnate a mate. The night troll created will appear so unatural and ugly that it will almost always elicit a powerful emotional response (typically fear, disgust, or anger) in any mortal who lays eyes on it.
Gift of Withering Touch: Can be spent to convert or impregnate a mate. The night troll created will have the ability to cause mortal beings to age upon physical contact. Humans can be brought from infancy to natural death in about 30 minutes. Dwarves take about three times that much. Elves and Goblins can be aged to phyiscal maturity, but not beyond that point.

Recipes:
Drought of Perception Blotting: Causes the drinker to become invisible to members of a single sentient race unless the drinker tries to get their attention or is pointed out to them.
-1 Brain of the Race you wish to be not noticed by
-1 Fistfull of ash from burned oak
-1 1 Large Mug of digestive juices from a mammal

Other Party Members:
Gwendolyn, the Night Troll Consort (Healthy, Unfamiliar with her own body)
-Loincloth
-Oak Sword (Enchanted)
-Willow Sword (Enchanted)
-Steel Mace
-Steel Mace
Alice, the 16 Year Old Human Woodsman (Healthy)
-Rope Reed Fiber Shirt
-Whale Leather Armor [Helm, Vest, Leggings, Boots, Gloves]
-Steel Combat Knife
-Steel Workman's Ax
-Rubber Wood Bow
-Human Leather Quiver [50 Steel Arrows]
-Coin Purse [33 Dwanmaiden Silver Coin, 3 Foghorn the Vile Aluminum Doubloons]

Or turn a part of  our body in something nasty... Let's not play with powerful artifact that we know nothing about, we have been  warned. I support droping rubies\platinium and sand in furnace as likely artifact ingredients

I suggest to visit lovebirds and start a pack animal (pack bird? )  lovebird training. 

Nope, if make them mad due to failed roll that's awful while we can't defend ourself

Plant empathy, then? Are there are any old tree near the tower? We may talk with it and try learn secrets of the tower

Deciding you don't need to carry so much stuff on you, you send Alice down to the forge with your mineral wealth. No point in climbing the ladder with a broken leg if you don't have to.

You then head outside and look for a tree. This isn't particularly easy, as the tower is on a grassy slope removed from the woods. Eventualy you find a tree. It dosn't look terribly old, but you suspect it has been around long enough to at least know a bit about the tower and it's previous owner. You listen to the tree for a bit, but it fails to give any useful information straight up, so you open a link with it and give the plant a prompt. It responds, and over the next 30 minutes you receive a stream of information consisting of fact and rumor. 1d20 = 17 - 3(Untrained Skill) + 1(Tattoo) = 15

-Although a benevolent wizard for the most part, Phyros was shunned by the nearby human town as he quarreled with it's champion.-

-They say there is a ghost in the basement of the tower. He may be after more than just his freedom.-

-Phyros, the wizard who used to run the tower, had four lobotomized virgins delivered in suspened animation delivered to his tower two days before he died. He was likely planning a powerful ritual.-

-Somebody has been leaving flowers on the base of the hill the tower stands on, every night since Phyros died.-

-A flock of lovebirds have moved onto the tower roof. They make the place seem peaceful.-

-After killing Phyros, Foghorn the vile was PISSED he couldn't find the wizard's lockbox.-

As the tree begins to recycle lines and you begin to bore of the discussion, you abruptly notice a book appear in a flash of green, leaning against the plant. Upon closer inspection it turns out to be your copy of Intro to the Inferno. On the front inside cover of the book you notice a message scrawled in chalk. In your handwriting.

"A femur from that elf girl we just ate has been hidden under the pillow. Fetch it and return it to the dungeon. You will find chalk in the cell with the old skeleton. Write this message in your copy of the book and send it back to the time and place you found it. Keep this copy of the book.

-The only person you trust"

Deciding to listen to yourself, you head inside and check under the pillow, where sure enough you find a Femur bone. This causes a bit of concern. You know fully well that only a truly powerful Eon Mage could start a chain of events that involves communicating with the past. Could Foghorn be testing you? Or your father trying to make contact across the centuries? Who moved the bone in the first place and why is it significant?

You haul the femur back downstairs, and find the chalk where you were told you could. You scrawl out the message to yourself quickly and focus on the book, and with a slight pop, it vanishes into the past. 1d20 = 7 + 4(Skill) + 1(Tattoos) = 12

Shaken, you call Alice back upstairs and change the topic back to her personal life. You try to subtly steer the direction towards heartbreak, but the human catches on to your intentions and calls you out.

"Listen. There might be some people out there who hurt me that I want to get back at, but I'd be a total idiot if handed them over to you to be turned into immortal monsters. It would give them additional reasons to dislike me, more power to exact revenge against me, and force me to sleep under the same roof as them."

Alice sighs. "If you can find some way to ensure my safety, we might be able to come to a deal." 1d20 = 10 + 1(Skill) + 1(Perk) = 12