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[Mlamlah]

Let's keep it simple and cut it.

[Thecard]

Son of a bitch.  This is why we don't walk alone, huh?
And cut it.  Why the hell would we displace it?

[Mlamlah]

Okay, after we're done that, i guess we have to hop home. Let's talk to the trees though, for directional purposes.

[Ukrainian Ranger]

OK, We got lucky with that jump, really lucky. Of cause a lot of time is wasted, but well, that 13 is good

As for vine. Knife is a simpler solution... but both include falling on the ground.... And I dislike that. How will we get home with the broken leg? hopping = asking for more trouble We are the most pathetic night troll ever lived

I am starting to suspect that we'll not get Claira before Vindel

[Weirdsound]

Character:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

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 (+4) "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)
Artifact Rose Quartz Spear [Unknown Enchantment(s)] (Wielded, right hand)
Steel Buckler (Wielded, left arm)
A Soul Catcher Necklace (Worn)
10 Steel Maces [Noisy and Somewhat Encumbering] (Hanging from belt and strapped to back)
Alchemist's Work Outfit [Shirt, Apron, Pants] (Worn)
-An Elf Tooth Charm Necklace (In pocket)
-1 Flint Fire-starter Kit (In pocket)
-1 Pair of Forceps (In pocket)
-1 Handheld mirror (In pocket)
-2 Large Rubies (In Pocket)
-15 Platinum Ingots (In Pockets, Straining Garmet)
-1 Human Stomach of Phyros [Magically Preserved] (In Pocket)
-1 Human Brain of Phyros [Magically Preserved] (In pocket)
-1 Medium Sized Jar Labeled 'Ghost Pepper Jam' (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)
"I have to steal souls.... Eeeeeeeewwww...."

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
Improving Eon Mage: Your Eon magic skill will increase if you succeed in 2 successful Eon Manipulation actions, or train extensively with a superior eon manipulator twice.
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

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.

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

You cut through the vine and fall to the ground. You try to get to your feet, but your injured leg refuses to support any weight. Luckily you have an indestructible dwarven artifact to use as a walking stick. You collect the stuff you dropped and struggle to you feet.

You doubt you can make it back to the tower encumbered. The hunter will likely take whatever you leave behind... unless you lie in wait to dispatch him when he returns!

"This is soooooo not my day."

[Fireiy]

We REALLY need a navigational skill. Even if its as simple as using the sun and stars. Also, what have we dropped?

[Weirdsound]

We REALLY need a navigational skill. Even if its as simple as using the sun and stars. Also, what have we dropped?

If you check your inventory on the post where you stepped into the trap, some of your items say 'On Ground' instead of 'In Pocket'

Also, I've been implying that plant and animal empathy are navigation skills.

[Ukrainian Ranger]

Well, the hunter will become much richer... I offer to take two ignots, just in case, for artifact producing, rest of ignots and maces should be left here

[javierpwn]

Yeah, just take 2 and leave

[Thecard]

Make sure to pick the brain, cookbook and necklace back up.

[Ukrainian Ranger]

But damn we are screwed... Wasted several days worth of time for two damned ignots... And now we have broken leg and I think we need to change long term plans.... It's so bad that we basically promised Foghorn to get Claira, because I doubt that we'll have a chance soon enough

[javierpwn]

We need healing magic/runes...

[GreatWyrmGold]

Just because you can jump/are magic doesn't mean you can pull your feet/hooves out of 3-4 ft of solid EARTH

Requires good timing--displace the dirt far enough that the unicorn falls in, not far enough that it can hop out before the dirt comes back.

Also give Gwen saber? and allow her to displace/blink on top of charging unicorn and kill it!

What? "Here, honey, catch! Hopefully it's not too different than all the swords you've ever practiced with!"

Have you ever heard of "getting enormous stab wounds in your torso tends to be lethal, you video-game-expecting fool?" 

Pfff. That's why I don't want to stay defenseless while hoping that time jump will work

We've jumped through time before, Ranger. We can do it again. We know we can do it.

You're assuming failure means death. Heck, you're assuming a low success equals death! I'm guessing failure will either mean we don't displace ourself or we don't displace ourself as much as we intend, not that we die or go all frozen.

Yes, I assume that standing still and doing nothing will get us killed, of cause we may dodge and so on, but that means  multitasking penalty

We can jump forward in time without existing, and fail without being frozen, and you know what? Success means we'd be catapulted into the future, not that we'd get frozen.

Minor success should be better than death  but will not save us from danger
Those unicorns needs seconds to get to us. We can't attempt spell and then do something else. Also. we are casting powerful spell at ourself, failure may have other consequences expect nothing

1. Why not? The unicorns would probably move on after we aren't around, threatening their foal and all.
2. We have a lower chance of failing at eon manipulation than combat, and failure at combat rolls has a known effect: death, or at least maiming. I'd say that the option with a higher chance of success and a lower chance of horrible injury on a failure is better.

I vote displace ourself and run.

What? Running from a spearheaded charging horse that is 100ft away isn't a good idea... It's worse than meeting it with spear, it's worse then jumping aside in the last moment,  it's worse than falling to the ground and letting it to trample, hell it's worse than trying to jump on it's back or using animal empathy to calm down\scare it away. Running by foot is a plain suicide

Run after we displace...why did I type "and run"? I meant something like "displace TO run," I think.

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Edit:  if we jump away and Gwen will not... she may either get killed or severely injured and pissed at us. In fact she may view as a coward even if she escapes too.

All that this jump may do - reduce loses, we can't gain anything (expect gift of cowardice ) Even rolling 20 will likely do nothing exceptionally good.

Well, what can we gain by fighting? Unicorn horns on the off chance that we beat two superior opponents, honor no matter what. On the other hand, severe injuries are all but certain if we fight and death is probable. On the other hand, running has a MUCH lower chance of death, and while we might lose "honor," we'd gain points from anyone looking at how we avoid getting ourself killed.

javierpwn
They are charging at us NOW, there are no time for giving saber, chatting and doing anything else, we are limited to few actions... I'd prefer to stay with spear and do dirt displacement, but that "jump away with huge risk of death and gain nothing in the best case scenario" is winning

Huge? That's like a huge failure, and we have about a +6 to eon manipulation. On a d20. When success is at least a 10. Yes, the 15% chance of any kind of failure gives us a huge chance of dying.

We have bonuses to magic, and no bonuses to combat.
Remember who wanted to get those combat bonuses?
Me.  What did we get?  A nice voice.  I had a feeling this would happen.

Yeah, yeah. Why do you think we're not trying to fight?
This isn't Final Fantasy, we don't need to kill all our problems. And anyways, we've been getting excellent mileage out of most of our skills.[/s]

Darn. Um,  wasn't expecting 19 replies after I got back...probably shoulda posted before I left...lemme read the update...

[Grek]

What's the current time?

E: rereading reveals that it is just after sunrise. Still dark. We should leave the maces and whatever else we can't carry nearby and use dark manipulation to hide them.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Why the hell would we displace it?

Because it's cooler. No other possible reason.

Whatever we leave behind (I suggest most of the maces), we should hide under some soil or rock or log or something, and figure out some way to mark it recognizeably.