Holy crap, 18?! That's actually somewhat near serviceable!
: "Then some sort of four legged angel appeared to tell him he was the chosen one"
HMMMM. Support for the notion that they're not native in some sense, I'd say.
: "I know you guys have been keeping secrets from me. Ever since you did that thing where you tried to send me a picture but I couldn't see it, you've been doing that same thing, whatever it is...so that I can't hear you. But before that you sent me a picture I DID get. You remember. The one that looked like a pony changeling? That got me thinking. And ever since then, there have been occasional little tidbits that have slipped through. Just every now and then I'd hear a little comment that was obviously in response to somebody who said something I couldn't hear. And now you're openly talking about it without bothering to keep it a secret from me. So I've got to ask: ponies?"
Oh, whoa. Michael can't see spoilers? I guess we discussed that maybe being the reason for the first image failing, but I kind of wrote it off as something else.
Whoops. Sorry about that, Michael. Wasn't trying to hide anything from you, just trying to keep my endless ramblings accessible yet unobtrusive for my fellow daedric shards of your higher being.
: "and there's one voice in particular among you whose been talking about his 'PCs are ponies' theory for almost half my entire time in Morrowind."
*cough* Yeah, like that. You know how I tend to ramble on.
Uh, but looking back at my most recent insidious findings, the short version is:
-You remember just before you fell into Morrowind, you thought you heard a mumbling voice? Did that by any chance sound like the voice of the Balmora Butcher? Because to us it sounded like a very quiet version of the voice of the Balmora Butcher. Bear in mind that we have a different perspective than you.
-For that matter, did either of them sound like Luna? I'm sure you're familiar with her voice.
-You said you were a Taurus. Given that you failed to remember any other portion of your past save eventually your name, that seems significant.
-Nalcarya said the first urination of the day makes for more potent potions. MAN did I have a field day with that, wondering what constituted a day and whether that was mechanically true and if you could use other peoples' pee and what happened if you did and so on. Oh, and wondering if there's still a four-ingredient limit to potions, since the equipment's easily big enough for multiple batches at once.
-Ra'Virr sold you a steel tanto for 10 gold coins when your Mercantile was 2 (it's currently 13). Their base price is 28. I suspect he may have felt sorry for you or something. We might want to talk to him again at some point.
-Related, remember that one time you were butchered like a pig by a ruthless crime lord with an axe? The first time you bought the above dagger, you mentioned seeming to remember them costing more. Upon "respawning," you mentioned remembering them costing about that much. So apparently even though you don't remember the actual events, some information does carry over. Good to know, right?
Also lets avoid bringing Draren with us on our main adventure things as much as possible. I'd rather not see him get killed.
This was my initial thought as well, though less for getting him killed and more for... well, treating him like a temporary companion, really.
Which in turn got me thinking: Why? If he wants to come with us and hear Applejack explain all about Equestria, so what? We can probably trust him not to immediately declare us crazy or sell us out or something, right? Maybe? I guess the ponies might be more shy around people they're trying not to disrupt, but even then we could probably just ask him to give us a minute.
And as for getting him killed, is he really in more danger than we are? We
are fairly tanky, but we're still pretty weak overall. Unless we get into a situation where we just can't get between him and a danger source in time, I'm curious whether he's actually at greater risk than us.
So if he'd rather just stay at home and come shroomhunting with us next time we come around, that's cool. If he'd rather come with us on our adventures, healing us up and harvesting new and exotic plant life, I say that's fine too. We're friends and really pathetic adventuring buddies now, right? Let's start acting like it.
For the record, I support heading to Dren Plantation or thereabouts. However, we should make sure to leave Draren in a financially secure position so that he'll want to join us permanently when we meet up with him again. (AW YEAH, GETTIN' A POSSE TOGETHER we totally need a catchy name for our group)
Agreed, he seems like such a nice fellow, let's not leave him at a disadvantage.
I would like to point out that our agility actually dropped by .6. Also, I support the Dren plantation, as more PC info is always good.
He's been taking a cut of our profits and hasn't had any expenses that I'm aware of, so he should be pretty good right now. Certainly his normal living expenses should be rather low.
Which brings us to the next issue: I'm in favor of heading to Dren Plantation. By which I mean the new construction near Dren Plantation. You know, the one we have no information about.
So. Dren Plantation is located near Pelagiad. People in Pelagiad or Dren Plantation might be able to tell us more. I
believe but cannot swear that the stuff around Pelagiad is generally fairly weak, with the exception of potentially getting there. Let's see...
The main danger going between Balmora and Pelagaid is cliff racers, which thus far are amongst the most dangerous things we've encountered There are a couple canyons on the way that are often chock full of them. The Seyda Neen route, on the other hand, only rarely has cliff racers, and the most dangerous thing that's likely to appear are nix hounds. The Kagouti are only likely to show up if you wander around north of pelagaid.
Balmora to Caldera has less cliff racers, but a worrying amount of alits. Still, less dangerous than Balmora to Pelagaid.
Ah, yes. So assuming this is accurate, we
should be able to just walk there with relatively little trouble assuming I'm remembering everything correctly. Furthermore, there probably isn't an easier way short of hiring an escort.
So my official vote goes to:
Explain to Draren that we need to go talk to someone near Dren Plantation. He's welcome to join us if he'd like, but of course we wouldn't mind if he'd rather stay put.
Then head to Pelagiad, ask around about the new construction. You
should be able to make it, but don't hesitate to run if you encounter anything dangerous. I cannot swear there won't be any nix hounds in the way.
If nobody in Pelagiad knows anything, Dren Plantation isn't far behind Fort Pelagiad. Just pretend you were able to follow the main road right through the fort. Someone there might know something, or if we're really lucky it might be visible from or near it.