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[EagleV]

Golems don't burn very well. Neb votes orcs.

[IronyOwl]

Looks pretty overwhelming for orc-infested human city.

Also only now do I remember that I think we were supposed to pick a party before seeing the options. Oops.


So Ochita is free, I should probably go for healing, I'm not sure if Barthhold will be worth the probable difficulty boost but we definitely need someone to tank if we're going to bother bringing me in... and otherwise I'm not too sure. Chauner is tempting for lootery, him, Marks and Boldbold are all bruisers, would be nice to give Alice and Nebrar a chance to do something...

I guess I'm leaning towards scapheap, Eagle, Rolep, Ochita, and myself. A heavy frontliner, a healer, a ranged artillery/slightly glassy melee cannon, and a largely supporting mage we really need to level. If we're worried about difficulty we might want to swap Alice for Marks, since Marks can melee and range fairly consistently, whereas Alice is stuck dealing 2d3 a battle followed by blinding and shifting effects. Conversely, Chauner's at the ready if we're feeling greedy.

[Harbingerjm]

((Boldbold is still unleveled.))

Spoiler: Harbingerjm (click to show/hide)

+2HP
+1 to melee attack

And choose a nerf for Charge: (Sorry. A flat +6 damage to your melee attack once per battle is too powerful for a basic skill, even if it needs careful positioning to reach that.)
+1 max damage per hex traveled
+0.5 damage per hex traveled, rounded up.

And one of:
+3 HP
3x/dungeon: Giddy-up! - Move +2 hexes. Free action, may be used before moving and in conjunction with an attack or ability. Must be mounted.
2x/dungeon: Mobility Support - Pick-up an adjacent ally or incapacitated foe. Target will be unable to act, aside from moving into an adjacent hex with their entire move action (they may then immediately attack). Target may move before being picked up, but cannot have attacked this turn. Speed decreases by one hex per turn due to mount exhaustion. After target dismounts, speed is restored by one hex per turn. Combat skill, may be used after moving.

[Ochita]

Hmm. Well, remember, if I come along, then the dungeon is balanced for 5 people, and a battle can only have 4 of us in at once due to reserve slots. We'd have to be pretty careful about that.

If I had to give my opinions, then maybe Irony, Me, Eagle, Rolepgeek and uh.. Honestly, Cado is seeming tempting, considering that if we're gonna make use of Rolepgeek's abilities then we'd need in my opinion 3 melee types or so. Plus scout could probably help out immensely. Still, Chauner has the ability of massive loot potential as well as still being able to deal pretty respectable damage.

[Rolepgeek]

If you're worried about it, you could leave me at home and take Boldbold, the alpha strike kobold.

I just hope my merchanting skill will actually level up. Don't forget, too, that for my Veteran's Oversight, it affects ranged physical, not just melee physical.

Though, Chauner, Boldbold, Barthold, and Marks and/or Nil would be a very difficult to dislodge team. With Nil, practically invincible.

[Ochita]

That does lead to a question of mine actually. Nirur, is there a well-known way to increase a person's guild skill, or to let them learn additional guild skills? say that Irony or Eagle wanted to learn a guild skill such as Non-explosive alchemy, or medicinal alchemy, would they have to either level up or actively seek a trainer?

Spoiler: Party consideration (click to show/hide)

Irony's character is pretty useful, considering that he's the only one who can directly heal us up in battles, with also limited enemy mobility lockdown and damage reduction, which does make him pretty good at locking down singular tough foes, even if its just for a turn or two. Otherwise, I think A good party setup for this May be: Irony (Healing, thank nature!), Myself (I am literally a pile of walking return scrolls in everyone's eyes.), Eagle (Strong melee attack, thrown potions that could deal damage to multiple foes/slow them down), Rangercado (Melee and ranged are decent, and can scout out areas to inform us of danger before we blunder into a trap), And finally, Rolepgeek (Very nice hp and damage, abilities too.)

This team has a strong melee ability, with Rolepgeek, Cado, and Eagle all being able to deal out damage, and Rolepgeek being able to reduce damage taken, Okay ranged, Cado can attack from afar, and If I'm in a battle and if things are done correctly I could in essence make it so the melee types can close in on ranged enemies with teleporting or hex linking. Irony is also able to stop targets from moving, as well as preventing physical ranged attacks so that is another thing to take into consideration. Finally, Ironyowl can provide healing over time, as well as recharging someone's ability with his familiar.

Does this sound okay?

[Nirur Torir]

The dungeon isn't likely to be much harder because of reserves.

Also only now do I remember that I think we were supposed to pick a party before seeing the options. Oops.

One of us is misremembering. I thought I'd always had it at "choose team while choosing dungeon."

I just hope my merchanting skill will actually level up.

Eventually, but guild skills level slower than normal levels. Can't have the guild churning out tier 6 equipment while the average party level is 4.

That does lead to a question of mine actually. Nirur, is there a well-known way to increase a person's guild skill, or to let them learn additional guild skills? say that Irony or Eagle wanted to learn a guild skill such as Non-explosive alchemy, or medicinal alchemy, would they have to either level up or actively seek a trainer?

I hadn't actually thought of that. Sure, I'll allow trainers, but they're not very cost effective. (Probably 3-4 turns to learn a new level one skill from an NPC trainer, costing 4g-6g per turn. Longer and cheaper if you're just hiring someone who barely knows what they're doing or a player with low skill. I'll allow a speed penalty to train in related fields (explosive alchemy => medicinal alchemy))

[EagleV]

(explosive alchemy => medicinal alchemy)

Guess I have my semi-longterm goal.

As for party composition, Irony and Ochita are pretty much a given. And while the rest of the party will define the style, I think most (if not all) combinations are viable.
That said, I'd love to harvest ingredients from some slain foes.

[IronyOwl]

Brain not work good right now, and we've got several viable party comps. Will try to make decision Soon^TM, or you can just band together and usurp my decision with the vile powers of democracy/saying things loudly while wearing a large hat.

[Rolepgeek]

Where's Remuthra?

We need to steal his hat for a time.

[IronyOwl]

It would seem I have stalled the game. Sorry about that. :x


Final team will be me, Ochita, Rolepgeek, EagleV, and RangerCado.

[Nirur Torir]

The five adventurers are teleported with no issues. The wizards manning the teleporter seem slightly relieved about having Ochita helping with the spell.

They arrive outside the "ruined" city. The wall looks to be in surprisingly good shape, at least from this side. They could either assault the northern gatehouse, look for anything interesting in the nearby forest, or risk fighting a patrol to look for an easier opening to the east.

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: PCs (click to show/hide)

Active Team:
Leader: Barthold Quartzlegger


Nil


Ochita


Neb


Reserve:
Marks Deno

[Rolepgeek]

"I say we should try for a less defended position by goin' round."

[EagleV]

"I guess we don't have the time to go look for exotic herbs first? If not, I agree with going around. Assaulting head-on isn't fun, you have to set orcs on fire when they don't expect it."

[IronyOwl]

"I am inclined to agree. Around it is!"

East!