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[Shoruke]

The plot is going to be all up in your grill pretty quick here. You'll be able to take it at your own speed, more or less, but there you have it.

10,000 gold pieces are available, to be split as the group sees fit.

Journals for experience. That last round was rather verbose, which is good. Great, even. Perhaps someday literature critics will read our glorious thread and then point to it as a good exercise in storytelling. It's like Heavy Rain with less of the inane QTEs and more plot...ness. And characters who outright defy the Captain Generic archetype.

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[Happerry]

As a note, I would request you put our new library up in our Group Inventory.

And could I draw on party funds to get a nice +1 longbow? My sling is proving less adequate now that we all have been leveling.

[The Fool]

I have no idea of what the party fund is doing now, but I'm only taking 200 gold for the soup kitchen again. So Mael or Tallu, if you need the gold for an enchantment or a weapon the extra 900 is up for grabs.

It's nice to have something to write about now. Namingly the story of the trip to the library and back, hooray for that. Are the prisoners worth exp or are Kogan and I out of luck this time?

[Heron TSG]

And could I draw on party funds to get a nice +1 longbow? My sling is proving less adequate now that we all have been leveling.

I have a masterwork heavy crossbow, that's a large chunk of cost right there.

[mission0]

I'm surprised we aren't getting "Rings of Sustenance" as well with all the food we are consuming.

Also I'm holding out for a "Cloak of Charisma"

[Kogan Loloklam]

Rings of Sustenance are a ripoff.

Figure it costs 2500 gp.
Assuming you eat nothing but trail rations at 5 sp per day, that equals out to more than 13 years before you saved enough food costs to pay for itself.

the 36 silver is for feeding 24 people 1.5 days, for those who are curious.

Of course the chef also has a monthly cost of 3 sp/day, but in exchange you all are eating for 1 SP a day, which is worried about and tracked by me, not by any of you (assuming you have regular contact with the party caravan, which is currently Bote.)

[RedWarrior0]

I think between the druids and the ranger, we're set on food.

How much gold did we get from the princesses/hags again? And how much this session?

[The Fool]

That was an awesome session. It reminds me of the randomness of my first D&D group, except we have an overarching story which is great. I hope no one minds a bit of reading though.

Spoiler: Van's Tale: A Tale of Prisoners and Vehicles (click to show/hide)

Seeing people gathering at the docks I signalled to the watchman to check it out. I was correct, it was the library group with bags and bags of books. Something struck me as odd though; Nael was missing. The captain moved into the dock under Pheron’s orders. The group was indeed successful, books were placed bag full by bag full with the exception of Maelrigar who was carefully tossing books out by the ton from his bottomless bag of written knowledge.

With Nael missing it was only logical that I ask of what happened to him. Uskton Slek opened up the conversation by saying that he was now his familiar, which struck me as odd as I normally associated familiars with snakes, cats and owls. It was then that Uskton Slek placed down a small mechanical yellow carriage the size of half an arm. The object was a curious one. It was a metallic box with a hollow container on its top, and unlike most boxes it had wheels yet no loops for reigns. The box was yellow with a black inky streak down one side. After examining the box Uskton Slek informed me that that box was Nael and that Vaba had marked him with ink for no particular reason. Nael acknowledged his ability to hear and see with a sort of ‘honking’ sound. This made me curious of the trip that they must have had, so I asked.

Asking of how their trip was I was bombarded with tales and imagery of their epic battle against unsuspecting females where Vaba grew suspicious and fired upon the two ladies without warning. It was not long after that the two summoned the desert winds to assault the book seekers of yore. Following the escaping villains they were confronted by illusions and bewitchment. It wasn’t long until the party was turned upon each other with blade and arrows of steel, with one magician who fought with his fists. In the end they were slain and the illusions dispelled. They proceeded onward to the library after slaying the sand witches. The ground and the walls where they had once fought had been since cleared of both blood and loot, which is strange because the janitors are no longer employed by the guild. It must have been the work of some passing wanderer with a sudden urge to clean. Regardless there were no lingering people in the rooms, so the books were gathered up and Nael headed off in search of long forgotten treasures. He came across a great cauldron of liquid, curious of the contents he lowered a vial into the chemical soup, but he characteristically fell face first into the goo. If Tallu hadn’t seen Nael turn into a bright yellow wheeled metal box I highly doubt that he would have been found. Their return trip was less eventful with vicious dire jackals which put up very little challenge to the group, but at least their return was filled with beautifully destroyed buildings that I would have loved to see based on their descriptions.

Before we left for Sandsedge we had one more question that needed to be answered, what should we do with the purple orb of ultimate destruction. Last time it did anything it opened a gate to the netherworld where a most unlawful individual was shocked to see that he was not contacting a fellow netherworlder, but instead was contacting a large blue orc with a greatsword. Not amused by the turn of events he sent out a giant insect to kill everyone. Not exactly the most pleasant of people to call midday. In order to get retribution for his actions I suggested that we head back to Sandsedge for but a moment, and dive headlong into the netherworld to seek justice. Surprisingly enough everyone agreed. The journey to Sandsedge was uneventful, and short.

Disembarking that morning we carried our three tied up prisoners to the guild where they would ideally be taken for sentencing after a firm questioning beatdown. The receptionist was pleased to hear that the pages were collected, we may have taken prisoners that had connections to the Ibaea disaster, and lastly that we had an orb that can summon creatures from the netherworld. We had a lot going for us that day. We received payment for the pages, the prisoners were taken for questioning, and we were delayed on our trip into the purple orb. Apparently another Cliffmoor event happened in Eriden and hostile monsters are all over that place. The gold may be excellent for the others to receive, but for me there is a lot of justice to hand out, and I’m going to hand it out fistful by fistful.

Before heading back to the bote I went to the local soup kitchen. Walking in the door I was greeted with hugs and handshakes from the soup kitchen workers, as well as people that I simply didn’t know. Apparently my gold was being used to repair the roof of the soup kitchen. If it weren’t for my donations the city council would have had to shut down the soup kitchen leaving hundreds of meals unserved, and hundreds of people unfed. It is good to see that gold can have a purpose that doesn’t revolve upon a single person’s wants. I briefly conversed with the visiting people before heading back out to the bote, but before leaving I emptied my money pouch into their donation box. I hope they continue bettering the kitchen in my stead.

I really hope that more random stuff happens like it did yesterday. Well, as long as it doesn't happen EVERY session. That would be a bit much.

[mission0]

Well that is kinda the problem of playing it safe, whenever you do that nothing exciting is going to happen. Hence why I'm so odd with Nael, I purposely made him that way to make an interesting character who can make interesting things happen. Like being turned into a Toy truck.

[Heron TSG]

Spoiler: Maelrigar's Log (click to show/hide)

I hate dogs. Especially gigantic ten-foot-tall jackals. I don't think they were sentient, but they spoke Sword pretty well. It went through their throats like magic. The best part was when Ethan coated the ground in grasping plants, leaving them stuck in a perfect firing line for my Whirling Blade. I love that spell. It lets me chop things apart and use magic all at the same time. I think I need to find more spells like that. I've noticed that my magic, while more powerful than that of some others, is fairly weak compared to how long I've been using it. I think I need to start working in some really devastating attacks. We just acquired a library of books, and I decided to flip through a few on the way to the Sandsedge Mage's Guild. There was a spell I think fits the bill perfectly known as Shark Bolt. It is the most awe-inspiring feat of sorcery that I have ever encountered that I have the potential to learn. It creates an invincible shark made out of pure water that flies around and bites enemies. The only things that can stop it are its limited duration and the fact that the shark is dispelled by magical fire damage. Also, more powerful wizards can produce multiple sharks. I can see it now: I march over a bluff leading an army of orcish warriors, victory in mind and sword in hand. The enemy cowers below as myself and  my tribe's shamans unleash hordes of ravenous watery beasts. It would be glorious. No, it will be glorious.

[page flip]

Great news, journal. I think I may have found a solution to my 'I-have-a-magical-stick-and-orb' problem. There's a temple of Boccob in Eriden that may know something about this stick. Within that temple I may find someone who can tell me what this staff can be used for. I've been told that it is only useful for minor illusions in my hands, though it would be incredibly powerful in a Boccobian mage's hands. I hope to get rid of it soon, though. Babysitting magical rods isn't my favorite pastime.

PS: How about that Shark Bolt?

Spoiler: KA-SHARK (click to show/hide)

Shark Bolt(DR334 p76)
<Conj(creat)[water], VSM(shark teeth), 1StdAct, Medium-range, 1rnd/lvl(D), no save, SR applies>
– Creates 1 Medium-sized Shark made from water plus one for each 5 caster levels (max 5 at 20th). Each ‘shark’ appears next to a target designated at casting time. The ‘shark’ attacks its target once per round at the caster’s highest base attack bonus. A successful hit does 1d6 + 1 per three caster levels (max 1d6 +6 at 18th). One or more of the ‘sharks’ may be retargeted by the caster with a Move Action. If the shark only moved 30’ to its new target, it may attack the round it moved. A ‘shark’ may not be damaged, but is dispelled by any [fire] spell that touches it (AC 11). Also, each time a shark hits a creature with Spell Resistance, it must overcome the SR or be dispelled.

[Dwarmin]

You know, I've been looking to try and get into D&D...I figure this could be a good starting point.

http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=302980

I did my best, anyway. I'm sure I made mistakes. I didn't really spend alot of my starting gold yet. I could expand on pretty meager backstory, too...

I'll appreciate any tips on making a first character-I was looking at prestige classes and Halfling Whistler really caught my eye.
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/prc/20061121a

First time player says-oh God it's all so confusing...looking forward to playing soon

[Shoruke]

I'm only awake enough to take a cursory look at things right now, I'll make more in-depth adjudications in the morning...
Shark Bolt looks reasonable, but I'll wait until morning to approve it...
I'm not awake enough to critique a whole character sheet, but I think that with Heroic Durability you should have more than 14 hp there, Dwarmin...
And no to that Halfling Whistler class. It's basically a wizard with better... almost everything. Better hit dice, better saves, better BAB, better skill points, same spellcasting but more of it, free counterspelling, and a few other assorted class features. This is in exchange for 2 magic feats and familiar progression, and has some (rather easy to meet, aside from Halfling race) restrictions.

But I look forward to seeing you during sessions.

Speaking of, there won't be a session this Saturday, since I work that day(at 6 PM... sessions start at 5 PM for me and it takes 30 minutes to get to work, so yeah). I'm not currently scheduled to work on Friday or Sunday; I won't know for 100% sure about Sunday until Thursday, but if there's enough interest I can host a session on one of those 2 days.

[Heron TSG]

Phew, and I just came here to say I'll be at the NAC on Saturday and thus gone. I'll see what I can do about friday or Sunday, but it's not looking likely.

[Lord Shonus]

Speaking of, there won't be a session this Saturday, since I work that day(at 6 PM... sessions start at 5 PM for me and it takes 30 minutes to get to work, so yeah). I'm not currently scheduled to work on Friday or Sunday; I won't know for 100% sure about Sunday until Thursday, but if there's enough interest I can host a session on one of those 2 days.

If need be I can cancel the Friday session of my game.

[Dwarmin]

For reference, my hit points would 8+1 (base)+10 (heroic durability)+d8+1 (lv.2), correct?

Edit, tis a Druid btw