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[The Fool]

I think I have most of those sheets still. Yep. Just missing Doctor Moon and my first character. They would be under leveled at this point, but I'm sure I still have Dr. Moon's backstory somewhere if you want it. It's funny of how many characters I run through. I think I'm finally getting a hang of good character building. With Syelyi and Anderson I'm keeping scores and basing goals on something I can strive for along the way. I would have done the same with Thanuva, but the damage would've killed party balance.

[Heron TSG]

Sadly no Dragon Magazine material can be used since the material isn't really online anywhere. I kind of wish there were pdfs of those, but as far I know there aren't.

There is a PM in your inbox.

[Haika]

Minor Question: Alchemy Lab vs Alchemy Artisan Tools?

Is there such an Artisan Tools, or is there only the Lab?

Already am taking the lab, question then becomes. Can I take some masterwork artisan tools as well?

Edit, when looking at potions. Can you make Splash damage type potions? IE: Can I brew a potion, spend the exp, and make say, an 'Entangle' potion, that breaks when thrown entangling the area it hits?

Edit2: Druids are allowed to 'spend' memorized spells to cast summon natures Ally. Could I use that for desert Ally as well?

[Dwarmin]

I think your thinking about a tanglefoot bag Haika.

[RAM]

I believe that Haika is thinking of potions of Tiny Hut...

Typically, potions that require a different action are different items, and therefore not potions. And a really strict interpretation of the rules would say that they need creature or creatures in the spell's target description. But hey, brew potion is an often over-looked feat and a D.M. could probably be persuaded to overlook its short-vomings. But it isn't as thugh potions of divine favour or shield are anything to be laughed at...

[Haika]

I actually have tanglefoot bags, but they weigh 4 pounds.

The potion thing made me wonder, because I have spells like Entangle, and Soften Earth and Stone. Spells that don't need targets really, that could work for a splash damage. Similarly Fog Cloud, Haboob, and the Wall Spells, could all be made into potions I think. Maybe even the summon spells, but that might be stretching it a bit. And drinking any of these would be extremely hazardous to your health...

[The Fool]

Summon Monster potions would be an awesome CDG though. More potions would be something cool to add. It'd love to see an arcane version of the crawling psionic tattoos for target-based spells. It's either it gets hit with a spell, or it wastes a turn fighting a tattoo. It's a win win situation for PCs.

[Theoboldi]

Love the idea of making those spells into potions. Let's just hope shoruke allows it.

Also, Journal time.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

We came across another purple orb today. We were roaming the caves of Eriden again, and on our way came across another room filled with green floor. It was already abandoned, so we entered the sleeping quarters, myself getting ready for another encounter with a orb.
 
To our surprise, we found the adventurers we had come across last week, lying dead on the floor. I wish my necromantic abilities were greater, as they probably would have become very powerful zombies, had I been able to raise them. A few seconds later, I spotted another orb, sitting on huge pillar, and rushed over to get it. It was in this moment, that the voice of that annoying purple man began speaking again. After a bit of mockery (He appears to have a rather strong self-esteem.) he sent a trio of horrific creatures upon us. I do not know their names, but they were elementals made of pure evil, and I quickly saw myself surrounded.

The biggest one hit me soundly in the face, shattering several bones, and once again threatening my life. Worse though, was that I felt something in that moment, as if it's attack had tainted my very soul. I hope that my fear is misplaced, but I cannot shake this weird feeling I have about it.

After this strike I found myself begging to be spared, but I saw nothing in the eyes of these demons but pure sadism. With the last of my strength, I muttered up all my remaining courage and shot a ray of enfeeblement directly between the eyes of the greatest one.
What these demons did after that tough, was the most horrific thing they could have done. They turned their attention away from me, and went after the other members of our group, which leads me to think that that attack did do something terrible to me. The rest of the battle was fairly eventless, I just summoned up a lemur and spent my time smashing in the heads of these beings.

After they had been finished, the purple man began speaking again. He spoke of a tower in the west, clearly trying to lure us into a trap. Sadly this seems to be our only clue towards his location, so we probably will have to follow it.

[Shoruke]

Minor Question: Alchemy Lab vs Alchemy Artisan Tools?
Is there such an Artisan Tools, or is there only the Lab?
Already am taking the lab, question then becomes: Can I take some masterwork artisan tools as well?

Edit, when looking at potions. Can you make Splash damage type potions? IE: Can I brew a potion, spend the exp, and make say, an 'Entangle' potion, that breaks when thrown entangling the area it hits?

Edit2: Druids are allowed to 'spend' memorized spells to cast summon natures Ally. Could I use that for desert Ally as well?

-There's no Artisan's Tools for craft(alchemy), just the labs. (I know it's ~9.1x as costly and 8x as heavy as an Artisan's Tool, but if you've ever taken chemistry in high school and used more than one thing in the process, you'll understand why...)
-Area-effect potions are kinda weird. Normally, potions only target one person (who receives the effect by drinking the potion) or one object (which receives the effect when someone applies the oil to it, like with an Oil of Magic Weapon). However... potions of Entangle or Grease would be kinda funny, so I'll allow them.
(("Whoa, watch out for the bottle of fire!" *30' radius of vines* "FFFFUUUU-"))
-Druids are only able to spontaneously cast Summon Nature's Ally. I suppose I could allow you to exchange this ability for Desert Ally, and we'll call it a homebrew Alternate Class Feature.

Summon Monster potions will not happen. That's would just be silly.

[Haika]

I think the only reason someone might allow the summon monster potions would be the rule of fun. Because if we do get one, you know someone is going to drink it. XD

and yeah, I went ahead and took the lab, but am not carrying it about with me. Will be in storage(either in a base somewhere, or on a caravan type thing like with the group).

Also, yes I'd prefer the desert version of the ally spell. This guy is a specialized Wasteland druid, and I'm trying to keep things connected with that as much as possible.

I'm not sure how much potion brewing I'm going to do, it costs exp after all, and lower level potions are pretty cheap. Higher levels might be a different story however, and I figure it brings a nice out of combat thing to think about.

And while we are talking here. Anyone have a good desert looking type elf? Like wearing a turban and covering most of his face? Harder to find a pog image than you might think.

[Shoruke]

I'm not going to tell you not to go with your desert-type guy (in fact, given the party's current location, it makes a helluva lotta sense), but fair warning: the group is likely to be leaving the desert relatively soon, so try to avoid powers that only function in the desert to avoid crippling yourself.
(well, there's still a bunch of stuff to do in the desert, BUT... the plot goes elsewhere.)

[The Fool]

I found an image, but I'll need to colour correct the hell out of it. If you don't find one I'll post an image when it is ready.

[Heron TSG]

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

This purple guy is getting really annoying. We found another orb for me to hurl into my holy water barrel, but I'm going to need to lawful-ize it to actually remove the orbs from existence. I think the gigantic evil things we fought today were another group of his minions, but he may just be calling credit for it. I mean, if he were actually trying to kill us, he'd send powerful monsters, right? If they're his, he must be just using them to lead us somewhere. Perhaps the underworld? Beats me. I just hope we can get this guy to leave Arcadia alone long enough that I can get back to the Quest for Water. It's good practice, though. These evil beasts have made good targets for my magical training, and the pay isn't bad either. I think I'll have to find a way to use Bladeweave more consistently, though. My magical studies are taking so much time right now that I barely have time to swing my sword anymore. This is something I'll have to remedy.

[Haika]

I figured we would leave the desert before too long. However, my guy is being built to both take the desert with him, as well as turn other places into desert. Ie: Dessicate/Wither Plants, Dehydrate(or Dessicate again), then Soften Earth(turns dirt into sand). Three spells to do it, but he can make quite a bit of sand in very little time. This isn't really a combat thing, but if he happens to run out for alchemy materials or sand scimitar pinches he can make what he needs from Apep and the Spirit of the Desert's guidance. Should also be a lovely philosophical debate with the more plant-y druids in the group.

He'll also have his shapesand and other alchemist sands. Along with a small pouch filled with sand for certain spells that need them like sandblast or sand scimitar. I also plan to have a barrel of sand from his homeland to use in emergencies in storage.

Also for those looking at pogs: Chose a Puma for my companion(Not the most desert-y thing, but I like the idea of having a cat, and it is more desert based than say a Leopard). Having a hard time finding a decent looking one that has that open mouth roar thing going on. I want it looking angry, and showing teeth if possible.

Edit: Mechanics should be done, except for spell DC's as I'm not sure about that just yet. And Hp rolls...
 http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=324499

Just need to write out my backstory, and have a stat block for the Puma and I should be ready to go. Let me know if anyone spots any issues.

[Heron TSG]

Hrm, good luck with that. Killing plants is going to get the nature cult all riled up, and the removal of water is going cause the Procan cult some headaches. It's a cool idea, though.