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[Heron TSG]

Hrm, then somehow I think my tribal backstory is going to need some finagling.

[Shoruke]

Server is up.
Game in 10.
Woot.

[syvarris]

Vaba's backstory doesn't really make a helluva lot of sense in relation to this world... it's not that PCs can't use psionics in this world, it's that there is no such thing as psionics. Also, your backstory would indicate that you've been places on the material plane other than Arcadia, which rather conflicts with the storyline. Sorry. Decently well-written, though.

Emmm... that's odd, but the story still works, just ret-con that they visited the standard cities and were in such a rush they gained no useful information about them.  Also, why the "no psionics", really as far as the Githzerai are concerned "psionics" is a fancy name for "Spell like abilities".  If you really hate psionics just say they have arcane spells.

Edit: and hamachi decided to break. Joy.

[RedWarrior0]

Oh fuck nethack I forgot about this.

[Shoruke]

Now the splitting is down to only three groups.
There were rings, an amulet, and a book containing my largest and grandest expository macro yet. Everyone shut up for ALMOST A WHOLE MINUTE while they read it. (that sounds more derogatory than I meant for it to be)
Maelrigar fought off 8 snakes. It took him some seriously lucky con damage rolls for him to realize that his initial tactic sucked. Then Maelrigar asked for a watered-down version of Leadership. The restrictions are: You get only one cohort (who cannot take leadership or have permanent thralls), who is 3 (not 2) levels lower than you, can only take NPC class levels, doesn't get the Heroic Durability feat, and uses 24 point-buy. Your cohort starts with only mundane equipment; you must outfit him (or her or it) yourself.

Also, journals. Valuable stuff.

EDIT: typo; cohorts do not purchase attributes using elves as currency

[Kogan Loloklam]

Pheron updates his journal while Mysteller copies a book

Spoiler: Pheron's Journal (click to show/hide)

We went down two more levels. Corina decided to stay up the floor, but Vaba decided to continue with us. The sixth floor looked like a jeweler's lab. It had two rings. I gave one to Mysteller and kept one for myself. The next level was interesting. It had a magical barrier blocking an area labeled dormitories. I pushed it, but it didn't budge. Mysteller went into the next room. It didn't look interesting at first so I didn't go in. Mystellar started copying from a book on a dias in there though, so I went in to investigate. Mysteller was copying a journal in a circular room. I took a look over his shoulder while he was copying it. It appears that the Mage Guild in the city was hired to prevent random summonings in the city. The summonings increased in intensity until a red dragon was summoned. The city was then evacuated. (there is a surprised mark ruining part of the page)
It appears Ethan, Van, and Tallulah have arrived. The armor I was dragging appears missing. I think I will stop writing now and find out what happened.

The Park Group is now with the Mage Guild group.
Also occured this round: Maelrigar decided to go looking for trouble, found it, and ended up poisoned.

Spoiler: Text of the journal (click to show/hide)

You begin reading the journal.  Up until about 2 years ago, the journal describes the mage guild's activities in general; what projects are being started, who's on them, what lectures are given and when, and the guild's major interactions with other corporate entities.  Some of the entries before that make a passing mention to other events, theories, and rumours that affect the desert in general; for instance, rumours of the oasis having special properties, or the small creaking noises from the tunnels under Eriden being part of a conspiracy.  Almost two years before the current date, there is a mention of a monster popping up in the street; some kind of demihuman, with scaly skin and horns. The guild leader designated someone to look into it, and the monster was soon dispatched, having killed only three people. Over a period of two months, the frequency of monsters just randomly popping into existence on the town's streets increases dramatically; it eventually gets to the point where the Mage Guild is hired by the Ibaean government to solve the problem as fast as possible. The guild leader seemed irked that the mayor was adamant about paying a flat amount instead of by the day or hour, but given the circumstances, saw that he had little choice but to accept.  After three more weeks, the mage guild had invented a ritual to coat the entire city in an anti-conjuration field; it would require 130 spellcasters, but they had the resources to do it. The runes were drawn in the theatre and the entire guild was assembled to perform the ritual, but seven hours into the (apparently quite long) ritual, no less than a red dragon showed up and started laying siege to the town. Naturally, some of the wizards could hear the devastation even from underground, and panicked, ruining the ritual. A hasty announcement was made for everyone to evacuate to the Sandsedge branch of the mage guild, using the teleporter at the top of the tower; some made it through successfully, but others were still in the tower or on their way up when the dragon simply knocked it over, killing many. Everyone left behind had to be teleported in small groups, mostly by the mage guild leader, who had elected to leave last and write this last journal entry.

Also, I shut up because I didn't have any action to preform about it. Pheron wasn't reading it. And it wasn't one minute, it was FOUR minutes of silence. Finally Myst decided to copy it so I could do an In-Character action regarding it.

[Heron TSG]

What Maelrigar is buying: Bully Chains. It'll take up nearly all of his money, but you just wait until the Fear Stacking begins. All shall flee the Damp One. Now just to pimp out his intimidate check some more...

Also occured this round: Maelrigar decided to go looking for trouble, found it, and ended up poisoned.

Actually the antitoxin made sure that I didn't die a horrible poisonous death. Luckily I have a shitload of antitoxin for the future.

The restrictions are: You get only one cohort (who cannot take leadership or have permanent thralls), who is 3 (not 2) levels lower than you, can only take NPC class levels, doesn't get the Heroic Durability feat, and uses 24 point-buy. Your cohort starts with only mundane equipment; you must outfit him (or her or it) yourself.

I think this is a little harsh of a nerf. At the earliest you can take this feat, you get a level 3 NPC that can neither take a hit nor use skills very well due to their low stats. They will essentially be naked. At level 20, you have a level 17 NPC that has fallen even further behind the power curve. I personally would only take the feat if either the cohort could take PC levels or pay for its own equipment. That might be your point, though.

I'm currently updating my character sheet, I'll have a journal up soon.

[RAM]

Considering that the D.M. has declared it banned since the start of the campaign, it is still a promotion.

What are the issues with Cohorts?
 xp battery: ban xp shenanigans, no wishes, no item creation, no body-swapping, spell transference, divine intervention, sentient weapons or anything else which could conceivably manipulate their xp voluntarily.
 character spam: all macros, all the time, if the cohort takes more than 20 seconds to make its move, it delays. Also, no cohorts of cohorts or followers with initiative.

[Shoruke]

By the way, there won't be a session this weekend; my birthday is tomorrow, my party is on Saturday, and Sunday is going to be split up roughly evenly between resting and homework, with maybe a dose of playing Akig's game thrown in.

Please reschedule your lives accordingly.

[RedWarrior0]

By the way, there won't be a session this weekend; my birthday is tomorrow, my party is on Saturday, and Sunday is going to be split up roughly evenly between resting and homework, with maybe a dose of playing Akig's game thrown in.

Please reschedule your lives accordingly.

Nooooooo...

The only thing I can schedule for that time is homework. PLEASE RESCHEDULE YOUR PARTY SHORUKE! I'M BEGGING YOU!

[Jusman]

Here's my character sheet, it would be nice if someone looked it over and told me if I forgot anything. 
http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=281069
The only thing I've left out (intentionally) are the spells and the description/backstory section. I'll be able to get out a backstory eventually, but I'm stumped on what spells I should get. Some tips on which ones are useful would be good, as well as telling me if multiple people already have some of the spells on the list. And as for my skill ranks, those aren't all locked in yet, I might change a couple. Oh and the name may change, it was just the first thing I thought of.

Now some questions...
Are thieve's tools one use only?
The dagger says it has a 10ft range increment, does that mean I can attack someone two squares away with it?
And what's the difference between Diplomacy and Bluff? Couldn't either be used in most circumstances?'

Also Shoruke, your news has left me heart broken 

[The Fool]

Here are your answers:

Thieves Tools have unlimited uses

On the dagger it is a throwing range. Unless it says that it is a reach weapon (spiked chain) then the range only is for throwing.

Diplomacy is used to calm people and to negotiate. Bluff is to be believed while lying, and to negotiate. For the most part they can be used in the same situations, but the DC (number needed to beat) can be different based on what's happening.

As for the spells I'll edit it into the post, but it'll be a mix of damage, buffs, and otherwise since I have no idea what you want to specialize in.

EDIT: Thanks for the typo notice Shonus. Also, the spells are posted below.

[RAM]

I prefer to think of diplomacy as getting people to like you, bluff as getting people to believe you, and intimidate as getting people to respect you. I generally think of diplomacy as more difficult to abuse, yes, people like you, but being liked only goes so far, the assassin has killed friends before, even if the merchant pities you, they still have a business to maintain, the guard will let you in, but why would a nice person like you want to be left off of the records? Bluff is fairly easy to abuse, the boy who cries wolf can get the merchant to leave their shop, the guard to believe that you really did lose your papers, or the assassin to chase someone else, but if you use it too much then it can start to catch up with you, and there is always a risk that someone will have already gotten the same information from a source that they trust more than a DC 50 bluff... Intimidate is simple, people do what you tell them to do because they can't resist you, but bonuses against it can accrue pretty easily, intimidating one thug is easy, a gang is difficult, intimidating a gang out of their fortified hide-out is near impossible where diplomacy could invite them out or bluffing could convince them that their supplies were contaminated. Intimidate also has more issues with over-use, if people obey because they have no choice, then they typically won't if they do...

Of course, this is all just my own interpretation, communication skills are one of the most D.M. dependent facets that D&D has...

[The Fool]

Here's what I found so far. I didn't bother with level 2 spells yet since it will be a few levels yet. If you need the full text just let me know.

Spoiler: Level 0 Bard Spells (click to show/hide)

Dancing Lights (PHB p.216) – Sends 4 orbs of light out. (Good for dark places)
Detect Magic (PHB p.219) – Detects Magic. (Can be handy but many know it)
Flare (PHB p.232) – Blinds the enemy unless it passes a fort save. (Better than most)
Mage Hand (PHB p.248) – Move an object that weighs less than 5 lb. 15 ft.
Minor Disguise (SC p.142) - +2 to disguise checks (good for stealthy characters)
Open/Close (PHB p.258) – Open/Closes a door, chest, etc. (Trap checks)
Read Magic (PHB p.269) – Reads magical text at 250 words per min. (Has some useful moments...)
Stick (SC p.206) – Stick a 5 lb. Object to a wall. (Hilarity ensues)

Spoiler: Level 1 Bard Spells (click to show/hide)

Cure Light Wounds (PHB p.215) – Cures 1d8 + caster level. (Healing is always good)
Distort Speech (SC p.69) – The mage it was cast on has a 50% chance of failing spells. (Anti-Mage only)
Expeditious Retreat, Swift (SC p.85) – Increases your base land speed by 30 ft., but as a swift action. (...Brave Sir Robin Ran Away...)
Herald’s Call (SC p.118) – Calls all enemies to you, also slows enemies with 5HD or less. (AoO abuse if used from past everyone)
Improvisation (SC p.121) – Creates a ‘pool’ of luck equal to your level (1 pt/lvl) which can be used on any checks including attacks. No single bonus cannot exceed half of your level. (Awesome for any character. Could be a typo on the spell level though.)
Inspirational Boost (SC p.124) – Improves inspire courage by 1. (Good for buff bards, but not great).
Invisibility, Swift (SC p.125) – Become invisible at the sound of a syllable as a swift action. (Is this spell legal!? Great for ranged attackers (+4 to ranged attacks), and sneaky people.)
Ironthunder Horn (SC p.126) – Knocks enemies prone unless they make a saving throw. (Great if your spell DC is high, and you like being close. Better than Grease (PHB).)

There are more spells but this all I found between the Complete series, PHB, and Spell Compendium that I thought would be handy. Don't be afraid to take a somewhat useless spell for flavor, because we can always use more. Somehow I think that Improvisation and Invisibility are just spell level typos, but that is up to Shoruke. Also this list needs to be approved since most of it isn't from the PHB.

EDIT: BTW coins are considered weightless. Keeping track of their weights is completely optional, and can work against your weight limit.

[Lord Shonus]

On the dagger it is a throwing range. Unless it says that it is a reach weapon (spiked chain) then the range only is for throwing.

Minor but important error.