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[RAM]

As to my observations of our own performance, I fear I was right to withhold my complete trust from the group. As expected, they have no concept of what value to extract from our recent exploits, and have left the responsibilities with myself, on my person, as I lack the knowledge of the locality required to determine adequate facilities for the obfuscation of our hazardous efforts. So I am stuck with it, and the impending doom that gathers about it.

I gave you a lead box. Also, our mission is to find an ocean, right?

A lead box helps, it is far from certain though.

The mission is to find ALL of the oceans, lakes, major rivers and/or their sources, aquifers, oases, and any other natural water-source and sanctify them to Procan.

Sweet mercy, your read that thing? I was going for 'so unfathomably verbose that mere mortals would shy away in horror'. It is all a cunning ruse to get away with implementing a random verbossitude generator to fake my journals...

_{^{P.S.
 To be fair, the verbosity is more about obscuring what is said from being incriminating...}}

[Heron TSG]

Yup! Verbositude is fairly boss, but I prefer verbosity.

The mission is to find ALL of the oceans, lakes, major rivers and/or their sources, aquifers, oases, and any other natural water-source and sanctify them to Procan.

This will be an awesome adventure.

[RAM]

Can I just go ahead and level to 6th now? I should be either 4th or 6th by the end of next session and would like to update my sheet sooner rather than later.

Wich feat should I get at 6th?
 Domain spontaneity(domain), lets me trade my prepped spells for domain spells. I will have knowledge(good for spur-of-the moment detection spells), oracle(similar to knowledge, from complete divine), animal(animal specific spells and summoning), and travel(lots of teleportation with a dash of other movements effects and divinations), Travel would be the most likely pick. Burns sturn attempts so is of limited uses/day.
 Divine metamagic(rapid spell), burn turning attempts instead of spell-levels to rapidise my spells, mostly used to get summoning spells out in the same round I cast them, but also handy for other long-casting-time-spells, such as getting a 10 minute divination out in 1 minute... Should be fine with the DM as getting a 1round spell off as a standard is not really a boost in damage over time, quicken and persistent are the real cheese-machines of divine metamagic...(for example, getting a divine power and divine favour out in one round is scary, but it is what 9th level clerics do, getting a divine power and a righteous might out in one round, or a righteous might and a full attack at 9th level is just silly, and persistent is even more powerful than quicken...)
 Craft magic arms and armour, arms and armour are where people tend to dump their cash, and having the feat lets you customise your items to exact specifications, for half price, costs xp though, which is a downer...
 Craft wonderous items, where squishies tend to dump their cash, make all those weird trinkets the loot tables don't want you to have. Also lets you sneak up behind the weath per level ration in a dark deserted alley-way with a poisoned knife. Clerics with this feat tend to have a bag of first-level pearls of power instead of cure light wounds wands. A whole wand may be cheaper to buy than a single pearl, but you get your full caster-level and it lasts forever.

Crafting feats are probably largely redundant while we are on good terms with the mage guild, but they are great feats to have in the party...

Quicken spell, I love this one, it is an extra action in combat. Bless may not sound like a good use for a 5th level spell slot, but every +1 helps, and if it is a free action on top of a high-level summon then that is just nice...

extra turning, not really, but if I had one of the divine feats I might want it for 9th level...

Improved initiative, getting a summoned critter out before the enemy acts is a really nice idea, few things are as relieve ans seeing somone else taking a pounce or improved grab+swallow whole that was meant for you...

Extra domain(meta), with great spells like Summon plot, Commune with D.M. notes, Summon python reference, Load dice, Summon bigger fish, and greater command(plot) this domain is a winner, and the granted power of playing with the monster manual open has saved me many times...

Iron will, improved toughness, etc., living longer is always nice...

Suggestions for other feats would be welcome, bear in mind that I am going for a summoner, summoning works with most metamagic feats, but they generally aren't worth it. I get augment summoning from a class in a while, it hurts not having it but... I bet the D.M. would let me trade it in when my class grants it, such a move really wouldn't suit my style, but augment would be an obvious choice...

[Grek]

Quicken Spell is extremely excellent. Also up for consideration would be Maximize Spell or, if Shoruke rules that it rounds up, Empower Spell. Summoning 3 medium scorpions or 5 webspitting spiders instead of summoning a single lion could well be worth it.

Kimiko's Log:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Today we delved into the caverns beneath the city of Eriden, where spiders lurk amid the darkness and thing still worse are said to dwell. Though the spiders are hardly a threat to an intelligent and skilled invididual such as myself, Some of the less reasonable invididuals in the party have suffered from their venoms. Vherid, a strange outlander and apparantly some sort of werewolf, decided that he would dispense with such frivolities as "tactics" and "light enough to see by" and just charge into the spider's den to get himself bitten repeatedly. Though he refuses to admit it, his is quite clear that the poison is taking some toll, stiffening his limbs and slowing his reflexes. Kenneth, the paladin who has pledged himself to our cause, was only barely prevented from following the barbarian's lead.

We did have the fortune to find yet another scientific mind in the party, the gnomish wizard Rush. We've only spoken briefly, but he did manage to successfully identify a bag of holding as containing alchemist's fire (although not quickly enough to avoid it falling out) and had a keen enough mind to at least think of salvaging the chemicals.

I shall end my writing here, as it is now my turn to climb up the rope to the upper caverns, and I would not want to keep them waiting in the dark for any longer.

[Dsarker]

Extra domain(meta), with great spells like Summon plot, Commune with D.M. notes, Summon python reference, Load dice, Summon bigger fish, and greater command(plot) this domain is a winner, and the granted power of playing with the monster manual open has saved me many times...

That domain is for Cheddar Monks only.

[The Fool]

I can't seem to find any Spell DC increasing items that don't cost 10k (Greater Arcane Might crystal I think it was, but that was it for items). I saw the Vest of the Master Evoker (MIC, p. 146) which sells for 10k, but it increases both damage and spell DC for evocation spells. Could it be modified to be a Vest of the Master Illusionist? If the damage were dropped from the effects and the school of spells changed to Illusion what would be a good cost for that?

Other than my homebrew vest idea there is only a 12k Hat of Fox's Cunning to get (+4 to INT). That's a total of +4 to spell DC if the vest is OK'd. I wasn't expecting spell DC increases to be so rare. It's a shame that spellcasting level increases didn't affect spell DC since there are so many. Time to save up like mad I suppose.

[RedWarrior0]

@RAM: I would suggest no on the Craft Wondrous Items feat, as I need it for the prestige class I want. DMM is decent (persist is pure cheese, though). I recall CK having a feat that allows the casting of spontaneous SNA spells, if that interests you. Domain Spontaneity looks cool and useful.

And when you do get Augment, my experience shows Beckon the Frozen to be nice with a summon that does shitloads of attacks. Because 1d6 cold damage apiece.

And once my base fort save gets high enough, Frozen Wild Shape is tempting. Granted, I won't get 12-Headed Cryohydra Wild Shape, but I would be unlikely to take it anyways.

[RAM]

Save DC increases are incredibly rare, I am amazedthat you found any items at all to be honest. If I wanted really really crazy DCs on a character I would probably make a cleric with divine metamagic(heighten), throw in earth and water domains, an extra turning or two, you could get, hmmmm, human, level 5, feats heighten, divine meta- Hey! Since when was heighten capped at 9th! *digs out PHB* wow, so they saw this coming, stinks for epic mages... Well DC 20+wisdom bonus at 5th level shouldn't be too hard, probably only a couple per day though...

[Heron TSG]

You know guys, I know something even more hilarious and icy than using beckon the frozen.

1. Take Snowcasting. If you add in snow as a material component, your spells get the cold descriptor.
2. Optionally, take Eschew Materials to ignore the snow.
3. Wear Blue Ice armor, ignoring any and all ASF because that's how blue ice works.
4. Profit!

[The Fool]

Kind of odd that spell DC increases are so stupidly hard to find on items considering illusion specialists were written into the revised player's handbook and everything. I mean EVERYTHING is based on the spell DC for illusionists. Without spell DC boosts I'd be useless in most cases. Hell, with my base spell DC at 17 nearly all creatures have a 30% chance of passing the save, and that is WITH specializing. That's pretty bad considering that a single humanoid could ruin an illusion by telling others. At least Master Specialist has a DC boost at level 4.

Heighten spell does little for an illusionist. If you want a lower level spell such as major image to have a higher DC then you'd have to basically lose a higher level slot for something that is inferior to a higher level image spell. With the lower level illusions there are more save chances from a lack of tactile and thermal details that the higher level spells have. If you're going for phantasms though then it might not be too bad since it has some nice fear effects, or ability damage at least.

[Dsarker]

I'm probably going to be unable to make the next few sessions, and tomorrow's is definitely not going to happen.


However, I'll give you the greatest paladin battle cry of all time: "Good for the Good God! Law for the Law Throne!"

[Heron TSG]

I will most likely be late. For me, the game usually starts at 3. I've been told that the thing I'm being forced to go to will go until six, but that we're not staying that long. What that means, I have no idea.

[Dwarmin]

(The margin has a amazingly good free hand drawing of Stihe, done with loving care. She's shooting crossbow bolts at spiders, who are drawn comically weak and ugly in comparison.)

Spoiler: Journal Part 4 (and a half) (click to show/hide)

We've stopped for a bit of rest, journal, so I thought I would update you before I have to tackle that annoying wall. Our cave exploration is going off swimmingly! We met a bunch of rude purple spiders that tried to eat us. It was a short battle...complicated by the fact that some of are party members were trapped up on a annoyingly high shelf. Me and Stihe shot a few arrows and bolts at them, then someone else just blew them all up with fire-I'm still wondering who did that! We got a pile of treasure-I've added some coins to my pack, and I couldn't help but smile when Sithe picked up that Blue Gemerald. She always had a soft spot for shiny stones, and I always liked giving them to her as presents when we were kids. Even before she became a thief.

I'm nibbling on a Cottonberry loaf right now. If you needed to know.

Did I mention Stihe? She's amazing! Tells me she can pick spells from peoples minds like we used to pick overfed merchants pockets back in the days we ran together! But, she seems new to all this though. The spiders sort of frightened her-then again, they frightened me!- but our Halfling hearts are made of sterner stuff than that, and I think she'll be all right with her Big Brother backing her up.

Living the life of a lone Druid...it detached me from mundane things, like family and companionship. I never thought I'd see her again. All the old feelings come back...love...joy...fear. Afraid something will happen to her, that I won't be able to stop. I'm not so dense as to believe that it is impossible-we live a dangerous life...but she's strong, and so am I. Still, it's all the more fun isn't it, journal?

(This last line was written more forcefully, unlike the carefree flowing script Andre usually uses)

All I know is, I'll protect Stihe as long as my living heart beats in my chest. This is an oath, journal-I intend to keep it.

Omens Sighted:
I saw a streak of whitish blood on the ground as we were exploring the cave. It was thinner in the middle.

Lucky seems nervous. He and Stihe never got along...

I made sure to pick ONLY coins that didn't have web on them. Tricky task, but I think that should protect me against the forces that avenge theft.

I was sure I saw something out of the corner of my eye in the cave a few times. An indistinct figure...like someone watching over me and my sister. Or maybe judging us.

[syvarris]

Spoiler: Vaba's excessively detailed journal (click to show/hide)

Yesterday morning for me was a bit annoying.  Everybody left Bote to go find something to do.  I decided to earn a little money and tried my hand at juggling the only thing I have: arrows.  ProTip: Arrows are not weighted well for juggling; you will get more money from people laughing at your impaled hand than the juggling.  At least I got nine copper for my pain.

Later that day, Andre and I were chatting.  Some female halfling ran up and hugged him suddenly; Andre returned the hug.  At first I thought they were some couple which had been separated for awhile, but I was quickly informed they were siblings. It seems 'Sticky''Stihe' has been missing her brother and decided to come and adventure with him.  I've lost count how many people are now crowding our ship, and thought it prudent to create my own space.  I rearranged the band's food and water barrels to make a small space for myself.  The space is only five feet long, but at least no-one will roll over onto my legs during the night.

The next morning I was woken up by Andre clambering clumsily out of the barrel I was lying next to.  It was almost time for the mercenary meetup so I followed Andre and his sister to catch up with the others.  We caught up to Maelrigar and his group mere minutes before The Event.  We were ordered to "Go undergroud and kill stuff that's underground" by a man whose colossal sword compensated for his diminutive brain.  We left following some guards down a few tunnels for awhile until we came to a large hub.  There were several offshoot tunnels which people were being assigned to.  Our group was assigned and we were about to move out when a small gnome ran up and handed someone a piece of paper.  Apparently he is from some library which commissioned this expedition.  After 'Blahblahreallylongnameblah Rush' introduced himself he lit a strange wooden thing and stuck it in his mouth.  It was horrible, especially in a cave, so I made him put it out.

After that we started into the cave; Strangly the cave was perfectly circular, and it got wider the further we went in.  Maelrigar said it may have been made by a large creature long ago.  Eventually, after a bit of arguing over the marching order, we reached a dead end.  Which had a twenty foot hole in the roof that stretched thirty feet up.  We were discussing how to scale the height when Rush notified us that his hawk had spotted some purple spiders at the top of the chute.  Mysteller somehow divined that their poison would only slow us just by looking at them. 

I wanted to shoot the spiders to lure them down; But I could not due to my earlier vow of not attacking.  Wouldn't want to get kicked out.  Suddenly, a small dragon appeared on the roof of the chute.  Apparently Rush casted some illusion spell to scare the spiders.  Unsurprisingly, the spiders ignored the illusion.  Raspul then suggested I shoot the spiders.  I only fired once, but strangely they all decided to flee instead of attacking.

Ethan turned into a leopard and clawed his way up, and then Varied the sergal[/b] climbed up with his bare hands.  Maelrigar lifted me up above his head to help me climb up; But the first rock I grabbed came loose and I fell.  He tried to throw a few of our Gnomes up the chute, but that didn't go so well.  I just decided to stay down and wait for a rope.  I then heard someone scream up top, and yelled for a tactical retreat; We would be ineffective trying to fight through a choke point.  I heard a battle begin up top and decided to fire despite not seeing anything.  Then my goggles highlighted where up there the spiders and my allies were, plus a few wolves oddly enough.  I fired at a spider and actually hit through the thirty foot tall shaft!  The people up top were quite surprised at my accuracy.

Moments later a rope was carried down by Rush's hawk.  Then Maelrigar and someone else rushed to the rope and tried climbing.  Then Kimiko struck a sunrod without warning.  She nearly blinded me and several others.  The flash disrupted my goggles, so I decided to retreat and let the spiders come to us.  Kenneth took the opportunity to charge and tried to rush to the rope.  At the same time Maelrigar yelled that he had a spell that would kill everything up there, and to get down.  I ordered Raspul to make his zombie hold Kenneth back.  As Kenneth spouted un-paladiny curses Ethan and the sergal came down.  A small wave of fire and some enraged chittering chased them down.  Followed by Mael calling the all-clear.

Everyone began climbing up and the few remaining spiders were quickly dealt with.  Once atop the cliff we found a few eggs, presumably the spiders.  I was then informed by a druid that spiders have egg-sacs, so these are quite abnormal spiders.  Near the eggs was a large amount of webs.  The webs contained, among other things, a large sword, an alot of gold, several gems and a bag of holding containing alchemists fire.  Without the flasks.  Next time I think Ethan won't open the bag above his head.

Andre and me have also come up with the idea of taking the eggs and raising the hatchlings as pets and possible mounts, if they are large enough.

Has anyone claimed the BoH yet? 

[Grek]

I'd asked for it, but there wasn't any real discussion on the topic.