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[GlyphGryph]

Okay, I'm coming down hard on the side of "forget about the amulet, get permission to leave, and get the fuck out of here". I have no interest in us staying at the fair for a week.

Go find and talk to Elena, then talk to our parents. Tomorrow, we ask for permission to leave, and after that, we leave (regardless of what they say).

They might also want to send us somewhere, but we'll deal with that when we come to it. For now, I say we head inland.

[forsaken1111]

The amulet has nothing to do with it. If we start making purple flames erupt from a squirrel and have it run about with its purple flaming eyes to steal things from a crowded fairground which is likely to be guarded and/or still busy even late at night, someone might see. You know.. the purple flames. Coming from its eyes.

I understand the wish to attain the amulet. I share it. We have a plan which will result in attaining the amulet. Its not like we're in a hurry.

My point was more that so far it looks like the purple flames aren't seen by others. Not that I think the squirrel is worth the risk, but we should do something to test what people can see.

Where did you get the impression that the purple flames from Raise Dead aren't seen by others? The amulet wasn't giving off flames, it was registered as necromantic magic by our necromancer's sight.

[lockman766]

*Whistle* This tread got really active all of a sudden. 

[joemoben]

Okay, I'm coming down hard on the side of "forget about the amulet, get permission to leave, and get the fuck out of here". I have no interest in us staying at the fair for a week.

Go find and talk to Elena, then talk to our parents. Tomorrow, we ask for permission to leave, and after that, we leave (regardless of what they say).

They might also want to send us somewhere, but we'll deal with that when we come to it. For now, I say we head inland.

We already have permission to leave.

[Grek]

Okay, I'm coming down hard on the side of "forget about the amulet, get permission to leave, and get the fuck out of here". I have no interest in us staying at the fair for a week.

Go find and talk to Elena, then talk to our parents. Tomorrow, we ask for permission to leave, and after that, we leave (regardless of what they say).

They might also want to send us somewhere, but we'll deal with that when we come to it. For now, I say we head inland.

We already have permission to leave.

We don't, actually.
And I'd like to add that not wanting to stick around for the end of the fair would be A] boring and B] screw us out of 15 gold.

[forsaken1111]

We have an influential person requesting permission for us to leave, not actual permission.

Also we could probably pass the time exercising our mana pool by making these potions for sale later. We might get a max MP increase out of it and we'll have a stock of potions to sell or use. Assuming someone at the fair can sell the crystals. We should ask Pevo who his supplier is.

[GlyphGryph]

That is a decent point... it would be nice to start with some money and or mana potions, even if we only end up spending all the money on more crystals for later. We need to find out the availability of these things.

While we're doing that stuff, we should ask Omo to explore around and find out the best way to make our escape should the council say no - What's going on with the border? What are people doing and saying? What was his plan to escape?

But honestly, I think we should try to super-mooch off our mom, and buy the amulet outright. Ask her for money for the trip and say you'll send her back exotic trinkets, or something, whatever it takes, and don't tie ourselves to this foolish merchant.

[joemoben]

Okay, I'm coming down hard on the side of "forget about the amulet, get permission to leave, and get the fuck out of here". I have no interest in us staying at the fair for a week.

Go find and talk to Elena, then talk to our parents. Tomorrow, we ask for permission to leave, and after that, we leave (regardless of what they say).

They might also want to send us somewhere, but we'll deal with that when we come to it. For now, I say we head inland.

We already have permission to leave.

We don't, actually.
And I'd like to add that not wanting to stick around for the end of the fair would be A] boring and B] screw us out of 15 gold.

Well dont i feel like an ass right about now. Sorry!
ALSO: MOOOOOCH. Not even specifically for the amulet. We are gonna need cash in the big wide world.

[Shades]

Where did you get the impression that the purple flames from Raise Dead aren't seen by others? The amulet wasn't giving off flames, it was registered as necromantic magic by our necromancer's sight.

Maybe I misread it but I understood them to be the same thing.

[fergus]

I'm going with selling mana potions and going with the merchant.

[Lord Allagon]

I'm going with selling mana potions and going with the merchant.

That is a decent point... it would be nice to start with some money and or mana potions, even if we only end up spending all the money on more crystals for later. We need to find out the availability of these things.

While we're doing that stuff, we should ask Omo to explore around and find out the best way to make our escape should the council say no - What's going on with the border? What are people doing and saying? What was his plan to escape?

But honestly, I think we should try to super-mooch off our mom, and buy the amulet outright. Ask her for money for the trip and say you'll send her back exotic trinkets, or something, whatever it takes, and don't tie ourselves to this foolish merchant.

We have an influential person requesting permission for us to leave, not actual permission.

Also we could probably pass the time exercising our mana pool by making these potions for sale later. We might get a max MP increase out of it and we'll have a stock of potions to sell or use. Assuming someone at the fair can sell the crystals. We should ask Pevo who his supplier is.

This.

[Phantom of The Library]

Where did you get the impression that the purple flames from Raise Dead aren't seen by others? The amulet wasn't giving off flames, it was registered as necromantic magic by our necromancer's sight.

Maybe I misread it but I understood them to be the same thing.

It did have a purple glow over the symbols on it, if I remember correctly, though.

[forsaken1111]

We'll need to get clarification then as that is fairly important.

[Urist McManiac]

I just finished reading through this fantastic story and want to suggest some things:
First of all, we need to get the amulet! Afterall, where going to fight two necromancers, each with an army at their command. It couldn't hurt if we would have an artifact of power. Even if it proves to be rather worthless, we can still learn about necromancy by studying it. As mentioned before, we should try to get money from our mother, sell some mana potions and try to barter with the merchant.
Secondly, we need information. I'd propose that we go and talk to our mother and Elana (maybe we can find out more about necromantic artifacts, by the way) and meet the elders, but if they want us to go on a mission for them, try to reject. We don't want to have someone always looking over our shoulder.
I know that we want to go to the old elven homelands, but I'd suggest not to go there right now. We know that the elven homelands are infested with undead, and Thrimesdur is at war with a powerful necromancer. We should avoid this place for the moment. We should rather go with the caravan to the Jeweled Coast. If we join the caravan, I guess we are safe from the hazards in the jungle. Also, the necromancer from the Jeweled coast doesn't seem as powerful as Nightroars (most of his army is composed of pirates and mercenaries, instead of undead). We also know that Nightroars is clearly evil, while the necromancer of the Jeweled Coast seems to be more of a powerful bandit lord.

Therefore I would suggest this (in no particular order):

- Get money (from our parents, from selling mana potions)
- Talk to the merchant and try to bargain for the amulet
- Visit our mother and Elana, getting as much informations as possible
- Meeting the Elders, but reject any mission they want to give to us
- Joining the caravan to the Jeweled Coast

[monk12]

Where did you get the impression that the purple flames from Raise Dead aren't seen by others? The amulet wasn't giving off flames, it was registered as necromantic magic by our necromancer's sight.

Maybe I misread it but I understood them to be the same thing.

It did have a purple glow over the symbols on it, if I remember correctly, though.

Apologies, they are in fact different things- due to poor planning on my part, they both happen to be purple

The purple flames are a specific side effect of the Raise Dead spell, for undisclosed reasons. They are quite visible to Muggles, and shed visible light (so yeah, you could use them as weird-ass torches.)

Necromantic Energy is considerably more intricate, and is present throughout the whatever-it-is that's been infused by Necromancy. It glows, but is only visible to you and your Necromantic Sight (and, if this amulet is any indication, anybody else with Necromantic Sight.) It does not shed light and is invisible to non-Necromancers. Looking back, "blaze" was a poor word choice for the amulet- I meant that the glow was very intense. It does not appear as flames. There is actually more to your Necromantic Sight than has yet been revealed, mostly because circumstances have put a brief hold on your experimenting.

Anywho, my many-days-in-a-row of work are over, so tomorrow we'll be getting back on track. It looks like the immediate votes are for "Meet with Omo, compare notes, get him to gather travel info," "MOOOOOCH," and "Thrimesdur and points East." This makes your meeting with the merchant less about traveling with him, and more about making money (hopefully enough for the amulet outright.)