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[The Fool]

I liked when I AoO'd an enemy that I couldn't see and insta-killed it.

Seriously though, I think I should downgrade my weapon, and get the plus added to my weapon instead.

I do 13-31 damage per attack right now. If I downgraded it to normal damage and got a +7 weapon instead it would be 18-26 damage. I would just never miss ever again. Wait... That's a downgrade!? It's even better in my powergaming opinion!

Maybe I should have different enchantments instead. Ones that don't affect damage so much.

[Skyrunner]

What about 'Merciful'? 1d6 extra NL damage, and you can NL attack without taking -4 to rolls.

Also, you can't get a +7 weapon. +5 max iirc.

EDIT - Almost time!

[Skyrunner]

Session is a go.

[Araph]

I nominate this for 'best quote of the day':

Rudra Tyrmitore:
((the enemies all know about caster levels and the NPCs know about exp, but the devils don't know about goatee tropes?))
 
Rudra Tyrmitore:
((the hell is wrong with this world))

[Skyrunner]

Go to IRC

[Araph]

I've pretty much remade Venator into a new character (a single-class ranger) on the grounds that he fails at life. He's the most ineffective combatant ever. I'm pretty sure Vulsano could take him in a melee fight.

So, with that in mind, I've made a chaotic-good duel-wielding drow half-elf ranger to replace him.

EDIT: Oh, and I forgot to ask about weapons. Would it be possible to have a more expensive version of a double-bladed sword that can detach in half to make two shortswords? A bit gimmicky, but I don't like the idea of my guy running around accidentally injuring himself all the time with his awesome-yet-impractical double-bladed weapon. Granted it is fiction, and therefore problems like this will never come up, but bear with me. I'm a bit OCD in this regard.

[Shoruke]

EDIT: Oh, and I forgot to ask about weapons. Would it be possible to have a more expensive version of a double-bladed sword that can detach in half to make two shortswords? A bit gimmicky, but I don't like the idea of my guy running around accidentally injuring himself all the time with his awesome-yet-impractical double-bladed weapon. Granted it is fiction, and therefore problems like this will never come up, but bear with me. I'm a bit OCD in this regard.

I don't see why not. There's not much functional difference between two weapons and a double weapon, is there?
(I haven't read the rules for double weapons in a while but that's what I remember)

[Araph]

Pretty much, yeah. Double weapons count as a single one-handed weapon and one light weapon in the off-hand. The difference is in damage (1d8 for both ends of the double weapon vs. 1d6 for each shortsword) and damage type (slashing vs. piercing). Crit ranges also differ, I believe, but that's about it.

[Shoruke]

Another excellent session! Which can only mean one thing: it is time for lots of text!

Spoiler: Rudra Tyrmitore's second journal (click to show/hide)

Today was a... busy day.
We fought off a bunch of enemies before we made it to Hatred Island; a bunch of flying, wraithlike enemies with great arcane power, and no higher calling than being a bunch of low-brow jerks. They could probably have killed us if they'd been trying, but instead they forced me to tickle Miss Anya. The last one said he was about to get serious and that he would kill us all, shortly before Anya wiped him from existence with her Magic Missiles. She is really, really good with Magic Missiles. She's good with a lot of offensive spells, actually... She's a stronger spellcaster than me, in some ways, albeit much less versatile. Well, there's Sorcerers for you. I still don't understand why the other wizards don't like them.

We made port at Hatred Island, and had Tali smuggle some spare holy symbols into town for us, as the local undead population do not want clerics throwing Turning powers or divine spells around. Wights, it turns out, are stupid. I managed to convince one of them that the Saint was a bird, a giant, three kinds of dragon, and god of robots.

The first place we went was the shrine of Bano. I thought we should split up and search different parts of the city for information on Winterer, believing it to be elsewhere on the island, maybe under some ruins or something. I also wanted to visit the mage's guild, and if nothing else, see what they had there. Alas, no; Luke mentioned that the shrine of Bano was filled with otherworldly beasts as well as the local varieties of undead, so I went with the group, since I didn't feel good about letting them go alone.

Some wights blocked us at the door, and were dispatched easily. Miss Kanesrae fell into some kind of trap, and was separated from us. There was a room full of peaceful undeads of various varieties, including an incapacitated vampire, who said he had been semi-re-killed by devils on the second floor. We went to check it out, and were ambushed by- sure as hell, pardon the pun- bearded devils. They were resistant to my magic (most of my offensive spells are fire spells, go figure), but not my wards. They threw themselves against the yellow veil, and died in the effort. I used it to protect myself and Kanesrae (who was unconscious on the floor, but unharmed) when we were separated from the group.

The third floor was filled with Ice Elementals. We charged through them, melting and cutting them like a hot knife through... well, ice, if not butter. We hardly broke stride fighting past them. The whole time we were inside the building, I kept hearing fireball spells going off on the upper floors.

It turned out there was some kind of battle royale on the fourth floor, with the devils trying to get past the undead guarding the area. We watched them finish each other off. It would have been quite funny to watch, if not for the stray fireball that hit us. Oh well. Our clerics are good at what they do.

We faced Bano down... but before we really got to fighting him, a pleasure devil showed up and worked some kind of profane magic on Kanesrae. She started trying to knock me and Wheatley unconscious, and was ranting about how this devil loved her so much. When the devil died (Bano actually worked with us to get rid of it; he was rather honourable in his own weird, undead, crazy way), Kanesrae got worse... somehow. I thought she would get better by the time we left the island. She didn't. We locked her inside a Magic Circle Against Evil, and went to fight Bano.

He was a terrifying opponent, armed with Winterer. He created an antimagic field around himself, and broke the Saint's weapon in two, and he nearly managed to kill Anya (and me) with his weapon and his terrible, terrible organ-playing powers.

We left the island, chased by a mob of undeads who were out to kill the Saint, for letting slip in public that we had killed their god-king. I'm writing this from the deck of the ship as we flee, as I dare not go belowdecks for another couple hours at least; ghosts might catch up with us, and I don't want to be stuck in the close quarters of a ship's underbelly if they do. At least we accomplished the goal we set out to achieve.

And yet, I am dissatisfied. Within an hour of setting foot on Hatred Island, every single resident of it wants to kill us. Bano, a Lich, is going to be recovering sometime in the next two weeks- likely much less- and when he does he will likely come hunting us down, and he is a good enough wizard in his own right to know how to find us. The Saint's weapon is destroyed, although we are confident Miss Anarose can fix it without much trouble. But worst of all is Kanesrae. She won't let me, nor anyone else- not even Tali- speak to her. She hardly eats, and I don't think she would pick up her sword to defend herself or her friends anymore. I thought she would be fine long ago, but apparently watching the she-devil perish while under her spell made it worse, and more permanent. I've tried to help her, but I can do nothing for my sister.

I feel so useless.

Spoiler: Rudra Tyrmitore's third journal (click to show/hide)

It's been a week since my last entry. We're in Anarose's library again, gathering information about some dwarven kingdom so we can steal their legendary hammer.

She took us to a different realm, where we performed a ritual to summon a godly smith to reforge Winterer for us. The realm was strange, with a purple sky, but still a beautiful place. The smith himself was huge; the size of a terrasque, but with hammers. Winterer, it turns out, is a giant snake that likes to kill spellcasters, especially arcane spellcasters. We don't see eye to eye on that point.

We had some conversation about whether we should target the staff or the hammer next. I think we should go for the staff first; the Goblinoids sound easier to deal with, and a staff that can prevent enemies from moving sounds extremely useful, but my friends are also right about how useful the hammer would be to have. Plus, that girl, the sand-striding mysterious person we met in Bano's temple (she was leaving, and didn't trouble us, which was odd); my guess is that her silvery staff is *the* staff of legacy, and I'm not entirely sure I want to deal with her just yet.

Anarose also took a look at Kanesrae. From what I can tell, she needs an Atonement spell... but she needs to earn it first, and she still lacks the will. I'll need to steel myself give her a blunt talk eventually, regardless of how much she'll hate me for imposing myself on her.

I feel mixed emotions about this whole ordeal with Kanesrae. On the one hand, it's extremely depressing, and makes me remember why I left my old family behind: to be free of exactly this kind of situation, when your friends and family need your help and yet refuse it. But I knew when I agreed to Riawilde's ritual that helping your family through absolutely anything is what family is all about. Somehow, we'll get Kanesrae through this and back to her old self, and she might do the same for me someday.

[SeriousConcentrate]

@These quotes:

[00:04]    Rudra    and making Kanesrae emo was mean
[00:05]    Skyrunner    I didn't intend for the emo
[00:05]    Skyrunner    Though in retrospect it is obvious...
[00:05]    TheSaint    I think it was voluntary.

It was indeed voluntary. ^^^ It would be out of character for Rae, a generally very loving and caring person, to not feel terrible for cheating on Tali (despite not actually going out with her, she is in an awkward stage where she thinks she loves her but isn't sure yet, which is compounded by the problems of both of them being female and from races who generally don't get along with each other), turning on her friends for a mere 300 GP and attacking her clanmates... >.> It's made even worse by the fact that Ria and Tali (or even Bael) were absent; if one of them had been on hand in the battle with Bano, she might have been able to be talked down, or at least been counseled on the ship on the way to Anarose's sanctum. :\ Being left to stew in regret for a week made what was already going to be a bad situation worse. (OTOH, this will give Dwarmin a pretty interesting situation to be dropped into when he can come back, hopefully by next session. )

Anyway, the three questions:

How was it?

The only problem I had with the session(s) was no one's fault, but getting DC'd so much was extremely annoying (especially when I had to do the betrayal angle there at the end). Like I said, it's no one's fault and out of everyone's control and discounting that, I had fun when I was actually playing. I got to RP a new and interesting situation for Rae with some severe consequences, and although it will be tough to remember that she's not supposed to be cheerful and bouncy in the future (have to edit macros to reflect that >.>) it'll be interesting to have a new take on her. It might not last TOO long though since we need at least one upbeat character, and I don't see anyone except possibly Anya stepping up to fill that role.

Things to fix?

My copy of MapTools, or my internet connection, or something, I don't even know what happened today. Probably the sunspots, but still, it was damned annoying.

How were the NPC portrayals?

Well, I liked them; a good moment in particular was when (as mentioned in the IRC by Shoruke/Rudra) Sand Dancer was like 'lolnope' when it came to caring about the party/party's fight with Bano and just strolled on out. I quite like bits like that - even small ones - that make it feel more like there's a world beyond the PCs and their actions, although of course such moments should probably be kept to a low level since this is the party's story, after all. ^^^

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

Thirteenth Entry

Awoke. Ate breakfast: Fish. Getting tired of seafood. Stayed on the ship today while the party explored Hatred Island and played poker with Anya. Did not want to leave ship; evil everywhere and therefore chance of 'diplomatic incidents' high. Lost bread rations on last hand; should remember Anya has terrific poker face in the future. Patrolled ship. Heard signs of big battle coming from the island; doubtless Rudra was trying out some of the spells he said he'd learned from Anarose's library. Anya got bored and went to catch up with the party. Stayed aboard to guard clanmates and crew. Am going to patrol deck; will write new entry when I return.
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Fourteenth Entry

Caught sight of party returning. Saint carrying Rae; found out from Anya that Rae was under a spell that turned her evil? Girl sat on the deck most of the day and would not look at me, or anyone. Even ignored going-away party/mob undead organized. Brought her dinner; she headed downstairs crying. Queried Rudra for further details about what happened. Found out enslaving force was succubus-like creature. Implications... not good. Have seen the way Rae looks at Tali when she thinks no one is looking; same look her sister Ria gazes at Bael with. Doubtless girl feels guilty; don't know what to make of that. On one hand, Rae wasn't in her right mind; on the other, one should be guilty for not staying faithful. ...Still, heart torn. Rae like little sister despite massive difference in years suggesting she's older; do not wish to see her suffer.

Also heard she attacked Rudra and Wheatly, knocking the former temporarily senseless and the latter out cold completely. ...Somewhat admire Rae's restraint. Even in her condition she did not strike to kill either. Headed down to get her side of the story but she wouldn't speak to me. Kept turning her head away and trying to hide in the shadows, so I left her alone to cry it out. She'll recover. I hope. She locked herself away in one of the storage rooms and blockaded the door. Will pray to St. Cuthbert tonight to ease her sorrows.
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Fifteenth Entry

Awoke. Ate breakfast: cold, hard biscuits. On sea, one day from Anarose's Sanctuary. Spent five hours trying to talk to Rae. Actions on Hatred Island affected her deeply; she looks undead herself. Hair flat and dull, eyes sad and lifeless, doesn't bother to clean herself, rarely leaves one spot. Miss her smile and laughter, singing and dancing, constant curiosity and excitement. I don't think she has been sleeping or eating. Won't meet anyone's eyes and flinches when someone gets too close. Talks to herself at times; some Elvish I'm not familiar with. The same ten or twelve words, usually. Recognize one: Xhen. Translates to female dog. Suspect closer translation as another word for female dog, given hint of anger in her voice when she says it. Not sure if she means succubus or herself. Also noted that she removed all the ornamentation from her clothing and hair, save the lock of Thenash's hair she braided into her own. Noticed her look at it more and more these days. I try to stay near her as much as possible when she goes to the deck.

...Was never meant to empathize with another person; not my role in the world. Wish I was able, but no one else seems able to reach her either. Anya tried cheering her up with various magic tricks; no reaction. Kanesrae wouldn't look at her. Looks, acts like whipped dog. Have thought deeply about her troubles. Remember oath we took when we left Anarose's Sanctuary the first time. Sad to think circle broken so quickly. Sadder still that it was Rae who did so. Remember Ria's words: First to break circle will pay highest price. Rae certainly paying. Ship feels much lonelier without her in high spirits, like heart ripped from chest or stars taken from sky. She was the only one of us who was truly happy. Luke, myself, Rudra, Tali, Ria, Saint, Bael, Vulsano... all brooding and dedicated to our own causes, although Ria and Bael find happiness in each other. Anya normally upbeat but seems deflated as well. Wish it had been me; more emotionally resilient.

Will pray to St. Cuthbert tonight that Anarose can do something, anything for her.

Dinner: Stew of some sort.
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Sixteenth Entry

Awoke. Ate breakfast: leftover stew. Exploratory party returned from Anarose's Sanctuary; we are to discuss next destination tomorrow. Prayers answered, praise St. Cuthbert. Rae talking again. Not much, and not for very long at a time, but talking. She still doesn't meet eyes and I caught her crying again, but she seemed more receptive of my presence. Perhaps on road to recovery? May never be the same girl, although I hope she will be someday, but maybe will bring a little life back to party. Still wish it had been me caught by demon, if only to spare her.

Of course, must aid Rae's recovery however I can. Do believe she will fight to defend clanmates, probably harder than ever, but still do not know if she has forgiven herself. Acceptance takes time, but brings strength and understanding. Am case in point. Can only hope she follows example. In light of these events, must apologize to Azasar for previous hostile behavior. Poor cleric must have felt terrible, too. Been acting like quite a bit of an ass, really, though I suppose it's just my nature. They do say recognizing the problem is the first step to fixing it.

Brought Rae dinner: salted pork cuts. Surprised she accepted it. Didn't eat much, but shared meal with me without looking frightened, so it's a start. Even met my eyes once though looked away quickly. Feel awkward being anyone's emotional support but I will do my best to be there for her. Will pray to St. Cuthbert tonight for strength. Must be a better man for myself and must be a better protector for the clan; I will uphold Rae's end for as long as I must. Even if that's all I can do for her for now.
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Spoiler: Rae's Journal (click to show/hide)

First Entry

Anarose gave me this journal. She told me that writing my thoughts down might help. I wish I could just write it all into this book and burn it and be rid of the memories forever, because I don't know how I'm supposed to go on. I broke the circle. Of all the laws, the most important one is to never raise your weapon against your clan. And... I hurt Wheatly and Rudra. I can never take that back. They were my brothers, and I hurt them just because...

Because she asked me to. I know now it wasn't her, but when I first met Brachina, she appeared to me as Tali. I was scared and surprised and lonely and happy to see her, and... something happened, like magic. She showed me things, beautiful treasures and exquisite clothing and the loveliest singing birds and fine foods and many things I never knew existed or that I could experience, and she said that if I just helped her get rid of my allies I could be with her forever... and that's what I wanted. It was all I wanted. I'm so scared to face the real Tali. I never should have fallen for that trick. Brachina didn't act anything like Tali. She didn't speak like Tali, or smell of her, or have the same presence as her... I don't think she even knew who Tali was. She just came to me in her form, pulling it from my mind.

I'm... no longer a Tyrmitore, or a Kanes of that clan. I am a Dhaeraow, a Calemarque. An Oathbreaker, honorless and faithless and less than a person, less than a beast, less than the slimy vermin clinging to the side of this ship. I dishonor my mother's name just by existing. I should be called Maiathemar, death of honor. But they insist on calling me Rae, still. I don't know why they allow me to keep the name. Rudra looks at me with pity. They all do, but it's his eyes I don't want to see. Every time I look at him I only see the look of surprise on his face before I smash it again and again, misusing the skills my father taught me, until he falls to the floor. The look of shock at my betrayal. I don't know how he can stand to be anywhere near me. I don't know how any of them can... and they all walk around looking sad because of me. Because I'm a traitor. Because nothing I can do or say could ever make this right.

I wanted to throw myself into the ocean so many times while we were traveling to Anarose's Sanctuary... to just sink down into the blackness, let the tides claim my body, and join Thenash. I sympathized with him before, but now I know how much he suffered each day. I wish I knew how he kept going. I still long to drift under the waves, but like always, Toman watches me when I leave the hold. He's been keeping a close eye on me ever since... ever since Hatred Island. I can barely manage to look at him and Saint. Doesn't their St. Cuthbert say the wicked must be punished? Yet he looks at me with such concern.

Maybe he understands in his own way what it's like to be an outcast, although our circumstances are different. He never asked for that armor, and his armor isn't evil; human stupidity and superstition is what made him an exile. I was fully aware of what I was doing, and I did it anyway, out of selfishness and greed... and all those things I used to love, I'm not so sure about now. I find no joy in them any more. I look at the trinkets and baubles I've collected and all I can think about is that I was willing to hurt my friends for them. I think of all the songs I used to love and only hear the sound of my sword knocking my clanmates down. I feel empty inside; I've lost everything I ever cared about and I can't find anything to fill that void. Even Amariat hasn't spoken to me since the betrayal, and I don't blame him.

Toman brought me something to eat, so I ate it. I don't know what it was. It didn't taste of anything. But for whatever reason he insists that I'll "get through this." They all do, like what I did is some sort of illness that I can recover from. But if they want me to keep going, then... I guess I just have to. Maybe I'll have one last good fortune and fall in battle. Then they can move on and forget about me, and Ria can return home with Bael and settle down instead of watching over her stupid worthless blood-sister, and I can rest in the dreamless sleep of death for all eternity. Right now I just hope Anarose was telling in the truth, and that writing all of this down will help me rest my head tonight among the crates and barrels in the hold, hidden in the shadows.

[Araph]

I thought it was a great session! It was fun having our party mow through a horde of demons and elementals in, like, three minutes of in-game time. Also NPCs: I thought they were very well done, particularly the major ones like Sand Dancer and Bano. Skyrunner did a great job of voicing the devils, as well.

For some reason, I find it hilarious that after hacking our way through four floors of undead, devils, and elementals, we stop to have a nice ten-minute-or-so chat with an evil lich as he plays the organ.

Although, I suppose our talk technically lasted only about 30 seconds. It is a free action after all.

[Shoruke]

How was it?
Awesome! We got a lot of fighting done (as appropriate for level 12 PCs), the traps were nontrivial but also didn't utterly destroy us, and the enemies were balanced more or less perfectly: after three solid minutes of zerg rush, we beat the final boss with very little fight left, but we made it.

Things to fix?
I suppose it's mostly my fault that most of my offensive power is fire-elemental, but fighting fire-immune enemies was annoying... still, a good challenge. Luckily Rudra is still versatile enough to be competent against fire-immune creatures (yellow veil for ALL the win! flat 80 damage, lol)
Other than that, the one trap in the first hallway that disposed of Rae. Traps that are just "suddenly one of your party members are gone and you don't know what happened, and here's a fight to distract you" are annoying. Sufficiently douchebaggy for savvy enemies, but Bano doesn't seem the type for that kind of thing, so it came off as rather arbitrary.
Also, can you fix my teammates so that they don't continuously get in the way of my AoE effects? I suppose you can't. I guess *I* need to work on that then, but giving that lecture is going to sound extremely pretentious 

How were the NPCs?
Pretty great, actually. The mysterious sand-chick was sufficiently mysterious, and her encounter made it seem like the world does do things that we don't see, but her screen time was short enough that it doesn't detract from the important stuff: us!
(yeah, it's egotistical to say, but... we're playing the player characters, not the non-players characters)

[Skyrunner]

Okay... uh, I may have misplaced the chat log :/ I'm sure I saved it, but it's not showing up.
My theory is pressing 'enter' at the saving screen causes it to default to 'cancel', not 'OK'...

I'm really sorry. Apparently this session's fighting part will be lost in history, despite there being quite a number of nice quips, including V's :3 He's the number one talker!

...Anyways, yes, I lost it D: It's a wonder how I didn't lose the campaign file...
Session Ten & Eleven - Lost in Transmission
Kill list
2 Wight Docents**
4 Thunderstone traps**
5 Mohrg
Fire mist trap
2 Wraiths
1 Dread Wraith
1 Defacer
14 Bearded Devils
3 Barbed Devils
3 Hellcats
2 Ice Golems
3 Huge Ice Elementals
7 Large Ice Elementals
3 Medium Ice Elementals
Moving Freezing Ray Traps
1 Pleasure Devil (Brachina)
1 Kanesrae
Bano, the Liberating Lich
Random Elf, the Mildly Powerful Elf

*   Named people are underlined
** Not powerful enough to warrant XP

SUB TOTAL = 10900 XP  And yes, Kanesrae gets XP for defeating herself. Wacky world 'we' live in.
  Noncombatants including Dwarmin, or your subcharacters that didn't participate - 8700 XP

RP XP
1200 xp (Session RPing + journal)
Rudra
Toman
Rae

600 xp
Saint
V
Alith
Anya

Quest XP
(Failed quest : Report back to the undead)
Found Winterer - 2000 XP (for everyone. Yes, every single one of you.)
Purified Winterer - 1000 XP (again.)

This session: The party docked at Hatred Island, Gateway. The party made their way to the Bano temple. They kicked in the proverbial door and triggered some trap that blasted Kanesrae through the ceiling. An ambush team of wraiths and undead assualt them. At the end are some not-aggressive templegoer undead. They ask the party to find what's going on. Every once in a while, the explosion of fireballs shake the building. On the second floor, hordes of Bearded devils and some Hellcats attack, wave after wave. At the end, two Barbed devils are finished off. The Gates they came through were closed before the party could investigate them. On the third floor, a large security force of ice elementals and a freezing ray trap assualt the party. They meet an Ice devil, who doesn't attack them. They fight their way through the floor, only for the Ice devil to be killed by four concentrated Cones of Cold. On the forth floor was a battlefield, with many high-level devils and undead. They beat each other silly and clear themselves out. A mysterious woman named Sanddancer leaves, and lets slip that the Winterer is here with Bano. Bano, the lich, has a three minute talk about organs and music, that included one spell Bigby's Organ Playing Hands. A Brachina appears, and Kanesrae goes berserk on the party, knocking out Wheatly and temporarily knocking out Rudra. A cleverly used Circle against Evil traps Kanesrae. The party and Bano kill the pleasure devil. They then attack each other. The personal antimagic field of Bano nearly thwarts all efforts, but it eventually goes down and Bano re-dies. He leaves an ominous message that he will return to his phylactery and take revenge.

The IRC log will cover the second part, returning to Anarose.

Having two consecutive sessions (and thus roughly 8~10 hours of D&D) fit so much into one day.


Loot
  Winterer - Used to be legacy bastard sword, now is legacy hand-axe.

Spoiler: Stats (click to show/hide)

A thin-bladed bastard sword, tinged blue. It softly glows white. The metal is perpetually cool to the touch. The blade itself is sharp even at a glance. Whatever metal it is made of, it seems to be lighter than a same-sized steel bastard sword. The sword's hilt is also made of the same material as the blade. The crossguard is simple.

Omen - The blade is always cool to the touch, whether in flame or fire. When moonlight hits the blade, it gives off an aura of white like that of snow.

Non-legacy stats - +1 hand axe

Lv 5~10 = Least
Lv 11~16 = Lesser
Lv 17~20 = Greater

Req
BAB over 10

Wielder Level
        Will save pen.  Hit Point loss   Attack Penalty    Abilities
0th                                                                              Weaponary of the Gods
5th                                                                              +2 bastard sword
6th                                   2                     -1                  Ice resistance 5
7th           -1                     2                                          Frigid Sunder 1/day
8th                                                               
9th           -2                     2                                          +2 icy burst bastard sword
10th                                 2                                          Ice resistance 10
11th                                 2                      -2                +3 frost bastard sword
12th         -3                     2                                          Frigid Sunder 3/day
13th                                                         -3                 
14th                                  2                                          Arcane Bane 3/day
15th         -4                     2                      -4                 Personal Antimagic Field
16th                                 2                                           Ice resistance 20
17th         -5                                                                +4 frost bastard sword
18th                                 2                      -5                 Ice immunity
19th                                 2                                          +5 frost bastard sword
20th                                 2                                           Subsume in Ice 1/day



Rituals
(DC 18 - Purify)

Bring the sword to Anarose, and pay 10000 XP (Anarose covered it) and 2500 gp in ritual fees to reforge it and take away its enthralling capabilities. The owner of Winterer gains the feat Least Legacy(Winterer) and may use all of Winterer's least legacy abilities, and also incurrs all of Winterer's least legacy penalties. Up to level 10, Winterer has a penalty of -2 to Will saves, 8 HP loss, and -1 to BAB. On the plus side, Winterer grants Ice Resistance 10, Frigid Sunder 1/day, and acts like a +2 frost bastard sword.

(DC 25 - Frostbite)

To understand Winterer, one must embrace the nature of it. The wielder must pay 1000 XP and 3600 gp in ritual costs, and be exposed to temperatures of 0 degrees celcius or lower for twelve hours. The wielder must not have any clothing that protects from the cold in a substantial way, but may use any means to thwart cold damage, such as Protection from Elements.

(DC 31 - Rebirth)

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Legacy Abilities
Weaponary of the Gods
  Winterer was handmade by the gods themselves. It cannot be destroyed. It is immune to Dispel (and equivalant spells) and Antimagic field, and is not affected by Sunder attempts. Winterer automatically saves for Fortitude or Will. Winterer's blade is immune to rust, acid, fire, frost, and sonic. Winterer destroys any Spheres of Annihilation it comes into contact with. Winterer also is not affected by Wish, Miracle, or other similar effects.
Ice Resistence
  Winterer absorbs cold.
Frigid Sunder
  At a thought, Winterer becomes colder than anything on earth and grants +20 on a single sunder attempt's attack roll, along with +20 on the damage roll.
Arcane Bane
  On a failed Reflex or Fortitude save against an arcane spell, you may choose to roll again. If you fail the save once more, you may steal one of the caster's spell slots.
Personal Antimagic Field
  When you succeed in striking a enemy, you may choose to create an antimagic field in the four cardinal directions. The antimagic field lasts for 1 round + Cha modifier.
Subsume in Ice
  Immediate action. Similar to a 30ft long Cone of Cold, the saving throw DC is 25. This attack ignores the effect of Personal Antimagic Field.

361pp 26,391gp 9,038sp 9,520cp
=39991 GP, so 6700 gp per player

<<Assuming the appraiser appraised the things.>>

arcane scroll containing:
   1. interposing hand (lvl 5, cast 9)
arcane scroll containing:
   1. reverse gravity (lvl 7, cast 13)
                  2. stoneskin (lvl 3, cast 5)
                  3. dispel magic (lvl 3, cast 5)
divine scroll containing:
   1. water walk (lvl 3, cast 5)
   2. blindness (lvl 3, cast 5)
   3. snare (lvl 3, cast 5)
4000 gp - ring of counterspells/cursed
16000 gp - headband of intellect +4
9000 gp - Bracers of armor +3

medium glowing +1 longspear (2,000gp)
medium glowing +1 waraxe, dwarven (2,300gp)
medium vermin bane +1 scimitar (8,300gp)
medium +1 longsword (2,300gp)
medium +2 acid resistant lightly fortified heavy steel shield
magical dice - always comes up as 1 and 6
magical bag - unknown properties.

[SeriousConcentrate]

Hmm, so...

Rae gets: 14,100 XP (10900+1200+2000+1000)
Toman gets: 12,900 XP (8900+1200+2000+1000)
Anya gets: 13,500 XP (10900+600+2000+1000)

Is that correct? Also totally claiming the magic dice as Anya. >.>

Going to go ahead and update sheets assuming XP counts are correct; will post level-ups when finished.
RAE
Level 14: 7+5 HP gained; total now 162.
5 (4+1Int) skill points gained; Listen, Spot, and Escape Artist all go up one rank.
Gained permanent Freedom of Movement spell-equivalent feat.
BAB and Reflex Saves increase by 1.

Also, new pog.

TOMAN
Level 13 (Fighter9/Bard1/DD3): 11+5 HP gained; total now 175.
6 (2+3Int+1Human) skill points gained; Listen, Spot, and Search all go up two ranks.
Gained a 2d8, 30ft Fire Cone breath attack. The DC of the breath weapon is 10 + class level + Con modifier, so DC 18 currently. Can be used once per day.
BAB and Reflex Saves increase by 1; now has three attacks per round.

ANYA
Level 13 (Sorcerer6/FMM7): 2+3 HP gained; total now 75.
5 (2+2Int+1Human) skill points gained; Concentration, Spellcraft, and Arcane Knowledge go up 1 rank, Bluff goes up 2 ranks.
Magic Missile damage increases as another missile is added to total amount due to FMM.
Can cast one more Level 6 spell per day; learns one more Level 4, 5, and 6 spell. Choosing Dimensional Anchor (L4), Hold Monster (L5), and Bigby's Forceful Hand (L6). (Unless someone has better suggestions, especially for a L6 Force-School spell... )
Ugh, going to have to update a lot of macros later.

[Araph]

If possible, could I claim the headband of intellect for Vulsano? Who, incidentally, levels up! But I'll get to that later.