And so we meet... DM DEH Friday February 15th, 2002 11:25:16 AM
The priests determine with great effort that they cannot resurrect the Underlord, confirming the words of the current leader of the entire city. They cast spells to preserve their fallen leige's body and decide to lay him in his room for now while the clerics try to divine what they can do for him from their gods - if anything. Other lesser priests finish healing the Storm Dragons from their fight with Tarentellia. The mages, scribes, and sages ask our heros brief questions about this dragon but it is clear they would like an exhaustive inquiry. They refrain though due to time but ask you to commit to speaking to them at some point in the future.
The dragon has escaped, other dragons await, a city has been cast into turmoil, the now 'outlawed' Gold Dragons are in the city, and the Storm Dragons are in the middle of it all. What to do, what to do...
Gareth Friday February 15th, 2002 11:29:42 AM
The warrior considers Jus' words and nods. Leaning toward going after Tarentellia he begins to speak just as they discover that one dragon may be the least of their worries. He wipes himself off after being healed and says, "I'd say we'd better go see what this is all about. If the Gold Dragons are there, we would do well to coordinate our efforts. Perhaps Sturtavent and Oratai are there since they were going to see them after they left us." He makes sure everyone is ready and he follows the Overlord.
Cantos Friday February 15th, 2002 12:43:10 PM
Cantos smiles and thanks the clerics for the healing then goes after Gareth.
Tericus Saturday February 16th, 2002 8:39:38 AM
"Remember what Sturtavent said, though. The Dragon groups and dragons see us as enemies. Hopefully they have been convinced otherwise, but it's best to stay on our guard."
Anthony DM Game 6 Sunday February 17th, 2002 5:02:47 PM
Hello all. I am about to post your entrance into Game 6 (The Gold Dragons). Please post there on Monday. Also please post a private post there to make sure your posting privileges have been added there. They should have been, but things are going to move very fast and I don't want anyone to miss out on the fun. I'm posting your entrance now.
DM JK Tuesday February 19th, 2002 12:06:32 PM
1100xp to everyone for the fight with Trantellia. 150xp bonus to Gareth for figuring out who she really was and being right in the combat, 100xp to Nonam for being right in the combat and forcing her into her true form by taking out her sword, 50xp to Cantos for not wasting anytime in showing up when Gareth called for help. The bag holds 5000pp. (Split evenly that's 714pp 2gp 8sp 5cp each. Maybe we don't want to split it that way though.)
DEH Tuesday February 19th, 2002 3:20:09 PM
Are we doing any hero points?
I think Gareth and Nonam should get one for going toe to toe with the dragon by themselves (before the others came along). Gareth also stayed in front of the huge maw, risking being eaten so the others could get there. Qualde and Addinien stood up and were willing to take the "Test of Truth" in the face of intense racism - perhaps not terribly life threatening, but quite heroic. I'll look for others if JK feels it is justified.
On the treasure. Gareth feels at this point that the newer members of the party need to "catch up" on their magic so that they can survive the coming battles. He votes that Tericus, Cantos, Qualde, and Addinien split the 5000 PPs. We also have a sizeable kitty. Gareth votes that the above mentioned be able to draw on it freely to outfit themselves. I'm thinking that having all members on relatively even footing in the way of magic and additional power is most advantageous to the group right now. Comments?
DM JK Wednesday February 20th, 2002 8:24:37 AM
Those 4 hero points are granted. Discussion of treasure should take place in character.
Todd Wednesday February 20th, 2002 7:02:03 PM
ummm. There are 3 request for Hero points, with two of them concerning two people. ummm. I can't make 4 come out of any combination?! :) unless you're talking splitting points in half? :) (I think you meant 5 points, or 3 considerations) :)
DM JK Thursday February 21st, 2002 10:05:38 AM
Gareth, Nonam, Qualde, and Addinein each get one. I'm not entirely sure that Gareth nearly getting eaten constitutes one. I didn't realize he was asking for two at first.
What about this division of treasure? There's also some party treasure that Gareth is holding on to. The group as a whole could stand a trip to the Catacombs for some more goodies.
DEH Thursday February 21st, 2002 11:31:41 AM
I was really only adding justification for 1 Hero Point for Gareth. 1 is fine. Sorry for the confusion.
John Thursday February 21st, 2002 7:31:53 PM
Who is still with us here? I'd like all of us to talk treasure, not just a few.
Cantos:Wade Thursday February 21st, 2002 8:51:41 PM
I am here and pondering what I need to improve my abilities, I would like a day or so to look over some things then I will have an idea what can better equip myself.
Todd:Addinein Friday February 22nd, 2002 6:47:33 AM
I'm here. I'm hoping to do some thinking on what Addinien should get, this weekend. i'm also waiting to here on a min/maxing report.
JK Friday February 22nd, 2002 7:29:56 AM
There's a good chunk of change available. I haven't added it up, but I would guess there would be about close to 40,000 each available to Tericus, Cantos, Addinein, and Qualde. That's enough for some really good stuff. The Catacombs is also currently offering 90-99% value on trade ins, so if you want to get a new sword, you wouldn't lose much value on the old one.
John Friday February 22nd, 2002 3:48:59 PM
Don't wait for the min/max report. I've been waiting about 3 months and have finally moved on. If your min/max report drives what items you get, I'll allow an exception in the Catacombs and give you 100% trade in of recently purchased items [let's say... within 1 month].
The 90-99% trade in value may change. I will probably drop it to a straight percentage somewhere in the 80-90% range. I haven't given the topic enough thought yet, so "take advantage of today's low cost trade-ins now!" :)
Is Lee-Anne, Qualde, okay? Anyone know? Is Tericus reading this board?
So, does anyone have any feelings on your equipment? Is it sufficient? Is it relatively poor compared to others? Do you care? If we had to fight a dragon tomorrow, could we beat it? If not, would you at least survive? What do you need to improve your chances of seeing another tomorrow? More HP? More AC? Better weapons? Do you have a niche in the party? If not, could magic items help find you that niche?
Cantos: Wade Saturday February 23rd, 2002 9:02:57 AM
Cantos would benifit most from AC and better weapons, but its a challenge to min/max a straight bard lol. As to Jus and Addinein's min/max eport it has been in Jerrys hands for a while now I guess I will need to get it back and send you the results, sorry it hasnt got to you yet but they have been done.
Gareth Saturday February 23rd, 2002 9:19:12 AM
One thing is for sure, we need to be more prepared if we're going to fight the likes of a dragon.
Addinein:Todd Saturday February 23rd, 2002 7:31:43 PM
I can tell you now. The first week of March, I'll be traveling. I may or may not have access to I-net. So I'm going to probably need someone to play Addinein for that week.
JK Sunday February 24th, 2002 8:28:26 AM
Anybody want to play Addinein? I'd do it, but between Nonam and the roll of DM I have too much control of the game already.
What about doing some in-game minmaxing instead of waiting for Jerry et al since they seem to be busy? John Klinger and I have spent the past few weeks going over Jus and Nonam. We may not be the experts, but I made significant improvements to Nonam just by trading in items and getting new ones better suited to his needs. I don't think I spent a dime. Instead, I currently have about 2000 in credit at the catacombs.
DEH Sunday February 24th, 2002 11:37:06 AM
I'm beginning to explore changes to make to Gareth. There are some really obvious changes I might make, but there are some "story line" considerations to some of those decisions. Might it be more interesting to allow him to struggle with not being able to wear metal armor and keep his picky sword (and improve it) than to trade in his sword and get metal armor? That would change a lot about him and a long time struggle he faces. Just to name one issue...
Todd, I'd be willing to play Addinein. Might be better for someone else to take him since I'm assistant DM right now, but I'll do it.
Cantos Monday February 25th, 2002 7:31:40 PM
If you could let me have an idea of how much party treasure I might use to upgrade I could start in the catacombs tomorrow
JK Tuesday February 26th, 2002 8:48:10 AM
There is currently 153737gp available as party treasure.
Nonam, Gareth, and Jus aren't going to spend any of the party funds since they have plenty. Addinein, Cantos, and Qualde should definitely get a big share. I'm not sure about what Tericus should get. He stands right in between the two group. If the party loot is split 3 ways then the low 3 each get about 50,000, and they get close to Tericus' cash value.
I'd recommend that Tericus sell his invisibility stone, if he wants better stuff. It's been some time since he used it, and the Catacombs will value that single item at about 100,000. That's a sufficient sum to buy pretty much whatever Tericus needs. If he wants something that costs a little more than that's worth, then the party could probably help him get it.
I'd also suggest that anything bought with party funds be considered a party item. Whoever buys it gets to use it permanently, but if they ever leave the game then those items marked as party items would stay behind for whoever comes in next to either use or trade for something better suited for them.
Nonam and Jus have also both made arrangements out of their funds for the low 3 to get vouchers good for purchasing items in the Catacombs.
Nonam's vouchers are 12500gp ea. If you spend or are going to spend your share of party loot, he'll give you one with the stipulation that if you ever leave the group then the items bought stay behind. And if you don't use it all, you make the remainder of the funds available to the party.
I'll let John speak for how Jus will handle his though I suspect it will be similar.
John Tuesday February 26th, 2002 2:01:55 PM
Ditto. Your stipulations sound reasonable to me. Consider another set of 12500gp vouchers available to Cantos, Qualde, and Addenedin.
Todd Wednesday February 27th, 2002 4:24:09 PM
So total for spending is 75000? For the low 3?
DEH Wednesday February 27th, 2002 4:50:39 PM
Yes.
Todd Thursday February 28th, 2002 9:57:14 AM
Unless someone says others, DEH, I'm assuming you'll be able to take Addinein. I'm going to get him updated with what he can spend, tonight. I'll try to get the copy of him off to you then.
JK Friday March 1st, 2002 7:57:12 AM
David can do it. He won't get to be the dm during that time anyway.
DEH Friday March 1st, 2002 8:17:14 AM
Sounds good. My email is dhott@nortelnetworks.com
Gareth Friday March 1st, 2002 4:00:19 PM
The warrior marks off 50,000 gp out of the kitty as he hands it to Cantos in the Catacombs with a big smile. "I'm relieved you are taking this, my friend. You are a valued ally and deserve to be prepared in the best way we can come up with - ALL of us do (looking to everyone)! Together we will make this the greatest group of adventurers the Wold has ever seen!".
(I'll take that off as the 5,000 PPs we just got).
Cantos :Wade Friday March 1st, 2002 7:59:44 PM
Thanks much guys this should help out with my effectiveness. :)
Todd Saturday March 2nd, 2002 2:03:48 PM
David,
I was already on the road before I saw this address. I used another address from the address information. You should have seen it by now. I didn't receive a bounce message about it.
DEH Sunday March 3rd, 2002 12:24:54 AM
No problem Todd. I got it. Feel free to take your 75,000 GP and upgrade Addinein.
John Sunday March 3rd, 2002 11:25:03 PM
New computer in. Old computer being shut down until I get networking parts. I hope to be back online later today -- but if you don't see any posts tommorrow, you'll know why.
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