Game Slot available Wednesday evening

Dear All, Once I get through this current slug of work, I should have time for a session on Wednesday evening 6 pm-10 pm. Sign up below.

*signs*

Slots: 1: Zil 2 3 4 5 Reserves 6 7

Yep! Right here! Simon I (Syvil, Paladin) I've added this one to the Obsidian Calendar as "A Session" set to run 18:00-22:00 UTC.

yay, Marokin starts tuning!! :) (sign me up)

Where are you going; and with what objective? Following up on a recent mission is probably better than starting a new one; but there might be newbies on this mission, so perhaps nothing too lethal....

How about we check up on the goblins then? I believe a promise was made to give them a hand; and they might have some very useful information on a few things. The disappearance of a certain lord, what exactly is going on with the "shadows" that posses people and who/what this matriarch is. Though as with everything else Maladon, the risk is not exactly straightforward... That job shouldn't be scheduled yet, which is good. Edit: Maybe you could suggest a loose end we cold tie up; in the company of new players? My suggestions tend to not be the best, historically speaking anyway...

ah, we just tell the newcommers to stay a bit back and enjoy the show when Syvil gets slaughtered :)

If you'd like I'll join in. I'm gonna get some more rest (just got up to run a game, but guess it's not happening), but after I get back up I'll post up my character sheet. I've basically got everything done just need to spell and grammar check. :)

Slots: 1: Zil 2: Ithiloneth 3: PK 4: Elee 5: Taleek Reserves 6; Ernie S 7; Sloth S

I probably could join, place me in reserves until I get clarification.

I'd like to join if possible?

You're in Taleek

Investigating Lord Gatesgath might be a good one. Another possibility Stephen mentioned to me was a session set in and exploring Haven, we can give it a nice winter theme since I think it's winter times about now, and it might be a nice way for new players and characters to be brought up to speed in the campaign's event and characters so far - and probably won't be *too* dangerous. Mostly the only thing to worry about is humanoid muggers rather than giant two headed fey wolves or undead skeletons or water elements that can TPK a party in one hit :P

Actually Zil; and I'm not saying you are wrong because the reasoning that is to follow is guess work , but there is something about Haven I've talked with some others about... It seems to be the only place we know of so far where creatures reside outside of their aura. For example we can assume that Adolfo is quite the fighter yet we know he lives in an aura 0 zone. Normally you wouldn't see dangerous creatures in an aura 0 zone but here we seem to have an exception. Just felt that it might be a good idea to point out that say, top thugs of the Cider Boys are likely to be really bad news. Much more so than the wolves. Then again I have no clear logical reason for thinking that creature danger levels rise with the aura level: it simply limits magic. Now not all dangerous things are magical - and Adolfo is likely their leader XD So in so many words; perhaps Haven is not *too* dangerous, but neither is it a place to take lightly... All that said I'd really like to explore me some Haven! For me it'd be a toss up between the two so I'll leave the picking up to you all ^^. Like I said above; taking my advice is a historically bad idea so it might be best to simply ignore any such I send your way :3

Can you put me in

Hey Simon; you have the wrong end of the stick about auras. A creature that is purely mundane, and can exist according natural law, can go anywhere and into any aura. Hence the reason humans are difficult to gauge........but that is true whether you have auras or not.

I probably could join, place me in reserves until I get clarification.

Ahhh, yes. Thanks Stephen :)

Is it already clear where we are going?

Not to me..............we have a number of suggestions though.

I vote a Haven centric session, it would be nice to see what's going in internally there and what impact, if any, our adventures and activities have had on the city so far.

The options are if I see that correctly: Check close to the fort for the message Haskar should have left and see what happened to the Goblin tribes (Matriarch's and co) Investigating Lord Gatesgath (or more precisely his disappearance if I am correct on this one) Exploring Haven (whatever that means: tour of the lower parts of the city?)   I think it might be a good idea to set up a thread regarding loose ends that makes it easier for people to find out what still needs to be done a.s.o. Going to do that now

1 and 2 go almost hand in hand and could be done in one session if we are efficient about things. Though that would likely up the danger... Perhaps 3 is the better choice to get Elee safe and sound through tonight.

Lord Gatesgarth was based in the village of the same name; on the edge of the Bonewood

I'm up for anything to be honest. :) Let's just do what would be the most fun.

Honestly I feel quite the same way; can't you pick one of the three Stephen? ;)

No No No... we can't feed Syvil to a troll... while dancing around him. Though it would be fun... JK Ahm maybe one of the new ppl should choose :) thefore they might need to know what the capabilities of their group is :) So it is  Aurelia, Sorceror (Zil) Syvil, Pala (Ithiloneth) Marokin, Bard (p.k.) Sharleen, Barb (Taleek) Wizard (Elee) Elee's char and Sharleen are new/lvl1 I guess?  Syvil can take a punch and Marokin can look pretty (heal/dmg things, preferably from faaaaaar away), not sure about Iloa's qualities 

Elee, Sharleen and Zil's new character (he now has three) are all unblooded first levellers. Elee is a Wizard and Zil's is an Elven Sorceror Noble called Aurelia Donau.

The face to face mission before you met haskar already rescued the Goblin Queens as far as i know, so Haskar and the Goblins not overcome by the black spirits have left the forest of bones region and gone into hiding so they don't become victim to reprisals for sacking the river valley.

Stephen Dove said: Elee, Sharleen and Zil's new character (he now has three) are all unblooded first levellers. Elee is a Wizard and Zil's is an Elven Sorceror Noble called Aurelia Donau. Half-Elf

Indeed this is true; Erolith may know more................

Well then, if we have two new Haveners to take care of matters become ever more dire in our need to find a safe mission.

three; Tanveer's character is also new

Oh my; yes indeed... I'll be hands of in picking then; I tend not to make the most sage of decisions when it comes to these things. I'm happy to supply what knowledge I have about the region though so if you have any questions just ask. One such detail is that Haven allows only for Cantrips and no higher spells to be cast as it has an Aura rating of 0. If we have so many casters then maybe getting to an Aura 1 location would be better...

I have updated PK's post about loose ends to include a lot of things that seem to have been missed or fallen through the cracks.............

hope I did not overwrite your changes while doing mine :) Yeah still behind on reading log ;)

Ithiloneth M. said: One such detail is that Haven allows only for Cantrips and no higher spells to be cast as it has an Aura rating of 0. If we have so many casters then maybe getting to an Aura 1 location would be better... Cantrips in 5e arent to be sniffed at though. 

and it also means there is less chance of hostile magic ;) Cantrips: If I understand it correclty there is for every cantrip the chance to do 0=nothing. If you miss with attack role or if they do their saving throw it usually means you did nothing on your turn, whereas spells (lvl1 +) do at least half their dmg...

Just to correct this; Erolith and Orryn will tell you that around the Temple of the Imperial Cult (Phillipa Aegiptus; housing a former wife of one of the Emperor's) they experienced a profane aura of some power. This Temple is located in the upper city and the aura was not present in the day; only at night. They have never had a chance to investigate this any further; but it seemed connected to a ritual the Huntsman was enacting............... There was also an unexplained riot in the lower town that night which killed 20 people. Later investigations revealed that someone had dosed an ale-barrel in one of the tavernas with Redflax root; a herb known to cause extreme violence in most humans. Erolith surmised that someone used Bloodmagic to temporarily increase the aura in a small area of Haven Isle and these deaths fuelled it. The profane (evil) aura was at least 2.........

Erolith and Cain could also tell you the following things about Haven and magical auras; the very southern most tip of Haven has an aura of 1; that's why the Wizards on Haven Isle chose the White Horse Tavern as their base. The Lodge of Light also has a divine aura of 1 because of the presence of the an avatar's sleeping form interred within the sacred sanctum; but this latter aura can only be accessed by Clerics and Paladins of Sol, the Imperial Cult or of several other aligned faiths. The divine aura is tiny; extending less than 20 m from the Lodge of Light

They have caught Illoha's god! I'm sure of it! XD

well; no-one has tried to map or check for other auras on Haven Isle...........................

that could be a mission with so many aura sniffers: make an aura map of haven ;)

Until you run into the secret blood magic hideout where a demon lives... It then stops being a nice stroll down the street to become a nasty ritualistic "slaughter the party" fest. Or some such; this is Maladon after all! :D The above is a *JOKE*.

Well, at least we would have raised awareness and the hideout will be no hideout anymore ;) And some will sing songs about us. (I would if I were to survive ;p)

Ah; Syvil! You are beginning to sound like one of my past players, Stefano, who once declared that you should not eat a bread-roll in one of my games without first scrying it for magic.

Ithiloneth M. said: They have caught Illoha's god! I'm sure of it! XD Tawhirimatea is no mere avatar!

Wait, just reading through this post, there's blood magic? Got to get my hands on some of that...

is there blood music?