I'm not sure how much of the vault's contents would be considered honorable that we take, given the situation. But I would like to point out that if we sometime later hit something akin to an "Illithid House Treachery", we could probably fund recruitment and armament for our own elite githyanki squadrons to make tactical strikes on Illithid House sanctuaries - if not an entire army to hit off-world hubs and consolidate control of Astral fortresses.
BoG'r OOC.
Mon, 2008-07-28 10:29
#1753
I'm not sure how much of the
Mon, 2008-07-28 10:43
#1754
Hey, Azure, is the
Hey, Azure, is the anti-undead sword clearly labeled as "UNDEAD BANE?" Yeah, I'm sure Ya'shenn wouldn't mind such a weapon, but I'm not sure how typical/orthodox githyanki would feel about undead-bane weapons.
Mon, 2008-07-28 10:51
#1755
Zimrazim wrote:Hey, Azure,
Hey, Azure, is the anti-undead sword clearly labeled as "UNDEAD BANE?" Yeah, I'm sure Ya'shenn wouldn't mind such a weapon, but I'm not sure how typical/orthodox githyanki would feel about undead-bane weapons.
Just because githyanki society accepts free-willed undead as equals does not mean they'd have any issue with putting down hostile undead. After all, there are more undead graith than undead gith. Githyanki society is very practical in some ways, too, so I don't see any problems at all..
Mon, 2008-07-28 11:08
#1756
The PCs can hash out any
The PCs can hash out any claims to weapons of course, but I'll say a few words on this;
Du'minh and Ii would get first pick, since they killed the illithidae. I'd even say Du gets choice over Ii, since he saved her neck from Violet (maybe not really, but the case can be made), but she didn't save anyone from Lavendar.
I actually chose some weapons with certain PCs in mind:
- Mace of disruption for Ii, since she carries a mace.
- Arrows for Du'minh, since he has a bow
- Matched shortswords for Daraz
- choice of longswords / daggers for Ya'shenn
Basicly these are all weapons taken off clients / victims. Masterwork and +1 weapons would've been sold off, while mundane crap was issued to the hobs for day-to-day use. This vault represents the best of the best taken off hivers, hence why they're pretty good, but not outstanding and not alot of them. In any case, they can be sold at the Silver Void Steelworks, or traded 2-for-1 for githyanki-made weapons of aproximently equal power.
Mon, 2008-07-28 12:46
#1757
i actually carry a Large
i actually carry a Large Morningstar, not a mace, but they are similar, and i was very interested in that one, but it seems someone else has just taken it....
Mon, 2008-07-28 12:48
#1758
Quote:but she didn't save
but she didn't save anyone from Lavendar.
weeeellll... she saved herself from Lavendar, lol, does that count? 
not that its any use, sigh 
Mon, 2008-07-28 14:38
#1759
A shame Dunamin did not even
A shame Dunamin did not even bother to reply my PM, and just took his pick of weapon without regards for the others (me)
Mon, 2008-07-28 15:46
#1760
Burning Spear wrote:A shame
A shame Dunamin did not even bother to reply my PM, and just took his pick of weapon without regards for the others (me)
I beg your pardon?! You lay claim to a weapon and then expect your allies to clear with you when they follow suit? The hypocrisy is staggering!
> Treasure:
>
> I am also very interested in the mace of smiting, but if u want it so bad to, i wont fight u for it, then i will go for the undeadbane longsword... i like the mace though, for more reasons then just mechanics...
Setting aside the fact that I haven’t seen this PM until now - I check the forums regularly, not the main site – what kind of reply do you expect?
Here’s one: The mace is my favored choice among options, similarly for reasons besides mechanics. Seeing as how you’ve literally already called dibs on another choice beforehand (“without regards for the others”), have a number of additional items you want to claim, and how we in-game are pressed for time, it feels perfectly appropriate to follow your lead and pick an item.
Mon, 2008-07-28 16:12
#1761
Quote:I beg your pardon?!
I beg your pardon?! You lay claim to a weapon and then expect your allies to clear with you when they follow suit? The hypocrisy is staggering!
Treasure:
>
> I am also very interested in the mace of smiting, but if u want it so bad to, i wont fight u for it, then i will go for the undeadbane longsword... i like the mace though, for more reasons then just mechanics...
Setting aside the fact that I haven’t seen this PM until now - I check the forums regularly, not the main site – what kind of reply do you expect?
Here’s one: The mace is my favored choice among options, similarly for reasons besides mechanics. Seeing as how you’ve literally already called dibs on another choice beforehand (“without regards for the others”), have a number of additional items you want to claim, and how we in-game are pressed for time, it feels perfectly appropriate to follow your lead and pick an item.
I would have expected u reply my PM before replying here, which u did nto do, not even after u posted IC, then when i posted this hint, only then u decided to reply... I called dibs on a mere +3 weapon because it was used against me, and i have not yet laid claim to anything else, but i am about to, i think being near death and having singlehandedly killed Lavender does give me some rights in picking stuff....
I dont mind u taking what i was interested in to, but i would have liked u to discuss with me, thats all, and your silence annoyed me..
PS, when i come online here, i always check for pm's
Mon, 2008-07-28 16:51
#1762
to clear some more, IC,
to clear some more, IC, Ii'Jyka has not yet claimed anything, she only used that weapon to cut of Lavenders head and is holding it in hand atm
Mon, 2008-07-28 16:58
#1763
Zimrazim wrote:I'm leaning
I'm leaning toward one of the longswords for Ya'shenn. Mostly because, after the Tamers in the sewer, carrying a sword is probably a good idea. Of course, if the party ever has to rely on Ya'shenn's melee abilities... 
So that means u would like the undeadbane longsword? ok, no biggie, and btw, your psipoints are nearly gone now anyway, so that time might come sooner then u hoped 
Mon, 2008-07-28 18:05
#1764
Dunamin wrote:
Perhaps
Perhaps I ought to have made it explicit in my last post, but just to be clear:
Du'minh's speech within the vault is not spoken so as to be intelligible to those outside it.
Ahh, ok. I was seriously wondering if Muscle was mind-controlling him.
Tue, 2008-07-29 05:47
#1765
Anyway, if you think about
Anyway, if you think about it, Mr Muscle is likely a psychometabolist.
Tue, 2008-07-29 06:47
#1766
Azure, how about Lavendar?
Azure, how about Lavendar? Want me to roll a Search check?
Tue, 2008-07-29 11:28
#1767
Zimrazim wrote:Azure, how
Azure, how about Lavendar? Want me to roll a Search check?
by all means, see what else he has on his person....
and I am now done 'claiming' , red sword,frostgiants handaxe and dwarven hammer..
Tue, 2008-07-29 13:47
#1768
reason for being 2nd to
reason for being 2nd to last, is because i am heavily wounded, and willnot commit to frontline fighting, i will support as a 2nd fighter till i am more healed..
Wed, 2008-07-30 07:41
#1769
Hope there's a new BoGr post
Hope there's a new BoGr post soon. 
Wed, 2008-07-30 07:44
#1770
hey, you here as well? lol,
hey, you here as well? lol, cant seem to get rid of you
Thu, 2008-07-31 06:47
#1771
Azure, I've got "Githyanki
Azure, I've got "Githyanki Insults" (from the Rrakkma forum) ready as a draft article entry for PW.com. (Including your entry for 'Pawn.') OK if I submit it?
Thu, 2008-07-31 09:52
#1772
Also -- how many rounds
Also -- how many rounds transpire between the previous post and the start of the new combat? (Looking at Ii's HP total here)
Thu, 2008-07-31 10:43
#1773
Am i right to presume that
Am i right to presume that none of the weapons have sheaths?
Thu, 2008-07-31 10:57
#1774
Zimrazim wrote:Azure, I've
Azure, I've got "Githyanki Insults" (from the Rrakkma forum) ready as a draft article entry for PW.com. (Including your entry for 'Pawn.') OK if I submit it?
Go right ahead. I will, however addone more that Gy-Nath has used in-game
"May your blood nourish nothing."
- A phrase stemming from the fact that some prisoners of war taken by the githyanki are executed, and the blood used to fertilize captured fields, and at other times even farmers will defend their homes ferrociously, and fertilize their own fields with their last valorous acts. Blood is a very good fertilizer, and the githyanki tend to be preactical to a fault, so they recognize and even welcome blood being spilled in farm fields. To say "your blood will norish nothing" implies a graith will die in a useless manner, not defending anything of value, not dying with honor, not being a worthy opponent, and not even being spared for a useful task. Compare to the 'barbarian' saying "die like a dog". Of course, githyanki do not keep dogs, hence why they would not generally use such a phrase.
Thu, 2008-07-31 11:04
#1775
Burning Spear wrote:Am i
Am i right to presume that none of the weapons have sheaths?
No, quite the opposite. Those that would normally have sheaths, like the swords, have them, since they were taken off their former owners. They also have little tags, written in qualith of course, but Ya'shenn can translate, stating in general what the weapons' properties are.
Oh, and as for Lavendar's body, it does not have any money nor jewelry for jewelry's sake. Lavendar was a Sensate, so it would have fine silk garments, and maybe something "special" on underneath (go ahead, use your imagination), but its personal wealth would be geared towards sensation, not expense per se.
Thu, 2008-07-31 11:07
#1776
Zimrazim wrote:Also -- how
Also -- how many rounds transpire between the previous post and the start of the new combat? (Looking at Ii's HP total here)
Hmmm ... 2 more rounds total. Note that a combat round will last antwhere from 6 sec to a minute or more. Non-combat rounds likethis could be 5 -10 minutes. Point is, Ii's fast healing is geared a bit to her adrenaline, and she'd heal faster in combat than out. Ifigure looting the vaults and walking around the cellars of the Packing Housre took about 15 min or so in total. So, 5 rounds of healing seems fair to me, and that will include round 1 of any combat.
Thu, 2008-07-31 11:09
#1777
Azure wrote:
No, quite the
No, quite the opposite. Those that would normally have sheaths, like the swords, have them, since they were taken off their former owners. They also have little tags, written in qualith of course, but Ya'shenn can translate, stating in general what the weapons' properties are.
what about an axe? 
Thu, 2008-07-31 11:12
#1778
ok, thnx for noting, and
ok, thnx for noting, and Zim, thanks for asking
Thu, 2008-07-31 11:14
#1779
Azure wrote:
Zimrazim
Azure, I've got "Githyanki Insults" (from the Rrakkma forum) ready as a draft article entry for PW.com. (Including your entry for 'Pawn.') OK if I submit it?
Go right ahead. I will, however addone more that Gy-Nath has used in-game
"May your blood nourish nothing."
- A phrase stemming from the fact that some prisoners of war taken by the githyanki are executed, and the blood used to fertilize captured fields, and at other times even farmers will defend their homes ferrociously, and fertilize their own fields with their last valorous acts. Blood is a very good fertilizer, and the githyanki tend to be preactical to a fault, so they recognize and even welcome blood being spilled in farm fields. To say "your blood will norish nothing" implies a graith will die in a useless manner, not defending anything of value, not dying with honor, not being a worthy opponent, and not even being spared for a useful task. Compare to the 'barbarian' saying "die like a dog". Of course, githyanki do not keep dogs, hence why they would not generally use such a phrase.
That seems very appropriate for githyanki (though it does lead to the question -- how do githyanki feed themselves? I'm not sure that githyanki farmers on little Astral god-isles can feed them all. They can eat fallen graith, but don't really like to.) Consider how many calories someone like Du'minh (or Ar'dru or Gy-Nath) would use daily while marching and fighting in armor.
I'm thinking of putting that line in Proverbs/Sayings. (It's more of a curse than an insult, right...?)
Thu, 2008-07-31 11:24
#1780
Heh, I just thought of a
Heh, I just thought of a great quote for the front page. Something like "It takes allot of calories to be a Githyanki."
Thu, 2008-07-31 11:25
#1781
Burning Spear wrote:
what
what about an axe?
Now I find myself wondering "Did the Vikings (or other people of historical times) have some kind of sheaths for their axes? What were they like?" I like studying history but I don't know the answer to this one.
Thu, 2008-07-31 11:59
#1782
an axe has a sheath for
an axe has a sheath for itself nowadays so i would not think it unlogical that in a advanced setting as Planescape, specially with the addition of firearms, they have some form of sheathing, remember the french sappers? in Napoleons armies...they had such..
Thu, 2008-07-31 13:34
#1783
btw i should have taken the
btw i should have taken the shield as well, lol, i like the idea...colour and such
Fri, 2008-08-01 01:42
#1784
Azure wrote:Lavendar was a
Lavendar was a Sensate, so it would have fine silk
garments, and maybe something "special" on underneath (go ahead, use
your imagination)
An illithid using brothel services, nurturing neothelids as babies, enjoying his own gruesome mutilation, and this... I'd say Lavendar takes the prize as Most Twisted Illithid so far...
Now I find myself wondering "Did the Vikings (or other people of historical times) have some kind of sheaths for their axes? What were they like?" I like studying history but I don't know the answer to this one.
I don't think vikings generally did axe-sheaths.
Seeing as this is a giant's handaxe, I'm betting there's no original sheath either. However, if it's been in use for a while by human-sized creatures its very possible someone made a makeshift sheath at some point.
Fri, 2008-08-01 01:49
#1785
Zimrazim wrote:That seems
That seems very appropriate for githyanki (though it does lead to the question -- how do githyanki feed themselves? I'm not sure that githyanki farmers on little Astral god-isles can feed them all. They can eat fallen graith, but don't really like to.) Consider how many calories someone like Du'minh (or Ar'dru or Gy-Nath) would use daily while marching and
fighting in armor.
What we really should have been looking for in the vault wasn't weapons or healing potions - it was lunch!
Fri, 2008-08-01 10:27
#1786
Ok, as we are not sure about
Ok, as we are not sure about the axe, Ii'Jyka will hook the axe on her belt and the red broadsword is in its sheeth on her belt, i say this ooc because it is something that does not affect the current situation really but needs to be known regardless..she will have both hands free to use her Nagamaki
Sun, 2008-08-03 08:26
#1787
Azure wrote:
About a
About a dozen other workers in the facility start moving in Ar'dru's direction as well. They are of various races, and are armed mostly with tools, clubs, butcher knives, and cleavers.
Any of them clustered for a nice brilliant blast? Also, should I read Gy's wishes as missile support (literal), or ranged support? There are quite a few things Ya'shenn can do at range.
Sun, 2008-08-03 08:37
#1788
Zimrazim wrote:Any of them
Any of them clustered for a nice brilliant blast? Also, should I read Gy's wishes as missile support (literal), or ranged support? There are quite a few things Ya'shenn can do at range.
Probably whatever it takes to kill the bogo's asap?
Sun, 2008-08-03 11:23
#1789
Zimrazim wrote:
Azure
About a dozen other workers in the facility start moving in Ar'dru's direction as well. They are of various races, and are armed mostly with tools, clubs, butcher knives, and cleavers.
Any of them clustered for a nice brilliant blast? Also, should I read Gy's wishes as missile support (literal), or ranged support? There are quite a few things Ya'shenn can do at range.
Well, to a githyanki missile = whatever hurts enemies at range. No, he would not have ordered her to stick to her crossbow.
The only ones really clusterd are Foreman and his bodyguards, but there are probably little groups of 2 or 3 heading Ar'dru's way as well.
Mon, 2008-08-04 04:44
#1790
Dunamin wrote:Seeing how
Seeing how the catwalk section near the mind flayer already is weakened
by the powerful blast, Du’minh lunges forward with his mace raised high
to finish the job. He smashes the adamantine head with all his might
down on the appropriate support, seeking to demolish enough to give way
under the illithid.
Grrr! Du’minh crush puny buildings!
Mon, 2008-08-04 05:15
#1791
"And so castles made of
"And so castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually..."
Can't afford the demolition workers' fees? No Sinkers to be found in your local neighborhood?
Contact Du'minh for minimal expenses when you need to tear down your house, reachable by Sending spell or following the trace of illithid corpses!
Deconstruction has never been more fun!
Mon, 2008-08-04 05:37
#1792
This reminds me of my frst
This reminds me of my frst D&D character ever... Well the first I really played. He was a dwarven fighter and died after smashing a hole in the side of a stone pool containing a pissed off naga and (I think) another PC who didn't want to be there. The water pressure slammed him against the wall, then the debris from the pool hit him, then the Naga lightning bolted him.
Tue, 2008-08-05 04:10
#1793
Azure wrote: Foreman
Foreman pitches off the catwalk and falls all the way to the killing
floor, landing about halfway between Ar'dru and Ya'shenn with a thud.
Good thing these illithids don't have the presence of mind to use their levitate ability. 
Tue, 2008-08-05 04:30
#1794
Azure wrote:Gy-Nath acts
Gy-Nath acts quickly once he sees what Du'minh is about to do. He yells to Ii to "Get down." and dives on top of her.
[Heh, heh.]
Tue, 2008-08-05 05:20
#1795
Zimrazim wrote:
Azure
Gy-Nath acts quickly once he sees what Du'minh is about to do. He yells to Ii to "Get down." and dives on top of her.
[Heh, heh.]
I guess they're off to do some more "duelling" later on. ;)
Tue, 2008-08-05 05:25
#1796
Zimrazim wrote:
Azure
Foreman pitches off the catwalk and falls all the way to the killing
floor, landing about halfway between Ar'dru and Ya'shenn with a thud.
Good thing these illithids don't have the presence of mind to use their levitate ability.
I'm an idiot.
Forgot about levitate, but even if the DM is a fool, the Illithids are not. Therefore the punishment collars must be heavy enough that they are basicly constantly levitating just to walk normally. Of course, that'd make them a couple of hundred pounds, but seeing as how I don't feel like editing what's already transpired, so be it.
Tue, 2008-08-05 05:56
#1797
Azure wrote:Zimrazim
Foreman pitches off the catwalk and falls all the way to the killing
floor, landing about halfway between Ar'dru and Ya'shenn with a thud.
Good thing these illithids don't have the presence of mind to use their levitate ability.
I'm an idiot.
Forgot about levitate, but even if the DM is a fool, the Illithids are not. Therefore the punishment collars must be heavy enough that they are basicly constantly levitating just to walk normally. Of course, that'd make them a couple of hundred pounds, but seeing as how I don't feel like editing what's already transpired, so be it.
Well, if you're using psionic illithids in the campaign levitation is just another psionic power that costs power points. If a flayer was inclined to maintain constant levitation throughout the day, it would be more vulnerable if ambushed due to its depleted psi-reserves.
At any rate, I guess it wasn't actively levitating if it was walking down the catwalk at the moment.
Tue, 2008-08-05 06:05
#1798
Well, yes using psionics,
Well, yes using psionics, but racial powers like that are technicly at-will "psi-like" (as a parallel to spell-like) abilities. Just as the giths' racial abilities do not really drain psi ponts, but are usable a number of times per day. Basicly, an illithid has such a huge power reserve, that their at-will abilities can be used for hours at a time. So, the illithid convicts here quickly learn to levitate constantly so they don't crumple under the weight of the punishment collars. Of course, along this line of reasoning, they should take half damage from falls ....
Tue, 2008-08-05 06:21
#1799
It must feel pretty nasty
It must feel pretty nasty having the weight of such a heavy collar on you... Even if levitating, you'd still feel the same burden on your shoulders - possibly moreso, if levitation is like an upwards force on your body.
Tue, 2008-08-05 07:07
#1800
Dunamin wrote:It must feel
It must feel pretty nasty having the weight of such a heavy collar on you... Even if levitating, you'd still feel the same burden on your shoulders - possibly moreso, if levitation is like an upwards force on your body.
No wonder both Meathook and Foreman are on the foul-tempered side.
Now... where's Bliss? Psionic 8-ball says he's hiding somewhere, assensing the nasty giths via detect thoughts.
Tue, 2008-08-05 07:11
#1801
I went through the 3.5 PHB
I went through the 3.5 PHB section on combat again. If I'm reading it correctly, using a magic item of the rod/staff/wand variety does not provoke an attack of opportunity (and by extension, a dorje wouldn't either). Is this right?
A githyanki knight who worships a "heathen" deity? Neat.
And If i get the mace of 'Smiting' (which i did not) , i can smite any who say i am heathen , lol