BoG'r OOC.

thats exactly what i was hinting at...

He posted his little spam in my IC thread as well.

By the way, is anyone in this game interested in joining mine and joining a clueless but dashing gnomish bard as either a clueless, naive, sheltered young noblewoman or as a cager/planewalker of your own design at Level 5?

Yay, game's back!

Azure -- possible to use Clairvoyance to attempt to find Mudshow? (Based on the power/spell description, it seems more like a "see what's in the next room in the dungeon" power rather than a "scout this entire level of the dungeon" ability.)

I'm also wondering whether using Telempathic Projection to cheer up our githwarriors would be effective against the bone-thriven music. (0-level powers have to be good for something, right?) Whether individual githyanki would consent to having their psyches altered in that way is, of course, another story...

Du'minh would certainly give his consent, since we're talking about preventing malicious mental manipulation here (MMM TM).

That's just IC, though; mechanically the effect is far from incapacitation so since you're running low on psi-points I wouldn't ask you to burn any more if this one is a heavy drain.

lol, Zim, babble away

If we're in combat rounds (seems likely), Ya'shenn isn't using her actions just yet. Waiting to see what the rest of the party does.

I'm wondering if this might be a good time for at least some party members to dimension door and cut off Mudshow's retreat.

Incidentally, the Third Circle of Zerthimon is "Submerge the Will," where Zerthimon successfully deceives his illithid master into believing he was properly enthralled.  (Of course, some interpret the Third Circle as meaning that Zerthimon was in fact re-enthralled and that his subsequent actions were those of a thrall.)

 Interesting one for Mudshow to refer to...

I had strongly considered that, but didn't for reasons mentioned in my latest game post - Mudshow might have underwater passages. That would be a very smart feature, in my opinion: Trespasser can't spot them while wading through the tunnels and are likely not as depraved as Mudshow to swim around in it.

I thought the Unbroken Circle wasn't Planescape canon (particularly since The Nameless One gave it to Dak'kon), but if it is...

He may be referring to Zur Khaan with the Third Circle. You know, the guy who likely killed Knowledge and claims to be Zerthimon reborn, the guy who was center stage when the attack in Git'riban started, the guy whose posse gave Du'minh the eye at Haven Port, and the guy who Gy-Nath described as an immensely persuasive speaker. Just as Zerthimon succeeded by deception in the Third Circle, so too may Zur Khaan be doing it somehow in all this...

The part of Mudshow's words I'm most concerned with right now is: "The Razor has already fled".

Who is the Razor? And if it is an illithid who's just been here, is it on its way to warn the Palace of our approach?

Zur Khaan is the Razor of Tyrants. Ya'shenn was fairly sure he's either a pawn or an outright thrall. Ya'shenn's interpretation of the lyrics is something like this: Zur Khaan is being used by the illithid to initiate a particularly vicious chapter of the War of Two Skies, probably right here in Git'riban. The fact that Will scouted out Git'riban so thoroughly via thralls, plus the sharpener's dreams, makes it seem likely that Git'riban will be attacked again.

It's also very typical for an illithid to fight via proxies whenever possible. If Will can get the 'yanki and the 'zerai to kill off each other, It can get rid of two hated enemies at once.

I'm less sure about how our little warband fits into Will's plans. Will might actually be ruthless enough to use githyanki to kill other mind flayers Will wants to get rid of (and so far they've all been aberrants), and the fighting the party is doing would weaken the PCs for, say, a githyanki-githzerai war in Git'riban, which might await them once they're done in the Palace.

Edit:

Simultaneous posts are fun.  :P 

That's it. For some reason I had imagined we were walking through tunnels, like in a sewer - my bad.

Du'minh does suggest that rather than head directly for Mudshow's last known position, we should approach from altenate angle(s) and with caution. Perhaps circling out in groups of two and surround, preferably sending perceptive and/or trap-capable giths ahead (Daraz?).

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Oh man, Mudshow reminded me of Planescape: The Musical.

( http://planewalker.com/forum/planescape-the-musical-sequal )

I miss it...

Ok, current incendiary inventory is - 13 flasks of oil, 2 regular alchemists fire, 2 Black Smokers, 2 Wet fires, and 4 Burning Dust.

Oh, and 2d6 worth of breath weapon and some dust of dryness I was hoping to use as a torture device on an Illithid.

That's by my count anyway.

What? But weishan, you can't leave! Who will keep having horrible things happen to him now?

Hm... Azure I really like your DMing style, adding so many small details to everything to give it character and all that, so I'd offer to be a replacement if you need one, but I don't enjoy playing a cold blooded killer, which seems like it's nearly essential to enjoy this game.

Oh yeah, hey Az, don't forget that severed prostitute head you've got in a bag.

Good luck with R.L. Weishan..

Hey Azure, just wanted to check with you if it's ok to use the names of the Reconciliation and Ar'Gith for other projects.

I'm doing a campaign backdrop for the giths and illithids' place in Enworld's Living 4th Edition project, and those two names just have a nice ring to them. (link)

The stakes of the war are driving these githzerais to conquering land, though its also due to a different take on the race for L4W than "the norm". The Zeabutar crusaders are not supposed to represent the entire race's disposition, and not all their members fully approve of what they're doing - more of a necessary evil thing.

Thanks.

I use the Reconciliation basically still as based on the Sha’sal Khou from the Incursion campaign, though Ar'Gith is here part of the name on a githyanki armada - "Neth Ar'Gith". It's intended to mean something like "return of Gith" or with your elaboration, "return of Great Gith". Which strongly hints at one of the setting's main themes in this locale.

DC 35 Decipher Lyrics check? 

Nex' time, this time, I just might

Be Ilsensine, potent all

Will, Sight, Knowledge, answer the call 

Possible. Being the lone overseer of such a big place might give it some vivid ideas of divine grandeur. 

Will is left to "answer the call", perhaps Mudshow wants to summon reinforcements?

Anything you can do to lock down or trace Mudshow would be greatly helpful. I don't know if my "conductivity trick" will work, but if it does we might get a glimpse of Mudshow's position so we could "tighten the net" more.

As to interpreting Mudshow's poetry, your guess is as good as mine.