BoG'r OOC.

Sigh, typical reaction from a low-born to their better. It does weary one so to endure these feeble attacks at ones honor from a being who's very bearing betrays their low birth.

This could be either great fun or really troublesome for the party if it comes out IC. I can see you stocking up on non-fire based spells already!

Indeed, I think the duthka'gith has opened a whole new realm of brimstone--the party's stepping into the flames of caste battles.

Ok...I'll stop punning your half-dragon's heritage.

Yeah, same here. Just a shame if we have to re-roll when we've only just started to get to know the characters. Guess that's the risk with evil PC's.

edit: I'm going to give someone else a chance to try to smooth things over before responding, if no-one does then I'm going to roll initiative. btw, bodily adjustment doesn't make me bigger it just heals my wounds.

Ah, yes, I can just see the scene now: Tripple date staring Rey & Ista, Du’minh & Telas-Niah, and Jhank’kor & Obsidian Orb.
Ista: “I’ll have the cranium rat.” (starts tearing out its intestines)
Obsidian Orb: “I’ll have the living Bone Clan githyanki (starts gnawing on its skull)
Telas-Niah: (long blank stare) “… I’ll just have a salad.”

So true! Just consider the Iliad, for instance (no, not the Illithiad, berks):
Helen is bored with Menelaus, so she screws around with Paris – this starts the greatest war ever. Agamemnon snatches Briseis, Achilles’ favourite girl – he gets so pissed he withdraws from the war until near the end of it, even when his side is getting their asses handed to them. Big A only steps in and “saves the day” once his best buddy Patroclus is wasted – best buddy the Greek way, that is.
Sex was the decisive issue that cost thousands of lives.

Seconded! How long has it been going on for, Azure, out of game?

Ben and Az, regarding your latest IC drama I have this to say:
Playing out a role is great and all, but in the interest of preserving a party you guys may want to avoid escalating things until hostility seems unavoidable. Du’minh isn’t exactly the peace-mediating type

Azure, was Rey able to identify the item on the ulitharid, or will he have to pay to get it identified?

Same. Rey will try and calm them down next time they throw tantrums.

Fits in quite well, really. We would be bantering and bashing in the hope to get the lead spot...which has yet to be filled. I wonder where the in-party politics will run to next...

Oh, and I've seen this sort of party friction only once in a Good (alignment) party, and it proved to be quite interesting to watch the power battles. As the DM, it gave me PLENTY of fun lovin' combat scenes where I forced those with issues to confront their short-comings...beautiful, well, until I killed the party leader (who happened to be the pistol with a burr in her corset. )

However, to note, she ticked off the wrong guy and tried to walk out on him. I went with the IC result and just rolled really nasty dmg--which wouldn't have been so bad if she'd had the humility to ask for healing from her cleric earlier--and so, the PC nixing began...two PCs in three sessions got the characters looking over their shoulders at every turn (esp. since the level 4 cleric went down against four CR 1 snakes... )

LOL! This is where pride and stubbornness aren't a good thing...glad my character is also cunning and calculating, cause he's going to have some fun when the party returns. >;)

Trias, my cover name is Saduj and this is my garden.

I do not doubt he won't hesitate, Dun; I was more referencing the empty gun I had at the time.

We might have some interesting information to share among the party soon enough.

Again, I hope this mage's exploit has been as entertaining to read as write...because I have been rolling with chuckles once I found a niche and ran with it.

However, I do not want to irritate the other members with this, so don't expect me to frequently derail things...The chal just figured he'd spend his hours away with some intrigue and action after getting his pride flayed by two comrades.

ROTFL!!!!!

I'm LOVIN it, though! Really suits Jhank'kor to be spellslinging in the pits of an Illithid outpost..I think he has a new hunting ground (if he makes it out...

And who might be this roper/ghaik sentry friend that's trying to eat you? Reficul?

Yep yep..If I don't give him a brimstone entrance back to lleh, he'll be awaiting guests when we next arrive.

I was wondering if you were going to let ol' Jhank'kor slip into the basement after your lady told you not to...

could this murdered Gaz - be the same as the undead queen in the cellar?

Azure, thanks for the amazing combat!! I'm tempted to enjoy another cinematic rush, though I'm sure my party would write me out of existence if I keep on soloing...alas, that was the last mission of Jhank'kor the Dark on his own (and what a wonderful close to that chapter!

Two questions that will decide my answer: Is the contents living and sentient? And will it require rolling initiative??

If it's a yes to either the living part or initiative, then no...that's the player's response...but Jhank'kor is a seasoned body snatcher, so he'd have better guts than I at the moment (though I'm currently writing a piece of fiction with ghastly bouts of wonderfully gory and horrific battle .

So enjoy telling whatever you must.

Alas, this might be the end of my posting for a bit tonight, as I must complete a birthday present for a lovely lady in my life.

I've definitely had a blast! You have completely blown open new frontiers for my ideas within the mind of Jhank'kor...oh, if he did chew on me, and didn't instantly slay me, he'd had to deal with my body erupting with fire in his mouth, so it's all cool.

Edit: I'm game to get a read on what this baddie has been digesting...

Wishing Rey hadn't gone to sleep so early, I'm tempted to have him go searh for Ista in the deadbook at the Mortuary early in the morning...

And once again, hats off to Azure - this is by far the most active (in terms of posts per day) online campaign I've ever been involved in.

Oooh...the plot is twisting more and more! The DM has been waiting too long to play this game...cause he's wrapping up is in more threads than a illithid roper in a fight with a warmage.

Question: What's the rate on heaing the str dmg? Jhank'kor will be resting during the rest of the time between and relaxing his mind to recover spells if possible.

Before he leaves his apartment, the chal will begin setting up the liquifying process on the body parts, though he'll carry the eyeball and brain (still wrapped in cloth) with him in a bag made from the lashed tentacles.

Craft(alchemy): 12

Taking 20 on crafting the bag, for a result of 20 due to penalties.