BoG'r OOC.

On the PM, items are good, I'm likely to allow only 2 or 3 tho.  As for how you aquire them, I picture githyanki society not as money-based as we are used to.  Gear is given from higher-ups for honors earned.  Coin wealth is traded back to the graith to fund other projects, or melted down and re-used by the mlar.  The whole system is driven by a githyanki's honor and status in response to actions, not the acquisition of money.  I see this as echoes of the samurai looking down on merchants as the lowest caste and the Spartan lifestyle of the Spartans (whose slaves actually ate and lived better than they did, but the whole 'mudered on a whim' thing kind of over-rides all that)

So for the items, you can find up to 3 (pending DM approval) in the githyanki army camp coming up, but it is expected that most of the coin taken from Illithid House will be 'donated' to the army.

I see this part starting now as being more RP interactive, since combat per se is over.  Chalenge 1 should be to fully capture the wyvern, as Ii successfully intercepted the fleet, but something is wrong (natural 1, we'll see what BS comes up with).  Challenge 2 should be figuring out what's going on with this strikeforce.

- clearly evident to PCs - The Cult of Tiamat are the primary bloc in the strikeforce, but there are also some whe bear a badge of a flaming sword (Apocalytes), or a blue sword (True), as well as many who bear no badge besides their warbands' (Na'rai's Jade warriors included)

- behind the scenes, i.e. will become evident within the first few conversations or at least in the next few days before reaching home base - (a) Kirath is referred to as one of the blessed children of gith from the Battle of The Darkfields, and thus given grudging respect by the True, even though he supports Tiamat (Which, very strangely, he did since before the Incursion.  Evidently he came along with the duthka'gith out of Baator.) (2) Though in charge, it is his reputation as a hero of The Darkfields and as the last known survivor of the Copper Ring that give Kirath this command.  In actuality, he was egged on by Gib and other senior officers of the core of the fleet, who are Cult of Tiamat, into comandeering the strike force.  This was so that Kirath would recieve all the blame if things went wrong or if the senior Commanders (who are Apocalytes, not Cultists) were displeased. (3) The githwarriors in the strikeforce have been ordered by Gib not to be too talkative towards the outlanders. 

The PCs are not fools, though, they will quickly see that this raid was in large part done to gain power, influence, and honor for the Cult of Tiamat, while Kirath is in the position to take any and all blame.  Happily so, since he's ready and willing to face all consequences. The githwarriors in general are reluctant to even think about what will happen when they arrive at base.  They are under orders not to talk to the Git'ribani anyway, but the undercurrent is that they largely expect Kirath to be punnished for conducting this raid without approval, which is too bad because he is generally popular with the rank-and-file, since he's the epitome of an overcompensating over-achiever that every gith towers over, but whose personality is ten feet tall.  As such there is a hint of sadness in the githwarriors' tight-lipped responses to the PCs which might be mistaken for depression in the Apocalytes (who make up less than a third of this particular force), hostility in the Cultists and duthka'gith, and general distrust from the others (some of whom, like Na'rai's Jades, are actually Heartforce).  The Heartforce, in addidion, is under orders not to talk with any of the other blocs.  The one PC who has the best chance of figuring out the web of intrigue quickly is Ar'dru.  The other duthka'gith will be more open to him than the 'void-bloods' (a term for full-blooded githyanki Ar'dru hasn't heard before), but still won't be very open unless he can convince them, Gib in particular, that he's loyal to Tiamat.

- will remain mysterious for now - The full size and composition of the fleets, of which this strikeforce is a small part.  The senior commanders back at base.  The origin of the intel about Hlondeth (Na'rai's Heartforce delivered it, but the Cultists would be dishonered admiting that.  Of course, it is why the Heartforce has warriors in the strikeforce, so it might be deduced.) 

Burning Spear wrote:

Go DM, write me a biatch of an entree :D:D

OK

edited

Hmmmmm ... wyvern food ...

Unfortunately there is little in the way of wyvern fare on board other than the githyanki themselves ... but that gives me an idea.  Dispite the honor guard, githyanki don't exactly have the same reverence for the departed.  They actually guard the gear more than the bodies.  A warriors actions and name matter most, and once the flesh is devoid of life, it is just that, a lifeless hunk of decaying flesh.  Of course, the githyanki have an affinity for necromancy, so a dead warrior is not yet a useless one.  It is mostly for that reason alone that the bodies were not stripped of their gear and dumped into the sea to feed the sharks.  Feeding a corpse to the wyvern wouldn't dishonor a fallen warrior in the slightest, so long as his/her battle brothers peformed the ritual of kin-chaast with his/her gear.

Of course, giving the wyvern a taste for githyanki might not be the best idea ... 

Well, the wyvern's regular diet consisted at least partially of upitty human slave no doubt ...

Still, I'm sure gith tastes different.

Well, if they are in the bag of holding, that doesn't mean that Gib won't find out about Ii keeping her trophies eventually.  Either through her psionics or more mundane means.  If/when she does, she's likely to be even more angry at that time for them being concieled.  So I'll leave it up to Burning Spear, where are the heads?  Are they all in the bag of holding, or is one or more visible? (I've been assuming that githyanki, like samurai, carry 'head bags' to store their trophies)

If they are hidden, I'll edit the post.

OK then.  I'll assume that Ii has 1 head visible (well, in a bag on her side), that of Lavendar, the first kill of the Hunt.  The head of Bliss is in her bag of holding.

Yes, I know I'm creating a situation here, but you DID say you wanted to role-play!  BTW, I've got something for weishan when he gets back, too.