Spire's Shadow (OOC)

Pausing where I did to let Duckluck explain the Temple's reaction to this offer, which I imagine doesn't happen often, before I continue. :^)

If the temple is interested in responding in kind, there are a number of options: spellcasting services, trade of magic items, or, perhaps quite interestingly from an RP standpoint, I suddenly think of exploration, settlement, and mineral rights to some of those mountains in Athena's domain, if they really are unsettled.

Later, Zhegre will naturally head to Gear Street to wait for his friend. If Duckluck is amenable to the coincidence, he could happen to see a gnomish paladin walk by with the stamp of a familiar high-quality leather goods maker from back home, or learn about the impending trial some other way.

My apologies! I had not the foggiest of how H would take Polp's response, so that left me hanging for a bit. Yet, I also got swept up in school and other trains of thought (such as my novel coming out soon!)...however, excuses aside, I regret to have left it stalled. And so, I posted a reply. Hope that helps start the gears of gaming once more!

I was sitting on Gear Street and waiting for stuff to happen, done with my interstitial...

I was waiting to see Hilaren's reaction to Polp's words. Glad that we're on the move again!

Yeah, that's a nice one, Duckluck!

We just recently hit 6th. We're presently in Sigil, having left half an arc ago.

And we've gone through Linji, P&~P, and Baba in that period of time, not to mention collecting Polp and Hilaren after having received our mission. Look, can we please give weishan one of the vanished PCs, to maintain some continuity? The degree of accommodation required to churn characters this fast begins to seriously strain credulity. The plot may be inching along in real time, but in game time the group needs to maintain some kind of cohesiveness.

That's perfect, I've got a dwarf psion and sculptor (shaper) ex-godsman, who I really want to play, it'd be pretty easy to connect him to Zhegre. I can have a character sheet and baisic bio and background by the end of this weekend. I noticed that too, Trias lost his sheet in my game.

Three quick questions:
1. how many munch points to get a wepon focus feat?
2. How many munch points to learn annother third level power?
3. How much do I have to spend on gear, still 9,000, or altered for a higher level?

He's a very militant psion, con is the highest ability, and he has 1 level of barbarian, he's got a greatclub which he likes to use way too much for his own good. i'm just trying to make the concept playable (so he can hit stuff). Expanded knowledge lets you learn a power one level lower than you can usually manifest from any list, so it's a bit better than a feat.

preliminary character sheet:

http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheets/view.php?id=26011

that's cool. I've been unable to post for the last few days myself because of school. But I'm not taking expanded knowledge since I want to learn a third level power. Is it still 2 points? Also, can I use the action-points section to write down munch points. I'll get the background to you this weekend.

Posting background here as instructed by Duckluck. And he left the Godsmen/Mind's Eye after the faction war.

Aloric Helgarin was born in the Dwarven Mountains in the Outlands. Uncharacteristically, he proved to be quite incompetent at the arts of smithing. Disheartened, he left his home and set out to Sigil, determined to make his name as a warrior if he couldn't make it as a smith. A few tavern brawls and hefty fines later, Aloric decided that there had to be a better way to make a name than a petty brawler. This led him to fall in with the Godsmen, embracing new challenges to improve himself. His mentor (killed in the Faction War) taught him to experiment with other crafts than metalwork. Eventually he discovered that he was a skilled sculptor. He made a name for himself in the Great Foundry, though he was never associated with the sculptor's guild. After the faction war, he left the Mind's Eye, generally disaproving of the Signers' point of view.

Eventually, Aloric's increased understanding of himself led him to explore the potential power within himself-learning the ways of the mind.

More recently, Aloric has become worried that he is getting complacent. He wishes to prove he is still able to meet life's challenges. He also wishes to test the extent of his newfound psychic might. (Maybe would have heard of Zhgre's adventuring and asked to come along)

Aloric is of typical height for a dwarf, though he is built even more sturdily than an ordinary dwarf. He has a long red-brown beard braided into silver and jade rings. Aloric tends to dress as he does in the workshop--lose tan robes and a leather apron. The only difference in his appearance adventuring is a beautifully crafted dwarven breastplate and a backpack. Aloric always carries an ornate metal greatclub trimmed in silver and gold on his person. He is not at all hesitant to smash heads with it if necessary.

Aloric extols the dwarven virtues of hard work and stoicism. He is also gruff and reserved like the stereotypical dwarf. Despite this, he is friendly to those he holds in high regard. Aloric’s time in the Godsmen has taught him the values of individuality and self-determination. Aloric also frequents many taverns and while he does his best not to, often gets into trouble. He tends to smash first and then ask questions despite his considerable intelligence.

By the way, hint hint, we need Aloric to express some interest in joining us investigating the whole Spirelight thing. Give the rest of our party a day or so to show up, and then we'll hit Hands of Time and arrange for an appointment in the Fortress of Disciplined Enlightenment via any Guvners that work there.

FYI, I'm not going to be around most of this week -- conference. Not that posts have been coming more than about weekly anyway, this month.

Gad. This game may not be dead, but only technically. It's more sort of lurching along slowly, no apparent motivation, pieces (a.k.a. players) falling off here and there... really, it's more of an undead game. I don't think I've ever been in one where almost the entire player complement has changed since the session I joined. Look, Duckluck, there's no particular reason I personally have to drop out, nor is there any particular barrier to just necromantifying the game every week or so. But maybe we ought to just put a stake in it and move on. If not, I'm not quitting, I can still hang around and post... hardly taking much effort to keep up with it.

Well, I wish the plot would move on at a much faster pace than it does, but I'm certainly not about to abandon the game.

Thirded

Now that combat seems to brewing, I just recalled that I forgot to level up.

I'm here, dunno what the holdup is.

Finals are certainly understandable. I've got one myself tomorrow.

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...'course, I'm the one giving it. :^)

On a more gaming-related note, FYI, since it's been more than a day I think as we became likely to hit the Citadel shortly I'd have gone for a different spell selection than usual. I'll post here when I've decided on the substitute list.

So Zhegre really is willing to give a go at discussing "we think something around here may be responsible for, err, possibly tearing the Planes apart, you have to live here too, do you have any idea what it might be and if you're doing it would you mind stopping?" before running around trying to off somebody stubborn. If the diplomacy route/ruse takes off, people might be interested in a couple of gaming articles on medieval diplomacy. Very nice resource for such characters in general, actually: They're here and here, in the order of a two-part series, if you have a subscription to Pyramid e-zine. (And if you don't, it's a good deal! $20 a year, weekly publication, lots of great stuff for all gaming systems, like this background information, as well as stuff for specific systems like d20, GURPS, and others.)