Threads of reality - OOC thread

[Quarg]

Well, I am quite intrested but the question is....will my schedule allow such things?
AT the moment, yes...but I seem to be quickly becoming overloaded

[M0rtimer]

All loot of the other party members is for you to take if you feel it would be more useful on your person.

[madmartin26]

I think i'm good on items for now(I already got a big boost from the 100 gold i got from the mage), but somebody might want to get the potions and potion materials from Happy. I did think he already gave the potionmaster the ecos though.

Studies

"Er, it doesn't look like you guys need my help anymore; I don't know any healing spells, and it doesn't seem like there's going to be a fight anymore. And I really want to read this book... So i'm just gonna stay here, alright?"

Studies eagerly starts reading the first chapter of the time travelers book he found on the shelf. If he has time afterward/during, he checks what the possible greed enchantments are again(i seem to remember an enchantment that increases speed...).

[Godbot]

Aw nice. Let me take a look at what sort of stuff we've got lying around...

Weapons:

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+1 iron sword: +3 ATT
iron bloodbane sword: +2 ATT, restores ? HP upon kill
Rapier: +2 ATT +1 DEF
A wand of fireballs: Fires a ball of fire for 4 damage. Has 8 uses left before disintegrating. Major action
Bow: +2 ATT
Iron harpoon: +2 ATT, throwable

Armor:

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iron chestplate: +3 DEF
Iron chestplate: +3 DEF
Steel buckler: +2 DEF
Belt of language: Allows the wearer to understand virtually any language ÔÇô Including that of most animals.
A +1 leather coif, in case any of you are sick of wearing a skull on your head (Boom doesn't have a helmet, by the way)

Other:

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healing potion: major action. Restores 4 HP.
rejuvenation potion: minor action. Restores 5 HP.
bluff's deck of cards
various potion ingredients
some poison
Complete crafting kit: can be used for leather, skinning and cloth working
Balance potion

And a grand total of 123 gold. (Totally gonna buy that mysterious egg.)

[madmartin26]

Oh, I suppose i will take the deck of cards, if no one objects. and are we going to use the money on group objectives or divvy it up?

[Godbot]

I'm not sure what we should spend the money on, but I'd rather we pool it and buy something cool that helps the whole group, like a magic item or a new spell or something. Whenever this group gets spending money, it becomes every man for himself. Maybe we could buy riding dogs for the whole party?

[Arch Lich Burns]

We should pool the moneys. I tried to do so earlier but failed...
Anyways, I will take the rapier, I needed a weapon and the belt of languages, Cut should speak ALL OF THEM.

[madmartin26]

Maybe? Do you remember how much Casper cost? Anyway, i agree that getting something for the group with the money would be best, especially since all the characters still with us have already gotten their share of the money.

[Arch Lich Burns]

20 gp me thinks. Oh yea, and Cut gives Born the helment, because piercing damage boosted by crown is awesome and I am pretty sure that it boosts wordsling.

[Godbot]

Fortunately for us, M0rt put the list of buyable items on Obsidian Portal before the forum crashed.

List of mounts (riding dogs are 10 gold)

List of buyable spells

List of enchantments

These should be enough to keep us occupied.

Edit: Aw, wait, what if we bought some of those elemental tomes? The ones that permanently give your character new abilities or something, like Studies got?

[madmartin26]

Actually, the supreme ward spell looks totally awesome. (minor action, +3 def for everyone and ranged attackers are immune to damage, for only 50 gold). I don't even care who gets the spell, that would be really helpful. Plus, we could get that AND riding dogs for everyone, if we want.

[Arch Lich Burns]

I can get it. And then maybe boost it with words sling. Hell maybe even the crown. That and silence...aw yess....

[Godbot]

Ooh, nice. (I'm a little worried about how M0rt will react to the players suddenly gaining the ability to become invincible, but it looks well worth it.)

Detect Magic and Dispel Magic look like good things to have around, too, and they're really cheap if we don't bother with focus items. I'd suggest Magic Hand, too, but Studies already has stuff like that covered.

(By the way, turns out I saved a copy of Ansem's conversation with Born about how his powers work and what they can be used for, because I kept having to go back and reread it. So that's something. I don't have anything else, though - I just saved the rest of the important updates that I kept needing to find in my favorites.)

[madmartin26]

I wouldn't mind being able to detect and dispel magic again(Though i think i can still detect magic by sensing it somehow? I'm not really sure how that works). M0rt, does magical ability affect how likely detect magic is to find something and/or how likely dispel magic is to work?

[Arch Lich Burns]

I gave mort a huge paper of previous updates ...like 159ish pages? Oh and I have a holy focus item already (with healing) which is going to be given to born (most likely to use that damned thing)

[Dusk9]

.......a dragon would be something that helps the whole group

In all seriousness, could I have one of the Iron Breastplates and the language belt? Being able to talk to the dragon regularly, without having to borrow the belt every five minutes, would be good (once I've actually bought him, of course). Plus it would go quite well with my Charmspeak trait, since I'm pretty sure targets need to understand me for it to work on them.
You guys can do what you want with the rest of the items and money.
Although, we should be able to get much more by selling all the useless stuff. So, if you've got any left over after that; say, 50ish gold......

[M0rtimer]

Yeah I have what was saved from the updates, though large chunks of it are missing. It's like trying to read a book that has been mostly lost in a fire or something. :/

So guys, should we make this the OOC thread?

[Nerre]

"Oh gods, Ansem! Why is everyone just - get out of the way!" cries Born, pushing his way past the guards to the front of the group and turning to glare up at Gideon. "The body this Guardian is controlling is a living person, who I know, but his body's been completely destroyed. The Guardian is keeping him alive right now, but if he returns control to its owner, he'll die. But we can still save his life if we heal the body! Isn't that all you humans care about?" he demands. "Looking out for your own race? What does it even matter if he was rude to you? He's trying to save someone's life!"

"Come on, let's go inside," Born says over his shoulder to the MG, probably without listening to Gideon. "If I can use this cleric thing, I'll do what I can to help."

"Sir, please excuse the harsh words from Born.-" he points on Born "-I don't know what dispute you have with this man, but it will have to wait until he is healed. " Almost Drowns says, trying to intervene and calm Gideon down. "As a paladin I cannot idly stand by and let somebody die. You seem like a man of honor yourself, so i am sure you will understand. If he has broken the law or whatever, you still can arrest him afterwards. Now excuse us please, he came here for healing." Drowns helps Born to get the hurt person to a somewhere were he can lie down and cast his strongest healing spells on him.

OOC:
I would like an upgrade for my healing abilities too, maybe one of those greater focus spellstones. That way I could cast at least once two of my strongest spells in one turn. But so far I only got 22 gold and it costs 40. Anything else i think is to expensive, like greater heal with +3 hp (which would not be that good of an upgrade, since I can already do +2).

@Mortimer: Can you please add the link to the obsidian portal in your signature again? Would be nice.
Yes, we should make this the ooc thread and this time be much more strict with OOC talk in the update+post thread - strict like moving it here or deleting it. That would also help those who have less time to be able to follow the story better.

[Dusk9]

Yeah, making this OOC makes sense to me.

[M0rtimer]

Sorry Burns I deleted your thread. I'm just going to rename this to the OOC thread and put up the new main thread soon. I think it's best if only I can access that.

[Arch Lich Burns]

...You don't trust me with even that? :S

[M0rtimer]

Ofcourse I do!

[Godbot]

Oh and I have a holy focus item already (with healing) which is going to be given to born (most likely to use that damned thing)

Yeah, I figured out what you were talking about after I saw ObsidianPortal. Good thinking, getting us a reusable healing item.

I would like an upgrade for my healing abilities too, maybe one of those greater focus spellstones. That way I could cast at least once two of my strongest spells in one turn. But so far I only got 22 gold and it costs 40. Anything else i think is to expensive, like greater heal with +3 hp (which would not be that good of an upgrade, since I can already do +2).

And that's a pretty clever idea, too. Drowns being able to heal two people in one turn without having to leave combat, on top of Cut's group healing, sounds fantastic. I think at this point we've got plenty of healing ability already, probably way more than we actually need, but it's something to think about.

Edit: Crazy ideas about spamming a buff as a free action removed, due to a misunderstanding of how focus objects work. Still cool, though.

@Mortimer: Can you please add the link to the obsidian portal in your signature again? Would be nice.
Yes, we should make this the ooc thread and this time be much more strict with OOC talk in the update+post thread - strict like moving it here or deleting it. That would also help those who have less time to be able to follow the story better.

Here you go. You can always just save that in your bookmarks, you know. And by the way, you're in luck - since we're down to six players, updates are inevitably going to be shorter and easier to follow. Should be easier on everyone.

(Oh, and Nerre, do you want that +2 sword that heals you every time you get a kill? I thought you might be interested in it, being our tank and all, and you could use a shield with it if you ever get sick of that two-handed sword we made you take. Not saying you have to take it, just thought you might like it.)

In all seriousness, could I have one of the Iron Breastplates and the language belt? Being able to talk to the dragon regularly, without having to borrow the belt every five minutes, would be good (once I've actually bought him, of course). Plus it would go quite well with my Charmspeak trait, since I'm pretty sure targets need to understand me for it to work on them.
You guys can do what you want with the rest of the items and money.
Although, we should be able to get much more by selling all the useless stuff. So, if you've got any left over after that; say, 50ish gold......

Yup, go ahead and take the chestplate. At this point, you're the only one who can use one but doesn't have one anyway. Burn wants the belt of languages too, though, so you'll have to take that up with her. And yeah, we should definitely sell the stuff we don't need.

[M0rtimer]

Oh, I just remembered a particular question one of you guys asked to the mind guardian before the forum died, and now seem to have forgotten about. A question of which I'm not sure if I'm relieved or saddened by the fact that it seems to have been forgotten. So obviously I am required to make a cryptic post about it.

Anyways- I'll make a thread now, though the update probably won't be until at least monday.

Also one thing- No selling equipment from the other characters, just in case we'd find a replacement. Everything else is fair game though.

[Nerre]

Godbot: Do we already have the +2 sword with healing or would we have to buy it? Well, on the other hand i am doing not much damage, and it says "kill" not "hurt". I am not sure how mortimer deals with the attack order or if it is enough to be in the group that kills something. Since Drowns does not do that much damage i am not sure if it is a good trade. he might not get many kills, only assist in them. Does that count? And how much does it heal?

The focus item would be very fine indeed.