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It sounds like selling the map and closing the book on this makes the most sense. I've seen a little that IVV wrote about the followup, but only a broad sketch, and much more intricate and substantive than anything I'd be prepared to do in that direction. If you wanted to follow the map, I'd...

Sir Nurlan, human bard "I've been to many quite larger than Orussus. In Lhondaio, where I was born, it'd tire a man just to walk from one end of town to the other."

If it matters to you, IVV's original adventure submission ended at this point. He did note the obvious opportunity for a follow-up, but if he ever outlined plans for that followup, he never passed them on. Now, I have a pretty good idea how it could go. I don't know if my ideas match IVV's at...

Scrate awaits an answer for about half a minute. Then, seeing everyone's hesitation and scrutinizing your expressions, he adds, "You seem to be more tempted by that offer than last time. For four thousand crowns to be divided among yourselves, I would take that map from you. It would be a much...

The brown-skinned human in the bright purple cloak is the first to greet the newcomer. "Greetings, good Mr. Cray. I am Sir Nurlan, a travelling minstrel. You must have exciting stories of your exploits to share."

No, I keep waiting for further discussion, either IC or OOC, in the game thread.

Oh, I'm fine now, and willing to play the game out if there's interest. Trouvere's role is just as judge -- what I was doing before I became DM. Sit back, approve XP awards, watch out in case intervention is needed, and award DM credits at the end. If all goes well, you don't even notice he's...

I think it was Trouvere who volunteered -- Trouvere, is that right? Are you following the thread? We're right now deciding (IC and OOC) whether to end the game right now, or to follow the map...

As he puts the caged shocker lizard aside, Scrate remarks, "Well, that should be safe for now, while we finish our business. Do you have the map you wanted deciphered? Although... you may still decide to sell it instead." I'm fine now, and willing to continue if you want to. However, this is a...

Scrate looks closer at the lizard. "Yes, I see. Very wise of you. Otherwise, it would rather hurt to get too close to it. I imagine you already learned a little about how much it can hurt. But you have earned your reward."

Rolling two dice and taking the higher can be thought of as one die, with a reroll, with the added option to revert to the first roll if the second one turns out to be lower. So it's better than an optional reroll. However, if it's a hit-or-miss roll (i.e. one where all rolls less than N have...

Pretty much. With dn's, on average taking the higher of two dice beats a single die by just less than n/6. So yes, 1d12+2 is marginally better than the higher of two d12s, and 1d20+3<(higher of 2 d20)< 1d20+4.

Consistently higher? Not sure what you mean. Are you thinking higher on average? On that assumption, let me number your schemes: Trivially, (1)<(2) (adding 1 always raises a number), (3)<(4) (since 1 can never be higher than the other die and is often lower), and (4)<(5) (since replacing one...

I haven't forgotten this game, but I've been bedridden, and now have a lot to catch up on -- LEW being low on my priority list. Expect this to go slowly for at least another week or two. When you meet up with Scrate, he sees the caged unconscious lizard and asks, "Have you fulfilled the terms...

Nurlan pauses for a moment to remember the name. "Ah yes, that was not long after I received the place. I met him at one of the first bardic circles I hosted there, when he was travelling through. Unique -- you're probably thinking of the Sairundani style dance he did. I wonder where he is now."

If there is a need for more 1st level characters for an adventure, I'd be happy to introduce another. Or, if the hook is right, I might even reactivate my druid, Jo Guilan, who's been inactive (although not formally retired) since his first adventure.

XP for shocker lizard battle: 240 XP each After Lerrin and Razengrul part, the four of you haul Dianna’s corpse back to town. If nobody suggests a different plan, I’ll assume you take the corpse to the Temple of Azwan for funeral rites [her character sheet lists Azwan as a patron deity], then...

I could see Nurlan going along with that. He's recently regressed to another phase of denial about being an adventurer, but given that Rasereit has been his comrade in one episode it's the kind of hook that would get him back in.

*If* that happened, yeah, it might be taken as definitive. That's someone who probably does know. (Although not certain: see the play M. Butterfly, by David Henry Hwang, based on a true story.) However, that's unlikely to happen, as Elven seems to favour gender-neutral language.

Karl successfully heals the lizard, now unconscious but stable. The rest of the group join him, Babette carrying the cage, and they stick the lizard inside. Lerrin declines to take the potion. "You'll need it more than I. Who knows what you have ahead of you? Ulura will bless me with healing...