Blizzard at Revel's End (OOC) Temporary Hiatus

[FitzTheRuke]

BTW, in case anyone posts before I get a chance to resolve what's posted so far. Don't bother attacking the orca. Thorbin does way too much damage. Poor thing is toast.

 

[JustinCase]

Let's look at this (I have never paid any attention to material components before, beyond being vaguely aware of them as fluff while playing a spellcaster - which I don't do very often at all):

Friends "a little makeup applied to the face"
Hex "a petrified newt's eye"
Mage Armour "a piece of cured leather"
Minor Illusion "a bit of fleece"

Unless you think Burton has been following the prison rules to the letter, I think he could have squirrelled all of that about his person (say, sewn into a false pocket in his prison trousers). Just in case. (No pun on your name).

Of course, the 'makeup' is a bit of soot soaked in rationed beer, the 'petrified newt's eye' is a dried rat's eye, the 'cured leather' is a piece stolen from a worn-out shoe, and the fleece is from your bedding (you got fleece instead of straw because of your nobility, lucky you).

Awesome! As a DM I usually wandwave this too, but I didn’t want to assume.

Thanks!

 

[Steve Gorak]

I think it makes sense that character would do absolutely everything possible to have the material components handy. This is a good call.
Cheers,

sg

 

[VLAD the Destroyer]

How big are the squares on the map? Are they the standard 5x5 or are they bigger? Just want to see how many sahuagin can I get within 15 ft of Jathlin.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Awesome! As a DM I usually wandwave this too, but I didn’t want to assume.

Thanks!

I definitely appreciate some thought being put into it. I tend to be generous with things as long as a simple story-based solution is presented. I like the idea of the dried rat's eye. A thing I love to do is to come up with a story-reason when things fail (or are sub-par). Like, if you roll low on your Hex d6 you can complain about the dried rat's eye not being as good for the spell as the petrified newt's eye - or alternately if you keep rolling high, maybe it's working perfectly!

 

[FitzTheRuke]

How big are the squares on the map? Are they the standard 5x5 or are they bigger? Just want to see how many sahuagin can I get within 15 ft of Jathlin.

The big squares are 10' ones. (The ship is divided into 5' squares, though).

 

[Steve Gorak]

I definitely appreciate some thought being put into it. I tend to be generous with things as long as a simple story-based solution is presented. I like the idea of the dried rat's eye. A thing I love to do is to come up with a story-reason when things fail (or are sub-par). Like, if you roll low on your Hex d6 you can complain about the dried rat's eye not being as good for the spell as the petrified newt's eye - or alternately if you keep rolling high, maybe it's working perfectly!

i came across this today: Is eye of newt a real thing?

how à propos! So eye of newt is actually mustard seed ;-)
Cheers,

Sg

 

[FitzTheRuke]

i came across this today: Is eye of newt a real thing?

how à propos! So eye of newt is actually mustard seed ;-)
Cheers,

Sg

Oh yes! The traditional 'potion' "Eye of Newt" is mustard seed, I recall that. I think the D&D spell really meant an eye, though. But good point! We can't (and probably shouldn't) take the material components literal-100%-gotta-be-this-thing. They're for flavour (no mustard-puns intended... well, maybe a little).

 

[Steve Gorak]

So... what’s the hold up?
I hope it isn’t me ;-)
Cheers,

sg

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Nope. Just me, I think. I missed getting it done Monday, and Tues/Wed are impossibly busy days for me. Probably won't get an update in until Thursday or Friday, I'm afraid.