Industrygothica's "Those Left Behind" [OOC]

[Shayuri]

Leif...I think he means that if we get the full results of our last levelup (to level 7), without resting yet, then Shai can wildshape to a bear right now.

That bear, not Uulark, would have a move of 40' while carrying Uulark, and would thus be faster than him going alone.

The problem is that a black bear is medium, and so is Uulark. So...I don't think it'll work. Nice try though.

 

[Leif]

Shayuri....Ok, he hasn't yet received the full benefit of our last level-up?

And I got that the bear has a 40' move. My point is that Uulark also has a 40' move thanks to a Domain Power (Celerity Domain, Complete Divine), when he's not carrying a medium or heavy load. So if Shai can't carry him, he'll be dropping junk left and right until he gets his encumbrance down enough to put his move back to 40'. (This will consist of shedding his armor, which should be more than enough.)

 

[industrygothica]

I'm inclined to think that everyone can use the benefits of the new level, with the possible exception of Talishia who has some interesting story elements going on right now.

I think Shayuri is right in that a black bear probably can't carry a medium PC as well as a larger bear could. But the temple may be close enough to not have to worry about it, especially if Uulark makes another save on the way. But after the last time, the priests at the temple may not be so gracious of hosts. You did almost kill one of them, after all. Though Buurt might be able to help out with this one, since you picked him up there so very recently... like, yesterday in game terms, no?

Or you could take your chances in the shop and see what's downstairs.

 

[Leif]

There are bears larger than black bears.....Can Shaimon shapechange into a big brown bear or a polar bear? If not, I think Uulark can make the best time possible on his own, once he gets his encumbrance under control.

 

[Shayuri]

Hee! I do want to see what's going on down there, just in case he keeps a potion of Restoration handy.

But that's probably a long shot.

And Shai can't take Large forms until he's druid level 8, sadly.

 

[industrygothica]

Hee! I do want to see what's going on down there, just in case he keeps a potion of Restoration handy.

But that's probably a long shot.

Is it, really? Seems like if someone, especially an alchemist, was going to keep a chaos beast locked up somewhere, it'd be perfectly logical to keep a safety net nearby. Doesn't it?

 

[jkason]

Shayuri's right; my intent was to ask about our 7th character level, since that's the one that gives Shai access to wildshape. And, given that IG's inclined to let us have that, I wasn't sure about the rules for carrying Medium with Medium. It looked like, from a strictly weight-centered viewpoint, the bear form could carry him, but I wasn't sure if the closeness in size made balance too much of an issue to really work it feasibly.

But lucky for Domain powers, at least. And if Tal does find the potion, I can probably wildshape shai into a form that's fast enough to catch up with Uulark now.

 

[Shayuri]

Actually, yes, IG. It does.

I was just choosing not to tempt fate by seeming overly confident of that.

 

[industrygothica]

Shayuri's right; my intent was to ask about our 7th character level, since that's the one that gives Shai access to wildshape. And, given that IG's inclined to let us have that, I wasn't sure about the rules for carrying Medium with Medium. It looked like, from a strictly weight-centered viewpoint, the bear form could carry him, but I wasn't sure if the closeness in size made balance too much of an issue to really work it feasibly.

But lucky for Domain powers, at least. And if Tal does find the potion, I can probably wildshape shai into a form that's fast enough to catch up with Uulark now.

It'd be really great if you could come up with some thematic elements for Shai's sudden surge in power as well. Seems like a wild shape ability wouldn't be something that he'd just pull out of the air... or something. Just seems like there could be some good prose behind that first change.

Actually, yes, IG. It does.

I was just choosing not to tempt fate by seeming overly confident of that.

That's probably a smart idea.

 

[jkason]

It'd be really great if you could come up with some thematic elements for Shai's sudden surge in power as well. Seems like a wild shape ability wouldn't be something that he'd just pull out of the air... or something. Just seems like there could be some good prose behind that first change.

Especially if he's making it without having slept on it / communed with nature, I'd been thinking I'd need to find some way for it to make sense in-game ('hey, why didn't you do that before?'). I've got some ideas. For now, I'll keep Shai human to help Tal with the search, but when he finally does 'go primal,' Hopefully I won't disappoint.