Heh, Princess Mononoke was one of my favorite Hayao Miyazaki films. I don't see what the big deal is with Howl's Moving Castle. It barely had any plot at all.
I always thought the book was more fun. The movie was decent, but rather changed. I still liked it, though, it did manage to capture a fair bit of the feeling I thought.
On the subject of the paralyzed creature: how much does it weigh? Thane won't actively fight Enko carrying it along (whatever he might think), but if it slows him to 20ft, it's not acceptable.
Ah, indeed, must have missed that one . Still only 1 hour/level, so it'd take 4 castings to use. You could try splitting it up and not using it when we're moving at half-speed to hunt, but I think we have a few days extra food already.
EDIT: I'm waiting for Zurai to rule on whether the creature would slow us down before I post Thane's next actions.
Sorry - like I said earlier, real life's pretty rough at the moment. I'll do my best to get the administrative stuff checked out today and a new IC post up tomorrow.
OK, the people that have updated their character sheets look good.
Shayuri, I need Erin's sheet updated since the additional spell could be important.
Lorthanoth, I realize you're probably still on intermittent access, so update Alistia when you can.
The grimling weighs ... well, it's about 2 1/2 feet tall and skinny as all hell except for its head, so we'll call it... 20 pounds.