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<blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 140862" data-attributes="member: 2020">I am placing this here for historical purposes:&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; EN World - d20 News &amp; Reviews &gt; D&amp;D/d20 System Forums &gt; Bits N Pieces &gt; In Character &gt; (IR) The 3rd IR -Thread&nbsp; 2.5 (Holding thread -discussion and actions)&nbsp; - - -&nbsp;&nbsp; William Ronald&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; The current IR thread is at 200 posts. So, come over here and post. &nbsp; Edena is going off line. If you want to discuss things, do it here. &nbsp; Maybe post your actions here, and copy them to the new thread Edena will start. &nbsp; Edena: Hope I am not being too presumptive by creating this thread. &nbsp; Darkness, nemmerle, Ashtal, angramainyu: When Edena starts the new thread, you might want to consider merging this one with it.)&nbsp; - - -&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; creamsteak&nbsp; &nbsp; Edena should have waited the one minute to post this thread... &nbsp; Anyway... &nbsp; Yep yep... I am getting pretty agrivated sheer numbers of the Red Goo's PL. I would guess 500 PL died in the Blood Wastes in turn three. Somehow that turned into 100,000 PL. If you consider that people replicated more and more goo, they should have goo armies in thier countries, but the Blood waste shouldn't have gotten a x200 multiplier. And how is it that the red Goo hasn't conquered all of the Dark Union since they are in hiding? They should have lost quite a few territories by now without fighting. They would maintain their huge PL but they really should be losing land.&nbsp; - - -&nbsp;&nbsp; Kalanyr&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Red Goo PL is increased for a few reasons &nbsp; 1)Nukes &nbsp; 2)Hatred &nbsp; 3)Nature of Red Goo dissolving you &nbsp; My main concern is that next turn/whenever the goo is dealt with a buncha whimps are going to come out of hiding and claim Oerth as there own after we fought for it. (Acererack, God Emperor, Melkor).&nbsp; - - -&nbsp;&nbsp; William Ronald&nbsp; Forrester wrote: &nbsp; I confess, I'm confused at why nuking the Red Army is okay, but throwing molten core-of-sun at the Red Army is NOT okay. &nbsp; It seems to me that the latter would do more damage, and leave less radiation. &nbsp; Edena -- I think Anabstercorian might have the right idea here. So, I'll join him in the middle of the sun, with a good 6000PL of buffed-up Torillian troops, and help him with the Teleport Without Error action. &nbsp; And I'll counterspell (using 10th level magic) any Wishes that others use to counter the Teleport Without Errors. &nbsp; Bye-bye, Red Army.&nbsp; Oh. Gee, while I'm there, I suppose I might as well check to see whether Anabstercorian is trying to figure out some way to DESTROY THE SUN while he's STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. &nbsp; Not that I have any reason to be suspicious. He's always been a gentle soul. &nbsp; Forrester &nbsp; (Good to see you! Anabstercorian took HUGE quantities that destroyed everything in a 30 mile radius. Between his actions and the Red Army, worldwide damage resulted. Maybe smaller quantities that do not do world wide damage would be a good idea. As the Union of Oerth is largely abandoned, I suggest that dropping it on Red Army forces there would be wise. A scalpel is needed, not a guillotine or a nuke. &nbsp; I think Anabstercorian would benefit from your guidance. Such a gentle soul. I suppose he decided to try turning off Toril's sun as he figured it needed a nap. &nbsp; Also, send in the ground troops. The Angels really need the help. As do the mortals. Sorry if some of my posts seemed angry. Just keeping in character. Hazen may be an Angel, but he is still human.) &nbsp; (Creamsteak: I think that the Black Brotherhood merged with it, so they tried to stir it to sentience. That may explain the PL. It has been growing like a cancer.) &nbsp; Everyone, fight on. Oerth is not down for the count.&nbsp; - - -&nbsp;&nbsp; William Ronald&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Kalanyr, &nbsp; I have a rule. If you don't fight for something, you don't deserve it. &nbsp; Honestly, I think the Union's strategy for a long time has been to have other people solve the common threat. Mina is doing more than they are. &nbsp; Forrester, thanks for stepping up to the plate. What took so long? &nbsp; Hazen will supply Forrester with places where smaller amounts of fusing hydrogen can safely be placed to eliminate Red Army troops without killing those fighting them. New Dorakaa sounds like a good spot to me. Remember, 10 to 20 megatons, are not too bad. However, disintegrating a 30 mile area tends to cause seismic problems. &nbsp; Also, Festy Dog is undersiege in the deep earth. The Forsaken One's retreat is buried under tons of rock. Zouron has not acted yet.&nbsp; - - -&nbsp;&nbsp; Kalanyr&nbsp; &nbsp; I agree with the rule, thats why its a concern of mine that a buncha whimps can pull that stunt. &nbsp; - - -&nbsp;&nbsp; 'o Skoteinos&nbsp; Minor question: What is Oerth Blood and what are Oerth Blood Weapons? Red Steel? &nbsp; I really don't know what happened to my forces. I spend 200 PL to aid the Angels and Edena never mentioned them once...very strange. Edena, where are they and are they still alive (more or less)? They were equipped with Red Steel weapons and Armor.&nbsp; - - -&nbsp;&nbsp; Kalanyr&nbsp; &nbsp; If your people were armed with Redsteel then I am afraid they are probably Red Soldiers now. &nbsp;&nbsp; - - -&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Venus&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; No idea if this is going to work, but.... &nbsp; Prismatic wall is a 7th lvl spell. What if I used 9th lvl magic to create a huge barrier of Positive Energy to stop the red army? If they get through the barrier, they'll probably get such a dose of positive energy that will free them from the red goo. &nbsp; And this _IS_ an OOC thread, right? ^_^&nbsp; - - -&nbsp;&nbsp; Kalanyr&nbsp; Yep, this is an out of character thread. &nbsp; Positive Energy Wall sounds like fun. Now I wonder if I could surround some mountains with those things before I shoot them. &nbsp; - - -&nbsp;&nbsp; Kalanyr&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; me needs to pay more attention to stuff. So he doesn't post stupid things.&nbsp; - - -&nbsp;&nbsp; Venus&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I think Positive Energy should be on all of our stuff now. It seems that the red army is vulnerable there. I recall someone earlier mentioning positive energy vulcanos, but that could of course be everything... positive energy thunderstorms, PE earthquakes, PE twisters raging over the battlefield....&nbsp; - - -&nbsp;&nbsp; Kalanyr&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; I use Upper Planar energy but it seems to have much the same effect. Wonder if we could make armour and weapons out of pure (Positive/Good/Etc) energy?&nbsp; - - -&nbsp;&nbsp; Venus&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; I guess the only one who can answer to that is Edena. Would be a good idea though.&nbsp; - - -&nbsp;&nbsp; The Forsaken One&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; William. &nbsp; Further actions from me can me expected as soon as Edena answers a mail of me in full. &nbsp; he needs to answer a old email with creative ideas that needed creative answers, this might well be the time to send them because they might come in handy, no I know they will&nbsp; If I don't get the reply to my plans and ideas and my newly mailed questions then &nbsp; It seems I'll just have to wait, 20 miles of solid rock is a bit of a problem &nbsp; - - -&nbsp;&nbsp; Kalanyr&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Hey Forsaken. &nbsp; I'd get you out but I'm busy fighting for my life. If I get out of such a situation I'll do what I can.&nbsp;&nbsp; - - -&nbsp;&nbsp; Black Omega&nbsp; &nbsp; Originally posted by Kalanyr &nbsp; Hey Forsaken. &nbsp; I'd get you out but I'm busy fighting for my life. If I get out of such a situation I'll do what I can. &nbsp; I might be able to help, it sounds like with the forest coming alive to lay the smackdown on the Red Army I might have a little breathing space. Besides, happy to help out the Unseelie.&nbsp; - - -&nbsp;&nbsp; Festy_Dog&nbsp; Hidy hoe neighboureenoes!, I've recovered from illness and I'm back from a brief holiday so if someone could be sooooo kind as too explain my ppls condition. As far as I can tell I'm under siege by something known as the red army, this is probably red goo ppls, little help on explaining a few things?&nbsp; Welcome back, Festy Dog! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; - - -&nbsp;&nbsp; 'o Skoteinos&nbsp; &nbsp; In a dark, damp room, deep under the Pomarj, two people are talking: &nbsp; &quot;...you certain that that Vampire Kobold is still in control of himself?&quot; &nbsp; &quot;Yes, we have studied him carefully, and he indeed seems to have kept control. We don't know the reasons, but it seems he's powerful enough.&quot; &nbsp; &quot;Good. Then I assume it is safe to start the ritual?&quot; &nbsp; &quot;Yes.&quot; &nbsp; Together, they get up and leave the room. Though a maze of tunnels they walk, tunnels clearly not crafted by the hands of men. Round tunnels, very long and with a great diameter. Here there are light spells active. One of them is dressed in only a simple robe, while the other one wears cermemonial clothes. &nbsp; They reach a door, decorated with strange arcane marks. Inside two people are talking, and when the men enter, they bow: &quot;Ho_Skoteinos, are you certain that you want to continue?&quot; &nbsp; &quot;Yes, there are others who are still in control. If they can manage that, so can I.&quot; &nbsp; He places a silver ring with a black sapphire on a pedestal. He then steps into a circle and the three other people, all in ceremonial clothing, obviously mages, start chanting... &nbsp; Ho_Skoteinos draws a dagger from his belt. &quot;Lady of Loss, give me the power&quot;, he mumbles, as he punches the dagger through his heart. The chanting intensifies, and suddenly, the sapphire starts to glow. An eery green glow. And when the chanting stops, the body rises again... &nbsp; When he has arisen once more, he takes a dagger and makes a cut in his chest. He puts the ring in, and then he closes the cut. &nbsp; &quot;Give me Oerthblood armor and an Oerthblood sword. Today, I will lead my army, personally. We shall show that we are willing to fight for Oerth!&quot; &nbsp; &quot;Now, merge with me. Together, we are strong enough to deal with any enemy...&quot; &nbsp; They obey, and what leaves the room is a creature with four faces on one head, each looking grim, eight arms, each hand around an Oerthblood Longsword or Scimitar and in Oerthblood armor. Then, it casts a spell, and suddenly, there are two of them, exactely the same. After that one of them Teleports away... &nbsp; I've become a Lich. I am joining the battle personally, taking command over my troops. I will stand next to Williams troops to defend his country. &nbsp; I've Gestalted with my other 3 archmages (PL = 5).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Edena_of_Neith, post: 140862, member: 2020"] I am placing this here for historical purposes: EN World - d20 News & Reviews > D&D/d20 System Forums > Bits N Pieces > In Character > (IR) The 3rd IR -Thread 2.5 (Holding thread -discussion and actions) - - - William Ronald The current IR thread is at 200 posts. So, come over here and post. Edena is going off line. If you want to discuss things, do it here. Maybe post your actions here, and copy them to the new thread Edena will start. Edena: Hope I am not being too presumptive by creating this thread. Darkness, nemmerle, Ashtal, angramainyu: When Edena starts the new thread, you might want to consider merging this one with it.) - - - creamsteak Edena should have waited the one minute to post this thread... Anyway... Yep yep... I am getting pretty agrivated sheer numbers of the Red Goo's PL. I would guess 500 PL died in the Blood Wastes in turn three. Somehow that turned into 100,000 PL. If you consider that people replicated more and more goo, they should have goo armies in thier countries, but the Blood waste shouldn't have gotten a x200 multiplier. And how is it that the red Goo hasn't conquered all of the Dark Union since they are in hiding? They should have lost quite a few territories by now without fighting. They would maintain their huge PL but they really should be losing land. - - - Kalanyr Red Goo PL is increased for a few reasons 1)Nukes 2)Hatred 3)Nature of Red Goo dissolving you My main concern is that next turn/whenever the goo is dealt with a buncha whimps are going to come out of hiding and claim Oerth as there own after we fought for it. (Acererack, God Emperor, Melkor). - - - William Ronald Forrester wrote: I confess, I'm confused at why nuking the Red Army is okay, but throwing molten core-of-sun at the Red Army is NOT okay. It seems to me that the latter would do more damage, and leave less radiation. Edena -- I think Anabstercorian might have the right idea here. So, I'll join him in the middle of the sun, with a good 6000PL of buffed-up Torillian troops, and help him with the Teleport Without Error action. And I'll counterspell (using 10th level magic) any Wishes that others use to counter the Teleport Without Errors. Bye-bye, Red Army. Oh. Gee, while I'm there, I suppose I might as well check to see whether Anabstercorian is trying to figure out some way to DESTROY THE SUN while he's STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Not that I have any reason to be suspicious. He's always been a gentle soul. Forrester (Good to see you! Anabstercorian took HUGE quantities that destroyed everything in a 30 mile radius. Between his actions and the Red Army, worldwide damage resulted. Maybe smaller quantities that do not do world wide damage would be a good idea. As the Union of Oerth is largely abandoned, I suggest that dropping it on Red Army forces there would be wise. A scalpel is needed, not a guillotine or a nuke. I think Anabstercorian would benefit from your guidance. Such a gentle soul. I suppose he decided to try turning off Toril's sun as he figured it needed a nap. Also, send in the ground troops. The Angels really need the help. As do the mortals. Sorry if some of my posts seemed angry. Just keeping in character. Hazen may be an Angel, but he is still human.) (Creamsteak: I think that the Black Brotherhood merged with it, so they tried to stir it to sentience. That may explain the PL. It has been growing like a cancer.) Everyone, fight on. Oerth is not down for the count. - - - William Ronald Kalanyr, I have a rule. If you don't fight for something, you don't deserve it. Honestly, I think the Union's strategy for a long time has been to have other people solve the common threat. Mina is doing more than they are. Forrester, thanks for stepping up to the plate. What took so long? Hazen will supply Forrester with places where smaller amounts of fusing hydrogen can safely be placed to eliminate Red Army troops without killing those fighting them. New Dorakaa sounds like a good spot to me. Remember, 10 to 20 megatons, are not too bad. However, disintegrating a 30 mile area tends to cause seismic problems. Also, Festy Dog is undersiege in the deep earth. The Forsaken One's retreat is buried under tons of rock. Zouron has not acted yet. - - - Kalanyr I agree with the rule, thats why its a concern of mine that a buncha whimps can pull that stunt. - - - 'o Skoteinos Minor question: What is Oerth Blood and what are Oerth Blood Weapons? Red Steel? I really don't know what happened to my forces. I spend 200 PL to aid the Angels and Edena never mentioned them once...very strange. Edena, where are they and are they still alive (more or less)? They were equipped with Red Steel weapons and Armor. - - - Kalanyr If your people were armed with Redsteel then I am afraid they are probably Red Soldiers now. - - - Venus No idea if this is going to work, but.... Prismatic wall is a 7th lvl spell. What if I used 9th lvl magic to create a huge barrier of Positive Energy to stop the red army? If they get through the barrier, they'll probably get such a dose of positive energy that will free them from the red goo. And this _IS_ an OOC thread, right? ^_^ - - - Kalanyr Yep, this is an out of character thread. Positive Energy Wall sounds like fun. Now I wonder if I could surround some mountains with those things before I shoot them. - - - Kalanyr me needs to pay more attention to stuff. So he doesn't post stupid things. - - - Venus I think Positive Energy should be on all of our stuff now. It seems that the red army is vulnerable there. I recall someone earlier mentioning positive energy vulcanos, but that could of course be everything... positive energy thunderstorms, PE earthquakes, PE twisters raging over the battlefield.... - - - Kalanyr I use Upper Planar energy but it seems to have much the same effect. Wonder if we could make armour and weapons out of pure (Positive/Good/Etc) energy? - - - Venus I guess the only one who can answer to that is Edena. Would be a good idea though. - - - The Forsaken One William. Further actions from me can me expected as soon as Edena answers a mail of me in full. he needs to answer a old email with creative ideas that needed creative answers, this might well be the time to send them because they might come in handy, no I know they will If I don't get the reply to my plans and ideas and my newly mailed questions then It seems I'll just have to wait, 20 miles of solid rock is a bit of a problem - - - Kalanyr Hey Forsaken. I'd get you out but I'm busy fighting for my life. If I get out of such a situation I'll do what I can. - - - Black Omega Originally posted by Kalanyr Hey Forsaken. I'd get you out but I'm busy fighting for my life. If I get out of such a situation I'll do what I can. I might be able to help, it sounds like with the forest coming alive to lay the smackdown on the Red Army I might have a little breathing space. Besides, happy to help out the Unseelie. - - - Festy_Dog Hidy hoe neighboureenoes!, I've recovered from illness and I'm back from a brief holiday so if someone could be sooooo kind as too explain my ppls condition. As far as I can tell I'm under siege by something known as the red army, this is probably red goo ppls, little help on explaining a few things? Welcome back, Festy Dog! :) - - - 'o Skoteinos In a dark, damp room, deep under the Pomarj, two people are talking: "...you certain that that Vampire Kobold is still in control of himself?" "Yes, we have studied him carefully, and he indeed seems to have kept control. We don't know the reasons, but it seems he's powerful enough." "Good. Then I assume it is safe to start the ritual?" "Yes." Together, they get up and leave the room. Though a maze of tunnels they walk, tunnels clearly not crafted by the hands of men. Round tunnels, very long and with a great diameter. Here there are light spells active. One of them is dressed in only a simple robe, while the other one wears cermemonial clothes. They reach a door, decorated with strange arcane marks. Inside two people are talking, and when the men enter, they bow: "Ho_Skoteinos, are you certain that you want to continue?" "Yes, there are others who are still in control. If they can manage that, so can I." He places a silver ring with a black sapphire on a pedestal. He then steps into a circle and the three other people, all in ceremonial clothing, obviously mages, start chanting... Ho_Skoteinos draws a dagger from his belt. "Lady of Loss, give me the power", he mumbles, as he punches the dagger through his heart. The chanting intensifies, and suddenly, the sapphire starts to glow. An eery green glow. And when the chanting stops, the body rises again... When he has arisen once more, he takes a dagger and makes a cut in his chest. He puts the ring in, and then he closes the cut. "Give me Oerthblood armor and an Oerthblood sword. Today, I will lead my army, personally. We shall show that we are willing to fight for Oerth!" "Now, merge with me. Together, we are strong enough to deal with any enemy..." They obey, and what leaves the room is a creature with four faces on one head, each looking grim, eight arms, each hand around an Oerthblood Longsword or Scimitar and in Oerthblood armor. Then, it casts a spell, and suddenly, there are two of them, exactely the same. After that one of them Teleports away... I've become a Lich. I am joining the battle personally, taking command over my troops. I will stand next to Williams troops to defend his country. I've Gestalted with my other 3 archmages (PL = 5). [/QUOTE]

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