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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 8841091" data-attributes="member: 27780">The Raven's Buff Trumpeter 1-8: October 19977 pages. The peace was too good to last. Myrkyssa Jelan's armies have now set their sights on Tantras. Where are all these reinforcements coming from? Our manpower is still thoroughly depleted from the last fight! Lady Amber advises adventurers not to get involved, leave any intervention to the professionals. Will they heed that, or will disobeying authority be a crucial part of upcoming big adventures? You can bet if they did it'd be applied inconsistently, with any lawbreaking that's not expected for the current plot still resulting in your character being taken away without rolling. Also suspicious is that all PC Watch members have been assigned away from the merchant district. What's going on in there that the people in charge don't want you to see? Plus a whole new bunch of people have been given landed Lordships to rebalance things away from the merchants. Not all the news is driven from the top though. There have been protests outside the wizards guild, mainly caused by bards annoyed that they aren't allowed in despite being able to cast arcane magic. The kind of thing that'll be even more significant next edition as all kinds of variant spellcasting classes proliferate. Plus the predictable racism about the construction of a shrine to Eilistraee in the city. Some people just aren't willing to accept that not all Drow are bad, no matter how many epic stories Drizzt appears in. Others of course aren't willing to accept that fiends are evil by definition, and associating with them only leads to trouble, as apparently a recent adventure has resulted in a whole bunch of adventurers marrying alu-fiends, while another upcoming one is recruiting people to head to the lower planes and participate in the Blood War. Will the payment be worth the risks if you survive, or will your employers prove to be not only evil, but treacherous as well? Definitely a wide variety of pot hooks being thrown out this time, giving adventurers plenty of choice what kind of adventure they want to go on.Living City Q&A is way larger this time. Obviously the online traffic is starting to pick up now people know they're back.Why didn't the DM let me use magic items from Barney's Bazaar? (They specifically don't stack AC bonusses if you have other magic armor)Do exceptional strength bows need a certificate? (no)What happens if the XP cost for joining a guild would drop me a level? (you can't join yet. Do another adventure and come back when you've got enough to spare)Am I allowed to donate unwanted magical items to charity auctions? (very yes)Are pets allowed? (If they have a GP price in the corebooks and you have room for them.)Can I be a multiclass specialist in multiple things? (no)Can I use the new stuff from Powers & Pantheons? (we're trialling it now. Email me, get a special certificate and don't abuse it, or we'll take it away and won't let anyone have it.)Can I recharge a ring of spell storing with different spells once used up? (no)Do I get illusion immunity for superhuman intelligence? (no)If I recharge a ring of spell storing at a temple of Mystra, are the spells maximised? (no)What are the knighthoods of Raven's Bluff? (There are currently 9 of them, organised into 4 tiers, plus a couple of lesser tiers for unofficial ones devoted to particular nobles and independent groups, ie, any you make up yourself)Are the Knights of the Lady an official order? (no, they're just another unsanctioned tier 5 one beholden to her, not the city. )Do you need 2 letters of recommendation to join a knighthood? (yes for all except the Golden Rosters)Can Golden Roosters write letters of recommendation? (only if you're trying to join them, not a higher order. They don't get no respect.)What do I do if I don't know anyone to write recommendations? (go to more conventions and network. We may make an exception if you're in some far-flung place where that would be prohibitively hard & expensive.)What do I do if a knight deserves a chivalry point but there's no certificates in the module? (more emailing admins!)What do I do if I get a negative chivalry point? (straighten up and behave in future adventures)How can I move between knightly orders? (Up or out baby, no going back to lower ones)How do I join the Keepers of the Mystic Flame (talk to the boss personally)Does it cost the same number of chivalry points to move to another order in the same tier as going up? (yes)What happens if I change my mind while I'm a squire? (you can quit, but you can't come back if you change your mind again. No flip-floppers wanted. )Do your old chivalry points still count when you change order? (yes)Can you receive the same honor twice? (yes)Can non-knights have chivalry points (only if you're squiring and working towards it. Otherwise it's simply not a concern.)How long do I need to stay in an order before moving up? (1 year for secular orders, 2 for religious ones. If you start now, you might barely be able to make it before the edition changes.)How long do I need to be in an order before joining the one of the sub-groups? (6 months)Do you lose the benefits of previous orders? (only if you're kicked out, not if you move up)Can I keep using old titles? (yes)What are the benefits of chivalry points? (reaction adjustments)Does being a knight affect my fame points? (yes, quite positively)What does the Knights Council do? (all that tedious admin stuff)Where can I find out about the knighthoods? (some of the lower ones have articles in Polyhedron, but all the most up to date info is online now!)</blockquote>

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