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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 8877022" data-attributes="member: 27780">The Raven's Buff Trumpeter 2-4: April 19986 pages. The Heart of Bane continues to attract trouble, but thankfully said trouble tends to cancel itself out after a while. This time it's Tanar'ri vs Baatezu trying to get their hands on it and take it home to use in whatever long-term schemes they have. Certain adventurers recently sided with the Baatezu, as at least you can trust them to keep a deal. Whether that'll come back to bite them later remains to be seen. (but seems pretty likely) Siding with Tanar'ri definitely hasn't worked out for Myrkyssa Jelan, who's now safely in custody and facing a swift trial because it's definitely her they captured, and she's definitely guilty, and the plot to replace Lady Amber Lynn with a doppleganger was definitely spotted straight away and foiled without it being part of some bigger scheme honest guvner, and the sudden elections of the lord speaker & deputy mayor positions she declared recently are also completely not suspicious at all, nor is putting hard-bitten mercenary Lorien Darkarrow in charge of the Golden Roosters without going through all the usual qualifying procedures. All just perfectly normal civic events :whistles: In lighter-hearted news, the magic vs technology pissing war between the temples of Mystra and Gond resulted in the rest of the clerical circle stepping in and forcing them to do a group project together. Chalk & Cheese buddy comedy shenanigans seem likely to ensue. Will that be an adventure in itself or just something to read about in the future? There's also the usual round of IC romances at the interactives. It still seems like it's possible for players to be in this setting without getting caught up in one big event after another, which is a relief.Raven's Bluff Rogues Gallery: Looks like they're bringing this column back as another online-only extra, making this place even more of a general extension to Polyhedron and less just a newspaper. The first one is Uldred Stonefist Deepaxe, who to no-one's surprise is a high level dwarven fighter. He has a typically tragic backstory, seeing his wife & kids killed by orcs made him unable to just stay at home anymore, so he became a wandering adventurer. Fortunately, he fell in with extremely prolific adventuress Melissa Eldaren, who helped him get over his trauma and he became a stalwart companion through many adventures, eventually becoming a Knight of the Griffon and owning an armorer shop. Not sure if that was earned in actual play or not since they don't list the player but he seems pretty representative of high level adventurers around here. The number of knightly orders continues to proliferate. This month they introduce the Order of the Phoenix, (has Rowling ever had a single original thought in her life?) dedicated to fighting undead and extraplanar monsters. (which is a skillset currently in high demand, as we saw from previous news) They have a whole bunch of sub-orders for you to move up in, which gain pretty decent powers like Flame Strike & Dispel Evil as bonus spells, but these ranks also have minimum charisma scores, so some PC's will be unable to ever qualify for the highest ones no matter how high level they get and moving to a more prestigious order would be a better plan long-term. Plus the requirement to tithe and demands upon your behaviour are even stricter than for Paladins so it's definitely not one for every player even if you could do with the power boost. Looking at how demanding the number of chivalry points & knightly honors they want is, I doubt anyone'll make it to the top rank before the edition change makes it all moot. Living City Q&A: Can you gain a kit after character creation? (no)Who can really get a save against the Chaos spell? (we were wrong last time. The actual answer is even more restrictive.) Can specialist wizards cast scrolls from their forbidden schools? (yes, but not many other types of magic item.) Can I cast a spell in the same turn as I use a quarterstaff of rapid magery? (no. You'll need to think of other things to do with that extra action.)Does armor help against touch spells? (unless it specifically says otherwise, which is the opposite of the ruling next edition) Does a scarab of protection protect you from having buffs dispelled? (only if it's cast directly at you rather than the area in general) Do I gain the bonus nonweapon proficiencies if I'm a generalist cleric of a god? (no)</blockquote>

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