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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 8950663" data-attributes="member: 27780">The Raven's Buff Trumpeter 2-11: Nov/Dec 19987 pages. The news is relatively short and lighthearted this time. Halflings turn up twice! Seeing that dwarves and elves are getting their own settlements, the swashbuckler Sir PomFritte Fromage decides to jump on the bandwagon. As you'd expect from the name, he's going about it in a thoroughly silly way. Well, I guess a little silliness is what they need, particularly as many of the new arrivals are rescued slaves from the recent abyssal expeditions. They need to acclimatise to a world where sadism, torture and murder aren't routine everyday events. They're also building a monument to memorialise this big act of heroism. Maybe if the celebration goes really well it'll wind up being an annual thing. Also on the silly side is the Dean of Fire Elementalism getting cursed by the gods of water, causing him to have a sudden but thankfully brief switch in elemental loyalties. You probably wouldn't get that in Dark Sun, despite dedication to an element being more important than moral alignment there. A bunch of bards decided to take advantage of the ongoing troubles involving the Heart of Bane by naming their band just that, which is like calling yourself Al Qaeda or The Real IRA in terms of asking for trouble. Unsurprisingly, their first gig was gatecrashed by a bunch of Tanar'ri who didn't get the joke. Will they be able to find any venues willing to host another one? Will the amount of security needed make it unprofitable anyway? If Marylin Manson can manage a career for decades it's probably possible. Even the dwarves were unusually cheery, with a particularly boisterous wedding between Uldred Deepaxe and time-traveller Cherrian Waraxe. Much quaffing took place well beyond the official closing hours of licensed venues. Hope that poison resistance is still working for them. Even the serious news is much more positive than usual. The wizard's guild has mostly managed to rebuild it's records after the fire and everyone'll be getting nice new certificates. Meanwhile, the clerical circle acceded to the demands of The Checkmate after finding them surprisingly minor. Whether he'll make escalating ones later now he has a foothold, or they add up to machiavellian effect remains to be seen, but it looks like we can draw this year to a peaceful close. Ding dong merrily and goodwill to all humans, demihumans & humanoids.OOC, they're still busily expanding, adding more admins to try and make sure no one person is working themselves to exhaustion. Brian Burr is moving up to Operational Director, Tim Marling is taking his old job, while Troy Daniels is the new Webmaster, and we're not talking about the drow here. If you have a problem, make sure you email the right person who can actually do something about it. Living City Q&A, on the other hand is still pretty substantial.Can a druid/mage have a kit? (no)Can I wear elven chain and bracers of AC? (no)How do wizards learn spells in play. By talking to other players & NPC's who'll share, but no more than one spell per adventure. Otherwise, they could just swap their whole spellbooks with other PC's and get powerful too quickly. Can i use battlerage on unwilling targets? (no)Can i use restoration to regain ability points traded to gain special powers? (no)How do followers gain XP? (by taking a share of their master's. Keep track of this, because even if it doesn't count towards your advancement, it still counts towards your cap for retirement.) Can a half-elf be a multiclass priest of melikki/wizard? (no)What does the shield spell do if my AC is already better? (not much, but at least it also protects against magic missiles) What level is Lightning Reflection? (5th)How long does Cloak of Strength last? (12 hours) Can a thief/priest of Garl Glittergold backstab with a hand axe? (yes)Do Rangers get primary terrain bonuses in LC (yes) Can I short circuit a Stoneskin with lots of marbles in one round (no) What can a thief backstab with? (any melee weapon allowed to thieves) How does wizardly reincarnation work? (still the same way as when you asked that last month) Can a magic-user use a cestus? (yes. It's only punching, anyone can do that) Can Zagyg's spell component pouch produce a potion of superheroism for Tenser's Transformation? (no)Can you store healing spells in Glyphs of Warding? (no)What happens if you remove a metamagic ring mid spell? (it returns to regular power. If that means it's duration would already have expired, sucks for you.) Can magic resistance stop pebbles turned to boulders (no, because the magic is on the pebble, not the thing being hit)What happens if you cast Avoidance on clothes? (it's not nearly as effective as casting it on a place, but will at least help with small opponents.) Can you cast through a wall of force? (no, only around)Does stoneskin protect against Evard's black tentacles? (The damage, but not the grappling. Hope you also brought a grease spell.) Does Melf's acid arrow do any impact damage? (no, it's pure acid baby)Do spell inside a globe of invulnerability also get dispelled when it is. (if they fail their check separately) Does Calm Chaos work on a normal combat? (Yes, as long as the people who save don't drag the others back in) Can multiclass Mystran priests use their powers on their wizard spells? (no) Can you cast slow poison before an encounter where you expect trouble? (yes) Can monk's use the bodysuit of shadows? (yes) Is the peace crane of Eldath mind-affecting? (yes) Does a multiclass priest of Grumbar suffer normal armor restrictions on their other classes powers? (yes) What happens when a druid stops being neutral (they need to switch gods or lose all their powers) Does a dual class character with a kit still have an xp penalty on their new class? (yes) Does being part of the clerical circle cost you XP in both your classes (yes)Can priests of Mystra keep spellbooks? (yes, but they can't write new spells into them) Can priests of Mystra recover priest spells with a pearl of power? (no)Can priests of Mystra use Rary's mnemonic enhancer to gain a load of magic missiles, then cast them again with a pearl of power (No. Stop being so obsessed with abusing Mystran granted powers or we'll have to ban the whole priesthood) How many hit points do dual-class characters gain in Sea of Tears? (based on their current class) Can you trick people into abiding by the laws of hospitality with the mahogany salt box? (no, it requires informed consent to function)</blockquote>

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