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Non-Iconics Adventure. Dungeon of the Fire Opal Part 3

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Jalon wakes at dawn, as per his routine, dons his armour and weapons and makes his way downstairs. Finding a suitable spot outside, Jalon begins the morning with a thorough session of prayer, before several hours of combat excercises and sword drills to keep himself in fighting form.

Once he is sufficiently exhausted, the priest returns to the inn for well-deserved breakfast.

On his way back to the inn, Jalon passes Kytess as she is on her way to begin training. He stops for a moment to speak to the young warrior.


'Ah, I'm glad to see another of my companions taking pride in their training. Perhaps we should train together later, after I've properly rested.'

(Sorry if this post was a little out-of-place chronogloically, but it's the first post I've had a chance to make since waking up)
 

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Addressing Ubaar: “We could go back, but I would have to leave Sheela outside then, she's still weak from the poison. You do not look too well also, Ubaar! Anyways, the time is pressing upon us and Archibald said, that we should hurry, at least I think he said so...”

“Havn't you been to the church? Couldn't the priest there help you?”

<OOC> How much Dex did Sheela lose? I don't seem to have noted it... </OOC>
 

"Ubaar is still sick like Shee-la is sick.

But Ubaar is MUCH bigger than Sheela, and Chauntean priest named Ken-drick gave me some stuff, and I'm a bit better today than yesterday. It's not a healing spell, like Miss-tress Hardwalk said, but it's better than nothing, I'm sure. :(

If any of you wanna go over there, and ask him if he got something betta, maybe offer our services and spells for a day or so, could anyone get better stuuf outta Kendrick?
Some of you may have silvery tongue, and get stuff Ubaar couldn't. ;)

How 'bout this, guys?
I stay resting here today, and then tomorrow, we can go back in, cause Taz is right - we gotta get this Fire Opal for Archimabaldy quick-like.
And that witch might get BIGger reinforcements if we wait too long.

By tomorrow, I'll be back to normal for most people, I hope.
I won't be as fast as I normally am, but I've fought wounded before...

Taz - you may wanna keep Sheela out of da Dungeon, for her own safety.
She's so small, and fragile, I wouldn't want her getting hurt.
I know from my friend Jaida that you have communi-cation with her, and get some powers.
Maybe you just go without them for a bit?"

Ubaar looks around to see what others say.
After a bit, he asks, "So before we go back in to Dungeon, did we do some re-search about da stuff we saw?
Can we think about ways to see stuff that's in-visible (like that fungus-guy), if we don't have Sheela?

Can we figger out way to hurt those damned devil-things?

Did you guys get what you need to see in dark?

I don't wanna go down dere again, if we haven't figgered out how to fight if there's no light again -
it seemed like EVERYTHING down dere could see in dark, and Ubaar's the only one of us that can, too.

That not a good thing when fighting stuff - I've seen whole hunting parties killed by things in the dark that dey couldn't see."

OOC: Taz, as i remember, Sheela had more damage than Ubaar did, and Ubaar had 6 points of Dex damage.
I looked for the post that mentioned the exact damage, but I didn't save the thread that far - CR? Did you have that stat?

Also, Heavy G:
Did you see the thread I asked in the rules forum about how far light goes, and if you can fight beyond 20'?
It seemed there was somewhat of a concensus that there would be SOME ability to see past 20', granting concealment bonuses to anyone fighting within 20-40' range, than almos complete concealment from 40-60'.
Past that all dark.

What do you think?
Or do you want to just keep everyone blind past 20'? That would probably be less realistic, but certainly easier to do.
 

Taz - That information is lying at the end of the last thread on the old boards. CRG should have the answer. He saved the threads.


reapersaurus said:
Also, Heavy G:
Did you see the thread I asked in the rules forum about how far light goes, and if you can fight beyond 20'?
It seemed there was somewhat of a concensus that there would be SOME ability to see past 20', granting concealment bonuses to anyone fighting within 20-40' range, than almos complete concealment from 40-60'.
Past that all dark.

What do you think?
Or do you want to just keep everyone blind past 20'? That would probably be less realistic, but certainly easier to do. [/ooc]

If it were up to me, a 20' light would enable you to see up to 20', with penalties before that. A torch does not emit much light. Carrying lanterns would already be much better.

Mmmh.

Or possibly,
0-10' : Total vision
10'-20' : low penalties
20'-30' : big penalties
30'+ : total darkness
(doubled for those with low-light)

However, seeing someone 30' away sounds too good for a torch.

Anyway, I'll think about it some more.

Also, I had forgotten about the herbs (doh !). Ubaar, you regained two points of dex loss during the night. Assuming you used them, of course.
 

CRGreathouse said:
Charles was tired of waiting for Reaper and Heavy G to do something. :D

Well, Heavy G didn't want to interrupt such a fine dialogue with innane chatter from the waittress :D.


Anyway, when the group decides on something, I'll chip in :).
 

While settling in for a meal, Ubaar catches a strange scent in the inn.
The innkeeper's gray cat is sitting under a low chair, eyeing everyone in the taproom suspiciously. It seems nervous.
He looks around, and sees the innkeeper's cat looking at him a bit more intently than he's seen most cats look at him before.

Ubaar curls back his lips into a snarl and attempts to frighten/play with the strange cat.
OOC: Intimidate attempt
 

After eating some hearty soup and keeping rested this day, Ubaar asks the seated group of travelers "Hey! Where you guys travelling from?"
 

reapersaurus said:
While settling in for a meal, Ubaar catches a strange scent in the inn.
He looks around, and sees the innkeeper's cat looking at him a bit more intently than he's seen most cats look at him before.

Ubaar curls back his lips into a snarl and attempts to frighten/play with the strange cat.
OOC: Intimidate attempt

The cat flees in the kitchen. That is one wussy feline.

reapersaurus said:
After eating some hearty soup and keeping rested this day, Ubaar asks the seated group of travelers "Hey! Where you guys travelling from?"

The guys turn around. One exclaims, in a strong voice, "We're hunters. We're going southeast to BrambleWood to bag ourselves some great cats. What are you doing here ?" They look tough, hardened.
 

HeavyG said:
The guys turn around. One exclaims, in a strong voice, "We're hunters. We're going southeast to BrambleWood to bag ourselves some great cats. What are you doing here ?" They look tough, hardened.
Ubaar looks around for a moment, then realizes noone is going to respond unless he does...
"Ubaar is here with friends!
We doing some hunting, too, down in underground, though.

Ubaar likes hunting big cats!
My tribe hunts a lot - we very used to stalking and flushing out big cats.

See this?"
Ubaar shows the displacer beast talon that he wears on his necklace at all times.
"This is a shadow-cat talon I ripped out of its tentacle as it was dying from a blow to tha head.

What cats chu guys huntin'?
Sounds like fun."
 

reapersaurus said:
See this?"
Ubaar shows the displacer beast talon that he wears on his necklace at all times.
"This is a shadow-cat talon I ripped out of its tentacle as it was dying from a blow to tha head.

What cats chu guys huntin'?
Sounds like fun."

The hunters come closer to look at the talon. They look it over.

One exclaims,
"Hey, that's from displacer beast ! Nice one ! We're hunting anything we can find that's eatable, really. Gotta put food on my children's plates, y'know. But what we're really hoping to bag ourselves is a striped tiger or maybe a shadow panther. Did you know a shadow panther hide is worth about 1000 gold pieces in Westgate ? A man could live pretty well on that kind of money."

He rambles on and on...

The young serving girl comes and clears the empty plates.

The cat eyes Ubaar suspiciously from the kitchen door.

Outside, the weather is marvellous.
 
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