OOC Discussion for Kingdom of Ashes (Leaving Queens, Breaking Swords, & Snake Chicks)

[The_Universe]

What if for now we have two seperate places one for the blade and one for our 'home of the circle'. Then after the war and we have won we can build on top of the hidden blade for a second home. Then we can travel the lands going from summer home to winter home.

If this is going to be a group circle home, then I think it makes sense that we all pitch in with some coin. We earned it together makes sense that we build something for us with it Any thoughts on where we were going to build this?

I don't think a lot of thought has gone into this, as of yet. Any ideas?

 

[Laurel]

Off to see Archy's gandpappy

Arguably, the safest place for a blade would be in the northlands. It's hard to get to, can't be heavily populated (by the living, anyway), and once it's up there, it will be nearly impossible to remove, as long as the ward remains in place.
Furthermore, the land itself is probably reasonably inhospitable, which would more than likely prevent any casual searching for the blade.

Hey, if everyone else wants to go this way I won't argue, but getting far into the north lands, getting past all the undead, and doing it all undetected may not work out so well.
So if we want to drag our only blade up there we may need a back up plan...

 

[The_Universe]

Well, to be fair, what I meant is that the northlands might be the safest place for the blade. In reality, it's among the most dangerous places for *you.* So, your apprehension is absolutely valid.

 

[Xath]

I don't think a lot of thought has gone into this, as of yet. Any ideas?

Right now, I've been using cost modifiers for building a stronghold in the general viscinity of Hyrule. This does not have to be so. I mean, we could even build it underwater if we wanted to. I wouldn't recommend it though.

 

[Archon]

all you need are goggles.

yes, i will be in he field from the 7th to the 12th.
oh, and i like the "lets all chip in and buy a stronghold" idea. you can count on 60k of Archon's dough for our Castle (he needs 12k to buy the "Goggles of the Night").
peice,
mik aka "Man of Random Action"

 

[Laurel]

How much did we say for personal (wishlist of items, donations, circle house, etc.) gp right now? and yes, xath still has all the money in her bag.Keeping in the 20,000 or whatever so people can decide on size of donation to circle house And I have a feeling most of us will have more then 20,000 to give

We also need to make sure there is a special room to store Justice's portal hole on off days

What are googles of the night?

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

What are googles of the night?

Magical night vision goggles...
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So, are we ditching the idea of building a dungeon to keep the blade in in favor of simply finding a secret place and burrying it?

Because, I really don't think that's a good idea. I think there NEEDS to be protection of some sort--outside of "no one will know where it is."

 

[Laurel]

No there will be protection- magical, natural and whatever we can make set-up, we just can't have half of hywrl building a huge dungeon. We can make it more advanced later.

 

[The_Universe]

Just to play devil's advocate (since I really see benefits/drawbacks to both blade hiding plans) if you build a dungeon, you need to find an architect to design it.

In order to properly design it, (s)he's got to know where it is, so (s)he can include potential problems like building on a slope and other natural land features.

Once you have an architect, you'll need people getting lumber and quarrying stone, and somehow transporting it to the location you choose.

You'll need mages for some of the finishing touches of the thing, and of course there are miscellaneous masons and carpenters necessary to turn the raw material into a defensible construction.

Even assuming they don't tell their families and closest friends, you're talking about *dozens* of people who will not only know the location of your secret dungeon, but also the secrets of your traps and snares, since they will be the people that made them.

In a thousand years, when even the elves that worked on the thing are dead, it will undoubtedly be one of the most secure places on Aeres...but until then, is it safe enough?

Just playing devil's advocate, though...

 

[Laurel]

Okay here goes--
1) Find an area that is as unpopulated as possible. This will be our site, and a secret that only we know of- just the six of us! What people don't know they can not be forced to talk about, and with only blade to keep safe the absolute minimum should know.

2) Using some of our money gather stone in Hywrl which using the boots gets teleported to the site. Those not with the boots dig dirt/cut wood/etc., we also have monsters and allies that we can summon to help with this. It may take some more time, but let's not ask the favor of anything we may become indebted to again.

L'aurel can soften dirt and stone, shape wood/warp wood, create snares/traps magical and natural, and alarm the entrance (permanently if we get a scroll). There will be a lead casing/box/chest around the blade (this cancels the spell locate object).

I am not sure what spells and such others have, and I have no idea at this point how long this would take to complete. This seems to involve the least number of people, and keeps the location secret but to us. This is just a broad plan at this stage though…. Something to think about.

Edit: I will try to find out if Arfin took any skills in archetect.... it would nto be professional but it could serve our purposes. We don;t need somethign that will with stand time right now, and we don't need somethign that is habitable.