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

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

In general, I'd like an idea of *when* things are going to start happening...? There are other sentient beings in the world, with their own goals and stuff - I want to make sure I can put your actions in context, whenever they occur. For the moment, you hold the initiative - but the longer you delay, the less likely that is to remain the case.

I think that we need at least two weeks in Hyrwl... probably more.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Now that we have a spellcaster amongst the ranks of full-time PCs, we may want to start by taking out that evil witch Blackadder...

 

[Laurel]

What are we doing for those two weeks?
I think yes we need time to plan what is the next stage, but two weeks or more for this seems.... a little long..... I may just not be getting what the time is needed for though.

Attempting assasinations and going to One Oak are good options. Why is Sylvanus completly out now? AB is in control so Bluestar is in control, but underground for pheonix support may not be a bad deal. Eventaully the evil of the west will be gone and it will be us against the bluestar might as well get some more support (Keeping Jansten around and having him as an ally also good for these purposes). With an alliance of sorts set up we also shouldn't have to be fighting in and out and all over Sylvanus.
Plus we could find out exactly what is happening there. It's a big world and we only know about our little area... might be good pre-emptively find out what is going on, instead of as with AB learnign the big news of the times at inopertune moments. This won't end it completely, but more info. more guides.

Building a place to house the spirit blades on another plane could happen while we do other things- but very necessary to start. Once the building is made which may take a while then we go for another blade.
We can use all the collected blades as leverage at the final moment- "hey Blue, tell us how you plan to destroy them. Then we'll go get ours. Just to make sure."

 

[Laurel]

I agree with the general "no" of using anyone to test the blackstones... bad idea. We have survivors, let's talk to them. Penny and the library could be another good place. Giving the stones to some spell casters to run tests on also could work -Preston, Dorn, Randall to oversee.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

What are we doing for those two weeks?
I think yes we need time to plan what is the next stage, but two weeks or more for this seems.... a little long..... I may just not be getting what the time is needed for though.

Unless we want to leave without our equipment, we will need at least two weeks in Hyrwl... DM says probably more time than that...

We can take day drips to One Oak while this is happening... but, some of us will be without some of the things that make us most potent (ie, Xath doesn't have her cloak, Justice doesn't have her sword).

 

[Laurel]

These seemed answered but just to add in::
1.) How are we handling Arfin's share of the Gold?
Maybe just split what he had gotten- half or 3/4th toward Temple of Dumothion and figure the other 1/4th or half toward the stronghold??

2.) How are we handling this bizarre new guys share of the last encounters treasure?
For this round, let him have the staff (worth a bit there) and maybe a small bag of gold-- more of a good faith thanks then actually having a huge chunk.

4.) Just how much gold do we have (individually) now?
Way too much! I say we all chip in though and get Kareth a new pretty sash
Should we just e-mail you Kennon and Gertie with what we want and how much for review and getting it taken off the total GP list?

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Attempting assasinations and going to One Oak are good options. Why is Sylvanus completly out now? AB is in control so Bluestar is in control, but underground for pheonix support may not be a bad deal.

Based on what we have recently learned, I do not think the "AB is in control, bluestar is in control" is a logical leap-- he has maintained a non-evil alignment and has connections to a rebellion in the North-- he is defiant on at least some level.

The main reason for going to Sylvanus was so that Archonus could claim the city-- showing up now would cause a lot of confusion and disorder in the city that I don't think is necessary at the moment.

But, if y'all want to go, we certainly can... however, it is not as pressing because Archonus can't claim the city... he already has.

 

[Xath]

Xath is still fairly spell competent without her cloak now that she's leveled. She just has fewer options.

 

[The_Universe]

What are we doing for those two weeks?
I think yes we need time to plan what is the next stage, but two weeks or more for this seems.... a little long..... I may just not be getting what the time is needed for though.

Attempting assasinations and going to One Oak are good options. Why is Sylvanus completly out now? AB is in control so Bluestar is in control, but underground for pheonix support may not be a bad deal. Eventaully the evil of the west will be gone and it will be us against the bluestar might as well get some more support (Keeping Jansten around and having him as an ally also good for these purposes). With an alliance of sorts set up we also shouldn't have to be fighting in and out and all over Sylvanus.
Plus we could find out exactly what is happening there. It's a big world and we only know about our little area... might be good pre-emptively find out what is going on, instead of as with AB learnign the big news of the times at inopertune moments. This won't end it completely, but more info. more guides.

Building a place to house the spirit blades on another plane could happen while we do other things- but very necessary to start. Once the building is made which may take a while then we go for another blade.
We can use all the collected blades as leverage at the final moment- "hey Blue, tell us how you plan to destroy them. Then we'll go get ours. Just to make sure."

I agree that you probably need *at least* two weeks in Hyrwl/New Oceanus, although you *can* take longer. It will take at least that long to produce even the smallest amount of equipment that most of you are trying to purchase/upgrade, and probably even longer. Remember, for every +1 increase to something, it takes a week to produce. Items that are not as easily numerically represented may take more or less time - but there is still a limited number of people in the area who can produce stuff for you. Since there aren't magic item factories, this kind of production takes time and care - so, unless you're going to adventure sans-equipment, you *have* to take at least some down time.

Doing some intelligence gathering runs is probably a very good idea. Where are the hot spots you need to check? Regardless of how long you need to "rest" in Hyrwl, you might be able to do some of this in the interim - short, no-combat (hopefully) missions for the sole purpose of gathering intelligence. You might want to ask Janston if he can scry...?

Lastly, based on what the main posters have been saying thus far, I think you *need* to go talk to the Bluestar - too much of your planning is based on assumptions and guesses about what he is and is not doing, and for the moment the only way to find out how much of it is true and how much is not is to go North and scout it out. I wouldn't recommend waltzing into the capital - but perhaps a meeting should be arranged...? Maybe AB can do something about this...?

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

These seemed answered but just to add in::
1.) How are we handling Arfin's share of the Gold?
Maybe just split what he had gotten- half or 3/4th toward Temple of Dumothion and figure the other 1/4th or half toward the stronghold??

Just Arfin's equipment will probably be more than enough to build a temple... so, maybe we want to put everything else towards the stronghold or give it to the city of Hyrwl?