OOC Kingdom of Ashes V - Brood city, baby!

[Laurel]

The tattoo design is a mystery until the end of the ceremony, it slowly forms throughout the ceremony coming into full form as they light their symbol of devotion.

The tattoo is shimmery silver... if they break their marriage vows, it turns dull black.

So the Light or preist dictates what the design is?

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Between computer and getting the website up before the 18th launch date, I'm not going to be quick with responces... but I'll get there just give me time

Sometimes it changes it for me others times not...so I have to post and see what it does then edit.

That's fine! I can see it now... Thanks!

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

So the Light or preist dictates what the design is?

I'd say it's a reflection of the people that are getting married. So, I suppose you could say the Light does it... sort of like the magic searches their individual characters and selects a symbol that represents them as individuals and as a couple.

 

[Laurel]

Vials will work just fine...

What if I attached vials of holy water to arrows for L'Aurel? My ranged attack bonus isn't great but, it might make a cool addition to the enormous amount of damage she can already do.

Will check to see if I can add- I think it would only be damage from one or the other- either bow, arrows, and favorite enemy or bow and vials... but not sure.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Will check to see if I can add- I think it would only be damage from one or the other- either bow, arrows, and favorite enemy or bow and vials... but not sure.

It would just add the the amount of damage Holy Water does to undead (2d6 + splash damage? or is that too much?) to the damage you already do, I believe.

Just wondering how Kennon would work it.

 

[The_Universe]

So on the marriage thing to see if I have it right?-

Marriage ceremonies are normally overseen by Priests or Priestesses of the Amastaian order; however, they are not the only ones who can officiate.

At the ceremony something is lit (mundanely or magically). If the people have the money it is permanenced to remind them always of the flame that unites them. The highest sign of this is a single diamond lit eternally, and then placed in honor at the home to show all the power of love within. There are many deviations and some even wear the eternally lit item on their person. The beacon of light from the ceremony is to reflect the Light that oversees all. The Light that holds them together. There is also a mundane way to show this union as well. A simple candle can be lit at the ceremony and is re-lit at each anniversary in remembrance of the union.

Pretty much - although no one wears the actual light. If it's a gem, a stone of the same type is usually enchanted to glow, and then set in a ring or pendant. If it's just a candle, shavings of the candle are taken and placed in lockets, or something similar. In al lcases, the eternal item is kept in the home, and unveiled (or lit) on the anniversary.

If funds are available an outward permanent sign is also created in the form of a tattoo. It is placed on the top of the hand between the thumb and forefinger usually at most about two inches by two inches. The design itself are left up to the couple, the more intricate the more costly. Some even have the tattoo’s magically enhanced to ensure true bloodlines, or merely to bring the two that much closer together.

All the magic tattoos do the same thing - essentially, they enforce the marriage oaths. If any of the oaths are broken, the tattoos (usually an iridescent silver or gold) blacken, to reveal publicly the infidelity. This has a side effect of ensuring the security of bloodlines, etc.

The actual shape of the tattoo is not chosen by the couple. The tattoo is unique for every couple, and usually symbolizes something important for them. The magic is weaved through the words of the ceremony, and at the end, the tattoos just appear (which makes them not precisely tattoos). The magic of the oath chooses the tattoos form.

Cool beans- lots of options for individual variance while still having a set typical form.

Question:
So they choose what magic is in the tattoo or is it as with the talons ones a set ruling of what goes in? Like if the person commits infidelity mind or body it turns black? Things like that……?

Are the tattoos mandated to be a certain color- white for the purity of light? Or some such?

Infidelity of mind is not enough - but the tattoo knows if you've physically broken your oaths, and will react as such. In the church, a couple cannot seek divorce unless one or both of their tattoos are blackened.

 

[The_Universe]

I think there are Holy Water arrows detailed in the Arms and Equipment Guide.

The damage holy water does to undead (I believe) is detailed in the PHB (and SRD)

 

[Laurel]

Do undead pose a greater threat of dealing: poison, desease, or ability damage?
If you had to pick one that was the greatest threat?

Obviously not asking Kennon as the DM since he's making the creatures... unless he wants to J/K

 

[The_Universe]

H2o

From the SRD on Holy Water:

Holy Water: Holy water damages undead creatures and evil outsiders almost as if it were acid. A flask of holy water can be thrown as a splash weapon. Treat this attack as a ranged touch attack with a range increment of 10 feet. A flask breaks if thrown against the body of a corporeal creature, but to use it against an incorporeal creature, you must open the flask and pour the holy water out onto the target. Thus, you can douse an incorporeal creature with holy water only if you are adjacent to it. Doing so is a ranged touch attack that does not provoke attacks of opportunity.
A direct hit by a flask of holy water deals 2d4 points of damage to an undead creature or an evil outsider. Each such creature within 5 feet of the point where the flask hits takes 1 point of damage from the splash.

Temples to good deities sell holy water at cost (making no profit). A flask of Holy Water (at cost) costs 25 GP, and weighs 1 lb.

 

[The_Universe]

In general, the following is true of Undead

(I'm just assuming that someone can roll a high enough Knowledge: Religion check to get this - it's not universally true, but this is the way it is *most* of the time)
Undead Type: Undead are once-living creatures animated by spiritual or supernatural forces.

Features: (You don't get to know these - but you can know the traits)

Traits: An undead creature possesses the following traits (unless otherwise noted in a creature’s entry).

• No Constitution score.
  
• Darkvision out to 60 feet.
  
• Immunity to all mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, phantasms, patterns, and morale effects).
  
• Immunity to poison, sleep effects, paralysis, stunning, disease, and death effects.
  
• Not subject to critical hits, nonlethal damage, ability drain, or energy drain. Immune to damage to its physical ability scores (Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution), as well as to fatigue and exhaustion effects.
  
• Cannot heal damage on its own if it has no Intelligence score, although it can be healed. Negative energy (such as an inflict spell) can heal undead creatures. The fast healing special quality works regardless of the creature’s Intelligence score.
  
• Immunity to any effect that requires a Fortitude save (unless the effect also works on objects or is harmless).
  
• Uses its Charisma modifier for Concentration checks.
  
• Not at risk of death from massive damage, but when reduced to 0 hit points or less, it is immediately destroyed.
  
• Not affected by raise dead and reincarnate spells or abilities. Resurrection and true resurrection can affect undead creatures. These spells turn undead creatures back into the living creatures they were before becoming undead.
  
• Proficient with its natural weapons, all simple weapons, and any weapons mentioned in its entry.
  
• Proficient with whatever type of armor (light, medium, or heavy) it is described as wearing, as well as all lighter types. Undead not indicated as wearing armor are not proficient with armor. Undead are proficient with shields if they are proficient with any form of armor.
  
• Undead do not breathe, eat, or sleep.