OOC Kingdom of Ashes VI (Welcome to the Springer Dimension)

[Laurel]

anything that our best troops couldn't handle. In general, anything around our CR level should bring us together. Dragons, Half-dragon Storm Giants, Powerful Spellcasters, etc.

Agreed- Most likely in battle if we see a big bad tearing through our lines that would be a sign.

Scenes from Helm's Deep in Two Towers comes to mind.

For the rings or the call: Looking to the other players, Would we want to widen it? I think widen would help it- it can increase a spell's area by 100%. However we can make use of magical messengers and magical spell of message instead. Or any other ideas on what signal to use -remembering there will be lots of magic, blood, screaming and such in the middle of battle.

 

[Laurel]

Liz had asked if Ara could be one of Justice's followers, and being unaware of any other specific plans for her, I said that that would probably be OK.

At the same time, I think Gertie intended to use Ara as one of Xath's followers, and of course Archon now wants to use her as one of his followers (though he does not have the leadership feat, it shouldn't really be a problem).

So using even noted NPC's as followers is allowed. Interesting, something I did not know..... and they only count as one of many..... interesting....

 

[Laurel]

Somethign I meant to ask about before..... but....

Do we get a story for Xath and Archonus' wedding? Then get all those cool details- where it is, how many people, who got invited, what day it's on

 

[Archon]

Horn (insert vowel that is not a,i,o,u)

Agreed- Most likely in battle if we see a big bad tearing through our lines that would be a sign.

Scenes from Helm's Deep in Two Towers comes to mind.

For the rings or the call: Looking to the other players, Would we want to widen it? I think widen would help it- it can increase a spell's area by 100%. However we can make use of magical messengers and magical spell of message instead. Or any other ideas on what signal to use -remembering there will be lots of magic, blood, screaming and such in the middle of battle.

why not just use a simple horn blast? one toot from the "big horn" and it's "Circle Assemble" time.
as far as the wedding goes, the plan is to have it in Sylvanus with all of our friends being invited. as far as pretty details, no plans have been made yet.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

why not just use a simple horn blast? one toot from the "big horn" and it's "Circle Assemble" time.
as far as the wedding goes, the plan is to have it in Sylvanus with all of our friends being invited. as far as pretty details, no plans have been made yet.

I think having a Phoenix Signal - horn or some other non-magical means of gathering us all is going to be good enough.

Generals for years have found ways to communicate without magic, we can probably save some gold pieces by determining a way that we will know to come together in a mundane fashion.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

So using even noted NPC's as followers is allowed. Interesting, something I did not know..... and they only count as one of many..... interesting....

Many of the followers - especially of Xath and Justice - are not just low-level minions and, as such, you need to start picking from the ranks of NPCs in order to make followership make sense in game.

For example, Xath's cohort is probably going to be Cawys.

 

[The_Universe]

I think having a Phoenix Signal - horn or some other non-magical means of gathering us all is going to be good enough.

Generals for years have found ways to communicate without magic, we can probably save some gold pieces by determining a way that we will know to come together in a mundane fashion.

"May the horn of helm hammerhand sound one last time in the deep!"

Horns are cool. Use a horn!

 

[The_Universe]

I think having a Phoenix Signal - horn or some other non-magical means of gathering us all is going to be good enough.

Generals for years have found ways to communicate without magic, we can probably save some gold pieces by determining a way that we will know to come together in a mundane fashion.

They generally use signal flags/banners, as well as messengers on fast horses. In a fantasy world, they do use spells like message when available.

EDIT: I think that spells like Faerie Fire and Dancing Lights might also be commonly used fos signaling in a magical world...the colors/pattern representing different maneuvers.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

They generally use signal flags/banners, as well as messengers on fast horses. In a fantasy world, they do use spells like message when available.

EDIT: I think that spells like Faerie Fire and Dancing Lights might also be commonly used fos signaling in a magical world...the colors/pattern representing different maneuvers.

Magic is a possibility - and, we certainly can have magical signals...

But, I think horns are really freakin' cool... we could each have one - they're sweet.

 

[The_Universe]

Many of the followers - especially of Xath and Justice - are not just low-level minions and, as such, you need to start picking from the ranks of NPCs in order to make followership make sense in game.

For example, Xath's cohort is probably going to be Cawys.

Right - though you can just invent a cohort for yourself, I'd prefer it if you chose someone (and talked to me about it) from the ranks of current NPCs. If no one is apropriate, we may have to create someone new, anyway - but just having a random 14th level character *appear* in Hyrwl is something I'd like to avoid, if possible.