[OOC] Life in Vein - Recruiting Replacement Player!

[Steve Gorak]

No problem. I'm still looking for a way to spend 1000g myself. I suppose I should just get a masterwork whip and invest the rest in Diamond Throne stocks.

FaenFriend

Hey FaenFriend,

Here's an idea: 1000 gp is the cost of a house. Ever think about owning property? It's a bit unorthodox, but for a unorthodox Littoran, it might be suiting (and besides, where would he bring those influencable young littoran damsels? To his lovepad, of course ;-)

Anyways, that's just a thought.

Cheers,

Steve Gorak

 

[FaenFriend]

1000 gp is the cost of a house.
Anyways, that's just a thought.

And a good one, at that. I like it. The only problem I can see is that I don't have the money to furnish it ...

Agracahn would definately need lots of exotic rugs, velvet paintings, and so forth in order to truly feel at home. Of course, I could always start the game having just purchased the house with pretty much my last coin and now I need some cash, quick, to furnish the thing and keep up my extravagent lifestyle (before all the folks I've been boasting to realize that I'm a sham ...)

What do you think Ray? If you approve the house and the backstory I just described, I think I'll do it.

Cheers,
FaenFriend

 

[Dougal DeKree]

1k gp

Well, 1k gp also is the cost of enchanting clothing with the "damage absorbing"-feature in the Diamond Throne book. This enchantment absorbes the first 10 points of damage you take each day. I quite like that enchantment, i have to say

But owning a house...good idea

Dougal

 

[Steve Gorak]

Thanks. I might end up throwing my disguise kit and forgery gear in there. I got a friend to e-mail me his Diamond Throne netbook (I have a hard copy on order from Amazon, so I'm sure Monte won't mind). I'll be looking at that tonight for ideas. Any suggestions you have for backstory are, of course, welcome. To specify the nature of the disease that nearly killed us... I think it would make the most sense if we said it was a fatal, congenital disease.
-Mark

Hey mpickett81!

Sure, no problem for the forgery kit. You should get a chest (with possibly a lock), so everything is nice and tidy

Hey, since we both like forgery, we could also moolight as professional. My "alchemist" store could be a front to our secretive forgery business

OK, here is what I'm thinking for our history:
- Relatively modest family with head of household that works for the Giants, city/town X.
- Fatal congenital disease started to affect at about age 15. Unknown disease, but every year, we became weaker, and weaker. Also, we could have become disfigured as humans (see why below, also, this could explain why we may not have a 100% exact Mojh physiology (I'm thinking of the things on your head that open when you get mad; I haven thought of anything specific for my character, maybe a weird color or something)).
- The giants refused to help our parents in sending us to a known Mojh enclave at location X. At the begining, the request to the giants was for financial assistance, but the giants not only refused, but started spying on the family to make sure our goal didn't happen. They also intimidated them.
- Faked funeral, so we could disapear without hurting the family. This adds a bit of spice to our story. We need to figure out the details (did we get spare bodies? Since we were disfigured, we had to modify them in some way. Was only our direct tfamily involved, or did we get help. I'm thinking hat The mojh fromthe enclave could have helped us, and the fact that strange lizard-like creatures were walking about in our neck of town could have freaked the giants even more...
- We got transformed/re-awakened. Here we are. Why are we going to the town we'll be starting in? Maybe we heard the forgery business is good there? Maybe I'm looking for a special ingredient for may alchemical formulation. Maybe I want to buy a book from a know alchemy guru there...

Please feel free to amend/add/remove/recommend.

Cheers,

Steve Gorak

 

[Steve Gorak]

Looking good guys. I hope to be back up and running by Tuesday or so. Maybe Monday if I'm lucky.

Hey Ray,

Since I have alchemy and a lab kit, can I have alchemy related equipment at cost (i.e. 1/3 of price)?

Sorry I have to ask, but I bought a lot of small stuff, mostly for flavor and I'm running low on cash. I'd like to have a few more alchemical things (at least one of each), just so I can say with confidence that I'm an alchemist. We're not talking about a huge amount of gp, because most of my cash has been spent.

If yes, cool. If not, I'll live
Thanks and cheers,

Steve Gorak

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

Steve, yeah, I'll let you do that.

As for suggested items for various people, how about some detonations (single use items meant to affect another creature)? A sorcerous blast detonation is only 750gp. A touch of disruption is only 75. Lesser drain away speed will only get you back 300gp.

An oil of eldritch armor only runs you 75, while lesser beastskin is 300.

A potion of water breathing is 750, lesser battle healing is 300, and precise vision is 100gp.

An amulet of spell knowledge for a first level spell is only 1,000gp (lets you access a spell you otherwise wouldn't be able to and use it like you had the spell on your spell list).

www.diamondthrone.com has had two articles in the past few weeks about unique magic items. I wrote one, and Erekose13 wrote other. His is only 2-3 weeks back. Mine is about 4-5 weeks back.

 

[Steve Gorak]

Steve, yeah, I'll let you do that.

SWEET!
Thanks alot Ray.

Steve GoraK

 

[FaenFriend]

As for suggested items for various people, how about some detonations (single use items meant to affect another creature)? A sorcerous blast detonation is only 750gp. A touch of disruption is only 75. Lesser drain away speed will only get you back 300gp. An oil of eldritch armor only runs you 75, while lesser beastskin is 300.

Nice suggestions. So would a house throw off your plans for the game too much? If so, I perhaps I will get some of those nifty oils ... though goodness knows what sort of damage they'll do to my fur ...

FaenFriend

 

[Tychus]

Nice idea with the wagon, Steve. My initial concept for Lo-Duran was to make him a military engineer, with a wagon full of construction tools, lumber, and a disassembled ballista. Now he's more like a CSI; so hopefully you'll give me access to your lab (if we can get past the racial tensions, anyway).

I'll finish my character tonight, I promise!

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

While the house is a cool roleplaying idea, there will be some travel involved and I'd hate for your character to be deprived of his base of operations.