Rathan's Problem Down Under [3.5 OOC/Recruiting One More: Need Arcane Type]

[Ambrus]

[sblock=Ghostcat]I'm actually more interested in reading Lidia's reaction to being picked up by Menhir. Menhir has already demonstrated the abilities that are likely of interest to Berrek; its ability to move through earth and stone along with its great strength. I leave it to you to play Lidia however you like; try answering (or not) for Menhir if that's what you think she'd do. Either way, I still like my answer. [/sblock]

 

[Neurotic]

I like the answer IC, I just don't find it realy revealing. Yes, Menhir speaks of earth, but not about himself. He needs to learn that these are separate entities for the moment...however, we still have one member of our company so Berrek withdraws rather then start grilling about details. His strength, weapons and armor give away warrior or warpriest.

 

[Ambrus]

He needs to learn that these are separate entities for the moment...

Maybe it's Berrek who needs to learn the opposite.

 

[unleashed]

[SBLOCK=Neurotic and Rathan]

For Unleashed
Do you have your mage school detailed? Would you like to pool our creativity in creating whole organisation or even state order instead of doing separate things as The Black Hand and your mage academia? If so, contact me at s_hajnal et hotmail dot com. My personal name is Siniša Hajnal (it's male name, altough it ends with 'a'. It's modern version of slavic name Simeon.)

No, I don't have the mage school detailed, but that's no surprise as I didn't create it as such, Rathan did. So I'd want to speak with Rathan first before I go off and add anything to what is essentially his idea, but the fact that Rathan mentioned there are three schools for those that can afford them (2 of which I know nothing about as they are more exclusive tha nth one Eltyr is a member of), and that Jormikfen favour the master/apprentice style of learning otherwise, would suggest that there is no state order of magic as such.

So I'd suggest you work with Rathan to detail the Black Hand rather than me, but that's just my take on it, though I will offer an idea if you don't mind.

Perhaps the Black Hand have contact with all three schools, as they're the only formalised groups of magic in Jormikfen (that I know about), and that's how Eldyr knows about their existance and has heard rumours of what they can do. I don't think they'd be an integrated part of the most open school of the three Rathan mentioned as they're supposed to be semi-secret after all, though it's possible they'd play a larger role or be a larger part of one of the more exclusive schools ... perhaps in an effort to help keep magic in Jormikfen as they want it to be.[/SBLOCK]

 

[Neurotic]

[sblock=For Rathan]
Just some scientific mumbo jumbo, feel free to ignore

comet impact of this size would create cloud of dust essentialy world wide. It would dim the sun for some time and probably cause plenty of strange weather phenomena. After few days, dimming would be only few percent, but it would still lead to colder summers and winters in year or years to come.

Weather would be anything from colored snow, ice barrages from normal seeming clouds, sudden lighning storms, strange lightning related phenomena such as St Elmo fire or ball lightning, in general in any storm there would be more lightning.

Aurora borealis might be visible closer to equator then usual etc etc...

Of course, in fantasy world there could be also any number of magical effects ...
[/sblock]

Rathan, could you repost the map with our current location, our destination and maybe smaller map wiht more details of the land between those two points? I assume we can get maps of the area, either provided by the lords or in the city before going out. Even if the event changed some features of the land...

 

[Rathan]

Neurotic: I'm well aware of the weather complications of a starfall as I was given a nice pdf of "When the Sky Falls"... you can thank Ambrus for that .... I just haven't gotten any questions as to weather yet IC or OOC... so I haven't bothered with descriptions yet... why make more work for myself all at once that isn't currently necessary....

Weather so far has been hectic to say the least... the sky is still hazy from the debris in the atmosphere but seems to be lessening... near the southern part of the map as shown... the area you are in still may have periods of unexplained weather for some time... how much time has not yet to be determined.. any more information as to what kind of weather or if anything is being done about it thus-far would require a Knowledge(Nature) or Knowledge(Local) check DC 13....

[sblock=Updated Map

each square is aprox. 5 miles. The Keep you are to investigate is about 40 miles away from your current location which is The Great Lorken Hall.[/sblock]
Again... please excuse my shotty drawing and penmanship!... it's the best I can do.. I'm not used to making maps heh....

 

[Neurotic]

[sblock=MapMaker]
there is a tool called mapmaker and I'm sure there is plenty of others more suited for the task. I found mapmaker simple to use if somewhat lacking details, but to quickly create layout of the land it's perfect.

Alas, I cannot provide you with the link as I used it years ago.
[/sblock]

The map is fine. Do we have one in the room with us?

 

[ghostcat]

1. How about one of the nobles getting the messenger to find us a carriage. Its not the sort of thing Lidia would think of but it would save us time.

2. Even at 20' 40 miles is only 2.5 days travel unless the road / weather is exceptionally bad, in which case a carriage will be useless.

3. Anyone any idea of the movement rate of a carriage.

 

[Rathan]

Yes there is a map of the territories that looks as if it used to be framed and hanging on the wall... as there is a slightly lighter rectangular section of the wall where something used to hang... the map looks a few years old... but nothing that would be crumbling or extremely fragile....

 

[Ambrus]

Somehow I doubt we'll be able to get a carriage to bring us to the keep. It was mentioned in the introduction that only some of the scouts that were sent returned to report about the keep's existence in the first place. Even if there's a passable road to it, I doubt we could get a coachman willing to risk driving us into such a dangerous area. I get the impression that where we are currently is the outermost frontier of civilization; once we leave it we're on our own. Besides, riding around in a carriage would make the group a pretty blatant target for anything hostile living within the shattered lands of the blast zone. Just my take on it of course.