Shards of the Silve Flame -- OOC thread

[wabinder]

There are a lot of things that Lord Alistair has hired independent adventurers for

1) Gathering information about people (which sometimes were corrupt clergymen, other times agents of foreign powers, still other times agents of the great evils of Eberron -- and at those times sometimes not what they appeared to be, and at other times apparently upstanding individuals; in the last case it wasn't always clear whether Lord Alistair was trying to clear someone or if he suspected something but couldn't prove it).

2) Gathering information about places or things with connections to supernatural power.

3) Retrieving items of power that were in remote dungeons/ruined castles, or in the possession of enemies of Thrane and/or the Silver Flame.

4) Destroying enclaves of supernatural evil creatures. The last has been more common in the last two years, as he hasn't been able to get the Church to fund a large garrison in the district he's theocrat of.

It's quite possible that you all have different ideas on what Lord Alistair's truly interested in; one of you could think he's primarily working against the Blood of Vol, while another could think his attentions are mostly focused within the Church.

Brother Dain definately would have been willing and able to do 2, 3, or 4.

I think the best bet here is that Brother Dain and Lord Alistair met one way or another while Dain was researching the Thrane/Karrnath border disputes during the Last War. They got to know and like one another, and Lord Alistair likely did his homework and knows Dain's background and knows that he is trustworthy.

The most likely connection between Dain and the rest of the characters then becomes their having worked together in the past for Lord Alistair on one or more of the aforementioned assignments. It is most likely that we would have all met within the past couple of years (since the end of the War). Since Lord Alistair cannot get the Church to fund a large garrison in his district, and since he knows that Dain both lives in the area and is trustworthy, Dain probably met most of the other characters during Alistair funded assignments to destroy enclaves of supernatural evil creatures over the past two years.

What do you think?

 

[wabinder]

Okay, nitpickery on your character sheets...

Dain -
still on the light side in equipment, but we've discussed this in email

I just took another shot at equipment (lowered Dain's tithing amounts so that he could afford some more stuff). I think that I am done twiddling with equipment and the like now. Take a look and let me know what you think.

And now that I finally have equipment out of the way, I promise that I will post Action Point and Combat strategies in the next day or two.

 

[SelcSilverhand]

Drue -
Gnomes get +2 Con/-2 Str, so the costs you paid for your attributes is wrong, though this doesn't have any effect on your actual point total.
HPs should be max at first level (6 from d6 HD + 2 from con = 8) and 1/2 max + 1 for each additional level (4 from d6 HD + 2 from con = 6) * 6 levels = 36 + 8 = 44
The +2 mithril shirt is over the 5000 gp maximum for one item; I know it's just barely, but...
Drue is Small; his carrying capacity is 3/4ths that of a medium creature; I'm assuming most of your stuff (other than weapons and armor) is in your haversack, so you're not over encumbrance limits (and this is probably the last time I'll look at the numbers)

Okay, moved the points around to reflect the gnome racial scores, fixed the HP, and carrying weight.
I went with a mithril chain shirt +1 instead, then used the 3,000gp saved to add +1 to my darkwood buckler and the remaining 2,000gp to purchase a hat of disguise for 1,800gp, leaving an extra 200gp I added to my total.

 

[drothgery]

I'm going to try and kick things off this weekend, or early next week at the latest; this weekend would be a sure thing, except that I might get sucked into the eleventh Wheel of Time book for a while.

 

[drothgery]

The most likely connection between Dain and the rest of the characters then becomes their having worked together in the past for Lord Alistair on one or more of the aforementioned assignments. It is most likely that we would have all met within the past couple of years (since the end of the War). Since Lord Alistair cannot get the Church to fund a large garrison in his district, and since he knows that Dain both lives in the area and is trustworthy, Dain probably met most of the other characters during Alistair funded assignments to destroy enclaves of supernatural evil creatures over the past two years.

What do you think?

Works for me.

As a complete aside, I saw the Archivist class from the Heroes of Horror excerpt WotC has online and immediately decided that it's so Lord Alistair (and Kahlia, for that matter, though they've both got at least a level of Aristocrat as well). I'm not normally big on the whole horror thing (I own d20 Call of Cthulu, but I've never played it), but I just might by the book just for stuff along the lines of that class.

Let me see if I've got everyone's relationships right so far...

Hariel
- Has historical connections to Lord Alistair, and is a friend/associate of his daughter Kahlia
- Has crossed paths with Oswin through her work
- likely met the others through Lord Alistair

Saalin
- crossed paths with Oswin while he was in Thailost (assuming he was still born there).
- met the Lord Reverened became aquainted through a mutual contact (Lycia).
- may have met Drue due to what he does
- likely met the others through Lord Alistair

Oswin
- Lord Alistair's itterant nature probably brought him into contact with his mentor at some point.
- crossed paths with Hariel in Flamekeep
- crossed paths with Saalin in Thaliost
- likely met the others through Lord Alistair

Drue
- has no recorded mention of contact with the other characters
- probably sought Lord Alistair out because of Lord Alistair's history with the church
- his itinerant nature fits will with Brother Dain's (they could have crossed paths while the former was investigating a Church and the latter was documenting it).
- It is possible he may have heard of/met Saalin after hearing of a "Aundarian-traitor" giving succor to both sides in Thailost. It is in Drue's character to background-check people he will potentially work with.
- likely met the others through Lord Alistair, though he has the best odds of having running into someone just by chance

Brother Dain
- Met Lord Alistair when Dain was researching border disputes
- could easily have crossed paths with Drue
- likely met the others through Lord Alistair

 

[Anax]

As a complete aside, I saw the Archivist class from the Heroes of Horror excerpt WotC has online and immediately decided that it's so Lord Alistair (and Kahlia, for that matter, though they've both got at least a level of Aristocrat as well). I'm not normally big on the whole horror thing (I own d20 Call of Cthulu, but I've never played it), but I just might by the book just for stuff along the lines of that class.

That is definitely a nice-looking class. Lots of flavor.

I won’t hesitate to point out that intrigue and horror go together like chocolate and peanut butter. ;> Sneaking around, ferreting out secrets... secrets, that you suddenly realize, man was not meant to know. Dun dun dun.......

Er. Whoops. Went off a bit for a second there.

The summary for Hariel looks right. I’d be happy to have Hariel know more people—but since Hari is the sort to give people her trust from the start, I don’t think she’ll have any problems working with strangers. (Note: That isn’t to say that she’s naïve... She just prefers to assume the best of people, until they prove that she shouldn’t. Hopefully she won’t ever come to a point where she starts assuming the worst.)

 

[drothgery]

Okay, the in-character thread is here:

http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?p=2658762

 

[drothgery]

Just one note on posting formats --

Anax - Colored text for dialogue is fine, but I'm using the default ENWorld black background, and the color you're using for Hariel right now is pretty much unreadable for me against that background.

 

[Anax]

Just one note on posting formats --

Anax - Colored text for dialogue is fine, but I'm using the default ENWorld black background, and the color you're using for Hariel right now is pretty much unreadable for me against that background.

I'm using the default as well--that color is a pale green. It must be because I used the short form (#cfc) instead of long form (#ccffcc). I'll fix that up.

Edit: Done. Let me know if it’s still a problem, and I’ll happily make do with no color at all. This is my first PbP, and I'm still not totally clear on what's expected.

(P.S. Damned browser compatibility issues.)

 

[drothgery]

I'm using the default as well--that color is a pale green. It must be because I used the short form (#cfc) instead of long form (#ccffcc). I'll fix that up.

Edit: Done. Let me know if it’s still a problem, and I’ll happily make do with no color at all. This is my first PbP, and I'm still not totally clear on what's expected.

(P.S. Damned browser compatibility issues.)

No, it looks fine now (though if anyone's using the alternative "stealth" skin, the pale green on white would be quite difficult to read; I had switched so that I could read your post).