stonegod's Expedition to Castle Ravenloft: Ch. I [OOC]

[stonegod]

OOC: I will take the following three substitution level abilities: Destroy Undead (replacing my Turn Undead ability), True Daylight (replacing my Good domain ability), and Penetrating Strike (replacing Trap Sense). Do these occur immediately (as part of the move up to 7th level that's just occured) or do I have to wait until we reach 8th level before these changes can take effect?

You can do it now (which is why I brought it up). Don't forget to update with the XP cost: 25 XP * (1 +1 + 3) = 125 XP

 

[stonegod]

Potential orders of business:
- Sending out Luminous
- Finding the family of Viktor Litmunova
- Identifying the mysterious locket
- Going to Madam Eva

Let me know which you will be going in what order. You don't have to do all of them now, I just want to make sure if you were going to do anything about #2 and #3 before taking off.

 

[DEFCON 1]

- Identifying the mysterious locket.

I don't think any of us can cast Identify, can we? I suppose we could check to see if any of the villagers could, but I also doubt we'd have the 100gp pearl necessary as a Material component.

 

[GwydapLlew]

Yah. I was goin to ask Janis to inquire among the townsfolk about Viktor, since the son didn't know anything. As for the necklace...I imagine taking it to Madame Eva might be the easiest way to get it identified. I know I can't do it.

 

[drothgery]

There's an artificer with the caravan; absolute worst case, he should be able to make a scroll of identify.

 

[stonegod]

Yah. I was goin to ask Janis to inquire among the townsfolk about Viktor, since the son didn't know anything. As for the necklace...I imagine taking it to Madame Eva might be the easiest way to get it identified. I know I can't do it.

Though they were more receptive to her last night, you still might want someone whose not so spooky (and maybe w/ Gather Info) try.

 

[stonegod]

I wanted to welcome our new players, Stormwind and Kralin. Please start fleshing out your PCs over at the Rogue's Gallery thread. All the details for character creation are there (the same as in the recruitment thread) as well as the character sheet you use. Kralin, please also choose a text color to use for your character's speech; Ashyln's is cyan. Other notes:

- Stormwind No other particular comments than those I had in the recruitment thread. Ashlyn is melee undead fighter 1st, healer second, so keep that in mind. You've pretty much nailed her personality.
- Kralin If I would have to chose, I'd choose the restoration abilities for the Dragonmarked ones, since bards can take cures as spells. There are a lot of good feats in Dragonmarked if you have access to it.

Welcome aboard!

 

[stonegod]

I'll post the introduction of the Bergeron and some other interesting news later tonight (after dinner/shows/n'stuff).

 

[drothgery]

- Kralin If I would have to chose, I'd choose the restoration abilities for the Dragonmarked ones, since bards can take cures as spells. There are a lot of good feats in Dragonmarked if you have access to it.

Also, there are some very useful items both there and in the ECS for dragonmarked characters (and any Bard in Eberron takes Song of the Heart -- trust me on this one). Not sure if they fit in a 7th-level character's budget with all the standard stuff, but worth taking a look at.

 

[GwydapLlew]

Welcome aboard, new peeps!