The Lamentation of Lolth - OoC V

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I am hoping that Therav is having nothing more than a simple nightmare, and once we get to him, he will wake up and all will be well once more. However, this task would have been much easier had Ayden possessed a hold person spell, but as I said, he has just a few spells left in his mind from yesterday.

Not trying to spook you, just letting you know that you may have to take point on the spell casting role on this chase, and Ayden will have to continue to "change" himself. Always relying on his spells can get him in trouble, as Finder is about to show him right now..

 

[kirinke]

No problem. Teleri doesn't have any such spells at the moment. Next time she'll update her spell-list, Sehahine allowing that is

And Teleri is getting tired of her sword's superority complex. She's going to have a priest to erring supplicant talk with it sooner or later.

 

[Majin]

As I said in my post any characters on watch already had their armor on, as that would be the sensible thing to do, would it not?

I would have to strongly caution Teleri on taking any such kind of action with the sword as you say you have planned. The very "real" reality of the situation is that the sword could simply will Teleri to draw it and commit seppuku if it so desired. A taste of what it can force upon Teleri will be seen in my next IC post as a response to her "back-talk." Right now the sword is feeling that she is asking too much of it too soon, and it is never good for someone to rely on a powerful magical item for everything. A modern day analogy would be the reason why math teachers teach students to do arithmetic before allowing them to use calculators. Frankly, the sword sees it this way as well.

The simple fact of the matter is, that Teleri will simply have to grow to act more mature around the sword before it starts taking her more seriously, and I believe if her goddess was asked about the matter she would take the swords side, seeing it as the perfect oppurtunity for Teleri to grow and mature. (They do work in mysterious ways don't they. )

 

[kirinke]

of course. but you must admit, the sword was acting a bit on the superior side. And Teleri feels quite strongly about party-participation.

The sword has done little but deride her since day one, not that she hasn't deserved a bit of that. She has made an effort to treat the weapon as an equal party-member since then, even taking into account the weapons own point of view. And she's gotten nothing but grief from it. Wouldn't you feel a bit pissed at that sort of behavior, especially if you're doing your best to improve yourself?

and if the sword does try to harm teleri or any other party member, she will drop it down the nearest ravine or have it melted. She is crazy enough to haunt the sword for eternity if it does manage to kill her.

instead of it trying to 'teach' her a lesson, they may have a talk after the combat and work out their differences. After all, if the sword has her killed or harmed, that would be out of character alignment. Good creatures don't knowingly hurt other party members. Teleri has no idea what the sword is capable of. That's why she's asking questions on what it can and can't do.

Hmm. Idea.
Her goddess is keenly aware of how the sword and Teleri's personality problems. Perhaps in an effort to teach both of them a lesson in cooperation and other such things, she puts them through a series of dream-quests every time Teleri sleeps. This would be well within Sehahine's perogative.

Eventually, both of them will realize that they need each other and draw closer together and mature to be bastions against evil. Because right now, all they're really doing is sniping at each other like little kids. Not that it isn't fun. It'd be a great way to develope the sword's personality as well as Teleri's maturity. And it'd be a neat way to explain Teleri's boost in wisdom once she gains enough levels for it.

 

[hippocrachus]

That all might be true krinke, but I feel it's a major faux pas to edit your post after the DM told you your action would be penalized.

 

[kirinke]

got a point there hyp. I went back and made Teleri say something fairly sassy back at the sword, enough maybe to make it trip her at an inopportune time to teach her a lesson if nothing else.

 

[hippocrachus]

I don't want to sound like I'm trying to cause problems for you krinke, but Hippocrachus was a hero of Ares (God of War)

 

[kirinke]

naa. no prob. you just reminded me that teleri would say something incredibly sassy in response to the sword's 'tude.

but i do think that the dream-quest idea is a good way to roleplay teleri's increasing wisdom and a way to make her and the sword cooperate with each other.

 

[Dhes]

I don’t know but maybe the best way to get along with the sword is to treat it like a sword and not like an über magical weapon that can do extremely complex stuff, or an entity with a lot of worldly knowledge. Talk to it, just to talk, like you would with anyone in the group and not just when you are in need for insider information (you know that Majin won’t give you skills or knowledge that you don’t have or deserve, keep in mind that it’s the sword of a lvl. 4 character, we are not epic yet ).

You are doing a good job with or without the sword, don’t worry too much about it.
Well that’s my 2 cents, you can all smack me down now.

 

[kirinke]

good idea. if the sword will cooperate.