The Rod of Seven Parts: Kauai Team OOC

[CanadienneBacon]

When abouts are you leaving for the mainland BTW?

I leave on the 11th, return on the 22nd.

 

[Ambrus]

I'm not certain that attempting to reflect what we've already gamed through would help or even be possible. What I mean is that, try as I might I could never make much sense out of the cardinal directions included in the IC game posts; it seemed to me that wherever the party was heading that we always ended up traveling north, regardless of if we were backtracking to a previous location or not.

My advice is: don't worry too much about previous posts; you'll drive yourself crazy trying to reconcile contradictory statements. Simply place all the locations wherever you think they best fit logically on the map and then we'll go from there in the game thread. If you're comfortable with the map as is, then keep it. I just need to know where Mael is now so that I can figure out which direction to aim for. Then again, if you just have the trees trample him then I suppose even that won't matter all that much.

 

[Voadam]

It's pretty messed up, I know. I'm not very happy with current incongruity twixt some of the IC description and the map and am considering re-doing the map to reflect what we've already gamed through in the IC. I've pretty much all but settled on a re-do of the map but wanted to open the floor to see if any of you have a preference or an idea on how to best fix it. As far as I can tell, I can either fix the map to reflect what's been going on in-game, I can edit the IC to reflect the map, or I can let things lie as is and we'll muddle our way through. Fixing the map wouldn't be that hard. But maybe one of you has a good idea?

I hate mapping. I don't really pay attention to the map or descriptions of north/south or distances. I focus on the immediate scene, atmosphere, plot, and details of factions and what-not.

There is a keep in the forest within the keep's outer walls which are within the city. We're in cavern on a hill in the forest, the gnomes are in a burrow a little ways off in the forest, and Mael has a hidden home also in the forest. There are slightly malevolent trees that move around confusing the trails, one big nasty one called Rotroot, a Banshee, and wierd dark fey animals such as the al'miraj scattered about.

That's my understanding of the geography here in the Dark Wood. North/South and exact distances are not part of it.

So whatever you do with the map is fine by me, I'm happy to keep on this level of understanding as a player.

 

[Voadam]

"The dark wood is part of the lands of dark Sidhe, the dokkalfaire, the black fairies. What seems north walking one way for a mile will be west for only a hundred yards when you return. The land is full of fey magic and tricks the minds of mortals of this world if you try to measure and contain it rationally. Move along to your purpose instead and you will be fine, just don't leave the path or accept any gifts while there."

 

[SlagMortar]

My advice is: don't worry too much about previous posts; you'll drive yourself crazy trying to reconcile contradictory statements.

I think this is the right idea. Before the map, I pretty much was thinking like Voadam rather than try to always figure out where everything is in relation to each other. It certainly won't cause me any grief to have the relative locations of things shifted around some. If I end up remembering something later that contradicts the map then it is easy to assign the blame to a Brakkus's faulty memory.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Not a good morning for me!

Hawaii is a tropical climate. Sounds obvious, but that statement comes with a dearth of consequences. I thought about taking the trash out last night but got creeped out by the dark, so I decided to wait until the morning. This morning was twelve hours too late; a fly had gotten into the kitchen trash can and had a field day, the end result of which was maggots all OVER my freakin' kitchen floor this morning. After stiffling a strong urge to vomit and ensconcing the children safely out of the way, I had the dubious pleasure of hopping around the kitchen tile floor, collecting maybe a hundred maggots. Would you believe that Lysol, Windex w/ammonia, and Raid ant spray would not kill those suckers?! Hardy little things. I ended up sweeping the damned things up and depositing them outdoors as quickly as I could. After dealing with the trash, mopping the floor, then showering to get rid of my heebie jeebies, it is now 9:30 am. I have errands in town this morning. I'll post tonight. Sorry. I got lazy about the household trash and paid the consequences today.

Maggots have always grossed me out pretty badly. Their sickly creamy white bodies that wriggle, and that little black dot at the end. Hate them. Probably has to do with what they represent, that and there's never just one. Where there's one, there'll be more.

 

[SlagMortar]

Wow, that is not cool. As a chronic procrastinator of taking out he garbage, I certainly understand the delay, but I guess that works out a little better in the midwest. If it is any consolation, I'm less jealous of your awesome view of the ocean than I was last week.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Oh, they're awful. I learned after we first moved to Hawaii that trash bags need to be tied tightly off at the top and that the lid to the trash can outside must never be cracked open. When I'm home alone while my husband is deployed, I avoid going outside after dark. Scared of the dark and all that. We have a big stone wall all around this house and a secure lock on the gate to the driveway out front, but even so...not going to matter that much if someone is determined to get in.

Every place has its ups and downs. I grew up in Canada and the western U.S.. I miss the snow.

 

[Voadam]

I guess the snuffling beast in the tunnel is now going to show up in the lamplight as a bloated all white carrion crawler.

 

[Ambrus]

I can't believe that fly larvae can incubate and hatch overnight. Crazy.

I grew up in Canada and the western U.S.. I miss the snow.

Whereabouts did you live in Canada?