The Trouble at Durbenford - OOC - Running

[Vigwyn the Unruly]

I think the party would be willing to cough up the gold to pay for bringing members back to life--friendship, cost of doing business, and all that.

There are several options for this. Of course, a Resurrection spell would be preferable, but we don't have the gold right now. A Raise Dead is not bad either, and the level loss is not that big of a deal (the way XP works in 3.5, the raised PCs will catch up with the rest of the party in short order). However, I don't think we even have the gold for a Raise Dead right now--not to mention I don't think it would even work on the headless body.

A third option is Reincarnate. We can probably afford this right away, but it comes with some risk (you don't know what you're coming back as). Personally, I think this could be quite fun, but I certainly understand if the players involved are not comfortable with it.

Padraig has close to 3000 in coins and gems right now, and would definitely be willing to spend it to bring back his friends.

 

[TiCaudata]

just some numbers for y'all here, I'm pretty much taking the same stance as H4H on the not getting involved thing. I don't care where you do it, I just think that the dead guy shouldn't be involved.

Resurrection requires 10,000 gold in diamonds, a minimum of 910 gp for the spell, and perhaps a metropolis in order to find the caster.

Raise dead requires 5,000 gold in diamonds, a minimum of 630 gp for the spell, and perhaps a large city in order to find the caster. (one more level and I could do it...)

Reincarnate requires 1,000 gold in oils, a minimum of 490 for the spell, and perhaps a small city in order to find the caster. (Would you find a 7th level druid in city?)

The numbers above are not guaranteed for accuracy. The numbers above are presented in good faith on the quick look up I just performed. The numbers above also indicate cost per corpse. That's it for the legal disclaimers...

 

[Vigwyn the Unruly]

Our backstory has us having known each other for quite some time. I think it is reasonable to expect that the party has talked about this kind of eventuality several times before. You know, sitting around the fire the night before a dangerous battle, that kind of thing.

Therefore, I think our characters--in character--would know what Zagnak's and Jasper's wishes were. So I understand if TC and H4H do not want to weigh in here (though I'm OK with that, too), but it would be helpful to know what their characters would have wanted. That way, the party can decide how best to honor their characters' wishes.

 

[Lazlow]

Our backstory has us having known each other for quite some time. I think it is reasonable to expect that the party has talked about this kind of eventuality several times before. You know, sitting around the fire the night before a dangerous battle, that kind of thing.

Therefore, I think our characters--in character--would know what Zagnak's and Jasper's wishes were. So I understand if TC and H4H do not want to weigh in here (though I'm OK with that, too), but it would be helpful to know what their characters would have wanted. That way, the party can decide how best to honor their characters' wishes.

This is true. However, unless one of them had some strange religious/philosophical beliefs, I think it's safe to say they'd want to be raised if possible.

In any case: To the IC thread!

 

[hero4hire]

Reincarnate requires 1,000 gold in oils, a minimum of 490 for the spell, and perhaps a small city in order to find the caster. (Would you find a 7th level druid in city?)

Zagnak was a 7th level druid in a city.

 

[Vigwyn the Unruly]

My preference is to ignore the tracks and head back to the city.

Is there anyone in the party who can identify the wand?

 

[Dichotomy]

Konstantine cannot. I would presume that if anyone can, it would only be Ruathen, but i don't think he knows it.

 

[Bloodcookie]

Konstantine cannot. I would presume that if anyone can, it would only be Ruathen, but i don't think he knows it.

Yeah, afraid not, but I can at least try to learn its school and strength with detect magic

 

[michael_noah]

@ Ti and H4H: I appreciate the willingness to let others decide in character what they will do at this point. However, it remains true that the party would certainly have discussed the possibility of situations such as this in the past, so there's no reason for you not to let them know what Zagnak and Jasper would like to have happen, and I encourage you to do so.

 

[Bloodcookie]

Yeah, we hate to leave you guys just floating around in limbo for any longer than we have to