To the Noble Born. (finished)

[WarShrike]

As far as i know, the injured bandits are dying, not yet dead. A cure minor wounds would stabilize one. We could interrogate it later. Actually, strike that, i just checked my spells. I'm gonna ride down the runner and cast Charm Person on the next round.

 

[Evilhalfling]

"the gray goose is the most deadly animal in all of England"
I want to attribute that quote to Henry V after Agincourt, but I can't be certain. It may have been Black Adder. I wish I could have gotten closer to using it in game.

The runner didn't have an action left to run, it looks like he is going down first.
of course If you want to try the bowman ....

 

[knight_isa]

Arggh. Zaset has not been here since the 3rd. Looks like he is gone.
ill reopen recruiting, for either a new Reyburn, or a new noble. Reyburn will be NPC'd for this fight at least, and I would prefer someone to take him over. The charater follows: http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?p=3945848&postcount=4

I'd be willing to take him over or come up with a new noble. I'm new to pbp, but I'd like to give it a shot, and it looks like you aren't in too deep yet.

 

[Evilhalfling]

I'd be willing to take him over or come up with a new noble. I'm new to pbp, but I'd like to give it a shot, and it looks like you aren't in too deep yet.

Okay Knight Isa. Taking over Rayburn would work well - he uses {COLOR=SlateGray}
for things spoken out loud.

The basics are that Officially I will post every other day, but if I notice all four players have posted, it will be more often. Normally I will post 0-1 times during the weekend.
I'd suggest reading the pbp FAQ as well: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=168153

If you are going to be gone for a few days, or if you decide to withdraw please let me know.

If you have any questions about the character / game world/ House Rules let me know, otherwise just start posting in character.

It has been four days since your father the Count Hathawick assembled a group of noble scions and sent them off to find the "Fountain of Fortune." You have been well trained but this may have been you first serious fight, against people who wanted to kill you.
Reyburn is currently standing west of a fog cloud, watching (covering) Lily who is checking bodies. You have a wand on magic missiles (caster lvl 3) 48 ch. in hand. The last map was a page back Enc1_4.rft I believe.

 

[knight_isa]

Okay Knight Isa. Taking over Rayburn would work well - he uses {COLOR=SlateGray} for things spoken out loud.

Cool. Thanks!

Rayburn said he was going to switch from SlateGray to Silver, did that not happen? I suppose it doesn't matter, since wysiwyg (who was using SlateGray) dropped out, too.

Edit: Comparing colors, it appears that Zaset used Silver for Rayburn while he was around, and you used SlateGray when you NPCed him. Do you have a preference?

 

[Evilhalfling]

I can barely see silver (due to stealth mode used at work), so slate gray would be better.

 

[Evilhalfling]

from a 4e designer: 1-21-08

As for second wind, we've all seen movies and read stories where the hero just won't stay down. Second wind gives a player that kind of control over a PC. What it means in the narrative, once again, is whatever the players and DM decide it means. It's an opportunity to expand the narrative, and not any cheesier than a beat-up action movie hero peeling himself off the pavement and giving the bad guys a few more fives across the lips. D&D aims at that kind of action, and how you imagine the action is up to you.

Besides this change to fights, I think that second wind also serves to take pressure off the healers and the ubiquitous wands of CLW - which this party does not even have.

Second Wind as they envision it might be better served by temp hit points (more like the false life spell than barbarian rage). There are also reserve points that allow you to convert real damage to non-leathal, which then heals over hours instead of days. The second wind rules actually seem to work better than either of those to fill the need for healing.
I am less excited by SW in play than I was in concept, but lets give it another chance as written.

So Xaros is fully healed, and the fatigue goes away in a few minutes.

 

[Evilhalfling]

reading a second wind discussion in 4e forum. Second Wind might be limited to 1/4 hp or Con Modifer (as Feris suggested from GT)

This would restore Xaros to 8/4 = 2 hp, enough to travel on but still baddly wounded.
This is less damaging to my suspension of disbelief, other comments?

 

[knight_isa]

OOC: If you want to divide the money you can update character sheets, or one person can post a running list of treasure ot the rogues galley, and keep track of other fruits of adventure.

Since no one else has spoken up, I'm willing to keep the running list of treasure. Any opposed?

IIRC, every group I've played with has maintained a list of things found and then divvied it up at convenient intervals (usually when in a position to buy/sell in a town). Between the time when the loot was found and the loot was divvied characters would borrow (or in the case of healing potions, freely take) what they wanted/needed from party treasure.

Does anyone have different preferences on how/when/why things are divvied out?

 

[Jack of Tales]

It looks like your party has but four players and hasn't gotten too deep yet. Is there perchance a place for a fifth? I was thinking of coming from a noble house located alongside a river known for some minor trade in lumber, coal and crystal. If Warshrike doesn't mind I'd like to have the matron of the house a descendant from his house. Connections to such a rich house like Anuvien would be a great political move. Since the family lives out on the edges of society it has always had a connection to the druid's in the area and as the third daughter of the Patriarch's brother she was 'sacrificed' to the council to maintain relations. However, she has always had a wild edge about her and the family chose to send her after the noble 'outing' with intents on securing further connections to House Anuvien in addition to securing relationships with other noble houses.