Whirtlestaff's Wizards' Academy Revisited, OOC01

[Leif]

Hey, are you still using Sylvanoptera? I know you talked about it the first game but I haven't seen anything after the restart. If not I need to add another language.

That's a very good question. Yes, the language exists, and Whirtlestaff's is one of the few places around that teaches it (outside of the elvish commmunity, that is), but there is also the standard Draconic tradition of magic existing side-by-side with Sylvaoptera. All students at Whirtlestaffs learn both methods/languages, so it's purely a matter of personal preference whether you use it or not. For those who didn't play in the first Whirtlestaff's game, I suppose a word of explanation is in order, but you can probably guess the gist of it from this post. Let me know what questions remain.

 

[Leif]

Sylvanoptera

Sylvanoptera is a language that is very closely related to archaic elvish. While it developed about the same time as elvish, it was never in wide usage, but was, instead, reserved for use by Arcane Practitioners. It fills the same basic role as Draconic as far as spells and such are concerned, but elvish arcanists use it instead of draconic as a general rule.

 

[Leif]

More Experience!

For your interaction with Lord Kyle and the other npcs of Pembrose, and for your making of plans to assault the hobgoblin keep, you each receive 180 xp.

That brings everyone's new total to = 9,054

 

[Leif]

Mowgli, not to complain or anything, but it is extraordinarily difficult for me to look at your character sheet that is saved as a .pdf. I guess it's too much to hope for for you to be like most people and save your characters just as text on ENWorld? Anyway, what I was wondering was, "just how big is Manny, anyway?" Tylara is talking like having him on her shoulder is a neligible amount of weight, and I was thinking that he was a good 12-14 inches tall. Seems like he'd weigh a good ten pounds at least. Not heavy, by any means, but noticeable if sitting on your shoullder, or hanging from your arm.

 

[renau1g]

I wonder if Mike the Raven could carry him, if his weight is negligible , although with a STR of 1, even Bull's Str, wouldn't help.

 

[Leif]

Yeah, with Bull's Strength cast on him, I bet Mike could soar all over the place with Manny aboard. Might not be too secure, mind you. Althought with a little creativity and ingenuity I'm sure that some wizards I know could devise a suitable saddle.

And besides, Mike tells Xavier that he's not about to try to take off with Manny aboard without Bull's Strength being cast on him!

 

[Leif]

It just really sunk into my brain that we've only got four wizards who are actively playing now. (Make that three and one-fifth.) Capizzio, Kerlan, Tylara, and Manny. Looks like Xavier and Max are MIA. So that got me to thinking, would you guys possibly feel a bit better about taking on a keep full of hobgoblins if you had a meat shield or three along for the ride, too? There are several ways we can handle this: We can use npcs to help out, we can let one or more of you add a second pc or a cohort, or (and I'd really rather not do this last one) we can cast our net upon the ocean of ENWorld and recruit some. Thoughts? Ideas? Whines?

 

[Leif]

I'm proably the last one to realize this, but: INVISIBLE CASTLE'S back!!!!

 

[renau1g]

I'm MIA?

I just posted recently, I just can't post on weekends and had mentioned my two coppers a few times, I just didn't have anything to add.

 

[Leif]

Ok, sorry renau1g, yeah, I knew you were around, guess I had a brain cramp or something. Actually, maybe I was thinking of someone else. At any rate, sorry, dude! Never minddd!