The Gossip Board

[Carthrat]

I could bug Nikki. And probably will, yes.

[Sierra]

<Mari> roll 1d20+3 for GI, surely I will do better now that I am prettier. Mari is asking around for any specific information people might have on Gruesome Ruby. She is also curious to know whether that handsome wanderer "Mari" got up to any hijinks while the real one was away. I suspect the answer to this is no, but if it turns up news of someone looking for us it's all the better.
* Hatbot --> "Mari rolls 1d20+3 for GI, surely I will do better now that I am prettier. Mari is asking around for any specific information people might have on Gruesome Ruby. She is also curious to know whether that handsome wanderer "Mari" got up to any hijinks while the real one was away. I suspect the answer to this is no, but if it turns up news of someone looking for us it's all the better. and gets 13."12 [1d20=10]

Yeah, we're pretty much counting on Nik for anything useful here.

[Dracos]

so sleepy...

Let's see, aside from digging, because I dig for LIFE....

I'd like to check around about any eladarin currently around or near the direction we're headed.  Also any major mythy types/lesser divinities (sort of as Granny Tam was) in the direction we're heading.  Granny Tam probably would be the easiest to ask there actually.

I'm not actually sure what we tend to call them.  Technically, Kamvakua is hoping to meet and learn from Legendary types on his travels.

[Zephyrus]

[16:00] <Zephyrus> roll 1d20+17 Go, Go, Gadget Spy Network!
[16:00] * Hatbot --> "Zephyrus rolls 1d20+17 Go, Go, Gadget Spy Network! and gets 26."12 [1d20=9]

I'm doing a close search for any rumours, hints, or general info on the direction of the Gruesome Ruby or the Ruby itself. I'm also searching for any suspicious or odd arrivals in Hardsoil that might be connected to the attack outside of the portal on Air. Here's hoping that well turns up dry.

[Anastasia]

<Mari> roll 1d20+3 for GI, surely I will do better now that I am prettier. Mari is asking around for any specific information people might have on Gruesome Ruby. She is also curious to know whether that handsome wanderer "Mari" got up to any hijinks while the real one was away. I suspect the answer to this is no, but if it turns up news of someone looking for us it's all the better.
* Hatbot --> "Mari rolls 1d20+3 for GI, surely I will do better now that I am prettier. Mari is asking around for any specific information people might have on Gruesome Ruby. She is also curious to know whether that handsome wanderer "Mari" got up to any hijinks while the real one was away. I suspect the answer to this is no, but if it turns up news of someone looking for us it's all the better. and gets 13."12 [1d20=10]

Yeah, we're pretty much counting on Nik for anything useful here.

You don't get any useful information - just the basic legend of the ruby that you know already. 'Mari' has been out drinking and having a good time the past few nights! She's the life of the party, sending one person off to Ooze in a hurry, then helping an aasimar find the way back to Bytopia.

[Anastasia]

so sleepy...

Let's see, aside from digging, because I dig for LIFE....

I'd like to check around about any eladarin currently around or near the direction we're headed.  Also any major mythy types/lesser divinities (sort of as Granny Tam was) in the direction we're heading.  Granny Tam probably would be the easiest to ask there actually.

I'm not actually sure what we tend to call them.  Technically, Kamvakua is hoping to meet and learn from Legendary types on his travels.

What exactly do you mean here? Actual powers and Gods? Notable NPCs? Famous figures? Heroes? Could you elaborate this a bit more, Drac?

[Anastasia]

[16:00] <Zephyrus> roll 1d20+17 Go, Go, Gadget Spy Network!
[16:00] * Hatbot --> "Zephyrus rolls 1d20+17 Go, Go, Gadget Spy Network! and gets 26."12 [1d20=9]

I'm doing a close search for any rumours, hints, or general info on the direction of the Gruesome Ruby or the Ruby itself. I'm also searching for any suspicious or odd arrivals in Hardsoil that might be connected to the attack outside of the portal on Air. Here's hoping that well turns up dry.

There's an Earth Elemental who sits in the taverns of Hardsoil. He says little, but Nikkolai earns his trust with flattering words! He says that the Gruesome Ruby is hidden near an zone of strong Earth power downwards a way, a place called Nixale. When pressed, he says, 'Be wary of the Prince of Elemental Evil,' and says no more.

No one unusual has been seen in Hardsoil the last week or so. Just travelers but none that set off any warning bells. The Dao are being quite lately too.

[Zephyrus]

[17:17] * Hatbot --> "Zephyrus rolls 1d20+8 k:p directions! and gets 14."12 [1d20=6]
[17:17] <Haruka> Hatbot wants us lost in the dark until we meet grue.
[17:17] <Zephyrus> roll 1d20+8 K:P Prince of Elemental Evil!
[17:17] * Hatbot --> "Zephyrus rolls 1d20+8 K:P Prince of Elemental Evil! and gets 9."12 [1d20=1]]

Hatbot, you bastard.

[Anastasia]

[17:17] * Hatbot --> "Zephyrus rolls 1d20+8 k:p directions! and gets 14."12 [1d20=6]
[17:17] <Haruka> Hatbot wants us lost in the dark until we meet grue.
[17:17] <Zephyrus> roll 1d20+8 K:P Prince of Elemental Evil!
[17:17] * Hatbot --> "Zephyrus rolls 1d20+8 K:P Prince of Elemental Evil! and gets 9."12 [1d20=1]]

Hatbot, you bastard.

You know of Nixale - a dark place of elemental power - but not directions to it. You know nothing of the Prince of Elemental Evil besides his common name: Ogremoch.

[Dracos]

<Dracos> roll 1d20+6 knowledge hard to come by
<Hatbot>
ACTION --> "Dracos rolls 1d20+6 knowledge hard to come by and gets 14." [1d20=8]

Target: Knowing about any guardians like Granny Tam in the direction we're headed or any eladarin in the area.

[Dracos]

Random observation: We continue to really suck at planar math.  We drop the penalty mod randomly all over.

Should we maybe just drop passive bonus/penalities from planar bits?  It is part of it, but how we're doing it right now isn't really working as far as us reliably applying the mechanic.

something that 'may' help (or at least I've found it so when there's 2-5 mods going on with each attack) is not pre-emptively adding-subtracting it.  Put it in the roll so its obvious.

So instead of 1d20+16 -3 power attack
Its
1d20+18+1-3-2+1-1 (haste, power attack, planar, high ground, dazzle)

anyhow, not really caring strongly any way about it, just saw it though while doing the logs and figured it was worth commenting on.

[Zephyrus]

I honestly hadn't even thought about it. It seems kind of obvious, I suppose, but it just never really occurred to me that whatever characteristics of the plane we're on also affect our combat skills. >_>

[Dracos]

As a spellcaster, I don't think it affects you.  You think it'd actually affect more (improving or diminishing elemental spells), but I don't remember it doing so.

Another observation:
With a horde of identical enemy types and an unclear layout, the numberings that dune gave them really helped out.  It'd probably still be quite helpful even with a clear layout, at least provided we were also using them in describing our attacks.

[Dracos]

Stats updated.

[Carthrat]

It totally does, if you're on the fire plane I know all your fire spells are maximized or empowered or something, for all the good that does.

Planar mods should go in the HP or init topic, because then everyone will remember them as those topics are changed all the time. Unfortunately they tend to get a bit cramped.