General chatter

[Anastasia]

Speaking of bonuses?

Revelation had a few. She could've given out insight bonuses to attack or armor class, or a +4 bonus to one ability score. Since Myann and her mantle got it, it turned into a +2 enhancement bonus to everyone's ability scores. This is probably better overall in your particular situation.

Nightfall could have given see in darkness or some spell-likes around darkness.

[Anastasia]

Speaking of Myann's mantle, it's probably a good time to explain how stronger mantles work.

The basics of a mantle is generally understood as a connection to a concept and everything about it. For example, Myann is aware of mushrooms all around the world and is constantly bombarded with information about them. She can create and command mushrooms, as well as communicate with them. She's immune to their poison and the mushrooms love her.

As mentioned by the Enforcer, a fully developed mantle is akin to a demigod (and to be clear here, his words, not that it means they're actual demigods in a mechanical or spiritual sense). Why's that? As you may have noticed, Myann's mantle abilities are rising at a startling rate and accomplishing things that strain any connection to mushrooms. The most obvious is taking the power overflow from the death of Revelation and empowering the entire party. At it's fullest, a mantle is capable of marshaling the full power of everything it connects to the Sidhe.

While one, one hundred or a thousand mushrooms can't do much, imagine the totality of mushrooms contributing their power to something. Imagine any mantle like that, let alone a fearsome one like the fey-type mantles or something like dragon, sun, winter or anything else that's potently primal. This is a hell of a lot of power, and while the exact potency varies from mantle to mantle as not all concepts are created equal, the fact is that it's a stupendous amount of resources to draw on.

This is the power that helped win the war against the aberrations, and it's also the power the Fellowship was afraid of. While a singular Sidhe may be capable of using this power wisely, there's no chance that all of them will be. Myann's starting to grasp that firsthand and is frankly afraid of her powers. She's said as much IC during the flying castle dungeon.

Food for thought.

[Nephrite]

Does the Nobility mantle basically amplify the power of a mantle that already exists, in that case?

[Anastasia]

The fey-typed mantles work slightly differently, especially the ones dealing with nobility or royalty. There's some details here I'd rather not go into.

[Nephrite]

This is just a post about adding Gildas' collection of books to the ones in the castle, to perhaps see if there's anything we can get from that.

Obviously Gildas' collection is a little bit smaller than the one in the castle, but I didn't think we'd find them when I started having him collect them!

EDIT:

Gildas will also find out about the gem fruit trees.

He will also finally actually give that pepper and garlic to Myann, since he honestly forgot amdist all the hubbub.

He also would see if Vasili could help figure the Cursed sword out, since while the Circle might be gone, he still promised he'd get it figured out, and he's a stubborn person.

[Ebiris]

With his higher int John takes max ranks in psicraft.

[Anastasia]

With her int increased, Myann gets in on that fancy learning stuff and selects spellcraft.

[Anastasia]

This is just a post about adding Gildas' collection of books to the ones in the castle, to perhaps see if there's anything we can get from that.

Obviously Gildas' collection is a little bit smaller than the one in the castle, but I didn't think we'd find them when I started having him collect them!

You now have a full library. This does a few things.

1. You can succeed on untrained knowledge checks with a DC higher than 10, so long as you can check your library.
2. If you have the library to reference and time to kill, you can roll a knowledge check twice and take the better result.
3. You can translate most any language with time and effort at the library.

Gildas will also find out about the gem fruit trees.

Long story short from Robert:

They just don't thrive here. All the magic gets them going, but they die before growing much. Near as he can tell with all his ranks in profession (farmer), the local climate's just not right for them. All your fancy book learnin' and knowledge might be able to tell more, if you care to make an K:N check based on that and studying the dead trees.

He will also finally actually give that pepper and garlic to Myann, since he honestly forgot amdist all the hubbub.

Myann gives you a hug in thanks (and mushrooms, of course).

He also would see if Vasili could help figure the Cursed sword out, since while the Circle might be gone, he still promised he'd get it figured out, and he's a stubborn person.

Vasili says he can deal with it - it's actually a blood curse and that comes naturally to a vampire. It'll take time and some money for reagents - 1,500 gold worth. Alternately, he can probably figure out the intended way to break the curse.

[Nephrite]

Gildas will ask Vasili to see if he can figure out the intended way to break it. If he needs the money either way, Gildas will hand it over or see if perhaps the castle has the reagents somewhere?

I'll do a K:N role later closer to game time in regards to the trees.


Oh yeah! Whatever happened to the dragon's blood that Myann had the mushrooms absorb? I forgot all about it.

[Anastasia]

Gildas will ask Vasili to see if he can figure out the intended way to break it. If he needs the money either way, Gildas will hand it over or see if perhaps the castle has the reagents somewhere?

> roll 1d20+15 Vasili vs sword
* Hatbot --> "Space_Cat rolls 1d20+15 Vasili vs sword and gets 27." [1d20=12]

The sword's curse can be broken in a few ways. The simplest way is to have it be held by newborn life. This method is fairly obfuscated and requires a ritual to go along with it, so Vasili isn't surprised it wasn't known. It almost feels like a back door set into the curse for reasons unknown.

Oh yeah! Whatever happened to the dragon's blood that Myann had the mushrooms absorb? I forgot all about it.

Myann had a large mushroom store it a ways away from the farm. You know, she forgot about it too-oh crap. Oh my. Myann says you all may need to see this.

[Nephrite]

Is newborn life specific to a certain age range? Would Porridge the baby work, for example?

For all that yes, Gildas would have to tell the Missus "no really, this is perfectly safe for your baby to hold, our friend the vampire said so."

[Anastasia]

Vasili thinks you'd need younger, but Porridge would be worth a shot.

[Nephrite]

All right. Gildas will ask and try in that case once there's time to do so.

[Nephrite]

Note to self: Have either Vasili or Forgar to look into the golem underground.

[Anastasia]

Eb, whenever you have a sec this weekend, could you fix John's topic HP? He still has that negative level he overcame while resting.