General chatter

[Nephrite]

Gildas wants to have Vasili help him Uncurse the sword from the Circle and give it to Kral as a gift, effectively to try and repay him and the others for their help. He'd also like to ask Kral about the history of the Circle and just what the FUCK the panther, fish and other things actually were and if they were effectively the same as Gildas and the others -- in sofar as they were all journeying together and happened across a mantle that they happened to get power from.

He would like to try and find The Enforcer and the other Fellowship members and talk to them if they're willing. He just wants to know more about them and what forced them to come to their conclusion. He really would like to be friends with them if they're willing to do so.

He wants to go back to the Stormgate with Myann to see what's changed up there. He'd also like to visit the fey realm (maybe with Myann again, if she wants to go) and visit Broadpyne, Valisha and the King. He wants to see if anything seems different there and if the fairy circles still function normally. The latter sounds like it might coincide with what Cor was suggesting.

He'd also like to try and find the Dreamer just to see what may have changed for her, which is probably something he can do while... dream...ing?


If I think of anything else I will add it here.

[Anastasia]

John will gently (as gently as someone with no ranks in diplomacy can anyway) break up with Missy-Anne, I suppose.

He's not going to hit up Em/Lesea/Imaginary Maiden #5 immediately afterwards, so just leave what happens after that open.

Figure that's about it for him.

Okay, fair enough. We'll cover that Monday or Tuesday.

[Anastasia]

I'd like to start something with getting ahead of potential future problems. So that means having Myann assert control over her court of local fey, and probably visits to that old king. And maybe Piney and Lady Valisha? Ideally, get something going with working together in mind, before either local fey or humans decide to just snap and start any fights. Plus, it'd be nice to have an oral/recorded history going so there's at least a chance people won't make the same mistakes in the future (different ones are okay).

Okay, fair enough. We'll touch on it - a lot of it's stuff that doesn't need to be seen IC, since she has a royal mantle. Most fey are going to shut up and do what she says without a second thought anyway.

Stratum-wise, I think it would be neat if we just heard how things are going there, from Myann or Ribby or even that dragon. Whichever works. If it sounds like there's potential for trouble, we could always end the game by preparing for the next great adventure rather than as 'and then they settled down'.

Fair enough and the Stratum could be a fun point to start a new game from, too. Good idea.

Let's say hi to Vasili, too, and see if the damned skeleton got killed or something. Even if not, Vasili's the chillest vampire ever and a pal.

Not really forcing my opinions on the others.

Sure, he's around, remember.

I'll deal with you early week, since these'll take a few days.

[Anastasia]

Gildas wants to have Vasili help him Uncurse the sword from the Circle and give it to Kral as a gift, effectively to try and repay him and the others for their help. He'd also like to ask Kral about the history of the Circle and just what the FUCK the panther, fish and other things actually were and if they were effectively the same as Gildas and the others -- in sofar as they were all journeying together and happened across a mantle that they happened to get power from.

Okay, should be able to knock that out without difficulty.

He would like to try and find The Enforcer and the other Fellowship members and talk to them if they're willing. He just wants to know more about them and what forced them to come to their conclusion. He really would like to be friends with them if they're willing to do so.

Could do that, but it's almost certainly beyond the scope of the post game. They aren't around locally, so finding them would be a great adventure of its own.

He wants to go back to the Stormgate with Myann to see what's changed up there. He'd also like to visit the fey realm (maybe with Myann again, if she wants to go) and visit Broadpyne, Valisha and the King. He wants to see if anything seems different there and if the fairy circles still function normally. The latter sounds like it might coincide with what Cor was suggesting.

I'll weave something there together with you three, sure.

He'd also like to try and find the Dreamer just to see what may have changed for her, which is probably something he can do while... dream...ing?

Sure, we can try some of that.

If I think of anything else I will add it here.

Just make a new post so I don't miss the edit.
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[Anastasia]

As we're sorting the above out, I now open the floor for questions about the game, gaming world and whatever else related to it you please. I reserve the right to not answer a question, mostly if it'll be covered in post game events anyway, or may be something I feel is best kept mysterious.

[Ebiris]

Would going down instead of up at the dream mountain have been harder or easier, and would the rewards have been greater or lesser to match?

[Corwin]

How close did we come to failing? And did we miss any of the subgoals?

[Nephrite]

When we first met Vasili, Gildas failed a will save against him. Do you have any idea what that was for?

How was Gildas supposed to get his arm repaired if we hadn't come across Forgar?

What was Esona's deal, anyway? She seemed like she had a hate-boner for Fey.

We met the Ex-King of the Fairies and met Prince Broadpyne. Is there an actual King/Queen right now (besides Myann)?

[Anastasia]

Would going down instead of up at the dream mountain have been harder or easier, and would the rewards have been greater or lesser to match?

You'd have gotten a bit more treasure and fought a few more things. By brute forcing a lock, you skipped that area. It was meant to be the starting section. The dungeon was fairly linear all told, mostly due to the size and the factors involved.

[Anastasia]

How close did we come to failing? And did we miss any of the subgoals?

You mean with the mantle system or something else?

[Corwin]

You mean with the mantle system or something else?

The mantle system, with both our roll-based changes.

[Anastasia]

When we first met Vasili, Gildas failed a will save against him. Do you have any idea what that was for?

To be honest, I don't recall, and my notes aren't being helpful here. I'll come back to this if I can dig up more info later.

How was Gildas supposed to get his arm repaired if we hadn't come across Forgar?

Burn it out via lava, as was suggested in the first place. Forgar was a lucky break.

What was Esona's deal, anyway? She seemed like she had a hate-boner for Fey.

She was a hardass, mostly. She was trying to a job done in bad circumstances and not quite measuring up to it. She misplayed a few things, including (arguably) the party early on. Things didn't work out for her at all.

We met the Ex-King of the Fairies and met Prince Broadpyne. Is there an actual King/Queen right now (besides Myann)?

The fey courts are regional, just like nations. The Kings and Queens are aloof, since they're routinely bored of lesser fey. They tend to be ancient with terrifyingly powerful mantle combinations, so warped and twisted that they're each unique creatures. While they don't reach the sheer power of a sane fey, they're still quite potent should they be roused to conflict.

King Applepine and Queen Lasriva. Prince Broadpyne was named by his father, if you couldn't guess.

[Anastasia]

You mean with the mantle system or something else?

The mantle system, with both our roll-based changes.

You came within one more failure of blowing it up on that close all. Otherwise, you all succeeded. Usually not by much, but you pulled it off.

Failure would have been death and a bad end, and probably the destruction of the layer you were on and a few above and below. The Stratum would've survived with heavy damage. Playing with controlled super-nuclear fusion is dangerous.

[Nephrite]

How do the fey procreate? I don't know that that ever really came up and if it did I probably missed it.

[Anastasia]

As normal creatures, with whatever modifications their mantles would imply. It's best not to think too much of it.