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#1
Old Otik's Table / Re: There's not enough bitchin...
Last post by Dracos - January 22, 2026, 11:36:34 PM
So it was.  Cert on the server is bad, but only newer clients would probably even care.
#2
Old Otik's Table / Re: Appreciations of the day
Last post by Dracos - January 22, 2026, 11:34:32 PM
Yeah no kiddin'.  They're goddamn silly right now.
#3
Balmuria Mini Games / Re: Loot (Skaya)
Last post by Anastasia - January 22, 2026, 01:21:41 PM
8500 for the staff.

Normally you'd be getting these in pearls and coral, but Spine had time to prepare and assumed you'd prefer surface coins. If you want otherwise, say so.
#4
Balmuria Mini Games / Re: Loot (Skaya)
Last post by Corwin - January 22, 2026, 01:18:19 PM
This is the relevant agreement:

19:25 <Kotono> "Right now, I seek a staff that throws ice and blasts of raw force. I've heard reports of people being attacked a fe whours away from Aquariar by a merman with it, and robbing others blind. The city's stretched too far to handle it themselves." Spine explains.
19:25 <Devar> "That ought to be easy enough to locate." Devar surmises. "Someone harassing people like that needs to be dealt with."
19:26 <Skaya> So it's a bandit! Those tend to be on the rich side. "Does it attack just about anyone, lone travelers, something else?"
19:32 <Kotono> "So far, indiscriminately," Is the answer, "At least two deaths confirmed to them, and looting as well. The survivors want their goods back as well, if they can be found. In this case what was taken was coral and pearls, which is the local currency, as well as gold jewelry. You'll be awarded twenty five percent of the value of those, fifty percent of whatever the value of the staff,  rights to
19:32 <Kotono> anything else the bandit has that can't be confirmed and a flat fee of 5 large pearls."
19:32 <Kotono> Sanda chews on that a moment, "And your gratitude as a shopkeeper with resources and magic," Sanda goes ahead and says it out loud.
19:32 <Kotono> "Five large pearls?" Anne asks, curious sounding. "I'm not familiar with the local currency."
19:33 <Skaya> "It sounds like a clear enough task that can test our skills properly," Skaya muses. It's probably intended to test she and Anne's integrity as well.
19:33 <Kotono> "In short," Nibelle pipes up, "Oh, I just went over this. One of your gold coins is equal to twenty coral shards, and a small pearl is worth fifteen gold coins. A large pearl is worth one hundred gold coins."
19:34 <Kotono> "And if the staff is cursed, and has little value?" Anne adds a that, thoughtfully. "I know cursed items are often cheaper or effectively unsalable."
19:35 <Kotono> "The fee is meant to cover those possibilities," Spine answers, "As I am not yet aware of its full powers or history."

It was in general, right?
I assumed the same would be kept for everything, so we're getting 5,000gp for the fortress. What about the staff?
#5
Balmuria Mini Games / Re: Loot (Skaya)
Last post by Anastasia - January 22, 2026, 01:16:32 PM
I'm not seeing exact money for the Fortress of Lem payout from Spine, so let's go with 5,000 for the party. If I'm tired and missed it/forgot to record it in my notes, speak up.
#6
Balmuria Mini Games / Re: Loot (Skaya)
Last post by Anastasia - January 22, 2026, 01:11:00 PM
Fortress loot

Silver, gold and mithril dwarven coins - These tally up to 1,840 gold.
Greenish bronze draconic coins - Strange coins of unknown mintage, but you get an offer of 300 gold for them all.
Several finger sized bars of silver, bird/falcon imprint - 2,850 gold.
A beautiful, gold dagger encrusted with gems - 2,000 gold even.
A pile of smooth, flawless gold coins in a strange script and with a goateed man on them. - These are easy enough to identify as coins minted in Dis. They're worth 920 gold total and used in planar trade. It's hardly the first time they've been seen, they tend to turn up here and there in Lady Spine's experience.
A large pile of glowing wooden cubes - The suggestion is to hold onto these or wait for more advanced testing, because they're something unusual and not easily identifiable. Otherwise there's an offer for 300 gold for them if you just want to be done with them.
#7
Balmuria Mini Games / Re: Mini naggings
Last post by Corwin - January 22, 2026, 12:17:45 PM
Also, some unarmed damage adjustment.

The Cunning Ascetic feat means my monk level is actually 8 and not 6 for the purpose of checking for damage, and the monk's belt++ boosts that by 5 more. So monk level 13, damage of 2d6. The Improved Natural Attack/Unarmed Strike feat increases the 2d6 dice by one category to 3d6. The Scorpion Kama means that its damage matches the unarmed damage (+1 from being a magical kama +1).

Previous:
Full Attack (Flurry/Unarmed 1d8monk->1d10belt->2d8INA): +11/+11/+6, 2d8+4/2d8+4/2d8+4 +1d8 bracers
Full Attack (Flurry/Scorpion Kama +1): +12/+12/+7, 2d8+5/2d8+5/2d8+5 +1d8 bracers

Current:
Full Attack (Flurry/Unarmed 1d10monk->2d6belt->3d6INA): +11/+11/+6, 3d6+4/3d6+4/3d6+4 +1d8 bracers
Full Attack (Flurry/Scorpion Kama +1): +12/+12/+7, 3d6+5/3d6+5/3d6+5 +1d8 bracers
#8
Balmuria Mini Games / Re: Mini naggings
Last post by Corwin - January 22, 2026, 12:09:08 PM
Let's take the Travel Devotion feat instead of Cunning Surge.
#9
Balmuria Mini Games / Re: Not here days
Last post by Corwin - January 21, 2026, 01:43:08 PM
I can manage next week's wednesday.
#10
Balmuria Mini Games / Re: Mini naggings
Last post by Anastasia - January 21, 2026, 01:36:08 PM
Sanda reaches level 8.

- Frost Mage 3 and Half-Water Elemental 2.
- 6 on a d8 for a total of 12 hit points and a grand total of 86 hit points. With her bracers, anyway.
- +1 BAB for a total of +8.
- Gains conjure ice beast 1 as a free spell.
- Gains 8th level wizard casting. This is a new 3rd and 4th level spell slot. Sanda selects Greater Mage Armor and Orb Of Cold.
- DC of SLAs improves by 1.
- +1 all saves.
- +1 Constitution for a total of 22. This increases her maximum hit points to 94.
- Skills go up as normal.

A better ranged attack than magic missiles is due.