Random DM nagging.

[Anastasia]

Is there any way to make them into sort of like Anti-Magic grenades? Such that they can be thrown and detonated (by command word?) at range to create areas of anti-magic?

Yes, though you'd need to work it out and there would be a price increase.

[Nephrite]

I think at least looking into that would be pretty cool. It'd be amazing to just completely ruin some Devil's days with that.

[Yuthirin]

Remember that cool stuff can be used against us too!

[Nephrite]

Not if we kill everyone who sees us do it!

[Yuthirin]

This is true!

[Anastasia]

That's one way to preserve security.

[Anastasia]

Quick Eb note since you aren't on IRC: Winding down for the evening, ran 4 hours and you caught the very end of it.

[Anastasia]

Also, bonus for Eb if he reads the latest DM post in Surraruthru's thread: Read Sylvie's break down of what's up in Tattletale's voice and style. Scary blonde crossover.

[Yuthirin]

Also, bonus for Eb if he reads the latest DM post in Surraruthru's thread: Read Sylvie's break down of what's up in Tattletale's voice and style. Scary blonde crossover.

The last thing this campaign needs is Lisa. Unless we need more Lisa. Do we need more Lisa?

[Ebiris]

Having an NPC to provide info-dumps on demand can be pretty handy. Saves PCs from having to take exposition duty too!

[Yuthirin]

So we need more Lisa.

[Anastasia]

A new age of terror comes to us all.

[Anastasia]

Having an NPC to provide info-dumps on demand can be pretty handy. Saves PCs from having to take exposition duty too!

Yes, this is all true.

I try to balance NPC exposition with a number of factors. On a scale of 1-10, the default setting is somewhere around 2-3. All the following things can impact it.

1. NPC personality.
2. The reason you're talking to them.
3. The knowledge of the NPC and if the matter is something they're particularly skilled at.
4. General circumstances and the situation at hand.
5. How verbose I feel in any given situation.
6. Time constraints.
7. NPC intelligence. Loosely, more intelligent characters are more able to deliver exposition or at least have the potential to do so.

For example, Moonlight ended up going on and on about ravages and other things last night. That was mostly her personality and it touching on areas of personal competence for her. Likewise, Sylvie has the raw skills and intellect to parse the Secretus situation on her own (and avoided getting kicked elsewhere via portal), as well as the motivation to explain WTF is up and how they can probably unfuck that clusterfuck.

[Yuthirin]

Cor, Eb, Neph, & Iddy:

Glitterosm the Numerologist will be joining us in some capacity or another. I don't have a preference, but here are the choices from the thread.

1. Glitterosm joins as a full NPC with stats as well as an introductory quest.
2. Glitterosm joins as a shop NPC with a shop about numerology and related services.
3. Glitterosm does something else because of an idea you had and you can't wait to share it with us.

Thoughts?

[Ebiris]

I favour 2. He seems like a shopkeep type.