tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post3340148848988757436..comments2023-06-03T01:36:58.595-07:00Comments on Campaign Juvenis: A New SightAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-80711943056572271202017-01-22T10:24:29.075-08:002017-01-22T10:24:29.075-08:00All right.
Lothar, for some reason the cleric sei...All right.<br /><br />Lothar, for some reason the cleric seizes the lamp out of your hand. You see Engelhart start casting a spell, the nature of which you've never seen him cast before . . . and then you just cease to worry about it.<br /><br />The next post is up.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-12125061099893254852017-01-21T21:13:40.074-08:002017-01-21T21:13:40.074-08:00One of the hirelings suggested the making the glan...One of the hirelings suggested the making the glands into a twine necklace.<br /><br />I'mma go ahead and do that.Pandredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03917809464727878157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-56738951814054571232017-01-21T20:04:57.503-08:002017-01-21T20:04:57.503-08:00The lamp we unearthed, straight and simple.The lamp we unearthed, straight and simple.Engelhart Askjellsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12717990998654139122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-91285863633106621422017-01-21T19:32:58.355-08:002017-01-21T19:32:58.355-08:00I'd love to put up another pic, but I'm st...I'd love to put up another pic, but I'm still waiting to learn what light source Engelhart is using.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-40827061179244019852017-01-21T08:11:02.559-08:002017-01-21T08:11:02.559-08:00In that case, Lothar, do you want to go with a cou...In that case, Lothar, do you want to go with a couple of our followers to make camp by the lake? With the opening of a dungeon here, establishing a base camp seems like an excellent idea, regardless of whether we explore a little or not today.Embla Strandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07637213677781541500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-79687829739085374672017-01-20T18:17:10.136-08:002017-01-20T18:17:10.136-08:00Embla, regarding tents.
A tent will provide a +1....Embla, regarding tents.<br /><br />A tent will provide a +1.5 CLO, which can be adjusted/reduced by opening flaps and such.<br /><br />For the record, you can rest in a tent; however, the tent must be pitched in a relatively comfortable place (the ranger can identify one ~ should add that to the scouting study). Likely, somewhere near the Store Stokka bank would be more comfortable/restful than this location . . . and the lake is about three quarters of a mile away just now.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-73202631612395406322017-01-20T17:53:43.715-08:002017-01-20T17:53:43.715-08:00Thank you for the information, Alexis. Given all ...Thank you for the information, Alexis. Given all that, why don't we cover Englehart as he scouts the room.<br /><br />If the search is uneventful and invites no more trouble, I recommend retreating above-ground and recuperating.<br /><br />Alexis, how do tents affect CLO while resting? I have some spare clothes and we have Alexandra's bearskin as well.Embla Strandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07637213677781541500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-14841929089886762022017-01-20T17:34:09.764-08:002017-01-20T17:34:09.764-08:00Engelhart can get his cure light wounds spell back...Engelhart can get his cure light wounds spell back, provided that he sleeps 6 hours. However, he must reach a point where he has been awake for 14 hours before he can have a good night's sleep. He cannot just sleep 6 hours at will.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-83208540504739864562017-01-20T17:32:52.843-08:002017-01-20T17:32:52.843-08:00Lothar, Engelhart's use of the sanctuary spell...Lothar, Engelhart's use of the sanctuary spell is practical; anything he carries, including the light that he makes, will be ignored by anything that is down there. That's his logic.<br /><br />You have the use of the healing salve correct, Pandred. Embla can drink it, rub it into her skin or pour it into a wound as needed.<br /><br />Lothar, here are my rules for <a href="http://tao-of-dnd.wikispaces.com/Rest" rel="nofollow">REST</a>. Note that you cannot just lie about anywhere; it has to be a relatively comfortable place. You cannot "rest" here in the barrow, where it is cold, where you are experiencing mental strain from the danger presented by the open door and the possibility of beetles attacking. So it isn't just that you can go up to your camp and sit there for 24 hours. You have to be "comfortable."<br /><br /><br />Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-37417332943773639022017-01-20T17:25:14.536-08:002017-01-20T17:25:14.536-08:00Lothar, I see where I made my error. I did say th...Lothar, I see where I made my error. I did say there were no handles, so you're right, the doors would have had to be PUSHED open. It as later, when I was speaking for Bergthora, trying to figure out how to block the doors, that I reversed the direction of the doors and imagined them opening into the fire beetle room.<br /><br />SO . . . let's keep it that the doors opened into the stairs and that Pandred and Embla pushed them open, and that Bergthora goofed utterly. I'm going to go back and delete that comment.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-57845800299953319232017-01-20T17:22:07.273-08:002017-01-20T17:22:07.273-08:00I'm still taking Friday off, but I'll answ...I'm still taking Friday off, but I'll answer a few questions, make a few points.<br /><br />Engelhart, just to remind you that your sanctuary spell lasts four rounds ~ so that's two rounds out and two rounds back, if you want to be with the party when the spell runs out. Could you please let me know what your light source is?<br /><br />There is no triggering mechanism for the fire trap. It is a spell. I put the link for the spell on the comment when I said the door was fire trapped. The description reads<br /><br />"Incorporates an explosive charge into any closed object - a book, box, bottle, chest, coffer, coffin, drawer, door and so forth) so that at the moment of someone's opening the fire trap causes damage. The object itself is not damaged by this explosion, but all items directly in front of the blast (within 5 feet) must make save vs. normal fire."<br /><br />So the 'mechanism' is that the door was opened. The spell lasts until the trap is discharged ~ so, potentially, a thousand years.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-51726371850361622612017-01-20T06:56:27.950-08:002017-01-20T06:56:27.950-08:00The rest is good enough for Engelhart to get back ...The rest is good enough for Engelhart to get back his Cure spell, and we still have some curative measure in the salves. We won't be at full strength, but we're not exactly forced to plumb these depths all in one go, y'know?<br /><br />Tomb sat here for a few hundred years, it can wait a couple days for us to completely plunder it.<br /><br />Although if there are going to be more 4d4 Fire Traps, then we're gonna need a better system for opening doors.Pandredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03917809464727878157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-18293419588153634542017-01-20T06:43:16.214-08:002017-01-20T06:43:16.214-08:00Thinking about it now, don't we have to spend ...Thinking about it now, don't we have to spend a whole day not doing anything in order to get back any hit points? If simply hanging out for the rest of the day and getting a good night's sleep aren't enough to heal at all we may as well go in now. Or if we take it easy until tomorrow afternoon do we get back some HP?Lothar Svenssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03195099273437009840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-7833537780408149682017-01-20T06:23:39.807-08:002017-01-20T06:23:39.807-08:00"Thank you, Pandred"."Thank you, Pandred".Embla Strandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07637213677781541500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-12722514514266415922017-01-20T06:10:58.735-08:002017-01-20T06:10:58.735-08:00I'll help Embla with one of the healing salves...I'll help Embla with one of the healing salves. We can save the other two for emergencies, and I'm in favor of Embla and Lothar both carrying one of the remaining pair, to spread our available aid around the party.<br /><br />Wiki says 1d4 for healing, so here's that.<br /><br />d4: 3Pandredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03917809464727878157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-85879199047215798682017-01-20T06:05:12.778-08:002017-01-20T06:05:12.778-08:00I'm having trouble visualizing where these doo...I'm having trouble visualizing where these doors are at the moment. I got the impression that Pandred and Embla pushed them open, so they would swing over the stairs. But Bergthora says we could block them from opening by piling stuff in front of them? Does she mean we fill the opening with matting or something else?<br /><br />We could roll one of the bladders down into the room to light it up instead of sending one of our own. Just a suggestion for the group.Lothar Svenssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03195099273437009840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-2593892350936052882017-01-20T03:49:24.731-08:002017-01-20T03:49:24.731-08:00Also, while I'm at it, let me ask, what was th...Also, while I'm at it, let me ask, what was the triggering mechanism for the fire trap? Is there anything obvious left for me to look out for? Engelhart Askjellsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12717990998654139122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-9738431144878440072017-01-20T02:41:42.526-08:002017-01-20T02:41:42.526-08:00"Will you grant me the light, master Svensson...<i>"Will you grant me the light, master Svensson? I'm thinking I may at the least shine the Lord's clarity thither upon the far stones of this unknown chamber with His protection, ere we reseal it."</i><br /><br /><br />[Slinging my hammer and fetching Aleksandra's bo stick as probe, I'll cast <i>Sanctuary</i> and hold onto it as I sound the first, let's say, three hexes, being extra careful with the stairway and first hex bottlenecks, then hugging the left wall.]Engelhart Askjellsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12717990998654139122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-87690934521651773522017-01-19T22:08:19.872-08:002017-01-19T22:08:19.872-08:00If anyone has questions about details I'm not ...If anyone has questions about details I'm not covering or ought to include, don't hesitate to point them out. It helps identify what ought to be in the descriptions.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-7621633277215925852017-01-19T21:51:47.846-08:002017-01-19T21:51:47.846-08:00I certainly am. I always like to know a bit more a...I certainly am. I always like to know a bit more about the bits that keep me alive.Pandredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03917809464727878157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-67141085434915919182017-01-19T21:41:07.174-08:002017-01-19T21:41:07.174-08:00Being that they were semi-magic, they must have be...Being that they were semi-magic, they must have been sealed in some sort of hardened oilcloth pouch, probably infused with pitch to ensure it remained waterproof in the climate, with a tough cord to bind the end. The beetles might have tried to eat their way through it, but I don't think they would have succeeded (or tried for long, once encountering the flavour). So I'll rule they survived.<br /><br />Checking out the armor descriptions? Worked my way up to Ring Mail.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-36813152025174709492017-01-19T21:15:43.686-08:002017-01-19T21:15:43.686-08:00Alexis, I mentioned earlier that Rowan had those t...Alexis, I mentioned earlier that Rowan had those three Healing Salves on his body, but just to reiterate given Embla's poor health: do those still exist or were they destroyed?Pandredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03917809464727878157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-1013123426848798272017-01-19T19:57:55.578-08:002017-01-19T19:57:55.578-08:00[I wanted to add that I'm going to be working ...[I wanted to add that I'm going to be working on adding rules about <a href="http://tao-of-dnd.wikispaces.com/Crossbow" rel="nofollow">weapons</a> and <a href="http://tao-of-dnd.wikispaces.com/Shield+%28armor%29" rel="nofollow">armor</a> to the wiki for a bit, in light of explaining crossbows to Pandred. Pandred, have a look at the weapons link above, it goes directly to crossbow. I'll start adding these details I describe here to the wiki when I remember]Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-61077269256426011562017-01-19T19:25:41.804-08:002017-01-19T19:25:41.804-08:00Yes, we should definitely put them on the other si...Yes, we should definitely put them on the other side of the door for the night. Though honestly I'd be just as happy to smash them, bug eggs give me the creeps. <br /><br />I've got 200 feet of twine that we can macrame some hanging baskets from tonight around the fire. Lothar Svenssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03195099273437009840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556948024548592122.post-17589615794933555672017-01-19T19:19:28.227-08:002017-01-19T19:19:28.227-08:00I'm at half health, Englehart has cast his spe...I'm at half health, Englehart has cast his spell for the day. We have the food and the clothing for us to last the night. Let's do as Bergthora suggests and leave this for the morning - it will not spoil being left alone for one day more. What we have harvested from the beetles will be enough to cover the food expenses for camping out here.<br /><br />Before we barricade the door, however, shall we put the fire beetle eggs beyond it? I'd hate for them to hatch in the middle of the night.Embla Strandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07637213677781541500noreply@blogger.com