[OOC] Aqua Mortis

I'll set up the third adventure now. Hopefully, the first IC post should come within the week. In the meantime, let me know if you're planning to buy anything, and how you're spending your XP. You all should be due for another Heroic Ability upgrade, as well.

I was going with Scathing Tirade Improved and wanted to buy Brigandine, Large Shield, Military Pick, plus sell off my leather armor and shield. 4th point into Drain

Let's assume you all did your shopping in Nornholt before getting stuck at the castle. I'm happy to handwave the purchases as having succeeded for 100% the listed price. Selling the leather will get you 25% of the original price back.

However, I know you've got some points in Negotiation, so let me know if you'd rather roll against rarity instead. That might get you a discount if you roll well, and open the door to Triumphs and the like.

I'm a bit busy at the moment, so I didn't get a change to check inventory and skill :(
We can move as it is and I'll have a look when I can :D

I've dropped 20 XP on a rank 4 Talent (another rank of Grit) and am banking the remaining 20 xp for Dedication I think.

For his Heroic I'm going to take the Power upgrade to take Paragon (Arcane) to Improved

We also need to resolve what the book is that you got from Anzila's secret stash.

What book? XD

I guess I go with the stock price and sellback rate coinage is tight for wiggle room. I can afford it.

I still have 40XP and 4 heroic points to spend I think ...

I really need to find the time to review this :(

No worries! Raising skills is always helpful. Let me know if you'd like other suggestions.

I know CESN is still trying to spend the last XP award, but here's +5 XP more for June. Always fine to stash it away for a rainy day. :)

That puts me at 25 spare XP and I'm buying a Tier 5 Talent....Dedication on my Intellect to take it from 4 to 5 :)

Look at the big brains on Hildar! :D

Just a heads up that I'll be traveling over the next week. I'm hoping to still be able to post at least once a day, but if I disappear for a bit, that's what's up.

Mines? Dribbagge? Accident? Irrelevant homeless NPCs? 🤔

ok... So I think I have 4 heroic points. I'll buy a frequency. Since there is no duration, most stuff is pointless :(
what would POWER Special look like I have 55XP ...
I'll bump divine and charm from lv 3 -> 4 so that's 4*5*2= 40XP and then use the last 15XP to get coll to level 3.
Since we're getting tot he end, no point is hoarding XP :D

As for Duration on the Foretelling power -- Power lets you upgrade the power to Improved (1 Point) and then Supreme (2 Points). Both excellent choices! Improved lets you reroll a skill check relevant to the question you just asked, while Supreme lets you choose to roll an identical check to an NPC and force them to accept the result you prefer.

With either of these upgrades, bumping up Duration would allow you to do these things for more turns than just one (combat or social-combat turns, or longer chunks of time for unstructured time).

Likewise, lots of the Secondary Effects could come into play immediately upon use of your power if you want (like Rejuvenate), or if you upgraded with Duration (like Empowered).

XP looks good. Yep, spend it if you got it!

Love the info-trading! Always helpful for me as GM to see what the most pressing threads seem to be from the PCs' point of view.

Am I reading you all correctly that you want to postpone the meeting with Marseen Olond, the Dribbage Acquisitions representative? You could always try to schedule a meeting with her for later; that would at least guarantee she speaks to you, but it might also give her cause to look into you. You can always appeal to your connections to her presumed boss, Olarie Dribbage, niece of the goat-man.

As for the injured miners, you have an invitation to the Barnpuddle home, but Hensnest (the guild representative) has instructed them not to speak about the accident. If you head to the Barnpuddle home now (before Onin gets off and can smooth the way with his parents), you'll have to figure out how to get the injured miner to talk.

Other big threads are visiting the main cleric treating the injured miners (Father Gettle) and trying to get access to the two Buzzard's Ford youths who are being analyzed for possible illness or affliction (both under care of the clerics of St. Durvin's Chapel). You might also look up the captain of the guard or Renash, the baron's son.

Tl;Dr: Are we postponing Olond for now? If so, do you want to try to get an appointment with her first? And then where to?

I figure if we haven't had an appointment set up we're not missing the time or if we did reschedule. I'm assuming the consensus is to get more info before the meeting and if smoke bloweth we put it back in the glass tube so to speak.

We don't need to know per say ask what happened in the mines and talk about that. We could focus soley on the injured for now and backtrack after the fact based on the injuries. Clean slash marks? Sharp blade injuries, broken and bruised limbs, bludgeoned, crushed ribcage got hit/tackled by a big son of a mob.

For Tronus Barnpuddle Senior, Gettle, St Durvin Chapel, Olond. Maybe even the Dribbage neighbors since we left them in goodish terms... Miss Dribbage though I think kinda wants to kick someone in the jumblies after the situation with her Uncle I thought.

I meant to say we may need to thread lightly around Olond, but i'm ok with doing it now.

Though for Nekurr St Durvin Chapel would be the "priority" since he's curious what's up with the kids.

Mcneils5? Sounds like find out about the injured kids and miners so far order doesn't matter much to me.