OOC

Hello!

I'm taking Warcaster. So hard to choose!

Just take the full HP increase, plus CON modifier.

FYI, I will be rearranging the forum when I get the chance. Now that we only have one team, we don't need multiple OOC threads and such. Just a heads up in case things look different one day.

This OOC thread is now the official OOC thread of the game. The others have been archived.

I've also removed the Read restriction on the other team's thread. If you're curious of what they were up to, it's been declassified. Of course, it should be treated as meta-data, as you wouldn't necessarily know identities or specific events. Let me know if you don't see or can't access the Team Chalice thread in the archives.

I'd like one of the +1 shortswords for Maenor. We can sell the longsword from the crypt if no-one wants it.

I'll let you guys take anything you want and then I'll dive in to see if there's anything left that might be good for Kalis :)

I'd like to request the silver and copper.

Downtime: Sell my leather armor or give it away to a goblin in need. I'm guessing they probably don't have enough to buy any of the magic items.

Gyges actually is intrigued by Maenor's interest in learning Goblin, and asks to participate. In return, he'd be happy act as an assistant for standing guard. New experience, new thrills.

For Maenor and Gyges, the best way to learn a new language is to use it non-stop. You each accompany one or more goblins in their daily chores as their assistants. Here is a basic list of activities and chores, along with how much of the goblin language you might glean:

Keeping watch. Offers little time for learning as the goblins remain very mute in their observations, but the companionship still provides some access to the language. Concepts such as weather, temperature, local fauna and flora, movement, and time are taught.

Cleaning. Contrary to popular opinion, this clan of goblins takes cleanliness rather seriously. Perhaps it is due to the presence of visitors such as yourselves and other agents of the Pale, or perhaps it is the influence of Caraw-Chuwk, who seems way more enlightened than most goblins, but rooms are swept and tidied, garbage is disposed of, and the camp is generally organized. This is perhaps the most social of activities as the goblins find that conversation makes the chores go by much more pleasantly. Your vocabulary is reinforced during this moments as you learn the words for everything the goblins touch, adjectives for states of disrepair or clutter, and juicy gossip like what Grelgasz said about Fof the other day.

Gardening. The goblins have an underground mushroom grove that feeds the entire camp. You learn nouns and verbs for tools and how to use them. You learn descriptives about the soil, rocks, and how to dig. Even the advanced concepts of mushroom cultivation are taught.

Cooking. Imagine trying to cook a stew and not knowing what the ingredients are or how much you're supposed to add. Everyone in the camp ends up having "mystery meals" with tastes ranging from surprising to awful. Still, you learn your basic numbers, identify types of food, and understand many more colorful words that would make a sailor blush.

Meetings. These are not held every night, but Caraw-Chuwk likes to get a sense of how the community is faring. He listens to reports from everyone, such as the level of supplies, state of the gardens, or places in the camp that might need fixing. He also listens to grievances, such as Fof complaining about people talking behind her back, and works to alleviate concerns and settle disputes. You are not required to attend, but should you make time you are glad for the opportunities to listen and absorb the goblin language.

All in all, you learn enough of the basics to maintain simple conversations... which by goblin standards is getting rather close to fluency.

It will take you 30 days to learn Goblin. Since you are helping the goblins with their work, I will consider that the payment portion.

The goblins do not have a lot of coin per se, but they do like to trade. If there's something in the PHB that you can barter for using the armor or magic items, make a list. We can considers a 1-to-1 gp exchange for the mundane items (ie leather = 10 gp worth of adventuring gear). If you want to trade the magic items, let me know which one(s) and we'll figure out a reasonable cost.

Depending on the amount of time we actually spend here, I'd be happy to have Gyges move around and try out any/all of the listed activities. Probably focusing on the guard duty and gardening as though would be very different from his regular job.

I can't think of anything more that Kalis would want to do than read any books they may have and learn a new language and about their culture

Maenor spends time with each of the tasks, but the most with cleaning. He has grown to genuinely enjoy the goblins' company, a fact that is causing him to question many of his long-held prejudices.

Does everyone want to learn goblin? Or is there something else you'd like to do during the time it takes your companions to learn?

I'm good with that. Seems like a useful thing to know

Yeah, I figured they wouldn't be Scrooge McDuckin' it. I don't really need anything so I'll just give it to a goblin that shows interest in it. Seeing how I'm not doing anything else, perhaps finding one while assisting them while learning their language.

I'm happy to focus on learning goblin. It feels like a good fit for my character.

As posted in the Absences thread, I'll be traveling from 04 June 2018 through 15 June 2018. I don't know how much wifi access I'll have, but even if I have access my DMing ability will be extremely limited.

I tried to time your characters' downtime with my absence, so it seems to have worked out. If you haven't done so already, make sure you level up to 4.

I'm undecided on what to do with my ASI. Does Gyges have Find Familiar?