OOC Thread

With the chunk of the hand that clinked into the darkness can I light a torch and try to find it, maybe doing an investigation or perception check?

As far as Spanish= Celestial I think Ramen and I were talking about the Spanish being related to being healed by Raishe when his HP went to zero. Which lead to a religious experience for someone who had never been exposed to religion before. If having it be Celestial would be the wrong language to be related to stylistically, then we can liken it more to speaking in tongues for some unknown deity at this point. I thought we had spoken to Len about this but maybe I thought I talked about it and didn't, oops.

Do rituals use up spell slots, by the way? I thought they did but now I'm not sure.

We can make Spanish = Celestial, no problemo! (jaja I don't speak any Spanish). Sorry if I wasn't understanding 100%, I can be obtuse. I definitely understand the divine connection.

Jacketch, rituals use 10 minutes of time and no spell slots.

No need to roll to search, you can just find the claw.

Jaketch, have you thought about which school of magic you want to specialize in when we hit 2nd level? I don't think any of the rest of us have big character decisions to make when we level up, but wizards choose their Arcane Tradition. I meant to mention something about this earlier when you were asking about whether you could hit the enemy with Burning Hands without hitting your friends. If area of effect (AoE) spells are something you want to lean toward, Evocation would be the school for that. You can choose creatures in range of an AoE spell that will avoid damage. There are seven other schools, though, so you might want to start thinking about it now.

I checked them out, but Pageflap'll be the kind of bird to go for abjuration what with his goal and everything

He'll be much less squishy!

There's that too!

I'm not sure if I want to keep Burning Hands, though. Ice Knife has been serving me well so far, and I'm wondering if I can or should switch it with Shield for just in case situations.

You won't be able to have Shield in your spellbook until 2nd level, and you'll be able to memorize one more spell (a total of 5) then, so by the time you have Shield available, you won't have to make the decision. I would want to keep Ice Knife, though. That thing is pretty powerful. I suppose what keeps it from being overpowered is the fact that it does no damage on a save, as opposed to the typical half damage for an AoE spell.

Oh I meant switch Burning Hands with Shield, sorry. Not giving up my Ice Knife.

Along with Shield, what's the other spell you plan to put in your spellbook next level?

Still undecided, but Pageflap wants Feather Fall.

It's not exactly advice, but a couple thoughts occur to me. I'd say with Mage Armor and the ward you get from the school of abjuration, you could probably hold off on shield until 3rd level. We have three beef boys to take damage, so Pageflap should be able to avoid being a target (or taking much damage if he becomes one). My own play style is a little off traditional, so take my ruminations with that in mind. I'm a fan of lesser-used utility spells and coming up with unique ways to use them. You've got some good offensive and defensive spells. Feather Fall would be a nice one to help out your party if something happens. Are there any other spells that strike your fancy, even if you can't think how they would come into play?

Yikes guys this seems dubious. Should we presume talking would arouse some leech attention? Also would Barendd have time to create a pick of sorts using one of his two crowbars the claw and some rope?

Not sure, seems like if we move forward at all we’d get noticed. I would say to try and tie the rope to the claw and throw it towards the box to try and get a hook to pull it, but there are tentacles all around it. And I’m sure we don’t have a way of opening the doors without close inspection. Hmmmm.

@Starrbeardo: It is safe to assume the sound of water crashing from the fissures above will drown out any quiet noises you make. Also, you have as much time as you want to take. You can even go back to town to resupply, although it'll cost you a con save as you have to climb back out to the surface.

So far, you've only been noticed when PageFlap poked the root. How entrenched the box is is hard to say from this range.

It may be possible for Pageflap to sneak over there since he has +5 in stealth, and Raishe's guidance could boost that some more too. Not to mention using inspiration, but I already used mine. It would still be risky, but it's doable if we're not able to figure out how to use the golden doors.

That seems like a good secondary plan, I think the doors would be a good start.