*chuckles*   I'm sure that there are lots of "helping orphans and nuns" sites that are infected, too.   ;)

Hey sorry guys, I'm back. Hunting trip, followed by tons of shrimp. Literally. We've been fishing back to back trips for 2 weeks now.

I'll catch up, and get back to posting tonight. Again,. sorry.

Just trying to get some conversation going while we wait for BB to get us to the lizardman camp.

I do love a good conversation.  :)

New Game Map has been uploaded. You will have to scroll side to side to see it all. If you have any questions, just ask. :)

I'm out on the ocean crabbing. Sorry, give me a day to get back in and post.

No problem, Silver. Good to hear from you. :)

Wow, Thelonious... you and I both got natural 20s on diplomacy... that's pretty amazing...

Did we ever come up with any options for accomplishing this mission?

As I see it, the lizardmen are here and established.  They have no reason to move.  Unless we have something of great value to offer, or something of terrible consequence to threaten, why would they move?

The only thing I remember was the possibility of transferring them to one of the Elven ruins marked on an old map we'd found.  But again, whey would they want to move to any of them.  This place seems to be fine.  That's not even taking into consideration that there may very well be something here that they want.  And if this place is covered by an anti-magic sphere, then they've got very powerful protections from adventurers.

In fact, a dragon's breath-weapon is a supernatural feature that does not work in an anti-magic zone.  Which is one reason why her scaly-ass-ness might be reluctant to try to drive them out herself.  No spells, no breath weapon, just teeth and claws.  She would still probably win, but she'd take a licking in the process.

So, we can threaten them: We represent a powerful patron that wants them gone.  If they refuse ... pain and suffering ... last generation ... blah blah blah

Or we can bribe them: With what I have no clue.

Anyone have any suggestions?

I think the plan was to see what they had and what they might want, and to go from there. We don't know enough about them or the area to know right now what will be effective (other than just fighting), but maybe we can figure something out.

And if we can't... well, there's always plan B... Hit things with sharp pointy objects and flashes of magic...

Yes, I think we were going to try to reason with them, and perhaps offer to lead them somewhere else better.

Again,  why would they leave.  What could we possibly offer?

And if this is an anti-magic zone (we're apparently waiting for confirmation) we're going to have a tough time "persuading" them without our two wizards being able to do the flashy bits.

I've been thinking about that.....
How about that a dragon, who will live 100 times longer than any of them, now has nothing to do but constantly think of ways to get them to leave?
The dragon can spend the next 100 years hiring adventurers to attack them, she can fly over head and drop big rocks on them (or throw them from afar), or destroy the habitat for miles in every direction, just out of spite?

I might be way off base here, but I know I wouldn't want to live in a secure cave if there was a huge dragon just outside, waiting with anticipation for the second I lower my guard.

True, but I got the impression that Satin didn't want anyone to know that she was involved.  Am I alone in that impression?

Of course, we could just tell them we work for a powerful patron (without specifying who) that wants the site and will be willing to send wave after wave of adventurers until the lizardmen are all dead or fled.  And we're here to try to find a way to solve the problem peacefully before it goes to that extreme.

Of course, with lizardmen, I'm not sure if leading with the carrot or the stick would be better.

Sorry for my leave of absence. Family problems during the holidays sucks.

I think we need to keep rolling natural 20's with that diplomacy skill we started out with! Threatening a village of lizardmen will just get us thrown in the pond with the crocodiles.

Ok I have like almost a week off. I really meant to post the other day after I chimed in....but in all that time I've been on dry land a total of 4 days, including this one. I'm about to go sleep for like 18 hours, but after that I should be able to chime in IC again.

Hooray! Internet now reliably back!

... Didn't we already kill the dragon with the cultists?

Or am I misremembering.

Not, of course, that the lizardfolk would know that, but still...

We didn't kill them all, I don't think, though if the lizard men are talking about the outpost we came from then it might be empty after Silk attacked.  Though more cultists might be back by now.

We killed two young dragons at the outpost.   There was supposed to be an adult as well, but he or she wasn't there ... I think it had been lured off by Silk. And maybe the one we killed in the forest before meeting Silk was the mate.

We were told the medusa was supposed to be there,  but she had recently left.   Probably setting up a new outpost in the lizardfolk's old home, and the dragon probably went there.

As to leaving two people behind, my guess is this is BB's way of removing NPCs.

In reply to Myarra (msg # 936):

I'm presuming that the GM wants to weed out NPCs as well, though IC Aliana would feel guilty about that.
:)

I know.  She's so sweet, just looking at her causes diabetes. :)

*blushes*   Aw, shucks....

Yes, it is weeding out NPC's, but as all of you know, there's always stupid adventurers wandering around this forest looking for trouble and treasure, so I'm sure you'll find a few new players. hint hint. LOL

Been real buzzy with saving our kitchen from fungi.
And now a planned vacation is coming up.
I dont expect to have time to log in before the 17th of feb.