Sorry, I've been having computer issues - my personal computer is refusing to charge, and posting on my phone or work computer is a lot more annoying.

Apologies, once more. As soonn as I tried to return I managed to get COVID :(

Welcome to our new player, Nar! I'm Banner, a halfling invested with the spirit of a dwarven band of mercenaries.

Attempting to catch up with IC today and tomorrow

We're happy to have you back, Banner - I hope you'll enjoy the opportunities the current situation presents, and look forward to what you can contribute to the ongoing plans! ^_^

Rather than think things through and simply Take 20, I went an rolled Perform (and failed); would you accept a retry, or a retry with a Take 20? Asking ahead of writing up - clearly happy with either ruling, just rusty on the mechanics and gaming it seems!!

I mean, taking 20 would still require you to go through a multitude of tales until you reach a proper one, so it's not overly different from just rolling - unless you happen to have a special ability which lets you treat a roll as a 20 (of the sort Argos showed in his discussion with Diata), in which case you can use it regardless of having rolled already.

If you don't have such an ability, you can go ahead and show Banner being unable to come up with a properly epic tale with a tree as its protagonist.

Thanks for confirming, will write up!

Is this the point where i remind everyone that this means that ability damage, blinded, confused, dazed, dazzled, deafened, diseased, exhausted, fatigued, feebleminded, insanity, nauseated, poisoned, sickened, and stunned are on the table since i can heal those? :P

You're not present at the competition though, and the judge will demand any effect imposed is reversed before handing over the prize. Also, the healer can deal with some of those effects, although not all of them.

I have a modest selection of condition inflicting abilities, but they're all short duration (typically rounds/level), so that shouldn't be a problem.

The more worrying thing is making sure my attacks don't kill weak creatures even if I am doing non-lethal.

That's indeed the intent - part of making a small army of CR 3 creature something approaching a challenge for a level 15 character.

Is Verik not able to reach back and understand the materials?

In reply to Verik (msg # 27):

The ability reads the past of an object, so no, it can't go back to before the item was forged. It can determine what the item was forged from, however, so in this case there's multiple combinations of wood, gum, glass, metal, gravel, and similar non-organic (except for wood and plant product, and a slight bit of bone and ivory) materials of various stripes.
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:18, Wed 07 Sept 2022.

By object reading or by his magical senses, can he tell whether she created a mind when she made the statue, and that's what's suffering?

It is possible - animating magic (such as Bestow Life) is Enhancement, and the statues do have Enhancement aura, but that could just as well be something used to reinforce the structural solidity of the compound, or something. So, if that was the case, you can't prove it in a manner that would be 100% persuasive to an expert. Your current abilities don't give you the means to be sure about it, one way or the other.
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:52, Wed 07 Sept 2022.

But I am sure they're not actual people.

I mean, what counts an actual people? You're pretty sure they were initially items, yes, but if your supposition that they are items to which Hylena granted awareness just so that she could enjoy their terror as she turned them to stone is correct... is the difference really meaningful?

Food for thoughts, I guess. If the question was "the statues were actually crafted from the material provided by the contest organizers, even if it's possible that she bestowed life on them once she'd crafted the items", then yes, you're sure the statues were not living creatures before the materials they're composed of made its way to Hylena's hands.

New tokens:
09:52, Today: Halasik rolled 801 using 15d100 with rolls of 67,15,88,46,85,40,18,43,46,76,97,30,53,65,32.  tokens 4.

09:52, Today: Halasik rolled 906 using 20d100 with rolls of 1,34,50,22,47,37,83,74,40,54,4,92,48,32,70,4,12,71,77,54.  tokens 3.

09:51, Today: Halasik rolled 1032 using 20d100 with rolls of 38,79,66,79,83,31,87,61,25,61,70,26,60,75,46,51,40,18,31,5.  tokens 2.

09:51, Today: Halasik rolled 838 using 20d100 with rolls of 51,1,45,99,64,41,83,25,15,7,42,46,4,36,58,97,24,5,62,33.  tokens 1.

09:53, Today: Halasik rolled 273 using 4d100 with rolls of 59,92,87,35.  rerolls.


That should be:
2 Tree
  Flame
  Leaf
2 Beehive
2 Flag
  Bell
  Scarf
2 Glove
  Crown
  Paw
2 Staff
2 Wheel
  Axe
  Rope
  Skull
  Hourglass
  Whip
  Tower
3 Sun
  Moon
  Trumpet
  Cloud
  Horn
4 Tail
  Turtle
  Web
  Egg
  String
  Gem
2 Fork
  Iris
  Magnolia
  Ivy
2 Lemon
  Spear
  Eye
  Vortex
  Boot
  Ladder
2 Fist
  Chain
  Shield
  Bag
  Flask
  Thunderbolt
2 Bullseye
3 Grapes
  Hat
2 Pendant
  Cloak
2 Chest
2 Map
  Knife
  Belt
This message was last edited by the player at 15:27, Thu 08 Sept 2022.

In reply to September (msg # 4):

Referring to the list September put in #4, I have added in:
Beehive, web, egg, iris, magnolia, grapes, cloak, chest.
Still missing: Heart, Club, Scarab, Clover (these are all special in some way), plus:
Bridle, Banana, helmet, glasses, vest, gauntlet.

We now have the complete set of Greenhouse/Alchemical contests, and one other unknown area.

I believe you only rerolled four times, when you should have rerolled five, so you're missing one token. You also got 2 Strings, while you only noted down one. Also, at the end, it's 2 Chest (not three), 2 Maps, and a Knife - you have them listed one by one there for some reason.

Also, have you included the tokens Nàr brought along in your count, and the two Banner just earned?
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:53, Thu 08 Sept 2022.

In reply to Supervisor of reality (msg # 35):

Thanks for the re-rolls, I mis-counted them. Reroll added an extra belt.

The duplicate rows were also mistakes, correcting now.


I did not take into account Banner or Nar's tokens, I just compared what I added to what September had listed in msg #4 on this thread.

There's a misconception that Verik can create a mind-bridge - because earlier I was referring to something someone else could do and it came across like Verik was doing it - but in fact he can only mentally communicate with other Munavri (absent some other effect).

Ah, ok! I will update my Buffs thread entry and post, thanks

So, since Banner wants to go to the greenhouse, and Verik hasn't objected, and you do happen to have all five flower tokens, even if you only obtained them recently due to Halasik's last success, I'm going to rule that you distributed the tokens among the team and as a result, by lucky coincidence, the necessary flower tokens are with Verik. That way I can have them be at the greenhouse without problem.

I'm giving everybody ten or so hours to raise objections to the idea if you disagree with me running things this way. I feel like it's the best way to push things forward.

I'm ok with it.

That said, I think I'm also just about done with my current situation, so I could finish up talking with the aeon and then go join Verik and Banner?

That works perfectly fine with me. Banner, Verik, any objections to being joined by Halasik in checking over the greenhouse?