motley crew:lmao [/spoiler]
[spoiler]Quick clarification, Agita--Do you mean Mickey Dee, the woman's friend, Lemmy, or someone else?[/spoiler][spoiler]Lucy tells the woman that the woman's friend touched her. (She's lying, in case it's not clear.)
[spoiler]certain types of psionic activities
Such as? :p[/spoiler]
[spoiler]I never said Lucy couldn't join us, I just won't let her touch the booze or cigarettes ;)[/spoiler][spoiler]I think it was agreed on at some point in the OOC thread that Lucy should better stay in Sharn while negotiations are conducted. I'm inclined to concur, really. :lol[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Ow, those preparations, I thought you meant the ones to ready the airship for the trip :)[/spoiler][spoiler]I never said Lucy couldn't join us, I just won't let her touch the booze or cigarettes ;)[/spoiler][spoiler]I think it was agreed on at some point in the OOC thread that Lucy should better stay in Sharn while negotiations are conducted. I'm inclined to concur, really. :lol[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Put her cargo in a Smuggler's Hold.[/spoiler][spoiler]It's been there since we left. :D I was thinking of putting a "real" object in front of the area where the opening to the Smuggler's Hold is magically concealed, as well. So it would be magically concealed as well as covered up by a mundane physical object, like a large trunk. Eddie will direct a follower to do that now, and that will be standard MO from now on.
[spoiler]If there are any protective, obscurative or divination-type effects running, could you list them so I don't run into another snag like last time?[/spoiler][spoiler] :lol
Then again, this is Riedra. Though they might keep a wary eye out for the Inspired, nobody expects the vanished Inquisition.Very funny. :D
[spoiler]I've been rolling terribly for the inquisitor's Wisdom checks anyway, but what was the ML on that Time Hop?[/spoiler][spoiler]10[/spoiler]"I'd say it worked. He'll be back soon, though. If you all want to step outside somewhere, I will deal with him. He'll never know what happened." The disembodied voice chuckles.
Feeling ignored, Lucy shifts her attention to Nax's unusual ears, flying up behind him and pulling on them. "Ooh! Was your mommy a cat? Or your daddy?"
"Oh you're quite well known among certain... circles. Wouldn't you say, Felix?"
The "archon" standing nearby changes form into a human with pale, withered skin and red eyes. He says "Oh yes, I'd say so."
The disembodied voice continues "After your... disappearance, your notebook was found, and your... procedure... has been replicated many times over since then
I'm sure Thomas, our resident fanboy of undeath, would be particularly delighted to meet you. Well... not the only fanboy, but probably the most... dedicated."
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I just gave my undead-making cleric a name. :P [/spoiler]
The dour kalashtar shrugs at the noise. "Go ahead and probe us. What will it prove? Even if you find nothing, you can still claim we're quori puppets and slay us. Whatever justification is necessary for you to slay us and still sleep peacefully."
His talkative companion looks much less laid back about the situation.
[spoiler]You know, at first I misread the word "detectable" as "delectable." :P[/spoiler][spoiler]Eh, either one works. The fact that you misread it means that I must be doing good job making Eddie seem like an incredibly creepy, weird, and evil bastard. :D[/spoiler]
Without further ado, the kalashtar make their exit, accompanied by Felix and William. Upon exiting the ship, the strange group makes its way across the dusty plains, quickly becoming hard to follow in the swirls of dust. The pair of kalashtar put their goggles and masks back on as they enter the dust storm.
A few minutes of walking takes them to the foot of the mountains, where one of the kalashtar wordlessly indicates a small crevice in the rock that they crawl into one at a time, quickly vanishing from sight.
[spoiler]So, do we trust them enough to send our minions in after them? :D[/spoiler]
[spoiler]So, do we trust them enough to send our minions in after them? :D[/spoiler][spoiler]Felix has one of the Ring Gates, and Eddie's psicrystal. So Eddie is basically "with them", too. :P
[spoiler]Being busy with school is a wonderful thing, ain't it?[spoiler]With that much help, I'm probably better off not asking for anything else. :P[/spoiler]
Lucy will be trying to get front-row seats to watch through the portal... and readies an action to stick her arm out and burninate if things turn ugly (or fun, if you ask her). :D
Her cohort, however, might be on deck. She also has a higher Wis, and thus an actual chance to spot something. :P
Spot cohort (1d20+5=17) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2456930/)
Listen cohort (1d20+5=8) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2456931/)
Hold on, Aasimars also get +2 to Spot and Listen on top of that, don't they? Not that it's likely to matter...
Reminds me that I need to persist some spells on the group. Nax wants a Death Ward and Life Ward, IIRC. I think everyone will appreciate a Chained Persisted Reached Greater Vigor. :D Any other wishes?[/spoiler]
[spoiler]...how much did that freaking ship cost anyways?![/spoiler][spoiler]A lot... :p Several people took the Landlord feat, and all applied it to the ship.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]I'm assuming that's a standard, five power points expended Dispel Psionics?[/spoiler][spoiler]Well... that depends on how you interpret the augmentation to work. If I can get 1d20+20 for augmenting with 5 power points, I'll certainly do that.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]I'd rather cap the bonus to your dispel check at your manifester level, I think.[/spoiler][spoiler]I'm assuming that's a standard, five power points expended Dispel Psionics?[/spoiler][spoiler]Well... that depends on how you interpret the augmentation to work. If I can get 1d20+20 for augmenting with 5 power points, I'll certainly do that.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Certainly the more reasonable implementation. :D Given the fact that we're highly likely to meet other Psions with Dispel... it's also the one I'd prefer. :P[spoiler]I'd rather cap the bonus to your dispel check at your manifester level, I think.[/spoiler][spoiler]I'm assuming that's a standard, five power points expended Dispel Psionics?[/spoiler][spoiler]Well... that depends on how you interpret the augmentation to work. If I can get 1d20+20 for augmenting with 5 power points, I'll certainly do that.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]*As in Dave Murray, Guitarrist for Iron Maiden.[/spoiler][spoiler] :lmao[/spoiler]Felix says "We already have such a map-projector onboard the Judas, although I wouldn't know how ours compares in quality with this one. I'm sure Eddie or Lemmy might be interested in it, though, at least to compare them."
"Interesting. Looks to me as though much of it would be more useful to our benefactors here than to us... possibly to the exception of the map and the communicators. But again, not my decision to make." Nax shrugged. "By the way, servant. Henceforth, your name will be Murray*."[spoiler]Nice :D[/spoiler]
[spoiler]*As in Dave Murray, Guitarrist for Iron Maiden.[/spoiler]
Lucy briefly looks at the scattered corpse in surprise... then, she starts crying. Running up to Mikkey (and stepping on what appears to have once been part of the man's spleen on the way), the girl starts pounding him with her fists and yells, "You broke him! You broke him! Go fix him now!"Looking somewhat surprised and somewhat uncomfortable, not really knowing how to deal with the situation at hand Mikkey just shrugs and says "Sorry Lucy, but I'm no priest or necromancer. Maybe Eddie's Death Priestess can help?"
The girl looks confused and says "Uh... my name is Anna." Seeing the gore surrounding the corpse she says "Oooh, nice spread on that one, Mikkey!""Thanks luv, at least now the others won't bitch at me for ruining the carpet. Man, I'm never going to live that one down.
I mean, how was I supposed to know that was the Aerenal customary greeting? The guy had a knife and a baboon for fucks sake..."[/color][spoiler]:lmao[/spoiler]Eddie says "Enough with the jibber jabber, you useless bag of flesh! Question that corpse... and then animate it for Lucy as a plaything. And then go hide somewhere so I don't have to look at you anymore."
[spoiler]Nax won't be doing much of anything until he can get a living creature to shadowify by killing it with another shadow. Too bad summoned monsters don't actually die.[/spoiler][spoiler]Eddie can help with that. :D I have 50 1st level minions, most of which don't even have any stats at all, and all of which are expendable. That's why I didn't explicitly say who exactly I dropped off... I wasn't sure how many we wanted. :P I could easily spare 35 or so without even noticing they were gone... [/spoiler]As the ship rises, Eddie's voice speaks to those who were dropped off with Anna and Nax saying "It is your time to join the ranks of the unliving. You have earned your place alongside those who have been found worthy before you. Now go forth, and strike down our enemies when they arrive, and your ranks will swell ever more."
"Wake me up if anything exciting happens."[/spoiler]
Eddie opens the channels on the psychic conduit up to their maximum and says "OK, it's showtime. Let's crank this thing up to 11 and see if we can't wake these dreamers up to the nightmare they're living in."
[spoiler]Does Master of Puppets seem like an appropriate tune? :D[/spoiler]