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[thirdkingdom]

The laminated bows are +1 damage and have their range increments increased by 15/30/45 feet.

@TK: Quick question about this: Lanny's longbow currently has a range of 70/140/210. With the laminated longbow, is it now 85/155/225, or 85/170/255? (I would think it's the first one, only because the Dark Dungeons rulebook shows that I shouldn't be able to hit at a range of 250' until I become a Grandmaster... but I thought I would ask to be sure.)

Actually the second. The range increases apply across the board, so if he makes Grandmaster the range would be 295'.

[sulldawga]

I'm thinking perhaps we take the troll on first? If we prove successful in that fight, I might feel more comfortable taking on multiple ogres.

[thirdkingdom]

Since we are just coming off the weekend I am going to give you guys until this evening before moving on to the meeting with the Baron. Makofan, I have Grey Jake as practicing with his short sword for 8 hours this day.

[zebediah]

TK, I have adjusted Drudsa's inventory with the spellbook.

I think we have discussed this before but I just could not find it: can Drudsa memorize spells from his newly acquired book (after learning the spells of course) or does he need to write them in his own spellbook?

[thirdkingdom]

This is how it is going to work: the two of you that purchased spellbooks will have to wait until the following day to memorize and cast Read Magic to find out what spells are in the books. Keep in mind that the phrase "learning spells" means "scribing into your spellbook". So, you guys cannot memorize spells from your new spellbooks because you haven't learned how to cast them. Now, with the system I've come up with you are essentially guaranteed to be able to learn any spell; the only question is how long it takes to learn them.

[rremedio]

What about paying for the stuff needed to write the new spell? It doesn't make much difference, but I suppose that Meagnor will need to wait until the next day or two until he finds stores open. Or not? And what is the price? 75gp?

[thirdkingdom]

What about paying for the stuff needed to write the new spell? It doesn't make much difference, but I suppose that Meagnor will need to wait until the next day or two until he finds stores open. Or not? And what is the price? 75gp?

As mentioned earlier, the cost is 75 gp per spell level. Let's assume that the necessary ingredients are available at the festival as well.

[rremedio]

What about paying for the stuff needed to write the new spell? It doesn't make much difference, but I suppose that Meagnor will need to wait until the next day or two until he finds stores open. Or not? And what is the price? 75gp?

As mentioned earlier, the cost is 75 gp per spell level. Let's assume that the necessary ingredients are available at the festival as well.

Ok, thank you. I wasn't sure about the price. I need to read through the threads and add some things like that to the Player's Notes thread.

[frobozz]

This is how it is going to work: the two of you that purchased spellbooks will have to wait until the following day to memorize and cast Read Magic to find out what spells are in the books.

If time permits on the next day, Lanny will suggest that Drudsa and the elves visit Myraal tomorrow (perhaps after meeting with Fr. Varis and Quinthos), and save their Read Magic spells until they arrive at Myraal's library (in case there are even more magical writings there to be read).

Besides, if we find out that any of these scrolls or spellbooks are cursed when we read them, it might be handy to have a powerful mage nearby to help us out!

[zebediah]

At this stage Drudsa has no plans of joining the guild so I don't think Myraal will give him access to the library and other guild facilities. Let's see what happens when we meet the Baron, that might affect the possible activities the group might choose to undertake on the following day.

[Finglas]

Bregalad the elf

Bregalad would like to go along with Lanny's plans. He will have Read Magic prepared for tomorrow. If Myraal requires that we must join the guild before we can make use of their library, then Bregalad will explore other options first. He recalls there was another wizard who lived south of the city. He'd like to meet her when he has an opportunity.

[rremedio]

Does anybody want a Normal Sword, a Short Bow or a Scale Mail? If not, I'll try to sell them.

[Luis]

I have a lantern and sling + pellets up for grabs if anyone wants it too.

I'll update my char sheet tomorrow. I wanted to partake in the arrow context but I guess since I didn't have the sheet updated you weren't sure. No biggie, Saul drank a bit too much last night and the lass he picked up didn't want him to leave bed so early and he doesn't like to say no to a lady.

I vote no name yeat, we already have a couple of adventures to tell our grandkids but I say we need to actually get some recognition, we're just starting to get some as thirdkingdom described... Damn, I want to have kids roleplaying my RPG character in an RPG!

BTW, as usual the weekend was too much for me to be able to post

[rremedio]

I'll post IC in the morning.

The Father and the Baron don't have any clues about Bargle/Elwyn yet. Maybe there's something to be found in the caves that can be helpful. But Quinthos won't wait too long, so if we will help him we must leave soon.

The caves are possibly not very far from the trail that leads to Quinthos village. Should we try to convince him to follow us to the caves in the way to the ogres? I think sulldawga has a good point about testing us in the caves before we face the ogres (but who knows what we will find inside the caves? Undead won't fall to Sleep or Charm).

The orcs are not much off the trail too. Maybe a day or two would be lost. If they really have a great treasure we shouldn't miss it.

For now Meagnor would vote for going to the caves, then to Quinthos village and then to the orcs. But he would like to hear what the others have in mind. Supposing we will be able to convince Quinthos to wait or follow us. Helping the elves is Meagnor's priority now, but he will understand any group decision.

After Lanny is done with the spell scribings, Meagnor would like to learn Magic Missiles, if nobody else wants to study his book.

[thirdkingdom]

Okay guys, it is up to y'all to decide what you would like to do at this point. Tomorrow is the second and final day of the festival. There should be plenty of plot hooks to pick from. I'd like a decision within 24 hours so we can move on and begin killing things and taking their stuff.

[frobozz]

The Father and the Baron don't have any clues about Bargle/Elwyn yet. Maybe there's something to be found in the caves that can be helpful. But Quinthos won't wait too long, so if we will help him we must leave soon.
The caves are possibly not very far from the trail that leads to Quinthos village. Should we try to convince him to follow us to the caves in the way to the ogres? I think sulldawga has a good point about testing us in the caves before we face the ogres (but who knows what we will find inside the caves? Undead won't fall to Sleep or Charm).

The orcs are not much off the trail too. Maybe a day or two would be lost. If they really have a great treasure we shouldn't miss it.

For now Meagnor would vote for going to the caves, then to Quinthos village and then to the orcs. But he would like to hear what the others have in mind. Supposing we will be able to convince Quinthos to wait or follow us. Helping the elves is Meagnor's priority now, but he will understand any group decision.

Lanny supports the idea of returning to the caves and spending one day there to finish clearing them (1st level and the troll) before continuing on to Quinthos's village. If any major clues about Bargle or Elwyn are found in the caves, or if a massive hoard of treasure is found in the caves, the PCs can return to Threshold immediately if they so choose. If not, the PCs can continue on to Quinthos's village. (If for any reason the party decides not to help Quinthos with his plight, Lanny will, at the very least, provide financial support to Quinthos to allow him to hire some men-at-arms to help him deal with the ogres.)

Just for the record, Lanny's greatest interest is actually in the most recent plot hook we received, about the burial mounds a day's ride north of Penhaligon. I think we will eventually need to go to Penhaligon anyway to gather information in preparation for infiltrating Elwyn's stronghold, and this plot hook would give us a nice dungeon crawl to do while we are waiting around for word from the men that were sent out to search for the stronghold.

By the way, if I am understanding correctly, I believe we will need to stay in town one more day (Thaumont 11) while we are waiting for Marodin's warhammer and Tratiln's plate mail armor to be finished. We can leave town on the morning of Thaumont 12. That will give us one extra day to train, study, visit Myrall,tie up loose ends, etc.

After Lanny is done with the spell scribings, Meagnor would like to learn Magic Missiles, if nobody else wants to study his book.

Lanny will be addressing this issue IC fairly soon!

[Bouv]

Tratiln very much wants to help his fellow elf but believes that more than one orge maybe too much for them right now, that they need to get stronger. However, knowing time is limited, he thinks we should head to the caves, fight the big ugly we heard and if we are successful, head to the elf village. Tratiln does want to finish off the caves but feels they can wait a bit longer.

So:

1. Fight troll in the caves
2. Help elves
3. ??
4. Profit!

[frobozz]

Tratiln very much wants to help his fellow elf but believes that more than one orge maybe too much for them right now, that they need to get stronger. However, knowing time is limited, he thinks we should head to the caves, fight the big ugly we heard and if we are successful, head to the elf village. Tratiln does want to finish off the caves but feels they can wait a bit longer.

So:

1. Fight troll in the caves
2. Help elves
3. ??
4. Profit!

One thing to consider here: Clearing the first level of the caves will take about 1 day. Helping Quinthos will take a minimum of 2 weeks. So if we are concerned about time, I would suggest that the trip to Quinthos's village is what should be cut. There may still be clues about Elwyn and Bargle in other parts of the cave which could easily be found just by checking all of the unexplord passages.

[zebediah]

We can propose to Quinthos that he joins us for a couple of errands (in the cave and perhaps some other quest that does not require us to travel too far from this area) and then we follow him to his village.

One thing that might be interesting for us to do (even in the next day if the location is sufficiently nearby) is this one:

A large beast, possessing a foul temper and evil dispostion, has been terrorizing the logging camps north of Threshold. No one can say for certainty what manner of animal it is, but the beast has been responsible for the deaths of at least five loggers. The Baron has offered anyone who slays the beast an enchanted blade of ancient provence.

[thirdkingdom]

To give some logistical clarification, refer to table 12.1 on page 147. Use the "Broken Ground" column for travel up to hex 08.05, and the "Open Terrain" column the rest of the way. The trail is rough and not well maintained, through difficult terrain (which is why we're not using the first movement column).