[Master] ==== Gaming session started: Tue Oct 20 20:05:15 EDT 2020 ====

mharm-05997 has joined the game on Fri Oct 23 19:00:03 EDT 2020

mharm-05997 is receiving the map Church Ground Floor...

mharm-05997 has received the map Church Ground Floor.

[mharm-05997] I am here, but taking a small dinner break. May not answer right away. Hi ALL!

[mharm-05997] :)

[mharm-05997] Sorry for overloading you with information on the site

[mharm-05997] Wanted to get things moving right along

Ryan has joined the game on Fri Oct 23 19:01:06 EDT 2020

Ryan is receiving the map Church Ground Floor...

Ryan has received the map Church Ground Floor.

[Master] grins

[Master] and did not overload at all Michael

[Master] Lisa and I were laughing because You, your Mom and Lisa are all very keyed in to what smelting is etc.

[Master] and you brought it into the game which is great

[Master] and Welcome Ryan

[Master] very glad you are here

[Ryan] Hello!

[Ryan] That will change soon, I assure you

[Master] You are short one Detection Proficiency by the way, you get to add a bonus to one of the slots you have

[Master] does not give you any new slots unfortunately

Spring has joined the game on Fri Oct 23 19:06:34 EDT 2020

Spring is receiving the map Church Ground Floor...

Spring has received the map Church Ground Floor.

[Master] but makes you better by 1 at something

[Ryan] Oh, shoot. I misunderstood, then.

[Ryan] I was thinking of putting it into some form of mining

[Master] sadly not available but I did not check your totals to see if you had any open slots

[Spring] hi y'all!

[Master] I will do that now

[Master] and Hello Spring!

[Master] how are you?

[Ryan] A year in, and we are still finding ways that I failed to create my character correctly.

[Master] LOL nah there are LOTS of tweaks available that you may or may not have taken

[Spring] not great. dunno how long I’ll be on

[Master] I am very sorry for that Spring what happened?

[Ryan] Oh no

[mharm-05997] I am back, and what Can I do to help Spring?

[mharm-05997] Anything?

[Spring] it's a fairly severe depression attack. hit me about 11 AM and hasn't let up yet

[Master] picks you up

[Ryan] Would it help if I did the knife trick from Aliens?

[Spring] heh

[Master] Lets it all fall away under you

[Ryan] I'm not very good at it, hence the nickname Frodo

[Master] keeping you up and away from it

[mharm-05997] Oh god. I'm sorry spring. I am on Lamotrigine for that

[mharm-05997] Stay busy is the best advice I got

[mharm-05997] But no one really knows

[Ryan] Anything I can do to help

[mharm-05997] Yeah, me too?

[Spring] usually these years mine are brief and infrequent enough that I can't justify medication, but every now and then I get an ugly one

[Spring] it should be gone by tomorrow.

[Spring] not much that can be done, but thanks for offering

[Spring] I already know you all won't judge if I have to bail and go to bed, and that does me a world of good

[mharm-05997] (Watch a silly tv show in the background of the game :) We'll go easy on you for words today :) )

[mharm-05997] I'll certainly not judge

[mharm-05997]

[Master] We will do what you need Spring

[Master] can help you keep focused here and away from inside

[mharm-05997] (Hey, I even put together a Mine proposal for you! You don't even have to say anything! Just stamp it and you are good! Your minions can do your dirty work tonight :) haha )

[Master] or just let you do what you need

[Spring] heh

[Master] and yeah Spring go read Michael's treatise on how to set up a Mine

[Master] grins

[mharm-05997] No don't

[mharm-05997] Not when depressed

[Master] he did a very good job of having all the details

[Spring] hehehe

[Master] and making it so no one needs to worry about anything but signing off on things

[Master] it is seriously good Michael

[mharm-05997] lol

[Master] those are the details that make the world better

[mharm-05997] Nevin probably thought otherwise...

[Master] chuckles Nevin wants simple easy things to summarize for Branwyn

[mharm-05997] Hey that's his job, not mine LOL

[Master] exactly!

[Master] Ryan you did your sheet just right except for the bonus to a detection proficiency

[Master] and Carissa will be in and bring a new gnome to help with mining

[Ryan] Can I add a bonus to detecting Englishmen?

[Master] and Lisa is taking the night off so you can all work together

[Master] LOL

[Master] fee fi fo fum

[Ryan] Fee fi fo fumb.... I smell the blood of an Englishman

[Master] grins

[Ryan] YES!!!

[mharm-05997] Oh shoot. Wanted to ask her I could send her a steam code

[mharm-05997] ah, next time

[Master] do it on Discord

[Ryan] Oh my, how steamy

[mharm-05997] lol

[mharm-05997] I'll do that

[mharm-05997] she has GOT to play Disco Elysium

[Ryan] Oh yeah....

[Master] Lisa is very interested and is finding it hard to stop typing when her characters are not here, so she is taking the night off

[Master] and next week depending on what happens tonight

[Ryan] I had heard about that game.

[Master] Lisa wants Spring and Michael and Carissa/Ryan/Lara to really be in charge and make this happen

[Master] She had her chance to create now wants to make sure you get to do the same

[Ryan] Skarphedin proclaims that this land is now Dorfslandia

[Master] chuckles

[Spring] :-)

[mharm-05997] ...

[mharm-05997] I'm not sure what to say to that

[Ryan] Are you a dorf?

[mharm-05997] No

[Ryan] Then you say, "Goodbye."

[mharm-05997] lol

[Ryan] Make Dorfslandia Dorf Again

[mharm-05997] Now we absolutely are not naming it that

[Spring] I feel like I played a dwarf once before but I can't remember who it would be

[mharm-05997] Thanks for ruining it Ryan

[Master] tonight you are planning to solve the Moat, you have lots of black puddings still to deal with, the Goblins and also talking with Baron Ulgin and Pete

[Ryan] MDDA... it's the sound that you make when you are biting into your favorite meal, then crunch down on a tooth.

[mharm-05997] Right

[Master] there are also the ideas of how many people do you want to support

[mharm-05997] How about tonight, moat first

[Master] Pete's apprentices and workers

[Master] etc.

[Master] I am here to give answers as you choose to do

[mharm-05997] I do only have three hours tonight unfort

[Spring] we don't actually want to directly support them at all :-P if I have any say

[Ryan] Question 1: If we postpone until next week, will Lisa solve all of our problems?

[mharm-05997] No

[Ryan] Fair

[Spring] I want to give them a wee loan until their parishioners start paying their damn tithes. ahem

[Spring] charticable donations

[mharm-05997] She would actually probably kill us if we made her solve our problems right now lol

[Master] Yes to Spring you get to make those choices, no to Ryan you will get to ask Branwyn for help when you need but you are on your own for the Protectorate

[Spring] activate megalomania

[Ryan] I think they might need a loan, yes

[Master] partially Spring it depends on farmers, the population chart for Dragon Fen has been updated

[Master] there are openings

[Spring] charticable = charitable

[Ryan] If we don't support at all, feel like they might collapse, and that's how you get Cult of the Damned/necromancers

[Master] you get to choose how many acolytes and apprentices they get to have

[Spring] there's support and then there's support

[Spring] there's the booster club and then there's my heroin junkie brother

[Master] LOL

[Master] Quote

[Spring] I’m in favor of booster club

[mharm-05997] I'm in favor of supporting those who truly can't help themselves.

[Ryan] Supporting until they can support themselves?

[Ryan] I can get behind that.

[Spring] in a manner that gets them going

[mharm-05997] I had like six homeless people ask for money last night at work and had nothing left after the first guy and then all the others were mad and I was like, what the hell, I work for a sweeping company, do you think I’m hemorrhaging money out the back of my sweeper or something?

[Ryan] If loans, possibly repaid in goods, like a portion of their annual yield for x period of time.

[Master] right now we are concentrating on Skull Church but the burned village there is Hourglass

[Master] that Mine is in Quellcon

Carissa has joined the game on Fri Oct 23 19:23:16 EDT 2020

Carissa is receiving the map Church Ground Floor...

[Spring] now Snee belongs to a different religion, so she's not gonna say it, but they need to proselytize to some rich folks

[mharm-05997] Right

Carissa has received the map Church Ground Floor.

[Ryan] Michael, I apologized afterwards. I can't help getting angry, but I did apologize.

[Spring] hi Carissa!

[mharm-05997] What?

[Ryan] Hello!

[mharm-05997] Why are you apologizing?

[Master] I always say no to people asking Michael and Ryan

[Ryan] I was insinuating that I was one of the ones asking for money

[Carissa] Hello!

[Master] if they insist I tend to say, Did you try Broward Center for the Homeless,

[mharm-05997] No that's not what I meant at all Ryan. You're good

[mharm-05997] lol

[Master] where my sister is the assistant director?

[Master] and they move along

[Ryan] I tell the same thing to people asking for money in Utah County

[Ryan] Funnily enough, none of them have heard of it.

[Ryan] (Felt like that may have been a bridge too far....)

[mharm-05997] Trust me my man. You're fine

[Master] My sister was the assistant director at Broward Center for the homeless, at Women in Distress, and at Henderson which is a health clinic for people in distress

[Master] and has her own practice

[Spring] heh

[Master] so I know both sides of things

[Spring] the heh is for Ryan

[Master] and where there is help

[Master] and never thought anyone here is dismissive Ryan

[mharm-05997] I pass out the cards I pick up at the shelter, and you know what most of them do. Throw it on the ground

[mharm-05997] I'm sorry.

[Spring] TBF I haven't heard of the Broward Center for the Homeless and I used to live in Broward

[mharm-05997] I need to be better person, it's just hard

[mharm-05997] Wow. This got deep fast

[Ryan] Let's start by helping these fictional farmers in this fictional game that is old enough to drink!

[Spring] :-)

[Master] Spring they are on the corner of Sunrise and 7th, Avenue of the Arts, and most of the pan handlers I encounter are within 1 mile of that location

[Spring] I see

[Ryan] If there is gold in that area, why are they asking for money?

[mharm-05997] Same at Temple Square in Utah

[Master] Michael, do donate but to Doctors without Borders, or the Red Cross, or some place that helps everyone

[mharm-05997] Right.

[Master] Those are two of my go to places

[mharm-05997] I started doing that. But, I do make exceptions. Pregnant woman regardless of circumstance will always get my money no matter what

[Spring] currently one of mine is Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Foundation

[Carissa] Ehh I would nitpick Red Cross, but that's me. Local orgs do so much more.

[Ryan] I give to the Trump Foundation

[mharm-05997] Oh god

[Master] Yes to Carissa

[Ryan] :thumps fist"

[mharm-05997] I give 10 percent to church, and then split between no kill dog shelters, and whomever isn't sending all their money to the top.

[Ryan] That's it! We will build real estate

[Ryan] We will build the most beautiful farms....

[Ryan] The best farms....

[mharm-05997] LOL

[mharm-05997] Will we build a wall too?

[Ryan] Well yeah, because otherwise you get some bad hombres

[mharm-05997] The Necromancers aren't sending their best or their brightest...

[Spring] hehehehe

[mharm-05997] And some, I assume, are good people?

[mharm-05997] Zombies?

[mharm-05997] Something?

[Spring] very fine people

[Spring] very fine

[Spring] some of the best

[Ryan] Very fine people on both sides....

[Carissa] Why am I suddenly nauseous?

[mharm-05997] Well, with the EPA cuts to Dragon's fen, why don't we just strip mine the place huh?

[Ryan] I don't know Black Cloak.... You are asking me to denounce a person I don't know.

[mharm-05997] Sludge into the swamp...

[Carissa] More important: taco truck on every corner!

[Spring] please!

[Spring] taco truck! I was promised!

[Carissa] And I've yet to see one, and there's in short supply up here :(

[mharm-05997] New York Carissa?

[Carissa] Tacoless York, yep

[mharm-05997] Manhattan and Sheratorn

[mharm-05997] Asada tacos

[mharm-05997] not the best, but...

[mharm-05997] it is New York

[Carissa] I'm not driving 3 hours in traffic to get to NYC, lol

[mharm-05997] LOL

[Master] lol

[mharm-05997] Well, now you’re putting conditions on it :)

[Carissa] Or 2 hours by train, but with COVID, meh

[Master] OK so no Lisa or Lara tonight

[Carissa] Most years I just get my fill when I fly home to Texas

[Master] this is the group until TMO is available

[mharm-05997] Cool beans

[Spring] apropos nothing, I just bought 7 doors

[Spring] because why not

[Master] WOW do you have 2 doors?

[mharm-05997] you did?

[Master] 3 doors down

[mharm-05997] Also OOC what are we going to do about the slimes. I actually though as we filled in the moat they were supposed to be firebombed

[Ryan] Man, you are fabulous. I only have 2 walls in my house, much less doors.

[Spring] my house has 1 door, but I’m using it currently. I just bought 7 because I have an idea for skirting

[mharm-05997] huh

[mharm-05997] that' interesting

[Carissa] Realized too late we were supposed to ask Branwyn to come fireball them, I thought

[Carissa] Otherwise oil and fire

[mharm-05997] take a picture?

[Spring] for sure

[Master] Break on through to the other side

[mharm-05997] (Actually Carissa, I really thought that was taken care of, I would have drawn up a plan this week. Sorry :( )

[Master] the only thing you have fully accomplished is rebuilding the farmhouse and stable, then filling in 100 feet of moat

[mharm-05997] I guess the best we can do is oil and fire as we fill it in

[Master] so people can walk 'safely' up to the front of the church

[mharm-05997] I cannot think of anything else to do for them

[Master] you have whatever you would like to do with the rest

[Ryan] Fill in the rest?

[mharm-05997] Yes

[mharm-05997] But kill slimes as we go

[Master] there are prices on the OOC page for the other things you want to do

[mharm-05997] (I do think we should do that bob, but the Moat is seriously starting to make me wish it was just done at this point)

[Master] Secondary construction plan of building a 13 mile 10 foot wide path from Skull Church to Travelers Way: Cost: 32,175 Time: 6,435 man weeks

[mharm-05997] Ugh

[mharm-05997] How wide is a wagon?

[Master] new Shrine and a wooden building for Snee as the Governor's residence. Shrine - Medium Stone building 80x20 (800 square feet), wood floor and roof, interior 1 10 foot stone wall and 1 20 foot stone wall - Cost:2,733 Time:178 man weeks Governor’s residence - Medium wood building 80x20 (800 square feet), wood floor and roof, interior 1 10 foot wood wall and 1 20 foot wood wall - Cost:451 Time:90 man weeks

[Master] 4 foot wide wagon on a 10 foot wide path

[mharm-05997] ok

[Ryan] I am away from the keyboard.

[Ryan] I am back at the keyboard.

[Master] you built a 20 foot wide path through Valoris Wood from Dragon Fen Manor to Jistille Estates

[Master] your Construction group: Thistle 6 + Brer 6 + Talwin 8 + Skarp 7 + Sundown 3 + Tiberius 9 + Johan 16 + Emerald 27 + Snee 32 + Kenna 43 = 157 man weeks

[Carissa] Wait wait we did what??

[Carissa] 20 ft?

[Spring] I think dog has to poop brb

[Spring] I am away from the keyboard.

[Master] yes to Carissa back during building Dragon Fen

[Carissa] Can't they just... go around??

[Carissa] Ugh

[Carissa] I didn't know it was that big.

[mharm-05997] So guys. I drew up the plans for my part, and also have made know my bequest to get the moat taken care of. I hereby designate Ryan and Carissa decision makers for tonight :) LOL

[Master] it cuts the distance down to 4 miles

[Carissa] No thank you

[Master] rather than 30 something

[Carissa] (to Michael)

[mharm-05997] hehe

[Carissa] Bah! That's what feet and wheels are for

[mharm-05997] Didn't you get the message? We're making Dorfmania great again

[Carissa] Anyways carry on

[mharm-05997] That includes burning woods and igniting the fires of industry!

[mharm-05997] Black smog

[Master] but just so you know it will take 41 weeks well over a year plus to build the road from Skull Church to Travelers Way

[mharm-05997] Ugh again

[Master] with your current group

[Master] so again Goblins

[Master] and Mining

[Master] and Moat

[mharm-05997] and moats?

[Master] and GO

[mharm-05997] (Getting into character)

[Ryan] (I've been looking for detect proficiencies, btw)

[Master] On your sheet Ryan, Proficiencies, the bottom half of your Non-weapon proficiencies

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (So, which of Ryan's and Carissa's characters are here?)

[Master] all of them

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (Spring is walking dog real quick)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (I'm assuming we all are in the team meeting room. Sound good?)

[Carissa] Thistle

[Master] yes

[Carissa] Not all :)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Spellcasters? If no fire, we gotta use oil and flame :(

[Master] see construction crew above for potential assistance

[Carissa] Isn't Johan here?

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] Have no issue with burning the lot of them.

[Carissa] Plus Snee and Kenna once Spring is back for fire spells

[Master] yes to Carissa

[Carissa] And then anyone with fire building

[Carissa] If Sundown can turn wine to water, what else can he do

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] While the Governor is on her way down, I'd like to bring up the unfortunate fact that the moat is becoming filled in, but we have the slime's to deal with. I'd like to propose a few different possibilities. And, while I'm not sure if news has spread, but the mining proposal has been placed in the care of Nevin. Skarp? I'm not sure if you have any expertise in mining operations, however if you do, I feel any additions to the proposal would be welcome."

[Thistle (Carissa)] I wanna burn things first.

Talwin (mharm-05997) Nods

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] I don't, but I can talk to some of my kin and some dwarven contacts if need be.

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] As do I Thistle

[Thistle (Carissa)] HEY! Sundown! Can you burn things??

Talwin (mharm-05997) Nods at Skarp. They would be welcome here

[Thistle (Carissa)] Oh hey! That gnome lady will probably be here soon. So let's burn things before that!

[Sundown (Master)] Only with my withering gaze of judgment

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] "If they wish for a place to stay and work. I cannot speak for the Governor, but I have no doubt she would welcome skilled and talented labor"

[Sundown (Master)] Or a torch

[Thistle (Carissa)] Guess that means you can't judge me anymore since I can't burn!

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] My concern is that the moat looks a bit shoddy; I'm concerned that it would collapse into the underground tunnels.

TMO has joined the game on Fri Oct 23 19:46:23 EDT 2020

TMO is receiving the map Church Ground Floor...

TMO has received the map Church Ground Floor.

Talwin (mharm-05997) Sighs. I'm not sure what other choice we have Skarp

[Thistle (Carissa)] OH! What about Brer? Can he burn things? Besides with judgement??

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] It held just fine before it was dug, I guess we have to simply hope it does after too.

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Although, I am very welcome to any suggestions?

Talwin (mharm-05997) Looks hopefully at Skarp

[Thistle (Carissa)] Okay how about Pete goes to pour the oil in then Johan lights it up?

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] I would be in favor of burning as well.

Talwin (mharm-05997) I was thinking that yes

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] But slowly and methodically

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] As we fill each of the "Tenths" in

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Otherwise, we may miss some

Thistle (Carissa) shrugs

[Thistle (Carissa)] Whatever. Not like they'll listen to me anyways

Talwin (mharm-05997) Mildly "Surprising considering I was hoping you would help burn them all into smithereens"

Talwin (mharm-05997) But you know. If you don't want too...

[Thistle (Carissa)] Well yeah I'll do that BUT if I tell them to pour oil in it that'll pretend they don't hear me

Talwin (mharm-05997) Stands up

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] "Governor"

[Thistle (Carissa)] Hi Snee!!

Thistle (Carissa) waves

[Thistle (Carissa)] Can I keep calling you Sneezy or is that bad now?

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] Btw, hi TMO!

Snezana (Spring) shrugs

[Snezana (Spring)] I was called Snottie up until recently

Talwin (mharm-05997) Blinks

[Thistle (Carissa)] Gov'nr Sneezy Snottie it is.

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] Sorry I'm late. Did I miss anything important?

[Snezana (Spring)] so Sneezy is a step up

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] Uplanders are so strange....

[Thistle (Carissa)] Sundown can't burn me with his judgement anymore.

[Thistle (Carissa)] Can you burn things?

[Snezana (Spring)] not magically

[Thistle (Carissa)] But Brer can do magic things sometimes I think

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Sits slowly. "Please Thistle, for the love of the gods, don't call her that in formal company. We don't need the gossipers spreading muck all over the Governor"

[Snezana (Spring)] I can pull a brand out of the fireplace .. ?

[Thistle (Carissa)] You mean snot?

Snezana (Spring) tries not to giggle

Talwin (mharm-05997) Eyes the Governor. But says nothing. He won’t win

Brer Necholas (TMO) shakes his head. "Hmm... No, not really. I have some power from Faith, but nothing like what you're hoping for."

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] So Oil and a Hot poker it is

[Thistle (Carissa)] Is there a fire god? Maybe you should worship that one.

Talwin (mharm-05997) Sighs quietly.

[Snezana (Spring)] (holy crap, somebody's car caught fire at the food lion)

[Master] ouch

Talwin (mharm-05997) Governor. I can gather materials and construction crews and we can begin ridding the condensed slimes that have moved into the water past where we've already filled in. We'll roll barrels and light fire. Fill in another moat "Tenth" and continue the process until complete. I believe the risks will be minimal if it is slowly accomplished.

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Not ideal, but not much choice

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] Might want to create a break line, just in case

Snezana (Spring) nodding

[Snezana (Spring)] that sounds like a sound plan

[Snezana (Spring)] surely someone among them will have a flint and steel

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] "We can begin organizing this right away. Is there any other tasks you wish us to contemplate in the daily standup?

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Yes Ma'am

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Flint and Steel

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] Hmm... are we taking any precautions against any of them escaping the moat?

[Snezana (Spring)] I don't remember where we left off with the temporary muck bridge

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] You already have the mining proposal together, however Skarp has also noted that he may have contacts that can assist in mining operations and considerations

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (Frankly, neither do I)

[Master] 100 feet of space across the front of the moat. Cost=300 GP, Time=31 man weeks - you have 157 man weeks available so every week you can do 500 feet of moat

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] Might want to contact them anyways. Even if we use fire to kill them all, there might be damage caused by the moat-building.

Talwin (mharm-05997) Nods to Skarp

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] A Fair point

[Snezana (Spring)] (I haven’t looked at the mining proposal yet, better get on that)

[Master] The muck bridge is wooden now constructed by Pete

[Snezana (Spring)] (oh ok)

[Master] when you want it to be stone that will take another roll and more cost

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (Honestly, I really did put it together so you wouldn’t have to spend too much time on it, but I'd love you to look at it if you want to :) )

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (One thing at I time I think)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (For the bridge)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (Do we want to accomplish the 500 feet now? and then move on?)(

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] (I would like to get this taken care of before moving on)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (I would too)

[Master] (Carissa your gnome is on the east side of the map)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Ooh I'll give her a look over until I'm ready which is not quite yet)

[Master] to point out every 500 feet means one week clicked off and filled in, it does not mean anything about killing Puddings unless otherwise specified

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Fill kill fill kill fill kill fill kill?)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Bob. Can you work with us on that? We're doing our best

[Master] I am

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] What do we need to do for the killing?

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] A hint please pretty please???

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] We can just roll the barrels over and throw a match in if we need at this point

[Snezana (Spring)] (wow that is some proposal)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Cause I got nothing other than to slowly fill in the moat and as the puddings are exposed, burn them. That's all I got

[Master] those times and costs include filling in the moat with fill to flatten it out, Talwin made his check so he knows how to create a new improved flatter space, he cannot replace the graves that were uprooted but the area will be more amenable for the church grounds

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] (We could do that.)

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (have we tried salt? ;) )

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (LOL. No. :O )

[Master] and you just have to tell me how you plan on burning them, etc. you did ask Pete to order oil but no one has asked him where it is etc.

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Thank you!

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (Is Pete here?)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (I'm going to list out step by step for him)

[Master] yes he is

[Master] and Baron Ulgin

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (am I okay to step away for 15-20? Need to go take my post-work shower now that I've finished eating)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] "Pete? About that oil we ordered a time back, did it ever come in, or were there shipping delays?"

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (Go. I got this)

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (thx)

[TMO] I am away from the keyboard.

[Thistle (Carissa)] (You're supposed to shower when you first walk in the door! Basic biosecurity)

Skarphedin (Ryan) stands to the side behind Talwin, looking around for oil barrels.

[Master] please do remember everyone you have accomplished more in two sessions than the past 12 session combined so you ARE doing very good things, do not feel like you are moving that slowly, you restarted and are doing great

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (Right. I just hate this moat so much at this point)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (I want it off the checklist so badly it hurts)

[Snezana (Spring)] (I feel encouraged)

[Pete (Master)] Sir Talwin! How are you doing

[Pete (Master)] Can we talk about the windows?

[Pete (Master)] Those stained glass Golems will be so distinctive

[Snezana (Spring)] (on another note, is it wrong that I really want to turn the mine into a socialist enterprise?)

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] (Moat needs to die)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (Not in Dorfwarpia)

[Pete (Master)] it will make the Cathedral a spot for everyone to come to from thousands of miles around

[Snezana (Spring)] (I want the goblins to own it)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (It's unchecked Capitalistic)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (Rampant privatized insurances, you know the drill)

[Snezana (Spring)] (I want them to gradually earn the means of production as they produce until they are entirely owner operated)

Talwin (mharm-05997) Nods at Pete

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Actually Pete, I have.

Talwin (mharm-05997) Holds up Hand to forestall his follow-up

[Snezana (Spring)] (nd they become fantastic allies because nobody ever gave them a chance like that)

[Thistle (Carissa) (to GM only)] Character sheet for Gnome for Carissa modified: Personal Information - Name:: CHANGED: Tiffress Wildwander (null). Weapon Proficiencies - ADDED: Pick, Farming tool, 1. Non-Weapon Proficiencies - ADDED: Smelting, Craft, , 2, $kn, -2. ADDED: Mining, Craft, , 2, $wi, -3. ADDED: Ambidexterity, General, , 1, N/A, +0. ADDED: Direction Sense, General, , 1, $wi, +1. Weapons - ADDED: Farmer's Pick, false, Farmer's Pick, , , 0, , --, --, , , , , , $atk, 0, , , , , $dmg, 1d6, 1d6, 1d6, , , , . ADDED: Dagger/Dirk, false, Dagger/Dirk, , , 0, , --, --, , , , , , $atk, 0, , , , , $dmg, 1d4, 1d3, 1d6, , , , .

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] I am putting together a grand plan for your windows. In fact, it's locked in my room while I put figures together

[Pete (Master)] (totally possible Spring)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] I had planned on speaking to you earlier

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] However!

[Pete (Master)] That is great

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] I cannot yet get together with you for this plan until....

[Pete (Master)] just think how wonderful it will be

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] The things out in that moat are dead.

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Think about it

[Pete (Master)] It is too bad we have The Mist to deal with

[Pete (Master)] when the Cathedral was founded there was no Mist

Talwin (mharm-05997) Face darkens

[Pete (Master)] the light streamed in the windows and lit the sacristy

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] That is a shame

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Wait

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] what?

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Pete, how old are you?

Skarphedin (Ryan) fingers his axe, staring at Pete.

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (Bob begins to sweat)

Pete (Master) Me? Oh, hmmm, thinking 24? I spent 3 years as the lead worker in Loosend building the temple there

[Pete (Master)] but I have been working with building for at least 12?

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (One moment. Need to look up the age of the mist)

Skarphedin (Ryan) squints at Pete. "Humans age so fast...."

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (Thought it was MUCH longer than that)

[Pete (Master)] (it is Michael, but remember he knows the history of this cathedral)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (But he seriously was explaining it like he was there in time, seeing exactly what it looked like?)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Pete...You say you saw it like it was many years before that. How would you know what it looked like? Even reading a book wouldn’t give you that much insight?

[Thistle (Carissa)] Maybe he saw a pretty painting of it?

[Pete (Master)] OH there is a LOT of history of this cathedral

[Thistle (Carissa)] Shi paints some really pretty paintings

Talwin (mharm-05997) Nods, a little distracted. "Yes, I suppose"

[Pete (Master)] 400 years

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Pete, I just had an idea

Pete (Master) looks at Skarp

[Pete (Master)] Even you, were you alive when this was built?

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] And I think you will see what you dream it will be and more.

[Pete (Master)] Maybe an Elf

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] As thought the mist wasn't even there

[Pete (Master)] but you know how long 400 years is?

[Thistle (Carissa)] I mean Kel IS old but I don't think he's THAT old? Huh. I don't remember when I last asked his age....

[Pete (Master)] Do you think Branwyn, I mean the Countess can stop the Mist?

[Thistle (Carissa)] Dude, we need to stop the puddings first.

Talwin (mharm-05997) Smiles. No. Something far easier, and prettier

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] However!

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] I will speak to you later. We must needs attend critical its first.

Talwin (mharm-05997) Holds up hand

Talwin (mharm-05997) Not though the windows are important. They are very much so

[Pete (Master)] Oh the Black Puddings

Talwin (mharm-05997) However, there are significant dangers outside this building and they must be dealt with first

[Pete (Master)] Yes I told The Master, by the way, looking at Talwin and Snee, Thank you you are much nicer than he was, that it was a bad idea to let them be outside

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Then you and I may discuss elsewhere your plans for the cathedral and we shall find compromises so that we can build your wonderful windows

Talwin (mharm-05997) Slaps face in exasperation

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] How you've lived this long Pete, will never cease to astound me.

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Now

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] About that Oil?

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Also, I highly recommend that you don't tell black magic practitioners that their sworn enemies are nicer than them. It tends to cut your life short.

[Pete (Master)] We have 14 barrels of oil, with another 26 on order that should arrive in the next two weeks

Talwin (mharm-05997) Nods

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Great work Pete

[Thistle (Carissa)] Hey hey you weren't there Talwin, but Pete knows he has to get approval from Govn'r Snott....Snee before he does things

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Any difficulty?

Talwin (mharm-05997) Nods at Thistle

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Yes

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] That is why I place proposals on her desk. She doesn’t have to sign them

Talwin (mharm-05997) Eyeing her to shut up about that fact

Talwin (mharm-05997) Winks his eye

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (I hope spring jumps in here, because otherwise Pete will bother her instead of Talwin)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (We don't want Pete to do that)

[Snezana (Spring)] (oh sorry)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] lol

[Pete (Master)] we have some oil

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] :)

[Pete (Master)] what do you want to do?

[Snezana (Spring)] the oil was pre-approved

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Yes

[Snezana (Spring)] so, being a healer I know about triage

[Snezana (Spring)] the immediate threat - puddings. so let’s dispatch them soonest

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] I was hoping that we could roll out the barrels an as the slimes emerge to crawl up the moat sides, we can pur oil and then Thistle can exercise her willingness to burn with extreme prejudice. I did promise that much.

Talwin (mharm-05997) Thistle?

[Thistle (Carissa)] I get to burn things???

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Many many things

[Snezana (Spring)] with safety measures, yes

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] And you can even laugh

[Thistle (Carissa)] YES! LET'S BURN IT ALL DOWN!

[Snezana (Spring)] under supervision

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Yes to both

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Burning, and supervision

[Snezana (Spring)] I believe in harnessing one's talents, even those for destruction

[Snezana (Spring)] in appropriate directions

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] In this case governor, I wholly agree...

[Thistle (Carissa)] Man I KNEW you were fun adults!

Talwin (mharm-05997) Leans back from Thistle slightly, hoping he doesn't regret making the burning promise

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Yes...well

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] I would like to begin right away.

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Thistle singing, "Pour some oil on me. And let me burn it up.")

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] The moat was shoddily made, anyways. Wipe it out and rebuild it again.

[Thistle (Carissa)] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UIB9Y4OFPs)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] As we shovel in the moat, the slimes will emerge. A worker will pour oil upon the creature, and Thistle can throw micro torches into the pit

[Snezana (Spring)] Baron Ulgin, I have a question for you after this discussion, when you have a free moment

[Thistle (Carissa)] Sundown says he's good at lighting torches, right Sundown? You light those then I'll go torch 'em!

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] I should have guessed that was going to be the link

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] lol

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] Certainly

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] As they go out to deal with the Moat I would be glad to speak with you

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] What would you like to discuss?

[Snezana (Spring)] I have a very strange question for you

[Snezana (Spring)] have any of the goblins expressed an interest in your religion while they were working here?

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] Not at all

[Snezana (Spring)] I suppose they already have one then

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] They are sadly constrained by their own inbred beliefs that thieving and taking is the best way to accomplish a more fruitful life

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] I have chosen to believe that they are not salvageable and that we can dismiss them

[Snezana (Spring)] I see. that's a pity

[Snezana (Spring)] are all your parishioners poor farmers and craftspeople?

[Snezana (Spring)] no wealthy merchants or nobility?

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] None of them unfortunately

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] they are all wealthy travelers

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] Perhaps our work here will help them to gain a bit more wealth.

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] I wish we would have local people who care

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] But the Cathedral attracts the wealthy

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] and so we must cater to those needs

[Snezana (Spring)] aaaaahhhhhhh I see

[Snezana (Spring)] that's something we can work with

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (The mining barons will come...)

[Snezana (Spring)] it's the wealth that's the key part, but if wealthy people already have an interest, even from afar, that's a good thing

[Snezana (Spring)] what are your feelings about Pete's window idea?

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] This is THE center of worship

[Snezana (Spring)] excuse me, I mean your thoughts

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] it deserves to attract both the wealthiest supports and to support those that need it

[Snezana (Spring)] indeed

Snezana (Spring) refrains from calling him a heathen and idolater

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] the windows are a wonderful symbol that this Cathedral is renewed and want to do what I can to ensure that everyone can see them

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] Countess Branwyn the Magnificent, Branwyn the Fair, Benefactress and Philanthropist in the highest; Patron saint of churches, Branwyn the Mysterious has been evident in her actions that she supports this Cathedral

[Snezana (Spring)] good. because it’s going to take some work to scare up the wealth to make them possible. and not only am I not authorized to grant those kinds of funds, Dragon Fen doesn't even have those kinds of funds. so we have to get creative

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] as well as supporting your own Shring you wish to build

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] our Countess has shown that she believes that we each need to strive for our own riches and to show we are superior

[Snezana (Spring)] she has?

[Snezana (Spring)] I’ve seen her show that first thing, to be sure

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] Countess Branwyn has supported churches of four different faiths

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] I believe she intends for us each to show how we can bring in believers and prove we are the light in this world

[Snezana (Spring)] could be

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] I am certain that she has set you in charge of this space in the Wastes

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (Hence Talwins insistence to get the mines up and running as quickly as possible LOL)

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] so that you may challenge me

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (Gotta love Capitalism!)

Snezana (Spring) listening with interest

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] I know that I am strong in my faith

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] that you are undoubtably strong in your own

Snezana (Spring) nodding

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] Brer understands my strength and supports it I believe

Snezana (Spring) still refraining from calling him an infidel

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (Heretic! Heretic! Burn em all!!!!)

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] You are the shining, perhaps slightly tarnished but never the less, the chosen one to shine here in this space

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] next to this Cathedral

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] this shining beacon to my faith

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (What a lovely non compliment)

[TMO] I am back at the keyboard.

[Snezana (Spring)] well, thank you. I rather plan to do my shining in Hourglass, but it is kind of you to say

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] That will be a very difficult challenge to solve

[Snezana (Spring)] I get the feeling you will be the one shining over here

[Snezana (Spring)] I am impressed by your drive to excel

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] Maki is a place that is lost in time

Snezana (Spring) nodding

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] (see the Hourglass page for that reference)

[Snezana (Spring)] (for sure)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (Hourglass, Lost in time, I get the references now!!! :) )

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] (and may I say that I LOVE Spring for being so good with this mixed story lines)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (Now we just need a Wrinkle)

[Snezana (Spring)] so, I am encouraged in that you are ready to rise to the challenge of becoming a fully self-supporting operation here, even an abundant one

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (we have a Thistle)

[Snezana (Spring)] my job is to help grow a community to sustain you

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] (OH Michael you wish you were a woman so you could play in the wrinkles I made)

[Snezana (Spring)] (what huh what?)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (Sorry. Referencing "A Wrinkle in Time"

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] :)

[Snezana (Spring)] (ha!)

[Snezana (Spring)] so. to recap, there are wealthy travelers who are attracted to the cathedral, check

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] Certainly

[Snezana (Spring)] you'll want to do more to cater to them, and for that we'll need to build up the area

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] that is how I know the Cathedral has outshined the hospital that your own Patron created

[Snezana (Spring)] I have ideas for that

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] to this point who has pilgrimaged to there?

[Snezana (Spring)] cathedrals shine, hospitals heal. apples and oranges

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] It is an interesting choice

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] We choose to celebrate our Goddesses choices for what happens to us

[Snezana (Spring)] if you’re making a pilgrimage to a hospital, you have bigger worries than whether it shines

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] Your Patron chooses to thwart the events of the world

[Snezana (Spring)] every yin has a yang

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] We embrace

Brer Necholas (TMO) stands quietly on the edge of the discussion, making no move to participate.

[Snezana (Spring)] so, are you planning any big events soon? potluck? silent auction?

[Snezana (Spring)] senior dance?

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (murder mystery?)

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (hush your mouth Michael! we've already tried that)

[Snezana (Spring)] (hahahaha)

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] (Purge the unclean?)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (LOL)

[Snezana (Spring)] (hahahaha did that too!)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (Bingo?)

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] I intend to celebrate Holy Mother Humlibart's arrival

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] that will be coming up next year

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] we passed it sadly this year already

Snezana (Spring) nodding approvingly

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] that will be a great celebration

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] and of course Saint Tyrin's Day is coming up

[Snezana (Spring)] you'll have a committee come up with the festivities I suppose?

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] (Saint Tyrin - follower of Kiputytto. Saint Tyrin, who died over 150 years ago after being burned in a fire and then crawling out to praise Kiputytto on the streets for a year and a day before he died )

[Snezana (Spring)] course it's harder to do a committee by scroll and dispatch I suppose

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] I do not have the support of several priestesses and acolytes

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] I have chosen to take this challenge upon myself

[Snezana (Spring)] oh no I mean the faithful!

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] Those who truly believe in Kiputytto understand suffering

[Snezana (Spring)] one thing you learn in a hospital church, never underestimate the power of volunteers!

[Snezana (Spring)] free labor! they are glad to do it!

[Snezana (Spring)] you get them to bring food, decorations, prizes, everything!

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] Now that Saint Branwyn has chosen to liberate us from the darker tendencies of the more fervent worshipers

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] I intend to ensure that she is venerated properly

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] perhaps not as a Saint in the truest sense

[Snezana (Spring)] perhaps not

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] but as one who has done much for this Cathedral

Brer Necholas (TMO) tilts his head slightly. "Was the late master a follower of Kiputytto? I'd gotten the impression he wasn't."

[Snezana (Spring)] should have made him head a committee

[Snezana (Spring)] he wouldn't have had time to get up to no good

[Snezana (Spring)] ahem

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] The most recent Necromancer who chose to exploit this cathedral was not a true worshiper

[Snezana (Spring)] anyway, just a suggestion. free labor. and I especially love the free labor of rich people

[Snezana (Spring)] and then get all their money too

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] I will be glad to inform your visitors of your choice to exploit them

Brer Necholas (TMO) looks at Snezana silently.

[Snezana (Spring)] haha!

[Snezana (Spring)] they will laugh, because they really care, and they know it's always for a good cause

[Snezana (Spring)] so, anyway, I am most glad you are primed to excel. you'll have the funds raised for those windows in no time

[Snezana (Spring)] I have every confidence in you

[Snezana (Spring)] what an estimable colleague!

Baron Ulgin (Master) smiles and bows to Snee

Snezana (Spring) curtsies back

[Baron Ulgin (Master)] and I look forward to many dinners where we can discuss our strengths and defend our weaknesses

[Snezana (Spring)] count on it!

Brer Necholas (TMO) silently recites a prayer in his thoughts.

[Master] smiles Fun?

[Spring] free labor!

Skarphedin (Ryan) silently rolls his eyes.

[Spring] it feels nice to be on the other side of the committee for a change

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (*grin*)

[Spring] pull out them three Ts

[Spring] Time, Talent, and Treasure

[Spring] I was really hoping to get him fired up to convert the goblins, but you can't have everything you want

[Spring] ok what next?

[Spring] some of y'all went outside to further the moat?

[Master] that takes a full week

[Master] but yes

[Master] when you want to push forward with that

[Spring] oh to further DISCUSS the moat

[Spring] sorry

[Master] how are you lighting the oil

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] (flaming arrow?)

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (Molotov cocktail)

[Master] Who has bows?

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (always with the picky questions)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] I got nothing on this one

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] I figured she would just throw torches in

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] or makeship flaming branches

[Master] you tell me

[Carissa] She can hurl things pretty well

[Carissa] I think

[Spring] may I suggest that someone keep a fire going at all times?

[Spring] because this is something that keeps coming up. I mean eventually people are going to be cooking and stuff

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] I'm fine with not wasting torches just throw in some small flaming branches. It just has to make contact with the il, not stick around

[Spring] they can smoor the fire when it's not in use

[Spring] keep it smoldering cinders

[Spring] stoke it again when they need some flames

[Spring] lemme look again to see if I have anything fire making. I don't think orison can do it?

[Master] Orison can light a candle but not a campfire

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Ok. Take the candle after being lit, and start a campfire?

[Spring] well that would work if we could scare up a candle

[Spring] yeah

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] Brer Necholas: Fire-building check: (d20) [1d20=19] 19 - ROLL FAILED against 17!!

[Spring] okay well not you

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] or, and here me out, dump some oil on a branch, and orison that :)

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (or have someone who knows how to build and start fires do it. :P )

[Carissa] (If Kenna AND Snee bless Brer would he make that roll? Sorry bless and chant?)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (Good thinking !)

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (he even comes equipped with flint and steel)

[Spring] well hell then

[Spring] Snezana casts a spell against : Chant: For as long as I chant, friends in a 30' radius receive a +1 to attack, damage and save rolls while enemies receive a -1 to the same rolls.

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (and I'd think that with a 17 skill, even if he fails once he could try again after a period of time and have good odds of succeeding)

[Spring] Snezana casts a spell against : Bless/Curse: For 6 rounds, attack rolls and saves vs fear receive a +1 bonus.

[Spring] wait, that was supposed to be Kenna

[Spring] what the heck

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (it's just a matter of fiddling with the wood until you get it just right)

[Spring] Kenna Westfoot casts a spell against : Bless/Curse: For 6 rounds, attack rolls and saves vs fear receive a +1 bonus.

Snezana (Spring) chanting

[Master] OK so 1 week goes by of burning and filling?

[Snezana (Spring) (to GM only)] Character sheet for Snezana modified: Notes - CHANGED.

[Spring] cool by me

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] (Sweet)

[Master] brb

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] yay

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (out of curiosity, what other useful NWPs do we have in our quiver? I know Talwin has Engineering - we've already tapped that)

[Spring] Snee can read omens and conduct investigations

[Spring] oh and also locksmithing

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (all useful - how does reading omens work?)

[Spring] Kenna put everything into higher and higher capabilities for healing

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (could it be used to give us guidance to the best mining spot?)

[Spring] never tried the omens yet

[Carissa] (you got a gnome that hasn't come to talk to you all yet for mining)

[Master] my only question before jumping forward a week or more is the Goblins

[Master] you have a plan for the Moat now

[Master] Goblins

[Master] and Mining are on the table

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] (kill them all)

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (I'd assume goblins have to wait for Emerald, as the only one who speaks Goblin?)

[Master] then we can decide how far to click ahead etc.

[Spring] we're telling them that after the moat, they get to mine

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] (Yes, lie to them, then kill them all in the moat) [Spring] and I’d like to work a deal whereby the more they mine, the more of the mine they own

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] I can put together another plan if you want, because this will definitely be a long process. I have a mine proposal now, but not a Goblin one

[Master] you can TMO but that means returning to Skull Church and waiting one week so far, and adding on how many more weeks? with no griffons or necromancers to keep them in check?

[Spring] I think the existing proposal is adaptable for goblins

[Spring] it certainly takes much into consideration

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (so Lara has to miss a week and we're not allowed to even talk to them? I'd just assumed we weren't necessarily locked into linear time here, so when she's back she can handle the discussions as if she were here now. But, if not, we'll just have to deal with it. Clerics, any Tongues or Languages spells? Otherwise we'll have to hope one of them speaks Common)

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] (Skarp would like to have them all die, but will grudgingly accept the current proposal)

[Spring] I do believe one of mine does have tongues

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (if so, Brer can do the discussions with the Goblins, as he has Persuasion)

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (I was going to let Emerald handle the negotiations, but I can do it if we can get over the language barrier it'll be fine)

[Spring] ah Kenna has it

[Master] You are fully capable of talking to them etc.

[Master] and yes to messing with the timeline

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (they speak common?)

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] (Skarp probably shouldn't talk to goblins)

[Spring] (probably not)

[Master] there are a handful that do BUT are they leaders?

[Master] Kenna can help with that

[Spring] or can they translate for the leaders?

[Spring] but

[Spring] right

[Master] and or you can just wait for Lara to be in and have them do other things than the Moat

[Master] assign them to work on the Mine for example

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (I'm game for whatever)

[Master] I am here to work with what you want to make happen

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] I am too! But I do have to leave in 42 min

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (I'm in support-mode. :) I'll support what the managers want to do.)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] OK

[Carissa] Mines?

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] I can do that

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Let me pull up my plan for initial parts. We can do this while we "Wait" For Lara

[Master] Carissa you are up

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] one second

[Master] Go for it

[Spring] I keep typing stuff

[Carissa] (yep getting there)

[Spring] and then someone says something else

[Carissa] Go ahead Spring

[Spring] and I’m confused again

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] sorry go ahead

[Spring] and erase it and type again

[Master] just spit it out Spring you deserve to have your say

[Carissa] (do a Bob and just hit enter before done if you have to)

[Spring] I’m sort of confused because we made a plan last week

[Spring] and we keep re-deciding the things we decided and they change in the process

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (How do I check if she is still typing?)

[Spring] it’s not that we are re-deciding. it's that we're being asked to do something different

[Carissa] (I guess I'm confused. I thought we were acting out our plans)

[Spring] than what we decided

[Carissa] (the campaign bar shows red next to someone typing)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (I did too. What was the plan last week spring. We can do that)

[Spring] I don't expect anyone to monitor what I’m typing

[Spring] that's just a weird effect

[Spring] that so much discussion is having

[Spring] I just wonder why we are starting with the mine

[Spring] before the moat

[Spring] when we need goblin labor

[Spring] for the moat

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] We have done the moat

[Spring] before the mine

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] All we can for this week

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] 500 ft

[Master] You have your plan for the moat

[Carissa] I thought moat was being done. Goblin we're skipping until Lara is back. So skipping to mine then skipping back to goblin

[Master] now you plan for your Mine

[Spring] but the goblins are the ones doing the moat all week are they not?

[Master] and then do what you can with the Goblins

[Master] no to Spring

[Master] the construction crew of the characters can handle the Moat

[Spring] oh.

[Spring] we are laboring

[Spring] instead of the laborers

[Spring] I fundamentally did not understand that at all

[Master] Construction group: Thistle 6 + Brer 6 + Talwin 8 + Skarp 7 + Sundown 3 + Tiberius 9 + Johan 16 + Emerald 27 + Snee 32 + Kenna 43 = 157 man weeks

[Spring] that's why I kept back the book about how the goblins were pressed into service

[Master] that is how much you can accomplish without the Goblins

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (because of our levels, we're worth far more than a simple laborer)

[Spring] ok, I didn't realize that was labor

[Spring] I thought it was supporting spells and stuff

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (you magicky types are worth multiples because your magic can accomplish a LOT in labor savings)

[Master] If you want to add the Goblins you can do more, but you are so much more powerful right now it dwarfs (pun intended) what the Goblins can do

[Spring] because two or three weeks ago we were gonn make the goblins do it

[Spring] okay

[Master] It would take 314 goblins to equal your group

[Spring] that's interesting

[Master] and there are less than 200 in the caverns below Skull Church

[Master] you ARE heroes

[Spring] big damn heroes sir

[Master] grins

[Spring] okay

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] I think the only real reason we were moving on to the mine, was because Lara wasn't here to *Deal* with the goblins

[Master] so yes your group of 10 can do more than an entire group of Goblins can in one week

[Spring] ok

[Master] you have three parallel things Mine Goblins Moat

[Spring] although I thought the plan was to have the goblins do the mine

[Master] I am tracking how long each one takes

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] We can't initially

[Master] then will make sure you know what each is before getting your approval to click off time

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] There are prep stages

[Carissa] we need to find mine first

[Spring] for sure

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Read proposal

[Master] and so Carissa you introduce now please

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] that's all I got

[Spring] and this has something to do with Skarp and a gnome right?

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] LOL

[Spring] I did skim the proposal

[Master] exactly

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] A dwarf, a gnome, and a ...

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] walk into a bar

[Master] Carissa and Ryan are taking center stage

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] (waves)

[Master] along with Snee

[Carissa] we good then?

[Carissa] make sure we're all on the same page before going on

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Right

[Master] Thistle introduces her new gnome friend to Snee and Skarp

[Master] and SCENE

[Carissa] I know but I mean is Spring happy now?

[Carissa] and/or less confuse

[Snezana (Spring)] (oh you weren't here for the depression discussion)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (Yes, let's wait for now until checked)

[Snezana (Spring)] (I ain't happy, but I’m satisfied, it that helps)

[Snezana (Spring)] (so thanks :-)

[Master] warm smile HUGS Spring thank you love you

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (...We can def wait spring. It's not trouble)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (Promise)

[Snezana (Spring)] (no, we are good, let’s continue)

[Carissa] (okay :) )

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] So this the place, kid?

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (BRB. 2 min)

[Thistle (Carissa)] OH! HIIIII!! GUYS LOOK IT'S THE GNOME I TOLD YOU ABOUT!!

Thistle (Carissa) waves

[Snezana (Spring)] oh hello!

Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa) looking at the church

Skarphedin (Ryan) blinks, slowly.

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] So was it worth it?

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] Looks... dull.

Lord Tiberius (Master) looks at Brer, she is like Jilly more and more, just bringing in more people who ... well I guess we will see

[Thistle (Carissa)] Yeah! I met someone else, but guess they aren't here yet

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (oh, am I here too? Sorry, wasn't listed, so I was in watch mode. :D )

[Thistle (Carissa)] BUT I found her trying to find Ilero so I brought her here, instead!

[Thistle (Carissa)] You were... Siffress? WAIT NO. Tiffress, right?

Brer Necholas (TMO) nods. "Some people have a Gift."

Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa) nods, "Yeah. Not quite as swift as my sister was, though I guess she wasn't swift enough."

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] Shoulda stayed below ground.

Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa) nods towards Skarp, "Bet he understands."

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] Do I?

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] I suppose I do...

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (I think I was out that night, although read about it: Siffress was the one killed by a spider in the caves?)

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] You want me to believe you're happier above ground?

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] (Yep :) )

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] Above-ground, below-ground, not sure it would make a difference at this point.

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (thx)

Skarphedin (Ryan) shrugs despondently.

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] (Gotta tie things in somehow, give them a slightly more interesting story :) )

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (agreed - just wanted to make sure I was on the same page with ya)

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] You miss it? You could visit one of our mines. It's just... so open out here.

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] Would you rather return, then?

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] I ain't here long term. Kiddo there just said she could help me if I helped her.

Skarphedin (Ryan) glances upwards, then shudders.

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] Yes, I can understand how.... unnerving it can be.

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] Just... so open, ya know? Ever feel like you're gonna fall up? I hate that feeling.

Skarphedin (Ryan) glances around. "If the plans that are being made come to fruition, may be able to build a decent home belowground nearby."

Snezana (Spring) nodding

Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa) nods, "Kiddo said you wanted someone to help ya? Something about a mine or something?"

[Snezana (Spring)] our hope is for a mine

[Snezana (Spring)] we do understand that mining is done in this region so there should be something ... extractable, I hope

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] Yes, I don't have much experience with such things, but there may be some veins that could turn a pretty penny.

Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa) tilts head, "So what's your plan? Why you want a mine?"

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Money

[Snezana (Spring)] we have a vision for a thriving community.

Talwin (mharm-05997) Nods

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] And that

[Snezana (Spring)] this cathedral draws pilgrims. who need to eat and buy supplies

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] And this giant skull?

[Snezana (Spring)] from merchants and craftspeople who also need to eat

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] Money is nice and all, but what are you doing with that money?

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] Hmm...

[Snezana (Spring)] we want to set up ..... an economy

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (I thought the leap in logic was clear??? :) )

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] So was it worth it? Taking this place back?

[Snezana (Spring)] it's all about securing the borders of Dragons Fen

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] You made sacrifices to get here, didn't ya? How you going to honor that?

Talwin (mharm-05997) Studies the Church. Honor it ...how? What's done is done...Right?

Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa) shrug, "As my sister said, "You do you" but sometimes that ain't enough, is it?"

[Talwin (mharm-05997) (to mharm-05997 only)] Exchanges a look with Brer, in question? Mouths: "You do you?"

[Snezana (Spring)] the payoff is not the church

Talwin (mharm-05997) Exchanges a look with Brer in question? Mouths: "You do you?"

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] Can only do the best we can with what we have.

[Snezana (Spring)] the payoff is being rid of undead

[Snezana (Spring)] if we want to keep it that way, we have to make the region self sustaining

[Snezana (Spring)] so the proposed mine is a part of that plan

[Snezana (Spring)] but I would say safety from necromancers is absolutely worth everything we are doing

Brer Necholas (TMO) nods to himself.

Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa) sighs, "Well if my sister thought it worth it, guess I'm gotta finish it for her."

[Master] (from the Kiputytto page: Description of what the Priesthood's overall goals and activities are centered around. Kiputytto's priests are often distrusted by those not familiar with Suomi traditions. The Goddess is seen as strong for living through sickness and plague and her worshipers seek to emulate her. For those who are casual believers it could mean leaving a scar from an incident. For true believers that can be actively desiring such scars or more. Visible signs of the suffering a believer has been through always inspire others. Those that are the most powerful who are then afflicted bring more notice for their acceptance and embracing of the faith. Priests see their calling as being guides for their flocks to help them embrace or affect their suffering. The world is full of suffering and those that embrace it will be the strongest after enduring it. Often the priest's preachings include detailed stories of a particular individual and how they came through their struggles. One side effect of this search for suffering is that outsiders can believe such priests must be evil to assist with suffering and the idea that any healing spells are only reversed. This is also something that calls to non-priest worshipers, most notably Necromancers. This focus on suffering and survival through deeper and deeper suffering has led some down the path to creating Undead? and even Lichdom. )

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] But ya gotta honor her, allright? Name the mine after her or somethin'

Skarphedin (Ryan) shrugs. "I would have no issue with such."

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] (and why is Bob posting that?)

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (thank you)

[Master] (you mentioned Necromancers)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (Bob help us if we ever find a lich...)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] (Cause I'm outie)

[Snezana (Spring)] (hehehehe)

[Master] grins.... foreshadowing

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] shudders

[Brer Necholas (TMO) (to Master only)] given Brer's multiple injuries, he might be a candidate for minor sainthood himself if they ever discover them. ;) )

[Master] notice the Craniate Wastes map with the "abandoned tower" central to the space between the Protectorate and Dragon Fen

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] (You get a scar. You get a gangrene. You get rotten flesh! EVERYONE gets a blessing!)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Bob...ugh

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] I just can't even

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Ugh

[Snezana (Spring)] (nukes)

[Master] Birthday Game 20121

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] I would rather face a god then a lich

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] but I digress

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] sorry

[Master] and laughs and cheers on Carissa and Spring

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] (Hell is gonna be Hell)

[Master] THAT is for the 30th anniversary game

[Master] only two more years

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] (Huzzah!)

Talwin (mharm-05997) groans softly

[Snezana (Spring)] (sleepover at BOB's again)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] I agree

[Master] by then we will be all adjusted to the Plague and can make this happen

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Or in biohazard suite. Whichever.

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] It will be necessary

[Master] or VR/AR

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] I'm down with that

[Carissa] I am back at the keyboard.

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (Skype + Tabletop)

[Carissa] No. No VR please

[Master] if I make you walk through ......

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Hehe

[Master] but back to Mines and Carissa Ryan et al

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Right. I do apologize everyone, but I do have to go fo tonight

[Carissa] I do VR for PT. I rather not have vertigo the whole time.

[Master] you have two more hours to solve

[Master] you have a plan for the Moat

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] (Night!)

[Master] you want to have a plan for the Mines

[Thistle (Carissa)] (And okay sure.... but not sure next steps here, lol)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Night!)

[Master] and sure Michael

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (bye Michael)

[Master] leave us now

[Master] grins

[Master] HUGS

[Snezana (Spring)] (bye Michael!)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] Night all. Post what you need on the site and I'll have it worked through during the week again :)

[Talwin (mharm-05997)] And sorry, but work is work :(

[Master] do what is needed

mharm-05997 has left the game on Fri Oct 23 21:51:12 EDT 2020

[Master] Siff?

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (Tiff)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Tiff)

[Master] grins

[Snezana (Spring)] Tiffress, I did not realize you would be the person Thistle brings

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (are we having a tiff?)

[Thistle (Carissa)] (Possibly)

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] (Do we have a Norse goddess among us?)

[Snezana (Spring)] I must tell you that I served with your sister

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] (Sif?)

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] Oh?

[Snezana (Spring)] when we were here previously. I was unable to save her

[Snezana (Spring)] http://www.dragonslayers-society.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.TTT-SUM

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] It was... not wholly unexpected. Shoulda stayed with the family in the mines, but, you know, "You do you" and all.

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] I'm just glad ya brought her back to us to rest her proper.

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] Still hurts, but you just gotta keep on keeping on

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] My condolences.

[Snezana (Spring)] that entire .... horror, all those horrible things that happened, is the reason I was so driven to come back here

[Snezana (Spring)] and put this all right

[Snezana (Spring)] so yes, we will honor her, and naming the mine after her is a fine idea

Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa) nods, "Then you'll have my help."

[Snezana (Spring)] many, many thanks.

[Snezana (Spring)] I understand you could maybe scout a suitable location?

Skarphedin (Ryan) stage whispers, "These upsiders seem to think anyone who lives underground knows about mines, for some reason."

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] I'll do my best. You got some of that priestly help for it? Between the dwarf and I, I'm sure we'll find a place to start.

Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa) grins at Skarp, "Well they sure don't. Anyone who knows the underside of a rock knows more than them already."

Skarphedin (Ryan) grins.

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] (so what's the procedure here? just... roll?)

[Snezana (Spring)] ("priestly help = chant and prayer?)"

[Master] I just need to know who is doing what then I can plot it out on the calendar

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] (yes to Spring)

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] (uhh Skarp and Tiff are scouting for mine with... whoever is available and bored?)

[Snezana (Spring)] (oh good, because I have no mining spells lol)

[Master] right now you have "priestly help" and the construction crew working on the Moat

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] (bless-ed rolls)

[Master] and you want to assign some of that to the Mines

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] (well or do we wait on it so the moat goes faster? not sure how this works)

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (how much time do they need to find the mine?)

[Master] perhaps one week with the Moat then one or two weeks to the Mine then back to the Moat etc.

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (or try at finding, as it may be)

[Master] every week you look you have a percentage chance to find something worthwhile

[Master] the more weeks the higher the chance

[Master] I have a chart, grins

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (what kind of hour support do they need?)

[Tiffress Wildwander (Carissa)] (meaning the more weeks they look the more chances they have? or the longer they wait the better the chance?)

[Master] the Mine group will be wandering the Wastes so will be away from Skull Church and on their own

[Master] yes to Carissa more weeks means higher chance of finding something

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (who do we have that isn't already assigned to a task?)

[Master] right now Everyone is assigned to Every task

[Carissa] so my understanding is it might be worth splitting as we might find a mine sooner?

[Master] so one week of Moat then one or two or more of Mine then back to Moat

[Master] it is up to Spring and the group

[Master] Or do slower on each

[Spring] this is the downside of doing it ourselves instead of using laborers

[Spring] we're not available to do other things

[Master] yes but also you are so much more powerful than your laborers

[Master] so you as a group can make those choices

[Spring] true

[Carissa] so more powerful still means timing might be same if less skilled labor

[Master] also there is a reason that the Goblins have never tried to make their own mine

[Master] also depends on rolls Carissa

[Carissa] Will searching for the mine possibly trigger encounters?

[Master] you are "heroes" so you have better rolls

[Master] and grins

[Master] what do you think about encounter rolls?

[Carissa] That we sure as hell don't want to split the party if so :P

[Master] chuckles

[Spring] fair point

[Carissa] Meaning moat, mine, moat doesn't sound like a bad plan to me at least

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] (Wife is away, so I have to put the kids to sleep. Sorry, but I think I have to call it a night.)

[Carissa] Provided the puddings won't disappear and be a problem in that time frame

[Carissa] (Night Ryan!)

[Spring] gnite Ryan!

[Skarphedin (Ryan)] (Night all. Thanks for a fun session!)

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (question Bob: do the PC hours assigned to mine searching matter toward finding a mine if they don't have an appropriate skill? i.e.- are the hours being 'wasted' by going on the search?)

Ryan has left the game on Fri Oct 23 22:07:00 EDT 2020

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (if so, send melee-oriented PCs with the mine search team, and leave the magicals on the moat and similar tasks)

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (melee PCs have much lower hour values)

[Master] what I understand from the group, Spring you are the person to have final say, you are doing the Moat to clear another 500 feet 250 feet on other side of the entrance with some elimination of Puddings, then sending a group out to look for potential Mines, give them one maybe two weeks, then regroup back at the church

[Master] That gives you everyone on each of the two tasks

[Master] to maximize levels etc.

[Spring] yes. althout I understand what TMO is asking

[Spring] when we are scouting for a mine, does everyone's skills apply?

[Master] I am NOT telling anyone what to do, just trying to summarize what I think everyone wants

[Master] yes to Spring

[Master] skills, spells and encounters, all apply

[Spring] I don't mind alternating bouts of moat filling with scouting trips.

[Spring] what say the rest of you?

[Master] and we can run some/most of this next week

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (so if we send Brer on mine detail, he's worth 6 rolls, but Snezy is worth 34?)

[Master] just want to make sure tonight we KNOW what is happening

[Master] yes to TMO

[Carissa] works for me

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (ok, not certain, but I don't think I'd realized for certain that level hours applied toward finding the mine, although it makes sense)

[Carissa] Probs should intro the other person whoever the hell they are before the scouting trip?

[Master] yes to Carissa

[Master] I have a list here

[Carissa] I mean, not so much RP, but just Thistle saying, "Oh and that's the other person! They're good at things"

[Carissa] Because I don't know who they are yet, lol

[Master] and some RP works

[Master] grins

[Master] you get to show your Improv skills

[Carissa] They can't have an average Joe personality. I already did that with Joe

[Carissa] All right one second I think I thought a thought

[Master] See

[Spring] :-)

[Master] Spring you get high quality short baked NPCs to populate your Protectorate

[Spring] it's amazing how heartbroken my cat gets when I eat vegetable matter

[Carissa] lol not sure about high quality

[Master] too bad TMO does not care to create any, grins

[Spring] and yay to NPCs

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (yeah, nothing but half-baked bland PCs for me)

[Master] Love you too TMO

[Carissa] Cookie are delicious when only half-baked to be fair

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] :D

[Carissa] Character sheet for person?

[Master] raw cookies are delicious too

[Master] sure just a moment Carissa

[Carissa] I did just eat some cookie dough, yes. It's my preference. Especially now that it's "safe"

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (to be fair, I did make NPCs in the past, but all my energies in that field are being spent on my own campaign)

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (I like Japanese cookies - ku-ki-do)

[Carissa] (See? And I never started a campaign of my own so I still have some left!)

[Master] Done

[Carissa] (wait I'll send you a portrait)

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (I love art breeder. :) )

[Master] I will add it next week

[Spring] I used all my creativity making fortunes for Halloween

[Spring] which is tomorrow here at theRV park

[Carissa] (wait I will not doesn't fully work)

[Master] those looked fun Spring

[Carissa] (so yes will need to do an art breeder one later)

[Spring] I didn’t want wimpy ass fortunes like you get in cookies

[Master] but there is one for you Carissa on the east side of the map

[Spring] so I tried to think of things that happen to kids all the time and predict them

[Spring] 'you will have a problem with shoes'

[Spring] all kids have problems with shoes

[Spring] ""someone who lost a tooth will help you"

[Carissa (to GM only)] Character sheet for For Carissa modified: Personal Information - Name:: CHANGED: Potoma (null). Non-Weapon Proficiencies - ADDED: Botany, Priest; Wizard, , 1, $kn, -1. ADDED: Hunting, Warrior, , 1, $wi, -1. ADDED: Survival, Warrior, , 2, $re, +0.

[Master] "You will have a Wi-Fi outage at the wrong time"

[Spring] damn, missed that one

[Master] "Your parent will not understand the math problem but your friend will"

Potoma (Carissa) muttering to self, "Hmm, and what's this? A bit of chewing, but ah, look at those leaves!"

[Thistle (Carissa)] OH! HEY! LOOK GUYS! IT'S THE OTHER PERSON!!

[Thistle (Carissa)] HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

Brer Necholas (TMO) mutters, "'The other person'??"

Potoma (Carissa) still muttering to self and looking at the bush

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] She does know almost as many people as Jilly does

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] Did you know that Jilly named two kids?

[Thistle (Carissa)] Yeah! That weird lady over there? Muttering to that plant? Her!

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] I don't know this Jilly person, but I may be a bit afraid to now.

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] That is a way to make sure you remember names

[Thistle (Carissa)] HI LAD...wait I can name people? I was told that was rude.

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] You should be

[Thistle (Carissa)] She has a spoon.

Lord Tiberius (Master) nods to Thistle

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] and Deserts

[Thistle (Carissa)] No no desSerts. Deserts are this place?

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] Hmm.. I can see where that'd be a formidable combination.

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] You remember the food at the Manor Brer

Potoma (Carissa) calls out, "Not a desert!"

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] that was all Jilly

Potoma (Carissa) goes back to examining the bush

Lord Tiberius (Master) looks at Potama, are you sure?

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] Ah, her. Yes, I remember her now.

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] Can you use it in a stew?

Potoma (Carissa) looks up, "Am I sure this isn't a desert? Or am I sure I can't use this plant in stew?"

[Potoma (Carissa)] I must say those are two very different questions young man.

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] See! Not Jilly

[Potoma (Carissa)] For one, no. This is not a desert. You still get enough rainfall here it canNOT be a desert by definition.

[Potoma (Carissa)] And for two, no, you don't want to eat this plant. Does it look edible to you? The leaves are stiff and hard. Perfectly adapt for these lands, but not for stew.

Potoma (Carissa) tuts him and goes back to looking at the bush

[Thistle (Carissa)] See? She knows things! Like Shi!

Thistle (Carissa) quietly, "But she wasn't as patient with me when I kept asking her MORE questions."

[Snezana (Spring)] so hi

[Potoma (Carissa)] Yes, yes. Hello and greetings and all that.

Potoma (Carissa) pulls a leave off the bush, brings out a notebook, places it inside.

[Snezana (Spring)] I’m Snezana and they tell me I am the governor. how about you?

[Potoma (Carissa)] Well clearly I am... AH! Mustn't forget this, either.

Potoma (Carissa) carefully pinches off a flower bud and adds it to her notebook

[Potoma (Carissa)] Hmm, yes, that'll do...

Potoma (Carissa) straightens back up

[Potoma (Carissa)] Potoma. Professor, if you will. Although I haven't the patience for that kind of boring work anymore.

[Snezana (Spring)] (my cat is devastated that I ate a banana)

[Potoma (Carissa)] All rich younglings without a *hint* of interest in learning anything worthwhile!

[Potoma (Carissa)] (my cat was offended I ate a banana earlier)

[Snezana (Spring)] and you specialize in plants then?

[Potoma (Carissa)] Well certainly plants are QUITE the interesting specimen, but they're only one part of the picture, wouldn't you say?

[Potoma (Carissa)] You won't know a single thing if you only look at the plants.

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (poe-toe-mah, or pot-omm-ah?)

Snezana (Spring) nodding

[Potoma (Carissa)] Such at this! Why does it have the thorns so low? What normally eats it? Is it protection from to brutish boars running around here?

[Potoma (Carissa)] And what do the deer eat out this way? The foliage is not quite so tender now, is it? No, no. They have adapted to something a bit rougher, if you will.

[Snezana (Spring)] I see

[Potoma (Carissa)] And how does that affect them? Farmers say the deer near the swamp taste so much better, but is that true? Are you really what you eat?

[Snezana (Spring)] gosh I hope not

[Potoma (Carissa)] And then to claim they can't make a living out here? Ha, I say! Perhaps they just don't understand this place!

Snezana (Spring) thinking of pudding

[Potoma (Carissa)] (Pot-o-ma. It's a play on another character if you can guess it :) )

[Potoma (Carissa)] Sure the rain is less, the soil a bit harder, but one can easily make a living. Only an imbecile would try to fish in an empty pond. You must adapt!

Snezana (Spring) nodding

[Potoma (Carissa)] If you cannot fish, you net. You understand, don't you?

[Snezana (Spring)] indeed. adaptability!

[Potoma (Carissa)] Yes yes!

[Snezana (Spring)] we face a pressing problem.

[Potoma (Carissa)] I had been wanting to get back out here for my research, but there is only so much I can do. That youngling there mentioned she had a way for me to continue my work?

[Snezana (Spring)] indeed

[Snezana (Spring)] agriculture. you mentioned the farmers don't understand this place

[Snezana (Spring)] perhaps if you were to come to understand it and then interpret it to them?

[Potoma (Carissa)] No dear no agriculture. Science! Understanding nature and working with it!

[Snezana (Spring)] um yes?

[Potoma (Carissa)] You can't set a cow on an empty pasture! And you can't toss grass on barren ground and wish it to grow without understanding WHY it won't grow!

[Snezana (Spring)] I think farmers could use help choosing things to grow that are better suited?

[Potoma (Carissa)] Exactly!

[Snezana (Spring)] like, it's too dry out here for corn

[Snezana (Spring)] but what about .... sorghum?

Brer Necholas (TMO) murmurs to Tiberius, "A few prayers to a farmer's god couldn't hurt, I think."

[Snezana (Spring)] would that work?

[Potoma (Carissa)] Yes yes! That is what I have been telling them! No corn!

[Potoma (Carissa)] Hmm, sorghum? Ahh yes, perhaps, I, hmm.. an interesting suggestion.

[Snezana (Spring)] if you could consult and advise ... that could be of huge benefit

[Snezana (Spring)] maybe something else if not sorghum

[Snezana (Spring)] you'd be best equipped to find out what

[Potoma (Carissa)] Of course, of course, but it has been years since I've been out here. You will help me explore the areas you wish to develop? I can write a mighty fine paper to the board, but I'm not so good with the sword.

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] Just a thought to consider, there may be a rare plant out here in this barren wasteland that could be valuable if harvested in proper amounts.

[Snezana (Spring)] as it happens, we are doing a series of expeditions to scout for a mining site. if you'd like to come with and survey the areas ... ?

[Potoma (Carissa)] Oh very certainly! All these tough leaves? Farmers thing are useless, but did you know you can use that one right by you to make strong cord?

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (and thus opium was introduced to D&D)

[Master] lol

[Potoma (Carissa)] Oh but that would be wonderful!

[Snezana (Spring)] strong cord!

[Thistle (Carissa)] YAY! Then you can tell me what THAT beetle is and what THAT butterfly is and what THAT ant is!

[Snezana (Spring)] imagine the economic opportunity!

Potoma (Carissa) clears throat, to Thistle, "Perhaps, but please do NOT keep interrupting me during my research?"

Brer Necholas (TMO) murmurs quietly to Tiberius, "I hope she wasn't just looking at the rope on my belt."

[Snezana (Spring)] so this week we are working on filling in part of this moat. then next week we will do the first expedition

[Snezana (Spring)] do you think you could be ready by then?

Potoma (Carissa) nods to Snee, "Oh certainly! And those roots? Quite a way to go fishing. Block off the pond, toss it in - fish for all! Or soap. My great grandfather loved making soap with it."

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] I hope he was not thinking that Thistle would be quiet

[Snezana (Spring)] (oh this person is a gold mine!)

[Potoma (Carissa)] Oh wonderful! That'll give me time to look at what's around this old church! I had always wondered if things might be different closer to it with all the... activity it has generated.

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (eep, he or she?)

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] He looks like a he

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] Potoma!

[Potoma (Carissa)] (She! She is the D&D inspired version of Professor Sprout :P)

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] Are you a HE or a SHE

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] You are rather messy

[Snezana (Spring)] (hahahahaha!)

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] Hard to tell

[Potoma (Carissa)] I'm sorry? And what does it matter?

[Snezana (Spring)] (I assumed female from he name)

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] Actually not to me

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] but Lord Brer here wants to make sure he addresses you properly

Potoma (Carissa) puffs up, "You just think I can't be as good a researcher because I'm a she? Is that it?"

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] I am happy as long as you help Snee out

Brer Necholas (TMO) shakes his head slightly.

[Potoma (Carissa)] I would hope the colleagues I am to work with here are MUCH better than the ones I left!

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] That depends were your previous colleagues undead?

Potoma (Carissa) readjust hat on frizzled hair

[Snezana (Spring)] or worse?

Potoma (Carissa) pauses to think, "Well that was many years ago. I don't know. There was that ONE professor who was a tiny bit too interested in death so it is possible."

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] Could they be worse?

[Snezana (Spring)] creators of the undead

[Potoma (Carissa)] There is scientific endeavor and then there was him. But that was long ago and not of my concerns anymore

Potoma (Carissa) waves off the memory

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] Potmaa,.... sir or mamn if you are undead you will die before nightfall

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] Some of my colleagues can be pretty hard to get along with too, trust me.

[Potoma (Carissa)] Are you blind, young man? Do I look undead?

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] Not at all

[Potoma (Carissa)] Then I am not undead.

[Snezana (Spring)] very well, it is set

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] but you do seem to be hesitant to confirm who you are

[Snezana (Spring)] one week from today we shall depart

Potoma (Carissa) taps her head, "You can tell quite a lot but just looking at something closely."

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] I want to make sure you are not infiltrating Snee's encampment

[Potoma (Carissa)] I have told you who I am. Your questions are simply bothersome and preventing me from exploring more.

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] She is my Love's Governor

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] and I will make sure she is safe

[Snezana (Spring)] have I made an enemy already?

[Potoma (Carissa)] You are quite like that youngling. Don't quite know when to quiet down.

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] Good

[Snezana (Spring)] I haven't even got started yet

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] I hope to stop you

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] I've found looking at the surface can be misleading. I prefer using actions over looks to tell about someone.

[Snezana (Spring)] who in the world would be opposing me yet?

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] until I know you are safe

[Potoma (Carissa)] Well you sir are clearly not a botanist. Or a scientist.

[Potoma (Carissa)] Hmm, well mostly a botanist. Some scientist would agree with that thinking.

Lord Tiberius (Master) laughs I am an adventurer

[Potoma (Carissa)] No not you. The smarter one next to you.

Lord Tiberius (Master) looks around

Brer Necholas (TMO) chuckles.

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] that would be everyone

Potoma (Carissa) points to Brer, "Perhaps you would have made a good student."

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] I am here for my sword not my brain

Potoma (Carissa) nods to Tiberius, "Yes. That is quite clear."

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] Good

Brer Necholas (TMO) nods. "Thank you, but I'm already a student."

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] I am glad we agree

[Snezana (Spring)] so, we are set!

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] She might be smart enough to help you Snee

[Snezana (Spring)] we depart a week from today!

[Potoma (Carissa)] Oh good. Now if you'll excuse me.

Potoma (Carissa) gets back to examining the bush

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] Wait wait you should check her ears

[Snezana (Spring)] Thistle, thank you for introducing your friends

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] you might want to make sure if she is an elf

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] hiding

[Snezana (Spring)] you're a fantastic recruiter!

[Thistle (Carissa)] See? They're less boring than some of you!

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] only Shi has been that interested in plants

[Thistle (Carissa)] I don't think she is. I tried to speak Elvish to her and she just looked at me funny.

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] But did you check her ears?

[Thistle (Carissa)] Umm, but Kel looks at me funny when I try to talk Elvish, too. Shi looks pained? I dunno...

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] SEE!

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] You have not learned enough yet Thistle

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] you are doing very good but you have a LOT to learn

[Lord Tiberius (Master)] check people's ears

[Thistle (Carissa)] She already smacked my hand away once when I asked what she was wearing!

[Thistle (Carissa)] You do it!

[Thistle (Carissa)] With all that hair and that hat, I mean, maybe? But I'm not asking or looking.

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] Does it matter?

[Snezana (Spring)] no, leave people be

Lord Tiberius (Master) shrugs and looks at Snee

[Snezana (Spring)] oh dear, I agree with Brer on something

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] That's it. One of us is going to purgatory now.

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] Just wish I knew which.

[Thistle (Carissa)] Oh! Can I go? Is that a good place to go??

[Snezana (Spring)] my religion hasn't got it, so it must be you

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] Hmm.. and I'd hoped my good deeds outweighed the bad.

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] Well, guess I'll have to try harder.

[Thistle (Carissa)] You're letting me play with fire. That's a good deed, right?

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] No, just giving in to the inevitable.

Thistle (Carissa) grins

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] And hoping you have just barely enough sense to not burn the province down.

[Thistle (Carissa)] .....killjoy

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] Yes.

[Snezana (Spring)] (oh thank god, the damn cat is finally eating the cat food)

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (huzzah!)

[Snezana (Spring)] (instead of resenting my banana and my avocado)

Thistle (Carissa) glares at him, "Does my judging stare burn?"

[Thistle (Carissa)] (haha)

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] Sorry, no. You're not quite Order material.

[Snezana (Spring)] (there's a skeeter in here)

[Sundown (Master)] You need more practice

[Thistle (Carissa)] Wait I have to be in the Order for it to burn?

[Thistle (Carissa)] I swear Gramma's burned right to my soul and she's not of the Order!

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] We have a summer camp to teach us how to do it.

Thistle (Carissa) tries again

Sundown (Master) watches Thistle

Thistle (Carissa) glares harder

Thistle (Carissa) quietly, "I think I hear something sizzling..."

[Sundown (Master)] You might do good if you spend time with the Order you do have a flare

Brer Necholas (TMO) reaches up and scratches the tip of his nose.

[Thistle (Carissa)] I dunno. Are they all like you two? If so, I'll pass.

[Sundown (Master)] They are stricter

[Thistle (Carissa)] OH! Is THAT why you wear that patch, Brer? Because your glare with both eyes would kill a man??

Brer Necholas (TMO) shakes his head. "Oh no. We're definitely unusual."

[Thistle (Carissa)] If it's like going back home to Gramma, still not interested. At least home we'd dance and party. And Sundown already told me he doesn't dance.

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] I haven't stricken anyone dead with just a look in a long time.

[Thistle (Carissa)] Oh well that's goo....wait so you have??

Brer Necholas (TMO) shrugs.

Thistle (Carissa) clearly in awe

[Thistle (Carissa)] That's so cooooooool

Brer Necholas (TMO) sighs. "Murder is hardly cool."

[Thistle (Carissa)] Umm, okay well yeah, but to do that with only a glance is... hmm. Are you human?

[Thistle (Carissa)] I haven't checked your ears.

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] That's true, you haven't.

Thistle (Carissa) frowns, "So is that a yes or no?"

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] I'm as human as anyone here.

Thistle (Carissa) points to Skarp, "Not human."

Thistle (Carissa) points to Tiffress, "Not human."

[Thistle (Carissa)] So you're down for two already.

[Snezana (Spring)] he did say anyone, not everyone

Thistle (Carissa) points to Kenna, "Also not human."

Thistle (Carissa) now scrutinizing him, "True, but he didn't say which anyone."

Brer Necholas (TMO) nods.

[Thistle (Carissa)] So... can I see your ears?

[Sundown (Master)] No

[Thistle (Carissa)] So....

Thistle (Carissa) points to Brer, "Probably not human."

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] Try taking it on faith.

Brer Necholas (TMO) smiles.

[Thistle (Carissa)] Do I look like a priest?

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] A little faith never hurt anyone.

[Thistle (Carissa)] I would fully disagree with that.

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] That's your choice

Thistle (Carissa) frowns, "Well you haven't kill any of us. Yet. But I'm gonna.. stand a little bit over here now."

[Thistle (Carissa)] But I still got my eye on you.

Brer Necholas (TMO) smiles again. "Do what you feel is right."

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] Oh good. Two eyes is much better than one.

[Spring] okay I need to go nitenite

[Thistle (Carissa)] But if you wanted to convince me you're human, you've done poorly.

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (g'nite!)

[Thistle (Carissa)] No. I said eye. I gotta keep the other one on Sundown.

[Thistle (Carissa)] (night!)

[Spring] gnite!

Spring has left the game on Fri Oct 23 23:02:29 EDT 2020

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] Yes, your one, plus my one.

[Thistle (Carissa)] You're keeping an eye on yourself?

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] And I don't feel a need to convince you of anything. You can believe me to be human or not, whichever.

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] Always.

[Thistle (Carissa)] Yeah.... so probably definitely not human.

[Thistle (Carissa)] You're not gonna turn into a were or something are you?

Brer Necholas (TMO) rests his hands on his belt. "I don't believe so, no."

[Thistle (Carissa)] That's normally a simple yes or no. Shi said she traveled with someone who didn't think they would and then they did and they died.

Brer Necholas (TMO) nods. "I can't promise what the future holds. But as of right now, no, not a were. I have faith that Lord Ukko will keep me from that fate."

[Thistle (Carissa)] Okay at least that's a better answer for THAT question.

[Thistle (Carissa)] But weird you won't let me see your ears. Unless you don’t have any.

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] I'm not that maimed, no.

[Thistle (Carissa)] Oh? Did a cat get your...wait that's tongue.

[Thistle (Carissa)] OH! Gramma says if someone talks about you a lot you're ears burn. Did they talk about you so much they burned off??

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] Hmm...I'd actually hope nobody talks about me, to be honest.

[Thistle (Carissa)] Well yeah, if you have ears, you don't want them to fall off. IF you have them, that is.

Brer Necholas (TMO) smiles. "Yes, something like that, I suppose."

Thistle (Carissa) points at him again, "But I'm still suspect of you mister."

[Thistle (Carissa)] (so sus man)

Brer Necholas (TMO) sighs. "I'll try to be strong under the burden."

[Thistle (Carissa)] Good. I glad you understand.

Thistle (Carissa) mutters, "Don't dance and don't have ears. Definitely not human...."

Brer Necholas (TMO) chuckles.

[Master] warm smile

[Carissa] (think I'm done interrogating for now)

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (:D twas fun!)

[Carissa] (lol it was)

[Carissa] (I need to know more about him, but also know that won't come soon)

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (frankly, I expected a lot more interrogating long ago)

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (we've just been too preoccupied to get to it)

[Carissa] think we were more focused on not dying

[Master] so I have starting next week is one week of Moat, the one or more weeks of exploring for Mines then back to more Moat working and probably Goblins

[Carissa] but hopefully with all this more mundane stuff interrogations can come more often

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (n worries, I have lots of lore for you to unpack if you want to)

[Carissa] especially now that Thistle is again uncertain about Brer

[Carissa] good!

[Carissa] And sounds about right

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (just don't expect me to spill it all at once. :P)

[Carissa] lol of course not no fun in that

[Carissa] but those little tidbits to keep it interesting are great

[Carissa] like why he won't show his ears and how pretty sure he's not normal human if human :)

Brer Necholas (TMO) is mum.

Thistle (Carissa) does the two finger eye pointy thing

Brer Necholas (TMO) only has one eye

[Master] lol

[Carissa] lol

[Brer Necholas (TMO)] (besides, how boring would he be if he was 'normal' human? ;) )

[Carissa] Pretty boring. Humans generally are ;)

[TMO] that's the challenge, making something interesting out of anything ordinary.

[TMO] Pomona is Sprout's first name, right?

[Carissa] Yep

[TMO] kk

[Carissa] Add a T for plausible deniability for copywrite

[Master] lol

[Carissa] Also Potomac was on my mind

[TMO] I don't think we're on her radar

[Carissa] lol probably not

[Carissa] Anything else for tonight?

[Master] so you feel you know what will happen next week?

[TMO] nothing we had planned?

[Carissa] Exactly

[Carissa] Planning and keeping to plans is for chumps

[Master] one week CLICKED off of Moat then week(s) of Mine exploration

[Master] then back to Moat and Goblins

[TMO] wheee!

[Carissa] But only one week clicked off... not all of them.... hmmmmm

[Master] have a great night then

[TMO] there will probably be encounters rolled

[Master] and I will make sure it is worthwhile for you to explore Mines

[Master] grins

[TMO] so prepare to fight for your life

[TMO] or, as I started to type before correction: your lifrte

[Carissa] lol and now I have one main and two not that can't fight

[Carissa] gonna be great!

[Carissa] at least you had the L in there

[TMO] good point!

[Carissa] lol

[TMO] always look on the bright side

[Carissa] That's where the L is

[Carissa] All right, night!

[TMO] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJUhlRoBL8M

[Carissa] (fine copy link THEN log off)

[TMO] g'nite. thx for the game!

Carissa has left the game on Fri Oct 23 23:21:47 EDT 2020

[Master] have a great night

[TMO] you too

TMO has left the game on Fri Oct 23 23:22:06 EDT 2020

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