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11/21/2021 Carissa
First thing first, feel free to go read OP-Pandemonium to know what we're getting ourselves into here.
We all agree this is get in, get cat, get out as fast as we can trip. No one wants to stay on this horrid plane for longer than needed. We don't have much time left for preparations, but here's where we're at for us to remember AND for anyone to add to it (especially if I missed something):
- Double insulated earplugs of wax and cotton.
- Additional ability to use Silence, 15' Radius spell if needed, but only lasts a few turns.
- Keeping in mind that wind spells can be used to counteract the wind and also protect us for a bit.
- Make notecards with writing and pictograms to help communicate with each other on the plane.
- A continual light object for EVERYONE. The plane is naturally dark. Infravision works, but no mention of other visions. Keep in mind, we'll likely attract things with our lights so also need means to hide it.
- Utilize any divination spells we have available. That so far only includes Augury.
- Utilize any and all animal spells and skills: tracking, locate animal, befriend animal, command animal, ect.
- Rope. If we go into some of those huge caverns, a few party members likely be carried into the air and up to miles away. Let's try to not let the wind split the party, okay?
Things I'm not sure we have a solution to yet:
- Protection from sanity? Will our insulated earplugs help us or not? If not, how do we snap out of it, or protect against it? Calm minds and meditation like when we entered the Astral Plane?
- ???
11/25 Carissa
So I'm still concerned at least half of us might go mad once we arrive to Pandemonium. I do think that it may be worth briefly trying each other to each other, maybe? Worse fear is someone goes mad, and runs off into the darkness, and then we have to find the cat AND the person.
But anyways, my slightly failed Wednesday epiphany (shoulda been a Tuesday, less failure chance) was wondering if calm might help with madness. This was followed by knowing Raelynn has some emotion controlling spells. Unfortunately, my idea of making a batch of calming biscuits won't work because that spell, er, makes you angry, instead. Not sure biscuits (or your food of choice) making you mad is a good idea...
(Double) BUT Orion does allow calm as one of it's potential uses. We run into the problem of casting orison in combat because of how long it takes, but... can we orison up some calming biscuits? Can orison be applied to something...?
11/26 Spring
Huge thanks!! We might want to put everyone in a simple rope harness with a ring or loop in the back to attach up to before we transit. People losing their minds might have a harder time getting loose if the loop is in the back.
