[X] LonelyWolf999

@Azel I like your idea, but I'd honestly prefer more family time. Actually, that's a point. There's no reason we can't combine the two - go flying out that way with the family, using a Teleport to bridge some of the gap if necessary, then have a date with Lya in the evening. Dany can get mom home safe.

Then Magical Ship-girl Princess Rhaella

Oh, please, do elaborate. I haven't had urge to tear someone apart on matters of mental stability in...goodness...a whole week.
 
[X] Plan The Women In His Life
-[X] Day 1:
--[X] Scout the Basilisk Isles. Look for a nice spot on the mountains where the vegetation is sparse enough to have a good view on the jungle, the sea and the sunset. Use Plant Growth to prepare the location. Then have a great date with Lya.
-[X] Day 2:
--[X] Spend time with Rhealla and Dany. Go out and have some fun in SD while disguised. Maybe add a short visit to the extended family in Sunspear.
 
Why doesn't Lya Wear Full Plate, by the way?
Alternative Source Spell should allow her to cast all her spells at -1CL ignoring any ASF chance (counting as cleric spells, from arcane slots).
 
It's also a great source of flexibility for a prepared caster with a tiny spell-list. Sorcerer got an alternate class level, Mystics get Substitute Domain. Sadly Expanded Arcana (Zone of Truth) is necessary for Substitute Domain to be able to swap out Inquisition without losing the prerequisites for Church Inquisitor.
What's with the hard-on for Zone of Truth?

It's useful, but niche.

Spending a feat in a contingency for a niche situation is completely wasteful.
 
What's with the hard-on for Zone of Truth?

It's useful, but niche.

Spending a feat in a contingency for a niche situation is completely wasteful.
It's a requirement of the Church Inquisitor PRC, otherwise I would be against it, too.

Church Inquisitor is great, though. That +4 bonus to Dispel checks is going to be nice.
 
It's a prerequisite for the PrC Church Inquisitor that our Mystics will be taking at lv3.
I want to be able to swap out the Inquisition domain without losing PrC prerequisites.
You don't lose the abilities by momentarily being unable to cast it, otherwise a wizard that runs out of spells of X level would lose his PrC features if he's exhausted.

It's insane to mono-focus on it that hard.

Early entry through retraining shenanigans I see the reason why, even if the fourth lev isn't particularly appealing.

But this is too much.

What are they supposed to do?

I'd give them a basic CLW if possible, and on the must-have list, I'd put:
- Conviction
- Close Wounds
- Mass Ressurgence
- Dispel (because really everyone must have dispel if they can cast it, it's virtually a graduating requirement for the elite track)

Command is good, Enthrall is surprisingly smart for a crowd control scenario, of the literal sort, but that's a very niche spell, we can have scrolls made.
 
Why doesn't Lya Wear Full Plate, by the way?
Alternative Source Spell should allow her to cast all her spells at -1CL ignoring any ASF chance (counting as cleric spells, from arcane slots).
Preference. She likes her robes far too much. Anyway, @Goldfish, regarding giving every graduated Mystic and Cleric Reinforced Segmented Adamantine Fullplate, two things.

1. I don't know how much of the Adamantine Stockpiles @Azel has earmarked for economic schemes or the airships, but as a conservative estimate I'll assume that 10,000 lbs is the remainder for us to use for adventurers and Scholarum mages. That would give us the resources for 181 mages equipped in Reinforced Segmented Adamantine Fullplate. So we our two options, on the assumption that most of our stockpile is used for other things,

a) raid a few more turtle ships at some point in the next year, get adamantine straight from the Efreeti
b) Adamantine costs 30 IM/lbs in the Opaline Vault (and even less than that through grateful Xorn allies), so each Reinforced Segmented Fullplate would come up to 1650 IM.

This isn't urgent, but it is something to keep an eye on considering how the number of Scholarum graduates could quite easily outpace our reserves.

2. The women will need Mithral rather than Adamantine. There's a reason we haven't stuck Vee or Tyene in Adamantine instead, even though Adamantine has DR and Mithral doesn't.
 
Oh, please, do elaborate. I haven't had urge to tear someone apart on matters of mental stability in...goodness...a whole week.
basically, this:
I think he meant the ship Queen Rhaella
I still feel the salt to this day, over how inefficient in the long run was making it (however many offshoot driad-ships we can make later), compared to an uber-enclave of Fey answering directly to us.
And you can bet that would have been the strongest Fey around, we would have had a crown to give, after all :V


That aside, I just had a though:
@DragonParadox, is there a way for us to identify the Demon-lord that was turned Nahyndrian crystals, a door of which we have conveniently stashed around somewhere?
Is it alive through rebirth again? Is it still a demon-lord?

Because if yes, well, I have a question to @Azel.
How much would, say, Lord of the First, be willing to pay for literall blood of one of his highest-ranking enemies?
Or at the very least, a component so narratively bound to Demons, and likely a very powerful ritual reagent against them?
:drevil:
 
Because if yes, well, I have a question to @Azel.
How much would, say, Lord of the First, be willing to pay for literall blood of one of his highest-ranking enemies?
Or at the very least, a component so narratively bound to Demons, and likely a very powerful ritual reagent against them?
:drevil:
I am highly opposed to selling it. That is a major strategic resource for us.
 
@DragonParadox, is there a way for us to identify the Demon-lord that was turned Nahyndrian crystals, a door of which we have conveniently stashed around somewhere?
Is it alive through rebirth again? Is it still a demon-lord?

Because if yes, well, I have a question to @Azel.
How much would, say, Lord of the First, be willing to pay for literall blood of one of his highest-ranking enemies?
Or at the very least, a component so narratively bound to Demons, and likely a very powerful ritual reagent against them?
:drevil:

Demon lords are not like lesser demons, when killed in such a manner as allows rebirth they just get reborn as themselves, drawing power from their domain in the Abyss, so when one of them is dead that means True Death has been dealt.
 
And we have let this stand for years now.
You know something we've let stand for years?

The Wisps.
I would prefer Adamantine. They don't need Mithral to reduce any ASF chance, while Adamantine will give them DR 3/--
Insane expense for generic magelings.

We don't do it for Archivists, little reason to do it for Mystics.

If they make it to 4th level spells they can get one. Or buy one on their own, they earn a lot and enchanting it would be dirty cheap too, magical adamantine armor is the kind of thing that lasts forever.
 
Let's see;

-The Moonsong and crew (Moonsong, Theon, Asha, etc)
-The Queen Rhaella and crew (Diana, Lothos, various Leshy, Little Valyrians, etc)
-Mercy
-Three Erinyes
-Two Verdant Wolves
-Two squads of six Minotaur Fighters
-Two sets of Elemental Wyrmlings (We have five sets now)
-Three dozen Lesser False Ravens for comprehensive scouting (We have several hundred now)
-Six Greater False Ravens for scouting, spying, and coordinating Lesser Ravens
-One 5th level Wizard, one 4th level Wizard, one 5th level Archivist, one 4th level Archivist.
-Breath Taker or Blight's Bane, and a contingent of Groton warriors. Maybe some traders, too?

This represents a good amount of firepower and spread of abilities. Lots of people who could gain experience along the way, too. Both ships, but especially the Queen Rhaella, have a huge crew capacity, so lots of mundane sailors can be included as well. If we send them off with a bunch of Raise from the Deep scrolls, they could salvage and crew ships along the way.

With the Tritons along, and Diana's ability to easily grant others underwater survival and movement abilities, they could also seek to establish diplomatic contact with other Triton settlements as they travel.

I really like the idea of this trip. It could last for several months. Lots of good interlude fodder, too!


And a Wing of Drakenbeasts.
 
Insane expense for generic magelings.

We don't do it for Archivists, little reason to do it for Mystics.

If they make it to 4th level spells they can get one. Or buy one on their own, they earn a lot and enchanting it would be dirty cheap too, magical adamantine armor is the kind of thing that lasts forever.
The raw Adamantine by Opaline Vault prices would cost 1650 IM. That honestly isn't much at all with the funds we're dealing with.
 
basically, this:

I still feel the salt to this day, over how inefficient in the long run was making it (however many offshoot driad-ships we can make later), compared to an uber-enclave of Fey answering directly to us.
And you can bet that would have been the strongest Fey around, we would have had a crown to give, after all :V

I get it man. I remember abstaining from that vote because I wasn't about to get salty over a seed but looking back I regret that decision. Well we can always ask Yss and Bloodraven the location of a second Queen Dryad seed. Then put it in the hearth of the Singers. Still want our court of fey loyal to us. I may hate em but between having them and not having them I am going to take them. That and it seems like a damm good way to usurp that fey court of ours.
 
You don't lose the abilities by momentarily being unable to cast it, otherwise a wizard that runs out of spells of X level would lose his PrC features if he's exhausted.

It's insane to mono-focus on it that hard.

Early entry through retraining shenanigans I see the reason why, even if the fourth lev isn't particularly appealing.

But this is too much.

What are they supposed to do?

I'd give them a basic CLW if possible, and on the must-have list, I'd put:
- Conviction
- Close Wounds
- Mass Ressurgence
- Dispel (because really everyone must have dispel if they can cast it, it's virtually a graduating requirement for the elite track)

Command is good, Enthrall is surprisingly smart for a crowd control scenario, of the literal sort, but that's a very niche spell, we can have scrolls made.
They'll have Healing Devotion, Healing Belts, and a Wand of Cure Light Wounds.
Insane expense for generic magelings.

We don't do it for Archivists, little reason to do it for Mystics.

If they make it to 4th level spells they can get one. Or buy one on their own, they earn a lot and enchanting it would be dirty cheap too, magical adamantine armor is the kind of thing that lasts forever.
All of the gear for our baby mages is only given to them upon reaching 5th level. Maybe 4th level in some cases, but never before that. We can afford to spend around 3k IM on each mage that reaches 5th level.

EDIT: Of course, the costs I mention don't include material expense, just the enchanting cost.
 
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