The Secret of Castle Doom Discussion Thread

[Arhra]

Well, seeing how the old thread is back several pages and is at limit anyway, I thought I'd start a new one.

Obsolete, you know Wing, Aeris and Shuren are several miles away from your location don't you?

[Rhiya Ravenwing]

hmm... I was thinking the same thing... just that we're actually leagues away. A swift dragon makes short time in travelling over the land.

[Obsolete57]

Mhmmm. He's very powerful now though.

[Rhiya Ravenwing]

true, but who the hell can send a flying disc over a few leagues and still be conscious? If I was in a bad mood, I'd call it godmodding, but what the hell, it's good anyway. Saves Wind from catching Shuren, although she's travelling at breakneck speed and might barely miss the disc.

[PhoenixFlame]

Not to mention Aeris cast Featherfall on Shuren... So he's now falling at the speed of a feather, which, last time I checked, was slower than a parachute.

Oh well. I suppose Mr. Charcion likes putting large glowy disks on a collision course with dragons :p

[Obsolete57]

Yes Rhiya, but we're working off two types of Magic. The type I'm working off has the policy, do it or die. Basically the magic saps your will power, until either the task is done, or your dead from over-exertion. It's actually a large task to make the platform, but a small one to send it.

Plus, Charcion is EXHAUSTED now. He hasn't used Magic as long as Notikas, but he's not human, and has a firm grasp on magics and the power of the mind. He just doesn't like using it.

[Arhra]

Ah, Obsolete, you've just managed to make Charcion move many leagues instantaneously with no explanation again.

Extra Stuff:
I've started the new thread. I didn't want to say what happened with the crash landing yet. And Charcion, you need to decide whether you're with Arthus or with Wind, Aeris and Shuren. I should clarify that the only things currently attacking the knights are the spectres, there's not a single zombie or skeleton in sight. Similiarly, the only things currently present at Wind, Aeris and Shuren's location are the gorecrows. Until that big scary demon shows up of course.

So Charcion, If you're with the knights you're in a bit of trouble as there are incorporeal undead to deal with and you're outside the shield. They'd be all over you like flies over rotting meat. At the other position there's only gorecrows to worry about.

[PhoenixFlame]

Only gorecrows to worry about. mhmm. Think of them as daggers with wings.
I think Charcion was (last time at least) right outside the shield, inbetween Arthus and the spectres, so... he's in big trouble.

I suppose Aeris didn't guess right in thinking the necromancer was homing in on the curse he planted? Or is he old-fashion scrying on us? ;)

[Kildare]

And it isn't over yet with the gorecrows....you still have a bunch of demons and a tiamath captain to deal with...

[Arhra]

Well, for a start, an army isn't that hard to track. But yes, he is tracking the curse. Amongst other things.

Oh a side note, simply for the sake of my own amusement I went and did the maths. Assuming the disc had traveled at the speed of sound (which it evidently hadn't due to the lack of a sonic boom), it would take about 15 seconds to travel a single league. If they were 10 leagues away from the knight's position which is actually still pretty close seeing how they were trying to lead the undead away, the disc would have taken two and a half minutes to get there. That's more than enough time to get to the ground even with a feather fall spell. Looks like miracluous teleportation is your only option Obsolete.

[Kildare]

lol......

[Rhiya Ravenwing]

hmm.. I hope it's alright if my character is almost like a doppleganger... i mean, she doesn't use much of her other abilities much, as it's easier to be huge than learn other stuff :)

[Kildare]

Where IS obsolete?

[Lumaes]

Hi. Would you mind if I joined in? It looks like a good RP.

[Red Mage Black]

mind if join in as well?

[PhoenixFlame]

It's an open RP, I'm sure Kildare wouldn't mind. I know I wouldn't :)

[Rhiya Ravenwing]

mmmm... but i thought that you guys were supposed to supply a character sheet and background?

I was utterly confused when you jumped in, Lumaes... o.O

[Bailey]

How do you join in? Just say what your character can do and their basic history?

also, what kinds of characters can we have? low tech, magic only; high tech, magic use; what? I know there's magic, but what I guess I'm really asking is can we use technology too so long as we can explain how we're running the whatever without convenient power outlets.

I'm asking because I want to either be a high tech summoner-esque person, or someone who uses both the wit and the skill, with the wit beast of an alaspinian minidrag.

[PhoenixFlame]

Yes, character and appearance, history, powers, items of note and the like.

I beleive Kildiare said we had magic with primitive technology, shuch as matchlock firearms, repeater crossbows, and that sort of thing. Nothing seriously high-tech like plasma rifles and motion detectors or anything, but an enchanted item could fill one of those roles easily.

BTW: Kildiare, you dont just need to use Tiamaths as deamonic opponents, There are plenty of deamons and devils of various quantities of evilness out there. I would assume this Tiamath would be accompanied by his general, (Probably a Marilith) And a contingent of Vrocks, or some other combat-oriented deamon to serve as personal guards and scouts. Or go the Devilish route, with Erinyes (Fallen Angels) and the like.

[Bailey]

ok, so a computer whose only purpose is to serve as a database for summoning spells is out of the question?
whatever, i like the wit user better
My character is named Ilgivan (i saw someone use it in a MUD and i liked the sound of it)
He wears hard wearing earth tones (he's a wit user he spends lots of time in the woods)
My character (unbeknownst to him) is the last descendant of a royal family which fell from power over two thousand years ago (so very longlived characters might or might not know about his past), but as far as he is concerned, his father was a farmer, his father's father was a farmer and so on, and he does not want to be a farmer.
He knows all about the wit, having been taught it by his father, but the skill lies dormant in him. His wit-beast is an alaspinian minidrag (or if someone can think of a similar creature we'll call it that instead). He can sense motives at a low level, and the minidrag (who we'll call Alemeria {again, saw it in a MUD and liked the sound of it})
is a meter long flying snake who can spit a highly corrosive acid/poison.
he can use the wit to communicate with Alemeria or other wit users, and the skill has a variety of psionic uses.
Ilgivan is, like many wit users, equiped with weapons similar to his wit-beast, and so uses two blades which are somewhere between daggers and short-swords, and uses a bow which is enchanted to imbue arrows with different effects. These arrows range in effect (after the initial damage) from making the target fall asleep to poisoning them to rendering them immoble while still conscious.
do i just jump in now or do i wait for arhra to introduce me?

[Arhra]

Uh, what exactly is a wit user? Kildre started the RP. I've just happened to create this discussion thread and the Chapter 2 thread.

On a side note, D&D is really the only place that makes the distinction between demons and devils. And going by D&D an erinyes is only the devilish counterpart of the succubus. In mythology they were female vampires or something similar I believe. I'd have to go and check it up.

[Rhiya Ravenwing]

BLARG!

ok, first off, can you stop putting in the brackets and stuff? My head asploded when i read it.
Here's a basic character sheet that you might like to scam off:

Name:
Age:
Sex:
Race:
Description:
Equipment:
Abilities/spells:
Background:

That's basically it! you don't need to put in your character's moves and stuff like that, then put in explanations in brackets. It's simpler like this.

[PhoenixFlame]

Okay, okay Arhra, point made. There are different factions in the abyss however. On a related note, my 3.5 MM states Erinyes can be male or female, and are generally archer/fighter types. Nothing like a Succubus at all.

Nope, computers in any shape or form would be pretty much out of the question.

Interesting character design. But I'm sure a lot of us dont know exactly what a "Wit-user" is. I'm thinking from your discription that they are a kind of druid or ranger, in tune with a specific animal type, who is a sort of natural "Aspect Warrior" of that particular animal?

The alaspinan minidrag sounds like a little brother to the true-dragon species. I'm pretty sure we (the DnD familiar players) refer to that as a "Pseudodragon" A small snakelike creature who breathes fire. Although it could be acid, depending on the subspecies.

[Bailey]

Uh, what exactly is a wit user?
The short version? A normal person who is bonded to one creature, so like a fighter or something with a better form of familiar than a druid or ranger might have.
The medium version? hooray for animal friends! But I only get one, and my wit beast is like a part of me, if he dies, I'm pretty shaken up, way more than someone who has simply lost a pet, and for some people even more than if they lost their mother, father, son, or daughter. Also my wit-beast and I can switch bodies for short periods of time.
The long version? Read Robin Hobb's Farseer or Fool's Tragedy trilogies. The Liveship Traders, the trilogy in between, is interesting but does not include use of the wit or the skill.

[Rhiya Ravenwing]

...o.o

You lost me there.

[PhoenixFlame]

Rhiya, I think he's trying to say his character is a Ranger/Druid or similiar Nature-loving class who is attuned to a particular animal type. His "Wit-Beast" is much like a Wizards familiar, only much more personal. He's a Pseudodragon aspect warrior, with the Pseudodragon companion to match. At least that's what I'm getting out of it.

[Bailey]

Name: Ilgivan
Age: 24
Sex: male
Race: human
Description: tall, thin, wiry, dark hair, emerald eyes
Equipment: hard wearing adventurers outfit, 2 blades between the length of a dagger and short sword, bow: status effect enchantment, quiver: replenishing
Abilities/spells: (wit/usable) sense motive, mind-link with Alemeria, mind-link with other wit users, stun/throw with mind(very weak at low levels); (skill/dormant) drain, telepathy, manipulate minds, read minds, scry
Familiar: Wit-beast: Alemeria the Psuedodragon(acid/poison)
Background: the last descendant of a royal family which fell from power over two thousand years ago, but as far as he is concerned, his father was a farmer, his father's father was a farmer and so on, and he does not want to be a farmer.
Idiosyncracies: Like many wit users, Ilgivan prefers to call it "old blood". The common method of greeting between them is "old blood greets old blood" said both aloud and through the mind-link

Until I can come up with a better description or find a site devoted to the series, I guess the aspect warrior description will have to do
He naturally has both the wit and the skill, but he has only been trained in the use of the wit, so he doesn't get to use his skill powers until a stressful situation where the dm says that some power is used automatically, from which point I can have Ilgivan explore the use of the skill.

[Rhiya Ravenwing]

o.o

now i'm even MORE lost... i think...

pseudodragon?!

[Arhra]

A small dragon, about the size of a cat.

It seems ok to me at least. More information on what exactly the wit and the skill are would be good though.

[Bailey]

no, as i tried to explain earlier (evidently I failed) its a meter long flying snake that spits acid/poison, and I was told that that was a psuedodragon

The wit and the skill are basically flip-sides of the same psionic power, the wit being the natural form, and the skill the domesticated form. Most of the time, people only have one or the other, although most people have a minor form of the wit without knowing it.
The wit is primarily used to bond and communicate with a creature, but that creature must also have the wit, and be willing to make the commitment, which is why bonding under the age of 16 is frowned upon, and anyone who bonds with a newborn creature is ostracized from all of old blood society.
The skill is a more traditional psionic power, being used to directly attack a mind or to conduct a battle from afar, but due to the skills outright use of raw power, it is very draining, and often a powerful skill user will have a coterie of six individuals whom he draws upon for power.
Those who use both may treat their wit-beast as a coterie, or may allow their wit-beast access to the mind of their enemies. The former gets you kicked out of the older blood community, and the latter gets you kicked out of the skill society.
Being natural powers you don't lose them, but you can no longer expect help from the communities.

[Kildare]

To all newcomers and would-be participants: As Rhiya has said earlier, the bio, stats, abilities, etc of your character is up to you, as long as it remains in MEDIEVAL style. HOWEVER, I do accept certain "technological" races such as the Modrons(robot-like creatures). Just post it up in a full-bio form(with Name, Age, Race, Class, Alignment, Background, etc) and I'll look it through to see if you have any problems.

To Newb: Your character's fine, though i would appreciate it if you'll put up more detail in description and background. Anyway, there's two things you should know. First, is that I will NOT tolerate single-sentence posts and I will definitely not tolerate any long term inactiveness unless you give a reason. Your posts must AT LEAST be a paragraph long. Second, if you wish to look at our Bios, you have to dig up for our the "Battle of Castle Doom" thread, which is probably WAY back a dozen or so pages. Good luck in finding them, coz I'm too lazy to do it for you. :D

To Rhiya: I can probably bring in a host of lesser Abishai or Cornugons if you want. Or maybe if you're luck, a Glabrezu or two would be good. :D

[Bailey]

i just did a forum search for castle doom. I found most of the bios littered through it, but I couldn't find the bio for everyone in it. I'm gonna look at the other castle doom threads to see if they're in there.

[Kildare]

It should be in the first one. I can't remember whether I posted a sign-up thread or not. If I did, it should be there. If not, it should be in the thread entitled "Battle of Castle Doom" without any extra titles on it. :)

[Bailey]

It should be in the first one. I can't remember whether I posted a sign-up thread or not. If I did, it should be there. If not, it should be in the thread entitled "Battle of Castle Doom" without any extra titles on it. :)
Yeah, when I looked through it again I found everyone's bio except for Shuren's
I'm gonna have to look through the other ones I guess, although I might as well do that anyway to understand the backstory better so that I don't say things like "when did that happen?"

[Kildare]

Double Post: Just a question here - Do you guys want to add in D&D stuff such as the various Gods, Planes, magic, weapons, etc? That way we could probably broaden this RP further by going into our very own favourite D&D Planes. I would definitely like to visit the City of Sigil(or the Cage as they call it). It would definitely be a great place to RP, since it opens alot of opportunities for intrigue and mystery. And besides, I want to "sort out" alot of the unanswered questions in the Planescape: Torment story, like who the Lady of Pain was or whay happened to the Nameless One and his band of heroes. :D

Even visiting the Sword Coast would be fun....or Icewind Dale. :D

Imagine putting Drizzt Do'Urden or Elminster into the story. :O

[Kildare]

Newb: Umm....Shuren is actually a "spontaneous" character made up by Arhra. I forgot to ask him to create a bio. :D

[Bailey]

Sounds interesting, but if we just visit every place we feel like, sooner or later we'll end up on the discworld, and that would be a pain in the ass for a serious RP. It seems to already be causing problems in calvinball XXV and that is the least serious RP I've seen in this forum..

[Kildare]

Not if we control it well. If we keep this RP to only the SERIOUS RPERS(like us), it will definitely go smooth. We just have to make sure we discuss about everything and make corrections if things go wrong. I think from now on(you're not included), any member that wants to join has to send me a "test" RP post, just to see their capabilities. I don't want to have any random newbies coming in to ruin the RP.

LOL, I'm beginning to have serious ambitions for this RP. :D

[Kildare]

Oh yeah, btw, I forgot to mention an additional rule: You may only post a maximum of TWO posts per "round". A round is when EVERYONE else has posted. This way, it keeps the RP from getting too far ahead if someone happens to be inactive or does not RP on a daily(like Obsolete, though he isn't inactive).

[Bailey]

well, I can be pretty random, but I'll do my best not to ruin it; it looks like this could be a lot of fun.

If I do something bad, tell me, chances are it was an accident and I'll fix it; I'm more than a little spacey.

[Kildare]

LOL, you underestimate yourself. From your posts, one can see that you're not a noob and is a potential super hardcore D&D fan(if you aren't one already). :D

[Kildare]

Anyway, I've found a site that provides a great deal of information on the world of D&D. Just go to http://www.defragsrealms.com/dr_books.jsp and download the information you need.

[Red Mage Black]

ah ah ah, you double posted thats a bad thing in these forums.

[Kildare]

This is a discussion thread, dummy. Besides, lots of people double-posted in this part of the forums. Why don't you go tell them that? Now get out of here if you're not participating in the RP.

[Bailey]

how far will the three core rulebooks get me? I already have those, I just can never find anyone in the "real world" interested in playing, so I have next to no experience in serious RP's, just weird RP's like calvinball, and thats just from the past week


LOL, you underestimate yourself.

I find that so long as I think I'm a newb, I behave ok, but as soon as I think I'm better, I act like a newb. So someones gonna being calling me a newb either way, I just figure it might as well be me.

[PhoenixFlame]

Arhra: I was under the impression Pseudodragons were larger than that.

I kinda understand Newb's character. He's kinda like a Druid/Wilder. I think.

I'm in favor of doing more DnD oriented stuff. Rhiya won't be though. ;)

[Rhiya Ravenwing]

hmmm? I'm currently learning D&D, so more of my posts will orient towards that.

However, since I don't know all the spells off heart, and I prefer freestyle to D&D atm, I will be veering away now and then.

[Bailey]

i would appreciate it if you'll put up more detail in description and background.

Name: Ilgivan
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Class: Old Blood; Skill User (dormant)
Wit-Beast:
Name: Alemeria
Species: Alaspinian Minidrag
Gender: Male
Basic Attacks: Bite, Spit, Grapple
Spit effects: When Alemeria spits, his saliva acts as a highly caustic poison which burns through most things in 1d6 seconds per inch, and if it enters the bloodstream, will stop burning, and instead wreak havoc upon the nervous system, killing most creatures in approximately 8d12 seconds, depending on the rate of the heartbeat (for creatures with no heartbeat, calculate acid effects instead)
Description: At 1.2 meters, this flying snake is a mervel to behold, his irredescent wings reaching a span of .8 meters when completely unfurled.
Diet: Omnivorous
Equipment: (two) 2 outfits, adventurers, brown; (two) 2 blades between the lengths of a dagger and a short sword, "fangs"; (one) 1 bow, enchanted, status effects, variety; (one) 1 quiver, replenishing; (one) 1 herb kit, assorted
Spells:
Wit/usable (no cost): Mind link- Wit Beast; Mind speak- Old Blood; Mind speak- animal; Mind Throw- one creature whose intelligence rating is higher than 2; Sense motive
Skill/dormant (all spells except for drain energy take away from hp): full set of psionic powers; dream scry; drain energy (victim must be willing)
Description:
Eyes: Emerald Green
Hair: Brown
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 160 lbs
Normal garb: dark earth tones, or green; all clothes are hardwearing.
Summary: Like Alemeria, Ilgivan is tall and, while thin, is still extremely strong.
Languages: Common
Religion: None
Background: Ilgivan is the last in a royal line which fell out of power some two or three thousand years ago. Due to this timespan, he is unaware that he is descended from the previous royal family, and has been living in an Old Blood community in which his family has long been farmers bonded to either horses, wolves (Old Blood people tend to get along better with the feral form of an animal than the domesticated one), or beehives. On his sixteenth birthday, as was the custom, he went into the woods to find his Wit Beast. The entire community expected him to follow suit with the rest of his family, and were shocked when he returned with a flying snake. Unsure of what weapon to gift him with, the townsfolk simply gave him the weapons of both a snake and a bird.* As a minidrag had no place on a farm, he set off to seek his fortune. After eight years, while sleeping in a tree, he heard a tortured choir throbbing at the back of his head, originating far to the north "please let me die, please let me die." Unsure of what it meant, he set forth to investigate.

* The Old Blood community would give someone who had just gained their companion a weapon, symbolizing the creature they were now bonded to for life. These weapons were often enchanted, for they, their new companions, and the clothes upon their backs were the only things they would have to start their new lives with. If one thinks of this bond as a type of marriage, they may think of the weapon as the dowry.
Canine- One axe.
Feline- Two rapiers.
Serpent- Two "fangs".
Avian- A bow and a quiver.
Equine- A sledge hammer or similar instrument.
Hive- Throwing knives, sabre, rapier, or foil, depending upon the species.

Is this better?

[Kildare]

Newb: Good enough. And I thought that the information regarding the various races might help you in deciding your character. :D

Arhra & Pheonix: You can check up the "Half-dragons" file in the site i gave Newb. I think it has infor regarding Pseudo-dragons. It might help.

Rhiya: Don't worry, Rhiya. We won't be following STRICTLY to D&D rules. I'm only adding things that are found in the world of D&D, that's all. :)

[Bailey]

About the semi-turn based stuff, how long do we wait to skip people? a week since their last post? Two days since their last post? A day after everyone else has gone? What?
Personally, I think it would be most fair to have it be x days after everyone else is stuck.

[Kildare]

No. If an RPer is inactive for a period of time(say, two days), anyone of us will take "control" of his character until the RPer returns. The only rule to this is that you're not allowed to do anything that affects the character directly(such as physically/mentally injure the character, kill the character, lose an equipment, etc). There'll be a continuity of story at least.

However, if the RPer happens to be inactive for a tremendously long period of time(say, one month), then we'll have to take drastic measures at that point. We'll have to remove that character from the story, either permanantly(death) or temporarily(physical imprisonment, "relocate" the character, etc).

EDIT: Btw, please do come support the request I've made here (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showthread.php?p=204397#post204397). It's regarding putting advanced/old/serious/interesting RPs into separate sub-forums, if that is possible.

[Bailey]

hey arhra, you do know that my arrows had a highly corrosive acid on them, right? It burned through the Ebon Guards. Unless they can regrow something that's been melted so long as they're not completely destroyed, at the very least they have gigantic holes in them now.

[Arhra]

They are clad in heavy armour you know and acid isn't that fast acting. At least not in small amounts. Especially since it can't have been corrosive towards metal otherwise your arroweads would have corroded. At most it would have damaged them relatively minorly. And yes, they would heal from that over time.

[Bailey]

I'm in the woods, so my quiver replenishes with stone arrowheads; this doesn't mean that it won't dissolve, but it does mean that it won't dissolve as fast, but if they can regenerate from acid and/or walk around and kill things anyway, fine, they are undead after all.

[Kildare]

Darn it, where is OBSOLETE??????

Grrr......

[Bailey]

well, it has been two days, so I'm posting now

[Obsolete57]

Blarg, sorry guys, I've been going insane with too much work to do...

Hate to ask it, but could someone take Charcion up? I can't really get on the net much anymore...

Obs.
Sorry for the massive delays...

Edit: Okay, I got my net privliges back. Let's go RP. o.o

[Bailey]

wait, is Arthus still undead?

and also, I have two blades between the length of a dagger and a shortsword, not one shortsword. I have a flying snake, so "fangs" for the snake part, and bow for the flying part.

[Kildare]

No, Arthus is no longer undead.

And what's up with activity ppl?

[Obsolete57]

*walks over to the un-posting people and fwacks them* I've been gone for a small while and you all fall asleep... yay... I'm not angry or anything just.... blah.

[Bailey]

I was waiting for:
A) Everyone to post
and failing that,
B) The required two days to be up
I am so happy
since over two days have passed since my last post, I am allowed to ignore the people who did not post. This is not my rule, but a rule which was stated earlier in this thread, and I latched onto it.

[Arhra]

Fear not! For I have posted. Truth to tell, I was hoping to wait till a little later into the battle. I've thought of something that could be interesting.

[PhoenixFlame]

I can't post, because Aeris has nothing to do until the Deamons try something. Kildiare needs to make 'em do something.

[Kildare]

Blame Rhiya for that...:D

[Rhiya Ravenwing]

Apologies. I got caught up with my exams. Next week, I'll be more absent than these, cuz my high-school exams are cropping up over the horizon and racing towards me at the speed of light. Soon they'll bop me on the head and it'll be aaaaaalllll over.... for a while, at least >.<

I'll try to cook something up when my headache goes away. Just had an exam about 45 mins ago and I STILL can't find the remains of my brain.

[Bailey]

waiting for Arthus, then I can write my next post

usually I write a couple of posts ahead, but this really depends on what Arthus does

[Bailey]

sorry about the double post, but this is a discussion thread, and ive seen others souble post in these. If it's still a bad thing anyway, tell me and I'll condense them

after this is over, are we allowed to move our characters to another RP?

[Kildare]

Of course you're allowed. Just don't forget to update your character's background in his bio. :)

[Arhra]

You know, I had hoped that Shuren's attack would be a finishing blow. He would have been virtually useless after it. Not to mention the backlash shock would have almost killed him. There's also the consideration that a single banishment spell was able to get rid of the demon's leader.

[PhoenixFlame]

You know, I had hoped that Shuren's attack would be a finishing blow. He would have been virtually useless after it. Not to mention the backlash shock would have almost killed him. There's also the consideration that a single banishment spell was able to get rid of the demon's leader.

Don't forget he still sucked down a 9th level holy ray. Aeris did manage to finish the spell before succumbing to paralysis.

[Kildare]

Arhra: If that would be the finishing blow, then the Tiamath wouldn't be much of an opponent now, wouldn't he? Come on, you shouldn't be the only one to be able to send hopelessly impossible enemies for us to defeat, should you? :D

Take a hint: Find it's weakness. Your feral abilities should prevent the paralyze effects from completely affecting your body.

[Arhra]

I tend to be a bit fond of the sacrifice style thing, where you achieve the task but at great personal cost.

Anyway, I'm just waiting for Rhiya to post.

[Bailey]

all right, since I can't post again till wednesday, could Kildare take over my char till then?

[Kildare]

Sure thing.

[Kildare]

Damn it. I've just got official confirmation that Rhiya is no longer joining us. So what do we do now?

[Arhra]

Panic.

Or think of some way to remove her character, preferably in a vague way that will allow her to rejoin if she wishes.

[Bailey]

have her find the skill river and attempt to contact us using it.

her mind will be washed away, and her body will become a shell.

as a shapeshifter, her form depends upon her mind, so she will turn to stone.

if she wants to come back, I could catch her mind as it floated past, and send it back to her body.

PS: the skill river does exist physically, but few have ever seen it. when i refer to the skill river, i mean the mental pathways between all living things. the unprepared get their minds washed away. only those trained in the skill can safely traverse it.

that will include me as soon as i find some stressful event to set it off

[Kildare]

She just wants to get away from RPing for awhile. She might come back somewhere in the near-future. However, now what concerns me more is the status of our other TWO rpers - PheonixFlame and Obsolete.

I suggest we do a roll call. I need to make sure everyone is still around. This is also an opportunity for any new members who would like to join. So, please post whether you plan to continue or not. If you do not respond in three days, I take it you're out from the RPer forever(with the exception of Rhiya).

[Bailey]

I am still around.

if phoenixflame isn't, then since rhiya will be gone for a while, perhaps wholesale destruction could take place there and it would take some time for rhiya to nurse herself back to health, neatly explaining her absence and removing "dead characters" all at once.

[Arhra]

I'm still around too.

[Kildare]

And that leaves us puny surviving heroes stranded back at an elven settlement full of snobbish elven people. Just great.

Anyway, I can take over Obsolete's character, and if you guys want to take control of the other characters, feel free to. Other than, wholesale destruction it is. And I know just who to give that responsibility to. Arhra, if you would do the honors? :D

[Arhra]

Hmm, that gives me an idea.

Question the first: Do demon tend to explode when killed?
Question the second: You do mean do something with the demons don't you?

[Kildare]

Answer 1: No, unless you cast I nice Implosion spell on him. :D
Answer 2: No, I meant at our "missing" compatriots. :D

[Druidal]

can i join?

i would be Jakol Varena(Kol) The Revivalist.

a revivalist is a good necromancer/theist/paladin

[Kildare]

Of course, you may join. As long as you are active and a good rper, any new members are welcome to join.

Put up a good bio and you're set to come in.

[PhoenixFlame]

Still here, just waiting for someone else to post.

[Arhra]

I'll probably be making the post in the next day or so. It takes time to think of a good idea. Especially one that has to somehow end with the destruction/evasion of the demons, a suitably vague method for removing Wind and a way to make everyone join back together.

And by do something with the demons, I meant have them do something involving wholesale destruction. I wasn't sure if you wanted me controlling them or not.

[Kildare]

I've actually thought alot of how to progress in the storyline, so I might as well just fill you in with what I have planned for this RP. I'll put it in an outline format.

Part 1, Archeron - The party leaves for the elven town of Archeron, only to find the Armaggedon's Blade(or the Sword of Judgement as I would actually prefer to call it) trying to pull the party of to another direction, presumably one of the Celestial Judgements.

Part 2, Siege of Darkness - Party decides to leave following the pull(after much argument and discussion), but only to be blocked when a small army of undead besieges the town of Archeron, and is forced to defend the town until everyone has evacuated.

Part 3, Search for the (Celestial Judgement name) - Defense of Archeron successful, and the party quickly leaves towards their intended target(with a contigent of undead on their heels). The party then reaches their destination successfully, which turns out to be the lair of an ancient and legendary dragon. The party will have to decide whether to acquire the Celestial Judgement by force or by stealth/deception.

Part 4 Search for the Celestial Judgements - The party successfully acquires the Celestial Judgement, only to be pulled once again to another direction by the artifact. All in all, the story progresses until all artifacts have been acquired.

Part 5, Cataclysm - Showdown. The party rushes off to face the Fifth Horseman before he is able to open a portal large and strong enough for the entire demon army to enter. However, before the party is able to duel with the demonlord, a cataclysmic event happens. The portal somehow goes haywire and everyone in the vicinity will be thrown into a planar portal towards the world of D&D(presumably the Prime Material). I have actually planned what happens after this, but I'll let you know after we deal with these parts first. We'll be given another quest when we reach the Prime Material Plane.

[Arhra]

The post is done. I'm feeling a little drained now.

Uh, what exactly do you mean by world of D&D? Judging by some of the stuff you've said before and your use of "Prime Material Plane" you're refering to Planescape (with Sigil and the planes).

Oh, and just in case you've been sitting down in a cave with your eyes closed and fingers in your ears going, "la la la la la," and thus haven't noticed, Nezurahl has his own agenda.

[Kildare]

Uh, what exactly do you mean by world of D&D? Judging by some of the stuff you've said before and your use of "Prime Material Plane" you're refering to Planescape (with Sigil and the planes).

Correction. It should be "Forgotten Realms" instead of "D&D". And yes, I am refering to Planescape actually, but not just that. For the record, Sigil is not on the Prime Material Plane. It's sort of like a interconnecting junction to all the other planes.

Well, when I said the Prime Material Plane, we'll probably land up in the Sword Coast or the Northlands. And adding to that, we'll mix our party with those of the heroes of the Forgotten Realms.

[Arhra]

Hmm, sure it might not get a bit too fan-ficcy? It does seem a little jarring to me.

Oh, and I know about the Great Wheel. I just said Sigil in case you weren't familiar with the campaign setting's name.

[Kildare]

Jarring? LOL. I just thought it was a great idea after all. I always wanted to mix my characters with those of the Forgotten Realms.

[Arhra]

The reason I made a distinction between back tracking and continuing is that to continue Aeris and Shuren would have to cross a mountain and a fair expanse of tundra. Also, the original plan was to meet at the elven town of Tirranda. Of course, you could always say that Archeron is the name the humans give the town. Mmmm, slip-up covering. I almost thought it was called Acheron the first time I saw it before I read it properly.

[Kildare]

Oops, did I call it Tirranda? :P

Sorry, i kinda forgot what name it was.

Fine then, the elven name for that town is Tirranda, while the humans in the region called it Archeron. :D

[Arhra]

We seem to be having an activity problem again.

[Bailey]

well, who's turn is it?

i was under the impression that it was phoenix's turn

[PhoenixFlame]

My turn? How so? *looks at RP*

Kildiare, Arhra, Kildiare, Me, Arhra, Fub (telling us Obsolete isn't here).

I'd say it's your turn Newb.

[Bailey]

oh, in that ccase as soon as i get back from practice i will post

[Kildare]

lol....

*random spamming*

:D

[Kildare]

It's your turn again Newb.

[Arhra]

This is why you don't adhere strictly to a turn based system in something like this.

[Bailey]

well, he problem seems to be people don't realize when it is their turn

a solution would be posting the turn order here, by character, to deal with the problems with someone having multiple characters.

then, after your turn, you would check the list and pm the next person

if they take more than 2 days or so, the next person on the list takes over for them during their post.

speaking of which, I am leaving monday, to get back january could someone take over my character if my turn comes up between then?

[Kildare]

*sigh*

I think I'd better suggest that all of us enjoy our holiday and resume the RP on the New Year. I'm sure all of us are quite busy with our stuff anyway.....

So what say you?

As long as you guys promise to return on January, I'm fine with this.

[Arhra]

Looking to the future a little, we might want to consider how the Celestial Judgements are found. We don't want it to get boring and repetitive with, "Oh, you've found ____. Now we must wade through hordes of enemies to find _____."

Oh, and I strongly suggest that we don't go through with the Forgotten Realms thingy. I don't think it'll work. I have a plan that might prove very interesting.

[Kildare]

Oh well, suggest away. We'll make our final decisions later. And as for the Celestial Judgements, I'd suggest that the next one be found in a dragon's lair(as earlier suggested). The others can more or less be made "harder to get", like already been recovered by an enemy, or having to have to get it away from "potential" allies who are unwilling to part with it. The means of getting the weapons does not necessarily require force, if you take my meaning. :)

[Arhra]

By my decree I officially raise this RP from the dead. Let it live once more!

...I hope.

I was the last person to post so someone else should do the post in the actual RP thread. We should start a new discussion thread too.

[Kildare]

Yay!

Newb just posted, so let's continue.

Does anyone know where Pheonix is?

[Bailey]

has anyone pmmed her?

i'm doing so now

[Arhra]

Yes, I have. I PM'ed Obsolete too.

[Bailey]

okay, just to clear things up, i am not healing them in the traditional sense.

the best way i can think of to describe it is that i am giving them each an hour of my sleep.

this is normally used by six people on one other, so that that one person can use the Skill for longer, which drains energy from the caster rather than using mp or "spells per day"

[Kildare]

BTW, I've recieved word that Rhiya will be joining us back soon, but she will not be making an appearance YET. Also, she might join in by sending us a little bit of "trouble" or so - most likely in the form of some diabolical demon. :/

[Bailey]

*twiddles thumbs*

do do do do do

*starts whistling*

so... anyone up for continuing?