Session 70.5

Meany has connected.

TMG has connected.

Ghostwish has connected.

Dr. Hatari has connected.

TMG:Thar she is.

Liatai:Yay! :D

Meany:Ahoyhoy.

Liatai:Now let me find some paladin tokens. :B

Meany:Little liapresent before y'all get busy.

TMG:??

Meany:Found some really high-detail catguys while deviantart searching.

TMG::.

Meany:Usable for future catfolk npcs.

Tokens dropped onto map 'Grasslands'Tokens dropped onto map 'Grasslands'Tokens dropped onto map 'Grasslands'Tokens dropped onto map 'Grasslands'Teeny Rin:You go talk with your religious figures.

Teeny Rin:I'm going to have a nice...long...conversation with the eyecandy here.

Liatai:x3

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Can you link me to the full pics in chat?

Meany:<font color="#660033">Suresure.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Just a mo.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Aaaanyway.

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Now I just need to find a halfling and riding dog -- ack!

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Don't start yet!

Meany:<font color="#660033">But be warned. =3=

Liatai:<font color="#000000">I need to give these people names XD

TMG:<font color="#000000">Hup! Sorry, waiting.

Meany:<font color="#660033">The snow leopard and asian golden cats are in reference sheets.

Meany:<font color="#660033">So expect underpants.

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Is fine, I have a FA account, I'm used to naked ref sheets. :B

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Finally, a decent-looking male halfling token.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Is that concept art for Frodo Baggins?

Meany:<font color="#660033">*shot*

Liatai:<font color="#000000">I have no idea. :B

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Why are there so many bits of male halfling art with beards, I thought they normally didn't favor facial hair. ^^;

TMG:<font color="#000000">Also; with paladins, paladins, everywhere, I couldn't help but look this up. &gt;.&gt;

TMG:<font color="#000000">Have gun will travel

TMG:<font color="#000000">Reads the card of a man

TMG:<font color="#000000">A knight without armor

TMG:<font color="#000000">In a savage land

TMG:<font color="#000000">His fast gun hired

TMG:<font color="#000000">Heeds the calling wind

TMG:<font color="#000000">A soldier of fortune

TMG:<font color="#000000">Is a man called Paladin

TMG:<font color="#000000">:B

Liatai:<font color="#000000">... I cannot think of a name for this last paladin. Ah well. Deleted!

Meany:<font color="#660033">Need help?

Meany:<font color="#660033">I have a small archive of them. =w=

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Nah, five new NPCs is too many for a short mini-session anyway. Still need to be able to make up backstories and inspirations for all of them.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Still can't get Myth-Weavers to work?

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Haven't tried again. Can I get the link? Tech, it looks like Ghost needs math help, anyway.

TMG:<font color="#000000">(by the way, what was this randomizer you guys were using to generate the charsheets yesterday, anyway? )

Meany:<font color="#660033">http://www.myth-weavers.com/generate_npc.php

Meany:<font color="#660033">Testing.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Testing.

Meany:<font color="#660033">One two.

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Yo.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Can you here me, Queen Latifah?

Meany:<font color="#660033">Thar ye be.

Liatai:<font color="#000000">It works, writing up motivations.

Meany:<font color="#660033">:D

Liatai:<font color="#000000">This is an interesting one for a paladin. :B Primary motivation: A desire for money/treasure. Secondary motivation: A desire for power and/or immortality.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Actual immortality, the way of Saint Cuthbert.

Liatai:<font color="#000000">&quot;Helping save the world and protect the innocent is a nice perk.&quot;

TMG:<font color="#000000">...isn't that...uh... exactly the -opposite- of what a paladin should be? &gt;.&gt;

Meany:<font color="#660033">Or through memerable things?

TMG:<font color="#000000">Seems invalid

Meany:<font color="#660033">Yes, it is.

Meany:<font color="#660033">&gt;:3

Meany:<font color="#660033">It's delicious.

Meany:<font color="#660033">She's so totally a Kord person, ain't she?

Meany:<font color="#660033">:B

TMG:<font color="#000000">But...paladins are supposed to be granted their powers by the divine -because- they are noble, honorable folk.,,,

Meany:<font color="#660033">Yes.

Meany:<font color="#660033">You can still be noble and honerable and be greedy.

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Hahahaha. x3 Secondary motivation: The character is being coerced by unicorns. The character would not normally act this way, but is being blackmailed/forced/etc.

Meany:<font color="#660033">And power hungry.

TMG:<font color="#000000">No. &gt;:/

Meany:<font color="#660033">Yes. :B

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Coerced by unicorns. x3

TMG:<font color="#000000">that is the exact opposite of Good. Good is sefless.

TMG:<font color="#000000">*selfless

Meany:<font color="#660033">That's oversimplification.

TMG:<font color="#000000">in the case of paladins, accurate.

Meany:<font color="#660033">As an orginization, yes.

Meany:<font color="#660033">As individuals, it's naive.

TMG:<font color="#000000">Okay, stop using naive as a buzzwrod. It's really starting to piss me off. &gt;:/

Meany:<font color="#660033">I haven't been.

Meany:<font color="#660033">That's Hatari.

TMG:<font color="#000000">Good does NOT have to be naive, but Good IS selfless and devotion to others over yourself.

Meany:<font color="#660033">And now this is turning into a moral debate. =w=

TMG:<font color="#000000">If not theat, then you're Neutral at best.

TMG:<font color="#000000">*that

Meany:<font color="#660033">Yes, helping others before yourself.

Liatai:<font color="#000000">I'm not sure if you've noticed, but in Akellon, even good people have flaws and vices, and even evil people have some good qualities. ^^; A struggle with greed is a very good paladin internal debate.

* Dr. Hatari never said anything. =3=

Meany:<font color="#660033">That does not mean you never ever help yourself.

Meany:<font color="#660033">=w=

Meany:<font color="#660033">It's about priorities.

TMG:<font color="#000000">Certainly not, but that -does- mean helping -yourself- is NOT the primary motiation. That's why I said it's invalid. Could be good as a secondary, something struggled with as Liatai says, but not a primary

Liatai:<font color="#000000">... you know come to think of it a greedy paladin would be a fun character to write for if I had time to sit down and type things out. :. But this is short mini-session throwaway NPCs.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Which is why the individual would probably be of Kord.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Unless Lia has plotbunnies.

Meany:<font color="#660033">If only for the Power aspect.

Meany:<font color="#660033">=3=

Dr. Hatari:<font color="#FF0000">You could be a Brian-like Paladin acknowledging their calling and duty yet simultaneously hilariously enamored of wealth and riches, and somewhat stymied by their code. :B

Meany:<font color="#660033">&quot;Must do good...but....the GOLD.&quot;

Dr. Hatari:<font color="#FF0000">Twould be a good addition to the party or a comic character. :B

Meany:<font color="#660033">Aye.

Liatai:<font color="#000000">&quot;Thank the heavens my god is Bahamut. Hoarding is a holy act. TREASURE.&quot; *BRICK'D*

Meany:<font color="#660033">There is another way to look at this, too.

Dr. Hatari:<font color="#FF0000">In any case, I think Good is the sum of many virtues.

TMG:<font color="#000000">Hatari; ...theoretically possible, but that should be the exception, not the rule. As a whole, the entire point of the Paladin class is to be the chivalric, Ideal Hero, Knights-In-Shining-Armor. Which i like. Any less is doing a disservice to the class. But yes, enough of this talk.

Dr. Hatari:<font color="#FF0000">Not simply charity.

Meany:<font color="#660033">They could want gold and power to relish in it while they're still alive.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Because after death, it won't mean anything.

Meany:<font color="#660033">&quot;Okay, that was fun. Time to move on.&quot;

Meany:<font color="#660033">X3

Liatai:<font color="#000000">:00 lagcheck. ^^;

TMG:<font color="#000000">...lia's got a point there, though. :B

* Dr. Hatari stares flatly.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Edaric is debating moving past the line of Catfolk bodybuilders to help Gnogglebolt.

Meany:<font color="#660033">:01

TMG:<font color="#000000">Uhoh.

TMG:<font color="#000000">Lialagcheck at :01

Liatai:<font color="#000000">:01 at :01, at least.

TMG:<font color="#000000">(this'll suck if lag begins before this mini has even gotten off the ground...)

Meany:<font color="#660033">Latest firefox build crashes a lot. :/

TMG:<font color="#000000">Anyway, ready whenever you are, lia

GM:<font color="#000000">Right then, let's get this show on the road. The date is Yondallon 13th, and the Cygnet has just pulled into the town of Reed. The atmosphere of Reed is much like Blackwood was, with a more river-based flair, of course. Perhaps helped by the fact that it seems a halfling caravan is in town. The markets bustle with activity, and brightly-patterned cloth and exotic scents fill the town square.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">As the ship makes the 'unscheduled' stop, Gnogglebolt assures everyone else he's just gathering 'things' for another project, and will only take a few hours at most. He skips off the boat and heads into town.

Edaric:<font color="#000000">&quot;Mind a tagalong?&quot; :3

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">In this case, however, 'things' means more than bits of metal and other physical things, but also the abstract. Information. Enlightenment, if you will.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Gnogglebolt yelps and jumps as a bard suddenly appears behind him!

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;...Uh. Er. Hi there, Edaric.&quot;

<font color="#0000ff">Dr. Hatari is disconnected.

Edaric:<font color="#000000">&quot;... You all right? Didn't think I was being that quiet.&quot;

<font color="#0000ff">Dr. Hatari has connected.

Dr. Hatari:<font color="#FF0000">Java'd.

Meany:<font color="#660033">The hell is up with Firefox. &gt;:[

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;I'm just...getting supplies. Won't take long, a couple hours at most to find the right shops...&quot; In his mind, supplies and shops were given air-quotes. Gnogglebolt was careful not to actually emphasize the words, however. &quot;It's pretty boring really, you want to see me pick out bits of metal and other things?&quot;

Edaric:<font color="#000000">&#171; &#160;1d20+7 = 2 + 7 = 9&#160; <font color="#000000">&#187; Sense Motive.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Diplomacy? or must it be bluff? &gt;.&gt; he's telling the technical truth, after all. :B

Edaric:<font color="#000000">&quot;Ah, it's never boring when there's a caravan in town!&quot; :3 &quot;Besides, I need to sell off some things. I can't use two of the same kind of protective ring. Do you need one?&quot; It would be Bluff, since you're being cagey and telling half-truths.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Bugger. Bluff: &#171; &#160;1d20+3 = 5 + 3 = 8&#160; <font color="#000000">&#187;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;....yeah, suppose they are, aren't they? Oh, alright...&quot;

Edaric:<font color="#000000">&quot;No need to sound so excited.&quot; :P

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Gnogglebolt just shrugs and goes around stalls. At some point, he picks up a map of the city with major landmarks and mercentile goods type distribution, and sets off, with Edaric apparently in town. Gnogglebolt stops to get a few small exotic pieces of finely-worked metal to serve as delicate components, but doesn't spring right away for the bulk raw materials. He continues leading Edaric around, and as he does so, his thoughts are busy;

* Edaric seems content to just follow Gnogglebolt and take in the crowd, humming little snatches of tunes every now and then.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">''Home was a big city, anything around could be seen passing through at some time or another, and the family also kept a vacation villa in a country town...and throughout the years, I met a few wandering holy knights...talked to them, get to know a few of them. New, unsual wanderers were always interesting to talk to. And the one thing I learned...they were good people. But they weren't noble, virtuous people simply because they were holy knights, they were holy knights -because- they were noble, virtuous people who had dedicated themselves to a higher cause, and were gifted by the powers beyond with their abilities...''

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">''Here in Akellon, there's a codified national organization of them. Well...so far, empowered preists, warriors-for-hire, magicians of nature, and arcanists all seem to be relatively similar to what I would find at home...''

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Edaric eventually realizes they've left the market district. Gnogglebolt eventually stops...in front of an immaculate building with the crest of the Aureate Palm proudly displayed. Now to see how similar--or different-- Kellonite holy knights are from the ones I know...

Edaric:<font color="#000000">&quot;I didn't know the Palm dealt in parts for tinkers' projects.&quot; Edaric looks over and down toward the gnome.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">...also, without intending, I think I may have just spawned a plotbunny that explains why Gnogglebolt has such a high outlook on life. :B But later on that, maybe.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Gnogglebolt stops in the street, looking forward at the building as Edaric stands beside him. Gnogglebolt takes a small breath. &quot;They deal in the 'parts' for this tinker's project. Or at least, that's what I'm here to find out.&quot;

Edaric:<font color="#000000">&quot;Why the caginess, then? The Mace and Palm work together a lot, I'm sure our resident inquisitors wouldn't have minded an invitation to say hello.&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;That is, in fact, one of the things to which I am here to find out for, directly. 'From the horse's mouth', as the saying goes.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;

* Edaric shrugs.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Gnogglebolt finally turns his head and looks up at Edaric. &quot;I want to learn about them. What they're like, what they do. If they're anything like what I'm familiar with. I was curious back in Castleton, when we first indirectly worked with them, but now it's become a more...pressing need.&quot;

Edaric:<font color="#000000">&quot;Why?&quot; :.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;Anyway, I already told Thomas what I'm doing, if he even remembers.&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;Pellan'Zyne, Altonor, and the 'sunsight raiders' are working on slowly, one by one, try and pull drow out of the influence of both Orgolloyss and Lolth. But they have no one to turn to but themselves. No one on any side. What they need most of all is a reliable, influential, and likewise noble ally...and a sanctuary for the liberated ones with no where to go.&quot; Gnogglebolt pauses and takes another small breath. &quot;I'm here to find out if they --&quot; Gnogglebolt jerks his head towards the building. &quot;--fit that bill. And here isn't the only place I'm stopping, I'll be checking out other branches in other cities from here to Resca, including Resca. I need as much data, and the biggest picture I can get.&quot;

Meany:<font color="#660033">Both Orgolloyss and Lolth.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Dear merciful god do not let Sszeyl ever get wind of this.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Boy, you told me Orgolloyss made you kill your own friend.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">So no duh. :P

Meany:<font color="#660033">Orgolloyss -made- him do nothing.

Meany:<font color="#660033">He killed him for a promotion himself.

Meany:<font color="#660033">And talk to Swallowtail, you'll hear the full story.

Meany:<font color="#660033">=3=

Edaric:<font color="#000000">&quot;I still don't quite see why this had to be a big secret from the rest, but...&quot; Ed shrugs.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;Miron. Case closed. On the other hand, I was going to tell everyone yesterday--I wanted to, despite Miron--but that was ruined.&quot; Gnogglebolt shrugs himself. &quot;Oh well.&quot; He walks forward to the main entrance of the building.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Oops, ahng on.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Edit: Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;Miron... among other reasons. Case closed.

* Edaric follows.

* Dr. Hatari once again eats cereal from his plastic party cup. :9

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Gnogglebolt enters the main lobby/atrium of the building, and looks for the nearest unoccupied--or at least available--attendant.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">(not necessarily a paladin, just a desk secretary or something. Anything will do, though.)

Woman in Ceremonial Armor:<font color="#000000">The building has a large yard, and you can see stables in the back. People, mostly human, some otherwise, some in armor, some not, can be seen walking all about the premises.

Meany:<font color="#660033">For the Palm, Desk Secretaries are still ECL 10.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Grope at your own peril.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">'pparently. :P

Meany:<font color="#660033">*shot*

Woman in Ceremonial Armor:<font color="#000000">&quot;Hello. Is there something I can do for you gentlemen?&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Gnogglebolt approaches the woman in ceremonial armor, it seems. &quot;Hail, there, good woman.&quot; Gnogglebolt says, giving a breif wave and getting into smiling diplomatic-mode.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;And yes, there may be indeed.&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;I am, ah, a foreigner from Mazio. Travelling very far from home, yes. On a journey of discovery, you could say. Today, I'd like to learn about this here organization of holy knights, the Aureate Palm. Very curious, and sure to be a fascinating subject of study and inquiry. Do you, perchance, have any chroniclers or other record-keepers I may speak to to learn about your order and its history? Or do you or one of your own actual knights fill that capacity? After that, I'd also like to interview a few actual knights, if it is no trouble.&quot; Gnogglebolt gives a respectful bow at the end.

Woman in Ceremonial Armor:<font color="#000000">&quot;The history of the Palm is on the public record -- are you a scholar?&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;I am drawn to scholarly pursuits quite often, yes, but I wouldn't say that's my primary occupation. I work more in the practical side of knowledge, most of the time, but today I'd like to be a scholar.&quot; Gnogglebolt looks up with a very gnommish smile. &quot;So, can you direct me to the public records?&quot;

Meany:<font color="#660033">He's a nerd is what he is.

Meany:<font color="#660033">:B

Meany:<font color="#660033">*shot*

TMG:<font color="#000000">testing, anyone reading?

Meany:<font color="#660033">Yoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyoyo.

TMG:<font color="#000000">oh, okay.

Woman in Ceremonial Armor:<font color="#000000">&quot;Any library across Akellon should have them. If you're looking for the definitive book on the Palm and its history, I'd suggest 'Knights of the Golden Hand' by Sir Lawrence Pioter. 'For God, Crown, and People' by Lady Jehane Abrial is also a commendable text on the foundation of the Aureate Palm. If you're looking for an outsider's perspective, Saelethil Soryn's 'Protectors of the Pass' details the foundation of the citadel at Yavin and the events surrounding its construction and rise, as well as detailing the kingdom's alliance with the elves of the Metora Plateau.&quot;

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Sorry, coming up with book titles and authors on the spot. ^^;

Meany:<font color="#660033">I'm being assaulted with the mental images of Barbie becoming a matchmaker due to listening to the Mulan song, and brainstorming on him. :B

Meany:<font color="#660033">At least it's better than the pimp idea.

* Meany pats Lia.

Meany:<font color="#660033">That's always hard.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;Ah, alas, I'm actually on a bit of a time crunch, I have a boat to catch in a few hours. As said, I'm from mazio, so I have no knowledge of hardly even the basics of your order. I was hoping I could talk to a person and just learn about the basics and a condensed history for now. But!&quot; Gnogglebolt pulls out a paper and quill from his pack. &quot;I have never been one to turn down good knowledge when offered, I will most certainly look into purchasing these books on my way out for further information...&quot; gnogglebolt writes down the titles and authors of the books the woman named, then folds up the paper and puts it away before looking back up at the woman. &quot;So, ah, is there anyone available here who might be able to indulge my questions?&quot;

Woman in Ceremonial Armor:<font color="#000000">&quot;You may be better suited picking a particular era to study rather than the extensive history of the order as a whole, however, unless you have a great deal of time to devote to the task. We are, after all, the second oldest Kellon knighthood order remaining in the kingdom, after the High Knights of the Crown. I see...&quot;

Teeny Rin:<font color="#FF0000">Oh, pick me, pick me! I'm ready to get in on this NPC business. &gt;:3 *catches brick and sails out of couryard*

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;Indeed, indeed, I intend to keep my questions for now limited to the basics.&quot;

Meany:<font color="#660033">:B

Dr. Hatari:<font color="#FF0000">Silly Rin. You already have an entire NPC adventuring party. =3=

Woman in Ceremonial Armor:<font color="#000000">&quot;Your name, first, sir?&quot;

Teeny Rin:<font color="#660033">MOAR.

Teeny Rin:<font color="#660033">MUST. HAVE. MOAR.

Woman in Ceremonial Armor:<font color="#000000">&quot;And that of your silent companion?&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;Gnogglebolt Steelworm Ratchetrod Kaldan Virkoth Sparkear, miss.&quot; Gnogglebotl says, bowing again. &quot;Gnogglebolt Sparkgear will suffice, however.&quot;

* Edaric starts. &quot;Edaric Tonmor, ma'am.&quot;

* Meany brbs.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">It would be amazing if this paladin knew Goblin somehow and goes &quot;...Your name...includes a goblin word...that means 'truespeak'?&quot; :B

Woman in Ceremonial Armor:<font color="#000000">&quot;If you are pressed for time, then maybe you can catch someone off-duty. A few hours is too short of a time to make any sort of dedicated appointment, Mr. Sparkgear.&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;Noted, thank you. That is what I was looking for, really, just a few short informal chats.&quot;

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Ack, catpounce.

* Woman in Ceremonial Armor nods.

Woman in Ceremonial Armor:<font color="#000000">She seems to be standing back and watching you as you mill about.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Gnogglebolt looks through the main lobby of the building and down a few corridors, hoping to catch sight of someone who doesn't look like they're doing much as the moment (was just going to ask ehr to say/point out who's on or off duty, but I suppose you're tryig to mean that Gnogglebolt can just pick them out himself). Does he see anyone like that?

Woman in Ceremonial Armor:<font color="#000000">The four paladin tokens you see. :B

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Right. I was just asking if he actually -see-s them, cuz, y'know, no map. :B Anyway, Gnogglebolt first approaches...let's say the armored horseman.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;Hail there, good sir! A moment of your time for a curious traveller?&quot;

Armored Horseman:<font color="#000000">The horseman is out near the stables, walking a chestnut horse about the yard. Still a viable option?

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">I thought you just said they all looked off-duty. :B Alright then, halfling in simple clothes?

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">(unless you mean it's okay to talk to the horseman. I really don't know, there's not a lot of situational detail here, I was hoping you'd help move this along. :B )

Armored Horseman:<font color="#000000">They all look off-duty, they're just all doing things. :B Like, for example, resting or caring for their mount or such.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Oh! kay then.

Dr. Hatari:<font color="#FF0000">Must. Resist urge. To place inappropriate disruptive tokens. Amidst paladins. *bricked*

Armored Horseman:<font color="#000000">I just meant, 'would Gnogglebolt be out near the stables.'

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Armored horseman it is.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Errrrr. Oh, okay then. No, Gnogglebotl starts first with anyone inside.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">What's the halfing and lance-woman doing?

Halfling in Simple Clothes:<font color="#000000">The halfling is seemingly daydreaming on a bench near the front of the building. The woman with the lance is sitting on a chair, cleaning her weapon.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Lance-woman first, then. Final answer. :B

Lance-Wielding Woman:<font color="#000000">&quot;Hm? Sure. What is it?&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;Hello! I'm just a traveller from Mazio, and I'm curious in learning a little about the Aurate Palm and the people in it. Have time for a chat?&quot;

* Ghostwish peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeks.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">(...that was -not- said in a &quot;hell-OOOH-oh!&quot; valley girl tone there. &gt;.&gt; )

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">(more like an 'Ello there!' tone. :B

Ghostwish:<font color="#7F00FF">canadian then? :P

Lance-Wielding Woman:<font color="#000000">&quot;I already said sure, sir ... ?&quot;

Dr. Hatari: <font color="#ff0000">(( Canadians have a +2 racial modifier to diplomacy. *bricked* ))

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Canadian gnomes. Mother of god. O_o

Ghostwish:<font color="#7F00FF">eh?

Ghostwish:<font color="#7F00FF">XP

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Gnogglebotl gives a quick bow. &quot;Splendid! I'm Gnogglebolt Sparkgear.&quot; He says as he takes a seat. &quot;And you are?&quot;

Lance-Wielding Woman:<font color="#000000">&quot;Rania Saswen. Aureate Knight, Fourth Order.&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;Miss Saswen, splendid. Well, miss Saswen, I just had a few questions about the basics of your order. I know on or two mere, basic, obvious facts, but precious little more than that. First, I know that you are a national Kellonite organization of holy knights and paladins, and I also know that you 'report to the King' of Akellon. Anyway, my first few questions are this; about how many years ago was this order formed, anyway? And under what basic circumstances? No need to go into any real specific details, I intend to look into some public tomes on your order for more details, I just mean more like, did it start out as just a confederation of paladins that was eventually sworn to the crown, or was it an act of the crown that comissioned the order, or something like that?&quot;

Ghostwish:<font color="#7F00FF">first thought of NPC: dear gods he's got a mouth.

Ghostwish:<font color="#7F00FF">second thought: And he didn't brush!

Ghostwish:<font color="#7F00FF">third thought: Is that broccoli between his teeth?

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Hush troll. Go back under your bridge. :P

Rania Saswen:<font color="#000000">Pretty much, re: first thought. :P &quot;... out of curiosity, are you a teacher, Mr. Sparkgear? Anyway.&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Gnogglebolt smirks. &quot;Not yet, but I will be.&quot;

Tokens dropped onto map 'Grasslands'Renia:<font color="#FF0000">Do you feel that? It's the feeling of the past writing itself! History is congealing!! *bricked*

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Gahhhh yes. XP

Dr. Hatari:<font color="#FF0000">&gt;:3

Bob:<font color="#7F00FF">WIFFLE PERSON!

Renia:<font color="#FF0000">D: Dr. Hatari: <font color="#ff0000">(( Please don't mind the minor side-circus. :B ))

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Sorry, Lia. ^^; Though, I -did- warn I'd be asking these kinds of questions... &gt;.&gt; This is about the only real 'history' questions I'm asking though, then I'm moving to present-day operations. :B

Meany:<font color="#660033">&quot;Hello yes, who are you? What do you do? Good. I need you to help me save the world. Oh for heaven's sake stop looking so shocked, it's the third scheduled apocalypse this month.&quot;

Rania Saswen:<font color="#000000">&quot;&quot;The Order of the Aureate Palm was founded in 33 CA, from the ranks of the Aureate Palm, a confederation of holy warriors that had been serving since before the current age. A majority of their people swore fealty to the Kellon crown and founded the order as we know it today. The remnants of the old Aureate Palm, they say, splintered off and became a number of other groups of holy warriors, some of which are still active today.&quot;

Meany:<font color="#660033">When world-saving becomes an international economy.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Expect CEO adventurers.

Meany:<font color="#660033">&quot;Hello, Tom, I can't talk right now, I need to two-hand wield this bastard sword on this guy to overcome DR. Can we reschedule? Great.&quot;

Meany:<font color="#660033">They're active today because they're Elves.

Meany:<font color="#660033">*bricked*

Rania Saswen:<font color="#000000">&quot;They say the Knights of the Golden Scale are in part a remnant of the old Palm founded by an old member with dragon blood -- sorry, the way you worded it reminded me of one of the essay questions on one of the history exams.&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Gnogglebolt rubs his chin thoughtfully. &quot;Indeed? Interesting...ha ha, truly? I guess I really -am- ready to be a teacher, then.&quot; Gnogglebolt jokes jovially. ''Something to look into another time. Maybe those books will mention this...'' &quot;Anyway. What, precicely, does the Palm do today? As in, what is your stated charter, what is the exact relationship between you and the Crown, and what kind of things do the monarchs have you do in addition to your everyday duties, whatever those are?&quot; Gnogglebolt queries.

Rania Saswen:<font color="#000000">&quot;Well, first off, not all of us report to the king directly.&quot;

Rania Saswen:<font color="#000000">&quot;Only Knights of the First Order recieve their orders directly from the reigning family.&quot;

Meany:<font color="#660033">No Gnogglebolt is not ready to be a teacher. =w=

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Gnogglebolt listens carefully.

Meany:<font color="#660033">But then no one really is.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Students are horrible little demons that will find some way to find the one thing you did not count on.

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Like players? :P *BRICK'D*

Meany:<font color="#660033">They should all be beaten with a frying pan into submission.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Yes.

Meany:<font color="#660033">They should all be beaten with a frying pan into submission.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">and I'm going to be teaching how to build giant robots and make things blow up. You tell -me- who'

Meany:<font color="#660033">That can go so wrong.

Meany:<font color="#660033">So easily.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">swho's ready for that other than someone with my exact PrC that is specifically dedicated to herding the little tinkerlings? :B

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Auuuugh. The Aureate Palm Charter should be more formally worded than this and all paladins of the Palm would have this drilled into their skull --

TMG:<font color="#000000">Liatai; er, go ahead and say the informal one, I'll get the gist of it, you can modify later. ^^;

TMG:<font color="#000000">we'll -pretend- she said the formal one. :B

Rania Saswen:<font color="#000000">&quot;Our duties are to the gods, to the kingdom, and to the greater good of the realm.

Meany:<font color="#660033">In that order.

Meany:<font color="#660033">*shot*

Rania Saswen:<font color="#000000">&quot;That means combatting threats whenever they pop up, serving the kingdom and communities in in times of need, serving as a military force when required, supplementing the local guard, crusading in the name of all three, and lesser-known duties like rehabilitating criminals and assisting in quests of redemption.&quot;

Meany:<font color="#660033">Little ping that should crop up in Gnoggle's line of thought somewhere.

Meany:<font color="#660033">-They have no responsibility to act, or authority to act outside Akellon. Yes/No?-

Teeny Rin:<font color="#FF0000">Lobster has been excluded from this batch of multiple choice tests by consensus.

* Meany munches lobster.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Yes.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Consensus.

TMG:<font color="#000000">(but we -ain't- outside akellon, nor is Gnogglebolt intending such. That's the Raider's job. Gnogglebolt just wants to set it up so the Raiders hand off to the Palm. :P but still an interesting thought, I'll try and work it in.)

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Technically the drow nations are 'outside Akellon,' so I can see where Meany's coming from. But eh.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Gnogglebolt nods, perhaps a smidge more enthusiastically than before. &quot;I see, I see. Fascinating. I'm with an adventuring troupe, and back in Castleton, we had captured a few local necromancers and handed them off to the local Palm outpost for trial and suchlike.&quot;

Rania Saswen:<font color="#000000">&quot;Ah, yeah. That tends to be one of our less glamorous duties, dealing with necromancers and trying our hardest to make sure they and their creations stay dead after they've been condemned to death.&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;Indeed. Terrible business, that....&quot; Gnoglebolt's eyes unforcus for a moment as he trails off into thought, and then he shakes his hea and refocuses.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;I also...had a few other questions, on a brief tangent. Not directly related to the Palm....do you know about when the 'Leaden mace' was founded? A century ago, two centuries, three, more?&quot; (don't worry Lia, don't kill yourself for an exact date. ^^; )

Rania Saswen:<font color="#000000">&quot;Oh, our Cuthbertine brothers and sisters.&quot; Dangit hold on I know Ashmore gave an exact date. XD

Meany:<font color="#660033">It has existed since the dawn of Cuthbert.

Meany:<font color="#660033">It is here and everywhere.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Now and always.

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Ahhh crud what session did Tom join the Mace in. ^^;

TMG:<font color="#000000">I've got session summaries open right now. :.

TMG:<font color="#000000">hang on

Rania Saswen:<font color="#000000">&quot;I think they were founded in 1107 CA.&quot;

TMG:<font color="#000000">end of 36

Rania Saswen:<font color="#000000">&quot;Why do you ask?&quot;

Meany:<font color="#660033">He wants to go back in time.

Meany:<font color="#660033">And shank the people that dared think of it.

Meany:<font color="#660033">*shot*

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">IC observational quetion; what kind of holy symbols are most of the paladins displaying? Is it all one god, like Pelor, or are there holy symbols of most all of the Good gods about?

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">*question

Meany:<font color="#660033">Careful Gnoggle.

Meany:<font color="#660033">You invite schenanigans.

TMG:<font color="#000000">'careful'? Shenannigans? O.o

Rania Saswen:<font color="#000000">Symbols of most of the good gods are about. The paladin that you're talking to at the moment has the sign of Saint Cuthbert around her neck.

* Meany sits back and wtches.

Esaleth:<font color="#7F00FF">Jasidians. All of them.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Ololol.

Meany:<font color="#660033">That would be funny.

TMG:<font color="#000000">Of course...xP but okay. Anyway, moving on.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Gnogglebolt nods. &quot;I see...and there's a paricular question that's been particularly niggling at me....&quot;

Teeny Rin:<font color="#FF0000">Oh god. *shores up textbunker*

Liatai:<font color="#000000">:B

Meany:<font color="#660033">Nonono.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Don't shore up.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Dig deeper.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Gnogglebolt holds up a hand and ticks off one finger at a time. &quot;As I've seen, the Aureate palm here includes holy knights charged by the variety of gods standing for righteousness, all of you united in your oaths to the nation and its people. The Leaden mace is a militant sect of just the Church of St. Cuthbert. Anyway, we have you, the Palm, who defend against what threats to the people you can, and your order ultimately reports to the King. You have local governments with their own comissioned law enforcement and courts of law....and I just wonder, were does the Leaden Mace fit into all this? Who do they report to? As far as I can tell, the Leaden Mace is merely a subset of the Church of St. Cuthbert, so the Mace would report to the Church, and then the Church reports to...well, you know.&quot; Gnogglebolt points up at the ceiling. &quot;As far as I can tell, the Leaden Mace is a united organizations of adventuruers who are established and respected enough to have been granted some of the powers of due process by the government. So...is any of that right? Am I wrong on any of that? WHat's the actual deal here?&quot; Gnogglebolt doesn't sound accusing or confrontational, just genuinely confused and curious.

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Holy crow spam. O_o

TMG:<font color="#000000">....sorry. &gt;.&gt;

TMG:<font color="#000000">Textbunker was needed, it seems. ^^;

TMG:<font color="#000000">Sowwy!

Rania Saswen:<font color="#000000">&quot;You sound as though you've had some conflict with the Leaden Mace.&quot;

Meany:<font color="#660033">Not really.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Not as bad as some of the wall o' texts I've seen.

Teeny Rin:<font color="#FF0000">Unyaaa~ *washed away*

Dr. Hatari:<font color="#FF0000">:B

Meany:<font color="#660033">Furcadia roleplays could go into like.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Five paragraphs per person per round of posting.

Meany:<font color="#660033">&quot;No, I just am really curious OF COURSE I'VE HAD CONFLICT WITH THEM.&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;...I said I was travelling with an adventuring troupe? Two of them are inducted Inquisitors.&quot; Gnogglebolt says and trails off, he doesn't look like he'll deign to say any more on that. &quot;But I am really curious, I just wanted to get the right idea of how they figure into the big picture.&quot;

Rania Saswen:<font color="#000000">&quot;The Leaden Mace reports to the church of Saint Cuthbert, and to the local law enforcement, which leads up to the local government. Their commanders, and especially their high commanders, report to the national government as well on matters of national importance.&quot;

Rania Saswen:<font color="#000000">&quot;Though, generally, if the high commanders are involved, it's a matter of national importance.&quot;

Rania Saswen:<font color="#000000">&quot;I'm sorry if you've had bad experiences with inquisitors. While some of their methods may be a little harsh or unorthodox, there's no denying they get results. They're among our staunchest allies.&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Gnogglebolt returns to rubbing his chin thoughtfully. &quot;I see...&quot; he takes a moment to digest that information, and then continues on.

TMG:<font color="#000000">(...crap, did I have any other global questions, or did I want to start on the personal ones now? Drat, I knew I should have written this down...sorry, gimme a minute to think.)

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Guh.

Meany:<font color="#660033">(This is why flowcharts exists.)

TMG:<font color="#000000">(Yes. &gt;.&gt; )

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Please try and make it quick. I do need to wake up early for work tomorrow. ^^;

TMG:<font color="#000000">guh? D: TMG:<font color="#000000">Oh, cripes.

TMG:<font color="#000000">Um...

TMG:<font color="#000000">Miiiiight as well leave this off now, pick it up on, say, friday? ^^;

Liatai:<font color="#000000">No &gt;:E

Meany:<font color="#660033">Isn't Friday Kebre day? &gt;w&gt;

TMG:<font color="#000000">....crapnuggets

Liatai:<font color="#000000">I'm up now, continue.

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Friday is going to be just as crazy.

TMG:<font color="#000000">Forgot about that.

Meany:<font color="#660033">All the more motivation to -hop to it.-

Liatai:<font color="#000000">:23 lagcheck.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Okay, umm. Well, I suppose I can speed this along and safely say--eh? No what? o.o

TMG:<font color="#000000">...

Meany:<font color="#660033">Lialagcheck.

TMG:<font color="#000000">Lialagcheck :23

Meany:<font color="#660033">:23

Liatai:<font color="#000000">:23 at :24.

Meany:<font color="#660033">:D

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Not terrible lag, just hop to it and post your question.

TMG:<font color="#000000">....I don't think that's a good sign actually, meany...

TMG:<font color="#000000">but oh well. Doesn't seem -too- bad right now. Continuing.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Well, I suppose I can safely say that Gnogglebolt decides to skip the personal questions with this particular pala--AH! Now I remember!

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">The other global questions I wanted to ask, I remember them now. Last bacth before moving onto a different paladin, with personal rather than global questions

Meany:<font color="#660033">=w=;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Gnogglebolt is in thought for soome time, before snapping out of it. &quot;Just a last couple of questions. I know that this is a primary organization of holy knights, but I wonder...I've heard tell of holy knights who, as opposed to championing the cause of order and honor along with righteous virtues, that there are some holy knights who instead are pledged to the cause of freedom and change. Are any of these kinds of paladins found within the ranks of the Palm? And also, while still being an organization of paladins, does the order employ people of other skills and backgrounds, presumably pledged to the same ideals you are?&quot;

Rania Saswen:<font color="#000000">&quot;Paladins of freedom ehm... You won't find any within the Palm itself, since in addition to the greater good, we uphold the values of duty and honor. Most paladins of freedom rankle at the idea of belonging to established hierarchies of power.&quot;

Rania Saswen:<font color="#000000">&quot;People of other skills and backgrounds are employed by the Palm, but usually they don't rise above Third Order. Most of the non-paladin members of the Palm are parts of the support network rather than full knights, though some rise up through the military and join the Palm that way.&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Gnogglebolt nods again. &quot;Interesting...&quot; Gnogglebolt pauses for a moment to think again, then stands up. &quot;Well, miss Saswen, this has been most enlightening. I thank you greatly for your time.&quot; He gives another respectful bow.

Rania Saswen:<font color="#000000">&quot;Of course. Gods guide you, Mr. Sparkgear.&quot;

Liatai:<font color="#000000">We should be able to squeeze out one more paladin interview tonight, I think.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;And they you.&quot; Gnogglebolt smiles, giving a small wave before turning around and walking elsewhere. ''Good person, but...not exactly what I'm looking for. Of course, I didn't -really- expect to strike gold the first time, anyway.'' Gnogglebolt looks around. I'm running out of time, can't keep the others waiting too long...that halfling over there looks nice, if a little spacey. Could be what I'm looking for, but not particularly likely. Wasn't there someone else out back...?

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;And they you.&quot; Gnogglebolt smiles, giving a small wave before turning around and walking elsewhere. ''Good person, but...not exactly what I'm looking for. Of course, I didn't -really- expect to strike gold the first time, anyway.'' Gnogglebolt looks around. ''I'm running out of time, can't keep the others waiting too long...that halfling over there looks nice, if a little spacey. Could be what I'm looking for, but not particularly likely. Wasn't there someone else out back...?''

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Gnogglebolt goes around and peeks out the back of the building to see the armored horseman. What's his holy symbol?

Armored Horseman:<font color="#000000">Pelorite. The halfling's is Yondallan.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">''Hmm. This may be promising.'' Gnogglebolt steps out back and approaches the horseman. &quot;Hail, sir knight! A moment of your time for a chatty traveller?&quot;

Armored Horseman:<font color="#000000">&quot;Huh? Certainly.&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Gnogglebolt walks up and gives a bow. &quot;I am Gnogglebolt Sparkgear, and I'm looking to learn about the people behind the Palm, conducting some 'interviews', if you will. May I ask your name?&quot;

Armored Horseman:<font color="#000000">&quot;Locke Varten. Aureate Knight, Third Order. And this is Sirelin,&quot; he adds, giving the horse a fond pat.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;Sir Varten, splendid. And hello to you, Sirelin.&quot; Gnogglebolt breifly turns to the horse and nods. &quot;Anyway, I was just wondering if I could ask you some personal questions about your time in the Palm and what you do, if that's fine.&quot;

Armored Horseman:<font color="#000000">The horse nods its head in response. &quot;As long as you don't get too personal, it's fine,&quot; the knight says with a grin. &quot;Ask away.&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Gnogglebolt chuckles. &quot;Oh, certainly not. Just questions about your duties, et cetera.&quot; Gnogglebotlt pauses a moment to organize his thoughts. &quot;Hmm..I suppose starting at the beginning is as good a place as any for an interview. How did you come to be a holy knight, or part of the Palm?&quot;

Armored Horseman:<font color="#000000">&quot;Through the military. I'd always been devout, but hadn't shown any divine power until I became a cavalryman in the service of the crown. The Palm helped me hone my abilities, and I joined the Knights proper six years ago.&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Gnogglebolt nods. &quot;Mm, I see, a military man. Fascinating.&quot; ''Should've known, given he's still ready in kit, though I was hoping for a diplomat...but far to early to call it here. Must go further.'' Gnogglebolt rubs his chin again. &quot;...A question on what you do. What is the most recent threat or mission you have undertaken, either alone or in a leader/command capacity, and how did it end?&quot;

Locke Varten:<font color="#000000">&quot;The last mission... you'll forgive me for skirting details, I hope. A number of details of missions we undertake for the crown are considered confidential to civilians.&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Gnogglebolt bows. &quot;Naturally. Tell me what you can, or if you must, go to an earlier, less confidential mission that still fits what I asked.&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;Whatever works for you.&quot;

* Liatai opens the MM to make up a quest. *brick'd*

Locke Varten:<font color="#000000">&quot;Are you familiar with barghests?&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;Nnnno, can't say I am...&quot;

Locke Varten:<font color="#000000">&quot;Denizens of the lower outer planes. Gehenna, specifically.&quot;

Meany:<font color="#660033">Vicious things.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;Mm. I see.&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;Do continue, then.&quot;

Edaric:<font color="#000000">&quot;I've heard of them. Horrible creatures, and thoroughly evil. They're supposed to be limited shapeshifters, and even worse, they feed directly on their victim's life force and soul as well as their flesh.&quot;

Meany:<font color="#660033">Mmm.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Soul food.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;Euw.&quot; Gnogglebolt quietly exclaims with a tiny shiver, but returns to listening to the paladin's tale.

Locke Varten:<font color="#000000">&quot;Yes, exactly. We were dispatched to deal with a pack that had been terrorizing farmers and their livestock near Trithton -- that's a hamlet just south of here.&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Gnogglebolt nods silently, continuing to listen.

Locke Varten:<font color="#000000">&quot;I'll spare you the details, but it ended with the creatures dead, with no fatalities beyond the lives it had claimed before we were alerted, and banished. We remained in the area for a week afterward to attend to the grieving and the wounded.&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;Ah, as good of a success as possible, then.&quot; ''Unfortunately, not a conclusive story either way that I can give you a point for...eh, might as well give you half a point for confidentiality, but that's just a basic expectation. Still running out of time, have to get back, gotta hurry this up...'' Gnogglebolt is once again quite for a moment before speaking up. &quot;I'd like to propose a hypothetical to you, if I may.&quot;

Dr. Hatari:<font color="#FF0000">It's a shame I have no means of asking in-character. I was rather interested in hearing how much overlap the Mace and Palm have in duty. I/Tom're under the impression the Palm are more defensive and responsive, while the Mace are more offensive and proactive.

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Tom is right, speaking out of character.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Yin/yang~

Dr. Hatari:<font color="#FF0000">..But that's based on in/out of character perceptions and not NPC corroboration.

TMG:<font color="#000000">That is precicely the kinds of questions I was asking for this purpose, actually. :B

* Locke Varten is listening.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;Suppose you are tasked to defend a town. The problem the town has been having is that a horde of small, weak, but numerous beings are commiting theivery and other acts of violence. You know they're being diven directions for a larger, much more powerful being. How do you approach and attempt to resolve this situation?&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">*being given

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">*being given directions from

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;It's all within your abilities to deal with, of course.&quot;

Locke Varten:<font color="#000000">&quot;Ideally, removing the more powerful being from power as quickly as possible is preferrable. However, the citizens must be protected from the weaker beings as well. How large of a force is available in this hypothetical situation?&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;Let's just assume you do manage to succesfully take out the leader, but the horde is still left. Assuming you could deal with them however you wish, how would you?&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;What's the first thing you'd try?&quot;

Locke Varten:<font color="#000000">&quot;Well, what is the horde doing? Are they still committing violent crime, or have they retreated in the absence of their leader?&quot;

Meany:<font color="#660033">&quot;Why hello there, Mr. Wand of Fireball (5th). We're going to have a fun day today.&quot;

Locke Varten:<font color="#000000">&quot;In either case, someone will need to help train the town guard to better be able to repel future attacks of that nature, of course.&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;They are routed without directions from the leader, and appear either aimless, in shock and confused, but that could change. In this time where the hoard is effectively enutralized, how do you deal with them?&quot;

Dr. Hatari:<font color="#FF0000">These would be fun as character questions for the next pre-session warmup. :B

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">*in shock or confused

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">*effectively neutralized

Meany:<font color="#660033">:B

Locke Varten:<font color="#000000">&quot;Ideally? The ones that surrender or are captured should be rehabilitated if at all possible. If they have no further interest in harming the people of Akellon, they should be taught the error of their previous ways, and perhaps even serve as envoys to their other kin, or as sources of information as to how the matter began and how to better repel such attacks in the future.&quot;

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;I see.&quot; ''And we have a winner! You stop and -ask the questions-. One point for you, good sir! But now I've got to get the last of my materials and get back to the boat...'' Gnogglebolt looks down for a split second, clearing his throat and hiding a tiny smile, before looking back up normally. &quot;Well. This has indeed been most enlightening, Sir Varten. I thank you for your time.&quot; Gnogglebolt gives a parting bow and begins to turn away. &quot;Oh, and I might actually return here in, say, a week or two. I might have more questions for you then, if you're around and you'll indulge me.&quot;

Locke Varten:<font color="#000000">&quot;I may be on a mission, but if I'm here, certainly. I'm sorry, your name was again... ?&quot;

Meany:<font color="#660033">Here's hoping Ed has the common sense to not mention a word of this. =ww=

Meany:<font color="#660033">=w=*

Edaric:<font color="#000000">Hit or miss, I have a Wis of 10. =w=

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;Oh! Gnogglebolt Sparkgear, of Mazio.&quot;

Locke Varten:<font color="#000000">&quot;Gnogglebolt Sparkgear. Safe travels!&quot;

Dr. Hatari:<font color="#FF0000">I don't see the big deal. o.o

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">&quot;Thank you!&quot; Gnogglebolt gives a final parting wave before walking with Edaric back through the outpost building, waving to the others as he passes by on the way out. ''Locke Varten. Locke Varten. Rememebr that name. First potential candidate. Naturally quick to the militiary option as his first choice, but pulled through in the end.''

Dr. Hatari:<font color="#FF0000">You always say that, anyways. :P

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Ironically? The one that Gnogglebolt dismissed as being &quot;too spacey&quot; may have been the best candidate for the job.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Gnogglebolt expanding on his idea.

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Former rogue, now paladin. :P

Meany:<font color="#660033">To swiping Drow from both the Lolthians.

Meany:<font color="#660033">And Orgolloyss.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">''Although I didn't get tot alk to that halfling...hmm. maybe if he's still around when I come back. Must explore every option, after all...&quot;''

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Unless, of course.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">We can have Gnogglebolt talk to the halfling another day. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, any of those three if there's space for hjust -one- more interview.

Dr. Hatari:<font color="#FF0000">Sszeyl doesn't have a disapproval setting other than 11. :B

Meany:<font color="#660033">It's hit or miss.

Meany:<font color="#660033">But stealing from Orgolloyss would be an attack on it's sovreignty. =w= With a government official standing -right there.-

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">If we can do that, then I can say Gnogglebolt halts halfway through the building and freezes in time, and talks to the halfling later.

Dr. Hatari:<font color="#FF0000">Go to bed, Liatai. &gt;:O *smote*

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">But yes. For now, Liasleep!

* Meany casts Sleep.

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Aw, I kind of was looking forward to -- *sleep'd*

Meany:<font color="#660033">|B

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Don't worry, it'll just be -one- interview and won't take long, if Kebre is on friday, we can knock it out say, before or after Kebre

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday are all potentially game days, so let's assume that no, he didn't talk t the halfling.

Gnogglebolt:<font color="#000000">Hrm.

Liatai:<font color="#000000">... while I have Kellons here, speaking of busy days.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Ohnoez. :v

Dr. Hatari:<font color="#FF0000">Emmerooods

TMG:<font color="#000000">Eh, I suppose we can leave the halfling in limbo, then.

Liatai:<font color="#000000">May we start Akellon 2 hours later than usual this Saturday? At 4 Eastern rather than 2 Eastern. Just because I'll have two petsitting jobs that day to tend to. ^^;

Dr. Hatari:<font color="#FF0000">Yay

TMG:<font color="#000000">-if- you can somehow squeeze in the time in the next three days, we can say it did happen, but if not before next Akellon, then we'll say that he didn't talk to the halfling.

TMG:<font color="#000000">So we can leave it open without actually comitting until saturday

Liatai:<font color="#000000">I'll basically be waking up early, petsit job 1, petsit job 2, lunch, petsit job 2 again, petsit job 1 again, Akellon.

TMG:<font color="#000000">And yeah, that's perfectly fine with me, too. Two hours later this saturday. Totally doable.

Meany:<font color="#660033">I find no issue with that.

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Yay. ^^;

Meany:<font color="#660033">Now lesee...

* Meany fishes around Zairith's backpack.

Meany:<font color="#660033">Aha.

* Meany uses Scroll of Extended Sleep on Liatai.

Dr. Hatari:<font color="#FF0000">Go to bed, Liatai. &gt;:O *smote*

Meany:<font color="#660033">Is that the one that doubles duration? &gt;.&gt;

* Liatai clonks.

TMG:<font color="#000000">Nini, liatai!

TMG:<font color="#000000">Be sure to save log and send it to Danman. :o

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Noooo not extended sleep I still need to wake up early or that poor dog will be holding it in all night -- buh *clonk*

Liatai:<font color="#000000">Night. ^^;

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TMG:<font color="#000000">dammitdorf. :B

Dorf Aias:<font color="#7F00FF">&quot;Bwahahahah!&quot;

TMG:<font color="#000000">You done invaded the log! :O

Dorf Aias:<font color="#7F00FF">&quot;I haes. 'N' noo a'm gonnae spill ale a' ower it!&quot;

Dorf Aias:<font color="#7F00FF">&quot;Anyway, it's aboot time fur bedtime ye mad rocket kids. Gang oan, git! Huv dreams o' dragon's hoards 'n' whit huv you.&quot;

Dorf Aias:<font color="#7F00FF">&quot;So save yer logs 'n' yer campaign files 'n' tokens 'n' whit huv ye, afore ah light ye a' oan fire!&quot;

Dorf Aias:<font color="#7F00FF">&quot;Because th' server is comin' doon! Och NO!&quot;

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