Session Start: Sat Nov 23 22:36:30 2002 [22:37] roll sta + dex and also some kind of roll to impress the tribe, which I am sure you are doing. [22:37] Stamina plus Dexterity? [22:38] er [22:38] stamina + athletics [22:38] mkay [22:40] !ex 6 [22:40] Maris : !ex 6, 4, 1, 3, 2, 2, 5, Botch, Successes : 0 [22:40] well you're going to arrive late then [22:41] * Maris will unfortunately collapse of his wounds bloody. HE'll try to get up and make his way to his friends heading back from the village. Hoping the villagers will be so impressed by my blistered form trying to get back to them they'll pick me up and head there with me in a stretcher or something [22:42] hmm roll your impress the tribe roll with a +3 stunt [22:43] ((hmm. using appearence plus presence. Can't use the intimidation plus so dice pool of 7. spending a will for a success)) [22:44] !ex 10 [22:44] Maris : !ex 10, 2, 10, 6, 2, 3, 10, 10, 8, 6, 8, Successes : 8 [22:44] ouch [22:44] they like you ;) [22:44] figured [22:45] gain a point of cult [22:45] yeah!! [22:46] and influence. sorry about the slowness. Rather happens when you split from the group :( [22:47] that's fine [23:51] Bleh. Show up with your army. [23:51] end of the round. Write something cool. [23:52] They can bind the spirits into the hull of the ship in one scene if you can keep them defended. [23:52] And they can exorcize the possessed if you can capture them. [23:55] k [23:56] who can bind them? [23:57] the shamans you brought with the tribes. [23:57] They brought the entire tribe, so yea. [23:57] Your heroism has inspired them to run really fast. [23:57] k [23:57] do they need to be on the ship? [23:57] no [23:58] mkay [00:01] * Maris appears at the cliff top and points to the ship. He barks out what seem like orders and suddenly the clifftop comes alive with savages. They immediately charge as close to the ship as they can with a force of shamans in the middle. Maris himself sees what happens on the ship and sends the warriors with net's to the mast to capture his friends so they can be unposessed. [00:01] something like that? [00:01] that's great [00:01] * Maris nods [00:02] tell me when. [00:02] ok [00:10] put Irin and Shakel in there somewhere, since they've gone to see when you'll arrive. [00:10] No such nick/channel [00:11] put Irin and Shakel in there somewhere, since they've gone to see when you'll arrive. [00:15] * Maris appears at the cliff top and points to the ship. He barks out what seem like orders and suddenly the clifftop comes alive with savages. They immediately charge as close to the ship as they can with a force of shamans in the middle. Maris himself sees what happens on the ship and sends the warriors with net's to the mast to capture his friends so they can be unposessed. Shakel and irin both help protect the shamans whil [00:15] directs from the cliff having his orders repeated by tribemen he's trained [00:15] cutoff. Shakel and irin be a new line [00:16] cool [00:16] ok even [00:16] sweet [00:16] Shakel and Irin both flank the shamans protecting them as beast they can while Maris shouts orders from the cliff through tribemen he's trained on the way there. [00:17] mmmm [00:22] Shakel and Irin both flank the shamans protecting them as best they can while Maris shouts orders from the cliff through tribemen he's trained on the way there. [00:23] looks good. So you post the whole thing as done as Tabius has done his move. [00:23] not sure when that will be [00:24] heh [00:33] can I show? [01:45] would have taken him out long before the other's had gotten anywhere close to him if I'd been next to him. [01:46] ah [01:46] * Storyteller understand then [01:50] oh know I saw that [01:50] I just didn't do anything immediately [01:50] heh [01:50] ok [03:08] aha [03:08] coo [03:09] anyhow [03:09] the uh, thing is that you will have to fight lunar, fair folk, powerful spirits, and deal with the ruins of a First age civilization that is in it's last days before it's final fall into the second age of man [03:10] That's a lot of things to fight. [03:10] yeap [03:10] but all the tribes that went to the beaches wanted our support [03:11] yeap [03:11] why would they want ours if they've already got more powerful things? [03:11] because they've got more imporatant things to do than look after the welfare of mere mortals. [03:11] so they're not really a problem [03:11] and they really want your children more than your patronage. [03:11] Maris will protect them [03:12] then they'll love him. [03:12] and He'll teach them to protect themselves [03:12] heh [03:12] Ok [03:12] Maris can't take a elder lunar. [03:12] not an elder, no [03:12] But Maris can survive. [03:12] but Maris can take a cadre of elite warriors armed with admantium and kick his ass [03:12] yeap [03:13] Basically my basic plan is to take the best and brightest of the warriors and focus on them mostly [03:13] train them in swords and make them my personal bodygaurd and talon. [03:14] hmm [03:14] This will of course take time. [03:14] * Maris thinks [03:14] ok [03:14] You said you changed your plan? [03:14] * Maris is thinking [03:14] I've changed the scope [03:15] Basically I'll arm teh warriors with teh weapons and travel as we work. [03:15] As soon as we find out who the best are I'll get them. [03:15] First off I deal with any pressing problems are tibe has [03:15] so they're safe. [03:15] once i've done that I'll start dealing with the other tribes [03:15] * GoldenH rubs his chin [03:16] Swords aren't a common weapon [03:16] you might want to adapat the swords into more common weapons, like spears or polearms of some sort. [03:16] I'll have diplomats sent to as many tribes as i can to tell them I am coming and I will help them and to spread my many good deeds. [03:16] You might be lucky and find some people who have experience with the sword though. [03:16] Running hare will be your emissary if you should ask him. [03:16] yeah i don't want them to be good with them [03:17] that way i can still take them while they're questionably loyal to me [03:17] once they're totally bound i can teach them how to really use them. [03:18] I'll thank him and have him do so after making sure he'll be saying what I want him to subtlely [03:18] Running hare that is [03:18] I want to set up running dialogues with as many tribes as I can [03:18] * GoldenH nods sagely [03:18] meetings with chiefs [03:18] and you're going to teach them what. High realm. Low Realm. Whatever else you speak.? [03:19] Riverspeak. Less chance of them figuring out what is said around them in highspeak [03:19] besides it's probally the easiest to teach [03:21] my basic message is that we, the chosen, have come to save the people and make them great once again. We will destroy there enemies and make the people powerful. [03:21] something like that [03:21] * GoldenH nods [03:21] sounds like a good plan. [03:21] but I'll mix in their own mythology [03:21] learn it as much I can and use it to the best of my ability [03:22] and I'll make sure the others don't catch wind of that part. Most of them would be squemish about. [03:22] yea [03:22] Vanal will be set to making the tribe into an army [03:22] so he'll teach them how to fight as a group, you'll teach them how to fight as individuals? [03:23] I'll teach my gaurds to fight as individuals as they'll be my main leuitenants in any war. [03:23] I'll teach them stradegy and everything I can [03:24] * GoldenH nods [03:24] so you teach them, Vanal organizes them. [03:24] I'm sure they know a lot already. BUt I'll find out what they don't know and give that to them slowly in nuggets. [03:24] * Maris nods [03:24] I'll get as much political information as I can [03:25] make sure I get as much info as I can before I attack anything [03:25] ok [03:25] and always always use way more force then nessesary to kill something [03:25] failure is counterproductive [03:25] I see you taking the entire south grasslands. Take the left wing of the map, just look at the south. If Cicada starts her own cult, she'll work from the farthest west and work her way east; you'll work the other way around. [03:26] cicada and a cult? [03:26] yea it's complicated. [03:26] ok [03:26] not sure what she wants yet. [03:27] well I'll focus on my part then. The Shaman is a tricky part [03:27] I'm really not sure what the others plan on doing with him. [03:28] it depends on the character. [03:28] My own plan at the moment is to get to know the shaman as much as possible while at the same time telling the others(especially tala) that he's evil and must die. [03:28] I'll tell tabius he's right [03:28] everyone that they're right [03:28] If I think that the shaman can be successfully manipulated I'll use him for a while. [03:28] he [03:28] heh [03:29] If he's too smart for that [03:29] and maris will be paranoid about this [03:29] * Maris suddenly smirks [03:29] * Maris loves it [03:29] eeeeeeevile? [03:29] You know all those drugs? [03:30] the ones I got on the ship? [03:30] mr. shaman's going to find some in his pipe. [03:30] and if he wants to stay with them he'll have to do what maris says [03:30] lol! [03:30] eventually maris will run out and the shaman will die [03:31] ok now that's something I hadn't considered. [03:31] or someone will kill him [03:31] oh as soon as I spotted the stuff I knew i'd be using it to kill people [03:31] heh [03:31] yea [03:32] if I could get a steady supply that'd be better but as it is it's useful [03:32] and I won't do that unless shaman starts being too smart [03:32] * GoldenH laughs [03:32] as I don't want to waste the supply [03:33] hmm [03:33] * Maris is only truly loyal to House Cynis. [03:33] wisel in particular [03:34] well I'll say that alchemy might be useful in replicating it, but you wouldn't want to botch. [03:34] * Maris nods [03:34] I'm not an alchemist [03:34] and I don't trust anyone else in screwing with except a thrall [03:34] and teach a thrall to make it and they're not a thrall [03:34] well [03:34] nope, and I don't think you'll find somebody able to do it anyhow. [03:34] * Maris nods [03:34] I don't plan on it. [03:35] Maris doesn't really know how powerful it is [03:35] as for killing people, you probably don't need very much. A teaspoon would be overkill. A pinch would be overkill. [03:35] if he did even he would be wary of it. [03:36] he was going ot get back to teh realm and test it on slaves to see how it worked [03:36] but now he's going to have to field test it. [03:36] * Maris nods to himself and is glad I got that figured out. [03:36] be nice to have a solar thrall for a bit [03:37] heh [03:37] only a bit though [03:37] so how are we going to organize this downtime? [03:38] well [03:38] With you it'll be mostly dice rolling and stunts. [03:38] * Maris nods [03:38] it would be anal to do the whole thing out and too much to ask. besides if it's only me it wouldn't be all that much fun. [03:39] You understand the dangers of the Big Baddies, which is good, but we can do a rather quick version of those fights. [03:39] * Maris nods [03:39] besides with 1v1 it wouldn't be a big deal. [03:39] so wait. I understand them as opposed to who? [03:40] as being completely surprised when I say "you're walking through a forest and a lunar hops on your ass" and you're like "duuuude you didn't tell me theye'd be luuunars!" [03:40] oh [03:40] * Maris nods [03:40] * GoldenH vaugely wonders [03:41] Maris will want at least a few public fights to make others know his skill. [03:41] too bad you don't have that threshing charm. As it is, there would be no point to having more than 5 mortal followers with the agg blades, except as replacesments when others died. [03:41] threshing? [03:41] you know the charm that lets mroe than 5 people attack something [03:41] ah [03:41] no there is [03:42] specifically if they have friends of their own [03:42] no archers? [03:42] oh [03:42] yeah they'd be archers [03:42] how many blades do I have? [03:43] don't remember, 12 or something [03:43] * Maris nods [03:43] makes sense [03:43] ok so i've got my own and the others have a few. that leaves me with 8 I think for gaurds. [03:43] yea [03:43] 4 of them to help me in close range at a time [03:44] the other four with bows and arrows [03:44] ok [03:44] and they'd all have swords for self defense. [03:44] they'll split up the duty for sword fighting though [03:44] all will have arrows. [03:44] bows even [03:44] but basically yeah that's it. [03:45] * Maris will get the extra health level charm before he leaves the town though [03:45] * GoldenH nods sagely [03:45] give the four with me an extra bruised level [03:45] those HL charms are nice. [03:45] * Maris nods [03:45] especially if they're extras. [03:45] aura is great [03:46] the taunt charm is so much more important now that I'm fightng with mortals [03:46] but It'll have to wait [03:46] I suppose that their dice pool will be equal to your sux on the presence roll you make in each village... [03:46] well they're going to start off as the 8 elite in the village we're in [03:46] like if you roll 4, then you get green extras, 6 is elite extras, 7 is a normal mortal, etc. [03:47] heh [03:47] if I find better or they die or they're trustworthy enough I'll send them on anather task [03:47] * GoldenH nods sgely [03:47] another things [03:47] I'll do my best to mix up the tribes [03:48] send warriors to fight with others [03:48] leave trustworthy ones at certain villages [03:48] get them to feel unified [03:48] going to stay on the shore? [03:48] magnify the threat of the evil things so they won't think about hating their neighbors [03:49] depends what the inlands are like [03:49] if it's just more natives then I'll spread as evenly and tactically as possible [03:49] if not I'll focus on the easiest taken which are the shoe people. [03:50] soo.. they dont like you, you say bad things [03:50] ? [03:50] huh? [03:50] uhh ou go to a village, they refuse to worship you, you go to next village and talk shit about them. [03:51] * Maris shakes his head [03:51] first off not sure why they wouldn't want to accept my aid [03:51] i'd figure out why first [03:51] then I'd deal with the problem [03:51] ah [03:51] ok [03:51] I can be a pretty scary avengeful god when I need to be. [03:52] and it doesn't make sense to expand a nation with pockets in it [03:52] doooom [03:52] But if I'm defied I'll first make them see the light [03:53] * GoldenH is amused [03:53] lots of rolls [03:53] would there be many towns that don't need me? [03:54] or us i should say [03:54] I am part of a host [03:54] eh, they've lived this long without you. Depends mostly on how you treat the women ;) [03:54] * Maris smiles [03:54] * Maris will willingly take any chieftain's daughter as a wife. as long as they know he will have many wives. [03:55] if they don't want that I'll stay away and make sure others stay away [03:55] heh [03:55] I'll definately know the local customs on sex before I do that [03:55] Nobody needs monogomy. [03:56] Maris won't even consider the marriages as legal really. they're just for conveniance tell he can get out of there. [03:56] if they are even marriges and not considered sacrifices or gifts. [03:56] * Maris nods [03:57] they might just want to win favor with the new god [03:57] Maris will let them think they are [03:57] but no barbarian can out politic him. At least in his mind. though that's a fairly accurate assumption [03:57] and he will be extra careful about seduction [03:58] very very very careful [03:58] * Maris sits and thinks of other plans. [03:58] * GoldenH nods sagely [03:58] I think that's my main thing. [03:59] I find a manse i'll use it. I find an artifact I'll use it. I here rumors I'll have it scouted out and if it's worth our time I'll send some of us to deal with it [03:59] but mostly Maris sees his goal as making sure no one screws with them anymore. [04:00] an army of natives will go a long way in that. [04:00] so when should we be doing these rolls? [04:01] well [04:01] I don't want to do them right now because I don't have it sketched out [04:01] * Maris nods [04:01] most of this week I don't think I have schol because it's thanksgiving break or something. [04:02] I'm going to be visiting a friend next weekend. [04:02] ok [04:02] this week I don't have much but I have some things to be doing. [04:02] just drop by sometime [04:02] well between now and wednsday [04:02] I'll probably be in here every night after 8 or maybe 7 cst [04:03] so around 6 my time then [04:03] -> [maris] TIME [04:03] -> [goldenh] TIME [04:03] yea [04:03] -pm [04:03] * Maris nods [04:03] of course [04:03] -am : sleeping [04:04] mm [04:04] mkay [04:04] so I have 23 exp to spend at the end of this week. [04:04] 5 more at the end of the next week. [04:0 4] and then 10 more after that [04:04] 38 xp, 3 months of downtime. [04:05] hmm? [04:05] ah [04:05] never mind [04:05] oh [04:05] yeah 38 total in all that [04:05] so you have enough for all the cool charms you want [04:06] * Maris shakes his head [04:06] need to buy essence [04:06] ah [04:06] so off on warlord's convocation by 9 exp [04:06] and that is the charm that will make this almost too easy [04:06] * GoldenH requires much ado to get essence 4 [04:06] just up to 3 [04:07] not getting 4 for a long long time [04:07] that's right... nobody is... zzzzeeevileeeee [04:07] it makes sense [04:08] it's essence four. that's like, the end of the game. Maybe tabius could [04:08] * Maris wishes he could get rid of some of the charms he bought that he never uses [04:08] but whatever [04:08] yea I konw what you mean [04:08] what are they I will try to make them more useful? [04:10] observer detecting method is ok but not the greatest. and become the hammer is kinda useles when I have my claws. Got that cause I thought I was gonna get the main brawl charm. But we fight way to many anathema at the same time for that to be truly useful so I'm holding off on it. [04:10] ah [04:11] though mountain toppling method rocks [04:11] * Maris loves it [04:11] heh [04:12] So can I buy presence 5 and the presence health level charm before I head off? [04:12] ehe [04:12] the 10 xp and downtime spends comes at the end of the downtime. [04:12] I have the exp for those two [04:12] If you have the XP for it beforehand that's fine. [04:13] Presence is favored/ [04:13] And the charm I have two days left from before and I think the last one or two can be spent while I'm recovering [04:13] and yeah it is [04:13] as is melee and resistance [04:13] * GoldenH thought so [04:13] though I don't use the melee that much [04:13] nah [04:14] deadly wildfire legion would be good though [04:14] maybe you will more with adamantium sword. [04:14] * Maris nods [04:14] great against lunars. [04:14] :Ahhhhh I have 50 lethal soak... agg?! shit!" [04:14] once I get warlords convocation i can start working on other charms [04:14] * Maris smirks [04:15] they can wear armor though [04:15] heh yea [04:15] but I hit hard anyways [04:15] and they have some sweet charms that protect against agg.. but anyway. [04:15] yea [04:15] I figure that whenever you fail a parry or botch an attack they shatter or something. [04:15] you might wanna give your troops shields or whatever. [04:17] I look for rules in ToT but I can't find any hard rules. [04:17] * GoldenH was dissapointed. [04:17] * Maris nods [04:18] yeah I'll make sure they have shields and back up weapons [04:18] armor too if I can get it [04:19] I figure that you either have to parry really carefully, like -2 to DEF, or you have to actually cut through the weapon in question, which shouldn't be that hard. [04:20] * Maris nods [04:20] he'll more or less instruct them to stab with the things [04:20] use the shilds to parry or dodge [04:20] shields even [04:21] yea [04:21] parrying with brittle thing = bad [04:23] well I guess that's it unless you have any ideas on how I should start then [04:24] hm [04:24] not really [04:24] I will be here probably if you come [04:24] but I am rather DB-d out for tonight [04:24] * Maris nods [04:24] I'll try later one then [04:24] allright [04:24] cya Session Close: Sun Nov 24 04:27:16 2002 Session Start: Sun Nov 24 23:02:24 2002 [23:05] mkay [23:05] ok [23:06] so how soon are you leaving? [23:06] * Maris leads the conquering hero's back to teh village. [23:06] ok [23:06] at that point he begins resting and training to get the language charm so he can understand the villagers [23:06] ok [23:06] how long does it take to get that? [23:07] 3 days [23:07] ok [23:07] so after 3 days you will go with Running Hare? [23:07] I'll be healing so i have the time to kill [23:07] Ok [23:08] only 3 days to heal all the way? [23:08] Tab's healed the 3 -2 [23:08] ok [23:08] so you have the charm and are at full health and everything [23:08] * Maris will first off talk with the leaders here get general information on the surrounding tribes and make sure he's the main guy there [23:09] most tribes have a totem spirit of some sort. [23:09] He'll basicaly assure his place in this tribe and ask if they have things that the chosen can help them with. [23:09] The tribes war a lot over the spirits though, as they want to have as many as possible [23:09] the spirits don't mind as long as they each get a lot of worship [23:10] And these spirits help the tribes? [23:10] a bit [23:10] Also [23:10] they are known to send young men to appease the firesharks [23:11] They canoe out there a lot [23:11] The firesharks attack the village? [23:11] no [23:11] they don't do anything [23:11] why the appeasing then? [23:11] Because they need the worship when they fight whatever the big bad guy in the mountain is. [23:11] Ah. [23:12] after all if you didn't get worship you only have 23 hours to regain all your essence WP and health levels? ouch [23:12] so each tribe has like 3 guys go out there [23:12] they're pretty much ravaged like the fair folk [23:12] do [23:13] Maris will tell them that the chosen are here to help the tribes but also to show the tribes to help themselves. If the tribes ally with him and the rest of them he will make them safe. They will not need to worship anyone else or go to war for the chosen can keep them safe from all. [23:13] sounds good. [23:13] But they are very unused to not fighting for the affection of their leaders. [23:14] The spirits are imposters who want only death. They will need to be destroyed. The chosen know ways to fight the spirits and they can also make sure that the tribes can defend themselves from all. perhaps even defend themselves from the being in the mountain. Perhaps no longer have to appease the firesharks. [23:15] * Maris let's it trail at that point opening up the possiblities to them [23:15] they don't seem to find that very likely at all. [23:16] manipulation + presence [23:16] +1 stunt [23:17] But they'll need to work with their neighbors to do it. If they stay seperate they will not have the power to do it. He'll use the sticks analogy except with rocks. He'll crumble a pebble in his fist and then he'll take several larger rocks and attempt to break them only taking out one or two but the entire grouping still staying whole((he'll test out the example first to make sure he can do it. and yes i'm using mounta [23:17] and yes i'm using mounta[cutoff] [23:17] ((mountain toppling method)) [23:17] ok [23:18] +2 stunt then [23:18] roll it. [23:18] ((can i use my presence adder? I want to appear large and powerful like I can do anything. I think it would help with that.)) [23:18] ok [23:19] ((k adding 4 presence)) [23:19] !ex 13 [23:19] Maris : !ex 13, 4, 3, 8, 10, 2, 6, 10, 2, 4, 4, 8, 7, 7, Successes : 8 [23:19] allright, they're impressed at your power and believe that you could do it [23:20] they agree to join your horde [23:21] so this is the group everyone else is in. [23:21] * Maris will tell them that first off they will need to start allying the clans. I'll need people to be sent to the surrounding tribes so they can spread the might of the chosen and the people so that together they may unite and ((clue in what they most desire as a people)) [23:21] Yes it is [23:21] ok [23:21] I'll talk to the chieftains alone [23:21] * GhostofGoldenH nods [23:21] Ok [23:21]