“I speak goblin. Uncertain about Holly or Ahearn or anyone else for that
matter. I gather that means we need to have materials for incendiaries. I
suppose I go find Claalgulp and Holly and have a talk with him. If Holly also
speaks goblin it may be quite helpful to have her along. Load detect lie for
the conversation. He may have mixed feelings about attacking his people in
spite of his treatment. Others may have been treated similarly and he may feel
for some. “
On Monday, November 28, 2022, 02:24:37 PM CST, Tim Farley
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"We stay tight and disciplined. We kill what we find, burn anything in our
way, and shoot whatever tries to escape. Well, almost. We need to let someone
escape. Fear only works as a weapon if somebody transmits it." Sean pauses.
"If this is something we aren't in agreement with, then perhaps 'we' need not
all go. I am going to burn their village to the ground. Either openly and
notoriously, with a force at my back, or stealthily and mysteriously, with
Agatha at my side." He pauses some more. "Because, one supposes, I am
obsessed. With disrupting the status quo ante bellum. That said, I'd rather
kill the dragon. But the Droolbane are pawns on the board, and I will
eliminate them in my mission to take down the dragon. We should draw rations
for a week. Hell, we should draw rations for two weeks, but that gets even
more cumbersome. Claalgulp said a week to get there. I would have thought
something would be closer, but very well. Somebody who speaks goblin should
ask Claalgulp what we are facing."
On Monday, November 28, 2022 at 03:07:14 PM EST, Jeffrey Cowen
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
“Attacking a goblin city, figure they have building cover and may not come at
us in droves but more of attempting to snipe at us as long as they can. Any
idea on the size of this community? Make up of its structures? Dug into stone
or dirt hillside or simple huts with a wall? Several different ways a place
could be set up. No, I wouldn’t take this for an easy cake walk. They’ll have
home turf advantage. “ Elmore
On Monday, November 28, 2022, 11:10:10 AM CST, Tim Farley
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Sean smirks at Xander, starts to say something, changes his mind, starts to
say something again, changes his mind, then shrugs and says "No plan survives
contact with the enemy. That doesn't mean we don't plan." Sean smiles again.
On Monday, November 28, 2022 at 11:49:27 AM EST, Lee Conner
<leeburkeconner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Xander makes all of his final preparations and checks in on Wally to see that
he's ready to go, "I'm hoping that this is a simple mission like my friends
think it's going to be, but I'll be surprised if it is."
On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 8:05 AM Jeffrey Cowen <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
“ Know what you mean even with my longer years. I too look forward to my next
training. I believe that will make me an actual priest, with access to Raise
Dead and Flame Strike among other magics. It has been a while since I’ve gotten
to spend much time with Bonaluria. I send letters on our progress and let her
know she’s missed each time we have someone headed that way, but it isn’t the
same. I’ve yet to pick out a promising spot for a temple and abode. Won’t be
able to gather materials on the premises until the spot has been consecrated.
So far, I’ve consecrated two spots for cemeteries. I don’t know if one can do
that with worked or altered space like the inside of the caves where the
pirates have altered the environment possibly after they created their shrine.
“
On Monday, November 28, 2022, 07:50:39 AM CST, Tim Farley
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"It is my sincerest wish that I will need to train, my friend, so I hope that
will not put off your quest overly long. And I miss Tina. And I am not
getting any younger, and need to think to the future." Sean gets a distant,
wistful look to his eyes.
On Monday, November 28, 2022 at 08:47:14 AM EST, Jeffrey Cowen
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
“I should hope so, yes. Very nice. As soon as we can put this dragon and
territorial disputes behind us, we have another job that is long overdue,
provided many of us aren’t in need of training by then. “
On Monday, November 28, 2022, 07:33:12 AM CST, Tim Farley
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sean thanks Artor for his bounty, thanks the buck for his sacrifice, and asks
Elmore to make the appropriate sacrificial incantations after Sean takes the
buck. "Good auspices as we prepare this expedition, I should think, eh
Speaker?"
On Monday, November 28, 2022 at 07:13:42 AM EST, SM Baule
<smbaule@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Don't underestimate my gods.
Sean is able to find a smaller buck just west of the burial ground. It is as if
the buck was sent to stand there and be ready to be sacrificed. Any last
desireS? Any sign on bounty for men at arms or gnomes at arms? .
On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 6:02 AM timfarleynj <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Before we leave in the morning, Sean wants to find and make a sacrifice of a
buck to Artor, that He may lend an eye to our endeavor.
OOC: All this God talk, coupled with an app that gives me an Anglo-Saxon word
every day, made me think that in a world where gods are real, throwing them a
bone (literally in this case) every now and again can’t hurt.
Oh, the Anglo Saxon word for Saturday was fyrd-tiber, which means a sacrifice
made on the eve of a military expedition. A buck sacrificed to bring Artor the
Hunter’s beneficence upon us can’t hurt. As Agatha is not Artorian, Sean would
ask Elmore to join him in the hunt.
And, were I a superstitious man, I would have something to say about the
coincidence of fyrd-tiber coming up, but I am sure it was just a coincidence,
and not Artor imposing His will in the primest of the prime material planes.
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On Nov 27, 2022, at 11:01 PM, Jeffrey Cowen <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I could not say for certain there wouldn't be troubling questions considering
the circumstances.
On Sunday, November 27, 2022 at 09:52:33 PM CST, Nicole Massey
<nyyki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
That wasn't the question. Would Elmore believe what he was told? I'm pretty
sure the rest of the Octagonal Grapefruits are at least skeptical about
Ahearn's statements about Mother, but it seems he's either believing it all the
way or perpetrating a long and deep con on the rest of the group.
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If Artor told Elmore a dragon was safe after said dragon killed Gwynn and
others like the elves we ran across, I think people other people might be
thinking he's a little nuts or being sent false visions to manipulate him or
something. I don't know that they'd take what he thinks at face value either.
On Sunday, November 27, 2022 at 09:30:41 PM CST, Nicole Massey
<nyyki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hey, that's just the bias of good aligned people. And Mother said it'd be safe,
so that's all Ahearn needs to know, right? If Artor told Elmore something was
safe, would he accept his deity's guidance, or question the one he worships?
I'm sure everyone knows where Carandolana would fall in that situation.
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True, though going from giant eagles that might at least be neutral to angry
dragon is quite a leap.
On Sunday, November 27, 2022 at 07:54:46 PM CST, Tim Farley
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To be fair, he didn't know his Mother back then. Now he knows Her grace, and
has Faith in Her Wisdom.
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On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 8:35 PM, Jeffrey Cowen
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Won't trust giant eagles, afraid he'll fall off. Will trust an evil dragon
that's killed some of our friends. Not afraid said dragon won't pitch him off,
then dive down and make a snack out of him.
On Sunday, November 27, 2022 at 06:46:32 PM CST, Nicole Massey
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Yeah, dragons tend not to do well at herding, because they're herding their
own snacks, and the herd beasts pick up on that somehow.
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Well, I figured you were still doing the ranching business, and light
cavalrymen would make good wranglers, etc.
On Sunday, November 27, 2022 at 02:32:21 PM EST, James Hurley
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I'll be a dragon rider soon, so not much point in that eh?
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