It is Kelbis's sword. I don't think it would be right to take the sword
without taking Kelbis. And I think Kelbis should stay at the Cove. We can
dish out more than our fair share of damage without the sword. And dragons are
big enough where the meleers can melee, while us archers can fill the lizard
with lots of pointy sticks.
On Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 07:24:25 PM EDT, Buddy Schirmer
<buddyschirmer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hurrumph
Rarmuck and Sicarius will remain behind to coordinate Nesgrous, Manrug and
Vekeal, along with others to continue the building of tunnels, docks and prep
the cove for population plus defend the cove.
Not sure about the dragon slayer sword. Should it go, it will be useful since
I hope to engage the beast with melee - though I do not use the weapon, not
sure about others in its use but might be a choice.
We may need some to go so far to help clear the path then turn back or hold the
line for the rest to go on and come back.
Good to see spell choices. I shall think of a best path but I'd hope to drop
in on our dragon unannounced.
Sicarius,
On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 6:13 AM Tim Farley <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Were it just you and I, brother, I would say go for the glory. But that
beastie can hurt many, so...."
On Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 12:29:47 AM EDT, James Hurley
<angushurley@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"I suspect we'll never get the chance to subdue," I smile and nod. "But if we
do, it's a problem I don't mind dealing with. I just hope you can all keep up
with me when we get close. I do wonder how everyone will react. Could be a few
of our friends, or even ourselves freeze up entirely when we view him up close.
Though I don't think Mother will let me be so dumbstruck."From:
stoddard-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <stoddard-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Tim
Farley <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2022 9:57 PM
To: stoddard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <stoddard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [stoddard] Re: The next five days I suspect Rarmuck will remain behind
to coordinate Nesgrous, Manrug and Vekeal, but maybe he wants a piece of dragon
tail?
Sicarius, of course, goes where Lord Hagar tells him (though he'd prefer to
keep working the font)
Sean still wants to capture/subdue Ezanus if the opportunity presents itself.
He will give Estra and Agatha four blunted arrows each when the final push to
the lair begins. He'll say to Ahearn "If we capture that wee bastard, we'll
need boatloads of coin to make his bed over in your cavern."
Three of the Greenmantle Guard are farmers (one of them is also a jeweler)
They would do well for the group to either go with Ahearn's man Theo and
prepare ground near him for cultivation, or do the same at the Cove, between
Middlecreek and South Creek, west north west of the "Back Porch"
I suspect that several of the gnomes are assisting the dwarves with the
tunneling. There are two masons and an engineer in that distinguished company.
I suspect a few others are assisting Hackett's men in building the warehouse
and maintaining the stone pier. Ethan of the Greenmantle Guard is a hunter,
and Nesgrous is a forager, so even without the chaos squad around, they should
be able to augment the food supplies, if necessary, and the gnomes have two
butchers to supply the two cooks with prime cuts of whatever gets harvested by
the hunters.
The Cove should be OK unless hit by Dragons, Martians or Fallschirmjaeger. We
are going to deal with the first, and have no idea what to do about the other
two, so it probably doesn't matter.
On Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at 10:22:30 PM EDT, SM Baule <smbaule@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Dogs and guards stay back; anyone else?
On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 8:58 PM Jeffrey Cowen <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I’ll leave my guard guarding the base.
On Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 06:09:17 PM CDT, SM Baule <smbaule@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Ok - are Wally, Rarmuck, Elmore's Greenmantle Guard, Cara's dogs? going along?
Estra and Agatha are in. They have quivers and bows. They are eager to show the
wyrm that Hagar is boss.
On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 6:03 PM James Hurley <angushurley@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am all for Ezanus. I need to get him in line.Basically I am all for doing
anything...From:stoddard-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <stoddard-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
on behalf of Tim Farley <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [stoddard] Re: The next five days What would Xander like to do?
Sean votes Ezanus. I think Ahearn and Hagar do as well.
Carandolana abstains, apparently.
Elmore has remained relatively silent on the matter of our next action as a
group. As has John Mac and Lithwerden.
Estra (with no vote) will follw Ahearn, while Agatha (with no vote) seems to be
following Sean.
On Monday, June 27, 2022 at 11:42:23 AM EDT, Lee Conner
<leeburkeconner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Xander is waiting to hear the plan of action so he can create a spell load to
support that plan.
On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 9:36 AM Jeffrey Cowen <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Always a possibility.
On Monday, June 27, 2022, 09:22:28 AM CDT, Tim Farley
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"I wonder if he would have had more luck with the Elves of the Lady of the
waters than I have had? They worshipped the same Goddess"
On Monday, June 27, 2022 at 10:13:57 AM EDT, Jeffrey Cowen
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yes. Bless our dear departed friend.
On Monday, June 27, 2022, 09:09:38 AM CDT, Tim Farley
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Yes, Gwyn was a invaluable help. That was definitely a 'desperate times call
for desperate measures' sort of thing. I could not have done it without him.
But it bought us the time we needed. As planned. The bugbears were just a
happy bonus."
On Monday, June 27, 2022 at 10:03:36 AM EDT, Jeffrey Cowen
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
“I had in mind your taunting of the pirates to come ashore. They didn’t have
enough boats for the whole lot of them. Gwynn cast sleep on some of them I
think I was told, some got shot. Both boats were burned and the draft on the
ship was too deep to get close enough to come ashore so they had to wait a day
or more before another ship arrived. By then we were gone and the pirates that
arrived met a bugbear greeting party, a hostile and hungry one. Did a lot of
our fighting for us. Don’t think anyone could anticipate that all that would
work out so well.”
On Monday, June 27, 2022, 08:49:00 AM CDT, Tim Farley
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"See, Speaker, it isn't really chaos if it is calculated to achieve an end, and
does so. It is merely.... unorthodox." Sean grins and winks.
On Monday, June 27, 2022 at 09:46:17 AM EDT, Jeffrey Cowen
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
There’s been a time or two when a little chaos saved our collective butts.
Doubt some of this would qualify.
On Monday, June 27, 2022, 08:42:43 AM CDT, Tim Farley
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Neither is Sean. ;-)
On Monday, June 27, 2022 at 09:41:41 AM EDT, Nicole Massey
<nyyki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Remember that she's not averse to a little chaos when it's called for.
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Subject: [stoddard] Re: The next five days
What she would call chaos and a lack of reason, others might call a different
order of valuation and a differently reasoned perspective.
In fact, some might claim that having a monopoly on the definition of 'reason'
is inherently unreasonable.
On Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 11:09:21 PM EDT, Nicole Massey
<nyyki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
By now Carandolana speaks a decent number of languages, and she can compare
some things about how they say things. (she's not a scholar or sage, so her
depth that is limited) She can get an idea of how green dragons think, and
chances are excellent she doesn't like how they chose to think and speak at
all.
"Pet dragon" ranks up there with "single sized easy to open illithid spawn
cups" to her mind. But she also knows that chaos is not easily stopped and has
reason way down on the totem pole of considerations.
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Good. Having a live hostile dragon as a 'pet' as someone's plan is more than
enough monsters to tear through the caverns to some people's thinking. Elmore
has not entirely nixed that plan, but he certainly doesn't like it. Thinks it
hubris when a mortal thinks they can ever truly tame a dragon. He didn't much
like anyone digging into the ground to try for inscriptions leaving loose dirt
revealing some digging has occurred. He trusts his god enough, that he doesn't
have to know the exact what or why something is buried.
On Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 09:13:20 PM CDT, James Hurley
<angushurley@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:angushurley@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
If it comes out and tears through the caves I promise to revisit this thinking.
Like I said, I buried it, but it could also just be a crypt to someone the
Gods don't want us to disturb because they were such a nice guy. I'm sure
that's a thing. I left it and went back to my cave, where I am supposed to be.
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Trouble is, it wasn't in our back yard 1000 years ago. Even the pirates
probably didn't know this thing was here. That someone dug so far down and
encased it as thickly as they did, should be information enough. Gold and
treasures don't register as woeful, and it is doubtful someone would have
buried something truly harmful and let them keep all their loot.
On Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 08:54:47 PM CDT, James Hurley
<angushurley@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:angushurley@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
I didn't say I would leave it uncovered. I want information, and your auguries
and questions aren't answering them. If there was something dangerous and the
warning was on the mouth of crypt, we would know to take more precautions. But
it seems to be the collective wisdom that we live with a potential monster in
the box in our backyard.
So I will take the shovel and fill in my hole. Shrug and walk away. I don't
live near it.
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Pomeroy, if asked, will support that the augury should be followed. The gods do
not like to be second guessed and real woe can result digging down will
effectively be opening it. A drunken gnome, dwarf or man at arms will
definitely open it if it is uncovered. Just offering a thoughtful approach.
Pomeroy will address himself directly to Ahearn.
On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 8:36 PM Jeffrey Cowen <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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<mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote:
Elmore trusts in his auguries. If it says woe, there's probably a reason.
The lets dig down just so we can see it, well, makes things all the more
tempting to some people and to others, makes an unknown thing a known thing.
Future children or new comers unknowing why earth was excavated and wondering
what's beneath. That sort of thing.
On Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 08:29:50 PM CDT, Lee Conner
<leeburkeconner@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:leeburkeconner@xxxxxxxxx>
<mailto:leeburkeconner@xxxxxxxxx ;<mailto:leeburkeconner@xxxxxxxxx> > > wrote:
Xander liked the whole "Leave the dead thing in the box alone" idea, thus
didn't muddy the waters with unneeded prattle.
On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 2:05 PM Tim Farley <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ;
<mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote:
Sean would love to hear from everyone. He has encouraged everyone to
talk. Some have, some have not.
All that said, as Sean sees it, we have several next steps possible.
- Deal with Ezanus. Either kill or subdue. The subdual thing
sounds like an interesting twist. Sean is in favor, as is, I believe, Ahearn.
Others are willing to go along, but Sean does not know if it is something
desired on their part, or merely going along to get along.
- Elmore's Mindola Isles quest. Sean is interested in aiding his
friend Elmore in accomplishing that quest, because it is for the Greater Glory
of Artor. Sean is uncertain who else is interested.
- Carandolana's 'quest' to find a location to erect a stone circle.
Sean knows no details, but will wholeheartedly do whatever he can to aid
Carandolana in this mission. Again, he has no idea what anyone else thinks
regarding it.
In addition to them, John Mac has expressed a notion of establishing
his own canton. Of course, Sean will aid in that, but that is less a concrete
mission and more a goal. And, frankly, Sean thinks we should get the Cove up
and running first, and emulate what was successful when then establishing John
Mac's. Holly and Xander have been fairly quiet about what they want, but it
seems to me their are more modest goals, similar to Sean's of establishing a
'ranger school', and Ahearn's of establishing a thriving ranch. Sean thinks
Holly has running a guild in the Cove, as a lieutenant of Mawby, as her next
big goal, while Sean thinks Xander wants a workshop/tower/lab to explore what
suits his fancy. He already has an apprentice, and Sean secretly hopes he
settles in a stronghold in the Cove and also, among his arcane interests, sets
out to get a shipbuilding concern going. Something he can start and turn over
to hirelings, while retaining control. But, Sean thinks too much, sometimes.
On Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 01:27:24 PM EDT, Nicole Massey
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Yes, I'm aware Sean is stepping back. I'm curious to hear what Xander
would like to do next. The group hasn't heard from him about direction much at
all.
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What would Carandolana like to do next? Sean is stepping back from
making suggestions, because it seems it's all about him, so, by all means, let
us hear from those who feel their thoughts have been marginalized.
On Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 12:41:41 PM EDT, Nicole Massey
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Yeah, because that's gone so well in the past.
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