Lind Whisperer

"My path is mine to walk, half-kin. It is mine to pave as I please, and I choose to to pave it with gold."

"That's a rather unexpected coincidence - I'm a bit of a representative myself, of the Munchkin tribe - although nothing anywhere near so grand as being the Botschafter von Titaan must be. Extremely pleased to make your acquaintance." "No worries, Master Ambassador. If I might have a moment of hushed frankness between representatives, I'm fairly certain most of the Heroes are terrible at hero-ing."

"Sound interesting. Care to elaborate?"

The long version. The short version: After the Orc Wars, a tribe returned to their home village of Muncie to find it had been torched by retreating orcs. Renaming themselves the "Munchkins," an abbreviation of "The Children of Muncie," they relocated to the underground Forest of the Blue Pools, where they now focus on stock-piling eclectic knowledge instead of fighting. Not everything - they keep tabs on bigger events, but smaller events pass them by, and they only know the main facts about the bigger events.Like with Althior - Lind knew that there had been a betrayal of the Veterans, and he knew (probably from the Questboard) that there had been a necromancer on the party named Althior, but he didn't know any of the specific details of the quest. Lind's knowing about aliens was a reflection of some elements of a future quest chain I'm working on that has the Munchkins in several roles. It would have probably been better if I'd left that part of his background out, but it wouldn't have made sense in reflection. I was a little disappointed myself - I actually had the perfect quest to drop that on...

The horses seemed to have wandered off somewhere, or something to that effect, as she doesn't see them anywhere. The figure spoke softly, but with a very hard voice. "Throm-ka. I believe you know my business. My business is gold. The real question to be asked, is what is your business. Are you the welcoming party I requested? Are you some pitiful group of shop-keepers, trying to continue snatching for yourselves a share of the treasures of an forgotten age? Or are you some other group of no-ones, standing in my way for some reason - or for no real reason at all."

I'll keep that in mind, thank you. The irony is that I feel the opposite way as the "Cheeky, happy go lucky rogue" is such a common character that it feels a little bit flat to me because it's so common - but I can see what you mean. In future, I'm going to try and find a middle ground between the two of them. Again, as I've said, I get that it would "create conflict" - but I, for one, am sick and tired of characters always, making mistakes. Just for once, I wanted a character to have the mental strength to make, the "right choice" and not give into temptation. A., there's a lot of things going on here. I see what you mean to a point...to a point. Nowhere did Lind say anything that couldn't be reasonably hypothesized from what had been said in quest, or from a general knowledge of "aliens fly flying saucers". WBD made an excellent point in another thread about the difference between acting and RPing, and I was guilty of acting - but it was mixed with honest RP. My apologies. #130 had just come up, with the requirement that players be "strong of faith," and I thought it'd be funny. Thank you for the compliments. I'm looking forward to playing with Matthais again as well.I wasn't trying to go for a "chosen one" mentality - more that Lind, as a Munchkin, had the duty to kill any aliens he encountered - but I can see how it would come off that way. Again, my apologies, and I'll work on that. Thanks for sharing - I wondered what that was about. I assumed it was a reference to some previous quest I was unaware of. I see. I thought it was a reference to The LEGO Movie.

Dodekube. I originally mentioned it as a non-canon meta-joke in #122, but Lind's referenced it seriously several times since then. I know, but the only way to get to Salmanda and the resort so far seems to be on Sisters quests - and the requirements seem to be either "be strong in faith," or "be good at drinking and 'other things'".

Do the Sisters of Danub recognize the Dodekube as a valid religion? Because I'm really liking the sound of the Amenra Beach Resort...

The wind also blows swiftly. While some of the Heroes debated the finer points of diplomacy, and others prepared for battle, they missed the sounds of hoofs kicking gravel and sand down the canyon road. Five outlaws suddenly galloped down the road onto the canyon shelf! At their head was a man in a white suit, with a white hat on his head. His long brown hair and his hat shaded his face, so that the Heroes were unable to see what it looked like. What would the Heroes do?

QM Note: Does anyone have any preparations to make, or should I start the encounter sometime later tonight?

"Best of luck, and don't let the bugbears bite." The Munchkin watched the witch leave, clearly having difficulties due to her pregnancy. He stepped closer to Matthias."Master Druid, I do hope you have some experience with birthing, because that witch is looking like she'll be due painfully soon - and a high-tension scene like the Fields is only going to speed her inner processes up..."

Is it just me, or is the far left Spy Bot build retroactively reminiscent of ED-209?

QM Note: He's not mixing IC and OoC. Warlen was claiming items before they were handed out. As I've said before, you're welcome to make your own suggestions as to loot division, but a character can't take items before the Party Leader selects the final divison. Warlen wasn't following this rule, and being a person who takes rules and traditions seriously, Vindsval did not approve of his actions.If I might make a suggestion as to division(since the loot is a bit varied in value), if Warlen really wants this particular loot item, perhaps he could offer IC to take a penalty against the rest of his share of loot drops from future battles in this quest?

QM Note: My bad - fixing that right away.

The atmosphere here isn't the point, it's that search engines scanning the web for certain words and phrases don't "get" jokes. It is your choice whether or not to make such comments, I was only trying to be helpful.

QM Note: You were still making an action that you couldn't make yet. Also, due to my forgetting to add the cleric/mage req. when I created the battle, anyone in the party can equip the robes. Don't make presumptions.

Uh... I get that you're trying to be funny...But that's not the sort of thing you want to joke about...

The Munchkin shrugged and grinned. "When it's constructive. When it's just to gibe at people...well, not so much. But that was constructive."

QM Note: Loot Division is up to the Party Leader. You're welcome to try and strike a deal with the other players, but you can't just say something is yours.

Seconded. For the moment, while we get more organized, here's a Writeboard we can use:http://123.writeboard.com/i02wffdb0f4onqjqxxbima28 Password: heroicaspace (Google Docs would be better for the actual laying out of mechanics suggestions, but Writeboard would work better for the discussions over them.) EDIT: Oops. Fixed the link so it goes straight to the comments page, not the Edit the Header page.

Round Seven of Fenarian Fandango: Vindsval vs. The Ancient - (Verkenner) - Back Row - Hit - (10+18=28 damage) Annienal vs. The Ancient - (Bonaparte Cutlass) - Miss - (Nothing happens.) Miderun vs. The Ancient - (Oculoid Claw) - Front Row - Hit - (12+13+1=26 damage, rolling for Infection, Infection roll fails.) Warlen vs. The Ancient - (Wind Spell) - Back Row - Hit - (13+10+6=29 x 2 = 58 damage, The Ancient KO'd!) The Ancient watches them with stoic eyes, as first Vindsval, then Miderun, then Warlen all take their turn at him. As Warlen's spell hit him, it seemed to wash his face away, like it was made of little grains of sand. "We are all dust on greater winds..." An little pile of sand fell on the ground, with an old, worn loincloth falling after it. The battle is victorious! Party Leader, please divide the loot. 150xGold Fenarian Robes of the Vampire(SP:3, Max. Ether +4, Immune to Darkness, backwear) Nice Boots(SP: 1, Footwear: Immune to Earth and Darkness) Loincloth of the Ancient(SP: 3, Absorbs Earth, footwear) The Party: 37 year old, Male, Half Giant, Level: 19.5 Cleric *Gains Triple XP* *Immune to Fire, Asleep, Blinded, Confused, Fragile, Weakened, and Sealed Effects* *Party Leader* Power: 29 (19+10)(X2 against Humanoid and Holy/Luminous) Defense: 3 Health: 27/27 (9+18) Ether: 27/28 (5+18+5) Gold: 87 Equipment: Verkenner (WP:10, Darkness elemental Broomstick,(X2 against Humanoid and Holy/Luminous)ranged), Poisoned by 2 Medal of Glory (accessory, mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles, immunity toAsleep, Blinded, Confused, Fragile, and Weakened effects)(lent by Benji) Fiery Robes of the Archmagi (SP:3 Bodywear +5 Ether, immunity to Sealed Effect and Fire) IInventory: Spark Hammer (WP:8, (X2 against Aquatic, Flying, and Mechanical) lightning-elemental hammer)Consumables: 2X Remedy, 5X Potion, Grand Potion, 3X Smoke Bomb, 3X Mead, 5X Tonic, 7x Venom (poison -1), 3X Deadly Poison (Poison -10), Banana, Poison Bomb, Grating Stone, 4x Hurricane (This exotic drink grants the Hilariously and Luckily Drunk-effect, doubling the power of every attack, provided the consumer can state a pun related to his attack with every attack for the duration of one battle.) Weapons: , Very Pink Parasol: Broomstick, WP:1, Male enemies are Enamored with the hero. Artefacts: , Toxic Hood: (Headwear. The green hood worn by the Rosalia Pestilence. Changes the poisoned effect, to Blessed for the duration of the battle if poisoned while wearing the hood, Usable by all.), Ten-Gallon Hat (Gives the wearer the "Tourist" effect, causing no one to take them seriously) Witch's Talisman(Causes the witch's poisonous attacks to deal poison 10 instead of poison 1; suitable for witches, accessory) Gems: , Topaz , Emerald X2, Diamond, Opal, Aquamarine X2, Garnet, Sapphire Decamon Cards: Cherub (Luminous 3) Tools: Bed Roll and Shovel Warlen Melimane (The Chosen Minifigure) Attacks deal *Enamoured* 23 year old male half-elf Mage Level 14 Power: 19 (13+6) (Spellpower: 29 (13+6+10) Health: 9/19 (5+13+1*) SP: 2 Ether: 17/22 (5+13+3) Gold: 1 Equipment: Nightmare (WP:6, deals *Enamoured* effect, wand), Magicians Gloves (Power +10 to spells), Ethereal Cape (SP:2; Ether +3, backwear). Inventory: Weapons- Eagle Shield (SP:4, protects from ether reduction). Artefacts- Tridentian Cape (Max Ether +3; protects from Blinded effect; suitable for mages, clerics, necromancers and scholars; backwear), Feathered Cap (SP:1, Head-wear, wearer is immune to Petrified), 6x Ten-Gallon Hat (Gives the wearer the "Tourist" effect, causing no one to take them seriously), Magic items- Amethyst (Darkness), Aquamarine (Water), Emerald (Wood), Ruby (Fire), Sapphire (Wind), Opal (Ice), Garnet (Earth), Topaz (Lightning), Diamond (Light), Scroll of Sleep (1/2 chance to make target fall asleep at the cost of 1 Ether), Scroll of Antimagic (1/2 chance to make the target *Immune to magic* at the cost of 1 ether). Consumables- 4 Potions, Grand Potion, Health Core, 5 Tonics, Remedy, Dragon Scale, 3x Mead, x2 Smoke bomb, Fire Bomb, Ice bomb, 2x Banana, 2x Milk(Restores 15 health and ether when consumed), 3x Hurricane (This exotic drink grants the Hilariously and Luckily Drunk-effect, doubling the power of every attack, provided the consumer can state a pun related to his attack with every attack for the duration of one battle.) Other Junk- Bedroll, Shovel, Telescope, Magnifying Glass, 6x Bones, Pickaxe, 2x Shiny Gold Rocks(worth 1 each gold at normal shops, or worth 5 at magic stores for the mica) *+1 to health from Rockapple Fruit, Quest #131 Annienal Anavir (Kintobor) "19" year old elven female Knight *Bonaparte Reputation* Level 12.5 Power: 30 (12+18) Defense: 10 (2+5+3) Health: 22/22 (12+10) Equipment: Bonaparte Cutlass (WP:9, doubled if the user has reputation among the Bonapartes; longsword), Plain Shield (SP: 5), Pauldrons (SP: 2, suitable for knights, dragoons, and skirmishers; accessory), Wonky Shoes (footwear, SP: 3, suitable for all classes)((lent by Benj)lent by Asphalt to Annie) Gold: 359 Inventory:Ammit (WP: 6; greatsword, user gains 5 ether for every kill), Wicked Javelin (WP: 7, throwing weapon, retrievable, 1/6 chance to slow), Sanctified Rito Longsword (WP: 4, Hits doubled against flying enemies, longsword), Training Sword (WP:4), Shark’s Tooth (Power increased by 5 against Aquatics, Accessory), Tridentian Cape (Max Ether +3; protects from Blinded effect; suitable for mages, clerics, necromancers and scholars; backwear) Emerald (Wood), Sapphire (Wind) 5x Potions, Field Rations (Restore 15 health), Banana (restores full health to the user), 2x Phoenix Essences, 2x Remedies, 2x Mead, Venom, Smoke Bomb, Fire Bomb, Bedroll, Shovel, Telescope, Naturally Dehydrated Level-Up Shroom (+1/2 of a full level when consumed), Helmet (Max Health +1, headwear), Pickaxe Scrolls:Scroll of Fire Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to fire for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Ice Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to ice for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Water Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to water for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Wood Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to wood for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether) Bobby "Young" Bucks Jr. (Zepher) 19 year old human Rogue Level 10 *Immune to cursed**Attacks cause enamored* Power: 19 (9+10) Defense: 3 Health: 17/17 (10+6+1*) Gold: 75 Equipment: Hue and Saturation whip (WP:10; causes Enamored), Nondescript Cape (SP: 3; protects from Cursed effect; suitable for rogues; backwear) Inventory: Fine-tuned Flute (WP:15, user is nimble; instrument), Dagger(WP:5, Dagger), Twin Sai (WP: 10, dual strike, dagger), 4x Potion, Grand Potion, Grand Tonic, Health Core, Remedy, Phoenix Essence, Mead, Shovel, Pickaxe *+1 to health from Rockapple Fruit, Quest #131 Miderun (CallMePie) *Attacks cause enamored* 18 year old female orc Barbarian Level 12.5 Power: 26 (12 + 13 + 1) Health: 20/20 (8 + 12) Defense: 3 Gold: 176 Equipment: Oculoid Claw (WP: 13, 1/6 chance of dealing the infected-effect, causing an enemy to lose health equal to 1/3 of their level rounded down at the end of each round, club), Seductive Perfume (Holder deals the enamored-effect, accessory, suitable for women), Tricorne (SP: 3, headwear, suitable for anyone), Inventory: Bonaparte Cutlass (WP: 9, doubled if the user has reputation among the Bonapartes), Club(WP:5, Club), Serstyral (WP: 3, axe), War Axe (WP: 9, suitable for suitable for barbarians, alchemists, beast warriors, infiltrators, regulators and winged warriors.), Mead, Opal, Phoenix Essence, 4x Potions, Smoke Bomb, High Heels (Power +1; suitable for women.), 7 Venoms

I was just sharing what I'd learned, in case it would be in any way useful at some point. Vy Svivius Svipver-Sassin sveconds vis sinverely.

Agreed - if nothing else, we should be careful how many classes we create. Half of the current classes only have one or two players playing. No fears - I expect that when Sandy runs out of story, the QMs will step in and keep it going for a long, long time. ^This.

Well, a few months ago, in plans for the eventual preparation of Herospace, I actually did some asking around as to what would go into the starting of such a project. Basically, we need permission from two different groups - the Eurobricks Moderators, and the specific permission(and the creation of a sub-forum) by whichever moderator covers the forum it goes in. (e.g., Darkdragon). How about Techno-Mage as a replacement for Mage? With abilities somewhere along the lines of Green Lantern.

Well put, and point taken.*Joins back up with main project.* But for my outlines and borders, before anyone else calls it, I call Dibs on . (Seriously.) *Not Future Generation, just Gen. 1. That is going to be a lot more calculations - and a lot more fun. (Although I pity all the/us poor QMs that are going to have to calculate all that.)