The Eye of Anubis: OOC Thread

[Kaitou Kage]

I don't actually have keen edge to scribe, guys ...

That's what's being said. Charles is talking about buying the scroll and paying for you to scribe it.

[steveflam]

Since Lia will teach Ulsaon some spells maybe she can chip in for Lia....

[NeoTiamat]

Okay, here's what. Once you're absolutely certain that you've decided how you want to spend your money/XP, however, and everything's set, then send me a PM with the details of the transaction.

Once I get a PM, it's final.

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Also, Lostboy has come up with some more spells in Tibetan and Arabic, check the Cast thread shortly.

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Finally, in preperation for the next Vistani prophecy, I'll decipher the specifics of the last one, although you've probably surmised as much by now.

Ancient Power, Tilted and Cracked -- The Vossath Nor ghost-crystal
The Colorless One -- Cevdet Tarik, as an illusionist, had no color of his own, and hence was colorless.
The Red One -- This was an easier one, it being Basler who answered most of your queries.
The Blue One -- Nizam, who's sole, prominent question was "Will you kill me if I join you?"
Seek your answer in Song -- Kudos to Nathan for figuring out this meant the Singer's Mine. Of course, your answer wasn't quite what you had in mind, but hey, that's life.

[Kaitou Kage]

Samael Maleagant, full color

No preview image because of suggestive/racy themes Might be considered Not Safe For Work, depending on who your boss is. There is a mature warning on the page, though. So, if you click it and you're not logged in to deviantART, you won't see anything.

It doesn't show anything explicit. Everything is suggestive. If you don't have a dA account and you'd like to see the picture, PM or IM me.

[NeoTiamat]

Yes ladies and gentlemen, Samael Maleagant is a Lothario.


Anyways.... It is one week till Spring Break, and I have something like 25 pages worth of writing I need to do. Therefore...

I am going to start Book Four on Monday, let you guys discuss the Vistani reading over the weekend (feel free to talk in Madame Florica's presence, or head out and talk in your little circle, whatever).

On Monday, I'll start up Phiraz, and will be taking it sort of slow till Saturday (as in, exactly a week from now), when I will be seriously picking up the pace.

[NeoTiamat]

A ferocious trifecta of cutscenes are up.

Two of them are just the Book Summaries for Books Two and Three, but the middle one is a genuine, intriguing cutscene that you might want to check out. (Particularly Rock )

Also, thanks to Kage, who led me to discover I've only about half as much writing as I expected, I may move the game to Book Four later today, and will be a bit faster than I had expected (and since no one seems to want to discuss the Vistani prophecy, *pouts*)

[Rock of the Fraternity]

Heh ... ^^; Well, it seems I don't have to worry about this being a subtle threat, at least. Is Algernon actually creating a dread golem, there ...? I know he doesn't have the arcane clout to craft a regular one. But how is he going to get it to reach Lia, though?

[NeoTiamat]

Check the dates. And bear in mind the fact that golems don't need to rest.

[Rock of the Fraternity]

But of course ... ^^; I always have trouble with dates ...

[Kaitou Kage]

Edmund Harris, Guard Captain

[Rock of the Fraternity]

Something I was wondering about: how many of the spells from Tarik's spare spellbook have we been able to copy during the voyage through the Mists?

I am particularly interested in:

False life
Lesser orb of cold
Major image
Shadow conjuration.

And if there's any time left, I'd kind of like to take Rainbow pattern. Of course, I may not have the cash to pay for the special inks ... -_-; Maybe I can hit prof. Pelletier up for that? Eh heh ... ^^;

[NeoTiamat]

Will get to that shortly, meanwhile, Moderators may close the Interlude, and I am posting Book Four as we speak.

[NeoTiamat]

Okay, Book Four is up, complete with tour-guide info from Michel. Feel free to ask anything of the fellow, if not, I'll be moving the lot of you to the actual city soon enough.

Maps are up.

As to time, none of you can really do anything while with the Vistani, since Mist-time-screwiness aside, you're only with them a few hours. After they drop you off, however, its a week before you reach Phiraz, so you can use that time for crafting or scribing or whatever.

As for scribing, understanding a spell requires 24 hours and a Spellcraft check (DC 15+Spell Level), and writing it into your spellbook requires a further 24 hours and 100 gp per-spell-level.

So basically, if you make all your spellcraft checks and have the money, you can copy three spells from Cevdet's book into your spellbook. You will also have one day extra just in case you miss a single Spellcraft check.

I see no reason why multiple people can't try and understand a single spell from a spellbook, so if, say, Charles and Ulsaon are both trying to understand Lesser Orb of Cold, then they can do it at the same time (in other words, you needn't worry about other people needing Cevdet's book, you can just do it on your own).

As for cash.. you can't hit Pelletier up for it, but maybe another PC will be generous.

[Kaitou Kage]

Idea!

Feeling you guys out for thoughts on this.

NT and I were discussing having Kuzan and Dieter share their native languages with each other. That particular pair of roommates has become very close over the past few months, and language exchange is something Kuzan would be interested in doing. However, a more intriguing idea came out of our chatting.

What do you all say to the idea of having a particular language the expedition can use to speak secretly in plain sight? It'd have to be a pretty remote language, something rarely, if ever heard in this part of the world. Something unusual, but that can be learned by and taught to the expedition members in the copious amounts of downtime that are projected after the next Book or two. Something that at least two members of the Expedition speak fluently.

Sri Rajian.

Sri Raji is far enough away from this part of the world that native speakers are almost nonexistent and those that bother to learn are few and far between. No spells exist in this game that let you understand languages you don't already know. And so assuming enemies such as Cavendish and the Anubite (and others) don't know Sri Rajian, we can make it the official "spy language" for the Expedition. Even if they do know the language, a lot of other folks we run across are far less likely to know Rajian than High Mordentish. So, we'd have another "common" language to use when we want to talk secretly, but are concerned about others hearing.

So, like I said, sounding you guys out to see what you think. Kuzan would be happy to teach "casual" Sri Rajian. And again, it probably won't happen now, but once we have long amounts of downtime between Books, there will be plenty of time to teach the language and get most people proficient, if not fluent. Plus, there will be two practice dummies that are fluent in the language to talk to.

[Rock of the Fraternity]

It sounds like an interesting idea, but why not custom design a new language, just for the Expedition, the way the Druids have Druidic? That way, we know for absolutely certain that our enemies won't know it.