The Eye of Anubis: OOC Thread

[Kaitou Kage]

I'm kind of hoping Kaitou wasn't anywhere near the events of this news item I just read about ... Yikes.

We did go to Akihabara, but that happened while we were still in Sapporo

I'm in Chicago, waiting for my connecting flight back home. I will attempt to catch up sometime over the weekend and post on my blog about what happened while I was in Tokyo.

[yalenusveler]

Neo...Ishmael's memories given to lia...the way they were written...full of win.

That is all.

[NeoTiamat]

Ishmael, thy name is Plot Dump.

[Kaitou Kage]

Got home last night. I'm a bit tired, but I'm back. I'll do a thorough catchup in a day or two when I recover from jet lag. This waking up at 3am nonsense is going to stop >->

[NeoTiamat]

Righty, here's the plan.

I am going to progress the game tomorrow night (as in, a little under 24 hours from the time of this post), and where I progress it to will depend on what you guys tell me.

Most likely, I will have you gentlemen call an early day, (lots of time for side-RPs and such), then wake up early and trudge down to the Cistern. This lets you prepare your spells for a confrontation with a giant sea serpent. Once there, you will be able to begin the search for the Bey's stash, or skip that and head straight for the sea monster.

As usual, if you guys want to do something different, just say so. Good?

[Kaitou Kage]

I can't say this IC because Kuzan really wouldn't know. However, Lia would probably realize this so hopefully this doesn't count as metagaming

We've already discussed how Lia is our big glass cannon. While it's true fireball, etc., probably won't be much good, magic missile is always a useful spell, so maybe just prepare it. Being able to hit every time no matter what is nothing to shake a stick at. And even if it's just magic missile, at least we'll be doing some damage to it every turn. Plus, you can use a higher-level slot to prepare a lower-level spell, so at the very least, I think it'd be better off for Lia to put magic missile in slots ordinarily saved for scorching ray/fireball.

Besides, most of us are wearing armor of some kind, so mage armor won't be as effective as it could be. As far as buffs go, Kuzan and Andre have tons and tons, and that is pretty much their role in combat -- casting buff after buff. A little more is always nice, but Lia's in a much better position to just go extreme blaster on the beast with magic missiles.

[Rock of the Fraternity]

I can't say this IC because Kuzan really wouldn't know. However, Lia would probably realize this so hopefully this doesn't count as metagaming

We've already discussed how Lia is our big glass cannon. While it's true fireball, etc., probably won't be much good, magic missile is always a useful spell, so maybe just prepare it. Being able to hit every time no matter what is nothing to shake a stick at. And even if it's just magic missile, at least we'll be doing some damage to it every turn. Plus, you can use a higher-level slot to prepare a lower-level spell, so at the very least, I think it'd be better off for Lia to put magic missile in slots ordinarily saved for scorching ray/fireball.

Besides, most of us are wearing armor of some kind, so mage armor won't be as effective as it could be. As far as buffs go, Kuzan and Andre have tons and tons, and that is pretty much their role in combat -- casting buff after buff. A little more is always nice, but Lia's in a much better position to just go extreme blaster on the beast with magic missiles.

An extra buff is always nice, though. ^^ So Lia will definitely be saving at least one Mage Armor for herself. As for the Magic Missiles - no problem. I have a little something in mind, though it'll mean losing access to a higher spell slot which has been reserved for 'something else' until now.

The one problem with Magic Missile is that Lia has to be able to see the snake and it has to be within range. Maybe we can finally use Otto's bombs to good effect in battle? If Lia's the glass cannon, Otto can be our submarine destroyer; a goodly few bombs spread throughout the cistern could create enough shockwaves to flush out the snake, make it rear, and provide a target for the Magic Missiles.

I am reserving one slot for a Fireball, though: I learned my lesson after Ravnika. This spell may be the hackneyed standard of fantasy gaming, but it's stupid to turn up your nose at a good area spell with decent damage.

[Kaitou Kage]

Hehe, indeed. Though I don't think seeing the snake will be a problem. And magic missile isn't affected by cover or really anything less than total concealment, and you should have quite a range on it by now, so you shouldn't have a problem shooting it if you can see it even from outside the water.

[Rock of the Fraternity]

Hehe, indeed. Though I don't think seeing the snake will be a problem. And magic missile isn't affected by cover or really anything less than total concealment, and you should have quite a range on it by now, so you shouldn't have a problem shooting it if you can see it even from outside the water.

Alrighty. I've just sent our friendly DM a Magic Missile-heavy spell list for the new day, compiled on the basis that we're going after snaky longkins instead of the three remaining tools. If we do go down to the cistern, don't expect fancy illusions or spells of assistance; Lia can detect magic, she can cast Message to facilitate communications, she can buff herself -- and she can blast stuff with Magic Missile and Fireball. You Have All Been Warned. o_o Once the blasting spells are out, I'm counting on extra support from the rest of you ... or else Lia will have to do something truly desperate I'd like to avoid until much later.

[Rock of the Fraternity]

On a sidenote -- since campaign-blog still seems to be malfunctioning, what's happened to our character sheets? I recall NeoTiamat said he'd save them, but how can we access them now?

[steveflam]

I got Ishaq from NT so I'm sure he'll send you Lia if you ask

[Kaitou Kage]

Once the blasting spells are out, I'm counting on extra support from the rest of you ... or else Lia will have to do something truly desperate I'd like to avoid until much later.

Don't worry. When the whole group is together, Kuzan rarely does anything but support and healing

[NeoTiamat]

Alrighty!

I've emailed all of the character sheets out, except for Tarlyn's, who has it already, and Kage, who used a different storage system.

I would like everyone to upload a character sheet to some new site in the nearby future. No rush, but by the end of the Book definitely.

EDIT: Except Whistler's, that is, because it seems that the email I have on file for him isn't valid for some random reason. Drop me a PM with a working email, would you Whistler?

[NeoTiamat]

For general information, Dawn is at 7 AM around here, at which point you are somewhat expected to give an answer and things may start to move.

[lostboy]

As campaign-blogappears to be knackered I found an alternative at http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheets/. You need to sign up as you did for campaign blog but its essentially the exact same thing.