OOC Thread

load previous
Jul 18, 2025 10:42 pm
Ok that is fair. I don’t expect to fare well in a tourney but the dice can be fickle! Ok I’ll roll a d100. On an 85+ she makes it.

And I think she’d want to visit the archaeological society. But she ALSO wants a mage to identify the staff.

EDIT: And no tourney for her!
Last edited July 18, 2025 10:42 pm

Rolls

Tourney - (1d100)

(42) = 42

Jul 19, 2025 5:54 am
Yes, sorry, I was trying to speed through the earlier rounds. Fighters at Miyana/Will's level already have a THAQO of 17, and Boudica is very unlikely to fare well against them, or against the caliber of opponents they would be facing.

Regarding identifying magical items; it is different from more recent editions. See the OSE for reference [ref]; it would take several weeks, and you would have to leave your staff with the guild. Also keep in mind that the guild has the authority to confiscate 'dangerous' magical items, and you will have no legal recourse or anyone to appeal to in such a case. You can still leave the staff with them if you want, but seeing that you are leaving Specularum soon, I can't foresee when (or if) you will ever see it again.
Jul 19, 2025 9:07 pm
Delirium says:
Yes, sorry, I was trying to speed through the earlier rounds. Fighters at Miyana/Will's level already have a THAQO of 17, and Boudica is very unlikely to fare well against them, or against the caliber of opponents they would be facing.

Regarding identifying magical items; it is different from more recent editions. See the OSE for reference [ref]; it would take several weeks, and you would have to leave your staff with the guild. Also keep in mind that the guild has the authority to confiscate 'dangerous' magical items, and you will have no legal recourse or anyone to appeal to in such a case. You can still leave the staff with them if you want, but seeing that you are leaving Specularum soon, I can't foresee when (or if) you will ever see it again.
Oh absolutely no problem on either count. The tourney was just for funsies to see if the dice did something weird. And the staff identification is not gonna happen here, for sure. I will simply keep experimenting with it and maybe figure out some of its properties through use.
Jul 20, 2025 3:50 pm
My posting curtailed until tomorrow, thx.
Jul 23, 2025 1:33 pm
Question on Skills Proficiency. I understand we receive 4 base skills plus intelligence bonus. That is starting out. Do we gain any later for leveling?
Jul 23, 2025 2:14 pm
Yes, you do get extra skill points. It is posted under the 'character creation' thread [ref], which I admit wasn't the right place for it.
Delirium says:
Additional Skill proficiencies can be acquired when you advance (1 extra skill at levels 4, 8 and 12)
Besides picking up an extra skill, you can invest those points in one of the skills you already have, and increase its level by '3'
Jul 25, 2025 1:19 pm
Is there any further business in Specularum for any of you? There isn't much time as it is, because the Patriarch will start his journey the morning after the melee/archery tourney (the Jousting competition will take place the same day you leave). @WhiteDwarf , I'll keep this thread open in case you want to interact more with Thea.
Jul 25, 2025 4:18 pm
Miyana will disengage herself as gratefully as possible from her fans, taking a few moments to congratulate Thea on her victory. "Though I'm sad that Will didn't win, I am glad that it was a victory for the 'weaker' sex!"
Aug 1, 2025 5:00 am
I completely forgot about the 'Save or Suck' aspect of the earlier versions of d&d. One good spell can completely disable a creature (that blinding light spell has a duration 12 turns!!!).

Oh well.

It's going to be 3 trolls next time ;)
Aug 1, 2025 5:22 am
Ha! Yeah it’s one of the only things a cleric can do in combat besides just feebly smack with a mace…
Aug 1, 2025 5:46 am
These things are hard to balance, tbh. Had it succeeded on its save, it could have been a very challenging fight. It's pretty swingy at these levels.

Anyways, Miyana offered Thea to join your party, but I had her saying she wants to meet the rest of you first, just so you have the opportunity to veto having an NPC (possibly two, if you count her uncle) join your party.
Aug 1, 2025 5:53 am
I’m fine with the joining.
Aug 4, 2025 3:09 pm
Drgwen says:
And I didn't realize Thea's uncle accompanied us from Specularum!
Yes, he did. I posted as such just above that he would join you too. Also, @Drgwen, we ended up cross-posting, so I want to make sure you didn't miss my last post on the thread for Boudica.
Aug 9, 2025 1:36 pm
Anything else for the night, or should we move on to the next morning? Do you know where you're headed to next?
Aug 9, 2025 10:58 pm
I think, tonight, Boudica prays over the staff and tries to ask it for help in finding the truth of this murder. Does it have any powers that could help her reveal the truth? Otherwise, she is ready to turn in.

As for tomorrow, honestly, I don't know. She isn't really an investigator! We could go and talk to people again, but we already tried that once. We could see how the Patriarch is faring and ask if there's anything we can do to help him bring peace.

Are there other threads we've left unaddressed that we could pull on?
Aug 10, 2025 7:56 pm
Drgwen says:
"I think, tonight, Boudica prays over the staff and tries to ask it for help in finding the truth of this murder"
sorry, but we can't make things that easy for you :)

I don't think you had any other open threads in Threshold. The problem with the goblins is occurring all along the Duke's road, so it isn't unique to Threshold. I can set up a scene the next morning with the Patriarch if you want; he will keep himself busy by offering blessings, and magical healing, to anyone in need, hoping to mend the widening rift between the Traladarans and the Thyatians.
Aug 10, 2025 8:32 pm
haha oh I know! But it felt like what she would do. Hopefully the Pope Patriarch is also reining in the zealots, sending them away, etc?

So that leaves us with:
1. The possible fey murderer of the boy, framing the priest; and
2. Goblins raiding the road.

We have no leads on (1) and no idea why (2) is occurring, other than goblins being goblins (which is kind of a crap reason, so I doubt that's all it is). So we... what? Go wander the wilderness looking for goblins or fey to interrogate?

Well, we *could* round up a bunch of sheep and take them out to the burial mound where we got Halav's sword. If we "befriend" that goblin clan, maybe they can explain why the other goblins are raiding? Maybe Will can commune with Halav more there?

That's all I got.
Aug 11, 2025 10:31 pm
For the record, if it ends up that Moryana is somehow the murderer, I will have to step away from this game. I hate when my character's empathy is punished like that.
Aug 11, 2025 11:20 pm
Don-Don-Don! lol
Aug 12, 2025 3:48 am
Drgwen says:
For the record, if it ends up that Moryana is somehow the murderer, I will have to step away from this game. I hate when my character's empathy is punished like that.
There ARE some sharp turns in the plot coming up ahead, though If you have being paying close attention they shouldn't come (completely) out of the left field for you. Sweet Morayana secretly being a murderer isn't one of them.
load next

You do not have permission to post in this thread.