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Ankat gathers all of the Prisons & Pangolins players, and any interested observers, to begin the first game session.

"Each of you has chosen to leave the city, in search of treasure, renown, or a moderately impressive death. You have made your way to a small, dull village at the edge of a big, scary wilderness. You find yourself at a big communal table in a dirty inn. The sign outside was the White Rat. That's definitely auspicious. Tell us who your character is, what they look like, and how they react to the other travelers!"

[A note on mechanics: Sasha and Remi are naturally inclined to bicker about the rules of Prisons & Pangolins. This does not mean that you, as a meta-player, need to know what the rules are. In fact, it doesn't even mean that rules exist! This process is still free-form and consensus-driven, and dice only matter inasmuch as some of us like writing descriptions of very pretty imaginary dice.

You are welcome, of course, to have your character wander by and observe without making a character for them.
If you want to introduce a sudden Zehun or something instead, by all means, go for it: we're not being precise about time or continuity.]

Date: 2018-10-09 01:03 am (UTC)
lleullawgyffes: a wolf looking at the camera (Default)
From: [personal profile] lleullawgyffes
“Iiiinteresting,” Vrrmad says. “Rrseb is going to take a break from journal-writing to start writing a poem about the handsome stranger on the other side of the room instead. And, of course, while he’s doing this he will be extremely unsubtly going back and forth between writing and staring. If-slash-when he catches the stranger’s eye, he’ll smile invitingly — but he’s not quite presumptuous enough to walk over and start a conversation by himself.”

Date: 2018-10-09 05:14 pm (UTC)
yhlee: Alto clef and whole note (middle C). (d20 (credit: bag_fu on LJ))
From: [personal profile] yhlee
Remi looks intrigued by this description. "Kaistlin's eyes soften at this question. He says yes, he can do magic, and demonstrates with a simple dancing lights cantrip. He seems impressed by Arxan's stature, and asks where she hails from."

Date: 2018-10-10 10:35 pm (UTC)
yhlee: Alto clef and whole note (middle C). (d20 (credit: bag_fu on LJ))
From: [personal profile] yhlee
"Lanterns usually work better," Remi says for Kaistlin, "but it does have occasional applications in signaling in dark situations. Kaistlin is interested in wealth redistribution, but only with his fair share, of course."

[Oh dear God. I think this is socialist not!Raistlin.]

Date: 2018-10-12 04:37 am (UTC)
yhlee: Alto clef and whole note (middle C). (d20 (credit: bag_fu on LJ))
From: [personal profile] yhlee
"Kaistlin did hear some rumors in town from traders and fruit-sellers and the like," Remi says obligingly. "Something about ancient artifacts, beautifully wrought objets d'art, and possibly even inscriptions of interest to historians or magic-users."

Date: 2018-10-14 12:34 am (UTC)
slybrarian: The Incomparable Leonardo de Montreal, Nightmare's Angel (Nightmare Scientist)
From: [personal profile] slybrarian
"Spark has been told of a dragon and its hoard somewhere to the north, which may be related or may be something else entirely. Regrettably the person telling him was color-blind and unable to specify the shade or even shininess of the dragon," Alaric adds in. "Given that we are level one and I'm not sure our combined hit points reach double-digits, we should probably put that down under 'things to do later'. Assuming there even is a dragon and it's not some sort of trick."

Date: 2018-10-14 01:28 am (UTC)
yhlee: Alto clef and whole note (middle C). (d20 (credit: bag_fu on LJ))
From: [personal profile] yhlee
Remi raises his voice so that Ankat can hear. "Excuse me," he says, "is what our characters know about the chromatism of dragons likely to be at all accurate? Or do we have hilariously misguided notions about dragons and alignment, assuming you're using the Devious Dragons supplement as well?"

Re: on the nature of dragons

Date: 2018-10-15 02:00 am (UTC)
yhlee: Alto clef and whole note (middle C). (d20 (credit: bag_fu on LJ))
From: [personal profile] yhlee
Remi grins wryly. "Flattery, huh? I'll have to keep that in mind. Although really, there's nothing wrong with being feared by the right people. Hypothetically speaking. Anyway, is this meditation center devoted to one of the Known Gods, or is that currently a mystery?"

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Date: 2018-10-16 01:13 am (UTC)
yhlee: Alto clef and whole note (middle C). (d20 (credit: bag_fu on LJ))
From: [personal profile] yhlee
"No, nothing of the sort, I'm afraid," Remi says. He's probably figured out that trying to rules-lawyer Ankat is a losing game. "Kaistlin turns to Spark and Arxan and excuses himself, then casts his eyes around for a friendly-looking local to ask. Since Kaistlin doesn't have high charisma, he's going to settle for offering to buy someone a drink in exchange for information."

Re: on the nature of dragons

Date: 2018-10-16 02:06 am (UTC)
yhlee: Alto clef and whole note (middle C). (d20 (credit: bag_fu on LJ))
From: [personal profile] yhlee
Remi says, "Kaistlin only needs to eavesdrop on the other adventurer and the friendly man for a few moments to realize that any interruption would probably be, ah, cockblocking, and he'd rather not antagonize either unnecessarily. He makes his way to the woman near the hearth, says rather forthrightly that he could use some information, and offers to buy her a drink." Remi peruses his inventory. "Assuming he can afford a drink in this place."

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Date: 2018-10-20 09:52 pm (UTC)
yhlee: Alto clef and whole note (middle C). (d20 (credit: bag_fu on LJ))
From: [personal profile] yhlee
Remi blinks. "Kaistlin asks what kind of land she's selling, and how the drainage and soil quality are. And if it's any good for raising geese."

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Date: 2018-10-14 04:54 am (UTC)
lleullawgyffes: a wolf looking at the camera (Default)
From: [personal profile] lleullawgyffes
“Rrseb uses a medozjrr veshaj, a...” He fumbles for a second for the translation. “...‘grain sword’, I guess? Which is sort of like a cross between a scimitar and a sickle,” Vrrmad says. “I backwards-converted the stats from a later edition — I meant to run them by you in advance but forgot; sorry. If they don’t work for you, I’m fine with treating it as just a scimitar. I doubt I’ll be using the tripping mechanics very often, anyway; it’s mostly about the flavor. He’s dressed more like an adventurer than a professor, although unlike more militant paladins he only wears leather, no plate or mail. He prefers to avoid or talk his way out of trouble if he can — not that he can’t hold his own in a fight if necessary. Assuming he hasn’t literally just arrived at the White Rat, he’s probably left his traveling gear and armor in his room and is just wearing a comfortable casual shirt and trousers now.”

Date: 2018-10-16 12:30 am (UTC)
lleullawgyffes: a wolf looking at the camera (Default)
From: [personal profile] lleullawgyffes
“‘Oh, nothing much,’ Rrseb says. ‘Just a poem about a handsome stranger who caught my eye.’ He’ll graciously accept the offered wine with his winningest smile,” Vrrmad says.

Date: 2018-10-20 10:17 pm (UTC)
lleullawgyffes: a wolf looking at the camera (Default)
From: [personal profile] lleullawgyffes
“‘I’m more the admirer than the admired, usually,’ Rrseb says, ‘although I suppose I’ve had my fair share.’” Vrrmad is doing an extremely mediocre job keeping a straight face as he says this. “‘Surely a handsome man such as yourself has some of his own, too.’ He’ll take a sip of the wine, too.”

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