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@Dark Jack I was in the mind to post today and had the time when I suddenly realized "Is I'on supposed to know who Male'dai's master is? Are they infamous/famous?" So I realized I couldn't write the post until I knew more about whether I needed to know about that or not haha.

Ooops. At worst I'll have a post up, not tomorrow(Tuesday, since I have work), but Wednesday.
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I think I'll put Sir Yanin's family holdings down in Etlon. I'll still need some semi-rural town just about anywhere in the country where Yanin could have been for over a year (head of guard of sorts).

Keeping an eye on the people moving about in Zerul City, seeing whether there is a good opportunity for him to step in. (Unless, again, someone wishes to bother him or his squire first - Yanin's currently wearing the cloak atop of mail, for the record.)

Er... And am I to assume no one would try to stop Aemoten at the gates?
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Male'dai is no one I'on would have heard about, nor is her master... the name of whom hasn't even been mentioned anyway for him to recognize. Nimbus he obviously wouldn't have heard about, and her city (as is the case with most cities of the true deo'iel) isn't widely known either.

Concerning Aemoten, still not entirely sure about that. Thomas probably wouldn't, given that Aemoten is the only of them that he's been informed to keep an eye out for, and back when William left Etakar hadn't showed up yet. The guards would probably inquire as to whether the beast was safe, but make no concerted effort to stop it (or him or Thaler) from entering.
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@Dark Jack Gotcha. So this is one of those situations where someone's like "My father is [X important person]!" Which is met by "Who is that?"

If not, well, that's probably a "cliff notes," version of how I'on is going to respond to her proclaiming who she is the student of haha. I'll probably get around to posting tomorrow since I have work today. Thanks for the response :)
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*Realization!* Oh! Urgh, I'm sorry, I only just comprehended the fact that the tiny bit of dialogue I've written for her could be misinterpreted. "Cahl’nai’sulooth’iel" isn't the one she's apprenticed to, it's the name of the city she's from. As I said before, she hasn't mentioned her master yet.
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@Dark Jack

Oh, I see. Well, good thing that I waited like I did or I'd have to be editing a post, rather than writing one haha. No worries though.
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So, clearly since there is no post, I fucked up haha. Um. I may be able to get a post up today. At the latest it'll be on Saturday. I set aside time for it like three times yesterday, but then got distracted or busy because I am bad.

Apologies for the delay. I'll try to get something up "today" after I get home from my night shift.
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So, uh, Jack... could you, um, explain what in the actual bejesus just happened with Jaelnec? XD
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He saw a naked girl, stared at said naked girl, realized that he shouldn't see or stare at naked girls and, in an act of desperation, made a clumsy attempt to escape (whether he meant simply to stand up and run away, perform an impressive acrobatic maneuver before making his exit or simply kicked out his legs randomly with no plan of action in mind is up for debate) and ended up lying face-down in the mud behind the log he was sitting on.

Quite simple, really. He's... a bit odd like that.
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Jaelnec has yet to master the art of contemplating firewood.

Could I get a name for some small semi-rural town in any duchy which is big enough to have a dozen to two guards? (Otherwise I'll just pick and name one at random.)

Hmm. And how probably would Jordan get eaten if he were to spot Morgan before Ixion? @Rhaevnn Xeno The Viper himself should be mostly safe, not so sure about his squire (barring intervention from his master).
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@Dark Jack in my post that I'm working on now, I'on gives Male'dai a moment to respond to something he says (basically him confirming that Nimbus and Male'dai are two people sharing a body, with the former being an archangel and the latter being the apprentice arcanist). I want to keep writing from there, so is it likely that she'll just confirm his suspicions on this bit and not say much else, or should I cut the post short and let you respond somewhat (or perhaps send you the question so you can write a small bit for me to insert into my post)?
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Actually, I'll just post it, should be fine I think.
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Oops.
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I should be getting a new post up in the beginning of the new year.
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Poor Jaelnec xD

Hmm. And how probably would Jordan get eaten if he were to spot Morgan before Ixion? @Rhaevnn Xeno The Viper himself should be mostly safe, not so sure about his squire (barring intervention from his master).


Sorry for the delay! The holidays and family make for long travel. x_x

From your description provided, I feel like that it is probable that Jordan would be under the "easy to eat" category for Morgan, due to the age and less-than-protective armor. That being said, Morgan might be feeling hungry, but he is more wiling to hunt something that doesn't have a weapon. It depends on the situation.
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@Rhae/Merc: Hmm... Could probably still have Jordan spot Morgan ... but keep Ixion/Yanin close by, just in case he starts looking too much like a dinner (whether it's Ixion or Yanin who happens upon them first depending on how early into the next year Merc gets to posting, I suppose). Would at least get the three/four of them together. What do you two think?

@Jack: Should I just pick a random duchy and location name for wherever Yanin was stationed for his job? Also, how often do Reniam vampires have to eat, and how commonly they'd usually do?
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Oh right, you did ask about that. Hmm... the only village I recall being placed on the map (in current time) that meets that criteria would be Borstown, really... and one in Wenal that has significantly more guards than that, though it's also more of a town than village. I suppose Borstown is, too. Eh. Time to get out the map.
(It's always hard to just pick one when you're told you can put it anywhere...) Seclyr, a few miles west of the Sloth's River and couple of dozen miles from the coast, there's a village called Brow's Rest that should have about the right amount of guards. Is that adequate?

There's a lot of circumstance and subjectivity when it comes to when vampires need to feed. On one hand, they start to feel hungry long before it even starts to weaken them, and this hunger only grows as their weakness progresses. It also depends on how one even defines "need" in the first place, since while yes, vampires weaken the longer they go without blood and eventually cease functioning altogether, but they will never truly starve to death. Even a vampire that has starved for a long time - or been bled dry, for that matter - doesn't die from it, but rather is reduced to a dormant, shriveled state in which they might as well be dead, but can still be revived if someone was to siphon blood into them somehow (not nightwalker blood, obviously; dormant or not, that's still toxic to them).
And even beyond that, it depends on how well they feed (that is, how much blood they actually drink each time), how active they are and if they've lost any blood (it also depends to a lesser degree on the vampire's physical size, but this is a minor factor and usually be ignored). Though it's hardly important with modern vampires like Morgan, it also depends somewhat on which generation of vampire one is from, in proportion to the power of the curse. As with their powers, the curse is so diluted in modern vampires that the difference is negligible, but in the first few generations the difference was quite noticeable, and the original vampires needed many times what their lesser kin needed, to the point where they would need to drain several people fully each day just to stave off their hunger... which is a major reason that they're gone now.
But... a typical vampire that refrained from strenuous activity (which is to say any activity that would require their vampirically enhanced properties) can probably go a couple of weeks from draining one victim, and at least several days from a mere few mouthfuls. If they use their vampiric powers heavily, they'll start to get hungry in but several days from a full feeding, and likely just a day's time for a partial one. And if one has been wounded... well, depending on the severity of the wound that might cut one or more days off that time, and can even bring them to the brink of starvation in mere moments.
(Partial feedings are rare due to vampire's instinctual desire to keep feeding once they've started, but it's technically possible with enough discipline. The way it's usually accomplished is by draining blood into a container than the vampire can feed from, since it puts a step between "feeding" and "continue feeding" that gives them a chance to stop themselves.)
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Brow's nest should work just fine, I'd reckon. Could you describe the village population/structure/surroundings with a couple of sentences so I could better sync up Yanin's memories to what it's like?
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Brow's Rest. It's a rural little place with a population of around two hundred and a fairly average prosperity. Each property is generally surrounded by a short fence of either wood or stone, but they have no common fortifications for the settlement as a whole. They mostly deal in hunting, but also have a few orchards of apples and drakehorn, some fields of barley and a few herds of livestock, mainly pigs and cattle. The place is well-irrigated and surrounding areas are mostly deforested.
EDIT: Might also do to mention that the guards there are mostly militia, simply overseen by a couple of actual guardsmen. As such, most of their equipment is somewhat sub-par, and only the guardsmen would wear uniforms (tabards).
EDIT 2: It is also the fief of one middling noble named Baron Luxin, if that's important.
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