[OOC] Keratia: Story of the Surf, Tales of the Deep

[rush99999]

@Lucius Cypher

I recently got my hands on a copy of Tasha's Cauldron and was wondering if you'd let me retcon one of the book's character options into Talogan's CS. Specifically, the option to move racial bonuses to different ability scores.

[rush99999]

@Lucius Cypher

See post above.

[Lucius Cypher]

Oh right. Yeah that's fine. Just let me know what you're changing.

[rush99999]

I'm moving his +1 from intelligence to charisma and his +2 from constitution to dexterity.

[rush99999]

By the way, how much is six pounds of silver worth in gold pieces?

[rush99999]

@Lucius Cypher

See post above.

[Lucius Cypher]

There’s a lot of factors, such as where you sell and the specific state of the silver. Raw silver ore is about 5 gp per pound, as there still needs to be some processing done. A trade bar of silver aka one that can be immediately proceed into stuff is worth 10GP per pound. But raw scrap silver, which has already been proceed but isn’t in any notable shape or form, is 5 GP per pound.

Obviously if sold as finished products, such as holy symbols and such, their value is much higher. A silver necklace can go for much higher than a silver bar depending on the quality of the craftsmanship, even if that neckless weights 1/100 in silver compared to the bar.

[rush99999]

But raw scrap silver, which has already been proceed but isn’t in any notable shape or form, is 5 GP per pound.

@Lucius Cypher

Would powdered silver be worth that much too since it isn't in any notable shape or form?

[Lucius Cypher]

Basically yeah. Powdered form is only a step above being in its ore form, and most traders would prefer it be in ingot form for transportation.

[rush99999]

Quick question, does Talogan know of anyone in Red Shard who provides the Altar Armament enchantment?

[Lucius Cypher]

Not exactly. The spell itself is fairly new and still in it's experimental phase (I.e. still debating if I want it to be concentration or not). Not to mention it's a wizard spell but does not allow you to use your casting ability for attacks and damages, so only a rare few such as Blade Singers would bother learning it. And most Blade Singers are elves or learned from elves.

In short, no, no one in Red Shard. Try a bigger city.

[DraconiWarlord]

This is full? Dang. I wanted to join.

[DraconiWarlord]

And then I notice it's 1x1 oof... Sorry for clogging this up.

[rush99999]

And then I notice it's 1x1 oof... Sorry for clogging this up.

@DraconiWarlord

No worries, dude. Everyone makes mistakes.

Just so you know, Lucius was looking for more 1x1 games a while back. To my knowledge he didn't have much luck, so perhaps you could start you own game with him. Provided he's still looking that it.

[rush99999]

Out of curiosity, what would Talogan have found if he'd cimbed down into the disease hole hidden in the elf merchant ship at the start?

[Lucius Cypher]

The severed limb of an eldrtich monstrosity that had possessed a Kraken. The sea goblins are its worshippers and intended to free it. And now it has returned to the sea, still sealed by elven magic but lost to all.

[rush99999]

Lost to all... save possibly for the one sea goblin Talogan spared. Dun! Dun! DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!

Also, were the two sea elf crew members that Talogan didn't find with the tentacle as well? If not, where were they?

[Lucius Cypher]

Oh yeah they were with the sea tentacle. Chances are, the sea goblin who would've just got back onto the ship to free the tentacle would've gotten ambushed by the elves and killed.

If Talogan did go down there, the tentacle would've tempted him into try to destroy it by mentally assaulting his mind. Ideally, he'd use a smite to do so, which would be the means in which it would influence Talogan. It would disguise itself as Talogan's god and even grant him some powers, aka make Talogan the monster's champion. And the more Talogan used it's power and became stronger, the stronger it would become and eventually would try to possess him.

But he managed to avoid that fate. So Kudos!

[rush99999]

Hoo boy. Talogan certainly dodged a bullet there. It is fortunate that the disease inducing stench was there to discourage him from investigating further.

Moral of the story? Disease inducing stenches are a sign that false gods are imprisoned in that direction and should be left alone.

[rush99999]

Hope I didn't take too much wind out of your sails by not going down there though. I've read many stories on the internet of DMs preparing something only for the PCs to walk right past it, much to the DM's disappointment. I must admit that I was somewhat worried I was pulling that on you when I was typing up that post and I'm sorry if that is what happened.