Oh.  Everyone took the earring?  I looked at everyone's character sheets for it, and didn't find it.<br/><br/>I must have missed that post.  I like the item.  I will definitely be taking it then.<br/><br/>Oh, and the Headband of Vast Intelect is 4,000 gp.  With 4,500 gold, she can still get it, but that will cut down on the number of scrolls she'll start with.<br/><br/>Hard call.  At least Murasaki won't have to give up any uses per day of Cantrip to cast Message!  That's good!<br/><br/><br/>Plus, she now has 36 gp to contribute towards a party CLW's wand. Yay!<br/><br/>If we're still getting that.  Otherwise, she might pick up a few odds and ends.<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Unnecessary Attribute story</div><div class="spoiler_body">When playing a character, I pick a class, then I create the history and personality of the character in my head, then I select attributes that make sense to me.<br/><br/>For example, I might have had a 16 Dex, with 10s in Wis and Cha, but I wanted her to be... just slightly wiser than your average person, and charismatic enough that people notice her... and also at the cusp of learning new lessons about life that will make her both wiser and more charismatic.<br/><br/>So there are odd numbers in her most of her starting stats, 17 Int, 11 Cha, 13 Wisdom, and she's not very evened out.<br/><br/>But she makes sense to me, as a character.  Her strength is perfect, because, while she adventures, she tends to travel light, use a mount spell if she needs to pack out stuff, and she tends to always try and solve problems with her Intelect, rather than her muscles.  Even simple problems.  <br/><br/>Finally, there are some things that wits alone can't solve.  Sometimes you get hurt adventuring, and sometime you only survive by being agile.  So her adventuring life has made her fairly hardy and quick of limb, of necessity, hence the 14's in those stats.<br/><br/>Does this all make sense?  I don't min/max.  I character build.  :)<br/><br/>I do try to build an effective character, but I won't sacrifice characterization for power.<br/></div></div>