Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC
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				Title: <strong>Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>29-06-2019, 23:21:50</strong>
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				<div align="center">(https://i.imgur.com/yYT4Yor.png)</div><br>As you step inside the OOC for Ravenloft: Bleak Tide, the heavy oak doors swing solidly shut behind you. Through the pounding of your own heart, faintly can be heard a dissonant whisper emanating from dark, dusty halls asking you to please post your character sheets below for reference.<br><br>What do you do?<br><br><hr><br><strong>Interest Check:</strong> https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=306692 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=306692)<br><strong>IC Thread:</strong> https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307109 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307109)<br><br><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Optional Rules:</strong></span><br>The usual- Point Buy chargen, Human Variant, Feats.<br>Fear and Horror Checks†<br>Healer's Kit Dependency<br>Firearms (muskets only)<br><br>†PCs who fail a horror check should spend the scene manifesting a Dark Desire of your choice.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Charlotte NPC Roster</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>The Cocoa House</strong><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>(https://i.imgur.com/7QeU2Xc.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Brigitte</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/Smkoijk.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Jeanne</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/p6SLiDH.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Sage</em></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br><strong>Voix de l'Ame</strong><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>(https://i.imgur.com/jwZmOXN.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Emma La Berche</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/doV3GOx.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Cat Grosbelhomme</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/Jl283QA.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Yvonne<br>Voltaire</em></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br><strong>Society of Antiquity</strong><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>(https://i.imgur.com/yI90Ilg.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Giselle</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/1sFy2qN.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Margaret<br>Hotspur</em></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br><strong>White Egg Ornithological Society</strong><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>(https://i.imgur.com/DBzogXT.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Genevieve</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/xTperYd.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Michelle</em></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br><strong>Blackwell Coffee Club</strong><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>(https://i.imgur.com/NGUB05p.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Garsenda Goulet</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/WZjd1ih.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Delphine<br>Bordeaux</em></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br><strong>Saint Ezra Country Club</strong><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>(https://i.imgur.com/eSr6eFY.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Eloise</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/7b0BWRL.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Camille</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/qno9f4m.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Hannah<br>Rodes-Taving</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/qB27uzf.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Zoe</em></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mercy NPC roster</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Castaways</strong><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>(https://i.imgur.com/qB27uzf.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Zoe</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/p6SLiDH.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Sage Laporte</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/xTperYd.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Michelle</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/1sFy2qN.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Margaret Hotspur</em></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br><strong>Crew</strong><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>(https://i.imgur.com/BlZUYhF.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Captain Baykur</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/CuqhiQN.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Doctor Rehner</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/JqcD8Ej.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Colleen</em></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Asylum NPC roster</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Doctors</strong><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>(https://i.imgur.com/xBLdroR.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Doctor Heinfroth</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/CuqhiQN.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Doctor Rehner</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/kF4Gkx8.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Doctor Noire</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/4njpQJm.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Doctor Blanche</em></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>29-06-2019, 23:25:37</strong>
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				I step into the OCC, proudly planting the flag of Red Phoenicia I raise my fist to the dark sky and scream "FIRST!" <br><br><hr> <br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/IzKNJv3.jpg)</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Jacqueline de Fronsac </strong></span></span></div><br><strong>Class/Level:</strong>&nbsp; Fighter 3 <br><strong>Background:</strong>&nbsp; Noble<br><strong>Race:</strong>&nbsp; Human<br><strong>Alignment:</strong>&nbsp; Lawful Neutral<br><br><hr><br><strong>Age:</strong> 19<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5'9"<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 150 lbs<br><strong>Eyes:</strong> Brown<br><strong>Skin:</strong> Fair<br><strong>Hair:</strong> Brown<br><br><hr><br><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Stats</strong></span><br><br><strong>Armor Class:</strong> 16 (Leather + Dex + Shield)<br><strong>Initiative:</strong> +3<br><strong>Speed:</strong> 30'<br><strong>Passive Perception:</strong> 11<br><strong>Hit Point Maximum:</strong> 28<br><strong>Hit Dice:</strong> 3d10<br><strong>Proficiency Bonus:</strong> +2<br><br><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Attributes</strong></span><br><br><strong>Str:</strong> 10 <strong>Dex:</strong> 16 <strong>Con:</strong> 14 <strong>Int:</strong> 10 <strong>Wis:</strong> 12 <strong>Cha:</strong> 12<br><br><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Saving Throws</strong></span><br><br><strong>Proficiencies:</strong> Strength, Constitution <br><br><strong>Str:</strong> +2&nbsp; <strong>Dex:</strong> +3&nbsp; <strong>Con:</strong> +4&nbsp; <strong>Int:</strong> +0&nbsp; <strong>Wis:</strong> +1&nbsp; <strong>Cha:</strong> +1<br><br><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Skills</strong></span> <br><br><strong>Proficiencies:</strong> Acrobatics, History, Insight, Persuasion, Sleight of Hand<br><br><strong>Acrobatics (Dex):</strong> +5 <strong>Animal Handling (Wis):</strong> +1 <strong>Arcana (Int):</strong> 0 <strong>Athletics (Str):</strong> 0 <strong>Deception (Cha):</strong> +1 <strong>History (Int):</strong> +2 <strong>Insight (Wis):</strong> +3 <strong>Intimidation (Cha):</strong> +1 <strong>Investigation (Int):</strong> +0 <strong>Medicine (Wis):</strong> +1 <strong>Nature (Int):</strong> +0 <strong>Perception (Wis):</strong> +1 <strong>Performance (Cha):</strong> +1 <strong>Persuasion (Cha):</strong> +3 <strong>Religion (Int):</strong> +1 <strong>Sleight of Hand (Dex):</strong> +5 <strong>Stealth (Dex):</strong> +3 <strong>Survival (Wis):</strong> +1<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><hr><br><strong>Languages:</strong>&nbsp; Common, Infernal, Dwarven <br><strong>Weapon Proficiences:</strong> Simple Weapons, Martial Weapons<br><strong>Armor Proficiencies:</strong> All armor, shields<br><strong>Toolkits:</strong> Leatherworker's Tools, Playing Cards <br><br><strong>Features and Traits:</strong><br><br>Feat: Mage Slayer<br>- When a creature within 5' of you casts a spell, you can use your reaction to melee attack<br>- When a creature that is concentrating is damaged by roll, the concentrate save is at disadvantage<br>- You have advantage on saves against spells cast by creatures within 5' of you<br><br>Background: Position of Privilege <br><br>Fighting Style - Dueling - +2 Damage when using a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons <br><br>Second Wind - Bonus Action recover 1d10+level (3) hp, recharges on short rest.<br><br>Action Surge - can take an additional action, recharges on short rest <br><br>Martial Archetype - BattleMaster - Save DC 13 (8 + dex + prof) - 4 Superiority Dice - d8s, recharge on short rest <br><br>Feinting Attack: Spend 1 Sup Dice and use bonus action to feint, target within 5', you get advantage against that target this turn, if your attack hits add your superiority die to the damage roll.<br><br>Menacing Attack: When you hit, spend at superiority die to attempt to frighten, add the die to the damage, target must save vs wisdom, on fail frightened until end of next turn. <br><br>Rally: use a bonus action and spend a sup dice to give a creature who can see or hear you temp hp equal to die roll+cha (1) <br><br><hr><br><strong>Attacks:</strong><br><br>Rapier: +5 attack, 1d8+5 piercing damage<br>Longbow: +5 attack, 1d8+3 piercing damage, Ammunition, 150/600, heavy, two-handed <br>&nbsp;<br><hr><br><strong>Equipment:</strong><br><br>Fine Clothes<br>Leather Armor<br>Shield <br>Signet Ring <br><br>Longbow + 20 Arrows <br>Rapier<br><br>Explorer's Pack <br>Scroll of Pedigree <br>Playing Card Set <br>Leatherworker's Tools <br>Steel Mirror <br>2 Person Tent <br>Signal Whistle<br>Bullseye Lantern<br>Manacles<br><br>25gp<br>4sp<br>5cp<br><br><hr><br><strong>Short Description:</strong> The third of seven children but first and only daughter of Baron and Baroness de Fronsac, an ancient family with dark myths surrounding the origins of their political power, Jacqueline grew up more of a tomboy than most women her station, but never allowed herself to become masculine as that would mean resembling her brothers rather too much for her taste. She was ignoring the reality that faces women in noble families, until her father began to strongly suggest that it is time she started taking male suitors so that the political ties of marriage can be strung. Jacqueline has, to put it mildly, declined this advice, leading to considerable stress with her family. Recognizing what her father doesn't, Jacqueline's mother has purchased for her a relaxing, spiritual cruise to "even her out" i.e. let her sow her sapphic oats, and show her she'll have a way of doing so even when married later. <br><br><strong>Dark Desires:</strong><br>- Jacqueline's family is notorious for their horrible tempers and incestuous predilections, so much so that Jacqueline has been instructed by her mother in how to sexually soothe an angry relative. When she gets afraid she falls into believing that anything sufficiently threatening must be some sort of distant relative that she can win over by being accommodating enough and using the tricks she was taught to get angry relatives to calm down - almost all of them overtly sexual&nbsp; involving offering up a playful fun time with herself in order to divert attention from the ruckus being caused so that family affairs can run more smoothly. And if they get a little rough with her? Well, that's the idea isn't it? Take it out on the daughter so that mommy's card game doesn't get interrupted. <br><br>- Jacqueline's family has long practiced a form of "battlefield discipline" of a very peculiar nature. In the great wars of yesteryear, her family, when losing a battle, would spank (not flog, spank) a disobedient solider in the midst of the fray. The mantra was if one could not handle this, they were not fit for service, and any who were so soft that they couldn't beat and make sexual use of their lessers with arrows flying about their head didn't deserve the name de Fronsac. Her family histories are filled with examples of a soldier being treated this way rushing back into battle and winning the day.&nbsp; One cannot question centuries of results. Jacqueline is just a novice at the technique, is just as likely to employ the method on others as she is to fall to pieces and beg to be spanked herself so that she can focus and think clearly.&nbsp; <br><br>- Jacqueline is very paranoid about being stolen from, and is convinced everything she's ever misplaced was in fact taken by a thief. At the wrong moments she can become convinced that anyone is in fact the very one who is hiding away a piece of jewelry she hasn't seen in years and exercise her right as a noblewoman to arrest, tie up, strip search, and interrogate any who she believes has stolen from her or her family. This can also manifest itself as Jacqueline thinking any item she sees is her stolen property, badly misjudging a very powerful threat for a common thief, or thinking that her missing ring is just around the corner leading to certain doom.<br><br><strong>Why board the Charlotte?</strong> As mentioned in the description, Jacqueline is facing the prospect of a hetero marriage and is being bribed to accept it, and also show how women like her deal with their situations in the de Fronsac clan. </div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>29-06-2019, 23:33:37</strong>
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				Hullo Beeples! <br>Will be a pleasure to be playing with you all:3
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>snowdrop</strong> on <strong>30-06-2019, 00:16:31</strong>
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				Heya all! Let's have some fun with this bad bo... bad girl! ;D<br><br><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/3RTZaqa.jpg)<br>(https://i.imgur.com/IkiBIf8.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Elodie d'Estienne ("Melody")<br><strong>Race:</strong> Human<br><strong>Class:</strong> Bard (College of Glamour)<br><br><strong>Age:</strong> 18<br><strong>Height:</strong> 4'9''<br><strong>Hair:</strong> Brown<br><strong>Eyes:</strong> Blue-grey<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Description</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Short Description:</strong> Elodie d'Estienne is the only child of the wealthy and renowned noble family of Estienne in Dementlieu. She was always a charming, beautiful and well-mannered child. As the sole heiress to the family's fortune, she always had the absolute best in education, grooming and lifestyle; but also the absolute most in expectations and responsibilities. It was hammered to Elodie from a small age that she needed to be everyhing expected of the future Baroness of Estienne, and more.<br><br>As such, Elodie grew up a quiet and shy girl, one who shunned social events and large parties and preferred to spend as much time on her own as possible. This changed when Elodie turned twelve, and dancing classes were added to Elodie's education. Her dancing tutor was a half-elven woman who looked to have a bit of Vistani blood in her.<br><br>Her tutor was kind, very capable at her job, and very perceptive at Elodie's talents. She noticed immediately how incredibly talented Elodie was at dancing. One day after dance classes, the tutor told Elodie in private how she felt: the rigid, simple ballroom dances she was teaching Elodie were way beneath her abilities... and she could teach Elodie something completely different, and far more exciting.<br><br>Elodie's parents would never have approved, so in her first and only act of teenage rebellion, Elodie started sneaking out at night to the servant wing, where her dance tutor would teach her a whole new style of dancing. When Elodie performed this new, Vistani-inspired, exotic, sensual dance, she became like a new person. It awoke strange powers in Elodie and taught her how to use arcane magic; a power she had had inside her all these years, but was only now starting to understand its utility.<br><br>But the most drastic change happened in her personality. When Elodie was performing, she was no longer the shy, quiet, introverted, well-behaved noble girl: she was enthralling, charismatic, confident. While in her day life Elodie shunned attention, while dancing, she craved it. <br><br>Elodie had no desire to leave her noble life, but she knew she couldn't live without this new performer's life, either. She needed to dance, she needed to perform; and not only by herself, but in front of an audience. She obviously couldn't perform in town - her parents would forbid it in an instant. So, when Elodie came of age, she started frequenting luxury cruises: something her parents didn't exactly love, but at least they understood it as something any young, rich heiress would want to do. If anything, they were happy to see their introverted daughter mingling with other nobles of her age.<br><br>Unknown to them, of course, Elodie wasn't going on these cruises as a guest. On board, she became Melody, the admired and beloved dancer and performer. On these cruises, Elodie -- or Melody -- was happier than ever on land.<br><br><strong>Dark Desires:</strong> Elodie is a girl of two separate personalities. When she's playing a part of the well-behaved noble girl, she's very shy and introverted, reluctant to speak her mind and definitely wanting to avoid any attention. When she's dancing and performing, she's the complete opposite: she exudes charisma and confidence, and craves the spotlight and attention more than anything. This attention and near sexual excitement it brings her is almost like a drug; it feeds her confidence, and without her confidence, she is quick to curl up into her shy noble girl shell. When Elodie feels extremely uncertain and fearful, she'll do anything to get everyone's eyes on her, possibly succumbing to acts of extreme exhibitionism.<br><br>Elodie's dancing style is very sensual and enticing. In her years of training, she has developed an extremely strong affinity to her body, and especially her sense of touch: Elodie finds touch just as important as vision or smell. Elodie finds herself constantly wondering what all kinds of strange things would feel brushed against her bare cheeks, belly, thighs, breasts, crotch, even inside her... when Elodie in confronted with things she can't comprehend, she has a very strong urge to touch it with <em>every single part of her body</em> in order to fully understand it.<br><br>Elodie has lived a very sheltered life that has left her sexually extremely repressed. While she has become quite adept at faking it and exterting confidence when dancing, deep down she really wants someone to take full control, utterly dominate her and do with her whatever they want. In a twisted way, she feels more at ease when she has already lost all control of the situation; so in a stressful situation, she has to fight a strong impulse to willfully give up that control and actually render herself helpless. This may manifest in willfully tying herself up or otherwise lewdly presenting herself and making herself helpless, succumbing to others' will with no way of fighting back.<br><br><strong>Why board the Charlotte?</strong> Elodie has been regularly attending luxury cruises for a few months, performing as a dancer and entertainer under the stage name 'Melody'. She'll probably have gained some renown by now with her beautiful, young looks, and enthralling and sensual performances.</div></div><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Character Sheet</div><div class="spoiler_body">https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/13322487/7rF0gH<br><br><strong>Name:</strong> Elodie d'Estienne ("Melody")<br><strong>Race:</strong> Human (Variant)<br><strong>Class:</strong> Bard (College of Glamour)<br><strong>Background:</strong> Noble<br><br><strong>STR 8 (-1)</strong>, save -1<br><strong>DEX 16 (+3)</strong>, save +5 (prof)<br><strong>CON 12 (+1)</strong>, save +1<br><strong>INT 13 (-1)</strong>, save +1<br><strong>WIS 8 (-1)</strong>, save -1<br><strong>CHA 16 (+3)</strong>, save +5 (prof)<br><br>HP 21 (Hit Dice 3d8), AC 13 (16 with mage armor), Initiative +4, Speed 30ft<br>Spellcasting modifier CHA (+3), spell attack bonus +5, spell save DC 13<br><br><strong>Skill proficiencies:</strong><br>Acrobatics (+5), Athletics (+1), History (+3), <span class="bbc_u">Performance [expertise] (+7)</span>, <span class="bbc_u">Persuasion [expertise] (+7)</span>, Stealth (+5)<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">All skill bonuses</div><div class="spoiler_body">Acrobatics +5<br>Animal Handling +0<br>Arcana +2<br>Athletics +1<br>Deception +4<br>History +3<br>Insight +0<br>Intimidation +4<br>Medicine +0<br>Nature +2<br>Perception +0<br>Performance +7<br>Persuasion +7<br>Religion +2<br>Sleight of Hand +4<br>Stealth +5<br>Survival +0</div></div><br><br><strong>Armor proficiencies</strong>: Light armor<br><strong>Weapon proficiencies</strong>:&nbsp; Simple weapons, hand crossbows, longswords, rapiers, shortswords<br><strong>Tool proficiencies</strong>: Dancing, Dragonchess Set, Drum, Lyre<br><strong>Languages</strong>: Common, Elvish, Lamordian<br><br><strong>Spells</strong>:<br>Cantrips (at will): dancing lights, fire bolt, gust, minor illusion<br>1st level (once per long rest): mage armor<br>1st level (4 slots): charm person, fairie fire, healing word, thunderwave<br>2nd level (2 slots): calm emotions, phantasmal force<br><br><strong>Features &amp; Traits</strong>:<br>Feat: Magic Initiate (sorcerer) - You learn two cantrips of your choice from the sorcerer spell list. You learn one 1st-level spell from that same list and can cast it at its lowest level once per long rest. (Mage armor (1st), fire bolt (cantrip), gust (cantrip))<br><br>Bardic Inspiration (3 uses) - As a bonus action, a creature (other than you) within 60 ft. that can hear you gains an inspiration die (1d6). For 10 minutes, the creature can add it to one ability check, attack roll, or saving throw. This can be added after seeing the roll, but before knowing the outcome.<br><br>Jack of All Trades - You can add half your proficiency bonus, rounded down ( +1 ), to any ability check you make that doesn’t already include it.<br><br>Song of Rest - If you or any friendly creatures who can hear your performance regain hit points at the end of the short rest by spending one or more Hit Dice, each of those creatures regains an extra 1d6 hit points.<br><br>Mantle of Inspiration - As a bonus action, spend one use of Bardic Inspiration to grant 5 temporary HP to up to 3 creatures you can see and that can see you within 60 ft. Each creature can immediately use its reaction to move up to its speed, without provoking opportunity attacks.<br><br>Enthralling Performance: <br>If you perform for at least 1 minute, you can attempt to inspire wonder in your audience by singing, reciting a poem, or dancing. At the end of the performance, choose a number of humanoids within 60 feet of you who watched and listened to all of it, up to a number equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of one). Each target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC or be charmed by you. While charmed in this way, the target idolizes you, it speaks glowingly of you to anyone who talks to it, and it hinders anyone who opposes you, although it avoids violence unless it was already inclined to fight on your behalf. This effect ends on a target after 1 hour, if it takes any damage, if you attack it, or if it witnesses you attacking or damaging any of its allies.<br><br>If a target succeeds on its saving throw, the target has no hint that you tried to charm it. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.<br><br><strong>Equipment</strong>:<br>25gp<br><br>Rapier<br>Dagger<br>Leather armor (not in use)<br>Lyre<br><br>A set of fine clothes<br>Signet ring<br>Scroll of pedigree<br><br>Entertainer's pack:<br>Backpack<br>Bedroll<br>2 costumes<br>5 candles<br>5 days of rations<br>Waterskin<br>Disguise kit</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>30-06-2019, 00:25:07</strong>
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				I approache with trepidation, placing my character sheet before the altar of the Dark Powers.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Corinne Lorimer</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/c/cd/CorinneLorimer.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Corinne Lorimer (https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1945676)<br><br><strong>Race:</strong> Human<br><br><strong>Class:</strong> Wizard 3 (Abjurer, with a bit of enchantment thrown in)<br><br><strong>Short Description:</strong> Corinne was born to to a pair of alchemists in Dementelieu, and while she inherited her parents' scientific mindset, she also watched them driven mad by the chemicals they worked with every day. Madness made them cruel, and their cruelty eventually killed them both. But, of course, Corinne knew the real truth. Beneath the cruelty and the madness and the chemicals, there were the Mists. And science would never fathom the mists. But perhaps magic might. A studious, scientific magic.<br><br>And so she turned to wizardry. Magic held the people of Dementelieu trapped, and only magic could release them. She would find a way out. <em>At any cost,</em> her subconscious whispered.<br><br><strong>Dark Desires:</strong> Corinne is easily tempted by promises of arcane knowledge, and when the confronted by beings of powerful magic she often feels tempted to supplicate herself before them, in hopes of receiving a fragment of their power. She is aware she is quite beautiful, and has developed an irrational believe that monsters will not harm a thing of beauty. As a result, when frightened for her life, she often seeks to flaunt her beauty, even to the point of disrobing completely - a habit that first manifested when she ventured too far into the mists. She returned alive, and attributed her survival to tearing her clothes off in a panic. Finally, she finds the unknown tantalizing, and as spells are spoken through the lips, she believes that perhaps magic may be understood with the lips as well. When confronted in with the incomprehensible, she will press it to her lips, or place it in her mouth.<br><br>(Because, y'know, nothing bad ever happened in D&amp;D by putting weird stuff in your character's mouth)<br><br><strong>Why board the Charlotte?</strong> Corinne is attending the cruise in hopes of studying the mists in many different places. She wants to know if the mists are uniform everywhere, or if they exhibit irregularities from place to place.<br><br><strong>Expected Posting Rate:</strong> Certainly twice a week, likely more if the thread is moving at a quick pace.<br><br></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>30-06-2019, 02:27:22</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/c4/a2/eb/c4a2eb3622a5fd5f4149b8e094a22fa3.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name</strong>:&nbsp; Danae Vine-Lott<br><br><strong>Race</strong>: Human (Mordent)<br><br><strong>Character Sheet</strong>: ddb.ac/characters/13428552/mqOlTT (http://ddb.ac/characters/13428552/mqOlTT)<br><br><hr><strong>Age</strong>: 31<br><strong>Height</strong>: 5'10"<br><strong>Weight</strong>:150 lbs<br><strong>Hair</strong>: silver<br><strong>Eyes</strong>: blue-grey<br><hr><br><strong>Description</strong>: <br><br>Born to good and socially ambitious yeoman stock in the town of Crawford, Danae was swiftly packed off to board at a girls' grammar school near Waterford. The experience proved miserable: the halls were cold, the discipline was cruel and unceasing, and the food repellent.&nbsp; She did, however, show a preternatural talent for horsemanship and fencing, such that she would eventually persuade her family to buy her a commission in Mordent's Household Guards.&nbsp; She joined as a Second Lieutenant, and was promoted to full Lieutenant following dashing gallantry in charging a goblin raiding party that had strayed into Mordentshire. By then, she was betrothed to Abigail Sexton, daughter of a prominent Sentire of the Church of Ezra.&nbsp; The Mordentish Pure Hearts sect is quietist and agnostic on matters of sexuality, but the marriage did cause scandal among the decaying remnants of the local aristocracy.&nbsp; Still, few would begrudge a decorated veteran her due, though the union remained the subject of feverish conjecture and whispers in the parlours of county squires.&nbsp; Now with a cottage and a large plot of passable grazing land in the Great Moor, Danae is financially independent and superficially a pillar of local society - diligent soldier, devout member of the Church of Ezra, and with a moderately prosperous household with a few farmhands and domestics.&nbsp; <br><br>Tall, long-limbed, her physique forged and hardened by constant equitation and military drills, she has the commanding bearing of a career officer. As with most women of her family, her hair is moonlight silver, and has been since she was a girl, and her eyes a shade of blue approaching gunmetal grey.&nbsp; In her mounting paranoia, she has begun to associate her unusual features with a generational curse.&nbsp; Even when off duty, she prefers military cuts: grey jodhpurs with matching riding shirt, and silver embroidered woolen waistcoat and jacket.&nbsp; She carries her rapier with her at all times as a symbol of her rank.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <br><br><strong>Dark Desires</strong>:<br><br>Danae leads a double life. Her wife is petty and materialistic, and fixated with improving her social status.&nbsp; Danae is unable to resist temptation of the flesh, especially when her preferred type of buxom, down-to-earth country lasses are on offer.&nbsp; Long known to tavern-girls and farmer's daughters the length and breadth of Mordent while on campaign, Danae is serially unfaithful and genuinely prefers the company of women from the humbler classes. Her infidelity consumes her with guilt, and fills her with anxiety on the destination of her immortal soul.&nbsp; Fuelled by her sense of persecution at the hands of village gossips, she has begun to suspect all of her mistresses to be witches or succubi, sent by Ezra to tempt her.&nbsp; When she discovered strange runes written in what appeared to be lamb's blood in the room of her housemaid, Polly, her latest clandestine relationship, she became convinced of witchcraft was abroad in her household.&nbsp; The girl, of course, received a beating courtesy of Danae's riding crop, but the <em>look</em> of ecstasy on her face betrayed the true nature of a corrupted soul.&nbsp; They were <em>all</em> hell-bound.&nbsp; She finally snapped on a cold winter solstice day, discharging five bullets from her pistol into an aged cart-horse she thought was leading the Wild Hunt.&nbsp; Eager to avoid a scandal, her Colonel ordered her to take leave to recover in "more salubrious surroundings".&nbsp; <br><br>Compounding her mounting spiritual and moral crisis, Danae is addicted to opium. She first started taking anodynes of resin dissolved in gin when she received a bullet wound to her side on campaign (she is still proud of the scar).&nbsp; Her habit is controlled, for now - though it has begun to cause hallucinations, which she interprets as demonic temptation or divine persecution.&nbsp; When under pressure, however, she tends to relapse and use liberally.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>Danae was both fascinated and repelled by the physical discipline she received at boarding school. She is convinced that pain is a trial for the body to purify the soul.&nbsp; She actively seeks punishment from her lovers - and inflicts, it too - believing this to be a moral balance for her transgressions.&nbsp; <br><br><strong>Why board the Charlotte</strong>:<br><br>Danae has been ordered to take a leave of absence. Dementlieu is well known in Mordent as a den of libertinism, but the climate is infinitely better than Mordent's constant cold and damp, and it was the firm belief of her superiors that the sea air would do her well. She bought her passage to recuperate and gather her thoughts, though she is certain it will be impossible to leave her past and years of accumulated guilt behind.&nbsp; Whatever assails her in her waking dreams will doubtless follow her. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>30-06-2019, 02:55:37</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/PyZdTHy.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Aloisa Kriechjagd<br><br><strong>Race:</strong> Human<br><br><strong>Class:</strong> Rogue: Inquistive<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Character Sheet</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Name</strong>: Aloisa Kriechjagd<br><strong>Class</strong>: Rogue- Inquisitive<br><strong>Level</strong>: 4<br><strong>Background</strong>: City Watch<br><strong>Alignment</strong>: Chaotic Good<br><br><strong>Hit Dice</strong>: 3d8 <strong>HP</strong>: 27<br><strong>Armor Class</strong>: 13 (14 dual wielding)<br><strong>Speed</strong>: 30<br><strong>Initiative</strong>: 2<br><strong>Proficiency</strong>: +2<br><br><strong>Strength</strong>: 13 (Mod+1, Save+1)<br><em>-Athletics</em>: P, 3<br><br><strong>Dexterity</strong>: 14 (Mod+2, Save+4<br><em>-Acrobatics</em>: 2<br><em>-Sleight Of Hand</em>: 2<br><em>-Stealth</em>: P, 4<br><br><strong>Constitution</strong>: 13 (Mod+1, Save+1)<br><br><strong>Intelligence</strong>: 12 (Mod+1, Save+3)<br><em>-Arcana</em>: 1<br><em>-History</em>: 1<br><em>-Investigation</em>: P/D, 5<br><em>-Nature</em>: 1<br><em>-Religion</em>: 1<br><br><strong>Wisdom</strong>: 14 (Mod+2, Save+2)<br><em>-Animal Handling</em>: 2<br><em>-Insight</em>: P, 4<br><em>-Medicine</em>: 2<br><em>-Perception</em>: P/D, 6<br><em>-Survival</em>: 2<br><br><strong>Charisma</strong>: 12 (Mod+1, Save+1)<br><em>-Deception</em>: 1<br><em>-Intimidation</em>: P, 3<br><em>-Performance</em>: 1<br><em>-Persuasion</em>: P, 3<br><br><strong>Proficiencies</strong>:<br><em>Weapon</em>: Simple Weapons, Hand Crossbow, Longswords, rapiers, Shortswords<br><em>Armor</em>: Light Armor<br><em>Tool</em>: Thieves Tools<br><br><strong>Features:</strong><br><em>Languages:</em><br>Common<br>Thieve's Cant<br>Abyssal<br>Elvish<br>Dwarvish<br><em>Human:</em><br>One extra skill proficiency of your choosing: Persuasion<br>One bonus feat of choosing: Dual Wielder <br><em>Rogue:</em><br>Double proficiency with chosen skills (Investigation, Perception)<br>Sneak Attack (2d6)<br>Understand Secret Language (Thieves Cant)<br><em>Feats:</em><br>Dual Wielder: You can draw/stow two weapons per round, and gain a +1 AC while dual wielding<br>Observant: You gain +5 to passive perception and investigation, can read lips, and gain +1 to either Int or Wis<br><em>Archetype:</em> Inquisitive<br>Never roll lower then 8 when detecting lies with Insight.<br>Can use Investigation or Perception as a bonus action.<br>Can make a Insight vs. Deception check as bonus action on a creature you can see to be able to sneak attack it when not disadvantaged for 1 minute<br><em>Misc:</em><br>Can Dash, Disengage, or Hide as a bonus action.<br><br><strong>Inventory:</strong><br>1 Dagger<br>Leather Armor: 10gp<br>Handaxe: 5gp<br>Explorers Pack: 5gp<br>7 sets common Cloths: 3gp 5sp<br>2 Pouches: 1gp<br>Cost: 37 gold, 7 silver, 4 copper<br>Remaining funds: 12 gold, 5 silver, 6 copper<br><br><strong>Funds</strong>:<br>(https://i.imgur.com/EDd5awj.png?1): Copper: 6<br>(https://i.imgur.com/ORUHQRq.png?1) Silver: 5<br>(https://i.imgur.com/r6BD5pH.png?1) Electrum: 0<br>(https://i.imgur.com/7HrMCVv.png?1) Gold: 12<br>(https://i.imgur.com/FtpAxvo.png?1) Platinum: 0<br><br><strong>Attacks:</strong><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Daggers</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/4tvmazr.jpg?1)</div></div>: Attack Modifier: +4, Range: 5 Feet, Damage: 1d4+2 Piercing, Traits: Finesse, Light, Thrown (range 20/60)<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Hand (boarding) axe</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/WaY3KAv.png)</div></div>: Attack Modifier: +3, Range: 5 Feet, Damage: 1d6 Slashing, Traits: Finesse, Light, Thrown (range 20/60), Offhand<br><br>Aloisa worked as part of the watch in her city, a specialist position tasked patrolling the aquaducts and sewers, checking trader wagons, and otherwise searching out the hidden fiends that would attempt to sneak into the town to cause harm and mayhem to the inhabitants, as well as apprehend the people that would smuggle in baleful occult goods and idols. Reasonably good at her job she enjoyed some of the luxuries of her position while she can knowing full well the hazards that await her on shift, and using her position to forgo the standard weapons and tools of her job in favor of more specialized equipment.<br><br>Like many City Watch, she was on The Take, accepting bribes from thieves and pickpockets to look away on minor infractions, letting merchants smuggle in minor proscribed items, and letting the occasional Vistani sneak into the town so long as they can keep their trouble quiet, though this tends to be less for coin, and some private time with a willing and interested girl, not to mention advice with whatever danger might be lurking in the city lately. But still loyal she fervently hunted down the unnatural things that would harm the city. Changes in the city heralded her resignation from the watch, more and more she spotted signs that the ruling elite were falling into the habits of the very people she hunted, and some the Things. As her investigations were quashed, targets suddenly alerted to her interest, and her job obstructed in almost every way from above she left the city an opportunity to board and work much the same position on the ship The Charolette, while being allowed the same privileges as its guests, much to good to pass up..<br></div></div><br><br><strong>Short Description:</strong> A former specialist in her old home cities Watch Aloisa was employed to search for signs of monsters and abominations that would try and make their ways into the City to cause death and mayhem, as well as searching the carts of merchants, traders, and other travelers for restricted artifacts, occult items, arcane books, eldritch talismans, any thing that could be used to corrupt and twist the population.<br><br><strong>Dark Desires</strong>:<br>Binding: Aloisa has a strange fascination with binding and tying things up, nervously wrapping her hands and arms in cords, strips of leather, and even her own braids, and in extremes can even tie herself up in knots when driven to hysteria.<br><br>2: Breathplay: When paniced she can start to hyperventilate, rasping loudly, and panting... When real paniced and fearful of getting caught she covers her mouth and nose or forces herself to hold her breath, to the point of even passing out, the endorphin rush helping her "calm down"..<br><br>3: Bladeplay: Aloisa tends to be very finicky about the edge on her blades, and consistently tests the edges to make sure they are Keen. In moments of high stress this can go from simply brushing a nail over the edge to slicing her armor, shaving hair from her arms or other places, or even lightly drawing blood if overly shaken. (Up for discussion if to far for some people)<br><br><strong>Why board the Charlotte?</strong> Aloisa has boarded the Charolette part as guard, taking a few shifts to help cover passage and assure some of the more higher standing passengers, as well as a guest, paying her way after having left her old job in the city watch after spotting a few to many signs a Rot she couldnt fight was setting into the city..<br><br><strong>Expected Posting Rate:</strong> Should be able to do at least 2 posts a week, maybe even 3 if really get going
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>01-07-2019, 02:05:17</strong>
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				The IC is up!<br><br>https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307109 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307109)<br><br>Please establish yourselves in the <del>tavern</del> saloon, and how you're passing the third night. Backtracking to day 1 or 2 is fine, so long as you end up in the current moment. Feel free to place yourselves in any of the six clubs, or with any additional NPCs needed. There are a few more club members, not to mention servants and crew, unnamed.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>01-07-2019, 03:34:09</strong>
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				I mean... My character's motivation <em>is</em> researching the Mists... Being up on deck (or being the one to go up on deck) is probably a great idea.<br><br>As a quick question, how strong is the compulsion to strip down aboard this ship? Not that my character is likely to fight it. Just trying to get a sense of how strong this urge is.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>01-07-2019, 03:53:59</strong>
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				I think its more the fact that its very liberal women on a hot and stuffy ship, no longer having the normal people around expecting them to wear like, 80 layers of clothing in hot muggy weather.. ;3
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>01-07-2019, 04:17:56</strong>
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				Yes, that's the case. You're not being compelled, and are free to stay in your smock, stockings, kirtle, farthingale, bumroll, petticoat, forepart, partlet, gown, sleeves, apron and girdle if you prefer.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>01-07-2019, 16:57:16</strong>
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				Silly question, but are pistols acceptable - or are firearms restricted to muskets only?<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>01-07-2019, 17:09:39</strong>
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				If flintlock pistols don't exist, we're gonna have to invent them. Because now I can't <em>unimagine</em> Danae with a dueling pistol.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>01-07-2019, 17:33:59</strong>
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				It's the age of the musket. The supremacy of the armored knight is fading away, and the importance of civilization is underscored by ferocious cannon weapons which can kill from a distance without honor. Dementlieu is not yet to the age of the concealable pistol, a great equalizer which would test the barriers between rich and poor and probably end in revolt. It would be very inconvenient for Dementlieu's darklord.<br><br>If you have your heart set on a pistol, it's possible for such a thing to come from Falkovnia or Lamordia.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>01-07-2019, 17:42:05</strong>
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				Since it's established that Danae serves in the dragoons would a carbine (using musket rules) work?&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>01-07-2019, 17:48:37</strong>
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				Yes. If you want Danae to start with one, I'd like you to take proficiency. It will mean revising your character a bit, possibly taking the Gunslinger archetype we talked about before, or the human racial variant which gives +1 to two ability scores, a skill, and a feat.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>01-07-2019, 17:59:40</strong>
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				I've amended the character sheet with the gunslinger archetype.&nbsp; Even though it's not ideal mechanics-wise, it fits the character concept and it stands to reason that pre-modern firearms are unreliable.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>01-07-2019, 21:36:51</strong>
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				forgot i had these saved.. felt just a little to good to pass up...<br><br>(http://i.imgur.com/8mfyj4q.jpg)<br>(http://i.imgur.com/x0aqHLp.jpg)
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>03-07-2019, 02:27:39</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg14947361#msg14947361">Quote from: clonkertink on 01-07-2019, 17:09:39</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">If flintlock pistols don't exist, we're gonna have to invent them. Because now I can't <em>unimagine</em> Danae with a dueling pistol.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I had in mind the duel scene from the Horatio Hornblower series, though that was admittedly set during the Napoleonic Wars.&nbsp; Danae is loosely modeled on the kind of country squire who would have been a junior officer in Cromwell's New Model Army during the English Civil War, so I think the late-Renaissance tech level more or less fits.&nbsp; Mordent is an odd amalgam: it has shades of MR James and the English gothic ghost stories, but also suggests Puritan witch-hunts, since those are the main 'classic' horror tropes one associates with English rural settings.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg14947786#msg14947786">Quote from: TheLaughingOne on 01-07-2019, 21:36:51</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">forgot i had these saved.. felt just a little to good to pass up...<br><br>(http://i.imgur.com/8mfyj4q.jpg)<br>(http://i.imgur.com/x0aqHLp.jpg)<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>It always amazed me how much more tolerant and relaxed France was - socially, not politically - relative to Great Britain. A good recent French film, Les Adieux à la reine, explored Marie Antoinette's tumultuous last days and the relative permissiveness of life at Versailles. The better known English-language film the Favourite was based on flimsier historic ground.&nbsp; Queen Anne likely did not have sexual liaisons with anyone - man or woman - later in her reign, whereas Marie Antoinette probably did have affairs with both. <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>snowdrop</strong> on <strong>03-07-2019, 11:57:35</strong>
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				Well, it always gets a bit murky and hard to judge when talking about such old history... every single one of Marie Antoinette's contemporaries had an agenda. From what I understand, the accusations of her having lesbian (or incestuous, for that matter) relationships were basically slander by her enemies; I don't think there was ever any actual evidence of any of it.<br><br>I found this really interesting blurb about her:<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><em>- You mentioned that she possibly had a secret lover. How likely is this to be true?</em><br><br>I would say the likeliness is 50/50, though all historians will argue about whether it happened or how likely it was to happen. As it stands, we have no concrete evidence that Marie Antoinette ever had another lover besides her husband, the King. If she did have a second lover at some point, the likely candidate would have been Count Fersen.<br><br>A bit of background on the reason some historians, including myself, believe that she never had another lover or only this one: Marie Antoinette was brought up in a rigid court in Austria and was therefore educated very little about sexual relations. In this period, according to Catholicism, it was a sin for a woman especially to enjoy sex. Sex was supposed to be a religious event which was to be done soberly and with reverence to God. Obviously this was seldom the case when it came to royal and aristocratic sexual relations, but Marie Antoinette was heavily censored from such knowledge as a royal princess. As such, she viewed sex as a necessary duty, but was extremely prudish toward sex and sexual women in general. This sexual coldness was not helped by the fact that her future husband was extremely shy, himself. Remember, she got to Versailles when she was only 14, and was married at 15 and expected to consummate the marriage immediately. For almost a decade into their marriage, the two never consummated their relationship physically, and this was an absolute disaster which almost wrecker her life politically. Though the couple did overcome their shyness and differences and had several children together, you can see why Marie would not have viewed sex as something pleasurable.<br><br>Now, on to Count Fersen. Many men were rumored to be the Queen's lover, but he is the only one we have circumstantial evidence for it actually having been true. Fersen, himself, wrote a very detailed diary in which he describes his relationship with a woman he uses a pseudonym for. It is rather obvious that he was referring to the Queen, and it is completely possible that they were lovers, as he was her close companion for much of her life. Fersen may have been lying in his diary for a variety of reasons, but I don't personally think it's likely. We also have a written document referencing the affair from Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire, who was a friend of hers. (Although they couldn't visit each other often, they wrote many letters over the years). In this document, she notes that the day in question was the anniversary of when Marie and Fersen had become lovers. Having researched Georgiana almost as much as Marie, I can confidently say that Georgiana was not the type to spread false gossip, so her statement was either true or she was at least convinced that it was.<br><br>Was the society tolerant of these matters regarding their queen?<br><br>The society was not only tolerant of it, if done in a "respectful" way, but high society actually looked down on the King if he didn't have a sufficiently prestigious mistress. The mistress of the King had an official title and position in French society; she was supposed to be a mix of social director and style dictator. The fact that Marie Antoinette's husband didn't have a mistress was a constant annoyance to the French aristocracy. It got to the point that Louis irritably told his advisers that it would never happen and to stop asking him about it.<br><br>Most French royal and aristocratic men were expected to have a mistress, if not several, and most of them did. If you were a woman, that was a different story. It was tolerated once the wife had produced a legitimate son or two to carry on the husband's name. Once that happened, liaisons were very common for aristocratic women. For Marie Antoinette, things were different due to the many years it took her to finally conceive a child for France. Because of this issue, it was assumed that any child Marie Antoinette had must be a bastard, and several men were constantly accused of being her children's' fathers. As it stood, Louis was very good friends with Fersen, himself, and believed all of his children to be his own, which must have meant that he continued successful sexual relations with his wife for their entire marriage. If Fersen and the Queen were lovers, contraceptives (early condoms) were known at the time and Fersen wrote descriptions of how they were used in his diary as well.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I absolutely agree though that the French court, and, really, anything French in that time period is absolutely fascinating! Thank you for the movie suggestion, I haven't seen <em>Les Adieux à la reine</em> but I need to check it out! I loved The Favorite, although I never took it to be a serious historical account (in fact, I didn't even know it was supposed to be based on true people when I first saw it, heh.)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>04-07-2019, 04:27:23</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'd like to have four passes for the current scene, night at the Charlotte's saloon. That's about two weeks for the opening scene, if we can manage.<br><br>Have a happy 4th!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>04-07-2019, 06:59:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Is there a posting order? I'm not sure when/if I'm allowed to post again!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>04-07-2019, 09:29:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				There's no posting order.<br><br>My best case scenario is posting around twice a week, and in between, as is feasible, getting a post from each of you. I don't think that can happen with a specific posting order for players. Usually, you'll want a post from me before you post again.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>04-07-2019, 09:30:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Awesome, thanks! =)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>04-07-2019, 19:58:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Quession..<br><br>We got pics/descriptions for NPC ladies..? I mean... Ladies... ;3<br><br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>04-07-2019, 20:38:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yeah. I'm having a little trouble keeping all the ladies sorted in my head.<br><br>I'd hate to dump a whole bunch of work on your shoulders, Dhi, because you've clearly put a lot of thought and work into this game already. But perhaps a worldbuilding post that at least lists the different clubs and identifies which women are members of which club would be helpful. As it stands, I'm a little wary of trying to chat up any of the passengers because they're all jumbled in my head.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>04-07-2019, 20:47:10</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<strong>@TLO</strong> you forgot to take out the quote code in your post =)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>04-07-2019, 20:49:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				GGAAAHHH!!!<br><br>Oh BLoody Buggering hell!!!<br><br>That is my worst damn habit :I<br><br>Fixed.. Thanks for pointing that out Red, i need to remember to preview my posts so i can catch that sorta stuff...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>04-07-2019, 21:00:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Happens to all of us TLO!<br><br>I'm starting to play around with the Elliquiy Improver tampermonkey script, and I'm thinking I might just set up all my character headers as snippets, so I don't have to cut out all the quote tags and RP text each time I write something.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>04-07-2019, 21:30:05</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sure, here's a short passenger list. These are the NPCs that have been named so far.<br><br><strong>The Cocoa House</strong><br>Brigitte<br>Jeanne<br><br><strong>Voix de l'Ame</strong><br>Emma La Berche<br>Cat Grosbelhomme<br><br><strong>Society of Antiquity</strong><br>Giselle<br><br><strong>White Egg Ornithological Society</strong><br>Genevieve<br><br><strong>Blackwell Coffee Club</strong><br>Garsenda Goulet<br><br><strong>Saint Ezra Country Club</strong><br>Eloise<br>Camille<br>Hannah Rodes-Taving<br>Zoe<br><br>Some images for the NPCs you're currently interacting with:<br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>(https://i.imgur.com/eSr6eFY.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Eloise</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/HUrsvrG.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Camille</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/yU0S9SP.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Hannah<br>Rodes-Taving</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/qB27uzf.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Zoe</em></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>(https://i.imgur.com/VAUIP8X.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Garsenda Goulet</em></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>(https://i.imgur.com/jwZmOXN.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Emma La Berche</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/ak2UN6k.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Cat Grosbelhomme</em></div></td></tr></tbody></table>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>04-07-2019, 21:32:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				hahah! Poor Aloisa... All these Creme beauties and shes gonna feel she doesnt have a chance... ;3<br><br>Only thing that shows her love is the brandy bottle.. *sniff sniff*<br><br>Also, thank you for the excellent pictures:3
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>04-07-2019, 21:44:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Awesome, thank you Dhi! :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>04-07-2019, 22:52:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Brilliant! This is a huge help. Thanks!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>05-07-2019, 07:43:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Uummm.. heh, just small thing... But Aloisa is keeping her daggers hidden away in her sash and sarong... Which might not be hidden hidden, but the nice polite to other passengers hidden.<br><br>She isnt so gauche to wear them open at her side;3 That spots reserved for her short swords!! Which might be a bit much for Such company... Hehhe;3
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>05-07-2019, 09:52:44</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sorry - seems like I drew the wrong inference.&nbsp; I'll amend the post. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>05-07-2019, 09:54:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				No problem! I made the statement kinda oblique when i types it... i sometimes get a little carried away ith purple and flowery when describing things...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>05-07-2019, 20:14:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I feel like I've split the party already, but how can I pass up a DM suggestion like "Bottle the mists?" :P<br><br>I figured going to collect the vials would take a little time, so I figured Corinne might not get back to the deck in time for Dhi's next post. <del>And it's only fair if I go off on my own that the DM gets a chance to fuck with me.</del> That said, Dhi, if you think having me on-deck would better facilitate things, then I can extend my post to get Corinne back with the other girls.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>07-07-2019, 23:39:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I've updated the NPC list and added a couple of images for Voix de l'Ame.<br><br>This has been proving some inspiration:<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARYhZ7JqGmU<br><br>It's okay to split the party. The reason the deck has been developed is that's where it seemed everyone would end up in the next post. We have a pretty close-knit environment in the Charlotte, so unless you jump off the ship, venturing on your own shouldn't be disruptive.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>07-07-2019, 23:49:56</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				That's what I figured, but I like to make sure anyways.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>08-07-2019, 00:37:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Woot for post!! ;3<br><br>And that is a Very awesome song!<br><br>On sidenote, its been a while since i've done 5e... And would like to do an insight roll on Eloise, try and get some judgement on What she is implying with the coffee club, if she is implying Sinister, Saucy, or stirring things up. Just throw it with the bot?<br><br>And would a perception roll be ok for her checking around the area..?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>08-07-2019, 01:37:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Insight could help you to get a read on Eloise. Checking out the area around you will be Perception.<br><br>Uncovering the actual rumors will be a Charisma check to find out gossip. That could represent guiding the conversation, or tidbits you've picked up in hobnobbery that suddenly click.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>08-07-2019, 04:55:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Insight Roll: <br>Summary: At 2019-07-07 21:53:02, TheLaughingOne (uid: 60096) rolls: 1d20a3 Result: 10 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=137870)<br><br>Perception Roll:<br>Summary: At 2019-07-07 21:55:04, TheLaughingOne (uid: 60096) rolls: 1d20a5 Result: 23 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=137871)<br><br><br>Well, could have done a little better on the insight..<br><br>But all those years on the job have paid off in perception!!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>08-07-2019, 05:02:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She sees all, and understands nothing! :D<br><br>I want to post but my brain is just not cooperating, longer and busier day than I thought I would have. Hopefully tomorrow after work I'll get something up!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>08-07-2019, 05:09:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Same. I've got a couple other games I want to respond to tonight, but catching up on this game always takes a little longer. Too many nice words from everyone.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>08-07-2019, 05:43:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Haha same, I'm all <br><br>Me: Okay I need a post!<br><br>Brain: Here's one!<br><br>Me: No, dammit, a <em>good</em> post. <br><br>Brain: *leaves* 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>08-07-2019, 09:52:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Is twice a week feeling too ambitious?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>08-07-2019, 10:03:44</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I am down with twice if other peeps is feeling it, otherwise can wait for normal flow.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>08-07-2019, 14:37:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Oh no twice a week is fine, just a bad day yesterday is all!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>08-07-2019, 15:47:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Twice a week is perfectly doable. Just needed a good night’s sleep.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>08-07-2019, 16:36:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Agreed on twice a week - that seems doable right now. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>09-07-2019, 01:22:50</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Dropped a perception check. Because obviously, I need to make a perception check.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>13-07-2019, 22:57:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sorry it's taken me so long to get my post out. I'm busy this evening, but tomorrow's gonna be a writing catch-up day.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>13-07-2019, 23:16:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				no problem, and woot;3 hope the evening goes smoothly for ya!!<br><br>On the side..<br><br>(https://i.imgur.com/zhalyz2.jpg)<br>what would the stats for an enchanted swagger stick be you think...? ;3
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>15-07-2019, 08:27:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Alright! I got a post out. Decided to chalk up my lack of a post to Corinne having a minor panic at the mists. Also, my new objective in life is to protect Zoe. She is adorable.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>18-07-2019, 18:35:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Is anything needed from Jacqueline this round? It looks like she is just waiting out the storm in her quarters. :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>18-07-2019, 20:55:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Psst. TLO. You left the quote tags in again.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>18-07-2019, 21:17:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				RRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!<br><br>Im blaming work this time! They have me on a 8 hour shift.... that has 10 hoirs of work to do...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>18-07-2019, 23:03:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				When I post on Sunday there should be more of interest to Jacqueline. I decided against having an NPC burst in on her just to prevent her from sleeping. If you want her to take a rest, and wait out this pass, that's okay with me. My concern is that you might feel bored or irrelevant to the story.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>19-07-2019, 00:10:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg14973853#msg14973853">Quote from: Dhi on 18-07-2019, 23:03:58</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">When I post on Sunday there should be more of interest to Jacqueline. I decided against having an NPC burst in on her just to prevent her from sleeping. If you want her to take a rest, and wait out this pass, that's okay with me. My concern is that you might feel bored or irrelevant to the story.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Oh not even a little bit! I'm just making sure I didn't miss anything! It's more in her character to retreat to her room so I'm totally fine waiting! =)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>19-07-2019, 09:09:15</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Man, Corinne really turned out differently from how I first imagined her in my character pitch. I was expecting her to be a confident, almost domineering figure.<br><br>But no. No, she's just a big ol' mess of insecurities... She might be one of my new favourite characters to play.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>24-07-2019, 22:32:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I've updated the NPC roster and posted it at the start of the thread, so now each of the aristocratic ladies on the Charlotte have a face.<br><br>Every PC is in relatively close proximity now, and you can communicate if you choose to, although you won't be able to see PCs in a different zone (Danae and Jacqueline at Port, Corinne at Starboard, Aloisa at Deckhouse). We won't track movement by feet, since there isn't a battlemap. Each zone is a compact enough area that you can move around in it without burning your turn. Instead, we'll track movement when you leave one zone for another.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>24-07-2019, 22:41:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Red, you can split your help two ways. The downside is that all your checks and saves will be at disadvantage because you're rushed.<br><br>For anyone who hasn't played 5e in a while, disadvantage on a check or save means you roll the d20 twice, and take the lower result.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>24-07-2019, 22:45:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I don't want to split attention, no way Jacqueline succeeds on that check with disadvantage, I'll try next round. (^^)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>25-07-2019, 01:44:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Okay. I've got some wonky ideas that I'd like toss out for GM approval.<br><br>Corinne has "Absorb Elements" prepared - as a reaction (possibly bonus action in this case?), gain resistance against a particular kind of elemental damage. I've got a couple ideas on how to do this:<br><br><ul class="bbc_list" style="list-style-type: decimal;"><li>I use absorb elements and then just... open the door. I'll definitely take damage, but hopefully between being soaked already and the magical resistance it won't be too severe, and Michelle will be able to escape at least.</li><li>Absorb elements could let me worry less about getting burnt, making it easier to throw water or even just smother the flames with my bathrobe.</li></ul><br>It's times like this that make me realize wizards get a lot of toys for starting fires, not so many for putting them out...<br><br>As an aside: Why did I get on the boat? <em>Never get on the boat.</em> Nothing good ever happens on boats in D&amp;D!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>25-07-2019, 04:16:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yes, absorb elements could protect Corinne long enough to get the door open. If you're braving the door directly, there's no need for the check.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>25-07-2019, 18:43:15</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Utoh... Decision time....<br><br>Busty, Cute, or spooky...?<br><br>And of course... Aloisas medical knowledge is... ... Well. She is much better at making wounds then fixing them...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>26-07-2019, 02:36:33</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Accursed disadvantage! Now Danae will have still more to keep her up night. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>26-07-2019, 02:44:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Were you giving yourself disadvantage for helping Hannah? Because I already had Jacqueline helping her in my post.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>26-07-2019, 04:43:05</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sorry, I’m confused now.&nbsp; Let me revisit the post.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>26-07-2019, 04:57:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ok, so my fault!&nbsp; I missed Jacqueline’s latest action.&nbsp; I’ve tweaked my post to reflect that, though sadly the result is the same even without the disadvantage, the Dicebot and I have not had a good relationship of late.&nbsp; Actually, I think it’s technically a fumble! 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>26-07-2019, 06:35:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				This is fine. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>26-07-2019, 07:20:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Welp, I tried to be helpful! :D
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>26-07-2019, 07:51:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				It’s just my rotten luck, but it’s very much in keeping with Ravenloft that nothing goes the PC’s way!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>26-07-2019, 07:56:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Haha very true! :D
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>26-07-2019, 08:45:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yup. Glad I opted to do stuff that didn't require a roll this turn. Knowing my dice luck, we'd all be screwed.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>26-07-2019, 10:01:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Poor emma... she seemed easiest to help...<br><br>Lucky Aloisa didnt go to help brig. Failing that much on an open bleeding wound would likely not be good...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>26-07-2019, 22:09:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I was trying to think of better solutions for our current predicament.<br><br>But our soldiers are trying to kick in doors, and... no one knows medicine. Or cure wounds. So our distribution of labour seems to be pretty solid.<br><br>My current plan is to double dip to get Sage and Yvonne out next round, then head up to the deckhouse so I can be in a position to help Aloisa with medicine checks.<br><br>Y'know... providing the situation doesn't escalate... But what are the chances of that?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>26-07-2019, 22:53:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				...........................<br><br>Well. seeing as i decided to mess about and roll to see what&nbsp; the chance actually was and rolled a 20....<br><br>*coughs*<br><br>.... yeah.....
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>26-07-2019, 22:55:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				We are so good at this game you guys.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>26-07-2019, 23:00:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="floatright">(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/8bittheater/images/f/fa/HADOKEN.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20090108121934)</div><br>hehe, suddenly thinking my "Asimar celestial warlock" healer might have been a good idea... Less rolling for healing.<br><br>of course... she would be the one stuck trying to open door.<br>...<br><br>Then again, she would have the most versatile tool ever!<br><br>Eldritch Blast!! 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>28-07-2019, 14:46:10</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				This predicament somewhat reminds me of that old rule - don't know whether it was an urban legend - from one of the first editions of the WoD RPG Vampire: the Masquerade that anything the PCs do will backfire. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>28-07-2019, 19:17:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg14947344#msg14947344">Quote from: MdG on 01-07-2019, 16:57:16</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Silly question, but are pistols acceptable - or are firearms restricted to muskets only?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Found perfect gift for Danae!<br>(https://i.imgur.com/E75zUe0.png)<br><br>Pistol... Ish, And handaxe!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>28-07-2019, 22:39:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Is it still possible for me to split my help for Yvonne and Sage, and does the tilting of the ship necessitate any rolls to help them? Either way, I think it's case of "help who I can and GTFO" at this point. <br><br>Good luck to all of you on the Port side. That is... a real shitty situation down there. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>28-07-2019, 23:17:44</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Corinne can see that Zoe's put herself in peril opening the door in the floor. The door in the ceiling is about to give, and drop something heavy on Zoe. It might be Yvonne, or it might be a big footlocker.<br><br>It's possible to help everyone, but it's less likely now than it was last round. The order Corinne attempts it will be important. If she secures the buckling door above or risks falling furniture, the door in the floor can be opened and Sage pulled out. If she lets the door in the ceiling give, Yvonne will have an escape route, but Sage's will be momentarily blocked.<br><br>Helping Sage first will be an Athletics DC 12 to pull her to safety. Helping Yvonne first will be a Reflex save DC 11 to break the latch without being caught by falling objects. If Corinne is doing both, those rolls will be at disadvantage.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>29-07-2019, 00:12:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hmmm... I'm thinking I could use a <em>web</em> spell below the Yvonne's door, loose enough to let the door buckle without letting Yvonne fall all the way through.<br><br>If I can still split my help, then that's just one roll at disadvantage to help Sage, even if I am a weakly wizard. Though Zoe seems like she's trying to help, so would that offset anything?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>29-07-2019, 01:01:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Casting <em>web </em>is an action. That would take Corinne's action for the round, and preclude also actively helping.<br><br>Zoe is able to help. Corinne could spend her action casting <em>web, </em>and also encourage Zoe to help Sage out of the cabin pit. If you want to do that, you should make the Athletics DC 12 check for Zoe. Her bonus is +0, and there's no disadvantage as long as she does only the one thing.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>29-07-2019, 01:04:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Oh, good! Zoe is marginally better suited to Athletics than Corinne. Let's do that.<br><br><em>EDIT:</em> Aaaah! She did it! Zoe did the thing!<br><br>At 2019-07-28 19:11:55, Zoe (uid: 60242) rolls: 1d20 Result: 13 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=138192)<br><br>AAAAAHHH!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>29-07-2019, 06:05:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So, got my action up and tried to break it down best i could, but medications got me just a bit fuzzy... If i messed up let me know and i'll fix it!!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>29-07-2019, 10:54:18</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Just as a heads up, TLO, Zoe secured Sage during my turn. I think I’ve got the Starboard corridor more or less cleared out depending how the Yvonne situation pans out.<br><br>I think the Deckhouse is where all the real action is at this point.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>29-07-2019, 10:57:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				... tripe. Sorry! brains lot more addled then i thought:T
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>29-07-2019, 11:16:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				No worries. Just means we can save more girls!<br><br>(I am suddenly very invested in the survival of all these NPCs)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>02-08-2019, 14:35:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Despite her better instincts, Danae needs to know the source of the musket fire.&nbsp; Should I roll for a strength check or similar to find a path through the wreckage of the saloon to the rudder, or is it impassable? 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>02-08-2019, 19:53:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I assumed it was Margaret.<br><br>Then again, Cat is unaccounted for, and given she was a little loopy and going on about the cargo hold last Corinne saw her...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>04-08-2019, 17:35:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The deck is slick from rain, but there are a lot of footholds from the broken saloon for Danae to climb on. An Athletics DC 13 check could get her there.<br><br>If you can make the check before I post tonight, I'll work it into the post.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>04-08-2019, 21:37:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Just a heads up that I'm dealing with some RL stuff and may miss a few posts coming up. Please NPC me if necessary, I'm very sorry for the inconvenience. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>05-08-2019, 01:44:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				It's okay, take care of yourself first. Since it sounds like Jacqueline is prepared for a second boat, and Danae is already going to find the source of the musket fire, I'm going to assume Jacqueline, Aloisa, and Danae are together for now.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>05-08-2019, 03:34:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Passed the Athletics check, though it feels like I wasted my natural 20!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>05-08-2019, 03:49:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I assume there is some manner of roll involved to jump into the boat?<br><br>(I knew I should have taken feather fall)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>05-08-2019, 07:54:12</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				(https://1d4chan.org/images/c/c8/Ravenloft_3e_Halflings.png)<br>Ravenloft halflings look badass.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>05-08-2019, 21:52:12</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				No check is needed to jump into the boat this turn. The boats are unmoored, though, so once the waves take one it will take some intensive Athletics to swim to it.<br><br>Since Danae is climbing from the outside of the Charlotte, she has a much better vantage point to get to the tender boat once it starts to move.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>06-08-2019, 02:10:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15005258#msg15005258">Quote from: TheLaughingOne on 05-08-2019, 07:54:12</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">(https://1d4chan.org/images/c/c8/Ravenloft_3e_Halflings.png)<br>Ravenloft halflings look badass.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Athasian cannibal-raider halflings were the most innovative.&nbsp; Everything else gave the impression of a Tolkien cut-and-paste (no, I won't use the word 'hommage'), and Middle Earth never really appealed to me (blasphemous, I know).&nbsp; 'Classic' high fantasy was already a bit stale when I started playing, and though there is some gain in subverting the genre and its expectations, my favourite D&amp;D settings were always those like Ravenloft, Dark Sun, and Planescape that made things feel fresh and atmospheric. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>06-08-2019, 02:41:33</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				You're not a fan of Middle-Earth? I'd like to run it on Elliquiy one day. Cubicle 7 did a terrific translation to the 5e system with the Adventures in Middle-Earth books. Unfortunately Adventures in Middle-Earth uses its own races and classes, and any kind of buy in is going to be a dealbreaker for PbP.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>08-08-2019, 06:17:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				At this point I'd like to pick up the pace of the story a little bit. We spent a little longer than I anticipated fleshing out NPCs and exploring how the PCs emerge as resourceful people as a crisis, and those were definitely good things to do. But now, I think it's time to move ahead to the next scene.<br><br>Let's spend a couple of passes on the boat, or, wherever Aloisa, Danae, and Jacqueline end up, and then start something new with the aftermath.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>09-08-2019, 02:42:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15006568#msg15006568">Quote from: Dhi on 06-08-2019, 02:41:33</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">You're not a fan of Middle-Earth? I'd like to run it on Elliquiy one day. Cubicle 7 did a terrific translation to the 5e system with the Adventures in Middle-Earth books. Unfortunately Adventures in Middle-Earth uses its own races and classes, and any kind of buy in is going to be a dealbreaker for PbP.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Tolkien's fiction never really interested me - perhaps it's just his style.&nbsp; Subconsciously, it's also probably an effect of starting tabletop roleplaying around the early 2000s, when the aesthetic of the baseline fantasy RPGs had changed, and JRPGs had gone mainstream.&nbsp; The only time I played 2nd Edition AD&amp;D rules was via CRPGs like Baldur's Gate.&nbsp; Classic high fantasy was somewhat out of fashion, and my first forays into the fantasy genre were usually mannerpunk, steampunk, or dark fantasy.&nbsp; Partly that's due to the lives of ordinary people in a fantasy setting being more compelling to me than the usual high courtly intrigue of a hundred barely distinguishable medieval settings.&nbsp; &nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>09-08-2019, 10:03:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				There's a romance and spirituality to the world which appeals. I would have considered the lore an obstacle, but maybe it is an aesthetic thing. The aesthetic to me is cozy, a kind of place that might be nice to live in.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>14-08-2019, 19:38:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Okay thank you everyone so much for your patience! Jacqueline can resume being a PC now! :D<br><br>Two questions<br><br>1) For my fellow players is anyone up for being grabbed and kissed by Jacqueline as the ship careens about in the waves in a sort of "If I'm going to die I'm going out happy" kind of way?<br><br>2) For Dhi, was Jacqueline able to grab any equipment? I had posted she was trying to but if she had to drop it to get out safely or make weight for the boat she would have without any real hesitation. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>14-08-2019, 19:56:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Good to have you back Red!<br><br>I don't know if Corinne's the most logical target for a sudden smooch, but I'm also not opposed to it. If nothing else, the resulting drama with Zoe could be kinda fun. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>14-08-2019, 19:58:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				welcome back!<br><br>And Aloisa could use a bit of a shake up at the moment! ;3
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>14-08-2019, 20:40:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Huzzah!<br><br>Jacqueline was able to collect her things, no problem. Jacqueline, Danae and Corinne were all in their rooms when the storm hit.<br><br>Aloisa is the only PC who didn't return to her room, but TLO made a note of carrying her daggers, so she at least has one of those.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>14-08-2019, 20:53:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				*sniffsniff* Sorry Boompa. May your heirloom blades serve some non-evil mermaid well...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>14-08-2019, 22:22:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Don't worry. You'll get them back when Dhi decides it would be dramatic to have an NPC stab them into you.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>15-08-2019, 01:37:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Okay! I will flip a coin between Corinne and Aloisa! :D
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>16-08-2019, 02:47:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Danae is unarmed...more psychological angst for her to deal with.&nbsp; Such is the way of Ravenloft!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>20-08-2019, 05:34:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				This week I'm posting Monday and Thursday instead of Sunday and Wednesday (if anyone was keeping track).<br><br>From now on I'm probably going to be posting Sundays and Thursdays, depending how the week goes. This weekend was tough!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>20-08-2019, 05:51:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Thanks for update Dhi! Sorry to hear weeks been rough:( seems to be going all around. Hope it eases up for you!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>20-08-2019, 05:52:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hope the next weeks are better for you! :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>20-08-2019, 06:08:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Whatever works for you, Dhi! Hope this week eases up on you.<br><br>(Honestly, Thursday update is a bit of a relief to me anyway. I was a zombie this morning.)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>23-08-2019, 17:48:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Here's a cutaway of the deck of the caravel for reference. 1 square equals 5 feet or roughly 1.5 meters.<br><br>(https://i.imgur.com/jskWREX.png)<br><br>You stand at area 2, which is the same in both the top down and cutaway view. The stairs go down into the ship's hold. Rehner is asking you to accompany her into area 5, which is tucked beneath the forecastle along with crew cabins.<br><br>The <em>Mercy </em> is much smaller than the <em>Charlotte, </em>and a no frills experience. I didn't get a sense of what your characters' expectations of comfort were from the saloon, but for the NPCs at least, it will be a shock.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>25-08-2019, 07:32:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'd guess that Corinne's usual living quarters are fairly pragmatic. Science is expensive, so she doesn't shell out much for creature comforts. Still, this might be a little cramped even for her. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>25-08-2019, 08:15:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Jacqueline is just totally bummed about missing out on her lesbian party cruise so she'll just sleep on the floor and cry. :'(
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>25-08-2019, 08:21:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I mean, we've the got lesbians and this could technically still be called a cruise. Two out of three ain't bad, right?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>25-08-2019, 08:26:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She doesn't know that! :P
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>26-08-2019, 02:47:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm taking a break from Elliquiy for the most part. I need some space from it.<br><br>But I'm going to continue to post for Ravenloft, because we've got a good thing going so far and I know no group game will recover from a hiatus.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>26-08-2019, 03:00:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I appreciate that. :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>26-08-2019, 06:13:36</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				*offers up hugs* Hope whatever happening solves out soon hun!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>26-08-2019, 06:18:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Take care, Dhi. :-)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>26-08-2019, 16:37:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				First, best wishes to Dhi for her break. <br><br>Danae's paranoia will definitely kick in now there are so many unanswered questions.&nbsp; She may have to go down and speak to the good Doctor directly...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>26-08-2019, 17:09:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				ooff... Updated sheet to mark out all that Aloisa has lost... and all that she has left!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>26-08-2019, 17:22:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Good point. Going through Corinne's stuff, she's essentially lost her Alchemist's supplies, dagger, and traveller's clothes. Everything else would have been in her scholar's pack. But then, I'm a wizard. There's only one piece of equipment I truly need.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>27-08-2019, 02:31:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Good spot, TLO - Danae is basically disarmed in close quarters.&nbsp; She may have to scavenge a cutlass...or something. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>29-08-2019, 22:47:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Thanks for the support, everyone.<br><br>I've updated the first post with references for the current NPC cast aboard the Mercy.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>02-09-2019, 07:33:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Poor Zoe. Other girls just keep storming in to get a piece of Corinne.<br><br>In <em>theory</em> I think a cuddle pile that is more or less satisfying to everyone can be arranged here. If Zoe sits in the middle, and leans back against Corinne, then Sage and Michelle curl up against either shoulder, we can concentrate everyone's body warmth inward, Zoe gets the place of honour, And Corinne should be able to reach everyone easily in order to <del>cop a feel</del> warm everyone up with her magic hands.<br><br>The question is, can Corinne get the girls on board with this plan?<br><br>EDIT: Thanks, for the assist TLO! Maybe we can send Sage Aloisa's way, given that kiss back in the lifeboat.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>02-09-2019, 07:36:15</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				hahaha!<br><br>Aloisa has been trying to get them to group up to warm up, but sadly most of them seem intent on getting the warming girl for themselves.. ;3
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>02-09-2019, 07:40:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				It's what I get for turning myself into a glorified base heater.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>04-09-2019, 07:39:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<strong>@Dhi</strong> is there a roll or something I could make to see if Jacqueline has ever heard of a "Doctor Heinfroth" or knows anything of what that name might involve? 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>04-09-2019, 16:33:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yes, it could be a Medicine (Wis) check to see what Jacqueline knows about Heinfroth's contribution to medicine, or a History (Int) check to place Heinfroth in a historical context. I'm open to other checks you want to make if you can justify them.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>04-09-2019, 23:25:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Do you want rolls here or in the IC thread? <br><br>I think it will be history. She's more trying to jog her mind of have I heard that name before than what were their contributions to science!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>05-09-2019, 00:15:23</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<em>Corinne pokes her head through the 4th wall at the mention of science.</em>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>05-09-2019, 02:22:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Here or in an IC post are both fine for rolls.<br><br>Corinne hasn't heard the name Heinfroth yet! You should convene at some point.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>05-09-2019, 02:26:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I know! We definitely have to compare notes. I wanna know what Corinne knows!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>06-09-2019, 18:53:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm a little late on the post, so I'll post next on Monday. That way there isn't a two day gap where you have to rush.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>08-09-2019, 10:58:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The unanswered questions are affecting Danae - what does she need to do to get a better read on Colleen? 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>10-09-2019, 17:08:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Insight (Wis) is perfect for reading someone's intent. Perception (Wis) is for making more surface-level observations, which you've already done.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>10-09-2019, 17:16:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15067933#msg15067933">Quote from: Dhi on 10-09-2019, 17:08:20</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Insight (Wis) is perfect for reading someone's intent. Perception (Wis) is for making more surface-level observations, which you've already done.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Insight check for Danae: At 2019-09-10 10:15:29, MdG (uid: 41210) rolls: 1d20m1 Result: 19 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=139271)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>11-09-2019, 16:35:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Corinne's not crazy. She's just having a Danae moment.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>11-09-2019, 17:21:05</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				uurrgghhh.... Aloisa is really not doing good on rolls:T<br><br>Would her kinda probing at the Doctor count as lie detection..? Archetype power means she never rolls under an 8 for that... would mean min she could get is an 11 in that case..
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>11-09-2019, 17:34:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aloisa is trying to get information out of her through conversation, right? I think lie detection counts.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>11-09-2019, 17:38:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I mean, I have a sneaking suspicion the doctor over-diagnoses madness. But that might just be Corinne's oversensitivity on the subject talking.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>11-09-2019, 17:57:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				woot! Not Quite a fail at least on the scale of how she did if otherwise...?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>14-09-2019, 04:28:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I hope it is not presumptuous but I will go ahead and resolve my own roll. <br><br>2 on Perception is a Failure. <br><br>:o)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>14-09-2019, 04:42:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I hold out hope that you succeeded, Red!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>14-09-2019, 04:45:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				haha thank you! I'd be all to happy to be overruled xD
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>14-09-2019, 18:53:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				That's pretty bad, but more important are some Stealth rolls since Jacqueline and Danae are sneaking into forbidden parts of the ship.<br><br>There are two ways to do that. You could both roll here, and know how terrible your results are right away, which is fine, but it does deflate tension. Or, I could roll secretly, and you won't know whether or not you've been spotted.<br><br>Either way, you should have advantage due to the clothes hanging from the rigging.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>14-09-2019, 20:22:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				If it's for my character I always prefer to roll! I like rolling dice! (^^)<br><br>And if it's sort of middle ground we don't really know if it succeeded or not! 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>14-09-2019, 20:39:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Let's do it that way, then. Players will be in charge of player rolls.<br><br>So make Stealth rolls for Jacqueline and Danae, with advantage, meaning you roll twice and take the better of the two.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>15-09-2019, 04:23:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Made a history check regarding Doctor Heinfroth, now that Corinne's heard her name.<br><br>Let me know if any other checks are needed. I was originally thinking Insight to gauge the doctor's response, but I was wondering if Persuasion might better represent Corinne's experiment in flirtation.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>15-09-2019, 04:37:42</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15074285#msg15074285">Quote from: Dhi on 14-09-2019, 20:39:47</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Let's do it that way, then. Players will be in charge of player rolls.<br><br>So make Stealth rolls for Jacqueline and Danae, with advantage, meaning you roll twice and take the better of the two.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I had Danae make an Athletics check for general speed, force, and effectiveness of motion in dragging Colleen with her.&nbsp; Stealth was not really part of the equation, but happy for you to roll for her. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>15-09-2019, 05:19:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				nother insight roll.. Nother squeeked by result :T<br><br>Elliqueys dice bot aint to fond of me much.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>15-09-2019, 05:26:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				You can voluntarily fail a Stealth check if you don't want Danae to be hidden. If you'd like to leave a chance that Danae does pull Colleen into the hold unnoticed, you should roll the check. It'll be easier with everybody operating under the same rule.<br><br>Corinne could roll Insight or Persuade, depending on the tactic you want to take first. Insight might give you a better read on Rehner, if the result is better than Aloisa's check. Persuade would be for influencing Rehner.<br><br>Aloisa has already made an Insight check for Rehner, that's going to stand until the situation changes.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>15-09-2019, 05:47:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yes plz MdG let's try to duck in unnoticed. :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>15-09-2019, 05:57:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Stealth Check</div><div class="spoiler_body">At 2019-09-14 22:56:17, MdG (uid: 41210) rolls: 1d20m3 Result: 8 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=139407)</div></div><br>Makes sense - we'll see how this goes.&nbsp; Not a great roll, unfortunately!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>15-09-2019, 05:59:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				We have advantage! Try again! :D<br><br>Although Jacqueline only got a 13 so it might not matter. :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>15-09-2019, 06:54:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				No luck! <div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">stealth check (2)</div><div class="spoiler_body">At 2019-09-14 23:53:03, MdG (uid: 41210) rolls: 1d20m3 Result: 5 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=139408) </div></div>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>15-09-2019, 07:04:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Decided to go with Insight and... uh... is this the first nat 20 of the campaign? Cuz that's a nat 20.<br><br>Corinne is now totally inside Rehner's head.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>15-09-2019, 07:49:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Woot! :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>20-09-2019, 17:26:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hey you guys, working on getting my next reply up, but having some brain issues and such.. so might be a bit slow and all:(<br><br>Still wanna continue and trying to get head meats shifted into gear, but just wanted to let you all know why i might be falling behind some..
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>20-09-2019, 17:36:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hope you feel better soon TLO!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>20-09-2019, 17:56:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				thankly. hopefully works gonna listen to the fact that they stuff they have me doing requires 2 people.. and putting me on by myself each night just isnt going to cut it...<br><br>(https://media1.tenor.com/images/92d20ca35e554caf43da95d693e16a5b/tenor.gif?itemid=11194144)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>22-09-2019, 01:30:05</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Red, would you roll an Intimidate (Cha) check for Jacqueline? 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>22-09-2019, 01:33:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Edited into the post.<br><br>It did not work. :P
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>22-09-2019, 03:30:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hmmmm. What do you think Mdg? 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>22-09-2019, 09:34:56</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I would move to disarm Colleen and use more...forceful strategies to interrogate her. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>22-09-2019, 09:49:50</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sure, let's see what happens :)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>24-09-2019, 21:36:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				We've been on the Mercy for a while. I'd like to move the scene ahead to the island soon, depending on how things unfold on the ship.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>24-09-2019, 22:00:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I am down, less something big happens Aloisa would remain "quiet" (Though shes quite intent on getting the liquor back)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>25-09-2019, 00:11:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sounds good to me!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>25-09-2019, 01:22:46</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm fine with that.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>25-09-2019, 02:13:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm fine with transitioning the scene, too. <br><br><strong>RP</strong>- we can either go to speak to Baykur directly, wait for her to fetch Colleen, or some other course of action.&nbsp; Needless to say Danae is extremely suspicious of the contents of the hold.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br><strong>Dhi</strong> - you can assume that Danae takes up Jacqueline's suggestion on what to do next. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>25-09-2019, 02:47:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Figured I'd roll an Arcana check to see if Rehner's actually working some mojo on Corinne.<br><br>At 2019-09-24 19:46:19, Corinne (uid: 60242) rolls: 1d20a5 Result: 20 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=139787)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>28-09-2019, 06:37:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hoo boy. Gonna put this wisdom save here<br><br>At 2019-09-27 23:33:54, Corinne (uid: 60242) rolls: 2d20k1a2 Result: 14 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=139882)<br><br><div class="codeheader">Code: <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return smfSelectText(this);" class="codeoperation">[Select]</a></div><pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0;"><code class="bbc_code">[url=/forums/dicebot.php?r=139882]At 2019-09-27 23:33:54, Corinne (uid: 60242) rolls: 2d20k1a2 Result: 14[/url]</code></pre><br>Even without advantage, I made it... but by a pretty slim margin both times. Lesson learned: don't trifle with the doctor.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>28-09-2019, 06:57:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The obvious solution to gaze attacks i think... ;3<br><br>(https://dorkforty.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/powell-knife-to-the-eye.jpg)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>28-09-2019, 07:00:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				What? No! Sexy lace blindfolds are the solution.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>28-09-2019, 07:07:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Oh... well i suppose those work as well..<br><br>.. what bout kinky black leather blindfolds...? ;3<br><br>Maybe a ball or ring gag... <br>Just to be safe of course...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>28-09-2019, 17:44:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I mean, my gut reaction was to go with TLO's first option. But that's probably just an instinct honed from playing unsexy D&amp;D for too long.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>30-09-2019, 08:39:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So just wanted to check timing-wise with this. It seems like either opening the door or confronting the captain is going to be an involved thing, and I know others and myself all seem to prefer moving things along to the ship landing. So is there some course of action that seems to suggest itself here that will not slow that down? 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>30-09-2019, 15:10:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				You're fine, both can happen at the same time. The ship can make landing while Jacqueline and Danae are sleuthing.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>02-10-2019, 01:22:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				MdG does Danae have anything she'd like to do here? I'm at a bit of a loss for Jacqueline. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>02-10-2019, 05:49:15</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				It's been a few days without a post from anyone. On Friday, I'd like to skip ahead to the landing. Hopefully a new scene will do the trick.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>02-10-2019, 05:51:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				That would be great!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>02-10-2019, 05:53:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yeah, sorry. Work's been wearing me out. Gonna get a post out tonight, though, sleep be damned!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>02-10-2019, 13:06:56</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Just got in a post.&nbsp; Looks like Danae has managed to force the door, though she will likely live to regret it.&nbsp; What can I say, the lady is in good shape!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>09-10-2019, 03:33:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The two groups are together again on the main deck, so it's one continuous post this time.<br><br>I have Danae at 4/25 HP, that's very rough shape. Another round of lashes could well kill her. How do you want to save your friend?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>09-10-2019, 06:48:55</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Is Jacqueline restrained or grappled or anything like that at the moment?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>09-10-2019, 07:14:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				No! Jacqueline is free to move, although the Frightened penalty applies if she goes back down into the hold.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>09-10-2019, 07:49:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Save me, Jacqui!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>09-10-2019, 07:56:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I will try! :D
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>10-10-2019, 04:36:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Well, I figure my Charm Person will make this situation a whole lot better or a whole lot worse very quickly.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>10-10-2019, 04:43:10</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Woot! \o/
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>10-10-2019, 04:50:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				What could go wrong, right? :D
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>10-10-2019, 04:55:15</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Everything! Let's find out! :D
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>10-10-2019, 04:59:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				(https://media1.tenor.com/images/1908698f9942b14dfe7ecb857a17d962/tenor.gif?itemid=5683250)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>10-10-2019, 15:16:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15112041#msg15112041">Quote from: RedPhoenix on 09-10-2019, 07:56:57</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I will try! :D<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Thanks for the Rally!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>12-10-2019, 18:03:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I don't particularly want to take away Jacqueline's sword, and her agency as a fighter. You all still have your weapons/spellbook.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>12-10-2019, 18:33:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				*nods* Its Aloisa making an offer of something to try and settle things without increased trouble, heh, trying to play peacekeeper, and as some simple watchguard (who even lost her own items) has no real authority over a noble and all;3<br><br>or any really. heh
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>13-10-2019, 02:07:10</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15116271#msg15116271">Quote from: Dhi on 12-10-2019, 18:03:13</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I don't particularly want to take away Jacqueline's sword,<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Nor is she planning on letting anyone. =)<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15116317#msg15116317">Quote from: TheLaughingOne on 12-10-2019, 18:33:07</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">*nods* Its Aloisa making an offer of something to try and settle things <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Offer declined. :D
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>13-10-2019, 02:39:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Let's take a break for a couple of weeks. I'm going to put the game on a short hiatus.<br><br>After Halloween, I'll ask you if you're interested in resuming.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>13-10-2019, 03:06:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				This works out well for me. Work's riding me pretty hard this weekend, then next week I'm off to a conference. Definitely gonna be interested in continuing though!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>13-10-2019, 03:12:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				sounds good!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>13-10-2019, 13:41:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I dig!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>19-10-2019, 18:19:55</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Over the hiatus, I'm going to open up recruitment for a couple of new players. Thank you for sticking with me, and I hope you're enjoying Ravenloft so far. We're now getting to the place I've most looked forward to. If anyone else does need to drop, I understand. This is a good opportunity to do it, while I'm dealing with roster changes.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>19-10-2019, 23:52:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Having survived the shipwreck of the <em>Charlotte </em>and the <em>Mercy's </em>dark secrets, everyone has reached 4th level.<br><br>New characters will come in at 3rd level, I think.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>22-10-2019, 05:04:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hhhmmm... <br><br>Torn between a pure dext level up...<br><br>Or, getting the feat observant.. gives a passive +5 to perception and investigate, and a +1 to wis...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>22-10-2019, 07:10:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Oh. Right. I get a stat increase this level.<br><br>Gonna just beef up that intelligence some more.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ershin</strong> on <strong>31-10-2019, 21:18:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hello all, I got the okay from Dhi to be able to join this game and play with you lovely people so I thought I'd make introductions and thank you all for this opportunity to join in
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>31-10-2019, 21:20:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ooh, exciting! Welcome aboard!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>31-10-2019, 21:42:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hullo Ershin!!<br>I play Aloisa!! Poor fumbling rogue/city guard for whom all things go wrong!!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>01-11-2019, 06:18:44</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hello Ershin!<br><br>You mentioned Medb might be in the region studying the natural world. The heroes left Port-a-Lucine early on, and after being shipwrecked made it to an island in the Sea of Sorrows. Presumably, that island is the region Medb is studying.<br><br>I can pass on some info in private on the kinds of things Medb has discovered in her time there.<br><br>She's probably been roughing it while on the island. The only civilization on the island is a walled asylum, and a couple of loosely attended facilities dedicated to its care: a dock, and a waste dump.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>03-11-2019, 18:14:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Let's get things going again on Tuesday. There will be a small time skip, since Red is no longer playing. The idea is that there was a confrontation between Jacqueline and the captain which left the latter grievously wounded. We'll pick up off the ship, on the dock, where Doctor Rehner is prepared to transport the patients to the island's pinnacle. Jacqueline's whereabouts are unknown.<br><br>New characters could pop up there at the dock, and get you into the story immediately.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>03-11-2019, 20:02:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Works for me!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>03-11-2019, 20:12:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sounds good to me. Sad to see Red go, but excited to meet the players!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>04-11-2019, 02:28:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Speaking of new characters, I'll be joining the game as well it seems.&nbsp; I'm excited to see how all this goes, but no more delaying things.&nbsp; Introducing Faelyn Mythrandir.<br><br><hr><br><div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/c0/94/c1/c094c1241eeca14cf26cb640ed1adc46.jpg)</div><br>https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=2049510 (https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=2049510)<br><br>Name:Faelyn Mythrandir<br><br>Race:Wood Elf<br><br>Class:Ranger<br><br>Short Description: Raised in the snowy realm of the Frozen Reaches, Faelyn is the youngest active member of a small clan dedicated to keeping the dangers of the wilds in check.&nbsp; Locals have little to fear of yeti, winter wolves, or many of the other various dangers that lurk in the unforgiving cold, at least so long as they don't stray too far from home.&nbsp; Legends are spread of mysterious protectors hiding in the snow, however no conclusive proof has ever been found to prove the existence of the so called "Frost Stalkers".<br><br>Over the course of the last decade however, things have begun to take a turn for the stranger.&nbsp; Odd patterns have begun to present themselves.&nbsp; Sudden violent storms now brew and break seemingly in the blink of an eye, driving beasts from their normal hunting grounds and out into the open, endangering even the clan as their numbers swell.&nbsp; The elders believe it nothing they need concern themselves with, that it will only pass with time, however Faelyn is less convinced.&nbsp; She may not know what it is that is causing the strange phenomena, but she intends to find out.<br><br>Slipping out one night under cover of snow, she has taken it upon herself to leave her home land for warmer weather following whatever strange rumors she can until she finds who or what is responsible.&nbsp; The hunt is underway.<br><br>Dark Desires:<br>1. Faelyn was raised with the expectation of being a silent sentry.&nbsp; It is her people's way to do whatever is necessary to avoid being seen.&nbsp; After leaving home however, it became painfully evident that this was a much more difficult endeavor in this world of color.&nbsp; What came as a true shock however, was how much she had come to actually appreciate and even crave the attention of whomever looked her way turning herself into something of an exhibitionist.&nbsp; In times of panic, whenever she looses all faith in herself, Faelyn will take whatever extreme measures she deems necessary to grab the attention of all those around her in a desperate plea for self assurance and instant gratification.<br>2. Ever proud in who she is and where she has come from, Faelyn refuses to abandon the heavy furs of her homeland for the lighter, more colorful garb of the lands she finds herself in.&nbsp; However, if ever she believes herself to threaten bringing dishonor to herself or her clan, she will stop on the spot and frantically strip down lest her treasured garb be forever stained with shame.<br>3. Whatever mark Faelyn sets her eye on, she will not stop until she has emerged on top and attained her trophy, be it a freshly skinned pelt, or the smallclothes of a beautiful bar maid.&nbsp; Despite her rather high opinion of herself however, there are times when fantasies run through her mind of being able to give up all control of her own destiny and let herself be completely at the mercy of those around her and for once let herself become prey to some other huntress.&nbsp; No command too ridiculous, and no act forbidden.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ershin</strong> on <strong>04-11-2019, 13:49:55</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Oh yes, I knew I forgot something ;<br><br><hr> <br>&nbsp;https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=2044223 (https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=2044223) <br><div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/YddZEdH.jpg) <div align="center"> <br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Urban Outfit</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/1jbzRwO.jpg) </div></div></div> </div><strong>Name:</strong> Medb Mag Uidhir (Anglicised: Maeve Maguire)<br><br><strong> Race:</strong> Human (Variant)<br><br><strong>Class:</strong> Druid (Circle of the Shepherd)<br><br><strong>Short Description:</strong> Of druidic descent, Medb was taught reverence of nature as a child and that especially in the dark lands of Ravenloft where the fragile balance can be torn asunder easily by the evils wrought here. As she grew older, she gained a voracious appetite for knowledge that drew her away from her family and towards more formal institutes of learning, few that there may be in Lamordia that catered to her interest, in order to understand the natural world and how it actually functions. With what little money she could scrounge together she began a tutelage in natural sciences and in cases where there was a gap in the knowledge afforded by books she ventured out into the world (getting dirty and doing physical research is something she is loathe to admit she actually enjoys) to observe flora and fauna in the wild, drawing as accurate images as possible or bringing samples back in heavy sacks for dissection (and in rare cases vivisection) to learn more of the body's internal workings. Very rarely she applies her family's knowledge of the wilds to her studies, when reason holds no answers but it has been known to her people for an age with a bad habit of scribbling notes into the margins and blank spaces of research manuscripts, adding smatterings of her own findings here and there.<br>Medb has something of an obsession to know how things work, especially the workings of natural organisms. If she finds a creature which might be defined as unnatural, she will in most cases stop paying attention to her surroundings and the danger such creatures may hold in order to document it in order to explain how a creature may in fact be a natural occurrence, seemingly having absorbed some of the Lamordian trait of attempting to rationalise the unknown. Her fascination has caused her to travel further and further as her years of study went on.<br><br>She keeps her hair long, tying it into a bun in urban areas and had a preference for drab, earthy colours in her dress sense. She tends to keep her faith in the natural order to herself, away from the more rational-minded of her colleagues who she believes would scoff at the notion and reduce her standing within the cliques and social circles of institutes of learning, to the point she is more likely to introduce herself by "Maeve Maguire".<br><br><strong>Dark Desires:</strong><br><ul class="bbc_list"><li>When brought to the brink of fear by a monster she will attempt to document its behaviour rather than run or in the worst cases defend herself, taking out notebooks and charcoal to attempt to sketch their likeness or take notes with a shaky hand, continuing long after fear has caused her to drop her implements and leaving her rooted to the spot while unable to find her voice. During this period she is also much more suggestible and easily swayed by commands of those who can speak or to the perceived intents of beasts should she be able to comprehend either their speech or body language, such as "I wish to mate", following orders like a trained, timid animal</li><li>Medb learned the concept of shame in terms of exposure later in her life than most and until late into her tutelage this was a foreign concept to her, and for the most part still is. She cares more for the cost of repairs or the time to be spent cleaning her clothes due to damage or being soiled than she does the fact that the tears are revealing. She's more likely to remember to be flustered when in society where more layers of clothing are seen as a requirement. While not an outright exhibitionist, she previously wasn't aware that this was a distinct thing. Horror and madness cause the loss of rational thought, making Medb act in a more bestial frame of mind where she attempts to remove herself of&nbsp; the confining trappings of man. </li><li>She has a decent knowledge of nature and druidic practice, leading her to know which plants when imbibed as a tonic can lead to the human body to experience sensual daydreams or erotic nightmares, to see the world that's really there as opposed to the filter the human mind places over the unknown and the unseen. And sometimes it can be nice to take these to relieve stress or induce visions, to sleep more soundly, or while under the influence of them to slip them to others to document their reactions. She will often imbibe such concoctions to maintain or enhance her connection to the spirits which can have lasting side effects for longer than she knows, resulting in the potential of erotic hallucinations in times of stress </li></ul>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>04-11-2019, 16:55:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Welcome!<br><br>The heroes find themselves on a remote island on the Sea of Sorrows. If Faelyn and Medb are on the island, they might have reason to come to the dock and find work as wilderness guides, barter for goods from the once monthly voyage, or both. At the same time, Danae is going to need a healer.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>05-11-2019, 22:41:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I haven't actually posted in some time, so this was bound to be rusty. Hopefully this gets us onto the island, and new scenes, on a workable foot.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>06-11-2019, 07:33:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Wooo!!! Natural 20 on perception check!! She Sees <strong>EVERYTHING</strong>.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>07-11-2019, 07:33:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Careful, TLO. In Ravenloft, seeing too much might result in a fear check!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>07-11-2019, 07:35:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Tsk. I have played call of cthulhu! I fear no san check!!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>07-11-2019, 07:36:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sides. Cant be nearly as rage or insanity inducing as work...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>13-11-2019, 14:53:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sorry it took me so long to post, I've been caught up with some work and IRL events to keep me busy, but am now back in the groove for writing. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>13-11-2019, 15:13:10</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Woot! Welcome back!!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>15-11-2019, 19:19:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				A bit late on my post, sorry! Midweek is killer, and we're heading to a con this weekend.<br><br>I don't want to get ahead of anything, so it's a bit short this time. The scene needs some space to breathe.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>16-11-2019, 03:15:10</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm fairly certain there will be little argument.&nbsp; Between Disney÷, sword/shield, and the star wars game, I feel fairly sure most of us are quite distracted this weekend!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>16-11-2019, 04:22:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I mean... I might sneak in another couple watchings of The Mandalorian... &gt;.&gt;
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ershin</strong> on <strong>16-11-2019, 10:35:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hmm... Considering we of the UK don't get Disney+ until 31 March 2020 and I don't own a Switch I guess there's nothing really keeping me from posting over the weekend.<br><br>Dhi, may I ask if there's enough material in the crate the Mercy's crew opened up for Medb to make a Healers kit, and if so may I mark off 5 gold to buy one? I forgot to do so during character creation &gt;.&gt;
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>16-11-2019, 20:09:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				i might be little slow with a reply..<br><br>Out sick with something doctors say could be pneumonia (sitll waiting on xray results and such)<br><br>Kindofa mess at the moment, and focusing on one thing intentionally is kinda hard. was trying to reg response up earlier, and got sidetracked veering into weird picture searches on random impulse to find out an artist on something. then had like, 90 random tabs open, managed to find the artist was looking for, and got like half a sentance&nbsp; f reply typed..<br>will try and carry on! But might be little slow and jumbled, and if my reply is just bit to.. ragged just let me know an will try and fix it up:(
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>17-11-2019, 07:32:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yes, Medb could pick up a healer's kit. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>19-11-2019, 22:21:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Good questions on what Faelyn and Medb know about the island. I'll give it some thought and get back to you today or tomorrow.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>21-11-2019, 04:08:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I would very much like to know how much Faelyn knows of the strange storms.&nbsp; Granted, it is as much as they admitted to the rather brusk winter equipped elf met on an island the no doubt likely injured marooned refugees were willing to give.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>21-11-2019, 04:40:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Okay, give me a Survival check for Faelyn to determine that.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>21-11-2019, 04:53:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I can do that.&nbsp; Wanting to post tomorrow after a good asleep away from this very drunken state.&nbsp; At 2019-11-20 21:51:26, Velatha (uid: 61604) rolls: 1d20a4 Result: 13 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=141565)<br><br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>21-11-2019, 19:40:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Faelyn has seen strange weather blowing down from the North. Unusual storms which defy weather patterns strike suddenly from the black sea.<br><br>Although these storms approach the island, each dissipates or averts course some two miles off the coast. The worst the island sees is a chill fog, even with churning seas on the horizon. This makes it a safe location from which to observe the storms, but also raises the question of why the island is never hit. Faelyn hasn't yet seen enough to say with confidence what starts or stops the storms.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>23-11-2019, 03:30:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Given that the party has not really rested since the shipwreck, it may make sense for us to wind down for a while before venturing forth onto the island. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>23-11-2019, 06:55:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yeah. An official long rest would be useful. I could use some spell slots
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>23-11-2019, 08:13:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Agreed, though could possibly make a roll or something for Aloisa to barter off her flask for a change of cloths and new dagger or such...?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>23-11-2019, 14:13:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Perhaps there's a bunkhouse or something similar?&nbsp; The island is in the middle of nowhere, but it should have facilities for traders and mariners. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>23-11-2019, 18:52:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				A bunkhouse sounds fair. Medb also has her own camp, and Faelyn may as well.<br><br>No need to roll to trade. Aloisa's flask is a rare commodity on the island, and she can get about 50g in trade for it. Items like daggers, light armor, and adventuring gear are readily available through the crew.<br><br>If you decide to rest, I won't want to dedicate too much time to it. I thought you might rest on the ship, so we ended up taking it slowly. Another scene like that won't be good for the pace.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>23-11-2019, 20:00:50</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				*offers many cookies in thanks!!!*<br><br>How bout we just say we did the long? pick up with characters finishing the rest having gotten stories shared and everything sorted out in the intervening time and now everybody is good to go?<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Shopping list: figuring by what a ship might have handy</div><div class="spoiler_body">Leather Armor: 10gp<br>Handaxe: 5gp<br>Sling: 1sp<br>Explorers Pack: 5gp<br>7 sets common Cloths: 3gp 5sp<br>2 Pouches: 1gp<br>Healers Kit: 5gp<br>Sling Bullets: 4cp<br>2 bedrolls: 2gp<br>7 blankets: 3gp 5sp<br>3 waterskins: 6sp<br>4 rations: 2gp<br>Cost: 37 gold, 7 silver, 4 copper<br>Remaining funds: 12 gold, 1 silver, 6 copper<br></div></div><br>Right! So thats a change of clothes for all the Charolette survivors, 3 bed rolls to share (safest to double up with couple people on watch) and blanket for everybody to keep warm. plus some extra rations and what not all else. Any coin she has left over she offers up for others to get Essentials that she hasnt thought of (chance to pick up cheap weapon, armor, ect)&nbsp; That shopping list look ok with you Dhi?<br><br>She hasnt excluded Medb or Faelyn intentionally, just not suew what they are planning and figures they likely have their own stuff ready!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>23-11-2019, 20:48:46</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Resting on the ship makes sense to me.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>23-11-2019, 21:55:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Everything on the list is doable. Medb and Faelyn have all their starting equipment, so they're in okay shape.<br><br>The party is not welcome back on the ship. What I meant is that I thought you would rest during the <em>Mercy's </em>voyage, but that ended up not happening. A bunkhouse or party-controlled camp are both possibilities.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>24-11-2019, 00:50:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Oh, yeah. <em>Going back</em> and resting on the ship is... inadvisable.<br><br>Just wasn't sure if we'd be able to handwave a rest is all. Aloisa and Corinne took it pretty easy, all things considered.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>24-11-2019, 02:39:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Danae may be having an...episode.&nbsp; I thought Medb's offer of healing magic would set off her witchcraft paranoia. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>01-12-2019, 02:51:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I am beat, I'll get a post in tomorrow!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ershin</strong> on <strong>01-12-2019, 03:24:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Apologies for not posting in a bit, it's been something of a bad week at work on top of organising something else in my spare time - I'll try my best to get a post up tomorrow.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>07-12-2019, 01:54:50</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I can see the PCs don't want anything to do with the asylum, but I'm hoping to get us there anyway, because I think it's more interesting than another boat ride.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>07-12-2019, 02:12:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Danae is interested in processing the contents of what she saw on the <em>Mercy</em>, but more pragmatically I thought she needs rest first.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>07-12-2019, 02:31:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Corinne's totally down to go to the asylum... She just wants to be prepared for it. In particular, by preparing Protection Against Good and Evil. The anti-mind-control feature is rather appealing to her at this moment.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>07-12-2019, 04:12:12</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				also down for asylum, just wanted to make sure the group was together and ready and all!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>07-12-2019, 15:54:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Faelyn is growing interested in the place after hearing that the caskets moving that way are inhabited with the living.&nbsp; On another note, how common are firearms?&nbsp; Would Faelyn even know what the long metal tube is?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>07-12-2019, 17:16:10</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Technology doesn't spread across Ravenloft easily due to the power dark lords have over the borders of their domains. Firearms are common enough in the renaissance west, but since Faelyn is from elsewhere it's entirely possible she's seeing one for the first time. I leave it up to you.<br><br>Let's do a couple more passes, and then time skip to after your rest.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>10-12-2019, 18:55:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Right! updating Aloisas sheet with her INV stuff.. And figured should do something of a Party item list!<br><br>Healers Kit: (unused)<br>3 bedrolls<br>6 blankets<br>2 waterskins<br>12 rations<br><br>Remaining Funds: 12 gold 5 silver, 6 coppers<br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>10-12-2019, 19:05:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I think Corinne's good at the moment. She's got her spellbook, that's the big one.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>10-12-2019, 19:17:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				cheap reagents for casting spells?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>10-12-2019, 19:35:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Well, she's got her focus. And I don't have anything that requires components with an actual cost, at the moment. So I think I'm good!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>10-12-2019, 20:29:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				roger that!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>16-12-2019, 04:08:46</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				My sister's been in town, so a lot of my evenings are being eaten up with Family stuff. Leaves me pretty wiped at the end of the day, but I'll try and kick a post out tomorrow.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>16-12-2019, 04:42:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				No problem! This is the time of the year where things get hectic for everybody! Hope your having a good time with family!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>17-12-2019, 22:46:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				In two weeks I'd like to scene change to the asylum gates. Until then we won't have any kind of posting structure. Feel free to post in camp if you feel like writing something, but no pressure to get posts in over the holidays.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>26-12-2019, 06:58:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Danae's sleep is full of monsters (obviously) so it made sense for her to walk it off around camp, half-cruising for anyone else up late. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>26-12-2019, 08:33:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'd definitely be interested to see some interaction between Corinne and Danae, whether this evening in camp or later down the line. I feel like there's a lot of opportunity for interesting dramatic tensions between Danae's superstition and Corinne's magic.<br><br>In my mind, Corinne's given Danae a wide berth because she finds Danae's furies terrifying. But there's probably some fascination underneath it all too.<br><br>I'm quite happy to toss around ideas. If Aloisa and Faelyn are bonding on the hunt (and I love watching their dynamic!), then that leaves Corinne and Medb in camp as potential foils for Danae. We could always work something out between the three of us, to ensure no one's left as the odd one out.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>26-12-2019, 08:36:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sounds good to me!&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>26-12-2019, 10:28:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Bloody hell... sorry Velatha, hadnt noticed your response to Aloisa, things had gotten hectic (ad slightly ill) and it swept right by me:( my dumb butt been sitting here hoping for a response... ill get onw typed up as soon as i can get the chance!!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>26-12-2019, 12:30:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15215892#msg15215892">Quote from: TheLaughingOne on 26-12-2019, 10:28:54</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Bloody hell... sorry Velatha, hadnt noticed your response to Aloisa, things had gotten hectic (ad slightly ill) and it swept right by me:( my dumb butt been sitting here hoping for a response... ill get onw typed up as soon as i can get the chance!!<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>No problem at all.&nbsp; Life is hard this time of the year, and I was sick for a bit myself.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>26-12-2019, 12:39:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sorry to hear you werent feeling well, and hope that your feeling better!<br><br>And hope everybody had a happy holidays!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>26-12-2019, 16:43:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ok. Wut Dur Fuggggggg!<br><br>Dice bot being cunty!! near botch on stealth roll, and then crap on the perception!<br><br>And on top of that i threw a couple test rolls and they came out as flat 1s!! <br><br>Dont trust Dicebot Dicebot is asshoe!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>26-12-2019, 16:51:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sounds like the randomness is working!&nbsp; &gt;:)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>26-12-2019, 17:08:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				well, considering most of my rolls here have fallen flat on the face .. doesnt feel to random:P<br><br>Then again... Considering how well my rolls have gone in Wicked i suppose i cant actually complain to much :T
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>26-12-2019, 23:39:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Nothing bad will come of the rolls, I'm on holiday too. When I post again, I'm going to want to skip ahead a bit, so I won't be able to follow up on what happens in the woods. That's up to you.<br><br>I am thrilled that you're exploring character relationships. Dedicating a whole arc to that would be great, but I do feel like I need to keep the story moving. Another journey would just be too many. Do we need something like a side thread, for those camp stories to play out, or do you think you'll be ready to move on?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>26-12-2019, 23:50:35</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I think a side-thread would work well. If we want to keep it all cohesive, I could even split the thread somewhere around the point we arrive at Medb's camp, so there's no jarring jump-cut.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>27-12-2019, 00:09:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Great idea!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>27-12-2019, 00:22:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Behold! A new thread! Wanted to make sure it started with a post from you, Dhi, so you can rename it as you like. <br><br>https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=314650.0
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>27-12-2019, 03:21:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				i am down to continue playing, and think side thread is great idea,<br><br>but just got informed of some news that is leading to a temp suspension, possibly leading to me losing my job depending on how things go. <br><br>kinda in shock at the moment, will try and keep playing but my heads kinda fried.. so might be little slow and disjointed to respond:(
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>27-12-2019, 03:30:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15216813#msg15216813">Quote from: TheLaughingOne on 27-12-2019, 03:21:54</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">i am down to continue playing, and think side thread is great idea,<br><br>but just got informed of some news that is leading to a temp suspension, possibly leading to me losing my job depending on how things go. <br><br>kinda in shock at the moment, will try and keep playing but my heads kinda fried.. so might be little slow and disjointed to respond:(<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Shit. Sorry to hear that TLO. Hope it doesn't come to that. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>27-12-2019, 03:34:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				thankly, just trying to keep my head together at the moment and wait and see. i think all the stuff is bullcrap, but never know how office/workplace politics can go.<br><br>hope all of you are having a much better post christmas!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>27-12-2019, 05:59:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hey, they're always stressing you to the breaking point. That's a terrible way to run a workplace. You deserve better.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>27-12-2019, 14:09:36</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Thankly, and yeah... But i'd rather leave on firmer footing with a job that pays close to what i earn now rather then just thrown wildly into the void:T<br>Some other facts have come up which give me some hope things will come out OK, so not quite as stressed now, though still wary, and searching new job stuff JIC..
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>31-12-2019, 02:35:42</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				update!<br><br>Got the call saying im good to go back to work, i will ge tmy holiday pay, And the suspended time will be paid as well 9though bit late cause of weekly pay and holidays). Dude whoc aused this is "getting talked to" and no idea how that will go, but still have my job... which i am actually thankful for after stressing out at the thought of losing it. or at least losing it like that.<br><br>Am now dead tired as all the tension i been holding has eased up, and the flood of "i survived" adrenaline washed out everything else. thanks for support people, it is greatly appreciated! *shares fried chicken, bourbon, and pineapple upside down cake*
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>31-12-2019, 21:07:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hindsight in 2020!<br><br>(https://i.imgur.com/FXnVBvH.jpg)<br><br>The first part of my post is a repost of your camp arrival. For the second part I'm fast forwarding to the asylum gates. I'm excited to get back to writing Ravenloft, and I hope you are too.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>31-12-2019, 22:00:33</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Best way to start the new year! <br>(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ff/83/0d/ff830dd6fe01a339c2b1c3080f9ac50a.jpg)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>31-12-2019, 22:35:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I have no butts to give, but I <em>am</em> excited to get rolling again!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>01-01-2020, 03:12:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Happy (Gregorian) New Year, all!&nbsp; For the camp side scene I thought it might be fun to have Danae cruise Medb, with Corinne walking in, but am open to any sort of interaction you'd prefer. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ershin</strong> on <strong>01-01-2020, 03:26:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15222573#msg15222573">Quote from: MdG on 01-01-2020, 03:12:13</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Happy (Gregorian) New Year, all!&nbsp; For the camp side scene I thought it might be fun to have Danae cruise Medb, with Corinne walking in, but am open to any sort of interaction you'd prefer.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>I'm not quite familiar with the use of the word "cruise" as a verb in this context &gt;_&gt;;<br><br>But yes, happy new year all
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>01-01-2020, 07:19:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ershin, sorry I’ve been spending too long on certain gossip sites best unnamed!&nbsp; Danae’s still conflicted about her whipping and is looking for some company to work through her issues&nbsp; ;). 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>05-01-2020, 19:45:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Posted, finally! <br><br>As for the night scene, I'm happy for Corinne to stumble upon shenanigans.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ershin</strong> on <strong>10-01-2020, 00:59:46</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sorry, been a bit sick recently. I'll try and get caught up and post over the weekend
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>13-01-2020, 03:12:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I can get in a post sometime tomorrow I think.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>14-01-2020, 19:13:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sorry I've been absent. Hit a bit of a brain slump. I'm trying to get caught up on all my various E things, so I'm hoping to get a post out tonight.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>17-01-2020, 18:57:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<em>psst.</em> TLO. You forgot the quote tags again.&nbsp; ;)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>17-01-2020, 20:18:15</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Fecking crap....
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>24-01-2020, 05:49:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Gah! Ninja'd by TLO!<br><br>Fortunately, I didn't have to tweak all that much to make my post work.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>24-01-2020, 07:46:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Mwuhahahaha! Just when you least expect it!<br>But yeah, its been a shit week and sitting on bus realized need to pull up aloisa big girl panties and get a post out!<br><br>I even remembered to remove the quote stuff!!!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>24-01-2020, 07:48:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The man <em>can</em> learn! 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>27-01-2020, 01:08:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Next post, I want to move to the meeting. Not everyone has posted, so I don't want to jump there just yet.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ershin</strong> on <strong>28-01-2020, 09:20:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sorry, sorry, works been a bit manic. I'll try to get a post up this evening 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>28-01-2020, 09:26:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sall good hun! Rl loves being a nasty little fuck so we all understand! Hope things have smoothed out for ya!<br><br>*dispenses ginger molasses cookies to the group*
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>28-01-2020, 09:35:42</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yeah, my brain's been pretty dead lately too. I'm gradually getting back on top of things, though!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>31-01-2020, 05:36:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I would just like to take a moment to say that this game is great, and you guys are great. That is all. :-)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>31-01-2020, 05:44:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Much agreed! Its nice to have a fairly serious game to get to play a real character!&nbsp; Thanks to you all for the chance to play!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>02-02-2020, 08:10:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				We have a great group, I appreciate that. Now that we're at the asylum, the pressure to keep things moving forward is off. What kinds of things do you want to explore?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>02-02-2020, 12:15:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Danae's motivation is rescuing the surviving passengers of the <em>Charlotte</em>.&nbsp; Assuming the good doctor won't let them leave so easily, she might sneak around under cover of night to get a better look at the facilities of the asylum.&nbsp; &nbsp;Perhaps the party should split up into smaller groups to explore different parts?&nbsp; The most obvious question is what 'conditions' are being treated, and how. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>02-02-2020, 16:22:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				A Charisma (Deception) check sounds reasonable for slipping away from the dining room. The DC to beat would depend on the excuse, and how many other characters are doing the same.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>02-02-2020, 17:04:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Heh, Aloisa will remain behind to talk to the doctor some, try and get a better feel for whats going on here and all.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>07-02-2020, 11:13:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				ssooo... i might be slow to respond for a bit. got some kinda plaugyness beating my ass. thought it was just a general burn out, but right in middle of work hit with breathing troubles, lightheaded ness and other issues. gonna go see the doctor in the morning and make sure aint nothing major (as i work at the airport is always chance it could be the pabstblueribbon virus), im leaning more towards anemia issues had in the past. could be slow to reply, but hopefully witll clear up soon and easy
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>08-02-2020, 18:43:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Corinne would like to catch up with Zoe, see what she's learned about the asylum last night. Plus, she wants to talk with Heinfroth, see what her deal is.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>14-02-2020, 14:25:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Anyone want to join Danae on some exploration? 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ershin</strong> on <strong>15-02-2020, 16:22:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15276698#msg15276698">Quote from: MdG on 14-02-2020, 14:25:40</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Anyone want to join Danae on some exploration?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div> Sure, could be fun
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>15-02-2020, 16:44:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I think when she gets the chance Aloisa will go get her other dag- ... Check and see how Eloise is doing!!<br><br>hehe, but honestly she will go see how eloise is and make sure everything is ok!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>16-02-2020, 01:40:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15277877#msg15277877">Quote from: Ershin on 15-02-2020, 16:22:25</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"> Sure, could be fun<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Ok, on my next post I'll have Danae manufacture an excuse and see if we can slip away.&nbsp; We need to get to the bottom of this so-called asylum!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>16-02-2020, 02:10:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				YES!!! <br><br><span style="font-size: 4pt;" class="bbc_size">because that worked out so well for her last time....</span>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>16-02-2020, 03:51:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Say what you will about Danae, she does drive the plot forward. ;D
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>17-02-2020, 00:51:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Whew.&nbsp; I finally got a little time to fix my computer setup and be able to get back to more regular posting schedule time.<br><br>also, laughing one I think Faelyn thinks this neither the time of place to even think of getting frisky.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ershin</strong> on <strong>18-02-2020, 03:19:12</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So I've not been in the best state to write as of late and I apologise for that. Dad has not been in good health since Tuesday of last week, having fainted four times in the space of three hours. I'm just so thankful he was lucky enough not to hit his head in that first fall and that he was sitting down for the subsequent fainting spells. This has had me worried about him, having even had to take time off work to look after him until the doctor could see him on Friday - turned out that they hadn't reviewed his medication in a while, just adding more and more pills without either checking how they interacted or not caring. So his blood pressure pills have been removed from his meds as they're fairly sure that's what's been causing it - his blood pressure hadn't been examined in years and he no longer needed them, they were simply reducing it when it wasn't necessary which was probably causing the fainting.<br><br>The whole situation has left me... Well. In a bad head space. I'm not sure when I can just get my head clear and back to doing this. I'll try to post when I can, but I can't promise when that might be. When I originally responded to MdG's call for snooping I thought the fog was lifting a bit but its just sort of... I dunno, hitting again right now.<br><br>I'm very sorry for my lack of activity even before this happened. I promise once I can clear my head I'll try to be better about it.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>18-02-2020, 16:24:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Dads need us to look out for them, and it sounds like you're doing a phenomenal job. Don't force yourself to write in the meantime. Nobody is even really that late. We've been hitting more of a 1/week rhythm than 2/week, which is still good for a group game.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>21-02-2020, 01:38:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ershin, I agree wholeheartedly with Dhi.&nbsp; Family always comes first.&nbsp; I've set up the post for you, to pick up on when you're ready. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>23-02-2020, 08:11:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Best wishes for you and your Dad, Ershin. Glad you're looking out for him. :-)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>23-02-2020, 13:49:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15278564#msg15278564">Quote from: clonkertink on 16-02-2020, 03:51:58</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Say what you will about Danae, she does drive the plot forward. ;D<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Danae's been fun to write so far - I think of her as a mix of a genderswapped male suitor out of Austen/one of the Brontë and something out of an MR James story with a hint of Lovecraft/Clive Barker thrown in.&nbsp; The hypocrisy, paranoia, and serial infidelity she blames on everyone but herself are all some of the less attractive features of English country gentry, though to be fair she honestly buys into the 'officer and a gentle(wo)man' presentation.&nbsp; She's a pretty toxic wife and/or lover, but then again, good girls don't go to Ravenloft!&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>02-03-2020, 02:45:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				If Margaret helps Danae to investigate, we can treat it as aiding another. Instead of rolling for the NPC, Danae can roll with advantage, so make another check, and keep the better of the two.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>02-03-2020, 03:56:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				No luck! Rolled a 2 so the 7 stands as the better result. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>04-03-2020, 22:31:12</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Should we conclude the lunch scene?<br><br>Ershin has decided to bow out, so we'll be continuing with 4 PCs. That's a good number. I don't think we need to recruit at this time.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>04-03-2020, 22:39:44</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I beleive we is good, and sorry to see you go Ershin:( take care and we is here for you if ya need!!!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>04-03-2020, 22:49:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yeah, it was great having Maedb along for the ride!<br><br>I'll get a post out this evening. Life's finally slowing to a manageable pace.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>05-03-2020, 02:32:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I am fine with moving along before Faelyn says something that really gets her into trouble.&nbsp; Sad to hear you are leaving, but I hope things get easier.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>05-03-2020, 07:32:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I just want to take a moment to appreciate the pretty maps of the asylum, Dhi. Super cool!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>08-03-2020, 17:24:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Thanks! I'll get a post in today, and move the scene forward.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>14-03-2020, 07:56:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Saw "Emma" last night, and thought, "Man, I really do need to post to Bleak Tide."<br><br>Though perhaps this game is more Brontë than Austin. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>15-03-2020, 00:20:20</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hey! Look who i found while wandering around!<br><br>(https://i.imgur.com/ej3Zhbs.jpg)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>15-03-2020, 04:19:12</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15315388#msg15315388">Quote from: TheLaughingOne on 15-03-2020, 00:20:20</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Hey! Look who i found while wandering around!<br><br>(https://i.imgur.com/ej3Zhbs.jpg)<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Now she's <em>very</em> dashing, though a little less harrowed than Danae would be at this stage of proceedings...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>15-03-2020, 04:31:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				A younger, rakish Danae, back when she was a single soldier despoiling brothels free of guilt. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>15-03-2020, 10:19:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15315698#msg15315698">Quote from: clonkertink on 15-03-2020, 04:31:00</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">A younger, rakish Danae, back when she was a single soldier despoiling brothels free of guilt.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Looks like she's having fun, lucky her! But then again it wouldn't be Ravenloft without the guilt. oppressive atmosphere, and sense of forlorn resignation.&nbsp; <br><br>Love the illustration, though - she looks like she could propose to Jane Eyre and be shot down (Helen was the only girl for her). 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>27-03-2020, 00:07:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm going to get a post in tomorrow. I hope you're all okay and staying safe.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>31-03-2020, 02:48:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ninja'd by Faelyn!<br><br>Sorry I've been scare. Had a bit of a brain-crash. Always fully intending to get around to posting, but never quite having the mental resources to do it. I'm rallying, slowly.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>31-03-2020, 03:03:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Oh I've had much the same problem over the last few days, but I made myself sit down and sat through an hour or so of a show before it happened.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>01-04-2020, 07:46:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yes, I know what you mean. I have a head full of ideas, but it's difficult to channel them right now.<br><br>Velatha, could you give me a Charisma (Intimidate) check for Faelyn? If she's not already proficient, you can add your proficiency bonus, and if she is proficient, you can roll with advantage.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>01-04-2020, 10:52:36</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sorry im a bit slow to reply right now... Work shifted everything around so now learning new routes with extra work, and just not feeling great... Though i suspect thats from some bratwurst that should have gone in the bin rather then on a bun...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>01-04-2020, 16:34:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Well now...&nbsp; Not the best roll at all for that intimidation roll.<br><br>At 2020-04-01 09:32:04, Velatha (uid: 61604) rolls: 1d20a2 Result: 4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=145823)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>01-04-2020, 16:47:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Faelyn:<br>(https://i.imgflip.com/1hsvtx.jpg)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>04-04-2020, 22:56:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yeah...&nbsp; It turns out Faelyn is really bad at making friends.&nbsp; Odd that.&nbsp; I'm sure everything will be fine.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>05-04-2020, 19:59:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				sorry i havent gotten a reply up guys, stomach bug from the 1st went bit overdrive. last three days have been suck and my creativity has gone where i've been stuck.<br><br>sorry guys:( 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>07-04-2020, 00:17:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I understand. Don't feel like everyone is waiting on you, we're all stressed and time has no meaning. But it felt great to do some writing today, and I think tomorrow I'll be up to catching up here.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>07-04-2020, 22:52:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Faelyn and one other PC can act before the knife-wielding patient. Keep it inside the space of 1 turn, so an action, move, and bonus action, plus free actions within reason.<br><br>If Faelyn attacks or attempts some kind of pin maneuver, she can do so with advantage, since she's been taking the time to aim.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>07-04-2020, 23:40:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Anybody else wanna call an action...? If not, gonna have aloisa snap out of it (stunned and confused at sudden apperance of her dagger), grab the doc and fling her aside, trusting in her armor to help protect. <br><br>Not counting on the "it only does 1d4 damage, she should be able to take it easily!she has a whole 27 hp!!" But instinct to protect and the fact shes kinda sorta maybe forgot she does t have her good old armor... Or more then a few scraps of her current stuff on,heh...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>13-04-2020, 03:37:55</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Plan on getting together a post tomorrow after I get home from work before I turn on the final fantasy machine again.<br><br>Wow...&nbsp; So it turns out I suck at dice and am making matters so much worse for it.&nbsp; So much for first impressions.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>15-04-2020, 23:56:46</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				11 is precisely enough to hit an unarmored, average person, just not with the finesse it would take to bloodlessly disarm someone. So, Faelyn did save Doctor Noire and was very impressive, no worries.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>16-04-2020, 02:23:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Tomorrow I'll be starting a new D&amp;D campaign with some friends and a couple of new players on roll20. It's been a while since I ran D&amp;D, apart from Ravenloft here. For the past year or so, I was running Infinity instead, and although it was fun, I've missed D&amp;D, flaws and all.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>16-04-2020, 05:30:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sorry again for not getting a reply up.. brains flowing like half burnt treacle splashed with liquid oxygen. Not at all pleasant. <br><br>Awesome on the d&amp;d game! Bit jealous as last one i was in had all the seriousness of a poorly done SNL skit... :T<br><br>Hope you have a good time running, and keep us updated on how it goes?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>16-04-2020, 18:46:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The one I tried out a couple of months back was about as engaging as playing Peppa Pig with my nieces. I was told it would be Curse of Strahd, and I'm down, except that was the <em>good </em>group. We were like runoff group #3, doing amateur improv with a first time GM on zero notice. Socially I had a nice enough time, but it made me appreciate y'all.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>16-04-2020, 19:10:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yeah. heh. i joined a star wars game with friends that was pitched as "firefly in star wars" which had me jazzed...<br><br>instead we get a wookie who rides giant space ostriches and is an archeologist.<br>A guy who is pretty much just the Bolshevik Muppet (crazy harry, one who always blows things up)<br>someone so bland i might be wrong in thinking they were actually there. <br>and someone playing a decent enough character, but in the amateur improv...<br><br>And me playing a disgraced mandalorian thats trying to clear his name and get his armor back after a squad mate betrayed him.<br><br>only thing that was firefly like was each session had pretty much nothing to do with the last.<br><br>before that was a symbaroum game that ended up derailed cause other player wanted to play a goblin, which is fine!<br>cept all she did was make over powered firebombs, throw them randomly in combat without regard for splash on other characters/players, and actively try and crash the storyline...<br><br>...<br><br>I havent had a lot of luck with games and really do appreciate you guys as well and really wanna keep going o sorry i've been behind on stuff here...<br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>16-04-2020, 20:21:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I ran a Curse of Strahd campaign for a while. Overall, I'd call it a success, but one character did put a strain on the whole affair.<br><br>We had:<br><br>-Cleric of Hoar, hunting a fallen priest of the Sun? Awesome<br>-Grizzled old ranger with a hazy memory? I'm more than happy to cash that blank cheque.<br>-Half-elf sorceress who's been on the run ever since her mother was brutally murdered? Fantastic.<br>And then....<br>-Perky wolf-shifter druid who wants to befriend everything, but is also the most Chaotic Neutral who ever Chaotic Neutral'd. <em>*sigh*</em><br><br>I made the most of it though. Perky druid kept the party careening from one encounter to the next, without a whole lot of chance to rest. Which does help give a survival horror vibe to the rest of the party.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>16-04-2020, 21:21:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				heheh, sounds like an interesting group!<br><br>and... yeah. in that situation perky are fun when they "get it" and are ready for their characters to break.... Rather then being the unstoppable ray of sunshine that nothing can ever bring down....
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>20-04-2020, 06:49:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Man it feels good to post again.<br><br>Also, Corinne hasn't exactly made a secret about her distrust of Rehner, so if Margaret wants to seek her out about her experience, that could be a cool scene. Corinne definitely respects Margaret as the most sensible of all the <em>Charlotte's</em> more refined guests.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>25-04-2020, 22:31:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				OOohhhhh god... I found Aloisa's replacement shortswords/musket pistols....<br><br>(https://i.imgur.com/SEnIM0Y.png)<br>(https://i.imgur.com/2O4vtRi.png)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>25-04-2020, 22:32:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Dat lever action.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>25-04-2020, 22:37:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Oh yeh. Also got your flintlock axe...<br><br>(https://i.imgur.com/FGGglqC.png)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>07-05-2020, 06:45:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Was just doing some bookkeeping with Corinne, and realized that Mage Armor is an abjuration spell. I figure she casts it every morning, but now I know it also stocks up her ward for the day!<br><br>Which is good, because that ward adds basically another 50% to her hit points, which takes her from "squishy" to "a bit soft".
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>07-05-2020, 09:37:05</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Eek, I should have posted. I wanted to allow enough time for replies, but it's been much longer since my last post than I thought. Time has been very strange recently.<br><br>Since the characters are in their guest room and looking ahead to evening, let's skip ahead to that point.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>07-05-2020, 10:17:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Thank god! im not the only one!! Weeks have been feeling strangely short lately... having trouble keeping track of which day it is myself:(
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>07-05-2020, 21:20:05</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				AHAHAHA!!! FINALLY!!!! Somebody other then me does it!!! hehehehe!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>07-05-2020, 21:34:33</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm telling you guys - Snippets in the Elliquiy Improver script are a lifesaver for these kinds of headers.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>08-05-2020, 03:22:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yeah...&nbsp; You caught me.&nbsp; I made a goof.&nbsp; At any rate, how has the roll20 game been going?&nbsp; Well I hope.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>08-05-2020, 06:03:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				It's going great, things have taken off and someone else is running a game where I can be a player, and there might be a third in the near future. The game did end up taking all my energy this evening, so I'm planning to post tomorrow, with apologies for the delay this time.<br><br>My hope is that with the time skip things will open up for you, and you'll feel free to pursue the hooks that interest you.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>08-05-2020, 16:06:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				With the fast forward to evening, everyone gains the benefit of a long rest, even if you don't actually choose to sleep- although you really ought to at some point.<br><br>Your continuing torments impress on you new insights, and after that rest everyone is now 4th level. Please let me know here what changes you're making, and post a link to your updated character sheet if you have one.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>08-05-2020, 16:21:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aren't we 4th level already? I thought we levelled up some time after either the Charlotte or the Mercy.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>08-05-2020, 17:44:50</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yeah, we leveled up a while back as my sheet already says im level 4. edited back in december 17th so happened either then or a bit before.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>08-05-2020, 19:01:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				You're right, only Faelyn is hitting 4th level, the rest of you have been 4th for a while. My mistake.<br><br>It's too soon for Danae, Corinne, and Aloisa to hit 5th level right now, but after a few more challenges everyone will hit 5th level together.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>09-05-2020, 23:18:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hey everyone, Ershin would like to return to the game with Medb. We could say she's been resting in the guest room, but now is back with the party. Does that sound alright?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>10-05-2020, 00:00:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I am down, and welcome back Ershin!! :3
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>10-05-2020, 01:09:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm totally fine with it as well.&nbsp; Welcome back.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>10-05-2020, 02:08:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Of course!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>10-05-2020, 10:27:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Welcome back !
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ershin</strong> on <strong>10-05-2020, 16:10:23</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Thank you all very much, and sorry for being away for so long. <br><br>(Also I don't know how <em>interesting </em>rolling minimum HP for health at level 4 is going to make things &gt;_&gt;; At 2020-05-10 18:39:50, Medb (uid: 2076) rolls: 1d8a2 Result: 3 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=146918)&nbsp; - Going from 24 to a mighty 27 HP XD)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>11-05-2020, 02:35:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Oh boy. Is “Other Capable Ladies” gonna be the name of our party?<br><br>And welcome back, Ershin!<br><br>For what it’s worth, you still have more HP than Corinne! :D
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>13-05-2020, 21:21:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				On the other hand, I rolled max for my hit points.&nbsp; Huzzah!<br><br>At 2020-05-13 14:19:32, Velatha (uid: 61604) rolls: 1d10k1a2 Result: 12 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=147032)<br><br>I also added one to both dex and wis in the level up.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>14-05-2020, 07:23:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Man, we're all just eager beavers tonight! ;D
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>14-05-2020, 13:40:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So... might be a bit early to start planning on this... but was thinking of multiclassing Aloisa into ranger with potential towards something like gloom stalker, which works well with her general setup and personality... had also considered horizon walker, but considering where they are... doesnt seem would be all that likely, useful, or safe... ;3<br><br>I actually havent had much experience with multiclassing pcs and such, games or characters die early or GMs who just say No. Thoughts and ideas from all of you...?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ershin</strong> on <strong>14-05-2020, 15:04:05</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Oh yes, Rogue/Gloomstalker is an especially lovely combination, extra movement speed in the first round, invisible to creatures with dark vision while in darkness allowing you to back off and hide. Personally I love it with Swashbuckler (Dex, cha AND Wis to initiative? Yes please! Along with dudes you hit not being able to opportunity attack you, bonus action to hide in shadow then get advantage on the next turn is ridiculous) but considering the synergy with the wisdom abilities on Inquisitive it could easily work too.<br><br>It also works thematically, a member of the city watch learning to hide in dark places over time is really neat
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>14-05-2020, 15:12:27</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Well.. Aloisa is already branched into inquisitive path. She is more investigationy aimed right now. <br><br>Backstory wise she was as her last name says, ... In badly translated german. Creep hunter. Worked as guard to stop gribblies, bad arcane artifacts, and cultists from sneaking into the city.. just now she doesnt have a bunch of guys in heavy armor with halberds acting as muscle/goons;3<br><br>Needs some capability to fight the things herself! 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>14-05-2020, 16:39:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				It sounds pretty nice.&nbsp; I have a horizon walker in an irl game that is very fun, but like you said, not really the best fit for this game necessarily.&nbsp; Faelyn will be real useful against lots of guys at once, but isn't the best ranger for slamming one guy real hard.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>14-05-2020, 16:47:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15416667#msg15416667">Quote from: Velatha on 14-05-2020, 16:39:26</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">It sounds pretty nice.&nbsp; I have a horizon walker in an irl game that is very fun, but like you said, not really the best fit for this game necessarily.&nbsp; Faelyn will be real useful against lots of guys at once, but isn't the best ranger for slamming one guy real hard.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>What about slamming one girl real hard? &gt;.&gt;
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>14-05-2020, 17:30:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				hehe, i dont think thats gonna happen til some how Aloisa gets herself a +5 adamantine dildo of penetration..
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>14-05-2020, 17:52:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15416730#msg15416730">Quote from: TheLaughingOne on 14-05-2020, 17:30:40</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">hehe, i dont think thats gonna happen til some how Aloisa gets herself a +5 adamantine dildo of penetration..<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br><div align="center">(https://media2.giphy.com/media/8vDbvPMP3tGF2/200.gif)</div>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>14-05-2020, 18:05:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a8/18/fc/a818fc1b921bdf570e000357b20bf51b.jpg)<br><br>SNEAK ATTACK!!!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>15-05-2020, 17:20:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				hehe. other class path i had thought of for her would have been Warlock, which sounds odd... but i think would have been kinda fitting in a way..<br>if she didnt have such a low charisma relatively. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>17-05-2020, 21:02:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				It makes total sense to me.&nbsp; Wandering through the catacombs with detect magic available at will sounds prettygood for a rogue.&nbsp; I use that ability to great success on my celestial warlock.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>17-05-2020, 21:04:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Corinne has detect magic at will. It just takes her a while... &gt;.&gt;
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>17-05-2020, 22:05:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				But you can't just walk around with always on with a ten minute cast time and ten minute duration.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>17-05-2020, 22:09:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yeah. Like i said, it takes a while. :P<br><br>Corinne hasn't had to cast a ritual yet. I'm gonna have to figure out what that looks like.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>24-05-2020, 10:00:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Quick question - is there some kind of locking latch on the inside of the door? In other words, if we lock this door, will the girls be able to unlock it without a key?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>24-05-2020, 19:36:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The locks in the asylum are all old Edwardian skeleton key locks, so whoever holds the keys (or can pick the locks) has all the power.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>24-05-2020, 20:02:15</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				That's what I was afraid of. &gt;.&gt;
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>25-05-2020, 08:29:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Why would you need <em>alarm,</em> clonk? Your party is full of wise, perceptive woman who can keep a good lookout in the night."<br><br>I did not realize there would be adorable, helpless NPCs to protect!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>25-05-2020, 13:31:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Does the door to where our friends sleep open inward or outward?&nbsp; Luckily a huntswoman knows how to make snares, traps, and perimeter alarms, but the proper tool for the situation.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>25-05-2020, 13:47:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				&lt;aloisa&gt; well.. I never worked as a scout... And as a guard we always put Corporal UntherHelm in charge of watching the door... He would always end up falling asleep against it and when someone open it he would fall over and his armor and halberd would clang about and then we knew something was up..
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>25-05-2020, 14:38:42</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The door opens into the guest room.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>26-05-2020, 13:33:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Wow...&nbsp; I had so many ideas yesterday when I asked which way the door opened, but by the time I went to post my brain turned to mush, and while this may not be the best plan, right now it's about all I've got with gear from character creation and a need to keep quiet.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>29-05-2020, 13:56:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Should we explore upstairs? 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>29-05-2020, 14:05:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I think so. Easier to scurry away when something mad, slimy, and horrifying comes for us!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>30-05-2020, 02:40:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I should be posting at this point, but there isn't all that much to move forward yet. I'd like to wait for the PCs to decide a course before posting. Left or right is a good question. Do you want to take the stairs, or the lift?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>30-05-2020, 02:46:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Fair point, Dhi. We're in "Hurry up and plan!" mode. Which is actually kinda fun. The party hasn't really had a chance to rub their heads together before now. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>05-06-2020, 07:39:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hey guys, wanna apologize for my silence... with world loading itself in a handbasket for prep, been kind of... distracted. Add in a slowly blooming tension migraine and things are getting... yeah.<br><br>Birthday is coming up sunday, and might have plans which will hopefully help shake me outta the funk.<br><br>That said, i hope all of you my friends are tsking care of yourselves and families. Aint much but please know im having good wishes and thoughts to the safety and health of you and yours!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>08-06-2020, 06:39:39</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yeah, I had a hellish few weeks at work myself. Finally got the project put to bed, more or less, so my sanity is returning.<br><br>Not sure Corinne is the ideal person to post first this pass, though. She might hang back and examine the degrees on the walls, given her academic leanings.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>21-06-2020, 09:02:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The door is taking too long. I appreciate wanting to roleplay, and being curious about the setting, I really do! But, three weeks to open a door is just too long, I think we can agree on that.<br><br>While I don't like to assume action on the part of your characters, in the future I'm going to assume you move through doors between you and your goal, if it's in your power...because there are a lot of doors in an old asylum, and they are pretty much the least exciting part of it. I'd much rather spend these posts fleshing out an interesting encounter.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>23-06-2020, 15:10:15</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hey Laughing One, you may want to check out your post again.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>23-06-2020, 15:47:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				.... damnit:p
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>24-06-2020, 06:50:46</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I hope this reveal will give you more to work with.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>24-06-2020, 15:28:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Plenty here - Danae <em>demands</em> answers!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>24-06-2020, 16:07:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Quession. Can arcana be used to try and figure out tarroka card stuff..? like meanings and such..?<br><br>... not that Aloisa would be any good at it as i forgot to take a prof in it with her!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>24-06-2020, 19:38:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Good question! Weaving prophecy through the cards is a Vistani thing, but I think Arcana would allow someone else to understand the significance of each card, and identify whether the omens are good or ill.<br><br>In order to do a tarokka reading, I need each of you to stop by random.org and hit the button at the bottom to draw 1 playing card. Let us know the results here.<br>https://www.random.org/playing-cards/ (https://www.random.org/playing-cards/)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>24-06-2020, 19:51:36</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				6 of spades for me!<br><br>Also, I am so pumped for whatever this is gonna do!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>24-06-2020, 20:26:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I got the king of clubs.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>24-06-2020, 20:32:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Nine of Hearts for me. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>24-06-2020, 20:55:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Queen of spades.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ershin</strong> on <strong>24-06-2020, 23:48:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sorry for not posting in a while, been kind of weird here for a bit. I'll try and get a post up before going to bed<br><br>Also for my card I drew Queen of Hearts<br><br>(https://i.imgur.com/AOA8iw9.png)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>25-06-2020, 00:14:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I dunno if I should be worried or excited about all these Face cards.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>01-07-2020, 08:08:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The good doctor is trying Danae's patience.&nbsp; Hopefully some glowering will force some concessions from her.&nbsp; Guessing we should check out the cellar downstairs, but open to suggestions. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>01-07-2020, 08:29:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Question..<br><br>How knowledgeable are people of the Dark Lords of the realms? Not so much who they are, more that they exist? Or is it just an unquestioned thing that the person in charge simply is, and that they arent "favored" by the dark powers?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>01-07-2020, 08:57:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				For the most part, even darklords don't realize they are darklords. With a few exceptions like Azalin, Vecna, Lord Soth and Strahd, most of the evils of Ravenloft will believe themselves cursed, with no concept of the Dark Powers.<br><br>Characters could certainly believe there's a malevolent architect handing down misery from on high in Ravenloft, and it's definitely reasonable to call it something like Dark Powers, but they would never receive any confirmation of that belief. If the Dark Powers start whispering to you directly, you're in way too deep to ever come back.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>01-07-2020, 09:32:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Here's the layout of the tarokka for reference.<br><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/oabEh6Z.png)<br><div align="center"><em>The Object</em></div></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>(https://i.imgur.com/0aVI9KO.png)<br><div align="center"><em>The Secret</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/l3XdnDW.png)<br><div align="center"><em>???</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/nKv1Khn.png)<br><div align="center"><em>The Location</em></div></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/Xhdrqc1.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Whom Fortune Favors</em></div></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>01-07-2020, 09:35:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aahh! Gotcha! Wasnt sure as my experience with ravenloft was the old pcrpg games (curse of strahd &amp; Stone Prophet), a very badly run game (gm could only thinknof horror as freddy and jason slashers) and an assortment of novels ranging from excellent to "then john was a zombie".<br><br>Had one written by the woman who did the anita blake books... according to her evidently its easier to escape the mists then it is to sneak into a bar while underaged...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>01-07-2020, 09:51:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				... nerdling speculation...<br><br>Could one escape ravenloft via one of the planescape doors to sigil..?<br><br>Though... for a dark lord i would imagine that as being a bad thing. Out of the slow boiling pot of water as the dark power plaything, into the flaming radioactive furnace full of super sharp blades that is the lady of pains "tender" embrace...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>01-07-2020, 10:15:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				It's considered gauche to mix the two, but that's exactly what happens in the adventure Die, Vecna, Die. Planescape is famously, fabulously tacky, and gets its jammy fingers all over Athas, too.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>01-07-2020, 10:19:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Heheheh, i had figured;3<br><br>I do remember a dark sun realm in ravenloft... sorcereous queen was putbin a coma, her head templar/lover making a deal pullingbher lands into the mists... She is the Dark Lord, but trapped comatose, while templar runs things into the sand. He wants nothing more then to wake her up, but dark powers wont let it happen... and... if she did wake up he Knows she will destroy him PAINFULLY for what he did to her realm...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>01-07-2020, 10:22:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15485304#msg15485304">Quote from: Dhi on 01-07-2020, 10:15:26</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">It's considered gauche to mix the two, but that's exactly what happens in the adventure Die, Vecna, Die. Planescape is famously, fabulously tacky, and gets its jammy fingers all over Athas, too.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Hold on, I thought gods were barred from Athas, and the only portals open were to the Elemental Planes. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>01-07-2020, 10:35:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				You're right, Athas should be even more inaccessible than Ravenloft. It's one of those things that doesn't make sense in Planescape. We could be generous and say that the Planescape references to Athas are from an unreliable narrator, but that narrator still has to know that it exists, which is weird.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>01-07-2020, 10:38:26</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Its a technical kinda thing maybe?<br><br>Sigil has no gods. VIOLENTLY enforced by lady of pain. Gods that try and push their way in get king henry the 8th. But not justbtheir heads.. (this also happens to people who try and worship the lady)<br><br>Ravenloft the Dark Powers arent gods either, in the strictest sense. Its kind of... nebulous evil... thing. Almost yog sothoth or azathoth level of thing that enjoys watching evil things suffer and fail, while being a temptous corruptively evil thing itself.<br><br>It will tempt you to do evil, then reward, and more so, punish you for it.. but its not like an individualistic god, nor does it need worship, prayer or faith..<br><br>So maybe there they can get through on the loophole?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>01-07-2020, 10:42:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Here's one of the oddities in question, a journal entry from Factol Nilesia of the Mercykillers, in Factol's Manifesto.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Factol Mallin had grown old and careless. His heart no longer burned with the bright righteous flame, but instead longed for quiet peace and pastoral beauty. How fitting it is that, at the Mortuary, I asked the Dustmen to dispose of his body on Athas. Surely that blighted world will give him the serenity he so richly deserves.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>01-07-2020, 10:48:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So for the sake of argument a non-deity could travel to, say, the Elemental Plane of Fire from Sigil, and then transit into Athas.&nbsp; The ban on deities may just be a quirk of the world of Athas, since in PS it's pretty clear that even gods are subject to the basic rules of the Multiverse.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>01-07-2020, 10:49:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Thing with planescape is its that centeral connection to ALL the realms and realities. If it exists in the realm of the concept of dungeons and dragons, it could be connected via sigil, no matter how inaccessible.<br><br>Might be harder to get into/out of then normal, such as Doorways randomly disconnect for atime to reopen in new spot as The Things In Control of those areas conflict, blocking access, trying to grab interesting targets, ect....<br><br>Hehe... planescape game where players wander into oddly quiet and abandoned section of sigil.. very cusp of the area strange fog/mist starts seeping from walls and such causing thebfew people that live at the border to flee as if The Lady herself was making a visit..<br><br>Dabus swarm the area and just start hammering on random walls and spots plastering away until the Mists fade away...<br><br>Do you dare explore it...?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>01-07-2020, 10:51:50</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yep! Sigil you can see angels, demons, devils all of those, strange outsiders, great old ones, all of those things existing ... semi peacefully..<br><br>Only thing thats not really allowed in sigil are the gods. Any that try and force their way, sneak, or haplessly wander in come to a bad end with The Lady Of Pain.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>01-07-2020, 20:43:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Wow...&nbsp; That discussion was a big mumble jumble for someone who knows basically nothing about planescape.&nbsp; I went to join a PS game on here some time ago, that never quite got its feet, but beyond that not really anything beyond that.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>01-07-2020, 20:51:41</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Oh yah. just be thankful we didnt bring up Spelljammer... ;3<br><br>Admitedly, only game i've played of planescape is PCrpg Planescape Torment, but read a lot of lore stuff and all to get the info i got. games of it are SUPER hard to find..
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>02-07-2020, 15:27:33</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So - plans of where we should explore next?&nbsp; Or has anyone got a sense of the fortune-teller's riddle? 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>05-07-2020, 00:44:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Insight is the skill used to get a read on people, so I've substituted that for Danae's Perception.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>05-07-2020, 01:36:44</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				blwaaaaahhhh bugger. think i should reread the book again some point..<br><br>Also, Happy 4th of july people!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>05-07-2020, 02:41:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Indeed happy 4th.&nbsp; I'm glad it is over so I can get a chance to breathe again.&nbsp; Work is always killer around the holidays but this is something else to learn to deal with.&nbsp; Once I get off tomorrow after recovery I'll have a few days off and will try to get in a post as soon as I can, but I need to cook dinner and lay down for another early day.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>05-07-2020, 03:48:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15490207#msg15490207">Quote from: Dhi on 05-07-2020, 00:44:11</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Insight is the skill used to get a read on people, so I've substituted that for Danae's Perception.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Good point, thanks!&nbsp; My TT skills are rusty to say the least. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>05-07-2020, 04:48:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15486728#msg15486728">Quote from: MdG on 02-07-2020, 15:27:33</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">So - plans of where we should explore next?&nbsp; Or has anyone got a sense of the fortune-teller's riddle?<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>The 'treatment' rooms sound ominous.&nbsp; Danae's instinct would be to rescue anyone in imminent danger. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>06-07-2020, 09:21:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				(https://i.imgur.com/0sde12n.png)<br><br>Idea percolating in my head... PCs helping some old lonely biddie in her cottage, cluttered with old teacups, teatins, and dozens of little knickknacks, claiming that its haunted..<br><br>But upon exploring shows nothing paranormal... BUT! each time they look away from things or move to a different room hear small clicking and clattering for a few seconds before stopping suddenly. Looking back make them roll perception repeatedly (not telling them difficulty) until the notice that all the cups and everything have moved around. The house is FULL of Not-teas. <br><br>Or to really freak them out, while exploring around the property they find the remains of some goblins and other gribblies, couple bandits and theives, all slashed to ribbons by tiny blades and acid.. But havent noticed the Not-Teas yet. just the old lady.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>06-07-2020, 09:48:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15492474#msg15492474">Quote from: TheLaughingOne on 06-07-2020, 09:21:31</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">(https://i.imgur.com/0sde12n.png)<br><br>Idea percolating in my head... PCs helping some old lonely biddie in her cottage, cluttered with old teacups, teatins, and dozens of little knickknacks, claiming that its haunted..<br><br>But upon exploring shows nothing paranormal... BUT! each time they look away from things or move to a different room hear small clicking and clattering for a few seconds before stopping suddenly. Looking back make them roll perception repeatedly (not telling them difficulty) until the notice that all the cups and everything have moved around. The house is FULL of Not-teas. <br><br>Or to really freak them out, while exploring around the property they find the remains of some goblins and other gribblies, couple bandits and theives, all slashed to ribbons by tiny blades and acid.. But havent noticed the Not-Teas yet. just the old lady.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>This is so not fair. You can't use tea against me! I automatically fail my save!<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15490515#msg15490515">Quote from: MdG on 05-07-2020, 04:48:07</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">The 'treatment' rooms sound ominous.&nbsp; Danae's instinct would be to rescue anyone in imminent danger. <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I think Corinne's first instinct is to secure all the girls we can find. So treatment rooms are certainly a priority. She's also definitely freaked out about the "Trust no one you've lost sight of" bit, seeing as they just left Zoe et al unattended downstairs. Not sure I have any good solutions to that problem though.<br><br>Definitely wanna check out the library, though, too. That's about the only clue where I have even the slightest hunch on where to start. Save girls first, though.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>06-07-2020, 09:52:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yeah. pack them up and haul them out. Aloisa is for treatment room first.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>08-07-2020, 07:28:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sorry but random thought: what about the NPCs we left in the guest quarters?&nbsp; Should we try&nbsp; to gather them later, assuming they’re not somehow ‘compromised’?&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>08-07-2020, 07:36:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15495541#msg15495541">Quote from: MdG on 08-07-2020, 07:28:00</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Sorry but random thought: what about the NPCs we left in the guest quarters?&nbsp; Should we try&nbsp; to gather them later, assuming they’re not somehow ‘compromised’?&nbsp; <br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>I mean, we could potentially gather them on the way downstairs (If I understand correctly, the treatment room is in the basement?). They could very well be compromised already.<br><br>Corinne's torn, because on the one hand, must protecc Zoe. On the other hand, she's not sure if Zoe is going to be any safer at their side. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>08-07-2020, 07:42:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The treatment rooms are in the attic, the topmost floor.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>08-07-2020, 07:44:53</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Oooh. I suppose that does change things.<br><br>Still. If I'm gonna be honest, Corinne's gonna try and help Zoe first. Will work on a post tomorrow.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>10-07-2020, 02:39:11</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Since we all seem to be agreed on visiting the treatment rooms first can I suggest that we transition upstairs, and then fetch the ladies in the guest rooms downstairs on our way to the basement?&nbsp; Aloisa is right that there's probably no sense sticking them in harm's way, and last we hear from them they were sleeping.&nbsp; I guess we should try to make sure that no one gets left behind, but there's no need to take heedless risks.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>10-07-2020, 02:40:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yeah, sounds good to me.<br><br><del>besides, having evil doppleganger/brainwashed Zoe sounds like fun &gt;.&gt;</del>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>15-07-2020, 23:58:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				This one was pretty late, apologies! It's tough to get into a writing mood sometimes.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>16-07-2020, 02:09:08</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ok so Danae is going to open each door in turn until stopped.&nbsp; She's gone down the <em>Lost</em> route of wondering if she's in hell, which by coincidence would probably be where the guilty conscience of a late 17th century pseudo-Puritan cavalry officer would go.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>18-07-2020, 05:28:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I can dig that feel Dhi, finding it hard to just get myself up lately:T<br><br>Will try for response over weekend, hopefully chance for good food and rest will help..
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>19-07-2020, 05:45:47</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I, too, am caught in a bit of a "blaaah" moment. Last night hit me with an emergency that led to an all-nighter, so I'm a little off kilter. I'm hoping with Sunday to recover I can get something out on Monday.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>24-07-2020, 05:33:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Okay, so it took me a little longer than expected to post. But post, I have!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>26-07-2020, 01:08:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I hope to be able to get in a post tomorrow night, though it may not come until the following day as I start my weekend.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>27-07-2020, 04:45:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				So after playing like a six hour session in Yawning Portal irl I don't feel up to posting tonight, but my phoenix sorcerer got to do some absolutely dumb fireball and wall of fire schenanigans today so I go to bed super satisfied.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>29-07-2020, 23:36:15</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Wow...&nbsp; A much longer pause between completely underwhelming posts it is I suppose.&nbsp; It is frustrating when you find it difficult to write, but that is the only way you know how to vent your problems.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>30-07-2020, 06:20:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I can dig ya there:( with all going on rl and a newly arrived wave of muggy heat, its been tough doing much beyond trying to not melt.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>30-07-2020, 20:38:10</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				You guys, I really wish I was smarter and could figure out the logistics of building a magnetized battle map on interwoven gears to spin one crank a round for a dynamic battle on the plane of Mechanus as a memorable one shot.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>30-07-2020, 22:41:46</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				i have no idea what that means... But i am touched and honored:3<br><br>i hope those are the right responses!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>31-07-2020, 23:10:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				That sounds awesome!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>03-08-2020, 20:02:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15533972#msg15533972">Quote from: Dhi on 31-07-2020, 23:10:34</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">That sounds awesome!<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>&nbsp; It does, I just need to...&nbsp; talk with one of my engineer friends with a 3d printer and let them play in the game lol.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15532295#msg15532295">Quote from: TheLaughingOne on 30-07-2020, 22:41:46</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">i have no idea what that means... But i am touched and honored:3<br><br>i hope those are the right responses!<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Not quite...&nbsp; I was real frustrated from trying to figure this out all day at work one day, but let me just get a better picture of what I mean.<br><br>(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/oKGBDwpZZ83Mnd7saBiW5VL82ozo0-qUzT_oznr0gi7tWa0MbSDBdg6QAcuui1zmKE2DHjd-xnjkK9J7)<br><br>Mechanus is a plane made up on spinning gears, so combat in this situation would be dynamically different as the ground is always moving, some in one direction and the next may have counter spin.&nbsp; I aim to make some experienced players have to think on the fly and give them six seconds to describe to me what they want to do on their turn, then at the end of the round I will give the gears a crank and the battlefield changes by a set amount determined by the size, and layout of the given field.&nbsp; It'll take some doing, but like I said engineer friend who would do it to play with his 3d printer and for a chance to play in something like that against some sort of Clockwork King custom monster.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>03-08-2020, 20:36:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				oohhh, that is cool, and thinking on it makes my head hurt BAD. but that could also be <div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">UPS fucking up royally.</div><div class="spoiler_body">Trying to return busted head set to amazon.I cant get to a drop off point, and scheduled them to come pick it up. first time they threw the label on the floor of the buildings foyer and screwed off... The "attempt" today, they evidently just grabbed a random package from the foyer, slapped a label on it, and took it as my package... Yeah.</div></div><br>What you describe does sound awesome, but i'll admit its a bit much for my head to wrap around, specially with a time limit.Though would make for an awesome wargame setting..<br><br>It also makes me want to do an exalted Alchemical thing, but thats just unlikely sadly...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>08-08-2020, 07:25:55</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I am so sorry it's taken this long to get a post up. I've been stretched pretty thin lately. But goshdarnit do I love this game, and I love playing Corinne.<br><br>Also, it appears Corinne's image has broken. I've tracked the image down again, (and saved it just in case). I'll circle back and update the image links little by little.<br><br>EDIT: Also, in going through the old posts, I've realize that this game's been running for well over a year now. Holy crap! I don't think I've ever had a group game last this long.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>08-08-2020, 15:41:06</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Danae is going a little punk since the orderlies are set on playing cryptic crossword. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>08-08-2020, 16:07:31</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Partly what i think goes through danaes head when she "goes punk" ;3<br>(https://i.imgur.com/qAUsaBF.jpg)<br><br>That said... Aloisa is fighting urge to grab a lit oil lamp and smash it on the floor of the orderlies cell...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>08-08-2020, 20:21:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				While Corinne would not be opposed to burning the place down... we should probably save that for after we’ve saved Our friends.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>12-08-2020, 10:43:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ravenloft preys on moments of weakness. Only the purest of heart are immune to its corruption. While it might bring some sense of justice to burn the orderlies, there's a cost on the soul for such a thing.<br><br>Brutal murder of an evil NPC or monster necessitates what's called a powers check. Succeed or fail, a character who attempts a powers check is no longer pure.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>12-08-2020, 13:33:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Heh, sorry i didn't get a post up for last round.. but think it plays well into this post. Thinking on it Aloisa is less fire and more knives... but only thinking at the moment.. lets not dwell on if there was no door and more time!<br><br>Again, sorry for delay, uncomfortable health issues, not at all threatening but unpleasant and uncomfortable, have left me rather frazzled, and hope that this post i got up makes up for it!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ershin</strong> on <strong>12-08-2020, 23:17:07</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sorry, been a busy week and weekend - I'll get a post up shortly
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>13-08-2020, 09:11:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sorry if my post retreaded some of the same ground yours did, TLO. I figured Corinne would want to drive home the magic safety lesson.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Me when presented with a chance for Corinne to push Danae's buttons:</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://media0.giphy.com/media/11tRBTlIlmb10k/200.gif)<br></div></div>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>13-08-2020, 09:38:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Heh, no problem! Makes sense for her to have her reactionblike that!<br><br>Poor Danae though... if we shuffled her into 40k she would make an excellent Acolyte for an inquisitor or such:3 access to much bigger and grander guns, and carte blanche to smash all the witchy things!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>18-08-2020, 12:26:42</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Danae's self control has been tested by the ordeal.&nbsp; Thinking about her character and her background, it became obvious that what she fears most is the loss of control.&nbsp; She was attracted to a military life because she likes things to run her way, and at her command.&nbsp; When they do not, she seethes with a kind of existential resentment.&nbsp; The whole thing about her housemaid being a witch may well have been a subliminal fear of not controlling every aspect of 'her' household.&nbsp; Yes, she's a pretty toxic person to marry (her wife has my sympathies), but then again half of the Bronte/Austen novels are full of unsuitable suitors like her. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>18-08-2020, 13:53:15</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hehe, again...<br><br>*Swoops in with Imperial Inquisitors Corvette ship to scoop up Danae into life as an Acolyte and potential Interrogator with a career a little less grey concerning witchcraft and the burning of*
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>19-08-2020, 11:16:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15560579#msg15560579">Quote from: TheLaughingOne on 18-08-2020, 13:53:15</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Hehe, again...<br><br>*Swoops in with Imperial Inquisitors Corvette ship to scoop up Danae into life as an Acolyte and potential Interrogator with a career a little less grey concerning witchcraft and the burning of*<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>It's been interesting writing Danae, tone-wise. Sometimes it feels right to write her like something out of the Witchfinder General or the Crucible, since there's an obvious Calvinist or Presbyterian inspiration for her (she'd be a Parliamentarian in the English Civil War). Other times she's a female version of George Wickham from Pride and Prejudice.&nbsp; The two sides of the period drama coin seem to coexist, uneasily, in her. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>22-08-2020, 05:46:23</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<strong><em><span class="bbc_u">FECKITYFECKITYFECKITYFECKITYFECKITYFECKITYFECKITYFECKITYFECKITYFECKITYFECKITYFECKITYFECK!!!</span></em></strong><br><br>I got a god damn 5!!! Rolled a damn 3 and have a 2 bonus. Almost a critical fail wisdom save first go...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>22-08-2020, 06:01:22</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				At least you have a bonus. I rolled a flat 2. (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=148647)<br><br>Good luck, Mebd!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>22-08-2020, 06:10:42</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				... maybe everybody else should wait to roll for when dice arent being all cunty..?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>22-08-2020, 06:19:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Man, our poor adventuring party. The dice keep thinking thats a K at the end, and not an E.<br><br>Cause they keep trying to fuck us:p
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>22-08-2020, 10:58:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				We've been having a dreadful run.&nbsp; I rolled a natural 1!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>clonkertink</strong> on <strong>22-08-2020, 11:11:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				EVERYBODY PANIC!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ershin</strong> on <strong>22-08-2020, 17:24:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Medb doesn't afraid of anything.</div><div class="spoiler_body">At 2020-08-22 10:18:42, Medb (uid: 2076) rolls: 1d20a5 Result: 20 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=148649) <br><br>https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pretty-cool-guy (https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pretty-cool-guy)</div></div><br>Too curious about this ooze to be afraid of it at the moment. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>22-08-2020, 21:18:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				hey! At least one person has kept their shit thus far!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>28-08-2020, 14:03:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Totalled a 10 on the fear test! Doesnt pass! But better then before!<br><br>And.. this raises a question. Id like to have Aloisa use her class feature "Insightful Fighting". Lets her make a wisdom Insight check against a non incapitated creature, vs their charisma deception, if successful she can use her sneak attack even if she doesnt have advantage, but not if she is disadvantaged... Kinda like sherlock holmes in the robert downey jr version, analysing the enemy for weak spots.<br><br>Now.. it gets complicated so im asking a judgement here. She has disadvantage from fright, but advantage from faerie fire. Does that balance out, or for purposes of this, is she still considered disadvantaged..? I know she cant approach, but she is planning on chucking her ax at it, as its a handy ranged weapon.. which does meet the requirements for sneak attack! (Finesse or ranged)<br><br>So.. is this possible, or a nogo..?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>28-08-2020, 14:16:34</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				They do balance out, Aloisa is no longer considered to have disadvantage. That may change if Medb fails her Wisdom save and also her concentration roll to retain concentration on faerie fire. But for this turn at least, Aloisa is good to make her Insight check.<br><br>The Deception DC to beat is going to be a lofty 15. Unfortunately, the Red Woman is a pretty duplicitous opponent.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>28-08-2020, 14:59:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ahahah!! Total 20! (Rolled 16 and a +4)<br>Attack roll of 19 (rolled 16+3)<br>And 11 damage! ( 2, 2, and a 6 +1)<br><br>Little dissappointed in damage, but cant win it all!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ershin</strong> on <strong>29-08-2020, 00:56:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Save has been made</div><div class="spoiler_body">At 2020-08-28 09:15:51, Medb (uid: 2076) rolls: 1d20a5 Result: 19 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=148808)</div></div>. Though a lot of Medb's spells are concentration, so offensively my options are limited - I'm not really feeling like using Wild Shape (even though concentration would continue) so I can either use Thorn Whip to bring it closer to our melee fighters without them having to go closer themselves or try and pop a Produce Flame.<br><br>Ice Knife could potentially be bad if Faelyn were to still be in melee range with it as she'd likely end up taking more damage from it than the creature
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>29-08-2020, 03:35:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I think one problem with fright is that we are compelled to move away as soon as it gets closer, so moving it to them would just result in them screaming and being forced to bolt...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>29-08-2020, 03:49:05</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				You don't have to move away, you just can't opt to move closer under your own power until you make that save.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>29-08-2020, 04:13:36</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				oohhh! ok, then yeh! thats a fair sorta option then!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>04-09-2020, 02:59:19</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Danae failed her second save, so she's still rooted with fear.&nbsp; 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>05-09-2020, 02:43:56</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				You now have three opponents in the attic: The Red Woman, Orderly A, and Orderly B. None of them are armed, but they are dangerous nonetheless.<br><br>Can I get current HP and AC for everyone?<br><br>When you post again, you can repeat the fear save again, either until you succeed or 1 minute passes.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>05-09-2020, 03:16:38</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Aloisa has 27 of 27 hp, and an Ac of 13 (14 if she is dual wielding, at the moment she only has one dagger out)<br><br>And Hey! Succeeded on Wisdom Save! 21! At 2020-09-04 20:15:43, TheLaughingOne (uid: 60096) rolls: 1d20a2 Result: 21 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=148946)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>05-09-2020, 05:42:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Danae has 32/32 HP and AC 13 <br><br>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ershin</strong> on <strong>05-09-2020, 14:01:24</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Medb's HP is 27/27, AC is currently a mighty 12 because I don't think I ever said I actually brought my shield out with me. &gt;_&gt;<br><br>Also going to forego the opportunity attack as I also don't think I ever said anything about having my scimitar on me and hitting the creature with meaty fists is probably a bad idea.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>07-09-2020, 02:00:42</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				ggggoooooodddddd damn...<br><br>First attack: Goes well!<br>Off hand attack.. Rolled a god damn 1.<br><br>Cause dice cant let us do TO well...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>07-09-2020, 02:08:44</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Added Current HP and AC to Info section of post, as well as her active Instinctive Fighting target.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ershin</strong> on <strong>07-09-2020, 08:32:21</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15584910#msg15584910">Quote from: TheLaughingOne on 07-09-2020, 02:00:42</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">First attack: Goes well!<br>Off hand attack.. Rolled a god damn 1.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Don't forget that if you're no longer affected by the Frightened condition that you get advantage on your attack rolls while the creature has Faerie Fire on it. :) 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>07-09-2020, 13:51:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				OOOOHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! AHAHAHAH!!! RIGHT!!!!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>07-09-2020, 13:52:42</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				There! 17! Much Better!!!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>11-09-2020, 04:22:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Danae doesn’t have her musket so I don’t think she’s in range for an attack of opportunity.&nbsp; She is still frightened. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>11-09-2020, 22:48:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Breaking up the enemy actions, so the orderlies are acting now, and the Red Woman will act next time. The Red Woman is at about 60% fighting form at this point.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>12-09-2020, 00:13:45</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				ok! Just to make sure...<br><br>Passive perception is 10+ modifiers, so base would be 16 for Aloisa (10+ 2 wisdom bonus, +4 double skill proficentcy) and due to her observant feat, she gets an extra +5 to her passive perception..<br><br>Which puts her at 21.... Right? brain is porridge after even more things have gone sideways and messed me up (work injury, and the hoops of dealing with work AND doctor with L&amp;I stuff, and who did and didnt do what.. all on top of hobbling about with gimp leg).<br><br>If so... she sees ALL The Things!!<br><br>Truely such an observant and perceptive character can only thrive in a realm of eldritch unseen horror!!!<br><br><br>And again, wanna say thanks for running this Dhi! Having great time playing:3
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>12-09-2020, 01:00:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yep, Aloisa is much too observant to be fooled by the orderlies. They were never hidden from her, and she doesn't need to make any check to locate them. Faelyn also has darkvision IIRC, so the orderlies were never hidden from her, either.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>14-09-2020, 22:50:33</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				im... hitting a wall from RL stuff. Leg injury is healing as should.. but dealing with doctors and work is turning out much more painful.<br><br>right now im just trashed. my brain is thoroughly fried from trying to deal with managers and doctors on whats going on and very much unable to really get my head into stuff.. <br><br>I'll try and get a good post up, but.. yeah, just thought should let you guys know:( Sorry..
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>18-09-2020, 00:12:01</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Oohhh, smart thinking Ershin! Much smooth:3
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>23-09-2020, 06:48:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Let me get a post in tomorrow. It's late. There isn't going to be much to it, unfortunately, since I don't feel there have been enough player actions to circle back around. Maybe combat rounds just aren't feasible for PbP. I hope that we're just in a slow patch and you aren't losing interest in the story, because I feel like we're at a pretty exciting place.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>23-09-2020, 07:06:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I am totally interested still in play! But between leg injury, running all around, stress from lost time, l&amp;i, and other "Fun" my brain has been blank:( <br><br>Though now that im back working some im getting ideas again. So could be that if i have something else to focus on only then will my brain dream up stuff...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>23-09-2020, 22:33:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hey Dhi, question.. there any alcohol or other such things like a solvent in the room..? could do a perception check with Aloisa to spot some or something..?<br><br>(claim is she is a guard, and even if not club happy, its a job that leads you to learn how to wash out blood... ;3)
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>23-09-2020, 22:44:28</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Didn't Aloisa have some strong liquor on the lifeboat? What happened to that?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>23-09-2020, 23:14:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				She sold that toget the coin to buybthe axe, armor, and supplies for herself and the party as she had only on some silky kinda rags, and a single dagger. Traded it when they made landfall on the doctors island.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>24-09-2020, 15:53:04</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ok so a couple of dice rolls finally went Danae's way and she's putting Faelyn's loaned shortsword to good use!&nbsp; <br><br>She's not letting the Red Woman's riddles go, though.&nbsp; Danae demands answers! 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>27-09-2020, 15:43:59</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Ok. So Aloisa is going to target orderly B, the one that&nbsp; Danae isnt. Bonus action to use Insightful fighting on her as well...<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Result is a 13</div><div class="spoiler_body">At 2020-09-27 08:42:16, TheLaughingOne (uid: 60096) rolls: 1d20a4 Result: 13 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=149365) </div></div>. Its contested by her Charisma:deception.<br><br>Personally im hoping she botches...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>27-09-2020, 15:44:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				And as side note... Does Aloisa get an Attack of Opportunity as Red Woman disengages..? ;3 Even if it wont really do anything...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>27-09-2020, 19:19:36</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				13 is a success for Insightful Fighting.<br><br>When the Red Woman moved to free the orderlies, she had been pulled from her melee position over to Medb. Medb got an attack of opportunity when she moved away, and I believe Danae got an attack of opportunity too, because Danae had gone around a corner to break line of sight, and there are only about ten feet between cells. Without slowing things down with play by play grids, it's likely Danae was outside the doorway the Red Woman moved through.<br><br>Aloisa didn't get an attack of opportunity at that time because the thorn whip pulled the Red Woman away.<br><br>The Red Woman hasn't moved again since then. I wanted to get some more player actions in before the NPCs take turns. When she does act, Aloisa can see that she intends to retreat back to the bath.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>27-09-2020, 19:48:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Woot Woot!<br><br>And gotcha! I had meant now, though i guess i was moving a bit further ahead as in last post she was Intending to splorch off, but hadnt started yet.<br><br>So that means if Aloisa moves does RW get an AoO on her..?
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>27-09-2020, 20:26:13</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				If you're using your bonus action for Insightful Fighting instead of disengaging with Cunning Action, yes.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>27-09-2020, 20:54:00</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				... Crawlp....<br><br>... And making ranged attack against OB would put her at disadvantage and lose the sneak attack bonus. And leave her with only one weapon and thus lose a point of AC. And potentially give them a dagger to use to fight...<br><br>Could use main action to disengage... Or could declare dodge to give attackers disadvantage, and get advantage on dext saves...<br>... My brains dead so i need a nap and will come back when pink think meats boot back up again.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>28-09-2020, 10:58:12</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				... long nap turne dinto short coma...<br><br>... yeah...<br><br>gonna go with dodge as seems best option for her JIC
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Velatha</strong> on <strong>28-09-2020, 18:12:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm sorry for not being there you guys.&nbsp; I'm still interested in the story, but for a while my depression has drained had my motivation to do anything fun and creative.&nbsp; Even just finding the words to type this much has left me exhausted.&nbsp; I'm really feeling about like taking a hiatus from e at best, because checking if there is a new post or message, knowing that I don't have the spark to reply is just a big feels bad.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>28-09-2020, 19:00:15</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Please take care of yourself! I appreciate you letting us know even though it was difficult.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>28-09-2020, 19:09:23</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Yeah! Sorry to hear its hitting you hard Velatha, hope that it lightens up soon. Take care and keep safe please! Remember we are here for you if ya need!!!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>30-09-2020, 20:21:37</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				We seem to be down two players.<br><br>At this juncture of the story I don't want to open up recruitment. I don't think it would be fair to new players to jam them in so late in the action. Instead, I'd like to finish the asylum story with the players who want to see the story through.<br><br>This puts more pressure on the remaining players. I've been in very small D&amp;D groups before and I know this may not be to everybody's liking. So if you don't want to continue like this, I understand.<br><br>Even if this turns into a one on one story, I intend to finish it. I'm having fun with Ravenloft. I haven't been super stoked about the combat and the very slow way that runs on PbP, so going forward with fewer players, we may need to handle conflict differently.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>30-09-2020, 21:33:32</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				You have my daggers!!!!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>30-09-2020, 21:46:52</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Not sure if a 12 hits but did the damage roll anyways. PRETTTY sure a 6 doesnt hit.. so didnt bother!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>03-10-2020, 04:29:14</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Rolled a 12, too. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>07-10-2020, 20:49:17</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				There are no more enemies in the attic, so let's drop out of combat.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ershin</strong> on <strong>16-10-2020, 00:43:02</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Sorry! Been a bit of a weird time the last week, I'll get a post up after work tomorrow.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>16-10-2020, 04:09:09</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				no prob! hope things are smoothing out for ya now!
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>18-10-2020, 21:37:03</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				You're currently in the attic with one way down to the 2nd floor, some cramped stairs which lead into the ladies' withdrawing room. Most of the 2nd floor, cellar, and lift are unexplored. Earlier there was a plan to rally with the slumbering passengers and possibly check on that banging in the cellar.<br><br>Medb also expressed interest in getting a sample of the ooze. There is a part of the ooze left behind in the tub, now inert.
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>19-10-2020, 02:24:57</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I would suggest going down to the second floor and concluding our sweep of it. <br><br>Can we access the lift from the attic? 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>19-10-2020, 05:05:29</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Do we really wanna get stuck in a lift in hostile territory..? Could be stopped by enemy, suspension cord cut, or open to ambush bottlenecking us in...
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>19-10-2020, 05:52:49</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				The lift goes as high as the 2nd floor, so not up to the attic.<br><br>(https://i.imgur.com/yXcNUQJ.jpg)<br><em>Attic</em><br>(https://i.imgur.com/7t8Xt8D.png)<br><em>2nd Floor</em><br>(https://i.imgur.com/yjv2Bdz.png)<br><em>Ground Floor</em><br>(https://i.imgur.com/hL4LgvZ.png)<br><em>Cellar</em>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>19-10-2020, 09:17:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15631326#msg15631326">Quote from: TheLaughingOne on 19-10-2020, 05:05:29</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Do we really wanna get stuck in a lift in hostile territory..? Could be stopped by enemy, suspension cord cut, or open to ambush bottlenecking us in...<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Let's go down the stairs then and explore the 2nd floor. 
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>19-10-2020, 16:21:48</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Agreed! would Danae be agreeable to swapping the short sword for the handaxe? Aloisa would be much better with the ss as she could use the finesse to get her dext bonus when attacking, not that shes really hurting with the daggers atm..
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ershin</strong> on <strong>22-10-2020, 22:24:40</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm actually curious how far <em>Heat Metal</em> would spread through the pipes now that fire spells have been brought up. But I also don't want to burn the place down with potential innocents or allies within it just to get to the jelly monster. &gt;_&gt;<br><br><sub>Also I do actually have the Light cantrip from the level of Cleric I took, I am so bad at forgetting my spells ._.</sub>
			</dd>
			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>27-10-2020, 21:44:58</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Woo! 22 on perception check! <br>At 2020-10-27 14:43:29, TheLaughingOne (uid: 60096) rolls: 1d20a6 Result: 22 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=150181)<br><br>She cant heal, talk.. or.. well.. do aything that isnt see things and stab shit!! But she can do those <em>REALLY</em> well!!
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ershin</strong> on <strong>27-10-2020, 21:59:03</strong>
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				Too distracted by the red woman's sample, don't notice anything<br><br>At 2020-10-27 14:58:08, Medb (uid: 2076) rolls: 1d20a3 Result: 13 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=150182)
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>02-11-2020, 02:08:19</strong>
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				Quession!<br><br>Can Aloisa make a roll to see how many people are in the mob, And possibly use perception or such to spot someone who might be a leader or the like..?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>06-11-2020, 05:33:51</strong>
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				Yes, definitely. Perception seems like the relevant skill.<br><br>My post is late, so stressed right now. I want to have a post tomorrow, but yikes, I do not know how tomorrow is going to feel. I appreciate your patience.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>06-11-2020, 06:58:54</strong>
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				Test result of 22!<br>At 2020-11-05 23:55:09, TheLaughingOne (uid: 60096) rolls: 1d20a6 Result: 22 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=150429)<br><br>And yeah, no sweat on late, cause if there was any time to get stressed... this god damn week.<br><br>I say dont worry on getting a post up tomorrow if you arent feeling it, best now to take it easy and not stress any more then life is currently hammering ya with!
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>17-11-2020, 21:15:39</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				yeeee. tasha cauldron of everything book just arrived. Am read now.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ershin</strong> on <strong>18-11-2020, 02:03:04</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15659806#msg15659806">Quote from: TheLaughingOne on 17-11-2020, 21:15:39</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">yeeee. tasha cauldron of everything book just arrived. Am read now.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Not going to lie, I am low key <em>ravenous</em> to play a Scribe Wizard. Doesn't even matter that they took out the half cost on scribing spells, can still change damage type and that's basically <em>chef's kiss</em>. <br>Prepare "Cloud of Daggers". Everything is slashing! Fireball? More like BLADEBALL. Meteor Swarm? SWORDS FROM THE HEAVENS. Ice Knife? KNIFE KNIFE. It is ridiculous and I love it. <br><br>I am also looking at the level 2 Druid optional feature "Wild Companion".<br>Using Wild Shape charges to instead cast Find Familiar (that lasts a number of hours equal to half Druid level)? As a Shepherd Druid who has no intention of ever actually Wild Shaping because of the potentially incredible connotations of being called out for lycanthropy in the setting this seems excellent. I mean. I'm not going to ask for it now since changing abilities mid-adventure is a faux pas, but if I ever make a Shepherd Druid again in the future I'm gong to press this against a DM's face so hard ;P
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>18-11-2020, 04:24:12</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				hehehe! i havent read to far, had to crash, but got a chance now, called in sick cause got what could be either dust sick (old dust and stuff with flu viruses or whatever, stirred up while cleaning or moving, and just helped my mom move into new place) or could potentially be the covid. gonna wait a day or two before heading for testing to see. wish me luck :T<br><br>side note oin tasha, sad that didnt really get anything new and good for warlocks, talisman pact just sounds.. Meh. though fathomless and genie patrons sound ok.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>18-11-2020, 04:25:37</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Also! I call shenanigans!!<br>(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/541419066905198592/778355048690090004/yLZfhU0.png)<br><br>a bard! Riding a unicorn!! She-Nan-Igans!! No way those things with their "purity" obsession would let the uber-hobeast that is a bard even get close...
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ershin</strong> on <strong>18-11-2020, 18:14:13</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15660267#msg15660267">Quote from: TheLaughingOne on 18-11-2020, 04:24:12</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">called in sick cause got what could be either dust sick (old dust and stuff with flu viruses or whatever, stirred up while cleaning or moving, and just helped my mom move into new place) or could potentially be the covid. gonna wait a day or two before heading for testing to see. wish me luck :T<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Oh geeze, I hope it's not the latter.&nbsp; Good luck and hope you feel better soon<br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>18-11-2020, 20:13:43</strong>
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				thankly,<br><br>Feelin better now after lots of rest, and long hot soak and what all. possibly just some paranoia weirdness as well or something. still gonna be careful just incase.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>19-11-2020, 15:23:05</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Managed night of work. <br><br>Survived! Yyeee!<br>Now tired as hell. Bbboooooo.<br><br>But will continue to live at least.<br><br>Reading Tasha, kinda unimpressed with their new racial rules stuff, where instead of having dwarf with a +2 to constitution, they can have it wherever. <br><br>I dont wanna be any variant of "that guy", but just doesnt seem that great, and seems more like something min/maxers will abuse. If anything, pathfinder 2 handled it better where you choose lineage and such and had options to move the bonuses around.<br><br>Though.. this could just be an issue for me. I take great joy in playing "against type" like halfling barbarian, a dwarven tumbling rogue, or so such. This just seems like halfassed excuse for "optimization" *coff*minmaxing*coff* oh my.. sorry. Got something stuck in my throat.<br><br>If i wanted to play something against type id just put the stats i rolled/chose to reflect that. To me made my dwarf with an 18 in dexterity much cooler then an elf who had an 18, cause meant they had to work for it that much more.<br><br>But thats just me.. what thoughts do you all have on it?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ershin</strong> on <strong>19-11-2020, 20:27:53</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Legally it's questionable (still need DM permission for optional rules)<br>Morally it's disgusting (as you said, min maxers will abuse it)<br>Personally I like it (finally a way to make an ancestor worshipping Ancestral Guardian Barbarian elf in an Eberron game and not get gimped early by having lower strength!)<br><br>Mountain Dwarves are also now the most customisable race, being able to swap proficiencies with armour, tools and weapons, two sets of +2 stats etc. And with so many individual weapons proficiencies they could get so many tools :O<br><br>But as long as it makes sense for the character's background I don't see too much of a problem. If anything it'll mean better variation of races for classes rather than either taking the best racial attributes for a class or being underwhelming early... like, example, Archfey patron Warlock Centaur that looks more like a deer than a horse (https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Lillia) (+2 Cha, +1 Dex instead of +2Str, +1 Wis), another Eberron one in addition to the elf mentioned before could be a Goblin/Hobgoblin bard Duur'kala (https://eberron.fandom.com/wiki/Duur%27kala), an Orc/Half-Orc druid who spent more time focusing on shamanistic rites rather than martial prowess, etc. <br><br>And with better ways to distribute stats, it also lets players consider taking feats instead of previously more necessary upgrades stats. <br>Speaking of which.<br>How odd of a choice was it for humans to now be able to get 2nd level spells at level 1 when choosing the Fey Touched, Shadow Touched or Telepathic feats? <br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15661665#msg15661665">Quote from: TheLaughingOne on 19-11-2020, 15:23:05</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Managed night of work. <br><br>Survived! Yyeee!<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div> Congrats on surviving!
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>19-11-2020, 21:36:48</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				JIC it came out as such, i dont mind the swapping stats around to much, just kinda wish if they are going to make it a "rule" it actually had some depth to it beyond "yeah, just slap those points wherever you want". Personally, would have kept one racial stat, and given PCs like, 1-2 pts to spend as they like or something to fill out concepts, provided they actually got one beyond "i stab with sword". But thats just me.. soo... yeah.<br><br>That said, i am completely down with the skills/proficientices shifting, that can easily be done and make sense.<br><br>And fair enough! im actually quite down with that "counts as" sort of customization of stuff. And makes sense for off kilter half-breeds.. Ok, so im warming up some to the idea now!<br><br>heh, but will admit that i tend to choose stat/feats kinda on the character more then anything. even if its something relatively useless, but makes sense for the character to learn.. Drives some of my RPG friends crazy i dont have these massive grafts and charts to figure THE MOST EFFECTIVE BUILD POSSIBLE! and instead make and play an actual character..<br><br>though it is fun when on occasion i've come upon a combo they can do which blows their minmaxing junk outta the water..<br><br>(4e made a shadar kai avenger with hooked chains (I miss weapons like that in 5e!!!), raised by church that follows god of books. Initially she was Ok at fighting.. Bout level of most fighters and such...<br><br>but further looking, at level 5 she could bust out a 1 off attack and use action surge to deal out almost 200+ damage in a single go thanks to some feats/attack powers. Not to mention that she could clear large portions of map in a single go..<br><br>granted, after that big hit she had almost No powers left... Still fun, specially when surprised the DM with it on his early revealed big bad.<br><br>#1 rule: If you dont want it to die, dont put it in range of the PCs.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>20-11-2020, 04:52:20</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm doing my part to support local businesses and my store sold out of Tasha's, so I don't have it yet.<br><br>Does it have some GM stuff as well? Xanathar's was worth it to me with the miscellany.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>20-11-2020, 05:40:34</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				It has some good setting stuff, like how to design a patron for pc parties, someone to act as quest giver, offer aid, sell goods, ect. On top of that it gave a biome phenomonom... (so spelt that wrong...) of how weird effects could happen in some areas,<br><br>I had an idea of combining party patron with a mimic colony...<br><br>Adventurers are hired by lord of strange village, sent out to hunt rare creatures and bring carcasses back still fresh (nono, totally to get them stuffed...) and sent out to retreive "stolen items" in the world... which are actually lost baby mimics.<br><br>The loot they get is coin from previous meals and other goods they were carrying. Pcs have no idea, make then perception check going through town to notice how buildings are slightly different then last time, then seem back to original next time.. ;3
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>20-11-2020, 19:22:19</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				There's a place in Planescape called Nimicri, which is a floating town comprised of one vast mimic. Anyone whose blood is spilled there can be copied perfectly, including memories, up to the point where the blood left the body. I found the idea interesting and meant to use it in my last Planescape game, but found a better fit for what I needed in the Deep Ethereal instead.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>20-11-2020, 20:51:14</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				*nodnod* i've had MANY a night just sitting with friend while on break dreaming up mimic ideas.. like...<br><br>Adventure party is invited to lords manor, thinks its haunted.<br>Lord was avid hunter and has Hundreds of taxidermied animals lining his halls.<br>But a couple nights he has heard what sounds like hooves on the floor of the halls... and swears he has seen some up and moving around.. Suspects magical shenanigans, maybe local magical trickster using animate object to make them move around and such..<br>But then servants started disappearing, just up and gone, all their belongings left behind..<br>Now, possibly ghosts? Necromancer out to get him, ghost of rivals or dissidents. Or maybe even the ghosts of the animals themselves...<br><span class="bbc_u"><em><strong>PSYCH!!!</strong></em></span> Congrats you just found a new mimic species that disguises itself as taxidermied animals!<br>big battle ending with some Uber creature, like a fantasy t-rex or something (original displays they consumed, or "infected" the thing style, so they dont get noticed).<br>... and to fuck with the party later on, they are invited to a different lords manor. guy was also a hunter.. make them make perception rolls when walking by the animals... Tell them they notice the animals moving.<br><br>They murderhobo the displays... But rather then squishy mimic guts, they have weird gnomish clockworks inside..<br>manor lord paid a fortune for the best clockworks to make the animals occasionally move in the most realistic and life like way possible. And now he wants reparations for his destroyed figures.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>21-11-2020, 02:13:03</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				I would suggest we take the path of least resistance, avoiding any confrontation with the orderlies, if possible.&nbsp; At this point, the PCs just need to get out of the asylum. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>26-11-2020, 19:41:09</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				heyya Beeps! <br><br>Happy thanksgiving and wishes of a good fruitful day to all of you and yours!! Take care, keep safe, and see you about!
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>05-12-2020, 03:58:45</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				I thought the forbidden knowledge/stress of the asylum was going to push Danae's already morbid psyche to some sort of breaking point, which should be obvious to the party. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ershin</strong> on <strong>07-12-2020, 12:52:39</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Hey all, sorry about this but due to circumstances IRL I'm taking a hiatus from Elliquiy until the start of the new year, which depending on how things go could extend until the start of February. If you would prefer to remove Medb from the game due to this that's more than reasonable.<br><br>I hope I get to play with you again in the future, and that you all have a happy and safe holiday season. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>07-12-2020, 15:45:47</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Sorry to hear Ershin:( Hope it goes well for you, and if you need we are here! Pretty sure you can spot some of us on discord as well!
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>09-12-2020, 17:46:00</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Having just two players means horror checks are unfeasible and combat is too perilous. There are NPCs available to support you, but these are not replacements for PCs by any stretch.<br><br>My plan for if we got down to one player was to share the narrative, work out how the story ought to end, and cooperatively move toward that. I'm inclined to do that now, and bring dice into things sparingly, as necessary, to create uncertainty.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>13-12-2020, 02:18:02</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				I am down to continue things like that, though maybe could open for a prospective new player to be interested if it isnt to disruptive of a possibility?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>15-12-2020, 01:23:21</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				I can't realistically deliver on expectations for a character-driven 5e game for someone coming in so late in the story. It seems unfair to latecomers to suggest that this, the final chapter in our claustrophobic Ravenloft horror, could be the thing to scratch their post-Tasha's itch. Also, if y'all start discovering unfettered strangers just walking around the asylum in search of adventure at this point in the story, I fully expect them to be defenestrated in short order.<br><br>So it's probably down to the three of us.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>15-12-2020, 06:56:50</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				... i had not thought of that part. Yyyeeeaaahhh... be bit much for group to just accept new person showing up out of the blue in this situation.. <br><br>So yeah! I am down to try and give it a more narrative turn!!
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>15-12-2020, 10:24:08</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Agreed - love writing Danae, so keen to continue this RP! 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>17-12-2020, 18:50:54</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Let's collaborate on how to wrap things up. These are the moving parts of the story which were due to drive the remaining scenes, depending on how you moved through the asylum and what you did.<br><br><strong>Darklord of Dominia</strong><br><br>In the core dominion of Gundarak, 15 years prior to the start of our story, Doctor Heinfroth was a servant of Duke Nharov Gundar, Gundarak's vampire darklord. Heinfroth performed terrible experiments on the beleaguered commoners of Gundarak in search of a cure for her family's hereditary madness. In the process, she mistakenly transfused tainted blood and became a monstrous thrall of the duke.<br><br>In <em>Feast of Goblyns, </em>Heinfroth plotted with others to overthrow the duke, and succeeded in staking him in his coffin, becoming darklord of Gundarak by default.<br><br>Heinfroth proved too weak to hold Gundarak as a darklord, and although she faced no competition from within, Gundarak was annexed by Strahd of Barovia 10 years prior to the start of our story. Heinfroth and her asylum were moved by the Dark Powers to the island domain where they reside now.<br><br>Heinfroth has become Ravenloft's first oblex (https://5e.tools/bestiary.html#elder%20oblex_mtf), capable of absorbing the memories of others and impersonating them as doppelganger pseudopods.<br><br><strong>Heinfroth's Plot</strong><br><br>The Asylum for the Mentally Disturbed accepts lunatics from the mainland (of which there are plenty, in a place like Ravenloft), delivered by Captain Baykur. These unfortunates are robbed of their memories, adding to Heinfroth's intellect in the process and, she believes, bringing her closer to curing her own madness. These catatonic people are then possessed by the lingering souls of Gundarak, which Doctor Rehner believes will one day reunite her with Emalia.<br><br>As an ooze, Heinfroth is able to move around the asylum through the plumbing in the walls, and can emerge in any connected room or anywhere a leak is sprung. It's difficult to find all of her exposed in order to truly fight her, but the tarokka reading decided that would happen at the cellar gate you arrived from. <em>(An iron heart bars the way where the conflict will end) </em><br><br><strong>Doctor Rehner</strong><br><br>Rehner was a sadistic healer working for the resistance in Gundarak, where her cell would routinely capture and torture the duke's people for information. She fell in love with a married woman, Emalia, who was killed during the Teufeldorf Massacre. Her grief led her to band with Heinfroth, where she uses her gifts as an Ezrite to compel the restless souls of Gundarak into the catatonic bodies of Heinfroth's patients: slain soldiers, infant girls drowned at birth, and one day, she hopes, Emalia.<br><br><strong>Doctors Noire and Blanche</strong><br><br>These doctors are more for the flavor of the asylum than anything. Their original identities have been abandoned, and they now exist as props, shepherding lunatics for what I hoped would be interesting encounters.<br><br>Doctor Noire is the melancholy one and is able to curse victims with hopeless thoughts. She can always appear before those she's cursed, and further fuels depression and despair.<br><br>Doctor Blanche is her opposite and can compel revelry at dusk or night by playing music for a room. You haven't encountered Doctor Blanche yet; here's her picture.<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Doctor Blanche</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/KhLpG31.png)</div></div><br><br><strong>Escape</strong><br><br>The tarokka reading decided that Rehner's ace is the means of your escape. In her bathing chambers, she keeps a folding boat disguised as a book. <em>(The first servant of darkness holds domain over that which you seek. Her hands will never wash clean) </em><br><br>The asylum lift passes through the second, ground floor, and cellar, but then descends a considerable distance to a water cave at sea level. It's here the bones of Heinfroth's past victims are picked clean by seagulls and crabs. It's always been Rehner's plan to cast off on her folding boat from this cave and escape to the open sea.<br><br><strong>Fate of the Other Passengers</strong><br><br>Zoe Lambert, Margaret Hotspur, and Michelle Dupin are presumably alive and well in the room where you left them, although they could well be imposters already if you'd prefer. Zoe did lose her arc, and Michelle has consistently failed to develop a personality.<br><br>Eloise is catatonic but has not yet been possessed. Her memory may start to return over time, if you prefer a happy ending.<br><br>Jeanne, Genevieve, Garsenda Goulet, and Hannah Rodes-Taving have all been turned and are bad.<br><br>Emma la Berche was deemed an unsuitable host due to her broken leg. She's in a basement cell, where you heard her banging previously.<br><br>Delphine Bordeaux was also deemed unsuitable due to a stab wound inflicted by Eloise. She is sane, and in the cellar, but still recovering from her injury.<br><br><strong>Other Considerations</strong><br><br>The Traitor card indicated that someone will betray their principles. It may be one of you, or an NPC. Of course, you've already had several party members disappear, so maybe that's already happened.<br><br>The Berserker card had to do with Rehner's escape plan, which can be hijacked by the PCs.<br><br>The Donjon card placed your "secret weapon" with false books in Rehner's chambers which hid the collected works of Van Richten. They would have provided in-game bonuses to fighting monsters, but that's mostly irrelevant now.<br><br>The Mists card set a location for a possible final confrontation with Heinfroth at the cellar gate. Nowhere else will she truly be vulnerable, although she can be bested.<br><br>Lastly, the Innocent card grants advantage when appealing to any of the NPCs' better nature, through empathy rather than combat. There's no imperative that you must, it's simply what the cards favor.<br><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/oabEh6Z.png)<br><div align="center"><em>The Object</em></div></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>(https://i.imgur.com/0aVI9KO.png)<br><div align="center"><em>The Secret</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/l3XdnDW.png)<br><div align="center"><em>???</em></div></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/nKv1Khn.png)<br><div align="center"><em>The Location</em></div></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>(https://i.imgur.com/Xhdrqc1.png)<br><div align="center"><em>Whom Fortune Favors</em></div></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table><br>I wanted to explore the asylum as a form of conversion therapy, with these gay doctors repressed under the tenets of Ezra, but the smut aspect never materialized even after some fairly heavy-handed prodding on my part. That was disappointing, and also false advertising to have promoted this as a smutty story, but it felt forced and I didn't like that.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>18-12-2020, 13:43:21</strong>
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				I'm definitely up for some smut now! Depending on what TLO thinks maybe the PCs should think of beginning to move out of the asylum and back to civilisation.&nbsp; Perhaps they take with them one or more 'compromised' survivors from the <em>Charlotte</em>.&nbsp; Danae is definitely not leaving without checking the cellar and, perhaps, that is where the narrative could take us next.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br><br>The Gothic horror element came out very well in the narrative.&nbsp; At this point, though, and given the violent encounters between the masked orderlies and the PCs, the asylum probably does not present a relaxed atmosphere for intimacy (and the building of further dread).&nbsp; But if the PCs were to make their way back to a comfortable inn with the taint of the Asylum subtly following them that would be another matter...that said, we should try to preserve key elements of the trademark Ravenloft oppressive atmosphere.<br>&nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>18-12-2020, 17:16:41</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				heh, sorry for not pursuing the smut earlier, things always seemed to throw a wrench into it or catch aloisa at the wrong moment.. But i am down for it to come up in the future!<br><br>Also, that is a really cool story! Aloisa would be down to help find the rest of the Ladies if possible (though a bit wary what with the warnings they got..) and help search the basement and all. Maybe they search the doctors chambers for something to help the Ladies, Eloise and maybe a couple of the Broken Ladies, books, ect, gives them reason to go to those rooms and find the book, not to mention insight as to how they can fight Heinfroth, or at least ward her off while making an escape. I also like the idea of one of the Ladies secretly being infected or something.. maybe found a <strong><em><span class="bbc_u">Book</span></em></strong> while they were searching the bedroom that leads them down dark paths...<br><br>That is why being illiterate is not a bad thing in eldritch horror games. Books can give you the brain fever.<br><br>Them exploring a bit more stealthily can give an excuse to run into the other doctors a bit more.. like say them slinking off towards the doctors rooms to find what they can and getting caught up in some twisted sort of charm/revelry spell by Doctor Blanche to stall them or something.. heh... makes me think of the old "Death Waltz (https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ah-deathwaltz/)" story... maybe a rivalry between the doctors as Blanche takes a swipe at Rehner, leading things to slowly breaking down in the asylum, like how thigns usually started to collapse in some of the stories i've read.. (only for it to be rebuilt and back to "normal" shortly after, cause Dark Powers dont want to lose their playthings unless they get boring..)<br><br>I'll try and get some thoughts and ideas out myself, but bit fried in the cranial department at the moment.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>18-12-2020, 20:47:11</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<em>Sea of Madness </em>places a whole slew of artifact-level evil books in the asylum library, including a <em>book of vile darkness, libram of ineffable damnation, </em>and <em>vacuous grimoire. </em>It seemed out of place to me to randomly be giving Heinfroth artifacts just to trap PCs, but if we want to use them for a story purpose, that's doable!<br><br>Once the story leaves the island, cast into a shrouded sea on an uncertain craft, I think that's the end, that's the fade to black. The storm and eventual landfall in Markovia, and contending with the savage domain's beast-shifting sea witch darklord, were plans for characters that are unfortunately not with us anymore.<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Ludmilla Markov</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/7r1TjVY.png)</div></div><br>Unwinding at a safe harbor back in civilization after the adventure is over lies outside the scope of what I'd like to do here. Sure, we could continue writing this for years, but we're close to done with this chapter and I'd like to end things there.<br><br>If smut and dread don't mix for you, that's fine. I feel bad that it didn't happen in this story, when I really thought I was on to something with the dark desires mechanic. But if the atmosphere took precedence for you, maybe that's a success for a Ravenloft story. It seems like you've had fun, and that's what matters.<br><br>The Traitor card has made me think there's a rivalry between the doctors, and I think that's worked out well. It's led to more roleplaying opportunities than if it were you versus the house of evil.<br><br>Currently, Doctor Blanche is meant to be sitting outside the guest room door, keeping watch while the chimney blazes. The encounter was meant to menace the slumbering passengers, and maybe lead to more information, or possibly a combat where Doctor Blanche's music turns innocents against PCs.<br><br>Should Doctor Blanche still be present? How should we resolve reuniting with the three passengers?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>22-12-2020, 10:47:41</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				... well shit. Seems mubreply did not go through.. luckily saved on computer back home, so will try and repost it in the morning.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>22-12-2020, 17:51:27</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				hehe, you mean evil insane asylums dont have ancient books of eldritch horror and knowledge just sitting on the shelves?! CALL OF CTHULHU RPG LIED TO MEEEEEEE!!!!!!!<br><br>hehe joking aside... i was thinking more of her own personal library, research material stuff, like in the house on haunted hill remake "what can make a sane man crazy, can make a crazy man sane" studying these books with a history of breaking peoples minds in hopes of sussing out her families issue and a possible way to cure/control it. <br><br>hehe, or they just show up like how the naughty anime movies always got put into the kids sections of video stores... they are aimated. must be for kids. (something similear happened with a book on old 1960s weird ass smut comics at our local library.. bout comics? mmust go in the kids section! ... that page got turned over quick.)<br><br>And i can dig on the fade to black story over. very fitting for that kinda early horror movie "the end...?" style that just saw the characters away to questionable safety, possibly battling some internal damage, or corruption..<br><br>and i have no real objections to smut and dread! Scaroused is an excellent thing! personally in this i blame aloisa.. she was being a fickle bitch at the time :T and i really liked the idea of the dark desires.<br><br>I think we should keep blanche in, and maybe some of the doctors are holding passengers hostage, using them as lever to force Aloisa and Danea to do their dirty work/settle grudges against the other doctors.. Same time we have Heinfroth lurking through the pipes trying to find them..?<br><br>sorry for delay! think i closed the window before posting or something :T
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>23-12-2020, 00:58:58</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Happy to follow Dhi's lead on the narrative - there are plenty of loose ends in Danae's character arc to be resolved.&nbsp; One question is, with Danae now resolved to leave the asylum (as one would expect at this stage) after checking the basement, does the narrative require the PCs to stay in or around the asylum? 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>23-12-2020, 02:03:52</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				It sounds like I should move forward with Aloisa and Danae's friends under threat from Doctor Blanche. I like the idea of the different doctors playing the heroines against Heinfroth.<br><br>I'll get a post up soon, but uh, it's practically Christmas now, so probably not as soon as I'd like.<br><br>There isn't much to do on the island outside the asylum. There are dire wolves which could be a brief diversion, and orderlies will certainly hunt the woods for you, but if you decide the asylum is not any fun at all and would rather just leave, we can improvise an end to the story.<br><br>My hope is that the relationships forged with your fellow passengers would be enough to try to free them, at least, and provide impetus for a night of terror.<br><br>The tarokka reading indicated that your escape should come from Rehner's boat, so if you do work against fate, success should probably come at a cost.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>27-03-2021, 04:10:10</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				The signal I'm getting here is that you just want to leave as directly as possible. There hasn't been any interest in plotting and posts are becoming so anticipatory that I honestly feel I'm holding you back fleshing out horror scenarios.<br><br>We can end things here, it's fine. There's no prize for holding out beyond interest for closure.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>27-03-2021, 05:38:54</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Sorry on reply time, Blanches thing just kinda threw a turn that ledt me trying to figure how Aloisa could continue to go along, but the way its gone shes kinda firmly wedged herself as an antagonist. Aloisa offered to help and told the others to go, she would catch up if she could, but rather then continue with that, blanche tried to musically charm her, which Aloisa took as a cheeky thing dhe could tolerate as she was confident in herself.<br><br>But in snagging the girls, and singing them as a price while she was still willing to help that breaks what good will there was and kinda shouts "Well if o cant have you as a puppet, then i will take them" and had no actual intention of helping. I cant think of any other way aloisa could take it. I get the doctors a meglomaniacal manipulator type, and wouldnt do the coddling to far, but seems like she decided to go the brute force route at the wrong time.. heh, which its nice to see that its not just our characters that make that mistake;3<br><br>Its not that *I* want to, but Aloisa wants out asap, but was willing to linger to try and help cover the others escape. But there isnt anu real reason why aloisa would want to stay beyond that purpose, and not be out on first vaguely viable thing leaving the island a towering inferno.<br><br>If you think its time things came to an end, i can understand.. but does make me a bit sad:(
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>27-03-2021, 05:56:55</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Danae’s response was broadly similar to Aloisa’s.&nbsp; She’s a soldier and regards Blanche as a threat.&nbsp; To be clear, though, I’m happy to work within the plot arc.&nbsp; This would be typical of Ravenloft, where the desire to leave a place of dread is matched only by the impossibility of the task.&nbsp; Any excuse to keep Danae in the asylum works well for me.&nbsp; She can readily be persuaded (possibly guilt tripped knowing her psychological vulnerabilities) into a course of action that sounds plausible; similarly, her attitude to Blanche is open to change if the Doctor establishes herself as the ‘least worse’ option among the threats in the asylum. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>27-03-2021, 06:49:18</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				You're not wrong about Doctor Blanche, she's certainly an antagonist and is trying to steal your friends for her own ends. I had a thought this might lead to a light horror situation where Danae and Aloisa have to defend themselves against, and possibly harm, the very people they set out to rescue.<br><br>Danae has rolled very well to disarm Doctor Blanche of the violin, and while it might be appropriate for the charmed prisoners to get a feeble attack of opportunity or two in, that's probably the end of the scenario. No violin means no charm effect.<br><br>I won't fault you for wanting to overcome challenges. We are at a disadvantage with only two PCs and so have to resolve things a little bit differently to prevent Danae and Aloisa from being overwhelmed and killed quickly. The door is open to resolve things this way, with a creative roll. Doing so does draw the encounter short, renders it mostly meaningless, and leaves me confused as to what you do want to see. It doesn't seem to be this.<br><br>So Doctor Blanche is thwarted, she will summarily flee or become your prisoner. What do you want to happen, if not to leave directly?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>27-03-2021, 08:39:17</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				... holy crap my brains fried... only had 3 hours sleep adter kong day and completely missed the disarm.. being at work with hundreds of loud yelling idiots isnt helping, but nornallu i can function a bit better..<br><br>I... think i should least get a nap... but captive sounds good to me, gives a chance for future shenanigans, chance to interrogate her, and more future options on how things can go...
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>27-03-2021, 14:18:53</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				... i have cheated... and snuck a nap at work.<br><br>Yeah, i think we should capture Blanche, hold her such for some i fo and pull her along. Allows to manipulate the group a bit more and aim them at Heinfroth, and allows them to do some in exchange as well. Threats of leaving her alone in a room with a leaky faucet, hands bound with her violin strings, and the only protection and light she has is the burning remains of her instrument, and how long will that last..? Or, she can cooperate and get off the island with them, and once they reach safe shore they can go their own ways.<br><br>Yeah, i think we get more options from capture, though her escaping has plenty of options as well.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>28-03-2021, 03:02:49</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				What if the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse?&nbsp; A cyclone could force the party to stay inside the Asylum - that could give a pretext for more exploration.&nbsp; Danae and Aloisa could decide that with Dr Blanche 'fleeing', the Asylum is relatively secure, or at least parts of it are.&nbsp; That would give us a basis for yet more exploration.&nbsp; Danaae's curiosity may get the better of her, and she might search the personal quarters of Noire, Heinforth etc.&nbsp; This should allow for the build up of some dread/angst, and hopefully some smut.&nbsp; &nbsp; 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>28-03-2021, 05:15:15</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Capturing Doctor Blanche seems likely. If you're not in agreement whether she should be captured or flee, we can leave it up to a skill roll.<br><br>One thing to be avoided is torture. I've seen a surprising number of players get into a weird frame of mind regarding interrogation, but I feel it diminishes the story and it's a very bad idea in Ravenloft which could result in contact with the dark powers.<br><br>Worsening weather definitely makes sense, we've established that the storms get bad enough to wreck ships and with Heinfroth perhaps weakened by her defeat upstairs, control over her domain might be slipping. I like that.<br><br>So with all your followers let's say you take command of the ground level. There are still lunatics upstairs out to stop you. We could have Danae and Aloisa barricade the three stairwells and use the lift to get around, or handle it some other way if that's too perilous. What do you prefer?<br><br>While we figure this stuff out, I'll get a post up soon moving forward Doctor Blanche's defeat, at least.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>28-03-2021, 06:51:28</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				I like the idea of Danae and Aloisa ‘securing’ a haven area they suppose to be safe.&nbsp; This will probably be centred around the offices/quarters of the Doctors to facilitate investigation.&nbsp; Danae probably needs some food and a rest at this stage.&nbsp; That might be fertile ground for developing dreamscape/nightmares.&nbsp; Danae’s POV to date has dwelt heavily on her demons so hopefully there’s plenty to work with there. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>03-04-2021, 23:11:08</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				If there's disagreement on whether Doctor Blanche should die here, you can choose a skill you think might be relevant and roll for it. The higher result will decide.<br><br>If you're in agreement, no check is needed. United you can rally everyone to spare Doctor Blanche or not.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>06-04-2021, 07:08:21</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Danae wants to interrogate Doctor Blanche in due course. I had her trying to secure an area from which to conduct some further investigations.&nbsp; This might be a good occasion to delve a bit deeper into the lore of the asylum. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>06-04-2021, 07:34:40</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Aloisa is in agreement, and ill get a reply up soon as things slow down here at work, who would have imagined the weeke before easter would have been so busy at an airport...
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>17-04-2021, 07:59:49</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				What's the idea behind resting?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>17-04-2021, 14:14:57</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				From Danae's perspective it seems like a necessity given the evening exploration and combat.&nbsp; She thinks she can secure the area and at least wait out until dawn.&nbsp; It might also provide a context to build some dread.&nbsp; It's already been established that she suffers from nightmares and feelings of guilt.&nbsp; I'd like this to bleed into her reality.&nbsp; She enjoys being control, and the world of dreams is one context in which she has none.&nbsp; &nbsp;
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>17-04-2021, 15:06:16</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Aloisas side, its a chance to ask some questions of Blanche, and for the girls to rest after what they have been though. Maybe even for her to scout some or whatnot. Though she would perfer to keep it to something shorter, they are in a rather small hostile territory with enemies about...
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>17-04-2021, 16:45:45</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				In canon, guests who survive a rambunctious night at the asylum face a pretty obnoxious reset in the form of this hand of god.<br><br>(https://i.imgur.com/U7e7uqw.png)<br><br>The purpose of the reset is simply to move uncooperative guests to other locations, like treatment rooms, the yard, and the guest room. This kind of thing seems to be inspired by 1967's The Prisoner television series, and I don't particularly see the necessity when 90s Ravenloft products say "no matter what the players do, X happens," so I ignored it.<br><br>While Heinfroth as an oblex doesn't have those kinds of powers, and I've done away with the fifth dimensional chess contingencies within the asylum that exist to frustrate player efforts, it probably is within the powers of the island's dark lord, gathering herself back from defeat, to hit a reset.<br><br>We could take this opportunity, as Danae and Aloisa rest, for everyone to wake up back in their beds the next morning and begin a new day as though nothing unusual has happened.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>18-04-2021, 16:57:11</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				I'm open to Heinfroth digging deeper into Danae's subconscious.&nbsp; The juxtaposition of apparent physical security and mental vulnerability could be a good opportunity to build an atmosphere of disquiet. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>18-04-2021, 17:09:26</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				So, they wake up as if all that had happened was a dream? Kinda leaving them questioning what had happened?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>20-04-2021, 07:38:38</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Do you want to do a dream sequence? It might fit such a psychic monster.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>20-04-2021, 08:30:49</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				I am down for it
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>20-04-2021, 10:31:45</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Definitely the kind of psychological horror to complement the plot - let’s do it! 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MdG</strong> on <strong>23-04-2021, 14:54:33</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Danae needs a rest and a new set of clothes. <br><br>TLO, can we assume we keep Blanche, hands bound, with the group.&nbsp; She cannot be allowed to 'perform' for us again! 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>26-04-2021, 05:57:05</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Hey, im sorry but im having some major trouble getting a post up. Like, im trying to figure out what aloisa would do, or say or anything but either end up with nothing, or this jumbled mess that just isnt her or any real character.<br><br>I really want to keep going, but just dont think i have it in me anymore. Im not really sure what to do in story, or even what to do with Aloisa as each time i try and bring her up i end up with nothing.<br>I dont know if its just everything going on, all the crap from the last year just really catching up and hammering me down, or what. And just feels wrong making you guys wait longer and longer for replies i just cant get out, even in just short pointless things.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dhi</strong> on <strong>26-04-2021, 17:00:03</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				It's fine. It feels like a shame when we're surely within sight of the end, but if that doesn't bring joy for you anymore we can go on without Aloisa. Thank you for writing with us as long as you did. Two years, that's about the span of a whole campaign.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Ravenloft: Bleak Tide OOC</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheLaughingOne</strong> on <strong>26-04-2021, 21:21:15</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				oh! dont get me wrong, its not that it doesnt bring me joy! I still love this game! I would love to continue, but when i try and type its just My head thats coming up with nothing. Likes Aloisa decided to take a break and left no contact info. You remain one of my favorite storytellers, but this point, its all in my head that its gone out of my head:(
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