More 150th+ creatures on the mainland?

>>More 150th+ creatures in Zoluren?

Yes please!

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Ok, the onnnnne thing I would want for Christmas for M'riss is... a way to tell when the Degan is arriving/shipping :3

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I have a few surprises and one I know you'll like Magdar!

GM Alvy

>>A portal on M'riss that leads to the mainland 150+ hunting zone?

Now you're just being silly Drevid!

GM Alvy

a way to avoid getting my tail pulled by the ghosts when i go out there? <perks>

a microscope to read my map with that will tell me Where on that island of the damned the map location is. Please not in armadillos!

:-)



Preces meae non sunt dignae;Sed tu bonus fac benigne;Ne perenni cremer igne [Dies Irae]

More shrines. Pretty please.

>>I have a few surprises and one I know you'll like Magdar!

Crafting hall.

>>Interesting idea but there's already a shrine on M'riss and Mer'Kresh and it's not that big an island. Where do you think it would benefit people to have another shrine?

Since the changes to favor mechanics it is no longer simply about number of favors but from which Immortal you're asking for favor.

It is a legitimately huge pain in the rear to have to travel out of the province to get favors, even if you don't care about the other complaints vis-a-vis travel time.

>>The Degan is a smuggler's ship so why would they want people knowing its exact schedule? Lore thang!

Yes, but for playability's sake you can make work-arounds with a bit of creativity. Here is just one idea out of a myriad I can think of to get past the "Smugglers wouldn't want anyone to know" issue.

* * * *
>ask goblin about degan
A shady looking goblin steps up next to you and whispers, "I don't keep tabs on the exact schedule myself, but for a few coins... I might be willing to ask around and maybe I can find out how long ago it left."

>give goblin 5 gold lirums
A shady looking goblin smirks and trots off.

A moment later...
A shady looking goblin steps up next to you and whispers, "So, according to a few of my various sources the Degan left sometime around two anlas and fifty-one roisan (1 hr 51 min) ago. Based on how fast the ship travels and how long it usually stays docked at the other port, I'd guess that it should be arriving in another two anlas and nine roisan (1 hr 9 min) roughly. You speak a word of this to anyone and it'll be your head!"
* * * *

In my opinion you're really shooting yourself in the foot with regard to M'riss/Mer'Kresh interest for making this island so hard to travel to/from. Even if M'riss is out of the question because of the Big Bad smugglers, why not make a boat with a reliable schedule that travels from Mer'Kresh to mainlands instead? That would accomplish the same general goal of "More convenient travel between M'riss/Mer'Kresh and mainlands". I know the boat system is a pain, and the time it would take to code something like this isn't something which would happen over night, but even if something like this were to just be -on the table- it would feel infinitely better than hearing you say "Tough luck, Smugglers pwnz u."

And just for the record, all of the super bad guys you try to exile to M'riss/Mer'Kresh have boats anyway so it's easy for them to just sail back to mainlands. Unfortunately, not all of us have our own personal boats :/

This is expressly one out of (probably) many different opinions of the inhabitants of M'riss/Mer'kresh.

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>island's lore
>Lore thang!

If I wrote ye olde GM handbook this would be "Lesson the First": Playability is always more important than realism/lore/other thangs. But I guess it's y'alls sandbox.

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>>M'Riss being an unfriendly place is so well-established it perplexes me as to why people continually ask for it to be nicer.

In-game, decades of occupation by wealthy, powerful, and intelligent adventurers would change this. You can always change things for the better and remain consistent with the lore.

I'm sorry, but having one little npc who has been "paying attention to the boat under the radar of the smugglers" does not broken-lore make.

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>>Since the changes to favor mechanics it is no longer simply about number of favors but from which Immortal you're asking for favor.

OK, that sounds like a valid reason to me for more shrines. I'll speak to the Cleric Master about i


GM Alvy

Critters are finally moving into the Forlone Hope?

I am getting named Laird of Wishing Well Grove?

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Kertig Heart Magdar Bluefletch, Transcendent Barbarian of M'Riss

<<Beard jewlery shop that also has beard and mustache armor!>>

heh. that makes more sense for Hbirn than kresh though.





Preces meae non sunt dignae;Sed tu bonus fac benigne;Ne perenni cremer igne [Dies Irae]

Last I knew, one person had beard jewelry, but maybe that was wishful thinking that it even existed. Ah well, too late now.

Leilond's idea between the asteriks.
* * * *
>ask goblin about degan
A shady looking goblin steps up next to you and whispers, "I don't keep tabs on the exact schedule myself, but for a few coins... I might be willing to ask around and maybe I can find out how long ago it left."

>give goblin 5 gold lirums
A shady looking goblin smirks and trots off.

A moment later...
A shady looking goblin steps up next to you and whispers, "So, according to a few of my various sources the Degan left sometime around two anlas and fifty-one roisan (1 hr 51 min) ago. Based on how fast the ship travels and how long it usually stays docked at the other port, I'd guess that it should be arriving in another two anlas and nine roisan (1 hr 9 min) roughly. You speak a word of this to anyone and it'll be your head!"
* * * *
+3, because its that good.
Yes this, but and so I can push that up to +3 for real, have it be 5 platinum, come on, you know its worth it guys.

And for the Lore, think of it this way. Smugglers need to be somewhat well known, they need to be known because they need to have things to smuggle, and places to smuggle to, and all of that stuff.

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Victory Over Lyras, on the 397th year and 156 days since the Victory of Lanival the Redeemer.

Sorry but we've seen the goblin or imp or whatever snitch idea before and for various reasons it isn't likely to happen. I bring up the lore aspect because it's something I can discuss here but there's more to it that I can't discuss with the players.

Just like the dang boat schedules, if it was an easy fix we probably would have done something already.

Since we're aware of the travel challenges and they've been debated to death on the boards over the years, let's move on!

I still have some surprises in my holiday bag!

GM Alvy

>a string of hematite skeg gimren carved into ravens-in-flight
>Designed to be fastened around the neck, the three layers of beads drape over the beard, reflecting the crystal-strewn surface in any available light. Each raven has been cut and shaped to show a different side of the wing-in-flight pattern.

Neat item and a very creative way of dealing with the beard mechanics!

Well done!

GM Alvy