Rumrunner

Tricky scene. Rillik is being very abrasive, but she's being quite candid as to why, you guys are being supa suss. She'll take you at your word, but the fact that you guys have acted evasive, to her implies that you're deliberately hiding things that may affect the company and others. If the bugbear had said, I can't tell you because I gave my word, she'd have respected it. If the kobold had made some comment about the enchantement not being his doing, she'd likely have accepted that. Are such requirements fair or reasonable? Welllllll.... ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯ like she did just say maybe the dog ate something magical and then said she's magic... danger may be apt, lol.
 

Ahh the ninja shuffle, edited...

Rillik d'Sivis

The commanding officer spoke and her jaw clenched. It clenched so hard her teeth ground audibly, but she swallowed it down and closed her eyes, exhaling slowly as she opened them. "Yes, Sir." She barked, curtly and formally. She moved to a kneeling position, then as she stood the wand wheeling on her finger before spinning into the holster at her hip before standing at attention and looking dead ahead at the orc. "...but I'll not tolerate deception that puts the company in danger, Sir. People are entitled to their secrets, people are entitled to their ignorance, but when they conceal what could mean life or death to all those around them and countless others, and they seem to not care a wit... well then, to me, they might not be people at all, be they bugbear or gnome, or any other folk."

She made an about face towards the Bugbear and the Kobold, her face still clenched and expressionless. "If you say you're not hiding anything that would put us or others in danger intentionally, then I'll accept you on your word, even a nod will do. I will not pry. If you cannot..." She said nothing else, but her eyes glanced away from the camp and back to them. All the while her mind was running rampant, vigorously trying to quash all her reservations and emotions, grasping at the flailing tendrils and yanking them into a tight little ball to press way down deep and then crush them. That was her concession, she'd accept them at their word, because her commanding officer told her to. It was the best she could do.

You want the truth! You can't handle the truth! Svirf, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by wizards with wands!

Rillik d'Sivis

"Then why is he telling the dog there's danger and readying to attack?" She snapped back at the Svirf. "Looks can be decieving Yop, that dog's under heavy magical enchantments, why not him? Why at the mention that the dog's enchanted is he not curious? Obviously it was known. More secrets... at a time when there are powerful wizards after some of us and a dragon, secrets about concealed identities and missions put us all in danger, and by all I don't mean just all here. I mean to whomever that dragon or wizard encounter, the Aly and Roland's caravan, whatever poor town that dragon comes across." From behind the log, she looked over her shoulder as if hearing something in the distance, but then her eyes shot back, still wide, taking in everything around them. It wasn't clear when but her wand was at hand, this one was no pipe, it was quite a bit more elaborate somewhere between a pen and a needle with a finger loop.

Rillik would also be the type to blame the kobold any time she can't find something

Sorry... Rillik is a lil paranoid.

Rillik d'Sivis

Her head tilted towards the kobold. It was unlikely that the dog understood draconic, but she did, she'd learned it for just this reason, so she'd know what his kind were plotting. "So are you hiding things too... enough so to think that there would be a danger to you should it be revealed... What did you do to her?" She had slipped from the log in shock, but was now leaning behind it as if it was a tactical barrier. Her hand slowly slid back down her leg, placing her pipe in its sheath and fingering her other wand, but not yet drawing it. Had they gotten too close for comfort, to close to the truth of whatever they were hiding. What were they now going to be attacked for it? The bugbear's tantrum and now the kobold's threat had her fingers itching, this was why you didn't trust monsters.

OMG I want tini charging unicorns!

1 hour ago, Wizard of the Coat said:

But I'd like to suggest that this game is different. All of the mechanics are being kept behind the scenes. The idea is to put the narrative first at least in part via a "don't ask, don't tell" approach to game mechanics. For me, this means that what we portray in the IC becomes more important than in a typical campaign. Instead of allowing the metagame to prioritize my interpretation of what's going on in the narrative, the narrative stands unfiltered (or at least less filtered) by a metagame backdrop of character sheets and predefined limitations on what characters can and can't do. So for example, if you describe a spell activating without describing your character actually casting the spell, on my end of the screen I'm thinking (or having Ragz thinking) "wow, Rillik can cast spells without words or wiggling fingers." For Ragz in particular, such observations and impressions are going to strongly influence how he interacts with the other PCs (to be revealed in time).

That's tricky, I generally assume that the person is doing the thing with all the requirements unless they detail specifically that they're not... Because there definitely times when her casting does have exceptions.

This does bring up something about magic, or the perception of magic in D&D. That I was going to bring up in character, but I'll bring up here first:

1. Are we thinking that all spells of the same name are cast in the same way? eg detect magic by a cleric or a wizard follows the same procedure.

2. Do magic effects show up the same? eg. an activated shield spell look the same every time its cast.

So aside from some metamagic, spell components are standard.

edited in detect magic... bets on it being a baby dragon!

18 minutes ago, Varen Tai said:

Oh, and @Rumrunner, they're all still waiting for you to announce the results of the detect magic spell. ;)

Things just got busy... Please hold.

25 minutes ago, Harding said:

I vote that I don't give a damn about this spell being use for narrative reason and that the cool factor goes over the limitation of the spell description.

*HUGS*

Really, I think this was mostly a matter of overstepping with some lack of clarity. If it was perceived that I was pulling a dog around with a mage hand, that's one strong grip, because really the doggo could pull Rillik around, so the tug-o-war would be little. I've tried to lift a husky off the ground by a stick, it was more than 10lbs, ever have a medium to large dog try to jerk a stick out of your hand by whipping their head back and forth?! I've been pulled out of my chair... more than once. So, yeah, as Yontu seems to be an extention of WotC character, if I was them I might have felt the tug-o-war being a unfair sorta pvp and taking too many liberties with their pet.

Companion animals, constructs, etc can get tricky.

13 minutes ago, Varen Tai said:

OK, we'll run with this - cantrips can evade RAW to a large degree, as can 1st level spells. As we move higher in the spell list, the more I'm gonna be a stickler to RAW, even in RP situations.

This actually seems very reasonable.... goodberry pumpkin catapult! (technically pumpkins are berries)

...this conference is more boring than I expected...

1 hour ago, Varen Tai said:

Yeah, this is where magic rules get strange. I'm open to any thoughts you may have about why it MIGHT have triggered. It would make it hard to catch something cool someone finds and tosses to you to look at if it triggers at even slow pitched items, but we can play with it.

Nah, don't delete. Rillik brings up some really good thoughts for everyone to ponder, and if anyone wants to respond to the conversation bits, we can move on until Rum gets more time to edit. I'll dictate that she confirms the dog is magical after the spell is cast. She can toss the stick again to someone else (Rum, you can pick OOCly and then edit ICly later if you care who it goes to, or if you don't care, the next person who posts can accept the stick) and the scene can continue on.

Quick break in my conference... glad I quit smoking :p

Why it was triggered because it's an object/missile directed at Rillik. The intention and velocity seem inconsequential to the spell qualitification, the spell still requires a reaction ie intention from Rillik to trigger a shield spell. It's not automatic, so I think there may have been a misscomunication on what's meant by triggered. By triggered I believe WotC is saying it doesn't meet the qualification criteria of "being hit by an attack", because technically it's not an attack without an attack roll. Which means I can't use any combat like spells for RP. Which immho is lame in a narrative driven campaign... so booooooooo on that.

It's edited out now, but I would like some clarification if spells can be used creatively and narratively, or should I be pulling the spellblock up each time to make sure it complies with the rules as written mechanics. It's totally fine (if a lil lame) if I can only use them RAW, but I would like to avoid retcons.

PS just wanted to note the comments about the tug-o-war and monopolizing the doggo are completely reasonable concerns/requests. Happy to adjust.
 

edited. The dog has the stick, hopefully the grammer and stuff is still in line, only had a minute

Seems very odd to me, if it was automatic and not a realition I could see it being a thing.

Super busy for a retcon amendment though. I May be able to get to it tonight. May be easier to just delete.

25 minutes ago, Wizard of the Coat said:

I don't think Roland tossing you a stick will trigger shield.

 

I think that would be splitting hairs, throwing something at vs throwing something to, could just be a matter of perception. I don't think a spell would register intention of the person sending something flying at someone with such accuity.

It would lose a tug o war, that's why it did. But it's more a game of keep away... I can easily deflect it with shield then pick it up.

I'll review when I have a few minutes

Edit: the above want me saying no, just an explaination of my thinking.

The dog is magic! Cut it open to see what it ate

Philo - Dragonmarked Halfling witherbloom initiate Hexblade warlock

Name: Chef Philo d'Ghallanda

Character Concept: d'Ghallanda halfling chef has made a pact with a magic cleaver that he uses to gather ingredients for his exotic entrees.

Race, Background, Subclass Class: Dragonmarked Halfling Witherbloom initiate Hexblade Warlock

Description: [Description]

Your Character’s Plothook: A Double: Looking to open an inn/restaurant in the mournland using at least some local ingredients. Or at the very least create some new dishes that can be featured in Ghallanda inns. That will require patrons of prominence (ie the missing airship socialites as well as looking to take advantage of the opportunities of Oakhurst.

•    An airship named the Gigantic went down over the Red Scale Canyons. Aboard the vessel were several prominent aristocrats, industrialists, and various other well-ado socialites from Sharn. Naturally, this has caused quite a stir in the upper-echelons of the City of Towers!  
•    Oakhurst is a bustling, turn-of-the-century town located in what is otherwise an ancient, war-torn, and undoubtedly haunted frontier realm, the Mournlands. There is opportunity, riches, and adventure abound for those brave enough to risk life and limb

Past is Prologue:

Deity: Spirits and Bally-Nur, because he is god of the hunt, which give us life sustenance, and we must give thanks to the spirits who have died for us. The lives of those who came before are what allows us to live as we do.

Is Might Right? only if you're referring to appetite.

5e DMG lists 6-8 medium to hard encounters per day, most games are far less, but that's what the game is balanced for. That's with 2 short rests and one long rest at the start. I had thought it was 4-5 until I looked into it, seems a bit high to me too, but so far it hasn't been anywhere near that, so I'm not worried.

Princess Merida of DunBroch - Character Sheet
Saves: S5 D8 C3 I3 W4 C1 | AC: 18 |  HP: 63/52 |  PP: 19 |  Spd: 35ft |  Spells: Lvl I 4/4 , Lvl II 2/2 | Hunter's mark 1/1 | Misty Step 1/1 | Mage Stone 6/6 | Whisping 1/1 | Favored Foe 3/3 | Stellar's Blessing 1/i, 1/ii, 1/iii |

Merida tested her bow, the magic it swirled around the string as she pulled it back it shot an arrow with a spiral that sent it sailing through the water without problem.

"Oh, I'm ready. Lead the way Mu, I have you covered."

Mechanics:

We have 24hrs to complete it, no long rests, this is a time trial, I can only assume resting is only if absolutely necessary. Shouldn't need to rest more than once in a given day, standard is six to eight medium-hard encounters per day, I can't see this being beyond that, likely less given the nature of pbp. We'll be fine ;)

Edit: @Ayeba @morgan_ We had two spare goggles of night we would have given two you, so extend your darkvision by 60ft, I'm not sure if it's completely dark under the sea but I'm assuming its probably at least dim. Also, wearing goggles while swimming makes sense to me.