OOC Wilderlands - Tales of the Golden Idol

One Horse Town · February 06, 2007, 08:49:25 PM

Quote from: Ian AbsentiaPoint of order from the IC thread...Is that a depiction of golden radiance, or an actual glow emanating from the mosaic? I've been assuming the former, but...

!i!

Yeah, that's all the mosaic, not an actual glow.

Ian Absentia · February 06, 2007, 09:57:45 PM

Ah. And we're currently standing within the ruin of a circular wall with a drainage channel, so this is some sort of tower? Luludha tries to get her bearings in relation to the coastline and local topography. Are we on top of some kind of hill?

And the statue that we've forgotten to ask about thus far. There's an arm broken off -- I assume the rest of it is here? What does it look like? What position is the hand on the arm in?

!i!

[Edit: I just re-read the entry regarding the statue's arm -- there's no mention of the statue itself. Got that. But what pose is the arm and hand in?]

Werekoala · February 07, 2007, 11:37:39 AM

Hmm.. think the stone goes in the hand of the statue?

No tower - wonder if it was some type of gazebo (!!) or something similar. Maybe part of more widespread gardens or something. Think we should spread out and do some more digging?

One Horse Town · February 07, 2007, 01:06:00 PM

I've edited my last IC post to make it clearer. The hand of the statue is rust coloured, suggesting that it once held something rather than there being a rust coloured stone in there. It was a bit ambiguous, so i've clarified.

Ian Absentia · February 07, 2007, 01:15:24 PM

Ah. I somehow got it in my head that the culvert was a drainage channel within the circle of the walls we're examining. Mis-placing the two together had me thinking that we were somehow standing on the top of a buried tower. :deflated: It seems plain to our characters that they are not standing at the top of a buried tower, but I think Luludha's declared actions still seem sensible.

Werekoala - Yes, I'm wondering if the stone belongs in the hand of the statue, or if anything else belongs there for that matter.

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One Horse Town · February 07, 2007, 01:21:14 PM

Quote from: Ian AbsentiaAh. I somehow got it in my head that the culvert was a drainage channel within the circle of the walls we're examining. Mis-placing the two together had me thinking that we were somehow standing on the top of a buried tower. :deflated: It seems plain to our characters that they are not standing at the top of a buried tower, but I think Luludha's actions still seem sensible.

!i!

If you hadn't have investigated further, you wouldn't have found that out!

BTW, i love the random ruin generator in the wilderlands boxed set. A few rolls and the ideas come rolling in!

Ian Absentia · February 07, 2007, 01:36:43 PM

Quote from: One Horse TownBTW, i love the random ruin generator in the wilderlands boxed set. A few rolls and the ideas come rolling in!

Which causes me to wonder: At what point do the results cease to be random rolls, and become impromptu inspiration for a whole adventure?

This used to happen when I'd GM Traveller. My players would totally latch onto an insignificant random event, become obsessed with figuring out why I even mentioned it in the first place, offering all variety of outlandish theories, and I'd catch myself saying, "Guys! Guys! It was just a random roll on th...wait. That's not a half bad idea."

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Ian Absentia · February 07, 2007, 04:06:10 PM

A couple of questions about the statue/arm...

1) It's sticking out of the ground. Does it seem to be attached to anything beneath the surface?

2) On what scale is the arm sculpted? Lifesize (i.e. human scale

)? Or larger or smaller?

3) The exposed statuary is outside the ring of ruins/mosaic, correct?

4) Am I sending myself on a shipe hunt here?

!i!

One Horse Town · February 08, 2007, 12:34:20 PM

Quote from: Ian AbsentiaA couple of questions about the statue/arm...

1) It's sticking out of the ground. Does it seem to be attached to anything beneath the surface?

2) On what scale is the arm sculpted? Lifesize (i.e. human scale )? Or larger or smaller?

3) The exposed statuary is outside the ring of ruins/mosaic, correct?

4) Am I sending myself on a shipe hunt here?

!i!

1) Maybe, you're not sure.

2) Lifesize

3) It's inside

4) I dunno what a shipe hunt is, so maybe?

Werekoala · February 08, 2007, 12:42:10 PM

I will proceed to root around in the pine needles in an expanding circle from the ruin to see if I can uncover anything else.

Ian Absentia · February 08, 2007, 01:57:01 PM

Quote from: One Horse Town4) I dunno what a shipe hunt is, so maybe?

Sorry -- rather like a wild goose chase. Someone tells you to go hunting a snipe without first telling you what a snipe is. Whereas, with a wild goose chase, you're looking for something definite that isn't there, a snipe hunt involves looking for something without know what it is you're looking for.

So, am I hunting wild geese or snipe?

!i!

One Horse Town · February 08, 2007, 04:08:04 PM

Quote from: Ian AbsentiaSorry -- rather like a wild goose chase. Someone tells you to go hunting a snipe without first telling you what a snipe is. Whereas, with a wild goose chase, you're looking for something definite that isn't there, a snipe hunt involves looking for something without know what it is you're looking for.

So, am I hunting wild geese or snipe?

!i!

Could be snipe...You haven't seen any geese around here.

One Horse Town · February 11, 2007, 10:20:38 AM

Hi guys. I've got a serious deadline coming up this week, so my time is limited 'till the end of the week. I'll try to look in from time to time and make a post or two, but until the end of the week, you may have to make a bit of your own entertainment.

Abyssal Maw · February 13, 2007, 08:02:43 AM

Ok, Orlok is casting detect magic and concentrating on the direction of the cellar door. This should reveal within 60' any sources of magic, their auruas, the strength of those auras, and the school of magic associated.

Here's the link:
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/detectMagic.htm

Note how it breaks out into first, second, third round. So if I get nothing in the first round, I'll cancel the spell and inform the rest of the party my findings. If there's something, I'll report what I detect as I get it...

Abyssal Maw · February 13, 2007, 08:03:36 AM

By the way, I am at DDXP from Thursday until Sunday! So I will be missing out a bit. Just have my guy fade into the background, firing crossbow bolts at any danger. Poorly.