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narf poit chez BOOM · #**151** July 23rd, 2003, 10:07 AM

oh, yeah, right.

*whacks forehead*

but doesn't this leave me having to come up with the danger AGAIN?? *whine*

Jack Simth · #**152** July 23rd, 2003, 10:09 AM

Not necessarily; you could have D finish the scrying, Jack teleport everyone, describe the room, and then have everyone hear a roar coming from behind them. The post could be ended there, leaving the next person to post (Probably Krsqk - I'm going to bed after this) to describe the critter.

[ July 23, 2003, 09:10: Message edited by: Jack Simth ]

narf poit chez BOOM · #**153** July 23rd, 2003, 10:13 AM

i know, i just wasn't sure how to extend it so it would be an actual post. thanks.

um. the weirdness can be ignored when you do the next post. it was an off-plot thing.

going to sleep soon.

[ July 23, 2003, 10:02: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

Jack Simth · #**154** July 23rd, 2003, 11:03 AM

Okay - now I'm going to bed. THis is the Last post for a while. Honest. Really. I'm going to bed now. See? I won't even hit the "add reply" button down there. No. I won't. You'll see.

Oh, I just can't resist....

Krsqk · #**155** July 23rd, 2003, 10:01 PM

Oh, great. How come I have to hit the woman? I don't want to hit the woman. This is probably just a big misunderstanding. And I'm sure her little pet is really nice once you get to know him. Or he gets to know you. Kinda one of those beautiful from the inside out things--once you're inside his belly, you'll see he's not all that bad.

Fine. Since you leave me the hard part, I'll just make things a little more interesting.

Krsqk · #**156** July 23rd, 2003, 11:19 PM

There. That should keep us tied up for a little while. I'm assuming that the bandits are headquartered there--if not, we may have other problems later.

Have fun!

Jack Simth · #**157** July 24th, 2003, 06:37 AM

Just posted.

Notes:
Some of the damping flour would have become ground into the cloth in the room (and about the only cloth left in the room is that which people are wearing); John, Arthur, and D still have some cleaning up to do before they can cast unencumbered by the dust, although the lion's share of the flour is now in John's workroom.

The spell Jack used to clear the room is the same one he used to retrieve John's ring, minus most of the shielding that keeps such things from happening. The spell making and maintaining the hole was safe inside Jack's shield, and everything was whipped around into the hole in space.

Hope nobody lost their amulet....

As for the charge in the capacitor - it wasn't a full charge, which is why Jack didn't clear the entire room that way; it was, however, enough to clear Jack of the flour.

A thought on psionic powers: most of them would be highly individualized, as they are based more on innate ability than training. I would suggest assigning characteristics of them to individual characters rather than as a blanket on types.

A thought on damping dust: It couldn't be enchanted to hang in the air longer; attempting to enchant it would infuse the dust with magical energy, which it neutralizes. It could be chemically bound to a different material, however, to the same effect.

[ July 24, 2003, 06:57: Message edited by: Jack Simth ]

Krsqk · #**158** July 24th, 2003, 07:39 AM

It figures the bug is a coward.

I tried to tell you all that it was a nice pet, but did anyone listen? No! No one ever listens to me!

Narf, you're next. Jack, why do Arthur, John, and D still have to clean up, but Narp doesn't?

Oh, and anything in the puddle from the keg is also likely to be contaminated with the dust.

Jack Simth · #**159** July 24th, 2003, 07:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Krsqk:
It figures the bug is a coward. I tried to tell you all that it was a nice pet, but did anyone listen? No! No one ever listens to me!

Considering that you said the bug would be nice once you were in it's tummy?

Quote:

Originally posted by Krsqk:

Narf, you're next. Jack, why do Arthur, John, and D still have to clean up, but Narp doesn't?

He'll still have to clean up, but damping flour doesn't affect him, as he doesn't use spells, just a few minor enchantments on some of his items (like that magic quill he carries around). He just doesn't need to get rid of the flour immediately. The same goes for the Psi. Her clothing will be ingrained with the flour, but Psionics is unaffected; she'll be protected from spells acting directly against her until the flour is overpowered. I suppose the same goes for Narp; Jack may run into a few bumps trying to heal him any time soon, so watch out Narf.

Edit: Went back and edited to make that clearer.

Edit2: As for the bug, it isn't wearing cloth, and so will be free (or nearly so) of the flour.

Quote:

Originally posted by Krsqk:

Oh, and anything in the puddle from the keg is also likely to be contaminated with the dust.

Good thought.

[ July 24, 2003, 07:03: Message edited by: Jack Simth ]

Jack Simth · #**160** July 24th, 2003, 08:58 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Krsqk:
Oh, great. How come I have to hit the woman? I don't want to hit the woman.

If you like, we could arrange for her abilities to be bound: a miniature Version of Jack's psionic-block spell surrounding her skull, tied in so that it draws on her energy for sustanence; anyone who knows how to tie a spell into a person like that could do it, if that character had also taken the time to examine Jack's psionic blocking spell. Damping dust wouldn't get rid of it; it's under the skin, so a simple dusting wouldn't do anything. If ingested, the dust would act as a poison as the spell drains more of her energy to replenish itself. A little knoweledge of magic on her part could clear her of the block (break the draining runes), or a lot of knoweledge of magic on the part of another. She could be turned over to the Baron to be imprisioned to prevent either of those two occurences, barring someone breaking in to rescue her (for later plot options if we run short on ideas).