LSG OOC Thread III

[GravityEmblem]

Nak'Skree sure has taken a lot of baths. (Why am I pointing this out)

[Daos]

Ha, the opposite, actually!  It's been 15 days since her last bath (she was locked up for two weeks).

[GravityEmblem]

Oh. That explains it.

[Ezeze]

To clarify; did we skip over the conversation where we decide where to go next? Or should we start that this morning?

[Daos]

I sort of assumed the party would wait until morning to discuss that.  We can say they already had at during the night if you want, or you can play it out now.

[GravityEmblem]

You know, I sometimes feel kind of bad for not posting as much, and usually only entering the conversation when addressed. Then, however, I realized that it's perfectly in character for Lillian to stay out of the spotlight, speaking (mostly) only when spoken to.

[Ezeze]

Okay, real talk.

Ladonna disappears.

With a spell book.

For nearly exactly as long as it takes the other casters to memorize their spells.

Are you sure you don't want to be sneakier about it?

[Daos]

I suppose she could just not turn the book over to the party.  Like Theron did with that scroll.

Having her turn over the spellbook after she was done with it was my idea.  Originally, she wasn't going to do so until after the party returned to Buho, which I felt was more suspicious.

I'm open to suggestions, but it feels like at this point any time she does anything everyone is automatically suspicious of her regardless.

[Ezeze]

Or

Or

Just swap the spell book out with one of the ones in Jherek's backpack when no one is looking. Be like "yeah, it's always been there."

[Daos]

Which means probably nobody will notice until after the party returns to town, which is what I was trying to avoid in the first place.

[HorizonsDream]

...Are the spellcasters that are suspicious of her timing her on how long she is gone now? For that matter, Theron, Garnet, and Ryan are ill. I don't know if they are deathly ill, but they are really ill, which means that I doubt that they are going to be paying attention to whatever Ladonna is doing. Also, I don't think her bringing a book with her when she goes to the bathroom is a huge leap in logic. It is a little odd, sure, since she is in nature at the moment, but it is possible that instead of reading the book like she said, she intended to use the pages to clean herself up rather than using a fallen leaf or something along those lines. As far as I know, no one has any reason to believe that Ladonna is a mage.

[notARobot]

Mar 27, 2018 19:26:24 GMT -8 HorizonsDream said:

...Are the spellcasters that are suspicious of her timing her on how long she is gone now? For that matter, Theron, Garnet, and Ryan are ill. I don't know if they are deathly ill, but they are really ill, which means that I doubt that they are going to be paying attention to whatever Ladonna is doing.

I can't speak for anyone else's character, but Theron's totally wrapped up in his own misery right now.  Keeping track of what party member is where, and for how long, is more attention span than he currently has to spare.

Having said that, he would at least look up and take in what Ladonna just said to Ryan.  Can Theron understand the goblin writing on the spellbook's cover?

[Daos]

Mar 27, 2018 21:59:33 GMT -8 notARobot said:

Having said that, he would at least look up and take in what Ladonna just said to Ryan.  Can Theron understand the goblin writing on the spellbook's cover?

It just says, "Brakk-Ni's Property.  Do not touch."

[Ezeze]

Mar 27, 2018 19:26:24 GMT -8 HorizonsDream said:

...Are the spellcasters that are suspicious of her timing her on how long she is gone now? For that matter, Theron, Garnet, and Ryan are ill. I don't know if they are deathly ill, but they are really ill, which means that I doubt that they are going to be paying attention to whatever Ladonna is doing. Also, I don't think her bringing a book with her when she goes to the bathroom is a huge leap in logic. It is a little odd, sure, since she is in nature at the moment, but it is possible that instead of reading the book like she said, she intended to use the pages to clean herself up rather than using a fallen leaf or something along those lines. As far as I know, no one has any reason to believe that Ladonna is a mage.

Katya is keeping track of where party members are - not in a 'Big Brother' kind of way, but in a 'we're on our own in enemy territory and one of my biggest goals is getting everyone home alive' kind of way.

And it's a pretty big coincidence that Ladonna leaves right around the time Finbul, Ryan and Garnet sit down to prepare spells and gets back right about the time they are done...

... and was the one sort of 'most in charge' of checking the bookshelves

... and happened to have the spellbook with her.


It's at least enough that Katya would be aware something is weird, such that next time an enemy mysteriously falls asleep she's not going to chalk it up to coincidence. Which is why I said something OOC.

[Daos]

And it's a pretty big coincidence that Ladonna leaves right around the time Finbul, Ryan and Garnet sit down to prepare spells and gets back right about the time they are done...

Is it?

Keep in mind that there are a lot of things we gloss over in this game because it's not really important or particularly fun to roleplay out.  Going to the bathroom is one of them.  We assume everyone does this, even though we never actually see it.  We also assume nobody is doing it in camp...because A) it's a bad idea to crap where you eat and sleep and B) privacy.

The way I see it, every morning after breakfast the party goes out and takes bathroom breaks (presumably one at a time, so as not to split up the group too much and again for the sake of privacy).  Everyone does this.  The only difference here is Horizon mentioned it in her post, while nobody else does.  In my mind, it makes no more sense to be suspicious of Ladonna for going to the bathroom than it would for anyone else.