Horses and Ponies
Subject out of town
This is just to remind everyone that I will be out of town on Monday, Feb. 21, so there will be no turn on that day. I will actually be leaving early Saturday morning and getting back late Monday afternoon.
Any role playing you want to do during that time is fine. I will obviously not be available to answer any technical questions, but will try and get caught up on Friday night or Tuesday.
I forgot to tell you why I sent out the info on the horses, ponies and such.
If the pony can be gotten down to light load, the next bottle neck would be Harp and his heavy horse. Your party would be able to make up approx. 8 miles a day. There is not much you can do about Harp's horse, since he is at medium load with just Harp on him. Condsidering the numbers of days lead, 2, and the speed at which they are probably moving,30, it looks like it will be the better part of a week to catch them, unless you want to kill some horses. Which would leave you with out any horses and on foot. That is, of course, assuming that nothing else happens. :)
From: Karl
Subject Ponies
I didn't realize the pony was traveling at more than light load. In that case, Salix would agree to the suggestion to redistribute the load so the pony was down to light load.
From: Kevin
Subject Ponies
Can I put Harp on a diet? I am sure that Salix could point out some nuts and berry that would be very effective in "cleansing" Harp's system of all the toxins that are there from the processed food he has been consuming.
If there is a way to redistribute any weight from the pony to any (or all) of the other horses, I say lets do it.
From: Mark
Subject Ponies
I have not added all the weight up but I thought his pony was at medium.
Surin is 35 lbs. His armor is 10 for a total of 45. His weapons weigh about 5 for a total of 50 for character/weapons/armor.
A riding saddle weighs 25lbs, but one sized for a pony and halfling I would rate at 18lbs. That puts him at 68 lbs, a bed roll would be 2.5 for halfling sized,bullseye lantern, 1.5 etc, I was fairly sure that he would be over 75 lbs.
Now that things are redistributed, especially between Cai's horse and Fal's, Harps horse would be the creature slowing things down.
From: Mark
Subject Ponies
Did you ever have one of those days?
Harps horse will end up being the limiting factor. It is at medium load with just Harp and no saddle. In fact with his armor and his weight and saddle and stuff, the horse is pushing heavy load. That is why Harp has a pack horse.
A heavy horse with medium load can do 28 miles/day, which means you would gain 4 miles/day on who you are pursuing, if they are moving at 30.
There is no real way to get around this. Harp is just a big lug. However, if those you are following do not want to run themselves unconcious, you will gain on them, probably. :)
From: Kevin
Subject Ponies
During one of the breaks, Harp will talk to Ran:
"Ran, I am concerned about the group that we are chasing. By themselves, a group of goblins this size would be difficult, but not terribly so, especially given the help we have from Salix and Fal. This unknown leader, however, gives me pause. If he is able to encourage the goblins to overcome their normal cowardice, this could become a much more difficult task. I have been thinking about this the past day or so, and would like you to review some basic ideas that I have come up with.
I think we will have two goals when we finally meet this group - Capture or kill their leader as quickly as possible, and immobilize the goblins while we deal with their leader. Should we be able to kill or disable this leader, I am confident that these goblins will turn tail and run. Our friend Salix's ability to get the forest to hold our opponents was most helpful in our last encounter, and I think a well place spell such as before would give us a great advantage. I also have available to me a spell that will bring the displeasure of my god upon one individual. This spell, while short lived, will affect both this creatures ability to attack us and to defend himself.
Fal may also be able to sleep this creature, especially if it looks like he might hurt the Lady Rochelle. The general plan I have in my head would be for Salix to entangle as many of the goblins as possible, have me cast my spell on the leader and have Fal put him to sleep. Basically, take the goblins out of the battle, take their leader out quickly, and then deal with the goblins after that.
I realize that all plans fall apart once battle starts, but we need to have a basic plan to work from.
Harp will await Ran's reply.
From: Mark
Subject Spells and prayers
Just a quick note. No cleric of any sort, be it druidic or standard divine, would ever refer to what he does as a spell. It is his god's favor, a prayer, a suplication etc. Mages throw spells. Gods answer prayers.
From: Kevin
Subject Spells and prayers
OOC: Feel free to edit the previous missive from Harp. I look at spell lists, and I think spells. Next time, maybe a Wizard would be better for me. Or maybe just a straight barbarian.