Magic items, where from, the goal
Subject Magic stuff
The ring, the great club, the hide armor and the steel shield all radiate low level magic. As do the scrolls in the case.
From: Karl
Subject Where from?
"Can we tell where these people were coming from? Or where they might have been heading?" Salix asks the group at large.
(OOC - Mark, what are the laws of the land regarding plunder from a situation such as this? Or in our case, basically . . . what? Scavenging? Salvaging? Looting?? Do we have a legal obligation to restore loot to survivors? Or is this a 'finders keepers' kind of thing? Salix would know, I should think, and I'm playing him as lawful/neutral so it's an important point.)
From: Mark
Subject Where from?
If there were any survivors a lawful person might try and return or help them.
If there are no survivors and since it is out in the wilds there would be no obligation to return the stuff. Sending a message to a local authority might be a nice gesture.
The uniforms and dress of the merchant look like something out of Undulant.
From: Karl
Subject Where from?
Well, I'm using "survivor" like in an obituary. Surely this caravan doesn't constitute the total bloodlines of everyone present. At least some of them are bound to have "surviving" relatives in either the city they came from or the city they were heading to. I think a morally "good" person in *our* culture might make some effort to find surviving family and restore their belongings. However, I think it's also very conceivable that the culture we are playing in would recognize no such act as a moral *obligation* even among the self-described "good" people. I'm just asking for clarification if that's the case. I think you answered the "lawful/unlawful" question though.
As for Salix, if it's not breaking any laws, he's not really going to raise the question. To him it's just "stuff". If it gets divided he'll take his share (the bulk of which he'll give to the Druid order).
He'll still try to find out where the caravan came from and make sure it gets reported when he gets to some outpost or to the Druid grove.
From: Mark
Subject Where from?
There is surprisingly little information about where the caravan is coming from or where it is headed to.
From: Karl
Subject Where from?
Just as well then. One less thing for salix to worry about.
;-)
From: Derek
Subject polymorph
Allistair thinks for a moment. "I don't think so. The effects of the spell are only temporary at best, so when the spell ends, everything reverts to it's original size and form."
From: Derek
Subject Magic items
Allistair will cast Identify on the ring. Tomorrow he will memorize ID 7 times so he can identify the other three items and the scrolls.
From: Mark
Subject polymorph
OOC: this is correct. Since he put the armor on after the spell, it would not be affected by the spell. However, his own armor is affected by the spell and grows and shrinks with him.
From: Mark
Subject Magic items
Does he have all the the 100gp pearls? Each casting takes a 100gp pearl IIRC.
From: Anthony
Subject Magic items and the goal
Ran looks at the equipment for a mometn then steps back, letting the good magician figure out what they are. He, after all, doesn't possess any magical abilities, so in this case he's no help. So, while they're still identifying the magic in the items, he goes off a bit ahead, to see if anyone else is coming, or, if somehow they missed some ogre or other enemy, if he could find whether or not there is any evidence for it.
(OOC: What exactly were they doing by the time they ran into the ogres? I wasn't here before that, so I'm uncertain exactly of, er... what the main goal was. That'd help, now that the immediacy of battle is done.)
From: Mark
Subject The goal
The party is riding hard to get to the main druid grove of Salix's order of druids. Just after the noon time lunch break the crested a hill and saw the remains of the attack in the valley below. This is near the Pass of Undulant, which is a pass in the mountains through the mountains to the south. The last time the part was along this way they found the remains of the caravan that was escorting Angelwings bride, Rochelle, to Schon.
Right now the main goal is for the party to get to the druid grove in about a week. They are less than 1/2 way there.
From: Derek
Subject magic items
Allistair explains to the group. "I have the ability to identify these magical items and scrolls, but I need a rare pearl worth 100 gp each time I cast the spell, which I currently lack. I might be able to read the scrolls as they are, but if they were cursed I would be at the mercy of the curse. I suggest we take them along with us, and when we have a chance to rest in a city we can identify them and then use them or sell them as we see fit."
From: Porter
Subject Magic items
"How about we try the stuff out and see what it does? Pass me that ring, OK?"
From: Derek
Subject Magic items
"That might not be a good idea," Allistair interjects hastily. "What if the item is cursed? You might go blind, weak and feeble, become a woman, who knows? Curses are never good, and magical identification is the only safe way around it."
From: Anthony
Subject Magic items
Ran watched the little disagreement and stepped forward. "In that case, if we decide to use them, we should have only one person try them all. And you're sure there's no other way to figure them out? How far is the nearest town, on our route, again?"
From: Josh
Subject Magic items
Kal laughs when Allistar suggests Mund might turn into a woman.
From: Porter
Subject Magic items
"Cursed? Who would go to the bother of making a magic item just to curse it? Toss it here, I want to try it out."
From: Josh
Subject Magic items
Kal's laughing pretty hard now.
From: Kevin
Subject magic items
Harp listens a bit as Mund and his brother talk about the items that had been deemed magical.
"Mund, even if you put the ring on you might not know what it does right away. This ring Anglewing gave me, for example, had almost no effect when I first put it on. Now, as some of you may have noticed, I hardly need to sleep and I don't have to eat much of anything. The magic on these things could be the same. Granted, that not very likely for that damn club or his armor, but that ring or scolls could be a different story."
With that, Harp collapses back down, trying to save his strength for the ride to come.
From: Porter
SubjectMagic items
Mund gets tired of waiting for somebody to give him the ring, so he walks over and picks up the club, hefting it experimentally.
From: Porter
Subject Magic items
Mund grunts as he lifts the club. Even with both hands, there's no way he could use it effectively.
"Who would make a magic club this big? Any of y'all ever heard of a magicker making stuff for ogres?
He puts the club down and picks up the ring. He looks at it closely.
OOC: How big is this ring -- human or ogre sized? Is it simple or intricate?
From: Mark
Subject Magic items
It is larger than would go on a normal sized hand. It might fit over the thumb or the middle finger.
It is fairly plain, made of silver. There are some engravings on it but they have been dented and smashed. It is impossible to tell what they were carvings of.
From: Ashley
Subject Magic items
"If they had any papers on them, we might know for sure, but so far Kal and I haven't been able to find any. I've heard of traders from Undulant getting goods from these parts and hawking them on the black market. I figure this isn't but a smuggling operation turned sour."