Thank you everyone. I had a nice day, visiting my Mom and brothers.

Turn 8

Roll 1 - 5,3,5,5,2 Reroll 2,3
Roll 2 - 4,3------ Reroll 4,3
Roll 3 - 2,3

2,3,5,5,5 - 5s up top...

PM’d.

Mackey! Welcome back.

Given the letters below, can you come up with words made from these letters. Letters may not be used more than once unless they appear more than once in the list. Words must have at least 3 letters, no proper names, abbreviations or foreign words allowed but plurals are! And to reach your target your answer must contain at least one word using all the letters provided.

A E F L M S

Target number of words:
Good = 15 - 19
Very good = 20 - 24
Excellent = 25 - 29
Perfect = 30

PM or email your answers to me and I will provide the definitive answer on Friday.

<Tedted bows not quite so humbly>

Kriv

Quietly and discreetly, Kriv almost casually turned his palm face up and mentioned,

“Word from on high is that certain individuals...” At this he tapped his insignia ring twice with his thumb talon, in Sildar’s line of sight alone, “...May be being targeted by them. Discretion is advised, but getting ahead of any threats of that magnitude will be lucrative. We should probably discuss this between ourselves in the near future, if clarity is needed.”

An important word about the factions.

There is a terrible risk of metagaming. It'll be important to play as if your PCs don't know as much as you know. I certainly waffled about even playing out the factions but factions provide a real opportunity to build character depth.

What do your PC's know?

Not much really yet. Some factions are bold and open. The Lord's Alliance and the Order of the Gauntlet are pretty open about who their agents are. The other factions are closed about who they are. So Jaliera, Davroar, Bern and Ryssa's affiliations are secret.

There's conflict and competition between some of the factions too. What is in the interest of one faction may not in the interest of the other. That's why we went PM to start.

And as far as citizens of Phandelver, they have NO clue about each other's affiliations.

Therefore, Exeter, please amend your latest post. I should have made this clearer from the start. Sorry.

Lyric

The Minstrel was caught off-guard to hear the whispered word and she turned to watch the children withdrawing from her. Was that fear? fear of her? or fear of...

Lyric looked up from them to Niz, stalking forward from atop the long table. She had a considerable height advantage and malice in her eyes. Lyric took a half step back herself. fear of Niz? Lyric flinched at the first errant piece of food thrown at her. The woman's anguish and anger were palpable and wholly focused on Lyric. She could feel it in her spirit. Lyric held her ground after that, hoping the objects being thrown would hit her. Not that she deserved it in and of herself. She didn't. But a representative of her people, in the face of this woman's anger and pain, it could have served some purpose in allowing her the satisfaction of venting her emotions. If Nin truly wanted to hurt her or anyone, she could. There were plenty of solid objects, sharp ones too, that she could wield and throw. And, if Lyric didn't want to be struck, Nin would never be able to touch her. But, what would any of that accomplish. Lyric only used that magic for battle and that was an aspect of her that she did not much care for at all. When it was needed, she use it. When a friend's life was in danger... when the Pack faced overwhelming odds with a greater mission hanging on their success at keeping the Dwarves from reaching the next room... When the Pack committed itself to a sacrifice because there was no way to turn the Dwarves back, but only delay them.... When the Pack accepted that the greater good of giving their lives so that others of their kind might see just one sunrise and one sunset outweighed their own desires to live... Lyric chose to change fate. Lyric used THAT magic because she had friends who believed in her, trusted her, and even loved her. She had never felt these emotions. If she had, she had forgotten them a long time ago.

She would use that magic again for the lives of any of her friends now... But never to avoid the consequences of things she deserved to face, or things her people deserved to face. So she stood her ground and listened to the story and accepted the woman's anger and her ill-aimed wrath.

It hurt to feel the anger though. There was no way to take any of the 'crimes' back. The Fae had done a terrible thing out of their own selfishness and fear and defiance... or whatever it was that caused her elders to steal a magic that wasn't there own. They had become the monsters out of nightmares, reinforced by arrogance in the belief that their Immortality made them superior, better than, above others, with the right to do as they pleased with any one and any thing that was not them. And sometimes to do it with those that were them...

Keiko slipped from her side and boldly confronted the Snow Folk Storyteller. Lyric tried to reach out to stop her. But there were few things that could stop keiko when she decided to do something. Bekkah then stepped up beside her to fill the void. The Priestess was usually so quiet and introspective, an observe of the world, that it surprised her a little. Not because Bekkah didn't care, she certainly did. But that she recognized that Lyric needed reassurance that she wasn't the sum of all evil right now. She let the outstretched hand fall a ways and then she offered it for bekkah to take in her own. With her other hand she reached for Tomomi's little Mouseness hand.

(OOC: I will hold here so as not to muddy the waters with more voices)

And from Mackey...


SIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SEVEN!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!
Honorable mention to one

GDR & RGK have closed permanently

I only know a couple of other actors in this one, but...

Memoirs of a Geisha

Thanks. Just wanted to be sure. I see this a lot in American shows ... sometimes they 'warp' the locals ... other times they are relatively 'honest'. I guess it is mostly about the 'atmosphere' they are trying to create for the show. But not having any 'first hand contact' with the UK (other than friends here <wink>) I was just trying to put it in perspective. Like I said, I =do= like the show, but didn't wanna get the wrong idea based on the 'fictitious' setting of the show <g>

Happy Birthday!