>>5305372Aside from the matter of the magical items, there is ALSO the related matter of the expedition into the mines. Hapo will be leading you, but with the Merchants and Paeris away, and many of your other fighters still (presumably) safe and recovering with the Drow at their encampment belowground, you have a sadly-depleted force.
The Cartographer and Translator are satisfactory in a fight, but have talents better suited to other matters, though they COULD be quite useful in mapping an excavated ruin or translating ancient tomes or signage you there locate—besides, will you actually be FIGHTING? Is anything left alive down there?
The Novice is hesitant to accompany you—which is to say, livid at you repeatedly interrupting her research to ‘go gallivanting around on your silly hatchling-brained adventures’—and would rather stay aboveground. The Bastard is currently quite useful for keeping the frightened-but-feisty kobolds in line, which is useful given their dissatisfaction with this forced re-relocation, but he is also arguably the best combatant still with you.
And Glowie… Well, she is ever close to you, and would of course be closer STILL if you would allow it, and is also formidable in a fight if you but allow her to use her full suite of abilities, in addition to her stealth and the training you gave her, but bringing her along would mean bringing a bug-monster (and heiress of a rival race) into a sacred and ancient grave, and also enduring a great deal of ‘alone time’ with the ever-horny insect.
Who will you bring with you as you descend into the ancient ruin, besides Hapo?
>The Translator>The Cartographer>The Bastard>The Novice Fleshweaver>Glowie>The Junior Novice>A force of suitably-martial kobolds from among your new vassals>You will wait until such time as Paeris and the Merchants return, and draft one or more of them [who?]Do you have any other matters to attend to before you enter the ruin?
>Yes [write-in]>No[This will probably be the second-to-last post of THIS thread, with me starting a new one and doing your official level-up as you enter the ruin. Congrats, and thank you all—you’ve all very nearly completed the first arc!
Sorry for a slight slowdown in updates… I’ve been going through a bit of depression with a side of some alcohol overconsumption, and trying to stave that off with long walks and time with my new roommate.]