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Henry waves in acknowledgement. "Two cups, coming up! One for you and one for...ah, if it isn't young miss Stukberg! I warn you now, young lady, that I counted the coins in the till!" The barkeep added the last sentence in a mock-serious tone of voice, wagging a finger even as he smiled. He and Maraline's father had gone back quite a ways.

"And, ah, coming right up ma'am. Just as soon as I tend to these two." The much-smaller Henry put on a brave face but clearly was unused to having 7-foot orcs in his tavern.

Well we started a little late, but the game is live!

Kagus, IcyTea, Giglamesh, and lawastooshort are all in and ready to go. As Rockeater did not finish their sheet, their character isn't in at the moment.

Found the Broken Vessel and died a few times before hitting on a charm combo that seemed to do okay. Then I tried to take on the...thing in its remains. That was too tough for me, but luckily it can't seem to actually kill me, just kick me out of its weird dream world.

I also decided to take on the Arena. I expected one-on-one fights with tough enemies. I did not expect massive waves of tough enemies.

: "Tha Defender protects us all, monster. Now, enough out of ye! Prepare for ye end!"

(20,4), prepare for Triangle Attack!

This guy sounded dangerous. Keyleth decided to fly over the treeline and take cover in the thickest patch of woods she could reach.

Fly to 7-F, then dismount and equip javelins.

Arial shrugs and shoulder her bow. She had wanted to chase the bandits down, make a clean sweep of them, but those were the breaks.

A question about transformations, by the way: the sidebar on page 147 notes that I can use a triggered action to "switch between forms". Does this mean that while an Animal Shape spell is active, I can suppress it and then continue it later, for instance if I want to cast other spells (which transformations prevent because you need to be able to talk to cast), or simply that I can cancel an Animal Shape spell at will? Depending on the answer, my plan might change to include the lesser Animal Shape spell for flexibility.

Completely forgot to answer this, my bad.

I'm leaning towards the "cancel spell at will" definition. Being able to stretch a single casting over long periods of time, especially if you're casting other spells in the meantime, would be a bit of a bookkeeping headache as I'd have to track exactly how long is left in your Animal Shape spell duration (or any other transformation spell when it comes to that) and also "reserve" the spell slot so it's both available and unavailable at the same time.

There is an alternative I might be willing to accept: you'd be able to shift back and forth, but the spell duration still counts down even when you're not in your animal shape. The problem with this is that Improved Animal Shape specifically states that you "remain in that form for the duration", and the feeling I get is that the other transformation spells work the same way. The point of the "switch between forms" ability seems to be so you aren't stuck as, say, a wooden box for the full 8-hour duration of Object Form.

Quote from: Yoink on February 20, 2019, 03:33:39 pm

Quote from: Dunamisdeos on February 20, 2019, 01:14:42 pm

...avocados were 6 for 1.50

Dude wtf

Where?!?

Seriously. I live in California and they're like 1 for 1.50. And we grow them here! (Maybe they're cheaper if you don't buy them from the supermarket, IDK.)

They can be. I sometimes drive trucks through farm areas, and roadside stands might sell them at like, a dozen for $6. I've never seen them quite that low, though.