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Post by sageaqua on Jul 18, 2011 20:57:01 GMT -5
I have no objection to anyone that wants to skin the drakes for armor, food and bone. Go ahead and tie them up, just make it tight, but not so tight that it is a danger to the animals. Do any of you know how to train these mounts? If not we will need to hire someone to teach us how to. We have 4 mounts. This is going to take some time to train them to be safe to ride. But I think it will be worth the trouble. Lets sell any left over meat and gift the coin to the farm to help them rebuild their home.
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Post by (George) 3.5./ ZEM ( 4.0) on Jul 18, 2011 22:29:00 GMT -5
Blastishy realizes they are talking about rebuilding something" I am on rebuilding the barn just after i get the scales. I wish not to forget them for i amerce myself in my work you see.yet I do not know how to extract them with out causing damage to the scales themselves, Dose anyone wish to help me obtain the scales?" [/b]Joe it may be a survival skills for this I know know what kind of skill other then that. Arcana maybe but that is stretching it did not strike a cord with me so ya I think survival would be best on getting the parts such as the scales.
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Post by whave88 on Jul 18, 2011 22:56:17 GMT -5
Stria looks at the end result, satisfied that wo many drakes were saved yet sad that one had to perish. She looks at the gnome and the artificer.
I agree to the harvesting of the drake, but I do believe that at the very least we should bury the skull as a sign of respect for such a magnificent creature.
Hearing Dart talk of riding the drakes has Stria a bit concerned.
While I do not disagree with you gnome, I do believe that we should ask these drakes first whether they want to be ridden.
Stria is spending one healing surge
Stria walks over to one of the drakes and pats it on its side while calmly cooing to it.
She speaks in draconic if it is awake.
Tell me oh wise one. Why are you here? What is it you want?
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Post by harknail on Jul 19, 2011 0:20:49 GMT -5
I would say that harvesting pieces of an animal falls under Nature. Harvesting pieces of a Dragon without losing the magic is Arcana (and is very difficult). Although Drakes look like dragons, they would be harvested as animals, their body parts aren't permeated with elemental magic the way a dragon's are.
I've recorded Stria's healing surge, she's now full up.
Does anyone want to tie up the other three drakes before they wake up?
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Post by sageaqua on Jul 19, 2011 0:52:31 GMT -5
Dart has already started to tie up all of the drakes, hopefully with some help from anyone with rope skills or farmer skills. Farmers often tie animals for safe transport. So if the party doesn't have the skills the farmer will. Dart trays an arcane check, to determine if the magic can be preserved.
[dice=20]
and a nature check
[dice=20] for skinning ( that real world skill is called taxidermy. It's not that hard, you just need salt and the gnome carries a lot of salt.[rand=813819459173828402599322097375989071627740981057298471593766007572]
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Post by harknail on Jul 19, 2011 1:32:49 GMT -5
Dart turns his keen arcane senses upon the dead Drake and finds no inherent magic to preserve. However he does notice a faint trace of transformation magic, not inherent to the Drake but something that had been cast on it in the past.
Dart waits for Blastishy to harvest the scales and then starts skinning the Drake for leather. His skinning is serviceable but crude. The hide can be tanned, but it will not be the finest quality.
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Post by sageaqua on Jul 19, 2011 2:39:41 GMT -5
Dart anounced to the group, "Guy's, we may be dealing with enchanted creatures. I sense transformation magic on the drakes. I'm not sure what it means yet. But it is possible that these drakes used to be something else."
Edit: made it clear that this was said in character, added character name.
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Post by Rojito on Jul 19, 2011 2:43:57 GMT -5
[color:green]Romra is trained in nature and skilled at it, let him do the skinning.[/color]
"Here, let me do this. I have done it many a time before."
[dice=20]
Nature=+10[rand=0601355335964753340493684508796967351657767509849082473841187524]
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Post by at on Jul 19, 2011 3:26:07 GMT -5
Mounts, explains why the mercenary was so concerned about the drake's lives - they were property to him. The mage could understand the desire to make a good living but this gnome's methods were sociopathic.
He started towards the cottage door and then, seeing the construct headed that way, changed direction towards the damaged window to peer inside, mindful to announce his presence lest the farmer or his wife were armed.
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Post by sageaqua on Jul 19, 2011 6:32:35 GMT -5
ooc: did any of the other characters hear Dark say these drakes may of been something else? They could of been animals and that is what Dart is thinking, but if they where people eating them is nearly cannibalism.
Dart ties all drakes up.
[dice=20]+2 tie drake
[dice=20]+2 tie drake
[dice=20]+2 tie drake
[dice=20]+2 tie drake
can you guys double check my knots.[rand=1791567858308553786389858997426939666839709971107610022323206067]
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Post by harknail on Jul 19, 2011 12:34:59 GMT -5
While Romra is normally good at skinning creatures, he's never skinned anything quite like this drake before and doesn't do any better than Dart. But between the two of them they make quick work of removing the skin from the drake.
When Barbatos peeked into the window he saw a woman and two children huddled in a corner away from all windows. There were just starting to look around now that things had gotten quiet.
Anyone trained in Arcana can try confirming Dart's observations on magic, you might be able to get more.
Also, someone needs to get busy tying up those drakes before they wake up.
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Post by nobu on Jul 19, 2011 19:50:12 GMT -5
Tol
After a few moments of watch others go about there business i ask for another rope and work on another drake. i just ask in genral for another rope and after getting it from someone help the crazy gnome tie up another drake. i had personal not done so well in school about recognizing random forms of magic so i dont bother with trying to help them do an arcana check. After learning there are people in the building i pull the hood on my jacket it up to help hide my undead features. zombies like myself are not commonly seen and i dont need anymore of a panic from mere farmers.
i do take note of the slight claw marks on my frame that still reside. (the 3 damage)
[dice=20] +8 = 25 thievery check
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Post by nobu on Jul 19, 2011 19:51:33 GMT -5
Tol
nvm i missed the post from the other rope guy, instead i look over his knots, most likely fixing that last one.
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Post by harknail on Jul 19, 2011 20:22:28 GMT -5
Tol ties another drake securely.
Dart can't tie up drakes, he's busy skinning one. Since he rolled dice for the result, he's committed to doing that. Also he would be way too slow to tie up 4 of them! Tol, being trained, is much faster. It's probably best if Tol keeps borrowing ropes and ties up the rest, he is fast enough to do so.
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Post by sageaqua on Jul 19, 2011 20:52:54 GMT -5
Dart will give Tol the rope he needs then.
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Post by (George) 3.5./ ZEM ( 4.0) on Jul 20, 2011 0:31:52 GMT -5
" I will leave what you asked i to would like this drake intact for the most part as we send it off.. with that he sets to work harvesting what he thinks will be usefull for armors later.
Joe as i understand it, i can use Arcana to obtain the scales to use for later and have it still hold the magic. so would i have to do both a nature and an arcana or just an arcana?
[dice=20]+12=25
this is for the Arcana check[rand=6413793019019067005515177734196186002691018627956509628510685404762626]
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Post by harknail on Jul 20, 2011 0:35:57 GMT -5
Just nature, this is a drake, not a dragon. There's no magic to preserve (as Dart already checked). You can check for magical residue to see what Dart was talking about them maybe being transformed humanoids.
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Post by (George) 3.5./ ZEM ( 4.0) on Jul 20, 2011 0:38:55 GMT -5
Then that is what I will do [dice=20]+12=29 Arcana to see if he is telling the truth about the magic on them. I almost got 30  .[rand=855325120035558965326726669445638247180993203074962747123092413]
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Post by harknail on Jul 20, 2011 0:49:34 GMT -5
Blastishy is more skilled than Dart at Arcana, but where Dart just transformation magic, Blastishy can see that it was a psychic transformation, not a physical one. The drakes are in their natural form, but this one's mind had been affected magically. Good roll  |
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Post by harricklomax on Jul 20, 2011 1:29:31 GMT -5
Popol has a spare rope which he produces if needed, but he has no experience tying up animals and decides to leave that to others.
A question for future reference, can I use Healing Word out of combat to enhance surges, or is it combat only? I'm being kited from my computer the last couple days but I'll check in as much as I can
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