AVB - Shine the Light!

[Rizban]

"Setting traps, being bait, and running away as fast as possible."

[planswalker]

"Then our two plans are hardly in opposition. i guess I'm volunteering to be the bait in a trap. A bright, shiny, glowing piece of bait that might just end up making it a little safer to do this."

[Rizban]

"I see... Come back in two days, an hour before sundown. We'll have everything ready by then, and I'll have something that should be of help to you."

[planswalker]

"I'll be there." If there is nothing further, Xim will depart and head back to the Plaza where he will go up to the town crier and pay him to add another item to his list of announcements:

Why should you fear the Docks at night? Join the Light Eternal as we drive Darkness from the Docks! Together, we will make this a better place. All interested should seek out Lumos Maximiss in the Temple to Solaron, the Temple District.

He'll then go and buy the materials for another 5 castings of continual flames and return to the temple of Solaron. He'll seek out the head of his order and say, "I've found some natives of this city willing to join with me to fight the Darkness that grips the city's docks at night. Can anyone here spare a few spells to help me cast continual flames on a few rocks for the next couple of days? I've the materials for five castings, and I can spring for another ten if the temple's finances can't afford to help me subsidize a few more."

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btw, CozJa has sent me a pm expressing interest in joining up with me. hence why Xim is putting an ad in the Town Crier

[Rizban]

The priest to whom you're speaking shakes his head and smiles, "Nonsense to even ask. We keep numerous scrolls on hand to assist in spreading the Light! I shall give you some and spread word of your request to any volunteers."

He steps away for a few moments and returns with a collection of scrolls in his arms. He dumps the scrolls into your arms with a grin.

"Is ten enough to get you started?"

[planswalker]

"I'd love another five beyond this if we could spare it. I want to start with thirty glowing pebbles for my first stage. Gives me enough firepower to ensure I drive away the Darkness in a decent area."

[Rizban]

"I'll see what we can do, but this is all we have prepared of this spell for the moment. We can probably have another two or three ready tomorrow, four for sure by the day after and five if you're lucky. It just depends on what other requests we have come in."

[planswalker]

"I understand. As many as we can spare by the day after tomorrow would be wonderful. If any strangers off the street inquire about me, I think I'm going to see if any of our warm brothers over in Minrhet's temple want to help me kill bad guys!" Xim will stow the scrolls in his quarters at the temple for now and go knock on the door connecting the twin gods' temples.

[Rizban]

A burly draconian with burnished bronze scales opens the door, looks back and forth for someone, seemingly confused. Thankfully, he glances down and notices you before closing the door.

"Oh. Hello little one. Did you knock?"

[planswalker]

"Hi! I'm going to be beating up and maybe killing some evil people of Darkness in this city's Docks in two days. Would anyone in your temple like to help me Shine the Light?"

[Rizban]

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Is there some reason for the text color changes?

He grins as only an oversize reptile can grin.

"Sounds like fun. I spread the word. Where do we sign up?"

[planswalker]

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... I swapped my character's text color here for the one I'm using in LoC. Oops

"I'll be leading the group out just before sunset in two days. It should be quite a party."

[Rizban]

"Whoa. Whoa... Hang on. Did you say into the Docks at sunset? You can count me out. I'll spread the word though."

[planswalker]

"Okay! The names Lumos. Lumos Maximiss. I'll be in the temple all day!"

[Rizban]

He nods acknowledgement and closes the door between the two temples.

[planswalker]

Xim departs back to his temple where he'll pick up a handful of pebbles and try to enchant one with eternal flames.

caster level check - (d20+3)[9]

[Rizban]

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I don't think that worked...

[planswalker]

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I couldn't remember either. I've never actually tried to cast the 2nd level spell from Precocious Apprentice before without some sort of cheat to ensure it works.

Having looked it up, it actually succeeded. It's a dc 8 caster level check.

[Rizban]

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Then yay!

A small flame appears on the peddle, flickers a bit, then gutters out. A little magical attention to it, and blowing on it to get some oxygen in there, brings the flame back to life. A few seconds later, the magical chain reaction is established, and the spell is complete. Yay!

[planswalker]

Thrilled to see that his mentor's teachings on some advanced magics wasn't wasted on him, Xim will stick this to the top of his head. He may not have continued his childhood studies into sorcery very much upon being accepted into the priesthood, but Xim didn't care. This particular spell was his spell.

Xim then went on to meditate for a few hours about the glory of the Light Eternal and how best to serve Solaron in his quest. in his meditations, a thought crossed his mind: He had just planned to stick the glowing pebbles to things but he realized that he wouldn't be able to cast the spell 30 times in one sitting when the time came. Maybe the temple had something in their storage that could help. If not, he probably has the time to hire out such a magic item made. He can even provide the spells for it should they not be prepared for this request.

He'll return to the priest from before and asks, "I was meditating on the task at hand in trying to bring Light to the Docks, and I realized that my plan to stick the pebbles to things might not be achievable through my own arcane powers. Do we have any magical items that would help me in sticking my lights up on the city streets?"

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I'm picturing a never-ending roll of stickiness as an at-will use-activated item to help you stick two things together...

btw, mostly I'm just killing time while I wait for that player to contact me IC for our teamup

[Rizban]

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I kind of figured. That's why I gave you 2 days IC to meet up with him.

Yes, an endless roll of double-sided duct tape would be amazing.

It needs to have stick and make whole at will.

The priest thinks for a moment. "I'm not sure we have anything like that, but I can check to see. If not, we may be able to find a craftsman willing to make such a device."

[planswalker]

"That would be wonderful!" Xim's mind wheels with the possible applications.

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I'd say we'd wanna keep it at mending so that it's not too OP. After all, creative uses of stick and mending together should be able to "duct tape" anything whole.

[Rizban]

"Alright, well, give me a day or so... I'll have an acolyte search."

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That's kind of the point!

[planswalker]

"Thank you!" Xim exclaims as he gives his fellow priest a hug.

[Rizban]

The priest awkwardly pats Xim on the back and disengages after a few seconds.

"Right. Of course. You're wel-welcome."

[planswalker]

Believing that he has his affairs well in hand for now, Xim will look around the temple to see if there are any others in the priesthood who would like his help.

[Rizban]

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Haven't heard from CozJa. Are you still planning to team up with him, or should we move along without him?

[planswalker]

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let's move on. He's missed his chance to die in the docks at night go adventuring with me!

[Rizban]

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I just want to say that my wife is awesome and being married to her is amazing.

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You wander around the temple a bit, but it seems that there's actually not much going on around here. Then again, Xim might look around harder and uncover some other information, as the DM doesn't really remember much about Solaron and isn't really familiar with the temple the other DM added to the game.

Of course, he could also go find some other ways to prepare for hanging lights in the Docks.

[planswalker]

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I never really fleshed the place out very much, tbh. Other than being enthusiastic and generally brightly-lit, I'm not too sure what the temple's like either. I'll get something together about it later.

Glad to see that everyone is busy bringing forth the Light Eternal, Xim will wander the streets of the Temple District looking for a more warrior-like temple that might enjoy killing evil things in the docks at night.