Here’s a thread to discuss the Expedition to Lost Knife Hideout (working title, lol).

Our characters are presently gathered in the Wobbly Goblet Playground thread. Recruitment is in progress.

Here's where we are going: Link to wiki

People that are going:
Kayla (Elisabeth)
Vera (DE)
Darnand (Grits)
Salyan (Mustard)
Aravi (me)

Look at Darnand surrounded by the ladies.

What we are doing: Filling soul gems. I know this says its a bandit hideout, but we'll put some creatures in there too. Maybe Falmer?

As Elisabeth mentioned in the previous thread, this is getting a little crowded. While I don't want to turn anybody away, any more people will make the adventure more difficult to keep organized.

We can possibly split into two groups when we get to the cave, so each group can post independently of the other. We'll pretend there is a fork in the path or something if we want to do that.

Thoughts?

I CALL DARNAND'S PARTY

Sounds great! I went through there recently and there are some very interesting spots. Falmer overrunning a bandit hideout (just a further thought) would be a good way to get crafty opponents with trapable souls in there (Arkay must hate the Falmer), and those chaurus pets are not easy. Plus they always seem to have a few spiders…

Spiders?


Uhh wouldn't you guys rather do lions and tigers and bears?

What's wrong with spiders? All those extra legs are great for cuddling, don'cha know?

I do think Falmer would be fun to have along. I even had a few ideas for different Chaurus subspecies that Uleni and I were going to unleash upon the players in the old Fort Sutch RP that we could use in this, if we're having Falmer as enemies.

Some different Chaurus subspecies would be interesting.

Chaurus types thought up were:

Chaurus Trapper: A subspecies of Chaurus, Trappers are deadly predators that hunt as stealthily as possible, using ambushes to pick off their prey. Unlike other Chaurus, Charus Trappers do not spit poison; instead, they launch a sticky, weblike substance from their mouths, able to entangle even the most agile adventurer with ease, and use that to drag their hapless victim towards them. With their limbs ensnared by such a web and no means to fight back, such victims are easy prey for the Chaurus Trapper's fearsome mandibles.

Chaurus Queen: Just imagine a really big, really mean, really scary Chaurus. And then have it being ridden by a Falmer Warmonger. Voila, instant miniboss.



Also, another idea I had for Sutch was:

Cavern Ghasts: Resembling oversized, blind and hairless bats with pale grey, almost transluscent skin, Cavern Ghasts are human-sized predators who hunt in the larger caverns beneath Nirn. They are able to cling to walls and ceilings with their claws, and can glide short distances, and their slimy skin is hard to grip. While they have sharp talons and curved horns that are more than capable of goring an opponent, their most fearsome weapons are the barbed, poisonous stingers on the end of their prehensile tails, which can be a deadly surprise for an enemy who is unaware of it. They usually either swarm enemies or attack from ambush by dropping from cave ceilings, picking off individuals, and are particularly averse to fire.


Not sure if the Cavern Ghasts would necessarily be wanted, but they could be a fun enemy to drop into the mix, and Lost Knife Hideout has big enough chamber to justify the presence of a few.

Ooooooooooh!

Sounds great! Dangerous enough so that some random guy with a sword can't just stroll in and clean them up, but still reasonable to expect a group to have a chance against them. The Trapper especially has fun possibilities.

Both of those creatures look good Mustard. We should definitely put some of them in.


I also want everyone to know there is a pretty big surprise planned for the end. It isn't going to be dangerous for your characters. I just want you all to know something is coming so it isn't a total WTF moment.

Do we want to start right outside the cave, or at a camp the night before going in?

I say camp. Remember, we wanted a little bonding time beforehand?

Yeah, I had absolutely nothing else useful to add to this thread. Though camping outside would be good.

Ha!

There's quite a bit of estrogen in the party, so Kayla will probably stick by Darnand, as she doesn't get along with women. Especially Vera.

Camp!

Got to run, back tonight.

Please talk around Darnand in the main thread while I'm gone, meaning don't wait for me to post until later. He would pretty much just listen to the plan and nod encouragingly in spots as he's been told to do when talking to women.

I expect we will get underway either tonight or tomorrow morning. (UTC - 6)

I swear if one of those snowballs hit Vera . . .

Kayla won't be talking to Vera, lol. Or having anything to do with her.

The feeling is mutual. Sort of.

Got to go for a bit. Have fun with the mage.

I already saw it XD

I'm assuming she's out of the line of fire.

What is our exact location in the area?

I don't know exactly, but I'd guess near Falkreath since that's reasonably close to Chorrol. Also pretty close to Hammerfell. KC?

He wants to know so he can make his post as attractively accurate as possible.

I don't know where they are. I was picturing them pretty close to Lost Knife.

I was thinking about midway. either way, I didn't think we'd spend too much time on the trip there and just skip straight to the mouth of the cave.

Yeah, I was figuring that the camp is close to their destination. Sorry, I thought the question was where are they on the map.

So camp tonight, hit the caves, tavern for a night after?

Sounds like a plan.

Kayla wasn't allowed to get a rabbit!

Why not? It said she was willing to share with the others. Should I change it to pheasant? Or is Kayla going to have to dig into her pack for her dried meat?

I wasn't being serious, haha.

Oh. sorry. I'm not in a good mood and took it too seriously.

I guess nobody's in the mood for chicken pheasant.

Poor Darnand! Kayla can dish it, but she can't take it. Were she with Jerric, she'd be in Darnand's position, curled up in a lil ball XD

Hey, just telling you guys that I'm dropping out after the Lost Knife

I'll probably stop by later on in the future to rejoin but I'm giving myself a break from Rping since I must focus on real life and of course, my own writing, too.

Okay. Any chance you'll keep in touch?

OK, thanks for letting us know. One thing I love about the Goblet is that folks can come and go as time and inspiration permit.

It’s nearly Friday!! I’m looking forward to some slaying this weekend.

Er, and I’ll be posting in the morning.

KC, are we ready to jump forward to the cave entrance? I don't think we need to go through everyone's watch shift, but we can if someone wants to.

Quick question. I know the usual thing is to follow a posting order. Are we going to do that or just keep moving forward at a reasonable pace and let people jump in with a post when they want to? I don't want to step on toes by posting out of turn, but sometimes it's hard to tell if an RP is stalled or just waiting.

DE isn't on as often as before, so a posting order would stall the RP way more.

No we shouldn't wait for people that are not coming. We can go to the entrance.

I'm actually on to see any new posts in the rp. The only thing is I only responded later on to when th group began on the subject of the battle. Not much to do after that unless you want to rp someone sjoring throughout the entire night, lol. I say we can go ahead and skip it.

I don't plan anything happening during Kayla's watch, and I think a troll attack wouldn't be beneficial to the group, lol

Nice! I hope it's enough if there are spiders!

I figured you'd like that lol

Silly Aravi. Vera and Kayla won't come to blows.

Nope! Kayla would knock her down in a split second! -smiles sweetly- XD

Vera wouldn't because . . . money talks.

*nods*

Mhmmm. Kayla ain't getting paid, lol