CHAOS - January 23, 1372


You spend the next three days identifying items. You consume a lot of live goldfish in the process. You pay little attention to anything else, but you do notice the change in the weather on January 23rd. On that day a cold air mass - usually situated over the ice cap a thousand miles to the north - slides down and settles in. The temperature plummets to arctic levels under an intense blue, sunny sky. By afternoon it is -87F outside, and the chill is apparent even within the castle, where every fireplace and brazier in the place has been lit. Outside in Demon's Neck nobody is stirring out of doors.

As yet, you have not ID'd the misc items, out of fear that you may be cursed.

Identifying Gonzo's leather armour, you find that it has no magical abilities...here.

Niko slumps back in his chair and stretches "Aaargh! I haven't swallowed that many goldfish since my first year in the naval academy!"

"Occa, are we planning to ID the misc items and the items which we didn't get any information on?"

"I would like to, but we need to determine a way to find out what is cursed. Something in all the piles I made is."

"You could bring Orlon back here," Niko suggests to Occa.

"Are we planning to take all of this back with us or just what we think will be useful?"

"Just what is useful, I think. We can take a list, I guess, but I don't want to take the entire chest."

"He already used a commune."

"That was ages ago," says Vardui.

"I was thinking more along the lines of Remove Curse," Niko replies.

"I would rather we not toy with cursed items. Maybe we can figure out the rest of those miscellaneous items when we have someone with a commune again."

"Maybe one of us should work on a Detect Curse spell in between our trips to Hell. Speaking of trips, don't forget about going to those enhancement locations you were going to take us to."

Occa chuckles, "Actually, I thought of the same thing as well. I think it would help us immensely. I wouldn't mind also working on a better identify spell....something that gives more information. Of course, it would be higher level, but it would be worth it."

"Oh, I had forgotten about all those places. We need to make sure we don't forget."

"You folks can go before the wedding. Or, after, if you want to give Jesse and I a little more time alone."

You turn back to the community chest and identify some of the items that Occa failed at earlier, plus some items that Stiff, Al, Vardui, Who Knows et al found while exploring the nexus.

  • beaker: many wonderful liquids in here
  • potion (c): actually an oil, rubbing it on an arm causes it to fade away...
  • potion (c): tasting it, you feel like a used car salesman
  • ring (c): putting it on, the wearer suddenly looks much more handsome and charismatic
  • scroll (c): protection from protection
  • scroll (c): MU1: light
  • scroll (c): protection from traps
  • scroll (c): C2: resist fire, silence 15' r, spiritual hammer, snake charm
  • scroll (c): protection from elementals
  • wand (c): cooks opponents

It is late at night when you finish, and you all are exhausted.


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