Character Planning

[Prime32]

My character speaks Quori so I was hoping I might have somehow befriended the Kalashatar peeps...?

Sorry, my kalashtar doesn't speak Quori.

IIRC Quori is the language of beings from Dal Quor, while Riedran is the language spoken by the people of Sarlona. At any rate, my character was raised by Thranish humans so he doesn't know the first thing about that kind of stuff (he knows his mother came from Sarlona, but that's about it).

[Thistledown Thurbertaut]

Oh...see I don't know these things.  I was just trying to take the language the Kalashatar use.  Maybe I will substitute for Illumian.  Phaedrus...would you be down for our characters to have become partners somewhere along the line?

[VennDygrem]

@Prime: All Kalashtar can speak Quor. Riedran is listed as a bonus language they can take, but that's how it is. It's pretty instinctive for them, in any case.

@Thistle: As for connecting with the others, I'd say you were more likely to run into Prime's character than Phaedrus. I believe Memhrek and Xehnon have a closely-knit background, both being illumians and sharing a common refugee history, having both escaped from Riedra into Adar thanks to some Illumian underground agents. Minharath grew up in Adar, though largely travelled the world by elemental Airship for some time, and so may or may not even know the two illumians. From the sounds of it, Prime's character (still nameless I see), is from Thrane, on the main continent of Khorvaire. Though everyone has travelled a bit, you're more likely to have come across Prime earlier. In fact, had you gone with the merchant ship idea I tossed out to you, you would have had an easy "in" with Minharath, due to travelling by merchant airship. You still could have met him, though, since he no longer travels on the Misty Maiden. I'm not limiting you to the Eldeen Reaches; You most likely travelled from there after being expelled from their lands.

[Thistledown Thurbertaut]

Actually I like the idea of him having some adventures after Eldeen.  Being on a ship would be cool but didn;t we talk about it being a corsair or privateer ship?

I think it would make things flow better if I had a connection with at least one PC.

[PhaedrusXY]

It's fine if my character knows yours, Thistle, but mine has a rather lawful bent. So I'm not sure how they'd get along. Memhrek does have a good sense of humor, though, and might find a little winged prankster amusing, as long as he doesn't do anything too disruptive and/or illegal in front of him.

[Thistledown Thurbertaut]

Let's talk more about that shall we?  On the surface, Prime and I would make complimentary tactical allies, both with flight, he has his range and Thistle is a melee/skirmish type.

Looking deeper however we have Prime who is a Lawful good Monk type, while Thistle is a Chaotic Neutral Scoundrel...Minharath is likewise LG, so it looks potentially dubious.

On the other Hand Xhenon is Neutral and stand the closest, with Memrek another step away with LN...

Xhenon even has feycraft armor so it is possible he visited the Twilight Demesne, and we had some contact there but since Risada hasn't posted any kind of background info I have no idea where to start.

...thoughts?

[Prime32]

Xhenon even has feycraft armor so it is possible he visited the Twilight Demesne, and we had some contact there

I misread that last part at first as "we had a contract there". That could be interesting.

[VennDygrem]

Again, alignment is somewhat different in Eberron. Plus, LG doesn't mean he can't hang out with you (otherwise how would a paladin ever operate in a normal group?). He might not take kindly to some acts, but it doesn't mean he's always got a stick up his rear.

I'll let you guys decide who knows eachother.

[Thistledown Thurbertaut]

Xhenon even has feycraft armor so it is possible he visited the Twilight Demesne, and we had some contact there

I misread that last part at first as "we had a contract there". That could be interesting.

Hmmm....perhaps you hired me in one of my disguised personas?

(I updated my post in the sheet thread, continue to add more detail...)

[Prime32]

Xhenon even has feycraft armor so it is possible he visited the Twilight Demesne, and we had some contact there

I misread that last part at first as "we had a contract there". That could be interesting.

Hmmm....perhaps you hired me in one of my disguised personas?

(I updated my post in the sheet thread, continue to add more detail...)

Generally when you make a "contract" with Fey it's a little more... binding than what you're thinking of.

[The_Mad_Linguist]

Xhenon even has feycraft armor so it is possible he visited the Twilight Demesne, and we had some contact there

I misread that last part at first as "we had a contract there". That could be interesting.

Hmmm....perhaps you hired me in one of my disguised personas?

(I updated my post in the sheet thread, continue to add more detail...)

Generally when you make a "contract" with Fey it's a little more... binding than what you're thinking of.

The contract, is it worth the price?

[Thistledown Thurbertaut]

Xhenon even has feycraft armor so it is possible he visited the Twilight Demesne, and we had some contact there

I misread that last part at first as "we had a contract there". That could be interesting.

Hmmm....perhaps you hired me in one of my disguised personas?

(I updated my post in the sheet thread, continue to add more detail...)

Generally when you make a "contract" with Fey it's a little more... binding than what you're thinking of.

Can you explain what you mean?  My mind naturally gravitates towards kinky places...

[Prime32]

Xhenon even has feycraft armor so it is possible he visited the Twilight Demesne, and we had some contact there

I misread that last part at first as "we had a contract there". That could be interesting.

Hmmm....perhaps you hired me in one of my disguised personas?

(I updated my post in the sheet thread, continue to add more detail...)

Generally when you make a "contract" with Fey it's a little more... binding than what you're thinking of.

Can you explain what you mean?  My mind naturally gravitates towards kinky places...

I mean, the price is something huge and sometimes abstract (such as your first-born child or your ability to feel joy), and your descendants inherit the debt. Plus what you get often turns out to be flawed, dangerous, or just not as good as you thought it would be and it's nigh-impossible to escape.

[Thistledown Thurbertaut]

So do you want to create a connection or no?  And you don't have to worry about my Pixie in particular with regards to your first-born. 
 
Mostly out for fun, adventure, and mischief...maybe you hired him as just a Dwaven Fighter...?

[Prime32]

I was thinking more like

Me: "I wish I could use my power."
Thistle: "Why certainly, I can forcibly awaken your power in a way which probably won't distort the connection with your quori spirit thus preventing you from ever developing true psionic potential."
Me: "Um, okay."
Thistle: "Nice doing business with ya. Now as for payment... for starters I'll hang around you invisibly all day, annoying you via your mindlink power which for some reason you can't turn off. Try not to stare angrily at the corner, people might think you're crazy."
Gauntlet: *Huh, where am I?*
Me: "Hey, I can dream now!"

[Thistledown Thurbertaut]

I was thinking more like

"I wish I could use my power."
"Why certainly, I can forcibly awaken your power in a way which probably won't distort the connection with your quori spirit thus preventing you from ever developing true psionic potential."
"Um, okay."
"Nice doing business with ya. Now as for payment... for starters I'll hang around you invisibly all day, annoying you via your mindlink power which for some reason you can't turn off."

YEah, but how would Thislte be able to awaken your power? 

[Prime32]

YEah, but how would Thislte be able to awaken your power?  

Fey often do things which should be far beyond their power through "contracts" in stories. It would be a once-off thing - Thistle can't form a contract with someone else as long as my character or a descendant is alive, and as long as he doesn't feel like it.

Isn't there a teamwork benefit which lets you see hidden team members? That could help him see though Thistle's invisibility.

This gives tallan's character plenty of opportunities to make aghast faces at us (particularly if my character is a fellow "-harath" and thus has the same quori spirit). My character also speaks very poor Quori, which shouldn't even be possible for a kalashtar. This would also give Thistle a reason to know it (he stole the knowledge from the spirit).

[Thistledown Thurbertaut]

I actually already changed his languages to fit his disguises so that point is moot.

See your kind of thinking is how I usually am, but I have been shot down already a few times for suggestiing things that just aren't within the realm of "how the system works."

Keep in mind I am not as steeped in Eberron as you are so many of your referrences aren;t making sense to me.  Mind you IC that is a good thing as my chatracter is newish to the scene and likewise dicovering and it limits my use of OOC knowledge.  For OOC discussion though could you explain things to me in the Queen's good English?

You are suggesting that my character had or has the ability to make a once in a lifetime contract with someone that unlocks their secret power but he is bound to that person for the rest of their lives?  What does he get out of it again??? 

[Prime32]

You are suggesting that my character had or has the ability to make a once in a lifetime contract with someone that unlocks their secret power but he is bound to that person for the rest of their lives?  What does he get out of it again???  

Nah, he isn't bound, he just feels like tagging along for a while. Maybe it's deferred payment. Fey often have an odd sense of value, trading a ton of gold for a pebble or vice versa - who knows what he's getting out of it. This is generic stuff, not really Eberron-specific.

The contract has no additional mechanical effect, other than forcing my character to use mindlink only on Thistle, so I don't see how it would raise any problems.

[Thistledown Thurbertaut]

How does the mindlink work?  And its only a Thistle-Prime connection?