TI and DTN

Stinkfist wanted an escort to Tenebrion's Island in order to donate to Barny. PAG took him there, and we saw some recent changes to the island, including newly charted waters by the coast and a Darshak wall that was extended.

Then we went to Death Trap Noids. We got to DTN 3 easily and were luring the fourth cave, when a combination of a big lure and a backspawn downed most of the group. A few escaped, a couple departed, and the rest were rescued pretty quickly. Unfortunately DTN 4 didn't have a selenite crystal.


OWE present: J'jh, J'nder, Kalian, Natas, Noivad, Torin, and Yor.

Pre-PC Caves

The Open Hunt went to the Book 3 cave to help out another group that was stuck. Some of them joined us, and we decided to hunt the three caves before the Pitch Caves. J'jh did Valley-style runs, and we used kudzu when needed.

There was a little confusion among some of the younger fighters about when to enter and why we needed zu in some places. I will have to remember to give more explanations so everyone will be on the same page. Anyway, we managed the trip very well and were never in serious danger. Thanks to everyone who attended!

Asklepian

Some days ago, I had the chance to speak with Chiron about his experiments in advanced healing.
He had burned out his own Asklepian staff, and was seeking fresh selenite crystals to further his work.
I gave him mine, and he promised to attempt to build an improved Asklepian with it, after some consultations with Rady Ann and Elaph.
He was impressed with my own experiments with the raw crystal, which I found to act just like a moonstone except for one thing. If selenite could allow multiple self heal pulses, I would have switched to using it instead of the moonstone itself.


Today Chiron appeared in town once again and sought me out by sunstone.
I was busy with a group searching for more selenite crystals, and he wanted to join our hunt, but since we were quite far away already, we pressed on. Unfortunately, we saw found new crystals.
When I returned to town, Chiron was waiting for me, and returned my selenite in the form of an Asklepian.
He told me quite a few items of interest: per discussions with Master Hekus, a healer must demonstrate mastery of basic skills by reaching the Fourth circle before being able to use it. Beyond that, Chiron stated that the Asklepian definitely is not for everyone, and that some mysterious ratios (Rady knows more about the pesky details than he does) are best. Rady Ann is formulating a training regimen for the Asklepian, and while Proximus is helpful for using it, this is not quite the right skill and has limited value. Rady Ann considered setting up for training in the Healer Hall Fourth circle room, but found it too crowded already, so she is still deciding where to go. Rady and Elaph should be more accessible soon, however. As it is, the Asklepian does not burst heal nor self heal, but Elaph is experimenting with bursts. He also warned me strongly that the current version is unstable, and may well break rather catastrophically. And it only works on wounded exiles sharing me, and presumeably not on fallens.


I had a chance to test it out during a hunt in the deep Tok'Han lair.

First, I was surprised at the low spirit drain compared to a caduceus, since if someone walked outside my range they simply failed to be healed rather than draining my spirit away inefficiently. This is great, since I can't chase 5 folks at once!
Second, it worked well to heal everyone within range, but it was clear that healing speed drops with each new exile being healed so that my total healing is about the same, just distributed widely instead of to just one individual.
Overall, I think it is a fine tool and I'll find ways to use it, especially as I can develop a larger range. But it is no replacement for a caduceus.

Hopefully we'll learn more soon.

Galadriel

Deep Toks

The Open Hunt went to Deep Toks today. We considered going to Tenebrion's Island, but reports of Greater Deaths there ruled out that idea. The Toks hunt was a success. The initial pathfinding entry was a little tricky, and we had a couple of over-lures (as shown in the sketch), but overall our group today was well-matched for the area.

Ortlinde Revealed

I was buying some kudzu from Ortlinde, when she accidentally slipped off her cloak. I had never seen her without her Snow Lemming uniform. Who knew she was a cute, brown-haired human girl?

Malachite Lasties

Gremlins wanted to get some Malachite lasties, so we went to Pathfinding Book 3 for the Open Hunt. We were in luck: the cave had several Malachites. Afterwards we managed to get back to town without anyone getting flash-fried or left behind.