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Gaian Knight Tarrant had, as a second residence, an actual literal floating castle and even that was not half this decadent. A dream, maybe, but an awfully real one; he could feel the stone under his feet, for one, not just feel but feel in the way very few people could. The collection amassed here made for a pleasant enough walk around the room at least - a little rich for his taste, sure, but he'd been around Teagan too long to not appreciate a good horde. The paintings were worth admiring, the weapons came in an interesting variety, until at last he came to his weapon.... His weapon. Strange surroundings or no it was warm in his hand, familiar to his calluses, and heavier than it ever was when dreaming. It was a solid thing, familiar and grounding. "Well," he said, sliding the blade free an inch or so - just to be certain - before sheathing it again. "I'm glad you're here, old friend, but that raises more questions than it answers." Tiamat Tiamat had cracked one great crimson eye open, taken in her surroundings, and sat up...slowly. Ever so slowly. Deliberately slowly, but fearlessly slowly, like a thing majestic and inevitable, which of course she was. She sat up until she could look down her great draconic snout at the guards, ever so small, who might think their guns could save them. Her tail curled partway around her legs, the rest down to the tip lashing idly against the floor. She said nothing. Her silence said everything. A strange cave. An ambush? A prison? Who'd dare.

Gaian Knight & Tiamat [maxed] Deck the Halls (4) Four posts to roll over - one each to Nocturne, Grim, Masque, and Gremlin please. Ref point to Nocturne.

Getting close to the end of 2024! I hope it's been a good year for folks, all world events notwithstanding - and here's to hoping for the brighter parts of 2025. Special congratulations to the not one but two players who maxed out a character this month; well done! As usual, if you didn't get your posts in on time you can throw them into Late Thread Counting and let us know. If you have any concerns or questions about this month's counts, please reach out to us and we'll take a look. ---------- April Arcana: 0 posts = 0pp + 1 (admin) = 1pp Ari Rainshadow: 0 posts = 0pp + 1 (guide) = 1pp AvengerAssembled Patriot II: 0 posts = 0pp + 1 (ref) = 1pp Dr Archeville Artificer: 0 posts + 2 (rollover) = 2 posts = 1pp + 1 (ref) = 2pp Doktor Archeville: 2 posts = 1pp EternalPhoenix Serendipity: 0 posts = 0pp + 1 (ref) = 1pp Fox Gaian Knight: 1 post = 1pp Nocture: 1 post (rollover) = 1pp + 1pp (ref) = 2PP Heritage Crystal-Gazer: 2 posts = 1pp Gossamer II: 4 posts + 2 (rollover) = 6 posts = 1pp Grimalkin: 2 posts = 1pp Jack Arctus: 7 posts = 1pp Kaede Kimura Shadowborne: 7 posts = 1pp Shooting Star: 6 posts + 4 (GM) = 10 posts = 2pp The Dreamer: 7 posts = 1pp Blue Bolt: 6 posts + 4 (GM) = 10 posts = 2pp Harlequin: 8 posts + 2 (GM) = 10 posts = 2pp GM: 5 posts * 2 = 10 KnightDisciple Patrioteen: 0 posts = 0pp + 1 (guide) = 1pp Lone_Star Ghule: 3 posts + 4 (GM) = 7 posts = 1pp Prime Mover: 5 posts = 1pp GM: 2 posts * 2 = 4 Nerdzul Nightscale: 2 posts = 1pp Animist: 1 post = 1pp Poncho Golden Star: 31 posts + 69 (GM) = 100 posts = 5pp + 1 (ref) = 6pp Dwayne Devon Davidson: 3 posts + 21 (GM) = 23 posts = 3pp King Cole III: 16 posts + 34 (GM) = 50 posts = 4pp GM: 62 posts * 2 = 124 RocketLord Archer II: 5 posts + 5 (GM) = 10 posts = 2pp + 1 (ref) = 3pp, and is now TITANIUM! Bounce: 11 posts + 14 (rollover) = 25 posts = 3pp + 1 (ex) = 4pp Dust Devil II: 0 posts + 1 (GM) = 1 post = 1pp Rex Atom: 3 posts + 7 (GM) = 10 posts = 2pp + 1 (ex) = 3pp Space Ranger III: 0 posts + 1 (GM) = 1 post = 1pp Spaceman: 7 posts + 18 (GM) = 25 posts = 3pp + 2 (vignette) + 1 (ex) = 6pp Ghost: 11 posts = 2pp Stormcrow: 3 posts = 1pp GM: 16 posts * 2 = 32 Spacefurry Paper: 4 posts = 1pp Blackstaff & Lark: 3 posts = 1pp Chimera: 0 posts + 1 (GM) = 1 post = 1pp Predator: 3 posts = 1pp Seraphim: 6 posts + 7 (GM) = 13 posts = 2pp GM: 4 posts * 2 = 8 Supercape Spore: 5 posts + 5 (rollover) = 10 posts = 2pp Gamma Buzz: 24 posts + 1 (rollover) = 25 posts = 3pp Bloody Mess: 1 post = 1pp Pitch: 1 post = 1pp Lament: 25 posts = 3pp + 2 (vingnette) = 5pp, and is now TITANIUM! Haven: 5 posts = 1pp Rev: 1 post = 1pp + 2 (vignette) = 3pp Peak: 0 posts + 1 (rollover) + 9 (GM) = 10 posts = 2pp Sgt Shark: 0 posts + 10 (GM) = 10 posts = 2pp Murderman: 0 posts + 1 (rollover) + 9 (GM) = 10 posts = 2pp + 2 (vignette rollover) = 4pp GM: 19 posts * 2 = 28 The Sailor Torpedo Lass: 15 posts = 2pp Thevshi Timeout: 4 posts + 4 (rollover) = 8 posts = 1pp Slipstream: 15 posts + 10 (GM) = 25 posts = 3pp Multi-Girl: 4 posts + 6 (GM) = 10 posts = 2pp + 1 (ref) = 3pp Velocity: 4 posts = 1pp GM: 8 posts * 2 = 16 Tiffany Korta Madame Raven: 3 posts = 1pp Centuria: 3 posts = 1pp Dr Rosa Thorne: 2 posts = 1pp Emerald Spider: 4 posts = 1pp Merge Trois: 1 post = 1pp + 1 (ref) = 2pp Mz Grue: 3 posts = 1pp Starshine: 2 posts = 1pp The Immutable Betsy Brooks: 2 posts = 1pp Valkyrja: 1 post = 1pp

Gaian Knight (with Multi-Girl, King Cole III, and Harlequin in the main lobby) Gaian Knight gave an appreciated hmm, eyebrows rising over his goggles as he reached out to receive a small plate of food from a pair of floating marble hands. "Broadway's a heck of a goal," he said, spare hands making a shrugging motion before dropping themselves into his coat pockets. "It's good to aim high, though - we'll have to look forward to seeing the playbill!" "As for the party," he added, gesturing toward Multi-Girl, "you're very welcome, of course. It wouldn't really feel like the holidays without it, would it? Horses and drama notwithstanding, I suppose, but you can't put too many masks in a room without expecting something. And it's honestly good for the city to get everyone making connections - you'll never know when they come in handy."

Tiamat entering the lobby "It's fine," said Tiamat, waving one hand to dismiss the idea that it was important or an inconvenience. She would have, normally, stood quite tall - but in present company even her six-feet-plus didn't quite measure up and she was trying not to think about it. Nor think about turning back into a dragon to be properly large again. There wasn't room for that. Probably? Probably wasn't room for that. She chose to believe that her red Santa hat made up the difference, and would not be confirming. "People are still coming in, so we're still early," she pointed out. "Go forth, be merry, eat food. Don't get into fights or I'll step on you."

Gaian Knight lobby, with Harlequin, King Cole III, and Queenie "Bit by bit, as they free themselves from the press and everyone still arriving," the Knight confirmed. "I had to threaten some of them with Tiamat's appetite to get them to come in out of the cold." He paused, and grinned. "Tiamat's appetite for your food, not for the stragglers. Although...." He actually laughed, a proper full-chested kind of noise. "We may need better-advertised guidelines on our airspace," he mused, cocking his head to listen to the sound of it. "We do have a proper hangar up on level four, but it's not usually open to the public for all the obvious reasons. We'll have to add it to the list for next year; I certainly don't want to have to figure out what permits we'd need for me to extend it out past the building's footprint." He grinned again. "City officials aren't swayed when I tell them 'It's stable because it's magic, I promise,' as they shouldn't be."

Gaian Knight lobby The Gaian Knight chuckled, glancing back out toward the front doors. "We would have appreciated the heads-up, surprise or no, but if we couldn't handle a surprise or two we wouldn't last long here. After yours and Valkyrja's I just hope we don't get too many more - we'll run out of lawn space eventually!" He chuckled again at that but only seemed to be half-joking when adding, "I suppose I could put another level or two on it, but then their building might get nicer than ours...." He shrugged. "All the same - it's a pleasure to meet you, King Cole, surprise horses and all! We hope you enjoy the party."

Gaian Knight/Tiamat (maxed, 1 post) Deck the Halls (1) GK rollover to Nocturne. Ref point to Nocturne, please.

Gaian Knight (moving from the entrance to the main lobby) The Gaian Knight had once more traded his dusty overcoat for something fur-trimmed and festive - or, at least, faux-fur-trimmed, for which his best friend had given him no end of grief - and a proper floppy Santa hat, which sat askew on his head as he rubbed his chin at all the arrivals. The limo, fine, cars and portals they'd known were coming and were well prepared for. A giant flying horse.... He laced his fingers together and cracked his knuckles, golden light shimmering behind his goggles as part of the lawn flexed apart. Off to the side, of course - away from all the comings and goings, but within line of sight of them - clean white stone grew out of the ground like a thing alive to shape itself into a rounded, grass-floored half-shelter of smooth, sweeping shapes and a storm-grey plaque of a rather majestic steed rampant. Tarrant would have liked to do better with more time, but maybe they should have guests RSVP their mounts and beastly companions next time.... "Well!" he said, clapping his hands together and turning toward those still arriving and milling around the entrance, "We won't stop you all from socializing but if you feel like coming out of the cold and the cameras, there's plenty of everything for everyone inside. Best to get it before the dragon shows up and eats it all!"

The sidekick post of the parent hero has been updated; this 'loose' copy of the sheet has been archived.

APPROVED!

APPROVED!

Quick clarification on the Murder Weapons complication: it says he can only use weapons he "has murdered with". Is that supposed to be "has been murdered with"? We do not, as a broad rule, have actively murderous PCs.... Otherwise, the only things I spotted are pure notation - the Enhanced Constitution is missing its point cost, and the Powers tally line lists the Regen at 29pp instead of 19pp.

Looks good! Only spotted a couple little math things, probably just issues carried forward from older versions of the build: You've shorted yourself slightly on initiative (with the +3 Dex) and Flat-Footed Defense (which rounds up, rather than down!). The Sand Revolver/Dust Devil's Touch/Snare currently have +10 attack (+4 Base, +6 Accurate), rather than +12.

I think I'm fine with that - simple, flavorful, and isn't out of line cost-wise with similar effects. Works for me! APPROVED!