The Beer Baron
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| | Maybe the next elven enclave down the road is in more of a need of a golden statuette than the first enclave. Perhaps they are a little more generous too. That's an option worth exploring as well. | |
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jacksonm
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River City
| | 04/24/2007 6:07 AM |
| And Gawain's quest for the Temple of Lathander goes forgotten.... perhaps this time your Lycanthropy will go uncured......  | | | |
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Idzy
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jacksonm
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River City
| | 04/24/2007 7:11 AM |
| You see, the great thing about angering gods is there are never any negative reprecutions, ever.....  | | | |
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The Beer Baron
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| | 04/24/2007 8:14 AM |
| Not in todays modern scientology....er.....society.
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Omand
Commander
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | 04/24/2007 2:07 PM |
| Hello,
So, wise old (young?) Gawain has been thinking.
We need to get our act together.
I have enough healing power to delay disease in all of those affected, I think. It would be helpful if everyone bitten by Lycanthropes would sound off please in this thread so that I can be sure.
Of course, my having to constantly heal and repair ability damage in the party prevents me from doing much in combat and leaves me with no spells my mid morning most of the time. It also means that one or two more major combats will drain the Wand of Cure Light Wounds we have. One session has already drained the wand of 13 charges, and that was without myself or Felix or our new little halfling friend needing any healing.
So, I say we explore the rest of the tower, then double back and hunt spiders.
Once the spiders are taken care of we return to Shadowdale. At that point we will have fulfilled a quest for my temple and thus be in a position to be debt free (or even potentially rewarded if we get enough spider venom glands). I will either be powerful enough to cure disease in everyone myself, or be in a good position to have the party cured in the temple.
After that point I would suggest we return to the elven tomb we found in our second adventure and search its lower level(s).
Yes, this plan means that we do not go hunting for Lannister's sword at present. I CAN'T and WON'T continue bandaging the party forever as he hunt fruitlessly. To re-emphasize my point, for the past game session and half (or roughly 2-3 days of game time), I have burnt 2/3 of my daily spells as soon as I pray for them. Not fun to play a cleric when no magic is left and no undead to turn (my other shtick). Yes, I can hit things with my mace, but I am strength drained at present, so not as effective as normal, plus with no armour on while resting I am sitting duck in many ways with -4 to my Dex at the moment as well (see, that ability damage thing again). I could be selfish and simply heal myself and those who agree with my point of view I suppose.
At some point I need to have Blix taken in by someone capable to speaking goblin to reform the poor runt. Unless someone in the party is planning on taking goblin as a language in the near future.
Combat wise we need to put some tactics together.
Felix, Cutter, Nymagus and myself have been working together fairly well. Lannister does contribute, but his constant moaning about being weak is starting to drag on. He does need a better weapon for more damage. Yes, we have not found his scimitar. As stated above, time to let that go for the present (unless we find some asy to track tracks).
Finally, when it comes to angering gods, not a good idea. Remember the Time of Troubles anyone? Gods walking the land and killing each other and wreaking havoc? And that was when they were depowered and many of them were mortal. Imagine full power as being so much more.
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Omand
Commander
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | 04/24/2007 2:09 PM |
| Hello,
Note to the DM. Mike, what is the actual diameter of the tower supposed to be that we are in?
The map I have of the first floor is definitely 60 diameter, but the map for the second floor is a 70 foot diameter. This was all based upon counting squares on the battlemat, so no invention on my part.
Just wanting to know as I am drafting more professional maps for the party records.
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rhinohazard
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Smack dab in the middle
| | 04/24/2007 2:23 PM |
| Well, as for a cleric complaining when there aren't perfectly cleric oriented campaign parts, suck it up. Rogues often have to play through long combat scenes where their particular talents aren't useful. Front line fighters often sit around twiddling their thumbs during the finesse role playing moments. We all have roles to fulfill, and when it's time it's time. I find it interesting that the role of healer that clerics so often engage in is not satisfying. I guess I should complain if all I do as a ranger is track and hunt.
From a newcomer's perspective, I see an interesting group: A wizard who thinks he owns property by setting foot on it. A bard who gives the rogue the willies! A paladin who doesn't seem to know which way is up, but has apparently recently given up alcohol so I can at least hope that the situation is temporary. The rogue has lost an important item and, while incessantly whiney, seems to simply want to recover this item. To finish off, the cleric who whines about having to do some clericy things at the expense of others. I'm new, so my "gelling" is going to take place over the next couple of sessions. I don't see much of any cooperation in the party that's been together for a while now. Hopefully, this is just because I haven't seen it yet, and not because it isn't there yet.
As for what I think the party should be doing, well, we're in the tower right now, so I think that is the priority. For my sake, I would like to hunt down the two werewolves that got away, but I'm not going to try to put my needs ahead of the party. It seems to me that you were on a mission to get spider thingies and that there may be a deadline on that. I'd like to get a feel for where the goblin went with the scimitar, but am surprised that no one threw the two skill points into learning goblin. I was pretty sure I heard at least two people say they were going to. Either way, between my basic tracking and some way of talking to the slave/not slave to find out where the other goblin may have gone, we can likely figure that out. Given that the location of the scimitar may be static, we can probably put that off (even though that means my not getting a cloak of elvenkind until we do!). That said, I think we can deal with this tower, finish your spider adventure, chat with some elves if we find them about the stature, go finish off the elven tomb I've heard mentioned and then go after the sword. The party appears to have no leader, I'm not trying to become one, but I'm just saying that unless/until we do, it's up to a vote.
The above is my suggestion, feel free to vote for or against it as you will.
On a related note, I did get bit during the confrontation, but don't know if I was infected. I have a decent chance of being okay, but that will be up to Mike. | |
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 04/24/2007 2:32 PM |
| Both are correct. The tower isn't a pure cylinder.
The base is 60 feet across but balloons out to about 75 feet somewhere around the 3rd or 4th floor where you saw the windows from outside. From there it tapers back in the top floor being perhaps 40 feet across.
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Omand
Commander
3120 Posts
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | 04/24/2007 2:41 PM |
| Hello,
Thanks RhinoHazard for the response (and to Mike too about the tower).
I don't mind healing as the cleric, I know that I am the walking band aid. Just trying to put across the point, however, that we do have to put together some sort of action plan and actually work together. If we don't decide to work together I do have a pretty big stick to beat people around the head with (figuratively that is).
As to party unity, well, as I said in my first post today about four of us do tend to work together with Veil and Lannister being somewhat of the outliers at present. However, your observations are probably more of the norm that I personally would like. Kind of why Mike has been dropping hints about organizing on the boards and in sessions.
That said, I did miss half a session due to work and arrived to discover we were on the spider quest (for my temple) after the fact.
Felix's drinking is his shtick, used to explain a one session absence and perhaps overplayed, but I will let Nico address that.
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jacksonm
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River City
| | 04/24/2007 2:44 PM |
| As related to lycanthropy I believe 3 people are potentialy infected, speaking as the DM it remains to be determined who if anyone has actually contracted the disease. That will be one of the first things dealt with as we start tomorrow.
What you do know: There is still one more night remaining with a full moon.
As far as the quest Gawain was given for curing you of Lycanthropy there was no specific time frame given for recovering the spider venom glands, the words the priest who gave it to him were as soon as possible as lives might hang in the balance. | | | |
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 04/24/2007 2:53 PM |
| Well if you go with the school of alcoholism being a disease with Felix now being immune to diseases the problem should solve itself.
Nico being Nico, who knows what will happen..... perhaps with his senses cleared of demon rum he will rise to lead the party, after all he did name it. Paladins do often make worthy leaders..... | | | |
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Idzy
Commander
3082 Posts
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | 04/24/2007 2:58 PM |
| My thought is that we should get back with the venom sacks asap.Â
Seems to me Lanister should learn to speak goblin so he can order Blix around since it doesn't seem likely that we are going to be finding his sword any time soon. Â
Party cohesion is a bit low, I'm not sure what Nymagus is thinking most of the time, but at least he isn't activley working against the good of the party like Veil is. | |
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The Beer Baron
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| | 04/24/2007 4:16 PM |
| | Whiney? Whiney? I'll show you whiney!!!!!! | |
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Omand
Commander
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | 04/24/2007 6:07 PM |
| Posted By The Beer Baron on 04/24/2007 4:16 PM
Whiney? Whiney? I'll show you whiney!!!!!! Well, we do have to razz you a bit. You host the game afterall.
Looking back at my last couple of posts, I wrote them in haste.
I don't think I was quite as clear as I should have been.
My main point overall is that there is a bunch of roleplaying going on, which is a good thing. If we cleave to that school of play, however, we need to keep a few things in mind. The first and most important is that without unity we have no party and no game.
I mean, realistically for my character Gawain, if he were adventuring with a party of individuals who did not agree with his viewpoints, viewed him only as a walking band aid and ignored his counsel regarding ethical and moral issues while mooching healing, and this was in a world where gods were demonstrably real, there would come a point where it would come to "enough is enough, your goals and morals do not match mine, we part ways now."
That would be totally realistic, but not much fun as the party would break up every week or kill each other off.
I do not mind playing the character of the cleric. I can handle doing healing and all that as part of the role, because it is a big part of the roll. If you flip that around, however, if I burn all of my healing spells as a 2-3 minute burst at the start of each day there is nothing left to spare for later emergencies, except a rapidly decreasing Wand of Cure Light Wounds. I would expect at least a little consideration for the cleric's viewpoint in this circumstance because of the fact of being alive still.
That said, I am surprised that Blix is still alive. I originally did not think he would last through the session we originally captured him in.
Expecting to shine all of the time ... Nah! I fully expect to shine in combat only if I have support spells available (like magic weapon or spiritual weapon), and as part of the healing up afterwards. The occassional Turn Undead will use up power as well with great effect, but not against Werewolves. If all of my healing (and thus spells) is used up in 2 minutes at the start, however, there is not a whole lot for me to do except use moral persuasion afterwards.
If we feel we have a problem, which I think is the issue that this thread is dealing with at present, it is that everyone has built a hook for their character. Hooks are good things, which Mike as DM has made even better by providing ways into those hooks. When one person's hook, however, becomes the only defining trait of their character then we end up with too many different directions for the party to go.
My hook was a hatred of undead and bandits from a childhood experience. Nicely used in my smiting of undead so far in the various locations we have visited. Very situational as well, which does not overlap or pull the group too far away from things on its plate. Undead in the way are destroyed and we move on.
Nymagus is seeking out Elvish sites and knowledge (from my own knowledge of things so far), so we seem to have that covered. Perhaps his "ownership" of everything elvish can be seen as a small problem.
Cutter is also exploring his Elvishness and preserving Evlish sites (seems to be covered again).
Casey is new, but clearly established as the lycanthrope hunter (and one willing to work with everyone to get that goal).
Veil and Lannister interestingly started out with a linked hook, that both of them were involved with a criminal gang that had caused harm to them in the past. That one does not seem to have gone anywhere so far (although I did miss half a session), and I am not even sure if they have spoken to each other about the issue. Both seem to have adopted alternate hooks now for their attentions. Veil seems to have moved towards theft as a motivation (based upon my observations, maybe Jory has something else in mind), and Lannister has been fixated on his lost sword.
So, hopefully that provides somemore background to rhinohazard. Maybe it also helps people think about where we are going and where we have been.
For the record, Scott and I have been ribbing each other in character pretty much from the start with different viewpoints on issues, and perhaps we have dragged that too far for the good of the group. I will give him that he has not killed Blix yet.
As to Jory (and Veil by extension), I am not sure where he is going. In character I was beginning to warm to the concept of a guardian ghost (once he revealed that to us), but then we seem to have expanded into petty theft as a character trait (which from my point of view appeared to come out of nowhere). That, coupled with doing the exact opposite of much of the party in many cases has not been helpful for bonding and group unity (again, from my point of view).
Overall, observations from my POV, take it or leave it as you like.
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Ice_Troll98
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In your closet
| | 04/24/2007 7:12 PM |
| | Ok, ok. I was hoping to keep this a secret longer, but as you are all asking and SOME of you (cutter) are threatening about it, Veil has taken to thieving and has been acting out because he is very anxious to get on the road and avenge his father. I was hoping it would gradually increase the longer I'm away from my father's killer. | |
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Richard II
Commander
3663 Posts
| | 04/24/2007 7:14 PM |
| ooh, interparty conflict. I say you kill off the lazy rogue.  | |
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Omand
Commander
3120 Posts
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | 04/24/2007 8:36 PM |
| Posted By Ice_Troll98 on 04/24/2007 7:12 PM
Ok, ok. I was hoping to keep this a secret longer, but as you are all asking and SOME of you (cutter) are threatening about it, Veil has taken to thieving and has been acting out because he is very anxious to get on the road and avenge his father. I was hoping it would gradually increase the longer I'm away from my father's killer.
OooooKay ...
I have to say I don't see how these things follow one from another. Veil just happened to have this kleptomania streak start when he joined us? Why did he not just ask to head off and hunt his father's killer? In fact, I don't even know if Gawain knows that Dingle was murdered "in character" (although I do know as a player, not as a PC). How did Veil avoid this interest in theft prior to joining the party?
Too many secrets among PCs can easily sink a campaign. A few secrets can add excitement, but they need a good reveal and close cooperation with the DM to make things work out. They also need to be logical (within the framework of the game) in order to come through properly.
Just a few more thoughts.
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nicovk
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| | 04/24/2007 9:36 PM |
| Holy Soap Opera Batman!!!
Even the Joker can't lighten this mood and that is positively homicidal!!!!
Total Party Split or TPK here we come....
Indirectly from everyone I have heard that we need teamwork...so cooperate!
Don't argue everything and just do it cause the party benefits...less talk more team
One of my earlier posts talked about role-playing a bit. I guess I should directly come
out and said I wanted to give my character more direction...more +ve progress as he
is a Paladin.
My original background was nuts - so I started with a crazy beginning to show he was
out of sorts with the world - mystery background. Rob correctly guessed from my
nuts background that he was kinda a lost Paladin or stuck in rut from fully following
his calling - or in denial. Hence he has gone nowhere fast and alcohol was in his revised
or supplemental background to show he wasn't dealing with things. Its in the background.
So I am dropping that Sthick as it was only a beginning - not the whole thing. But me
being me sometimes I do carry something to far or don't think. Felix is now immune to
disease so he either follows the call or he doesn't take anymore levels of Paladin.
This party has been together for a very short period of time (a few days) some teams
don't find their balance until much later.
Basically from what I have read from a few of you the tower is priority right now. Makes
sense cause that is where we are right now. Voting seems about right and that is
what the majority seem to want at the moment. Also the majority want the statue to
stay where it is so there it stays...I guess undefiled...or hey TPK then...new characters!
Pizza sounds good...that also seems to be a voted decision.
Hopefully not the only thing as a team we agree on is Pizza. | |
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Omand
Commander
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | 04/24/2007 9:52 PM |
| Thank you to Felix Flounder II for his feedback.
Just so we are clear, I am still having fun with the campaign as an individual.
It did seem necessary, however, to air a few things that could cause issues if left any longer.
And, every so often I have to step away from the NG character and get some different action going.
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 04/25/2007 5:03 AM |
| Conflict is natural in any group of adventurers with backgrounds as diverse as yours.
But now you are aware of these differences and have an opportunity to deal with them in a positive way...... for things only get more difficult from here..... | | | |
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 04/25/2007 7:11 AM |
| | Of course if you don't want Pizza you can always take my latest burger chalenge...... | | | |
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Idzy
Commander
3082 Posts
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | 04/25/2007 8:43 AM |
| | Whats the challenge this week? I'm having pizza hut buffet for lunch so I probably won't be able to do it but you never know. | |
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 04/25/2007 8:56 AM |
| The last one was perhaps a little too easy. Although Nico came close, no one died..... so this time I have to up the CR on this encounter!
The chalenge is Band of Brothers to promote a little teamwork. 7 players means 7 Dmitri burgers and 7 orders of fries that must be consumed, if you can't finish yours one of your brothers must step up and clean your plate. No burger soldier gets left behind! | | | |
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Universally_Hated
Sneak
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | 04/25/2007 10:21 AM |
| as i put in my back story my family was always charged with protecting certain assets of the elven people. when i take books, and othe elven property it's not for me so much as it is for my people. You will notice that i have not tried to benefit from it in anyway, other than to gather knowledge and protect what i can.
as for the group dynamic, we haven't really been together all that long of a time in terms of the game world. it hasn't even been a month has it? now i am sorry to say that sometimes personalities will conflict with each other. but that is part of character growth. take for example in real life scott and i, i am sure there are things i do that piss him off still, and we don't always see eye to eye, but that doesn't mean we don't get stuff done.
as for what the party should do now, of course finish the tower. if we have time before the full moon runs out catching the 2 werewolves that got away would be good too. i want to find out why there are so many elven undead around, that isn't normal. i am however all for the preservation of life and if the clerics need the poison sacs right away, or asap, as they said well maybe that should become priority #2b, #2a being the werewolves unless we miss the last night of the full moon.
as for the rogue's sword give it up for now it's gone. goblin+woods+rain+2 day head start=NO FRIGGIN WAY OF TRACKING HIM.
as for someone learning goblin, i already have and told mike as much, but i am roleplaying it as i am not going to learn it instantly it will take some time. Blixx has been with us for less than a week. yes my intelligence is an 18 but that doesn't mean i can pick up a foreign language that fast. like they say it's hard to teach an old dog new tricks.
as for the burger challenge for tonight count my stomach out. i will gladly eat fries but the beef is too much for me. don't want to have a bout with gout again because that is painful. | |
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Idzy
Commander
3082 Posts
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | 04/25/2007 10:51 AM |
| I can't do the challange tonight either, too much pizza hut for lunch but I'm up for what ever is decided for dinner.
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 04/25/2007 10:56 AM |
| Looks like Jory will have to eat 3 burgers himself..... that should go a long way to earning his some party loyality points.
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Universally_Hated
Sneak
85 Posts
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | 04/25/2007 11:27 AM |
| | well i will be in for a half pizza with chris assuming that he only wants a half | |
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The Beer Baron
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1553 Posts
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| | 04/25/2007 2:24 PM |
| Posted By jacksonm on 04/25/2007 8:56 AM
The last one was perhaps a little too easy. Although Nico came close, no one died..... so this time I have to up the CR on this encounter!
The chalenge is Band of Brothers to promote a little teamwork. 7 players means 7 Dmitri burgers and 7 orders of fries that must be consumed, if you can't finish yours one of your brothers must step up and clean your plate. No burger soldier gets left behind! Oh for cryin' out loud. No friggin' way. I will not participate in your attempt to interfere with our lithe buff body types in any way!
Posted By Omand on 04/24/2007 6:07 PM
Veil and Lannister interestingly started out with a linked hook, that both of them were involved with a criminal gang that had caused harm to them in the past. That one does not seem to have gone anywhere so far (although I did miss half a session), and I am not even sure if they have spoken to each other about the issue. Both seem to have adopted alternate hooks now for their attentions. Veil seems to have moved towards theft as a motivation (based upon my observations, maybe Jory has something else in mind), and Lannister has been fixated on his lost sword.
Well, my hook was that I was trying to avoid the gang of thugs, which I have. When we heard rumours of them (or a gang of bandits), my vote was to go on another quest, in this case to help out my good pal Gawain. As to Veil's new kleptomania fixation, I have no clue where that came from. I keep ribbing Jory that he sure isn't acting like no son of The Legendary Fiddling Dingle.Posted By Universally_Hated on 04/25/2007 10:21 AM
as for the rogue's sword give it up for now it's gone. goblin+woods+rain+2 day head start=NO FRIGGIN WAY OF TRACKING HIM. Okay, my poor son of a dead lumberjack slacker deadbeat comic releif type character has finally found this wonderful item worth more money than he would ever see in his life otherwise, and you want him to give it up (after only 2 days). Maybe he found something worth living for. I don't think it is too Lannister-centric to want to retreive a valued item. And here we have a great hook to have the new character prove himself.
Posted By Richard II on 04/24/2007 7:14 PM ooh, interparty conflict. I say you kill off the lazy rogue.
Anywho, I think we have a great party with some really unique characters, so I vote for not changing a thing. When (if) Lannister gets his sword back (and I like this hook, so I'm going to keep at it), I'll be better able to defend myself (so I'll have less reliance on our overworked healer) and I'll have the confidence to change my lazy card playing carefree lifestyle (well, except for the booze, taverns, and wenches) and take up the exciting career of freelance adventurer (with a new sidekick too)!
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jacksonm
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5560 Posts
River City
| | 04/25/2007 2:37 PM |
| Posted By The Beer Baron on 04/25/2007 2:24 PM Posted By jacksonm on 04/25/2007 8:56 AM
The last one was perhaps a little too easy. Although Nico came close, no one died..... so this time I have to up the CR on this encounter!
The chalenge is Band of Brothers to promote a little teamwork. 7 players means 7 Dmitri burgers and 7 orders of fries that must be consumed, if you can't finish yours one of your brothers must step up and clean your plate. No burger soldier gets left behind! Oh for cryin' out loud. No friggin' way. I will not participate in your attempt to interfere with our lithe buff body types in any way! Let me have men about me that are fat;
Sleek-headed men and such as sleep o' nights:
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look;
He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.
ANTONYFear him not, Caesar; he's not dangerous;
He is a noble Roman and well given.
CAESARWould he were fatter! But I fear him not:
Yet if my name were liable to fear,
I do not know the man I should avoid
So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much;
He is a great observer and he looks
Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays,
As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music;
Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort
As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit
That could be moved to smile at any thing.
Such men as he be never at heart's ease
Whiles they behold a greater than themselves,
And therefore are they very dangerous.
I rather tell thee what is to be fear'd
Than what I fear; for always I am Caesar.
Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf,
And tell me truly what thou think'st of him.
The Life and Death of Julius Caesar
Act 1, Scene 2
William Shakespeare
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Ice_Troll98
Sneak
154 Posts
In your closet
| | 04/25/2007 2:42 PM |
| Posted By Omand on 04/24/2007 8:36 PM Posted By Ice_Troll98 on 04/24/2007 7:12 PM
Ok, ok. I was hoping to keep this a secret longer, but as you are all asking and SOME of you (cutter) are threatening about it, Veil has taken to thieving and has been acting out because he is very anxious to get on the road and avenge his father. I was hoping it would gradually increase the longer I'm away from my father's killer. OooooKay ... I have to say I don't see how these things follow one from another. Veil just happened to have this kleptomania streak start when he joined us? Why did he not just ask to head off and hunt his father's killer? In fact, I don't even know if Gawain knows that Dingle was murdered "in character" (although I do know as a player, not as a PC). How did Veil avoid this interest in theft prior to joining the party? Too many secrets among PCs can easily sink a campaign. A few secrets can add excitement, but they need a good reveal and close cooperation with the DM to make things work out. They also need to be logical (within the framework of the game) in order to come through properly. Just a few more thoughts. Cheers 
to answer your questions:yes, because he could not take on a gank by himself, yes- I've told you, and I'm still talking over it with the great DM, but I beleive he was searching- and now hes not, so he had to make you notice him with the best way he knew.
And all of you, remember, Veil is still quite young and is just entering adulthood.
Wow, I can't beleive I just got writers(typers?) cramp from writing this, I have to stop being so lazy......nah.
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Richard II
Commander
3663 Posts
| | 04/25/2007 2:54 PM |
| Posted By The Beer Baron on 04/25/2007 2:24 PM Posted By Richard II on 04/24/2007 7:14 PM ooh, interparty conflict. I say you kill off the lazy rogue. I dare you. Oh wait, you don't have a character.......
I don't have a character eh? Just b/c I'm not there, doesn't mean I don't exist.  | |
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 04/25/2007 3:00 PM |
| | Well I'm headed down for D&D. See you all there. | | | |
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 04/26/2007 6:05 AM |
| | Interesting session last night. Hopefully everyone had a good time. | | | |
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Idzy
Commander
3082 Posts
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Richard II
Commander
3663 Posts
| | 04/26/2007 7:41 AM |
| | Details people details. Isn't someone getting extra XP for recording the party's heroic deeds? | |
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 04/26/2007 7:50 AM |
| Posted By Richard II on 04/26/2007 7:41 AM
Details people details. Isn't someone getting extra XP for recording the party's heroic deeds? Scott has taken the role of party chronicler and takes notes in a little book when he has the chance.
Still if it is details you want than details you shall have. It's time for a new friendly inter-party contest. Everyone is to post a recounting of the details of the last session and the events that led up to it. Feel free to put your own personal spin on it if you wish.
The entrant deemed to recount the best telling by Richard will be rewared with a Potion of Cure Serious Wounds.
All submissions must be posted before Wednesday morning May 2nd. So get writing.
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Richard II
Commander
3663 Posts
| | 04/26/2007 8:24 AM |
| Posted By jacksonm on 04/26/2007 7:50 AM Posted By Richard II on 04/26/2007 7:41 AM
Details people details. Isn't someone getting extra XP for recording the party's heroic deeds? Scott has taken the role of party chronicler and takes notes in a little book when he has the chance. Still if it is details you want than details you shall have. It's time for a new friendly inter-party contest. Everyone is to post a recounting of the details of the last session and the events that led up to it. Feel free to put your own personal spin on it if you wish. The entrant deemed to recount the best telling by Richard will be rewared with a Potion of Cure Serious Wounds. All submissions must be posted before Wednesday morning May 2nd. So get writing.
 
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 04/26/2007 8:32 AM |
| Time for a little Post Mortem on last nights session.
With the tower collapsed and faded into nothingness, it's unclaimed treasures gone forever, you turn to matters of the present. Suddenly the Shadowdale Light Fellowship finds themselves the wards of a mysterious slip of an elven girl with a great destiny ahead of her, a destiny that has been now linked to yours.
What that destiny is and the course you should take will be a matter for great study and thought.
Of more immediate concearn is returning to Shadowdale with venom sacs in hand. With a fine new hunter in your midst you have no major trouble gathering what you need and along with those glands you recovered from the Ettercaps you decide to return to Shadowdale.
All told it takes you 6 days to return to Shadowdale as you no longer have mules to help you carry the load and being a young girl Alandra is unuse to the rigors of extended travel. Even as fatigue sets in she doesn't complain, she bares the same graceful manner and soft smile. At first she is quiet, perhaps a little bewildered much as you imagine a blind person who had been gifted sight might be.
As the days pass she opens up, shows a wry sense of humor for one so young, shares tales of the Elven Court and the lands as there were 2000 years ago. She speaks only Elvish, Draconic, and Celestial but seems highly empathic. As you come to know her you can begin to see how she could be destined for great things.
After your many troubles you finaly arrive back in Sahdowdale late in the evening and retire to warm beds and hot meals for a pleasant change, vowing in the morning to make new plans.
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Omand
Commander
3120 Posts
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | 04/28/2007 6:02 PM |
| Hello,
Well, I know that I am behind on things (everything seems to be behind this week).
Quite an enjoyable session in my opinion. Lots of action and development. Where will we go from here? Lots to think about.
I will try to get an account of the session together for Richard's judgement, but still busy at the moment.
Cheers
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