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MerricB
Underboss
2353 Posts
    
Australia
 | | 09/30/2005 11:54 PM |
| Stupid Uni holidays! I was meant to be playing yesterday, but half the group was away. So, another two weeks to wait.
PCs are 3rd level, and are in the first part of "Three Faces of Evil". No-one has died yet; the group is pretty savvy about resting and the like. Mind you, it got close recently.
See the blog I've set up for it for more details: Merric's Age of Worms Campaign
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Merric Blackman
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Fry
Underboss
1724 Posts
| | 10/01/2005 1:23 PM |
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Originally posted by Testament
Sidus: Lunatic Human Warlock 3
Is "lunatic" just descriptive of the character, or does it have a game effect? | |
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Testament
Underboss
1397 Posts
| | 10/01/2005 11:58 PM |
| | Lunatic is just part of the character. He's convinced that day is night and vice versa for starters. | |
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Captain Harlock
Sergeant
450 Posts
| | 10/02/2005 1:00 PM |
| I just got part one and I am looking at perhaps running this campaign online (real time, NOT email/bb type. This even though the author of the first adventure is a real scumbag.
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Dan Cooper
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The Great
Choco Monster
Ghendar
Warlord
12441 Posts
The G Spot
| | 10/03/2005 7:20 AM |
| | Looks like I'm going to be running this within a couple of weeks. I'll post party composition and adventure notes as we progress. | |
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I actually love to be swallowed. - Posted By gss_000 on 09/04/2007 2:32 PM
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Pale Rider
Underboss
1023 Posts
London, Ontario, Canada
| | 10/03/2005 9:35 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Captain Harlock
I just got part one and I am looking at perhaps running this campaign online (real time, NOT email/bb type. This even though the author of the first adventure is a real scumbag.
Erik Mona is a scumbag? How on earth do you figure that?! | |
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Captain Harlock
Sergeant
450 Posts
| | 10/03/2005 12:20 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Pale Rider
quote:
Originally posted by Captain Harlock
I just got part one and I am looking at perhaps running this campaign online (real time, NOT email/bb type. This even though the author of the first adventure is a real scumbag.
Erik Mona is a scumbag? How on earth do you figure that?!
Having been on the LC staff and seeing his attitude problem through that.
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Dan Cooper
For there is surely nothing so beautiful than the sight of a lone man facing single-handedly half a ton of angry pot roast.
You will all go directly to your respective vahallas, Go directly, do not pass go do not collect two hundred dollars
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The Great
Choco Monster
Ghendar
Warlord
12441 Posts
The G Spot
| | 10/03/2005 1:01 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Ghendar
Looks like I'm going to be running this within a couple of weeks. I'll post party composition and adventure notes as we progress.
Okay, gonna be running with four pcs and possibly one or two npcs. I'm starting them off at level 2 to make up for the fact that many of you are saying this series is pretty tough.
Anyone else start at at level 2? | |
WotC - making me wish more and more every day for a return to the TSR days. :(
I fought the snark and the snark won. I'm baaaaaaaaaaack!
Some of my favorite Maxminis quotes
I actually love to be swallowed. - Posted By gss_000 on 09/04/2007 2:32 PM
Could somebody explain Snatch to me? I understand the basics, but not how to enter/use it. - Posted by orcmonk220
G's the man. - Posted By greyhaze on 11/11/2008 8:58 AM | |
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Red Ranger
Sergeant
708 Posts
| | 10/04/2005 5:21 AM |
| Started last week with five PC's and possibly adding a sixth. They're level 1, but I'm using the skill groups idea from Iron Heroes so they're a little more versatile. I wrote a synopsis of our first session, one of our members is trying to remember the password to the groups' old website (before I joined). If we can get access I'll post the address and keep a campaign journal there.
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Champion of the Yeti
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MerricB
Underboss
2353 Posts
Australia
| | 10/04/2005 7:08 AM |
| ...and that is goodbye to Captain Harlock.
If you can't be polite, you're not wanted on Maxminis. | |
Merric Blackman
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bshugg
Underboss
1833 Posts
| | 10/04/2005 11:21 AM |
| | My group had some upheavals, but have finally started with 3 faces. I summerized the info from whispering Cairn and gave that to them as a journal. I don't think they will miss much. | |
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Red Ranger
Sergeant
708 Posts
| | 10/05/2005 12:55 AM |
| | Whispering Cairn killed two PCs tonight, how you ask? Some infernal monster? Deadly trap? No, nothing so grand for my PCs. One right after the other they failed the DC 5 climb checks to climb down the pitted and scarred elevator shaft under the green lantern, one from 60 feet and one from 50 feet. Then, after they've made rolls and failed, the rules guy in the group goes, "didn't you know you can take 10?" No, I didn't let them take their actions back, it's the two guys who always try to get to the loot the fastest, without thinking. | |
Champion of the Yeti
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Fry
Underboss
1724 Posts
| | 10/05/2005 12:19 PM |
| | I thought if you failed a climb check by 4 or less, you just didn't make progress, rather than falling. Shouldn't it then be impossible to take a fall on a DC 5 check? | |
"Why am I all sticky and naked? Did I miss something fun?"
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Red Ranger
Sergeant
708 Posts
| | 10/05/2005 12:24 PM |
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Originally posted by Fry
I thought if you failed a climb check by 4 or less, you just didn't make progress, rather than falling. Shouldn't it then be impossible to take a fall on a DC 5 check?
Oh crup, I'm going to have to take that back, at least we didn't play far after that. Thanks for the catch, I need to re-read the rules. | |
Champion of the Yeti
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lurch_E_bean
Underboss
1058 Posts
| | 10/05/2005 2:37 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Fry
I thought if you failed a climb check by 4 or less, you just didn't make progress, rather than falling. Shouldn't it then be impossible to take a fall on a DC 5 check?
Depends on how nasty your armor check penalty is. [:D] | |
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bshugg
Underboss
1833 Posts
| | 10/05/2005 2:49 PM |
| | yeah, need to add in the armorcheck penalty and -1 for every 10 pounds of equipment I believe. Falling can be pretty likely. Also a normal rope is DC 10 I thought, with a knotted rope being DC 5. Did they knot it? | |
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lurch_E_bean
Underboss
1058 Posts
| | 10/05/2005 2:54 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by bshugg
yeah, need to add in the armorcheck penalty and -1 for every 10 pounds of equipment I believe. Falling can be pretty likely. Also a normal rope is DC 10 I thought, with a knotted rope being DC 5. Did they knot it?
Swim was the only skill you had to add a penalty for every 10 pounds of equipment, and that was only in 3.0. I believe they changed that to double the armor check penalty regarless of equipment weight in 3.5. I suppose equipment weight adding penalties to swim, jump, climb, and such would be a bit more realistic, but it's just a pain to keep all those modifiers updated. | |
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12th Place in the 2005 Nationals, and I owe it all to the Minis Training Montage.
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Almalik
Warrior
266 Posts
Vancouver-ish, Canada
| | 10/05/2005 3:34 PM |
| | Just curious, how do people find this second 1 - 20 set of modules compares to Shackled City (so far)? I've gotten a couple of friends to play minis and occassionally the bring up starting an RPG campaign. None of us have played in 10 + years, so if we do it I'd like to go through a fairly inclusive 'all-in-one' package. Which would we be better off using? | |
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Testament
Underboss
1397 Posts
| | 10/05/2005 11:01 PM |
| | You'd probably be best off with "The Shackled City", since its a complete campaign already. Age of Worms is pretty sweet though. | |
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Darastrix Maekrix
dariustad
Warlord
6322 Posts
| | 10/06/2005 12:54 AM |
| Pretty sweet and potentially very deadly. I'm not saying the Shackled City is a cake walk, though.
Be prepared to alter things in the game based on your party. | |
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glauron
Underboss
1379 Posts
Sydney, Australia
| | 10/06/2005 7:05 AM |
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Originally posted by bshugg
yeah, need to add in the armorcheck penalty and -1 for every 10 pounds of equipment I believe. Falling can be pretty likely. Also a normal rope is DC 10 I thought, with a knotted rope being DC 5. Did they knot it?
I didn't think you could do worse than 1. Is it possible to have, say an adjusted -5 roll?
Also, it's a chain that holds those lanterns, so no need to worry about knotted rope. | |
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bshugg
Underboss
1833 Posts
| | 10/12/2005 11:18 AM |
| My group is now going headlong into 3 Faces of Evil. They are higher level than expected, but I have tweaked things to be more deadly. The biggest problem is the spell caster has access to 3rd level spells. Lightning bolts can really throw things off.
The group is currently:
Human Paladin 5
Human Cleric/Paladin 3/2
Dwarf Cleric/Psi warrior 2/1 (almost 4th)
Elven Ranger 6
Elven Ranger 4
Human Sorceror 6
When players die, they must make a new character at 1 lower level. So both the ranger and sorceror know they have a bullseye on them in order to balance out the groups levels. [}:)]
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johnny.quest
Underboss
1364 Posts
| | 10/12/2005 1:25 PM |
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[quote]Originally posted by lurch_E_bean
Swim was the only skill you had to add a penalty for every 10 pounds of equipment, and that was only in 3.0. I believe they changed that to double the armor check penalty regarless of equipment weight in 3.5. I suppose equipment weight adding penalties to swim, jump, climb, and such would be a bit more realistic, but it's just a pain to keep all those modifiers updated.
You're correct about the change, but there's a little more to it. In 3.5 a character carrying a medium load suffers a -3 skill check penalty (-6 for swim), and a character carrying a heavy load suffers a -6 skill check penalty (-12 for swim). These penalties apply to skills that are affected by armor, and they don't stack with armor check penalties (use the higher of the two). | | | |
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lurch_E_bean
Underboss
1058 Posts
| | 10/12/2005 4:06 PM |
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Originally posted by johnny.quest
You're correct about the change, but there's a little more to it. In 3.5 a character carrying a medium load suffers a -3 skill check penalty (-6 for swim), and a character carrying a heavy load suffers a -6 skill check penalty (-12 for swim). These penalties apply to skills that are affected by armor, and they don't stack with armor check penalties (use the higher of the two).
That's right, I remember now. Medium and Heavy loads basically give you an Armor Check penalty if you don't already have a worse one. I like that, makes sense and it's a LOT easier to keep track of. | |
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12th Place in the 2005 Nationals, and I owe it all to the Minis Training Montage.
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bromleylaerchenheim
Skirmisher
1 Posts
| | 10/19/2005 11:02 AM |
| We ve started AoW in our Eberron campaign 14 days ago with 2 sessions since then. I convinced my group to start from level 1 again to get the full flavour and experience out of this campaign (which really reads great - definitly read the Overload at Paizo).
I provided a Diamond Lake background paper for every character including common knowledge and some information tight to that characters role, such as detailed background or motivation. No character of my group of 7 knows any one else (of that group) so on the first night I let the story flow and watched how these 7 characters would find to each other.
We toured a whole night at Diamond Lake. This town alone gives plenty of rpg opportunities. And all 7 finally grouped up watching a dog fight at the Feral Dog. Some of them got into contact with the rival adventurers party but in the end they grouped up and decided to go treasure hunting. I gave one character the abandoned hut presented in the AoW Wormfood article in Dragon, so they do have a homebase to operate from.
On the second evening they nearly managed to get all killed from the screaming mouth trap and it was only due to really good roleplaying (and spending action points to stabalize :-)) that they survived with only 4 injured and unconcious.
These are the heroes:
female Kalashtar Psion (Telepath) (raised by a human family in Diamond Lake; there might be a story behind her heritage)
male Gorebrute Shifter Druid (member of the Bronzewood Lodge)
male-personality Warforged fighter (formerly bouncer at the Emporium)
female human cleric of Dol Arrah (member of the Dol Arrah church at Diamond Lakes garrison)
male Valenar elf "samurai" (a special trained fighter with the double-scimitar; formerly employed by the "Price"; his weapon is a legacy weapon but he needs to leran about this)
male human wizard (apprentice of Allustan)
female changeling rogue/bard (table dancer at Purple Rose´s; she often change places with Constance, who also is a changeling and so by error got into the line of Constance´s would-be assassins) | |
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reezel
Sergeant
555 Posts
| | 10/19/2005 3:27 PM |
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Originally posted by bromleylaerchenheim
I provided a Diamond Lake background paper for every character including common knowledge and some information tight to that characters role, such as detailed background or motivation.
Any chance you have that in Electronic format? I know I'll be playing in the first game this weekend and a bunch of us were looking for background without reading the adventure. | |
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glauron
Underboss
1379 Posts
Sydney, Australia
| | 10/21/2005 4:01 AM |
| Our version of AoW is about to kick off. I'll be playing, one of the other guys will do the DMing. We have a party of 5 PCs, but only three have rolled their stats and chosen characters so far.
We're using 4d6, no rerolls.
I did well enough to play my most hated class - a Paladin. Dex 7, Intelligence 7, Str 17, Cha 15, Wis 11, and Con 13.
One of the guys rolled 2 18s, 10,9,9,9, and immediately said Wizard (A strong wind will kill him). The third person rolled 3 x 14, 12,11, 10 and is playing a monk.
We are in deep s**t.
Lets hope the remaining two get some cleric and rogue stats. I reckin they'd be handy in AoW | |
I have always been here. | |
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bshugg
Underboss
1833 Posts
| | 11/17/2005 10:55 AM |
| The group has cleared the hextor portion of 3 faces, and decided to head into Vecna's labyrinth. I let them get a little bit into the maze suffering a few pot shots from hidden foes. Once the weasels attacked I ran the rest of the session as one large combat with the players moving in the maze. It was insanely tough. The players got spread out and picked off. None died, but 5 of the 6 were below 0 HP at various times. In the end they are in full retreat with one player trapped inside at 2 HP carrying a wounded companion, and the half HP paladin trying to charge back in to recover them.
Ahh, good times, the players won't forget anytime soon. | |
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Red Ranger
Sergeant
708 Posts
| | 11/18/2005 10:55 AM |
| If any DM's are interested, here's the link to my group's blog:
http://rfrl.blogspot.com/
As to the falling down the elevator shaft, given armor check penalties and loads they both would have fallen. | |
Champion of the Yeti
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Thoth, Gatherer of Knowledge
MerricB
Underboss
2353 Posts
Australia
| | 11/18/2005 7:40 PM |
| We finished Three Faces of Evil last Thursday night. We've now played 7 sessions, and the 6 PCs are 3rd to 5th level.
Two PC deaths so far.
Cheers! | |
Merric Blackman
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Testament
Underboss
1397 Posts
| | 11/20/2005 7:04 PM |
| Just about to start on Encounter at Blackwall Keep this week, PCs are all 4th level, about to hit 5th. I'll side trek them on the way in.
1 casualty so far, WAY too many near misses to count. The PCs are having a ball, one finished a brief solo mission that enabled him to take Church Inquisitor levels, while our Kobold rogue now has a poker club in town. | |
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Red Ranger
Sergeant
708 Posts
| | 11/23/2005 3:28 AM |
| | My group finally finished the Whispering Cairn tonight, took us seven sessions (we play for three hours every Tuesday night). We only lost the two characters that fell down the ruined elevator shaft, but had some close calls. Filges's personal assistant skeleton critted our rogue twice and the cleric of Kord made it up to her at -9. I'm fearing a TPK in Three faces of Evil. | |
Champion of the Yeti
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bshugg
Underboss
1833 Posts
| | 11/23/2005 12:29 PM |
| | My party ran into their first Spawn of Kyuss today and it scared the CRAP out of them! It transformed from a cleric they had held captive left over from 3 Faces of Evil. I had him infected with a slow worm. No one died, but The longest living PC was a few rounds away from transformation when they figured out a way to kill the worm inside. Welcome to the Age of Worms![:D] They are now VERY interested in what is going on in the story line, that they had pretty much ignored in the beginning. | |
Looking for someone to cosponser a midwest DDM event. let me know if your interested!
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Thoth, Gatherer of Knowledge
MerricB
Underboss
2353 Posts
Australia
| | 11/23/2005 7:17 PM |
| I've just introduced 3 items of legacy into the campaign. (Staff of Dragons Tears; a legacy holy avenger; and Alden's Greatsword - the barbarian slew the Aspect nearly singlehandedly, and it was worth converting his weapon).
Cheers! | |
Merric Blackman
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bshugg
Underboss
1833 Posts
| | 11/28/2005 2:54 PM |
| Got in a "bonus" session because of the holiday. The group has recovered from their first encounter with the Spawn of Kyuss and finished off the Vecna Labyrinth. Haven't found a way into the temple beyond it but they are pretty sure theres a secret door somewhere. Will continue on Tuesday.
The party had some leveling and we currently have:
Human Paladin 6
Human Ranger 7
Elven Ranger 5
Human Paladin 2/Cleric 4
Elven Sorc 7
Elven Rogue 3 (never played DnD before so he wanted to start at 1)
Elven Cleric 4
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Looking for someone to cosponser a midwest DDM event. let me know if your interested!
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