[dungeoncrawl] Re: Thursday morning summary

1.  I had to chuckle when you brought 
up the fact that NPCs give such 
constant abuse to characters.  I hadn't 
thought of that, and had to respond 
without reading the rest.  Very good 
point!  As for Elminster, he had a lot 
on his mind:  powerful wizards seeking 
godhood, vast sources of power leaking 
into the realms, etc etc.  A bit harsh, 
but in line for him (at least from what 
I've read over the years).  I'll now 
read the next section:

2.  I'm getting a sense of relief from 
reading section 2 as well.  For some 
reason, I just don't have a problem 
with Baish!  I should, and I remember 
the character giving you tremendous 
headaches as a DM.  I think I've hit on 
a "aha!" moment here:  I'm really 
overwhelmed by roleplaying spellcasters 
in 3rd edition, not by character 
personalities.  It was reeeallly tough 
running both Amrikals and not having 
them annihilate everyone and everything 
around them.  I just don't have a firm 
enough grasp of 3rd edition magic.

3.  Yes, it does make sense.  I left 
last night mentioning two things to 
Matt and Damon:  (1) How to DM your 
powerful characters (which we discussed 
today), and (2) how terrified I am of 
this plot.

I'm loving it, and I'm glad everyone 
else is having fun, but there's bound 
to be some controversy from what 
happens next!  As each week progresses, 
the danger level is going to go up.

Some of that "controversy" concern 
comes from my knowledge of things to 
come that won't necessarily be popular 
with the players - the events might 
even come across as a "wet blanket" of 
sorts.

For example, Gadget and Faceus weren't 
captured by Mylena - Tyr sent them.  
They both have a specific mission:  
Faceus to prevent the group from 
succeeding, and Gadget to deal with 
Klaw.  

For an example of what concerns me, 
I'll mention one idea now that I won't 
use in play:  I considered having the 
gods send a messenger to the Riders in 
Sigil.  They could return of their own 
volition, or sacrifice all godly aid.  
That would mean no spells or abilities 
for any of the priests, among other 
things.  But I've thought of a 
different, more democratic way that 
they will handle the problem, and it 
ain't going to be pretty either! :)

That's why I feel like taking these 
things to their logical conclusions is 
going to make me as much a dreaded DM 
as Dan Robinetti.
:)

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