[dungeoncrawl] Re: Monday Night, new Campaign

From: jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx
To: dungeoncrawl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 09:09:00 US/Eastern
Damon,

thanks for sending your thoughts on 
this - if you were winging it Monday, I 
really couldn't tell!  I just hope I 
wasn't too rammy or hyper because of 
all the other BS I had to deal with 
before/after the game.

As far as Tori is concerned, Alturo 
expects her to kick butt (and is 
counting on it), and Kage would love to 
add to the group's power.  However, he 
doesn't like insubordination - so he's 
going to reserve judgment for the time 
being.  All in all, a great night!

> Well, I was hoping to get an email 
out yesterday, but unfortunately it
> didn't happen.  I'll get this one 
out, but I'll be busy at another 
location
> at least all morning and possibly 
into this afternoon, so I don't know how
> much time I'll have to email.
> 
> However, I wanted to say that I had a 
lot of fun on Monday night.  The first
> few steps back into DMing were a bit 
awkward, but it wasn't bad.  Adding to
> the awkwardness was the fact that I 
was DMing 7 characters and four players
> for the first time in a long time.  
It was so cool to me, to have all four
> players there, but it was a tad 
chaotic, but we made it through.
> 
> By the end of the evening, I felt 
like things were running smoothly and
> everyone seemed to be having a decent 
time.  I thought that the combat went
> pretty quickly, and the role playing 
was great!  It's actually nice having a
> fourth player, because two people's 
characters can be involved in something,
> while the other two players 
characters can be doing something else 
and no
> one is left out.
> 
> I have to admit, that I honestly had 
no idea how I was going to start the
> game on Monday.  I have two good 
ideas of where these guys and gals are
> going and where they will end up, but 
how to start the night was really
> bothering me.  But, I came up with 
the orc type things while typing up
> Tori's back story on how she got 
there.  They worked because they gave
> something to fight to bring the group 
together, they weren't overly
> difficult and it did something I was 
hoping it would, but also backfired at
> the same time sort of.  I knew that 
Tori had a hatred for orcs and some of
> her items and Ranger abilities are 
geared toward them.  I also thought that
> Kage might be hesitant to bring Tori 
into the group, so I thought that if
> the group fought them first and she 
looked impressive, he would be more
> inclined to add her to their ranks.  
However, the downside to it that I
> hadn't anticipated, was that we have 
a "new" character and a "new" player
> coming into the group for the first 
time in a long time and in the first
> fight, she kicked all kinds of butt 
and to a small extent, pretty small, she
> overshadowed some of the other 
characters by hitting so well and doing 
so
> much damage.  I think that makes the 
rest of the group...dislike? her
> because she is showing them up to an 
extent.
> 
> So I was glad that in the second 
fight, she wasn't as overwhelming 
because
> she wasn't fighting orcs.  I hope it 
didn't scar the other
> characters/players because of my 
misjudgment.
> 
> 
> Anyway, so I didn't know what I was 
going to do next and I looked in the
> book for the picture of the creatures 
to show the group what the orcs looked
> like and on the previous page, was a 
Kraken.  That put an idea in my head,
> so I read them real quick and came up 
with a whole plot!  So anyway, I know
> where these guys are going now and 
how they are going to get to what I want
> them to get too.  I think.  :)  My 
overall impression of the night was that
> it was a good time and it may have 
been a bit awkward, but as we get used 
to
> playing these guys again, with new 
characters and a new player, we should 
be
> back to the normal awesome group that 
we are used to in no time!!
> 
> Oh, I never did my favorite/least 
favorite on Monday night, so here it is:
> 
> Least Favorite:  My decision on the 
combat in the beginning.  I should have
> come up with a better foe and made it 
more of a challenge.
> 
> Favorite:  Kage letting the creature 
hit him, then taking him out with his
> axe, while at the same time, using 
his vampiric touch ability through the
> axe to completely heal his wounds.  
Very, very cool!!
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johnathan Detrick 
[mailto:jdetrick@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 
9:01 AM
> To: dungeoncrawl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [dungeoncrawl] Re: Monday 
Night, new Campaign
> 
> 
>     I had considered the question of 
what the older beings might
> remember myself, and I like the idea 
of pushing the cataclysm back.
> It's a neat idea that the world at 
large accepts the story (or
> mythology) they have been told, while 
some of the dragons and elven
> elders may know the truth.  Lots of 
cool potential there for future
> plots.
>     I meant to put out an e-mail 
yesterday about the Sigil, but had no
> time.  If someone would like to put 
their two cents in about the group,
> I'd like to hear it.  I'm curious to 
see what Damon has planned.  He is
> going to be DMing a group of eight 
characters, all of them pretty
> tough.  (If Keith would ever be free, 
Damon would have ten characters!)
> With that many characters running 
around, just what sort of threats is
> Damon going to have them face?
> 
> jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > Hey, everybody!  It sure is quiet 
out
> > here in email land.  John, thanks 
for
> > doing the review - it would be nice 
to
> > get some discussion going.
> >
> > As far as the new world discussion,
> > I've been thinking about something -
> > let me know where you all stand.  
We've
> > been saying that a huge cataclysm
> > happened a century before the 
present
> > day, and that current events are 
based
> > on that event.  It's great, except 
for
> > one thing - we'd have to figure out
> > what longer-lived creatures (elves,
> > dwarves, dragons, liches)
> > remember/think about that event.
> >
> > Instead, how about we say it 
happened
> > 500 years before the current time?  
It
> > doesn't put the event out of reach 
of
> > the oldest creatures, but it does 
set
> > it far back enough that humans (the
> > predominant species) won't question 
the
> > past too much.  It's like, we can be
> > pretty sure about what happened in
> > London in 1902, but what about 1502?
> > It's much more difficult to know for
> > sure.
> >
> > Thoughts/comments?
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
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