[dungeoncrawl] Thursday Morning Review
- From: jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: dungeoncrawl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 10:13:11 US/Eastern
I don't know about everyone else, but I
had a good time last night! It was an
odd night, in a way, as only one player
was doing anything at any given time
for most of it. I didn't intend that
at first, but somehow it worked.
The gist was Magnus sent Mylena, his
alternate-reality daughter (believe it
or not, it all makes sense from a
campaign perspective) to "capture"
certain Riders who were imprisoned on
the outer planes. If they left of
their own free will, or knowingly,
there was a greater chance of the gods
becoming offended or realizing what was
happening.
And since the gods have no influence in
the city of Sigil, and since Mylena
technically never existed in these
characters' version of the "realms", it
seemed plausible that her activities
could go unnoticed for a period of time.
In the end, Mylena succeeded in
capturing most of the Riders she was
sent for after a very difficult
struggle. She exhausted Rig, my now
very-deceased evil 17th level
gladiator, five powerful mercenary
githyanki, and almost herself to do
it. She used sheer power, treachery,
luck, or whatever it would take to pull
it off, and it was fun to see in action
since I didn't have a definite outcome
in mind.
I thought about forcing characters to
be captured last night, but in the end,
I would be helping the Riders to win.
And that wouldn't be fair. It may
sound like a "yeah sure" thing, but the
group's rivals (like Celane, the Black
Legion, and maybe Dr. Klaw) all have a
chance to succeed.
So the Riders ended up prisoners of the
Dustmen faction in Sigil's Mortuary (as
Mylena is a member there - apparently,
she's at least partly a necromancer).
They were released simultaneously from
gas-filled iron caskets, and proceeded
to deal with their situation.
In the end, Magnus got a core group to
agree to his crusade. Some other
characters offered to help Marnie (my
swashbuckler) search for her husband,
Surrote, who had gone missing on his
own and couldn't be located by Mylena.
Ambrosia preferred to remain retired,
running her new inn, and the "lower
level" riders that we used last week
are still doing their own thing.
And that is where we ended.
Thoughts/comments?
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