[dungeoncrawl] Re: Thursday Morning Review
- From: Damon Kline <damon.kline@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'dungeoncrawl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <dungeoncrawl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 11:12:49 -0400
Ah, where to begin? I had a very good time last night. I thought that the
roleplaying we did was a lot of fun and even when I wasn't roleplaying, it
was entertaining to watch the other situations develope. I particularly
liked how Jim kept Mylena's attitude and appearance changing as the evening
went on and she kept getting beat up. It was neat to see all of the
characters together again, but also knowing that they were going to be apart
again almost immediately.
My only criticism of the night was the amount of individual roleplaying that
we did. Again. We seem to have hit a stride where we have done a lot of
individual roleplaying for a few weeks in a row now. It certainly has its
place and last night it was pretty much necessary, due to the fact that all
of the characters were on their own. However, I think that it makes it hard
to establish a mood, because two out of the three players aren't involved in
the game at any one time. It also can be a bit boring for the two who
aren't involved, because they don't have anything to do. So that is my
criticism of the night.
Having said that, I think that now that we have the characters assembled
into groups, we shouldn't run into that again any time soon. The
lower-level group is together and on a mission, as is the higher-level
group. So, I very much look forward to the next session, where we will see
the characters acting together and coming closer to achieving their goals.
I'm happy with the two characters that are in the high-level group. It
makes sense because Quasit does not want to go back to that ship and Baish
wants to hurry up and get to the power! It also makes sense that Dove isn't
going, because she feels like she needs to get over her obsession with
helping her sister and get on to other things. So, she believes this
mission to help Marnie will be beneficial both for Marnie and for herself.
I bumped Quasit up to 13th level last night, which took all of about 2
minutes. I had already rolled hit points for him before. He got no bonus
to hit or saves. He got no feats or ability score raises. He did get 7 new
skill points and he got an extra 4th level spell and the ability to cast a
7th level spell. I tweaked his spell list a bit, but I want to go over it
more before I play him again.
So, a good night was had and I look forward to next week!
-----Original Message-----
From: jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 6:13 AM
To: dungeoncrawl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [dungeoncrawl] Thursday Morning Review
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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