[dungeoncrawl] Re: Where to begin...
- From: Johnathan Detrick <jdetrick@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: dungeoncrawl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 15:59:52 -0400
I haven't had time to respond (or even read this) until now. Briefly,
because I am very busy, let me say again that Jim has managed to make both
campaigns utterly fascinating. I'm not sure which one I want to play first!
I'm not sure who will be willing to go with Magnus, although I tend to think
that most characters would be very tempted by the power of a god. Even if power
doesn't interest you, what about all the other things you could do with it? For
most good characters, think of the people you could help! This is much more
than healing the sick, it's the potential to aid an entire world!
Damon Kline wrote:
> ...I don't know. There are so many things to talk about with this campaign.
> I've wanted to respond to John and Jim's emails from last week since they
> sent them, but I just haven't had the opportunity. So, I'm sitting down and
> responding now. First, let me make a few clarifications:
>
> Sinjen is actually a Wu Jen/Monk, not a ninja, although to most
> "non-Karaturan" people they probably wouldn't notice a difference. In the
> old rules, Sinjen was a Wu Jen/Ninja, but in the new rules a Ninja is a
> prestige class and Sinjen simply didn't have the levels to make it work, so
> I made him a monk instead. Good, bad or indifferent, that is how it turned
> out. He is a 6th level Wu Jen/4th level Monk, but he just went up a level
> and I'm trying to decide where to put that level. I think I'm going to
> raise his Wu Jen class, but I'm not certain just yet. Anyway, the result of
> Sinjen's levels is that he is exactly as John described. He can cast a few
> spells, but not many, he is somewhat sneaky, but not really, he is okay in a
> fight, but not that great. So, he is very basically, a wizard who can
> defend himself in melee a little better than a normal wizard of his level
> could. But, he has style, if I can just get my ideas out of my head and
> onto the role-playing table that is. He has oodles of style, I just have a
> hard time conveying it. This brings me to Jim's latest plot. I love it!
> Sinjen is a VERY quite and withdrawn character. I think it adds to his
> mystique, but it also makes him very hard to nail down as a character. Now
> he is being forced to be more up front and open and that should give me a
> lot of opportunities to flesh him out. I very much look forward to it!
>
> Kilian is actually a 10th level druid (not 9th) and still a chosen of
> Sylvanus. He worships Mielikki, but as John alluded to before, he has
> recently found out some ancient connection between Sylvanus, Eldath and
> Mielikki. Also, he found that Sigil is a very big part of nature, because
> it is where the worlds come together, so he shouldn't think of it as a city.
> He has real power here. (Not that he knows it yet, but he has been told.)
> He can also ask for his fathers help 3 times, now 2 since he used his help
> in the fight with Rig. He doesn't necessarily have a mission to go on, but
> he definitely wants to know what the connection is between the three deities
> and what the connection is between himself and his father, other than just
> being related. Jim alluded to some sort of preordained set of events, like
> Knobolothin was supposed to die and Kilian was supposed to be where he is.
> This all tied into his very quick maturity into adulthood. (As well as
> Knobolothin's.)
>
> Now, as if this wasn't enough for me to think about, Jim has thrown in the
> other plot that John mentioned, which is a race to become the "essence" of a
> world! To prize for winning the race, is divinity. This is the proverbial
> "hare" out in front of the "hounds". Magnus wants this badly and he is
> going to get some of the Riders to help him, hopefully. In the process,
> he'll be ditching the current group of Riders. How will they feel about
> that? Especially since Magnus' daughter, from another reality, is the one
> who led Rig to them and she is the one who is "taking Magnus away". I'm
> sure they won't be happy.
>
> Then you have the other Riders that Magnus might contact for help. How many
> of my characters, I wonder, would jump at the chance to be a deity? Of
> course it will be limited to only the ones that Magnus might contact. I'm
> interested to see which ones he would approach. Would he approach Baish?
> Perhaps, perhaps not. I can think of reasons for both. Quasit, Dove...who
> else? It's all very exciting and I can not wait to see where it ends.
>
> All in all, it is a very cool time and I very much look forward to playing
> tomorrow night!!!
>
> Damon Kline
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> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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> damon.kline@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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