Joachim said:
Quite frankly, it is largely because of your behavior here that my activity on this board has lessened.
Ouch.
...but I find it grating when I come across your negativity directed at our group of PCs.
Double ouch.
...you don't limit this kind of smarmy behavior to this board, so we don't feel like we are receiving special treatment or anything.
Served! Joachim, seriously . . . haven't you heard the phrase "the customer is always right?"
I do agree that JD pretty much told us that he is not going to lessen Kyuss' power (except for the Vortex) so, as Joachim said, there was little point in saving people in Starmantle.
I argued a bit against Kyuss
gating in his own allies but was over-ruled by JD. It's kind of a judgement call, I don't mind it too much.
Let me be plain with you all . . . Kyuss will die. Kyuss will absolutely bite the dust. At no time in our encounter with him did I even feel somewhat threatened. By healing himself up, Kyuss is merely delaying the inevitable.
There, the gauntlet has been thrown down . . .
Oh, and one final note. IMHO, any further magic items are essentially worthelss to us with the three following exceptions:
1) "Made up" items that make the final battle easier -- e.g the Circlet of Zosiel (long since destroyed)
2) "Epic" items, +6 weapons, +8 ability enhancers, +6 resistance bonuses
3) Major artificats
Since, I'm somewhat sure, none of these were present in Lashonna's horde I'm not concerned about missing it. In fact, I don't think we would be able to procure any three classes of items in this module (haven't read it, don't correct me if I'm wrong).
A ring of 3 wishes is somewhat redundant when b/w Havoc's scrolls of wish, Mak/Grubber's ability to cast miracle, and Faust's ability to manifest reality revision we have many, many magic of this level available.