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There is no equivalent to Rikitaru in the rest of the Halmae. It is as you say, considered a heretical story aggrandizing the first Lord High Regent. Pretty much considered part and parcel with all the rest of the inexplicably insane things the Sovereigns believe. The Sovereignty views all...

Actually, as a design note, I decided to build the Circle because I thought it would be a good story engine--that is, rather than build a one-off story, I wanted to build something that would provide an on-going framework to help me *generate* stories. I didn't know *what* exactly I was going...

Not quite sure what you mean by that. *Requests* can certainly go across the Circle, but there's no power to compel a Ring opposite you to do something... unless you "go the long way around the Circle," as they say. Of course, at the center of the Circle sits the Lord High Regent, and if he...

No skill challenge. Just good old-fashioned RPing. Savina's Bloom made me unspeakably happy, by the way. Part of me wanted to let the Spring do something like that on its own because it was such a beautiful image, a sign that all was not lost. But giving the PCs a moment of hope felt like...

As promised, details of the travel skill challenge: Travel gameplay was handled by way of an [postid=4475187]Obsidian style skill challenge[/post]. This basically involved 3 rounds of rolls, wherein each player got to roll one skill check. The PCs required 12 successes in those 3 rounds for...

The 'Shroom Room was pretty improvised. I based this off a published module, the first in the Scales of War Adventure Path. The room was written as combat with the lizards, with mushrooms that had a random effect if they were touched. However, it was pretty clear to me that a) the players...

There's a couple of good DMing lessons to be found in this story. According to my notes, there *was* gonna be a fight the minute any non-Alirrian (anyone other than Savina, that is) tried to cross the seal. For reasons I can't explain (with this party, it should have been obvious), I didn't...

Presumably because it means Mokad isn't really dead. He faked his death, and the book is now backing up that hoax if anyone attempts to confirm it by divination... which suggests that Mokad is not only not dead, but also in on it with Praska. Yes? Both genius and evil, by the way.

The following are the solo-combat rules we used during the Lurx fight. DCs are tied to the party's level at the time (Level 2)

Do not taunt the happy fun GM... ;)

Nope--Corani's sheen is Plot Hook sheen, not PC sheen. We're still a couple of sessions away from Spyscribe's entrance. By the way, for anyone curious, what you're about to see is "Rescue at Rivenroar", the first adventure in the Scales of War Adventure Path, done Halmae style...

In a moment that I can only describe as a personal triumph, at our last game, jonrog--let me say that again--JONROG, as Kormick, basically said "I don't feel good about killing these enemies of ours who are now our helpless prisoners. Perhaps we should let them go instead." In fact, he not...

And sorry - that last post was from WisdomLikeSilence. I'm borrowing Fajita's computer while we travel.

Thanks Rughat. I realized with some shock several sessions in that Savina is both Lawful Good (I'd orginally thought she was Neutral Good) and that she is the first Lawful Good character I've ever played. There is something really delightful about being so genuinely sweet and innocent...

If anyone's curious about the mechanics behind the rock attack, that was a Skill Challenge I had a particular amount of fun designing (which Piratecat cribbed in his own campaign recently). Details are below:

For widows and widowers, it varies from case to case. Younger widows or widowers without children typically return to their old families (and the dowry is repaid). If there are children in the picture, the children would have to stay with the family they were born into, and most parents choose...

Typically, who is marrying into which family is decided at the time the marriage contract is created. When Paulo's marriage was arranged, since he was destined to head the family, they brought in a wife for him. Pascal, on the other hand, had no particular use to the di Vittanis, so he was...

You are correct in your assumption that the Doge is elected by and from the Council. However, seniority matters a lot. Paulo will be ousted as Doge either by losing an election (which he is unlikely to lose to a friendly challenger), or when he voluntarily steps down. At that point, even if...

I'll take that as high praise. It is perhaps telling that the single most exciting roll of a natural 20 that has yet occurred in the game was rolled by jonrog--on a Religion check. Seriously, I've seen campaign-long villains defeated on a roll of a natural 20 without producing quite that big...

I'd just like you to remember: you asked for this... Families and social structure are, unsurprisingly, very important in Pol Henna. And, since we had an entire multi-story adventure set there (back when it was Dar Henna) in the old campaign, centered around Lira/Giovanna's family and her...