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  1. JollyDoc

    JollyDoc's Rise of the Runelords...Updated 12/22

    SUNDAY NIGHT TEASER My oh my, ladies and gentlemen!! I'm afraid I have some rather tragic news to report... 1) The Sandpoint Seven invade Fort Rannick with the aid of the Black Arrows. 2) After a rather quiet and undetected insertion, our heroes come face-to-face with none other than...
  2. JollyDoc

    JollyDoc's Rise of the Runelords...Updated 12/22

    FAMILY VALUES “Your stepfather?” Rico asked, taken aback. “It’s a long story,” Shalelu sighed. “One I’d rather not go into right now. I’d heard he was at Fort Rannick, and when I heard that contact had been lost, I didn’t know if I was relieved or terrified. I had to know for myself if he...
  3. JollyDoc

    JollyDoc's Rise of the Runelords...Updated 12/22

    Nope, not one of the group, but I had Gfunk flashbacks as well, especially at the Time Stops and Prismatic Spheres.
  4. JollyDoc

    JollyDoc's Rise of the Runelords...Updated 12/22

    It was a lot of fun! We had ten contestants, I believe, one of which was our very own Tower Cleaver (powered down to 12th level)! Other builds included a druid, rogue, warmage, two clerics, three wizard/sorcerer types, and the winner, an abomination with no fewer than six classes!! Our TC...
  5. JollyDoc

    JollyDoc's Rise of the Runelords...Updated 12/22

    Hello all! Obviously, there's been no update this weekend. That's because, as WarEagle Mage mentioned, several of us were at DragonCon in Atlanta. Back now, but not gaming tonight. I will have the update up some time in the coming week. Thanks for your patience.
  6. JollyDoc

    JollyDoc's Rise of the Runelords...Updated 12/22

    Adso's tale was composed separately by Adso's player, WarEagle Mage. Since his and Luther's fates were so closely tied, he wanted to give a more in depth perspective of why Adso made the choice that he did. SUNDAY NIGHT TEASER 1) The company invades Casa de Graul, and find that not only are...
  7. JollyDoc

    JollyDoc's Rise of the Runelords...Updated 12/22

    A Monk’s Tale Adso watched the Shadow Clock fall from a shadowy storefront a block away. He had seen Wesh’s fireball and the druid’s lightning strikes, and he had witnessed the incredible escape of Skud and Dexter from the main door. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the monster fly off...
  8. JollyDoc

    JollyDoc's Rise of the Runelords...Updated 12/22

    Max is actually a straight fighter, just like Randall was. Reaper is a Dread Necromancer, which is an alternate class from...I think Complete Arcane.
  9. JollyDoc

    JollyDoc's Rise of the Runelords...Updated 12/22

    KEEP ON THE BORDERLANDS “We just…left him…,” Luther said, as he sat on a ripped sofa in Foxglove’s townhouse, his hands clasped between his knees. “We did not just leave him!” Wesh snapped, exasperated by the priest’s maudlin self-recrimination. “You were right there with us, Luther. You saw...
  10. JollyDoc

    JollyDoc's Rise of the Runelords...Updated 12/22

    Funny you should mention him. His name was indeed brought up this past weekend as a comparison...:cool:
  11. JollyDoc

    JollyDoc's Rise of the Runelords...Updated 12/22

    So far, I have the gazeteer, campaign setting, classic monsters revisited, and guide to Korvosa. By and large, not especially cruncy, but richly detailed, and excellent reads. The campaign setting does have some new prestige classes and feats specific to Pathfinder.
  12. JollyDoc

    JollyDoc's Rise of the Runelords...Updated 12/22

    Thank you Sir (s)! It was fun running it, though it was a nail biter and very touch and go. I truly feared a TPK was in the offing. Sunday Night Teaser 1) What's left of the Sandpoint Seven reunites, but the reunion is brief and bittersweet as one member decides it's time to retire from the...
  13. JollyDoc

    JollyDoc's Rise of the Runelords...Updated 12/22

    WANTON OF NATURE’S PAGAN FORMS Taking the stairs running, the Sandpoint Seven bolted after the fleeing Skinsaw Men. When they came out on the landing at the very top of the lumber mill, they found themselves in a large, open workshop. A thick layer of sawdust covered the floor, mounded nearly...
  14. JollyDoc

    JollyDoc's Rise of the Runelords...Updated 12/22

    Thanks NWK! I found myself disliking the whole combat description thing more and more during the other SH's, so I'm attempting to strike a balance between descriptive action and tedious, round-by-round narrative. Especially with RotRL, story is so imperative that I don't want to detract from...
  15. JollyDoc

    JollyDoc's Rise of the Runelords...Updated 12/22

    Thanks, my friend. Your opinion and commentary have been noted and appreciated greatly throughout these SH's. Yeah...the Shadow Clock...what can I say? When I first read this encounter I was extremely dubious. When I saw how the SS had handled themselves before, though, I had hope, but when...
  16. JollyDoc

    JollyDoc's Rise of the Runelords...Updated 12/22

    SUNDAY NIGHT TEASER 1) The Skinsaw Men are cornered in their lair and dealt with with brutal efficiency, including their surprising leader... 2) Yet this leads to only more questions...who is Wanton of Nature's Pagan Forms? 3) The investigation leads deep into Magnimar's Shadow District...
  17. JollyDoc

    JollyDoc's Rise of the Runelords...Updated 12/22

    CITY OF MONUMENTS “So let me get this straight,” Hemlock said, leaning forward and resting his arms on his desk. “Aldern Foxglove was the murderer, this so-called Skinsaw Man, but he’d been turned into some sort of ghoul after he dug up a hidden stairway in his basement.” Wesh nodded. “And it...
  18. JollyDoc

    JollyDoc's Rise of the Runelords...Updated 12/22

    Aldern had, in fact, already killed Iesha when he first met the PC's. He was on his way back from a meeting with his nefarious contacts in Magnimar when the trouble at the Swallowtail Festival occurred, so at that point, he was already well on his road to Perdition. It was shortly thereafter...
  19. JollyDoc

    JollyDoc's Rise of the Runelords...Updated 12/22

    Ok, the short version. Aldern was obsessed with Skud, because Skud epitomized heroism to him, ie, the strong fighter. Aldern envied Skud because of this, and in his subconscious, had aspirations of attaining similar greatness. In his undeath, this obsession turned to hatred of something that...
  20. JollyDoc

    JollyDoc's Rise of the Runelords...Updated 12/22

    I actually replied quite eloquently, and at length to this two days ago, but my reply seems to have vanished into the ether, so this is a test, before I post a more succinct synopsis.
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