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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ShadowDenizen" data-source="post: 5951261" data-attributes="member: 16485">Yes, our group caught on to the fireplace trick, so they sent Grumblejack (whom they affectionally call “Apple Jacks”) to fight the guards on the stairs, and  they headed down into the kitchen, where they promptly killed the two cooks (with a pot of boiling oil.)For those who know the Muppets, I kinda envisioned Grumblejack as an ADD version of Sweetums. (“Hey guys! Wait for me!”) .  After some healing,  Grumblejack and our Dwarven Cleric PC actually have formed quite an unexpected bond which was unexpected and gratifying, and pretty amusing, to boot.  Grumblejack has now “adopted” the cleric.That said, my group (unexpectedly) turn out to be much more the “Let’s Fight Our Way Out” as opposed to “Let’s Sneak Through This Place”, so I had to adjust the module accordingly. (They missed the chance to explore the tower and confront the Warden [THAT will come back to haunt them], though they DID get to kick the crap out of Blackerly, which they really seemed to enjoy.)Given that they took QUITE a beating in the prison, I hand-waved the travel across the moors, and let them outrun Lashtongue to make it to the manor in short order.There was actually A LOT of exposition from Cardinal Thorn; it doesn’t seem as much when reading it on paper, but when outlining his “Master Plan”, I quickly decided to paraphrase the major points. (They were not enamored of him, to say the least; the players [as opposed to the characters] seemed to unfortunately think he was a bit of a cliché.)The one interesting event that I ran with was our Anti-Paladin (who has a high charisma and fancies himself a “Ladies Man”) has established a realtionship with Tiadora. As written, she’s pretty ambivalent [if not downright belligerent] to the party, but I wanted to reward the player for his effort, so I’ll run with that subplot for now and see how it plays out.The party also enjoted the opportunity to get some NPC interaction in with the other group in the manor.  They’re still feeling each other out, so the interations have been mostly neutral. (Again, to stir the pot, I’ve had one of the members of the other Knot ALSO try to strike a relationship with Tiadora.)</blockquote>

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