Carrion Crown AP (Savage Stampede) - OOC

[Herobizkit]

That's the point, though - if you Diplomacy roll every social encounter, someone with a high Diplomacy would never have any enemies.

And that's also the point - we're first level. We're not supposed to be able to convert every hostile enemy to friendly. We're supposed to be just above the average Joe in ability.

Diplomacy: Reason with people over a period of time. The negotiatior would have high ranks in Diplomacy.

Intimidate: Make someone do what you want immediately under duress. This is what the beat cop would use on thugs.

Finally, even a 'beat cop' wouldn't be much more than (maybe) a level 2 or 3 Warrior. A level 5 bard is already far beyond what 'normal' people can aspire to.

 

[rangerjohn]

He only had a 50/50 chance at 5th level and built for it. But I guess we should be putting the casket down and drawing weapons. Expecting decorum at a funeral, what was I thinking. Now that we've alienated the town, and they us, we stick around why? At this point, where is that lich? He can't be any worse than this lot. Guess I just became a Rosevite. As in Theodore Rosevelt, "speak softly and carry a big stick."

 

[Orius]

I thought the DM was supposed to assign the spice item or whatever, so I hadn't thought about it. I suppose the wand will be good enough, though that's the item I have for the arcane bond, and I don't know if there's a conflict with it. If not I suppose it could have been a parting gift from Petros when I left him to strike out on my own.

 

[HolyMan]

Can be anything... ring, amulet, old pair of boots. The idea is to give it a history and attachment to your character.

Maybe a gift from Kendra would be more than something from the professor.

HM

 

[Herobizkit]

[MENTION=2469]rangerjohn[/MENTION]: You seem very impassioned about how D&D in general, and specifically this module, irritates you. Have you never played a module before? Do you not realize that every module is a collection of fights with some light story scattered about?

 

[GandalfMithrandir]

I will aid another in renau1g's character for the diplomacy

 

[rangerjohn]

Oh, I've played modules before. Just never been so irritated by the "good guys". The party and the people I'm supposed to help. Logically, Zeldana should hop the next ship back to Riverport. Or however she would get there. Don't know how the world fits together.

 

[Herobizkit]

What is it about the good guys that irritates Zeldana? What is it about the good guys that irritates you, as a player?

 

[renau1g]

Yeah I knew it'd be interesting with a wide selection of PC's and a bit more monster-themed party. I'm sorry if I've been irritating definitely not an intention, although is it you as a player or your PC that is irritated?

 

[Herobizkit]

Now that we've alienated the town, and they us, we stick around why?

You're a bigger pessimist than I am, and that's saying something.

We haven't alienated 'the town'. A group of toughs approached us, separate from the Professor's crowd, and claimed they don't want the Professor buried. We don't know anything about the toughs other than they don't want us to continue into the burial site, and they believe the Professor to be a necromancer and not worthy to be buried with the other townsfolk.

Given that the daughter said, "the town has already approved the burial", someone is lying. I can't RP your character, so I can only guess what your priestess thinks about the situation.