Challenging my high-lvl group (NPCs and monsters; my players shouldn't read this!)

[Graywolf-ELM]

On a different note, one started in the Story Hour thread. It would be cool to see an NPC attempt to use a Dylrath spell against the party or in plain view. Glom, or Breach, or the one that throw's a pie or something. Might not mean much to the game as a whole, but might add a nice touch to the Story Hour, for people who read and follow the early years thread too.

GW

 

[Bloodsparrow]

Couldn't help but notice, in one of the most recent instalments, PC describes Malachite pushing the Emerald down into a pouch or bag (extra-plainer?) and burring it under some rations...

So my question is... If you have a horribly tainted magical emerald... Which you literally dug out of the heart of somebody like the Ivory King...

Is it really a good idea to keep it with your FOOD?! Particularly Iron Rations, which are the sorts of things you usually resort to when you're totally tapped out and really hungry...

Did he really put it in the same bag as where he keeps his food?

Isn't this unwise?

 

[the Jester]

stuff

Aha, you found it! I was going to bump this for you, but I was too slow!

 

[Piratecat]

Is it really a good idea to keep it with your FOOD?! Particularly Iron Rations, which are the sorts of things you usually resort to when you're totally tapped out and really hungry...

Did he really put it in the same bag as where he keeps his food?

Isn't this unwise?

Lordy, I think he did. They may have moved the food over into another bag, first; i'll have to ask.

He was wearing it for a while, as that +8 charisma is hard to turn down. The taint got scary enough to make him stop, though. I told him that in order to purify it the emerald would have to spend a year and a day bathed in the holiness of the Chapel's altar. My logic was that this would stop him from using it until he was epic level. He ended up getting access to it a little early, but I think the whole "purification" routine worked out pretty well.

 

[Bloodsparrow]

... My logic was that this would stop him from using it until he was epic level. He ended up getting access to it a little early, but I think the whole "purification" routine worked out pretty well.

So what you're saying is that my question comes to late for any Ratbastardy nastyness to really come of it? *snap*

Ah well.

Oh, and by the way...

Hurry up and get to the cheese already!

 

[Spatzimaus]

So what you're saying is that my question comes to late for any Ratbastardy nastyness to really come of it?

Yeah, unfortunately the whole fight with the White King happened what, 15 months ago? (I remember we started the Death Pool in October 2003 after someone made a comment like "you'll never guess who died last night!"). So all of our ratbastardly assistance has to be given long in advance, from vague comments like "I need an Underdark trading village". Like the whole "Agar's wedding" thing, which I'm still dying to see the resolution of; if he can vastly improve on our suggestions like he did for Akin's (Throat/Seep/Groin), or Glubyal, it should be really entertaining.

 

[Ashy]

Well, I can tell you from when I was up there a month or so ago and I sat in on Pkitty's game the Agar's wedding thing was almost complete, but not quite... So it will be some time yet before it makes it into the SH...

 

[Knightfall]

Knightfall, thank you for the planetar!

You're welcome. I'm really proud of that creation.

Later,

KF72

 

[Piratecat]

As well you should be, my friend. Of course, they didn't try to fight it; they tried to redeem it instead. Kind of. Bastards.

 

[drunkadelic]

Not sure if you're still looking for goodies based on Nightmare-type creatures, but there are some books from Malhavoc press that deal with a kind of cosmic nightmare force called the Dark Plea. Both event books - "When the Sky Falls" and "Requiem For A God" deal with this kind of over-arching baddie, but if IIRC, When the Sky Falls had some particularly nasty dream-esque monsters in it.