Jemal
Adventurer
Allright Folks, it's about that time for an update.
Both of the groups have encountered their first of the seven, and important things have happened, though not everybody's sure exactly what those things are or entail.
I'm going to post a bit of information here, and then I'd like to have some discussion (both sides welcome) as to how you feel the campaign is coming so far, anything you think should be worked on, concerns, and maybe if any of you think you know something of what's going on, share it and we'll see if it's true.
First, a brief summary of both sides. I'll put them in spoilers, so if you don't want to spoil it, you don't have to, but I have no problem with the goodguys reading the evil spoiler or vice-versa. I'm only putting in the stuff that I don't mind the players knowing. (Acting on it in character, however, would displease me).
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The heroes started off in the country of Lyrevan, near the Tomb of Kai Sarutobi, a great warrior from millenia ago who was once the king of Lyrevan. They met with a silver dragon who filled them in on a few things and then proceeded to the countries capital, Islo to find it under attack by a dark army from the United Alliance, being accompanied by white dragons and led by the Dark Warrior (One of The Seven), riding a Dark Dragon (the Black Dragon Patriarch). Eventually they were able (along with the defending knights and Silver Dragons) to drive off the invaders, though both the Warrior and the Dark Dragon survived and escaped. Some time during the battle, both the white and silver dragons dissapeared, and the heroes have reason to believe they (Along with various other dragons) have been kidnapped by the Dark Warrior/Dragon. They are now in the castle with the current King of Lyrevan, King Thelsan, the morning After.
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The villains arrived on the Prime Material Plane in "The Bowl", a large ampitheatre in the Godswrath Mountains to the East of the United Alliance, and reputedly the only place a God can truley be slain by a mortal. They travelled to the nearby city of Grennet, the Holy City of the United Alliance. There, they begin searching for a bard known as "The Ancient One", and during this search, discover that the Disciple (One of The Seven) has appeared in front of the Temple of Saint Galidor. During the fight with her, she gets an individual who was hinted at as being 'important' into the temple, and the Statue of Galidor is destroyed, at which point the man with her quickly begins transforming, ending up as Galidor Islo, A mortal who became a Deity thousands of years ago and was apparently Entrapped here during the Legend Ban. The party splits their power between fighting the Disciple and fighting Galidor, though one of them believes that Galidor may be able to help them. It has become apparent that the Disciple wanted to free Galidor to destroy him, though the reason is unclear. The battle is currently still raging.
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OK, now that that's out of the way I also wanted to say something else. In My Campaign, I'm using a fairly simple system to gauge general power levels, so just as an example, I'll list the power levels, and then an example of characters the PC's have interacted with of that power level, and what's "different" about that power level(If Anything).
Normal - Pretty much everyone on the Prime. (Citizens, soldiers, etc)'
Powerful - This includes most 'higher powered' characters/creatures. Created as PC's (elite stats, equipment, etc). EX: Dragons, Outsiders, King Thelsan, the Bard Salrassa dueled.
Legendary - This is the same power level as each of the PC's. EX: The PC's.
OverPowered - more powerful than PC's, created essentially as PC's, but each with a special power beyond. EX: the Dark Warrior(Gestalt), the Dark Dragon(Advanced, and has much higher stats than normal).
Holy Crap - Signifficantly Broken in power, created as PC's but with several "DM" powers/alterations. EX: The Disciple (Combines Pal/Blackguard abilities @ no penalty, is Significantly higher level than PC's, Improved Stats).
Godly - This Power Level includes Gods, and anything else beyond the normal ken of even an Epic Campaign. EX: The Ancient One, Galidor.
And finally, the most powerful you'll see:
Unstated - It means what it says. These characters are so powerful that they have no stats, and as such, cannot be 'defeated' until/unless certain conditions are met to reduce thier power level to 'Godly' or 'Holy Crap'. EX: The Master of the Seven, Galidor (inside his own Temple).
BTW, I'd like to take this moment to Apologize to the Evil group. When I started, there were two events I knew had to happen with PC involvement.
A) The Warrior's attack on Lyrevan and stealing the Dragons, and
B) The Disciple's freeing of Galidor and attempt to slay him.
I decided that the good guys would probably be a better match for defending the town of Lyrevan, and that left you guys battling one 'Holy Crap' Character, and one "Godly" character, while the Goodguys got a great fight. I hope you're not discouraged by the seemingly unbeatable opponents, as they are definitely not (Well, if you get Galidor out of the temple anyways). Also, Salarassa's on the right path - Galidor would probably rather kill the Disciple than all of you. (Except maybe Ijazim, he seems to have his hate on for that guy). I can promise you that once this is out of the way, it's going to be an easier ride... Until you find someone stronger.
Also, here's a list of the seven in descending power for any who're intersted:
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THE MASTER of the Seven
Heartborn
Disciple
Seeker
Master Mage/Apprentice
Dark Warrior
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Finally, I'd like to say that I have been (And will continue to) give out clues and information to various people. In the Good Campaign, most of that info will be getting shared almost immediately, but I see that as being not so probable in the Evil Campaign. Even so, everybody's going to have some puzzle pieces, Good guys will have some the Evil won't, and vice versa.
The big trick comes in being the first person/group to piece together what you DO have and figure out what the heck's going on. If you'd like to talk about what you've found out OOC with the other players (From both groups) and try to figure it out, feel free, so long as you don't let it affect your IC actions.
Both of the groups have encountered their first of the seven, and important things have happened, though not everybody's sure exactly what those things are or entail.
I'm going to post a bit of information here, and then I'd like to have some discussion (both sides welcome) as to how you feel the campaign is coming so far, anything you think should be worked on, concerns, and maybe if any of you think you know something of what's going on, share it and we'll see if it's true.
First, a brief summary of both sides. I'll put them in spoilers, so if you don't want to spoil it, you don't have to, but I have no problem with the goodguys reading the evil spoiler or vice-versa. I'm only putting in the stuff that I don't mind the players knowing. (Acting on it in character, however, would displease me).
[sblock=Epic problem
revention]The heroes started off in the country of Lyrevan, near the Tomb of Kai Sarutobi, a great warrior from millenia ago who was once the king of Lyrevan. They met with a silver dragon who filled them in on a few things and then proceeded to the countries capital, Islo to find it under attack by a dark army from the United Alliance, being accompanied by white dragons and led by the Dark Warrior (One of The Seven), riding a Dark Dragon (the Black Dragon Patriarch). Eventually they were able (along with the defending knights and Silver Dragons) to drive off the invaders, though both the Warrior and the Dark Dragon survived and escaped. Some time during the battle, both the white and silver dragons dissapeared, and the heroes have reason to believe they (Along with various other dragons) have been kidnapped by the Dark Warrior/Dragon. They are now in the castle with the current King of Lyrevan, King Thelsan, the morning After.
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[sblock=Epic Problem: Return to Power]
The villains arrived on the Prime Material Plane in "The Bowl", a large ampitheatre in the Godswrath Mountains to the East of the United Alliance, and reputedly the only place a God can truley be slain by a mortal. They travelled to the nearby city of Grennet, the Holy City of the United Alliance. There, they begin searching for a bard known as "The Ancient One", and during this search, discover that the Disciple (One of The Seven) has appeared in front of the Temple of Saint Galidor. During the fight with her, she gets an individual who was hinted at as being 'important' into the temple, and the Statue of Galidor is destroyed, at which point the man with her quickly begins transforming, ending up as Galidor Islo, A mortal who became a Deity thousands of years ago and was apparently Entrapped here during the Legend Ban. The party splits their power between fighting the Disciple and fighting Galidor, though one of them believes that Galidor may be able to help them. It has become apparent that the Disciple wanted to free Galidor to destroy him, though the reason is unclear. The battle is currently still raging.
[/sblock]
OK, now that that's out of the way I also wanted to say something else. In My Campaign, I'm using a fairly simple system to gauge general power levels, so just as an example, I'll list the power levels, and then an example of characters the PC's have interacted with of that power level, and what's "different" about that power level(If Anything).
Normal - Pretty much everyone on the Prime. (Citizens, soldiers, etc)'
Powerful - This includes most 'higher powered' characters/creatures. Created as PC's (elite stats, equipment, etc). EX: Dragons, Outsiders, King Thelsan, the Bard Salrassa dueled.
Legendary - This is the same power level as each of the PC's. EX: The PC's.
OverPowered - more powerful than PC's, created essentially as PC's, but each with a special power beyond. EX: the Dark Warrior(Gestalt), the Dark Dragon(Advanced, and has much higher stats than normal).
Holy Crap - Signifficantly Broken in power, created as PC's but with several "DM" powers/alterations. EX: The Disciple (Combines Pal/Blackguard abilities @ no penalty, is Significantly higher level than PC's, Improved Stats).
Godly - This Power Level includes Gods, and anything else beyond the normal ken of even an Epic Campaign. EX: The Ancient One, Galidor.
And finally, the most powerful you'll see:
Unstated - It means what it says. These characters are so powerful that they have no stats, and as such, cannot be 'defeated' until/unless certain conditions are met to reduce thier power level to 'Godly' or 'Holy Crap'. EX: The Master of the Seven, Galidor (inside his own Temple).
BTW, I'd like to take this moment to Apologize to the Evil group. When I started, there were two events I knew had to happen with PC involvement.
A) The Warrior's attack on Lyrevan and stealing the Dragons, and
B) The Disciple's freeing of Galidor and attempt to slay him.
I decided that the good guys would probably be a better match for defending the town of Lyrevan, and that left you guys battling one 'Holy Crap' Character, and one "Godly" character, while the Goodguys got a great fight. I hope you're not discouraged by the seemingly unbeatable opponents, as they are definitely not (Well, if you get Galidor out of the temple anyways). Also, Salarassa's on the right path - Galidor would probably rather kill the Disciple than all of you. (Except maybe Ijazim, he seems to have his hate on for that guy). I can promise you that once this is out of the way, it's going to be an easier ride... Until you find someone stronger.
Also, here's a list of the seven in descending power for any who're intersted:
[sblock=The Seven]
THE MASTER of the Seven
Heartborn
Disciple
Seeker
Master Mage/Apprentice
Dark Warrior
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Finally, I'd like to say that I have been (And will continue to) give out clues and information to various people. In the Good Campaign, most of that info will be getting shared almost immediately, but I see that as being not so probable in the Evil Campaign. Even so, everybody's going to have some puzzle pieces, Good guys will have some the Evil won't, and vice versa.
The big trick comes in being the first person/group to piece together what you DO have and figure out what the heck's going on. If you'd like to talk about what you've found out OOC with the other players (From both groups) and try to figure it out, feel free, so long as you don't let it affect your IC actions.
