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<blockquote data-quote="Wicht" data-source="post: 5183851" data-attributes="member: 221"><p>I could probably come up with half a dozen possibilities for her riding somewhere if I really want to. Perhaps the PCs decide they want to bluff their way into her good graces, discern what her plan is and then thwart her. So they get on her good side, she tells them to find horses and they all will ride to attack Sandpoint. Along the way the PCs decide its gone far enough and attack. Suddenly its important to know how good she is on a horse. There you have ride and its being used in combat even.</p><p></p><p>In this same scenario, the PCs are with her in the dungeon, helping to excavate and the lights go out. With an annoyed mutter she brings forth daylight. There you have a "useless" ability on the stat block and its used outside of combat.</p><p></p><p>Again the point is, it may not be necessary for your game, but don't begrudge others. Its uncharitable to tell people they don't need what you don't want.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And again you are wrong. Burnt Offerings contains numerous clues as to what she is doing and why and its right there for the PCs to find. There;s a notebook in the glass factory with plenty of clues including some risque pictures. There's her own writings. There's goblins to interogate, henchman tht can be interrogated. etc.</p><p></p><p>Aside from that, in the game aforementioned, I was the DM and I did not change anything in the story by giving her a long lost brother. She was an orphan raised by a priest. I simply went further and because my son wanted to be an Aasimar cleric, I thought it was a good chance to tie his back story and hers together and further cement the character into the already written storyline. The details in the module helped do that and I didn't change a single element of her background to accomplish it. What I did was provide motivation for the PC to hunt for Nualia. Which is waht a good DM should do. But the richness of the module helped provide that motivation and thats why its a good module.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wicht, post: 5183851, member: 221"] I could probably come up with half a dozen possibilities for her riding somewhere if I really want to. Perhaps the PCs decide they want to bluff their way into her good graces, discern what her plan is and then thwart her. So they get on her good side, she tells them to find horses and they all will ride to attack Sandpoint. Along the way the PCs decide its gone far enough and attack. Suddenly its important to know how good she is on a horse. There you have ride and its being used in combat even. In this same scenario, the PCs are with her in the dungeon, helping to excavate and the lights go out. With an annoyed mutter she brings forth daylight. There you have a "useless" ability on the stat block and its used outside of combat. Again the point is, it may not be necessary for your game, but don't begrudge others. Its uncharitable to tell people they don't need what you don't want. And again you are wrong. Burnt Offerings contains numerous clues as to what she is doing and why and its right there for the PCs to find. There;s a notebook in the glass factory with plenty of clues including some risque pictures. There's her own writings. There's goblins to interogate, henchman tht can be interrogated. etc. Aside from that, in the game aforementioned, I was the DM and I did not change anything in the story by giving her a long lost brother. She was an orphan raised by a priest. I simply went further and because my son wanted to be an Aasimar cleric, I thought it was a good chance to tie his back story and hers together and further cement the character into the already written storyline. The details in the module helped do that and I didn't change a single element of her background to accomplish it. What I did was provide motivation for the PC to hunt for Nualia. Which is waht a good DM should do. But the richness of the module helped provide that motivation and thats why its a good module. [/QUOTE]
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