Heroes, Inc. : Rasheman

[Falkus]

Dyria...

stepped back.

She respected Timrin and Alethia and Naverone, she really did, but she was also telling the truth when she stated she despised slavers. She was no saint like Alethia or Tim, and she had no intention of becoming one. If Murdoch wanted to kill the slaving, Thayan scum, let him. She wouldn't try to stop him, but under the circumstances, nor would she try to help him.

 

[kirinke]

"No, for gods sake, stop!" Naverone and Alethia shout helplessly.

 

[DM_Matt]

Recognition flashes in Timrin's eyes and his body moves even as he shouts, "NO!!!! DO NOT DO THIS!!!!!"

He lunges to grapple the warlock as chaos errupts at the top of the stairs

OOC: +24 melee touch, provokes AO; successful AO negates; if touch succeeds, opposed grapple checks; Timrin is grapple +24.

Well done Steve! This should be fun.

DM_Matt[sblock] Timrin is horrified by Murdock's thoughts but he will not try to harm him, only restrain him.

If Murdock succeeds, this may cause a huge rift in the company. Very cool from a story perspective, possibly difficult for continued gameplay. Paladins are a pain in the @ss. I think his adamant opposition to this is totally in-character. If Murdock does succeed it is unlikely Timrin will be able to reconcile with him. We may have to go our separate ways. I'm totally cool with that if you are. I/Timrin can either drop from the story or, if you're willing, we continue the plot with two separate groups. I think PbEM lends itself to this split group better than sitting around a table. Still, it will probably be more work on your part.

Please let me know how you would like to handle it. I'm cool either way.[/sblock]

(We'll see how it goes. The Seelie Court is good and does adhere to some specific principles, but not the idealized law-biased quasi-pacifistic quasi-Christianity that the official alignments sometimes entail. Good entities can have a reasonably wide range of views on when mercy is called for and when it isn't. That said, it is possible that such differences could be overlooked when it is necessary to work together for the greater good, such that mercifucl LG Helm could conceivably ally himself with the defensively-aggressive CG Fairy King against the Twice Damned, allowing the party to stay together, albeit with a lot more tension)

 

[DM_Matt]

Murdoch blasts a large portion of the Thayans, acting before anyone can stop him.

Timrin actually fails to grab hold of Murdoch, as Murdoch suddenly teleports into the air in the middle of the room, where the melee-fighting Shando and Sarah cannot get to him.

 

[Hawkeye]

Murdoch blasts a large portion of the Thayans, acting before anyone can stop him.

Timrin actually fails to grab hold of Murdoch, as Murdoch suddenly teleports into the air in the middle of the room, where the melee-fighting Shando and Sarah cannot get to him.

OOC: How high up is he? He is in a room, so he can't be that far up.

Hawkeye

(Sorry I haven't posted much this week. Not been a good week for my family.)

 

[DM_Matt]

OOC: How high up is he? He is in a room, so he can't be that far up.

Hawkeye

(Sorry I haven't posted much this week. Not been a good week for my family.)

Sorry 'bout your family, I hope things get better

He's basically flattened up against the ceiling of the gatehouse hall, which is about 20 feet tall.

 

[Hawkeye]

Sorry 'bout your family, I hope things get better

He's basically flattened up against the ceiling of the gatehouse hall, which is about 20 feet tall.

OOC: So thats a DC of 80 to reach him with a high jump? Shando's max jump (with an assist from Sarah) is going to be +47 (+7 base+36 speed [base speed+hasted)+2 synergy from tumble+2 from aid other.) Even with a roll
of 20 on the check, that gives a maximum effort of 67 or almost 17 feet. :\ Any rocks lying around? Shando and Sarah can use those without violating their povery oaths and their VOP bonuses count towards their use.

Hawkeye

 

[kirinke]

ooc:
I think that both Alethia and Naverone are going to side with Timrin. Naverone because he is a lawful good exalted and Alethia because she is a saint and heavily influenced by Naverone's beliefs.

 

[DM_Matt]

OOC: So thats a DC of 80 to reach him with a high jump? Shando's max jump (with an assist from Sarah) is going to be +47 (+7 base+36 speed [base speed+hasted)+2 synergy from tumble+2 from aid other.) Even with a roll
of 20 on the check, that gives a maximum effort of 67 or almost 17 feet. :\ Any rocks lying around? Shando and Sarah can use those without violating their povery oaths and their VOP bonuses count towards their use.

Hawkeye

Shando can flurry the wall, doing enough damage to make some throwing rocks.

 

[frostrune]

(We'll see how it goes. The Seelie Court is good and does adhere to some specific principles, but not the idealized law-biased quasi-pacifistic quasi-Christianity that the official alignments sometimes entail. Good entities can have a reasonably wide range of views on when mercy is called for and when it isn't. That said, it is possible that such differences could be overlooked when it is necessary to work together for the greater good, such that mercifucl LG Helm could conceivably ally himself with the defensively-aggressive CG Fairy King against the Twice Damned, allowing the party to stay together, albeit with a lot more tension)

OOC: Philosophically, you're right. This could, and has been working just fine. The problem here isn't so much alignment based but that Timrin offered these men fair terms of surrender and Murdock is slaughtering them. He follows the god of protection. Those men, evil or no, were his responsibility. Timrin has failed. His honor has been sullied by one of his own friends. This is the problem.

Steve is doing a great job of playing his charcater. I think his reaction is totally appropriate. Unfortunately, I think Timrin is as well. I see major inter-party conflict on the horizon.