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<blockquote data-quote="UniversalMonster" data-source="post: 5107276" data-attributes="member: 1034"><p>We established that the Howling Cabaret was a nightspot frequented by "younger" drow- a lounge of decadence, immorality and debauchery. So both Tebrynn and Dravanna were of an age to have visited there.. Lady Cyntelle would have been a bit older- unless Joe sort of set her up more cougary. But again, this is a first adventure, so we let that go for now.</p><p></p><p>Tebrynn tried to lead the group to the Howling Cabaret but failed his streetwise check (that was two failures on the skill challenge by this time.. it was still ongoing). Instead he took the players into one of the bad parts of T'lindhet-an industrial sort of area with tanneries and houseless drow lived. </p><p></p><p>So that was two failures...(not counting the unrolled forgery check..) </p><p></p><p>Dravanna took over - she had been invited to the Howling Cabaret by Aethl'yss several times but was always too busy.. but she took over and led the group directly to the place. </p><p></p><p>The group went inside and I described some of the sensuous music and debauchery- female drow dragging their hapless male counterparts into silk-veiled alcoves, a Klaus Nomi-style chanteuse.. etc. And everyone giving Lady Cyntelle a wide berth. </p><p></p><p>They finally located Aethl'yss.. but not before Dravanna spotted him with his arm around a much younger drow hussy. Aethl'yss awkwardly tried to introduce his new friend, glares were exchanged, and the group delivered their letter finally. There was a fun little roleplaying scene here. </p><p></p><p>There was a planned subplot here where Aethl'yss wanted to invite the players on a little hunting expedition into the Grave-Deeps of T'lindhet (where I had an undead encounter planned), but the group was much more interested in returning to Rilyntel and possibly giving the real letter to the Matron. </p><p></p><p>So they made their way back to House Rilyntel's demesne, and we reached the point where the group had seven success and 2 failures.. and the unread forged letter would be the deciding factor in the skill challenge. I stopped asking for skill checks that affected the Skill challenge at that point. </p><p></p><p>On the way back, they passed by a breach in the outer wall.. and suddenly plaguechanged fell taints began to cross through in an ambush. A pair of thought eaters, a lasher, and a pulsar - all affected by the distinctive bright blue energy of the plagueland. Tebrynn also spotted some distinctive pottery shards and clues that the breach in the wall had been recent. </p><p></p><p>So we had our final encounter- which ended with half of the group bloodied, and everyone having a pretty good idea of their powers. Lady Cyntelle turned out to be a serviceable tank with just her dagger.. and the the minotaur hilariously whiffed a lot of rolls. The assassin Tebrynn did some amazing moves.. and Dravanna and Bjorkus worked well as a team. Dravanna's inspiring words to her pet were "Tell me again why I even let you live?" (haha, spend a healing surge +1d6)</p><p></p><p>Both Dravanna and Bjorkus are using new rules from martial Power 2 (the replacement warlord feature and the brawl-fighter build)</p><p></p><p>So this was a cool combat. </p><p></p><p>During the battle Bjorkus was immobilized, dazed and slowed at different poiints, but he he caught a glimpse of a figure escaping through an adjoining tunnel.. and after the battle the group gathered evidence: </p><p></p><p>The pottery shards were infernal, and contained an alchemical substance that had plague-taint on it. Hoofprints in the mud on the far side of the tunnel seemed to indicate a medium-sized devil of some kind. </p><p></p><p>The clues were starting to fit together: the plague attacks were being faked. A devil was involved. The geat sacrifice could be a hoax. </p><p></p><p>The player character group returned to Rilyntel with the intention of delivering this news, and we wrapped up for the night with another short roleplaying scene back in the Rilyntel compound (Lady Cyntelle took Iliamyrna's note to the House Matron). </p><p></p><p></p><p>So that was our first adventure. </p><p></p><p>(Comments and criticism welcome)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UniversalMonster, post: 5107276, member: 1034"] We established that the Howling Cabaret was a nightspot frequented by "younger" drow- a lounge of decadence, immorality and debauchery. So both Tebrynn and Dravanna were of an age to have visited there.. Lady Cyntelle would have been a bit older- unless Joe sort of set her up more cougary. But again, this is a first adventure, so we let that go for now. Tebrynn tried to lead the group to the Howling Cabaret but failed his streetwise check (that was two failures on the skill challenge by this time.. it was still ongoing). Instead he took the players into one of the bad parts of T'lindhet-an industrial sort of area with tanneries and houseless drow lived. So that was two failures...(not counting the unrolled forgery check..) Dravanna took over - she had been invited to the Howling Cabaret by Aethl'yss several times but was always too busy.. but she took over and led the group directly to the place. The group went inside and I described some of the sensuous music and debauchery- female drow dragging their hapless male counterparts into silk-veiled alcoves, a Klaus Nomi-style chanteuse.. etc. And everyone giving Lady Cyntelle a wide berth. They finally located Aethl'yss.. but not before Dravanna spotted him with his arm around a much younger drow hussy. Aethl'yss awkwardly tried to introduce his new friend, glares were exchanged, and the group delivered their letter finally. There was a fun little roleplaying scene here. There was a planned subplot here where Aethl'yss wanted to invite the players on a little hunting expedition into the Grave-Deeps of T'lindhet (where I had an undead encounter planned), but the group was much more interested in returning to Rilyntel and possibly giving the real letter to the Matron. So they made their way back to House Rilyntel's demesne, and we reached the point where the group had seven success and 2 failures.. and the unread forged letter would be the deciding factor in the skill challenge. I stopped asking for skill checks that affected the Skill challenge at that point. On the way back, they passed by a breach in the outer wall.. and suddenly plaguechanged fell taints began to cross through in an ambush. A pair of thought eaters, a lasher, and a pulsar - all affected by the distinctive bright blue energy of the plagueland. Tebrynn also spotted some distinctive pottery shards and clues that the breach in the wall had been recent. So we had our final encounter- which ended with half of the group bloodied, and everyone having a pretty good idea of their powers. Lady Cyntelle turned out to be a serviceable tank with just her dagger.. and the the minotaur hilariously whiffed a lot of rolls. The assassin Tebrynn did some amazing moves.. and Dravanna and Bjorkus worked well as a team. Dravanna's inspiring words to her pet were "Tell me again why I even let you live?" (haha, spend a healing surge +1d6) Both Dravanna and Bjorkus are using new rules from martial Power 2 (the replacement warlord feature and the brawl-fighter build) So this was a cool combat. During the battle Bjorkus was immobilized, dazed and slowed at different poiints, but he he caught a glimpse of a figure escaping through an adjoining tunnel.. and after the battle the group gathered evidence: The pottery shards were infernal, and contained an alchemical substance that had plague-taint on it. Hoofprints in the mud on the far side of the tunnel seemed to indicate a medium-sized devil of some kind. The clues were starting to fit together: the plague attacks were being faked. A devil was involved. The geat sacrifice could be a hoax. The player character group returned to Rilyntel with the intention of delivering this news, and we wrapped up for the night with another short roleplaying scene back in the Rilyntel compound (Lady Cyntelle took Iliamyrna's note to the House Matron). So that was our first adventure. (Comments and criticism welcome) [/QUOTE]
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