JollyDoc's Rise of the Runelords...Updated 12/22

[Hammerhead]

Ouch. You know, Rico didn't seem up to his usual level of badassery...was the player not there?

 

[carborundum]

Ouch indeed!

Fantastic write-up JD, I'm already looking forward to the next one! I'm especially curious as to the next step - find a cleric/ druid for raise and reincarnate action or introduce new guys.

And how to keep 4 out of 7 players involved until they can get their characters introduced

I suppose in a fortress like this there could be a few prisoners left... (Old school but serviceable )

 

[Neverwinter Knight]

Wow, that hurt all the way across the atlantic... Nice accent for the ogress - reminds me of the folks from Pioneer Village from South Park's Super Fun Time.

I was sure that Adso had kicked the bucket. I'm glad he didn't, though, especially with his new mage slayer template.

Ouch. You know, Rico didn't seem up to his usual level of badassery...was the player not there?

In the past, I believe the character from a player that wasn't playing was also not present in the session (e.g. Grim vs. Dragotha).

 

[JollyDoc]

Ouch. You know, Rico didn't seem up to his usual level of badassery...was the player not there?

Rico was indeed present, but unfortunately, the Black Tentacles kept him, literally, wrapped up and were inflicting damage to him every round. He spent most of the combate trying, unsuccessfully, to free himself. On the round that Dorella cast the lightning bolt, the tentacles took him to 0 hp, and then the lightning bolt struck.

 

[carborundum]

That sounds like one of those moments you mentioned last week - where you were hesitant to use a 'certain tactic'...

 

[Dax Thura]

That seemed intense. Why can't my games be that dramatic? Though not so deadly.

 

[Leinart]

I thought lightning bold didnt hit prone ppl...Dunno Im a huge max fan so im grasping at straws......

 

[Supar]

That seemed intense. Why can't my games be that dramatic? Though not so deadly.

Because they are not as deadly they will lack the dramatics. Jd pulls no punches and wouldnt have it anyother way. Although bitter it would be a insult and unfair if he let up. Plus I LIVE FOR THIS STUFF! Shaking at the table not knowing whats coming trying to telapathically send what u want someone else to do across the table, hoping somenoe has a trick left in their pocket in hopes u can turn bad to good and of course sitting on that one crit that makes or breaks battle.............. NOTHING LIKE IT


I actually made my save and died by like 6 or 7 hitpoints that last hit from the ogre did the trick plus i was grappled at the time my last 2 hits that killed him were from the tentacles

 

[Cerulean_Wings]

Gah. It all happened so quickly! How did the players react to this massacre? What went wrong, other than lucky/unlucky rolls?

Man, I'm gonna miss Skud and Wesh...

 

[JollyDoc]

I thought lightning bold didnt hit prone ppl...Dunno Im a huge max fan so im grasping at straws......

Well, technically, LB fills the 5' square it passes through...so...