JollyDoc's Shackled City: FINAL POST [Updated 11/2!!]

[Mathew_Freeman]

Yay for updates!

Interesting to note how Caine's Vow of Peace is being played off against the combat orientated players and characters. I like it! Makes me hope that I could play such a character.

 

[gfunk]

Interesting to note how Caine's Vow of Peace is being played off against the combat orientated players and characters.

Thanks. One thing Joachim did not include in the update occured at the end when Caine used the telekinesis spell to grapple the offending evil cleric for the entire combat. The interrogation was interesting.

 

[JollyDoc]

Nice update Richard. Long-time readers will note the difference in combat details between my updates and Rich's. As Rich has mentioned to me in the past, there are only so many ways you can tell a story about one group killing another. I tend to agree, but I'm a detail person by nature, and so I'm compelled to give the blow-by-blow, but I try not to do it in Salvatorian minutiae. Readers, give us any hints on what you'd like to see more of in the updates.

 

[Graywolf-ELM]

I'd have to go with frequency. I like the commentary from the players and DM about what else happened as well, but that is gravy to me.

An update with differing perspectives of what heppened from PC and NPC point of view would be cool.

GW

 

[ltclnlbrain]

Either way works for me. If the combat is dramatic or important to the story, go for the blow-by-blow. If it's uninteresting or only tangentially related to the overall plot, feel free to gloss over it.

 

[Joachim]

Nice update Richard. Long-time readers will note the difference in combat details between my updates and Rich's. As Rich has mentioned to me in the past, there are only so many ways you can tell a story about one group killing another.

I like to go into pretty deep detail regarding important combats, such as the one to come from JD, but the fight with the stone giants and the orcs could be summed up in a few sentences. Basically, Kiko and Tilly flanked the giants and sneak attacked them to death, and Grimm AOO'ed the orcs to death. Nothing interesting at all. If anything worth mentioning came out of the actual combat, then I would have described it.

No offense, G, but the TK grapple trick didn't warrant detailing the rest of the fight.

 

[cidak]

I like to go into pretty deep detail regarding important combats, such as the one to come from JD, but the fight with the stone giants and the orcs could be summed up in a few sentences. Basically, Kiko and Tilly flanked the giants and sneak attacked them to death, and Grimm AOO'ed the orcs to death. Nothing interesting at all. If anything worth mentioning came out of the actual combat, then I would have described it.

No offense, G, but the TK grapple trick didn't warrant detailing the rest of the fight.

I'm with Joachim on this. I know the module and it was basically a bunch of guys with swords. Grist to the mill for these guys. I thought the summing up with

Within thirty seconds, the House of the Dead was littered with six new corpses

was perfect.

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

Like most of the rest, if it's an important battle then I like the excellent detail that I've grown accustomed to. But when the battle is quickly and efficiently down with, as in this case, then skipping over it is also fine.

Neat tricks like the telekinesis grapple would have been interesting to hear about, though.

 

[gfunk]

No offense, G, but the TK grapple trick didn't warrant detailing the rest of the fight.

My apologies.

I understand the sacrifices one must make for the sake of the plot. Which is why I thought it would be interesting to point it out after the fact.

 

[JollyDoc]

Again, I'm grateful for the helpful input from all the readers. It definitely helps me craft my updates more efficiently, and I'm sure Richard feels the same. It shouldn't take me long to put the finishing touches on the next update, but I'm probably going to wait the better part of the week before posting it. I don't want there to be a long lull between updates. This way, Richard will have more time to work on his next installment in between.

PS

Gfunk leaves tomorrow for India to formalize his marriage. Huzzah and congratulations!!