Kulan: Knightfall's Heroes of Carnell Game [OOC]

[TaranTheWanderer]

You know that the Gloom is mildly evil-aligned. As well, all undead have a +2 resistance to being turned while in the demiplane. That value stacks with any of the creature's turn resistance.

From Ralix's Cross to the barrier was only 5,808 feet (1.1 miles). It is another 4 miles to reach the shrine. The terrain becomes more difficult the close you get to the shrine.

So, the travellers steed means the horses can travel 120 feet per round without tiring? 60 feet base speed plus 20 multiplied by two for a hustle? That means we can cover 4 miles just over 15mins.

Although, I guess the centaur can’t travel that fast. Although, could the centaur ride a horse if I enlarge the horse to Huge? That seems weird.

So our max speed is 80 (I think that’s the centaur’s speed)so we are looking at 25 mins without rough terrain.

I’m going to assume double that. Does that make sense?

 

[Knightfall]

So, the travellers steed means the horses can travel 120 feet per round without tiring? 60 feet base speed plus 20 multiplied by two for a hustle? That means we can cover 4 miles just over 15mins.

Although, I guess the centaur can’t travel that fast. Although, could the centaur ride a horse if I enlarge the horse to Huge? That seems weird.

So our max speed is 80 (I think that’s the centaur’s speed)so we are looking at 25 mins without rough terrain.

I’m going to assume double that. Does that make sense?

Yes, Angus's speed is 80 feet with his horseshoes of speed.

I'm going to post a map that shows the entire Gloom. If the PCs go straight towards the Shrine, it will only be 4 miles. There is the option to take a slightly longer way that has less difficult terrain.

 

[Knightfall]

I'll add more details about key locations noted on the map if you guys want to know more. I'll post this map to both the Discord and Facebook group.

EDIT: The wilderness is considered trackless.

 

[Neurotic]

Which is why he was surprised when Maur gave the creature a chance to choose. Such carelessness would be, at best, unwise or, at worse, disastrous but then he realized that the creature was already bound to the Soul Forger. Maur was Moradin's Champion on this world and now he was giving the Soul Forger an opportunity act directly upon the mortal plane. The Zhelekut was an extension of that god and not an individual.

This, thing has direct instructions from Moradin, it said so much, it is on Maur's disposal, but it is intelligent individual with it's own agenda. Maur trusts (has faith ) that he wouldn't be betrayed as with fiends.

He wondered how much Maur and the inevitable were alike. Was the Inevitable some kind of perfection that Maur strived for? Did he wish to one day be so interwoven with the Soul Forger? Did he find his individual sense of self an imperfection that needed to be cleansed in the Forge's Fire?

Nah, Maur enjoys life and he's too stubborn to just be someone's puppet. And he's not even close to automaton, he has deep feelings and strong oppinions, he's just a traditionalists. Even among dwarves. Dwarfiest dwarf.

 

[TaranTheWanderer]

This, thing has direct instructions from Moradin, it said so much, it is on Maur's disposal, but it is intelligent individual with it's own agenda. Maur trusts (has faith ) that he wouldn't be betrayed as with fiends.

Of course but Phar has less faith in foreign entities and questions their agenda. Certainly better than many other gods but it’s not like it’s an elf god and, to boot, Moradin is an outsider of this pantheon so it seems obvious that Moradin is meddling somewhat.

I seem to remember Phar getting some sour looks when he suggested summoning a couple dretches to move those eggs. (So it seemed like good RP to do a tit for tat.)

Phar wasn’t giving some demon prince an opportunity to influence the mortal plane which is potentially what Maur is doing for Moradin by telling the Inevitable it can do what it pleases.

Nah, Maur enjoys life and he's too stubborn to just be someone's puppet. And he's not even close to automaton, he has deep feelings and strong oppinions, he's just a traditionalists. Even among dwarves. Dwarfiest dwarf.

Phar doesn’t know to what lengths someone as devout as Maur needs to go to get the kind of power Maur wields or what promises he’s made. (Despite having a 20 in religion). My post admits as much that, what he likes about Maur, is all the things that make him an individual. Phar doesn’t want to see him ‘becoming something ‘pure’ like an Inevitable which, to Phar, has no personality or purpose other than its master.

Typically, when I play a wizard, I see summoning as a tool and attach no moral code to it but, with Phar being CG, I’m exploring what he might think of summoning. Since the Dretch conversation, I’ve decided not to summon fiends out of principle. (That maybe Phar only suggested it knowing it would be refused)

I’m exploring what it’s like to be CG when you have the power to shape reality. He’s an evoker to boot so I don’t even know how to portray that. So much easier to do if you’re CG or CE. He likes to use Chaos to burn away evil? He feels he can control elements of chaos to for the greater good? He believes in freedom and evocation is the metaphysical representation of that? Idk. Suggestions are welcome.

What I do know is, since the dretch conversation, I’ve decided that WHAT you summon is important part of WHO you are. Phar would never summon an Inevitable just as he would never summon a fiend.

Wow, this ended up way longer than I’d anticipated

 

[MetaVoid]

Isn't the spell that summons evil creature (or lawful) itself evil or lawful respectively? Which in turn could affect Phars alignment if he does it regularly, isn't that how it works?

I'm not an expert on casters or spells, but I think this is how it works? I understand it is good RP to make it wizards choice, just to see if I understand the mechanics behind it?

 

[TaranTheWanderer]

Isn't the spell that summons evil creature (or lawful) itself evil or lawful respectively? Which in turn could affect Phars alignment if he does it regularly, isn't that how it works?

I'm not an expert on casters or spells, but I think this is how it works? I understand it is good RP to make it wizards choice, just to see if I understand the mechanics behind it?

That's only for clerics who can't cast spells against their alignment. That said, if Phar is constantly summoning evil creatures and I lean into making those creatures do evil things, then that will probably affect alignment. But alignment really doesn't significantly affect a wizard except for spells cast by other people against said wizard (mostly cleric spells).

But then again, I could always say that my wizard only summons evil creatures because the wizard doesn't beleive that you should inflict pain by summoning good creatures and making them fight. To, instead, only use evil summoning as a way to force evil to pay for the evil they've inflicted. Effectively, balancing the evil that dretches cause by forcing dretches to fight evil. Which could be seen as a good act or, even a Neutral act (balance).

To me, it's about how you lean into the fluff.

For clerics, it's more clear-cut. Mechanically, a LG cleric is not allowed to use Chaotic or Evil spells.

 

[Knightfall]

I've started the process of starting to write my next reply. Working on it a bit tonight, but it won't go up until Friday.

 

[Knightfall]

Each PC gets 750 XP for the encounter with the Brooding Skeletons. This includes both Aureus and Locke.

 

[TaranTheWanderer]

Each PC gets 750 XP for the encounter with the Brooding Skeletons. This includes both Aureus and Locke.

Awesome! In the end, I don’t think I’m going to cast permanancy since it’s my highest level spell slot and I probably need it for the fight.

@Neurotic Maur was going to give Phar the ability to cast comprehend languages at some point?