OOC Discussion for A Kingdom of Ashes (The Battle of the Alder's Forest, and Beyond)

[The_Universe]

As I recall and understand it, Miagi was going to serve as his protector. There was never any mention of bringing him to Hyrwl, which, IMO would only endanger him needlessly. Indeed, along those lines, it may be safer for Ryoko if we don't go to One Oak. I don't think that thought deters Kaereth's desire to go there, however.

As a general note, you'll almost certainly be pursued in one form or another no matter where you go from here. Suffice to say that if you hadn't managed to attract anyone's attention before this battle, the combination of the stunt with Syvattagor and the initial foray as the Circle of the Phoenix in the current battle will have brought you to the attentions of all the powers that be.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

As a general note, you'll almost certainly be pursued in one form or another no matter where you go from here. Suffice to say that if you hadn't managed to attract anyone's attention before this battle, the combination of the stunt with Syvattagor and the initial foray as the Circle of the Phoenix in the current battle will have brought you to the attentions of all the powers that be.

Unless we find a way to fake our own deaths and then adopt alter-egos...

"Hi... my name is... Freedom... the person... not the concept."

 

[Xath]

Hey...I did that once...

 

[The_Universe]

Hey...I did that once...

Well, dying and faking death are not the same thing, sadly.

But being resurrected in different bodies would no doubt throw the enemy off of your trails...

 

[Laurel]

Unless we find a way to fake our own deaths and then adopt alter-egos...

This also means the PCs do have to actually live through the current battle but for those coming back, this is a definate option...

 

[The_Universe]

Any comments on my longer post toward the bottom of page 4? Anybody?

 

[Laurel]

I no longer care about spelling.... or grammer for that matter.

If information is all you need, there's something to be said for writing letters. While there isn't an equivalent of the USPS in the Falcon Kingdom, there are messengers who can be hired for varying prices, depending on the degree of speed, security, and privacy that you might want. You could, relatively harmlessly, try to get a letter to Kaereth's master, and see what he could tell you. However, you're looking at a couple of weeks between responses with that option...

Presumably, there might be magical ways to speed the transmission of such messages, but doing so might require further use of those pesky blue mages...maybe even everyone's favorite blue mage--Arthur Cawys, bartender and black marketeer extraordinaire! Then again, it may not. You'd have to ask IC, for which we have a different thread...

If we are targets or are being watched sending a note may be worse then us going. If we go then we can help protect him from whatever stupidity.. ah, I mean glorious acts we do next

You actually have several Sylvannus connections, should you choose to employ them. (1) Everyone's favorite broody Viscount is potentially the ruler of Sylvannus, as his parents and sister disappeared some months ago, shortly before he was set to hunt down that pasky rebellious Jaine Rilmore, and her Army of the Phoenix. (2) Everyone's favorite formerly-dwarven-but-now-elven bard was raised by elves in the vicinity of Sylvannus, and was born in the now abandoned halls of Karak Throll (AKA Dwarven Sylvannus). (3) When you set out from Thanesport, the orginal idea was that you would meet Jaine in Sylvannus. Clearly, she has some connections there, perhaps most notably one Darmoc the Smith, who was to be your contact in the city, before the crap was forcefully propelled toward the proverbial fan. (4) It's possible that at least one spiritblade is hidden in the area, with potential for at least 1 more, if there is a blade hidden in the wall (although it could be on the other side of the wall, as well...) Especially the one supposedly hidden with the Bluestar's blood. See previous reference about broody viscounts...

Just a few reasons I could come up with off the top of my head...Lots of adventuring potential in Sylvannus...

um.... number one is something Kat knows at least, but Viscount Broody has this thing with secrets Number two is one that has been brought up, but even when sending out fun letters to elves Xath wasn't one to say 'here let me write to my good friends the elves'.... so who knows what relationship is still there. Not that it is not worth investigating and possibly using. And hey she is now an elf so fits in even more
Number 3... HA! Jaine told us he was a contact, but she could not even say he was a supporter of the cause when she told us about him in the sewers. Though we can hope she or she had up there had started a cause gathering.
Number four yep, but that leads into the spirit blade discussion on its own... or we go for the other zillion reasons and see what happens with this one.

There are a couple of ways to do this, all of which would be fun. You could go find one or more that are not yet in the possession of the bad guys (get past enemy lines + dungeon crawl + pursuit, probably), or try to get one that they already have (get past enemy lines + high fantasy espionage + James Bond + court intrigue) or do both--gotta catch 'em all, as they say at Wizards of the Coast...
All good ideas. I hope my comments help to clarify things...

hmmmm.... I guess they clarify things Seriously though they do help (especially me who tends to be slow with catching on to stuff)

 

[Laurel]

Any comments on my longer post toward the bottom of page 4? Anybody?

Geesh I havn't been on all day and the boards are slow... give us a chance!!! And I was kinda hoping some else would weigh in and either tell me I was crazy on some of the suggestions or pose better ones

 

[The_Universe]

hmmmm.... I guess they clarify things Seriously though they do help (especially me who tends to be slow with catching on to stuff)

Well, you can have all the best intentions in-character, and still end up in an adventure you don't like out-of-character. I just want to give you guys a fair shot at doing what you think will be the most fun, as players. None of the things I've seen so far are unreasonable for any survivors to pursue. It's a game of stories, sure--but it is a game.

 

[The_Universe]

Geesh I havn't been on all day and the boards are slow... give us a chance!!! And I was kinda hoping some else would weigh in and either tell me I was crazy on some of the suggestions or pose better ones

That was amazing, Kat--good posts, incredible timing. Good thoughts...lots of seperate reasons to go to Sylvannus, but not a lot of group ones, as of yet.

I think that there's a lot of ways the campaign can go for the last 1/3 of the game, and it's because there are so many that I am asking you all to think about this stuff, now.