[OOC] House Millithor in City of the Spider Queen II

[Brother Shatterstone]

Uriel, I'm also glad to have you with us. I'm one of the newer players in this game myself, playing the difficult role of a Drow Matron Mother. In my short career I've managed to plan and execute the theft of 400'000 gp from a duergar prince and gotten the party imprisoned by Kiaransalites. It's been a lot of fun, the other players and the DM are great, you'll fit right in.

Serp, don't forget to mention the fact that the whole party is on the verge of being able to pick what ever undead template they want... *L*

Just Kidding, but I’m rather unsure of how we are going to get out of this predicament… What? A Dwarven Army!?!?! I guess taking on the undead isn’t that bad of an idea after all.

 

[Serpenteye]

Serp, don't forget to mention the fact that the whole party is on the verge of being able to pick what ever undead template they want... *L*

Just Kidding, but I’m rather unsure of how we are going to get out of this predicament… What? A Dwarven Army!?!?! I guess taking on the undead isn’t that bad of an idea after all.

The Dwarven army is attacking Menzoberranzan, which might actually work in our favour. That is, if we convert and usurp the control over the GraveRending. A war between Grackstulgh and Menzo is going to make sure that neither city is going to be able to interfere against the GR and it will create plenty of corpses for us to reanimate. I'm not saying it's going to be easy to get rid of Irae and Dorina (once they have fallen the rest will either flee or conform to the new order), but it's the best shot we have at becoming a truly great power. Power is really quite important to the Matron.
We can fight free of Sith Morcane, perhaps even destroy the Undying Temple, but that's not going to make us significantly more powerful. I doubt we can use the Temple without being clerics of Kiaransalee. Our clerics are still going to be spell-less and we are still without a power-base.
We still have some time to see how the situation developes, maybe something will happen that changes our minds, but I don't see a viable alternative to advance ourselves.

 

[Endur]

FYI. Some conclusions that Ki'Willis has reached through her knowledge skills and sense motive skill.

Ki'Willis believes that the Undying Temple is in Maerimydra.

Although power is hard to estimate (unless you use a Detect Evil spell), Ki'Willis guesses that none of the worshippers of Kiaransalee in Szith Morcane are higher level than the party members.

Solom Ned'razak, archmage of Szith Morcane, who may or may not be allied with the followers of Kiaransalee, is definitely higher level than any of the PCs.

From the image Solom displayed, the former Archmage of Maerimydra and Irae T'sarran, are even higher level than Solom.

 

[Serpenteye]

Does Ki'Willis know anything about Kiaransalee's stance on stabbing your superiors in the back and usurping their position? It could be seen as an act of Revenge (Those commoners dared to threaten House Millithor! ) and therefore be holy, and Kia is CE, so would she be mostly ok with it?

 

[Thels]

Well, I'm back. I had some setback and unfortunately, didn't have enough time to catch up, consider the mass of posts made during that time. I'm sorry for that, but I think I'm okay now. Don't want to miss out on this campaign, it's great!

What would Dariel know about items that he shouldn't bring to the surface, asking Quertus for advice if he get's the chance. Could he replace some of these items on short notice, possibly by nonmagical versions?

How would the cavvekan stand the surface? Hmm, should name him somewhere soon.

If the priestesses in the party converted, is there any way for Dariel to convert too? I know his spells are far from impressive in comparison, but they're still usefull.

Oh, and welcome Uriel!

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Endur, I hope you don't mind the mild hijack here.

By the Deeps, the thing stank. It was almost enough to make him gag.

Were did this conception of bugbears stink badly come from? I doubt there cleaner than humans and the other normal PC races but I'm rather curious.

Their favorite tactic is ambushing and if they smelled that fool they would give their position away.

Their MM (3.5) entry doesn’t say anything about their smelling horribly. (Though it does say that the Kuo-Toa smell like rotten fish

If you want to look outside the WotC realm Mongoose publishing Slayer’s Guide to Bugbears give rules for Bugbears hunting by sent (explains the alertness feat in the MM entry) and also gives rules for bugbears and their reactions to bad smells. (I don’t have it in front of me so I can tell you specifically what they are.)

I know the SG’s reputation isn’t that good and this book doesn’t help it any but I’m still curious anyhow.

 

[Endur]

Back-stabbing your superiors is considered normal.

The trick is to make sure that your superior's superior doesn't feel threatened.

Also, you have to pull off the backstab in such a way the superior's superior doesn't feel like you blocked their plans.

Does Ki'Willis know anything about Kiaransalee's stance on stabbing your superiors in the back and usurping their position? It could be seen as an act of Revenge (Those commoners dared to threaten House Millithor! ) and therefore be holy, and Kia is CE, so would she be mostly ok with it?

 

[Endur]

The surface isn't really the problem, the problem is direct exposure to sunlight.

Your drow mission blade is powered by Fzerness, so it will have problems with sunlight. Likewise, the elven boots, cloak, and house insignia might also have problems. Other items will probably be ok.

What would Dariel know about items that he shouldn't bring to the surface, asking Quertus for advice if he get's the chance. Could he replace some of these items on short notice, possibly by nonmagical versions?

How would the cavvekan stand the surface? Hmm, should name him somewhere soon.

 

[Uriel]

Endur, I hope you don't mind the mild hijack here.



Were did this conception of bugbears stink badly come from? I doubt there cleaner than humans and the other normal PC races but I'm rather curious.

Their favorite tactic is ambushing and if they smelled that fool they would give their position away.

Their MM (3.5) entry doesn’t say anything about their smelling horribly. (Though it does say that the Kuo-Toa smell like rotten fish

If you want to look outside the WotC realm Mongoose publishing Slayer’s Guide to Bugbears give rules for Bugbears hunting by sent (explains the alertness feat in the MM entry) and also gives rules for bugbears and their reactions to bad smells. (I don’t have it in front of me so I can tell you specifically what they are.)

I know the SG’s reputation isn’t that good and this book doesn’t help it any but I’m still curious anyhow.

I didn't say that he stank in general, but to a Kuo-Toa, allof you disgusting mammals smell bad. Think of all of those nasty musk glands, it's enough to make
a Fishman lose his lunch. Bloop!

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

I didn't say that he stank in general, but to a Kuo-Toa, allof you disgusting mammals smell bad.

Oh I didn't take offense or anything so don't worry about that, but no less than a week ago we had an OOC topic conversation about fool smelling goblinoids. As I said I was just curious, and it seems to be a pretty common assumption along with the assumption that they’re not highly intelligent.