OOC: House Millithor in COSQ part 4

[Serpenteye]

Icho whispers to Quertus after hearing the Matron's response.

"Master, you must be careful. The Matron betrays you. She knows that the Abyssal Lords will never accept such a flimsy excuse. She knows that your soul will be forfeit if the promised souls are not delivered.

This is why I prefer devils over demons. A devil would accept her adherence to the letter of the agreement, plain and simple, but demons start growling about the implied spirit of the deal. Like they are paragons of virtue themselves,

Well, my primary reason for endorsing it is that it is very simple from a game mechanics point of view. So long as the webbing is strong enough to hold the cracking ceiling, its simply a case of waiting until somebody destroys the webbing and then declaring everyone under the webbing as having serious problems. From a game mechanics problem, its much simpler than the diving dire bats scenario.

The only problem is that the ceiling is too high up and the enemy would have a round to react and get away before they were hit. Maybe it's better to rig the walls halfway down the chasm to collapse inwards...

Its also much more logical and appropriate to a fantasy game. Diving Dire Bats hitting targets and transforming into gaseous form is not a mainstay of fantasy literature.

No, but it could become one , the business needs to reinvent itself.
Alas, we do not know exactly how quickly vampires turn to gas after they have been killed. So it might be entirely accurate that the transformation would be so instantaneous that the full force of the impact wouldn't hit the target. Clever ruling, that.

Of course, there is always the issue of the disgruntled goblin slave who slips free of his domination and lights a match while the Matron is standing underneath the webbing.

There is that, but the webs would be a bit hard to reach for someone who can't fly or spider-climb.

 

[Endur]

Just out of curiousity, did anybody besides Uriel figure out what the skull-topped wand is that That Which Swims in Darkness asked Carcelon to destroy?

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

Just out of curiousity, did anybody besides Uriel figure out what the skull-topped wand is that That Which Swims in Darkness asked Carcelon to destroy?

Sounds like the Wand of Orcus to me.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

There is that, but the webs would be a bit hard to reach for someone who can't fly or spider-climb.

But he is cunning enough to make it happen if he wants to... In fact he is so cunning that the match would be unneeded.

 

[Seonaid]

Nope, haven't figured it out yet, but then again, I don't know very much about D&D.

Sorry for the delay in posting IC. This "no email notification" thing is really screwing me up.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Sorry for the delay in posting IC. This "no email notification" thing is really screwing me up.

Indeed, in fact I saw you found my thread... I still think that PbP people need that feature more than the rest of the board does.

 

[Xael]

Just out of curiousity, did anybody besides Uriel figure out what the skull-topped wand is that That Which Swims in Darkness asked Carcelon to destroy?

No idea about what it is. Something we could get lots of shineys from?

(ooc: does Quertus have Knowledge Engineering or Trap-building)

Quertus has 5 ranks in Knowledge (Architecture & Engineering), with a total modifier of +12.

 

[Dalamar]

Well, my first idea for the staff would be Staff of Ancient Penumbra, or whatever that illithid artifact is called. But I seriously hope we aren't talking about that one.

 

[Endur]

If Quertus wanted to, he has the skills to be involved in designing the trap. He also realizes, though, that the work is time-consuming, and if you are near the trap, quite dangerous.

Quertus has 5 ranks in Knowledge (Architecture & Engineering), with a total modifier of +12.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

With Endur's permission I posted a new version of Kilcif's character sheet in the RG if anyone is curious.