Piratecat's Updated Story Hour! (update 4/03 and 4/06)

[Piratecat]

Great piece of storytelling.

You're kind, Ryan, but this whole update is virtually verbatim (less the boring planning bits before the group arrived in the city.) Poor Galthia was champing at the bit the whole time, desperately wanting to attack it but knowing that it probably wasn't in his best interests to do so. There's mind flayer combat aplenty coming up, though; see, there's still that "uninfected" and unintegrated portion of the elder brain floating around. . .

 

[BSF]

Oh my word! That was fun reading. Nice twist as well.

“We wish to take this sort of vow.”

As a player, that is a moment when I am both quivering with excitemnet, pride and a tinge of fear. I mean, here you have a chance to really do something epic in scope. But what if you choke on the implementation.

Very cool! Great job to your group. It is so fun to read all of this.

 

[Samnell]

That there is a very smart Elder Brain. When confronted with a large and very powerful group of adventurers, including two Paladins and a Githzeria, it parleyed and talked them into not killing it.

I have some players who could learn from that Elder Brain.

 

[wedgeski]

You're kind, Ryan, but this whole update is virtually verbatim (less the boring planning bits before the group arrived in the city.)

Hmm, I wish I could listen to the interactions which produced this dialogue. I can't imagine it would be anything except very, very educational.

Good update.

 

[Naathez]

Well... I'd heard about Paladins being a cerebral lot, but this is definitely too much...

-running for cover-

As always thank you, P-cat...

 

[shilsen]

Please tell me that you took a photo of your players' faces when they worked out that the elder brain had "got religion". Please!

 

[KidCthulhu]

* At this point, KidCthulhu started singing the classic Beach Boys tune “You got to help, help me Rondeth, help me get him out of my mind.” A universal cry of “Pay the pig!” rose from everyone else at the table, and Blackjack gently reminded her that unless she wanted to be resurrected, she had to get used to not singing in character.

Hey, it takes a while to get over a bad case of Bard! I started playing one just so I wouldn't get in trouble for breaking into song during the game, and twelve years of spontaneous song is habit forming.

 

[Plane Sailing]

The elder brain’s voice is filled with scorn. “Even the svirfneblin? They are not sentient.”

...

“Mr. Priggle has a very interesting brain!” interrupts Eve. Almost underfoot, Priggle shoots her a grateful look before returning to his internal preparations for immediate death.

"Oh, sure. The elder brain notices me. Lucky, lucky svirfneblin."

There was so much to like about this update, difficult to pick out highlights, but I had to mention this one for old times sake.

Plus, KidC - I love the way that you are playing Eve... she comes over very much as young, isolated, a little emotionally insecure, eager to make her mark. Almost like someone who is still emotionally in early teens. Mind you, she must have had a hell of a childhood.

Cheers

 

[Aravis]

I'm surprised that Galthia didn't bring down some 'zerai vengeance on the Elder Brain in its moment of weakness. I guess spending so much time around the paladins is finally getting to him.

That may have been one of my hardest moments playing Galthia. But,a s PC said, Galthia knew deep, DEEP, down that attaching the Elder Brain would probably lead to our downfall.

- Aravis

 

[WizarDru]

Great stuff, this. A reminder that you don't have to have combat to make an interesting tale. I LOVE the idea of having a heart-to-heart with a morally conflicted Elder Brain.

Quite honestly, two of my favorite story hours have one thing in common: they showcase Paladins very well. Both here and in Sepulchrave's story hour, we see paladins who are not only interesting, but substantially different from each other. Malachite, for example, is holy vengenance: literally the sword of the church; Mara, on the other hand, is much more about the spirituality side of the paladin.

Like I said, I love this stuff.