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

[Spatzimaus]

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.

Rule #92 from the Evil Overlord list:
"If I ever talk to the hero on the phone, I will not taunt him. Instead I will say this his dogged perseverance has given me new insight on the futility of my evil ways and that if he leaves me alone for a few months of quiet contemplation I will likely return to the path of righteousness. (Heroes are incredibly gullible in this regard.)"

I'm surprised the players didn't immediately respond with a chorus of "yeah, RIGHT."

 

[blargney the second]

That was simply astounding! I love this story hour!!
-blarg

 

[KidCthulhu]

I'm surprised the players didn't immediately respond with a chorus of "yeah, RIGHT."

Ya kinda had to be there. It's all in the delivery. It was really clear that The EB was not trying to sell us on this thing. He viewed the whole experience as a niggling thorn in his psyche that we were there to remove.

 

[Zaruthustran]

The elder brain sounds decisive. “We wish to take this sort of vow.”

Everyone exchanges glances and clear their throats. Feet are shuffled.

“How do we proceed?”

Good stuff PC. This comes close to "No, Luke. I am your father!"

-z

 

[Blackjack]

T“That’s because your kind does not think right,” snarls Malachite.

PCat (understandably) trims the dialogue for the Story Hour, so I thought I'd mention that Malachite kept repeating this particular phrase because it's how the Elder Brain earlier described us. Malachite was trying to better get the Brain to reconsider its beliefs by using its own vernacular.

That the phrase sounded insulting was icing on the cake.

 

[Henry]

Good Lord, what a plot twist.

I can't wait to see the baptism.

 

[Ridley's Cohort]

I very much admire a DM who will dare to think creatively about the consequences of PC actions. It would have been very easy to just say "Well, you fully healed it so it will be tougher when you come back to kill it later. An Evil Elder Brain is an Evil Elder Brain."

But this is so much more fun.

 

[Lord Pendragon]

I very much admire a DM who will dare to think creatively about the consequences of PC actions. It would have been very easy to just say "Well, you fully healed it so it will be tougher when you come back to kill it later. An Evil Elder Brain is an Evil Elder Brain."

But this is so much more fun.

I agree. One of the most admirable things about PC's DMing style that I respect is the way he gives depth to his villains. Teliez, Halcyon, Soder, the Elder Brain... They aren't just baddies to be crushed in combat. They act and react to the PCs in all the unexpected ways that living, breathing creatures do.

I love the way the Elder Brain has...evolved. And the concept that, through it, the PCs may eventually create a colony of good mindflayers.

 

[chalistria]

De-lurks... if I'm asking taboo questions, please delete w/o comment.

First off, thanks to the DoD group, and especially PC, for creating this SH. I'd use lots of flowery adjectives to try to describe it, but I think other people have beat me to all the ones sufficiently grandiose to deserve mention.

Second, I've a question for KidC:
What wasn't Eve understanding with the "I don't get it" quote? Trust, gods, faith, other?

Similarly, when she "got it", what about the description of the DoD's earlier encounter with the Elder Brain twigged her understanding?

As she's a newer character, I'm still trying to figure out what makes her tick...

Thanks, Chalistria

 

[Piratecat]

Yay! Nothing is more fun than brand new de-lurking members. thank you for caring enough to ask. I'll let KidCthulhu answer these herself.

I haven't mentioned the art thread in a while, but there are some FANTASTIC new images from Amal Shukup of Velendo, Mara and Stone Bear. I have a drawing of Eve from Capellan that I'll also post as soon as I can scan it decently, and there is evil cheese from Bloodsparrow and a dying dragon from Jeremy's wife Leslie that you may not have seen yet.

I've lost count. I'm pretty sure that this last update was brought to you by either Weiknarf's "Malachite as tapeworm" or Plane Sailing's image of Priggle hentai (eek!). That means that next week's update will be brought to you by Craer's picture of the Ivory King, and tonight's update is brought to you by Arken's image of Nacreous. Glorious stuff.

Note: to give you an idea of time, this next post finishes off the last game of 2003.