Rhun's Greyhawk OMEGA OOC Thread (ToEE) - CLOSED!!!

[Voadam]

It seems to Shoon like he's the only one still concerned about rescuing anyone. The others only really seem concerned about killing the inhabitants, (Merrick and Zirat) making sure the party doesn't die, (Aeron) or has no apparent reason for being there as well (Ciaran and Deren).

So far though, Shoon seems like the only one who's made a conscious effort to take anyone alive for questioning. I mean Merrick on multiple occasions has flat out said that Shoon can try it if he wants, but he isn't going to. Maybe it's just selective memory but I personally can't any time anyone else tried to do it. So we're just stuck going down there, killing a bunch of people, then coming back up, day after day, hoping that we eventually stumble upon some prisoners by accident, and that they're the ones we're looking for, and that they haven't died because we took so damn long.

Bring it up IC. Merrick's wanted to take prisoners, as we did early on IIRC, but we've been fighting groups and over our heads in most engagements. Defeating the enemy in these engagements is more important than attempting to take prisoners as a first priority. We have risked being overwhelmed once they raised the alarm more than once. With any groups Merrick will want to lethally wittle them down before dragging out any unconscious survivors that the Prophet stabilizes. Ogres and Trolls are too big and heavy to drag out but they are dangerous enough that they must be engaged immediately and killed.

 

[Dire Lemming]

We took some bandits prisoner who didn't know anything, then Merick never tried to take someone prisoner again. I have commented on it IC and the usual response is along the lines of "Sure Shoon, do what you want." We even managed to disable a bunch of guards in one room, only to leave them behind when we retreated... except for the one Deren slit the throat of.

I'm starting to think the only way we're going to get a prisoner is to get someone to surrender, but they're all probably too stupid to do that even though we've repeatedly slaughtered their comrades in droves only to escape without a single casualty.

And it really all come down to the fact that Shoon has little reason to be here, and a huge reason not to. If we can just retcon it so that speaking with the informant confirmed what he'd suspected and that Anemone was in fact a prisoner of the temple, then he'd still be completely determined to follow through with this.

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

“Scourge of the Slave lords” – I’m waiting anxiously for this one. I was Dming the first part in a table top game 10 years ago I think.

DL – ToEE is a known Hack and Slash adventure. Role playing in the temple is almost impossible because you encounter low intelligent scum most of the adventure (Goblinoids, Trolls, Ogres) who wish nothing but hammering you. Most of the denizens are known to be simple mercenaries and soldiers that just follow order, so they know nothing. If we want to catch a significant figure and ask her some questions, first - we need to cut our way with swords and blood, without asking questions.

 

[Dire Lemming]

I'm not sure what you're trying to say here... First they're all low intelligence humanoids that only know how to smash heads, then they're all mercenaries who're just following orders. Which is it? Isn't it a mixture of both? Either way they'd know how to get around their area, so some of them might know where the prison is. You don't have to find Zuggtmoy herself to find out where her minions keep their prisoners, if that's who you're talking about. I mean, we know for a fact that there's a wizard living here. He's definitely intelligent enough to understand the concept of directions if we were somehow able to capture him.

Also, we can't cut with blood. Maybe some fancy mage can make a blade out of blood, but none of us are that mage.

 

[InVinoVeritas]

Hi, guys! I fell off the face of the earth and am back to say... I'm going to fall off the face of the earth for a while. I'll be out for at least the next two weeks, so keep on NPCing me for now.

Strahd, it's probably best to continue your game without me. Sorry, I know, I'm bad.

 

[Rhun]

Hi, guys! I fell off the face of the earth and am back to say... I'm going to fall off the face of the earth for a while. I'll be out for at least the next two weeks, so keep on NPCing me for now.

No worries, I'll continue NPCing Ciaran for now.

 

[Voadam]

I am in the process of selling my current home and moving to another state. I will not be completely offline but I expect my online gaming to be sporadic through mid May when I expect my family and myself to be mostly settled in our new place barring unforseen problems.

 

[Rhun]

I am in the process of selling my current home and moving to another state. I will not be completely offline but I expect my online gaming to be sporadic through mid May when I expect my family and myself to be mostly settled in our new place barring unforseen problems.

No worries, Voadam. We're running a little on the slow side anyway. Good luck with the move...I know they can be a pain.

 

[Rhun]

Alright, so it looks like we have IVV back. Strahd and Voadam are about, but slow posting. I just want to confirm that we still have Dog Moon and Dichotomy? You guys about?

 

[Dog Moon]

I'm here. Sorry bout that. Been sorta busy and haven't done much with EnWorld recently.