Sagiro's Story Hour Returns (new thread started on 5/18/08)

[KidCthulhu]

From upstairs they hear the sound of windows yammering in their frames.

Not only is this a nice bit of phrasing, it's a very apt description of what we were doing too.

Words cannot begin to describe the RBDM-ness of Sagiro. Who I will now be calling Beef Rigamaroles in punishment.

 

[Nail]

We are so very, very screwed. It's so much worse than you think......
And while we were having our victory parade and bossing people around with our new titles, they have remade the world so that the Emperor never left.

Yep.

PC, you know that feeling you get when you've been able to guess the story hour's direction, but are still absolutely amazed at the outcome??

That's how I'm feeling right now.

You guys are so "messed with". And it's awful sweet from here.....

 

[Vargo]

One question I have - is there anything that the Company could have done to prevent this "remaking" of the world?

I don't recall seeing any hints in the story so far indicating that this was coming - and I don't see any way the company could have prevented it...

But on the other hand, the baker might actually be friendly now...

 

[LightPhoenix]

I for one would just like to applaud Sagiro... I had a feeling as well that something like this would happen. Just one thing - WHY DIDN'T SNOKAS SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS?!?!?!

I would just like to point out that I don't think the players are quite as screwed as they think they are - I'm not really sure how much I should extrapolate, but two points that I think are readily obvious:

1) They still have several powerful resources at their disposal. *cough*

2) They already have two of three Eyes of Moriel, of which they only need one more to be able to unmake the world themselves.

I forget how many Eyes there are, but I'd find it terribly amusing if there was a competition between the Sharshun and the heroes at unmaking the world - every few hours or so everything gets undone again...

 

[Sagiro]

One question I have - is there anything that the Company could have done to prevent this "remaking" of the world?

I don't recall seeing any hints in the story so far indicating that this was coming - and I don't see any way the company could have prevented it...

But on the other hand, the baker might actually be friendly now...

On the the one hand, no, the party was never given specific direction to stop this particular threat.

On the other hand, the party has known since very early on in the campaign approximately where the Sharhsun "hidden base" was. They could have followed up on that avenue of investigation.

On the first hand, I kept them pretty busy with other problems. And if they had prevented the "unmaking," a whole bunch of my prophecies and records would have ended up looking pretty silly.


-Sagiro

 

[thatdarncat]

gee, what a good impression on my new coworkers the gibbering under the desk makes.

thanks Sagiro, ever so much

 

[Sagiro]

I for one would just like to applaud Sagiro... I had a feeling as well that something like this would happen. Just one thing - WHY DIDN'T SNOKAS SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS?!?!?!

Snokas didn't know anything. His vision from Ell was that he and the Company were standing around in the Greenhouse watching Kibi, who was holding two gems in his hands. That's all, and he did tell the party that much. He didn't know why they were gathered there, or what the fallout would be.

-Sagiro

 

[KidCthulhu]

On the the one hand, no, the party was never given specific direction to stop this particular threat.

On the other hand, the party has known since very early on in the campaign approximately where the Sharhsun "hidden base" was. They could have followed up on that avenue of investigation.

On the first hand, I kept them pretty busy with other problems. And if they had prevented the "unmaking," a whole bunch of my prophecies and records would have ended up looking pretty silly.

And on the other, other hand, not only have we know the Sharshun were up to something, we've known for a long time that they wanted to use the Eyes to "go nowhere". And within the last year or so, we've gotten plenty of hints that going nowhere allowed you to do something heap powerful.

And on the other first hand, just before the Battle of Verdshane, we specifically asked El (during a Commune) if we should try to use the eyes to go nowhere or if we should go check on the Sharshun. The word from the gods was "No, there's more important stuff to do." D'oh.

 

[Sagiro]

...And on the other first hand, just before the Battle of Verdshane, we specifically asked El (during a Commune) if we should try to use the eyes to go nowhere or if we should go check on the Sharshun. The word from the gods was "No, there's more important stuff to do." D'oh.

For the record, the commune in question was cast about two or three months before the battle at Verdshane, and the relevant questions (and answers) were as follows:

Is leaving for Kivia in order to get the Eye of Moirel the best course of action to prevent the Emperor from coming through to Charagan?

NO

If we leave for Kivia in nine weeks, will the Crosser’s Maze be needed before we return, to prevent the Emperor from coming through to Charagan?

MOST LIKELY

Is pursuing the Sharshun the best course of action to prevent the Emperor from coming through to Charagan?

NO

Note that in all cases, the questions clearly concerned the Emperor's plan to breach the Gate at Verdshane.

Not that the Company did anything that I wouldn't have done in their shoes; I don't mean to imply that their plans were bad. Quite the opposite; my players take of a lot of well-spent time to review information, prophecies, strategies, etc. before acting.

-Sagiro

 

[Zaruthustran]

Coooooool.

It's like Sliders, with less Gimli.

-z