Sagiro's Story Hour: The FINAL Adventures of Abernathy's Company (FINISHED 7/3/14)

[Piratecat]

Someone with epic resources really, really, really doesn't like Dranko.

But why? It's not like he's famous or something...

This is a FANTASTIC question. Dranko really, really should have spent more time asking himself the same thing. Clearly, it's personal. Who and why?

Also, ouch.

 

[The_Warlock]

This is a FANTASTIC question. Dranko really, really should have spent more time asking himself the same thing. Clearly, it's personal. Who and why?

Also, ouch.

And I apologize, Dranko is my favorite, but it was such low hanging fruit, I just couldn't leave it unplucked. Mean and Funny is still Funny, as the saying goes.

 

[Zelc]

I've made my bet on who's sending these monsters earlier in this thread . I don't think I'll change it yet!

I just hope the party doesn't end up facing the rest of the monsters on that d20srd page.

 

[Piratecat]

And I apologize, Dranko is my favorite, but it was such low hanging fruit, I just couldn't leave it unplucked. Mean and Funny is still Funny, as the saying goes.

No apology needed. Ribbing aside (and goodness knows that Dranko probably deserves it), the fact that he isn't and never can be famous means that it's possibly a personal grudge. But we're in the underdark, where the number of people with personal grudges against him is decidedly limited. One of the three red armored enemies? They're not summoners as far as we know, and who the hell can summon multiple epic level monsters? Also, why target just Dranko, the only person in the Company who never got mentioned in any prophecy?

I wish you guys could have seen the look on Sagiro's face when I told him I was trying the grappling hook trick, and then the look on my face when it backfired so spectacularly badly, and then the look on Sagiro's face when I pulled out the immovable rod. If I could, I would frame that gaming session and bring it out whenever I needed to grin ear-to-ear.

 

[KidCthulhu]

Sagiro's Story Hour: The FINAL Adventures of Abernathy's Company (updated 2/1...

Spare a thought for poor Ernie. Surrounded by big metal fists again. It's at least on his list of "Top 5 Nightmares".

 

[coyote6]

No apology needed. Ribbing aside (and goodness knows that Dranko probably deserves it), the fact that he isn't and never can be famous means that it's possibly a personal grudge. But we're in the underdark, where the number of people with personal grudges against him is decidedly limited. One of the three red armored enemies? They're not summoners as far as we know, and who the hell can summon multiple epic level monsters? Also, why target just Dranko, the only person in the Company who never got mentioned in any prophecy?

My guess is that it has something to do with the tentacles in his mind. Let's see, a series of aquamarine-glowing abominations that seem to really want to kill Dranko. This one shows up shortly after Dranko draws on the squirming thing in his head to make time stop. Nothing says the Far Realms can't have factions and rivalries -- squamous, unknowable factions, and rugose, unspeakable rivalries, of course. So whatever is in Dranko's head is either being judged a threat by something else that's also spent some time in Far Realms, or is being recognized and loathed; either way, it makes Dranko a threat.

That, or Dranko just holds the secret way to defeat the Adversary. Yes, it's true --His one true weakness, His Achilles' Heel, His Kryptonite, is being licked.

 

[Anxe]

It's not obviously Tapheon to everyone?

Who the Hell indeed, PirateKitty.

 

[RangerWickett]

If Dranko doesn't lick the Adversary now, I'll be terribly disappointed.

 

[Enkhidu]

It's not obviously Tapheon to everyone?

That was my thought ever since the "well at least we won't have to worry about Tapheon down here!" quote.

 

[Anxe]

Good. Glad I'm not going crazy.