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

[Quartz]

Ooh, I missed this:

Morningstar tries to revivify the fallen Grey Wolf, but the wound in his chest already festers with Adversary blood.

Adversary blood eh?

 

[Everett]

That was Dranko's dream of what Becoming would be like. Neither he nor we have any idea what would really happen. But it would certainly be different.

How can I be sure of this? Consider that Good-aligned Uvuudaum-Dranko would solo massacre everyone and anyone the company might come up against while the rest of the party stood around filing their fingernails. I don't think Sagiro is going to take the challenge out of the campaign's endgame.

 

[Quartz]

How can I be sure of this? Consider that Good-aligned Uvuudaum-Dranko would solo massacre everyone and anyone the company might come up against while the rest of the party stood around filing their fingernails. I don't think Sagiro is going to take the challenge out of the campaign's endgame.

An Uvuudaum of which Dranko was only intermittently in control might well be interesting. Kind of like the final encounter of the Shackled City adventure path. But the Uvuudaum in the ELH is far worse than CR 27.

 

[Solarious]

The Cleaners were clear enough. He has to avoid "delusions of grandeur." And the Company's divinations don't work below the surface.

What the heck does "delusions of grandeur" mean from something beyond the pale of sanity? And sure the Company's divinations work beyond the barrier; they just require extra effort to reach, and thus burn life force which could otherwise be used to power other abilities they might need in the future. It's a balancing act.

 

[Everett]

What the heck does "delusions of grandeur" mean from something beyond the pale of sanity?

Well, they understood mortal desires well enough to trade Dranko's life for his fame in the first place. So I think we can take them at their word.

 

[Everett]

An Uvuudaum of which Dranko was only intermittently in control might well be interesting. Kind of like the final encounter of the Shackled City adventure path. But the Uvuudaum in the ELH is far worse than CR 27.

The killer is the Wisdom drain, and the fact that it's permanent. It's pretty much designed to murder anything that's *sentient*, good, evil or otherwise.

 

[Enkhidu]

What the heck does "delusions of grandeur" mean from something beyond the pale of sanity?

If Dranko does develop delusions on grandeur, I'm pretty sure that will be grounds for breaking the deal, which would be very bad for the whole company.

 

[Quartz]

I'm sure Sagiro has more RBDMness up his sleeve; I know I'm going to enjoy reading about it.

 

[Quartz]

The killer is the Wisdom drain, and the fact that it's permanent. It's pretty much designed to murder anything that's *sentient*, good, evil or otherwise.

Yes, and the save DCs are far too high for CR 27 at DC 47.

 

[Everett]

If Dranko does develop delusions on grandeur, I'm pretty sure that will be grounds for breaking the deal, which would be very bad for the whole company.

I think that after the visions he had while they were leaping and the slaughter-happy dream, Dranko has got the message. I don't expect that Dranko will have to Become. But it's quite clear now that the Nugget of Madness(tm) inside his brain will prove crucial to the endgame.