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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Selm" data-source="post: 68053" data-attributes="member: 1592">Comments, comments ...There was some comments on the story so far on the old board. As itseems that they were useful to grasp the story, I will report some ofthem here.Selm-----------------------------------------------------------This one is from an old dedicated reader, he has posted so muchthat he deserves it greatly.Hey SelmI will just have to say, NASTY . The way that you had the Dragon playthe sly one and try to get the top on the group was a brilliant play,but I would say that I might have tried to get in a nice CDG and kill the dragon just to make sure, but then again, I might have not. I am glad that none died, though Alahija sure came close. Also funnyhow so many of the group seemed to want to go for a swim. I will askthough, why the group did not try to take all that the dragon had inthe hoard when they left, unless it was from worry from the gnolls.Glad that you now have the dragon as a menace to come back and takethe group on and I am sure they will be having to keep a fresh changeof undies for that battle.Good luck with the next game and I will be looking forward to morefrom the group.--------------------Charlie aka Burble aka Zert aka Banor aka Bandark-----------------------------------------------------------The response of one of my players, more precisely Diane."I will ask though, why the group did not try to take all that thedragon had in the hoard when they left,unless it was from worry fromthe gnolls. "Actually we found a couple magic items on the bodies, but that's it.Although Selm wrote that we didn't recognize temple of EE's symbol, Iwould like to correct it to explain our haste in leaving.The paladine of Mayaheine looked uncomfortable as she stared at it (welearnt later she, Ahlija and Ezekiel had heard of such priestswandering about). And my historical knowledges were way enough toidentify the symbol.Being sneaky as mentionned by our beloved DM (not only sneaky as thiscomment points out  ) I went check thanks to the invisibility spellabout the noises below and was eager to go back to hommlet to speakwith Brune after. Later on, once at the described meeting, I could tell about the EE'stemple story and the fears associated with this symbol. -----------------------------------------------------------My comments on Diane's replyYou didn't take to much time to investigate in fact. Beside the mainhall, which was used by the dragon as his lair (as it seemed), younearly not even venture forth.Perhaps what Diane saw after the stairs was enough to move you towardsprudence ...Well, you know, 7 players and only one DM with loose memory, it meanserrors and some forgotten details all along the story. And it's onlythe beginning, so keep an eye open for such things Diane.Beside, only Killasha was aware of the ocre robed priests. It was saidto her by the priest of Pelor, Yether the Queen.But I must admit that your character and Lywen were able to identifythe symbol, or at least relate it to THE Temple. It helps to have someeducation. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />-----------------------------------------------------------Here are my last comments on this thread. I'm the DM after all.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />He, he, thanks, it was really fun for me, even if a little confusingduring the play. In fact, there was a lot to do after the "death" ofthe dragon, Ezekiel and Killasha were right after Alahija, stillhoping to save her (which will be successfull, with her overpoweredguardian angel). Xaod was beside the beast and verified that he was dead, but thedragon's bluff was great and everyone was sure of his death. Do youalready have seen a dragon play off his death ? Alahija's player must have a malediction linked to me as I recentlykilled his character in my other Al-Qadim campaign ...But they all know that such a campaign (RtoToEE) will not be"player-friendly". And that death must be expected.Yeah, this seems to be the "last chance refuge" but I'm not sure it'sthe best choice with a blue dragon around.Try to figure the party, they just encountered a dragon, one of themnearly died (more than one in fact were close on the second dragonbreath), they are still heavily wounded and it seems that moremonsters await them ...Beside, as Diane said, some of them were able to identify the ToEEholy symbol, and those were not at all inclined to continue.In fact they didn't find the dragon's hoard, or is it only two corpseswith some minor items ?I must have "a little" frightened them, and it was the aim of thefirst play ... more on heroic acts for next sessionOnly future will tell ... Thanks for your encouragements, it will surely help them to overcomenext session ... surely ... or I hope ... for them.More nasty hazards next Episode. -----------------------------------------------------------That's all for now, I hope it helped you understand the choices of thegroup. I will use the same trick later in the story.Keep tuned ...Selm</blockquote>

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