stonegod's Expedition to Castle Ravenloft: Ch. I [OOC]

[DEFCON 1]

Jarrith isn't already "in the deep end?"

Naw! He's walking down the slope of the pool from shallow end to deep... but his feet are still technically on the pool floor. He's not dog-paddling yet.

By the way stonegod... when do you want us to move over to the Ch. II OOC thread? Starting now? Or will you let us know here first?

 

[stonegod]

By the way stonegod... when do you want us to move over to the Ch. II OOC thread? Starting now? Or will you let us know here first?

When new subscriptions work. Which they have given no ETA on.

 

[Stormwind]

When you get back to town, Jarrith also has a Lesser Restoration in memory (and can pray to do a swap or two if more are needed).

And I can't wait for next level... another point to BAB will make Jarrith +6, and thus he gets a second attack... and with another feat slot in, I'll be able to take Improved Two Weapon Fighting and thus get four attacks a round. That's when the real fun with Sneak Attack damage starts!

You can't wait for next level ... heh ... I can't wait to get Ashlyn to the chapel in the castle ... given the current plan, it may be that she will get enough xp from the upcoming encounter on the hill to level straight to level 8 once she eventually gets there

I'm just looking forward to her getting a celestial raven companion ... somehow the image of Ashlyn in gleaming armor mounted on a black stallion, with a raven sitting on her wrist pops into my mind

 

[James Heard]

I was hoping for 9th level before we hit the castle, so Janis can enlist a Sancho, her trusted sidekick and bonny companion, in the fight. Maybe Ireena would like to become a henchman? Hrm.

 

[Stormwind]

I was hoping for 9th level before we hit the castle, so Janis can enlist a Sancho, her trusted sidekick and bonny companion, in the fight. Maybe Ireena would like to become a henchman? Hrm.

Hmmm ... I don't know that I'd want to wait that long, I mean Ashlyn's currently 925xp away from having enough xp for level 8 ... so it's getting a bit more urgent that she get to the chapel so that she can level.

Besides, it's not like we're going to assault the castle, this will just be the opening gambit where we ask permission from the lord to use his chapel (and perhaps his library). The way I see it we're trying to avoid direct conflict with this guy until we absolutely have to. Perhaps we can make a specific point of thanking him for his help in repelling the werewolf attack on the village.

And after all, from what I've gathered, we will need to leave and return to the castle at least once, possibly more often ... at least if we are going to accomplish our goals here in Barovia.


As far as the henchman idea, leadership is probably a fairly strong feat in these surroundings .... that is if you can keep your cohort alive (which might be a little more difficult)! Besides, I'd say that Janis is already well on her well to gaining followers down in the village ... maybe she can just found her own cult

 

[James Heard]

Hmmm ... I don't know that I'd want to wait that long, I mean Ashlyn's currently 925xp away from having enough xp for level 8 ... so it's getting a bit more urgent that she get to the chapel so that she can level.

Besides, it's not like we're going to assault the castle, this will just be the opening gambit where we ask permission from the lord to use his chapel (and perhaps his library). The way I see it we're trying to avoid direct conflict with this guy until we absolutely have to. Perhaps we can make a specific point of thanking him for his help in repelling the werewolf attack on the village.

I've watched too many horror flicks to trust a group of spunky outsiders walking up the steep hill to the creepy castle looking for charity. We might as well put the bear in a red shirt and complain about our carriage breaking down in the rain.

And after all, from what I've gathered, we will need to leave and return to the castle at least once, possibly more often ... at least if we are going to accomplish our goals here in Barovia.

I just afraid that once we're in the castle we're in for being taken captive and having our brains replaced with dog brains or something, or at the very least some dude in lingerie singing songs at us and making goo-goo eyes at Jarrith.

I'm not completely psyched that we're heading off to another encounter without resting, but on the good side it's slightly possible that Janis will turn into a werewolf in the middle of the encounter - with a little luck that could work in our favor.

Besides, it's expensive but we're now at the level where Janis can start bringing people back to life if we need to. As gnomes and goblins maybe, but those are the breaks I guess.

 

[DEFCON 1]

Yeah... the next fight without having rested is gonna be a real pain in the tuchas. But it's unfortunately one we don't have a choice as to when we do it.

As Jarrith is still okay with all his spells, it might very well make sense for him to stay out of melee this time while everyone else (Ashlyn, Ladreth, Tessa, Janis) goes into hand-to-hand. That way Jarrith can cast as much healing as needed.

And once we have the raven symbol, we pretty much have to go up to the castle, because there's nothing else for us to do. Without getting the Tome of Strahd, we won't know where the three fanes are that we need to destroy. We also need to awaken both items, get Ashlyn her prestige class, let Khensu go through the ritual to regain his paladin status, and figure out what's up with Marot and what he needs to do.

I think if we do in fact go up there with Ireena in tow to just "speak" to Lord Sergei... we'll be able to accomplish most (if not all) of these things without generating any ire from the Lord (he did come down and help us destroy the lycan scourge after all). We need to remember that as far as the characters are all concerned... all that is up there is just a descendant of some bad man from centuries ago. We've received a hint that it might be a vampire... but it's mainly circumstantial evidence, and even if he is... that's not to say he's automatically against anything our characters are doing (so far as they know). OOC we might know what this will eventually lead to, but IC he's just some weird dude who has the hots for Ireena and could very well be a very charitable host when we arrive.

 

[stonegod]

Well, there's still Jarrith's remove curse, though he hasn't used it yet.

Big update Sunday, most likely. Little updates sooner.

 

[James Heard]

Janis is simply prepping everyone for the "mob with torches" aspect of the castle adventure.

 

[s@squ@tch]

Janis is simply prepping everyone for the "mob with torches" aspect of the castle adventure.

I lost a post I was working on all d@mn day....

Anywho, I think Frankenstein has already been destroyed (in the church basement), so hopefully we only have Count Chocula and Booberry to deal with.

I'll try and recollect my post and get it up later.