The Rape of Morne [Final Update]

[Krellic]

Eadric's predicament is one of the things that make this story hour so compelling, that and Mostin's quirkiness. The paladin has a most unenviable position carrying the whole weight of his god's expectations on his shoulders. Being prepared to carry that weight regardless is, to my mind, part of what being a paladin is all about.

The very fact that Eadric counts such dubious characters as Mostin and Ortwin as friends say a lot about him. He's not the typs of stereotypical fanatic that spoils so many games by wandering about with his detect evil blaring and slaughtering anything that registers on his radar. Life ain't so simple and Eadric patently knows it.

There's a great potential for evil to come out of this crusade, as in any. I think poor old Eadric is in for a hell of a time - no pun intended...

 

[Blood Jester]

Just curious...

Did it ever occur to Ortwin to just give Ulao his (very valuable and unique) pick?

"I give you, Great Ulao, my own personal weapon as a sign of my respect for you...Blah...Blah...<I'm a long winded Bard>...Blah..."

 

[tleilaxu]

I thought he was going to sell the pick and use the money to get something else?

 

[Talaysen]

That's exactly what he did, tleliaxu - Jester was asking whether Ortwin had even considered that the pick might be a suitable gift, in which case he wouldn't have had to go through the trouble of selling it. I would assume that either the player didn't think of it, or the player felt that the character wouldn't think of it, or it was, in fact, thought of and swiftly dismissed.

 

[Ryan Koppenhaver]

I think giving Ulao the pick and a speech about how it's Ortwin's own weapon might backfire if Ulao noticed how much more impressive Ortwin's scimitar was.

 

[BiggusGeekus@Work]

Also, the pick is something that Ulao could aways have commissioned. Ortwin might have something a little more snazzy in mind.

 

[Blood Jester]

It was this quote:

...the Bard had sold the weapon for a good deal of money. Its thundering electrical dweomer was, after all, an attractive selling point given their location.

...that made me think that it wouldn't have been a half-bad idea.



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P.S. - BigG, sure, but Ulao has way more money than Ortwin ever will, so any gift could be bought by Ulao for himself. But the whole thing about gifts is that you didn't have to buy it yourself.

 

[Darklone]

Nah, you don't give someone something personal as present.

The quality of praises since long surpassed my ability to speak English, so: go on Sep!

 

[Malachai_rose]

incredible

wow...

I just started reading this thread at Broccli Heads insistence (he's my DM) and, wow...

Lol, your writing is incredible. The best part I think is your dialouge. I gotta ask is that actual in game discussions (do your players really talk like that in game ?) or is that artistic liscense ? The debate between Ortwin and Eadric in the first post was really well done and shed alot of light on the character of these two PC's

While I can appreciate the viewpoints of some in the thread I gotta say that when presented with actual divinity as Eadric has been, I would be hard pressed not to submit and follow, much as Eadric has done.

Also the side story with Ortwin and Mostin in the Djinn city looking for a gift. Thats funny stuff, the entire 'how much money you got' conversation was great

Well just wanted to post and ask about the dialogue. Heh, gotta add you to my must read list next to Doc Midnight and Rel (whenever the slacker posts lol). Great job and looking forward to more.

 

[Victim]

I'd consider a weapon a pretty hit or miss gift. Even if Ulao doesn't have several better weapons and really likes the shocking burst+thundering properties, who's to say that he'd like a pick? How useful is a pick to a finess rapier master, or to a scimitar expert? Because a pick is also a mining tool - although the weapon version will probably have some differences - a noble might take a pick to be an insulting comment about his station.

While the comparsion will be off, what gift would you give a baseline equiped 20th level character when you lack knowledge about their abilities and current gear? Weapons and class specific gear probably won't be useful, since you're guessing about what they do. Similarly, they probably already have the common protective devices and so forth. Most, if not all, of the conventional item slots would be filled.

I'd pick some sort unusual or spell based item that doesn't take up any space. Almost anyone could find a use for a Mirror of Mental Prowess, or Cube of Force, etc. Extradimensional effects are always pretty useful too.