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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lazybones" data-source="post: 68701" data-attributes="member: 143">Thanks, Old One!To answer your questions:1) As I stated way way back on post #1, I started this story as a way of familiarizing myself with the Forgotten Realms.  I had just bought the campaign book, and thought that a "guided tour" with an actual party would be a good way to go about it.  Plus, this way I got to design a campaign as I created the story, and familiarize myself more with the specifics of the 3e rules.  While the story is almost all fiction (with a few elements lifted from old campaigns), the characters were initially based on those of a group I gamed with back in the old 1e/2e days while I was in college.  Since then the characters have taken on a life of their own, and I'd say that they now only dimly resemble those archetypes I started with.  I honestly never thought that the story would go as far as it has (initially I had only sketched out the plot with the Cyricist priest and the hobgoblin fort), but now I can't stop the flow of ideas.  As long as people enjoy what I'm writing, I guess I'll keep doing it.  2) Doh!  I was hoping no one would notice... but yes, initially I had the cleric reinforced by a summoning glyph and some lesser undead (the reason he has the desecrate spell), but when I hit on the idea of the summoned demon, I realized that the encounter was getting out of the realm of what a fourth level party could handle.  Luckily, it all came together, and the death of Cal provided a hook that led the companions to the next adventure.</blockquote>

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