What to do, what to do?

[diaglo]

Are you not part of this consensus?

i'm on the fence. i can't decide if i should push for the TPK or if i should push for a sidetrek

 

[fafhrd]

{clashes spear against shield while chanting "TPK TPK TPK"}

 

[diaglo]

possible foes:

fexter's brother... he is shield dwarf with the thunder twin feat. his brother is some evil spellcaster. we have a letter saying he is with someone named Irae. we think she is trying to bring her god to this plane with the Black Grail from the Banewarrens. we also know there is some cult trying to revive Moander too.

we killed a drow priestess who could cast firestorm. and chased away her vampire/monk/assassin bodyguard.

plus we just finished off an Uber Iron Golem... which is why we are low on spells and resources right now.

 

[Oryan77]

Then why are you asking? Go with the group consensus.

He's asking because Henry asked for advice today in another thread, so diaglo feels he should ask for advice also! Today is a strange day; I've never seen either of them ask the community for advice about their game I thought they've been playing D&D so long that they didn't need advice...I was wrong!

 

[Henry]

C'mon, Joe, let 'em go!

I'd say go with it. If my group had the same choice, and I was the odd man out, I'd tell 'em to go on without me, have fun, and as payment I expect a FULL story hour writeup of what went on. No sense ending the year on a whimper instead of a bang.

If Joe's really got his heart set on being there, though, I can't tell you what to do.

 

[diaglo]

C'mon, Joe, let 'em go!

I'd say go with it. If my group had the same choice, and I was the odd man out, I'd tell 'em to go on without me, have fun, and as payment I expect a FULL story hour writeup of what went on. No sense ending the year on a whimper instead of a bang.

If Joe's really got his heart set on being there, though, I can't tell you what to do.

JoeBlank's gonna be in Disney with his kids... while we are killing his character. :devious:


actually this session is probably a come to head for JoeBlank's character for a quest the party has undertaken on his Auntie's behalf. we created a potion to make her mortal from fey, but we need the Black Grail. it is also a biggie i'm guessing for howandwhy99's PC. but he is dead. since we have had hints that his evil thunder twin Nale... i mean Finister is operating with these drow.

and it is a big climax for Aristoi's character too. Darian's church, Lothian... Lathander, had us recover the Sword of Sex, Lies, and Videotape... Truth. it can be used to destroy the Black Grail so no one can bring their evil deity to life or the prime.

my character has been waiting 7 levels to take power attack and be on guard duty so he can CdG Darian and take his stuff.

the druid can reincarnate him... but not until the morning. which i don't think we have the time for right now.

 

[howandwhy99]

plus we just finished off an Uber Iron Golem... which is why we are low on spells and resources right now.

= one dead dwarven justiciar.

 

[shilsen]

i'm on the fence. i can't decide if i should push for the TPK or if i should push for a sidetrek

Why not have a sidetrek during which you have a TPK? Sometimes you can have your PCs and broil them over a slow-cooking fire elemental monolith too

 

[Fighter1]

gaming again this Sunday.

after many long and deadly months we have reached a semi climactic point in the campaign. but we will be a couple players down for the session.

so the question then is do we go forward or bag out and try and find a side quest?

party present:

fiddle skipstone: rogue 4/ ranger 6/ dragonslayer 4 (me)
ozlo sullygrub: sorcerer 13 (JoeBlank ... won't be there)
fexter stoneblood: ranger 1/ monk 2/ fighter 5/ justiciar 5 (howandwhy99) currently dead
chloe hartspur: druid 14 (loki44)
alya silverleaf: bard 10/ arcane archer 4 (biorph)
vlad greycloak: rogue 7/ fighter 6 (Sam not a poster here)

NPC: Marcus of Tyr paladin 13? (Olgar Shiverstone the DM)


party missing and players won't be there anyway Dunnin Anvilgate: ranger 7/ rogue 6 (Rob.. i'm not sure what his handle is here)
darian dawnguard fighter 2/ cleric 6/ morninglord of lathander 5 (Aristoi)


so right now it seems like howandwhy99 will roleplay JoeBlank's PC for the session.

This can't be that hard - Come on! This is cake!!!

Step #1 Play the session
Step #2 Play the missing Players PC's as NPC's
Step #3 Ensure that they all go first into every room, corridor, whatever (note; be sure to use the fighter/cleric/ morninglord of lathander as a trap detector - cleric's scream louder)
Step #4 As they die, take all their gear
Step #5 When your fresh out of NPC's retreat to a safe location and hold up - end of session
Step #6 Don't tell the players
Step #7 The following session when the players show up and find out there PC's are dead just shrug your shoulder's and say "it just happened that way...sorry <insert evil grin>"
Step #8 Comment on how you like the fighter/cleric/ morninglord of lathander shiny armor...and how it should bring a nice price back at the market...

 

[Asmo]

Is it impossible to ask Joe what he wants? If it´s okay if somebody else plays his character?

Asmo