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TP.net => The Great Beyond (OOC) => : X-Osoerde (Alan) March 05, 2010, 08:21:05 PM
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Personally, I am seeing a whole lot of player characters/AAs/NPCs in need of death...
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I'm going with less than 10% :-P
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Me too!
Personally, I am more curious to know what Rhoube is trying to find on Cael Corwynn, since it is evident (and has been since day one) that he has absolutely no interest in the island.
He probably had no interest in the Erebannian either.
At first I thought he was going for the White Tower and then, when he went to Cael Corwynn, I was thinking...if it wasn't in the tower, does it have something to do with the Lich?
Fun Adventure...I am a bit jealous...
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Sometimes you go on an adventure yourself. And sometimes you send an AA. And sometimes you make sure you've said your goodbyes when that AA leaves.
It's Rhuobhe. At a certain point, all you can do is cross your fingers and hope. :-P
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Bjorn is renown for being far too lenient on the player characters...
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Yep, he's a real softie, our DM.
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Personally, I am more curious to know what Rhoube is trying to find on Cael Corwynn, since it is evident (and has been since day one) that he has absolutely no interest in the island.
I don't think it is so clear. If he has no interest in the island then why he bothered to usurp Aelvenking's domain and transport military units there? (I still don't know how he did it, but they are there) He would be acting pretty insane if he has no interest there.
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I don't think it is so clear. If he has no interest in the island then why he bothered to usurp Aelvenking's domain and transport military units there? (I still don't know how he did it, but they are there) He would be acting pretty insane if he has no interest there.
oh, let's not forget, this Rhoube we talk about. The term Insane would not be useful. And as to how, again let us not forget, it's Rhoube we talk about. He was in one wood, then in the next, numbers, distance, time, these human terms has no real meaning or relevance in the realm of ancient Sidhe magic.
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For all we know, he did all of this just to lure someone specific out to fight him somewhere he had prepared for the battle. Thus, he would have established himself on Caelcorwynn so as to have an Ancient Forest under his control near enough to Anuire for people to easily come out and attack him in (whereas the Erebannien wouldn't be 'his' to the same degree). Then he would have attacked Aerenwe just to make enough noise to attract - say - Braedonnal Tuare out to fight him. Now he's fighting on his own turf instead of trying to kill the guy back in the midst of his own lands and people.
Or perhaps he's testing the resolve of the Anuireans, or the degree to which the Wardens would accept/reject his creed. Or he's trying to secure control of a certain number of Ancient Forest provinces. Or maybe he was just bored and wanted visitors. It's tough to say. One key to remember is that he's simply not afraid of us in the slightest. In his mind, I doubt there's any element of personal risk to any of this. He could be doing it just on a lark.
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Personally, I am more curious to know what Rhoube is trying to find on Cael Corwynn, since it is evident (and has been since day one) that he has absolutely no interest in the island.
I don't think it is so clear. If he has no interest in the island then why he bothered to usurp Aelvenking's domain and transport military units there? (I still don't know how he did it, but they are there) He would be acting pretty insane if he has no interest there.
There is serious merit in that attempting to draw someone out. If this were the case though, my money would be on trying to draw Maire o
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For all we know, he did all of this just to lure someone specific - say - Braedonnal Tuare out to fight him.
...if he as much as curl a hair on the head of my Braedy....! >:(
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I have faith in all of you +51%!!!
Hell push it to +80% if Marie is there. If things go badly she'll just summon hordes of undead to protect you - nothing can go wrong with that. ;D
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I have faith in all of you +51%!!!
Hell push it to +80% if Marie is there. If things go badly she'll just summon hordes of undead to protect you - nothing can go wrong with that. ;D
Zing and youch.
Shush governor and stop saying nasty things about a fellow priestess :P
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I have faith in all of you +51%!!!
Hell push it to +80% if Marie is there. If things go badly she'll just summon hordes of undead to protect you - nothing can go wrong with that. ;D
ditto for me ;D
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Maire isn't around...
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Maire isn't around...
I figured as much. Survival Rate less than 10%...
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I gave it a bit more. Figured that the spell-casters at least had the option of abandoning their teammates and magically enhance their own chance of escape :P
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I say only the mage kinda spellcasters ;-)
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You only have to run faster than the guy with the "Hold Person" spell on him. ;)
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Or just the guy missing a toe :P
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I gave it a bit more. Figured that the spell-casters at least had the option of abandoning their teammates and magically enhance their own chance of escape :P
Spell-casters being old NPC priests?
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I gave it a bit more. Figured that the spell-casters at least had the option of abandoning their teammates and magically enhance their own chance of escape :P
Spell-casters being old NPC priests?
Eh.. no, those would be exempted from that rule. ::)
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Ouch. Percentages just dropped significantly. If Rhuobhe's realm magic isn't even being slowed, I vote for retreat and the preservation of the army until such time as we have more casters available.
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Ouch. Percentages just dropped significantly. If Rhuobhe's realm magic isn't even being slowed, I vote for retreat and the preservation of the army until such time as we have more casters available.
You expected him to come down on your level? And that he would not have prepared his stuff before coming all the way down here?
Think again :P
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I hoped for her to slow him down some. The forces we have here aren't a military threat; they're a large shell of ablative meatshields, intended mostly to keep Braedonnal from getting shot until he can reach Rhuobhe. The fundamental question regarding the clash between Hermedhie and Rhuobhe was never "can she stop him", it was "how quickly will our meat be ablated?" The answer, sadly, looks like it's going to be "remarkably quickly."
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Seems to me that our "grace period" wasn't to stop players from pestering each other. It was actually intended to avoid the DM killing off all the players at the start ;D
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I hoped for her to slow him down some. The forces we have here aren't a military threat; they're a large shell of ablative meatshields, intended mostly to keep Braedonnal from getting shot until he can reach Rhuobhe. The fundamental question regarding the clash between Hermedhie and Rhuobhe was never "can she stop him", it was "how quickly will our meat be ablated?" The answer, sadly, looks like it's going to be "remarkably quickly."
What you can hope is that he expended a lot of RP to make that spell stick, leaving him with less to power later spells. And logic dictates he must have used some of his pool in the previous turns as well, so it might actually be more important that it looks. But, yes, it was a short-lived protection spell. Cast and failed, all in the span of a few days :-P
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I hoped for her to slow him down some. The forces we have here aren't a military threat; they're a large shell of ablative meatshields, intended mostly to keep Braedonnal from getting shot until he can reach Rhuobhe. The fundamental question regarding the clash between Hermedhie and Rhuobhe was never "can she stop him", it was "how quickly will our meat be ablated?" The answer, sadly, looks like it's going to be "remarkably quickly."
What you can hope is that he expended a lot of RP to make that spell stick, leaving him with less to power later spells. And logic dictates he must have used some of his pool in the previous turns as well, so it might actually be more important that it looks. But, yes, it was a short-lived protection spell. Cast and failed, all in the span of a few days :-P
I'm just that ubah! :p
I've been hammering Caelwode with scrying spells the last few turns too, so I'm hoping I have had some effect on his RP pool ;)
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Undoubtedly. But he has a rather high BS, and surely he has save up a pretty pool before starting on this endeavor.
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I would have thought that way to go against a strong caster who has limited military forces is to use waves to attack.
Send in just enough troops to be able to overwhelm his forces but not your entire army.
Force him to use realm magic to defend.
Retreat and regroup the units and send the next wave in.
Rinse and repeat until either he runs out of spells or you run out of troops.
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That largely allows him to crush each wave in succession - he can make the most of his own military units, minimizing his need for the Realm magic by using it to support his army instead of replacing it. It also takes a lot of time, which eventually leads to the season ending and his RP refreshing itself.
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Both views are valid...
Just note that few casters actually have the RP generation needed to power multiple (potent) spells over multiple turns. And even if they do they rarely have the GBs to prepare all those spells.
But the Manslayer might.
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One PC regent down. Multiple AAs down. Duhdudhu
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It reminds me a song from Queen, 'Another one bites the dust'.
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It reminds me a song from Queen, 'Another one bites the dust'.
Another one rides the bus! Dududu du du du Another one rides the bus aaaah!
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...Duhdudhu.
How often do you think Bjorn makes this noise my processing turns?
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Ummm, I am going to be late, I think. Probably till tomorrow.
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Because of the survival rate? Or was that a request for extension? :P
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I know, I know, character powers are not as relevant as the story and domain actions is where its at and all that... :)
BUT, in the adventure referenced here, having some nice boots of speed, a cloak of shadows, a scroll of invisibility (coupled with an actual desire to get out of dodge) could have made a real difference.
I remain with the question, can we assume level appropriate magic items for our characters? - Or must they be sought out by domain level actions?
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I know, I know, character powers are not as relevant as the story and domain actions is where its at and all that... :)
BUT, in the adventure referenced here, having some nice boots of speed, a cloak of shadows, a scroll of invisibility (coupled with an actual desire to get out of dodge) could have made a real difference.
I remain with the question, can we assume level appropriate magic items for our characters? - Or must they be sought out by domain level actions?
As stated in the FAQ; if you want to you can give your characters appropriate gear.
And you think that I cannot come up with equally troublesome opponents and counters to your clever use of magic items? That is a null-sum game you're playing at - one that only detracts from the story and just adds a lot of colorless fluff.
IMO at least.