Tide of Shadows (D&D)

Academia Nut · Post by **Academia Nut** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:08 pm

Ooooh! Oh! Oh damn that sucks.

Academia Nut · Post by **Academia Nut** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:12 pm

Once someone does six damage, everyone else stop and let me post first.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:32 pm

.....

What is it with my PC's and landing headfirst because they leap at people who they then pass through?

My ExaltedMu* PC did the same when fighting a major demon.

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:41 pm

I'll attack again.

Base attk 4 +2Str +1 Weapon

I'll take that.

And that.

Academia Nut · Post by **Academia Nut** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:44 pm

The allip dies when you hit it. Descibe hitting it, but I'll handle the end for it.

Charon · Post by **Charon** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:46 pm

Sweet! I get paid for doing nothing! Go Capitalism, go capitalism! *does a dance*

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:47 pm

Academia Nut wrote:The allip dies when you hit it. Descibe hitting it, but I'll handle the end for it.

I think I just did

Academia Nut · Post by **Academia Nut** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:50 pm

Charon wrote:Sweet! I get paid for doing nothing! Go Capitalism, go capitalism! *does a dance*

You're forgetting the ghost, you know, the one you ran away from, is still out there, and you're still vulnerable to its frightening cry. Also, this plot goes deeper still.

Charon · Post by **Charon** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:52 pm

Pfft. We were paid to see what happened to the town. We have, now we can get paid after we torch the town to the ground.

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:55 pm

I'm wondering about the cloaked figure that was telling the priest to jump.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:56 pm

We haven't found out what happened. Give Bartel ten minutes plus some rounds, though, and we will.

Charon · Post by **Charon** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:57 pm

Err....

Yes. This couldn't possibly be a bad idea...

*cough*

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:04 pm

What, casting a spell? It gets the corpse to answer questions, and if the corpse is undead and pretending to be a corpse, then the spell won't work because it wouldn't be a valid target.

Besides, this is a classic of the genre. The group must protect the caster while he completes the ritual. It's like a rite of passage.

Charon · Post by **Charon** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:06 pm

Oh I wasn't saying that the corpses won't be valid targets. I'm saying I'm not thinking you're gonna get much more than:

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"

Comrade Tortoise · Post by **Comrade Tortoise** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:14 pm

Charon wrote:Oh I wasn't saying that the corpses won't be valid targets. I'm saying I'm not thinking you're gonna get much more than:

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"

Not if he targets one in the congregation

Academia Nut · Post by **Academia Nut** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:18 pm

Ah yes, the eternal dilemma: target the guy who might know something but there's a higher risk of not getting anything at all, or target someone who will have known a little but probably won't be able to tell you much that is substansive. IE: high risk and high reward vs. low risk and low reward

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:43 pm

Why would there be a higher risk of not getting anything? Is his corpse mangled or something?

Academia Nut · Post by **Academia Nut** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:46 pm

To make an allip you need to drive someone insane and then have them kill themselves. There's a chance the corpse's memories are mangled, or at least that was the argument Charon was making.

Charon · Post by **Charon** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:52 pm

I was arguing that frankly, most of the corpses we're going to find in here aren't gonna give us much info because they probably underwent some similar pain and torture that would drive them batshit.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:57 pm

That shouldn't matter. The spell doesn't contact the soul, which has moved on; it simply gets answers to questions based on the physical imprint left in the corpse. The body isn't going to just cry out in pain because it's no longer experiencing any; even if it was, it would be incapable because the spell only permits it to answer the questions, not move or otherwise vocalize.

rhoenix · Post by **rhoenix** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:00 pm

Shit, I'm just glad that Duskblades don't get any real Area of Effect spells.

Charon · Post by **Charon** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:20 pm

So let me know when I get back to the group.

Academia Nut · Post by **Academia Nut** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:27 pm

You can show up pretty much any time now. Combat is over and I'm not dropping the ghost back on them any time soon.

Academia Nut · Post by **Academia Nut** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 5:00 pm

Those of you with a head full of confusing images and memories, this might be a good time to perhaps comment on what you think you've learned through the mad insight of contact with the allip.

Academia Nut · Post by **Academia Nut** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:03 pm

Ehhhh... looks like its time to apply the Boot of DMing (an epic level artefact) and remind you all to post. I was figuring Bartel would have started casting his spell by now (although he might want to step outside to do that) or for someone who was touched by the allip to comment.

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