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(This is a player thread, so no spoilers please!)
I'm a player in Purple Dragon Knight's CoT campaign and we just played the first part of the Six Trials module. We just finished the dress rehearsal, and boy, is it ever fun!
I thought the idea of getting cast in a play to infiltrate the the mayor's house was a little contrived at first, but soon forgot all about that as our party got sucked into the pettiness and politics of the theatre scene.
I loved how our success (or failure!) impacted the outcome of how the play turned out, and the characters with communications skills really had a chance to shine. It was nice to be engaged for an entire session without laying out the battle mat or rolling initiative.
Our halfling rogue (cast as the paladin) and the cleric of Shelyn (Larazod, with a perform-act check of 40 at one point) had an ongoing rivalry as they competed for the affections of the rising starlet (who's name escapes me right now). The cleric threw an outright on stage spoiled actor fit worthy of Christian Bale when he lost out to the halfing. It was great!
My character (a conjuror typecast as Dentris) mostly stumbled around and failed his diplomacy and acting checks (2 ranks in diplomacy is worthless when it's not a class skill and your Cha is 10). Every time I failed a roll (75% of the time thanks to dice hate), I would trip over my feet or bang my forehead on a doorjamb. Not very dignified, I know. I did, however, look cool during reheasals by floating my lines in front of me using prestidigitation, and managed to talk shop with the special effects master.
The half orc barbarian (torturer) had a horseshoe up his butt and managed to do rather well, and even managed to make a few acting checks. "What Targar's motivation?", He also won the affections of the Deva/Chorus. "Targar like big women!"
Next session, we go into the big new theatre and the perform The Murder Play. The players are game, so we're actually going to do a read through of the play as the session and adventure unfolds! Hopefully enough of us will survive to meet our real goal.
Again, a great adventure and I've had a blast so far! Thanks to PDK for running it so well, and to Richard Pett and the rest of the Paizo staff for crafting such a memorable and fun game!
Ian
(Playing Morvius Claringbold playing Dentris Malagrada)
