Agents of the Darklands: A Campaign for Monsters and Madmen

Game Master thunderbeard

I thought I'd add a few more details about Iranaset that I'm not good at expressing while writing.

When her wings are not in use, she folds them like this and her teeth are pretty extravagant like this.

If Mr. Newslave has a basement, I'm claiming it for my dragon's den/slaughterhouse/workshop/all powerful wizard's sanctum.

Don't be greedy. I'm sure the basement is big enough to share.

I'm sure we can find an appropriately sized lair. Perhaps they have a walk in closet?

ok let's talk about entertainement.
I suppose we are not going to be all business 24/7.
So some of us will havee time for some "rereative activities".
Assuming that no one decides to kill the family (something that would not be in our best interest as long as we are here as it may cause unwanted commotion around the house) Delyliath plans to make the merchant conjugal life more lively by adding a incestuous element in it.
By taking in turn th identities of the husband, wife and daughter and planting constant suggestions on one another she plan to create this fun triangle. Delyliath would never be the initiator of anything (there would be no fun in it) even when uner disguise she would just respond to the actions of the other family members (who will be constantly pushed by Delyliath suggestions and telepathic whispers)
Her final goal is to leave Solku and find that the family is now completely debased and in no need of Delyliath influence to pursue thatcourse of action. Possibly initiating the younger child as well as soon as he reaches puberty.
Delyliath has no doubt on the sucess of her little project, but she trust that even in the off-chance of a failure, all she thinks would obtain is a family so stricken with shame that will never share those episodes with anybody.

Of course, that is if nobody kill them.
On the other hand, if Iranaset would share her faith with Delyliath she wouldn't mind to add a heavy BDSM component to her game.

So... I wish I had read this thread before posting. Maybe we can rapid fire out some ideas because Iranaset is totally about to torture that girl... PM me with some ideas. Iranaset is all for leaving that family weird and unhinged.

Well, I'm glad even demons have standards. We wouldn't want the poor child getting scarred.

We wouldn't want the poor child getting scarred.

YOU wouldn't ;-).

Well, I'm presuming the we means me and Delyliath, in that case. :P

Well, I'm presuming the we means me and Delyliath, in that case. :P

Well.. is not like she's giving herself some boundaries. Is just that his lack of development, especially hormonal, makes him unsuitable for Delyliath games.

Someday, I shall roll above the bottom quarter, but it is not this day!

Oh, man. Did the party just start psychologically torturing random NPCs? This got intense, fast.

I'm going to go out on a limb a bit and say I'm a little uncomfortable GMing anything with descriptive, intense inflicted suffering on civilians, so I might not respond as much to some of that stuff; if you guys want to torture innocents, that's fine, but I would prefer it if things don't get any more descriptive than they have already (when I play evil characters, I guess they usually just commit implied unspeakable acts? Hmm)

Well I was going to treat it like sex and have times where things would "fade to black". So don't worry. I'll keep things kosher on my end.

I think they were going to do that, but got caught up talking catty with each other.

yeah me too.
Don't get me wrong I had my experience in pretty description-heavy games.
But unless is strictly specified beforehand I assume every game is supposed to fade to black on every non pg-13 scene.
That's why I described my general plans for the family on the ooc thread instead of playing them out in detail on the Gameplay thread.
I hope I didn't go overboard in the ooc description.
I honestly wasn't expecting anything more descriptive than "you succeed/You don't"

Indeed, I imagine we're all good at keeping things safe for the vanillas. :P

Though, I hope we can get on to making checks and killing clerics soon, I wouldn't want this thread to run out of momentum.

Strange, Erinyes don't have detect thought but that's exactly what I was trying to do while you were posting :P

Oh, and Anaxian, feel free to work any sort of eldritch magic you want in that basement.

Strange, Erinyes don't have detect thought but that's exactly what I was trying to do while you were posting :P

Just trying to practice my Yomi. :P

I just realized my character lacks motivation beyond merely existing. I need to think of something enter for my modes operandi. Any ideas?

Delyliath wrote:

Strange, Erinyes don't have detect thought but that's exactly what I was trying to do while you were posting :P

Just trying to practice my Yomi. :P

Umh

Illia- wrote:

Delyliath wrote:

Strange, Erinyes don't have detect thought but that's exactly what I was trying to do while you were posting :P

Just trying to practice my Yomi. :P

Umh

Are you another fighting games player perhaps?

Yes, but a very bad one. I have more fun watching other people be amazing than trying to climb my way there. My competitive drive got hijacked by RTS and Moba. :P

I just realized my character lacks motivation beyond merely existing. I need to think of something enter for my modes operandi. Any ideas?

If you want to, we could PM about some mission old Rock-Me-Asmodeus gave us.

To the best of my knowledge, Graveknights tend to be either motivated by undying hatred, a desire to be remembered as a great martial champion, or the same search for immortality behind liches.

I've also got some ideas for missions from Asmodeus, or possible other motivations, if you're looking for them.

Heh, I'd love a mission from Asmodeus, or I might start doing something kooky, like abducting the boy child and training him into my back-up character hyperbolic time chamber style. :P

Delyliath wrote:

Illia- wrote:

Delyliath wrote:

Strange, Erinyes don't have detect thought but that's exactly what I was trying to do while you were posting :P

Just trying to practice my Yomi. :P

Umh

Are you another fighting games player perhaps?

Yes, but a very bad one. I have more fun watching other people be amazing than trying to climb my way there. My competitive drive got hijacked by RTS and Moba. :P

oh well.. me too...

Spidey doom all day!!

Spidey doom all day!!

Please...

Marvel and Capcom characters can fight against each other all they want... but they will never be as good as the king.

All hail the king!!!.

While wielding Shimsil, which of my stats and abilities apply, and which only apply on his turn? He'll get a separate round of actions based on his own initiative count, right?

Jeebus you people move fast. 20 post since yesterday.

I would strongly prefer that our extracurricular evil be done "off camera." Not only does it run into squick factor, but it also tends to have nothing to do with the plot. I'd rather not be bogged down in scenes that don't advance the story. I'm fine with roleplaying evil as long as it has some kind of purpose behind it. I draw the line at writing exercises in senseless sadism and debauchery.

Mal, your issue is actually a pretty common one among lich-concepts. Most people who want to play those kinds of characters see undead immortality as a goal to be reached, not as a step along the path to another goal. I'd imagine the same holds true for a lot of people in game who end up actually becoming immortal undead. The "well what do I do now?" question could actually be your character's driving motivation. It would be interesting to see the struggle of an immortal with no significant reason to live. Re-discovering some kind of passion (since that's something undead tend to lack) would be a pretty cool character arc. My suggestion is don't make the decision out of game, do it in game!

While wielding Shimsil, which of my stats and abilities apply, and which only apply on his turn? He'll get a separate round of actions based on his own initiative count, right?

I get my own actions on my turn. But my actions are usually PEW PEW with my soulbolt. You just use my character like a regular +1 keen scimitar of speed.

Mal, your issue is actually a pretty common one among lich-concepts. Most people who want to play those kinds of characters see undead immortality as a goal to be reached, not as a step along the path to another goal. I'd imagine the same holds true for a lot of people in game who end up actually becoming immortal undead. The "well what do I do now?" question could actually be your character's driving motivation. It would be interesting to see the struggle of an immortal with no significant reason to live. Re-discovering some kind of passion (since that's something undead tend to lack) would be a pretty cool character arc. My suggestion is don't make the decision out of game, do it in game!

If i remember correctly, Libris Mortis did a great job of writing this up exactly. They went into liches who have done all they really wanted after immortality. I don't recall the outcome of it though.

Does that mean I can't use you as a bow?

Does that mean I can't use you as a bow?

I'm a sword. I am almost certain that you can't shoot with my soulbolt power, as that would be under my class abilities and BAB and all that. an ability formed from my mind, and all.

Yeah, that sounds right. If Shimsil eventually gets the ability to transform into a bow, then you can use him as a bow. Otherwise, you use him as a sword, and he uses himself on his own initiative as a laser gun.

Wow, I just hit my squick factor limit fast.....

Please...

I said fighting games
not 1ComboWinsAll games.

Marvel and Capcom characters can fight against each other all they want... but they will never be as good as the king.

All hail the king!!!.

Hipster nonsense.

Also Mal, your motivation could just be a significant macguffin. I still don't know what the stranger's getting Iranaset yet but I'm wondering if he can give her a shadow companion.

@DapperGM: Shadow companion as the stranger's gift?

Calling it now. Despite our best attempts to be normal assassins about this, half the city will be on fire when we're leaving. Or dead or something.

Calling it now. Despite our best attempts to be normal assassins about this, half the city will be on fire when we're leaving. Or dead or something.

A burning necropolis

Calling it now. Despite our best attempts to be normal assassins about this, half the city will be on fire when we're leaving. Or dead or something.

So what you're saying is we're ISIS.

Illia- wrote:

Calling it now. Despite our best attempts to be normal assassins about this, half the city will be on fire when we're leaving. Or dead or something.

So what you're saying is we're ISIS.

Or... Team America?

Bleh.. When a squad of Guardsmen beats a squad of Sisters of Battle.. And an Immolator... I feel bad at strategy gaming now..

Anaxian will be Krieger.

Not sure who will be Pam Cheryl and Lana.

I'd probably end up being Cecil.

Would it be possible to eventually gain extra uses per day of Smite Good?

Isn't there already an Extra Ability feat that gives one extra use of a racial ability?

There isn't that I know of, but if not it would probably be okay to home-brew a feat or special item that allows it.

Of course, considering how often Demons and Devils fight each other vs. actually getting around to fighting Celestials, I'm not entirely sure how often it would be useful.

Which brings me to another couple of points:

Obviously this is your game, and you run it how you will, but I think you overestimate the Celestials combating the Fiends, especially in PF/Golarion's multiverse. They've stated a few places that the Blood War more or less does not exist really any more, and that I believe its more of a free for all type deal.

Which brings me to my next question: Would I be able to eventually sort of morph Smite Good to Smite Alignment, where I need to pick a specific alignment each time, but it can affect any?

That is, if we truly won't be fighting many good guys.

Ah, I wasn't sure to what extent the Blood War is gone. Smite Alignment might be an option; the big problem with smiting, in general, is that it's very hard to predict the general alignments that enemies will have. I'm also generally assuming that there aren't a ton of good-aligned monsters out there (although I might discover more) and that monsters and villains, regardless of the party's alignment, have in games I've played tended to be evil. (There will be some good guys, but I don't anticipate this being a "kill paladins, break into heaven, kill angels instead" campaign)

Just my 2c, but I prefer Smite to stay specific alignment (aka good). If only because it's just plus damage otherwise. Keeping it smite good is more flavorful. IMO. Your game, of course.

Just letting everybody know I'm still checking in. I'm probably just not going to be doing much until we make our move.

Just my 2c, but I prefer Smite to stay specific alignment (aka good). If only because it's just plus damage otherwise. Keeping it smite good is more flavorful. IMO. Your game, of course.

I agree with Tiny Coffee Golem in all regards here.

Also. I'm totally up to doing downtime RP until the restless party members get back from scoping the place out. Technically none of us can sleep.