DMDM's Way of the Wicked, Part II: The Dark Tower

Game Master Douglas Muir 406

Okay, that's the end of the cutscenes.

You get to Farholde as follows: you'll travel for a few days with Sakkarot's army, then you'll peel off to travel south and west with Tiadora accompanying you. That'll take another week or so. And then Tiadora will introduce you to Baron Vandermir, and things will proceed from there.

Feel free to post looking backwards to the recent slaughter, forwards to Farholde, or just about anything you please. Regular play will begin tomorrow or Thursday.

Time to start dotting/posting in the IC I assume?

I was planning my first post...I would say open the flood-gates judge!

Time to start dotting/posting in the IC I assume?

Yup.

Dm will they be able to cash out the captains notes of credit here? I would like to keep my books accurate

Dm will they be able to cash out the captains notes of credit here? I would like to keep my books accurate

Yes, they will -- there's a branch of the Chartered Royal Bank in town.

Apropos of nothing, but some of these images seem very Pathfinder-y:

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/03/carnival-2014-around-the-world/1 00691/

Slightly NSFW.

Doug M.

Ty dmdm. Folks I will redo the math an give you your final tally

ok your total per pets on becomes 3572.2 total

unless we have lost Zimu then I guess that total goes up

Ok, still had a fair amount of cash from before. Considering the following:

Amulet of Mighty Fists +1 <-- for Morsum so that he can overcome some DR and hit more.
Cloak of Protection +1 <-- for me because evil DMDM likes to make us make saves
Handy Haversack <-- because I am a complete wimp

Don't forget someone took xen's haversack

DMDM I believe this gentleman is part of the cardinal's command staff, and is responsible for a certain boulder chasing your group way back when.

I placated that boulder by feeding it ponies.

2) Is anyone besides MiniGM reading the cutscenes? (Lurkers?)

Read all of the past adventure DM (and enjoyed it immensely)!

Going to read this one as well.

Guys I am very sorry I did not know you were posting!

I have a new phone that I got as a gift and I don't know how to fully use it yet, I kept checking the Paizo site but had not signed in (it was automatic before) and thought there were no new posts!

I apologize if I kept you waiting! That was completely my new tech mistake, really sorry!

I have 15 posts to read on the old gameplay thread and some 64 posts here then I will be caught up, I'll be reading your PMs DM.

I just got back from LA, give me less than a day to catch up.

My apologies and thanks for your patience.

Originally I thought it was my new phone, but I am on my computer now, is it me or does the Paizo page seem different?

I had never even heard of gog.com! Is this where you go to find all those old games you played in college/grad school, back when you had so g~&@&@n much time?

must be strong. must be strong for my children.

I think that was very cute.

I am sure your kids would allow their father a few hours of playtime.

I was mildly surprised that nobody tried to open it earlier! I was expecting either you or Zimu to spend the last half of this adventure as a petrified piece of furniture.

DM said there was a magical 'hazard' warning, Cуровую was planning to either request aid from the cardinal if we were to return to Thorn house or use the magister's Dispel Magic scroll but we never had the opportunity to because DM kept a very high pace.

Does anyone have a cutscene they'd particularly like to see? As in, what's going on somewhere else, or with someone else? No promises, but if you have an idea and it fits, I'll see if I can work it in.

Yes, absolutely!

I have not read the cut scenes but I will!

Have these been covered?

1. What has dear cunning cousin Elsie and her Knot been doing? Specifically what is she planning and preparing for our Knot. Some hints.

Cуровую would actually like very much to speak with Irin in the few minutes before she leaves with the cardinal.

I brought this up before but DM seemed liked he wanted to wrap up and get some rest.

2. While all of this was happening, a cut scene of what was happening with the 'lady' captain Odenkirk was corresponding to.

3. A very brief cut scene of any surviving leaders of Balentyne as the end comes to their fort. Possibly the adulterous captain's wife as well.

More later.

:)

1. What has dear cunning cousin Elsie and her Knot been doing?

You already got a glimpse of Elise at work. While you were sailing through the icy waters of the North on the dear old Frosthamar with Captain Odenkirk and his merry crew, Elise was looking fabulous, sampling an astonishing range of great desserts, and arranging various murders, grand thefts, and the framing of various people for those same murders and grand thefts. She has fled the North along with the rest of her Knot (following her own successfully faked death as part of a murder-murder-suicide pact) leaving chaos behind her. This chaos will significantly slow down the kingdom's response to Sakkarot's invasion, giving him time to pick off several lightly defended targets and grow his relatively small force with new monstrous recruits.

Cуровую would actually like very much to speak with Irin in the few minutes before she leaves with the cardinal.

You can do that. It will necessarily be a brief conversation, though -- as noted, they're on a clock.

Wading through DM's amazing writing.

My head is spinning, I keep reading things twice.

I will take notes, I hope you guys do as well.

(The gel-thing has turned red. Inside, Cardinal Thorn sits in his study in Horn House. There is a fire in the fireplace, but nobody else is present. The Cardinal is staring intently at something held in one hand. It is a locket. Very slowly and with infinite delicacy and care, he begins to open it.)

Oh that's not creepy stalker at all.

(THAT REALLY CREEPED ME OUT!)

Tiadora reappears a few hours later, not smiling exactly -- she rarely smiles -- but with an air of satisfaction about her.

Something like this?

She's been busy then?

Oh, I like that. That's very good.

Can we say Cуровую sang this as the bugbear army poured through Balentyne?

There is actually a faster version of this song by Lorde with scenes from Game of Thrones which would be more appropriate but I think it got taken down.

Made it about 1/4 of the way into that. Just does not sound right.

This is the real version of the song from when I was in high school.

Personally, I think that we have turned Talingarde into a Land of Confusion.

This video also gets my vote as the greatest video of all time, not that I have seen every video.

Edmin, were you trying to say something there?

-- So the gameplay may get slightly nonlinear for a bit. We potentially have Jax talking to his sword; possible interactions en route (with the bugbears or the Fourth Knot, or on the barge with Tiadora); teatime with the Eighth Knot; and/or poking around Farholde (especially once a link to the gazetteer is posted).

All of these are optional! It's perfectly okay to say "never mind, let's just fast forward to dinner with the Baron.

I think he was letting the silence do the talking...

Dren doesn't have much left to say, he pretty much has said his piece. Teatime with the Eightmight get his attention and he wants to do some shopping. I am good with them jumping in and out of the rest of the things going on.

ok your total per pets on becomes 3572.2 total

unless we have lost Zimu then I guess that total goes up

Did you include the silver raven in those numbers? I don't really see much use for it now that the tower is gone. It's another 3800/2gp we can throw in the kitty.

Dren is also looking for a cloak of resistance +1
Rod of Extend, lesser
The following scrolls made:
Invisibility 37.5gp
Magic Missle (3rd) x2 75gp
Mirror Image x2 75gp

Scrolls for purchase:
Inviso Purge 375gp
Lesser Restoration 150gp
Remove Disease 375gp

4987.5gp total purchases.

We never really decided who gets what in the treasure share. Big items:

Headband of Charisma-Dren
2nd Headband of Charisma-Judge
Rod of Lesser Extend-Cy?
Sword and Armor-Edmin
Jax: Not sure he has gotten anything. Maybe the cloak of resistance and the Handy haversack? That way he can buy a ability item, same with Cy.

Is that okay and/or fair? That gives everyone some items and then the remaining is divied up. Have I missed anything major?

I was going to hold onto the hat as a party item? Any thoughts? It can be used by anyone as needed, I see Cy using it from time to time especially, although she has disguise self as a spell.

We also need to sell the spellbook once you get the spells out of it you guys want.

Jax took Xen's cloak of resistance, there's another one floating around. He also got a +1 chain shirt from some past place. Hold onto the hat for now, the rod is useful as a group item as well although leaving it with the main arcane caster is good for now. Jax can already draw items as a swift action (prehensile tail) so the handy haversack doesn't help him any.

Since I am getting a second Rod we can let Cy use hers for her own spells and we can share mine if needed.

I jujst saw a remove disease in the party loot, I will add that and not bother with the scroll. There are also some other scrolls and potions we didn't sell:

2 CLW Pots
1 CMW Pot
1 Cure Disease
1 Potion of Slow Poison
1 Scroll of CLW
1 Scroll of Enhance Water
1 Potion of Jump
1 Potion of Spider Climb

I think the healing pots should get split up amongst the rest of you since I have plenty of healing.

I will add the scroll of CLW. Did we use the spider climb?

Jax you took the boots as well right?

And I thought the silver raven never came back

What are the boots you are referring to?

Xen had a pair of daredevil boots

Hi
I've being lurking around this game since it started, and it was been excellent. If you novelised this, and fire mountain games let you, it would be a great read. Keep it up, we are all watching.

No pressure.

Wondering when we are going to meet the new guy as well...poke, poke...

Wondering when we are going to meet the new guy as well...poke, poke...

NOOOOO, DON'T POKE THAT.

Tic Tic Tic BOOM!!!!!

Stupid alchemists.

Judge you will love him, almost as much as you loved bref

So think I should start planning my next character while I'm at it?
Cause we all know that as soon as we fight a boss I will get crit :)

Maybe a monk?

Xen, we can sell the boots and the raven did come back.

Ok I will adjust the loot value and just tell you all how much more money you get

So selling the raven?

Selling both nets each of you another 520

I will have a link w the gazetteer up today folks!

So excited!!!

Ulp, you made my eyes open in shock for a moment..you put a 2 where a 1 should be in your bombs per day rofl.
Edit: Also, had no idea kobolds could get breath weapons. That. Is. Awesome!

Yea eventually I will take the feat that makes it stronger

Also happy day that there are more spell books for me to learn from

Also we now have access to half price potions

I need:

Str Item
Natural AC item
CH Item

I already have some kick ass armor and the best weapon in the entire world.

Who's a great axe? You're a grate axe, yes you are!