The Dark is Rising - WotW Part II (Inactive)

Game Master Darkness Rising

Hi - I've had 2 players drop out of my CotCT game; I'm looking to replace them.

I've enjoyed the game immensely. The other players, including the two we lost, are quite good. The remaining two besides mine, our unmonk, Lorick, and our summoner, Evelyn, are interesting characters and the players are fun to RP with.

The game's vibe is urbany noir-ish, and I'd say none of our characters are exactly heroes in the shining knight sense (yet).

Also, how far into the game are you? I have played a way into the CotCT, although it was hard to tell how much the DM skipped as things seemed to jump around.

DMD's switched things around a bit, so it is tough to say. Still early - we're second level, and currently under the cemetery, looking for the corpse of a shaonti kid who went and got himself cut up. Lamm plays a much bigger role than the vanilla version.

Thanks for the invite, DMD, but I'm more in shedding games mode than acquiring new ones - just have too many games to easily manage at the moment.

So I'm assuming Lamm is still alive, yes? I'll read up the campaign to catch up...

In any case, I'm 95% percent sure I'd still be going for Investigator with a Swash dip: the 5% is for maybe Alchemist with stupidly high Intelligence, considering that unfortunately most of the new poison stuff is for Alchemists only, not Alchemist/Investigators. :(

Here is Talgar the arcanist I submitted earlier. Might tweak him some, but will use the background. Might switch feats/exploits, but that is about it. Need to level him up if we are level 2.

So I'm assuming Lamm is still alive, yes? I'll read up the campaign to catch up...

In any case, I'm 95% percent sure I'd still be going for Investigator with a Swash dip: the 5% is for maybe Alchemist with stupidly high Intelligence, considering that unfortunately most of the new poison stuff is for Alchemists only, not Alchemist/Investigators. :(

Alive and kicking, despite my PC's very best efforts to get others to do her dirty work for her.

Bummer that investigators can't use the poison stuff! You'd think it would be natural fit.

Here is Talgar the arcanist I submitted earlier. Might tweak him some, but will use the background. Might switch feats/exploits, but that is about it. Need to level him up if we are level 2.

Oooh, a healer and an arcane caster. I like it!

Tkaara Fiakben wrote:

Here is Talgar the arcanist I submitted earlier. Might tweak him some, but will use the background. Might switch feats/exploits, but that is about it. Need to level him up if we are level 2.

Oooh, a healer and an arcane caster. I like it!

I like to think of him as a blast, with a bandaid.

Will put up a post later, but maybe we could start by exploring the upper floors first?

Bummer that investigators can't use the poison stuff! You'd think it would be natural fit.

I'm guessing that Poison is one of the things that is supposed to be different between Alchemists and Investigators, but no one usually cares because of how underwhelming chained poisons are: it's telling that all but one of the Investigator Archetypes trade poisons away. :P

I'm also really considering to go Eldritch Poisoner alchemist with High Int, if DMD is okay with Unchaining the Archetype's poison: having poison on hand instead of having to rely always on crafted ones is really hard to pass up.

Certainly sounds entertaining, and thank you for the invite, but it seems the other two already have great characters ready to go, so I'll leave it be. Besides, though it was some years ago, I have already read CotCT when I thought I might run it back in the beta days. Hope it is as fun as this game, even if they don't get the pleasure of being thoroughly wicked. :P

I'm also really considering to go Eldritch Poisoner alchemist with High Int, if DMD is okay with Unchaining the Archetype's poison: having poison on hand instead of having to rely always on crafted ones is really hard to pass up.

Waaaaaaaaaaaait...

Will put up a post later, but maybe we could start by exploring the upper floors first?

I think this is a good idea. Just keep going up?

Yes, up, up, up!

Stupid dead deserted dungeon. Nothing to satiate a woman's thirst.

Taty stifles a yawn, covering her mouth politely, and then she hums a little tune, a fine Chelish opera, as she fiddles with her parasol.

While I recognize this was just a post for posting's sake, I for one am very glad you posted - I had no idea Taty had a parasol.

Important stuff!

Tatienne Talbot wrote:

Taty stifles a yawn, covering her mouth politely, and then she hums a little tune, a fine Chelish opera, as she fiddles with her parasol.

While I recognize this was just a post for posting's sake, I for one am very glad you posted - I had no idea Taty had a parasol.

Important stuff!

Haha, oh yes! Taty would never deign to be caught in the sun like some silly farmer!

Taty would never deign to be caught in the sun like some silly farmer!

Well, that's something you and Tkaara have in common, then.

Bah, Tkaara can go in the sun with some magical help. It puts her in a terrible mood though.

Tatienne Talbot wrote:

Taty stifles a yawn, covering her mouth politely, and then she hums a little tune, a fine Chelish opera, as she fiddles with her parasol.

While I recognize this was just a post for posting's sake, I for one am very glad you posted - I had no idea Taty had a parasol.

Important stuff!

Well, of course Taty has a parasol: how would she fly if she didn't?

And these two Daemons/Teleporting bugbears/ are adorable! Can we keep them as butlers?

A good point, Etna - I had forgotten that earlier reference. In any case, my mental picture of Taty has been properly re-calibrated.

I've been thinking on how we can do the resurrection sacrifice thing, but I doubt we have the means: he's been dead for way too much. No poetic sacrifice :/

Though, where can we find a Daemonic cultist? Unless Hexor and Vexor have some ideas, the only thing I can think of is to find new Daemonic converts.

Oh, I like that idea - fortunately however, the AP giveth (it also taketh away, but we'll get to that later).

Yeah, the Doctor doesn't know about the restrictions of resurrection magic, just thought it was a wonderfully evil thing to do. :P Did the guy die within the last 200 years? Maybe we can get the Cardinal to come in and cast True Resurrection (cause he's totally 20th level and would totally be down for that. :P).

Apologies for slow posting; I've had a promotion at work, which means I'm considerably busier than I was 12 months ago.

I'm not going anywhere and I'm still committed to running this game, but for the moment at least, this slow posting rate is the new normal.

I've been away with work, but am back now and will have something up tomorrow.

Congrats on the promotion. Don't worry - Tkaara will be here forever and ever and ever.

Grats on the promotion!

Congratulations!

Congrats, DM Darkness!

Ottakar is really starting to hate plants.

Ottakar is really starting to hate plants.

Become a vegetarian. Make them suffer everyday.

By the way, what's the turn order? Can we peek under the DM spoiler for the rolls?

There's no turn order as such - something has happened that you have to react to.

Oh, understood! Seeing three of us get knocked asleep and dragged away made me think we were being attacked. <.<

I figure Erevan's sword and Etna's Magic are more useful, Tkaara can scout

I'll just rest here with these nice plants.

It would be more fun if I were two levels higher, then I could use energy drain on them

I'll just rest here with these nice plants.

I'll join ya! I'm sure nothing bad will come of this!

My bad, guys/gals/other - it's Knowledge (dungeoneering) that's needed, not knowledge (nature).

Happily, the fires of Hell are in close proximity, I'll just go and rake myself over them a few times

In Soviet Talingarde, tree hugs you! But yeah, even taking 20 the Doctor cannot make that perception DC, so can't help right now.

But yeah, even taking 20 the Doctor cannot make that perception DC, so can't help right now.

How about with a description of the thing that Felrin provided?

That's up to DMD. Maybe he'll allow me to roll with a slight penalty or something. Or give me a circumstance bonus to my perception roll for having you guys pointing directly at the things. :P

I'm inclined to let you have this one; post to follow.

Happily, the fires of Hell are in close proximity, I'll just go and rake myself over them a few times

*Barks in the direction of Hell, to have a response if the jolly raking is going A-okay*

Ooops. I did say post to follow. My evil.

Tkaara, are you going to name the two plant Oozes Cleopatra and Cleopatra the second?

All - I will be leaving on Sunday for two weeks of travel for work. I should still be able to post with some regularity, but my schedule will be busy and I'll be many time zones away, so likely won't be posting as much or on the same schedule.

All - we are going to use Felrin as our trap finder and detonatorremover for the next two weeks.

That's fine - you've found pretty much everything on this floor that's of interest; I'm going to do a 'mop-up' post to allow us to get to the next floor up.

OK, level 2 is now explored; I've put up a link to the map to levels 1 and 2 and updated the spreadsheet so all the information on what's in the rooms is available. I don't want any complaints about how I never told you what was coming...

More seriously, where to now? Next level up? Or back down to regroup and/or do anything else?

I'd say we go up! We used absolutely nothing of our resources, and we don't even know how many floors are left.

Arriba! Su!

2 levels down, 220 to go