Not an official boss but she's the one who originally got Fara involved.
Hmm, Flaviu's hatchet man right in front of me. What to do...what to do.
Stabby stab?
This is your game! I just roll with the stabs :)
I don't think I am going to stab him but, do you think it would be against my alignment or not to do so?
I really don't adhere to alignments. Everyone has a piece of all 8 alignments lurking somewhere in themselves so nothing is out of the realm of possibility. If it makes sense in the moment for your character to do, I wouldn't penalize you for it.
Could Doumane drag Wallis? With our without Fara's help (assuming she'd give it). Thinking over my options. I hope you don't mind? I know it is sort of cheating, since Doumane would only have a split second but I have hours.
If that's cheating then I've cheated lots with you and you haven't said anything. I often ask you about options I'm considering...guecubu is case in point.
It says that you can drag something up to 5x your max carrying load so Wallis is within that so I would say that yes he can. Obviously it would go faster if Fara helps. I'm not sure what you're planning but remember you'll eventually have stairs to deal with.
I really, REALLY want to knock Wallis out, question and then kill him (as I assume he will probably confess to some horrible crimes that would remove Doumane's aversion to killing a man in cold blood). But it would paint a huge sign on Fara's back.
That's assuming that anyone knows Wallis is downstairs right now. If he was going to intimidate someone or do gods know what else to, would he tell anyone where he was going? I'm sure he deals with a lot of shady characters.
Plus, there could already be a huge sign on Fara's back. Who knows?
Are you encouraging my plan of action?
The only thing I'd consider is whether you think you could knock him out in one blow because if you can't, things could get dicey.
Other than that, I'm Switzerland :)
Oh s***, I meant non-lethal!
crap, crap, crap!
Would you like to retcon? Did your rolls include the -4 for nonlethal damage using a weapon that does lethal damage?
I probably should have asked considering you did mention wanting to question him...
Are you sure? It is a shame to retcon a line about arterial blood spray.
Actually, reading the rules (and researching) apparently-
'Page 198 of the PHB. "When an attacker reduces a creature to 0 hit points with a melee attack, the attacker can knock the creature out."'
Granted, I've never used that rule myself. If it is easier, we can just ret-con things but adding a -4 to each of my dagger attacks.
Or, I suppose, you can just have me kill him and scar Fara for life. Up to you GM, sorry I'm so bad at this game.
Totally sure. You retconned so Shalina wasn't cursed :)
But we could compromise and have you actually attack, reduce him to 0 hitpoints and knock him out. We'll omit the bleeding damage because it would be difficult to stabilize him with that but you didn't need it anyways.
You would still hit him with the -4 to your attacks.
So - I propose that he's stable, knocked out, and at zero hitpoints. Does that work for you?
And you are not bad at this game! It's only bad if you aren't enjoying yourself and then that's on me, not you.
That works for me.
I get on a plane in a few hours for holidays so my post rate will be slower for a couple weeks.
Did I kill that guy too casually?
Why the question? Feeling remorse?
I don't think it was out of character or done without thought. Doumane did it to protect Fara. Doumane strikes me as someone who has walked the line between doing good and doing what is necessary and has seen a lot. He doesn't strike me as one who would make a big deal out of something like that nor do I see it as bothering him too much.
Oh man, it isn't Mihail but a double wearing his face.
Would I be that diabolical?
That is so evil! I sense something is wrong but don't know what it is?
My stress levels just went through the roof.
You needed to roll a little higher to know what was wrong. But I figured that you rolled well enough to sense something wasn't quite right. Rogues have good instincts after all :)
Crap, we are blown.
Depends :)
Ah, crap. Not the worse kind, but not the best either.
No, no this game is great! Way better then the one I am running for you, probably.
No, no, no, no, no, no...well, you get the idea!
How?
This is not good!
You can ask him...
And if I messed up on the how, you'll have to forgive me :(
You can't mess up, you control the universe. For all I know, Javryce has some special spell or item that only exists in your head. And that is fine, I've done it enough times.
Granted, I'll be a bit annoyed if it is just 'HE IS NOW OMNIPOTENT' but you know that of course. A man doesn't get to be a big gang leader without a few tricks up his sleeves. Just Doumane is very shaken right now.
Definitely NOT omnipotent :)
Is there a spell for that? It is a handy one.
Essentially I'm going off of scrying. The reason I didn't give Doumane a will save is that Jarvyce got a piece of Doumane back in his office. I quickly did the math so that with the negatives to Doumane's roll and the level of the item used, even if Doumane rolled a 20 then he'd fail and the spell would be successful.
I hope I did that okay. Like I said, if I didn't then you'll just have to forgive me...
Ah, so it wasn't continuous then, as he was implying? Scrying takes one hour and only lasts mins per level. Unless he has a cheat of some sort, of course.
Mixture of luck and intuition :)
You're right, it's not continuous.
Should I have asked you to make a sense motive roll or just waited for you to bring it up?
1. Thanks for not having that failed bluff mean I died.
2. Now time to think. Do I reveal Mihail's role? It might help ease Jarvyce's anger BUT he might start to see Mihail as another tool to be used.....
What would be the fun in killing you? It's much more fun to torment :) Jarvyce is a business man after all and right now you're proving useful. And the fact that you surprised him a little by killing Wallis, he wants to see what else you'll do.
I look forward to seeing what you do about Mihail
In for a penny, in for a bloody pound.
Doumane and myself are both very unhappy about hitching our wagons to this madman.
Unhappy, like it'll make you want to stop playing?
Or unhappy like Shalina was when she had to work with Baskir?
I know this is the pot calling the kettle black, but stop being so insecure!
This game is great, I am really, really enjoying it. I look forward to each post, especially now that things have gotten so tangled. It is really good and you should be proud of your GMing. Just accept the mantle.
Sorry...old habits die hard, as they say.
I will trust that you'll tell me if you truly aren't liking something so that I can adjust.
Thanks again :)
I feel I have only made Mihail's situation worse.
Maybe, maybe not. Only time will tell...
Since you can block scrying with magic and/or lead does Magnimar have any places for hire where you can rent a scry free room? If so, does Doumane know about any of them?
Have you thought about how Jarvyce will react if he checks on you and realizes he's being blocked?
But yes, I'm sure we can find you a room where scrying is blocked.
Um...*crackles candy wrapper into phone* I think we are going into a tunnel!
Does Doumane know anything about scrying? I mean I know it takes a long time to cast and only covers a short period of the day but Doumane might not know that.
That's a good question. Now that I'm thinking about it, Doumane knows about basic magic and magical items but I'm not sure how much he'd know about more sophisticated magic. Scrying is a higher level spell so it's possible he'd only know of it's existence but not much in the way of specifics.
How much magic do you see him knowing about based on his background?