DM Fang Dragon's: War for the Crown

Game Master FangDragon

Once we've got a consensus on what do next I'll move us forward.

Going back to Lope's question:

So... what first? The temple? Merkondus? Or Staubel?

It seems we have 1 vote for the temple. If somebody can second that proposal I'll move us forward.

Seconded

I think we may have lost Diana. I'll send her player a PM. Obviously I'd prefer if Diana was able to play still but if needed I'll probably open recruitment up in a week or two. For now Diana will fade into the background and the minions of hell will grow weaker.

That is a pity, but yeah, her last post was like two months ago :(

She has none of her usual tricks at her disposal, and these are obviously trained assassins

I understood we just had a night break and decided to come to the temple during breakfast, so we should have fresh resources there Trip!

Lope is up.

I believe I managed to sneak my post just before yours somehow :D

I don't know *why* I was convinced the Bower was a pub or tavern of sorts *facepalm*

It is a plausible name for one.

Ok so what next? You technically have 1 question left although you basically got everything relevant out of them.

Sorry, my brain is fried. Kids are sick and I decided to run another game here for some reason. Umm, do we know when the next meeting of the Circle is scheduled? Should we attempt to sneak/break into the bower? Triphylla would love to know what else is in that basement below the stage.

We could have two of you pretend to be the assassins and make the connection for payment. Nobody else knows that they failed and are dead. If no other questions we could ask what the contract agreed to pay so we can come in with the correct demand.

Something tells me the cult is the main cause of alarm here, but I am not sure if we have all we need to deal with them right now. It seems pretty limited what we can do aside from confronting them directly on the excuse of the assassination attempt.

Maybe we should deal with the bandits (the Commander) first. I vote for that.

I'd go for that. The "Prince" encounter feels like the capper for this book.

Going for the bandits seems like the right choice to me, so +1 to that.

So we just leave the cult to try and assassinate the high priest again?

A quandary! Let's have this discussion in game though? :)

As they get closer the DC will fall, but you'll of course have less time to react.

I'm traveling for the next 2 weeks and posting will be spotty. I will do my best to check in daily.

Mmm I may have missed Diana's turn! Diana, over to you!

Very regretfully, Diana has not posted since March :(

Doh! I forgot... Anyway let's move on.

I will be off at Gencon starting 7-30 until 8/4.

I'll work on healing everyone but I need to know what everyone is at first.

From the combat log:

Lope: 59 damage
St John: 8 damage
Estinti: 52 damage

I believe Lope has some form of DR. He's hurt but not that critically.

Hopefully we don't need to retreat from this. I expect they'll double the guard when they find out this one's not reporting in.

Apologies for my recent absence. I got hit by some RL things I don't care to get into, but things have blessedly calmed down.

No worries here. Welcome back!

Yeah, 15 of the damage was converted to non-lethal, which is freely healed when real damage is healed :)

We surely bought some healing wands to not abuse our oracle's magic, sure, we did. We did, yes? :D

Sorry Lope I keep on forgetting your DR.

Anyway re an assassination that might be possible with suitable planning. The logical target is commander staubel but as a reminder you're looking for correspondence that will hopefully incriminate Earl yander.

Thanks DM, I do have trouble keeping the plot.

Sorry for the delay. I'm on a trip and I can post way less than expected. My posting will be slow for a couple of weeks.

Let me know if you need anything, I guess one metagamey thing is to not overthink this scenario. While they do have a dragon, it's not exactly Smaug.

Grrrr. The board has been particularly awful the last couple of weeks, and it managed to eat my post twice(!) today. I guess everyone is having this issue? -_-

Yes, it's been bad.

I'm traveling this week and the internet connection has been kinda bad today. Will hopefully be able to get a proper post up tomorrow, assuming it doesn't get eaten again.

Will give a few more hours before botting.

St John is in a bit of a pickle here, that flank could easily lead to a fatality. Still you outnumber them, I'll be interested to see what tactics you use.

I'd like to apologise to everyone here for just up and vanishing for all these months. I went through a very heavy burnout at the end of February, and these last months have been difficult to deal with. I just didn't have the mental capacity to post anymore.

Things are better now, though, and I feel solid enough to try and get back to the games, although I'm afraid my posting rate might still suffer a bit. There's quite a bit to read up on, too, but I'd like to join you all again, if you're all okay with that.

Would love to have you back!

The minions of hell grow stronger...

I'll have a think about how to reintroduce you. Perhaps you got asked to look into something by your cousin Martella Lotheed (Princes Eutropia's spy mistress) and had to go suddenly. Ideas welcome if anyone has a suggestion.

Sorry to hear you got through that kind of difficult time. I am thrilled to know you are eager to keep playing with us though :D

Maybe Diana was taken prisoner in the fort while she was investigating. Her token has been going with us for the most part during these months anyway, hehe.

Sorry for my own spottiness. The holidays have reached to an end, and I plan for routine to come back to my gaming.

Hasn't it only been a day in game time since we last saw her? She could easily be doing a little research back at the hotel. We wouldn't even think she'd been gone.

I'll bot sooner if needed, loosing a lot of momentum with all the delays.