I Smell the Blood of a Player Character

LET THEIR BLOOD RAIN FROM THE SKYYYYYYYYYY!

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Tomb Giants.... neat

LET THEIR BLOOD RAIN FROM THE SKYYYYYYYYYY!

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Oh my gods that fits perfectly. 7 minutes behind, three more to go!

I wish I had known ahead of time my PC's were gonna have to ally with a flight of red dragons or is that not the case and I'm mistaken? Either way, I'm getting kinda tired of purchasing adventure paths only to find out later on my PC's are gonna end up having to ally with evil-aligned creatures in order to defeat bigger baddies. Can't we at least get a silver dragon or two in the final part of this adventure path or is it already too late for that?

Thanks for the shout-out Adam, and for all this excellent art to use for the rest of the path!

Our group is loving this AP so far. While Against the Giants will always hold a special place in our hearts, now that we're 3 modules deep into Giantslayer, everyone is in agreement that this AP is earning its own place right alongside it.

Marathon 4 is just around the corner, and I'm looking forward to keeping the body count ample for everyone--gotta give these giants a good showing!

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I wish I had known ahead of time my PC's were gonna have to ally with a flight of red dragons or is that not the case and I'm mistaken? Either way, I'm getting kinda tired of purchasing adventure paths only to find out later on my PC's are gonna end up having to ally with evil-aligned creatures in order to defeat bigger baddies. Can't we at least get a silver dragon or two in the final part of this adventure path or is it already too late for that?

That art piece is from the Continuing the Campaign article in the final adventure, "Shadow of the Storm Tyrant," which gives ideas on how to continue the campaign after the end of the Adventure Path. It does not represent an encounter in the AP itself.

Sadly, there are no silver dragons in this Adventure Path, and yes, it's too late to change anything.

Always down with dragons. Fire and frost are awesome giants. And storm are their own level of cool in the cloud castles.
Is that an air elemental with the giant or a new cool cloud elemental.

" the magus knew red dragon swarm was a dangerous mythic spell to cast... His words echoed into the sky - I REGRET NOTHING!!!!

Never seen art of the dragon orbs before. That is neat.

To easy to switch out silver dragons if needed. Maybe they want the cloud fortresses.

After all the Hell that Paizo is going to unleash after Giantslayer you're going to have to do a light and fluffy fantasy romp that has do-gooders doing good for goodness's sake with nothing but wholesome goodness in their hearts.

After that I'd like a Sword and Planet AP that ends in Lovecraftian horror as the heroes battle the forces of the Dominion of Black in Space.

Or maybe a gritty, noir steampunk AP set in Alkenstar and environs.

I like my fantasy to be dark and nasty with lots of moral ambiguity.

SM

Yeah, yeah, more giants and dragons and all, cool, however the important thing here is THUNDER COWS

Man oh man, what party would willingly give up an

That beaut can be put to use even if you're lawful good. You could pretty much use the thing to tame or even cleanse an entire chromatic bloodline. Of course, as a certain purple-haired elf of ambiguous gender learned, there can be unforeseen consequences when dealing with dragons.

On the other hand, imagine if some of the PCs are evil - or just neutral-selfish. They could take the resources left behind by the BBEG, and pretty much jump-start their own empire.

Why does that last picture remind me of the Great Roleplaying Game movie? Was the picture intended as an homage?

Eliminating the Free Will of any sentient creature, even an evil and rapacious one like a red dragon, is an evil act.

Yeah, yeah, more giants and dragons and all, cool, however the important thing here is THUNDER COWS

They got some sweet art too!

Honestly, I think my favorite part of writing monsters is seeing the pretty pictures when they get published.

Liking the nalbia-creature! And the tomb giant puts me in mind of Death from the Seventh Seal.

And hellhounds alongside fire giants? Glances over at another PHB Hmmm... :P

Finally, another wallpaper! More backgrounds to amuse people when I'm giving presentations! Please more wallpaper, I've missed them. Was the last one Mummy's Mask? I don't remember an Iron Gods wallpaper....

Eliminating the Free Will of any sentient creature, even an evil and rapacious one like a red dragon, is an evil act.

Tell that to the countless PCs using charm person, dominate person, etc. on the giants throughout this AP. I think they would respond with something to the effect of "These are evil giants planning on slaughtering, enslaving, and otherwise conquering peaceful people. If we can stop them, and one of our tools happens to be magic that eliminates their free will, it's for the greater good."

They'd have a solid point.

*EDIT: Hoping I didn't just start a "what is the nature of evil" philosophical thing on a perfectly good blog. So, gonna just step away.

Just wanted to comment that that's a pretty awesome Continuing the Campaign picture.

Tangent101 wrote:

Eliminating the Free Will of any sentient creature, even an evil and rapacious one like a red dragon, is an evil act.

Tell that to the countless PCs using charm person, dominate person, etc. on the giants throughout this AP. I think they would respond with something to the effect of "These are evil giants planning on slaughtering, enslaving, and otherwise conquering peaceful people. If we can stop them, and one of our tools happens to be magic that eliminates their free will, it's for the greater good."

They'd have a solid point.

*EDIT: Hoping I didn't just start a "what is the nature of evil" philosophical thing on a perfectly good blog. So, gonna just step away.

There is a difference: Charm Person and Dominate has a limited timespan. An Orb of Dragonkind doesn't. It's an Artifact with an enslavement capability that once the Dragon is a slave... it can be sent out elsewhere, without the Orb being in close proximity, and the Dragon remains a slave.

Would you consider it an evil act to use an Orb of Dragonkind to do this to Copper Dragons? How about Silver, or Gold Dragons? How then is stealing the free will of a Red Dragon different?

Mind you, I'm not a big fan of alignments. I tend to ignore them in the games I run. Instead, I just be sure to hit the consequences... and charms and dominate almost never work out to the group's advantage.

Eliminating the Free Will of any sentient creature, even an evil and rapacious one like a red dragon, is an evil act.

Not an issue for Seltyiel.

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Why does that last picture remind me of the Great Roleplaying Game movie? Was the picture intended as an homage?

What, you mean The Gamers? :-)

Now I've got to go watch the rest of that movie and its sequel . . . .

A giant with a scythe. Yikes!

Finally, another wallpaper! More backgrounds to amuse people when I'm giving presentations! Please more wallpaper, I've missed them. Was the last one Mummy's Mask? I don't remember an Iron Gods wallpaper....

We're planning on making these more frequent again! Glad to hear this feedback :)