What are some of the things you do in this volume? Anything ultra-wicked?
What are some of the things you do in this volume? Anything ultra-wicked?
Most of the things in this adventure are optional, as it is set up in sandbox style. You got through the intro, get set up in Kantaria, and then it's "which way do you wish to go"? As such, there is a list of things to do, but the PCs can do some or all of those plus whatever they may wish to try.
As for specifics (all optional):
*Ally with some faceless stalkers so they can continue to feed on the people of the town
*One PC might have an affair with the Lawful Good governor's love interest just to demoralize him
*Destroy the docks, the chief source of income for the town.
*and MUCH, MUCH MORE!
That first one is written so it feels ultra-wicked. I wanted to punch Thurston in the nose for that one.
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While the first one he lists did kind of work for me
You can also:
*convince a devil to go on a pyromaniacal spree about town. He also is willing to resize your chain,ail underwear
*one thing not mentioned as an option but that I thought of when reading the gazetteer, is to burn the Historicum (combination bookstore/library, run by an elderly couple) to the ground. it is mentioned to have many heretical items of interest.
Iomedae's house is another option for this.
*bring champagne to a brunch held in your honor by the town's leadership. (Come in, Oppian is clearly a teetotaler.)
I REALLY want to play this with a full party of vigilantes. By day, neutral guardsmen come to town to protect a good woman, but by night, you have what are essentially death eaters. A silent image put up over the site of a wickedness would possibly help things along, no?
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While overall I liked both the theme and writing for this adventure, speaking personally, I found
the format of this adventure a little hard to follow. While it is a sandbox adventure, and there's no tight order the encounters have to happen in, I found the organization of random events around town, followed by random locations around town, to be slightly confusing. I understand the difference: events require certain days or triggers for them to occur, as well as a specified location, while location encounters can happen any time the party wanders over.
I personally would have appreciated a rough order for all encounters, locations and events, if for no other reason than it could have been used as a checklist reference for a GM whose party might need a little prodding. I can, and probably will, simply expand the despair meter to include that information, with page numbers and possible despair points listed, but like I said I would have appreciated something like that in the adventure itself.
While the first one he lists did kind of work for me
** spoiler omitted ** impressed me as far as wicked deeds.
Now that's a wicked deed.
EDIT: Also, "Despair Meter"...? Oooh, you have me so intrigued. 6 days, 6 hours, 6 minutes to go...
What is Oppian's class build and CR?
And what backup does he have during his fight?
So with regards to the Despair Meter... does it affect events like the RP in The Hellfire Compact? If not, what kind of effects does it have as it rises/falls?
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So with regards to the Despair Meter... does it affect events like the RP in The Hellfire Compact? If not, what kind of effects does it have as it rises/falls?
Well...
It also serves as a metric for how well the PCs are progressing through the adventure. Act 3 is set to occur once the PCs have raised the despair meter up to such a level that all the Glorious Reclamation forces left in town retreat to the local church fortress of Valor's Fastness.
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Okay a couple of things that confused me on this adventure
Has anyone figured out the actual practical effects of the Third Damnation in the House Thrune article? In character, I had a non-evil family from Cheliax decide that they needed to each dedicate themselves to a non-evil, non-chaotic deity so that it would be clear that Asmodeus has no claim on their souls. My question would be whether that is enough, or whether any sort of sworn service to the current regime in Cheliax is now literally damning.
The non-evil part was to avoid being damned. If your goal is to avoid being sent to Hell or a comparably bad place, it doesn't do you much good to dedicate yourself to Zon-Kuthon or any other evil deity.
The non-chaotic part was to avoid being executed. Remember that they intended to stay in Cheliax and possibly hold positions of power -- and worship of chaotic deities has been a capital crime there for several decades.
Note that they are not willing to go so far as to renounce Cheliax and Law altogether, even though that would be a more thorough approach in terms of saving their souls.
If one really wants to clean the slate, kill off everyone (non Thrune aligned) in Longacre and Kantaria and bring in more or less loyal Thrune citizens. Or start breeding camps where the nippers are taken off to be trained like happens in Nidal.
