So, I’ve been really messing with the party in Fogmire. I’ve used a lot of suggestions I got here. I also had them fight illusions of themselves - which were really zombies of the Nixie crew and one golem which was a stand-in for Thunderstrike. Oh, yeah, in my campaign, Olangu either has the ability to make golems or he has access to someone who can. Then, I had them encounter the zombies of a family they knew, feasting on another acquaintance of theirs, and their twins were cobbled into a golem effigy of Demogorgon.
NPCs have been dying or disappearing at a rate of one per game secession. The palyers are getting really freaked out.
Anyway, the PC, Viselys (Marshal/Kenzai), has really been off his game, and it’s all the player. When I had them fight the two-headed golem kid, François (Viselys’ player) chose to fight defensively. This mathematically made it impossible to hit the creature or to be hit by the creature (barring ones or twenties). Chris (Saris’ player) and Tim (Ornrik’s player) were getting really upset, and Saris was taking a pounding he might not survive. They were both imploring him (in character and out) to use his Vicious Great Sword, but he refused. Tim cast Hold on Viselys out of spite to let the creature get a few licks in. To his credit, François role-played as though Viselys believed the spell came from “The Predator” (how our group refers to Olangru).
During the intervening week, I got an email from Chris who was speculating that Viselys was not really Viselys – that the real Viselys had been taken and replaced with another illusion and that François was playing along to keep up the illusion for the players. Paranoid much? But, I thought it was a great idea! Of course, I could neither confirm nor deny, and I told him as much. However, at the next game secession, I voiced those same concerns through Avner. Tim had Ornrik cast all kinds of buffs on Avner! That is, without either combatant knowing about it. One of the buffs was Haste, so he got three attacks in the first round (Avner has gone up in level because of the way he’s been used in our game). One of those was a natural 20! Using the nifty-cool Paizo Critical Hits Deck, the wound ruptured his appendix resulting in poisoning. Lucky for François he made his save or Viselys would have been dead.
So, Carborundum read of Avner’s butt-kickedness in our last blog entry and left a comment. It got me thinking that maybe he wouldn’t be the only one interested in how Avner kicked the snot out of one of the PCs (albeit with the help of another PC).
Like I told Carb, I just wanted to share. Enjoy!
PS - you can't say "butt" on this board! Are you kidding me? Or is it just "butt-kicking" that's objectionable?
So, I’ve been really messing with the party in Fogmire. I’ve used a lot of suggestions I got here. I also had them fight illusions of themselves - which were really zombies of the Nixie crew and one golem which was a stand-in for Thunderstrike. Oh, yeah, in my campaign, Olangu either has the ability to make golems or he has access to someone who can. Then, I had them encounter the zombies of a family they knew, feasting on another acquaintance of theirs, and their twins were cobbled into a golem effigy of Demogorgon.
NPCs have been dying or disappearing at a rate of one per game secession. The palyers are getting really freaked out.
Anyway, the PC, Viselys (Marshal/Kenzai), has really been off his game, and it’s all the player. When I had them fight the two-headed golem kid, François (Viselys’ player) chose to fight defensively. This mathematically made it impossible to hit the creature or to be hit by the creature (barring ones or twenties). Chris (Saris’ player) and Tim (Ornrik’s player) were getting really upset, and Saris was taking a pounding he might not survive. They were both imploring him (in character and out) to use his Vicious Great Sword, but he refused. Tim cast Hold on Viselys out of spite to let the creature get a few licks in. To his credit, François role-played as though Viselys believed the spell came from “The Predator” (how our group refers to Olangru).
During the intervening week, I got an email from Chris who was speculating that Viselys was not really Viselys – that the real Viselys had been taken and replaced with another illusion and that François was playing along to keep up the illusion for the players. Paranoid much? But, I thought it was a great idea! Of course, I could neither confirm nor deny, and I told him as much. However, at the next game...
Oh man i LOVE the pic of that creepy twin demogorgon thingy!!!
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Thanks so much! I really appreciate the encouragement and, even though my players don’t come to these boards (Right, Tim!?) I tell them all about the kudos we get from you guys here. It really gives them the feeling of “being watched,” but in a good way – like a TV show. There is a lot of table talk like, “Oh, great! THAT’s going to look real good on the blog! What’s that guy in Finland going to say?”
I guess that makes you all our “studio audience!” HA!
Yeah, I have used the pics from the magazine, but sometimes, especially when I go off the path, I have to come up with my own stuff. I’ve done a lot of photomanipulation that I’ve contributed to sites like Comics2Film, so that’s what I did with that picture of the two-headed golem twins. It’s even more chilling when you know what the base image was (you may have guessed, or will when you think about it).
Yeah, if you really like it, feel free to lift it and use it. I used the basic flesh golem stats, but I moved the size category to Small, with the associated Strength and combat modifiers. I also made each slam attack double damage – two hits for the price of one.
I guess that makes you all our “studio audience!” HA!
Next playing session just imagine us applauding in the background :-)
I guess that makes you all our “studio audience!” HA!Next playing session just imagine us applauding in the background :-)
I'm going to pass that on to my players, Luna. Thanks!