tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post6725695263922491889..comments2024-03-18T20:22:06.331-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Dwimmermount, Session 12James Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-20476850313090597152009-05-28T06:57:18.097-04:002009-05-28T06:57:18.097-04:00Awesome adventure!
What is azoth and why the whor...Awesome adventure! <br />What is azoth and why the whorls of paint?Brooser Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08487438364129415650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-60146721495099587442009-05-27T22:43:49.670-04:002009-05-27T22:43:49.670-04:00This is strictly OT, but knowing your ambivalence ...This is strictly OT, but knowing your ambivalence about the thief, I thought you'd like to see (and hear) it: John Hodgman's and yahtzee's tribute to the video game tribute to the class, on the occasion of the fourquel coming out:<br />http://www.areasofmyexpertise.com/2009/05/thi4f-or-as-i-spell-it-7h14f-a-videogame/<br /><br />FWIW I was deeply conflicted about the video game THIEF: on the one hand it offered thiefplay such as I had never actually seen pulled off in real roleplaying (especially not in D&D). On the other hand, being a video game, it worked inside a very reduced problem space, which seemed especially problematic given the sneaky nature of the piece. It was a bit like playing spy vs spy without gadgets.richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517340075234811323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-54231116714254431392009-05-27T12:19:08.762-04:002009-05-27T12:19:08.762-04:00"My life just went into the corner and shot itself..."My life just went into the corner and shot itself."<br /><br />Oh, consider this phrase stolen. :DAnthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01254215329246851683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-43709550819323665892009-05-27T12:14:59.524-04:002009-05-27T12:14:59.524-04:00Mate . Well done.
My life just went into the corne...Mate . Well done.<br />My life just went into the corner and shot itself.<br />I have to read everything you have written. Where has this blog Been ?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />My blog www.postgrungedrifter.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136309891745711593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-13104249155222705812009-05-27T03:03:47.304-04:002009-05-27T03:03:47.304-04:00DMing RPG's is the way to a great fantasy book. Yo...DMing RPG's is the way to a great fantasy book. Your narrative is truly captivating- I was also surprised at the resurrection.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15067376934226559383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-18919363859028861342009-05-26T18:26:01.185-04:002009-05-26T18:26:01.185-04:00I always enjoy the Dwimmermount post reports but, ...I always enjoy the Dwimmermount post reports but, assuming my assumptions regarding the inspiration behind one or two of the encounters of last session are correct, I liked this session recap best of all.<br /><br />Well played, James.Michael Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-71503147716663909732009-05-26T16:06:12.554-04:002009-05-26T16:06:12.554-04:00@FuriousDave.
Second on Rafial's thanks for the r...@FuriousDave.<br /><br />Second on Rafial's thanks for the reply and further detail. While vicarious adventuring is not the same as being there, I do feel as I have been eavesdropping on a grand tale being told at the next table while hanging out in my favorite Dwimmermount tavern.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01786312855250456688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-64534704229135576252009-05-26T15:22:00.151-04:002009-05-26T15:22:00.151-04:00@FuriousDave
Thanks! That's exactly the informati...@FuriousDave<br /><br />Thanks! That's exactly the information I was looking for. I like the mechanical aspect of being one hit point shy feeding the casual remark, which then gets built by another player into a narrative development of lasting significance.<br /><br />Very cool!Rafialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077298546098373938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-23715425774028066352009-05-26T14:53:23.423-04:002009-05-26T14:53:23.423-04:00@Rafial
The process of burning the green slime of...@Rafial<br /><br />The process of burning the green slime off of Dordagdonar required all of Brother Candor's memorized cure light wounds to heal. Even so, he was left one point shy of his maximum hit point total.<br /><br />So Brother Candor simply remarked something along the lines of "Well, you're none the worse for wear, though it may leave a slight scar.", which Dordagdonar's player immediately ran with.<br /><br />@The Rusty Battle Axe<br /><br />The decision to raise Vladimir was ultimately Brother Candor's, and it wasn't an easy one to make. Vlad's player was quite alright with the death, and was willing to play a henchman and roll up a new character.<br /><br />Candor, though a cleric of Tyche, is really a bit too softy-hearted for the adventuring life, to be honest. Candor justified the raising of Vladimir due to the fact that he felt that Vlad still had some important work as yet unfinished, the completion of Vladimir's son.<br /><br />In the end it worked out. Vlad payed Candor back for the gold he owed him as soon as he was able (we made quite a lot of gold from gems and jewelry found in the ant lair), and even told the party where he was keeping his son, in case something should happen to him.FuriousDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06593831395664210540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-20995003060911096122009-05-26T12:32:51.194-04:002009-05-26T12:32:51.194-04:00Thanks for sharing the narrative, James. It was ex...Thanks for sharing the narrative, James. It was excellent. I think the resurrection question is a good one. I've typically not disallowed it by fiat but have made it very costly in one way or another; maybe requiring the characters to complete some sort of unpleasant task or pay through the nose (it's nice to have some methods to separate characters from their shekels). There are also geographic locations where it might not be possible. I think the onus is on the surviving characters to decide whether or not to pay the cost of resurrection, which makes for interesting role-playing and adventures (like the farmer and the manure--well-played all the way around, James). I've noticed a certain amount of meta-game activity as the player of the deceased character stares at the rest of the players in silent pleading.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01786312855250456688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-16985523751637667532009-05-25T18:58:10.847-04:002009-05-25T18:58:10.847-04:00I would be fascinated to hear about the actual pla...I would be fascinated to hear about the actual play circumstances, and what if any mechanical elements were referenced, in the decision to inflict the elf with a scar! I think it could be an instructive example of how "rulings not rules" plays in practice. Would you be willing to give us more detail on how this played out at the table?Rafialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077298546098373938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-2223791045143991562009-05-25T18:05:54.105-04:002009-05-25T18:05:54.105-04:00I get the feeling that the elf's player has read s...I get the feeling that the elf's player has read some Vance.<br />:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-82443042061444034592009-05-25T17:56:10.491-04:002009-05-25T17:56:10.491-04:00"...leaving a scar on the elf's face, which he dec..."...leaving a scar on the elf's face, which he declared forever marred his beauty and would deprive him of the company of other elves, who would judge him 'hideous.'"<br /><br />The Elf in the Iron Mask? <br /><br />Doctor Amarth?Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-68057168140943384852009-05-25T15:45:36.530-04:002009-05-25T15:45:36.530-04:00I loved the incident with the manure cart. It must...I loved the incident with the manure cart. It must be an unwritten law of RPGs that the corpses of dead PCs are subjected to indignities by their still-living colleagues. I recall once a PC wizard was killed by a dragon. To preserve his body until we could get him back to be raised, I (a F/MU/T)used a spell that let me turn living things to cloth. (Can't think of its name) It worked, but he was really annoyed at us for playing with the "Mr. Durathor doll." :)<br /><br />Sounds like a great session, and I love the room with the undead preacher: that's a mystery I as a player would have to come back to solve.<br /><br />Tell me, how common is Raise Dead in your campaign, and how do you keep it from seeming to be "nothing special?" That was one of the things that bothered me in D&D, so I made them quite rare.<br /><br />And the Elf seems to be doing a great job creating a memorable character.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01254215329246851683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-34334343445097398582009-05-25T15:00:50.693-04:002009-05-25T15:00:50.693-04:00It's not easy to turn a game session into a narrat...It's not easy to turn a game session into a narrative but I find these game reports fascinating. The players seem to achieve a lot in a single session so I imagine as a DM you have techniques for smoothly transitioning between distinct locations, city and dungeon, without grinding out the journeys but also without teleporting the party back and forth.<br /><br />I never allowed a player character to be resurrected, though I am slow to kill them in the first place. I wonder if you see it as a problem and hence the plausible 'never return to the temple'. I really think a player should have to sit out a session after character death or perhaps take the role of a weak hireling as a once off.<br /><br />What is the attitude of the principal figures of state to Dwimmermount and mercenary parties of dungeoneers? Are there no state-funded expeditions below? Is it not a place that gives them sleepless nights?Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165997449776226774noreply@blogger.com