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marsden_online) wrote2009-04-03 09:31 am
marsden_online) wrote2009-04-03 09:31 am
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Down with the sickness
With the runny nose and the sneezing and the congested lungs (at least the chesty cough seems to have passed) and the interrupted sleep and the furry brain.
Today is going to be a day of not doing very much, and naps, and finding little reasons to be out in the sunshine and fresh air. I think it might be a good day to do some video capture.
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There have been 3 sessions of Neverwinter this year and they have all been good, which pleases me. Despite one-shotting a PC in the first session (those wyverns - nasty sting in the tail) which was resolved in a drama encouraging manner (heh heh heh....)
I'm willing to be be a little more railroady this year, to avoid slowdowns like were faced last year, but the players have taken the bit between their teeth and are forging ahead along the most obvious path. This lead to all 5 PCs + animal companion being teleported into a 10x10 cell buck naked at the beginning of last nights session.
Monks really come into their own when the PCs lose all their gear. Druids too (wildshaping into a form small & flexible enough to get out through the grill, invisible thanks to the sorceress). And wimpy little shadows are suddenly a real threat again when the party has no magic weapons or spell components and the cleric doesn't have his holy symbol for Turning (mass Cure Moderate Wounds was pretty effective though).
The party did eventually get their gear back, and have picked up an NPC. Found the portal room and instructions (untested) to teleport back to the surface, but not the artifact they are looking for. A Sepia Snake Sigil concealed in the inventory of a wizard's storeroom got the druid and cost the cleric 8 spell slots (split either side of a rest period) before it was dispelled (did I mention that all spells cost an extra slot to cast in this place?)
We also discovered that a Wand of Cure Moderate Wounds is of no use against the cursed wounds inflicted by a clay golem, because there's no way a 5th level caster (wand creator) could make the DC 26 caster level check).
I'm having fun, and I think the players are as well :D
Today is going to be a day of not doing very much, and naps, and finding little reasons to be out in the sunshine and fresh air. I think it might be a good day to do some video capture.
~~~
There have been 3 sessions of Neverwinter this year and they have all been good, which pleases me. Despite one-shotting a PC in the first session (those wyverns - nasty sting in the tail) which was resolved in a drama encouraging manner (heh heh heh....)
I'm willing to be be a little more railroady this year, to avoid slowdowns like were faced last year, but the players have taken the bit between their teeth and are forging ahead along the most obvious path. This lead to all 5 PCs + animal companion being teleported into a 10x10 cell buck naked at the beginning of last nights session.
Monks really come into their own when the PCs lose all their gear. Druids too (wildshaping into a form small & flexible enough to get out through the grill, invisible thanks to the sorceress). And wimpy little shadows are suddenly a real threat again when the party has no magic weapons or spell components and the cleric doesn't have his holy symbol for Turning (mass Cure Moderate Wounds was pretty effective though).
The party did eventually get their gear back, and have picked up an NPC. Found the portal room and instructions (untested) to teleport back to the surface, but not the artifact they are looking for. A Sepia Snake Sigil concealed in the inventory of a wizard's storeroom got the druid and cost the cleric 8 spell slots (split either side of a rest period) before it was dispelled (did I mention that all spells cost an extra slot to cast in this place?)
We also discovered that a Wand of Cure Moderate Wounds is of no use against the cursed wounds inflicted by a clay golem, because there's no way a 5th level caster (wand creator) could make the DC 26 caster level check).
I'm having fun, and I think the players are as well :D