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Obsidian--Entry 1
My soul is in dire peril.
Returning from a Food Services Trade Fair, I was beset by a group of trolls, who evidently comprised the smallest part of an army bent on destroying Moonstair. If it were any other town, I'd trick some Dragonborn townie into buying the Den and hop on a fast boat heading toward a small island with sandy beaches and an untapped market of professional 30-somethings seeking a place of relaxation and amusement, but the situation is what it is and I can't leave.
The town is in bad shape. Our only ally is 4 days away (must find out if this is within 100 miles--can dispatch imp if close enough) and Moonstair has no military to speak of, as it has solved past problems through mercenaries and adventurers. Well, the most talented adventurers are now dead, we are told, and the most talented mercenaries have quite sanely fled the town.
That leaves us. I'm so fucked.
On the upside, I may be able to convince the town the Lake of Fire Ale is a natural troll repellent, owing to its highly flammable content and unique mix of infernal spices (mmmm, cloves the damned). I may be able to land to generous government contract to produce this *troll repellent* at tremendous cost to the taxpayer and use the infrastructure created by mass production to franchise my restaurant's products. Life may be worth living after all.
OOC: I had a blast, James. I hope we get to complete this adventure before I leave in August.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
OOC--Our party so far... (some metagaming)
The basics: We have a Leader (Chris's Warlord), a Defender (Frosh's Swordmage), and 2 Strikers (My Warlock and James's sorcerer). Without knowing the nitty-gritty about builds, there's only so much tactical speculation that can be done, but so far, so good. This leaves our remaining partner(s) in a good position to play whatever they like.
Ability Scores: I'm a CON/int build character, and I deduce that Chris's warlord is a STR/int character. James is definitely a CHA/str build. As for Frosh, my guess is Assault Swordmage, which is a INT/str build, although this is based entirely off my impression that Frosh is metal and likes to play butt-kickers, and not based off any evidence whatsoever.
The implications of this party build puts us at a advantage at social skills, as pretty much everyone mentioned being a good talker, more or less, and at a disadvantage for physical ones, as nobody even bothered to mention the physicality of their character at all. Frosh would have been the exception, but for the fact that Swordmages have a decidedly mediocre skill selection when it comes to Physical skills.
Another implication is that this build likely has relatively low defense scores, as only one character (The Warlord) has access to heavy armor out of the box and INT/DEX is the primary score of only one character (The aforementioned Mikal, Frosh's Swordmage). Since we're fighting trolls and orcs, traditionally enemies that attack AC, they will likely hit more often than they otherwise would. This is further complicated by the fact that we've all selected classes that give bonuses to Will, yet we've mostly selected builds (by my speculation, at least) that don't utilize this bonus to generate a competitive WILL defense.
The exception to this would be Khar'Dan, who should have a good WILL and also a good AC and FORT. Being a Sorcerer, though, with low HP, this will only go so far. On the other hand, if I'm wrong and Frosh is playing a defensive character (although I doubt it) he could generate an AC of 29 or higher, assuming +3 warding, +5 armor, +6 ability score, and +5 level bonus. That might happen. I doubt it.
Finally, despite low defense skills and a lack of physicality, our party is more suited to melee than it initially appears. Infernalocks and Dragon Sorcerers do okay taking hits because of, respectively, lots of Temp HP granted by Warlock powers and good defenses and a variety of close blast powers. An INT Warlord, as recent experience shows, is a good friend to any defender, and time will tell with the rest of the party.
Ability Scores: I'm a CON/int build character, and I deduce that Chris's warlord is a STR/int character. James is definitely a CHA/str build. As for Frosh, my guess is Assault Swordmage, which is a INT/str build, although this is based entirely off my impression that Frosh is metal and likes to play butt-kickers, and not based off any evidence whatsoever.
The implications of this party build puts us at a advantage at social skills, as pretty much everyone mentioned being a good talker, more or less, and at a disadvantage for physical ones, as nobody even bothered to mention the physicality of their character at all. Frosh would have been the exception, but for the fact that Swordmages have a decidedly mediocre skill selection when it comes to Physical skills.
Another implication is that this build likely has relatively low defense scores, as only one character (The Warlord) has access to heavy armor out of the box and INT/DEX is the primary score of only one character (The aforementioned Mikal, Frosh's Swordmage). Since we're fighting trolls and orcs, traditionally enemies that attack AC, they will likely hit more often than they otherwise would. This is further complicated by the fact that we've all selected classes that give bonuses to Will, yet we've mostly selected builds (by my speculation, at least) that don't utilize this bonus to generate a competitive WILL defense.
The exception to this would be Khar'Dan, who should have a good WILL and also a good AC and FORT. Being a Sorcerer, though, with low HP, this will only go so far. On the other hand, if I'm wrong and Frosh is playing a defensive character (although I doubt it) he could generate an AC of 29 or higher, assuming +3 warding, +5 armor, +6 ability score, and +5 level bonus. That might happen. I doubt it.
Finally, despite low defense skills and a lack of physicality, our party is more suited to melee than it initially appears. Infernalocks and Dragon Sorcerers do okay taking hits because of, respectively, lots of Temp HP granted by Warlock powers and good defenses and a variety of close blast powers. An INT Warlord, as recent experience shows, is a good friend to any defender, and time will tell with the rest of the party.
Another update
I thought I would post to let everyone know that James has posted his character introduction also. Leaving just david and Frosh
A quick point
Though I would point out that both Tom and Chris have posted their character backgrounds under the comments to the original post about character backgrounds. Anyone else who needs to post should do the same. thx k bye
Welcome to Moonstair
The town of Moonstair is built among the ruins of the troll kingdom of Vardar. It is a trade outpost that lies along a major trade route. Situated at the confluence of two rivers the town accessible only by ferry. Moonstair, in addition to being an important trade stop, is home to the Moon Door and legendary gateway to the fey wild castle city of Celduilon. This combined with the wealth that has come to the town through trade and exploration of the ruins of the ancient troll kingdom to Moonstair's east have brought great riches to the town.
Despite the wealth of the town the population numbers only around 1,000 permanent residence, though this number fluctuates greatly as trade caravans move through the town. Moonstair is governed by a half-elf mayor named Kelana Dhoram. She has become successful mostly because of her excellent mercantile leadership. She lives along with the town's watch in Moonstair keep which was built on the stone ruins of the former troll capital.
Though the troll ruins to the east are populated with all kinds of monsters they have never posed much of a threat to Moonstair. Between the Old Troll Wall which surrounds the city as well as more recent built fortifications and adventurers constantly coming to Moonstair to search the ruins for treasure, there is always enough to keep the wilderness at bay.
Despite the wealth of the town the population numbers only around 1,000 permanent residence, though this number fluctuates greatly as trade caravans move through the town. Moonstair is governed by a half-elf mayor named Kelana Dhoram. She has become successful mostly because of her excellent mercantile leadership. She lives along with the town's watch in Moonstair keep which was built on the stone ruins of the former troll capital.
Though the troll ruins to the east are populated with all kinds of monsters they have never posed much of a threat to Moonstair. Between the Old Troll Wall which surrounds the city as well as more recent built fortifications and adventurers constantly coming to Moonstair to search the ruins for treasure, there is always enough to keep the wilderness at bay.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
The Adventure Begins
Here is the low down fellow adventurers. Of course I use the term fellow losely as it is obvious that I, DeeEmm, are far more important then any of you, but I digress. We will be running the 4th edition D&D published module known as "King of the Trollhaunt Warrens" a Paragon level adventure for level 11 characters. Your first quest then is to create level 11 characters for D&D 4th edtion and post your introduction here on the blog. This is a optional quest worth 3,000 xp.
More details will follow with date and time of the first event. Good Journey Adventurers.
More details will follow with date and time of the first event. Good Journey Adventurers.
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