Chapter 12: Q&A / Discussions

[Brian]

A juicy piñata wearing splint mail!

[Dave W.]

Well, sure... every pinata needs a hard shell to contain the juicy goo... otherwise the insides would melt in your hand making a terrible mess...

[Brian]

The juicy goo would come out of one opening, and said opening is currently pointed at the mama spider. Good luck with that sh*t.

[Jeff]

Big Red. Melts in your mouth, not in your (web) strand.

[Jeff]

Jan 9, 2016 17:51:32 GMT -4 Darren said:

Kal feels the bite of the spider. 'Not poison. Not again' he thinks. He feels his knees weaken, though, as the giant spider below them begins to rise. He knows Condign still needs time to make it to safety...or at least as safe as any place can be in this realm. Fearing to use his most powerful magic when they don't know what else they'll face, Kal turns and fires another bolt of fire at the nearest spider.

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Kal will cast Fire Bolt at the spider next to him.

Oh for f*** sake! Kal also rolled a natural 1.....

[Dave W.]

mama spider clearly does not understand about piñatas... you're supposed to be blindfolded and you're supposed to just try batting at it, not take it down...

[Brian]

"Good lord, why is it...red?"

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[Jeff]

Guys, I'm just waiting at this point. Brian has been shunted off to a private thread since Big Red is presently out of the picture. I know Dave might be returning soon. But I'm just waiting for action; things left off with just dialogue.

[Jeff]

Jan 14, 2016 14:35:00 GMT -4 Dave W. said:

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I've been trying to figure out the theology of Dolurrh... Maybe I should just roll Religion... If a soul is here, it's pretty much in limbo. So what happens if the soul dies here? These are probably too deep questions for Addy's Int 9...

Indeed, the religions of Eberron all have different takes on what Dolurrh even is, or what it means for the dead. So there's absolutely no solid answer. Much of the Sovereign Host doctrine offers nothing but a question mark about it, suggesting that the rewards in life are all that the gods can guarantee, but there are some that go beyond it and suggest that Dolurrh is merely a place of long waiting and forgetfullness and when the world is "finished," the gods will collect. The forgetting part is the only thing that most scholars would agree on, but that still doesn't explain what souls do there.

A place of hopelessness, eternal despair,
and consuming apathy, Dolurrh is the realm
where mortal souls go after death. It is not a
reward. It is not a punishment. It just is.

As for questions about what it means when a soul dies? You have no idea. None can say. Only some of the spirits the party has encountered so far have been truly undead in the normal sense. Spirits part of this plane or have become part of it because they died in the mortal world aren't really undead—they just would seem to to the living because the rules of nature are different here. Things that might be considered ghosts have more of a bodily form here, wheres on Eberron they'd likely be entirely incorporeal.

It's mysterious and it's meant to be.

[Ken]

Excuse me if I missed a detail, please, buy why is Adamant examining a door? Isn't this an open courtyard/town square?

[Jeff]

Jan 18, 2016 9:13:10 GMT -4 Jeff said:

At the base of these three-story structures are a few doors.

Jan 18, 2016 13:49:24 GMT -4 Darren said:

"This feels like a perfect place for an ambush," Kal says, glancing at the empty windows and doorways around the plaza. "I would assume this was set up for someone's amusement," he says with a jerk of his thumb towards the pillars. "Tangat says the undead are nearby somewhere. Maybe in those buildings. Let's make some noise, see if we can draw them out."

Jan 19, 2016 14:40:35 GMT -4 Dave W. said:

"So perhaps we should head over there," Adamant points directly east, "and check out what looks to be a door... it's a little hard to tell with the light the way it is... Check that one over there and then work around the space?"

You can just barely see them in shadow on the map.

[Ken]

No, no, I understand that there ARE indeed doors. I'm questioning the need to explore them. Is this a cul-de-sac? Is there no opening aside from the one we came through?

[Jeff]

Oh, I see. To the northeast you can just barely make out another street-like exit. Or alley.

[Jeff]

Jan 26, 2016 22:52:24 GMT -4 Ken said:

Suddenly, you all hear the plaintive, hungry wail of a baby from back in the plaza, around the corner to the left.

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Belarin casts minor illusion and then moves back 30 feet.

So Minor Illusion has a range of 30 feet and I'm pretty sure it's subject to the usual limits of ranged spells, which is to say, "To target something, you must have a clear path to it." So Belarin can't place this sound around a corner where he can't actually see. He could place it just by that left-hand corner where the passage meets the courtyard, which is still 30 feet and still within his sight, but of course there'd be no corresponding visual.

[Ken]

Yeah, I meant that particular corner. If only a few of ghouls pause, that's fine.

[Darren]

Since Kal goes last, I'll reinforce to all of you what Jeff just said....if Kal gets hit and that wall goes down, we're going to be in far worse shape than we are now.

Protect the sorcerer!

[Jeff]

Ahh, spellcasters' concentration, AKA magic-user's passive aggression AKA mage's blackmail. "Protect me or else, guys. Don't want to protect me? Hey, it's your funeral, too."

[Dave W.]

Couple of thoughts... if this is too much kibitzing just ignore:

• I could cast Sancutary on Kal. He probably wouldn't be attacked but he couldn't attack (even spells) either.
• If Kal stays w/i 10' of Adamant he gets a +3 on all saving throws... I believe that counts for Concentration too.
• If Kal says adjacent (which could be dangerous), Adamant can also use his reaction to put disadvantage on one attack against Kal...
• It might also be fun to cast Sancutary on Belarin. Really just to piss off the Emissary.
• Is the plan to run past the Emissary of Doofus ir'Serell? Streko and/or Adamant might try Turn Undead on the Emissary... he seems sort of undead... that's worth a shot... but we don't want the ghouls to flee... we need to them to come with us.
• We do need to be careful not to kill too many ghouls, but we can kill some

Rules clarification: My protection fighting style says that if an enemy attacks an adjacent ally I can impose disadvantage on the attack as my reaction. And Sentinel says that if an enemy attacks an adjacent ally I can use my reaction to make a melee attack against the enemy. But I don't think I get both. I think I only have one reaction at turn. I have to pick right?

We need to house-rule a feat where Addy gets infinite reactions...

[Jeff]

I'd say only those last two bullet points, Dave, should be talked about strictly in character. You didn't work out too much of a plan here, so I'd rather keep that in-game, if you don't mind.

As for fighting style and Sentinel, yeah, you would have to decide which one you want, since you only get one reaction per turn. And since this is play-by-post, it's bet to let me know in advance which you think you'd prefer. In general, if I have to decide something for you guys on the fly, I'll always try to give you the benefit of the doubt on which I think is more advantageous for you.

[Brian]

While you guys are taking your time gathering spider food, Condign is learning to embrace the power of absolute evil! Bwahahahahahahah!!!!!


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[Brian]

Just kidding. All he really has is a very bad case of flatulence.

[Jeff]

If Condign comes back to you played by Tim Curry, then something definitely went wrong.

More likely, Condign is sitting in calm meditation, become wise and Jedi-like in spider captivity.

[Ken]

Meanwhile, back in the pit with Condign....

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[Dave W.]

Sorry, I probably should have thought about the details before this...

Sentinel also says I get an Opportunity attack even if the enemy uses Disengage to leave my zoc... An OA is still a Reaction, right?

So I have three possible Reactions:

• Protection Style: Give disadvantage to an enemy attacking an ally
• Sentinel OA: take a shot at an enemy trying to move past... if I hit their speed drops to 0.
• Sentinel "counter-attack": Attack an enemy attacking an ally

And these are all mutually exclusive. I can only do one per turn...

I guess it's an easy call right now since no ally is adjacent, Sentinel OA seems most likely to come up... don't let the ghouls past.

I guess in general, I'd lean a bit to the Protection Style when I do have a friend nearby. It just feels more Addy-ish. But, Jeff, feel free to use your discretion. I promise not to complain.

[Jeff]

Understood. I can definitely see Adamant's default be protecting an adjacent ally, but the Sentinel OA as the default when he's standing apart and wants to prevent enemies from moving past him.

[Darren]

Jeff, because it may become a tactical consideration at some point, how far is the spider pit from where we are now?

[Jeff]

Darren, depending on the contrast and brightness of your screen, you should be able to see on the latest map where the spider pit is. Belarin's dim little icon is close to its edge.

[Darren]

Thanks!

[Ken]

So, does Belarin know whether the Emissary was immune to the flash of light or simply avoided it? There was no saving roll in your post.

[Jeff]

My mistake for not having included, but I definitely rolled it. Do you know if Rolz previous date's results can be accessed? I should have linked to that one, as I did for other saving throws in the same round.

But he did actually make the save.