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[My Name is Immaterial]

Spoiler: Your daily reminder to gib feedback (click to show/hide)

And of course, my most sincere apologies to all the Poles and Greeks out there for how their countries' economies inspire such funny comics.

[Dwarmin]

I want to apologize for the lackluster quality of my last post; specially involving Arwen and Mirellas' seconds. That were not representative of the quality of my downtime posts that I expect for myself. In the future, I intend to do better.

Ah well, I'm having fun. That's all that matters. We had a good first chapter. Lots of daring-do!

...

The only thing that annoyed me was you pushed into too many encounters without explaining we could rest at some point. Of course it could have been possible we COULDN'T rest, but you contradicted that in a later post. We're only going by what you tell us.

Also, you're gonna have to tell me what the rules for scrolls are and how I can make them myself, now.

[My Name is Immaterial]

I'm going to write one more update tonight, so if you have an action, get it in within the next few hours, please! Sporadic updates resume on Friday, until Sunday.

Ah well, I'm having fun. That's all that matters. We had a good first chapter. Lots of daring-do!

...

The only thing that annoyed me was you pushed into too many encounters without explaining we could rest at some point. Of course it could have been possible we COULDN'T rest, but you contradicted that in a later post. We're only going by what you tell us.

Also, you're gonna have to tell me what the rules for scrolls are and how I can make them myself, now.

Glad to hear you're having fun!
Yes. There will be more opportunities to rest in future adventures.
I'll PM them to you, "shortly".

Well, the only thing she needs is a longbow, really.

Also, Rogues cannot use longbows without dipping into Fighter, or another class with proficiency in the weapon or picking up the Weapon Master feat at fourth level instead of an ability increase. Other opportunities for learning how to wield a longbow may present themselves later.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Weapon Master
You have practiced extensively with a variety of weapons, gaining the following benefits:
Increase your Strength or Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum or 20.
You gain proficiency with four weapons of your choice.

And I forgot that Wood Elves get profiency in the Longbow. Ignore this. She is welcome to ask the guards for a longbow.

[FelixSparks]

YEAH LET'S GO SAVE THE MONK!

[My Name is Immaterial]

And that's that. I'm done till Friday, and I hope by then you'll have sent in some feedback.

[Dwarmin]

Spoiler: Year 1489 (Year of the Warrior Princess), 7th of Alturiak (click to show/hide)

Much to recount.

I'm writing this from the relative safety of the Governor of Greenest's study. It's a quiet place, though little used-I expect he enjoys hunting and swordplay more than reading.

It's nice to have a quiet place to think. I've certainly had a lot to think about.

Greenest was, as it turns out, in quite some danger. There were hundreds of Dragon cultists attacking the village-even a Dragon himself. Or herself-I admit I wasn't thinking of checking at the time. We...fought. Needless to say. Saved as many as we could, and brought down a good many of them...I have never quite faced so much death and destruction in my life. I never imagined it would be like this, or that I would remember it so vividly. The blood, the screams. I find I can recall them with crystal clarity. Even the face of the Dwarf Girl I killed...she was no doubt a cultist, but...I feel guilty. She was younger than me. What brought her to this place...what caused her to embrace this cause...I find it haunts me. If I had spoken to her, would she have surrendered? Could she have been redeemed? What about her family and friends? Is she being mourned right now, or do I embrace the happy fiction that all those who I call enemy are cold at heart, inherently wicked, and deserving of death?

Nay, such absolutes may be in Mirella's heart, for she knows her God truly-but, my own will remain troubled. I'll never know, really. Death is...so final. I would have spared her, should have spared her...I struck to kill, though. I can't pretend I didn't. I know she chose her path, and I chose mine. I just wish there could have been a better way.

Later, I managed something, I am embarrassed to admit it openly-that I was glad. My allies would think me weak, most likely. I convinced them the best way to smuggle a great many civilians from a church under siege was an illusion spell. It worked-we got them out, though a few were injured when we were intercepted on our way back...I am glad I did not have to kill anyone else, then. Even the Cultists. I've decided I do not much enjoy killing. Though I have no doubt I will do much more of it, before I am killed myself. I'm sure most of them will even deserve it.

I was gravely wounded myself, the day before. That illusion spell took a lot out of me...I've decided that I should focus on defensive magics. I believe I've perfected the art of Arcane Warding, the Blur spell...it should keep me safe, and the others too. I'd rather prevent harm than cause it...at least, directly. The popular moral clause.

I can feel the weave of the arcane responding to me in new and interesting ways. It demands a headfirst plunge, but I will wade carefully into the stream. I still have so much to learn.

...

We did same many lives, though. Families, men, women, children. A Dwarven child thanked me. She thought I was an Angel, when the opposite number seems more likely. Angels surely would not cause so much death and destruction. They would find a better way...

Still, I contrast the life...the lives I took, with the lives I saved. Surely, that is a balance that the Gods enforce. It is bitter to bear, though. Perhaps that is the true measure of what they call a Hero. You take that terrible weight upon your heart, so others may not bear the pain of true loss.

Better I suffer in silence, then they suffer in truth.

There is much of the battle I could tell of my comrades, whom I hope have none of my misgivings. I will let them tell their own stories, however. They were all very brave...Sweetpea several times led the enemy away with her speed and cunning, with no regard to her own life...Mirella was first in every fight...Arwen was there too, though he seemed to enjoy being beaten about more. He was thrashed by the Dragon Knight soundly, but he saved the hostages. And this was after he tried to ride a Dragon.

I worry one day his luck will run out.

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Thoughts. The attack seemed to have been merely a raid, or even a diversion. They did damage, then faded away, rather than attempting to siege the keep. A way to impress their followers? A Cult moving so brazenly as to attack a large village must have more planned...surely, a Dragon may attract a great number of beings to its cause. The Kobolds do not usually stir in such numbers unless emboldened so. It may be no more than the beast attempting to line his treasure horde...or his belly.

Then again, this raid was well planned and organized. I saw a Man-Dragon, even a Dragon-Kobold. Are these things common among these cults? I wish I had read more about them when I had the time...

Many questions. I needs must compose a letter to the Alliance. Much they must be informed of. I wonder what Sheila will say when she hears all about this...about what I've done. I think back. She always appeared as a young human woman to us, and rarely showed her true form-except for festivals, when she might even be coaxed to carrying children into the sky on her back. Happy memory, that. I reason she has as much as power as the dragon that  ravaged this town, I would think, but she never used it for destruction...I realize we are all the same, in that way. We can all choose to use our powers for good or evil...I never feared her, though...she unlocked my potential...

I suppose I had to put it use eventually.

~Johanna Stonesthrow

[Dwarmin]

Spoiler: Missive to Sheila (click to show/hide)

Sheila, I thought it best that my report went straight to your hands. I can only hope this letter reaches you safely. There is great danger in the air.

Greenest was under attack as we arrived, by the Cult we were sent to investigate. There were not only many armed Kobolds-we and the town defenders killed nearly fifty of them, though a cultist claimed to have four times as much. There were Cultists as well, Humans, Dwarves, Elves in Blue robes with very specific tattoos...I've included a drawing of a tattoo I copied, in this parcel...they also had a Dragon of their own, a large chromatic Blue. It called itself 'Lennithon the Blue'. I do not know what stirred this beast against the town, yet. We did not so much drive him off as annoy him into leaving, I think-or he was not interested in wasting his time fighting what he called 'insects'.

One of my team also met their commander in personal combat to save some hostages, and he lived, despite being badly injured. This captain proclaimed himself to be 'Langdedrosa Cyanwrath, Dragonfang, son of Niadhogr the Blue', and he was a curious mixture of man and dragon you told was called a Half-Dragon, though their capabilities I could not recall. I can only hope these names may meaning something to you, and the information may aid the Lords Alliance in combating this threat. We were victorious, in a fashion-though not without costs. They left without engaging in a lengthy siege, presumably they had what they came for. I suspect this may have merely been a raid...or a diversion.

I know it may be unlikely I will hear from you soon, Sheila, but know that I am mostly unharmed. You trained me well, and those teachings have saved my life. And the lives of the villagers. I am still ready for anything...I miss our talks over Waterhaven Cheese and Cherryfire. You always seemed to know what to say to clarify things to me. Now, I'm figuring it out for myself. Do keep yourself safe, Sheila. It's going to be a dangerous time to be a Dragon. Many people will...not appreciate the differences between chromatic and metallics, when they hear the news. I do though. I know you are different than them.

...Do send word, if possible. I will do the same. I would like word of my parents. My identity may not remain secret entirely, and I worry they might come to harm. Could you send them a letter for me, asking them to see to the manors defenses? Guise it as a precaution, not a warning. I wouldn't want to frighten them, though you should use your best judgement.

Johanna Stonesthrow

[Crown mark of the Lords Alliance stamped here]

[My Name is Immaterial]

GIB FEEDBACK OF THE NOWS
OR THE SOONS
BUT GIB THE FEEDBACKS PLZ

*snip*

*snip*

The DM gibs Dwarmin 275 xp for the RP.
AND FOR THE GIBING OF THE FEEDBACKS

[My Name is Immaterial]

Going to update tomorrow.

[GiglameshDespair]

Feedback:
Well, to be honest, I'm not particularly grasped.
It's a self-compounding problem, but in general, I'm not enjoying it too much in truth.
The dragon flying off after a little bit of damage seems odd (But is kinda necessary, when it could have killed us all), a caster might have been more interesting to actually fight as (rather than picking off an enemy a turn, and I'm too fragile to risk much in combat).

[My Name is Immaterial]

Thank you. I'll keep that in mind. As a note: when I said that "Sweetpea was in the clear" during her break time, she was still free to act. It wasn't a 'this scene is over', but a 'things have happened that mean that this encounter doesn't necessarily require PC input to continue'.

[FelixSparks]

Lesse... I like it, but I'm a bit conflicted. Didn't we kind of have something else we were already questing to go do? In addition, a lot of the battles felt kinda... easy? Not the mounting or Cyanwrath, but the mooks felt unnaturally stupid. I am enjoying myself though.

[My Name is Immaterial]

Didn't we kind of have something else we were already questing to go do?

I gave a bad plot hook of "go investigate this dragon cult" and, surprise surprise: you ran into a dragon cult. It was a lame hook, and I feel bad for it.


To meet your feedback, I have these ideas:
Dering do is good. More of that.
More skill challenges.
More interesting combat.

Anything else?

[Dwarmin]

Lesse... I like it, but I'm a bit conflicted. Didn't we kind of have something else we were already questing to go do? In addition, a lot of the battles felt kinda... easy? Not the mounting or Cyanwrath, but the mooks felt unnaturally stupid. I am enjoying myself though.

Honestly, that could just be a gripe against the module. If the enemies were intelligent, the Kobolds would have either retreated, or blown battle horns and summoned enough reinforcements from their army to overwhelm us as soon as we showed up, and the Dragon would have turned around and eaten you whole for daring to ride on it's back.

It's a Lv.1 adventure, tho, it was designed to go a bit easy on the players-let them get a bearing on how their team works together, how to chain their abilities.

[Culise]

I think my biggest issue (that isn't module-related) is probably just miscommunication.  The most obvious game-related issue is obviously when we got rushed from place to place without even knowing we had a chance to rest that's been outlined earlier, but I think the recent event for Mirella actually helps illustrate it as well.

Post 1: We have an injured person here with severe burns.
Post 2: This person actually lost a leg; you just didn't notice it before.  Surprise.

This one wasn't as big of a big deal, more amusing than disconcerting, but you can see how certain details not being mentioned could easily lead us down incorrect roads.