Rogue's, Tevar's, Nitram's, and Tortoise's D&D Campaign

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » Mon May 08, 2006 6:46 pm

Malk knows Astinius as an old companion of a nature that was never delved into. They're close friends with a friendly rivalry over the nature of Netheril's downfall: Was it inevitable, or was it a strong empire brought low by Karsus' madness? And if the latter, should it be revived?

Torma just knows Malk is glowy and thinks he's Netherese but can't be Netherese because they all died so you can't be so who are you really and AUGH I JUST CHANNELED BABY DRAGON!

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Mon May 08, 2006 6:51 pm

Torma: Wow, are you going to Westgate? I'm going to Westgate, doyoumindifIcomewithyou? Please? Please let me come with you, I won't be a bother you'll really like having me wtih you Promise!

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Mon May 08, 2006 6:54 pm

Is Malk Netherese?

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » Mon May 08, 2006 6:57 pm

Cynical Cat wrote:Is Malk Netherese?

Shadovar but not Shade(IE, born in the city but not 'elevated' into a half-Shadow juggernaught). Completely unable to wield arcane or divine magic, and arrived a bit before the main city via a Spellfire/Shadow Magic induced explosion.

Basically, Human with a dead language and a haughty attitude. Possibly a very long lifespan. And sunburns.

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Mon May 08, 2006 7:00 pm

Ahhh.

Comrade Tortoise · Post by **Comrade Tortoise** » Mon May 08, 2006 7:10 pm

I all for for waking up in a cold sweat, rededicate myself to mystra's service and going out to smite the scum sucking shadow weave users.

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Mon May 08, 2006 7:13 pm

Comrade Tortoise wrote:I all for for waking up in a cold sweat, rededicate myself to mystra's service and going out to smite the scum sucking shadow weave users.

Torma: Oooooooooooo! You use MAGIC!! DosomeMagicpleasepleaseplase?

... Why are you backing up? Do I scare you? *innocentlook*

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Mon May 08, 2006 8:24 pm

So we seem to be agreed. Characters will need to be what they were at the beginning of the cluster fuck, not the end. Lady and gentlemen, you know what to do. Get me the info, as best as you can reconstruct, when you can.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » Mon May 08, 2006 8:30 pm

From what was established early on in the game, Gaheris knew Astinius, and Malkamar through him, prior to the campaign's start.

As an aside, I wanted to smite Dahak myself, as he irritates the hell out of me in every game we've played in, but Torma flies faster than winged boots. *Shrug*

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » Mon May 08, 2006 8:37 pm

Cynical Cat wrote:So we seem to be agreed. Characters will need to be what they were at the beginning of the cluster fuck, not the end. Lady and gentlemen, you know what to do. Get me the info, as best as you can reconstruct, when you can.

Malk is going to be the same level but a different build. The Spellfire Prestige classes were so broken I'm ashamed.

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Mon May 08, 2006 8:48 pm

Okay Nitram.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » Mon May 08, 2006 8:53 pm

Sneak preview time! Okay, here's what I wrote on Gaheris' return to Westgate back when I started writing that fic I keep talking about but haven't quite gotten around to posting yet. (

) [quote]Westgate, 30th of Kythorn, 1372 DR

Gaheris hadnâ€™t seen Westgate in a long time. When he had left the city, he had been a boy of fourteen years, fleeing scared from the Night Masks after interfering with one of their operations and killing the thieves involved. That was ten years ago.

Now, he was returning to the city of his ignominious birth a lord of the church of Tyr and leader of a fledgling holy order. He absentmindedly looked across the campfire in the general direction of Coaan and Astinius while harkening back to the events that precipitated his return to Westgate with his companions.

But now wasnâ€™t the time for reverie. The street urchin turned paladin shook himself out of it and looked out over the river at the lights of Westgate. The spires of the Abbey of the Blinding Truth stood tall, white, and illuminated over the city center, an inspiring beacon of law and order. But there too, and not five blocks away, towered the black edifice of the House of Spires and Shadows, the largest temple to Mask in the Realms, in fact one of the only ones that was openly displayed. â€˜And thatâ€™s our problem,â€™ thought Gaheris grimly. The monks and justiciars of the hierarchy might look at that sight and see only petty thieves to be brought to justice like any others, but the old rogue, who knew Westgateâ€™s shadowy power structure better than almost anyone else on the outside of it, saw a different picture. The thieves were the real power in the metropolis, and all the trials of petty pickpockets in the world wouldnâ€™t change that.

And that wasnâ€™t the only problem. Gaherisâ€™ trained eye shifted to another building on the skyline, outlined by the last light of the setting sun. The arena of the Quivering Thumb, one of the only bastions of slave-supported blood sport west of Thay, loomed at the southern edge of Westgate, a reminder of the â€œcivilizedâ€

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Mon May 08, 2006 10:04 pm

Tormantineth ("Torma")
Young Copper Dragon 15
HP 124 (HD 11d12+22)
Str 16(+3), Int 20(+5), Wis 17(+3), Dex 17(+3), Con 14(+2), Chr 14(+2)
AC 24 Natural, 29 mod.
SR 16 Size Medium
Move 40', Fly ~100'
Saves:Fort 13, Ref 14, Will 14

Base Attk: +11/+6/+1
Melee Attk: +14(+16)
Ranged Attk: +14

Bite: Dam d8+3(+2)
Claw x2: d6+3(+2)
BW - Acid (60' line, 30' cone) Dam 6d4(DC 17)
BW - Slow Gas (line or cone) Fort save or Slow for d6+3rounds

Draconic Abilities:
KeenSense: dark vision 120', lowlight 4x, normal x2; blindsense 60'
Immunity Acid, Sleep (magical), Paralyse
SpiderClimb
(Evasion)

Feats: Wingover, Hover, MultiAttack, Shape Breath, Awaken Spell Resistance

Skills:
Appraise 15(20), Bluff 15(17), Climb 16(19), Concentration 10(12), Decipher Script 12(17), Gather Info 12(14), Hide 15(18), Intimidate 11(13), Jump 15(18), Listen 17(20), Move Silently 14(17), Search 18(23), Spellcraft 11(16), Spot 18(21), Use Magic Device 10(12)

Spells: per day 5/3, known 4/2
0:Read Magic, Ghost Sound, Mage Hand, Presidgitation
1: Comp Language, Ventriloquism

Equipment: Saddlebags of Holding (see Hewards Handy Haversack) (holds horde worth $200k gp) Carried on back. Mostly gems, some platnium.. whatever makes the most value for the least volume.
Amulet of Mighty Fist: +2 Attk/Damage all Natural Weapons.
Bracers of Armor: +5
Ring of Evasion

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » Mon May 08, 2006 10:44 pm

Malkamar Human Fighter 5/Shadowsmith 10

HD: 15D10+90 HP: 170

Str: 21
Dex: 15
Con: 22
Int: 14
Wis: 10
Cha: 12

BAB: +15/+10/+5
Melee: +20/+15/+10
Ranged: +17/+12/+7
Fort: +12
Ref: +10
Will: +5

AC: 24. Touch: 16.

Racial Features: Bonus Feat, Extra Skill Points.

Class Features: Touch Of Shadow(10/day), Shroud Of Shadow(10/day), Shadow Craft(5/day), Widen Shroud, Armour Of Shadow +4

Skills: Craft(Weaponsmith) 19(21), Jump 19(24), Knowledge (Planes) 19(21), Knowledge(Arcana) 19(21), Hide 14(16), Move Silently 14(16), Climb 14(19), Concentration 14(20)

Feats: Spellfire Wielder, Exotic Weapon Proficiency(Bastard Sword), Weapon Focus(Bastard Sword), Combat Reflexes, Power Attack, Weapon Specialization(Bastard Sword), Deft Opportunist, Expert Tactician, Leap Attack, Favored Mystery(Steel Shadows)

Mysteries: Steel Shadows(Spell-Like: 2/Day), Sight Eclipsed(1/day), Sharp Shadows(1/day)

Equipment: Leather Armour of Improved Shadow +4, Improved Ring Of Jumping(+10), Belt Of Giant Strength +4, Amulet Of Natural Armour +2, Improved Ring of the Smith(+10), Manual Of Gainful Exercise +2(Used), Manual Of Bodily Health +2(Used), Type IV Bag Of Holding, Adventuring Kit(IE, several thousand worth of equipment that may be useful for a stealth/power attack monkey or weaponsmith).

Preferred Shadowcraft Weapon: Greatsword +5(25 Craft: Weaponsmith DC, swift action).

5,000 GP in trade bars and gems.

"Never defenseless."

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Mon May 08, 2006 11:14 pm

A few house rules

Spell Focus and Spell Power are as 3.0

This isn't an excuse to go absolutely crazy, just a response to what is in my opinion, excessive nerfing. This isn't an excuse to go crazy so while do take advantages of these changes, don't start an arms race.

Reactive Counterspelling Feat is banned.

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Tue May 09, 2006 12:29 am

At the moment, I have no idea what a Shadowsmith is (other than the obvious connotations of the name). I'm still going to permit it.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » Tue May 09, 2006 6:34 am

Wasn't he a warlock the last time you posted him?

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » Tue May 09, 2006 8:13 am

Rogue 9 wrote:Wasn't he a warlock the last time you posted him?

Yea, but looking at the setup of PC's, it'd be a bit silly.

As for Shadowsmith, it's from Tome Of Magic. Basically, specializes in creating stuff from raw shadowstuff on the fly. His stuff can only be used by him.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » Tue May 09, 2006 8:45 am

Okay. *Sets about knocking three levels off of Gaheris.*

Comrade Tortoise · Post by **Comrade Tortoise** » Tue May 09, 2006 1:20 pm

*weeps while stripping Astinius of 9th levels spells*
I should have that done by tonight. I have a nice big take-home final I have to finish

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » Wed May 10, 2006 6:38 am

And I have to strip Percival of a lot of his badassery. Ah well.

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Wed May 10, 2006 10:15 am

Some people have been questioning why Torma doesn't have more magic items.

Ya know.. tha's a good question. Suggestions welcome, pending DM approval.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » Wed May 10, 2006 2:24 pm

A squeaker. A magic squeaker. Like from parties.

Seriously, though. Those things that up your bite damage by a size category. Or something like that.

LadyTevar · Post by **LadyTevar** » Wed May 10, 2006 2:28 pm

SirNitram wrote:A squeaker. A magic squeaker. Like from parties.

*chokes on Hershey bar laughing so hard*

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Thu May 11, 2006 11:35 pm

I take it the general prefered tenor of the campaign was rping and intrigue, hack and slash second?

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