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DMs: Trent
Posted: 26 Jan 2005 02:38 PM |
Just a little note...
Jet, my daywalker Syn-rogue vampiress bit Trent today. She's just playing with him, she didn't turn him. But, he does now have bite marks on his neck, and probably won't feel so great for the next couple of days. ;)
-Barnas |
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Re: DMs: Trent
Posted: 26 Jan 2005 02:40 PM |
| What's a rogue vampiress? She has a rouge class, or is she outside the normaly Syn paradigm? |
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
-Henry David Thoreau
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Re: DMs: Trent
Posted: 26 Jan 2005 02:43 PM |
Oddly, both. :P
-Barnas |
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Re: DMs: Trent
Posted: 26 Jan 2005 02:43 PM |
Hey Pdawg, why don't we give Trent a little boost in confidence for his paladinness? Can you give him an opprotunity to do something "good" today? It can be as simple as helping an orphan (perhaps a child in similar situations he was in as a child.)
This is a start. It can be escalated later by having that same child wander off to the Midor Crypts in the hopes of emulating his new hero, the paladin Trent. Trent can then rescue the child, and maybe finally get some self worth.
Doable?
-DB |
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
-Henry David Thoreau
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Re: DMs: Trent
Posted: 26 Jan 2005 02:44 PM |
Oddly, both. :P
-Barnas
*waits for further explination* |
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
-Henry David Thoreau
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Re: DMs: Trent
Posted: 26 Jan 2005 02:44 PM |
What's a rouge vampiress? She has a rouge class, or is she outside the normaly Syn paradigm?
Is that rouge as in an earthy red? or rouge as in rogue?
;)
[EDIT by DB] *points to the first post* I have no idea what you are talking about, pdawg. You are trying to defame my character! |
Purpose in life: finding better ways of allowing players to kill themselves. Repeatedly.
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"...Cause he mixes it with love
And makes the world taste good."
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<@James42> Lawful good isn't in your vocabulary, it's on your menu.
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Re: DMs: Trent
Posted: 26 Jan 2005 02:47 PM |
*laughs*
She's a Rog/SD. She's not really in the Syn heirachy, having pretty much gone off on her own after she became a daywalker. That said, she isn't an enemy to the Syn vampires either. Mostly she contents herself with 1/ Eating and 2/ Scaring Trent, who is her favorite toy.
-Barnas |
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Re: DMs: Trent
Posted: 26 Jan 2005 02:51 PM |
*laughs*
She's a Rog/SD. She's not really in the Syn heirachy, having pretty much gone off on her own after she became a daywalker. That said, she isn't an enemy to the Syn vampires either. Mostly she contents herself with 1/ Eating and 2/ Scaring Trent, who is her favorite toy.
-Barnas
what level is she, and will Trent ever have a recourse to take this daywalker down? |
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
-Henry David Thoreau
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Re: DMs: Trent
Posted: 26 Jan 2005 02:54 PM |
She's lvl 21, and I don't know if he will or not. I imagine her slinking off into the shadows LOOOONG before she becomes worthy of a takedown party. ;)
-Barnas |
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Re: DMs: Trent
Posted: 26 Jan 2005 02:56 PM |
That said, I do have a few plans for her. *grins*
Never know. Trent might end up killing her. Too hard to tell the distant future, to be honest.
-Barnas |
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Re: DMs: Trent
Posted: 26 Jan 2005 03:06 PM |
That said, I do have a few plans for her. *grins*
Never know. Trent might end up killing her. Too hard to tell the distant future, to be honest.
-Barnas
I just want to make sure that there is that possiblity. One thing absolutly despise about CPC's is their precieved invunerability. Characters do not have to know that the CPC or NPC is has a weakness or is killable, but it is vital that we as DM's keep that option open.
If, for example, Trent gathers a large party and killed off this CPC right proper, I would hope she'd stay dead for a dramaticly sufficient period.
-DB |
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
-Henry David Thoreau
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Re: DMs: Trent
Posted: 26 Jan 2005 03:08 PM |
She's lvl 21, and I don't know if he will or not. I imagine her slinking off into the shadows LOOOONG before she becomes worthy of a takedown party. ;)
-Barnas
well wait a second, does that mean she has the ability to run around and toy with Trent, and he'll never have a way of standing up as a paladin should until he gets to be at least her level? |
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
-Henry David Thoreau
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Re: DMs: Trent
Posted: 26 Jan 2005 03:12 PM |
No, he does. Just, as with all things, it doesn't always work. He's done a GRAND job of playing defiance against the odds so far. *shrugs*
WA is cool with all of this. So chill. ;)
-Barnas |
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Re: DMs: Trent
Posted: 27 Jan 2005 08:12 AM |
An idea which popped into my head when Trent ended up chatting to Lani was that, as a part of her quest to help bring back Aristi without getting herself overtly involved, Lani might try to slowly turn trent away from wanting to be a Paladin of Midoran ever again, trying to gently push him towards the Herald of Aristi style of Paladinhood. Any thoughts on that very briefly written down idea? :P
-Barnas |
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Re: DMs: Trent
Posted: 27 Jan 2005 08:44 AM |
Looks cool to me, though more pdw and DB's thoughts that matter. But I do think it would be cool to give as much IC guidance as possible to our existing paladins that options are available to them, if they go looking. Just dont make it too easy for him to figure out...umm...sorry forgot this was B I was talking to! No worries at all then!! :0)
Sean |
'The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.' - Richard Bach, Illusions. |
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Re: DMs: Trent
Posted: 27 Jan 2005 08:48 AM |
You think she'll TELL him what she's doing? :P
I'd be honestly suprised if he even listens to her. If he does, however, he might just learn a thing or two. *cackles wildly*
*waits for pdw/DB*
-Barnas |
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Re: DMs: Trent
Posted: 27 Jan 2005 09:01 PM |
I am not sure how you would go through with this.
One thing that we want discovered (I was hoping the museum job would have happened by now, but it hasnt) are the tombs beneath Midor (work in progress).
Finding the Tomb of Marcus Aristi, and the complete code of the Arist was to be the next step in the midor plot for many characters.
What if Lani directs him to Sir Tonan beneath Port Royale - a paladin, not of Midoran. Perhaps that might give him a direction to search for.
- Paul |
Purpose in life: finding better ways of allowing players to kill themselves. Repeatedly.
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"...Cause he mixes it with love
And makes the world taste good."
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<@James42> Lawful good isn't in your vocabulary, it's on your menu.
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Re: DMs: Trent
Posted: 28 Jan 2005 12:23 AM |
Oh, nothing that obvious really. All Lani's gonna do is subtly hint that Paladins should remember mercy, and that Paladins governed by the clergy might not be free to be Paladins.
-Barnas |
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Re: DMs: Trent
Posted: 19 Feb 2005 10:30 AM |
In an attempt to bring this to some sort of close (Trent wasn't actually doing anything about Jet, nor were any other players) I had Jet steal the Emperor, and demand Trent in return for it.
To an extent, I expected the players to fight Jet off (She was blatently no match for the group of PCs present). However, WA expressed an interest in Trent falling for a time.
When the players did absolutely bugger all except handing Trent over, I decided to have Jet toy with him a bit.
Predictably, Trent ended up falling from grace with the speed and grace of a stone dropped from a very tall building.
And here the problem starts. I had predicted Trent being a rather subtle evil. Acting like nothing had happened. Perhaps I was naive.
Obviously, he didn't do that. He dyed his armor black, and is now on a drama-queen rampage.
I imagine this will come to it's conclusion in about a week's time, if the PCs actually think of doing anything about Jet. Like persuading her to give up Trent. Or killing her. Or ANYTHING.
Meh. There's the plot as it's going now, somewhat left of the posts.
-Barnas |
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Re: DMs: Trent
Posted: 19 Feb 2005 10:35 AM |
In an attempt to bring this to some sort of close (Trent wasn't actually doing anything about Jet, nor were any other players) I had Jet steal the Emperor, and demand Trent in return for it.
To an extent, I expected the players to fight Jet off (She was blatently no match for the group of PCs present). However, WA expressed an interest in Trent falling for a time.
When the players did absolutely bugger all except handing Trent over, I decided to have Jet toy with him a bit.
Predictably, Trent ended up falling from grace with the speed and grace of a stone dropped from a very tall building.
And here the problem starts. I had predicted Trent being a rather subtle evil. Acting like nothing had happened. Perhaps I was naive.
Obviously, he didn't do that. He dyed his armor black, and is now on a drama-queen rampage.
I imagine this will come to it's conclusion in about a week's time, if the PCs actually think of doing anything about Jet. Like persuading her to give up Trent. Or killing her. Or ANYTHING.
Meh. There's the plot as it's going now, somewhat left of the posts.
-Barnas
If it comes down to it, Barnas, use an NPC to spur some action, or at least try to give them some alternate ideas on how to handle this.
And shame on you for thinking WA is capabile of playing the sutble evil. I like the guy, but he's most inconsistant in his RPing.
-DB |
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
-Henry David Thoreau
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Re: DMs: Trent
Posted: 19 Feb 2005 10:38 AM |
*nods*
If the PCs don't do anything within a week, I'll spur it along some.
-Barnas |
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Re: DMs: Trent
Posted: 19 Feb 2005 05:34 PM |
If he's the one who smashed the emperor.. and Gasher sees him ... Trent will not be a worry to anything anymore.
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Re: DMs: Trent
Posted: 19 Feb 2005 06:10 PM |
Morgaine killed the Emperor.
-Barnas |
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Re: DMs: Trent
Posted: 21 Feb 2005 01:37 PM |
I noticed today that Trent is still Lawful Good. He logged before I could change him When someone sees him next, preferably Barnas, give him an appropriate alignment hit.
-DB |
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
-Henry David Thoreau
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Re: DMs: Trent
Posted: 21 Feb 2005 01:50 PM |
I left his alignment originally to see how he played.
I think I'll shift him to N-E when I next DM and he's in game.
-Barnas |
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