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Forums  > General  > General  > Now is the winter of our discontent...     Display using: Flat View Threaded View   Oldest to newest Newest to oldest Previous Thread :: Next Thread   Author  Thread: Now is the winter of our discontent...  pdwalker Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Total Posts: 5692 Send PM   Now is the winter of our discontent... Posted: 30 Jun 2006 02:08 AM To the Party that mostly met their untimely end in the wintery lands. 1/ When you are in the middle of a hostile encampment... that is not the time to take 8 hours out to rest 2/ When you hear the sounds of reinforcements arriving... that is not the time to wait for more and more to arrive, but rather to react before the dire situation becomes even yet more dire - Paul Purpose in life: finding better ways of allowing players to kill themselves. Repeatedly. -- "...Cause he mixes it with love And makes the world taste good." -- <@James42> Lawful good isn't in your vocabulary, it's on your menu.  Chief Joined: 11 Apr 2003 Total Posts: 549 Send PM   Re: Now is the winter of our discontent... Posted: 30 Jun 2006 08:48 AM Had this been a sanctioned P&J Tour. You woud have been home safe and sound. Dont forget.....P&J Tours are the only Tours endorsed by three gods, four lichs, two ancient great wyrms, seven mad mages , and one kobald. Thats P&J Tours folks located in the lovely lower Port right next to Scrap Alley. Once again thats P&J Tours. Youve tried the rest...now die with the best! ONWARD AND UPWARD!  Ghannodahn lore.icitadel.com Joined: 10 Jun 2006 Total Posts: 49 Send PM   Re: Now is the winter of our discontent... Posted: 30 Jun 2006 09:36 AM Hehe... *raises hand as lone survivor* I had a blast on that actually... it ended up feeling like a sort of Night of the Living Dead moment... everyone turning on each other (the pissy minstrels were certainly helping with this). I was sorry I had to rush the departure at the end (a 6:30am UAT meeting loomed, and is just now starting)... it would have been great entertainment to watch us all stand around and bicker and debate as the growing army steadily broke in and smote us. But as it was, I was happy to just run my invisible, caffeine-ridden butt out of there. "Always looking for the line"  DSM-IV Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Total Posts: 265 Send PM   Re: Now is the winter of our discontent... Posted: 30 Jun 2006 10:11 AM Well I would like to apologize for my sudden log out last night. It looks like I just missed the carnage. It was 1:30 am my time, the baby woke up as well as my wife. Needless to say I had a little screaming match of my own. I will be looking forward to logging into a complete mess. I hope I can a least -SEE- my character before the barbarian chieftain slaughters her. Poor girl just can't catch a break. Be raised as a pit fighting-slave, making a horrible deal with a demilich/undead god, and now being held captive by the barbarian horde for who knows what purposes. I guess that’s just a day in the life of Vives. *tear* God I love it.  Marlena Joined: 12 May 2006 Total Posts: 347 Send PM   Re: Now is the winter of our discontent... Posted: 30 Jun 2006 12:25 PM *channels Kyle* You know, I learned something important today... I learned that no matter how much your husband whines about needing to be up early in the morning, you should always finish the quest. 'Cause it's not *that* you die that's important, it's *how* you die. I wanted to try the "Okay,let's disguise ourselves and go out to meet them, dragging Opie and Tomi's 'body'" trick. That would have been a hilarious way to be brutally slaughtered. *Karli steps forward, holding one of Tomi's "lifeless" arms* "Hail to thee, my brethren! We will be taking these very-dead-and-not-at-all-faking-it adventureres to the borderlands, to leave them there as an example of what happens to the petty hoo-mahns who wouldst defile our cute, cold-a$ village. I totally love snow!" "I've got a sword and it's a good one, but all the bleedin' thing can do is keep someone alive, listen. A song can keep someone immortal!" - Cohen the Barbarian  Marlena Joined: 12 May 2006 Total Posts: 347 Send PM   Re: Now is the winter of our discontent... Posted: 30 Jun 2006 12:26 PM P.S. : I hate those (@!#&@ bears! Someone needs to tone down the bears, honestly. "I've got a sword and it's a good one, but all the bleedin' thing can do is keep someone alive, listen. A song can keep someone immortal!" - Cohen the Barbarian  Phoenix Joined: 08 Jun 2003 Total Posts: 942 Send PM   Re: Now is the winter of our discontent... Posted: 30 Jun 2006 12:33 PM P.S. : I hate those (@!#&@ bears! Someone needs to tone down the bears, honestly. Polar bears are the most aggressive bears on earth. Once a bear decides you're going to be its lunch, you better have monk's speed or other ways to get away from them.It's a bear, not a kitty cat. :P Luther McIath: I see, so [X is] the right person in the wrong place with the wrong people at the wrong time. [Fictrix] ... And can speak French, like both! Wait, I mean Elven.  Henesua houseofthemagus.com Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Total Posts: 797 Send PM   Re: Now is the winter of our discontent... Posted: 30 Jun 2006 01:15 PM P.S. : I hate those (@!#&@ bears! Someone needs to tone down the bears, honestly. Polar bears are the most aggressive bears on earth. Once a bear decides you're going to be its lunch, you better have monk's speed or other ways to get away from them.It's a bear, not a kitty cat. :P Another alternative is to poke it in the chest with a long spear when it stands up, then step back. If you do it right, the bear will drop to all fours a moment, then stand up again. Poke the bear again, then step back. Repeat until the bear dies. I think you have to be Inuit to pull this off. I saw a film of this hunting practice. Quite amazing. Of course I do not recommend trying this yourself.... That guy in the film might have been an epic ranger. Famous last words: Mykal> it's my new wireless router. * > Mykal has quit (Ping timeout) Vulpina> Hey!! IRC didn't boot m..... * > Vulpina has quit (Exit: DarkMyst WebChat)  Marlena Joined: 12 May 2006 Total Posts: 347 Send PM   Re: Now is the winter of our discontent... Posted: 30 Jun 2006 02:07 PM Okay, I get that bears are the largest carnivores on earth, and that they charge at speeds faster than a human can run, and that they have great hearing, are very intelligent, and are seriously badd-a$. All I'm saying is; does there have to be four or five of them in a single tiny zone?! Aren't bears supposed to be hugely terriorial? Like, one per zone is totally suffificent to scare me, I promise. *whine, b!tch, moan* "I've got a sword and it's a good one, but all the bleedin' thing can do is keep someone alive, listen. A song can keep someone immortal!" - Cohen the Barbarian  Phoenix Joined: 08 Jun 2003 Total Posts: 942 Send PM   Re: Now is the winter of our discontent... Posted: 30 Jun 2006 02:29 PM Okay, I get that bears are the largest carnivores on earth, and that they charge at speeds faster than a human can run, and that they have great hearing, are very intelligent, and are seriously badd-a$. All I'm saying is; does there have to be four or five of them in a single tiny zone?! Aren't bears supposed to be hugely terriorial? Like, one per zone is totally suffificent to scare me, I promise. *whine, b!tch, moan* If you know there are bears around (and they're hard to miss, kind of), either a) you don't go there b) you make sure you can handle it or those with you can c) you make sure they can't see, hear, smell, feel and mindread you. As to the territorial thing... well many things can't be translated IG. Suck it up, grin and nod! ;) Luther McIath: I see, so [X is] the right person in the wrong place with the wrong people at the wrong time. [Fictrix] ... And can speak French, like both! Wait, I mean Elven.  Marlena Joined: 12 May 2006 Total Posts: 347 Send PM   Re: Now is the winter of our discontent... Posted: 30 Jun 2006 02:49 PM a) I didn't have a choice at the time. b) My stupid invisibility spell wore off 'cause I got lost on the strange map. c) See above. I'm sucking it, I'm sucking it... uh.. *cough* You know what I mean. But still! That's a (*bleep*) load of bears. "I've got a sword and it's a good one, but all the bleedin' thing can do is keep someone alive, listen. A song can keep someone immortal!" - Cohen the Barbarian  Oragastus Joined: 21 Jul 2005 Total Posts: 28 Send PM   Re: Now is the winter of our discontent... Posted: 30 Jun 2006 02:51 PM I dont think the bears are too tough personally. I actually dont think there is anybody who could walk up to a bear with a sword or dagger and kill it (aside from chuck norris of course) without massive massive skills with the weapon. And to kill a few on the way to town like its an everyday thing just seems unrealistic. I agree with Pheonix on this one. And I do agree with PD, we killed the tribe leader and found an angry mob outside. Not a good time to rest. I shoulda listened to tomi when he said "I dunno 'bouts yas but I can hide. I ain' gots no pro'lems wit' dat". Instead I ended up getting peed on and buried like a bone by a wolve in a shallow yellow-snow grave. Lesson learned ... hide tomi! "This is the only thing that's glass on it and its plastic" - My boss  T'mok Gurzi www.myspace.com Joined: 17 May 2006 Total Posts: 309 Send PM   Re: Now is the winter of our discontent... Posted: 30 Jun 2006 04:26 PM In the interest of realism: DM put about 14 more bears in the area where Marlena keeps getting eaten. Sounds like a great place for a bear to get a meal. Ever seen the footage of the rivers in Alaska when the salmon are running? The region is swarming with the cuddly little omnivores. Stop feeding the bears! T'mok Gurzi Resident Gnoll Warlord patron for the noble yet drink addled Timik Gorozai the Mistake  Romulus Joined: 06 Jul 2003 Total Posts: 342 Send PM   Re: Now is the winter of our discontent... Posted: 30 Jun 2006 07:14 PM Stephen Colbert would be very upset with the Vives growing bear population.  Taulath Joined: 11 Jul 2004 Total Posts: 249 Send PM   Re: Now is the winter of our discontent... Posted: 30 Jun 2006 08:19 PM Stephen Colbert would be very upset with the Vives growing bear population. *nods* He would indeed, Steven Colbert is right about bears... they are one of the single greatest threats faced by civilisation today... ask marlena if you don't believe me. "Mistakes have been made, others will be blamed..."  Marlena Joined: 12 May 2006 Total Posts: 347 Send PM   Re: Now is the winter of our discontent... Posted: 30 Jun 2006 09:42 PM I had no idea my in game angst toward the bears would cause so much discussion. I wasmostly upset because, if I must die (and it seems I must) then I'd like to go in a more.. dramatic way, than just constantly being mauled to death by bears. Then agin, it's a nice running gag, like Brent and the panda on PVP. "I've got a sword and it's a good one, but all the bleedin' thing can do is keep someone alive, listen. A song can keep someone immortal!" - Cohen the Barbarian  pdwalker Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Total Posts: 5692 Send PM   Re: Now is the winter of our discontent... Posted: 01 Jul 2006 01:18 AM Seriously though, For those who were trapped, let me tell you what I had in mind on escape opportunities: Given that the party had wandered through some (not all) of the village and slaughtered everything, it should not have been surprising that someone might have noticed and raised an alarm, so reinforcements were brought in I sent a couple of tells, and 1 emote in the roundhouse to let the party know this was happening. After the first tell, the first opportunity would have been to escape right then and there. There was nothing there that could have stopped the party from running... However, they were trapped by their own discussions and after about 20+ RL minutes, escape by an outright run because extremely difficult because of the creatures that eventually arrived. At that point, it might have been possible to parley. There was at least one player who was capable of making it past the barricade and perhaps approaching the one who could be negotiated with. It was even mentioned as an option at least two times and then dismissed. Which then left the option of "clever escape". If the party had scouted out the barricade, they could have found a path of "least resistance" and then make their escape that way. The party could have come up with a plan that could have save all?most? of the party members. As it was, the plan that was executed caused one bard to get lost and eaten by bears. Another escaped and left everyone behind (Welcome to the order of the Brave Sir Robin!), another had escaped, but turned back into the battle. Another had escaped, but chose the wrong time to exit the building but unfortunately got caught in an AOE death spell. As to the last player, well, it was a magnificent stand. At that point it was over unless the one surviving bard had decided to go for help to mount a rescue mission, or the players had a miraculous escape (e.g. respawn). - Paul Purpose in life: finding better ways of allowing players to kill themselves. Repeatedly. -- "...Cause he mixes it with love And makes the world taste good." -- <@James42> Lawful good isn't in your vocabulary, it's on your menu.  Ghannodahn lore.icitadel.com Joined: 10 Jun 2006 Total Posts: 49 Send PM   Re: Now is the winter of our discontent... Posted: 01 Jul 2006 04:44 PM The one surviving bard, still invisible, just grabbed the fallen bard and made back for Icy Vale. Didn't think twice about the fallen party members, beyond "Friggin' idiots". Ah, the joys of CN. G "Always looking for the line"  Marlena Joined: 12 May 2006 Total Posts: 347 Send PM   Re: Now is the winter of our discontent... Posted: 01 Jul 2006 04:49 PM Not to poke at any sore points, but is there a reason we're being lectured about this? "I've got a sword and it's a good one, but all the bleedin' thing can do is keep someone alive, listen. A song can keep someone immortal!" - Cohen the Barbarian  DSM-IV Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Total Posts: 265 Send PM   Re: Now is the winter of our discontent... Posted: 02 Jul 2006 11:27 PM I didn't think it was a lecture just a reason..and maybe a suggestion for the future.  Xerah Joined: 15 Sep 2004 Total Posts: 564 Send PM   Re: Now is the winter of our discontent... Posted: 03 Jul 2006 03:18 PM It's more saying "I did not do this to just kill your characters" as it is what DMs often get accused of. Juylina Komthya | Portrait - Priestess of Naruth  Glor-an-Fhaidha Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Total Posts: 317 Send PM   Re: Now is the winter of our discontent... Posted: 04 Jul 2006 09:37 PM I dont think the bears are too tough personally. I actually dont think there is anybody who could walk up to a bear with a sword or dagger and kill it (aside from chuck norris of course) without massive massive skills with the weapon. And to kill a few on the way to town like its an everyday thing just seems unrealistic. I agree with Pheonix on this one. *Points out that you couldn't walk up to a troll and kill it without a second thought either, but folk in Vives do* Previous Thread :: Next Thread  Page 1 of 1   Forums  > General  > General  > Now is the winter of our discontent...