03-29-2010, 01:06 PM
Thanks for the update, aldarron! People chose their own classes - even though I said "the choices are warrior, wizard, and some other stuff" most everyone wanted to know about the other stuff. In fact, Ed's character, the Count Ed Vainglor, was a sage. He was the one who kept crawling off on his own, and at the end (after you left) he managed to talk one of the valkyries into telling him how to contact Sir Fang. So the rats appear, and then four bats circle around him, and then one lands and turns into Fang's vampiric ogre companion: "What do you want, mortal?"
"I seek an audience with Sir Fang," says Ed.
So Fang lands and assumes human shape: "I admire your courage. What do you have to offer me?"
"Companionship," says Ed. "Give me the gift of undeath and I will accompany you until the end of time."
"As you can see, I am not without companionship. What skills will you bring to my entourage?"
"I am an expert in poetry and literature," Ed replies confidently.
"Ah! Do you hear that, ogre? No longer will you have to carry the burden of making intelligent conversation that is so difficult for you!"
It was an great moment for Ed and sages everywhere, and apparently becoming a vampire is Ed's eternal goal as a player.
One interesting thing was that the group really focused on Sir Fang, I guess because they had heard from the elves that he was the reason they were making everyone drink holy water etc. before entering the dungeon. I'd worried about how huge and open-ended the dungeon was, making pacing difficult for a one-shot four-hour game, but it worked out very nicely. The main group wandered into one set of rooms that created an interesting plot and climax (the Amazons mentioned in the link above), while Ed had a vampire apothesis also right at the end.
Very amateurish and brief videos of the game can be downloaded here. The first one is my Blackmoor Dungeons group; the second waltzes around Mark's Pathfinder game, Joe's AD&D one, and George's 4E Temple of the Frog.
It was a lot of fun playing with everyone and I hope to see you again soon, aldarron!
"I seek an audience with Sir Fang," says Ed.
So Fang lands and assumes human shape: "I admire your courage. What do you have to offer me?"
"Companionship," says Ed. "Give me the gift of undeath and I will accompany you until the end of time."
"As you can see, I am not without companionship. What skills will you bring to my entourage?"
"I am an expert in poetry and literature," Ed replies confidently.
"Ah! Do you hear that, ogre? No longer will you have to carry the burden of making intelligent conversation that is so difficult for you!"
It was an great moment for Ed and sages everywhere, and apparently becoming a vampire is Ed's eternal goal as a player.
One interesting thing was that the group really focused on Sir Fang, I guess because they had heard from the elves that he was the reason they were making everyone drink holy water etc. before entering the dungeon. I'd worried about how huge and open-ended the dungeon was, making pacing difficult for a one-shot four-hour game, but it worked out very nicely. The main group wandered into one set of rooms that created an interesting plot and climax (the Amazons mentioned in the link above), while Ed had a vampire apothesis also right at the end.
Very amateurish and brief videos of the game can be downloaded here. The first one is my Blackmoor Dungeons group; the second waltzes around Mark's Pathfinder game, Joe's AD&D one, and George's 4E Temple of the Frog.
It was a lot of fun playing with everyone and I hope to see you again soon, aldarron!