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Title: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 23, 2016, 05:35:54 PM
For those of you familiar with my AAR on Pool of Radiance (http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=14588.0), well...you might be waiting a while on that one. Most likely, it is dead. I started it before I got a new PC in June, and the files did not transfer well; I think they're corrupted as I cannot get them to load, which is a major bummer as I was having a really good time with that one.

Nevertheless, with the vibe I received from you guys and how much fun I had playing it tongue-in-cheek (which seems to be a theme of my AARs, actually), as well as what I've learned works and what does not in writing these things for the D&D universe, I've been wanting to start a Champions of Krynn AAR for a while.

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CoK is the first of a three-part trilogy (the second being Death Knights of Krynn and the third being Dark Queen of Krynn) in the Dragonlance universe. This particular title was released in 1990 and I purchased it at that time; I think I played through it a couple of times, but that was over 25 years ago, and I don't but vaguely remember the game. I definitely have less memories of the two follow-ons (though I did play both of them as well, perhaps once each).

I'd like to run this one like the Pool of Radiance AAR: that is, get five of you to join me in creating this story and seeing where it takes us. This time I might try to give you guys a little more autonomy; in Pool of Radiance, I at times asked where you guys preferred to go next, and I sometimes acquiesced to that (lol). Beyond that, it would be well out of the scope of this game, since it's meant to be played by one person, but maybe opportunities for more interaction will come along at some point.

So, if anyone's interested, read the rest of this below and then reply in the thread. I'd prefer long-timers/prolific posters to volunteer to take up a role in this.

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The core party will consist of six characters, one of which I will take and will be the (relative) leader of the group, since I'm playing it. I'm considering a Solamnic Knight but might choose a Fighter instead...or Ranger. Not sure yet, and it might depend on what you guys decide on. My character will definitely need to be a tank of some sort, though.

So I'm open to what makes up the party and will leave it to you guys to suggest what character race/class you'd like to play, but I do have some preferences:

1 - Tank (as mentioned)
2 - Tank
3 - Tank/Multiclass
4 - Cleric
5 - Thief
6 - Mage

Again, this is just a general list of what I almost always have played in these games. And since you might not have the documentation just lying around, I'll add a bit of it here.


Character Classes:
Clerics have spells bestowed on them by their deity and can fight wearing armor and using crushing (no edged or pointed) weapons. After selecting a deity, clerics may only choose alignments appropriate to their god. Each of the gods will extend special abilities to their followers. For more information, see the Deities section. The prime requisite for clerics is wisdom. Clerics start the game at first level.

Fighters can fight with any armor or weapons, but they cannot cast magic spells. Fighters can have exceptional strength and gain additional HP bonuses if they have a Constitution of 17+. The prime requisite for fighters is strength.

Rangers can fight with any armor or weapons. Rangers can have exceptional strength and gain additional HP bonuses if they have a Constitution of 17+. They do additional damage in combat when fighting giant-class creatures. Rangers must be of good alignment and have ability scores of at least 13 in strength and intelligence and at least 14 in wisdom and constitution. The prime requisites for rangers are strength, intelligence, and wisdom.

Solamnic Knights are the pride of chivalric honor in the world of Krynn. The knights are divided into three orders: the Knights of the Crown, the Knights of the Sword, and the prestigious Knights of the Rose. All are renowned for their bravery and skill at arms. Knights begin the game with plate mail, long sword, and a shield but very little money.

Knights must take a vow of poverty and so they tithe a large part of their monies and treasures back to the orders. Knights of the Crown will tithe 10% to their order whenever they enter an outpost. Knights of the Sword and Rose will give up everything except 20 steel pieces when they tithe. When Knights of the Sword or the Rose become 6th level, they gain the ability to cast some clerical spells. If a knight of either of the first two orders (Crown or Sword) is of sufficient level, and has high enough ability scores, he may petition the next higher order for admission. Prime requisites for knights are strength and wisdom.

NOTE: Knights receive XP bonuses for doing knightly deeds and not for having prime requisites. Theybegin the game as first level characters.

Mages have powerful spells, but can use no armor and few weapons. They can only memorize those spells available in their magical grimoires (personal spell books) or use scrolls. In the world of Krynn, the power of mages is moderated by the three moons. Mages are divided into three orders based on alignment. Each alignment has its own order, strengths, abilities and moon. The mage's power fluctuates with the cycles of the moon that influences his order. For more information on the orders and moons see the Magic section (page 15). The prime requisite for mages is intelligence.

Thieves can fight with swords and slings and wear leather armor. In combat they do additional damage 'back stabbing'. Back stabbing is described in the Combat section. Thieves also have special skills for picking pockets, opening locks, removing traps, moving silently, hiding in shadows, and climbing walls. The prime requisite for thieves is dexterity.

Multi-Class are non-human characters who belong to two or more classes at the same time. The character's experience points are divided among each of the classes, even after the character can no longer advance in one or more of those classes. The character's HP per level are averaged among the classes. The multi-class character gains all the benefits of all classes with regard to weapons and equipment.


Character Races:
Hill Dwarves  are a stubborn and rough race of sturdy workers and craftsmen. They are especially resistant to magic and poison. During combat, dwarves receive bonuses when attacking goblins and hobgoblins and are adept at dodging the attacks of ogres and giants. Dwarves can be fighters, thieves, rangers, clerics of Reorx or mixed classes.

Mountain Dwarves are somewhat clannish and more refined than their Hill Dwarf cousins. Otherwise they are nearly identical. Mountain dwarves may be fighters, thieves, clerics of Reorx, or mixed classes.

Silvanesti Elves (High Elves) are a tall, arrogant and long-lived race. They are nearly immune to sleep and charm spells and are adept at finding hidden doors. During combat, elves receive bonuses when attacking with long or short swords and bows. They cannot be raised from the dead. Silvanesti elves can be fighters, mages, clerics, rangers, thieves and mixed classes.

Qualinesti Elves are slightly smaller and friendlier than their Silvanesti brethren. They have identical abilities and bonuses. Qualinesti elves can be fighters, rangers, mages, thieves, clerics and mixed classes.

Half-Elves are hybrids with many of the virtues of both humans and elves. They are resistant to sleep and charm spells, and are adept at finding hidden doors. Half-elves can be fighters, mages, clerics, thieves, rangers, knights and mixed classes.

Kender are a small people characterized by an absolute lack of fear and insatiable curiosity. They are especially resistant to magic and poison, and have the special ability to taunt intelligent opponents. When kender successfully taunt, an opponent will attack in a mindless rage, suffering a loss of combat effectiveness. The preferred weapon of the kender is the hoopak, part staff sling part metal shod staff, which only they can use. When armed with a hoopak, a kender will receive bonuses to hit and is a deadly accurate shot. Kender can be thieves, fighters, rangers, clerics or mixed classes.

Humans are the most common playerrace in the world of Krynn. They can be fighters, mages, clerics, thieves, rangers, and knights but not mixed classes.


Background (from the Cluebook):
Champions of Krynn is Strategic Simulations, Inc.'s first ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS computer role-playing game set in the DRAGONLANCE® universe. It takes the award-winning system first used in Pool of Radiance and applies it to the world of Krynn. The group of adventurers you create in Champions of Krynn will be responsible for seeking out and destroying the many pockets of evil that have infiltrated the area of northeast Ansalon. Your characters begin the game as part of the good forces who keep watch against the return of evil. On your missions, you will discover more and more about an evil plot that threatens the entire area. Your group of intrepid adventurers must locate the source of the evil and defeat it.

Like I said, I have my preferences for how this party should be built, but that doesn't mean I have the best ideas. Let me know whom is interested and what race/class combos you'd prefer. List multiple ones if you don't mind.

I'll also use your forum names as your character names, to make it easier to follow.

And yes, I fully intend to use tongue-in-cheek styles (including fair use of 'smartass' and 'sick humor') to continue the tradition and to make this more enjoyable...for me, anyway. Hopefully for you, too.

So, please post below as mentioned, and once we get this party thing sorted out, I'll give more of the background of the game. You do not have to go out and reacquaint (or acquaint) yourself with the game(s); I'll take care of the translations, as it were.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: MetalDog on October 23, 2016, 07:51:56 PM
I'm in, B_C!  Missed out on the last one.  And SURE didn't know how much fun you would make it.  Here are my preferences, in order, from most to least:

1) Human or Elf Ranger

2) Human or Dwarf Cleric

3) Half Elven Ftr/Mage

4) Straight Tank, your choice of race and class (Ftr or Knight)
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 24, 2016, 06:07:25 AM
Thanks, MD.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on October 24, 2016, 11:01:03 AM
Holy Draconian BC! I'm in for the AAR sure as Bozaks' explode after they die. And you can include my avatar in your game anywhere though 'Sir Slash' might only fit properly a Solamic Knight and if you're going to be one then maybe it's no good for you. Anyway, great choice for a AAR. CoK Was one of my all-time favorites-- I like the lower level adventures more for some reason. But if it's Krynn, then you got to have at least one Kender in the party, that's a Dragon Lance Must and they make damned-good thieves too. My old game party was, as I recall, Mage, Cleric, Thief, Knight, and two other multi-class fighter types like a Fighter/Mage or Ranger/Cleric. But that was a few years ago. So.... play your way Man and I'll follow along with anticipation. Oh, and if you need a cheat, I still got my old clue book somewhere in the closet.  ;D
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on October 24, 2016, 11:07:30 AM
Hill Dwarf Fighter (tank)
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on October 24, 2016, 01:32:57 PM
I thought Gus was the only one allowed to be a Dwarf?
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on October 24, 2016, 01:40:28 PM
He's tired of the typecasting.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 24, 2016, 02:22:59 PM
Quote from: mirth on October 24, 2016, 01:40:28 PM
He's tired of the typecasting.

And he never technically gave me his blessing for Pool of Radiance. Nor did he ever mentionion it or view the thread, that I know of anyway.

Thanks, Sir Slash and mirth. That's three!
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: airboy on October 24, 2016, 05:04:45 PM
You can put me down for thief.  You pick what is best.
I teach future business people, especially in sales.   >:D
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on October 24, 2016, 10:04:20 PM
Great BC. I'm counting on you to get Sir Slash killed fewer times than I did when I played this game.  :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on October 24, 2016, 10:10:07 PM
Quote from: Sir Slash on October 24, 2016, 10:04:20 PM
Great BC. I'm counting on you to get Sir Slash killed fewer times than I did when I played this game.  :coolsmiley:

So less than fifty?
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: bbmike on October 25, 2016, 05:29:39 AM
You know you can't succeed without your singing human mage!

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Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on October 25, 2016, 08:02:34 AM
Wat-chu talkin' bout Carlton?
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 26, 2016, 05:11:54 PM
Alright, so that's MD, SS, and mirth. BBMike, was that you signing up as well?  O:-)
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: airboy on October 26, 2016, 05:32:07 PM
Quote from: airboy on October 24, 2016, 05:04:45 PM
You can put me down for thief.  You pick what is best.
I teach future business people, especially in sales.   >:D

You forgot me!
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 26, 2016, 05:34:58 PM
D'oh! Sorry, airboy! I think I did that to Sir Slash in the Pool of Radiance AAR... :)

Okay, well, that means we have me, MD, SS, mirth, and airboy. If BBMike is on board, that's our party.

BBMike, if you're interested, sound off and tell us what kind of character you prefer. I don't think anyone's spoken up for a mage...like I said, your preferences will just depend on the needs of the party at the moment of creation. Let us know!
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on October 26, 2016, 05:41:33 PM
Is Slash the cleric?
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 26, 2016, 05:43:02 PM
Quote from: mirth on October 26, 2016, 05:41:33 PM
Is Slash the cleric?

I don't think he specified, actually. Anyone that doesn't care will get whatever I think appropriate for the party, though suggestions are always welcome of course.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on October 26, 2016, 05:43:53 PM
We definitely need a cleric is all.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: bbmike on October 26, 2016, 05:48:33 PM
Yeah, I'm the mage that's all the rage!  :P
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 26, 2016, 05:55:14 PM
Photobucket is pissing me off. It's apparently been down a lot lately. Anyone know of a free image hosting site for forum use? I've tried to use Google Photos but it doesn't seem to support forum (IMG) posting.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 26, 2016, 05:56:30 PM
Quote from: mirth on October 26, 2016, 05:43:53 PM
We definitely need a cleric is all.

Oh, not having a cleric is NOT an option.

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Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 26, 2016, 05:56:58 PM
Quote from: bbmike on October 26, 2016, 05:48:33 PM
Yeah, I'm the mage that's all the rage!  :P

You're in! Thanks. I'll try to get this started up by Friday.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 26, 2016, 06:06:38 PM
Hmm. Can everyone see this image?

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Seems if I upload my pic to imgur, the link it generates does not work either, but if I right click on the image in imgur and select 'Open In New Tab,' it generates a URL that works in our IMG tags. Just want to be sure everyone can see it before I try to use it.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on October 26, 2016, 06:11:04 PM
yep
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 26, 2016, 06:13:00 PM
Good. PB might be wonky at times so I'll have to go to imgur whenever that happens.

I'll post an introduction with some history (which I didn't do for Pool) here shortly.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on October 26, 2016, 06:14:00 PM
Cool!
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: MetalDog on October 26, 2016, 06:22:53 PM
Looking forward to it!  I assume you got through the train wreck alright and have time to do this?
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 26, 2016, 06:26:57 PM
Here's a little background on what's happening.

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No, no no no no. Not THAT 'What's Happening.' Though, that was a kick ass show back in the day! :)

No, I mean on what's happening in the world of Ansalon, where Krynn lays. Lies. Is lying. Hillary? I don't know. You get the gist.

Oh, wait. You want to know something about what's going on.



(Sigh.) No, no. A good song, sure, but not THAT kind of what's going on.

Here, let's just get on with it before I come up with some other bad joke.

From the Adventurer's Journal:

To the Circle of Knights:

I, your humble servant, send you greetings. This missive is sent without the knowledge of my commandant and in violation of his orders . I take this action in full knowledge of the consequences it may bring upon me and through the conviction that in doing so, I fulfill my oath.

The commandant has been acting strange of late as if afflicted by some dark spell. I know that information of evil portends has not been forwarded to your august body as required by our charter. Many of our most faithful followers have died suddenly and mysteriously within this last fortnight. The commandant has been too ready with replacements for them, replacements which have an unclear feel.

I ask that you send a knight of pure character and high stature to investigate my conduct and this report. As further evidence, I provide, in its entirety, a letter found on the body of one Hal Horbin, a ranger of the highest character.


The reply:

"Dear Istan:

Far from annoying me, I find the greatest pleasure in responding to your inquiry dear brother. It has been some time since I have turned my mind to the scholarly histories in which I formerly delighted. Your questions regarding the relationship between the War of the Lance and these outposts provides a welcome diversion from my normal duties. But first, a bit of background...

Ansalon is a small continent stretching from the arctic to the equatorial climates in the southern hemisphere of the World of Krynn. It was across the face of this troubled land that the War of the Lance raged in years past and brought our company to its present unhappy fate.

In the 348th year after the Cataclysm, the evil forces of Takhisis, the Queen of Darkness, launched the treacherous war she had long prepared in secret. Striking first north, east, and then south, the armies of evil dragons, fell draconians, and all manner of other evil beings quickly overran the unprepared and the unsuspecting.

The good dragons, historical enemies of the evil dragons, could not ally themselves with the forces of good. As part of the Dark Queen's plan, their eggs were taken as hostage while the great beasts slept. The good dragons' "neutrality" was the price they paid to keep their eggs from harm.

While the good forces' attempts to ally against the common threat were hampered by treachery and old feuds, the evil armies made good use of their time. Quickly consolidating their hold on the newly conquered lands, they struck west and even further south in the winter of 351 A.C.

It was in this year that a group of companions met at the Inn of the Last Home in Solace . The exploits of the companions are now well known-How they gained the disks of Mishakal and returned them with the first true cleric to walk the lands since the Cataclysm . How their discovery that the draconians were the result of the corruption of the good dragon eggs freed the good dragons from their pledge and brought them into the war on the side of good. How they helped Berem to return to the temple outside of Neraka and with his death close the portal that gave Takhisis an entry into Krynn.

It was at this time that many counted the war over. With their queen locked out of this world, the Dragon Armies lost their sense of direction. Many urged the good armies to return home and disband, some were foolish enough to do so.

But evil retained a strong grip on much of the land. The corruption process was stopped, but the good eggs were not returned and the exploits of the companions had given evil yet a new form.

Raistlin Majere, a companion with his brother Caramon, was caught up in the web of power that blazed through the land. While working against the Dark Queen's plans, his own grew ever more ambitious. By the time She was driven out of the land, his own robes, once a neutral red, became as black as his heart.

Through long and macabre studies, he became convinced that he himself could become a god. Not just a god, the most powerful of all gods. Through his plots and machinations, another foul time swept over Ansalon, this one threatening even more defilement than that caused by the DragonArmies. It was only when Raistlin realized that if he persisted, he would be left to rule a dead world, that he relented.

Caught up in this power struggle, evil forces struck again. Kitiara, half-sister to Raistlin and the hero Caramon, organized an attack. Dragons, draconians, men, and other evil creatures bypassed the High Clerist's Tower and fell on Palanthas. The city would have stood against even these forces had it not been for the aid given by Lord Soth and his Death Knights.

None could stand before them as they swept through the city streets. In the very tower where Raistlin did battle with the Dark Queen, Kitiara fell. It is said that Lord Soth took her unwilling and undead body off to a fate far worse than a clean death. Whatever the reason, the Death Knights withdrew and good overthrew the invaders.

With this clear lesson before them, all realized the evil threat could return at any time . With new resolve, the alliance stood to arms again. Led by the Solamnic Knights, the good forces smashed through the remaining DragonArmies. In a long and bitter campaign, the eastern lands were freed. The City of Sanction fell to a bloody siege. Evil was routed and its followers driven deep into hiding.

So as not to be caught unprepared again, the knights established outposts, like this one, throughout the Eastern Lands. With that, the armies withdrew and, save for the knights, were largely disbanded. All depend on our outposts. We are to be vigilant, to stamp out evil where we find it and, if dark plots threaten, to give advance warning to good folk everywhere.

For all of the confidence many felt when Sanction fell, things are not as they could be. Many of the good dragon eggs remain lost. Lord Soth stays secure and apparently untouchable in his fortress (although he provided no aid to the DragonArmies in this last conflict). The knights, on whom so much depends, are stretched too thin. Indeed, it is all the knights can do to provide the outposts with leadership. The work of patrolling, and the like, falls almost entirely on ordinary folk, such as ourselves.

And if the other outposts are like this one, things may be much worse than they appear. Strange events have occurred. We hear rumors. Rumors of settler caravans killed or enslaved. Of a strange force that opens graves and robs the dead. Of evil dragons seen flying to the east. Of entire cities captured and secretly enslaved.

Our commandant sends out patrols and they report nothing. At least those who return have nothing to report. But of late, not all sent out have been coming back. I know the commandant has been urged to report all this, but he has refused to do so.

The fact is that our commandant has not been himself lately. He looks the same and talks the same, but his actions - his feel - are quite different. I fear some dreadful fate awaits us all. A fate we should be able to see but which a dark veil is hiding.

Ah, I babble. We are in the western-most outpost below the deserted City of Throtl. Of all the outposts, we have the least to fear. My regards to our mother. Tell her I am safe and likely to remain that way.

Your brother,
Hal"


Respectfully submitted for your consideration:
Mothus Strongsword
Knight of Tears



Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 26, 2016, 06:29:03 PM
Quote from: MetalDog on October 26, 2016, 06:22:53 PM
I assume you got through the train wreck alright and have time to do this?

I won't lie, I work. A lot. But I'll need to do something like this every so often to blow off some steam. Something weird, funny, obnoxious, ridiculous, and hopefully, entertaining. It might take me time between posts, but I'll get to them. I've been waiting to do this particular series for a while - I bought the collection on GOG on sale whenever it went on sale - what was it, a year ago? And I've yet to play any of the Krynn games.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 26, 2016, 06:32:40 PM
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IMPORTANT GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF NORTHEAST ANSALON

The territories in the game are those that were overrun by the evil armies during the War of the Lance or were occupied by evil beings before that war.

Throtl was the capitol city ofthe Hobgoblins. Neraka was the special city of Takhisis and her temple was located near it. Sanction was a pre-cataclysmic city that was the base of operations for the Dragon Armies. Kernen was the capitol city of the Ogres.

The mountains near Jelek hold Godshome. While these are now empty ruins, it is rumored that an area sacred to the True Gods exists somewhere in these mountains.

The lands are largely empty, save for a few settlers. The City of Sanction is the only area that has come close to its pre-war level of settlement.

Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on October 26, 2016, 06:48:02 PM
Did you say you've never played this particular game before? It's a bit different than the Forgotten Realms games. Better check those old, boring instructions before we head-out the door. Just saying.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 26, 2016, 07:29:35 PM
Quote from: Sir Slash on October 26, 2016, 06:48:02 PM
Did you say you've never played this particular game before? It's a bit different than the Forgotten Realms games. Better check those old, boring instructions before we head-out the door. Just saying.

I've played it before. It's been a while, but yes, I've played all three of them. Though, I don't recall if I actually finished Dark Queen of Krynn.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 26, 2016, 07:44:42 PM
Much to my chagrin, apparently Champions of Krynn does not generate character portraits. :(

That kind of derails character interactions in the weird stories I create off the cuff, so I'm going to have to find/Photoshop some possibilities out there.

Suffice it to say, this is the party composition I landed on. I'll figure out character portraits later.

BC
I went with the usual. The leader of the party should probably be a goody two-shoes Lawful Good Knight with a high everything (including Charisma, to clean up everyone else's messes).
LG Human Male Knight of the Crown

mirth
He didn't give me a lot of choices, but that doesn't matter as his choice fit nicely into the fact that I wanted this party to have a second 'pure' fighter.
CG Hill Dwarf Male Fighter

MD
Usually in my DnD Gold Box games, my third character is almost always a Half-Elf Fighter/Mage. MetalDog pretty much nailed this as one of his choices, fortunately.
CG Half Elf Male Fighter/Mage

Sir Slash
I almost made SS the Knight, but it would be weird to playcall from here, and since the Knight isn't me but some even more goofy/caricature-like person, it's okay that I made SS into this. I'm actually doing something a LOT different here than I normally do; I almost always go for a Human Cleric when creating a Cleric, but in this case I figured having a multi-class Fighter-type (Ranger, specifically, as I really wanted a Ranger in this party but couldn't quite figure out how to put one in) complimenting Cleric abilities.
CG Qualinesti Elf Cleric/Ranger (Mishakal; +1 die on all healing spells, gets Charm Person, Remove Curse, and Bless as bonus spells)

airboy
He said he wanted to be a Thief (and his background in training sales people makes him by far the best at this). and SS raised the very true point that a Kender is an absolute must in the party's composition, so...
NG Kender Male Thief

BBMike
He's the magic-user. Simple. But powerful, because I made this character a Human, so they won't have any level restrictions from this point to the end of the third game.
Human Mage
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on October 26, 2016, 10:18:52 PM
Got my mace packed and ready to put it upside the head of some Dragon Army Scum.  :knuppel2:
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on October 27, 2016, 05:13:36 AM
I hates Dragons.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 27, 2016, 06:46:29 AM
airboy, Sir Slash, MetalDog, BBMike:

List for me a few of your favorite movie/musician/whatever characters. If you cannot think of anyone, tell me that and I'll try to figure it out. This is for your character portraits.

I don't need to ask mirth this question. ;)

Sir Slash, I thought you might want to go with a pug but I leave that choice to you.

BBMike, I recognize the actor in your profile pic but I can't think of his name, nor do I want to assume that would be your pick.

MD, I'd go with Frank Zappa, but again, don't want to assume.

airboy, I have no idea offhand and hope you can give me one or two.

These will be for the convos and such within the game, and if you're familiar with the Pool AAR I started, you already know where I want to go with this.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 27, 2016, 06:46:52 AM
Quote from: mirth on October 27, 2016, 05:13:36 AM
I hates Dragons.

You're going to love this game, then.  O:-)
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: bbmike on October 27, 2016, 08:30:25 AM
That's Carl Kolchak, he has experience with the supernatural! Feel free to use either my avatar picture or this one:

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aarcentral.com%2Fpics%2Fcarl.png&hash=c2e2276fd7d8b431155b58bc42a3dc3707179b25)
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: airboy on October 27, 2016, 08:30:42 AM
Jonny Ramone
or
Grimjack

GrimJack works better for this setting.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on October 27, 2016, 09:51:45 AM
BC, A pug would be just fine for my user/portrait but there's also this pic of my "Sir Slash" from Pillars of Eternity. If you're able to use it.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: JasonPratt on October 27, 2016, 11:55:33 AM
May I add (while subscribing) that making the cleric an elf introduces an ironic level of ironman into the game?

The guy whom you'll be relying on (mostly) for healing and, later, raising the dead, cannot be raised from the dead.  >:D

Edited to add: and I can see all the gfx fine so far.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: airboy on October 27, 2016, 12:03:30 PM
Quote from: JasonPratt on October 27, 2016, 11:55:33 AM
May I add (while subscribing) that making the cleric an elf introduces an ironic level of ironman into the game?

The guy whom you'll be relying on (mostly) for healing and, later, raising the dead, cannot be raised from the dead.  >:D

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you (even if it is impossible).
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: airboy on October 27, 2016, 04:25:28 PM
I think my AAR will be remembered as almost as silly as Groghead Adventures - but with cuter photos.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: MetalDog on October 27, 2016, 06:36:02 PM
FZ is fine by me, B_C.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 27, 2016, 07:41:22 PM
So after a little deliberation, a few questions, and a lot of assumptions, as well as just a short time in Photoshop (and not my best work), here's the lineups. I'll use smaller portraits for any conversations that take place.

First, here's mirth the Hill Dwarf fighter:

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1175.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr624%2FMichaelE6%2F2%2520-%2520Mirth%2520-%2520Hill%2520Dwarf%2520FTR.jpg&hash=5780a4375f3d47704c0bab5f2ed947879c1c0210)

He's looking a little too pleased with himself, for a Dwarf, anyway.

Next, we have MetalDog, the Half Elf fighter/mage:

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1175.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr624%2FMichaelE6%2F3%2520-%2520MD%2520-%2520Half%2520Elf%2520FTR%2520MG.jpg&hash=cac4a576bec9b618c780464e7ddf4829f826926e)

I couldn't resist that one. :)

Now, we have Sir Slash, a Qualinesti Elf cleric/ranger:

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1175.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr624%2FMichaelE6%2F4%2520-%2520Sir%2520Slash%2520-%2520Qualinesti%2520Elf%2520CLE%2520RANG.jpg&hash=59d057c484b17d7514520a7fc53005749d7e6d19)

This thread is officially going to the dogs. (gigglesnort)

And now, we have airboy, a Kender Thief. I've not heard of Grimjack before (gasp, I know), so I did my best, though it was difficult to find images that complimented each other:

(https://i.imgur.com/ILruE6o.jpg)

And our mage, BBMike:

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1175.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr624%2FMichaelE6%2F6%2520-%2520BBMike%2520-%2520Human%2520MAG.jpg&hash=9a6185c0345a24aceea1fc3a5986dcc28d2ee56f)

That one worked pretty well, actually.

And finally, our Solamnic Knight (me), and pretty much Photoshopping my first inspiration for this role.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1175.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr624%2FMichaelE6%2F1%2520-%2520BC%2520-%2520Human%2520SK.jpg&hash=b9f44298cd315c1465a4da54d94ee3cdcf1a030c)

Hopefully, our story ends better than Heisenberg's.


That's the lineup. I'm going to try to get us started this weekend.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on October 27, 2016, 07:42:32 PM
Brilliant!  :2funny:
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: airboy on October 27, 2016, 08:23:18 PM
That was laugh out loud funny.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Barthheart on October 27, 2016, 08:30:37 PM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on October 27, 2016, 07:41:22 PM
...
And now, we have airboy, a Kender Thief. I've not heard of Grimjack before (gasp, I know), so I did my best, though it was difficult to find images that complimented each other:

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1175.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr624%2FMichaelE6%2F5%2520-%2520airboy%2520-%2520Kender%2520THF.jpg&hash=47a17d30b0e69415abc0d1af3d40312404dd62e0)
....

Nice cleavage Airboy!  :2funny:
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: JasonPratt on October 27, 2016, 08:32:17 PM
Yeah, I thought the pugleric was the most disturbing thing I'd seen all week, until the next photo appeared. I... I don't even...  :o
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 27, 2016, 08:46:48 PM
Quote from: Barthheart on October 27, 2016, 08:30:37 PM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on October 27, 2016, 07:41:22 PM
...
And now, we have airboy, a Kender Thief. I've not heard of Grimjack before (gasp, I know), so I did my best, though it was difficult to find images that complimented each other:

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1175.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr624%2FMichaelE6%2F5%2520-%2520airboy%2520-%2520Kender%2520THF.jpg&hash=47a17d30b0e69415abc0d1af3d40312404dd62e0)
....

Nice cleavage Airboy!  :2funny:

Hahahahahaha! Oh, sh*t. I'm more tired than I thought; I totally missed that. I'll fix it tomorrow.  :-[
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on October 27, 2016, 09:45:03 PM
That'll teach you not to look at a girls tits before her face forever more.  ;D  I'm wondering though about the Cleric/Ranger (me). Jason had a good point about the Cleric being the only one in the party able to heal or resurrect someone and with the divided class, leveling-up is going to be mighty slow. Also the Ranger class does extra damage to 'Giant' classed enemies and there's going to be plenty of those in this game--- they start with a 'D' and end in 'ragon'. So you don't want your Cleric in the main line of fighting but you do want your Ranger there against the big monsters. Would it be better to have a true Cleric character and a true Ranger character instead of just one character splitting the two? I'm all in either way and Sir Pugalot will give his last once of strength and curled-up tail for the good of all.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on October 27, 2016, 09:50:12 PM
You hang back, Pugsley. I'll take care of those pesky Dragons.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: MetalDog on October 27, 2016, 09:53:20 PM
We'll need some fire support and someone to protect the mage.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on October 27, 2016, 09:58:18 PM
I'm just worried my character will be constantly distracted by Airboy's bosoms.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on October 27, 2016, 10:00:08 PM
Didn't you hear? Murray the Mountain Dwarf will handle all the tough stuff leaving the rest of us to swill ale. I haven't swilled in quite a while so I maybe a little slow with it at first.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on October 27, 2016, 10:03:26 PM
No doubt 'handling the tough stuff' lead to the need for frequent resurrecting :P
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: airboy on October 27, 2016, 11:09:12 PM
Quote from: Barthheart on October 27, 2016, 08:30:37 PM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on October 27, 2016, 07:41:22 PM
...
And now, we have airboy, a Kender Thief. I've not heard of Grimjack before (gasp, I know), so I did my best, though it was difficult to find images that complimented each other:

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1175.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr624%2FMichaelE6%2F5%2520-%2520airboy%2520-%2520Kender%2520THF.jpg&hash=47a17d30b0e69415abc0d1af3d40312404dd62e0)
....

Nice cleavage Airboy!  :2funny:

I'm hot! (at least from the neck down). 
For Mirth that would be a charisma of 18 because he can never look a "real woman" in the eyes with this sort of distraction.

But all of you are mad because I can dual wield around my chest obstacles.  That takes a true skilled professional!
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 28, 2016, 05:20:36 AM
Quote from: Sir Slash on October 27, 2016, 09:45:03 PM
I'm wondering though about the Cleric/Ranger (me). Jason had a good point about the Cleric being the only one in the party able to heal or resurrect someone and with the divided class, leveling-up is going to be mighty slow. Also the Ranger class does extra damage to 'Giant' classed enemies and there's going to be plenty of those in this game--- they start with a 'D' and end in 'ragon'. So you don't want your Cleric in the main line of fighting but you do want your Ranger there against the big monsters. Would it be better to have a true Cleric character and a true Ranger character instead of just one character splitting the two? I'm all in either way and Sir Pugalot will give his last once of strength and curled-up tail for the good of all.

I've been second-guessing the cleric/ranger thing since I created the character, to be honest, only because a Human Cleric would not be level capped and would have access to tons of Cleric spells. I really did want a Ranger in the party, but that didn't pan out from your guys' choices. I really do not want to second guess the choices I've made, but it's too late for that now, especially with your feedback.

Mirth: would you object to being a Hill Dwarf Ranger? I just double checked and it is an allowable class for your choice of Hill Dwarf.

If that is acceptable, Sir Slash, I'll change your character to a Human Cleric.

I can keep mirth's portrait the same I think but I'd need to change SS's.

And definitely need to change Airboy's.  :-\
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on October 28, 2016, 05:36:24 AM
I'm cool with being a Ranger.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 28, 2016, 05:50:15 AM
Ok, thanks, Mirth.

I redid airboy's portrait but Photobucket is being a pain again (big surprise). So here it is through imgur:

(https://i.imgur.com/ILruE6o.jpg)

I also updated the previous page's image, though that won't change the hilarity of my error.  :))
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on October 28, 2016, 06:20:58 AM
He's a lot less interesting now :P
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 28, 2016, 06:36:34 AM
Quote from: mirth on October 28, 2016, 06:20:58 AM
He's a lot less interesting now :P

I'm not touching LGBT issues in this thread...

By the way, do you like this better, mirth, or the original?

(https://i.imgur.com/Ypa4Se0.jpg)
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: bbmike on October 28, 2016, 06:53:08 AM
Those are awesome, BC!  :2funny:
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on October 28, 2016, 06:53:56 AM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on October 28, 2016, 06:36:34 AM
Quote from: mirth on October 28, 2016, 06:20:58 AM
He's a lot less interesting now :P

I'm not touching LGBT issues in this thread...

By the way, do you like this better, mirth, or the original?

(https://i.imgur.com/Ypa4Se0.jpg)

This one. Thanks!
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 28, 2016, 07:17:26 AM
That's Bill Murray from the cover of the movie Scrooged behind that bushy beard.

Okay, looks like we're set for a launch in the next few days hopefully. Thanks everyone for following along and for the positive feedback thus far, it's greatly appreciated!
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Barthheart on October 28, 2016, 07:23:02 AM
Bring back airboy's moobs!  :tickedoff:
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 28, 2016, 07:49:35 AM
Quote from: Barthheart on October 28, 2016, 07:23:02 AM
Bring back airboy's moobs!  :tickedoff:

(https://cdn.meme.am/instances/500x/51448091.jpg)
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 28, 2016, 05:29:54 PM
Photobucket has been having problems for days, and there's thousands of PO'd people out there. What ya gonna do for a free service, though? Still, it's a PITA.

Anyway, I'll keep this short.

Champions of Krynn - Game Introduction

(https://i.imgur.com/6Kz2qby.jpg)

That pink, though.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reactiongifs.com%2Fr%2F2013%2F10%2Fwoah.gif&hash=5dbdb5285d767bd981167dfdc2f483d87c552a3e)

(https://i.imgur.com/KibQ1vF.jpg)

Champions of Krynn is an old school Dungeons & Dragons Gold Box game. Released originally in 1990, now (gasp) 26 years ago, it was the first of three Krynn-themed DragonLance games. At the time, this was beholden to the rules of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editions_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons#Advanced_Dungeons_.26_Dragons). Those familiar with the Companions from the original DragonLance novels, specifically, the Chronicles Trilogy (I know, I know...it's probably "Dragonlance," but I'm going to capitalize the 'L,' mmkay?) will recognize several names and settings. I myself only within the last few years actually read those Chronicles novels.

(https://i.imgur.com/VueyREV.jpg)

I've already gone in depth on the characters involved in the game, as well as the changes to this point, so go back and read all that if you want to see what I'm putting in to this game world. Hopefully I can make this entertaining. As usual though, I am doing this by the seat of my pants and praying inspiration will strike appropriately.

The first part will be starting soon. I HAD to take a break from work before I start dreaming of giant generators.

Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Nefaro on October 28, 2016, 05:35:28 PM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on October 28, 2016, 05:29:54 PM
Photobucket has been having problems for days, and there's thousands of PO'd people out there. What ya gonna do for a free service, though? Still, it's a PITA.



I currently use Tinypic, or Postimage.org.   No sign-up requirements.  Although you gotta do some Humanity Confirmation tests on occasion.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 28, 2016, 05:45:43 PM
Quote from: Nefaro on October 28, 2016, 05:35:28 PM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on October 28, 2016, 05:29:54 PM
Photobucket has been having problems for days, and there's thousands of PO'd people out there. What ya gonna do for a free service, though? Still, it's a PITA.



I currently use Tinypic, or Postimage.org.   No sign-up requirements.  Although you gotta do some Humanity Confirmation tests on occasion.

Thanks, Nef, but Postimage.org is having issues with funding, at least according to their site.

I'm using imgur right now, and it's actually quicker than having to go through Photobucket's process...though I prefer PB just because I need to log in and I can have all of those pictures in my account. I'm hoping the imgur images won't go and disappear into thin air, which is why I'm trying to put this start off. It's my understanding that imgur only hosts images for six months unless they get viewed at least once in that time, otherwise, they delete 'em.

Maybe Tinypic would work, as it says getting an account and uploading to it will save your pics indefinitely. I might move over to that if PB can't get its shite straight in the next day or so.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 28, 2016, 06:04:14 PM
One thing I didn't post is the new character image I did for Sir Slash, since he's now a Human Cleric and not a Q-Elf Cleric/Ranger:

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi64.tinypic.com%2F25stpw8.jpg&hash=3e23c11a2e4efa42737fa9d0b6ea6bcb3fb698a0)

Looks like tinypic is working - thanks for the reference, Nef!
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 28, 2016, 07:02:16 PM
1. So First, Solace

Yes, MD...I am going to attempt to make every story section title a "play on words," or "pun" as you so magnificently know them. Don't worry, they'll be lame.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Our story begins after the War of the Lance. Evil armies have been shattered and most of the forces of good have returned to their homelands, leaving only outposts to safeguard the recovered lands.

While the most powerful of scourges have been eradicated or driven from the lands, the scars of the war remain behind. Within those scars hide some vestiges of evil, left over from the War, hiding from certain death. Still, as the people attempt to reclaim their shattered villages and re-till their blood-soaked farm lands, those vestiges remain to be...addressed. They could have easily been wiped out by the armies of good, but they themselves had their own lands to rebuild, their own families to return to.

As such, there are plenty of possibilities for finding trouble, as many adventurers recently arrived in the town of Solace have found. Not just trouble, but also weapons and magic of renown; many hope they have been left behind by the battling armies. There's no telling what riches may remain, or might be scattered in various broken towers or desolate battle-scapes.

Some adventurers gather for the promise of riches and quick steel; others to wet their blades and mauls with the blood of enemies; still more to rub out the remaining stains of evil that blot the land.

Why, pray, do our adventurers gather together here? What could possibly be worth leaving their worlds behind to strike out against the rumors of still-powerful evil forces in hiding nearby? Why gather in these remote border outposts where resources are scarce and hardships plenty?

Let's turn everything over to our Eye in the Sky, Quaervaervaxthanususssesus Smith.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F14ka6vo.jpg&hash=6f7a7df5faa85d2f62cbc714488ee552067a585e)

...you KNOW I'm in the dungeon, guys. They haven't let me out in a millenia.

Anyway.

I spoke earlier with these so-called "heroes" - these ruiners of innocent monster lives, these treacharous invaders of peaceful underground dwellings where creatures lurk to remain out of the sight of hateful adventurers - they are out for one thing and one thing only:

Experience points.

No matter what they said to me, keep this in mind, loyal viewers. Here's what these wannabe genocide masters had to say for themselves, as to why they're really here.


Sir Slash, Human Male, 45 (315 in Pug years):
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F2uff5g6.jpg&hash=d9d9a9b7e8b6de8389309206f62e5f1856e03ac3) I am here to spread the righteousness of my Lord, Mishakal, to bring peace to lands that have suffered far too long.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F169mdz5.jpg&hash=1e16e84ff9dc926a00b838adf98e51784f2dc2a3) Pray, how do you define "peace," exactly?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F2uff5g6.jpg&hash=d9d9a9b7e8b6de8389309206f62e5f1856e03ac3) ...well, she IS the Goddess of healing and restoration, both in body and in the spirits of mortals.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F169mdz5.jpg&hash=1e16e84ff9dc926a00b838adf98e51784f2dc2a3) I see, I see...so, the hell with the undead, then?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F2uff5g6.jpg&hash=d9d9a9b7e8b6de8389309206f62e5f1856e03ac3) Excuse me?!?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F169mdz5.jpg&hash=1e16e84ff9dc926a00b838adf98e51784f2dc2a3) You've made it far too clear to our viewers: you're a dead-hater. How dare you, uh...sir. How. Dare. You.


Airboy, Kender Male, 42:

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2Fvwrcis.jpg&hash=f2bd5f22e5f0fbc0add30b5a1b0f7c09f6467f20) ...money.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F169mdz5.jpg&hash=1e16e84ff9dc926a00b838adf98e51784f2dc2a3) ...

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2Fvwrcis.jpg&hash=f2bd5f22e5f0fbc0add30b5a1b0f7c09f6467f20) ...

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F169mdz5.jpg&hash=1e16e84ff9dc926a00b838adf98e51784f2dc2a3) ...and?!?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2Fvwrcis.jpg&hash=f2bd5f22e5f0fbc0add30b5a1b0f7c09f6467f20) ...annnnnd...wot?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F169mdz5.jpg&hash=1e16e84ff9dc926a00b838adf98e51784f2dc2a3) (looks into camera, shakes head slowly...)


Mirth, Hill Dwarf Male, 102:

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2d005jd.jpg&hash=a04bc6ef7066be862d1d4e1d1a5f1c5b6c6006ae) TO PARTY!!!!!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F169mdz5.jpg&hash=1e16e84ff9dc926a00b838adf98e51784f2dc2a3) Yes, well, we KNOW you're joining a party...

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2d005jd.jpg&hash=a04bc6ef7066be862d1d4e1d1a5f1c5b6c6006ae) IT'S GOING TO BE EPIC, BRO!!!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F169mdz5.jpg&hash=1e16e84ff9dc926a00b838adf98e51784f2dc2a3) ...soooo...that's the ONLY reason? To..."party," to use a noun as a verb, as you so eloquently put it?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2d005jd.jpg&hash=a04bc6ef7066be862d1d4e1d1a5f1c5b6c6006ae) YEAH. AND SHOOT THINGS.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F169mdz5.jpg&hash=1e16e84ff9dc926a00b838adf98e51784f2dc2a3) Clearly, monster lives don't matter to you.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2d005jd.jpg&hash=a04bc6ef7066be862d1d4e1d1a5f1c5b6c6006ae) WELL...NO, THEY'RE THE ONES GUARDING THE TREASURES, SEE? SO YA GOTTA SHOOT 'EM, BRO!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F169mdz5.jpg&hash=1e16e84ff9dc926a00b838adf98e51784f2dc2a3) Dear viewers, out there in dungeon land: beware these heathens.


MetalDog, half-breed Half Elf Male, 58:

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F51bupd.jpg&hash=8038f2421d790d4387f824e35a497bf688fd7de0) ...wait, what was the...question? Was it?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F169mdz5.jpg&hash=1e16e84ff9dc926a00b838adf98e51784f2dc2a3) We asked you WHY you've come here.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F51bupd.jpg&hash=8038f2421d790d4387f824e35a497bf688fd7de0) Oh! Uh...wait, I...had it...OH! I'm...going to have pizza and...learn about...Cccuuuba?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F169mdz5.jpg&hash=1e16e84ff9dc926a00b838adf98e51784f2dc2a3) Cuba.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F51bupd.jpg&hash=8038f2421d790d4387f824e35a497bf688fd7de0) No, what are you...high? Cuba! Pfft, hahahaha. No. I heard things were, like...broken and stuff. Relax, all right? I'm here now. My old man is a horse trough repairman, he's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F169mdz5.jpg&hash=1e16e84ff9dc926a00b838adf98e51784f2dc2a3) Perhaps local authorities should be mindful of...crimes against plant life in the following months.


BBMike, Human Mage, 50:

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F2qbfw38.jpg&hash=a7905b7311bef54e269bcf433a55a2dece5cf33b) J-j-just checking out the books, sir.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F169mdz5.jpg&hash=1e16e84ff9dc926a00b838adf98e51784f2dc2a3) Books, eh? You plan on taking all the tomes of knowledge left that have not yet been burned, and have a HUGE BONFIRE, DON'T YOU, YOU BOOK-BURNING NAZI?!?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F2qbfw38.jpg&hash=a7905b7311bef54e269bcf433a55a2dece5cf33b) I...wait...uh...no? Burning? Ha! Err...no! Of course not.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F169mdz5.jpg&hash=1e16e84ff9dc926a00b838adf98e51784f2dc2a3) So. BBMike. When did you STOP burning books?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F2qbfw38.jpg&hash=a7905b7311bef54e269bcf433a55a2dece5cf33b) I...huh? No, I...

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F169mdz5.jpg&hash=1e16e84ff9dc926a00b838adf98e51784f2dc2a3) All aspects of culture in Krynn are subject to the whims of these so-called 'adventurers!' Pathetic!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F2qbfw38.jpg&hash=a7905b7311bef54e269bcf433a55a2dece5cf33b) *sob*


Banzai-Cat, Human Solamnic Knight, 46:

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fe0raf6.jpg&hash=3e5768b2be5ddcf7332187a9ffba14813e5b3a30) I'm going to cook.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F169mdz5.jpg&hash=1e16e84ff9dc926a00b838adf98e51784f2dc2a3) A-HA! You're going to hunt, kill, and then barbarically EAT the denizens of these lands?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fe0raf6.jpg&hash=3e5768b2be5ddcf7332187a9ffba14813e5b3a30) No, but that does sound delightful, now that you mention it.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F169mdz5.jpg&hash=1e16e84ff9dc926a00b838adf98e51784f2dc2a3) Egads!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fe0raf6.jpg&hash=3e5768b2be5ddcf7332187a9ffba14813e5b3a30) Tell me, is your kind better served with a blush or a nice white?


(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F14ka6vo.jpg&hash=6f7a7df5faa85d2f62cbc714488ee552067a585e)

There you have it, gentle beings. Tragedy, despair, death, looting, and ruination of vast cultures, all for the draw of power and greed.

Until next time, I'm Quaervaervaxthanususssesus Smith saying, "You've said a mouthful!"








Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: airboy on October 28, 2016, 07:19:08 PM
Greed is good - Grimjack

Monster Lives Don't Matter - Everyone
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Barthheart on October 28, 2016, 08:08:39 PM
Moobs! - everyone else.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on October 28, 2016, 11:04:07 PM
I cast the Curse of the Too Tight Tie on that Q Smith guy. Followed by lifting my leg on his slacks.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 29, 2016, 09:23:50 AM
2. Solace See What's Going On, Here


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The Inn of the Last Home was built high up in the arms of a mighty vallenwood tree, as were all other buildings in Solace. The citizens of the town had decided to take to the trees during the chaos and terror of the Cataclysm.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lunasreview.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F10%2Finn.jpg&hash=05933f7145834eb0992fa854f0b8510411618080)

Thusly, it became known as "the tree town," but despite this simplistic label, it was one of the few truly breathtaking things of beauty left in the ruins of the War's aftermath.

(From DragonLance Lexicon (http://dragonlancenexus.com/lexicon/index.php?title=Inn_of_the_Last_Home): )
When Solace was first founded following the Cataclysm, it was only a few short years before a powerful man known as Krale the Strong, decided to build an inn. In these early times of the Age of Despair, desperate marauders would come through the village, prompting the residents of Solace to build their homes in the trees. Krale built the base of the inn from one giant stone, which he raised into a great vallenwood tree through a winch system. Thus suspended and secured forty feet above the ground, he built the rest of the inn into the tree and around his base with the staircase running around the tree. As one would enter the inn they would see a large bean-shaped common room with the only stonework being the fireplace. The floor and ceiling was supported by the vallenwood's smaller limbs. There was only one other exit to the building, and it was a hole in the kitchen that a rope dangled from.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F1zxbp88.jpg&hash=f0098e5c8e4158cb6697c76e10ed8d9629b1d53e)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F2qbfw38.jpg&hash=a7905b7311bef54e269bcf433a55a2dece5cf33b) (...uhh..."brave" band? "GRIM" journey? (Gulp)..."last vestiges of...of...evil?")

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fe0raf6.jpg&hash=3e5768b2be5ddcf7332187a9ffba14813e5b3a30) Yes. What did you think we were coming here for? To admire the architecture?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F2qbfw38.jpg&hash=a7905b7311bef54e269bcf433a55a2dece5cf33b) Well, no, I...uh...I just thought the expedition would be more in an academic vein.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fe0raf6.jpg&hash=3e5768b2be5ddcf7332187a9ffba14813e5b3a30) Guess what, mage? You got the bonus package.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2Fs1p7yq.jpg&hash=92bd5d40eb72e6db6a3ad866e322a06e81c817f5)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2nruyx.jpg&hash=96703375e8dbcfcc835bbd359e119cec2b4095d5) Finally. My tongue tastes like the insides of a Baaz whore's backside.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F2uff5g6.jpg&hash=d9d9a9b7e8b6de8389309206f62e5f1856e03ac3) Such colorful euphamisms to express a craving for ale, good sir!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2nruyx.jpg&hash=96703375e8dbcfcc835bbd359e119cec2b4095d5) My tongue feels like that, but your face looks like that. Was your mother scared by a wardog or something?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F2uff5g6.jpg&hash=d9d9a9b7e8b6de8389309206f62e5f1856e03ac3) My mother said...said I was beautiful! (*sniff*)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F15q21xz.jpg&hash=2fd3b37647a2efc38d2dfcf2f90eefcc47b86bb8)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2d005jd.jpg&hash=a04bc6ef7066be862d1d4e1d1a5f1c5b6c6006ae) 'THROTTLE,' EH? SOUNDS EXTREEEEEEEME!!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2nruyx.jpg&hash=96703375e8dbcfcc835bbd359e119cec2b4095d5) It's 'Throtl.'

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2d005jd.jpg&hash=a04bc6ef7066be862d1d4e1d1a5f1c5b6c6006ae) HUH? WHY?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2Fvwrcis.jpg&hash=f2bd5f22e5f0fbc0add30b5a1b0f7c09f6467f20) 'S named by a buncha Hobbos, innit?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2d005jd.jpg&hash=a04bc6ef7066be862d1d4e1d1a5f1c5b6c6006ae) HOBBOS? WHAT'S THAT? CAN YOU SHOOT IT? CAN YOU LOOT IT?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2Fvwrcis.jpg&hash=f2bd5f22e5f0fbc0add30b5a1b0f7c09f6467f20) Oooohhhhh yeah, mate. Oh, yeah.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2d005jd.jpg&hash=a04bc6ef7066be862d1d4e1d1a5f1c5b6c6006ae) SWEEEEEET

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi66.tinypic.com%2F1676lj5.jpg&hash=26ca27cf0ced4990f2d5e1a2f63e9bd68d337270)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2F21o79sj.jpg&hash=8755d7077fbc5741cf7e696a79628d3a6a7c5bae)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F51bupd.jpg&hash=8038f2421d790d4387f824e35a497bf688fd7de0) Duuude. I thought we were...like, traveling with him?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fe0raf6.jpg&hash=3e5768b2be5ddcf7332187a9ffba14813e5b3a30) Best not to ask too many questions at this time.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2Fifafl1.jpg&hash=2bf58f6f92a37f2949838ccf05648f84ed10c4e2)

Journal Entry 51:

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2nruyx.jpg&hash=96703375e8dbcfcc835bbd359e119cec2b4095d5) 'The worst monsters our scouts have reported anywhere in the area are hobgoblins. Draconians and evil dragons have long since abandoned this area to our forces. Still, be a little wary on your way to Throtl. Also, be sure to report back here immediately, if anything unusual or dangerous occurs. This outpost depends on information brought back by patrols such as yours. Good luck and may Paladine watch over you."

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F2qbfw38.jpg&hash=a7905b7311bef54e269bcf433a55a2dece5cf33b) He's suddenly not a jerk anymore?!?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2Fvwrcis.jpg&hash=f2bd5f22e5f0fbc0add30b5a1b0f7c09f6467f20) Plot exposition, mate. Stick with us, 'ere.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2Fwsmvwy.jpg&hash=b1b1394fdee59b12c7e2e696e30dbc349ad34df2)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F2hnrqc2.jpg&hash=799d4c55ee33159145d94ba4b9a41d6d441ccb7a)

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After making changes to the party's order, we visited the Armory where I found we had the princely sum of 58 steel pieces. I think this amount is randomized; I had started the game earlier with the other versions of mirth and Sir Slash, and it had given us 68 steel pieces.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi64.tinypic.com%2Feg9jc.jpg&hash=7eb3755762e88175bcca5a85cd9c349739c8d69d)

Luckily, the Knight starts with Plate Mail, a Shield, and a Long Sword. Our main tank is well-equipped right from the get-go.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi64.tinypic.com%2Fokq6qg.jpg&hash=d32202c51977f34da8ae14943f903d9cb83b0fa8)

The so-called Armory, though, has precisely squat to choose from. I have to settle on Ring Mail and Long Swords for mirth and MetalDog, Ring Mail and a Mace for Sir Slash, Leather Armor and a Hoopak for our resident Kender, and about 60 Darts for our Mage before I run out of money.

I don't think I've ever run out of money trying to equip a party at the beginning of a game, before. This certainly will be interesting.

Next is the business of memorizing spells. Both our mage spellcasters are well-endowed with Intelligence, so I equip both with two Sleep and two Magic Missile spells.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F2qs5fdc.jpg&hash=85dbc4bb5358b4fd82937f8cf5e9b1739fbe8cca)

As for Sir Slash, his goddess gives him three bonus 1st-level spells, as you can see here:

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Frw0xdv.jpg&hash=108d4079bff6098c3ad151015ae8620d6b50f173)

Once we've slept and memorized everything, I go and visit the Commandant, Sir Karl, again...just to be sure we're not missing anything.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F19r2fq.jpg&hash=8b5f5d8b12fe6305ead0739437dd23f0be0c5ffc)

Before we leave, I decide to hit up the Bar.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2d005jd.jpg&hash=a04bc6ef7066be862d1d4e1d1a5f1c5b6c6006ae) HELLS YEAH!!

(sigh)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fm76dcy.jpg&hash=5794e967e99384cea99895e38ba27cd5d281a4e4)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2F2iv00hu.jpg&hash=c9dc25f14dca1f71b3f2033bec9f868564ee0a06)

Tavern Tale 40:
"Don't drink the beer. The bartender washes his feet in it."


:o

Well, that's a great way to get this scouting mission off to the races.



Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on October 29, 2016, 09:40:28 AM
Lets see. An Inn with a fireplace built inside a tree. What could go wrong there huh? Any one want to bet there's trouble in Throtl?
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: airboy on October 29, 2016, 12:09:24 PM
What is a "Hoopak?"  Is it a razor edged hula-hoop?
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 29, 2016, 12:27:02 PM
3. Throtl, Schmotl


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Once we are stocked, spelled, and more or less ready to head out...

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F2qbfw38.jpg&hash=a7905b7311bef54e269bcf433a55a2dece5cf33b) S-s-s-s-speak for y-yourself-f...

...where MOST of us are ready to head out, we leave the outpost on our way to Throtl.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi66.tinypic.com%2Fofa5ae.jpg&hash=17c745d29c11a8de91561809c1677783dea3691b)

The journey is short, which is good, as there's less chance of random encounters. However, we cannot see the Hobgoblin city of Throtl thanks to it being surrounded by a series of low rises.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi66.tinypic.com%2F13yi1bb.jpg&hash=8f781ce3b1d668992430372abebe7c52ae8e9fce)

And before we even get near the city itself, we come upon an act of genocide.

Pretty much a magnet for Good-aligned characters.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F51bupd.jpg&hash=8038f2421d790d4387f824e35a497bf688fd7de0) Duuude...why the hate, man?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2F2pzejqb.jpg&hash=50ed12417c65630c81919f4694cca2d4c9b772e8) SSSSSTAND BACK, MORTALLSSS

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F51bupd.jpg&hash=8038f2421d790d4387f824e35a497bf688fd7de0) "Mortal?" Duude, you're a mortal, you know?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2F2pzejqb.jpg&hash=50ed12417c65630c81919f4694cca2d4c9b772e8) YOUR KIND TURNED MY BROTHER INTO BOOTSSSSS

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2d005jd.jpg&hash=a04bc6ef7066be862d1d4e1d1a5f1c5b6c6006ae) YOUR SKIN IS GOLD. I AM A RANGER. I HAVE +4 TO BOOTSMITHING.

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Yeah, there's no getting out of this one.

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This battle begins with us about 20 or so spaces away from the Draconians. I'm not going to charge them, not with 1st-level characters! That's a Kobold move if there ever was one.

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There's only four Baaz. But, Baaz are a major pain in the hiney.

From the Adventurer's Journal:

BAAZ: Made from brass dragon eggs, they are the most common of the draconians. When killed, Baaz will turn to stone and then crumble into a pile of rubble. The weapon used to slay a Baaz will sometimes be trapped in its crumbling stone corpse and pulled from a character's hand. If a weapon is lost it is automatically retrieved after the combat is completed unless the party fled.

That little ability to turn to stone upon death and wrench away one's weapon can really mess up a starting party. I remember having problems with these little bastards when I played this so many years ago.

I just order everyone to spread out and set them to 'Guard' so they'll get a free attack when the Baaz enter an adjacent space.

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It doesn't take them long to cover the space between us. Despite our party's self-confidence, the Baaz here are a tough first encounter.

(Note to self, and the readers: it's damn hard to get a screenshot at just the right moment in combat, apparently. It was a lot easier in Pool of Radiance. I'm going to have to look at the game's Speed settings and the screen capture software's settings, too - it's not very quick on the draw.)

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As usual, my non-melee-expert party members harvest a terrible toll among the enemy, while my actual fighters miss a lot.

I'm pretty certain a few of the Baaz 'stole' our weapons after we killed them, though I had honestly forgotten about this little ability of theirs until after the fact, so I wasn't looking for it.

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That experience, though.

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We're...rich.

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They beat the crap out of some of us. Sir Slash got the brunt of it.

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Ah, victory.

Sweet victory!

Our party's first win. Though we are a bit banged up, we live and have a few more coins than when we left the outpost. Any win you can walk away from, with a slightly heavier purse, is a good win.

We stand there, smiling in great satisfaction, expecting a parade and cheering from the adoring survivors of the slaughter...

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...Well, the wails and lamentations of those we rescued are...good enough, I guess?

We look around, poking at the stone dead Baaz, trying to comfort the survivors, when suddenly one of the Dracos jumps up suddenly. It looks like an Aurak, which can use magic and is a LOT more dangerous than a Baaz.

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Before we can do anything about this guy...

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Great. One win, one tie, I guess?

Still standing there disbelieving we were just accosted and laughed at by some cut-rate dragon, the survivors approach us.

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"Do you help?"

I mean, is there a clearer dick move path than to reply, NO?

Of course we help. Most of us are Chaotic Good, so it's the right thing to do.

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You're welcome. It's not like we had to trudge across the Plane of Fire. It was about three steps from the outpost.

Besides, we needed to heal up and re-memorize spells. MetalDog and BBMike each cast several Magic Missiles in that battle, and if we're going back to Throtl, I'd prefer everyone to be at full strength first.

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So the Knight will always give away 10% of his money to the church whenever he enters a civilized area. I think it's *his* money and not the *party's*, but I could be mistaken.

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We rest up, heal, and re-memorize spells.

We're going to go report to Sir Karl before we head back out; I assume news of the massacre has reached him already but it makes sense that we stop by to see if anything triggers, of course.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 29, 2016, 12:28:32 PM
Quote from: airboy on October 29, 2016, 12:09:24 PM
What is a "Hoopak?"  Is it a razor edged hula-hoop?

Hoopaks are combo melee/ranged weapons that are unique and only usable by Kender. They're not very powerful but they're versatile. I think they become more useful as the Kender wielding it levels up.

Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: JasonPratt on October 29, 2016, 08:37:02 PM
Quote from: Sir Slash on October 29, 2016, 09:40:28 AM
Lets see. An Inn with a fireplace built inside a tree. What could go wrong there huh?

Technically the fireplace (and the chimney) was stone, as was the floor, but yeah, always seemed a bit daring to me.

As it happens, the Inn was whomped out of the tree at some point in... book 1? Can't recall exactly. So it isn't in the tree anymore. The game art correctly shows it on the ground. I didn't read much past the main six books (although there are a number of series and short stories and novels set after the main two trilogies), but I don't recall it being put back in a tree soon after the end of the main story. (It couldn't be put back in THAT tree anyway: the game-art also correctly shows the tree thrown down behind the Inn.)

Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: JasonPratt on October 29, 2016, 08:39:15 PM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on October 29, 2016, 12:28:32 PM
Quote from: airboy on October 29, 2016, 12:09:24 PM
What is a "Hoopak?"  Is it a razor edged hula-hoop?

Hoopaks are combo melee/ranged weapons that are unique and only usable by Kender. They're not very powerful but they're versatile. I think they become more useful as the Kender wielding it levels up.

I recall them being a little more powerful than the sling often used by mages in AD&D, but of course the nice thing is that you don't have to take time to switch them out with a melee weapon: they act like a quarterstaff immediately.

Come to think of it, a hoopak would go great with a kender mage. Can't recall if kender can be mages, though.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on October 29, 2016, 11:31:42 PM
Great start BC. That's a smack in the Dark Queen's face. No... not Hillary. The OTHER Dark Queen.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on October 30, 2016, 09:53:29 AM
I'm gonna look good in my new Draco skin boots.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on November 02, 2016, 05:53:01 PM
4. Dungeons and Draconians


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Okay, okay, I get it. Sir Karl and the Commandant are NOT the same person. Though, it sure as hell seemed like that to me, the way the narrative started off.

It's just as well, as will be made more clear here momentarily (especially if I confused anyone).

We leave the Inn for the Commandant's office, just to check in before heading back to Throtl. As mentioned, it's important to ensure that we're visiting him, not just for role-playing reasons but also for triggering any additional events.

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Sir Karl just killed a shape-shifting Draconian.

Wonderful. So apparently, they can do that.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2nruyx.jpg&hash=96703375e8dbcfcc835bbd359e119cec2b4095d5) I was afraid of this.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fe0raf6.jpg&hash=3e5768b2be5ddcf7332187a9ffba14813e5b3a30) Oh, really?!? Really. Were you, Sir Karl? Were you planning on telling US anytime soon?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F51bupd.jpg&hash=8038f2421d790d4387f824e35a497bf688fd7de0) Uncool, bro.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2nruyx.jpg&hash=96703375e8dbcfcc835bbd359e119cec2b4095d5) I was merely suspicious, Sir Banzai-Cat. I did not have enough evidence to go on. Until a few moments ago.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2d005jd.jpg&hash=a04bc6ef7066be862d1d4e1d1a5f1c5b6c6006ae) WHAT GAVE IT AWAY, SLICK?!?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2nruyx.jpg&hash=96703375e8dbcfcc835bbd359e119cec2b4095d5) The Commandant seemed perplexed about something. I pressed. He evaded. So, I resorted to the ultimate commensuration weapon that we Knights have available to us.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fe0raf6.jpg&hash=3e5768b2be5ddcf7332187a9ffba14813e5b3a30) (Gasp) Whoa. Now, wait a minute...not that!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2nruyx.jpg&hash=96703375e8dbcfcc835bbd359e119cec2b4095d5) That's right. First, I said, "I do not wish to dragon this on and take up too much of your time, Commandant..."

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F2uff5g6.jpg&hash=d9d9a9b7e8b6de8389309206f62e5f1856e03ac3) Heh.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2nruyx.jpg&hash=96703375e8dbcfcc835bbd359e119cec2b4095d5) He got a strange look in his eye, so I continued with, "What has clawed its way into your breast to perplex you, sir?" With his silence, which I interpreted as tacit approval, I continued...

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2Fvwrcis.jpg&hash=f2bd5f22e5f0fbc0add30b5a1b0f7c09f6467f20) Hrrm.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2nruyx.jpg&hash=96703375e8dbcfcc835bbd359e119cec2b4095d5) I said, "Allow me to tell you a tail of fangtastic proportions. Perhaps it will tip the scales of your perplexion in your favor..."

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fe0raf6.jpg&hash=3e5768b2be5ddcf7332187a9ffba14813e5b3a30) Heh. Nice.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F51bupd.jpg&hash=8038f2421d790d4387f824e35a497bf688fd7de0) Y-you're a monster.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2nruyx.jpg&hash=96703375e8dbcfcc835bbd359e119cec2b4095d5) That did it. He lunged at me, I ran him through as you saw when you walked in. Puns are indeed the best weapons of a Knight.

After that little brou-ha-ha, we reported what we found with the caravan earlier, how the Draconians were massacring innocents and seemed to be in the area in force, and well-organized.

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(Considering his face is already gray...hmm.)

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Fair enough.

We set out, then, for Throtl, to not just investigate the ruins but also find a wayward soldier.

Makes PERFECT sense that he'd send the six of us out to this den of evil in a desperate attempt to find Caramon and bring him back. Because apparently one Caramon > this party.

Sigh. Fine.

But, first things first.

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Priorities, you know.

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Tavern Tale 19:
"Draconians have been seen near Throtl. Things are heating up."


Gee, thanks ever so much for THAT news flash. Ass.

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We go ahead and enter, because, you know, gotta advance that plot.

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Hahahahahaha. Threats from hobgoblins. That's about as dangerous as a Duckbunny.

(Yes, that's really a thing (https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Duckbunny_(3.5e_Creature)), though it's 3.5, technically.)

What do you think our answer was?

:)

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Whoa. That's a lotta monsters, especially for a bunch of 1st-level chumps.

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But not too many to put to sleep!

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With that, the gleeful slaughter of helpless opponents begins!

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Welp.

THAT didn't take long.

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Whoa, 146 whole experience points.

That's...actually a lot for gutting a bunch of still targets.

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What's sad is, these Hobbos are better equipped than my meager party. There's better armor in here than some of my warriors have, so I grab a few armors and Broad Swords. The Long Sword in this game does 1d8 damage, but the Broad Sword does 2d4. That's 1-8 versus 2-8. At 1st level, I'll take that extra potential HP of damage, especially how these damnable Gold Box games just love to reduce enemies to 1 HP but still be a very dangerous opponent.

I also grab every piece of armor I can carry, over and beyond what I want to equip, so I can sell 'em back at the Outpost. Since we're basically broke, we're going to need those steel pieces, and looting the dead is a cornerstone philosophy of ANY D&D game, to be honest.

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You can practically hear the tumbleweeds now, here at the entrance. It's like a Hillary Clinton presidential win party around here! Har-har-har

Instead of delving in more deeply, I'm going to return to the Outpost so we can re-memorize those spent spells, but more importantly, to sell that armor.


Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on November 02, 2016, 07:29:36 PM
I also hates hobgoblinses.

Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on November 02, 2016, 11:03:11 PM
Better get a mop and some rags too. That place looks like my bedroom when I was 12.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on November 05, 2016, 08:39:13 AM
5. If I Could Save Time In A Throtl


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First, we return to the Outpost in order to re-memorize spells, as well as sell the trove of armor that we just looted from the Hobbos that were guarding the entrance to their metropolitan paradise.

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Cha-ching.

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The Knight character (my alter-ego's alter ego, I guess) is carrying ELEVEN suits of armor.

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Well, no...there ARE encumbrance rules in Krynn; the more you carry, the less you're able to move. So carrying 11 sets of armor might slow this Knight guy down, but he has the strength to do it, and it was but a short jaunt to the Outpost, so why not?

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Mirth the Crazy Dwarf, meanwhile, is carrying most of the Broad Swords we looted from the monsters at the gate.

This is where I found that a Broad Sword (in this game, anyway) does 2-8 damage, as opposed to the Long Sword doing 1-8. I re-equipped some of the characters appropriately.

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After tithing and selling everything we boosted, we now have 215 steel pieces...a very large boost to what we had when we last left the Outpost (namely, zero steel pieces).

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Next, we head over to the Commandant's office to see if Sir Karl has anything. He's not in, but there are missions posted, just as they were in Pool of Radiance.

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Well...'mission,' singular.

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Suitably rested and magic'd and lighter in encumbrance, we head out for Throtl.

An interesting note to point out - we can actually visit the other towns at this point, but none of the events/encounters there will fire off. At least, not until we proceed as the game deems appropriate through the linear adventure it has planned out for us.

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We arrive with no interruptions, and step into the fixer-upper that is Throtl.

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It doesn't take long for the locals to find us and roll out the welcome mat.

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(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2Fvwrcis.jpg&hash=f2bd5f22e5f0fbc0add30b5a1b0f7c09f6467f20) ...he fell on it.

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It's just a small patrol of Hobgoblins pretending to be frat boys. I'm surprised the Hobbos lowered themselves like that.

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It doesn't take long to clear them out.

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Better slow down with the Monty Hall experience rewards, game...we don't want to level up TOO soon, now!

Then again, they WERE Fratgoblins...they're worth less than Hobbos. (I think they were in Unearthed Arcana or something.)

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Of course, they don't have jack for stuff worth stealing. I'm not really in a mood to load up on armor again and hoof it back to the Outpost to sell them all, so we're going to ignore this "treasure" right now.

Of course, there's bound to be a certain number of random encounters within an area, and if we vacate the area, those random encounters will respawn. I could look up how many there are but I doubt there's more than five or six of them.

With the partiers dead, we continue exploring their home uninvited.

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We find evidence that this certainly was some kind of institution for higher learning for Hobgoblins. Stands to reason those that joined a frat rotted their brains on Hobgoblin Beer.

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Huh. I didn't know that was a thing, to be honest. It might be delicious, what do I know? (Hint: I'm an idiot, so, nothing.)

We continue our explorations, trying to find that Caramon or Caramel or whatever he/she/it is.








Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on November 05, 2016, 09:22:53 AM
6. Playing Spin The Throtl


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Continuing our large-ish scale home invasion, we continuously come across welcoming committees that just happen to be wandering about.

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Yeah, like I'm going to leave.

"Sorry guys, not this time."

Them: "Awww, rats."

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The rats aren't that big a deal, but they are difficult to hit for my front-line fighters because...well, 'because,' the game says, I guess.

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One of the more frustrating aspects of this game is, even if you have characters with maxed-out stats (from either re-rolling a million times or 'modifying' them before the game begins), their THAC0s might be pretty decent but I'll be damned if pure fighters can't hit the broad side of a barn, except rarely.

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Usually, it's miss-miss-miss for every one hit. Usually.

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Before long, the rats are out of the way and the zombies join in on the fun. Sir Slash, our Cleric, is fairly effective at Turning Undead. I'd guess at this point that this character manages to Turn them half the time, while the other half is presumably the undead laughing hysterically at his feeble attempts.

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As you can see, continued explorations of this maze-like collection of dilapidated domiciles reveals things I'd rather not find, like these coffins. That means vampires. I can't imagine there are vampires around here, not with 1st-level characters. This is probably just a scare tactic, like BEWARE OF DOG signs.

I hope.

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More rats!

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With bonus giant centipedes!

We cut these guys down pretty quick. I panicked for a brief moment, thinking the centipedes were poisonous, but they didn't land any blows on us in order to find out. Whew.

After turning a few more corners and passing a few more rotting archways, we enter a room that smells like a teenage boy's; rot and odd odors abound. We see a bunch of humanoids in the room - some are swaying awkwardly, surrounding some bald guy in robes that's trying to open a chest.

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(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F2uff5g6.jpg&hash=d9d9a9b7e8b6de8389309206f62e5f1856e03ac3) What manner of FOUL EEEEV-ELLL is this?!?

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(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi66.tinypic.com%2F10hkqdh.jpg&hash=693811813c08600e390685bc606ed0c74fd0c85e) Not now...wait...uh, YES! Treats! Go fetch!

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Clerics are Bad NewsTM in these games, mainly because of their Hold Person and Charm spells, and they're not afraid to use them.

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Fortunately, this isn't one of those times where Sir Slash's call upon his goddess's powers goes unheeded.

Pretty soon, Mr. Evil Cleric is all by himself.

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And pretty soon, Mr. Evil Cleric is converted to XPs.

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A rather significant amount, too!

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Plus steel pieces!

I guess this is what the Cleric was after.

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Not to mention some magical stuff!

I can't ID any of it until we get back to the Outpost, but again, I'm not willing to leave at this point to let the random encounters refresh.

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And besides, this location is a safe spot, presumably from both monsters and from mean name-calling.

We can rest here and re-memorize spells and such, but there's still a lot more of this area to explore. If we end up getting gutted on the opposite side, it'll be a long trek to get back to this place to rest.


Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: airboy on November 05, 2016, 12:42:25 PM
With the dwarf "nocturnal noise" no rest is really "safe."
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on November 05, 2016, 10:48:55 PM
That evil cleric wasn't much of a fighter but he sure dressed snazzy. Our guys aren't too bad either. Kind of like a really bad 60's Rock & Roll band.  :hide:
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on November 09, 2016, 05:21:52 PM
Give me a couple of days for the next update - I have some stuff I'm trying to finish for work before a long off-site team-building thing next week. Plus, the monsters are awfully depressed that Hilly lost, so they want to curl in the corners of their dungeons and have a good cry to work it out before these guys smash their heads in and steal their steel.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on November 09, 2016, 11:02:53 PM
Take your time BC. Nothing worse than a sad Hobgoblin.  \m/
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on November 10, 2016, 03:17:17 AM
Quote from: Sir Slash on November 09, 2016, 11:02:53 PM
Nothing worse than a sad Hobgoblin.  \m/

Happy, sad, they all need to be eradicated.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on November 12, 2016, 06:27:33 PM
7. Let's Hurry This Area Along; I'm Running Out Of Throtl Puns


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Once rested, there's more ruined city to explore, so we get right back to it.

It doesn't take long before we enter a room where a bunch of Hobbos are talking about a 'plan.'

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(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2Fj8e2h0.jpg&hash=eb0b392f246699b98a5446e682c443894ae3bb1f) I dunno, Chauncey. They don't look like Demorats.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2Fj8e2h0.jpg&hash=eb0b392f246699b98a5446e682c443894ae3bb1f) Quite, Whitaker. Hey, are you gentlemen here to install the glass ceiling effect?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F2qbfw38.jpg&hash=a7905b7311bef54e269bcf433a55a2dece5cf33b) Wh-wh-wh-what're you talking abou-about?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2Fj8e2h0.jpg&hash=eb0b392f246699b98a5446e682c443894ae3bb1f) Glass ceiling. You know, for when SHE walks out to claim victory.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fe0raf6.jpg&hash=3e5768b2be5ddcf7332187a9ffba14813e5b3a30) We're not here to parlay. We're here to murder, loot, and pillage. We don't have time for some stupid elaborate political joke set-up.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2Fj8e2h0.jpg&hash=eb0b392f246699b98a5446e682c443894ae3bb1f) (sigh) Just like the last group of adventurers, Blaine.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2Fj8e2h0.jpg&hash=eb0b392f246699b98a5446e682c443894ae3bb1f) I'm not Blaine. HE'S Blaine. I'm Lennox.

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(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2Fj8e2h0.jpg&hash=eb0b392f246699b98a5446e682c443894ae3bb1f) That was Leighton. I'M Barron.

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It doesn't take long to bring down this group of look-alikes.

And as usual, they're carrying a bunch of copy-and-paste generic crap.

(Funny how my taste for loot has already escalated.)

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Moving on, we cross through an intersection. Apparently, a large battle happened here.

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'The heraldic device of a Solamnic knight?'

Kind of vague. I mean, that could be ANY knight's device, right? I mean, you've got your KNIGHT knight, Dark Knight, Knights of the KK...oh, sorry, we're not going there, not even for a bad joke.

We move on past this pile of corpses and knight droppings, entering a room where more damnable Clerics are at play.

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Do we leave?

Seriously?

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The Clerics are flanking the ends of their second line, meaning they won't be reachable by our Whiffing Warriors in the first few (or thirty) rounds.

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But, a few well-placed Sleep spells do wonders for adventuring parties as much as Bill Cosby.

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Just to be different, Sir Slash uses a Charm Person spell on the other Cleric. Sleep spells only affect the targeted enemy and each of the eight surrounding enemies (but could also include OUR characters if not targeted properly).

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"Hi Charmed, I'm Dad!"

A-ha-ha-ha

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A few well-placed blows manage to heroically dispatch these helpless creatures to the next level of existence, and we're ready to move on.

Especially move on to that door that the others so bravely escaped through earlier when we barged in.

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HEY YOU, DAMMIT, GET BACK H-

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We keep going, out into a hallway, but our quarry is nowhere to be seen.

There are a few more areas in this part of the city to check out, so we get moving.

We turn down a dark hallway that we hadn't been down yet, only to be greeted by the sounds of muffled Draconian voices:

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Edging closer, we eavesdrop through a doorway, and they continue to spill details...

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Hoo-boy.

Eggs means, of course, there's more Draconians lying about.

But a damned Death Knight?

Sounds like a protagonist to me.

Death Knights are right bastards to deal with. According to the Adventurer's Journal:

A type of liche that cannot be turned, Death Knights are dangerous and frightening opponents who are immune to most magical attacks. They can reflect some magic attacks back on the caster, gate in monsters to help them in combat, cause fear in those around them and cast a massive fireball attack once a day.

Lovely! DEFINITELY sounds like a protagonist. You get a feel for these things after a few dozen of these kinds of games.

We continue to eavesdrop, but the door is kind of in the way. MetalDog helps by removing a hatchet and before any of us can stop him, he loudly whacks a hole in the door.

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Gee...no kidding!

Welp...HEEERRREEE'S JOHNNY!

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Turns out they're at the other end of the room, which isn't great.

There's fighters, Hobbos, and Draconians mixed together, which isn't TOO bad.

Even better, there are no spellcasters.

So, I just have everyone stand in place as our flanks are secured, and let the enemy sword-swingers come to us.

Once they do, a Sleep spell or two helps lower the already rock-bottom odds even further.

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The bad guys get in more than a few licks on us, and since we have wounded, are down several spells, and are far from that 'safe room' on the other side of the city, I take a chance and Encamp us where we are, after we win (natch!), and attempt to heal.

Goodness forbid that THAT plan actually work.

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More random encounters come along to interrupt our healing process (we're feeling awfully triggered by now, not being allowed to get to our SAFE SPACE!!!), but fortunately they're fairly weak and we clean them up nicely.

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And I try again, and again we're interrupted.

Now, we're starting to get down in HPs.

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I decide to head back to our SAFE SPACE to safely build back up again. It's quite the journey.

Wish I could show the rest of it at the present time, but apparently the TinyPic site is now giving me a ton of Shockwave Flash Not Responding errors and running about as well as Photobucket, so I'll continue this later.  O0
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on November 13, 2016, 10:06:48 AM
8. Throtl Rocket...okay, that was dumb


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As I was saying in the last chapter, when we were rudely interrupted by the vestiges of an ancient Adobe program going medusa-t*ts up, we were trekking back to the safe room but were getting ambushed a LOT.

Makes me question the whole 'fixed number of encounters' thing and made our party feel like The Ten Thousand.

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We finally make it, still barely hanging on HP-wise. It wasn't that there were a lot of tough encounters; it was more that there were a lot of them, like something had it in for us or took umbrage to a bunch of civilized schlubs invading their town and murdering/looting their inhabitants. Gee whiz.

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In our wanderings of the now quickly-shrinking unexplored areas, we find a secret door...but not before we're hit by a trap.

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'Tis but a scratch!

Mirth has had worse, I'm sure.

As we enter, we happen upon a soldier that apparently just wants to talk.

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Despite how that usually goes down, there's only one of him and Parlaying will probably bring him in close, so why not?

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Journal Entry 35:

"I was with a party of knights and others under Caramon that came in here to explore. We haven't really found anything. Caramon's already left to report. I guess you must have missed him.

"Oh, one thing we did find out was that there is a treasure left over from the previous occupants of Throtl. We got word of it from a hobgoblin who was sneaking in to claim it. Before he died, he told us that it was located in the south-central area of the city. Tell you what, if you help me find this treasure, I'll split it with you. All right?"


Hmmm.

On the one hand, "gee whiz, you just missed him, all convenient-like...yeah, that's the ticket, you just missed him."

On the other hand, treasure.

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Well, he could be leading us into a trap...possibly one that might have gotten the guy we're looking for. If that's the case, it'll bring us right to the people we want to destroy, so...win-win I suppose?

But still, this is the same portrait as some of the soldiers that has been jumping us. Not that it matters, as this was in the days of computers with 256K of RAM.

Nah. Screw this guy. Off with his head!

We choose to decline the honor of his company.

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Yep. He was full of Hobgoblin offal.

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This is pretty much like any other weak-ass Hobbo party, with a human Fighter. They succumb to Sleep spells real purty-like.

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It doesn't take long to clear these guys out.

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Not bad XP-wise, I guess, especially for a fight where we barely broke a sweat.

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We continue our explorations, nearly having visited all halls and rooms of this...uh...town.

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Somebody's leaving their broken toys about.

Given the limited memory of these games, they don't post messages like this without it having some importance.

So, I'm guessing we're getting close to the droid we're looking for.

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"He"??


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Journal Entry 82:

"So! At last, you've come to rescue me. You know these things are quite clever. Not clever enough for me of course. I've just been improving them somewhat. Oh dear. I do hope you didn't come through from the North...oh, sorry.

"I suppose you'll be wanting to get me out of here now. Oh, there are more people back there. Strangbourn is around here somewhere, He's looking for Caramon. Oh, you want to find him, well that's an interesting story, you see when we first got together about two weeks ago...

"Uh, I can help, you know. Caramon was taken somewhere south of here. I've been trying to reset traps in case more draconians and hobgoblins get here.

"Why don't we team up, OK?"


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Sure, why not. If he's going to ambush us, we have a Kender ourselves, so it'll be Mutually Assured Kenderstruction if "he" decides to lead us into another laughable ambush.

With traps, probably, but meh, you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs!

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Like I said, fine.

Welcome aboard, Pat!

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Err, I mean, Kildirf!

(Sounds like a Norwegian heavy metal band's name...)

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Oh, terrific.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fe0raf6.jpg&hash=3e5768b2be5ddcf7332187a9ffba14813e5b3a30) Well, Pat? Have anything to say about this?

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Airboy saves us from certain d6 damage!

Soon, we FINALLY find the sir dude we're looking for...

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Journal Entry 67:

"I was with the patrol that followed Caramon in here. We ran into trouble almost immediately. We were not really expecting much opposition but...We were ambushed by a large force of hobgoblins and draconians. I was knocked out by a blow to the head early in the battle. I awoke in a dark corner, alone. It took me a while to get my bearings but I finally went out in search of my companions. I overheard from passing patrols that everybody except Caramon was killed.

"You must help me find Caramon. He must not be allowed to fall into the hands of the leaders of this band."


Jeez, guys. What have we been trying to do for the last several chapters? Find Caramon. We're really trying, here.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F2z7if82.jpg&hash=7bd91996af9c8ad6439003a2b171a2b777421e18) I'm CERTAIN you are.

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(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F2z7if82.jpg&hash=7bd91996af9c8ad6439003a2b171a2b777421e18) Your bags are fairly weighed down by coin and loot.

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Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: airboy on November 13, 2016, 11:23:56 AM
After: "But, a few well-placed Sleep spells do wonders for adventuring parties as much as Bill Cosby." we really needed to find some safe space.

You guys owe me for preventing us from being WHAMMED!  Was the "trap" I disarmed an endless loop of "careless whispers."  Remember Mirth, guilty feet have got no rhythm.  And how can you bust ghosts without rhythm?

PS - I finished posting scenario 1 on the Finns vs. Commies war.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on November 14, 2016, 12:06:21 AM
I bet I don't need to waste a "Charm" spell on George there. Maybe a "Bane of Perversion" spell instead.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on June 03, 2017, 09:57:04 AM
To anyone (still) reading this: I gotta apologize for the George Michael joke in the above post. That was done about a month before his death, and like many his passing took me completely by surprise. By that point I had forgotten that I did that joke (as I do most of them), and I don't ever read my own AARs (except to catch up with them and restart them if possible, as I am doing now).

Since it was done as a parody, and since most of the regulars here know my sense of humor is pretty bad, I just wanted to post this in case you're a drive-by reader and are gasping with horror. Again – note the date on that post, and note the date of GM's passing. It wasn't intentional.

Okay, enough of the spin doctorin'. Time to get back to the monster killin'.



9. STOP! Throtl Time!

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As you may recall, because you so thoroughly read the above posts (you did do that, didn't you?), our party of stalwarts was slumming around Throtl, having just rescued a Knight with some rather awesome facial hair. This Knight apparently had the know on how we could get to Caramon, the person we were searching for among these ruins...

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(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F2z7if82.jpg&hash=7bd91996af9c8ad6439003a2b171a2b777421e18) Do you want me to join you?

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(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F2z7if82.jpg&hash=7bd91996af9c8ad6439003a2b171a2b777421e18) Trick...question...?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2Fvwrcis.jpg&hash=f2bd5f22e5f0fbc0add30b5a1b0f7c09f6467f20) Wot 'e means, mate, is, is 'e don' like th' way yer eyein' our bags 'o booty...

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(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2d005jd.jpg&hash=a04bc6ef7066be862d1d4e1d1a5f1c5b6c6006ae) ME TOO! IT'S BEEN AN ELF'S ASS HAIR SHAMPOOIN' SINCE I HAVE!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F2z7if82.jpg&hash=7bd91996af9c8ad6439003a2b171a2b777421e18) Wait, I think I've changed my mind. You're very silly people and I don't want to roll with you.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fe0raf6.jpg&hash=3e5768b2be5ddcf7332187a9ffba14813e5b3a30) Wait, good sir. Such folly-isms are merely jests, humor usage of a sort to fill a giant empty void in our lives, alongside good deeds-

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2Fvwrcis.jpg&hash=f2bd5f22e5f0fbc0add30b5a1b0f7c09f6467f20) An' treasure, mate.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fe0raf6.jpg&hash=3e5768b2be5ddcf7332187a9ffba14813e5b3a30) ...well, okay, true...FOR TITHING. Yeah, for...tithing. That's the ticket.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2Fvwrcis.jpg&hash=f2bd5f22e5f0fbc0add30b5a1b0f7c09f6467f20) 'Sides, w'r th' guys y'hire when y'need some arseholes on yer side.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F2z7if82.jpg&hash=7bd91996af9c8ad6439003a2b171a2b777421e18) I suppose I could do worse right now. Very well, I shall join you.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fe0raf6.jpg&hash=3e5768b2be5ddcf7332187a9ffba14813e5b3a30) ...It's...not...quite that easy, good sir.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F2z7if82.jpg&hash=7bd91996af9c8ad6439003a2b171a2b777421e18) Uh...excuse me?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F2uff5g6.jpg&hash=d9d9a9b7e8b6de8389309206f62e5f1856e03ac3) Well, there are certain considerations to pass into membership within this fine troupe of heroes.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2Fvwrcis.jpg&hash=f2bd5f22e5f0fbc0add30b5a1b0f7c09f6467f20) (sigh) Not this gobshite again...

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fe0raf6.jpg&hash=3e5768b2be5ddcf7332187a9ffba14813e5b3a30) ...MUSTACHE CHECK!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F2qbfw38.jpg&hash=a7905b7311bef54e269bcf433a55a2dece5cf33b) Don't you mean, "FACIAL HAIR check?"

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fe0raf6.jpg&hash=3e5768b2be5ddcf7332187a9ffba14813e5b3a30) ...grumble grumble Yeah, okay, whatever.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F2qbfw38.jpg&hash=a7905b7311bef54e269bcf433a55a2dece5cf33b) Then, CHECK!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fe0raf6.jpg&hash=3e5768b2be5ddcf7332187a9ffba14813e5b3a30) CHECK!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F51bupd.jpg&hash=8038f2421d790d4387f824e35a497bf688fd7de0) Duuude!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2d005jd.jpg&hash=a04bc6ef7066be862d1d4e1d1a5f1c5b6c6006ae) are you lookin' at meARE YOU LOOKIN' AT ME?!? AHAHAHAHAHA!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F2uff5g6.jpg&hash=d9d9a9b7e8b6de8389309206f62e5f1856e03ac3) Err...same here! I'm ALL hair on MY face! CHECK!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2Fvwrcis.jpg&hash=f2bd5f22e5f0fbc0add30b5a1b0f7c09f6467f20) ...

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fe0raf6.jpg&hash=3e5768b2be5ddcf7332187a9ffba14813e5b3a30) ...well?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2Fvwrcis.jpg&hash=f2bd5f22e5f0fbc0add30b5a1b0f7c09f6467f20) ...din'nt we say SIR SLASH'S facial hair makes up fer a lack on my visage?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F51bupd.jpg&hash=8038f2421d790d4387f824e35a497bf688fd7de0) Brother, we all braid to the gods to have follicles as holy as yours, man.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fe0raf6.jpg&hash=3e5768b2be5ddcf7332187a9ffba14813e5b3a30) Well, then! It's settled. And as for you, sir...

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F2z7if82.jpg&hash=7bd91996af9c8ad6439003a2b171a2b777421e18) Uhm...

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fe0raf6.jpg&hash=3e5768b2be5ddcf7332187a9ffba14813e5b3a30) I guess that'll do. You may join us, sir...just brush these puns off.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F2uff5g6.jpg&hash=d9d9a9b7e8b6de8389309206f62e5f1856e03ac3) I think Metaldog might have curled up and dyed a little.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F2qbfw38.jpg&hash=a7905b7311bef54e269bcf433a55a2dece5cf33b) Yeah, better...c-cut this short before we shave it too close and the audience recedes...

(https://68.media.tumblr.com/26727161a77ff2808e08d08bb0457ec4/tumblr_noiupvJtrK1s2wio8o1_500.gif)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi64.tinypic.com%2Fsgihhy.jpg&hash=634ec6d9cadcbea9796c225b685798ccd9d4c43f)

Journal Entry 7:
"Listen, Sir Karl is the most honorable of men. I would follow him anywhere. But there is something very dark and strange going on around him. He seems obsessed with a young girl named Maya. The fact that he's about 40 years older than she is isn't really the problem; if they'd just settle down and declare themselves! All that would happen is that a few gossips will snicker and that'll be the end of it. But they won't do that. Maya is extremely valuable to us. She has sources of information that are astounding, especially for one so young. But whenever the two of them are in the same room the tension is so obvious that...

"Ah, never mind. You say that he seems to be all right. I will go on that hope, and let troubles find me in their own good time. Let's go."


I think STRANGBORN is the last piece of the puzzle, as it were, to find Caramon, and finally get this Throtl thing wrapped up so we can move on. He's not all that great a warrior compared to some of us, but it will be good to have a (hopefully) decent sword-arm in the party.

We search out the remainder of the city that we haven't explored yet (of course, that's where the endgame would be...). It's good to have this newcomer with us.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Feaob4x.jpg&hash=13ebf2a5c0cdbae0932fa21395d2e7a596504ab5)

...so we're not getting nickeled-and-dimed by silly little traps (or super-dangerous ones, for that matter).

Though he doesn't help with this monster-dropping trap:

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F10755dd.jpg&hash=0068a921c171580078214b614c0a909cb224b3bb)

(https://m.popkey.co/5e8342/xYzvr.gif)

A buncha Disney park alligators and Black Robe Mages apparently "dropped" out of the ceiling to ambush us. They have us surrounded, too.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi64.tinypic.com%2F2ic1lw2.jpg&hash=4868942858d30e01a29d79bea3e8872bc8d81881)

Yikes, this looks like a pretty imposing encounter.

So what do we rely on?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F10oqxqs.jpg&hash=5560a5c5d52156b6307bd96d5c7e8eeefdfbf049)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1175.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr624%2FMichaelE6%2F178_2.jpg&hash=bdb9d44d457690a6e5ed9fc08d1f02da5ce35fa0)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1175.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr624%2FMichaelE6%2F179_1.jpg&hash=b17a55997d067fe1305d6f0b6e380d47e6fc4921)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1175.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr624%2FMichaelE6%2F180_2.jpg&hash=1c2ea75fcee12ae6e5ac35a68791838cae814d0b)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1175.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr624%2FMichaelE6%2F181_1.jpg&hash=7547eb1816af4e0564e9b3d5b9018403a7d4f911)

Heh-heh-heh.

AIRBOY even gets into it a little bit, using his 'YELL' ability, which is a Kender's Taunt skill. It only works against intelligent(ish) opponents and they must save against magic or they go into a berserker rage, directiny most most of their efforts against the Kender while suffering a -2 THAC0 and +2 AC for the duration of the combat.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1175.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr624%2FMichaelE6%2F182_1.jpg&hash=510d67cdff3b1eefccf84b00e0c2f2ec73b75f99)

Join the club, BAAZ...though AIRBOY will probably kill them first!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1175.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr624%2FMichaelE6%2F183_2.jpg&hash=0dd579c70a53b1657e8525181989216fa5854dc1)

The fight gives us some lumps, including the usual AD&D Gold Box game standard number 14 ("Concentrate Against the Cleric"). His zero HP means no healing happens post-battle, so we'll have to find a safe spot and rest for 24 hours to get him to 1 HP and band-aid-box status.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1175.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr624%2FMichaelE6%2F188_2.jpg&hash=6ddec073f6ba1f95c749b7d5162465fa5343f397)

Soon, we're healed and re-spelled, and go back to the other side of the city. We must have taken out all of the random patrols, because we go untouched.

Soon, we find a mysterious figure...could this be Caramon? Finally?!?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1175.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr624%2FMichaelE6%2F190_2.jpg&hash=4ade22edf9bf76f707a5694c05d1943c823e3ca0)











Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: undercovergeek on June 03, 2017, 10:00:06 AM
who are you and what have you done with Banzai Cat?
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: bob48 on June 03, 2017, 10:02:25 AM
Yeah - own up, or we'll set about you.

Here, 'geek - I'll hold your coat.





....nowt worth havin' in the pockets....
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: undercovergeek on June 03, 2017, 10:04:51 AM
hands off my hairy mint
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: bob48 on June 03, 2017, 10:07:26 AM
....splurp....no hairs on it now mate, ye can have it back.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: JasonPratt on June 03, 2017, 10:46:10 AM
 <:-)
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on June 03, 2017, 10:40:45 PM
I had almost forgotten about this one. Onward Noble Adventures of the Knight's Order of Grogs!  Villiany has met it's doom.  8)
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on June 04, 2017, 06:03:57 AM
Quote from: Sir Slash on June 03, 2017, 10:40:45 PM
I had almost forgotten about this one. Onward Noble Adventures of the Knight's Order of Grogs!  Villiany has met it's doom.  8)

More likely with this group, villiany has met its best budd.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: bbmike on June 04, 2017, 07:00:46 AM
Wait, just how long was I asleep? When did Banzai_Cat become BC?
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: airboy on June 04, 2017, 11:23:24 AM
I can make people hate me as a special ability!
:bd:
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: JasonPratt on June 04, 2017, 09:01:29 PM
^ Sigworthy.

Quote from: bbmike on June 04, 2017, 07:00:46 AM
Wait, just how long was I asleep? When did Banzai_Cat become BC?

Sh! He's undercover.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on June 10, 2017, 09:24:28 AM
10. Yeah yeah yeah...To The Harlem Throtl

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Sure enough, the shadowy figure chained to the wall turns out to be...

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi67.tinypic.com%2F2gw5g6r.jpg&hash=cb9c1f44465865af80f5f755613fd77889a5eda7)

...an 80s heavy metal album cover?

Journal Entry 73:
"After the battle I was taken to see a powerful cleric. He laughed at my defeat. They led me to some doors that glowed in the darkness, opened them with a key that he pulled from his robes, and took me to a dark temple. I saw a bronze dragon egg on the altar! He told me that they were going to start the corruptions again! Then he had his minions beat me.

"I woke up here. If it hadn't of been for the treachery of a dark elf, and a sneak attack from behind, they never would have captured me." He pauses. "I'm sorry for my men." he says, 'They had no idea what we were getting into. Krynn's blood, I didn't know either. We were unprepared for the extent of the evil forces.

"The ambush was a complete surprise."


Hmm. A "powerful" cleric, a glowing key that unlocks a door (or a secret door more likely), and some kind of room that worships eggs...

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvignette1.wikia.nocookie.net%2Favp%2Fimages%2F6%2F62%2FAliens-Egg-Chamber_13.jpg&hash=1c454699ccc0171b78e080aa9e1439af7229f541)

(shudder) I sure hope not...

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F51bupd.jpg&hash=8038f2421d790d4387f824e35a497bf688fd7de0) Man, those are, like, chains, man. How're we gonna break 'em, man? Like, the shackles of D&D going into 5e, man...

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fe0raf6.jpg&hash=3e5768b2be5ddcf7332187a9ffba14813e5b3a30) Wait...! I know who can fix this!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F51bupd.jpg&hash=8038f2421d790d4387f824e35a497bf688fd7de0) ...wait...oh, NO, duuuuuuude...




(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F2gvpk0g.jpg&hash=792569da6e9366acdb13164d0e4eef4ac5d09dd5) Howwwww can I exxplaaaiiinnn...when there are fewwwwww words I can choo-oo-ooose...

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2d005jd.jpg&hash=a04bc6ef7066be862d1d4e1d1a5f1c5b6c6006ae) By Wee Jas' left tit, where did all these chains and pastel-colored lights come from?!?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi66.tinypic.com%2Feh0nqt.jpg&hash=210e58f20f5b17ae9597eaa2d0a0bc0f11b089d3)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F2gvpk0g.jpg&hash=792569da6e9366acdb13164d0e4eef4ac5d09dd5) HELLLLOOOOOO, BOOOYYYYYYYYS!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2d005jd.jpg&hash=a04bc6ef7066be862d1d4e1d1a5f1c5b6c6006ae) NOOOOO BROOOO ANYTHING BUT ME...HIM...ERRRUHM

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F4zKClGJ.gif&hash=1b5e6472362903bd5381b0ec3a80fbe7c57124ed)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2d005jd.jpg&hash=a04bc6ef7066be862d1d4e1d1a5f1c5b6c6006ae) WAIT DAMMIT THAT'S ME

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F2gvpk0g.jpg&hash=792569da6e9366acdb13164d0e4eef4ac5d09dd5) Oh, honey, you mean YOU'RE supposed to be MEEEE.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2d005jd.jpg&hash=a04bc6ef7066be862d1d4e1d1a5f1c5b6c6006ae) PLEASE SIR MAY I KILL MYSEL- UMM...KILL ME?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fe0raf6.jpg&hash=3e5768b2be5ddcf7332187a9ffba14813e5b3a30) WAIT! No, put your axe down! You might create a time paradox, the results of which could cause a chain reaction, that would unravel the very fabric of the space time continuum, and destroy the entire universe!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi66.tinypic.com%2F2d83o0g.jpg&hash=62d6192cb1dc9b56900d8cd69c08e2fdae0c219f) HEY!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fe0raf6.jpg&hash=3e5768b2be5ddcf7332187a9ffba14813e5b3a30) Whoops!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F51bupd.jpg&hash=8038f2421d790d4387f824e35a497bf688fd7de0) Hey, mannnn, this write-up needs, like...more strong, you know?

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F2gvpk0g.jpg&hash=792569da6e9366acdb13164d0e4eef4ac5d09dd5) See? Looks like everyone prefers THIS faaabulous mirth version to the stumpy and smelly version!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2d005jd.jpg&hash=a04bc6ef7066be862d1d4e1d1a5f1c5b6c6006ae) WAIT, WHAT?!? NO! HIS VERY PRESENCE CAN UPSET THE BALANCE OF THIS THREAD!!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi66.tinypic.com%2F2d83o0g.jpg&hash=62d6192cb1dc9b56900d8cd69c08e2fdae0c219f) This is true! Your sequins and 80s Flashdance accessories are focusing the polarity of the time protons into a Hadrian Field more epic than the J. Edgar Hoover cross-dressing event of 1923!!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi64.tinypic.com%2Filhv0x.jpg&hash=1f1907030e6b1dc681443d3d8782fd1736230ab0) EXCUSE ME...GUY CHAINED UP HERE? HELLO?!? CAN WE JUST GET ON WITH THIS?

Really, I never know what the hell I'm doing when it comes to writing these. Or much else, apparently.

While I sit here and try (and fail) to figure out how we're going to break this guy out of his chains (bad pop songs notwithstanding), what passes for a 1990s-era cut scene decides to figure it out without me.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi66.tinypic.com%2F1zxy33k.jpg&hash=fe940e2a469a2974492c416749e330e1900fd3e9)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi63.tinypic.com%2Fe0raf6.jpg&hash=3e5768b2be5ddcf7332187a9ffba14813e5b3a30) I'd guess that was MIRTH II in there screaming like a little girl, but that can't be since he's here with us...

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2Ff3s5di.jpg&hash=0d48394ce28bc882a32f6c99ae0ee33ba0d8acd6)

Uh-oh...

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F2q1feom.jpg&hash=8d0e2a94dfc8e66dd4629d40955869946aac62e2)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2F2d005jd.jpg&hash=a04bc6ef7066be862d1d4e1d1a5f1c5b6c6006ae) Mee-ROWRrrrr!

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi65.tinypic.com%2F30upcb9.jpg&hash=f8098ba9276e7b416f37ce7b4ef2c29092565a65)

Journal Entry 9:
She explains to Caramon, "I've been sent by Sir Karl to get you back to the Outpost. There are rumors that large forces of draconians, hobgoblins, minotaurs and others are gathering. We need you to direct scouting and raiding operations. I see now that things are worse than we thought. Throtl was supposed to have been abandoned."

Caramon says, "It's even worse than that. I have seen Brass Dragon Eggs!"

She gasps, "No! They must not do this again!." Then she pauses, "Wait, how can they do it? I thought the process was lost during the War of the Lance. Did you see any evidence that they were successful?"

"No," says Caramon, "I was knocked unconscious before I had a chance to look further." He turns to you. "I need you to investigate this matter. Find the key, and go to the old temple in the Northeast part of the city. Find out what you can."


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Confused as to the entry and exit of our "companions" (whom really aren't companions in the technical sense since they just pretty much left us to clean up the mess that Caramon started here, but hey, what are heroes for but to be the fantasy world's janitors, right? Like we're some untouchable peasant? Peon? Huh? Maybe so, but following a sword and shield around after shithead monsters like these for the past thirty-seven years, we've learned a couple of things; we look through our Adventurer's Journal letters, we look through monster's lockers...we listen to their conversations, they don't know that but we do – until we bash the door in and end them, that is. We are the eyes and ears of these institutions, my friends. By the way, that clock's twenty minutes fast.

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We head out into the hallway (leaving METALDOG confused, but that's a normal thing, as is confusing the readers of this thread with ridiculous non-sequitur asides), following our exited 'companions,' to this scene.

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Yep. Not just a dragon, but either a White Dragon or Silver Dragon. I think those are good-aligned.

At least, I hope they are. Seeing as how she could have done this to us but did not, I'll lean towards 'yes.'

We head down the streets and halls of the now-utterly-silent Throtl, finding nothing, but heading towards where our ex-companions told us to go, and we end up in a room that we hadn't explored yet.

A room that's not unoccupied.

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So he orders them to attack, and the game asks US what we do?

What DO we do, kids?

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It's a bunch of Skeletons and Zombies, and one 'Evil Curate.'

In other words, barely a speed bump on our way to glory! The combat is barely worth a mention - once the Undead go down, the Cleric is easy pickin's.

What's the next step when one's foes are slain?

That's right, carefully arrange the bodies and give them the proper blessings of their deities with great respect toss the benders over and rifle through their pockets!

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Searching the newly-cooling bodies, we find the aforementioned key among the Cleric's robes. So far, everything is playing out as they said. Too bad they didn't stick around for their share of the amazing two hundred or so XP we just got.  ::)

Well, the only thing left to do now is, wander around until something happens.

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That 'something' ends up being the key glowing when we walk by an otherwise indistinguishable wall.

We open the door, saving the game, and continue deeper into the battered city...
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: bob48 on June 10, 2017, 09:33:44 AM
This is awesome.

GoT - eat yer heart out.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: JasonPratt on June 10, 2017, 06:43:20 PM
Uh-oh. Tika is not going to be happy that "Maya" whooshed in there to embrace her husband while he's chained up and then whoosh him out again apparently still in chains! (There was nothing about her getting him out of the chains, which is something a silver dragon's elven form wouldn't likely be able to do.)

Methinks a frying pan may be in order.  :knuppel2:
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: JasonPratt on June 10, 2017, 06:50:15 PM
Meanwhile, I was laughing hard at BC's return to form. ALL YAY HE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED!  :bd: :notworthy:

(...tho, the Lost Boys have never looked so gay...  :-X :buck2:)
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on June 11, 2017, 09:25:31 AM
The elf chick is hawt.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on June 11, 2017, 10:30:17 AM
11. Throtl Temple, Where Art Thou?

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After finding the (now dead) cleric with the (now ours) key with the (now used) glowing-ness that has opened the (now open) inner bailey/stronghold/temple/Home Depot, we're nearing the conclusion of our Throtl adventures.

Maybe.

A conclusion to Throtl would be a great thing, because we'll be able to create all-new puns with wherever else we need to go in this adventure!

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The area is about as purty as the worst possible fixer-upper on Dungeon Hunters International or the Real Zombies of Throtl County. There's not enough Botox in the universe to make a 'Real' Housewife look any better than these stank hallways, though.

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(AHEM) We take that first door to the right. Though encounters are fairly static in these Gold Box games (except for the random ones, of course), it still feels weird to leave an unopened door at our backs.

No surprise here, but the room beyond is occupied.

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More stuttering and whispers about the eggs. Judging from the reaction of the...errm...Elven woman from the last chapter, and what Caramon said, and the fact that I've played this through several times back in the day, I know exactly where this is going.

If you haven't figured it out, they're corrupting dragon eggs, turning them into those fairly useless lizard-like warriors with varying annoying powers. Because that totally seems to be an awesome trade-off – some low-rent eight HP wonder in exchange for a dragon that could be possibly raised and tamed.

I guess the bad guys in this game don't have much in the way of patience.

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Funny that he hasn't attacked quite yet...

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It's almost as if they're gathering a welcoming committee!

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On second thought...

Combat is always an option, but in Gold Box games, if it gives you a chance to Parlay, you should always take it. This is a hint that there's information coming that you might not otherwise get.

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Demands to know who we are? How do we respond? I guess we are technically the intruders, here, but this isn't exactly the French Riviera of dungeons, so them hiding deep in a monster-infested neighborhood means being 'nice' is going to result in a mess. 'Haughty' might work, but 'Sly' might also. I generally never choose 'Abusive' unless I want to start a fight.

So, 'Sly' it is.

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So, the bad guys are readying a bunch of eggs for transport. Sounds like between us and the others, the forces of evil here are thinking this place is too hot for further operations and need to find some other locale from which to threaten the world.

There we go again...fudging things up for would-be world conquerors.

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What? You mean, we haven't worn out our welcome?

Yet?

Let's do something about that, shall we?

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Might as well get this party started...

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Turns out this party is pretty dangerous! There's two mages and two clerics, but they're bunched up pretty well where a Sleep spell might work!

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Unfortunately, only one of the bastards falls asleep. And when you only manage to put to sleep one of four enemy spell casters, things don't end up too pretty.

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AIRBOY, whom is in the back rank, starts throwing insults at a Black Robe Mage, which is probably not the smartest thing to do in hindsight.

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The effects of his Taunt are better than I'd expected.

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Unfortunately, the bad guys get a Curse spell off, which gets every single one of us.

Not pictured (it happened too quickly for me) is yet another spell. One of the evil clerics cast Charm Person on AIRBOY, and it succeeded. So AIRBOY spent the rest of the rounds trying to hit SIR SLASH in the back, but failed each time (the Curse spell didn't help...or in this case, it helped tremendously).

It took us a while, but we were finally able to start clearing these guys out. Fortunately BBMIKE had a couple of Sleep spells; one was used to put the two Clerics out of commission.

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The last Sleep spell was used to put AIRBOY down. Unfortunately, I had to do this directly, as the game wouldn't stop combat until all enemies are fallen. With one swift stroke, AIRBOY went down and was immediately bandaged.

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Fortunately, being unconscious managed to cure him. I figured I'd get ambushed sixty times if I tried to rest here, but we were able to fix up the gang pretty quickly.

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Now THAT was fun. What else is in store for us here, huh?

Dare we ask...?
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on June 11, 2017, 10:34:24 AM
I like how my character's HP seems to only go up during battles.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: JasonPratt on June 11, 2017, 10:46:02 AM
Worth noting: that fight might have been tougher than it had to be, due to the black moon being full up there at the top of your screen.  :nerd:
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on June 11, 2017, 11:00:16 AM
Quote from: JasonPratt on June 11, 2017, 10:46:02 AM
Worth noting: that fight might have been tougher than it had to be, due to the black moon being full up there at the top of your screen.  :nerd:

I'd totally forgotten about that crap. Thanks for the reminder, JP.

In the world of Krynn, the power of mages is moderated by the three moons. Mages are divided into three orders based on alignment. Each alignment has its own order, strengths, abilities and moon. The mage's power fluctuates with the cycles of the moon that influences his order. For more information on the orders and moons see the Magic section (page 15).

THE MOONS OF MAGIC
Since the creation of the world, three moons have governed the powers of magic in Krynn. As the moons wax and wane, so do the powers of magic aligned to them. Each moon has a different cycle and effects a different group of mages. Mages of the White Robes gain their power from Solinari the white moon, Mages of the Red Robes are governed by Lunitari the red moon. The evil Mages of the Black Robes are empowered by the dark moon Nuitari. The current position of the moons is displayed at the top of your computer screen...


Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on June 11, 2017, 11:03:12 AM
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: JasonPratt on June 11, 2017, 11:42:35 AM
In your defense, BC, most people in Krynn don't even know there is a third moon, since it only reflects ultraviolet or whatever. I can easily imagine your group being ignorant of that.

Narrative verisimilitudity!  >:D
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on June 11, 2017, 10:48:45 PM
I have that same wallpaper pattern in my bathroom. 'Early Dank Dungeon'.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on June 12, 2017, 12:53:05 PM
I appreciate that everyone is still reading this/checking it out.

I'm headed out of town again for a while, but am hoping my save files might transfer over to my work laptop so I can continue. I already have three additional 'chapters' written out (it's amazing how much faster I can churn these out by doing the writing as I take screenshots, surprisingly).

Quote from: JasonPratt on June 11, 2017, 11:42:35 AM
In your defense, BC, most people in Krynn don't even know there is a third moon, since it only reflects ultraviolet or whatever. I can easily imagine your group being ignorant of that.

That...is FAR too nerdy a thing to know, even for me, JP.  :nerd:

But you're already fully aware of this, so carry on.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on June 12, 2017, 03:25:08 PM
12. Continuing the Slaughter of Religious Zealots

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After not looting anything else from the bodies (all they had were weapons and armor anyway, nothing special), I decided to start doing a loop around this area to see what other trouble we can get into.

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Apparently, a lot.

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Nevermind, they're just Hobgoblins.
LOL

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BBMIKE bravely holds the rear. It's kind of a waste of his talents to bring him into the fray with these low-level losers.

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More useless 'treasure.' We're not pack mules, so I'm leaving all of this alone.

We find another room and brazenly enter like we own the place.

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So, this guy looks around and THEN pleads for his life...sounds like he went through a list of options in his head and gave up when he ran out. I'm not much for letting guys like this go, so I choose 'Threaten Him.'

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Journal Entry 10
"...attempt a conversion without the intervention of Tak...

...book of spells that contains the necessary incantations and rituals for the conversion. It is said that this book will allow even relatively weakma...

...nze, silver and gold were considered the most difficult trans..."


Hmm. It seems that maybe there's powers within powers among the evil folks we're up against. The first line almost sounds like someone's trying to usurp authority.

The second line indicates some kind of book exists that has all the spells and instructions for changing these dragon eggs into useless cannon fodder.

The third shows the bad guys are having trouble with some of them. If that's Bronze at the front of the line, then they're all (I think) Good-aligned dragons, so they've got some problems in paradise, apparently.

Heading out of this room, we go towards a door just opposite and get ambushed again.

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It doesn't take much to take these guys out, though it's always good to go all in with Sleep spells so the Clerics don't get Charm or Hold Person spells off.

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Afterwards, I re-spell the party...

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Uh...okay...(flip flip flip) (type type)

And we move on.

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We almost get to the door and we're attacked again. This time there's a couple of Ghouls in the party, which freaks me out – I can't recall if these guys can drain levels or not in the game...

GHOUL
These are evil undead creatures whose touch alone is known to paralyze a man. They feed on corpses and attack all living things on sight. Characters hit by ghouls (elves excluded) must save or be paralyzed.


Ah, okay. They paralyze you, but they don't level-drain you.

Thank goodness!

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The battle isn't too bad. This time, SIR SLASH's Turn ability actually works...on the Zombies and Skeletons, that is. The Ghouls just laugh and charge in, getting a few whacks in. Fortunately, our characters must be making their saving throws versus Paralyzation, because nobody gets frozen stiff.

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That's not cool, bro. Not cool at all.

Entering the room, we find a few eager beaver Draconians and a couple of Clerics.

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I'll try to Parlay and see what happens...

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Welp, guess the Dracos are eager to die!

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And as they fall under our Sleep spells (which is unusual since these guys have magic resistance), we cleave our way through a new sparkly set of suitcase covers.

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Journal Entry 50

Draconians!

I have good news. I have managed to attain the volume that we have been searching for all of these years. The power to create more of our kind is now in my hands. Send me all of your eggs along with any mages and clerics that you may have with you. I'll be at the Citadel of Gargath very soon. Have the eggs packed and taken to me within the week.

By order of Myrtani.


So, whomever this Myrtani jerk is, he has that aforementioned book. And it's looking more and more like our merry band is the only group that can stop him.

I mean, I guess if we weren't, then the game would get pretty boring.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: airboy on June 12, 2017, 07:50:15 PM
Can we make dragon omelets?  Death Claw Omelets from Fallout give you awesome powers!
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on June 12, 2017, 09:58:06 PM
How do the evil clerics cast spells while holding shields and flails exactly? That is evil. The Champs of Grog are turning into an unstoppable force of moderate looting. I approve.  O0
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: bob48 on June 13, 2017, 08:07:27 AM
Its certainly gripping stuff. I'd be very surprised if the BBC don't make this into an 'Epic Series for the Seriously Disturbed'.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on June 13, 2017, 09:25:30 AM
Quote from: airboy on June 12, 2017, 07:50:15 PM
Can we make dragon omelets?  Death Claw Omelets from Fallout give you awesome powers!

Ha...no.

This game required 512K of RAM (on the PC, anyway) and 640K of hard drive space (or two floppies if you weren't lucky, or rich, enough to own one at the time - I always went the two floppies route back in the day).

I know you jest airboy, but I can't begin to imagine how packed the memory locations were for this game back then. One added pixel probably would have blown the whole thing up.

Quote from: Sir Slash on June 12, 2017, 09:58:06 PM
How do the evil clerics cast spells while holding shields and flails exactly? That is evil.

Those are not flails...they're chain microphones, inspired by mirth from another universe.

Quote from: bob48 on June 13, 2017, 08:07:27 AM
Its certainly gripping stuff. I'd be very surprised if the BBC don't make this into an 'Epic Series for the Seriously Disturbed'.

I don't think any of this is disturbing enough for the BBC, but thanks for the kind thoughts!  :bd:


Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on June 16, 2017, 03:08:33 PM
13. Metal Monster Murderizin'

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Soon, we come across a door that leads to some inner sanctum - I'm guessing, anyway, as it looks like this inner area goes around in a big circle with this room at its center. Since this is a temple, there's no doubt there's something quite disgusting, slimy, evil, and twisted going on in here - something far worse than what takes place in the NBC News programming offices.

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I decide to have SIR SLASH cast his one and only Bless spell, to help slightly with all of our THAC0s and I think saving throws as well. Hey, +1 is +1, ya know?

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Oh...goodie.

There's an inner sanctum to the inner sanctum, apparently.

Before we can even get to the damned door, though...

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Another Random EncounterTM for our amusement!

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Five Skeletons and four Hobbos jump us from out of the shadows. It doesn't take much to beat them down...one Skeleton falls to our weapons, while the other four are Turned when SIR SLASH holds his holy symbol aloft in one hand, with the other held equally high and portraying the holy hand symbol of his order...

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and invokes the chant of his religion...

No more living trapped inside / In her way I'll surely die / In-the-eye-of-the-tor-na-do, blow me awayyyyyyyy

The words invoked, and a cloudy, lightning-filled maelstrom forms above our heads, and through it, parting nature's fury with his eternal power, appears SIR SLASH's metal gawd, fingers dancing across his holy instrument to bring forth his unrelenting fury upon the Undead...

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The Skeletons evaporate like light and airy hits of the seventies, while the Hobbos die in a more conventional way. But not before they hit METALDOG twice (of course!) for about 10 HP worth of damage.

Sigh.

No biggie, we just encamp and SIR SLASH casts Cure Light Wounds on him. Strangely, this heals all 10HP.

Who am I to question SIR SLASH's metal gawd?

All hail the Mustaine, slayer of unholy life!

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Hmm...perhaps the best slayer of unholy life is...unholy life?

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How rude, the door is locked!

What do we do to locked doors?

I knew you'd say that.

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But of course we are.

Baaz aren't too big a deal, but I'm worried they might just be a distraction, or a means of plinking a few HPs and spells from us before the 'real' encounter begins.

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In any case, there are six of the boogers here. They fall quickly, but get their licks in, and METALDOG on top of that 'loses' his weapon in one of them when they turn to stone. I can't forget to re-equip it.

He still manages to kill another Baaz with his bare hands, though...not bad!

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That lackadaisical attitude is just what we need to re-prep for a big battle, I think!

It gives us a chance to encamp (yes, right there in the inner sanctum), cast a few Cure Light Wounds, re-memorize spells, and re-cast Bless again (just in case).

Okay, let's see if we're ready for this one...

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Unholy ritual being conducted...check...

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Said ritual is done incorrectly or by incompetent oafs...check...

Oh, and it clears out some of the bad guys...double check...

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We are blamed for something we didn't do (err...I think)...check...

A battle begins...yup!

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This one's a little hairy. There's no less than three Mages and three Clerics, all of whom can make our day very unpleasant.

BBMIKE gets initiative, so that means it's Sleep time, kids!

Unfortunately it only puts one Cleric and one Mage to sleep. Of course.

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METALDOG's Sleep spell does the same thing...only puts half of the spellcasters to sleep that I aimed at. Since they're so spread out, that's bad news.

And of course, one of the un-Sleep'd Mages casts a damn Magic Missile, hitting SIR SLASH, juuuust before his turn...so he can't cast spells this round.

Damn game.

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I bring SIR SLASH around to the flank, where he brings his mace down into the head of the Mage there, one that's not sleeping. He does 9HP of damage, bringing the spell-flinger down quickly.

One of the evil Clerics then casts Hold Person, and gets both SIR SLASH and METALDOG. So they're both out, and likely will be felled by the Baaz on that side of the line, too.

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I'm going to have to risk BC's neck by moving him into that gap; he's going to be open to a backstab attack by one of the Baaz, but it can't be helped. I need to take out those spellcasters!

The good news is he gets through without a scratch. The bad news is, of course, he misses.

And even better, BBMIKE casts a Sleep spell that catches BC. I had to risk it, though...one of the Clerics was in the middle of casting a spell and I needed to try to put him out of commission before he could get it off.

He's down for the count now, so it's up to the others.

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BBMIKE, out of spells, bandages BC, while AIRBOY winds his Hoopak up and takes out one of the sleeping bad guys. Next a Cleric takes a swing at MIRTH, and then initiative goes right back to AIRBOY (must be a new round!). AIRBOY then takes out the other sleeping Mage.

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We're down to three Baaz (two of whom are asleep, which is fortunate as so too are METALDOG and SIR SLASH) and one Cleric. I have BBMIKE equip Darts, which I don't like to do because you cannot end combat until they're un-equipped. Still, he needs to do something other than just stand there and look pretty, so he hurls one of them at the Cleric, and of course misses.

Next, the evil Cleric begins casting a spell, and next initiative goes to MIRTH. Here's his chance to heroically interrupt the spellcaster...and he misses.

Of course.

It doesn't matter much, because the Cleric casts Cure Disease, which doesn't affect MIRTH (must have made a saving throw vs. useless spells, I guess).

Finally, MIRTH connects (after two misses) with the Cleric and kills him. BBMIKE equips a dagger and heads in to cut down the sleeping Baaz (heroically of course). This causes the final Baaz to flee in panic, and of course both AIRBOY and MIRTH miss with their free attacks as it runs away into a corner. Now we have to chase after him and kill him from a distance, dammit.

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Fortunately it only takes two rounds to bring that last cowering Baaz down.

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We get a pretty decent treasure reward.

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Plus, some kind of experience point bonus to boot.

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It looks like we've addressed the problems here, and the Temple is free of evil influences.

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But there's still the northwest part of this inner area to explore, just to be sure we didn't miss anything. Plus those Baaz that ran in and then ran out...could they possibly be running to warn someone of our presence?

I need to think seriously about returning to civilization to level these guys up. For example, MIRTH has just over 12,000 experience points, but he's only a level 2 Ranger. According to the advancement tables for this game, he needs 10,001 XP to be a 4th level Ranger.

Yeah...I think we'll have to chance a return before coming back to drill deeper into this mess.






Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on June 16, 2017, 03:11:29 PM
I needs to level up!!!
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: JasonPratt on June 16, 2017, 04:10:31 PM
Quote from: mirth on June 16, 2017, 03:11:29 PM
I needs to level up!!!

"Congratulations! The party gains experience!"

{select Yes / No}

{Mirth selects Yes}

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(This game engine was so dang quirky sometimes...  ::) )

Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: airboy on June 16, 2017, 10:24:40 PM
Sir Slash has an awesome god and an impressive ritual!

I'm awesome against sleeping foes!

We both rock!
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on June 16, 2017, 10:35:36 PM
Yes, the Pug Gods are pure power all right. Just as long as no one distracts them by rolling a ball past them or dropping a cookie on the floor.  #:-)
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on June 16, 2017, 10:52:36 PM
Quote from: mirth on June 16, 2017, 03:11:29 PM
I needs to level up!!!

I have one more chapter that's pre-written that I can upload. I also brought my save games along for the ride so I can continue generating content depending on my schedule. But yes...leveling up. That's actually something interesting and deserves its own chapter anyway.

Quote from: airboy on June 16, 2017, 10:24:40 PM
Sir Slash has an awesome god and an impressive ritual!

I'm awesome against sleeping foes!

We both rock!

Quote from: Sir Slash on June 16, 2017, 10:35:36 PM
Yes, the Pug Gods are pure power all right.

I guess Mustaine does kinda look like a pug...who knows if he farts like one though.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on June 17, 2017, 09:19:23 AM
Part of the great tension of this game was crossing your fingers when you cast a spell hoping it would hit it's roll and effecting who you aimed it at. Frustration when it fizzled, and elation when it worked! Not many games today create that same level of tension.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on June 17, 2017, 05:46:05 PM
14. Goodness, Gracious, Great Balls of XP

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I remembered this secret door at the south end of the inner sanctum...I think this will take us right out into Throtl.

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I'm hoping that our 'relief' of the temple means Throtl is a safe haven now and we can move through the streets with impunity.

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Yep, we're able to get out without being harassed.

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Two MIDI-induced footsteps later and we're at the Outpost.

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Tithe! Tithe! Give to the church! Goodbye, blood money!

First, we head over to the Training Hall.

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BC becomes a 2nd level Knight. He cannot advance to level 3 yet. Want to guess why? He has 9,999 experience points. Guess how many he needs to get to 3rd level?

Yep! 10,000 experience points. UGH, this game!!

Anyway, moving on for the moment...

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Good on MIRTH. But he's in the same boat as BC...and I've just realized something.

You can't advance more than two levels at a time in this game. I might have screwed the pooch here. Instead of letting you keep enough XP to advance two levels, it cuts you down to one point shy of what you need to get to that next level.

So, basically, the game has robbed MIRTH of over 2,000 XP. I hope that won't be a problem later in the game, but it's kind of lame too because the Throtl missions are ongoing and there's no real hard or fast break like there was in Phlan (Pool of Radiance), where you clear a block, go back to town, level up, rinse and repeat.

Oh well. I'm not going back and playing through all that again. I just hope that screw up on my part doesn't cause issues down the road. I'm going to have to check the XP levels constantly from here on out.

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I think I'm going to go with Stinking Cloud for BBMIKE. The other spells are useless (at least, in my mind they are; your mileage may vary).

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That's it. All leveled up and now 1 friggin' XP away from leveling up...AGAIN.

I might have to go off into the wilderness and find some hapless woodland creatures to beat up on to level up again.

But first, we have to head to the Armory to sell off crap/identify crap.

Pooling our funds, you can now see our current treasure level.

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If necessary, I can appraise some of the gems or jewelry to get us where we need to be.

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An easy way of not wasting money on identifying magic items is to just go through your inventory and offer to sell things. If they offer you 1,250 steel pieces for a shield, which normally they'd offer you something like zero steel pieces, you know you have a Magic ItemTM on your hands!

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This one happens to be a Shield +1.

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Additional identifications reveal a Flail +1 and a couple of Potions of Healing (one of Extra Healing) for SIR SLASH.

That's about it for the items...we've sold off a few suits of armor and identified a few magic items. We next head over to the Commandant's office.

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Nice. I love vague directions. I guess we'll return to Throtl soon enough.

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After returning to the Inn where we save our game (I'd already memorized spells there a moment ago), we head back out.

I want to wander around a while in the hopes of getting that 1 measly XP bump, but I'm not sure if there's random encounters or not...surely, there must be!

And my prayers are answered...err, sorta.

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Nah, thanks, we're good here.

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It doesn't take long before we run into some monsters.

Since we get initiative, I take the time to spread my guys out into a battle line. I have no idea what's coming until I have AIRBOY do his Yell ability.

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Great! Goblins. No sweat. Hill Giant? Sweat!

HILL GIANT
One of the smaller of the giant races, they are brutish hulks possessing low intelligence and tremendous strength.


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When the Giant hits our line, both SIR SLASH and METALDOG hit him. Of course, the Knight totally misses. The Hill Giant then pummels SIR SLASH for 11HP.

I have BBMIKE cast his new Stinking Cloud spell, in the hopes of taking out the Giant. All it does is make his tent-sized lungs cough, though.

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At least it's there; if any Goblins are dumb enough to move into it, likely the cloud will nullify them.

BC manages to rectify himself by hitting the Hill Giant for 16HP (!). The monster still has 4HP though...and is just as dangerous at 1 HP as full HP.

BC then gets another turn in quick order, and hits the monster for 17HP (!). Maybe I should stop complaining about him not hitting things...the Hill Giant goes down in a heap of filthy. Woot!

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Unfortunately, the Gobbos decide to go around the cloud and come at us from the right side. That's not too big a deal; I shift our lines accordingly, staying in Guarded mode, and when they hit our lines, two of them go down immediately.

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A wounded SIR SLASH takes down one of the Goblins quickly after that.

BC, meanwhile, sweeps two Goblins...and misses them both.

What ya gonna do...? Sigh.

METALDOG takes out another Goblin, leaving three of them. I move MIRTH in, whom gets wounded – not because a guarding Goblin hits him, but because I hit the wrong key and MIRTH moves away, inviting a free attack.

Oops.

I move MIRTH back in and he sweeps all three Gobbos, killing all of them. Way to go!

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We get 488 XP for that little dance party, which should put us over the top for those next levels.

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Holy CRAP, what was that Giant carrying?!? Treasure time!

And after that, we return to the Outpost for Level Up Time!

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I'm going to choose Stinking Cloud for METALDOG, also.

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SIR SLASH now has access to three Hold Person spells!

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And that is that. We will move back to Throtl in the next chapter.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on June 17, 2017, 09:59:16 PM
WA-HOO! Level Three Clerics get all the Hot Chicks. Don't look at me like that.... Clerics need love too. Hey BC, I really like the way my armor and trousers match but my head looks a little flat. Anything you can do about that?
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: airboy on June 20, 2017, 09:58:27 AM
Hey Sir Slash.  I found a picture of your last good dream experience!
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Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on June 20, 2017, 10:08:44 AM
Now that's a Pug Fart!  :2funny:
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on June 26, 2017, 07:58:33 AM
15. We're Going Back to Throtl...Throtl...Throtl...

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Having done what is necessary back at the Outpost, we head back on the short road to Throtl, and enter the ruins like we own the place.

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It's weird not getting jumped by monsters as we move through the now-silent halls and streets of the ruined city. Because there's no traffic to get in our way, it doesn't take long before we find the secret door to the Inner Temple.

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We retrace our steps and then cross into the northwestern part of the Temple, where we figure the bad guys were evacuating from.

I'm hoping we're on the right path, and that perhaps the game will throw me a frikkin' bone, here-

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I guess we're on the right track. Carry on.

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It's just a small patrol of five Baaz Draconians.

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In the first round, BC cuts one down, MIRTH misses, and METALDOG fells a second creature.

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Also, AIRBOY pisses them off a lot.

BC gets nicked for a couple of HP, but otherwise the party is unscathed. We get 125 XP for the encounter, plus 25 steel pieces.

A short distance away, we come across a scene of bad guys in the final stages of scattering to the four winds.

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I should try Parlay. I mean, we're going to kill them severely, but since we're Good-aligned (technically) we should give them a chance to give up peacefully.

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Well, ain't THAT a fine how-d'you-do.

Fair enough...sure, it allowed them to close in with us, but I prefer to think of it as getting THEM to within OUR weapon range!

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It's just six Zombies and one evil Cleric.

Since BBMIKE has initiative, I have him cast Sleep, which doesn't work on the Cleric.

Next comes AIRBOY. We need to nullify that Cleric as a spellcaster this first round, so I have him wind up his hoopak and toss something painful at the bad guy. And, he misses.

MIRTH has a go at their undead front line.

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He easily brings one down.

SIR SLASH comes next, and you'd think he'd be able to Turn a few of the Zombies...but he fails. Nothing happens. So far this 'easy' encounter is going any way but easy.

BC and METALDOG both bring down a Zombie each.

The worst thing is, we're not able to hit the Cleric, so he gets a spell off – Cause Disease.

He casts it on MIRTH, and it fails to do anything.

Seems like this Curate went to the same school as DIRTEN. That's an old Pool of Radiance AAR joke, by the way (http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=14588.0).

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Both MIRTH and SIR SLASH fail to hit the evil Cleric, so I have to resort to having BBMIKE cast his one and only Magic Missile spell to hurt the Cleric so he won't cast any spells this round. Fortunately, BBMIKE gets the spell off and hurts the bad guy, just before the bad guy gets his turn. Angrily, he swings his weapon at MIRTH, and misses.

It takes a bit but we finally bring down the evil Cleric and his undead minions. No doubt a few looks are thrown at SIR SLASH and his Pug-Metal gawd hybrid beliefs, wondering what it is they have against undead, exactly.

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Afterwards, we find some arrows and a potion of some sort, but they'll have to remain a mystery for a moment as we press on to find some stairs leading down into the darkness ahea-



But before we do, here's a recap of the party.

1) BANZAI-CAT Human Level 3 Knight of the Crown (10,850 XP, need 18,500 for Level 4)
2) MIRTH Hill Dwarf Level 4 Ranger (10,934 XP, need 20,001 for Level 5)
3) METALDOG Half Elf Level 4 Fighter/Level 3 White Mage (10,378 XP, need 18,001 for Level 5 Fighter and 20,000 for Level 4 White Mage)
4) SIR SLASH Human (Pug Hybrid) Level 3 Mishakal Cleric (8,433 XP, need 15,250 for Level 4)
5) AIRBOY Kender Level 4 Thief (5,934 XP, need 10,001 for Level 5)
6) BBMIKE Human Level 3 White Mage (16,334 XP, need 20,000 for Level 4)

We interrupt this recap to bring you back to our regularly-scheduled dungeon clearing, already in progress.

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Ah, another lovely vacation spot!

Advancing a few steps into these underground catacombs, we suddenly find ourselves in the middle of a well-planned defense.

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There are several enemy Fighters and a couple of Mages, too.

The Mages are high priority targets; as such, BC strikes down one Mage with one blow.

Unfortunately, the other is more resistant to our efforts. METALDOG's Sleep spell doesn't affect the remaining Mage, nor does a Hold Person spell that SIR SLASH casts. That leaves BBMIKE to cast his Magic Missile, which injures the evil Mage.

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And, of course, AIRBOY makes everyone angry by shouting insults surrounding their heritage and upbringing.

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However, the next round, between METALDOG casting another Sleep spell and SIR SLASH casting another Hold Person spell, all of the bad guys are left helpless before our mighty coup-de-grassy...err...might!

We take a few steps back after the fight (which nets us less than 200 XP and only a few minor and unimportant additions to our inventories) so we can re-memorize spells, before we head back in deeper into these catacombs.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on June 26, 2017, 10:52:05 AM
I'm thinking that 'Cause Disease' spell cast on Mirth-dwarf didn't have an effect because of that Herpes medication he's been taking. And all that drinking he did back at the outpost.  :clap:
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on June 26, 2017, 11:00:38 AM
The truth is that my character is the cause of most disease in this universe.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: JasonPratt on June 27, 2017, 04:30:48 PM
^^ This is going to be one of those Fizban plot-twists, isn't it?


Hey, did Airboy always have a microphone to help ticc off the enemy?
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on November 10, 2017, 01:50:36 PM
16. Temple Your Expectations, Folks...

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With the demise of the last Draco ambush, we move on.

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Soon we come across a door that leads to some inner sanctum – I'm guessing, anyway, as it looks like the hall goes around outside of this central area. As this is a temple, there's no doubt there's something quite disgusting, evil, and twisted going on in here – far worse than what takes place in CNN's programming management offices.

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I decide to have SIR SLASH cast his one and only Bless spell, to help slightly with all of our THAC0s and I think saving throws as well. Hey, +1 is +1, ya know?

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Oh...goodie.

More doors!

There's an inner sanctum to the inner sanctum, apparently.

Before we can even get to the damned door, though...

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Another Random EncounterTM for our amusement!

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Five Skeletons and four Hobbos jump us from out of the shadows.

It doesn't take much to beat them down...one Skeleton falls to our weapons, while the other four are Turned when SIR SLASH holds his holy symbol aloft in one hand, with the other held equally high and portraying the holy hand symbol of his order...

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and invokes the chant of his religion...

No more living trapped inside / In her way I'll surely die / In the eye of the tornado, blow me away

The words invoked, and a cloudy, lightning-filled maelstrom forms above our heads...

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...and through it, parting nature's fury with his eternal power, appears SIR SLASH's metal gawd, fingers dancing across his holy instrument to bring forth his unrelenting fury upon the Undead...

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The Skeletons evaporate like light and airy hits of the seventies, while the Hobbos die in a more conventional way. But not before they hit METALDOG twice (of course!) for about 10HP worth of damage.

Sigh.

No biggie, we just encamp and SIR SLASH casts Cure Light Wounds on him. Strangely, this heals all 10HP.

Who am I to question SIR SLASH's metal gawd?

All hail the Mustaine, slayer of unholy life!

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How rude, the door is locked!

What do we do to locked doors?

I knew you'd say that.

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Our breaking-and-entering efforts are rewarded by...

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But of course we are.

Baaz aren't too big a deal, but I'm worried they might just be a distraction, or a means of plinking a few HPs and spells from us before the 'real' encounter begins.

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In any case, there are six of the boogers here. They fall quickly, but get their licks in, and METALDOG on top of that 'loses' his weapon in one of them when they turn to stone. I must not forget to re-equip it.

He still manages to kill another Baaz with his bare hands, though...not bad!

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Famous last words!

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That lackadaisical attitude is just what we need to re-prep for a big battle, I think!

It gives us a chance to encamp (yes, right there in the inner sanctum), cast a few Cure Light Wounds, re-memorize spells, and re-cast Bless again (just in case).

Okay, let's see if we're ready for this one...

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Unholy ritual being conducted...or college psychology department meeting...check...

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Said ritual is done incorrectly or by incompetent oafs...check...

Oh, and it clears out some of the bad guys...double check...

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No! It's my worst fear ever!

We've come across a SJW gathering! They quickly blame us for their own incompetence!!

CHECK!

That's all the boxes checked. Let's say we begin a battle, eh?

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This one's a little hairy. There's no less than three Mages and three Clerics, all of whom can make our day very unpleasant.

BBMIKE gets initiative, so that means it's Sleep time, kids!

Unfortunately it only puts one Cleric and one Mage to sleep. Of course.

METALDOG's Sleep spell does the same thing...only puts half of the spellcasters to sleep that I aimed at. Since they're so spread out, that's bad news.

And of course, one of the un-Sleep'd Mages casts a damn Magic Missile, hitting SIR SLASH, juuuust before his turn...so he can't cast spells this round.

Damn game.

I bring SIR SLASH around to the flank, where he brings his mace down into the head of the Mage there, one that's not sleeping. He does 9HP of damage, bringing the spell-flinger down quickly.

One of the evil Clerics then casts Hold Person, and gets both SIR SLASH and METALDOG. So they're both out, and likely will be felled by the Baaz on that side of the line, too.

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I'm going to have to risk BC's neck by moving him into that gap; he's going to be open to a backstab attack by one of the Baaz, but it can't be helped. I need to take out those spellcasters!

The good news is he gets through without a scratch. The bad news is, of course, he misses.

And even better, BBMIKE casts a Sleep spell that catches BC. I had to risk it, though...one of the Clerics was in the middle of casting a spell and I needed to try to put him out of commission before he could get it off.

He's down for the count now, so it's up to the others.

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BBMIKE, out of spells, bandages BC, while AIRBOY winds his Hoopak up and takes out one of the sleeping bad guys. Next a Cleric takes a swing at MIRTH, and then initiative goes right back to AIRBOY (must be a new round!). AIRBOY then takes out the other sleeping Mage.

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We're down to three Baaz (two of whom are asleep, which is fortunate as so too are METALDOG and SIR SLASH) and one Cleric. I have BBMIKE equip Darts, which I don't like to do because you cannot end combat until they're un-equipped. Still, he needs to do something other than just stand there and look pretty, so he hurls one of them at the Cleric, and of course misses.

Next, the evil Cleric begins casting a spell, and next initiative goes to MIRTH. Here's his chance to heroically interrupt the spellcaster...and he misses.

Of course.

It doesn't matter much, because the Cleric casts Cure Disease, which doesn't affect MIRTH (must have made a saving throw vs. useless spells, I guess).

Finally, MIRTH connects (after two misses) with the Cleric and kills him. BBMIKE equips a dagger and heads in to cut down the sleeping Baaz (heroically of course). This causes the final Baaz to flee in panic, and of course both AIRBOY and MIRTH miss with their free attacks as it runs away into a corner. Now we have to chase after him and kill him from a distance, dammit.

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Fortunately it only takes two rounds to bring that last cowering Baaz down.

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We get a pretty decent treasure reward.

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Plus, some kind of experience point bonus to boot.

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It looks like we've addressed the problems here, and the Temple is free of evil influences.

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But there's still the northwest part of this inner area to explore, just to be sure we didn't miss anything. Plus those Baaz that ran in and then ran out...could they possibly be running to warn someone of our presence?

I need to think seriously about returning to civilization to level these guys up. For example, MIRTH has just over 12,000 experience points, but he's only a level 2 Ranger. According to the advancement tables for this game, he needs 10,001 XP to be a 4th level Ranger.

Yeah...I think we'll have to chance a return before coming back to drill deeper into this mess.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on November 10, 2017, 02:12:46 PM
I needs to level up!
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: bbmike on November 10, 2017, 02:18:54 PM
I'm really good at putting other people to sleep.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on November 10, 2017, 02:21:13 PM
It's been a while, but I have one more chapter stored up. I just haven't had time to deploy it in the last few months.

Once that chapter is posted, I'll get back to playing and continuing this AAR. I haven't had much in the way of inspiration to do anything particularly witty, unfortunately.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: mirth on November 10, 2017, 02:33:42 PM
Quote from: bbmike on November 10, 2017, 02:18:54 PM
I'm really good at putting other to sleep.

You ain't kidding.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: Sir Slash on November 10, 2017, 11:00:59 PM
I wasn't asleep. I was just checking my Twitter page.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: JasonPratt on November 11, 2017, 06:34:55 PM
...um, we're already two chapters past that one, BC. Maybe three.

We've groundhogged.
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: JasonPratt on November 11, 2017, 06:36:51 PM
I think Mirth may have noticed, because he made the same comment as before, too. ;)

Here's the original edition of that chapter: http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=18088.msg530995#msg530995
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: JasonPratt on November 11, 2017, 06:37:58 PM
So, bad news, you went to the trouble of rewriting up that chapter again.

Good news, you won't have to go to the trouble of rewriting up the next two chapters again! (Getting back to town; and then out into the boonies for xp.)
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: BanzaiCat on November 11, 2017, 07:37:35 PM
Well, shit.

Thanks for pointing that out, JP. My bad. I'll have to look closely at that last chapter I have. I put every previous one into a "Used" folder so I wouldn't repeat it. Guess I forgot about this one.  :-[

Sounds like some of the readers forgot it too though. ;D
Title: Re: Champions of Krynn - The Next Groggy Adventure Thing
Post by: JasonPratt on November 12, 2017, 10:47:09 AM
Well, it _has_ been a few months.  O:-)