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1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254.

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Amara
player, 1685 posts
Wed 8 May 2024
at 02:02
  • msg #573

Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

"Even if it is only a few feet deep, that's enough for a good distraction. Just not much damage." Amara responded.
Roenthelm
player, 694 posts
Wed 8 May 2024
at 22:38
  • msg #574

Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

"What do we wish to accomplish with flooding the mine with water? Seems to me that the cultists will be attracted to that, which will put more of them on our backs. I think that's a bad idea. I like the idea of using an old mine entrance to sneak into the place, but I think we should take advantage of that to sneak into the Dragon's lair and use those Disruptive weapons on it. Once it's dealt with, I'm sure Cultists will flee the area and then we can take care of the ones who wish to fight."
Nolan
player, 1401 posts
Thu 9 May 2024
at 11:58
  • msg #575

Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

I do admit that moving the water is a lot of work, work that I'd rather not be doing. Our main objective is to destroy the dragon. We know where it's at and we can create a secret way in. I like your idea, Roen. Get in, and go directly to the dragon and destroy it.
Amara
player, 1686 posts
Fri 10 May 2024
at 00:21
  • msg #576

Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

"No distraction? No getting the slaves out first? That's a recipe for a lot of... civilians to get hurt or killed." Amara objected.
Twiggy Flinch
player, 1200 posts
Fri 10 May 2024
at 13:21
  • msg #577

Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

Twiggy listens and is curious "Is there any way that we could draw the dracolich out? us fighting the cultist wizards and the dragon will be a problem. A flooded tunnel would probably only pull the gaurds but the strongest cultist will still be in the main cavern."
Byron Rockhead
player, 1655 posts
There is no such thing as
too much firepower
Fri 10 May 2024
at 17:35
  • msg #578

Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

Byron nods his head in agreement with Amara.

Amara, as much as I agree with you, avoiding the deaths of some or most of the slaves is going to be an impossibility.  Nothing we do or don't do is going to change that.
Amara
player, 1687 posts
Fri 10 May 2024
at 22:56
  • msg #579

Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

"Oh, I don't doubt that there will be civilian deaths no matter what we do. I just hope to minimize them," Amara replied.

"We don't know much about the dracolich to know what would draw it out, exactly. My understanding is that like dragons they love valuable items, and generally they wanted to live forever to become a dracolich at all. Other than that, it really depends on the individual. Everyone has goals - and they do too. But I suspect many dracoliches are so powerful that they would like to become a god."
Nolan
player, 1402 posts
Sat 11 May 2024
at 22:44
  • msg #580

Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

So, what do we want to do then? The guards are going to fight us, not decide to start killing slaves. I like the thought of bypassing all the guards in the front and cut the head off the main threat before the guards even know what's going on. Strike first, strike hard. I'm sure some slaves will probably end up dying, but at least they'll know somebody is trying to start something.
Amara
player, 1688 posts
Sun 12 May 2024
at 01:14
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Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

"Well, in any event, I won't be much use against the dracolich. My magic affects minds, mostly, and undead are immune. I am best at handling the guards and getting prisoners to safety. I can cast spells like invisibility sphere and illusions to help us get in with minimum notice, and then handle at least some of the guards." Amara replied.
Myarra
player, 1890 posts
Who are we when the only
one watching is ourself?
Sun 12 May 2024
at 04:26
  • msg #582

Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

"If we can sneak in through the flooded tunnels, all the better. But whether we sneak in or just charge down the central corridor, I agree that the best plan is to hit the cultists before they know we're there.  I wish we could know what's down those stairs, but that doesn't seem to be in the cards for us, and there's no point crying over what we can't have.

Then Byron and I go after the dracolich. I also agree that while we can't entirely prevent the slaves from being killed, the guards are going to be more worried about saving their own skins. It isn't perfect, but I think we'll save more people that way.

So, can we scry or otherwise determine if we can get through the flooded tunnels, with or without the crab?"
Amara
player, 1689 posts
Sun 12 May 2024
at 12:42
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Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

"I can scry the flooded area more," Amara said. "Anything specific you want me to look for?"
Roenthelm
player, 695 posts
Sun 12 May 2024
at 17:15
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Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

"I will go with Byron and Myarra to deal with the cultists there, if we're going to split up the party."
Sister Aliana Farwalker
player, 1825 posts
Cleric of Oghma.
Wants to learn everything
Sun 12 May 2024
at 18:38
  • msg #585

Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

"I will go wherever I'm needed.  If Roenthelm goes with Byron and Myarra, perhaps I might be more useful with Nolan and Amara, but if we need more people taking on the guards, I can do that as well."
Nolan
player, 1403 posts
Mon 13 May 2024
at 11:46
  • msg #586

Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

This is how I envision things. We go through the abandoned caves flooded with water, make it safe, break into the mines from that area and go directly to the dragon and kill the thing. We deal with the guards along the way the quickest way we can. Once the dragon is dead, it won't matter if the alarm is raised. Perhaps we can have Gunther and his friends attack the guards at the entrance while we're inside?
Twiggy Flinch
player, 1201 posts
Tue 14 May 2024
at 20:51
  • msg #587

Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

Twiggy nods at Nolan "Straight forward, I like it. We will save who we can so that this does not happen again
Amara
player, 1692 posts
Wed 15 May 2024
at 01:04
  • msg #588

Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

"What about the next floor down?" Amara queried. "We're going to have to figure out what is going on there - now or later."
Nolan
player, 1406 posts
Wed 15 May 2024
at 12:04
  • msg #589

Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

I guess that will be a surprise? I'm sure we'll find out what's down there once the fighting starts, since we can't scry there.
Amara
player, 1693 posts
Wed 15 May 2024
at 15:30
  • msg #590

Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

"It sounded like we were just going to ignore them," Amara responded. "But it sounds like maybe not - like it depends on what we find. There could be more innocents down there - so I feel like it's probably something we should explore."
Roenthelm
player, 697 posts
Wed 15 May 2024
at 23:40
  • msg #591

Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

"My number one priority is freeing the slaves and to do that, we need to destroy the dragon lich. But, we should plan this out carefully." Roen explained "I like the idea of using this abandoned mine filled with water. We should see how safe that area is and see if we can clear a path in the area we labeled 20 on our map. That would be the quickest way to the dragon lich. I would have to agree that many of the slavers will flee if they know the dragon is destroyed, along with the evil cultists. Then we deal with whoever is left."
Myarra
player, 1893 posts
Who are we when the only
one watching is ourself?
Fri 17 May 2024
at 02:40
  • msg #592

Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

"The dracolich is the linchpin to the whole problem. There is only one way for us to take it out and that is by surprise.  If we do anything else first and the lich is made aware -- if it's allowed to choose the battlefield -- it'll kill us all before we get a chance to hurt it.  We have to hit it while it's asleep, or whatever the equivalent is, with as many disruption weapons as we can.

We only have the two permanent ones, but I believe there is a spell that turns any weapon into one, at least for a short period of time. We should buy a couple of scrolls so that everyone that is going into melee with the dragon has one. And whatever we need to make us all invisible, and maybe silent as well. Again, we're not going to win this one by force of arms, we're going to win it by cheating with magic.

After we kill the dracolich, we can go after the cultists and the slavers. And we'll need to find its pottery before we leave."
Amara
player, 1694 posts
Fri 17 May 2024
at 02:44
  • msg #593

Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

"Don't forget a lich of any kind - even a dracolich - has a phylactery. Likely that's in a lower level. We need to destroy that too - or the dracolich will come back and likely search us out for revenge," Amara reminded the others.
Myarra
player, 1895 posts
Who are we when the only
one watching is ourself?
Fri 17 May 2024
at 02:54
  • msg #594

Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

"Right, a phylactery," Myarra agrees, nodding her head a little sheepishly. "That's what I meant."
Nolan
player, 1408 posts
Fri 17 May 2024
at 12:00
  • msg #595

Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

The phylactery is probably in the area down the stairs where we can't scry. I know this has been mentioned before, but I think we should wear masks so nobody can identify us. As for the Dragon itself slashing and biting anyone in range, I can make up some scrolls of Stoneskin.
Amara
player, 1695 posts
Fri 17 May 2024
at 15:48
  • msg #596

Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

"Okay, good, so we are agreed on finding the phylactery so that it can be destroyed. That means we can't just kill, grab, and go - we're going to have to do some searching to find the phylactery." Amara pressed.
Myarra
player, 1896 posts
Who are we when the only
one watching is ourself?
Fri 17 May 2024
at 16:46
  • msg #597

Re: 1372: The Year of Wild Magic: Day 244-254

"I do not want to have to do this again," Myarra agrees. "We kill the dracolich and the cultists. That's first. We then free the slaves. The slavers can die or run away, I really don't care.

"But, no matter what, we absolutely can't leave until we destroy the thingy. The lich stays dead. Hopefully, we'll find it when we go downstairs to mop up the cultists, but I'm sure that's going to lead us into several more nasty surprises.

"The details are in whether or not we use the flooded tunnels, whether or not we use the crab, and whether or not Gunther will be running a simultaneous distraction."

She looks over at Nolan. "I'm really liking the sound of that stone skin thing. Is there anything that will protect us from a breath weapon? It's not often we get the time to fully prepare for a fight before we start.  And while masks would be nice, and I'm not saying no, several of us are rather distinctive in ways a mask won't help. A party of our composition isn't exactly common."
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