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Re: Mythic Sagas: OOC Talk
« Reply #100 on: September 02, 2013, 04:46:57 PM »
Here's what I remember/know about Hergierr:

1) He had some love affair going on with a trollwife
2) You guys wound up cutting off the thumbs of a troll who was jealous over this, IIRC (or at least someone did... would have to go back and look at the old game thread to get the details right)
3) That guy wound up showing up, I think with the trollwife's dad, and fighting the party (was this the three way fight with the nydeshka berserker?)
4) Although it didn't happen in game, I'd actually planned on Hergierr keeping his promise to return and marry the trollwife. So that's probably what he did as far as you guys know (at least he probably left your company stating that to be his intention).

Other than that, you guys feel free to make up stuff and/or leave it up to the DM. :D
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Re: Mythic Sagas: OOC Talk
« Reply #101 on: September 02, 2013, 04:56:32 PM »
The bound demons/devils are just bound.  The only way to get any use out of them is to deal with them directly (most of them are still conscious and can move around in their limited space within the stonehenge circle).  Of course, they aren't going to do anything for you unless they see personal benefit in doing so.  The Hathran and the MotYW have done their best to keep people away, teaching them of the dangers, but there's not a whole lot they can do long-term to keep trolls out.  Thus, trolls, by and large, are the ones most likely to have any "meaningful" interaction with the demons.

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Re: Mythic Sagas: OOC Talk
« Reply #102 on: September 02, 2013, 05:03:34 PM »
Here's what I remember/know about Hergierr:

1) He had some love affair going on with a trollwife
2) You guys wound up cutting off the thumbs of a troll who was jealous over this, IIRC (or at least someone did... would have to go back and look at the old game thread to get the details right)
3) That guy wound up showing up, I think with the trollwife's dad, and fighting the party (was this the three way fight with the nydeshka berserker?)

Different, earlier fight.  That happened while you were hunting down Grimolf.  You guys found her unconscious on the side of the road, with a cold iron dagger stuck in her. (I may not have revealed this at the time, but she had tried to entice Grimolf, and he was having none of it, and knocked her unconscious, and left his dagger in her.)  She was then accompanying you for a time, and her betrothed and her father "ambushed" you.  The betrothed is the one whose thumbs were cut off.  The father didn't overly like the betrothed, and thought Hergierr was more suitable.  IIRC, she then left and went home with her father at that point.

The epic three-way fight (oh, you guys were still 1st level, by the way; I was wrong before) was between the six PC's, Grimolf (Barb 6/Frenzied Berserker 1), and two Ice Trolls (each normally CR 4).

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Re: Mythic Sagas: OOC Talk
« Reply #103 on: September 02, 2013, 06:57:15 PM »
Could I roll a bardic knowledge to know any of this stuff? Maybe recognize the name.. or the thumbless troll etc etc? If not it's ok.. but I figure hey it's worth a shot right? It sounds pretty epic...

Quoted from the roll thread.
bardic knowledge This dice roll has been tampered with!
Rolled 1d20+11 : 10 + 11, total 21

knowledge local This dice roll has been tampered with!
Rolled 1d20+8 : 10 + 8, total 18

knowledge history This dice roll has been tampered with!
Rolled 1d20+8 : 18 + 8, total 26


Also, how do I add in the name of the roll like you did? I tried a few things but I couldn't figure it out, so I just posted what the roll was above it.  :P
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Re: Mythic Sagas: OOC Talk
« Reply #104 on: September 02, 2013, 07:09:36 PM »
A knowledge (local - Rashemen) check would maybe have a chance to have heard about it, but only because it relates to something that occurred at the Althing just over a year back.  It's still obscure enough that the DC would be quite high.  Really, it's like trying to use bardic knowledge to know the first-level adventures of a party from five years ago.  But, I guess that's how all the rumors around town start...

Just harder here because people knew of the Nydeshka fleeing, but I don't think the party who followed him was known to the general public, and by the time they caught up to him, the Althing was over, so it's not like there are people sitting around in town wondering and gossiping about what became of those adventurers who went up to the goblin hills last week.  The people left and went back home.  The party never returned to speak to the townsfolk of their grand adventure, etc.

All that to say, you don't know of it, except what you overhear.

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Re: Mythic Sagas: OOC Talk
« Reply #105 on: September 02, 2013, 11:21:52 PM »
Going to bed. If the group decides they want Skulda to scout, she'll probably mount the smoke horse, ride up a bit closer, then turn invisible and ride through the area to look around. (Yeah, the horse will be visible, but it's probably safer than being on foot there when the invisibility wears off :P ).

Then she'll head back to report before her invisibility wears off (5 rounds). Her spot modifier is +15. Ride is only +3, but she can take 10 to mount (DC 10). If she gets into a fight, she might have to dismount, though. :P The horse is from the Bottle of Smoke spell she precast earlier, by the way. It's movement rate is 100, and it's impervious to all attacks (except wind).
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Re: Mythic Sagas: OOC Talk
« Reply #106 on: September 03, 2013, 11:09:38 AM »
My reference to the traveler with the funny eye is meant to inject Lycanshee's Bjartr into the story.  Just FYI.

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Re: Mythic Sagas: OOC Talk
« Reply #107 on: September 03, 2013, 11:13:24 AM »
Eh... So the boss chose to stay with the pretty guy... I mean, me?

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Re: Mythic Sagas: OOC Talk
« Reply #108 on: September 03, 2013, 11:23:07 AM »
It sounded like you were going to check it out already.  I'll edit Ospak's words so it includes you too.

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Re: Mythic Sagas: OOC Talk
« Reply #109 on: September 03, 2013, 11:24:41 AM »
Yeah, I know... Just checking.

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Re: Mythic Sagas: OOC Talk
« Reply #110 on: September 03, 2013, 11:27:40 AM »
Being Tuesday, SDK probably won't be that active.  We can slow things down until tonight/tomorrow, or you can "lead" the foray, and I'll roll any needed hide and move silently checks for Thorgrim, so you guys can get to investigating.

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Re: Mythic Sagas: OOC Talk
« Reply #111 on: September 03, 2013, 11:59:01 AM »
Why don't we have the "non-sneaky" people stay maybe 50-80 feet behind the "relatively sneaky" people? That way, they should still be within charge range, but that extra distance should provide enough of a penalty to spot checks to see them to kind of even it out?

Otherwise we're not actually scouting, we're just all just walking in together....

Or at this point does that not make sense? I guess we've already been alerted that there might be trouble. So maybe the scouting is over?
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Re: Mythic Sagas: OOC Talk
« Reply #112 on: September 03, 2013, 12:03:59 PM »
Why don't we have the "non-sneaky" people stay maybe 50-80 feet behind the "relatively sneaky" people? That way, they should still be within charge range, but that extra distance should provide enough of a penalty to spot checks to see them to kind of even it out?

Otherwise we're not actually scouting, we're just all just walking in together....

Or at this point does that not make sense? I guess we've already been alerted that there might be trouble. So maybe the scouting is over?

With the amount of time I spent in the camp casting my stuff, you guys have at least a 1 min advantage on us... That should help with the distance, right?

Edit: Maybe we wait your signal instead?
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Re: Mythic Sagas: OOC Talk
« Reply #113 on: September 03, 2013, 12:09:46 PM »
Yeah... This is one of the things that comes up frequently in D&D, and spawned a huge flamewar in that Scouting guide by JaronK (IIRC): how to scout effectively but not basically turn your scouts into "bait" where they get spotted and stomped flat while the rest of the party doesn't know what is going on and/or is too far away to come to their aid. :P

I think "within charge range" is a pretty good separation in general for the "scouts" vs. everyone else, unless the scout(s) is/are incredibly sneaky (like a Darkstalker Shadow whisper gnome rogue, an ethereal scout, "scouting" via spells, etc).
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Re: Mythic Sagas: OOC Talk
« Reply #114 on: September 03, 2013, 12:17:35 PM »
Sounds like a good plan to me.  I'll assume the non-sneaky folks are ~60 feet back.

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Re: Mythic Sagas: OOC Talk
« Reply #115 on: September 03, 2013, 12:38:20 PM »
Works for me.

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Re: Mythic Sagas: OOC Talk
« Reply #116 on: September 03, 2013, 02:08:30 PM »
I would like to roll to see if I know of any bandit gangs or something along the likes that roam this area. Basically see if I've heard of any trouble around this area of the road.
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Rather mediocre rolls  :P
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Re: Mythic Sagas: OOC Talk
« Reply #117 on: September 03, 2013, 02:27:01 PM »
dna, you can add descriptions to dice rolls by typing: [roll]{Description}dice roll[ /roll]

You know, if you want to.  :p

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Re: Mythic Sagas: OOC Talk
« Reply #118 on: September 03, 2013, 02:27:56 PM »
Highway Banditry isn't a common occupation.  Most disputes and legal interactions were dealt with by paying weregild to the wronged party.  If a man was reduced to stealing, he obviously had no money with which to pay recompense, so the only thing he could pay with was his life.  Ergo, most bandits would lead a very short life.

More than anything, this sounds like some sort of troll attack.

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Re: Mythic Sagas: OOC Talk
« Reply #119 on: September 03, 2013, 03:37:53 PM »
That's what Einar figured, but then again he is something of a Troll Hunter.

Are there any expanded Survival rules for finding out what made tracks, how many, etc?  I'm AFB.