The Eye of Anubis: OOC Thread

[NeoTiamat]

This is about five pages of discussion for a fight. I am impressed.

Sufficiently impressed that I'll do my usual DM-ly non-hint and ask: What do you know about Spite and Malice?

[Rock of the Fraternity]

1) They're crazy.

2) They're twins, so likely to use flanking tactics.

3) 'Swift as lightning', 'wield the power of thunder'.

4) Fey.

[yalenusveler]

Joy of insomnia. Fae. Mentalists (can use crisis of breath, at least Malice can). Definite sister issues. Malice has a thing for Andre, which is terrifying.

[NeoTiamat]

Heh, and from this you can conclude?

[DocBeard]

Fairy tale logic says that the best way to beat them is distracting them with their own issues, causing a sisterly quarrel in the middle of the battlefield.

Even if that doesn't work, Tomas being hurled into the unforgiving sea buys the others some time to get into position.

[The Whistler]

Ooh--in that case, consider those flaming bullets in Otto's other two pistols (possible lightning immunity is bad news). He has the time to load twice before shooting, anyway.

[DocBeard]

Hey, for a side project I'm working on; what do you guys think your characters would be, class wise, in 4E? Strict mechanics aren't needed, just an idea. Here's what I have so far;

Lia: Caliban or Half-Elf(In this case, using half-elf to describe anyone touched by fairy magic.) Wizard
Kuzan: Human Cleric, possibly multiclassed with rogue.
Otto: Human Rogue, multiclassed with feylock.
Khalil: Human Ranger, archery style.
Ishaq: Human Barbarian(It's not out yet, but I feel comfortable betting it will be.)
Andre: Human Warlock, Star Pact.
Charles: Human Warlord, multiclassed with rogue.
Tomas: Human Paladin, possibly multiclassed with fighter.

I know Charles might seem strange, but on reflection I really think that the way Charles has developed, he'd really fit being a martial leader. He's very good at playing the subtle leader-someone who really doesn't come off as a leader until you realize that he's the reason the party hasn't killed each other yet. As for Andre, I might switch him out with a Divine Striker or Controller once I get a look at the PHBII classes, but for the moment, the Star Pact Warlock reflects the 'feel' of Andre's powers and personality the best, I think. The multiclassing, except for Otto, is mostly at the later levels-Kuzan I could definitely see picking up a few of the rogues's movement based powers, for example, to go with his sailing background.

[Nathan of the FoS]

Hey, for a side project I'm working on; what do you guys think your characters would be, class wise, in 4E? Strict mechanics aren't needed, just an idea. Here's what I have so far;

Lia: Caliban or Half-Elf(In this case, using half-elf to describe anyone touched by fairy magic.) Wizard

Tiefling! Tiefling! Tiefling! Tiefling! With minor cosmetic changes.

Kuzan: Human Cleric, possibly multiclassed with rogue.
Otto: Human Rogue, multiclassed with feylock.

Sure.

Khalil: Human Ranger, archery style.

Archery?...I'd put him down for the 2WF for sure...

Ishaq: Human Barbarian(It's not out yet, but I feel comfortable betting it will be.)

You could put him down as a two-handed weapon fighter type for now, I think.

Andre: Human Warlock, Star Pact.

Maybe. Cleric/wizard? Cleric/warlock? Wizard/cleric? He's a little hard to parse.

Charles: Human Warlord, multiclassed with rogue.

Amusing. The best fit for Charles mechanically is rogue/wizard, but warlord/rogue does fit his personality. Of course, since Str is his dump stat there's probably going to be a lot of Commander's Strike going on in a warlord build.

Tomas: Human Paladin, possibly multiclassed with fighter.

Sure.

[Rock of the Fraternity]

I had a horrible thought today: Spite and Malice are Fey. Fey equals spellcaster. The minute we charge them, they're going to start bombarding us with their best spells. If we split up, they can pick us off one by one. Rather than fly to the candle, I could stay in between the fighters while they run forward, and invoke Lesser Globe of Invulnerability, to keep out some of the magic coming our way. Who's in favor?

Sidenote: didn't the sisters have to swear to keep our minds and bodies inviolate until the dawn, together with the rest of the Fey? Is there any chance they could be bluffed/convinced into an internal struggle between their given word and the current situation?

[DocBeard]

Tiefling! Tiefling! Tiefling! Tiefling!

Oh, duh, of course.

As for Charles, well, exactly. I went for flavor over mechanics. This is mostly just because I find the 4E classes much easier to visualize and represent when writing, and figured you all might dig seeing one of Tomas's short stories one of these days.

[Kaitou Kage]

Well, then, you folks better start getting these two sisters worked up at each other early so Kuzan can get to where he's going and get the deed done. I'm looking at you, Charles, Andre, all you talky folks.

[DocBeard]

A talking 'attack' probably should be round by round, if only so we don't spam NT so bad the dude just goes, 'Screw it, fireball.'

[Kaitou Kage]

Sidenote: didn't the sisters have to swear to keep our minds and bodies inviolate until the dawn, together with the rest of the Fey? Is there any chance they could be bluffed/convinced into an internal struggle between their given word and the current situation?

That's a stretch, so probably not. They can't kill us or steal our souls, but they can cause harm. Ivor was going to put his axe through Charles's neck, Malice tried to make Andre choke to death, the Lorelei was going to take a finger.

No offense, but if we try your way, I think we're going to get laughed at.

I think we should leave it up to the group's smooth-talkers to try and play the sisters against each other.

[Rock of the Fraternity]

Sidenote: didn't the sisters have to swear to keep our minds and bodies inviolate until the dawn, together with the rest of the Fey? Is there any chance they could be bluffed/convinced into an internal struggle between their given word and the current situation?

That's a stretch, so probably not. They can't kill us or steal our souls, but they can cause harm. Ivor was going to put his axe through Charles's neck, Malice tried to make Andre choke to death, the Lorelei was going to take a finger.

On that subject -- the trick she used on Andre wasn't magical, it was psionic. Fortunately, I am assured that we have magic/psionic transparency; what's good for the one is good for the other -- except that goes both ways. Remember they can attack without chanting, gesturing or using material components, guys!

No offense, but if we try your way, I think we're going to get laughed at.
I think we should leave it up to the group's smooth-talkers to try and play the sisters against each other.

I was just asking whether it was a viable strategy. It seemed a longshot to me as well, but then I thought talking to the Fey about the inherent unfairness of the previous test would be a waste of time, and that worked out rather differently from what I expected as well.

[NeoTiamat]

I was just asking whether it was a viable strategy. It seemed a longshot to me as well, but then I thought talking to the Fey about the inherent unfairness of the previous test would be a waste of time, and that worked out rather differently from what I expected as well.

That aspect was a waste of time, yes. But what Tomas also did was point out that the conditions of Ivor's service were up, ergo, he was free, ergo, he was dead. And the Featherflute accepted that.

Lesson of the Trial: Fey are strange.