Let's Play #5 Scales of War 1) Rescue at Rivenroar ENC#7
Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 6:38 am
Let's Play #5 Dungeon Magazine Scales of War #1
Rescue at Rivenroar (Level 1)
PC's
Thug, Male Bugbear Fighter 1
Snatch, Razorclaw Shifter Ranger 1
Chiggers, Male Dragonborn Cleric of the Raven Queen 1
Miss Teri, Female Shadar-kai Rogue 1
Gargemel, Male Dragonborn Sorcerer 1
This scenario was played in entirety using maptools, the players didn’t choose this scenario- I did, in the hope that they would like it and want to play their way through the entire series, you’ll have to hang on to see how that played out.
So the players were told to prepare a first level PC, they were allowed to chat to each other to get a good balance for the party but only to discuss classes, not races, or names or anything else for that matter. They were further told that they were either an adventurer already, or else they were on the brink of becoming adventurers- however they had as yet not met each other.
And so in the first session, on-line, the guys started out in the Nentir Inn, Fallcrest- not the map you’ll see for the for the first encounter in this Let’s Play write up, my maptools maps are much, much better. The guys have been using Fallcrest as a base for their operations, for a dozen or more different characters, for the last year or three, its home to them. The players know Fallcrest, they know the Nentir Inn, and to some degree- decided by the players, they are locals.
Which is what I wanted to get to- the PCs need to have a vested interest in the city, they live and work in Fallcrest- that was the important bit.
So, I let them be in the bar for a bit, not too long- I didn’t want them to introduce themselves to each other, so I started with a little role-play- other locals friendly faces they know in the pub. I got the players to help me out with names and occupations for their friends. I wanted the guys to think I was playing nice when all along I was planning to kill their buddies- what a mean man I am.
You’ll see.
Next up the PCs.
Rescue at Rivenroar (Level 1)
PC's
Thug, Male Bugbear Fighter 1
Snatch, Razorclaw Shifter Ranger 1
Chiggers, Male Dragonborn Cleric of the Raven Queen 1
Miss Teri, Female Shadar-kai Rogue 1
Gargemel, Male Dragonborn Sorcerer 1
This scenario was played in entirety using maptools, the players didn’t choose this scenario- I did, in the hope that they would like it and want to play their way through the entire series, you’ll have to hang on to see how that played out.
So the players were told to prepare a first level PC, they were allowed to chat to each other to get a good balance for the party but only to discuss classes, not races, or names or anything else for that matter. They were further told that they were either an adventurer already, or else they were on the brink of becoming adventurers- however they had as yet not met each other.
And so in the first session, on-line, the guys started out in the Nentir Inn, Fallcrest- not the map you’ll see for the for the first encounter in this Let’s Play write up, my maptools maps are much, much better. The guys have been using Fallcrest as a base for their operations, for a dozen or more different characters, for the last year or three, its home to them. The players know Fallcrest, they know the Nentir Inn, and to some degree- decided by the players, they are locals.
Which is what I wanted to get to- the PCs need to have a vested interest in the city, they live and work in Fallcrest- that was the important bit.
So, I let them be in the bar for a bit, not too long- I didn’t want them to introduce themselves to each other, so I started with a little role-play- other locals friendly faces they know in the pub. I got the players to help me out with names and occupations for their friends. I wanted the guys to think I was playing nice when all along I was planning to kill their buddies- what a mean man I am.
You’ll see.
Next up the PCs.