tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post2539335677071485699..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: Campaign: Dachau StreetsAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-88859150782863114052009-04-23T10:11:00.000-06:002009-04-23T10:11:00.000-06:00This is continued on a new post.This is continued on a new post.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-6924162431079209862009-04-23T10:00:00.000-06:002009-04-23T10:00:00.000-06:00I figured as much, but thank you for the confirmat...I figured as much, but thank you for the confirmation. Shigata ga nai.<br /><br />I will load my (new shiny) heavy crossbow. I will then continue to circle the square.<br /><br />(You'll never have a peaceful trip to the outhouse, Kazimir. Seriously.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-80107416154465029242009-04-23T09:46:00.000-06:002009-04-23T09:46:00.000-06:00Delfig,
Yes, the magic assumes being able to hear...Delfig,<br /><br />Yes, the magic assumes being able to hear the music.<br /><br />While Kazimir rolls a d20 (!) you'll have to circle around the perimeter of the square to remain as far from whatever is going on yet reach a point where the mound no longer obscures what's happening.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-33066750694675130162009-04-23T09:42:00.000-06:002009-04-23T09:42:00.000-06:00Given the noise, I'm assuming my magic abilities a...Given the noise, I'm assuming my magic abilities are useless. Is that true? Assuming it is, I'll replace my lyre on my back.<br /><br />I'm going to move away from Kazimir and towards the Pig, using available cover to try and hide as best I can from whomever might be fighting. My goal is to get to a vantage point where I can see the fighting.<br /><br />(Kazimir, if you shoot me, I'm going to haunt you in very specific and nasty ways. You won't be able to do certain things again in peace.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-20844132227608734932009-04-23T09:24:00.000-06:002009-04-23T09:24:00.000-06:00Delfig and Kazimir,
Surprisingly, the Pig Tavern ...Delfig and Kazimir,<br /><br />Surprisingly, the Pig Tavern is whole and undamaged. It is behind and on your left, visibly deserted, as you look out into the square. Your view is blocked by the mound I described, 30 ft. high, made of earth, street bricks and various materials. What battle might be occurring happens on the other side of this.<br /><br />The sound here is deafening. You can't hear each other scream, or communicate.<br /><br />Your fingers and palms ache to hold weapons. Kazimir finds himself setting a bolt into the crossbow and drawing back the string for firing.<br /><br />(OOC: a crossbow cannot be kept strung tight, as this stretches the catgut and it won't fire. So it can be kept at two-thirds tension, requiring one round to make it ready, same as a bow, which in one round can be taken off the back and fitted with an arrow).Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-60290722704570949862009-04-23T09:12:00.000-06:002009-04-23T09:12:00.000-06:00I will keep my lyre in my hand and peer (not fully...I will keep my lyre in my hand and peer (not fully move) around the next corner to discern what is going on with the battle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-69365879459356838692009-04-23T09:02:00.000-06:002009-04-23T09:02:00.000-06:00Kazimir will agree to Delfig's plan and tie his ax...Kazimir will agree to Delfig's plan and tie his axe and club together. He will stow his dagger in his backpack. For the moment, he keeps the crossbow loaded, since if he has to use it suddenly he'd rather have it ready.Kazimirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17960291941066661146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-34311246047337117822009-04-23T08:50:00.000-06:002009-04-23T08:50:00.000-06:00You can do another climb with a d100, but another ...You can do another climb with a d100, but another block or so and you'll be near where the Pig Tavern ought to be and you'll be able to see the square from the ground.<br /><br />The primary sound continues to be the crackling of lightning and the occasional collapse of building parts on account of that, but moving around the next corner will give the sign that there is still a battle going on (swords striking swords).Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-58314161717606164792009-04-23T08:38:00.000-06:002009-04-23T08:38:00.000-06:00I'm tying up my sword so that I don't draw it unco...I'm tying up my sword so that I don't draw it unconsciously (I know it will take time to undo it in combat, but I don't wish to start slicing Kazimir up - and - if I'm "allowed" to tie up my weapon as such.) and waiting for Kazimir to do the same.<br /><br />Whether we can or can't, I'll go about halfway in distance towards the cathedral and do another climb to see if I can see people alive or dead and get any more details than I did prior.<br /><br />(If I'm being compelled towards the cathedral, do I feel/hear/sense anything else in looking around or listening?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-22576300735876641372009-04-23T08:02:00.000-06:002009-04-23T08:02:00.000-06:00All right, we're ready to go.
Action?All right, we're ready to go.<br /><br />Action?Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-25134833292709509372009-04-22T12:16:00.000-06:002009-04-22T12:16:00.000-06:00(OOC - hoist a few, and good commiserating. We'll ...(OOC - hoist a few, and good commiserating. We'll see you when you restart things. )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-24936316032797758272009-04-22T12:01:00.000-06:002009-04-22T12:01:00.000-06:00I had hoped to bring this thread up to date with A...I had hoped to bring this thread up to date with Anshelm today, but sadly that's not going to happen. No problem.<br /><br />I am stepping out to join some others, all of us going to a bar to, basically, to express how we feel about the likelihood that we will all be unemployed within a month.<br /><br />I love a recession.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-26491889291303009832009-04-22T11:30:00.000-06:002009-04-22T11:30:00.000-06:00"Kazimir, would you agree to tie up your weapon, a..."Kazimir, would you agree to tie up your weapon, and I shall tie mine up, so that we don't kill each other, if this madness takes hold? Perhaps one of us could get away?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-37080696350549399742009-04-22T11:20:00.000-06:002009-04-22T11:20:00.000-06:00Delfig,
No. No. Yes.
Kazimir,
Apparently othe...Delfig,<br /><br />No. No. Yes.<br /><br />Kazimir,<br /><br />Apparently others have been before you. There's evidence that his clothes have been pulled apart, and you find nothing.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-24172353154795992332009-04-22T11:18:00.000-06:002009-04-22T11:18:00.000-06:00Kazimir will rifle through the pockets of the corp...Kazimir will rifle through the pockets of the corpse, looking for loose coin. <br /><br />"Doesn't seem to be any way out of it, lad," he says to Delfig over his shoulder, "unless your dweomercraft can lift this fog in our minds, we seem bound to follow it."Kazimirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17960291941066661146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-6338378865501949832009-04-22T11:06:00.000-06:002009-04-22T11:06:00.000-06:00Is there any discernible pattern to how the breeze...Is there any discernible pattern to how the breeze blows, aside from that it 'pulls' us to the cathedral? Are we able to move in any direction except in a path towards the cathedral? Did I feel this same breeze on the rooftop?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-36645167322663451762009-04-22T11:03:00.000-06:002009-04-22T11:03:00.000-06:00Delfig,
While I like your chain metaphor, the dif...Delfig,<br /><br />While I like your chain metaphor, the difficulty is that the breeze is not blowing in a circle.<br /><br />Kazimir,<br /><br />You find that you must move generally in the direction of the cathedral to examine a body. This one appears to have died by slug.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-51814371782615824082009-04-22T10:53:00.000-06:002009-04-22T10:53:00.000-06:00"Those poor souls will tell us nothing - they're d..."Those poor souls will tell us nothing - they're dead and they'll probably only tell us that we're going to be next. Come my friend... let's see if we can circle around this place. We might not be able to go back, but maybe around?"<br /><br />Delfig strums a tune meant to inspire Kazimir and himself to push on, as best we can.<br /><br />(Of course, if we find ourselves unable to move laterally, then we look damn f***ing funny marching in place.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-28702785960936918882009-04-22T10:37:00.000-06:002009-04-22T10:37:00.000-06:00"Well, we'd better do something, or we'll end up l..."Well, we'd better do something, or we'll end up like these bastards." Kazimir will approach the nearest human body and examine it.Kazimirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17960291941066661146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-27009367647877174622009-04-22T10:32:00.000-06:002009-04-22T10:32:00.000-06:00I will indeed put my sword away, but I will put th...I will indeed put my sword away, but I will put the crucifix in my belt in an easy to reach position. I'll get out my forgotten lyre and strum a tune, trying to distract myself from the compulsion.<br /><br />"I fear we've entered into a trap, my friend."<br /><br />(Is it possible to take a circular route, using alleyways, yards, side streets, so that we're remaining about a constant distance away from the cathedral and working towards the northern end. I just did some google-fu looking for a 16th century map of Dachau, and so far, my research is zip and I've got to get back to work. I understand we can't go back directly away, but I'm thinking like a dog on a chain, we can circle?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-65319232868746354082009-04-22T10:24:00.000-06:002009-04-22T10:24:00.000-06:00Kazimir,
There is every indication that some kind...Kazimir,<br /><br />There is every indication that some kind of gate has opened that might connect to any one of a dozen underworlds.<br /><br />The street, as other streets you've passed through, is marked with bodies and disrupted slugs, but you cannot see around the corners into the square.<br /><br />But there's no doubt in your mind which path leads there.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-3979825375846059582009-04-22T10:22:00.000-06:002009-04-22T10:22:00.000-06:00No. Even presuming you put your sword away (which...No. Even presuming you put your sword away (which you did not say you do), it just doesn't seem possible to get on your hands and knees or move away in any fashion.<br /><br />Understand, however...there's a compulsion to continue approaching the square, but you're able to resist that for the present.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-3347339682302154112009-04-22T10:21:00.000-06:002009-04-22T10:21:00.000-06:00"Is it sorcery? Have the Nine Hells come to Earth?..."Is it sorcery? Have the Nine Hells come to Earth?" Kazimir asks. <br /><br />(Can Kazimir see anything from street level, in the direction of Kirche/Cathedral?)Kazimirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17960291941066661146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-70269807870557911612009-04-22T10:01:00.000-06:002009-04-22T10:01:00.000-06:00(Sorry for the late post, I'm not getting the emai...(Sorry for the late post, I'm not getting the email updates like I usually do.)<br /><br />My eyes widen in horror at Kazimir's and my actions. I will get the Friar's crucifix out and hold it up. "In God's name, we must get away from this place!" <br /><br />I will resist as hard as I possibly can, even if getting on my hands and knees (with the crucifix out) to crawl away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-55924058467410298472009-04-22T09:23:00.000-06:002009-04-22T09:23:00.000-06:00Kazimir,
You do manage to put your axe back in it...Kazimir,<br /><br />You do manage to put your axe back in its loop on your belt (though the handle still feels pretty good to the touch). But you don't find it at all possible to compel yourself to walk away.<br /><br />There is a gentle pulling of the breeze towards the Kirche Platz.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.com