Topic: Shadows over Bogenhafen RPG (out of character thread)

[Karl Voss of Averland]

What spells of her's would really help? Could she fireball ghosts?

I ain't afraid a no ghost!

[Mogsam]

I stopped playing about 2 months ago, has Mortus not even made it back yet??

[commandant]

I stopped playing about 2 months ago, has Mortus not even made it back yet??

Mortus made it back and then Kluas actively drove her away again.

[Finlay]

I stopped playing about 2 months ago, has Mortus not even made it back yet??

Mortus made it back and then Kluas actively drove her away again.

That's an interesting analysis of events.

[commandant]

I stopped playing about 2 months ago, has Mortus not even made it back yet??

Mortus made it back and then Kluas actively drove her away again.

That's an interesting analysis of events.

To be fair to her the

"We really should lock you up and take away your personal freedom" line from Klaus was just what she wanted to hear.   It made her feel so welcome.

[Fandir Nightshade]

Well first Klaus tried to keep her close...only after it became apparant that she is a crazy lunatic, maybe even in league with the chaos worshippers threatening the city he suggested that she should be locked up so she wouldn´t be a danger to herself and others.

[commandant]

If Klaus wanted to keep her close he went about it exactly the wrong way.

For those who are interested but can't be bothered going back to read the full thing here is what happened.

"Klaus, Julian, Heinrich, Admund, Mortus and Max were sitting down to breakfast at the Eurobash.   After breakfast everybody decided to go to the HQ club to play some warhammer.   As they got up Mortus mentioned that she wanted to go to Colyrut and that she would see them later at the HQ gaming club.

Klaus said that Mortus shouldn't go to Colyrut and should instead come with them.

Mortus said it was okay, she just had something she needed to get in Colyrut [beer maybe] and she would see them later.

Klaus then said that Admund should chain Mortus and drag her along with them to the HQ gaming club.*"

And after that Fandir and Finlay are surprised that Mortus didn't exactly feel welcomed.

*I may have moved the characters from Middenhiem to Sint Nicklaas but the emotional principle remains the same.

[Fandir Nightshade]

Mortus dressing like a slut forced Klaus to be rude and offensive towards her....she had it Allllllll coming. So Klaus has the moral principle to treat her whatever way he likes.



Seriously think what you like you surely would have been a great help vs the ghost.

[commandant]

I would have been no help against the ghost.  Mortus would have been helpful but me, there is nothing I could have done.

[rufus sparkfire]

What spells of her's would really help? Could she fireball ghosts?

Ah, I'm not sure about fireball. It depends if it's magical fire or not, and I'm not sure I care unless it actually happens!

I thought she could use steal mind or something, but she doesn't seem to have learned it. So probably she couldn't have done anything.

[commandant]

She doesn't have access to mind steal though, unless its in the book that she doesn't know what the spells in it are.

She could have used wind blast which might have had the effect to separating the ghost out

[Karl Voss of Averland]

Rule question: So if Admund turns and flees, the ghost gets one more round of attacks to try and hit him. If he keeps his fighting withdraw, he can parry, but will he not end combat with the ghost - so the ghost can just get more rounds of attack in? Can Admund tell if the tentacles can be even blocked? Should I roll an Intelligence check to see?

Basically, if I can't really parry this thing, I should just flee, as fighting will just invoke more chances for the ghost to hit.

[rufus sparkfire]

She doesn't have access to mind steal though, unless its in the book that she doesn't know what the spells in it are.

Hmmm, maybe I decided she shouldn't have it.

How can there be a book that she doesn't know the contents of? Which is it?

Wind blast certainly wouldn't work. That's silly.

Rule question: So if Admund turns and flees, the ghost gets one more round of attacks to try and hit him. If he keeps his fighting withdraw, he can parry, but will he not end combat with the ghost - so the ghost can just get more rounds of attack in? Can Admund tell if the tentacles can be even blocked? Should I roll an Intelligence check to see?

If he flees, the ghost (it's not actually a ghost) gets to make one attack, with +10 to hit. This attack cannot be dodged or parried, since you will be running away.

If you continue as you are, you can dodge and parry (you can still parry even though you can't hit the spirit). And you are backing away. Possibly it will eventually give up.

Or... Max could distract it! I think he might do that.

[commandant]

Hmmm, maybe I decided she shouldn't have it.

How can there be a book that she doesn't know the contents of? Which is it?

Wind blast certainly wouldn't work. That's silly.

She has a spell book with 'contents unknown' in its description.   I can search a while and figure out where she got it if you want.

A ghost could be blown apart if you hit it with enough wind.

[rufus sparkfire]

She has a spell book with 'contents unknown' in its description.   I can search a while and figure out where she got it if you want.

If it's the one she stole from an innocent wizard in Altdorf, it contains spells she already has.

Otherwise, I would assume it's in a language she doesn't know, which would mean it contains spells of a type she can't cast. Either way it's no use!

[commandant]

The second reason is most likely I would think.   Still she might learn that language later.

[rufus sparkfire]

Not if you don't tell me which book it's meant to be.

[commandant]

It just says

Large spell book, containing: Petty spells - glowing light, sounds, zone of silence, zone of cold, zone of warmth;
Level one battle magic spells - flight, immunity to poison, strength of combat;
Level two battle magic spells - aura of protection, lightning bolt, mystic mist, zone of steadfastness.
Spell book, containing: Spells unknown

I'll need to figure out where she got it though.   There are only a few places.

The wizard's place in Aldorf
The Tower by the river with the dwarfs
The library in Castle Wittenstein

I can't think of anywhere else at the moment that she stole magic books from.   I think it came from the secret room in the tower the dwarfs were working on.    There was a book she got from there that had spells in it which were described and then not described because Mortus didn't want to read them in front of everybody.   I don't think she ever read that book really.

[rufus sparkfire]

http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?topic=42718.1900

She found the book with lightning, mist and the rest in Dagmar's tower.

Also an elementalist book with similar spells (which she can't use).

Also also a scary book she can't read and surely didn't keep.


Notice that the books are all described as being big and heavy!

[commandant]

She certainly doesn't have them with her at the moment then. 

All of the level petty - 2 spells appear in one book.   She would have kept that one, though it would be in her inn room as it is large and heavy.

[Karl Voss of Averland]

If he flees, the ghost (it's not actually a ghost) gets to make one attack, with +10 to hit. This attack cannot be dodged or parried, since you will be running away.

If you continue as you are, you can dodge and parry (you can still parry even though you can't hit the spirit). And you are backing away. Possibly it will eventually give up.

Or... Max could distract it! I think he might do that.

I'm really going to regret this choice. 

Turning my back for a +10 WS free hit will mean I'll totally get nailed.

I'll take the lower chance to hit, my near 50% chance to dodge (Admund is a nimble fighter!), and my near 80% to parry with my shield.

[rufus sparkfire]

So you want to continue going backwards and holding it off, hoping to gain enough ground to get out of range. Annoyingly that sounds sensible! It doesn't even involve sacrificing Max!

[Karl Voss of Averland]

Yeah. Fluff wise it seems that's what Admund would do.

Math wise too. This floating head should have a 40% chance to hit and guarantee wounds if I flee. Otherwise it's around 33% to hit (guessing). But i'll dodge half the hits. Parry 78% of the rest.

I went with the fluff decision. I don't like to be the math player.

Also, I really like the art you scan in!

Also Also, Mortus needs to learn a cool animate sword spell! With acompanying "Fantasia" music.

[rufus sparkfire]

I went with the fluff decision. I don't like to be the math player.

Good plan! This isn't really a numbers game anyway!

Also, I really like the art you scan in!

The recent ones I've used are by Russ Nicholson, who did a lot of art for WFRP and the Fighting Fantasy gamebooks. They convey exactly the right atmosphere for retro '80s/'90s roleplaying!

Also Also, Mortus needs to learn a cool animate sword spell! With acompanying "Fantasia" music.

There is an animate sword spell, and it's quite good. Etelka used it against the group in Castle Wittgenstein. L3 spell though I think!

[Fandir Nightshade]

See we should win Etelka over to our cause....she would prove immensly helpful to the party and wouldn´t be annyoing at all...well she would try to kill us once in a while but so does Mortus.

 

Ohhhhh the lure to bulk the party up with zound numbers of npc´s.