How To Kill a God
From our first session in two weeks. We're going to start overhauling the characters for epic levels, and to take out level adjustments to bring us all up to speed with each other. Sounds interesting. Yay for only having LA +1.
Campaign: How to Kill a God, Session: 17 May 2008
Enter dragon's lair, it runs away, and we get set upon by a lawful good construct sent to kill Siithaan. Defeat it easily, it has been following us for years, got sent out when we were low level. Sucks to be it. Also, Tesala used her rapier. Note this. It is the only time it will ever happen.
From DM of the Rings: "No matter how difficult or absurd you make a puzzle, your players will find an even more impossible and preposterous way of solving it." Truer words were never spoken. In trying to figure out how to navigate an underwater tunnel, our thoughts went along the lines of "Okay, Bob can walk to the other side, not needing to breathe and all. She can count the steps, come back and tell us exactly where the other end is, then Tesala, you use Dimension Door from your amulet and get there. Take Siithaan with you, and she can cast Regroup and then we'll all be there." The DM said no. Strangely enough.
Once on the other side, we remeet the colossal black dragon, who uses some form of aura to make us kneel before it, and then tells us about how it wants more truename power. Agrees to free us from current sidequest if we agree to gather a new truename for it, and gives us each a fragment of a name (which it tells us is each part of another 4 dragons' names) However, won't tell us whose truename. He then, using truenames, summons Rivalen Tanthul, takes our prophetic eyeball from him and then turns him to dust. Eyeball is now growing into a snake, and WE are heading off to find the truename. Short session.
Thesis Observations:
In making plans, players have to metagame, both in terms of having knowledge of, say, physics that just wouldn't exist in their 'era,' and displaying a knowledge of the game rules. It is impossible to truly separate the player from the character in that respect.
Use of canon and player background (Zhavah did have a fling with Rivalen) in game, and adapts everything to game. Possession is taken of canon characters and settings - investment in setting that each individual group makes itself.
Our DM had the perhaps not-so-bright idea of each character having a twitter account and ... well, using it. Of course, the vampire and I both jumped on that (as did he), because it's amusing. Especially when it becomes obvious that Bob's has the attention span of a goldfish, and Zhavah just frets with a one-tracked mind.
Dungeon Master: You come face to face with the oldest Black Wyvern you have ever seen...
VampireBob: Facing off with a dragon. We have decided to try to speak to it instead of attack it. :[ no blood?
Zhavah: Whole bowing down thing is quite a familiar feeling...
VampireBob: okay, dragon is contemplating torturing us horribly
VampireBob: The dragon seems to have changed his mind...apparently we amuse him.
Zhavah: I wonder if Tesala will drive the dragon to eating her with taunts...
Zhavah: Gets a sinking feeling about the truename
VampireBob: his name is Khalthayr. He is a truenaming dragon, who gives us a quest to find him a name...and a scripture of powerful utterances. Yay!
Zhavah: I still don't like the truename quest. It makes me unhappy on the inside.
Zhavah: Rivalen. Truename. Oh. No. Ohno. OhNO.
Zhavah: ...
VampireBob: The Tiefling seems saddened...or, as saddened as she can look. Were they lovers? In either case, I'm much prettier than he was...
Zhavah: i'mintroubletroubletroubleShe'sgoingtokillmeforthisonekillmefreakingdeadforkillingtheNightseerfuckfuckfuckfuck
VampireBob: Utterances are part names of other dragons! Joy, pet dragons! I wonder if I can turn a dragon?
Zhavah: ...if the Shadovar find out... we're going to be dead. All those Sharrans are going to be quite displeased by this. His brothers too...
Zhavah: And SHAR. What wonderfully horrible way is she going to use to kill me? -imagines several horrific somethings-
Zhavah: Silence. That's it. I'm going to be silenced to death. -slightly noticable tremble-
VampireBob: I am fairly sure they were involved...this means less competition for Zhavah! Also, I think I like this dragon.
VampireBob: I'm thirsty.
VampireBob: I leer at the teifling. Just to let her know I'm still interested.
VampireBob: Heh. Never stayed the day in a dragon's cavern before...after 276 years there are still new experiences.
Zhavah: I think I need... I need to go pray and get myself out of... what is Bob looking at?
VampireBob: Well, deadtime for me.
Yes, the Wierdening will go up, now that I have everyone's info, and once I've sorted through my notes for that too.