The Northwall Company Campaign: Session 2

[selentic]

 
Last Time: Our heroes fought through an ambush of kobald raiders to reach the frontier fur-trapping town of Frostholm, only to find their fellow Companydwarf, Darriv Kinterkalm, had gone missing in the ruins of Faustian's Keep. After slaying the kobald group plundering the ruins, and liberating a battered Darriv from their clutches, the expanded

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[edelnacht]

that sounds pretty exciting! driving adventure and the like. i need to find some RPing XD

[selentic]

It generally was, but... there are a few places where the pacing/drama fell flat. This seems to be the classic "D&D RP Problem". I think i need to figure out a way to get the characters involved more in the plot, more involved in the moment-to-moment development of the adventure.

As it is, it is somewhat hard to recognize decision moments, and, if presented, hard to justify the choice of one option over another.

I probably need to work on my character backstories a little better, so i have a better basis to make such judgments from!

[selentic]

Don't forget that to even *get* the Rock o' Doom to Mr. So-dark-my-name-is-black, we first have to "share" it with a suspiciously-knowledgeable tiefling warlock! Fun, fun! ;)

(I hope Jonas reads these posts!)

[selentic]

Oh, and it's always possible that the demon might send some lackeys to retrieve his heart, with or without the dragon's ghost attached!

I have a feeling that this particular demon is something of an Orcus analog, although probably much weaker...