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Post by Celebfealor on May 6, 2014 16:50:02 GMT -8
New thread for this year -
Discussion about missions in Axiems, pooling information about them, and possibly planning around them or trying to figure out what to do. Here are the missions from May so that you don't have to go looking for them -
MEN-AT-ARMS: Rank 1. (if Men-at-Arms are used, capture mechanic is used to simulate their presence). 5-4-14 Secondmoon, day 4, of 15,996 CLUB LEAGUE Main News: Battle with Dagdeoth in the North, invasion signs - troops from Krodigros in the Gap of Sentris, war plans being made. 1. Town trade and missions, rumors of gang warfare, theft and assassination on the rise. 2. >Bodies/Undead found along the road to Delvis Mithril - signs of a trap. 3. >Western tunnels suffer a massive cave in, completely destroyed. Investigate 4. >>Investigate the shrine of the Morodin (and others in the White Hills). 5. >>Ogres in the Cugmenth Forest attacking Amen Town, more arriving every day. 6. >>Abil request magic item creation supplies (Giant Spider spinnerets, Frost Troll fur, White bear skin). 7. >>>Keep of Hragnor asks for extra security for grand ball that is being held at the fortress. 8. >>> Broncis patrols the north, hires anyone with magic. Weather protection advised. 9. OTHER --- >>Elves go talk to Protectorate about potential threats without offending them >>Clear Dagdeoth forces from the Protectorate
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Post by Celebfealor on May 6, 2014 17:00:20 GMT -8
For the cave-in of the western tunnels, I'm pretty sure that's intentional. Namely that we found something that somebody doesn't want to be found, so they caused a "cave in" that goes for "miles" and will take a long time to clear out, so that we wouldn't be able to go poking around there again.
Then the bodies with the papers continues to be worrying. They're traps - they're all traps, hence the triggering effect - and whoever put the notes on the bodies is definitely aware that they're there. Which means that they want us to have them, and the information that's in them. What I can't figure out is why someone who wanted us to have the information would go to so much trouble making sure that a bunch of us get mana drained to death and lose our magic items from it. One hypothesis I heard was that they're just a time-waster - that person wants us to be doing this instead of focusing on other things. Going along with that, it might be a way to try and get rid of our magic items (implying that said person doesn't want us dealing magic damage) and give us insanities so that we're less functional in general. Another hypothesis is that the information is important, and whoever planted it doesn't want just anybody to be able to pick it up - they want people who can actually deal with shamblers and ghouls to be the ones who end up with the information.
Then there's the information itself... Again, somebody wants us to have it, but why? Either they a) want our help dealing with things, in case we'd better get on it, b) are trying to plant (false?) information in the party so that we act in some way that is desirable to them, or c) care so little about anything we might be able to do to them that they don't care what we know or don't know about them, and are just trying to screw with us by wasting time/magic items/mental presence.
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