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| Freston | Dec 14 2005, 04:15 AM Post #1 |
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Guild of Necromancers: Give us your hungry, your sick, your cold
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We where almost TPK'ed last monday. Almost? Ehhh, my character managed to escape. We where to assasinate the baron of a small town, because he was some kind of vampire. Nice. One of us failed his safe, was dominated and then drained. Another one had a silvered greatsword, which would have helped if not ten vampire minions came to the rescue of said baron. Six of whom stood in the way. He chopped three down, before he had enough level drains to reset all numerical vaues on his sheet to zero. So the rogue made a run for it. He was later killed outside. And I made a run for it and survived. Barely. Guess I was smarter. I didn't run for the gate, knowing it would be closed and guarded. So here I am. Alone. A townsguard of whom the town is burned down. Dressed in parade uniform. On the run, with all the baron's men after me. I've lost my halbert, and am armed only with a silvered shortsword. Anyone got a horse? |
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| Valefor | Dec 14 2005, 04:37 PM Post #2 |
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Forget a horse, you need a river! A vampire would just fly you down and attack you on your horse. Just lay low till sunrise, and then make your way to the nearest large body of water (vampires take damage from running water). I suggest you get the fuck out of that town, moving by day, hiding at night. Good luck! |
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| Didge | Dec 14 2005, 05:11 PM Post #3 |
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Hire an imposter the first chance you get. Make sure to disguise yourself first. If the vampire finds you attempt to bluff him into thinking you've exposed his identity already. Yeah, that'll do it. Ok, so you're screwed. Just accept the undeath state of being a vampire minion and work your way up the chain to take him out from within his own organization. |
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| Fixxxer | Dec 14 2005, 11:05 PM Post #4 |
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Now seems like a wonderful time to find religion.
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| Freston | Dec 15 2005, 09:00 AM Post #5 |
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Thanks for thinking with me. Ehm... I'm on the run. The good thing is, it's early afternoon (yeah, at least something we planned right). The bad thing is, there are twenty guards after me. The good thing is, they are dressed in full plate and would thus have more trouble getting over the 12 ft high fence than I had. The bad thing is, they have horses and a couple are already underway. The good thing is, they are not here yet. The bad thing is, they will be shortly (real short). I'm just a human fighter3. Armed with a shortsword. So please, a scroll of teleport.... I'll pay you back I swear! My fighter could not even cast teleport of a scroll... I'm fucked! My DM asked me afterward if I would like to give up. Immortality doesn't sound so bad, now does it? |
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| Valefor | Dec 15 2005, 09:00 AM Post #6 |
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Now would be a good time to ask the DM if the game will continue with all the characters having the vampire template. |
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| Aladdar | Dec 15 2005, 09:20 AM Post #7 |
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If my character were in that situation where undead was a sure thing, I'd probably just fall on my own sword and kill myself. I'd rather be dead than undead. |
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| Didge | Dec 15 2005, 10:50 AM Post #8 |
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Here's another classic option: Wait in ambush for a guard (or two if you can take more than one in a fight). Once you've successfully ambushed them and disposed of the body in the proper way, don their armor, take their horse(s), and ride off into the sunset. Push the horse(s) beyond normal means (i.e., forced march), and if you have more than one horse, switch back and forth to relieve the strain of carrying a rider. This might give you a reprieve at least long enough to get away. Plus, assuming the vampire does catch you then you can claim you (as you'll be in the guard armor and might be taken for as the his guard) were affected by a spell. |
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| Mocha Torte | Dec 15 2005, 01:47 PM Post #9 |
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I hope you don't get lost in the wilderness and you have a lot of rations...see if one of the players can make a druid or ranger to offer you help when/if you make it into the woods. (Assuming there are woods nearby.) Or maybe the druid is just "happening by" when s/he sees you full tilt with guards/vamp minions after you. Druids (and rangers) tend to not like undead. (It's like deus ex machina, only it's player ex machina! Woot!) You could also find a cave to hide in. If they find you, though, you're screwed. Might be a nice lead-in to some underdark stuff or dwarves if your DM wants. Oh, and take off the uniform if it's brightly coloured. You want to blend in, and a parade outfit won't help your Hide check....see if you can find another use for the fabric though. |
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| Valefor | Dec 15 2005, 02:40 PM Post #10 |
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This is a really good idea. Since the 10 guards are chasing you, there probably won't be much time to hide the body and pretend to be the soldier. Instead, when the first guard rides by you, try to use your attack or attack of opportunity to pull him off his horse (opposed grapple check?). Then get on his horse and ride like hell. To get the other 9 off your trail, try dropping caltrops. This will slow their speed to half until the riders stop and perform a heal check. If you don't have caltrops, try to jury rig something to the effect. Broken glass works really well, but anything sharp will do. Another fun method might be to drop lantern oil and light it. The riders will have to make a ride check to get the horses to run/jump through it. It might be good to slow down a guard or two. If the other riders get close, try to use called shots to the horse's legs. If you can do enough damage to justify slowing down the horse, you're good. Hard to do with a short sword, but that's what you got. If you're desprete enough (which is sounds like you are, try using trip attacks). More then likely you'll end up on the ground, but you never know when you'll roll that natural 20.
Why the fuck did your DM throw a group of 4 3rd level characters against a vampire and 10 vampire spawn?! 1 vampire spawn is a CR 4! |
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| kismetrose | Dec 15 2005, 03:44 PM Post #11 |
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Mocha's got a good point: this would be an ideal time for the player's new characters to jump in and help. Together, with some tactics you guys might be able to get rid of enough guards to get their horses. However, I wonder if the DM isn't just trying to kill you or if the DM just wanted you to run away from the whole mess. It seems like you guys were way underpowered for the encounter... |
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| Freston | Dec 16 2005, 06:19 AM Post #12 |
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Good point. My guess is because we are always victorious, no mather what the DM throws at us and he wanted to reinstall the notion of mortality in our group. I've done that a couple of times lately, because I felt the players needed to put more effort in planning. Combat gets more exiting if you have a reason and a plan. I guess it's no coincidence that my character is the only survivor. I was the only one fighting strategicly, and keeping a clear path to an exit. The fighter with the greatsword did not have to die. If he stayed close to me, like we had agreed, he would be alife today. Our cleric was a gnome and he started the fight. I hardly dare to say it. He beated the vampire with his walking stick. Please Do not beat a vampire with a walking stick. Bad things may come of it. Oh, and I have no equipment whatsoever. I have only the shortsword. Everything else is on my horse, which should have been prepared for an escape. But the horse is being held by the baron's men. That was our first mistake. |
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| Mordien | Dec 23 2005, 09:25 AM Post #13 |
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You can always try the Shadhar loghth method become worse than the evil your figthing but taha may not bee a good option |
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| Shapeless Caren | Dec 23 2005, 10:24 PM Post #14 |
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Hwo far away are you from the nearest city? |
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