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» Kobold Love: Dungeon Diplomacy! Part 1 — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:20:05 +0000

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By: George

George — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:00:35 +0000

How do you get hold of the battlemaps you mentioned above, I mean at a scale to actually play on?

By: Dave T. Game

Dave T. Game — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:30:56 +0000

I'd recommend telling DMs up front of the twist. Never hide anything from the DM, so they can keep everything in mind (or decide early on to ditch it.) Dave T. Games last blog post..Changing hosts, expect weirdness

By: ChattyDM

ChattyDM — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:22:19 +0000

Thanks Rev.

Okay so I have 2 conflicting points of views on the Kobold Hybrid thing (or maybe not).

Here’s my thoughts on this. What if I tell the DMs reading the adventure up front that they are half-kobolds… So they can wrap their minds around the disturbing concept while reading the rest of the adventure.

At the same time, I’d instruct the DMs not to reveal to players that they are anything other than Kobolds… If they notice the difference in racial stats from the MM (i.e. if the players are reverse engineer geniuses), Id’ suggest mentionning that the PCs are highly mutated kobolds… part of the whole mystery…

Is that a good starting point?

By: Reverend Mike

Reverend Mike — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:00:41 +0000

Don't you mean gnomes?... Reverend Mikes last blog post..The Only Thing Better Than Hitler On Ice

By: Tomcat1066

Tomcat1066 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:28:50 +0000

You know what needs to be in the dungeon? Dire rats! You can never have to many dire rats

By: Reverend Mike

Reverend Mike — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:00:46 +0000

Done and done!... Dost thou require anything else, Chatty One?... Reverend Mikes last blog post..This Is Something I've Been Wondering For A Long Time...

By: ChattyDM

ChattyDM — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:00:29 +0000

@DNAPhil: Definitively the latter. Let the players explain the Rube Goldberg device featuring pulleys and counterweights that just happens to be at the exact spot where the monster is upon the PC’s turn.

@ Asmor: Do you mean PCs should chose what kind of trap they want to use upfront?

@Plotter: Great idea! This is officially the theme song of the adventure… Can someone provide links to both the Soft Cell and Marylin Manson versions?

By: Plotter

Plotter — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:40:31 +0000

Whenever I read one of your Kobold Love installments, that 1981 classic, “Tainted Love” starts running through my head.

Planning on having intro music?

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By: Asmor

Asmor — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:36:47 +0000

Thanks for recommending I take a look at it, very nice idea on the traps!

One suggestion: I’d style it after Channel Divinity, where each trap is a separate power, but you’re restricted to only using one trap power per encounter.

This could work well for NPCs, too, especially for example a kobold master trapsmith. Especially fun since, realistically, he wouldn’t need line of sight to use the powers.

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By: DNAphil

DNAphil — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:20:11 +0000

Very nice opening, and as the others have said, a great trap mechanic. Its a nice way to avoid a lot of bog down with creating traps.

One question, since the trap is an encounter power, do the players have to pick an area on the map, before the battle, or can they just trigger the power in the middle of the fight, without prior prep?

I am hoping its the latter. I think that it makes the power more useful by letting the players decide when to set it off in the middle of the fight, which really follows more with the Rule of Cool. Where is the trap? Where it would be the most cool.

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By: tenach

tenach — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:26:08 +0000

It sounds very good so far! I’ve been thinking of playtesting this a bit with a few of my fellow Scoundrels sometime soon, and hopefully without conflicting with the Shadowrun campaign we’re involved in.

By: ChattyDM

ChattyDM — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:39:27 +0000

How ’bout this:

Once peace of purpose met, the world of light they shall enter//To where false Hope dares pierce the night, in the home of Fallen Heroes, fate awaits.

Where walls collide waits the Surface Scourge// It, the Champions must stop, its cycle of death broken, its spirit laid to rest.

By: ChattyDM

ChattyDM — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:17:02 +0000

@Brent: Good point, I’ll see how I can rephrase that without obfuscating the whole point of the prophecy.

Will re-edit that part tonight.

Thanks for the feedback!

@Rev and Tomcat: I’m glad you approve.

By: Brent P. Newhall

Brent P. Newhall — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:13:13 +0000

I like it! Good stuff in there. I especially like and agree with the “generic trap” encounter power.

The only thing that turned my head was the idea of the prophecy describing the stranger *in the corner*. Seems oddly specific for a prophecy, and I fear that it’s giving too much away at this point.

By: Tomcat1066

Tomcat1066 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:35:00 +0000

Looks good so far, that’s for certain! I like how you’re giving the DM a choice of finale (based on this scene) and all the flexibility the players will have. It’s definitely not a railroad job, and that’s always a great thing for a module

By: Reverend Mike

Reverend Mike — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:49:45 +0000

Good prophecy, great trap mechanic…

I like what I’ve seen so far…

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