Topic: QUESTIONS FOR THE AUTHOR

[mocking bird]

Ah - rpg sources.

And a little snooping - Solomon (allegedly) did imprison 72 spirits/Goetic demons - some of whom appear in the above list.  I always wondered what got translated as 'President of Hell'.  Dee & Watie were at least English but the texts they were working from were a bt older.

[Raf Blutaxt]

I've got a new question:
I'm running the first adventure and up to now everything went very well. My question is what happens to people in the buildings of the monastery when the party has succeeded (not that I believe that is likely  )
They were quite lucky and went straight down without being noticed And now I'm wondering if they'll get a nice surprise when they return...

Edit: I just noticed how well I managed to ask this question without giving things away

[Defendi]

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Ah!  You're saying that none of the monks saw them.

If they throw the body in, the monks won't be affected at all.  If they don't, then the monks will disappear with the buildings, IF the party can get by them.  If not, everyone goes to Hell. 

[Raf Blutaxt]

Thanks!
Oh and I'm glad to see that you have worked out how to use the spoiler button

[mocking bird]

This is a mechanics question on rune casting and really only applies if you use CoM traditions & sources.

Rune casting seems to be a tradition and essentially has a spell component and has a lower penalty on shortening casting time - -8 vs. -10. 

I was wondering if you put any thought into also making rune metals a kind of regenerative fixed mana source?  As in the amount of the metal also determines how many PP's you could use that day for spell use.  It does have similarities to D&D spell selection.  It also wouldn't effect PPD as that limits how many PP's you can actually manipulate in a day regardless of how much mana you have available.

Giving runemetals a fixed PP total seems counterproductive and if it were a low number rune casters would be quite rare and very expensive.  Rather they could be seen as 'magically radioactive' with a very long half-life.  It would also explain why the protective runes are still active.

Or would being near rune metal mines count as a high magic area for ambient casters?  Rune metals in this context could also count as a minor 'mobile node'.

[Defendi]

I did think of that, but it violates some core concepts of how I saw Dwarven Magic working, so I didn't go that way.  Your last bit about nodes could work though, since there is an innately magical essence to Rune Metals, you could say they boost anything in the area if there's enough ore there.  Of course getting the big of a concentration would likely be the find of a millenium, but it could be an interesting adventure hook, you'd just have to make sure the chracters didn't get a hold of it.

[Michael Petrea]

In the HARP version of EoH CS you refer to Losius (the Warlord) as Half-Orc.  Since orcs are the children of demon and the fallen dwarves, why do you make the distinction that he is Half-orc? and what does that difference mean if anything? 

[PiXeL01]

Half-orcs come into being when orcs mate with dwarves according to LKoD page 47 (of the RM version) and Appendix 2 in EoS CS they are listed as questiable PC races, which means they do exist. The demonic trait is still there though, but it doesnt run as strong as with pure orcs.

Giving the fact he was an Half Orc made it possible for him to be a part of the imperial army and because of his abilities, rise high in the ranks.

[Michael Petrea]

Thanks.  I think I read that back when I first skimmed through LKoD but forgot it.  I am re-reading EoH CS and that concept threw me for a loop.

[Defendi]

Thanks for respnding for me, PiXel01.  Monday and Tuesday were bad day.  For instance, I finished the Bestiary first draft (but not the adventure) Sunday Morning and I still haven't finished editing it for turning in.

[PiXeL01]

welcome ... sorry to treshpass on your thread though

[Defendi]

Never feel bad about that.  Worst case scenario, I still have to answer.  Best case, I can just agree with you, and that saves  a lot of time if it's a "crushing deadlines" week. 

And all weeks are crushing deadlines weeks. 

[Raf Blutaxt]

Ok, we finished the first adventure yesterday and everyone survived after Weraci discovered some healing abilities he didn't know about before

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One thing made me wonder though: Why is there a magical warhammer hidden in the last room? Is it just because you need some treasure in a dungeon?

Anyway I just wanted to tell you that we had a lot of fun and enjoyed the adventure.

[Defendi]

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Story Reason:  It's the demon's.  He has it in case he needs to take a Mortal warrior form.

Out of Story Reason:  People like loot.

[Raf Blutaxt]

Out of Story Reason:  People like loot.

Yeah our dwarven cleric was quite happy about it

It's a great adventure. I really like parts of the ulcer because they differ  from the normal dungeon with traps and monsters.

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And having a very honorable fighter and a barbarian who does not think very much trying to bash their way through the path of strength for about an hour was great fun

[Defendi]

That sounds like my own playtests. 

[Raf Blutaxt]

Well, I guess most players are like that.

[Marc R]

Or, "There's at least one in every party" 

[Defendi]

We've got one lady in my HARP group who's famous for this fight with a troll in Lord of the Rings.  The troll had this big sack of potatoes that it dropped before fighting us.  In the middle of this big battle, she stopped helping us with the troll and started dedicating all her time to getting the sack from his side.  We all watched, baffled, until she got the thing free and found out what it contained.  Finally, when the fight was over, we asked her, "What were you thinking?"
"I thought it had treasure in it."
"But . . . why not just wait until we'd beaten him?"
"I didn't want him to destroy it during the fight."
Beat.
"Why would he destroy his own treasure?!"

[Michael Petrea]

Carrying over a thought from the ENnies award post. . .

Have you considered running EoH at any conventions?  I ask because of my experience running that new game at Origins a few weeks ago.   There were quite a number of people who showed up to play just because they saw something new or because there were no slots open for what they wanted to play so they thought they would try this out.  After they played an adventure, at least half of those people said they were going to pick up the book.  And I know the book sold well at Origins so I was thinking something like that might work for you.  I think EoH is one of those games/settings that many would like it if they took the time to read it.