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<blockquote data-quote="Fuzzybear" data-source="post: 8774150" data-attributes="member: 6917259"><p><h3>Episode 8 - Ceasefire Before Forest Fire</h3><p>We led things off by continuing the conflict from last time. Since we only play for a couple hours at a time, this happens every now and then where we have to stop in the middle of a fight. It is an annoying part of being grown up and having kids I guess for all of us. </p><p></p><p>Jack continues his attempts to murder horses, though he does attempt to heal and care for the horse afterwards, his comments along with everyone else's laughter has cemented his fate as the horse killer. On the other side of the coin, Bryn has become known as somethin of a horse whisperer. Here she has the brilliant idea to use the horse itself for combat. Now there was no way she had any idea how well it would go for her, and you can hear the surprise in her reactions the whole time, but that horse packs a wallop when it hits at this level. Renard was hurt a bit at this point, but the horse just brutalized him.</p><p></p><p>It turned out to be very fortuitous for them that they finished off Renard right around the time that Kathor is charging up the canyon and into the fray. As he rounds the corner after being summoned by the blaring horns, he sees the final grizzly action. This allows him to be able to step in immediately and ask for a ceasefire as opposed to it being after some fighting had already occurred with him. I think this gave him a bit more credence in my players' eyes because he had never actually attacked them to this point. He was there at the inn, but never had to get involved. He wasn't at the ambush in the alley that his men took part in. He was here, but by the time he gets there the boss is dead. It worked well as the party stopped without further violence.</p><p></p><p>They didn't trust him enough though to follow up to the camp. I prodded it a little bit, but I didn't want to force it. As such, they missed their first big magic item of the campaign and a little bit of fun. Nothing huge of course, but something to note. I do think if they had wiped them out, they may have gone to the camp to survey their rewards more, but as it played out I think they were more afraid of an ambush than rewards.</p><p></p><p>Getting to the Ja-Laffa farmhouse, the party has the first awkward encounter with Crystin. They bit on this a bit, but what really stuck in Jack's mind was Haddin's past. While I can't say this for sure, I think the fact that he was prepping for his own Curse of Strahd game at the time really impacted his views as a player. He is often fairly careful and cautious, but I feel like he was taking it a step further around this time and I wonder if that might be why. You can only see so many traps and evil setups before everything looks like one. I probably undersold Crystin a bit, but they were so suspicious and certain that she was being manipulated heavily that I decided to lean into it and let them have fun. </p><p></p><p>I got to bash Jack a couple of times verbally though, and Haddin was certainly disliked by everyone, so that went all according to script. They weren't sure what they were supposed to do during this part though, as we will see in the next episode, so things went a little more off the rails. I think this was a positive though, as it encouraged them to do something weird and take some chances. What were those chances? Well, you'll have to wait for the next episode to find out!</p><p></p><p>Next time, subterfuge and an ambush!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fuzzybear, post: 8774150, member: 6917259"] [HEADING=2]Episode 8 - Ceasefire Before Forest Fire[/HEADING] We led things off by continuing the conflict from last time. Since we only play for a couple hours at a time, this happens every now and then where we have to stop in the middle of a fight. It is an annoying part of being grown up and having kids I guess for all of us. Jack continues his attempts to murder horses, though he does attempt to heal and care for the horse afterwards, his comments along with everyone else's laughter has cemented his fate as the horse killer. On the other side of the coin, Bryn has become known as somethin of a horse whisperer. Here she has the brilliant idea to use the horse itself for combat. Now there was no way she had any idea how well it would go for her, and you can hear the surprise in her reactions the whole time, but that horse packs a wallop when it hits at this level. Renard was hurt a bit at this point, but the horse just brutalized him. It turned out to be very fortuitous for them that they finished off Renard right around the time that Kathor is charging up the canyon and into the fray. As he rounds the corner after being summoned by the blaring horns, he sees the final grizzly action. This allows him to be able to step in immediately and ask for a ceasefire as opposed to it being after some fighting had already occurred with him. I think this gave him a bit more credence in my players' eyes because he had never actually attacked them to this point. He was there at the inn, but never had to get involved. He wasn't at the ambush in the alley that his men took part in. He was here, but by the time he gets there the boss is dead. It worked well as the party stopped without further violence. They didn't trust him enough though to follow up to the camp. I prodded it a little bit, but I didn't want to force it. As such, they missed their first big magic item of the campaign and a little bit of fun. Nothing huge of course, but something to note. I do think if they had wiped them out, they may have gone to the camp to survey their rewards more, but as it played out I think they were more afraid of an ambush than rewards. Getting to the Ja-Laffa farmhouse, the party has the first awkward encounter with Crystin. They bit on this a bit, but what really stuck in Jack's mind was Haddin's past. While I can't say this for sure, I think the fact that he was prepping for his own Curse of Strahd game at the time really impacted his views as a player. He is often fairly careful and cautious, but I feel like he was taking it a step further around this time and I wonder if that might be why. You can only see so many traps and evil setups before everything looks like one. I probably undersold Crystin a bit, but they were so suspicious and certain that she was being manipulated heavily that I decided to lean into it and let them have fun. I got to bash Jack a couple of times verbally though, and Haddin was certainly disliked by everyone, so that went all according to script. They weren't sure what they were supposed to do during this part though, as we will see in the next episode, so things went a little more off the rails. I think this was a positive though, as it encouraged them to do something weird and take some chances. What were those chances? Well, you'll have to wait for the next episode to find out! Next time, subterfuge and an ambush! [/QUOTE]
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