The Most Merciful Thing (OOC)

[Ascension]

Metagaming is bad!

So is splitting up the party!

[Shhhh!]

Wellllll...We were already split up, and....you know, at this point It fails to matter. How would you like to be woken?

[knewsom]

wait - I've got an idea.

[AetherFox]

Metagaming is bad!

Aw, come on. That wasn't metagaming. I saw a closed and it was obviously baraccaded by the attackers. What am I supposed to think?

[knewsom]

perhaps one of the attackers was IN there, and it was barricaded by one of the few survivors, or one of the slain in his last dying effort.

[AetherFox]

Ok, fine, I'm not saying it's the only answer, but it's the most likely.

Also, I updated the map to what I thought the locations of everyone was, but of course feel free to move yourself.

[AetherFox]

What a time for Terraspaz to be offline, huh?

[Ascension]

I guarantee that the longer this campaign goes on the better my improvisational Orc poetry will get.

The question is: Can the campaign last enough for "better" to actually become "tolerable"?

[AetherFox]

It... wasn't.... too..........


There's always next time!

Just kidding. I'm no better at improv.

[Ascension]

I'm still trying to get a handle on how I want to characterize Grug and his people, but I have a feeling it's all going to inexorably slide towards TNG-onward Klingon no matter where I start out...

I've decided, though, that the most distinctive speech quirk I can give him is to not give him a speech quirk. Orcs always have speech quirks. I was going to do the, "no?"s at the end of sentences as an ongoing thing, but I think it's best to just try to play him as a more or less normal guy apart from the militaristic, primitive, tribal background.

...but he'll still probably end up a green Klingon. At least I'm trying!

[Shhhh!]

It's Okay.... I don't think Worf ever began a fight by singing at his enemies. I'm not sure, but whatever.

[Terraspaz]

Well dang. Go to visit some friends for a few hours, and you guys post up a storm!

-1 for me.

[Ascension]

I'm going to say Grug's investigating Davin's office, not the storeroom.

[knewsom]

ditto for davin's.

..and great. we've got worf and riker in the same party.

..except it's bizarro-world EVIL riker.

[Shhhh!]

And you now have me wanting to restructure Jonathan into Evil!Data.
Not Lore, Evil!Data.
No, I couldn't do it. But the idea made me laugh.

[Terraspaz]

By the way, I think that makes Nis Dr. Crusher.

[knewsom]

Remus will search the room, for Davin, any sign of struggle, or anyone hiding there.

search: (1d20+2)[9]

[Terraspaz]

Inspecting the nooks and crannies of the room, you don't discover anything new. Considering the carnage that took place in the main room, you note that this room is free of blemish.

[Shhhh!]

So, is it a small shelf? I'd meant to pick up something I could carry and cast daylight on it. Oh well, whatever works.

[Terraspaz]

Ah, alright then. Easy fix.

[AetherFox]

By the way, I think that makes Nis Dr. Crusher.

I should probably figure out what you guys are rerferenceing to...

[Ascension]

I should probably figure out what you guys are rerferenceing to...

Star Trek: The Next Generation, perhaps? Just a guess.

[AetherFox]

Wait, Shhh!, aren't you a wizard?

[Shhhh!]

But, I wonder...Who would that make Lily? And William? Oh...One of them would have to be....GASP....The Wesley...Please, don't hurt me.
-edit-Oh no, Archivist. Like wizard, only divine, and with neat little enemy identification bonuses instead of a familiar. I thought about wizard, with a raven that caws nevermore, but it was a tad too cliche for me, I figured I'd save the concept for something a little lighter in tone

[Terraspaz]

So, that means I shouldn't break out the synchronized-swimming-leprechaun encounter? Dang.

<Scribbles to rewrite entire campaign>

[Shhhh!]

No, no, that would be horrifying. The Accents alone, they would drive a man mad...and the gold, oh, for the love of gold!

[AetherFox]

I'm missing so much!

[Terraspaz]

Aww, man, I hope that's not it for the night. Things were starting to get interesting.

[AetherFox]

I know, Nis'Amain, seems like a sap now, but as soon as all the 'death of loved ones' stops, she'll probably be back to normal.

[Terraspaz]

But, I wonder...Who would that make Lily? And William? Oh...One of them would have to be....GASP....The Wesley...Please, don't hurt me.

I'm pegging Lily as Geordie la Forge. He's got that visor thing, and no one really knows how it works, much like Lily's magical powers. It works... somehow.

Will's gotta be a Romulan, what with their friggin' patents on cloaking. After all, have you seen him yet?