Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Gutboy vs The Devourer of Worlds
Gutboy vs The Devourer of Worlds
So, the Bagger 288 has been on the list of "things" in the Land of One Thousand Towers for quite a while - see http://henchmanabuse.blogspot.com/2010/12/bagger-288.html
Im using it as a potential solution for the zombie problem the players unleashed. Well, not so much a solution, its just that geography says the zombies are in the way when the players head to the dungeon. This is a megadungeon campaign, so if they want more dungeon loot, theyve got to deal with the mess. They could also head off in another direction entirely, but theyre pretty wary of the dinosaur-haunted wilderness - it wasnt too hard to predict that Gutboy would listen to Wurgol.
Of course, Gutboy is showing an unexpected degree of concern for the people of the world. If Pai Mei had been able to make it, I think thered be less planning for the long-term consequences. Gutboys contact w/ Professor Smithen does let me introduce the conflict between the Scientists and the Academy though - and Michaels going to force Gutboy to choose sides.
Gutboy is also intent on getting his dog elected to the city council. Theres no way that a freshly-minted citizen could get completely burned dabbling in byzantine Denethix politics, so its going to be a total win with no downside. I like his initiative, and Gutboy doesnt yet understand the depth of the corruption in Denethix, so hilarity is bound to ensue.
Finally, that ring of invisibility from Death Frost Doom - its made me realize that magic items in my campaign are generally really, really obvious. If somethings got powers, its advertising it. In a "normal" D&D campaign, a featureless ring would be the instant subject of a detect magic on general principle - but Ive managed to train my players into expecting garish and weird treasure, so they tossed it aside without a second thought. Well, until I crowed about Gutboy tossing aside something valuable, and mocked him with rumors of the Bazaar being robbed blind. Apparently Gutboys got access to "locate object" - I was forced to eat my words. On the plus side, he refused to search the pirate for treasure on two occasions, when the scurvy dog had been on an extended robbery spree - no loot for you, Mr. Gutboy.
