Comments | mordicai: Out of the Abyss: Velkynelve.

mordicai

Out of the Abyss: Velkynelve.

Jan 30, 2016 15:00

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kingtycoon January 30 2016, 21:23:19 UTC

I like the NPC roster and I tend to pepper campaigns with bigger casts myself. But talking shop: how do you deal with it? I think I have maybe 5 reliable roles I can pull out - a few ticks to make them pop more. I just think it's not super easy and I wonder how you get it done.

mordicai January 30 2016, 21:44:45 UTC

Three-fold. One, gimmicks instead of voices. Jimjar wants to bet, in some fashion, every time you talk to him. No voice. Ront just repeats back words from the sentence you just said. Gruff voice. Kind of a less is more, though Shuushar gets a Harumph voice. So, voice plus gimmick.

Two, by letting the number get winnowed down organically. Eldeth was left behind, there goes one NPC. Some of the NPCs struck out on their own; we'll see how that goes. Etc. So forth.

Three, I plan on shuffling off NPCs on PCs they bond with. Alicia is already "running" Stool, not that a myconid sprout is all that potent. & if the player gets 'em killed, when then, see point two.

& I guess, four, by moving the pace of the story, so the PCs kind of had to pick who they talked to.

kingtycoon January 31 2016, 00:00:18 UTC

I guess I'm thinking from a mod writing perspective too. Like how many is too many? Better to err on the side of excess? Did you make all these up or were some provided?

mordicai January 31 2016, 00:18:20 UTC

I'm going to go pretty close to what is written: none of this was ad libbed, really, besides the performances & interpretation. I would have not had so many, myself, I don't think, & certainly not all in one place-- maybe if they came in shifts?

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fordmadoxfraud February 7 2016, 22:07:08 UTC

This sounds great. I'm very much looking forward to trying this module out if I can get enough of a party to travel to East Bay.

mordicai February 7 2016, 23:20:11 UTC

Yeah, I'd be REALLY curious to talk shop with you about it.

littlewashu March 11 2016, 02:26:27 UTC

How much did you tell your group about the potential situation before they made their characters?

mordicai March 11 2016, 02:41:04 UTC

"If you want to be into Underdark shit or demons, thas cool. What's that? Yeah, yeah, you could be a drow."

mordicai March 11 2016, 02:41:45 UTC

MAKE SURE TO ROLL FOR TRINKETS. Ain't nobody gonna hate that drow lady as much as the one whose lucky dragon's paw she stole.

Motley Crew Miniatures? ext_4645991 May 9 2018, 19:52:34 UTC

This post is a couple years old but ... where did you get your Motley Crew Miniatures?

RE: Motley Crew Miniatures? mordicai May 10 2018, 09:44:33 UTC

I've got a pretty solid plastic mini collection at this point from picking up random boxes over the years, & between the D&D & Pathfinder ones (I'll even use the Star Wars minis; Quarren make great mindflayers), I had a good selection to choose from. I don't have the case of minis here in front of me, but they are an assortment I just happened to have.