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  • March 11, 2014 at 7:37 am #258317
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    Couple things. did anyone besides me get the lyre? and i’m not to sure i would have picked it up and had i known it was clearly broken.

    I know Christina’s table had it in their room, but she did a knowledge check prior to anyoe picking it up. She warned them, “uh…better leave that alone”. Someone at the table did pick up Tyrfang, though.

    March 11, 2014 at 11:33 am #258321
    frootsnax
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    In the Forbbiden Vault I told the Sarishian player at the table I was judging that there was a ring with a purple stone in it and a honking powerful (legendary) rune of sorcery on it. The player immediately mimed putting it on his finger. Done. And gratifying as a judge. \":twisted:\" It was only afterwards he worried why he couldn’t take it off. Heartseeker has a pair of flaws that go with it. Blood thirsty, … and it has to be dipped in the blood of someone you’ve just killed to activate it each day.

    I feel bad for the elorii character who got stuck with Tyrfang though. She only had it in a box and was essentially carrying it out for the party/ES. She never wanted it or tried to wield it.

    I’m putting my full IC write up of the event over in the cross road tavern under a pair of Tukufu’s Letters.

    March 11, 2014 at 12:24 pm #258322
    Anonymous
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    Carrying the sword in a box and not actualy wirlding it should not trigger the curse.

    John

    March 11, 2014 at 1:45 pm #258329
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    My character would have picked up the shield, but he uses a small, not a large, else he’d be carrying that nightmare around. Also lucky for him, another character at the table thought it was very shiny so picked it up. Then he started acting very rash, impatient, and odd – compared to his antics up to that point.

    Our Sarishan SP -really- wanted to put on the ring but just could not come to do so after recognizing what it likely was.

    March 11, 2014 at 3:19 pm #258351
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    Our table was in a hurry when we found our cursed items. In character and out. So role-playing wise, I can understand skipping out on letting out table roll knowledge checks, but we had never been asked for a check on any items before we picked them up.

    March 11, 2014 at 3:36 pm #258362
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    And why should you have been prompted? There was nothing outwardly obvious that they were cursed. . . except, of course, that they were locked in a vault that not only required very specific keys to enter, but was also trapped, buried in the most secure part of a fortress which the inhabitants killed themselves by burying it to keep that which was within from leaving. . . \";)\"

    March 11, 2014 at 3:53 pm #258374
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    because we as judges are not setting ourselves up to try to “screw” the players, we are there to set them up to screw themselves over ( two players at my table put on rings )

    traditionally in D&D, cursed weapons and armor didn’t “attach” them selves until they were used in battle. I personally don’t agree with just sticking the first person that touches something with a curse, the actions REALLY don’t match the consequence.

    March 11, 2014 at 4:25 pm #258395
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    One table picked up 8 flaws total, although I don’t know if they were all from cursed items.

    I think it may actually have been 9 Flaws (one was successfully resisted) and halfish of them were not from cursed items… (I think we got 2 cursed items at the table.)

    I believe my character is now Haunted by Visions or something… we’ll see what kind of flaw that is.
    I think I have a greater understanding of why Larissa went mad and a little more insight into the future than my character is comfortable with.

    Lets just say that it is not pretty and something wicked this way comes.

    March 11, 2014 at 4:34 pm #258400
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    Haunted by visions, Horribly Scarred, and (almost) Gambling addiction

    on top of the items (bloodthirsty, required ritual, Sickly, Low Pain Threshold and scrawny? )

    March 11, 2014 at 4:52 pm #258414
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    Couple things. did anyone besides me get the lyre? and i’m not to sure i would have picked it up and had i known it was clearly broken.The boxed text description of the lyre did say that the strings were, “cut” (not broken.)
    I feel bad for the elorii character who got stuck with Tyrfang though. She only had it in a box and was essentially carrying it out for the party/ES. She never wanted it or tried to wield it.I think you may be misinformed. One of the players at my table got Tyrfang. She’s not an Elorii. And she clearly said that she was taking it. (No special precautions taken.)

    I think my table had a good time. I thought the event went over very well. And I’m curious to see what the big picture looks like once all of the little pieces are put together.

    \":)\"
    Scott

    March 11, 2014 at 4:54 pm #258416
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    because we as judges are not setting ourselves up to try to “screw” the players, we are there to set them up to screw themselves over ( two players at my table put on rings )

    traditionally in D&D, cursed weapons and armor didn’t “attach” them selves until they were used in battle. I personally don’t agree with just sticking the first person that touches something with a curse, the actions REALLY don’t match the consequence.

    I agree with this as well, if there was a way to actually do it post-mortem as it were. Obviously someone “set” the weapon in the vault without a scabbard or sheath and they weren’t cursed, so there was a way to handle it that shouldn’t curse. The ring, once you put it on, it’s done. A weapon though should be able to be ‘picked up’ without being ‘wielded’. That’s going to be up to Campaign Staff to decide.

    John

    March 11, 2014 at 4:57 pm #258423
    Anonymous
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    @Scott, the cursed items weren’t unique.

    March 11, 2014 at 5:35 pm #258451
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    I am still very new to all of this. I took the cursed ring, in the box, and seriously considered putting it on even though we managed to remember the story behind it that immediately made me thing it was 80% likely it was cursed. Eventually I decided not to put it on… so I guess I’m lucky. My question is, if I had taken it as my “item” but not put it on, could the runes have been transferred off of them without the curse?

    I had the option to take the Ansharan ring of might. If I had realized this was possible (since it seems like it should be) and if cursed items don’t count toward your “one item” from the vault (as we were told); than I probably would have chosen the Ansharan ring with the plan to transfer the runes over from the cursed ring to the Ansharan ring of might (at some point in the future since I don’t have the money now – unless the Vault paid very well)….

    March 11, 2014 at 5:38 pm #258453
    Anonymous
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    I’m pretty sure you can’t transfer the runes from the rings/ cursed items

    March 11, 2014 at 5:47 pm #258464
    Anonymous
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    I’m pretty sure you can’t transfer the runes from the rings/ cursed items

    Affirmative, Good Sir.

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