(TFT) I knew this guy

["David Michael Grouchy II" <david_michael_grouchy_ii@hotmail.com>]

    I knew this guy, Ed Ott, he is usually the leader in my campigns.  I 
learned something a while back that serves me well.  When ever I want to 
start a campaign that is going to run for a while I always start it with a 
solo adventure.  One player only.  I give them all my attention and 
establish the tone of the campign with them.
    Then at the next session I will bring in other players to help the 
first one.  Ed was usually the leader.  Not always, but campaigns that 
started with him tended to do well.
    So this guy Ed makes a character called Glens (another case of a 
strange name with a plural spelling) and the first thing he does is start a 
movement of fanatics.  He tells me he wants an army of blind followers who 
will die for him.  As is my way I indulge him.
    Then he starts a holy war with the Temple of Xorn.  They are declared 
'the' enemy and the skirmishes start.  Soon the whole city is aware of a war 
between temples.  Things turn bad for Ed's character Glens when he is 
captured.  Or so I thought.
    I figured the other players would mount a rescue, but Ed has another 
idea.  He wants to handle it himself.  He wants to play it out solo.  The 
character is put in iron chains, he's a wizard, and locked in a deep cell 
under the Xorn temple.  There he is chained to the walls with other 
prisoners.
    Iron shackles turn out to do only one thing.  They slow him down.  He 
tires lock/knock at -4 DX then he rests.  He tries again.  A couple of hours 
and it works.  He's free.  Still locked in the cell, but walking around.
    He doesn't free the other prisoners.  Instead he says he is going to 
use them to drain their ST.  I was expecting him to lock/knock the cell door 
and sneak out.  Now I have no idea where he is going with this.
   Ed says 'I have this IQ 14 spell to summon a demon, but it costs 20 
strength.  But it says here that it takes 5 turns to complete the spell.  So 
I can spend 4 points a turn and drain ST from the captives to recharge while 
doing it.'
   I have a feeling this isn't strictly legit, but I'm impressed with his 
plan so I let him do it.  Besides, I figure, he's got to make DX rolls for 
all the drain-ST and if he fails the final DX roll to summon the demon it 
will appear anyway and attack him.
   Well Ed is hot and makes every roll.  He rolls double damage on the last 
roll.  All I can think is wow.
   Ed has his character climb onto the demon's shoulders and says 'Take me 
to the High Preist of Xorn, we're going to kill him.'  Glens set about 
reaping his hellified revenge.
   Several really great assasinations ensued with Glen's getting surprise 
for the first turn.  When he finally wound up in the courtyard cleaning up 
lesser guards I had his fanatical followers start comming over the walls to 
'rescue' him.  Besides, he had already gotten enough experience.  That and 
the demons twelve turns were up.

   David Michael Grouchy II



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