Who Is Ellen - 122 - HD
Added 2023-04-27 03:56:44 +0000 UTCSpot the subtle differences!
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George being familiar with the adventure was a late idea, but that's fine, because I wouldn't have wanted him realizing it too much earlier anyway.
I am glad I finally thought of it, though, because it's through him that I can have someone other than Ellen compare Ellen's version to the original, and be utterly baffled by the differences.
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I've no idea. The ducks I heard about just looked like normal ducks and acted *mostly* like normal ducks. Except they'd hang out pretty much anywhere, rather than around water, and would not back down from any threat. Because nothing was a threat to them. Oh, I think I forgot to mention about one other difference about them. Because they were immune to basically everything, hierarchy of defenses meant that their 1 HP of damage could hurt *anyone*. Vampire? No problem. Demon lord? Sure, why not? Archangel? But of course. I don't think I heard about that getting tested on anything more powerful than a Pit Fiend, however.
Some Ed
2023-04-30 05:20:00 +0000 UTC@M B: we haven't seen the final boss yet. It is my contention that, much like the mayor, the final boss is also a chicken. What I don't know is whether this will be done straight, or if it'll turn out that the final boss is actually the mayor, who hired the PCs because: - Actually, the ritual requires human sacrifice, and he wanted to lure them here to be said sacrifice. - He didn't expect them to actually find anything. Their job was to show the people that he was concerned about his daughter going missing, not to actually *find* her. - Somebody forced his hand because they found out about the disappearance of his daughter. - He wanted somebody he could use as a scapegoat. He's prepared to provide evidence that it was the PCs the whole time, and they merely arranged to be the only adventurers around to whom he could have turned. - There isn't actually a ritual being planned, unless you count the ritual of matrimony. He wanted his future son-in-law to prove that he'd risk his life for his new beloved. As there is only one male character in the party, this doesn't leave a lot of options for who he's hoping to hook up with his daughter. - There isn't actually a ritual being planned, unless you count the ritual of matrimony. He wanted his future daughter-in-law to prove that he'd risk his life for his new beloved. It's unclear who he's hoping to hook up with his daughter, but she's made her preferences known to him and he's a good enough father to go along with them, despite what it could mean for their family line. There are, of course, other options, but I feel like this is enough of a list to provide a decent taste.
Some Ed
2023-04-30 04:56:48 +0000 UTCOh, is THAT where the EGS signature Demonic Duck came from?
Stephen Gilberg
2023-04-30 02:54:53 +0000 UTCBecause back in the day, someone made the most deadly ducks ever, and she was afraid that if they saw a duck, they might run away screaming. To be clear, if I recall correctly, these were mostly your standard water fowl, minus the water... and minus every other vulnerability. So their attacks do 1 HP of damage. Your attacks against them do 0 HP of damage, unless you critical fail in which case you can cause yourself or your teammates real damage still. Fireball? Immune. Disintegrate? Immune. Disease? Immune. Flesh to stone? Reflected back onto the caster. Acid? Immune. Crushing damage? Immune. Basically, the one weakness they still had was being limited to moving at duck-like speeds.
Some Ed
2023-04-30 02:34:04 +0000 UTCyou got viaduct mixed up with aqueduct. Unless there's a massive flood, but even then you don't get much distance
Otter Annason
2023-04-29 04:43:47 +0000 UTCBecause viaducts transport large amounts of water long distances. It wouldn't fit. That's via no duct.
Foradain
2023-04-29 03:43:05 +0000 UTCAnd George, being the good player that he is, isn't going to blab about it to the other players. It's usually more fun to see the differences happen naturally than setup expectations to be shot down when they don't go according to script.
Joshua Brumley
2023-04-27 15:00:39 +0000 UTC"Vhy-a no duck?"
Stephen Gilberg
2023-04-27 13:31:16 +0000 UTCI admit, I half hoped we would find the chicken on a throne, as the final boss. Not transforming into anything, just the chicken as a boss, with the same stats as the original enemy :D
M B
2023-04-27 13:07:23 +0000 UTCI guess with an actual person there'd be the question of "Why didn't she fight back?" The original plot compounded this by having it be someone she didn't know. Of course, that plot hole resolved itself, but Ellen changed that on the fly
A Red Mage Named Blue
2023-04-27 07:05:36 +0000 UTCHe seems very fixated on “why a chicken?” To me, it represents the wacky side of D&D, and references some of the inane quests given in some computer games. The point is the adventure, not the goal. Of course, I think Ellen partly didn’t want a damsel in distress situation. … Or maybe the Chicken is the real boss and it transforms of something.
Thisguy
2023-04-27 07:01:24 +0000 UTC
