A page for planning after W36: Raiding the Hill Giants. - - - Planning about [[[w38planning | Session 38]] ->
Proposals
Take on Rakotis. We have the team and the tools to mess with him to ensure Ookla's victory. The time is right: we created a distraction last session that could possibly have removed the priestess from town and/or removed more of his support network. Also, removing him will further weaken the forces allied with the giants.
Ashur Ram - if we have EN Lightenment and/or Caswin with us, they automatically destroy Skeletons, zombies, ghouls; automatically turn wights, wraiths; have a decent chance at turning mummies. As a chaotic bishop, ENL may be able to take control of the undead. Emurac and Bartholmew would also be able to turn many undead, freeing our assassin to do what he does best - after all, "Chrystos, Necromancer Slayer" has a ring to it. The idea of taking his stuff is appealing to, no?
Giants - I am not for this, preferring to pivot targets - but we could assault a Town. Since they may have beefed up security on caravans, lets hit a town with new tactics. Goal is to 1) draw them out and slay many enemy troops, 2) make it obvious it is an external force they are dealing with, not some town-based resistance. This should be apparent with our large troop of dwarves, we could assist by very obviously flying the standard of one of the other adventuring groups we are familiar with. Better yet, we could ascribe credit to Lotur, the savior of Belltower!
What say you?
I added a summary for session 36, set up carousing and planning pages in prep for the next session, and made some aesthetic adjustments to some of the main White Box pages to place the current, relevant stuff at the top.
Let us begin to plan and cavort!
Note new planning suggestions.
How closely associated are the giants with the Church of the Killing Frost?
Jarri feels that since the party struck such a blow to the caravan system of the giants, we should follow up this to maximize the shock and awe. If the party takes out the leadership of Tea(?) Town and cuts off transport to Oytmost(?), the supply lines to Pest's Landing is effectively severed, forcing the giants to disperse further.
We could blame the attacks on another adventuring party, however, I think it could work even better if we timed our attacks with the other parties in the area simultaneously. If we hit Tea Town, they could be hitting another town at the same time. I think it would be better if the giants were unsure whether or not the threat was internal or external. There's the human underground we can develop and nurture now, with the caravan raids causing murmurs. Also, disharmony between the ogres and hill giants and orcs could be another way to cause paranoia in Giantville.
Does the party have access to magic or other means that could cause a river to be unnavigable? If we do, we should fiddle with the river between Pest's Landing and Oytmost; this is a key passage for the caravans, and would throw a major wrench in their works. Otherwise, we should target Tea Town and Oytmost.
If the party wants to try to blame any mayhem and destruction on someone else, I suggest Slumath. He is holding the volcano that Snurre the fire-giant previously held, and the giants probably have yet to investigate why the volcano suddenly stopped.
Reminder: the party still has scrolls and books looted from the Tomb of The Pharaoh/Anubis. Scrolls 2, 5, and 7 were destroyed.
I think we should make a practice of using the scrolls as fast as possible before any more get destroyed. I realize others may not agree.
The low-level M-U spells were scribed, but no one has done the same for the new cleric spells. I strongly urge a cleric to declare they are scribing some of the unique cleric spells so we can add them to the permanent list of options for our clerics. The "new" spells are:
Locate Animals (c1), Khermal's Puissant Color of Mystical Magik(c3), Hold Animal(c2), Speak with Dead(c3), Stone Shape(c3), Stanson's Stones to Spiders Spell(c4), True Seeing(c5), Doom (c1), and all of the spells in the three priest books.