Ormulax & Magnatz War Post-Mortem Thread

[Howlando]

Please post comments, screenshots, constructive criticism, thoughts, suggestions, etc. here....

Final event went very smoothly in my opinion, I was really impressed by all the players involved. Ormulax PCs did a really, really good job in putting up a cool fight/resistance despite being outnumbered  and I really salute them for it.

Big thanks to elmo, Ironside, Halfbrood for top notch DM'ing.

And thanks to our server for not crashing or getting too laggy.

Good job to all.

[Random_White_Guy]

Neat to see all the skirmish build up and similar and the actions of PCs on both sides stirring the fight up.

Also thanks to Canzah for the stream for those of us who couldn't make it!

[Canzah]

For those who missed the event, or simply wish to relive it, find it recorded below.


Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/235195610

YouTube: https://youtu.be/NiMmBN_2H8w

[Black_TopHat]

If people who played monstrous PC wanna pm me, I'd love to do some drawings of a "Whos who" of the villains and slightly less villains of this battle

[MineralRichToil]

Thanks for the amazing event everybody one of the most fun ones I've been to
And virtually lag free!

Asmund and Ingvar made me shit myself every time I saw one of them appear
They were terrifying forces of nature to have survived so long against such a huge force of players

[house of understanding]

I've put together all the shouts. Enjoy!

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::[ DM Shout : The sounds of echoing horns and pounding drums from the siege encampment surrounding Fortress Mur... Magnatz the Red has mustered the entirety of his mighty monstrous forces. ]::
::[ DM Shout : The steady poundings and horn-blowings from the siege camp around Fort Mur continues. ]::
::[ DM Shout : The Duergar of Fortress Mur sharpen their blades. ]::
::[ City Sending by Ragnur Silverbeard : To them who are bound to the Silver Guild`s war by blood, coin, oath, and alliance. Today we march for war beside the banners of Magnatz the Red, and together we shall blind the Dread-Eye forever. Heed my call those loyal to our cause. ]::
::[ City Sending by Ragnur Silverbeard : Dwarves of Sanctuary, Silver Guild Mercenaries, Red Banners, Stygians, Emerald Axe Goblins, Knights of the New Path, Elves of the Garden. Heed my call to arms. Join me in the square, if ya ain`t already beside the armies of the Mound, and march to the battle-lines alongside Clan Silverbeard! The Eye will Die! ]::
::[ DM Shout : There is a great SCREEEEECH as a wyvern with eyes dripping blood swoops over Fortress Mur, coming to rest at the siege camp near Magnatz. ]::
::[ DM Shout : // Slight delay to faction issues making NPCs going mental & BTH messing up my world. ]::
::[ DM Shout : Dear players, I will be setting up an OOC area with two NPCs, "Team Ormulax" and "Team Magnatz" - please go there to get a DM to set you to hostile of the appropriate side, and you can check the NPC to make sure your`e hostile to the right team ]::
::[ DM Shout : // Team Magnatz, a transition has been set up for you go get your faction handled. enter there and wait ]::
::[ DM Shout : Guys i am being overwhelmed with messages, please be patient with me. ]::
::[ DM Shout : // Still setting pcs up, sorry for delay. ]::
::[ DM Shout : Any players who have not gone to the OOC area to ensure their factions are set properly please do so. ]::
::[ DM Shout : Now is a time for any last minute OOC requests relating to this event. ]::
::[ DM Shout : // OK, a few OOC remarks before we begin - ]::
::[ DM Shout : // One, although exciting, NWN rarely handles big events like these very well. Hopefully it won`t, but it might turn into a laggy, poorly balanced mess. ]::
::[ DM Shout : // If you`re not prepared to stay positive and roll with the OOC issues, just log out ]::
::[ DM Shout : // This is not a permadeath event (yet) in terms of dying to NPCs, but if a PC kills you (non-accidentally) it is perma. ]::
::[ DM Shout : // If you do die to NPCs, please either log out or respawn/log out ]::
::[ DM Shout : // Before I end OOC, you can now send me any final questions. ]::
::[ DM Shout : // This is the end of OOC // ]::
::[ DM Shout : Magnatz the Red.... ]::
::[ DM Shout : Takes up a mighty HORN.... and gives out a great blast.... HARUUUUUUUUUUUUUUM...... ]::
::[ DM Shout : The assembled monstrous army begins to clang their shields, pound drums, and scream war chants..... ]::
::[ DM Shout : The shriek of the Wyvern piercing through the noise.... its eyes dripping with blood, the strange sorcerously bound Wyvern flaps its leathery wings and rises into the air..... ]::
::[ DM Shout : .... It soars above, circling over the Fortress..... ]::
::[ DM Shout : Screeching challenge. ]::
::[ DM Shout : And then - ]::
::[ DM Shout : Something rises from the pit below. ]::
::[ DM Shout : Massive in size, the great beholder Baron Ormulax, once spawn of Chabzash, lord of Fortress Mur...aspiring Lord of all the Dark Lake.... rises in all his Orbulent Glory. ]::
::[ DM Shout : .....he rises serenely, his eystalks writhing..... ]::
::[ DM Shout : .... and he gazes upon the Wyvern, and it turns to stone. ]::
::[ DM Shout : Its wings freeze into place - ]::
::[ DM Shout : And the wyvern plummets to the earth, shattering into dust and rubble. ]::
::[ DM Shout : Floating high above, he glares at the army standing against him - ]::
::[ DM Shout : "Magnatz! I will be waiting for you!" ]::
::[ DM Shout : .... and then the Orb swoops below and descends once more into his pit. ]::
::[ DM Shout : There is a final blast.... ]::
::[ DM Shout : And the siege ogres lurch forward, huge hammers at the ready, bellowing challenge! ]::
::[ DM Shout : HARUUUUM.... HARUUUUUM! ]::
::[ DM Shout : "TO WAR!" ]::
::[ DM Shout : Siege weaponry fire.... ]::
::[ DM Shout : "SMAAAASH DOWN THEIR GATE!" ]::
::[ DM Shout : The siege weaponry fires ]::
::[ DM Shout : A flank strike as a brave group of kobolds climb down the walls and into the backside of the intruders ]::
::[ DM Shout : The gate is breached -- ]::
::[ DM Shout : if subdued log out ]::
::[ DM Shout : Bellowing war cries, the enthralled duergar once of the Mur Mercenary Company rush from below ]::
::[ DM Shout : The BLASTS of the war horns continue as the battle rages on! ]::
::[ DM Shout : With a final roar, the infamous WRUKAOG THE DECAPITATOR is torn to shreds by Magnatz`s loyalists. ]::
::[ DM Shout : Something terrifying rises. ]::
::[ DM Shout : The dwarf Ragnur smashes down the feared champion Asmund..... ]::
::[ DM Shout : Another SURGE of monsters...... ]::
::[ DM Shout : More mercenaries attack from the Mur`s dockside ]::
::[ DM Shout : Not sure... I bring out two spawns of ormulax ]::
::[ DM Shout : Two orbs begin to float from the deeps below... And more monsters run to the inner court from the dockside ]::
::[ DM Shout : The juvenile spawns of Ormulax turn their dreadful eyestalks towards you, spewing chaos and madness among the invading troops ]::
::[ DM Shout : The heroic kobold, Evranomix Eyethrall, continues his deadly shooting. ]::
::[ DM Shout : The notorious mercenary Corlane Barrencrown sets to chasing down one of the kobold troops... ]::
::[ DM Shout : Ragnur Silverbeard furiously charges a spawn of Ormulax, ripping its eyestalk one by one with his golden axe... Yet a fourth and fifth one emerge with a group of drudges ]::
::[ DM Shout : The ogre Dugthuck Sluglick of the Emerald Axe Tribe fights valiantly on behalf of his goblin master. ]::
::[ DM Shout : Volric of the Knights stares straight into the Beholder`s eyes, skewering it on his fabled blade ]::
::[ DM Shout : The famous healer Alley Addams of Sanctuary sets to mending wounds with blasts of healing energy. ]::
::[ DM Shout : The well regarded adventurer, scavenger-scrapper, and knife-toseser Rose lands her knives with deadly precision. ]::
::[ DM Shout : The broken man Artreez lands a deadly blow, slaying the infamous kobold Evranomix. ]::
::[ DM Shout : Gwoogwoo the Meat Enthusiast is slain... ]::
::[ DM Shout : The mercenary Sullivan Glaive wields his hammer with deadly skill. ]::
::[ DM Shout : The drow bucaneer Zendrae slashes through the lizardfolk defenders..... ]::
::[ DM Shout : The dreadful harlot Rana murders the Drudge Potion Seller, and turns her attention to slaying more of the foes. ]::
::[ DM Shout : An enraged, jealous suitor of Magga runs through the gates, shouting his eternal love to the Toll Witch ]::
::[ DM Shout : The aggrivated Ogre Augrustus sets to killing the beholder with his goblin buddy Rayguk. ]::
::[ DM Shout : The Scholar Quinton Eladan is turned to stone, and smashed by the forces of the terrible Ormulax. ]::
::[ DM Shout : The dregs of Ormulax emerge, fighting to their last, the Fortress slowly won by the army of Magnatz.... ]::
::[ DM Shout : The final forces are slain.... ]::
::[ DM Shout : And the sound of battle subsides.... ]::
::[ DM Shout : Thump, thump, thump..... ]::
::[ DM Shout : Magnatz himself approaches the Fortress. ]::
::[ DM Shout : The huge, stooped giant peers below.... ]::
::[ DM Shout : "ORMULAX." ]::
::[ DM Shout : "ORMULAX. COME OUT." ]::
::[ DM Shout : Silence from below.... ]::
::[ DM Shout : The battle subsides... a moment of rest is possible. ]::
::[ DM Shout : // If your character has a raise scroll on hand, I will allow its use ]::
::[ DM Shout : Otherwise no respawns until event is finished ]::
::[ DM Shout : The forces of Magnatz take up positions around the pit ]::
::[ DM Shout : Hauling in huge ballistae... ]::
::[ DM Shout : Huge ballistae and arbalests are wheeled over.... and also many barrels, under the command of the once-Specialist Kedrian. ]::
::[ DM Shout : // surviving PCs, you may each "claim" a monstrous npc henchman ]::
::[ DM Shout : // with some exceptions ]::
::[ DM Shout : // please stand next to the one you want ]::
::[ DM Shout : blood golems, magga, gormauth, magnatz, kedrian don`t count ]::
::[ DM Shout : if you still lack a henchman and want one send a message ]::
::[ DM Shout : // If you still need a henchman send another message ]::
::[ DM Shout : // If you still need a henchman send a message ]::
::[ DM Shout : Magnatz shouts out again, into the pit.... ]::
::[ DM Shout : "ORMULAX. COME OUT. IT IS TIME." ]::
::[ DM Shout : .... nothing but silence from below.... ]::
::[ DM Shout : With a single impatient gesture, the giant signals Kedrian.... ]::
::[ DM Shout : .... and the barrels are rolled into the pit..... ]::
::[ DM Shout : Exploding below. ]::
::[ DM Shout : Magnatz shouts again.... "COME OUT, ORMULAX. COME OUT" ]::
::[ DM Shout : "THIS IS YOUR FINAL CHANCE. FLY AWAY, AND FIND SOME NEW HOME. COME OUT AND LEAVE MY LANDS." ]::
::[ DM Shout : There is no response.... ]::
::[ DM Shout : "SO BE IT. I SHALL SEND MY ARMY BELOW.... TO SLAY YOU IN YOUR PIT! ]::
::[ DM Shout : Magnatz blows his horn, and signals the army to descend.... ]::
::[ DM Shout : The great bull, Gormauth, is the first to descend. ]::
::[ DM Shout : Waiting for them is..... ]::
::[ DM Shout : A limbless duergar hanging from hooks ]::
::[ DM Shout : The limbless and scarred duergar, one eye gouged and hidden behind a fleshy patch, quivers in rage at the interlopers! ]::
::[ DM Shout : "Traitors! Scums! Mutineers! Blasphemers! Murderers!" the pathetic orb of mortal meat quails furiously. ]::
::[ DM Shout : "You come to slay my orbulent lord in his halls, but you did not think you would have to face his most POWERFUL of servants before earning such an honor!" ]::
::[ DM Shout : "ME!" the limbless duergar, flesh bloated and purpled by long laceration, begins to squint and strain at the assembled mercenaries and adventurers! ]::
::[ DM Shout : ...his baleful, singular eye, finds targets in the crowd... and time seems to stand still as... ]::
::[ DM Shout : ... ]::
::[ DM Shout : ...nothing of note happens. ]::
::[ DM Shout : "HAHA! Feel my hate! Die, and die again!" the limbless wretched thing squirms on its hooks, utterly harmless. ]::
::[ DM Shout : It is hacked to pieces, presenting no threat whatsoever. ]::
::[ DM Shout : They proceed forward. A great Orb awaiting them. ]::
::[ DM Shout : A few final defenders..... ]::
::[ DM Shout : It floats above mounds of piled gold, the coinage sticky with drool. With needle teeth, the Baron Ormulax stacks ducats bearing the grinning face of Roaldhe Gould in meticulous piles... the great central eye utterly engrossed in the exercise. ]::
::[ DM Shout : Eerily, as the brave Ragnur Silverbeard pipes up, the score-odd lesser eyes snap to attention. ]::
::[ DM Shout : "This is the day ya die, Dread-Eye. I`ll see your peeper spiked before the Gates of Mur" - declares Ragnur of Silverbeard Clan ]::
::[ DM Shout : A bifurcated tongue slithers out from the needle maw, answering the dwarf`s challenge with low, simmering tones. "We have long awaited your doom-triumph, pale-duerg. Much pain-amusement have you brought to us." ]::
::[ DM Shout : "The betrayer-fools we did not know. But they do not surprise us. We knew you would enter our grisly-beautiful maw. And be ground, ground, ground to meat-bone." ]::
::[ DM Shout : The Orb turns its baleful, terrible, ruddy great Eye now to face Ragnur. ]::
::[ DM Shout : "We are counting coin-glory, here. You have interrupted this. We were content-contempt to let you scheme, but now WE HAVE LOST OUR COUNT!" ]::
::[ DM Shout : The Fortress quakes with the Eye-Tyrant`s fury! ]::
::[ DM Shout : And it begins... ]::
::[ DM Shout : Blood pours from the heavily wounded beholder as it fights to its last. ]::
::[ DM Shout : a final, mighty blow from Ragnur.... ]::
::[ DM Shout : And it is slain. ]::
::[ DM Shout : The axe bites deep, deep, deep into the Baron`s central eye... the Tyrant blubbers something small and hateful, choking out a shower of gilded coins as it dies. ]::
::[ DM Shout : During the time of Ormulax`s reign, 59,584 gold pieces have been donated to his great hoard.... ]::
::[ DM Shout : Gormauth, the Crimson Bull, claims half of it for his Master.... ]::
::[ DM Shout : Leaving 29, 792 remaining.... ]::
::[ DM Shout : The Minotaur signals everyone to leave the fortress, to speak with Magnatz above ]::
::[ DM Shout : // Respawns now fully permitted, players may log back in if desired ]::
::[ DM Shout : The huge giant stares over the army.... and passes his hand... as it does, a rain of blood falls upon you. ]::
::[ DM Shout : // OOC: All PCs who participated in the event will receive a special no-drop item, a blessing from Magnatz. Additionally, all PCs who entered into the Pit and fought Ormulax and his servants will receive a second item. Please find me in an hour or tomorrow to receive them. // ]::
::[ DM Shout : The great giant`s face splits into a craggy smile, as he surveys the Fortress.... ]::
::[ DM Shout : "I AM PLEASED.".... ]::
::[ DM Shout : And with that, he turns and marches off. His monstrous army shouting in a celebratory manner.... ]::
::[ DM Shout : For Magnatz, Master of the Mound... has become Master of Mur also. ]::
::[ DM Shout : -- Event concluded -- ]::




[Pup]

Great fun and handled fantastically by the DMs and players alike.

[Howlando]

All (non-dead ) event participating PCs can see me for a "Small Blessings of Magnatz" item. Those who survived and made it into the PIT to fight Ormulax should also receive a greater version of that item in addition.

Catch me IG to receive them over the coming days.

[VanillaPudding]

Very smooth event! The server ran about as well as an nwn server can with so many people in there!

Balance was nice, and NPC roleplay was fantastic!

[d1n4l9q7]

For those who missed the event, or simply wish to relive it:


https://www.twitch.tv/videos/235195610

Thanks for the stream! I was pretty gutted I went down so early, missed most of the action.

[Black_TopHat]

First PC Monster Finished!

Evranomix Eyethrall