State of the Party - 2025-01-14

• Costs for the year are $40 per person
• Tempt Momen with more forbidden knowledge
• Ben was quite happy with Spesof’s arc in Spueria
  • Solid chunk of character development
• Other players are intrigued about Tittlin and his character development
• Tittlin having relationship with Pisces is tricky
  • Want to use Pisces more
  • Ben recommends Find Familiar
  • Really enjoyed switching
• Next arc - Tittlin & Pisces
• We’ve been better at doing things that our characters would do, rather than the more optimal path
• More fodder in fights
• Combat
  • Boss Fights - The Brain
    • Ben enjoyed it from a mechanical perspective
      • Enjoyed figuring it
      • Really nicely balanced as we were killing it while on our last leg
      • Allowing for room to get creative
      • The dire troll as well - needing to dump the bag of beans
    • Matt
      • Liked it conceptually
      • Blasts were too fast in the final
      • Felt nerve-wracking, in a good way
      • just a bit more fine-tuned at the end
    • Jobby
      • Too many spells
      • Not a lot of time to plan ahead
  • These days there are lots of stuns on Spesof
    • seems like every fight, one player gets locked down for half of it
  • Having mercenaries would be a good idea
    • Cleric
    • Bard - Lute Pluck?
    • Paladin
    • Druid
  • Lute pluck was a big hit, thrackrook was whatevs
  • Momen can change prepared spells once a day
    • Would help to have a bit of party prep time
• Cloak of Elvenkind
  • Workshop it a little bit
  • Need to narrow
• Ben would rather have IPv4 on it and cover the bill - about $40
• Want to do another in-person
  • Matt is free April, May, June
  • Do a weekend sometime between April - June
• Matt can’t do a full political session
  • Sessions are fun, but hard to keep focused
  • Ben says it’s easier to do a full roleplay session in person
• Momen is interested in relaxing during the festival
  • Not exciting roleplaying
  • Pick up the pace
• Matt enjoyed the adventures
  • Folduin arc - felt that you were getting closer and closer each session
  • Mind Flayers
  • At the end of the session, felt that he was still engaged and invested
  • One-shots are still good
  • Individual battles are less so
• Use the Quest Log more
  • Have to pick one or the other
  • benefits and consequences
  • Clean it up a little
• Have the party agree on what we want to do next
  • Next up is Momen’s dragon hunt