# [[Arc 1 Questions]] ## Chapter 1: Revenge on the Empire ![[The Story of the Temporary White Circle#^summary1-1]] - [x] Did you know when you introduced [[Auntie Frieda Pigmouth]] so early that you were going to do something with her later? Or were you originally planning to do have the eclipse happen much sooner? - He knew there was going to be something about the eclipse but he didn't have much planned. - [ ] What was the dynamic like without me and with two other people? - [x] Did you put [[Ishel]] from [[Den Hythenos]] there on purpose, knowing Wally/Valas woudl be part of that Den? Or did you now know, at this point? - He did Wally's connection afterwards. - [x] (Sjoerd) What were your favourite parts as a DM? - Caes Mosor, us meeting a real dragon, any reveal especially Nika's reveal - the hags - reveals in Desirat fight of Kai Arness and Nika, Floella, Amandina - [[Reya]] was the elf that had robbed [[Elias Volcain]]. ## Chapter 2: Looking for Purpose ![[The Story of the Temporary White Circle#^summary1-2]] - [ ] How did meeting [[Floyd Hemsworth|Floyd]] go? Was he only ever supposed to be a random guard? - [x] This was where you started to tie in [[Selussa]] and [[The Pallid Elves]] to the story as the perennial victims. What did you expect me to do when I saw Selussa dead there? Did you think Scura would have been sad? - He had no plans. - [ ] Was Wally becoming a god to the kuo-toa something that really could have happened in the adventure, or did you just make that up? - [ ] Did we surprise you when we stuffed [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/The Gentleman|The Gentleman]] around? Did you think we'd take a job or both from him? - [ ] What did you expect when you put [[Mezelya]] in our way? Did you think we'd adopt her? - [ ] How did you think we'd respond to [[Veronica Dusthound]]? Did you create her on purpose with that backstory to fuck with me? - [x] Why did you choose [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Grovelthrash|Grovelthrash]] when that's the one belonging to [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Torog|Torog]] instead of [[Mace of the Black Crown]], which belongs to [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Asmodeus|Asmodeus]]? At what point did you switch over from Torog to Asmodeus and why? - - [x] What conversations went on between you and Sjoerd when [[Reya]] died? Was there a chance she wouldn't come back? - Sjoerd let Reya's fate be chosen by the party. - [ ] Was [[Wally]] being Luxonborn your idea, or Tyler's? - [ ] Where did you get the idea of the three hags protecting Grovelthrash and being corrupted by it inadvertently? That was a nice touch. ## Chapter 3: Burning the Jagentoths ![[The Story of the Temporary White Circle#^summary1-3]] - [ ] Did you think one of us might be petrified? What were some possible solutions to that? What were the discussions between you and Murathan like on that front? - [ ] Did you already know what [[The Cave of Eternity]] would be when you mentioned it to us? - [x] Did we handle the Jagentoth thing any differently to how you thought? - Yes, he thought we'd explore more. - [ ] What was your initial plan for [[The Collision of the Sun and Moon]]? Was it always going to be an eclipse? - [ ] Were the slaves in [[The Slave Shed]] always going to be tieflings? - [x] Tell us about your initial plans for [[Mesa|Ilbane]]. Why was he originally called Mesa? - He was going to be the original big bad of the campaign but then we wanted to carry on so he became a medium bad. - [ ] This was the first time we heard of [[Aygonath]], but you showed us a drawing of Dragon Isle that was from way earlier. Did the concept of Dragon Isle take shape in your mind first? ## Chapter 4: Seeking alliances in unlikely places ![[The Story of the Temporary White Circle#^summary1-4]] - [ ] WTF happened to [[Archivist Adon Zeenoth|Zeenoth]]?! How could you let him betray us after we were primed from [[Pin Dunstorm|Pin]]'s death to trust [[The Cobalt Soul]]? - [ ] What did you think about how we handled the whole [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/The Myriad|The Myriad]]/[[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/The Gentleman|The Gentleman]] situation? Were you surprised that we didn't want to deal with him? - [x] WTF was up with all the [[Investigate underground rumbling|underground rumblings]] and the many reasons for it? - [ ] How did you enjoy [[The Divine Trials]]? WTF was up with the nobles and servants in the first trial all being very similar to us or people we loved? - [x] If we had died at all during the trials, were we always going to respawn safely? Did you think we'd go all the way? - If we died, we'd have to do it on our own. - [x] (Andy) Why did we get burn scars? - It was when we were boastful or accepted praise. The whole point was to help the waiting staff. The Trials were mostly set up to trigger bad behaviour. It affected when the opponents would bow out and what treasure we got at the end. - [ ] What was your favourite part of The Divine Trials? - [ ] Did any of our answers to [[Apeilon]] surprise you? Did you think we'd fight him? - [ ] Was there anything in that where if we hadn't done it, we wouldn't have been able to see Aygonath? ## Chapter 5: The race to Desirat ![[The Story of the Temporary White Circle#^summary1-5]] - [ ] Could we have failed to get [[The Soulfire Sacrifice]]? If we hadn't interrupted the ritual, could [[Vespin Chloras]] have been resurrected somehow? - [ ] Where did you get the idea of putting [[Lyari Errenath]] there? She was so annoying and stuck-up. - [x] Can we see the rest of [[The Hellfire Prison]] map? - ![[Pasted image 20240220233239.png]] - [x] [[Lady Floella Volcain Hemsworth|Lady Floella]]'s middle name was [[Volcain]]. Was that intentional to tie her to [[Vuthos]]? Who was the female elf that robbed [[Elias Volcain]]? Was it [[Reya]]'s mother? - No. Reya was the elf. - [ ] What do you have against [[The Pallid Elves]] and tieflings? All the slaves are one or the other! - [ ] Did you expect us to go for the eggs right away? Would Aygonath immediately have swooped in and helped us? - [ ] Did you purposely block *Sending* in the Hellfire Prison? - [x] WTF was up with [[Exarch Vornex]] and what was he wearing that we could have looted off his lifeless body that was so great? - His helmet. - [ ] Was there ever a situation where we could have fought or needed to fight [[ttrpgs/Temporary White Circle/Desirat|Desirat]] without help? Would we have TPKed?