Those two, plus:[LIST=1]
- What if we had failed going to [thread=149952]Knad'radoniad's aid[/thread]?
- What if [thread=182512]Orn's Tear[/thread] had not been stolen from Fisterion in the first place?
- What if we hadn't been able to rescue [thread=201902]Queen Langovale[/thread]?
- [strike]Given that the Nesarans seem to have been able to muster such an effective [thread=283186]counter attack[/thread] against the Cult's army, why did they let the Cult use [thread=204412]their fleet[/thread] to sail to Mistone? [/strike]
- What if we had stopped Molvaren from walking the [thread=238922]Path of the Claw[/thread]?
- What if one of us had successfully walked the Path of the Claw?
- What if we had murdered a certain amnesiac in his sleep?
- [strike]What if we had acquiesced to [post=1712778]Rael's request[/post]?[/strike]
- What if we had offered [thread=282565]Ractraferioz[/thread] a kingdom, say Trelania, in exchange for his help?
- Did the Cure make a difference to the outcome thus far?
Coming back to #1 later. 4 and 8 being handled by Dezza. To answer the rest in short form...
2. If the Orn's Tear had not been stolen
by the PCs in the first place there would have been less issue for them, but the Tear
may have been stolen by the forces who wanted it gone anyway. It
may not have happened at all as well, it depended on a few factors at the time. I know that the time at which the Tear was taken was the last attempt going to be made by those forces to trick the 'adventurers' into doing this thing.
There would have been fall out had the Tear not been taken at all or been successfully managed by NPC factions that has to do with some things not yet ready to be fully revealed but, some might guess that the power base between the dragon factions may have shifted dependent upon the outcome.
3. This has somewhat to do with future outcomes still but it's a fairly obvious one so I will go ahead and answer. Without Langovale alive you might have a situation much like the situation in Rael. No 'rightful rulers' to challenge Kuhl's occupiers, in essence makes them Kuhl's new rightful rulers. That situation continues so long as Kuhl is not retaken and the occupiers remain in power.
5. That would have changed the outcome of the finale, and to a degree the strength with which he lead the Cult following his 'recomposure'. I think the biggest result would have been the degree of difficulty to having caught and/or killed at the end of things.
6. The capabilities granted to the successful walker would have been inferred to the PC in question and not to Molvaren.
7. This would have caused an upheaval back at home, once it became clear he was not returning/dead. The balance of power would have shifted and very likely might have made things worse for the people of Kuhl and for the later events (due to the nature of some of those who would have remained in power).
9. Whatever kingdom you would have offered instead might have had some things to stay about the situation and likely would not have gone willingly under the power of Ractraferioz. I believe there would have been some alignment shifting for certain people and there would likely have been additional bloodshed because Ractraferioz likely would not have taken the kingdom's 'no' for an answer. However, once his domain was fully dominated or at least dominated -enough- for the time being, he would have kept his word of aid.
10. Yes!! The Cure was essential to the success of the series, otherwise that much time investment would not have been spent on it. Without the Cure, we would not have hesitated to turn Belinara into a wasteland, though the Nature Faction would likely have managed to save part of the Great Forest and divert the spread elsewhere. As some know, there are parts of the Great Forest that are essential links to life in all places. Going in without the Cure to StormCry or having gone in and failed to correctly deliver it would have achieved a fail for the series outcome and caused so, so much more damage that the Cult would (emphasis here,
would, not could) have achieved on it's own. The Cult would not have resorted to that level of disaster (well..... perhaps if the amnesiac had been killed and the balance of power had shifted. Then when the chips were down, certain members of the power structure were chaotic enough to consider such a strategy).
Could the opening of the Path of the Claw been prevented?
Yes, and it very nearly was.
What would have happened if the Forest Realm (Horn Kingdom) entered into an alliance with Kuhl?
The balance of power would have shifted toward the allies that much more. It would simply have given folks more tools to work with to solve the puzzle as a whole. It would also have freed up some PCs to act more freely and become more involved and in one case, be allowed activity at all. Aerimor (the druid) was taken out of play of the world from that moment until the end of the finale's all together. Kudos to him for being willing to stick with that folks. That was a very long time not to be able to touch your character (more or less).
In the realm or what would have happened. Could there have been a way to portal the broken one's body safely (not counting the attacks we would have had to repel) out of that cave? This could very well be a hypothetical question from Wren to Conner.
It's actually “Connor” with two 'o's. I mention this because it seems to be a rampant spelling error that even some GMs are making, heh. And Connor would have (at the behest of the Plot team) told Wren that there would not have been enough time or resources available for such a feat. The portal that Storold, Angela and Alantha (and Connor) helped the late Samantha Clerin construct for the Church of Lucinda took the resources of well over 100 people and many days to accomplish (not to mention the work that went into securing and protecting the place before, during and after), just to give you an idea.
Next question:
Do we know that there is a huge army of undead shuffling around?
This is a future question not being answered at this time.
For the group that went to Stormcry Hollows, what were those contraptions/orbs that controlled and maintained the power of Molvaren's pad? And, was there something that we could have done with them that would have changed the outcome?
This could have changed the outcome, I.E. stalled you further and caused the Cure not to have been given to the Broken One's body at all, or allowed the stall to be long enough for Molvaren to get in control of the Broken One's body and ..... cause the loss of many soul strands while trying to administer the cure... etc, etc... As to what it is directly, that is a future question that may come into play. The information -may- already be in game amongst the PC base, but it might not. It possibly will becoming into play later.
~row