#7-21: The Sun Orchid Scheme, with GM Pendrak (Inactive)

Game Master Pendrak

This will serve as the sign-up and discussion thread for PFS #7-21: The Sun Orchid Scheme, with GM Pendrak. Players with new or existing standard Pathfinder Society characters ranging from level 1 to level 5 are welcome to sign up.

I will be accepting anyone with a qualified character who is interested, and the first table will begin when we have six players. If there are at least twelve interested on a first come, first served basis. I will run a second table, and so on (to a reasonable limit). In the event that there are at least four but fewer than six interested players, I will proceed with the game on 4-27-18.

Please provide your information in the following format, using the alias for the character you will be playing:

Forum Name Pendrak
Character name, alignment, race, class, and level Daryus al-Kabib, NG Keleshite magus 5
PFS # 75956-1
Day job (if any) Perform (dance)

Forum Name: noral
Character name, alignment, race, class, and level: Crowe (iconic), CN, human Shoanti Bloodrager 4 or 1 (pregen)
PFS # 314670-4
Day job (if any) None

Forum Name: Greenclaw
Character name, alignment, race, class, and level: Tanto Kawaterru, NG, Kitsune, Swashbuckler (Flying Blade) 2
PFS # 74677-12
Day job (if any): N/A

Tanto's Paizo profile and stat block obviously need to (and will be) updated.

Forum Name: Garmon
Character name, alignment, race, class, and level: Kiaru, NG, elf, UC Rogue 3
PFS # 195819-8
Day job (if any): N/A

Forum Name Dax Thura
Character Huni, LN Human Warpriest of Irori 3
PFS # 33973-5
Day job None

Forum Name GM PDK
Character name, alignment, race, class, and level Zzorn, NG Ulfen barbarian 1 / fighter (siegebreaker) 1
PFS # 4456-12
Day job (if any) Knowledge Nobility: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27 (will use the roll to check two boxes in the 'Rising Star' boon - no additional gold on the chronicle sheet)

Forum name: OG3
Character: Elado Zoros
PFS: 175185-4
Day Job: Craft (Ice sculpting)

Forum Name: Warah
Character name, alignment, race, class, and level: Pai Shecks, NG, Kineticist (Air: Electricity), Level 1
PFS #: 289224-1
Day job: Artisan

Forum Name: philipjcormier

Character name, alignment, race, class, and level: Glorne; NG; human(ulfen); kineticist(water:cold); level: 4

PFS #: 55792-7

Day job (if any): none

Forum Name I'm Hiding In Your Closet
Character name, alignment, race, class, and level Zahira Nefritovvy, NN Vishkanya Mesmerist Psychic Warrior 2
PFS # 40025-21
Day job Perform (dance): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22

Forum Name: Nerak the Numb
Character name, alignment, class and level: Tata Sisbil, Chaotic Good Sorceror 1
PFS #: 2188-2

Forum Name I'm Hiding In Your Closet

Character name, alignment, race, class, and level Zahira Nefritovvy, NN Vishkanya Mesmerist Psychic Warrior 2
PFS # 40025-21
Day job [dice=Perform (dance)]1d20+10

Psychic Warrior?

Apologies, I've actually played this already. Retracting my submission .

I have been given the advice that I should only run one table of this, because the first section is apparently very difficult to run in PbP. That said, I will just be taking the first six to apply. Sorry for the confusion, but I don't want to get in over my head, and this advice seemed sound.

Therefore, the table will consist of the following:

Crowe, human bloodrager 1, played by noral
Tanto Kawaterru, kitsune swashbuckler 2, played by Greenclaw
Kiaru, elf rogue 3, played by Garmon
Huni, human warpriest 3, played by Huni
Zzorn, human barbarian 1/fighter 1, played by GM PDK
Pai, gnome kineticist 1, played by Warah

I just need character sheets for Kiaru and Tanto, and we'll be ready to go. We will be playing in the lower subtier.

Just leveling up Tanto. I’ll have him updated today.

@GM Pendrak.

Would you mind if I played Yoon, the human iconic kineticist 1, instead of Crowe the human iconic bloodrager 1?

Have a good weekend everybody!

This would be Yoon. :-)

This would be Yoon. :-)

Yep, that's fine.

Oooh. Two kineticists! And no healer. Stock up on potions of Cure Light Wounds, everyone!

I believe that Huni, resident warpriest, could use a wand on you guys.

How long do you think I should wait on Garmon to check Kiaru (your rogue) in?

Edit: I decided I'd put my OOC stuff from the Gameplay thread here instead to keep the post looking cleaner.

If he doesn't end up playing, do you think I should take the next person from recruitment, or should we just go with 5? The next in line would be philipjcormier with a 4th level kineticist, who would be awfully high level for this engagement. Next after that is someone who listed their character as a 3rd party class...? Then there is a 1st level sorcerer that might be the best fit.

Regardless, that's most of the information that you can get here at the beginning. We can proceed to the infiltration and surveillance portion of the mission as soon as everyone is all set.

I'm okay with waiting until next week to allow our rogue to check in. That seems to be a pretty desirable class for this module. I agree that a 4th level kineticist would be overkill for this particular party, both because of the level and the class. Since you are familiar with the demands of this scenario, I trust that you'll make a decision that will work best for all involved.

Yes, it is okay to wait until Monday or Tuesday. The weekends are often quite busy and posting not so easy. :-)

Agreed, waiting until at least Monday sounds good.

Okay, I'll give him until Monday. If not, we'll take the 1st level sorcerer, or whoever is next in line after that.

Forgot to mention: Yoon is Sovereign Court as the character receiving credit is SC. ;-)

Okay, noted.

Edit: Garmon replied and he will have a character sheet for me tomorrow for Kiaru, elf unrogue 3, thus completing our party.

I thought it might be a good idea to go ahead and give you guys an idea of how the next part will work while we wait for Kiaru, since it will give you more time to decide which building each person is going to, and what skill check they will be attempting each day.

As you will see, it's not all Bluff, Disguise, and Stealth, but you get to use a myriad of skills to impersonate different people. You don't have to act or lie (other than a lie by omission so to speak), you just have to fill the role by using appropriate skills: a cleric might, for example, be working at the barracks actually putting together medkits, but just doing some spying while he's at it, if that makes sense.

So, on to the planning stage. As mentioned by Lady Ziralia, infiltration seems the best option, but there are many different roles you could take on at either of the two locations you want to infiltrate, the workshop (where they are building the transport) and the barracks (where they are readying the defenses). You can also do something completely different if you have a better idea, but assuming you go this route, here are the rules of engagement.

In character you don't need to specify what skills you'll be using each day, just let me know out of character. So, your post might be something like the following if you were a ranger:

Or as a sorcerer with fewer skill choices:

Remember, this part is just getting information about the caravan. You aren't meant to steal anything (and there isn't yet anything to steal), just to recon for the later part of the adventure.

I'm having everyone do all these rolls at once to speed things up. Then I'll go through day to day and describe what happens, calling for your guys input if anything goes wrong or there are any roleplay interactions.

Wait to post in the gameplay thread (other than any more chit-chat or questioning of the Ladies which is welcome) about any of this until I provide the description of your journey to Pashow, but feel free to discuss here in this thread.

Huni could go with Supervisor Sense Motive +8, Engineer Knowledge (engineering) +6, and Medic Heal +7 for the infiltration.

Huni could go with Supervisor Sense Motive +8, Engineer Knowledge (engineering) +6, and Medic Heal +7 for the infiltration.

I guess I should be clearer. You can really each only choose one role to impersonate. I guess in theory you could go part of the time to the barracks and part of the time to the workshop, but you'd need to find in either place one single role to fulfill while you are there, if that makes sense. So you want to find the role that has the most viable skills for you, ideally three skills (one for each day), but two or even one if you're okay with the increasing DCs.

So Huni could choose, for example, supervisor, and use Diplomacy, Sense Motive, and Spellcraft (or Sense Motive twice with a higher DC, or whatever way you choose to do it). Or he could go Medic and do some combination of Heal and Knowledge (religion). But he couldn't mix and match.

The idea with the child was not bad but Yoon would probably make a good thief with +11 Stealth and +7 Acrobatics.

I see. In that case, Huni is best equipped for either Supervisor (three skills at +5, +5, and +8) or Medic (three skills at +7, +5, and +5).

I have a hate-hate relationship with the dice roller on this board. Can I Take 10 on these rolls?

Thanks for the detailed and very helpful descriptions of the rules and options, GM!

So, we essentially have two choices:
1) Where will we go? Guardpost or Workshop? (we will be splitting up here)
2) What role we play once we're there? (Some roles are only available at one location but some like guard/labourer use similar skills at both locations)

Based on this, I think Tanto will be best suited to impersonating either a guard at the barracks or a labourer at the workshop.

I think I'm going to rule that since you are essentially multitasking you are considered distracted and cannot take 10. If you don't want to mess with the dice roller I'd be happy to roll for you.

Also, you are not required to make the checks every day. So if you think your odds are bad on day three you can sit out. But I'd recommend having at least one person at each site each day to make sure you don't miss anything.

Yes, please roll for me! ;-)

No. I'll roll my own doom.

Huni goes in as a supervisor

Sense Motive 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
Linguistics 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Diplomacy 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24

That's going to be fun.

Wait to post in the gameplay thread (other than any more chit-chat or questioning of the Ladies which is welcome) about any of this until I provide the description of your journey to Pashow, but feel free to discuss here in this thread.

I didn't think we were supposed to be rolling yet but we now seem to have rolls in both threads. I'll roll my own too, if that's OK (when it's time of course!) :)

I didn't think we were supposed to be rolling yet but we now seem to have rolls in both threads. I'll roll my own too, if that's OK (when it's time of course!) :)

If you guys want to go ahead and roll, that's fine, though I'd prefer it were done in the discussion thread if you feel the need to do it now. I'd have preferred to allow Kiaru a chance to join the discussion with Ladies Gloriana and Zaralia if he so desired, and to have had the opportunity to describe your journey across Thuvia, however briefly, before someone posted an advancement.

No harm done, other than what will be an out of order gameplay thread. Feel free to roll in this thread, or if you want you can wait an do it in a post in the gameplay thread soon.

So, if I understand correctly, we have the following roles being fulfilled so far:

Zzorn- thief at the workshop
Huni- supervisor (please specify at barracks or workshop, or what combination on what days)
Yoon- thief (please specify at barracks or workshop, or what combination on what days)
Pai- child?
Tanto- guard at the barracks, or laborer at the workshop
Kiaru- TBD

Yoon would spy as a thief in the barracks (day 1), barracks (day 2), workshop (day 3)!

Sorry GM Pendrak - feel free to assume Zzorn does this later if you wish more RP time with players who haven't shown up yet. I can also re-roll later if you wish.

PS: Zzorn would have preferred some kind of 'visiting noble' or 'visiting investor' angle, using Knowledge Nobility; but if the option is not available, Climb checks are his best bet! :)

Well, I'll give you the option of re-rolling if you want. Is there still time to edit that post with just some dialogue with the ladies, or is it too late?

If you want to go the visiting noble/investor route, I'll allow for the following:

Visiting investor Convince the workers and overseers that you may want to hire them for another project in the future with Appraise, Bluff, Intimidate, Knowledge (nobility), or Profession (merchant).

I'd use investor option if possible; however my post is no longer editable. Do you wish me to contact a moderator to remove it? If you wish, assume my results are 2 higher than those posted. (Climb is at +9 and Knowledge Nobility is at +11)

I'd use investor option if possible; however my post is no longer editable. Do you wish me to contact a moderator to remove it? If you wish, assume my results are 2 higher than those posted. (Climb is at +9 and Knowledge Nobility is at +11)

No, it isn't a big deal. So we have so far:

Boy, I sure am wishing Pai had more skill points. Haha!

Anyway, since Yoon isn't doing the child thing, I doubt Pai would be able to pull it off on her own. So based on the other options and what people have already claimed, here's what Pai will do.

Day 1: Laborer at barracks: Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Day 2: Laborer at workshop: Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
Day 3: Laborer at workshop or barracks: Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10 (Edit: Sit this one out. There's no way the DC is low enough for success on this roll!)

The locations of the first two can be switched as needed to make sure we have someone at each site on those days. Of course, Pai's best skill here would be stealth (+11), but as we already have two PCs choosing the thief roll, it would probably be best to avoid putting all of our eggs in one basket.

Update

I did not mean to jump the gun.

I guess Huni will be at the workshop all three days.

Kiaru made contact today, so hopefully our rogue will be checking into the gameplay thread and this thread soon.

Tanto's rolls:

Day 1 - Supervisor at Workshop - Diplomacy: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
Day 2 - Guard at Barracks - Intimidate: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
Day 3 - Thief at Barracks - Acrobatics: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26

Okay, still haven't seen a post from Garmon for Kiaru. I'm thinking I might want to go with an alternate.

Pai will happily sit out on the third day's check, since she rolled so terribly. Unless you won't allow that, in which case, let the comedy of errors begin!

Yeah, I was saying that you could forgo a day if you just didn't want to try because the odds were really bad or something, but I'd say since you rolled already it would be that you did try. Especially since in general the rolls are going really well so far, and we want there to be at least a few complications. They really aren't that bad and make up the bulk of the actual roleplay in this section. If nothing goes wrong, you just cruise through without any action.

I'm going to give the rogue a little more time, and then see if the alternate wants to play.