Aardvark's "Bring Out Your Dead's Valuables" MM Campaign (Inactive)

Game Master Troy Malovich

Sure!

HP: 1d10 ⇒ 1
Rolled HP. Will update character otherwise probably tonight; going another level of ranger, getting Precise Shot (she's learning how to work with others!)

Chephren--all yours! Though if we ever find out what the magic on the armor is (and/or you get a replacement) Surubi may want it, as her archetype doesn't get medium armor proficiency.

Sorry, for my delay.

@Gabriel, sell your old gear at half, as if you did so after finding what you did in the Necropolis.

I should have a gameplay post up shortly.

Malik has no purchases to make, at this time. He would like to rid himself of his hammer, 2 pitons, and 50' hemp rope. Any takers?

Unless something comes up that would prevent it, Malik will be crafting a scroll this evening.

All right, will do. I will list everything I buy / sell.

Malik has no purchases to make, at this time. He would like to rid himself of his hammer, 2 pitons, and 50' hemp rope. Any takers?

Malik, the hammer and pitons were sold as part of the found loot, they were on the list.

Bear in mind guys, you also each currently carry close to 9 lbs worth of coin (except Gabriel with 26). Saving isn't always easy (on your backs).

Well....good! I didn't want those anyway! :p

That's why I'm offloading the rope...that's 10 lbs. by itself.

So, Gabriel, you get 1301.29 to spend (subtracted the price of the two potions). Follow the rules of building above 1st level:

PRD wrote:

For a balanced approach, PCs that are built after 1st level should spend no more than 25% of their wealth on weapons, 25% on armor and protective devices, 25% on other magic items, 15% on disposable items like potions, scrolls, and wands, and 10% on ordinary gear and coins.

One more question regarding the new gear - the rules say 25% should be allocated on other magic items (except disposable) - that is approx. 330 gp in my case. I am not really able to buy anything magical non-disposable for 330 gp - how should I distribute this part of the available funds?

Understandable. I get kind of rules heavy (and can be a pain in the butt), when it involves the checks/balance in place that others 'handwave' then complain when the PC's become too much. (Encumbrance, spell components, purchase availability, downtime, limited resources [Surubi tracking her arrows per the rules is very appreciated], etc...)

But, thank you for asking, I'm not unreasonable. ;)

The line is more for the weapons and armor category. Typically you will see PC's built at higher levels with 75-90% spent on a single item. I use it mainly to avoid those cases.

You can buy what you wish with that leftover, normal gear, disposable, or save it. As long as it's no more than the 25% on weapons/armor. Though, if it means you can upgrade to both MW armor and shield, I'm okay if you go over.

Is there a Church of Abadar or some other form of money exchange, so that we can convert to a higher grade of coin or to gems?

And if so, is there a converting cost?

Surubi gained at level:
3 HP (rolled a 1... 1 CON, 1 Favored Class point)
+1 BAB
+1 Fort & Reflex
Skill points:
1 Acrobatics (newly trained, not class skill)
1 Disable Device
1 KN: Dungeoneering (newly trained, class skill)
1 Perception
1 Stealth
1 Survival
Feat: Precise Shot (She's learning to fight with others!)

Of course she will continue to use the Masterwork Longbow; with the ~400g she's got... she may buy some things. I'll hold off on putting up a list because in character reasons! =p (Also I may be still thinking about what to buy).

Thank you, I will finalize the gear tomorrow.

Chephren, yes there is a Church of Abadar.

If you look on the Map of Wati in the campaign tab, right in the middle of the map is a square pool of water, known as Golden Lake. Just south of this is the Grand Mausoleum (Pharasmin Church). Just north of Golden Lake are the pillars of the Sunburst Market (the bazaar where you sold your goods). Just north of that is the Sanctum of Silver and Gold (Abadarian Church).

They will exchange for free, as a steady amount of smaller coins stimulates the flow of common trade better than larger coins or expensive gems. Gems can be purchased in 50, 100, 250, or 500 gp in value.

The one note in dealing in gems, they are harder to spend unless buying big things. They also may be subject to the appraisal of the merchant you try to spend them with. The Church of Abadar, though, has a specific cut, and not surprisingly well-trained appraisers so that they recognize their own gems and will always trade back for their real worth.

You can also rent a vault at the Sanctum of Silver and Gold, but the price is monthly, and based off of a percentage of the contents contained over the course of the month. Getting to your funds is reliant on when you can get an audience at the church (as in during business hours).

Selling (half price):
- morningstar 4 gp
- scale mail 25 gp
- backpack 1 gp
- rope 0.5 gp

Disposable capital 1301,79+2+30=1333,79 (25%=333.45, 15%=200.07, 10%=133.38)

Buying:
- mwk morningstar 308 gp
- mwk breastplate 350 gp
- backpack, mwk 50 gp
- bandolier 5 sp
- 2x spring loaded wrist sheath 10 gp
- healer's kit 50 gp
- surgeon's tools 20 gp
- fire-resistant boots 20 gp
- 3x Alchemist fire 60 gp
- 2x Armor ointment 30 gp
- 2x marbles 2sp
- 2x silk rope 20 gp
- Tanglefoot bag 50 gp
- 4x vermin repellent 20 gp
- potion of Endure elements 50 gp
- potion of hide from undead 50 gp
- potion of remove fear 50 gp
- potion of shield of faith 50 gp

Total: 1219 gp 2 sp

Remaining coins: 115 gp, 1 sp, 3 cp

I spent a bit more than 25% on the armor (17 gp more - that is 26,3%). Please let me know if that is ok. If not, I will chose different armor.

@Gabriel, The amount is fine. Heck I would say I'm okay with up to about 40% on either weapons or armor as long as the other isn't over.

Great, profile is updated with the new equipment.

@To all, yes, the Bank of Abadar converts to PP free of charge

@Malik, a little about the scroll-making
I believe the DC of Magic Items is always the minimum required to cast the spell (as best as I could find). Meaning your 1st level Sleep scroll would only be a DC 12.
Secondly, when you track your scroll-making supplies, please mark them as 1st level (since they don't actually have a monetary amount on them). Though I do thank you for actually buying and carrying specifically scroll-making supplies.

@Elneiros, all equipment gets sold at half value. So for your leather and crossbow you would get 22.5 gp.

@Surubi, the repairs to the doll would be rather expensive if purchasing Mending cast on it. The ribbons are fairly cheap, but the doll will be a bit much, I would say 10 gp between them both.

I will have an in game post up later tonight.

As far as I know, the save DC for a scroll assumew minimum caster stat (regardless of your stat); but the caster level is definitely whatever the scribe wants it to be (up to the scribe's current caster level).

Saving Throws Against Magic Item Powers

Magic items produce spells or spell-like effects. For a saving throw against a spell or spell-like effect from a magic item, the DC is 10 + the level of the spell or effect + the ability modifier of the minimum ability score needed to cast that level of spell.

Staves are an exception to the rule. Treat the saving throw as if the wielder cast the spell, including caster level and all modifiers to save DCs.

Most item descriptions give saving throw DCs for various effects, particularly when the effect has no exact spell equivalent (making its level otherwise difficult to determine quickly).

LINK

As to caster LEVEL:

To create a scroll, a character needs a supply of choice writing materials, the cost of which is subsumed in the cost for scribing the scroll: 12.5 gp × the level of the spell × the level of the caster.
LINK

So you can make a CL 2 sleep scroll it will last 2 minutes instead of 1, but the save DC will be 11 (Min caster stat for a level 1 spell = 11, stat mod on 11=+0, 10+(spell level)+0 (minimum caster stat mod)=11

Made some changes to purchases as I was a bit over the weight I wanted.

Ended up not purchasing
Alkali Salt X3 90GP
Acid X2 20GP
Studded Leather 25GP

New Purchase
MW Hide Shirt 170GP
Shield Scroll 25GP

If anybody wants the below items please take them, if not I am going to sell them
Silk Rope 5GP
Sun Rod X2 2gp

Final left over for gold is 90/97 depending on whether group members take the items.

Chephren can carry those item, Elneiros.

To easy. Thanks!

I am kind of sick today, so I am keeping the post short. I hope I will be feeling better tomorrow.

If not for the house rules, Gabriel would be the only one to understand the secret message. This way, I guess, everybody gets the wrong meaning :-)

Edit: If this works out, will you call me meat-shield? ;-)

Sorry for the silence. We had 8" of snow dumped on us, and NC isn't exactly prepared for that. No power for 36 hours.

Does anybody want to react to what Gabriel said or shall we move forward?

Going to be at PAX East tomorrow through Sunday night; probably won't post much it at all.

Grrrrrrr

If you have Friday off, you can have my Wife's ticket, she's stuck at work. =p Seriously.

I'm in NC. I'll be going to AtomiCon on Saturday to play in my first PFS game ever.

I also added images of Sigrun and Velriana to the campaign tab.

Is Elneiros still with us? He has not posted in almost three weeks.

I know him in RL. He's dealing with personal issues at the moment. I'm not sweating it too much, as not a whole lot is really going on at this point.

No problem, I just wondered if he is around.

I am still around. I apologize for up and leaving out of nowhere. I had a family member go into the ICU quite unexpectedly. Trying to get information on them in my off time combined with my already crazy work schedule just kind of sapped the will to post on here. I probably should have gotten on here to say I was going to be away. But it came up pretty suddenly and I just didnt really have the drive to get on here and post. But things have smoothed out and the drive has came back as well.

I am going to take today to get myself caught up with what has transpired in my absence. I should be good to get back in the swing of things tomorrow. I look forward to getting back into the swing of things with you all again. Thanks.

Reminder: if you know Osiriani, you can make untrained DC 10 Linguistics checks to read/understand Ancient Osiriani. Otherwise, you cannot read it.

Rolls like these should be placed in spoiler? If so, I am sorry, next time...

I am going to the mountains for the weekend. I expect I will not be able to post due to the lack of internet connection even on my mobile phone. I will be back on Monday.

Thanks for the heads up. No need to spoiler the rolls, it's just a point of preference whether you want to or not.

I am going on vacation for the rest of the week, and I may or may not have internet. If you need to GMPC me, feel free.

Sorry for my silence. Took a week off work, mostly just been catching up on my school work for the semester. I'm trying to update each of my games today.

I am sorry for my lack of posting, my job unexpectedly proved more demanding over thelast three days. I will try to post during weekend and should be back to normal sometime during next week.

I am sorry once more for my absence since last week. I had a workload combined with a lot of traveling. I should be back to normal now.

Sorry for the long delay, it was a long post, a lot of map changes, and I've had a fairly busy week. Not to mention, the wife and I have finally been watching Game of Thrones (we got through season 1 and 2 over this last week). I'd get serious aggro if I was posting while we watch.

Got alot of catching up to do to get current before Season 5 starts!

Just an fyi. I am in class all this week and do not have much opportunity to post. If it is needed to speed the progress of the game please DM PC as needed. I will try to get on here as much as possible outside of class but my time is a bit short this week.

GM, are you all right?

Yes, thank you, been rough trying to find time the last couple days. Then every time I do, the wife gets mad at me for always being on my computer.

Good luck, happens to me as well ;-)
Still watching GoT?

Off topic: we are looking for new recruits in our urban investigation / monster hunting campaign set in Nex: Darkest Corners volume 2

If this is your cup of tea, feel free to submit a character.