Carrion Crown: The Evil That Men Do
Game Master Vanulf Wulfson

Move game play to day 2?

Kudos on knocking down the door Eloise!!!!

down? Try THRU!!

Thanks! ^^ *happy dance* I don't usually play very martial characters, so this is a nice experience.

Both :P so going to nail the professors daughter before we leave town.

Seems to me it's more likely that Eloise will be sleeping with the professor's daughter before we leave town. Granted, it'll be in the literal sense, not the innuendo-esque one... :p

awwwwwwwww

Hey, DM Wulfson said nothing about this being that kind of campaign, so don't be too surprised if your all-girl school fantasies don't come true. ;)

Tomnus wrote:

Both :P so going to nail the professors daughter before we leave town.

Seems to me it's more likely that Eloise will be sleeping with the professor's daughter before we leave town. Granted, it'll be in the literal sense, not the innuendo-esque one... :p

I agree with Mathus on this one lol. What is it with guys and liking that sort of thing...

They (subconsciously) hope (or fully expect) that they'll be invited to join in, probably.

I'm the fittest member of the party? :D Funny.

@ Mathus - thanks for the compliment.... did it come across that he is listening for heartbeats?

@GM Wulfson - just wanted to ask now, before the new day starts, how do you want to handle me drawing a Harrow card at the beginning of each day?

@GM Wulfson - just wanted to ask now, before the new day starts, how do you want to handle me drawing a Harrow card at the beginning of each day?

If you are talking about doing it for your feat then I would suggest at the start of each day, probably at breakfast, rolling a d6.

1= Hammers (Strength)
2= Keys (Dexterity)
3= Shields (Constitution)
4= Books (Intelligence)
5= Stars (Wisdom)
6= Crowns (Charisma)

Unless you're talking about doing a full-blown reading then give me some time to read over the rules in the CotCT AP and get back to you.

@ Mathus - thanks for the compliment.... did it come across that he is listening for heartbeats?

No... listening to freaky invisible demons/ghosts etc

Zindelo Lovari wrote:

@ Mathus - thanks for the compliment.... did it come across that he is listening for heartbeats?

No... listening to freaky invisible demons/ghosts etc

that'll work

thanks

Zindelo Lovari wrote:

@GM Wulfson - just wanted to ask now, before the new day starts, how do you want to handle me drawing a Harrow card at the beginning of each day?

If you are talking about doing it for your feat then I would suggest at the start of each day, probably at breakfast, rolling a d6.

1= Hammers (Strength)
2= Keys (Dexterity)
3= Shields (Constitution)
4= Books (Intelligence)
5= Stars (Wisdom)
6= Crowns (Charisma)

Unless you're talking about doing a full-blown reading then give me some time to read over the rules in the CotCT AP and get back to you.

Sorry i wasn't more specific... i was talking about the feat bonus. I give you a heads up if I ever want to do an actual Harrow. (but i think you can get away with rolling dice)

I slept at the foot of the bed? I'm a dog now? ^^; Or was the bed not wide enough for two people to lie side by side?

Does the bad nights sleep mean spells are not renewed for the day??

Does the bad nights sleep mean spells are not renewed for the day??

No, it's just descriptive text.

I slept at the foot of the bed? I'm a dog now? ^^; Or was the bed not wide enough for two people to lie side by side?

No, more like the dutiful bodyguard placing herself betwen her charge and harms way. Although your description works, too.

Looks like we have some decisions to make. I would think it best to get the most people together to research a certain topic (especially the way the way the dice roller has been acting). Not knowing how long it takes to do research I have no idea if we can do all of them in one day.

Also I was unclear if the professor found those items at the temple of phasmara

I have a question for the DM: Does Kendra have any class ranks? And would you be violently opposed to Eloise taking her on as an apprentice in swordcraft and magic? The best way to protect someone is to teach them how they can defend themselves, after all.

Kendra is a 2nd level Wizard (Diviner). I was going to figure a way to mention that yesterday but things got a little too busy for me to find the time to post.

OK... so how are we doing this?..... I think it best if we all follow one 'head researcher' and everyone else helps with aid another.that is a potential +8 to help figure things out, and nothing to sneeze at.

If we split up then that potential +8 gets lowered.

I think thats a good idea.

Fair enough - lets do that. Maybe Kendra can aid another too.

Sounds like a plan, Where do people think we should start?

Town records sounds best

Never fear, I'm still here. My wife is out of town on a business trip until Thursday and I'm playing Mr. Mom for our six year old daughter. Even though I'm on vacation this week I thought I would have more time to post, but with all the Honey-Do projects I can't wait to get back to work so I can relax.

I hear ya mate - I work from home most times... but this makes me somehow the 'free time guy' who somehow, in his 12-14 hr day, has time to clean the house, mow the lawn, do home improvements, pick girls up, drop them off, cook and clean the dishes.

Seriously? The office feels like a day off.

....and we're back

yaaaay

I think we are in a rut and may need the GM to give us a push

I'm coming. I'm coming. I've been sloughing off while on vacation and with the site being down most of the day yesterday kind of threw me off. will update more later after I drop my daughter off at school.

We really need a push here...

Eloise - can you help with an aid another assist on the history check?

GM Wulfson - are we going about this the right way?

I don't have Knowledge (history), so I don't think I can... Can I? I'm a little out of it today, my apologies. I could do Knowledge (arcana), (dungeoneering) or (planes), but that's it.

If I understand it correctly, using the records lets you make an untrained check to aid another only.

Okay, one untrained Knowledge (history) check: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7. Less than helpful, I fear...

According to the rules, you can make an untrained Knowledge check if the DC is 10 or less, using a library removes this limitation. I'm fudging the rules a little to allow you to use a DC:10 Intelligence check to Aid Another when not using a library.

We seem to be stuck - lets shake it up a bit, go ask how Lorrimor died, see the town and come back to the research maybe?

Maybe I can help with the history roll? 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15 Maybe that will shed new light on something?

My 10 cents? We are botching all the rolls. It happens sometimes, the dice gods spit in our hot chocolate. It basically all boils down to Zim making a roll and then we all pile on with aid another attempts... which reminds me...

Aid Another on Theodors roll...

History +5 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

Everyone else may as well pile on.

Its also boring just doing lab research, particulary when we don't seem to be getting ahead or making the rolls - another part of the reason I wanted to split into smaller groups and hit the town to various NPCs. Heck, with the right rolls we may be able to have them give us the information or help with the research. I get the research IS important - the game has a very Call of Cthulhu investigative vibe to it and its gotta be done, its just that we don't seem to have hit the right DC's so far.

Finally I am not sure where we are - back at the house or at the town hall records?... in the last few days its become a bit murky and the game has slowed to a crawl... If possible I'd like the GM to step in, straighten things out a bit and get us back on track.

well with Theodor's aid another it brings my 23 to a 25... so that should be something.

In the end I think we need GM Wulfson to push us out of this rut. I am sure he'll "put his back into it" when RL gives him a break.

25!! Wooohooo - bad streak broken

Another aid another from me: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22 Huzzah! ^^It's a good day to roll the dice!

Sorry to throw that curveball your way, but your trust level isn't high enough for him to allow you all into the town hall unescorted.

that's fine for me.

So how do you want to handle this, use the old rolls or re-roll?

If we re-roll I guess we can RP the scene from your last post.

Ok - we have 3 ppl - 2 plys and 1 npc in the archives.

Again I suggest that we split up and have some of the others check out town and its shops and do a bit of PR for the group - buy the town inn a round of beer or two and talk to the Sheriff on how Lorrimor died?

Mathus is (at this level) an Aid Another Machine... he can support Knowledge Local/History rolls or he can have a crack at Diplomacy aid anothers.

I think he's better suited to helping Zin but if there is any objections I can go walk about with the others.

We can get 2 aid anothers in both cases... Zin with 1 player and Kendra and then group around town with 1 player rolling and the other two aiding another.

Keep in mind that Zin and his 'posse' will likely be in the archives for a few hours whereas the group in town will have time to see the whole town and meet a few of the people.

Those in the town archives had best prepare themselves for a few introspective or memory style posts so they can keep the tempo up with the others around town.

At this point Zin, you choose who you want to go to the archives with you... I'm cool either way.

Tomnus and Theodor WOULD make a good team for socialising with the town. Eloise? You can still aid another with Diplomacy, it just means you need a 11 and not a 10... which is 50-50, also your character is pretty damn smart and has Knowledge Arcane - check out the local shops and see what you can dig up from the town witch, fortune teller etc. If you make the arcana roll, it may give you a circumstance bonus.

One thing I hope that can happen is that the posting tempo can increase as we get back on track... we had a pretty good momentum a while back.

You can re-roll if you like, or keep the ones that you got, either way is fine with me.

Ok - we have 3 ppl - 2 plys and 1 npc in the archives.

Again I suggest that we split up and have some of the others check out town and its shops and do a bit of PR for the group - buy the town inn a round of beer or two and talk to the Sheriff on how Lorrimor died?

Mathus is (at this level) an Aid Another Machine... he can support Knowledge Local/History rolls or he can have a crack at Diplomacy aid anothers.

I think he's better suited to helping Zin but if there is any objections I can go walk about with the others.

We can get 2 aid anothers in both cases... Zin with 1 player and Kendra and then group around town with 1 player rolling and the other two aiding another.

Keep in mind that Zin and his 'posse' will likely be in the archives for a few hours whereas the group in town will have time to see the whole town and meet a few of the people.

Those in the town archives had best prepare themselves for a few introspective or memory style posts so they can keep the tempo up with the others around town.

At this point Zin, you choose who you want to go to the archives with you... I'm cool either way.

Tomnus and Theodor WOULD make a good team for socialising with the town. Eloise? You can still aid another with Diplomacy, it just means you need a 11 and not a 10... which is 50-50, also your character is pretty damn smart and has Knowledge Arcane - check out the local shops and see what you can dig up from the town witch, fortune teller etc. If you make the arcana roll, it may give you a circumstance bonus.

One thing I hope that can happen is that the posting tempo can increase as we get back on track... we had a pretty good momentum a while back.

So it looks like Theodore, Eloise, and I are headed off to explore the town a little and help get our reputation up?

Want to head out to the sheriffs first or where are we headed guys?