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part 2 of Second Darkness


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Tyrrol Radanavich wrote:
@Mordecai - Tyrrol does not go out of his way to hide his affiliation, but neither does he shout about it - Groetus' holy symbol is etched on the outer casing of his pocket-watch, and emblazoned on the hilt of his heavy flail, so with a DC 10 Perception check, and then a DC 20 Knowledge(Religion) check, you could certainly identify the 'origin' of his accoutrements.

Cool. Mordecai might miss the specifics, but I've decided that he's got a 'feeling' that there's something dark going on with this warrior. That intrigues him, since he's well into ultraviolet.


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Mordecai reviewed -- Set, what am I missing:

10 hp at first level? ( I get 9?)
Will save +6? (+5?)

Undead Subdomain -- I'll buy death's kiss, but is there a specific backstory feature driving it? At the risk of sounding snarky, it seems more like a Yugi-Oh trap card or the result of some ritual magic than a class ability.


Male Humanly Awesome 'n Totally Rockin' Paladin of Greatness

I could be missing something because I haven't looked thourougly at Mordecai, but it looks like he should have 18 hp's.

8 for 1st lvl +1 con = 9 hp's
rolled a 1 for hp's at 2nd and 3rd lvl, which should be a 2 for each, per SD DM's 25% rule.

That would = 2nd lvl = 2 + 1con = 3 hp's; 3rd also = 3hp's plus toughness which = 3 more.

Therefore 9 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 18.

Like I said, though, there maybe some trick or something in his build that I haven't read. If so, sorry. I have a tendency to jump the gun a lot and tend to be wrong waaaaayyyyyy more times than naught. :)


Maps, etc...

Nice catch on the toughness, Javell. I concur with your assessment.

I haven't read the toughness feat since the full Pathfinder rules came out. The additional HP per level above 3 is a really nice perk.

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Some dude
SD DM wrote:

Mordecai reviewed -- Set, what am I missing:

10 hp at first level? ( I get 9?) [/quote[

Toughness feat. (1st level - 8, +1 Con, +1 Tgh, 2nd level, - 2, +1 Con, +1 Tgh, 3rd - 2, +1 Con, +1 Tgh). I'm two points off! He should have eighteeen hit points!

Quote:
Will save +6? (+5?)

Ooh, I just swapped his Cha 15 and Wis 16, and forgot to adjust the save. That's my bad!

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Undead Subdomain -- I'll buy death's kiss, but is there a specific backstory feature driving it? At the risk of sounding snarky, it seems more like a Yugi-Oh trap card or the result of some ritual magic than a class ability.

I mainly bought it so that he could use his channeled negative energy to heal an ally during an extreme situation (by using Death's Kiss to make them 'count as undead' for that purpose).

It fits his 'wants to be undead' motivation, but if you'd prefer he stick to Bleeding Touch, that's fine, too.


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Set wrote:

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Quote:
Undead Subdomain -- I'll buy death's kiss, but is there a specific backstory feature driving it? At the risk of sounding snarky, it seems more like a Yugi-Oh trap card or the result of some ritual magic than a class ability.

I mainly bought it so that he could use his channeled negative energy to heal an ally during an extreme situation (by using Death's Kiss to make them 'count as undead' for that purpose).

It fits his 'wants to be undead' motivation, but if you'd prefer he stick to Bleeding Touch, that's fine, too.

You may take it or not. I don't care one way or another. It makes tactical sense for you given its mechanics, but it might be a bit of a corner case. I was wondering more about a cool RP motive that I had overlooked in Mordy's background.


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Javell DeLeon wrote:
Is a half-elf automatically proficient with an elven curve blade? Or is that just strictly elves?

RAW, I don't think so. I think "Elf Blood: Half-elves count as both elves and humans for any effect related to race." applies mostly to racial triggers for magic. The curve blade would fall into the same category as elven proficiency with bows which doesn't carry to half-elves.

If you really want it you can trade out another half-elf trait for it. And work it into your back-story a little.

***

Masterwork backpack. OK. Mordecai's carrying one already.

EDIT: Reading your character's sheet and thinking about the PF changes to races and classes in general, I think your more generous reading of the half-elf may be in order. Half-elf was already one of the weaker races, and my reading assumed a nerfing of the elf-side of the PC in return for the favored class gains. Let's go with your reading. Take the curve blade, but work it into your background.


Male Humanly Awesome 'n Totally Rockin' Paladin of Greatness

I was thinking that's what it might be. Thanks for letting me work it in but I realize that I'm gonna have to go with a lighter weapon. I've got to cut out some weight. I'm like 2 lbs from having a med load.

Now that you mention putting in his background, thinking about it, it doesn't really fit him. Most of his life has been around humans anyway. I can't really see where he would pick that up. Well, except from maybe a parent that passed it down to him. Regardless wether it does or not, I've got to drop some encumbrance. So, just gonna change weapons.

Thanks!


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Lothan

I make your hit points 10+8+4+3+3 = 28

I like reactionary; it's a good trait.

Precise Shot: no -4 to hit, but beware natural ones.

Just let me know when you pick a different melee weapon.


Cookie Jar Pilferer 9 ; Dimensional Explorer 4

I'm aiming to start the game thread Tuesday or Monday night. (US east coast time). If by some miracle I finish reveiwing PCs, Monday night. BUt that is higly unlikely.

Tyrrol, Kuva and Wilam yet to check.


Male Humanly Awesome 'n Totally Rockin' Paladin of Greatness

Will switch to reactionary, no prob. Already got it switched to longsword.

The +8 and the +4 already include my Con bonus.

I can accept the natural ones (my allies might not) ;) but the -4 I just can't stand.


Couple of quick notes, I changed Wilam's alignment to true neutral because it better fits who he is. While he leans towards helping people when possible he never forgets that the true reason for his being in Riddleport is to glean information to help his cause. Oddly enough I think that will actually work out well in this party, oh and while neutral he is still a team player since he feels that being accepted as part of the team will help him get closer to sources of information.

Second note I picked cougar for an animal companion, I know the choice was leopard or cheetah, however cougars are very similar in size, and their habitat matches the surrounding area far closer than the habitat of either a leopard or a cheetah, and of course I used the same stats as leopard/cheetah.


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Wilam Tayhorn

I applaud dressing the leopard in Cougar flavor. I'll check the cougar's stats later.

CMD 18?

****

Javell, I hadn't meant to make you change the trait's title. I was just observing that I like that trait.


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Kuva

I get CMB 4 CMD 18

any chance of listing out the math on your skills like Lothan did?

I calculated your saving throws at one lower than you across the boards and you look a little light on gear, did you forget to list a cloak of resistance in your gear?


Maps, etc...

That leaves Tyrrol Radanavich, but I must sleep now.

The Exchange

Male Halfing Barbarian 4
SD DM wrote:
I calculated your saving throws at one lower than you across the boards and you look a little light on gear, did you forget to list a cloak of resistance in your gear?

Did you factor in Halfling luck? +1 racial bonus to all saving throws.

I fixed CMB and CMD, must have just completely forgotten the two of those - I'll fix the skills tomorrow morning.


Male Humanly Awesome 'n Totally Rockin' Paladin of Greatness
SD DM wrote:

Wilam Tayhorn

****

Javell, I hadn't meant to make you change the trait's title. I was just observing that I like that trait.

My bad. I misunderstood.

Cool, then I'll change it back. Yeah, it's one I like a lot also.

Thanks!


SD DM wrote:

Wilam Tayhorn

I applaud dressing the leopard in Cougar flavor. I'll check the cougar's stats later.

CMD 18?

CMD 19, (+4str, +2dex, +2base att, +1dodge)

Thanks for the look over, first druid I have played so I wasn't 100% sure of the animal companion. I can list what tricks it knows if you need?


Cookie Jar Pilferer 9 ; Dimensional Explorer 4
Aravan wrote:
SD DM wrote:

Wilam Tayhorn

I applaud dressing the leopard in Cougar flavor. I'll check the cougar's stats later.

CMD 18?

CMD 19, (+4str, +2dex, +2base att, +1dodge)

Thanks for the look over, first druid I have played so I wasn't 100% sure of the animal companion. I can list what tricks it knows if you need?

Good on the dodge. I had missed that line in the CMD description. Nice to know.

Please list the tricks.

Kuva Azul wrote:
SD DM wrote:
I calculated your saving throws at one lower than you across the boards and you look a little light on gear, did you forget to list a cloak of resistance in your gear?

Did you factor in Halfling luck? +1 racial bonus to all saving throws.

I fixed CMB and CMD, must have just completely forgotten the two of those - I'll fix the skills tomorrow morning.

Halfling luck it is. Good.


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Game thread
Just a little intro, post your PCs location and reaction to the falling star.

Tyrrol -- I'll review you tomorrow.

Will also check Wilam's cougar tomorrow.

Lecian and Mordecai -- we need to flesh out your backstory a little since you came from two separate campaigns. See this spoiler:

Spoiler:
I know you guys didn't play in the same campaign and didn't finish the first part of the AP. So, you partner up with Saul Vancaskerkin to run the Golden Goblin casino. You run into a little trouble with Saul's rivals. Eventually you begin to see Saul's darker side. He sets you up for an ambush and betrays you, but an elf named Kwava alerts you to the danger. You vanquish the werewolf ambushers, and return to confront Saul. After a fatal fight with Saul, you hold the deed to the Goblin. Unfortunately, examination of Saul's private ledgers shows that the casino is just a few days from bankruptcy. The profits have all been channeled to "Despora".


Cookie Jar Pilferer 9 ; Dimensional Explorer 4

Work just emptied a bag of feces into the ten inch three speed oscillator. I'll be down to one post a day for the next week.

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Some dude
SD DM wrote:
Lecian and Mordecai -- we need to flesh out your backstory a little since you came from two separate campaigns. See this spoiler: ** spoiler omitted **

Spoiler for Lecian, if you want to co-ordinate our backstories a little more;

Spoiler:
So, our respective parties;

Lecian (Human Diviner) – Calinder (Human Inquisitor), Urza Sha’rahad (1/2 Orc Sorcerer), Ushari Velnokal (Human Rogue), Nalia Thennes (Human Fighter)

Mordecai (Human Cleric) – Angvar (Human Wizard), Gierixa (½ Orc Druid), Bexilarius (Tiefling Monk), Ozbadin (Human Factotum)

I'd be inclined to just have Mordecai and Lecian have worked together, and vaguely remember working with all of the above, at different points in the previous 'adventure,' rather than trying to pick and choose. Saul apparently had a lot of turnover on the new partner / employee front. :)

Lecian and Mordecai become the only two who 'stuck it out,' and made it as co-partners in the Goblin after Saul 'left us to pursue exciting new business opportunities,' as they say in Riddleport.

Lecian will remember Mordecai mostly carrying his own weight in the previous adventure, mostly arguing with Angvar, whom he inexplicably saved from Riddleport justice, only to get killed in the fight with the wererats (eaten by a cockroach swarm, as that's exactly Angvar's luck...).

His only outstanding moment was in the attack at the Goblin afterwards, when he cut loose with negative energy and inflicted great devastation on the horde of thugs and thieves hired to deal with them (and hurt a few allies as well, perhaps leading to some of the ill-feelings that led to the others drifting away after the final fight).

You can pick some section of the adventure where Lecian also shone (or otherwise had something distinctive occur) that we can use as some sort of shared memory of their adventure together.

Encounters;
the initial fight with Angvar and Thuvalia
fight with the old dude and his pet baboon
bar-brawl with the 1/2 orc monk and thugs
fight on the docks over the booze
wererat ambush
ambush in the bar by the thugs & thieves
fight in the tunnels with the troglodytes
avoidable fight with the wight
chase after Despora (did we kill her? did she escape? I'm fine with either, but neither of our respective parties seemed ideal at ranged fights, and her escape could make more sense)

a timely glitterdust on the troglodytes, for instance, could have been a 'crowning moment of awesome' for Lecian, turning a fairly tough fight (thanks to their high ACs) into more of a mopup.

therealthom wrote:
Work just emptied a bag of feces into the ten inch three speed oscillator. I'll be down to one post a day for the next week.

Hopefully all is well for you. My own work won't get crazy until December, since it's the post office, and the holidays pretty much wreck them.


Male Humanly Awesome 'n Totally Rockin' Paladin of Greatness

I can feel your pain, Set. I'm a driver for UPS.

There's a tidal wave coming and there's NO way to avoid this thing! ;)


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Set, Lecian,

Spoiler:
Despora did get away. A lithe dark shadowy figure who eluded pursuit. I want to use her in this adventure.


Cookie Jar Pilferer 9 ; Dimensional Explorer 4

Luke, I found nothing wrong with Tyrrol. I am interested to see how he plays out.


Male Aasimar (Plumekith) Occultist (Psychodermist/Reliquarian) (AC 25/17/20; HP 52/52; Fort +9, Ref +10, Will +8; Init +8, Perception +17, CMD 22)
therealthom wrote:
Luke, I found nothing wrong with Tyrrol. I am interested to see how he plays out.

I am glad to hear it :-)

I hope I am not playing-up Tyrrol's nihilistic tendencies too much; I swear, he can work with other people, it is just that whatever spark of altruism may have existed in his soul sputtered and died a long time ago...


Cookie Jar Pilferer 9 ; Dimensional Explorer 4

No worries. I like him fine. I'm just going to spend the next few days in game time trying to extinguish his hope.


Male Human Diviner Wizard 6

Spoiler:
Mordecai, I'm fine with the shared history.

Lecian will be known for often being absent and preoccupied with matters outside of running the Gold Goblin...namely researching the Blot, but also other things that Lecian remains vague and cryptic about.

During the robbery at the Goblin, Lecian is recognized for being able to aim true with his weapon, despite being blinded.


Cookie Jar Pilferer 9 ; Dimensional Explorer 4

Work will continue hot and heavy until Wednesday, then I'll be out of town for Thanksgiving. Single post per day til Wednesday. No posts til Monday following that. Work should return to normal after Thanksgiving.


Cookie Jar Pilferer 9 ; Dimensional Explorer 4

Set,

Make whole :

"Target: one object of up to 10 cu. ft./level or one construct creature of any size"

Not 100% sure how to rule this. The target is not 10 cu. ft of material/level, but rather 1 object of the size. But by that measure even a 16th level cleric couldn't make even a small ship (say 60x20x10') whole.

I'm inclined to give you the 30 cu ft of material, but for the purposes of this application and ease of math we'll consider the hull to be 1' thick. Thus you can do 30 sq ft patches per spell.

Also, you didn't prep make whole for Pharest 2. Have you given up on Desna's Delight


(AC 19, hp 33 of 37) Human Cleric (Urgathoa) 6
therealthom wrote:
Also, you didn't prep make whole for Pharest 2. Have you given up on Desna's Delight

I forgot to change the spells prepared on the profile, but he will have prepared the spells, even if the Desna's Delight isn't the ship that the slowly-coming-together-party chooses.


Male Humanly Awesome 'n Totally Rockin' Paladin of Greatness

SD DM, seeing how we are all down by the docks(This is my assumption anyway, if I'm wrong please let me know), is it fair to say I would notice Mordecai and Lecian there?


Male Aasimar (Plumekith) Occultist (Psychodermist/Reliquarian) (AC 25/17/20; HP 52/52; Fort +9, Ref +10, Will +8; Init +8, Perception +17, CMD 22)
Mordecai wrote:
I forgot to change the spells prepared on the profile, but he will have prepared the spells, even if the Desna's Delight isn't the ship that the slowly-coming-together-party chooses.

Sorry, but Tyrrol has had absolutely no reason to have noticed the 'Goblin Crew' yet :-/

Of course, if his luck in finding a ship continues to go the way it has so far, he will probably start taking notice of others trying to find ships, hoping to band together for more 'ship acquisition' power...


Cookie Jar Pilferer 9 ; Dimensional Explorer 4
Javell DeLeon wrote:
SD DM, seeing how we are all down by the docks(This is my assumption anyway, if I'm wrong please let me know), is it fair to say I would notice Mordecai and Lecian there?

Yes.

Tyrrol, not yet, but soon maybe.


Male Humanly Awesome 'n Totally Rockin' Paladin of Greatness

You all have a great Thanksgiving!

Will be looking for you on Monday, therealthom.


Hoping you all have a great thanksgiving. I will be back over the weekend. Gotta run, turkey is almost done.


Cookie Jar Pilferer 9 ; Dimensional Explorer 4

WOrk continuess brutaly. I'll be on reduced posting for a couple days.


Male Aasimar (Plumekith) Occultist (Psychodermist/Reliquarian) (AC 25/17/20; HP 52/52; Fort +9, Ref +10, Will +8; Init +8, Perception +17, CMD 22)

@SD DM: I don't want to interrupt the flow of the current scene too much, but I do want to make sure that Tyrrol's questions have not been forgotten :-)


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Set, Josh, did either of you play the scene with Lymas Smeed, a creditor of Saul's? Or the scene with CLegg Zincher? If so how did they play out?


Male Human Diviner Wizard 6

I remember one encounter where Zincher non-chalantly visited the Goblin as a customer, that resulted in a battle with a pair of red snakes that attacked one of the Goblin's employees.

There was another encounter where the party went to Smeed's home to find out what happened to Larur, after Saul admitted that he owed Smeed money. The party snuck in and ended up killing Smeed's primate pet and then Smeed himself while failing to get any information from him.


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Excellent! We'll go with that as canon. Set, just let me know if Mordecai was in on either or both of those.

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Some dude

The snake encounter happened as well, in our game, and nobody was injured, so it was kind of brushed off as a prank. (Had even one of the NPCs been bitten and poisoned, it probably would have ended differently, as the group was less-than-forgiving about such things.)

The game collapsed as we were entering Smeed's house, and, given the group I was with, he would have been dead as Dillinger when we got to him. His monkey, too. Most likely, we would have taken over the townhouse for our own use, had fate not intervened...

The Exchange

Male Halfing Barbarian 4

Hey DM, before I make a post, what sort of Qadiran contacts can I assume Kuva has in Riddleport? I'm planning on having him make a report to the pactmasters before he leaves.


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Just checked Qadira on the Pathfinder Wiki. Man, what did Kuva do to get himself exiled out here? Riddleport is likely not a very important station for Qadiran intelligence. There is likely only one "head of station" and a handful of independent agents.

The most logical contact is a merchant who can pass the message along through various ships or by other (magical) means if it's important. Anoter likely candidate is one of the Qadiran scholars from your background. But I'll let you set him up. The only caveat is that he desire to remain undercover and so never publicly exhibits power or anything that might draw notice.

It's likely that you have a oneshot sending-like transmitter, in case you have a really important message or the head of station is incapacitated.


Cookie Jar Pilferer 9 ; Dimensional Explorer 4

Lecian and Mordecai:

Spoiler:
Meta-game question. Were the two of you to fall into a small windfall, would you split it with the rest of the party?

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Some dude

Spoiler:
Mordecai's first inclination would be to keep it for himself, but he's a gluttonous and craven sort of evil, not so much ruled by greed or miserliness.

If Lecian is also part of it, he'd accede to his kinder-hearted allies' sensibilities. Similarly, if the opportunity unfolds before potential allies, he'd rather buy their 'friendship' than be seen stuffing away a lot of loot in his pockets. (This is Riddleport, after all. Never go out of the house wearing something around your neck that's worth more than your head...)

He's smart enough to realize that no amount of gold in his pouch is going to be worth more than another warm body standing between him and the wererat ambush. Some want to 'die with the most toys' and be buried with an Osirioni pharoah's ransom. Mordecai would rather be penniless but *never die.* :)


Male Human Diviner Wizard 6

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Yeah, sure.


Cookie Jar Pilferer 9 ; Dimensional Explorer 4

Guys, although we are not at a good break point, work continues to pile up and I've got extra family and other concerns. I'm going to put this game on a "slow posting hiatus" until after Christmas. I will be posting maybe once or twice a week until then.

I hope it is not too big an inconvenience for you and that you will remain interested in the game. I look forward to picking back up at full speed after Christmas or the first of the year.

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Some dude
therealthom wrote:

Guys, although we are not at a good break point, work continues to pile up and I've got extra family and other concerns. I'm going to put this game on a "slow posting hiatus" until after Christmas. I will be posting maybe once or twice a week until then.

I hope it is not too big an inconvenience for you and that you will remain interested in the game. I look forward to picking back up at full speed after Christmas or the first of the year.

I'm working overtime seven days this week, so I'm feeling the seasonal pressure myself. :)


I am around more or less and will check the thread at least once a day, and will post when new stuff happens. Hope it continues I like the characters so far.

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