CrazyHedgehog's Serpent Skull
Game Master CrazyHedgehog

You might have noticed Grym hasn't been posting much. I think he's working on some RL stuff at the moment so RPing has had to take a back seat for a while. Hopefully we'll have him back posting soon.

Hey there, possibly might be incommunicado over the next few days, have a relative coming to visit and may not have the opportunity to update posts. If I don't post before then, should be back to the game by Wednesday 13th.

Feel free to rp a bit more amongst yourselves or the NPCs in the meantime, when I return we'll resume your explorations south of the camp.

Not sure if anyone is keeping an treasure list, but I've added what's been found so far to the campaign thread.

Also, I've been thinking about experience. With the nature of the online game, I don't want you to feel you've had to spend ages fighting small encounters and missing out on the meatier things to come. Would everyone be agreeable with the following solution: For now, I've doubled the xp values for all xp awarded so far. This would put you pretty close to leveling up for 2nd level. I suggest we keep on this way until Level 3, then revert back to normal xp awards. This would allow us to skip some of the low-level encounters but shouldn't leave you lagging behind in experience for later in the adventure. After all, there's a lot more to the Serpent's Skull than sitting stuck on Smuggler's Shiv! And, it seems the adventure assumes you should have more wandering monsters thrown at you, though technically with the results of the dicebot that hasn't been the case.

Also haven't thought to ask, what will you do with Yekskya's statue?

HP for level 2:

1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

HP for level 2
1d10 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 2 + 1 = 10

Yekskya is all leveled up. Grabbed Rapid Shot as the bonus feat and put skill points into more Stealth and Survival. Eventually, I'll drop some into Knowledge (Dungeoneering) and Knowledge (Engineering) unless others are going to cover those.

Sounds good!

I've heard recently from Grym's player, he thinks he'll be able to return to the game soon.

That's great news

Leveled as well. Obviously I got Woodland Stride, and then an extra orison and extra 1st level spell which went to Calm Animals so I can begrudgingly help get that dinosaur for Sasha, haha. Put ranks into Climb, Swim, Knowledge (Geography), Heal, and Perception, and Shiv got a feat which went to weapon focus.

Had a look at everyone's characters, everyone's finished leveling up apart from Shaylar and Grym of course, but your characters look fine.

I'm away this weekend for PaizoCon UK, but I'll catch up with posting next week. Have a great weekend!

Excellent, thanks for checking! See you next week. Hope you guys get to do the Grand Convocation.

On vacation. Spotty Internet access. Back home on July 28th. Will read up and resume posting then.

See you soon Cat. I think CHH is probably back today or tomorrow after working through any post PaizoCon madness. Looks like you guys in the UK had a significant impact on the results of the Grand Convocation.

Yes, can't wait to hear the results. I had a great time, and it was great to do some roleplaying with folk in person. Grand Convocation was great fun.

I'll pick up play on Serpent's Skull, but it seems a few people are away so progress may be slow over the next few weeks.

No worries. I have some at faster paces and some at slower ones and its nice to have a mix. I should be around pretty solid till GenCon and then I'll need a GM NPC for a few days because I've found it pretty much impossible to PbP during that.

Second Level HP: 1d10 ⇒ 9

Second level update complete. Turns out I'd missed a lot of stuff from when I first created the character as I didn't use Hero Lab. Have a look, CH, and let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks for the update, Grym. Had a look, didn't see any problems.

Dang. Keep forgetting to level up Cat. Will do soonest :-)

Cat's leveled up and ready for your review, CH.

This is GenCon week, so I expect to be unable to post Wed-Sun. Please GM NPC as needed to keep things moving.

Cat's leveled up and ready for your review, CH.

thanks!

GenCon! I'm jealous, have a great time, we'll see you when you return.

Hey everyone, sorry I've not been posting much, my time this week has mostly been taken up with job applications, interviews, and ill children.

I'll post an update tomorrow. From your intentions, we'll pick up from where the cannibals ambushed you and take it from there, but if you could let me know if you plan on taking any of the others from camp with you. Grym's not been around for a while, I know his player is keen but has had some RL things going on that have taken some time to resolve. In the meantime, I think we can NPC his half-orc.

I am now off of work for a week, so I will be back to posting regularly. Apologies for being a bit MIA as of late. The ol' job was rough this month. I'm quite exhausted at the moment, so I'll get back to it tomorrow. (Same goes for Red Hand).

Does anyone read John Scalzi's works? Recently finished his "Red Shirts," it was a fun read. A funny take on the old Star Trek tv shows.

Have not read him at all. Sounds like fun.

Yes, it's good. His "Old Man's War" series is even better, I think he's done 4 books in that series.

Hurricane Sandy is about to hit where I live, so it is possible that I will lose power. If that happens, it could be days before I get it back. NPC me as appropriate.

Wishing you safety here too Zag. Good luck.

Yeah Zag, it looks bad. Stay safe. We'll hear from you soon.

I'm back.

Zag! Glad you're alright, sounds like it's been terrible for a lot of people.

Yeah it wasn't so bad here. Lost power for a day but no damage otherwise. The eye passed over us, actually. It got a lot worse as it went north it seems.

Glad you're ok. One of our art directors was right there in Jersey. She and her husband (and dog) were fine, but did have to leave for a couple days. Sounds like things are ok for them now too. I'm headed to NYC on Tuesday for a conference so we'll see how that goes.

Happy 2013 everyone! Shall we see what lies at the end of the path? Yikes, are we really splitting the party!

Also a quick announcement that I have the honor of being named a finalist in Kobold Press's Valhalla Calling adventure design competition. If you have a chance, check out all the pitches and vote for your favorites.

Happy new year guys and congrats to Yeks. Here's hoping you'll come out the winner.

Michael, created an account and voted for ya. Thought that might help a bit more than just hoping ;-)

Thanks Cat! Lots of cool stuff comes from Kobold Press too, including free stuff on their blog, so they're well worth keeping tabs on.

Welcome Yeks. And thanks in reurn for the heads-up on Kobold Press.
Will keep them in my sights ;-)

Congratulations Mike, that's great news. I'm just waiting for the opportunity to have a rum gremlin turn up in the game. :) I need to have a look and vote.

Happy New year everyone!

Thanks CHH! I suspect the rum gremlins might be the cause of a wrecked ship or two :-) This pitch takes a little different tack. Might be a little tough to wedge it into the Shiv :)

Got a link? Happy New Year all! Good luck in the competition, Mike!

Unfortunately, I didn't win, but it was great to even make finalist in that field. They had 90 entries, so making top 5 was pretty nice. Here's the link to the finalists and here is the link to the winner announcement.

I think you can be very proud of yourself and hopefully marks the start of good things to come! You going for RPG Superstar 2014?

I have an item in this year's competition. First year I've entered. Wondrous items are not my strongest suit as a designer. We'll see what happens. I really enjoy writing for the Midgard setting, so definitely expect to see more there.

Just wondering, I've had a few people approach me about starting up a Skull & Shackles PbP game. Would anyone on this thread be interested in joining? I'm looking for a party of 6 so on the lookout for a couple more players, and thought to bypass the public recruitment. I should have the threads up for the game soon with character creation details, if you want to play just let me know.

Posted in the Red Hand thread already. While I would love to join another of your games, since I'm already in another Skull and Shackles game I'l give others a crack at this one. Good luck!

If you'll have me, I'm game ;-)

I'm interested. I know I've been posting a bit less lately than I was before but now that my busiest time of the year is on its way out I'll be back to more consistent activity. What better way to celebrate than to hop into another game?

Thanks for your interest! I'll get the threads up in the next couple days, then let you know. In the meantime, if you want to have a think about characters, have a look at the player's guide for inspiration. It's pretty open, though I have someone joining the game who has already created a bard, and someone else joining who is set on playing a rogue-type.

I'm thinking a witch or an oracle with the wind or waves mystery would be cool for a resident crazy.