DM Bigrin's Shattered Star (Group B) (Inactive)

Game Master bigrin42

Sounds good, have fun.

Take care, we'll be here.

Angelica's been posting pretty slowly recently, and I know you guys are relying on her to scout. What sya you just post where you want to explore, and I can have "Angelica" lead the way? We're bogging down here, and I don't want to lose anyone to boredom.

I'm alright with it if it needs to happen. I don't think that it's quite fair for us to expect her to post like three times more than the rest of us every day just to keep the game moving, but such is the fate of a stealthy character in a dungeon crawl.

Yeah, I understand. When your scout can't post every day, you tend to stand around and make comments about the architecture. :)

Still, I don't think of this as GMPCing. More like directed exploration :D

I'm okay with that; maybe just ask her to post a bunch of perception/stealth rolls in here (like 10 or 20 or something?) and you can use them in order?

FYI - Last night my RL group just finished module 3 of this AP and started on module 4. Awesome times! So far, module 1 has taken by far the longest, at 6 (8-10 hour) sessions to complete. Module 2 took about 4 sessions, module 3 took 4 (with a LOT of RP). Probably could have done that last one in 3, but we had a lot of fun intriguing in Kaer Maga before dungeon diving.

I apologize. No real excuse, just lost the wind in my sails and couldn't get the motivation to post. I will have a post up shortly.

It was actually the PbP group for the Shattered Star I'm running that took some of my wind. They are back at the ant mounds, and just told me that they are bored and don't like the AP. One said that he RL played up through book 4 and has been bored Tabletop too.

Personally, I like the modules, and am having fun. I have no issues with a dungeon crawl AP. A lot of the times, I think IC interactions make a big difference as well. I'm loving Angelica and I think as a group we are all playing well off one another.

Okay, I'm taking next week off of work. Not traveling or anything, but since my comp recently crapped out, my posting may be slower and sporadic until I get it fixed (hopefully shortly), while I'm away from my work computers.

Sorry for my tardiness, but this past week has been nuts. I had a full slate of shifts at work, three projects due for class, and my new nephew was just born so we've been with family just about every free moment. I also didn't have much for Shabbezz to add at this time. Once the game picks up again I'll be ready to contribute.

So my computer issue is an inop laptop motherboard. So my options are limited to buy a new one, or replace/fix it for close to the price of a new one. Ugh!

Sorry for my continued absence, but on top of my computer being out of commission, I'm in a class for work all week. So, I am unable to post from there either. I should be back to it by Sunday.

We'll move on without you then. Have fun at class.

I am on travel through wednesday. I may or may not be able to post daily. Please Rp or post other actions without me if needed.

Not a problem, do what you need to do.

Just a note to say that I've updated my and Fang's HP to account for Zaphomil's channel.

Sorry, got pulled into a class I wasn't expecting this week for work. I have limited time.

Sorry, busy couple of days. Parents meet future parents in law. Back posting tmrw eve (gmt) or Saturday at the latest.

I haven't forgotten you guys. This weekend kicked my tail, and I am struggling to dig out. I should be back to GM-normal by tomorrow, Wednesday latest.

Not a problem. I myself have just finished my finals today, and could use the breather.

Just getting started! Great story, great group and well run, I'm certainly in no rush to give that up. :)

I'm still interested, but Bigrin, check your PMs.

I'm in to continue! Harbug is going to see this through.

I'm in as well! Looking forward to continuing.

Still here and more than eager and willing to continue. I have been and will be a little sporadic up to a little after Christmas, holidays, family, and all that hoopla.

Woohoo! Looks like we are all in!

Everyone gets to level up to 5 just for sticking with me!

Loot will go out this weekend, and we'll start on the next arc early next week. I know we have a holiday coming, and people's posting rates will be haphazard, so we'll just go with the flow. If you have to take off for a few days (a week, whatever) don't be surprised if there are a lot of posts to catch up on, but we can retcon anything you need to get your character caught up.

Thanks again for sticking with this. Now, hold on to your butts, because the story starts moving fast from here!

Actually decided to go Fighter this time (was thinking about it last level).

HP: 1d10 ⇒ 10
BaB: +1
Fort: +2

Class Ability: Bonus feat (dodge)
5th lvl feat: Mobility
(Now I'm even better at getting into position safely)

Skill points (4):
Acrobatics
Appraise
Perception
Stealth

HP: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Still working on the rest.

Probably going fighter, but another level of rogue could be tempting as no major differences at this level: feat vs rogue talent, hp vs skill points, evasion which i can't use in my armour. Hmmm

Family is in town this week for Christmas through the 29th or so, so my posting may be spotty at best. I'll try to check once per day and post if I can, but no guarantees.

When we were asked if we wanted to continue with the game, I had one caveat. With DM Bigrin's permission, I asked if I could rebuild Shabbezz for level 5.

When we began the original recruitment thread, I was assigned to create a wizard through random generation, and it was the first one I had ever played or built in Pathfinder, or even 3.5 for that matter. Having gotten a feel for the class and reading up on it since then, I realized that I'd made a quite a few glaring errors both with the build and selecting spells. The initial concept that I had begun with just didn't work very well in execution; if I was going to pick enchantment as a focus today, I would have just made Shabbezz a mesmer. On top of that, over the years I've filled her spellbook with spells that looked good at first but turned out to be effectively worthless for me. More often than not I find myself stuck with a bunch of useless spells and forced to stick to the sideline plinking enemies with acid splash (or missing them with crossbow bolts) and waiting until it was time to make a knowledge check again to feel useful. I wanted to keep playing the game, but wasn't looking forward to more of this for the foreseeable future.

Bottom line, I like the character, the game, and this group, but my own ignorance back at character creation has made actually playing Shabbezz kind of frustrating. Knowing what I know now, I knew that I could do much better.

I still want to stick with the game to its end, and I believe the group still can use a wizard, so I asked if I could rebuild her as diviner wizard with the Scroll Scholar archetype; I've also reworked her spellbook to reflect this, but in the interest of fairness I've kept the exact same gear and money that she had as before. This gives Shabbezz a nice mix of utility and offensive qualities along with a slight boost to her knowledge skills to boot.

My only intention is to bring her effectiveness up to what I feel is on par with the rest of the party. Her background is still the same, she just has divination as a focus now instead of enchantment. If anyone has any objections or just want to see what I did, take a look at her sheet and let me know what the issue is. And thank you for your patience.

I've got no problem with that. You're a good, consistent poster and you've been a pleasure to play with thus far. I'm glad that you're enjoying this enough to tweak the character and keep playing!

How dare you play a character that you feel is on par with the party ;) Sounds good to me. Glad we all seem to be enjoying this, i certainly am. I have noticed that i probably haven't been the most consistent with the way i have played Jakscar, but i will try to iron it out a bit.

Gonna go fighter, it is a bit more consistent with my idea.
HP: 1d10 ⇒ 8

Other details to follow.

Fighter 4/Rogue (rake) 1
Hp +8+2=10
4 skill points (1 from favoured class)
Acrobatics, Stealth and 2x intimidate
+1 Bab
+1 Fort
Feat:Wpn focus
Bonus feat: Dazzling display

Sticking with cleric, since my channels go up.

HP: 1d8 ⇒ 4
Feat: Extra channel
Skills: +1 Diplomacy
+1 Knowledge (religion)
+1 Knowledge (history)

And Third level spells!

Okay, this module is a little light on treasure, but makes up for it with a lump sum of cash at the end. Not counting gold and gems, here is the loot you have not yet claimed or sold. Please go through it and claim what you want or will use, and then I will get you a sum total of treasure to split.

Loot List:
+1 cold iron ranseur
noqual key
silver coffer
ancient stringed instrument
tapestries x2
wand of lesser restoration
Masterwork syringe spear
Masterwork aklys x3
Masterwork shortsword x3
Oil of Light
Oil of Shillelagh
2 x Potion of Endure Elements
2 x Potion of Guidance
Potion of Protection from Chaos
Potion of Protection from Law
Potion of Reduce Person
Scroll of Invisibility Purge
2 x Scroll of Magic Missile
Scroll of Summon Monster I
Scroll of True Strike
Wand of Corrosive Touch (42 charges)
Wand of Charm Person (40 charges)
elixir of love
elixir of truth
alchemist's lab
vials of a green substance, cytellish extract
lens of detection
golembane scarab
wand of spiritual weapon (11 charges)

Also, can each of you please go through your equipment and give me a total gold amount of what you are carrying? I don't care about cheap mundane equipment like waterskins and such. Anything over 100g needs to be accounted for, though.

Party items like CLW potions should not be included in your personal equipment.

I am trying to get you guys to an appropriate WBL.

What I've got:

Bracers of armor +2 (4,000 gp)
Ring of feather falling (2,200 gp, although I thought I gave it to Angelica back when we explored the cavern; I would prefer that someone else take it, as I don't really need it due to a racial ability).
Silver crossbow bolts x 5 (100.5 gp)
Scroll of Web (150 gp)

Total gold amount of these items = 6,450.5 gp, or 4,250.5 gp if you don't count the ring of feather fall.

According to Hero Lab (which is identical to my sheet here), Shabbezz is carrying ~6762 total gp in gear, including mundane items and weapons as well as other scrolls under 100 gp. Nothing else that I currently own costs more than 75 gp, and I'm only carrying 80 gp, 1 sp in cash. I originally listed a single potion of cure light wounds (50 gp) in my personal gear for emergencies, but have removed it as requested.

Also, the only things that I want to claim from the loot are the scroll of true strike, the lens of detection, and one of the potions of endure elements, and the potion of reduce person. And although it wouldn't do Shabbezz much good, I strongly suggest that one of our melee combatants takes the golembane scarab; if I could hit things in melee I'd be all over it.

Working on my total gold amount, probably be the 29th before i get the chance. Not much i'm interested in from the list, although that scarab does sound useful. Have a good festive season everybody, whatever you may be doing!

My total gear is:

wand of cure light wounds (39 charges),

masterwork chain shirt (250 gp)

darkwood heavy shield (207 gp)
masterwork starknife (324 gp)
masterwork light crossbow (335gp)
campfire bead (720 gp)
traveler's any-tool (250 gp)
ioun torch (75 gp)
Shard of Greed (priceless)

My gear:
MW Hand Crossbow (400 gp)
MW Chain Shirt (250 gp)
MW Thieves' Tools (100 gp)
MW Silver Dagger (322 gp)
Id Moss x3 (375 gp)
Striped Toadstool x2 (360 gp)

Total: 1,797 gp
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I may still have the Feather Fall ring, and as the scout, it's not a bad idea for me to have it.
Ring of Feather Falling (2,200 gp)

With ring total: 3,997 gp
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Not sure how the Shard and the inset stones count for/against us
Shard of Pride (Priceless)
.. Scarlet and Blue Sphere Ioun Stone [+2 Int] (8,000 gp)

With Shard/Ioun Total: 11,997 gp
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Loot requests:
I wouldn't mind the Cytellish Extract, and the Elixirs of Truth and Love. (They seem like they would fit how I deal with people)

There's a worrisome amount of ingested mental affecting poisons here..... I'm concerned that they may be needed later.

I also would like the Lens of Detection, mainly for what I do, but I recognize that I already have the highest Perception as is.

Other than that, I have no real want for anything else from the list.

Just chiming in to say that Angelica is welcome to the lens of detection if she wants it.

Here's my suggestions on the loot distributions:

+1 cold iron ranseur Possibly useful, but only Jakscar's proficient, right? And not his preferred style?
wand of lesser restoration Definitely going to me. How many charges were there?
(other mundane mw gear) Sell, unless someone wants a syringe spear. Maybe I could load healing potions in it and jab the front liners :)
Oil of Light Really? This is a thing? Well, probably good for one of our non-spellcasters, but I think they all have darkvision anyway. Probably not worth much to sell, either.
Oil of Shillelagh Potentially useful if we're encountering some skeletons, since it's a big boost to a quarterstaff. Otherwise, sell.
2 x Potion of Endure Elements Useful if we're in extreme weather. Not sure if we're headed anywhere hot.
2 x Potion of Guidance Another potion of a cantrip. Sheesh.
Potion of Protection from Chaos Useful for any of our front-liners
Potion of Protection from Law See above
Potion of Reduce Person I'm actually kind of interested in this, since that means I would get tiny. Useful for getting into really small places.
Scroll of Invisibility Purge Probably should go to me, since it's on my spell list.
2 x Scroll of Magic Missile On Shabbezz's spell list, so her? Would she use them?
Scroll of Summon Monster I See above
Scroll of True Strike See above
Wand of Corrosive Touch (42 charges) 1d4 acid touch attack, for the sorcerer/wizard. Not sure if Shabbezz wants to get that close to do so little damage. Sell?
Wand of Charm Person (40 charges) A good wand for low-level captured thugs. Either myself or Shabbezz, I'd say.
elixir of love Already claimed by Angelica. I've got no problem with that.
elixir of truth See above
alchemist's lab Sell? We don't have an alchemist or crafter, do we?
vials of a green substance, cytellish extract
lens of detection Angelica?
golembane scarab Great item. Needs to go to one of our front liners.
wand of spiritual weapon (11 charges) I think this needs to go to me.

I cut off 1/3 of my nail and a lima-bean sized chunk of the tip of my finger while making Christmas dinner. 2 hours in the ER getting patched up. But otherwise, yep had a great time :)

Starting today, we will be going back to full posting schedule (finger notwithstanding). I'll get the loot sold and distributed according to your wishes.

NOTE: The +1 cold iron ranseur can be traded at the Lodge armory for any +1 light or martial weapon. Choose wisely

After I get the loot done, I'll move on with the story.

P.S - the wand of lesser restoration has 27 charges

Ouch, that sounds a rather painful way to spend Christmas, otherwise sounds good, although i can't get a full post with all my wealth until tmrw.

If the swap is an option,I would be interested in upgrading my main blade, (Unless i can afford to upgrade my blade even more,which i doubt). Also I can carry the protection potions if you want, although might be more useful for Angelica if she gets caught behind enemy lines!

Okay, Zaph's notes on the gear are good, but I need a final keep/sell for everything before I do a loot distribution. I also Need Jakscar's (forthcoming) and Harbug's wealth amounts.

Not sure how the Shard and the inset stones count for/against us

Neither the shard nor the ioun stone in it count towards your loot, as they are essentially campaign-driven artifacts. Otherwise it would really throw WBL off since the ioun stones are on the order of 8k each and being passed out to level 1 and 5 characters :)

FYI - Right now I have Harbug's wealth estimated at around 500 gp, and Jakscar's at about 2700 gp.

In addition to the coinage, which I will distribute shortly, you may each pick 1 items not to exceed 2500 gp from the Lodge armory or stores. Let me know what you want. If it's not too exotic, you can have it.

Does the 2500gp count as having things enchanted instead, like the armor or weapons I already have?