GM bloodred Skulls and Shackles

Game Master Alexander Sabadosa

A better picture of Dinali:
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/576390452279623899/

@Akadi you talk to Jack Scrimshaw and turn him into friendly.

Changing it to Team. anyone that influences somebody else will get the influence for the team.

for now Dinali would you mind keeping track of who you have already influenced? These are starting stats, and will give you an idea of who you might talk to, particular pirates will also be able to be searched out. Please try to remember that you wouldnt really know a pirates attitude toward you or whether he was a friend of Scourges. If they become friendly you, then you learn their back-story a bit.

There is also Conchobar, Rosie, Crimson, and Sandara.

Don't forget the cook and Grok.

I realize my course of actions may not be wise, but its quite frankly what tariel would do. I also apologize if I have held the fun up for others with my probably suicidal antics.

blood I guess I can't roll via PM lol

here-
perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
disabledevice: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

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disabledevice: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
disbaledevice: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

you fail on the wooden trunk.
Im assuming that the 2nd set of rolls, is perception and disable device not two disable device.

Either way both fail.

I know there is also a Conchobhar and a Rosy (the one with the hand axe) think they both start as indifferent.

don't forget owlbear but I think we will meet him soon enough ;)

I hate to say this, but this game is slacking. I do not why, but it is. So folks give me your best arg arg and continue.

Agreed on the slacking bit.

Arg arg!

Arg

GGGGGGAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR...is that how you do it?

Now i just want our gm to ARG....

sorry folks, ARRRRRRRGGG, SHIVER YOUR TIMBERS

Still waiting on that list of items in the Galley Bloodred :P

PMed, Also Tariel has left the building or group or BOAT!! the Boat. he left the boat.

That's unfortunate. Hope everything is alright. Are we going to continue as is or wait for another player?

We are so many fine pirates, lets continue and if someone else shows up he can jump on board.

Well we just lost our rogue so if a roguish character comes around he's welcome to join.

So ninja's/rogue's/trapfinder rangers and stuff like that.

Arr, his ship has sailed already. 'tis a sad day.

We will continue and ill put up a new post in recruitment and put some feelers out to my friends.

So, what would be the best way to fit Raevon in here, and to account for the complete absence of his presence? The easiest way I can think of is to assume he had some sort of allergic reaction to the drug that knocked him out when press ganged. As a result, he has been in a small coma for the first two days, and recovering strength the third. As such, he's been unable to speak or interact with anyone save the ship's doctor (or Sandara Quinn, if she's actually a priestess that can, y'know, heal; it would also give her a chance to give him back one of his weapons, GM willing).

Then on the fourth day, Scourge could tell Raevon that he's had enough bloody rest, and he can join the crew or have his throat cut and his body dumped overboard. Not a difficult choice to make.

You gain your composite longbow and 15 arrows for now. (i may let you retrieve some if it happens to be too little) your Sap can stay on you. No gold or Armor though, Sandara is currently helpful and she came by and dropped the bow off to you. I will agree on the drug being stronger in your drink.

Anything Else, you will wait for the 3rd round to get to the fight and i also need a token for you unless you would like me to use an archer figure that i already have. (thats if there is a 3rd round)

Any questions?

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/d1/37/85/d137852ddd8f84e67adb7876fa5 c20e6.jpg

Sadly, I couldn't find any really good pirate-half-elf-archer type pictures. This one should do, though.

ill begin working on it thank you.

Just a note to players, I enrolled in a 3 week College Course that i thought was 5 weeks, meaning that i will be hard pressed to post more then 1/day, I will try to make sure that i atleast post 1/day. The course is online, so i do have the benefit of being at a computer which will help. Things should still progress decently but probably not rapidly.

Are we waiting on a Roll20 completion or on a post from Dinali? I figure I should ask just in case both the GM and Dinali are waiting on each other. It's happened before. :P

I am waiting for the gm to say the fun starts. Checking roll20 every few hours.

sorry folks i missed Monday- Essentially i need to know what Dinali does on her turn. She says she moves forward.
How far? Does she prepare Parry and Riposte?

Roll 20 has a decent picture of each fighter on the other side of the top deck from each other.

Your character rolled a higher initiative so Owlbear goes first. It says the intimidate was a free action.

The roar was a free action. The intimidate was a standard.

Speaking of, can we intimidate from the "stands", or would that get too complicated? Just wondering if we can help in any way without actually, y'know, upsetting every pirate on the ship by jumping in on a duel.

Nope sorry, Just like random pirates cant intimidate her because shes not fighting them, you cant intimidate owl bear, I figure he would know that Plugg set up the fight and that his opponent is Dinali.

Maybe we should stop until a DM takes over. I have noticed that the takeover rate is rather small--so it may be best to wait before continuing.

If you have trouble finding a GM, I'd be willing to step in, if everyone else is all right with that. One of my friends has the first four books, I believe, and is planning to buy the other two as his group progresses - he is currently on the third book, iirc. We might still need to take a break to let me read up on the books (and ship combat), but it's at least an option if you can't find a fresh GM.

I'd probably run Raevon as an NPC if that happens, similar to how the rest of the crew is run. He wouldn't have any significant story impact, but he'd still be there.

First--that would be awesome if you take over Raven. We should continue knowing we have a sure DM. Second, I could help with any material needed.

If I wasn't running six already, I would consider it.

Raven you are DA MAN. That would be beyond awesome.

I have no issue with Raven taking over, and your correct turn over is very unlikely. I have the recruitment going for it now. How many days/weeks would you like me to leave it up? and when would you like to take over?

I can probably start in about a week. That'd give me time to sift through at least a few of the books, review ship combat, and set up a roll20.

Well you wont need ship combat till book 2

Raven here. If you'd like me to start earlier, I think I'll be able to do so. It looks like it might be a good idea to finish up the fight with Owlbear, and then make the switch over. I'm not sure how the whole "thread handing over" thing works. I assume it be easiest for me to simply start a new thread?

I'm working on the Roll20 page, and I've read/skimmed through the first book. The first book seems to be fairly independent story-wise, and the ship combat rules don't come up in any major way.

I'll probably post up some player expectations at some point, but it shouldn't be anything past common sense, and Paizo's "most important rule: "Don't be a jerk." I may slightly tweak the way that diplomacy and night actions work, but I'll go into that more in the expectations.

On the mechanical side, there are two things to address. Number one is that I'm not a big fan of GMPCs, so Raevon will be dropping down to NPC status. This means that the party will be at 5 members. Would you all like me to throw a quick recruitment post up for a 6th, or would you prefer to soldier on with 5?

Secondly, if I do indeed GM, I'd like to have everyone adjust their characters to a 30-point buy. APs generally expect a group of four players using a 15-point buy system, and at least two of the five players in our group are operating with 50+ points. While I still will likely need to scale up a few encounters, a 30-point buy will keep the party at least a bit closer to the intended power level.

Questions? Comments? Concerns? Feel free to let me know here, in PMs, or on the new discussion thread once it's created.

EDIT: Oh, I also wanted to say this: in case anyone has, like GM Bloodred, come to the realization that they are no longer enjoying themselves, feel free to take this as an opportunity to jump ship (pun intended) on this PbP. I realize that these are not for everyone, and if anyone does not wish to continue, this is the perfect time to do so.

Oh ... there goes the sweet rolls. But 30pb is still great. ;-)

I'd like to have everyone adjust their characters to a 30-point buy

More than generous. With our builds as they are and numbers, you would have had to double every encounter. With two Pluggs and two Scourges on the ship. Even at thirty pts, we greatly overmatch any AP as written.

Already done!

5 @ 30 points should be overkill.

Since Akadi works out at 44 points, I'm happy to lower her down a bit.

People tend to forget the APs are designed for (1) four characters (2) fifteen point builds (3) Core races only

Relaxing any of the above makes things on easy mode. Especially if you level up according to the APs, which has level ups calculated for dividing all XPs by four characters.

I think i'll take your offer to jump ship then. Overextended myself a little with the pbp campaigns. Might even DM one myself one day. I'll stay on until an appropriate point. Then you guys can be as neutral as you want.

I think I will jump ship as well. I am already in one Skulls n Shackles pbp with almost eh exact same character. I joined this one because I wasn't sure it would survive, but it is thriving. Playing the same adventure twice takes the fun out of it.

So thanks for the game and cheers to ya all.

Recruiting to four then would probably be smart. Though if I can succeed with my romance of Sandara, three may be enough.

Well if your ready Raven your welcome to grab the reins unless youd like me to finish the day/ fight with Owl Bear.