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Hey everyone, just wanted to check in and point out that I did get an intro up for our new recruits, though it wouldn't be hard to miss since I spoilered it. Make sure to click on the Meanwhile, upstairs... spoiler at the bottom of this post. (Looks like two have found it so far!)

I've had a busy and rough few days trying to get caught up on schoolwork and shake off whatever is making me feel sick. To top it off, on the way home I hit a deer. >_<
But I should have time to update tomorrow evening. *fingers crossed*


Finishing my update now, should be able to post it soon.

By the way, I've not described how our new puppets look yet, so if you have a preference, let me know. Raggedy Landie's avatar reminds me so much of a Luchador, that I might have to make that his puppet form. ^_^

Most of the puppets are recognizable archetypes of some kind, halloween-ish sorts of things like the pirate, scarecrow, knight. Animals are possible too, though you will still stand on two legs like a humanoid.

Also, what color are Lanarial's eyes? Does he have traditional drow eyes that glow red in the dark? The portrait has very pale eyes, so colorless, or a pale shade of blue or silver could work.


Elf Wizard 2 | HP: 6/16 (18)| AC: 11 (11 Tch, 10 Ff) | CMD: 13 | F: +4, R: +2, W: +6; +2 vs. enchantments; Immune sleep | Init: +1 | Perc: +4 | 0/7 - telekinetic fist (1d4+1 bludgeoning) | Active conditions: -1 CON; sickened; fatigued; voiceless

I think Lanarial would have a very pale shade of silver eyes, almost white. I have no idea what a Luchador is, but you're welcome to use it =)


No sabes Luchadores Mexicanos? A Luchador is what you call those masked and sometimes costumed mexican wrestlers. It's a little off-theme, but masked wrestling might be present somewhere in Golarion. Works well with the avatar.


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F Human Grumpy Monk 1

LUUUUUUUUCHAAAAAAAAAAADOOOOOOOOOOOOORE

i possibly own a luchador mask I bought in Mexico >___> crappy tourist souvenirs for the win.

*coff* anyway, the stone figurine i linked for Shi-ru is basically how I envision her in doll form-- someone's little cutesy, stone, garden ornament-lawn-gnome thing. I can't find a darn thing in the avatars that is anything close, but we have our imaginations. If that's too specific, just having her look like a lawn gnome amuses me.


As long is you don't think of Jack Black in that mask, then I'm OK with it!


Ok, Cinder is finished! Had to stop and drive to a Doctor's appt when I was nearly done. I just went with Heroism for the alignment based spell, but Cinder might manifest something more fire-based, so feel free to look for an alternate level 3 spell for the once per day ability.

Cinder the Clown Puppet
NG (see below) Tiny construct
Init +6; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +3

DEFENSE
AC 15, touch 14, flat-footed 13 (+2 Dex, +1 natural, +2 size)
hp 19 (3d10+3)
Fort +1, Ref +3, Will +3
DR 2/magic; Immune construct traits
Weaknesses susceptible to mind-affecting effects

OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft.
Melee +3 (1d2–2/19–20) (“light” weapons will hit for 1 damage on a successful attack)
Space 1 ft.; Reach 1 ft. .
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 3rd, concentration +5)
Spell-Like Abilities
1/day—dancing lights, flare (DC 12), prestidigitation (DC 12), produce flame
Druid Spells Prepared (CL 3):
2 (2/day) Produce Flame, Flaming Sphere (DC 15), Flame Blade
1 (3/day) Burning Hands (DC 14), Entangle (DC 14), Cure Light Wounds, Burning Disarm (DC 14)
0 (at will) Create Water, Detect Poison, Guidance, Light

STATISTICS
Str 7, Dex 14, Con --, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 10
Base Atk +3; CMB +3; CMD 11
Feats Improved Initiative, Toughness, Augment Summoning, Spell Focus (Conjuration)
Skills, Stealth +13, Handle Animal +6, Heal +9 (+10
circumstance to treat wounds or deadly wounds, +12 to treat common animals, but +1 to treat other
creatures), Knowledge (geography) +4, Knowledge (nature) +9, Perception +11, Profession (herbalist) +7,
Ride +5, Spellcraft +4, Stealth +6, Survival +10, Swim +2
Languages Common, Druidic, Gnome, Sylvan
SQ alignment variation, soul focus, fire bolt (6/day), nature bond abilities (fire), spontaneous casting, trackless step, wild empathy, woodland stride

SPECIAL ABILITIES
Alignment Variation (Ex)
Soulbound dolls are at least partially neutral in alignment, although they can also be chaotic, evil, good, or lawful. They have an alignment-dependent spell-like ability usable once per day as listed below.
Chaotic Neutral: rage
Lawful Neutral: suggestion (DC 12)
Neutral: deep slumber (DC 12)
Neutral Evil: inflict serious wounds (DC 12)
Neutral Good: heroism
Susceptible to Mind-Affecting Effects (Ex)
The weakened conviction of a soulbound doll’s soul makes it susceptible to mind-affecting effects, despite the fact that it is a construct.
Soul Focus (Su)
The soul bound to the doll lives within a focus integrated into the doll or its apparel, typically one of the doll’s eyes or a gem embedded into its neck or chest. As long as this soul focus remains intact, it can be used to animate another doll, using the same cost as creating a new construct. Once bound into the soul focus, the soul continues to learn, and so if later it is put into a new doll body, the soul retains its personality and memories from its previous body or bodies. A soul focus has hardness 8, 12 hit points, and a break DC of 20

Augment Summoning Summoned creatures have +4 to Strength and Constitution.
Defensive Training +4 Gain a dodge bonus to AC vs monsters of the Giant subtype.
Druid Domain (Fire) Granted Powers: You can call forth fire, command creatures of the inferno, and your
flesh does not burn.
Fire Bolt (1d6+2) (6/day) (Sp) 30' Ranged touch attack deals 1d6+2 Fire damage.
Hatred +1 Gain a bonus to attack vs goblinoid/reptilian humanoids.
Naturally Gifted (1/day) Gain one extra use of a gnome spell like ability each day.
Spell Focus (Conjuration) Spells from one school of magic have +1 to their save DC.
Spontaneous Casting The Druid can convert stored spells into Summon Nature's Ally spells.
Trackless Step (Ex) You do not leave a trail as you move through natural surroundings.
Wild Empathy +5 (Ex) Improve the attitude of an animal, as if using Diplomacy.
Woodland Stride (Ex) Move through undergrowth at normal speed.


Female Construct Puppet: AC15 HP 19/19, Fort +1, Ref +3, Will +3, DR 2/magic; Immune construct traits , Init +6, Darkvision, Perception +9 Druid 3ish

Hey BlueDove, are you ok with this doll avatar? The clown looked too cartoonish and not very feminine to me.

And one question: in the first block above perception is +3, but in the skill section its +11. Which should I go by?


Elf Wizard 2 | HP: 6/16 (18)| AC: 11 (11 Tch, 10 Ff) | CMD: 13 | F: +4, R: +2, W: +6; +2 vs. enchantments; Immune sleep | Init: +1 | Perc: +4 | 0/7 - telekinetic fist (1d4+1 bludgeoning) | Active conditions: -1 CON; sickened; fatigued; voiceless
Cinder Puppet wrote:
Hey BlueDove, are you ok with this doll avatar? The clown looked too cartoonish and not very feminine to me.

Oh - that's one of the creepiest avatars I've seen!! VERY appropriate =)


Female Construct Puppet: AC15 HP 19/19, Fort +1, Ref +3, Will +3, DR 2/magic; Immune construct traits , Init +6, Darkvision, Perception +9 Druid 3ish

Glad you like it :)


Yes, that works well! Now we need one for Shi-ru. I browsed what was available and noticed a red-haired Gnome too. The title is Giant Hunter if you wanted to see it.

Possible options for Shi-ru's doll portrait: (enter title in the search box)

Aspis Consortium Agent
Figurine
Bee Doll
Bloodless Vessel (probably better for an enemy, but I just like it, lol!)

I'm working on our update, but I can go ahead and unite the groups on a new combat map, will just take me a bit to cobble together.

Artegal, Luc, Nicu, and Donovan(if you're out there?), I think we should go ahead and level you up. You have essentially escaped if you will simply press on upstairs. The group in the box is about to breach their box and you will all be on the same floor.

Everyone should be at level 3 in your base character (including my new recruits, I think Cinder already is) but that doesn't mean your body will be tougher to regain. I can help look over and transfer the stats later today and this weekend.


Female Construct Puppet: AC15 HP 19/19, Fort +1, Ref +3, Will +3, DR 2/magic; Immune construct traits , Init +6, Darkvision, Perception +9 Druid 3ish

Already having fun screaming. :)


Ok! Everyone is acting in the same time now. These are more like 2.5 ft squares, but I did my best on the map. Hopefully I've shared it correctly, and you will be able to make your own moves. Let me know if it doesn't work.

I'll go ahead and share how we will go about town exploration and finding your carrionette possessed "meatsuits". They are roaming about randomly around the town AND/OR there will be concentrations of them sometimes in likely places where they can indulge any fleshly pleasures that the envious tortured puppet-bound souls have been coveting as they watched the people of the town from the arms of their children and the windows of the toyshop. All encounters will be rolled for number of meatsuits, NPC's also trapped in puppet form and bound as you were and any other fun surprises that come your way. Your stowed gear will likely still be at the Inn, and unfortunately, that's a high threat zone. Anything you carried will be on your meatsuit and any animal friends are likely to have been found and... played with and they will go on the list of randoms to find. You can attempt to track specific targets, but there will be a roll to determine if the target is still there or if it is an old trail.

So we will need to assemble a list of priority targets and I will assign percentile values and we'll get moving!

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Yeah, I had already looked through the image avatars and found none that I really thought were anything close to Shi-ru. I figured I'd just keep her regular avatar and let us use our imaginations, unless I absolutely have to have a doll avatar.

Ah, I thought we were to be level 2? Okay, Level 3 might change some things for me. I'll work on getting my stats fixed.

I know we don't currently have our gear, but I never actually bought much gear for Shi-Ru due to not knowing our allowed gold. I can get that up once I know our buy cap. Average gold for level 3 PCs, or...?


Elf Wizard 2 | HP: 6/16 (18)| AC: 11 (11 Tch, 10 Ff) | CMD: 13 | F: +4, R: +2, W: +6; +2 vs. enchantments; Immune sleep | Init: +1 | Perc: +4 | 0/7 - telekinetic fist (1d4+1 bludgeoning) | Active conditions: -1 CON; sickened; fatigued; voiceless

I'll have to level Lanarial up, too =) More to follow!


Yes, sorry if I forgot to clarify about that. New recruits take average gold for 3rd level and your gear will be on your meatsuits, when you find them.

So in case it was missed:
Artegal, Luc, Nicu and Donovan need to advance to level 3!!!


F Human Grumpy Monk 1

Sweeet. That means the evil doll wearing Shi-ru's body has access to her Tengu Drinking jug, and all the free sake they can guzzle.

SHI-RU DOES NOT APPROVE.


half elf ranger 1 / wizard 1, AC:14 T:13 FF:11, HP:15/15, F:+2 R:+5 W:+4(+2), Init:+5, Perc:+11

not missed, will try to have level update by tomorrow, but may be Saturday


Female Construct Puppet: AC15 HP 19/19, Fort +1, Ref +3, Will +3, DR 2/magic; Immune construct traits , Init +6, Darkvision, Perception +9 Druid 3ish

And Bluedove, I had a question about my perception score that you never got back to me on. The character you provided had two different perception scores. The first character block says +3, but skills say +11. Can you clarify. That's a big difference.


The +3 was the carrionettes base stat, but all the characters trained skills transfer. So the +11 is accurate, although it looked like it might have a +2 racial bonus added in there. So it might need to be +9 actually. I basically just C&P'ed your skill block of trained skills and forgot to edit the score at the top of the sheet.

It's possible you might see differing stealth skills too, but always take the higher bonus if there are two.


M Dwarf Cleric 2, Init 2, P 3 AC 17, T 10, FF 17, HP20/20, F4, R2, W 6,

I'll get the character leveled over the weekend.


And btw, Thank you Cinder. After my recent kitty loss, I was not looking forward to narrating Gatto impaled on Nicu's spear. ^_~


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half elf ranger 1 / wizard 1, AC:14 T:13 FF:11, HP:15/15, F:+2 R:+5 W:+4(+2), Init:+5, Perc:+11

Sorry for your loss, Bluedove, we had to bury our boy kitty a few weekends ago after the vet said there was nothing more we could do for him and took the proper steps (14 and adopted from a shelter knowing he had permanent problems, so we made half his life good) and I too was not wanting Nicu to spear the kitty.


Female Construct Puppet: AC15 HP 19/19, Fort +1, Ref +3, Will +3, DR 2/magic; Immune construct traits , Init +6, Darkvision, Perception +9 Druid 3ish

I'll go with +9 and be pleased. :) Always better to make friends than to have to put something down. I am a cat person myself, although I live with both two dogs and two cats.

If Nicu tries to spear my new friend things might get hot for him. :)


I now have one big burly boy kitty and a sweet little jill ferret, both rescues. I'm ok with less pets for now, though. My 12 yo son and 4 yo daughter make enough mess, lol!


F Human Grumpy Monk 1

Awww, cats. I'm probably going to adopt one this weekend. <3

Lanarial, you get an automatic +8 to stealth for now being a tiny creature, not sure if that's figured into your stats. :D


half elf ranger 1 / wizard 1, AC:14 T:13 FF:11, HP:15/15, F:+2 R:+5 W:+4(+2), Init:+5, Perc:+11

Level 3 Nicu was appended to the bottom of his profile. I'll delete the level 2 part if the leveling up looks ok?


AC 15, touch 14, flat-footed 13 (+2 Dex, +1 natural, +2 size) hp 19/19, F+1, R+3, W +3

DM Bluedove - I'm having a difficult time staying focused playing a puppet in this game. Now that others have joined the game, I'm going to withdraw. I wish everyone well.


male

Sorry to see you leave, Luc.


half elf ranger 1 / wizard 1, AC:14 T:13 FF:11, HP:15/15, F:+2 R:+5 W:+4(+2), Init:+5, Perc:+11

Sorry to see you leave as well, I enjoyed your RPing.


Ok Baldwin, Thanks for hanging in for so long, I appreciate your help with everything.

I really think I need to call Donovan gone, as well. I'm beginning to consider letting this game go and talking Nicu into joining us in the Ordinary Heroes game. Or maybe start over? I'm not sure what I want to do yet, just brainstorming.

Terquem, are you still hanging in just to be nice? If so, I appreciate the sentiment... but maybe we should call it. Finals are looming, holidays are upon us and I've got quite a few irons in the fire. If it's just down to my new recruits (and Nicu, thanks so much for your support!) they really came in to do me a favor anyhow and I'd probably prefer to start fresh and go through proper lead up with them if they really want to continue.

Thoughts?


Female Construct Puppet: AC15 HP 19/19, Fort +1, Ref +3, Will +3, DR 2/magic; Immune construct traits , Init +6, Darkvision, Perception +9 Druid 3ish

I just got here and have not had a chance to burn anything yet. :)

I was hoping this would be a great place to role play and do not want to drop. I am fine with rebooting if needed but do not reboot for me. I have already read much of the back story and am up to date. I love the story line and the suspense/horror of it all.

That said, if people need to slow down for finals and holidays I understand that and am good with it.

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I'm fine with whichever-- I really like my character of Shi-ru and I've love to get a chance to play her-- but obviously as the GM, do what you gotta do, whether that's a reboot or what.


Male Halfling Paladin/3 | Init +2, P +2 | HP: 16/25 | AC 19, T 13, FF 17 | F +8, R +7, W +6 | CMD 14 (Wisdom currently 9)

So it's just Nicu and I from the original game now?

I'm here, not out of niceness (I am not a nice person, trust me, I have a lot of supporting evidence)but because I like to play. I'm sorry for being a "bad" Player (I should post more often I know).


half elf ranger 1 / wizard 1, AC:14 T:13 FF:11, HP:15/15, F:+2 R:+5 W:+4(+2), Init:+5, Perc:+11

Even I was an alternate to start, but I'm glad Terquem is still in the mix, us old school gamers have to stick together!

It would seem a shame to drop the game, especially with the new characters just getting created, but I would understand that decision given the holiday season and your school schedule, BlueDove. It's a call you'll have to make knowing what you have time for or not. This is an ambitious undertaking with the puppet rules creating almost a double campaign with lots of rules questions and uncertainty, and it will take more time than a normal campaign to run.

Regardless of the decision on this game, Rhanloi, are you looking for another player in the Ordinary Heroes campaign? I would be interested in joining if so, though I want to make the disclaimer that I see it starts in Daggermark and I don't want to join a Kingmaker style campaign where empire building is part of the focus. I like being the PC standing on a castle wall defending it from the hill giant's attack, but I couldn't care less who built the wall or how many points it cost to be X feet high, etc...

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Ordinary Heroes is definitely not Kingmakery (at least so far). We're just mucking about doing low-key dungeon crawls and so forth right now.


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half elf ranger 1 / wizard 1, AC:14 T:13 FF:11, HP:15/15, F:+2 R:+5 W:+4(+2), Init:+5, Perc:+11

Nice, I didn't think it would be, but wanted to be careful before jumping into the mix. It looks like the party could use someone with healing skills, if a spot is open I could start working on a character to provide that role?

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As Zinny's player, I'd be delighted to have someone along who can heal, lol. Come be our new best friend!


Gotta catch up here!!

1) I have not invested too much into this game other than rewickering Lanarial. I have no preference about keeping on or rebooting - although re-running this from the start would be anti-climatic for most. I like Lanarial and will keep him around regardless of whether this continues or dies...he started as a Way of the Wicked character so I would look for another game to play him =)

2) I had recruited a new healer to the Ordinary Heroes game, but he had a real-life tragedy hit and I'm not sure if/when he will return. We started with 8 players, have lost half and I recruited bluedove to play our party mage, so adding two more AND the newbie gets us back to eight. I will say that I loved Nathanial Boote's introduction and the role-playing you did in the beginning (I was secretly following for a while =) so I would welcome both you and Nicu to the Ordinary Heroes adventure. It is not a Kingmaker...it is a mixture of a modified old D&D adventure series I own, several homebrew creations, and some 'flavor' adventures from the original Greyhawk box set =) My game is more about the story-telling and role-playing, which is why I am so happy with the folks I have!! If you haven't seen it , here's the link to the main page. You would come in as 3rd level characters - you can come in together if you want, probably new to the town to save any questions of how you got experienced...just a thought!

3) If you REALLY want to hear a radical idea...how about I let bluedove run the next adventure thread in Ordinary Heroes with a Ravenloft theme...any takers? Heck - I'm willing to hand the GM spot around like I used to do with my friends back in high school and college. We'd all have characters and take turns running an adventure for the party. That way everyone got to play and everyone got to DM. Just a thought =)


Elf Wizard 2 | HP: 6/16 (18)| AC: 11 (11 Tch, 10 Ff) | CMD: 13 | F: +4, R: +2, W: +6; +2 vs. enchantments; Immune sleep | Init: +1 | Perc: +4 | 0/7 - telekinetic fist (1d4+1 bludgeoning) | Active conditions: -1 CON; sickened; fatigued; voiceless

As a heads up, I will be off the grid from Friday afternoon through Sunday evening, so no posts from me this weekend. (Taking a bunch of middle schoolers to a youth ministry retreat!!)


male

I like suggestion #3 ... a lot

but How would I play Boote here and there?


Nathaniel Artegal Boote wrote:

So it's just Nicu and I from the original game now?

I'm here, not out of niceness (I am not a nice person, trust me, I have a lot of supporting evidence)but because I like to play. I'm sorry for being a "bad" Player (I should post more often I know).

Yep, and I'm seriously clueless on how to lift Luc, Donovan and Rannveig out now. I had a scene in mind for Rannveig to find Ylva(her wolf) that I still want to play out, and running without a cleric is... going to be rough moving forward. Maybe I should just NPC them a bit and minimize their role in combat.

I'm still mulling, slowing back down a bit sounds like the best plan for right now. I don't think I will reboot, but continue on with the original plan of plot development via flashback.

GM &rew wrote:
3) If you REALLY want to hear a radical idea...how about I let bluedove run the next adventure thread in Ordinary Heroes with a Ravenloft theme...any takers? Heck - I'm willing to hand the GM spot around like I used to do with my friends back in high school and college. We'd all have characters and take turns running an adventure for the party. That way everyone got to play and everyone got to DM. Just a thought =)

Hmmm... that is interesting. So would you run Grizelda then? Or is this about Jerry? ^_~

It was rather a bittersweet gesture to take on someone else's campaign and give up your own ordinary hero concept. I'd be happy to step in and take over for a bit so you can play too. ^_^ But I ought to wait until the semester is out, which is only a few weeks now.


Female Construct Puppet: AC15 HP 19/19, Fort +1, Ref +3, Will +3, DR 2/magic; Immune construct traits , Init +6, Darkvision, Perception +9 Druid 3ish

I'd take a turn running. I have been promising myself that I would eventually run on-line. I gotta figure out how to make and post maps but I am just not gonna until I am forced to do so.


#3 is intriguing (and I must admit that I've wanted my first attempt at GMing PbP to be the original Ravenloft I6 module, one of my all-time favorites)

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I wouldn't mind taking a rotation on running sometime down the line, but I currently have my GM-ing plate full-ish.


No worries =) I have the current adventure which will probably last us through Christmas, then I want to do background/plot development in Daggermark (more open-ended role-playing for you all) and then I have the final, really big adventure. That could really take us into spring, unless that game really picks up =)


NPC: M

Bluedove - When do you supposed you might be ready to make a final decision?


This week is just particularly bad with tests and papers coming due all one right after another, now add sick kids in to that equation. >_<

I've decided to continue the game, but I won't update with anything substantial for a few days yet. The two groups of puppets need to meet and greet or do the "friend or foe?" dance and maybe explore the upstairs some. So post some actions on where you want to look and I'll respond with what is there, but I won't have a chance to write much narration for at least another day or two. Sorry! I am starting to reweave plot-plans in my head, albeit slowly, but I'm feeling better about the game's future.


=( sorry about the sick kids! School and parenting is a tough gig!!


Glad to see us moving along! Unfortunately, I'm still swamped with studies and finishing up semester projects... so we will go a bit slowly for another few weeks. I'll try and get us an update about every other day, at least. ^_^

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