GM Lithrac's Shattered Star (Inactive)

Game Master Cyril Corbaz


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Grand Lodge

Welcome and congratulations for making it this far! It's well-deserved for the time and effort you put into creating your character.

This is the Discussion thread. Post here if you have an OOC comment to make, have questions or remarks, if you want to discuss a rule or your character's future, and so on. Please also post here if you know that you're going to be unavailable for a few days so that we may work out a satisfactory solution and may still keep the game as fluent as possible.

First question for the team, is everyone fine with maps on googledocs, or would some of you prefer roll20?

On another topic I forgot to mention in the recruitment post, the retraining rules will be in effect (the UC ones, not the PFS variant). I prefer to have people who are satisfied with their character that players who live through a whole campaign having regrets on their 3rd-level feat.

Since there will be some downtime, crafting is encouraged. Having a side activity (like a day job in PFS) will be more difficult since you will travel outside of Magnimar fairly often.

I'll leave you a few days to set up your profile (if you haven't done so already), including finalizing your equipment.

Finally, don't hesitate to talk if something bothers you or if you think something's wrong. I do make mistakes-everyone does-and will gladly work towards becoming a better GM through your feedback. I also believe that a key aspect in long-term relationships (like this campaign, in a manner of speaking) is communication. So please speak up! :)

Scarab Sages

Male Human (Garundi) Priest of Nethys 5 | HP 43/43 | AC 17 T 13 FF 15 | CMD 18 | Fort +6 Ref +3 Will +5 | Init +2 | Perc +1 | SM +1 | arcane pool: 7/7

Thanks for picking Ramenhotep, crotchety bugger that he is!

I'm fine with maps on either Googledocs or Roll20. Most of my games are on Googledocs as it seems more people can access them (from work/phone/etc) but actually my SS game uses Roll20 because the players like it more for the big (occasionally gigantic) maps that this AP tends to use.

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Right now I don't have any plans to take crafting feats for Ramenhotep, although I could. But I'm already taking two feats I wouldn't normally take on a magus (Endurance and Iron Will) to get to the Living Monolith PrC, so I doubt I'll take any crafting feats.

Question for the GM: If I choose not to craft in my downtime, could I perhaps start up an academy or temple of Nethys in my downtime? Perhaps using the Downtime system from UC? I'll think over whether I want to mess with it or not but it sounds kinda fun.

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Hello to everyone else and happy gaming!

Grand Lodge

Ramenhotep the Risen wrote:
Question for the GM: If I choose not to craft in my downtime, could I perhaps start up an academy or temple of Nethys in my downtime? Perhaps using the Downtime system from UC? I'll think over whether I want to mess with it or not but it sounds kinda fun.

While I haven't had the chance of trying this system out yet, I'm very open to that idea. However you know the format of the campaign as well as I do, and there are times when you don't return to Magnimar for a while. If it doesn't bother you then by all means, let's use this subsystem!


Animal-Speaker Bard 5 | HP 49/49 | AC:15 T:11 FF:14 CMD: 16 | F+6 R+7 W+6 (+1 vs disease or poison) | Init +1 | Per +9 | Sense Motive +14 | Stealth +6
resources:
song 18/18, spells -/5/3

Good evening everyone. Happy to be playing with you all!


Zeltyieli's Vitals:
(HP: 52/52; AC: 20/14/16; Percep: +16; Init: +4; Fort +8, Ref: +7, Will: +10 [+13 charm; +12 illusions]; CMD: 20; CMB +6; Speed: 50)
Male Half-Elf Cleric (Varisian Pilgrim) 7
Liviana's Vitals:
(HP: 65/65; AC: 20/14/16; Percep: +10; Init: +4; Fort +9, Ref: +11, Will: +1; CMD: 23; CMB +9; Speed: 30)

Pleased to be picked! (And apparently while I was answering the questions...) ;)

In general, I prefer google docs for maps, if only because I can access it well on my tablet. (Well, usually...)

Sczarni

HP 9/9 | AC 12 | T 12 | FF 10 | CMD 12 | Fort +2 | Ref +2 | Will +2 | Init +3 | Perc +4 | SM +4 | Prescience 2/7

Greeting all, delighted to make the cut, and by the calibre of my fellow adventurers! I lean towards google docs for pure ease of use as I often view with tablets and phone and it seems to hold up better.

At first glance it does not appear we have trapfinding? Is that correct? I was going to switch out a trait for the Trapfinding trait from People of the Sands, but upon review it is a Campaign trait. I do not necessarily feel not having a trapfinder is a huge deal, and to an extent I can cover with Trapfinder's Focus though its duration is problematic and I won't get access until 3rd level.

@GM Lithrac, I am vaguely planning to take Additional Traits as my 3rd level feat. In particular I mention this as I would like to take the Harrow Chosen trait and would presumably need to receive the deck from Vandilo's estranged family. It seems wrong for a Varisian diviner to lack a Harrow focus and I cannot quite persuade myself to give up any of my starting traits.


Animal-Speaker Bard 5 | HP 49/49 | AC:15 T:11 FF:14 CMD: 16 | F+6 R+7 W+6 (+1 vs disease or poison) | Init +1 | Per +9 | Sense Motive +14 | Stealth +6
resources:
song 18/18, spells -/5/3

Aram Zey's Focus, not Trapfinder's Focus. :(

We also have a unnamed fifth player, so let us not jump to conclusions.

Sczarni

HP 9/9 | AC 12 | T 12 | FF 10 | CMD 12 | Fort +2 | Ref +2 | Will +2 | Init +3 | Perc +4 | SM +4 | Prescience 2/7

Unnamed? I believe GM Lithrac named all five in the recruitment thread with Morrigan a cavalier being the only one yet to check in.

Ah, nice, Aram Zey's focus is even more appropriate :)


Animal-Speaker Bard 5 | HP 49/49 | AC:15 T:11 FF:14 CMD: 16 | F+6 R+7 W+6 (+1 vs disease or poison) | Init +1 | Per +9 | Sense Motive +14 | Stealth +6
resources:
song 18/18, spells -/5/3

Ah, so he did; I was on the bus home and I did miss that post. My mistake.

The "Aram Zey's Focus" spell is from the Pathfinder Field Guide, renamed for the usual d20pfsrd.com legal reasons. There is also also Aram Zey's Trap Ward from the same book, but that spell is marginal (caster level check vs. the trap disable device level is really rather hard to pull off.)

Scarab Sages

Male Human (Garundi) Priest of Nethys 5 | HP 43/43 | AC 17 T 13 FF 15 | CMD 18 | Fort +6 Ref +3 Will +5 | Init +2 | Perc +1 | SM +1 | arcane pool: 7/7
Telka Beast-Talker wrote:
renamed for the usual d20pfsrd.com legal reasons.

This is why I switched over to Archives of Nethys over a year ago and have never looked back. It's a far superior site, especially the search function. It's not for profit so it has the exact wordings, with references to the book it came from. The spell section is also way better than the srd, especially the custom search under the spells; very useful for picking out the exact spell you were looking for.


Female Half-fey (aasimar) Paladin 3 HP 31/31, AC 19/12/17, Saves 8/6/7, MW Long Sword +5 (1d8+3/19-20) Spiked Light Shield +4 (1d4+1/x2) Init +2, Perception 1

Hello all. I'm Morrigan and I'll get my avatar up as soon as I can, probably tomorrow. I just took the largest test of my life today and so am kind of frazzled and so am just checking in.

Morrigan is not able to find traps so I can't help there. My feats are all pretty booked until 9th level so I'll probably go with the face first method of trap detection. Much fun will be had!

You can find Morrigan's sheet here and it is up to date sans equipment and her spider. I'll try to have that done by tomorrow as well.

I will be traveling from 5/6 to 5/12 with an emergency move to Staten Island for my clinical rotations on the 14th. I still expect to be available most days to post however.

With that said, I always prefer to be DM PC'd any time that anyone has to wait on me for any reason. I prefer a good flow to rolling each and every die, so please, if I'm ever late, assume I swing at the nearest bad guy and roll away!

Sczarni

HP 9/9 | AC 12 | T 12 | FF 10 | CMD 12 | Fort +2 | Ref +2 | Will +2 | Init +3 | Perc +4 | SM +4 | Prescience 2/7

Morrigan not sure if you are aware, but a fairly major event in Magnimar's history was the Irespan breaking open and releasing spider-like creatures that nearly destroyed the city. This occurred 91 years ago, but since it was so severe I would imagine people would be pretty freaked about a spider on the Irespan.

PathfinderWiki wrote:
4623AR Men quarrying the Irespan for stone to build the Arvensoar in Magnimar break into a hollow chamber, releasing a horde of spider-like monstrosities known as shriezyx. Only the actions of local heroes, an adventuring band called the Eyes of the Hawk, stop the city from being completely overwhelmed by the creatures.[3][4] This event leads to the enactment of a law forbidding anyone from damaging the titanic Thassilonian ruin.

We could of course ignore it, but it could also make for some interesting RP. I have no idea what occurs in the Adventure Path, but I am hoping we get to enter the Irespan.

@Endlessforms yes I think I'm going to have to switch, I find d20pfsrd more user friendly, but more and more I find myself referring to the archives anyway.


Zeltyieli's Vitals:
(HP: 52/52; AC: 20/14/16; Percep: +16; Init: +4; Fort +8, Ref: +7, Will: +10 [+13 charm; +12 illusions]; CMD: 20; CMB +6; Speed: 50)
Male Half-Elf Cleric (Varisian Pilgrim) 7
Liviana's Vitals:
(HP: 65/65; AC: 20/14/16; Percep: +10; Init: +4; Fort +9, Ref: +11, Will: +1; CMD: 23; CMB +9; Speed: 30)

I second the use of the Archives of Nethys -- I find it's amazingly well organized, it doesn't rename things oddly, and plus, it is way faster than digging through all the print books and PDFs when you're trying to find "That trait..." or "Thst Feat" or "That Spell"... "You know, the one that..." ;)


Animal-Speaker Bard 5 | HP 49/49 | AC:15 T:11 FF:14 CMD: 16 | F+6 R+7 W+6 (+1 vs disease or poison) | Init +1 | Per +9 | Sense Motive +14 | Stealth +6
resources:
song 18/18, spells -/5/3

Good luck on your exam results! That sounds like quite the challenge.
So now we can ply you for free bits of medical advice, right doctor? ;)

Grand Lodge

Gameplay thread will be up soon. In the meantime, can everyone check if their Init/Perception/Sense Motive scores recorded on the Campaign Info tab are correct?

Sczarni

HP 9/9 | AC 12 | T 12 | FF 10 | CMD 12 | Fort +2 | Ref +2 | Will +2 | Init +3 | Perc +4 | SM +4 | Prescience 2/7

Correct for Vandilo, but just FYI perception and sense motive factor in alertness which is only in place while his thrush familiar is close at hand, which will normally be the case.

Grand Lodge

Good point Vandilo, I usually include the situational Alertness since I assume your familiar is within reach unless you specify otherwise.

Gameplay thread is up. Thank you for your patience and enjoy the game!


Animal-Speaker Bard 5 | HP 49/49 | AC:15 T:11 FF:14 CMD: 16 | F+6 R+7 W+6 (+1 vs disease or poison) | Init +1 | Per +9 | Sense Motive +14 | Stealth +6
resources:
song 18/18, spells -/5/3

Vandilo:
Widows peak? Thassilonean/azlanti blood

Sczarni

HP 9/9 | AC 12 | T 12 | FF 10 | CMD 12 | Fort +2 | Ref +2 | Will +2 | Init +3 | Perc +4 | SM +4 | Prescience 2/7

@Telka Beast-Talker no pure Varisian, but I do like to have my description match the profile pic as closely as possible and it has a pronounced widow's peak. I tend to think of characters looking like their profile pics since generally you get one description of a character at the beginning of a thread but see the profile pic every post.


Animal-Speaker Bard 5 | HP 49/49 | AC:15 T:11 FF:14 CMD: 16 | F+6 R+7 W+6 (+1 vs disease or poison) | Init +1 | Per +9 | Sense Motive +14 | Stealth +6
resources:
song 18/18, spells -/5/3

Varisian would be along the same line as the others. I read somewhere all Azlanti descended sport early widow's peaks - so kind of appropriate :)

Sczarni

HP 9/9 | AC 12 | T 12 | FF 10 | CMD 12 | Fort +2 | Ref +2 | Will +2 | Init +3 | Perc +4 | SM +4 | Prescience 2/7

It works, its actually a pic of Runelord Karzog(sp?) who would be Thassilonian, though I am not entirely sure that is an ethnicity.

Grand Lodge

Thassilonians are of Azlanti ethnicity.

Sczarni

HP 9/9 | AC 12 | T 12 | FF 10 | CMD 12 | Fort +2 | Ref +2 | Will +2 | Init +3 | Perc +4 | SM +4 | Prescience 2/7

Ah, it maketh sense :) Really jazzed to get rolling BTW I think this is probably the AP I know the least about, I have very little idea what to expect which is a good thing :)

Grand Lodge

By the way Zeltyieli (and Morrigan once the profile is created), could you put vital information under your character's name please? You can use the following format for example:

Current HP/Total HP | AC | T | FF | CMD | Fort | Ref | Will | Init | Perc | Sense Motive

Thanks!

Sczarni

HP 9/9 | AC 12 | T 12 | FF 10 | CMD 12 | Fort +2 | Ref +2 | Will +2 | Init +3 | Perc +4 | SM +4 | Prescience 2/7

Adding Vandilo's spellbook to alias, since Herolab does not include it. Color Spray, Gravity Bow, Hydraulic Push, Identify, Mage Armor, Silent Image, True Strike.

You up for borrowing each others spellbooks once we have the time and coin Ramenhotep?

Scarab Sages

Male Human (Garundi) Priest of Nethys 5 | HP 43/43 | AC 17 T 13 FF 15 | CMD 18 | Fort +6 Ref +3 Will +5 | Init +2 | Perc +1 | SM +1 | arcane pool: 7/7

Absolutely! When I play wizards/magi/alchemists, I like having as many spells as possible in my book. That's the versatility of those classes, after all. Magi don't have nearly as big of a spell list and tend to focus a little more on subsets of spells, but I still like to have as many as possible for those just in case situations.

Sczarni

HP 9/9 | AC 12 | T 12 | FF 10 | CMD 12 | Fort +2 | Ref +2 | Will +2 | Init +3 | Perc +4 | SM +4 | Prescience 2/7

Ditto, you never know, I'll probably start leaving utility slots open once I get a few more of them.


Morrigan: Female Bleachling Cavalier, HP: 14/14, AC: 19/14/17, SV: 5/2/0, INIT: +2, CMB: +2, CMD: 15, ATT: Falchion +3 (1d6+6), Perception: +0 Chitterspite: Small Giant Spider Animal Companion, HP: 9/9, CMB: -2, CMD: 11, Saves: 3/6/Mindless, Att: Bite +5 (1d4 + 4 rnds, 1 Str damage Fort 11), Perception: +0

This is Morrigan's avatar with profile. I included both Morrigan's and Chitterspite's crunch. I've also included descriptions of all of Morrigan's abilities so you do not have to go to books, simply go to her profile.

I made Chitter a Darklands spider instead of a normal breed. The stats are the same, only the markings have changed. I've updated my character sheet online and removed a typo giving her too many stat points.

Please let me know if I have made any mistakes. I do the best I can but am completely slammed here with the move to Staten Island. We're taking everything we think we'll need save one thing - that which we are worried we'll need the most - a gun.

Seems it's impossible to get a gun permit in NY. I've never been there, but I've seen movies and we're kind of nervous going from Atlanta to NY.


Chitterspite angrily rubs her front legs together, her thin black mandibles clacking. Despite not speaking spider, you eerily know what she is thinking.

Grrrr, they don't have pictures of spiders on any of the avatars. Grrrr.
Grrrr, I'm having to use this picture of a stupid insect, Grrrr.
Grrrr, the artists at Paizo will pay for this indignity as soon as I get a ride to their offices and have time to spin a web. Grrrr.

Grrrr, stupid humans. How come I don't get the main profile picture and she gets her stats under mine. Why does she get top billing. Grrrr.


Animal-Speaker Bard 5 | HP 49/49 | AC:15 T:11 FF:14 CMD: 16 | F+6 R+7 W+6 (+1 vs disease or poison) | Init +1 | Per +9 | Sense Motive +14 | Stealth +6
resources:
song 18/18, spells -/5/3

I know that top level statistics often paint an incomplete picture, but (from wiki):

Crime rates per 100,000 people:

Atlanta
Population 437,041
Violent Crime 1,379.0
Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter 19.0
Rape 25.9
Robbery 520.8
Aggravated Assault 813.4
Property Crime 6,533.5
Burglary 1,416.8
Larceny-Theft 3,938.3
Motor Vehicle Theft 1,178.4

New York
Population 8,289,415
Violent Crime 639.3
Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter 5.1
Rape 14.0
Robbery 243.7
Aggravated Assault 376.5
Property Crime 1,722.2
Burglary 224.8
Larceny-Theft 1,398.6
Motor Vehicle Theft 98.8

...I don't know if those numbers are reassuring or not.

EDIT: man, Detroit and Oakland are... special. Lived in Oakland for a bit. Only had things stolen once! :D

Grand Lodge

Alright, I'm going to start the campaign tonight. Thanks for putting up your profile Morrigan, feel free to post whenever you can. Your character is assumed to be attending with the others by the way.

Scarab Sages

Male Human (Garundi) Priest of Nethys 5 | HP 43/43 | AC 17 T 13 FF 15 | CMD 18 | Fort +6 Ref +3 Will +5 | Init +2 | Perc +1 | SM +1 | arcane pool: 7/7

I'm about to run off to GM a game F2F. I will catch up later tonight.


Morrigan: Female Bleachling Cavalier, HP: 14/14, AC: 19/14/17, SV: 5/2/0, INIT: +2, CMB: +2, CMD: 15, ATT: Falchion +3 (1d6+6), Perception: +0 Chitterspite: Small Giant Spider Animal Companion, HP: 9/9, CMB: -2, CMD: 11, Saves: 3/6/Mindless, Att: Bite +5 (1d4 + 4 rnds, 1 Str damage Fort 11), Perception: +0
Telka Beast-Talker wrote:

I know that top level statistics often paint an incomplete picture, but (from wiki)...I don't know if those numbers are reassuring or not.

EDIT: man, Detroit and Oakland are... special. Lived in Oakland for a bit. Only had things stolen once! :D

We don't go into downtown Atlanta after dark either. When I was single I had no fear, but when I got married, things kind of changed in my mind. I started wearing my seatbelt, quit smoking, and stopped going anywhere that was not safe for my wife.

Now she's eight weeks pregnant and while it's cliched, I feel I need to be even more careful. Nothing like having others depend on you to change your outlook. 8)

PS: Detroit is one of the clinical centers we might have been assigned to. We were praying anywhere but Detroit.

Sczarni

HP 9/9 | AC 12 | T 12 | FF 10 | CMD 12 | Fort +2 | Ref +2 | Will +2 | Init +3 | Perc +4 | SM +4 | Prescience 2/7

What is the plan for loot distribution? Are we doing it PFS style? That would be my preferred course.

As for the items we have I would suggest the Ring of Featherfall for Morrigan since she will be presumably riding her mount up walls, etc. How are you handling the spiders small size BTW, by the rules a small character should not be able to ride a small creature.

Unsolicited Suggestion:
How about using Giant Chameleon stats? Loose the tongue effectively swapping that ability for mindlessness. It is medium has a climb speed and bonues to stealth which all feel appropriate. Swap out for the medium spider at 4th level.


Animal-Speaker Bard 5 | HP 49/49 | AC:15 T:11 FF:14 CMD: 16 | F+6 R+7 W+6 (+1 vs disease or poison) | Init +1 | Per +9 | Sense Motive +14 | Stealth +6
resources:
song 18/18, spells -/5/3

Do you mean sell everything, and if a particular character wants an item buy it back at half price?

Sczarni

HP 9/9 | AC 12 | T 12 | FF 10 | CMD 12 | Fort +2 | Ref +2 | Will +2 | Init +3 | Perc +4 | SM +4 | Prescience 2/7

I mean PFS style as in we divvy everything up in the way that makes most sense until we reach the Chronicle point in the AP then everything gets "sold" back to The Pathfinder Society and we each get a set amount of GP and the ability to buy certain items from the Chronicle, etc. Hopefully prestiege to :)

Woah! I didn't realize you were Choamski Telka! Great to run with you again, thankfully this time I am not playing a surly scabbard chucking masochist :) I am terrible at putting character and forum names together.


Animal-Speaker Bard 5 | HP 49/49 | AC:15 T:11 FF:14 CMD: 16 | F+6 R+7 W+6 (+1 vs disease or poison) | Init +1 | Per +9 | Sense Motive +14 | Stealth +6
resources:
song 18/18, spells -/5/3

Gnome bards are passé. Half-orc bards are très chic!

Sczarni

HP 9/9 | AC 12 | T 12 | FF 10 | CMD 12 | Fort +2 | Ref +2 | Will +2 | Init +3 | Perc +4 | SM +4 | Prescience 2/7

Well how can one argue with the truth? LOL.


Animal-Speaker Bard 5 | HP 49/49 | AC:15 T:11 FF:14 CMD: 16 | F+6 R+7 W+6 (+1 vs disease or poison) | Init +1 | Per +9 | Sense Motive +14 | Stealth +6
resources:
song 18/18, spells -/5/3

I'm a little sad; I was keen on handing out the Rage spell, but this isn't really the party for it. I guess I can still give it to my summons.

Scarab Sages

Male Human (Garundi) Priest of Nethys 5 | HP 43/43 | AC 17 T 13 FF 15 | CMD 18 | Fort +6 Ref +3 Will +5 | Init +2 | Perc +1 | SM +1 | arcane pool: 7/7
Vandilo Kalmeralm wrote:

I mean PFS style as in we divvy everything up in the way that makes most sense until we reach the Chronicle point in the AP then everything gets "sold" back to The Pathfinder Society and we each get a set amount of GP and the ability to buy certain items from the Chronicle, etc. Hopefully prestiege to :)

Woah! I didn't realize you were Choamski Telka! Great to run with you again, thankfully this time I am not playing a surly scabbard chucking masochist :) I am terrible at putting character and forum names together.

No, playing an AP in "campaign mode" for PFS credit basically means we can ignore all PFS rules while we are playing and at the end of each book we'll get a chronicle sheet to apply to one of our PFS characters. Besides, the chronicles are only worth 1 level (3 XP) per book so we'd be way behind on gold if we just went with what's on the chronicles.

In other words, the chronicles will have absolutely no effect on these characters. So we can just handle loot as you would in any other home-game; we keep what we want and sell what we don't.


Zeltyieli's Vitals:
(HP: 52/52; AC: 20/14/16; Percep: +16; Init: +4; Fort +8, Ref: +7, Will: +10 [+13 charm; +12 illusions]; CMD: 20; CMB +6; Speed: 50)
Male Half-Elf Cleric (Varisian Pilgrim) 7
Liviana's Vitals:
(HP: 65/65; AC: 20/14/16; Percep: +10; Init: +4; Fort +9, Ref: +11, Will: +1; CMD: 23; CMB +9; Speed: 30)

I'm good with more or less any fair means of division.... especially one that avoids having perfectly good equipment not being used before a "split" point.

Sczarni

HP 9/9 | AC 12 | T 12 | FF 10 | CMD 12 | Fort +2 | Ref +2 | Will +2 | Init +3 | Perc +4 | SM +4 | Prescience 2/7

You can do that, but you do not have to is my reading - you can pretty much run the AP how you want I think? But the levels bit is a very good point I had not appreciated.

My preferred method in home games is to track all "treasure sale values", allotting each player a share. If anyone wants an item they pay its sale value from their share. I preserve a proscribed method because I am a money grubbing mercenary who will claim everything that isn't nailed down and I assume that at least some people have my tendencies :)

So for this loot it would be

Ring of Featherfall 1000gp
Silver Dagger 161gp
3 Garnets 150gp
Total Sale Value 1311gp
Share = 262.2gp

No issues with people owing the party it often makes more sense that way, if two or more people want the same item roll off highest wins, etc. I would also be happy to put in an extra share for party equipment, etc., if people wish.

Thoughts?

Grand Lodge

As Ramenhotep points out, loot won't be handled à la PFS, but like a home campaign (which it is, really). You'll get chronicle sheets for the parts you complete, but they don't have any bearing on the game.

I'd highly suggest using a loot spreadsheet (there are some around, like in EF's RotRL campaign for example), with one of you as "accountant". I'm not well-versed with those (and don't have time for it, frankly), so it would be best if someone among the players would do it.

That being said, you'll do what you want with the loot. If you want to sell all of it so that everyone can hand-pick the items he wants, no problem. I'm just not sure it's the best course of action.

Scarab Sages

Male Human (Garundi) Priest of Nethys 5 | HP 43/43 | AC 17 T 13 FF 15 | CMD 18 | Fort +6 Ref +3 Will +5 | Init +2 | Perc +1 | SM +1 | arcane pool: 7/7

Yes, I have several PbP APs going and they all use GoogleDoc spreadsheets. Each game has elected one person as the main accountant who takes the responsibility of keeping track of loot on the spreadsheet but everyone else can edit it if they would like to claim an item found or buy something with party gold. If someone doesn't claim an item after a while, the accountant can sell it and keep a running total of party gold somewhere on the sheet.

As the GM I like it because the players take care of things and I don't have to worry. The players seem to like that method, although this will be my first real experience with it from the player side.


Morrigan: Female Bleachling Cavalier, HP: 14/14, AC: 19/14/17, SV: 5/2/0, INIT: +2, CMB: +2, CMD: 15, ATT: Falchion +3 (1d6+6), Perception: +0 Chitterspite: Small Giant Spider Animal Companion, HP: 9/9, CMB: -2, CMD: 11, Saves: 3/6/Mindless, Att: Bite +5 (1d4 + 4 rnds, 1 Str damage Fort 11), Perception: +0
Ramenhotep the Risen wrote:
Yes, I have several PbP APs going and they all use GoogleDoc spreadsheets. Each game has elected one person as the main accountant who takes the responsibility of keeping track of loot on the spreadsheet but everyone else can edit it if they would like to claim an item found or buy something with party gold. If someone doesn't claim an item after a while, the accountant can sell it and keep a running total of party gold somewhere on the sheet.

I like this.

I prefer shares and buying loot from the party because I'm the type who saves up for big items like armor. This can be a little disadvantageous when all the little items get spread out rather than converted to "shares."

That is a lot of fuss however.

I am on board for whatever the party likes. The next item Morrigan will want is MW armor, then a MW lance, then magic armor, then a magic lance. As you can see, all are big ticket items and unlikely to just drop.

I do not have time to keep track of the loot. I would therefore prefer that my vote goes to the person who is keeping track of the loot. In my world, you do the work, you get the votes.


Morrigan: Female Bleachling Cavalier, HP: 14/14, AC: 19/14/17, SV: 5/2/0, INIT: +2, CMB: +2, CMD: 15, ATT: Falchion +3 (1d6+6), Perception: +0 Chitterspite: Small Giant Spider Animal Companion, HP: 9/9, CMB: -2, CMD: 11, Saves: 3/6/Mindless, Att: Bite +5 (1d4 + 4 rnds, 1 Str damage Fort 11), Perception: +0
Vandilo Kalmeralm wrote:
As for the items we have I would suggest the Ring of Featherfall for Morrigan since she will be presumably riding her mount up walls, etc. How are you handling the spiders small size BTW, by the rules a small character should not be able to ride a small creature.

I hadn't not honestly considered doing anything other than RAW. My spider will be a non-ridable mount until 4th level, after which I will ride it. I am roleplaying this as "training" it and raising it until it is medium.

I love your suggestion, but it is all benefit and no cost for me. I could have had a wolf if I'd wanted one, and chose the harder route. I'm okay with that.

Scarab Sages

Male Human (Garundi) Priest of Nethys 5 | HP 43/43 | AC 17 T 13 FF 15 | CMD 18 | Fort +6 Ref +3 Will +5 | Init +2 | Perc +1 | SM +1 | arcane pool: 7/7

I would offer to do loot but I'm very busy finishing up my thesis for the rest of the month and this fall I'm starting my doctorate in genetics; I wouldn't want to fall behind if people are relying on me as the accountant person.

Sczarni

HP 9/9 | AC 12 | T 12 | FF 10 | CMD 12 | Fort +2 | Ref +2 | Will +2 | Init +3 | Perc +4 | SM +4 | Prescience 2/7

I would be happy to do it, but I've little experience with spreadsheets. Could you direct me to one from one of your campaigns so I can shamelessly copy it Endlessforms? If anyone else has the time and inclination they are of course more than welcome :)


Animal-Speaker Bard 5 | HP 49/49 | AC:15 T:11 FF:14 CMD: 16 | F+6 R+7 W+6 (+1 vs disease or poison) | Init +1 | Per +9 | Sense Motive +14 | Stealth +6
resources:
song 18/18, spells -/5/3

I made and manage the spreadsheet for EF's campaigns (as well as 2 others). I can do it for this campaign, or at least help. I've tweaked it so you can split up the loot a variety of ways and it has a fair number of bells and whistles, but it still has a few bugs and usability issues.

So far it sounds like the vote is to have no "party money" and just have individual money.

Really, at this point I should just write a web app :)

Here is a new sheet:
Lithrac's ShatStart Loot Sheet

Bare link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aq42_AldkhMwdElUMHkzb1JFWTA2N2 M4d3ZNS2NGR1E&usp=sharing

For comparison, this is what I have for EF's loot sheet, which is current to that campaign:
Comparative Link

So, the main problem with it right now is usability. So, if you have any input in that regard Broken Prince I'm all ears (well, ears and tusks). I can also walk you through some of the code if you wish (google spreadsheets has some interesting features not available in, say, excel.

Sczarni

HP 9/9 | AC 12 | T 12 | FF 10 | CMD 12 | Fort +2 | Ref +2 | Will +2 | Init +3 | Perc +4 | SM +4 | Prescience 2/7

I am a but confused did we go to the tower because we want to use the quick route to get to the gangs old tower? I assume that they are not the same tower because being a gang in the same tower as the watch seems like a bad idea :)

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