GM ShadowLord's Rise of the Runelords Campaign (Inactive)

Game Master GM ShadowLord

I'll give you guys until tomorrow to split things up and figure things out. That gives me time to recover from my travel today. I'll move it along tomorrow with Delendir's suggestion if no one adds anything else.

I'm fine with what he suggests, doesn't bother me in the least.

Regarding maps, this is my experience about all the mapping methods I have seen used in these boards. You probably are aware of most or all of them.

You sure have noticed, my favourite is using Google Slides (Presentations).

It is light-weight, can be modified from everywhere with a browser, and differently than with Google Draws, you can use their Presentations APP to modify it with your phone/tablet without the need of a desktop. And it is quite straightforward to use if you are used to Office-like applications.

Plus you can access the last modifications to wee what exactly have been the last movements or what was the situation at a previous round, as well as easily draw area effects and the like.

You can keep edition locked and only share in view mode to maintain the same effect you are doing right now, while using grey shapes to hide non-visited areas.

Other methods I've seen:
Google Draws: Almost same advantages as Slides, but there is no APP to modify it from a phone/tablet.
Roll20: Great functionalities for the GM, but a bit too heavy. It lacks the ability to see what was the previous situation, and requires a payment account for players to view the table from a phone/tablet.
Ditzie: You can see previous turns, but you need to repost a new link to the map on each turn, which is a bit tiring. It lacks ability to draw area effects.
Images: They usually require the most time to set and manage by the GM, but they are fully compatible to view from all devices, even the oldest phones.
PDFs: As images but cannot be viewed from old phones.

I am open to try out any number of them until you find the one you feel most comfortable with :)

I'd like to use slides. Access from my mobile or tablet quite often :)

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Hey guys, sorry for the lack of posting. I was in Chicago the last few days. Flew in yesterday, then had a flurry of work to get done to catch up today. Should be back in the saddle tomorrow, so bear with me. :)

It is ok, I guess there will be people at GenCon now, and then holidays come also :P

Still waiting on Elisai, at the moment.

Whoops, for some reason my post didn't carry through, fixing now.

Huh, missed this

Got myself leveled up, took deific obedience for my feat, and added in the details of what it does. I intend to start in on the Evangelist prc next level.

Delendir 5th level

HP: +9
Favoured class: hp
Trap (trapper archetype): snare trap and sleet trap
Favoured enemy: giants +4
Feat: Additional traits
Traits:
Deadeye Bowman (Erastil religion trait) [Inner Sea Gods]: When you are using a longbow, if only a single creature is providing soft cover to your target, your target does not receive the +4 bonus to AC. (if this is not available I will look for a different feat)
Indomitable Faith (faith trait): You were born in a region where your faith was not popular, but you still have never abandoned it. Your constant struggle to maintain your own faith has bolstered your drive. You gain a +1 trait bonus on Will saves. (Erastil seems not to be a favored god for the elves. Thus it fits good to my background)
Skills:
perception
survival
disable device
handle animal
k. nature
ride
stealth

Animal companion (Ghina):
HP: +6
Feat: dodge
Skills:
acrobatics

Updated, and still the tankiest. :D

Updated Tal, just 2 more spells and finally level 3 spells.
Got haste and dispel magic for now. Need some money to get more useful spells. Maybe from the spellbook, but also from other sources.

Need to pick a feat. Thinking of improved familiar for a nice sprite which is a great scout, or something I haven't thought of yet.

Updated Elisai. Picked up the mirror image spell, because Elisai is in melee a lot and that might help her out a bit. Spell Kenning is online, so I picked up Expanded Spell Kenning (the feat) for a 1/day ability to cast a spell as a full round action from the bard/witch/druid/cleric/wizard spell list which is pretty neat.

If you want Improved Familiar, I usually prefer picking it up at 7th level, just because I feel like there are a ton more options like Azata/Imp/Dragon/etc but each to his own I guess. my PFS Conjuration Wizard took Improved Familiar at level 5 to get an air elemental so it could speed around "touching" everything - that was really fun.

I could always switch to another familiar at lvl 7 couldn't I? Or am I missing a specific rule there?

I think you have to follow the same rules as changing/replacing a familiar. You only get one "free upgrade" when you take the feat.

Where to now, guys? Exploring the rest of the house, or returning to Sandpoint?

I'd prefer to return to Sandpoint, but thats just me.

From the note I would say returning to Sandpoint, unless you others think there's something in the house we might lose. But it seems a bit scary to say truth.

I'd just go for torching it. Don't want to run into other haunts or leave them for potential looters or kids running about.

She's back!

SQQQQQQQQQQQQQQUUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Hello, everyone. I've missed you. Jessica, I hope you've been a little bad in my absence. Sunday, I know you've been a good boy.

*sniff* I've tried.

Sorry to disappoint you oh Wicked one, but I've been a perfect angel.

You and I need to go out on the town together, then, dear.

Don't forget Shayliss!

Why does that sound like a recipe for disaster, the goody two-shoes spending a night on the town with the Wicked one.

Woohoo! Good to see you back!

Too bad you missed Aldern's um, imaginative portrayals of Kiley in the buff.

Needless to say, they met a fiery end.

GRACE!

Ok...so it seems we have some members who want to go back to Sandpoint, and the rest want to go back to Sandpoint, but want to burn Foxglove Manor down first. Let's make some decisions and get rolling!

I'd avoid the burning (at first) simply because we didn't explore the rest of the building at all. We could find more victims, more correspondence between Aldern and Xen or the Brothers, more Kiley pinups, and/or items of use.

I hope Tal has Spark prepared. We are burning any more that we find.

I hope someone saved one!

How old is Kiley anyway? I keep thinking she's 12.

17. She was 12 when the Late Unpleasantness occurred.

In that case, Grace shall wait one more year.

Then there will be a party.

And hello, Elisai, dear. I've missed your angry voice and passion.

Ah, but remember Grace, it is a fantasy setting where you're generally considered an adult at age 15/16.

True. So very, very true.

I suppose we should have the party now.

>.>
<.<

:3

You know, if Kiley wanted more of those pictures that Foxglove gave her, theres always Raise Dead...

OOC: Heh, I wonder what you have in mind for poor Kiley.

IC: A party? Wait, what kind of party? *Narrows eyes.*

The 'best' kind of party, of course.

I'm going to assume you guys just leave and go back to Sandpoint if there are no further developments by this evening.

Hmm, from the Dirty Tactics Toolbox:

Wasp Familiar
The goddess of lust, revenge, and trickery has granted you a living sting to show her favor in you.
Prerequisites: Chaotic neutral alignment, worshiper of Calistria.
Benefit: You gain a familiar as per the arcane bond class feature, using your character level as your wizard level. The familiar is a cat-sized, chaotic neutral wasp loyal to you. Use the statistics for a greensting scorpion familiar (Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Magic 188), but give it a base speed of 10 feet, a fly speed of 40 feet (average), no Climb bonus, and Fly +7. If you have the ability to gain a familiar through other means (such as the arcane bond class feature), and you are at least 5th level, instead use the statistics for an imp, but replace the invisibility spell-like ability with an unnatural lustUM (DC 14) spell-like ability usable three times per day. You can have only one familiar.
If you ever grossly violate the code of conduct required by Calistria (a violation of the scale that would cause a cleric of Calistria to lose all spells and class features), your familiar turns on you and attacks you until it is killed. To regain a familiar, you must atone for your deeds with the atonement spell, and pay to have the slain familiar raised from the dead. If your familiar is slain or lost through other means, you can replace it using the normal rules for replacing familiars.
Special: This feat can be taken a second time by characters of 7th or higher level if they do not otherwise have access to familiars. Such characters have access to a wasp familiar that uses the statistics for an imp, as described above.

Oooh, I need to grab that on a charactwr or two, that's just awesome!

I can see Nessa cuddling and cooing to it already :3

Oh yeah, she was the one I was thinking of.

:3

That would work wonderfully on a Exalted of Calistria PC I built but never got around to playing. God that would be so good to play.