General disscussion, strategy planning and out of character stuff goes here as per usual.
Couple of updates.
1. Roosevelt has convinced me to do background skills, its a pretty easy conversion to do. there is a guide here: http://www.d20pfsrd.com/skills/background-skills
basically it splits skill into adventuring and background and allows you guys to more easily have a craft that may have helped support you through the years. or an interest in the case of the knowledge skills that are background. Roosevelt for example wants to be a baker and hopes to acquire a mithril waffle iron
2. I plan to put the first post up on the gameplay tab around noon EST
Some more character stuff:
Ragha I'm going to let you know that as of this moment our Zen archer's family was killed by your and your fathers tribe and has sworn revenge. This to me will be an EXTREMELY interesting event, the discover of your connection that is. I am going to give you two the opportunity to switch the backstory before its glued in place Sunday, i will be sad to see it go, but 100% understand if you want to avoid a potential inter-party war.
Malthu you're good right now.
Yeah, I'm sure the hold of Belkzen's a great place to open up a coffee shop/bakery, am I right?
Anywho, I'm really excited to get this show on the road. Congrats to the new guys, looking forward to playing with you!
Oh, man, I'd love to visit a coffee shop, can I grab a job there? Also, the one thing I can see that might be abusable with the background skills system might be 1 linguistics rank (and thus a new language) every level, this okay? I'll probably only do it 1st level, to be able to learn orcish, but just curious.
On the other hand, nice to meet you guys, love the avatar, Malthu, and I look forward to seeing what happens with the mesmer :D
(I'm the zen archer)
if you could all format your class/level section to be like Roosevelt's, that would be awesome.
Got it, think that should be good
Don't need to put quite that many skills unless you want them there. Really only need perception and stealth isnt a bad idea.
Hey Guys!
Really excited to start playing with everyone! ^_^
Also, knowledge (Religion) is supposed to be an adventuring skill, but is it ok if I have it as a Background skill? It fits into my character's background since I would have learned about religion through Kent (the Human Holy-man who I worked for when I first came to Trunau)
Edit: Also, this is my first play-by-post so just let me know if I do anything wrong/out of character, or if I should be doing anything that I'm not doing (I won't take offense :D ) Thanks!
Hello all
I'll have to figure out what background skills would suit Ragha and I'll get to updating the character line as soon as I can.
The reason they have Knowledge: Religion as an adventuring skill is that it identifies monsters and can point to their weaknesses. If it fits you background you could also take the Lore skill for a specific god, though that's rather redundant with Knowledge: Religion.
It's up to GM ERK of course.
Another thing I noticed Rurik is that you have the Black Sun tribe harassing your village. The Black Sun however are purely mercenaries working for the highest, usually Orcish, bidder. That might mean there is someone more powerful who paid them to attack your people. Just an idea.
On the shared background, that can work just fine. I do note that Ragha's father has nothing to do with the Defiled Corpse tribe. He was the chief of the Broken Spine tribe, in which Ragha was born, and now is the chief of the small Bearslayer tribe. The latter has been active for about 3 years, assuming we use the Golarion date the AP was released.
This would mean it was the Broken Spine that attacked Rormar's family.
I don't see a potential for prolonged inter-party war: Ragha has no love for the Broken Spine tribe and while she has some love for her bastard she fully realises he's a nasty piece of work. There is a reason she has been providing Helgra with information about her father.
In the end Rorgrim may not like Ragha when he finds out but I don't see a reason for long lasting conflict once the situation becomes clear. Ragha herself wouldn't really care in the first place. She was raised an orc, having enemies and living with them is something you learn early on.
How long ago was the Orc raid that got Roosevelt into Trunau? If it was no more than 3 years ago it could be the Bearslayer tribe behind it. This would bring Roosevelt, Rormar and Ragha together via a single orc: Kroghut.
Ragha is not devoted to a single god by the way, which is just fine as she's not a divine caster. She'll say her prayers to whichever divinity she thinks most suited for the problem at hand. She does not shy away from evil beings when it comes to this, with the Orcish goddess Dretha being the most common of these evil gods (in short, she's the goddess of orc women, birth, fertility and death).
We have a lot of R-names. Even Malthu has a big R in there.
Rurik I like Ragha's suggestion of adding a lore skill for your god. Lore is like craft in that it can describe just about anything
Also, on the Kroghut connection. I wasnt quite sure about Ragha's feelings towards her father.
Malthu, Ragha how long have you two been in Trunau.
No events Malthu should or shouldn't know about. Just was wondering if he knew vaguely of the others. You are all currently living in Trunau. So you all probably have some idea of who the others are. I believe Roosevelt has been around the longest though being ageless.
background skills looks good Malthu
Thanks Malthu. As for the front line, ideally Ragha weaves in and out of it. Setting up flanks, hitting where it hurts and then moving out of reach again. She also starts with the False Flanker trick to help set up a flank.
Ragha's connection with her father is complicated. On the one hand she's fond of him and owes him her life. On the other hand she knows he only protected her because she's his daughter, not because he actually cares for her. If it comes to it she'd just insist on a clean, swift kill. She feels she owes him that much.
As for how long she's been in Trunau, I'd say 2 to 2.5 years. She got in by handing in her weapons and vowing she bore Trunau no ill will. The Charm Person on the guard might also have helped.
I figured I'd clarify the choice for the Student of Giantkind campaign trait. It basically all comes from a single encounter with a specific giant when Ragha was a child. During the Flood Truce she once travelled to Wyvernsting with her mother (the one who raised her, not her biological mother) who originally was a member of the Murdered Child tribe. There Ragha met Delka the Thorn, a female taiga giant chieftain who allied herself with the Murdered Child tribe, and a personal friend of Ragha's (adoptive) grandmother. It was this encounter coupled with some later sightings of stone and fire giants that got her intrigued.
As far as background skills go, I'll pick either Perform: Oratory or Perform: Sing as one of them. For the other I'm not sure. The Lore things that would work for her are all covered by Knowledge: Local, which she has. I might go Sleight of Hand for the other but I'm not sure yet.
Sounds good, that needs to be decided on soon(like 2-3 days), but i doubt there will be many rolls before then. I'm getting a little antsy so i may put up the intro post tonight. then allow for some RP time. I know Romar won't be able to post tonight, but we would survive
Roosevelt's been in Trunau for no more than 3 years, he's not entirely sure exactly how long though. He doesn't really pay attention to that kind of stuff, seeing as he's spent most of his life in the First World, where ages really don't matter. I'm totally cool with me having that connection with Kroghut as well.
Yup feel free to fill in what your character did until Rodrick corrals you all together outside the Ramblehouse for a drink.
By the way, just out of curiosity, what time zone is everyone in, and what are your opinions on strong language?
1) eastern
2) no problem with it (though obviously have no problem if someone is not a fan)
1) eastern
2) fine with it too (I probably won't use it, but I don't mind others using it :) )
Eastern, and the forum has a word filter-not sure if the admins get mad if you use it too much/try to circumvent it.
Good to know, haha
Oh and is there a place for general costs of things? Realized I should have asked before we started... Don't want to have any more annoyed bartenders (or dwarves) :)
Eastern time. As Roosevelt said have some discretion dont want swears in every post. Its realistic i know, but dont want to get banned or shunned by the forums. :D
The link i put in my last post is what i will be going off of for basic food and drink. for everything else you could possibly want http://www.d20pfsrd.com/ is the best bet.
I'm in CEST (as in Central European Standard Time)
As far as language is concerned, I'm ok with swearing if it serves a purpose. If your character swears all the time I'd say it's better to revert to tame, old-fashioned swearing (bloody this and bloody that). It gets the point across and isn't offensive to (most) modern readers.
Agreed with the old-fashioned swearing. If someone dies or something incredible happens feel free to bring out the s+%#s and such.
Haha. Giantslayer! waaaa murder mystery?? A giant attack would've been the obvious beginning.
Also just an FYI as you search places like Rodrick's room. please be specific. Not just i search the room. Do something along the lines of I tear open the mattress and search inside. That's not a hint.
Ragha can be good cop, she'd just need someone else to function as her ears. She is skilled in Bluff, Diplomacy and Intimidate but Sense Motive is not her strong point.
Ah, knew I should have taken sense motive first level, I've got +4 as it is, which is better than nothing, I suppose
I messaged Rurik about that. I told Rormar since its my fault he didn't take it.(I thought it was cha based instead of wis. So I figured Ragha and Roosevelt would have it covered) He could move a skill point. Sorry!
@DM ERK: I'll be out of town from today until Sunday, by the way. I'll make sure I still get my 1/day in, but I probably can't promise more than that
you know I was thinking about it, but I didn't say anything since I'd have expected cham would have mentioned it
It was interesting how you guys didn't question Cham at all until now.
Also thanks for letting me know Rormar. I'll make a Rormarbot post if its 8pm estate and been more than 24hrs since the last from you. Enjoy the trip
Also Ragha and malthu, assume you two are travelling to Sara's now. Gonna let the other three do a little catch up and have you guys meet up there if nothing in their plans change. After all you guys travelled across town. All they have done is search a room. The time scale probably doesn't quite add up yet. So talk amongst yourselves.
Just a bit of a summary post for you guys.
What you know.
The hopeknife found on Rodrick was not his own because it was not Brinya's.
Brinya told you Rodrick had been on an investigation. While she didnt know much she told you that as a writer he has a notebook(this is something i think i had her say, and should have had her say so if its not in the actual posts fill it in whereever in your minds haha. I know one of you asked about it)/, and that he had been going to the Sanctuary more than usual. Malthu you probably saw him there a few times.
At the Ramblehouse, a note was found in a mystery man's room. The note mentions a Merlira and things proceeding as planned except for a patrol captain interfering(who wouldnt be a problem much longer) . You also found a receipt to Sara's shop. For a hopeknife with "For Rodrick my love on it." engraved on it being made by a Urnsul
Leads still to follow:
Omast
The Sanctuary/the corpse
You're currently following the hopeknife lead.
The missing Journal
Just noticed your clues, it's much appreciated!
Also, looks like in the campaign intro book, his name is spelled "Rodrik", so not a clue, I'd presume
It's true. I goofed on the firest few posts so I just kept going with the c
By the way, want me to change my name? I'd probably have to make a new character to do it, but I think it should be possible/reasonable
Nope.
Also I'm only having creatures that are exactly the same going in the same initiative. So if there was say an alpha wolf or a bear it would have its own roll.
I will be betting Roosevelt tonight if he doesn't post by time I gethink a chance to post from home.
Hello guys
I'll be retracting from this game.
I have been very absent for quite a while and my interest in this game has waned. I don't think it's fair to you guys and the GM if I hang around just doing the bare minimum to stay involved. As such I think you will be better of with someone with a more vested interest in this game.
I wish you all the best of luck and great fun with the continuation of your fight against the Orcs and later Giants of Belkzen and beyond.
I understand Ragha. It was fun playing with you though!
Also on an unrelated note, I'm camping for the weekend so won't be able to post till Monday. Feel free to bot me if needed!