Oleg and the Svetlanas
Your singing skills far outstrip your band-naming skills, haha.
Sidenote: I'm having a bit of a busy week so posting will be infrequent for a bit. I'm still here though. :)
Your singing skills far outstrip your band-naming skills, haha.
Tiny Insane Dragons?
The Greenbelt Gypsies?Lunch Date With Kressel?
Yeah, my band-naming skills are pretty bad :)
So lay out the plan once Asha is delivered. Where to from there? Check the calendar - which, by the way, isn't just for me. It's a resource for the campaign, and anyone can fill it out. Just remember there is limited space in each date.
I haven't been able to fill out the calendar. I recall the plan being we go around the river, so I'd suggest we go C4 (Pharast 31) -> D4 (Gozran 1) to start, once we drop off Asha. Each hex should take one day to explore.
We will have to wrestle with this, eventually the map will extend both left and right of the current map.
We can go reversi to the left. So the map would eventually look like:
cc, bb, aa... c, b, a, A, B, C... AA, BB, CC...IOBARA!
We should probably also start a conversation about what everyone wants to do with our kingdom, when we found it. Some example questions:
What type of government does your character want?
What type of roles are you wanting for your character?
Any specific buildings, that you'd like to build, or other kingdom-specific things you want?
For my part...
What type of government does your character want?
Talia, of course, wants to be the queen of a powerful monarchy. Well, she will when she realizes it is an option. She has had her head filled with all sorts of progressive Andoran ideas about liberty and such, so she may settle for a parlimentary republic or some such thing, as long as there's a place for her in the power structure, and increased power for House Khavortorov in some way or another.
What type of roles are you wanting for your character?
Although Talia will want to be queen, I (Fighting Chicken) would be fine with some other form of government, and/or a different role for Talia. She'd also make a good diplomat, magister, and perhaps spymaster.
Any specific buildings, that you'd like to build, or other kingdom-specific things you want?
Talia will be looking to see the arts funded heavily by the country. She'd like to see a huge theater built, as well as a bardic college and a corp of poet-warriors to serve as an honor guard.
As for the kingdom itself, she'd like to see a place where the natural resources are responsibly stewarded, immigration is welcomed (except for those from Galt), and citizens have inalienable rights (even if she still, at heart believes that there is something special about nobility).
Okay, as for where we're going. Well we can keep heading south, or we can go ahead and map out the rest of the North part of the map. I'd say we could go from C3 across to a3 exploring as we go, and then head north exploring hexes as we go to fill in the whole northern part of the map.
As for Kingdom Building...
What type of government does your character want?
Gavriil is all about freedom to do want you want so long as it doesn't hurt others. So the Parliament would be fine with him.
What type of roles are you wanting for your character?
Hmmm.... I don't think Gavriil would make a very good ruler, though that's what I made him for initially. I'd have to say Spymaster, General, or Councillor would work for him.
Any specific buildings, that you'd like to build, or other kingdom-specific things you want?
Well, Gavriil will want a tavern and a brothel... But at the start I think we should focus on making money and keeping everyone safe. As we expand we can worry about what we want specifically.
Lunch Date With Kressel, I like that one.
What type of government does your character want?
Monarchy, as proper and expected in that place, day and age. Lawful good, of course.
What type of roles are you wanting for your character?
Magnitofera will aim for Queen too, giving Talia run for her money, but she will realize she has no chance with Talia around. In that case she will aim for General.
Any specific buildings, that you'd like to build, or other kingdom-specific things you want?
Magna will want a Temple of Torag / Big Forge built, and a dwarf community settled out in the new kingdom.
She is about firm and just laws as a base for a organized and prosperous hard working society.
Gavriil and Talia can get married, and rule together!
Magna will be very much against a brothel...
Ahhhh.... Magna.... Always there to kill Gavriil's fun :) like said... We don't need it, but I know he'd be distressed without one.
I'd say we could go from C3 across to a3 exploring as we go, and then head north exploring hexes as we go to fill in the whole northern part of the map.
I like this plan. Don't forget your exploration rolls, folks!
I'd have to say Spymaster, General, or Councillor would work for him.
I could totally see Gavriil as a Spymaster. He's just got that rogue-ish nature. The other roles I could see him in as well, but for whatever reason, I think he'd be a really good (though much more moral) Littlefinger-type.
Well, Gavriil will want a tavern and a brothel... But at the start I think we should focus on making money and keeping everyone safe. As we expand we can worry about what we want specifically.
Wait, you don't want to plunk down all our starting resources on a grand opera house (Wis 8 talking here)? Seriously, though - I agree on focusing on making money and keeping everyone safe. We'll have to crawl before we can walk, before we can put on musical theater!
Lunch Date With Kressel, I like that one.
Hehe, I like that one too.
What type of roles are you wanting for your character?
Magnitofera will aim for Queen too, giving Talia run for her money, but she will realize she has no chance with Talia around. In that case she will aim for General.
I actually think Magna would make a better ruler than Talia - Talia's a little too self-centered and ambitious (though I hope she grows to be more altruistic as time goes on). Magna, on the other hand, would be pretty just, and has shown more compassion to this point than Talia is capable of (unless it serves the playwright to be so).
But Magna'd also make a pretty bad-ass General, Marshal or Warden in my opinion as well.
Magna will want a Temple of Torag / Big Forge built, and a dwarf community settled out in the new kingdom.
She is about firm and just laws as a base for a organized and prosperous hard working society.
Interesting. As Magna and Gavriil are at fairly opposite ends of the morality spectrum (or the virtue spectrum at least), perhaps we should set up a canton system, with largely local governance in place, whereby different areas can design the laws that they need to best represent their people? Thus, Magna's dwarf canton (or dwarf district) could be filled with industrious hard working dwarves, while Gavriil's could be filled with brothels and taverns? Once one crosses into a different canton/district/whatever, some of the laws change (while others would remain static - big picture stuff like not murdering people and military service).
I dunno. Its a thought, but it seems complicated.
Gavriil and Talia can get married, and rule together!
Ha! Talia's too fond of Gavriil to marry the guy!
Magna is on to something about the monarchy. Remember this is a fantasy-medieval setting, and monarchies are what people know and understand. Just having a king/queen doesn't mean you can't be an enlightened/benevolent ruler. What is happening in Andoran is sen by most as an aberration - the Galtan example taking personal freedoms to the extreme ala the French Revolution.
A suggestion on the building: pay attention to the buildings that give discounts on other buildings. This can make things cheaper in the long run.
As far as roles/responsibilities: you may have picked up on it, but I've started to groom two NPCs to help fill the empty spots.
Does anyone have the kingdom building rules? We will use Ultimate Campaign if you have them.
What type of government does your character want?
What type of roles are you wanting for your character?
Any specific buildings, that you'd like to build, or other kingdom-specific things you want?
These are questions that Dregan is quiet happy to leave to those more intelligent and learned. He would assume that we would have a monarchy, although title of the king or queen uses is another matter. Duke or Duchess, or Prince or Princess might be less threatening to our neighbour.
Dregan wouldn't want any role in the government. But his skills are best placed in a law-man type role (Marshal, Royal enforcer or Warden).
Dregan would want to make sure the safety of our citizens are looked after before their creature comforts. And find it odd that the country would even think of building a brothel or even a tavern, surely someone else would build that sort of thing.
I've read over the kingdom building rules but never used them.
Right, a monarchy is the way to go. What are we, Aldoran anarchists? Galtan terrorists?
About the Kingdom building rules, they can be found:
- On Paizo
- On D20PfSrd
Magna is on to something about the monarchy. Remember this is a fantasy-medieval setting, and monarchies are what people know and understand. Just having a king/queen doesn't mean you can't be an enlightened/benevolent ruler. What is happening in Andoran is sen by most as an aberration - the Galtan example taking personal freedoms to the extreme ala the French Revolution.
I figure the play that got Talia put on the run out of Brevoy was seditious in a couple of ways - 1) it poked a lot of fun at the Surtovas, but 2) it probably contained a lot of veiled allusions to revolution and the power of the people, as Talia's an educated young lady who thinks of herself as at the cutting edge of artistic thought. Of course, when it comes down to it, she's probably a lot more comfortable with traditional roles for nobility, and would be perfectly happy with this if she's part of the ruling structure.
As far as roles/responsibilities: you may have picked up on it, but I've started to groom two NPCs to help fill the empty spots.
Does anyone have the kingdom building rules? We will use Ultimate Campaign if you have them.
I can't wait for Nat to become Grand Diplomat!
Seriously though, I like having the important PCs with their own icons.
I've got UC. I've also got Legendary Games's Ultimate Rulership and Ultimate Battle, and they're both pretty great additions. They were also written by Jason Nelson, who wrote the UC rules, so they mesh really well. I'd be happy to share them as a read only document with everyone if that doesn't break Paizo's TOS.
Dregan wouldn't want any role in the government. But his skills are best placed in a law-man type role (Marshal, Royal enforcer or Warden).
Dregan will likely be the most singly accomplished woodsman and scout in our fledgling kingdom, so Talia will convince him to get into the government ;)
Right, a monarchy is the way to go. What are we, Aldoran anarchists? Galtan terrorists?
Haha that's great. Talia's intrigued by the Andorans but she thinks the Galtans are just a bunch of incompetents.
Naralesh is made for the Magister role. He's got no desire to govern, but he has a natural talent for organization and a firm belief in the importance of education, so he's a natural fit for that role's responsibilities. He's also very familiar with agriculture, but I'm not sure there's a role specifically geared for that.
He's comfortable with a monarchy or a less traditional form of government, as long as the people are well-treated.
As far as buildings, he'll want lots of farms, and want them well-connected with roads and the infrastructure necessary to get their goods where they're needed - and to make sure they're well-defended from threats to the kingdom. Schools and universities, especially for studying magic, are another priority of his.
Naralesh is made for the Magister role. He's got no desire to govern, but he has a natural talent for organization and a firm belief in the importance of education, so he's a natural fit for that role's responsibilities. He's also very familiar with agriculture, but I'm not sure there's a role specifically geared for that.
He's comfortable with a monarchy or a less traditional form of government, as long as the people are well-treated.
As far as buildings, he'll want lots of farms, and want them well-connected with roads and the infrastructure necessary to get their goods where they're needed - and to make sure they're well-defended from threats to the kingdom. Schools and universities, especially for studying magic, are another priority of his.
Naralesh and Talia's goals align nicely.
Exploration map updated with the small letters (a, b, c) to denote columns to the west (left) of A, B, C...
Did the map itself disappear? I can't see it, just the text parts.
Found it, its to the side, not under anymore.
Yes, sorry - I moved it, can't remember why, but it made sense at the time.
Exploration map updated. I moved the map back down below the text.
Nice post from Talia
Thanks, Magna! That was a fun one to write - once OGGM put the bit about no matter how we turn, the rain drives into our faces, I knew that Talia would be miserable!
I'm going away to a friend's wedding I'll be back next Monday. Please bot me if required.
I will be out of town on business until Sunday - will return with dice sharpened and typing fingers warmed up.
Have a nice trip, OGGM!
I will also be out of town this weekend.
Playing Pathfinder at a convention, because that is apparently all I do with my life. :P
I'll be back Monday.
Was it a good convention, Naralesh?
It was! It's THURSDAY and I'm still exhausted, though. I barely slept - my boyfriend and another friend came to stay with me for the whole weekend (they play too), and we only got back to my apartment around 1 AM each night, then spent several hours preparing for the next day's games. I GM'd for two of the three days, including the infamous The Waking Rune, where a party of level 10s and 11s fights a 17th level wizard.
Amazing time, but it was very tiring, haha.
Good times!
It was! It's THURSDAY and I'm still exhausted, though. I barely slept - my boyfriend and another friend came to stay with me for the whole weekend (they play too), and we only got back to my apartment around 1 AM each night, then spent several hours preparing for the next day's games. I GM'd for two of the three days, including the infamous The Waking Rune, where a party of level 10s and 11s fights a 17th level wizard.
Amazing time, but it was very tiring, haha.
Sounds great! I've never heard of this Waking Rune, but that is a ridiculous fight. How'd it go for the players?
Sounds great! I've never heard of this Waking Rune, but that is a ridiculous fight. How'd it go for the players?It was! It's THURSDAY and I'm still exhausted, though. I barely slept - my boyfriend and another friend came to stay with me for the whole weekend (they play too), and we only got back to my apartment around 1 AM each night, then spent several hours preparing for the next day's games. I GM'd for two of the three days, including the infamous The Waking Rune, where a party of level 10s and 11s fights a 17th level wizard.
Amazing time, but it was very tiring, haha.
Well... they slaughtered him. Two archers beat him in initiative, one of them crit twice, and the other filled him with human bane arrows. It was an anti-climactic finish. I decided to do a "what if" situation and ran the fight for them as if he'd survived the first round, and they all really enjoyed that.
There was another table doing the same adventure at the same time, and they got annihilated. Four people died, two got breath of life'd back to life, and the remaining survivors all fled via plane shift because they couldn't touch him after a six hour battle. My table was all good friends of mine, so they were proud of being the victorious team - and well they should be. There's several challenges earlier in the dungeon (including one that penalizes the wizard's initiative score later... which turned out to be the crucial difference) and a combination of teamwork and good planning made it a breeze.
Sounds great! I've never heard of this Waking Rune, but that is a ridiculous fight. How'd it go for the players?It was! It's THURSDAY and I'm still exhausted, though. I barely slept - my boyfriend and another friend came to stay with me for the whole weekend (they play too), and we only got back to my apartment around 1 AM each night, then spent several hours preparing for the next day's games. I GM'd for two of the three days, including the infamous The Waking Rune, where a party of level 10s and 11s fights a 17th level wizard.
Amazing time, but it was very tiring, haha.
Well... they slaughtered him. Two archers beat him in initiative, one of them crit twice, and the other filled him with human bane arrows. It was an anti-climactic finish. I decided to do a "what if" situation and ran the fight for them as if he'd survived the first round, and they all really enjoyed that.
There was another table doing the same adventure at the same time, and they got annihilated. Four people died, two got breath of life'd back to life, and the remaining survivors all fled via plane shift because they couldn't touch him after a six hour battle. My table was all good friends of mine, so they were proud of being the victorious team - and well they should be. There's several challenges earlier in the dungeon (including one that penalizes the wizard's initiative score later... which turned out to be the crucial difference) and a combination of teamwork and good planning made it a breeze.
Haha that's great. I'm happy to see that given a good strategy and the initiative, the wizard doesn't always win.!
Hey folks, I'm traveling the next week and couple of days. I'm optimistic that I'll be able to post, but if everyone's waiting on me, please bot Talia.
She's not much use against undead, so I imagine with this fight she'll work the perimeters, using her scorpion whip to disarm if the undead have weapons and trip if they don't, and use the wand to heal anyone that is dire straights.
Cheers
Have fun
Haha that's great. I'm happy to see that given a good strategy and the initiative, the wizard doesn't always win.!
My wizards do not like archers. :P
I lost the map, and work is crazy. Let me get it back, and I will get this going again.
It's all good, OGGM! Take your time.
Hey folks, I'm traveling the next week and couple of days. I'm optimistic that I'll be able to post, but if everyone's waiting on me, please bot Talia.
She's not much use against undead, so I imagine with this fight she'll work the perimeters, using her scorpion whip to disarm if the undead have weapons and trip if they don't, and use the wand to heal anyone that is dire straights.
Cheers
Do not underestimate the power of the Grease spell at this level, or any level!
Yes, I am aware that the phrase "excited-looking corgi" is redundant. :P
Since the Celestial Corgi acts on my turn, I was planning to have attack, then enter total defense (which is a standard action, and doesn't "turn off" my threatening until I use the action), so that I could provide a flanking bonus prior to going defensive. That's why I was so specific as to the order of actions.
I spent several minutes deciding whether to just ready an action to enter total defense after the Corgi attacked, but figured it wasn't worth going into such detail about order of operations. If you like, I can be that specific in the future.
Ok, I understand what you were doing. The only comment I have is that I don't believe you would have that kind of coordination with a summoned creature. That's stretching it a bit far for my suspension of disbelief. Let's let it go for this combat because you made your plans around it, but keep it mind for future events.
I mean, what are the odds you'll get into combat again in this AP?
Answering Talia. The silver dagger is for two purposes: early-level encounters with lycanthropes, yes, and 2) always have a light weapon in case you are swallowed whole - not everyone can use a shortsword - so, a dagger.
Again, these are from years of hard lessons.
Answering Talia. The silver dagger is for two purposes: early-level encounters with lycanthropes, yes, and 2) always have a light weapon in case you are swallowed whole - not everyone can use a shortsword - so, a dagger.
Again, these are from years of hard lessons.
Duly noted. Talia will be making a couple of purchases when we get back to Oleg and Svetlana's place. Getting swallowed whole is pretty much THE bane of playwrights!
Naralesh hasn't quite bought all the "essential" adventuring gear yet because he's still learning. He'll get there. :)
Ok, I understand what you were doing. The only comment I have is that I don't believe you would have that kind of coordination with a summoned creature. That's stretching it a bit far for my suspension of disbelief. Let's let it go for this combat because you made your plans around it, but keep it mind for future events.
Roger roger. Every GM handles this sort of thing differently, and I shall ensure my maneuvers match up with that in future rounds!
After all, what are the odds I'll summon something again in this AP? :P
If we fight an archer again the chances might be slim...
If we fight an archer again the chances might be slim...
I will be fine barring another natural 20 *grumbles*.
Though I do have another eye. I don't need to be able to see to summon, right?