^^ Oohhhh, Talia's all about earning cred!
More wisdom 8 actions coming up!
I'm all about waiting for a player, but we are coming up on a month that we haven't heard from Magna/Corsario. We need to at least think about a deadline where we will begin searching for another. Any thoughts?
Do we need to search for another? We've got Kaalib here now, and that makes 5 if Magna doesn't make it back.
Does Gavriil feel comfortable being the front-liner? I suppose we'll be down healing a bit too, but Talia can out-of-combat heal fine, and Dregan could use a wand too.
Depends, are YOU comfortable with a scoundrel worried about his own self-preservation as your front liner? If so then yeah, sure I'll do it :)
Depends, are YOU comfortable with a scoundrel worried about his own self-preservation as your front liner? If so then yeah, sure I'll do it :)
Ha, yeah, that occurred to me as well, but I didn't want to say it :)
I hadn't discounted Gavriil, but it didn't seem like the role he was taking with his character. I have a PM out to Magna, so we'll see.
I'm happy either way. Bot Magna until we get back to the trading post then she can leave (stay there or get an urgent message or something). I don't mind not having a front line, it just means we have fight smart, but getting another player is fine too.
Sorry I've been spotty. I have a friend that's dying so I may not be very available for a week or two. I'll try to get a post up later.
Take the time you need. Sorry to hear about your friend - we'll be waiting when you're able.
My condolences, Kaalib.
Take your time Kaalib, we will fill in for you while you are out. Very sorry to hear about your friend.
Great post, Talia! We picked the right leader.
Thanks, Naralesh! Talia's a bit calculating and self-involved, but she's studied leadership at the feet of her family for her whole life. We'll see if the chief takes the offer...
Oh, and if it wasn't clear in the post, the gold bribe to the chief will be from Talia's share - she's not expecting anyone else to pay up when she's not consulted anyone about their willingness to do so. She's also been hoarding a bit of coin for circumstances just like this.
Just a quick warning. I am very busy at work currently so may be slow in posts. Sorry about that.
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I got a PM from Corsario/Magna. He's crazy busy, and apologizes for dropping off, but asks to dmnpc Magna or have he go away for a while until he can get it back together. Because I don't know how long it will be, and we're in a bit of a tight spot, I'll take over for a bit.
^ Excellent! I hope Magna's back soon!
Good luck with the work stuff, Dregan.
You do an excellent job of making sure our sacred hammer is just as aggravating to deal with as the real thing. ;) I hope Magna comes back soon too!
This Kingmaker's plot is getting so rich and involved that I would give anything to see our adventures adapted into a movie. I can picture it vividly.
(: I think I would go for a tv series. dealing with the kobolds would be one episode. In fact it would work fairly well on a star trek (original or next gen) mode, with generic exploring happening between episodes, basically with each episode starting with us finding something and occasional episodes where we defend the trading post. Later we might switch to more deep space 9 as we have a kingdom to run and deal with.
Yeah, that works better. I wonder who we would cast as our characters...
Jessica Chastain for Talia!
Orlando Bloom for Naralesh (because he's contractually obligated to be an elf in every fantasy movie made from now on, right?). Actually, Naralesh is a tough one - there's no Hollywood analog that comes to mind. Someone with a quiet, thoughtful demeanor. Patrick Wilson, perhaps?
Road Warrior era Mel Gibson for Dregan. I think that one's perfect.
Ellen Page for Magna (CGI'd to be a lot more stocky).
I'm not sure about Gavriil either. Seems like he's kind of a Gerard Butler to me.
Maybe Cary Elwes for Gavriil (he has the humour and he can fight, and can even speak in a British accent)
I like the Road Warrior era Mel Gibson for Dregan, I had been thinking Brendan Fraser most the for lovable idiot he plays so well.
Hugo Weaving is also contractually obligated to be an elf in every fantasy movie, right? And would provide a little more weathering to the face which I think would help Naralesh.
and Andy Serkis in a cgi suit for Kaalib cause you know the poor man will be stuck crawling around on the ground for the rest of his career.
If we are going to shorten someone for Magna how about Gwendoline Christie.
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I get Morgan Freeman.
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Maybe Cary Elwes for Gavriil (he has the humour and he can fight, and can even speak in a British accent)
I like the Road Warrior era Mel Gibson for Dregan, I had been thinking Brendan Fraser most the for lovable idiot he plays so well.
Hugo Weaving is also contractually obligated to be an elf in every fantasy movie, right? And would provide a little more weathering to the face which I think would help Naralesh.
and Andy Serkis in a cgi suit for Kaalib cause you know the poor man will be stuck crawling around on the ground for the rest of his career.
If we are going to shorten someone for Magna how about Gwendoline Christie.
Wow, you're good at this, Dregan - should move to Hollywood, be a casting director. I think your choices are great. Andy Serkis, haha, poor guy :)
Cary Elwes is perfect.
I get Morgan Freeman.
HAHAHA, yes! If he's not available, James Earl Jones makes a pretty great narrator too!
So, what do you all want to tackle next? I wouldn't mind finishing off row 4 and then heading down to 5.
What is the terrain in D4, OGGM?
Dregan's got his new bow so is happy to go after the stag lord, but maybe fill in some map until Magna is back with us.
Yeah sounds good go along row 4 then back along 5, might even hit the staglord somewhere on 5.
Were the kobolds in D4?
Did we get any loot worth mentioning from the mites?
I wasn't a huge fan of Hugo Weaving's appearance as an elf. He didn't really sell the "immortal, eternally young" elven look as well as the rest of the cast did. His performance was excellent though. So Hugo Weaving in Orlando Bloom's body. :P
I actually think the new Mad Max, Tom Hardy, for Dregan. He'd be a good fit.
good idea. I'm getting the feeling you both want me to talk less. Maybe grunt more.
I wasn't a huge fan of Hugo Weaving's appearance as an elf. He didn't really sell the "immortal, eternally young" elven look as well as the rest of the cast did. His performance was excellent though. So Hugo Weaving in Orlando Bloom's body. :P
I actually think the new Mad Max, Tom Hardy, for Dregan. He'd be a good fit.
There's a reason he is known as Elrond Half-Elven, Naralesh. Kin of Beren and Luthien.
Lets get caught up here:
F4 is hills, and here is the undead guy who wants the Staglord dead.The river urns thru and exits into E5.
E5 is hills, the silver mine/kobold cave is here. The river exits into D5.
E4 contains The Old Sycamore.
D4 is hills, C4 is forest.
There's a reason he is known as Elrond Half-Elven, Naralesh. Kin of Beren and Luthien.I wasn't a huge fan of Hugo Weaving's appearance as an elf. He didn't really sell the "immortal, eternally young" elven look as well as the rest of the cast did. His performance was excellent though. So Hugo Weaving in Orlando Bloom's body. :P
I actually think the new Mad Max, Tom Hardy, for Dregan. He'd be a good fit.
I was under the impression half-elves still had the same longevity. I'm not a Tolkien expert, so most of my knowledge on this comes from videos of people explaining the background of LotR. Not sure how old he and Arwen are in the movies, or how long half-elves are supposed to last.
The thought did cross my mind that it might be his human heritage that makes him show some signs of age.
Naralesh acts old (and feels old) in human company (despite looking like a young man). He's grown accustomed to the human pace of life, so he feels like an elder when he's around them. If the party ever spends any significant amount of time around elven society, though, we'd be likely to see Naralesh's mannerisms change a lot. He'd probably feel almost like a kid again when spending time around elves with a couple centuries on him.
Lets get caught up here:
F4 is hills, and here is the undead guy who wants the Staglord dead.The river urns thru and exits into E5.
E5 is hills, the silver mine/kobold cave is here. The river exits into D5.
E4 contains The Old Sycamore.
D4 is hills, C4 is forest.
By my understanding, we haven't yet explored D4 and C4, correct?
I've updated the map, but left the fog over F4, since we haven't fully explored that yet.
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I was under the impression half-elves still had the same longevity. I'm not a Tolkien expert, so most of my knowledge on this comes from videos of people explaining the background of LotR. Not sure how old he and Arwen are in the movies, or how long half-elves are supposed to last.There's a reason he is known as Elrond Half-Elven, Naralesh. Kin of Beren and Luthien.I wasn't a huge fan of Hugo Weaving's appearance as an elf. He didn't really sell the "immortal, eternally young" elven look as well as the rest of the cast did. His performance was excellent though. So Hugo Weaving in Orlando Bloom's body. :P
I actually think the new Mad Max, Tom Hardy, for Dregan. He'd be a good fit.
They are very old. Consider the start of LoTR, that's Elrond at the front rank of the Elven host. He was Gil-Galad's second-in-command (more or less) at the Battle of Dagorlad during the Second Age when Sauron was overthrown the first time. 2000 years or so? (Gil-Galad was the elven leader of the Last Alliance, he was killed by Sauron in that battle, as was Elendil, the king of Gondor.) Elrond describes the host of the Last Alliance to that of the First Alliance (even older!) to Frodo in the first book.
"I remember well the splendour of their banners ... It recalled to me the glory of the Elder Days and the hosts of Beleriand, so many great princes and captains were assembled. And yet not so many, nor so fair, as when Thangorodrim was broken, and the Elves deemed that evil was ended for ever, and it was not so."
Tolkien half-eleven are not like Pathfinder (or even D&D) half-elves, the comparison is not valid.
Lets get caught up here:
F4 is hills, and here is the undead guy who wants the Staglord dead.The river urns thru and exits into E5.
E5 is hills, the silver mine/kobold cave is here. The river exits into D5.
E4 contains The Old Sycamore.
D4 is hills, C4 is forest.
By my understanding, we haven't yet explored D4 and C4, correct?
I've updated the map, but left the fog over F4, since we haven't fully explored that yet.
Correct. I just need a plan - the hexes you will cover in order, and the standard rolls.
Lets just do the rest of the 4 row then back along the 5 row. 4D 4C and 4B should be enough for now,
Sounds great! Happy T-Day, United Statesians!
Yeah have a turkey for me.
On an unrelated but similar topic, I'm away from phone/internet for weekend (don't think I'll even have mobile reception) so please bot me if required.
Sorry for the delay gang, what the holiday weekend and all. Will get on track today.
D4 explored: Hills hex. The river enters from D3 and exits into D5. The bridge is approximately in the middle of the hex.
Excellent! I'll update the map tonight.
Did we lose Gav again?
Dunno. Been a bit of a lag for both Gav and Kaalib. Kaalib did say he had a friend who was seriously ill.
Back from trip but down with the flu will catchup when I can, might be a couple of days sorry.
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Hope you feel better soon, Dregan. We should probably wait on you - this boar thing is definitely in Dregan's wheelhouse.
No problems there, it is definitely in his area of expertise.
I am traveling for the next 3-4 weeks, I should have phone internet or similar all that time but I will not have as much time to post. Expect my posts to be short and less frequent until the second week of January.
I'll be traveling this week through Thursday and won't have internet. Please bot Talia if needed.
We will need to make a decision on a new player, and a frontline one at that. Gav and Magna both appear to be absent.
I asked my boyfriend if he would be interested, but he's in too many PbPs at the moment and won't have time. Perhaps a new recruitment thread/post?
I asked my boyfriend if he would be interested, but he's in too many PbPs at the moment and won't have time. Perhaps a new recruitment thread/post?
Possibly. I'd like to hear from everyone (as much as we can) first. We'll finish this encounter before I do anything.
Yeah, I'm in. Life's just been really crazy lately. I'll get a post up either tonight or tomorrow morning.
Catching up now. For some reason Paizo only told me today that I had unread messages even some are from half a week ago. Sorry about that.
Have we lost Magna and Gav? Are they coming back? Sorry if I had realized I wouldn't have left Talia on the ground by herself.
I'm always happy to recruit an extra player. I was in a another kingmaker game that died (gm stopped posting) I could invite the two other most active players across. Both have great characters but one is a wizard and the other a bashy druid.