Last Hope for Korvosa: A Curse of the Crimson Throne PbP

Game Master James Martin

Lamm is dead, but so is the King! Will our heroes be able to save Korvosa, or will they doom it forever?



Ladies and gentlemen:

My Curse of the Crimson Throne PbP has hit one of the more common snags: we've lost a couple players. So what we need are two replacements.

The specs: We're still early in Book One, after Lamm is dead and Korvosa has gone to heck in a handbasket. The PCs are working for the Field Marshall of the Guard, in an effort to deal with some things that she finds herself too short staffed to deal with. You would be making a 2nd level PC, non-evil, cooperative with the party, 20 pt buy. No gunslingers, simply because you're not really ever going to find guns.

Right now we have a human fighter 2, a human rogue 2 and a half elf summoner 2. The party is pretty mercenary at this point, but they're coming around! A cleric and an arcanist to supplement the summoner would probably be best, though I will entertain novel ideas and concepts.

What I require: a paragraph about your concept, history and why you would be helping the Korvosan Guard. Also, what marks your character for greatness? Also I will need to know what race/class you're going for. We don't need full character sheets yet... but they certainly help!

Deadline is Tuesday at 5pm Central Time US. At that point the players and I will choose our victims.

Thanks in advance and feel free to ask questions. Newcomers are welcome, as long as you can commit to posting 1/day during the work week.


Hey DM, Pai is an illusionist that was built for a CoCT campaign that died a rather quick death. I'd love to advance her to second level and join in the fun. The requested information should be in the profile's background section.

Pai would be interested in pursuing the Veiled Illusionist prestige class eventually, as she feels that would bring her closer to Sivanah.

I'd be happy to make any changes the group might like to see. This is my favorite AP and I'd love to be accepted.

Thanks for the consideration.

Shadow Lodge

My wife and I have been looking for a good PbP to get involved in, though we do come as a pair. Are there any racial restrictions or is it just the standard CRB? I would assume it's Paizo only classes/archetypes/items. Standard 2nd level gold?


An urban ranger who was inspired by the stories of Blackjack to moonlight as a disguised/masked vigilante in the crime ridden vice pit that is Korvosa after suffering the loss of his family at the hands of a younger Gedren Lamm (sp?) years ago. The senseless act of violence that shattered his world has formed him into someone with a strong sense of justice, as well as a desire for vengeance. He spent years learning the streets of Korvosa, training himself physically and mentally for the hardships that would face him when he finally took his revenge and made plans for how he would help rid the city of its criminal underworld and perhaps even help the masked hero of the people, Blackjack (squee~) in his quest for Justice and Equality (isn't he supposed to be Zorro?).

Of course, others that were wronged by the criminal got to him first.

Fancy that. With his vengeance thwarted (grr...), but still with his goal firmly in mind, he is determined, more than ever, to see the city of his birth cleaned up.

He's currently a member of the Korvosan guard that has recently valiantly distinguished himself (in a way that works with established canon within your story, but that is totally awesome and had something to do with the recent goings on) and has received a promotion of sorts, one that involves him being "fired" from his job as a guard and being "hired" to work with the mercenaries under the jurisdiction of Field Marshall Kroft herself (ohboi!). He's marked for greatness not by the stars or by destiny but by his sheer pigheadedness and determination, not to mention obsessive and brutal training regimen.

Male human, Urban Ranger, Chaotic Good.

I should really put a name to this guy. Give me a bit to think about it. I'm particular about names.

This is easily my favorite AP and I can post at least once a day, bar emergencies.

Thanks for the consideration!

Liberty's Edge

Ruperta of Hetzau is a Young Human Varisian Healer (Cleric), follower of Desna, who has been directed, in a vision from her goddess, to abandon the road she so much love and look for a green star in the city of Korvosa. She doesn't know what this "Green Star" is, or where in Korvosa it is located (or if Korvosa is just a stop in a much longer travel).
But she believer in luck, and the luck is where The Great Dreamer directs you, so she will go.
Once in Korvosa she looks for a sign, something to direct her towards the road Desna wants her to travel...


HeoftheHills: I would prefer CRB races unless you've got a really, really good story as to why a more monstrous race would be in Korvosa and semi-accepted. Of course, one of my favorite characters is a kobold, so...

Everyone: good stuff so far! Keep it coming!

Grand Lodge

How about a goblin alcamist or cleric... Was some one "pet" he escaped and wears a clok and doesn't say much...


Veklen here was part of a game that got dropped by the DM just after Lamm died. I would like to get him back into a COCT game. You can look in his profile for my playstyle. He was originally built on heroic array, but I can work him around.


Karys has been traveling throughout the lands, from kingdom to kingdom trying to outrun the Pathfinder Society in finding ancient artifacts. Raised in an orphanage, dedicated to Sarenrae, Karys knows very little of his past, but having been helped by so many in his youth, he has spent much of his adulthood helping others. In being trained here and there, he has picked up a little bit of magic and a little bit of swordplay, combining them to become a self-trained Magus. His love of dance and exposure to an Elven Spell Dancer have allowed him to mimic those movements and really use his heritage. It is this fact that has driven him to look for Elven history, in order to better learn about Spell Dancing and more of his racial history...even if he wasn't raised with them.

His traveling has brought him near Korvosa, and hearing of the troubles, he headed in, fully committed to helping them.

(Note this is Heofthehills from above...)


I have a chaarcter I applied to Crimson throne a few times and was actuall not accepted becuase my backstory was to long.

go figure but if interested (at least for the read) is all in the profile.


Billy Freeman, a cyphermage apprentice on the run from a bad week in Riddleport, and just off the ship. He's heard good things about the Acadamae of Korvosa, but figures he needs to prove himself before they'll let a stranger in the door. And there are supposedly old ruins around here as well, though nothing compared to the Cyphergate.

Male human wizard 2 (diviner), chaotic good

I'll get a character sheet together

Grand Lodge

Female Halfling Dual Cursed Ancestor Oracle (Lame and Clouded Vision, because I wanted a challenge. Lame never improves.) True Neutral

Known as the Little Mother to the streets of Korvosa, Maria is the matriarch of the Morello family, a halfling crime syndicate that likes to believe that their family business deals only with "victimless" crimes: confidence tricks, pretty theft, and smuggling (often using their position with the halfings on House Leroung's own ships to do the deeds.) The truth of the matter is more murky, for the family isn't afraid to get their hands dirty from time to time, but ultimately that's a matter for Maria's sons to concern themselves. They took over as Heads of Operations following the mysterious murder of the Morello patriarch, rumored to be at Lamm's hands (as per the Love Lost background trait); Maria herself, however, became both blessed and cursed with oracular abilities to drawn upon the strength of her Morello ancestors to protect and guide her family. As far as Maria is concerned, the enemies of her enemy are very good friends indeed, perhaps even honorary family. Rejoicing at the word of Lamm's death, it is at this news that she seeks out the Korvosan Guard and the other PCs to lend her aid and healing as a form of gratitude for bringing her husband's killer to justice... and if she can take advantage of some of the chaos currently in Korvosa to advance her families' interests and influence, so much the better.

(Heofthehills' wife here.)


As a continuation from above, my character's name is Emilian Teskarova, a native Varisian that knows little of his parents nomadic culture and instead spent most of his youth in the poorest parts of Old Korvosa, almost falling into gang life and becoming the very thing that he hates. He enlisted in the Korvosan Guard to clean up his act and make a difference but found that the very laws of the city protects the people that should be locked up, the "nonviolent" heads of criminal organizations that pay the "vice tax", a system that is nothing better than legalized bribes in his opinion. It is from this that he started moonlighting as a masked vigilante, often using knowledge gained from his beat to do a bit of good where the law can't, or won't, venture. His acts of vigilantism haven't been going on for all that long, he is nowhere near as famous as Blackjack (nor does he care to be) and he's not enough of a problem that the Powers-That-Be have tried to do anything about him.

Yet.


Albus Navre here. He was made for a Curse of the Crimson Throne but never got picked.


*Wave* Hey Pai! OMB, Pai is a *great* player from a CotCT game I was in with her. Good Luck!


Hey there, Andre! Good to see you, too! C'mon and apply...we might get lucky and get some of the band back together.


Dorian is withdrawing from this He got in another game sorry...


Presenting myself for your consideration. All required info from a char sheet (I think) is in it. Give me feedback gm if you find something wrong.


I present Quimby Cross, a Bard for the People!


Okay, so the submissions I have now are:

Pai Kromnite, Gnome Illusionist
Emilian Teskarova, Human Urban Ranger
Ruperta of Hetzau, Human Cleric
Veklen Stonefist, Half-Orc Magus
Karys Lan Night, Elf Magus and Maria Morello, Halfling Oracle
Billy Freeman, Human Wizard (Diviner)
Albus Navre, Urban Ranger
Temerith the Grim, Tiefling Wizard
Quimby Cross, Aasimar Bard

Okay, one more day, then we close and decide!


GM, i just noticed where you prefer crb races.. Do i need to change Quimbys race in order to have a shot?


I'll throw in Arianna as a submission. She is a Witch with intentions of going in the Harrower prestige class eventually.

The character was made for another CotCT game that the DM had to drop (same game as Veklen Stonefist). I have updated her profile to a 20 pt buy from the heroic array that she was originally built with.


Basic profile for Billy up. I'm not sure how you want to handle gear and traits so I've left those off for now.


Quimby: No, don't worry. Tiefling and aasimars are 'normal' enough.

Pai Kromnite, Gnome Illusionist
Emilian Teskarova, Human Urban Ranger
Ruperta of Hetzau, Human Cleric
Veklen Stonefist, Half-Orc Magus
Karys Lan Night, Elf Magus and Maria Morello, Halfling Oracle
Billy Freeman, Human Wizard (Diviner)
Albus Navre, Urban Ranger
Temerith the Grim, Tiefling Wizard
Quimby Cross, Aasimar Bard
Arianna Sirmikova, human witch


I would love to present an application, but I fear I might not have enough time. Could you let me know how much time there is before you close recruitment?


I'm going to close in about 8 hours from now. If you have a concept and a race/class in mind, that'll do for now.


One half hour left!


"Crosses Fingers"


A little on the edge of deadline... Busy day at work!

Falko Escheus is Korvosan low nobility, mostly interested in status and parties, except that the recent rioting has brought his House down and he's left wandering the streets. During this event, he is struck by an epiphany as he sees the city moving as the river flows and the kings and queens pass through the ages.

He sees a role for him, a mystery to be solved, for the ages to be called progress, even if it is through blood.

Concept: Male human Oracle of Time. His connection with nobility, his love of all things Korvosan and his conflicting goal of restoring his House will mean he will look for ways to be involved.

Edit: Time or Ancestor could work. I see Haunted as making a lot of sense for Falko and Korvosa.

Grand Lodge

At the buzzer an odd one

Lick toad wondering around

Poof of zog son
Goblin Cleric (Undead Lord) 1
N Small Humanoid (goblinoid)
Init +3; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +3
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Defense
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AC 18, touch 14, flat-footed 15 (+3 armor, +1 shield, +3 Dex, +1 size)
hp 8 (1d8)
Fort +2, Ref +3, Will +5
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee Javelin -3 (1d4/x2) and
. . Morningstar +1 (1d6/x2)
Cleric (Undead Lord) Spells Prepared (CL 1):
1 (2/day) Cause Fear (DC 14), Bless, Detect Undead
0 (at will) Read Magic, Guidance, Spark (DC 13)
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Statistics
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Str 10, Dex 17, Con 11, Int 12, Wis 16, Cha 10
Base Atk +0; CMB -1; CMD 12
Feats Alignment Channel (Good), Command Undead (DC 10)
Traits Goblin Foolhardiness, Serpent Runner (Armor) (Abrogalian corset)
Skills Acrobatics +1, Climb -2, Diplomacy +4, Escape Artist +1, Heal +7, Ride +5, Spellcraft +5, Stealth +13, Swim -2
Languages Common, Goblin
SQ aura, cleric channel negative energy 1d6 (3/day) (dc 10), corpse companion, death's kiss (1 rounds) (6/day), domains (undead), spontaneous casting
Other Gear Studded leather armor, Buckler, Javelin, Morningstar, Backpack, masterwork (empty), ????, Spell component pouch, 21 GP
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Special Abilities
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Alignment Channel (Good) Channel Energy heals or harms outsiders of the chosen alignment.
Aura (Ex) The Cleric has an aura corresponding to his deity's alignment.
Cleric (Undead Lord) Domain (Undead) Associated Domain: Death
Cleric Channel Negative Energy 1d6 (3/day) (DC 10) (Su) Positive energy heals the living and harms the undead; negative has the reverse effect.
Command Undead (DC 10) Channel energy can take control of undead.
Corpse Companion (Su) Gain a single skeleton/zombie as companion that doesn't count against limit.
Darkvision (60 feet) You can see in the dark (black and white vision only).
Death's Kiss (1 rounds) (6/day) (Su) Melee touch attack makes target count as undead for positive/negative energy healing/harming
Goblin Foolhardiness You have a tendency toward gross overconfidence in combat. When facing an enemy that's larger than you are, if you have no allies in any adjacent squares, your posturing, bravado, and cussing grant you a +1 trait bonus on attack rolls with non-reach
Spontaneous Casting The Cleric can convert stored spells into Cure or Inflict spells.


Okay, after due consideration, my choices are:

Pai Kromnite, Gnome Illusionist
Ruperta of Hetzau, Human Cleric

I'd like to thank the rest of you. With your permission, I'll keep the submissions in case we need a replacement, in which case I'll PM you. The submissions were good, but I really want a strong divine caster and the cleric's channeling ability is just too versatile and helpful to ignore. And I've not seen an Illusionist in play and I'm curious.

Thanks! Will the chosen two please head over to the discussion thread and introduce yourselves?


Thanks, DM. I'm in court this morning. I'll do my intro this afternoon


Thanks for the consideration, yall have fun!

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