Lost Lands - The Winding Journey (Inactive)

Game Master Lord Manticore

Just as an FYI, I'm picking up several pdf's from Paizo today, mostly the Numeria based stuff (plus the ACG, which I bought last night). I am opening up the ACG for anyone that wants to utilize the classes and archetypes in that book as they level up. As far as archetypes, I will allow those changes/modifications to take place when you all hit level 3. After that, then you'll only be able to take archetypes if you pick up a new class.

Also, if there have been any changes or expansions made to the androids as a race, I'll post them under the Campaign info tab as I find them.

LM

I'm loving the ACG so far, and given reports to another GM as I read through it. Everything seems pretty balanced(except for some exploits that are way to strong and the seemingly weak brawler). Gonna read Swashbuckler and Warpriest today. :)

Felicity will almost certainly use arcana to grab some of the swashbuckler deeds.

Ammo is based on 50 bits of ammo equaling one weapon. So the prices of normal arrows are :

MW Arrow : 50 arrows, 300 GP = 300/50 = 6 GP per MW arrow.

+1 Arrow : 50 arrows, 2300 GP = 46 GP per +1 Arrow.

+2 Arrow : 50 arrows, 4300 GP = 86 GP per +2 Arrow.

...

And so on..

Durable Arrows are 1gp per arrow, and are normal arrows that can be recovered.

Durable MW arrows are 7GP per arrow.

Yep. And all I was looking for right now was plain arrows, blunted arrows, and durable arrows if available. I couldn't buy more than 3 MW durables, or four MW regulars anyway. But this is good to keep in mind for the future, as I will be looking into more of this stuff for sure.

Ammo is based on 50 bits of ammo equaling one weapon. So the prices of normal arrows are :

MW Arrow : 50 arrows, 300 GP = 300/50 = 6 GP per MW arrow.

+1 Arrow : 50 arrows, 2300 GP = 46 GP per +1 Arrow.

+2 Arrow : 50 arrows, 4300 GP = 86 GP per +2 Arrow.

...

And so on..

Durable Arrows are 1gp per arrow, and are normal arrows that can be recovered.

Durable MW arrows are 7GP per arrow.

Thanks for that. Somewhere back up the road, I got it in my head that arrows were done in groups of 10.

No prob, nobody can keep everything in their heads. :)

You probably mixed them up with crossbow bolts. :)

Probably.

For those characters of the android persuasion, I've posted some feat updates specifically for that race, that comes from the 'People of the Stars' supplement from Paizo. For those who have seen the Technology Guide (either the pdf or the rules that have been posted on the SRD site), none of that will be available in this campaign. Only the additional feats that are posted in the Campaign tab (and only for the androids of our family) are going to be allowed.

So is this one of those goof-off days that I keep hearing about? Because I can't help but notice that only a couple of people have posted in the last week. Is there something that I need to know about?

I'm not being rude, I just want to know if I need to pick things up a bit; is everyone bored; everyone working too hard, what?

Just my 2cp.

I was working too hard, then got sick the past few days.

Well then stop working so hard; it's obviously making you sick :P

So has anyone heard from Glornug in the last couple of weeks? I just wanted to check before I sent out a PM to him.

Nope

I have heard nothing.

OK I've sent him a PM. Hopefully I'll hear back from him soon.

OK so I have not heard anything from Glornug. I'm willing to take suggestions at this point, although for the moment, I will likely DMPC him to move the campaign forward a bit. I'll setup his 'response' if I don't hear back from him in another few hours.

LM

That puts us down two of the original 6, and we're very short on tanks at this point. We also don't have *any* healing. Well, let me rephrase that, Shi'Vatha has healing, given we have a summoner in the group, but nobody else does.

I would say at this point, we need to think about recruiting at least one more player and specifying we need a healer or healer/tank?

In another few levels, or as soon as we go mythic, Felicity will be able to tank. I had always intended her to hold a tanking role. Kensai are slow to start, but pick up steam rapidly after 3rd level.

Yep, I noticed your build, so I wasn't too concerned about the tanking bit, between Shi'Vatha and Felicity we'll have plenty of melee (Shi'Vatha's strength and dex keep going up and up as he levels). But healing is concerning.

The healing issue is why I brought in Nijena as an NPC. She was designed for another campaign as a healer/buffer/battlefield control type. That campaign never took off, and she was still at level 1. She can stay or go as needed at this point. So we do have 'some' healing capability.

Just my 2cp at this point.

And then there's my healing effect word.

OK, so the question is, should we recruit a new player, or do we go on with what we have. I'm hoping that Glornug will respond back at some point, in which case it's all good. But I'm quickly letting out my breath, if you understand what I'm saying.

So please let me know what you think. I appreciate all of your feedback.

We currently have 4 plus the NPC. I am fine with that number.

4+NPC works for me.

I always prefer PC party when I can. :) I've had bad experiences with GMPCs in the past. :) But I can live with majority rule as well.

I will note that the NPC healer isn't with us. :)

Alright. 4+NPC it is. I'm not going to write off Glornug completely; he might have had something happen that is keeping him from a computer, in which case, we'll write him back in. But for now, we'll just say that he wandered off somewhere, and no one can find him.

As much as Shi is having to deal with being a face person when he's not set up for it, I'm obviously going to have to put some ranks into Intimidate and possibly an evolution point.

Well, we all evolve in our own unique ways as time progresses. That is part of the reason why I am being flexible on character design.

Lol, besides, keep flicking your ears like you have been and you'll have all the ladies swooning. :P

Sorry about that. I could have sworn that I posted that I was going to be away for all of last week. Unless it was one of those weird lost post things that seem to only happen with this game. Anyhow, I'm back now and I'll try to catch up on things if not post.

Not a problem. It's that time of the month for me anyway....budgets and board meetings, so I haven't been able to post very much. Especially now that I am dealing with all the extra work that came with my promotion,

Sorry everyone, been busy. I'm travelling again this week, and I may be going to Kuwait Friday (still waiting to hear). So been busy all weekend prepairing.

Sorry everyone, been busy. I'm travelling again this week, and I may be going to Kuwait Friday (still waiting to hear). So been busy all weekend prepairing.

Sort of sorry to hear that. I just spoke to my daughter yesterday (she lives in Doha), and she was telling me how terrible the weather's been the last couple of weeks. That being said, we totally understand. If you do go out there, have a safe trip.

Is anyone else having issues posting? I'm getting that from my other group, and I know that Shi' was flying out tomorrow for Kuwait. Just checking in.

I got a post through just now.

Sorry, was travelling. Also, Kuwait postponed again until the last two weeks of November.

Sorry, was travelling. Also, Kuwait postponed again until the last two weeks of November.

Well, that kind of sucks. So much for Thanksgiving...

Robot Roll Call!!

I need a show of hands of who is still here. If I haven't heard from everyone by Monday, then we'll need to talk about recruiting some people for this.

LM

I am still here.

OK, so it looks like we are down to just 2, maybe 3, since I only got pings from Shi and Felicity and Selene seems to be having posting issues. So what do we want to do now? I have to ask; is the campaign that boring? Is there something that I need to do to spice things up? Or are you guys dealing with RL issues right now?

I would like to keep going with this, but we are looking to at least a week of recruiting, assuming that anyone is even interested at this point. Any suggestions, comments, complaints are welcome at this point.

I would be in favor of recruiting replacements on pressing on.

I'm enjoying it. It's not boring. Is this your first PBP game here on the forums? This is actually not unusual. I've gotten to where I recruit 8 players now for a game under the assumption half will vanish in the first 3-4 months of the game.

I'm in favor of recruiting and pressing on. I kind of feel like I've been hogging the spotlight, but a large part of that is the loss of players I think, combined with character backgrounds (bodyguards staying back guarding, etc).

I know with Felicity, playing the bodyguard is what is keeping her from the front line. I don't mind, it is the role I chose.

Alright, I'll go ahead and re-open the recruitment thread tomorrow. To answer your question, Shi; this is my third PbP campaign. I am not, however, still not used to people dropping out without so much as a reach around. I just finished re-populating my other campaign, and I can say that it never seems to get easier :)

I'd suggest for future, go with 8 people to start, then when 3-4 drop out, you have a solid group. Also watch for people reappearing. I've had people drop out, come back later when life settles, and then going on to be good players again.

I'd be curious to find out why it seems to be only your games that have these strange posting issues. I haven't had such a problem in other games.

Hi Selene. I really wish I had an answer for that. I've been hearing complaints from both of my groups about this. I know myself that I've had troubles posting sometimes as well. The paizo servers do tend to go down at random times. That's about all I know at this point.

I have had the posting issue in other games, but they usually disappear.