Lucendar's Bastards of Erebus (CoT) PbP Thread
Game Master Lucendar

Hey guys, I'm back from Vegas and ready to roll! Thanks for running for me while I was away, Lucendar.

Great to have you back. Get ready to roll right to bed, then. Callandor and a couple of PC's just fell asleep on the job!

So painful to watch the fight with the baddie go on without being able to do anything! :)

Yep, both players with +5 Will saves failed.

Its pretty painful to be up and fighting on this end of it too, MoB, lol.

Question regarding Rebuke Death/Merciful Healer combat medic ability. Rebuke death is a spell-like ability that provokes attacks of opportunity. The combat medic ability lets Tauni use the heal skill and cast healing spells without provoking attacks of opportunity. Does that mean she can use rebuke death without provoking AoO's?

Yes, I would agree with that.

My impressive effectiveness in the previous fight against the brothers is CERTAINLY being offset in this one! ;)

Ok, Kaliana is out. She has been absent for days without notice so I will post a recruitment thread ASAP.

Sounds gOod to me, dm

I'll be out til this evening, FYI.

DM, I might have missed something, but I am trying to total up what we found.

On the alter, I have the silver necklace, two pieces of jade, the gold bracelet, the pearl pendant and the ten sticks of incense.

Diplomacy 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10 to see if I can get a little bump when selling the jewelry.

On Eldara, I have a wand, potion, scroll, dagger, and spell book, along with 35 gp and 22 sp.

What was on the brothers and cultists, if anything? Also, how much for a spellcraft to get the mages items identified?

Hullo everyone! Thanks again to Lucendar for picking me. Looking forward to joining you guys in game!

Lucendar, did you have a particular idea you liked for introducing ol' Caladius here to the group?

Yeah, I like the Billo connection in your profile. I just have to wait for the party to change the scene from where they are right now, which should be real soon.

Welcome, Caladius!

Thanks! I must admit, I'm pretty excited to be here =)

Welcome to the group! I'm sure it won't be long before we get you woven into the story line. :)

DM, I might have missed something, but I am trying to total up what we found.

On the alter, I have the silver necklace, two pieces of jade, the gold bracelet, the pearl pendant and the ten sticks of incense.

Diplomacy 1d20+6 to see if I can get a little bump when selling the jewelry.

On Eldara, I have a wand, potion, scroll, dagger, and spell book, along with 35 gp and 22 sp.

What was on the brothers and cultists, if anything? Also, how much for a spellcraft to get the mages items identified?

Just bumping this post to be sure you see it, DM. Doubt we had time to get them sold, but just wanting to see if there was anything else I missed.

Thanks for the reminder. I had posted this in game:

On the three dead Anderhoff boys and the cultist, you find:
*Vial with red liquid
*Potion
MW rapier
7 daggers
Leather armor (3)
Keys (3)
29 gp, 15 sp
Cow Hammer (treat as warhammer)
18 gp, 10 sp
18 gp, 10 sp
Club
20 gp, 15 sp

and this:

On the cultists, Kaliana finds: 2 daggers, 2 clubs, 30 gp, 40 sp.

Anderhoff boys and the cultists
*Vial with red liquid
*Potion
*MW rapier
*9 daggers
*Leather armor (3)
*Cow Hammer (treat as warhammer)
*3 Clubs

Alter
*silver necklace
*two pieces of jade
*gold bracelet
*pearl pendant
*ten sticks of incense

Eldara
*wand
*potion
*scroll
*dagger
*spell book

Total Gold and Silver
*150 gp
*112 sp

Put here for my reference. I'll clean it up later...

Hello John/Caladius and welcome. If the last battle is any indication we'll have rockin' good time and that big sword will be drenched in much blood.

I like the tie-in with Billo too.

While we are at it, let's divvy up the gold and silver now. Counting Kaliana, as we should do, everyone gets a share of 30 gold, 22 silver, and 4 copper. Please add this amount to your sheets...

We can apportion the rest after we get everything valued.

That fight with Eldara looked like a near thing - with everyone falling asleep in the middle of it. And she was probably the creepiest creeper I've seen since the ogres in Hook Mountain Massacre. Yech.

Perfect timing, Caladius! You are up to post in the main thread! Link You are friends with Janiven, as she rescued you one day on the road from some racially bigoted humans who wanted to kill you a couple of years back.

I'm kind of sorry that I have to welcome Caladius with Cha 7 Loco Billo Billcragg.

Weapons and armor we can sell: *MW rapier
*9 daggers
*Leather armor (3)
*Cow Hammer (treat as warhammer)
*3 Clubs
totals 380 gp, so if we can get half of that, would give us 190 gp more to divvy up.

DM, could I get a price on the jewelry:
*silver necklace
*two pieces of jade
*gold bracelet
*pearl pendant
*ten sticks of incense

And how much would it cost for identify on the rest of the items:
*Vial with red liquid
*Potion
*wand
*potion
*scroll
*dagger
*spell book

Shel's friend offers her 700 gp for all the jewelry. I think Tauni claimed the rapier. The dagger is not magical, just MW.

Price to identify: 25 gp for all the items.

Assuming you pay:
*Vial with red liquid - alchemist's fire
*Potion - Cat's Grace
*wand - Mage Armor (20 charges)
*potion - Cure Light Wounds
*scroll - False Life
Spell book:
1st level: Cause Fear, Shocking Grasp, Sleep, Vanish
2nd level: False Life, Ghoul Touch, Spectral Hand

You are right about the rapier, DM. Thanks...I had forgotten. So that is 30 more gold to divvy up, not 190.

So that is 731 total gp to divide up amongst the 4 of us counting the nonmagical dagger. That means each character now adds 182 gold, 7 silver, and 5 copper to their sheets. Please go ahead and add that.

Shel would like the alchemist's fire flask. Tauni got the mw rapier. Would Loco and Callandor like to take either the potion of Cat's Grace and the Potion of Cure Light Wounds?

That would leave us the mage items to decide what to do with. Shel might like to study the wand and scroll, to see if she can figure out what makes them tick (and she will be taking a sorcerer level soon) if that is ok with everyone. Anyone want the spell book?

Actually, I believe Loco picked up the masterwork rapier. Tauni was just going to take it so it didn't get left behind, but defer to anyone that would actually use it. I believe Loco was actually going to use it (provided he wasn't sleeping on the job long enough to do so.) :)

Billo carved his share of zombie flesh with it, yes. And he has demonstrated a knack with the blade - the finesse I think it deserves.

May he take it?

Sure, take it for the dwarf!

So, Tauni, are you cool with one of the potions, either the CLW or Cat's Grace? You would probably be better suited for the Cat's Grace one, I'd think...

Counting the 50 pp we just received, we are still carrying that plus:
*wand - Mage Armor (20 charges)
*scroll - False Life
Spell book:
1st level: Cause Fear, Shocking Grasp, Sleep, Vanish
2nd level: False Life, Ghoul Touch, Spectral Hand

I agree on the rapier going to Billo. Use it in good health!

I think Tauni should probably take the Cat's Grace potion or pass on anything other than coins this time around. Really, her focus should be on armor class and saving throws, making sure she can stay in the fight so she can keep everyone else in the fight. Frankly, if she has to raise her morningstar in anger, I'm probably doing something wrong. If there is a finesse fighter that wants the CG potion, I'm good with that.

I think we need to look at selling the spell book. That is a fortune in itself.

Edit: By my count, 710 gp. 35 gp for each first level spell, 190 for each second level spell. Its sale value is half of that, so 355 gp.

I'm fine with selling the spell book. Can you price that for us, Tauni? I've never sold a spellbook before and I'm not sure where to start looking for values, lol...

*wand - Mage Armor (20 charges)

*scroll - False Life
Spell book:
1st level: Cause Fear, Shocking Grasp, Sleep, Vanish
2nd level: False Life, Ghoul Touch, Spectral Hand

Dang! I shoulda been a magus! =P

I'm ok without a potion, personally. Can you clarify at the end of the sale of everything how much extra cash we should have?

Not counting the wand, the 50 pp, and the scroll, everyone should get a grand total of 294 gp, 34 silver and 9 copper. This is after the reduction of 6 gp and a little after paying the 25 for the identify.

I was thinking the 50 pp might be a good start to the party kitty for a wand of CLW, Lesser Restoration scrolls, and the like.

Sounds good to me.

Went shopping
New Gear for Billo. hope this is OK.

MW Dwarven Chain Shirt 250 gp
Climbing Kit 72 gp
Hide from animals potion 50 gp
Steel mirror 10 gp

Yep.

If we have a second to shop before dinner, Shel looks for a tanglefoot bag, a bag of caltrops, and a cure light wounds potion, if they are available DM.

They are.

Cool!

Tanglefoot bag--50 gp
Bag of Caltrops, 1 gp
Potion of CLW, 50 gp

Deducted gold from sheet...

Boy, the tiefling's racial darkness ability sure would come in handy right about now. And in reading the post above this one, I see someone purchased caltrops? Bust those puppies out, Shel! =P

I was just thinking of the caltrops, too!

Once we get to theat narrow alley, I'm gonna bust them out, since that will definitely slow their movement big time....

Awesome idea, Shel! Them wasting a turn shooting at us should give us enough of a lead to get there with time to drop them too.

That is my hope. You and Loco need to make sure you get caught up with us, though. Don't want to slow you down, too, lol.

I am willing to toss the dwarf over the caltrops should the need arise =P

Haha, we might need you to do that if Loco doesn't get in and make a post soon!

"Oh, how low this city has fallen when devil's forces rule city hall, shadow beasts roam at night and dwarf tossing is conducted on the streets! How low indeed..."

Loco has a fun game he plays with dwarf tossers.

Its called shish-kabobbing. He has a rapier perfectly suited to the task.

I didn't realize it was his turn. Sorry for the delay.

Hey all, I know I've been slow with the thread this past week b/c I've been DMing an 18 player PvP game, which should be reduced to 5 by the end of this weekend, so I will be back up to normal posting rate by Monday, if not earlier. Thanks for understanding.