Lucendar's Savage Tide....All aboard!
Game Master Lucendar

Call me crazy, but I think it's a pretty important part of joining an ongoing campaign. Screws up the continuity to pop in out of nowhere. And, party dynamics are important so it's important to have some idea of how you'll fit in.

I'll tell you that this has been a great story so far. My pulse was literally racing while reading the fight with Vark and seeing people drop. The sahuagin fight was exciting too. Couldn't believe that was thrown at a bunch of 1st levels out of the gate. Started worrying I might be signing up for a Call of Cthulhu campaign.

I like to make it dramatic...:)!

Aero, you had me laughing: Is he asking if Lavinia's bread is good? Good one!

Haha, I had a good laugh when I woke up this morning and read tht whole conversation. There will definitely be the opportunity for some misunderstandings which could be really funny!

Oh good. I was a little worried the accent might be too much. He's a fun character to play already.

I linked the Map of Eleder to the campaign to give you a visual aid of all the districts. Lavinia's Manor is in New Haliad; the Velvet Rose and the Blue Nixie are in Eleder Harbor.

Bah, while Eleder seems indifferent to a half-orc, the dice are certainly prejudiced!

For sure...I'm sure we'll find them sooner or later...maybe...

Lol, with our rolls, he had better find us...

I'll try assisting if we go back out in the afternoon.

Just read your earlier post Baolo. Nope, this isn't a CoC game - it's Savage Tide, not Freeport! ;)

Ya, true, true. I think we have our hands full without that.

OK, I gotta know - where are you pilfering all these island colloquialisms from, Baolo? They're awesome!

Where else mon? Speak Jamaican

Hey, if I have Lucendar post that to the Campaign Info, no more translations :) Be careful though. Some of the terms are NSFW. I've been sticking to the less colorful ones.

Done, under Campaign Info tab.

Ha, perfect! Going to see what Aero does with that info before posting again. Those last bribes completely cleaned me out of gold too.

Hey all, just realized I could have been using the Campaign Info tab to post NPC pics and such...d'oh! Thanks for helping me think about it, Baolo. Anyway, updated some info there for myself to keep the names straight on all the people you have met so far. Will use it more frequently now.

Definitely. I have to finish migrating my Council of Thieves campaign to use that tab. I got started, but I'm stuck in between that and a Google Site that I used at the beginning. I keep making up more NPCs and its definitely hard to keep track of them all.

Good news! I'm moving to a new apartment!

Bad news! I'll be without access to the boards there until I can get connectivity. That means I'll only be able to post at work occasionally, and not at all until I get service.

Hopefully, that won't be too much of an interruption, but I will be unavailable for the next 48 hours or so.

Congrats Kowaru! We'll try to not get you too killed....

I think Chez being a fan of the sauce is really funny. I say keep it up...

I have PFS today so I may be out of action for a couple hours, but will be back on later tonight.

And I'm probably being too clever to combine the market and a good spot to lure him in. Maybe we should just pick an alley in a less trafficked area...though I believe Eleder's pearl market is only open one day a week.

Baolo, the way I read the entry in the Eleder section is that the merchants restock their supply of pearls once a week when the tribes come in, but they try to sell their inventory every day of the week until they run out. Basically, the markets will be open tomorrow in the game world.

That makes sense.

Don't mind me, just selfish promotion of my recruitment thread for a non-AP game, in case you missed it: Link
I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, getting killed or possibly killing other players, but thought I would throw it out there, in case you have any unused aliases that you want to reactivate. :)

How would you rule on animal companions for Druids in that other game, DM? Would the Druid have to take a domain instead, or is there a way to find a companion?

You would find the companion after the tournament.

Oy, I'm very tempted, but I'll have to see if any concepts grab me.

The role of a sneaky goblin cad that will probably be killed in a single hit has been taken! Mine! Mine! Mine!

Laughing out loud in the quiet car on the train. That was too funny! Nice roll Chez.

So how much cash are we out per person for the sailboat? I didn't follow the math at all, lol. Math hurts my head.

3 gp each.

Or at least will be. For now Chez has paid the deposit. Before we start divving up funds, lets wait until we see if we even are able to return the ship in 1 peice :)

You did see it was 150 gp deposit, not 15 right?

Yeah, got a bad feeling about that one piece bit.

You did see it was 150 gp deposit, not 15 right?

Yep, but Chez offered to pay the extra cost of splitting the rowboat cost which was 15gp, so that is 3 gp each. Chez will be paying the 20gp extra it cost for the sailing ship. Chez will work out collecting the money from everyone later though, assuming he gets his deposit of 150 gp back.

I know the getting trapped in the smuggler's tunnels is a bit railroad-ish, but if it makes you feel any better, the mod actually has Vanthus waiting for you outside and as soon as you climb down, he cuts the rope and slams the trapdoor shut. In my version, you caught him by surprise in the tunnels but while Ialda was bashing the door, he drank the potion of invisibility and opened the door to the east, playing on misdirection. Per the rules, you get +40 stealth when invisible and not moving so no chance to spot him. He then went all stealth to pass Kowaru and left. Same result, but it feels a little better, right? LOL..

It's fine, DM. A little bit of railroading doesn't bother me at all. I havent read the first couple of APs for a long time, but I seem to remember there was a good bit of railroading involved. But as I recall, they were among my favorite APs, especially Savage Tide.

Doesn't bother me at all. I like the way you did it. I'm actually surprised more bad guys don't play dirty like this.

I love your analogies and metaphors for the record, Kowaru. They never fail to make me smile reading one. Just what a wise character should be saying, lol...

A bit of railroading is almost unavoidable in an AP. The best ones hide the railroad, or at least give the illusion of choice to the players.

And thanks, Gerald! A monk that doesn't seek insight from the world around him is a poor monk indeed!

Heads up that I'll be out of action from about Noon CST till about 8pm CST for Pathfinder Society and an orchestra concert for my son. If we don't get enough folks for PFS, it will be a little less. Feel free to GM NPC me during that time if you need to. Baolo will keep shooting with the arrows unless Ialda or Chez gets knocked out. If that happens, he will draw his brass knife and attack them hand-to-hand.

Sorry about dropping like that. Real life issues hit me hard and I had no extra time at all... Good luck with the game, Baolo.

Life happens, Xarethi. Sorry to see you go - hope things are calmer now!

Thanks Xarethi. I wish you well and echo Kowaru's hope that life has gotten to a better place.

On a completely unrelated note - is it possible to remove a character from a game's list? I accidentally posted with one of my other characters before fixing that mistake, and don't want him on there if I can help it. :)

Which one?

Bruendor.

He got pushed to Previous Characters list, best I could do.

That'll work. Sorry about that!

No prob.