Mummy's Mask

Game Master Samy

Items in our loot that Kito would have an interest in:
Scroll of Detect Secret Doors
Scroll of Identify
Scroll of Hold Person (which would immediately be fed to Thera)
Ioun Torch

Items she would like to see in the auction:
Pearls of Power, 1st level (1K each)
Cloak of Resistance +1 (1K)
Cracked Magenta Prism Ioun Stone (800 gp)
Handy Haversack (2K)
Metamagic Rod of Extend Spell (3K)

Qari level four:

HP 1 + 4 Con = 5
+1 BAB
+1 Fort and Ref

+1 Int
+1 Dex

Increased my Int, so received extra skills points, and the majority went into Knowledge Nature, so I finally have something to contribute on a few Knowledge checks!

Utility infusion: Veil of Mists.
New language learned: Abyssal.

Well, the only spells I can draw from Azaz and Velriana's spellbook are Identify and Invisibility. Done! :D

Regarding whether or not magical goodies are 'first come, first serve', I'm happy to let things go to whoever they would suit the most :)

I am interested in potentially taking a certain versatile spontaneity feat at fifth level. I am also very interested in seeing a mnemonic vestment show up sometime. Can we hang on to those spellbooks?

Hmm

I will take the spellbooks off the sell list.

Hey guys, my laptop has died and I'm stuck working the next couple of days so until I can get the issue addressed I'm limited to posting from my Kindle - which makes using maps difficult.

Just bot Aleris as needed and I'll try and catch up when I get home from work tomorrow night.

Things have cropped up for me. Don't necessarily expect posting from me for a couple of days. Sunday at the latest I should be back in full. Sorry!

No worries Samy! I think several of us have been busy with RL stuff lately so no big rush :)

Yes, no hurry!

HMM and I are preparing for our trip out to PaizoCon. We will be either traveling or at the convention from Tuesday the 23rd until the following Thursday the 1st -- almost two weeks of very limited or no posting.

No worries Samy - you know we will be here ;)

Kito and Hmm ENJOY!!

New laptop ordered; should have it by Tuesday :)

Getting ball rolling again tomorrow. Too much exhaust today.

I will try to get a post in late but Deseri will spend much of her time working on the baby making since that was what they wanted from her and he is not doing so well.

*salute* You're a good woman Des; I'm actually not sure who among my characters would or could do that for a friend.
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I'll try and get something up for how Aleris spends the next two weeks soon, I promise!

I'm not quite sure what direction to take Qari for the next couple of weeks to be honest. Maybe something that would work in accord with her newly developed acknowledge Natire skill? Any suggestions?

Qari,

A fishing or camping trip? Kito could hook you up with a local guide. Give you a chance to see some of the wildlife that you've evidently been studying.

Thank you Aleris. Deseri is the nicest character I have ever made. If should be a fun roleplaying experience. I do not plan on having children so this will be the closest I get to come to it. I that regard I am more than willing to listen to suggestion from those who have done that whole growing a tiny human thing :)

I am a little torn on which spell I would like. Due to what happened with Harmose Deseri would be inclined to take the Shield Other which can double the life for a front liner. Or I could grab a summon monster spell. The amazing Hold Person spell. Or Holy Ice Weapon since there seems to be a lot of undead in those crypts. Thought?

HP: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
Bab +1
Will +1
+2 to wisdom making that a solid 8
I get a mystery spell, +1 zero level spell, and, my first second level spell.
8 skill points (Bluff, Diplomacy, Linguistics, Perception, Sense Motive, engineering, nobility, Religion)
+1 language = Ancient Osirian

The gold that is listed next to Deseri is the gold I have to spend during down time?

Thanks, Kito. I think that's a good idea.

Same, are there any trustworthy guides out there that Qari might be able to hire for a quick camping jaunt?

Aww, now Deseri is a mean drunk. Sadly no more drinking for if things go well ;)

Okay, per Samy's post here, Aleris will be looking for the following items at auction:

Efficient Quiver - 1,800 gp
Feather Step Slippers - 2k gp
Handy Haversack - 2k gp

Diplomacy: Efficient Quiver: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25
Diplomacy: Feather Step Slippers: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10
Diplomacy: Handy Haversack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21

Noted. Hope the rest of you have also been using this lull to brainstorm for items you'd be looking for.

I know I want those gloves and I am trying to find items that are in my price range. There are so many that I want that are out of my price range :(

I feel your pain!

No kidding :(

For the upcoming auction, you can try to influence the auction slate to have items that you are interested in. You can do research beforehand to make sure you know to pounce upon items you want, and you can plant the word on the streets that you are on the lookout for so-and-so.

Each of you may state three magic items that you would like to be available at the auction. For each one, roll Diplomacy, Local or Appraise. The better the roll will be, the more likely the item will show up. (Though it's not guaranteed even with a natural 20.)

I need to think about what I would want in the auction, and more about what Harmose has been doing all this time. If Harmose knows that Aleris wants something in the auction, he'd be inclined to help her look for her items instead of looking for his own. What price limit is there?

If he was just thinking about himself, he'd be interested in eventually seeing the following:

Headband of Alluring Charisma

Mnemonic Vestment

And, just for fun:

Boots of the Cat

(Yeah, a Circlet of Persuasion would be more powerful for Harmose, but he's already a social skills monster. Maybe I should wait on looking for that.)

1) Diplomacy (Headband of Alluring Charisma): 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 13 + 1 = 29
2) Diplomacy (Mnemonic Vestment): 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 13 + 1 = 23
3) Diplomacy (Boots of the Cat): 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 13 + 1 = 16

Other things that might be fun:

Traveler's Any-Tool -- 250 gp

Haunt Siphon -- 400 gp

Cracked Magenta Prism Ioun Stone (Aka, the 'skill rock') -- 800 gp

Cracked Orange Prism Ioun Stone (The 'add a cantrip' stone) -- 1000gp

So on the treasure page it says Deseri has 7570 which I as a good player had no clue I had before the option to buy stuff came about. Cause I pay attention. Samy does that count the little over 200 gold that I have on her sheet?

I know I want the Gloves of Reconnaissance

But if coin is pulled we could get a Jar of Haunt Siphoning. Basically a reusable version of the Haunt Siphon but Deseri would have to spend almost all her gold on it. It certainly seems useful so if people want to throw coin at the idea I am gonna shoot for it.

I was strongly considering the travelers anytool. That is one of my favorite magical items next to the sleeves of any garment.

For a front liner Gravewatch Pendants are awesome but really expensive.

So I am thinking Gloves of Reconnaissance, a wand of protection from evil for sure. And maybe the Jar of Haunt Siphoning if others want to pool coin. I could go for a wand of detect undead and I am open to suggestions. Deseri would have no issue spending money to get something for any you :)

I just noticed that Harmose has only 300 gold with which to purchase stuff... I'm not sure what I claimed that made my share of the cash so low. Maybe it was the remove curse? That might have been expensive.

Harmose will look for stuff for other people.

Hmm

Actually Hmm that total is for what you have claimed so far from the found loot. Feel free to claim whatever is left from the list. This goes for Qari, Kito, and Polux too :)

We haven't split up the gold from the items we collected.

Looking at the treasure document, we have around 25K worth of items to sell (probably getting us half that amount) plus around 7K cash now.

We need to hold back at least 750 gp, might want to hold back 1500 gp. That would be to purchase another one or two wands of CLWs.

The individual wealth listed behind a character is the value of items they currently have. It hasn't been updated for my requests, but I think that is because we haven't confirmed that is what happens.

Basically, everyone should go through the treasure sheet and look at items that are currently assigned to your character or unassigned items that they want for their character. If there is an item you have which you no longer want, either someone else can claim it or we can sell it.

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@Samy Am I right in thinking that I could use magic influence on the rolls for items representing knowing the right people to ask about such things?

I would like to trade out the Akhentepi's Armor for a little better of an option. If no one is claiming the +1 leather armor I would like.

I mentioned it earlier so please swap which one she has though if no one is calling the mithral shirt. And I would like one of the Ioun Stones because the dark is scary.

If anyone needs a refresher on the stats for Akhentepi's Armor, here it is. With the +1 bonus it equals out to the same protection as leather armor but with the Staunching property and the 1/day bonus to an initiative check.

Aleris will take it if absolutely no one else in the party wants/can use it but if there's someone that does want it then please feel free to claim it! :)

Also I'm fine with setting aside a portion of the money we get from selling items to buy some healing wands.

From the loot list I say as a group we should keep all the pots (I think I will have some abilities related to potions further down the road :D) and scrolls (sooner or later Polux will be able to UMD them) since bottom line these mean versatility in buffs and what we can accomplish.

Apart from that, I guess I will keep only what already marked.

I have no idea what items I am going to look for Polux, BUT maybe:

- I'm thinking maybe an Adaptive Composite Longbow;
- A Cloak of Resistance +1;
- Perhaps improving my longspear or armor to +1;
- Eyes of the Eagle;
- Hybridization Funnel

Anyone has any ideas? :D

One question: When dividing the gold, will we take into account the gold value each one of us has already acquired from the loot to balance things out?

@Polux

Although that may in many ways be the fairest way, I've found it causes people to try and sell everything in favor of trying to buy just the right item. It also greatly increases the book-keeping.

Rather than do that, how about we just make sure that things don't go too far. People take what they can use, never abuse the trust of the party by taking something just to sell it later, and we try to cooperate?

I am in favor of a less formal, less book keeping intensive and less structured approach. If someone needs something, they ask the group and we try to resolve it as a group.

Agreed Kito. Actually I wasn't thinking about the 'grab a valuable item to sell it later for profit' possibility.

It was more along the lines of balancing things out - say you grab a +1 Cloak of Resistance during the adventure (worth what 2k?), then you split the cash afterwords and everyone gets 1.8k (you included). That means that instead of maybe everyone getting a +1 Cloak, only you get it as well as the cash.

I know this is an exaggeration but it can be applied to weapons and other stuff much in the same way. The exaggeration was only to make a point. I'll go with whatever makes more sense to the group though :D

Qari could use the leather armor +1 and the apprentice's cheating gloves. The list is read only for me, so I can't put Qari's name down for either.

Kito, I've updated the treasure document with the items you claimed.

The gold that is listed next to Deseri is the gold I have to spend during down time?

The gold listed next to your name is the gold value of the items you have claimed from found loot.

What price limit is there?

The price limit for the auction is 10560gp, so items of that price or lower may show up there.

Samy does that count the little over 200 gold that I have on her sheet?

The treasure document's value next to your name does not count money at all, it only counts item values that you have claimed.

@Samy Am I right in thinking that I could use magic influence on the rolls for items representing knowing the right people to ask about such things?

Magic influence? Probably yes, but refresh my memory what you're referring to.

Regarding how you want to split loot, that is up to your group consensus. From a purely technical standpoint, once we have tallied the items, it would be easy to split the money so that everyone has equivalent wealth by character, counting items+gold, but whether you want to do that or not is up to you.

I'm getting ready to kick off Book 2 now. The reason why you guys aren't clear on the gold you have is by design (although I could've been clearer about it earlier), as Book 2 opens with the auction where you get to sell all the loot you accumulated over Book 1. Dice rolls at the auction will determine how much gold you get out of all the things, so the exact money you get is still in flux. I will post the opening for the auction within a day or so, and in it, explain the rules for how we're going to see how well you sell your stuff.

I've marked the mithral shirt for Deseri, the +1 leather armor for Qari and Akhentepi's Armor for Aleris. Did I interpret you guys right?

Edit: No wait, Polux claimed the mithral shirt earlier. I think Polux and Deseri both want the mithral shirt and Deseri and Qari want the leather armor. Nobody wants the magic scale mail?

Also Harmose, I accidentally slipped in that sister without thinking to check your background for whether you'd have one. If you want to retcon that part away and have no sister, just say so. That was my bad jumping the gun.

Here's a list of the items that I currently have as "claimed by nobody", minus scrolls and potions which I suppose you can communally keep somehow. :)

Notably we have a magic shield, a magic armor, a bunch of wands and bracers of armor that, if somebody has claimed them, I've missed it so speak up and remind me and I'll fix it.

I'll look into making a "communally kept" category for the treasure document and we can dump scrolls, potions and alchemical items there. Maybe wands too.

Sounds good to me Samy! Regarding Akhentepi's Armor, I'm still happy to let someone else take it, especially since there seems to be a little confusion over some of the other armor pieces. Definitely not trying to be a greedy guts here, just trying to make sure that stuff either get used if it's still useful to someone or gets sold if it isn't :)

Dumping the scrolls, potions, etc. into a communal pile seems like a good way to go about it so we're not spending a ton of time dithering around on who gets what of those.

Kito wrote:

@Samy Am I right in thinking that I could use magic influence on the rolls for items representing knowing the right people to ask about such things?

Magic influence? Probably yes, but refresh my memory what you're referring to.

During previous downtimes I used the linguistics skill for copying and translating Ahkentepi's papers and the books. Here I gained 3 influence and here I gained 2 more influence. Total was 5 influence.

I believe we have some downtime before the auction. The Gather Information section of the downtime rules mentions using influence to gain a bonus on the check. There is also an option for this under Research Facts and Lore and Scheme for an Upcoming Adventure.

Since we have some downtime, I was looking at what I might be able to accomplish during it. I still want to copy more of the papers, but if I can use some of the connections that influence represents to improve our chances at the action that would also be worthwhile.

Hey folks, just a heads-up that I'll be heading out town Thursday morning to a convention and likely won't be back until either very late Sunday night or very early Monday morning. I'll have my Kindle and phone with me but I'll likely not be posting at all during that time. Please feel free to bot me as needed while I'm gone :)

downtime

Oh yes, the downtime rules, yes, *that* Influence. Yes, you absolutely may use it.

Someone who can cast cleric spells definitely need to grab the two wands. Those are really helpful.

Kito already has one wand of CLWs. We would probably be better off if we spread them around. Harmose and Aleris could activate them just as easily.

I could too! Kito does not love me :( Woe is me... ;)

Deseri is not a heavy melee type I would be perfectly fine just buying a mundane chain shirt. Qari could have the +1 leather, Polux can have the mirthal chain, and Aleris can have the Akhentepi's Armor.

Gloves of Reconnaissance: 1d20 ⇒ 13 Aww the one item I wanted for me :(
Traveler's Any-Tool: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

Samy do I need to roll and see if a wand is there? If so then
Wand of Protection from evil: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25

I could too! Kito does not love me :( Woe is me... ;)

No, I was just sloppy. I should have done a more through check of who else could use the items.