Just recreated the Deepmar Penal Colony Map. I decided to go with Google Slides rather than Roll20. Emailed Customer Service to switch the Campaign over to me. Hoping to be live within the next 48 hours =).
Here's a couple visuals we missed out on earlier. I'll permalink them on the Campaign Info tab eventually and add to them as we go.
I've also added Delbina's token to the map. Who wants to control where she goes?
Hmmm... I figured Paizo would have given me control by now, or at the very least responded to my email. Anyone know how long it usually takes?
For now, let's continue anyways. I'll post a bit of a recap below with stuff that I'll eventually move to the Campaign Info tab.
THE VOYAGE:
The storm abates as the crew calls out that the island of Deepmar is within sight. Over the prow, the island is just visible through the rain. Although not large, looking to be no more than thirty miles across at its widest point, the island is quite lush, covered in wind-lashed trees and shrubs. Sitting at the island’s southernmost point is a small colony, surrounded by a wooden palisade in front of a single, long dock. The iron doors to the colony appear closed, but no guards can be seen. Indeed, as the boat draws closer, no one can be seen moving about the island.
THE COLONY:
Tall, stout timbers topped with inward-facing hooks and barbs surround a small settlement of single-story wooden buildings with thatch roofs. Towers stand to either side of a large gate leading out to the docks. Chickens wander here and there, pecking at the ground—the only evidence of life within the colony.
The wooden palisade surrounding the colony is made of 1-foot-thick reinforced timber and treated with a slick resin, making it difficult to climb.
Both buildings feature 16 simply furnished 10-foot-by-10-foot sleeping chambers. Each chamber contains a small bed, pegs on the wall for hanging clothes, and a single shelf under the small barred window. Aside from a few personal belongings, there is nothing of value in these rooms.
In the interest of expediency instead of having everyone roll Perception checks individually when you enter an area, I'll do group Perceptions. This will help me establish who acts in surprise (if there happens to be a surprise round), as well as what you immediately notice before you have the chance to Take 20.
This Module utilizes the rules for Local and Overland Movement, so when you're deciding where to go keep that in mind, and let me know your path.
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My thoughts on handling Knowledge checks to identify creatures:
DC 5 + CR if the creature is common (such as a Goblin or Zombie).
DC 15 + CR if the creature is rare (unique, variant, augmented).
DC 10 + CR for the vast majority of creatures you encounter.
This check doesn't just represent your Knowledge of the subject but also your ability to determine its strengths and weaknesses based on obvious physical features (such as a metallic hide implying hardness or damage reduction).
What is my definition of the CRB phrase "useful information"?
I want players to feel rewarded that they invested in their Knowledge skills. On a successful check you not only get the creature's name and description, but also its type and subtypes. Say you were fighting a Greater Shadow (a CR 8 creature). If you made a DC 18 Knowledge (religion) check you'd know it was a creature of the Undead type and the Incorporeal subtype (and all associated traits of those types).
For every 5 by which you beat the initial DC you may ask a question about the creature. This eliminates me guessing at what you may consider to be useful. To handle this in a PbP I'll provide a spoiler for "Special Defenses", "Special Attacks", "Special Abilities", "Lore", and "Weaknesses". If your check was high enough to garner a question, simply click on the spoiler that you'd want to know about. Then, in that same post where you rolled your Knowledge check, include which spoiler(s) you read. Everyone in the party may then read those spoilers.
This means that if you beat the DC by 25 you'd essentially know everything there is to know about that creature. If the creature doesn't have any relevant information then I won't include a spoiler for that section.
You can still read the spoilers that others identify. I'll just assume it's information being shared, unless someone states otherwise.
Campaign Info tab updated.
Haha, thank you!
This is my first attempt at GMing a PbP, so please feel free to give me feedback. I've already played in several and have taken notes from each of my GMs, so I hope you guys have fun.
Happy Holidays!
I was using some free time to prep your Chronicles and realized that I know none of your characters' information. Can I please have your:
Player Name:
PFS ID#:
Slow/Normal:
I'm assuming everyone has the correct Faction toggled. I'll handle Day Jobs and Faction Journal Cards after the game concludes in case you want to save your reroll for your Day Job.
If you prefer not to post your information publicly then just PM me.
Thanks in advance!
No worries. That combat signalled the end of Part 1 (there are 3 parts) so I wanted to finish it off.
Hey, all. I'm going out of town tomorrow for New Years, and although I'll be back Friday I'll be out of town again on Saturday as well. I'll try to post as I can using my phone, but I won't be able to put up any new maps or move tokens around until basically Sunday.
Feel free to discuss your options and ask any questions, though.
Once two people make a decision on where to go or what to do we'll move on. I've prepped all creature visuals, tokens, and maps except for the final map itself (which is a bit of nightmare to edit; each square equals 10ft rather than 5ft).
The Island Overview map is now in my header. I'll keep the Penal Colony map on the Campaign Info tab.
Going out of town Saturday. I'll be able to post but can't move things around on Google Slides.
I'm just watching you guys do it, rather than posting 'Samuel follows' or 'Samuel nods' :p
This module involves a lot of exploration, as well as decision making on where to go and what to do. I know your Perception is +0, but what would Samuel want to do if left to explore on his own? What are you interested in as a player?
I can tell you guys already that this is a different playthrough from when I first did it. My Druid cast Commune with Nature and we instantly knew everything that was going on, so we went straight to end (for the most part). For us, there was no mystery.
You guys get to explore!
Yeah, I feel ya. I signed up with Narsius because he was just what your group needed: a divining, blasting, scroll-toting, social Wizard.
But I think you guys will do fine.
Oh, Samuel, can you post your information, or PM me?
"He seemed nice." Marcel says, watching the man run off into the distance.
Lmao!
You guys can chase after him if you'd like; he's running no faster than the average human.
Everyone needs to go see The Revenant. Tammarak has a lead role!
Everytime I hear a news story about the zika virus epidemic I think of the mosquitoes in this game.
Just an FYI, I'm going out of town on the 12th thru the 15th. I don't see myself being able to update much during that time, except sporadically using my phone.
What do you guys want to do/where do you want to go now?
OMGosh, sorry to hear. Of course that's more important.
There's a good chance that all of you will eventually be affected by this memory loss at one time or another. For handling combat and limited abilities, the module doesn't give any guidance, so I'll run down a list of things and if you guys have any questions just feel free to ask.
1) If you're in combat, you won't forget that you're in combat from round to round, but you won't remember what's transpired in previous rounds. If you cast Shield of Faith on round 1, you may very well cast Shield of Faith again on round 2 (or later during combat). If someone became confused, you'd forget they were confused the following round. Visible effects, like bleeding wounds, you can register fast enough to realize that someone's hurt.
2) Limited resources. If you have a set # of something, like Panache or Judgments, you won't remember when or why you used them previously, but you'll be aware of your remaining numbers and whether you're currently under the effects of one (so you don't waste another use). I'll even extend this to charges on wands and such. So if you've only got 1 Panache left, you'd probably conserve it like normal.
3) Overall planning. You know your overall mission is to locate or find out what happened to the missing colonists. You might forget how you got there, or who you fought against, but moving forward in the storyline shouldn't be a problem (unless you all were affected at once, and that was when you failed to remember a key piece of information).
Anyt other situations you guys can think of?
As long as you get the requisite amount of rest.
A Wizard might have a difficult time memorizing anything. Good thing your Wizard left when he did ;-)
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Congratulations! I'm finishing up my Undergrad right now, and after some time volunteering I'm thinking of law school myself. Best of luck to you!
Shield Other can really be dangerous for Life Oracles =P