Pathfinder 5012 (Inactive)
Game Master Zachman08

If Firebottom can find the time at some point during the hiring process, he heads out to pick up a Light Crossbow at some point (before we head off on the next day of that campaign).

From the last moments of play ...

Firebottom watches with widening eyes as the rest of the party goes down. When his partner in multiple crimes goes down first he knows the situation is grim. Then the new dwarf drops. Finally when it's just him and the sorcerer left the goblin makes one more attempt at breathing fire to get out the door then resigns himself to his fate.

When Bregen is knocked unconscious in a single series of blows and he's the last one standing, Firebottom raises his hands high above his head and calls out in his screechy goblin voice, "I SURRENDER! DON'T HURT ME ..."

everybody give me a fortitude and a will save

Fortitude > 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Will > 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11

Fort > 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
Will > 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19

Right before the the blow that will drop Bregen lands he thinks to himself, "At least this will make for a goo..."

Fort: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
Ref: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21

Fort = 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24
Will = 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

Ok guys here's the boons you get

Greycloak Boons

Confiscated Alchemical Goods
Hattori has provided you with a plethora of smuggled alchemical components. While substandard, these components can be used to make alchemical items at 50% cost. You have 20 “uses” of these components. 1st lvl potions and Alchemical substances take 1 use, 2nd lvl potions take 2, etc.

Greycloak Contact List
Whenever you make port, you may check this book if there are any contacts in the area. There are 3 types of contacts. Information Brokers: will give you a Knowledge(local), Knowledge(History), Knowledge(Nobility), or Appraise check with a bonus of 1/10 the gold you pay them. Merchants will provide you with mundane goods at 50% cost. Mercenaries can be hired to do a job for you (protect the boat, transport a prisoner, guard a building etc.) but payment will depend on the job. You can use this boon as long as you have the list and are in good standing with the Greycloaks.

Sterk spends most of his time getting supplies before the boat leaves.

After the voyage starts Sterk spends most of his time meditating with with "Zhou," working on the boat and fulfilling his new roll as quartermaster.

He is not unfriendly, or withdrawn and plays any drinking games and joins in on sea shanties with the crew.

Once the voyage gets underway, Firebottom spends a lot of time on deck wandering around and watching how the professional sailors take care of things. When the drunk isn't on deck he tends to linger around with Thyra asking questions about how they're going to get to their destination and how she knews where they're going.

On the second day, in his typical 'ADD' goblin way, he stops mid conversation and bolts down below deck. When he comes back up he has one of the masterwork torturer's knives.

Heading straight back to Thyra on the poop deck he smiles. "I'd almost forgotten. I picked this up for you on our last adventure off the boat. Set the guy on fire to get this!" He hands her the knife and then climbs back up onto the crate he's set up next to get a better view forward.

Before leaving for Tien, Bregen grabs a large sack of gold and platinum and sets off for Elzar's looking to pick us several items. Once he arrives he tries and get the best possible deal.

Once onboard the ship Bregen spends a good deal of time talking to Mr. Pickles attempting to get to know him better by establishing a common bond. Bregen tries and shares stories about his exploits and his ever growing magical capabilities and attempts to compare his abilities against Mr. Pickles'.

Also during the voyage Bregen will craft both a Headband of Intellect (for Firebottom) and a Headband of Alluring Charisma (for himself).

Also I picked up your shield poof.

Before leaving Veit finds a nice room within a respectable drunken stupors walk to the kitchen for easy access of the rum rations. Veit has never liked sailing preferring his own two feet for travel rather than anything else and spends the first day getting used to the rock of the ship so that he might not pitched from his feet should an unexpected wave come rolling the boats direction.

On the second day Veit decides to participate in any drinking games the crew might host and tries to chat with Ishmael about his sea shenanigans and talks to the boy "Ray" to try and learn some things about sailing and adopts to calling him "lad" instead. Sometimes with the word "sea" in front as a reference to his, what seems to Veit anyway, unending knowledge of sailing.

Fortitude Save: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

Sterk goes on deck and practices with Zhou when its not crowded.

Melee Attack 1: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
Melee Attack 2: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
Melee Attack 3: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

Prepare for block text! Firebottom and Bregen will be later this morning

Before leaving Absalom Firebottom takes a day to pour over a few new Alchemist formulas he learned during a visit to Elzar's. Finally he comes poking his head out of a hatch and notices Bregen and Sterk having a conversation. Walking up to them he pulls the over-sized pistol he always carries in his belt and levels it at them.

"So guys, it's like this! I've been carrying this thing around with me for weeks now." He says quickly, leveling the barrel of the firearm at them. "I've got this thing and no one has ever asked me if I actually knew how to use it." He pauses, waiting for their reactions, and then carries on even quicker. "Well? Okay, fine! I don't! But I've figured it out. With no lessons at all your friendly neighborhood alchemist figured out how to make exploding bullets.

Still no response from either of them he turns exasperated. "Whatever! I'm taking some money from the ship's coffer and going to buy some bits and pieces. See you later!" And then he wanders off.

Sterk turns to Bregen, "Do you speak goblin? What was he talking about it? And why was he waving around an unloaded gun?"

Several hours before leaving ...

Firebottom comes running from below deck in a panic. It's unusual because his arrival was not preceded by an explosion nor is he covered in soot. He immediately runs to the captain's quarters and exits again moments later carrying a large bag of coins.

He glances around as he heads towards the gangplank. He spots the tengu and yells in common, "Don't let them leave without me! I'll be back!"

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Sometime later

Firebottom comes back with a sack of coins that is significantly lighter but he's riding a wagon being driven by an old man and pulled by two horses. Two half-orcs (of what look to be fairly low intelligence) ride in the back with their legs dangling off the back of the wagon.

The goblin hops off the wagon and instructs the half-orcs, "Just down through the main hatch and you'll see the galley. Oooo! No, ask for the quartermaster! I'll need to make sure these stay safe on the journey."

Prying open the tops of two huge crates in the back of the wagon the half-orcs start unloading wrapped containers each holding several jars. On the outside of each package in large lettering in several different languages it states clearly: DANGER! GOBLIN PICKLES!

Firebottom looks up at the old man and stretches upwards to shake his hand. "Thank you my friend. This should keep me going for the journey. Yours will be the first shop I visit when we return to Absalom." The goblin then turns to board the ship as the unloading continues. He mutters under his breath, That's assuming the city hasn't been burnt to the ground.

The old man makes his perception check

Just thought about this one ...

Firebottom spends one of the last days of the voyage going through Sterk's on-board library trying to find any information he can about goblins or goblinoids in Tian Xia.

Ratfolk hp:

lvl 2 1d8 ⇒ 5
lvl 3 1d8 ⇒ 3
lvl 4 1d8 ⇒ 6
lvl 5 1d8 ⇒ 3

Ok so you guys have the night to rest and then the next morning you go out and buy your gear to start trekking up the mountains. What are you guys going to buy? (EX. Climbing Gear, Rations, Pack Mule, a GUIDE OR a MAP, etc.)

Firebottom is very much in favor of picking up all of that stuff. Can we get a yak someplace? That would make for a great pack animal and then we could eat it if something kills it. What kind of weather should we be expecting?

Rolls for whatever I might need to know:
Knowledge (History) > 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Knowledge (Local) > 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
Knowledge (Nature) > 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

Early in the morning Veit goes out into town looking for any dwarven run taverns in the hopes of finding some Dwarven Holy Water(Ale). Veit thinks to himself 'Can't go out without some skins o holy water. I'll find me a big ol rock later ta keep me from floating into that durn sky thing.'

if i can't find any dwarves about i'll go back to the inn to find Sterk (i think he's the one who speaks the native language), to help me get a map, climbing gear, blankets, and rations.

Veit also consults the rest of the party on whether we have enough gold to buy him some Full-Plate or not.

I couldn't remember if we eneded up back at the ship or not but either way Firebottom would enlist Yoshimoto's help.

The following morning Firebottom heads off early with Yoshimoto in tail to help out with translation and finding new and interesting things to eat.

A few hours later the duo returns with the goblin fully decked out in local garb. Firebottom has shed his ratty explorer's cloak and now wears a well-cut coat in bright colors.

Yoshimoto is a few paces behind the goblin and behind him on a short leash is a big furry yak laden down with supplies. Firebottom calls out to the rest of the party, "I picked up some stuff!"

The yak would be laden down with whatever else we needed that Veit wasn't able to pick up on his shopping trip. Firebottom would have made sure to pick up cold weather gear for the group also - heavy cloaks, a few tents, etc. Also grabbed himself a nicely tailored cold weather coat with over-sized hood. Zach - Let me know what you're thinking of for pricing.

Quick rundown of costs. The yak, cold weather gear (furs and snow shoes) and two medium tents will cost 100 gp. We all okay with that? I didn't remove any money from the ship inventory.

I'm fine with the 100gp for the equipment. Also I think we should pawn off a plunder so we can pick up Viet some Full Plate or we could just use some of the gold we have lying around (but we should get it masterwork quality so we can make it a +1 later).

I'm fine with the 100gp for the equipment. Also I think we should pawn off a plunder so we can pick up Viet some Full Plate or we could just use some of the gold we have lying around (but we should get it masterwork quality so we can make it a +1 later).

Works for me. I'll go ahead and remove 10 pp from the ship inventory for the adventuring equipment Firebottom picked up.

Sorry for all the Firebottom posts but I wanted to make this "official" before the expedition leaves.

Not quite sure how long he's going to be away from the Chum Guzzler, Firebottom packs up the portable alchemist kit. Peering through the clutter of his lab he snatches up the three remaining vials of superior alchemist fire that he hadn't already planned on including in his adventuring gear. He carefully wraps the vials in thick cloth while singing a goblin tune about burning down Absalom. Once he's confident the vials are secure he slips them into a simple sack and stows them with the portable kit.

Slipping out of the lab with his extra gear he stops by the armory. He slips his two Dogslicer blades out of his belt and lovingly places them alongside all the other shining gear. In their place he leaves the twin of the masterwork blade he'd given to Thyra. The goblin also grabs 3 quivers of crossbow bolts.

Once back on the dock he lashes all of the extra gear onto the yak and pats the animal on the head affectionately.

He seeks out Sterk and Bregen, not completely certain if he should consult Veit and the ratling on these kinds of things yet. "What would you guys thing about asking Yoshimoto along on this quest? He doesn't have much of a memory back in Absalom but he seemed comfortable in town yesterday. It could be helpful to have a native speaker along."

Bregen wrote:

I'm fine with the 100gp for the equipment. Also I think we should pawn off a plunder so we can pick up Viet some Full Plate or we could just use some of the gold we have lying around (but we should get it masterwork quality so we can make it a +1 later).

Works for me. I'll go ahead and remove 10 pp from the ship inventory for the adventuring equipment Firebottom picked up.

Sounds good. The yak is a great idea. I'll need zach to tell me how much the other provisions are going to cost. Masterwork Full-Plate would be awesome as well. It'll bump my AC up quite a bit.

Back on the Chum Guzzler Firebottom checks in with Zoidberg to see how he's doing on the ship. Feeling a bit more comfortable with larger firearms, the goblin takes the intelligent musket up onto deck to see if he wouldn't mind letting him practice some distance shots.

Firebottom is taking this ship turn to get to know Zoidberg better and see if he'd be interested in coming along on the next portion of the Tian Xi adventure.

Jumping ahead to just before we head off for the next round of adventure ...

Firebottom asks around to the other party members. "Anyone interested in a potion? Didn't end up needing these against the yeti up at the temple." He kind of glances from side to side, not really wanting to have to explain to the rest of the ship's crew as to why the party didn't need the potions to fight a hoard of yeti.

"Two potions of Fire Breath up for grabs!"

After spending some time with his new adventuring group and trying to gain their trust, Hoban gathers up the ship swag and heads off to the market. He looks around and tries to make the best deals that he possibly can. 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (10) + 20 = 30

Note: I'll let you know what we are trying to sell Zach after we have finished organizing the inventory. Also I will do my ship action later this week.

With a few days of downtime after the magical tower encounters Firebottom grabs Swish-Swish and brings him below deck to discuss explosives. Since the goblin had heard rumors about the kobold's ability to get a little more explosion out of a cannon Firebottom takes some time to show how his alchemist bombs are put together.

In Draconic "... and that's it. Now it's a bomb and ready to explode. What do you think?"

Swish-Swish lights the fuse with glee, give me a reflex check

1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

Buuuuuut .... "An alchemist's bomb, like an extract, becomes inert if used or carried by anyone else." It doesn't actually have a fuse, it's just a little test tube kind of thing.

Veit spends most of his time in his room with the curtains drawn and door locked. He looks around his room with nervous glances making sure no one is around to see what he's doing. The "Dwarves Only" sign on his door doesn't stop Veit from thinking that others might be around even though he has checked the entirety of the room multiple times. Finally with nerves tense he opens his hands to marvel at all the gems he's collected thus far. With darting glances he puts his gems back in his bag under his plate. Then, ever so secretly, Veit begins to make false bottoms for the chest of the previous owner of the room and also a false bottom in the nice box he had recently picked up.

Sterk drops by the inventory and grabs a musket and the the broken scope. He grabs a bit of supplies out of the cargo hold and returns to his room. He goes about making the shot and cutting the powder into precise piles. He then combines them into charges with paper and seals up all 30 of them with beeswax.

He then disassembles the scope, taking it apart replacing a lens and reshaping the housing. After an hour worth of work he has functioning scope. It still needs a bit of calibration but its functional. He is about to attach it to the musket when he thinks, "Firebottom as a long-arm now... Maybe he will want the scope..."

Sterk takes the scope over to Firebottom's room with his tools, dropping the musket and 30 alchemist shots off at the armory on the way. He knocks on the large false door...

After a few moments of listening to various knocks and bangs from the other side of Firebottom's lab door, Sterk looks down as the actual miniature door set inside of the larger human-size door opens.

"Hey big guy," Firebottom coughs out, puffs of smoke billowing off of his body. The goblin spies the scope in Sterk's hands. "Whatcha got there?" He leans back into the lab and whispers, "Zoidberg, I think you're going to like this."

What advantage does the scope give?

While on board his new home Hoban introduces himself to his new crew mates. He attempts to establish a decent standing with as many individuals as he can and assures the crew that he will not preach to them unless they ask. He especially tries to win over Sterk, sensing that he started out on the wrong foot with him. He assures him that he will attempt to make his beliefs as little of an obstacle as possible.

So I was going to RP the Dazzling Display as Hoban chastising and intimidating people about his religion but I didn't like how that was going. So now when I use Dazzling Display it will just be that he is coursing with magical energy like we talked about Zach.

"Hi my little goblin friend. I was wondering if you wanted me to attach this scope to your new gun?"

After about 15 min of squeezing into Firebottom's lab and small talk. Sterk attaches the the scope to Zoidberg. Sterk also gives Firebottom 15 paper alchemical cartridge. "There are more in the armory if you need them my goblin friend." Sterk pats Firebottom heavily on the shoulder and squeeze's out of the lab.

To be honest, I'm not sure. I think you ignore the first increment penalty or you get a bonus to hit if beyond the first range increment something like that. Zack told us but I didn't write it down.

Sterk is sitting on a stool in the storage area, knee deep in tangled and frayed rope. When Hoban approaches Sterk and explains himself, Sterk laughs at him.

"Hard feelings?! Ha! If you pull your weight you can worship Otyugh waste for all I care."

Sterk stands up for a moment, and straightens his back. He looks at Hoban and speaks to him in a serious tone.

"I just don't want to here any complaints from the crew about you being preachy. You get too preachy and I'll throw you off the boat myself... Regardless if we are at port or not..."

Sterk lets that last comment hang in the air for a few seconds. He then smiles and hands him a jumble of rope.

"Help me coil and repair these ropes."

Sterk takes a seat and slides a stool over to Hoban. Its clearly not a request.

"Help me coil and repair these ropes."

Sterk takes a seat and slides a stool over to Hoban. Its clearly not a request.

Realizing that it is not a request Hoban gladly picks up some ropes and begins to help. Looking at Sterk he says:

"You wont have any problems from me. And I will gladly assist you and your other crew members in any way that I can, just let me know and I will give it my best shot."