Rannik's Carrion Crown

Game Master Patrick Levasseur

I know you were hoping for that, but I do not see that as likely. We are doing fine on money and you can but your belt of Dex twice over easily.

How about you buy the belt out of your share for 2000 and then you can try, in game to trade it? if you cannot work the trade you can always sell it for what you have in it.

Let's do that, then

I have a cloak +1 so if I get a cloak +2, then the cloak +1 will be available for the general fund.

Right, that's the one I'm throwing back into the sell pile, because I have a cloak already.

For the belt, we can speed track it if you want. All I need to know what city and a diplomatic check.

Also, Tolvan need to roll some percentage check for his teleportation, in case of possible mishaps.

Once those are done and that the loot is all finalise, we can move on to the next book.

BTW, you can do the rolls here.

Hmm. I'll shop around, depending on Tolvan's rolls.

First I'll try in Lepidstadt, since I know Tolvan can take me there.
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20

Then Ardis, since it seems pretty obvious we got close to that town on our way to Feldgrau.
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Then wherever else Tolvan can take me... Caliphas, maybe?
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14

I'd also disguise myself as someone of much higher stature, if there's any way to gain a circumstance bonus: take ten for a 21

Ok. First finalized loot, and then teleporting. Here is the final loot figures.

Danica gets: 12282 gold plus
Potion of Heroism
Ring of Feather Falling
Pearl of Power (1st level)
antitoxin
restorative ointment
Potion of Cure Serious Wounds
Potion of Cure Light Wounds
Scroll of Cure cure moderate wounds

Anna Gets: 10282 gold plus
Silver Hunting Knife (masterwork silver dagger)-Good to have a backup
Potion of Cat's Grace
Wand of Acid Arrows (38 charges)
Ring of Protection +1
20 Alchemical Silver Bolts
Amulet of Natural Armor +1
antitoxin
dust of appearance
Potion of Cure Moderate Wounds
Potion of Cure Light Wounds
She buys the Belt of Strength from the party for 2000 gp.

Kimberly gets: 12282 gold plus
Amulet of Natural Armor +1
Ring of Protection +1
Cloak of Resistance +2
Scroll of Remove Disease (CL 12th)
Lesser Silent Metamagic Rod
Wand of Command Undead (6 charges)
Pearl of Power (1st level)
Scroll of Cure cure moderate wounds

Tolvan Gets: 12282 gold plus
Scroll of Dimension Door
Spellbook from Estovion Lozarov - Need Details Please
Wand of Spider Climb (34 charges)
Wand of Command Undead (6 charges)
Vrood's Spellbook
Scroll of Control Undead
Pearl of Power (1st level)X2
antitoxin
Potion of Cure Light Wounds
20 Silver Arrows

Ananias Gets: a share of 6886 gold (GM's call how much!)
antitoxin
Potion of Cure Serious Wounds
Potion of Cure Light Wounds
Masterwork Light Crossbow and 20 silver bolts
+1 Light Steel Shield - Looks like he could use a shield...

Please update you character sheets with the above loot and lets go shopping. :)

Ok. Teleport time. Here is my thinking - We are saving so much time, compared to walking that we have time to be careful while teleporting. And by careful I mean that Tolvan will always have three Telepports memorized on days he is teleporting and will plan to use at most two. The third will be held in reserve in case he lands off target or has a mishap. Tolvan will also buff some before before teleporting as additional insurance - these include Invisibility and Fly.

So it will go like this: Tolvan will then Teleport Anna and Danica to Ascanor Lodge. After making sure all is well there he will teleport back to Kimberly and Ananias in Feldgrau. The next day, after buffing again he will teleport Kimberly, Ananias and himself to Lepidstadt where he will will check in with the library and the Palentine Eye folks and the three here can do some shopping.

Here is the chart Rannik provided to determine how familiar Tolvan is with locations. But it has already been determined that he Very Familiar with Lepidstadt and has Studied Ascanor Lodge carefully.

| Very Familiar | Studied Carefully | Seen Casually | Seen Once |
Capital | 0-10% | 11-30% | 31-50% | 51 -100% |
Large Town | 0-07% | 08-25% | 26-40% | 41-90% |
Town | 0-05% | 06-20% | 21-33% | 34 -80% |
Village | 0-02% | 03-15% | 16-25% | 2 6-70% |

And here is the teleportation chart for the D20SRD

| On Target | Off Target | Similar Area | Mishap |
Very Familiar | 01-97% | 98-99% | 100% | - |
Studied Carefully| 01-94% | 95-97% | 98-99% | 99-100% |
Seen Casually | 01-88% | 89-94% | 95-96% | 97 -100% |
Viewed Once | 01-76% | 77-88% | 89-92% | 93-100% |

So here goes:

Teleport Accuracy, Ascanor Lodge: 1d100 ⇒ 73 Success

Teleport Accuracy, Back to Feldgrau: 1d100 ⇒ 93 Success, but not by a lot. :)

The next day he teleports Kimberly and Ananias to Lepidstadt.

Teleport Accuracy, Lepidstadt: 1d100 ⇒ 70 Success

So we are good, but divided. Danica and Anna are at the Lodge. And the rest of us are in Lepidstadt.

I need Anna to tell me where to pick her up. Will she travel overland to Lepidstadt from the lodge? It does not look that far. Two to three days at the most I'd think. The other alternative is for Tolvan to go and get her, but that is more chances teleporting and then she is not with her carriage on the trip back. And if she asked Tolvan would come back and ride with her to Lepidstadt (possibly with Kimberly and Ananias) but that is not conducive to being productive in Lepidstadt.

Here are some familiarity rolls for the area:

Capital
Caliphas: 1d100 ⇒ 35 Seen Casually

Major Cities
Ardis: 1d100 ⇒ 26 Studied Carefully
Carrion Hill: 1d100 ⇒ 91 Seen Once
Karcau: 1d100 ⇒ 63 Seen Casually

Towns
Anactoria: 1d100 ⇒ 98
Ardagh: 1d100 ⇒ 5 Very Familiar
Berus: 1d100 ⇒ 33
Cesca: 1d100 ⇒ 10 Studied Carefully
Chastel: 1d100 ⇒ 32
Courtaud: 1d100 ⇒ 82
Hyannis: 1d100 ⇒ 35
Illmarsh: 1d100 ⇒ 20 Studied Carefully - Note that this is close to Thrushmoor
Kavapesta: 1d100 ⇒ 32
Marian Leigh: 1d100 ⇒ 51
Redleaf: 1d100 ⇒ 26
Sen's Pass: 1d100 ⇒ 75
Sturnidae: 1d100 ⇒ 49
Tamrivena: 1d100 ⇒ 97
Thrushmoor: 1d100 ⇒ 90
Vauntil: 1d100 ⇒ 8 Studied Carefully - Note that this is also pretty close to Thrushmoor
Thrushmoor: 1d100 ⇒ 35 - Seen Casually
Vische: 1d100 ⇒ 40

Other smaller Villages of note
Rosenport: 1d100 ⇒ 81
Chateau Douleurs: 1d100 ⇒ 53
Grayce: 1d100 ⇒ 82
Eran's Rest: 1d100 ⇒ 23

Ananias Gets: a share of 6886 gold (GM's call how much!)

What do you say, @GM?

Assuming all is well in Ascanor, I expect Anna (and maybe Danica, if she's willing) will take the carriage back to Lepidstadt to make sure her attendants are safe. That's two to three days journey by carriage, if all goes well.

Then Anna will do some shopping in Lepidstadt and hopefully meet up with the rest of the party before our mutual teleport to Ardis or Caliphas (unless Vauntil is closer -- don't have the map called up at the moment).

Seems like my best roll for bargaining the belt trade was in Lepidstadt, so I'll see what Rannik says about that.

IF we can all successfully shop in Lepidstadt I'd prefer not to have to to Ardis or Caliphas. When we are done shopping and ready to move on we will teleport to Illmarsh or Vauntil and travel from there. Illmarsh looks closer but there is a river to cross from that direction and the land looks less swampy from Vauntil.

Yeah, given my whopping "1" on my diplomacy check in Ardis, I should probably stay away. I'm also a bit afraid I'd bump into the real Lady Hauber-Blotten.

Though come to think of it, that might be fun...

Tolvan wrote:

Ananias Gets: a share of 6886 gold (GM's call how much!)

What do you say, @GM?

Let's make it around 6K so that you have a bit of shopping money. Theopolis won't need much to accomplish what he is staying behind to do.

Anna, you are able to switch the belt in Lepidstadt. Good roll there.

For the shopping, write down a list of what you want in order of preference. Not everything is available. Lepidstadt is a small city after all. But there is definitely a belt of strength +2 for sell... ;)

Estovian Spellbook:

Level - 0
All
Level - 1
expeditious retreat, mage armor, magic missile, obscuring mist, shield, unseen servant
Level - 2
acid arrow, darkvision, detect thoughts, dust of twilight, scorching ray, summon monster II, web
Level - 3
gaseous form, lightning bolt, phantom driver, stinking cloud, summon monster III
Level - 4
black tentacles, charm monster, dimension door, minor creation, summon monster IV

Ok. Got it. Thanks.

Tolvan's Timeline:

Day 1: Teleport Danica and Anna to the lodge. Help them ascertain all is good there. Kiss Anna goodby and promise not to worry. Agree to meet them in Lepidstadt in three days. Teleport Back.

Day 2: Teleport Kimberly and Ananias to Lepidstadt. Get a nice room at the Inn. Check in with the folks we know there. Inquire about the Order of the Palatine Eye discretely.

Day 3: Relax and shop. Do some research in the library about Thrushmoor, Illmarsh and Vauntil and specifically which two of the two cities would be best to get to Thrushmoor from.

Day 4: Relax and shop Begin to worry about Anna if she is running even a minute late. No, unless she is early. :)

Day 5: Spend some quality time with my girl. Make plans to teleport to Illmarsh or Vauntil, depending on research above. Teleport Kimberly and Ananias there and then go back to Lepidstadt.

Day 6: Teleport Danica and Anna there and set off for Thrushmoor.

Still working on my shopping list. Will post it soon.

This is the item that Anna most wants. She'll want to obtain it rather surreptitiously, since she doesn't want anyone to know she has it. (Maybe not even the party, since she doesn't trust their ability to bluff convincingly.)

Ideally, she'd use her contacts through Skinny Rold to procure the object anonymously.

Tolvan's top priority would be an upgraded headband. He has a +2 and would like a +4. He has the gold to buy one outright (16K-2K of he sells his current one) but would prefer to upgrade his +2 to +4 (12k).

That would take most of his money. He would also like to purchase some Dweomer's Essence for emergencies.

If the headband is not an option he would want to upgrade his cloak of resistance +2 to +3. Cost would be 5k for an upgrade and 9k-2K to buy one outright and sell his old one.

He would also be interested in a belt of Dex +2 (4K) or Con +2 (4K) or one of both (10K)

and finally, depending on funds he would like to buy a metamagic rod or two. Each of these are 3K.

Piercing
Reach
Selective
Silent
Toppling

Danica would like to upgrade her current +1 temple sword to a +2 temple sword made of silversheen. Cost would be 8,000 for +2 status and another 750 for silversheen. Would this be available in town? Not sure what else.

Blades made of silversheen are always masterwork items as well; the masterwork cost is included in the price given. A blade made of silversheen has its price increased by 750 gp. Crafting a silversheen blade requires Craft (alchemy) 5 ranks and Craft (weaponsmithing) 5 ranks.

It's that time again! I just can't stop taking vacations, so sorry. :)

I'm going to be hitting the road Thursday afternoon, not returning until Sunday evening. This is a camping trip; if I have internet access while I'm gone, it will only be through my phone. I'll give it a shot, but I don't have high hopes; posts will be very brief if they happen.

Please bot me if I'm holding anything up!

For those that want special crafting or upgrade to existing gear. Don't forget the rule of 1 day of work per 1K gold. Your headband alone would take 12 days Tolvan.

Just missing Kimberly and Ananias list.

Whether we complete the shopping or not, I'd like to restart the adventure on Monday. The shopping can be completed here anyway.

I think it might actually take 16 days, as I seem to recall you have to pay in days for the full price of the item. Either way, that is too long for Tolvan to wait. So, if available he will by the +4 and sell his +2 headband.

i really dont have a list. I would like a staff of healing, but that might be a little out of reach right now.

I'll come up with something soon though.

Also, been sick past couple of days. sudden headache that would not go away. felt like a constant throbbing. finally got it to ease up today. and can function again.

of course later this week I have a colonoscopy, what joy...

I think of two things Kimberly would like:

first is something to increase Charisma
second is a Phylactery of Positive Channeling

The problem with that Kimverly is that in general they take up the same slot. You could go with Phylactery of Positive Channeling and then an Ioun stone to boost Chraisma but then you are pretty much limited to +2 on the stat.

yeah, bummer. +2 is better than +0 though

Hi all, I am back. I'm just checking into Discussion on all of my games at the moment; I will circle back around and catch up in Gameplay before the end of the day today.

Thanks for your patience!

You have not missed much, but if you prefer not to be teleported around Ustalav you need to speak up now. :)

I think we are role playing a little as we do some shopping and waiting for our GM to say yes or no to our purchase requests. Then we start the next book proper. That will lead off with a few teleports and then an overland trek of hopefully less than a week.

Ananias will shop, presumably, in Liepestadt. He has no problem being teleported across the place. (I have to check the Magus sheet I created for his "former" life, but he may have had the spell himself! Certainly it was used during the Shining Crusade even if he didn't.)

I will try to get those purchase requests in tonight!

Wanted to restart last Monday, but got bogged down with problems. There is also lots more to read than I though. So stay with me, that first post for book 4 is coming.

Hey boss, please make executive call on your wish list before book 4. ;-)

At this point, Ananias is going to save his $$ for bigger and better things at a later date.

I reserve the right to change my mind once we're actually in Liepestadt, but for now, that's my plan.

This is the item that Anna most wants. She'll want to obtain it rather surreptitiously, since she doesn't want anyone to know she has it. (Maybe not even the party, since she doesn't trust their ability to bluff convincingly.)

Ideally, she'd use her contacts through Skinny Rold to procure the object anonymously.

1d100 ⇒ 30

Lucky you! That item is available.

Tolvan's top priority would be an upgraded headband. He has a +2 and would like a +4. He has the gold to buy one outright (16K-2K of he sells his current one) but would prefer to upgrade his +2 to +4 (12k).

That would take most of his money. He would also like to purchase some Dweomer's Essence for emergencies.

If the headband is not an option he would want to upgrade his cloak of resistance +2 to +3. Cost would be 5k for an upgrade and 9k-2K to buy one outright and sell his old one.

He would also be interested in a belt of Dex +2 (4K) or Con +2 (4K) or one of both (10K)

and finally, depending on funds he would like to buy a metamagic rod or two. Each of these are 3K.

Piercing
Reach
Selective
Silent
Toppling

The headband +4 isn't available. Too pricey for a town that size.

Dweomer's Essence
1d100 ⇒ 89 Sadly not available at the moment.

Cloak +3
1d100 ⇒ 82 Not going well... Not available.

Belt Dex +2
1d100 ⇒ 89 Nope

Belt Con +2
1d100 ⇒ 52 Yes, finally

Belt Dex & Con +2
1d100 ⇒ 14 That is available.

Piercing 1d100 ⇒ 50 yes
Reach 1d100 ⇒ 32 yes
Selective 1d100 ⇒ 30 yes
Silent 1d100 ⇒ 84 nope
Toppling 1d100 ⇒ 52 yes

Let me know if you want to see for anything else.

I think of two things Kimberly would like:

first is something to increase Charisma
second is a Phylactery of Positive Channeling

a Phylactery of Positive Channeling 1d100 ⇒ 61 That's available.

Ioun Stone +2 cha 1d100 ⇒ 46 yes

Headband of alluring charisma +2 1d100 ⇒ 75 yes

HEADBAND OF AERIAL AGILITY 1d100 ⇒ 64 yes

HEADBAND OF MENTAL PROWESS Cha & Int or Wis +2 1d100 ⇒ 93 nope

SHIFTER'S HEADBAND 1d100 ⇒ 99 nope

and I think that's it for Cha item.

Anna Dunsany wrote:

This is the item that Anna most wants. She'll want to obtain it rather surreptitiously, since she doesn't want anyone to know she has it. (Maybe not even the party, since she doesn't trust their ability to bluff convincingly.)

Ideally, she'd use her contacts through Skinny Rold to procure the object anonymously.

1d100

Lucky you! That item is available.

Yay! It's mine!

yayy, don't know if I can afford all of that but I'll see.

EDIT looks like just the Phylactery is available due to gold restraints. I'll take it.

Danica would like to upgrade her current +1 temple sword to a +2 temple sword made of silversheen. Cost would be 8,000 for +2 status and another 750 for silversheen. Would this be available in town? Not sure what else.

Blades made of silversheen are always masterwork items as well; the masterwork cost is included in the price given. A blade made of silversheen has its price increased by 750 gp. Crafting a silversheen blade requires Craft (alchemy) 5 ranks and Craft (weaponsmithing) 5 ranks.

Chance of a Temple sword +2 made with Silversheen

Tolvan happily spends 10k on the belt of Con and Dex +2, He also buys the Lesser Selective and Toppling metamagic rods. He will take the rest in a gift certificate. :P

Danica Quinn wrote:

Danica would like to upgrade her current +1 temple sword to a +2 temple sword made of silversheen. Cost would be 8,000 for +2 status and another 750 for silversheen. Would this be available in town? Not sure what else.

Blades made of silversheen are always masterwork items as well; the masterwork cost is included in the price given. A blade made of silversheen has its price increased by 750 gp. Crafting a silversheen blade requires Craft (alchemy) 5 ranks and Craft (weaponsmithing) 5 ranks.

Chance of a Temple sword +2 made with Silversheen

1d100 lol, apparently it is available!
For 8780 gp, you have a brand new Silversheen Temple Sword +2

Booyah! thank you.

My monitor on my computer died... :(

And my back up is kind of old...

Will get a fix by tomorrow.

That sucks. Monitors can be expensive.

On the book Tolvan is given; is there some website or batch of information I can read? Is Tolvan now an initiate? Does he learn a secret handshake or something? Of immediate concern is Tolvan want to understand the groups goals and what they stand for. He is not certain that he is a fit for them but is hoping so.

The next post was going to explain the what the book is.

Sweet. Looking forward to it.

Busy all weekend with my mother. And I did not want to rush a reply to Anna. Out of time today. Gotta hit the gym and they run a scout meeting. I'll get something up tomorrow. [/ooc]

So after study of the map and with what cities Tolvan knows best, our best plan to to teleport to Vauntil to start things off. And because of its location we go through thrushmoor on the way to Rozenport. So if we run into a dead end we can go to Rozenport and check out the contact.

I should be able to have a post up tomorrow. If Danica or Kimberly has anything they want their character to do on their day off in Liepestadt, it would be nice to post it this evening, so I can include it in my next post.

nothing in particular from me

Finally have time to get on-line and the Paizo site working. the past few days every time I try to get on to post, the site is down or goes down within minutes of getting logged in.

I feel you pain. I had the same experience.

I'm getting all sorts of problems also on my side. I hope things go back to normal soon.