Reign of Winter (Inactive)

Game Master Just a Mort

ROW Book 6

Days on Triaxius - 20


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Male Ratfolk NG Arcanist 18 | HP 130/130 | AC 27 Tch 16 Fl 24 | CMB +8 CMD 23 | F +15 R +14 W +15, +2 vs. Disease | Init +8 | Perc +20, +2 when Nivean near | Speed 20 | Spells: 6/6 6/6 3/6 6/6 6/6 6/6 2/5 5/5 2/3 Ares 15/24 RoP 3/6 Rod 0/6 3/3 | Mind Blank

@Crummock
I wanted the potion of Undetectable Alignment as well.

Einar had said he wanted the Ice Floe Elixir. Once we are someplace we can get Resist Energy we can switch it around. We've been told Walsby only has 1st level spellcasting services.

As for identify spells, plan to do it the next day as soon as we get there.

You don't even want to play it out with Muriel?

@GM Mort Get well soon!


Male Bleachling (Gnome) Oracle (Spirit Guide) 18 (HP 219+5/219+5) (AC 49/27/38) (CMD 24) (Fort +17, Ref +25, Will +17) (Init +2) (Perception+32)

Alright, so, this is what I have at present:

Mr Whiskers:
Acid Flask x2
Potion of Undetectable Alignment
Golden Maple Leaf x2
Scroll of Comprehend Languages x2
Scroll of Irriseni Mirror Sight
Scroll of Identify x2
Oil of Mask Dweomer x3
Ring of Protection +1

Einar:
Ice Floe Elixir
Alchemist's Fire x3

Ziva:
Cloak of Resistance +1

Crummock:
Tindertwig x15 (in a silver canister worth 50gp)

Group Kitty:
All the healing consumables


Male Bleachling (Gnome) Oracle (Spirit Guide) 18 (HP 219+5/219+5) (AC 49/27/38) (CMD 24) (Fort +17, Ref +25, Will +17) (Init +2) (Perception+32)

Re: Muriel, Crummock has no interest in playing it out with her. As far as he is concerned, she has made her choice.


Male Ratfolk NG Arcanist 18 | HP 130/130 | AC 27 Tch 16 Fl 24 | CMB +8 CMD 23 | F +15 R +14 W +15, +2 vs. Disease | Init +8 | Perc +20, +2 when Nivean near | Speed 20 | Spells: 6/6 6/6 3/6 6/6 6/6 6/6 2/5 5/5 2/3 Ares 15/24 RoP 3/6 Rod 0/6 3/3 | Mind Blank

I guess it is Ziva and Mr. Whiskers then, since Ziva is the one who stopped Crummock from slaying Muriel when she surrendered.

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On a different topic, I will be out of town helping at a con this weekend, Jan 20th-22nd. I do not know what sort of net access I will have during that time.


Strange Aeons Grp 2 |

I had a fever of 39 degrees last night(yeah, that's scary)...took 2 paracetamols, slept for 8 hours.

Took my temperature this morning, 36.7 degrees.Then I find out that my computer has a E:\windows\system32\logfiles\srt\srt.trail problem on boot (I don't have the windows 8 boot disk because these days comp shops will only give you the disk if you pay extra - which we didn't), so I get to haul it all the way to the service centre...way to go.

If you want to RP with Mierul, I can do it on train by hp, but if you want to wrap up the mod, wait till my afternoon when I get home and can get my hands on another computer(the family comp).


Strange Aeons Grp 2 |

Look, if none of you are interested, 24 hours from this post, I'll just assume that Crummock CDGed her in the mess hall. I wanted you to do it before closing the portal so you would have more options of disposing of prisoners.

If you want to redeem NPCs, I'm not stopping you, but by all means, then do something, I'm not looking so much at your diplo rolls, but rather what you say.


Female Human Hunter (Verminous Hunter) 4 | HP 23/31 | AC 16 Tch 12 Fl 14 | CMB +8 CMD 20 | F +6 R +6 W +3 | Init +4 | Perc +9
Vernai:
HP 24/24 | AC 21 Tch 13 Fl 18 | CMB +5 (+9 Grapple) CMD 18 | F +4 R +7 W +4 | Init +3 Perc +8

At the moment, none of us are really sure that she_is_redeemable at this point. More information has come to light and its clear that opportunities to actually shift her alignment are going to be few and far between?


Strange Aeons Grp 2 |

You could always dump her someplace at the end of book 2, or try to sell her off to Shui :p Selling her off to Shui will probably involve an eternity trapped in the plane of water ;)

Likewise, after reading Radosek's journal, if you think she's not redeemable, feel free to execute her, but just come to a decision.


Male Bleachling (Gnome) Oracle (Spirit Guide) 18 (HP 219+5/219+5) (AC 49/27/38) (CMD 24) (Fort +17, Ref +25, Will +17) (Init +2) (Perception+32)

Honestly? I don't think Crummock would be up for that.

Personal freedom to make choices (whether they be good or bad ones) are what matter to Crummock.

If their choices are sufficiently at odds with Crummock's worldview, he will 'put them down', but he will respect that it was their decision to make such a poor choice.

Selling someone into slavery (even if it will *probably* be relatively benign slavery) takes away their freedom to choose the path their life takes.

That said, if everyone else wants to do so, Crummock won't try to stop the party.


Female Human Hunter (Verminous Hunter) 4 | HP 23/31 | AC 16 Tch 12 Fl 14 | CMB +8 CMD 20 | F +6 R +6 W +3 | Init +4 | Perc +9
Vernai:
HP 24/24 | AC 21 Tch 13 Fl 18 | CMB +5 (+9 Grapple) CMD 18 | F +4 R +7 W +4 | Init +3 Perc +8

We cannot dump her GM, shes evil. Its like a cop catching a serial killer and then giving him a lift to a neighboring town and then driving away whistling.

Its pretty much redeem her or kill her at this point.


Strange Aeons Grp 2 |

Up to you how you want to play it - I think I've given enough of her motivations at this point of time.


Male Bleachling (Gnome) Oracle (Spirit Guide) 18 (HP 219+5/219+5) (AC 49/27/38) (CMD 24) (Fort +17, Ref +25, Will +17) (Init +2) (Perception+32)

Alright, back to the loot situation:

After taking into account all of the 'claims' in my above post, each PC receives 5117.63gp.

Additional money may be forthcoming, once we identify the following (and decide whether to keep, or sell):

Cauldron (Magical)

Bag (Magical) - ?Cursed
Blue Robe (Magical) - ?Cursed
Ring (Magical) - ?Cursed


Retired to Triaxius

I didn't think Crummock would like selling her ;)

I will wait and post the wealth once we figure out the other three items.


Strange Aeons Grp 2 |

Chronicles are out - please inform me if there are any errors. Or feel free to edit the chronicles yourself, its Callbiri either font size 11 or 9, I used MS paint to do them.


Strange Aeons Grp 2 |

Chronicle dates have been changed to the 9th Jan 2017 (as per Cadence's request) and mailed to your mailboxes. Please inform me if any errors.

Grand Lodge

Just popping in to say hi. I hope all is well with all of you! It was nice to see a mention of Cadence in gameplay. I liked her so much, I am building her as a character for PFS with that chronicle sheet.

My goodness you've been making progress here. Thanks for the chronicles!

Hmm


Male Ratfolk NG Arcanist 18 | HP 130/130 | AC 27 Tch 16 Fl 24 | CMB +8 CMD 23 | F +15 R +14 W +15, +2 vs. Disease | Init +8 | Perc +20, +2 when Nivean near | Speed 20 | Spells: 6/6 6/6 3/6 6/6 6/6 6/6 2/5 5/5 2/3 Ares 15/24 RoP 3/6 Rod 0/6 3/3 | Mind Blank

We have barely talked to Muriel and everyone is convicting her. Yes, a mad man in his diary said she was a spy for the queen of the witches. He also thought that covering the world in endless winter was a good idea! Doesn't that make his opinions somewhat suspect?

Seems a bit much comparing her to a serial killer.

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Thanks for the chronicles!

I will have to make a note this is for Jan 9th, not August 1st. In the U.S., we typically write it as month, day, year. The thing is, the most sensible way to do it would be year, month, day so it sorted chronologically! Outside of the IT industry, I don't think anyone does that.


Female Human Hunter (Verminous Hunter) 4 | HP 23/31 | AC 16 Tch 12 Fl 14 | CMB +8 CMD 20 | F +6 R +6 W +3 | Init +4 | Perc +9
Vernai:
HP 24/24 | AC 21 Tch 13 Fl 18 | CMB +5 (+9 Grapple) CMD 18 | F +4 R +7 W +4 | Init +3 Perc +8

Whiskers, try not to twist the intent of my words. Ziva is firmly against the idea of just letting her go. It's pretty jnexcusable to just let someone highly evil go freely. If it makes you feel better you can replace serial killer with spy - but the intent of the point is still the same. Furthermore the GM has made it clear it's going to be near impossible to redeem her - she cannot do good deeds and try for redemption that way, because then it's NPC bloat - and GM has mentioned that her only motivation is money - which we cannot match. I'm all for keeping her alive, but I don't see any redemption opportunities.


Male Ratfolk NG Arcanist 18 | HP 130/130 | AC 27 Tch 16 Fl 24 | CMB +8 CMD 23 | F +15 R +14 W +15, +2 vs. Disease | Init +8 | Perc +20, +2 when Nivean near | Speed 20 | Spells: 6/6 6/6 3/6 6/6 6/6 6/6 2/5 5/5 2/3 Ares 15/24 RoP 3/6 Rod 0/6 3/3 | Mind Blank

As I see it, there are two choices:
* Kill her when Mr. Whiskers isn't watching and then justify it to him.
* Someone goes with Mr. Whiskers to talk to her.

The end result may be the same, but Mr. Whiskers does not have enough in-character knowledge to just slay her when she is helpless.

@Ziva I had not intended to twist your words.

@Group
On a different topic, how much downtime is the group willing to give? Looking at the rules, normally it takes one day to scribe a scroll with a single spell. I can easily fill up any available time with scribing.


Female Human Hunter (Verminous Hunter) 4 | HP 23/31 | AC 16 Tch 12 Fl 14 | CMB +8 CMD 20 | F +6 R +6 W +3 | Init +4 | Perc +9
Vernai:
HP 24/24 | AC 21 Tch 13 Fl 18 | CMB +5 (+9 Grapple) CMD 18 | F +4 R +7 W +4 | Init +3 Perc +8

If the issue is spying we can all but confirm this. We have her randomly showing up and asking us questions, initially fighting with our enemies, have villagers confirm she is a spy and then written text at Pale Tower confirming she is a spy.

Like I admit, she surrendered and that's a mitigating circumstance but the big issues are that we cannot really take her with us and redeem her (since GM wants to avoid NPC bloat), and as her primary motivation is greed - we cannot offer her anything more than what she is currently getting.


Strange Aeons Grp 2 |

Down here, we do DD/MM/YYYY. I'll have a problem on my end, should I bring the sheet to actual play, if I change it. I don't really mind since I won't be PFSing any more, but anyone in the group will have this problem besides me?


Retired to Triaxius

Downtime, I'm in no hurry, it really depends on the geas.

A little thinking outside the box, have we closed the porthole yet? We could send Muriel through it with a few coins and a warning not to be caught as a vagabond or she would be made a slave. That would limit her ability to contact the witch. She would have her life and her job skills. Einar could take her to the porthole while Mister Whiskers works on scrolls.

Also, Einar is willing to go with Mister Whiskers and talk to her if no one else is. It's like Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket. We'll let you folks worry about who is who...


Strange Aeons Grp 2 |

That one might need some explaining, or someone(with a letter of recommendation) to go as an escort. Else next thing, the Sentinels with their eyes in the sky will see a fiend. And it's kill on sight policy. Remember they are perfectly happy to hunt down whatever they deem as evil(like frostfirs - it is justified), and put it down.

For Jairess, its not hard. She has speak to animals, recognizes the ravens for the watchers they are. She'll just call out to them, compliment them on the good job done, show the letter, and Sentinels know she's a friend.


Male Ratfolk NG Arcanist 18 | HP 130/130 | AC 27 Tch 16 Fl 24 | CMB +8 CMD 23 | F +15 R +14 W +15, +2 vs. Disease | Init +8 | Perc +20, +2 when Nivean near | Speed 20 | Spells: 6/6 6/6 3/6 6/6 6/6 6/6 2/5 5/5 2/3 Ares 15/24 RoP 3/6 Rod 0/6 3/3 | Mind Blank

@GM Mort No need to change the date format. I was just noting how it is different. Being a software guy, I have some familiarity with different date formats.

@Einar Sure, we can do it. Start something up.


Strange Aeons Grp 2 |

If I were you, I would just start the conversation. I know Einar has RL stuff that keeps his normal American hours busy, so he may not find the time to post. And honestly, I've given you enough time to talk it over, so the clock is still ticking...less then 6h left before I'll just say Mierul died.

Again, whether Einar would help in game or not is still a question, but I suppose since he stated his intentions here, if Mr Whiskers asks him nicely in game, he would.

I won't be botting character conversations, since duh. I'm not you, I wouldn't know how your characters would react.


Retired to Triaxius

ok, if we tell her the sentinels will kill her so she better run, won't that help? I mean the weather is going to change back quick enough when we shut the porthole and we can tell her to go the opposite direction than the sentinels are and if they catch her they will kill her. It would be good motivation to go away from our friends instead of towards them.


Strange Aeons Grp 2 |

Could. She is sneaky, but there's a forest full of birds on watch. But yeah you did give her a chance, so that's more then what she would get normally.


Retired to Triaxius

ok second idea for Mierul we "rent her" to Shui for a year, the payment would be she works for Shui for the year, then at the end of the year Shui drops her off where she got her.

So four ideas:

1 We kill her in cold blood.
2 We sell her into slavery
3 We let her go in Taldor with the knowledge that if our friends find her they will kill her.
4 We lease her as a bond servant to Shui for one year, that's the price of her life, at the end of a year she is set free.

Mort is that last one ok with you also? Does anyone else have any opinions? I'm willing to let Mierul decide.


Strange Aeons Grp 2 |

Any of them work fine with me.


Male Bleachling (Gnome) Oracle (Spirit Guide) 18 (HP 219+5/219+5) (AC 49/27/38) (CMD 24) (Fort +17, Ref +25, Will +17) (Init +2) (Perception+32)

The only one Crummock would be categorically against would be #2 (although he would feel *slightly* dirty about #4).


Male Bleachling (Gnome) Oracle (Spirit Guide) 18 (HP 219+5/219+5) (AC 49/27/38) (CMD 24) (Fort +17, Ref +25, Will +17) (Init +2) (Perception+32)
Mr. Whiskers wrote:

@Group:

On a different topic, how much downtime is the group willing to give? Looking at the rules, normally it takes one day to scribe a scroll with a single spell. I can easily fill up any available time with scribing.

It's only 1 day per scroll, if the cost of the scroll is greater than 250gp. Anything less than that, is 2 hours per scroll.

Since the highest-level spell you can cast is level 2, and 2nd level scrolls cost 150gp to buy (or 75gp to make), that means that in an 8 hour day, you should be able to scribe 4 scrolls :-)


Retired to Triaxius

If Einar was by himself or with like minded northerners, he would sell her, no reason to let a profit slip. Knowing his friends dispositions he believes that #4 is as close as he should recommend. Which he did. notice only to Mister Whiskers, he's not even going to approach Crummock ;)

@ Crummock, leasing her to Shui is the closest we can get to 'imprisoning' her, which is really more what she deserves than death. I mean all she did is spy for the legal government. She didn't actually break any laws. It's just that what she did is so icky.

Or we could give Mierul the option...


Strange Aeons Grp 2 |

Yeah just go nuts about scribing scrolls. Just not more then that limit of 4/day.


Strange Aeons Grp 2 |

Sorry. Unexpected extended lunch


Male Ratfolk NG Arcanist 18 | HP 130/130 | AC 27 Tch 16 Fl 24 | CMB +8 CMD 23 | F +15 R +14 W +15, +2 vs. Disease | Init +8 | Perc +20, +2 when Nivean near | Speed 20 | Spells: 6/6 6/6 3/6 6/6 6/6 6/6 2/5 5/5 2/3 Ares 15/24 RoP 3/6 Rod 0/6 3/3 | Mind Blank
Crummock-i-Phail wrote:
Mr. Whiskers wrote:

@Group:

On a different topic, how much downtime is the group willing to give? Looking at the rules, normally it takes one day to scribe a scroll with a single spell. I can easily fill up any available time with scribing.

It's only 1 day per scroll, if the cost of the scroll is greater than 250gp. Anything less than that, is 2 hours per scroll.

Since the highest-level spell you can cast is level 2, and 2nd level scrolls cost 150gp to buy (or 75gp to make), that means that in an 8 hour day, you should be able to scribe 4 scrolls :-)

I had thought that as well, but was having trouble finding where that rule was. I looked again and found it in the feat description.

I looked in the CRB Magic Items under Scrolls and Creating Magic Items. Neither of those two places gave the shorter time for easy scrolls. Big surprise, the rules contradict themselves.

CRB, pg. 552, Creating Scrolls wrote:
Scribing a scroll requires 1 day per 1,000 gp of the base price. Although an individual scroll might contain more than one spell, each spell must be scribed as a separate effort, meaning that no more than 1 spell can be scribed in a day.

I'll gladly take the 2 hours for a cheap scroll listed in the feat.

Four days still sound alright?


Male Bleachling (Gnome) Oracle (Spirit Guide) 18 (HP 219+5/219+5) (AC 49/27/38) (CMD 24) (Fort +17, Ref +25, Will +17) (Init +2) (Perception+32)

So I guess the question is... what 16 scrolls do you intend to craft? :-)

Also, can you please Identify the remaining items over the course of those days...?


Male Ratfolk NG Arcanist 18 | HP 130/130 | AC 27 Tch 16 Fl 24 | CMB +8 CMD 23 | F +15 R +14 W +15, +2 vs. Disease | Init +8 | Perc +20, +2 when Nivean near | Speed 20 | Spells: 6/6 6/6 3/6 6/6 6/6 6/6 2/5 5/5 2/3 Ares 15/24 RoP 3/6 Rod 0/6 3/3 | Mind Blank
Crummock-i-Phail wrote:

So I guess the question is... what 16 scrolls do you intend to craft? :-)

Also, can you please Identify the remaining items over the course of those days...?

Yes, I plan to identify the four items multiple times. That is the other reason for wanting four days.

Take 10 the first day, roll for the other three days. Yes, I'm that paranoid about cursed items that I don't think a 31 (my take 10 result with Identify) is enough.


Strange Aeons Grp 2 |

Sorry, was a little busy at work earlier.


Alright, scrolls I will be scribing:
Serren's Swift Girding, 25 gp
Protection from Evil x2, total 50 gp
Obscuring Mist, 25 gp
Alarm, CL 4, 100 gp
Unseen Servant, 25 gp
Shatter, 150 gp
Locate Object, 150 gp
= 525/2 = 262.5 gp scribing cost.

I can prepare 3 1st and 1 2nd level spell a day. I need one of the first level slots for Identify. So I can do up to three different scrolls a day.

It will take me three days to do the above. I would like to take four days so I can do one more attempt on identifying the items, but if people want to travel during that day we could.

So:
* Give Mierul a clean death
* Cleanup the Pale Tower, burn the bodies so that Speak with Dead isn't possible
* Destroy the portals
* Go to Walsby, show Hatch and Apa where the tavern is
* Group sells what they can, resupplies, gets ready to move on.
* Mr. Whiskers settles in to spend time scribing.
* Next stop, Whitethrone!

Am I missing anything?


Female Human Hunter (Verminous Hunter) 4 | HP 23/31 | AC 16 Tch 12 Fl 14 | CMB +8 CMD 20 | F +6 R +6 W +3 | Init +4 | Perc +9
Vernai:
HP 24/24 | AC 21 Tch 13 Fl 18 | CMB +5 (+9 Grapple) CMD 18 | F +4 R +7 W +4 | Init +3 Perc +8

I think you covered everything


Male Bleachling (Gnome) Oracle (Spirit Guide) 18 (HP 219+5/219+5) (AC 49/27/38) (CMD 24) (Fort +17, Ref +25, Will +17) (Init +2) (Perception+32)

Sounds reasonable to me.


Retired to Triaxius

cool, Need to take care of a few things in RJ, Mister Whiskers Einar is just standing quietly as support, end the bard or he can when I get back.


Strange Aeons Grp 2 |

I expect a busy day tomorrow. I'll be able to post in the morning before work and after work, but don't expect too much from me.


Strange Aeons Grp 2 |

You're still technically in book 1 - FF the 4 days and pop over to book 2? Or you want to explore town some? Walsby town notations are in campaign info tab.

Well about large glass...unless you wanted to call someone to do Minor creation everytime you wanted a mirror...anyway it'd last 1 h/level. Or maybe fabricate...


Male Ratfolk NG Arcanist 18 | HP 130/130 | AC 27 Tch 16 Fl 24 | CMB +8 CMD 23 | F +15 R +14 W +15, +2 vs. Disease | Init +8 | Perc +20, +2 when Nivean near | Speed 20 | Spells: 6/6 6/6 3/6 6/6 6/6 6/6 2/5 5/5 2/3 Ares 15/24 RoP 3/6 Rod 0/6 3/3 | Mind Blank

I will abstain on if we do anything in town since I'm spending 3/4 of the day scribing.

As for the glass, I have never been able to figure out Golarian economics given all the magic and anachronistic technology available. As was discussed earlier, it isn't medieval Europe.


Male Ratfolk NG Arcanist 18 | HP 130/130 | AC 27 Tch 16 Fl 24 | CMB +8 CMD 23 | F +15 R +14 W +15, +2 vs. Disease | Init +8 | Perc +20, +2 when Nivean near | Speed 20 | Spells: 6/6 6/6 3/6 6/6 6/6 6/6 2/5 5/5 2/3 Ares 15/24 RoP 3/6 Rod 0/6 3/3 | Mind Blank

Just another reminder:

Mr. Whiskers wrote:
I will be out of town helping at a con this weekend, Jan 20th-22nd. I do not know what sort of net access I will have during that time.

Since it is packing and last minute preparations tonight, I don't know how much posting I will be doing then either.


Female Human Hunter (Verminous Hunter) 4 | HP 23/31 | AC 16 Tch 12 Fl 14 | CMB +8 CMD 20 | F +6 R +6 W +3 | Init +4 | Perc +9
Vernai:
HP 24/24 | AC 21 Tch 13 Fl 18 | CMB +5 (+9 Grapple) CMD 18 | F +4 R +7 W +4 | Init +3 Perc +8

Away for weekend - flying down for a family members 60th. Apologies for this, I'm not usually this travelled.


Strange Aeons Grp 2 |

Thx for reminder. I'll just put this game on hold till Monday, since I'm a little busy as well as we're two players down. And a busy GM too.


Retired to Triaxius

good, I was opening up my comp. and it wouldn't come on, it seems my hard drive is shot. So I will send it to the shop and use work and my wifes tablet until it is fixed...


Strange Aeons Grp 2 |

26 - 30 Jan ill be having an activity dip. Chinese New Year.

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