Just a note: when we left off, Talvek hadn't actually joined us yet. It would appear that Talvek is trying to find out what happened to Felicia, which would lead him to us.
To follow the sequence of events, see these posts:
first post
2nd post
Thanks - I had thought Talvek had been around awhile. So he has not officially met the group.
I think I have it now. But watch me until we get rolling.
My post is updated (just before the timeout).
Lubella is talking about the textiles that Nan Comerivos had apparently stored in the Wasp's Nest. She also has a very small amount of Katapeshi textiles (and spices) that she brought as part of her merchant cover story.
After a year in Korvosa, Lubella was bored with her mundane duties, so she volunteered for a dangerous undercover mission. She is tasked with finding out what happened to Shensen, a leader of the Sarenrite community in Kintargo who went missing during the Night of Ashes. She is also instructed to assess the current political situation, and aid the faithful of Sarenrae as best she can.
Lubella is posing as a Katapeshi merchant establishing trade contacts in Kintargo, and entered the city using forged papers identifying her as a free halfling registered with the Cheliax Government.
Mechanically, the role of Spymaster would be most suitable for Talvek, when we get around to that.
Where are the rebellion roles?
In the Player’s Guide.
Lubella is talking about the textiles that Nan Comerivos had apparently stored in the Wasp's Nest. She also has a very small amount of Katapeshi textiles (and spices) that she brought as part of her merchant cover story.
Yes, I saw those textile comments. Was there a question for me, as GM? I had assumed just narrative of her musings and next steps.
Also, if you have outstanding actions or questions the prior GM did not address, let me know.
No question, just wanted to make sure you knew what I was referring to.
The one thing that we haven't accounted for is division of loot with the previous players. So far, Felicia got the silver dagger, and I think Arcos is taking the +1 Leather. Talvek isn't a part of the loot division; he started at lvl 2 with 1000 GP.
Yeah, I was wondering about that. Those that played probably earned their share. Those who left, probably take what they had (dagger etc) and not the unsold textile profits etc. I want to make sure the two original characters have the equivalent of 1000gp. So we do not have newbies showing up with way more gear due to starting wealth.
I'm thinking Felicia might have been interested in the Daredevil Boots — the Swashbuckler's derring-do dead synergizes nicely with them.
I'm not sure what to give Amalie. We don't know what the other cloak is yet.
I'll also note that the +1 Leather that Arcos is getting is a relatively weak item. Normally, when people have cash, they would buy a mithril chain shirt or +1 studded leather, so the +1 Leather is only really worth 1/2 value.
The Cloak of Elvenkind is the most valuable item (although it will eventually get sold, since Cloaks of Resistance are basically required at higher levels)
I agree on the boots to Felicia. Makes sense.
I am searching through the mod and trying to find a second cloak , and only see the Elven one. So I am not sure if that other was a dupe? If you remember where it was found, let me know.
Unless either Lubella or Arcos wants the morningstar, that could go to Amalie. Cash and/or a scroll may round her out.
I have updated some of the cash items with prices to help divide between Arcos and Lubella. Most items/magic can be sold easily at 50% discount. Keeping them is better...unless you cannot use it.
Finally, there are also the 6 raven statuettes. Those would stay with the group and not go to those departing the cause.
I think we found the other cloak in the Puking Possum People™ nest in the Fair Fortune Livery (just before the lemures).
Ah - gotcha. Found it. Slightly gnawed magical cloak.
Arcos doesn't need too much armour, so I'm alright with the +1 leather. I think for Arcos' position in the rebellion, strategist or sentinel makes the most sense.
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Julessa Emberlain's player is with me in a couple of other games, I can vouch for them being an excellent roleplayer.
I've been trying to figure out a way to facilitate a group discussion of the candidate submissions, in a private setting. The PM system doesn't seem to have the features needed to make that a viable method.
I've created a private Google Group (a web-based discussion group), if that works for everyone. Send me a PM with your e-mail address and I'll send you an invite.
Ok,we are about to officially restart. Hopefully the small talk the last couple days have been enough to rekindle the memories of the past missions last year.
Arcos, I think you need to update your sheet to 2nd level. Lubella and Talvek ensure you have accounted for treasure (less the loot taken by the departing members). I am not sure we fully reconciled the loot on the sheet.
It's a bit tricky because we don't know what the slightly gnawed magical cloak is.
OK, since Amalie us unlikely to want it, Lubella will take the Cloak of Elvenkind (although it may be overkill!). She will also take the scroll of Undetectable Alignment, because that might prove very handy to keep in the group (it would otherwise go to Amalie).
The slightly gnawed magical cloak will go to Amalie (and hopefully it's something she would want). She will also get the mwk silver morningstar
Arcos will get the scrolls of misdirection and whispering wind (bard/wizard spells), so he can add them to his spellbook if he wants.
Felicia gets the Daredevil Boots and the mwk silver dagger.
That leaves the mkw hand crossbow, which I don't think anyone can use, and the valuables. I'm not sure what the fairest way is to divide that up between us and the ex-PCs.
Sheet is updated. Also a quick question, next level I'll get a new social talent and I've been eyeing the safe house talent. To be moved it's written as being reliant on the area of renown, but since I have the obscurity social talent I have an area of obscurity instead. Will you allow me to use the area of obscurity in place of the area of renown?
@Lubella, the other cloak is (+1 resistance) if that makes a difference and you think Amalie would rather have the elf cloak.
Also, can we get any spellbooks updated with list of known spells etc.
@Arcos, I am probably ok with it. I am not sure what they do and will have to read. But assume it is (or will be) ok.
As for the other loot. I'd assume the 2 departing take their cut of 3 pearls each and the loose cash (~180gp).
That leaves Arcos and Lubella with hard goods (texttiles, 3 pearls each, earings, buttons etc) for about 1060gp or 530gp each (assuming you find a buyer and want to sell all of it.
Well, I really don't know if Amalie would want the cloak of elvenkind. She's not very stealthy, but perhaps she might want the boost? I'm always a big fan of cloaks of resistance, so Lubella wouldn't object to that.
Your choice. I was not sure if any prior arrangements were made, so it is up to you and Arcos. :)
OK, Lubella will take the cloak of resistance. As a small, dex-based character, she's already quite stealthy.
Hello everyone, thanks for inviting me to join the group. I'm excited to work towards bringing down the rule of Thrune.
Hello! Thanks for the invite! Very much looking forward to joining you. The little bit I played of this AP i quite enjoyed it and was disappointed when life events pulled our GM away. I’m about to take our dog to the vet but wanted to check-in before long. I think I’ve updated all my stats to match this campaign and am happy to work with y’all on massaging the backstory to fit where he’ll be introduced.
Welcome and thanks for checking in and updating your sheets. I reviewed them some last night and for the most part everything made sense. I think I just had a few outstanding questions on some skills etc. Minor stuff.
I have posted a seed within the gameplay thread to introduce you both.
Aldren, since you have played almost the same parts this group has, I will assume Rexus knows you already from the riot and side adventures parallel to this group (ok, parallel universe but hey). He will invite you to join the Silver Ravens meeting(s) and vouch for you based upon your other group's efforts.
Julessa, you have not yet been involved with Rexus but seems your bakery would fit better as a connection with Laria, the owner of the Longroads coffee shop by previously ordering coffee cakes or pastries for her business. She would have some inkling of your feelings on the anti-business proclamations if nothing else.
If you have not read any of the prior gameplay, Laria and Rexus are the two main allies to the Silver Ravens at this point. There are several adversaries, with Thrune being the primary.
Hopefully this makes sense. Feel free to add any additional backstory if I missed something. Once we get this meshed together then we will get into the workings of the Silver Ravens and the rebellion.
Which reminds me, start thinking about officer roles based on the player guide. The original 3 have tentatively selected roles. I have listed them on the maps/notes sheet.
Welcome, Julessa and Aldren!
Given the results of the final selection, I think it's going to make most sense for Lubella to take on the Demagogue role.
Edit:
@GM Aarvid: Talvek had mentioned at the Spymaster role.
Thanks. Updated Talvek.
So that would leave Sentinel, Recruiter and Partisan.
Not all roles need to be filled. Nor do they need to be filled by PCs. They can be NPCs recruited as new members during the recruit phase or invited as discovered during missions.
This weekend is proving a little hectic, but I could see Julessa going for the partisan role.
GM, let me know if you see any issues with Aldren's sheet. I use HeroLab so if something's wrong, it's a setting I didn't tweak appropriately for the house rules (because my own math is terrible). I went with a 20-point buy and turned on Background skills.
He also has a current wealth of ~420gp (including gear and coin). Wasn't sure if I should buy extra for WBL of 2nd level or keep it organically where it's at. Whatever you'd prefer.
In terms of a role in the rebellion, I haven't had time to go over those rules too closely but, thematically, I'm thinking Recruiter might be best for Aldren. Though, if that involves Diplomacy checks, I may not be the most optimal choice.
Sounds good. I am adding them into herolab but was missing some of the feats or traits on a couple of the PCs. Probably a data package I don't have. I will need to check. Like I said, all minor tweaks just trying to get my herolab to match.
Sure thing. When I’m in front of my computer, I can check which data packages I’m using for Aldren and will post then. I know the “alter self” alternate racial ability is from Blood of Shadows; would totally understand if you want me to swap that out (or anything else).
Here is a summary of the six Officer Roles:
Demagogue: Add highest of Charisma/Constitution modifier to all Loyalty Checks.
Partisan: Add highest of Strength/Wisdom modifier to all Security Checks.
Recruiter: Add character level to number of supporters recruited. Can have multiple recruiters.
Sentinel: Add +1 to all Secondary Organization checks (Security and Secrecy checks in our case). Add modifier to one event in Event Phase: highest of Con/Cha for Loyalty checks, highest of Str/Wis to Security Checks, highest of Dex/Int for Secrecy checks.
Spymaster: Add highest of Dexterity/Intelligence modifier to all Secrecy checks.
Strategist: Grants one extra rebellion action: +2 on all checks for that action.
Lubella's Dawnflower Dervish archetype is from Inner Sea Magic. The Fleet of Foot alternate racial trait comes from the Advanced Race Guide.
BTW, Lubella's holy symbol serves no mechanical purpose. It's purely a role-play thing — she's very devoted to her faith.
Here is a summary of the six Officer Roles:<snip>
Thanks, Lubella! That's helpful.
GM, here are the sourcebooks for Aldren's sheet:
Advanced Player's Guide/Advanced Race Guide - Integrated (alternate racial trait)
Advanced Player's Guide/Ultimate Equipment: Masterwork Backpack
Advanced Player's Guide/Ultimate Campaign: Sacred Conduit (trait)
Blood of Shadows: Flexible Half-breed (alternate racial trait)
Hells' Rebels: Child of Kintargo (trait)
Ultimate Magic: Murderous Command (spell)
Thanks for the updates. I will try again in Herolab and see how it goes.
Also, I have bit posting more than I might normally for two reasons: 1) trying to get the plot moving and the group together. 2) I had a 3 day weekend so I had a bit more time than usual.
Once the 5 of you meet at noon, then we can get the rebellion and officers and make the first checks on the activities for this new week (it has been almost a full week since the riot activities).
Let me know if I have missed anything or anyone.
Cheers!
GM Aarvid
Character Builds/questions....
Lubella - good to go
Arcos - do you have spellbook spells someplace?
Talvek- do you have extracts/formula book someplace?
Aldren - your hp should be 13 (8+5)? Did you take bonus hp or skills?
Julessa - memorized spells? any weapons besides xbow?
You seem 1 hp short (19hp = 8+5+2+4 for max at first level)
Ah, I'll switch it. Previous campaign had us rolling randomly and I managed to swing a natural 8 on the roll, but I see we're using averages here. Sorry about that! Will swap it out now. (Bonus went to skills.)
Any decision on gear/wealth? Should I go with what I have or wealth by level?
@Aldren: You should have 1000 GP worth of gear/cash.
Thanks for the catch, I'll add the hp and designate my memorized spells. And nope, no other weapons - I'm not strong enough to carry anything else!
Awesome, thanks for the info Lubella. I'll get that updated today.
Also, question for everyone... I see Julessa is also a cleric (and a "good" one at that). I originally had Aldren as channeling positive energy, but when we also had another positive energy cleric in my last party, the group collectively decided to have Aldren go with Negative energy and the poison variant. It fit the character a little better and proved helpful in a couple of unique scenarios but is, generally, a bit suboptimal. Further, if the concern here is about making sure we've got enough healing capability, I'm happy to have him as channeling positive energy. But... I wanted to ask. Options! I'm really not wedded to either approach, just want to see what folks think would be more fun/effective.
First of all, it would depend on whether GM Arvid is OK with variant channeling.
I'm not terribly concerned about the amount of healing; I think we'll have enough either way.
That being said, my vote would be for positive energy. I don't have any experience with negative energy variant channeling, but at first glance it looks like a fairly weak attack. FWIW, devils are immune to poison.
On the devils: yes, definitely not an optimal build.
I don’t have it on my sheet, I can put it on my alias later today.
Wealth by level of 1000gp for incoming characters should be fine. Did Aldren have more than that from his group? I did not think so, but let me know.
As far as channel questions go...I am not opposed to negative or variant- but they are suboptimal and may have more in-character/party problems. Collateral damage to party or non-combatants etc. but it could work with this group unless someone opposed it. If we had a paladin in the group, I would not allow it due to party cohesion issues.
Lubella isn't an actual paladin, although she behaves similarly on the Good-Evil scale for roleplaying purposes.
Wealth by level of 1000gp for incoming characters should be fine. Did Aldren have more than that from his group? I did not think so, but let me know..
HeroLab is calculating his current total wealth at around 430~460 (don’t have it open right now), so 1000 will be a bump up.
Yeah, the negative/poison was sort of cool from an RP perspective (Calistrian/wasps/etc), and at 1st level worked great with some flying gremlin-type fey, but it was highly situational. Selective Channel prevented injury to party members. Want to do whatever is fun for the group without creating conflict. :-)
Formula book:
Anticipate Peril, Cure Light Wounds (if it's ok to swap this out for something else now that we have two clerics...?), Heightened Awareness, Long Arm, True Strike.