The Dying City: DM Norv's "Curse of the Crimson Throne"

Game Master The Norv

The classic story of intrigue, magic, and strife in Korvosa, and of five figures caught in the balance of greater forces than they know.

Current Date: Starday, 10th of Lamashan, 4708

Current Map | Flex Time | Loot Tracker | Floorplan for the Rosa in Fiore

Harrow Points and Uses:

Current Harrow Points:
Callie: 3
Korriban: 2
Lantressa: 4
Matoska: 2
Teodor: 3

Flash of Insight: You can spend a Harrow point to attempt a skill check that normally requires training for a skill in which you have no ranks. You gain a one-time +5 bonus to that skill check.

Intelligence Rerolls: You can spend a Harrow point to reroll any one Intelligence-based check. You must abide by the new result, even if it's lower (but you can spend more Harrow points to reroll again if you want to).

Focused Thought: You can reattempt a Knowledge check that you have previously failed. On this attempt, you gain a +10 bonus on the check.


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Human Bard - Arcane Duelist 9 [ HP: 41/57 AC:22(21) T:14(13) FF:19 | CMD 22 | Fort +7, Ref +11(10), Will +8 | Init +4 Perc: +8 | 1st/day 7/7, 2nd/day 5/5 3rd/day 2/4; Perf rds 21/25 | Disruptive I message, see invisible 90 minutes, haste 8 rounds (from 9)

Ah well. It had occurred to me because I imagined banging on the door pretending to be a Maiden, and it would have been embarrassing if whomever on the other side said, "Why don't you let yourself in?"

If there's no way to get anyone in, and the elevator's on our side of the door, we could try to smoke'im out.

If that gets out of control though we'd probably kill the patients downstairs so probably not a good idea.


Male

Of course now is the time that Teodor rolls a ridiculously unnecessary nat 20 on a Bluff check. :P


M Human (Ustalavian) Cleric of Groetus 3/Slum Shaman 1/Evangelist of Groetus 5

After makingetting you guys wait during a crazy school week, that felt great.


Male

Haha no worries.


Male Human (Varisian)
Quick Stats:
Init +6,Perc +2,AC23,T14,FF 21, HP 44/52, F +6, R +3, W +1, +1 trait bonus on saving throws made to resist diseases DR 2/-;Imm. Vorel's Phage & Blood Veil; Base Atk[/b] +5; CMB +8; CMD 20
Fighter (Armor Master)
Quick Skills:
Climb +9, Handle Animal +4, Intimidate +5, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) +9, Knowledge (History) +4, Knowledge (Local) +4, Linguistics(Vudrani) +2, Perception +2, Sense Motive +1, Survival +5,

I'll post something later today. We are having some crises in my other games especially several dropping out (one of whom is a good friend of mine who has had to drop out of several games due to personal reasons and she is in three of my games, and so we are having to reshuffle around a bit).


Male

No worries! As long as we get a post in not too long, we can move forward. Let me know if you need a bot. :)


Male Human (Varisian)
Quick Stats:
Init +6,Perc +2,AC23,T14,FF 21, HP 44/52, F +6, R +3, W +1, +1 trait bonus on saving throws made to resist diseases DR 2/-;Imm. Vorel's Phage & Blood Veil; Base Atk[/b] +5; CMB +8; CMD 20
Fighter (Armor Master)
Quick Skills:
Climb +9, Handle Animal +4, Intimidate +5, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) +9, Knowledge (History) +4, Knowledge (Local) +4, Linguistics(Vudrani) +2, Perception +2, Sense Motive +1, Survival +5,
The Norv wrote:
No worries! As long as we get a post in not too long, we can move forward. Let me know if you need a bot. :)

Sorry again that you needed to bot me (again!).

Some things came up and it slipped my mind to post. Not to mention, my iPhone's battery was on the fritz and it would drop from 100% to 30% in two minutes of using any sort of app, and had to be constantly charged throughout the day. So I've been only able to do small posts in order to conserve battery life.

Fortunately, I was able to get a new battery and now my phone works as good as new.

Unfortunately, I've been getting a lot of opening shifts at the bookstore I work at, so I've been a bit tired after work, so I've been feeling a bit burned out whenever I do posts. I do apologize again about this. Seems life has given me several swift kicks in the crotch lately. >.<


Male

Like I said, no worries! As you can see, it happens to all of us... >.<

Apologies for going MIA, guys. Last week became a madhouse at work and out of it, in part because I was going away to a trip at the end of it. It was also in part because this was an especially crazy trip, because, well...I got engaged! It was very nice and I'm very happy, but the whole trip left me little time to post here. I'm sorry I didn't let you guys know, but I'm back now!!


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Human Bard - Arcane Duelist 9 [ HP: 41/57 AC:22(21) T:14(13) FF:19 | CMD 22 | Fort +7, Ref +11(10), Will +8 | Init +4 Perc: +8 | 1st/day 7/7, 2nd/day 5/5 3rd/day 2/4; Perf rds 21/25 | Disruptive I message, see invisible 90 minutes, haste 8 rounds (from 9)

Woo, congrats!


Male Human (Varisian) hp 45/56 | AC 22/T 17/FF 15 | CMD 22 | Fort +4 | Ref +7 [+8 v traps] | Will +2 | Init +6 | Perc +13 (+15 to locate traps) | SM +17

Congrats, Norv!


M Human (Ustalavian) Cleric of Groetus 3/Slum Shaman 1/Evangelist of Groetus 5

Congratulations, boss!


Male

Thank you, all! :) Finally getting back on the wagon...


Male Human (Varisian) hp 45/56 | AC 22/T 17/FF 15 | CMD 22 | Fort +4 | Ref +7 [+8 v traps] | Will +2 | Init +6 | Perc +13 (+15 to locate traps) | SM +17

Nice idea with Rat's scent ability, Teodor.


M Human (Ustalavian) Cleric of Groetus 3/Slum Shaman 1/Evangelist of Groetus 5

Thanks! I was just examining my sheet for anything that might help.


Male Human Fighter 20/Paladin 14/Books-A-Million Salebook Specialist 10/Aspiring Writer 13

I'm still here. Work has been busy.

In terms of speed: you guys are moving way too fast! I can understand wanting to move things along but I can barely keep up.

So I have come to the painful decision that I must leave. I apologize for this and I hope yalll have a great time. Thank you for understanding.


Human Bard - Arcane Duelist 9 [ HP: 41/57 AC:22(21) T:14(13) FF:19 | CMD 22 | Fort +7, Ref +11(10), Will +8 | Init +4 Perc: +8 | 1st/day 7/7, 2nd/day 5/5 3rd/day 2/4; Perf rds 21/25 | Disruptive I message, see invisible 90 minutes, haste 8 rounds (from 9)

I'm sorry that the pace isn't working out for you, SCKnightHero, but mad props to you for recognizing that--a lot of people in this situation don't and then just disappear, which isn't fair to anyone. Riceak was a good concept.

I think this was declared as a "post once or more a day" campaign, and it seems like your work schedule definitely doesn't allow for that easily. Best of luck to you.


female | tiefling (pitborn) | sorcerer 8 |HP: 48/50 | AC:14 [17]; T:12; FF:13 [15]| CMB +4, CMD:16 | Fort:+6; Ref:+6; Will:+8 | Init:+2; Perc:+0 Volatile Conduit 1/1 | Beguiling Voice (dc 17) 3/8 | Fascinate (dc 20) 2/2 | Spells: lvl 1 7/8; lvl 2 4/7; lvl 3 3/6; lvl 4 3/4

It's a shame to see you go man, but I understand. Good luck to you.


Male Human Fighter 20/Paladin 14/Books-A-Million Salebook Specialist 10/Aspiring Writer 13

Thank you.

I usually work mornings and I do try to post as often as I can but I'm also using my iPhone to post and I need to watch my data as I'm on my parents' data plan (they're helping me save money by doing that), so I have to be careful.

I really don't want to leave but I think I may have too many campaigns going on plus this campaign is moving well too fast.


Male

Very sad to see you go, Riceak. I've been where you are before, but I'm very leery of slowing down too much long-term. We've still got four books to get through.

If you see your schedule clearing up soon, happy to bot you for a bit, but if not, I'll regretfully say farewell. :(


Male Human (Varisian) hp 45/56 | AC 22/T 17/FF 15 | CMD 22 | Fort +4 | Ref +7 [+8 v traps] | Will +2 | Init +6 | Perc +13 (+15 to locate traps) | SM +17

Sorry to see you go, SCKnightHero. But, it's totally understandable. Good luck to you!


Male Human Fighter 20/Paladin 14/Books-A-Million Salebook Specialist 10/Aspiring Writer 13
The Norv wrote:

Very sad to see you go, Riceak. I've been where you are before, but I'm very leery of slowing down too much long-term. We've still got four books to get through.

If you see your schedule clearing up soon, happy to bot you for a bit, but if not, I'll regretfully say farewell. :(

Well I guess that will work. You can bot me until things clear up if that's alright with everyone else. I hate to leave y'all hanging.


Male

As far as I'm concerned, it's very much up to you and how you see your life/schedule going in the future! If you'll be more free in a little while (even if that's, say, a couple of weeks), then I welcome you to re-join us when you can.

If this seems like it's going to be the case for the long haul, I'd rather not bot you into perpetuity. :P

But life happens. In another game I had a player just vanish one day--turned out he'd had a medical emergency, but he recovered and rejoined us months later.


Male

Hey all, just a heads-up that my posting may be slower for a few days. I'm very busy at work and (more importantly for these purposes) I've come down with a nasty cold, so I'm doing a lot more sleeping in my off-hours. I'm going to keep striving for 1 post/day, but please bear with me if I slip up!


Male

Alright, cold's feeling somewhat better and work craziness is done. Onward!


Male

Yeah, he dead. Goodnight, sweet cowardly invisible jerk! :P


Male Human (Varisian)
Quick Stats:
Init +6,Perc +2,AC23,T14,FF 21, HP 44/52, F +6, R +3, W +1, +1 trait bonus on saving throws made to resist diseases DR 2/-;Imm. Vorel's Phage & Blood Veil; Base Atk[/b] +5; CMB +8; CMD 20
Fighter (Armor Master)
Quick Skills:
Climb +9, Handle Animal +4, Intimidate +5, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) +9, Knowledge (History) +4, Knowledge (Local) +4, Linguistics(Vudrani) +2, Perception +2, Sense Motive +1, Survival +5,

Alright, I'm back y'all!

Just bring me up to speed on what has happened so far, and I'll try and post.

It might be tonight or tomorrow evening once y'all told me what has happened so far.


Male Human (Varisian) hp 45/56 | AC 22/T 17/FF 15 | CMD 22 | Fort +4 | Ref +7 [+8 v traps] | Will +2 | Init +6 | Perc +13 (+15 to locate traps) | SM +17

Okay. Here's what happened so far.

We tried to bluff our way into the hospice. That failed and we got into a fight with several Physicians and Maidens. After they were defeated, Cristina left to get reinforcements. Callie and I went upstairs to scout. Teodor killed some of the Physicians downstairs. Callie and I got the drop on a couple Maidens upstairs and killed them. The entire team then went into the upstairs office and found Davaulus and three more Physicians. Davaulus went invisible and ran. We took care of the physicians. During the combat, grease was tossed at the entrance to the elevator and caltrops at the door to the stairs. However, Davaulus had managed to get a lead down the stairs. We chased him down to the ground floor. We cornered him and killed him. So we are now exploring the rest of the building.


Male

Hi Riceak! Glad to have you back. I hope your schedule's freed up, as we discussed, so you'll be able to post more frequently? :)

Korriban's summary is pretty good. Davaulus is dead, the gang has cleared out the accessible parts of the warehouse, but there are clear references to a "downstairs" where the further operations of the cult of Urgathoa are going on. Where could that be? How do you get there?

A quick note on the current post: you can take 10, etc., to search the area if you want for the Perception. ;)


Male Human (Varisian)
Quick Stats:
Init +6,Perc +2,AC23,T14,FF 21, HP 44/52, F +6, R +3, W +1, +1 trait bonus on saving throws made to resist diseases DR 2/-;Imm. Vorel's Phage & Blood Veil; Base Atk[/b] +5; CMB +8; CMD 20
Fighter (Armor Master)
Quick Skills:
Climb +9, Handle Animal +4, Intimidate +5, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) +9, Knowledge (History) +4, Knowledge (Local) +4, Linguistics(Vudrani) +2, Perception +2, Sense Motive +1, Survival +5,

Ouch. I should have something up soon. Things got hectic for a short bit. I'm off Wednesday so I should have a post up by then.

Allergies have been kicking my butt lately (and also trying to make sure I don't go over my data limit), so I haven't been 100% as of late. Should be better by Wednesday.

And thank y'all for the welcome back!


Male Human (Varisian) hp 45/56 | AC 22/T 17/FF 15 | CMD 22 | Fort +4 | Ref +7 [+8 v traps] | Will +2 | Init +6 | Perc +13 (+15 to locate traps) | SM +17

No problem! Good to have you back, Riceak!

Norv, could I try another Perception check at take 10? Or did I waste my chance?


Male Human (Varisian)
Quick Stats:
Init +6,Perc +2,AC23,T14,FF 21, HP 44/52, F +6, R +3, W +1, +1 trait bonus on saving throws made to resist diseases DR 2/-;Imm. Vorel's Phage & Blood Veil; Base Atk[/b] +5; CMB +8; CMD 20
Fighter (Armor Master)
Quick Skills:
Climb +9, Handle Animal +4, Intimidate +5, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) +9, Knowledge (History) +4, Knowledge (Local) +4, Linguistics(Vudrani) +2, Perception +2, Sense Motive +1, Survival +5,

Hm...Let me if I can help out some with that perception check.

It's not going to be a detailed post though (spent several hours today vacuuming the store I work at. Was on my knees cleaning underneath shelves, so my back is hurting....which I'm probably not helping by bending over typing this out!).

But here goes nothing...

Cracks knuckles, but actually cracks back instead! ARRRGGGGHHH!


Male Human (Varisian) hp 45/56 | AC 22/T 17/FF 15 | CMD 22 | Fort +4 | Ref +7 [+8 v traps] | Will +2 | Init +6 | Perc +13 (+15 to locate traps) | SM +17

Well, I botched it.


Male

You know that screaming-face emoji? Yeah that. :P

And yeah, Callie, that's about how I always imagine the "disarming magical traps thing" too. Like you say, it's a lot easier to break something than to put it together....


Male Human (Varisian)
Quick Stats:
Init +6,Perc +2,AC23,T14,FF 21, HP 44/52, F +6, R +3, W +1, +1 trait bonus on saving throws made to resist diseases DR 2/-;Imm. Vorel's Phage & Blood Veil; Base Atk[/b] +5; CMB +8; CMD 20
Fighter (Armor Master)
Quick Skills:
Climb +9, Handle Animal +4, Intimidate +5, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) +9, Knowledge (History) +4, Knowledge (Local) +4, Linguistics(Vudrani) +2, Perception +2, Sense Motive +1, Survival +5,

Sorry y'all I didn't post yesterday. We had a big storm yesterday, and we are expecting another big one tomorrow. I'll probably be out of commission until Thursday. Sorry about that.


Human Bard - Arcane Duelist 9 [ HP: 41/57 AC:22(21) T:14(13) FF:19 | CMD 22 | Fort +7, Ref +11(10), Will +8 | Init +4 Perc: +8 | 1st/day 7/7, 2nd/day 5/5 3rd/day 2/4; Perf rds 21/25 | Disruptive I message, see invisible 90 minutes, haste 8 rounds (from 9)

This is probably my last post for the weekend, as I'm heading up to a memorial service. Please bot if needed.


Human Bard - Arcane Duelist 9 [ HP: 41/57 AC:22(21) T:14(13) FF:19 | CMD 22 | Fort +7, Ref +11(10), Will +8 | Init +4 Perc: +8 | 1st/day 7/7, 2nd/day 5/5 3rd/day 2/4; Perf rds 21/25 | Disruptive I message, see invisible 90 minutes, haste 8 rounds (from 9)

Heading again out for the weekend; I may check in on my phone but probably won't post any major stuff till I get back Sun or Mon. Please bot if needed. To any who celebrate it, Happy Easter, and happy spring to all!


Male Human (Varisian)
Quick Stats:
Init +6,Perc +2,AC23,T14,FF 21, HP 44/52, F +6, R +3, W +1, +1 trait bonus on saving throws made to resist diseases DR 2/-;Imm. Vorel's Phage & Blood Veil; Base Atk[/b] +5; CMB +8; CMD 20
Fighter (Armor Master)
Quick Skills:
Climb +9, Handle Animal +4, Intimidate +5, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) +9, Knowledge (History) +4, Knowledge (Local) +4, Linguistics(Vudrani) +2, Perception +2, Sense Motive +1, Survival +5,

Same here. Easter's tomorrow and I have company coming so I won't be able to post, so please bot me.


Male

Happy Easter and spring! Riceak, will you be posting tonight? Or shall I bot you now?


Male Human (Varisian) hp 45/56 | AC 22/T 17/FF 15 | CMD 22 | Fort +4 | Ref +7 [+8 v traps] | Will +2 | Init +6 | Perc +13 (+15 to locate traps) | SM +17

Happy Easter to those who celebrate it and happy spring!


Male Human (Varisian)
Quick Stats:
Init +6,Perc +2,AC23,T14,FF 21, HP 44/52, F +6, R +3, W +1, +1 trait bonus on saving throws made to resist diseases DR 2/-;Imm. Vorel's Phage & Blood Veil; Base Atk[/b] +5; CMB +8; CMD 20
Fighter (Armor Master)
Quick Skills:
Climb +9, Handle Animal +4, Intimidate +5, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) +9, Knowledge (History) +4, Knowledge (Local) +4, Linguistics(Vudrani) +2, Perception +2, Sense Motive +1, Survival +5,

Yeah I can post.


Male Human (Varisian)
Quick Stats:
Init +6,Perc +2,AC23,T14,FF 21, HP 44/52, F +6, R +3, W +1, +1 trait bonus on saving throws made to resist diseases DR 2/-;Imm. Vorel's Phage & Blood Veil; Base Atk[/b] +5; CMB +8; CMD 20
Fighter (Armor Master)
Quick Skills:
Climb +9, Handle Animal +4, Intimidate +5, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) +9, Knowledge (History) +4, Knowledge (Local) +4, Linguistics(Vudrani) +2, Perception +2, Sense Motive +1, Survival +5,

sorry I haven't posted lately. Work has been busy and it looks like I might have to look for another job as well (not sure what's going to happen at work so I'm playing it by ear right now).

So yeah a bit shook up at the moment but I'll try and have a post up sometime tomorrow evening.

Bot me if needed.


Male

Hey guys, sorry for the delay. Work has delivered me an unexpected wallop that mayblast a few days. Please bear with me and we'll return to our regularly scheduled programming shortly!

Sorry to hear about your own rough times at work, Riceak--hope that all turns out well.


Male

Hi all. Sorry for the long delay...the show I was working on opened last night, so I should finally have a bit more time. I really appreciate your patience.

Now, let's get this ball rolling! ;)


Male Human (Varisian) hp 45/56 | AC 22/T 17/FF 15 | CMD 22 | Fort +4 | Ref +7 [+8 v traps] | Will +2 | Init +6 | Perc +13 (+15 to locate traps) | SM +17

Just realized that I forgot to add Callie's inspire to my roll.


Male

My apologies for the delay, all. I seem to keep getting slammed by one thing after another over here. Not ideal for posting. :(

But I will attempt to sally onward regardless of the logistical problems! Thank you for your patience over the last few days, it is very much appreciated.


Male Human (Varisian)
Quick Stats:
Init +6,Perc +2,AC23,T14,FF 21, HP 44/52, F +6, R +3, W +1, +1 trait bonus on saving throws made to resist diseases DR 2/-;Imm. Vorel's Phage & Blood Veil; Base Atk[/b] +5; CMB +8; CMD 20
Fighter (Armor Master)
Quick Skills:
Climb +9, Handle Animal +4, Intimidate +5, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) +9, Knowledge (History) +4, Knowledge (Local) +4, Linguistics(Vudrani) +2, Perception +2, Sense Motive +1, Survival +5,

It's cool. My birthday was Saturday last week and then I celebrated Mother's Day with my family so I didn't have much time to post.


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Male

Happy birthday!

As my gift to you I rendered Korriban unconscious. :P


Male Human Nerd 10

Happy birthday, Riceak! Truly, you have received the best gift. ;)


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Male Human (Varisian)
Quick Stats:
Init +6,Perc +2,AC23,T14,FF 21, HP 44/52, F +6, R +3, W +1, +1 trait bonus on saving throws made to resist diseases DR 2/-;Imm. Vorel's Phage & Blood Veil; Base Atk[/b] +5; CMB +8; CMD 20
Fighter (Armor Master)
Quick Skills:
Climb +9, Handle Animal +4, Intimidate +5, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) +9, Knowledge (History) +4, Knowledge (Local) +4, Linguistics(Vudrani) +2, Perception +2, Sense Motive +1, Survival +5,

Not sure if that's good or bad, but thank y'all for the birthday wishes!

I'll try and have a post up this evening once I'm off work, probably somewhere around 6:30ish pm est.


Male

Meant to mention: that was not a spell cast in that last post (domain ability, which I don't think provokes).

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