The Outpost

Game Master vonklinen

As the party rushes to aid the caravan, another sand worm explodes from the ground writhing and makes haste towards the caravan to enjoy the feast.

Khartelosch uses the time Thaane is readying himself to heal him from the wand one more time.

ILW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

He seems ambivalent about the battle happening a quarter mile away, but once the others rush off, he calls Malek back. When the third worm appears, he mounts his camel and rides into the fray.

Oops, I forgot that Khartelosch is fatigued after raging. I think he raged for three rounds, so six rounds of fatigue. That was three rounds of wand usage. He uses one round to heal himself and the last two rounds to gather the worm treasure and wait for Malek to return.

CLW: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Khartelosch pulls a thick leather belt carefully stitched with platinum threading and a large platinum buckle to keep it secured. Again the item is unusually clean for being inside of a beast. He also notices the heavy adamantine chest that was too heavy for Thaane to move.

The group approaches the melee and sees the remains of several caravan guards as well as many of the horses missing. The captain is dismounted and fighting the first worm with a broadsword.

The second sand worm turns back to face you as you approach it, sensing that you are here to interrupt its meal.

Round 1

Khartelosch

Thaane

Sand worm

Silvash

Ibrah

Verrin Kord

Use crude map on discussion for now. I will work on refining them.

Khartelosch dismounts to hex 146, slaps Malek to run away and limps wordlessly straight to hex 99 with his lucerne hammer at the ready, his rage just below the surface and ready to be called upon.

Thaane stops about 50 feet from the worm and raises his pistol bracing it on his left forearm while his left hand grasps the spear. He takes a breath and steadies himself before letting both barrels loose again upon another worm.

shot: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14

Damage: 2d8 ⇒ (2, 7) = 9

Two bullets pierce the hide of the desert terror as Thaane now grabs it's attention. Despite the slaughter, Thaane makes note of the 19 bullets that he has left in his bandolier.

Khartelosch, your moving right to its mouth!

The sand worm eyes Khartelosch and attempts to bite him with his massive tooth-filled orifice.

The raging half-orc is bitten and the worm swallows him whole.

29 points of damage, Khartelosch. You resist the acid right now.

Verrin, you must make a fort save this round from the poison.

The sound of the double hackbut firing is followed by a screeching of pain as the caravan takes their worm into it's final throes before lifelessness.

GET HIM OUT!

Well, that wasn't very clever of me.

fort save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

Verrin wavers on his feat but leaps to the worms midsection(7.5) to try and cut a hole to its gullet.

minus penalties for a crappy poison save

attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16
damage: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Verrin's sincere attempt is unsuccessful in rescuing his comrade.

Ibrah and Silvash are up and then round 2.

Ibrah drops his longbow, draws his temple sword and steps next to the worm, swinging his blade and cutting into its side.

5ft. step to 7.4

The worm screeches in pain as Ibrah's sword rings true and cuts deeply into the worm.

Silvash shoots at the worm and then moves to hex 109.

Mwk. Composite Shortbow (Str +2): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8 Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Silvash's arrow sails over the top of the worm.

If you are raging Khartelosch, you can attack from the inside of the cavernous worm.

On his turn, Khartelosch begins raging. He strikes at the creature from within, using power attack.

greataxe: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22 dmg: 1d12 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19

Thaane stretches his hand out towards the worm when all of a sudden, a blade appears from inside of the beast critically cutting it open as Khartelosch falls out of the side and onto the ground. Thaane mutters something as usual and a quick flash hits the worm, drawing his attention.

The worm suddenly forgets about the party members and tears off to confront the other wormclose to death.

Murderous command. Worm goes to kill the other worm. Both are near death.

One worm delivers the final blow to its cohort before it realizes what it has done.
Several shots are fired from the remaining riflemen and the last worm is finished as the bloodied captain finds his horse to survey the damage.

Thaane runs over to Khartelosch to pour his two healing elixirs into the mouth of the barely conscious warrior.

2d8 + 2 ⇒ (7, 7) + 2 = 16

There are about 25 men left unscathed as the captain makes his way towards the conscripts.

Why is the Mwangi woman shackled?

Khartelosch moans in pain. His eyes glaze as he tries to call on his oracle healing but is unable to because of the rage. Thaane's elixirs are like the first drink of spring water after a week's trek in the wastes. His sigh is nearly erotic.

Thank you he mutters, clearly embarrassed to be in this position. The worm was faster than I anticipated. Then his attention seems drawn to something unseen in his vicinity.

Unable to answer the captain's question, Khartelosch instead chooses to heal himself for his two rounds of fatigue.

CLW: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

CLW: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

She tried to kill me. Thaane replies. Staring at the sickly woman in chains.

Who are you?

A friend of the caravan.

Noticing the woman too sick to speak at this point, the captain asks the others.

Can anyone confirm this? You were scouting ahead. What happened?

He asks the conscripts.

This is one of the men that helped us against the orc. When we set out this morning we found him being accosted by her and Silas. They were arguing over something called a wayfinder. They began shooting at each other. That may be what called the worms to us. Silas is dead, killed by the first worm.

Now Verrin gathers some acid in the potion vial and begins burial.

Anyone else care to verify this as well?

Yes, that is what happened.

Besides you.

He remarks to Thaane.

Captain, as we rode out we came upon the three of the arguing. Silas demanded the wayfinder back, Thaane said it was his and was inscribed to prove it, that they buried him alive and that Silas was under a spell commanding him to get it. Silas then threatened to shoot Thaane and Thaane then fired on him. At this point we were close enough to intervene and stop them from killing each other. Unfortunately the first worm showed up then and killed Silas, Tress and Lillyanna. We then headed off to kill the third worm that showed up. I think moving across this desert is going to involve killing the worms as I think our walking is attracting them. Though with these dead we may have killed all in range.

Okay. The Mwangi will remain in custody for now. Everyone tend to your wounds collect what is salvageable and let us proceed east. We should be close to the outpost on my map and barring any further incidents, we should make it before dark. We are low on manpower and we lost about one-third of the horses are gone as well. Let's not scout too far ahead. Keep your weapons at the ready. We will proceed shortly.

Don't tell the captain about the chest or the glowing objects. Thaane whispers to Khartelosch .

When no one else is looking, Thaane examines the ring he found in the guts of the worm.

Knowledge Arcana: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

He shrugs and places it on his finger hoping it will reveal itself in that manner.

With the dead buried and the wounded bandaged, Verrin examines the glowing red bag that he recovered from the first worms.

Detect magic and spellcraft

spellcraft: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Khartelosch nods in agreement to the captain and summons back his mount. Once mounted, he examines the condition of his allies, ready to offer healing to any in need. Sylvash, Ibrah, Thaane and Verrin all look better of than he does, so he heals himself once more.

CLW: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

He consults the spirits around him and then chooses to keep the items recovered from the worm stowed away until the group can examine them at their leisure.

Verrin discovers that when he puts his hand in the pouch 3 smooth stones appear, glowing and slightly warm.

It is a pouch of magic stone. It is the same as the spell magic stone except it produces 9 stones per day.

Will a few hundred yards be close enough Captain? We'll double check the worms and make sure there's no one left alive and nothing hiding then take our point position

Silvash then checks the corpses on the way out, using detect magic and picks up what he finds.

As he gets up to Khartelosch and Thaane I can check that box and open it when we get time.

Thaane whispers, Great idea Silvash! I'm anxious to see what is in the chest.

Khartelosch casts detect magic on the box and the belt, concentrates for a few rounds and hands the box to Silvash, telling him what he discovers.

I don't have to remind you it might be trapped?

Silvash detects an ovular thin metal object that appears to fit on the temple of a humanoid.
Silvash concludes his search by finding a belt that looks exactly like the belt that Khartelosch found.

Silvash picks up the items and will identify them when he gets a chance and puts them in his haversack.

Silvash smiles at Khartelosch No, you don't. I've run into them a few times in my past in my... ah.. travels. I'll check for those first before trying to open it. Thank you for the reminder though, it is appreciated

When we are blocked by the bulk of a creature he will examine the other objects found as Silvash is busy handling the chest.

Does the chest radiate magic when i cast detect? If so there will be some lunging to pull Silvash back

spellcraft ring: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
spellcraft belt: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16
spellcraft belt: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24
spellcraft headpiece: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

for discussion

Present! ^^

Initially, I wanted four pcs, but after playing pbp where players come and go, I'm going to take five and maybe even six. I will post more in gameplay today. Get to know each other here. I prefer speaking to be bold , thoughts to be italics , questions or out of character talk to be ooc .

I will use maps when I can. I will be posting around 10p.m. to 12 a.m. central time or gmt-6. Some posts will be from my phone. I have DMed games in my youth, but pathfinder is a bit more complicated than AD&D, so bear with me. I will make some mistakes for sure. I have a general plot and story arc lined out with npcs already created, so it is not really a sandbox adventure.

Also, we have a tiefling and a half-orc. Those characters may face distrust and or discrimination in some places. I like the racial diversity, you two will just have to figure out a way to disguise when in town.

Sweet. Don't sweat the small stuff on judging. We aren't going to bite your head off. Much. As for racial diversity, I am sure dark hooded figures will help instill trust. :)

Verrin eyes the other "guards" for the caravan disinterestedly from beneath the shade of his hood. Maybe these will survive, maybe they won't. A few look like they may be competent, you never know.

I'm going ahead and using Golarion and Golarion deities. I will just add the stuff I want.

One last request. If all PCS could put their vital stats, at least HP and AC into the header so that they appear in gameplay thread, I would appreciate it.

Already done. ^^

Already done. ^^

Perfect! Thank you.

Also, please remember that HP are full for first level and then one half hit die for every level after.

I think my equipment is mostly okay. I took the liberty of getting myself a light warhorse, for travel purposes. Looking forward to our intro post in the gameplay thread! ^^

Reporting in.

I'll fix my header and doublecheck my gear. Tress's post made me realize that Lilly would likely have her own horse too since she travels a lot on her own.

The game may begin. Khartelosch has arrived. :-)

Is paizo not allowing you to use an avatar either? I couldn't get one for Thaane when I built him.

It has been difficult about it today. It was working fine yesterday, though... I expect it'll be fixed soon enough. ^^

Khartolesch, Lillyanna, Crimson Tress, Verrin Kord and Silvash, you may proceed to gameplay when you are ready.

Yes, I only just managed to get into the avatars. Luckily they had my rage prophet. Otherwise, he was going to have to start off with a rage!

Reporting in.

Was just able to get an avatar myself.

If anyone sees any glaring problems with my character let me know.

I may have a hard time posting today being the 4th, but I will try tonight.

I will post in gameplay this evening. Just a quick note. Races outside of human and human-like will be regarded with skepticism and sometimes intolerance, because within the Wastes, there are many mutant tribes. I appreciate your boldness and initiative, but until the PCs have proven themselves, they need to be creative in their interactions with human colonies.

Great starts! The holiday slowed down the pace a little. I hope that didn't lose your interest.

The site was down this morning. Will post tonight.

It was down for most of the morning and afternoon for me... Very vexing!

Great group here thus far. Thank you for indulging me in the RP.

Khartelosch, I hope by chaperone you mean your camel. Lol! Too funny.

You may not get any replies to those going to scout until tomorrow during the daylight sometime. I don't know how often everyone is around.

You may not get any replies to those going to scout until tomorrow during the daylight sometime. I don't know how often everyone is around.

It's ok. Dramatic effect!

I was wondering how everyone felt about loot and magic items. We never really bought magic items back in the day playing d and d. This seems to be the norm now. I would like to determine what objects we find. I'm open to requests as we go, but I don't think that there should be a plethora of magical items. I am okay with crafting though because it takes time and effort.

After I posted it occurred to me how ipen it was to interpretation. I meant the marksman assigned to watch me! :-)
I find it much more interesting to find items, provided they are planted with utility in mind. I don't mund buying sungle-use stuff.

There seems to be a lot of posting while I am sleeping. I can post mainly during daylight hours of Eastern Standard time. If this is going to be an issue I can drop game.

There seems to be a lot of posting while I am sleeping. I can post mainly during daylight hours of Eastern Standard time. If this is going to be an issue I can drop game.

No. Just the best time for me to post. It is not an issue at all. Once a day is pretty good. The captain is a very impatient man. I'm sure after we get going the pace will slow down. I want to get it set so th hat it maintains everyone's interest.

I kind of assumed the scorpion that attacked us is NOT the two giant scorpions fighting the orcs, but perhaps I misunderstood.

Would it be okay if Thaanne just rolled all our initiative checks together and gave us the breakdown: Heroes A, Monsters A, Heroes B, etc.?

I am confused as to why we got so close that the scorpions could attack us in the first place. Once we saw the battle, I would have suggested that we back off and the let the orcs and scoripions fight on their own and then take out whoever is left.

Could we not have heard the fighting before we got so close?

Would it be okay if Thaanne just rolled all our initiative checks together and gave us the breakdown: Heroes A, Monsters A, Heroes B, etc.?

Whichever is easier. I am newish to pbp so I am happy to go with whatever people suggest.

Might as well move this discussion here.

Hmm. Well, I looked at your sheet a little, Ibrah, and it doesn't seem like Khartelosch would fit the bill of someone who destroys or desecrates nature or art just for the fun of it. There could of course be a misunderstanding, or that I have information about said quarry that would help you, etc.

Yeah, I thought the same.

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Let's just say I tracked some (Orc?) raiders into this area.

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Is the Scorpion so Stealthy that the PCs can't possibly spot him earlier with a Perception check?

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Is this combat a good time to jump in? I think GM rolling Initiative is a great idea.

I am confused as to why we got so close that the scorpions could attack us in the first place. Once we saw the battle, I would have suggested that we back off and the let the orcs and scoripions fight on their own and then take out whoever is left.

Could we not have heard the fighting before we got so close?

On both sides of the road, are groups of large rocks. The scorpion caught you by surprise.

I have never played pbp where GM rolled initiative because it is always an important feat that players take and their stats make outcomes very individual. I would prefer if you roll and I just put out the order and recap actions for this reason.

Might as well move this discussion here.

Khartelosch wrote:

Hmm. Well, I looked at your sheet a little, Ibrah, and it doesn't seem like Khartelosch would fit the bill of someone who destroys or desecrates nature or art just for the fun of it. There could of course be a misunderstanding, or that I have information about said quarry that would help you, etc.

Yeah, I thought the same.

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Let's just say I tracked some (Orc?) raiders into this area.

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Is the Scorpion so Stealthy that the PCs can't possibly spot him earlier with a Perception check?

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Is this combat a good time to jump in? I think GM rolling Initiative is a great idea.

Now is a great time to jump in. Roll initiative please.

That's okay with me.

I only brought it up because I found that it happens that players roll their initiative and post actions and then someone else's initiative is higher and they post their action and the earlier posters want to change their actions based on the later posters' actions. However, it usually sorts itself out by the second round. :-)

I have never played pbp where GM rolled initiative because it is always an important feat that players take and their stats make outcomes very individual. I would prefer if you roll and I just put out the order and recap actions for this reason.

You would still use the players' individual stats. We all have our initiative bonus in our stat-line. Instead of each of us typing and posting [ dice=So-and-so's initiative ]1d20 + So-and-so's initiative-bonus[ /dice ] individually, where we would have to wait for everyone to post before we know the order of combat, it would be you typing that for each of us in a single post.

Example

So the order would be:

Armistad
Lillyanna
Silvash
Verrin
Tress
Ibrah
Silas
Khartelosch

Example

** spoiler omitted **

So the order would be:

Armistad
Lillyanna
Silvash
Verrin
Tress
Ibrah
Silas
Khartelosch

This certainly would be cleaner, I cannot do it from my phone though, so if we decide to do it this way, I can only do it late at night.

Players, please reply with how you would like initiative to be determined. GM rolled or player rolled?

You could put the dice code into a note on your phone somewhere and then just copy-paste it into a post every time initiative comes up.

Also, if your ranged weapon fires against touch AC, please let me know.

Players, please reply with how you would like initiative to be determined. GM rolled or player rolled?

I Suspect GM rolled would save a lot of confusion.

GM roll makes the combat go faster. Otherwise you can end up wasting a whole day of waiting for people to roll initiative before you can even get to people stating their actions. If you try to solve that by having people post an action with their initiative roll, then you tend have too many people wanting to go back and change heir actions based on what went on ahead of them in the round.

Anyone opposed to G M rolled initiative?