Thirst - A Ravenloft PbP

Game Master Celestial Healer

So we can sell or trade two +1 suits of leather armour for 1160gp for the pair.

Say we buy a cart (15gp), a light horse (75gp), a chest (2gp), enough rations for five days worth per person (17.5gp – there are 7 of us right?) and about 100gp worth of trade goods … can anyone think of anything else?

How about we also give each character 100gp worth of the group fund (or more, or less) to equip their character; that way if people want to buy a horse or some weapons or whatever they can, without having to run the purchase by the whole group?

CH, can we assume that mundane items can be sold and purchased pretty easily either at the Vistani camp or in Chateaufaux? Do you want us to run any such purchases or sales past you first?

I think the single cart and the rest traveling by foot will be fine. Maybe one other horse for the 'head merchant', whoever will be covering that position.
I just want to pick up some local clothes- I'm still wearing my uniform. Standard price fron the book?

Yes, mundane gear can be bought at standard prices.

Like Mothman, I need to apologise for my absenteeism. I had a stupidly busy week that turned out even busier than I'd thought. Back on track now though and ready to roll with the mists.

CH, I came across a Battle Aspergillum in the advanced player's guide. It does 1d6 damage, and looks like a mace used by priests to bless people. Would it make sense for Res to find something like this in Chateaufaux, perhaps by a junk dealer who scavenged it off an unlucky victim of the mist? Since the gods are not a force here, he may not have recognize it for what it was.

I'll wait for your answer before posting this purchase.

I always liked that item.

For no other reason than I happen to like it: yes, you can find one in Chateaufaux. There are some clergy in my version of Ravenloft (who follow philosophies rather than deities), so such an item would not be unheard of, but any merchant who had one would be delighted to find any buyer whatsoever.

Since we lost Niel (Belanos), I have invited somebody else to join the party. I'll find a way to work him in.

Things are still up in the air with Moorluck (Tiffana). I know he's had ongoing computer/internet issues. I'm okay giving him a little more time and we'll see how that works out.

All sounds good to me. I'm really enjoying Angalia and starting to get my head around the system.

I'm sorry to hear we lost niel. I have no problem with holding out longer for Tiffana's return.

Welcome to the game Jeremy. I was wondering who CH found to replace Niel. Sorry that Res hasn't offered to let you out of your cell yet. He still needs some convincing of who you are. You can never know whom to trust in Ravenloft.

Thanks for the welcome. You may have to be a bit patient with me, this is my first pbp. But you now have a high defense oriented fighter, with good armorsmithing abilities :P.

Welcome Jeremy!

Thanks for the welcome. You may have to be a bit patient with me, this is my first pbp. But you now have a high defense oriented fighter, with good armorsmithing abilities :P.

Hooray! Another midget! Well... not quite. But you'll do. :)

Glad to have you, Jeremy. He had expressed interest shortly after the campaign started, so I asked him first when we needed a replacement.

Rev Rosey, I see you are now in Indianapolis for GenCon. I will be there as well with my wife and two of my sons. Hopefully we can meet in person.

That would be wonderful :)

My husband and son are also here. When do you arrive?

That would be wonderful :)

My husband and son are also here. When do you arrive?

We arrive late on Wednesday and will be there all weekend. We have a few pathfinder society classic games scheduled on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Will you be playing pathfinder, 4e, both or none?

We have nothing scheduled at all. We're mainly planning to wander, socialise a little and see what takes our fancy. We will be around all weekend.

We have nothing scheduled at all. We're mainly planning to wander, socialise a little and see what takes our fancy. We will be around all weekend.

Sounds good. Once WE've got our bearings, I'll post in this thread about possible meet up locations. We plan to wander between games, too. Enjoy Indy in the mean time.

We surely will. This is a long planned, probably once in a lifetime trip.

Hope you guys won't mind to much, but my character is military trained from a dwarven city noted for defense. So he'll come across as a very disciplined military guy who is benevolent.

No worries Jeremy

No problem at all. Angalia is undisciplined in any military sense, although as a rogue she will always try to find some way to flank if possible.

Erfan is a fey-blooded gnome.

That's really all that needs to be said with regards to his discipline.

There is a brightside to all of this though Urdrin is exetremely good at crafting metal armors. He can craft other armors, but he's better with metal and stone. So if he survives and we have a break in between adventures he'd be able to craft some stuff.

I'm having a hard time finding the map of what we've explored so far.

Hi Rev - hope you and your family are having as much as we are. Check the spoiler below.

I'm having a hard time finding the map of what we've explored so far.

There isn't one besides the map of the room you are in. I'll try to write up a brief recap for you, though.

Jeremy Mcgillan wrote:

I'm having a hard time finding the map of what we've explored so far.

There isn't one besides the map of the room you are in. I'll try to write up a brief recap for you, though.

Recap:

The party was investigating a series of grisly deaths connected with Lord Gilbraith. They determined he was attempting various rituals to try to become a vampire and achieve immortality. He had abducted Nathaniel's sister Lenna. They found him over the unmoving form of Lenna but the lot of them were transported by the mists to Ravenloft.

They wandered the mists for a while, fighting some creepy spiders, and eventually found themselves in the realm of Dementlieu, where they battled some ghouls, found a haunted cottage, and went to a dreary xenophobic village. There they encountered a vistani named Darra who led them to her caravan. A fortune telling by Mother Kindry revealed that their fates were intertwined with Gilbraith's, and one of the party, Tiffana, had a dream which led them to Falkovnia.

A drunken veteran confirmed that Gilbraith had been through there and had enlisted in the army, but he did not know where he had been deployed. Most of the army had been pulled out of the town of Silbervas, except those stationed at the prison, with the mysterious "Surgeon" as the only officer who might be privy to troop movements. The party bluffed their way past the prison guards in the guise of craftspeople working on new torture devices in the dungeons. They descended 3 levels underground to reach the entrance to the Surgeon's area, where the guards would go no further. The cellblock, guarded by 3 hunchbacked guards, was the first room they came upon.

Rev Rosey and I got to meet for the first time at Gen Con 2011. It was a great time chatting with her and her husband.

Ok guys I need your opinions. Do you think I should work toward stalwart defender with Urdrin (if he lives). Or should I toward Master Craftsman and craft magical arms and armor. I think the latter would be more useful to the party.

I recommend the former. While, if the party wants it, I can ensure a little downtime for crafting, my experience is that crafting PCs generally don't work as well in PbPs as they do in a tabletop game (mostly due to the fact that PbPs tend to run on a more limited scale than long running tabletop campaigns).

I recommend the former. While, if the party wants it, I can ensure a little downtime for crafting, my experience is that crafting PCs generally don't work as well in PbPs as they do in a tabletop game (mostly due to the fact that PbPs tend to run on a more limited scale than long running tabletop campaigns).

I'll leave it too a party vote. While I'd slightly rather make him a crafter, I can play both equally well.

I vote for the defender. Given the current urgency in the party to catch Gilbraithe, I don't think the pc's will want to spend a lot of time waiting for items to be crafted.

For those wondering what it was that you were fighting:

That's a tough fight for a level 2 party. Kudos.

For those wondering what it was that you were fighting:

** spoiler omitted **

That's a tough fight for a level 2 party. Kudos.

I'm glad you shared her stats. I was very curious what exactly she was. Excellent villian. I was a little worried. That fast healing was a challenge (the dice roller wasn't too kind either).

Here is the treasure collected so far from the Prison (before we go through the secret door):

Storage Room
Scrolls:
Remove Disease (x2)
Cure Moderate Wounds
Remove Blindness/Deafness
Delay Poison
Hold Portal
See Invisibility

From the room with the Surgeon
1 potion of Hide From Undead
1 potion of Lesser Restoration
1 potion of Darkness
1 elixir of Fire Breath
2 potions of Cure Light Wounds

+1 leather armor
+1 greatsword Do you mind if Res takes this?
1 scroll of Remove Fear
Wand of Magic Missile (caster level 3rd) (5 charges)
A box of coins containing 320 gp

From the laboratory
Alchemists Fire (1) 1 was used by Erfan against the spider swarm
Liquid Ice (1 [there were 2, but you used one])
Acid (3)
Tanglefoot Bag (1)
Flash Powder (2)
Some fine alchemical tools worth 150 gp

From the prison cells
Urdrin's equipment
Set of keys

Here’s my suggested loot breakdown – its by no means a final list, so feel free to comment, revise or disagree.

Divide all the divine scrolls between Res and Eliva.
Erfan takes the arcane scrolls and the wand and a flask of alchemists fire.
Eliva takes the leather armour or we keep it to sell.
Res takes the greatsword.
Angalia takes liquid ice, flask of acid, a tanglefoot bag and flash powder and a potion of cure light wounds.
Urdrin takes a flask of acid and flash powder, a potion of darkness and an elixir of fire breath.
Nathanial takes a flask of acid, a potion of hide from undead and cure light wounds.

We divide the coins six ways (53gp, 3sp and 3cp each)

We sell the alchemical tools and possibly leather armour when we have a chance (it goes in a bag of holding for now).

For those wondering what it was that you were fighting:

** spoiler omitted **

That's a tough fight for a level 2 party. Kudos.

Certainly was. That improved bluff and sneak attack combo was killer.

Oops - I forgot the two items that the surgeon had on her.

Cloak of Resistance +1 - Not sure who benefits most from this either?
Her scalpel (+1 dagger) - Should Angalia take this?

Angalia already has a +1 dagger, but she will take it with pleasure if it has no better home. She'll also take the alchemical whatnots.

The cloak should maybe go to Erfan as a squishy ranged type.

Celestial Healer wrote:

For those wondering what it was that you were fighting:

** spoiler omitted **

That's a tough fight for a level 2 party. Kudos.

Certainly was. That improved bluff and sneak attack combo was killer.

I originally had her as an Alchemist 5, but 3d6 sneak attack was too deadly. I had to draw the line somewhere :)

Eliva takes the leather armour or we keep it to sell.

Eliva has MW studded leather armor. I vote we keep the magical leather to sell. Eliva can place it in the bag of holding.

Eliva's saves are +4, +4, +6, so she's pretty good in the saves department. Oh, hmm...and she already has a resistance item! Does anyone have a horrible fortitude or will?

+0F, +7R, +0W ...

If it effects your decision-making: Once you finish this dungeon area and I award experience, you will be 3rd level. Plan accordingly.

Also, I know that this particular dungeon enabled certain characters to shine, while others, less so. Expect variety though - I try to vary encounters so that everyone has a chance to show off what they can do. If your chance hasn't come yet, it will.

The cloak would be good for anyone, but Nathaniel’s saves are not so bad, happy for Angalia or Urdrin or someone to take it. Likewise the scalpel.

I think Erfan could use it the most, except it goes completely against the whole nude thing so I think the next logical choice is Angalia.

I agree with Mothman's division of loot. The wand of magic missile will give Erfan something practical to contribute when fighting things that are mindless and/or higher than 4 hit dice. The other scrolls can be used as needed.

I will also gladly take the cloak of resistance as pretty much all of my saves suck horrifically. (+1F, +2R, +2W)

I have no opinion on the cloak. Whatever works best for the party.