Had some homework take more time/energy than I expected, but I will get things posted tomorrow (which also buys time to scheme just what to do to Bolkin)
Sorry for the absence! I've been sick as a dog since returning from San Francisco yesterday. Trying to catch up now.
Hey everyone, sorry for my absence. I've been sick as a dog (again!) with a sinus infection, and this is the first I've felt like sitting up in front of a computer in a few days. Working to catch up now.
Road trip tomorrow and then I've got a weekend of house clean-up to pitch in with, but I'll try to keep with the interrogation and hopefully we'll be past this lump soon-ish.
Ugh, weird hours, Internet sporadically not working, and everything takes longer than expected. So unfortunately business as usual.
Gonna be a bit busy today but I'll do my best to move the game along in the evening.
Leveling up to 5th:
+2 levels of Barbarian
+1 Strength
+20hp
+2 BAB
+1 Fort
+1 Rage Power: Fiend Totem, Lesser
+1 Feat: Raging Vitality
FC bonus: +2 rounds of rage
Skills: +2 Acrobatics, +2 Climb, +2 Perception, +2 Survival
Actually, I think I will take the 'Swift Foot' rage power again, instead. I think it gels better with the character.
AMADEA
3rd to 5th Level Transition:
+2 Levels Palidin
+1 Dexterity
+20+2 HP
+2 HP (Favoured Class)
+2 BAB
+1 Fort
+1 Reflex
+1 Will
Channel Positive Energy 3d6
+1 use of Smite Evil per day
+1 use of Lay on Hands per day
Divine Bond: Weapons
+1 Feat: Rapid Shot
Skills: +4 points (Diplomacy, Perception)
I forgot how we are doing hp's. A little help? :)
We handle HP the same way Pathfinder Society does; 1/2 the hit dice, rounded up. So 7 for Morthos and Garik, 6 for Bolkin and Amadea, and 5 for Drosk.
The sheer amount of cash you get from this adventure seems nuts (especially since a lot of it is 'art stuff') and I don't know how to properly handle it in-game, so I'm just going to furiously wave my hand and let you guys know you've each got 4500 gp to spend as you see fit (within reason of course) on equipment. (I don't think this quite meets the WBL, but it is split five ways after all)
Level-ups look good, and thanks for showing them in that format.
Alright, here are my planned purchases:
Locked Gauntlet (8gp)
Mithral Spiked Gauntlet (505gp)
Belt of Giant Strength +2 (4000gp)
Spring-loaded Wrist Sheath x2 (10gp)
Dwarven Trail Rations x28 (56gp)
Small Tent (10gp)
That should leave me with 16gp
DROSK - 3rd to 5th Level Advancement
+2 Levels Cleric
+1 Strength (14 to 15)
+5+1 Con HP/level (+12 total)
+1 BAB
+1 Fort
+1 Will
Channel energy 3d6
+1 1st level spell
+1 2nd level spell
+1 +domain +bonus 3rd level spells
5th level Feat: TBD
+2 +1 favored class Skill Points/level (+6 total)
-- Spellcraft 5 ranks
-- Knowledge (arcana) 1 rank
Still need to purchase equipment...
+2 Levels of Fighter(Two-Weapon fighter archetype)
+1 Dexterity
+16 hp's: +6/level(+12), +2 con/level(+4)
Feats:
Fighter bonus 1st(4th level): Power Attack
Fighter bonus 2nd(5th level): Weapon Focus(Dwarven Waraxe)
Level 5: TBD
+2 rnks in Perception, Survival, Acrobatics
Selling Light mace for 2g, 5s
Selling Studded leather for 12g, 5s
+1 Mithral Chain Shirt: 2100g
+1 Dwarven Waraxe: 2000g
Mwk Dwarven Maulaxe: 325g
Total = 4425g
Leftover = 75g
Add in sold items = 89g, 10s total
I basically had the masterwork Dwarven waraxe upgraded to a +1. If this is no good, let me know and I'll go another route.
Everything looks good (including upgrading from masterwork -> +1, of course). Tamran's a capital city so I'm not gonna pull any unavailability shenanigans unless someone's after an artifact or something. (not that you could afford it)
Just as a couple of FYIs, Bolkin is apparently sick as a dog at the moment, so he may be a while. I've also got business today and tomorrow (and may wind up using Tuesday for recovery), so I might be slow in responding.
Cool. Will get that updated then. Thanks!
I misunderestimated how much time would be eaten by this move and to top it off unexpected visitations have eaten two precious days. Don't expect much from me until Wednesday, August 7th, most likely. Should be ready to roll sometime shortly after that, though.
My posting is more than likely gonna be scarce over the next few days starting tomorrow. Due to a bit of vacation time and all. Should be good around Wednesday or Thursday though. Maybe I get something out there but in case I don't, y'all know why.
Which, coincidentally, works out pretty good. :)
Finally finished purchasing gear - bought a lot of consumables with my 4,500 gp:
Handy Haversack (2,000 gp)
-- Portable Bridge (200 gp)
-- Portable Ram (10 gp)
-- Climber's Kit (80 gp)
-- Grappling Hook (1 gp)
-- Scroll: Align Weapon (CL 3) (150 gp)
-- Scroll: Remove Paralysis (CL 3) (150 gp)
-- Scroll: Dispel Magic (CL 5) (375 gp)
-- Scroll: Remove Curse (CL 5) (375 gp)
-- Scroll: Resist Energy, Communal (CL 5) (375 gp)
-- Scroll: Water Breathing (CL 5) (375 gp)
-- Antitoxin, 2 vials (100 gp)
-- Alchemists Fire, 3 (60 gp)
-- Alkali flask, 3 (45 gp)
-- Liquid Ice, 3 (120 gp)
-- Tanglefoot Bag (50 gp)
-- Thunderstone (30 gp)
Total spent = 4,496 gp.
All ready for August 7th!
Remind me to never simply add one day to the time I think it'll take; apart from the fact I didn't get a proper Internet connection sorted out until yesterday and that Paizo was down when I finally sat down to post, my feet are absolutely killing me, and due to some weird grandfather clause I have no fire extinguisher actually inside my apartment. Plus some of the strangest appliance placements I've ever had the displeasure to be annoyed by.
I might have a post up tonight, if I can manage to keep a coherent train of thought going; otherwise I'll endeavor to have one up by tomorrow afternoon (though I can't guarantee I won't sleep-crash and throw that schedule back a little).
Bolkin remains under the weather, too, unfortunately.
Drosk's purchases look good to me, so the only bits left undone (and correct me if I'm wrong) are Bolkin in his entirety and Amadea's gear selection.
Forgot about gear. I'll get on it and try and have it done asap, though that may still be the end of the weekend.
Sorry for the delay; I've sorted out my gear now.
I purchased:
Bracers of Falcon's Aim (4000 gp)
Potion of Cat's Grace (300 gp)
Potion of Protection from Evil (50 gp)
Potion of Bless Weapon (50 gp)
Potion of Shield of Faith (50 gp)
Leaving 50 gp extra for my pocket.
I'm ready to go.
That looks fine to me; was hoping to actually get Bolkin to finish up his stuff but we are yet being conspired against.
I'm going to start being more pro-active in posting instead of constantly waiting on someone; take that as both a promise in a warning, though I won't be punitive about it if I can help it.
Hellspont? Parry? Last? Any of you folks still around? Garik is gonna have a real hard time doing this by himself. Just sayin'. ;)
"You are not alone, Garik. Once set upon their target, the servants of Erastil never allow a quarry to escape. I will not give up until this woman is in our custody."
Here! Just dealing with back-to-school time for the kids in a totally new school system. Catching up now!
I'm out of town till the weekend, feel free to autopilot me if necessary. Taking the kids here: Royal Tyrrel Museum
I showed my daughter where you were going and I got, "I wanna go there!"
She was sorely disappointed when we found out it was in Canada.
Whoops, sorry about that. How old is she? We last took my son when he was two, and he loved it. There is not many things cooler than full sized dinosaur skeletons when you're that age. The Alberta badlands are a pretty interesting area, and just rife with fossils. It's pretty much a toss up between that region and Mongolia for the best fossil grounds in the world. The Tyrrell museum is kind of special even among dinosaur museums in that almost all the dinosaurs there were found in the same area as the museum, most within a few miles of it. I don't know how it compares to some of the really big natural history museums in the states, but it is pretty sweet all the same. Definitely worth checking out if you're ever in that part of the world.
Nah, it's no biggie. She's cool. She's 10. But I'll have to keep that in mind. The kiddos would love it.
One of these days we'll go back. Went there for our honeymoon and then 5 years later. Banff is where we stayed. It was greatness. Hopefully we can make it out there again before they're grown.
Banff is great; a beautiful place. I grew up quite close to there. The next time you are there, you could rent a car and head over to the Royal Tyrrell - it would take you about two hours each way, so might make a worthwhile day trip.
Banff is an absolutely gorgeous place. Pretty cool you got to grow up near there. And that's not too bad at all a couple hours each way. Will definitely have to keep that in mind. Thanks for the time information!
The first time we were there, the elk just roamed the streets like nothing. Sadly, the second time we went, they took measures to keep them out. It was pretty cool when you could look out your hotel window and see the local elk eating off the ground, the mountains in the backdrop. Amazing stuff. It was too bad they kept them out.
Also during our first trip, when we were out we made it a point to look for rams. We never did see one. Until we were on the freeway going back to the airport, there was one on the side of the dang road! We're like, "Seriously?!" And we had used up all our film. Man that was irritating. This was when digital film was practically new so we didn't own such.
Fortunately the second time we went we got to see them. So that was cool.
There was one time we were driving and we drove right by a moose! That's just a freaking awesome looking creature. Those animals are huge, man. Just huge. It's not every day you get to drive down a road and see a moose on the side of the road. :)
Just an absolute great place to see. Highly recommend.
Whether it happens everyday depends entirely where you live ;). A lot if places in Canada, moose (or meece as the plural should be known) are a major hazard, usually to vehicles. If you hit one with a car they are tall enough that you just cut the legs out from under them, and the body comes right through your windshield. Hitting a moose in a car is very frequently fatal for both front seat passengers.
I hear you about the elk, it was pretty staggering how amazing they looked just wandering about town and hanging out in parks. However, on the other side, they kind of had to get rid of them. As peaceful as they look, they can get quite aggressive, especially if people are coming close to them all the time trying to get pictures. Especially if they are rutting or have calves. Even deer (mostly whitetail in this area) kill a few people a year, and they're half the size of an elk. Something the size if a horse with a huge set of spikey antlers and sharp hooves decides you're a threat and charges you... Well, eventually the city had to do something. Even if for no other reason, it's bad for PR if the tourists are getting gored or killed.
When you say rams, I assume you mean Big Horned Sheep, though mountain goats live in the area as well. I'm surprised you didn't see more, as I see to remember getting trapped behind a herd on the highway almost every trip though the park. Usually, it's the tourists who've stopped to take picture of course who actually block the roads. Anyway, yes they're on the road all the time. Natural salt licks are hard to come by the in area, so the sheep and other animals come down to the highways to lick the salt off the roads. Just one more reason why the speed limits are so low in the park.
That's it! Big Horned Sheep. I knew rams didn't sound right for some reason.
So that's why it was on the side of the road. That seemed pretty odd to me. I was wondering why it was hanging out where all the cars drive by. That's interesting stuff.
I enjoy a good museum probably more than the next fellow, but I couldn't read much more than 'fossil record' than going into shutdown (I have an evolutionary psychology class this semester, which'd be grand if the first week didn't cover a lot of the cut-and-dry stuff I learned in basic biology).
Another belated apology for tardiness but labor day weekend and general re-acclimatizing to 30-minute hikes in 100 degree muggy Texas heat has left me more scatter-brained than usual.
At the least I've managed to get the adventure read more-or-less cover-to-cover, so we should be good.
Max? You still with us, bud?
Well, it looks like just the three of us, folks. Hellspont is apparently no longer with us. Especially when he can post in several other threads several times and refuses to post in this one. I think that says it all.
You know, I don't get why people just don't come out and say, "Hey, folks, I'm gonna have to bow out. It's just not for me." Why is that so hard? I don't get it.
At least Jamie and Ubertripp gave us the 'I'm out' bit. It's two words. Not like anyone's asking for a novel for an explanation. At least that way, we don't have to sit here wondering if he/she is gonna post.
Just seems like common courtesy to me.
Oh well, I guess it is what it is.
I suppose that's as good a segue as I'm likely to get; communication is key and I haven't really done enough of it myself.
I missed another promised deadline (by a week, no less), and I could hardly blame anybody for just sort of gently bowing out as such. (Or it's possible Max simply hasn't noticed; standard practice would be to send a PM).
It took me a while to realize I'd missed it, and while there was a valid real-life excuse this time, there've been several times where I just shirked responsibility entirely. The game is basically a psychological malaise for me, a cycle of procrastination, guilt, and eventually posting that I find enjoyable.
I've been debating myself all weekend whether or not to pull the plug on the game. I'm honestly uncertain as to whether or not the effort put into this is worth the enjoyment I get out of it. The mentioned guilt over my stilted posting and lack of communication is certainly a tax on it.
So basically, - how invested are the three of you who remain in the game? How do you feel about the pace? I won't promise any improvements if we do go on, but I feel that getting this out of the way would help things. I know that if I were playing in the game I'd be more than a little concerned and it certainly wouldn't be meeting my expectations; your opinions may differ, so I'd like to know them.
I should probably be able to infer your feelings from the fact that you're here despite everything, and I appreciate that you all have hung on this long regardless.
Well, I won't lie, I would prefer if the pace was a little faster, but I will certainly hang on :-)
Dwarves don't tend to quit easily, after all ;-)
Morthos pretty much speaks for me as well. We are moving at a snail's pace these days, and it would be nice if we could pick it up a bit. However, I don't give up too easily either, and am still go for making it work.
While I'll also agree with the others about the slow pace of the game, that really doesn't bother me too much seeing how there are other games I'm in that keep me busy enough. That and my kiddos. :)
As long as you keep this game going, I'll keep posting in it, bud.
You know, I was wondering about your buddy Bolkin. Any chance he may make it back?
I appreciate everybody's, ah, tenacity for lack of a better word. I feel somewhat better about the mess and hopefully going forward I'll be a bit less ashamed of it.
This week marks the end of the first major test/project-due-all-at-once period for the semester, so hopefully I'll get things rolling with combat tomorrow or Friday and try to keep the pace going.
As for Bolkin, he and I have known each other for years and I'm in contact with him practically every day. While it's certainly not wholly his fault, many delays have been because of awaiting his participation. Unfortunately we have a bit of a dynamic of avoidance regarding this kind of thing so I've mostly let it lie. I'll bring it up and try to get him to actually commit or let me know he's out (at least for the time being; a formalized temporary departure would be fine with me as well).
Again, I appreciate ya'lls reassurance, and I'll try to step up and shape up.
It looks like Drosk will not be rejoining us, in part due to illness.
I have kicked Bolkin in the rear and he will hopefully be posting not long after this post, and from there we can hopefully regroup.
I just wanted to restate this, since most of you weren't here when it was originally agreed upon and you've had no chance to really observe the norm, I think;
Garik's original player couldn't do weekends, and that pretty much became a standing tradition even after he left. Since I've been back in school, that's also when I do a fair chunk of my work, so don't expect posting on Saturday and Sunday.
That's no biggie, Zeb. Most of my threads(if not all) are typically dead on weekends. Very little movement to speak of, really. So it's all good.