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Visited some family tonight, didn't have time to make the full post. Will get it up tomorrow, with the grindylow meeting.
With some help from the other underwater enthusiasts it doesn't take too much effort to drag it to the surface and get it into the boat. Luckily it can hold the weight, and the group makes it to the shore without any further incident.
Good news! PC is off medical leave and safe and sound back home. Bad news, internet provider is having an outage (that I discovered while writing posts up for my games). I’ll have a post up tomorrow and we’ll get back into the swing of things. Thank you so much for being patient with me these past few weeks!
Good news! PC is off medical leave and safe and sound back home. Bad news, internet provider is having an outage (that I discovered while writing posts up for my games). I’ll have a post up tomorrow and we’ll get back into the swing of things. Thank you so much for being patient with me these past few weeks!
Apologies for the Roll20 awkwardness, it is quite hard to use the site on mobile. Hopefully you can see where the shark is clearly!
No this kind of stuff is perfect for character development! My main concern was actually her race being detrimental to “main quest-relevant” NPCs’ relations. Side characters reacting within the bounds of their established character traits is completely fine and wanted. Besides, I have a spicy response planned for when I get off work (~2 hours) that may or may not involve my Fascinate performance.
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter, even if you don’t celebrate it. Family holidays are always fun. I’ll be taking my PC back into the shop tomorrow, the overheating/GPU crashing issue hasn’t stopped. I’ll get posts up from my phone, just warning you ahead of time. I also want to apologize for the slow speed of the game, a lot of personal things have been happening lately. When it rains it truly pours, doesn’t it? But not to worry, we’ll be getting back into full stride soon enough. Thank you for your understanding!
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter, even if you don’t celebrate it. Family holidays are always fun. I’ll be taking my PC back into the shop tomorrow, the overheating/GPU crashing issue hasn’t stopped. I’ll get posts up from my phone, just warning you ahead of time. I also want to apologize for the slow speed of the game, a lot of personal things have been happening lately. When it rains it truly pours, doesn’t it? But not to worry, we’ll be getting back into full stride soon enough. Thank you for your understanding!
"That's a good idea, I think." she says to Henrika's idea.
"I find myself missing your infernal companion, actually. It isn't quite the same without her, I will admit." she continues playfully to Xallis.
Just remembered Dakari said he'd be gone until Sunday. Do you want to bot him, someone? Don't want to make the decision for you in this specific fight.
And we're back! Combat begins immediately, hope your dice are ready!
Hey all, apologies for the extended absence. Done with the family stuff, but I had to take my pc to the shop for some GPU crashing issues. Should have it back by tomorrow, but if I don’t then I’ll make a post on my phone by the end of the day. Thank you so much for your understanding this past week!
Hey guys, had a death in the family. Dealing with some things, I'll be back in the groove tomorrow. Thanks for your understanding!
Whenever you guys are ready to move on to (big) bug extermination, let me know! Just thought it'd be nice to interact a bit with the other colonists.
Ku'Hania:
Ku'Hania goes to find Lyra first, but it seems as if the scout has gotten up even earlier than her, and actually isn't even present at the breakfast 'meeting'. Asking around, Ku'Hania learns that she has set out on a scouting mission under Ramona's orders, to hopefully get a better idea of the locale surrounding the colony.
Anya is a different story, and the Shoanti hunter can be found unpacking her gear after breakfast. Seemingly heading out to the forest to help Lyra scout around the colony, but her focus is on fresh game she might be able to trap and butcher to replace the dried meat lost to the cockroach swarm. Braxton's inquiries will lead him to Anya as well, should Ku'Hania wish to speak with the hunter together with her companion. "What can I help you with, sister?" she says, seemingly having noticed a kinship with the wild sea elf. Ankha:
The dwarf is very patient with Ankha's excitement, taking it in stride extremely well. The enthusiasm of the young is obviously something she has dealt with for most of her extended life.
"I'm not quite sure, actually. Definitely a topic to dive deeper into. I wonder if there's any creature or substance out here that could accomplish that? I understand how important this is to you, so if you need any help you can always come to me." Braxton:
Braxton finds both Eamon and Kurvis (the priests of Erastil and Abadar, respectively) in the chapel looking to see what they can do about the church.
"Ah, the chapel's holy bow. It will help immensely in restoring the peace inside the church. We have spent some time communicating with Silas, and are working on a solution to keep it calm for now." Eamon says when given the longbow. "I cannot thank you properly for this as of yet, but give me time and I will find or make you something to repay you for this kindness." Kurvis laughs and pats the half-elf on the back. "I thought you weren't one for repayment, brother." he says, obviously jokingly. Later inquiries into who can help with the shark hunting enterprise lead Braxton to Anya, and he might find Ku'Hania speaking to her already. Dakari: Ramona thanks you for the wand, saying that Eamon (the cleric of Erastil) can use it. "This will be of great use as we work to find a sustainable source of food. I had heard the first wave had the wand donated, is a wonder it wasn't used much at all. Perhaps no one in the first wave could activate it?"
Carver and Perrell are already discussing much about the island, and Carver in particular takes the opportunity to ask Perrell, Dakari, and anyone else who will listen to bring him information on any historical sites and artifacts they find. "I'll see what I can do, Carver. Lyra should be back this evening, and might have a wealth of information for both of us to enjoy!" With that, Perrell excuses herself back to her tent in order to review maps and charts, or whatever else it is those scholars do. With the historian gone, Carver pulls Dakari off to the side, away from the rest of the group and any prying ears.
Night City, the City of Dreams. A gleaming chrome facade of a city hiding a rotting underside. And also your home. Whether you've grown up on the streets a gutterpunk, always looked down on the rot from the upper echelons of a corpo tower, or are a just recently arrived outsider, you find yourself stuck here. This city has a way of making sure every single one of its citizens are constantly drowning in something. Debt, problems, money, drugs; you name it, Night City has it. You've been trying to claw your way up that iconic social ladder for years now, and seem to finally have gotten your chance. Your favorite fixer, Vex, hit you up with a big lead. She's been gathering some intel on a Militech truck convoy for a while now, and finally sent you a ping to meet her in the usual spot. Welcome to Night City, chooms! With the Humble Bundle containing all of Cyberpunk Red's published material, along with finishing the Edgerunners anime and starting the 2077 video game recently, I've been deep diving into the Cyberpunk world. Is there much interest for a Cyberpunk Red game on the boards? I'm early on in the brainstorming phase, and haven't finished learning the system yet, so it'll probably be a month or two out before I get things settled. Just checking if its worth the effort!
The next morning is full of more rain, unsurprisingly. It always seems to be raining in Ustalav at one place or another. Harrowstone awaits atop the hill once more, a cursed place with two (at least) malevolent spirits. Kendra has a hard time waking the next morning, and complains of nightmares. She can't remember any specific details, but her father's death features prominently. She has made some toast for you and left some butter and jams out, but quickly retires to her room for more rest before you leave.
The wand in the teak box is a wand of goodberry with 49 charges left.
Added a link to the loot sheet in the campaign header! Should work, let me know if it doesn't.
"Ah, thank you, at last." Horgus says, obviously exasperated. "I expect it to be picked clean, but I hope it at least still stands." The ruined roads and destroyed houses get worse and worse in condition as you travel closer to the great rift in the ground opened by the Storm King and his minions. The road is covered in rubble at places and requires expert care when traversing across it. In an open clearing about a half hour after you leave the library, a group of a half dozen armored crusaders stand around a woman kneeling amongst a pile of rubble from a nearby building. The eyes of the crusaders reflect the burning wreckage nearby with a feverish light, and their faces and armor is covered in ashes. The group doesn't seem to notice you as you approach, focused on the woman as they are. One of the crusaders, a woman with fresh still bleeding scars across her face, steps forward with her sword drawn.
Feel free to move any of the loot he claimed to you, no need to have it just disappear.
So sorry about my lack of post yesterday, had some family business to take care of. Back to your regularly scheduled adventure!
Yep, exactly like that. Glad we could come to a balanced agreement that works for what you wanted out of the build! If the two of you want to RP your arrival at the Lorrimor house to meet Kendra before Park and Rajuna show up to rest once more, feel free to start! However you two want to say you got here is fine with me, whether alone or separate.
If you want more wizard-y options, I still have the character I made for your last recruitment: Zhandar, a druid//magus who plays a lot like an alchemist. She has lots of cure potions from her Druid Herbalism and at level 5 she will be able to throw them to affect her allies or enemies. (At level 7 she will multiclass into cleric, gaining even more spells to make into druid potions.) She also throws spellstriking daggers or Harrow cards. She knew the professor and feels she owes him a debt, which would bring her to Ravengro. Are you switching your submission to that, then? I’ll be deciding through the rest of today and announce my selections this evening.
Gonna extend the recruitment to Sunday at midnight CST. I see some people moving builds around and stuff, and I like what I’m seeing and I’d like to see some polished builds. Remember the connection to Lorrimor is what brought you to Ravengro, so be sure to work that into your character. It’s important for me to understand why you’re here and why you’d join after hearing about what’s going on in the town and Harrowstone. Thanks!
I'm okay with Bolt Ace, actually. Both balance and flavor fit what I prefer my games to be way more. Zephara looks good!
If I had a nickel for every time a monster has ended up on Lir's head, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice! Also thanks for reminding me about the HP bar, I fixed it.
As Haplo goes further into the first room and takes a look around, he can clearly see the two grindylow hiding and waiting in one dark corner underwater off to the right in the small chamber. Pulses of danger emanate through the empathic link between him and Ku’Hania. They do hold spears, but don’t seem to be posing aggressively. In fact, they look like they’re fascinated with the octopus.
Dakari knows enough about grindylow to remember that some tribes of the creatures venerate octopi as revered creatures, with their similarly designed kin being held as the epitome of beauty in grindylow culture. Squids, on the other hand, are hated mortal enemies, and to call a grindylow a squid is the most heinous of insults.
The misfortune once again pushes the goblins' blade aside, saving Ari from any harm.
I have learned that you can disable the map grid on Roll20, instead of painstakingly trying to edit every screenshot of a map from the AP pdf to fit on the grid system. It means your icons will be smaller and not always fit the grid on the map, but it makes it a TON easier and quicker for me to get the maps together.
Ankha’s first strike, in retaliation for moving closer to her, misses. Her second one, however, completely guts the fish she attacked open from mouth to tail, killing it instantly. Braxton’s rapier finishes off the second one, leaving just the one fish left attached to the boat.
I've started using a better init tracker at the end of my combat posts that I saw someone else using, the bold names are up in combat. Should help me run combat much much smoother!
Forgot to give the Roll20 link to Sasha, so here it is! Also putting it up in the campaign details for ease of access. Also, with Kiley's small bonus on skills, I like handing out small things like that for good roleplay. Don't expect massive skill handouts for every skill any time you talk about one, but when appropriate I enjoy small specific bonuses like that.
All good! Glad to have you back. I'm going to throw up a map of Kenabres as you see it once you leave the sewers in a link in the campaign description, with all the info left on it. It's easier that way, for me and you. The white dotted line and areas A through H16 is the route you took from the disaster at Armasse all the way under the city to the exit at H16. There are a number of notable locations lettered on the map, and I'll let you know of the ones you know about: I: Blackwing Library, where Aravashnial wants to be taken
I think I'm going to close it for now, unfortunately. Talked to the players and we agreed on our choice. Sasha Shardlight please report to the discussion thread. Thank you all for the submissions, and keep an eye out here if we need to pick up another member!
How’s everyone’s progress going? Think I might pick at the end of today, unless anyone needs more time. Want to get the show back on the road!
I just like checking in with my group and making sure they’re enjoying the events of the game. I have made the mistake of dragging out certain scenes for too long before, want to avoid that!
Alright, back to the drawing board! One of our players is stepping away and another is on a break so we're recruiting two more players to bring the eventual total up to 5! Same build rules as the beginning of this thread, but you'll be level 3 and start with 1,000 gold worth of equipment. You'll need to catch up on the gameplay thread, and I'll get you caught up on what has happened to your characters so far before you get introduced. Feel free to ask any questions you may have!
Doesn’t look like anyone identified it, but it’s low enough to be pretty easy. It’s a +1 holy reliquary composite longbow (+2 Str). No, not the holy property, it’s a holy reliquary weapon, which means it can function as a holy symbol of Erastil and a weapon at the same time. The general initial party consensus was to return it to the priest of Erastil you have on your ship, but that can always change. Been away from my PC until recently, or else I’d have made a combat post by now. Getting one up now!
”As for stories, I'd say the one about the trolls” ”I suppose that is the more exciting of the two. Well, the Trollclaw Ford is a formerly non-troll settlement that has been renamed after the many tribes of trolls that now call that place home. Had just finished exploiting a lucrative trade deal where we traded my family’s refined metals at Daggerford for loads of their fine clothing and sold it back in Baldur’s Gate. Unfortunately the ‘safest’ path takes you right through Trollclaw Ford, although most of the time you can get by without seeing a single troll. That night, however, we found an entire tribe on the road.” She shakes her head, clearly remembering some awful event. ”Lost a few good men that night, but with my quick thinking I jumped into action. I found the self-proclaimed queen of that tribe and offered her an all-inclusive wardrobe change with the clothes we had brought from Daggerford. I spent the greater part of that night and several hours into the next morning acquiring passage for our caravan through the Ford. I’m one of the rare few who can travel through that nest of trolls unaccosted!” ”You be sure to remember that if you ever have need of passage up north.”
Sorry for the multiple posts, but I actually have three games with Poly in it and it's becoming a bit overwhelming to both DM and play his character. If anyone would like to assist by running him as well as your own character, I would be grateful!
Forgot to mention: you progress to level 2 after (mostly) clearing out the colony! Congrats!
Added a map of the island to the campaign header. Red dot is the existing colony (where you are) and the blue dot is the second landing spot where the captain took the ship after splitting with you.
Everything looks good to me, Marith. Having an established drow house would help should they come up sometime in the future!
I think, since no one has said they’re still working and I oh so hate waiting, that I’m going to call it here and announce my choices. Before I do, I just want to say I am so grateful for everyone making all these amazing characters, this was truly a tough choice. I was afraid my basic idea wouldn’t catch interest, and am glad to see it did. Thank you all!
Kiley Sherrow
The final day! I’ll make my selection this evening and then get things started!
I think I’m just about ready to make my decision, so I’ll be moving the end of recruitment date to the end of this Friday, October 27th. That’ll give time for anyone who’s almost done to get the final touches complete, and then we can get started!
Appreciate the update! Just to remind everyone, there’s only a week left until I make my final decision. How is everyone’s progress going?
I find that it’s always best to aim for that, honestly. Easier to make the party work together that way! |