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Sounds really interesting, Lilith. :) Since I've just gotten access to wave, I'll contact you there

Refurbishing the Emporium is actually a very good idea. :) Might grant you a little extra income after the initial investment, too.

Hey there. Just a quick reply (horrible time crunch right now. I'll get you updated tomorrow. Sorry)

You can take 3/4th HP. If you prefer you can still roll, but its binding if you do.

Narsel: "The Tiger" is the best lead you currently have. Who exactly is hidden behind the name is unclear, but maybe the Shoanti can help you figure that one out :)

Your purchases look ok to me. :) I'm working on an IC thread right now

If whole bushels of pages (I don't know the technical term) of pages come loose instead of single ones, my favorite solution has been to use clear adhesive tape, one strip down by the spine on either side of the break. Usually this works best on hardcovers, but I have fixed some softcover books that had spines threatening to break or lose pages.

I personally would recommend the Pathfinder paths over age of worms. Age of worms is very good, don't get me wrong, but it is a lot harder to pull off. It is very focussed on undead, which leads to problems with class balance. It is a 12 issue path as opposed to a 6 issue one. That makes it harder to maintain interest levels through the entire campaign. Finally, AoW has some rather weak links (Spire of Long Shadows, Encounter at Blackwall Keep), while even the weakest Pathfinder (Second Darkness, in my book) can be run almost as-written.

As I said, the rather high wealth limit includes your cuts from Halvarra, and a few perks from Kroft as well.

Once the current scene winds down, you can level up - or you can do it even now. Your choice.

There is one more spot, so welcome aboard. :)

Grunhild looks good. I've not checked your math, and will not. :) I think my players are adults, and any mistakes they make are´^honest such. If i come across one, I'll notify you. I expect the same from you.

As a returning player, you can keep your current equipment, and fill up to recommended wealth + 2000. Its not a complete repurchase, just add until you hit the limit - or keep what you have, if you have more.

You level up to 4, and rebuild for pathfinder final. We had a few tough spots in this adventure, and adding a level above and beyond the recommended might even things out.

By the way, Blackjack not giving you a contact phone number was not an oversight, but intentional :)

The bonus feats / traits were a bit of an incentive for the first story, so I've decided to not give you a bonus feat, but allow you to purchase it as one of your normal feat choices.

The first game is still winding down, but you should maybe head over to the OOC thread and discuss on how to integrate with the existing group. I'd planned for about three weeks of downtime between the stories.

I am not paranoid by any streak, but I am not quite willing to spread that kind of information around without any idea how it is going to be used, either. So I've not added that info for now, and would appreciate if you could provide some additional information on what policies the postal service has. For example, how can you state "The number you provide will be used only to comply with postal regulations; you will not be added to any calling lists.", when the postal service may do just that for every number / name pair provided to them?

Crunch still ongoing, but I'll do this tomorrow. :)

Sure, the more the merrier.

I am in a bit of a time crunch right now, so I'll go into more detail either tonight or tomorrow.

Exalted sounds very exciting to me. :) I would like to get into this game, if at all possible. More details tonight.

Elian and Zerlix look good so far. :) I'll have to perform a bit of a rough pull-together, but that should be possible.

Mememto Mori, a Highwaymen / Zorro is absolutely possible.

I've decided to go with standard wealth for the newcomers, and standard wealth + 2000 (or anything you already have beyond that) for my returning players. Both as cuts from Eel's End, and clandestine support from the Field Marshall

Yep, everyone will start off as 4th level. :)

Get one round of movement in a stumbling, shifting and altogether panicking mass of people. That is the problem. :(

I was thinking about using 20 Point Buy, yes.

Since this is the second part of the story, I will make it a requisite that your characters are in Korvosa, and have some stake in the city's welfare. Locals would be ideal, but are not strictly necessary.

Yep, give a little intro to who you are and what you did.

Grrr... Obscuring Mist, bane of game flow and tactical opportunities alike. Well, this will become a long march instead of a swift dance, then.

Yep, as you can see on the re-recruitment thread, I'm just asking for new players. You should drop a line there to go on record (again). Just so other players get an idea who is already in the game.

Hey there. I'm just about wrapping up Edge of Anarchy for my Curse of the Chrimson Throne group (you can sneak a peak at The IC thread.) Since there have been a couple of losses along the way, I would like to re-recruit more players.

I am aiming for about 8 players to start with. First places will be awarded for my current players, but beyond that it is open season - I'll keep a look on this thread and create a new OOC thread as soon as additional players are accepted. :)

I would like to switch to Pathfinder RPG final rules at this point. Starting level for new players is 4 (just like the rest of the group), and I will have to think about equipment and the like for a while longer.

Ok, folks. First off, I'll assume any spoilers addressing Tarren Dei are really intended to be read by me (since Tarren is not a participant in this game ;) ).

Second off, as you can maybe guess, we are closing to the end of Edge rapidly. Despite some sad losses (particular Ayedah, and Nayr), we made it all the way through. That is pretty impressive for a forum game, and while the champagne will remain in the cooler a little while longer, it raises the question of what to do after we finish. I would like a little show of hands who intends to go on to "7 days to the grave", and who wants to keep their characters as they are.

I've put the game on hold until at least two players reply to this OOC thread (Kaledon counts, so one more). We're very close to finishing the first adventure, don't crash on the last few yards ;)

Just to warn you: I'll be gone for about two weeks on vacation, with sporadic and rather unpredictable net access. So get your posts in before sunday night, will you?

Personally, I would agree with the "Helpless" ruling. If you're really so buff that you think you can survive the Coup de Grace, go right ahead. It might even be a viable tactic - but it is extremely risky, and it will keep the rogue from feeling useless.

Just so you know, I'll close the scene tomorrow unless you post first. This one bombed a little bit, but I'm confidant the finale of Edge of Anarchy will work better. :)

I've seen these rolls, but frankly... I don't know how much difference they make. If you want to take a dramatic detour through the sewers, that's certainly possible, but in no way necessary. Your results were more than sufficient not to make any stupid mistakes, and beyond that (barring dramatic detours, a'la sewers) there is not much to gain or lose here.

Sorry for the delays. Real life encroaching again. I'll try and keep up, though.

My condolences as well. Take as much time as you need, this is not something you should even remotely neglect because of some stupid online game.

As for your question - that is entirely your choice.

Postmonster ate my reply... twice. And this time I didn't realize it, and... no more time.

/unhappy

I'll finish edge of anarchy first before making a decision on that

By the way.. post's up ;)

The current post is just like the ones before. Post your actions in any order, and tell me what stunts you want to attempt.

Amazing. I seem to be completing withdrawal. While WotLK still managed to make me relapse (if only briefly), this time i shrug and "meh". The only thing that looks good to me is the remodeled classic zones, and here I immediately wonder about low-level usuability.

Lorewise: Night-Elf mages? Troll and Worgen druids?

Since usually, you can not apply any ability "after the fact" unless the description specifically mentions it, I am pretty confident that this ability follows the same principle.

So no, you can not roll first, then decide to use Touch of Law.

The second paragraph is quite clear, I think. You may roll or not, but all D20 rolls for the round are treated as if they came up as 11, so... well. Not much point in rolling.

I've placed an interrim post to allow Zalen to make a saving throw while Krek and Alandra get an extra day to react.

Regarding the current IC situation:

Flat rooftop, like most here.

Feel free to post in any order.

I'll try to stick more closely to IC / OOC Separation again, and would ask you to do likewise.

I've been sorely tempted to run this, but would first like to see if maybe someone else jumps into the GM seat. :)

Hmm, I actually liked the environs section best. They give some rather realistic considerations for a major port (such as the arches) and felt organic and "real" to me. Why they should be limiting to the GM any more than any "canned description", I can not really follow.

That said, the editing is not quite as good as I would have expected. Sure, it is a freebie, and there was GenCon crunch - but usually, I don't expect to find missing half-sentences in Paizo products. :) No offense.

I hate cluttering up my own IC thread, so here's my take on things: You get a move and a standard action each turn - but due to the strange nature of the chase, a turn is not strictly a turn (you do move more then 30', for example). Its more like a convenient shorthand for this scene only. This will happen a few times in this AP ;)

As a guess, I'd say if you do nothing but move, you can take a +5 circumstance bonus on either of your checks, if you do any.

I don't know if its her own wand, but like you, I am not quite sure what else it would be.

It's a second level spell, Daze Monster. With her Charisma of 17, I get a save DC of 15. I hope this is right, if not... sorry.

Just to be clear, no matter how many theatrics you perform, it counts as a move action. The rolls merely determine how many cards you move.

I've been feeling a bit as a "fish out of water" for most of this scenario, first trapped in a fog cloud, and now being tested by abilities I just don't have. So I'm a little frustrated right now.

I would be willing to give another scenario a go with Ume, though.

Each of the three has something to add, but honestly for sheer versatility, I tend to use BTS

I've yet to get past Noble, but here's some of the lessons I learned:

Don't kill off everything on your starting continent before you have a chance to quickly resettle without going bankrupt. Really. Large empty spaces lead to barbarians (so-so.. they found citys in a nearly sensible manner) and lack of income from foreign trade (real dealbreaker)

Try hard for a holy city. Really. Found a religion or capture a holy city as soon as you can manage. Shrine income saved me time and again. Build all wealth enhancers in this city with absolute priority, and go on a missionary binge.

Settler rush = Dead civ. Maintainance will kill you before you can get any real payoff from the space you got under your thumb.

Try to keep research at 70+ - do not dip below that unless you really know what you are doing (going for cultural victory, for example). The AI is trying hard to get a tech lead this time around.

Diplomacy can make or break you this time around. In line with the more competent AI, really.

Go to war when you can win. No brainer, but I've time and again seen a juicy target, got my still-fledgeling military over there.. and didn't get past the defenders that would have been toast had I waited another 2-3 turns.

Use your ruler traits. Yep. Think about them occasionally. They may not be huge, but having them on the back of your mind might make a tough decision easier.

I'll update the breakaway tomorrow - the main thread, I'll wait for one or two more replies

Hey, love the new bestiary format. It will take a little time to memorize the icons, but they give a nice visual aid. :) Not really hot on the "XP: ..." lines yet, but that may just be me preferring the mathematical elegance (yeah, right...) of the old sliding-scale XP

The "tribute" for the first week is a measly 10 gold for each of Krek, Zalen, Ayedah Alandra and Gern (which means that the establishment earned a full 1000 gp that week), with the share rising to 12 gp on the second week. Halvarra however claimed she was still consolidating her position, and expects higher profits in the future.

It would help to know what you are shooting for. If you want to run a "survival horror" type of scenario with low-level characters, you probably do not need a huge amount of whys. Just drop them into the city as it devours itself with infectious undead. If you want so >>save<< the world from a zombie apocalpyse, it helps to have a goal that can be achieved.

I am not too familiar with the Elder Evils scenario, but have run the larger part of Age of Worms. It is excellent material, make no mistake, but not too focussed on hordes of the undead. For good reasons, too. Keep in mind that if you run too many undead (and AoW is very close to too much on several occasions), rogues will hate you.

For a one-shot, I'd prefer relatively low levels, and a good mix of zombies, closet napoleons tearing into the bands of survivors, and so forth. Stay close to the source. :)

There are some very fecund undead. Wraiths, Shadows and similar can quickly cause an exponential growth that can fatigue out even much higher-level opponents. And as if that was not enough, consider some new strain of (say... wights) which do not start off as blank slates when they rise, but retain their class levels and abilities.

In case you know Age of Worms, think of a certain failure scenario in a certain city. That kind can grow worse, especially if the infection spreads.

Remember... "we can't fight them. There is too many of them, and each of our dead rises as strong as she was, only devoid of moral, infatiguable, a horror."

I liked them, for all the problems they had they were a good idea. I see why they were ultimately abandoned again - but something about a tiny "modular adventure location with minimum story" just keeps nagging at me as having an awful lot of potential.

All in all, I wanted them to work because they represent the ultimate GM utility - just a fistful of scenery, plot and monsters.

The thread is up. In fact, it is easy to find by looking for the word "Breakaway" ;)

Or the morbidly lazy ones could just Go there