paizo.com Recent Posts by zimmerwald1915paizo.com Recent Posts by zimmerwald19152024-03-18T20:32:07Z2024-03-18T20:32:07ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Which core deity will we lose?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43ur8&page=11?Which-core-deity-will-we-lose#5122024-03-06T19:41:12Z2024-03-06T19:36:56Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Jonathan Morgantini wrote:</div><blockquote> Ill be back in 10 to see what people are saying. </blockquote><p>Very little, it turns out. But ol' Deadeye never did set the world on fire.Jonathan Morgantini wrote:Ill be back in 10 to see what people are saying.
Very little, it turns out. But ol' Deadeye never did set the world on fire.zimmerwald19152024-03-06T19:36:56ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: River Kingdoms in the Age of Lost Omenszimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43xuq?River-Kingdoms-in-the-Age-of-Lost-Omens#92024-02-09T00:50:47Z2024-02-09T00:42:21Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Vorsk, Follower or Erastil wrote:</div><blockquote> As revealed in a society adventure Artume did have the Prince in hiding overthrow the Reagent and at least temproailly take the throne back. If it was kept kinda depended on how that society scenerio played out. </blockquote><p>That was Revolution on the Riverside, and it was mentioned in the OP.Vorsk, Follower or Erastil wrote:As revealed in a society adventure Artume did have the Prince in hiding overthrow the Reagent and at least temproailly take the throne back. If it was kept kinda depended on how that society scenerio played out.
That was Revolution on the Riverside, and it was mentioned in the OP.zimmerwald19152024-02-09T00:42:21ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: River Kingdoms in the Age of Lost Omenszimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43xuq?River-Kingdoms-in-the-Age-of-Lost-Omens#52024-02-08T16:40:46Z2024-02-08T16:34:07Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">CorvusMask wrote:</div><blockquote> I think main thing that stuck out to me weird was amount of imperial xenophobic Kyonin colonies there :'D I might be exaggerating it in my memory though? </blockquote><p>There's just one in the Pathfinder Campaign Setting. I think you're conflating Sevenarches (former Kyonin territory, they'd quite like it back, but elves aren't allowed in for their own good not that anyone tells them about the "for their own good" part) and Hymbria (actually xenophobic Kyonin colony, established as a base from which to reclaim Sevenarches).
<p>My understanding is that Gatewalkers or Gatewalkers-adjacent material changed the status of Sevenarches somewhat in the Lost Omens Campaign Setting.</p>CorvusMask wrote:I think main thing that stuck out to me weird was amount of imperial xenophobic Kyonin colonies there :'D I might be exaggerating it in my memory though?
There's just one in the Pathfinder Campaign Setting. I think you're conflating Sevenarches (former Kyonin territory, they'd quite like it back, but elves aren't allowed in for their own good not that anyone tells them about the "for their own good" part) and Hymbria (actually xenophobic Kyonin colony, established as a base...zimmerwald19152024-02-08T16:34:07ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Which core deity will we lose?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43ur8&page=9?Which-core-deity-will-we-lose#4212024-02-08T14:00:47Z2024-02-08T13:50:12Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Dragonchess Player wrote:</div><blockquote>I could possibly see Arazni taking over for Calistra (new god of vengeance)</blockquote><p>I don't buy it. Whatever else Calistria is, she doubles as "the one among the Core 20 that the elves like," and Paizo high-ups like elves too much to kick their god out of the big god-marketing lineup.Dragonchess Player wrote:I could possibly see Arazni taking over for Calistra (new god of vengeance)
I don't buy it. Whatever else Calistria is, she doubles as "the one among the Core 20 that the elves like," and Paizo high-ups like elves too much to kick their god out of the big god-marketing lineup.zimmerwald19152024-02-08T13:50:12ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder Adventure Path: General Discussion: So, what's the good stuff?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43v5l&page=2?So-whats-the-good-stuff#802024-01-27T00:04:01Z2024-01-21T00:08:55Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Oliver von Spreckelsen wrote:</div><blockquote> The biggest problem of Council of Thieves is disappointed expections. The Players expect an AP where they are rebelling against the House of Thrune, but in the end they are the Batman of Westcrown. You only need to change the initial speech of Janiven Key and the players will know what to expect from this campaign. (Yes, there are some other problems, too, but that's the main one. And Second Darkness + Serpent Skull have this problem, too) </blockquote><p>You do more revolutionizing in winning autonomy (self-government) for the people of Westcrown than you do in any of the APs about overthrowing a government, simply because the options for replacing the overthrown governments are so determinedly conservative.Oliver von Spreckelsen wrote:The biggest problem of Council of Thieves is disappointed expections. The Players expect an AP where they are rebelling against the House of Thrune, but in the end they are the Batman of Westcrown. You only need to change the initial speech of Janiven Key and the players will know what to expect from this campaign. (Yes, there are some other problems, too, but that's the main one. And Second Darkness + Serpent Skull have this problem, too)
You do more...zimmerwald19152024-01-21T00:08:55ZRe: Forums: Hell's Rebels: The Kintargo Contract (GM Reference)zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2sslp&page=4?The-Kintargo-Contract#1832024-01-14T02:00:59Z2024-01-14T01:59:27Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Arthedain wrote:</div><blockquote><p>@Zimmerwald1915, one question regarding your idea about opening up for adoptions in the 5 families. You quote the following:
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"five bloodlines [are] required to form the Board of Governors".
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My initial thought when reading this was that the family members must actually be related by blood - not just by adopting someone to the family.
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To some extent I guess it's either up to what is defined as "related" / "same family" in Cheliax. </blockquote><p>Laria Longroad's case establishes pretty definitively that one can count as a candidate for Governorship by being adopted into one of the five families, or at least by being made heir to a Governor. She is no Urvis by blood—her ancestor, Peletera Talltallow, was Alveda Urvis's servant[1] before being made her heir. <i>See</i> Groves, <i>et al.</i>, <i>Pathfinder Adventure Path #101: The Kintargo Contract</i>, at •22 - 23 (2016) ("Baroness Urvis bequeathed the entire estate, along with all rights and privileges, to her loyal halfling caretaker, Peletera Talltallow").
<p>[1] I read Peletera as having been a free servant at the time of the bequeathing because she is only referred to as being "sold into slavery" afterwards. <i>See</i> <i>id.</i>, at •23.</p>Arthedain wrote:@Zimmerwald1915, one question regarding your idea about opening up for adoptions in the 5 families. You quote the following:
"five bloodlines [are] required to form the Board of Governors".
My initial thought when reading this was that the family members must actually be related by blood - not just by adopting someone to the family.
To some extent I guess it's either up to what is defined as "related" / "same family" in Cheliax.
Laria Longroad's case establishes pretty...zimmerwald19152024-01-14T01:59:27ZRe: Forums: Hell's Rebels: The Kintargo Contract (GM Reference)zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2sslp&page=4?The-Kintargo-Contract#1802024-01-12T17:22:11Z2024-01-11T15:46:56Z<p>First off, kudos to your players for their democratic instincts. Pushing against the strictures of the reactionary institution, the laws establishing it, and the power underlying it, is always correct. </p>
<p>That said, there are problems with expanding the Board of Governors, of both principle and logistics. </p>
<p>First, <i>The Kintargo Contract</i>—the adventure, not the document, though I've integrated the provision into <a href="https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2sslp&page=4?The-Kintargo-Contract#172" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">my exegesis of the document, <i>supra</i></a>—expressly provides that meetings of the Board of Governors must be plenary rather than by quorum. <i>See</i> <i>id.</i>, at •23 ("In order to officially ratify a lord-mayor of Kintargo, a majority (3 out of 5) vote <i>from a fully-staffed Board of Governors</i> must be recorded before no fewer than a dozen witnesses.") (emphasis added). That is, all members, rather than a majority of members, must be present to vote. The structure of the adventure strongly reinforces this notion. If the Board of Governors was permitted to meet by quorum, it would be possible to obtain the necessary majority by convening and obtaining the unanimous consent only of representatives of Houses Solstine, Mayhart, and Urvis, and to bar the counterrevolutionaries Melodia Delronge and Geoff Tanessen from attending. But this is not the case. "[T]he PCs <i>need</i> Melodia[ Delronge]'s cooperation only long enough to ratify Jilia[ Bainilus]'s appointment." <i>Id.</i>, at •20 (emphasis added); <i>see also</i>, <i>id.</i> ("With respect to the Kintargo Contract, this development [Carliss Mayhart's imprisonment making him unable to attend a meeting of the Board of Governors] is a disaster."). Geoff Tanessen likewise "need[s]... to join the Board of Governors." <i>Id.</i>, at •22. Unless the Kintargo Contract is amended, an expanded Board of Governors would still need to adhere to the plenary rule, making conventions of the Board all the more difficult with each member added. The plenary rule also means that expanding the Board does not accomplish what your players want it to accomplish: securing the Board from sabotage at a single point of failure. Whether the full plenum of the Board be five, fifteen, or fifty, one missing Governor still renders it unable to act. </p>
<p>Second, the provision for adding "a new [family] line" is pretty clearly intended to replace extinct lines rather than expanding the size of the Board, which moreover in various places appears limited to five members. <i>Id.</i>, at •18[1] ("<i>Had any of [the original five] family lines died out</i>, forming a valid Board of Governors would have required ratification of a new line by the Chelish government.") (emphasis added); <i>see also</i>, <i>id.</i>, at •7 (the "'Board of Governors'... is... defined as a group of five individuals"), 9 ("five family lines are required to reconvene the Board of Governors"), 16 ("five bloodlines [are] required to form the Board of Governors"... "'The Board of Governors is to consist of five people'"), 18 ("five family lines [are] required to reform the Board of Governors"). Further, as you recognize, naming a new line requires the assent of the Chelish government, which places a key institution of Ravounel outside the democratic control of its people and under the control of a foreign autocrat. </p>
<p>Third, the situation you fear, of "[w]hat happens the next time (in 150 years) when the people of Kintargo forgets to have a Board of Governors select their Lord-Mayor," is the situation prevailing at the start of the AP, and as you note, this gave the Chelish government a free hand in Ravounel.</p>
<p>I would propose that a solution to the problems of people forgetting that the Board of Governors exists, and of its undemocratic nature, would be to make all five Governor positions elective, from among all the members of the five families. Nowhere does <i>The Kintargo Contract</i> (the adventure or the document) provide that a Governor must be the head of his family, only a member. It is only circumstance and possibly tradition that "requires" the particular individuals enumerated in the adventure be the ones chosen to fill out the Board. The procedure for choosing a Governor from among each family is undefined, and can thus be determined by ordinary law rather than by amending the Kintargo Contract. That law can provide that the electorate for the Board of Governors be coextensive with the electorate for the Lord-Mayor of Kintargo/Domina of Ravounel (<i>e.g.</i>, all citizens of Kintargo, all citizens of Ravounel, or what have you), and that elections to the Board of Governors take place at the same time and in the same manner as elections of the Lord-Mayor/Domina. This electorate will presumably choose a slate of Governors they believe will ratify their choice of Lord-Mayor/Domina without trouble. And doing so at the same time as the Lord-Mayor/Domina election will reinforce the memory of the Board's existence. Finally, electing Governors means that the Board can be brought into the democratic governance of the country in whatever capacity rather than sidelined into a singular duty of ratifying the election of a Lord-Mayor/Domina. Its members might serve as judges, or on the Silver Council, or as government ministers.</p>
<p>A further security of the democracy and integrity of the Board might be to provide by law that each family must adopt a certain number of individuals to fill out its numbers. The most radical form of such a law might be that each family must adopt as members every citizen of Ravounel. Combined with the electoral law contemplated above, this makes every citizen of Ravounel a candidate for election to each of the five seats on the Board of Governors. And expanding each family to include every citizen of Ravounel would make it impossible for Cheliax to render any family extinct without killing every citizen of Ravounel—a thing which is functionally impossible. Not incidentally, depending on the prevailing inheritance law of Ravounel, such a law could also divide the five families' properties among the people. </p>
<p>[1] I'm citing this line preferentially to Odexidie's explanation because it is written in the objective voice of the author and not in the voice of a potentially unreliable character.</p>First off, kudos to your players for their democratic instincts. Pushing against the strictures of the reactionary institution, the laws establishing it, and the power underlying it, is always correct.
That said, there are problems with expanding the Board of Governors, of both principle and logistics.
First, The Kintargo Contract--the adventure, not the document, though I've integrated the provision into my exegesis of the document, supra--expressly provides that meetings of the Board of...zimmerwald19152024-01-11T15:46:56ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Paizo Blog: The Windsong Testaments: The Three Fears of Pharasmazimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sgzu&page=3?The-Windsong-Testaments-The-Three-Fears-of#1502024-01-11T15:36:31Z2024-01-10T21:10:47Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">The Raven Black wrote:</div><blockquote><p>I did not realize that was it. Excellent to know. I love APs where the PCs have a marked impact on the setting.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info. </blockquote><p>It wasn't, that's a <i>post hoc</i> rationalization. And it's still the Pactmasters making the reforms, with radicals <i>shaking</i> power rather than the people <i>taking</i> power. There has not yet been an AP where the latter happens.The Raven Black wrote:I did not realize that was it. Excellent to know. I love APs where the PCs have a marked impact on the setting.
Thanks for the info.
It wasn't, that's a post hoc rationalization. And it's still the Pactmasters making the reforms, with radicals shaking power rather than the people taking power. There has not yet been an AP where the latter happens.zimmerwald19152024-01-10T21:10:47ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Paizo Blog: The Windsong Testaments: The Three Fears of Pharasmazimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sgzu&page=3?The-Windsong-Testaments-The-Three-Fears-of#1422024-01-09T19:40:59Z2024-01-09T19:31:38Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">The Raven Black wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Morhek wrote:</div><blockquote><p> I'm on record as thinking that Paizo missed a golden opportunity to use Tyrant's Grasp as an excuse to retcon a bunch of stuff through Timey Wimey Stuff, and that they could have justified things like the disappearance or nonexistence of the Drow, the change in terms like Tiefling/Aasimar to Nephilim, renaming Sargava and the absence of slavery as a significant force in the Inner Sea, as Butterfly Effect consequences of the time travel like the redemption of Nocticula. But it's a bit late for that at this point.
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</blockquote><p>I am extremely happy Paizo did not do a magical reset/retcon of the setting.
<p>It always feel like a lazy cheating way out to me. </blockquote><p><i>Return of the Runelords</i> was the opportunity for timey-wimey f@#!ery, anyway. And I agree that, with respect to slavery at least, making its eclipse a social revolution rather than a narrative retcon was the correct move — if I am still miffed that it was relegated to the background, and largely made by elite reformers.The Raven Black wrote:Morhek wrote:I'm on record as thinking that Paizo missed a golden opportunity to use Tyrant's Grasp as an excuse to retcon a bunch of stuff through Timey Wimey Stuff, and that they could have justified things like the disappearance or nonexistence of the Drow, the change in terms like Tiefling/Aasimar to Nephilim, renaming Sargava and the absence of slavery as a significant force in the Inner Sea, as Butterfly Effect consequences of the time travel like the redemption of...zimmerwald19152024-01-09T19:31:38ZRe: Forums: Hell's Rebels: Who are your rebels?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2sue0&page=3?Who-are-your-rebels#1262024-01-07T15:20:57Z2024-01-07T15:18:38Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Lord Fyre wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Mightypion wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Prospective group:</p>
<p>"Sully" a lawfull good Asmodean thiefling cleric </blockquote>"<b>Lawful Good</b>"? </blockquote><p>In another life, in another time, he would have been an Asmodean paladin.Lord Fyre wrote:Mightypion wrote:Prospective group:
"Sully" a lawfull good Asmodean thiefling cleric
"Lawful Good"? In another life, in another time, he would have been an Asmodean paladin.zimmerwald19152024-01-07T15:18:38ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: I wrote a symphony for Kintargo!zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43w4j?I-wrote-a-symphony-for-Kintargo#42024-01-08T06:31:01Z2024-01-05T13:54:34Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">WagnerSika wrote:</div><blockquote> Sounds awesome! Could you post the lyrics or a link to them? </blockquote><p>I second the motion.WagnerSika wrote:Sounds awesome! Could you post the lyrics or a link to them?
I second the motion.zimmerwald19152024-01-05T13:54:34ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Music of Golarion?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43x70?Music-of-Golarion#52024-01-08T06:44:28Z2024-01-05T13:54:06Z<p>Plugging <a href="https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43w4j?I-wrote-a-symphony-for-Kintargo#1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ttornikoski's symphony</a>.</p>Plugging ttornikoski's symphony.zimmerwald19152024-01-05T13:54:06ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Someone casted Delete spell to erase Drow's existencezimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43x94?Someone-casted-Delete-spell-to-erase-Drows#292024-02-16T23:31:55Z2024-01-04T15:36:45Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Aenigma wrote:</div><blockquote>If they are seriously concerned about not getting sued by Wizards of the Coast, simply removing the word "drow" and just calling them "dark elves" would be enough, just like they did with duergar, wouldn't it?</blockquote><p>Not legal advice (I'm sure Paizo got that in spades from either in-house or third-party counsel), but in a word, no. Filing the serial numbers off a work or element of a work does not in and of itself mean that the work or element is not infringing.Aenigma wrote:If they are seriously concerned about not getting sued by Wizards of the Coast, simply removing the word "drow" and just calling them "dark elves" would be enough, just like they did with duergar, wouldn't it?
Not legal advice (I'm sure Paizo got that in spades from either in-house or third-party counsel), but in a word, no. Filing the serial numbers off a work or element of a work does not in and of itself mean that the work or element is not infringing.zimmerwald19152024-01-04T15:36:45ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder Adventure Path: General Discussion: Adventure Path Articleszimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43xaf?Adventure-Path-Articles#52024-01-04T14:20:58Z2024-01-04T14:14:47Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">keftiu wrote:</div><blockquote>Again, those articles are on the product pages once the issue in question come out, it's just a matter of scrolling through them all.</blockquote><p>To clarify for OP, there is no centralized list on one webpage of all the backmatter articles in AP volumes. There are c.200 webpages on the wiki which, aggregated together, list all the backmatter articles of AP volumes.keftiu wrote:Again, those articles are on the product pages once the issue in question come out, it's just a matter of scrolling through them all.
To clarify for OP, there is no centralized list on one webpage of all the backmatter articles in AP volumes. There are c.200 webpages on the wiki which, aggregated together, list all the backmatter articles of AP volumes.zimmerwald19152024-01-04T14:14:47ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder Adventure Path: General Discussion: What adventure paths have the greatest potential for roleplay?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43muw?What-adventure-paths-have-the-greatest#352023-12-22T03:49:16Z2023-12-22T03:43:53Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Warped Savant wrote:</div><blockquote>I'm sorry that whoever was running Hell's Rebels for your group wasn't able to use NPCs beyond the encounters / scenarios they were written for.</blockquote><p>Bold of you to assume I have a group. In fact I do not and experience APs and adventures as literature and of course as a commercial product rather than in play.Warped Savant wrote:I'm sorry that whoever was running Hell's Rebels for your group wasn't able to use NPCs beyond the encounters / scenarios they were written for.
Bold of you to assume I have a group. In fact I do not and experience APs and adventures as literature and of course as a commercial product rather than in play.zimmerwald19152023-12-22T03:43:53ZRe: Forums: Hell's Rebels: Background questions!zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43x4r?Background-questions#42023-12-21T19:50:55Z2023-12-21T19:48:18Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Mightypion wrote:</div><blockquote><p>She could plausibly be currently legal on account of grevious personal harm infliceted upon Baphomet by her, and a pitch could be made that having her gobble up part of Callistrias market share in terms of followers could be a plausible plot for the Asmodeans to have these 2 go after one another, and not after house Thrune.</p>
<p>The thing I am uncertain about is, this type of divide at empere would instantly appeal to any real life occupier, but I do not know to what degree Cheliax local authorities habitually hold either idiot- or arrogance-balls.</p>
<p>Glass blowing (lenses do have a number of military applications) seems to be a reasonable thing to invest in. </blockquote><p>The Chelish authorities are unlikely to be at all sympathetic to worshippers of Nocticula (in whatever aspect) based on their god's personal trauma. They live to cause grief and pain in the pursuit of power, after all. Rather, the cult of the Redeemer Queen may be able to escape persecution, for a while, on two grounds: (1) the cult is marginal enough as of 4715 AR to not be on any proscription lists, and is unlikely to garner significant attention until the Rebellion's Notoriety score hits some benchmark; and (2) based on her title, Nocticula seems like she competes with Sarenrae (not Calistria), who is very much on Kintargo's specific proscription list (although, so is Calistria). That said, Barzillai Thrune specifically juggles both an idiocy and an arrogance ball at all times.Mightypion wrote:She could plausibly be currently legal on account of grevious personal harm infliceted upon Baphomet by her, and a pitch could be made that having her gobble up part of Callistrias market share in terms of followers could be a plausible plot for the Asmodeans to have these 2 go after one another, and not after house Thrune.
The thing I am uncertain about is, this type of divide at empere would instantly appeal to any real life occupier, but I do not know to what degree...zimmerwald19152023-12-21T19:48:18ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder Adventure Path: General Discussion: What adventure paths have the greatest potential for roleplay?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43muw?What-adventure-paths-have-the-greatest#332023-12-21T17:50:56Z2023-12-21T17:46:48Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Yakman wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Warped Savant wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">zimmerwald1915 wrote:</div><blockquote>To the OP: don't believe what you hear about Hell's Rebels. It is very much a traditionally combat-focused game, and the cast of NPCs who matter is actually vanishingly small. </blockquote><p>I'm a year and a half late but, oh man, do I ever disagree with you on this one.
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Hell's Rebels was the most RP intensive campaign my group has had and it's easy for a group to get the NPCs involved and for the GM to allow the NPCs to be important throughout the entire story.
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Are they mentioned thoughout the books? No.
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Do the PCs toss them to the side after the main plot for each NPC is finished? I would hope not! If they're doing that, Zimmerwald, that's a problem with your group not getting invested or the GM not allowing the NPCs to matter. Sorry to see that happened to you.</p>
<p>NPCs that featured prominently throughout the Hell's Rebels game I ran included:
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Laria, Hetamon, Zea, Raenna Solstine's grandchildren (I introduced them in book 1), Setrona, Blosodriette, Vendalfek, Octavio, Marquel, Strea, Luculla, Tiarise (also introduced her in book 1), of course Thrune (but that's a given), as well as a few I added in like the previous duxotar of the Dottari.
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Hell, even Odexidie made a few appearances after the initial encounter he's introduced in. </blockquote>there's also a ton of really fun humanoid villains who you can sprinkle into RP sessions before your Silver Ravens run into them. The Gardener in particular might be a wonderful addition to Books 2 & 3 before he's encountered in Book 4. </blockquote><p>They might. But with the exceptions of Barzillai Thrune himself, and Nox and Tiarese (who are written as two-off combat encounters with their personalities having been destroyed between their appearances), they are written purely as one-off combat encounters.Yakman wrote:Warped Savant wrote: zimmerwald1915 wrote:To the OP: don't believe what you hear about Hell's Rebels. It is very much a traditionally combat-focused game, and the cast of NPCs who matter is actually vanishingly small.
I'm a year and a half late but, oh man, do I ever disagree with you on this one.
Hell's Rebels was the most RP intensive campaign my group has had and it's easy for a group to get the NPCs involved and for the GM to allow the NPCs to be important throughout the...zimmerwald19152023-12-21T17:46:48ZRe: Forums: Hell's Rebels: Background questions!zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43x4r?Background-questions#22023-12-21T18:40:21Z2023-12-21T15:27:57Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Mightypion wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Hi,</p>
<p>I got a couple of questions:</p>
<p>—Is there a list listing the currently "legal" gods/demigods whatever in Cheliax?</p>
<p>—Is heresy against "legal" "gods", but gods who are not part of the infernal hierarchy punished in Cheliax? Meaning, I obviously get into problems with the government. But what if I vandalize a temple of father skinsaw with tasteful depictions of another assassination focused entity that is objectively much nicer to look at?</p>
<p>—Is there a list of what industries Kintargo has? My planned character is pretty much highly profit oriented, and would be planning to gain money by selling the Chelish military things that are expensive but which they dont actually need. </blockquote><p>Cheliax's religious law establishes one church and by default tolerates all others but reserves to the right to proscribe any other church at any time, for any length of time, for any reason. As of the opening of <i>Hell's Rebels</i>, the central government proscribed the Glorious Reclamation for sedition, obviously—but did not proscribe the Church of Iomedae as a whole. After the Glorious Reclamation's insurrection was put down, Queen Abrogail would dishonorably lure the leadership of Iomedae's mainstream church to their deaths by execution in Egorian, but would still not actually proscribe her worship. This was for nationalistic reasons: Iomedae was a Chelish subject in life, and her place in the heavens is a persistent source of patriotic pride. Barzillai Thrune in his capacity as Lord-Mayor of Kintargo promulgated several more proscriptions within his jurisdiction that are relevant to the campaign: of Calistria, Cayden Cailean, Desna, Milani, and Sarenrae. He also mandated that congregants at Shelyn's religious services register with the government, but did not proscribe her worship outright.
<p>The government will not intervene to protect a church that is not established, <i>per se</i>. However, the act of vandalism of another's property is generally unlawful, and you might find yourself arrested and charged if you engage in it, whatever the target. Furthermore, even if you are not, if the relevant church finds you out, it can sue you civilly for damages; the state will aid it in this aim by haling you into court, punishing you for contempt if you don't show up, and likely by favoring the institution over the individual in terms of its rules of procedure. </p>
<p>I address Ravounel's economic base, including Kintargo's manufacture (read: handicraft) and mercantile economy <a href="https://paizo.com/threads/rzs430fa?More-Faction-Interaction#2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>Mightypion wrote:Hi,
I got a couple of questions:
--Is there a list listing the currently "legal" gods/demigods whatever in Cheliax?
--Is heresy against "legal" "gods", but gods who are not part of the infernal hierarchy punished in Cheliax? Meaning, I obviously get into problems with the government. But what if I vandalize a temple of father skinsaw with tasteful depictions of another assassination focused entity that is objectively much nicer to look at?
--Is there a list of what...zimmerwald19152023-12-21T15:27:57ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: What do you want from a Lost Omens: Old Cheliax?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43o1a&page=13?What-do-you-want-from-a-Lost-Omens-Old-Cheliax#6312023-12-21T14:10:56Z2023-12-21T14:06:42Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">keftiu wrote:</div><blockquote>It's not just "the disaster didn't happen," we've got Lost Omens books suggesting Hermea is under new management. (I expect a follow-up on how things are going in Mzali is inevitable and, perhaps, imminent!)</blockquote><p>Preferably in the form of an adventure. Sticking Vidrian's and Katapesh's revolutions in the background as setting elements will never not be a disappointing coward's move, and should not be replicated going forward.keftiu wrote:It's not just "the disaster didn't happen," we've got Lost Omens books suggesting Hermea is under new management. (I expect a follow-up on how things are going in Mzali is inevitable and, perhaps, imminent!)
Preferably in the form of an adventure. Sticking Vidrian's and Katapesh's revolutions in the background as setting elements will never not be a disappointing coward's move, and should not be replicated going forward.zimmerwald19152023-12-21T14:06:42ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: What do you want from a Lost Omens: Old Cheliax?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43o1a&page=13?What-do-you-want-from-a-Lost-Omens-Old-Cheliax#6282023-12-17T14:20:58Z2023-12-17T14:16:02Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">PossibleCabbage wrote:</div><blockquote>We may not be back to Galt before PF3, though based on the apparent Paizo policy of assuming not enough people have completed any given adventure that they can base a setting book or future adventure on the outcome of a specific one. </blockquote><p>I feel like Paizo could get decent mileage out of an adventure where the PCs are running the campaign of one of the candidates to fill out the Council and/or Senate. This strictly speaking needn't require Night of the Gray Death to have happened, but also isn't excluded by it and may be enriched by it.
<p>That said, speculation about Galtan democracy is rather outside the scope of this thread, which covers a region where democratic forces are very much in opposition, revolutionary or loyal.</p>PossibleCabbage wrote:We may not be back to Galt before PF3, though based on the apparent Paizo policy of assuming not enough people have completed any given adventure that they can base a setting book or future adventure on the outcome of a specific one.
I feel like Paizo could get decent mileage out of an adventure where the PCs are running the campaign of one of the candidates to fill out the Council and/or Senate. This strictly speaking needn't require Night of the Gray Death to have...zimmerwald19152023-12-17T14:16:02ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: What do you want from a Lost Omens: Old Cheliax?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43o1a&page=13?What-do-you-want-from-a-Lost-Omens-Old-Cheliax#6232023-12-14T23:00:43Z2023-12-14T22:59:54Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Veltharis wrote:</div><blockquote>but I doubt anybody wants Galt to be the last surviving bastion of democracy in Avistan...</blockquote><p>On the one hand, props for recognizing that Ravounel is not a democracy. On the other, Galt being the last democracy on Avistan is easily rectified by victory of democratic forces in any other country.Veltharis wrote:but I doubt anybody wants Galt to be the last surviving bastion of democracy in Avistan...
On the one hand, props for recognizing that Ravounel is not a democracy. On the other, Galt being the last democracy on Avistan is easily rectified by victory of democratic forces in any other country.zimmerwald19152023-12-14T22:59:54ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Magic Schools and Arcane Collegeszimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43wu4?Magic-Schools-and-Arcane-Colleges#62023-12-04T03:20:12Z2023-12-01T13:57:48Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Morhek wrote:</div><blockquote> Disappointed at the lack of inclusion of the El-Shelad Madrassa and the Academy of Scribes on the wiki, two relatively overlooked but still significant magical schools in Osirion. The Academy of Scribes has been training wizards for Osirion's bureaucracy for millennia, while the El-Shelad Madrassa teaches a blended mix of Osiriani and Keleshite traditions. They haven't gotten a lot of fleshing out, but they still exist. </blockquote><p>It's a wiki, thus necessarily understaffed and without clear project responsibilities and deadlines. Add them.Morhek wrote:Disappointed at the lack of inclusion of the El-Shelad Madrassa and the Academy of Scribes on the wiki, two relatively overlooked but still significant magical schools in Osirion. The Academy of Scribes has been training wizards for Osirion's bureaucracy for millennia, while the El-Shelad Madrassa teaches a blended mix of Osiriani and Keleshite traditions. They haven't gotten a lot of fleshing out, but they still exist.
It's a wiki, thus necessarily understaffed and without...zimmerwald19152023-12-01T13:57:48ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder Adventure Path: General Discussion: What would you like to see for a 2e adventure path?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs4344o&page=8?What-would-you-like-to-see-for-a-2e-adventure#3532023-10-16T15:16:36Z2023-10-16T14:43:50Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Cori Marie wrote:</div><blockquote> Asmodeus is, specific portrayals of Asmodeus are stickier. </blockquote><p>What's "specific?" Paizo has never, to my knowledge, portrayed Asmodeus as a colossal serpent (though they have done that with Geryon).Cori Marie wrote:Asmodeus is, specific portrayals of Asmodeus are stickier.
What's "specific?" Paizo has never, to my knowledge, portrayed Asmodeus as a colossal serpent (though they have done that with Geryon).zimmerwald19152023-10-16T14:43:50ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Impacts of each 1e Adventure Path in 2e?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43vye?Impacts-of-each-1e-Adventure-Path-in-2e#102023-10-09T12:51:59Z2023-10-09T12:51:16Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">DM_aka_Dudemeister wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Yeah weirdly <i>Giantslayer</i> had almost zero effect on the political landscape of Southern Belzken and the Mindspin Mountains.
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Giants are still just a scattered tribes and cities across Avistan and beyond, still living in a post-Runelord diaspora. </p>
<p>I think it's part of the reason why I see a lot of anecdotal evidence of people just sort of drifting away from the campaign after a few books. Even though the final book is theoretically rad as hell, and the premise is Giantslayer so you spend the majority of the time slaying Giants, there really should have been more emphasis on creating peace between Belkzen and Lastwall to work together against the Giant threat, to pave the way for the current political landscape of the region. </blockquote><p>That would have been entirely wasted effort, given what became of Lastwall (would would rightly have drawn criticism of erasing players' good work). Belkzen's current attitude, it turns out, was not predicated on a lasting peace with any of its neighbors, only attachment to its own self-determination.DM_aka_Dudemeister wrote:Yeah weirdly Giantslayer had almost zero effect on the political landscape of Southern Belzken and the Mindspin Mountains.
Giants are still just a scattered tribes and cities across Avistan and beyond, still living in a post-Runelord diaspora. I think it's part of the reason why I see a lot of anecdotal evidence of people just sort of drifting away from the campaign after a few books. Even though the final book is theoretically rad as hell, and the premise is...zimmerwald19152023-10-09T12:51:16ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder Adventure Path: General Discussion: What would you like to see for a 2e adventure path?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs4344o&page=7?What-would-you-like-to-see-for-a-2e-adventure#3492023-10-06T13:31:06Z2023-10-06T13:29:38Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Yakman wrote:</div><blockquote><p>Well, let's just say that it is the big A who takes the fall. Gets got by something, throws hell into a power struggle. </p>
<p>Most of the levels of Hell are AWESOME. A high-level hex crawl in Erebus - a cyclopean ruined library, where players have to ascend up book shelves the size of mountains and descend through pipes large enough to carry oceans and that house vermin of unusual size? or Stygia, where lurk the ghosts of qlippoths and worse in temples to gods who cannot be?</p>
<p>Yeah. Gimme that hex-crawl all day. </blockquote><p>. . . You're pitching Hellish adventures to the demon guy.
<div class="messageboard-quotee">The Raven Black wrote:</div><blockquote><p>I could totally see a Mythic AP where the PCs have to explore Hell to find the Key to Rovagug's prison. Because who holds the Key is the indisputed master of Hell. </p>
<p>But there is a small caveat : the above applies only if the one who holds the Key is also the ruler of one of Hell's layers.</p>
<p>So, who will the PCs give the Key to ? </blockquote><p>The obvious answer is "we will keep it for ourselves and also usurp at least a layer of Hell, neener neener."Yakman wrote:Well, let's just say that it is the big A who takes the fall. Gets got by something, throws hell into a power struggle.
Most of the levels of Hell are AWESOME. A high-level hex crawl in Erebus - a cyclopean ruined library, where players have to ascend up book shelves the size of mountains and descend through pipes large enough to carry oceans and that house vermin of unusual size? or Stygia, where lurk the ghosts of qlippoths and worse in temples to gods who cannot be?
Yeah....zimmerwald19152023-10-06T13:29:38ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder Adventure Path: General Discussion: Feedback on Adventure Paths becoming less than six books.zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43vr8?Feedback-on-Adventure-Paths-becoming-less#432023-10-03T23:43:11Z2023-10-03T23:35:31Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Yakman wrote:</div><blockquote>cuz... kinda thinking the labor agitation is what's illegal... </blockquote><p>Absalom is not Korvosa (which absolutely does have Combination Acts, and which absolutely does brutalize organized workers when it roots out their secret organizations). It's Pinkertoning is done under the table, not on the statute book.Yakman wrote:cuz... kinda thinking the labor agitation is what's illegal...
Absalom is not Korvosa (which absolutely does have Combination Acts, and which absolutely does brutalize organized workers when it roots out their secret organizations). It's Pinkertoning is done under the table, not on the statute book.zimmerwald19152023-10-03T23:35:31ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder Adventure Path: General Discussion: Feedback on Adventure Paths becoming less than six books.zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43vr8?Feedback-on-Adventure-Paths-becoming-less#372023-10-02T02:22:07Z2023-10-02T02:21:31Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">keftiu wrote:</div><blockquote> It “starts well” with illegal anti-labor violence? :p </blockquote><p>If by "well" one means "true to life," I suppose.keftiu wrote:It “starts well” with illegal anti-labor violence? :p
If by "well" one means "true to life," I suppose.zimmerwald19152023-10-02T02:21:31ZRe: Forums: Hell's Rebels: Vyre attractions/Weddingzimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43vtu?Vyre-attractions-Wedding#22023-10-01T18:51:07Z2023-10-01T18:42:08Z<p>About everything published about attractions in Vyre was published in <i>Dance of the Damned</i>'s backmatter article, so look there first. PCs looking for attractions might like to visit the Final Throw (a combination circus/casino featuring bloodsports of various kinds); the Opal Market (a night market at which anything you can think of can be had for a price); the hostels (combination inns/taverns/brothels) the Dancing Cat, the Heavenly House, or the Seven Apples (the adventure directs players to this last one); or the dockside freak-and-geek show/museum Munchquaff's Quay. Other than these, Vyre is remarkably empty, or perhaps it might be more charitable to say that you can populate it with whatever you see fit. Much of the city consists of housing, or less-than-tourist-friendly institutions of various kinds (including a sanitarium and ostensible crematorium that PCs might like to visit for the purpose of disruptive adventuring but not otherwise).</p>
<p>For characters looking to marry in Vyre, I'd advise finding a secular officiant or perhaps a Hellknight, or, in a pinch, Inamina Clov (the city's "legitimate" cleric of Norgorber). The Cathedral of Abadar is a front for a demon-worshiping cult; the other churches of Heretic's Row are occupied by drug dens, brothels, and various other cults.</p>About everything published about attractions in Vyre was published in Dance of the Damned's backmatter article, so look there first. PCs looking for attractions might like to visit the Final Throw (a combination circus/casino featuring bloodsports of various kinds); the Opal Market (a night market at which anything you can think of can be had for a price); the hostels (combination inns/taverns/brothels) the Dancing Cat, the Heavenly House, or the Seven Apples (the adventure directs players to...zimmerwald19152023-10-01T18:42:08ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Iblydoszimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43hrn&page=2?Iblydos#562023-09-12T14:46:46Z2023-09-08T17:30:03Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">The Raven Black wrote:</div><blockquote> What if the "Iblydian Alexander" was actually a proponent of the political and social theories you like, galvanizing true revolution in the old dusty empire and its colonies ? </blockquote><p>"The most extravagant idea that can be born in the head of a political thinker is to believe that it suffices for people to enter, weapons in hand, among a foreign people and expect to have its laws and constitution embraced. No one loves armed missionaries; the first lesson of nature and prudence is to repulse them as enemies."The Raven Black wrote:What if the "Iblydian Alexander" was actually a proponent of the political and social theories you like, galvanizing true revolution in the old dusty empire and its colonies ?
"The most extravagant idea that can be born in the head of a political thinker is to believe that it suffices for people to enter, weapons in hand, among a foreign people and expect to have its laws and constitution embraced. No one loves armed missionaries; the first lesson of nature and prudence...zimmerwald19152023-09-08T17:30:03ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Iblydoszimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43hrn?Iblydos#442023-09-07T00:51:11Z2023-09-07T00:50:15Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">keftiu wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">zimmerwald1915 wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">The Raven Black wrote:</div><blockquote>Well, if Sarenrae is the one dying, this might shake the Padishah Empire enough that it becomes a fertile ground for upheaval, unrest, conquest...</blockquote>Perhaps we shouldn't base our predictions about what is likely to happen around "what would let Kelesh suffer from imperialism?" (Or its satrapies any more than they already do) </blockquote>I don't think Kelesh, the largest and oldest empire on the face of Golarion, is 'suffering' much from imperialism. </blockquote><p>It would do if conquered from without by an Iblydian Alexander, as the above posters were theorizing.keftiu wrote:zimmerwald1915 wrote: The Raven Black wrote:Well, if Sarenrae is the one dying, this might shake the Padishah Empire enough that it becomes a fertile ground for upheaval, unrest, conquest...
Perhaps we shouldn't base our predictions about what is likely to happen around "what would let Kelesh suffer from imperialism?" (Or its satrapies any more than they already do) I don't think Kelesh, the largest and oldest empire on the face of Golarion, is 'suffering' much from imperialism....zimmerwald19152023-09-07T00:50:15ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Iblydoszimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43hrn?Iblydos#422023-09-06T23:45:27Z2023-09-06T23:44:47Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">The Raven Black wrote:</div><blockquote>Well, if Sarenrae is the one dying, this might shake the Padishah Empire enough that it becomes a fertile ground for upheaval, unrest, conquest...</blockquote><p>Perhaps we shouldn't base our predictions about what is likely to happen around "what would let Kelesh suffer from imperialism?" (Or its satrapies any more than they already do)The Raven Black wrote:Well, if Sarenrae is the one dying, this might shake the Padishah Empire enough that it becomes a fertile ground for upheaval, unrest, conquest...
Perhaps we shouldn't base our predictions about what is likely to happen around "what would let Kelesh suffer from imperialism?" (Or its satrapies any more than they already do)zimmerwald19152023-09-06T23:44:47ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Iblydoszimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43hrn?Iblydos#332023-09-05T20:45:36Z2023-09-05T20:38:56Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">keftiu wrote:</div><blockquote> It’s also worth saying that we’ve seen hero-gods in Arcadia and Vudra who had nothing to do with cyclopes myth-speaking, so we can probably consider the term just an in-setting description of a Mythic mortal hero. </blockquote><p>We've also seen the term "hero-gods" applied to the goblin pantheon. At which point the only general meaning we can probably infer is "'hero-god' is a term someone at Paizo thinks is cool."keftiu wrote:It’s also worth saying that we’ve seen hero-gods in Arcadia and Vudra who had nothing to do with cyclopes myth-speaking, so we can probably consider the term just an in-setting description of a Mythic mortal hero.
We've also seen the term "hero-gods" applied to the goblin pantheon. At which point the only general meaning we can probably infer is "'hero-god' is a term someone at Paizo thinks is cool."zimmerwald19152023-09-05T20:38:56ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder Adventure Path: General Discussion: Pathfinder Adventure Path Vol. 2?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43ttt?Pathfinder-Adventure-Path-Vol-2#42024-02-03T17:48:01Z2023-09-05T15:28:48Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">glass wrote:</div><blockquote> Number 200 is not divisible by three - it would be chapter 2 (or maybe 5 )of the individual AP, which would be an odd place to stop! </blockquote><p>Divisibility by 3 is no longer a concern, <i>Season of Ghosts</i> is four books long.glass wrote:Number 200 is not divisible by three - it would be chapter 2 (or maybe 5 )of the individual AP, which would be an odd place to stop!
Divisibility by 3 is no longer a concern, Season of Ghosts is four books long.zimmerwald19152023-09-05T15:28:48ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder Adventure Path: General Discussion: So, what's the good stuff?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43v5l&page=2?So-whats-the-good-stuff#702023-10-01T07:30:56Z2023-09-05T14:14:05Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Steve Geddes wrote:</div><blockquote><p> I don’t like Reign or Winter or Strength of Thousands.</p>
<p>So we have different tastes. :p </blockquote><p>There are many ways people are wrong in the world. Not liking the same Adventure Paths as I do is one of the most trivial.Steve Geddes wrote:I don’t like Reign or Winter or Strength of Thousands.
So we have different tastes. :p
There are many ways people are wrong in the world. Not liking the same Adventure Paths as I do is one of the most trivial.zimmerwald19152023-09-05T14:14:05ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder Adventure Path: General Discussion: So, what's the good stuff?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43v5l?So-whats-the-good-stuff#442023-09-04T12:16:21Z2023-09-01T23:51:22Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Lord Fyre wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">keftiu wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Lord Fyre wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">keftiu wrote:</div><blockquote> I think a conversation about Paizo’s best that doesn’t include Strength of Thousands isn’t a serious one, personally. </blockquote>I cannot say. I have very little familiarity with it.</blockquote>Then why say "you get a top Adventure Path List that would exclude <i>every single one</i> of the Adv Paths written for PF2 so far, imo" if you haven't... actually... read the works you're disparaging? </blockquote>In other news, one valid reason not to have read <b><a href="https://paizo.com/store/pathfinder/adventures/adventurePath/strengthOfThousands" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Strength of Thousands</a></b> is that I still hope to play in that campaign. <b>:)</b> </blockquote><p>Imagine being able to play Pathfinder at any point.Lord Fyre wrote:keftiu wrote: Lord Fyre wrote: keftiu wrote: I think a conversation about Paizo’s best that doesn’t include Strength of Thousands isn’t a serious one, personally.
I cannot say. I have very little familiarity with it.Then why say "you get a top Adventure Path List that would exclude every single one of the Adv Paths written for PF2 so far, imo" if you haven't... actually... read the works you're disparaging? In other news, one valid reason not to have read Strength of...zimmerwald19152023-09-01T23:51:22ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Golarion Timeline into Perspective via Earth Timlinezimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r1r1?Golarion-Timeline-into-Perspective-via-Earth#452023-09-01T15:28:54Z2023-09-01T05:21:10Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">PossibleCabbage wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">keftiu wrote:</div><blockquote> I assume they keep some kind of spooky goth cattle. </blockquote>Just the classic Highland Coo, but with emo hair. </blockquote><p><a href="https://d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/emo-cows_1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Moo</a>PossibleCabbage wrote:keftiu wrote: I assume they keep some kind of spooky goth cattle.
Just the classic Highland Coo, but with emo hair. Moozimmerwald19152023-09-01T05:21:10ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Golarion Timeline into Perspective via Earth Timlinezimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r1r1?Golarion-Timeline-into-Perspective-via-Earth#422023-09-01T15:28:34Z2023-09-01T01:19:38Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">keftiu wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">magnuskn wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Morhek wrote:</div><blockquote> I think if Paizo wanted to have Nazi-punching on Golarion, they already have a nation of racist authoritarian jackboots with an obsession about digging up artefacts in the sand - Cheliax. Fairly explicitly, Cheliax is explicitly there to be an easy go-to for uncomplicated and unambiguous bad guys. They don't need to go looking. </blockquote>Pfffft, they don't even wear black leather dusters. Well, their inquisitors might... </blockquote>I don’t think any ally of Nidal’s needs to worry about a black leather shortage. </blockquote><p>Does Nidal produce and finish the black leather, or does it import and finish it, or does it import it finished? In the last case, Nidal would make a poor supplier for <i>dusters</i>, but on the other hand Cheliax might be able to negotiate directly with its supplier.keftiu wrote:magnuskn wrote: Morhek wrote: I think if Paizo wanted to have Nazi-punching on Golarion, they already have a nation of racist authoritarian jackboots with an obsession about digging up artefacts in the sand - Cheliax. Fairly explicitly, Cheliax is explicitly there to be an easy go-to for uncomplicated and unambiguous bad guys. They don't need to go looking.
Pfffft, they don't even wear black leather dusters. Well, their inquisitors might... I don’t think any ally of Nidal’s...zimmerwald19152023-09-01T01:19:38ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Golarion Timeline into Perspective via Earth Timlinezimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r1r1?Golarion-Timeline-into-Perspective-via-Earth#362023-08-31T06:58:28Z2023-08-31T05:41:16Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">magnuskn wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">CorvusMask wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Never realized that the way timeline is setup that enough time has passed since Reign of Winter that it would be technically completely plausible to have nazi punching adventure O_o</p>
<p>(I doubt we would ever seen that, Nazis with genuine occult powers is ridiculous anyway as fitting to pulp fiction as it is) </blockquote>Well, we already got Nazis on the moon as a (terrible) movie, so "out there concepts with Nazis in it" has been done a lot in entertainment history. </blockquote><p>"Out there concepts with Nazis in it" includes making them a permanent part of the setting, which, given that Paizo has already done that with White Russians (the people who literally wrote the book on anti-Semitism) being given refuge, favor, and status in Irrisen, I do not trust them to handle with grace.magnuskn wrote:CorvusMask wrote:Never realized that the way timeline is setup that enough time has passed since Reign of Winter that it would be technically completely plausible to have nazi punching adventure O_o
(I doubt we would ever seen that, Nazis with genuine occult powers is ridiculous anyway as fitting to pulp fiction as it is)
Well, we already got Nazis on the moon as a (terrible) movie, so "out there concepts with Nazis in it" has been done a lot in entertainment history. "Out...zimmerwald19152023-08-31T05:41:16ZRe: Forums: Hell's Rebels: How would the Soul Anchor work without devilish interference?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43v8t?How-would-the-Soul-Anchor-work-without#42023-08-30T22:50:43Z2023-08-30T22:50:06Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Dagnew wrote:</div><blockquote>By the way, from what book is Bloodriosette? </blockquote><p>In Hell's Bright Shadow.Dagnew wrote:By the way, from what book is Bloodriosette?
In Hell's Bright Shadow.zimmerwald19152023-08-30T22:50:06ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Which core deity will we lose?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43ur8&page=5?Which-core-deity-will-we-lose#2112023-08-29T23:58:22Z2023-08-29T23:57:41Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Phillip Gastone wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Hmm.. perhaps the God of coffee decides it is time to move up in the world. After all, so many people worship them in the morning
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And have their little altar where holy ambrosia is made. ;) </blockquote><p>Ambrosia's a kind of solid food. Coffee would be a kind of nectar :VPhillip Gastone wrote:Hmm.. perhaps the God of coffee decides it is time to move up in the world. After all, so many people worship them in the morning
And have their little altar where holy ambrosia is made. ;)
Ambrosia's a kind of solid food. Coffee would be a kind of nectar :Vzimmerwald19152023-08-29T23:57:41ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Golarion Timeline into Perspective via Earth Timlinezimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r1r1?Golarion-Timeline-into-Perspective-via-Earth#292023-08-31T07:46:13Z2023-08-29T17:45:54Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">James Jacobs wrote:</div><blockquote>Doesn't so much ave to do with aeons blocking technological process as it does with there simply being better solutions in-world to solve problems.</blockquote><p>The trouble with this is that we don't actually see magic used to do what technology does - improve the productivity of labor so as to drive down the value of the capacity to labor or, what is a manifestation of the same thing, drive down the worker-hours required to produce a given good or provide a given service. We don't see, for instance, infernal engines competing with steam engines to drive jennies or looms, instead we see the predominance of handicraft production. We don't see <i>aiudara</i> or the Stone Road or other teleportation outcompeting caravan or seagoing trade (yet). The examples are myriad.
<p>To the extent magic is used in the labor process at all, it is employed by highly-skilled, nigh-exclusive classes of people who derive their high status from its exclusivity and their personal power from their exclusive skills. And it is this social/guild power of magicians (including clerics, druids, etc.) which must account for both the suppression of magic in general labor-saving applications and the suppression of mundane alternatives. Worth noting is that magical engines (including infernal engines and whatever the engine is that the Aspis Consortium uses on their ships, as well as <i>aiudara</i>) are as equally dependent as everything else magical on their creators' specialized knowledge and skill, and are difficult to reproduce even if the art of their creation is not outright lost with their creators. Compare machines making other machines, which is comparatively easy.</p>James Jacobs wrote:Doesn't so much ave to do with aeons blocking technological process as it does with there simply being better solutions in-world to solve problems.
The trouble with this is that we don't actually see magic used to do what technology does - improve the productivity of labor so as to drive down the value of the capacity to labor or, what is a manifestation of the same thing, drive down the worker-hours required to produce a given good or provide a given service. We don't...zimmerwald19152023-08-29T17:45:54ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Which core deity will we lose?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43ur8&page=5?Which-core-deity-will-we-lose#2062023-08-27T23:03:01Z2023-08-27T22:58:18Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">SP3CT3R wrote:</div><blockquote> I'm hoping it's one of the good deities for the sheer emotional punch of "one of the forces of righteousness and hope is straight up gone" but I get the feeling that's not going to be the case and it'll be one of the evil deities that goes. </blockquote><p>Given that alignment is going the way of THAC0 shortly, neither your wish nor your fear will come true.SP3CT3R wrote:I'm hoping it's one of the good deities for the sheer emotional punch of "one of the forces of righteousness and hope is straight up gone" but I get the feeling that's not going to be the case and it'll be one of the evil deities that goes.
Given that alignment is going the way of THAC0 shortly, neither your wish nor your fear will come true.zimmerwald19152023-08-27T22:58:18ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: If each class was a city...zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43uxs?If-each-class-was-a-city#182023-08-20T16:43:04Z2023-08-20T16:30:18Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Virellius wrote:</div><blockquote>Eurythnia could be a candidate for Bard Town, as Nocticula herself seems pretty fond of Sorshen and they have the whole 'land of subservise artists and also two former LewdLords as Ruler and Patron Deity'. Nothing says Bard Aesthetic more than that. </blockquote><p>The city high on Mhar Massif is still called Xin-Shalast, unless something's changed since the <i>World Guide</i>. The state within the New Thassilonian confederation is [New] Eurythnia. But the city, the state, and the confederation have wizardly vibes as strong as or stronger than bardly vibes (which with respect to Xin-Shalast are tied not so much to the "subversive" as the "outcast," subversive is Kintargo's schtick). And Xin-Shalast shares Kintargo's problem of having a small population, with even fewer bardly institutions.Virellius wrote:Eurythnia could be a candidate for Bard Town, as Nocticula herself seems pretty fond of Sorshen and they have the whole 'land of subservise artists and also two former LewdLords as Ruler and Patron Deity'. Nothing says Bard Aesthetic more than that.
The city high on Mhar Massif is still called Xin-Shalast, unless something's changed since the World Guide. The state within the New Thassilonian confederation is [New] Eurythnia. But the city, the state, and the confederation...zimmerwald19152023-08-20T16:30:18ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: What do you want from a Lost Omens: Old Cheliax?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43o1a&page=13?What-do-you-want-from-a-Lost-Omens-Old-Cheliax#6162023-08-20T15:43:06Z2023-08-20T15:39:32Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">The Raven Black wrote:</div><blockquote> I am pretty sure the Infernal pacts binding Cheliax are strong and tight enough to weather the death of Asmodeus. </blockquote><p>Strength and tightness only come into play if the Cheliax Covenant is a pact between Abrogail I as sovereign of Cheliax and Asmodeus as an individual as opposed to sovereign of Hell. If the pact is between two sovereigns (that is, if it is a treaty), then it continues down the succession of sovereignty while the two states continue to exist. If the pact is between a sovereign and Asmodeus as an individual, however, then it is extinguished unless it specifies that it continues through Asmodeus's heirs. It could also be a mixed agreement, that is to say, Asmodeus in his role as sovereign of Hell promises the support of Hell's military to Cheliax, while also in his role as the patron of the Church of Asmodeus promises the support of the latter to Cheliax. Something similar could be happening on the Chelish side, with, for instance, Abrogail I as sovereign of Cheliax being promised the support of Hell, and Abrogail I, and her heirs as head of House Thrune, being promised the support of the Church of Asmodeus. I suspect this is the most likely scenario.
<p>What happens to the Church of Asmodeus in a scenario where Asmodeus dies is an open question. The institution itself probably continues to exist, but in a diminished form like the Church of Aroden, but if Asmodeus did not specify his heirs in the contract freed from its obligations unless new ones are imposed upon it by power (for instance, by a new god assuming Asmodeus's position at the head of the church, or by House Thrune or the Chelish state directly).</p>The Raven Black wrote:I am pretty sure the Infernal pacts binding Cheliax are strong and tight enough to weather the death of Asmodeus.
Strength and tightness only come into play if the Cheliax Covenant is a pact between Abrogail I as sovereign of Cheliax and Asmodeus as an individual as opposed to sovereign of Hell. If the pact is between two sovereigns (that is, if it is a treaty), then it continues down the succession of sovereignty while the two states continue to exist. If the pact is...zimmerwald19152023-08-20T15:39:32ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Which core deity will we lose?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43ur8&page=4?Which-core-deity-will-we-lose#1682023-08-19T13:21:01Z2023-08-19T13:20:19Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">keftiu wrote:</div><blockquote>Please, give me Hellknights as the tax service. I'm begging you. </blockquote><p>When it could be an actual state bureaucracy rather than farmed off to mercenary contractors? Seems like a low-state-capacity thing to do.keftiu wrote:Please, give me Hellknights as the tax service. I'm begging you.
When it could be an actual state bureaucracy rather than farmed off to mercenary contractors? Seems like a low-state-capacity thing to do.zimmerwald19152023-08-19T13:20:19ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Which core deity will we lose?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43ur8&page=4?Which-core-deity-will-we-lose#1552023-08-17T22:33:13Z2023-08-17T22:27:48Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Set wrote:</div><blockquote>Dispater is way fonder of military power than Asmodeus, from what I'm seeing, which makes me think that Asmodeus dying and Dispater stepping in could lead to Cheliax going to war. The obvious targets of Andoran and Taldor seem like they'd make good red herrings, while, being of a more strategic bent, Dispater might go straight across the Arch of Aroden and seize Rahadoum, catching •everyone• off-guard, since that's not the 'obvious' target.</blockquote><p>A change in Hellish management does not imply that Cheliax goes to war with its neighbors, rather the opposite. In the first place, the state is weaker relative to its neighbors than it has ever been, and a change in management means less force available to assist than there might otherwise be, since those forces are keeping order at home. The new boss is likely to know that a gamble at this point risks losing the whole stake. In the second place, the regime is internally stronger than it has ever been. That gives it the means, and a change in management gives it the opportunity, to climb the ranks, relieve itself of some obligations, and acquire obligations from others.
<p>Also, Mephistopheles, the consciousness of Hell itself, or Geryon, who is at least indigenous to the plane, seem <i>prima facie</i> like more likely candidates to take the reins (as <i>primus inter pares</i> or otherwise) than either Dispater or Mammon or any of the other Heavenly exiles (Barbatos aside, but he's not from Hell either).</p>Set wrote:Dispater is way fonder of military power than Asmodeus, from what I'm seeing, which makes me think that Asmodeus dying and Dispater stepping in could lead to Cheliax going to war. The obvious targets of Andoran and Taldor seem like they'd make good red herrings, while, being of a more strategic bent, Dispater might go straight across the Arch of Aroden and seize Rahadoum, catching *everyone* off-guard, since that's not the 'obvious' target.
A change in Hellish management does not...zimmerwald19152023-08-17T22:27:48ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: If each class was a city...zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43uxs?If-each-class-was-a-city#142023-08-17T01:05:35Z2023-08-16T23:16:13Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Bizzare Beasts Boozer wrote:</div><blockquote>I'm also clinically incapable of not mentioning rebel-loving, opera house-having Kintargo as a City of Bards.</blockquote><p>Oppara stands head and shoulders above both it and Pitax in this regard, not only because of its outsize population, but for have two bardic colleges to Kintargo's zero and Pitax's one.Bizzare Beasts Boozer wrote:I'm also clinically incapable of not mentioning rebel-loving, opera house-having Kintargo as a City of Bards.
Oppara stands head and shoulders above both it and Pitax in this regard, not only because of its outsize population, but for have two bardic colleges to Kintargo's zero and Pitax's one.zimmerwald19152023-08-16T23:16:13ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: What material really captures the feel of Golarion?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43uuf?What-material-really-captures-the-feel-of#242023-08-10T04:39:20Z2023-08-09T16:28:12Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Perpdepog wrote:</div><blockquote>I want a new wave of Pathfinder Tales novels so much. </blockquote><p>Missed this, but I second the motion.Perpdepog wrote:I want a new wave of Pathfinder Tales novels so much.
Missed this, but I second the motion.zimmerwald19152023-08-09T16:28:12ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: What material really captures the feel of Golarion?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43uuf?What-material-really-captures-the-feel-of#232023-08-09T14:54:45Z2023-08-09T13:12:17Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Rysky wrote:</div><blockquote>Elves of Golarion was a DND 3.5 book, not Pathfinder. Elves did not sleep in 3.5.</blockquote><p>Elves were equally immune to magic <i>sleep</i> effects in D&D3.5 and in PF1. Whether that immunity to a magical compulsion meant that they slept naturally was a separate matter, and left to the campaign setting to determine. Elves did not sleep in Forgotten Realms, but were always meant to sleep in Golarion.Rysky wrote:Elves of Golarion was a DND 3.5 book, not Pathfinder. Elves did not sleep in 3.5.
Elves were equally immune to magic sleep effects in D&D3.5 and in PF1. Whether that immunity to a magical compulsion meant that they slept naturally was a separate matter, and left to the campaign setting to determine. Elves did not sleep in Forgotten Realms, but were always meant to sleep in Golarion.zimmerwald19152023-08-09T13:12:17ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Which core deity will we lose?zimmerwald1915https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43ur8&page=3?Which-core-deity-will-we-lose#1052023-08-09T13:11:51Z2023-08-09T13:08:45Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Rysky wrote:</div><blockquote>Also him and and Abigail trying to court each other would be adorable and horrific for the rest of us, not one doting on the other but “They’re the only one worthy to be my partner, so I must one up them every chance I get”. </blockquote><p>A classic dysfunctional Oakley-Butler romance.Rysky wrote:Also him and and Abigail trying to court each other would be adorable and horrific for the rest of us, not one doting on the other but “They’re the only one worthy to be my partner, so I must one up them every chance I get”.
A classic dysfunctional Oakley-Butler romance.zimmerwald19152023-08-09T13:08:45ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: [PF 1E] Hell's Rebels Adventure PathGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43rkr&page=2?PF-1E-Hells-Rebels-Adventure-Path#802023-03-07T14:53:33Z2023-03-07T14:53:33Z<p>Congratulations to:</p>
<p>hustonj - Kizzy Purrun (CG female human cleric (hidden priest) of Milani 1)
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Camris - Idril Ssethan (CG female human bard (dervish dancer) 1)
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Critzible - Asmodia Voralius (NG female inquisitor (living grimoire preacher) of Shelyn 1)
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The Lobster - Valarie Tanessan (CN/NE• female human vigilante (masked maiden) 1) </p>
<p>• "A vigilante's two alignments cannot be more than one step from each other on a single alignment axis," so of the proposed Maiden identity alignments, only NE fits with the Social identity's CN.</p>
<p>I'll set up a campaign threadset and post the opening some time this week.</p>Congratulations to:
hustonj - Kizzy Purrun (CG female human cleric (hidden priest) of Milani 1)
Camris - Idril Ssethan (CG female human bard (dervish dancer) 1)
Critzible - Asmodia Voralius (NG female inquisitor (living grimoire preacher) of Shelyn 1)
The Lobster - Valarie Tanessan (CN/NE* female human vigilante (masked maiden) 1)
* "A vigilante's two alignments cannot be more than one step from each other on a single alignment axis," so of the proposed Maiden identity alignments, only NE...GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2023-03-07T14:53:33ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: [PF 1E] Hell's Rebels Adventure PathGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43rkr&page=2?PF-1E-Hells-Rebels-Adventure-Path#742023-03-03T23:19:56Z2023-03-03T23:19:56Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">pinvendor wrote:</div><blockquote> Time got away from me, and I didn't get a complete character sheet done. If that's a penalty, I will have to accept. Good luck to everyone. </blockquote><p>I'll extend the submission deadline to March 5.pinvendor wrote:Time got away from me, and I didn't get a complete character sheet done. If that's a penalty, I will have to accept. Good luck to everyone.
I'll extend the submission deadline to March 5.GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2023-03-03T23:19:56ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: [PF 1E] Hell's Rebels Adventure PathGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43rkr&page=2?PF-1E-Hells-Rebels-Adventure-Path#692023-03-01T14:23:07Z2023-03-01T14:23:07Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">pinvendor wrote:</div><blockquote>A lot of stuff I read about it mostly recommended asking the GM permission to house rule certain aspects like the spell list. </blockquote><p>What specifically do you want? It doesn't hurt to ask.pinvendor wrote:A lot of stuff I read about it mostly recommended asking the GM permission to house rule certain aspects like the spell list.
What specifically do you want? It doesn't hurt to ask.GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2023-03-01T14:23:07ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: [PF 1E] Hell's Rebels Adventure PathGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43rkr&page=2?PF-1E-Hells-Rebels-Adventure-Path#632023-02-27T13:44:06Z2023-02-27T13:44:06Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Malinor. wrote:</div><blockquote> GM- would you rather the full build? I could get something together if you do. </blockquote><p>Please do.Malinor. wrote:GM- would you rather the full build? I could get something together if you do.
Please do.GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2023-02-27T13:44:06ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: [PF 1E] Hell's Rebels Adventure PathGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43rkr?PF-1E-Hells-Rebels-Adventure-Path#462023-02-23T13:52:34Z2023-02-23T13:52:17Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">pinvendor wrote:</div><blockquote> @GM Zimmer: Hi, there! How do you feel about the Magical Child Vigilante archetype? I think I have a pretty cool concept which may even lend itself to a cover story for Kintargo's erstwhile rebels, but if the idea of flashy/musical costumes changes would shatter the mood you have in mind, I can work something else out. </blockquote><p>Go for it.pinvendor wrote:@GM Zimmer: Hi, there! How do you feel about the Magical Child Vigilante archetype? I think I have a pretty cool concept which may even lend itself to a cover story for Kintargo's erstwhile rebels, but if the idea of flashy/musical costumes changes would shatter the mood you have in mind, I can work something else out.
Go for it.GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2023-02-23T13:52:17ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: [PF 1E] Hell's Rebels Adventure PathGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43rkr?PF-1E-Hells-Rebels-Adventure-Path#282023-02-20T21:35:36Z2023-02-20T21:35:36Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Mightypion wrote:</div><blockquote> Approach:Is the alternative racial trait "overlooked mastermind" for half orcs allowed?</blockquote><p>Yes.Mightypion wrote:Approach:Is the alternative racial trait "overlooked mastermind" for half orcs allowed?
Yes.GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2023-02-20T21:35:36ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: [PF 1E] Hell's Rebels Adventure PathGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43rkr?PF-1E-Hells-Rebels-Adventure-Path#272023-02-20T21:27:33Z2023-02-20T21:27:33Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">SqueezeMeNow wrote:</div><blockquote> That is post racial modifiers. </blockquote><p>Gotcha, thanks for the clarificationSqueezeMeNow wrote:That is post racial modifiers.
Gotcha, thanks for the clarificationGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2023-02-20T21:27:33ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: [PF 1E] Hell's Rebels Adventure PathGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43rkr?PF-1E-Hells-Rebels-Adventure-Path#212023-02-21T17:41:46Z2023-02-20T15:35:54Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">SqueezeMeNow wrote:</div><blockquote><p> <b>select a stat array equivalent to 15-point buy</b></p>
<p>Thinking 14/16/13/10/10/12 for a tanky melee with a chr mod.</blockquote><p>Assuming these are base stats before modifiers, this is actually a 20-point buy.
<div class="messageboard-quotee">hustonj wrote:</div><blockquote> I have trouble finding that answer on Nethys (the official Paizo online resource), but there is <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">a listing on PFSRD20</a> that is very clear on which class falls into which category. </blockquote><p>That is correct.SqueezeMeNow wrote:select a stat array equivalent to 15-point buy
Thinking 14/16/13/10/10/12 for a tanky melee with a chr mod.
Assuming these are base stats before modifiers, this is actually a 20-point buy. hustonj wrote:I have trouble finding that answer on Nethys (the official Paizo online resource), but there is a listing on PFSRD20 that is very clear on which class falls into which category.
That is correct.GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2023-02-20T15:35:54ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: [PF 1E] Hell's Rebels Adventure PathGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43rkr?PF-1E-Hells-Rebels-Adventure-Path#182023-02-20T15:21:21Z2023-02-20T15:21:21Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Smiles-a-lot wrote:</div><blockquote> Still running through ideas. Quick question, is vigilante considered a base class? </blockquote><p>Yes.Smiles-a-lot wrote:Still running through ideas. Quick question, is vigilante considered a base class?
Yes.GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2023-02-20T15:21:21ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: [PF 1E] Hell's Rebels Adventure PathGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43rkr?PF-1E-Hells-Rebels-Adventure-Path#162023-02-20T14:09:53Z2023-02-20T14:09:53Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Robert Henry wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">GM Zimmer wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Robert Henry wrote:</div><blockquote>In the meantime, would you discuss your posting expectations, both for yourself and for those of us luck enough to be recruited? </blockquote>I would attempt to post at least three times per week, and would like to see players post at least twice per week.</blockquote><p>Thank you for your quick response. I'm looking for something that moves a little quicker than that, so I will not be applying.
<p>Having said that, thank you for running the game; we players do appreciate it. Good luck and good gaming all. </blockquote><p>That's meant to be a minimum, not a median, but respect.Robert Henry wrote:GM Zimmer wrote: Robert Henry wrote:In the meantime, would you discuss your posting expectations, both for yourself and for those of us luck enough to be recruited?
I would attempt to post at least three times per week, and would like to see players post at least twice per week.Thank you for your quick response. I'm looking for something that moves a little quicker than that, so I will not be applying. Having said that, thank you for running the game; we players do...GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2023-02-20T14:09:53ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: [PF 1E] Hell's Rebels Adventure PathGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43rkr?PF-1E-Hells-Rebels-Adventure-Path#132023-02-20T09:06:48Z2023-02-20T03:58:14Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">hustonj wrote:</div><blockquote>And thinking about the ARG racial trade-outs, I realized there was no indication about class archetypes.</blockquote><p>Sorry, forgot to answer this. If a class is permitted, so are its archetypes.hustonj wrote:And thinking about the ARG racial trade-outs, I realized there was no indication about class archetypes.
Sorry, forgot to answer this. If a class is permitted, so are its archetypes.GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2023-02-20T03:58:14ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: [PF 1E] Hell's Rebels Adventure PathGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43rkr?PF-1E-Hells-Rebels-Adventure-Path#72023-02-20T00:34:22Z2023-02-20T00:34:22Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Robert Henry wrote:</div><blockquote>In the meantime, would you discuss your posting expectations, both for yourself and for those of us luck enough to be recruited? </blockquote><p>I would attempt to post at least three times per week, and would like to see players post at least twice per week.
<div class="messageboard-quotee">hustonj wrote:</div><blockquote>So, effectively core races only, with no ARG-based modifications?</blockquote><p>Alternate racial traits from the <i>Advanced Race Guide</i> are fair game, as are variant tiefling heritages from <i>Blood of Fiends</i>. Please refrain from building a custom race from scratch, however.Robert Henry wrote:In the meantime, would you discuss your posting expectations, both for yourself and for those of us luck enough to be recruited?
I would attempt to post at least three times per week, and would like to see players post at least twice per week. hustonj wrote:So, effectively core races only, with no ARG-based modifications?
Alternate racial traits from the Advanced Race Guide are fair game, as are variant tiefling heritages from Blood of Fiends. Please refrain from building...GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2023-02-20T00:34:22ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: [PF 1E] Hell's Rebels Adventure PathGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43rkr?PF-1E-Hells-Rebels-Adventure-Path#42023-02-19T21:30:54Z2023-02-19T21:30:54Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">hustonj wrote:</div><blockquote><p> So, I believe that I see these implicit character generation rules:</p>
<p>Any alignment
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Any race (given the other apparent limitations, I think this is probably not intended as ANY race)
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No traits (other than the story bits of one campaign trait)
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No Background Skills
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Standard Feats (no Elephant in the Room or related Feat Tax reduction systems)</p>
<p>Trying to make sure I am on the page you intend before I go down a bad mechanical hole. </blockquote><p>That is correct. You should also not plan around receiving bonus feats or skill points from the rebellion subsystem.
<p>To make further explicit what is implicit, I do not intend for PCs to be built differently to the NPCs you'll be encountering, whether comrades or enemies. Your importance to events will come from your circumstances and your actions (including building characters more skillfully and pulling from a broader array of sources than the stock characters), not special mechanical advantages at character generation.</p>hustonj wrote:So, I believe that I see these implicit character generation rules:
Any alignment
Any race (given the other apparent limitations, I think this is probably not intended as ANY race)
No traits (other than the story bits of one campaign trait)
No Background Skills
Standard Feats (no Elephant in the Room or related Feat Tax reduction systems)
Trying to make sure I am on the page you intend before I go down a bad mechanical hole.
That is correct. You should also not plan around...GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2023-02-19T21:30:54ZForums: Recruitment: [PF 1E] Hell's Rebels Adventure PathGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43rkr?PF-1E-Hells-Rebels-Adventure-Path#12023-02-20T00:56:59Z2023-02-19T19:16:21Z<p>On the twelfth night of Aroden's month, at the height of summer in the four thousand seven hundred and fifteenth year since the god raised the Starstone from the bed of the Inner Sea, it snowed ash in Kintargo. The city burned as away east, the country rose in rebellion. But out of the fires emerged not liberty, but a new order, enforced with the mailed fist of Hell and the darkest of magicks, and headed by a diabolic inquisitor, of the imperial house, with writ to take the city in hand and mold it to his will.</p>
<p>The fires consumed Kintargo's patriots and its radicals, the levelers and lovers of freedom that the people called "Silver Ravens" in private nooks and dark alleys - no one knows where the name came from. But they have not consumed its spirit, and you have received word that on the second day of Rovagug's month, the people will gather in Aria Park before mayor Barzillai Thrune and make their will known.</p>
<p>If you wish to attend, you should: </p>
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<li>select a stat array equivalent to 15-point buy;
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<li>pick a class from among the Core classes, the Base classes excepting Summoner, the Hybrid classes, and Unchained Summoner (starting HP is maximized, starting wealth is average);
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<li>pick a race;
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<li>pick a campaign trait from the Hell's Rebels Player's Guide, but it will not have any mechanical effect;
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<li>pick a reason to protest from the Hell's Rebels Player's Guide; <li>set forth how you learned about the Aria Park demonstration (<i>i.e.</i>, through word of mouth, from a handbill, from a poster, etc.); and
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<li>summarize your political sympathies and how you came by them, and what organizations you are a part of or orbit - the factions represented at Aria Park will include at least, in no particular order, liberals, radicals, anarchists, and Ravounel nationalists (these terms to have roughly the meanings they had in about 1850 in Europe - if you would like further explanation, please feel free to ask).</ul></p>
<p>Recruitment will close by March 3, 2023, and I will announce the selected player characters by March 6, 2023.</p>On the twelfth night of Aroden's month, at the height of summer in the four thousand seven hundred and fifteenth year since the god raised the Starstone from the bed of the Inner Sea, it snowed ash in Kintargo. The city burned as away east, the country rose in rebellion. But out of the fires emerged not liberty, but a new order, enforced with the mailed fist of Hell and the darkest of magicks, and headed by a diabolic inquisitor, of the imperial house, with writ to take the city in hand and...GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2023-02-19T19:16:21ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: DM-Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign DiscussionAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/discussion&page=15#7472015-09-07T19:56:09Z2015-09-07T19:56:09Z<p>Chirp chirp.</p>Chirp chirp.Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-09-07T19:56:09ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=61#30302015-08-28T16:47:45Z2015-08-28T16:47:45Z<p><b>"Even if it is not, we should remain alert in the days and years to come."</b> Anwel nods approvingly at Andrei's and Phedre's divinations, and slumps back against the stone door frame. The battle, and Iomedae's trials, have drained most of his energy, and his magic is nearly spent too. Pashtiel's tricks have given him a few new ideas of his own, but he will need to rest before attempting any serious experiments. <b>"I do not mean to diminish your accomplishment Vrag, Andrei, but no demon strong enough to require all this,"</b> he waves his hand at the runes and shattered glass, <b>"to bind it would have been destroyed utterly by the force we brought to bear. It is likely banished, and may return.</b></p>
<p><b>"But if it does, it will seek us out, not this place of its confinement. Folk can resettle here safely. That is what matters."</b> He pushes away from the wall and sways a little on his feet before steadying himself. <b>"We should let them know."</b></p>"Even if it is not, we should remain alert in the days and years to come." Anwel nods approvingly at Andrei's and Phedre's divinations, and slumps back against the stone door frame. The battle, and Iomedae's trials, have drained most of his energy, and his magic is nearly spent too. Pashtiel's tricks have given him a few new ideas of his own, but he will need to rest before attempting any serious experiments. "I do not mean to diminish your accomplishment Vrag, Andrei, but no demon strong...Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-08-28T16:47:45ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Fate's Mysteries Rise of the Runelords AE DiscussionMelyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/FatesMysteriesRiseOfTheRunelordsAE/discussion#312015-08-20T00:03:58Z2015-08-20T00:03:58Z<p>You'll have my passive acceptance of whatever ends up happening. Gaming's not important enough to fight over.</p>You'll have my passive acceptance of whatever ends up happening. Gaming's not important enough to fight over.Melyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-08-20T00:03:58ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Fate's Mysteries Rise of the Runelords AE DiscussionMelyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/FatesMysteriesRiseOfTheRunelordsAE/discussion#262015-08-17T22:45:23Z2015-08-17T22:45:23Z<p>Do what you gotta do. I also hope not to have aggravated things. Sorry if I did.</p>
<p>See you soon, hopefully.</p>Do what you gotta do. I also hope not to have aggravated things. Sorry if I did.
See you soon, hopefully.Melyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-08-17T22:45:23ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Fate's Mysteries Rise of the Runelords AE DiscussionMelyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/FatesMysteriesRiseOfTheRunelordsAE/discussion#172015-08-17T21:04:14Z2015-08-17T21:04:14Z<p>Our Perception and Initiative modifiers should be in our profiles. I think things would move faster if Fate just took those modifiers and rolled for us when necessary. Would everyone else be okay with this?</p>Our Perception and Initiative modifiers should be in our profiles. I think things would move faster if Fate just took those modifiers and rolled for us when necessary. Would everyone else be okay with this?Melyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-08-17T21:04:14ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Fate's Mysteries Rise of the Runelords AEMelyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/FatesMysteriesRiseOfTheRunelordsAE/gameplay#192015-08-17T20:52:43Z2015-08-17T20:52:43Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Perception:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Initiative:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14</span></p>[dice=Perception]1d20+11[/dice]
[dice=Initiative]1d20+3[/dice]Melyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-08-17T20:52:43ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=61#30222015-08-17T15:15:16Z2015-08-17T15:15:16Z<p><b>"Why did I expect anything different?"</b> Anwel shakes his head. Pashtiel's illusions kept getting the better of him, and he was allowing it. No matter. Better take advantage while they're gone. Anwel points at the demon and looses a glowing green ray at its chest.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Cast <i>ray of enfeeblement</i>. DC 16 Fortitude save or take a <span class="messageboard-dice">1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7</span> Strength penalty.</span></p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>ranged touch:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 5 + 1 = 19</span></p>"Why did I expect anything different?" Anwel shakes his head. Pashtiel's illusions kept getting the better of him, and he was allowing it. No matter. Better take advantage while they're gone. Anwel points at the demon and looses a glowing green ray at its chest.
Cast ray of enfeeblement. DC 16 Fortitude save or take a [dice]1d6+1[/dice] Strength penalty.
[dice=ranged touch]1d20+5+1[/dice]Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-08-17T15:15:16ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Fate's Mysteries Rise of the Runelords AE DiscussionMelyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/FatesMysteriesRiseOfTheRunelordsAE/discussion#162015-08-17T15:02:56Z2015-08-17T15:02:56Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Corrin Whisperwind wrote:</div><blockquote> Oh by all means please do, I totally dont mind, we are the locals it appears to be :) </blockquote><p>As am I, though I prefer to think of myself as a Mieranian at heart (despite never having been there). Cade and Quib-Quib are from Varisia, if not from Sandpoint itself. Maia is foreign.Corrin Whisperwind wrote:Oh by all means please do, I totally dont mind, we are the locals it appears to be :)
As am I, though I prefer to think of myself as a Mieranian at heart (despite never having been there). Cade and Quib-Quib are from Varisia, if not from Sandpoint itself. Maia is foreign.Melyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-08-17T15:02:56ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Fate's Mysteries Rise of the Runelords AE DiscussionMelyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/FatesMysteriesRiseOfTheRunelordsAE/discussion#92015-08-17T01:00:23Z2015-08-17T01:00:23Z<p>They're interesting enough. Someone even played them (and another funded some kids). Maybe try to work in some carnival barking next time, but it's not strictly necessary.</p>
<p>I'd interact more with your set pieces, but I kinda wrote myself into a corner. I more or less have to stay where I am until Rynshinn comes back or something urgent forces me somewhere else.</p>They're interesting enough. Someone even played them (and another funded some kids). Maybe try to work in some carnival barking next time, but it's not strictly necessary.
I'd interact more with your set pieces, but I kinda wrote myself into a corner. I more or less have to stay where I am until Rynshinn comes back or something urgent forces me somewhere else.Melyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-08-17T01:00:23ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Fate's Mysteries Rise of the Runelords AEMelyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/FatesMysteriesRiseOfTheRunelordsAE/gameplay#32015-08-16T17:39:59Z2015-08-16T17:39:59Z<p>Rynshinn was getting complacent. She'd left Melyanna alone to manage the stall for Vernah's Fine Clothing hours ago, and Melyanna had made the most of the opportunity. As customers rifled through the suits, gowns, capes, and other <i>couture</i> on offer, her creations managed to find their way to the front of the racks. And they were selling! If enough word got around, Melyanna could look forward to requests, commissions, maybe even her own boutique someday. For now, though, there was haggling to be done.</p>
<p>"I'm afraid I can't part with this for less than—" Out of the corner of her eye, Melyanna spotted Mayor Deverin mounting the stage in front of the new Cathedral. She had to close before she started talking! "Oh, very well. Twenty-eight gold pieces it is. Just for you." The young man—one of the Scarnetti boys, she could never keep them straight—counted out the payment and shrugged on his new jacket. It suited him perfectly, of course; Melyanna thought the brass buttons set with garnet went particularly well with his ruddy skin. She didn't get to admire the effect for long, though. As she'd predicted, he turned around to listen to Mayor Deverin as she began to speak.</p>
<p>"Now, really!" Melyanna crossed her arms and huffed affectedly at the Mayor's joke about Larz.</p>
<p>"What's the matter?" Vanimë came pelting out of the crowd, a puffy white Katapeshi cat clutched in her arms, clearly unhappy.</p>
<p>"Larz is a friend, and a supplier!"</p>
<p>"Oh, come on, he's always in his shop. Works all through the night, sometimes."</p>
<p>"So do I."</p>
<p>Vanimë reached up and tweaked Melyanna's nose mischievously. The cat took the opportunity to jump out of her arms and hide behind Melyanna's ankles. "Well, he smells funny."</p>
<p>Melyanna finally chuckled. "Oh, I suppose." She reached down to pet her cat. She relaxed visibly at Melyanna's touch, though not enough to purr. Melyanna, meanwhile, noticed the crowd quieting down around her. Sheriff Hemlock was at the podium now; he must have asked for a moment of silence. "What were you doing with Ancalë anyway? You know she doesn't like to be carried," she whispered.</p>
<p>Vanimë's whisper was hotter, more defensive. "She kept trying to get at the buffet. And Miss Povalli said she's been stealing her salmon all morning!"</p>
<p>Melyanna scratched under the cat's chin approvingly, and smiled wickedly, but said nothing. Vanimë didn't notice. Sheriff Hemlock had yielded the stage to Cydrak Drokkus, and the young half-elf was looking up at him with stars in her eyes. She squealed with excitement when he mentioned his new play.</p>
<p>"I keep telling you, audition," said Melyanna. "You'd do wonderfully, with that voice of yours." She couldn't help but think that designing costumes for the theater would be a huge opportunity.</p>
<p>"But <i>The Harpy's Curse</i> doesn't even have any kid parts!"</p>
<p>"Excuses! Put yourself out there. Everyone will adore you, I promise."</p>
<p>Vanimë chewed her lip. Melyanna knew her sister struggled with stage fright, but the only way to get over that was, as she had said, to admit it and take the plunge anyway.</p>
<p>"Maybe next time."</p>
<p>Melyanna took her sister's hand. "Tell you what. Next time Cydrak holds an audition, I'll take you, and buy you a stawberry ice afterwords. Won't that be fun?"</p>
<p>She felt the little squeeze of her hand that substituted for a hug in public. "Okay. Deal." Together, they took in Father Zantus's peroration, and the remarkable edifice of the Cathedral behind him. What a remarkable day to be alive, and in Sandpoint.</p>Rynshinn was getting complacent. She'd left Melyanna alone to manage the stall for Vernah's Fine Clothing hours ago, and Melyanna had made the most of the opportunity. As customers rifled through the suits, gowns, capes, and other couture on offer, her creations managed to find their way to the front of the racks. And they were selling! If enough word got around, Melyanna could look forward to requests, commissions, maybe even her own boutique someday. For now, though, there was haggling to...Melyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-08-16T17:39:59ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: Fate's Mysteries Rise of the Runelords AEMelyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/FatesMysteriesRiseOfTheRunelordsAE/recruiting&page=3#1212015-08-16T16:15:08Z2015-08-16T16:15:08Z<p>It seems the gameplay thread has been posted. See you all on the other side.</p>It seems the gameplay thread has been posted. See you all on the other side.Melyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-08-16T16:15:08ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Peachbottom's Curse of the Crimson ThroneAurora Equinox (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMPeachbottomsCurseOfTheCrimsonThrone/recruiting#292015-08-16T01:45:02Z2015-08-16T01:45:02Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">GM Peachbottom wrote:</div><blockquote>A yhohm improved familiar looks fine.</blockquote><p>Thanks be to your kindness. My statistics are in my profile, though I have not yet completed my purchases.
<p>I have also yet to compose my background. I will let you know when it is done.</p>GM Peachbottom wrote:A yhohm improved familiar looks fine.
Thanks be to your kindness. My statistics are in my profile, though I have not yet completed my purchases. I have also yet to compose my background. I will let you know when it is done.Aurora Equinox (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-08-16T01:45:02ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: Fate's Mysteries Rise of the Runelords AEMelyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/FatesMysteriesRiseOfTheRunelordsAE/recruiting&page=3#1092015-08-15T21:04:26Z2015-08-15T21:04:26Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Col Avertin wrote:</div><blockquote> Sorry, I have to withdraw. Have fun! </blockquote><p>Well, if that isn't a darned shame. Fair travels, darling!
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Submissions wrote:</div><blockquote><p><b>Player</b> | <b>PC</b> | <b>Sex, race, class, and level</b> | <b>Multiclassing (if any)</b> | <b>Campaign Trait</b>
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Azule, son of Abendago | Ithalil / Tholgrim Ironheart | Male elf ranger (skirmisher) 1 / Male dwarf cleric of Trudd 1 | ranger (skirmisher)/sorcerer / – | Monster Hunter / Student of Faith
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zimmerwald1915 | Melyanna Tilië | Female half-elf unchained rogue 1 | unchained rogue/sorcerer/arcane trickster | Goblin Watcher
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TheNine | Corrin Whisperwind | Male half-elf fighter 1 | fighter/ranger | Friends and Enemies
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<s>Gaming Ranger</s> | <s>Col Avertin</s> | <s>Male human investigator (empiricist) 1</s> | <s>–</s> | <s>Goblin Watcher</s>
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DekoTheBarbarian | <s>Vandra Geaux</s> / Quib-Quib Boomie | <s>Male human wizard (spirit binder) 1</s> / Male goblin alchemist (grenadier) 1 | <s>–</s> / – | <s>Friends and Enemies</s> / Monster Hunter
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Sarabian | Elurel Seadaughter | Female changeling oracle 1 | – | Scholar of the Ancients
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The Chelaxian
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Qstor
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Hokina | Jaecr | Female kobold investigator (empiricist) 1 | – | Scholar of the Ancients
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zomblisham
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CaptainFord | Azzerix Wyrmclaw | Male kobold sorcerer 1 | – | Giant Slayer
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Gars DarkLover
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Eric Sklavos | Alric Magnus | Male human magus (kensai) 1 | – | Scholar of the Ancients
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Ulcermon
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rorek55 | Maia Silndra Rose | Female aasimar wizard 1 | – | Outlander
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Camris
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Gnomezrule | Cade Mendivesh | Male human cleric 1 | – | Sandpoint Faithful
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Moon Papa | Holgar Hammerfist | Male dwarf unchained monk 1 | – | Friends and Enemies
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Lokiel | Bozz | Male goblin rogue 1 | – | Big Game Hunter
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</blockquote><p>Col Avertin wrote:Sorry, I have to withdraw. Have fun!
Well, if that isn't a darned shame. Fair travels, darling! Submissions wrote:Player | PC | Sex, race, class, and level | Multiclassing (if any) | Campaign Trait
Azule, son of Abendago | Ithalil / Tholgrim Ironheart | Male elf ranger (skirmisher) 1 / Male dwarf cleric of Trudd 1 | ranger (skirmisher)/sorcerer / – | Monster Hunter / Student of Faith
zimmerwald1915 | Melyanna Tilië | Female half-elf unchained rogue 1 | unchained...Melyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-08-15T21:04:26ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: Fate's Mysteries Rise of the Runelords AEMelyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/FatesMysteriesRiseOfTheRunelordsAE/recruiting&page=3#1062015-08-15T01:27:38Z2015-08-15T01:27:38Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Holgar Hammerfist wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Moon Papa's Dwarven submission here to serve as a counterpoint to all these little gobos, haha. </p>
<p>Work in progress, I'll post again when i get it together. </blockquote><p>All? But there are only two! Including yours, there are as many dwarf submissions.
<p>Though I must say, it is good to see another who has left his chains behind.</p>Holgar Hammerfist wrote:Moon Papa's Dwarven submission here to serve as a counterpoint to all these little gobos, haha.
Work in progress, I'll post again when i get it together.
All? But there are only two! Including yours, there are as many dwarf submissions. Though I must say, it is good to see another who has left his chains behind.Melyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-08-15T01:27:38ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: Fate's Mysteries Rise of the Runelords AEMelyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/FatesMysteriesRiseOfTheRunelordsAE/recruiting&page=3#1012015-08-14T23:27:56Z2015-08-14T23:27:56Z<p>I modified my background vignette the teensiest bit to make my family and living situations clearer. The relevant changes are to the paragraph beginning "'That's right, Vanimë." Fate, please tell me if there's anything else you need to know.</p>I modified my background vignette the teensiest bit to make my family and living situations clearer. The relevant changes are to the paragraph beginning "'That's right, Vanimë." Fate, please tell me if there's anything else you need to know.Melyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-08-14T23:27:56ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: Fate's Mysteries Rise of the Runelords AEMelyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/FatesMysteriesRiseOfTheRunelordsAE/recruiting&page=2#992015-08-14T23:01:53Z2015-08-14T23:01:53Z<p>Break a leg, dear. In the meantime, the table will need updating:</p>
<div class="messageboard-quotee">submissions wrote:</div><blockquote><p><b>Player</b> | <b>PC</b> | <b>Sex, race, class, and level</b> | <b>Multiclassing (if any)</b> | <b>Campaign Trait</b>
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Azule, son of Abendago | Ithalil/Tholgrim Ironheart | Male elf ranger (skirmisher) 1/Male dwarf cleric of Trudd 1 | –/ranger (skirmisher)/sorcerer | Monster Hunter/Student of Faith |
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zimmerwald1915 | Melyanna Tilië | Female half-elf unchained rogue 1 | unchained rogue/sorcerer/arcane trickster | Goblin Watcher
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TheNine | Corrin Whisperwind | Male half-elf fighter 1 | fighter/ranger | Friends and Enemies
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Gaming Ranger | Col Avertin | Male human investigator (empiricist) 1 | – | Goblin Watcher
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DekoTheBarbarian | <s>Vandra Geaux</s>Quib-Quib Boomie | <s>Male human wizard (spirit binder) 1</s>Male goblin alchemist (grenadier) 1 | <s>–</s>– | <s>Friends and Enemies</s>Monster Hunter
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Sarabian | Elurel Seadaughter | Female changeling oracle 1 | – | Scholar of the Ancients
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The Chelaxian
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Qstor
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Hokina | Jaecr | Female kobold investigator (empiricist) 1 | – | Scholar of the Ancients
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zomblisham
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CaptainFord
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Gars DarkLover
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Eric Sklavos | Alric Magnus| Male human magus (kensai) 1 | – | Scholar of the Ancients
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Ulcermon
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rorek55 | Maia Silndra Rose | Female aasimar wizard 1 | – | Outlander
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Camris
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Gnomezrule | Cade Mendivesh | Male human cleric 1 | – | Sandpoint Faithful</blockquote><p>It appears that several players that have expressed interest have not yet submitted a character. If any of you are still browsing this thread, there is yet time to throw something into the hat for consideration. A richer pot luck benefits everybody.
<p>Oh, one more thing, Fate. I know the chance of you seeing this and responding is small, given your business tomorrow, but Gars's questions regarding appropriate character ages and the background skills system from <i>Pathfinder Unchained</i> have gone unaddressed. Background skills in particular are relevant to my interests, as a seamstress and aspiring tailor and jeweler.<span class=messageboard-ooc>•</span></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>• I am, of course, quite ignorant of the impending call to advanture.</span></p>Break a leg, dear. In the meantime, the table will need updating:
submissions wrote:Player | PC | Sex, race, class, and level | Multiclassing (if any) | Campaign Trait
Azule, son of Abendago | Ithalil/Tholgrim Ironheart | Male elf ranger (skirmisher) 1/Male dwarf cleric of Trudd 1 | –/ranger (skirmisher)/sorcerer | Monster Hunter/Student of Faith |
zimmerwald1915 | Melyanna Tilië | Female half-elf unchained rogue 1 | unchained rogue/sorcerer/arcane trickster | Goblin Watcher
TheNine |...Melyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-08-14T23:01:53ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: Fate's Mysteries Rise of the Runelords AEMelyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/FatesMysteriesRiseOfTheRunelordsAE/recruiting&page=2#512015-08-11T23:48:10Z2015-08-11T23:48:10Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Azule son of Abendago wrote:</div><blockquote> a goblin a kobold and 3 elves walk into a bar.....3 elves walk out leaving 2 pincushions :p </blockquote><p>How horrid. The best pincushions are of velvet and buckwheat shells, dear, believe me.
<div class="messageboard-quotee">TheNine wrote:</div><blockquote>If needed I did have a melee shield tank version of <b>corroborate</b> built. I will gladly switch over if it helps. (I just have three melee tank fellows in games already thought to switch it up but it's no big deal.)</blockquote><p>What has your autocorrect done to you? Oh, such a cruel fate it is, to be betrayed so.Azule son of Abendago wrote:a goblin a kobold and 3 elves walk into a bar.....3 elves walk out leaving 2 pincushions :p
How horrid. The best pincushions are of velvet and buckwheat shells, dear, believe me. TheNine wrote:If needed I did have a melee shield tank version of corroborate built. I will gladly switch over if it helps. (I just have three melee tank fellows in games already thought to switch it up but it's no big deal.)
What has your autocorrect done to you? Oh, such a cruel fate...Melyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-08-11T23:48:10ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: Fate's Mysteries Rise of the Runelords AEMelyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/FatesMysteriesRiseOfTheRunelordsAE/recruiting#362015-08-11T10:53:16Z2015-08-11T10:53:16Z<p>Background's complete. It contains a brief physical description, and should give insight into Melyanna's personality, but I can expand didactically on both if you think it's necessary, Fate.</p>Background's complete. It contains a brief physical description, and should give insight into Melyanna's personality, but I can expand didactically on both if you think it's necessary, Fate.Melyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-08-11T10:53:16ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: Fate's Mysteries Rise of the Runelords AEMelyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/FatesMysteriesRiseOfTheRunelordsAE/recruiting#172015-08-10T22:53:17Z2015-08-10T22:53:17Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Azule son of Abendago wrote:</div><blockquote><p> ranger with eventually cross classing with sorcerer
</p>
i'll create a background and new alias for him tomorrow. </blockquote><p>"Oh, but Azule, darling, I am alas a <i>rogue</i> anticipating levels in sorcerer and, eventually, arcane trickster! Whatever shall we do?"
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Will also have a background up shortly.</span></p>Azule son of Abendago wrote:ranger with eventually cross classing with sorcerer
i'll create a background and new alias for him tomorrow.
"Oh, but Azule, darling, I am alas a rogue anticipating levels in sorcerer and, eventually, arcane trickster! Whatever shall we do?" Will also have a background up shortly.Melyanna Tilië (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-08-10T22:53:17ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=61#30192015-08-07T04:06:52Z2015-08-07T04:06:52Z<p><b>"Not for long."</b> Anwel holds his guard in front of the passage until the group of no-doubt-summoned spiders bears down upon him and his friends. When he is sure he will catch as many as he can, he looses his spell. A grayscale spectrum spews from his hand, seeming almost solid in the darkness left behind by Iomedae's fire. It finds the eyes of the spiders and checks their forward movement.</p>
<p><b>"Distractions."</b> He looks to Andrei and Phedre. <b>"They will regain themselves presently."</b></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Cast tenebrous <i>color spray</i> on as many spiders as I can. DC 18 Will or be subject to the effects of the spell; here's hoping they're not immune. Silly me, not putting a point in Knowledge (planes).</span></p>"Not for long." Anwel holds his guard in front of the passage until the group of no-doubt-summoned spiders bears down upon him and his friends. When he is sure he will catch as many as he can, he looses his spell. A grayscale spectrum spews from his hand, seeming almost solid in the darkness left behind by Iomedae's fire. It finds the eyes of the spiders and checks their forward movement.
"Distractions." He looks to Andrei and Phedre. "They will regain themselves presently."
Cast tenebrous...Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-08-07T04:06:52ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=61#30122015-07-30T18:45:14Z2015-07-30T18:45:14Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Reflex:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25</span></p>
<p>Anwel crosses his arms over his face as the runes vent their wrath upon Pashtiel's prison. He feels the flames burning through the outer layers of his clothes, with particular intensity where he'd tucked his conjured sword. He goes to draw it again when the heat subsides, only to find it translucent and flickering. It would need some time to regain itself.</p>
<p>In the meantime, Anwel points a preparatory finger at the shattered crystal, waiting for the demon to emerge.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Now at 7/13 HP.</span></p>[Dice="Reflex"]1d20+5[/dice]
Anwel crosses his arms over his face as the runes vent their wrath upon Pashtiel's prison. He feels the flames burning through the outer layers of his clothes, with particular intensity where he'd tucked his conjured sword. He goes to draw it again when the heat subsides, only to find it translucent and flickering. It would need some time to regain itself.
In the meantime, Anwel points a preparatory finger at the shattered crystal, waiting for the demon to
...Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-07-30T18:45:14ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=61#30092015-07-26T00:57:30Z2015-07-26T00:57:30Z<p><b>"Is that what the runes do? That makes sense."</b> Anwel slips his shadowy sword into the sash around his waist, and draws his bow. He steps away from Pashtiel's sphere, gives the others a moment to do the same, and fires an arrow at the deepest-looking crack he can see.</p>"Is that what the runes do? That makes sense." Anwel slips his shadowy sword into the sash around his waist, and draws his bow. He steps away from Pashtiel's sphere, gives the others a moment to do the same, and fires an arrow at the deepest-looking crack he can see.Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-07-26T00:57:30ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: DM-Camris' Iron Gods fast recruitmentBoshi' (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rz7t?DMCamris-Iron-Gods-fast-recruitment#242015-07-25T23:18:20Z2015-07-25T23:18:20Z<p>This is Zimmer. Still need to buy gear and compose the background. I'll let you know when I have.</p>
<p>The apostrophe in the alias name is there because someone already claimed it.</p>This is Zimmer. Still need to buy gear and compose the background. I'll let you know when I have.
The apostrophe in the alias name is there because someone already claimed it.Boshi' (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-07-25T23:18:20ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=61#30032015-07-15T21:05:29Z2015-07-15T21:05:29Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Perception:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16</span></p>
<p><b>"Hold a moment. Look."</b> Anwel puts up his sword and glances at the runes on the wall. Where before they were red and threatening, now they shone like the light of a full moon. The oppressive sulfur smell was weakening, too. <b>"Is that a good sign?"</b></p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Knowledge (arcana):</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 11 ⇒ (18) + 11 = 29</span>
<br />
<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Knowledge (religion):</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20</span>
<br />
<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Linguistics:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16</span></p>[dice=Perception]1d20+4[/dice]
"Hold a moment. Look." Anwel puts up his sword and glances at the runes on the wall. Where before they were red and threatening, now they shone like the light of a full moon. The oppressive sulfur smell was weakening, too. "Is that a good sign?"
[dice=Knowledge (arcana)]1d20+11[/dice]
[dice=Knowledge (religion)]1d20+10[/dice]
[dice=Linguistics]1d20+10[/dice]Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-07-15T21:05:29ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=60#29972015-07-03T19:04:05Z2015-07-03T19:04:05Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Will:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 3 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 3 + 5 + 1 = 28</span>
<br />
<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Spellcraft to identify the effect:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27</span></p>
<p><b>"Let us not,"</b> says Anwel firmly, locking Pashtiel's golden orbs with his own gray eyes. <b>"As for your freedom, be sure to savor it. It will be brief."</b> With a swift motion of his hands, Anwel shapes the shadows of the chamber into a long-bladed sword. His feet settle into a wide stance in preparation for a swing at the demon as it emerges from its prison. He would break the glass, but even damaged as it is his new weapon might not shatter it.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Cast <i>shadow weapon</i>.</span></p>[dice=Will]1d20+3+5+1[/dice]
[dice=Spellcraft to identify the effect]1d20+11[/dice]
"Let us not," says Anwel firmly, locking Pashtiel's golden orbs with his own gray eyes. "As for your freedom, be sure to savor it. It will be brief." With a swift motion of his hands, Anwel shapes the shadows of the chamber into a long-bladed sword. His feet settle into a wide stance in preparation for a swing at the demon as it emerges from its prison. He would break the glass, but even damaged as it is his...Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-07-03T19:04:05ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=60#29932015-06-28T22:36:43Z2015-06-28T22:36:43Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Will:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 3 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 3 + 5 = 16</span> <span class=messageboard-ooc>18 if enchantment, 17 if mind-affecting, 19 if enchantment and mind-affecting</span></p>
<p><b>"Close your ears,"</b> offers Anwel, fighting the pressure on his temples. He crosses his arms and glares icily at Pashtiel. <b>"You have nothing to offer. We only want you gone."</b></p>[dice=Will]1d20+3+5[/dice] 18 if enchantment, 17 if mind-affecting, 19 if enchantment and mind-affecting
"Close your ears," offers Anwel, fighting the pressure on his temples. He crosses his arms and glares icily at Pashtiel. "You have nothing to offer. We only want you gone."Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-06-28T22:36:43ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=60#29882015-06-24T20:11:07Z2015-06-24T20:11:07Z<p>Anwel takes a moment to steel himself against the binding chamber. Its assault on the senses—of smell and of <i>rightness</i>—is more subtle than the fiery tornadoes of Iomedae's trial, but more horrible for all that. The desert had been neither real nor malevolent. This was both.</p>
<p>Still, deadly danger is nothing new to Anwel or his friends, they are more protected now than they have ever been, and there is no going back. If the door will not close again, they cannot allow Pashtiel the possibility of manifesting bodily and striding through. Which means coaxing it out to its end, now. Anwel steps up to the glass globe and lays a hand on its surface.</p>
<p><b>"Pashtiel,"</b> he intones, his reedy voice somehow managing to echo, <b>"We have not met. Your good fortune, however, is at an end. Come out."</b></p>Anwel takes a moment to steel himself against the binding chamber. Its assault on the senses—of smell and of rightness—is more subtle than the fiery tornadoes of Iomedae's trial, but more horrible for all that. The desert had been neither real nor malevolent. This was both.
Still, deadly danger is nothing new to Anwel or his friends, they are more protected now than they have ever been, and there is no going back. If the door will not close again, they cannot allow Pashtiel the possibility...Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-06-24T20:11:07ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=60#29862015-06-18T19:21:00Z2015-06-18T19:21:00Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Because Andrei's busy at work, and because <a href="http://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=60#2982" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">his plan</a> was to describe what he saw to me, I've taken the liberty of opening the spoiler. Spellcraft roll is given above.</span></p>
<p>Anwel holds up a hand. <b>"That should not be necessary. The runes are meant to impede magics that heighten and extend perception, as well as magics that cloud it. But they are no barrier to people, and the ward they form is damaged in any case."</b> He brushes his hair back. <b>"That damage was likely seismic in nature. When Avistan shifted, it allowed the demon to reach beyond its prison, create pockets of its influence like the one we encountered, and kill the miners. It is a shame the binders did not foresee that possibility. Very little is as stable as it appears."</b></p>
<p>He tries to open the door, calling Vrag, Warren, and Phedre over if he cannot make it budge. <b>"We should simply be able to walk in. Walking out is, of course, another matter."</b></p>Because Andrei's busy at work, and because his plan was to describe what he saw to me, I've taken the liberty of opening the spoiler. Spellcraft roll is given above.
Anwel holds up a hand. "That should not be necessary. The runes are meant to impede magics that heighten and extend perception, as well as magics that cloud it. But they are no barrier to people, and the ward they form is damaged in any case." He brushes his hair back. "That damage was likely seismic in nature. When Avistan...Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-06-18T19:21:00ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=60#29832015-06-18T01:41:46Z2015-06-18T01:41:46Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Perception:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16</span></p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Spellcraft to interpret Andrei's description:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30</span></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>I'll deliver some dialogue when Tareth gives the results of the Spellcraft check.</span></p>[dice=Perception]1d20+4[/dice]
[dice=Spellcraft to interpret Andrei's description]1d20+11[/dice]
I'll deliver some dialogue when Tareth gives the results of the Spellcraft check.Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-06-18T01:41:46ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=60#29762015-06-07T17:54:17Z2015-06-07T17:54:17Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc><b>In the Mindscape</b></span></p>
<p><b>"We were warned of that possibility, Andrei, <a href="http://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=59#2920" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">right at the outset</a>. I did not witness Pashtiel's visions, and cannot compare, but from what I saw those who did were never offered that kindness. Nor, I imagine, were you promised the possibility of escape."</b> Anwel has other arguments—for one, no <i>particular</i> course of action follows from Andrei's premise, so they might as well try the arch—but sees no point in offering them. Persuasion and cajolery had yet to get him anywhere in these lands. Accomplished facts, however, demand a response. Anwel steps through the door.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc><b> • • • </b></span></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc><b>In Reality</b></span></p>
<p>Anwel flinches at the sudden brightness, but composes himself and returns the bow. He would have preferred no obeisance either way, but it was better than simply accepting the priest's. <b>"If we leave, will we still be prepared upon our return? I would hate to have faced that trial for nothing. Nor is the prospect of doing so again a pleasant one.</b></p>
<p><b>"Either way, I believe Phedre wanted to stay and speak with you for a spell? If we may, can we have your name?"</b></p>In the Mindscape
"We were warned of that possibility, Andrei, right at the outset. I did not witness Pashtiel's visions, and cannot compare, but from what I saw those who did were never offered that kindness. Nor, I imagine, were you promised the possibility of escape." Anwel has other arguments—for one, no particular course of action follows from Andrei's premise, so they might as well try the arch—but sees no point in offering them. Persuasion and cajolery had yet to get him anywhere in...Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-06-07T17:54:17ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=60#29732015-06-01T10:26:31Z2015-06-01T10:26:31Z<p>It had turned out the flames left no burns or blisters, even on Andrei, but Anwel was still keen to give them a wide berth. Fortunately, the path had seemed to keep them at bay, and the party remained safe as long as they stayed on it. Unfortunately, however, that was the only solace the path gave. It had seemed to stretch without end into the distance. The oppressive heat and the barrenness of the plains had lengthened the walking hours into what felt like days or weeks. It got so that Anwel began to question whether they were even going the right way. He had even wished someone else had spotted the path, if only so they could have decided to follow it, and what direction to take. His own track record did not inspire confidence, and his navigational tools were useless in this mindscape.</p>
<p>Finally, a dark protuberance had appeared on the horizon. It lifted the party's spirits and quickened their pace; any sight other than torrid flatness was a welcome one. By the time they had reached it, however, Anwel had gone quite parched.</p>
<p>He had examined the archway from all angles, and now leans against the side for a moment, looking into the darkness. The rock is no cooler than the air, and with the fire whirls on all sides it provides no shade, unless one were to step into the threshold. But it is a support, and it lets Anwel catch his breath and wet his chapping lips. <b>"Does this look familiar?"</b> he says, patting the rock. It reminds him of the archways they had passed through to begin, and end, the first trial. Hopefully this is another of that kind. <b>"It does to me, and, frankly, ours seems like the kind of situation in which any development is an improvement. Shall we go through? I do not think there is anything to fear from the darkness."</b></p>It had turned out the flames left no burns or blisters, even on Andrei, but Anwel was still keen to give them a wide berth. Fortunately, the path had seemed to keep them at bay, and the party remained safe as long as they stayed on it. Unfortunately, however, that was the only solace the path gave. It had seemed to stretch without end into the distance. The oppressive heat and the barrenness of the plains had lengthened the walking hours into what felt like days or weeks. It got so that Anwel...Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-06-01T10:26:31ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=60#29682015-05-24T02:24:38Z2015-05-24T02:24:38Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Will:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 3 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 3 + 4 + 1 = 15</span> plus an additional +1 if the effect is mind-affecting.</span></p>
<p><b>"Well. It appears I spoke too soon. That could be a way out."</b> Anwel gestures at the path with the hand Andrei had been holding, then notices that Andrei is no longer holding it. He quickly turns back to the storyteller and reaches out to grab him again. <b>"Come, Andrei, step out,"</b> he pleads.</p>[dice=Will]1d20+3+4+1[/dice] plus an additional +1 if the effect is mind-affecting.
"Well. It appears I spoke too soon. That could be a way out." Anwel gestures at the path with the hand Andrei had been holding, then notices that Andrei is no longer holding it. He quickly turns back to the storyteller and reaches out to grab him again. "Come, Andrei, step out," he pleads.Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-05-24T02:24:38ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=60#29662015-05-11T17:28:20Z2015-05-11T17:28:20Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Good question! Perception:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13</span></p>
<p><b>"Not as such, no,"</b> admits Anwel. <b>"But that does not mean there is no way out. The last vision simply ended when it failed to convince, after all. At least it did for me."</b></p>[dice=Good question! Perception]1d20+4[/dice]
"Not as such, no," admits Anwel. "But that does not mean there is no way out. The last vision simply ended when it failed to convince, after all. At least it did for me."Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-05-11T17:28:20ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=60#29622015-05-10T03:43:39Z2015-05-10T03:43:39Z<p><b>"Flames of purification indeed,"</b> Anwel mutters. Out loud he says <b>"Remember, this is merely another vision. It cannot harm you unless you let it."</b> He keeps his voice calm and measured, not at all the tone of someone being burned alive. <b>"Close your eyes if you have to, and listen to my voice. There is no pain. There is no heat. There are no fumes. There is only you, me, our friends, and our task. Focus on that. Know it. Believe it."</b></p>"Flames of purification indeed," Anwel mutters. Out loud he says "Remember, this is merely another vision. It cannot harm you unless you let it." He keeps his voice calm and measured, not at all the tone of someone being burned alive. "Close your eyes if you have to, and listen to my voice. There is no pain. There is no heat. There are no fumes. There is only you, me, our friends, and our task. Focus on that. Know it. Believe it."Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-05-10T03:43:39ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=60#29572015-05-04T15:34:05Z2015-05-04T15:34:05Z<p><b>"One moment longer, please."</b> Anwel smiles welcomingly at Andrei, Phedre, and Vrag. <b>"I am so glad you all made it."</b> He gestures at the priest. <b>"Our friend told Warren and me that the corridors we just passed through represented a trial of the mind. We can speak of our visions later, if you wish. Going by his speech earlier, that makes this a trial of the spirit. He also called these the 'flames of purification.'"</b></p>
<p>Anwel holds out a hand and grasps the first hand that reaches out to take it. <b>"I would be honored if you all stepped through with me."</b> He turns to face the fire, his gaze lingering for a moment on the priest. <b>"And I hope to see you on the other side."</b> He knows Phedre wants to interview the old man. Anwel takes a deep breath and steps into the fire.</p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Will:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 4 + 3 = 24</span></p>"One moment longer, please." Anwel smiles welcomingly at Andrei, Phedre, and Vrag. "I am so glad you all made it." He gestures at the priest. "Our friend told Warren and me that the corridors we just passed through represented a trial of the mind. We can speak of our visions later, if you wish. Going by his speech earlier, that makes this a trial of the spirit. He also called these the 'flames of purification.'"
Anwel holds out a hand and grasps the first hand that reaches out to take it. "I...Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-05-04T15:34:05ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=37#18242015-04-24T23:20:41Z2015-04-24T23:20:41Z<p><b>"Of course it is. The timing is too close."</b> Fredo sighs. If that was the purpose, it has been remarkably effective. <b>"We should take this coin to Dhatri. He can get into the vaults of the Bank and compare those coins to this one."</b></p>"Of course it is. The timing is too close." Fredo sighs. If that was the purpose, it has been remarkably effective. "We should take this coin to Dhatri. He can get into the vaults of the Bank and compare those coins to this one."Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-04-24T23:20:41ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=59#29502015-04-24T20:02:48Z2015-04-24T20:02:48Z<p>Anwel smiles at the sight of Warren. Of course he would make it through with little trouble. <b>"We all come out here, hmm?"</b> he says to the priest. <b>"Have our friends passed through the fire yet?"</b> Not that he thinks Vrag, Andrei, or Phedre would have left him and Warren behind—the trek to Rassada's grove proved as much—but if they came out individually they might not have realized they did not have to continue on alone. <b>"If not, may we wait for them? It seems only right that we all go through together, if we can."</b></p>Anwel smiles at the sight of Warren. Of course he would make it through with little trouble. "We all come out here, hmm?" he says to the priest. "Have our friends passed through the fire yet?" Not that he thinks Vrag, Andrei, or Phedre would have left him and Warren behind—the trek to Rassada's grove proved as much—but if they came out individually they might not have realized they did not have to continue on alone. "If not, may we wait for them? It seems only right that we all go through...Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-04-24T20:02:48ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: CotCT Thread! Discussion.Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/discussion&page=17#8392015-04-20T00:02:12Z2015-04-20T00:02:12Z<p>I'm also interested in continuing to play. The scene as it stands just doesn't demand a new post. Does it?</p>
<p>Maybe consider moving us on to the next one.</p>
<p>Does the website seem wonky to anyone else?</p>I'm also interested in continuing to play. The scene as it stands just doesn't demand a new post. Does it?
Maybe consider moving us on to the next one.
Does the website seem wonky to anyone else?Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-04-20T00:02:12ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: DM-Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign DiscussionAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/discussion&page=15#7372015-04-19T05:01:44Z2015-04-19T05:01:44Z<p>Is the site screwed up for anyone else?</p>Is the site screwed up for anyone else?Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-04-19T05:01:44ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=59#29432015-04-17T20:30:13Z2015-04-17T20:30:13Z<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>[Spoiler omitted]Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-04-17T20:30:13ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=59#29372015-04-09T16:42:00Z2015-04-09T16:42:00Z<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>[Spoiler omitted]Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-04-09T16:42:00ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=59#29262015-04-02T21:24:11Z2015-04-02T21:24:11Z<p>Anwel looks from walls to the door, and decides to spend a few minutes refreshing his memory of the <i>Acts</i> before pushing forward. Phedre can probably quote them chapter and verse, but she is not here, and these trials might require him to demonstrate one or more of the qualities exemplified in the text. When he reaches the end, however, he steps through the door. There is, after all, no going back.</p>Anwel looks from walls to the door, and decides to spend a few minutes refreshing his memory of the Acts before pushing forward. Phedre can probably quote them chapter and verse, but she is not here, and these trials might require him to demonstrate one or more of the qualities exemplified in the text. When he reaches the end, however, he steps through the door. There is, after all, no going back.Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-04-02T21:24:11ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=59#29222015-03-26T19:54:15Z2015-03-26T19:54:15Z<p>Anwel steps up to the fountain and looks down at the water. He sees nothing. The ripples Warren and Vrag had made when they drank still disturb the surface. But it does not matter; Anwel does not know what he was looking for in the first place. He cups his hands, brings some of the water to his face, and sips, letting the excess drain through his fingers. As he does so, he thinks back to his talk with Kallista before leaving Morrowgate. He had used words much like the Iomedean priest's; that he had not yet accepted his shadow's forgiveness for his weaknesses and fears.</p>
<p>How much had changed in the days since then? For himself, very little. Anwel still feels guilty over Darl, and still cringes at reminders of the Shadowcountess. But maybe he cannot afford to take things slow anymore. Twice now he has felt the Countess's presence, here and in Rassada's grove. At least some of her other agents are dead, and she knows Anwel knows. He has much less time than he had thought he would. He still does not like the idea of a short cut, but he knows that is a construct of his mind. The priest had not characterized the trial that way.</p>
<p>Anwel also knows he has nothing to lose. The consequences of failure sound like either death, or an eternity forced to bear his fears and weaknesses, never overcoming them. Before coming to the Stolen Lands, he had accepted such a life, and since, he has faced death many times. He steps away from the fountain, and stands in the threshold of one of the doors.</p>
<p><b>"Maybe you will not hold refusal against us, sir,"</b> he says, <b>"but I have a promise to keep."</b> Zealous service to Morrowgate means clearing this mine, and he does not want his friends to face Pashtiel without him. He steps through the door.</p>Anwel steps up to the fountain and looks down at the water. He sees nothing. The ripples Warren and Vrag had made when they drank still disturb the surface. But it does not matter; Anwel does not know what he was looking for in the first place. He cups his hands, brings some of the water to his face, and sips, letting the excess drain through his fingers. As he does so, he thinks back to his talk with Kallista before leaving Morrowgate. He had used words much like the Iomedean priest's; that...Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-03-26T19:54:15ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=59#29172015-03-22T01:50:44Z2015-03-22T01:50:44Z<p><b>"Yes."</b> Anwel's response, despite its directness, is clipped and somewhat doubtful. <b>"That seems, however, like it should take longer than an afternoon."</b> He thinks back to Rassada's grove again, to the lifting of the curse on <i>that</i> old priest and to Thad's Brightness. Both had been transformed, but the old man had spent most of his life doing penance and Thad had been strong and courageous to begin with. By either criterion, Anwel knows he has a long way to go.</p>
<p><b>"Can you say what we must do?"</b></p>"Yes." Anwel's response, despite its directness, is clipped and somewhat doubtful. "That seems, however, like it should take longer than an afternoon." He thinks back to Rassada's grove again, to the lifting of the curse on that old priest and to Thad's Brightness. Both had been transformed, but the old man had spent most of his life doing penance and Thad had been strong and courageous to begin with. By either criterion, Anwel knows he has a long way to go.
"Can you say what we must do?"Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-03-22T01:50:44ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=59#29142015-03-20T19:38:43Z2015-03-20T19:38:43Z<p>Anwel shakes his head at Andrei's suggestion. <b>"One of the knights mentioned a priest that would prepare us.</b></p>
<p><b>"Come out,"</b> he says coaxingly, to the seemingly empty room.</p>Anwel shakes his head at Andrei's suggestion. "One of the knights mentioned a priest that would prepare us.
"Come out," he says coaxingly, to the seemingly empty room.Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-03-20T19:38:43ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=59#29112015-03-18T06:00:30Z2015-03-18T06:00:30Z<p><b>"May I take the ring?"</b> After his bout with the box, Anwel welcomes any possibility of protecting his mind. Andrei had made it sound like the ring's protection is particularly potent. <b>"As for the cape, electrical charges are often delivered by touch."</b> That makes it suited best to Andrei or Phedre, at least, that is how it seems to Anwel.</p>
<p>He pauses a moment before entering the new chamber. <b>"This place smells familiar, almost like—"</b> Anwel bites his upper lip before he can say any more, and looks significantly at Andrei and Warren. They would remember Rassada's grove, and would know better than to mention it, especially when the Countess might be listening.<span class=messageboard-ooc>[1]</span> <b>"Appropriate for a cleansing place."</b> Anwel walks first to the fountain, then to one of the curtained exits, and puts his hand on the jamb. <b>"Does anyone see any instructions on how to go about that?"</b></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>[1] Technically, Anastasia's house also smelled of sage, but whatever.</span></p>"May I take the ring?" After his bout with the box, Anwel welcomes any possibility of protecting his mind. Andrei had made it sound like the ring's protection is particularly potent. "As for the cape, electrical charges are often delivered by touch." That makes it suited best to Andrei or Phedre, at least, that is how it seems to Anwel.
He pauses a moment before entering the new chamber. "This place smells familiar, almost like—" Anwel bites his upper lip before he can say any more, and...Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-03-18T06:00:30ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=37#18222015-03-08T04:14:22Z2015-03-08T04:14:22Z<p><b>"That's no question, Burahl,"</b> says Fredo, shaking his head in frustration. He is probably right about the aura, but that means no opportunity to study it. <b>"It's a weapon, meant to wipe out a good chunk of the city. But what's this you say about infected coins?"</b> Fredo snaps his fingers in sudden understanding. <b>"Do you think they could have gotten into the Bank?"</b></p>"That's no question, Burahl," says Fredo, shaking his head in frustration. He is probably right about the aura, but that means no opportunity to study it. "It's a weapon, meant to wipe out a good chunk of the city. But what's this you say about infected coins?" Fredo snaps his fingers in sudden understanding. "Do you think they could have gotten into the Bank?"Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-03-08T04:14:22ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=59#29082015-03-08T04:10:24Z2015-03-08T04:10:24Z<p>Anwel gasps at the all-too-familiar, malevolent intrusion into his mind. <b>"They are all dead,"</b> he wails, holding the box away from him but unable to look away from the keening, tortured faces. <b>"There was nothing I could have done. I did not know."</b> The anguish, however, is mostly a mask, a cover for the revulsion he uses to push back against the Shadowcountess. It feels like forever, but in a few seconds Anwel is in control of himself again. He drops the box, plucks out the scroll, and disappointedly shoves it in his pocket when it turns out he cannot decipher it.</p>
<p>Anwel thinks very carefully about what to say next. He can still feel the Countess watching his movements, though no longer his mind. <b>"I believe,"</b> he says finally, <b>"that that box could be used to imprison Pashtiel. Of course, the demon is already imprisoned, but it would be portable. Folk could live and work here without fear."</b> He holds up a finger to forestall any counterargument. He has a number already prepared. <b>"That being said, I know not how the thing works. Even if I am right about what it does, and could make it work, we would still have to get it past the guards. Considering the fate of my fellows,"</b> he punctuates this statement with a gesture to the corpses, <b>"and my <a href="http://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=58#2900" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">promise that I would do no such thing</a>,"</b> he looks to Phedre for corroboration, considering only she would have understood it, <b>"that seems unwise."</b></p>
<p>Anticipating that no one would actually want to use it, Anwel leaves the box behind, delving into the unguarded tunnel with the others. Even if it turns out to be their only option, it is going nowhere.</p>Anwel gasps at the all-too-familiar, malevolent intrusion into his mind. "They are all dead," he wails, holding the box away from him but unable to look away from the keening, tortured faces. "There was nothing I could have done. I did not know." The anguish, however, is mostly a mask, a cover for the revulsion he uses to push back against the Shadowcountess. It feels like forever, but in a few seconds Anwel is in control of himself again. He drops the box, plucks out the scroll, and...Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-03-08T04:10:24ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=37#18182015-03-06T08:39:19Z2015-03-06T08:39:19Z<p><b>"That simply can't be,"</b> protests Fredo. <b>"I know what I saw. That box was as necromantic as this cloak."</b> He rips the garment from his shoulders, tosses it next to the box, and tunes his sight to the aura he'd spotted before <span class=messageboard-ooc>(<i>detect magic</i>, concentrate for three rounds, SOP)</span>. <b>"Raijinn, can you make sure I'm not crazy?"</b></p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Spellcraft if it's needed:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32</span></p>
<p>Cat hisses at the dead rat with the same mixture of fear and bewilderment Fredo feels, while he tries to sort out what it all means. Zellara's never been wrong before, which means that even if there still is an aura, it's not coming from an identifiable spell. The implications of that are truly frightening. If the rat is, as it seems, a disease vector, then what does that make Blood Veil? Pure negative energy? From what font?</p>"That simply can't be," protests Fredo. "I know what I saw. That box was as necromantic as this cloak." He rips the garment from his shoulders, tosses it next to the box, and tunes his sight to the aura he'd spotted before (detect magic, concentrate for three rounds, SOP). "Raijinn, can you make sure I'm not crazy?"
[dice=Spellcraft if it's needed]1d20+13[/dice]
Cat hisses at the dead rat with the same mixture of fear and bewilderment Fredo feels, while he tries to sort out what it all...Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-03-06T08:39:19ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=37#18162015-03-06T07:02:43Z2015-03-06T07:02:43Z<p><b>"That doesn't make sense."</b> Fredo gives the open coffer a hard look. <b>"It looked magical underwater, strongly and dangerously so. Unless I was really sensing the contents. … </b></p>
<p><b>"Stand back,"</b> he says. He straps on the mask and, confident in Zellara and thus the mask's enchantment, touches the deck to the clearly pestilential rat. While Zellara works on that, Fredo opens one of the pouches and spills the contents into the coffer for her to examine.</p>"That doesn't make sense." Fredo gives the open coffer a hard look. "It looked magical underwater, strongly and dangerously so. Unless I was really sensing the contents. …
"Stand back," he says. He straps on the mask and, confident in Zellara and thus the mask's enchantment, touches the deck to the clearly pestilential rat. While Zellara works on that, Fredo opens one of the pouches and spills the contents into the coffer for her to examine.Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-03-06T07:02:43ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=37#18142015-03-06T01:19:54Z2015-03-06T01:19:54Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>What Spellcraft checks?</span></p>
<p>Cat is there to greet the party on their return to shore, alternately headbutting their ankles or rearing up to claw at their thighs. Fredo manages to get a few affectionate pats in as she runs around.</p>
<p>When they find a secluded spot to open the coffer, Fredo pulls Zellara's harrow deck from his pack. Somehow it had remained completely dry. He taps it against the side of the mask. <b>"So,"</b> he prompts, <b>"what does this do?"</b></p>
<p>After Zellara manifests and Burahl gets the coffer open, Fredo lays the deck on top and raises an eyebrow. <i>Same question.</i></p>What Spellcraft checks?
Cat is there to greet the party on their return to shore, alternately headbutting their ankles or rearing up to claw at their thighs. Fredo manages to get a few affectionate pats in as she runs around.
When they find a secluded spot to open the coffer, Fredo pulls Zellara's harrow deck from his pack. Somehow it had remained completely dry. He taps it against the side of the mask. "So," he prompts, "what does this do?"
After Zellara manifests and Burahl gets the...Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-03-06T01:19:54ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: CotCT Thread! Discussion.Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/discussion&page=17#8342015-03-04T18:54:41Z2015-03-04T18:54:41Z<p>We'll probably still be at this four years from now. I see nothing wrong with this prospect.</p>We'll probably still be at this four years from now. I see nothing wrong with this prospect.Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-03-04T18:54:41ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: ZEITGEIST: The Gears of Revolution RecruitementCharles Hardwold (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/ZEITGEISTTheGearsOfRevolution6xscq/recruiting#252015-03-03T19:50:37Z2015-03-03T19:50:37Z<p>This is zimmerwald1915. At the moment, this alias is nothing but a name, but expect more information before the deadline.</p>This is zimmerwald1915. At the moment, this alias is nothing but a name, but expect more information before the deadline.Charles Hardwold (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-03-03T19:50:37ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Wrath Of The... heros I guess. DiscussionTindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/discussion#282015-03-02T18:15:25Z2015-03-02T18:15:25Z<p>Guys and gals, I'm gonna have to bow out. I'm just not able to have fun in a PbP that lacks, as Gabriel put it, "detail and storytelling." I hope you are, or if you're not, that fun of some other sort finds you soon.</p>
<p>GM, if you could please remove me from the roster of players or somehow see to it that I no longer receive notifications from this game, I'd appreciate it.</p>Guys and gals, I'm gonna have to bow out. I'm just not able to have fun in a PbP that lacks, as Gabriel put it, "detail and storytelling." I hope you are, or if you're not, that fun of some other sort finds you soon.
GM, if you could please remove me from the roster of players or somehow see to it that I no longer receive notifications from this game, I'd appreciate it.Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-03-02T18:15:25ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=58#29002015-03-01T19:08:13Z2015-03-01T19:08:13Z<p>Anwel sets a black robe, a suit of leather armor, and a silver ring off to one side. <b>"If it is magical equipment you want, Warren, there it is,"</b> he says, his voice shaking slightly. His mis—the Shadowcountess had been busy. <b>"Andrei can tell you more about what it does. It should only take a moment. Then we can see the priest who resides down that path,"</b> he gestures toward the unguarded tunnel, <b>"and receive her blessing so that we may face Pashtiel."</b></p>
<p><b>"जरूरत है कि हम सेल में दागी कुछ भी नहीं ले जाएगा , कहने के लिए।"</b> he adds, turning his attention to the object most likely to <i>be</i> tainted—the darkwood box. He runs his fingers sympathetically over the figures of suffering bodies carved upon it, then around the unbudging seam around the edge of the lid.</p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>If I can sense the box's magic, can I try and figure out what it does? Spellcraft:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28</span></p>
<p>Satisfied that he cannot open the thing accidentally, Anwel peers inside the attached tube, looking for a scroll or set of instructions.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>If Anwel finds a scroll, he will cast <i>read magic</i> and read it.</span></p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>Anwel sets a black robe, a suit of leather armor, and a silver ring off to one side. "If it is magical equipment you want, Warren, there it is," he says, his voice shaking slightly. His mis—the Shadowcountess had been busy. "Andrei can tell you more about what it does. It should only take a moment. Then we can see the priest who resides down that path," he gestures toward the unguarded tunnel, "and receive her blessing so that we may face Pashtiel."
"जरूरत है कि हम सेल में दागी कुछ भी नहीं...Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-03-01T19:08:13ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=58#28942015-02-26T22:44:00Z2015-02-26T22:44:00Z<p><a href="http://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=58#2882" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><b>"Yes."</b></a></p>"Yes."Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-26T22:44:00ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=58#28922015-02-26T17:23:28Z2015-02-26T17:23:28Z<p><b>"Whom do you <i>think</i> it is, Phedre?"</b> Anwel rolls his eyes and kneels next to one of the fallen blackrobes. If the guards will not let him pass, then at least he can gather anything useful. <b>"Who could it possibly be?"</b></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Searchin' the bodies</span></p>"Whom do you think it is, Phedre?" Anwel rolls his eyes and kneels next to one of the fallen blackrobes. If the guards will not let him pass, then at least he can gather anything useful. "Who could it possibly be?"
Searchin' the bodiesAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-26T17:23:28ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Demons Run!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/gameplay&page=3#1192015-02-23T08:57:33Z2015-02-23T08:57:33Z<p>Tindómiel takes Aravashnial's hand to lead him onward again. "Yes, that's what happened," she says, smiling at Tuli's commentary and antics. "It turns out whoever camped here did leave tracks going our way. We're going to follow them," she explains. The blind elf couldn't have followed Estagar's silent movements or come to a conclusion about what they meant.</p>Tindómiel takes Aravashnial's hand to lead him onward again. "Yes, that's what happened," she says, smiling at Tuli's commentary and antics. "It turns out whoever camped here did leave tracks going our way. We're going to follow them," she explains. The blind elf couldn't have followed Estagar's silent movements or come to a conclusion about what they meant.Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-23T08:57:33ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Wrath Of The... heros I guess. DiscussionTindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/discussion#252015-02-23T08:45:31Z2015-02-23T08:45:31Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Estagar wrote:</div><blockquote>What about this game all. It seems rather slow? </blockquote><p>I cannot make bricks without straw.Estagar wrote:What about this game all. It seems rather slow?
I cannot make bricks without straw.Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-23T08:45:31ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=58#28882015-02-23T03:44:42Z2015-02-23T03:44:42Z<p><b>"Why should you?</b> Anwel says testily. <b>"The Chelaxians themselves barely speak it, not since the Taldans first conquered the place. Which probably makes these ancient indeed."</b> He bows at the waist, presenting the back of his neck to the guards, then backs away slowly. Whatever they are saying, it sounds hostile.</p>
<p>He stops, however, before the inscription on the doorway dissolves into distant illegibility. <b>"Iomedae may have yet been mortal when her name was inscribed on that door."</b></p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Continuing to try and decipher the writing; Linguistics (retry):</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20</span></p>"Why should you? Anwel says testily. "The Chelaxians themselves barely speak it, not since the Taldans first conquered the place. Which probably makes these ancient indeed." He bows at the waist, presenting the back of his neck to the guards, then backs away slowly. Whatever they are saying, it sounds hostile.
He stops, however, before the inscription on the doorway dissolves into distant illegibility. "Iomedae may have yet been mortal when her name was inscribed on that door."
...Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-23T03:44:42ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=58#28822015-02-19T18:30:02Z2015-02-19T18:30:02Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Can I translate the old Chelaxian? Linguistics:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17</span></p>
<p>Anwel gestures to the sword and rose heraldry on the knights' breastplates. <b>"These appear to be your comrades in arms, Phedre: knights of Ozem, Iomedae's order."</b> He steps forward, hands raised placatingly.</p>
<p><b>"Please, sirs, dames,"</b> he says, <b>"is it Pashtiel over whom you stand vigil? My friends and I would put an end to her, if you would but let us pass."</b> He repeats the entreaty in Celestial, Draconic, and his own tongue.</p>[dice=Can I translate the old Chelaxian? Linguistics]1d20+10[/dice]
Anwel gestures to the sword and rose heraldry on the knights' breastplates. "These appear to be your comrades in arms, Phedre: knights of Ozem, Iomedae's order." He steps forward, hands raised placatingly.
"Please, sirs, dames," he says, "is it Pashtiel over whom you stand vigil? My friends and I would put an end to her, if you would but let us pass." He repeats the entreaty in Celestial, Draconic, and his own tongue.Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-19T18:30:02ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=37#18072015-02-19T18:21:53Z2015-02-19T18:21:53Z<p><b>"For what it's worth,"</b> adds Fredo, <b>"the mask radiates and aura of protection and healing, the box of pestilence. Zellara can tell us more on land. Whoever opens the box would probably do well to wear the mask at the time."</b></p>"For what it's worth," adds Fredo, "the mask radiates and aura of protection and healing, the box of pestilence. Zellara can tell us more on land. Whoever opens the box would probably do well to wear the mask at the time."Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-19T18:21:53ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=37#18052015-02-18T22:07:57Z2015-02-18T22:07:57Z<p><b>"This <i>was</i> a plague ship, by her lights."</b> Fredo scans the mask for magic, then pockets it to examine more closely on land. <b>"Maybe our Urgathoan needed a mask to survive long enough to pilot her into the harbor.</b></p>
<p><b>"As for more evidence, we still haven't looked in the box,"</b> he says. <b>"And Loaggri may discover something."</b></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>How much time do we have left on the <i>water breathing</i> spells?</span></p>"This was a plague ship, by her lights." Fredo scans the mask for magic, then pockets it to examine more closely on land. "Maybe our Urgathoan needed a mask to survive long enough to pilot her into the harbor.
"As for more evidence, we still haven't looked in the box," he says. "And Loaggri may discover something."
How much time do we have left on the water breathing spells?Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-18T22:07:57ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Demons Run!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/gameplay&page=3#1082015-02-18T21:10:10Z2015-02-18T21:10:10Z<p>Tindómiel releases her magic as soon as the insects<span class=messageboard-ooc>[1]</span> first burst from the refuse pile. A sphere of purple light coalesces around her index finger then, quick as thought, slams into the carapace of the nearest creature.</p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>damage:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2</span><span class=messageboard-ooc>[2]</span></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>[1] You may have noticed from my profile and posts that I like to approach PbP as a narrative. To that end, I would appreciate it if the descriptions of scenery, props, creatures, and people were less spare and more specific. In this case, what kind of insects are these? How big are they? What color are they? How do they move? Do they make any noise?</span>
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<span class=messageboard-ooc>[2] And so the dice gods punish me for making demands of the GM. <b>•sigh•</b></span></p>Tindómiel releases her magic as soon as the insects[1] first burst from the refuse pile. A sphere of purple light coalesces around her index finger then, quick as thought, slams into the carapace of the nearest creature.
[dice=damage]1d4+1[/dice][2]
[1] You may have noticed from my profile and posts that I like to approach PbP as a narrative. To that end, I would appreciate it if the descriptions of scenery, props, creatures, and people were less spare and more specific. In this case, what...Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-18T21:10:10ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=37#18022015-02-18T19:08:51Z2015-02-18T19:08:51Z<p>Freed of his burden, Fredo swims to the roof of the cabin and plucks the beaked mask from the floating bedsheet. <b>"This looks familiar,"</b> he says, coming down and holding the mask out for everyone to see. <b>"The Queen's Physicians wear these. I've not heard of them wearing holy symbols of Urgathoa, but I wouldn't be surprised."</b></p>Freed of his burden, Fredo swims to the roof of the cabin and plucks the beaked mask from the floating bedsheet. "This looks familiar," he says, coming down and holding the mask out for everyone to see. "The Queen's Physicians wear these. I've not heard of them wearing holy symbols of Urgathoa, but I wouldn't be surprised."Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-18T19:08:51ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Demons Run!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/gameplay&page=3#1052015-02-18T08:22:07Z2015-02-18T08:22:07Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>GM? I believe it's your turn.</span></p>GM? I believe it's your turn.Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-18T08:22:07ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=58#28792015-02-18T06:16:34Z2015-02-18T06:16:34Z<p><b>"Very well,"</b> says Anwel. <b>"I will help however I can."</b></p>
<p>In lieu of something tangible he can do, Anwel examines the skeletal warriors from afar, wracking his brain to see if he can come up with any advantage for his comrades to use.</p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Knowledge (religion):</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30</span></p>"Very well," says Anwel. "I will help however I can."
In lieu of something tangible he can do, Anwel examines the skeletal warriors from afar, wracking his brain to see if he can come up with any advantage for his comrades to use.
[dice=Knowledge (religion)]1d20+10[/dice]Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-18T06:16:34ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Wrath Of The... heros I guess. DiscussionTindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/discussion#212015-02-15T21:56:58Z2015-02-15T21:56:58Z<p>Question: are we leveling by XP, or by fiat?</p>Question: are we leveling by XP, or by fiat?Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-15T21:56:58ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=58#28762015-02-15T21:27:10Z2015-02-15T21:27:10Z<p><b>"Must we?"</b> Anwel points at the unblocked exit. <b>"It seems they will not try to stop us to take that path."</b> He lowers his voice. <span class=tiny><b>"And I am also far from confident in my remaining magic. These guards have survived shadowy attacks once already."</b></span></p>"Must we?" Anwel points at the unblocked exit. "It seems they will not try to stop us to take that path." He lowers his voice. "And I am also far from confident in my remaining magic. These guards have survived shadowy attacks once already."Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-15T21:27:10ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Demons Run!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/gameplay&page=3#1012015-02-15T17:26:49Z2015-02-15T17:26:49Z<p>Tindómiel shuts her book and holds it protectively to her chest. She levels her free hand at the campsite, palm out and fingers splayed, waiting for one of Estagar's bugs to fully reveal itself.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>I ready an action to cast <i>magic missile</i> on the first giant bug I see.</span></p>Tindómiel shuts her book and holds it protectively to her chest. She levels her free hand at the campsite, palm out and fingers splayed, waiting for one of Estagar's bugs to fully reveal itself.
I ready an action to cast magic missile on the first giant bug I see.Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-15T17:26:49ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Demons Run!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/gameplay&page=2#962015-02-15T02:30:24Z2015-02-15T02:30:24Z<p>"Again?" Tindómiel gives the campsite a long-suffering look, and pulls a leather-bound tome with an iron clasp from a pouch. "This'll just take a second," she says, leafing through to the page she wants. As long as Anevia has her bow, Tindómiel knows she'll need to rely on her magic, and she wants to make sure it'll work.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>I spend 1 point from my arcane reservoir to use the Quick Study exploit. My prepared <i>color sprays</i> become <i>magic missiles</i>.</span></p>"Again?" Tindómiel gives the campsite a long-suffering look, and pulls a leather-bound tome with an iron clasp from a pouch. "This'll just take a second," she says, leafing through to the page she wants. As long as Anevia has her bow, Tindómiel knows she'll need to rely on her magic, and she wants to make sure it'll work.
I spend 1 point from my arcane reservoir to use the Quick Study exploit. My prepared color sprays become magic missiles.Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-15T02:30:24ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Demons Run!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/gameplay&page=2#902015-02-14T01:57:11Z2015-02-14T01:57:11Z<p>"Wait a minute, Aravashnial." Tindómiel stops firmly and holds him back from stepping any further. "Gabriel, Estagar, do you think whoever camped here might have left a trail? Could we follow it? It might tell us where to go if the path splits again."</p>"Wait a minute, Aravashnial." Tindómiel stops firmly and holds him back from stepping any further. "Gabriel, Estagar, do you think whoever camped here might have left a trail? Could we follow it? It might tell us where to go if the path splits again."Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-14T01:57:11ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=36#17992015-02-14T01:52:30Z2015-02-14T01:52:30Z<p>Fredo makes his way to the infirmary first, and finds himself drawn to the coffer. He gives it a cursory sweep for magic, then, whatever the result, tucks it carefully under his arm. Examining it can wait.</p>
<p>When a call comes from the captain's cabin, Fredo comes, hauling the coffer along. Finding it heavier than expected, he pawns it off on Emmera the first chance he gets. <b>"Be careful with that,"</b> he said. <b>"It's sealed, and the seal survived the ship's sinking. I don't want it opened until we're back on dry land."</b> He turns to examine the body.</p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>A holy symbol, you say? Whose is it? Knowledge (religion):</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Are there any other identifying marks or accessories on the body? Perception:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20</span></p>Fredo makes his way to the infirmary first, and finds himself drawn to the coffer. He gives it a cursory sweep for magic, then, whatever the result, tucks it carefully under his arm. Examining it can wait.
When a call comes from the captain's cabin, Fredo comes, hauling the coffer along. Finding it heavier than expected, he pawns it off on Emmera the first chance he gets. "Be careful with that," he said. "It's sealed, and the seal survived the ship's sinking. I don't want it opened until...Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-14T01:52:30ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=36#17962015-02-13T06:05:10Z2015-02-13T06:05:10Z<p>Fredo waves his hand, and the webbing he had conjured shrivels up and disintegrates, clearing the door deeper into the ship.</p>
<p><b>"Come on,"</b> he says, waving the others down to the door. <b>"The spell won't last forever, and our hostess might come back."</b> He opens the door if he can, and swims inside.</p>Fredo waves his hand, and the webbing he had conjured shrivels up and disintegrates, clearing the door deeper into the ship.
"Come on," he says, waving the others down to the door. "The spell won't last forever, and our hostess might come back." He opens the door if he can, and swims inside.Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-13T06:05:10ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Demons Run!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/gameplay&page=2#872015-02-13T06:02:31Z2015-02-13T06:02:31Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Don't some things go without saying?</span></p>
<p>Tindómiel leads Aravashnial down the left path, like she'd meant to do from the start.</p>Don't some things go without saying?
Tindómiel leads Aravashnial down the left path, like she'd meant to do from the start.Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-13T06:02:31ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: CotCT Thread! Discussion.Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/discussion&page=17#8322015-02-09T21:04:59Z2015-02-09T21:04:59Z<p>My thoughts would be different is this were a plot-important fight, but it's not. It's meant to provide XP, but we've dispensed with XP in favor of fiat leveling. Absent that function, this fight is just an obstacle, and it's serving as an obstacle. Axe it.</p>
<p>Hope your break has rejuvenated you, Leinathan, and welcome back to the Internet!</p>My thoughts would be different is this were a plot-important fight, but it's not. It's meant to provide XP, but we've dispensed with XP in favor of fiat leveling. Absent that function, this fight is just an obstacle, and it's serving as an obstacle. Axe it.
Hope your break has rejuvenated you, Leinathan, and welcome back to the Internet!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-09T21:04:59ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Demons Run!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/gameplay&page=2#822015-02-09T03:56:43Z2015-02-09T03:56:43Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>All that and I forgot to make the check.</span></p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Heal Aid Another:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7</span></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>EDIT: and it's a failure anyway. Help?</span></p>All that and I forgot to make the check.
[dice=Heal Aid Another]1d20+3[/dice]
EDIT: and it's a failure anyway. Help?Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-09T03:56:43ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Demons Run!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/gameplay&page=2#812015-02-09T03:56:06Z2015-02-09T03:56:06Z<p>"Just stand still, Aravashnial, I'll be back in a moment." Tindómiel pulls two sturdy wooden tubes from her belt and hands them to Tuli. "Hold these where it's broken," she says, tearing off more strips from the bottom of her cloak. She checks Anevia's pulse above and below the break, ties the top and bottom of the makeshift splint tightly with the strips of cloth, and checks the pulses again.</p>
<p>"Does that feel better?" Tindómiel pauses for a response, then continues. "You can use my bow for a crutch until we find something else. Okay?"</p>"Just stand still, Aravashnial, I'll be back in a moment." Tindómiel pulls two sturdy wooden tubes from her belt and hands them to Tuli. "Hold these where it's broken," she says, tearing off more strips from the bottom of her cloak. She checks Anevia's pulse above and below the break, ties the top and bottom of the makeshift splint tightly with the strips of cloth, and checks the pulses again.
"Does that feel better?" Tindómiel pauses for a response, then continues. "You can use my bow for a...Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-09T03:56:06ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Demons Run!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/gameplay&page=2#742015-02-07T00:09:14Z2015-02-07T00:09:14Z<p>Thrilling to Tuli's song, Tindómiel draws her bow, knocks an arrow, and looses it, all in one fluid motion.</p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Attack:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 + 1 = 10</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Damage:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d8 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 + 1 = 4</span></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Not that it matters, unless I happen to go before either Estagar or Gabriel. Their attacks were sufficient to kill a maggot each.</span></p>
<p>"Good work," she says, keeping the weapon held loosely in her hand for the next ambush. "Very efficient. Now let's go."</p>Thrilling to Tuli's song, Tindómiel draws her bow, knocks an arrow, and looses it, all in one fluid motion.
[dice=Attack]1d20+1+1[/dice]
[dice=Damage]1d8-1+1[/dice]
Not that it matters, unless I happen to go before either Estagar or Gabriel. Their attacks were sufficient to kill a maggot each.
"Good work," she says, keeping the weapon held loosely in her hand for the next ambush. "Very efficient. Now let's go."Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-07T00:09:14ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Demons Run!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/gameplay&page=2#672015-02-04T22:30:55Z2015-02-04T22:30:55Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>I'm pretty sure we'll get to act after the surprise round.</span></p>I'm pretty sure we'll get to act after the surprise round.Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-04T22:30:55ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Demons Run!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/gameplay&page=2#592015-02-03T22:25:43Z2015-02-03T22:25:43Z<p>"What for?" Now that she's spotted an exit, Tindómiel takes Aravashnial's arm. "It's sleeping, or dead. Give it a wide berth and we'll be fine." She leads the injured elf toward the left-hand passage, keeping as far from the spider as she can. It might still be able to spread some disease, after all.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Is there a map?</span></p>"What for?" Now that she's spotted an exit, Tindómiel takes Aravashnial's arm. "It's sleeping, or dead. Give it a wide berth and we'll be fine." She leads the injured elf toward the left-hand passage, keeping as far from the spider as she can. It might still be able to spread some disease, after all.
Is there a map?Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-03T22:25:43ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Demons Run!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/gameplay&page=2#552015-02-03T18:37:14Z2015-02-03T18:37:14Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Perception:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2</span></p>[dice=Perception]1d20+1[/dice]Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-02-03T18:37:14ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Demons Run!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/gameplay#472015-01-30T16:54:07Z2015-01-30T16:54:07Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice">1d4 ⇒ 4</span></p>
<p>"I am, and I think it's a beautiful name: <i>Heren Telperelmion</i>, <i>Aþâraibrînpathumân</i><span class=messageboard-ooc>•</span>." Tindómiel cups her scale in her outstretched hands. "I don't think I'd be a very good knight, though."</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>• pronounced Af-ohr-eye-breen-path-um-ohn.</span></p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>[dice]1d4[/dice]
"I am, and I think it's a beautiful name: Heren Telperelmion, Aþâraibrînpathumân*." Tindómiel cups her scale in her outstretched hands. "I don't think I'd be a very good knight, though."
* pronounced Af-ohr-eye-breen-path-um-ohn.
[Spoiler omitted]
[Spoiler omitted]Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-30T16:54:07ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Demons Run!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/gameplay#372015-01-28T22:28:33Z2015-01-28T22:28:33Z<p>"Be careful, Estagar," says Tindómiel. "I can feel strong magic in those scales. If … " her voice catches and she takes a calming breath, "if they belonged to Terendelev, or Halaseliax, or their kin, it probably won't hurt us, but it could be unstable."</p>"Be careful, Estagar," says Tindómiel. "I can feel strong magic in those scales. If … " her voice catches and she takes a calming breath, "if they belonged to Terendelev, or Halaseliax, or their kin, it probably won't hurt us, but it could be unstable."Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-28T22:28:33ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Demons Run!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/gameplay#342015-01-28T15:33:15Z2015-01-28T15:33:15Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">GM Calvus wrote:</div><blockquote> <span class=messageboard-ooc> Tindomiel you detect strong magic auras of various agic schools.</span> </blockquote><p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Fascinating! I keep looking, long enough to do this:</span>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Knowledge (arcana):</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Spellcraft:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31</span></p>GM Calvus wrote: Tindomiel you detect strong magic auras of various agic schools.
Fascinating! I keep looking, long enough to do this: [dice=Knowledge (arcana)]1d20+9[/dice]
[dice=Spellcraft]1d20+11[/dice]Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-28T15:33:15ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Demons Run!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/gameplay#312015-01-28T04:20:50Z2015-01-28T04:20:50Z<p>"Not unless we really need it," says Tindómiel firmly. "You need to <i>rest</i>."</p>
<p>Tindómiel notices Estagar and Gabriel investigating the shards glinting in the rubble, and while she is loath to leave Aravashnial alone, she can help from where she is. She attunes her gaze to the flow of magic, and turns it fully on the pile.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Cast <i>detect magic</i>.</span></p>"Not unless we really need it," says Tindómiel firmly. "You need to rest."
Tindómiel notices Estagar and Gabriel investigating the shards glinting in the rubble, and while she is loath to leave Aravashnial alone, she can help from where she is. She attunes her gaze to the flow of magic, and turns it fully on the pile.
Cast detect magic.Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-28T04:20:50ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Wrath Of The... heros I guess. DiscussionTindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/discussion#182015-01-27T17:57:53Z2015-01-27T17:57:53Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Estagar wrote:</div><blockquote><br />
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Can we have any discussion that is done in another language say elvish, use the spoiler tags please?</p>
<p>My character can understand Elvish but I cannot understand this -> "Enyalyë cilmessë? Marntë?" </blockquote><p>I translate it in spoilers at the bottom of the post.
<div class="messageboard-quotee">GM Calvus wrote:</div><blockquote> Yes. Getting hit hard. Still have power though </blockquote><div class="messageboard-quotee">Gabriel, The Just wrote:</div><blockquote> Sucks man, my parents are in WV and they are getting a lot of snow too but nothing like the true NE. Be safe. </blockquote><p>Solidarity.Estagar wrote:Can we have any discussion that is done in another language say elvish, use the spoiler tags please?My character can understand Elvish but I cannot understand this -> "Enyalyë cilmessë? Marntë?"
I translate it in spoilers at the bottom of the post. GM Calvus wrote:Yes. Getting hit hard. Still have power though
Gabriel, The Just wrote:Sucks man, my parents are in WV and they are getting a lot of snow too but nothing like the true NE. Be safe.
Solidarity.Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-27T17:57:53ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Demons Run!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/gameplay#272015-01-27T15:20:57Z2015-01-27T15:20:57Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Perception:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16</span></p>[dice=Perception]1d20+1[/dice]Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-27T15:20:57ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Demons Run!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/gameplay#222015-01-27T04:19:52Z2015-01-27T04:19:52Z<p>"<i>Mahtenelyë Raumaran!?</i>" Tindómiel allows herself a few moments of awed staring, secure in the knowledge that Aravashnial can't see her. "That was very brave," she says, lapsing back into the common tongue, "but I have to tell you … he took your eyes. There's nothing I can do about it. I'm sorry." She pets the back of his hand soothingly.</p>
<p>"At most I can keep you from getting worse," she explains, "and guide you to the surface if we can find a path. I'm sure we'll find someone who can help." That is, of course, a lie. Kenabres, once so secure in its four girdles, is probably a demon-choked wasteland by now. But it's a lie Tindómiel forces herself to believe. She'd probably go mad otherwise.</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>"Mahtenelyë Raumaran!?" Tindómiel allows herself a few moments of awed staring, secure in the knowledge that Aravashnial can't see her. "That was very brave," she says, lapsing back into the common tongue, "but I have to tell you … he took your eyes. There's nothing I can do about it. I'm sorry." She pets the back of his hand soothingly.
"At most I can keep you from getting worse," she explains, "and guide you to the surface if we can find a path. I'm sure we'll find someone who can help."...Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-27T04:19:52ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Wrath Of The... heros I guess. DiscussionTindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/discussion#132015-01-27T04:09:09Z2015-01-27T04:09:09Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Gabriel, The Just wrote:</div><blockquote> Hope Calvus is just having a busy day. </blockquote><p>Depending on where he is, his power might be out.Gabriel, The Just wrote:Hope Calvus is just having a busy day.
Depending on where he is, his power might be out.Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-27T04:09:09ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Demons Run!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/gameplay#112015-01-25T03:07:22Z2015-01-25T03:07:22Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Sorry, forgot to roll things.</span></p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Heal:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Diplomacy:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17</span></p>Sorry, forgot to roll things.
[dice=Heal]1d20+3[/dice]
[dice=Diplomacy]1d20+1[/dice]Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-25T03:07:22ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Demons Run!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/gameplay#102015-01-25T03:05:28Z2015-01-25T03:05:28Z<p>Tindómiel takes a deep, calming breath through her sleeve. How were they supposed to know if anybody wandered off, or if they took a turn for the worse, without a list? No matter. She'd just make it all herself. Estagar's name joins his diagonal hatching, and "Lord" gets one as well. Anevia and the deep-voiced elf, however, have their boxes filled with scattered points of ink. Both are awake, but neither, from what she can tell, can walk without help.</p>
<p>"You heard Gabriel, Estagar," says Tindómiel. "My kinsman needs me. But we can still stick together if you and Svett come too."</p>
<p>She had to steel herself at the sight of the elf. He wasn't bleeding, but only because his face had been cruelly cauterized. It had the look, and smell, of charred meat. There was virtually nothing left of his eyes. "<i>Hildenen,</i>" she murmurs. She gently takes his hands in hers to let him know she's here. "<i>Nanyë Tindómiel, parmandil Morirámaitello.</i>" she says clearly. "<i>Ecë nin manyal?</i>" Her patient nods. "<i>Vaituva antalya,</i>" she explains, ripping off the bottom of her cloak and cleansing it with magic before wrapping and tying it in the back like she would a blindfold. She unclasps the remainder of her cloak, and drapes it over the other elf's shoulders.</p>
<p>"<i>Enyalyë cilmessë? Marntë?</i>" She has a pretty good idea by now. There was an attack, and the defenders had lost, badly. The ground had opened up and swallowed them down. It is a miracle they are still alive. But it's important to keep someone injured this badly talking so he doesn't sink into apathy, and so she can listen to his breathing.</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>Tindómiel takes a deep, calming breath through her sleeve. How were they supposed to know if anybody wandered off, or if they took a turn for the worse, without a list? No matter. She'd just make it all herself. Estagar's name joins his diagonal hatching, and "Lord" gets one as well. Anevia and the deep-voiced elf, however, have their boxes filled with scattered points of ink. Both are awake, but neither, from what she can tell, can walk without help.
"You heard Gabriel, Estagar," says...Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-25T03:05:28ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Demons Run!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/gameplay#72015-01-24T23:35:33Z2015-01-24T23:35:33Z<p>Beaten to the first voice she'd heard call out, Tindómiel produces her notebook and pen and jots down Gabriel's name and hers. Next to each name she hatches a box diagonally from top left to bottom right. She sees a gnome start to rise from the rubble-pile, catches what sounds like his name, and adds it and another box of hatching. But it sounds like there are others stirring to life all around, and what she has is only the bare bones of an organized system.</p>
<p>"Everybody listen," she calls, firmly but calmly. "My name is Tindómiel. If you can walk, come to me, in the red light. If you can't, Gabriel will find you." Seeing Gabriel start to look around, she rips out a few pages from her journal and levitates them over to him. This is followed shortly after by a spare pen, the butt end of which glows with a small yellow light. "Try and record everybody's names and injuries, Gabriel" she says, lowering her voice but losing none of her insistence. "Especially if they're too hurt to walk. I think at least one may not be able to see," she adds more softly still, so only the paladin can hear. How else would the owner of that deep voice have missed her light? Before her mood can darken at that thought, she turns abruptly to the man Gabriel had helped to his feet.</p>
<p>"I don't think I have your name, sir," she says, already hatching in another box but leaving plenty of room.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>What we have here, see, is a classic mass casualty incident.</span></p>Beaten to the first voice she'd heard call out, Tindómiel produces her notebook and pen and jots down Gabriel's name and hers. Next to each name she hatches a box diagonally from top left to bottom right. She sees a gnome start to rise from the rubble-pile, catches what sounds like his name, and adds it and another box of hatching. But it sounds like there are others stirring to life all around, and what she has is only the bare bones of an organized system.
"Everybody listen," she calls,...Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-24T23:35:33ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Demons Run!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/gameplay#22015-01-24T20:26:07Z2015-01-24T20:26:07Z<p>"Ugh," Tindómiel groans. Her head and neck throb thunderously with each heartbeat, and she feels jagged-edged stones digging into her back and sides. She opens her eyes, and when that makes no difference to the darkness, puts a hand to the brooch on her breast. Her eyes flash pink, and a moment later the brooch starts to glow the same color. She sees the air clouded with thick rock dust, explaining the dry, scratchy feeling in her nose and throat.</p>
<p>"Hello?" she calls, rising to her feet and panning the impromptu light around her. "Is anyone there? Is anyone hurt?" She puts a sleeve over her mouth to breathe. She desperately wants some company. Even if she has to take care of them, together they'll be able to make sense of where they are, and of the half-remembered images of blood, devestation and horror that surface in Tindómiel's memory.</p>"Ugh," Tindómiel groans. Her head and neck throb thunderously with each heartbeat, and she feels jagged-edged stones digging into her back and sides. She opens her eyes, and when that makes no difference to the darkness, puts a hand to the brooch on her breast. Her eyes flash pink, and a moment later the brooch starts to glow the same color. She sees the air clouded with thick rock dust, explaining the dry, scratchy feeling in her nose and throat.
"Hello?" she calls, rising to her feet and...Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-24T20:26:07ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Wrath Of The... heros I guess. DiscussionTindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/discussion#72015-01-24T15:17:02Z2015-01-24T15:17:02Z<p>Buffs? We don't need no <i>steenking</i> buffs!</p>
<p><span class=tiny>Just kidding! Buffs are important.</span></p>
<p>• • • </p>
<p>Available buffs at the moment, not including cantrips and orisons, include:</p>
<p><i>divine favor</i> – Estagar (personal);
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studied target – Estagar (personal);
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<i>alter self</i> – Gabriel (personal);
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smite evil – Gabriel (personal);
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<i>shield of faith</i> – Svett;
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<i>expeditious retreat</i> – Tindómiel (personal);
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<i>forced quiet</i> – Tindómiel;
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<i>mage armor</i> – Tindómiel;
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<i>protection from evil</i> – Tindómiel;
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inspire courage +1 – Tuli;</p>
<p>… plus whatever applicable bard spells Tuli has (her sheet doesn't include them).</p>
<p>It looks like the general buff array will include <i>shield of faith</i>, <i>protection from evil</i>, and inspire courage. Everything else is either personal perforce, like <i>divine favor</i>, situational like <i>forced quiet</i>, or only useful for some characters, like <i>mage armor</i>.</p>Buffs? We don't need no steenking buffs!
Just kidding! Buffs are important.
* * *
Available buffs at the moment, not including cantrips and orisons, include:
divine favor – Estagar (personal);
studied target – Estagar (personal);
alter self – Gabriel (personal);
smite evil – Gabriel (personal);
shield of faith – Svett;
expeditious retreat – Tindómiel (personal);
forced quiet – Tindómiel;
mage armor – Tindómiel;
protection from evil – Tindómiel;
inspire courage +1 – Tuli;
… plus whatever...Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-24T15:17:02ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Wrath Of The... heros I guess. DiscussionTindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/discussion#32015-01-23T22:04:56Z2015-01-23T22:04:56Z<p>Me too, on both counts.</p>
<p>About when should we expect the gameplay thread?</p>Me too, on both counts.
About when should we expect the gameplay thread?Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-23T22:04:56ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Calvus's Wrath Of the Righteous.Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/recruiting&page=3#1452015-01-23T21:03:41Z2015-01-23T21:03:41Z<p>I wish we could all play. Well, I guess we can, it'll just be in other games. . . . </p>
<p>Have fun!</p>I wish we could all play. Well, I guess we can, it'll just be in other games. . . .
Have fun!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-23T21:03:41ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Calvus's Wrath Of the Righteous.Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/recruiting&page=3#1392015-01-23T14:31:55Z2015-01-23T14:31:55Z<p>19:00 hours GMT it is.</p>19:00 hours GMT it is.Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-23T14:31:55ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Calvus's Wrath Of the Righteous.Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/recruiting&page=3#1322015-01-22T17:16:50Z2015-01-22T17:16:50Z<p>"Be patient," says Tindómiel. "I have lived here four years without seeing the great dragon, except for public appearances."</p>
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Korrvin wrote:</div><blockquote> my character is not really a skill one </blockquote><p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Don't read too much into it.</span>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>"Be patient," says Tindómiel. "I have lived here four years without seeing the great dragon, except for public appearances."
Korrvin wrote:my character is not really a skill one
Don't read too much into it. [Spoiler omitted]Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-22T17:16:50ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Calvus's Wrath Of the Righteous.Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/recruiting&page=3#1152015-01-20T01:37:20Z2015-01-20T01:37:20Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Zoot Soot wrote:</div><blockquote>Modifying Zoot so i'll have two characters entered for the running </blockquote><p>"We can do that?" Tindómiel blinks a few times, looking back and forth between the paper in her hand and the audacious kobold. Finally, she writes his name at the end of the martial list. There's more than enough space to fit him. "Huh. I guess we can." Just to be sure, though, she adds a caveat to his entry and his <i>alter ego's</i>.
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>
<p>"My name is Tindómiel," she says, pointing it out on the list for Svett before rising to her full height. If he knew her tongue, he'd know there was more, and also not to ask. Or maybe he would anyway; he seemed very forward. Maybe she could distract him? "Calvus is getting people together for an Armasse eve celebration. I'm handling preparations, including the guest list," she says proudly. "I wrote it in the common speech . . . " she says, rolling it up and pulling its protective wooden tube from a pouch at her belt. Before putting it away, though, she shakes the tube and a second scroll falls out. " . . . but this star map is in elven." Tindómiel puts the list away and hands the chart to Svett. "Are you an astronomer?"</p>
<p>As the gnome busies himself with the proffered paper, Tindómiel turns to Tuli, smiling sheepishly. "Thanks," she says. "I was probably worrying over nothing." Trying to change the subject, she continues. "There's nothing I can do about the smell." She pats one of her pouches. "It's the tallow. I've been trying to do without it, but just can't yet."</p>Zoot Soot wrote:Modifying Zoot so i'll have two characters entered for the running
"We can do that?" Tindómiel blinks a few times, looking back and forth between the paper in her hand and the audacious kobold. Finally, she writes his name at the end of the martial list. There's more than enough space to fit him. "Huh. I guess we can." Just to be sure, though, she adds a caveat to his entry and his alter ego's. [Spoiler omitted]
"My name is Tindómiel," she says, pointing it out on the list...Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-20T01:37:20ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Calvus's Wrath Of the Righteous.Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/recruiting&page=3#1112015-01-19T14:20:50Z2015-01-19T14:20:50Z<p>"Why is everybody shouting?" Tindómiel massages her forehead with three thin fingers while her free hand fishes for her list. Glancing at it, she can tell it's already out of date, but that just means she'll get to make a new one! Probably not 'til Zoot makes his decision, though. "Hmm . . . It looks like there are four paladins competing for a spot besides you, Zoot, and only two other slayers apart from Estagar. There are also more martial submissions than skilled. But there is only one other kobold, next to two elf-kin."</p>
<p>She bends down and rests her hand awkwardly on Zoot's shoulder. They'd only just met, after all. "I don't think I could do it. If somebody told me they had to go away so I could have my life, especially if they were jealous . . . " Tindómiel bites her lip. "Anyway, it's your choice."</p>
<p>While she's on his level, Tindómiel turns to face Svett. "You're right," she says, softly at first but with panic building in her voice. "I should be more patient. I'm a disgrace. Do you think Calvus will send me away?"</p>"Why is everybody shouting?" Tindómiel massages her forehead with three thin fingers while her free hand fishes for her list. Glancing at it, she can tell it's already out of date, but that just means she'll get to make a new one! Probably not 'til Zoot makes his decision, though. "Hmm . . . It looks like there are four paladins competing for a spot besides you, Zoot, and only two other slayers apart from Estagar. There are also more martial submissions than skilled. But there is only one...Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-19T14:20:50ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Calvus's Wrath Of the Righteous.Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/recruiting&page=3#1062015-01-18T23:59:49Z2015-01-18T23:59:49Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Mackenzie Kavanaugh wrote:</div><blockquote> There's tons of submissions, just not a whole lot of chatting. </blockquote><p>So what you're saying is that the tradition of dead submissions weighs like a nightmare on the brains of the chatting?Mackenzie Kavanaugh wrote:There's tons of submissions, just not a whole lot of chatting.
So what you're saying is that the tradition of dead submissions weighs like a nightmare on the brains of the chatting?Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-18T23:59:49ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Calvus's Wrath Of the Righteous.Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/recruiting&page=3#1042015-01-18T22:48:45Z2015-01-18T22:48:45Z<p>C'mon, people, this is just depressing. We're getting outdone by the GM's other recruitment thread, for the Inheritor's sake!</p>C'mon, people, this is just depressing. We're getting outdone by the GM's other recruitment thread, for the Inheritor's sake!Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-18T22:48:45ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=58#28702015-01-18T21:28:06Z2015-01-18T21:28:06Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Perception:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23</span></p>
<p><b>"Do they not look familiar, Andrei?"</b> Anwel holds up one hand and lets his cuff fall to his elbow, and with his magic pulls the fresher bodies' robes aside (<i><span class=messageboard-ooc>mage hand</span></i>). The patterns are not exactly the same, but the scars of knife scorings and whip lashes are unmistakable. <b>"These may be the men and women I was meant to meet."</b> Anwel frowns, disappointed he never got the chance.</p>
<p><b>"A scan of the room may reveal what killed them,"</b> he says flatly. <b>"Unfortunately, that ability has fled me for the day. Would you mind?"</b></p>[dice=Perception]1d20+4[/dice]
"Do they not look familiar, Andrei?" Anwel holds up one hand and lets his cuff fall to his elbow, and with his magic pulls the fresher bodies' robes aside (mage hand). The patterns are not exactly the same, but the scars of knife scorings and whip lashes are unmistakable. "These may be the men and women I was meant to meet." Anwel frowns, disappointed he never got the chance.
"A scan of the room may reveal what killed them," he says flatly. "Unfortunately,...Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-18T21:28:06ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Calvus's Wrath Of the Righteous.Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/recruiting&page=2#952015-01-16T13:58:04Z2015-01-16T13:58:04Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Wivvy wrote:</div><blockquote> I've mostly finished my character, just some fluffy things to work out now, hears the gist of him. <a href="http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=80404" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Frek</a>.</blockquote><p>Something's wrong with your link. It directs me to a page that looks like <a href="http://i58.tinypic.com/2v82yrs.png" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this</a>. Despite saying that the sheet is "loading," it in fact never loads. Are you sure you set the viewing permissions correctly?Wivvy wrote:I've mostly finished my character, just some fluffy things to work out now, hears the gist of him. Frek.
Something's wrong with your link. It directs me to a page that looks like this. Despite saying that the sheet is "loading," it in fact never loads. Are you sure you set the viewing permissions correctly?Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-16T13:58:04ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Calvus's Wrath Of the Righteous.Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/recruiting&page=2#932015-01-16T09:52:18Z2015-01-16T09:52:18Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Jejraas the Owlbear wrote:</div><blockquote> just saying, I was THINKING of sorcerer, but I decided witch (warlock in this case....) </blockquote><p>This is the first I'm hearing of it, and thus the first opportunity I've got to change the entry. Which I will. And I'll keep doing so as more information becomes available.
<p>Bear in mind that nothing in the roster is official, and that nothing at all is final until 23 January. By that point I expect a positive embarrassment of riches.</p>
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Caelia Taviskin wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Tindómiel Itarillë wrote:</div><blockquote><span class=messageboard-ooc><s>Calinthas Aldimay – Náriel Lauric, Female aasimar sorcerer 1</s> [ooc]<i>See</i> Caelia Taviskin, <i>supra</i></span></blockquote>My apologies, I should have mentioned to abandon that particular character when I changed direction.</blockquote><p>You <i>did</i> mention it. That's why I struck it through. But I'll remove it entirely going forward.
<p>• • • </p>
<p>The roster now includes links to initial concept generations and to full concept expositions; aliases where they exist, and posts where they don't.</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>
<p>• • • </p>
<p>I've got my background fully uploaded now. I decided to forego a personality description because that should be clear from the background. Everything from my profile is reproduced below.</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>Jejraas the Owlbear wrote:just saying, I was THINKING of sorcerer, but I decided witch (warlock in this case....)
This is the first I'm hearing of it, and thus the first opportunity I've got to change the entry. Which I will. And I'll keep doing so as more information becomes available. Bear in mind that nothing in the roster is official, and that nothing at all is final until 23 January. By that point I expect a positive embarrassment of riches.
Caelia Taviskin wrote:Tindómiel Itarillë...Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-16T09:52:18ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Calvus's Wrath Of the Righteous.Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/recruiting&page=2#862015-01-15T21:16:54Z2015-01-15T21:16:54Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">GM Calvus wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">zomblisham wrote:</div><blockquote> How do you feel about wordcasting? And would you allow the kobolds scale boneses from classic monsters revisited? </blockquote>What do you mean by scale bonuses? </blockquote><p>[Spoiler omitted]GM Calvus wrote:zomblisham wrote: How do you feel about wordcasting? And would you allow the kobolds scale boneses from classic monsters revisited?
What do you mean by scale bonuses? [Spoiler omitted]Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-15T21:16:54ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Calvus's Wrath Of the Righteous.Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/recruiting&page=2#752015-01-15T12:13:21Z2015-01-15T12:13:21Z<p>Question: will we be allowed to use the <a href="http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/ultimateCampaign/campaignSystems/retraining.html#retraining" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">retraining</a> rules to retrain archetypes?</p>
<p>I've begun uploading my background to my profile, so keep an eye on that, I guess.</p>
<p>Updated roster of submissions:</p>
<p><b>Martial</b>
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Runge – Harn Serenada, Male human paladin 1
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Ashe – Gabriel the Just, Male aasimar paladin 1
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Brandon Dellmen – Eibon Elders, Male aasimar paladin 1
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Wivvy – [Name], [Sex] suli paladin 1
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Javell DeLeon – Morgrim Ironfist, Male dwarf barbarian 1
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Berenzen – [Name], [Sex] [race] bloodrager 1</p>
<p><b>Divine</b>
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CaptainFord – Oskar Balderk, Male dwarf cleric 1
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A Golden Time – Svett Koon, Male gnome oracle 1
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Calinthas Aldimay – Caelia Taviskin, Female human cleric 1
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kamenhero25 – Marcellano, Alazario, Male human cleric 1
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Brooklyn85 – [Name], [Sex] human warpriest 1</p>
<p><b>Arcane</b>
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zimmerwald1915 – Tindómiel Itarillë, Female elf arcanist 1
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<s>Calinthas Aldimay – Náriel Lauric, Female aasimar sorcerer 1</s> <span class=messageboard-ooc><i>See</i> Caelia Taviskin, <i>supra</i></span>
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markofbane – [Name], [Sex] [race] wizard 1
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Jejraas the Owlbear – [Name], [Sex] [race] sorcerer 1
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HighonHolyWater – [Name], [Sex] gnome sorcerer 1</p>
<p><b>Skill</b>
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tribeof1 – Curn Blackhand, Male human slayer 1
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Lady Ladile – [Name], [Sex] [race] skald 1
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Brother Fen – Selador Sylvanin, Male half-elf ranger 1
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Riuk – Korrvin, Male half-orc inquisitor 1
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Phntm888 – Harram Fliyn, Male human slayer 1
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Tharasiph – Estagar, Male half-elf inquisitor 1
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TheNine – Tuli, Female catfolk bard 1</p>
<p><b>Miscellaneous</b>
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DoubleGold – [Name], [Sex] [race] inquisitor or magus or hunter or warpriest 1
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DM Variel – [Name], [Sex] tiefling ranger or rogue 1
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Mackenzie Kavanaugh – [Name], [Sex] skinwalker [class] 1</p>Question: will we be allowed to use the retraining rules to retrain archetypes?
I've begun uploading my background to my profile, so keep an eye on that, I guess.
Updated roster of submissions:
Martial
Runge – Harn Serenada, Male human paladin 1
Ashe – Gabriel the Just, Male aasimar paladin 1
Brandon Dellmen – Eibon Elders, Male aasimar paladin 1
Wivvy – [Name], [Sex] suli paladin 1
Javell DeLeon – Morgrim Ironfist, Male dwarf barbarian 1
Berenzen – [Name], [Sex] [race] bloodrager 1
...Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-15T12:13:21ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=58#28672015-01-14T19:09:12Z2015-01-14T19:09:12Z<p><b>"Is there a reason to stay?"</b> huffs Anwel, determinedly ignoring the persistent images of the restless dead. He knows he has no reason to be upset at being taken in, but he is despite that. Illusions were supposed to be his bailiwick, numb it!</p>"Is there a reason to stay?" huffs Anwel, determinedly ignoring the persistent images of the restless dead. He knows he has no reason to be upset at being taken in, but he is despite that. Illusions were supposed to be his bailiwick, numb it!Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-14T19:09:12ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Calvus's Wrath Of the Righteous.Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/WrathOfTheHerosIGuess/recruiting#502015-01-14T16:25:01Z2015-01-14T15:45:00Z<p>Zimmerwald here. Stats and appearance are in my profile. I have my background sketched in a Word document, but I don't think it's quite up to snuff, so it isn't in my profile yet. I have classes until nine in the evening today, so it probably won't be posted until tomorrow. I hope that's okay.</p>
<p>Just to make everyone's lives easier, here's a list of everyone who has submitted some form of character concept (as distinct from those who have expressed interest but not progressed beyond rolling stats), sorted by overall category and time of concept generation.</p>
<p><b>Martial</b>
<br />
Runge – Harn Serenada, Male human paladin 1
<br />
Ashe – Gabriel the Just, Male aasimar paladin 1
<br />
Brandon Dellmen – Eibon Elders, Male aasimar paladin 1
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Wivvy – [Name], [Sex] suli paladin 1
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Javell DeLeon – Morgrim Ironfis, Male dwarf barbarian 1</p>
<p><b>Divine</b>
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CaptainFord – Oskar Balderk, Male dwarf cleric 1
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A Golden Time – [Name], [Sex] gnome oracle 1
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Calinthas Aldimay – Caelia Taviskin, Female human cleric 1</p>
<p><b>Arcane</b>
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zimmerwald1915 – Tindómiel Itarillë, Female elf arcanist 1
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Náriel Lauric – [Name], Female aasimar sorcerer 1
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markofbane – [Name], [Sex] [race] wizard 1
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Jejraas the Owlbear – [Name], [Sex] [race] sorcerer 1
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HighonHolyWater – [Name], [Sex] gnome sorcerer 1</p>
<p><b>Skill</b>
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DoubleGold – [Name], [Sex] [race] inquisitor or magus or hunter or warpriest 1
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tribeof1 – [Name], [Sex] human slayer 1
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Lady Ladile – [Name], [Sex] [race] skald 1
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Brother Fen – Selador Sylvanin, Male half-elf ranger 1
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DM Variel – [Name], [Sex] tiefling ranger or rogue 1</p>Zimmerwald here. Stats and appearance are in my profile. I have my background sketched in a Word document, but I don't think it's quite up to snuff, so it isn't in my profile yet. I have classes until nine in the evening today, so it probably won't be posted until tomorrow. I hope that's okay.
Just to make everyone's lives easier, here's a list of everyone who has submitted some form of character concept (as distinct from those who have expressed interest but not progressed beyond rolling...Tindómiel Itarillë (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-14T15:45:00ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=58#28642015-01-09T02:01:05Z2015-01-09T02:01:05Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Will:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8</span> <span class=messageboard-ooc>Usual conditional modifiers, +1 from <i>resistance</i>.</span></p>
<p>Lacking anything better to do, Anwel re-wards himself <span class=messageboard-ooc><i>resistance</i></span> and blinks hard at the shambling crowd of dead dwarves. How embarrassing it would be if an illusion had taken him in! Fortunately, everything about them seems real.</p>[dice=Will]1d20+4[/dice] Usual conditional modifiers, +1 from resistance.
Lacking anything better to do, Anwel re-wards himself resistance and blinks hard at the shambling crowd of dead dwarves. How embarrassing it would be if an illusion had taken him in! Fortunately, everything about them seems real.Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-09T02:01:05ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=58#28612015-01-06T23:00:59Z2015-01-06T23:00:59Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Will:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5</span> <span class=messageboard-ooc>+2 if I'm resisting an enchantment, +1 if it's mind-affecting, per usual. Not that it matters with that roll.</span></p>
<p>This far underground, the puddle Anwel conjures is dark brown and pungent with ages of decay, but no less slippery for all that. <span class=messageboard-ooc>Casting <i>grease</i>. DC 16 Reflex save, or fall prone.</span> <b>"There, Kallista. That should burn nicely,"</b> he says, glancing at the lightly smoking vial the alchemist has cupped in her hand.</p>[dice=Will]1d20+3[/dice] +2 if I'm resisting an enchantment, +1 if it's mind-affecting, per usual. Not that it matters with that roll.
This far underground, the puddle Anwel conjures is dark brown and pungent with ages of decay, but no less slippery for all that. Casting grease. DC 16 Reflex save, or fall prone. "There, Kallista. That should burn nicely," he says, glancing at the lightly smoking vial the alchemist has cupped in her hand.Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2015-01-06T23:00:59ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=36#17882014-12-31T03:34:34Z2014-12-31T03:34:34Z<p>Now that the druid stands alone and he doesn't risk ensnaring anyone else, Fredo feels safe conjuring thick cables of spider silk to hold her in place. They fill a whole corner of the cabin, their edge extending just beyond the druid, but close enough to Raijinn for him to grab and pull himself in.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Cast <i>web</i>. DC 16 Reflex or gain the grappled condition. Technically, I go before Raijinn in the initiative order, so can he replace his Swim attempt to get to Yvicca with something else?</span></p>Now that the druid stands alone and he doesn't risk ensnaring anyone else, Fredo feels safe conjuring thick cables of spider silk to hold her in place. They fill a whole corner of the cabin, their edge extending just beyond the druid, but close enough to Raijinn for him to grab and pull himself in.
Cast web. DC 16 Reflex or gain the grappled condition. Technically, I go before Raijinn in the initiative order, so can he replace his Swim attempt to get to Yvicca with something else?Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-12-31T03:34:34ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: CotCT Thread! Discussion.Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/discussion&page=17#8222014-12-29T00:48:55Z2014-12-29T00:48:55Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Nostrum wrote:</div><blockquote> Yeah, I'm doing great. Got married and graduated law school last month, so it's been a busy busy year.</blockquote><p>Mazel to both. When are you taking the Bar?Nostrum wrote:Yeah, I'm doing great. Got married and graduated law school last month, so it's been a busy busy year.
Mazel to both. When are you taking the Bar?Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-12-29T00:48:55ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: DM-Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign DiscussionAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/discussion&page=15#7292014-12-22T13:44:01Z2014-12-22T13:44:01Z<p>Likewise.</p>Likewise.Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-12-22T13:44:01ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=36#17792014-12-12T06:52:27Z2014-12-12T06:52:27Z<p>Fredo winces in sympathy as the trident digs into Raijinn's belly, then considers his options. His one remaining attack spell might not work, and Raijinn needs help. As soon as the blood thins, Fredo concentrates on the defensive magic protecting the hag, and does his best to unravel it.</p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Dispel Magic:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18</span> <span class=messageboard-ooc>Do I dispel the <i>barkskin</i>?</span></p>
<p><b>"Try again, Raijinn,"</b> he says. <b>"Emmera, Burahl, Raijinn might appreciate your aid."</b></p>Fredo winces in sympathy as the trident digs into Raijinn's belly, then considers his options. His one remaining attack spell might not work, and Raijinn needs help. As soon as the blood thins, Fredo concentrates on the defensive magic protecting the hag, and does his best to unravel it.
[dice=Dispel Magic]1d20+5[/dice] Do I dispel the barkskin?
"Try again, Raijinn," he says. "Emmera, Burahl, Raijinn might appreciate your aid."Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-12-12T06:52:27ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=36#17732014-12-02T10:08:34Z2014-12-02T10:08:34Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Swim back:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 ⇒ 14</span></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Whatever could that spell be?</span> <span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Spellcraft:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18</span></p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Scorching ray:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Damage:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">4d6 ⇒ (6, 3, 2, 5) = 16</span> <span class=messageboard-ooc>nonlethal fire</span></p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Pierce SR:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20</span></p>
<p>Seeing the hag cast defensive spell, Fredo decides to make the most of his own spells before they can no longer affect her. He points Cressida's rod at the druid and channels heat through it. A jet of superheated water lances from the tip of the rod. It nearly loses coherence before it touches the hag, but Fredo holds the rod and his will steady until an angry red mark appears on her skin.</p>[dice=Swim back]1d20[/dice]
Whatever could that spell be? [dice=Spellcraft]1d20+13[/dice]
[dice=Scorching ray]1d20+5[/dice]
[dice=Damage]4d6[/dice] nonlethal fire
[dice=Pierce SR]1d20+5[/dice]
Seeing the hag cast defensive spell, Fredo decides to make the most of his own spells before they can no longer affect her. He points Cressida's rod at the druid and channels heat through it. A jet of superheated water lances from the tip of the rod. It nearly loses coherence before it touches the...Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-12-02T10:08:34ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=36#17662014-11-26T00:04:51Z2014-11-26T00:04:51Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Fortitude:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Strength damage:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d6 ⇒ 5</span></p>[dice=Fortitude]1d20+3[/dice]
[dice=Strength damage]1d6[/dice]Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-11-26T00:04:51ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=36#17642014-11-25T19:58:45Z2014-11-25T19:58:45Z<p><b>"We can separate ourselves from our companions,"</b> says Fredo. <b>"I left Cat on the shore, remember? But a shark companion probably means the master likes spending time in the water."</b> He grimaces in dismay as the shark, instead of attacking them, swims face-first into the back wall of the hold. <b>"And I'd wager they're behind that door."</b> Fredo draws Cressida's gift, and readies a counterspell. He'd never faced a druid in their element before, but having it all around them couldn't be safe.</p>"We can separate ourselves from our companions," says Fredo. "I left Cat on the shore, remember? But a shark companion probably means the master likes spending time in the water." He grimaces in dismay as the shark, instead of attacking them, swims face-first into the back wall of the hold. "And I'd wager they're behind that door." Fredo draws Cressida's gift, and readies a counterspell. He'd never faced a druid in their element before, but having it all around them couldn't be safe.Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-11-25T19:58:45ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: DM-Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign DiscussionAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/discussion&page=15#7222014-11-22T21:21:18Z2014-11-22T21:21:18Z<p>Happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate it.</p>Happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate it.Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-11-22T21:21:18ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=36#17602014-11-13T20:05:40Z2014-11-13T20:05:40Z<p><b>"No one aboard means no one to feed,"</b> burbles Fredo. Kroft had mentioned that no one on the ship had responded to the hails from the Citadel, and this find merely confirmed that the ship hadn't been crewed. <b>"But we already knew that. Looks like if we want to learn something new, we'll have to go into the back."</b> Fredo pushes along the side of the ship toward the hole under what had once been the waterline.</p>"No one aboard means no one to feed," burbles Fredo. Kroft had mentioned that no one on the ship had responded to the hails from the Citadel, and this find merely confirmed that the ship hadn't been crewed. "But we already knew that. Looks like if we want to learn something new, we'll have to go into the back." Fredo pushes along the side of the ship toward the hole under what had once been the waterline.Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-11-13T20:05:40ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=36#17542014-11-04T12:21:29Z2014-11-04T12:21:29Z<p>Unable to spare the extra casting, and aware of her unwillingness to go in the water, Fredo leaves Cat on shore. <b>"Just get home safe,"</b> he says firmly, doing his best to hide his discomfort at the prospect of being separated from her for the first time in a while. He kneels down, and she butts her head into the palm of his hand. <b>"Don't do anything foolish."</b> She gives him a look and saunters off. He's reassured nonetheless.</p>
<p>The robe bunching up around his ankles makes kicking difficult, so Fredo has to virtually pull himself to the bottom of the harbor. Upon seeing the wreck, he makes for the protruding foremast and uses it to guide himself down to the detached bow. He peers over the edge to the exposed inner decks. <b>"This end'll be easier to investigate first. It's open, and smaller."</b></p>Unable to spare the extra casting, and aware of her unwillingness to go in the water, Fredo leaves Cat on shore. "Just get home safe," he says firmly, doing his best to hide his discomfort at the prospect of being separated from her for the first time in a while. He kneels down, and she butts her head into the palm of his hand. "Don't do anything foolish." She gives him a look and saunters off. He's reassured nonetheless.
The robe bunching up around his ankles makes kicking difficult, so...Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-11-04T12:21:29ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=35#17502014-10-30T19:39:57Z2014-10-30T19:39:57Z<p><b>"I learned it from Vreeg's actually,"</b> says Fredo, frowning at Emmera's patronizing. Akiki had stolen from Vendra to help the party. How was this worse? <b>"You'll probably learn more from it than from re-examining mine.<span class=messageboard-ooc>•</span> But yes, absolutely, whenever you want.</b></p>
<p><b>"As for who should go, and when..."</b> Fredo looks from Emmera to Rajinn, <b>"We should delay no longer, and we might all be needed, impaired or no. Not that I think your worries are at all grounded, Raijinn."</b> He smiles confidently. <b>"Burahl can take a potion tonight, and if we don't manage a full investigation in two hours, we can go back tomorrow better prepared."</b> Fredo gives Eiress her 375 sails.</p>
<p><b>"Take us as far as you can."</b></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>• I've transcribed Vreeg's spellbook into my profile for future reference.</span></p>"I learned it from Vreeg's actually," says Fredo, frowning at Emmera's patronizing. Akiki had stolen from Vendra to help the party. How was this worse? "You'll probably learn more from it than from re-examining mine.* But yes, absolutely, whenever you want.
"As for who should go, and when..." Fredo looks from Emmera to Rajinn, "We should delay no longer, and we might all be needed, impaired or no. Not that I think your worries are at all grounded, Raijinn." He smiles confidently. "Burahl can...Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-30T19:39:57ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=58#28572014-10-30T14:30:53Z2014-10-30T14:30:53Z<p>Anwel, stuck behind the others in the narrow entrance to the side passage and in no position to fire a bow considering the low ceiling, readies a spell. It will have to be good enough to let the others finish things quickly; it is the only one he has that might make a difference against a group of revenants.</p>Anwel, stuck behind the others in the narrow entrance to the side passage and in no position to fire a bow considering the low ceiling, readies a spell. It will have to be good enough to let the others finish things quickly; it is the only one he has that might make a difference against a group of revenants.Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-30T14:30:53ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/gameplay#382014-10-29T04:03:12Z2014-10-29T04:03:12Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Jack Thimble, Jr. wrote:</div><blockquote><span class=messageboard-ooc>Having GM'd this adventure before, does Jack get any XP for having successfully influenced an NPC to Helpful?</span> </blockquote><p>[Spoiler omitted]Jack Thimble, Jr. wrote:Having GM'd this adventure before, does Jack get any XP for having successfully influenced an NPC to Helpful?
[Spoiler omitted]GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-29T04:03:12ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=35#17462014-10-26T07:42:03Z2014-10-26T07:42:03Z<p><b>"An hour round trip, less if we sail out to the middle of the channel first..."</b> Fredo muses. He turns to Emmera, who knows the spell. <b>"I can enchant the six of us for an hour and forty minutes with a single casting. Do you think that's too close a shave? It'll last longer if even one person relies on a potion instead."</b></p>"An hour round trip, less if we sail out to the middle of the channel first..." Fredo muses. He turns to Emmera, who knows the spell. "I can enchant the six of us for an hour and forty minutes with a single casting. Do you think that's too close a shave? It'll last longer if even one person relies on a potion instead."Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-26T07:42:03ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/gameplay#362014-10-25T03:24:52Z2014-10-25T03:24:52Z<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Gunter, Jack, Simon, and Tiesa receive 100 XP each.</span></p>
<p><b>"Aye, that I be,"</b> says Sandara, finishing her ritual and heaving Jakes overboard. <b>"Just say the word if you need anything."</b> She leads Tiesa to the rum ration line and, when she gets hers, knocks it back. <b>"That's the quartermaster, Cut-Throat Grok, I told ya 'bout,"</b> she says, pointing to the reedy half-orc with an ugly scar across her throat, doling out the dark, strong alcohol. </p>
<p><b>"Drink up, greenhorns,"</b> she says, giving Gunter, Jack, Simon and Tiesa each half a pint, and grinning toothily before waving them on so she can serve the next sailors in line. </p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Gunter and Jack take 2 Constitution damage each. Simon takes 1 Constitution damage.</span></p>
<p>Gunter, Tiesa, and Simon all retire early, but Jack decides to find his way to Rosie instead. He finds her just in time to see her toss her rum overboard. <b>"Well, there's the quartermaster at rumtime, but I think ye've figgered that out."</b> She gives Jack a sympathetic pat on the shoulder. <b>"Ye're lookin' like ye been through the Hells and back after that dosin'. Quinn says she ain't such a bad sort, but I'm not buyin' it. She be keepin' me fiddle, see."</b> She crosses her arms. <b>"'part from that, stay outta the gunnery. And if'n ye see a blue-haired gnome name of Shortstone up in the rigging, tell him to keep off yer longshank lady friend. She'll thank ye."</b></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Since it seems no one wants to take the Entertain or Gamble ship actions tonight, I'll just describe those now for future reference.</span></p>
<p>Jack and Rosie spend an hour or two watching the other sailors gamble, fight, sing, and yarn the night away, joining in a few of the chanteys but not going out of their way to get noticed. Around them, pirates arm wrestle over broken glass, toss greased lead pellets down a trestle table, see who can down the most leftover rum, and bet on all of the above.</p>[Spoiler omitted]
Gunter, Jack, Simon, and Tiesa receive 100 XP each.
"Aye, that I be," says Sandara, finishing her ritual and heaving Jakes overboard. "Just say the word if you need anything." She leads Tiesa to the rum ration line and, when she gets hers, knocks it back. "That's the quartermaster, Cut-Throat Grok, I told ya 'bout," she says, pointing to the reedy half-orc with an ugly scar across her throat, doling out the dark, strong alcohol.
"Drink up, greenhorns," she says, giving...GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-25T03:24:52ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=35#17442014-10-25T02:35:18Z2014-10-25T02:35:18Z<p><b>"That depends,"</b> says Fredo. <b>"Based on where the ship sank, how long do you think it'll take for us to get there, check it out, and resurface?"</b></p>"That depends," says Fredo. "Based on where the ship sank, how long do you think it'll take for us to get there, check it out, and resurface?"Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-25T02:35:18ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=35#17402014-10-22T07:06:28Z2014-10-22T07:06:28Z<p><b>"Yeah."</b> Thankfully, the rest of the spider-killing is done in silence, though Fredo can feel Thaven's eyes drilling into the back of his head. It's bound to be a long night.</p>"Yeah." Thankfully, the rest of the spider-killing is done in silence, though Fredo can feel Thaven's eyes drilling into the back of his head. It's bound to be a long night.Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-22T07:06:28ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: CotCT Thread! Discussion.Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/discussion&page=17#8122014-10-22T06:43:19Z2014-10-22T06:43:19Z<p>•glub glub•</p>*glub glub*Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-22T06:43:19ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: GM Zimmer's Skull & Shackles DiscussionGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/discussion#272014-10-21T02:58:25Z2014-10-21T02:58:25Z<p>Sorry for my absence, I've had a hell of week. I'll have something up tomorrow.</p>Sorry for my absence, I've had a hell of week. I'll have something up tomorrow.GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-21T02:58:25ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=57#28442014-10-15T13:52:07Z2014-10-15T13:52:07Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Andrei Avotrus wrote:</div><blockquote> <span class=messageboard-ooc>I thought we had all gone down the same tunnel it is just Warren and Vrag had gone further down it.</span></blockquote><p><span class=messageboard-ooc>That was my impression as well, given that we were close enough to share dialogue on October 2 and given that Warren made a big deal of spreading the party out in the open, never mind the more drastic taking different paths in a dungeon.</span>
<p>Anwel nods, gathers up his rope, and follows Andrei down the tunnel, guiding himself in the absence of light with a hand on the left wall.</p>Andrei Avotrus wrote:I thought we had all gone down the same tunnel it is just Warren and Vrag had gone further down it.
That was my impression as well, given that we were close enough to share dialogue on October 2 and given that Warren made a big deal of spreading the party out in the open, never mind the more drastic taking different paths in a dungeon. Anwel nods, gathers up his rope, and follows Andrei down the tunnel, guiding himself in the absence of light with a hand on the left wall.Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-15T13:52:07ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=35#17382014-10-11T04:53:54Z2014-10-11T04:53:54Z<p><b>"Exactly."</b> Fredo had chosen the sum because it wiped out Vendra's savings. Of course, Akiki had already taken it, but the idea was not to let Vendra know that. Leaving her unable to pay her promised sum offered another opportunity to appear magnanimous - or, depending on their needs and Vendra's conduct an opportunity to double the funds at their disposal. Cat stretches and yawns contentedly at the thought. <b>"And a net <i>profit</i> of a hundred sails or more is simply unacceptable."</b></p>"Exactly." Fredo had chosen the sum because it wiped out Vendra's savings. Of course, Akiki had already taken it, but the idea was not to let Vendra know that. Leaving her unable to pay her promised sum offered another opportunity to appear magnanimous - or, depending on their needs and Vendra's conduct an opportunity to double the funds at their disposal. Cat stretches and yawns contentedly at the thought. "And a net profit of a hundred sails or more is simply unacceptable."Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-11T04:53:54ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=35#17352014-10-11T03:50:42Z2014-10-11T03:50:42Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">The Harrow GM wrote:</div><blockquote><span class=messageboard-ooc>That depends. Are we talking gold or dollars? ;)</span> </blockquote><p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Either or ;)</span>
<p><b>"Of course you are. You're a fraud and a murderess, and the <i>kindness</i> you asked me for is one you scarcely deserve. There is no way you're recouping your losses on this deal."</b> Fredo waves his hand at the decidedly middle-class establishment. <b>"You're lucky I offered enough to live and pay tax on this place on for a year<span class=messageboard-ooc>•</span> in the first place."</b></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>•<a href="http://paizo.com/PRD/gamemastering.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Well, ten months</a>, but who's counting?</span></p>The Harrow GM wrote:That depends. Are we talking gold or dollars? ;)
Either or ;) "Of course you are. You're a fraud and a murderess, and the kindness you asked me for is one you scarcely deserve. There is no way you're recouping your losses on this deal." Fredo waves his hand at the decidedly middle-class establishment. "You're lucky I offered enough to live and pay tax on this place on for a year* in the first place."
*Well, ten months, but who's counting?Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-11T03:50:42ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=35#17332014-10-11T01:49:58Z2014-10-11T01:49:58Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>damage:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>damage:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5</span></p>
<p><b>"Assuming this is a one-time arrangement,"</b> another two flashes, another dead spider, <b>"then fifty sails at the receipt of the information, plus as much as fifty more depending on what I think of it."</b></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Be honest, GM, how often do your PCs pay you for plot hooks?</span></p>[dice=damage]1d4+1[/dice]
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"Assuming this is a one-time arrangement," another two flashes, another dead spider, "then fifty sails at the receipt of the information, plus as much as fifty more depending on what I think of it."
Be honest, GM, how often do your PCs pay you for plot hooks?Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-11T01:49:58ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=35#17312014-10-11T00:18:09Z2014-10-11T00:18:09Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>damage:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5</span></p>
<p><b>"To be frank, I wouldn't refer you to a group working on an alchemical cure even if I knew of one."</b> One flash from Fredo's wand is enough to cause a dream spider to crumple and die, but since there are eleven more, it's guaranteed to be a slow process. <b>"But that gives me an idea: the Queen's Physicians. I don't think they're working on a cure any more than you were, Vendra. But they're terribly secretive. I'd pay anyone who could tell me what they were actually doing a substantial sum."</b></p>[dice=damage]1d4+1[/dice]
"To be frank, I wouldn't refer you to a group working on an alchemical cure even if I knew of one." One flash from Fredo's wand is enough to cause a dream spider to crumple and die, but since there are eleven more, it's guaranteed to be a slow process. "But that gives me an idea: the Queen's Physicians. I don't think they're working on a cure any more than you were, Vendra. But they're terribly secretive. I'd pay anyone who could tell me what they were actually...Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-11T00:18:09ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/gameplay#332014-10-10T16:09:28Z2014-10-10T16:09:28Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Same as any other NPC.</span></p>Same as any other NPC.GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-10T16:09:28ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=35#17282014-10-10T16:07:41Z2014-10-10T16:07:41Z<p><b>"The drug is made from their venom,"</b> explains Fredo. He pulls out the crystal wand he'd taken from Lamm, thinking it fitting, if not particularly efficient. <b>"I know of no other use for them."</b></p>"The drug is made from their venom," explains Fredo. He pulls out the crystal wand he'd taken from Lamm, thinking it fitting, if not particularly efficient. "I know of no other use for them."Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-10T16:07:41ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=57#28392014-10-10T02:54:38Z2014-10-10T02:54:38Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>For the record, you have <i>resistance</i> up, and will continue to have <i>resistance</i> up for the rest of the minute.</span></p>For the record, you have resistance up, and will continue to have resistance up for the rest of the minute.Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-10T02:54:38ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/gameplay#302014-10-09T19:35:55Z2014-10-09T19:35:55Z<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>
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<p><b><span class=messageboard-ooc>Later That Evening</span></b></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Gunter, Jack, Simon, and Tiesa receive 100 XP each.</span></p>
<p>Six bells ring just before nightfall, and, prompted by whichever crewmembers happen to be nearby, Gunter, Jack, Simon, and Tiesa congregate on deck to find Mister Plugg, Master Scourge, and a bloody, harried-looking young man none of them recognize standing on the poop deck. Tiesa is the last to arrive, bearing a heavy cauldron of fish stew together with the cook. After they set it down she makes a beeline for the others, who have formed a little group with the red-haired woman. She crosses her arms uncomfortably as Mister Plugg addresses the crew.</p>
<p><b>"Now, some o'you don't know Jakes Magpie,"</b> he says. Master Scourge loops a length of line around Magpie's waist and ties a bowline so tight it crushes the air out of him. Plugg continues. <b>"We caught him stealin' from the quartermaster, and since he was kind enough to confess, he gets the good punishment."</b> He turns to the man, now shaking with fright, and picks up the end of a rope whose other end is somewhere overboard. <b>"You're ta be keelhauled slowly, and may the Black Lady have mercy on you."</b></p>
<p>At a nod from Mister Plugg, Master Scourge shoves Magpie over the starboard side. The mate, soon joined by the boatswain, starts hauling his line slowly, hand over hand, tugging with relish every so often as the unfortunate thief is caught on something below the waterline. About two minutes later, he pulls the ripped-up, barely recognizable form of Jakes Magpie over the port railing and dumps him on deck. Master Scourge puts his hand to Magpie's mouth, then to his neck, and shakes his head. Scourge kicks him off the poop deck and onto the main deck. <b>"Dead,"</b> he says pitilessly. <b>"Give 'im to the sharks."</b> The punishment over, the two officers disappear belowdecks.</p>
<p>Two of the crew reluctantly take his hands and feet, but the redheaded woman stops them. <b>"Shove off. He gets last rites same as anyone else."</b> They shrug and get in line for stew and rum rations, while the woman beckons Gunter, Jack, Simon, and Tiesa to stay with her. <b>"Sorry you had to see that your first day aboard,"</b> she says, pouring some water from a skin at her hip over the dead man's brow and touching what looks like a holy symbol to his lips. <b>"They dragged me aboard just a few days before you. I know how hard it is to get by on the <i>Wormwood</i> without a mate. My name's Sandara, what's yours?"</b></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Gunter and Jack, and Simon, if you're active, please post the ship actions you'd like to take after dinner and rum rations. These can be found in my post on 30 September. Please be <i>general</i>. If you say you want to gamble or entertain, for example, I'll then post the options that are available. I'll also decide Tiesa's (and Simon's if need be) ship actions at that time.</span></p>[Spoiler omitted]
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Later That Evening
Gunter, Jack, Simon, and Tiesa receive 100 XP each.
Six bells ring just before nightfall, and, prompted by whichever crewmembers happen to be nearby, Gunter, Jack, Simon, and Tiesa congregate on deck to find Mister Plugg, Master Scourge, and a bloody, harried-looking young man none of them recognize standing on the poop deck. Tiesa is the last to arrive, bearing a heavy cauldron...GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-09T19:35:55ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: GM Zimmer's Skull & Shackles DiscussionGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/discussion#232014-10-08T14:03:54Z2014-10-08T14:03:54Z<p>I'd like to be a little more lenient, asking three posts per week instead of one per day. My own schedule makes it very difficult to post on Tuesdays and Thursdsys, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. I also don't want to re-recruit so soon after the original recruitment closed.</p>
<p>That being said, this has been a long drought, and since I'm already GMPCing one PC, I might as well do two. Expect a post this evening moving things along.</p>I'd like to be a little more lenient, asking three posts per week instead of one per day. My own schedule makes it very difficult to post on Tuesdays and Thursdsys, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. I also don't want to re-recruit so soon after the original recruitment closed.
That being said, this has been a long drought, and since I'm already GMPCing one PC, I might as well do two. Expect a post this evening moving things along.GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-08T14:03:54ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=35#17212014-10-05T03:43:10Z2014-10-05T03:43:10Z<p><b>"On that score I can only speak for myself."</b> Fredo produces a pen and a vial of ink, and hands them to Vendra. <b>"While I've never looked for one, I suppose I could use a scrivener."</b> Cat looks up at Fredo, and he can feel her skepticism. He understands her reluctance, but Verik and Jim haven't betrayed him despite his ruining their plans. Just to be safe, though, he adds <b>"Feel free to look elsewhere if that doesn't suit you. To be honest, I don't like the idea of becoming an employer."</b></p>"On that score I can only speak for myself." Fredo produces a pen and a vial of ink, and hands them to Vendra. "While I've never looked for one, I suppose I could use a scrivener." Cat looks up at Fredo, and he can feel her skepticism. He understands her reluctance, but Verik and Jim haven't betrayed him despite his ruining their plans. Just to be safe, though, he adds "Feel free to look elsewhere if that doesn't suit you. To be honest, I don't like the idea of becoming an employer."Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-05T03:43:10ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=35#17182014-10-04T12:54:08Z2014-10-04T12:54:08Z<p><b>"In order..."</b> Fredo takes a moment to ponder. <b>"If you're not getting shiver from someone,"</b> he stops specifying purchase in case Vendra's been stealing, <b>"then you'd have to be milking the spiders yourself. In which case we'd have to insist on destroying them.</b></p>
<p><b>"Obviously if you were to breach our agreement then we'd be free from our obligations too. That'd mean a visit from the Guard at least.</b></p>
<p><b>"As for how you'll live without a business,"</b> Fredo snorts <b>"you'll be no different from the vast number of people who have to work for a wage. It's really not our responsibility to find you a job...unless you want to work for one of us."</b></p>"In order..." Fredo takes a moment to ponder. "If you're not getting shiver from someone," he stops specifying purchase in case Vendra's been stealing, "then you'd have to be milking the spiders yourself. In which case we'd have to insist on destroying them.
"Obviously if you were to breach our agreement then we'd be free from our obligations too. That'd mean a visit from the Guard at least.
"As for how you'll live without a business," Fredo snorts "you'll be no different from the vast...Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-04T12:54:08ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=35#17162014-10-04T02:16:25Z2014-10-04T02:16:25Z<p><b>"You can listen."</b> Fredo crosses his arms. <b>"A few days ago you sold a woman named Samantha Griffon a plague tonic that she fed to her son. He died. We can prove that what you've actually been selling is mostly river-water mixed with dream spider venom.</b></p>
<p><b>"If I bring a case before the Arbiters, everything will come out. Fraud at least. Wrongful death. The Guard will want to know who you're buying the shiver from, particularly since Devargo Barvasi, the old major dealer, is no longer in business."</b> Fredo taps his arm with his index finger. <b>"You don't want any of that.</b></p>
<p><b>"I think you'd much rather sign a contract where in exchange for us not going to the Guard or the Arbiters you give us a list of anyone who sold you shiver, another list of anyone who purchased your liniment, four hundred gold sails to be shared among any buyers who suffered a loss, and a promise to shut down your business for a year and a day."</b></p>
<p>From his sleeve, Fredo produces a paper with just that language on it, and unrolls it for Vendra to read. <b>"Deal?"</b></p>"You can listen." Fredo crosses his arms. "A few days ago you sold a woman named Samantha Griffon a plague tonic that she fed to her son. He died. We can prove that what you've actually been selling is mostly river-water mixed with dream spider venom.
"If I bring a case before the Arbiters, everything will come out. Fraud at least. Wrongful death. The Guard will want to know who you're buying the shiver from, particularly since Devargo Barvasi, the old major dealer, is no longer in...Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-04T02:16:25ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: GM Zimmer's Skull & Shackles DiscussionGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/discussion#202014-10-03T19:00:13Z2014-10-03T19:00:13Z<p>Simon, I need a decision from you on what kind of action you're taking. If you want me to hurry things along in the future, I'd like some guidance of the kind Tiesa gave two posts above.</p>Simon, I need a decision from you on what kind of action you're taking. If you want me to hurry things along in the future, I'd like some guidance of the kind Tiesa gave two posts above.GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-03T19:00:13ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=57#28272014-10-02T21:56:01Z2014-10-02T21:56:01Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Oops. I thought inspire courage continued until the end of the round.</span></p>Oops. I thought inspire courage continued until the end of the round.Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-02T21:56:01ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=35#17112014-10-02T17:01:32Z2014-10-02T17:01:32Z<p><b>"Ridiculous."</b> They're dealing with an opportunist, not a career criminal like Lamm or Devargo. A show of confidence, backed up with evidence of her wrongdoing, maybe coupled with a threat of exposure, should be enough to stop what Loaggri is doing. Fredo walks brazenly up to the door and knocks three times. <b>"Vendra? Can we talk?"</b></p>"Ridiculous." They're dealing with an opportunist, not a career criminal like Lamm or Devargo. A show of confidence, backed up with evidence of her wrongdoing, maybe coupled with a threat of exposure, should be enough to stop what Loaggri is doing. Fredo walks brazenly up to the door and knocks three times. "Vendra? Can we talk?"Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-02T17:01:32ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=57#28252014-10-02T15:38:19Z2014-10-02T15:38:19Z<p><b>"At least let us drag them out of the cold so they do not freeze."</b> From the cavern exit, Anwel slips the knot over his head and tries to catch it on Andrei's wrist or ankle.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Lassoing someone requires a ranged touch attack ordinarily. Of course, making an attack roll breaks <i>invisibility</i>.</span></p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Ranged touch, benefits from Inspire Courage:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9</span></p>"At least let us drag them out of the cold so they do not freeze." From the cavern exit, Anwel slips the knot over his head and tries to catch it on Andrei's wrist or ankle.
Lassoing someone requires a ranged touch attack ordinarily. Of course, making an attack roll breaks invisibility.
[dice=Ranged touch, benefits from Inspire Courage]1d20+5[/dice]Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-02T15:38:19ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: GM Zimmer's Skull & Shackles DiscussionGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/discussion#172014-10-01T11:32:58Z2014-10-01T11:32:58Z<p>Sleight of Hand is a trained-only skill, actually, but may be used untrained if the DC is lower than 10 or if what you're trying to do is hide an object on your person. Of the cabins provided by the skill description, trying to take a knife from a countertop looks like "hiding an object on your person." So yeah, you can attempt a Sleight of Hand check here.</p>
<p>For future reference, Tiesa gets a +2 bonus to checks to influence Kroop from being the cook's mate.</p>Sleight of Hand is a trained-only skill, actually, but may be used untrained if the DC is lower than 10 or if what you're trying to do is hide an object on your person. Of the cabins provided by the skill description, trying to take a knife from a countertop looks like "hiding an object on your person." So yeah, you can attempt a Sleight of Hand check here.
For future reference, Tiesa gets a +2 bonus to checks to influence Kroop from being the cook's mate.GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-10-01T11:32:58ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/gameplay#252014-09-30T11:02:37Z2014-09-30T11:02:37Z<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>
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[Spoiler omitted]GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-30T11:02:37ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: GM Zimmer's Skull & Shackles DiscussionGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/discussion#102014-09-29T18:08:47Z2014-09-29T18:08:47Z<p>I was waiting for last thoughts from Gunter. If folks are getting impatient, I'll get a post up this evening.</p>I was waiting for last thoughts from Gunter. If folks are getting impatient, I'll get a post up this evening.GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-29T18:08:47ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=57#28182014-09-26T23:00:47Z2014-09-26T23:00:47Z<p>His theory confirmed, Anwel scans the tunnel ahead for any information he can glean (<span class=messageboard-ooc><i>identify</i> for 3 rounds</span>), then returns to the others. <b>"The cold and the enchantment <i>do</i> have a far edge,"</b> he says, letting go of the divination but maintaining his other spells as long as he can, <b>"at least, in the left-hand path. Leave the cavern, enter the tunnel, and the fields end. Unfortunately, beyond that point, we will need light: fire or magic."</b> He'll go on to describe any auras he saw in the corridor as he fortifies the others against Pashtiel's enchantment. <span class=messageboard-ooc><i>Resistance</i> for everybody!</span></p>His theory confirmed, Anwel scans the tunnel ahead for any information he can glean (identify for 3 rounds), then returns to the others. "The cold and the enchantment do have a far edge," he says, letting go of the divination but maintaining his other spells as long as he can, "at least, in the left-hand path. Leave the cavern, enter the tunnel, and the fields end. Unfortunately, beyond that point, we will need light: fire or magic." He'll go on to describe any auras he saw in the corridor as...Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-26T23:00:47ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=57#28142014-09-25T05:26:22Z2014-09-25T05:26:22Z<p>Coming to the cavern entrance, Anwel hands the rope end off to Kallista and begins casting a whole suite of spells to protect him and help him in his task. <span class=messageboard-ooc><i>identify</i>, <i>invisibility</i>, <i>mage armor</i>, <i>resistance</i>.</span> <b>"If I need to be pulled back, I will tug twice,"</b> says his disembodied voice. <b>"Phedre, do you remember which path made you uneasy?"</b> After hearing her recommendation, Anwel steps into the chamber, making his way as quickly as possible to the safer path. If she does not remember, he stands between them and studies them with his divination, trying to spot a difference in their magic auras.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Tareth, I'm immune to magic sleep effects. But here's a save anyway, buffed with <i>resistance</i>.</span></p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Will:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16</span> <span class=messageboard-ooc>That's 17 if I'm resisting something mind-affecting, 18 if I'm resisting an enchantment, and 19 if I'm resisting a mind-affecting enchantment.</span></p>Coming to the cavern entrance, Anwel hands the rope end off to Kallista and begins casting a whole suite of spells to protect him and help him in his task. identify, invisibility, mage armor, resistance. "If I need to be pulled back, I will tug twice," says his disembodied voice. "Phedre, do you remember which path made you uneasy?" After hearing her recommendation, Anwel steps into the chamber, making his way as quickly as possible to the safer path. If she does not remember, he stands...Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-25T05:26:22ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: CotCT Thread! Discussion.Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/discussion&page=17#8032014-09-24T09:34:25Z2014-09-24T09:34:25Z<p>Aye.</p>Aye.Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-24T09:34:25ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/gameplay#212014-09-24T00:45:16Z2014-09-24T00:45:16Z<p><b>"Good, you're cook's mate now. Galley's astern and belowdecks."</b> Mister Plugg points Tiesa down the stairs they'd come up earlier. He turns to Gunter and Simon. <b>"You two'll be swabs under Master Scourge, the boatswain."</b> He grins sadistically at Gunter. <b>"I hear you're already acquainted."</b></p>"Good, you're cook's mate now. Galley's astern and belowdecks." Mister Plugg points Tiesa down the stairs they'd come up earlier. He turns to Gunter and Simon. "You two'll be swabs under Master Scourge, the boatswain." He grins sadistically at Gunter. "I hear you're already acquainted."GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-24T00:45:16ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/gameplay#192014-09-23T23:39:51Z2014-09-23T23:39:51Z<p><b>"Pathetic,"</b> Mister Plugg sneers at Tiesa and Simon. <b>"Yer lucky I'm feeling generous. Any other day, those sorry displays'd earn ye the cat. Get up."</b> He calls up the mast. <b>"And you two, get down! Halfling, you'll be working the rigging and I'm not gonna shout your orders. Dwarf, I might have another job for ye."</b> <span class=messageboard-ooc>No need to make checks to climb down, you make it safely.</span></p>
<p>The mate climbs down the stairs in time to receive Gunter and Jack, and to bull Gunter into a line with Simon and Tiesa. <b>"Simple question,"</b> he says, beginning with Tiesa. <b>"Can you cook?"</b></p>"Pathetic," Mister Plugg sneers at Tiesa and Simon. "Yer lucky I'm feeling generous. Any other day, those sorry displays'd earn ye the cat. Get up." He calls up the mast. "And you two, get down! Halfling, you'll be working the rigging and I'm not gonna shout your orders. Dwarf, I might have another job for ye." No need to make checks to climb down, you make it safely.
The mate climbs down the stairs in time to receive Gunter and Jack, and to bull Gunter into a line with Simon and Tiesa....GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-23T23:39:51ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/gameplay#162014-09-23T22:25:31Z2014-09-23T22:25:31Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Gunter Bilgebeard wrote:</div><blockquote><span class=messageboard-ooc>Really?! Now I fail by 5!</span></blockquote><p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Nope! You were within Jack's reach at that point, so you...<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Jack aid another:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11</span>...had Jack's aid another bonus on that last check, converting the result from a failure by 6 to a failure by 4, a mere momentary halt in progress.</span>
<p>Gunter's fingers slip off the shrouds, but before he falls he feels Jack's iron grip on his wrist. His bulk is too much for the halfling to lift at first, but Gunter manages to get a new grip on the rigging.</p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Jack aid another 2:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Gunter Climb:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24</span></p>
<p>With a stronger foundation established, the two together manage to get Gunter high enough to throw a leg over the yardarm.</p>Gunter Bilgebeard wrote:Really?! Now I fail by 5!
Nope! You were within Jack's reach at that point, so you...[dice=Jack aid another]1d20+4[/dice]...had Jack's aid another bonus on that last check, converting the result from a failure by 6 to a failure by 4, a mere momentary halt in progress. Gunter's fingers slip off the shrouds, but before he falls he feels Jack's iron grip on his wrist. His bulk is too much for the halfling to lift at first, but Gunter manages to get a new grip on the...GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-23T22:25:31ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/gameplay#142014-09-23T22:02:52Z2014-09-23T22:02:52Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Simon Fix wrote:</div><blockquote><span class=messageboard-ooc>To speed things along, I went ahead and rolled a bunch. Feel free to use or ignore these as needed.</span></blockquote><p><span class=messageboard-ooc>I'd have preferred if everyone had done this, actually. Gunter and Tiesa, would you mind rolling some more until you either reach the crow's nest or give up?</span>Simon Fix wrote:To speed things along, I went ahead and rolled a bunch. Feel free to use or ignore these as needed.
I'd have preferred if everyone had done this, actually. Gunter and Tiesa, would you mind rolling some more until you either reach the crow's nest or give up?GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-23T22:02:52ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: CotCT Thread! Discussion.Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/discussion&page=16#7982014-09-23T02:59:52Z2014-09-23T02:59:52Z<p>We did that already. It's river water, spices, and a drop or two of dream spider venom.</p>We did that already. It's river water, spices, and a drop or two of dream spider venom.Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-23T02:59:52ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/gameplay#92014-09-23T01:56:23Z2014-09-23T01:56:23Z<p>Gunter, Simon, Tiesa, and Jack are shoved up two flights of stairs. The first flight takes them through a mostly-empty cargo hold. They pass a bulky man covered in tattered feathers, smelling of oil, wearing a vacant grin, and chained to a mast. Further back in the hold, they hear the grunting of hogs. The second flight leads them into a much smaller room furnished with hammocks, sleeping mats, and foot lockers. Finally, they pass through a door onto the main deck. When their eyes clear from the sudden assault of the sun, they quickly realize that the ship they're on is well out to sea. Neither Port Peril nor the outlying islands of the Shackles are anywhere to be seen.</p>
<p>What can be seen is the rest of the crew, gathered in knots on deck or in the rigging. The crew's a disparate lot: men and women, humans, halflings, half-orcs, half-elves, dwarves, and gnomes of all colors. A redhaired human woman in a tricorne hat, a halfling brunette wearing a red scarf and cradling a fine-looking handaxe, a human with a sloppy goatee and a blue bandana wrapped around his head, and a gnome with an eyepatch, a jaunty hat, and a waxed blue mustache stand together near the mainmast, looking both cleaner and less at ease than the rest. All the sailors are looking up at two figures standing on the poop deck, a broad, muscular Garundi man with a shaven head, a long beard bound with gold rings, and an eye patch, and a younger, balding man with a long black ponytail, wearing a long coat and carrying a well-used cat-o'-nine-tails.</p>
<p><b>"Glad you could join us at last!"</b> booms the Garundi. <b>"Welcome to the Wormwood! My thanks for 'volunteering' to join my crew. I'm Barnabas Harrigan. That's <i>Captain</i> Barnabas Harrigan to you, not that you'll ever need to address me. I have only one rule—don't speak to me. I like talk, but I don’t like your talk. Follow that rule and we'll all get along fine.</b></p>
<p><b>"Oh, and one more thing. Even with you new recruits, we're still short-handed, and I aim to keep what crew I have. There'll be a keelhaulin' for anyone caught killin' anyone."</b> Captain Harrigan turns to the man at his side, presumably the first mate. <b>"Mister Plugg! If you'd be so kind as to make pirates out of these landlubbers, it'll save me having to put them in the sweatbox for a year and a day before I make pies out of 'em."</b></p>
<p>Mister Plugg crosses his arms and gives the crew on the deck an appraising look as Captain Harrigan disappears belowdeck. <b>"Right, deck rats, up in the rigging, on the double. First one to reach the crow's nest gets to work for me."</b></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>The crow's nest is 60 feet above the deck. A DC 10 Climb check will let you climb a quarter of your base speed. You may instead move half your base speed by taking a -5 penalty to your check.</span></p>Gunter, Simon, Tiesa, and Jack are shoved up two flights of stairs. The first flight takes them through a mostly-empty cargo hold. They pass a bulky man covered in tattered feathers, smelling of oil, wearing a vacant grin, and chained to a mast. Further back in the hold, they hear the grunting of hogs. The second flight leads them into a much smaller room furnished with hammocks, sleeping mats, and foot lockers. Finally, they pass through a door onto the main deck. When their eyes clear from...GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-23T01:56:23ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=57#28122014-09-22T07:54:38Z2014-09-22T07:54:38Z<p>Anwel tugs at the rope's standing end, feeling Andrei's bowline's snug but comfortable fit around his waist. Satisfied, he coils the remaining rope and tucks it in the crook of his arm. <b>"If you do not mind, I shall retain this until we have returned to the room in question. I would prefer not to be led around."</b> He massages his wrist with his free hand.</p>Anwel tugs at the rope's standing end, feeling Andrei's bowline's snug but comfortable fit around his waist. Satisfied, he coils the remaining rope and tucks it in the crook of his arm. "If you do not mind, I shall retain this until we have returned to the room in question. I would prefer not to be led around." He massages his wrist with his free hand.Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-22T07:54:38ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: GM Zimmer's Skull & Shackles DiscussionGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/discussion#82014-09-21T07:48:43Z2014-09-21T07:48:43Z<p>Posting often slows down or halts over the weekends. I wouldn't worry too much.</p>Posting often slows down or halts over the weekends. I wouldn't worry too much.GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-21T07:48:43ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/gameplay#42014-09-20T04:06:20Z2014-09-20T04:06:20Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Whip:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Whip damage (nonlethal):</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d3 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Sap:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Grapple:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22</span></p>
<p>As he tries to get up, Gunter feels the crack of the whip across his back and a heavy but ultimately futile blow against his wooden leg. Then the man whose feet he'd soiled stomps down on his head, shoving Gunter's face into the pool of sick and grinding it into the dwarf's hair and beard with the sole of his boot. The three others slap their saps menacingly into their palms.</p>
<p><b>"Let 'im up,"</b> says the lasher, waving his subordinate away with the lantern. <b>"You'll find it's we who won't be takin' any guff from ye. Any more lip, sawyer, and ye'll have to carve yerself another peg. Now get, all of ye, up on deck."</b></p>[dice=Whip]1d20+6[/dice]
[dice=Whip damage (nonlethal)]1d3+2[/dice]
[dice=Sap]1d20+3[/dice]
[dice=Aid another]1d20+3[/dice]
[dice=Grapple]1d20+3[/dice]
As he tries to get up, Gunter feels the crack of the whip across his back and a heavy but ultimately futile blow against his wooden leg. Then the man whose feet he'd soiled stomps down on his head, shoving Gunter's face into the pool of sick and grinding it into the dwarf's hair and beard with the sole of his boot. The three others slap their...GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-20T04:06:20ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: GM Zimmer's Skull & Shackles DiscussionGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/discussion#32014-09-19T20:55:17Z2014-09-19T20:55:17Z<p>Not really. The first gameplay post is up.</p>Not really. The first gameplay post is up.GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-19T20:55:17ZForums: Play-by-Post: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/gameplay#12014-09-19T17:58:24Z2014-09-19T17:58:24Z<p>You awaken to a painful throbbing in the back of your head, a woolly coating on your teeth that tastes of cheap wine, the pervasive smell of sweat and fish left to stew together, and a rhythmic creaking accompanied by a lurching rolling of your world. It feels like you're still drunk, and after the wild night you had, you wouldn't be surprised if that was the case. When you open your eyes, however, you find yourself in a dark room. You can barely see, but it feels spacious. Certainly the walls aren't within reach. Neither, when you check, are most of your possessions. You can, however, see and hear the shapes and sounds of others nearby, in a similar predicament.</p>
<p>As you sit up to get a better look around, the creaking all around you is punctuated by heavy footsteps down what sounds like a staircase. A harsh, yellow lantern is shoved in your faces, revealing seven dirty-looking men, none of them dressed quite the same but most of them armed with saps. The one holding the lantern, however, wears dreadlocks, a beard, and a long, heavy coat, and carries a mean-looking, well-used whip in his other hand. A pained expression that might have been meant for a smile bruises his face as he cracks his whip on the floor.</p>
<p><b>"Still abed with the sun over the yardarm?"</b> he shouts. The pain in your head flares. <b>"On your feet, ye filthy swabs! Get up on deck and report for duty before Cap'n Harrigan flays your flesh into sausage skins and has Fishguts fry ye up for breakfast!"</b></p>You awaken to a painful throbbing in the back of your head, a woolly coating on your teeth that tastes of cheap wine, the pervasive smell of sweat and fish left to stew together, and a rhythmic creaking accompanied by a lurching rolling of your world. It feels like you're still drunk, and after the wild night you had, you wouldn't be surprised if that was the case. When you open your eyes, however, you find yourself in a dark room. You can barely see, but it feels spacious. Certainly the...GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-19T17:58:24ZForums: Play-by-Post Discussion: GM Zimmer's Skull & Shackles DiscussionGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/discussion#12014-09-19T17:32:30Z2014-09-19T17:32:30Z<p>This is a discussion thread. Discuss things here.</p>This is a discussion thread. Discuss things here.GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-19T17:32:30ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/recruiting&page=2#622014-09-19T07:10:23Z2014-09-19T07:10:23Z<p>A random complaint: you can't send PMs to more than one person at a time!?</p>A random complaint: you can't send PMs to more than one person at a time!?GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-19T07:10:23ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/recruiting&page=2#612014-09-19T06:54:17Z2014-09-19T06:54:17Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Strictly speaking, it <i>is</i> talk like a pirate day...</span></p>
<p>Argh, here be t'list, not but a brace o'bells later'n I said it'd be.</p>
<p>I'll be havin' Gunter Bilgebeard, Simon Fix, Tiesa Koneleja, an' Jack Thimble Jr. fer me crew. T'rest of ye be facin' fair seas now.</p>Strictly speaking, it is talk like a pirate day...
Argh, here be t'list, not but a brace o'bells later'n I said it'd be.
I'll be havin' Gunter Bilgebeard, Simon Fix, Tiesa Koneleja, an' Jack Thimble Jr. fer me crew. T'rest of ye be facin' fair seas now.GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-19T06:54:17ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/recruiting&page=2#602014-09-19T05:29:43Z2014-09-19T05:29:43Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Bogden wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Wow, missed it by 14 minutes! Of all the luck...</p>
<p>(Secretly hoping to still be considered, all info in bio and below, and thank you either way)</blockquote><p>Eh, close enough. I'll consider you.Bogden wrote:Wow, missed it by 14 minutes! Of all the luck...
(Secretly hoping to still be considered, all info in bio and below, and thank you either way)
Eh, close enough. I'll consider you.GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-19T05:29:43ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/recruiting&page=2#582014-09-19T03:44:07Z2014-09-19T03:44:07Z<p>Glad that's settled.</p>
<p>Submissions are closed (Warren Redmont can still submit his adjusted character). Expect a roster when Scotland's polls close.</p>Glad that's settled.
Submissions are closed (Warren Redmont can still submit his adjusted character). Expect a roster when Scotland's polls close.GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-19T03:44:07ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/recruiting&page=2#552014-09-18T23:22:15Z2014-09-18T23:22:15Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Tiesa Koneleja wrote:</div><blockquote>I was also thinking it would provide a +3 to survival for its special ability, rather than the boost to appraise. Although, I'm not strongly tied to that, so we can finalize if Tiesa is selected.</blockquote><p>That's fine. But I'd like a seagull familiar not to be able to speak.Tiesa Koneleja wrote:I was also thinking it would provide a +3 to survival for its special ability, rather than the boost to appraise. Although, I'm not strongly tied to that, so we can finalize if Tiesa is selected.
That's fine. But I'd like a seagull familiar not to be able to speak.GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-18T23:22:15ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/recruiting&page=2#522014-09-18T02:03:31Z2014-09-18T02:03:31Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Jack Thimble, Jr. wrote:</div><blockquote><p> <b>"Besmara bless me. Methinks ye just critically hit me with a 9th-level <i>wall of text</i> spell."</b></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>...would you happen to be a lawyer in real life, by chance? That was mind-boggling.</span></blockquote><p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Merely a student, as it says in my primary account's profile.</span>
<p>Well, it looks like I have a problem with tone. I suspected as much after Arasti excised firearms from his character for no reason, but this clinches it. The thing I hoped to demonstrate with my little digression was not the length or style of argumentation I expected from you. The things I hoped to demonstrate were how much milage I could get out of what you'd already given me (basically, that you'd already proved points 1 and 2, and most of point 3, to my satisfaction with a sentence or two), how little more from you I actually needed (another sentence or two on point would have sufficed), to give you an opportunity to go above and beyond if you wanted to, and that I wasn't simply being arbitrary in my decisionmaking. It would be very easy to simply approve or disapprove a request without saying why, and to leave my hands unbound when the next request came along, but I thought I owed you more than that.</p>
<p>To continue on the same theme, I can extract answers to most of my remaining concerns from your follow-up. To wit:</p>
<p>[3] The inquiry here is simply whether a concept <i>could</i> be made playable at level 1 with only the restricted class and everything else from unrestricted sources. It does not impose any restrictions on the actual level 1 build. Your statement includes language about being able to choose any feats and traits you want, which indicates to me that you feel no feat or trait, including the ones you actually chose, is mandatory in order to make the Swashbuckler playable. If you felt you had to pay a feat tax in order to play the class, for example, then you would not feel free to choose any feat whatsoever. An aside: there is a difference from choosing a good, on-point feat and being forced into a mandatory feat.</p>
<p>[4] The actual duty imposed is very limited. I merely want some good-faith assurance that the number of things from restricted sources I'll have to learn and incorporate going forward from level 1 will be kept small. My purpose in running this game is not to learn the <i>Advanced Class Guide</i>, and having to do so would sap my enjoyment of the exercise immensely. As of now, I have that assurance, because you say that the halfling luck racial feats, which are both numerous and from an unrestricted source, are more or less locked into the build. Any deviation from that expectation should not come up for a good long time, by which point this concern may well have outlived its usefulness.</p>
<p>Then there's the statement that I understand the mechanics behind the Swashbuckler very well. In my prior post I was very skeptical of this notion and was prepared to rely on your expertise. Well, your expertise says I'm not as ignorant as I thought, which actually mitigates my concerns. My fear was that in trying to apply the Swashbuckler's mechanics I'd have to make sense of mangled sentences or have to resolve conflicting clauses. True, when I read the class it seemed straightforward enough, but that was hardly a close reading and it didn't take into account anything but the entry of the class itself, so I wasn't prepared to trust it. But I was prepared to trust you. And you say there's nothing to worry about.</p>
<p>As such, I'm prepared to <b>allow</b> the Swashbuckler.</p>Jack Thimble, Jr. wrote:"Besmara bless me. Methinks ye just critically hit me with a 9th-level wall of text spell."
...would you happen to be a lawyer in real life, by chance? That was mind-boggling.
Merely a student, as it says in my primary account's profile. Well, it looks like I have a problem with tone. I suspected as much after Arasti excised firearms from his character for no reason, but this clinches it. The thing I hoped to demonstrate with my little digression was not the length...GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-18T02:03:31ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/recruiting#482014-09-17T21:28:21Z2014-09-17T21:28:21Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Jack Thimble, Jr. wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Would you consider allowing a Swashbuckler from the Advanced Class Guide? Jack's been dying to get into a Skull & Shackles for months and months now - he got on board one of them, but it ended before the first combat. The Swashbuckler class is a great fit for a pirate campaign, and I love the idea of a halfling swordsman showing up grizzled pirates twice his size using his wits and daring. I find normal martials too straightforward and boring - the Swashbuckler gets a lot of cool tricks with his Panache class feature that make the prospect of being a swordsman a lot less dry and uninteresting to me.</p>
<p>I will rebuild him or make another character if he is not acceptable. <span class=messageboard-ooc>He will need some adjusting if the class is acceptable, since he was built for a 20 point buy game with above-average gold.</span> </blockquote><p>Hmm. I didn't lay out a standard for a convincing argument in my original post, and it would not be fair for me to render a judgment on this argument without doing so. Going forward, here is the standard I will use to judge whether or not to grant a dispensation to the class restrictions.
<p>In order to receive a dispensation for a class, a player must establish by production<span class=messageboard-ooc>•</span> a <i>prima facie</i> case with the following elements: [1] that they have a specific character concept in mind to which they will stick throughout the campaign's level progression, [2] that that concept was not playable from level 1 using classes and feats from the non-restricted sources, [3] that the desired class does, without the need of any material from restricted sources other than itself and any material referenced in it, enable the play of that concept from level 1, [4] that the player can continue to play that concept beyond level 1 while mitigating the use of material from restricted sources other than the class itself and any material referenced in it. Evidence I might accept in establishing this <i>prima facie</i> case includes, but is not limited to, mathematical proof, personal anecdote, hearsay anecdote, forum debate, and product reviews. I will also accept evidence that tends to support the notion that otherwise unsubstantiated assertions are made in good faith.</p>
<p>I will then balance that case against any practical considerations I have against using the class, including but not limited to my access to sources detailing the class and said sources' ease of use. For example, if I don't own a source, or a source is known to be difficult to use because of editing problems, conflicting rules, or other reasons, I will be averse to using it. Players are free to point to possible sources (SRDs and such), ways to increase ease of use (errata, rules explanations, FAQs), and any other considerations that might mitigate what they imagine to be the factors balanced against the <i>prima facie</i> case.</p>
<p>Although again, it wouldn't be fair to judge your argument as it stands against a standard I hadn't laid out, I'll go through the motions so you'll see what a judgment might look like. Please don't take anything I say here as final.</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>
<p>Please feel free to restructure and strengthen your argument with an eye towards meeting this standard. If I were you in this situation, I'd pay special attention to points 3 and 4 of the <i>prima facie</i> case, and to things that will make running a Swashbuckler easy. If I don't receive an amended argument by Friday, I'll enter the example judgment as final, but since you need to edit Jack anyway to bring him in line with the point buy and gold requirements, I don't foresee your unavailability being a problem.</p>
<p>• • •</p>
<p>I'm not sure I need to lay out a standard for dispensations on race. The <i>Advanced Race Guide</i> is an unrestricted source, after all, and I can't think of a race one might want to use that is not detailed in, or buildable with, it. So far, no one has requested a dispensation on race, and time is running out. But does anyone think I should elaborate a standard anyway?</p>
<p>I will say that I will be restricting racial archetypes to their printed races, and will be complying with FAQ rulings on the matter making racial archetypes available to races with some heritage in the races with which the archetypes are associated.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>•</span> As there is no adversary party to present countervailing evidence, any standard higher than production (preponderance of the evidence, clear and convincing evidence, etc.) would be meaningless.</p>
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Arkren Bass wrote:</div><blockquote> I've included a more easily read Crunch alternative that is more inline with formats given before. Let me know if there are any issues. </blockquote><p>I'm pretty sure your Fort save modifier should be +2 (2 base + 0 Con). Am I missing some bonus?
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Cydrius wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Out of curiosity, and for our GM's convenience, I've compiled a list of the current applicants.</p>
<p>If I've missed anyone, please let me know.</p>
<p><b>Arcane</b></p>
<p>Chaenath Woodsea - Witch
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Agggghh the Unclean - Sorcerer</p>
<p><b>Divine</b></p>
<p>Cyranal Dannicen - Cleric
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Fenis - Oracle
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Gunter Bilgebeard - Cleric</p>
<p><b>Martial</b></p>
<p>Reinald Malcoms - Fighter (Tactitian)
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Arasti Fadamlia - Urban Ranger
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Jack Thimble Jr. - Swashbuckler (?)
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Arkren Bass - Zen Archer
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Nathaniel "Shark" Requin - Barbarian</p>
<p><b>Trickster</b></p>
<p>Simon Fix - Bard
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Quin Darkwater - Bard </blockquote><p>This looks complete, and is very helpful. Thanks!Jack Thimble, Jr. wrote:Would you consider allowing a Swashbuckler from the Advanced Class Guide? Jack's been dying to get into a Skull & Shackles for months and months now - he got on board one of them, but it ended before the first combat. The Swashbuckler class is a great fit for a pirate campaign, and I love the idea of a halfling swordsman showing up grizzled pirates twice his size using his wits and daring. I find normal martials too straightforward and boring - the Swashbuckler gets a...GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-17T21:28:21ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/recruiting#442014-09-17T09:08:48Z2014-09-17T09:08:48Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Quin Darkwater wrote:</div><blockquote> I present, Quinn Darkwater. His profile is filled out. </blockquote><p>Yes, it certainly is.Quin Darkwater wrote:I present, Quinn Darkwater. His profile is filled out.
Yes, it certainly is.GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-17T09:08:48ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/recruiting#402014-09-16T22:18:44Z2014-09-16T22:18:44Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Cydrius wrote:</div><blockquote>Thank you for catching my error. </blockquote><p>Looks good now.
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Fenis wrote:</div><blockquote> Tada, adjusted for a 15 point buy. </blockquote><p>Also looks good. Just to be clear, your HP is 1d8+3, including the favored class bonus?
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Arasti Fadamlia wrote:</div><blockquote>I've...removed siege weapons skills from his stats...I do not plan to introduce or pursue gunpowder firearms plot in this campaign if you don't like that.</blockquote><p>May I ask why? I hope I haven't made any statements that deterred you from taking such skills or from pursuing firearms later.
<p>The stats as they are look fine, but please feel free to include firearm-related or siege-related things if you want to.</p>
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Mokshai wrote:</div><blockquote><p> GM Zimmer, these are the answers you were wondering about.
</p>
</blockquote><p>Thanks.
<div class="messageboard-quotee">cctodd wrote:</div><blockquote> GM Zimmer, here's my updated crunch.</blockquote><p>Okey dokey lokey.
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Arkren Bass wrote:</div><blockquote> GM Zimmer, I've updated this character with everything and fleshed him out a bit. Let me know if there is anything wrong. If you would like the crunchy part of the character in a different format, please let me know. Not 100% sure what is the standard here :D </blockquote><p>I like the format I used to speculate on Mokshai's character, which is based on Paizo's standard statblock. But I typed that out manually so I wouldn't expect anyone else to use it even though I find it easiest to read. As I understand it, the "standard" format is downloaded from Herolab.Cydrius wrote:Thank you for catching my error.
Looks good now. Fenis wrote:Tada, adjusted for a 15 point buy.
Also looks good. Just to be clear, your HP is 1d8+3, including the favored class bonus? Arasti Fadamlia wrote:I've...removed siege weapons skills from his stats...I do not plan to introduce or pursue gunpowder firearms plot in this campaign if you don't like that.
May I ask why? I hope I haven't made any statements that deterred you from taking such skills or from pursuing firearms...GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-16T22:18:44ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/recruiting#312014-09-16T04:53:59Z2014-09-16T04:53:59Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">GM Zimmer wrote:</div><blockquote><div class="messageboard-quotee">Mokshai wrote:</div><blockquote><p>Cyranal is using studded leather, Racial trait is ancestral arms only.
</p>
Trained skills, swim, spellcraft, religion, heal profession cook.
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racial bonus, perception.
<br />
Please adjust all int, and wis skills down by 1. I forgot to adjust for changing to a 15 point buy.</blockquote>Okay...it looks like I'll have to build this character myself to check the figures. I'll get back to you soon.</blockquote><p>This is what I know from the information you've given me.
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>
<p>Information I still need is in ooc tags.</p>
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Doomguide wrote:</div><blockquote>Dropping con so i still have some channels.</blockquote><p>Looks good.
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Chaenath Woodsea wrote:</div><blockquote> Huh, it's in the fluff but not noted in other places. An otter named Swum. Providing the +3 to swim. </blockquote><p>Alright.GM Zimmer wrote:Mokshai wrote:Cyranal is using studded leather, Racial trait is ancestral arms only.
Trained skills, swim, spellcraft, religion, heal profession cook.
racial bonus, perception.
Please adjust all int, and wis skills down by 1. I forgot to adjust for changing to a 15 point buy.
Okay...it looks like I'll have to build this character myself to check the figures. I'll get back to you soon.This is what I know from the information you've given me. [Spoiler omitted]
Information I...GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-16T04:53:59ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/recruiting#282014-09-16T04:06:17Z2014-09-16T04:06:17Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Arkren Bass wrote:</div><blockquote>I could come up with something else but I had always wanted to try playing a archer kind of character and monks are one of my personal favs. </blockquote><p>Give it a shot!
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Doomguide wrote:</div><blockquote> Here is Gunter Bilgebeard. A thoroughly disreputable dwarven cleric.</blockquote><p>No wonder he's disreputable, he's using a 17 point buy! I surmise his Charisma's supposed to be 6 instead of an 8. Other than that, I don't see problems.
<div class="messageboard-quotee">MannyGoblin wrote:</div><blockquote> Here are the stats of Aghhhh the Unclean.</blockquote><p>Seems correct.
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Cydrius wrote:</div><blockquote>How will you be handling health? Max at full level, half rounded up at consecutive ones? </blockquote><p>Characters will receive maximum hit points per hit die at first level, average hit points per hit die at all levels thereafter. For example, a character with d10 hit dice would receive 10 base hit points at first level, 5 base hit points at second level, 6 base hit points at third level, 5 base hit points at fourth level, and so on.
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Mokshai wrote:</div><blockquote><p>Cyranal is using studded leather, Racial trait is ancestral arms only.
</p>
Trained skills, swim, spellcraft, religion, heal profession cook.
<br />
racial bonus, perception.
<br />
Please adjust all int, and wis skills down by 1. I forgot to adjust for changing to a 15 point buy.</blockquote><p>Okay...it looks like I'll have to build this character myself to check the figures. I'll get back to you soon.
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Odentin wrote:</div><blockquote>I have absolutely NO desire to play in a 15 point buy game. Especially not in a Paizo AP, which are balanced around 20 point, and PARTICULARLY not in one that has a reputation for being overly lethal, at least within the first book.</blockquote><p>It's your choice, of course, but APs are balanced around 15 point buy, not 20, and I don't know where you got that impression. Is it from Pathfinder Society, because that is balanced around a 20 point buy.
<p>Best of luck out there in the world, and I'm sad to see you go.</p>
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Chaenath Woodsea wrote:</div><blockquote> Updated to 15 point buy. </blockquote><p>Looks good but for one thing; what, if anything, is your familiar?
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Cydrius wrote:</div><blockquote> Submitting <a href="http://paizo.com/people/NathanielSharkRequin" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Nathaniel "Shark" Requin</a> for the game. Please let me know if there are any issues with his profile, thank you! </blockquote><p>Nathaniel's entitled to at least another trained skill (4 base skill points + 1 race + 1 intelligence = 6) and to at least 13 total hit points (12 base + 1 constitution). He's also entitled to a favored class bonus.
<div class="messageboard-quotee">cctodd wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Ah. Gear. I knew I'd forget something. </p>
<p>Would you prefer that I procure my goods before recruitment is wrapped up, or is that something that can wait till after? </blockquote><p>I'd prefer getting as much information as possible as soon as possible.Arkren Bass wrote:I could come up with something else but I had always wanted to try playing a archer kind of character and monks are one of my personal favs.
Give it a shot! Doomguide wrote:Here is Gunter Bilgebeard. A thoroughly disreputable dwarven cleric.
No wonder he's disreputable, he's using a 17 point buy! I surmise his Charisma's supposed to be 6 instead of an 8. Other than that, I don't see problems. MannyGoblin wrote:Here are the stats of Aghhhh the Unclean.
Seems correct....GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-16T04:06:17ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/recruiting#172014-09-15T20:56:08Z2014-09-15T20:56:08Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">cctodd wrote:</div><blockquote>Here's my initial application - let me know if you need anything else. </blockquote><p>Well, you could buy Simon some gear. Other than that, everything looks fine.
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Fenis wrote:</div><blockquote><p>i need to adjust him for a 15 point by
</p>
</blockquote><p>Let me know when you have.cctodd wrote:Here's my initial application - let me know if you need anything else.
Well, you could buy Simon some gear. Other than that, everything looks fine. Fenis wrote:i need to adjust him for a 15 point by
Let me know when you have.GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-15T20:56:08ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/recruiting#142014-09-15T20:36:49Z2014-09-15T20:36:49Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Mokshai wrote:</div><blockquote>Cyranal Dannicen</blockquote><p>Please indicate the following:
<p><ul><li>Which traits Cyranal will be taking;
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<li>Which armor Cyranal is wearing. I'm pretty sure it's an armored coat, but I need to be sure;
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<li>Which alternate racial traits Cyranal has. I'm pretty sure it's only Water Child, but I need to be sure;
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<li>In which skills Cyranal actually has ranks or racial bonuses. I'm pretty sure he's supposed to have ranks in Appraise, Heal, Knowledge [religion], Profession [cook], Sense Motive, Spellcraft, and Survival, but...you know the drill. Please remove references to skills that are only listed because Cyranal has an armor check penalty. If I know what armor he has, I can figure out the penalties to an untrained check;
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<li>Cyranal's correct skill bonuses. By my count, he has too many trained skills, some of those skills, like Spellcraft, have too-high bonuses, and some, like Appraise, have too-low bonuses.</ul></p>
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Arasti Fadamlia wrote:</div><blockquote><p> I'd like to jump in with this character. </p>
<p>Arasti was created specially for Skull & Shackles. He references some concepts of gunslinging in his backstory and I don't really know is this allowed or not. Anyway, I can keep it influencing his actions to minimum, as he is pretty secretive about this part of his life.</p>
<p>I will update his character list and equipment if he is selected. </blockquote><p>I have little problem with gunslinging either conceptually or mechanically.
<p>Please revise Arasti from a 20-point buy character to a 15-point buy character before Friday. While I can get the gist of what he might look like by reducing his array to 15 points while maintaining the proportions, I need to know what you want him to look like, not what I imagine him to be. I also can't judge what many of his true secondary stats, like skill modifiers, should be without knowledge of his true ability scores.</p>
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Chaenath Woodsea wrote:</div><blockquote> Hi, here's my alias from the interest check thread. Didn't make it into another game so she's ready to go except need to change her point buy. She is from a traditional isolationist elf clan who, instead of shunning anything outside the forest as she should, is instead obsessed with the sea and basically exiles herself becoming a water patron witch in the process. </blockquote><p>Please revise Chaenath from a 20-point buy character to a 15-point buy character before Friday. Ditto everything I said about Arasti.
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Reinald Malcoms wrote:</div><blockquote> This is Reinald Malcoms. He was made for another S&S campaign that fizzled out. I would love to see him back in action. Happy to amend as needed.</blockquote><p>Reinald's bonus to Profession (sailor) checks should be +4: 1 rank + 3 class + 1 trait - 1 Wisdom. His bonus to Knowledge (geography) checks should be +5: 1 rank + 3 class + 1 trait. Other than that, he looks fine.Mokshai wrote:Cyranal Dannicen
Please indicate the following: Which traits Cyranal will be taking;
Which armor Cyranal is wearing. I'm pretty sure it's an armored coat, but I need to be sure;
Which alternate racial traits Cyranal has. I'm pretty sure it's only Water Child, but I need to be sure;
In which skills Cyranal actually has ranks or racial bonuses. I'm pretty sure he's supposed to have ranks in Appraise, Heal, Knowledge [religion], Profession [cook], Sense Motive, Spellcraft, and...GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-15T20:36:49ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=35#17032014-09-15T17:24:36Z2014-09-15T17:24:36Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>We're making this an alignment litmus test, huh? Okay...:D</span></p>
<p><b>"<a href="http://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=33#1642" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Loaggri's already killed someone</a>,"</b> Fredo shakes the case file as a reminder. <b>"She needs to be stopped and exposed. She would need to be stopped and exposed even if there was no Shiver in play. People need to be able to spot and avoid quacks if they're to pull through the plague.</b></p>
<p><b>"And I think we should be the ones to do it. Tell Kroft, and the matter will just disappear into the Queen's Physicians' files. It's in their jurisdiction. They've ignored Loaggri so far, and they have no reason to stop."</b> He shoves the file back into his pack and hefts it onto his shoulders. <b>"Besides, my client wants an admission of wrongdoing and I have an obligation to seek it. Especially since Loaggri won't be able to pay damages."</b> He throws Akiki a wink.</p>We're making this an alignment litmus test, huh? Okay...:D
"Loaggri's already killed someone," Fredo shakes the case file as a reminder. "She needs to be stopped and exposed. She would need to be stopped and exposed even if there was no Shiver in play. People need to be able to spot and avoid quacks if they're to pull through the plague.
"And I think we should be the ones to do it. Tell Kroft, and the matter will just disappear into the Queen's Physicians' files. It's in their jurisdiction....Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-15T17:24:36ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: Kingmaker or Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rhmz?Kingmaker-or-Skull-Shackles#252014-09-15T16:56:33Z2014-09-15T16:56:33Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Odentin wrote:</div><blockquote> Zimmer, if you're up for running S&S, then let's DO it. :D</blockquote><p><a href="http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rhw5?GM-Zimmers-Skull-Shackles" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Very well then.</a>Odentin wrote:Zimmer, if you're up for running S&S, then let's DO it. :D
Very well then.GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-15T16:56:33ZForums: Recruitment: GM Zimmer's Skull & ShacklesGM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/GMZimmersSkullShackles/recruiting#12014-09-16T18:13:33Z2014-09-15T16:55:47Z<p>Ask and you shall receive! If you were interested in <a href="http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rhmz?Kingmaker-or-Skull-Shackles#23" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Odentin's proposed <i>Skull & Shackles</i> game</a>, this is the place to submit characters for consideration. There are, of course, some guidelines to what I'll consider. If you can, please make characters:</p>
<p><ul><li>Of any race detailed in a first-party book published before July 2012;
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<li>Of any class and archetype detailed in a first-party book published before July 2012;
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<li>Of first level, with all that entails in terms of hit points and favored class bonuses;
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<li>With ability scores bought using 15 points;
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<li>With average wealth for the character's class;
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<li>With two traits, including one campaign trait from the <i>Skull & Shackles Player's Guide</i>;
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<li>With a believable character history;
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<li>With a compelling motivation to engage in the campaign and to see it through.</ul></p>
<p>If you require a dispensation on points 1 or 2 in order to fully realize a concept, I promise to be open to your arguments, delivered either in this thread or via personal message. I plan to accept four characters on Friday, September 19, 2014. If you require an extension, I promise to be open to your arguments, though I would prefer such requests to be delivered via personal message only.</p>
<p>Here's to our prospective motley crew!</p>Ask and you shall receive! If you were interested in Odentin's proposed Skull & Shackles game, this is the place to submit characters for consideration. There are, of course, some guidelines to what I'll consider. If you can, please make characters:
Of any race detailed in a first-party book published before July 2012;
Of any class and archetype detailed in a first-party book published before July 2012;
Of first level, with all that entails in terms of hit points and favored class bonuses;...GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-15T16:55:47ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=34#16992014-09-15T07:49:04Z2014-09-15T07:49:04Z<p><b><span class=messageboard-ooc>Outside, Afternoon</span></b></p>
<p><b>"Hmm..."</b> Fredo scratches his beard and squints at the Varisian runes interspersed with characters he does not recognize. <b>"The bee is you, the nectar, your wares. Heaven is the shop. Descend means underground. But where underground?"</b> He looks around for a trapdoor or grate in the pavement, but Burahl cuts his search short by throwing open the door, hidden behind a crumbling wall. <b>"I would have gotten it eventually,"</b> he pouts, but follows the alchemist inside.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc> • • •</span></p>
<p><b><span class=messageboard-ooc>Inside, Evening</span></b></p>
<p>When it becomes clear that the work Burahl is doing is beyond him, Fredo takes a seat in the corner, pulls his knees into his chest, and begins re-reading Samantha Griffin's case. He's stiff and cramped by the time the alchemist is done with his work, and his growl upon getting up from the floor isn't entirely due to outrage. <b>"Well, we suspected as much. Now we have proof."</b> Fredo pokes his head out the door to look at the orange sky. <b>"I think we can shut her down before we have to meet Eiress, don't you?"</b></p>Outside, Afternoon
"Hmm..." Fredo scratches his beard and squints at the Varisian runes interspersed with characters he does not recognize. "The bee is you, the nectar, your wares. Heaven is the shop. Descend means underground. But where underground?" He looks around for a trapdoor or grate in the pavement, but Burahl cuts his search short by throwing open the door, hidden behind a crumbling wall. "I would have gotten it eventually," he pouts, but follows the alchemist inside.
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...Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-15T07:49:04ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: DM - Tareth's Modified Kingmaker Campaign GameplayAnwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/DMTarethsModifiedKingmakerCampaign/gameplay&page=57#28072014-09-15T07:28:19Z2014-09-15T07:28:19Z<p>Anwel smiles a reassuring smile. <b>"I could carry a healing draught if anyone has or can brew one."</b> Anwel gives Kallista a prompting look, hoping she will be able to make such a thing. <b>"And I can always turn back if the cold saps me too severely. I will be fine."</b> He shrugs. <b>"If I turn out to be wrong...I can think of worse ends than aiding my friends."</b></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>An aside: Anwel is supposed to be a snowcaster elf. I built Anwel before I knew of the ARG and its "arctic elf" representation of snowcasters. If I had known about the ARG, he'd be walking around with cold resistance 5, among other things. Oh well.</span></p>Anwel smiles a reassuring smile. "I could carry a healing draught if anyone has or can brew one." Anwel gives Kallista a prompting look, hoping she will be able to make such a thing. "And I can always turn back if the cold saps me too severely. I will be fine." He shrugs. "If I turn out to be wrong...I can think of worse ends than aiding my friends."
An aside: Anwel is supposed to be a snowcaster elf. I built Anwel before I knew of the ARG and its "arctic elf" representation of snowcasters....Anwel Lossio (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-15T07:28:19ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=34#16962014-09-14T21:24:55Z2014-09-14T21:24:55Z<p>Fredo smiles at the sight of everyone gathering, safe on the street. He beckons them over, recasting his spell <span class=messageboard-ooc><i>message</i></span>, and when they notice him, starts walking north. Cat jumps out of Akiki's arms to follow him. All he knows about Burahl's shop is that it's in or near Old Korvosa, but that's enough for now. </p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>Fredo smiles at the sight of everyone gathering, safe on the street. He beckons them over, recasting his spell message, and when they notice him, starts walking north. Cat jumps out of Akiki's arms to follow him. All he knows about Burahl's shop is that it's in or near Old Korvosa, but that's enough for now.
[Spoiler omitted]Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-14T21:24:55ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=34#16872014-09-06T15:53:11Z2014-09-06T15:53:11Z<p>Cat allows Akiki to pick her up, and nestles into the crook of one arm so the rogue will still have a hand free.</p>Cat allows Akiki to pick her up, and nestles into the crook of one arm so the rogue will still have a hand free.Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-09-06T15:53:11ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=34#16822014-08-30T22:16:53Z2014-08-30T22:16:53Z<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>
<p>Emmera and Thaven will be able to see them leaving, and follow, from their perch. But Akiki needs collecting. Fredo writes a quick "time to go" on a slip of paper and gives it to Cat, who can move through the crowd and track Akiki by scent if she needs to.</p>[Spoiler omitted]
Emmera and Thaven will be able to see them leaving, and follow, from their perch. But Akiki needs collecting. Fredo writes a quick "time to go" on a slip of paper and gives it to Cat, who can move through the crowd and track Akiki by scent if she needs to.Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-08-30T22:16:53ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=34#16772014-08-30T03:47:20Z2014-08-30T03:47:20Z<p><b>"In that case, everything should be fine. Shall we go?"</b> The Liniment is not magical, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything. An herbal or chemical cure wouldn't be. To get answers, Burahl will have to subject the stuff to a thorough analysis. He can't without opening the jars, and Fredo isn't foolish enough to suggest doing so in front of Loaggri. So they'll need space. They might even need to go back to the alchemist's shop; Fredo is looking forward to finally seeing it.</p>
<p>He looks over his shoulder at Kaylee as the trio leave the shop, to see if she's following. Regardless, as soon as they pass the guards, Fredo speaks lowly into a spell.</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>"In that case, everything should be fine. Shall we go?" The Liniment is not magical, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything. An herbal or chemical cure wouldn't be. To get answers, Burahl will have to subject the stuff to a thorough analysis. He can't without opening the jars, and Fredo isn't foolish enough to suggest doing so in front of Loaggri. So they'll need space. They might even need to go back to the alchemist's shop; Fredo is looking forward to finally seeing it.
He looks over...Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-08-30T03:47:20ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=34#16712014-08-29T20:40:11Z2014-08-29T20:40:11Z<p><b>"So they say."</b> Fredo takes the clay jars and looks them over appraisingly <span class=messageboard-ooc><i>detect magic</i></span>, then hands them off to Burahl <span class=messageboard-ooc>to do that voodoo that he do so well</span>. <b>"I'm sorry to make you repeat yourself, but I seem to have missed your answer. How long can one keep this medicine before it spoils?"</b></p>"So they say." Fredo takes the clay jars and looks them over appraisingly detect magic, then hands them off to Burahl to do that voodoo that he do so well. "I'm sorry to make you repeat yourself, but I seem to have missed your answer. How long can one keep this medicine before it spoils?"Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-08-29T20:40:11ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=34#16692014-08-29T18:03:28Z2014-08-29T18:03:28Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Sense Motive:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Bluff:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14</span> <span class=messageboard-ooc>Can I get an aid another on this, please?</span></p>
<p><b>"Indeed,"</b> says Fredo evenly, though he remains skeptical. He knows from her actions now how she would have reacted to Brienne's plight, though he supposes it's possible that, had she found the Lambs, she would have gotten them out of Korvosa. Odd that she would ask after his child. Why would she think he had a family of his own, or care? <b>"But this is not for family. My mother and sisters live outside the city."</b> Fredo has spotted Kaylee by now, and doesn't want her to think he was lying to her. Besides, one of the guards might have overheard them, and could tell Loaggri. <b>"It's for my friends, Henk and Dalrene. They serve the sick, and need some insurance. How long does the Liniment keep?"</b></p>[dice=Sense Motive]1d20+1[/dice]
[dice=Bluff]1d20+1[/dice] Can I get an aid another on this, please?
"Indeed," says Fredo evenly, though he remains skeptical. He knows from her actions now how she would have reacted to Brienne's plight, though he supposes it's possible that, had she found the Lambs, she would have gotten them out of Korvosa. Odd that she would ask after his child. Why would she think he had a family of his own, or care? "But this is not for family. My mother and sisters live...Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-08-29T18:03:28ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=34#16662014-08-27T20:37:49Z2014-08-27T20:37:49Z<p>Fredo catches his breath at Kaylee's phrasing, but seeing that she's next in line, doesn't ask her to explain herself. <b>"Oh, don't worry about me,"</b> he says, trying to sound casual, but she's already turned around and headed into the shop. As soon as she's out of sight, Cat hops into Fredo's arms and buries her face in his chest. He strokes her back, and manages to calm down before he, Burahl, and Raijinn are called into Lavender's.</p>
<p>Oddly, Fredo hadn't seen Kaylee leave the shop, but he reasons that he probably wasn't looking. He shares Burahl's and Raijinn's discomfort, but not with the scents. Lavender's at least smelled better than Girrigz's or Vreeg's lairs, or the fishery, or the butchery, even if the odors were a bit cloying. Rather, Fredo is put off by the advertising. It's a bit...on the nose.</p>
<p>As Raijinn and Burahl talk, Fredo grimaces apologetically at the proprietor. In the hopes that she won't throw them out, he offers a flattering answer to Raijinn's question. <b>"The same reason people burn incense while they prey; it makes them feel better about their lives.</b></p>
<p><b>"Speaking of feeling better,"</b> he says, dropping six sails on the counter, <b>"can we have three doses of the Luxuriant Liniment, please?"</b></p>Fredo catches his breath at Kaylee's phrasing, but seeing that she's next in line, doesn't ask her to explain herself. "Oh, don't worry about me," he says, trying to sound casual, but she's already turned around and headed into the shop. As soon as she's out of sight, Cat hops into Fredo's arms and buries her face in his chest. He strokes her back, and manages to calm down before he, Burahl, and Raijinn are called into Lavender's.
Oddly, Fredo hadn't seen Kaylee leave the shop, but he...Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-08-27T20:37:49ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=34#16572014-08-24T04:00:02Z2014-08-24T04:00:02Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">The Harrow GM wrote:</div><blockquote> <span class=messageboard-ooc>Goffred, have you been putting ranks into Diplomacy?</span></blockquote><p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Yup!</span>
<p>Fredo frowns in sympathy. <b>"I'm sorry,"</b> he says, pausing to get the woman's name. <b>"I don't know. My family all live outside the city. I did know someone whose daughter caught Blood Veil, and he'd have tried anything to cure her. Luckily, he was able to meet the Abadarans' price before she was too far gone.</b></p>
<p><b>"They probably sell cures for a hundred and fifty sails in these times,<span class=messageboard-ooc>•</span> and two is obviously cheaper."</b> He nods at Burahl to indicate belated agreement with the alchemist's skepticism. <b>"On the other hand, their magic works every time, and the Liniment's success rate is, from what I have heard, lower. Obviously, everyone here has heard differently."</b> Fredo lowers his voice and beckons the woman closer, covering his mouth with his rubber-gloved hand so she wouldn't feel compelled to don her mask. <span class=tiny><b>"It's the kind of thing the Queen's Physicians should be investigating, but they're not. They seem to be more interested in making plague victims disappear.</b></span></p>
<p><b>"Anyway,"</b> he says, <b>"I was thinking of buying a dose and analyzing it. It shouldn't take long."</b></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>• This is the cost for a 5th-level cleric to cast <i>remove disease</i> from their spell slots. Every 5th-level and higher cleric probably has the spell prepared in all their available slots every day.</span></p>The Harrow GM wrote:Goffred, have you been putting ranks into Diplomacy?
Yup! Fredo frowns in sympathy. "I'm sorry," he says, pausing to get the woman's name. "I don't know. My family all live outside the city. I did know someone whose daughter caught Blood Veil, and he'd have tried anything to cure her. Luckily, he was able to meet the Abadarans' price before she was too far gone.
"They probably sell cures for a hundred and fifty sails in these times,* and two is obviously cheaper." He...Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-08-24T04:00:02ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=33#16462014-08-21T00:23:04Z2014-08-21T00:23:04Z<p>Fredo heads to the back of the line, untroubled by the prospect of standing around for a few hours. He has no engagements before Eiress's. He pulls Ms Griffin's file out of his pack to study, but tucks it under his arm when he realizes how hard the dim light of the alley makes it to read. While waiting for the line to move into the light, he casts a quick spell on himself <span class=messageboard-ooc>(guidance)</span> and tries to strike up a conversation with the person ahead of him. <b>"Hello, I'm Fredo."</b> He smiles invitingly, and pauses a moment to give the person ahead of him a chance to turn around. <b>"I'll understand if you want to keep it to yourself, but would you mind sharing how you heard about Lavender's? When I heard about the Liniment, it just seemed too good to be true, and I had to see for myself."</b></p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Diplomacy:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11</span></p>Fredo heads to the back of the line, untroubled by the prospect of standing around for a few hours. He has no engagements before Eiress's. He pulls Ms Griffin's file out of his pack to study, but tucks it under his arm when he realizes how hard the dim light of the alley makes it to read. While waiting for the line to move into the light, he casts a quick spell on himself (guidance) and tries to strike up a conversation with the person ahead of him. "Hello, I'm Fredo." He smiles invitingly,...Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-08-21T00:23:04ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: CotCT Thread! Discussion.Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/discussion&page=16#7832014-08-17T00:18:54Z2014-08-17T00:18:54Z<p>This post is to confirm that I still live.</p>This post is to confirm that I still live.Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-08-17T00:18:54ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: CotCT Gameplay Thread!Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CotCTGameplayThread/gameplay&page=33#16422014-08-06T01:09:08Z2014-08-06T01:09:08Z<p><b>"It's worse than that, Burahl."</b> He recognizing the look of disgust on the alchemist's face. It is the look of a professional angry at a fellow going over the line. Fredo remembers how he'd felt watching Togomor's interrogation. It's a dirty feeling, like someone has sullied the use to which you've put your life. <b>"At least one person has died because they thought Lavender's Liniment a true cure, and so did not think to seek real help."</b></p>
<p>Fredo puts up his hands at the odd looks he gets from Akiki, Thaven, and Burahl. At least Raijinn and Emmera are too distracted by their discussion of the tiefling's recovery to care. <b>"I heard about it from a client,"</b> he explains. <b>"The stories seem to line up."</b></p>"It's worse than that, Burahl." He recognizing the look of disgust on the alchemist's face. It is the look of a professional angry at a fellow going over the line. Fredo remembers how he'd felt watching Togomor's interrogation. It's a dirty feeling, like someone has sullied the use to which you've put your life. "At least one person has died because they thought Lavender's Liniment a true cure, and so did not think to seek real help."
Fredo puts up his hands at the odd looks he gets from...Goffred Giulianoff (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-08-06T01:09:08ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Leinathan's Private PbP Discussion!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/discussion&page=5#2482014-06-07T07:43:35Z2014-06-07T07:43:35Z<p>Well, that's a shame, but you gotta do what you gotta do. I'll PM you about Runelords.</p>Well, that's a shame, but you gotta do what you gotta do. I'll PM you about Runelords.Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-06-07T07:43:35ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=8#3982014-06-05T21:41:20Z2014-06-05T21:41:20Z<p><b>"There is no need to rest!"</b> says Isilma incredulously. <b>"And the group as a whole is far from 'half strength.' We came to Neathholm without my having casted a single spell. I toldest thou I had no more magic so thou wouldst know, not so thou wouldst overreact."</b></p>"There is no need to rest!" says Isilma incredulously. "And the group as a whole is far from 'half strength.' We came to Neathholm without my having casted a single spell. I toldest thou I had no more magic so thou wouldst know, not so thou wouldst overreact."Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-06-05T21:41:20ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=8#3882014-06-03T22:27:55Z2014-06-03T22:27:55Z<p>With her spell complete and no more mongrels appearing to oppose their progress, Isilma releases the magic on herself. It washes over her and, finding her too small a reservoir, bleeds onto Aravashnial as well. Fortunately, it does so without affecting either of them. Slowly, Isilma lowers everyone she'd lifted down from the ceiling, the pillars of cloud below them puffing out of existence as their toes touch the ground. <b>"I thinkest so,"</b> she says, trying not to imagine what Killian might have done to merit a less friendly reception. <b>"But I hast no more magic remaining, excepting simple spells and Terendelev's kindness."</b></p>With her spell complete and no more mongrels appearing to oppose their progress, Isilma releases the magic on herself. It washes over her and, finding her too small a reservoir, bleeds onto Aravashnial as well. Fortunately, it does so without affecting either of them. Slowly, Isilma lowers everyone she'd lifted down from the ceiling, the pillars of cloud below them puffing out of existence as their toes touch the ground. "I thinkest so," she says, trying not to imagine what Killian might have...Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-06-03T22:27:55ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=8#3772014-05-27T16:06:54Z2014-05-27T16:06:54Z<p>From what Isilma can see from her perch near the ceiling, the mongrels are just going to keep coming faster than Mulluq and Shirraj can put them down. So shre resorts to the magic she has kept in reserve since the fall of Kenabres, willing the mongrels to be quelled.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Begin casting <i>sleep</i> (Will DC 12). It will come into effect on my next turn.</span></p>From what Isilma can see from her perch near the ceiling, the mongrels are just going to keep coming faster than Mulluq and Shirraj can put them down. So shre resorts to the magic she has kept in reserve since the fall of Kenabres, willing the mongrels to be quelled.
Begin casting sleep (Will DC 12). It will come into effect on my next turn.Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-05-27T16:06:54ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=8#3702014-05-11T10:04:48Z2014-05-11T10:04:48Z<p>Isilma snatches her staff from Aravashnial and pulls out Terendelev's scale. <b>"<i>Atya</i>,"</b> she says, <b>"Horgus, protect your heads."</b> She holds the silver plate palm-out and wills the two up towards the ceiling to hide among the stalactites, then steps into the cloud supporting Aravashnial. Maybe she can maintain control like this.</p>Isilma snatches her staff from Aravashnial and pulls out Terendelev's scale. "Atya," she says, "Horgus, protect your heads." She holds the silver plate palm-out and wills the two up towards the ceiling to hide among the stalactites, then steps into the cloud supporting Aravashnial. Maybe she can maintain control like this.Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-05-11T10:04:48ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Leinathan's Private PbP Discussion!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/discussion&page=5#2412014-05-10T07:31:52Z2014-05-10T07:31:52Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">leinathan wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Quick, marching order!
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Aravashnial is going to stand by Isilma, obviously, and Anevia by Lysbeth, while Horgus is going to take the very back spot. </blockquote><p>Put me and Aravashnial aft of Anevia and Lysbeth, please.leinathan wrote:Quick, marching order!
Aravashnial is going to stand by Isilma, obviously, and Anevia by Lysbeth, while Horgus is going to take the very back spot.
Put me and Aravashnial aft of Anevia and Lysbeth, please.Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-05-10T07:31:52ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=8#3642014-05-09T12:36:52Z2014-05-09T12:36:52Z<p>Isilma makes a futile attempt to hold Aravashnial back, then watches uncomfortably as he gropes at Lysbeth's face with his free hand. Isilma does not want him to poke or scratch her, but she also does not want to abet his affront against her personal space. She relaxes at Lysbeth's grace, and the episode ends mercifully quickly.</p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Sense Motive @ Anevia:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 ⇒ 15</span></p>
<p>Anevia's statement prompts a quizzical glance from Isilma, but she is not quite sure what to make of it. It <i>sounds</i> like she is being evasive, but Isilma knows she is far from comfortable with human cues. She could be completely sincere. But if Anevia is ashamed of something, then it is only a matter of time before she shares it, which in turn puts an unknown time limit on Isilma. She does not want to be the last. <b>"All my parents gave me were blessings,"</b> she says guiltily. <b>"That they soured is my fault alone."</b></p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Perception @ Shirraj's arrow:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17</span></p>Isilma makes a futile attempt to hold Aravashnial back, then watches uncomfortably as he gropes at Lysbeth's face with his free hand. Isilma does not want him to poke or scratch her, but she also does not want to abet his affront against her personal space. She relaxes at Lysbeth's grace, and the episode ends mercifully quickly.
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Anevia's statement prompts a quizzical glance from Isilma, but she is not quite sure what to make of it. It sounds like she...Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-05-09T12:36:52ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Leinathan's Private PbP Discussion!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/discussion&page=5#2372014-05-09T01:46:10Z2014-05-09T01:46:10Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Killian Shard wrote:</div><blockquote> Killian runs his hand back across his bald pate in growing discomfort as Horgus and Aravashnial react to Lysbeth's revelation and as Mulluq'Tar then responds in kind to Horgus. <b>"Besides, regardless of who each of our fathers may or may not be, we're all on this road together, like it or not. And honestly, which of us here can truthfully say they didn't inherit some bothersome character trait from their father, hmm?"</b> He grins sheepishly at the group, still rubbing his hand along the top of his head. </blockquote><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK92NYwBMts" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">3:12</a>Killian Shard wrote:Killian runs his hand back across his bald pate in growing discomfort as Horgus and Aravashnial react to Lysbeth's revelation and as Mulluq'Tar then responds in kind to Horgus. "Besides, regardless of who each of our fathers may or may not be, we're all on this road together, like it or not. And honestly, which of us here can truthfully say they didn't inherit some bothersome character trait from their father, hmm?" He grins sheepishly at the group, still rubbing his hand...Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-05-09T01:46:10ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=8#3562014-05-01T14:56:09Z2014-05-01T14:56:09Z<p>Isilma's heart skips a beat at Killian's audacious suggestion. <span class=tiny><b>"T'would not be a fair bet,"</b></span> she murmurs back, trying to mirror the man's joshing tone despite the heavy atmosphere. She returns his wink and manages a slight upward tick in the corner of her mouth.</p>Isilma's heart skips a beat at Killian's audacious suggestion. "T'would not be a fair bet," she murmurs back, trying to mirror the man's joshing tone despite the heavy atmosphere. She returns his wink and manages a slight upward tick in the corner of her mouth.Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-05-01T14:56:09ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=8#3522014-05-01T04:11:57Z2014-05-01T04:11:57Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Depends what you mean. It's probably best to let a character moment play out rather than trying to push the plot forward, but the NPCs would react to a declaration like that.</span></p>
<p>Isilma gives Horgus a warning look and squeezes Aravashnial's hand. She does not want them reacting to Lysbeth's news the way they had to the Neathholmers, with revulsion and morbid curiosity respectively. But while she knows what to expect from them, Isilma is eager to discover how Killian and Shirraj take potentially disturbing news. She notes Killian's polite discomfort and Shirraj's easy acceptance, and also that neither of them thinks Lysbeth had betrayed them. Combined with their - especially Shirraj's - counsel in the mine, Isilma starts considering the possibility that she had been wrong not to tell them everything.</p>
<p>As for the news itself, Isilma feels mildly surprised that Lysbeth is older than she looks, and reassured that she could endure a century of war without cracking under the strain.</p>Depends what you mean. It's probably best to let a character moment play out rather than trying to push the plot forward, but the NPCs would react to a declaration like that.
Isilma gives Horgus a warning look and squeezes Aravashnial's hand. She does not want them reacting to Lysbeth's news the way they had to the Neathholmers, with revulsion and morbid curiosity respectively. But while she knows what to expect from them, Isilma is eager to discover how Killian and Shirraj take potentially...Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-05-01T04:11:57ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=7#3472014-04-30T00:05:38Z2014-04-30T00:05:38Z<p><span class=tiny><b>"<i>Quetta poicanna, 'uito,'</i>"</b></span> mutters Isilma. Despite Opoli's healing her skin has grown ashen and dark circles have formed under her eyes. Her grip on Aravashnial's hand is less sure than before. She opens her mouth to ask whether Iomedae's code would help Mulluq identify wicked impulses, but lapses into silence instead. She knows how deceitful evil can be, how easy it is, at the end of the road to darkness, to see the most terrible actions as right.</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>"Quetta poicanna, 'uito,'" mutters Isilma. Despite Opoli's healing her skin has grown ashen and dark circles have formed under her eyes. Her grip on Aravashnial's hand is less sure than before. She opens her mouth to ask whether Iomedae's code would help Mulluq identify wicked impulses, but lapses into silence instead. She knows how deceitful evil can be, how easy it is, at the end of the road to darkness, to see the most terrible actions as right.
[Spoiler omitted]Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-04-30T00:05:38ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Leinathan's Private PbP Discussion!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/discussion&page=5#2342014-04-29T19:44:45Z2014-04-29T19:44:45Z<p>Well, have bit of background that's definitely colored my personal experience a bit. Last time I had an FtF gaming group was in college, and about half of us were actors.</p>Well, have bit of background that's definitely colored my personal experience a bit. Last time I had an FtF gaming group was in college, and about half of us were actors.Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-04-29T19:44:45ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=7#3412014-04-25T02:14:23Z2014-04-25T02:14:23Z<p><b>"I only pray thou art all correct,"</b> says Isilma, pushing the tension in her throat down into her abdomen and getting up off the ground. She wants to be more specific, but not until she knows Killian and Shirraj better. Her head swims when she draws herself up to her full height, and she braces herself against the wall. <b>"I shall need to see Opoli,"</b> she says. <b>"I feel dizzy."</b></p>"I only pray thou art all correct," says Isilma, pushing the tension in her throat down into her abdomen and getting up off the ground. She wants to be more specific, but not until she knows Killian and Shirraj better. Her head swims when she draws herself up to her full height, and she braces herself against the wall. "I shall need to see Opoli," she says. "I feel dizzy."Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-04-25T02:14:23ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=7#3352014-04-17T05:36:51Z2014-04-17T05:36:51Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Looks like we're sticking around the mine a little longer, Nathan.</span></p>
<p>Isilma tries to take Mulluq's council for the wisdom that it is, that might have come from her friends back home, but she can feel a petulant retort building in her throat. She tries to stop it, but her willpower is weaker than it has been in a long time. She can feel the echoing roar of the creature still pounding in her ears, dulling her mind, sharpening her tongue. <b>"Thou never gavest in,"</b> she snaps. The words ring clearly against the shaft's close walls, barely stifled by her sleeves.</p>Looks like we're sticking around the mine a little longer, Nathan.
Isilma tries to take Mulluq's council for the wisdom that it is, that might have come from her friends back home, but she can feel a petulant retort building in her throat. She tries to stop it, but her willpower is weaker than it has been in a long time. She can feel the echoing roar of the creature still pounding in her ears, dulling her mind, sharpening her tongue. "Thou never gavest in," she snaps. The words ring clearly...Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-04-17T05:36:51ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=7#3322014-04-16T22:32:33Z2014-04-16T22:32:33Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Will:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6</span></p>[dice=Will]1d20+3[/dice]Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-04-16T22:32:33ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=7#3302014-04-16T21:39:23Z2014-04-16T21:39:23Z<p>Isilma falls back onto her rump, her gasp of pain and surprise muffled by the sleeves in front of her face. <b>"How canst thou laugh?"</b> she says, bringing her elbows to rest on her knees so her hands can better support her head. She does not want to show her eyes, not til she's sure they're right again. <b>"I want to laugh. But our enemies keep driving me to hate. I cannot keep letting them do that."</b></p>Isilma falls back onto her rump, her gasp of pain and surprise muffled by the sleeves in front of her face. "How canst thou laugh?" she says, bringing her elbows to rest on her knees so her hands can better support her head. She does not want to show her eyes, not til she's sure they're right again. "I want to laugh. But our enemies keep driving me to hate. I cannot keep letting them do that."Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-04-16T21:39:23ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=7#3232014-04-14T17:50:25Z2014-04-14T17:50:25Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>I swear, the physical similarities between me and Lysbeth are purely coincidence!</span></p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Attack:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 4 - 4 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 4 - 4 + 1 = 17</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Damage:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5</span></p>
<p>Growing increasingly frustrated at her inability to help her friends, and with the lingering effects of the beast's howl fogging her mind, Isilma shrieks and slams another bolt into the mechanism. As she does so, she feels the by now too-familiar cast of white start to creep over her eyes, and squeezes them just just as her finger presses the trigger. She feels the bow twang, and drops it to cover her face with her hands. She begins taking deep, frightened breaths. Why did this keep happening? She had been in control when she left home. <b>"Á hautë! Á vánë!"</b> she cries.</p>I swear, the physical similarities between me and Lysbeth are purely coincidence!
[dice="Attack"]1d20+4-4+1[/dice]
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Growing increasingly frustrated at her inability to help her friends, and with the lingering effects of the beast's howl fogging her mind, Isilma shrieks and slams another bolt into the mechanism. As she does so, she feels the by now too-familiar cast of white start to creep over her eyes, and squeezes them just just as her finger presses the...Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-04-14T17:50:25ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=7#3152014-04-10T17:26:03Z2014-04-10T17:26:03Z<p>Isilma slots another bolt into her crossbow. She can barely spot the creature through everyone crowded around it, but thanks to it, there is nothing else she can do to help.</p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Attack:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 4 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 1 - 4 = 4</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Damage:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8</span></p>Isilma slots another bolt into her crossbow. She can barely spot the creature through everyone crowded around it, but thanks to it, there is nothing else she can do to help.
[dice=Attack]1d20+4+1-4[/dice]
[dice=Damage]1d8+1[/dice]Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-04-10T17:26:03ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=7#3052014-04-07T14:13:42Z2014-04-07T14:13:42Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Will:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4</span></p>
<p>Isilma gasps as she feels the porcupine-wolf's howl suck away her magic. She holds the air inside her and raises her crossbow. <b>"That is not thine,"</b> she says. <b>"Give it back."</b> She releases the bolt with a furious twang.</p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Attack:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 4 + 1 = 14</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Damage:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2</span></p>[dice=Will]1d20+3[/dice]
Isilma gasps as she feels the porcupine-wolf's howl suck away her magic. She holds the air inside her and raises her crossbow. "That is not thine," she says. "Give it back." She releases the bolt with a furious twang.
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[dice=Damage]1d8+1[/dice]Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-04-07T14:13:42ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=6#2902014-03-30T05:07:14Z2014-03-30T05:07:14Z<p><b>"I am concerned for Horgus,"</b> says Isilma. <b>"He is impatient to return to the surface, and unlike Aravashnial and Anevia, needs no succor from Opoli. Thou knowest I would support you, but someone needs to stay with him. Perhaps if Cruoar could be convinced to stay a little longer..."</b></p>"I am concerned for Horgus," says Isilma. "He is impatient to return to the surface, and unlike Aravashnial and Anevia, needs no succor from Opoli. Thou knowest I would support you, but someone needs to stay with him. Perhaps if Cruoar could be convinced to stay a little longer..."Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-03-30T05:07:14ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=6#2832014-03-25T20:57:22Z2014-03-25T20:57:22Z<p><b>"Not long at all, Killian,"</b> says Isilma, looking up at the man as they walk. <b>"I came to Kenabres but recently, and only met most of them after the attack. Thou wilt forgive me if I wait until they are present to introduce them, but I understand that they are established citizens and Crusaders, and wholly admirable."</b></p>"Not long at all, Killian," says Isilma, looking up at the man as they walk. "I came to Kenabres but recently, and only met most of them after the attack. Thou wilt forgive me if I wait until they are present to introduce them, but I understand that they are established citizens and Crusaders, and wholly admirable."Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-03-25T20:57:22ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Leinathan's Private PbP Discussion!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/discussion&page=5#2272014-03-20T15:04:21Z2014-03-20T15:04:21Z<p>Ooh, you can use spoiler tags outside the main field? What fun!</p>Ooh, you can use spoiler tags outside the main field? What fun!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-03-20T15:04:21ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Leinathan's Private PbP Discussion!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/discussion&page=5#2252014-03-20T01:18:26Z2014-03-20T01:18:26Z<p>Only for you.</p>Only for you.Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-03-20T01:18:26ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=6#2762014-03-19T19:38:22Z2014-03-19T19:38:22Z<p><b>"Thou didst, Killian,"</b> says Isilma, brushing his fingertips with hers in the expected greeting of the Dreamer's faithful. <b>"My friends are in the cemetery, paying their respects to fallen Crusaders. It is not far, but I can bring them here if you do not wish to walk."</b> She turns to Shirraj. Having missed the start of their conversation, Isilma imagines her to be a resident of Neathholm. <b>"Hast thou known the Seer for long, Shirraj?"</b></p>"Thou didst, Killian," says Isilma, brushing his fingertips with hers in the expected greeting of the Dreamer's faithful. "My friends are in the cemetery, paying their respects to fallen Crusaders. It is not far, but I can bring them here if you do not wish to walk." She turns to Shirraj. Having missed the start of their conversation, Isilma imagines her to be a resident of Neathholm. "Hast thou known the Seer for long, Shirraj?"Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-03-19T19:38:22ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=6#2732014-03-19T00:13:12Z2014-03-19T00:13:12Z<p><b>"That shall not be necessary,"</b> says Isilma, having overheard the man's boisterous good humor from the street. Unfortunately, her appearance seems to have banished it.</p>
<p><b>"Greetings! I am Isilma,"</b> she says loudly, attempting to break the awkward silence. She looks past the duo, into the hut, but there does not seem to be another room. Still no answer. <b>"Is Seer Opoli here? I did come here with friends from Kenabres, and two were injured in the fall. They need to see him."</b></p>"That shall not be necessary," says Isilma, having overheard the man's boisterous good humor from the street. Unfortunately, her appearance seems to have banished it.
"Greetings! I am Isilma," she says loudly, attempting to break the awkward silence. She looks past the duo, into the hut, but there does not seem to be another room. Still no answer. "Is Seer Opoli here? I did come here with friends from Kenabres, and two were injured in the fall. They need to see him."Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-03-19T00:13:12ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=6#2682014-03-18T18:05:53Z2014-03-18T18:05:53Z<p>Curious about the Iomedean rites, Isilma starts the ceremony rapt and ramrod-straight in her chair. Soon, however, her unspoken suspicions about the fallen men, and the down-to-earth practicality of the ceremony, cause her attention to drift. To keep from fidgeting, she moves back a few rows to sit with Anevia and Aravashnial. She can see how much their wounds still pain them, despite their brave facades. She is sure that somewhere in Neathholm there is someone who can help them more than they'd been able to in the tunnels.</p>
<p>When the ceremony ends, she slides off the chair and speaks quietly to them. <b>"Should the others ask where I have gone,"</b> she says, <b>"tell them I went to find you a healer, and shall return soon."</b> With that, Isilma slips quietly out of the graveyard and into the street. </p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Diplomacy to gather information about healers:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Hours it takes:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d4 ⇒ 1</span></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Let's see, do I find Opoli?</span></p>Curious about the Iomedean rites, Isilma starts the ceremony rapt and ramrod-straight in her chair. Soon, however, her unspoken suspicions about the fallen men, and the down-to-earth practicality of the ceremony, cause her attention to drift. To keep from fidgeting, she moves back a few rows to sit with Anevia and Aravashnial. She can see how much their wounds still pain them, despite their brave facades. She is sure that somewhere in Neathholm there is someone who can help them more than...Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-03-18T18:05:53ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Leinathan's Private PbP Discussion!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/discussion&page=5#2042014-03-14T00:04:25Z2014-03-14T00:04:25Z<p>FWIW, the member we recently lost was an Inquisitor. I could see an Inquisitor, Rogue, Magus, or Sorcerer fitting in quite nicely.</p>FWIW, the member we recently lost was an Inquisitor. I could see an Inquisitor, Rogue, Magus, or Sorcerer fitting in quite nicely.Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-03-14T00:04:25ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Leinathan's Private PbP Discussion!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/discussion&page=4#1962014-03-13T15:52:16Z2014-03-13T15:52:16Z<p>Hi!</p>Hi!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-03-13T15:52:16ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Leinathan's Private PbP Discussion!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/discussion&page=4#1802014-03-11T19:54:33Z2014-03-11T19:54:33Z<p>I would have no problem whatsoever with you rebuilding her.</p>I would have no problem whatsoever with you rebuilding her.Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-03-11T19:54:33ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=6#2572014-02-11T05:18:45Z2014-02-11T05:18:45Z<p><b>"It is,"</b> adds Isilma, <b>"the least we can do."</b></p>"It is," adds Isilma, "the least we can do."Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-02-11T05:18:45ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Leinathan's Private PbP Discussion!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/discussion&page=4#1702014-02-07T05:02:27Z2014-02-07T05:02:27Z<p>Word for flippin' word...</p>Word for flippin' word...Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-02-07T05:02:27ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=6#2522014-02-07T04:59:57Z2014-02-07T04:59:57Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>I don't say this often enough, but I really like your similes, Nathan.</span></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>EDIT: Oh come on! Now, of all times, I get ninja'd? I really liked this post...</span></p>
<p>Isilma enters the room and stands behind Lann. She curtsies when he introduces them, then clasps her hands behind her arching back to listen to his report. She had heard it before, however, so she spends most of the time watching the Chief. He is by no means fair to behold, but she recognizes the steadiness of his posture and the studied impassiveness with which he received Lann's news. He is a prince. A prince that has now turned his eye upon them. She steps forward.</p>
<p><b>"A most grievous calamity, Excellency,"</b> she says seriously, her words dropping from her mouth with the gravity of a river over a waterfall. She realizes she does not know his name. Lann, of course, has told him theirs. <b>"The same one, no doubt, that wrecked your tunnels. The demons came to Kenabres, winging, burrowing, and swimming,"</b> she takes a deep breath, swallows before plowing on, <b>"and they took it.</b></p>
<p><b>"We seven fell down one of the rifts they opened in the ground. We know not how many live, only that many are dead. Including the great dragon."</b> She pulls out her scale and slaps it down on the Chief's desk for him to examine. If he knows anything of magic he should sense its power and know from it the truth of her words. <b>"She fought the Storm King, and she fell.</b></p>
<p><b>"We need to return to the surface, to see if anything can be done, and especially if there is any chance of reclaiming the city. If you can help, we would be most grateful."</b></p>I don't say this often enough, but I really like your similes, Nathan.
EDIT: Oh come on! Now, of all times, I get ninja'd? I really liked this post...
Isilma enters the room and stands behind Lann. She curtsies when he introduces them, then clasps her hands behind her arching back to listen to his report. She had heard it before, however, so she spends most of the time watching the Chief. He is by no means fair to behold, but she recognizes the steadiness of his posture and the studied...Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-02-07T04:59:57ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=5#2432014-02-02T04:58:51Z2014-02-02T04:58:51Z<p>Isilma takes a deep, relaxing breath when the tunnel opens up into the grotto of Neathholm. Without the claustrophobic pressure of the deeplands' walls and ceiling all around her, and the smell of the clay-filtered water, she can close her eyes and pretend to be standing by one of the still pools at the edge of the Endowhar River at night. Of course, when she opens her eyes there is no moon gazing down from the faraway but still-present ceiling.</p>
<p>Alone, it appears, among her companions, Isilma looks forward more to meeting Lann's Chief than to the funeral, especially after Lisbeth mentions eulogies. She would not know what to say. Instead, she murmurs to Aravashnial in Elven, choosing the most elaborate, lyrical word combinations she knows to avoid any opportunities to be drawn into the others' conversation.</p>
<p>She's in the middle of reminding him how close they are to the lakeshore when Cruroar makes his offer. <b>"Only if you are sure you have nothing to say to him,"</b> she says, looking around at the onlookers. <b>"The course of the Crusade could hinge on this meeting."</b></p>Isilma takes a deep, relaxing breath when the tunnel opens up into the grotto of Neathholm. Without the claustrophobic pressure of the deeplands' walls and ceiling all around her, and the smell of the clay-filtered water, she can close her eyes and pretend to be standing by one of the still pools at the edge of the Endowhar River at night. Of course, when she opens her eyes there is no moon gazing down from the faraway but still-present ceiling.
Alone, it appears, among her companions,...Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-02-02T04:58:51ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Leinathan's Private PbP Discussion!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/discussion&page=4#1652014-01-25T01:01:23Z2014-01-25T01:01:23Z<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>[Spoiler omitted]Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-01-25T01:01:23ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=5#2312014-01-21T17:41:55Z2014-01-21T17:41:55Z<p>Isilma outs a hand to her mouth to hide a troubled frown. There is another possibility that no one seems to want to acknowledge: the men may have been demon worshipers themselves. But there is no way for them to know for sure and raising the possibility could be very offensive, so she chooses not to say anything. Instead, she tries for a compromise. <b>"Perhaps we could take them with us,"</b> she says, <b>"to be laid in state in Neathholm? It, like Kenebres, is a Crusader town after all, and I would like to believe that any citizens of one would be welcome in the graveyards of the other."</b></p>Isilma outs a hand to her mouth to hide a troubled frown. There is another possibility that no one seems to want to acknowledge: the men may have been demon worshipers themselves. But there is no way for them to know for sure and raising the possibility could be very offensive, so she chooses not to say anything. Instead, she tries for a compromise. "Perhaps we could take them with us," she says, "to be laid in state in Neathholm? It, like Kenebres, is a Crusader town after all, and I would...Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-01-21T17:41:55ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Leinathan's Private PbP Discussion!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/discussion&page=4#1622014-01-09T08:32:13Z2014-01-09T08:32:13Z<p>No apologies necessary.</p>No apologies necessary.Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-01-09T08:32:13ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=5#2242014-01-09T03:13:59Z2014-01-09T03:13:59Z<p><b>"I hope you are correct."</b></p>"I hope you are correct."Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-01-09T03:13:59ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=5#2222014-01-08T07:21:25Z2014-01-08T07:21:25Z<p><b>"Spores mean fungus,"</b> shudders Isilma. The forest around Thorn's End had teemed with plants infected by Treerazer's demonic corruption. <b>"Lann, it is possible that, after the demon attack, this spore-cougher is more dangerous that you remember."</b></p>"Spores mean fungus," shudders Isilma. The forest around Thorn's End had teemed with plants infected by Treerazer's demonic corruption. "Lann, it is possible that, after the demon attack, this spore-cougher is more dangerous that you remember."Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2014-01-08T07:21:25ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=5#2152013-12-30T15:47:19Z2013-12-30T15:47:19Z<p><b>"Terendelev allows me to lift one person or object per casting, up to one hundred thirty five stone, for about nineteen minutes."</b> says Isilma. <b>"That is one of the strongest castings I have ever heard of, but it might not be enough to include all ten of us, never mind a stone to bear our weight. Her spell works just as Aravashnial said; it would move you up or down only, and you would have to move from side to side without its aid. And I can feel the power ebbing away. There remains enough for one more casting today."</b> She sighs, worried that the scale, once exhausted, might remain inert forevermore.</p>
<p><b>"But to answer your original question,"</b> she says, <b>"yes, others can hang onto the target, up to the weight the spell can hold. The questions such a plan raises include how many others can hang on to one target safely, how much weight they can all move by pulling themselves forward along the wall, and how quickly they can get across by doing so. I suggest casting Aravashnial's spell on Cruroar and Terendelev's spell on you, Mulluq. He would make one trip with two people and stay on the other side, and you would take two people across at a time, going back and forth five times in total to get everyone across."</b></p>"Terendelev allows me to lift one person or object per casting, up to one hundred thirty five stone, for about nineteen minutes." says Isilma. "That is one of the strongest castings I have ever heard of, but it might not be enough to include all ten of us, never mind a stone to bear our weight. Her spell works just as Aravashnial said; it would move you up or down only, and you would have to move from side to side without its aid. And I can feel the power ebbing away. There remains enough for...Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2013-12-30T15:47:19ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=5#2072013-12-14T02:33:23Z2013-12-14T02:33:23Z<p><b>"I know my judgment has not always been true, Mister Gwerm,"</b> says Isilma, <b>"but you heard Lann. We have been lucky so far, but we will not always have a single route forward. We need a guide."</b> She turns back to Lann. <b>"And we would be honored to discuss that with your Chief."</b></p>"I know my judgment has not always been true, Mister Gwerm," says Isilma, "but you heard Lann. We have been lucky so far, but we will not always have a single route forward. We need a guide." She turns back to Lann. "And we would be honored to discuss that with your Chief."Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2013-12-14T02:33:23ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=5#2042013-12-11T06:55:18Z2013-12-11T06:55:18Z<p><b>"Charmed, Lann. Call me Isilma."</b> She takes his hand and gestures with her free one, speaking seriously and urgently. <b>"My friends are Lysbeth, Cruroar and Mulluq, Anevia, Aravashnial and Horgus. We fell from Kenabres. It has been attacked, and we need to get back to the surface. Do you know how?"</b></p>"Charmed, Lann. Call me Isilma." She takes his hand and gestures with her free one, speaking seriously and urgently. "My friends are Lysbeth, Cruroar and Mulluq, Anevia, Aravashnial and Horgus. We fell from Kenabres. It has been attacked, and we need to get back to the surface. Do you know how?"Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2013-12-11T06:55:18ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=5#2012013-12-09T02:08:00Z2013-12-09T02:08:00Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc><i>Terendelev's scales</i> cast at CL 19, so the <i>levitate</i> spell can lift 1900 pounds. Just thought I'd mention that.</span></p>
<p><b>"You shall have our strength,"</b> declares Isilma, crossing the cavern to the ruined tower. She stands by the biggest unobstructed rock she can find, and points at it. <b>"Stand ready to push it aside,"</b> she says, holding up the scale and willing it to slowly rise out of the pile of rubble. The cloud billows up through the gaps between the rock and its neighbors, obscuring the space where it had rested.</p>Terendelev's scales cast at CL 19, so the levitate spell can lift 1900 pounds. Just thought I'd mention that.
"You shall have our strength," declares Isilma, crossing the cavern to the ruined tower. She stands by the biggest unobstructed rock she can find, and points at it. "Stand ready to push it aside," she says, holding up the scale and willing it to slowly rise out of the pile of rubble. The cloud billows up through the gaps between the rock and its neighbors, obscuring the space where...Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2013-12-09T02:08:00ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=4#1992013-12-09T00:44:57Z2013-12-09T00:44:57Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Yes, yes, we'll take everything magical. I'll cast <i>read magic</i> on the scrolls as well as the book. Might as well have some spellcraft rolls to identify them too.</span></p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Spellcraft @ potions:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Spellcraft @ cloak:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28</span></p>
<p>Seeing Anevia struggle to get up the cliff, Isilma passes her hand over Terendelev's scale. The woman rises beside Aravashnial, seemingly supported on a pillar of billowing bluish-gray cloud. Isilma wafts a puff of the vapor over to herself as she climbs and breathes it in. It's cold, but moist and soothing after the dusty, dry air of the caverns.</p>
<p>The air at the opening of the cavern seems even dustier than the air below, as though it something had stopped it from settling. And so it has not. Isilma hiccoughs, partly from the dust catching in her throat and partly from the sight of the people kicking it up, and the realization why. She wants to call out to them, but cannot. Then Horgus says his piece.</p>
<p><b>"Nay,"</b> she says, and shakes her head. <b>"They might be dangerous, but they are also busy. We could walk by. But I think we should not, because they look busied with extracting someone from under that rockslide."</b> Her voice steadies as she speaks. Her confidence is growing again. She cups her hands, scale still palmed, around her mouth and calls out to the duo milling around the tower.</p>
<p><b>"Are you in need of assistance?"</b></p>Yes, yes, we'll take everything magical. I'll cast read magic on the scrolls as well as the book. Might as well have some spellcraft rolls to identify them too.
[dice=Spellcraft @ potions]1d20+8[/dice]
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Seeing Anevia struggle to get up the cliff, Isilma passes her hand over Terendelev's scale. The woman rises beside Aravashnial, seemingly supported on a pillar of billowing bluish-gray cloud. Isilma wafts a puff of the vapor over to herself as she climbs...Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2013-12-09T00:44:57ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=4#1962013-12-04T22:32:29Z2013-12-04T22:32:29Z<p><b>"Common things,"</b> says Isilma, closing the book and putting it in her pack to study later. <b>"Fear, pain, neglect and jealousy all can sow evil, chaos and confusion."</b> The words come quickly to her, like a familiar litany, but her voice quivers as she speaks them. She thinks back to before the fight, and surprises herself by remembering the dwarf's words. <b>"Probably fear in this case. He imagined we wanted to 'take him in.'"</b> Isilma leaves the second question hanging. She does not know how to answer it. She had only been able to reject those feelings with help, and shepherding others is a mystery to her.</p>"Common things," says Isilma, closing the book and putting it in her pack to study later. "Fear, pain, neglect and jealousy all can sow evil, chaos and confusion." The words come quickly to her, like a familiar litany, but her voice quivers as she speaks them. She thinks back to before the fight, and surprises herself by remembering the dwarf's words. "Probably fear in this case. He imagined we wanted to 'take him in.'" Isilma leaves the second question hanging. She does not know how to...Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2013-12-04T22:32:29ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=4#1932013-11-30T20:45:55Z2013-11-30T20:45:55Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Mulluq'Tar Sheptat wrote:</div><blockquote><span class=messageboard-ooc>Also, is someone going to Detect magic on this guy?</span></blockquote><p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Only for you.</span>
<p>Isilma smiles at Aravashnial's small joke, pulling her head away so he can see before remembering the futility of the gesture. Worse than futility; he must have thought she wanted him to let go, because he does just that. This and his words, meant to be comforting, show Isilma that they have yet to really understand one another. She reminds herself that she came here to escape being understood all too well.</p>
<p><b>"What you say is true,"</b> she says. <b>"We must reach the surface...and we must make the most of every opportunity."</b> She turns her gaze back on the body of the dwarf and the items Mulluq has laid alongside. He must have lived her for some time before the demons came. She picks up the book and begins leafing through the pages, hoping to find a map or a sure method of staving off the dangers of this place.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Cast <i>read magic</i> on the book, <i>detect magic</i> on everything else.</span></p>Mulluq'Tar Sheptat wrote:Also, is someone going to Detect magic on this guy?
Only for you. Isilma smiles at Aravashnial's small joke, pulling her head away so he can see before remembering the futility of the gesture. Worse than futility; he must have thought she wanted him to let go, because he does just that. This and his words, meant to be comforting, show Isilma that they have yet to really understand one another. She reminds herself that she came here to escape being understood all too...Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2013-11-30T20:45:55ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=4#1882013-11-25T21:42:06Z2013-11-25T21:42:06Z<p><b>"I am not sure, <i>Atya</i>,"</b> says Isilma, returning the squeeze. <b>"I feel like the fight was my fault. I wanted the people living down here, the people you talked about, to be helpful. So I did not listen to what he was saying or react in time to calm him."</b> She could have done it too. She had the spell ready, sitting buried in her mind. But she had gone for her weapon instead. She swallows.</p>
<p><b>"But there is more. When we were fighting, and he was saying those awful things about you, and Anevia, and Mulluq, I felt betrayed. I wanted him to hurt for it. I do not want to feel that way...I am not allowed..."</b> Isilma hugs the elf close, burying her face in his chest. Gone is the confident self-assuredness she had projected earlier. No longer is she trying to bond with the others or wring good cheer out of their situation. She seems, for the first time, less a princess of House Edasseril and more a scared little girl.</p>"I am not sure, Atya," says Isilma, returning the squeeze. "I feel like the fight was my fault. I wanted the people living down here, the people you talked about, to be helpful. So I did not listen to what he was saying or react in time to calm him." She could have done it too. She had the spell ready, sitting buried in her mind. But she had gone for her weapon instead. She swallows.
"But there is more. When we were fighting, and he was saying those awful things about you, and Anevia, and...Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2013-11-25T21:42:06ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=4#1862013-11-24T19:51:04Z2013-11-24T19:51:04Z<p>Isilma closes her eyes and shakes her head. Her hair flops momentarily in front of her face. When she opens her eyes again, they have returned to their normal blue. <b>"I am so sorry!"</b> she says, putting away her weapon and pulling out the potions they had found in the temple. <b>"Is everyone alright?"</b></p>Isilma closes her eyes and shakes her head. Her hair flops momentarily in front of her face. When she opens her eyes again, they have returned to their normal blue. "I am so sorry!" she says, putting away her weapon and pulling out the potions they had found in the temple. "Is everyone alright?"Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2013-11-24T19:51:04ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=4#1812013-11-23T22:40:44Z2013-11-23T22:40:44Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Attack:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21</span>
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<p>Isilma's eyes flash a bright, blank, unnatural white when she is confronted with the dwarf's treachery and hatefulness. She lets go of Aravashnial's hand and in one motion draws her crossbow, slams a bolt into the mechanism and takes aim. <b>"Be still!"</b> she cries, and fires the weapon.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>It seems our dwarf friend has landed in "<a href="http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0616.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">sneeze too hard and you'll bust an artery</a>" territory.</span></p>[dice=Attack]1d20+3[/dice]
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Isilma's eyes flash a bright, blank, unnatural white when she is confronted with the dwarf's treachery and hatefulness. She lets go of Aravashnial's hand and in one motion draws her crossbow, slams a bolt into the mechanism and takes aim. "Be still!" she cries, and fires the weapon.
It seems our dwarf friend has landed in "sneeze too hard and you'll bust an artery" territory.Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2013-11-23T22:40:44ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=4#1772013-11-21T02:03:17Z2013-11-21T02:03:17Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Lysbeth Moonborn wrote:</div><blockquote> <span class=messageboard-ooc>What a dick.</span> </blockquote><p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Indeed.</span>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Spellcraft to identify spell being cast:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20</span></p>Lysbeth Moonborn wrote:What a dick.
Indeed. [dice=Spellcraft to identify spell being cast]1d20+8[/dice]Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)2013-11-21T02:03:17ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Leinathan's Wrath of the Righteous Gameplay Thread!Isilma Edasseril (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LeinathansPrivateCampaign/gameplay&page=4#1712013-11-16T22:08:24Z2013-11-16T22:08:24Z<p>Isilma smiles, makes a fist with her free hand, and excitedly shakes it back and forth a couple times. She hadn't expected to find one of the denizens so quickly. <b>"We are venturing, kind sir,"</b> she says, <b>"to the surface. But we do not know the way. Can you help us?"</b></p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Diplomacy:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10</span></p>Isilma smiles, makes a fist with her free hand, and excitedly shakes it back and forth a couple times. She hadn't expected to find one of the denizens so quickly. "We are venturing, kind sir," she says, "to the surface. But we do not know the way. Can you help us?"
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[Spoiler omitted]GM Zimmer (alias of zimmerwald1915)2013-01-11T01:07:41ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Night Upon the Realms [Heroes Faction] DiscussionZalevu Sedov (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/NightUponTheRealmsHeroesFaction/discussion#392012-10-07T19:29:54Z2012-10-07T19:29:54Z<p>No problem whatsoever with googledocs.</p>No problem whatsoever with googledocs.Zalevu Sedov (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-10-07T19:29:54ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Night Upon the Realms [Heroes Faction]Zalevu Sedov (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/NightUponTheRealmsHeroesFaction/gameplay#232012-09-30T21:44:51Z2012-09-30T21:44:51Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Oops, I could swear I gave you Perception...Oh well, here it is: <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14</span></span></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Dunno what you want to use for the DC, but it's not actually that difficult to see schools of fish from the surface. The water gets agitated by their presence, and is both much darker and much choppier than the surrounding water, even on high-wind days. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65293799@N04/7355115512/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Like so.</a> They are also usually seabirds wheeling above and trying to catch fish.</span></p>Oops, I could swear I gave you Perception...Oh well, here it is: [dice]1d20+1[/dice]
Dunno what you want to use for the DC, but it's not actually that difficult to see schools of fish from the surface. The water gets agitated by their presence, and is both much darker and much choppier than the surrounding water, even on high-wind days. Like so. They are also usually seabirds wheeling above and trying to catch fish.Zalevu Sedov (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-09-30T21:44:51ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Night Upon the Realms [Heroes Faction]Zalevu Sedov (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/NightUponTheRealmsHeroesFaction/gameplay#172012-09-27T04:08:23Z2012-09-27T04:08:23Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Thirst is irrelevant. The point, that I've drawn out in both posts, is irrigation. Do you want to stand on a hilltop pouring water from your fingers day in and day out so plants can grow? Or do you have better things to do with your time? Because here's the thing: <i>I don't</i>.</span></p>Thirst is irrelevant. The point, that I've drawn out in both posts, is irrigation. Do you want to stand on a hilltop pouring water from your fingers day in and day out so plants can grow? Or do you have better things to do with your time? Because here's the thing: I don't.Zalevu Sedov (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-09-27T04:08:23ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Night Upon the Realms [Heroes Faction]Zalevu Sedov (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/NightUponTheRealmsHeroesFaction/gameplay#152012-09-27T03:57:12Z2012-09-27T03:57:12Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc><i>Create Water</i>'s water might or might not disappear should the spell be re-cast, or if the duration expires. I thought it best to avoid asking Voice of Darkness for a ruling, which might go against us, when we have other options. Besides, we can store rainwater, it's boring for you to spend a whole action creating water which is what you'd need to do to irrigate farmland, and you have things you'd rather be doing - like what you just spent your actions this turn doing.</span></p>Create Water's water might or might not disappear should the spell be re-cast, or if the duration expires. I thought it best to avoid asking Voice of Darkness for a ruling, which might go against us, when we have other options. Besides, we can store rainwater, it's boring for you to spend a whole action creating water which is what you'd need to do to irrigate farmland, and you have things you'd rather be doing - like what you just spent your actions this turn doing.Zalevu Sedov (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-09-27T03:57:12ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Night Upon the Realms [Heroes Faction]Zalevu Sedov (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/NightUponTheRealmsHeroesFaction/gameplay#132012-09-27T03:08:53Z2012-09-27T03:08:53Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Wondering about what those "military skills" might be. Profession (general)? Knowledge (nobility)?</span></p>
<p>Zalevu wakes the next morning proud of the soldiers. Somehow the commanders had even gotten them to bivouac together, showing that there was a firm basis for a growing espirit-de-corps. There remained some shirkers, and while that was far from acceptable, it would take time for all them to adapt to this new life and land, so Zalevu could understand and sympathize.</p>
<p>Organized this way, however, it strikes him just how many of them there are. Even in a crow's nest or flying from ship to ship, it was hard to visualize the size of the expedition. So few of them could fit on the decks at any one time. They would need feeding, and the supplies they had brought with them were running low. Mindful of this, Zalevu takes a little less than half his allotted ration for breakfast. It might inspire others to sacrifice for the general good, and even if it doesn't, their stores will go on just that little bit longer.</p>
<p>As he eats, Zalevu thinks about how they had kept the ships supplied. It wasn't always possible, but most of the supplies <i>had</i> been saved for the landing. They'd fished when they could, and had been lucky in their catches. Repeating the same thing here could work as a stopgap measure - though Zalevu thinks they'd have to get creative to fish with no seaworthy boats - but they would eventually need to farm.</p>
<p>Well, farming requires water. His mind already on fishing, Zalevu's first thought is that they could somehow gather and desalinate large quantities of seawater and irrigate the land with that. But he dismisses the possibility. There was simply no safe place to put the reservoir. It would be too close to shore, vulnerable to spring tides or storm waves. But thinking of storm waves gives Zalevu another idea.</p>
<p>On the voyage, he'd worked the wind on days when they would otherwise have been becalmed, and helped the fleet outrun storms when they'd had to. It might be possible to move the clouds so that it would rain here when they needed it, and if they needed a reservoir it could be placed inland, atop a hill or crest so the water could flow down to the fields, where it wouldn't be so vulnerable.</p>
<p>Reasonably sure of this idea, Zalevu finishes his bread and goes to talk to Ilithial. Briefly he summarizes his musings, then asks the wizard what he thinks. <b>"In particular, I heard you speculating yesterday about the infrastructure we would need to build, and how you planned to help. If you're not too busy, I was wondering if you could reinforce the sides of the reservoir with stone once it's dug out so that the water cannot drain into the ground, and allocate some wood to the building of sluice gates so that we can command its flow."</b></p>
<p>Once the two, and any others that might join in, have settled on a plan, Zalevu goes to speak with the commanders of the already formed units. <b>"I will be gone most of the day, so these responsibilities fall to you. I will need at least some men and women dedicated to preserving fish, and a unit to scout for workable farming land. Now, this land, being coastal, is likely to not be the richest in the world, but we're here now. Holding this ground and expanding later is safer than simply migrating inland, and that means making the best of what we've got. I'm trusting you. Do not disappoint me."</b></p>
<p>The rest of the day Zalevu will spend gathering fish and working the weather.</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>Wondering about what those "military skills" might be. Profession (general)? Knowledge (nobility)?
Zalevu wakes the next morning proud of the soldiers. Somehow the commanders had even gotten them to bivouac together, showing that there was a firm basis for a growing espirit-de-corps. There remained some shirkers, and while that was far from acceptable, it would take time for all them to adapt to this new life and land, so Zalevu could understand and sympathize.
Organized this way, however,...Zalevu Sedov (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-09-27T03:08:53ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Night Upon the Realms [Heroes Faction] DiscussionZalevu Sedov (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/NightUponTheRealmsHeroesFaction/discussion#242012-09-26T03:25:18Z2012-09-26T03:25:18Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Lady Aluria Nightingale wrote:</div><blockquote>Also currently are all the heroes together at the same place? Can we talk to each other for RP? Is there a map too?</blockquote><p>Yeah, we're just off the boat. The "province" we're in shares a name with one of the provinces about which we were told, though the map seems to have disappeared.Lady Aluria Nightingale wrote:Also currently are all the heroes together at the same place? Can we talk to each other for RP? Is there a map too?
Yeah, we're just off the boat. The "province" we're in shares a name with one of the provinces about which we were told, though the map seems to have disappeared.Zalevu Sedov (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-09-26T03:25:18ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Night Upon the Realms [Heroes Faction]Zalevu Sedov (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/NightUponTheRealmsHeroesFaction/gameplay#42012-09-23T05:12:42Z2012-09-23T05:12:42Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Aye. Hmm, does giving you a cookie for guessing count as bribing you with food? :)</span></p>Aye. Hmm, does giving you a cookie for guessing count as bribing you with food? :)Zalevu Sedov (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-09-23T05:12:42ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Night Upon the Realms [Heroes Faction] DiscussionZalevu Sedov (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/NightUponTheRealmsHeroesFaction/discussion#22012-09-23T03:30:46Z2012-09-23T03:30:46Z<p>Ah, good to have a thread of our own.</p>Ah, good to have a thread of our own.Zalevu Sedov (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-09-23T03:30:46ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Night Upon the Realms [Heroes Faction]Zalevu Sedov (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/NightUponTheRealmsHeroesFaction/gameplay#22012-09-23T03:29:28Z2012-09-23T03:29:28Z<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>
<p>Zalevu floats slowly down from the flagship's crow's nest. It had been a precarious perch, but it had held him in the wind and he had found it the easiest spot from which to work the weather. He lands softly and takes a knee, pressing his hand to the ground to take in its solid, reassuring presence. His inner ear, used to the jostling of the ship, reminds him how unsteady he is.</p>
<p>After a few seconds of this indulgence, he picks himself up and, not wanting to stumble, floats just above the ground towards where the soldiery is assembling. He goes among them, taking aside those he knows to be experienced fighters and commanders, and assembling them inland in a row. When he's found what he deems to be enough he places himself forward of them, his feet spread wide apart. He speaks.</p>
<p><b>"In face of the unprecedented dangers threatening our expedition,"</b> he begins softly, grimly, and yet somehow able to command silence and attention from the assembled soldiers, <b>"there is only one path of salvation: it is the path of sustained work and discipline."</b> He continues, his sentences short, choppy, and brutally direct.</p>
<p><b>"We must increase the economic strength of our impoverished country.</b></p>
<p><b>"We must ensure armed defense of the our people against the beasts of the land.</b></p>
<p><b>"Every honest citizen has the duty to be a worker and a soldier.</b></p>
<p><b>"We must place upon every citizen capable of answering the first call the duty to go, arms in hand, to the defense of his comrades."</b> Zalevu's volume begins to rise, as if to impress upon them the enormity of this task.</p>
<p><b>"These are the principles which we lay down as the basis for creating the Army: universal and obligatory military training; immediate formation of firm cadres from the most self-sacrificing fighters; bringing in military commanders as guardians of the highest interests of this expedition; training in the highest forms of combat known to the modern art of war.</b></p>
<p><b>"Liberated, we will not be enslaved. We will arise and grow strong, it will cast out the beasts of prey, it will live in fraternal unity with the free peoples of these lands.</b></p>
<p><b>"Let there be no wavering, no doubts! Work, order, perseverance, discipline, self-sacrifice – and we shall triumph!"</b> By the end, his voice carries all along the landing site, no doubt drawing odd looks from the others. But let them listen. They might need stirring as much as the soldiers.</p>
<p>Speech over, Zalevu assigns the experienced men and women he'd picked to groups, and those groups to drills with their various weapons. He goes among them, trusting those he'd picked to see to the technical side of things while he motivates those who seem to be flagging.</p>
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Zalevu floats slowly down from the flagship's crow's nest. It had been a precarious perch, but it had held him in the wind and he had found it the easiest spot from which to work the weather. He lands softly and takes a knee, pressing his hand to the ground to take in its solid, reassuring presence. His inner ear, used to the jostling of the ship, reminds him how unsteady he is.
After a few seconds of this indulgence, he picks himself up and, not wanting to stumble, floats...Zalevu Sedov (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-09-23T03:29:28ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Catprog's Online Jade Regent Campagin DiscussionHenk Snellet (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CatprogsOnlineJadeRegentCampagin/discussion#182012-08-24T22:12:50Z2012-08-24T22:12:50Z<p>Hmm, looked for your server on b.87, couldn't find anything :(</p>Hmm, looked for your server on b.87, couldn't find anything :(Henk Snellet (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-08-24T22:12:50ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Catprog's Online Jade Regent Campagin DiscussionHenk Snellet (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CatprogsOnlineJadeRegentCampagin/discussion#172012-08-24T01:26:51Z2012-08-24T01:26:51Z<p>By tomorrow, you mean August 24? 5PM EST (10PM GMT)?</p>By tomorrow, you mean August 24? 5PM EST (10PM GMT)?Henk Snellet (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-08-24T01:26:51ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Catprog's Online Jade Regent Campagin DiscussionHenk Snellet (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CatprogsOnlineJadeRegentCampagin/discussion#152012-08-12T20:57:03Z2012-08-12T20:57:03Z<p>Sorry :(</p>
<p>Keeping the caravan encounters should be alright. AFAIK, we haven't seen how they've gone yet. For which I'm sorry again.</p>Sorry :(
Keeping the caravan encounters should be alright. AFAIK, we haven't seen how they've gone yet. For which I'm sorry again.Henk Snellet (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-08-12T20:57:03ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Catprog's Online Jade Regent Campagin DiscussionHenk Snellet (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CatprogsOnlineJadeRegentCampagin/discussion#122012-08-10T23:56:00Z2012-08-10T23:56:00Z<p>Eh, sounds alright.</p>
<p>At what time of day do sessions begin and end? My cousin's celebrating his birthday, and I may have to come late/leave early/not show up depending on how the schedule works out.</p>Eh, sounds alright.
At what time of day do sessions begin and end? My cousin's celebrating his birthday, and I may have to come late/leave early/not show up depending on how the schedule works out.Henk Snellet (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-08-10T23:56:00ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Catprog's Game GameplayHenk Snellet (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CatprogsOnlineJadeRegentCampagin/gameplay#22012-08-10T23:54:24Z2012-08-10T23:54:24Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Dotting.</span></p>Dotting.Henk Snellet (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-08-10T23:54:24ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Catprog's Online Jade Regent Campagin DiscussionHenk Snellet (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CatprogsOnlineJadeRegentCampagin/discussion#82012-08-06T01:06:34Z2012-08-06T01:06:34Z<p>Backstory's done, still need to buy gear. I hate buying gear.</p>Backstory's done, still need to buy gear. I hate buying gear.Henk Snellet (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-08-06T01:06:34ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Catprog's Online Jade Regent Campagin DiscussionHenk Snellet (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/CatprogsOnlineJadeRegentCampagin/discussion#72012-08-01T18:27:18Z2012-08-01T18:27:18Z<p>Zimmerwald1915 is my overall persona, but for this campaign I'll be playing Henk Snellet.</p>
<p>Crunch is just about done, still need to purchase gear and type out Henk's backstory.</p>Zimmerwald1915 is my overall persona, but for this campaign I'll be playing Henk Snellet.
Crunch is just about done, still need to purchase gear and type out Henk's backstory.Henk Snellet (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-08-01T18:27:18ZRe: Forums: Shadow Lodge: Another Decemvirate ployOnorato (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2of22?Another-Decemvirate-ploy#92012-07-07T05:41:14Z2012-07-07T05:41:14Z<p>That argument is akin to the pathetic rationalizations of the collaborator Torch, Tellgard. We should not be acting as an advocacy group towards the Decimverate, as though Pathfinders were some special interest group that only sometimes merit their attention, on a par with state-sponsored spies or criminal networks. Pathfinders are the base of the organization, and deserve much the higher consideration. Furthermore, a loyal opposition ceases, over time and by degrees, to be an opposition. Instead of emasculating our organization and being complicit in the Decimverate's emasculation of the Pathfinder Society as a whole, we should be making the most of this concession to build our organization, to fight for the best elements of the Society, so that we may be prepared when the Decimverate decides to turn the wheel against us again.</p>That argument is akin to the pathetic rationalizations of the collaborator Torch, Tellgard. We should not be acting as an advocacy group towards the Decimverate, as though Pathfinders were some special interest group that only sometimes merit their attention, on a par with state-sponsored spies or criminal networks. Pathfinders are the base of the organization, and deserve much the higher consideration. Furthermore, a loyal opposition ceases, over time and by degrees, to be an opposition....Onorato (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-07-07T05:41:14ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Team Elf in Elves versus Dwarves - Dwarves and Gnomes KEEP OUTLienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/ElvenTeamInCampaignElvesVsDwarvesDwarvesAndGnomesKeepOut/gameplay&page=24#11772012-05-19T18:13:31Z2012-05-19T18:13:31Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Fort <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8</span></span>
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<span class=messageboard-ooc>Will <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15</span></span></p>
<p>Lienilda takes a deep breath and plunges into the gas cloud, hoping to emerge on the other side.</p>Fort [dice]1d20+3[/dice]
Will [dice]1d20+5[/dice]
Lienilda takes a deep breath and plunges into the gas cloud, hoping to emerge on the other side.Lienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-05-19T18:13:31ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Team Elf in Elves versus Dwarves - Dwarves and Gnomes KEEP OUTLienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/ElvenTeamInCampaignElvesVsDwarvesDwarvesAndGnomesKeepOut/gameplay&page=23#11502012-05-16T03:48:15Z2012-05-16T03:48:15Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Sorry, didn't see the updates for some reason. By the way, Lienilda has the following spells prepared today:</span></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc><i>Divine Favor</i>, <i>Sanctuary</i>, <i>Shield of Faith</i>, <i>Bless</i> (Domain)</span></p>
<p>Lienilda, never having encountered a ratman before, to her knowledge, defers to her new companions and lets them take the lead. She does not unsling her bow, knowing she will have to get past the smoke in order to use it. Instead, she tries to stay as close to the center of the group as possible, in case the ratmen land a strike or two from range.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Move to H17</span></p>Sorry, didn't see the updates for some reason. By the way, Lienilda has the following spells prepared today:
Divine Favor, Sanctuary, Shield of Faith, Bless (Domain)
Lienilda, never having encountered a ratman before, to her knowledge, defers to her new companions and lets them take the lead. She does not unsling her bow, knowing she will have to get past the smoke in order to use it. Instead, she tries to stay as close to the center of the group as possible, in case the ratmen land a...Lienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-05-16T03:48:15ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Team Elf in Elves versus Dwarves - Dwarves and Gnomes KEEP OUTLienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/ElvenTeamInCampaignElvesVsDwarvesDwarvesAndGnomesKeepOut/gameplay&page=23#11082012-05-12T15:51:16Z2012-05-12T15:51:16Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Perception <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18</span></span></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Initiative <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22</span></span></p>
<p>Lienilda stays near the back of the group, walking on the dry spots or wading in the shallowest water possible. She's never seen a ratman before, and doesn't know what to look for, but she's all the more alert for all that.</p>Perception [dice]1d20+4[/dice]
Initiative [dice]1d20+3[/dice]
Lienilda stays near the back of the group, walking on the dry spots or wading in the shallowest water possible. She's never seen a ratman before, and doesn't know what to look for, but she's all the more alert for all that.Lienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-05-12T15:51:16ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Team Elf in Elves versus Dwarves - Dwarves and Gnomes KEEP OUTLienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/ElvenTeamInCampaignElvesVsDwarvesDwarvesAndGnomesKeepOut/gameplay&page=22#10802012-05-09T13:41:58Z2012-05-09T13:41:58Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Wilaml Fmelvam wrote:</div><blockquote><span class=messageboard-ooc>Lienilda: If you need some uses of a healers kit Wils got a couple of them, so just let me know. :)</span> </blockquote><p><span class=messageboard-ooc>I'll keep that in mind.</span>
<p>Lienilda looks askanse at Spider and then quickly looks away.</p>Wilaml Fmelvam wrote:Lienilda: If you need some uses of a healers kit Wils got a couple of them, so just let me know. :)
I'll keep that in mind. Lienilda looks askanse at Spider and then quickly looks away.Lienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-05-09T13:41:58ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Team Elf in Elves versus Dwarves - Dwarves and Gnomes KEEP OUTLienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/ElvenTeamInCampaignElvesVsDwarvesDwarvesAndGnomesKeepOut/gameplay&page=22#10752012-05-09T02:47:02Z2012-05-09T02:47:02Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>You can use the CLW I casted above if you want. I'm not really sure who to apply it to, which is why I said "the person closest to death". If you're sure it applied to someone else, I'll cast another for you.</span></p>You can use the CLW I casted above if you want. I'm not really sure who to apply it to, which is why I said "the person closest to death". If you're sure it applied to someone else, I'll cast another for you.Lienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-05-09T02:47:02ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Team Elf in Elves versus Dwarves - Dwarves and Gnomes KEEP OUTLienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/ElvenTeamInCampaignElvesVsDwarvesDwarvesAndGnomesKeepOut/gameplay&page=22#10732012-05-09T02:13:07Z2012-05-09T02:13:07Z<p><b>"I'll try,"</b> says Lienilda, getting up and moving over to Suny.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Aid Another Heal: <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3</span></span></p>"I'll try," says Lienilda, getting up and moving over to Suny.
Aid Another Heal: [dice]1d20+2[/dice]Lienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-05-09T02:13:07ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Common Thread for Elf and Dwarf Team - GameplayLienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/ElvesVersusDwarvesWhoIsBetter/gameplay#182012-05-09T02:08:36Z2012-05-09T02:08:36Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Wrong thread? Typical Dwarven sense of direction.</span></p>Wrong thread? Typical Dwarven sense of direction.Lienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-05-09T02:08:36ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Common Thread for Both Parties DiscussionLienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/ElvesVersusDwarvesWhoIsBetter/discussion#72012-05-08T09:50:03Z2012-05-08T09:50:03Z<p>Hmm, when people think of elves, they think of making love, albeit to plants. When people think of dwarves, the image that comes to mind is that of a sad man drowning his loneliness in a mug.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>dot</span></p>Hmm, when people think of elves, they think of making love, albeit to plants. When people think of dwarves, the image that comes to mind is that of a sad man drowning his loneliness in a mug.
dotLienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-05-08T09:50:03ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Team Elf in Elves versus Dwarves - Dwarves and Gnomes KEEP OUTLienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/ElvenTeamInCampaignElvesVsDwarvesDwarvesAndGnomesKeepOut/gameplay&page=22#10662012-05-08T09:22:30Z2012-05-08T09:22:30Z<p><b>"You call yourselves Foxes?"</b> says Lienilda, stepping into the sanctuary. She drips as she walks, but though water is clearly not novel in this place, it does not smell like the rest of the sewers. Lienilda makes her way to the pool and drops to her knees.</p>
<p><b>"I know not how,"</b> she says, <b>"or what I need to do here, but our tasks are connected. Azlain, we should help them with theirs.</b></p>
<p><b>"It seems safe here, to rest. I wonder who has kept it so."</b></p>"You call yourselves Foxes?" says Lienilda, stepping into the sanctuary. She drips as she walks, but though water is clearly not novel in this place, it does not smell like the rest of the sewers. Lienilda makes her way to the pool and drops to her knees.
"I know not how," she says, "or what I need to do here, but our tasks are connected. Azlain, we should help them with theirs.
"It seems safe here, to rest. I wonder who has kept it so."Lienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-05-08T09:22:30ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Common Thread for Elf and Dwarf Team - GameplayLienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/ElvesVersusDwarvesWhoIsBetter/gameplay#152012-05-08T04:37:40Z2012-05-08T04:37:40Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Azlain wrote:</div><blockquote> <span class=messageboard-ooc>dot</span> </blockquote><p>Azlain wrote:dotLienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-05-08T04:37:40ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Team Elf in Elves versus Dwarves - Dwarves and Gnomes KEEP OUTLienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/ElvenTeamInCampaignElvesVsDwarvesDwarvesAndGnomesKeepOut/gameplay&page=22#10612012-05-07T08:11:55Z2012-05-07T08:11:55Z<p>Lienilda nods slowly at the symbol, seeing it just as she thought it would be. She takes her own icon, a pointing hand framed by a delicately carved circle of energy, off from around her neck, and proffers it before her. Slowly, she steps into the water and makes her way to the whirlpool. Long before she gets to it she feels it tugging at her feet, wanting to sweep her down and away. But she widens her stance and keeps pushing, until the blue disk at the whirlpool's center is in reach.</p>
<p>Lienilda lays her icon flat in the middle of the blue disk, and waits to see what will happen. Probably nothing.</p>Lienilda nods slowly at the symbol, seeing it just as she thought it would be. She takes her own icon, a pointing hand framed by a delicately carved circle of energy, off from around her neck, and proffers it before her. Slowly, she steps into the water and makes her way to the whirlpool. Long before she gets to it she feels it tugging at her feet, wanting to sweep her down and away. But she widens her stance and keeps pushing, until the blue disk at the whirlpool's center is in reach.
...Lienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-05-07T08:11:55ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Team Elf in Elves versus Dwarves - Dwarves and Gnomes KEEP OUTLienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/ElvenTeamInCampaignElvesVsDwarvesDwarvesAndGnomesKeepOut/gameplay&page=22#10592012-05-07T01:47:16Z2012-05-07T01:47:16Z<p>Lienilda scrapes a picture of a green leaf dripping water into a patch of mold on the wall.</p>Lienilda scrapes a picture of a green leaf dripping water into a patch of mold on the wall.Lienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-05-07T01:47:16ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Team Elf in Elves versus Dwarves - Dwarves and Gnomes KEEP OUTLienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/ElvenTeamInCampaignElvesVsDwarvesDwarvesAndGnomesKeepOut/gameplay&page=22#10572012-05-07T00:21:14Z2012-05-07T00:21:14Z<p><b>"I will try."</b> Lienilda gingerly approaches the person who looks most obviously injured, and will do her best to get to eye level with that person. She will do a quick fully body assessment, and a more thorough assessment of the injury site. As she palpates the site, she will let the energy of her unnamed goddess flow into her fingertips, healing the flesh with each touch.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Sacrifice one <i>Divine Favor</i> to cast <i>Cure Light Wounds</i> on the person closest to death. Whoever that is, here's <span class="messageboard-dice">1d8 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10</span> HP.</span></p>
<p><b>"I said,"</b> Lienilda continues as she works, <b>"There is an ancient shrine to Gozreh in the undercity that I need to find."</b> She looks up and around, questioningly. <b>"Didn't I?"</b></p>"I will try." Lienilda gingerly approaches the person who looks most obviously injured, and will do her best to get to eye level with that person. She will do a quick fully body assessment, and a more thorough assessment of the injury site. As she palpates the site, she will let the energy of her unnamed goddess flow into her fingertips, healing the flesh with each touch.
Sacrifice one Divine Favor to cast Cure Light Wounds on the person closest to death. Whoever that is, here's...Lienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-05-07T00:21:14ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Team Elf in Elves versus Dwarves - Dwarves and Gnomes KEEP OUTLienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/ElvenTeamInCampaignElvesVsDwarvesDwarvesAndGnomesKeepOut/gameplay&page=22#10542012-05-06T19:59:27Z2012-05-06T19:59:27Z<p><b>"If there is someone still hurt,"</b> says Lienilda, glancing at Azlain for a moment, <b>"I can help. Is that alright?"</b> Lienilda is beginning to piece together a story she can tell herself about what happened here. These elves were looking for something down in the undercity, something that was <i>not</i> the shrine to Gozreh, when they were set upon by both giant rats and rats that walked like elves. These were apparently two different sorts of creature.</p>"If there is someone still hurt," says Lienilda, glancing at Azlain for a moment, "I can help. Is that alright?" Lienilda is beginning to piece together a story she can tell herself about what happened here. These elves were looking for something down in the undercity, something that was not the shrine to Gozreh, when they were set upon by both giant rats and rats that walked like elves. These were apparently two different sorts of creature.Lienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-05-06T19:59:27ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Elven team in Campaign Elves vs Dwarves -- Dwarves and Gnomes Keep Out DiscussionLienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/ElvenTeamInCampaignElvesVsDwarvesDwarvesAndGnomesKeepOut/discussion&page=8#3562012-05-06T04:44:18Z2012-05-06T04:44:18Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Azlain wrote:</div><blockquote> As characters we don't know. I don't plan on reading anything before I showed up. I'll ask questions in character and go on that info. </blockquote><p>I resent the implication that I'm asking for OOC knowledge for the purposes of abuse. I ask only as someone interested in what has apparently been a lively an engaging game, and at the same time someone with not an infinite amount of time on his hands.Azlain wrote:As characters we don't know. I don't plan on reading anything before I showed up. I'll ask questions in character and go on that info.
I resent the implication that I'm asking for OOC knowledge for the purposes of abuse. I ask only as someone interested in what has apparently been a lively an engaging game, and at the same time someone with not an infinite amount of time on his hands.Lienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-05-06T04:44:18ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Elven team in Campaign Elves vs Dwarves -- Dwarves and Gnomes Keep Out DiscussionLienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/ElvenTeamInCampaignElvesVsDwarvesDwarvesAndGnomesKeepOut/discussion&page=8#3542012-05-06T04:37:46Z2012-05-06T04:37:46Z<p>It was indeed great.</p>
<p>In other news, the thread's rather long. Does anyone mind summarizing what's happened so far?</p>It was indeed great.
In other news, the thread's rather long. Does anyone mind summarizing what's happened so far?Lienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-05-06T04:37:46ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Team Elf in Elves versus Dwarves - Dwarves and Gnomes KEEP OUTLienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/ElvenTeamInCampaignElvesVsDwarvesDwarvesAndGnomesKeepOut/gameplay&page=22#10512012-05-06T04:26:44Z2012-05-06T04:26:44Z<p>Lienilda blushes at Spider's introduction, wondering what she's gotten herself into with these other elves. She tries to deflect.</p>
<p><b>"What rats? And would they happen to be lairing in an old shrine to Gozreh?"</b></p>Lienilda blushes at Spider's introduction, wondering what she's gotten herself into with these other elves. She tries to deflect.
"What rats? And would they happen to be lairing in an old shrine to Gozreh?"Lienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-05-06T04:26:44ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Team Elf in Elves versus Dwarves - Dwarves and Gnomes KEEP OUTLienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/ElvenTeamInCampaignElvesVsDwarvesDwarvesAndGnomesKeepOut/gameplay&page=21#10472012-05-05T19:55:12Z2012-05-05T19:55:12Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>I'm going to assume Azlain and I are "the newcomers". Not really sure who else that could be.</span></p>
<p>Lienilda hears the vermin's screeches before Azlain does. They sound like they're several hundred feet away, and the stone sewer walls have been overgrown in places with plants and fungi. She's surprised to hear them at all. Mixed in with the animal cries, however, are the purposeful exclamations and exertions of what sounds like brother and sister elves. She takes Azlains hand and pulls him down the line where the noise sounds loudest.</p>
<p>After a few moments, he hears it too, and they begin running side by side. Azlain has to pace himself to let the more heavily-armored Lienilda keep up, but she pushes herself to make sure she doesn't slow them down too much. The sounds of battle quiet, however, before they can come on the scene, and it takes a few seconds of consultation and a lucky guess before they're on the track again.</p>
<p>Lienilda does not have much time to take in the tableau she finds when they do come on the scene. There were elves, alright. At least one was hurt, and another was tending her wounds. Lienilda's first instinct was to go to his side, ask what was wrong, and offer to help, but all of a sudden there is an arrow pointed between her eyes. She brings her own bow up a fraction of a second later. She looks as the other archer with a smile and a twinkle in her eye, and lowers her bow in unison with his.</p>
<p><b>"There's so many of you,"</b> she says softly. Her heart, which had begun to slow from its exertions, begins to pitter-pat again at the prospect of introductions. She prefered to be alone, and Azlain she could count on to respect that. What would these new people be like? <b>"My name's Lienilda. Are you hurt? We heard fighting."</b> She leaves answering the others' questions to Azlain.</p>I'm going to assume Azlain and I are "the newcomers". Not really sure who else that could be.
Lienilda hears the vermin's screeches before Azlain does. They sound like they're several hundred feet away, and the stone sewer walls have been overgrown in places with plants and fungi. She's surprised to hear them at all. Mixed in with the animal cries, however, are the purposeful exclamations and exertions of what sounds like brother and sister elves. She takes Azlains hand and pulls him down...Lienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-05-05T19:55:12ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: Elf Team - Elves Versus Dwarves - Dwarves and Gnomes Keep outLienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/ElvenTeamInCampaignElvesVsDwarvesDwarvesAndGnomesKeepOut/recruiting&page=3#1422012-05-04T07:38:42Z2012-05-04T07:38:42Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Azlain wrote:</div><blockquote> Ok, here's my thoughts on that •• spoiler omitted •• </blockquote><p>[Spoiler omitted]Azlain wrote:Ok, here's my thoughts on that ** spoiler omitted **
[Spoiler omitted]Lienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-05-04T07:38:42ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: Elf Team - Elves Versus Dwarves - Dwarves and Gnomes Keep outLienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/ElvenTeamInCampaignElvesVsDwarvesDwarvesAndGnomesKeepOut/recruiting&page=3#1352012-05-03T01:23:11Z2012-05-03T01:23:11Z<p>It's odd. Normally I have a background in mind before I start making a character. I don't know whether it's that the campaign has started already, or that I'm trying to patch a hole in the party's capabilities, but I'm running dry on background ideas. I suppose I'm gonna go with amnesia as a backstory, and self-discovery as a motivation, for now. Azlain's need gives her a purpose, I guess.</p>
<p>Putting that aside, Lienilda's ready for when you meet her.</p>It's odd. Normally I have a background in mind before I start making a character. I don't know whether it's that the campaign has started already, or that I'm trying to patch a hole in the party's capabilities, but I'm running dry on background ideas. I suppose I'm gonna go with amnesia as a backstory, and self-discovery as a motivation, for now. Azlain's need gives her a purpose, I guess.
Putting that aside, Lienilda's ready for when you meet her.Lienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-05-03T01:23:11ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: Elf Team - Elves Versus Dwarves - Dwarves and Gnomes Keep outLienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/ElvenTeamInCampaignElvesVsDwarvesDwarvesAndGnomesKeepOut/recruiting&page=3#1342012-05-02T19:35:09Z2012-05-02T19:35:09Z<p>Well, yesterday was May Day and thus I got nothing done, but I'll be ready by the end of today.</p>Well, yesterday was May Day and thus I got nothing done, but I'll be ready by the end of today.Lienilda Pityanel (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-05-02T19:35:09ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: Recruitment for PF-ized Savage Tide....Set a course for adventure!Erricos Gephuras (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LucendarsSavageTideAllAboard/recruiting&page=2#542012-02-23T04:40:03Z2012-02-23T04:40:03Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">stardust wrote:</div><blockquote> I think he typed the url wrong. copy and paste the url. It works that way. </blockquote><p>Probably that. It shouldn't be linking to the Paizo boards at all.
<p><a href="http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=373788" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Trying again</a> since apparently I can't edit my earlier post...</p>
<p>EDIT: It works now.</p>stardust wrote:I think he typed the url wrong. copy and paste the url. It works that way.
Probably that. It shouldn't be linking to the Paizo boards at all. Trying again since apparently I can't edit my earlier post...
EDIT: It works now.Erricos Gephuras (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-02-23T04:40:03ZRe: Forums: Recruitment: Recruitment for PF-ized Savage Tide....Set a course for adventure!Erricos Gephuras (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/campaigns/LucendarsSavageTideAllAboard/recruiting#402012-02-22T22:33:42Z2012-02-22T22:33:42Z<p>Herp derp, forgot to say who I am. This is zimmerwald1915.</p>
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<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Thursday, 26 January 2012</span></p>
<p>He was barely responsive, and I did not blame him. He had lost his companion, and been witness to unspeakable carnage. We carried him, as well as Kiruth and Nil, to the Cathedral to be healed. While Father Zantus tended to them, the man regained his composure. He thanked us, and asked us to visit him at the Rusty Dragon before he left town so he could thank us properly. I said we would, not really thinking all that much of it, and he took his leave. Ulrioc and I drifted over to Mayor Deverin while Amarantha and Zegomda stuck by Nil and Kiruth. I relayed to her my suspicions that there were many tribes of goblins involved in the raid, while Ulrioc pledged to ask for a battalion of Lastwall knights to defend Sandpoint. Before the Mayor could say anything I spoke out against such madness. Such a request would have to be approved by Magnimar, and if it was not and Lastwall sent troops anyway, we could have a war on our hands. Whatever help we were to get was likely to lie closer to home. The Mayor did not know where Shalelu was when I asked, but agreed she would know, and be able to do most, about the goblins when she arrived.</p>
<p>Ulrioc was not content to wait, and wanted to find her, or to scout the goblin camps himself. He resolved to do so the next morning even though no one present could point him to their locations. Amarantha called this suicidal, and the Mayor and I agreed. Our task now was to help the people rebuild. As such, while they returned to the Mermaid’s Tail to bicker about leadership and direction, and to collect their gear, I helped gather the goblin bodies in the square into a pyre. I kept a few of the more conspicuous fetishes to show Shalelu when she returned. Maybe she could identify their origin.</p>
<p>After the cleanup was done, I made my way to the Rusty Dragon. I intended to speak with the man we’d rescued, but he wasn’t there. The adventurers, however, were! It seemed that the Mermaid’s Tail had burned some time after Ulrioc and Zegomda left it. Fortunately, no one had been hurt, the fire had not spread, and they’d been able to recover their gear. But they now needed a place to stay, and had chosen the Rusty Dragon. They made a whole show of haggling down the price, choosing a group room, and letting Zegomda sleep outside to cut down on costs. Ameiko played along, accusing them of wanting to run out on the bill, but taking them anyway. I suppose it was funnier in the moment. We said our goodbyes, and that we’d meet up in the morning. I could tell the others had not been able to talk Ulrioc out of trying to find goblin villages.</p>Moonday, 1 Rova 4707 (continued)
Thursday, 26 January 2012
He was barely responsive, and I did not blame him. He had lost his companion, and been witness to unspeakable carnage. We carried him, as well as Kiruth and Nil, to the Cathedral to be healed. While Father Zantus tended to them, the man regained his composure. He thanked us, and asked us to visit him at the Rusty Dragon before he left town so he could thank us properly. I said we would, not really thinking all that much of it, and...Antonie Tobyn (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-01-29T19:40:17ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: Rise of the RunelordsAntonie Tobyn (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2neur?Rise-of-the-Runelords#52012-01-29T19:39:12Z2012-01-29T19:39:12Z<p>Moonday, 1 Rova 4707 (continued)</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Thursday, 19 January 2012</span></p>
<p>I don’t remember the rest of the fight. The next thing I do remember, Cathedral Square was littered with goblin bodies and a few wounded townsfolk. Orrik from the Mermaid’s Tail was there, unconscious. I must have kept casting after the fire spell, as my body was girded in clear but solid panes and at least one goblin bore the telltale bruise of a force missile. Most, though, had fallen by arrow and blade. Nil was at a loss as to where the goblins had come from, and demanded an explanation. No one was on hand to satiate his curiosity, no one with any expertise anyway. It was fairly clear from the markings and fetishes the goblins bore that they belonged to many tribes rather than one. Before I could say anything about it, Nil and Ulrioc started arguing about what we should do next. There were people screaming away south, but people were hurt all around us.</p>
<p>Nil wanted to help the people who could still scream, but the way he defended his position set me off. He said he wanted to go “goblin hunting.” With the fiery death of the goblins and the deaths of the bandits the day before in my mind, I snapped at him. It seemed to me that he just wanted to kill goblins, and not just goblins, and would jump on any excuse, including people’s hurt and misery, to do so. Ulrioc went even farther; he wanted to seek out the goblins in their homes. It was only then that I remembered to tell the others that there were goblins from many tribes attacking the town. We could not sack their village even if people here did not need help and even if it was the right thing to do; there was no one village to target.</p>
<p>Eventually the screaming from the south became too loud to ignore in favor of vengeance-schemes, and thick, black smoke began to rise from the same place. We did finally decide to go, but were stalled once again by Ulrioc. He wanted to go to the Mermaid’s Tail first to don better armor than the dress uniform he’d worn to the festival. That man’s heart is in the right place, but he’s stubborn and self-centered to a fault. If I’d kept my head during the fight, I’d have been able to gird him in the magical armor I wore, but that was no longer an option, and I kept it to myself. Instead, I suggested that he get his armor by himself and let us deal with the fire. Nil, exasperated, tore off his own mail and gave it to Ulrioc so as not to waste any more time. He declared he’d fight half-naked if it meant he could actually fight. Amarantha blushed and hid his face at the sight of Nil’s body, giggling like a much younger man the whole way to the fire.</p>
<p>The fire turned out not to be set in a building, but in a cart full of straw and muckings-out. The goblins were trying to shove it into a building, aided by a goblin chanting and rhythmically thumping her chest, when we arrived. Another goblin was running down the street, pelting a fleeing woman with stones. I ran after him and pelted him with a force missile while the others went to stop the cart. He didn’t like being pelted, and turned to face me. I had to blast him again to stop him hitting me with his hatchet and added another soul to weigh against my own. The bolt did not slap against his skin either. It pierced his eye, which collapsed into a gooey mess inside his head. Fortunately, the others had managed to beat the goblins off the cart in the meantime, and did not ask me to kill again.</p>
<p>Of course when the adventurers had beaten all the goblins into the dirt the old argument started up again. Ulrioc wasn’t happy with Nil’s gear, and wanted his own. As he finished tearing the borrowed armor off, we heard another hound bay away north. There wasn’t any point in Ulrioc’s donning the armor again, so we split up. Ulrioc and Zegomda would retrieve Ulrioc’s gear from the Mermaid’s Tail and make sure the inn was safe in Orrik’s absence, while the rest of us would follow the dog. Such calls had always meant trouble this day.</p>
<p>For some reason the elite of the goblin force, two goblins riding huge, mangy, rat-like but dog-sized animals, had decided to spend their time tormenting what looked like a very well-bred hunting hound. A crowd of other goblins had gathered around and were jeering at the hound as their leaders baited it. The hound’s owner, a well-dressed man with brown hair and dark countenance cowered behind his animal, which until we arrived had been holding its own against its attackers. The sight of Kiruth, Nil and Amarantha, it seemed, or possibly just their drawn weapons, spurred them to action. One speared the dog right through while the rest of the goblins turned to face us. I set off a bright light in the middle of their group, burning their eyes so they wouldn’t be able to hit the adventurers, or the dog’s owner, as easily. Kiruth moved to help the man, while Nil and Amarantha faced the goblins head on.</p>
<p>The goblins managed to get between us and Kiruth, and to evade Amarantha’s arrows. In doing so, however, one of the riders had navigated his mount into range of my aurora. The mount managed to avert its gaze, but the rider was not so lucky. He collapsed to the ground, clutching his eyes before falling into unconsciousness. The other rider speared me in the side for my efforts, and I would have fallen if Amarantha had not caught me, propped me back up, and let Desna’s healing restore my body. He did not just close my wound. My heart beat faster, my eyes saw sharper, and my muscles felt stronger, like a man half my age. I must confess I lost my head to the euphoria. Looking back, I understand the adventurers a little better. I had never needed magical healing until then; in their life, they must live off it. But like I say, I acted without judgment in that fight from there on out.</p>
<p>The goblin who stuck me took a force missile to the head, then an arrow from Amarantha, then another missile. The goblin footsoldiers overwhelmed Kiruth, and Nil slew many in retalitation. Another missile was enough to finally down the rider. It troubles me that in the moment, high off the magic and concerned for Kiruth, I did not regret it. Nil was the next to go down, taking many goblins with him, but not enough for Amarantha to feel safe moving up to heal him. He killed one of the goblins’ mounts instead, firing an arrow straight down its throat. For the first time in many years I had used all my force missiles, and there were still three goblins after us, plus the commander, now regaining consciousness.</p>
<p>Ulrioc finally clanked onto the scene at this point, followed by Zegomda who was doubled over thanks to a stomach cramp. He sat out the rest of the fight, while Ulrioc moved to engage the commander in single combat. I wildly fired off a few rays of cold before it finally hit me what I was doing. I fell on my knees in the middle of the battlefield, the blood from a goblin in front of me soaking into my robe. The man on whose account we were doing this slaughter was nowhere to be seen. He had slunk behind a nearby house under Kiruth’s cover. It took me several seconds to find them, and even longer for the goblins to stop screaming.</p>Moonday, 1 Rova 4707 (continued)
Thursday, 19 January 2012
I don’t remember the rest of the fight. The next thing I do remember, Cathedral Square was littered with goblin bodies and a few wounded townsfolk. Orrik from the Mermaid’s Tail was there, unconscious. I must have kept casting after the fire spell, as my body was girded in clear but solid panes and at least one goblin bore the telltale bruise of a force missile. Most, though, had fallen by arrow and blade. Nil was at a loss as to...Antonie Tobyn (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-01-29T19:39:12ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: Rise of the RunelordsAntonie Tobyn (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2neur?Rise-of-the-Runelords#42012-01-29T19:38:41Z2012-01-29T19:38:41Z<p><b>Moonday, 1 Rova 4707</b></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Thursday, 12 January 2012 (continued)</span></p>
<p>I slept almost through the night. Usually I fall asleep after the working day, so I can wake early and head out to Old Light hours before sunrise. Yesterday’s fight with the bandits, making an enemy of Keri, needing to study and scribe Ilsoari’s scroll and then needing to recount all of that in my daybook had me up past sunset, and it was nearly sunrise by the time I woke. I was late, having to prepare my spells for the festival made me later, and it was the festival day so I did not truly expect to find him. Nevertheless, I made my way to the Old Light to see if Brodert was there. He was not, and by the time I got there it was already too light to see anything but bright Castrovel setting in the west.</p>
<p>There was nothing to be gained by staying long. Sarenre’s path through the sky is well charted, and I had no desire to burn my eyes staring at her disc. The cathedral square was full when I got there, despite the hour. The adventurers from the day before were standing at the back of the crowd, so I joined them. Ulrioc and Kiruth found nothing better to say about the Mermaid’s Tail than backhanded compliments. If they had accepted my hospitality, or shelled out a few more gold for Ameiko’s at the Rusty Dragon, they would not have so much to complain about, but I suppose familiarity trumped cheapness or comfort in this case. We did not have to stand there long. As Sarenre’s disc surmounted the cathedral roof, the opening speeches began.</p>
<p>Mayor Deverin’s speech was fairly confused. She began by extolling unity in purpose and action, praising the people of Sandpoint for hanging together until now. But then she jokingly reprimanded Larz Rovanky for the long hours he sets his workers, seeming shocked that they and he made it to the Festival at all. I hope Kaijitsu was listening. Sheriff Hemlock was more focused. He reminded everyone that the Cathedral was as much a memorial as a monument, and asked for our silence. Of course we gave it, the adventurers included. I’m not sure why Drokkus was slated to speak, though he certainly helped lighten the mood. He thanked everyone for their contributions, mentioning some, though not Ulrioc, by name. He didn’t seem fazed by that, but found Drokkus’ promotion of his theater offensive. Father Zantus spoke no more than two sentences, enough to open the celebration.</p>
<p>Breakfast was cider and fried dough filled with blackberry jam courtesy of Jesk Berrini. I really ought to head over to his cabaret more often. He’s got some good ideas, and a way of getting people to think about them I could never manage. He, Kiruth and I talked a little bit about politics in Magnimar. I was surprised to hear Kiruth call openly for Grobaras’ overthrow. The Lord Mayor serves for life, and Kiruth talked about the people throwing him out. I’ve never been brave enough to make such statements publically. Jesk’s food wasn’t bad either. Zegomda liked it so much that he barely moved from Jesk’s stall all morning. The other adventurers milled around, spending the money they’d taken from the bandits yesterday. I sat down across the square from the church, listening to music and passing the time making little light shows and doing coin tricks for the children.</p>
<p>Around midday, Father Zantus and his acolytes wheeled out the cart for the religious part of the festival. Amarantha must have appreciated the story of Desna’s wounded avatar and the helpful child she thanked by turning into a butterfly. The tale was far from new to me, but the release of the butterflies from the cart is always different from every other that has come before. They stayed fairly close to the ground this year, letting children try to catch them for a while before dispersing. Lunch was free. All the inns and taverns had put out specialty dishes for people to sample. I understand there was to be a prize for the most popular dish. I was in the mood for fish, and Quinn’s chowder and Ameiko’s salmon fit the bill nicely. I didn’t get to enjoy it for long, because that’s when everything went wrong.</p>
<p>Under the buffet, a hound bayed, burbled, and fell silent. From where the noise had come, a goblin, a short, rusty sword in his hand jumped onto the table and into the middle of the tray of salmon. Fish and sauce scattered everywhere, and people followed. The adventurers kept their heads, and drew weapons. I heard Ulrioc trying to direct people into the Cathedral. I didn’t run, but only because I was trying to soothe Gerrit, who had taken refuge in my hood. Somehow, I found myself next to the adventurers, who had formed a knot in the center of the square. There were goblins all around now, worming their way out from under carts and stalls and jumping down off rooftops. Nil especially was looking forward to the coming battle. I don’t think I’ll ever understand him. I wanted to spare those who were only destroying property, to focus on the killers. Two goblins rushed me and I let loose Ilsoari’s fire spell to drive them off. Nothing in the scroll prepared me for the effect. Somehow it was more than twice as powerful as the scroll had suggested it would be <span class=messageboard-ooc>there are mechanical reasons for this</span>. Having unleashed the magic I could only watch in horror as the fire I had made seared the goblins’ flesh from their bones.</p>Moonday, 1 Rova 4707
Thursday, 12 January 2012 (continued)
I slept almost through the night. Usually I fall asleep after the working day, so I can wake early and head out to Old Light hours before sunrise. Yesterday’s fight with the bandits, making an enemy of Keri, needing to study and scribe Ilsoari’s scroll and then needing to recount all of that in my daybook had me up past sunset, and it was nearly sunrise by the time I woke. I was late, having to prepare my spells for the festival...Antonie Tobyn (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-01-29T19:38:41ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: Rise of the RunelordsAntonie Tobyn (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2neur?Rise-of-the-Runelords#32012-01-14T02:40:11Z2012-01-14T02:40:11Z<p>Sunday, 30 Arodus 4707 (continued)</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Thursday, 12 January 2012</span></p>
<p>We did not remain alone on the street for long. Tearing flesh, screams, and threatening shouts could apparently be heard across town, because two people came to investigate from two different directions. My robes were covered in fine splatters of blood and dirt, Nil’s hands and Ulrioc’s were covered in the stuff, Zegomda was bleeding out on the street, and we were surrounded by corpses. I almost ran when I heard footsteps, but there wasn’t time to duck back into the Mermaid’s Tail and the strangers might need someone to vouch for them if it came to that. My word might count for less than Madame Mvashti’s or Mayor Deverin’s, but it would be better than nothing.</p>
<p>It turned out that neither person drawn by the din was from Sandpoint and, even more oddly, neither chose to pass comment on the abattoir the adventurers had made of the street. To one, a healer and Magnimaran noble named Kiruth, it represented a spot of excitement in provincial Sandpoint. Seeing Zegomda in distress, his first thought was to remove the daggers from his chest and to ease his pain. Our other visitor was more goal-oriented than lackadaisical Kiruth. She named herself Kira, a knight of Iomedae. She was known to Ulrioc, who named her his superior if my understanding of their protocols and sword architecture is correct. Despite their difference in rank, however, he refused to accede to her request—that his gift of gold be turned over to her. His and Amarantha’s probing revealed that she did not intend to turn it over to the Cathedral at all, not wanting to aid the hurts of “heathens”.</p>
<p>The insults only escalated from there. Amarantha named Kira a harlot, and she did the same to Desna. I may not be her most faithful follower, or a believer in the myths, but no one could spend the time stargazing that I have and not appreciate her bailiwick. My indignation on her behalf paled in comparison to Amarantha’s. He has some position in her church from what I gather, though his attitude is little like Ezakien’s or the priests I met in Sandpoint. Regardless, I left her defense in his capable hands. Instead, my intervention focused on Ezakien and the good works he did for the people here, works that his acolytes have done their best to continue. What right had this stranger to slander my family? She seemed to have no answer to this, or perhaps her focus was elsewhere when I asked. Regardless, the conversation, such as it was, ended shortly thereafter, and we finally were able to make it to the Cathedral. Zegomda carried the bound thug.</p>
<p>Thankfully, that lost soul did not have to remain with us long. Father Zantus and Sheriff Hemlock stood outside the Cathedral. From their glances and gestures it looked like they were discussing the preparations for tomorrow’s Festival. A shouted greeting from across Cathedral Square interrupted their deliberations, and by the time we approached their attention was all on us. I told Sheriff Hemlock how the thugs had attacked us, that three bodies needed burial and that one, armored much like our captive, was still at large. He pledged that our captive would spend a long time in jail. I volunteered to give my statement again at trial. I hope Hemlock understood that I expect there to be one.</p>
<p>Amarantha, meanwhile, had been grunting and gesticulating to Ulrioc, forming some sort of plan, and as I wrapped up with Hemlock, Ulrioc strode forward to present his gift. He insisted on doing so in front of both men, and inside the Cathedral, but Hemlock at least seemed to know what was up. He gave Amarantha permission to question the thug while he was gone. Amarantha seemed satisfied with this arrangement, and it became clear that what he wanted was not to question without the Sheriff’s knowledge, but without his supervision. That much was evident from his methods. The first thing he did was to enspell the thug—who named himself Bellan—ensuring that he would suffer if he lied or refused to answer questions. Fortunately, he was talkative, if evasive, and the spell wore off shortly after its application. Amarantha did learn that Kira had hired Bellan and his friends to waylay Ulrioc. They had resorted to violence rather then crude threats when they saw him in numerous and—apart from me—martial company. Finally, that she had apparently chosen to show herself only when she could not hide behind her goons.</p>
<p>Nobody mentioned this to Hemlock when he came out. I know not anyone else’s reasons, but accusing a paladin of Iomedae on the strength of such a witness, particularly since his accusation had been obtained under duress, did not seem terribly bright to me. The gift has been delivered, and if Zantus remains true to his character, and to Ezakien’s memory, it will get to the people in due course and in a form befitting their needs. If Kira has other business with Ulrioc, it is up to them to settle it. I will settle for hoping it doesn’t come up, or that they are far from innocents if it does. We did not stay long. The sun began to dip in the sky, and quaking bellies called each of us to table. I offered up my hospitality, but the adventurers were comfortable at the Mermaid’s Tail. Before we parted, Nil pushed some gold into my hands. I have a strong suspicion it came from the thugs, and from some innocents to them. I spent the rest of the day at home, scribing Ilsoari’s scroll into my spellbook after lunch. Its fire should compliment my aurora and other light spells for tomorrow’s fireworks display.</p>Sunday, 30 Arodus 4707 (continued)
Thursday, 12 January 2012
We did not remain alone on the street for long. Tearing flesh, screams, and threatening shouts could apparently be heard across town, because two people came to investigate from two different directions. My robes were covered in fine splatters of blood and dirt, Nil’s hands and Ulrioc’s were covered in the stuff, Zegomda was bleeding out on the street, and we were surrounded by corpses. I almost ran when I heard footsteps, but...Antonie Tobyn (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-01-14T02:40:11ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: Rise of the RunelordsAntonie Tobyn (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2neur?Rise-of-the-Runelords#22012-01-08T01:24:28Z2012-01-08T01:24:28Z<p><b>Sunday, 30 Arodus 4707</b></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Thursday 5 January 2012</span></p>
<p>Every now and again I forget that Kaijitu’s a boss like any other, but he always manages to find some way to remind me. Even in bustling Magnimar they know Sunday’s a day of rest, and one is reminded of it every time one looks out the window. The great masses are at market, at song and drink in the taverns, or doing whatever it is they want to do and can afford. Some, wonder of wonders, even give their thanks to the gods. Then again, in Magnimar there are great masses, and the bosses probably couldn’t keep them from their day of rest if they tried.</p>
<p>It’s different here in Sandpoint. Even the big factories, the Kaijitsu Glassworks and the Scarnetti Sawmill, employ only a few dozen people each, and everybody knows everybody else. Paternalism is a real force here, and many of my colleagues feel privileged or taken care of. I myself know how lucky I am to be polishing and grind lenses and mirrors, to be doing something for which I was trained and at which I’m good, instead of begging on the street. But dialectically coupled to paternalism is the fact that Kaijitsu can demand “favors” from the workers and they won’t be recognized as concessions until they’re given up.</p>
<p>I’m sad to say that almost none of my colleagues balked at the suggestion that we exchange our day of rest today for a day off for the Festival. It looks like an even trade, a day for a day, but we should have gotten the day off for the Festival without having to make an exchange. Kaijitsu ought to know better. He lost his wife to the Late Unpleasantness from what I understand. But that’s a boss for you. Human feeling takes second place to having product to sell.</p>
<p>Some of us did manage to sneak out at lunchtime, but we were too few to make an impact on our fellows. Neither did we want to make the upcoming festival a political bone of contention. Ezakien and Nualia wouldn’t have wanted their memory used that way. We ended up going our separate ways. I didn’t want to be found, so I stayed away from home, the Old Light, the Curious Goblin, or any of my usual haunts. Instead, I wandered down to the docks. I wanted a quiet place to study Ilsoari’s scroll, and finally scribe it into my spellbook. The fishing boats would be out til the evening, so the sailors’ watering holes would be empty. Or so I thought.</p>
<p>It turned out The Mermaid’s Tail had attracted a number of motley, foreign adventurers. Such posturing I have not seen since that imbecile Tressler gave his presentation on the orbits of the major bodies of the Diaspora. One, a soldier of Iomedae named Ulrioc, at least had business here. He meant to deliver a gift to the new Cathedral, and needed directions. I promised to guide him, but made the mistake of enlightening him as to why we were dedicating a new Cathedral. He took the news almost personally, and began to round up the other adventurers. They seemed averse to letting themselves be shepherded, and this Ulroic did take personally. I’m ashamed that my embarrassment that he was being so militant in part on my account kept me from intervening before the guards had to be called. It did not come to blows, but plainly Orrik no longer wanted us in his tavern.</p>
<p>That was not the end of the trouble Ulroic brought down upon us. His gift was valuable—at least some of it consisted of gold ingots—and he’d not managed to keep it a secret. As we left the bar we were accosted by five thugs I’d never seen before, demanding the package. I do not think they were Sczarni, at least not Jubrayl’s lot, because they seemed to think of us as a group, and to think I was affiliated with it when I have lived here in Sandpoint for five years. They were, however, trained. They almost brought down one of the adventurers, a wise and jovial orc <span class=messageboard-ooc>Zegomda</span> who I later learned could talk to animals. The adventurers knew their business, and killed three. <span class=messageboard-ooc>Much of the time earmarked for this session was taken up with technical difficulties, so we did not manage to progress to the Swallowtail Festival. The GM invented the bandit encounter on the fly so we could include a combat before the session ended. We'll see where it leads.</span></p>
<p>Two, a swordsman <span class=messageboard-ooc>Nil</span> and an archer whose name I believe was Amarantha, were especially bloodthirsty, chasing two down after they started to run. They frighten me. To take life so casually, with no larger object in mind, bespeaks a burning wrath matched only by the avarice of thugs who would steal from a grieving community. I shudder to think of the fate to which they will subject the one I managed to incapacitate with colored light, and who is now our captive. I hope I do not have to report them, as well as the thug, to Sherriff Hemlock! I’d better learn their names in case I do though.</p>Sunday, 30 Arodus 4707
Thursday 5 January 2012
Every now and again I forget that Kaijitu’s a boss like any other, but he always manages to find some way to remind me. Even in bustling Magnimar they know Sunday’s a day of rest, and one is reminded of it every time one looks out the window. The great masses are at market, at song and drink in the taverns, or doing whatever it is they want to do and can afford. Some, wonder of wonders, even give their thanks to the gods. Then again, in...Antonie Tobyn (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-01-08T01:24:28ZForums: Campaign Journals: Rise of the RunelordsAntonie Tobyn (alias of zimmerwald1915)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2neur?Rise-of-the-Runelords#12014-03-21T22:20:28Z2012-01-08T01:16:19Z<p>Hello ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to my first campaign journal. Not my first game, mind you, but journaling a PbP is rather pointless and my notes for the last FtF campaign I wanted to journal blossomed into a booklength form before I could get a handle on it. This is a maptool campaign, which turned out to faciliate just the right mix of accurate and to-the-point record-keeping that I could begin keeping a journal with some confidence in the product. We've played one session so far, this Thursday, and expect to have a session each Thursday until the Adventure Path is concluded.</p>
<p>As this is a RotRL campaign journal, it will contain spoilers for that Adventure Path. Then again, if my journal is the first thing on these Internets that spoils RotRL for you, please consider me immeasurably flattered.</p>
<p>Before we begin I'd just like to pay homage to Denek/Moonbeam, whose journals, in part, opened me up to the depth of the Adventure Paths and whose posting format I will be shamelessly ripping off.</p>
<p>And now without further ado, I present to you the protagonists of our little, or perhaps not-so-little, tale:</p>
<p><b>Amarantha Montenegro</b> 23-year-old male varisian inquisitor, Chaotic Neutral
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<span class=messageboard-ooc>Amarantha's player joined on short notice, and I haven't got a backstory for him yet.</span>
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<p><b>Nil Silverwind</b> male half-elf magus, Chaotic Good
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<span class=messageboard-ooc>I haven't got a backstory for Nil either, and don't have as good an excuse. I'll add it when I get it.</span>
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<p><b>Antonie Tobyn</b> 49-year-old male chelaxian evoker, Chaotic Good
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<i>Ezakien left his younger brother behind in Magnimar when he left to minister to new-founded Sandpoint. News of his death brought Antonie from his star-mapping and researches into light at the Stone of the Seers to Sandpoint, and a land deal gone sour and a vindictive colleague made him stay.</i></p>
<p><b>Zegomda gro-Tulga</b> 17-year-old male orc druid, Neutral Good
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<i>Zegomda's people preyed long upon the Shoanti, until a Shoanti druid struck back. The example of her strength, which all but destroyed his tribe, and the uncaring mountain which nevertheless sheltered him, inspired his calling to nature. He has amends to make, and may as well do so in Sandpoint.</i></p>
<p><b>Ulrioc</b> 28-year-old male chelaxian paladin, Lawful Good
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<i>Ulrioc turned to Iomedae's faithful for salvation, first from a troubled home life and then from destitution when he could no longer call his house home. His time as an acolyte is at an end, and his first mission, a goodwill gift from Iomedae's flock to the new Cathedral, brought him to Sandpoint.</i></p>Hello ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to my first campaign journal. Not my first game, mind you, but journaling a PbP is rather pointless and my notes for the last FtF campaign I wanted to journal blossomed into a booklength form before I could get a handle on it. This is a maptool campaign, which turned out to faciliate just the right mix of accurate and to-the-point record-keeping that I could begin keeping a journal with some confidence in the product. We've played one session so far,...Antonie Tobyn (alias of zimmerwald1915)2012-01-08T01:16:19Z