For the curious.
Mina, but add a pair of batlike wings.
Great, just frickin' great. I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth, mdt, but Connor (and his player) are uber-paranoid, especially after the setup. Mina has an assassin's forearm-dagger and what looks like a single-shot pistol. Connor doesn't want to add on another "handler" after Jalice of McIntyre McLain made such a lasting impression. Plus, there's the eventual "betrayal" of our undercover job, and having a woman pull a blade or gun on you while she attempts to control you is a moral dilemma just waiting to happen.
So...
#1 finish this undercover job with not getting killed (none of the good guys getting killed)
#2 buy books for skill points
#3 find a more permanent base-of-operations or a secure room somewhere not our current location
#4 upgrade weapons
#5 buy power stones
But maybe I'm wrong, and this Mina has a heart of gold. Maybe.
Well, you've got to remember Connor, you're running around with Pirates. Honest to goodness swoop down on another ship, firing grapling hooks, board, battle, blood and steal cargo Pirates. They're marginally legal corsairs (in that they don't prey on Atalantian ships, so they aren't wanted locally, and the people they do prey on can't get at them), but they are Pirates. :)
Even the heart of gold pirates are going to be dangerous.
What should scare you is how sweet and innocent Tanisa looks in her fancy dress, but she's actually a Pirate. So...
Alister lives a less worried life, and is fine with Tanisa "falling into his lap" so to speak. He's not so worried about the future, and having to deal with her once it's revealed that they're not working "legitimately".
I don't mind the fast-fowarding mdt has enacted, since we've got to get the two teams together.
But, several weeks! I need to know if we're getting 10 gp/week for warehouse guard duty, if Alister and Reaghan want to chip in for the rooms or anything, etc.
- Should Connor, Alister, and Reaghan work in separate teams looking for magical devices, or together? In this game, we've all got psionic focus that mdt has houseruled also detects magic, if we are willing to take the headaches.
- We only have our 0-level talents and Astral Construct, Call Item, and Inertial Armor. I think we should use the "small" drops of 100 gp to maybe have Reaghar ink us each an Inertial Armor tattoo, just in case. (They'll be 1st level for 1 hour each, only.) But leave the "big" drops of 1,000 gp for if we can acquire a magical item.
- Does Alister or Reaghar have any ideas, or are we just going to "go with the flow" for these several weeks?
Alister's fine putting in money for his room.
We certainly could separate, but I'd think they'd be likely to keep us pretty well together, working security or what have you.
I don't have any powers but the Psi-like ability of Claws of the Beast. I'll get a power and talents next level, as per PsyWar, but before that, I've got nothing, basically.
I'd be fine picking up the smaller drops, but Inertial Armor isn't going to be too terribly useful to me. Under normal circumstances, when Alister is armored, it's a +1 increase, bringing him to a still unspectacular 15 AC. Outside of normal circumstances, Alister's going to, generally speaking, be hit anyway, and that standard action could be otherwise spent hitting someone, which would generally be more effective for his survival.
Alister's pretty much gonna go with the flow, keep an eye out for magic items flowing through, but otherwise generally get on the good side of his new employers.
Edit: I'll post something in the Gameplay thread as far as goals for the jump is concerned, but can't atm, as I've got to go for a while. I'll get to it either later tonight or sometime tomorrow.
You can safely assume you'll be making enough money to keep you in a room and food.
not sure how much money Reaghar gets from the 200gp drop but he will pay his share.
Just as a reminder,
Each of the McIntyre people had 3 drops each. 100, 100, and 1000.
So the total gold available is 3600 gp
ah so that 200 Connor is talking about was all for him. gotcha. I will pick up just 100 of mine then.
Alister and Reaghar: just making sure the rent is paid! :) Thanks for putting your gp for your own rooms/meals. I'll readjust my calculations.
5.6 gp/week for (poor) room & (common) food (-10%) is 5.18 gp/week, leaving 4.82 gp/week for our "dates". To keep up appearances. Yes, I love spreadsheets.
I was hoping to come in "under budget" for our real employers, but not after several weeks and additional companions (Mina). I don't think Mintakan Security will complain too much if Connor uses the "little drop money" to pick up some additional Knowledge skills and the ability to pick locks. Since we're not going the "bribe our way in" route (to which Connor is grateful).
Nobody else here has lockpicking ability, right? Time for the Jack-of-All-Trades to pick up another skill before it is needed.
Edit: Reaghar, since we have the time, Connor is going to ask Reaghar if he will put four 1st-level, 1-hour Inertial Armor tattoos on him. And two 1st-level, 1 pp Call Item tattoos. They're 12.5 gp each, correct? And if Reaghar needs Inertial Armor as a tattoo power, just ask if you want to ink one on yourself with Connor providing the psionic power as you do it.
Since Scribe Tattoo is like Scribe Scroll, one thing I found at my tabletop games to avoid boredom during downtime for the PCs is to buy "kits" ahead of time. I calculate out how much a scroll of x would cost, and but the inks/powders/parchment as so many gold pieces and keep it in my backpack. So 125 gp would make one 2nd-level scroll, or 5 1st-level scrolls, or 10 0th-level scrolls, or any combination thereof, etc. It simplified things so I didn't have to wait for a town to get stuff right then and there.
But I'm not ready for Power Stone purchases just yet. :)
Not lock "picking", per se, but I think I could manage. Not that I wouldn't be loud about it. :P
If I remember correctly, Disable Device is a Cryptic class skill, but I don't think Reaghar's got a rank in it.
Yeah I was thinking about picking up a rankl now that I'm a criminal
After accidentally deleting my backstory, and then rewriting it, I am all set.
I have 12 gold left, must I spend it?
I have a work-related formal dinner event to attend tomorrow night, coupled with a project that I have been working on whose culmination is tomorrow morning. As such, my posts may be sparing for the next 48 hours. "Bot" me as needed, although I don't anticipate that being necessary.
After accidentally deleting my backstory, and then rewriting it, I am all set.
I have 12 gold left, must I spend it?
I'll post up in the morning, a bit too early to post right now, just my insomnia kicking in. :)
Edit: Reaghar, since we have the time, Connor is going to ask Reaghar if he will put four 1st-level, 1-hour Inertial Armor tattoos on him. And two 1st-level, 1 pp Call Item tattoos. They're 12.5 gp each, correct? And if Reaghar needs Inertial Armor as a tattoo power, just ask if you want to ink one on yourself with Connor providing the psionic power as you do it.
Reaghar, were you good with those psionic tattoos I requested?
I left that stuff up to the players, you have time if people are willing to craft. So no issues on the GM side.
Yeah no problem I'll craft them at cost
Thanks. I'll add them to my Google spreadsheet.
Edit: Uh, that's two Call Items and two Inertial Armors. Forgot about the cost of the lock + lockpicks. Just staying honest here...
Dont' forget the money you earned during the month as well.
We open with the trio in an alley, having just watched the half-orc (A guy named Kol) sell a magical stick of some type to a surface dweller dwarf. And with Elohir having just accidently revealed his presence by accidently knocking something off the roof he was watching from. All four staring each other in the eyes, the trio on the ground in the alley and Elrohir on the nearby roof.
Uh, are we supposed to roll for initiative here? Because that's the vibe I'm getting. Or we could try a Bluff to be there to purchase magical items.
My apologies, I had it in my head, but didn't put enough detail in.
Kol sold a vial of some type to a half-elf, and then both left the ally. The trio were about to follow Kol again when Elrohir knocked some stone roofing off the building he was hiding on down into the alley.
You can roll initiatives if you want, but it's only pertinent if you intend to kill Elrohir to keep him from telling people that you like to follow half-orcs around on your time off.
Would have liked a stealth check but no big deal. The 22 on perception beats my take ten 19.
So my following them was because I felt they may be doing some that might betray the clan that took me in?
Yep, that's it.
And if you'd managed to keep your self obscured, then you'd be your own plot thread instead of being merged in with them. :)
hmm a humavian calling an elfavian "youngster"?
Relatively speaking. It's probably well-known that most elves are longer-lived than human, and this is "the new guy" anyway. So I'm calling him "the new guy" until we get the new group all together. :)
I like how the gm managed to make both the lowest rolls for Selvan on that and the highest on the rest.
I can only hope this streak of Selvan hate the dice roller has for him will eventually slough off. :P
LOL
Not my fault, you notice I did all the rolls alphabetically right?
I suggest a name change. :)
Henceforth all my characters will be named "Aaron Aardvark".
Sorry, I've been busy a lot of today. I'll be making a post soon.
Alister's name being first didn't help /him/, so I wouldn't put too much faith in that, Connor. :P
I like how the gm managed to make both the lowest rolls for Selvan on that and the highest on the rest.
I can only hope this streak of Selvan hate the dice roller has for him will eventually slough off. :P
His attitude even gets on the dice-roller's nerves.
I'll be honest, at the moment i'm a little at a loss where to go from here.
Kol sold a vial of some type to a half-elf, and then both left the ally. The trio were about to follow Kol again when Elrohir knocked some stone roofing off the building he was hiding on down into the alley.
I think Team Mintaka + Assassin's Guild now has a half-elf playing "spin the bottle" with nitroglycerin while Team McIntyre + new guy are pursuing the half-orc. Sammark decided to go home instead of trailing the half-orc.
I don't mind the banter between Elrohir and Connor. I read Elrohir's entry and decided to play up his "Flick" nickname a bit. I hope he doesn't mind.
Not at all, that's kinda why its there. Now hurry up and respond to him.
I'll be honest, at the moment i'm a little at a loss where to go from here.
Well, you have several options.
You've found one guy, named Kol, who is selling items, and a goblin. You know where both live, and have even bought a magic item from Kol to confirm he's selling real magic items.
You could capture Kol or Boils Babies, and try to force them to talk.
You could wait until they are out for the day and break into their home and try to search it for more information.
You could drop one or both of their names off via the dead drops to let Mintakan Security know who they are and what they are doing, and let them do the questioning/interrogation and see what happens.
You could try to string one or both along by buying more magic items over time, trying to worm your way into his confidence further.
Kol sold a vial of some type to a half-elf, and then both left the ally. The trio were about to follow Kol again when Elrohir knocked some stone roofing off the building he was hiding on down into the alley.I think Team Mintaka + Assassin's Guild now has a half-elf playing "spin the bottle" with nitroglycerin while Team McIntyre + new guy are pursuing the half-orc. Sammark decided to go home instead of trailing the half-orc.
They didn't need to, they already figured out where he lived.
Sorry for it being evening instead of morning, things were hectic.
Sorry, debating how to proceed. Flee for my life from the small tactical nuke sitting on the table, while sensible, is not without consequences.
I'll try to get a post up later tonight.
Everybody OK? I'm ready to move on, we can either try to look at Kol's place via sneaky psicrystal, or just barge in and fight the half-orc, or tail him to his next location.
If it gets the two groups together, I'm all for a fight. Alister's muscle is more than sufficient for one guy.
Ok, just confirming, it seems as if both groups have decided to go burst down Kol's door and try to make the half-orc spill the beans, is that correct?
I will need to prepare a map of the orc's digs, which will be this evening, if that is the case.
I think that's where this is going. I had hoped to use my psicrystal to climb the wall and go to the half-orc's window and give us some reconnaissance before we bust down his door.
Or Connor can send the psicrystal with a note tied around it to one of the dead drops. Me thinking paranoid again.
We probably need a description of this guy's neighbors, if we can get in there clandestinely, etc.
Then there's the whole "both groups meet at the same time" chaos.
But yes, I like where this is going.
Unless you are willing to go into the building, all you can tell is it has 3 floors and entrances at the ground. You are not even sure which floor he's on or which window is his. The building takes up half a block.
You can send your crystal in scouting if you like, to try to narrow it down. I will do that before any crashing in.
Send in the psicrystal! :) Do I need to do that IC?
Edit: back in my tabletop college days, one of my fellow players had a weasel familiar. When my brother and I learned of the Foghorn Leghorn cartoon about the weasel stealing chickens, hilarity ensued.
"We should scout this room in the dungeon."
"Send in the weasel!"
"I hear the weasel's close by!" :)
No need to do it in character.
I'll post what he sees.
My apologies to everyone, between work and some health issues, I'm having trouble finding the time to get the map done. I'm hoping to get it done tonight.
No problem, mdt.
McIntyre plot: it's pretty obvious that the three guarded entrances to the east room are the ones we want.
Who attacks which door? I wish psionics had Silence, it's the most valuable low-level spell in all of D&D. But, we don't have it. So I think a simultaneous attack would be best. Alister has no problem with a one-shot, one-kill. Reaghar can probably manage one on his own as well. So I think Connor and Elrohir might have to attack together - Elrohir doing a ranged shot, with Connor or an Astral Construct for follow-up to catch/finish off the body. Since I've never heard of a Stun arrow.
Hey Mdt, would mind allowing the Called Shots variant?
I would probably take at least Improved Called Shot, if you do. Its definitely cool for an archer PC, though obviously any PC can use them.
Sure, I'd allow it.
Just remember that ranged touch attacks use AC for called shots, not touch AC.
Blech, I managed to all but break a toe at lunch (swollen up and black). I'll try to get to the map tonight if I can, but I don't want to promise I will, depends on how the painkillers work.