(6B) MDT's Revivified Kingmaker (Inactive)

Game Master mdt

Ok, I think we are about ready to split players up again.

Group A will be :

Anastacia
Fharn
Gorrum
Ikit
Natalie
Wilhelm

Group B will be :
Dante
Rowan
Cohort 1
Cohort 2

Non-Assigned
Shimmer (MIA/AWOL/Assumed Gone)

BTW: I have another player joining, either A or B, depending on his preferred posting schedule. He's new to PBP, so he may go either slow or fast. I'll let you know soon. If anyone feels there's something missing, let me know and I'll see if he wants to fill that niche, although I think you have it covered.

So are we going to post in those groups again now or do you have some more for us before we split?

I'll do a setup, but need to know where each group is going and what they are doing.

Hello there. I'm the new guy, and I'm 41 years young. I'm new to PbP, but I've been playing Pathfinder for quite a while.

What needs/niches are missing, if any? I see above that Matt thinks you have everything covered.

PDS (Pretty D*mn Slow) will be joining Table A (Possibly Table B as well if he grabs a cohort).

I think just about anything can work. We have all the main bases (skilled, martial, divine, arcane) covered, so it's up to you. From a kingdom building perspective, if Felicia is actually gone :( then roles we need filled are: Councilor and Warden. If either of those tickle your fancy, you can play around with those as part of your concept.

Welcome, PDS.

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OK, I'm changing Anastacia's spell line-up after the night's rest. Going from plague suppression to general utility.

MDT, You said something about WBL adjustments? If not, I'd like to use some of my rooms to generate gold. It'd be nice to have some scrolls when we face the savage wild again. Anastacia's pretty much flat-broke.

Just wanted to make sure were were within spitting distance of WBL, I'm expecting you'll probably level up soon (the AP goes from 5 to 8, and you're about half-way through it) and wanted to see if I need to toss out more treasure or not. :)

I'm ok with you doing a gold check to make some scrolls. Just make sure you do your rolls in discussion thread. Thanks.

Oh hello there PDS! Welcome : )

Welcome PDS! Gorruum votes for Group A going to scout the troll king!

Welcome to our little group PDS.
Don't forget the Kobold are preparing for war Gorruum.

btw I am going to be away for a couple of days from he 14th and forward, I'm moving and might not have internet for a few days.

Welcome PDS!

That's cool with me on the groups. Is the other cohort Rowan's or another players? Because if it's his, and he can't post, It will be just me talking to my own cohort(myself IRL)

Several people picked up Cohorts, I assumed at least two of them would go over. I know Fharn and Wilhelm both picked up Cohorts. I think Anastacia is as well? Anyone else?

Oh, I had forgotten, everyone was leveling up to 7 before we headed back out (thus allowing cohorts) so, go ahead and do the leveling up.

PDS, go ahead and hit 7, not 6.

Aye. Will probably have to finally introduce the cohort once I get back home today : )

Aye. Will probably have to finally introduce the cohort once I get back home today : )

Day turned out to be longer then anticipated, bleh. At least here is the cohort alias if anyone is curious to see : )

I chose scribe scroll instead of a cohort. The acolyte from IC is just from the teams list. Downtime rules.

Couldn't think of any smooth way of introducing someone when everyone is scattered. Instead, I'll just slip her in when we decide to split up again with the excuse of 'she shares Munin's bond too - so if she goes with the other group we can easily keep in touch (since Munin can find both Eld and Fhârn and thus fly between the groups)'.

All the organising stuff is mostly done. Just the last 4 weeks to go before i get married. So please excuse me if i fall silent now and then. Been rough and the holiday starts with a bang....

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Okay. Let me offer my congratulations in advance then, lest I forget : )

And now I only need to conjure an excuse to head towards the office, then all is well. Hmm. I something doesn't appear, I'll pull something out of the air tonight : )

Sorry everyone, travelling for work again, and had a much longer Monday than I expected (it started 7AM Sunday, and I didn't get to NY and into bed until 2:30 AM Monday). I'll be a bit spotty this week and next due to the travel.

I need to know what exploration paths the two groups are taking, also. It's time to break the groups back up into 2 tables.

I think it might be a good idea to look into the kobold situation, there seems to be some unrest around that part.

Definitely vote trolls for Gorruum, but kobolds would be second choice.

It can probably be both! The kobolds should be, in theory, on the way to the trolls (mostly). I'm not sure what group 2 should be doing though. Any thoughts there (Dante/Rowan)? I've got Salvianna Garess (Wilhelm's older sister and cohort) built out, I just need to make a profile and update it. I also need to figure out some personality stuff and sibling interactions and the like. I've got the outline, but I need to figure out some details.

It looks like there are still some unexplored hexes left over from our previous pass. Might be good to explore those areas with one group, while the other starts at hex A1-6 and sweeps south to E1-5 and 6.

We don't really know where the trolls are, so we're going to have to hunt for them. Also, if they move toward the kobolds it might set up an opportunity for a pincer attack against them.

mdt: If Anastacia summons a lantern archon at Zatoksta, would she be able to summon the same one again? I'm thinking about using it to carry messages back. Of course, lantern archons have greater teleport, so Anastacia might be able to describe Zatokska well enough for the archon to teleport there anyway.

Been in New York all week, exhausted. Updates tomorrow.

@Anastacia - She would not get the same archon. That would require a true name to get the same spirit over and over. However, she could describe her temple well enough to get it to teleport (not 100% safely, but enough for the 'really good dscription' level).

Ok, so, it's sounding like Group B is going to head off on general exploration in odd corners, while Group A is heading south to the Kobold's, and then swing around to look for troll signs? Is that accurate? If so, can I get the map updated to show the paths for both groups? And I'll assume our new member is in Group A.

With Group B being very slow, I suggest they head off into the north east areas that haven't been explored. They don't affect the game as much (in this book) and won't affect things if they don't get their part done as fast as the other group.

Sounds good to me.

Seem fine by me. And we better keep an eye out for that hag : )

Plan looks good to me, if we meet the hag I just send it after Fharn :p

<.<

Thanks for the thought Natalie. But Will is clearly more handsome and desirable for the Hag. Besides, wasn't he looking to marry anyhow? :P

That would be a funny twist to the story, but I'm also trying to win him over.

Thanks for the thought Natalie. But Will is clearly more handsome and desirable for the Hag. Besides, wasn't he looking to marry anyhow? :P

I believe it was put forward that Wilhelm should marry for the good of the kingdom. What he wants isn't quite so clear, but I think it's a safe bet the Hag is a pretty poor option of the available suitors.

I'm having trouble coming up with a good plot hook to keep Pruett around. I'm sure you have something, MDT? Wilhelm is trying to gently nudge him to leave so we can conduct 'official business', which leads to us leaving to explore.

Hmm. Actually ... we could keep him around as Hag bait :P?

[Speculation]If one Lebeda might already have slipped away that route, might be an indication of taste...[/speculation]

On a more serious note - "Yeah, we are worried about Dareon too (and we totally didn't sacrifice him to some demon lord or anything!). Why don't you help us out by investigate that (and stick around and see that we are totally nice people and all, no need to go back home and say we got your cousin [I think this was the relation?] killed/disappeared/whatevered!)."

Thoughts : )?

In more diplomatic terms, i think that 2nd option could work. :P

Right, the things in ( ) are not supposed to be said out loud. Merely implied skilfully through the art of diplomacy. :P

Heads up - I'll be on mini-vacation until the 26th and I'm unsure how much internet access I'll have. But I should be able to update in the evenings : )

Hi all,
My apologies, this last week has been... stressful. I had to fly to another state to deal with a family issue. My father had to undergo a semi-routine medical procedure, but he had some sort of breakdown during the procedure. The doctors suspect it's from the anesthetic, it's put him in a state of dementia. We're hoping he will recover, but the week was extremely busy and very draining. I spent most of last night and today sleeping.

I'll try to get back to posting this week, as soon as I have energy to GM.

MDT

I hope your father has a full and quick recovery, mdt. Best wishes.

That's terrible, man. My sympathies.

Apologies for the long absence, I'm spending the holiday with family before continuing to my next command. My posting will still be spotty but I wanted to send my best wishes for you and your father, mdt.

Hey MDT, no apologies needed. I hope your dad gets to feeling better soon. Take all the time you need.

So I propose we explore the orange hexes with Group 1 and however many of the red group 2 can get through in similar time. The orange is right around our southern outpost, so it'd be nice to know what's there. Red takes a look at the lands towards the rumored centaurs, which is handy as we haven't had word from there in a while. I figure we can travel together to see what's going on the with Sootscales, then split to explore. That seems to cover most of what we want to accomplish. Thoughts?

Note: check the kingdom map to see the hexes I'm talking about. :)

Here is a partially complete profile for Wilhelm's sister and cohort, Salvianna Garress. She is married to a noble in the Garess clan (probably not Vors as she's been married since the expedition started at least :P). I've built her as a rogue which better fits my concept for her and stepped on fewer toes then a bard would. She dabbles in magic, fencing (more than dabbles in this case) and alchemy while maintaining the skills expected of a noble of the Orlovsky clan. Feeling stifled by her quiet life, she has convinced her husband (name TBD with input from MDT) to move down to the Stolen lands to her little brother's fledgling kingdom.

I think it's a sound plan to take the orange route, let's just remember to avoid the crazy gnome :p

I think it's a sound plan to take the orange route, let's just remember to avoid the crazy gnome :p

Isn't he sorta part of the experience though :P?

I miss him already.

Natalie Saratov wrote:

I think it's a sound plan to take the orange route, let's just remember to avoid the crazy gnome :p

Isn't he sorta part of the experience though :P?

Let the B team go and meet him then, we can't have all the fun :p