Were we going to gift the helm to the archbaron? Now seems like a good time to do that.
If you're planning to then go ahead :)
Sorry all - traveling (again!). Posting will be patchy for the next couple of days.
OK, time to level up (yay!)
Is it max hit points, half +1, or rolled?
Have max, for I am a kind and generous GM! :)
Thanks GM! I'll update my profile accordingly :-)
Ok Ladies. It looks like we've lost Lavinia for good. Do you want to recruit or let the game go?
I'm enjoying this - maybe re-recruit, if you have someone in mind?
I have someone I can ask. Let's get Friday's opinion first.
That sounds fine to me.
Hello there. Looks like I'm the new girl. Looking forward to being part of this game. :)
I've made an alchemist/transmuter focused on shapechanging, summoning monsters, and being overall super creepy. She does well in melee and at range with bombs or spells. I am still finalizing the character sheet and her backstory. She's a devoted follower of Lamashtu, and as such, I'm thinking of some disturbing ideas for some of her abilities. I will put them in a spoiler below. Please let me know if any of you are uncomfortable with anything and I will be happy to dial back and change things. I don't want to make anybody too uncomfortable.
I didn't think I could find someone more creepy than Lavinia... then I did!
Since we're early on in the story I propose we simply substitute Jordanna in for Lavinia and assume she's been along the whole time, as well as just swearing the Hellfire Compact with the rest of you.
Feel free to chat/(re)introduce on your way to the pub! :D
Hey Jordanna/Brainiac, nice to see a familiar face ;)
No problems with the 'creepy stuff' - Alyssa has seen it all before, dearie.
Agree on retconning that she was with us all along - we're not that far in, after all.
I will finish nailing things down and post in the gameplay thread in the morning.
Oh that is just dreadful. Welcome to the game. :)
Friday - remember you're all level 2 now. :)
Oh yeah! Thanks. :)
A subsect of the tribe were devout followers of Lamashtu, and they saw Jordanna's animalistic features as a blessing from the Demon Queen. They inducted her into their faith, where the brilliant girl learned fell secrets of alchemy and transmutation magic. Her nature left her supernaturally fertile, and the cult knew she would be the perfect vessel to bring one of Lamashtu's most powerful servants into the world. In an orgiastic ritual, they summoned a mighty demon who filled Jordanna with his seed, and it wasn't long before her belly began to swell with the monstrous offspring.
The birth of such a foul thing would be a dangerous affair, and would assuredly prove fatal without the skilled ministrations of the cult's high priestess. Unfortunately, before the blessed event could occur, the Glorious Reclamation arrived and wiped out the entirety of Blackblight's tribe. Jordanna barely managed to escape with a few coven-mates. She was faced with a conundrum--there was no higher honor among Lamashtans than to give birth to a demon, but to die during childbirth would prevent her from bearing even more fiendish children. Fortunately, she hit on a solution--a steady diet of vile alchemical concoctions could effectively pause the pregnancy from progressing further. She could remain in a gravid state until she was powerful enough to survive the birthing process.
The discovery came with a disturbing side effect, however. The demon inside her womb was already conscious, and the elixirs gave it a semblance of independent mobility. Like some grotesque tumor, the thing is now able to emerge from her body for short periods of time and interact with the world, though it cannot survive long without her.
Jordanna's focus now is taking vengeance on those who destroyed her tribe and performing Lamashtu's will in the world, to the detriment of all around her.
Soft, velvety brown fur adorns her back, arms, and legs. The fur itches fiercely when she wears clothing, so she usually goes without it save for a few primitive wraps, a loincloth, and a belt laden with alchemical substances and spell components. She dons a heavy cloak of black feathers when modesty is called for. Jordanna is heavily pregnant, the demon inside her swollen belly occasionally shifting and kicking.
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Level up done. I did a little shopping during the process. Picked up better armor and Sleeves of Many Garments.
Is that acceptable?
GM, if I attack now, will I get a full round or just a surprise round?
Surprise only. :)
Or you can take a full round and I'll adjudicate them once I've got initiatives up.
Surprise round it is then!
Hi folks, I'm afraid I'm going to be leaving the game.
At some point a threshold of discomfort was crossed. I'm not sure when it was, but I'm not enjoying the game anymore. I've given it some thought and I figure that rather than asking the rest of you to conform to what I want the better thing would be to let you keep enjoying the game without me.
Just to be clear, I don't think any of you are bad people, or bad players, and I don't mind evil games most of the time. I've enjoyed the characterizations quite a bit and I think everyone has been very respectful of each other. There's just something about this storyline and the characters' approach to problem solving that goes past what I find fun.
Hope you all continue to enjoy the game without me.
GM, can you please remove me from the Active Players roster in the campaign info section?
Sure I can Friday, it's a shame to see you go. I really liked the character and we'll miss you.
Thanks for playing.
@Brainiac/Wastrel: how would you like to continue? Pick up another person who can match you two for being disturbed or leave it here?
I was excited to play in this game. If we could find somebody who is comfortable with the level of depravity this game entails, I would like to continue.
Any suggestions then? I can go back to the original recruitment or if you guys can think of someone that would fit I'm happy to invite them in.
I don't know when this game turned dark... oh wait *looks at Alice, then at Jordanna* ... I see it now... (although Lavinia was just as crazy!)
I read through the previous posts to be sure I wasn't taking things too far with my character. Again, please tell me if you would like me to dial things back.
Not sure who would be interested, though most of the players in our War for the Crown game seem to be comfortable with mature themes.
Different thresholds for different people.
I'll put something in there if you don't mind, see if anyone wants to join in.
Go for it.
Sorry for delay in replying and sorry to see you go, Friday.
I honestly didn't think we were pushing things that far, but I entirely understand that this is a YMMV issue.
@Nik/Jordanna - I would be very happy to keep this campaign going, if it isn't cursed entirely :/
Well I've put the feelers out to one of the groups Brainiac and I share - there's a fair few people there who are suitably nuts :)
We have incoming. A Witch/Ninja on the way!
Ah yes, the dreaded "winja"! Excellent!
Winja? I like that. I hope you don't mind if I steal it? Oh, doesn't matter, I'm going to steal it anyways. :)
Here's Betha.
I still haven't fleshed out her background yet, but I've got a handle on her personality - I think. It's been a long time since I've played an evil PC.
Intentionally, at least.
Welcome! We'll do our best to scare you away.
I mean, not scare you away. Right.
Also, the great thing about changelings is that sometimes they spontaneously change into completely different people and nobody seems to notice. ;)
Based on the GM's description, it didn't seem like I'd be able to get a flanking bonus since the bartender backed up when I approached. If I can, though, please add +2 to hit and...
...4 damage.
Ooops - late on this one, but welcome Betha (not Bertha!) I look forward to gaming with you as we go full medieval CE on the ass of this LE campaign :-)
(Not that Alyssa would use such language, of course. She has standards)
She would say "tuchus" because she's the evil version of my Jewish grandmother. ;)
Betha's a little more restrained. NE.
I read that as "boring." ;)
Just kidding, we love you Betha! Sisters for life!
Yep, she'd probably be the designated driver. :)
After she slips psychedelics into everyone else's drink. ;)
She would never say anything as vulgar as that - she would say 'behind' if she absolutely had to - as in, any more of this nonsense, my girl, and I'll tan your behind.
And it's ok being NE. Betha is young. She will learn :)
You three are having waaay too much fun with this! :)
Well as my granny used to say, it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye...
But then they could be a pirate! Yarr!
Reminding Alyssa and letting the new two know, you have been appointed as lawkeepers in the town, and as such the town jail is under your control. That might be a better place for extortion and such things rather than a public house where witnesses might be found!
Can we assume we dragged them there before the conversation began in earnest, then? :)
Fair point - I'll use Alyssa's grapple check to frogmarch the bard to the jail. I'm assuming that the other two can handle the grieving widow.
Handle her with extreme prejudice.
I think her suicide would round things off nicely here. Alyssa's a great believer in the power of stories.
Plus there's the whole "I speak without fear of contradiction" thing for when we finally have to report back to a judge/magistrate/whatever.