Here we go!
Your guild has 6 PRESTIGE and 2 REPUTATION. Your guild could also use a name.
Read up on the rules in the Campaign Info tab or the Discussion Thread tab and let's talk guild names and adventurer recruitment.
Ahem. I actually meant RESOURCES when I typed REPUTATION.
So, to clarify:
Your guild has 6 PRESTIGE and 2 RESOURCES.
Your guild has a QUEST LOG of with 3 QUESTS in it - so there's no need to spend resources on soliciting business yet (unless you want to).
In case it informs your recruiting decisions, the QUESTS in your QUEST LOG are:
> Investigate the GODDART FAMILY TOMB for the wealthy councilman, Sarel Goddart. After entombing his late brother, the alchemist Hewart Goddart, the tomb has become overrun with slimes of a sort. Purge the tomb and collect a reward of 1 PRESTIGE and 4 RESOURCES.
> Locate and destroy the GOBLIN ENGINEER Xaharl. A local thieves' guild has his location, but they won't give it up to outsiders. You must dispatch an ASSASSIN or ROGUE in order to begin this QUEST. Eliminate the GOBLIN ENGINEER and collect a reward of 0 PRESTIGE and 6 RESOURCES.
> Eliminate a DUERGAR SLAVER CAMP on behalf of the local militia. Gnomish allies of the kingdom are experiencing frequent raids and sabotage at the hands of the dark dwarves, and the militia is stretched too thin to execute a response. Eliminate the camp and collect a reward of 2 PRESTIGE and 2 RESOURCES.
You'll still need to name your guild and recruit adventurers first, of course.
In case it wasn't clear, a rules-synopsis can be found on the Campaign Info tab and the Discussion tab. See here.
Character proposal: Ghoul Assassin.
Keep 'em coming. Or [discuss / vote for] existing choices.
I have two nominations each for ghoul assassin and goblin witchdoctor. There's talk about a typical "frontline guy," and one nomination each for an ork rogue, a human warrior, and a lizardfolk priest.
I'll give you folks some time to put forth additional nominations, or vote on existing ones, then I'll finalize the expenditure of your PRESTIGE and cement your roster later today/tonight.
Ahem. I'm interested in a frontline fighter...
- Female{married, 2 years}, High-Elf - Paladin of ISHTAR
{Goddess of Love and War}
- Bronze Plate Mail, Large Shield, Longsword, Elven Longbow, Longspear, Elven Long Knife, Bonded War Griffin "Agamemnon" w/Exotic Military Aerial Saddle & 'Partial' Leather Scale Barding
- 'Husband' - Male, Human - Warrior {Wyvern-Rider} of Clan MacDonald
- Black Dragon Scale Armor, Claymore, Elven Longbow {made by Golfinwe}, Warhammer, Bonded Wyvern "Darkus" w/Exotic Aerial Saddle
Oh... Guild Name...
Knights of Fortune
As for my vote for the first mission..
> Eliminate a DUERGAR SLAVER CAMP on behalf of the local militia. Gnomish allies of the kingdom are experiencing frequent raids and sabotage at the hands of the dark dwarves, and the militia is stretched too thin to execute a response. Eliminate the camp and collect a reward of 2 PRESTIGE and 2 RESOURCES.
Golfinwe -
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Your guild spends 4 PRESTIGE to recruit a GHOUL ASSASSIN and a GOBLIN WITCHDOCTOR.
AP: 11
Health Value: 11
Morale Value: 10
Endurance Value: 16; armor 2
Class Feature: Assassinate
AGILITY, rank 5; roll 7d6; Value 15
ENDURANCE, rank 4; roll 6d6; Value 16 (+2 armor)
MOBILITY, rank 4; roll 7d6 (+1 Ghoulish Gambol); Value 14
WISDOM, rank 3; roll 5d6; Value 13
> short sword (one-handed, small, slashing; AP Cost: 5, Hit Value: 4, Attack Dice: 3)
> leather armor (+2 armor; Move AP Cost: 2; Move Hit Value: 3)
INVENTORY
[BACKPACK: 4 LARGE SLOTS]
> light crossbow (one-handed, medium, piercing; AP Cost: 6, Hit Value: 4, Attack Dice: 4)
> grappling hook (medium, reduces the Hit Value of Athletics checks made to climb to 2)
RANK 2/6; KEYWORDS: [PHYSICAL, SILENT]
AP Cost: special, (see below)
Type: hostile class skill; Range: melee or 1 zone (see text); Target: one character
Effects: As long as you benefit from the [hidden] condition relative to your target, you may attempt to assassinate the target with a single attack made with a [small] melee weapon, a [small] or [medium] ranged weapon, or any natural weapon that you wield. A ranged assassination must target a character no more than 1 zone away. In order to activate Assassinate, you must expend all AP from your AP pool (with a minimum expenditure equal to the AP Cost of the relevant weapon).
Make an Assassinate skill check at a number of dice equal to the number of ranks that you possess in the Assassinate skill + the Attack Dice value of the relevant weapon. This skill check has a Hit Value equal to that of the relevant weapon. An Assassinate skill check behaves in all respects (except as noted here) as an attack check, but never misses due to one or more rolls of 1. If the attack would result in 1 or more injuries to the target, the target is slain instead. Otherwise, the check fails; an Assassinate skill check never results in simple injuries or bruises.
RANK 1/6; KEYWORDS: [PHYSICAL, SILENT, SUBTLE]
AP Cost: 2
Type: non-hostile class skill; Range: personal; Target: self
Effects: When faced with any obstacle which the Athletics skill might overcome, make an Athletics skill check at a number of dice equal to 2 + the number of ranks that you possess in the Athletics skill. Both the Hit Value and the number of hits required for success are dictated by the type of obstacle that you face.
RANK 1/6; KEYWORDS: [PHYSICAL, SILENT, SUBTLE]
AP Cost: 2
Type: non-hostile class skill; Range: personal; Target: self
Effects: You can use this skill to reveal [hidden] things. Make a Perception skill check at a number of dice equal to 2 + the number of ranks that you possess in the Perception skill. This skill check has a Hit Value of 5. If your check returns 1 or more hits, each [hidden] character and object within your line of sight loses the [hidden] condition. Against creatures with one or more ranks in the Stealth skill, you must score a number of hits equal to the number of ranks possessed by that character, instead. It is entirely possible for a Perception skill check to yield mixed results, revealing some characters or objects but not others.
RANK 2/6; KEYWORDS: [PHYSICAL, SILENT, SUBTLE]
AP Cost: special, (see below)
Type: non-hostile class skill; Range: personal; Target: self
Effects: In order to activate Stealth, you must expend all AP from your AP pool (minimum 1). You may attempt to use the Stealth skill to hide or move undetected in any zone featuring the [cover] or [darkness] keywords, or while adjacent to any terrain feature with the [cover] or [darkness] keywords. Make a Stealth skill check at a number of dice equal to 2 + the number of ranks that you possess in the Stealth skill. This skill check has a Hit Value of 4.
If your check returns 1 or more hits, you gain the [hidden] condition relative to all enemy characters. Against creatures with one or more ranks in the Perception skill, you must score a number of hits equal to the number of ranks possessed by the enemy character with the most ranks, instead. This condition persists until you attack any character or use any skill that does not feature the [silent] or [subtle] keywords, or until you are no longer within a qualifying zone or adjacent to a qualifying terrain feature.
RANK 1/1; KEYWORDS: [DEATH, RACIAL]
AP Cost: none
Type: passive racial skill; Range: personal; Target: self
Effects: Your undead physiology confers immunity to effects with the [death] or [paralysis] keywords. In addition, a you cannot gain the [diseased] or [poisoned] conditions, and you gain a +2 bonus to your Wisdom Value for the purposes of resisting effects with the [fear] or [psionic] keywords.
RANK 1/2; KEYWORDS: [BITE, PHYSICAL, RACIAL]
AP Cost: 3
Type: hostile class skill; Range: melee; Target: one character
Effects: Make a natural, piercing, slashing bite attack with a Hit Value of 4 and 3 Attack Dice. Any character injured (not merely bruised) by this attack gains the [diseased] condition.
RANK 1/2; KEYWORDS: [PHYSICAL, RACIAL]
AP Cost: none
Type: non-hostile class skill; Range: personal; Target: self
Effects: You gain a +1 bonus on Mobility rolls and Athletics skill checks equal to the number of free hands that you possess.
AP: 10
Health Value: 8
Morale Value: 10
Endurance Value: 17; armor 4
Class Feature: Mojo (13/13)
AGILITY, rank 5; roll 7d6; Value 16 (+1 Nimble)
ENDURANCE, rank 3; roll 5d6; Value 17 (+4 armor)
MOBILITY, rank 4; roll 6d6; Value 14
WISDOM, rank 3; roll 5d6; Value 13
> fetish staff (two-handed, medium, crushing; AP Cost: 4, Hit Value: 5, Attack Dice: 4)
> hide armor (+4 armor; Move AP Cost: 2; Move Hit Value: 4)
INVENTORY
[BACKPACK: 4 LARGE SLOTS]
> light crossbow (one-handed, medium, piercing; AP Cost: 6, Hit Value: 4, Attack Dice: 4)
RANK 1/5; KEYWORDS: [MAGIC, OCCULT, SOMATIC, SUBTLE]
AP Cost: 3
Type: non-hostile class skill; Range: 1 zone; Target: one character or object
Effects:You work your mojo on the target, for good or ill. Place a [mojo counter] on the target. At any given time, you may have a number of [mojo counters] in play equal to 10 + your Wisdom rank. If you activate Mojo while the maximum number of [mojo counters] are already in play, this skill has no effect.
Alternately, you may activate Mojo in order to recover any number of [mojo counters] from any number of targets, even if those targets are out of range.
A [mojo counter] confers no effects of its own, but many of the witchdoctor’s class skills are dependent on the number of [mojo counters] in play. Sometimes, a class skill may call for a [mojo counter] to be “burned.” A burned counter is dead – it cannot be recovered until the witchdoctor completes a session of rest, ending the adventuring day.
RANK 1/2; KEYWORDS: [MAGIC, OCCULT, SOMATIC, SUBTLE]
AP Cost: special, (see below)
Type: hostile class skill; Range: same-zone; Target: one willing character
Effects: In order to activate Healing Fetish, you must expend all AP from your AP pool (minimum 1). In addition, you must hold or wield a fetish object in order to activate this skill.
The target recovers 1d6 points of Endurance Value for every two [mojo counters] attached to it. If the target’s Endurance Value is at maximum when you activate Healing Fetish, the target recovers 1 Health for every two [mojo counters] attached to it instead.
After the effects of this skill are resolved, burn one [mojo counter] attached to the target.
RANK 1/2; KEYWORDS: [MAGIC, OCCULT]
AP Cost: none
Type: passive class skill; Range: none; Target: none
Effects: You begin play with a fetish staff. Treat a fetish staff as you would an ordinary staff, except that it gains the [occult] keyword and counts as a fetish object.
You can craft additional fetish staffs at the Guildhall. Each staff costs 1 RESOURCE to create.
RANK 1/2; KEYWORDS: [MAGIC, OCCULT, SOMATIC]
AP Cost: 2, (see text)
Type: invested, hostile class skill; Range: personal; Target: self
Effects: Loa Indwelling remains active as long as there are 2 or more AP invested in this skill. You may burn any number of [mojo counters] attached to you to divest an equal number of AP from this skill.
While this skill is active, you gain the [possessed] keyword and a +1 bonus to your Strength and Endurance Values for every two [mojo counters] attached to you. Additionally, as long as there are at least four [mojo counters] attached to you, any time a weapon that you wield would inflict one or more bruises and/or injuries to any character, your attack inflicts one additional bruise and/or injury.
If at any time there are not at least two [mojo counters] attached to you while this skill is active, all AP are immediately divested from this skill and you receive 1d6 injuries as the Loa spirit is violently forced out of your body.
RANK 1/4; KEYWORDS: [LOUD, MAGIC, OCCULT]
AP Cost: 6
Type: hostile class skill; Range: 1 zone; Target: one character
Effects: You may activate Breath of the Loa only while 2 or more AP are invested in the Loa Indwelling skill. All AP are divested from Loa Indwelling, and any [mojo counters] attached to you are safely removed.
Make an attack check against the target at a number of dice equal to the number of [mojo counters] removed from you in this way (maximum 8 dice). The Hit Value for this attack is 5.
RANK 1/1; KEYWORDS: [DEATH, RACIAL]
AP Cost: none
Type: passive racial skill; Range: personal; Target: self
Effects: You gain a +1 bonus to your Agility Value.
RANK 1/1; KEYWORDS: [PHYSICAL, RACIAL]
AP Cost: 1, invested
Type: non-hostile class skill; Range: personal; Target: self
Effects: Evasion remains active as long as there are 1 or more AP invested in this skill.
While this skill is active, any attack check made against you automatically misses if it scores two or more results of “1” on the roll.
Your guild could use a name. So far, we have one vote each for:
> the Pathfinder Society
> the Order of the Sleepless Knights
> Dead Men Walking
> Knights of Fortune
If a consensus isn't reached before the roster is cemented and dispatched, I'll choose one from the above list. Same for choosing a QUEST. Just to refresh your memories, your QUEST LOG reads as follows:
For the third recruit, I have one vote each for:
> an ork rogue
> a human warrior
> a lizardfolk priest
> a high-elven paladin
I'll give everyone some time to read over the new recruits and discuss the third (plus the QUEST).
> Investigate the GODDART FAMILY TOMB for the wealthy councilman, Sarel Goddart. After entombing his late brother, the alchemist Hewart Goddart, the tomb has become overrun with slimes of a sort. Purge the tomb and collect a reward of 1 PRESTIGE and 4 RESOURCES.
> Locate and destroy the GOBLIN ENGINEER Xaharl. A local thieves' guild has his location, but they won't give it up to outsiders. You must dispatch an ASSASSIN or ROGUE in order to begin this QUEST. Eliminate the GOBLIN ENGINEER and collect a reward of 0 PRESTIGE and 6 RESOURCES.
> Eliminate a DUERGAR SLAVER CAMP on behalf of the local militia. Gnomish allies of the kingdom are experiencing frequent raids and sabotage at the hands of the dark dwarves, and the militia is stretched too thin to execute a response. Eliminate the camp and collect a reward of 2 PRESTIGE and 2 RESOURCES.
Welcome, Froggy Ninja. Do you hail from GenCrawl way?
Update:
For the third recruit, I have one vote each for:
> an ork rogue
> a human warrior
> a lizardfolk priest
> a high-elven paladin
> an avian sorcerer
Actually ....there are 2 votes for the elf paladin. Read second to last post in disscussion.
Yay Paladin! Slimes are somewhat awful in pathfinder, but I'd like to see what they are like in this game, so I agree on tomb mission thingy.
Guild name vote: Dead Men Walking.
And if I might propose a character name for the Ghoul Assassin: Charon
That makes 4 votes for Elven Paladin... including mine.
Goblin Witchdoctor, Trying to figure a way to enter these stats into the ones provided on the site
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Your guild spends 2 PRESTIGE to recruit a HIGH-ELVEN PALADIN.
AP: 10
Health Value: 11
Morale Value: 10
Endurance Value: 23; armor 10
Class Feature: Divine Favor (6/6)
AGILITY, rank 4; roll 6d6; Value 15 (+1 Elven Immortality)
ENDURANCE, rank 3; roll 5d6; Value 23 (+10 armor)
MOBILITY, rank 4; roll 6d6; Value 14
WISDOM, rank 6; roll 8d6; Value 17 (+1 Elven Immortality)
> longsword (one-handed, medium, slashing; AP Cost: 6, Hit Value: 4, Attack Dice: 4)
> tower shield (one-handed, large, shield; AP Cost: 4, Hit Value 3)
> scale armor (+10 armor; Move AP Cost: 4; Move Hit Value: 4)
INVENTORY
[BACKPACK: 4 LARGE SLOTS]
> shortbow (two-handed, medium, piercing; AP Cost: 6, Hit Value: 5, Attack Dice: 5)
RANK 1/1; KEYWORDS: [DIVINE, HOLY]
AP Cost: none
Type: passive class skill; Range: personal; Target: self.
Effects: You gain a pool of “divine favor” with which you can work miracles through your deity. You gain 4 points of favor, or an amount equal to your Wisdom score, whichever is greater.
Some of the paladin’s class skills require that the paladin simply have a prerequisite number of divine favor in her pool, while other, more powerful skills require the paladin to spend points from the pool.
RANK 1/2; KEYWORDS: [DIVINE, HOLY, MAGIC, VERBAL]
AP Cost: 4
Type: non-hostile class skill; Range: same-zone; Target: each allied, willing character within range
Effects: In order to activate Ishtar’s Prayer, you must possess at least 4 [divine favor]. Each target receives ISHTAR’s [divine boon] for 1 round.
RANK 1/6; KEYWORDS: [PHYSICAL, SILENT, SUBTLE]
AP Cost: 2
Type: non-hostile class skill; Range: personal; Target: self
Effects: You can use this skill to reveal [hidden] things. Make a Perception skill check at a number of dice equal to 2 + the number of ranks that you possess in the Perception skill. This skill check has a Hit Value of 5. If your check returns 1 or more hits, each [hidden] character and object within your line of sight loses the [hidden] condition. Against creatures with one or more ranks in the Stealth skill, you must score a number of hits equal to the number of ranks possessed by that character, instead. It is entirely possible for a Perception skill check to yield mixed results, revealing some characters or objects but not others.
RANK 1/4; KEYWORDS: [DIVINE, HOLY, LOUD, PHYSICAL]
AP Cost: special, (see below)
Type: hostile class skill; Range: melee; Target: 1 character
Effects: In order to activate Ishtar’s Prayer, you must possess at least 3 [divine favor]. You can channel ISHTAR’s bane through the target with a single attack made with a melee weapon that you wield. In order to activate Smiting Strike, you must expend a number of AP from your AP pool equal to 2 + the AP Cost of the relevant weapon. Resolve an attack check with the weapon normally. If the attack would inflict one or more bruises and/or injuries to the target, it inflicts one additional bruise and/or injury, and the target is affected by ISHTAR’s [divine bane] for 1 round.
RANK 1/2; KEYWORDS: [DIVINE, HOLY, MAGIC, VERBAL]
AP Cost: 6
Type: non-hostile class skill; Range: same-zone; Target: each allied, willing character within range
Effects: In order to activate Ishtar’s Mantra, you must expend 1 point of [divine favor]. Each target recovers 1d6 Morale. If a target’s Morale is at maximum when you activate Ishtar’s Mantra, the target recovers 1d6 points of Endurance Value instead. If a target’s Morale and Endurance Values are both at maximum when you activate Ishtar’s Mantra, the target recovers 1d6 Health instead. If a target's Morale, Endurance Value, and Health are all at maximum, the target receives ISHTAR's [divine boon] for 1 round, instead.
RANK 1/1; KEYWORDS: [PSIONIC, RACIAL]
AP Cost: none
Type: passive racial skill; Range: personal; Target: self
Effects: Your elven physiology grants you a +1 bonus to your Agility and Wisdom Values, and you gain an additional +2 bonus to your Wisdom Value for the purposes of resisting effects with the [death] or [psionic] keywords.
RANK 1/2; KEYWORDS: [PSIONIC, RACIAL]
AP Cost: none
Type: passive racial skill; Range: personal; Target: self
Effects: Your Wisdom attribute rank is increased by 1.
Your GHOUL ASSASSIN has a name: CHARON.
Your GOBLIN WITCHDOCTOR has a name: DOCTOR BOMBAY.
Your GUILD has a name: DEAD MEN WALKING.
COOL! Did you forget Golfinwe's Piety Score? Or is that an 'off-screen' stat? Hmm.. is Piety now called Divine Favor?
Before we proceed, some of you might have noticed that some skills reference the [diseased] and [hidden] conditions, and that GOLFINWE's class features refer to something called a [divine bane] and something called a [divine boon].
Conditions, divine banes, and divine boons are codified effects. Descriptions are as follows, along with a quick explanation as to exactly what divine banes and boons are.
Each deity and faith in AdventureCrawl has a divine boon and a divine bane associated with it. Members of divine classes (like priests and paladins) often possess class skills which may inflict a divine bane or divine boon. The bane or boon imparted depends entirely on the priest or paladin’s patron deity; in this way, members of different faiths can seem to have different adventuring styles, even if they belong to the same classes and possess the same skills.
ISHTAR’s divine bane and divine boon are as follows:
ISHTAR’s DIVINE BANE:
ISHTAR’s bane causes enemies of the faith to find their attacks foiled. Any attack check rolled by a character suffering from ISHTAR’s divine bane must compare the result of his or her attack check to the defender’s Agility Value to determine whether or not the attack results in a miss, exactly as though the attack check had resulted in one or more rolls of “1” (even if it didn’t).
ISHTAR’S DIVINE BOON:
ISHTAR’s boon offers the goddess’ love and protection to the faithful. A character affected by ISHTAR’s divine boon gains 3 [protection counters], which disappear after the boon expires. Repeated exposure to ISHTAR’s boon will never allow a character to gain more than 3 [protection counters] in this way, but each time a character is affected by the boon, the number of counters attached to that character is restored to 3.
Whenever a character with one or more [protection counters] attached to it would receive bruises or injuries from any source, that character loses an equal number of [protection counters] instead of losing its Health or Endurance Values. If the damage from any source exceeds the number of [protection counters] attached to the character, it receives the remainder of the bruises or injuries after the counters are discarded.
[HIDDEN]: You cannot recover Health outside of the Guildhall. Any effect that would restore one or more Health to you restores no Health instead.
[HIDDEN]: You are hidden from your enemies, partially or wholly obscured or invisible. Idle characters cannot draw line of sight to you, and hostile characters may not target you directly with attacks or skills unless they are engaged in melee with you (though they do retain a line of sight to you, can move toward and attempt to engage you, and are aware of your position within the zone). This condition persists until you attack any character or use any skill that does not feature the [silent] or [subtle] keywords.
EDIT: Fixed the text in Ishtar's Mantra. It now properly reads that it grants ISHTAR's [divine boon], if the target doesn't need any healing.
COOL! Did you forget Golfinwe's Piety Score? Or is that an 'off-screen' stat? Hmm.. is Piety now called Divine Favor?
Wow - you really did your reading! Good eye.
Golfinwe does indeed have 1 rank in the Piety skill (just for belonging to a "divine class,") but the Piety skill doesn't technically do anything by itself, so it's not noted there (just to save everybody the confusion).
If she lives long enough to spend some gold at the Guildhall to train her skills up, then her Piety rank may come into play. Piety allows a member of any class to spend gold on Faith Skills (a "third skill type," in addition to Class and Racial skills). Faith skills aren't usually overtly supernatural. Rather, they represent practices, rites, proficiencies, and talents taught or encouraged by the church of this-or-that deity.
Goblin Witchdoctor, Trying to figure a way to enter these stats into the ones provided on the site
LOL. Click on my Avatar and look at my profile! ;)
I'm going to give everyone a little time to catch up, read up on class and racial skills, and ask questions. Then it's TOMB TIME.
In the meantime, it might be worth discussing how to distribute DOCTOR BOMBAY's MOJO points. (At the guildhall, and during downtime even on a QUEST, characters are free to use skills and class features all they want). DOCTOR BOMBAY can - and should - distribute some or all of his MOJO before kicking in the door.
If you didn't read the GOBLIN WITCHDOCTOR's MOJO skill, the short version is:
DOCTOR BOMBAY has 13 points of MOJO. He's got to spend 3 points of AP in order to assign just 1 point of MOJO to a character, so it's best if he spreads the MOJO around before an encounter starts (so he can spend his AP doing other things).
To heal a friend (or himself), DOCTOR BOMBAY needs to have at least 2 MOJO on that friend (or on himself). The more MOJO attached to a character... the more healing that character gets. Healing "burns" 1 MOJO off of the character, and it can't be recovered until the adventuring day is over.
DOCTOR BOMBAY needs at least 4 points of MOJO on himself to get the most out of his LOA INDWELLING self-buff. If DOCTOR BOMBAY ever ends up with less than 2 MOJO attached to himself while LOA INDWELLING is active... the spell is over, and he gets hurt. Badly hurt.
DOCTOR BOMBAY can use BREATH OF THE LOA to spit some damage at an enemy - up to 8 attack dice for up to 8 MOJO. Using BREATH OF THE LOA returns the MOJO attached to him to his pool, for re-use, elsewhere. It also safely ends the LOA INDWELLING buff. No ouchies.
So while we're waiting for the QUEST to start, let's talk about how to distribute DOCTOR BOMBAY's MOJO.
Ok.
- "I think 'Doc' Bombay should keep 7 Mojo for himself and invest 3 Mojo in Charon and myself each. That will leave the lion's share of his Mojo available to himself for use and allow him to heal us... if needed. Though its not so important to me... as ISHTAR MANTRA allow me to heal as well. ISHTAR'S Boons are brief.. like a lover's kiss... sweet but short so I should save them as they last only a round. I think we should have a standard operating procedure for searching an unsecured locale... Charon and I scan with our PERCEPTION Skills first to reveal any hidden threats... then Charon uses STEALTH to enter while I follow readying my shield to provide and obvious threat...'Doc' close behind me."
Seconding the use of 7 mojo points for Dr.Bombay.
Noted!
Will be starting the QUEST, shortly.
QUESTS in AdventureCrawl tend to jump right into the action, so if anyone has any thoughts or questions about skills or characters - fire away. Otherwise, stand by.
DEAD MEN WALKING have run out of PRESTIGE. Choosing a QUEST from your QUEST LOG, you sign a guild contract with nobleman Sarel Goddart, and dispatch adventurers to the GODDART FAMILY TOMB. You can bring up to four adventurers - but you only have three – so no vote is required on behalf of the Guildmasters in order to charter a PARTY.
GOLFINWE, CHARON, and DOCTOR BOMBAY are dispatched to the GODDART FAMILY TOMB.
Your party arrives at the Goddart family mausoleum, where two House Goddart guards stand watch.
“Lady. Sirs;” they greet you, stiffly. The taller of the two regards the hooded ghoul, Charon – and the primitive goblin at his side – with more than a little suspicion.
With some effort, the house soldiers wrestle the tall, stone mausoleum doors open. A square chamber, within, opens onto an ornate, wrought-iron staircase (which has seen better days). A lantern hangs from a hook, just above the door, casting flickering shadows about the room.
The smell here is wrong. It is not a stench of death – it’s a chemical odor. Sharp, and offensive. Like vinegar and… something else. A guard speaks up.
“We’ll have to close the doors behind you, you know. Whatever’s inside can’t be getting out into the grounds. Lord Hewart – he died ‘a some alchemy… business. Chemical disease. They entered him, and… this slimy stuff started gunking up the tomb. Anyway; you just knock four times once you straighten out whatever’s in there – just like this – and we’ll open ‘er up.”
The guard raps on the open door, smiling sympathetically. It is plain that he counts you for dead, already.
“Good luck, sirs. And lady.”
Wordlessly, the assassin Charon strides silently across the threshold. Golfinwe nods an acknowledgement to the guards, and Bombay hops the lip of the doorframe with manic enthusiasm. As the doors grind shut behind the trio, silence settles over the mausoleum foyer.
After a long moment, squelching sounds from someplace down the stairwell breaks the hush. Listening carefully, Golfinwe shuts her eyes in concentration. Opening them again, she fires a questioning glance at Charon, holding three fingers up.
Charon, otherwise still as the grave, nods in agreement.
Three distinct sounds. Three… somethings, somewhere below.
INITIATIVE CHECK! Hit Value: 3
GOLFINWE's Agility roll: ; 2 hits
CHARON's Agility roll: ; 4 hits
DOCTOR BOMBAY's Agility roll: ; 4 hits
LESSER ALCHEMICAL OOZE's Agility roll: ; 3 hits
OOZING ZOMBIE #1's Agility roll: ; 2 hits
OOZING ZOMBIE #2's Agility roll: ; 3 hits
INITIATIVE ORDER:
1.) CHARON & DOCTOR BOMBAY
2.) LESSER ALCHEMICAL OOZE & OOZING ZOMBIES #1, #2
3.) GOLFINWE
ACTIONS:
- 4 AP: MOVE; move in or out of melee, move to any zone in line-of-sight, or interact with an object; Hit Value of 4
- 6 AP: LONGSWORD; attack with 4 dice at a Hit Value of 4
- 4 AP: TOWER SHIELD; block with 4 dice at a Hit Value of 3
- 6 AP: ISHTAR’S MANTRA; costs 1 divine favor, recover group morale, then endurance, then health
- 4 AP: ISHTAR’S PRAYER; requires 4 divine favor, grants Ishtar’s boon to same-zone allies
- 2 AP: PERCEPTION; attempt to reveal characters and objects with the [hidden] condition
- 8 AP: SMITING STRIKE; requires 3 divine favor, channels Ishtar’s bane through a melee weapon attack.
ACTIONS:
- 2 AP: MOVE; move in or out of melee, move to any zone in line-of-sight, or interact with an object; Hit Value of 3
- 5 AP: SHORTSWORD; attack with 3 dice at a Hit Value of 4
- 3 AP: FESTERING BITE; attack with 3 dice at a Hit Value of 5, injuries inflict [disease]
- ALL AP (min 1): ASSASSINATE; attempt to slay an opponent as long as you are [hidden]
- 2 AP: ATHLETICS; attempt to overcome an obstacle terrain feature
- 2 AP PERCEPTION; attempt to reveal characters and objects with the [hidden] condition
- ALL AP (min 1): STEALTH; attempt to gain the [hidden] condition in an area of [darkness] or [cover]
ACTIONS:
- 2 AP: MOVE; move in or out of melee, move to any zone in line-of-sight, or interact with an object; Hit Value of 4
- 4 AP: FETISH STAFF; attack with 4 dice at a Hit Value of 5
- 2 AP: EVASION; AP is invested, causes incoming attacks to miss you more often
- ALL AP (min 1): HEALING FETISH; requires 2 [mojo] on the target, burns 1, heals endurance, then health
- 2 AP: LOA INDWELLING; AP is invested, requires 2-4 [mojo] on self, grants combat bonuses, inflicts self-harm if [mojo] is divested
- 6 BREATH OF THE LOA; attacks a character up to 1 zone away, Hit Value of 5, damage dice are [mojo]-dependent, safely ends LOA INDWELLING
LOCATION: THE SPIRAL STAIRWELL
ZONE: THE MAUSOLEUM FOYER
> No line of sight to THE SLIMY STAIRWELL
> Creatures that suffer [knockdown] or [knockback] effects fall into THE WINDING STAIRCASE, and receive falling damage as usual.
> GOLFINWE
> CHARON
> DOCTOR BOMBAY
>
>
ZONE: THE WINDING STAIRCASE
> Creatures that suffer [knockdown] or [knockback] effects fall into THE SLIMY STAIRWELL, and receive falling damage as usual.
> None
ZONE: THE SLIMY STAIRWELL
> No line of sight to THE MAUSOLEUM FOYER
> LESSER ALCHEMICAL OOZE
> OOZING ZOMBIE #1
> OOZING ZOMBIE #2
>
AP: 8/8; Health Val: 6/6; Endurance Val: 17/17
Str 2, Agi 1, End 7, Mob 1, Wis 0
-6 AP: MOVE (Hit Value of 5)
-6 AP: ENGULF (Damage Dice: 4, Hit Value: 5; deals 1 damage to armor with each successful attack, causes [engulfed] condition with each successful attack)
Oozy Mass: ENGULF attacks deal a minimum amount of damage equal to the ooze’s current Health.
Amorphous Ooze: Immune to [acid], [death], [disease], [grapple], [knockdown], [paralysis], [poison], and [psionic] keywords and conditions.
Alchemical Transmuter: Any [humanoid] slain by an ENGULF attack instantly becomes an OOZING ZOMBIE.
BEHAVIOR: While idle, moves (or lingers) at random. While hostile, chooses targets randomly from among the closest opponents.
AP: 8/8; Health Val: 6/6; Endurance Val: 19/19
Str 4, Agi 1, End 4, Mob 1, Wis 0
-5 AP: MOVE (Hit Value of 5)
-3 AP: BITE (Damage Dice: 3, 5)
-6 AP: GRAPPLE (Strength check vs. Strength value; causes [grappled] condition)
Oozy Armor: Gains a +2 Endurance Value bonus as armor.
Undeath: Immune to [death], [disease], [paralysis], and [poison] keywords and conditions. Resistant to [fear] and [psionic] keywords.
BEHAVIOR: While idle, moves (or lingers) at random. While hostile, chooses targets randomly from among the closest opponents. Will grapple before biting whenever possible; will never voluntarily release a grappled opponent.
[ENGULFED]: You cannot easily withdraw from melee with the creature engulfing you. Instead of using an Agility check to withdraw, you must use a Strength check. Instead of comparing the result to your opponent’s Agility Value, compare it to his or her Endurance Value. This condition persists until you withdraw from melee with the character engulfing you.
[ENGULFED]: You cannot easily withdraw from melee with the creature grappling you. Instead of using an Agility check to withdraw, you must use a Strength check. Instead of comparing the result to your opponent’s Agility Value, compare it to his or her Strength Value. This condition persists until you withdraw from melee with the character grappling you, or until the character grappling you grapples or is grappled by another character.
So! A recap / extra info on MOVING.
When you expend your AP to MOVE, you can do one of the following:
> If you're NOT engaged in melee, you can move into ANY zone at the location you're in, as long as you have line-of-sight to that zone.
> If you're NOT engaged in melee, you can attempt to engage another character in melee. Or... you can join an existing melee.
> If you ARE engaged in melee, you can attempt to withdraw from melee.
> No matter WHERE you are, you can manipulate an object (like a door or a lever), or change your equipment. For example, you could pick up (or put out) the lantern in THE MAUSOLEUM FOYER by paying your MOVE AP Cost while you're in that zone. Of course, you'll need to be free to do so. If you're engaged in a melee, you'll have to get out (or kill your enemy) before you can interact with characters or objects outside of the melee.
Now for some Q&A.
Q: What's a melee?
A: A melee is two or more OPPONENTS engaged with, or adjacent to, one another. If a melee consists of only ALLIES (such as when the last "bad guy" in a melee is slain), the melee immediately dissolves.
Q: Do I have to pay my MOVE AP Cost for every zone I move through?
A: No; once you pay your MOVE AP Cost, you can move into any zone that you can see... provided that you're not in melee with an enemy. If you are, you'll need to withdraw from that melee before you can leave the zone.
Q: How difficult is it to join or withdraw from a melee?
A: If your movement is unopposed, it's automatic. Generally, "melee" enemies like zombies and ogres will allow you to engage them. Archers and spell-casters will oppose your attempt, meaning that you'll need to succeed on an Agility check against that character's Agility Value in order to engage them. Similarly, melee-focused monsters will oppose any attempt to withdraw.
Q: How do opposed checks work when there are whole groups of enemies in a melee?
A: To withdraw from a group of monsters, your check will need to equal or exceed the highest Agility Value among the enemies in melee with you. Conversely, creatures already engaged in a melee cannot oppose an attempt to engage. If your nimble little rogue can engage an enemy, your big, slow fighter can walk right into the melee, unopposed.
Aaand hopefully that's enough info. If there are any questions: fire 'em.
Remember: NOBODY controls any single one of these characters. Even if you suggested the character... even if it's your favorite... no single character here is YOURS. Please submit actions, discussions, and suggestions OUT OF CHARACTER - I don't want to risk confusing new players / readers by conveying the idea that any given poster is "in control" of anything all by his-or-her self.
You, the players, should feel free to begin suggesting actions, long-term strategies, and so on. Also know this: what you see is what you get with AdventureCrawl; everything is transparent. For example, there's no need to use the PERCEPTION skill unless something has the [hidden] condition. You, the players, know it's there... but the CHARACTERS would need to use the PERCEPTION skill in order to remove that condition from the [hidden] things, in order to interact with them freely.
Actually... in many games of AdventureCrawl, the GM is "in it to win it," just like you are. For this reason, everything is apparent to both sides of the table at all times. For the purposes of this early-beta playtest I will not be adopting such an attitude, of course. ; )
Ok.
- "I think 'Doc' Bombay should keep 7 Mojo for himself and invest 3 Mojo in Charon and myself each."
NOOOO I'll never give up my mojo baby
{Whispering}
Suggested Actions -
Golfinwe:
- Tower Shield [4AP]
- Move {Wait a few moments for Charon to move off. Then Move to ...
making as much noise as possible to draw attention} [4AP]
Charon:
- STEALTH ALL AP (min 1) [2]
- MOVE {To } [2AP]
- MOVE {To } [2AP]
- Shortsword {Ready} [5AP]
'Doc'
- MOVE {grab lantern}[2AP]
- MOVE {To Stays on stairs} [2AP]
- Evasion [2AP]
Good suggestions - there are no "readied actions," in AdventureCrawl, though. One of the main design prerequisites for AdventureCrawl is that NO rolls are made on any character's turn except his own. That makes it easy for players in games where each player does control his or her own PC to take their WHOLE turns without worrying about other players' saving throws, readied actions, and the like. Just one of the ways that AdventureCrawl is designed to work seamlessly with play-by-post gameplay. Unfortunately... it does mean no readied-action-type rules.
Still - good suggestions, all the same. Especially leaving Doc on the stairs... the lantern will remove the [darkness] keyword from any zone it's in, which makes problems for Charon.
Everyone feel free to chime in, though. This is everyone's game. : )
Yeah, I think I agree with the proposed strategy. Charon stealths down the stairs and if he can gain the hidden condition, assassinates the first thing he sees. The paladin can follow and engage the next target. Doc can hold back and wait to see how things go down. Maybe invest some AP in evasion, in case something comes after him.
Yeah, my hope is that we can split their numbers with some bait and switch tactics.
I mean that while we wait just a few moments in the ZONE: The Mausoleum Foyer... Charon sneaks in [Darkness] through ZONE: Winding Stairs and can enter ZONE: Slimy Stairs so when we enter ZONE: Winding Stairs with the [Lantern] Charon will not be in that ZONE and won't be revealed.
Goldfinwe enters ZONE: Winding Stairs making as much noise as possible to draw the monsters in ZONE: Slimy Stairs to us.. allowing Charon to ASSASSINATE with impunity and Golfinwe to just defend with her tower shield... protecting herself and 'Doc'...
As soon as I get another action she will draw her Longsword and attack as well.