Amgir's "Curse of the Crimson Throne" AP (Inactive)

Game Master Faelar Braegen

Congratulations everybody for being selected to join me in this adventure to get to the heart of the curse. We will be starting on Monday, so you can spend this time to iron out any details that need to be sorted out and get to know each other a bit.

I would like everybody to state the following before we start playing, if you would all be so kind:

Your time Zone
Your preference of Hit Points gained at each level
Where in Korvosa you have been staying each night

Thanks

Ah good, starting Monday.

I am boarding a flight to Oslo Saturday morning, arriving Sunday morning. Til the end of January, I will be a GMT +1.

Hit Point Preference is Average, rather than rolled. Without a CON modifier, if I roll poorly Iolana will be suffering pretty badly, even if I play her intelligently.

Bereft of any familial obligations, Iolana would be staying at "poor" inns where the proprietor takes small coin and does not ask for names or remembers faces.

Yo my new companions. I am the doofus who is playing the one you shall come to know as Caim. This is my first PbP. I'd list of hobbies, dreams, and that sort of thing, but then I'd be too clichéd.

Looking forward to questing alongside yo'll.

And, because Amgir asked:

My Timezone is London standard, which if memory serves also means I'm GMT, but as I'm a doof who barely cares about that sort of thing, I might be mistaken.

My preference to HP progression is either max or average (plus constitution, naturally)

And I'd imagine that in light of his current public profile, Caim is currently residing in out of the way taverns, likely in Old Korvosa.

Standard time zone: UTC/GMT -6 hours

Average(half +1 +Con) seems to be a base, but in my Serpent's Skull game we can roll and request a re-roll from the GM.

I'll probably be staying in the Pantheon of Many(making slightly cheaper potions for my keep) so I can learn at least a little more about Sheave, or hiding out in one of Old Korvosa's inns like Caim.

In one of the games I was in we were also given the choice to roll or take average. Decent system but I could go either way. Max would be nice though :).

Hey thanks for having me.
I'm at +8 GMT. I'd prefer roll or average, a dual choice between each level up.
Currently he is staying in the common rooms of the Whitecaps.

GMT +0
Hit point i would like average +1

I don't know the time zone thing too well. I am in US/Canada Central time zone. It is 8pm at the time of this post. I'm am usually in bed between 1am and 4am and usually wont wake until around noon.

Also, I wanted to ask about the Maturity level for this game. The reason I ask is because Fealix IS evil and will act as much. He will say and do some very disturbing things if the DM allows. I just want to know where the DMs stance is on things like extreme violence, sex, and other questionable behavior.

I will conform to the wishes of those I play with so as not to offend.

Please note Fealix isnt a selfish sort of evil where he goes out of his way to screw others to benefit himself. His evil resides around revenge, his obscure and twisted view of justice for all, deception, and sex. Those are the most motivating aspects of his evil side. Samira is the deity whose minions influence fealix. To some extent Lamasthu also influences him. He takes what teachings he likes from these fellows and applies them.

I want to know how you all feel about playing with such a character. I want to resolve any issues now so they wont impede the game. Dont worry, he wont try and mess any of you up unless you wrong him in some way.

P.S. This is my first Evil character ever.

I personally have no problem with those things, however since it is a game for you players I will leave the decision up to you.

Is Fealix' evil too much for everyone, or can they cope with such acts?

For life points per level, we shall be taking the average for your class +1 plus your Con modifier.

Looking at Fealix's sheet I did notice a lot of immunities and damage reduction(Untyped) as a first level character plus immunity to criticals. CR 0.5 is an understatement. I feel that the character is overpowering the rest of the pcs.

I do not have a problem with evil characters, only that we should at least moderate if the group has minors.

Krill has raised a very good point, how do you have the immunities and damage reduction Fealix?

The resistances I can understand, due to your race, but not the immunities and damage reduction.

Also although it is a very bizzare question, could anyone who is under 16 Post just to say, so we will know about the moderation.

I don't want someone to be finding another character repulsive and not say something, as that would ruin the game for yourself. If you do have something to say with someones character when we start playing, just put a post in this thread and we will try to remedy the problem.

Fealix, where are you staying in Korvosa?

I have no issue with extreme violence and that sort of thing, so long as they serve a purpose beyond being gratuitous. Have a purpose; it's fine by me.

And has anybody else noticed our rogues lack of trap finding skills? I am not looking forward to walking down a passage only to get a spike up the bum.

Took me a moment to figure out where those rules you mentioned came from. Looks like I forgot to turn off UCs special updates in herolab. I'll fix it when I get home this afternoon.

Also, any Fealix does has purpose. :)

I have no problem with it personally, but I will have Razule react in a way I see fit. The violoence won't bother him much, not after Gaedren nearly beat him to death. The other questionable behavior though... well, Raz is a bit on the young side.

Should make for an interesting game!

Fealix is usually very discrete in most of his activity.

does anyone mind that tyler has no trap finding skills or do you want me to change it so i do? all trapfinding does is give me a bonus on perception to spot traps and disable device to disarm them, also allowing me to disarm magical traps. without it i can just disarm nonmagical traps.

Sex and violence in an AP. NO WAI!

*puts foot down*

I am actually wondering where Iolana will go. I mean, vengeance isn't a particularly good motivation.

Anyway, i will not be able to post til tuesday. I get into Olso at 4:25 GMT +1 after a host of bovine feces on account of the big storm and Newark airport being closed, and, I will need some time to decompress from all the aforementioned bovine feces to game.

Hope this does not jar anyone horribly. It's just been a really really bad few days with this travel stuff.

That is fine, unwind and de-stress before you start. The fact you know a little bit of what will happen to start with means you won't miss much.

Sorry if your introductions do not seem 100% like you, I tried my best. But not seeing what you would do normally restricted me, I hope everybody thinks they are okay.

IF your introduction states an amount for your stay, you do not have to pay it. It has already been paid for.

I can't open most google hosted documents on my PC or my cell phone. I have no idea what the card says.

One more thing. Fealix would usually only take one companion for the night as he really enjoys developing that kind of bond with the person.

Try this link : Card Message

Out of curiosity, are you allowing Called Shot rules from Ultimate Combat? I can picture a rogue taking advantage to hamstring an opponent of injure the arm to prevent a foe from fighting in peek condition. Just a thought that occurred to me.

"Called Shots". I will leave the discussion if you want them to be used in this campaign to you players, if you want it just say so, but do be warned if you do decide to use them, then it is only fair that the enemies can also use them against you.

Just to let you know I am still here, I am reading your posts and have not forgotten or given up on this campaign at all. I am just letting you roleplay, find out each others strengths, weaknesses and decide when you want to head to Lamm's. So far I am enjoying what I am reading.

Just wondering how people are finding this so far and if there are any ways that any of you can think of that could make this more enjoyable for yourselves?

Well, posting is a bit slow, but I'm okay with that. It's a nice change of pace from my game where 3 pages can crop up over the weekend if you don't watch it.

I think you're doing a great job so far.

Raz, thank you for the support. I am at the moment trying to work out when to post. I am trying to let you all role-play your characters out and get to know each other a bit. But I also don't want this to fade out of existence, so trying to work out when I should post is trial and error at the moment.

So, um, I can't get on Facebook with my computer(work issued, blocks the site), which means I can't see the map. :(

EDIT: Friend of mine just said some new laws could shut down sites like Facebook and YouTube permanently if they get passed. T^T

'I don't know, I think I should speak to him about this.'

I took this to mean Yazgrin was leaving the room for a moment. Never mind that last post.

I'm about to hit the road, so I'll post in a bit.

Caim lets leave different campaign out of this campaign.

On another note, I can't believe how quickly this campaign picked up again in only a couple of days! Not sure what happened, but hey, I like it!

Hey, Raz wanted to know! And now he does. My insidious plan is coming to tuition! MWAHAHAHAHA!

Or maybe he was saying if he survives the encounter with the Shark and finds out what Fealix has done, he would not be happy? That is how I read it anyway.

...good point... though I read it as otherwise, but eh, we all make mistakes, it was a learning experience for him to learn that I suffer far too often in RPGs... *cough*becauseofyou*cough*

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What?

Ah, you know I mean it all in good fun anyway... except for the initial act of aggression, the rest is all in good humour.

Or maybe he was saying if he survives the encounter with the Shark and finds out what Fealix has done, he would not be happy? That is how I read it anyway.

It's this one. He spent a lot of time taking the brunt of Lamm's beatings and now an ex-Little Lam is beating another one? Not gonna fly with Raz.

Ah, okie day... my bad. *Shrugs* Maybe this is a sign I'm going senile, reading into things that aren't there... nah.

And actually re-reading it, I feel the fool for missing it, it seems a tad obvious. Doi

wow, this thing exploded while i was away for a few days, sheesh... Where should I teleport Iolana to?

Glad to have you back with us. You can either go with Fealix, or you can place yourself with Caim, Raz and Tyler. Obviously you will have full life and spells, etc.

Agmir I sent you a PM with a couple of queries

Also, why has everyone suddenly stopped posting again? We were on a roll for a bit there. Let's keep it going.

I have replied to the PM, sorry it wasn't sooner. Extended hours at work.

I hope people do start posting again, This has really picked up in the last week and I do not want it to die out. It is starting to get really interesting.

I'm still here, just been waiting for Raz and Caim to respond to my post.

Have Fealix and Iolana heard that Lamm is dead? Or is that OOC knowledge?

That would be OOC knowledge.

You are all getting amazing rolls and making this look easy. Lamm had a load of dialogue, but was unable to say it. Yargin had other options but died before he could do them ... Only Gobblegut left, then searching the fishery and boat at the back. Luckily each time Yargin tried to use the wand, he was 1 point away from succeeding, if that was a player, I would feel very sorry for them.

Well, the good rolls just keep on coming. It is going to suck when this lucky streak ends.

Sorry guys, i'm in my bi-monthly skype/maptools game at the moment. I will post later this evening.

Iolana, don't worry about it. You have a few rounds to sit back and relax on anyway. I am just glad to know that you are still interested in playing with us all.

Raz, Let us hope the lucky streak does NOT end then :)

Just so ya'll know, my bard of Shelyn's coldness towards flowery prose applied to murder is not mine. I actually find it kinda interesting how the characters are defending being savage. And she's sitting there watching and not fleeing in terror, so it's not like she has that high of moral ground to judge from.