Baldwin the Merciful's - CoT Campaign (Inactive)

Game Master baldwin the merciful

What class does all three of those?

Paladin would be ok for party face/BaB

I'm doing well with this and a Lands of the Linnorm Kings game.

Yeah, that is only thing that I thought would be close. Just would be hard on having skills.

Any build rules? Point value, gold, races and such.

What class does all three of those?

Ummm.

I'm sure there's more.

Yeah, that is only thing that I thought would be close. Just would be hard on having skills.

Any build rules? Point value, gold, races and such.

The usual. Check the link I posted earlier.

We are willing to take 2, but DM's call.

Baldwin posted a pretty good Rogue. Now we seem to have lost our ranger

Duncan - I also made up a sorcerer that is ready to go...Djini bloodline, Jengren Dsustrun under my aliases, but I did not post him until the DM mentions what she wants. So I have a cleric, rogue or so sorcerer ready to choose from. that is the nice thing about Herolab its easy to come up with characters on the fly.

Tweaker and Lucrezia how much, if anything, do you know about this AP? A big part of this part of Book 2 involves a play.

When I read it a few weeks ago, I was crying in parts.

I've never played or read it before.

You are talking to someone who cries everytime Julia Roberts character dies in Steel Magnolias, wanna warn me about anything?

Yeah, are we talking about crying with laughter or in fear for your players...?

Meatgrinder dungeon with song and dance no doubt with a live studio audiance!

I say we drag Areal along with us. His idea so he gets to suffer with us.

There's no more risk than any other time you dungeon dive.

I have images of John the strong silent type on stage, Duncan with his massive 7 Chr - tears roll down my face, and now Asmodeus provided me Tweaker to torment. The cruelty...at its finest.

I say we drag Areal along with us. His idea so he gets to suffer with us.

I second that motion.

Right, there is a Rp sense I believe, 'Well you went into the dragon's den for the treasure so you gotta expect to eat 20d6. is a bit different than 'Just put your neck into this 'prop' gullitene, I assure you it is justa prop!

I might not be getting it through correctly but I can see Andrea getting annoyed at being run through such a ridiculous hoop for the key. I know that we need to go along with the story in order to advance but (otherwise the AP won't advance) but I am just trying to imagine and act out how my character would act in such a situation.

Well, if you need help, Orsin has a very personal reason for wanting to participate and I daresay that Andrea is the PC he's closest to thus far. He could reach out to her for help if she's against being in a snuff play.

If you all want to skip the play, you can try to figure out another way to get the key.

Well we would need to invade the mansion for that no doubt. Plus the Mayor is probably the one who knows how to get into his safe.
We might be able to find blueprints(or the fantasy equivelent) of the mansion and try to find out what construction has gone on.

But skipping parts of the AP is probably not good one one's HP

I don't have a problem as a player other than it does feel forced because of acting but it really isn't any worse than figuring out the easiest way to get inside.

As a character, this is horrible and nasty way to do something that wasn't even why I was offered a place in the group. I can't help but think there should be another way. Probably easily convinced that would be possible to survive and easier to get into vault than bringing along a plate wearing knight on a stealth mission.

If we can get into the theatre, perhaps we can sabatoge things in our favor? That is what Andrea is asking, if we have to get into abattle royal or anything we might be able to sabatoge the other group.

Wonder where Duncan's been today?

He was around for a bit about 7 hours ago I know. Maybe he is sleeping.

I think his last post said something about going to sleep. Maybe he's just been passed out for a full day to catch up on his sleep? :)

I'm going to call it an evening. It turned out to be a heavy day posting is the pace still fine for everyone?

I'm fine with it for the next couple weeks. Then I'll be a bit limited while I travel across country. I'll still be able to check in on my phone daily though. Exactly how often I can't say.

From Sept. 9th to the 14th I'll be making my way from W.V. to Cali with two small children and my mother-in-law.

I'm still chugging along

Sorry guys. Night shift and my boy has been sick all day. His mother just took him to the doctor. I am going to sleep now for 2 hours but then I can post from work tonight (weird roster, remember?) as I'll have my phone on me.

Got a surprise distraction today, and couldn't make it to a computer til now. It might be like this on Wednesday and Thursday as well.

From a purely mechanical standpoint, going through the play makes sense and I'll do it, but of course there will be lots of complaining from Andrea since that is one of her favorite pass-times. :)

From a purely mechanical standpoint, going through the play makes sense and I'll do it, but of course there will be lots of complaining from Andrea since that is one of her favorite pass-times. :)

Wee! Talking to myself!

I guess this can be an interesting point on how to balance going along with the AP while making your character act like a person. I am just trying to hash out ways Andrea would respond about having to go through with it and how to stack the deck in their favor even when she will go through with it.

She isn't going to try and do the "Make Love not War"? That would be funny though. Changing the play from a huge bloodbath to a huge bubble bath.

That reminded me of an old idea I had..

Start up a 'secret' hendoistic party that is by invite only. Get the mayor in there and seduce him silly and arrange a special party at his mansion. We can get the girls from the Grotto in to help. Gets the same result with less axes to the face.

Lol, but how would the guys be involved then? Kinda hard to show up for that type of party wearing combat gear. Still would be interesting. Could see trying to convince Mayor to "show me the vault and I will show you the treasure".

John and Duncan would be guards of course. Wear loinclothes and clubs

Fame points to-date:

1 rescue of Arael
1 Goblin King
3 Rescuing noble, disbanding Bastards, returning the dead Grulios member.

This AP actually has a 10 page play in the back of the module that would be fun to role play at a table but I doubt that it will come across well in a PBP game especially with out of order posting. It could get to mighty confusing.

I think after the parts are assigned, I will cut the play down significantly to the actual tests and provide a synopsis narration. I will have each member roll out performance checks during each ACT of the play to determine how the audience is enjoying the play. Ultimately, the PC's need to grow their popularity, fame and reputations for performing this play in order to gather certain rewards.

If that is ok with the group.

I'm ok with that. :)

Sounds ok with me

I'm good with that. :D

I am fine with that. Sorry if spotty today and tomorrow. Lot of stuff with kids and school dealing with.

I'm cool.

Almost 24 hours no sleep so going to try and take a nap before helping kids with homework. Might be a few hours for me.

Bit spotty since I am at work(on break.) Perhaps I can do a summery of what Andrea can do pre-audition?

Going to bed now. Back in a few hours.

I have a few thing to take care of back in a couple hours myself.

Surprise John :)

I'm going to hold off a little bit to give Duncan, John, and Orsin a change to comment.

FFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!

No way am I gonna read the humiliation Baldwin has planned. NOPE.AVI!

How about we just bash the Mayor on the head and take him into the vault with us?

I'm trying to think of what John will do.

Something dealing with Hellknights? The Hellknight oath? Pretend to be a newly knighted Hellknight reciting the oath

I kind overreacted there, but seriously, Baldwin is going to vaporize Andrea