Baldwin the Merciful's - CoT Campaign (Inactive)

Game Master baldwin the merciful

Orsin removes the mask from his head after the bound noble has been escorted off the premises. He fixes his hair with angry, clumsy swipes, offering Andrea the blank piece of parchment that was once the scroll of detect thoughts. "I really am sorry he didn't know where your friend is," he says, wiping sweat from his brow. "But he started to wonder himself who might have abducted Josuph. He wondered if Thrune was behind it, but then he thought about that name: Ecarrdian. I think it may be a lead."

As soon as Shinon leaves the room Duncan casts disguise self to make him look like a FEMALE Dwarf Tinker with no weapons/only tools and an angry red scar down her cheek. He dashes to catch up to Shinon entering the street from the same exit. He touches Shinon (who gets a will. Save to disbelieve)and shows his ragathiel helm and presses a pudgy finger to his lips for silence. He chucks the helm back inside and follows shinonat twenty paces.

When the elf looks about to release the noble, Duncan moves to a stall and watches them depart their separate ways, taking note of the nobles direction as he leaves.

You all can make knowledge Nobility check. Knowldege local but its a much harder DC.

I will need two Perception checks. to see if you can find him. you had to cast spell which accounted for some time to pass for Shinon to make a turn.

Oooh...A Will Save to Disbelieve, huh? Well, let's give it a try...

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14

Know (Local): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20

Blargh, I'm the world's first knowledge-less bard! Well, at least I know where my skill points are going next level. *shrug*

Well let us see if Andrea picked anything up.

Know Noble/Local: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Andrea is still utterly clueless. Perhaps she should stop partying so much.

Oooh...A Will Save to Disbelieve, huh? Well, let's give it a try...

1d20+3

[dice=Know (Local)]1d20+10

I actually need you to roll out those three stealth checks and Duncan has to roll out two perception checks before you get your disbelieve.

Oooh...A Will Save to Disbelieve, huh? Well, let's give it a try...

1d20+3

[dice=Know (Local)]1d20+10

Pretty sure you'd work it out given Duncan was behind you one second,then a dwarf female with his helm the next

Perception 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

Perception 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

Duncan was able to get a good look on Shinon's first twist and turn down a couple alleys. From there he was was able to follow the two. When the noble begins to trot away, he looks to be heading towards the Westcrown Island, Parego Regicona.

Alright then.

Stealth: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (9) + 14 = 23
Stealth: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33
Stealth: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (2) + 14 = 16

Duncan returns back to the temple, ducking into an alley should the spell wear off before he returns.

He grabs his helm once again and plops it on his head as he enters
Followed our boys, saw the noble bastard take off for Westcrown Island, Parego Regicona, maybe that's where daddy lives or somethin.

Hopefully that talk of devils is just bluster so we won't have to worry about an attack. Althought since this is the Empire of Devils I wouldn't be surprised if there is some truth to that. Andrea tires racking her brain about the type of devil the bandit talked about. Orsin, do you have your pathfinder books available? Andrea casts her Guidance spell on herself

Know-Religion with any bonuses if Orsin has his books: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

"Yes, they're right here," he says, kneeling down and opening the backpack. He draws from the bag a stack of journal-sized books, all neatly in order with a leather buckled strap. He hands one of the books to Andrea saying, "Here's the one about the gods and their servants, this is the one you'll want."

The Pathfinder Chronicle grants a +2 circumstance bonus after 1d4 rounds of skimming.

"If I have time later I'll discreetly ask around about this 'Ecarrdian', whatever that is."

Hopefully, it goes without saying that Orsin retrieved his pouch of gold coins from the holding cell.

Arael looks over at the silent mountain of a man. "John what is your take on the situation?"

Andrea you asked a quesiton about the Bastards of Erebus earlier, this is what I've discovered to-date. This is a bandit group that only attacks at night. When I was picked up and arrested I was verifying some information and I've had Janiven working on it too. We have their location pinned down now."

He pours himself another wine, knowing the group is familar enough to help themselves by now. "These thieves are tieflings, and are operating out of an old Eristil church in the northern section of town. They are directly linked to double murder that occurred during one of their robberies. They always leave behind a wooden token showing a devil's head."

Taking a sip of his wine. "They never attack two nights in a row, most occuring 3-7 days apart. The last one was when you went back into the sewer. Most attacks are against merchants with valuable goods but a recent attack was against a weaponsmith, he and his wife were murdered, and his goods stolen. This one was bold because they actually scrawled their name on the door to the building." There is a bit of contempt in Arael's voice when discussing the tieflings.

"I suspect that it's a sizeable group of more than 4 or 5 that have committed these crimes."

So let's find em and spank em then

Off to bed. Back in 6 hours

At night? they must be very fortunate or have special protection due to the beasts in the city, even with the brightly lit main streets.

Andrea idly thumbs through Orsin's books. Is anything known about their members besides that they are tieflings? Or if they have any goals beyond theft and murder?

"What I am reasonably certain of is they hang out during the daytime in an abandoned church of Erastil, probably to take advantage of a grouping since their darkvision is less effective during the daylight. They are sneaky as you point out to evade the shadowbeast and to break into buidlings, almost at will."

He looks around, "Claim to be descendents of Erebus's bloodline."

The leader is devil worshiping cleric of Asmodeus, named Palveen." Clearly unable to let his contempt and dispise be contained. Finally, getting a hold of himself, "I'm sorry, if I offended any worshippers of Asmodeus." His face clearly reddened now.

Janiven cuts in, "At Arael's request I spent some time scouting the area and I can tell you this, they keep a lookout in the old church bell tower and I spotted no patrols but the bell tower guard was replaced one time."

"There are some two story buildings near the church and they have boarded up windows. At least from the angle I could see from. I didn't risk getting too close. Building about 200 to 300 feet away were ransacked or locked with solid heavy chains. There was an odd hitching post taht was covered with a roof near the church, it has a lot of rubble in there. I saw now animals though."

She starts to sketch out a map, "You can get to about 50 feet without being seen by the bell tower."

Arael states, "You've put yoruself at risk several times and I'd understand if you are hesitant to move agaisnt this group of...dev..." Stopping himself. "Although if the goblinking and the Bastards of Erebus are both destroyed in within a few days of each other." His face beaming with pride. "that would add so much momentum and goodwill to the cuase."

Shinon shrugs. "Eh, why not? It's not like the boards have anything interesting for me to do. I'll just consider this my next job. Besides, if the Red Knives don't have Jospuph, then the Bastards probably know something. But I'm not going to mess around with the interrogation this time. They're going to talk, and for each ten minutes I have to wait, they're gonna lose a finger." He grins and pulls his bow out.

"What do you say, Andrea? Gonna help me crush these thieves into oblivion?" He asks, his eyes glancing at the temptress expectantly.

Andrea as you skim the pathfinder book regarding religion, you find the passage you have been looking for on Salikotal and your own recollection adds information.

I have no objections. Although if they can seemingly move at will during the night they might have knowledge that we can use. Either special magic that hides them from the shadow beasts or they might have some other connection.

Andrea looks a little concerned about Shinon's insistance on harming the theives, but is in no position to preach to people. Capturing some might be productive, and I will make sure to pray for magic that can help divine wether or not someone is telling the truth so we won't have such difficulties questioning them.

Andrea opens the pathfinder books so others can see and points to the passages that contain the information on the devils..

Salikotal has the appearance of lean creatures, 5'4 in height. Blood red skin, hairless and crimson wings. All reported accounts have them wielding a horned dagger. They are known as assassins, very specific contract killers that rarely if ever miss their mark. They are competent spellcasters with their abilities. All the contract killer needs is a description of its target and it can locate the unknowing victim. It hunts one at a time and has special vengeances it uses to against its intended victim.

They have special defenses but I are not certain what those are other than Immuninity to fire and poison. Andrea flips a page. Wait They are also spell resistant and their nature reduces damage to them, good weapons harm them. If a salikotal willingly kills itself nearby folks are damaged somehow.

Shinon blinks in surprise. "You can do that?! Then why didn't you do it for that spit-throwing guy?"

Andrea gets very red in the face and speaks quietly. I forgot to pray for them today.

Shinon throws up his hands in disbelief. "You forg-son of a! And we just let him walk! We could have waited a few hours until dawn, let you pray again, and then had clear evidence of whether he was lying or telling the truth, but you didn't offer, you just let him walk!"

Shinon sighs and shrugs. "Oh well. No use crying over spilled milk. Getting the truth out of these guys is more important than getting the truth out of that spoiled rich kid. If the Bastards don't know where Jospuph is, I'll go back into the sewers and find Henk and talk to him about it. Process of elimination."

Arael looks at Shinon with a paled expression, "I'm not sure who you pray to but its sounds like a good idea for you." He shakes his head, "It is often easier to catch flies with honey."

"It's not Andrea's fault, Shinon. It was at my insistence that we interrogated him and either way, we had magical confirmation that he didn't know where Jospuph was. Isn't that enough?"

Orsin returns the guide to the stack of others when Andrea is finished.

Andrea scowls. Yes, go back into the sewers why don't you? I am sure that will be just as productive as they last time you wandered off. If that axe was just a little more to the right we would have had your headless corpse tossed at our feet.

Shinon frowns and then glances back at Andrea. "I...I'm sorry." Shinon sighs and rubs the back of his head. "I didn't really think about that. It's been a long time since I had anyone who actually knew me well enough to worry about my safety. This whole time I've been thinking that it wasn't really a problem if I died, as long as I rescued Jospuph in the end, but I guess that's not true."

Crossing his arms and sitting down, Shinon bites his lip. "Guess I'll have to be a little more careful and think things through a bit more if I want to solve my problems without any casualties."

Andrea nods. Thank you.

Now kiss an make up! Bwah-ha! C'mon then. While the days young let'sgo see the bastards. In fact this has a nice legit air to it. We should tell Maurice. There'sprobably a reward fer taking em out.

Well just how are we going to do this? We should scout out the area, perhaps when we see the watch guard changed we should make our move. Plus checking them out will let us know who is in the gang and what they can do. Andrea looks at the map Janiven sketched. Shall we go through the front door or try to make our way in elsewhere? If we are going to try to capture them, we can purchase tanglefoot bags and saps.

To see if John knows any more about the Salikotal
Knowledge(planes): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24
"The back door is probably best, though I don't think all of us will be able to sneak up with out notifying them of our arrival."

Well, Trigger is actually pretty sneaky, so he can take the lead with me sword backing him up.

I can pray for a silence spell in the morning that will mask any noise from our armor, although we would be deaf as well, unless some one lags behind and perhaps...tugs on a rope attached to us if they notice anyone alerted to us. I can also turn one of us invisible for a short time(3 minutes) and I can disguise my apperance to look like someone else for about a half an hour. So if we can identify who is in the gang, I could disguise myself and go with someone who is invisible. However, my voice would not change.

"We also have the wand of silence," Orsin adds. "There are only a handful of changes remaining, but it might be the best use of it. If we place the spell on a pebble, we can hold on to it as we infiltrate, then toss it away should we need to regain the use of our songs and spoken spells."

To see if John knows any more about the Salikotal

[dice=Knowledge(planes)]1d20+7
"The back door is probably best, though I don't think all of us will be able to sneak up with out notifying them of our arrival."

Shinon blinks in surprise. "You guys are really over-complicating this. Why waste our time and resources being stealthy? As Duncan said, these people are probably wanted criminals. Sure, with just the five of us, we might need to sneak in, but if we report this to Maurice we might be able to score a whole squadron of dottari to back us up. Then we charge in guns blazing and take them down before they can even react. No matter how tough these guys are, if we have like twenty men we should be able to crush them in an instant, right?"

I am wondering about the smith who was murdered and their other targets. Just who were they? They might of had connections with the Missepes,Stoutpours and Grulios. I do not know if investigating the blacksmith's might yield anything, but if we ask any apprentices, or perhaps Grumm if he knew them, we might learn something valuable.

Shinon blinks in surprise. "You guys are really over-complicating this. Why waste our time and resources being stealthy? As Duncan said, these people are probably wanted criminals. Sure, with just the five of us, we might need to sneak in, but if we report this to Maurice we might be able to score a whole squadron of dottari to back us up. Then we charge in guns blazing and take them down before they can even react. No matter how tough these guys are, if we have like twenty men we should be able to crush them in an instant, right?"

Some extra help might be useful, but twenty dottari marching innto the North side? They would know were coming and flee. The dottari would be better used to secure the area and prevent them from fleeing.

Andrea paused and then spoke. If we bring help, would Fiosa be welcome? An extra healer would allow me to concentrate on combative magic.

Shinon sighs and crosses his arms. "Guess you're right. We only have this one chance that Arael gave us, we can't really afford to screw it up..."

Andrea speaks and Shinon raises an eyebrow and looks at her. "Fiosa? ...Oh, yeah, she's that escaped slave, right? Well, she certainly has experience sneaking around, so she's not likely to get us caught on the way up...I suppose if she stays out of the way I wouldn't mind her coming. But if she goes and gets herself caught up in the middle of battle, she's going to end up wasting John's and Duncan's energy while they try and save her. You understand, don't you? Don't let the rookie near the danger."

Looking out the window, Shinon shrugs to himself. "If we're going to do this today, we'd better get going now. We still have time to stop in at a store before we get there, but only if we hurry. John can carry a silence stone, and Andrea should stick as close to him as possible so she doesn't rattle around in her armor."

Shinon frowns and turns his head to the opera singer. "By the way, newbie, you almost ruined my night yesterday. The only way you're going to be able to make it up to me is if I get two free tickets to one of your shows. So, if you're coming with us, you better make damn sure you don't die, got that?" Shinon glares at him, but behind the glare is a glint of friendly concern and camaraderie.

The less we involve masses of Dottari the better. I'd say we just check with Maurice and sell him a hammer and anvil strategy. They set up a cordon behind em and we clear them out. The dottari take no risk and provided WE drop the leader we get the reward and Maurice and his boys get a promotion. Everybody's happy.

"I'm sorry ... you had a ... bad evening?" Orsin says, a look of confusion playing across his face, wondering how on earth he was responsible for Shinon's night. "And, don't take this the wrong way because it won't be any trouble getting you tickets, but you don't strike me as an opera lover."

With regards to Duncan's plan, Orsin remarks, "That's a sound plan."

Shinon laughs, his entire face breaking into an honest, excited smile for the first time since Orsino had met him. "Well, I don't know if I am one or not, yet, but this has to do with a different type of...ahem. Affection." He says, stumbling over the last word and rubbing the back of his head. "Anyway, it's fine with me. As long as you can get me those tickets, I'll consider us even. And if we're even, then that means you're just as much an ally as the rest of these guys, no matter how long we've known each other. So..."

Shinon sticks one hand out. "Watch my back out there, and I'll do the same for you. And we'll both make it out of this without a scratch."

Orsin looks down at the hand, then back up to Shinon, smiling. He embraces the half-elf's forearm in a good, old-fashioned hero's clasp. "Deal."

Shinon blinks in surprise. " Then we charge in guns blazing and take them down before they can even react."

A befuddled look crosses Arael's face, "W..w..wh...what are guns blazing?"

Shinon blinks in surprise. "'Gun' is Elvish slang. It refers to an arcane spell that is primarily used for harming a living creature. Especially when that spell creates fire of some kind, hence the term 'guns blazing'. It's more common among the elvish brawlers and mercenaries in town though, I guess I can see why you wouldn't know about it."

Frowning and tilting his head, Shinon continues. "Now, obviously we don't have anyone here that's capable of doing that, but the expression is more about...the force behind it? So like, if we had twenty guys with swords rushing the Bastards at the same time, that'd be about as devastating as shooting them in the face with a fire spell, understand? That's what the term means."

Areal interrupts, "Well it probably is better to go during the day...are you sure about today and not tomorrow? Is everyone well supplied, have the proper spells learned or prayed for?

"Don't be rash, scout it out."

He frowns, "I'm uncertain about Fiosa being involved in the combat too, unlike Ermolos she has had little training. She can cast a few mirror miracles. She is just discovering her potential. She should stay outside as guard...maybe with Larko and either myself or janiven. To stop anyone escaping. We can watch from a building or two."

He looks over at John and Duncan, "Yes, I agree a full dottari squad would bring attention. Warn them and they will. Plus, we have a squad of friends that are grateful to us, not sure if other dottari feel the same way - yet. But it is a good idea to mention it to them."

He goes to the kitchen panty and returns a few moments later with a box "You all will need these." as he hands you each 2 cure light potions, and there is a cure moderate for each. Then he pull out two lesser restorations. He explains each one to you.

Council of Thieves:

We had an untimely death of a party member and the group is looking to add one more person. We currently have 4 very active members and myself the GM. This is an EXCEPTIONALLY active fast paced game. We average 5 posts each per day. In less then 8 weeks we have over 2150 post, roughly 40 or so posts per day. We are nearing the end of AP 1.

We have a good mix of experienced PbP and first timers, so it doesn't matter to me.

Currently the party has:

Ranged Ranger
Inquistor
Cleric
Shield Fighter

The party is looking for a bard, rogue or arcane spell caster. You would be entering at level 3.

Here are rules for the build:

20 Pt buy
No score below an 8 before racial adjustment.
Download the Free PG
2 traits, (1 must be a campaign trait)
No third party material
No Alchemist, Gunslinger or Summoner or their variants
Core races only, no thiefling characters. No ARG
Minimum 3-5 posting a day.
No evil

3000 GP (3rd lv) No more than 50% in one item. Run any magic weapon, gear, potions (don't bother spending coin on Cure potions they are plentiful), by me before purchase.

Answer the following:

1. Tell me 3-4 NPC's your character knows in the city, they will become important NPCs. Names, occupations and how you know them.

2. How long have you been in the City.

3. Give a brief background for your character.

I want to make sure it's clear NO Advance Race Guide. The forbidden classes include their vairants/archetypes.

The only real house rule that I have incorporated into this PbP game is 1 on an attack has a chance to either fumble weapon or snap the ranged weapon string. You make a dex based check, add in modifier, and must get a 10 or higher to avoid the fumble.

This is a fast pace, fun game that is roughly 50/50 roll/role playing. It is definately one of the more active games on the PbP boards.

New to these boards, but not play-by-post.

I'm definitely interested; I thinking some kind of bard.

Dotting for interest. Thinking of a dwarf caster type or half-elf rogue. I'll go download the players guide and think up a character. Also how are you figuring HP? do we get max at first level then 1/2HD+1+CON modifier?

I've been working on a Chelish diva bard intended for Council of Thieves! I do have a question though: when you say "no third party material", does that extend to Wizards 3.5 as well or is there backwards compatibility? If not, I'll simply need to re-spec my current build to use only Pathfinder.

Hey there. I'm the cleric of the group. Hit points are Max at first level then you roll the dice and add your CON bonus. Re-roll any 1s.

We have oodles of investigations going on, like looking into corrupt nobles, and a spate of mangled corpses found. We currently have a bandit prisoner and are planning goblin hunting. Feel free to look over the Gameplay thread to catch up.

Thank you Andrea :)

Ill have a half elf bard up soon, on my phone till later on tonight

Half-Orc Wizard/Rogue 2/1

Shadow School & Trapsmith... More wizard than rogue for future progression.

A bit more detail.

Andrea is a harlot former Urgothan, now a Calistrian priestess so she is redefining her role butshe is not much of a melee combatant (yet). She's been a buffer role so far.

John Deos is a Tower Shield fighter archetype. He doesn't get hit much, so he's a Turtle type warrior.

Duncan is a 'Wolverine type char' meaning he really goes to town in melee, dealing a heap of damage but he gets hit alot as well. He is a Rage inquisitor of Ragathiel. His saves are very high.

Shinon a a classic archery elf ranger. He doesn't like humans.

As a group our pace is awesome. Lots of posts (including a fair bit of char development) but there have been times we really could have used an arcane caster. So my preference will likely go to an applicant with arcane casting of some sort. (This group WON'T resort to torture and investigation is a real factor so far. So enchantment magic would be nice)
You are also relplacing our Monk so we have lost some melee.

I am NOT a harlot! I just like having a good time with my partners. :) I've only had 2 bed partners so far.

I'm more of an accountant and can get us good prices on treasure sales. :)

Working on a rogue and thinking of taking a level of Sorcerer to tie in with my background. I know having some of those base-level spells come in really handy. I do not know which way I will progress with my skills but I'm leaning towards keeping rogue as my favored class.

Just a few places that new characters might become aquainted with..

Grumm's Smithy. Duncan's patron owns this smithy and has been known to do work for various important people.(WHo havee shown to be very fussy.)

Westcrown Exchange House. Bank/Counting house/etc. Andrea works here under Gerald. Lends money, changes coins and valuables. Currently the group is 5k in the hole for raising one of the town guards so they will be handling sales of valuable items for the time being.

WestCrown Morgue. Just as it says. Nathaniel is the mortician. Has seen a number of bodies of slain nobles and an important brewer turn up. The tragic site of the death of our monk.

Feel free to add a buisness where you work or a significant place. The PCs know low-ranked nobles, smiths, streetwalkers, priests and others. Makes the town feel alive.

I have been looking for a fast passed campaign! I have this L1 female bard to offer. I will level her to 3 according to the guidelines, answer the questions, and repost her. I just wanted to get on the board. I think she would be the perfect fit for your group. I love bards and know how to make them the perfect (5th) party member. Again, I am available to post 24 hours a day with my IPhone or iPad (even on weekends). I am technically sound with the rules and love to RP. I have not played this AP yet.

After looking at the group in more detail, I think a witch would actually fit better. I will put a witch together tonight! I have a L6 witch in PFS and love the class.

1d6 ⇒ 6
1d6 ⇒ 1
1d6 ⇒ 4

This is my character Orsino 'Orsin' Bessatte, a Chelish diva with a good mix of melee combat prowess, social skills, and arcane magic. The stat block is included in his profile.

Also, I drew his character portrait: Click me.

To answer the GM's questions:

1. Tell me 3-4 NPC's your character knows in the city, they will become important NPCs. Names, occupations and how you know them.

A) Calseinica Nymmis. A beautiful little waif, whose natural talent and beauty are outmatched only by her enthusiasm. Orsin sang opposite of her earlier this year in the opera The Winter of White Roses.

B) Gerald. When Orsin arrived in town with the wealth he had accumulated from his seasons in Kintargo and Egorian, he wanted to make sure it was safely held at a bank instead of his own flat. (Orsin doesn't trust the kinds of people he's seen skulking about Westcrown). Gerald opened Orsin's account at the Westcrown Exchange House and has managed his finances since the diva's arrival.

C) Shu Lien. A Tian "escort" (*ahem*) employed at a pleasure house called The Reverse Mermaid (name subject to change). She's a stunning girl of no fewer than twenty years whom Orsin has given regular patronage. He pays her for her gossip as much as he does her traditional services.

2. Orsin arrived in Westcrown earlier this year. He performed opposite Calseinica only a few weeks after his arrival. (He already had studied the role during his youth at the Kintargo Opera.)

3. I apologize for how extremely un-brief this is...

I'm happy to change things up here and there if it helps during the selection process. I haven't purchased everything yet, only a masterwork longsword and a +1 chain shirt. Hopefully that's alright so far.

Also, thank you Andrea for all the additional info!

May I have the pleasure of introduce Georgette Theadoux. She is 2 Rogue/1 Sorcerer with Rogue being her favored class. I can make any changes to the gear as needed. Thank you Andrea and Duncan for the info :)

This is my character Orsino 'Orsin' Bessatte, a Chelish diva with a good mix of melee combat prowess, social skills, and arcane magic. The stat block is included in his profile.

Also, I drew his character portrait: Click me.

To answer the GM's questions:

1. Tell me 3-4 NPC's your character knows in the city, they will become important NPCs. Names, occupations and how you know them.

A) Calseinica Nymmis. A beautiful little waif, whose natural talent and beauty are outmatched only by her enthusiasm. Orsin sang opposite of her earlier this year in the opera The Winter of White Roses.

B) Gerald. When Orsin arrived in town with the wealth he had accumulated from his seasons in Kintargo and Egorian, he wanted to make sure it was safely held at a bank instead of his own flat. (Orsin doesn't trust the kinds of people he's seen skulking about Westcrown). Gerald opened Orsin's account at the Westcrown Exchange House and has managed his finances since the diva's arrival.

C) Shu Lien. A Tian "escort" (*ahem*) employed at a pleasure house called The Reverse Mermaid (name subject to change). She's a stunning girl of no fewer than twenty years whom Orsin has given regular patronage. He pays her for her gossip as much as he does her traditional services.

2. Orsin arrived in Westcrown earlier this year. He performed opposite Calseinica only a few weeks after his arrival. (He already had studied the role during his youth at the Kintargo Opera.)

3. I apologize for how extremely un-brief this is...

** spoiler omitted **...

A witch? Oooo..careful. Duncan is a Witchunter archetype. Serioulsy though I play it more as aStubborn Dwarven Resistance to Magic and him hating Nobles and Spellcasters (mostly because of thier capacity to lord it over the common folk)

I have been looking for a fast passed campaign! I have this L1 female bard to offer. I will level her to 3 according to the guidelines, answer the questions, and repost her. I just wanted to get on the board. I think she would be the perfect fit for your group. I love bards and know how to make them the perfect (5th) party member. Again, I am available to post 24 hours a day with my IPhone or iPad (even on weekends). I am technically sound with the rules and love to RP. I have not played this AP yet.

After looking at the group in more detail, I think a witch would actually fit better. I will put a witch together tonight! I have a L6 witch in PFS and love the class.

1d6
1d6
1d6

If you are rolling hit points, we get max at 1st level and dice+con at late rlevels. Reroll any 1s you get.

Jman72 wrote:

I have been looking for a fast passed campaign! I have this L1 female bard to offer. I will level her to 3 according to the guidelines, answer the questions, and repost her. I just wanted to get on the board. I think she would be the perfect fit for your group. I love bards and know how to make them the perfect (5th) party member. Again, I am available to post 24 hours a day with my IPhone or iPad (even on weekends). I am technically sound with the rules and love to RP. I have not played this AP yet.

After looking at the group in more detail, I think a witch would actually fit better. I will put a witch together tonight! I have a L6 witch in PFS and love the class.

1d6
1d6
1d6

If you are rolling hit points, we get max at 1st level and dice+con at late rlevels. Reroll any 1s you get.

Thank you for the heads up! I rolled a 6 at 2nd and a 1 at 3rd, so I had to re-roll the second roll and I got a 4.

Also, thank you Andrea for all the additional info!

No problem. Andrea is based on Maiden Astraea from Demon Souls. Pics cna be seen. Here

Orsino 'Orsin' Bessatte wrote:

Also, thank you Andrea for all the additional info!

No problem. Andrea is based on Maiden Astraea from Demon Souls. Pics cna be seen. Here

Nice!

1d8 ⇒ 4
1d8 ⇒ 6

Alright, I went back to the Bard. After reading further into the game play thread, it appears this little guy would be a great fit.

Here is his crunch:

He has knowledge skills and can help with face duties (bluff/diplomacy/sense motive) with the ability to aide in combat with his performances and spells. He will be perfect in the support (5th member) role to make everyone in his group better while still being highly effective. If you read his crunch, you will see that he is focused on what makes a bard great (built well and not focused on melee).

I will put a background together for you soon. As a teaser, he is a former slave/servant who started to play a role in spying for his Chelaxian family and was eventually given his freedom. He took on the surname of his human family and headed out for a life of adventure.

~Jman72

~Jman72

A witch? Oooo..careful. Duncan is a Witchunter archetype. Serioulsy though I play it more as aStubborn Dwarven Resistance to Magic and him hating Nobles and Spellcasters (mostly because of thier capacity to lord it over the common folk)

Heh, I think you have me confused with someone else. :)

I'm just checking in. It looks like a great turn out so far. I'm sure I will be closing the recruitment sometime on Sunday, July 22nd. I'll make my decision on Sunday. Once again, thanks for the submitting.

I will add to Andrea's comment on the investigations, this AP has served as the framework for the overall game but there are many more levels of complexity which I've added. I do not strictly follow the AP.

We do get a bit gritty with some adult themes, but everything posted should be paizo message board appropriate. When in doubt use a spoiler tag.

Andrea is correct on the HP max level one, then roll plus con modifier for the other levels. Reroll 1's.

I've been working on a Chelish diva bard intended for Council of Thieves! I do have a question though: when you say "no third party material", does that extend to Wizards 3.5 as well or is there backwards compatibility? If not, I'll simply need to re-spec my current build to use only Pathfinder.

Sorry, no Wizards 3.5.

Yea. We have a list as long as our arm of the people we need to check out. I need to tack it up on the hide out wall 'THE LIST' and cross people off as we kil...Bring them to justice!

Bad people: Jurul Chard. Pays off Dottori Captain Iltus Mhaetis's debts(Gambling women) Has captain around his finger?
Aritil Sevarn: Hellknight of Order of Rack. Bad dude. Wants to round up dwarves
Rowneece Renfloe: Dottari offical. In cahoots with Aritil

Good people to avenge!
Henri Stoutpour: Master brewer. Found dead in sewer. Suspect partner and wife is missing!

Sorry, no Wizards 3.5.

No sweat, Orsin has already been completely refurbished for Pathfinder only materials!

Here are my rolls for his 2nd and 3rd level HP:

1d8 ⇒ 7
1d8 ⇒ 4

A question for the GM: My character definitely has his reasons for being in Westcrown in the first place (that is, he's trying to find the person responsible for putting on whatever snuff play killed his friend), but are personal enemies/goals like this encouraged?

Thanks!

Half-Orc Wizard/Rogue 2/1

Shadow School & Trapsmith... More wizard than rogue for future progression.

Heya. Just need a CoT trait and your background. :)

I'd like to change how I know Andrea's employer, Gerald, if I may.

In Gregorio's will, Orsin was named the sole beneficiary, which is how he came into possession of the 300 gp granted by the Child of Infamy campaign trait. Gregorio's assets were kept at the Westcrown Exchange House and it was Gerald who contacted Orsin, executed the will, and so forth. Since his arrival, Orsin opened his own account with the bank and has continued to do business with them henceforth.

baldwin the merciful wrote:

Sorry, no Wizards 3.5.

No sweat, Orsin has already been completely refurbished for Pathfinder only materials!

Here are my rolls for his 2nd and 3rd level HP:

1d8
1d8

A question for the GM: My character definitely has his reasons for being in Westcrown in the first place (that is, he's trying to find the person responsible for putting on whatever snuff play killed his friend), but are personal enemies/goals like this encouraged?

Thanks!

Sure especially if they fits with the underlying premise of the campaign of a small group of people who want to improve the lives of the residents of Westcrown. They walk a fine line in trying not to be open rebels, which would catch the Hellknight group known as the RACK's attention. The group has basically taken it upon themseves to be protectors and to weed out corruption.

I believe this is the list so far:

Black Thorn - H/orc Wiz2/Rog1
Georgette Theadoux - H/Elf Rog2/Soc1
Orisino "Orsin"Bessatte - Human Chelish Diva (Bard)3
Harper Montajay III - Halfling Bard3

If I missed you, it was uninitial just politely let me know.

Once again, Duncan, Shinon is not an elf, and I'm only saying that because you know it annoys him when you call him that.

Hey all. I'm playing Shinon the Half-Elf Urban Ranger. I'm the group's skill monkey, focusing on Stealth, Perception and Sense Motive, although I also have the Trapfinding feature and full ranks in Disable Device (as well as a set of masterwork thieves' tools, thanks to our cleric).

Shinon is an impoverished orphan who is unable to get a job like the others because he does not have a home and is therefore unable to properly file and be held responsible for work-related taxes. He has studied humans in the city rather closely and therefore has basic grasps of when they are lying and how they tend to hide things (Favored Enemy: Humans).

Looking forward to the new member, whomever Baldwin chooses.

Once again, Duncan, Shinon is not an elf, and I'm only saying that because you know it annoys him when you call him that.

Hey all. I'm playing Shinon the Half-Elf Urban Ranger. I'm the group's skill monkey, focusing on Stealth, Perception and Sense Motive, although I also have the Trapfinding feature and full ranks in Disable Device (as well as a set of masterwork thieves' tools, thanks to our cleric).

Shinon is an impoverished orphan who is unable to get a job like the others because he does not have a home and is therefore unable to properly file and be held responsible for work-related taxes. He has studied humans in the city rather closely and therefore has basic grasps of when they are lying and how they tend to hide things (Favored Enemy: Humans).

Looking forward to the new member, whomever Baldwin chooses.

Well met!

Once again, Duncan, Shinon is not an elf, and I'm only saying that because you know it annoys him when you call him that.

I know. ;)

Duncan likes Shinon.

He is also a button pusher ;)

We need a nickname for Duncan. :)

Since we have new members(With one on vacation) we may need to get ourselves into order. Quite often we run around town a lot on personal missions(last one was notable with a few scattered members)finding info and such and we have acculminated quit a number of side quests. A good list of missions we have on the backburner would be a good idea on deciding what to tackle next. The major items on our list.

1.Goblin hunt
2.The Red Knife bandit we have captive
3.The Bastards of Erebus.

Other things.

1.Dead nobles and brewers
2.Shadow beast hunting
3. Various corrupt nobles

We need a nickname for Duncan. :)

I will accept 'SEXY BEAST' or KILLER! ;)

I'm going to hit the bike trails for a couple hours when I get back I will make the selection.

sounds interesting, would a fire oracle fit in or would you all like someone true arcane?

because I had an idea for a prospective hellknight signifier I could give details for

Just call Andrea 'Wasp' or 'Girl' as Duncan likes to call her.

Aiunder. Best roll your character quick since Baldwin will be back in a few hours. We do have a potential Hellknight with John Deos who might work well with you.

Here is a witch submission if the party would rather have a pure arcane caster with some enchantment. I would have to get a background together for her if interested (would not take long). I would not player her like a witch, but instead a mind attacking enchantress. I would make sure she gets along with the current party. She would be Chaotic Good. There wasn't a pure arcane caster type. I thought this would work well.

`Jman72

Interesting, I suggest a lite version of the background that you can fill out as needed.

Interesting, I suggest a lite version of the background that you cna fill ou as needed.

Thanks. I will get to working on it now. Definitely doing Shelyn as a goddess. Her motivation would be To rescue others.

~Jman72

I hope Nadia is not too late. Here is her submission! ~Jman72

I'm going to give it a little longer till 9:00 pm EDT for submissions then close down the recruitment. The selection will be around 9:30pm.

Aiunder - a fire oracle can work but there is a divine caster already, depends on the build. Order of the Scourge is the best fit for Hellknight Signifier. One of our current players is looking at Hellknight Order of the Scourge in his future.

So far, there have been high quality submissions and the decision will be tough.

Remember this is a fast paced game...active posting is very important.

Active posting won't be a problem. I was in a Skull and Shackles PBP that was averaging 6-7 posts a day per player.

EDIT: Also, at Duncan's mention of needing enchantment magic, I've added charm person to Orsin's list of spells known.

As I mentioned, posting is not a problem for me either.

Divine casters are awesome. Might be an interesting idea for a all cleric game. :) Time for din-din. Andrea isn't the only one who has gone without vittles.

Not that my opinion matters to Baldwin's choice of options, but my vote is always for more fire. As it stands, we don't have a single fire-user in this entire group and it is making the pyromaniac in me sad. (Don't worry though, I plan to upgrade Shinon to a +1 flaming longbow as soon as possible)

Enjoy your meal, Andrea.

The oracle and Witch have the most 'blast' capability and high order magic.
The Bard's are wicked 5th wheel buffer/skillmonkeys
The Rog/Sorc or Rog/Wiz multiclasses are interesting builds.

Tough call.
(All I'll say is I HATE swarms!!)