Hi all,
So here is the discussion page we will be using for the campaign.
So I have a question - do you guys want maps as we go along, if so please could someone give guidance on how I can make them shareable - I'm assuming copying and pasting in the thread is not allowed?
Other things to mention:
Some of this campaign is about investigation - finding out about your enemies before meeting them.
I will do the passive checks for you using the stats on your sheets such as Perception and knowledge checks but you can always ask for a more active check (which you will roll) if you want.
Hello!
Ok so plan will be to post at least every 1-2 days. Not sure where everyone is from but as I am in the UK I will probably be posting at times when it is either early morning/late at night so you might find that any replies from me might take a little longer.
The very first thing creatures notice about this quiet half-orc is that she quite...ugly. She knows she's ugly and has accepted as an undeniable fact that cannot be changed. So not to startle those she meet, she wears a veil.
Casually, she will employ her unfortunate features to scare off potential threats or outright intimidate others if the situation calls for it.
The second thing that's noticeable about her is that she is quite tall and skinny to the point of appearing gaunt. She has been repeatedly mistaken for a hag, a demonic tainted drow, and even a fetch. Her skin is the color of blackish gray leathers due to her parentage--instead of the standard greenskin orc most of Golarion know, she is partially black orc. A fearsome breed of orc other orcs cringe in fear and suspicion of that are thought to hail either from the Darklands or the Shadow Plane.
Even more unusually, she was adopted by and raised by the daughter of a dwarven farmer. Presumably out of pity instead of outright killing her, her mother introduced her to civilized society. She was found as a straggler following a roving warband of orcs,half-orcs,and half-goblins that were slaughtered to a few scattered survivors by a combined effort of fed up farmers and villagers.
To this end, her adopted family accepted her begrudgingly as an odd addition. She expressed interest in being more refined and her mother indulged her desire by paying for and sending her off to a finishing school,where the awkward ugly halforc child became a gentlelady rivaling most nobles.
This also awakened an innate potential for psychic magic due to her experiences at said finishing school involving a youth stealing shapeshifting witch among the staff she managed to uncover and survive prior to returning home.
Realizing that she could not train her daughter's psychic abilities, she sent her to a famed professor in a land steeped in the occcult to hone her skills. Ortensia agreed, eager to improve herself and discover more about her powers.
Bidding her adopted family farewell, the halforc made her way to distant lands. On the way she broadened her horizons and enriched her knowledge of the world and its creatures.
Now she is an occultist, honing herself to the best she can be. Anything ahead was an opportunity to improve herself.
Wanted to ask if u would allowa an implement from Everyman Gaming Childhood Adventures?
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Hey, guys!
So, I'm holding back for a bit, till I know what build would be betterr for the group.
As for the maps, I tend to use a google docs account to solve all possible forum limitations. This demands accounts from everyone, so I don't know if it'd be a proper solution. And, since I'm new around here... Well, can't really say anything about these forums, at least for now.
Hi all,
Here is the link to the first map we will be using:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gPAz7GBXcfASFAaxqbaLN247eABgXvh8oxXazqL 4Ewk/edit?usp=sharing
And here is an image of Kendra Lorrimor the main NPC your characters will be working with:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-k7jnn8RSMXE5oiEatX_pBgmmhbkLYyBYkZsixF 8GNs/edit?usp=sharing
Ok so campaign all linked up - so will start the campaign proper shortly.
@Daniel Penfold 351, I tried to access the link, but it points to a nonexistent doc. Could you check the link again, please? :)
Try this one:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gPAz7GBXcfASFAaxqbaLN247eABgXvh8oxXazqL 4Ewk/edit
and this : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-k7jnn8RSMXE5oiEatX_pBgmmhbkLYyBYkZsixF 8GNs/edit
Hm. Sorry. Nope.
Thats very odd - seems to work for me
https://bit.ly/2jbMidl
Try the above shorter link- hopefully this will work now.
K. I got it now. Kept getting an error message.
Yeah I think the site was adding in a space because the link was too long
Just so I know when to check for posts could everyone say what part of the world they are in.
I am in the UK.
United States,Eastcoast
Also USA's east coast, Carolinas
I'm at GMT -3. My work schedule is kinda crazy, but I'll be posting every time I can. :)
Please find a link to an overall map of Ravengro- will do a key in a bit:
https://bit.ly/2I24Omz
Here is a link to the key for Ravengro:
https://bit.ly/2vV72iJ
Okay, so Ortensia plans to search The Lorrimor Place first since this is where she's sleeping and staying. Then to the Restlands for the crypt cache and maybe the Professor's grave.
Temple of Pharasma probably the best place for our clerics.
The Unfurling Scroll will be the last place Ortensia would look since I'm guessing its a library and its not going anywhere. Searching it would probably take the most time.
Zephra will cluelessly assume that we are going to the Temple before we go to the Restlands, to ask permission to break into the crypt. Do you want to go there without asking first? (Not a problem, just might confuse Zephra.)
I'm in Pacific US, BTW. :)
As far as shared backstory, Evrasi, do you want us to know each other already? Seems like it would be simple to justify since we were both raised in the same temple. Zephra was sent away when she turned 18, but her memories of Evrasi would likely lead Zephra to increased trust in her, which is probably good in this spooky, scary place.
Spooky scary skeletons in our closets!
I was offering to collaborate on any major background points, like the undead in your backstory being tied somehow to the one in mine, that kind of thing. I'm a sucker for in-depth backstory, tending to go above and beyond the call of duty. Being a writer can do that.
That's all :) Trust is a valuable thing, let's not waste it...
Well, I'm willing to try and make it work. My idea was that Zephra's mother had been possessed by a necromancer during her life, and she died while she was still out of her body. As a restless spirit, she followed her daughter until Zephra came close enough to her body for her to take possession of it again. The high priestess of Pharasma was able to exorcise her.
I imagined that the necromancer possessing Zephra's mother during her life was specifically interested in Professor Lorrimor for some reason, and used Zephra's mother to get close to him. Perhaps the professor had already begun to investigate the Whispering Way, and they wanted to know how much he had learned?
Zephra was raised in a convent, which might not have been part of the grand temple in Lepidstadt. Or perhaps it was part of it, they just had dormitories and schoolyards further away.
What about your backstory? Anything in there we can weave together?
Are you planning to go straight to the crypt or are you going to the temple first to ask permission?
Temple first, then crypt.
Evrasi would do her research at the Temple, but after recovering the items left them by the Professor with Ortensia.
Quick question for all- would you prefer I handed out xp as you earn it or would you prefer it if I just told you when you levelled?
I'd prefer just knowing when we level.
Same
Forgot to say with the crypt map you are all at the top by the sarcophagus, the centipedes appear at the stairs.
You are now all level 2.
How many hit points do we get?
Roll you hit die - tell me what you get and I'll roll - you take the higher
What,so...?
Sorry I meant you roll a dice, I roll a dice and you take whichever dice roll is higher, but if you want to do it another way that's fine too, open to suggestions.
Is it okay if we roll the second one for you? Goes a little faster. :)
Yeah thats fine
Now Evrasi is officially leveled up :P
Welp let's see what happens...
Also,I'm using an app called Pathbuilder. It's like a mobile version of herolabs that's for Pathfinder that's up to date and free.
Wow,that answered like three questions i was going to ask. I was considering contacting the Professor,too...
Also, I was afraid I was about to get posessed or something with that Will Save!
It's a potential Confusion effect if you'd failed.
How exactly do you use holy water? Like a splash wpn?
Or use a Battle Aspergillum?
Yeah you can treat it as a splash weapon like alchemist's fire.