Cap'n Voodoo's Freebooter PBP

Game Master voodoo chili

My daughter and son-in-law are visiting tonight through Saturday morning, and we're going museum crawling tomorrow--posting will hence be scarce.

I'm a big fan of museum crawling. Have fun!

Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry is somewhat reduced in interactivity by COVID-19 controls, but they still have some good stuff. They also have a special exhibition of Marvel Comics/MCU material, including a bunch of original artwork, costumes, and props.

That sounds amazing :)

Sorry for my absence shipmates - been immersed in an audit all week. Ops (my role) came through with flying colours today - so chilling tonight and will get back in the posting tomorrow.

Woohoo. Scots free!

Glad to hear you passed the audit well, Kaul. I got the opportunity to be on the other end of one a month ago--leading an external review team for one of the site accelerators. We found a few issues, but for the most part they were doing fine.

We're shooting for API Q2 qualification by year end so these a battery of internal audits to bring us up to speed.

Interestingly recognition of my Ops delivery and knowledge means I'm in line to become an internal auditor on Delivery of Service, so poacher might turn Gamekeeper :)

Slammed at work shipmates, will likely be the morrows eve before my decks are cleared. Please bot as required :)

Apologies gang - have been struggling to get my head in my games of late (which I know is compounded when I'm botting Dibbs).

Hopefully will be free of the motivational funk sooner than later.

Business associates in town this week. Probably be Thursday PM at the earliest before I can post... so feel free to DMPC.

It's a busy week. I have family in town so posting will be intermittent.

Apologies shipmates - slammed at work again - weekly rusher. Should be back on track by Friday.

Yo ho. Things are getting interesting! to extend the anticipation I'll be off camping until Mon night-Tues. Cheers!

Enjoy Skipper :)

Happy camping to our Cap'n, and happy 4th of July to my fellow Americans! (Happy Sunday to everyone else!)

Thanks! Just for reference, apparently now you can pack over 20 km from any roads, deep into the mountains and still get 4G. Them towers are everywhere. Not sure how I feel about that:/

Back from a long and very full weekend, and will be catching up on the game.

Background for Corliss:

here and here

I'll be out of the country on a business trip next week, and am not sure what my posting availability will be. Just FYI so you won't think I've deserted you. Feel free to DMPC

We're having the memorial gathering for my mom today, so I'll be scarce until tomorrow evening/Monday.

Apologies shipmates - battered at work. Abnormal service should resume in a day or so. Please bot me as/when/if required.

Ahoy, mates. It's been slow sailing, but I think we're still in ship shape for the most part. And yes, you've earned your level up.

I want to check in though. It seems Dibbets/Mark has taken his leave so we should maybe deal w that and have Dibbs stay in Freeport to manage the Groom situation or perhaps stay around as a noncombatant npc aboard. I dont know that BD needs to be running him here on out. Just want to check your thoughts.

Level up is +1 hit point, +1 skill point and 1 feat.

Leveled up. I took the Combat Improvement feat for +1 BAB.

ETA: I had an odd question, and not one that's likely to apply to Jim. Can we take a 3rd-level variant multiclass ability in place of a feat?

Can we take a 3rd-level variant multiclass ability in place of a feat?

Jim's gotta have a familiar, huh? :) Sure, i got no problem with that.

I was thinking more about Kaul picking up rage....

I figured that's where you were going. Blood frenzy sounds about right for the lug.

Sweet :)

Regards Blood Frenzy skipper - are you meaning the following...

Blood Frenzy (Ex): Once per day, a sahuagin Thug that takes damage in combat can fly into a frenzy in the following round. It gains +2 Constitution and +2 Strength, but takes a –2 penalty to its AC. The frenzy lasts as long as the battle or 1 minute, whichever is shorter.

... or standard Rage? (if so I'd prefer the Unchained version) but figure above would be awesome (if allowed).

Regarding Dibbets: As much as I love the duality of playing Dibbs, probably best to have him step back as a character.

Love to see Mark come back into the crew again, so he can do the grubby oracle proper justice.

In Pathfinder Unchained, the 3rd level ability for variant multiclassing into Barbarian is the rage class feature, usable for (level + CON mod) rounds per day.

Kaul - I'm cool w any of those.

This might be Dibbs chance to open his dream pub and begin his singing career.

So +1 HP
1-Rank Knowledge Arcana
Expanded Arcana (Dispel Magic)

apologies for my lame attempt at Dibbets' verbal idiosyncrasies.

Have some clear air from tonight and couple of days annual leave from Monday.

Will get the Manster of Thuganomics levelled up o'er the coming days.

Likely going for Unchained Rage Class Ability & +1 rank of intimidate.

Stick to what I knows :)

Greetings all. Unfortunately I've come to the unfortunate conclusion that it is time for me to step away from these boards for a while. Life keeps throwing darts, and I don't have the concentration or motivation to continue at this time. Thanks for the opportunity, and I apologize for any inconvenience this might cause. Hopefully if like settles down I can return someday... but if not Happy Gaming to you all and best wishes.

Aye, it's been an uphill struggle to find time to game in all the chaos. Best wishes!

Sorry to see you go, Dingus. You and your character's 17 Insanity Points will be missed. :)

Ah man, so sad so see you go Scran. You know Dingus is simply one of the maddest characters I've ever had to joy to play alongside.

Regardless, fair weather and safe travels mate. Hope to share the virtual tableau with you again hombre - it's been a pleasure.

Wonderin' if its time for some new blood Skipper - keep us on course? Corliss joining kept us from the doldrums previously, might be there's someone else out there can do the same now?

Well, I was optimistic after we all kept it going through 2020, but 2021 ended up costing us two players. Boo. I certainly don't feel like i've been able to put in the effort that I used to, but i've got enough adventures to take us through another decade.

Three is definitely a skeleton crew. We could use someone with a bit of arcana for that wild card effect. Maybe not as wild as Dingus, but it would help. I'm hoping we'd get someone that could display at least half the longevity that all of you have shown and has an equivalently skewed sense of humor.

Sadly, no one comes to mind at the moment.

Best wishes, Scran. Take care.

Yeah, 2021 has been weird. Not as ugly as 2020, for the most part, but weird. My work isn't going too badly, but we're probably not getting everyone back on site until sometime next year--that'll make almost two years with maybe a dozen people in my building out of a usual 100+.

I'll think about a possible replacement. It's not easy to ask someone to step into a ten-year-old game, though.

I'd be in favor of adding a player or two and continuing.

@Cap'n: Slow and steady is the course we're on. Who knows I hold out hope that Scran, Mark & Meowz will pop in past at some juncture down the line... Even if it just for a wee guest appearance.

Agree arcane presence is ideal at a minimum (ideally 2 spots?).

Mulling o'er candidates who'll hopefully stay the course, an' like Jim no-one is immediately springing to mind.

Might be worth an open recruitment? Leastways folk who pitch know what they are getting into and can scope out the decades of mayhem before their pitch.

Edit: I'm in a long running great Shackled City game - with some excellent players and run by GM Rutseg. They're a proven lot who've lasted the course well - have pitched joining the Freebooter game to them, perhaps we'll some joy from one or more :)

I'm hoping we'd get someone [with] an equivalently skewed sense of humor.

This is what makes it tough for me. I've met several good, reliable players over my years on these boards; not exactly "nutters" (as the good Cap'n's called this crew), though.

Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day, mateys! Yar!!!

I've been traveling this week. I will try to get a wrap up for setting off this weekend.

Apologies shipmates - work this week (bunch of offshore call-offs, meetings about aforementioned call-offs) and conducting my teams appraisals has stymied me and emptied the energy reserves.

Hope to get a post up tonight/Saturday morn.

Cheers

Aye, as soon as work slows down for me, life picks up.

Corliss- It's varied, but currently using a blend of Freeport Insanity rules and the GMG pretty much. Jim is suffering from Paranoia:

Type insanity; Save Will DC 18. Effect –4 penalty on Will saves and Charisma-based skill checks; cannot receive benefit from or attempt the Aid Another action; cannot willingly accept aid (including healing) from another creature unless he makes a Will save against his insanity’s DC

DESCRIPTION

The paranoid character is convinced that the world and all that dwell within it are out to get him. Paranoid characters are typically argumentative or introverted.

So he gets a weekly save on his own and can make a daily save to let you treat him and you can do a heal check to cure him.

I'll take the midpoint bn GMG 17 and FP 20 for a save DC of 18. Also save completely cure though Jim might maintain an Indiana Jones-like aversion to snakes...

Apologies shipmates - we've had power cut since Friday 16:00 and lost all comms too due to Storm Arwen battering the NE of Scotland. Restored late yesterday we were in recharge and reheat mode!

Will try and get up a post up shortly :)

Yikes! Glad to hear the lights and heat are back on. I heard something about that, but most of the US was more absorbed w the Thanksgiving holiday. Glad yall are OK.

HI all. Life is letting me see the light a little better, and thought I'm not ready to return fully to the boards I can probably eke out enough time to resume this... my oldest and fondest remembered game if you want Dingus back onboard. Holidays is not the best time to carve out time, but if you'd like I'd like to re-enlist after the new year begins. I've been keeping up with the plot, so feel free to work me back in if desired...

If not... no hard feelings I'll still keep watching this drama unfold.

Howdy Dings! I'm glad things are lightening up some and I think we'd all love to have that screwy snaky sorcerer back.

No problem, I can work you back in after the holidays.