I will post in the morning, had long day and had to go straight from work to an event tonight. Its after 1AM here and I have to be up at 6AM for work.
Wishing every one all the very best.
I, cannot, for the life of me find the reference/name of the town that the party will soon be visiting and in which I am guessing Methune is currently residing.
Also, it is 'adjacent' to Magnimar, yes?
Also, how 'close' are things to 'normal' history and tales as relates to Golarion, Master Dain GM?
Korvosa?
As I indicated before, I was leaving the questioning to Polux. I was just planning to intimidate the crap out of the little bugger so that Polux could get some answers. having said that, I would imagine that further questioning regarding additional forces, planned attacks, and the larger organization, if any, would be the norm.
Korvosa?
Ah! So the ship's are further along within the "Inner Sea" then?
Is the ship's next port of call Korvosa? Also, who currently rules? And if it is the young Queen Illiosa...
Very much cheers to all.
Kat, our pilot, is a redhead human. So now we will have three redheads on one ship - there's got to be a joke somewhere in that.
*Cracks knuckles* As long as the joke is funny...then every one gets to laugh.
Well......
*Leans back and prepares to enjoy themselves...*
To the guys still low on hp, why didn't you just ask Vale for a second channel healing?
I expect to do so tomorrow, as well as any restoration he may be able to provide.
Good plan. We may as well utilise the cleric while we can to get everyone back up to full health. There seems to be something big awaiting us in Korvosa. ;)
That said – here’s some basic clarification issues –
1. The timeline for the world is pretty much aligned to the Inner Sea World Primer – as in; most of the information is accurate via dates. As for who rules what and so on; that can be a bit more tricky because some of those rules and so on are based on the assumption that the world is more magic than mine. Good rule of thumb; assume that the book is pretty accurate, but there may be other variations (for example, the lord of Roderick’s Cove having swapped the status to Beacon and so on).
2. Technically Kristin has black hair. I initially had her as a red-head; but I swapped it recently after I found a pic online modeled after an actual female pirate, so I decided to use that pic instead.
3. Meantime, you are technically on the way to Korvosa as it’s the next port of call. But you don’t technically need to stop there, except that getting more food to get to Osirion would be a good idea; also it’s possible that you may find out some interesting information in the town about what’s up.
Cool – I hope that helps.
So..is Illiosa still Queen of Korvosa?
It will make things...interesting, either way.
Not sure about Illiosa yet - I'll have to check it out.
Give a minute, I'll have a response up soon.
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AC 14, touch 12, flat-footed 13
(+1 Dex, +1 natural, +2 for Size)
hp 9 (1d10-1)
Fort +2,
Ref +3,
Will +2
OFFENSE
Speed 50 ft.(now 20)
Melee bite +2 (1d3+1 plus trip)
STATISTICS
Str 13, Dex 12, Con 9, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 10
Base Atk +1 (+2 for size); CMB +2; CMD 15 (19 vs. trip)
Feats Run, Skill Focus (Perception)
Skills Perception +8, Stealth +5(+2 for size)= 7, Survival +5; Racial Modifiers +2 Perception, +2Stealth, +2 Survival
Languages Warg, Common
NOTE: Young age; -4 to Strength, Dexterity, Constitution. -2 to Intelligence, Wisdom.
Speed: -30 to Move Speed; from 50 to 20.
BAB/HD: 1/1
Size: Tiny
In addition to your gear, you have a very fancy breastplate with beautiful scrollwork on it that shows the heraldry of your House (it is part of the Masterwork Armor you already purchased; so it's like an upgrade).
When you wear that breastplate it grants you a +2 Circumstance Bonus to all Diplomacy/Intimidate Checks related to military matters; including rallying your companions in battle to intimidating your enemies in battle.
*Bows* In appreciation to the DM's response.
So...there's also a LOT of rather unsubtle fem-fem connotations etc. Methune is a 'retired for semi political/'social' reasons from said Grey Maiden group.
Not that she was bad at her job. Just that certain 'personal' issues tangled things up. ;)
All of which we'll leave to imaginations and work out as more inspiration strikes, hey?
Very much cheers to you and yours.
Ok edit: So Taissa can teach White Fang to understand and speak Common? Right-o.
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Right, so I did a bit of checking on the former queen. Check the Link; I don't think her influence will be very helpful at this point.
That said here's information I came up with the information I found out.
As you all know Ileosa Arabasti was assassinated in 4708 for sacrificing her subjects for diabolic purposes. The current year is 4711.
Of course, given the notes on the Recruitment Thread, I'm sure you also recall that the reining king of Korvosa sent troops via an alliance to aid in freeing Beacon from the control of Riddleport and was successful.
Basic extrapolation would suggest that the King of Korvosa is not the same person as the late queen of Korvosa.
His name is Thadius the 1st of the House Aurelius.
8th level Knight; 8th level Scholar; human; age 42; initially from Northern Cheliax. Unmarried.
As an aside, it's likely that you may not be too popular in town if you were formally aligned to the former monarch who was assassinated for killing her own subjects to achieve immortality.
Etc, etc, ;)
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My bad, Taissa.
Two things - his intelligence is a 4, not a 2.
Second, no - he cannot speak/understand the Common tongue, I was merely suggesting that when you read the stats of an actual Warg it grants them Warg and Goblin. This is because as they age they typically learn the Goblin tongue, but if you want him to learn to speak the Common Tongue, he will be able to answer and talk in it in time; but he needs a tutor to teach him.
Sorry for the confusion - I'm a bit distracted is all. I hope that helps!
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It's possible, via the lies - but fairly unlikely. There was a large and bloody coup; she was assassinated by her people.
The gap in the kingdom was left empty for at least a year with various Houses Jockeying for power.
Thadius gained the most support by consolidating power on the coast and using what ships he had and influence in trade to show his power.
He needed to demonstrate his strength and power with the people, so he decided to use his men to ally with Magnimar and gain political clout there and at the same time he needed a substantial victory to show that he was greater than the other figures.
He paid a large sum of money to send troops to break the hold that Riddleport had on Beacon; this act strongly cemented his clout with Magnimar who appreciated his help quite a bit because of how close Beacon was to Magnimar.
He used the support of Magnimar to help catapult him into his position of power in Tharavos.
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Yes and no.
When he gets older (in time) and under good tutelage his Intelligence will one day raise to a 6. So yes, it's a 4 now, which would be a -2 from what it will become later.
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Well, remember, history is written by the victor, and Ileosa didn't win; she lost.
So at this point my real complication is several issues:
1. I haven't played Crimson Throne so I'm not sure about how the nuances are for the types.
2. The game was formally set a few years after her assassination, so everything I'm working with now is post-Red Queen, whoever defeated her is probably not going to make her history very kind.
3. The information you're giving me is all new to me; so I'm doing the best to write this on the fly based on what seems like logical assumptions on what I'm now reading that seemed to have evolved from what I think might have happened based on the stuff I did come up with. So it's a little tricky.
I'm in an extra bind because it looks like from the source material that your playing someone who followed a woman that worshiped devils (but I may be reading that wrong).
The irony is that you have two guys in the crew at least that seem to have problems with any magical users; and so far those magical users are following fairly mundane forces, never mind getting power from actual devils.
However, all of that aside - you asked for advice. That said, my recommendation is that you play out a character who was enamored by specific aspects that the Lady Knights.
If they avowed a sense of strong feminism that allows women to take on roles that are normally not allowed to them and fight for women's roles in general, than it may be that you elect to swear your allegiance to a strong female leader who reminds you of your late mistress.
If only there was someone who was a strong female in the crew for your to swear your allegiance to? Oh wait...
If you find someone like that on the ship that you are willing to follow, it may help you to focus on the strengths of a new Lady rather than focusing on the darker aspects of your past.
I'll have more thoughts on the matter in time, though. Right now I'm not entirely sure what's up is all.
Let me know what you think of that so far...
Dotting.
@Melthune: Good luck with this new shift (and busy week). Thanks for the heads-up.
Putting this link in a couple of places, so it isn't missed/lost again among the other postings.
Going out of town today to visit my parents as my mum is going into surgery next week.
I will post when I'm home again - late tonight, my time.
Please let me know what, if anything, you’d like me to put up in the recruitment thread. So far I know a Combat Cleric that is prepared to help you guys more as a warrior in the field rather than a crafted back at headquarters.
I think you should stress that it is imperative they post (have self-motivation), especially during combats. I'd hate for us to get a cleric and they are barely on the board and not around during combat so the GM has to npc them. We might as well have made an npc cleric if that becomes the case.
Selective channelling is a must.
If we have multiple applicants for the cleric role, I'd like to see some rp between you and them for etc. We can get a better feel for them.
Ask them to put up a small blurb on personality/character/demeanour. Maybe even restrict alignment -- It would be nice to have a pleasant, helpful cleric aiding us (that gets along with people) rather than a strange, drunkenly or curmudgeonly one.
So guys, the GM asked us what we want from the would-be cleric he is trying to recruit for. So, fire away.
Leave your ideas/suggestions here, please. The sooner we hear all thoughts, the sooner he can get to the business of recruiting and the sooner we will have a healer among us.
Let's not waste an opportunity to get the healer we need/want.
Thanks.
Okay, we need to choose a Captain. It makes no sense to have a rudderless ship, so to speak. We can do it here or via rp on the board. I don't mind either.
A battle healer from range is perfect. Selective Channeling is certainly necessary. I agree with the assessment of what we need that Taissa has put forth.
As for the Captain of the ship, Hack would not be interested in the position himself, but he would certainly support either Polux, Taissa, or Stefan.
That is not entirely accurate. We may want to keep the Ship because we will need it when we ultimately return to Beacon. There will be waterborne threats, as well as inland threats, according to the GM. Selling the Ship may not be our best option.
Whether we keep the ship or sell it is irrespective to choosing a captain/leader to give orders etc while we have it.
As Hack said, this campaign is land and water based. As such, a ship is useful and can make us money.
Agreed. I mean, cash is always cool but nothing beats being able to say - "Yeah, that's our ship docked over there" ;)
As far as who is the captain... Hmmmm, it might be an interesting challenge. Polux may actually take that one up, if the team leans that way.
Alright – so here’s what I’m hearing via recruitment for a new player:
1. Taissa wants a cleric that is able to be useful in combat, stressing Social RP and the chance to interact with applicants before they’re decided. Also stressing Selective Channeling.
2. Hack also wants a cleric with Selective Channeling but prefers the ability to heal at range (presumably so that the cleric is safe from being hurt themselves).
As for the rest –
I’m really at a loss. I keep asking, as do others, and people post, but there hasn’t been any responses thus far from the rest. I’ll do what I can do in a few days.
Via Captain
Having someone giving orders on the ship is one thing – certainly useful (especially for those of you who have played Skull and Shackles and know what it can do). But there is another important dynamic I should explain.
The “Captain” is the person who rallies the gang, who motivates them, who decides ties, who pushes the story and who drives the action.
One thing I’ve realized in Play-by-Post games is that entire days or weeks can go by when we’re all waiting for everyone to “weigh in” and make a decision. Do we give everyone a chance to put up their options? And if so – how many days will that take? And once everyone has posted their options, how do we decide what option to agree on? That’s another potential week of nothing but waiting for everyone to post, but not seeing answers and people who want to act/move forward have to do nothing but continue to wait.
In this case – ship or no – the “captain” might say “GM – we told you we need a cleric; we asked you for one; you asked us if you could get some feedback from all the players on what type of player we’d recruit; you’re still waiting but people aren’t answering you’re question and this is taking way too long for you to get an answer. So this is what we’re going to do – take the limited suggestions from the few players that posted and put them on the recruitment thread tonight; don’t wait any longer. We don’t have time to wait another two or three days for people to respond to something because we want the game to move forward. So go ahead and toss up the recruitment thread now; and for those people who haven’t weighed in; not trying to be rude, but we’ve waited long enough.”
At which point I’d say “Thank you so much; now I have an answer from someone so that’s exactly what I’m going to do.”
So even if you had no ship, the “captain” decides what the crew does with the loot, decides where the party will go; decides what quests the party will take, and so on.
Sure, I'd love to have a completely democratic situation in which we all weigh in, we all state our cases, read each over's cases and then consider options, and finally make a series of votes to get a single answer.
But that takes weeks of down-time, and there is nothing that kills a game faster than a lack of energy/action. Without action, people check the boards once in a while, than once every other day, than they forget, and then nothing happens, and than they join other games, and than the game falls apart.
Also - if I assumed it was "real life" and we were only playing characters, we got a pair of barbarians, a nobleman, and a "warg"/Beastmaster (so far) - heck, why would any of you decide to sit around in a circle and spend time in days of nothing but calm and collected reasonable parliamentary procedure?
Why wouldn't I assume that "in game" one of you shouldn't say (in character, of course) - "This is what we're doing - anyone got a problem with that, we can RP it out, otherwise, we're moving forward."
This keeps the pace moving, and it means that if someone actually doesn't like what the "captain" decided on doing, than their solution is to do some social RP and direct things to where they want it to go; not in Discussion or OOC, but actually play it out. Also, the way I figure it, if someone dislikes the plan but doesn't want to RP it out, it can't be that big of a deal for them, right?
Now it doesn’t really matter to me who that person is; but I prefer action. It’s not reasonable for the GM to move the game forward, because I know what’s around the next corner. I need someone in this group to say “This is what’s happening, and this is what we’re doing – and if someone doesn’t like it, they should have tossed it on the boards yesterday” – or something like that.
I need one of you to check the boards each day and when we’re waiting for people to respond and a few days go by and nothing happens; then just make a decision so I know what I need to write next.
Taissa, if you want the job, you post enough for it, I don’t mind at all.
Polux, if you want the job, I somehow envisioning you dealing with days of debates like this ;)
If anyone else is interested, that’s cool with me; but so far no one is saying one way or the other.
Like I said - lack of action kills a game. So let's get things moving!
I do not want it, and you have my opinion on who I would support.
What I meant by useful in combat is that he/she is around during the combat (not back at home base, where we have to wait until after the fight to get healed). It would be good to have a cleric with selective channelling aiding us during the combat.
I have no issue with a healer staying back and healing us from range.
Okay, so if this is alright with everyone: Polux: Captain, Taissa: First Mate.
This GM likes player input or he wouldn't ask our opinion.
Suny, an immature/silly/flighty Elf who likes to do only good as Captain? I think not. There's no way Taissa would follow her anywhere or abide by her orders. Unless you mean to totally transform the girl (even as an npc)? Make her sensible and such?
If Polux doesn't take captain, Taissa will.
Polux & Hack: You interrogated said goblin (which we haven't been privy to and information sharing hasn't happened in retcon yet), do we leave the goblin on the shore of the harbour we rested after combat, or, take him with us to Korvosa?