I know you should be sick of hearing this, but I am still delayed.
But I will prevail!
Give me time. New date to continue, December 1st.
Dammit! I was just getting the boiling oil & bamboo splinters ready too!
Lol! No problem. It's good to get updates every so often.
As for the game... will Apex answer to Irnk?
Wait, Irnk said something to her? How did I not get a notification? I'll go check gameplay asap! Sorry!
Lol! yep. Anyway, I am at a lost as to what to add... Sybil will take the chest if she can't open it. Otherwise she will bring it.... pretty much depends on Corsario now.
Irnk, Dao, Apex, ideas for conversations?
So I finished an interview this afternoon after finishing the written portion of my Final exam...
And they offered me the job. All things go well, I will be starting full time as an HVAC technician trainee on the nineteenth.
The down side is that my free time will be drastically curtailed. It shouldn't be enough the I have to start paring down games, but it is likely that my posting rate will drop, possibly to as little as once a day or so.
Good news! (well not for the posting rate).
Congrats Irnk! Don't ever let someone tell you that you can't do something just because you're a goblin! ;)
But really, congrats! And the posting rate should be more than fine. My RL is crazy right now so that's about all I can manage as well.
Enjoy your vacations!
Yay! It's back on!
Ok. My new job starts tomorrow. As I mentioned earlier, I have to get up quite a bit earlier than I have been for some time & won't be able to check things online until I get out of work in the afternoon/evening. Consequently, my posting is likely only going to be in the evenings except some times during the weekends.
Good luck!
Corsario, loved the mention of the skeleton dropping Irnk twice. Such a funny (and unanticipated) addition to the post!
That plan sound good to me.
So.
I was informed today that my Mother, with whom I have had a tumultuous relationship & only just recently were we on anything resembling 'good' terms, died.
I'm afraid I am going to have to ask you to 'bot' me for a while, Corsario.
So sorry for your loss Irnk. Truly. Take your time. We'll be here for you.
My sincere condolences Irnk.
Further proof that I really am a Goblin; I just cleaned up & trash bagged all the bed linens she died in before it occurred to me to wonder if they qualified as biohazard material, and if so how I should label or dispose of them properly...
Good thing I talk with the Funeral home people tomorrow.
Thank you all.
Sorry for the absence of posts.... like everyone I was busy with christmas stuff, plus I got a lot to do for work... but I am pretty much done with both! (well, done with the holidays, almost done with the rush at work).
Harsh times Irnk. I hope you new job is at least fullfilling your expectations. And yeah, explaining the loss of someone really isn't the kind of thing you prepare for when you have a child... well, not from my point of view... I wish you patience with all this.
Sooo, anyone still around?
Still here. Sorry I haven't posted in a while.
Still here. Just waiting on others to post.
I was kinda expecting the reunion to take place...
I will be away from internet connections for the next two days. If needed, DMPC my character!
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Hi Guys! sorry for the delay.
As you know, I hadn't planned to run this adventure path, so I am "behind" my reading an preparation for it.
But I have finished reading a good deal of it, and need for your input on a couple things:
1) Do you want to use the caravan rules? They are in the Players guide, as well as online. I am up for it, but you will do the "heavy lifting" anyway.
2) Do you want to use the relationships part of the rules? How far? Who of the four "known" NPC's (Ameiko, Koya, Sandru and Shalelu) are you interested in? Friendly or competitive? How far? I am not against Apex pursing a romantically relationship with Ameiko, for example, if you want. do we want to use the given rules, or RP only?
Hey!
1) Yes, I don't mind taking care of the caravan all by myself if need be. It will be fun to try these rules (even more so with goblins).
2) I wanted to try this AP over the forums because PBP is good for RP and because this AP is more geared toward exploring relationships with NPCs. I would suggest to use the rules (or use them as guidelines), from my point of view they are there to improve RP. As for the interest, I will come back on that later.
Note: RP post coming up tonight.
I am up for trying to use the Caravan Rules & the Relationships rules, though I have heard that the Caravan Rules are on the broken side & the Relationship rules work better as 'guidelines'.
Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Life has been ongoing activity for me. To be honest, having a PbP Campaign that is at a more leisurely pace is rather nice.
Regarding your other questions about the Relationships, as I posted some time earlier, Irnk is at least going to be starting at antagonistic towards all the key NPC's; he thinks Shalelu is a homicidal nutjob with a hard-on for murdering Goblins, Ameiko is Shalelu's friend & therefor guilt by association, Sandru & Koya are both Varisian's & the caravan that his mentor sacrificed his life to save was a Varisian caravan. I almost want it to be Sandru's but that might be pushing it.
Of course, much of his antagonism will consist of showing them up & 'this is your great plan?' types of comments, he's a dick, not evil.
Side note, Irnk wasn't trying to hire passage for the Goblins, he was trying to buy a wagon or two for them to form their own caravan.
Further side note, my ultimate goal with Irnk is kind of the classic 'Han/Leia' relationship. Knowing Shalelu from RotRL, it just rather tickled me to think that her 'one true love' might actually be a Goblin. That combined with the comments on Goblin Paladins in Goblins of Golarion (I.E: There is no such thing) was ultimately the seed from which Irnk sprung. He has gone through a number of permutations since that point, but it's still there, somewhere...
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Ok, that is three votes on yes, so we will use them.
I need to know, for each of you, what kind of relationship will pursue with each of the 4 NPC's:
- Friendly or competitive?
- Follow it up to romantic?
I will do some kind of tracker for the relationships...
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I will post the start of the caravan, so you can start modifying it
Apex will more than likely be friendly with Sandru, since she used to work for him, and with Ameiko because of her ties to Avan. The others she doesn't know very well, and as a Sylph, she has the social skills of a brick. They may have to work on a relationship with her!
I'm down for using the rules however you see fit.
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About the caravan, the basis for Sandru's caravan are in page 18 of the Jade Regent Player's Guide. You can "organize" the caravan as you see fit. Remember, Ameiko will throw 2,000 gp for caravan improvements, besides what you want to add.
Ameiko can perform the following caravan jobs: cook, entertainer, fortune-teller, guard, spellcaster, or trader.
Koya can perform the following caravan jobs: fortune-teller, guard, healer, or spellcaster.
Sandru can perform the following caravan jobs: driver, guard, trader, or wainwright.
Shalelu can perform the following caravan jobs: guard, and scout.
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About the relationships I am still working on it, but this is how it looks: Google Docs, please tell me if I got something wrong.
I am adding a +1 to all relationships as you went up a level (instead of only one NPC).
You can try your "1st" and "2nd" level try to improve relationships now.
What you know about them (I am "pooling" all you know):
Koya Mvashti:
Likes Brightly colored clothes and Fortune-telling tools
Dislikes Blasphemy against Desna and Crass comments about her advanced age
Sandru Vhiski:
Likes Fine foodstuffs (particularly shellfish and brandy)
Dislikes Implications of criminal ties (especially with the Sczarni)
Shalelu Andosana:
Likes Survivalist gear and tools
Dislikes Pro-goblin comments
You can also try new things (specially with Ameiko) or try to learn something (make a roll for it)
Dislikes Pro-goblin comments, lol!
For the relationships, it is simple. Sybil is always going to try her best to have good relations with people, being polite, trying to "take care" of them if they need it. Unless insulted she will try to be friendly. However, she won't let others get close to her. Neither will she give gifts or anything of the sort.
I can see Sybil getting Shalelu mad by trying to show what is good in Irnk and the other goblins but making up for it by getting mad at him.
So, no idea which one.
For Koya, definitely friendship. Considering her history with her mother, she would do anything not to antagonize the woman.
For Sandru, considering she might appear to the man as a control freak, I think we could start with competitive and change it later.
For Ameiko, friendly, but not overly so.
This part is going to be interesting to play through with Apex. I'm trying to figure out what role she'll play in the caravan, as well as solidifying her relationships.
The more I think about it, the more a romantic relationship between her and Ameiko grows on me. A young waif, socially inept with hardly any friends being attracted to the confident, graceful, and worldly adventurer seems likely. Opinions?
Also, since I never play from a real computer, only my phone, I need to find a copy of the players guide somewhere to read that isn't a PDF download.
I believe Sandru also possesses these qualities. However, it is an interesting idea. Question though, is Apex prepared for that kind of relationship? I mean, did it ever occur to her that two women could love each other?