Curse of the Crimson Throne

Game Master Something Wicked

oooh I love Budapest!!

All caught up now! You guys really could use a hand (balled up into a fist), couldn't you? ;)

Level up to 8, please!

Works for me! I should have the leveling done within 24 hours or so. Would you like me to come up with how I've gained two levels and ended up near-ish to where the party is, or do you have something in mind?

I've sent you a PM about it.

Welcome back, Mouse! Just on time!

Just when I thought we were done for, we're saved by a falling throne! Though... I'll be brutally honest... I'm all for paying the consequences of bad decisions, whether IC or OOC.

Love wands of wonder

Sorry, my initiative list is formatted incorrectly (this is what I get for posting as I'm running out the door). Currently only Kynes and Laori are up, though Yazi I can use that post for your upcoming turn.

Where are we in initiative? Should I be posting for Li?

I'm here, just a bit overwhelmed. I'll get a post in sometime this week.

A note to all my games that I won't be able to post for the next few days as I'm doing a 3-day workshop over the weekend. Feel free to bot me as needed.

Hey everyone, I'm moving to a different state at the end of the month and the next two or three weeks are going to be pretty hectic. I'm going to do the best I can to post frequently, but please move the game ahead and bot me if I'm holding anything up. Once the dust settles I fully intend to return to regular posting. Thanks!

Hi! Are we still with me? I'm sorry for the unstable posting schedule. Work and personal obligations have been demanding, and they will continue to be for the foreseeable future, but I want to try to keep this campaign going as best I can. I appreciate everyone's patience.

I'm still here.

I’m with you

Is the map in Roll20 accurate? It looks like there's now enough room for Li to use her crossbow without having an AoO on her but just want to make sure.

Yep! The thugs are fleeing from the dragon!

Right here with you! Real life's a nasty old monster, but let's show it who's boss. ;)

Ready and excited! I'm probably going to be busy until the weekend, but we have a bank holiday in the UK, so I'll absolutely have a post by Monday.

Awesome! Kynes is on a camping trip but should be back next week. I'll see if I can connect with EJC, Talfryn's player.

I forgot you have to roll confusion each round because last time she was able to act normally.

I forgot too until I'd already written the post (which is why I rolled it at the end of the post behind the GM screen).

Hey everyone, reporting for duty!

@Li: go for Jabbyr!

Hey all! I'm back with beach sand still in my hair!

Welcome back!

And, welcome to level 9! Woo!!

Level up things:

- Favoured class bonus: +1 HP
- Feat: Ability Focus (Misfortune)
- Buncha skills: Diplomacy, K. nature, planes, religion, Spellcraft, Handle Animal, Lore (the dead).
- Spells memorized: Spiritual Weapon (level 2), Hunter's Blessing (level 5), Wall of Thorns (level 5)

+1 Fort
+0BAB
Investigator Talent:
Lamplighter isn’t flat-footed before he acts in the first round of combat.

+7 hp=+5 hp/level +1Con +1 Favored Class
+12 Skill Points
+1 Diplomacy
+1 Intimidate
+1 Knowledge Arcana
+1 Knowledge Religion
+1 Knowledge Nature
+1 Knowledge Local
+5 Use Magical Device
+1 Perception
+2 Background Skills
+1 Background Old Korvosa
+1 Knowledge Nobility

New Extract: Infuse Self

+1/day Lvl 1 Extract
+1/day Lvl 3 Extract

Investigator Talent: Sapping Offensive-When the investigator damages a studied target, that creature cannot make attacks of opportunity for 1 round.
Feat: Greater Trip

It's been a while, so here's a quick refresher on what we're doing:

Following the failed assassination attempt against Ileosa, and her own official restructuring of the city's military, the embattled Cressida Kroft sent you in search of Vencarlo Orisini. He had written Cressida about an important discovery concerning the queen, dark magic, and a pact with a devil. He'd also reported a lead on the missing Seneschal Kalepopolis hiding in Old Korvosa.

At Vencarlo's home, you were ambushed by members of the Red Mantis. Though you escaped, the home went up in flames. The lockbox you recovered from his home contained items belonging to Blackjack. Amin Jalento informed you that Vencarlo had met several times with an artist, Salvator Scream, and so hoping to find a lead on Vencarlo, you set off to investigate the artist's home.

There you were surprised to find the home occupied, not by Salvator but by Laori Vaus, devotee of Zon-Kuthon and total fangirl of Salvator Scream. She informed you that the Emperor of Old Korvosa, Pilts Swastel, had kidnapped the man, and so together you set off for Pilts's Palace. To find the artist. To find Vencarlo. Perhaps to find the former seneschal.

Any questions?

THANKS!

Level Up:

+8 HP
+1 Fort
+1 Will
Danger Sense +3
Sneak Attack 5d6

Feat: Extra Rogue Talent = Snap Shot: A rogue with this talent may treat her initiative roll as a 20 for a surprise round, regardless of her initiative, but she may only take an attack action with a ranged weapon. Her normal initiative roll is used in subsequent rounds. If two or more rogues possess this talent, their initiative determines the order in which they act, but they all go before any other creature. If a rogue is prevented from acting in the surprise round, this talent has no effect.

Skills:
+1 to the following
Acrobatics
Bluff
Diplomacy
Disable Device
Disguise
Escape Artist
K.local
Perception
Sense Motive
Stealth

Totally missed the level-up part! My bad. I presume that I do get this level to stay even with the group? If you'd prefer to have me one level behind that's fine too, I get it.

Level-up (if applicable):
Class: +8 HP
Class: +1 Will
Class: +1 BAB
Class: AC bonus +2
Class: Brawler's strike (cold iron and silver)
FCB: +1 foot to speed
Feat: Pummeling Charge (can make a full attack or flurry of blows at the end of a charge, yay pounce!)
Skills: +1 to Lore (Old Korvosa), Escape Artist, Perception, Stealth, Acrobatics, Climb

Changes are made to my sheet and I'm ready to go.

Totally missed the level-up part! My bad. I presume that I do get this level to stay even with the group? If you'd prefer to have me one level behind that's fine too, I get it.

Yes Mouse levels up too!

Re: the fate of the Emperor, I think all of us forgot to roll Spellcraft after this post. Could we roll retroactively?

Sure, though it's fair to say you witnessed his absence from the pit at the fight's conclusion. You would know he wasn't there.

Hey guys! Finally back!

Here's my level up:

Level 9:
Class: +9 HP
Class: +1 Fort
Class: +1 BAB
Class: Rage Power (Strength Surge)
Class: DR 4/-
Class: Intimidate Bonus vs Influencing crowds +4
Class: Superstition Bonus +4

FCB: +1/3 to Superstition Bonus (Now 7/3)
Feat: Improved Sunder (+2 to Sunder, no AoO)
Skills: +1 to Diplomacy, Intimidate, Sense Motive, Stealth, Knowledge(Local), Perception,
Background Skills: Profession(Guard), Sleight of Hand

Welcome back Garvid! So stoked that everyone's on board! Gosh, I sound like Laori...

Samesies!

I kid you not, I was about to post in the Discord chat to check what everyone's doing the day you posted on the website. Seriously happy we're getting this back.

Now, we have a mansion to raid.

I am happy to be back also...but my posts this week are gonna be basic. Uber behind at work after my vacation.

My brother was visiting for a while in June. I mentioned that I'd be out of town at the end of June. I had a lovely trip to Washington, D.C. wherein I delved into the bewildering world of contemporary art (prep work for the scenes with Salvator) and enjoyed some wonderful food.

Summertime is usually busy for me anyway, since we have a herd of feathered friends (around 200 ducks, chickens, and geese) and a yard that doesn't maintain itself. Work has been busier than usual since I've had some new courses to teach, and that has eaten into my time that I try to set aside for PbP posting.

But things have been good overall, personally and professionally.

How's everyone else?

I am happy to be back also...but my posts this week are gonna be basic. Uber behind at work after my vacation.

Not to worry! If you provide some basic instructions in your profile I'll be glad to bot you for combats.

Pilts, despite his assertions, collapses onto the ground.

Obviously I meant Salvator, haha.

Great writing y'all.

I am very swamped with work, but I am doing my best to keep up with things here.

A month and a half ago, our lead producer on the project passed away unexpectedly, and our already thinly-stretched production team found itself in quite the disarray. I stepped up to take on additional responsibilities, so now I'm learning how to be a producer and do producer things on top of my other 3 jobs.

Jeez, Yazi, that sounds intense. Hang in there and take care of yourself. Do you mind my asking what sort of project you're producing?

That would be a secret. =^.^=

But I'm a video game developer, so it's probably something to do with video games. Probably.

I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your colleague. It seems that you're seizing the moment by the horns. I'm sure you'll do extremely well in your new roles.

Awesome. And, no doubt, grueling. Especially in light of all the recent articles on Polygon and the like about the brutal hours video game developers work. Take care of yourself!

Just published a new paper!
Sex Differences in the Amygdala Resting State Connectome of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Sorry. Just got excited.

Congratulations Kynes! That looks... complicated...

It looks like we're about ready to pay a visit to the Arkonas. I imagine you'd like to camp in the abandoned tenement overnight to recharge and receive the full benefits of your new level.

Laori is set to escort Salvator and Mar back to mainland Korvosa and whatever safety they can find there?

Has everyone leveled up to 9?