[AP] Curse of the Crimson Throne by GMs Rutseg, Zek and Snowheart (Inactive)

Game Master Balacertar

Bashiel is still wearing his guardsman gear. I didn't think about it beforehand, but I figure he's not one to start off skulking about.

"I agree Brin, very strange, though I doubt they would go so far as to poison meat and hand it out. Surely we're not looking at people as depraved as Lamm was."

To the old lady, Bashiel replies "Thank you miss. Sounds like they're a bit of a troublesome sort. In any case we appreciate you talking with us." He gives her another smile and nod before turning to Quinlan.

"There might be an easier way to go about it..."

I have a great strategy in mind, but it involves a non-zero amount of outright trickery, so now I'm trying to decide if its OK for Bashiel as a paladin to suggest it. Will mull over and post again a bit later.

"Vancaskerkin will probably have his followers scatter if he gets wind of us being there to take him to the Citadel. He knows that the Guard isn't kind to deserters. We need to find some way to make sure he doesn't easily escape. If he does we probably won't have such an easy time tracking him down."

And Osiris knows that once Lamm wanted to hide, it was a nightmare finding him in this city

"What we want is to lure him out somehow or have him invite us in. Going in swords unsheathed will just spook him. Quinlan, Brin, Ilsa... what do you think?"

The plan I was thinking of involves some straight up lying, so I guess Bashiel would probably not be the originator. I'll be counting on you guys for this one :>

"I'll be happy to do it. I can always pose as a baker. Haha...."

I have a +7 to lie. don't know if anyone has better. I can also try to charm. Ilsa can use her stare on the person.

"Not that I would ever condone lying, but Brin has a good idea. Why not hire them to rob his bakery? We then ambush them on our home ground."

Varor thinks about this for a moment before shaking his head, "It's not like they'd all come out at once, that would be foolish, and if we did draw them in we would have to go out and assault this place afterwards, because it's only be a matter of time until they realize that the guys weren't coming back. On top of that if one of them manages to get away they'd have for warning about us."

"Is there any way Vancaskerkin would want to talk to us? What if we said we had some meat we wanted to sell?" Ilsa wonders.

"ok I can go in, everyone else hide (take 20) and I can say that I would like to give my bakery to the cause. because I heard about them giving away meat. hopefully that will at least get a couple of them out of the picture. at least then the numbers would be smaller if things go wrong."

That's not how take 20 works.

"Brin, I like the idea."

"Maybe ask specifically for Vancaskerkin, saying that you've heard about him and that you'd like to work with him directly about this bakery deal. I doubt he'd bring all of his men with him if he comes, and if he doesn't want to come, at least we'll know where he's hiding in All the World's Meat. If this plan doesn't work and we need to break in..."

I don't feel great about tricking him, but I think this way we can avoid things turning into a huge fight.

i'm waiting to see how everyone feels about it. I think everyone is not on due to weekend and fathers day.

For whatever reason, weekends are slow. It seems like we all post while we're at work, though I know that can't be true. ;-) Whatever y'all want to do is fine with me. But Varor is right on most opposed checks you can't do a Take 20. I'd allow an exception for Stealth if you were preparing an ambush and had a lot of time to settle in but this isn't that.

Ilsa, not able to think of anything better, says "Let's go with Brin's idea and see what happens."

"I can't think of anything better offhand, so let's roll with it and let the chips fall where they may... either it will all go as planned, which is minimally done at best anyway, or we end up winging it, which is more likely anyway. Let's find out!"

"Alright then, Brin. Good luck in there. But, before you go...a few pointers."

Kalem pulled Brin aside, and did what he could to share a few pointers on how best to make a lie as believable as possible.

Bluff aid if allowed: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 25

As Kalem is giving Brin pointers on lying Varor gose up to Bashiel, "Do you really think this is going to work? I mean given the situation it seems like a sweep and clear raid would be the more reasonable solution."

"That's always a backup option... I have to agree with you, though, Varor.. it seems like the better first choice to me, but others want to try this first, so I say let 'em, they might get lucky."

Bashiel hesitates, then nods to Varor "You're right, a simple raid on his hideout would be more straightforward, and maybe even more likely to succeed. But if we can get Vancaskerkin out here or on our own turf, it will make for a cleaner capture. No dealing with unknown territory, no traps, no hidden escape routes..." He gives a grimace, eyes a bit distant.

Lets not have a reenactment of the madness Lamm put the guard through.

"... and less chance for unneeded bloodshed. Even if it doesn't work, Brin's plan also shouldn't raise his suspicions too much. We'll be able to fall back on a raid if the offer doesn't entice him."

Bashiel gives a thumbs up to Brin and Kalem "We're counting on you two."

"I should help," Ilsa says. "I am used to talking to people, and maybe a lady would make them less apprehensive," she adds.

Once everyone is ready, let's go.

Brin walks in after getting out some treats. strolls up to the gaurds and says "Hello. my good sirs. my name is Brin the baker, mayhaps you heard of me?"

If so - "Well good, I have heard through the grapevine that you are handing out meats to beggers and the less fortunate in the area. I would like to help. Can a speak with your manager?Don't mind these two they are some other business owners that would like to help also. This dark fellow is the owner of "Mad mincemeat pies" and this enchanting woman is owner of "Mindblowing Just Deserts". "

If not - "Oh well I'm sorry you haven't tried probably the best pies and tarts in the area, I have heard through the grapevine that you are handing out meats to beggers and the less fortunate in the area. I would like to help. Can a speak with your manager? Don't mind these two they are some other business owners that would like to help also. This dark fellow is the owner of "Mad mincemeat pies" and this enchanting woman is owner of "Mindblowing Just Deserts".

Bluff chk: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16<-dang it.....
Dip chk: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16 just in case

Ilsa nods vigorously. "I am confident we can come to something...mutually beneficial," she adds.

bluff assist: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26 Or maybe he can assist me?

I'll use my Hypnotic Stare (-2 Will and he doesn't know I'm doing it...) on whichever seems like he might be the leader of the pair.

The pair of former guardsmen cast suspicious gazes at the three of you as you approach. The one outside says, "We ain't got no more meat..." but when Brin begins speaking he pauses to listen.

He seems not entirely moved until Ilsa chimes in, at which point he shrugs. "Yeah, I heard o' you. Your shop was on my..." He suddenly remembers something that he's not supposed to talk about, then changes course, "...my way home from work. But, uh, no, we ain't lookin' to partner up with no one. This is a strictly in charitable deavor."

His pal from back behind the counter chimes in, "It's an endeavor, fool."

"Whut's in the deavor?"

"No, no... it's an 'endeavor'. The charitable endeavor. Not a deavor."

The one in front scoffs and waves a dismissive hand. "Whutever. We ain't interested."

And from behind the counter, "Idiot..."

They believe your cover story, but the reason to get in isn't persuasive.

"Well..." Ilsa counters, not sure how to improvise here.

"Could we talk to your boss? I think we can make this worth his while," the shop girl says, jingling the gold in her belt pouch.

bluff: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

Gimlet eyes shine with greed. "Oh! Investors!" The one in front seems to debate what passage will cost. "I think that's a five gold deposit...for both of us," he quickly adds as the guy in back starts to object.

The one in back still doesn't seem too happy with this but the prospect of some cold coin in his hand calms his nerves. "You'll need to leave your weapons here, though. This is a peaceful place."

"Sure," Ilsa says. "As investors, we don't have need of them," she adds.

While this infiltration is going on, Bashiel stays clear of the building's lines of sight (windows, guards, etc) but paces back and forth. He's clearly on edge, waiting for a signal that something has gone wrong and the rest need backup.

Even if I cover up my armor and try to join them... well any one could have seen my face while they were still part of the Guard. Too big of a risk, it'd set them right off.
Maybe we should have worked a signal out ahead of time. Those three are good, but anyone could make a wrong step...

Lol Snow, the dim guard is great. I'm imagining his name is "Biff" or something :>

Hmmm. it might be a little late for it but could I say I left Cookie with Basheil to let him know to run if cookie get a empathetic "we are f$&#ed feeling."

Brin, I'm fine with that. We'll consider Bashiel to have a cookie in his pocket.

Ilsa, subtract 10 gold. I'll assume the three of you surrender your weapons. If not, give me a Sleight of Hand Check (DC 9).

Assuming no hidden weapons are spotted, the man in back secures your weapons behind the counter then opens the door and walks through it. Clearly, you are meant to follow him. The other man stays near the front door.

The door opens into a hallway about 30 feet long, with a door to your left and a set of double-doors at the far end. To your right, a set of stairs leads up to the second floor.

He tells you to wait here at the bottom of the stairs, then heads up and you hear muffled foot steps cross a floor and then another door opening.

Map updated. Let me know what you'd like to do. Nothing is also an option.

"They'll be alright, won't they?" Bashiel pats Cookie, more to reassure himself than the little guy.

Good luck guys! Don't do anything I wouldn't do. Because you might die before the rest of us get to you :>

Brin follows the "Gentleman" trying to stay calm where cookie does not pick up on Brins nervousness. Giving up his weapons also to the guard.

(Brin is also going to smell the hallway for any children nearby.)

Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18<--- dang that was actually a good roll. lol.

Quinlan waits a bit impatiently, wishing Ilsa and Brin some awesome luck to see them safely through this little ruse.

"Bashiel, how long do you think we should give them before we jump in and rescue them?"

No kids but there is a definite stink of the slaughterhouse about you, particularly from the doors to the east and south.

Ilsa hands over her dagger, but leaves her sap on her belt, hiding in plain sight and slightly behind her arm.

sleight of hand: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18

Maybe they won't notice...

She waits at the bottom of the stairs for the man to return.

perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

At Quinlan's question, Bashiel gives a start before scratching his head and saying "I have no idea. If all goes well they could be in there a long time to give this 'business deal' some authenticity. If something goes wrong... well, I hope we'll see or hear something."

"Do you think we need to give them a time limit?"

We seem to have lost Kalem for the moment, so to keep things moving, as long as I've seen a post from Brin and Ilsa, I'll move forward.

A minute of conversation goes by before the smarter of the original two goons comes back down the stairs. "Sorry, he doesn't want to see anyone." He gestures back towards the door back to the front of the shop.

Brin quickly casts charm person on the fool at the top of the stairs. Hoping to get surprise, and sends trouble to cookie. (DC 14 will without stare)

Can Ilsa use her stare quickly during surprise. hope this works. no guts no glory. as a move action I'm getting out a piece of candy. (mage armor)

"Now , Now friend I'm sure we can come to agreement."

Kalem shifted uncomfortably. "Tricky situation. Let's monitor for now, and trust in them."

Heh. I thought Kalem was with them.

Brin's spell goes off without a hitch. For a moment, the man's face goes slack and he seems confused, then he refocuses back in the present and smiles when he looks at Brin. "My friend, the baker!" He comes down the stairs and clasps Brin on the shoulder. "I'm so sorry, but he doesn't want to see you. I don't understand it. I wish there was something I could do."

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Cookie starts poking at Bashiel and pointing around the corner in the direction of the shop.

"I'm sorry My friend do you mind telling your friend at the front to stand down. My friends should be coming through the door shortly. What was your name gain?"

Diplomacy check if ness.: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

"Right, right. Yes, sorry, I can't recall your name either. I'm Jerald. The one out there is Biff. Didn't know you had friends coming. Sure thing. Wait here, just keep quiet, okay? Sarge said to kick you out." He starts to head back to the front of the shop.

Quinlan is waiting for a cue from Bashiel... though he's starting to feel a bit anxious at the delay. "I'm getting worried, Bash... they could be in trouble and how would we know?" I'm assuming he doesn't know about Cookie in Bash's pocket... though it's probably hard to hide the movement.. "Is that a Cookie in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?"

Bashiel blinks at Cookie in surprise when the little guy starts poking and pointing. Does this mean they're in trouble? How would Cookie how?

He clears his throat and says "I don't know for sure, but it looks like Cookie, Brin's little monkey golem, thinks we should go in. I'm not sure I'd normally trust in his judgement, but I think Cookie and Brin are connected. He may know if Brin is in danger."

"I'm not about to take the risk that Cookie is just pulling our legs. Lets go."

Bashiel waves at Varor, Quinlan and Kalem to follow him and heads towards the entrance that the other two already entered. In the process he draws his sap and keeps it hidden in the folds of his cloak.

If there is no one standing outside, he moves over to stand at the side of the doorway and waits for everyone else to get in position.

Quinlan eagerly follows Bashiel and takes a stand to the other side of the doorway, rapier in hand, not so subtle as Bashiel's hidden sap. He gives Bashiel a nod to indicate he's ready.

Kalem follows. He doesn't draw his hammer yet, but mentally prepares himself for the likely violence to come.

As Bashiel, Quinn, Kalem and Varor begin to come around the corner, Jerald steps through the door from the hall into the front room.

"Biff, we got more visitors coming. No need to shake them down. They're friends with the other two."

The one in front turns around to talk to Jerald, his back to the approaching party members. "Whut? More? That's an awful lot o' investors, ain't it? Sarge okayed this?"

Jerald responds, "Sure, or no. Or it doesn't matter. Just do what I told you, okay?"

Bluff: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24

"Indeed. Please, take us to Brin. He gets excited you see, he should have waited for us." He then muttered, just loud enough to hear "...fat bastard trying to take all the credit for the deal..."

Sense Motive to gauge whether they have hostile intent: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

Ilsa whispers to Brin.

"See if you can get all our weapons back, too," she urges.

Overhearing that Kalem intends to keep the wool pulled over the guard's eyes, Bashiel stays right outside the door and out of sight. He doesn't want either of the two ex-Guardsmen's eyes on him for longer than necessary.

He whispers to Quinlan and Varor "I'll keep an eye out here until the moment we strike."

The dumber of the two guards seems quite perplexed as the other investors arrive at the door... all heavily armed. "Uh, Jerald... This, uh..." But Kalem's fast-talking bowls him over and he shrugs. "Fine, fine, but if Sarge gets pissed, I ain't takin' the blame fer this."

Jerald seems confused--perhaps not understanding why Biff would object, or wondering why he doesn't seem to see any problem with this--then shrugs and lets Quinn, Varor and Kalem inside.

Brin says to Ilsa "of course, my dear."

Brin follows the guard out to talk to the others. "Jerald I'm sure the Sarge? by the way what was his name anyway? wont mind if we get our weapons back, I mean after all we are here to join you. Biff my good man you can relax. Everything will turn out just fine."

Regarding loot:

Do we have a spreadsheet or something we could track loot on?

I think that when we find anything anyone wants, they can just ask for it. If no one claims it, we sell it.

We should also try to pool some cash to buy a wand of CLW pretty soon.

Regarding loot:

Do we have a spreadsheet or something we could track loot on?

I think that when we find anything anyone wants, they can just ask for it. If no one claims it, we sell it.

We should also try to pool some cash to buy a wand of CLW pretty soon.

Not yet. Can you make one on the Google drive or do I need to make one and they set it for you to update?

Do we have a volunteer to keep it up, or are you going to?

Whoever is the lootmaster should probably create the document.

Also, on another note, please assume I spend a standard action after every combat to implant False Flanker in myself. Thx.

Oh, yeah, I think I'd leave that one up to y'all. :-) GM should never get between the players and the loot.

I put an Excel sheet in the google drive and set it so it should be editable by anyone. I also added the loot from Gaedren's lockbox but nothing else. I recall Quinlan taking the Harrow Deck so I put that in, but didn't add anything else. Feel free to use, not use, and change to suit your preferences.

I can handle loot if that's alright with folks. I've put together loot distribution/logging sheets as DM for my players before, so I'll just copy over one of those and input the stuff that you've logged so far Snow.

My general thoughts for loot distribution are:

Also Ilsa, I totally agree on the Wand of CLW. Even though we got through this first bit mostly unscathed, that good luck won't hold up forever :>

Actually I've come to find that if you just sell everything at your earliest opportunity you tend to be shooting yourself in the foot. You may end up selling a weapon or item you don't realize you need until it's too late. for example you get this really valuable ruby early on but there's a strange encryption on it. The players have no idea what it is and for a good chunk of the campaign it doesn't mean anything. However the campaign actually expect you to keep it and not sell it off immediately. Or you get this magical ice dagger that's worse than your +2 equipment, but turns out there's an enemy that's only vulnerable to ice. I know I'm giving pretty extreme and latent examples but that's kind of the point here, I doubt I'm the only one who has sold something we didn't realize we were going to need before we needed it.

However y'all want to administer the divvying is fine with me. I can add a link to that at the top of the page.

There is also the loot from Gaedren and his three flunkies but that will take some flipping through the IC posts.

I'm going to have to bow out, I've spoken to Snow and all is good. Been a little off over the last week and it worked well that I had to take Tom away from all that business as I was starting up a new job.

I just have less time to post now and instead of it affecting the game and my posting I think this is a fitting place for Gregor to take Tom away.

I really wasn't sure how I would deal with a son and continue on. This is such an interesting group, very diverse I wish you all the best and I hope I can follow along and maybe play with some of you in other games down the line.

Gregor/Ictoo:

As I said, I'm sorry to see you going but completely understand and wish you good luck with the new job. I hope it leads to some good things for you.

If you find yourself with more time than you expected, feel free to drop back in. One of the reasons I went with seven PCs is the expectation some would drop, so I won't be trying to find anyone to fill in for you. Yet you'd be very welcome back.

Best, Snow.

sorry to see you go Gregor... enjoy the new job!

Also sorry to see you go.

Having been in a number of these campaigns, I'm always surprised by how many people leave after very little time. First, for all the effort to do a submission; but second, PbP doesn't take much time to play. I could check in for 5 minutes a day and keep up with 1 game. Anyway, each situation is different, and sorry to see you go.

From a meta-game perspective, I'm curious how the character would have remained involved after recovering his son. Perhaps some more clues will be revealed soon, but it actually does make sense for him to go home and tuck his boy in bed and never see us again.

Bashiel, thanks for the great loot effort! I agree with everything you proposed...thanks!

Aww, shame you have to go Gregor. Good luck with the new job! I hope you do end up settling in to it and have more time to rejoin us. I think your character was pretty fun (though I totally understand that its tough to work out how things continue now that he has his son back).

@Ilsa: Kinda surprised you can keep up with a game with 5 mins per day. I'm taking at least 10-15 mins just to read peoples posts, then another 20-40 to ponder and write up Bashiel's actions. I can totally see how people might not have up to an hour per day to commit on a regular basis.

@Varor: If we think a particular item seems relevant, we can always talk about it in Discussion and then hold onto it rather than selling. My experience with Paizo APs is that it doesn't come up very often or that its very obvious when it does come up. Hopefully Snow will be kind enough to give us a heads up if there's something critical we're overlooking too!

5 minutes might be on the shorter end, but I'm definitely not taking the time you are. I'd say 15 minutes, tops.

Hopefully Snow will be kind enough to give us a heads up if there's something critical we're overlooking too!

Who me what? ;-)

(Yup.)

Goodbye Gregor you are an interesting character I do recommend that you keep reading the posts however, that way if you do get the time to come back we won't have to explain everything to you.

Bashiel: yes well that does cover items like in the Ruby example, that doesn't exactly cover weapons like in the ice dagger example, but I know what your answer to this is already, talked it out with everyone in the discussion.

actually there might be some discussion over the fate of the shiver... when it becomes 'public' knowledge that is

Having dispatched their competition, the party opened their own Shiver distribution ring and soon controlled all of the Shiver trade from Korvosa to Magnimar. So goeth the campaign completely off the rails.

;-)

The only way I could see me going on with my son is if he had died or I just gave him up but as it was my one goal to find my son I couldnt see myself doing it.

Thank everyone, I have a few games I need to stick with/are nearly ending. Full time work with real life commitments really will start to affect how I post and the effort I can put into them I don't want that to happen when everyone here as producing some really good stuff. This is the biggest amount of players in any game I have played in.

I will try my best to keep up would love to rejoin if that was an option down the line, when and if everything settles down. I really do hope I havent let anyone down.

The best way to overcome DR is via power attack. :)

Or...the ice dagger, I suppose.

I have a work event tomorrow night but hopefully will be able to post during the day.

There were a few loot items that invited rolls to learn more about them. Now would be a good time for that as well as any other in-character discussions you'd like to have before the next "shoe drops".

Phew, just sifted through the posts so far and populated the Loot Log. PLENTY of stuff in there. I'll be putting in values to everything tomorrow.

There are some good utility items in there that may be worth picking up, like the acid vials and CLW potions. I figure the keys, ledger, hatbox, and other PLOT items are of negligible worth, but they're up for grabs if anyone wants to keep them.

If someone with appraise can go through, we have a few items that are probably valuable (like the brooch, garnet amulet, very nice dagger) that we don't have numerical values for yet.

@Snow: Whats the value of an adamantine arrowhead by itself? Is it more or less the same value as an arrow of adamantine? Also, I've found a vial of Shiver to cost 50gp on d20pfsrd. Is that correct here too?

Lastly, we found 7 jars of a smelly substance in the alligator room, but never checked what they are. Could we identify these?

Yeah, so, a value for the arrowhead wasn't given. I'd say just call it one adamantine arrow and call it a day, a potentially useful one shot.

The seven vials are vermin repellent. (Folks wondered how Gaedren got past the spiders....there you are.)

As a heads up, I'm out on a trip from Sat through Tues. I expect to still be able to post (not sure how much down time there will be) but it might be irregular.

@Other Players: In case you've missed it we have a total of 13 gp in coins per person looted from Lamm's hideout. Feel free to add that to your gold total, wherever you're tracking it. I'll be clearing out that section of the sheet once we enter our next major fighty-looty story step.

Have fun, and thanks!

My sense is things are a little adrift at the moment without a lot of clarity as to how to proceed. If that's the case, read the spoiler box for some suggestions.

I've got no knowledge skills to speak of. I'm ready to move on as need be. Ready to go outside unless someone wants to use spoiler 1-2

We need to coordinate on knowledge skills, I think. I can put skill ranks in arcana, dungeoneering, and religion, but didn't yet to focus on party face skills.

I can start hitting those three.

I'll probably put 1 point into knowledge arcana and 1 point into spellcraft at lvl4, as that is when Kalem gets spells. It seems like a good place RP wise. Other than that...this character is of much better use working his face skills.

I will also be expandining my knowledge base at least 2 points at next level. right now we are in dire need of knowledge lol.

just fyi, sorry for my absence... I've been sick, and caring for a sick family member as well...

also, by 2nd lvl, Quinlan will have all knowledges, but having backups wouldn't be a bad idea if you've the skill pts to spare.

No worries, Quinn! Life happens.

Actually I looked through folks' character sheets and y'all have done well investing in knowledges available to you. Just not many for those applicable in this particular instance.

Also... go ahead and split the party. GMs looooove it when you split the party. >:-)

Guard post. No split (ever).

staying together and going to the guard post for now sounds fine to me.

I thought we were 1st level adventures, Split up!!!! lol

Guard post + don't split is my vote.

In character, Bashiel would want to take stock and see how best to help minimize the destruction until things settle down.

Out of character, there is XP and loot out there somewhere, we just need some info to find out where. Also, IMO trying to run away from the "Plot in Motion" tends to be both poor adventuring practice and rather futile, as the Plot will catch up to you eventually. Especially in an AP where the story is more fixed.

I do kinda want to heal off this STR damage, but I guess it'll have to wait...

@Quin: Having all knowledges will be awesome!

Sorry for any delay on my end. Had an emergency project at work that has had me almost 100% occupied (as the new guy at my firm, stuff flows downhill and I'm at the bottom). I should have this evening free and will get something up.

Can some explain to me how Bashiel is a a paladin when he's neutral good?

His profile says LG under alignment and NG elsewhere. I think the NG is a typo

Ok.

Thanks for the heads up, I copied the stat block from my NG PFS character and just missed that. Fixed now.

Heads up:

I'm in the National Guard, field artillery. Because of a 'soldier shortage', I have apparently 'volunteered' for extra duty. As such I'll be away for training from May 22nd to June 13th. I know from experience that for roughly 1 week of that time I'll have no internet connection (being in the desert tends to do that). That said, I'll do all I can to remain as active as possible.

Good luck, and thanks for your service!

Hanks for the heads up! Waaaaaay back when my father initially trained for artillery. He did so well at it they made him a cook.

Thank you so much for your service.

I want to wait for Varor's response and then will post what happens.

Slapping myself in the face right now for not remembering to buy a healing kit.

For items that haven't been claimed on the loot list can we just say, for narrative convenience, that if we find a situation where it becomes relevant we can just pulled out and say I always had it? because I'm thinking of using the Thunderstone right about now.

You know I never really considered how to put things like channel energy in an in world contacts before. Any of you have any advice?

For items that haven't been claimed on the loot list can we just say, for narrative convenience, that if we find a situation where it becomes relevant we can just pulled out and say I always had it? because I'm thinking of using the Thunderstone right about now.

Doh! Sorry. Just noticed this. I'll leave treasure and so on up to y'all but generally in order to use something I'll want you to have claimed it. Otherwise anyone is able to suddenly pull the magical widget of doom.