Let's stay here and finish it up.
just made a quick sum up post of the encounter so far. Feel free to look it over and refresh yourself without having to figure out the page. There has been a slight yet possibly dire change to combat that Wellard (i assume) forgot about... or maybe he was being nice.
Alright. All my stuff is up and ready for updates from everyone. It's also really late so I'm heading to bed. Thanks everyone for the chance of running this for you all, I'll do my best to not let you down. And DM Wellard, should you return I will not hesitate to step down if you want to continue running. If i got the info i need I'll try to make another post before I leave for work tomorrow morning, otherwise don't expect another post till late tomorrow night.
oh snap, i just noticed I'm the official DM. Time to go clean stuff up. I'll try to have an official map up now to make it easy for everyone.
I've updated the campaign info page to include all loot you've found so far. There's a certain potion that max still has that may be useful at the moment.
just want everyone to know I'm alive. A bit under the weather, but alive nonetheless. I hope to post something later today after I get off work.
Just a heads up, if yhe rlwriting on the wall wasn't enough for you, you guys are reaching the end of the first dungeon! Two things you guys need to do, start thinking about your level 2 swag (if any) and if you all want to proceed as a group of 4 or take on 2 more players for a group of six.
I think we're good with 4. I find the more people in a game the slower it tends to progress.
If by swag you mean treasure requests, put me down for a small sized magic whip.
I'm okay with four but if we need to add one to round it out, I'd be okay with that. Six would probably be pushing it.
For magic wish list, put me down for a wand of magic missiles.
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I prefer to keep it to four or five, with five being better for safety. Did you have a couple of players in mind already, is that why you were asking about 6?
Max: We should be alright with one more if we make the posting rate clear up front. I am happy to post daily myself.
Boy, I had the first couple of levels all drawn out for this character. I'll be damned if I can remember any of it now because of the time lapse. Lol, I'll have to reread all the oracle stuff again.
not stuff for me to give, but to look at things you'd want so you can be ready for a seamless level up. Sorry for the confusion. Though if you wanna sell the stuff (i'll keep Lori around for that so you can get the extra gp from her trait) first and buy that stuff go what you can afford, go for it.
I myself am not fond of a party of five because there's no clear way to level up encounters for a group of five. four is what the stuff is made for and there's rules for six which is why I was suggesting your thoughts on one or the other.
I don't have any players in mind, I just wanted to get an answer so when you guys start the last encounter, i can open the recruitment thread, once again for a hopeful seamless transition.
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Cerastis, pretty much what i have is the map files that you get with the subscription to the APs. I just copy them, crop them in paint and then upload them to google drive. It took me a while of playing with it to figure out how to get it to work right.
1. you create a new photo document
2. you click the little mountain looking button to upload an image. Resize as you see fit.
3. upload any token images you want of the characters and monsters.
3.5 you can also change the order of pictures by right licking them, going down to order, and selecting go forward, go to front, go backward, go to back. forward/backward goes one spot, front/back goes to... well front or back.
4. perhaps most important is making sure that when you click to share the image, you select to allow others to edit it. That's how you allow your party to move their tokens as well as you move the monsters.
5. you can also put like block images and stuff in case you wanna hide parts of the map that the party has yet to find.
hope that was helpful.
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Very helpful. If you don't mind, where did you get the cool tokens to use? I guess partly what I am asking here is how do you get them to size correctly? I have uploaded pics to my Flickr account but they are always the size of the original file. Will Flickr work or is Google Drive the way to go? Will the layer thing work anywhere or is that a specific feature of the Google Drive? Sorry for all the questions, I'm definitely a novice at all this.
P.S. I just found that I can move the swarm all over the map too. Is there a way to lock certain things so they don't get moved mistakenly? I love the interactivity though :)
I have no idea about flicker, never used it. drive lets you resize the pictures to whatever you want. As for the tokens, you guys is easy, i just copied your avatar icon from the forums. as for monsters, i just google whatever i'm looking for. Typically I'll crop it a little in paint before i upload it and add a colored ring around it If there's to be multiples of a certain creature.
Unfortunately its an all or nothing when it comes to the player control of the maps. Either you trust them to move their own tokens or you move their tokens for them, having them explain where they want to move and everything. I find it easier just to let them have control. There's an undo button so if they accidentally move a monster or another player, they can just click that to fix it. And if i do a dungeon map where i have the entire thing down but everything's covered, I figure if they wanna sneak a peek, they're only ruining the surprise for themselves.
Sigma and Cerastes, have either of you tried Roll20? It makes resizing and control restrictions pretty easy.
never heard of it.
It's primarily geared towards real-time online games, but can be used decently in conjunction with PBP for dealing with maps. You should check it out if you have a little spare time.
So what's the final verdict? If we're going to get new people i need to open up a thread today or tomorrow at the latest.
It sounds like the majority wanted only 1 more player, but if a party of 5 doesn't work for scaling, then I don't know where we stand.
we'll do it as a learning encounter for me. I'll half and half it. Half the encounters will be as is, the other half will be upped a little to try to add more xp so you guys wouldn't be technically leveling early.
Alright, well I'm going to go open a recruitment thread for us. It'll probably be open for a few days. Be sure to take a look because I'd like the decision to be made as a group.
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Ok, will do. Would that be under that recruitment tab up at the top or a different thread of it's own? If it is a different thread than please provide a link once you have it going :)
BTW, thank you Max and Sigma for all your help. I have Roll20 up and running. It's great and am using Sigma's suggestions too.
I'll pop over and check it out too. When will you close the recruitment so we know that we have seen everyone before we state our preferences?
I'll make my choice based on all our talk sometime after you guys finish the dungeon which should be in the next day or so since you guys are about to start the last room. There's a great RP time set up between dungeons which is where you guys will meet the new character.
so tomorrow or saturday we should be done with the encounter. Here are the current applicants for the position.
Kit'Arr; Catfolk Rouge
Anapa, Scion of Anubis; Aasimar Paladin
Ibrahim the Sand Sage, human reincarnated druid
there's a couple other people that seem to have interest but those are the only finished characters that are posted there that I could find. i personally like the paladin the most... mainly cause i tend to like melee characters and he can add a second type of healing that i personally feel you guys may need as you continue. The druid would be the second one because he adds healing as well, and he also can help with the range you guys are losing. rouge is third cause i don't like rouges :I
Also, how do you guys feel about remaking your characters to 20 pts instead of 15.
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I say we pick both the paladin and the rogue and make him play both of them since they are submitted from the same person! Thought you would sneak that one by us huh Seth86! Lol, no no, I realize he submitted the pally in response to the rogue gettin no love ;)
Ok, seriously, I think I am leaning toward the paladin also. Be ready though Sigma, they tend to make mincemeat of your single BBEGs because of smite. We'll see how well he and the oracle get along :)
huh... i didn't know that... and i know that palis can OHKO BBEGs... i have like three of them. I love Palis.
Well, I'm torn. I definitely don't care for the rogue as submitted as it is an incomplete and incorrect character given the guidelines. The paladin does seem to fit into the criteria with the exception of the character being only 1st level (which is odd given that the rogue and paladin are from the same person). My issue with the paladin is that it doesn't look like a build for a meat shield since charisma is the maxed stat. Plus there is no background or other evidence of roleplay within the character itself; however, the applicant appears to have been involved in some long term games in the past.
The druid is a nicely done character with an interesting backstory that seems to fit the archtype; however, in looking at the profile of the player it doesn't look like the applicant has been in any long term pbps. Now, we all had to start somewhere so I don't mean it as a negative but merely as a point of discussion.
I suppose if I had to choose right now, I would say the druid.
I'm in favor of the druid. Especially once we can afford a wand of CLW, I think we'll be fine on healing. Isn't Inferis a necromancer? I'm not sure how that will go over with a paladin.
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I have to say that the lack of posts over an extended period of time is not building my confidence for the druid (81 posts in 2 years) versus the obviously dedicated player behind the pally and rogue. I agree there is some nice work put into the character. True, we're not exactly a 'good' party with the exception of Max so the paladin would have to be up to the challenge of fitting in. I don't mind a little friendly intra-party conflict just as long as it doesn't derail things.
EDIT: Or we could wait and refresh the recruitment thread to see if we get more options.
Good point on the posting frequency. I guess the paladin it is, unless some compelling contenders show up in the next couple days.
Now what about editing your characters to 20 points? You guys ok with that or do you wanna just stay 15.
I'm fine with editing to 20 points.
Sweet so twenty points (sorry max, majority rules), which i feel better about anyway. 15 just felt so weak to me, then again i'm used to rolling my stats and being lucky at it.
and unless we get someone better, most likely the Pali of Anubis (though possibly the druid). it seems to be a posting frequency vs. developed character kinda thing between the two.
dunno but he didn't vote so even if he is, which i don't see why he would, he'd be outvoted anyway.
While I do happen to think 15 is fine, if you all want to go to 20, I've no objection.
Just kinda making this pbp more mine and less like something i took over.
We have a fan, guys. This is from Ibrahim.
I'm wanted to shoot you this quick message and make a case for myself to be added as a player in your Mummy's mask game. I have been "cyber stalking" your game and read the discussion board and wanted to bring some light as to my lack of post here on the Paizo play-by-post message boards.
I have been involved in playing both pen and paper and online pathfinder since early 2010. Before that 3.5...etcetera (I go all the way back to Thac0 and early AD&D). Up until recently I have played a majority of the time either on Roll20.net or at my local game store (incidentally you should check out Roll20.net for its mapping and token assignment capabilities... And it is free). I have attempted to play in several play-by-post campaigns before but they have folded before we even finish the first book. Mostly for the same reason you are GMing now - an established GM falls off the face of the earth without warning.
I have returned to the message boards as an outlet for play only recently with the birth of my son. Since I can't tote him along (and have him be quite happy baby) for 3-4 hour pathfinder sessions I have to find new ways to get my pathfinder fix.
I wanted to let you know I read your guys campaign so far and really like what you have going. Thank you for your consideration and go Silver Serpent Society!
Alright, so it looks like the recruitment thread so we have our two likely candidates. Paladin and Druid. Cast your votes now so we can bring them in and they can start getting acquainted with us and everything.
After listening to you guys as well as the message, I'm going to vote for our druidic friend.
druid as well.