DM-Camris' REIGN of WINTER Part 2: The Shackled Hut (Inactive)

Game Master Camris

listing cursory/obvious search stuff.
if you want to examine anything else/any particular areas, say so.
if you want to take 20 on everything/everywhere, it'll take a few hours.
I've listed what's magic because i presume a detect magic will be used eventually. spoiler tags below once you have time to identify them.

you clearly can't carry all this gear ( unless you saddle up a few horses and a sled maybe. but they're pretty clearly Irrisini guard gear, hard to 'sell' around here ) just listing it all for completeness. if you wanna try and take it all later, figure out a way.

Large battleaxe

cold iron longsword

dagger
chain shirt
light steel shield
light crossbow
10 bolts
cold weather outfit
15gp
potion of endure elements

nothing

potion of cure light wounds

potion of endure elements
elixir (magic)
2x bolts with ribbon streamers (magic)
chain shirt
spiked light steel shield
dagger
mwk cold iron longsword
mwk light crossbow
10 bolts
mirror (magic)
cold weather outfit
24gp
perfect clear crystal (magic)

total: 20 potions of endure elements. 309gp

by now you're all able to spot the potions of endure elements and cure light wounds on these guards, you're used to the look / smell / packaging.

things of other note:
Yana carries in her beltpouch a perfectly clear crystal, like an egg sized chunk of quartz. floating within the crystal is an oddly large snowflake that just seems to pulse with icy energy.

2 of her bolts have small blue ribbons tied around their stock, and radiate magic

spellcraft @bolts: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
elixir: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
mirror: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

they're magic, i've no idea what though.

Spellcraft (Bolts): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
Spellcraft (Elixir): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28
Spellcraft (Mirror): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21

If the bolts count as weapon or armor I automatically succeed.

I'd like to have the mirror and gaze at it for an hour.

I'd like to have the mirror and gaze at it for an hour.

sure. it then works if you give it to someone, they can stare into it and activate the mental alarm.

the bolts are a weapon, so go ahead and peek at those. i misspoke in the spoiler for them that they're +1. they're +2.

screaming bolt

This +2 bolt screams when fired, forcing all enemies of the shooter within 20 feet of the path of the bolt to make a successful DC 14 Will save or become shaken. This is a mind-affecting fear effect.

Ah, sorry about that punch Gondork; didn't realize there were two different cloaks...

+1 silver dagger w/ blue eyed winter wolf hilt

jade bracelet in the shape of a Tian sovereign dragon (175gp)
a pair of porcelain dolls (40gp each)
silver medallion decorated with sapphires (300gp)
gold signet ring (50gp)
three blue quartz crystals (100gp)

an elixir of truth

3x potions of feather fall
a pair of silver bracers traced with figures of dragons (250gp)
a jeweled scepter (175gp)
an agate (50gp)
three blue quartz crystals (100gp each)
256gp
473sp
894cp

elixir of interrogation (CL 4th)

chain shirt,
spiked light steel shield,
mwk cold iron longsword,
mwk light crossbow with 10 bolts ( found with hestrig's body already ),
attentive mirror (see page 60),
cold-weather outfit, 24 gp

ten-penny doesn't find anything spectacular on Volan's body, but does recognze the elixir, and another attentive mirror. the captains/commanders/sergeants of the white witches guards seem to all have them.

volan's dagger

guard's light crossbow,
guard's chain shirt,
guard's light steel shield,
smokestick
acid flask

her gear seems fished from guards, plus a few things that came from volan or someone else.

i'm sorry the UE errata came out after those fights:

Page 159—In screaming bolt, at the end of the first sentence, add “for 1 round”.

consensus online was that it was per the doom spell at the CL 5 ( 5 minutes ).

Off to Paizocon! Bot me as needed...

**jealous** have fun Arwyn!

** have fun storming the castle **

** be polite and hold the door **

Updated my character. Clerics are boring to level, especially on even levels. HP goes up, BAB goes up, saves go up, a stat point, some extra spells, and 1 skill point. Hooray. Put it in Diplomacy. I'll try to be party face. >_>
See that handsome little bastard here.

Ten-Penny has been lvl'ed.

Short summary: Rogue talent: Weapon Training for Weapon Focus (Short Sword), Debilitating Injury came online (description in her profile), Dex +1 for DEX 20, Uncanny Dodge gained.

Skill Points: +1 in Acrobatics, Bluff, Disable Device, Perception, Stealth. +2 in Intimidate and Linguistics. Figured someone has te learn how to speak Skald, and since we have Nadya present, she could teach me. Also took Sylvan (Gondork can teach, and probably is an eager teacher...)

Then on another note. How do you guys split the loot (especially valuebles). I started with some own stuff, but was never present when you did this before.

Basically our generous GM kept track of our findings and converts everything into a monetary value, we get an even share. If there's a cool bit of loot, you can "buy" it from your share of the money. Basically, everything's split evenly, and if you want some gear, you'll gain less gold. If it's confusing, look back into this discussion thread, we've done this before. Page 5 has a good example.

Very eager.

Gondork is leveled as well, getting Mirror Hideaway and Create treasure Map as spells, as well as power attack.

You're really going for Treasure Map? It was a joke, but I like it. :D Though wouldn't something like See Invisibility be more useful? They're both rather situational spells.
Just suggestions, do with it what you want, it's your character.

Also, I took a look at your profile, you seem to have two first-level Transmutation spells (Lead Blades, Feather Fall), but no Divination spells.

Ah, right, changed feather fall to heightened awareness.

As for my second level spells; as long as you all are willing to crawl into a mirror with me I think it can be very useful. Create treasure map I did because you told me so but if Griffin Master could shine some light on its future usefulness that'd be nice.

I should make my sarcasm tags clearer next time. >_>
Treasure Map is awesome and you're my favourite person if you take it, but maybe See Invisibility will be more generally useful. >_>

Yeah, since we auto-found all the loot so far anyway..

well not auto-found, i just checked that the intention was to search a room and rolled the perception checks, so far you've gathered everything. treasure map would be handy in getting the key from the witchcrow, if you had its body. sounds situational only to when you kill something before you can figure out where it nests =/

Or if we beat up some thugs and we wanna find their life savings. There are about 20 people in this tower that don't need their piggy bank anymore, I reckon. >_>

I reckon they also stored their piggy banks in the tower we just happened to greyhawk?

well, greyhawked except for the vault. no one's gone in there yet.

Would knock help? ;)

The vault is already unlocked. Ten-Penny did that on her first try, due to God's will.

::twas fated:: (ominous music)

On a sidenote, i'd like to take one of the mirrors in the tower with me, one that fits a small-sized creature.

Back! Had a good time at paizocon, very interesting announcements there...

Leveled up!
Gained +8hp, +1 bab, +1 to Ref and Fort saves, 7 skill points, a 1 point bump to Dex score, and Hunters Bond (allows allies in 30 ft to gain +1 vs. my Favored Enemy).

On a sidenote, i'd like to take one of the mirrors in the tower with me, one that fits a small-sized creature.

like a mirror off the wall? or one of the attentive mirrors ?

One where I could crawl into

yeah sure, you can find one in one of the rooms i'm sure, there's lots of mirrors around. most big hangy ones. the problem with carrying a mirror big enough for a halfling to crawl into though is usually not breaking it while adventuring. its not a gentle life.

Time to buy a Mirrored shield somewhere!

Since nobody has claimed / mentioned wanting something yet, will people complain if I take the Ring of Deflection and the Amulet of Natural Armor (I like AC)? And the Cloak, who wants that (me if nobody contests).

Or am I being greedy?

Yeah, I'd like the Cloak as well, but maybe you can use it more. My saves are pretty decent, that +0 Will looks painful.

Mostely why I brought it up. I myself am more interested in the AC items. But I don't want to "claim" them, so I ask if someone contests them.

Although my Will is low, that is a Rogue thing I have already accepted. I would only like the Cloak if nobody else wants it.

there's two cloaks. so unless there's more who wants them, thats easy enough. the system also breaks at large value single items. so i don't include them if they're astronomical, since you'd first need to sell it to really get a share of it each. ( speaking of the 90k gp ring of regeneration )

Might I also suggest that we keep the Bag of Holding II instead of selling it?

ok, with the vault, the final total for the pale tower:

in immediately divvyable goods (objects of art & coin)
8,417gp (1,683gp split five ways)

in mundane gear which you'll have to sell first to appreciate (and is quite burdensome, considering the physical weight of it, and that you probably won't even be able to sell the winter guard's gear for even half price)
3,289gp (657gp split five ways)

in magic gear
32,153gp (6430gp split five ways)

so far there's interest in the cloaks of resistance, and the amulet and ring. the total five way split will be 8,770gp ( 1,683 in coins/collectables, 657 in gear, 6,430 in magic gear )

For now until you can get to a settlement, and sell off things, you can claim items you want, if it goes unclaimed, then it'll be sold at the next settlement for gold. since you only pay the sell price when claiming it, anything you decide you don't want later, you can sell for the same amount in gold

i.e. if you wanna carry around an attentive mirror for now, and use it, you can deduct 900gp ( the sell value of one mirror) from your shrare. if at some point decide its not handy, and want to sell it, you sell it for 900gp ( half the list price of 1,800gp, like a normal sale )

-2,500gp of 6,430gp magic gear share*

cloak of resistance +1 (500gp)
amulet of natural armor +1 (1,000gp)
ring of deflection +1 (1,000gp)

-500gp of 6,430gp magic gear share*

cloak of resistance +1 (500gp)

anything else you want, just post a "claim post" here in the discussion, and put what you want in a quote box w/ the cost. If you all decide you want Nadya to have a percentage or some items, we can figure that out. as is, i divvy'ed it 5 ways between the party.

* i was just keeping the liquid assets, and magic gear separate from the much heavier mundane gear. if someone for example takes a 8,350gp axe, that plus whatever coin adds up to 8,770gp is prettymuch their share. if you want to designate anything as community property (like the bag of holding), i'll remove it from the share calculation as you won't be selling it. if someone wants to keep the bag as "theirs" and allow the group to put things in it, thats fine, it stays as an item claimed by that player

if there's any questions, feel free to post.

Might I also suggest that we keep the Bag of Holding II instead of selling it?

a fine suggestion. does someone want to own it? or shall i remove it from sale and count it as community property?

Giacomo would like to claim some stuff:

2 potions of Reduce Person (Tiny Cleric!)

Most of the other potions and scrolls seem pretty useful to keep, but I don't see the need to carry them on myself right now, except maybe the Dispel Magic. And maybe Delay Poison.

And yeah, I'd vote for keeping the Bag of Holding for ourselves. Solves our carrying capacity issues nicely.

I don't need anything.

And yeah, I'd vote for keeping the Bag of Holding for ourselves. Solves our carrying capacity issues nicely.

mostly. its capacity is 500lbs. so it'd ^just^ hold the silver trade bars alone. i think the odd rule of thumb is about 50 coins / pound as well. i think that's what i use when i eyeball wealth weight

i see a few things that could be useful for caladan to hold onto, some scrolls and stuff. will nab those for him , at least until we can move somewhere to sell things.

-4,901gp of 5,930gp magic gear share

1 potion of feather fall ( just in case )
+1 silver dagger w/ blue eyed winter wolf pommel
scroll of returning weapon
potion of undetectable alignment
robe of useful items (its useful, someone should carry it)

i threw two other handy scrolls in your bag, and stuck you with the snowshoes nadya gave you. i'm not sure whether to count them since she gave them to -giacomo- as a gift, but they're still kinda "loot" in the greyhawk-everything sense.

for little-g: that 3175 includes the cloak & reduce person potions too
won't matter until you can sell it all anyhow

So that means I still have 2755 gp left, right?

yup, of the magic gear share loot, + 657 for your share of the mundane gear, the stuff you've gotta put like, crates of their armor and weapons in, and load them onto the sleigh to eventually sell. +1,683 of the gold pieces/gems/jewelry. ( =5,095 left, of magic gear, gear, coins etc.

opal necklace (500gp)
silver bracers w/ dragon figure (250gp)
10 trade bars (500gp)
masterwork painting collection (500gp)

+565 gear selloff
+attentive mirror (900gp)
+2 potions of endure elements (50gp)
+2 scrolls of comprehend language (25gp)
+79 magic gear equity

6 blue quartz "ice diamonds" (100gp ea.),

amulet of natural armor +1
cloak of resistance +1
ring of protection +1
agate (50gp)
2 porcelain dolls (40gp ea.)
10 trade bars (500gp)
+4,540gp of stuff

10 trade bars (500gp)

+7,772gp of stuff
icicle wand (40c)
wand of color spray (23c)
cauldron of overwhelming allies

you can hold the rest of the scrolls and 10 trade bars

• 2x scroll of cure moderate wounds
• scroll of Irrisini mirror sight
• scroll of threefold aspect
• scroll of youthful appearance

+2255gp
cloak of resistance
2 potions of reduce person
scroll of delay poison
scroll of dispel magic
scroll of remove disease
2x scroll of remove sickness
snowshoes of northern pursuit

can hold the potions and oils,

• 2x potion of enlarge person
• 3x oil of mask dweomer
• 2x potion of cure light wounds

feather token (tree)
feather token (bird)
elixir of fire breathing
2x elixir of interrogation
2x potion of featherfall
ice floe elixir
20 potions of endure elements
unidentified magic ring
2x +2 screaming bolt
light crossbow
10 trade bars

easiest way to divvy the trade bars: 10 each

sorry, had some distractions. will resume posting later tonight