DM Carbide's Kingmaker (Inactive)

Game Master John Woodford

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Just checking in.

Also checking in. Thanks for picking this up!

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Havrin checking in. If there's anything we can do to help out, just let us know. Thanks for taking this on!

Are we gonna try and grab one more player to replace you, or just go with what we have?

Are we gonna try and grab one more player to replace you, or just go with what we have?

In the near term, at least, I was going to play Retsiji as a DMPC. There are enough things to keep track of in Kingmaker, though, that I'm not sure I can manage that in the long term. I do recommend having a full arcane caster in the party. So let's see how things go in the next week or so--that'll give the group some time to firm up, so if/when we recruit someone else you'll be able to bring them along quickly.

Just as a heads up, Im taking my vacation from work this Friday May 27th through Monday June 6th.

Normally, Id be able to post from home, since we arent travelling anywhere for more than a few days during that time, but weve been having bad weather lately, and my internet is being wonky. I can try to post from my phone during next week, but if you Im slowing the game down, feel free to bot me.

I'll let you know when we get the internet working at my house again.

Thanks for the heads-up. I'll also be able to post only sporadically over the long weekend (USA holiday Monday); will be out of town Friday to Monday.

Incidentally, Jacyn, good luck getting into Black Fang's RotRL game. It's been entertaining, but between the initial loss of the DM partway through the first melee (sound familiar?) and the disappearance of one of the more consistent posters, we've been kind of coasting for the past few months.

Thanks lol. Thats the kind of luck Ive been having with PbPs lately. Im in a Curse of the Crimson Throne game as well, and weve lost a GM and a player too so far. We are going pretty consistently right now, though the posting rate isnt as fast as Id like.

*pokes Kano Kaijitsu aka godsDMit aka Jacyn Frestarn*
Good sir, you're presence is requested at the home of one Brodert Quink in the town of Sandpoint. (Translation: you're in!) :)

Isn't it funny that the one thing we're agreeing on is splitting the party?

Well, if the DM is up to running that type of thing, It seems like a rational thing to do. We are obviously of such different interests and agendas that the group may not stay together on its own. I've thought of having Adam leave to protect his new allies, since everyone seems downright intent on killing them or "bringing them to justice", but unless the DM agreed to run something like that, I don't think it would work out. :(

As I mentioned earlier, Adam is perfectly happy to kill unrepentant bandits. He would prefer to do so in more amusing ways of course, but that is a separate conundrum.

I guess here is as good a place as any to discuss what the plans for repentant bandits. We gather them up and send them somewhere to be tried? And then what happens to them? House Surtova likely sends them to the slave pits or the mines. That's a waste of a quality-trained eye and an intimidating voice that can be molded into a charismatic one, not to mention skills in weapon training, and to some degree an expertise in intrigue.

Well, hopefully I've come up with a suitable solution for the present issue, at least. It's quite possible the stupidest idea I've ever had (as a gamer) right after splitting the party, but at least in character it seems to be the most sensible thing.

Well, hopefully I've come up with a suitable solution for the present issue, at least. It's quite possible the stupidest idea I've ever had (as a gamer) right after splitting the party, but at least in character it seems to be the most sensible thing.

It'll be interesting, at least. I'm still thinking through how the hopefully-ex-bandits will react, because I sure didn't expect that. It makes a great deal of sense in hindsight, though.

"And I contend that an oath made under duress holds no value," Havrin responds in a calmer tone. "If you were a bandit who was captured and told that the only means of ensuring your continued survival would be to swear an oath to renounce banditry, would you not so swear? And would you truly feel honor-bound to uphold your oath once your captors let you go about your merry way?

Shugs - it worked fine for Jean Valjean.

Shugs - it worked fine for Jean Valjean.

OTOH, I suspect Jean Valjean was of a slightly different alignment than our sometime bandits. OTOOH, the River Kingdoms put a very high premium on oathkeeping.

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Shugs - it worked fine for Jean Valjean.

OTOH, I suspect Jean Valjean was of a slightly different alignment than our sometime bandits. OTOOH, the River Kingdoms put a very high premium on oathkeeping.

I dunno. He made several references to how he was "before" and that the time in chains had pretty much turned him into an animal. I don't remember if he went into specifics (it's been over 10 years since I read it) but pretty sure he made mention of some of the depraved things he did in prison.

OTOOH, the River Kingdoms put a very high premium on oathkeeping.

That's right! I forgot about the Six River Freedoms. In that light Havrin will have to re-evaluate his skepticism regarding the (former) bandits' oaths.

I am going to have limited internet access through Sunday; am at a hotel that charges for it, so all I have is my phone.

Where'd everybody go?

I'm still around... =)

I was wondering that myself.

Apologies again for my weekend absence; I had mentioned in a couple of places that I'd be traveling, but had missed doing so here. I'll take care of the next round tomorrow.

That's weird; I posted last night and it never showed up here. The post is still in my posting history, though. Anyway, here's what I wrote:

Apologies again for my weekend absence; I had mentioned in a couple of places that I'd be traveling, but had missed doing so here. I'll take care of the next round tomorrow.

Are any of you going to GenCon? I'm not, but I'll be on the road elsewhere. Unfortunately, my internet access is probably going to be kind of spotty from Friday to Sunday, so I'm going to put the game on hiatus until Monday evening.

So are we going to try and grab another player to replace Retsiji as soon as we get back to Oleg's? I don't know how much longer we'll be until we get there but it might be a good idea to put a feeler out there so the new player has a chance to get the character built by the time we're ready.

Either way is fine with me, but I think it might be a good idea, as he is our main source of arcane power.

I've posted a request for a replacement for Retsiji in the Gamer Connection thread. As submissions come in, please take a look at them and let me know if any look like particularly good fits (or particularly bad ones, for that matter).

Hello just wanted to drop and just let you know I did post on your recruitment thread and Ill have character up shortly (on brothers comp and all my things are on mine) Thanks again and guys great roleplay I enjoyed the interaction :) hope to hear from yall soon. Also sorta interested in making a sorcerer experimentalist sorry if I break up the posts on here (forgive me lol)

Out of the three people who have input a character so far, my preference falls to:

Hu5tru - sorcerer
Kiradia- wizard (conj)
DM Aaron- Summoner

I put the sorc first cause we really need a full arcane caster, and we have a large party already without adding summons.

Obviously, whatever you pick is fine with me though. :)

Anyone else have any comments on the field as it stands? If you're rather send them by email, my address is on my profile.

Sorry I haven't weighed in on this yet - my vote goes for the wizard, Katya Volkv. A close second is the Magus Lythal Nemur. Both have good character write-ups, and while I like the flavor of Lytha's slightly better than Katya, I think Katya would fit in our party better.

Couple of good new character write-ups. The sorceress Tahl is interesting but might be more drama than we want in our party due to the vampire blood. That's entirely up to you though. The wizard Mikam's description if full of good description and imagery and really makes the character feel alive, possibly more than any of the other entries so far.

I like Mikam, too.

Hmm. Several good candidates to choose from.

I liked Hu5tru's Tityanna Medvyed the best, too bad she pulled out.

Of the remaining candidates, I think I like the sound of ZetaGilgamesh's Mikam Orlovski and Kiradia's Katya Volkv the best.

DM Aron's Poshment Underhill sounds interesting too, but then bards are my favorite class.

Not sure if that really helps much!

How many bards do we need...? :P

How many bards do we need...? :P

Wouldn't Adam like to have a backup singer?

Bards are like inquisitors--you can have a decent party that's all one class, with the right archetypes and weapons & spell selection.

I once ran a party consisting of a Paladin, a Rogue, and 3 Bards through Master of the Fallen Fortress. Fun times. :P

Heya all! Just wanted to say thank you to DM Carbide for allowing me to join in. I've been looking to do a Kingmaker campaign for a long time and I hope we can go all the way through the AP as a group.

I will look over Katya Volkv's character sheet one last time and make an alias for her. Please tell me when you'd like me to hop in DM Carbide.

Ok, here is my character sheet. Completely finished and up today per the character creation rules.

Welcome, Katya! I'll start to catch you up over in the IC thread, behind spoiler tags.

Welcome

Welcome to the group! I look forward to catching up to you at Oleg's and getting you into the party.

Also, I love this adventure path. That little turn of events was just as unexpected as it was brilliant. I'm still trying to figure out how Bea's gonna react to it, but major kudos.

Hehe...that was an epic two-line sentence by Jacyn. Made me smile.

Hey, welcome to the group. Adam here. :P

Welcome aboard.

Welcome aboard, Katya!

Just a quick note that I'll be away for the next couple of days. NPC Simn as necessary.