Rise of the Runelords: Chosen of Sandpoint

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Bad news - Turns out I had to cancel the vacation.

Good news - I can spend more time getting this thing off the ground for the next few days. Once I have the Campaign Tab set up, I will progress the story along.

One thing I did not mention. I will not track XP. I will simply move your characters along in levels as the story warrants.

Sorry to hear about the Vacation...

one request: could you put the extra info shown on top of page into a spoiler tab? it takes a weird lot of space-

Regarding the story-based progression, I like it. Especially with different group sizes and AP and pbp...

Allows GM to omit/fuse some encounters that would be "pointless" to move things along faster, and more or less ensures that we don't end up at a completely wrong level for whatever we try to accomplish.

Sure I can put it in a spoiler got interrupted last night which is why it's still under construction...

Happy New Year everyone!

Sorry about your vacation DMD, but awesome on the faster campaign progression!

Sorry about your vacation DMD, but awesome on the faster campaign progression!

:-)

3d4 ⇒ (4, 2, 2) = 8
1d6 ⇒ 1

The Campaign Info Tab is coming along nicely.

I will likely finish it tomorrow night.

Once it is done, I will move the plotline farther along. So another day, maybe two, for you to interact I/C before the AP actually begins...

Still waiting for the Kites ^_^
Also, minor thing again...could Kira possibly be acolyte of Shelyn? Kind of envisioned her in that direction, and would fit better as "best friends" than with abadar...I know she's not Desna because we have too many there, but Shelyn should be fine ;)

Karina disappeared on me!! (I am sad.) But I will post with the presumption that she's with me, and return with kites.

Sorry to hear about aborted vacation; glad to hear that it'll mean the GM takes the 'accelerate campaign' feat. ;)

I am sure our Half-Orc is just busy with the Holidays.

One other thing I forgot, all PC's start the campaign with 1 Hero Point.

Yeah, sorry about that. It's been a pretty hectic week. The kids' daycare has been closed all week, so I've had three toddlers home all day. I'll try to get something up tonight.

If you want, Karina, you can wait until I post, and mouth appropriate responses, as it were. ;) Make a 'Karina catches up to Windsight' post now ...

Quick question - how tall IS Karina??

EDIT: and another - Flutter isn't actually invisible any more, is she?

Quick question - how tall IS Karina??

Just under six feet, broad shouldered, fairly muscular, but not overly so.

Taller than Windsight by 2-4" then, gotcha. (Could put that in your character profile? :D )

Taller than Windsight by 2-4" then, gotcha. (Could put that in your character profile? :D )

I did. Under "size". Thought I'd already done so. Thanks for the reminder.

Flutter is visible, yes - ever since she manifested her arcane powers/bloodline at the onset of puberty, he's no longer an "invisible imaginary friend", now rather being a "visible imaginary friend".

So, I was thinking. At an event like this Karina is probably wearing her sword and shield, but not her armor. But then I read more about Sarenrae's vestments. The chausible can be worn over armor. So she would be wearing it. I'll try to fit in a quick description in my next post.

Vestments? We're not seriously supposed to be wearing those are we? Oh, crap. I'm sure I have some but I can't remember seeing them around lately... XD

Hah. I can certainly see the paladin donning vestments. Gwyd wears clothes that accentuate form and functionality (he has to move and dance comfortably). An embroidered rose on the lapel and all bright colors.

Well, Lia IS wearing her light white dress today(unlike that one time, at breakfast)...she only seems to have forgotten about shoes.
Since she was gifted with arcane powers, she's allowed plenty of freedom in not wearing heavier vestments that could impair her casting.
But clothing is more of a utility thing, an afterthought, to her, so that dress is probably kind of a signature outfit for her that she basically wears all the time(except of course when she's washing it normally, with the others as per acolyte schedule, instead of using prestidigitation)
Basically saying she's probably ALWAYS wearing what basically amounts to a white summer dress, pretty much regardless of weather, season, occasions, ...

And Windsight might not have any other such clothing either, though it's possible that a tabard or some such may be what he'd have available to wear at this sort of thing. He may be Chosen, but he's in no way a real priest, to be wearing vestments ...

Yeah, it's the same with Marcelano. He'd have his regular clothing under his studded leather armor with maybe a tabard depicting the holy symbol of Abadar and his backpack full of gear.

The Campaign Tab is now complete.

Go ahead and wander around in there if you wish to.

I will move the game forward with another post tomorrow. Monday evening will be when the adventure gets kicked into high gear.

"Shalelu Andosana – Human Local Ranger"

Shalelu changed from Elf to Human?

"Shalelu Andosana – Human Local Ranger"

Shalelu changed from Elf to Human?

May have been an oversight I will double check.

Standard RotRL, I believe she's elven.

yep, she's elven...unless she got reincarnated for Jade Regent ;)
Was already wandering in campaign tab while you constructed it...good stuff and good work(with the amount of stuff, it's natural small mistakes take place).

Alas...Kira is still listed as (Abadar) instead of (Shelyn) - she can be all buddy with Windsight, makes sense if he considers me a little sister(possibly more), and we all end up hanging out together, but her outlook should be more closely aligned to good-spirited mischieveous(CG), rather than law-abiding neutrality(LN), and her training'd probably reflect that.

Most of the NPC's may not play a real role later on, I dunno this AP - but it would still somehow irk me :)

It undoubtedly helps that Windsight's LN is more 'orderly self-control' and less 'law-abiding'. Granted, it does mean that he isn't a free spirit, bouncy/impuslive ...

Yeah, i know it's not just law/lawless...and when I play monky chars I usually also use that same interpretation/reasoning. Every alignment is fun in it's own way.
Just saying the way I envisioned Kira, she'd have to be quite willing to actually put up with her roommate, by being quite a free spirit, someone to "steal horses with", as said, I figured she was not here because she had to do kitchen duty...on festival day, because she got herself in trouble -

As for Windsights personality traits, I think that just fits all the nicer, because we cover different ends of the spectrum, but in a similar manner.

Im here as well.. just trying to get caught up.

I could see a very strong friendship between Lia and a Kira of Abadar. They could curb each other's greater excesses while providing something the other lacks on their own. Especially in the mid-teens when personalities and identities are more fluid and experimental.

Kira might not be given to spontaneity and a sense of simple wonder about the world around her on her own, but with Lia she experiences those things because of the opportunities Lia creates. Lia gets some grounding from Kira, enough to manage routines and stay on track. Kira is her rudder. Rather than being effortlessly compatible, they are symbiotically interdependent.

I'm stealing a page from Rojava and her sister Francesca's relationship, but it's a character trope in wide use. Kira is Hermione to Lia's Harry, or Kira's Apollo to Lia's Starbuck rather than Fred and George Weasley.

I can see that, Rojava, but that is the spot that Windsight wanted to take, and it's fitting. But I would not want Kira to be basically a duplicate in that role...there shouldn't be 2 Hermiones, or 2 Apollo's to a Starbuck.

Of course, since I have not specified in my background(assuming her to be a Desniac as well), it's a GM decision, all NPC's are in his hands to do with as he pleases.
I merely felt a desire to express that the personality I had in mind for her is different from what one would expect of an Abadarian. That, of course, does not prevent her from being categorized as such, but...well, you know ;) Imagine finding our your dear Franscesa is a Zon-Kuthon worshipper and really into pain...wouldn't that be weird? ^_^

As said, I'm fine with whatever call is made, I just mentioned it in case GM merely "randomly" assigned the other acolytes to not overpopulate Desna, and wouldn't mind swapping her over. If there was an intent behind picking the most diagonally opposed alignment possible without going evil, I'll make it work.

Yup yup, I get it. I wasn't considering Windsight in the mix. Kira could be LG though without breaking the one step rule.

Zon-Kuthon, that would be weird and frightening, but so many questions to ask!

Is Desniac your own creation? I like it!

Standard RotRL, I believe she's elven.

Yep, she is an Elf alright, will make the change in the Tab.

Alas...Kira is still listed as (Abadar) instead of (Shelyn) - she can be all buddy with Windsight, makes sense if he considers me a little sister(possibly more), and we all end up hanging out together, but her outlook should be more closely aligned to good-spirited mischieveous(CG), rather than law-abiding neutrality(LN), and her training'd probably reflect that.

Shelyn it is then. 

Shelyn it is then. 

Much appreciated ^_~

@Rojava/ Desniac - admittedly I think I read that somewhere here and just picked it up, liking it as well. But could well be that I just dreamed that and made it up myself ^_^ Guess Lia is rubbing off on me -_-
Seems it's the latter...a text search has not found any other matches on the pages we have so far -

Likewise, I hadn't intended Olgrimm to be a Sarenite. I'd been thinking more a Forgepriest of Torag, possibly Abadar. One of likely many craftsman who came to build the Cathedral.

Likewise, I hadn't intended Olgrimm to be a Sarenite. I'd been thinking more a Forgepriest of Torag, possibly Abadar. One of likely many craftsman who came to build the Cathedral.

Torag it is!

Well, I'm finally back from my appointment with the doctor and all I got from it was that I won't really benefit from the bone-conduction hearing aid and should probably just keep on keeping on.

Well, I'm finally back from my appointment with the doctor and all I got from it was that I won't really benefit from the bone-conduction hearing aid and should probably just keep on keeping on.

Frustrating, sorry to hear that Henshin, never good to wait and get no results.

I am going to let the thread breathe for a few more days before I push forward with the plot.

Tradition demands three shots per round in an archery competition!! Since Windsight is going for accuracy, not speed ... perhaps sum up all 3, and the highest total wins the round, but those who are inside the designated ring all three times go on to the next round? Outer ring a 10+, middle ring a 15+, center spot a 20+? And those who make it through the third round shoot again at a +5 as the target is moved out another 10 yards, until one of them has the most successes?

Shot #1: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13
Shot #2: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
Shot #3: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

Edit: Ooo, Windsight is distracted today. Must be seeing Lia wearing only that dress. ;)

Haha, don't blame it on me. Thats pretty much what Lia IS usually wearing.

Well, depending on how "medieval" this GM's incarnation of Golarion is. Depending on standards, a chemise / loincloth / breastband or more regular undergarments may be common, but in regular medievality it's definitely not unheard of to omit undergarments with certain other clothes-(matter of fact, a practise still in widespread existance today, to e.g. avoid lines below a dresses fabric from shining through)
And no, if it rains, the dress does not become see-through despite being white-

Before I send Rojava clothes shopping I guess I should ask if that's something present at the festival. Is this more of a street fair type of scene, with all sorts of vendors from around town, or is it more limited to food, entertainment, games and such?

Before I send Rojava clothes shopping I guess I should ask if that's something present at the festival. Is this more of a street fair type of scene, with all sorts of vendors from around town, or is it more limited to food, entertainment, games and such?

Oh vendors are out but the clothes are not free. :-)

Once the competition has been participated in by all interested I will move into the first phase of the adventure.

Quick question, but will Marcelano be allowed to use his crossbow?

Quick question, but will Marcelano be allowed to use his crossbow?

Sure, some of the old timers might frown on it but ranged competition is ranged competition!

Good, and being that the targets and such are designed to absorb ranged attacks it's unlikely for our ammunition to be destroyed or lost.

Shot #1: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Shot #2: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
Shot #3: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25

Marcelano's first shot goes a little wide, but both his latter shots hit the bull's-eye.

HenshinFanatic wrote:

Quick question, but will Marcelano be allowed to use his crossbow?

Sure, some of the old timers might frown on it but ranged competition is ranged competition!

Hehe, probably they're placing the targets at exactly 90 feet, so heavy crossbows have no advantage and the others have a range penalty :)

But in all seriousness: For a proper archery contest, with REAL archers, "within the first range increment" seems a bit easy mode...Olympic archery uses 70 meters, or 229.659 feet...which would be the third range increment for both contestants.
Earlier it was 33 and 50 meters, for 108.268(second increment both) or 164.042 feet(2nd increment bow, third light crossbow)
Considering Pathfinder lets you shoot "effectively" at a range of 5 range increments or upwards of 150 meters(without extra gimmickery like Far Shot/Distance/etc...), the competition may even have a higher distance in place.
(Of course, that would just be flat modifiers to the rolls, but it could make a difference in case of weapon types used(e.g. shortbow vs composite longbow, light vs heavy crossbow), and in types of feats people have.(e.g. no point blank shot works, but far shot is more relevant).
(Easily handwaived now, but if we run into a competition later in the campaign, we may want to have such choices matter ;) )

Also, kind of a pity I haven't picked up True Strike ^_^

To be fair though, apart from Shalelu who's 6th level (4th level Ranger/2nd level Fighter), who in Sandpoint qualifies as a professional archer? Both Windsight and Marcelano would technically be amateurs being 1st level and likely so would any local NPCs who have the free time to take part (I imagine the sheriff is too busy keeping the peace).

Of course DMD has final say anyway, just figured I'd throw my 2 cp into the discussion.