GM Dak - Curse of the Crimson Throne

Game Master karlprosek

Not resolved!? Uh oh...

Atticus just learned the value of the goldbag. Definetly time to go shopping!

Sorry all, the website issues have slowed down and frustrated my ability to get posts up. Will try again tomorrow.

I'm back!

Paizo site has been kind of flaky for me all day =(

It's been like that for several days. Fingers crossed they'll get it under control soon.

yep, it doesn't help.

Yes, it's been bad for me too since late last week.

The site seems basically back to normal, and that's a good thing. Let's talk for a moment about Aleira. Her last post was 10/15, about 3 weeks ago. Her player did say they were busy and would post sporadically. I gave the benefit of the doubt and finished up last encounter by DM-PCing her.

Now that it has been three weeks, with no news, what is your thoughts about proceeding? While I thought she was a great character, I don't want to run her as an NPC for the course of the adventure.

Where are you guys in being ready to part ways? And if so, do you think we have enough arcane power to not refill the spot? I'd prefer to run with 5 or less, but made the exception at the front end due to such great submissions.

Give me your general sense of how to proceed and I will make the final determination.

As for ability, I think Aleira's hexes are great for debuffing the bad guys, but since she wasn't blasty and we will have a good buff/debuffer in Twilight, I don't think replacing her is imperative, if the decision is made to part ways.

As for general arcane strength, we'll be kind of light, but I think between Devan's mild abilities, Atticus' extracts, and Twilight's eclectic array we should be ok. And if it looks like we're getting out-magicked we can always recruit later, if need be (or re-skin one of our current PC's).

I'm good with whatever decision you make...if you haven't heard anything in three weeks, I would say let's move on if it were me.

I was thinking along the same lines as far as magical coverage. Will see what the others have to allow.

If the decision is to not replace her, then my suggestion would be that she takes her leave, but is still out there so that there is the option for her to come back as long as we haven't progressed too far.

As for arcane damage, my output would be limited to magic missile spam, maybe a shocking grasp or two and a Melf's for variety. I don't get good old fashioned fireball until level 8. And I took evocation as an opposition school =D.
I do have a trick or two that I can try on the divine side a little later though.

I think that having a solid archer we will be ok on the ranged damage front.

I will miss the opportunity to double team debuff something into helplessness though.

I fully expected that you brought 6 because one or two inevitably drop out. But I too had noticed it had been a bit since she posted.

For Arcane I think we are generally covered. We have quite a bit of support, we are just light on blast type spells. And that is just something we will have to work around.

Thanks for the feedback.

I will offer Aleira a PM this evening giving her till the weekend to reply or I will park her PC and proceed with just 5. If she replies or returns, even better. If she returns later, it may be available to have her re-join. If the party seems too weak as a result of the subtraction, we can always recruit or add another at that point.

My opinion is that we have enough well rounded characters that we should able to manage just fine.

no real opinion about that, I guess she deserves to be asked if she want to come back first.

How will magic item shopping be handled?
Will we be using settlement size/item availability or just visit the magic shop for whatever we need?

Also, do I need reagents specific to the spell I am going to scribe or can I invest money ahead of time into magic components (ink/paper/quills) that can be used to scribe any spell when I have time?

We will be using settlement size/availability modified. There is a Base Value, and anything under that has a 75% chance of being available. That Base Value changes however, depending on conditions in the city, during this period of anarchy, it is lower than usual. Even so, most things you can afford should be available in most circumstances.

There is a list of unique or rare magic items available as well, but those are unlikely to be affordable until far into the future.

For spell-scribing, I have always played that the cost is spell specific, and must be spent to make that attempt at scribing be successful. Will follow those tenets unless otherwise notified. I must admit, that I will need some refresher on those rules should the situation arise. Same with alchemical extracts, alchemcial weapons, and/or other crafting.

Ok, I was going to at some point in the future scribe a few scrolls of cure light since most of the party can use them without a UMD check (Can Atticus use cure light scrolls?).

Its 2 hours of time if the scroll is less than 250 gp. DC is spellcraft 5 + CL of item. I must have the spell prepared. For a level 1 scroll the cost will be 12.5 gold in materials.

http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items#TOC-Magic-Item-Creation

If you want to work on this during Twilight's downtime, I don't see an issue. Just need to invest the cash and the time. Looks like Spellcraft DC for these scrolls will be pretty easy...

Atticus would like another weapon, maybe a rapier himself and masterwork thieves tools.

We might want to see if we can convince our escort to swing by a shop or two tomorrow morning so we can do a little shopping.

I might be shopping for a hedge witch if this crud gets any worse.

Very sorry all, I’ve been doing 12 hour days at work for a month now and since I had a short day yesterday (only 10!!!). My kids needed some attention. I’ve been neglecting spending quality time with them for far too long.

I’m sad I missed the fun with the handmaiden :(. But I’m sure she’ll show up again.

No worries Mirela, RL comes first, but you are right, Sabina may very well show up again. You can ask about shopping, but you're in the Guard now, you miserable pukes...

Everyone can get a night's rest, recuperating if you have any HP or stat damage. It is 1 hp/level/night (so 2hp) and 1 stat point/night of rest (though that can be for multiple stats in the same night). Also reset spells and other daily use items.

Prepared casters may choose different base spells for the coming day, which is Fireday, 6 Pharast 4717AR

Would I be able to send a runner to get a priestess that could cast cure disease and maybe lesser restoration for the appropriate fees?

Would I be able to send a runner to get a priestess that could cast cure disease and maybe lesser restoration for the appropriate fees?

At the Yellow Juggler, anything is possible if the price is right. Given this place is a favorite of the Savoured Sting, there may be one on the premises at this very moment.

Just wanted to check, I"ve noticed that I have been giving random NPCs that I thought my character might be familiar with names. Should I stop doing that in case there is an actual NPC that would fill the role of whatever was being done?

I also assumed that the Yellow Juggler was where Twilight was staying before the events of the mod and that the hidden shrine in the basement and her room were here and I don't know if that is correct.

Just wanted to check, I"ve noticed that I have been giving random NPCs that I thought my character might be familiar with names. Should I stop doing that in case there is an actual NPC that would fill the role of whatever was being done?

I also assumed that the Yellow Juggler was where Twilight was staying before the events of the mod and that the hidden shrine in the basement and her room were here and I don't know if that is correct.

perfectly fine with me. I just rolled along with the Yellow Juggler, and it seems to have become home base for now. Adding your own depth to the non-important NPC's works beautifully.

Are armor made of special material (Mithril) available?

I don't know what to buy so far...

Ouch, the dice don't like Devan. The disease was crushing your stats and the restorations barely touched them =(

Turns out that like people, dice also don't appreciate smart mouths. At least the disease is gone, so I'll call that a win.

To brush up on my healing rules, if Mirela (or somebody) makes a successful heal check Devan can recover 2 points of ability damage in a night, is that right?

Here is the rule for long-term care using the Heal skill:

It appears treating an individual for a full day is required to offer that benefit, which would be 4 ability score points for 24 hours of care.

That benefit requires a DC 15 Heal check. A healer's kit gives a +2 benefit to the attempt.

Are armor made of special material (Mithril) available?

I don't know what to buy so far...

Mithril armor is available in Korovsa but the cost is out of your price range just now. For light armor it is base price plus 1000gp, for medium it is base+4000gp. Heavy mithril armor is base+9000gp and may be beyond the cities base value.

Yikes! Looks like 4 days til good as new it is.

Or one more level and Mirela can take care of it ;)

I guess I better start sucking up, then. Especially if failed Fort saves become the rage.

I won't do any comment on the "sucking up" when talking to a Calistrian.^^

Unfortunately for you Devan my form of healing is not quite as fun as Priestess Joy’s.
Now family parties on the other hand...

DM Doctorevil can I take 10 on my Heal check tonight?
I figure even if we gain a level, I’ll still need to do long term care.

Ha, Nargun, well spoken...gotta remember my audience.

Who's to say we can't make it more fun? :p I think I'll recoup 1 point each stat naturally, so unless we're gonna take 2 full days off to doctor up it won't help much, except for RP purposes perhaps.

If not in immediate danger or otherwise distracted, you can always take 10 on a skill check. I agree though, that unless you have the time to spend a full day, it won't do much good.

There are potions of Lesser Restoration available as well, should it come to that.

Apologies for missing a post tonight, got late faster than I'd like. I will be traveling for work tomorrow (tues) and Wednesday. That means I miss a bit more depending on workload. I expect to get to post at least once, perhaps more, during that time.

Should be back to normal on Thursday. Sorry again for the delay.

Do we know what the guy we are looking for looks like? It doesn't seem like anyone asked how we are to identify him.

The guy you are looking for is Verik Vancaskerkin. His avatar is the same one shared by Devan, funnily enough.

He is a young guard sergeant. Not sure you asked for or got a better description than that.

We're learning on the job, what can we say.

Will be traveling for Thanksgiving holiday starting tomorrow through Saturday. Might be able to post during that tiime, but might not. If there is longer than usual silence this week, you'll understand why.

Hope the holiday is kind to you all! See you after (or perhaps during). Cheers!

Have a safe trip and happy thanksgiving!

Have a safe trip and happy thanksgiving!

Thanks. Back home safe and sound. Should be able to resume normal posting for a while at least. LMK if I have missed something while out of action.

Went ahead and set everyone up on the map to get ready for our breaking and entering. Please feel free to change where you're at...just wanted to get everyone up there before the wild melee started. :)

Sorry for missing yesterday. I ended up traveling to Birmingham for a work meeting and by the time I got home, I was feeling ill. Tried sitting at the computer, but just couldn't do it. Will usually pre-warn you if I am going to miss, but couldn't be helped this time.

Anyway, on with the show!