DM Fflash's Shattered Star Campaign

Game Master DM Fflash

I should probably do this more than once a year. I backtracked posts all the way to last May to collect the loot list. I didn't see any side pay-outs or expenditures, but speak up if you see anything missing/wrong.

Braelex will Appraise (Take 10): 10 + 15 = 25 for each of the valuables, and properly identify the remaining magic items.

• wand of lesser restoration with 17 charges
  
• 2 scrolls of water breathing ... Vuloo took them in the dungeon, 1 used
  
• mithril mwk rapier ... didn't someone take this?
  
• +1 buckler
  
• unidentified wand (from derro)
  
• scroll of suggestion
  
• 2 potions of cure moderate wounds
  
• unidentified magical headband ... Malibu Relan took to look pretty
  
• unidentified magical lens
  
• unidentified magical scarab
  
• wand of spiritual weapon (11 charges)
  
• elixir of love
  
• elixir of truth
  

Bolded the things awaiting ID. Also, what is the "bluish substance in vials (3 doses)"? Braelex can use the lab to identify, if required. Craft (alchemy): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (16) + 14 = 30

Other: small light crossbow, small mwk leather armor, small mwk aklys, small repeating light crossbow, small short sword, mwk alchemists lab, 4 vials of acid, 2 doses of spider poison, surgical tools (200 gpv), drugs (3 doses of id moss, 2 doses of striped toadstool, 10 doses of flayleaf, 8 doses of pesh)

Coin: 900 gp (from sinspawn bounty), 500 gp (from tapestry), 232 gp, 1,423 sp, 2,100 cp (from derro lair)

Any claims? Braelex would like the alchemist lab and can carry the 2 elixirs. I'd say sell the drugs (need a value).

You can sell the drugs ... at risk ... on the black market. They're illegal in Magnimaar. You'll get full price, but there's a chance you'll be caught and thrown in jail

You missed a couple things: the box that I sent the picture of identifies as an extraction scarificator (stats below), the injection spear and the 12 doses of mold that are in it and in vials as well, which Braelex identifies as frostspore

The three vials identify as cytillesh extract

Identifications

Derro Wand: Wand of Charm person (19 charges)
Derro Headband: Headband of Intellect +2
Scarab: Golembane Scarab
Lens: Lens of Detection

Perhaps Natalya has some Sczarni contacts that might want to take the drugs from us, for a cut rate?

Braelex would bid on the headband, as Int is her primary stat.

She's not really a poisoner, so unless someone else wants to keep them, I'm for selling the extracts. I don't know about that extracterator thing...

No house in this campaign. You all live in small apartments of your own if you're from Magnimaar. Vuloo resides as a guest of the Heidmarchs.

Vuloo : 1d5+3 for hps in this game.

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Yes, Natalyas contacts will buy at 50% but there's less risk.

Note the headband won't stack with the ioun stone. Same enhancement bonus.

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That's right, nevermind.

What skill is on the headband?

Aidon will be taking Craft Wonderous Item so start looking at things you will want, it's 1/day per 1k of item cost but he can build it for 50% cost

He is building something for himself and then it will just be first request worked on first

Headband grants Knowledge (Arcana)

Also, you're under zero time pressure, so take whatever you need for crafting. You're essentially only limited by money.

Vuloo will take the divine wands, since no one else can use them.

HP: 1d5 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Aidon Level Up

Level 5

HP - 1d4 + 2 + 35 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 35 = 40

Ability - SM3

Spell: Level 3 - Whip Of Spiders

Feat - Craft Wondrous Items

Skills

Linguist - 1 (Terran)
Spellcraft - 1
Perception - 1
Diplomacy - 1

I would be interested in the +1 buckler but it most likely makes way more sense for almost anyone else to have it, but out of the list of items it's the only thing I am interested in.

I am happy with just selling and taking the cash and making my own items.

So there aren't a ton of feats for me to take at 5, you guys interested in me taking something like Create Wondrous Items to make items for the group?

Aidon's fees will be quite reasonable....

I think we would all benefit from that Aidon.

First, I am unsure how we are dividing up loot - just handing it out to who needs it?

Second, Relan would like that Golembane Scarab.

Third, the ioun stone that will remove the curse from the current shard is 8K. The flawed stone is 6K and might not fully mitigate the curse. At 8K its cheaper for Relan to buy 3K worth of jewelry, which tides him over for this level and the next. the +2 to strength would be nice though.

Fourth, Relan has a 13 Int already and a handful of knowledge skills. If he had the +2 Int item he would have 9 knowledge skills and be decent at them in the +6 to +7 range. If no one else needs it Relan could wear it. Or sell it and split the money. Or, better yet, try to trade it in on a stat item the party needs more. ??? If we can't trade it with some advantage selling it yields the gold to craft another stat item we might need more.

Fifth, Here is the open quest summary:
1) Search the Crow for the next shard -- report back to Sheila (reward 4 PP + shard) 
Complete

2)Quest from Lord Heidmarch for any unusual/new Thasillonian stuff - We have anything yet?

3) A local alchemist named Aleric is paying 500 gold pieces per sinspawn, head that you bring him.

Relan levels up, taking a level of Fighter.

Hit Points: 1d6 + 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 1 + 1 = 12 Rolling well on hit points.

His saves to not change, but he gains a point of BAB and Weapon Training for Pole Arms )+1 to hit and damage)

For his feat he takes Furies Fall, which lets him add his dex to his strength for trip attempts.

He gains 6 skill points and spends them on
Acrobatics +2
Knowledge Geography +1
Knowledge History +1
Perception +1
Survival +1

3) A local alchemist named Aleric is paying 500 gold pieces per sinspawn, head that you bring him.

We turned in the heads... we only got 900 gold for them, though.

As for loot, "need before greed" is the general rule. We can sell whatever's unused and split the gold.

I have no objections to Relan taking the headband, or we can sell it and all chip in towards the ioun stone. That might be a fair group plan for all the shards, as we find them.

First, I am unsure how we are dividing up loot - just handing it out to who needs it?

Second, Relan would like that Golembane Scarab.

Third, the ioun stone that will remove the curse from the current shard is 8K. The flawed stone is 6K and might not fully mitigate the curse. At 8K its cheaper for Relan to buy 3K worth of jewelry, which tides him over for this level and the next. the +2 to strength would be nice though.

Fourth, Relan has a 13 Int already and a handful of knowledge skills. If he had the +2 Int item he would have 9 knowledge skills and be decent at them in the +6 to +7 range. If no one else needs it Relan could wear it. Or sell it and split the money. Or, better yet, try to trade it in on a stat item the party needs more. ??? If we can't trade it with some advantage selling it yields the gold to craft another stat item we might need more.

Fifth, Here is the open quest summary:
1) Search the Crow for the next shard -- report back to Sheila (reward 4 PP + shard) 
Complete

2)Quest from Lord Heidmarch for any unusual/new Thasillonian stuff - We have anything yet?

3) A local alchemist named Aleric is paying 500 gold pieces per sinspawn, head that you bring him.

... and the kidnappings from the mayor reference this post from Relan and the original post from 2012 here and Andel's intial research here.

I can now make Ioun stones at half price as well

Note most ioun stones have a minimum level as a requirement (the ones you need are 12th level, I believe) ... can't spellcraft your way around that one.

I would support pooling our resources to buy the 8K ioun stone for Relan.

8,000 / 5 = 1,600 gp each ...

The expectation is that we'll group fund each ioun stone as we get more shards. Will hurt at lower levels, but should be more manageable later.

Hit Points: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

+ 1 hit point favored class bonus
+ blur, spider climb extracts
+ 1 skills in craft (alchemy), disable, know (arcana), perception, spellcraft
+ focused shot feat

I plan to research a few more extract formulas during our down time. Will figure out which once we have the coin split.

I actually thought I retconned the reward after Relan reminded me that it was 500 per head for 5 heads, but looks like I never replied to his post.

He would pay 500 for each of the first 3 and 100 each after that. So that calculates to 1700 for the 5 heads you turned in instead of 900.

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All, heading to my sister's wedding shortly ... no major updates for the game from me, but we can work level ups, treasure, memorized spells to have it all complete by Sunday. I'd like to get the first post for Chapter 2: Curse of the Lady's Light out on Sunday evening.

Andel is taking a level of bard

Hit Points: 1d4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 = 4

Any thoughts on his feat, 2 2nd level spells and 9 skill ranks.

He will also gain a magic item at this level of some sort.

[dice=Hit Points]1d4+4

+ 1 hit point favored class bonus
+ blur, spider climb extracts
+ 1 skills in craft (alchemy), disable, know (arcana), perception, spellcraft
+ focused shot feat

I plan to research a few more extract formulas during our down time. Will figure out which once we have the coin split.

or 1d5+3 ...

Showing you short 2 skill points

Relan levels up, taking a level of Fighter.

[dice=Hit Points]1d6+4+1+1 Rolling well on hit points.

His saves to not change, but he gains a point of BAB and Weapon Training for Pole Arms )+1 to hit and damage)

For his feat he takes Furies Fall, which lets him add his dex to his strength for trip attempts.

He gains 6 skill points and spends them on
Acrobatics +2
Knowledge Geography +1
Knowledge History +1
Perception +1
Survival +1

Looks good

Aidon Level Up

Level 5

HP - d4+2+35

Ability - SM3

Spell: Level 3 - Whip Of Spiders

Feat - Craft Wondrous Items

Skills

Linguist - 1 (Terran)
Spellcraft - 1
Perception - 1
Diplomacy - 1

Short 1 skill point.

Whip is a level 2 spell, but no matter, thats what you get at level 5.

I need Amiculus' current stats ... lost track of him a couple levels ago

@Aidon: Yes, that would be appreciated - thanks. Vuloo could use several wondrous items (Boots of the Earth).

[dice=Level 5 HP]1d8

Skills: +4 Knowledge (religion)
Feat: Divine Protection
Spells: Protection from Evil, Lesser Restoration

You chose 2 lev 1 spells: you need 1 level 0, 1 level 1, and 1 level 2.

Also, choose a Revelation.

Braelex wrote:

Hit Points: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

+ 1 hit point favored class bonus
+ blur, spider climb extracts
+ 1 skills in craft (alchemy), disable, know (arcana), perception, spellcraft
+ focused shot feat

I plan to research a few more extract formulas during our down time. Will figure out which once we have the coin split.

or 1d5+3 ...

Showing you short 2 skill points

Weird... not sure what happened there!

Do you want craft rolls here or in Gameplay

Here is fine

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Purchases: Instead of spending 8K of party funds for relax right now, how about letting him borrow 3K to get his jewelry. Jewelry sells for full price so there is little or no loss in the buy/sell transitions and as far as I can tell the cracked stone + the jeweler effectively negates the curse as well as the 8K stone.

Do not get me wrong, a +2 enchantment bonus to strength would be wonderful, but for now I'd rather see that money going to either getting the next ioun stone or better equipment all around. Heck, 5K a Stat item and a Pearl of Power. :)

Hmm. Taking this to a logical conclusion, at 8th level Relan will have to wear 4K of jewerly. Another 4K (the price of a +2 stat item) would buy the needed ioun stone. Since Relan wants stat items, it would make good sense at that time to upgrade to the stone.

once we see how much cash we have after selling and claiming items I would be better able to say if I can contribute to the Ioun Stone collection box. There are a couple of items I really want to make for myself and I don't know what I will be able to afford.

This might be a good item for Relan, simply from an RP perspective.

http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/wondrous-items/wondrous-items/r-z/sleev es-of-many-garments

I'm back. Looks like you all are still working loot. Any thoughts on Andel's level up?

So, for loot item claims, I have:

Relan - scarab, headband
Aidon - buckler
Vuloo - wands
Braelex - lab

Anything else? Fulmen? If not, I'll math out the split tonight.

Showing you short 2 skill points

I found them under Bluff, which has a standing 5 from the ioun stone. Must have accidentally mashed the button.

+1 appraise, UMD

For Andel, I would spread his skill pts across his knowledge skills, perception and UMD. For his feat, improved initiative or lingering performance would both be useful. For the 2nd level spell, Allegro and Heroism would both be solid.

I know you all are waiting on the split ... since we're not in a time rush, I'll go ahead and start the next adventure shortly to help you plan your spells and preps (and maybe gear to buy, though you wont have that much information ... other than you'll be leaving the city)

Also ... for Relan ...

Looking over the loot I had a few questions and comments.

I think the injection spear is worth 100 gp. Is that right?

The Lenses of Detection are mighty fine, and no one has claimed them. They are worth 3500 gp and give +5 to both perception and Survival for tracking. Maybe Fullman? This would give him +15 Perception and +19 track based on his current stats (not sure if has leveled). Those are solid numbers at our level.

I hate to sell the scroll of water breathing. Someone claim it. Same with the two potions of Cure Mod.

I am fine with Aidon claiming the +1 buckler, but wanted to warn that it has an arcane spell failure chance of 5%. Not sure if you can ignore that or not.

So, based on my quick and dirty spreadsheet if we were to sell everything (and sell poisons safely) it would net 17157.8 gold. But if we keep everything claimed plus the items I mention above the cut drops to 9532.5. Relan does not need to keep the Headband that badly and is willing to sell it, upping the total to 11532.5.

Braelex, if you send me an email I will send you my spreadsheet with the values I plugged in so you can compare with your numbers.

Aidon mainly only uses his Summon Ability which doesn't suffer from arcane failure, but I will keep that in mind for any spells he casts.

I would rather try and find a mithril one at some point and if there is a more front line person that wants it please by all means take it, just if no one is going to use it I would put it to use.

Looking over the loot I had a few questions and comments....

I concur with everything suggested. Never heard from Fulmen, but the lens is a good fit for him, like you said.

I haven't done any math yet, so nothing to compare. I trust your totals. Take the split as is, or wait for Fulmen to weigh in? I vote the former.

Spear is 60 gp per this post.

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OK. We keep the following:
wand of lesser restoration with 17 charges - Vuloo
wand of spiritual weapon (11 charges) - Vuloo
1 scroll of water breathing - Vuloo
+1 buckler - Aidon
Golemsbane scarab - Relan
mwk alchemists lab - Braelex
elixir of love - Braelex
elixir of truth - Braelex
Lenses of Detection - Fulman
2 potions of cure moderate wounds - Reland and someone else…

Everything else sells for half price except the couple new things like Frostspore and cytillesh extract that sell for full. Tapestry also sells for full.

New Total = 11512.5

Even Split = 2302.5 This, with what he has on him, lets Relan buy 2500 gp of jewelry and some nice clothes. Note that there is no buffer there for next level.

Split IF we buy the Ioun Stone (selling the cracked stone) and Relan does not take a share = 903.125.

Also, don't forget the monuments ... info is in your journals if anyone wants to hit one before you leave the city. A couple of you have the monument scholar trait, I believe.

Any other inputs on Andel?

Any thoughts on the unresolved quests? This will be my last post on that if no one has any ideas.

+1 Druid

Hps: 1d5 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 1 + 3 + 2 = 13

Spells:
2nd Level
Base: +1
Bonus: +1
Domain: +1 (Fog Cloud)
Total: 3

Gained: Trackless Step

Feats: Toughness

Skills: 4 + 1 + 1(favored class)
Survival+1
Sense Motive+1
Knowledge (nature)+1
Spellcraft +1
Heal+1
Perception + 1

Last date I had was 4712, the 23rd day of Gozran. We'll add how long it takes to get supplies/craft to that.

Vuloo will visit the Founder's Honor monument.

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 9 + 2 = 17

I wanted to give a heads up that I will be traveling from Friday after work through late Monday and my posting will be light and in the evenings, if at all. I should be back to normal Tuesday. Please GMbot me if needed.