DM Pendin Fust Wrath of the Righteous - Group A (Inactive)

Game Master theheadkase

Yep congrats you two!!! I won't be gentle on comments on items OR monsters :)

While I know we have 2 who are suddenly very busy...we DO have someone waiting in the wings to come into play.

Do we want to wake Hosilla? If we do let's list the questions.

If not I may summarize your trip through this mongrel encampment...you are right at the surface's door.

I want to wake her, same questions as the list for Uziel, in case she tells us something more (or different).

Yeah, let's do this. I think same questions are our best bet. Nebbin's ready to go forth and do some mythic carnage. (OK, he may not be, but I'm ready for him to do so!)

Thanks for the patience during monster writing time. As another note I'll be out of town Friday-Sunday at a convention.

I WONDERED who did the Mendevian themed bracers. Makes total sense now :)

Once everyone gets a chance to RP a bit more and then we decide if we're taking the route to the surface then I'll have an update to include our new player!

You won't hear any arguments from me.

Hey guys, just wanted to remind you that the Superstar monsters will be revealed in a few hours. I'll certainly appreciate any votes you might care to throw my way. Thanks!

As for the loot, nothing leaps out as must-haves for Nebbin (who won't actually put in a request for anything, but will take whatever's given to him). He could use the ring of climbing, of course, but is already decent at that with his strength so it might be better served for someone else. One of the potions could certainly be of some use too at some point.

Second that...make sure to wander over to the RPG Superstar boards after 2:00 PM PST (or GMT-8) and cast votes for monsters (plug plug Jacob's).

Since we've gotten more loot, I've been reminded that I volunteered as treasurer. Expect a link to a Google Spreadsheet this afternoon or more likely tomorrow.

Come Thursday I am finally starting my move back to California. I'll have long days of driving but I should be able to post in the morning/evening, just not all day like normal. Also if for some reason I get promoted from Alternate in RPG SS don't forget to vote for me too :)

Treasury speadsheet

Green is items the party still has.
Yellow is partially consumed items
Red is used/lost items
Orange are items we don't have but could reasonably expect to get back

Magenta are items that I don't know who is carrying/using

Please leave comments here or directly on the spreadsheet for things you think should be changed.

Also, tomorrow I'll be adding some space for initial inventories - I don't plan to copy everyone's starting inventory there, but I want a place to write down that, for instance, Lucius used up some of the rations he started with. Or that there is a spare backpack and a dagger up for grabs because Lucius has replaced them with masterwork versions.

Sorry all...work's just crazy right now and I won't have an update until this weekend or Monday.

OK, taking a quick break from Superstar work.

First of all, nice job, Ross. Thanks!

Looks like we need to divvy up the following:
potion of invisibility -- could go to anyone but not sure if there's anyone it benefits extra. Maybe just pick someone random to carry it and we'll have it for party availability if needed?

wand of spiritual weapon (8 charges) -- I don't think we've got a cleric. For the moment, give it to Aero (I assume he's got UMD?) but could go to our oracle when we get to know him.

tanglefoot bag -- Probably best with Aero or Lucius, since they're less likely to be in melee combat.

2 flasks of alchemist's fire -- Ditto.

antitoxin -- Could go to anyone. Alphabetically? Lucius can hold on to it.
1d4 ⇒ 2

masterwork glaive -- Leave it with the mongrelfolk? Otherwise, maybe sell it on the surface when we get a chance.

"+1 light wooden shield" -- Can anyone use this?

ring of climbing -- Saoirse or Lucius are our worst climbers. Probably one of them should wear it, at least for now.

scroll of identify -- Lucius/Aero

scroll of magic fang -- Looks like this is unusable, so something we can sell up top (or gift to the mongrelfolk)

two potions of darkvision -- Can go to anyone. Alphabetically? Looks like Aero and Saoirse can hold on to them.
1d4 ⇒ 1
1d4 ⇒ 4

2 scrolls (from Hosilla's lockbox) -- need to know what these are

Aero has read magic, so identifying scrolls is pretty trivial, we just haven't bothered.

Soairse uses a shield, so it could go to her: a +1 light shield is just as good as a Heavy shield, but you can hold things, too.

Soarise was the best candidate for the +1 morningstar, as a melee fighter using one-handed weapons, but at this point I think Lucius is best to carry it: Soairse has Radiance, Nebbin uses a two-handed weapon, and I don't get the feeling a morningstar is Aero's style.

Also, the scroll of magic fang clearly goes to Ravanna, who will take it with her when she leaves the party.

Loot splitting looks pretty good Aero has UMD and read magic and would actually use the morningstar +1, Pulura's favored weapon is the sling but Aero would happy use the morning start due to the star design etc.

Still on the long drive home, so posting will be a little spotty through Sinday, should be home on Monday though and back to full speed posting.

Ah. Then by all means take the morningstar. Aero is much more likey to actually get use out of it. For Lucius it would just be a shinier mace, which he carries more as a badge of office than a weapon.

Ok, I'm drafting up my update now but I wanted to ask everyone real quick how we DO want to go about identifying items and such. I've been wondering if you wanted to keep getting generic descriptions and rolling for checks or if you want me to assume read magic and detect magic and enough rerolls have been made to make the check?

I'm torn on that question, since what takes 30 seconds in real life can take two days in PBP. What I've been leaning toward doing in my own games is identifying really basic items (i.e. potion of CLW, +1 sword, etc. -- I suppose anything in the CBR, really) while requiring roles for things that may not be so standard (which also allows for cursed items, if they show up, though there could be some metagaming if you have us check for something and we find out it's just a +1 sword).

That's kind of what I'm proposing. While characters like Lucius and Aero are going to be big into identifying items and knowledge, I don't want to bog the rest of the group down.

I'll propose this and see what everyone thinks:

Any "normal" potions, wands, or alchemical items I will just reveal with an "Aero/Lucius discovers that" kind of entry. Anything story related or less common (Radiance, unholy symbols, etc.) I will leave generic for you all to pursue (or not) with rolls.

Sometimes rerolls aren't allowed on those checks. Can we instead get the generic descriptions and the reveal under a spoiler (with DC) in the same post? (For that matter, what's the standard discovery mechanism for alchemical items? A Craft(Alchemy) check?)

That way we don't hold up the game to exchange die rolls after every batch of treasure, and we can get the results immediately if we are so inclined, but I don't feel slightly cheaty about assuming I roll well enough and we're still incentivized to keep our Knowledge skills high.

I like it. I'll go with what Ross said unless anyone objects.

Sounds good to me.

The intro post was that bad, huh, guys? :P

Sadly, we tend to be a slightly slower moving group.

Yes please take time to RP this as your characters. Essentially we'll be losing Ravana for Thom when this scene plays out.

Also, I wouldn't read too much into it Thom. One of our players is an alternate for RPG Superstar and another is Top 16 (go Jacob!) I know Aero's traveling and Ross is a busy person as well.

No problem.

Sorry. X-COM: Enemy Unknown was put on sale on the App Store last week.

This has understandably taken up a lot of my free time. Expect a post soon.

Also, Sectopods are jerks.

I'm a big fan of the new XCom, glad you've been enjoying it.

Oh, and for anyone else with an iPad: X-Com is still just ten bucks.

Oh, and for anyone else with an iPad: X-Com is still just ten bucks.

You had me 'til iPad.

Heads up. I'm on the road today. Very little (to no) posting from me until this evening at the earliest.

Thanks for letting us know!

Two things:

First, tomorrow my wife and I are going on a trip to Hawaii. I'll have internet access, but I'm unsure how much time I'll have to post. I'll be back next Wednesday.

Second, Lucius is increasingly wishing he had a regiment of Hellknights to dispense some proper order. I'm thinking one of his long-term goals in the campaign might be to get the Order of the Godclaw to return to Mendev.

While we're on the subject I'll be away at a con this weekend can probably post once or maybe twice a day Friday-Monday.

Cool have fun in Hawaii! (jealous)

And have fun at the Con! (still jealous)

You'll wish you had an army of angels at your front in a bit.

Cool. Have fun, guys.

:: looks down at introduction checklist ::

Thom is an ugly and burned-up half-orc who's hard to look at. check.

Thom says he's not a half-orc. check.

Thom has visions. check.

Yep.. yep.. I think I got it all. Sorry for the long trip, folks. thanks for bearing with me. :)

Thom is not a demon. check.
Thom is not trying to eat us. check.
Thom is clearly some sort of delusional adventurer type. check.

Welcome aboard! :Þ

Hey guys, Round 3 entries for Superstar are going up in a couple hours. I'd certainly appreciate any votes you care to throw my way. :)

I will out of town this weekend for a con, unsure of my posting status until Monday night.

To be fair, Lucius asked Thom because he's stronger-looking than everyone but Nebbin, and he doesn't want to but Nebbin in a position where panic might occur, not because Thom is charmed. Hrmm. After we sort this out I think Thom and Lucius might need to have a talk.

Lol. I'm not upset by it, and it's not like Thom couldn't have been persuaded to do it, anyway. The Charm was just what clinched it without any discussion. :)

It will be an interesting discussion.

Panic? Nebbin? I don't know what you're talking about!

That all depends on who answers the door, doesn't it?

Khorramzedah answers the door...hahahahahahah!

Heading off to California Friday through Tuesday, so don't know how much, if at all, I'll get to post in that time.

Where in California? I live in southern California.

Ventura.

Ahh yeah that's a bit away from me...although I'll be out that way 3/4 and 3/5.