DM RichD's Council Of Thieves Campaign

Game Master Briccone

Whatever makes recruitment easier for you with more interest generated works for me. If Richard wants to not Edric or Mera I will do the other as we continue our exploration.

If 8th level is easier, then let's do it. We've been at 7th level for a while, anyway.

Happy New Year (or about to be, I'm bad with timezones) everyone!

14hrs to go here but happy new year!

Let's go with the level up. If you all want to explore the surrounding areas before the spire, I will either hand-wave them or bump them up a bit.

So feel free to level up and post the summary here.

@Tal: I know I always ask you this, but what were the original character creation guidelines again?

@Everyone: Please feel free to recruit in your other games. I always like to play with players I know or the other players know.

Set one stat to 20 then a 20pt but after that. I am fine reworking it so it is not so power heavy. Perhaps reset to a 25pt buy overall. Max hp per level. 2 bonus skills per level that must go into background skills to flush out a character.

Would exploring the areas around the spire give a better option to ‘find’ other members? If so we can go that route. Will have Tal updated tomorrow.

Or we found some prisoners who know who the Council are and can't wait to take 'em down.

It is simple for me to drop to a 25 pt buy if that makes it easier to explain character creation. It is a loss of str and dex which you might like

lvl 8 ftr changes...
max hp: +12
+1 bab
skills (8): +1 diplomacy, +1 craft armor, know local +1, perception +1, stealth +1, climb +3
retrain saving shield to combat reflexes
8th level fighter feat: greater shield focus
+1 for save
+1 str

if drop to a 25pt buy then str decreases by 2 from 22 to 20 and dex goes from 16 to 14.

I still need to level up Sherix, but Richard is done.

I like the idea of a 25 point buy. Max HP per level. 2 Skill points per level to go into background skills.

@Richard: Would it be difficult to retrofit yourself and Sherix to this?

Oooh, more attribute points. I'll see what I can do.

I opened up the recruitment thread. Feel free to jump in and answer any questions from potential applicants. I will be asking for both of your opinions when the deadline closes.

What were the traits for character creation?

If only Castor and Pollux were still around...

Level: 1
Max HP per HD
+2 skill points per level, one of which must be used on a social skill (One using CHA), Craft, or Profession
Bonus Feat at 1st level
1 Trait, plus a Campaign Trait, with the option to take a 3rd Trait if a Drawback is also taken
1,000 GP starting gold
Ability Scores: Choose one stat that becomes 18 before modifers, then another which becomes 08 before modifiers, then distribute 16 points amongst the other ability scores (Which are set at 10,) in any way you desire. You may reduce any of the 4 stats by up to -2 to gain a commensurate number of points to distribute amongst the others.

Here's what I had before for creation rules, including the traits.

It sounds like we're changing Ability Scores so it's a 25 point buy, am I correct?

With a 25 point buy...
Str 14 5
Dex 14 5
Con 14 5
Int 12 2
Wis 11 1
Cha 15 7

Human gets +2 Cha
Raise Cha by +1 at level 4 and 8
So Cha is 19 by level 8

So I get 1 Str, 1 Wis and lose 2 Con. Lost some HP and Fort but I hit a little harder.

HP is half of 87 (so 43)

Some skills increase since Richard has more ranks.

Hi people! Thanks for the invite, GM - very happy to be here! I’m hoping I can be useful to the party as a whole, in but especially out of combat :) thanks again for having me. If you guys have any questions, feel free to thrown them away - I’ll do my best to answer as I update my headers and whatnot.

Thank you for inviting me to join your game. I need to add my improved familiar to my sheet. Would you consider letting me have a Yhohm as my familiar? It's not a standard choice but is a creature of Sarenrae. No big deal if not I will use Silvanshee as mine.

Improved Familiar buddies! Woo!

Thanks for the invite! I hope I don't disappoint.

Just updated my tagline.

Welcome everyone and can’t wait to game with you all!

@Noah: I don't have a problem with that as a familiar.

@GM: As part of my character "early morning" rituals and studies for his spells, he needs to damage himself for 2d6. So, basically, my intention is to start every day with one less first level spell (for infernal healing), assuming the average of "7" on the roll. I can also always roll if you prefer (or, maybe you can roll if you want to) just for the cases where a 11 or 12 would be rolled (in which case I'd start every day with 1 or 2 hp low). As you prefer!

2d6 ⇒ (1, 1) = 2

Hey guys just realized my account got logged out and never saw any updates. Will catch up and post today.

I was thinking that was 10' squares but I may be wrong. Burning hands hits one square directly ahead and three squares for two rows so it can be cast through a gap in the battle line or if you are in the battle line. I am trying to avoid friendly fire here and wouldn't knowingly hit another party member without saying something.

They are supposed to be five foot squares.

Sorry for delay but long weekend with work. Will get a post up tomorrow

I am visiting family for two weeks so my posting might be spotty.

Shame on you Tal, for killing defenseless NPCS! Time for a 100 kisses!

As long as they are not from Pollux, Raveen or anyone else in the play I can think or worse fates.

Caldazar would want you to unleash your rough beast.

[Shivers] Uh no thank you[/shiver]

Hi guys! Posting it on all my pbps.

Our offshore team at work is very affected by the pandemic at the moment and with the fiscal year approaching to an end, our reduced capacity is terribly affecting my time. For the next several weeks it will likely impact me in such way that I simply won't be able to keep up with the forums, things normalizing only as we start approaching mid June.

For the games where I play, GMs please feel free to bot the characters. If you don't desire to bot me for so long, I completely understand, apologize for the late notice and wish you all the best of fun. If you hold me around, though, I should be back after this storm.

For the games where I host, my sincerest apologies to the players - I won't let you hanging so if you stick around until my return we will give it continuation as normal. Otherwise, please message me and once I'm back I'll recruit replacements.

To everybody, I'm sorry for the late notice and I hope we will continue playing together once I'm back!

Cheers,

Archlich

@Krayn: I have no issue holding your spot open until you return.

Good luck Krayn. We will try and keep you alive till then

Sorry guys no taking it easy when someone threatens Lily. That's the one sure way to end up dead .regardless of alignment or situation.

Also just realized I never increased my saves from having a cloak of resistance +2...just pathetic of me.

I am going to be limited to my access for the next 2 weeks, so my participation could be rather spotty. I will be trying to post every day anyway, but just know that if I don't, I will be back to normal around Jun 10.

I undergo surgery on Thursday to remove a lump from my abdomen. I will be in the hospital a night or two, supposedly, and then at home on drugs. I don't know what my posting will look like so please bot me if needed.

Good luck and hope that everything turns out well for you. Take as much time as you need and dont rush the recovery.

Good luck, hope all goes well. Definitely take the time you need to rest - I always think I am coming back quick and then later regret trying to do too much too soon. (My spouse always tells me she told me so... for what that's worth)

Take care!

Yes! Hope you have a speedy recovery!

Good luck with work. I feel your pain.

Everyone, I'll be on vacation starting on Wednesday the 21st and returning on Tuesday the 27th. My internet should be fine so I expect to continue posting.

If I need to be botted, Inspire Courage. Cast Good Hope if my teammates request it. Otherwise I'll use my whip to set up flanking and Sherix will fire her longbow to aid.

Starting this Saturday, 09/20, I will be visiting family for two weeks. I hope to keep up with posting, but can't guarantee it.

I am going to be offline until Monday as well.

If the majority wants to bring the nobles back to the their homes Tal won't put up a fuss about it. Tal is not sure he wants to bring people to the hideout though until vetted by Areal.

Just to be clear, I am in no way trying to influence where you bring or leave the nobles. There is no right or wrong answer as I made them up and they are not part of the AP....

Just waiting for one of the others to chime in.

Richard wants to bring them to the hideout or a neutral location first. Make sure they have a chance to understand what happened, and know there is help.

Plus, having two nobles on your side can't hurt.