Grimdark is okay, just hard to stay a good clean cleric. Jacobus certainly fills the vital role of holding Tove back!
It'll be a shame to lose Jacobus, but I'm happy to continue. A replacement could be interesting if we can find one.
Since I'm the new guy I know I hold the least sway, but would definitely vote to continue.
I too vote to continue, recruit if needed but I don't care either way.
Okay, we'll definitely continue.
As far as any replacement character goes, rather than open a recruitment, I would prefer to bring someone in on a player's suggestion. (i.e. if you know someone who you think might be a good fit, let me know and we'll go from there.) Otherwise, I'm content to move forward with five, lest the game prove to require another player.
I’ll be going away for a couple of nights with no access to the internet, please bot Tove as necessary, I should get back on Tuesday.
I'm suddenly reminded of this scene: https://i.imgur.com/id9Mnhe.gifv
I'm gonna take a wild guess that Daniella's family name is Nettles.
Not a bad guess, but it's not that bridge that she's talking about.
Seems like Tove might have a pretty good idea of which bridge it might be... Maybe she remembers it from her own time living in the Stolen Lands...
I'm not sure how much I'm going to be able to post over the coming weeks, my partner is really sick at the moment and I've just injured myself in a motorbike accident, but I'm pretty invested in this story so I'll be making it a priority to check in here.
Hope you and your partner both get to feeling better soon.
Check in as you are able, but obviously that is not the priority.
That really stinks. I hope you both feel better soon.
Before happening on the bandits, what / where were the parties objectives?
Even though I've been participating for 4 months, I'm still the newbie. And while I read a fair bit of posts previous to hopping in, I still don't feel like I know what you all want to do as a party.
I've tried to outline our current objectives as best as possible in the gameplay tab, at least according to the plan four months ago. As I understand it, our main objective is just to explore the greenbelt map and hopefully find the "Stag Lord", who we've heard is the leader behind much of the bandit activity in the region.
We happened upon the bandit group we just defeated while trying to return a woman, Solania, rescued in a previous encounter, to her family. Which we did just before you arrived on the scene.
We also have a few side quests picked up from a bulletin board at Oleg's Trading Post (our main base-camp for the moment). Theodore and Torsten were pushing to speak to the Kobolds in the moon radish patch as it seems like they could be linked to two of those side quests.
Sooo who's updating the loot sheet with our current totals?
I've updated it with the loot from Dovan's.
Since I was fully kitted up when I dropped into play, I wouldn't expect to receive any of the loot we recently acquired. That being said, Dovan's Magic Cold Iron Rapier might be handy to keep around for use against enemies with those DR types.
Built a masterwork pepperbox (1,650 gp)
Made 30 bullets and 30 gunpowder charges (33 gp)
Sold shortbow (15 gp back) and 10 durable arrows (5 gp back)
Used my 6 gp of remaining store credit and 7 gp of pocket change
Whew! That was pricey! We need to go get more treasure :)
Apologies for any delays in posting on my part over the next few weeks. My partner is really sick and we've found out that it's probably (at least partly) a reaction to some mould we found growing in the house.
We've been doing a lot of driving around trying to get in to see doctors and sort out some emergency accommodation so I haven't had a lot of time to do anything but look after them.
I'll try and post here as often as I can, but you can bot me if you need.
Got it. Combat wise, I will bot you as needed. If there is a negotiation, such as the current scene, I would prefer one of the other PCs handle that interaction/botting.
I'm still here, but 1. Pretty sick and 2. Ivo has nothing useful to add in negotiations with kobolds!
Sorry I haven’t been able to post recently. My partner and I are travelling interstate for more medical appointments and tests and have had very limited internet access where we’re staying. Please continue to bot me as required to keep things moving.
I'm back, what have I missed? More importantly, what spells do I have remaining and is anyone hurt?
Welcome back!
As far as expended resources, I've only cast a bless and a burst of radiance on your behalf.
In your absence, not a great deal has happened. A tentative alliance with the Sootscale kobolds has brought you to the Old Sycamore, the home of a small village of mites. You are all currently working your way through the cramped underground lair of the mites.
Finally! I have a computer which can display the map on roll20 again.
Just a heads up that I will likely be slow to post over the next couple of weeks in the lead up to a conference talk I'm giving in the second week of December.
I'm happy to swipe the boots.
I will need cash and a little time to make more bullets and powder!
Just a heads up...
Things will likely be moving even slower for a bit. I know Ivo's player has some much higher priority things going on in his life at the moment and Raz's player will have significant amounts of time he is unable to post over the next five months or so.
With that being said, if we are to make much progress, it will need to be Tove, Torsten, and Garethane driven. Some of that shouldn't be too difficult, especially with Torsten needing a new familiar.
With the potentially spotty availability of Ivo and Raz, do we want to recruit a 6th?
I'll do my best to keep up a good rate of posts, but I wouldn't mind a 6th.
Fortunately this is one of my only continuing games this year, but that said I am heading into the last 10 months of my postgrad program so my availability might be sketchy at times too.
Okay, that's one in favor recruiting a 6th. One more in favor or two against will make the decision.
Not that I'm trying to sway the decison one way or the other, but I think you all could do with a melee-front liner type. Thoughts?
Yeah, I need someone to keep me from getting run down and stabbed.
Also I will need to use a little store credit to make more black powder and bullets. 22 gp should do the trick (that will get me 20 charges and 20 bullets).
Okay, I'll post a re-recruitment for a front-liner type.
As applicants come in, please feel free to provide feedback as to if the character/player would be a good fit for our game.
Ivo, the last time you needed to make bullets & powder I allocated 100 gp. See the loot list. I'm betting you haven't finished that yet. If you have then feel free to add costs to that list, I'm not going to try to veto a 22 gp spend.
& yes, someone else seems like a good idea if we might be down to effectively 3 players at times.
Oh, ok, I have plenty then.
A meat shield seems like a fine idea to me. I built Garethane to be a switch hitter, but if he can keep using his bow, he will be more effective. Besides, building a kingdom needs to start somewhere...
A question has come up in the recruitment thread.
Do you all have thoughts in mind for which Kingdom Roles you might try to fill?
Unless something really unexpected comes up Torsten will be the magister.
I'll probably wind up as Spymaster or Treasurer.
Marshall makes the most sense.
Tove would obviously be most interested in taking the role of High Priestess.
The recruitment for your new 6th member will end at 8:00 pm CST tonight.
Sometime between now and Monday evening take a look at the submissions and PM me any thoughts you may have on the prospective characters and/or players.
I will make a final decision on the new character Monday night.
Thanks.
Thank you to those of you who provided a bit of feedback. After a bit of dilberation, I am with the name that listed most often among your recomendations, the Paladin, Bassius "Bass" Vibulus.
Hi! It seems like the campaign is going to be a lot of fun. Thanks for having me.
I am working on bringing Bass into the group via PMs. Feel free to continue your conversation at Oleg's among each other or any of the NPCs present. Bass will join you before you leave the Trading Post.
It seems like we may have lost Torsten/avr now. Is anyone else in another game with him?
I'm back, if you'll have me. I was absent from all three of the games I'm in (one of which restarted and went back on hiatus while I recovered), not just this one.
Good to have you back.
Seconded!
Sorry for the slow posting lately, it's been a busy couple of weeks. I'm heading interstate for about a week now but hopefully things will settle down once I get back.