Venture-Captain Hestia Themis, a small, unassuming woman
of Taldan heritage with dark hair and eyes, holds a large
sheaf of papers in her small hands and clears her throat. Her
booming voice, the antithesis of her stature, fills the main hall
of the small Pathfinder Lodge in the Taldan city of Cassomir.
“One of our own has been kidnapped. Pathfinder Cestis was
taken just days ago from a relics auction in the Imperial Naval
Shipyards, and we believe his dissapearance to be related to
the six dozen or so kidnappings of the last several months.
Now that one of our own is missing, this has become a Society
matter—something we’ll get to the bottom of.”
Themis gestures to a teenage boy standing beside her, who
nervously regards his surroundings and sweats profusely,
his thick brown hair matted and wet against his head.“This
is Nefti, the assistant to the biggest thorn in my side in
Cassomir—an agent of the Aspis Consortium named Kafar.
Kafar is also missing, taken from the same relics auction along
with Pathfinder Cestis and a dozen other citizens of Cassomir.
Nefti was at the auction, saw where a small group of the
kidnapped victims were taken, and his handlers in Cassomir
have give us access to him so that he might guide us to our
missing Pathfinder. If you happen to find Kafar...” Themis
grinds her teeth. “Let him go, per the agreement I’ve just
made with his superiors. Your priority is Cestis, and I think
Nefti can lead you to him. Any questions?”
Makarn is a ruby-skinned Tiefling with prominent horns, dark eyes, jet black hair and a neatly trimmed chinstrap beard. His posture exudes a gruffness and sense of urgency. He acts as someone in a hurry, with no interest in niceties or polite conversation. His clothes are black with a white trim. A glimpse can be caught of metal rings under his shirt. At his side sits a plain looking sword in an unadorned scabbard on his belt. Across his chest is a belt worn as a bandolier with a number of knives in small sheathes.
"My only question is 'when do we leave'?" Makarn says in a deep, gravelly tone.
20/20, AC:20, T: 11, FF: 19, CMD: 16, Fort +7, Refl +3, Will +5, Init: +1, Perc: +0,LG Human Male Paladin 2, Longsword +6 1d8+7 (19/x2)
Soth-Loren waits patiently as the lady speaks, taking a seat as she offers it, and like a proper gentleman, standing when she does. During the briefing, he takes out his journal and takes a few notes. He wears an older style armor with many battle scars upon it. But it's obvious that great care is taken to keep it in good working order despite the rougher appearance. He wears a red tabard indicating he had done some time in the Mendev Crusades, and a small patch hinting at a tour in Lastwall as well. It's also clear that he has thrown in his lot with Andoran's political views from other dress.
"Indeed, milady, a few questions, if I may. How can we be certain that we can trust Nefti in this? Would it not be wiser to instead have the man tell us the location, and allow us to go there and save everyone.
"Do we know who may have kidnapped your man? Or why so? Is it know which relics both your man Cestis and this Nafar where looking into?"
"And finally, you mentioned prior kidnapings. What can you tell us about these? Where the victims ever found or freed? Has there been a ransom? Anything you know might be of importance, milady."
Sorry for all the questions. I know that probably half of them are not in the scenario.
"Venture-Captian Themis,"Triglav begins with a slight bow and continues in his heavy Ustalavian accent, "as a servant of Taldor, I assure you we will rescue Pathfinder Cestis."
Serpentfang enters the room and gives the lady an acknowledging nod and proceeds to grab two chairs. He sits in one and props his feet on the other and patiently listens as she speaks, all the while fiddling with his trusty dagger. As she finishes with the orders Serpentfang says "I have a question, Where is this place, and will this mission be dangerous? If so....count me in."
“They started a few months ago. Cassomir has always had some trouble with its citizens going missing, but this was
different. Only those associated with the Imperial Naval Shipyards were taken—shipwrights, carpenters, navy guards, and so on. This recent kidnapping, where they took Cestis, was brash and bold. They grabbed more than a dozen people in one attack, neglecting to grab Nefti. Their mistake is our fortune.”
Who Kidnapped Him:
“There are... rumors of twisted men from the Darklands who climb up through Cassomir’s Locker, the sewers, catacombs, and older ruins below the city. Alas, they are only rumors. We don’t know who’s doing it.”
Trust:
"Because of the agreement I made with Kafars superiours you will be able to trust Nefti well enough complete the mission and thats about all
Dangerous:
If these people can kidnap pathfinder officials then there is indeed a degree of danger
Makarn strokes his beard in thought, begrudging his advice to the group at large. "Wide scale kidnapping typically suggests slavery. Targeting specific groups speaks to a well-defined application. Why want shipwrights and carpenters? Surely it is to make them build ships. Perhaps the boy wasn't of much use for their purposes. Who would dare to incur the wrath of The Pathfinder Society? You'd need an Army. Or perhaps a Navy. Something to think on." he says, walking toward the exit.
"We should get going, we might have a war to prevent."
male Human Flowing Monk 1 Perception +6 Init: +2 HP: 10 AC: 14 (T 14/ FF 12) CMD: 16 CMB +6 FORT +3 REF +4 WIL +4
In the back of the room stands a man of Tian decent a friendly smile on his face and his arms crossed over his chest.
He is of average height and wiry of build and wears simple linen clothes and carries not much with him besides a small pouch and what looks like two connected farming tools.
How do you kidnap so many people at once? Was there magic at work in this?
Male Human (hp:14/14 AC:20 t:13 ff:17 cmd 18 Fort:4 reflex:3 will:1 init +3 perc +6) Fighter(shielded fighter) /1
Shane looked around the group. They were a strange gathering, but that he was used to by now, even though he had only just joined the society, he'd worked with one of theirs for half his life. But it was like they'd gone out of their way on this one. Gripping the hilt of his sword, he looked at the venture captain, then at the tiefling that seemed to think himself in charge. Then he looked at Nefti
"Hey kid. he said smiling. "You look more nervous than a goat round a gaggle of dwarves, there something you need to tell us?"
Shane had once been like Nefti. A little hoodlum straight on his way to the gallows, so he could be understand the boy being nervous, surrounded by all these armed people, but then, he might really be hiding things.
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Makarn Zelkor wrote:
Makarn strokes his beard in thought, begrudging his advice to the group at large. "Wide scale kidnapping typically suggests slavery. Targeting specific groups speaks to a well-defined application.
Kidnapping for slaves was my belief as well.
Shane Teldan wrote:
"Hey kid. he said smiling. "You look more nervous than a goat round a gaggle of dwarves, there something you need to tell us?"
"Let us not bait the boy, friend. How would you feel should the circumstances be reversed, and it where you being held by the Aspis Consortium? I have heard tales from friends near Bloodcove that where taken for a month, tortured, and then released, and never really recovered, body or mind. But, we have the opportunity, both the Society and young Nefti here, to see that the Pathfinder Society is is not the Aspis Consortium." Turning more to Nefti now, "You will not find that we backstab each other for advantage or gain, here, young Nefti. Pathfinders watch each other's back, no matter how we feel about the person. For now, you are with us, and that means we all will also have your back. You have a chance to walk a different path now, to leave behind the Aspis Consortium, and a walk that will likely end with your murder or slavery to a master much more cruel and cunning. But you do not have to walk that path. You have a choice, and hopefully, once this is all done, and you have seen both sides, hopefully you will be ready to make it."
After hearing the group Serpentine rises up with excitement, sheathes his dagger and walks to Negri and greets him with a welcoming smile...well as welcoming as a gnome can be."Nefti my boy you're in good hands, i'll die before i'd allow anyone to hurt you. Just keep your end of the deal and I'll keep mine." He then turns to the group."Unknown enemies, mysterious kidnappings, missing officials. Yea...my blood boils with excitement, I'll be waiting outside."
Shane chuckles for a second then looks at the cleric. ~Yeah, sure. They all love this kid, but only as long as he serves their purpose. The kid is right to be wary, and better keep on his toes.~
"Well then, please let us follow the boy to where these people took our man"
Perched precariously overhanging the dirty harbor water stands the Inn of the Unlucky Sailor. A fresh coat of white paint glistens on half the inn’s outside walls, and most of the windows are boarded up. The roof leans slightly toward the harbor, as if at any moment the entire thing could come off and slide into the ocean. The dock leading up to the inn is made of rotting wood connected to thick, rank-smelling pilings. Several small rowboats are currently tied up along its length.
I just put your character where they are on the map so you could see them... when you approach you come from that direction and can rearrange your order your self
20/20, AC:20, T: 11, FF: 19, CMD: 16, Fort +7, Refl +3, Will +5, Init: +1, Perc: +0,LG Human Male Paladin 2, Longsword +6 1d8+7 (19/x2)
Before approaching, I'll turn to our guide. "You are certain this is the place?" Dismounting, I'll secure my trusty steed, "Fair Lady" somewhere safe, draw a wand, and cast Shield and Guidance on myself (just before entering, unless something else happens first).
"Mmm, looks like a decent kick might tip the thing over." Makarn says, leering at the building. He tries to take note of anything out of the ordinairy.
20/20, AC:20, T: 11, FF: 19, CMD: 16, Fort +7, Refl +3, Will +5, Init: +1, Perc: +0,LG Human Male Paladin 2, Longsword +6 1d8+7 (19/x2)
"The sign indicates that the building is an inn, or at least appears to be. We could send in someone looking for a room, while the others wait without, ready of course. This might allow us to get a bit of recon on the area."
Perception:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Are there people coming in and out, or others nearby standing around? Lookouts or witnesses.
HP 79/79 (97/97 raging), Init +2, AC: 19 22, T: 12, FF: 19, CMD: 21 (-2 for Rage), F: +12, R: +5, W: +9, (+4 vs Wind, +2 vs Spells, Poison, +2 vs Party Spells, immune to fog/mist/smoke, Protect from Evil) Perception +10 <Darkvision 60ft, Heightened Continual Flame>, CG Asgardian (dwarf) Warpriest 6/Blood Rager 3 Avenger 9, Mjolnir: +8/+3, 2d6+12, Ranged: +11/+6, 2d6+7 (20/x2) B
Serpentfang wrote:
I have no idea if I'm doin this right
From the Wayfinder app, just hit the hot key both before and after you type what you want.
@ Daveak, let me know if you need any help setting things up. Once you get the hang of it, it actually goes really fast. A few tips, (once everyone has posted the characters they are going to use, open up the Campaign Tab. There are two areas you can type in. The first one will appear at the top of the page, which allows you to put in a quick summary of what has happened so far, but you can also make a DM Spoiler for Init, having the codes set up so you can just copy/paste it and end the last bracket for each quickly.
"Man I'm bored", as he casually rests his back against the wall, trying to play it up more than he needs to try to speed things along.I use a Move Action to move to ______, and just stand there for now.
If anyone is interested, I decided to create a sort of hangout thread. The idea is one to just be a place that people can post in and out of character, but also hopefully a place that people can post game recruitments and/or requests to join a game.
Feel free to swing by and just see what's going on with other player's I have run games for and with.
That's fine. You can play outside of the Subtier <(1-2), (3-4), & (6-7)>, you jut can't play outside of Tier <(1st-7th)>. The Subtier would depend on the total APL (average party level), so if there are say 5 players, and it turns out to be:
a Level 1
a Level 1
a Level 3
a Level 2
and a Level 1 (1 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 8)
You add all those together, and divide by the number of players (5), add 1, and that's your APL, round down, and that's the Subtier.
8 / 5 = 1.6, +1 = 2.6, rounded down = 2 (so still in the 1-2 Subtier).
All 1st and 2nd level characters would get the normal GP rewards, but all higher level characters would get the Out-of-Subtier Gold.
Not trying to pushing at all, just wasn't sure if you new how it worked now.
My existing and active characters are:
Count, Lord-Baron Yanos, Huscarl and Knight-Protecter of the Realm of Ustalav <Taldor Cleric 6>
I'd like to play either Saint Germain to see how it actually plays, or to a lesser extend Garinol (fills both the skills and healing rolls), but it's not a huge deal.
No worries. I am still thinking about even making a new character, and like I said, not at all trying to push, I was just pointing it out.
Also feel free to drop a mention for other players in my other thread if you want when you are ready. That, or a post in the PFS Online recruitment, but make sure to mention how many players you are looking for, and how you will pick them (first come, or picking the ones you like best on whatever criteria).
Aren't you playing this character in my Quest for Perfection run?
EDIT: I was totally unaware of the session-lock rule! I'll have to put forward a different character for both sessions actually. I'll post new ones in both threads. Massive apologies to both GMs, I've just honestly never played more than one society session at a time.
20/20, AC:20, T: 11, FF: 19, CMD: 16, Fort +7, Refl +3, Will +5, Init: +1, Perc: +0,LG Human Male Paladin 2, Longsword +6 1d8+7 (19/x2)
Gaius Pellandir wrote:
Soth-Loren the Sword Knight wrote:
Gaius Pellandir wrote:
Ready!
Aren't you playing this character in my Quest for Perfection run?
EDIT: I was totally unaware of the session-lock rule! I'll have to put forward a different character for both sessions actually. I'll post new ones in both threads. Massive apologies to both GMs, I've just honestly never played more than one society session at a time.
That's fine. It's a learning experience. :) I'm just trying to figure out for sure who is playing in what games.
Aren't you playing this character in my Quest for Perfection run?
EDIT: I was totally unaware of the session-lock rule! I'll have to put forward a different character for both sessions actually. I'll post new ones in both threads. Massive apologies to both GMs, I've just honestly never played more than one society session at a time.
That's fine. It's a learning experience. :) I'm just trying to figure out for sure who is playing in what games.
Cheers! Well, I'll bring a slightly more interesting fella to the party. We'll have a spellcaster at any rate.
20/20, AC:20, T: 11, FF: 19, CMD: 16, Fort +7, Refl +3, Will +5, Init: +1, Perc: +0,LG Human Male Paladin 2, Longsword +6 1d8+7 (19/x2)
No, I can channel, and also have a Wand of CLW (in my Right hand Writ Sheath & Weapon Cord if anyone needs it and I'm down). You could probably do without it at all, honestly, if you want more offense, but that's up to you.
Hey just a question, My char. gets additional 2 damage when he confirms a crit, so let's say I rolled a crit and confirmed it will the dice account for that additional 2 damage? If not how do I go about inputting it? Just wanted to clarify before we see combat b/c plz disregard my noobness lol
which will then look like this (if you remove those *)
Attack:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8 Damage:1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
[ooc]Hey possible Crit (lets pretend)
Its a bit different. You will hit the Dice button, and a another text window will appear. Type in the name of the roll and enter, then another will show up. Press the dice button that shows up (d20). If you push it twice, it will make it 2d20, and add a new dice each time. You can also mix it up a bit, so if you wanted to roll your damage and sneak attack together, hit d4, then hit d6, and t would enter 1d4 + 1d6. Then hit the little + sign on the side to add in your modifier (again, hit it multiple times to add/subtract 1 as needed. Once you have all that in, just enter it, and the dice code will appear, and post as normal. Because you can not really preview before hand, you will need to do a second post for the Crit confirm rerolls, and just remember the second Damage, you will need to add your extra +2 from the trait.
Also since there are so many players but not enough level difference to go up a tier... if the encounters are too easy let me know i can add more minions not main villians it wouldnt add to reward just make it more fun
