Drow War Team 1

Game Master Tarlane

"A delver, a satyr, and a watchman. I am curious as to what mark has taken residence on these two." Brutus says nodding his head toward the Kayal and the drow. As the others talk, Brutus takes a moment to look inward again. "A diplomat, is that what I was? As he turned the idea over in his mind, he came away from it feeling it was incomplete, not the full picture. He believed in peacekeeping, but he also felt willing to fight for what he believed in. "Diplomat doesn't strike me as accurate. Maybe I am wrong and just not getting through the haze that blocks my memory, but I don't think I was a diplomat, at least, not the traditional kind." He says as he raised his bow a little.

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@Aetherni Yeah, that has been my struggle. I know of really intelligent and wise people who understand the benefit of laughter, and my thought would be that Brutus was one of those (like Patch Adams if anyone ever saw that movie) But I am not sure what exactly that looks like. Am I content to make bad jokes and laugh at them myself... this might be a bit of a work in progress, so hopefully I don't give off a schizophrenic feel.

@Aetherni (again) I am assuming that we are on an island and the searching and exploring of it really won't "trigger" anything. I could be wrong. To be honest, my assumption is that Tarlane is going to bring down a god/demigod/messenger/light from stones type of moment where a few things get explained. But assumptions are made to make me look stupid so there you go lol.

@Drombar I think in terms of character sheets, I not quite done, still needing my trait and final decision on core races. And I thought Mogwai said he needed to finish up some equipment stuff. Hopefully we should be ready to go this afternoon?

I just finished up Mogwai's equipment, so I should be ready whenever.

Well, I can't say I was a diplomat. If I had been one i would probably had kept my mouth shut when I saw the Drow. But who knows? Maybe i'm the best a Dwarf can get?

What about the Honored Fist of the Society Brutus? Or maybe the Scholar of Ruins (Human)? I'm even thinking about taking the Aditional Traits Feat.

Kayal is the name fetchlings call themselves - Fetchling being a nickname given them by humans. We have yet to hear from the Goblin and the drow about their marks

"That may be so Aetherni, but I think not. Perhaps not diplomats, but representatives? representatives of what our people are or could be? I cannot help but think it is no chance that there are not 2 of the same race here, that despite their numerical superiority there are no more than one human and despite their cultural dominance, there are no surface Elves. Maybe I am wrong, seeing patterns where none exist, but it is a thought, is it not?"

I cannot refute your argument. That's as good an assumption as we being the Star's chosen.

We have yet to hear from the Goblin and the drow about their marks

I revealed mine, one of the last posts on the previous page.

Mogwai isn't sure what to make of all of his star talk. He has by now noticed that the sign he bears matches one of the obelisks, but he isn't sure what to make of this. He latches onto the idea of the different races instead, pleased to be considered the representative of his people.

"Maybe no Elves because is only... misunderstood races." Mogwai offers, noting not only himself, but the Fetchling and Drow. Even humans could be seen as twisted / corrupt / power-hungry.

Phew, power didn't come back on til early morning and I'm at work now so actually able to get some RP done. I think we are able to move forward so I'm going to fire brutus a PM about his last questions and I'll have a gameplay thread(with a link to it) up very soon.

As a side note, great RP so far guys, I'm really looking forward to this.

Link to the Game Thread

There we go guys, lets pick up and start the adventure.

Can you actually make a campaign and link them together? It'll make it easier for me to track everything.

Its done now. I'll get a description and all that stuff up for it soon, just trying to keep a bunch of balls in the air at the moment and you're pretty quick on the draw so I hadn't gotten to that one yet.

Oh, brilliant. Cheers! You may go back to juggling now. :P

Brutus is finished up. I added a few things on the gear, but nothing major. If you want to give him the final look see than great! I will head on over to the game thread.

I'm buying skill points, is anyone selling them? ^^

Question for everyone involved, though I would assume Tarlane and Aetherni will be most effected. Would you like us to put together a status line below our name and above our avatar? If so, any specifics that need to make it into that status?

That's up to Tarlane, but i always play with a line containing the basics. It's a pain in the ass to keep changing Hit Points, tough. And everyone has special abilities which the others might forget, but i would recommend it.

Hit points, AC and Saves in particular are really nice on my end, I don't normally need to look at your attacks or skills(though an occasional perception/knowledge/sense motive might be rolled behind the scenes to determine awareness of something) so I don't worry about those as much. It can be hard to keep track of everyone's buffs sometimes, so having those base stats available at my fingertips is great. Anything else is easy enough to skim the character for. I have you all in herolab now anyway and will most likely be keeping somewhat accurate track of changes to individuals that way.

Initiative is one of the oddities, now that I mentioned me rolling things for people. That is one of the things I rarely do when I can help it, I know its always nice to hope luck is on your side and not in the hands of the DM. However, assuming there aren't any voices against it when we have encounters I will likely roll all your initiatives when I describe the scene that way we can all jump straight in without taking the extra time to go around of rolls just for a pretty static number.

Hey Tarlane,

Would you mind copy/pasting the Star Signs and Pantheon stuff in the campaign info tab?

I know we're gonna use google docs, but maybe the important info can be there as well?

I've been a little swamped today at work so its slowed me down, but I'm getting a post up for you guys in the IC thread now and then I'll copy stuff over to the campaign info tab if that is easier for you guys to get to. The drawback of course being that it won't necessarily be as pretty and you won't be able to see images of the gods symbols and such.

I see you connected the threads, well done!

I'm still a little shaken with our ineptitude to deal with simple threats. Why do you all think we had that much problems?

Honestly, I would put most of the blame on luck for that one. There could have been a few other things done(The shadow goblins won't follow into the circle, that is why they would disregard whoever stepped back between the stones and focus on those still outside) so that could have been used against them, but for the most part the tactics were fine, the biggest problem seemed to be a lot of really terrible rolls on your part, and a few really lucky ones on mine. You were very lucky your AC was so high aetherni, I had several attacks that hit 20 and would have landed on anyone else.

Especially this first level, I am going to have to decide if flurry is really worth it or not lol. +2/+2 leaves a lot of room for luck to screw with things. I was about to give up and try and bull rush one off the causeway, but we all hit that last round so I didn't have to go there.

I don't know if you saw my posted action for the following round (which has not happened). I did see our attack power is not what i expected, tough. Neither our defense, actually. And we lack arcane, so we're gonna have a tough time. Maybe that town will gather all it's wealth up to 50k gold in order to aid the heroes?

We also had two firing arrows without Precise Shot - a - 4 penalty into combat. I think we will be okay, but I think we are going to have to be careful tactically speaking and try and take advantage of anything we can... flanking, positioning, combat maneuvers, etc.

I am a front line fighter, but I was woefully out of position for that.

Had I been swinging my sword, I probably would have connected on my first attack(21, as opposed to 19, I believe). Not sure if that 19 was adjusted down to a 15 for firing into combat, but if not, 20+ AC is kinda high for level 1s.

Also, might be good to let the guy with a +8 to Diplomacy to do some of the talking.

Yeah, you guys were aiming at AC 16s, they were nimble but fragile. The 19 did miss because all the possible targets were in melee combat. Missing a focused arcane is going to be your biggest drawback, but I do think you guys are going to be alright.

My in person group that I ran through this campaign some years back is pretty tactically minded, but they had a much weaker party composition than you guys do.

It was a good fight to wet your appetites a bit and give you a better taste of each other's abilities to prepare for what is to come.

"Mogwai do better next time."

Hey Yorick, not sure if you want to or if GM will let ya, but the Heretic archetype is great if you wanna be our sneak. Sin Eater is one of the few that can combo with another, as most replace Monster Lore.

I had thought about it, but it's only really a +2, going up to maybe a +3 at 8th if I dump my Ability Bonuses into Wisdom. And it does get rid of Monster Lore, which I think is a pretty good ability? I'm not sure it's worth the tradeoff, is all? I'm open to more input on it though.

It probably would have made more sense to not lose +4 Stealth to gain the bite attack, though once I gain multiattack that'll be a considerably better trade-off and I'll actually be able to do an okay amount of damage.

It's worth noting that I do still have a whopping +10 Stealth at first level, and I plan on dropping a Skill Point into it every single time I gain.

Well, it adds your Wis to both Stealth and Bluff, plus the special Judgement is pretty nifty too.

Btw, I will be out for the rest of the day, as tonight is the pro wrestling debut of my younger bro for a local indy fed.

Vorik, I suspect it was adjusted for firing into combat. I know I hit with a lower than 19 (17 I think) when they were not in combat. If they were normal goblins they would have an ac of 16, that's a 50% miss chance for an average Martial. All that is needed is a few unlucky die rolls (and we had plenty of those) and suddenly we look incompetent.

I suspect we will be all right. At low levels it's always difficult to get a hit, but after a few levels it gets a bit easier (BAB increases, Feats, spells, Ability increases and Class features all stack to improve hit chances, by level 3 most attacks hit and damage is starting to be boosted).

Also, might be good to let the guy with a +8 to Diplomacy to do some of the talking.

Be my guest ^^

Btw guys, I am still at half hits :(. When we get a chance, I suggest we invest in a wand of cure light wounds (resurrection is all very well, but meanwhile we are down 3 guys: 1 dead and 2 to carry him).

Why oh why didn't I get Cure light wounds? Is it possible to swap CLW for abundant ammunition (especially as you don't bother with recording arrows spent?)

Btw guys, I am still at half hits :(. When we get a chance, I suggest we invest in a wand of cure light wounds (resurrection is all very well, but meanwhile we are down 3 guys: 1 dead and 2 to carry him).

Why oh why didn't I get Cure light wounds? Is it possible to swap CLW for abundant ammunition (especially as you don't bother with recording arrows spent?)

Vorik will get Lay On Hands at level 2 which will surely make a big difference. And though I'm taking a Fighter dip, my spells will increase as normal, so I'll always have Healing spells around, too.

I'm definitely all for a wand, though. Maybe you should start dropping ranks into UMD? You're the only one of us with a decent charisma modifier who also won't be getting beat to hell by enemies while trying to use said wand.

So how many nights will that take to sleep off? I feel like the resting regeneration of HP got nerfed massively in Pathfinder, or am I off on that?

We also will have Aetherni as a cleric as of second level. First level is going to be rough, but depending on how you go about things there will be a fair bit of equivalent xp from RP(I am just going to level you guys at certain points rather than passing out experience) so second level will come before too long.

I'm fine if drombar swaps out abundant ammunition however since you didn't realize I don't pay attention to normal arrows.

Brutus,

You heal your level in hp and one point of ability damage every nights rest and you heal your level in non-lethal damage every 15 minutes.

I think that is the same as it was back in 3.x

See, this is what I get for reading too many pbp games and not the rules. I see people healing for one or two points, and just realized, its because they never got past level one or two lol. I just assumed it was one or two points a night. Scratch my comment please.

Aren't we at second level yet? OMG this is embarassing...

Anyway, once you get to higher levels you probably won't need the night healing.
And next level is Cleric for me, with healing and protection domain (if i negotiate skilfully).

OK, I've swapped my spells. I can always swap it for something else when Aetherni levels up.

So this game is pretty sandbox, right? Would it allow us to, perhaps over time, set up a base of operations ala Kingmaker and the kingdom building rules in Ultimate Campaign?

I will not lie, I would be all about that! Aetherni and his new love interest here could be our leading Lord and Lady

You're just envy! Common her sister is available!

... with a squat stone well in the middle.

Could you please detail this a little better?

Vorik, That is very possible. The majority of the first book is on a bit of a timescale(events happen, armies advance, ect on their own timeline based on what you do to change or stall them.) But their definitely come times where you have downtime to follow your own endeavors.

In my in person group, we had one person off adventuring, one person setting up an orphanage, one setting up a military academy, and one seeking revenge from the one thing that would have resulted in a TPK without DM intervention. All done during downtimes. Leadership is a viable feat in this campaign, though in a PbP it may often be more useful to have the cohort leading other tasks and accomplishing smaller goals you all may not have time for to hand wave it.

But having the selection of commoners and low level people to maintain a fortress or add to armies for larger scale battles would be very helpful too. Not to mention having a leadership score in whoever acts as your 'general' in large scale battles gives a natural bonus. Coming up with a castle or mercenary company or whatever else is very do-able, it just may not come up until later when things slow down a bit.

Aetherni, The well is pretty standard and what you would expect from this town. It isn't well maintained, but at least has a fairly new rope hanging from it to keep it functional. Little more than a way for those who aren't willing to walk to the nearby river to get some fresh water.

Common people what happened to you all?

lol, I am getting this mental picture of a dwarf sitting at a computer with a tankard of ale in his hand screaming at the monitor saying, "POST!!! COME ON POST!!!" Preciate the laugh Aetherni lol

kkkkkkk it is more or less like that, but around here we drink something called tereré, and it's alcool free! But yes, I haven't been able to settle my hunger for a live speed game. COMMON!!!
I need to consult with a psychiatrist ^^

Hey Beardy McDrunkypants, calm down. I posted, waitin for zee boss.

MORE ALE! Calls high the dwarf, obviously intending to find the waiter.

lol