Dungeon Master S's "Giantslayer" AP (Inactive)

Game Master Chris Marsh

Normal chatter stuff.

If you guys scroll up, you'll see a couple of useful links:

Tactical Map: Map for combat. Duh

Handouts: I'll use this for everything from actual handouts within the game to portraits of NPCs so that you have an exact mental image.

Templates: Here is the home of the copy/paste templates for dropping spells. It's far easier than drawing it on the map. The transparency should make life reasonably easy. As we settle in to things I'm sure this will be updated.

XP & Treasure: Open for editing, just fill in the source, amount, and page. Anyone can update it. I'll also leave a sheet open for the treasure you find. For those who don't play a lot of campaign style, treasure can get tricky if not taken care of.

Dotted for reference.

I'm going to jump in on some of the roleplaying early. Just need to make sure I know as much as a local of Trunau would. O Beneficent GM, I hope you'll allow me to make some small liberties... all in the interest of immersion to the setting, I promise.

VAEL BEING A BREWER FOR THE KILLIN GROUND
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Since I'm committing to Vael being the son of a brewer, and that he found a place in Trunau because of his skills, I'm reading up on the process of medieval brewing. I'll get things wrong about it, but I'll give it a whirl.

For flavour purposes I'm thinking his secret family recipe is essentially based on the Clare household Strong Ale recipe found HERE. In game the ale should, of course, be called Oakfist Ale.

In looking at the Player's Guide, I see that the main (only) drinking establishment in town is The Killin' Ground. It's run by Rabus Clarenston, who has the bar mostly to pay for his own distilling of moonshine. Vael would seek him out, make friends, and probably try to secure a job. He'd happily brew Oakfist Ale for the patrons if it meant enough gainful employment to cover living expenses for an average (10gp/month) or worst-case poor (3gp/month) living.

Thoughts?

VAEL BEFRIENDING AGRIT STAGINSDAR
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Also, I read from the Player's Guide that one of the notable NPCs is Agrit Staginsdar, who owns and runs the House of Wonders (basically the magic shop in town). She's a dwarf, and is married to Sara Morninghawk.

Given that Vael has an interest in magical artifacts (from the Artifact Hunter campaign trait), and because Agrit is a dwarf, I wonder if it'd be okay for her to be someone Vael befriended. He'd probably yearn to have someone he can trade legends with and speak Dwarven to as a reminder of home. How close the friendship is I'm happy to roleplay out or roll for :)

A connection with her might also be a way in which he'd have met Trex's character.

O Benevolent GM, your thoughts?

VAEL BEING A BREWER FOR THE KILLIN GROUND

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Since I'm committing to Vael being the son of a brewer, and that he found a place in Trunau because of his skills, I'm reading up on the process of medieval brewing. I'll get things wrong about it, but I'll give it a whirl.

For flavour purposes I'm thinking his secret family recipe is essentially based on the Clare household Strong Ale recipe found HERE. In game the ale should, of course, be called Oakfist Ale.

In looking at the Player's Guide, I see that the main (only) drinking establishment in town is The Killin' Ground. It's run by Rabus Clarenston, who has the bar mostly to pay for his own distilling of moonshine. Vael would seek him out, make friends, and probably try to secure a job. He'd happily brew Oakfist Ale for the patrons if it meant enough gainful employment to cover living expenses for an average (10gp/month) or worst-case poor (3gp/month) living.

Thoughts?

MY thought is, this is perfect!

VAEL BEFRIENDING AGRIT STAGINSDAR

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Also, I read from the Player's Guide that one of the notable NPCs is Agrit Staginsdar, who owns and runs the House of Wonders (basically the magic shop in town). She's a dwarf, and is married to Sara Morninghawk.

Given that Vael has an interest in magical artifacts (from the Artifact Hunter campaign trait), and because Agrit is a dwarf, I wonder if it'd be okay for her to be someone Vael befriended. He'd probably yearn to have someone he can trade legends with and speak Dwarven to as a reminder of home. How close the friendship is I'm happy to roleplay out or roll for :)

A connection with her might also be a way in which he'd have met Trex's character.

O Benevolent GM, your thoughts?

This also works for me, and means I have some things to do on this side of the screen. I'll get back to you.

I think I've finally settled on a name and I've got the outline of a back story.

If the GM will allow it, I'd like Raen (pronounced like rain) to begin play as a alchemical crafter working with Agrit Staginsdar, both for sale and the town's defense. She first learned wizardry under Agrit's tutelage and, as a curious tinkerer, helps the dwarf identify and/or employ some of the magical oddities the citizens of Trunau recover from lost settlements in the Hold of Belkzen.

As Jeff mentioned, that'd be a good place for her to meet Vael and learn Dwarven from listening to him chat with Agrit, and perhaps some formal training subsequently from one or both of them.

At this point, I'd peg Raen's age at mid- to late-twenties and her residence in Trunau at approximately 6-8 years. Her history before that I will share with the GM.

Thoughts?

I think I've finally settled on a name and I've got the outline of a back story.

If the GM will allow it, I'd like Raen (pronounced like rain) to begin play as a alchemical crafter working with Agrit Staginsdar, both for sale and the town's defense. She first learned wizardry under Agrit's tutelage and, as a curious tinkerer, helps the dwarf identify and/or employ some of the magical oddities the citizens of Trunau recover from lost settlements in the Hold of Belkzen.

As Jeff mentioned, that'd be a good place for her to meet Vael and learn Dwarven from listening to him chat with Agrit, and perhaps some formal training subsequently from one or both of them.

At this point, I'd peg Raen's age at mid- to late-twenties and her residence in Trunau at approximately 6-8 years. Her history before that I will share with the GM.

Thoughts?

Works for me.

Ushyle (oo-SHY-leh) has lived in Trunau since he was 8, rescued on the outskirts of town by Fonso and Meri Tomescu, an elderly couple who turned him over to the Sanctuary. His left cheek bore scar — red, in the shape of a rose — that remains there to this day.

When the Tomescus perished in an orc raid three years later, Ushylee insisted on taking up arms with the raiding party and proved his mettle on the hunt. Like all residents, he waited until his twelfth year to get his hopeknife, and has managed on his own ever since; despite his proximity to the faith in Trunau, he never mastered the intricacies the rites and rituals of Iomedae, and found that manual labor suited him far better than the formalities of religion.

Ten years later, he has shown himself to be a stalwart friend and works as a security escort for the Countinghouse, charged with carrying monies back and forth each market day between there and the Barterstones. Known as a quiet man, the few times he has had to show muscle in defense of his charge has left no doubt that he can handle the job.

Working on getting somethings together. I have a better idea of what my character is going to be doing and a good idea of a simple back story. should be able to get it all together this week.

Hey everyone, just a heads up, I'll be completely offline from Thursday night until Sunday night. I'm running 3 legs in a relay race that spans more than 200 miles. We run non-stop, so I won't be in any condition to post or check the boards until after sleeping in on Sunday.

Unacceptable.

Kidding aside, I don't know that I could drive 200 miles non-stop, let alone be part of team that runs that. Kudos.

Whistle Pig is escaped slave from northern Cheliax. He worked for the house of a local slave trader. He was smuggled out of through Misarias by a group weapon runners. Pig is not sure what happened, but a week into the journey, he found himself abandoned in the foothills of the Mindspin Mountains. Knowing something of the Geography of the area, he traveled north until he heard about Trunau from a passing Varisian caravan.

Once in Trunau, Cham Larringfass showed the newcomer around and settled Pig into Ramblehouse. Pig earns a livingn hunting wild game in the field and hills around the town. He also takes his shift in the local militia on patrol and guard duty of those same surrounding lands.

Ushyle's lifestyle bracket will be somewhere between poor and average. I picture him in a boarding house, but not a separate building. He would likely have a room of his own wherever that might be. Being affiliated with the moneychanger, he lives frugally to avoid any appearance that he might be doing anything dishonest — he may be accepted as a Trunau resident, but it's obvious to him how half-orcs are "noticed" by natives.

Ushyle knows Whistle Pig, since they both reside in different rooms at the Ramblehouse. They occasionally share a meal together, which gives onlookers no small amount of amusement watching the odd pair. The half-orc pays little attention to such small minds, though, preferring to eat his stew and sip his Jalmeray black tea (considered by others the only thing on which they see him spend more than a copper or two).

Maybe twice a month, they sojourn together on the halfling's hunting excursions; while Ushyle isn't much of a bowman, he's gradually learning to use a crossbow, and besides, there's safety in numbers.

I'm almost ready for a post but it's late and I want to get my first one right. Will probably be Friday or Saturday. Still putting finishing touches on the backstory.

GM, how do you feel about crafting using starting gold? In particular, I'd like to scribe a scroll and make three flasks of acid.

Spellcraft DC 6, Take 10: 10 + 9 = 19
Craft Alchemy DC 15, Take 10: 10 + 9 = 19
Craft Alchemy DC 15, Take 10: 10 + 9 = 19
Craft Alchemy DC 15, Take 10: 10 + 9 = 19

I'm not a fan of it because at heart I'm a grognard....

How do the weeks work? Is it basically a week IRL = 1 week of activity in game, up until the campaign starts? Or are you more or less dictating time? I ask because I'm trying to get a sense for how much roleplay I should squeeze in.

No problem. Since it's pre-game time I'm going with RL=game time.

So once per week in real life I'll toss out a tidbit to people who put an RP post up. It has no mechanical effect, but does help spoon out some backstory/potential hooks.

I'm not a fan of it because at heart I'm a grognard....

No worries, I can ditch the crafting.

Once we start it's fine though.

FYI I'll be slow to post until Monday as I'm out of state for a wedding.

Not that it matters much yet. I will, however, be on Slack.

-Posted with Wayfinder

Just a heads up everyone, I'll be at Carnage on the Mountain this weekend from Friday afternoon until late Sunday. I'll do what I can to post, but I'm likely not going to be able to as I'm running games most slots. Feel free to bot me (unless I'm the GM.)

Hi, I'm Tony. I'm a friend of the DM from NH, originally, but now in Boston.

I'm looking over PG and the thread now.

Any thoughts on what would strengthen the group? Off the cuff it looks like we could use a stronger front line and might be OK with healing--But that depends on everyone's builds.

So everyone here is a very experienced player with a solid history of play. I can confidently say that everyone will want you to play what makes you happy.

Play what you wanna play.

EDIT: DAMMIT, I DID THAT WRONG.

Seriously, though: Ushyle is currently a Brawler (snakebite striker) who's going to go into Inquisitor (sanctified slayer) at 2nd level. Raen is a Wizard. Vael is a Shaman. Whistle Pig is a Ranger (read as: Matt's latest attempt to make a halfling slinger work).

If we're short anything, it's something else to fill out the front line, as you mentioned; and perhaps a true skill monkey type. But honestly, whatever you want to play is what you should play.

Stat block below. I have also pinned it in Slack.

Raen does NOT recognize the name. He's never heard of anyone in Trunau, or otherwise by that name.

Oops. My bad.

As a reminder, one of my "house" rules is that any character who makes a perception or Disable Device check needs to put his mini on the map where it's taking place. Actually, EVERYONE'S minis must be placed. Traps happen (not here, but it looked like people were placed.) You guys are good here. There are two items of value and some coin. With coin I usually wait until someone collects it before giving a count.

Cross-posting to all of my games: I'll be pretty much AFK on the 24th and 25th. I'll be back to slow posting on Monday the 26th until Wednesday the 28th. After that I'm back to full speed posting.

Trunau Magic Item availability list:
1 Kuthon to 7 Kuthon

Minor Items: 3d4 ⇒ (4, 4, 4) = 12
Medium Items: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Minor Items:
1: 1d100 ⇒ 4 Armor/Shield
2: 1d100 ⇒ 1 Armor/Shield
3: 1d100 ⇒ 85 Wand
4: 1d100 ⇒ 58 Scroll
5: 1d100 ⇒ 84 Wand
6: 1d100 ⇒ 2 Armor/Shield
7: 1d100 ⇒ 59 Scroll
8: 1d100 ⇒ 68 Scroll
9: 1d100 ⇒ 39 Weapon
10: 1d100 ⇒ 70 Scroll
11: 1d100 ⇒ 46 Ring
12: 1d100 ⇒ 49 Scroll

Medium Items:
1: 1d100 ⇒ 26 Potion

Minor Items:
Armor/Shield: Material: 1d100 ⇒ 7 Standard
Armor/Shield: Material: 1d100 ⇒ 74 Standard
Armor/Shield: Material: 1d100 ⇒ 12 Standard
Wand: Spell Level: 1d100 ⇒ 89 Level 2
Wand: Spell Level: 1d100 ⇒ 77 Level 2
Scroll: Spell Level: 1d100 ⇒ 73 Level 2
Scroll: Spell Level: 1d100 ⇒ 87 Level 2
Scroll: Spell Level: 1d100 ⇒ 40 Level 1
Scroll: Spell Level: 1d100 ⇒ 25 Level 1
Scroll: Spell Level: 1d100 ⇒ 35 Level 1
Weapon: Material: 1d100 ⇒ 53 Standard
Ring: Special Qualities: 1d100 ⇒ 96 Standard

Medium:
Potion: Spell Level: 1d100 ⇒ 67 Level 2

Minor Items:
Standard Armor/Shield: Subgroup: 1d100 ⇒ 14 Lesser
Standard Armor/Shield: Subgroup: 1d100 ⇒ 46 Lesser
Standard Armor/Shield: Subgroup: 1d100 ⇒ 66 Greater
Level 2 Wand:
Level 2 Wand:
Level 2 Scroll:
Level 2 Scroll:
Level 1 Scroll:
Level 1 Scroll:
Level 1 Scroll:
Standard Weapon: Special Properties: 1d100 ⇒ 7 and Subgroup: 1d100 ⇒ 21 Lesser, sheds Light
Standard Ring: Subgroup: 1d100 ⇒ 72 Greater

Medium:
Level 2 Potion:

Minor Items:

Lesser Minor Standard Armor/Shield: Magic Result: 1d100 ⇒ 46 +1
Lesser Minor Standard Armor/Shield: Magic Result: 1d100 ⇒ 79 +1
Greater Minor Standard Armor/Shield: Magic Result: 1d100 ⇒ 87 Specific Result
Level 2 Wand:
Level 2 Wand:
Level 2 Scroll:
Level 2 Scroll:
Level 1 Scroll:
Level 1 Scroll:
Level 1 Scroll:
Standard Lesser Minor Weapon, sheds Light: Magic Result: 1d100 ⇒ 48 +1
Greater Minor Standard Ring: Magic Result: 1d100 ⇒ 82 Ring of Swarming Stabs

Medium:
Level 2 Potion:

Ranger Level 2 HP:1d10 ⇒ 2

Edit: Fuuuuuuu...!

ranger level 1 HP: 1d10 ⇒ 1

ahh yeah.... ROFL.

Picking up where I left off:

Weapons:
Standard Lesser Minor Weapon, sheds Light:Variety: 1d100 ⇒ 50 Martial

Specific type: 1d100 ⇒ 72 Short bow

+1 shortbow, it sheds light like a torch.

Armor:
1. Armor or shield: 1d100 ⇒ 22 Armor
2. Armor or shield: 1d100 ⇒ 83 Shield
3. Armor or shield: 1d100 ⇒ 45 Armor

1. ArmorType: 1d100 ⇒ 67 Splint Mail +1
2. Shield Type: 1d100 ⇒ 29 Light Wooden Shield +1
1. ArmorSpecific: 1d100 ⇒ 76 DESNA! Dragonhide Plate Armor!!!

Level 2 Wand: Status
Level 2 Wand: Badger's Ferocity
Level 2 Scroll: Aid
Level 2 Scroll: Protection from Chaos, Communal
Level 1 Scroll: Ear Piercing Scream
Level 1 Scroll: Moment of Greatness
Level 1 Scroll: Frostbite

Potion: Owl's Wisdom

Hamilton L3 HP: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12

Level 3 HP 1d10 ⇒ 8

Comprehend Languages SCROLL 1d100 ⇒ 32 Available 25 gp
Liberating Command 1d100 ⇒ 44 Available 15 gp Spellcraft: 10 + 11 = 21
See Invisibility 1d100 ⇒ 80 Available 60 gp Spellcraft: 10 + 11 = 21
Web 1d100 ⇒ 45 Available 60 gp Spellcraft: 10 + 11 = 21

Scribe Comprehend Languages to Spellbook from scroll: 10 gp Spellcraft: 10 + 11 = 21

Scribing into spellbook: 4 spells, 1 day

Scribe Comprehend Languages scroll x2: 4 hours 25 gp Spellcraft: 10 + 11 = 21
Scribe Liberating Command scroll: 2 hours 12.5 gp Spellcraft: 10 + 11 = 21
Scribe See Invisibility scroll: 2 hours 75 gp Spellcraft: 10 + 11 = 21

Total expense: 2 days 282.5 gp

level 4 1d10 ⇒ 6

Roughrider 1 HP: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Here we go...