First Steps

Game Master CRobledo

My new source of amusement now that Vermin gets his name right is Dunn's kindle. :P

Loving the new avatar Dunn... nice.

Guys - am on client site so my tempo is gonna decrease.

Thanks Luccinus lol I have to mod the description to incorporate the goatee but hey... So I am changing my chelaxian fighters name to something more...well, Chelaxian. His name is Bandon and I don't like it. So I have decided to go with Petronicus. So my question is this. You have "de" separating your names. Is that a common thing with Chelaxians? I don't know how they normally write them. I saw one other the had "Of" separating them.

Just nitpicking, but I believe the correct term is "Chelish" not "Chellaxian"

It's in a bunch of the wiki stuff. I also think it's used in the inner sea book. Idk lol

I hear it and see it spelled all sorts of ways. Might depend on if you are referring to the house, or the nation, or an individual.

I see it used both ways... and the 'de' in the name? I was once told that Cheliax was more like Renaissance Italy once (than Germany for instance)... I liked the concept and got a name off Wiki and it came with the 'de', which makes it sound classy.

Yeah I mix German and French for my Chelaxian/Chelish people, thats just persoanl preference though since I treat Taldor more like Italy and Varisia like Greece, don't know why but it made naming conventions easier in the past. Also a lot of my dwarves are German too :)

Sacrilege! All dwarves are Scotts. Doncha know nothin? :P

Just got back from the dentist, hurts a bit at the moment, will probably hurt a lot more after the anesthesia wears off. If I don't post much today assume I follow the team about and shoot arrows at things until they go away :)

Just got back from the dentist, hurts a bit at the moment, will probably hurt a lot more after the anesthesia wears off. If I don't post much today assume I follow the team about and shoot arrows at things until they go away :)

O.o Are you playing as an aasimar cleric in my kingmaker campaign? Also, feel better soon

and fyi I am getting on a plane to the west coast in about 3 hours, so I'll be off until tonight.

I am indeed, I had been wanting to play a game with a Pharasmin divine character or somekind and then after a few weeks I'm accepted into two game pretty much same day and now have a Pharasmin Cleric and Paladin :P

Safe Travels. Business?

Safe Travels. Business?

Nope friends wedding. Although ill prolly be doing work at some point :(

I'm surprised I see a different solution for this room every time I take a different group thorough.

Also amused your Magus didn't have Mage Hand :P

I've never actually played as a Magus. Or a magic user. So, this could be the first of many "I can't believe our Magus..." moments.

Best sort of mage then... you'll be funner.

Hmm. quickly look over Xavier's character sheet... sigh of relief

What? Oh, noting to see here. Move along. :)

Its all fun and games until someone TPKs a party. lol

Sorry for poor posting today. My boss was all over the place today and I was loaded up with stuff to do.

np. but please try the gold key. It was hidden and hard to get to. I strongly suspect it is the right key, especially since it is the only key we have not tried. Time is going by very very fast.

reduced posting tempo here but we've two keys... I'd say one opens the box and the other lets us out.

you are welcome to roleplay having dunn lend you the keys and try em out.

Sorry - I kind of bypassed the roleplaying. I'm not ready to be crushed by a stone or have the room fill with vipers when we run out of time!

I seem to be able to post more often that some, and am trying not to do more than my share of actions. Likely I am not very good at it, but I am trying. :)

As long as you don't try any diplomacy checks, we'll be fine. :)

Vermin did pretty well with the Imp, for a while... And Luccinus was quite quick with an assist. That's smart playing.

I am submitting an Oracle for my next PBP game. He will be +8 Diplomacy at level 1 BEFORE his Enhanced Diplomacy spell.

NICE... you can get some nice diplo at level 1 with some builds.

Cha 16 +3
Saranrae diplomat thingy trait +2 or Dragon empire has another giving a +2
Trained skill +3
Skill 1 +1
=9

Thats before Skill focus etc.

Am I the teams face with a +6 on Diplomacy? Seems a little sad if I am :)

Am I the teams face with a +6 on Diplomacy? Seems a little sad if I am :)

You are indeed. You can be a meaner party and Lucc can Intimidate everyone

Truth be told I have a +4 diplomacy... so I can reliably aid another and get you a +2.

But +6 isn't bad... I was once in a store PFS game and found I was the only one in the party WITHOUT a negative Cha modifier and at +6 dip I was THE face.

Wow, not having much hope for the Kingmaker game, it's being updated so slowly :P

I'm in a number of games at the moment and they tend to die if 1/4 of the players or the GM peters out... I've got to where I am starting to develop theories about successful pbp.

I think the best number for pbp is 6 players. It can last 1-2 players dropping out.

Wow, not having much hope for the Kingmaker game, it's being updated so slowly :P

And I think its the DM, not the players :(

You seem to be holding well here Nel... and helping us maintain a faster tempo than originally planned.

Oh, I have no complaints here, this game is moving along quite well and none of us seem to have real troubles keeping up on the posts, I was just looking forward to kingmaker, I read it ages ago but haven't played through it before since I live so remote.

Oh yeah, no problems here. Weekdays I'm at the office and I have my own office, so I can goof on forums all day if I needed to (while getting work done of course). Weekends I will probably post more sporadically, but mostly due to not remembering to log on and doing it :)

Also, I don't know if anyone has run through First Steps before, but I have had fun tweaking the adventure and adding more stuff for flavor. (like for example, the ominous sand clock on top of the door is not written in.)

Its missions like this that 'test' alignments - its not hard core crime but its definitely shady. Its not even 'illegal' but its well and truly in the gray zone. I hear some of the other PFS games and faction missions are tough on alignments.

The Paladin and I are lucky its just one part of the mission and not the mission itself. With me I can surf in the gray a little more than a paladin.

Yeah I'm basically going with "You're not actively hurting anyone and it was a mission given to us by a "Good" organization so I'll look the other way for the greater good" at the moment since Sohali is fairly relaxed on Lawful Stupid.

For a bit of a side divergence though, what do you guys think of Lawful Good Paladins, and by that I'm addressing the dichotomy of being both Lawful and Good with the addition of the Paladin Code. Basically my problem stems from being both Lawful and having a Code that you must follow where the Paladin apparently has to become Chaotic to follow his code so as to not become anything other than Lawful Good. What do I mean by the idiotic wording of the previous sentence, okay suppose I’m a Paladin of Iomedae and I see some guys being captured as slaves, according to the Code I have to help them or risk losing my Paladin powers, yet I must also remain Lawful and Good to also retain my powers. What happens to me if I see the slaves being mistreated in say Cheliax (since slavery is legal there), according to Faiths of Purity I have to either save the slaves no matter the situation or save three groups of saves within a short period (GM Defined) to atone for not getting my party murdered.
How do Paladins stay sane when they travel through an Evil country since they have to be both Lawful and Heroic at the same time?

Sooooo many debates on paladinhood. Best not to get into them here, but my thing for Paladins is the Good before the Lawful and the Law doesn't mean 'unjust' laws... just being more a condition of their home nation AND more importantly their religion.

Heh, apologies, I know it's way too much of a debatable issue but I'm basically going to play it that way, Good outweighs Law and if anyone has a problem with it just let me know and I'll see what I can do to fix any problems with the playstyle (Basically if you think I'm too lax on the Code give me a word here or PM and let me know).

With a Paladin who is sort of representing Pharasma my personal take is you'd be all about the 'Natural Law' of life over undeath and the cycle (read order/law) of Birth, life and natural death.

Obeying the law, even when it is an unjust law, is part of being a Paladin, in my humble opinion, and is what sets LG apart for CG alignments. You may hate slavery, but you bite your tongue and tolerate it when in lands where it is legal. The CG Holy Liberator type classes work with the underground breaking the law and freeing slaves while the LG Paladins work to change the law.

If we were to add a 6th player, it should be someone with Disable Devise skills...

:)

I am hoping that we MAY be able to add a 6th for chapter 2 as we don't seem to be doing badly or making it too difficult for the GM.

You've done decently fine with no Disable Device so far!

And yeah, I guess I wouldn't mind picking up a 6th later although part 2 IS very different from part 1 mechanically (you'll see :))

Dunn,

Just how loud is that pistol of yours? Would it bring the guard? We do not want that kind of attention...

Vermin would not know about fire arms, and OOC I do not know if its particularly loud either but I figure you have shot your pistol plenty of times and know how loud it is.

I left off the description that the warehouse is about 100 feet off the main dock. Between the walls and the distance, I'd think you would be ok.

you guys are so paranoid :P

Hey, guns are new, and rare. I am not sure how loud there are. I could imagine a single shot echoing throughout the city. Its ring heard on most every street corner, bring guards, and curious citizens for blocks to investigate that novel sound. lol.