Levelle pauses for a moment, realizing that she hadn't even given her family a thought for the last few days. Her parents had told her to not worry about writing, this was her first journey alone and they were sure they would see her soon in the next twenty years or so.
My family? Father is a...I guess maybe you could say an ambassador or administrator? He is good with people and works with those new to the city to orient them to the ways of the elves. My mother is a researcher and writer. Like most of my people they dabble in magic and so on but they have spent most of their lives trying to make the more insular of my people open to the rest of the world...
They were older than many are when they had me and I am their only child. I know they love me dearly but I think if I had never come they would not be unfulfilled. They spend much energy making me ready to be out on my own...I hope I am doing well by their standards.
Kendra is quiet for a long while, and in the darkness it is somewhat unnerving. Then she reaches out and gropes for your hand, and holds it when she has found it. "Just as likely they wish to see you succeed. They've given us the tools," she says, her voice sounding somewhat weary. "Now we must discover how to employ them."
okay, so far as I understand it at this moment, we got a couple of votes to go to the town hall, and some of you who want to visit the wizard.
And then there's what the AP says about stuff and things.
And it is getting to be the time where my higher brain functions shut down for the evening, so I will pick up tomorrow morning with some fun stuff for you all to do! Yay!
Levelle meets her hand and grasps the other delicately but with affection. She lets the comment linger as weariness takes over and lets that thought of best intention and leaving the protection of elders cap the conversation.
Oh gods! Spare us from the children.
Doesn't help that I was listening to a song about burning witches, either. :P
Oh gods! Spare us from the children.
Doesn't help that I was listening to a song about burning witches, either. :P
Wouldn't be horror without creepy creepy children. I think they are staring right at me...
I edited my post, I know last time there was some sort of problem, so hopefully you can all make it out.
"I think I misheard the song, would you kind girls mind singing it again?" Sandman asks, wondering if they even can now that they seem to be out of that trance.
Diplomacy
Happy Turkey Day folks!
Lucky me, my folks are on the West Coast so I get to stay up till 11 tonight to talk to my family.
Ah, and my Kingmaker game is dying, so I'll definitely have more time to devote to this one in the future.
Looking to start up a Jade Regent game if any are interested.
Happy Turkey Day folks!
Lucky me, my folks are on the West Coast so I get to stay up till 11 tonight to talk to my family.
Ah, and my Kingmaker game is dying, so I'll definitely have more time to devote to this one in the future.
Looking to start up a Jade Regent game if any are interested.
Happy turkey day!
Sorry to hear about the Kingmaker game. It's a good adventure path. I'm interested in Jade regent, but I think I'm already pushing the boundary with the amount of pbp's that I am in right now... So I'm going to have to pass on Jade Regent for now.
Is the KM game dying due to need for characters? Just so happens I have one in need of a game... ; )
I would be down with JR. I'm in a game already but it is very very slow and pretty light on the exposition. I have a few other concepts I would enjoy sinking my teeth into in that AP and if it was a smaller group then I think it would go much faster thanks current game. Up to you of you would be okay with that.
well, i've lost two players already in my KM game and the rogue and the fighter have been half assin' it since I resurrected it, and my wizard (who is my husband) is swamped with work, and then comes home and plays skyrim most of the day, so nothing is really advancing.
at this point, advancing a whole new crew is just going to be a pain, since this group has saved a bunch of bandits and are trying to integrate them into something more, which... is long term, and it's just stalled. It's not like I don't have the time, but the interest has just died.
Feel free to pop into the JR recruitment and lay out a concept. I know how infuriating slow moving games can be. I'm trying to be impartial, but a lot of the submissions are the anime style characters I really don't want to run with at all. Is why I am asking for a history and concept and not crunch, to weed out those types.
Okay, I may or may not get something up tonight. Been having trouble with this persistent cough. If it settles down I might be able to think again to answer your questions. If not, my tomorrow morning.
Quick note on loot distribution:
Don't. be. miserly.
The AP throws in stuff for you guys to use. If you decide as a group that no one can use what you've found, you can sell it for gold and then distribute the gold amongst yourselves equally.
I really hate getting to that point in games, and people decide that I need to pay them for the privilege of wearing the masterwork armor that we found together, or for the magic potion that i'll be carrying that may save their life some day.
So. Healing items given out are free. If you want more, purchase them, but I'm pretty sure if Levelle were dying no one would go "oh, but I spent 50 gold on this healing potion, you're going to owe me the cost of it if it saves your life."
I'm pretty sure that if a INT item is found it can be assumed that it will go to Levelle, if a WIS item found, to Sandman, DEX to Uriah, and... dunno what specifically Arkadi would want more, WIS or STR. But I assume you can all be adults and not go charging other folk for the items that make your team more effective.
But what if I call dibs first? ;P
I've always been one for putting good gear to use immediately towards the party and splitting whats left (or putting whats left towards something the party could use.)
Gm Aria does remind me of a good point though. Once we make a little bit more scratch, would you guys be down for splitting the cost for a wand of cure light wounds for out of combat healing?
I'll calculate our items and see how much all our stuff is worth. I don't mind if we liquidate some items towards the party. If we can get rid of the arrows for similarly enchanted ammunition for Uriah, I've diffidently have no problem with that.
It's my job as GM to alter the magic items given so that they benefit the party. Already I've done my homework and see that there's essentially nothing for gunslingers, but there is something pretty cool that it is unlikely that any of you will use, so I have foreshadowed Uriah getting something cool in the future.
And if you guys say to me "Aria, we don't get enough cash to buy the stuff we need" after that, then it's on me to adjust that as necessary, too.
Yeah this AP is old enough that it won't have anything specific to me, but I do appreciate the effort to perform conversions or additions, it'll come in handy. :)
is updated. I placed names by everyone whom I think is wielding a specific item. (Gave Arkadi the other Lesser restoration potion, sense no one claimed it) Make sure you know what you have/ place items on your sheet, ect. If you think someone should have something else, feel free to speak up.
A few thoughts on the gear...
Brass Panchette.
As mush as this might be useful... It's worth 2,000 gp if we sell it.
We only get to ask 1 question a day and we have to be at specific places to get any real answers. They can answer yes, no, maybe, or a single word, if they know the answer. If they do know the answer to our question, there is a 40% chance that they tell us a lie anyway...
1 limited answer a day with a 40% chance of it being a lie kills this item for me. The possession is really not that big of a deal, its the 1/day with a 40% chance of bad info.
Although this item could help shed some light, it also might plain mix up our information.
It might be worth keeping it to try to contact the professor's spirit (if that is even possible, but if it is, he might be more willing to give us good info than angry ghosts)
I vote we sell it and put the money towards something else. Thoughts?
Haunt Siphons
These are better than I first thought. 3d6 damage to ghosts at our level is pretty powerful. On top of that, If we are able to convert them to negative energy bombs, then Arkadi could probably use them as weak healing potions, or we can throw them at him as ranged healing projectiles (with added bonus of splash damage to baddies)
Arrows.
If anyone who can use a bow wants to use them then fine, but if we can sell them and buy firearm bullets, or other ammunition with similar enchantments on them it might be better. Levelle and Uriah can use bows, I cannot. (not sure about Arkadi). If you guys want to sell them for something else that's fine too... but I don't want to sell all of our ghost fighting power is we can use it. Fighting ghosts are a pain.
As of right now we have Levelle assuming she prepares magic missile, Me if I channel positive energy which will also hurt Arkadi, magic weapon spells if me and Levelle have them prepared, and these treasure items. besides those, ghosts are totally immune to anything we can dish out at this time.
Thoughts?
I'm baby wrangling at the moment so i will need to expand later but it probable makes sense for Levelle to potentially use a bow, those arrows at too good to pass by and far outstrip, in certain circumstances, what she can do spell wise especially at our current level. But she has no BAB so will she history should we sell the arrows and buy her a wand of something?
I think, given the scariness of the planchette it might make sense to sell it but it's hard to know if it will be super useful later , though I doubt it compared to the risk at this point.
Deliberately left the talk of the guns vague, coz I'm not certain what it is you would like to find. Pistol? Want to move up to musket? Let me know, i am willing to accommodate.
Uriah is more interested in pistols. With his archetype I'm actually not proficient in muskets.
Cool beans. Probably should have looked at that first before proving myself silly and asking. *laughs and plays the Pixie's "Where is my Mind?"*
Hey Levelle, CMB is rolled just like an attack. It's CMD that's static.
Indeed. Folk are allowed to have brain farts, though. I have them all the time.
I just survived the death walk with the in-law's dog. Horten's residential streets are an adolescent girl who lives in a temperate climate's erotic dream, covered in almost two inches of ice that would make for some great figure skating fun, but walking on it in rubber rain boots - not advisable.
It's early December and I've already slipped on the dang ice. Winter proper ain't even started yet.
YEah I don't envy you on that one. Aria.
Sorry Arkadi, slap me around tomorrow.
Man screw this module and its freaky children!
I'm sure they are probably being played like a fiddle but all morning our party has basically been going around harassing children! No wonder the town doesn't f&%%ing like us! LOL
oh wow. Go Arkadi. If Sandman can help him out, and Kendra rolls well, too, you got this lady in the bag!
Will update tomorrow in my AM. Is closer to midnight here and I want to be asleep before 2 tomorrow.
Things are kinda crud at home at the moment. Husband has some dental issues that are scattering my brains for GMing purposes. I have 3 NPCs in this scene, plus you guys, and I already screwed up in the one post i did for my JR game.
I'll have this moving before the weekend, likely.
Okie doke. There's a third research topic which you can be working on, but you haven't made the connection just yet, so i'm not putting it up.
Kendra's got some theory which I suppose Levelle can exploit, and ya'll can talk amongst yourselves a bit about what's going on.
So yeah, lemme know in your next posts what you would like to do and we'll move on. :)
So in February Paizo should be releasing Skull and Shackles the new AP about pirates. I love me some pirates so I most likely will have to try to play that AP but I think I will probably run it here on the boards too. Rather than do an open recruitment my intention is to limit the field to the players that I currently play with and see if I can cobble together a group from folks that I already know I enjoy playing with.
Anyway, there is some time yet but I wanted to let you know and you can get back to me if you think you might be interested. Ahoy!
Sounds interesting, but I'm already pushing my limit with the amount of pbp's I'm in at the moment. If anything changes though I will let you know.
Sounds interesting, I'll see where I'm at in February.
Don't feel like we have to stop the game to roleplay Sandman's questions out, as he is asking them as they go, We can either assume the conversations happens before we make it to the inn, or continues as we have our tour.
We waiting on Arkadi or...? Because if we are waiting on him I will go thump him. I have that ability.
was waiting on him, yeah.
I'll have something up tomorrow regardless.
I'll drop him a line.
My apologies everyone. I pushed myself a bit and it left me kind of drained and unfocused. In my head I said to myself, "You're not very clear headed right now, better to post tomorrow." It's only now that Levelee has thumped me and I count the days I realize it's been a week and a half. Even saying that it doesn't feel real. It's annoying to be recovered enough that I feel like I can do things as long as I sit around and don't actually do anything, because doing something shows just how much I still haven't recovered.
Enough whining. Again, I'm sorry, let me try and get something up.
No worries. Is the holidays, and everyone's head is probably a bit scattered. Between my husband being poorly and now my persistent pains acting up and keeping me from sleep, I know I have been.
I will expect most folk to be busy between the 23rd and the 2nd or so, so don't worry about not posting during that time. Got my 3rd anniversary on the 30th so I'll likely not be around much that day.
There. Councilman Muricar everyone. He's slick like Christopher Walken's Continental. Glad I held off on that post for a bit, coz I wanted to convey how creepy this guy sounds and the folks at Paizo say "well, everyone in the town figures he's harmless."
Anywho, you can introduce yourselves to this guy, oooor let Kendra. I leave it in your capable hands.
In the spirit of Christmas, I will announce that ya'll are now level 2!
Well, christmas and the fact that uh... stuff and things. I haven't done the actual math yet, but you've had a few encounters, and know some things, and this dang AP moves so darn slowly anyway - Level it up, my fine folk!
Because soon or late, stuff will be getting REAL as the mysteries surrounding the harrowstone jump up to bite you in your soft adventuring posteriors!
And, let's be honest, I know you would all very much like to be gettin' to the meat and potatoes of this AP and start crawlin' around the ruins doin' stuff rather than waiting around for stuff to happen to you.
So - HP advance
either take Average +1 + your Con
or...
if you're feelin' lucky, you can try to roll for max hp. But if ya roll a 1, yeah... well, okay, if you roll a 1 I'll let you reroll, because i've done that as a cleric. Level 3 cleric with 13 HP. Seriously, folks, it ain't funny.
ummm. yeah.
Happy Holidays everyone. Be sure to tip Baby Jesus as he is parking your manger for the night, or let the Wiseman drive if you've chugged back more than your share of Aquavit, or baileys irish cream and coffee.
As far as writing spells should I wait on that part until an obvious moment in the plot or should I do that in "advance"?
may wish to wait until you would normally prepare spells. I do not plan any more encounters for this day... currently.
Am more than a little "toasty" at the moment. In a few hours, I should be of sufficient sobriety to post something to move the game along.
Unless of course I discover a new source of the sweet, sweet life sustaining liquor. :P
Merry Christmas everyone!
~~Level Up!~~
Sandman has Achieved level 2!
Sandman's stats have Increased!
+ 7 hp (+5 +1con +1fav)
+1 BAB
+1 Fort
+1 Will
+1 Heal
+1 Diplomacy
+1 Appraise
+1 0-level spell slot
+1 1st level spell slot
Sheesh. Thank you for reminding me jlord. I'll have Levelle's adjustments up in a little bit.
~~Level Up!~~
Levelle has Achieved Level 2!
Levelle's stats have Increased!
+5 hp (+5)
+1 BAB
+1 Will
+1 Diplomacy
+1 Knowledge:Arcana
+1 Knowledge:Dungeoneering
+1 Knowledge:Geography
+1 Knowledge:Local
+1 Knowledge:Religion
+1 Spellcraft
+1 0-level spell per day
+1 1st level spell per day
spells to be added to spellbook:
1- Ear Piercing Scream*, Identify
~~Level Up!~~
Uriah has Achieved Level 2!
Uriah's stats have Increased!
+6 hp
+1 BAB
+1 Fort
+1 Reflex
+1 Acrobatics
+1 Bluff
+1 Knowledge:Local
+1 Knowledge:Nature
+1 Perception
+1 Sleight of Hand
+1 Survival
Nimble +1 (+1 to AC while wearing light or no armor)
~Level Up!~
Arkadi becomes Inquisitor 2
+4 HP (average)
+1 BAB
+1 Fort/Will
+1 to all existing skills
+1 1st level spell per day
Cunning Initiative (Adds Wis bonus to Init)
Detect Alignment (At Will)
Track (Add half/level to follow or identify tracks)
0th level spell: Detect Poison
1st level spell: Protection from Evil
Cool beans, everyone.
Sorry for not checking in, got rather lazy during the holidays and spent New Years reading the Millennium Trilogy by Steig Larsson. Gotta say I enjoyed the first book best, when it was only implied that the male lead was a complete bastard, until he proved himself at the very end.
My husband's statement at the end of the movie was "way to go, a**hole."
Cool beans, everyone.
Sorry for not checking in, got rather lazy during the holidays and spent New Years reading the Millennium Trilogy by Steig Larsson. Gotta say I enjoyed the first book best, when it was only implied that the male lead was a complete bastard, until he proved himself at the very end.
My husband's statement at the end of the movie was "way to go, a**hole."
Yeah Mikhail is an interestingly at times unlikeable protagonist though the both of them should have known things might have played that way considering Mikhail's personal relationships with other women up and to the point the relationship with Lisbeth took that turn. As she herself noted, he doesn't seem to have a problem sleeping with his coworkers.
Nonetheless I like those books quite a bit, especially the window into a different culture with its own internal issues and dialogs. I had read once that Larsson had up to 9 or 10 of those book plotted and possibly 2 to 3 more almost finished. I wait with some interest to see if his wife/estate recruits someone to finish them.
Hey all! Guess who's got internet again after thr weirdest few months of his life?