GM Aria's Kingdom Come - The Stolen Lands (Inactive)

Game Master Hu5tru

No, that's cool. I suppose it makes sense that he has a 'range' which he defends. Perhaps that's why there are so many other boars about;

1-they have been Sired by this fertile boar.

2-they have to leave his area once they are grown.

Just making sure as well that if/when we become an organised barony we won't over-fish like the British in the North Sea.

Hehe, the AP doesn't take ecology into account. I'm pretty sure that boars kill themselves for territory as often as you've killed them for attempting to attack you. Or... well, the group killed one because they thought it might be tuskgutter because it killed another boar that got into its territory.

lol makes me think of our rl group we kept rolling wolves and my wolf shaman would walk up talk to them and negate whole 11 sum wolves haha Gm ended up taking them totally out of random encounters table so now west forested half of our kingdom is mine and I say its full of all those wolves in the forest lol

I made a mess of the description it seems. The centipede isn't dragging anyone. The drag is its own tail. Stanis's caution is... logical.

It's alright, the description was great. Ali is just a bleeding heart and making sure that the drag marks weren't from a person.

So my position is to mark the area, using rocks/logs and come back when we are exploring this hex. Maybe looking for it and killing it if we run across it.

Woot my crappy skill rolling (& sling use) continues :(

Cool, we'll see if the brothers have anything to say before we move on. I take it that stanis's vote is to take this thing later, and the former bandits aren't in any hurry to die when the smart dude tells 'em it'll be dangerous.

Stanis prefers to take it down NOW, rather than have it come and help itself to sleeping companions at a later occasion. Unless he somehow knows that random encounters go away to never be seen or heard from again :P

By prepare, Stanis meant buff before combat. So that everyone are rearing to go and we can focus on dealing damage rather than fapping about.

Also, we can take 10 on tracking this bugger. He is huge, which means he is easily tracked.

No, that's cool. We can follow the tracks then (or at least you can - with Mord & my rolls sheesh) and corner the thing. Ok, who wants the bonds with Ali (Mord & ...?). It allows her to avoid combat CLW that draw AoO. And probably 1 Shield of Faith spell.

I only have Enlarge Person that will work. Protection from Evil is no good against a bug. I say we lay the buffs out on the warrior, and keep him up. Since the centipede is huge, we don't get penalties for firing into melee. Meanwhile, I will create a silent image of bushes to let Tam sneak around it and get into flank.

Alrighty, I'll lay the shield of faith and a bond on Mord. With another bond on Tam.

Just popping out in 10, to create an Exalted PC, be back in a few hours.

Yeah, you can buff before combat, just let me know who has what when they attack. Getting around to a post shortly.

i LOVE YOU STANNIS! I promise I wont steal from you for at least a whole day!

Random question!

When did the bandits catch that Ali is a girl my bro just was like"oh yeah only one that doesn't know ali is a girl" lol but then got me thinking did they see through it and when lol not really important but was curious

How does mord not know, Tam said as much IN PUBLIC. what he doesn't believe is not not knowing.

And Ali's words gave me the impression that she was no longer attempting to disguise herself. If this is in error, I will correct.

I dunno I didnt think tam had told anyone he had let on he knew when he was with Kayla but thought I swore to keep her secret lol I dunno I cant remember

You said so at the table at Oleg's where damn near everyone was (except james and kesten who were conveniently away).

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woops, my bad it was james who said it. Also, there's a fifth bandit I forgot about. Ali stabilized the one Tam near killed and I'm assuming brought him down and healed him as well.

Gotta think on that one a bit.

And Mordecai goes "Hey now, it's not nice to call him a girl, that's just insulting" XD

He won't realize it till he has like +6 perception at like lvl 8 when he goes..."Hey wait a minute!! You're a girl?! WHy didn't anyone tell me?!" XD

Ali is still trying to hide her sex, but with the way my rolls go; unsuccessfully. Well she is not trying too hard, but still making the effort; because although the party affords her some security - they could easily be all killed (as we shall now see ;P ).

Anyways that's another miss, 3 in a row - stupid point blank shot.

Bah, Exalted characters are hard to make (esp. when you don't know the system).

BTW I have bounds with both Tam & Mordecai so if either of them have taken 5+ damage at the start of my turn 5 points transfers to me. If that's alright GM Aria.

okie, retroactive then.

Ali Disguise for first day 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24

vs. Bandits Perception

Lem 1d20 ⇒ 15
Hans 1d20 ⇒ 6
Jess 1d20 ⇒ 16
Vlade 1d20 ⇒ 17
JD 1d20 ⇒ 3

Ali Disguise for Morning 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

vs. Bandits Perception

Lem 1d20 ⇒ 10
Hans 1d20 ⇒ 20
Jess 1d20 ⇒ 20
Vlade 1d20 ⇒ 17
JD 1d20 ⇒ 3

Okie, in the morning, Vlade Jess and Hans know that Ali is a girl. Replace Lem's Ma'am's with Sir when you read them over. Gooder enough?

Sorry, for making you do that and thanks. It's much appreciated.

No problemo. But, I will note that I should be doing this every day until you tell me that I can stop. And there's nothing to keep the bandits from informing each other about your sex, like James informed everyone at the table.

So aria did my dagger hit? i dont think anyone said as much haha just thought id ask as Tam is now almost peeing his pants since I saw that damage thank god I have 15 ac lol

That's fine, I was mainly keeping it up for the appearance of other random bandits and Ali like the way Mordecai treats her as a little brother. Fearing that he may shun her, or be upset if he finds out. So long as Ragathiels having fun with it too...

I am fine with the bandits gossiping; there worse than fish-wives so i expect they all know anyway.

So aria did my dagger hit? i dont think anyone said as much haha just thought id ask as Tam is now almost peeing his pants since I saw that damage thank god I have 15 ac lol

Hi have you updated your stats since we're level 2 now? And 5 of the damage would have gone to me so you would be up (probably).

Yeah, tam, your dagger hit, and Mordecai just decimated the poor thing. Only had 4 HP left, it's beb.

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@Ali, the NPCs are there for people to interact with. They're not meant to be window dressin'.

Ah, action economy how we love you (until we're outnumbered). Although that wouldn't have saved Tam if he'd been hit.

I'm leaving it up to someone else if they want to harvest the poison. The way my dice luck is with Ali i would end up drinking the gland by mistake ;p

So Ali is happy to move on. The plains/forests carrion-eaters will reabsorb it, although she will say a little prayer to nature.

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Kingmaker is a very "long game" game. So the more I can get you guys interested in fleshing out your NPCs, the better, because unless you do something very very stupid, they're in it with you for the long haul as well. Kayla can easily step into the high priestess position or the councilor position, as can Jhod, depending on which style ya'll will prefer.

I have to come up with a name and story for JD "John Doe" but, depending on how much time and effort you want to sink into your reformed bandits, they could be useful to you as well, picking them up as part of your experts/adepts what have you when you get leadership later, if ya'll are interested.

These are the type of experiences I didn't get at table and am making an effort to provide to you guys through PbP because there's no real excuse not to, based on how much more slow the pace is here.

You are doing a great job with fleshing out the PC's. Personally I am finding them interesting, especially with the bandit's group dynamics.

To get a better idea of some of the NPC's possibly we could take 1 or 2 with us when exploring? Thus having more interaction on the road, of course this depends on the ratio of Base(Olegs) to exploration time. As well as the ability to keep them safe, fed and reasons for taking them (ie. Kesten seemed to want to get out more).

The great thing is there isn't really a strict timetable, so we can more at a sensible pace - learning more about the bandits motivations.

Actually Ali as OOC knowledge in this campaign Kesten really can't leave the outpost at least as far as my gm let on though he isnt that good at it soooo yeah lol

Your OOC knowledge is not valid. Your OOC knowledge and your GM run things differently than this GM runs her game and her NPCs.

So :P

There's really nothing keeping Kesten there but GM fiat. I mean, he's higher level than you guys at this point, the fact that he stays is just plain silly to me, because he's not a lawful dude, so he would not feel obligated to.

I actually intended to talk to Kesten about his issues, but kinda got hit by the no-net stick first. Damn move is ruining my games I swear.

Well, you're headed back to Oleg's with a bunch of bandits and new information about the Stag Lord. As well as some shinny new skills.

I'll let you guys hang out there as long as you want, or until you get net again, because I want everyone to have a say in where you go next and what you'll be doing.

Would you like me to create and keep a calendar for this game via Google Docs and link it in my profile?

I know at table, especially in the second part of the book and beyond we were always asking what date it was, as it coincided to rulership phases and how long we had been away from base.

Probably will need then but for now I guess general calendar and what season would be helpful make sure we dont run into winter lol

Taking a trip into LA to see some stuff and things! Will post in the evening.

Yeah so we almost had a pvp moment tonight when 4 giant eagles almost attacked us and here my druid calms them down and our rouge now lone level assassin god I hate that class begins to get ready to attack the eagle leader as I sit there trying to show it we mean no harm and are friends

oh and want to know here reasoning? oh well I died by a roc so I hate all giant birds now

And she kept getting ready and I was about to say You attack it and I will kill you so pissed at this group *sigh*

You young people and your terribad no longer fun games you refuse to quit.

You can only get pissed off at games if you keep going to them. Continuing going to that game is your tacit agreement to be treated like crap by your group and your bad DM.

Lol i know i know i am ready to leave the group just tired of the b@~##%#* they try and pull.

But really like my char just wish I could actually rp with him though I now know how broken wolf shaman's are lol

anyways we get a week off from them so who knows haha but yeah I had two decisions on that pvp either just leave group with char him not wanting to serve any lord willing to kill animals just because or attack here with my huge wolf form haha

oh i posted reaction to your innovative spell aria in my game lol and you are so are being rewarded lol god I love innovation

I did the same thing with an invisible foe in our KM game. Didn't want him sneaking upon us, so every round I five footed and cast the cantrip, so he'd make a splash if he ran by. Course, he just ran away because we couldn't spot him, after he'd poisoned our rogue, or... someone, don't remember, but it was a good hit plus poison.

From then on, my cleric always had purge invisibility prepared, assuming that that freakazoid thing (the quickling) was going to come by and try to assassinate her. And it could have, easily, in a single hit.

Ponies are no longer multi-colored. Nor are they ponies. the magic ended at the edge of the forest, a day ago.

*yawn*

will continue the parade of NPCs tomorrow. Don't have the excess energy to mime several of em in a single post tonight.

I know it is early to start city construction, but what the heck, we need housing for the reformed people, and Stanis wants a proper study, not having to sit on a bunk and scribe scrolls in candlelight.

Especially next level when I am going to take Craft Wondrous Item, where I will be forced to sit for days at a time making stuff.

Yeah so we almost had a pvp moment tonight when 4 giant eagles almost attacked us and here my druid calms them down and our rouge now lone level assassin god I hate that class begins to get ready to attack the eagle leader as I sit there trying to show it we mean no harm and are friends

oh and want to know here reasoning? oh well I died by a roc so I hate all giant birds now

And she kept getting ready and I was about to say You attack it and I will kill you so pissed at this group *sigh*

Well at least that reason is slightly better than "to get XP & the birds lewt LOLs". But yeah that sounds annoying.

hey guys. I am a bit hesitant to continue with the big altercation scene in the IC because well, James still has yet to get up with the webernets and I know he has some interest in Kesten.

Soooo... I am going to "pause" for here.

However
if you have personal business with an NPC that you wish to remain private, behind spoilers, I will take that here at this time.

No problem that is a good idea. Of course,...