GM Ladile's League of Kick-Ass Dudes: A Pathfinder Society Campaign (Inactive)

Game Master Lady Ladile

I have just realized that I have built my character using 15 points only. I will update a revisioned version of his stats as soon as possible.

Lazarus Logos hears Venture-Captain Sheila Heidmarch's clarion call to Pathfinders mustering for a mission to Corentyn.

The samsaran conjurer and priest of Desna curses his current predicament, fending off strange fleshy blobs emerging from a violent vortex on the fabled streets of Magnimar.

Fear not, friends. I will be along shortly.

Well, I'd planned to get a nice set-up post written tonight so folks can start getting to know each other....and I see I've been beaten to it! Just as well; I got smacked with the sleepy bat earlier than expected tonight as well as needing to wrap up my table stuff for the Race for the Runecarved Key special. So...brownie points for taking the initiative and carry on - I'll make my GM presence felt in Gameplay tomorrow, hopefully, or Friday for sure :)

Are you sure it's a 3-7? The product page says 1-5 like the first two parts.

Sorry, my mistake. Confused this with another trilogy that I'm running. I'll delete the previous post.

No worries! I just didn't want anyone to panic about possibly not being in-tier for the last part :)

Sǣran's stats have been updated. His modifiers slightly changed, and I decided to change his name, removing the title which caused the name to be too long.

⁞⁞⁞⁞ INFORMATION ⁞⁞⁞⁞

Player: Giuseppe Capriati
Character: Sǣran Imledrith
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PFS Number: # 161366-4
Faction: Grand Lodge
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Starting XP: 0
Starting Prestige: 0
Starting Fame: 0
Starting Gold: 16 gp, 2 sp, 4 cp
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Day Job: Craft (alchemy): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26
Spend: None[/spoiler]

^Got your information updated; thank you! Also Saeran, please check your PMs (since the PM notification system is still wonky due to the recent website renovations).

@All - Almost time to begin; I've made a 'warning' post of sorts in Gameplay to that effect :)

Oh, now I see. Thanks GM, I had completely missed the PM. I will update Saeran's sheet tomorrow morning if that's not a problem. Otherwise, I will take the standard traits for half-elves.

That's fine! And yeah, right now no one is getting notifications of new PMs due to the website update - they're aware of it and it's on the list of things to be fixed but in the meantime, you (a general 'you') might want to periodically check your in-box to make sure you don't miss anything :)

Saeran's character's sheet has been fixed. Thanks for the heads up!

Not a problem! Also, I will get you guys updated a little bit later tonight :)

I haven't looked at the scenario or read spoilers, but I'm sure the GM is adding a lot of great dramatization to these early scenes.

Love it and appreciate the gracious extra effort! Kudos, GM.

Thank you, Lazarus! Sometimes I'll use the scenario 'box text' more or less as presented in the scenario but other times I'll modify and rephrase it if it makes sense to do so. In this case you would've ran into Zarta in Farabellus' office, where you would've needed to head to to get your mission briefing, but since Lazarus actually took the time to chase after Zarta and request her personal opinion himself, I modified things just a little bit to make the flow of events make sense and seem more natural :)

It might just be me - and I understand why the scenarios are often written and presented in this way - but sometimes it bugs me when scenarios basically 'teleport' you from place to place. For example, I'm currently running a different scenario for OutPost that is set in Jalmeray...and the scenario, as written, basically opens with everyone already in Jalmeray, in the town of Padiskar, in the middle of the mission briefing. It gets to the point, but...Jalmeray's a pretty exotic locale; traveling there ought to be kind of a big deal for your typical agent. While I did fast-forward through the sea voyage to get to Padiskar, I couldn't help but try and give a little description of their arrival and of the locale before moving them to the actual mission briefing. It might take more time but, to me, it seems like it flows better and it gives the characters more of a chance to react to where they're going and where they are once they actually get there.

On a different note, I will be working tomorrow so it'll likely be another late-update night before I'll be able to respond to posts and move things along. Thursday and Friday, I'm off and have no planned commitments so I'll hopefully be able to be more responsive and keep things moving along :)

I took the liberty of summarizing our present task in Saeran's Journal. The document is freely consultable by anyone who has the link. Too often in PFS Play by Post I forget about the goal of my party: that will no longer happen!

Embellishing the scenarios are no problem with me. I hate the ones that start with "while on route to the first encounter, your mind flashbacks to the encounter with the Venture-Captain..." just start the scenario with me talking to the Venture-Captain.

Apologies for the nearly two days' silence; I went to bed sick Wednesday night and spent basically all of yesterday in bed. Feeling much better today thankfully and looking forward to hopefully making a little progress on things today. Thank you for your patience!

No problems. It happens. I just hope you don't have an encore performance.

Just a note to say that I hope everyone is being sufficiently entertained so far; I know the going is a bit slow but I'm trying to keep folks for getting bored. The more I GM, the more I learn about myself and my own preferences - and I've discovered that I really don't like to rush scenes and dialogue along if there's potential (or desire) for folks to interact with things and get chatty. Of course that has to be balanced with not letting things drag on too long, which I'm still working on improving my skill at.

Just a note to say that I hope everyone is being sufficiently entertained so far; I know the going is a bit slow but I'm trying to keep folks for getting bored. The more I GM, the more I learn about myself and my own preferences - and I've discovered that I really don't like to rush scenes and dialogue along if there's potential (or desire) for folks to interact with things and get chatty. Of course that has to be balanced with not letting things drag on too long, which I'm still working on improving my skill at.

As far as I am concerned, this is hands down the best scenario I have ever played, although we are still at the beginning. I love the life you breathe into the NPCs and the fact that you actually care for our backstories and personalities. I love the way in which you have brought to life all the scenes we have experienced so far, because it makes the whole thing seems much less "gamey" than the standard PbP Pathfinder Scenario. I don't think the pace is too slow, either. In any case, I would gladly sacrifice a bit of pace for the same level of roleplaying you're offering us in any game. And of course I've been greatly entertained so far!

You know I wouldn't have come back if you were not an engaging GM!

Considering the slew of games going with Outpost right now, and of course the quality of the ladies and gents here, Frankie has no problems with a bit of extra RP time carved out!

Hey, you know me. I've no problem with extended RP time.

Just can't think of a properly Dalenish way to hop in at the moment, so now we get a peek inside her head, at least until someone notices her moping a bit.

Sense Motive is not Frankie's forte, nor are any intelligence based skills... Kids don't know nothin!

I have numerous characters that take a while to get the knack for and some that haven't yet. She's coming along, I'm enjoying her so far!

Popping in to say that I had a pretty busy day with work yesterday and I'm out of time for the time being; I'll have an update for you guys tomorrow evening!

totally understand. Just get to us when you can. :)

And that took way longer to get to than I expected. I love my job, but man do I hate the bizarre hours >.<

Ok I finally sat down and browsed some goods and some items on his chronicles and have made the following purchases!

Concealable Thieves' Tools -190.0
Superior Loaded Dice -50.0
Cocoa Mug 0.0
Cocoa Powder 2lb (choco + sugar) -10.0
Maple Syrup 1lb -1.0
Antitoxin x1 -50.0
Antiplague x1 -50.0

I also went ahead and enrolled Frankie in the local theives' guild... for 4PP I can use Sleight of Hand for dayjob rolls! I was having a hard time figuring out what to use my PP for and that came up! I'm also thinking about having a porter at some point.. I'll call her MOM.

lol, MOM the porter!

She could carry everything in a large diaper bag. ;-)

Geez he's not THAT young. But I do like the idea... a porter AND an excuse to be places I maybe shouldn't be! I'll pay her in wine, just like his real Mom!

Then how about a huge “mom purse”? That’s what my beautiful wife always calls hers, since she claims it has to be big enough to carry her stuff and everyone else’s junk.

Oh that would work. I was thinking a laundry basket or laundry bag would be reasonable as well. I can load her down with 300lbs of gear since I only move at 20ft anyhow! Hrm, I can finally get a bedroll and some camping gear.. well, once I have 5PP to spend that is...

^ Well, I mean I've already had a gnome PC for a couple of games whose porter is his kid sister so why not someone's literal mom? :P

(Also, update soon...just need to see to Solstice Scar first~)

My wife reminded me that our kids always called her purse "Mom's bag of holding," because it hauled so much stuff, it had to have an extra-dimensional interior.

Lil Frankie's actual mother as his porter would be hilarious. All his toys, his dirty laundry, his chewing gum, and his Pathfinder trading cards. And, of course, lots of space for all his "emotional baggage."

Mommy issues. Loads of RP fun waiting to be explored.

Ya not his real Mom but a drunk older woman that he calls Mom :)

Foster mom, step-mother?

Certainly not step mom, he'd have to have known his father for that one. Maybe foster mom could flow ok.

It's a bit weird and dark, but this song seems appropriate...

Ha I haven't heard that band since college!

They're my favorite musical group! :D

In other news, I see you all postinggg...updates once I get home from work, which is soon :)

First time I heard of They Might be Giants was when this was shown: Dat 2001 CG

Working ye olde graveyard shift tonight guys so I'll try to move you all along when I can!

Totally stole your Spell & AoE Templates slides, Lady Ladile, and created a link in all the scenarios I'm running. Thanks for putting that together.

Thanks Lazarus, but as I mentioned elsewhere they're actually borrowed from another PbPer named Stormstrider after a random search led me to his slides. He's cool with others using them but I wanted to give him credit just the same (and have now done so on the slides themselves) :)

Hey guys, I worked last night and can't really focus to do a proper update right now so I'm going to get some sleep and do some other RL stuff for a bit (like visit my parents) and then come back to it later tonight.

Bluh...meant to update last night and crashed after getting home from work. But! I have the next three days off work (including today) and will hopefully be able to make up for lost time :D

Going to go tidy up a bit and then I'll be working on moving us along - stay tuned!

Our posts have been a little, em, addled. I'm not sure anymore if Lazarus is outside or inside the Fox Den. Your call GM.