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Ugh. I wish you guys held the line instead of charging forward. I'd have been able to use Entangle to pin them down and split them into smaller groups. As it is, I'd be preventing Calder (and possibly Kolung, unsure what his movement features are) from retreating should he need to, so that's out for now.
It's not too vital now, but as we accumulate more (and nastier) aoe (cloud spells, fireball, etc), stopping enemy melee attackers from entering our ranks will get increasingly important.
Okay, I'll post combat over to the top of round 2 in a couple of hours. My heart isn't into it enough right at the moment. However, I'd like to bring something up.
Kikiri's player messaged me to say that he's sorry and that he has to drop out. So I have a question: Should we get someone else or continue on with 4 people?
I would really like a healer of some type, Cleric or Oracle in the party. That's if everyone else agrees to having someone new joining us?
Ahhh, that's too bad. When I heard kobold I was skeptical but Kikiri (and Kolung) were fun characters.
Maybe Kikiri dies in this combat (or shortly thereafter)? It's hard to imagine him losing interest or leaving Ameiko's service for any reason short of death.
Someone with more divine magic sounds fine to me, though I think we'd get by OK with a wand + Clara's extracts if we need to.
Trying out the "pre-post in a spoiler" trick:
She takes a step backward, hollers "Heads up, Calder!", and lobs another fizzy pop toward one of his assailants. This bomb doesn't give off noxious smoke like the previous one did, but still explodes in an impressive spray of green flame (which somehow burn everyone beside the warrior, except for Calder).
I want to ask that when you post rolls, you list out your bonuses and penalties individually so that I know what's going on.
Like this (you know, Calder):
[Attack (Wounded, Inspire Courage)]1d20+9-2+1
btw, the campaign header still says it's Rae's turn but your latest Gamplay post says Irissa's up.
EDIT:
...and now you've posted. That was fast! (enough that I suspect you hadn't even seen this post from me)
Irissa, if you *are* looking for a new target, I'd love to bomb one of the folks beside Calder since he's badly injured. If you can deal with the raider attacking Clara, Clara will keep bombing the front lines (where her splash damage will help at least a bit as well).
Otherwise, I can certainly bomb the one in front of me.
Also, didn't we have two other guards?
Calder, how many hp you at now?
Current statuses for all PCs can be found in the campaign info tab. Calder is currently at 8hp.
The other guards, along with Shalelu, Sandru and Koya, are all engaged with a second group of raiders. I don't plan on having a whole pack of allied NPCs available to you for a vast majority of combats. It just turns into a f$*%ton of minis available. However, they're there, and they are available to bail you out should you fail the combat. I think you're fine, though.
Leinathan's actually going easy on us. Those guys could make a few rather nasty 5-foot steps to threaten and/or flank more of us.
Not that the current positioning is any good, given how much it interferes with using AoE.
Hey, it actually says in their morale that they don't use tactics! I guess its what I get when all I have to use are 8 Int raiders.
Irissa, thanks for charming (or attempting to charm) the guy on Clara. That lets her keep raining fire on the folks trying to kill Calder.
leinathan, thanks for the reminder that you're tracking stats in the campaign tab.
On his initiative Calder takes a 5 foot step to be beside Rae.
Swinging at the Raider to his right.
Just making sure: are you still waiting for anything from me for this round?
If you're just busy, no worries at all. It certainly happens to me sometimes. I just want to make sure I'm not unwittingly a bottleneck (since the arrow is still pointing at me).
No, I've been (and will be for the next couple of days) somewhat busy. Sorry for not checking in sooner.
I was going to wait for Rae to post before really worrying about moving the combat forward.
Oh I was waiting for the turn update thing. I can post shortly.
Whoops! I guess my first post about that got lost.
So I moved yesterday, and I wanted to apologize for the delay. We'll get going again with the regular posts again any second now... in a few fat minutes. It won't be too long. I just need to get fully situated and with some sort of device that has reliable internet. Thanks for your patience!
Also, it seems like we're having a new player join soon to replace Kikiri. I'll let you know as developments come on that.
Hope it's all settling properly, had to move a few times myself and there's always something you forget.
Any news on what the new player will be?
Yeah, good luck sorting out the new move. And no stress on my end, delay as much as you need to get yourself settled, just keep us posted.
Whoops! I guess I forgot. Then again, Irissa didn't say anything to the raider in-character before he ran away to indicate that she wanted him to stay, so... maybe I don't feel so bad.
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Whoops! I guess I forgot. Then again, Irissa didn't say anything to the raider in-character before he ran away to indicate that she wanted him to stay, so... maybe I don't feel so bad.
Errr. I had no reason or grounds to tell him to stay until they actually began to withdraw. It would've looked very bizarre if I started talking to the charmed guy instead of focusing on the fight with Calder and Kolung being as screwed as they were. Didn't need to, either, since it's possible to speak out briefly outside of one's turn as far as I remeber.
It mostly burns down to whether getting him to stick around required a charisma check and how high.
Calder (and anyone else who tries it) feel free to post your own reaction to it. My image is that it's a bit like root beer, with lots of other flavors mixed in. But it also changes from day to day. Feel free to be creative. The only constant is it's *always* fizzy.
I'm working out things with the new PC right now, things that might change the scene we're already in.
As I said before, once you're ready to move on, indicate so. I'm not trying to rush you, but I also don't want to cut off RP that you're interested in.
Well if it's not slowing you down...by all means, fellow players (or NPCs) try a little fizzy drink. Live a little! ;0)
Good day one and all! Thron here, reporting in as your resident heal-bot! Glad to be a part of the team.
I specifically haven't read anything about any of your characters so that I am as in the dark about you as my character. Soon as I get a chance, I'll get the last two sections of my profile filled in and my sheet will be 100% complete. Leinathan has that info already, however.
Oh yeah - can you make sure to get a heading up on your profile? Like what all the other characters have, it should have:
Race Class Level | HP Current/Total | AC | Saves | Senses, Initiative
And feel free to check into the Gameplay thread at your leisure. Until it becomes obvious that you shouldn't, please post in spoilers.
Header added.
Hey Thron, welcome aboard!
Team, Thron's someone I've played with a bunch and a great role player to have around. (No pressure.)
*crumbles under the burden now placed upon him*
Welcome aboard the Caravan.
Hey, I'm back with a couple of things to mention:
For Tallak! Name your bear, yo. It's your companion. Also, your hit points seem to have been miscalculated. You get 8 for level 1, 5 for each level afterward, plus 12 for favored class and Con. That's a total of 35.
Also, when it comes to posting rates, I hope you guys are fine with me just posting the situation forward every couple of days. I'm gonna start doing that, and if you didn't take the days you had to roll a check or respond, I'll just assume you didn't have anything you wanted to contribute. When it comes to some rolls, I'm considering rolling some of them for you... especially Perception and Sense Motive.
HP adjusted and bear named, "Ursus."
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Gah, should've checked in yesterday evening, too, the travel post was up early enough.
@leinathan, how safe is the city? Would Irissa need armed escort to go pub and brothel crawling? Also, what are the housing options if we're settling separately?
Calder seems to have reputable sources mostly handled, so I'm thinking of landing somewhere in the grey area of dubious legality and making friends to fish for shadier rumours. We're still hauling those drugs, are we not? Maybe I'll find us a buyer. Or find means to earn some money to spend on magic items.
Clara is ill suited to gathering info but will happily trot along with Irissa and/or Rae and provide (ahem) "muscle". I like Irissa's idea to try to handle our cargo. Also, perhaps we look for a guide, since our Ulfen party members are looking for leads on the katana and our assailants?
Also...anyone hear from Rae since her post on Aug 20? I just took a look at their other games and don't see posts there either since Aug 24 (including ones they are DMing). Hopefully they're OK.
Also...is Kikiri still with us? (I know he's no longer a PC, but wondering if he's wandering off or still with us? Based on his backstory, I can't quite picture him leaving for anything less than having died...or perhaps being banished by Ameiko for some injustice he does.)
The city is safe in that you can expect the guards to intervene in any dispute before you die, and there's quite a few guards. However, Irissa probably won't have to worry about being assaulted or anything unless there's somebody here she's f!**ed with in the past, or if she can't deal with all these big muscly Ulfen men hitting on her.
There's a lot of taverns and such in the city, everything from expensive bordellos to cheap inns with bed-buggy beds. Calder could stay with his family, probably. You could also stay with the caravan if you want to, but Sandru said it might be a bad idea.
I haven't heard from Rae, no. I'll go ahead and PM her player, see what's up. I've been playing with him for years now, and he's never been particularly active.
Kikiri is still with you. I know I haven't had him chip in or anything, but I moved him over to NPC Allies in the campaign info doc. I do have a plan for getting him out of the picture though.
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Can I get hnefatafl prize in coin if I happen to win it?
Also, what's my cut of the pay in the Hall of Splendind Valor and does it look like I can haggle? Also, what does the Hall look like? As in, is there place to perform, or is Irissa supposed to just hang around and look nice or head out elsewhere?
Sure! You can get paid, but only by betting money of your own and getting your opponent to bet the same amount.
As for the Hall of Splendid Valor, it's a gorgeous pillored common room designed to look like Heaven. It's got gorgeous Ulfen women lounging around on couches or dancing up on stages, and men come in and say "yeah i want that one".
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Sure! You can get paid, but only by betting money of your own and getting your opponent to bet the same amount.
With that in mind, I'm getting an impression that the proprietor offered me 'stripping vs lodging' bet, so the question is whether I can turn it into 'stripping vs money' (rolling dip or perform to determine sum).
Granted, sum doesn't matter much, I just don't need their room, so might as well get something else.
As for the Hall of Splendid Valor, it's a gorgeous pillored common room designed to look like Heaven. It's got gorgeous Ulfen women lounging around on couches or dancing up on stages, and men come in and say "yeah i want that one".
Got it. What about pay? I mean, I'm pretty sure their prices are orders of magnitude more than inn room price, so quarters alone shouldn't take up all of my cut unless it's outrageously low.
oh yeah, he offered you a "beat my people at our own game while you're naked" bet, mostly as a joke. He thinks you definitely won't do it.
As for the bordello, I'd say that you earn 10gp plus tip, and the rest of the money goes to the Hall itself.
In general, I'll be rolling things so that I don't have to say "roll X" and then wait for you to roll it. If you have specific things that you'd like to actively roll, you can go ahead and do it.
I think for this I'll be rolling it.
Tallak only spent an hour doing his Gather Information check, so even if Irissa rolls a 1 on the d4 hours thing to see how long she took, its pretty much up to Tallak to decide what he wanted to do after he was done gathering information.
Whoops, accidentally posted in wrong thread. Correcting.
Clara turns to Rae and Kikiri, "What do you say we go looking for someone who knows the way over the Crown of the World? You can be diplomatical and I can...ummm...help some?"
As they begin to ask around, Clara does her best to chip in helpfully...but she starts getting bored and distracted quickly and doesn't turn out to be that helpful. Whenever she sees a plant or mineral that's new to her, she stops and sniffs and scrapes it (forcing her companions to wait for her to catch up). It's obvious her attention tilts far more toward new alchemical ingredients than toward navigation.
I'll hang around there for some PC interaction. Will post as such once I get home from this walk that I'm on.