Yeah I am trying to be 1.5 parts baptist preacher, 2 parts stereotypical dwarf, 1 part divine bard, 1 part aggro cleric. Its a lot of parts but I like the mix of it.
Actually, I think Tityanna would worship the Eldest, it's just more convenient to say Erastil.
She is very... fey. Haha, except for being lawful. I anticipate her mellowing out and becoming at least neutral, if not chaotic as the AP progresses.
I'm not sure a move towards chaos is "mellowing" out, especially if its due to embracing feyness :P
Well, according to what I read in the Brevoy article, the Medvyeds worship nature in its pure form, but being rangers, etc... yeah. And she's tiny and actively chooses to wield natural type magics.
And yeah, perhaps going more Fey isn't "mellowing out" but it'll be less of a pained reaction to embrace a former philosophy out of desperation in consideration of being written off as a liability by her family and more embracing who she is and what her personal goals are.
I concur with Ray, nicely said :)
Out of curiosity, would you all rather I summarize what information is extracted from the captured bandits (leaving you to decide what to do with them, based on their helpfulness), or would you rather roleplay it out? I'd hate it if these interrogations were getting stale for anybody.
Yeah. Have a feeling that Haldaval would not allow Eljas to live, and he's given us the most information.
Basic questions:
Where is your camp?
Where is the woman Kressle?
Tityanna wants to know about the scale.
She would also ask if they've raped before. And I assume someone would sense motive on the answers.
Yeah, we can summarize. Unless you intend anything to be significantly different than Happs. I don't see any way they can escape their fate.
I would be fine to summarize, but I would like to sense motive on each of them too. Harsk holds a belief that there may be someone who is helpfull enough and sorry enough that they might escape death. Happs failed because although helpful he was basically scum and wouldn't shut up and seemed a liar ro Harsk. Eljas might be another story so we can play out sentence based on motives and info is be good.
I would be fine to summarize, but I would like to sense motive on each of them too. Harsk holds a belief that there may be someone who is helpfull enough and sorry enough that they might escape death. Happs failed because although helpful he was basically scum and wouldn't shut up and seemed a liar ro Harsk. Eljas might be another story so we can play out sentence based on motives and info is be good.
I've posted the summary on the IC thread; Sense Motive checks are asked for, there! ;)
Hey, I'll be gone most of the day (family-stuff and gaming-stuff), but I'll check back later tonight! :)
hmm. so... a rather inconvenient time, but since it is a weekend, it is likely to be slow.
Might be a bit of a handful to discuss in character but Tityanna is going to push for a proper burial for the bandits, if she has to wash them herself.
Okay, I'm going to post this in my KM game. 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.
In this campaign we've already the deadline of 3 days to meet Kressle and her group while we can still do something about them, which needs to be discussed as well.
My tabletop game was last night instead of tonight, so I'll be more available today for PbP than usual.
Tityanna: Thank you for the offer! Were you thinking of an honest-to-gosh Golarion calendar or a summary of time-sensitive events? If a calendar, I'm pretty good about keeping track of things, but feel free to post what you have in mind on your profile; two heads are better than one, and all that! :)
Okay, I think I got this right. I made 24 Calistril an Oath Day since we were given the charter (made sense, since it is Oathday). This may be slightly off, but, even if it were...
If it's wrong, I welcome ya'll to edit it for me. :P
Well, I did make my own modified calendar (for use in my tabletop Kingmaker game); I've been using that. I'll post it in a bit so you can see how I've done the layout.
I like the Oathday thing, but I hadn't really thought of that. :)
As far as the game-date goes, it should actually be the 1st (it was probably a bit unclear, as I retroacively added the caravan stuff, but I meant for the arrival at Oleg's to be the day before that (the 30th, I believe).
I'll post later after my baby girl's down for her nap! :)
Here's my interpretation of the calendar (I'll resize font later).
Wow, that's a lot more detailed than I was getting into, but then, you roll for weather and what not as well.
Gosh... I wish I hadn't lost all my pictures of southern Norway in the spring and autumn. When there's no light pollution for dozens of miles around... low light vision is all you need to see at night.
Wow, that's a lot more detailed than I was getting into, but then, you roll for weather and what not as well.
Gosh... I wish I hadn't lost all my pictures of southern Norway in the spring and autumn. When there's no light pollution for dozens of miles around... low light vision is all you need to see at night.
I'll bet it's gorgeous out there. I've never been there, myself. My grandfather--of mostly Norwegian lineage--always wanted to visit there, but never quite got the chance before he passed away. :(
I'm not sure which part of Norway his ancestry hails from, but he loved the place. Even though he'd never gone, he wrote a ton of poetry about Norway and its various legends/myths (trolls, etc.). I think he's a big reason why I turned out to be an avid reader and gamer. :)
It's pretty amazing outside of the cities. Inside... well, suffers from a lot of the same problems as American cities, save huge population. I've only been as far north as More og Romsdal county, when we lived in Volda (see the movie Trollhunter? Yeah, I lived there for a winter). The interior is amazing, but again, reformats have wiped out a lot of my pictures.
See the sun peak through storm clouds in Volda after 5 days of rain, you really get the feel for how pagans held to their ideas even when the Christians came in and started slaughtering them left and right.
Something just occured to me: how do you (the party) want to distribute treasure earned? As it is, the party's gotten a total of 50 gp and 3 potions from Oleg. Was anybody interested in claiming any of the bandits' loot? I can't recall.
I don't think we would have buried them in their combat gear. We can discuss it at breakfast.
Tityanna will propose that Oleg should have the loot, as it was his stuff that was stolen in "taxes" that should be replaced.
Oh man, that was terrible. Why does being the only female in the group equal obvious marriage councilor?
I stand by that absolute crap diplomacy roll, though. Convincing or no, bad feelings between the women or no, I ain't handing some lady spanish fly to slip into her husband's food so she can get a family when his concerns are totally reasonable.
As to Tityanna's unwillingness to give Svetlana "Spanish fly": that remark had me in stitches! Too funny. :D
As far as the "Moon Radish Quest" goes, I've tried to add a little more than is given in the AP for the various quests that crop up; they feel flat, otherwise, so I've attempted to add a bit more personalization to them, when I can. If I'm treading on offensive ground with some of my AP developments, please, let me know!
All that said, I totally understand Tityanna's unwillingness to undertake a project that might be less than "in the open", so to speak. In Svetlana's defense--and, rest assured, I'll have her touch on it herself in the IC thread--she sees it less as "deceptive" and more as "productive" (no pun intended).
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It also increased the chances of the offspring being twins. And I was hesitant to use it in character but for the fun of it. Eventually, though, when my cleric got leadership and a fleet of adepts under her, she had them all reproducing it to get the nomen to breed. *laughs* Good stuff.
A lot of times I have a long game in mind for my characters. With Tityanna, as a player I'm kind of interested in where she'll be in her development when Akiros comes into play (if he does, I've changed out a lot of NPCs in my game). I haven't set a long-game goal for her just yet. Looking forward to doing so, though.
In my home game, our baroness has a thing for Akiros, as well. The ladies dig ex-paladins, I guess. ;)
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Actually, my cleric married Akiros and as a Qadiran wanted to have Hannis as part of her man-harem as well, because she loved them both. Husband/GM said no. If Tityanna goes fey... Watch out :P
Sorry for coming in late, bad tech and bad timing kept me out of the loop for the last day plus.
BTW, sorry to lose you in RotRL Rhys, now I am even happier to have a chance to play with you here!
Sorry for coming in late, bad tech and bad timing kept me out of the loop for the last day plus.
BTW, sorry to lose you in RotRL Rhys, now I am even happier to have a chance to play with you here!
It's all good! These things happen, and--happily--we've been chugging along with roleplay and a few "side-quests" popping up.
Yeah, I liked Jade Regent, but I am dead-bored with the character I made for it. :)
All right! Before the PCs do whatever they're going to do, I'd like to recap on the loot gotten from the bandits. If any of you wants any of these items/gp, please stake your claim (here in the OOC thread) before leaving, and add it to your inventory. Anything you don't want, Oleg will happily claim as new stock.
* A total of 65 gp.
* 3 longbows.
* 1 composite longbow (+2 Str).
* A total of 80 arrows.
* 4 suits of leather armor.
* 2 flasks of alchemist's fire.
* 8 days of trail rations.
* 6 horses, each with saddlebags & riding saddle.
* 1 silver stag's skull amulet.
I don't need any of it although we might want to keep the amulet... it is unusual.
I'll take a spare bow in case of sundering, plus the arrows.
THe composite is too strong for me. If we sell that and the other two bows then we've got some serious cash from our first ever fight together.
Tityanna's position is this. The horses are "ours" but if we're going into the wood after Kressle and her men, we won't all need them. Oleg, however, could stand to replace or supplement the usefulness of his "Clap Trap" and it is likely that he could use more draft type horses to do stuff around the trade post.
So... well, Tityanna will propose he keep the horses for now.
As for money, Tityanna is a sorc and doesn't need much. Its just true. At the moment, I've no plans for taking crafting feats, but I just well might. A sorc is a lot less powerful than a wizard as a crafter, however, as her spells have to be known in order to function in that regard, and I do not believe that you can craft from a scroll.
Tityanna is interested in the silver Stag amulet. It is worth 20gp, but she would not want to sell it. If that bothers the group, they can deduct the price of it from her "earnings."
Riding a horse for a dwarf is problematic at best, Harsk needs a pony or something slightly shorter.
As to the gear;
I think we should keep whatever horses and horse gear we feel meets our needs, maybe if the horses are of a breed where they can do some labor and still be fit to ride we arrange fro Oleg to use them when we don't need them and we will split costs and effort on feed and grooming?
I think whoever needs bows and arrows should take them and I think we should give the gold to Oleg as recompense for his trouble.
Maybe we can "sell" the bow to Oleg at a reduced price so he can get some extra cash out of it but we still see something in trade? He seems pretty upright so we could probably give it to him and he would probably offer us something in return.
Harsk would want to keep the amulet (its a symbol of service and may have value to infiltrate, identify or bargain with)
Harsk will take the other alchemist's fire. (If no one else wants it)
We should probably just split the rations for our own needs since we need to leave anyway.
It seems Harsk and Tityanna share a hive mind.
:P
Pretty spiffy if you didn't read what I wrote at all :)
I'll go out on a limb and assume that Tityanna, Harsk, and Haldaval do not want horses; Ray and Malaswyn do.
You're splitting the rations; Tityanna or Harsk claims the amulet; Malaswyn takes a longbow and all the arrows; Ray and Harsk each claim one of the flasks of alchemist's fire.
Correct me if I'm wrong: you want to sell the remaining longbows and the composite longbow to Oleg, but otherwise are letting him keep the rest as his own stock.
Does this sound right?
Sounds good to me. That 5 gold we'd get from the leather armor doesn't sound to spiffy.
Ah, since we're talking business here, does Oleg have a cold weather outfit, or just the furs?
+5 to Fort vs inclement is obviously better than just +2, but if +2 is all I can get, I'm not gonna be a primadonna about it.
Ah, since we're talking business here, does Oleg have a cold weather outfit, or just the furs?
He's got one cold-weather outfit for sale, at the moment. As time goes by, Oleg will have more cash on hand for your selling needs, and he'll have stock to sell.
Oleg gives the party a great deal on all the bows; he offers the party 360 gp for them (that's 72 gp for each of you).
It seems Harsk and Tityanna share a hive mind.
:P
Pretty spiffy if you didn't read what I wrote at all :)
Nope you posted while I was writing! :p
Oleg gives the party a great deal on all the bows; he offers the party 360 gp for them (that's 72 gp for each of you).
Sounds good to me. Assuming the group approves I'll pick up a winter blanket. I'm hardcore, not stupid ;p
Sounds good to me.
I'm going for the 'Sarenrae provides' approach to the elements and casting Endure Elements each day.
But I'm not completely daft, I'll invest in a winter blanket as well.
I'm almost finished with the Thorn River map; hence the lack of activity, on my part. I'm glad you were able to agree on distribution!
Other important (to me, anyway) items before thr group goes forth: standard watches (when camping), general marching order, and any last minute shopping! If you need anything from Oleg's, just deduct the price from your gp and let me know (we'll use the standard equipment values from the Core Rulebook for this purpose).
Also, I'll be posting a hex-map detailing where you are, where you've been, and if you've explored a given area. It's not important right at this moment, but it'll come in handy, later.
And with that, we're nearing readiness! :)
Tityanna can actually afford the cold weather outfit from just her personal money, so the group does not have to put anything towards it.
Question though, does Oleg have anything that could be considered an appropriate "gift" for the fey? I know wine is out now, but... chocolates? spices? anything "exotic" we could share?
I think it makes sense for Harsk to be end of the line (He slower so likely to end up there) or ahead of the group a bit (He has survival and will naturally tend to tracking as an Inquisitor) Otherwise I think Haldaval should be point of the main group (MEAT SHIELD), the arcane types (or poor unskilled farmers ;p) in the center with Mala as rear guard. My 2 CP.
I have darkvision seems silly to put me anywhere but the darkest part of the watches. Otherwise it matters little to me.
I'll look in the CRB for other gear and post here to update Rhys.
Edit: Oooohh the damnable fey. Harsk will most certainly be grumpy about all that type of thing just due to being a dwarf :P
Tityanna will likely take either just before dark watch, or watch closest to dawn, knowing that our cleric needs to meditate at dawn to regain his spells, where she just needs 15 minutes to sit and "prepare" hers.
And yes, she'll like a spot towards the middle of the group while they are at large.