GM Tarondor's Ptolus Campaign

Game Master Tarondor

Pathbuilder 2e on Android is fantastic.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.redrazors.pathbuilder2e

I did. I'll get a response to it tonight. I needed to think on things.

I'm going to take Common (Imperial), and Elvish in addition to the regular common everyone speaks.

i might be able to put Dain 2.0 together tonight - but probably not if I have to do it by hand. Any suggestions for a good character gen app?

I use HeroLab. It's great, but it ain't cheap. People have reported a lot of satisfaction with Pathbuilder, but its only for Android and I have an iPhone.

Scott, have you seen this Oracle feat? Flavor-wise, it seems to be made for Dain, but i don't know how useful it would be. Also, it requires the GM to do the work so if you have any thoughts, let me know.

I have no problem with that feat, but I don't think you'll get much mileage out of it in this campaign. This was written before there were haunts in the system.

I did. I'll get a response to it tonight. I needed to think on things.

I'm going to take Common (Imperial), and Elvish in addition to the regular common everyone speaks.

Common (Imperial) is the same as Common. Monte was just indicating that Imperial is Common.

I think we're just waiting for Dain at this point.

I finished updating my character sheet and posted it.

Pathbuilder is pretty good. Unfortunately, with the homebrew Mystery, I ended up having to do most of it by hand. I still need to look at spells and equipment, but this is what I have so far:

Looks good, Dain. We'll get started later today.

Ok, I think Tilver is ready to go.

I did take That's Odd instead of trapfinder. I think it'll be fun. Gary, we're just going to have to search actively.

Works for me!

I'm looking forward to see how the Investigator plays in this edition. Seems like there could be some good synergy with the Skill heavy Rogue.

I aid!

Sorry folks. I'm having a pretty crazy week. I have a project due Saturday, and until that's done my posting will continue to be sporadic. Bot Dain as needed.

I realize Investigator is a new class to likely all of us, but I thought I'd ask the group/GM its thoughts:

Is Iltimar a worthwhile subject of Tilver's Pursue a Lead ability? Seems like it, but it also seems like it could be a more short-term thing, like his jacket or any footprints nearby. If I chose Iltimar, would that be a wider range of things the bonus could apply to? The way I read it, anything Tilver considers connected to his disappearance (location, kidnapper, what he was doing in the area prior, clothing, etc) could have the +1 bonus applied to it. I'm uncertain whether it's better for it to be a bigger subject or a more tactical one, since it can be changed every 10 minutes.

The way I see it is that you need to focus on clues, not on ultimate goals. So "Who killed Mr. Boddy" isn't a lead, but the fact that you found a bloody candlestick in the drawing room is.

I think you could follow the clue you have (the jacket) and see what develops from there.

By the way, it would screw up the narrative to do it -right now-, but you could do the same with, say, Nicalon and the Hand.

I am back. Dain's profile now is updated with his 2.0 self - including spells and equipment. The 2nd edition divine spell list is severely lacking in buff spells, so I had to take him in a rather different direction (he still will be able to serve as the group's primary healer). I'm curious to see if he will be effective in his new form.

Welcome back, Dain!

Man, Investigators have lots of fiddly bits. There's a lot around rolling your Stratagem dice and then getting new inputs to decide the rest of your turn. Very thematic, but somewhat awkward at the table.

I can see that. Rules made for face-to-face gaming don't always translate well to a Play-by-post system.

Whoa!! Some nice rolls recently and really good synergy among the party. <3

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Linkified.

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American players!

Happy Thursday to everyone else!

Merry Christmas, my friends! And Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!

Happy Christmas everyone!

Merry Christmas and cheers to a better year!

Finally made it back in. Dang. Between busy at work, and a bad time of year for me. Not being able to log in didn't help.

Welcome back!

I had to un-sync my profile in the browser and re-login to clear my cookies to login to Paizo. :/

Folks, I'm overwhelmed preparing for a major jury trial this week. I probably won't be able to give this game any attention until the middle of next week. My apologies.

Take your time. Trials are important.

I had a short conversation with CariMac, who plays Isabel. She's slammed at work for the next several weeks, so while we'll be happy to see her we shouldn't expect her to post for awhile.

I'm hoping you, the players, will jump in and give orders for Isabel until her player returns.

Sounds good.

Here's a little bit of interesting.

I looked at everyone's character sheets today to see whether we were on target for the level. I ignored anything priced in coppers and entered the rest into a spreadsheet.

Here's what I found:

Expected wealth at 7th level: 720 gp
Expected wealth at 8th level: 1100 gp

Dain: 724 gp
Isabel: 877 gp
Silas: 597 gp
Tilver: 534 gp
Tung: 474 gp

I don't know where your list of party gear is, but you also picked up some new stuff from the hag that I'm not counting in (that ring that grants a wish would throw off this whole calculation:

Combined total wealth: 3204 gp
Average divided by five players: 641.2 gp.

So I'll need to make sure that you encounter (5x1100)-3204=2296 gp worth of gear before you hit 8th level. I don't know, one ring of wish oughta do it, don't you think?

Only if we can use it to wish for about 2300 gp worth of nifty gear.

The fam an I are moving this weekend. Posting will be sporadic until later next week.

Tung can change his dagger to a rapier as it suits him and is pretty dexterous. He also can crawl faster than most so being prone isn't that bad for him.

I'm back. Thanks for being patient with me. I'll get the thread read, and a post up shortly.

Welcome back, Cari!

Indeed! Welcome back.

Welcome back! I hope everything is ok.

Welcome back!

I've created a "Notes on the Campaign" page where we can keep track of this sprawling campaign. See the link at the top of the page.

Apropos of nothing, I'm looking for players in my online Sunday game.

Can I just say that Dain is really enlightening me to the effectiveness of Harm!
No MAP and just a save from the target! Amazing for a gish.

And just a single action in melee range!

"Gish"?

Gish is a caster/fighter build.

Which is an area PF2 still doesn't do that well in. We'll see how the magus works out.

Harm plus Channel Smite is devastating.

Headed back to the States tomorrow for some FREEDOM. I'll be able to post, but maybe not everyday.

Hey folks. I have a big jury trial through the 8th, so please don't expect much from me until then.

Hello folks. What characters do we have already and where is the party lacking?

We have an Investigator, Barbarian, Rogue, Oracle, and Sorcerer. Most of us have translated our characters from 1e, so there could be some oddities in the builds. Keep in mind the urban adventure flavor in the city of Ptolus too.