GMTrex's PFS [CORE] Destiny of the Sands Trilogy (Inactive)

Game Master Andrew Trexler

Welcome back, all! Please post:

Character Name
PFS # XXXXX-X
Character Level
Faction
Day Job
Initiative
Perception

Character Name: Eveline Bleakrock
PFS # 2205-17
Character Level: 2 (5 xp)
Faction: Scarab Sages
Day Job: None
Initiative: +6
Perception: +8

For copypaste fun:
[dice=Eveline init]1d20+6[/dice]
[dice=Eveline perception]1d20+8[/dice]
[dice=Eveline sense motive]1d20+1[/dice]

How many will be joining us? Just the four or are there more?

I'd put a word on about this game. We haven't heard anything about Reed's player since our last game with you. So far we have just Numair, Eveline, and Lionel in the team.

Sounds good. I've got one or two possible recruits and will work on a third.

Character Name The Maiden of Copper
PFS # 133608-10
Character Level 4 (9 xp)
Faction The Exchange
Day Job Profession(Burglar): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
Initiative +4
Perception +8

I played this in Standard mode before, but not Core.

Dotting for now. Kailun should be free in a few days.

Just an FYI, I will be level 4 after the first part, which may help to bump us up to Tier 4-5 for the second part.

PM sent.

Currently levels: 2, 3, 4, 3
Subtier: 3, which would be either high tier with 4-player adjustment OR low tier without the 4-player adjustment. If we get more players (preferably two players), we might get pulled to high tier.

Next adventure: Both Numair and Eveline will level up, to 4 and 3 respectively. This alone will make us go high tier for the second part at least.

I'm fine with high tier. Just remember that Eveline will stay at the back, then.

Well, I'll be starting to throw around DC 19 Flaming Spheres at 4th level, so hopefully that will help ;-)

By the way I checked Numair, and it doesn't read anywhere which dragon type Numair has taken. You should have energy resistance 5 towards some energy type, but I (or anyone else) doesn't know what.

Just so you all know I've chosen to make a "controversial" character on purpose, mainly to create situations which prompt a reaction or offer a target for reactions. I don't intend to go too far, of course, but I will not object to any situation that might arise. I also prefer having some enmity between characters so that we aren't just a jolly group agreeing on everything, never having a single dispute; that's just boring. So this is why Eveline is what she is, and she has been adventuring with Lionel since day 1.

I'm just looking for a consensus for your game style, so it doesn't conflict with one another. A game with one joke/caricature character can easily make roleplaying hard for the more serious characters. Eveline is, in fact, quite serious.

Whoops! Always forget this part. Problem is, I'll need to do some digging for chronicles, so I'll not be buying anything this session.

Character Name Lionel "The Lion" Wynne
PFS # 120549-2
Character Level 3 (6 xp)
Faction The Exchange
Initiative +6
Perception +2

Hey all! I've got a potential recruit who I'd love to have on as a player and I think you all would enjoy playing with. The only snag is that he'll be in Morocco for three weeks with intermittent availability (starting about two weeks from now). Given that this is a three-parter, three weeks of sporadic posting is no problem for me (I will bot if we're in combat), but I want to check with you first.

Any concerns/objections?

No problem with me. The more the merrier!

I'm all for that, I've been quite irregular in the last game due to problems, so I can understand the situation completely.

I have no objections.

3/5 is a majority! I'll send him over.

Hey gang! Thanks for having me along on this outing! I will try to keep up while I'm travelling, but it's a bit hard to predict. I believe Trex is the only one of you I've played with, though I've seen a number of you around. I'm looking forward to running with some good new (to me) players, and things are off to a fun start already.

Character Name: Pimwrick Swiftfeather
PFS #: 80015-10
Character Level: 3
Faction: Silver Crusade
Day Job: Perform (harmonica): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
Initiative: +4
Perception: +2

Eveline - I'm curious to see how your character plays out, it is an unusual approach, as you say. Pim isn't much for enmity, especially towards the other halfling archer in the group - but we'll see what develops.

Howdy Pimwrick. You met Meredith Une in a different run. Hopefully I'll get your name right this time. (I am so embarrassed about that.)

Oh, hello, hadn't connected you with Meredith. I thought it was quite funny, your messing up Pim's name, and figured you had done at least some of it on purpose. Either way, no cause for embarrassment.

Just realized I hadn't yet updated Pim's alias. He's now updated to level 3, and should be able to best Charis and Eveline in an archery contest, if he can be convinced to actually make the effort.

That'd explain Pimwrick's much better gear as well. I was wondering how he had got a +1 bow at that point. Of course, Eveline invested in a mithral shirt (for ACP -0 and seriously lower encumbrance), which delays her chance of having a magic bow.

Well then, 2 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 4 = 15/5 = APL 3, with a 4th level PC, which translates to 'Tier 4-5, with the 4 player adjustment'.

Are we expecting a 6th player? I won't mind the wait, and it'd increase our survival rating.

By the way I noticed Pim has a buckler and uses a bow. I've been really daft; I never remembered that you can use a bow and buckler for no penalty. Eveline will definitely buy a buckler once the issue arises in-character. It'd just feel stupid for Eveline to suddenly realize this mechanical benefit by herself.

Yes, we are. Kailun, who posted above but whose picture looks suspiciously like Numair's, is finishing out a game. Unfortunately, that game is Siege of Serpents, and won't be done for two weeks. I'd like to have him along for the trilogy, so I will start the mission briefing soon (tomorrow or Monday) and proceed at a leisurely pace to give him time to arrive.

I have absolutely no objections, let me say that. At the moment I have a lot of slow-crawling PbPs that I wish would end ASAP, so having two weeks more is good. I'm hoping to purge nearly all of my current games by the end of the year. (this trilogy excluded, of course)

I'm okay with a slow start, but will remind everyone that my timing means that I'll be slow right about the time Kailun is able to join in.

I'm okay with a slow start, but will remind everyone that my timing means that I'll be slow right about the time Kailun is able to join in.

Yeah, that's what I'm trying to balance.

Okay, I'm sure we'll work it out just fine. And it'll be fun to post in a desert game from a desert place!

I figured the roster for this game has been so good I'll post here as well. I'm recruiting one additional player for my upcoming Dragon's Demand game. I'm the GM, and there are three players already. The fourth I initially asked has not yet replied and it has been about a month. I intend to start around early January.

Thing it I'm going to host the game not on Paizo's site, but on RPoL. Message me if you are interested.

I accidentally posted with my GM alias. Could you clean it up from the characters (and players) page?

Just a reminder, and so you'll have my actual dates - I will be travelling from Dec 17 to Jan 8, with unpredictable internet access. I will check in and post when I can, but please bot me if there's a need.

Cool, thanks. I am hopeful that the special can finish before you leave, so that we can (actually) get started.

I'm going to do a separate briefing for Kailun via PM and he'll meet you outside Eto.

I appreciate everyone's patience and excellent roleplaying!

Heyo! Sorry about the brief disappearance, had to quickly finish a report before flying home. I still need to take a train, so I'll post sometime tomorrow morning.

I'm just sad I missed all them conversation opportunities.

Paladins' lay on hands just got a new meaning.

Off to the holidays. Expect a post from me next Monday.

I suppose that I should calculate the APL.

4 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 3 = 17 --> 17 / 6 = 2.83 APL --> APL 3 --> High tier with 4-player adjustment

A bit of a nitpick about that Gather Information confusion; Numair rolled diplomacy maybe preemptively, a roll that easily would have qualified for the DCs laid out afterwards. It's much more confusing rolling it again afterwards (thus ignoring the previous rolls altogether), with a lesser value and then suddenly pretend we know less.

Granted, Numair could have given a description for that gather information. A mere die roll is a bit lackluster.

Like I said, it's not a big deal. In the future though know that I am asking for a new roll if I put things in spoilers (unless I get ninja'd, which I usually notice).

Since most of you have already played this in Standard you're also pretending you don't know what happens. The last bit of information is unlikely to matter much anyway.

Well that's true.

Just saying this now, New Year's celebrations were a bit long due to two family birthdays being around the end of the year, and we got a power cut (go you, Eastern Europe), so I apologise for the scarcity of my posts. I tried my best to make up with quality, but I felt like an apology was needed.

Happy 2016, everyone!

No worries, and electrical fire is always a legitimate excuse. :)

I must warn you all that for the past month I've been feeling unmotivated with PbPs. To be specific, I had too many PbPs ongoing, and I guess this is what most people would call a burnout.

But this of course doesn't mean I would stop posting or anything like it. It means I'm less likely to post multiple times per day. I attempt to post at least once a day minimum.

Pimwrick has kept his blade just sharp enough to bite through the drunkard's studded leather jerkin. The blade leaves behind an angry red snake, coiling blood down the man's front.

This was a nice touch, btw.

Also, Trex, since I know you to be a careful writer and have gamed with you so much, I feel inclined to point something out: the three scenarios upon which we have embarked are actually called Destiny of the Sands, rather than in the Sands, as you have it in the game thread title. I just noticed it recently, and it's driving me batty.

[/whinge]

By the gods, you're right! I will change it immediately.

(And thanks. Your "you live in a poop tunnel!" retort has stuck with me for a while, and I dare say inspired me to try ever harder to write good PbP.)

By the gods, you're right! I will change it immediately.

Ah, sweet relief! Though the horror of it is, it changes in the thread title above and on my campaigns page, but if you look in the list of recent posts on the lower left, it still says the old name. I've run into this before (when I was going to run a Core game for you guys and had to change the scenario) and I don't know how to change it there.

(And thanks. Your "you live in a poop tunnel!" retort has stuck with me for a while, and I dare say inspired me to try ever harder to write good PbP.)

I would love to take credit for such a line, but I don't remember that one. You sure it was me?

Yep. I sure am.

Nice! Good 'ol Ekkie, should have known that was her line.