Gameday VII! Fangwood Keep (Inactive)

Game Master Hawthwile

Greetings Players!

Welcome to what hopefully will be a fun filled time.

I put this up just to get this out of the way, so you know what to expect from me, and vice versa.

Have Fun Seriously, if your not having fun why are you playing? If for some reason you are not having fun, message me and I'll see if I can fix the situation.

Roleplay This is possibly an old Cam adage that follows me, this is a roleplaying game not a "roll" playing game, we do both but one helps the other. Try and describe a bit of what you are doing, this is one of the advantages of PbP -- you can internal monologue, you can describe your weapon flourishes, ect and your not slowing down the game. Talk among yourselves in character - it's fun!

Posting I'm going to aim for non-Weekends once every 24 hours. This doesn't mean I ignore you on the weekend, or it will take 24 hours per round of posting. If everyone has posted, I'll move things on. I keep in mind everyone has Real Life obligations and different time zones.

Rolling I will roll the following to set up things and only really to keep things moving.

• Initiative
  
• Perception (hidden)
  
• Saving throws

Botting: I prefer not to bot, but I want the game to keep moving. If I do bot you, it will likely be minimal. I won't use player non-renewable resources except in dire situations. If you have specifics put it up with your sheet under a spoiler.
I will Bot under the following circumstances:

• It's combat, and 24 hours have passed;
  
• You tell me that you will be gone for a few days, and ask me to bot you.

Sheets and Statistics This is to make everyone's life a bit easier. Please have your sheet posted to your character and have vital stats in your tag lines, this puts everything in your tagline to help adjudication situations where the GM rolls for the whole party. I've made a guide for how to do this if your new to PbP or just want to try out a new format. (I'm not picky as long as everything is there.) Kyten's Intro to PbP Setup

GM Need to Know Send me a PM if there is something about the character that you don't want to post up but will affect how your character interacts with the scenario. This includes I'm impersonating another class and I've dual classed but don't advertise one of them. -- Yes both have happened.

I will open up the gameplay thread closer to time, for me dotting in will be introducing your character.

Player Name/Alias:
Character Name:
Character Level:
Normal or Slow?:
PFS # / Character #:
Faction:
Perception Modifier:
Initiative Modifier:
Favorite Color:
Day Job Roll (if any):

Player Name/Alias: meloriel
Character Name: Kenza Bloodborn
Character Level: 3
Normal or Slow?: Normal
PFS # / Character #: 276820-8
Faction: Scarab Sages
Perception Modifier: +8
Initiative Modifier: +2
Favorite Color: Red
Day Job Roll (if any): N/A

Player Name/Alias: qstor
Character Name: Evan Goodbarrel
Character Level: 4
Normal or Slow?: normal
PFS # / Character #: 2072-36
Faction: L Edge
Perception Modifier: +10
Initiative Modifier: +6
Favorite Color: Blue
Day Job Roll (if any): n/a

I'm using a GM star replay on this fyi

dotting in as a wait-listed and because I bought this module and want to use the maps :)

Player Name/Alias: Michael Hallet
Character Name: 小青蛙 - Xiǎo Qīngwā ("Little Frog")
Character Level: 5
Normal or Slow?: Normal
PFS # / Character #: 2608-16
Faction: Dark Archives
Perception Modifier: +8
Initiative Modifier: +6 (+10 with heightened awareness)
Favorite Color: dark red
Day Job Roll (if any): none

This little frog likes to climb, and prefers to perch on walls over walking on the ground, so you may want to keep Climb DCs for just about everything in mind as I'll probably be asking a bunch. Generally he'll try to test new surfaces to see how easily he can climb, whether normal (up to DC 26) or accelerated (up to DC 24).

Player Name/Alias: Abraham Z.
Character Name: Hoprah
Character Level: 5
Normal or Slow?: Normal
PFS # / Character #: 100198-6
Faction: Scarab Sages
Perception Modifier: +3 (might change by the time we play)
Initiative Modifier: +10
Favorite Color: azure blue
Day Job Roll (if any): Craft (Tattoo): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19

Looking forward to this!

Player Name/Alias: Banesama
Character Name: Hullric Torsol
Character Level: 3
Normal or Slow?: Normal
PFS # / Character #: 138079-9
Faction: Liberty's Edge
Perception Modifier: +2
Initiative Modifier: +3
Favorite Color: Crimson
Day Job Roll (if any): None

Sorry about this. But I accidentally overbooked Hullric. However I have another L3 Character that has become recently free. If it is okay, I'll bring him along.

Player Name/Alias: Banesama
Character Name: Yaiho Crasher
Character Level: 3
Normal or Slow? Normal
PFS # / Character # 138079-11
Faction: Liberty's Edge
Perception Modifier: +5
Initiative Modifier: +2
Favorite Color: Crimson
Day Job Roll (if any): None but will use Downtime to attempt a Faction Goal.

{}{} Forgo your Downtime to nonviolently fight for the cause of liberty by spending time organizing protests, freeing slaves,
or distributing revolutionary material. Doing so requires a successful Disable Device, Knowledge (local), or Stealth check
with a DC equal to 15 + your character level.

Stealth check DC 18: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18

Ah.. nice. Finally passed that one.

Are we starting next week? I'm using a GM star replay.

We're starting sometime soon. I know a few people may have games finishing up (my session one is still going), anyone need additional time?

If no one has any issues I'm going to start this on Monday Oct 8th - just to give people to finish up old sessions due to the paizo issues.

Hi, my apologies for not posting sooner. For some reason this game is not showing up in my list of games so I hadn't seen the updates that had been posted. My PC is still playing in a module from part 1 of gameday and it doesn't look like we are even halfway through, so I won't be able to play in this game. I noticed that someone posted in the recruitment thread expressing their interest, so hopefully they can take my spot. Sorry for any inconvenience.

I believe most of the players that signed up for this game are going to be having similar problems.

I'm ready to start but the GM hasn't opened up the gameplay thread to dot in.

I sent the GM a PM.

It finally attached! Ok so Gamethread is up.

If your not here by Saturday, I'm going to fill in from the waitlist. It would have been a decent amount of extra time to finish up before. Unless someone lets me know that hey we have one more day.

Sorry got this years flu that just meh ness so I didn't think to check to see the gamethread hadn't attached.

No problem. I've read that the Flu has hit hard this year.

I also ended up double booked. I'll have to give up my space in the game. Sorry for the trouble.
Have fun guys!

Hello GM,
thanks for inviting me!

Player Name/Alias: noral
Character Name: Enora, pregen Arcanist level 4
Character Level: 4
Normal or Slow?: normal
PFS # / Character #: 314670-11
Faction: Dark Archive
Perception Modifier: +1
Initiative Modifier: +2
Favorite Color: Blue
Day Job Roll (if any): none

Ok I've PMed the last person who hasn't shown up that had a spot and the remaining backup that wanted to come. That would leave us with a full party, if not we do have 4.

Signs your GM is finally over this stuff, the slight delay was I was giving some people chances to answer PMs and like cleaning everything which is a weird post-sick OCD thing of mine.

If we keep having issues, I'm going to as soon as I get the maps up will post something so you can contact me not on Paizo. It's enough that I'm thinking of for any future games running on the other platforms because I still get bug hits and such that I've been writing everything in code platform to c&p and don't write over it for at least a day.

@GM you might want to post on Flaxseed. PMs aren't showing up unless you go to directly look for them sometimes?

They responded he's also stuck in a run over from the last session as well. They might be bringing another pregen or character.

Here I am, sorry for being this late but due to several problems with the boards the character that was meant to join this game is still locked into a different module.

Zhatara here will be taking his place. She's a mesmerist with usual array of mental powers and the ability to lessen some minor conditions as well.

Player Name/Alias: Rogar Valertis
Character Name: Zhatara Smirsset
Character Level: 04
Normal or Slow?: Normal
PFS # / Character #: 100733-9
Faction: Dark Archive
Perception Modifier: 1d20+7
Initiative Modifier: 1d20+6
Favorite Color: Black
Day Job Roll (if any): Profession(leatherwork): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
Notes: Will spend 4.000Gp to buy an Headband of alluring charisma +2 and 2PP to get a wand of CLW

GM, are we complete now or are we still missing a player?

We are complete

Ok, thanks!

TO make it easier: Do not count my voice - I go with the majority decision without my up. :-)

Xiao is willing to share his wands with others.

Heightened Awareness and Longstrider are both personal spells, so you have to be able to activate the wand on your own, either by having the spell on your class list or by using Use Magic Device.

Hi GM, are we going to finish this game before Nov 19?

You probably already know but I just wanted to make sure you are aware that games need to be reported by then. ;-)

Hi GM, are we going to finish this game before Nov 19?

You probably already know but I just wanted to make sure you are aware that games need to be reported by then. ;-)

I think there's an exception for modules?

See here for VC Hmm's FAQ

You report the game, including boon rolls, but you don't have to finish. You can keep going after the 19th.

Exactly! We just have to wrap up the reporting elements. :-)

You don't though. GMs are advised to assume successful completion (full prestige and no deaths). If something happens to make that not true then the GM just emails the VOs with the update and they edit the reporting.

Yes exactly, best everybody interested reads the FAQ. Everything is explained.

The only thing that I hadn't yet completed on here was everyone to roll for the boon.

Which is roll a d20, if you get a 19-20, roll a d4.

Boon?: 1d20 ⇒ 18 close.

1d20 ⇒ 17

Boon?: 1d20 ⇒ 11

boon: 1d20 ⇒ 3

Boon?: 1d20 ⇒ 17

Nope

I've at least sent in the paperwork since its close to time (no I don't roll on boons I still have a folder I'm giving out to local tables). I think you both were trying to say the same thing in different ways but same point.

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Other point, it seems that I don't know if this is the cobwebs from before when the site was being odd hanging on but we seem to come to an odd crossroads anytime there is a open decision.

I'd like to do what is best for all of you, but at the same time don't want you to be in this forever. Are there things that you would like me to do to help move things along? If there is no adverse things that will happen to you all would you like me to keep things moving until you have to react to anything in the module? i.e. you encounter three semi-empty rooms, I just describe them and let you pickup items/explore at once?

Thanks a lot GM!

Best would be to decide on a marching order.

I would propose (front) Yaiho Crasher, Evan, Zhatara, Enora, Xiao.

Then we can assume that all of us look at a door to check for traps so if you could make perception checks for us that would be great GM.

If there is a trap we will have to RP how to handle it but can XIAO DISABLE DEVICE?

If there is no trap Yaiho Crasher will open the door and step in and all follow in the marching order.

I a room we enter all check the room so if you could make perception checks for us that would be great GM. Enora will also detect magic.

* * *

If we follow this routine then we can speed up the decisions.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ALL?

Xiao cannot disable traps.

Xiao would actually prefer to climb along the walls if possible. He feels more comfortable off the ground.

If there's no monsters, traps etc in a room some GMs I've seen list multiple rooms with spoilers and then cut the boxed text from the module into the spoiler area then post.

Perfect, let Xiao climb on top and the rear of the party.

GM, can we proceed like this?

Also in terms of opening doors. Always with this priority, north, east, south, west if we are in a room.

Marching order if fine with me as well as the tactics used to explore.