Gm Aest's Kingmaker: To Forge a Kingdom

Game Master Aest

Yeah, if I could afford to just buy a new one, I'd have it already. Unemployment sucks.

GM, could I have mounted up in preparation for this? Sorry, I meant to ask sooner, and it slipped my mind altogether.

Yeah, everyone could have. I think I said something about that in the post where initiative was rolled, and there are horses on the side of the map for you guys. Sorry it wasn't clear.

My computer died today so I'm stuck posting off my phone. I'll be a bit spotty until I get it fixed

*sigh* Got called in to work today, so just bot me as needed. I'll catch up when I get home tonight.

Well, I think Kaz just knocked out a horse...

I'd say that's accurate. Post will be up in a bit.

Cyanne waves at the rest of the party from her vantage point in Restov.

"Way to go, guys!"

Just checking in and saying hi this morning. Hope all is well with you.

"Boy, thats one mighty tall vantage point." Luthor murmured with a stunned expression, waving back absentmindedly.

Hi Cyanne! <3

Anybody want to throw in some Aid Another checks? Darn these rolls.

*waves*

Howdy! :D

"It is a tall vantage point. Good thing I'm fond of heights!"

Blargh,finally figured out why my computers been randomly going to sleep these last few days. Apparently my keyboard was broken in some way, causing it to shut off my computer practically any time I pressed any key. Man, troubleshooting is quite the frustrating adventure.

Hey guys, I'm going to be pulling 12s at work for the next three days so you may not see much in the way of posts from me during that time. I'll try to check in/keep up as much as I can but it may not be until Friday night or Saturday before I'll get caught up. As always, feel free to bot me for combat/skill checks as needed!

Alright, Nah. Thanks for the heads-up.

To recap the situation...

There are probably less than 10 bandits left in the fortress, counting Akiros, Dovan of Nisroch, and the Stag Lord. The gate is broken, and won't be openable if it's shut. The north approach has a real zombie problem, but the other side is untested. There's something that summoned Aurochs to attack the party, but hasn't been heard from again.

Thoughts/plans?

Graelem is no scout but checking out the south side of the fortress would be a good idea before assaulting the keep.

Out of the box idea - is there a way we could like purify the hill to the north so we don't have to deal with the zombies? Just because there are big breaks in the walls there, and they know that we know about the gate so they'll expect us to go for it.

Ofcourse Luthors doesnt have Religion as his knowledge array. Bah! Was wondering about what kind of orders the zombies are under. Might be we could just run past them into the keep really.

Depending on their numbers we probably cant outlast them, or atleast not without a resource drain we cant afford.

Given that time may be of the essence, its might be best just to go for the gate, dunno.

Sorry for the lack of posts, but I should be able to be more regular now - especially since I've come down with the flu and was put off from work for most of the upcoming week.

Regarding plan of attack, I do think trying to check the south side would be a good idea before we fully commit to one plan or another. I don't know about purifying the northern slope but Nah could probably bomb the place pretty good to help clear it out - unfortunately that might leave her without any bombs inside.

There's been a major change in my life that's going to make running this game impossible for the next 4 days to a week. Two at most. I'm not going to talk about it here, I'm fine, but I'm going to put this on hiatus for a bit. Sorry.

Okay GM, hang in there and we'll see you in a week or two.

Sending you good thoughts and prayers. Hang in there and we'll be here when you get back.

Alright. I'm back. I still don't want to talk about what happened, but I'm back.

As for the game, the very first PbP I was in died because we, as a party, had a hard time going through doors. Doors kill PbP games, and unfortunately, the Stag Lord's fortress has a very large door. If there's not some sort of plan of attack soon, I'll have to keep moving things forward, unpleasant as that may be.

Welcome back, GM.

Okay guys, we need to make a decision pretty quick. The gate seems to be stuck open and is the most obvious means of getting inside - we're also likely to meet the most resistance by going that way.

The northern hill is a zombie death-trap as is. We could probably run through and maybe pepper the hillside with bombs or other things that might slow them down. Of course we'll be going uphill and in prime position to be arrow'd until we can get to the wall.

The southern side of the fortress is currently an unknown. If we're willing to take a risk and go that way or even just scout it out, we might get lucky on finding a way in. Or we might not and end up wasting time.

I'm happy to go with whichever option the majority wants to do. Nah would advocate trying to scout the southern side of the fortress before deciding for sure, but remember that she's also not quite as concerned about one hostage as everyone else is. Nah's player would probably recommend either braving the zombie hill or storming the front gate since we're running low on time.

I think Graelem would favor a frontal assault upon the front gate, since Sir Walhem is in imminent danger.

I don't think anyone knows Turn Undead, which is what would've made me feel comfortable going up zombie hill again. I'll vote for the frontal assault.

In he interest of getting this going, let's theater of the mind this one. It's a pretty simple combat. The next one will need a map, though.

I'm here, just have been busy with work! Will get a combat post this evening when I get home :)

Holy crap, I totally missed the battle post. Sorry :(

Nah, just a heads up that Fortune Hex only affects D20 rolls.

Whoops, that's right! GM, ignore that second damage roll on her bombs and just apply the slightly better d20 roll to hit please :)

Will do. It's easy enough to correct on the fly. Post should be up later today.

Just randomly looked at your stats in your header Graelem, and I think your saves are off, unless occultist has no good saves.

OK thanks for the catch there Luthor! Saves have been corrected and updated.

Cheers m80.

Did I learn anything about the owlbear from that knowledge check?

Yeah, sorry!

Make a note of this, because never again will I roll two 20's in one turn.

Single best application of Fortune Hex in this game I think, Im shamelessly feeling really smug about it.

That was awesome! :D

(Also, I work very early tomorrow until early afternoon so if Nah's turn comes up I'll get it tomorrow once I get home!)

Single best application of Fortune Hex in this game I think, Im shamelessly feeling really smug about it.

As you should! That was awesome.

That damn crit. That's some impressive stuff. :D

I forgot to update my HP to include the damage from the first encounter. It's accurate now. I think my armor is full of holes xD

~Doo-dee-doo, checking in to say I'm aware of the current forum issues! Checking gameplay now to see if I need to be posting :)

~Checking in, can't wait to see what happens next!

Sorry for the delay. Work has been crazy with testing and layoffs due to budgets. I'm aware that I need a post, but it'll have to wait until tonight. Sorry.

Oh no worries, those posts are more my way of checking in to say that I'm still reading along even if I haven't posted yet (or if it's not my turn to post yet, like for combat) :)

Sorry for the lack of attention. I've been blocking on all my games, and it's been spring break, so I haven't always been around. I'll try to get something up Saturday, but I'm going camping today and most of tomorrow.

Just to reiterate, im not too bothered by the delays. Heck, for a while there I was a super slow poster myself, there needs to be room for it.

People just tend to focus more on DM absence because its much easier to notice.

No worries GM; I've been sluggish lately with my games too due to a crazy work schedule and have even dropped a few more to lighten my load. If you're blocking on things, maybe a break or hiatus would be in order once we finish this combat?

I'm not sure. I have everything planned out for once we're out of combat, really. It's just getting there that's the struggle for me right now.