Ok, things are kinda winding down to the downtime phase of the campaign. I'd like to get the downtime stuff knocked out completely by the end of next week so we can introduce Gilmork and get the new adventure going.
Downtime Activities include but are not limited to
Investigating the name Drazmorg DC 35 Kn: History. Each three day period spent researching lowers the DC by 2.
Vade has something for someone to do...
Cirthana has something for someone to do...
Anything from Ultimate Campaign or the SRD regarding downtime activities.
It is currently 20 Rova 4707, I'm looking at starting the next adventure around 20 Kuthona...that's 91 days of downtime.
Alright, here's my plans for what I'm going to try and do during my downtime -
1. Send word to the Five Kings Mountains to the Glintaxe clan that I've recovered an item that I'm fairly certain belongs to them, and ask if someone could come down to check it out. (Basically, I'm sending a letter asking for them to send a representative to meet with me.)
2. Head back to the monastery and make sure that the kobolds aren't doing anything stupid. Lay down some ground rules, and maybe even get them to start picking up debris and stuff. (Should only take a day, two at the most for me to visit and pass on the orders.)
3. Try to meet with the fey queen and the Greenfire Circle druids to hopefully work out a deal to get a path cleared to the monastery and to clear an area around the monastery itself to make room for expansion. (Probably best handled over PMs for the private conversation, though it can be handled in spoilers as well. I'll be explaining to them about what I intend to do with the place.)
4. Build a bridge over the shallow portion of the river, where we crossed it originally on our way back after killing Graypelt.
5. Get started on the primary repairs for the monastery.
I forgot to mention that if anyone needs help with some of the side quest things, like the favor for Vade, I'm willing to help as well. I know Lucanor is going to try and do the thing for Cirthana so I don't want him to get loaded down with two things to do during downtime while I go off and do my own thing. But if it requires any sort of research outside of visiting some specific place, then it's going to be out of my league since I lack knowledge skills to do the research with.
I've updated Silas's spreadsheet tab, it agrees with his character sheet now.
Re Drazmorg, Silas has +7 in kn:history. If he is allowed to take 20 he'd need 8 more to pass the check so that'd take 12 days.
Would also be good to find out what that crown does too.
Okay, Lucanor was carrying the heart ripper blade, and indeed, has offered it to Lady Cirthana to destroy so I've tried to edit the lootlog for that one. Perfectly understandable if that counts as his 'share' of the treasure.
The loot audit has not been completed, no. I'm still waiting on people to update their tabs on the loot log.
My apologies, I've never been very attentive to loot. If we can cheaply resize the magic studded leather then that would be dandy for Lucanor unless Silas wants it. Luc has shown a pref for distance, but that's not always possible so a +1 would be handy.
The Owl's wisdom potion? I"m not sure if he'll ever really need it. Most of his spells are supportive or healing at this rate. So I'd say sell.
If you also want the money fully updated, it'll be some digging throughout our adventure. Last week and this one's a bit so-so on schedule. But i think thursday will give me the chance to actually take the time to sort that part out.
I updated a couple things on the log. Re sizing armor or weapons is 20% of the total cost of the item. So 400 for a 2000GP item, +1 Studded Leather would be about 220?? GP.
I just need to know what gear everyone's character has on him at this point in time, and how much gold your character has. We don't really need to worry about splitting up what was found just yet. I just want to see who's lagging behind everyone else in terms of gear.
As for the studded leather, I think you can have it Lucanor. Silas hasn't made any mention of wanting it. Niles said it would cost 20% of its value to resize, so that's going to be something like 235gp.
Delete Gared and Baldur from the loot log if you don't mind. Add Gilmork but he won't be part of the split.
Working on the loot sheet now. Probably won't be actually finished with it until Thursday sometime, but I've got the sold loot breakdown done.
Selling everything that's marked as "Sell" on the list gives us a total of 6797gp 5sp. I subtracted 235gp from that to resize that +1 studded leather on the party dime, since Lucanor has been getting the short end of the stick in terms of loot.
That gives us 6562gp 5sp total. Splitting it 4 ways gives each person 1640gp 6sp 2cp.
I did not sell the ancient coins or the +1 battleaxe, since I have a feeling that they'll be of value in trade to the dwarves. For the time being, I'll keep them as part of my WBL calculation.
We still haven't decided on who has the Cap of Light from last time. If we don't decide this time around, then I say we just sell it.
Lucanor and Hecktor, please update your sections of the loot sheet and let me know how much actual cash you have. I need this to get everything done. Silas, I also need to know how many charges the wand of CLW still has remaining. I'm including it as part of your gear, even though it's really a whole-party item that we purchased with group funds.
I say we sell the cap.
Damn. You guys are WAY behind WBL I bet....
We need to do something about that.
Actually, my guess is that we're going to be either at or above WBL if you were to total all of us together. Level 4 WBL is only something like 5-6000gp, so I know Hecktor is going to be double and I'm going to be above it. And that's just from looking at the stuff we've gotten out of this last adventure.
But I still need to get some work done on the sheet. I haven't looked to see if its been updated since about 5am EST, but unless it has I'm still waiting on some stuff.
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Oh ok awesome, I still have to make some decisions regarding the Crown and Dagger, so let me know who is behind.
Also, another way to even out loot is to not include Hecktor in the GP split since he got the very valuable armor
So, I've got most of the loot situation sorted out. I think. I haven't removed the "sold" items from the list yet, but I will once I make sure everything is as close to correct as it's going to be.
It's looking like, as of right now, the party as a whole is WAY above average WBL. But that's by lumping everyone together. The individual breakdowns are like this - I'm at just about double WBL. Hecktor is almost 5x WBL. Lucanor is about 1000gp shy of WBL, and Silas is probably going to be in the same general area as Lucanor.
I still need Silas to update his section with how many charges the wand of CLW has left and to remove any scrolls he may have used. Once that's done, I'll be able to get a better look at his WBL.
I also added up everyone's actual cash, based on the earlier gp split and what people said they were buying then, and the gp split that I mentioned in my previous post. I kept Hecktor in the split because he still deserves to get plain money, even if he did get a fancy suit of armor.
I didn't include the Cap of Light sale in that split, so it's still there to be sold. I say we give all of the money from just the Cap of Light to whoever has the lowest total wealth of the party.
By the time that Downtime has ended, I expect to have that +1 Battleaxe and those 7 ancient coins out of my possession, so my wealth will probably change sometime relatively soon. Whether it goes up or down from what it is now remains to be seen.
EDIT: I found the charges remaining on the wand of CLW in the gameplay thread. And I think Silas already updated his scrolls as well, so that means I've gotten him done now too! And I was right about where he would be in terms of WBL. He's just above Lucanor, and he's sitting at just under average WBL.
Silas and Lucanor, I'll let you guys decide if you want to split the 450gp that selling the Cap of Light will give us between just the two of you, or if you want to just give the full 450gp to just one of you.
Michael will also be more than happy to share some of his cash if you guys were wanting to buy something in particular. Especially if Silas wants to buy something, since part of Silas's wealth is that wand of CLW that everyone is getting use out of, Michael more so than half the party.
Lucanor seems the furthest behind on WBL, give him all of it.
Yea, I know I've got the crown, but I figure that it's got some bad mojo behind it and is likely to be something to be destroyed. Plus, there's no real way for me to account for it in my wealth without really knowing what it's worth.
No one has looked into it....I bet there is someone around town that could tell you about it.
I'll look into it eventually. I'm waiting on something else right now, and my guess is that the crown will end up being something I have to leave town to fully research. The letter I sent into the Five Kings Mountains said I'd be in Falcon's Hollow, so I'll be in Falcon's Hollow until I hear back.
Also, I'm updating my character sheet in Hero Lab and I think I may have done some of the loot values wrong. According to Hero Lab, the value of the adamantine warhammer is just 3012, while I calculated it at 3312. Going back and re-reading the section for Adamantine, I see now where it says that they're always Masterwork items and that the price is included in the cost. It's just buried in the full description rather than being a separate line like it is in the mithril section. So I'll have to fix a couple entries later, since I did the same thing with Hecktor's sickle. It shouldn't affect the WBL stuff by more than a few hundred gold though.
As previously mentioned I was planning on having Silas try and identify it, although if there's an easier way...
Sorry, I'm at the wrong computer so my wealth tally is a bit off. I think after this loot sale, not counting the cap, Luc will have about 1500 gp in solid wealth, not sure about gear.
Did you buy anything last time? If not, then your wealth should be correct.
Michael you could consider asking Vade's opinion on the crown. Kind of putting your head into the lion's mouth though...
That was who I was thinking I was going to have to ask. Hate to do it, and I'm definitely not handing it over outright since it's my symbol of authority over the kobolds, but it's still probably going to be what needs done.
Ok, the loot log has been updated once again, but only to reflect changes to my personal wealth and to the Capital available to the party. I've also deleted everything that was on the actual loot list portion, since all of it has either been assigned and handed off to a player or sold for cash.
To the best of my knowledge, everything on there is now up to date.
I adjusted Silas's tab to represent the gear purchased.
You know, I keep wondering if we shouldn't try to do something to either repair or replace the orphanage? Obviously the former would be dangerous as there are still some werewolves out there. Another option would be building a new place in or closer to town.
Ultimately I'd hope a new one wasn't needed but it'll be hard to displace the lumber consortium... Closer to town seems sensible.
I'm off of work for the next 3 days, so if you guys wanna get a bunch done I'm all up for it as I'll be home bored.
I think Hecktor is a pretty cool guy. Eh railroads us forward and doesn't afraid of anything.
Sorry about not getting another post in last night. Had a minor medical emergency pop up in my extended family and got sucked into it as a babysitter.
No big deal. I'm at drill this weekend so I won't be updating the map and combat until later.
So I just noticed that I've been screwing up my mount's attacks a bit.
My mount's attack bonus is 6(3BAB+4str-1size). When making a full attack, the hoof attacks are secondary, so they get -5 to attack and only get 1/2 str to damage. I was rolling them as full str to damage and -7 to attack.
So my hoof attacks were rolled to hit lower than they should have been, while they were rolling damage higher than it should have been. I don't know why I just noticed it, but I did.
So the round 2 hoof attack would have only done 5 damage, not 7. Well, 6 after taking Inspire into account.
Sorry about that. Natural weapons and figuring out mounted combat were why I chose to play a cavalier for this game, so I should be learning this crap better.
So....we got a tonic for saves vs the plague from Percy, but maybe we'd wrap this one up asap, before we lose our looks as well. ;)
Gilmork, the norm for this PbP is minimum 1 post per 24 hours. Most of the players average more like 2-3 posts per 24 hours, your last post was Monday night its currently Friday. Please respond with your intentions.
The problem with Fascinate is that if one person in the whole group saves against it, it's worthless.
Agreed, but the point of it is to stall for time.
Sorry for the inactivity, my pc has broken down tuesday morning and this is the first day I have access to a pc with internet that I have the time and privacy to hang out on the forums.
I had actually hoped to get in a message or that someone could post for me excusing me for the time being.
New pc is on the way but it has taken/will take a few days for it to come into the shop. I'll be able to make a few posts during the daytime, but in the evening I'll probably not be able to post.
Sorry for the downtime, I'll be back to my normal posting in a few days.
Gilmork......
The plague spreading being beneficial...? You were sent to prevent it weren't you? :P
Just for future reference Niles, what kind of action would you judge removing a mask is? Free Action, Swift Action or Move action?
I'd treat it like drawing a weapon so part of a move action. IE you can both move and remove the mask but not full attack and remove the mask.
Thanks, good to know. Depending on the situation he might remove his mask to bite at his enemies. The thought crossed my mind, but this is not yet the time to do so.
It'd be quite the distraction to the rest of us... :)
Guys, when we drop the leader, someone needs to try to stabilize him so we can interrogate him. If they're still in bleed-out mode, we should try to stabilize the individual cultists as well. The more people we can interrogate, the more info we might be able to gather from them.