Hysteresis Loops: The Gion Cover Up (Inactive)

Game Master Terquem

sounds good.

I am going to post in the game thread, and see if I can get everyone doing what they want to do or take care of, so I'll be trying to manage you separately, you might have to be patient with me, and help me keep things straight.

Gruul would have no issues with showing the goblins some charity.

Lets just say that shooting them all would cost Mog -more- money than it would to send them on their way with a few pieces.

With the cost of bullets and powder, yeah, I can see that.

So, what do we want to do now mog? I presume we'll see the goblin family set up somewhere as you said, and report to the greycloaks, possibly try to get permission to investigate further (and do it anyways if they deny the request).

If I get this straight... there's no time distortion for Mog and I? We entered and left the catacombs on the same day?

Yes, that is correct (and I will try to find out what the Days of the week are called in Golarion so as to make the game "feel better").

I suppose I should've thought about potential consequences for taking stuff from the catacombs xD

Pfft, they'll never know! ;)

Thank the gods Moq didn't ask Gruul to "check to make sure if they are dead" 'cause I'm pretty sure that wouldn't have gone well ;)

I'm not even sure if I'm alive at this point :p

"Help! There's something going 'kathunk kathunk' inside my chest! What do I do?!?!?!"

Hey friends, I'm going to be moving with my family a few states up. Unfortunately this means packing everything up, etc.

I should be able to post, but otherwise my activity will be reduced until the beginning of July.

Sorry for not being around this weekend, I was playing Skylanders all weekend, being very lazy.

Quick recap before an in game update

Surana, Krevek and Ryko are hiding out in a very secret location.

Gruul and Moq have just discovered that someone may have abducted Kudzu, and have no idea where to start looking for her

Gruul and Moq - Going to wait on you guys to see what you do next.

I'd like to up everyone's experience points to 1400. We are using a fast track so that means you are all level 2. You can level your characters, and we will try to move things along quickly to get the party back together

I should be able to get Surana leveled this evening.

Don't wait on me. My internet access is minimal until July. *posting from hotel internet*

I believe I have done everything except for Hit Points,not sure the method being used. Half, Half +1, Roll, Roll and take half if below (method I use in my games)...

Let me know the plan, putting a roll in here just in case.

1d10 ⇒ 7

Lets do max for levels 1 thru 3, then we will begin to roll and take what comes up.

sounds good to me, so that is 11 for me.

I'll also get levelled tonight I believe. My first level up in a PbP game :)

*arrives in a crack of thunder*

New house and new internet! Lets rock, rock on!

To Surana and Krevek -

I apologize for the lag. There is something I want to work into the plot related to Kudzu's abduction and I will try to get it resolved as quickly as I can.

Yeah, I also realize that the main show is sort of held up for us to finish this little bit. I've been trying to stay on top of my posts to keep things moving. If there's anything I can do different, let me know!

no problem, I have not left

Oh hey, I just realized that I missed the part about leveling up xD

I suppose Gruul and I will do it when this encounter is over.

Btw, Mog is down 3 hit points still.

Gonna be perfectly honest here. I don't actually remember if we -had- anything else to do xD

Dang nab it! if only there was a way to go back in time and find out if you were, maybe, told to do something else, shoot.

I think the other thing was finding the group again, unless I missed something of course.

Had my long weekend yesterday, as it was Canada Day. I imagine some of you folks might be around less with this weekend coming up.

I know I will be away on Thursday, but that would really be it.

I'll be hit-or-miss Thursday through Saturday.

I think we might be headed for a regrouping, on this game, by the end of the weekend. How does that sound to everyone?

Sounds like a plan xD

And I did look back just now~ The other thing was to find Surana and Krevek again and bring them to scary guard lady (Hermione).

I think we would probably want to try to find them before the agreed meeting time, but if you'd rather hurry stuff along I'm up for that.

Could say we are going to ask around the area, see if anyone saw them leave the catacombs / cathedral on sunday, etc. Some rolls if you wish but assuming we fail to find them, then we meet them at the agreed time / location?

I really struggled with this and in the end I think it would be impossible to find them if they tried not to be found. Once again I apologize but I am not all that familiar with the city of Absolom, but I understand it is huge.

All of you were most certainly seen leaving the Cathedral, after that, Surana, Krevek and Ryko took steps to isolate themselves in an undisclosed location somewhere in the city.

If we treated it like a real game, I would think you would have to ask someone what direction they observed them going, and follow that trail, asking people along the way what they saw, and doing this would be sort of a roll-off between you (your ability to get people to want to help you) and Surana (her efforts into making sure no one saw where they were going) and in the end I couldn’t think of a reasonable set of modifiers to basic d20 skill rolls that would satisfy both parties.

So if you do not object, I think we will move the clock forward to Wealday morning. Both groups are rested and at full hit points. If you have items that you found in the dungeon you can ask for ways to have them identified, or try to work them out yourselves and we will get through that as quickly as we can, otherwise I am going to assume you are not concerned about it. You can buy equipment, if you have funds, or sell treauses, if you think you found any worth selling, in order to fund purchases of equipment you might think you need.

I think I will roll a d6 to determine who gets to the Cathedral first 1-3 Grull and Moq, 4-6 Surana, Krevek and Ryko.
1d6 ⇒ 5

I would like to award each character with 500 experience points. This should level Krevek and Surana, and put Gruul and Moq right on the doorstep.

We are using the Fast xp track

I'm confused. Was everyone evened at 1400, or were we still tracking what we had before? Are Surana and Krevek now level 3?

That's what happens when you run too many games. I got this one confused with another one, and didn't realize I had already asked everyone in this game to go to level 2. So ignore the 500 experience points, stick with the 1400. Again sorry.

Updated Mog to 2nd-Level.

I also want Mog to try and pawn off his gemstone and strange pistol in the days prior to the meeting.

That all sounds good to me, seems like a good point to fade to black... :)

I've been going over the game thread and my notes (my notes, which are supposed to be everything posted in the game thread, but I am missing some things) and getting ready to launch the next part.

There were several fine items found, but I cannot find details of who took them ( a one piece suit, sized for a small female human, plus boots, three sets of earrings, assorted linens, I know Moq took those and gave them to the Goblins, and some fine clothing sized for a Dwarf).

I'm not clear about the Gem Moq is asking about.

A merchant in the city will buy the "pistol" for 300 gold pieces. He won't ask a lot of questions, but he wants to know if you have a source for the "ammunition" it takes.

Mog only took the towels and the sheets, I don't think anyone took the clothes.

This gemstone. You nearly convinced me I was crazy there for a second xD

As for the merchant, Mog will tell him that he doesn't know, but since the pistol appears something like a blunderbuss, he could probably put whatever the heck he wanted into it... He also tells him that he wants payment first, before he potentially breaks it by shoving something stupid in there.

Apologies, guys... been busy and haven't leveled yet.

No worries:)

I'm still here, sorry for the delays. I've been hit with some seriously distracting projects and a request to finish my third novel (which I might have to do even though it is going to need a complete rewrite). I will try to update tomorrow.

Removed the pistol from equipment, and added the 300 gp

*facepalm* I can't believe both Krevek and Surana went down (don't fail me now, Gruul!). And Mog is on the only thing that can move 200 ft. in a single round.

Btw, I recommend this site for building maps. link

Actually, those numbers are different than what showed up on my original post... My fort save initially posted at a 17 and my init roll at 16. I hate these forums so much...

After significant thought, I've decided to leave this game. The short of it is that I'm not having fun.

You guys are a great group, and I hope that you have a lovely adventure. Mog, Gruul, Terquem, good to have met you and hope to see you all again around the forum. Perhaps we'll even end up gaming together again!

That's understandable, you've been with the game since December after all!

Be seeing you, Surana~