I will probably go between how to speak to people (nobles in particular), battlefield control magic, and talking to Tessai more
So, could I maybe do a variant of the Info-gathering activity in the evening? I noticed a popularity score in some of the earlier threads, could Killian spend his evenings this week at various playhouses and after each show talk up the Shades? I kind of have a subtle PR campaign in mind.
If that's no bueno, then he'll still do the theater angle, but just keep an ear out for interesting tidbits while maintaining his public appearance as a total fop. =)
Who are the faces, or at least talkers of the Shades?
Brandon with his mighty -2 charisma. To try to calm an aactresses fear about being burned by acid in the murder play he, quite rightly, informed her that she was more likely to suffocate to death from the fumes.
*Golf clap*
It takes an artist to so consistently fail in such different spectacularly hilarious ways.
I'm a people person
Still waiting on a response before I decide what to do GM
Can Killian try to drum up support/goodwill for the Shades as his 3rd nighttime action rather than search for leads/information?
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Essentially, there's already a number of bards and gossips spreading all the news of what you're doing, thanks in some part to some of the other Shades (of Grey) such as Yako and the bard, Amaya.
The way the Shades of Grey increase their reputation is good deeds, to provide material to sing about :) If you want to go on a Batman masked crusader mission, let me know. Just don't get caught!
Understood. No masked vigilante action for me yet =)
I'll see if Sclavo wants to hang out instead!
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Ok...Good RP. Lovin' it. Now its time to get down to business as y'all get ready to head into the Lodge. All of the PDFs have been updated with items found earlier. Please review your sheet at your earliest convenience. Most of you have new items, and it will be very important to know what you have in the weeks coming up. GM never feels bad when people have consumable resources and the such, and then die when they don't even use them at the best times. Just sayin' :P Read your sheets often.
For the next two weeks, my posting will be irregular at best, outside of a few days. I'll be on business trips, and between airports, meetings and time changes, it will be hard for me to nail posting times as regularly as before.
As a general rule of thumb, I expect everyone to check every four hours on the weekdays/day time hours (EST 8-6), and at least once on the weekend. If everyone adheres to this, we'll be able to keep this thing moving at a somewhat decent clip.
I'll remind everyone when I'm able to return to normal posting schedule.
And...Um....good luck, Desna get your back and all that ... You're gonna need it!
Just to let you know I'll be unable to post today or tomorrow as I'll be doing quite a bit of ttravelling with work
I assume it's a one time type of deal. What are you lot thinking? i seems we either split them up and let the group read them or take them back to the hideout and give them back to the society for a reward.
Their nice bonuses, i just wanted to know what each of you thought on this.
I could do with a will save booster. Or that +1 Dec would improve my armor class
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Right. Each book can be read for it's permanent bonus just once...so you have to decide who gets each one. Even after they are read, the books are still valuable as a collection. If you sold them, they would be worth thousands of GPs. To a PFS agent or venture-officer, the darn things are near priceless.
None of the books are really leaping out at me for something Killian would absolutely love to have. A bump in his Fort save would be nice, but I'm more than content to pick from the leftovers as it were.
Same for Beppo. The Str check one might be the book that best suits me, but I'm not strongly in favor or opposed to any of them. I think Damaia should read the one with Disable Device, though.
I would probably be most interested in Instincts of a Killer, my second choice would be The Imprisonment of Marcos Trom.
If no one else would prefer it, I suppose Killian will take The Shipwreck of Hoakrem Krin.
I will do a first choice/second choice as well:
First: The Lycanthropy of Evran Townsend
Second: Memoirs of a Hatchling Nursemaiden
Again, I would push for Damaia to read Scorin Kastel and the Siege of Moenspire
I'd really like that lycanthropy book too
With all other's taken i guess Memoirs of a Hatchling Nursemaiden.
JC, I'd like to spend four power points on 6 skills and pump them all into disable device please
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Ok...so I resolved it from top to bottom...and I got...
Instincts of a Killer to Taryin
Shipwreck to Killian
Lycanthope to Beppo
Memoirs to Aemon
Impronment to kyle
Seige of doohickey: +1 bonus on Disable Device and Knowledge (engineering) checks and on all Will saves. Some of you have said Damaia, which I could do, however, Brandon has not read a book yet (as I had already given Beppo the bonuses before seeing Brandon's post below). Thoughts?
Also, do you keep these books to give to someone, or do you intend to sell them for leet gold?
I'll take that Siege book then, it provides a boost to Will saves which is good for me anyway.
As Brandon said he can have that book. I think we would keep them and give them back to the pathfinders.
Beppo would want to keep the funds, but if he doesn't realize how much the books are worth or he is overruled he will go along with the group.
I think this decision can wait until we're sure we are going to survive long enough to have to make it :p
No problem JC.
These dogs really sound messed up i hope you have a picture so we can be properly creeped out.
I can understand that - hate it when that happens, though.
On the topic of being away and unable to post, I'll be heading off on an annual trip to a mountain cabin with my old gaming group from college this weekend. There're no cell signals, telephone lines, or any real connection with the outside world up there, so I'll be off the grid when I leave work Friday evening and won't be back until some time Monday evening.
Killian, I don't want to worry you... but that's the perfect setup for a serial killer/werewolf/alien abduction movie right there.
The gate by the access road is about a two mile hike from the cabin, and it's a gate we need to lock every night just for safety's sake.
A few years ago, we had forgotten to lock the gate behind us when we came back from a grocery shopping trip earlier that morning. Realizing this, we decided it'd be fun to hike out to the gate to lock it, except it was 2am at the time. We equipped ourselves with an oil lantern, several torches, and a few weapons and hiked out to the gate.
While locking it, we heard something tearing through the bushes down the mountainside across the road. Suddenly it went quiet for a moment as we all tensed up, raising our lights to try and see what might be across the road. At that moment, the bushes behind us (about 10 feet away) shook violently and we heard a low growl.
Clustering together, we kept the lights as high and as bright as we could as we shuffled back toward the cabin. There are two streams with old, wooden bridges along the access road, and whatever the growling animal was, it followed us all the way to the first stream. It stayed in the bushes and undergrowth and just outside the light radius the whole time, but it was clear to all of us: we were being hunted.
I've never been more terrified in my whole life! One of my buddies was so shook up that he went out after he got home and purchased a handgun and a 2.5 million candle spotlight, and he's brought those along every trip since.
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During the evenings we'll be playing Call of Cthulhu. During the days, I'll be running a Wrath of the Righteous Campaign that we're just starting.
Regardless of the terrible fright we had the one trip, it's basically the best weekend of the year. We like to call it CabinCon. =P
Too scary.
Due to firearm laws in the UK all we can take as protection when we go camping is a cricket bat and positive thoughts. Basically, this
Getting ready to head out in a little bit. So long as nothing unfortunate befalls us, I'll be back with you all Monday evening. Happy delving! =)
Enjoy Killian!
My posting my be intermittent over the next few days. Working 12 hour days at the moment so time is limited. Will post properly later
D'oh. I rechecked my math and your spreadsheet and herolabs are correct. I did my post-level 1 hp's as 1/2 HD + Con mod instead of 1/2 HD + 1 + Con mod. mea culpa!