KenderKin's Kingmaker Part 1 (Inactive)

Game Master Freddy Honeycutt

Sounds like it is all getting figured out!

As it happens Torod and Imiria have identified the ring (Imiria is trying to borrow it) ;)

Garric may or may not take the bow....he likes his current one!...I can not say for certain.....

I am saying yes to the APG stuff when it comes time to level up!

Garric does prefer his current bow. As for the MW chain shirt, it would be best to send it to the dead guy's family, not much difference since Garric already wears a chain shirt.

Decided to skip ahead a little and offer up RP or cut to some exploration in the game thread......

(Have tried to offer options on that side, any of them sound appealing?)

As I see it we should/could do any of the following:

1. start mapping (lots of hexes can be done by horseback, some by foot)
3. Mites under the old sycamore tree
5. Tuskgutter the wild boar
7. Other????? (Anything I have overlooked)

Why not explore, take the scenic route, on our way to the mites? I expect Tuskgutter will happen as we explore.

Sounds good to me! :)

Nightwatch:

Obi
Garric
Torod
Eadric
Ellaria

Anyone want to change anything?

Once a third PC post
voting to stay the night

I will call it majority rule and roll encounters through the watch schedule...

And move forward.....
Or it can RP out on the board if the next PC wants to go home or something......

Cool with me

...and Eadric's usual loud reply...

Who? Me?! I represent that remark! ;)

I am reading Obi's last post as a "request" for a roleplaying session...

Maybe an opportunity for each character to relate a tale of his/her history and how they came to be here and now.....

Will award XP for knowledge gained from the tales of others and telling a good tale........

So for now let it rain!

Hey Kenderkin, work and running 2 PbPs on these boards is taking up a lot of my time and I am not dedicating as much time to this game as is deserved and that's not fair to you or the other players. So I am dropping out. Garric stays with Oleg and his wife so you can phase him out and recruit someone else who can contribute more meaningfully. Thanks for the game guys!

I think Garric can stay on at Oleg's defending the fort as it were! Maybe he is sweet on Svetlana or something......

Feel free to drop Garrick in when the thread is around Oleg's......

Any feed-back on making a better Pbp!

While I'm sorry to see you go Lucender, I understand the whole burnt-out feeling.

As far as recruiting another player, I'm not sure we need too.

To explain, I feel we have a well-rounded party already.

Druid
Wizard
Sorcerer(Stealthy)
Paladin

Since we have ways of turning the tables in melee(Sleep and Color Spray), I think we'll be okay as is.

Giving time to talk to the Erastilian Cleric, Obi may head in that direction come level 2. We can hand-wave it or not, but Obi will make sure Bellas' teaching and faith carry on into the Greenbelt.

I think the party is fine as is, since you can always ask Imiria for a little extra healing now and then!

Sounds good to me roll on with party as is!

Sorry to see you go as well Lucendar, but I understand completely.

See you around the boards and hopefully may we cross paths in a future PBP.

Cheers

So the consensus is to forge ahead with the three wise(wo)men and the tin man? ;)

What? Garric is gone? I miss him already. Oh he's not gone? He'll just be hanging closer to the trading post? Whew. What a relief.
Sorry to see you go Lucender.

Hey, I'm all for a fifth member, but it looks like the consensus is we stay at four plus Imiria.

- finely crafted dagger,
- Burning Hands Wand 6 charges
- silver ring
- spellbook; Unfortunately, rain seeping down into the cache has
damaged the spellbook
- Cure Light Wounds Scroll
- scrollcase

I'll take the scroll. I don't think anyone else can use it right now anyway.

How much will Oleg offer us the silver ring and the dagger?

Is the spellbook of any use to Elleria? If not, we should just toss it.

Anyone else want anything?

Obi could try and use the scroll, so I guess he's back up.

Is anyone surprised that the wand may also find it's way to Obi? It's either me or Ellaria(or Imiria, but I don't anyone wants her to have a fire spell) who can use it, and if she doesn't want it, he'll take it.

I would also be fine with adding a fifth... or playing on with the four we have... Eadric wouldn't mind another melee type around. ;)

Eadric isn't interested in any of the loot...

Does the spellbook have any spells in it? Or is it completely damaged/destroyed?

I don't think that we should be giving Imiria any more magical loot... so it is between Obi and Ellaria for the wand IMO.

Oleg offers 200 gold
for the dagger and ring

Spellbook is a total loss......

Imiria

The scroll is only lost if she succeeds in learning the spell. If she fails the scroll is intact and she can try again after gaining another rank in spellcraft. I don't see the harm in trying...

That's 50 gold for each of us, including Garric.

Added. Thanks Dax!

How are we doing hit points?
Just roll?
Minimum of half hit die?
Static value?

Full hit points at level!

Hm.. now I have reached a crossroads of sorts. Ealier on in this thread, I said Obi would ensure Bellis' belief would be carried on. Now I see three ways of doing this, and there is my problem.

1. Continue along the original path to Arcane Trickster
2. Take Cleric levels and aim for Mystic Theurge
3. Become an Oracle of Flame(tongues curse) to show his fire is becoming divine in an attempt to copy Bellis' magic.

Thoughts?

P.S: I fear taking a rogue level will make Eadric think I have abandoned everyone, despite the fact I'm in front of him! XD

P.P.S: Really wish Bellis was still here! :(

I have leveled Eadric. No surprises. Just straight forward more of the same.

Just so you know DB3, I added another rank to perception so :P
My mod is now +2! Oh wait. Never mind. :)

+1 on Bellis. (& Durn)(& Vanion)(& Garric) (not Lupus) ;)

As for Obi, go with whatever YOU want to do. Don't worry about filling any perceived voids in the party (ie. cleric, rogue... tank! :) We can solve most problems with creativity and planning. Potions and wands for healing and such. That kind of thing. Don't forget that we have Imiria and Garric for back up. :)

Just for Dax's benefit, Lupus is a friend of mine in RL, so I'm just teasing him...

...wouldn't it be great if Vanion or Bellis (et all) actually returned?

Cheers!

EDIT: I just realized "we" have already buried Bellis... it might be bad if she returned to us! ;)

You don't necessarily have to change your plans for character class. You can honor your friend's memory by living the way he would want or giving honest worship to his deity (I gather he was a cleric).

Exactly. You can become a follower of Erastil, but you don't have to become a cleric.

You know we'll be fine with whatever you choose...

But I'm one of those people who wants mechanics to equal the fluff, it's a curse I tell you!

And I don't give a nat 1 about 'perceived roles'...

I'm going to roll.

1-2 = Oracle

3-4 = Cleric

5-6 = Arcane Trickster

1d6 ⇒ 2

EDIT: And suddenly Obi starts speaking in Ignan...

Ok Obi I am ready to see massive orison goodness from you!

I assumed everyone was enjoying the new temple and would camp there for the evening as they leveled up, (can you say drink the water to get your new hit points!)

Obi

Everyone please post here when you get leveled and we will go on with things.

I will likely do some housekeeping on the Pbp thread.

But I'm one of those people who wants mechanics to equal the fluff, it's a curse I tell you!

And I don't give a nat 1 about 'perceived roles'...

Good to hear! :)

So, our little shy pyro is now going to be speaking in tongues? And here I thought he was coming out of his shell... ;)

Torod is ready to reap the whirlwind. Wait. Is that a good thing?

Fire, both Divine and Arcane, now flows through me! All shall burn!

*casts spark on a bandits clothes*

Oracle
Mystery: Flame
Curse: Tongues(Ignan)
Level 1 Revelation: Burning Magic

Perfrom(Wind Instruments)
Acrobatics
Stealth
Climb
Knowledge(Religion)

Spells chosen

Inflict? O_o !!!

----> ;)

Moving the order of attack discussion here.

Lord oKOyA, I think I understand your concern over how Kenderkin adjudicated that attack on Torod. In short, it wasn't by the rules. I presume he did so because it makes for 'good storytelling'. I'm ok with it here because is an outside case and Kenderkin has not run roughshod over the rules in the past and I don't think he'll do so in the future without reason. I also trust that, in time, he'll do the same for our benefit.

Sorry, just noticed this. I haven't been checking this thread very often lately.

Yeah, I'm not too concerned... I was just making sure that things weren't getting messed up due to confusion (possibly due to long times between posts, durn holidays!) :)

I'm fine with it, I just don't want Torod to suffer because Eadric hesitated! ;)

PS I hope you don't fall asleep now! ;)

For level 2 I asked

How are we doing hit points?

Just roll?
Minimum of half hit die?
Static value?

and received this in response.

Full hit points at level!

Are we doing full hp for level 3?

Yes full hp per level....

I sometimes bend the rules, but try not to break them! ;)

If anyone wants to try something different let me know, I have been trying to offer each player "in game" something a little different....

I leveled Imiria to level 2 soon she will likely bow out and be an infrequent bother!

I can only assume the rule bending I did was this one....

Special Abilities
Poison Gasp (Ex) A tatzlwyrm’s breath is poisonous, but rarely
fatal. While grappling, instead of making a bite or rake attack,
a tatzlwyrm can breathe its poison into its victim’s face. A
tatzlwyrm must begin its turn grappling to use this ability—it
can’t begin a grapple and use its poison gasp in the same turn.

.....It is a bit different mostly for pbp format
It would have been slow to grapple turn 1, breath weapon turn 2, I just combined them into one round.......

although it makes the worm slightly tougher, it cuts back on turns (and posts) at least a little and helps to move things along......

No PC will ever die from one of my "short-cuts"! ;)

Yes full hp per level....

I leveled Imiria to level 2 soon she will likely bow out and be an infrequent bother!

No PC will ever die from one of my "short-cuts"! ;)

OK. Leveled Eadric to 3rd with full HP now! (Including retro full HP for 2nd level ;)

If Imiria leaves who is Eadric going to argue with? :)

And no worries on the "short cuts". It is just sometimes things get a little confusing (ie attack/init order) and I'm not always sure what is going on. Did I miss my turn kind of stuff. That is the nature of the PBP I am learning.

Keep up the good work KK (and everyone) and thanks again for GMing KK! (in case it seems like I'm not appreciative sometimes :)

Lets go team! And finish this chapter! :)

+1

Torod will do fine as a foil for Eadric it seems! ;)

Ok someone is holding out on map making skills!

How did you do that?

Yeah. :) My RL group uses a large screen TV hooked up to a computer, MapTool and TokenTool when we play.

MapTool and TokenTool are free to download from here RPTools and easy to use. I am by no means the expert in the group but can put together a static image fairly easily. :)

You don't have to install any programs (They are Java applets) and the RPTools site has tutorials to help you out. I can give you the basic run down here though for what I did to make that map...

The TokenTool is super easy... open the applet and drag and drop any image you want to make a token out of. In this case I used saved images of our avatars along with a picture I grabbed from the Bestiary 1 and 2 of the mite and tick. Line up the picture inside the token ring (drag and zoom as needed) of your choice and save. Repeat for each token.

Next open MapTool and select Map-->New Map then Map again to open your files. Choose the map image you want to use. In this case I used the image you provided in your link. :)

Once the map/image is loaded you usually need to turn on the grid and co-ordinates. Under "View" check each. You will then need to resize and re-align the grid to match the grid on the map image. To do this hit Ctrl+Shft+A. You can then resize and align using right mouse and scroll wheel. Once it all lines up click the "close" button in the drop down in the upper right corner.

To add the tokens, just drag and drop them into the map from whatever folder they are saved in. Make sure to check the "PC" button on the characters or the light map won't work right. There is a lot more to light and vision to explain here but check out the tutorials for more help/advanced topics. :)

Once the map looks good either use the export feature or use the Windows Snipping tool to create the final image. Post and enjoy!

I might be missing something... if you have any questions, fire away!

Cheers

PS Just play around for a bit and I'm sure you'll get the hang of it. I of course can continue to help out in this regard until you do. Editting the maps you provide and moving the tokens around each round. Less for you to do! :)

Time to distribute the loot we've obtained. Here's the list. Please let us know which items, if any, that you want. I've included the money and items that are already at Oleg's to remind people what we already have.

GP 522
SP 2772
CP 7613
- Buckler, darkwood
- pewter drinking stein worth 12 gp
- silver ring 35 gp
- jade carving of a nude female elven monk 85 gp
- small masterwork light metal shield
- small bolts +1, flaming x7
- boots of elvenkind
- bracers of armor +1
- wand of cause fear 24ch

= bag of treasures=
stolen from the mites (who stole from the bandits who stole from Oleg’s).
321 sp
249 gp
13 pp
a plain brass wedding ring set with a single pearl (this is Svetlana’s wedding ring—it’s worth 120 gp)
pouch containing a single dose of dust of illusion.

-At Oleg's-
Account with Oleg: GP 920

Nice job Dax!

Eadric really isn't interested in any of the loot. Most things are better suited to the other party members. After things are divided, and the rest sold, Eadric will take his share and decide how best to spend it.

Are you sure those bolts and shield are small sized? I don't believe they belonged specifically to Tartuk.

I believe we also have a reward coming from Oleg for the wedding ring's return.

We might want to add to our group magical supplies (ie potions, scolls, wands etc).

I left the ring in for sake of completeness. We need to decide if we will give the all of the bag of treasures to Oleg. It seems to have been what the bandits stole from them.

Oh, I also figure Eadric or Obi should present the ring to Oleg.

Um... er... I posted yesterday that Eadric returned the ring to Oleg... :/

I'm not sure that any of the treasure, other than the wedding ring, is meant to be Oleg's property. It is ill gotten gains to be sure, but...