Kingmaker

Game Master Jovich

So we are going with H19>H18>G17>G16>H17?

Who plans on riding on the cart vs riding a single mount?

Adding a the western hexes - H19>H18>G17>G16>G15>H16>H17 as Andreas suggested to get the woods between the rivers.

Rillka has her dog and a pack horse.

I am riding my horse. Since we are going back into the wooded area, a wagon is not a good thing to bring. If we encounter the hydra, we will need to be able to move quickly.

Yep I'll be on my horse.

So now we have a vote for no cart. If no one volunteers to drive the cart by tomorrow, I am going to assume that no one wants to be off their mount and we will move on.

If the group is worried about mobility, but wants to bring more equipment then your horses could easily carry, you could spend some funds on a donkey or another horse to carry most of your goods as well. The donkey would not be war trained, but it would handle rough trails much easier then a cart.

Sir Andreas did have a list of gear the group brought with them on their exploration.

@Druzz, Please put your Exploration Actions in your information line. We are using the expanded options from 2E if they are applicable. If you have any questions about it, please let me know. Please note that some of the Exploration Actions do affect how fast you move and will increase how long it takes to explore a zone fully.

I think it's less about what we bring than what we might want to bring back. If everyone is riding mounts but traveling light, we should be okay to carry back most things.

A pack mule/donkey might not be a bad idea.

Rillka has a pack horse and I feel that is enough for us.

Sorry, I got busy today. I probably won't have time to get the exploration rolling until tomorrow morning. But we will be moving again then.

I had to run the turn before you left town, so here it is. I kept Duzz as the Marshall, if you want to move him next month you can. There were no additional events, but the Criminal in Olegstown remains at large.

Sir Andreas, as you are traveling and exploring do you keep your horse armored on?

Does anyone else have barding for their mount?

It looks like in my last edit I've deleted my mount's stats from my page. It is an elk and should have barding

My horse doesn't have barding yet (couldn't afford it)

Neither Rillka’s riding dog, Luca, nor the draft horse Chetak have barding. And Chetak is not combat trained.

Just so everyone understands. The length of time it takes to explore an area is based on your speed. Barding and certain explorations will cause you to move more slowly. To the best of your knowledge, there is no rush to your current tasks, but that is why I am checking.

The only thing to note is you must spend at least 1 week each month in Sturmulme. So you have up to five weeks of exploration before you have to be back.

Actually, I for some reason read barding but my mind went to saddle. My elk has no barding since it isn't proficient with armor at all.

We are sitting at a move of 50 with the horses...unarmored or at a 40 with the riding dogs. I prefer barding on my horse as we may encounter things that we will need an extra hand at dealing with.

This will put us at a 35 movement if I keep the barding on my mount.
IS everyone ok with this, if not I am ok with removing it for the exploration which would bring us back up to a 40.

No barding here, but unless we have a reason to move quickly, more armor for the king is better.

Rillka is tired of seeing Andreas nearly die and fully supports barding!

Makes sense. A a bonus, if we need to run, the rearguard is armored. lol

Ok, so we have one horse with barding which is going to set the pace. For the foreseeable future there is only the time constraints you place on yourselves. So if you guys decide to switch it up to move faster for some reason, just let me know. This was mainly just a narrative question for now, although a barded horse might help if you get jumped by a random Hydra.

Sorry been caught up with home repairs. Getting caught up now

Finally back!

I will be going on vacation from Sunday, July 28th, through Friday, August 2nd. I should have the internet, but I am not sure how much time I will have to post. This game will be the priority for me to post to.

That was supposed to be me lol.

Sorry about the quiet week. I was unable to sign onto Paizo's site from my laptop for some reason. But we are back to rollin'!

Don't really have more to ask the crow, so Duzz is just waiting for the others to return.

Ok. We should be moving on pretty soon, I am just waiting to see if anyone turns down the soup.

The poisoned apple… I mean “soup” is delicious.

Done, sorry for the delay.

@GM: Just to confirm, since we are in some wooded area, the ground would be considered wet earth for the "soft earth and stone", correct?

Not all of the forest would qualify, but you are pretty close to swamp land so we will say yes, it is wet earth where you are.

Just to confirm, the man is dead then?

Or is there a special reason why the First Aid use of heal not being able to stabilize him?

He went straight to dead. If you check, the cat is also dead.

Is someone updating the loot 2.0 list?
If not, I can add these items.

I am not.

I have been.

Question - I am unclear as to the specific hazard we are facing -

If the danger is the cart being swept away, which is the only reason the ponies would have been in danger and needed rescue... then tying the rope off with the cart tied to it solves the problem as the river current will push the cart out of the way of the flowing water and into the slower waters near shore. We shouldn't have any trouble pulling it the rest of the way through the slower water, especially with horses.

If the cart was just stuck, then there was no need to "save" the ponies, or tie it off with ropes, as we would have used the ponies to help free the cart, unless the current is so strong it would drown the ponies and the cart is so stuck that same current won't move it.
If that is true, then we aren't moving it either - horses or not.

You're applying real-world physics to a game world challenge.

Challenge 1: Save the horses. (Set DC skill challenge)

Challenge 2: Save the cart. (Set DC skill challenge)

End result of both will probably affect our interaction/standing with the gnomes and how they view or aid our developing kingdom.

The cart and their supplies are about to get swept away. The rope can allow multiple people to add their strength to try and get it out. Unfortunately for the gnomes at a certain point, if it is not pulled to safety, it will get swept away.

Oh, sorry… I thought we could actually come up with a solution, other than roll whatever skill the module calls for. I will adjust my posts accordingly.

The module suggests a course of action. If you have something different you want to try, then you can absolutely try it. But the rope is not going to hold for long.

Guys, I'd really like to use Soften Earth and Stone centered on the caravan, creating a 20ft. square of mud that is between 1 and 4 feet deep depending on the toughness of the soil (by the river, probably not tough at all).

Are you against it?

....Why exactly?

Just fey dickishness? (I mean it would be very on theme with the Fey " I help you, you don't show the right amount of gratitude so now I screw you over")

Also, spellcasting tends to be pretty obvious without a couple of feats. I don't see it being well recieved.

Yup, pretty much want to annoy them. We helped them and in return this Jubilost has been nothing but an ass to us.

They were in danger before, but the mud would not put them in danger again, just make their life miserable for a couple hours trying to move their stuff.

Duzz isn't good and he doesn't really care if it will be well received by the gnomes.

I mean, your call. If we ever encounter Jubilost again it might be an issue, but on the other hand, more story so...

Granted it would be funny to have that happen...however as mad as Andreas is right now, it would not be something he would do or ask others to do.
I say we just let the little man be and move on.

I cannot tell you how many posts I had to erase and start again due to the way this jubilost was. lol

Kudos to Coreyllon for creating a most unlikable character. Hard to do, harder even by text.

What a time to roll a 20!

I agree. I had some time to cool off after Jubolist but Andreas did not. So, he took a very different approach to this and was a little less diplomatic.