Kingmaker

Game Master Tuyena

Ah, when I ran a campaign for a while, I used MapTools and then posted the maps to a google drive. Made finding old maps pretty easy if I needed something. Many people now make it so that players can move things. I find this often ends up with someone accidentally dragging a spell effect or terrain to a different place, but many people like it, so I go with the flow.

I've done maptools for the longest. Things like that only happened perhaps once or twice and was due to inexperience more than anything else. Generally it worked out fine. Recently in Pbp's I've been in the use of Google Drawings for maps has worked well enough. Especially with its tracking of edits.

Ah, I have not used Google Drawings. Although, I was running the AD&D Temple of Elemental Evil converted to PF, so there were not a lot of high quality PDFs to import (foolish module being released 20 years before modules had disks and PDFs.) Thus, I had to pretty much create every map as I went.

I prefer google docs because it's more customizable.

Compared to?

Everything else I have ever used, including Roll20. It takes more time because it's literally a blank slate, but I don't mind putting in the extra effort as long as I get what I want.

I would use Google docs but it isn't mobile friendly, which is how I make the lion's share of my posts.

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Ah, that is true. I do most of my posting on my laptop so it works fine for me.

Tuyena, is there any possibility you could put a map of the part of the Stolen Lands we are in up on the info page, with some kind of mark to denote a hex we've explored already?

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I suppose I can do something along those lines.

Done.

Thanks! Is Alphonse still in the game? You mention him in your post about the strange noises but he's also in the previous characters list on the characters tab.

I thought he was? Am I mistaken?

If Alphonse isn't, Miro will take his place with the watch instead.

Long as someone is.

Yeah, I thought that he was, too. Maybe we oughta send him a message and check on him. If it's been a while since he checked the thread it won't be notifying him of new posts like it normally does.

Based on the map that was posted, I think our next goal should be checking out the southwestern temple, in the forested area, then make our way over to where the lizardfolk are rumored to be. Thoughts?

Agreed.

Works for me.

As long as it doesnt prove too much a hassle.. we are around the level where we can afford one or two mistakes and come out alive though or paradigm changed a little for group recovery.

Just wanting to check in again. Make sure the game is still going. If things are still hectic for Tuyena that's alright with me, Jay making sure.

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Sorry guys, lost internet on Saturday, now Monday, technician won't be out til Thursday, posting this from the coffee place down the road because the 3G network I can access through my phone is slow as hell (and this site lags like crazy on that phone anyway).

Assuming the game isn't dead, just GM Xan as needed until I get back online.

I'm here, just waiting for the GM to get back.

Sorry all my end of the month had me moving and was I just exhausted.

Tentatively suggesting the game is back to running provided no more disasters strike. *Knock on Wood*

Welcome back.

My posting is going to be decreased during the day as I got a sort of real job, and will only be able to post from my phone occasionally. Usually I will try to catch up on games early in the morning and in the evening.

Sorry again for the delays, I got into a car wreck Monday night that had me in the hospital.

>. >

I'm not sure I believe in karma, but if it's a thing then I must have burnt down an orphanage in my sleep at the end of July.

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So, will-o-wisps are apparently aberrations and not fey. Not sure why I thought they were the latter, but I suppose it works since Khargol failed his knowledge check earlier. Hah.

Do we still have a DM around? We have a pile of conversation, but not posts from DM Tuyena in a week.

I'm sorry for not posting yesterday, everyone. Was kind of a rough day for me; 2.5 years ago I was diagnosed with brain cancer and had surgery to remove as much of the tumor as possible. I found out yesterday that that the remnant has started regrowing.

F!#%. Sorry to hear that Khargol. That is horrible.

That Indeed sucks more than a Wendy's Frostie through a small drink straw... IE ALOT.

Oh, wow.

Ouch, take your time to get better. We will still be here when you are ready to restart.

So should we commission a cleric at the end of this or hope Khargol can get it with a scroll? (Since we dont have consecrate)

We had a cleric after the last round of recruiting so I don't think it'd be a bad idea to try and bring another into the fold.

Unless we need a cleric on an ongoing basis, we could probably recruit one as an NPC at Oleg's. Was there a quest involving a cleric? Not sure how the quests are being done in this campaign as I am new to it.

You must not have basically good tactics and the like are fine but unless there is either some form of healing or Efficient take downs a cleric/healing capable person will be needed. Only reason we didnt have on e before is that we had like 3 people capable of such.

Yeah, we had a party of several secondary healers before. I haven't looked through the books in a long time, but even if you consider the published materials, Tuyena has created his own encounters on many occasions...encounters that were sometimes very difficult. I still think that the troll fight only went well for us because they (the trolls) kept failing their saves and falling over in the grease spell that was laid down.

Long story short: at least semi-dedicated healing would be a great boon.

Well the troll fight went well because we were set up and trolls are stupid, the worst that would have happened would have been a scratch or two because we had healing just in case.. and Trolls are stupid. Sugua is good at Killing things... thats about it.

Really, we are missing any true casters. Bard, Alchemist, Inquisitor plus a slayer and fighter. We have three secondary healers, two of which can easily use a wand of clw. I almost think that a sorcerer or wizard would be more valuable than a healer/cleric. I am good either way though.

Wand of CLW is nice... Out of Combat. Khargol doesnt have any actual healing spells. Miro has CLW which is nice but single target, Kailee has infusions but those must be imbibed. None of the Secondary healers outside of that can reliably do anything to recover in a situation like before.. where the enemy was pumping out 22 or so damage. It was fine because Sugua equally hit as hard but it is a notable situation.

Really Im just stating factual evidence that we will have issues with multiple injuries period. Im all for whatever but I can tell you if there wasnt a cleric during the Camp invasion about 3 people would have died minimum.

If someone has a good player, I am up for it. I just get weary of more recruiting as players are often not great fits for the campaign. At the same time, I can understand the need for healing with all the offensive types in the party.

That's fair.I understand that feeling. I dont particularly believe in a balanced party but I am all for noting what a party will excel at and what they may have issues with.

Currently we are actually better off than alot of parties. We simply have a few flaws.

I can always take the Healing Bomb discovery. Not my plan, but it does allow for some nice healing, although it takes away from the more popular explosions that all you orcs seems to enjoy coming from the tiny pink-skin.

Kailee is quickly becoming Sugua's second favorite Pinkskin.

Let me know who the favorite is, Kailee can introduce him to her concoctions.

Kressle.

Kailee begins to go through her drink mixes. . . . Saltpeter, arsenic, . . .

Pinkskin Kailee... are you trying to poison someone?

Kailee makes her most innocent little pink-skin look.