Jory would definitely be temperamentally and RP-wise much more suited to Spymaster (and Isabel to Diplomat!), just wasn't sure how much the mechanics should dominate. I think I find sub-optimal play more enjoyable anyway!
That’s what I felt too! But your earlier comment threw me off. Lol. So what would you prefer?
I'd like to swap out my shield for a masterwork darkwood heavy shield with a masterwork shield spike. A bit of an unusual purchase, so I don't know if that kind of thing would be readily available, or if I'll have to order it and wait.
That would need to be ordered.
OK!
I’m fine with waiting for Lisl’s shield if the others are. I’m saving my coin. Though, if possible, Darian might try and exchange some of his burgeoning gold pouch for some platinum pieces.
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Adjusted Leadership Roles with Jory’s change:
Ruler (Cha) - Darian/Isabel
Councilor (Wis/Cha) - Svetlana?
General (Str/Cha) - Kesten
Grand Diplomat (Int/Cha) -
High Priest (Wis/Cha) - Lisl
Magister (Int/Cha) - Freya
Marshal (Dex/Wis) - Josef
Spymaster (Dex/Int) - Jory
Treasurer (Int/Wis) - Oleg
Warden (Con/Str)
It would have to come from Restov, so it would almost certainly be more than a week. Let's just go; it's not a huge change to my performance.
Well then, I If everyone else is on board, let’s roll out!
Since nobody objected to my distribution of consumables, here are what everyone needs to add to their own sheets and I will remove them from the Group List:
Darian: CLW Potion x1, Lesser Resto Potion, Oil of Magic Weapon, Bull’s Str Potion, CMW Potion x1, Enlarge Person Potion CL 3
Josef: CLW Potion x1, Shield If Faith +2 Potion, Lesser Resto Potion, Oil of Magic Weapon, Bull’s Str Potion, CMW Potion x1, Enlarge Person CL 3
Jory: CLW Potion x1, Lesser Resto Potion, CMW Potion x1, Potion of Invisibility, Thunderstone
Freya: CLW Potion x1, CMW Potion x1, Scroll Glitterdust, Scroll Mirror Image, Scroll Obscuring Mist
Lisl: Enlarge Person Potion CL 1, CLW Wand (50/50), Bull’s Str Potion, Scroll Magic Weapon
Isabel: Scroll Invisibility, Scroll Mirror Image
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scroll of protection from good, - ??? Anyone wanna take just in case?
Works for me. Let's go have fun at the Stag Fort.
Mine are listed in my Tracking section.
Moved my items from list to sheet.
Thanks for the bookkeeping, Darian!
No problemo
More scouting. Helping run a training course that will keep me occupied through late Sunday. I am in cell range and might get a few minutes like this every now and again.
Level 2 invisibility scroll? So, two minutes?
Unless someone gets invisibility as a 1st-level spell, I think that's impossible?
I meant caster level, I suppose. Trying to figure out how many minutes of invisibility the scroll provides...
Minimum 3 minutes.
That's what I mean - I don't believe you can make a scroll of a spell at a caster level below the minimum level required to cast the spell. So, since you have to be at minimum caster level 3 to cast invisibility, the scroll must be at least caster level 3.
Ahh...looks like level 2 on the SRD? http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/i/invisibility/
Right, and there's no class that gets level 2 spells before class level 3, so you must be at least caster level 3, ergo an item must also be at least caster level 3 to hold it?
Gotcha. Like I said, learning as I go!;-)
Indeed. But I think you have the potion too. So I’d try the Scroll first, while you are away from prying eyes (hopefully), then afterwards, you can potion out with near complete security in it working.
Go put a bolt through his skull, Spymaster ;-P
The suspense is gonna coup de grace me! Lol
Well done Jory! Boss solo’ed FTW! Haha
Guys, I just gotta say...
We kicked those bandits asses!
*Hands Darian a cigar*
Now you're supposed to say "I love it when a plan comes together."
Haha! Well, it wasn’t themexact plan, but it has worked splendidly!
A failed Fort save is apparently all we required to make that an amazingly easy event.
Now, how do we figure out who will redeem themselves and who are going to remain problems?
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I think I might be able to train Auchs, given a little time. He seems easily led enough that I can convince him to be my friend without magic, then its just practise. He might be a good bodyguard in time?
Akiros seemed like he didn't really fit in with the bandits so he's an option too - might even be kingdom material if he really does convert. Isabel will happily oversee the brainwashing rehabilitation process. :D
Basic bandits - Isabel is always in favour of another chance where possible. Sneed doesn't get one because of the bounty quest, but the rest can. Maybe put Ludi and Katrina in charge of them? Show them a good example...
Incidentally - taking this place in a full-on assault is NOT easy at all. My last group did it and despite two smiting paladins taking out the Stag Lord and the rest was touch and go. Infiltrating, killing the Stag Lord in his sleep, stopping the owlbear getting out and neutralising 2 of the lieutenants before they had a chance to act made this much easier for us. All hail our good planning! :D
Another Scout camping trip. This time with the troop, like is supposed to be normal. Going back to the site with no cell coverage.
My allergies are hitting me hard enough I want to just crawl into a ball and do nothing. All the boys can't get there unless I drive.
Josef: good luck with those allergies, buddy!
So, we have everyone captured save for a pair of zombies that we realistically could pick off with bows until they drop?
I think a victory jig is in order!
Though, there is the “old man” in the cellar that one bandit said might actually be running the show. In the heat of the moment, Darian probably has forgotten about him, but if everything top side is wrapped up, perhaps we should have a look around and try and find this basement and this guy?
Then, we should be off to a wedding ceremony and Book 2!
As to the wedding ceremony:
I don’t wanna big things down for everyone with a side scene unless everyone else is down for the RP scene. So what do y’all think?
Do a brief little RP of it?
Let DBH do a narrative of it and maybe we RP out the post-ceremony celebration a tad?
Gloss over it narratively in its entirety?
I am good with any of the above, but I feel option 2 is the best mix and what I’m kinda leaning towards.
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I'm good with either version of the wedding - I think glossing over would be a shame, given how Darian and Isabel's story has been leading up to this for a long time, but I'm happy to go with the group consensus.
We could send Akiros/Auchs down to the cellar to get the old man, might be a good test of whether their repentance is genuine (in Akiros' case). Or if its a relatively unimportant 'extra' combat' maybe we can just assume that we win, and get on with the plot? :D
I'm good with either version of the wedding - I think glossing over would be a shame, given how Darian and Isabel's story has been leading up to this for a long time, but I'm happy to go with the group consensus.
We could send Akiros/Auchs down to the cellar to get the old man, might be a good test of whether their repentance is genuine (in Akiros' case). Or if its a relatively unimportant 'extra' combat' maybe we can just assume that we win, and get on with the plot? :D
Wedding: Oh, I agree. But I don’t wanna drag the other four into their story kicking and screaming. If all else fails, the two of us could write some stuff up in spoilers.
Stag Lord Fort: Eeeeeh, maybe. Darian isn’t fond of forcing others to go do something. Especially when their loyalty is being earned at the tip of a sword. Also, there’s the chance they go down, ally with this guy, and become a bigger threat. We’ve got these 2 locked down already, no need to chance it becoming three enemies rather than one.
I think it’s safe to say Darian and Isabel are the beating heart of the party, so I’m all for sending off Book 1 in appropriate style.
Regardless of what anyone else wants, you two want to RP through it. GREAT! There are always going to be moments where somebody wants to do something the others don't. So what? Part of cooperative story-telling is ACTUALLY telling the story, right?
I like the cut of y’alls jib, Josef and Jory. Hehehe
I am a LAWFUL CLERIC and if I don't get to officiate a CEREMONY there will be PROBLEMS
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Since I'm on a big kingdom building drive atm, lets do a quick run-down.
What alignment do we want our new kingdom to be? My count shows:
LG - 1 (Lisl)
CG - 2 (Darian and Isabel!)
N - 2 (Freya, Josef)
CN - 1 (Jory)
Based on this it looks like NG or CN would be the best compromise alignments, what do people think? Personally I' say NG, since its closer to everyone's alignment than trying to have a LG cleric in a CN realm! The mechanical benefits are identical, so that doesn't matter unless we want to go LG/CG.
Kingdom roles:
Ruler (Cha) - Darian/Isabel
Councilor (Wis/Cha) - Svetlana(?)
General (Str/Cha) - Kesten (?)
Grand Diplomat (Int/Cha) -
High Priest (Wis/Cha) - Lisl
Magister (Int/Cha) - Freya
Marshal (Dex/Wis) - Josef
Spymaster (Dex/Int) - Jory
Treasurer (Int/Wis) - Oleg(?)
Warden (Con/Str) - Akiros (if he can be trusted?)
NPC's are question marks since they haven't agreed yet! If Akiros is serious about redemption he might be worth using as Warden?
Also Freya - does Munnin want to have a role? The books suggest familiar can have a go and he has the Int for it? We could have our kingdom represented by a talking bird! :D
We also need to start thinking about names! :D
Sorry people, family emergency had me AFK for sometime. Update tomorrow.
Hope everything is okay. Do what you gotta do man.
Wedding Stuff:
Seems like most everyone is on board RP'ing it out a bit then. I'm all for it! I was just worried ya'll weren't. However, seeing as Lisl is going to be "officiating" it, I vote we let her write up the narrative post of the ceremony itself. I'll follow her lead and throw in a bit of fluff from Darian, but nothing that would alter the Abadaran ceremony she would hold.
Kingdom Stuff:
I think we've all pretty much agreed on PC roles. As far as the unfilled spots, I basically am in agreement with Isabel, but I am not sure we can trust Akiros yet enough to assume he will be a good member of the "team" so to speak. That will have to develop further in game.
As to a Diplomat, I'm thinking maybe see if one of the reform projects would be a good fit? I think that'd go over better than a crow, and Freya may not like having her spellbook flying off for days at a time to go talk to people in Restov or Mivon or the like.
Names...now that's a tough one. I for the life of me have been debating some for our little nation for a while now, and am drawing blanks. I'm loathe to name anything after the Stag Lord, glorifies him in Darian's opinion. And also not keen to name ourselves anything after Brevoy, makes us look like their little toy country. Sure, in a way we kinda are, but we won't be forever and it'd be best to not start off embracing that role.
Also Freya - does Munnin want to have a role? The books suggest familiar can have a go and he has the Int for it? We could have our kingdom represented by a talking bird! :D
As amusing as that could be, Muninn does't have the Int to fuel that, nor do I suspect he ever will. Even if I take Boon Companion again, his Int will max out at 9.
I'm fine with a NG alignment. Jory leans towards that anyway, and the group's activities in the Riverlands would drive him more towards that persuasion in any event.
We're also going to need to come up with a Sigil/Crest for our Flags, Banners, Tabards, and the like.
Reading through the Kingdom Building rules. Looks like fun stuff! How does it integrate with the adventure path story in the forthcoming volumes? Run roughly in parallel?
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In my other game we started a completely seperate thread for kingdom building. The two weave together pretty well, roughly in the form of *block of time kingdom building* *go out exploring* *check back in with kingdom (has to be one week a month minimum)* rinse and repeat. The kingdom itself can create a lot of RP and actual plots without the book content so IMO it works well - gives the plot more impetus because we actually have a real stake in the area and the people.
@GM - Isabel is fully committed to 'redeeming' Auchs, Akiros and the Owlbear. How would you like to go about this? We can RP it, just throw some dice at it or something between the two - I'm happy with whatever causes you the least work.
Eventual goals probably aim Akiros for full integration into society and maybe a kingdom building role if he's trustworthy enough. Auch into something simple, like Isabel's bodyguard (he seems to have plenty of muscle and minimal brain, which makes him a perfect counterpart to Isabel!) The owlbear, in her mind, is just cute and she'd like a pet. :)