And we're back. I'll move you forward another hex tomorrow; the one closest was kind of boring, but I had to unpack and such tonight :)
Just a heads up, that I will be on holiday between June 15th and June 30th. Should still be able to post, but don't be alarmed if I might miss out on updating a day or so. Please bot me if necessary.
Apologies for my unexpected absence this weekend; what was already a busy weekend wasn't improved by a massive storm that killed internet and downed a tree Saturday night that had to be removed on Sunday. If a tree falls into a neighbors yard, it definitely makes a sound! ;)
And now resuming our regularly scheduled RP.
At least it was in a neighbor's yard. My back neighbor has trees he does not tend to. After every storm, he delights us with broken branches strewn across the neighborhood. Can't wait for a big one to fall. #thicksarcasm
Apologies for going quiet last night; we had nasty storms that knocked out my internet, and I spent three hours on tech support. Fun times.
So, right now you have a kobold to return to, then *more* kobolds to return to, right?
Kobolds squared. Meepo! Why do I feel like I know that name from an old Dungeon adventure or the like?
Glad tech support worked itself out eventually :)
Meepo's from Sunless Citadel.
Meepo gets around.
Meepo gets around.
The kobold there isn't *really* supposed to be Meepo, but I love that little kobold, so I tend to introduce him around every once in a while.
*grin* Works for me.
While it shouldn't affect anything I'll be at Connecticon tomorrow.
Should I take point again in the conversation, and hope for a lucky Intimidate roll?
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Sounds good to me! Audsley will aid you, have no fear.
I could roll independently with my mighty +2 to intimidate, but that's up to you.
Yay, internet again.
Also, you might ask "Would he really do that much set up for a WoW reference / joke?" The answer is "Yes" ;)
So, at this point you are on the cusp of transitioning to the second book. There is still some area to explore for this book, but you've hit the highlights. I'm not *quite* prepared from my end to go full into kingdom building, but now is a time to discuss thoughts you might have. I hope to try and be ready for that in a week, although you still have a return trip to Oleg's Trading Post to send word of your deeds.
Well at this point in time I don't have any further thoughts on the kingdom building aspect of our campaign. I do think we should take some time to figure out what we want from the loot list, liquidate the rest and perhaps start a fresh spoils of war tab for book 2. Just to avoid confusion over what is what as massive lists are wont to do.
I also think that while it's admirable that we're not fighting over treasure, it's a little weird when items that would certainly be useful to anyone go unclaimed because we're all deferring to the other. I have some thoughts on what we could do to remedy this minor problem, but I'd like to hear if anyone else feels the same and if they have any potential solutions to this.
I kind of feel like Audsley's touch attacks and ability to beef up with spells is making him pretty effective already, so I'm completely happy to defer on items unless it's stuff nobody wants. I also have no experience with what's to come or empire building, so am happy to defer to others there too!
As far as the boots of elvenkind go, I don't really benefit from acrobatics, and since we don't have a rogue or monk type I'm not sure who they'd be good for. :D
Just checking in to see if there's anything I can do to help things move forward. So far there's a suggestion to move back to Oleg's but it hasn't been seconded and I don't want to interrupt if people aren't ready to move on. At this point, maybe have the expectation of a large post late Sunday early Monday that starts the transition between Chapters?
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Back to Oleg's and a transition to a new chapter seems about right as of now.
For what it's worth, my next couple weeks are going to be busy with preparing for GenCon and the start of the new school year just afterward, so I will do my best to follow along but may be a little sparse in my posting quantity.
That suggestion sounds good, Wolfspirit. I'm perfectly fine with going back to Oleg and seeing what's up over there. I probably should have made that clearer...
Yeah, I think the uncertainty is because our characters don't know if we're going to be given room to establish a new base of operations, or if the Solicitor just wanted us to clear out the competition and, now that the job's done, we're supposed to clear out. Obviously the adventure tells us that we're going to be sticking around but our characters don't know that!
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Full disclosure:
GenCon is this week, and I'm doing the Tier 1 GM schtick again this year. I leave Tuesday, but will likely not have a huge amount of time to post Monday.
If anyone is also planning on being there, say hello- -I'll be the guy in the purple shirt with the Montreal Expos ballcap.
What it means for this, is that I will likely be reduced to hoping for WiFi over lunch to try and get posts in.
@GM: Feel free to bot me if I'm lagging us down. Combat actions typically are Inspiring Courage as my first standard action, then maneuvering to a spot to give Emil a flank or getting out of the way of the mad bomber Audsley, hah!
I've also been traveling since last Thurs, should be home by late tonight. Posting will resume tomorrow!
Hope everyone had good travels! I've been super busy again, and trying to nail down a few things more for the transition to kingdom building (luckily I started that work months ago), but hopefully that conclusion will tide things over a bit. ;)
The next chapter will start into the kingdom building, including finalizing where to build, who to elect, etc. Even though I don't have it all typed out, talk here or in character and I'll answer any questions people might have.
I also need to get on the sheer deluge of gold you're getting.
I have no idea what's involved with kingdom building, but am happy to learn! Any online resources people can point me to?
If you have Ultimate Campaign, some of the contents therein are basically copied from Paizo's Kingmaker experience. That would be a good place to start I suppose. Unless its different enough.
Going to post! It's just such a formidable amount of stuff to react to that I'm waiting for the right moment to do so.
I'm aching to weigh on in myself, but haven't had an opportunity to post something longer than 3 sentences. I'll have something by Friday (late) evening.
Poking in. I've failed my saving throw vs Real Life and I haven't had time to post what I'd like to. I have an open night tonight, however, and I'm committing to getting something up tonight. On the other hand, I also have some strong pulls on my time over the next two weeks between making a formal complaint against my HOA and helping out at Dragon*Con Labor Day weekend.
Hope everyone is well :)
I'm still definitely invested, but have been swamped by real life. Apologies! The first three of twelve(!) family members have already arrived for my daughter's 2nd birthday this weekend, and it's been a mad whirlwind rush trying to get everything ready to accommodate them.
Still here, but feeling a bit 'overwhelmed' by the transition. I'll try and get a short post in, as filler.
We're gonna need a spreadsheet...
Still kicking! Things are going to become hectic for the better part of September, going into mid-October, but I'll try my best to stay on top of things.
I have emerged from reams of financial and legal documents to get the Initial Building to a linkable state. Most of these rules will be coming from the Ultimate Campaign / PFSRD, some will come from Ultimate Rulership (mostly additions of buildings, edicts, and tweaking the Magic Item Economy )
1. Choose Your Kingdom's Alignment. Your kingdom's alignment helps determine how loyal, prosperous, and stable your kingdom is. Your kingdom may be a lawful good bastion against a monstrous forces, or a chaotic neutral territory of cutthroat traders whose government does very little to interfere with the rights of its citizens. You may not have an Evil Kingdom.
2. Choose Leadership Roles. Assign the leadership roles for all PCs and NPCs involved in running the kingdom, such as Ruler, General, and High Priest. The leadership roles provide bonuses on checks made to collect taxes, deal with rioting citizens, and resolve similar issues.
3. Found Your Initial Settlement. Choose a location for your starting Settlement, Clear it, and purchase your initial Buildings using Build Points
4. Start Your Treasury. The build points you have left over from starting your first settlement make up your initial Treasury. (You will start with 50 Build Points)
5. Determine Your Kingdom's Attributes. Your initial Economy, Loyalty, and Stability scores are based on the kingdom's alignment and the buildings your settlement has.
I have some rule of two inspired plans for how to handle allocating resources after the initial creation, or if you could use some help in deciding things amicably, I'll set them up.
Some of this stuff will be easier to cover OOC, although posting an IC overview of arguments and planning sessions is fine as well.
We're gonna need a bigger spreadsheet!
I will also be posting a list of some eligible NPCs for Leadership roles, along with RPing snippets from each. Some may seek out Leadership, some may have to be recruited. I'll have the Leadership Roles Spreadsheet up tonight.
Exciting!
Woohoo! Looks good. :D
So, who thinks it's a good idea to settle at Fort Owlbear and use the Tuskwater and surrounding plains to set up a defended farm community?
I don't really care too much what alignment the group settles on, as my long-term goal is to make my own vassal state. ;)
So what is the difference between a LG kingdom vs a NG kingdom, etc... From a crunch perspective I mean.
Missed adding that:
Chaotic: +2 Loyalty; Evil: +2 Economy; Good: +2 Loyalty; Lawful: +2 Economy; Neutral: Stability +2 (apply this twice if the kingdom's alignment is simply Neutral, not Chaotic Neutral or Lawful Neutral).
There's little lasting impact, but might flavor the kingdom.
NG sounds good to me. I could live with LG, but it seems to me a lesser fit for the kind of people who would settle in a 'frontier' realm.
Audsley, should we discuss the Magister Leadership roles? It would fit Franka best among the available options, but I'm guessing the same would go for you. Thoughts?
Sure, I'm happy to discuss! And pretty easy going about it too. Could we get a list of the roles again?
I like the idea of fortifying Fort Owlbear, if only due to having an IC attachment to the place.
I'm also fine with NG! +2 Loyalty, +2 Stability sounds great. Loyal and stable kingdoms sound like just what we want.
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Agreed on NG, even if my heart wants to pull closer to L. Loyal and Stable sound pretty good.
Splitting up roles is hard- -Janna's got a sort of jack-of-all-trades set of modifiers, but I'm not sure that just foisting the title of ruler on whoever has the best Charisma is the ideal way to assign roles. (Does Janna have the best Charisma at +2? That'd be surprising if so.) Looking down those lists, nothing really jumps out as "this is Janna." Warden, maybe? A quiet Ruler? A General or Marshal or Diplomat or whatever? (The problem with bards- -they fit any role...)
On one hand, Turante is the only one of us with real leadership experience. On the other hand, she's the one of us that's most an outsider.
Splitting up roles is hard- -Janna's got a sort of jack-of-all-trades set of modifiers, but I'm not sure that just foisting the title of ruler on whoever has the best Charisma is the ideal way to assign roles. (Does Janna have the best Charisma at +2? That'd be surprising if so.) Looking down those lists, nothing really jumps out as "this is Janna." Warden, maybe? A quiet Ruler? A General or Marshal or Diplomat or whatever? (The problem with bards- -they fit any role...)
I agree, I don't want to base it off stats. However, if we could incorporate stats as a factor, I think it would be better.
Also, you and I are tied for highest charisma. So go ahead and be surprised :P
Thematically, Túrante's best fit at the start is the Marshal position. Eventually her goal is to move into the Viceroy position as a vassal elven state.
I think based on personality and character background, the fits are:
Ruler: Emil
General: Janna (these first two could be swapped)
Councilor: Audsley
Magister: Franka
We'll need additional people to take on the other roles; our stats will be hard-hit at first if we can't recruit folks immediately. We might be able to get away with:
Warden: Akiros (but if he screws up, he's in real trouble)
High Priest: Jhod Kavken (but if we don't like Erastil as the state religion, this is a no-go)
We still need to find viable people to be Grand Diplomat, Spymaster, Royal Enforcer, and Treasurer. Eventually we should get Leadership and have cohorts to do this, but at the outset it's gonna be rough.
My initial thoughts for Leadership roles given character interactions so far:
Ruler: Janna
General: Emil
Marshall: Turante
Magister is a tossup between Audsley and Franka. You could make a case for Franka representing the fledgling nation's spiritual needs, or Audsley could be a treasurer... The roles don't have to exactly match the descriptions given. If people have alternative interpretations, feel free to bring them up.
The list of roles are here
I did have an idea for the transition point: There are a few Encounters that I'd planned that the party completely missed in the rush to get to the Stag Lord (not that that's a bad thing ;)) I was considering introducing them is small vignettes to keep the RP going while the planning for the Kingdom starts up.