Kingmaker: Legacies of Dust (Inactive)

Game Master Wolfspirit

A year? That's a very long time. I imagined we would keep RPing what was happening with our characters while we plan the kingdom actions, but RPing a year will take forever.

Don't we have some unfinished business though? Unexplored tiles and at least the boar to deal with?

I don't have time for a lengthy post now though...

Given the timescale of things, it seems a bit of a waste to buy anything we can craft. So basically weapons, armor, rods and rings could be bought. Not sure if we are picking up craft weapons and armor, but if we are then waiting with buying those might be a good idea. It's only 900 GP for Scabbard of Vigor compared to 2300+ for a weapon though.

Eeeeh. Raven will gladly burn some of her gold to enchant Harbinger.

You don't like the idea of the scabbard Raven?

Item wish list so far:

• Elvara: Headband of charisma.
• Alamina: Cloak of protection
• Raven: Enchant Sword

When is labour day?

Thanks for the great info, Wolfspirit.

An enchanted sword is high on my list. I don't think I have the coin for it now, but dex/int items would go a long way for me.

I don't need a cloak of resistance...I have a power that acts as one so long as I put focus points into it.

Due to crafting a dex item would actually be cheaper than a magic weapon (2000 vs 2300). I think you should be able to afford both a dex item and the scabbard if we either sell some things or you borrow money from someone else. Did you check out the scabbard? What do you think about it?

Once everyone has their primary stat boosting item, Alamina will begin crafting a headband of mental perfection +2.

That will take some time and gold, so it's gonna be on he back burner for a while.

Do you mean mental prowess or mental superiority? Either way it's quite expensive. I don't think it makes sense to start on that given the gold we have so far, mental prowess is about twice as much as each of us have at hand. Adding on a second stat of the same type (for example a second mental stat) also costs 50% more than getting a stat boosting item of the opposite type. I'm pretty sure you can upgrade a wis headband into one of mental prowess down the line when we get the gold.

The year break is "canon" per the AP. In my previous home game, I ran it without having a significant time break between their clearing of the Stag Lord's keep and going into AP 2 (maybe had a couple months in game pass), but there's definitely some assumptions in the AP that roughly a year has passed and the greenbelt isn't quite the wilderness it once was.

I do think I'll run "Intermissions" that cover a few gaps, so it isn't completely abrupt.

Yeah, the mental prowess is the one - will cost 5k & take 10 days to craft.

But like I said, that's towards the end of the queue for crafting.

Having +2 wis & cha is worth the wait, IMO, and I was not planning on starting the +2 wis headband for Alamina right away, anyways.

Poking in. I'm still here, although I'm being a bit overwhelmed by time-sensitive commitments from now through Labor Day, after which I will be much more available. I'd be happy to discuss more specifics about my availability if anyone is curious, otherwise I'll spare you the details of HOA politics, work, and the herding of cats involved in trying to create a schedule for volunteers at a convention ;)

I'm excited to get things rolling again and will try to get at least one RP intermission set up before I go to Dragon*con this weekend.

Each of us has, around, 2651 gold. At least that's how I figure it.

I think this looks right to me. If everyone has claimed what they want, should we go ahead and use this figure for new gold and divide it up?

That way we can think of what we would like to purchase/craft during our down time.

*pokes game*

*Waves back*

Not sure just where we're stalling at...intro of kingdom building rules maybe?

Wolfspirit should be landing at any moment now...

My week of HOA meetings, travel, table managing, and car trouble is over! Dragon*Con was fun, but a ton of work, with 14 hour days and next to no internet access. I really wanted to get some more traction before I left, but I literally did not have the time.

I'll be back online posting some more tonight.

S'cool. Raven will continue being uncomfortable with no dating experience and a crush in the meantime ;P

Ah, I forgot our illustrious GM was at Dragon*Con.

WB, GM!

Yeah, not only at Dragon*Con. I was also de-facto in-charge of managing 50 hours of merchandise tables and shows between 6 people including two real life bards.

If you thought bards are hard to manage in game, trying to do it for real ;)

0.o

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I need to add the available NPCs.

Welcome back!

Now to remember where we were and get immersed in things again...

So, how long have downtime lasted now? Have we had time to craft stuff?

Can I add the headband to my sheet? Though this talk about ghost makes me kinda wish I had decided on an amulet of mighty fists instead.

Did Vosirion do object reading of any of the notes/letters we've found or received?

What are we supposed to do that sheet? Do we just step into kingdom roles right away? I feel like we somehow haven't roleplayed enough to iron out who should do what.

As I mentioned earlier I would like the ruler role, but I don't feel like Elvara has the backing of the party for that. If anything Raven might be the one who has taken charge the most.

I would also like to eventually get together with Quint, but their relationship haven't developed to that level yet. Though we also have had a lot of time offscreen that we haven't really detailed either...

@Raven: Have you seen the item Effortless Lace? It might not be worth it yet, but a flat 1300 for +2 to hit is not bad.

For leadership roles, these are my best guesses:

• Elvara - Ruler or Councilor
  
• Alamina - High priest or Councilor
  
• Quint - Consort or Grand Diplomat or Councilor
  
• Raven - General or Enforcer? Ruler?
  
• Vosirion - Not sure, a lot of roles are either dex or int, Marshal, Magister or spymaster perhaps?

Hmm, I thought I remembered the consort role being pretty good, but looking over things it doesn't seem impressive, only adding half of cha to loyalty, while most other roles add a full stat. :'( Edit: Ah, you can have two rulers, no need for one to be consort. That's how you get the full benefits. That does require marriage though.

@Raven: The kind of command Raven has taken so far has mostly been for fights and the like, very fitting for a general.

All of General, High Priest and Diplomat adds to Stability, so maybe one of you should take councilor instead?

Can Smexy fill a role? Royal Enforcer perhaps? For now dexterity is her highest stat, but it'll be strength eventually.

I'm fine taking any role.

Long-term, Int will be my highest stat, though I'll also have a high Dex.

I guess others should throw their hat in the ring if they don't agree, but looks good for a start.

Between your return to Oleg's and the beginning of AP 2 there is approximately a year. That's a pretty long time, so for the "intermissions" I figure there will be a month or two apiece. None of them will be on a specific timeline, so you can assume that you can buy what you need.

You can add the headband.

The roles are there for you to decide who will do what, and keep them in an obvious place for everyone to work on them. In retrospect is rather abrupt from an RP perspective, and both groups appear to be struggling with that. It's odd, because *that* wasn't something my tabletop group had any issues with, although I suppose face to face communication helps there.

I have a minor epiphany for how to ease us into the leadership roles in a more IC fashion. We'll bring that up after this intermission encounter is over.

Smexy can fill a role, although I would prefer if approximately half of the Leadership roles are non-PC characters. Recruiting some of the NPCs adds an interesting aspect, has a story purpose, and helps having someone watching the kingdom while you're traipsing around the countryside.

Do I get my +1 sword?

You can spend your money as you see fit (within reason ;). a +1 sword is within reason :)

I'm planning to get a +1 weapon as well, plus a MW elven branched spear.

Does anyone have any crafting/enchanting abilities that would save coin on that, or should I just purchase it?

We can't get the crafting feat for weapons and armor yet. I'm thinking Elvara might pick up that for level 5, though maybe not if Alamina is thinking to get it. If you wait, you can save half the coin. Right now a +1 sword is just as expensive as a headband or belt while only providing a single point of extra damage. It's kinda unfortunate that we could face a ghost which would make a weapon quite useful, so it might makes sense to not wait and save the money.

I will likely just pay now, mainly because if I have a +1 weapon, I can apply the Bane quality to it, which will significantly boost my damage.

Maybe for the next upgrade, though! Thanks!

Its a little thing, but Alamina's clothing and gear has seriously upgraded in style.

Her backpack is no longer worn and tattered, and has a beautiful embroidered rainbow that winds its way around the edge of the main pouch and runs down the straps. The buckles and hardware all gleam as if new-cast bronze.

Her armor appears brilliantly polished and shiny, and definitely sits better around her shoulders and hips, allowing for a greater range of movement and reduced noise profile.

Finally, her old battered wooden shield has been replaced with the well-crafted steel shield the group found on their travels. It too gleams with polish.

All the tears and rips in her traveler's outfit have long since been repaired invisibly, and the heavy red cloak she commonly wears has been fastidiously cleaned and brushed to bring out its weave and softness.

That's cool. Though I feel like descriptions of our characters and changes to them belong over in gamplay.

Where's Quint?

It's been quite a while since he has posted in either of the two games I'm with him in. He was at Dragoncon, though that doesn't really explain his absence since he has posted on the forums under a different alias. His last post on his main alias was Wednesday, but he hasn't posted in either of the games I'm referring to in nearly two weeks.

It feels natural to wait for Vosirion to tell us before doing anything further.

Any news from Raven's family? Because some... interesting things will happen once they land here.

If we don't hear from Quint soon, should we declare him out of the campaign?

I hadn't made any specific plans for Raven's family, but if you want to PM me what you're looking for, I'll see what I can do. I am leery of running vitaly important npcs for a player for fear of them not working out as the player pictured them ;)

As for Quint, we can keep the "seat" warm for him for now, but if he's vanished from multiple games it probably means he isn't coming back, which is a shame :/

I have this happen occasionally where a really active player just disappears.

I always hope that they have not had some catastrophe, but if not, it sure would be nice to post one final time saying you're dropping out. :/

Since, sadly, it looks like Quint isn't coming back anytime soon, maybe he simply got spooked at all the responsibility and ran off?

I'm going to assume he's back at the Stag Lord's keep, keeping Auchs in line ;)

That actually sounds good.

After we had to travel for an operation for my son and a stressful day of aftermath where I've also been trying to catch up on work, I'm completely wasted. Hopefully I'll have more time to post tomorrow.

I'm sad Quint isn't with us :(. I hope I didn't scare him away.

Bah, I have really bad conscience for draging my feet... I had to work extra this weekend so I didn't have much time to play :/.

I had to work too, so no worries ;)

Hopefully we didn't lose Elvara :/ Work has piled up for me the past few days with a deadline, but I'm past that for now.

Hopefully everyone is safe from weather!

Life has been hectic. I'll post in a bit. Sorry :(.

It's all good; just glad to hear from you :) I worked a ridiculous amount this week preparing for a demo, so I can completely understand. Given the number of people I know evacuating at the moment, it's good to know everyone is ok though.

If you'll allow Elvara's spells to apply before Raven acts that'll change the die to 1d8 and give her +1 damage for -1 attack.

Did my reappearance scare everyone else away? :(

I'm still here...