Leinathan/mdt's Kingmaker (Inactive)

Game Master leinathan

Wow one day and already this many posts...

Also I guess it can be assumed Masamura is remaining quiet do to being distracted by some shiny rock he found that raised nostalgia for zen gardens.

+10 Points to anyone who got that reference.

I just gave Sanita the gold she'd need for scrolls and said any that she can get in as a discount goes to her :) Laziness for me, incentive for her! Plus, I had the gold to spare...

People know that Kertuffle has stuff up in them, right? :) I'm hoping the others prove just as entertaining as the combination of Sanita, Munin and Triumph has been in my group's thread.

Wait... Which grou thread am I supposed to be in?

Groups:

Group A: Returning to Oleg's to manage the first parts of kingdom building and coordinate with the Swordlords.

• Wilhelm (leader)
  
• Lanya
  
• Sanita
  
• Fhârn

Group B: Exploring on the path back to Oleg's that takes them past the Sootscales where they will establish good relations.

• Felix (leader)
  
• Dante
  
• Masamura
  
• Dareon

Group C: Exploring on the path back to Oleg's near the north-eastern forest.

• Rowan (leader?)
  
• Bej
  
• Vors
  
• Anastacia

@Dante - I'll take the amulet then, and you can have the belt fair?

We completed a quest for Kesten Garess through killing Falgrim Sneeg. We can pick 4 masterwork weapons of our choice, anybody still needing a specific weapon or secondary weapon?

We would leave it at Oleg's for you, so you'd still need to come and pick it up.

Bej would love a mwk battleaxe, but it is not a pressing matter. He can just as well use the mawk longsword left in the loot.
If someone needs a specific weapon for feats, proficiency, etc... give them first pick.

I'd like a Masterwork Bardiche, but I do have the funds to acquire it myself if needed.

For the name of the Kingdom itself, I propose Domierov.

It is based upon the Slovak for "home of the peaceful". It has a strong slavic sound and the particle "dom", home, recognizable in many indoeuropean languages (as in "domestic", etc...).

If the "ov" ending sounds too obviously rooted in Eastern Europe languages, we can play around with it: Domieroval, Domieral, Domierein, etc...

What do you guys say?

Sounds fine to me, I have no issue with a Slav or Russo sounding kingdom name.

I am good on weapons, have a mw cold iron waiting for me at Oleg's hopefully

Brevoy seems to be very obviously Eastern European, so an Eastern European name sounds like a lovely suggestion.

I like the name Domierov a lot, so it has my vote. I played around a bit with Google Translate and the name Začiatok (beginning as a noun) has some appeal to me as the name for our first city. I don't speak Slovak, so someone who does should feel free to correct me.

As for weaponry, I'd not mind a masterwork lance. I can purchase one myself, but if noone else wants anything, then it would be helpful.

Masterwork Weapons:

• Battleaxe - Bej
  
• Bardiche - Fhârn
  
• Lance - Wilhelm
  
• ??? - ???

I'm game for almost any name, but I would prefer if it was one I actually had a shot at pronouncing correctly :P

@Cure Light Wounds Wands - I seem to remember us talking about purchasing these, and it hit me Dareon actually has craft wands! Since there is nothing stopping another caster from providing the required spell when crafting, we can make them - which is nice! They would go for 375 gp a pop (225 or even just 200 if one took the time to craft some Magic ...). We should be able to afford providing every group with one later, when we get our crafting time if everyone chips in . )

@Vors that is cool.

I could use a masterwork Greatsword.

: am willing to pump in the cash for a cure moderate wand.

One can get 6 CLW for one CMW wand (three times the out of combat healing)...

Unless you are in a terrible rush, I would recommend the smaller wands : )

I'm talking for in combat healing. but I guess I should be able to drop enough healing in combat that it won't be an issue.

Dareon is willing to Craft whatever wands people pay him for, obviously, as long as he has the time. He took the feat for a reason, after all. If Felix wants to hand over some cash and provide the cure moderate spell, Dareon'll gladly fashion him a Wand.

So the final list for Masterwork Weapons looks like:

• Battleaxe - Bej
  
• Bardiche - Fhârn
  
• Lance - Wilhelm
  
• Greatsword - Dante

If anyone else would want something, speak up now and I'm happy to let someone take my place. I've got the funds to buy a masterwork lance anyway. For loot like this, do we want to keep track of it for the next big 'cut-off'/'break' point where we figure shares of gold?

Hello again fellow [soon to be] countrymen/women!

I was just thinking - at what scale will our downtime be on? I've never played KM or another AP before - and some recent things got me thinking.... Are their going to come a point where there are months or even years between events?

Will we buy the end of the path be using Age Resistance on our frontline : P?

Or will plotlines like Dareons plan to redeem bandits simply never have the chance to play out ?

I'm currently DM'ing a Kingmaker campaign and they just wrapped up the 3rd book. It's been about 4-5 years since the start of the adventure, all told. So I could easily see some of our older human folks beginning to feel their age. :)

My plan is to turn as many of our evil prisoners as I can into Good-aligned people and reward them with teaching them wizardry :D

To answer your question, Fharn, I've heard stories of Kingmaker games lasting fifteen in-game years. Chapter Two is written to begin with a year of downtime. I ran a kingmaker game that got to level 8 (and I'm running another one now that's halfway through Chapter Two) and it lasted three years in-game. The second one is a year and a half into the formation of their kingdom.

Hey, we'll be using actual age category ability score modifiers, right? I mean, I was planning on modifying my abilities as soon as Dareon hit 35 years old... I know that Dante's 34 right now, though. Should I learn lesser age resistance for him?

Oh, cool!

Might actually get to use Craft as written then ^^

I know that Dante's 34 right now, though. Should I learn lesser age resistance for him?

I did a little math on this, a <slotted item> of lesser age resistance costs level 4 wizard spell * CL 7 * 2000 gp / 2 (24 hour duration) for 28,000 gp to negate middle age penalties permanently. Good thing we have so many crafters around. :)

Edit: I believe Bej is somewhere in his 30s as well.

Yepp, we just have to attain a few levels this year then ^^ The spell has a target of 'You' so without the amulet, I'm afraid Dante is out of luck Dareon. Hmm, I wonder if daily castings of Gentle Repose would have similar effect ^^?

Ehm - right. About time again:

We are currently facing a choice, a crossroad so to speak.

a) Either Fhârn or Sanita heads off to civilization to sell off our loot. This might probably take some extra OOC time... but on the other hand, you all seems to have your plates full =)

or

b) We wait ~18 weeks for Oleg to convert it all into usable money. This choice will take (as you most certainly notice) a long time IC, but we will be ready for new adventures asap OOC =)

Thoughts ?

I'd rather wait until we all have our new bunch of equipment before we adventure again, and if we send Sanita, she'll be able to both buy and sell before anything happens. It's not like any of us are in a rush to do anything.

Hmm...

You know I have been thinking of how our group's abilities and distributed and I can't really see that much ranged capability Mainly just a few bows, slings, daggers, & spells... Maybe it would be a good thought to get some cheap Shortbows &/or longbows alongside some Stone Arrows or such.

NOTE: Stone Arrows allows us to get 4x the arrows for the same cost as normal arrows.

On another note: With the way my luck has been going I might aughta start work on some back-up characters. Any thoughts? I am thinking a Guide &/or Skirmisher Ranger might be handy. Though if we had access to firearms I have a good Musket Master3/Guide SkirmisherX that is a wonderful ranged support.

We're not even in combat XD I wouldn't worry about death at the moment, especially with the curative capacity available to us as a group.

As for ranged capability, there's not a lot that Dareon can do to fix that unless he maybe learns summon monster and summons creatures with ranged attacks. He's definitely learning summon monster V for the versatility. Ghaele eladrins are on there and they use bows.

We're also an uncommonly undextrous party...so idk.

Well just being able to put out a hail storm of arrows would be good for closing in on enemies.

And one of my Rogue's Clones, Science Fantasy Pathfinder Setting kind of like Final Fantasy XIII in feel, died simply because he fell on a DC 10 Balancing check. I don't like my odds on climbing and stealthing.

NOTE: Clone explanation was simply to provide a reasonable way for my character to easily get back into play.

I'm planning on picking up Telekinesis later - but that is still a long way to go. But it will give me the power to bring ranged pain to the table ^^

Quick note, Kertuffle. I'm not entirely sure which hexes are being explored, so I'll leave it to you to modify the map. If you reveal the hexes, I can try to find some appropriate clipart for the landmarks, though.

Did they overhaul the Campaigns Page?

That might be an understatement.

It's been f*~*ing with my formatting for like two days now. Gah.

Yeah, they are playing around with the forums right now

I like the way it looks now. At least the Campaign Page.

I couldn't log in yesterday, but I can tell that they have made some changes.

I had a few PBP websites still cached on my laptop at home and can confirm they made a bunch of changes. It seems to be loading significantly faster now that they've stabilized the servers.

I'm sorry folks, been sick for most of the week. Been trying to keep up, but as the week has gone on, it's gotten harder and harder. I'll do my best to post a few times a week until I'm over this.

No worries, just focus on getting better : ) Fhârn can make the few decision there is to make on our way, and when we arrive Sanita can run off to do her thing and leave Fhârn in the dust. That way we can just say that she manages to cut the deal and you can retroactively rp it when you're feeling better !

Oh no, Fharn swore silence, She plans on dragging him along as a test now. :)

Okay :) As long as you feel up to the task of dragging ^^

Just waiting on Kurtuffle to tell us we got to Restov safely.

I apologize, but I am just not feeling well tonight. I will try and post tomorrow.

No worries, Kertuffle. Take it easy and I hope you feel better soon.

Also, a heads up for folks. I've got a bunch of work I need to do over the weekend, so my posting may be a little limited.

Hope you both get well soon, it ain't no fun being ill.

Gonna be unable to post till Sunday. Bot me if need be.