Lucendar's Crimson Throne Campaign - Year of the Faithless (Inactive)

Game Master Lucendar

Move: 5ft shift to H10

Gah.

You stepped out of flank and into the skelly's cleaving power attack?

:(

This could get even more interesting.

Penance wrote:

Move: 5ft shift to H10

Gah.

You stepped out of flank and into the skelly's cleaving power attack?

:(

This could get even more interesting.

Well, there's no good choices there. Elric apparently cant get up with me standing over there and no matter there I go we can get cleaved or at least it could 5ft shift then cleave. I could just move but then it'd just AoO me, probably drop me then drop you or Elric. So, the situation is crappy no matter how you step it.

Right now though we need to get Elric in there, Penance is most certainly not built for gettign smacked in the face with swords.

This could get even more interesting.

More interesting than you prancing around with your scythe--hard to beat. Dont' worry. Um. Serry heals Elric who then somehow avoids being clobbered again with an AoO and in turns smashes the skeleton. At least that's how it turns out in my world.

If not, I'm sure Lionel and I will be done with the other two in right away.

Tristain the Chalker wrote:

This could get even more interesting.

More interesting than you prancing around with your scythe--hard to beat. Dont' worry. Um. Serry heals Elric who then somehow avoids being clobbered again with an AoO and in turns smashes the skeleton. At least that's how it turns out in my world.

If not, I'm sure Lionel and I will be done with the other two in right away.

:)

Nice of you to take your hammer away from the skeleton o'doom towards the Evil-Priestess Pinata (everyone hits her) and leave me 'dancing' with my slashing scythe.

And then you go get the Princess too? That's cold man, cold.

Let's say we switch places, eh?

Yeah, yeah...at least you are all doing something remotely productive in this fight, other than serving as a target dummy for Skeletor and doing doormat impersonations.

No kidding and they practically ran over there dying buddy to do it leaving the party archer to fend off the horrid undead abomination with hsi bare hands. Scary to think the convicted murderer witha history of violence is slightly more kind to his allies. :P

No kidding and they practically ran over there dying buddy to do it leaving the party archer to fend off the horrid undead abomination with hsi bare hands. Scary to think the convicted murderer witha history of violence is slightly more kind to his allies. :P

Maybe we should offer to pay the Abadaran a bit.

Or get him to sign a contract of some sort.

I dunno. I blame myself, really. I mean, I told him the Princess was rich, right? No wonder he pushed his allies out of the way to get to her...

Yeah, good thing I took cures instead of inflicts, huh? Especially since Serry apparently can't hit the broad side of a barn, ranged or melee...

If everyone would've followed Lionel into the room then the skeleton would've followed and not be standing over Elric--only took me 2 days to come up with that excuse.

If everyone would've followed Lionel into the room then the skeleton would've followed and not be standing over Elric--only took me 2 days to come up with that excuse.

Noooo~ but then it wouldn't have gotten hurt either. and would have probably been flanking with Ulric on its next victim. Alternatively it would have probably charged a soft target like Serry. Or jsut straight up finished off Elric. Can't have the man and his huge skeleton crushing hammer come after us can we? :P

Pffft it's not like we needed hit points anyway.

What was that about a soft target? *gurgles*

Sorry about that Cleave, but it made sense to attack the only 2 people who swung at it. 2 of you are down and 1 of mine is down!

So, who wants to take bets on how long Tristain lasts after it straight up murders me?

So, who wants to take bets on how long Tristain lasts after it straight up murders me?

Sigh. I'm trying not to get murderized. In a perfect reality, our tactics and dice rolling go differently.

Maybe if you sacrificed to the correct dice gods we wouldn't be so angry with us. :(

TarkXT wrote:

So, who wants to take bets on how long Tristain lasts after it straight up murders me?

Sigh. I'm trying not to get murderized. In a perfect reality, our tactics and dice rolling go differently.

Maybe if you sacrificed to the correct dice gods we wouldn't be so angry with us. :(

Are you questioning the power of Norris? You better not be questioning the power of Lord Charles Norris. He will descend form heaven and destroy us all with one swift roundhouse.

This is why 1st level can be a pain to get through. Something like Cleave and a few good rolls from the GM, and half the party is down and bleeding. But I must admit, the dice gods seem extra determined to see the color of Elric's blood. Prehaps he is paying the price for his marvelous stat rolls.

That's why I love low level. You have to rp and think carefully about each possible encounter and use restraint. That's why I was impressed that you let Bones go. Not only was it a smart choice given the circumstances, it shows that you understand that there are powerful npcs in the world, who can kill you in one blow. At higher levels, you think I've got fireball, I've got 50-60 hps, etc., screw it, attack!

Nice job guys, a couple of poor rolls doomed me at the end. I was worried that Todor was fighting and not channeling there at the end. Big risk, but it paid off.

Archer monk - better with his feet than his bow! Who knew?

Nice job guys, a couple of poor rolls doomed me at the end. I was worried that Todor was fighting and not channeling there at the end. Big risk, but it paid off.

Archer monk - better with his feet than his bow! Who knew?

It's the pain of playing for the long term. Eventually he'll get his hands on a bow that matches his strength and get wis to attacks. That will be a bad day for people without total cover. Right now I'm amazaed I don't feel completely gimpy.

Ooooops. I just realized I totally miscalculated Serry's spells per day, which means she shouldn't have been able to do that last couple of cures. How embarrassing. Well, I guess we can't really rewind at this point, but I'll get it right for the future!

Ooooops. I just realized I totally miscalculated Serry's spells per day, which means she shouldn't have been able to do that last couple of cures. How embarrassing. Well, I guess we can't really rewind at this point, but I'll get it right for the future!

Thanks all for such an exciting story!

That's why I love low level. You have to rp and think carefully about each possible encounter and use restraint.

I'm afraid I have to disagree here. I actually prefer the levels of 3 to about 7 or 8. You can still very easily have such encounters but not make the characters feel like the character and class they actually wanted to play. Levels 1 and two almost all the classes can feel samey and the balance is very heavily skewed towards the greatsword wielding cleaver. Seriously, I play one in a serpent skulls game, I've got two in council of thieves, and they absolutely crush everything left adn right in one hit, sometimes two if they roll poorly.

Later on though thigns feel a touch more even, spellcasters can be spellcasters, and the unique stuff between classes start to be more pronounced.

Fights can also be a tad bit more dramatic. Getting dropped in one hit is no fun for anybody.

About to travel to the mountains for the weekend. I'm unsure of coverage and will be working by cell phone, so it might go slow until Sunday night. Feel free to drag me along.

Having me use the chain mail instead of breastplate makes sense.

I'm also going to be in an area with spotty cell coverage for the weekend, so feel free to drag Serry along too.

As far as the loot goes -- Serry can't actually use any of the equipment effectively, but she'd happily take some gold and/or one of the potions.

For day 2 Todor will take shield of faith for endure elements and light, guidance and Detect magic for 0 level spells.

Lucendar: do you have any special rules for scribe scroll? Any house rules?

Tristain: No house rules, did not know scribe scroll needed any. If you would like to suggest one, I'm all ears.

Sorry guys for delay. Life has been hectic with shopping and such, and just my luck, every time I tried to log in the last couple of days, the site has been down.

Please be aware that I will be out from the 21st - 28th of August, as I will be on a cruise through the Caribbean, so do not fear, I have not abandoned you.

Penance waits.

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IMHO, this is the OOC thread and a spot *for* the peanut gallery.

I heartily encourage your participation, comments, cat-calls, and the like. Definitely.

In fact, if you want another really good show (if I do say so myself), check out THIS ONE. It's run by Todor/GM Chris.

We are our own peanut gallery too.

Check out this brillant entrance here. Damn.

Anyhoot, in case you want to peanut it up elsewhere.

In fact, if you want another really good show (if I do say so myself), check out THIS ONE. It's run by Todor/GM Chris.

...seriously? 1990 posts?! But you're right, it looks good. Made a Firefox tab group for when you guys are slow. ;)

Thank you all for your patience, as I am back from my vacation recharged and ready to go!

Thank you all for your patience, as I am back from my vacation recharged and ready to go!

Welcome back. Nice of you to come back strong with a bunch of red RP meat for us to chew upon.

Good updates.

Welcome back! Glad you had a good time.

Again, thanks for the patience. A lot of work had to be done before the Labor Day weekend. Hope you all had a good one.

Hero Point for Tristain for brave sacrifice, taking AoO, allowing rest of town folk to flee in safety!

Hero Point for Tristain for brave sacrifice, taking AoO, allowing rest of town folk to flee in safety!

w00t!

Thanks.

Getting exciting now...and that's just not the air being squeezed out of my lungs by a tentacle talking.

I rolled a Sense Motive for Serry and failed, so she's confused. :) She's a decent bluffer but not all that wise...

Thank you all for this story, I'm really enjoying it!

Treasure so far:

Breastplate (off skeleton) - Elric
Chain mail (off priestess) Todor
Heavy steel shield Todor
2 Vials (off priestess) - CLW - Tristian?

Sell?
Greataxe - 20 gp
Splint mail decorated with royal insignia (masterwork) - 350
Beautiful longsword decorated with elven calligraphy (masterwork) - 315 gp
Scythe - 18 gp

1/2 price from sale = 351.5
+ 100 gp in total - skeleton fight
+ 5 pp (50gp) from noble

= 501.5 divided by 5 = 100.3 each

Any disagreements?

Edit:

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Tristain's Gold sitation

9gp leftover from character creation
+100.5 the above
-12.5gp scribing
=97 gp new total

To be realistic, there are no available merchants right now given the state of the city where you could sell off any of your goods, so hold off on that treasure division. You can split the coins.

So without selling stuff off, it's the 100 gp and 5 pp -- so 20 gp and a pp apiece, right?

Serry can't use any of the equipment, so will be happy to convert them into money when the opportunity comes.

So without selling stuff off, it's the 100 gp and 5 pp -- so 20 gp and a pp apiece, right?

Sounds like we have a few hours to shop before we are due at the Citadel.

We have 1200/5=240gp more each.

And can sell the equipment as noted by Todor above.

I guess I haven't had time to scribe.

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Tristain's Gold sitation

9gp leftover from character creation
+100.5 the above
+240 gp
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349.5 gp

I'll get a shopping list up later today...I hope we can keep going.

Yeah, I need to think about what Serry might need. Will post a shopping list later on.

Serry had 48 gp after paying for some stuff at the inn, I think. So 48 + 340.5 = 388.5. Damn, that's a lot of money for a sailor. :)

Yeah, I need to think about what Serry might need. Will post a shopping list later on.

Serry had 48 gp after paying for some stuff at the inn, I think. So 48 + 340.5 = 388.5. Damn, that's a lot of money for a sailor. :)

Do all y'all want to kick in 150 gp each for a Wand of Cure Light Wounds?

Might make sense, eh?

Do all y'all want to kick in 150 gp each for a Wand of Cure Light Wounds?

Always good to have one. You have my vote.

The front-line damage magnet votes yes.

Tristain's Gold sitation

9gp leftover from character creation
+100.5 the above
+240 gp
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349.5 gp

349.5 gp

Backup healer says yes too. :)

Hm. Serry doesn't actually need much that's within the current finances, other than restocking sling bullets. Upgrading to medium armor would be nice, but that'd slow the party down even more (drop to move 15).

... unless she gets a riding dog... :)