Luke's Crimson Throne Campaign (Inactive)

Game Master GM Crimson

Do you have a bike Crimson? It's my main go to for exercise because I can do it in passing, like going to the store, without having to carve out special times for it. It's also good when the weather is less than ideal or I don't really feeling like "exercising" because I can do it casually, which can help build the habit without too much suffering.

Biking is great, I wish my current city would spend some money to support it better though. Lots of *very* aggressive drivers here.

This is CW by the way, getting my profile filled out. Miakoda is an arctic catfolk and priestess of Desna, part of the Prowlers at the World's End

No, you're Meowkoda now.

No, you're Meowkoda now.

What a TERRIBLE pun! (Thank you for beating me to it!)

I was also considering posting something along the lines of: "Aw, looky! Widdle Ravnos* is all growed-up!" Glad I reconsidered!

* Ravnos being the kitty familiar of a former player in the campaign.

I'm closing on the house today, and then out of town Friday-Monday, so not sure how often I'll be posting. I should be back to normal on Tuesday.

Heads up for everyone: I'm going to traveling from the 23rd through August 6th. A lot of that is going to be me very bored while I ride in a car, so I'll probably still get some posts in.

Sorry for the silence. I got a covid booster over the weekend with the usual side effects, but I'm planning on moving things forward tomorrow.

When are we due to see Marakoda?

When are we due to see Marakoda?

I was planning on introducing Miakoda when the party got back to the city, but since you're apparently heading to Harse...maybe sooner.

I'll try to post something to move us along later today or tomorrow AM.

Assuming a decent night's sleep, I'm planning on restarting the game tomorrow, likely just introducing Miakoda as a fellow traveler.

Unfortunately, my weather app informs me that my area's due for another 6-day heat wave (with the dew point in the low-to-mid-70s for the next two days. I hope I don't wilt, but I'm really struggling to focus during this summer's hot days.

I'm back!

I'll be out of the country (and with limited access to the forums/ability to post) tomorrow through Aug. 28, after which I'll be moving Aug. 29 to a new place.

I may get another post or two in before I leave and maybe a post Aug. 28 when I return, but I probably won't have regular posting again until Aug. 30 or 31.

Obviously feel free to bot me in the meantime.

@Nebbin: I'd never seen that feat before; it's almost custom-made for someone like Nebbin.

Also, had never seen the word 'irruption' before, so you expanded my vocabulary. Too many letters in it for use in Wordle/Quordle/Octordle/Etc., though.

I think I have mentioned this previously, but just in case: I will be flying to Europe for vacation with my spouse this Friday, and won't be back until 9/16. Please feel free to bot me as necessary during that period :)

Hey folks, sorry about disappearing. I had a bunch of IRL chaos at work/school. I also thought I had posted in here that I would be MIA for a bit but apparently I did not.

I'll be out of town again this weekend, back late Monday. I think this is my last trip for a while, however.

Just a quick note: Firinne's crit pierced the harlequin's heart and then fried her insides. She's dead. I'll make a real post tomorrow. (New MST3K episode premieres tonight and I gotta get ready!)

That's what happens when you stab my friends!

It looks like Miakoda's ready to cast the speak with dead spell, but you'd all need to decide on questions beforehand. Meanwhile, it looks like the popular vote is to check out the body dump ASAP.

Quick vote to finalize which one we do first?

I admit I have no idea what questions to ask. Still a bit new to the plot, so will need to defer to the others.

If Miakoda has cast Speak with Dead, I think we might need to know the results first before planning a next step.

First thing to remember is that we only get three questions, so they'd better count.

I think questioning the elf is our priority.
Question 1: Are you the woman known as Jolistina (trying to game the question in case that's a false name)? (Or something else to confirm her identity.)
Question 3: What were you attempting to do in the manor?
Question 2: Where can we find Rolth? (or where does Rolth like to hide out/spend his time?)

I think we need to confirm who she is; after that, do we care their goals/reasoning? Or is it two questions to try to find Rolth?

that sounds good to me

I've already rolled the elf's saving throw offline, so ask your questions when ready!

Also, Kayleigh will offer to prepare gentle repose and additional speak with dead spells in the morning if you feel there are additional questions you need to ask the elf's spirit.

I said body dumps first but that's because I didn't expect the spells to be ready so soon. I'm all for speaking with the unmourned dead first.

Nebbin's questions are alright with me!

More castings won't work, unfortunately. If a corpse has already had it cast on them in the last week, it automatically fails.

Are we agreed upon using Nebbin's three questions when speaking with the elf's spirit? If so, does someone (Miakoda?) want to make a post or shall I just post the elf's replies ASAP?

It occurred to me belatedly that Miakoda doesn't know of some of the game's past history and might be hesitant to ask the questions in character.

Those questions make sense to me!

I did a search! :D

Heh. I found that Pale Lily reference myself while searching for something else...and then searched the adventure PDF for 'lily' with no luck. I was thinking about sending DM Luke a PM (though I'm not sure he still visits these boards) when it hit me who Pale Lily was. And I was like, "Duh! Of course that's who Pale Lily is!"

Just waiting for Miakoda's divination question to push things forward.

For some reason, I thought this fight was on a different day than the last one. I reduced my arcane pool points to account for repreparing the spells I've already used.

Sorry again. If I characterized my last lapse as 'general mental disconnect,' I guess this latest bout was 'severe mental disconnect.' I'll try to do better.

That said, this Thursday is Thanksgiving in the U.S. and is looking like an all-day event for me (my local NFL team is playing in the 8:20 PM night game...and the MST3K Turkey Day Marathon starts at 7 AM). I'm not expecting to post on Thursday, and depending on how many mind-numbingly bad movies I end up watching I might need Friday to recharge my batteries ;).

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it! (And I hope Andrezi enjoyed his last month!)

Happy American Thanksgiving! I promise not to fault you all for being late :)

I've been getting that severe disconnect at times as well Crimson. It's kind of like I never quite got completely unweary from the long covid slog.[/ooc]

A quick reminder that your PCs could ask Kayleigh to prepare a restoration spell to remove Nebbin's negative energy level, as she prepares her spells at dawn each day. She's probably got enough gold squirreled away to pay for the material component of the spell for her dearest Nebbin, though your PCs would likely have to pick it up when they visit the temple of Abadar.

This would allow Miakoda to keep a more-or-less full complement of spells for further adventuring. Lastly, your characters have just been through a very long day of adventuring and need to rest to avoid becoming fatigued, so you'd probably want to hold off visiting the temple until the afternoon.

Yeah, let's definitely do that.

Yes, let's. Should we just mark off a full day for rest and recuperation and start fresh the day after?

I think Nebbin also gets a Fort save after 24 hours to remove the negative level, though if he fails it's much harder to remove (and costs 1,000 gp instead of only 100).

Hey everyone, I'm going to be traveling for work starting tomorrow through Sunday (the 4th), so my posting will be intermittent at best.

Emi could really use the boots if nobody else is too set on them. I've been switching her between light and medium armor depending on whether I think she'll need protection or speed for what's coming next for ages now. I'd like to be done with that and be able to move 30' in medium armor.

She'll also take the MWK thieve's tools as they're an upgrade on her current set.

I think they make sense for you then.

GM - Would Kayleigh have been able to help with some of Andrezi's wounds? Just trying to figure out if Andrezi would need to sort out some healing for himself.

GM - Would Kayleigh have been able to help with some of Andrezi's wounds? Just trying to figure out if Andrezi would need to sort out some healing for himself.

Yep. Everyone's back to full strength!

Hey everyone, I'm so sorry. I wound up being really sick, like "we have to send you somewhere else because we don't have the tools to diagnose you" sick, and so was not in a state to play games. I'm doing much better but also have finals starting today (lucky me) so I'm going to try and get caught up as soon as I can.

Glad to hear you're feeling better. We seem to be in more of an investigation/diplomacy mode at the moment, so you can probably concentrate on your finals and let the others move things along for the next little while.

I'm currently re-doing the Roll 20 map. Scale was wrong, plus I think I've eliminated the map's original grid, making it clearer.

UPDATE: I believe the updated map is now linked and ready to go.

Before I forget (and I will!), Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, and general Goodwill to Men/Women/Pets during the holiday season.

I managed to get sick again, almost immediately. I'm back on my feet, again, and hopefully stay healthy this time.

Happy Holidays Everyone!

I hope you're staying well this time around Firinne!

Doing okay so far!

Happy New Year!

Game restart scheduled for tomorrow!