Luke's Crimson Throne Campaign

Game Master GM Crimson

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. :) Email has been sent.

I'm tossing around a few concepts. Bard seems to jump out at me the most but I'm not 100% certain yet.

Actually scratch that, going with an inquisitor. Just gotta glue the concept together.

Ooh!

"Why would we have paid for balcony seating? It would have been harder to get to the stage."

The one person in all of Korvosa that Kayleigh fooled with that awful Bluff attempt.... This is why I love this group: I can roll a natural 1 and still have something good come of it. :)

Yeah, Nebbin's very literal. :) Sarcasm, rhetoric, hyperbole? All lost on the poor lad. But his heart's in the right place.

And I am here and pretty much ready to go. Playing Regeris Smythe, a former inquisitor of Abadar converted to Milani 'cause why not double up with Kayleigh.

Sorry guys. Thursday nights are the worst for me - soccer practice with my son until 9. We have another post-season tourney this weekend, so if I can post at all it'll be in the evenings after driving all day. Living the dream...

Catching up and posting tonight. Nebbin, do you want me to write out Neziana, or did you have something in mind?

I think it makes more sense for you to take care of it, DM Luke. (That said, I don't know that it needs to be a big production -- we're basically playing with ourselves if we do a big going-away scene. I think just saying she announces she's striking out on her own is sufficient, but others could disagree.)

Nope, that's exactly what I have in mind. Thank you for taking her during the encounter mott.

And I am here and pretty much ready to go. Playing Regeris Smythe, a former inquisitor of Abadar converted to Milani 'cause why not double up with Kayleigh.

I'll admit I was a little wary about this, as it's been establish already in-game that Kayleigh one of the very few (if not only) clerics of Milani currently in Korvosa. After reading Regeris's background, though, I think things will work out nicely. Kayleigh's currently experiencing her own crisis of faith and perhaps Regeris can help guide her through it. She's more of a social worker than an instigator of uprisings, though, so if Regeris comes in introducing himself as 'an inquisitor of Milani'...well, let's just say that Kayleigh might come to regret that she wears white breeches! ;)

I put that in a spoiler for the other players, just in case you wanted to keep any internal motivational stuff about the other characters a mystery. Viewer discretion is advised?

I'm okay with my character's motivations being transparent. :)

I think Regeris should both compliment and contrast Kayleigh in a yin/yang kind of way. He has a lot to learn about just being a good person - Milani is supposed to be loving and optimistic and he's neither of those things. And he's not an inquisitor in the employ of the church, just a dude who worships Milani.

Are we there for this discussion?

Meh. Technically, no. But unless the DM plans an ambush for Kayleigh and Emileva on their way back to the temple, that'll be the first thing Kayleigh will bring up when she gets there.

To save time and momentum, I'd suggest that you and Tassira should chime in now; the DM can always disallow it if something does happen to the gals en route.

Kayleigh's got a list of mundane tasks to accomplish before she can "adventure" with you guys again:
1. Gentle repose on Amistan; see to burial
2. Clean and consecrate shrine to Milani
3. Return Kevlin to mother
4. Check homes of Emileva, Nebbin in Old Korvosa (Tassira’s, too?)

With Regeris slated to join up, I don't want to slow his arrival into the group more than is necessary, so I figured I'd throw these considerations on the table now to see if Luke would like to hand-wave any of them at some point. (I totally missed the opportunity to cross #1 off the list when we saw the Pharasmins earlier.)

Since we're on the subject, Emileva also has a couple of things she needs to do too.

1. Putting Zellara's head to rest somewhere.

2. Probably shifting residence to Zellara's house.

Really, there's nothing but loose ends to tie up right now. As players you guys share an exacted revenge against a scumbag, and the rescue of what amounts to a peasant-priest. You have joint possession of some interesting shared treasure - a brooch with a history and a criminal's coded journal. You have partial possession of a bunch of orphaned kids. And the weight of all your personal lives - what's become of your homes and families as a mystery still.

It's in the resolution of all y'alls lists of tasks that the plot will come together (I hope). I want to defer to you on how much you help one another get these things done, but some of your characters may well view doing those things as 'returning to their normal lives', so you may choose to try to go it alone.

How do you guys feel about spoiler usage for that kind of stuff? Is it a hassle, or is it better to leave the meta-reading decision to each person and go ahead and use them? I don't mind too much either way.

There are alot of NPCs to meet in this city and a stinking ton of false rumors I need to start hitting you with. There may be an event or two left in the Temple of Aroden as well, before we're through with it.

Although I used to spoiler tag that kind of stuff in my games, I now lean towards no spoilers and just let people skip if they want. The big thing is to make sure everything is distinct (via formatting, individual posts, or whatever) so you know what you're reading. But uh, really it's a soft preference. Whatever makes your life easiest :D

No preference on my part. As you wish Luke.

I don't think I'm entering this weekend, but if I am - I'm gone until Sunday night or Monday for an ice fishing stag party. If I don't survive, send my widow a ham.

Kayleigh, I'll leave it to you to figure how much of your daily spells are left after this activity, just in case it becomes relevant.

If she was there for half an hour, let's say she gathered the wounded twice and used two of her positive energy channels (half of what she had left). I'll make the rolls below, and if they suck, she'd channel some more (to deal with broken bones).

Channel Positive Energy #4 of 7: 1d6 ⇒ 4
Channel Positive Energy #5 of 7: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Which way is Nebbin going? With Emi back to the church or staying with Kayleigh and Tassira?

He will stay if Kayleigh does. He's not going to leave her here alone.

I was out of town when this came out, so I don't think I ever announced my first contracted work for Paizo. Pretty excited about it. :)

Congrats motteditor!

I already congratulated you, but have another! Seriously, so exciting.

Congratulations Motteditor! I can't wait to read it. I wonder if it's at my FLGS?

Congrats Motteditor! I'll be getting it sometime soon.

Couldn't finish my next-day posts before Saturday started kicking my butt :( I'll get them finished and posted later today.

I've got a monster snowstorm due to hit tomorrow, so I won't be posting again until Wednesday.

SpiderBeard may strike while the iron is hot!

I've never been able to subscribe to these threads and get notifications. I've always gotten a big fat xml dumped at me when I've tried. Same goes right now.

Yup, I think you've pretty much got the right of it: Kayleigh's an overwhelmed, confused teenager who's more of a social worker than a holy warrior...at least up to this point in her life.

It's funny but that kind of jolted me. I hadn't really thought about age very specifically until I read that. It made me think "Oh yeah, she IS a teenager.

So, in light of this new recognition (on my part at least) Here is some useless information I compiled on our Scooby Gang:

Age, Oldest to youngest:

Regeris (Maybe? no specific age given but his background makes it seem he's a bit older)
Tassira: 20
Kayleigh: 19
Nebbin: 18
Emileva: 17

Emileva is the baby of the group, but only Regeris (perhaps) could actually buy a beer in the U.S.

Height:

Nebbin: 6'4
Tassira: 6'1
Regeris: (Specific height not given but "tall". More than 6'1?)
Emileva: 5'7
Kayleigh: 5'6

The one that surprised me was Tassira, really changes how she looks in my mind's eye.

My sincerest apologies for the lack of updates. I'm not receiving notifications as to when the thread's been updated.

Incidentally, Tass is old enough to drink up north. :)

Yeah, it's paizo site-wide and everyone's affected. From what I heard it's supposed to get fixed sometime today.

I didn't realize we'd agreed to that, but that's fine. Nebbin's clueless.

Well, I don't think Nebbin 100% said "Sure thing, Kayleigh," but in the few posts after this one, he seemed to be OK with the idea...once Kayleigh said it wouldn't be indecent if she wasn't there at the same time as him. Maybe Nebbin didn't agree with that notion, though.

Hah, I hadn't pinned down specifics with Regeris. Let's say...

He's 28 but acts like he's 40, and he's 6'3. On the extreme end of 'trained' starting age +1.

And 'round where I'm from, Nebbin is legal drinking age. (Alberta)

I think Nebbin (and me!) thought he was just staying there that evening to make sure nothing happened. But confusion is perfect for the character. :)

Good posts on the ages, though back in the day, adulthood was like 12, right?

Hi guys. Three day business conference in Orlando is taking all my time again. I doubt I will be able to post again until Thursday.

Thanks for the heads up.

I'm back. Thanks for being patient guys. I'll get us moving this morning.

Welcome back, I hope it was enjoyable!

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Also, I hope you guys don't mind Regeris stomping in and barking orders in that situation. He's not a leaderly type in most situations - just that interrogating prisoners is kind of his bag.

Are you fortressing here at the temple over night? What's the plan for the following day?

Kayleigh plans on staying at the temple for the foreseeable future.

As for the next day, I'm in agreement with Regeris: visit Cressida Kroft and then deal with the rogue city guard at the butcher shop. I'd also like to check in on young Kevlin's parents to see why they haven't checked in with the temple of Aroden about their missing boy.

@Regeris: Not at all, it's nice that Emi won't have to be the heavy all the time now!

Kayleigh gives Nebbin an appraising glance after his latest burst of words. Then she saunters over to Emileva and whispers, "Do you think this Vencarlo fellow could help Nebbin to learn more...traditional combat techniques?"

Awesome. Nebbin's going to end up multi-classing as a swashbuckler! (Now I'm curious to see if there's a panache-using barbarian archetype.)

Ooh! If he does multiclass into swashbuckler, he should dress all piratey and his catchphrase could be, "Prepare to be boarded--quite literally--you scalawag!" or something to that effect!

I really like the swashbuckler class -- except its design really makes you one weapon so obviously optimal that everyone has to go that way with the class. And while yes, rapier is an iconic swashbuckler weapon, I think it's frustrating that it's hard to justify not using one despite whatever character you're playin.

Wow, so I spent the weekend binge watching some tv because I was bedridden with the flu. I made a surprising discovery too. I had watched Jessica Jones back a year ago in the winter. Since nothing was really calling to me otherwise, I decided to give it another viewing.

By about episode 3 I realized Emileva is, not precisely, but more or less, Jessica Jones. I had no idea at all at the time I worked up the character several months after I'd watched the show, but they are the same in far too many ways for it to be coincidence. Totally an unconscious thing. Weird.

I've occasionally done the same intentionally - created a character modeled after some favorite character of mine in books or tv. It can be nice to have that full picture in your mind of the character that you get by referencing some larger body of work. It gets you to the fine-tuning faster.

Of course now I have to checkout Jessica Jones to get a better sense of how you envision Emileva!