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Alrighty, redo on the loot tally. Thank you for checking my math, I'm doing this one handed with a baby on my lap!
Hocum's cash found: 282.2 gp
Selling stuff from Hocums: 4917.5 gp
Selling other old stuff: 1510.75
Cash we had as a party before Hocums: 901.98
Grand total: 7612.43 gp
Nice amount of gold Davina needs to go shopping.
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With my local library closed Sunday & Monday, I won't be posting again 'til Tuesday.
Happy Memorial Day weekend to all U.S. players!
Before we kick this off, everyone on board? Anani's idea is to start the chaos off with trick arrows resulting in smoke, noise and fire everywhere.
If Falina wants to lead off with a little eye candy distraction that works too.
Yyyeahhh but I have a feeling this will go badly. :)
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Think you'll get the chance to kick things off before going?
Yeah, I will.
Alright so question, have I had time to prepare my distraction before this all starts or is it not possible at this point?
Alright so question, have I had time to prepare my distraction before this all starts or is it not possible at this point?
I think everyone's sort of waiting for Falina's big distraction so...go for it! :)
I'm sorry for the slow posting. I'll get caught up tomorrow. Life got super busy. I don't know why adults can't act like adults when things aren't going their way.
@GM Silversong
Just realized, Thunder arrows are 3rd party. They've been part of my equipment all along but I don't think I cleared it with you.
Are you good with them GM or no? It'll affect my opening action.
@GM Silversong
Just realized, Thunder arrows are 3rd party. They've been part of my equipment all along but I don't think I cleared it with you.
Are you good with them GM or no? It'll affect my opening action.
While I'm generally against third-party stuff, those don't seem game-breaking, so they're fine.
Thanks!
I'm all for trying to retreat. What do you all think? I don't want to run, and leave everyone behind.
We run and the prisoner is as good as dead. Just making sure we know the price
T'chazzar won't leave a prisoner behind to die. Presumably this means I'll be killed, as there is absolutely no way that we could ever handle this encounter.
I can just keep making characters and throwing them at the Hellknights forever, but at this level, we've hit a block and we can't proceed. DM, should we just abandon the game, because there appears to be no way for us to do anything?
If we can kill half of them without dying we can revisit the intimidation/rile up the crowd.
OK, to address some valid concerns here....
Yes, this encounter puts the party up against several seriously powerful foes, and a TPK is a real possibility if the heroes attack to free the captive. The adventure sort of assumes the party doesn't attack, but there are some factors that could still swing a battle in the PCs' favor (or offer an opportunity to escape).
Also, doghousing isn't automatically fatal (at least according to a blurb in the previous adventure): Usually the prisoner is assumed to get nipped by the dogs while trying to grab some food and takes some nonlethal damage from starvation each day over the course of a week. If the prisoner survives, he's usually set free with a stern warning. Sentences can vary, depending on the prisoner's alleged crime.
I got the impression it was free him now or he's dead.....though that might have come from one of us. I'll have to look back.
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...and Davina slips back in to make Gameplay Thread post #2,500!
WB.
Sorry about the absence, I handle Social Media for a tri-state telecommunications company and a lightning strike killed a server on Monday affecting thousands. It's been nuts.
So Roll20 is broken and won't let me sign in.
Sorry to hear about the craziness caused by the lightning strike. As for Roll 20, I think it's working all right; if you used the links under my alias name, you may have clicked on the link of a failed game I was running and forgot to remove.
Since Arani doesn't have line of sight from within the stinking cloud, I'm waiting for others to post their actions, Leora in particular, to see if there'll be a miss chance on Arani's shot (assuming that she moves forward out of the fog with her first action).
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Haven't heard from Leora in two weeks now. Hopefully, it's not anything serious. A new baby and/or summer vacation season may be the culprit(s). While I was getting ready to send her a PM yesterday, I received a PM from Dom's player.
He apologized for going silent, and we exchanged a few PMs. Long story short, I told him I'd let him rejoin the game and he expressed some interest...assuming the other players want him back. My thoughts: Dom the character is probably the best we've had in this game's history: he's gone out of his way to make relationships (some good, one not-so-good) with the other PCs. Dom the player, however, has simply vanished twice already. If he vanishes again without advanced warning, it'll be a 'third-strike-you're-out' deal.
So I'll put it to a vote: Who's willing to give Dom one more chance?
Doesn’t bother me in the least!
I'm new so I don't think I warrant a vote.
I'm new so I don't think I warrant a vote.
You can hold your vote as a tiebreaker if you'd like, but could also use it as a vote to object to expanding to 6 PCs. (I'm assuming we haven't permanently lost Leora.)
Okay.
I say let him in.
Lol! Haven't seen that reference in a long time. I believe the next part was him in those platform shoes dancing on the table to Taquila if I'm not mistaken.
I'm good with bringing him back but I do agree, third strike (without a really good reason for it) and out.
Things I have realized as I bring Domitius up to code, vol 8:
Escape Artist is not a class skill for Slayers. O_o
This just inched the probability that I eventually make a dip in Vigilante that much more likely.
After a quick perusal of Arani's character page, am I correct in assuming that since she knows (and seems to be no fan of) Sabrina, she and I would at least know each other on sight?
After a quick perusal of Arani's character page, am I correct in assuming that since she knows (and seems to be no fan of) Sabrina, she and I would at least know each other on sight?
Possibly but not necessarily; Arani might've built her dislike of Sabrina from stuff that happened before Dom became Sabrina's bodyguard. I'll let you and Arani figure that out between yourselves.
Note to Self: Check when the Vashnarstill party that Barzillai crashed was to see if the brands he gave out have faded yet. (Should do that right now but I'm hungry and going to lunch. :) )
Possibly but not necessarily; Arani might've built her dislike of Sabrina from stuff that happened before Dom became Sabrina's bodyguard. I'll let you and Arani figure that out between yourselves.
Fair nuff.
Arani: by my estimate, Dom was owned by the Sarinis for oh, let's say two years prior to the incident in Aria Park that starts the AP. I figure that unless your beef with Sabrina predates then (and you haven't seen her since), our characters might at least recognize each other on sight, if nothing else. Your thoughts?
(One small note: although Dom is a half-orc, he also has the Almost Human trait, so he looks much more like a human than is the norm.)
EDIT: I took a quick peek, the branding seems to have occurred on 28 Pharast.
Thanks for the help, Dom.
The brands on the foreheads of Jessibel and the other nobles at that party (and I believe Arani opted in, though she wasn't technical a Silver Raven at that point) would have finally faded on 10 Gozran, telling those with any sort of understanding of magic that Barzillai was a 13th-level inquisitor at that point. I reserve the right to level him up some by the time you all actually meet face-to-face.
If anything Arani might know him as "That b~#%@'s bodyguard", though Dom would only be aware of her as a rebellious socialite.
If anything Arani might know him as "That b+~!%'s bodyguard", though Dom would only be aware of her as a rebellious socialite.
A reasonable interpretation from both ends. I'll start drafting up a post with that in mind.
Can't recall, did Dom ever meet Falina?
Yes, he was there for the fight at the Silver Star when Falina was freed from captivity (notable for the unpleasant bit where I was hit with whatever that spell is that paralyzes you and you emit a ghoul-style stench).
When the opportunity presents, I wouldn't mind if someone dropped a little exposition on Dom regarding either or both of the two choices mentioned by GM (the Shrine and the Holding House).
Everyone going on the scouting expedition to the Holding House?
If we're all gonna go, might it make sense to break into grups, not appear to be one big knot of people?
Hmmm, anyone have any bright ideas on how to crack this nut? We can try one of our "Star Wars Detention Block Specials" again, maybe. I don't have a lot of faith in that idea but it's all I've got so far. Anyone else?
EDIT: unrelated question. The spell blend with surroundings, that's eligible to be made a potion, right?
Starting in a little while, I'll be on little mini vacation with the family, so may not post until Sunday.
EDIT: unrelated question. The spell blend with surroundings, that's eligible to be made a potion, right?
Yep.
Falina,
If GM is cool with a retconned tag-along, you want I could play the "outraged boyfriend/husband" and drag you out of there?