Mangroves of the Desert (Inactive)

Game Master Herkymr the Silly

Sorry that took me so long. I'd agree that Richard would be a good one to suggest it, and that the sash would probably be good. I don't know if we would keep it all the way till 15th level, but for now, on our budget, that seems best. Then we still have some money for other items.

so tomorrow is day off for me--thursday should be for the majority of the time now. That being said I should be able to make a "larger" post on wed night or thursday sometime.
So watch for them.
I will try to keep this consistent (fingers crossed and salt over the shoulder)
Thnks all for keeping it going/.

I should let you all know, I will be leaving soon for the weekend and will have very spotty internet connectivity, I may or may not be able to post between now and Sunday.

i had some complications that have delayed my posting. I will try to have something out for monday. To sped thing sup all of you make your way to the "main" room and make your decisions.

how do I use google doc so that everyone can see minor maps and such?

I'm not sure. If you can't figure out how to do it in Google Docs, you could use Dropbox, a service that lets you store files online and retrieve them from any computer. I believe the desktop version lets you right-click on a file to get a link you can post so anyone can download the files.

All, are you okay with the items and distribution suggested in my last post?

Jerram any ideas on passing a map for all access? I know you have done some stuff with them in the RL games we've done. Shadara knowing you background you got a suggestion on something on the same lines?

Just got to reading everything after the long weekend.

Jerram any ideas on passing a map for all access? I know you have done some stuff with them in the RL games we've done. Shadara knowing you background you got a suggestion on something on the same lines?

Sharing a map from google drive is very easy. Once you've uploaded it and set it all up, you can simply right-click on the file and in the options there is a share button. Here you've got two options you can send it via email which is a little more secure, but you need everyone's email address, and they all need google accounts.

Alternatively you can hit "advanced" which will open new options. One of these is "Who has access." Default is Private. Hit change and click "On-Anyone who has the link--Anyone who has the link can access. No sign-in required" Before clicking save, you should decide if you want us to be able to edit the map (as in move tokens on it) or not. In order to do that change the "Access: Anyone (no sign-in required)" option. Then click save, copy the link at the top and post it here for us to use.

If you're doing this from google docs instead of drive, the only difference is that you open the document first and then in the top right corner there's a share button. Do this instead of right-clicking on the file to find the share button.

For instance, here's a document I've been working on for something else that anyone has permission to view, as long as they have the link. When I've DM'ed games on the boards, I usually put the link to the current map in the campaign description for easy access, but whatever is easiest for you.

If you have any problems, feel free to give me a call.

All, are you okay with the items and distribution suggested in my last post?

That all seems fine to me. I will have an in character response to it all, hopefully today.

Jerram, I enjoyed your post.

Shadara, thanks for the nudge. If you hadn't have posted, I likely would have waited a day or two to give the rest of you time to react.

thanks jerram I will have to give you a call. Wife returns to work after having our 3month old daughter wed so this week will be an odd week for posting.
I am off thur so if you have a chance give ma a buzz then or I will try to buzz you

sorry for the lack of posting i got dragged on an impromptu weekend to Niagara and just had a whole week of getting called in early and overtime at work due to low staff members. will try to post something after i get caught up.

Jerram, I enjoyed your post.

Thanks. It's taken me a bit to get fully back into all this, but I think I'm getting there. I definitely think Quintin and Jerram, though largely different, will get along well due to their shared scholarly nature, and I'm really enjoying their interaction so far.

thanks jerram I will have to give you a call. Wife returns to work after having our 3month old daughter wed so this week will be an odd week for posting.

I am off thur so if you have a chance give ma a buzz then or I will try to buzz you

NP. Will do.

sorry for the lack of posting i got dragged on an impromptu weekend to Niagara and just had a whole week of getting called in early and overtime at work due to low staff members. will try to post something after i get caught up.

welcome back hope the niagra trip was fun

I am off tomorrow so I will have and TAKE the opportunity to do a post of more direct movement so to speak.
With that said, I need all your tag line information updated. I'll "spoiler alert" ***** be giving the first combat shortly.

Thanks for the patience. From here on out THursdays are my day off so I plan on TAKING the time for more "direction"/"movement" game wise.

Combat should be fun. I've been itching to use Quinten's summoning and enchantment abilities.

I've updated the tags. It'll take two or three days for me to do a combat rolls post.

Richard, welcome back. You'll notice that Quinten has masterwork thieves' tools on the list of items he thinks the party should buy. It's up to you whether you want to point out that you already have tools.

Quinten LOVE LOVE LOVE the use of the links for the items. That is a big help to me.

I am still preping the next phase and it is taking longer than I had initially expected. Dont anticipate it being mych longer though I am aiming for Utah time saturday morning b4 I go to work.

With that in mind ..Everyone needs to update their call line. Look at shadara and Quinten if you have any questions about how.

Shadara or Jerram .... If you could get a moment will you link the "combat" rolls I asked for way back, Please! As this next part moves and we get some things like combat etc. I may have to gm people if they are very long in responding in some situations.

P.S.
and no that doesn't mean you can GM me if I am slow :) -- nice thought though Shadara

This is a spoiler alert as well

Update or relink your two songs to this thread please using ooc and url.

The benefit for doing so will be happening shortly. :) Buwahahahhahaha

Combat Rolls

This link is the last set of information you asked for. If you click on a weapon you will see attack and damage rolls for each so that you can easily roll dice for attack and damage if attack succeeds. Please let me know if you need more than this or in a different format.

There is also a sneak attack section as well so that it can be used.

Music Choices

I took a few items off the shopping list to compensate for my math mistake and other oversights. Hopefully, it's good. I'd like to move to more interesting parts of the story.

My out-of-combat music choice is still Pretty Maids All in a Row. The combat song is Face Down.

My song choices are out of combatThe Hard Sell by Coheed and Cambria

And combat Your gonna go far kid by The Offspring

I changed my out of combat one as I like the new one better.

i could help out with the rolls i did select Profession merchant as a skill and i did put ranks in it. plus maybe knowing whats going on in the sellers head may help in negotiations should the party not be opposed to such things.

For my out of combat songs (sorry, couldn't choose just one); Unforgiven III by Metallica and Topeka by Ludo.

For my combat songs: The Battle of Evermore by Led Zeppelin and War by Edwin Starr

As for the combat rolls. I've linked to them. They are above my profile picture.

I like the song by Ludo, and some of the ones that YouTube played once it ended. I'll have to check that band out.

Richard, why not suggest that you do negotiations or help narrow down the best places to buy items in character? I've tried to create an opening where that would be natural.

Part of what I am attempting here is to make some of the less used skills viable. I think that online games like this tend to lend themselves for this purpose especially well.

I am trying to figure out other ways to use non common skills in game as well so we have more realistic and rounded characters.

Any suggestions ???

so if I understand crafting correctly in the traditional sense. you roll and add your modifier. If it surpasses the dc then you use the following formula:

roll X DC = amount of silver worth of crafting in a weeks time

so if an item costs 15gp, 150 silver, the craft DC is 20, I roll a 17, and I have a +10 on craft it would look like:

Silver worth per week: (17+10) X 20 = 540
Equates to Silver Per day: 540 / 7 = 77

Equates to number of days to craft: 150 / 77 = 2

I was using rounding.

Are we looking at crafting in this sense or a modified one. The Noxious aromatic that was suggested is only 15 gold but I have a plus 10 to craft alchemy. and from the sound of it we are not leaving today but rather the next day. If I take 10 rather than rolling:

sample roll
Craft Alchemy: 10 + 10 = 20
silver per week 400
silver per day 57
days to craft 3

That's right for standard pathfinder rules. I know there's the alternate crafting rules in Pathfinder Unchained, but I haven't looked over those in depth.

Do we have 3 days to craft? If it's something we don't need right away, you might be able to do some crafting on the road. There isn't anything RAW for regular crafting like this, but there are the rules for crafting Magic Items while traveling (7th paragraph) that might be able to be adapted for mundane crafting, but that would be up to Herk (which I would love some sort of rule for that, myself).

If we do have a day or so, Jerram will offer to spend his time making a weapon as well, if anyone needs additional weaponry of some sort. Otherwise, I'll probably make some shuriken or something.

I have another system that works for crafting. I like it but it is confusing to explain without specifics. It is easier for me right now if you do the crafting rolls as per "book" I will be making adjustments with the alternate system. I will then let ya know whats up.

I do allow bonus' and negtatives for traveling/superior equip/ assisted crafting/ and level in class with crafting skill.

thanks for the info from both of you.

jerram. I am guessing that my perception roll is good enough to figure out what is in the vials but I can't see what I needed to roll against to know if it was successful.

so whats the decision as to what you are doing? I been waiting for something definitive and also to figure out google docs which prob just needs more time all at once than I Have had.

I know my post isn't moving us in that direction, but I'd like to leave the inn. Holing up in it is the practical thing to do, but I'd like to try combat, and it'll make more sense for that to happen if we're outside the inn.

If I remember correctly, Mang promised to visit Gigi. Marry planned to let Gigi know he had to delay that visit, but Mang might not be willing to do that. Even if he is, Quinten needs to leave the inn to visit the Academy so he can pick up Sentients' Use of Artifacts and Why They Tell Us Who They Are from his father, as well as whatever items were sent there by the elf we met after delivering the eggs.

(Remember too that Quinten is about to leave Fifth Port on his own for the first time, and likely has people trying to kill him. He'll want to see his parents just to say goodbye.)

jerram. I am guessing that my perception roll is good enough to figure out what is in the vials but I can't see what I needed to roll against to know if it was successful.

nothing from the perception other than the liquids are viscous and have the consistency of cheese curd. The red one smells like rotten cabbage that has been left out in the rain and then left in the sun for weeks to long.

The other one is viscous as well but gives off a bitter sweet smell. Dipping a finger in the surface leaves a sappy clingy thin layer of it on you.

Other things are more appropriate for exact information ggahering on potions/scrolls/ magical natures and so forth. examples .... craft and profession skills, use magic item, knowledge skills etc.

The bracers just look like finally made and engraved accoutrements. Nothing at a glance leads you to believe they are anything but decorative.

Anyone but me and you still here Quinten.????

Still here, just a lot going on lately

Quentin....I haven't forgotten work and life got crazy this last week. Things appear to be settled down so hopefully tonight or tomorrow I should have the info in for you from your rolls. Thanks for giving me time and prompting or options to play with.

Shadara Whats up?

Richard Who's your Dady...and whats he upto ????

Shadara Whats up?

I did some different rolls to figure out what the red liquid is. I was waiting to see what information you were going to tell me about them.

I'm still around just got a bit lost on what is going on and wanted to see if the others tricks worked before maybe trying something myself

Herkymr the Silly wrote:

Shadara Whats up?

I did some different rolls to figure out what the red liquid is. I was waiting to see what information you were going to tell me about them.

oops my bad I thought I had taken care of that but looking back I see I only did quentin and the bracers

Ill get it done shortly.

Richard...Kinda figured you was still lurking :)

I'm still around just got a bit lost on what is going on and wanted to see if the others tricks worked before maybe trying something myself

To my understanding, not much has happened since your last post. We're still at the inn. Quinten tried unsuccessfully to identify the bracers Jerram has been wearing and got a vision of a lake of brimstone, and Shadara studied some potions he had.

Jerram asked if anyone else has been visited by a cat made of fire.

We're going to let Jerras do the shopping so we can stay together. The next step is to visit the High Druid Vigi (Gigi?), who told Mang through an intermediary that she had a story we should hear. Then we'll be going to the Academy so Quinten can pick up the book on the Sentinels that the dragon said he should get. The next day, we should be off to visit the ruins near Mang's homeland that might hold a link to your past.

I did ask that, but you and Shadara were the only two who understood it, since I didn't bother to write that one down.

Labor day isnt a holiday for me :( so again posts will be as I can during the week.

I did ask that, but you and Shadara were the only two who understood it, since I didn't bother to write that one down.

Quinten tried to word his reply in a way that would imply the question so the others could respond.

I will look but I thought the questions was asked while I was was trying to figure out what was in the vials and was not watching Jerram or listening to the conversation.

Yes. I thought saying your name might get your attention, but it would make sense if it didn't.

You and I posted at the same time. I've edited my last post to be more consistent with Mang leading the group.

Herk:
I was curious. I am not at home at the moment but my acro is a +8 and the next to it it says +4 to jump. Does that mean that jumping is just +4 or is it +12? Thought I would ask since I am not sure if you are including any jumping to go between buildings.

Herk:

I was curious. I am not at home at the moment but my acro is a +8 and the next to it it says +4 to jump. Does that mean that jumping is just +4 or is it +12? Thought I would ask since I am not sure if you are including any jumping to go between buildings.

your correct on the 12. I didnt include jumps

I used my perception from before, and with that could track Shadara. I hope that's alright.

I figured two unseen watchers would be better than one, and with my acrobatics, I could easily jump back to the street with minimal damage.

Dang! My rolls are all over the place.