Will do. I hope the move goes smoothly!
No problem West. RL trumps any game!
FYI Sefanit. Your "Consent" was in reply, or by action to Nakht's words, West's post on Nov 18, 2019, 01:20 pm:
Nakht only grins wordlessly at the harsh words leveled at him, though he answers Sefanit. “Stand with your friends if you will. Or step aside if you wish. This test has been decided and the choice is yours.”
Granted for the players that was last year, but for the characters that was bare minutes past. So awareness would be hard to argue.
The others accepted the "trial". You were told that the choice was yours, and then he directed his minions to attack.But it sounds like you are directing back to Sebti as the senior priestess remaining here.... That's fine with Francis as he's already stated his thoughts on the whole mess.
I agree to a dislike on these kind of canned trials. Haven't played WotR to whatever event you mentioned. Tried a couple of times but the games all died early. I've heard it mentioned in forums though.
Nakht only grins wordlessly at the harsh words leveled at him, though he answers Sefanit. “Stand with your friends if you will. Or step aside if you wish. This test has been decided and the choice is yours.”
That's not much of an invitation to consent to anything. Analogous to a automobile driver yelling, "I'm driving straight through you pedestrians. Get out of the way or not, your choice!"
But I see no reason to drag the debate over from gameplay to discussion.
I work for the Oregon Department of Human Services. We're expecting to be hit with maybe the biggest rush of benefits applications ever due to statewide service sector closings.
I'm going to be pulled off my normal job to help process intakes somewhere between sometimes and a lot, and it's possible overtime could become involved.
I don't know what this is going to do to my availability right now, posts from me could become spotty at times depending on how things unfold. It's getting pretty crazy right now.
Hi all, sorry to keep you waiting. As I mentioned in my post above , work has been crazy, completely in overdrive for the last three weeks or so.
During the downtime I did some thinking about whether or not to trade Sefanit out for a different character. I've been thinking that a witch isn't the best choice to anchor the party's arcane casting. Witches are very good at what they do, tearing down a single opponent over 2 - 3 rounds. But they're narrow, not readily able to work outside that framework easily. There's also the issue of witches having difficulty countering undead and constructs well.
I believe a more versatile caster would be better overall. So this is her! Soumral is a Void School Wizard who will be going into the Pathfinder Savant prestige class at about 9th level. She'll be far better at covering more bases, and will still be able to do all the out of combat stuff, mainly being the party encyclopedia, as well as Sefanit could.
I'll have her meet up with you all once you're done at the temple and settled for the day.
Looking forward to meet you, Soumral. :)
Sorry for delay folks, between the craziness out there in the world and work I've had a bit of trouble getting myself geared up to post. Hoping to do so very soon, but in the meantime your patience is appreciated. :)
Is that "elven scholar supposed to be me? If so, all the party needs to do is go back to where they're staying and find the nearest place serving stiff drinks. ;)
Welcome back West!
Yes, Soumral is the elven scholar! Figured this'd be a good way to introduce you into the game if that's OK?
You can definitely meet up with the others at the Tooth & Hookah, where the party has a suite of rooms set up for themselves.
Ouch! They're not gonna be impressed when they meet her....
You'll do fine! It's like a job interview that you can't fail! :)
I'm beginning to think we've lost Emilia. I checked and the player hasn't posted anywhere on the boards since back around mid-April...
Dang, I hope she's OK! Just posted in the adventure thread and mentioned I'll ping her. I'll do that now.
As stated, just my opinion. But this should be dealt with before we go back in....
Magical Handy Haversack (carried by Hasina) holds: - Move to Hasina
Magical Khopesh Natron Fang [5.0 lb.] - Sell
3 Magical Leather Armor +1 [45 lb.] - Sell unless anyone wants to claim one
3 Magical Cloaks of Resistance +1 [3.0 lb.] - Sell unless anyone wants to claim one ** Francis wants one ** Who else doesn't have one?
Magical Potion of Undetectable Alignment [0.0 lb.] - Sell
Magical Scroll of Whispering Wind [0.0 lb.] - Sell unless anyone wants to claim
4 Magical Bird Feather Tokens [0.0 lb.] - Sell unless anyone wants to claim
3 Masterwork Thieves’ Tools [3.0 lb.] - Sell unless anyone wants to claim one
4 Masterwork Shortswords [8.0 lb.] - Sell unless anyone wants to claim one
Masterwork Kukri [2.0 lb.] - Sell unless anyone wants to claim one
Composite (+3 STR) Shortbow [2.0 lb.] - Sell unless anyone wants to claim one
Oil of Taggit [0.0 lb.] - Sell unless anyone wants to claim one
Gold funerary mask (value – 100gp) [0.5 lb] - Sell
3 Copper funerary masks (value – 25gp each) [1.5 lb] - Sell
4 Silver chain bracelets (value – 20gp each) [0.0 lb.] - Sell
3 Finely-crafted pieces of jewelry (value – 200gp each) [0.0 lb.] - Sell
6 Precious gemstones (value – 150gp each) [0.0 lb.] - Sell
7 Well-crafted pieces of jewelry (value – 75gp each) [0.0 lb.] - Sell
12 Semi-precious gemstones (value – 50gp each) [0.0 lb.] - Sell
7 Fine works of art (value – 25gp each) [14.0 lb] - Sell
Without a mage in the party I think we could sell these books and the pouches. Unless anyone wants to keep one for if/when we get a mage joining us?
3 Spellbooks (each with Mage Armor, Burning Hands, Disguise Self, Shocking Hands and all 0-Level cantrips; each one also has another spell in addition – Dancing Darkness, Fabricate Disguise, Sculpt Corpse) [15.0 lb.]
3 Spell Component pouches [9.0 lb.]
Once it's all sold, then we'll know what funds we have available, and what we can get for the party. How many charges do we have of CLW wands between everyone. ??
Sorry, for some reason I didn't get a notification about a new post in here.
Soumral can copy the spells she doesn't have from the spell books over into her own. She doesn't need to keep them for that. A little down time to do the copying and they can be sold. Or if you're in a hurry, there's not much in them she doesn't already have. The ones she doesn't aren't must-have either so she can do without if you need the cash fast. On the other hand, you don't become a magical swiss army knife by passing up spells you don't see an immediate need for.
She'll take the scroll of Whispering Wind. Since she already has a cloak of resistance there's nothing else in the loot she can make use of. Unless they're worth a big pile of money, the bird tokens could be handy to have.
Not sure if all this equipment was stored at the inn or if Elliander has been helping to haul it from the temple? None the less, when there is a discussion about what to do with it, he will express an interest in the cloak of resistance (list price 1000gp) and the shortbow STR+3 (list price 300gp). (Elliander has STR 16). He is aware of the fact that he was not there when the loot was captured and has no real claim for any of it. As he has only some cash, he is offering 100gp as a down payment to help finance an adamantine weapon, with the rest being offered when/if they have achieved more loot together. Alternatively, they're team items he just borrows until the cloak and/or bow is sold later on or he has "earned" them.
He also expresses the idea of keeping at least one of the bird tokens as a means to send for help if they somehow get stuck somewhere. Similar a set of Masterwork Thieves’ Tools can be handy to keep as we are going to be handling some kind of devices/machinery in these “compasses”(?)
Depends mostly on what West says about what we can get for the stuff, and how much the wand and weapon will cost. You never get list price for anything you are selling, and it's likely that the prices will be higher for what we want.
The wand base price would be 750 GP.
And the book price for an adamantine weapon is base + 3,000 GP....
Pretty sure the bird tokens aren't costly so they could be kept. And anything that people feel they should claim should be kept. Making any of us stronger makes the party stronger! I've always played that way and hope we can play that way as a party! Gives us all a better chance of winning.
Sefanit handed off her wand of CLW to Emilia, who should still have it. Since we haven't heard from her in a while, I'll mention it exists so it doesn't fall through the cracks.
It's not on my list anymore so I don't have an exact charge count for it. It was used very lightly before the last fight and then a few times during it, maybe 5 or 6. It would be very safe to just call it 40 charges as a round number.
I kept all of Sefanit's equipment for Soumral except when it wouldn't work, like with the CLW wand (not on new spell list).
Thinking Emilia might no be rejoining us as I've PM'd her as well with no response. Hopefully the player is doing well. I've decided to bring in another player to bolster us to five, and even if Emilia makes a reappearance I'm perfectly fine with a party of six so her spot is still there if she needs it.
Welcome to Soukal!
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Hello Everybody,
GM West politely allowed me to join this group, in case Emilia does not return.
I am really excited about this opportunity and currently setting up all the details about the character (a ratfolk cryptbreaker Alchemist) and copying all the info into the forum profile. And reading up on the recent developments. I hope to be able to join you in the inn later evening.
As for myself I am a longterm roleplaying veteran, experienced in d20 and lots of other systems.
PF1 I mostly played a goblin band near Sandpoint, with no knowledge what lay behind the next swamp, so I am still reading up on all the details about the rest the world.
Back to the drawing board and player guides and see you soon in the Wati.
Looking forward to meeting you, Rediz! :)
Welcome aboard Rediz!
In case anyone is wondering, Soumral is talking about a real Golarion thing. The countdown clocks are a part of the larger Aucturn Enigma, which is one of the ongoing mysteries built into the Golarion setting. She'll give explaining another go when she's sober. :p
It doesn't have any relation to this campaign as far as I know. It's just there for background.
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Since there has been a lot of turnover over the years let me check who is currently in the room.
Hasina Haqikah (fighter, only Original Member of the Blades of Destiny)
Elliander Celander (Duskblade- a spellcasting fighter?)
Francis Thrannel (cleric of Pharasma)
Soumral Malyarin (Wizard, my fellow field agent, new character of an already existing player)
Emilia von Happledonk (Rogue) is currently on her own business in the city and might hopefully return.
Welcome Rediz! Your count is accurate. If Emilia returns, I'll be keeping you both with the party from here on. If she doesn't, I won't be seeking another player.
I'll allow that one of those armors is small enough to fit you by the way, so if the others are OK with that we'll take that out of the 'to sell' list. I'll work on the final tally today or tomorrow and post it here.
I'm thinking maybe we'll have Hasina and Rediz tend to the drunken Soumral, getting her sober for a night time meeting of the minds while everyone else goes out selling and shopping?
I'll work on that post as well and we can always adjust it if needed after the fact.
Anything on the list that can be used by anyone to make us better.... That only makes sense.
I know I'm not "in charge" or anything, but I've never seen the sense of forcing a "perfect split" when it came to party treasure. The fighters/tanks get good weapons and armor means that the squishy mages don't get hit so much. As the party cleric, my job is to buff and heal, and occasionally stand in the way of the enemy. Ranged fighter types and magi should be set up to be able to use their tools of the trade to end the battles quicker so everyone survives....
So claim what you will to make the party stronger, and we can sell the rest. Then we can see what is available to buy!
i'll take a cloak of resistance as well.
hi all!!
OK, check the list below for accuracy. My only suggestion would be to give Soumral the Handy Haversack. Her STR is really low and she's got a boatload of equipment on her character sheet that actually puts her over Heavy Load! The Haversack would probably put her well within a Light Load, I'd think.
Aside from the proposed 'trade', selling the goods garners everyone a 1,050gp split. This does not include Rediz, but does include Emilia and Soumral - though she technically got it as Sefanit. We'll overlook that discrepancy here though for ease of splitting the loot evenly amongst everyone that participated in the last several months of adventuring.
Again, take a good look at the list below and let me know if anything is incorrect and I'll make the necessary adjustments. Thanks!
Claimed items (to be added to character sheets):
2 Alchemist’s Fire – Hasina
3 Potions of Cure Light Wounds – Hasina
Magical Bird Feather Token – Hasina
Magical Cloak of Resistance +1 – Hasina
3 Antitoxins – Francis
Alchemist’s Fire – Francis
Sunrod – Francis
2 Flasks of Holy Water – Francis
5 Sunrods – Francis
Magical Cloak of Resistance +1 – Francis
Magical Bird Feather Token – Francis
Magical Cloak of Resistance +1 – Elliander
Composite (+3 STR) Shortbow – Elliander
Magical Bird Feather Token – Elliander
Magical Handy Haversack – Soumral
Magical Scroll of Whispering Wind – Soumral
Magical Bird Feather Token – Soumral
Masterwork Thieves’ Tools – Soumral
3 Spellbooks (each with Mage Armor, Burning Hands, Disguise Self, Shocking Hands and all 0-Level cantrips; each one also has another spell in addition – Dancing Darkness, Fabricate Disguise, Sculpt Corpse) – Soumral
3 Spell Component pouches – Soumral
Magical Leather Armor +1 – Rediz
Masterwork Thieves’ Tools – Rediz
Trade for Adamantine Greatsword +1:
Magical Khopesh Natron Fang
2 Magical Leather Armor +1
To Sell:
Magical Potion of Undetectable Alignment [150 gp]
Masterwork Thieves’ Tools [50 gp]
4 Masterwork Shortswords [620 gp]
Masterwork Kukri [154 gp]
Oil of Taggit [45 gp]
Gold funerary mask (value – 100gp)
3 Copper funerary masks (value – 25gp each)
4 Silver chain bracelets (value – 20gp each)
3 Finely-crafted pieces of jewelry (value – 200gp each)
6 Precious gemstones (value – 150gp each)
7 Well-crafted pieces of jewelry (value – 75gp each)
12 Semi-precious gemstones (value – 50gp each)
7 Fine works of art (value – 25gp each)
81pp
353gp
89sp
54cp
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Hmm I think Francis is right Potion of Invisibility is probably not the super smartet potion for an undead campaign. Since I am a few GP over my limit anyway I will go back out and trade it for 3 CLW potions. I take the Loos in trade value as I got gifted another 1100 gp for the armour and the tools which is more than offsets it.
Looks good but one comment/question. Is greatsword the only adamantine weapon that can be found? I only ask because it is a martial weapon, only usable by the fighter types without taking non-proficiency negatives.
That's OK if it is. I know the market for such wouldn't be easy right now.
Thanks for catching the weight thing for Soumral. Hasina's STR is good so moving the haversack where it's needed is good. Besides, the mage would likely need the "move action to retrieve an item" ability more than Hasina!
Was Francis able to find a wand of CLW? His is down to 20 charges if I've got things right.
Sorry. Just read the game thread. No problem with the sword!
Yes, you can easily find a wand of CLW at one of the other temples (as Sebti implied, most of theirs are being used by their guardsmen and the few held in the temple are only for emergencies.)
A CLW Wand is 750gp, divided five ways is 150gp each, so I'll just deduct that from the 'shares', bringing everyone down to 900gp each.
However, if you'd rather have the adamantine heavy mace instead of the +1 greatsword, you'll save about 2000gp, half of which you'll get back in gold - so everyone's share will go up 200gp to 1100gp each as a result. Let me know what you want to do and I'll adjust character sheets accordingly.
And, of course, if you want to use those funds to do some personal shopping, you can do so of course!
Sefanit handed off her wand of CLW to Emilia, who should still have it. Since we haven't heard from her in a while, I'll mention it exists so it doesn't fall through the cracks.
It's not on my list anymore so I don't have an exact charge count for it. It was used very lightly before the last fight and then a few times during it, maybe 5 or 6. It would be very safe to just call it 40 charges as a round number.
I kept all of Sefanit's equipment for Soumral except when it wouldn't work, like with the CLW wand (not on new spell list).
Bump regarding the CLW Wand.
I'm surprised Soumral's gear weight is so much! There are no items that are individually heavy. West, did you include or exclude the items listed with (Home) beside them? Those are things she owns but isn't actively carrying. She's leaving that stuff in her room. In any case yes, the move action to retrieve items will be very handy.
Francis, with Rediz in the party Soumral won't have a need for the MWK Thieve's Tools. Those could be sold.
Does anyone have UMD or can use the CLW wand? I'm worried if Francis is the only one that can. Having an extra wand is good for when we really need it. We're getting up in level enough that we can really burn through charges....
Does Rediz have MW Thieves Tools already? If not, take them. If you do they can be sold. Glad to know we still have somebody to handle traps! I'm sure they're just going to get harder as we continue on!
Thanks for the mace West. Hopefully our fighters will both stay up, but if I need to use it I don't want to lose the battle because of whatever the non-proficiency adjustment is.... :) Unless Elliander wants to carry it, add it to my sheet. That doesn't put me into heavy does it?
Soumral has points in it, but not enough yet to reliably succeed. She'll be very good at it eventually when she goes into Pathfinder Savant. That's post 10 level though.
Rediz has UMD in class and looks to be the one who should be trying it, +14. The DC for a wand is 20 so out of combat he should be doing okay.
Elliander favors his sword, The Biter, but leaving his Morningstar (6lbs) and Longbow (3lbs) at the inn and switching to Shortbow (2lbs), he can carry a heavy mace (8lbs). Net: +1 lb.
He has currently 10 lbs more he can carry until reaching Medium load.
He only has UMD +1.
Soumral, you're right I'd forgotten about that wand. It still has 50 charges on it, by my notes.
Magical Wand of Cure Light Wounds (50 charges)
Magical Wand of Hide from Undead [CL 5th] (50 charges)
Let me know who wants to 'hold' these for the part. I'm guessing Francis will take the Wand of Hide from Undead for sure at any rate.
Sure! The wand of CLW at 50 charges? Sounds great!
Soumral will give a small list of things to the shoppers of things to pick up for her.
1. Antitoxin: 50 GP
2. Antiplague: 50 gp
3. Traveler's Any Tool: 250 gp
3. Scroll of Burning Hands: 25 gp
4. Scroll of Flaming Sphere: 150 gp
I think I've accounted for that in the +4. I've got Base +1, CON +1, Trait +1 and Resistance +1 (for the cloak).
Oh, I do still need to update everyone's character sheets with the new gear. I'll work on that this weekend!
Soumral, you're right I missed the 'at home' notes. Now, if you get the Haversack do you want to go ahead and take those? Otherwise you're leaving those resources back at your room in the inn, correct? Let me know and I'll adjust your encumbrance, but without the haversack I think you'll still be at Heavy Load anyway - especially with those 'extra' spellbooks you now have!
Yeah, Soumral's FORT save should be +4 rather than +5. I think maybe I didn't change it from Sefanit's sheet. She had a 14 CON and I did a copy/paste over and made changes.
I think the most elegant solution to encumbrance would be for Soumral is simply buy a wand of Ant Haul. While I don't love spending 750 gp on it, Soumral does have more cash on hand than I thought. She didn't spend all her wealth per level money back when Sefanit came into the game so it doesn't leave her broke. I casing per day should take care of the issue completely, and it might otherwise come in handy here and there.
Aunt Haul only lasts for 2 hours. Is there an RP reason you don't want the haversack? I think you're the only character that can really benefit from that magic item, as Hasina has armor already weighing her down - and she can carry a lot of weight besides.
GM West: Do you have a link to share to our complete CS? I have a local copy, but I'd prefer to see the "official" one when refering to it for equipment etc. (The "Characters" tab only have a short version of the basics.)
Elliander, yes just click on the 'Show' tab in the majority of my posts in the Gameplay tab where I show PC Health/Notes at the bottom under the OOC notes I'll often type. Those links will take you to the Roll20 board where I store your Official Character Sheets. I like the format there, even the boards themselves stink! :)
Ah yes, wands are always lowest CL. I was thinking about Soumral's CL.
I guess I'll skip buying the wand, although it's still almost worth it to be able to not have to deal with encumbrance. All that looking up weights and calculating is such a drag. Especially since it's mostly just vials, paper, cloth, and a bit of leather. Totally worth it to not have to worry whether picking up a stick or bottle to keep changes stuff.
I'll just use the backpack for now. When Soumral has a more spell slots to play with I'll probably just cast Ant Haul at the beginning of each day.
Sorry I forgot to reply.
Yes, Francis will carry the Wand of Hide from Undead [CL 5th] (50 charges). Is it the Greater version?
How many wands will his belt hold? There are 4 listed.
Sounds like Soumral is taking the new CLW wand. And Elliander has the new Heavy Adamantine Mace, right?
I just noticed that the inventory tracking says 2 of 2 used for Alchemist's Fire. Can I get those replaced before we go in?