Once Upon a Time in Golarion (Inactive)

Game Master vayelan

Do we still have an Aurelius?

I'm afraid it looks like we don't... we may be lacking a bit on the physical side of things... should I reopen recruitment?

Damn, that sucks. I guess Oleg and Svetlana get a pet dog (Hero).

I would definitely vote 'Yes' to re-open recruitment for a martially-minded character.

I wonder if we could find someone willing to build a character as our bandit captive. It would be much easier than coming up with a convoluted back story explaining why someone was sent a day or two after we left to catch-up with us.

Would such a recruitment thread work, or do you think the restrictive nature of the character requirement turn people off to joining us?

What a nifty idea, Ahto!

It would require the right player - someone who is in for the long haul, someone who wants to play Kingmaker, someone who could accept a pre-conceived trope for their character, someone who posts at least once a day....

In looking through our group's abilities, it looks like we need some martial might - that would fit beautifully with "Sams", or whatever his name might wind up being. He comes with a great back story - he might have only just joined in with the bandits!

Exciting times. I hope Aurelius is feeling OK - it appears that he's been having some tough personal times. Nothing but love for him.

I like your idea Ahto, I'll open recruitment with that proposal, not sure if it will get us the extra character but if it doesn't we can always look for other alternatives.
If you know any player that you feel might be interested feel free to direct her my way!
For the time being Aurelius will stay at Oleg's to keep your hosts safe and an eye on Sam while you explore the surrounding hex.

Teuni-Hexa (Lizardfolk Hunter) might be a good fit. He was a late submission that missed the cut-off, but did mention that he'd be a willing replacement.

He gives us ranger stuff, and more healing. He could be out in the wilderness, and find his own way to Oleg's. RP opportunities galore as we try to make his non-accepted race work in a Taldan colony....you can find his profile in the Recruitment link back in March.

Of the new recruits submitted so far, the Half-orc Slayer made the most effort to incorporate himself into the existing story line, and a slayer is a martial character.

I also like the concept of the Aasimar character, and I think she would work well with the group, but there will have to be a bit more retconning with hers.

Just a little bit of investigation from the investigator - the slayer's player is a well-seasoned PbP player. FYI.

Thanks Wonky. I'm looking both at the submissions and the posting history of the players. I've sent a PM to a couple of the previous candidates too.

I guess we have to take Aurelius AND his provisions and comestibles off our party supplies list, right, GM?

(Hoping she's wrong...)

How long do we want to keep the recruitment open, GM? Any hot takes from Kalima or Paval?

It's a pretty good sized list for choosing one replacement.

My inclination would be to whittle it down to those that made the effort to build a concept around "Sams" and then choose from that set.

I am so ready to have recruitment closed so that we can restart the game.

I'm not trying to be in a rush, but I really want to see this game succeed. Is everyone else in the same frame of mind?

Definitely.

Hi. I'm out of town with barely any cell phone signal. I'm sorry to have given no warning but it's been a familiar emergency. Should be back home by Wednesday at most.

Apologies again.

It's fine. I'm pretty limited on time at the moment as well.

It's the end of year at Uni and I'm busy figuring what I still need to do to finally get my MSc by the end of October.

Ok, I'm back.
Sorry for disappearing, my gran had a bad fall and with the summer and everything I was the closest relative to the town where she lives. She's alright (as alright as a 94 years old woman can be after a fall) and my parents have come back from the holidays so I should be able to start posting regularly again.

Thanks for your patience everyone. And a big thank you to Wonky for keeping the Recruitment Thread going.

Now, I'm thinking of getting 2 players in, since we've lost two of our starting characters. I'll PM you all with my thoughts

How's the decision-making coming along? I'm hoping we can get back to King-making soon.

How's the decision-making coming along? I'm hoping we can get back to King-making soon.

Done. If everyone is in agreement one of you should propose taking Sams along to earn his pardon. Then you'd meet Teuni in the surrounding area .Probably a classic in media res where you find him in the middle of an encounter.

Welcome, Sams Tallfellow and Teuni-Hexa! And GM, those are my favourite kinds of medias (in res, that is).

Welcome to you both!

Hello everyone and thanks for having me! :D

I's happy ta be joinin' with yous! :P

I haven't bought gear yet. Instead, I was thinking you should just hand Sams's starting gold to the rest of the party for distribution. That's 205 gp. Then I'd grab some of that gear you found off the bandits as my gear. How's that sound?

The other thing is, do we get our bonus traits? I think it's fun to see what you'll assign to us.

Plan to make a gameplay post today, hopefully soon, to get this party going again!

Sams, it would make sense that you get to have Aurelius' gear. Check out the 'Provisions' tab up top. With the group's blessing, I would propose that we simply replace Aurelius' name with 'Sams', and that's your gear.

We should get you back whatever armour you had as a bandit, too. And perhaps a ranged weapon, if we can find one.

There, first post! Sams will gladly haul Aurelius's supplies, and make them his own.

In terms of gear, I saw you guys looted leather armor, hand axes, and short swords from the bandits. So Sams will take a leather armor, a short sword, and a hand axe.

I still think you should take the gold and distribute it among yourselves, both the 205 gp from Sams and the 60 gp from Aurelius. At some point, we can find a reason to start giving Sams his share of gold, but it's weird to me to do that right away if he's an indentured servant. Though I guess if you have a way to do it right now in-game, go for it. Happy to just see how it plays out.

I'm also adding a sling and 20 bullets to my inventory. They're basically free (costs 1 silver for the bullets), and gives a cumbersome ranged weapon.

Note, I often edit my posts to tweak things. In the original post, I just took armor and short sword, before deciding to add handaxe and sling. I just learned that short swords only do piercing damage, even though daggers do piercing or slashing. How dumb is that? Took the handaxe for slashing damage.

205 + 60 / 4 = 66gp apiece for 3 of us and 67gp for one lucky party member.

Curious what the bonus traits will be as well~

Also Dm Keddah is my backstory okay? With the being a banished lizardfolk of the Stolen Lands tribe and being familiar with Oleg and Svetlana?

In regards to the latter I am of the assumption that Oleg begrudingly trades with the brutish looking lizardfolk and Hexa has been getting lessons in Scaleless (Common) tongue from Svetlana. Who he regards as a matriarch like firgure. In the 'What she says goes' kind of way.

He is quite odd compared to the rest of his kin. He has also been told off by Oleg in regards to the bandits. Seeing as a lone monster confronting them wouldnt amount to mich if Hexa lost. So thats why Hexa wasn't present at the fight, he didn't want to anger Oleg.

Once i hear back from you i will make my first post.

Curious what the bonus traits will be as well~

Also Dm Keddah is my backstory okay? With the being a banished lizardfolk of the Stolen Lands tribe and being familiar with Oleg and Svetlana?

In regards to the latter I am of the assumption that Oleg begrudingly trades with the brutish looking lizardfolk and Hexa has been getting lessons in Scaleless (Common) tongue from Svetlana. Who he regards as a matriarch like firgure. In the 'What she says goes' kind of way.

He is quite odd compared to the rest of his kin. He has also been told off by Oleg in regards to the bandits. Seeing as a lone monster confronting them wouldnt amount to mich if Hexa lost. So thats why Hexa wasn't present at the fight, he didn't want to anger Oleg.

Once i hear back from you i will make my first post.

Backstory is fully approved, as for the custom trait I'll try to get it ready during the week, thing's are still a bit frantic around here :(

As for your character introduction I'll PM you.

Oh no problem and take your time. I will be fine until you get things settled. :/ i know how RL stacks up. So ttyl when things are settled down.

Saw and responded to PM.

Updating Backstory to clarify.

Pathfinder: Kingmaker game officially funded via Kickstarter!

Stretch goals reached, including:

-Magus class
-Mac/Linux versions
-New story chapter
-Class archetypes added
-Goblin companion unlocked

Woo-hoo!

Nice I was part of that Kickstarter that is fantastic! I really hope they include something like being able to make it alliance's with the various races and said just murderhobo conquer all type play.

Also big fan of the Magus class and I'm so glad they unlocked it for that game. I have contemplated making tuna hexa more urban based AK using magus but thought that would be a little too broken for his monster race.

There's a sample video walk-thru of the gameplay on their Kickstarter webpage if you want to see how it starts. It looks quite comprehensive - I think you'll be happy with it, Teuni.

Hey, so since the party is asking, how much does Sams know about the bandits? Can he lead the party to a bandit camp?

Hey, so since the party is asking, how much does Sams know about the bandits? Can he lead the party to a bandit camp?

Sams has been to one of the bandits camps but not the main one. He knows Kressle is the woman leading the bandits in the area but he wasn't with them long enough to meet her or visit their main camp. He could lead them to a location where they set camp every once in a while.

There's a sample video walk-thru of the gameplay on their Kickstarter webpage if you want to see how it starts. It looks quite comprehensive - I think you'll be happy with it, Teuni.

Oh! I totally missed that. Thanks Wonky! :)

I'm really hopeful. I missed baldurs gate and those type of games. But to have a pathfinder, rpg, kingdom builder is gonna be great!

Do we still have a Kalima and a Paval?

You do have a Paval, though he has been quite distracted as of late.

I'll get back into it as soon as I can.

Glad to see ya, Paval!

And Kalima?

Hmm. I've PM'd Kalima and called them out here (twice) with no response. GM, how should we proceed? We probably need some more arcane/blaster power if we've had no response from Kalima (last post for them was June 20th).

She'll be a bot for the time being. We may try to recruit a new one in a few days but right now I barely have time enough to GM the games I have running, can't make a new recruitment just yet.

That's too bad. I loved Kalima's character.

That's too bad. I loved Kalima's character.

Could also become an NPC if the group trusts me not to turn her into a DMNPC Shudders

Is it going to be an issue with me having two companions?

Mainly due to only being able to pick the pioneer trait xD. If it is i can pick something not kingmaker trait related.

Let me know. :) Thanks! :D

Should I go ahead and post my action, or should I wait a little longer for Paval and Kalima?

You can post of you want. I'll bot them later today if they don't post.

Just as an FYI: Kalima's player hasn't made a post in any of their games since June 25th.

Paval's around and still interested in the game - just busy.

Sams is up now right? Or are we waiting for Kalima?

I may have to post ahead of time. Losing our towers where i work. Which could mean multi day blackout for internet.

Shouldnt happen but getting more info soon on it.