To make my life easier, if you could each put in a single post with:
1: Character name
2: Your name (as you want it to appear on the chronicle sheet)
3: Your faction (note we had may as well use the new faction names for season 6)
4: PFS # for the character
5: Day job roll (or indication you don't have one)
6: starting XP, starting PP, starting Fame, Starting wealth, and what chronicle # this will be for the character
Try to hold off actual discussion here until we have one post per character with those details (makes life easy for me to make the chronicles for you all at the end).
1: Pooka Bladespinner
2: Steve Hanis
3: Andoran (I haven't had a chance to check the new PDF, I hope this is what it is called)
4: 133958-1
5: No Day Job (yet)
6: starting xp=2, starting PP=4, starting Fame=4, Starting wealth=566gp, This will be Pooka's 3rd Chronicle sheet.
Pooka has purchased (aside from his beginning gear) a masterwork Lance and 2 potions of Cure Light Wounds.
I am saving up my Prestige points for the vanity that allows handle animal as a day job... i believe i will have it after this scenario!
fyi, I switched out Hakime's first level feat for Power Attack, as I just learned the source for the feat I had taken is not PFS approved. Hope that doesn't cause any problems.
The pathfinders are trying to gain influence with the various merchants. There will be a couple of oportunities for you to do this before the formal wake. Thing of them a bit like rounds of combat :-)
You'll each pick a target and make a skill check. I'll give a small bonus if you RP it well. The skill check will be either Diplomacy, or a skill that the merchant has an interest in, or perhaps responds well to. As you interact with the various merchants.
I'll give you each a SM to get an idea about the skill (other than diplomacy) that you may be able to use to influence each merchant.
Good thinking about tieing your factions to the merchants (though remember Andoran faction doesn't exist any more!)
Curses! I hadn't had a chance to download the new PFS guide while I was traveling, and I was wondering about that. That stinks...
So how do they handle the prestige points I have already earned then? does it automatically transfer to whatever faction I switch to? or do I have to spend them "seperately" from the new ones I am gaining? I was really hoping to buy the farmstead vanity so I could use handle animal as my day job...
Another thought - I wondered about this when I posted my idea for what order we talk with people on. Are we actually each supposed to go talk to one person each? I think for player involvement, that seems like a better idea, everyone gets a chance to contribute... Maybe we can figure it out after our GM posts the other information about the skills. Just another thought to muddy the waters... :)
Apologies for my absence. I thought I'd still have down time at GenCon to post but it proved that there were just too many events to partake in while there.
1. Aramil Siondadel
2. Zach Parker
3. Sovereign Court
4. 89501-3
5. N/A
6. 5 XP, 6 PP, 8 Fame, 1,936 GP, and this will be chronicle #6.
I've updated the campaign information to show how much influence you have obtained with each merchant. 4 points is sufficient to have them regarded as friendly.
Metella seems impressed with Hakime, and the pathfinders note that Pellius’s attention is also on them. It looks like you managed to impress him indirectly.
Metella leans close to Hakime. "Temel is a bit stuck up. He'll be delivering a long winded speak this afternoon. It would be funny if he didn't manage to finish it..." she looks around.
"He takes snuff.." she reaches into a pocket and takes out a packet. "If you add this to it, he will sneeze a lot...Certainly it will lower his esteem with this company, and raise you in mine."
Optional, and anyone can try it. Either slipping it to Temel (sleight of hand) or slipping into his room and placing it there for him to pick up (disable device and stealth checks) - you may want to discuss this in the 'discussion' thread before doing it.
Aaqir al’Hakam points out the elderly priestess Umut Tepemkau when she arrives. She heads off to the temple, and doesn't talk with the guests. It appears she has rites to perform on the dead before the offical wake in half an hour or so.
Okay, onto round two. Skills identified, bluff or diplomacy. As before, nice RP can give you a bonus as well. Pooka and Aramil, I'll keep your rolls.
Anybody want to ruin Temel's day? I have all the necessary skills, somebody just needs to give the word.
In the campaign tab, there are spoiler buttons with more information about the various merchants, and how good a job you have done at influencing them so far.
Mine is +7. Adriana, go ahead and use diplomacy on one of the merchants we are still trying to convince, then we can move on to the next round. Maybe next round you and I can work together to further convince the same person...
Looking at everyone's skills, it looks Harlynne wins with a +11 diplomacy check. The only question now is who to mention in the speech. Looking at where we stand in influence points so far... Temel: -2/4
Doritannia: 7/4
Metella: 4/4
Pellius:11/4
Jakti: 2/4 ...I think Jakti would be our best bet. Mentioning him might give us those last 2 points we need to bring him into the fold. Besides, he doesn't seem to be aligned with anybody, so mentioning him won't affect any influence points we've acquired with the other merchants.
P.S. I'm just trying to go about this in as tactical of a way as possible. I'm not trying to be bossy or tell others how to run their characters. However, if anyone feels that I am coming off that way, just say something and I'll back off.
Mine is +7. Adriana, go ahead and use diplomacy on one of the merchants we are still trying to convince, then we can move on to the next round. Maybe next round you and I can work together to further convince the same person...
Unfortunately, I don't think there will be anymore rounds. The diplomacy rolls ended after my horribly botched snuff raid. We've moved to the final ceremony and someone (I vote for Harlynne) has to give a speech on behalf of the deceased.
Sorry, I must have posted late... I have been forced to post from my phone the last couple days and it has been tough keeping up. For what it's worth, aramils suggestion I'd awesome, we should definitely go with that.
Were you going to add some text to that diplomacy check? I assume that is for the speach. It doesn't have to be long, and you should include something about the item that the pathfinders are giving.
This bit is a little more free form. The manner is a whole series of buildingings. You can visit with merchants if you like, or just use those creative juices to see if you can come up with any clues. I'll move us all on tomorrow.
Having oral surgery tomorrow so might be a bit out of things... we'll see if I can post or not on whatever pain meds they give me, lol... I should be fine by saturday though.
Not a problem... thanks for running and for freeing us up when you did as I have a face to face pfs game on the 11th and wouldn't want to miss it. As of now, Hakime is my only free character out of six. :)
And my pleasure to run it. I think i'd do some things differently if I run it again, as the merchant interactions at the start just don't really feel right at the moment.
FWIW GM Aerondor, I think you did a great job, especially with some of the parts being a little odd for PbP. I enjoyed it and the story, and I have no problem with you rushing things along at the end. Now Pooka is level 2! Fun! Thanks again!
