We'll want a couple of Goblets anyway, just in case, but that'll to it for me. Malavine already has food and clothes.
I could probably knock out a couple of those with crafting, but are you sure there's no oyher items you'll want? We probably wont have the chance to customize for awhile.
...For that mater, I just realized we never went and figured out what treasure we had to sell and how much we could get for it from the last adventure.
I'll think about it a little, but I'm afraid someone else will need to total our loot. I don't have much patience right now.
Crap, I never rolled for hitpoints...
Atlas- I noticed you've given Liath Items of Stat. Keep in mind that as we still have Automatic Bonus Progression, Numerical bonus items don't exist (including weapons unless attuned).
I think I failed to inform the player of that, and didn't catch it. Thanks. He probably is also not applying the Automatic Progression bonuses. Liath, please take a look at the Automatic Progression rules and modify the character accordingly. Sorry for the fail on my part.
Speaking of fails, your GM (me) has failed to keep good track of treasure, leading to some confusion on money available for purchases. I will go through the posts this weekend and try to get you all something more concrete soon.
WEALTH
So, Liath presumably purchase/will be re-purchasing items to the value of 16000. So, for the rest of you, here's a brief summary:
Empty Graves starts on page 20. You "purchased" equipment using the funds you found in part 1 (the auction was the excuse for being able to find the right item, then we bartered a bit).
You fought some zombies and crawling hands, no treasure there. You then fought some cultists in underground tunnels; I'm not seeing cash listed there, but had you looted the cultists (which I'm assuming you would have), you would have found roughly 3000 gp worth, so go ahead and divide that among yourselves.
Next, you made your way into the Necropolis once again to find the source of the undead. On page 25, you fought Velriana's revenant, shortly afterwhich you found 1200 gp worth of treasure (page 26).
On page 27, you find two masterwork kukri and a gold mask worth 50 gp. you find 100 gp worth of melted gold masks on the faces of dead cultists (so 150 gp plus the two kukri).
After the battle with Nebta-Khufre, you find 2000 gp worth of treasure, Wand of Inflict Light Wounds (22 charges; goes to Zelda), a Scroll of Fly, and a weird Khopesh carved out of pink crystal.
So total:
6350 gp (to divide)
Two mwk kukri
Wand of Inflict Light Wounds (spoken for)
Scroll of Fly
Weird Khopesh
That, with the items gained during the auction, I think easily puts most of you very close to the 16000 gp wealth by level for level 6.
Unless someone wants it, or it's plot-relevant, I suppose we could identify and sell the Weird Khopesh.
Well, it's worth the effort to try and identify it at least! I'm curious though, is there anything I could learn of the weapons make with a Craft: Weapons check?
OH! And thanks, rando, for taking the time to look back through the thread. We as players will have to do a better job of this in the future.
Before you leave town, Hickle has time to access the library at the Grand Mausoleum. The weapon is known as the Natron Fang, and was created to fight Mummies and other undead. It is magical, overcomes all DR against undead, does full damage against incorporeal undead, and deals 1d6 Positive Energy damage to undead, in addition to regular Khopesh damage.
...damn. Who wants to retrain into using a Khopesh?
A very nice weapon... Very nice indeed.
Ahem; Now that we have clear totals to how much we have on us, is there anything people wanted crafted that they can afford? I'll unfortunately probably have to exempt our newest party member from this offer, as she's likely already purchased the items she needed.
I'll try some diplomacy...when I come up in the turn order.
Ergh... Hickle might have a healthy amount of charisma, but he lacks diplomacy personally as a skill. I could still try and give it a shot though, who knows?
Ergh... Hickle might have a healthy amount of charisma, but he lacks diplomacy personally as a skill. I could still try and give it a shot though, who knows?
At this point, I think it couldn't hurt to give it a shot. I'm not going to penalize you for rolling badly, you just won't manage to defuse the situation.
Wow, what was I even waiting for huh?
Sorry for the lack of action in this section. You guys managed to diffuse things with the Thriae (there were theoretically a few rounds of combat before you realized you were on the same side) and to avoid another encounter further in the desert.
That's fine. Our reward for being smart roleplayers is a rain of gold from the sky! And a higher plot-to-fight ratio.
But where is the experience in peaceful encounters! Oh, wait, as long as there's a promised gold-rain, I guess I'm okay with that.
Fear not. I level you at pre-set points during the adventure. Technically, if you avoid all the combats you'd still level up. That said, it would be pretty boring. Don't worry though, a few are unavoidable.
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Is the gold rain also unavoidable? =3
Actually, I played a game, Eador, that had that. There was some spell that cast that. You got a lot of gold...but there were also some loss of lives from people impaled from falling gold coins, and a general lowering of morale from coins plummeting through peasants' homes. ^_^
Ooooo my. I apparently have access to a very interesting choice at this level. Tell me friends, 1d6 of elemental damage, or a 30 ft. fly speed? With the promise of granting said abilities to a companion in battle as well.
Hm hmm... I suppose, yes. Flight is usually the most desired movement, but it may not actually be beneficial to us right now. Well- It would benefit us right now, but overall I mean.
I don't mean to overstep.
Do we have someone keeping a loot log?
Both myself and your fellow players have done poorly at this thus far. If you want the job, feel free. Otherwise, what I've done in the past is gone through the posts at the end and totaled everything up.
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I've come up with an idea that is both easy and not hard.
I've created a spoiler at the top of my character sheet, and I just copy and paste the loot we get to it.
If ANYONE actually picks up/touches any of the loot, I do not include that. That person has the responsibility of keeping track of it.
So, Hick *snicker* since you touched the boots, please write them on your sheet. If they are probably best used by someone else, that other person has the responsibility of asking for them.
I've found that most parties are both altruistic and slow about loot, so, to compensate, I think a first-come first-get system is best for PbP. If you need it, SAY SO. If you're wrong, someone will speak up. If no one speaks up, you must have been right. ^_^
This is not the best system, I admit that, but it is the easiest, and sometimes that counts for something.
If I have any loot unclaimed and we come across a merchants, I'll just sell it and divide the gold. (If someone has obviously gotten more treasure, it's not inconceivable that they'll voluntarily turn down gold for it, because altruistic.)
(Wow, that was a lot longer than I planned. ^_^)
Hmm... I may have the worst (comparatively but not by much) will save of the group, but I'm willing to let someonebody else take it up.
I've opted for the elemental damage, going for Shock
Edit: Oh! Could I have purchased some stuff from town before we had left the town proper? One thing I want is to experiment with some new ammo types.
Edit: Oh! Could I have purchased some stuff from town before we had left the town proper? One thing I want is to experiment with some new ammo types.
Yes, that's fine. retroactively update your inventory.
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So, is it too soon to talk about inviting another player to fortify our ranks?
Also, while I, as a player, have at least a moderate, if not great, interest in healing an NPC, Liath, the character, would be cold-hearted enough to take note not to waste resources on someone who is flummoxed by a ranged attacker, and does not have other powers to call upon.
I don't mind discussing it, at least. I see both Zelda's player and Kephry's as potential returns, but I do not see it as likely enough to keep other players out while I run multiple NPCs. Liath fills a lot of Kephry's original purpose anyway.
I'm never going to complain about the gun doing middling damage due to no gunslinger ranks ever again. I just dealt 77 damage. 77. Jesus.
Ahem; If it's wished to find some more players, that's fine too. I hope our wayward return, but who knows? We've been doing alright as of now, but having more people to interact with would be nice.
...honestly, we're only doing this module before you make your own wrap up, right? I'm not sure it's worth recruiting more folks, but I wouldn't say no if you wanna.
...honestly, we're only doing this module before you make your own wrap up, right? I'm not sure it's worth recruiting more folks, but I wouldn't say no if you wanna.
That is a good point; I plan to finish up the campaign late in the year, around left 9 or 10.
That would be great! Hopefully you can jump in in time to help take out this behir. Welcome back.
Malavine, are you able to make a full attack with your weapon? If so, you have another attack Via your haste.
I can, but I moved this round to make sure it can't vaporise us all in one shot.
Ahh, that seems obvious now.
Between Passover, my daughter's college visit, and her prom being this weekend, I'm am SWAMPED. My posting will be limited through this coming weekend. Should open up a bit after that.
Family comes first.
...although, really, isn't an RP group just like family with more dice?
Have fun and enjoy.
Yes, level 7. I still hope to get these characters to at least level 10 before I wrap up toward the end of the year.
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It sucks when finances forces that kind of decision on you. Sorry to hear that.