Reign of Winter (Inactive)

Game Master Just a Mort

So the summary is:

Cadence has 173.75 gp available for breastplate.
Einar has offered 68 gp in contribution.
Mr Whiskers has offered 100 gp in contribution.

Figure how you want to split it among 3 of you!

So the summary is:

Cadence has 173.75 gp available for breastplate.
Einar has offered 68 gp in contribution.
Mr Whiskers has offered 100 gp in contribution.

Figure how you want to split it among 3 of you!

That's 341 gp. the breastplate is 200, that leaves 141, hey if no one minds Einar would get the chainmail it would be 125 with the 25 trade in for the scale mail leaving a cumulative 16.75 GP between the three of us and his armor would be 20 before he rages

You spent 54/150 gp at character creation, based on your characrer sheet. After deducting for mw your guisarme, you have 77.15 gp from Master of fallen fortress.

Therefore you have (96+77.15)= 173.75 gp to spend in all. Note I do not see any belt pouches, backpacks on your character sheet so I'm not sure how you're carrying everything.

I get a different figure, but see a backpack on her. Doing a quick summing of equipment I came up with a total of 94 gp and change spent. I easily could have an error.

I did find an error where she was only giving herself 105 gp to start. Correcting that and adding the 77.15 from MotFF makes HeroLab report her as having 124.85 gp.

So, is it alright to go with the 124.85 gp value?

Okay, so I do have money...

I will spend 110 on my own breastplate. That way I only need 90 of Mr. Whiskers' money.

(I will admit freely. I am BAD at gaming math. Great at everything else, but terrible at gaming math. Please forgive me for my cluelessness here.)

http://paizo.com/people/CadenceAnakevo

I was using this sheet with regard to gear. If I have the wrong sheet, please do let me know.

I would take your figure because on her character page there is no link to anything from herolab.

Einar I suggest you don't get your chainmail. There's a nice breastplate waiting for you out there!

http://paizo.com/people/CadenceAnakevo

I was using this sheet with regard to gear. If I have the wrong sheet, please do let me know.

I would take your figure because on her character page there is no link to anything from herolab.

There will be a revised sheet as soon as Bret can make Herolab output the statblock, probably tomorrow. That's a task that cannot be completed in mobile.

I realize that I still need to update her sheet with botting instructions, background and other such things. It's on my to-do list. All my blackbelt paperwork has eaten my brain this week.

My test is in two weeks!

Hmm

There's paperwork for blackbelt? I thought you just need to beat people up :D

Good luck walloping people!

*saunters off chortling*

Three essays:
One on what Shodan means to me.
One on leadership in Aikido, and how I perceive it changing / growing with new responsibilities with the Shodan rank.
One on one of the principles of Aikido, Shuchu Ryuku, or focused power.

Application for an instructor's license, to be sent back to Japan, with a passport style photo on it.
Application for Dan recommendation with history of all of my prior tests, and who tested me, also to be sent back to Japan.

There was other paperwork too.

And lots of training walloping people.

Mr Whiskers - if you want to ask about Freya's teacher about and Freya's magic, this is the time to do so.

Otherwise I can always move you to the mayor, after dropping Freya.

Einar I suggest you don't get your chainmail. There's a nice breastplate waiting for you out there!

cool, training folks tonight so posting a little less, sorry

crap, our internet is running slow and it ate my post, I'm going to retype it on word and try again

I think one of the most important things in martial arts is what it means to you, as well as its responsibilities.

With great power comes great responsibility. It's also the reason why I don't approve of US gun laws. There's no ethics check.

I think one of the most important things in martial arts is what it means to you, as well as its responsibilities.

With great power comes great responsibility. It's also the reason why I don't approve of US gun laws. There's no ethics check.

This is the problem when the founding fathers intended for the law to support an already ethical and moral population. When the ethics and morals leave or change should the laws change as well.

just food for thought

so are you turning those cards or waiting for Mister Whiskers to ewww and awww?

No he must choose which card/cards to turn. That is player choice. Harrowing is sort of getting your fortune told, you know. Which reminds me, my "harrow cards" are in the office, oh well no worries, I can get a standard pack of cards and perform it at home.

Carrion Crown there are some bonuses for what card you draw etc, but I'm not familiar enough with the ruleset to implement it.

Yes, I just *UMDed* a Harrow deck :p

So Madame Theodora. is waiting for me to pick another card?

Sorry, thought it was a one card reading. I'll post something soon.

Not really. If you want you can, or you can ask about Freya since you did state you were interested earlier...

She appears to be casting using the methods of a sorcerer. The glow may give an indication of her bloodline. I may have to talk with the parents, find out what training she has received.

I'm a little confused, Einar.

How did we go from:

It's like Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser with an actual grey mouse! and not a sword between us, we may have to resolve that eventually ;)

To:

in the "herbalist shop"

Trying to focus on looking out the window, Einar is surprised hearing Freya's declaration, '"magic can be used to help others" you have got to be ... augh, the door frame.' Having heard enough Eindar stands upright to speak his mind and whacks his head on the low door frame."Verdammte Hecke Hexe, hat dieses Kind glauben, ouch mein Kopf, ich glaube, ich knackte ein Fühler." Glaring at the herbalist for the briefest of second, rubbing his head, he excuses himself. "Pardon me, I vill need a little fresh air, ya. I believe I am allergic to zomezing" He quickly steps outside, waiting to take Freya back to the house.

"Damn hedge witch, has this child believing, ouch my head, I think I cracked a horn."

I don't mind if you have a problem with witches or something, but keep in mind you've been traveling with an Arcanist. He doesn't try to make magic do everything, but he does magic. The group also has Cadence who hasn't hesitated to use magic.

Took me completely by surprise when you made the comment about the witch. Might want to think it through a little bit what Einar objects to.

Okay, I think that I need to go offline a bit. It's Thanksgiving and we're hosting a horde. I'll be on and off sporadically.

Hmm

EDIT for Mr. Whisker's post: Cadence may have taken care of this in character already.

Yes, that was an in character response. I also wanted an out of character, player to player discussion.

I don't see it causing any problems for the group chemistry if he has a distrust of witches or those who dress up magic in mysticism. There are a lot of ways he could take it without causing problems within the group. That said, I do think he needs to have a more specific direction for the hatred than all magic.

obviously I'm still working on the character a little, and he explains it some. The whole family thing, especially a magical family is a little to close to home for him. His mother was a sorceress, she used her powers to control his father, they fought... a lot when he wasn't under her spell. So to Einar magic is a weapon, magic is power, the same way his father used his strength and weapons to control things his mother used her magic to get contol.

Something about Einar's background; I see his father as a Viking, not the nice guys from 13th warrior, but the ones who rapped, pillaged and enslaved everyone that wasn't a part of his society, so a fairly rough crowd. His mother was a slave given to his father as a reward for service. She used her magic to take advantage. She was as controlling and manipulative as his father was strong and abusive.

It's not that he hates magic, he doesn't trust people who want to pretend that it's something other than what it is. He sees it as power and as a weapon. (I'm sort of repeating myself now) you can use magic to do "good things" same way you could use a glaive to prune a tree, but that's not the glaives purpose.

it relates to the idea that power corrupts,

I'm trying to see how "dark" how "introspective" I want him to be. Once were on the road I don't think we will see this kind of angst. The other thing I'm trying to sort out is how much will he dislike himself when he starts to manifest spells in a few levels, will he relish them because he has more power, or will he hate himself because he is more like his mother than he realized.

It's all a crap shoot. But he's ok with spells as long as he doesn't have to relate them to puppies and kittens and children and loving families.

On as side note, how would someone really relate to their lives if they were, for lack of a better term, "Murder-Hobo's" I would think that PTSD would abound.

Last note. I normally don't play this type of character (all brooding and angry) normally I play good/happy characters but I wanted to play something a little darker... I was reading too much Joe Abercrombie

I'm a little confused, Einar.

How did we go from:

Einar 'Kinslayer' Bjornson wrote:

It's like Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser with an actual grey mouse! and not a sword between us, we may have to resolve that eventually ;)

Took me completely by surprise when you made the comment about the witch. Might want to think it through a little bit what Einar objects to.

Sorry I love fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, And I like the idea that we traveled before we hung out with Cadence and Crummock.

When I originally designed Einar I wanted someone more dark, similar to the J.A. characters. (sorry for all the references to his characters) I had a few ideas about personality, back story, viewpoints. But dealing with family, and as a part of that magic, I hadn't really thought about. so I'm "testing the character" a little, not my intent to disrupt the entire thing.

I like the idea of the big barbarian who doesn't trust magic, but that "two- dimensionality" doesn't really fit what I wanted to do with him.

I had not thought about how Einar's actions would have actually effected other "three-dimensional" characters.

When were knee deep in it Einar will be fine, focused, happy, like the guy who goes to work and work hard and prides himself on his work so he doesn't have to deal with real/emotional problems

I will stop typing now and wait for a response, it's not really a discussion if I just keep typing...

Alright, Magic as a Weapon can be worked with.

You would know that isn't quite how Mr. Whiskers sees it, for him it is a tool. You would also know he has a harrow deck and is protective of it.

I think it's more about Cadences family bringing up suppressed memories, and the 'hedge witch' in Einar's mind trying to pawn it of and 'herbalism' forgive the reference here but it's like a cynic who hates the humble priest because he knows the church is all about power and money and he just wants the people who do it to admit it. So Einar is the cynic and Mister Whiskers is the true believer

Alright, probably helps that Mr. Whiskers doesn't try to hide what he does nor would he deny that magic can be used for evil purposes. An anvil can be used to create a set of horse shoes or a set of shackles. One helps movement, the other interferes with it.

It probably also means it is appropriate that Mr. Whiskers was taken by surprise here.

I hope we don't have to go through Razmir though. You would not like their 'priests'.

again, the other equation is him dealing with the experience of Cadences family, it has him in knots (I'm trying to play him 'real') the 'family equation' has him on edge and defending his own actions to himself and he is responding to that 'trigger' more than he is to a 'hedge wizard.'

Now he would view the 'hedge wizard' as someone he believes must have a hidden agenda, why else would they play it off as just some nice person with a few herbs and cards. Magic is power, people want power for their own devices. That's one of his views of the world.

Actually the priest of Razmir are exactly what he would expect them to be.

Sorry this got so muddled, I just started thinking about how he would respond to the stimuli...Oh and I only slept five hours in the last forty eight hours, when I'm like this I tend to turn overly existential

Ill answer the bloodline questions and magic when I get you to office but now ill push the plot.

Made several amendments to the last post but yeah, here it is =)

Chyro might not want another person since his missing player returned. Mmmph.

sorry I disappeared guys, I was supposed to be off tonight so I was staying up to sleep tonight, around 5 EST I got called in, so I had to sleep a little before I went to work.

Anything else you want to ask Yuln? Otherwise the party can choose on where they want to go. Its about 3 pm in the day.

Also, I MAY tweak the mod a bit, but not too much.

I was thinking the next steps would be to stop in at the general store to determine if they have snowshoes, and then check out the lands of Old Man Dansby. Sounds like the fey may have been raiding him.

Old Man Dansby's lands are in borderwood.

Also, edited my post in gameplay.

Snowshoes (Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Equipment 91) can significantly reduce these penalties, but no one in Heldren makes or sells them.However, a PC who succeeds at a DC 15 Craft (shoes) skill check can fashion a serviceable pair.

*feels particularly lawful*

Craft can be tried untrained, but I don't think we have the luxury of time to try and do that.

The town has a smithy, so we could probably get cleats made -- but once again I feel that time is a factor.

*wants to see Cadence's expression if you start eating the dogs...*

Ok, I'm evil.

No eating the dogs.

I will likely be not on at all today. We're hosting Thanksgiving at my house. If I do get on, be surprised.

Heh. We better hope Mr Whiskers doesn't learn Vile Dog Transformation ;-)

Mind you, Crummock wouldn't look very kindly on that, either...

Cadence - you sleeping and dinnering at inn or with family tonight?

She is hosting for a large group of friends. I will be there, which means that after this morning it will be late tonight before I post again.

Also, no travellers any tools in Heldren, sorry. Its not that big a town...I know about traveller's any tools, but was hoping you would not suggest this as traveller's any tool, because it won't be available =(

They have a folding shovel, but I'm not aware of any sort of tool like that.

You could always declare it to be a masterwork tool for survival skill used to gain the bonus to save vs. severe weather.

They have a folding shovel, but I'm not aware of any sort of tool like that.

You could always declare it to be a masterwork tool for survival skill used to gain the bonus to save vs. severe weather.

oooohhhhhhh

No cleats, no snowshoes available in Heldren! But go ahead and get everything else in that arctic kit.

Don't worry about the Cold Weather Rules that much this early, I will use the CRB ones instead of those in the mod, which I personally feel are kinda brutal.

So as a group, how much food do we want?

I can pay for the shovel and hand axe, but would rather someone else carry them. You might want them in size medium.

How are you guys feeding the hounds? Survival checks, or stopping early to turn them loose to hunt?

let's get food for a coupled of weeks,

Einar can carry stuff!

were the dogs living on their owns when we found them? Or were they someone's pets?

They were living on their own. If you let them off say 2h early without their saddles, they can go find their own noms.