Rise of the Runelords

Game Master Kevin O'Rourke 440

Marten can depending on how long the group takes for downtime. Marten might want to consider staying in Magnimar. The +5 lore bonus will help.

Some people might want to get gear enchanted but I'm not sure. If tge group wamts to push ahead we certainly can.

Miron is waiting on a belt, but he would push ahead if he saw any reason for urgency.

@ Group: Are we going to sell our goods here, or in Sandpoint? Here?

@ Group: I didn't notice anyone say they would take the four potions of cure moderate wounds we found. Did someone take them? Just making sure they didn't get lost somewhere along the way.

@ Group: I didn't notice anyone say they would take the four potions of cure moderate wounds we found. Did someone take them? Just making sure they didn't get lost somewhere along the way.

So, I have a new job, and I can't access Google Sheets at work (which is just great, considering that I just moved Marten's spellbook to a Google Sheet, let me tell you). Are you saying that the four potions are not on the loot sheet?

(I can access Google Slides just fine, though.)

They're not on the loot list and I didn't see anyone say they wanted them. I'm just making sure someone actually took them.

Since you guys are leaning towards the investigation I'm going to suggest we have the next boat upriver to Turtleback Ferry be in about two weeks give or take a few days, let people spend time in Sandpoint or Magnimar as they prefer or a bit of a mix. Enough time to get gear upgraded etc but without holding the investigation up in game.

Is Sandpoint on the way, or at least a short detour?

By land detour, by bout, the river doesn't go that way. But ye'd have downtime to resolve and business there.

@Drazh, I was partway through the post.

@Ferocia I forgot to respond previously, they are the same ravens and will happily hang around her since... well the previous meal tickets are gone!

Drazh is a gold hungry dwarf. You can count on him to always bring up getting paid :)

Wow. So is this split 7,000gp from the city plus the 3,332gp on the loot sheet?

I think so.

Right now I have 12k saved up. Going to buy Comfort Enchantment now. We’re looking at 4 weeks of walking. If Drazh is going to wear fullplate, he needs to be comfortable doing so.

I know that mechanically this isn’t the best choice. But for RP it certainly is.

It's a weeks boat ride but comfort is still useful, much more into the wilds than has previously been done by ye in this adventure path so far.

Good stuff!

For the record Drazh doesn’t have craft magical arms and armor...

Easy to forget.

GM would Anneka be able to upgrade her headband from +2 to +4? The price difference is 12,000gp, which she can certainly afford now. She'd also be interested in a cloak of resistance.

And, what would you think of RPing unique ways of stumbling across this magical gear (assuming the items are available, and by paying the proper cost) instead of actually "purchasing" them? It's hard to justify taking 700 platinum and spending it on a headband when you've got a mother and sister back home trying to break even by selling bread.

The act of giving the gold to her family could be what powers up the headband.

Sure, mechanically we can treat it as her giving money to her family and cinematically it just upgrades for some reason... oracles are weird.

Maybe there's some member of her family who was adventuring before, a cloak taken from the attic where it has lain for years kind of thing.

Marten has put on his over-sized sunglasses, got his little yappy dog in the crook of his arm, and he's walking with purpose throughout Magnimar's streets going shopping.

1 through 3 equals success:

Dweomer's essence, 500 gp: 1d4 ⇒ 1
Handy haversack, 2000 gp: 1d4 ⇒ 2
Ioun stone: Cracked Dusty Rose Prism, 500 gp: 1d4 ⇒ 1 <-- Kevin, this bumps his initiative up one point.
Ring of feather fall, 2200: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Additionally, he buys a new spellbook because he has enough spells to necessitate it. His spellbooks and scrolls will now be "organized" in the handy haversack. He also wants to purchase the supplies needed to scribe the following scrolls:

Dispel magic: 3 x 7 x 25 = 525
Scrying: 4 x 7 x 25 = 700

Grand total: 6,440 gp

I forgot to say Marten, congratulations!

I forgot to say Marten, congratulations!

Thank you! For the new job, I'm assuming?

Yeah, I was applying and networking and doing the whole LinkedIn thing, and this job referral came completely out of left field. I could have spent the entire time sitting on the couch watching movies and this job would have just landed in my lap. So weird.

Shopping:

75% or less = available, right? Or does that depend on the item?

Gloves of Reconnaissance: 1d100 ⇒ 5 (2,000)
Spectacles of Understanding: 1d100 ⇒ 69 (3,000)
Insistent Doorknocker: 1d100 ⇒ 13 (5,000)

headband of alluring charisma +4: 1d100 ⇒ 25 oh yea
cloak of resistance +1: 1d100 ⇒ 36 aw yea
wand CLW: 1d100 ⇒ 28 heck yea

Total: 13,750
Remaining gold: 2,189

Just letting you know I’m currently suffering from an intense bout of vertigo. I’ll try my best, but I might not manage to keep up with posting over the next few days. Feel free to bot me if needed. Sorry for any potential hold up. And thanks for understanding.

Ferocia will definitely be doing some spending money. She's also going to befriend those ravens. I'll try to fit in a post now while I don't feel too bad.

Sorry to hear this :(. Feel better soon!

Shopping:

75% or less = available, right? Or does that depend on the item?

75% chance of finding a particular item up to a particular gold value. Magnimar's limit is 12,800 gp, which I don't think any of us are near reaching.

Ferocia, I hope you feel better soon. :(

Rolling a bunch alphabetically, since I'm not sure what combination I'll buy in...

Bodywrap of Mighty Strikes +1: Available?: 1d100 ⇒ 94 No
Bodywrap of mighty Strikes +2: Available?: 1d100 ⇒ 25 Yes
Handy Haversack: Available?: 1d100 ⇒ 37 Yes
Increasing her armour to +3: Available?: 1d100 ⇒ 35 Yes

...Hmmm... I think I'll drop a stupid amount of money on the bodywrap of mighty strikes +2 while its available.

She's also buying a bunch of bird food. (1 month worth for 3 birds, makes a whopping 45 gp of bird food for the trip. Pfft. Man, these birds had better like me. They're spoiled.)

12,000 gp and 45 gp spent. Leaving me with 81 gp 3 sp

Just as an aside. When I lived in Phoenix I had a friend that used to like to buy 20 pound bags of birdseed and go to the park. I went with her a few times, and it was SO fun to dump out big piles of it and watch them come. :)

Aye Marten!

And I hope you feel better soon Ferocia!

So does anyone want the Impaler of Thorns, +2 Kukri, or +1 scythe?

I'd be inclined to have Miron take the Impaler, for reach and debuffing.

I think that could work out well, especially if we find ourselves in tight spaces without ranged options.

Let's see if I have this correct:

Upgrading +1 breastplate to +2 mithral breastplate.

4000g for materials

2000g for +1 to +2

Is 6,000g correct?

No, going from 1-2 for the armour is +3,000gp.

7000g then. How long would it take to remake Miron's breastplate?

You'll have it done before getting on the boat don't worry.

Who is Shalellu? I can’t find any mention of her when searching the Gameplay thread. Is it misspelled?

I might have misspelled it, she is an elf ranger who met the party back in Sandpoint before they first went to Thistletop.

It's spelled Shalelu, but the search function still isn't working.

Shalelu was first introduced to us in the second scene of this post. After that she was mentioned once or twice but I don't think we met her again between then and now.

As for why Ferocia knows her, it's in my profile under background if you're curious. She returned Ferocia home after she was stolen by fey. That jerk. lol

Yeah things are simmering now but if the party get her aid... sooner or later things will boil over for some delightful light drama.

It's spelled Shalelu, but the search function still isn't working.

Oh, I didn’t know that it wasn’t working. I appreciate the heads up. And thanks for the link.

sooner or later things will boil over for some delightful light drama.

Well, we can’t have that. :)

I'll have Miron hang onto the Impaler.

If you're staying the night (or longer!) does anyone want to give me gather information rolls with diplomacy or other ideas for finding out what is going on?

Marten has decent Perception and Sense Motive bonuses, but no Charisma-based skills of note. So, he could shadow someone else and see what else he can pick up from the answers to others’ questions.

Can Knowledge (local) help with recent events?

Not yet on the Perception front. He can pick someone to ghost for the night and roll sense motive on the people providing them information.

He could roll knowledge local.

I meant to put "listening" in quotes, but the site spazzed :/.

Yeah, the site was frustrating yesterday.

Anyone want the belt? Otherwise I could make use of it

I've got one already. You can have it.

I would have suggested Drazh take it.