Yes, and the one that I got involved with first nearly a year ago is only to the reef. The GM seemed to just stop putting in effort. It's very frustrating. I enjoy the other one a hell of a lot. I don't even care that it dosen't follow the storyline. Each of the characters have a rich story to them and they all post. It reminds me alot of this game.
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Yeah, that is usually what makes an awesome game. I'm in a Kingmaker game that is, sadly, not too interesting due partially due to the lack of any real roleplaying, and the fact that its really hard to keep up at whats going on. Its not clear at all.
I hope my own campaign will be much like this campaign in terms of storyline. We definitely have the players for it, and I'm planning on mimicking Lucent's DMing style for organization and whatnot, as I find its of really high quality.
Still, this will be my first PbP campaign as DM.. but due to my relative perfectionism, I hope it'll be good :P
Though if you want to play a S&S game that follows the storyline with a rich story like this.. join mine! Hint hint!
How are we dividing the loot. I'd like to take an additional set of winter clothes and I need one pair of those snow shoes.
Ordrud. Remember Ar'Zarrcal offered healing, but everyone else got worried and shooed you away. Feel free to ask for healing from the dwarf, but he likely won't offer.
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Didn't Rasso heal him? Or was it not enough?
Also.. I think for loot.. theres not much of any real value, so state what you want and I'm sure you are able to take it. We can't carry all of this, and most of it is relatively worthless. Should be enough Cold Weather Outfits and Snowshoes for everyone who doesn't already have them. There are three unused Sunrods, which someone could grab, the muskets are claimed (Although I would like some of the ammunition).
As for money, there is:
46 gp
38 Sp
Split evenly the best I can, thats:
7 gp per person
6 sp per person
4 gp, 2 sp left over (I vote the captain gets it)
Now, if we want to be uber fair and count out all of the loot's wealth, I can do that. I'm.. surprisingly fond of this kind of bookwork and can be the group's loot-counter if you all wish. I just think theres too much to carry thats not of any real wealth beyond someone needing an individual item (Such as snowshoes)
I'd be fine with only getting 2 powder horns, 20 doses of gunpowder, 20 bullets, and the 7gp, 6 sp. That would total 68gp, 6sp for me.
Styvanus taking a musket, 2 powder horns, 20 doses of gunpowder, 20 bullets, and his share of the loot (not yet including the 4gp, 2sp) would total 437gp, 6sp.
If Ordrud also takes a musket, his would also be 437gp, 6sp.
I believe a few people mentioned wanting cold weather outfits (which are NOT furs, they didn't have furs) and snowshoes, but those are really cheap and aren't really something to worry about. Even the sunrods are only worth 2gp each.
Ordrud. Remember Ar'Zarrcal offered healing, but everyone else got worried and shooed you away. Feel free to ask for healing from the dwarf, but he likely won't offer.
He's down 4 hp. I was hoping for a good night sleep for +2 HP.
I'm also playing him as an over-analyzing teenager. No worries.
As for loot, Ordrud already reviewed it for anything of value. He won't take a musket, not knowing how to work. He would have to given and trained to use a musket.
It's best for there to be a loot-counter and better as a volunteer. Have at it.
Working on a post, sorry for the lateness, this has been a busy (but really fun) weekend. I had to work on some Paizo-related stuff with my editor too, but now that's out of the way and I can focus here again :)
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Ordrud. Remember Ar'Zarrcal offered healing, but everyone else got worried and shooed you away. Feel free to ask for healing from the dwarf, but he likely won't offer.He's down 4 hp. I was hoping for a good night sleep for +2 HP.
I'm also playing him as an over-analyzing teenager. No worries.
As for loot, Ordrud already reviewed it for anything of value. He won't take a musket, not knowing how to work. He would have to given and trained to use a musket.
It's best for there to be a loot-counter and better as a volunteer. Have at it.
Once Lucent gets his post done, I'll see about throwing in something about giving your guy a musket.. since I'm the expert on firearms in the group.
But I'm not sure I want an emotion-prone teenager to have a fragile and unstable firearm ;P
I'm giving you the rest of the night to make final preparations. It looks like you'll be heading out to reach the lodge, so I'll be going under those assumptions. Monday morning (eastern time) I'll have post go up bringing you further into the woods. I will presume that you will take the logging trail that takes you directly to the lodge unless you guys say otherwise. The snow on this trail is more trampled down by travel than elsewhere, so you'll make better time that way. But if you want to divert at any point just let me know.
Does a master work musket have a lesser chance of misfire?
Unusually, no. In earlier editions of the firearm rules it did.
Lucent, how far based on the map are we from the Lodge? Also when would you like us to roll our fort saves vs exhaustion?
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Does a master work musket have a lesser chance of misfire?
Aye, as Lucent said, it doesn't. There are a few things that do lower it, though:
Certain weapons have only a misfire on a roll of 1, rather than a roll of 1-2. Muskets are sadly 1-2.
Gun Training lessens it.
There is a magical property you can apply to guns that lessens it, and can actually put it to below 1.
And finally, there is a 2nd level Sorcerer/Wizard/Witch spell that lessens it, and can remove it as well, however, it only works for the ammunition currently loaded in the firearm. One shot. Why that is a 2nd level spell is beyond me.
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Lots of this increase it though! Being Broken, Alchemical Charges, non-proficiency, and a 2nd level Sorcerer/Wizard/Witch spell. Again, that spell only works for one shot in a firearm. So stupid..
I believe non-proficient users increase the risk of misfire by 4, or 20%. I would have to double check.
Muskets are finicky weapons indeed!
Lucent, how far based on the map are we from the Lodge? Also when would you like us to roll our fort saves vs exhaustion?
It will be a few more hours of travel time before I have everyone make those saves, it will be closer to morning than night.
Pity. I was trying to think of something useful to put my runes on. Thus far the runes saddly seem a little underpowered considering the loss of channeling for them.
Pressing on into the trail the presence of pine trees snapped in half like twigs is a testament to the raw power of winter. Weighed down so by the snow in their needled branches, these mighty pines broke under the strain. Some lay partly across the logging trail, sinking into knee deep snow in places, dusted with half a foot of fresh snow on their uppermost side.
Lucent, unless something is weakening the pine trees like magic or disease, they generally don't collapse under the weight of snow. That's why they're angled the way they are. Snow builds up and eventually rolls off under the weight. Pockets of no-snow can be created under big pine trees as snow falls off the branches and doesn't roll under the bottom branches. That's another reason why only pine trees survive up north and at high altitudes. Pine trees get shorter the higher altitude you go until you hit the tree line.
You generally get collapsing trees during ice storms when ice builds up on tree tops that cannot support their weight.
I live in Montreal and have experienced a bunch of snow and ice storms. FWIW.
cheers
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Big whirly-snow tornado up ahead though, don't forget. Likely, we're seeing the effects of a supernatural winter vs a normal winter. These trees might not be as healthy as they should, either, due to what was probably a relatively sudden onset of such cold temperatures when this all started. We don't know how it started, though, so there may be more going on than what we know.
For the science of the felled trees in Darkmoon Wood: Ice and snow has contributed to their collapse, most of them fell during the early coming of winter when cold and heat oscillated to create periods of ice storms followed by wet, heavy snow coupled with driving winds when the temperatures shifted so rapidly which is a surefire recipe for tree downing. I based it on an experience I had back in 09 when an ice storm followed by a blizzard whipped in on the tail end of winter and collapsed quite a few trees in my neighborhood. ;)
Fair enough. It's just strange.
Exactly what I was hoping for, given the circumstances ;)
No, I won't be using that. The closest equivalent is a gunslinger deed that allows you to cripple limbs that you get at 7th level or so.
Sorry guys! I'm a little indisposed right now, I'll be posting tomorrow!
Marcellano, that inner monologue gave me quite the laugh. Especially the part where you start on what's frozen. Priceless.
Haven't heard from Fenyx in a little while, hopefully everything's going okay for him. I'm going to be posting something to advance us along in a few hours, most likely, so if anyone has anything else they'd like to chime in with while traveling please feel free to. If I see a good conversation crop up I'll delay to give time for the characters to interact :)
Woo, spectators :)
Glad you enjoy the premise and hopefully you enjoy watching the story unfold. I have some fantastic players!
Not yet, actually. I had a lot going on the last few days. I'm also writing some original stuff as an interlude that comes after the end of part I and occurs elsewhere in the world, related to the campaign's events.
I was planning on getting that up tonight, amusingly enough, so we may have some more through-traffic once that happens.
I've been busy-busy the past few days, sneaking posts where I can at work. I'll try to get something up afore I go in today.
@Kain
You needed a 25 Perception check to spot the dragons. Ordrud rolled an 18 and missed it by 1.
24. Ordrud didn't miss it. Check the bottom of the initiative list again, him and Naasvit are the only ones who saw them ;)
What's crazy is that I actually lowered the Perception DCs for these from the books since I added one more to up the XP/CR in line with the party. As written in the book it's a Perception DC 26.
Hrm... well its possible I suppose. High wisdom characters like a cleric with the perception skill via trait could spot it. An elf arcane caster with a familiar and perception could, but by and large that’s a hard DC. Then again they are ambush predator so it makes sense.
Slowly catching us up. I did some pretty major editing in the introduction to make people's intros smoother. I also moved posts around to make them flow better when read, or omitted translations for some conversations in other languages where it felt appropriate/dramatic.
Great job Lucent, it was a really enjoyable read. It amazes me how far we have gotten in such a short time.
Haha yea that was right... well someone just had to go and show off by doing push-ups on the deck of a ship, bare chested in the middle of winter. =p
Dragons, uh oh...better go read gameplay.