Seraphimpunk's Way of the Wicked

Game Master Seraphimpunk

"thank hun, you're the best. I'm sure Leo doesn't mind waiting for a lady who helped raise him. Perhaps I can raise him more later "

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the new chars, i think were mentioned too quickly by Thorne, as reinforcements are "on their way", and will meet you in town within the week. so swashbuckler and sister aren't with you guys yet, but will be introduced soon.

What kind of item is the cape/boat? I googled around for a minute and didn't see anything matching the description or price.

unique item, functions as a folding boat, but instead of a box you keep things in, a rain cloak that keeps you dry and comfortable. still two command words for different size boats, and then back to cloak shape. i bumped the price a little for the endure elements type effect.

Cool. Loran now has a few more option. The extend rod means longer haste and more slow for our enemies, and Spawn can now have some armor finally :)

And if we're ever near a cliff, I can bull rush people off it with my Power Ring .... I mean, Ring of the Ram

hopefully looked it up too? its charged, and does deal damage as well as pushback if you're close enough.

yeah, but 3d6 isn't... super great? I mean, i can open doors with it too. Its more for a "gtfo" move

We were told this Baron guy could help, but what do we need from him? Money? Directions? Connections? Disguises? Martial force? Distraction?

you're not sure. just that he's a powerful ally to have in these parts, or a powerful foe. that he's got his own schemes, but that you might find him useful.

Thorn's words were something like:

There is another who may be able to aid you. ONce a thriving cult existed in farholde. It was led by a half-elvish noble. He is trecherous and decadent, but wealthy and well connected. Tiadora will introduce you before she departs.

I know not what aid the Baron can provide, but his family is old and long dwelt in Farholde. Never trust him but know this - he's afraid of me and with good reason. If he does try anything, remind him that you are in Farholde on my behalf. That should keep him in line

We can't trust the guy, so I'm not enthusiastic about sharing our mission with him. But without sharing our mission, I'm not sure how we can get help b/c we don't yet know what obstacles stand in our way.

We can ask about the other team that was sent. We can ask about a missing elf (town gossip, iirc). We could ask for general information about the surrounding area and try to direct toward the Caer Byr.

We could just say "we have plans in the area, we'd like to know if you are going to be a help or a hindrance". That's pretty vague, so less likely to get help, but doesn't show our hand.

Others' thoughts? Should we be direct with our plans or coy?

i like that. best just get "assistance" on a minute level. and keep the big picture obscured for him. don't give away too much.

ha, totally posted before I read this. but I think I totally followed you guys advcie.

just to present it sort of side by side, but separate so its thematically accurate...

@Loran, and @Temperance,
You've been travelling for almost two weeks now with Tiadora and the 7th Knot. Tiadora, burning down whole hamlets and towns on your trip up the coast. You've gotten to know eachother fairly well, though the 7th knot has remained... icy... towards you.

Elise Zadaria in case you need reminding is their leader. A mysterious white haired human witch with a white raven. She works with Dostan, a tall muscular blonde half-elven man in white firs who wields an enormous greatsword. Trak, and Trik, twin humans, one an archer, the other a priest of Asmodeus, and Fennik a white haired male kitsune with a sword.

Tiadora picked you up by barge two weeks ago, and has been keeping to her quarters , the best appointment in the ship, the captain's quarters, while you have had to sleep out on deck with the crew. Tiadora only emerges at night, briefly on deck surveying the town from where you weigh anchor for the evening, before teleporting to shore. Soon after there are usually screams that manage to carry out across the water to the barge. The captain and crew shudder, but seem utterly under her sway. You've deduced that during the journey, Tiadora has been on a rampage. But this night, she reminds you before dark, that tomorrow morning the 9th knot will be at the docks in Farholde to greet you. After that, you're not her problem anymore.

I sure hope the 9th knot is a bit more relaxed, these fellows are as cold as ice. While the penchant for violence is appreciated, it likes a certain amount of style...

Edwin is a tallish human, standing at relative ease even on the rocking boat. He carries a decorated cutlass and a small buckler, and often swings needlessly along the rigging with ease. Outgoing and cheerful, he will laugh and drink while sliding his blade into your chest.

i should have rolled that in secret and kept it aside to keep you wondering.
will do better in the future.

just remember that since you have 2 chars each, i don't feel *too* bad picking one off if something comes up.

for now just roleplay it as though you don't know what happened to Loran.
and decide when you'd start to worry about not seeing or hearing from him.

now i'm sorry i killed him, he'll be even less likely to post now...

haha
Loran won't post any more ;)

But I have this up at work generally so I can post more now

if everyone posted 1/day, it would probably be amazing. even if it was just rp fluff about what you're doing or trying to talk to other characters.

random roll: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
random roll: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
random roll: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
random roll: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
random roll: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

1d20 + 17 ⇒ (2) + 17 = 191d20 ⇒ 1

hmmh, ok, i'll just arrange y'all
::gm railroad::

I'm at a funeral today through Monday, but you are more than welcome to post on Neji and Saio behalf

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I approve of your placement. If I'd remembered you asking, I would've said "put my two girls in back".

condolences.

i'm at a dutch comic con tomorrow, and learning game of thrones boardgame tonight, so i'll see what i can post, but it won't be much this weekend.

sorry, went MIA w/ horrid food poisoning. will post later tonight

Original Light Chat

First lighting confusion

I think everyone has Darkvision at this point, so the lit pebble only needs to come out if we need to toss it somewhere or perhaps stun something light sensitive.

Also, Neji's Perception is +10 and Init is +2 since the rebuild. I thought I corrected the link, but I'll check again. Not that it matters since I'm last, but FYI.

temperance and piety can't see in the dark. they only have low light vision

you might've corrected the link, i just have some stat blocks in a doc file i may need to update, thought i had =)

okie dokie, my mistake. I thought i read those with low-light had darkvision or had spelled their way to it. They are welcome to use the pebble with light on it as they see fit.

I'd prefer darkvision so I'm not the weak link when Ash drops darkness. Plus it's not that expensive for a couple castings and lasts a long time.

I almost forgot! After seeing Ash cast darkness in the fight with the T-Rex, Piety swapped Mirror Image for Darkvision in her prepared spells. She also casts it on anyone needing a little boost, so that's her + Tempy + anyone else that needs it. I marked off the 2 castings on my sheet already.

Do we want to put this light out? It extends our vision a little, but also could draw attention to us.

lol, i swear, i never saw this post!

so you'red darkvisioned up. if its any consolation, they planned the ambush because they heard you more than they saw you.

Yea, I wouldn't expect our party to sneak past anything anytime soon, so not going to complain about us getting jumped. That was pretty much expected. I mostly just want to make sure my 2 girls aren't useless when Ash decides to make it super-dark in here.

In fact, Piety can switch her spells prepared for just 1 arc pool point (using her quick study exploit, so OP), so she can swap out darkvision for darkness after Ash uses his 1/d up. Then we can keep darknessing people for fun and profit.

Vince, did the toad mage take the damage from my critical hit? I don't see it listed? I had moved up to attack (but didn't realize I couldn't 5 ft) but I did hit with my first attack

yah, sorry, i noted it on her char sheet but not on the map

cool, no worries, just want to make sure it didn't get missed in all the posting

i'll be away thurs - monday for a long weekend in brussels. doubt i'll post much.

Have a good time brussling about.

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yay, i didn't break any bones!

Toads are pretty flexible, I think. The only time I've seen a toad break bones is when my little brother threw one against a wheelbarrow and smashed it flat. So glad no one did that to you because then you probably wouldn't be able to GM for us anymore.

lol. yeah. glad no one threw me against a wheelbarrow.

so, you guys have the run of the place. wish to do anything to it ?

Are we in 5ft squares or 10ft sqaures?

I assumed 10 when I movededed

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It seems like all the squares in these maps are 10ft on a side, so I just go by the size of our icons, assuming Vince has scaled those to be 5 ft on a side.

yeah. the map's originally 10'. easier to just stick to some corners that we can see, than for me to overlay another grid over and try to match it up for now. =P

I have a +1 cutlass as in my attack description, as well as belt of dex +2 and mithral chain shirt

lol, and are those the only pieces of equipment you carry? you own nothing else? pls. list your equip at least, so you have things to refer to when for ex, you say you draw your sword and attack, or when i secretly detect magic and scan you for magic items =)

I bought that swashbuckler kit. it has everything i need ;)

i'm not a horrible stickler, everyone's sheets aren't even in their character profiles. but i do have some sheets that were forwarded to me and updated. but when you do to pull out something that you haven't bought or isn't on your sheet. don't be surprised if you "can't find it" or "lost it".

; )

I think I still owe you mine? I honestly don't know. Did you want it tracked under the character sheets here in Paizo or did you want soft copies emailed to ya? I'm sure I have either not done either or have fallen behind on tracking, outside of day to day items.

if you've got a google doc to the pdf that you update, or want to just copy/paste the current version in the paizo profile, or email it to me, so long as i have something to refer to. Edwin's just lacks ANY equipment section. he apparently doesn't even have a belt of dexterity =P

yeaaah, its too bad leo survived. i was kinda hoping this would be his death scene. I got excited when it was a lightning elemental and the scenario detailed what happens if you fall from the platform. =)