just wanted to say I do intend to 'pick this game back up' if you all stick with me till 2nd week in September. I have enjoyed it so far...thanks for the unavoidable hiatus ...looking forward to playing again in about a month!
Hey everyone! Just giving a 'heads up' that I do intend to start posting again next week (maybe as soon as Saturday 9/15 no later than Tuesday 9/18) just want to give everyone a poke and encourage you to say hey...or here! or What's up! or something so I know you're all still with me.
Thanks for the patience..
know it's been a long wait for you all
Let be known I'll only be running this and 'Forge of the Giant God' on the PbP forums and perhaps playing (as a character) one other campaign.
Therefore, I should have plenty of 'bandwith' and we should begin moving this book along (which I've admittedly missed). Anyway looking forward to hearing from you all ! Look for a re-start post in the game-play thread soon!
Still here and keen to get my druid on
ah! sorry all Resident beat stick is here.
On a similar note I am going to PaizoconAP this coming weekend and will be in China for just over a week straight after. I am unsure how much access I will have to internet. Please feel free to make liberal use of Lanfried and Grawlic.
Hmm...lets get some post in until Thursday the 17th and then suspend the game until the 29th or 30th of Oct? With two players gone...I don't see much point in requiring the others to post (and botting 2 characters + an NPC is just too much for me) . So let's keep the story collaborative and suspend the game until both your returns...Keep in mind we can and should still post up till the 17th of OCT. after that we will suspend the game until Oct. 29th.
thx.
OK so before I post again I'll want Arrac, Lanfried, and Krestimbunt to post...sooner you guys post the sooner we can proceed.
I am back from China. Sorry all for the delay.
I am back from China. Sorry all for the delay.
NP hope the trip went well...My wife is flying to Beijing tomorrow. Take a day or two get caught up on the thread..respond to this magic elk any way you deem fit and then we'll move on.
Poke... anyone awake? You all still playing? Hassan has been posting but the rest has been pretty intermittent... is everyone still interested in this game?
Lanfried and Hassan this is not for you. Both of you told me you were going to be absent recently and have kept a steady post rate when you were able. Arrac and Krestimbunt can we pick up the post rate some? Krestimbunt it’s been two weeks + since you posted and Arrac I only have one post from you in that time. Ive noticed both of you are more engaged when a combat occurs but I still expect some input in the role-play. Hassan asked a question in the game-play thread... let’s get a response before thanksgiving o.k?
No that my apologies. I've had a bit of a busier week than I thought and completely forgot I hadn't made a post and have been thinking I had for nigh two days. Apologies. Making one now.
So guys I'm going to go ahead and unseat Krestimbunt from this campaign.
He's been a consistently tardy poster and seems much less involved in the narrative than the rest of you. I would suggest you take this opportunity from a story point to turn back to Heldren and warm up Hassan and let Newmark rest for the night so he can re-memorize spells. (Newmark can memorize endure elements for Hassan) .
I'm tired of waiting on Kres...if you guys want to recruit another player please feel free to drop a link to our discussion thread in the Flaxseed recruitment thread. As for the party they can head back to Heldren rest up for the night and get cracking at it again tomorrow. As for Kres...my mind is made up 3 weeks of absence with no explanation or warning is not acceptable. He's gone.
I'd be fine with another. Suppose someone with trap-finding wouldn't be a bad addition. That or some ranged physical type.
reaching out, but atm nothing has come back positive.
Hey everyone we got a new player...that player needs some time to make a new character..The player will drop by the discussion thread in next couple of days and update us...We should be moving on by begining-middle of next week.
Surprise, I got it worked out sooner than expected.
Hello fellow heroes, meet Wassilissa. She is from Irrisen, stranded in Taldor for family reasons.
build wise I'm aiming for archer/sorcerer. To be able to do the skill monkey part (which I like a lot) I took Trapper Ranger. To keep getting skills, I will go sage. Only thing I can't really cover is social interaction, as I lack the charisma. Looking through your characters, it looks like I'm the one with the second highest charisma nonetheless. :D
I hope I did the PFS build correctly. 20point buy, 150 gold, two traits, one from the AP, class selections from UM.
With the equipment I might still fiddle around a bit as I only have the bare minimum and I forgot the arrows to my bow.
|
Welcome to the game, pleased to have you join up! Hassan is a Qadirian inquisitor of Sarenrae. He has a xenophobic outlook and basic distrust of "wild" (non-divine) magic. He hates witches above all things. He can be a bit mule-headed about how things should be instead of how they are. Decent in a fight or with a bow, can also bring some divine healing and magic as needed.
That will be fun. I'm a stranger and I'll use wild magic.
|
Perhaps after we arrive back we sell what little loot we collected? Then offer a willing mercenary such as Wassillissa 50gp and a share of the treasure to take the place of our missing member..(it's a good plot hook that starts you off with 50 extra gp...unless the players object I'll default to that hook ..that one night while were at the Inn Newmark stands up and makes the offer..(unless you guys would rather introduce the new character a different way?)
Lanfried takes a moment outside the inn to knock the snow from his boots. He also takes a moment to brush the worst of it out of Grawlic's fur. When he is satisfied he opens the door and the two enter the inn. Within moments Grawlic is curled before the hearth purring like a kitten.
Lanfried, you're sure you wanted to post this in discussion?
As for my entrance, I thought about approaching the group a little overexcited, inquiring about the weather the snow and the cold pushing myself on the group to come along on the next trip to the forest. The reason for that is in my background story (see Profile).
Of course I'd take the gold too. With the things bought so far I'm short an armor. Depending on what loot you got you could just throw me an armor instead.
Suggestion in detail assuming Lanfried's post was meant for gameplay.
Wassilissa would like it best to run off and see it for herself. But it is a two to three hour walk to get there. So she searches for any stranger that might have come past the woods. The villagers are no help. They are afraid of the situation and tell of monsters, you'd expect in fairy tales to scare little kids.
As she sees the group of brave men, some in thick clothes and traces of snow at their boots, she starts running. Just as the men make themselves comfortable Wassilissa approaches them at their table. Without a proper greeting she springs them with her questions. "Have you been to the Borderwood? Is there really snow? I mean really?" She shows with her hands a foot apart how high she considers really snow. "Are you going there again? Can I come along?" She doesn't care that a no to the first question would make all the others obsolete. That is what wishful thinking does to you.
With everything that she needed to get off her heart said, she stands there in this awkward situation she created, waiting for someone to answer her.
Wassilissa you can Ninja dot...Obviously I took Wassilissa's proposed post a re-wrote it in third person. So it's up to one of you guys to respond.
Wassilissa you may respond as soon as one of the players responds to your initial greeting.
As far as loot goes it's best to sell what you have now and divided it up among the four of original members..If Wassilissa is coming up short on equipment Newmark has no problem giving her an advance out of the party fund. I also think it's imperative we get Hassan a cold weather outfit.
Has anyone kept track of loot? If not someone needs to make a spread sheet and drop it into the Google docs folder. I can give you a list in the discussion thread of what you found so far if you need it.
I will track the loot if you give a list of what we have found so far.
thx I'll make a list tonight or tomorrow and post it here.
Edited my post as I noticed now that Hassan had written too in the meanwhile.
|
|
Ok so Newmark has the highest appraise at +7 most of the items are metal so if Lanfried cast 'guidance' on Newmark while he was evaluating the treasure Newmark could 'take 10' on all the metal items and be 100% accurate in their value...(remember you'll only get to sell the items for 1/2 what Newmark appraises them for unless they're jewelry or gems)
That only leaves me to roll for the courtier's outfits..
Newmark judges the courtier’s outfits to be worth about 62gp
42gp (from battle with winter touched sprites)
MW dagger
MW chain shirt (both from the chest you discovered half buried and trapped..there was a lot of mundane weapons as well but you didn't take them..is anyone wearing the MW chain shirt?)
three courtier’s outfits worth a total of 62 gp. (from the wrecked carriage)
MW long sword from the frozen captain...
from Lady Argenta's carriage strong box:
Lady Argentea’s signet ring (undetermined)
a pair of earrings worth 25 gp,
a set of pearl-inlaid bracelets worth 90 gp,
assorted gold and silver necklaces worth a total of 75gp
sapphire pendant worth 50 gp.
Ok I assome we're going to keep the MW longsword, MW dagger, and MW chainshirt...
assuming you sell all the jewelry (240gp)
the outfits (31gp)
and keep the gold you already collected (42gp)
Means you divide 313gp 4 ways...
Nemark suggest 75gp for each of the 4...Hassan keep the MW chain shirt (or Arrac) Arrac or Hassan keep the sword...and Lanfried keep the MW dagger
the remaining 13gp should be given to the
Wassilissa as and advance to fill out her equipment
Willowbark Apothecary: has an abundance of alchemist fire... (over 20 for sale), a a potion of resist energy (cold), and a 75% chance of having at least 1 of any alchemical item under 100gp in the Core rule book
Temple of Erastil: currently has;
a scroll of aid, a wand of magic weapon , 8 scrolls of bless, 5 scrolls of cure lt wounds, and one scroll of protection from evil.
Elder Natharen Safander can write any cleric scroll of 3rd level or lower given a days advanced notice at full price.
General Store: most of the mundane adventuring gear listed in the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook can be found here,(90% chance) including five cold-weather outfits and two magic
items in stock: an arrow magnet(UE) and a ring of force shield.
Isker’s Smithy: keeps a few weapons for sale in his shop, including 10 +1 cold iron sling bullets. He can also craft armor (normal times) and has a MW suit of Banded Mail for sale.
I'd rather the chain shirt, as I already have plenty of weapons. The plus one AC would nice as well.
as for purchases, I may purchase a few mundane items, but 75g isn't enough to worry too much with haha.
that said, I wouldn't mind putting some money towards healing in the form of scrolls for the group if others want to do the same.
|
|
I'd rather the chain shirt, as I already have plenty of weapons. The plus one AC would nice as well.
as for purchases, I may purchase a few mundane items, but 75g isn't enough to worry too much with haha.
that said, I wouldn't mind putting some money towards healing in the form of scrolls for the group if others want to do the same.
That's why I listed what was available...
Newmark will donate 25gp of his 75gp to buy a scroll of cure lt from the temple and give it to Lanfried so he has extra healing for the party...*edit* Newmark will also buy 2 alchemist fire (40gp) and 20 cold iron crossbow bolts (4gp)..
Lanfried will spend 50 of his GP on 2 scrolls of cure light. I would not mind the MW dagger if everyone agrees with that.
I'd rather the chain shirt, as I already have plenty of weapons. The plus one AC would nice as well.
as for purchases, I may purchase a few mundane items, but 75g isn't enough to worry too much with haha.
that said, I wouldn't mind putting some money towards healing in the form of scrolls for the group if others want to do the same.
I asked in game what I should buy to be prepared. Obviosly missing is the armor. If you can spare your old one?
Wassilissa would gladly buy it at half price. ;)
|
|
Somewhere along the line, Hassan picked up a breastplate which he is wearing. His Hide Armor is available for free if Wassilissa wants to use that, otherwise you can add 7.5 gp (half price to sell) to the loot pile. Because he has the breastplate, Hassan will pass on the MW Chain shirt.
Hassan is not proficient with the longsword, so the MW blade isn't useful to him, unless you consider switching to a scimitar. He would take the MW dagger if no else claims it. He does also have the cold-iron longsword that the northman who was ambushed gave to him, though he can't really use it effectively. If anyone else wants to carry that blade, Hassan would give over.
if you mention it in game Arrac would likely laugh at the thought of you in his old leather, seeing how big it would likely be, but would likely just offer it to you free of charge.
The breastplate was also gotten off the frozen taldian officer( didn’t remember you guys grabbing that.) As far as the MW longsword goes... why not give it to our new Ranger?
Somewhere along the line, Hassan picked up a breastplate which he is wearing. His Hide Armor is available for free if Wassilissa wants to use that,
Thanks for the offer, but I'd rather not take that -4 penalty on my skills.
Studded leather for 6.25gp and arrows for 2gp.
|
|
Somewhere along the line, Hassan picked up a breastplate which he is wearing. His Hide Armor is available for free if Wassilissa wants to use that,Thanks for the offer, but I'd rather not take that -4 penalty on my skills.
Hide Armor is only a -3 penalty, but the point is the same. If you don't want, let's add it to the sell pile. Sounds like Wassilissa is also getting the MW longsword.
Good to have a real melee weapon, and not only a dagger. ;)
I hope the need for it will be scarce, anyway.
It is nice to have some conversation in game, but that only works well if the players are online at about the same time. It was great with many posts at the weekend, but it is a bit harder to manage during workdays.
I'm wondering when your times are when you check posts and have the time to answer them. I like this fast back and forth that allows for in game conversations, but I'd like to avoid starting one when the answering character will answer a day later and this blocks the game (or the game moves on not caring for the conversation).
I'm on CET and I try to check once in the morning and then in the evening starting about 6pm I check more or less continuously until 10pm. When I have no appointments.
I try to check the site several times during a day, (of course, I don't always have that option) especially so during the holidays due to family time haha. EST here.
I am Australian on East Coast Australian time. (GTM+10) I get onling around 6:30am and check the forums periodically through the day until about 2:00pm when I leave work to collect my small humans from their various daily activities.
|
|
US Central Time (GMT-6) - work and family obligations keep my posting between 6PM and midnight most nights with some more available times during the weekends. CET is same as GMT+1, right? sounds like we could be perfectly positioned around the globe for it NOT to work out...
I am not averse to a "table time" if it can be worked out, even if its only on certain days etc.
I will be leaving tomorrow AM for a trip for the holiday (US) weekend. I will return home late on Saturday. Should be able to check and perhaps post during that interim, but no promises. Run Hassan as you see fit in the interim.