Just a little peek behind the GM's screen, I had intended that you would take possession of the mask in this little adventure, and had plotted out some stuff to follow on from that. But the combination of the boss battle going so badly and the boss falling with the mask gave me both a way out of a potential TPK and a chance to take the story in a new direction. Of course Malarkir (who was an unnamed mook at that stage) would take the mask and flee - the bad guys may have possibly won in the end, but the battle was on a knife's edge, and it made sense that one of the constable's lieutenants would have coveted the mask.
Anyhow, hope y'all don't mind me showing you some of the workings of my mind. If me talking about this stuff feels like it spoils mystery or something I can leave it out from now on.
I'm fine with that. It was pretty clear that we would see that mask again!
Oh, I'm totally good with it! I'd rather have something like this occur than all of us TPK and then have to start everything all over again. Plus, sometimes it's interesting to not win the day every time.
Np here
I don't recall if we got around to making a loot sheet or not. It hasn't been that relevant yet, but I imagine we'd want to spend some of that gold eventually.
I think it's good GMing on your part to change things up in response to player actions and the situation.
Revjak, I do not believe we created a loot tracker yet. I probably still have the format of one I created and used with Pathfinder that I imagine would be relevant here if we need something.
Would anyone be interested in being Quartermaster?
*EDIT*
I just went ahead and created a Loot Tracker for our campaign. It's editable by all so that way we can all track our own things. I figure what we can do is post the gear/items we find on the main page and then once someone claims an item we can transition to the "Claimed" page along the bottom and then input said item into the PCs column. That way we can track who has what.
Where is it located?
Oy, I thought I had linked it here. SMH... Here is the Loot Tracker.
I went back through the thread and I *think* I found all the unclaimed loot we found and added it in, but might want to just double check it to be safe.
Cheers Reynwyn!
Hewy, could you add that link at the top of the page for easy reference?
Sorry for not getting more posting in yesterday... I had a rough day with the boy after a rough day at work.
Sorry Revjak, just saw that post, this thread wasn't showing up, must have bumped the hide button. I'll put the link up top soon. And no stress Reynwyn.
Reynywn, I hope things are okay with your boy.
And no worries Hewy, these things happen.
Yeah, just dealing with toddler sass. He just turned five and is in that weird stage of childhood where he wants control of things, but doesn't have the capacity to really make those kind of decisions lol. It then turns into frustrated toddler tantrums... yay...
I remember it well!
Yep...
Revjak wouldn't prioritise it straight away, but could we get that silver necklace evaluated?
Having a gold total would help for buying goods. :)
Yep let's get that out of the way now.
The silver necklace is worth 80 gp.
The jewellery you found in the trapped chest in the constable's quarters comes to a total of 200 gp.
The four rubies are worth 40 gp each, or 200 gp as a set.
I'll put them on the loot tracker now.
Anything else I'm forgetting?
So feel free to post up what you want to buy etc, I'll narrate the results briefly in gameplay unless there's a need for interaction. Unless you want to roleplay through shopping, but there'll be plenty of that in Waterdeep.
So that's 520g total, split five ways presuming Signey is taking a share.
Revjak, having gotten mangled repeatedly, is looking for armour.
Chainmail would give him effectively a +1 to AC and still allow stealthing.
Could afford scale mail, but that's disadvantage on stealth.
Breastplate...is a bit pricey for now.
So a set of chainmail is in order methinks!
There was cash also somewhere, right...? Let me check.
EDIT: By my count you collected 660 gp and 900 sp. If I've erred it's because I've given coin that you didn't search and find, but I think you got all the coin I've counted.
I thought it might be written somewhere so I've been looking, but I can't find any text confirming whether Triboar is to the south or north of Melton.
If it's to the north, we'll part way with the two ex-prisoners.
If it's to the south, it would make sense for them to come with us as:
a) they have a pretty good notion that we can be trusted
b) they know we can handle ourselves
Triboar is a couple of days travel south of Melton. The prisoners are definitely keen to travel with your caravan.
Cheers Hewy.
Is there a +2 Max Dex bonus for Breastplates as medium armor?
Aye. But breastplates don't give disadvantage to stealth.
Yeah...so I could up my AC to 16 with a breastplate, but the cost is exhorbant - 400gp! I will likely just want to purchase some healing potions.
Good point!
Hewy, are there any healing potions available or did we clear them out?
Mother Mahree is all cleaned out, and she's not had time yet to make more. I can make some dice rolls to see if you're able to find any from other sources in town the next day (and how much they might cost)...
Sorry, no go there. I will have Signey prepare some healing spells for the rest of the trip though.
Also, again, there will be plenty of places to shop when you hit the big smoke :)
Hello all, I'll be joining the merry band shortly! Looking forward to help the group stay on their feet and do what they do best.
Hello!
Greetings, although I must express some discomfort about allowing a member of House Cannith in our group, as I would hate to have him try to sneak up on me to see what makes me tick!
Welcome Arthur, looking forward to getting you in the game! Shouldn't be long :)
So liquidising all gems and jewellery, you have 1270 gp, which if you split five ways is 254 gp each. However, given that Signey's pretty much gone for good, it could be 317.5 gp each, or just keep it as party funds and buy what's going to be best for the party overall. I'll do that on the loot page now. Leftover cash can be considered to be in coin or gem form, we don't really need to track that.
So, what do you want to buy? Healing potions are out for now as noted, but mundane arms and armour won't be a problem, unless you're after special materials, which are probably not available (can roll with small chance).
Party funds could be a good solution for that.
Piety, Reynwyn, do you have much that you would like to buy?
Piety doesn't really need gear, although he will take his share of da moniez.
Welcome Arthur!
It may be best to just divide the monies and we can buy what we individually desire, or save up for it if we do not have enough as of yet.
Sounds fine to me.
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I've split up the cash, you each have your own entry on the loot sheet. If you buy stuff, can you please subtract the cost from your own entry? Similarly, if your character finds or receives coin, put it in there as well. Bulk cash dumps will go into the party cash entry until they are split up. All cool?
Excellent
Sounds good!
Alright, I'll give 12 hours or so for you guys to buy stuff, but in the meantime... let's get the hell out of Melton!
Oh by the way, I've started trying to learn how to make maps with GIMP... Here's my first effort that I made for the other Realms game I'm running in parallel. It's a tunnel complex. Colour scheme kinda sucks, but hey, first crack at it. So hopefully Roll20 will look a bit cooler next time we use it :)
Hey all, sorry about the disappearance. We took our boy to the beach the other day and I got severely baked on my back to the point of raw skin. So I haven't been avoiding doing much sitting the past few days. I'm fine with the proposed loot distribution presented by Hewy!
Also, I don't think Reynwyn has much he wants to buy right now other than picking up some potions when we have an opportunity. I'll look into some scrolls when we reach Waterdeep.
I like the map, and I prefer a hardcopy link like this, rather than Roll20. I seldom post from my computer, which is the ONLY location I can see anything on Roll20. They really need to make an Android App for that site.
Reynwyn, ouch! But I hope you had a good time apart from that.
I like that map too. GIMP is a powerful tool, very handy.
I will pick up a chain shirt for Revjak. Even +1 AC is worth it.
Perhaps a "purchases" page for the loot sheet would be handy. So we can keep track of who has bought what. It might save on doubling up or wondering "Did I actually spend the gold for such and such?".
And I'll add Revjak's 10 starting gold to his total, which becomes 267.5g after the 50g chain shirt.
Yep Reynwyn, I'm from Australia, I know all about sun damage! Spoiler: it's the worst.
Carric, the other option is Google Slide, which I'm getting the hang of with the other game, and can use larger dungeon maps like the one above to create smaller, gridded room/battle maps. I'm easy, whatever works better for everyone.
Yep, a purchase list/log could work?
I can do Google Slides too...Roll20 is spotty for me.
I have no objection to google slides. I've seen it used by a lot of GMs on these forums.
Loving the horse names :)
Map of the current situation at the top of the page (made it myself). Sorry the scale's so small... it's a big area!