Once the invasion begins, you can decide which of the Ironfang forces are targeted by the blast and when to detonate. When triggered, the breaching charges will deal 4d6 fire damage and 4d6 bludgeoning damage to one encounter's enemy forces. Of course, this is assuming that Thorek's check to place them was successful, which you won't find out until the time comes to detonate the charges...
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Also, how many readiness checks do you want to apply for the following day?
If you do one, then you can still make it to an enemy camp by midday.
If you do two, you can still make it to an enemy camp by mid afternoon.
If you do three, you won't have time to strike any of the camps that day.
If it works in reverse (hit a camp in the morning, readiness checks in the afternoon/evening) that's my vote.
I like that as well.
Ditto.
Daria wants one of the lens of detection, and she thinks Thorek should hold onto the wand of curing. Other than that, can we sell/contribute some loot towards a restoration spell?
Definitely! What have we got to liquidate?
Loot:
In addition to the keys to the two locked buildings, you recover the following items from the Ironfang personnel, captured or slain:
- 1 Wand of Cure Light Wounds (40 charges)
- 6 flasks of Acid
- 18 flasks of Alchemist's Fire
- 4 smokesticks
- 4 tanglefoot Bags
- 10 smoke pellets
- 48 tindertwigs
- 8 unstable accelerants
- 2 suits of +2 leather armor
- 4 bombchuckers
- 4 MWK shortswords
- 2 Eyes of the Eagle
- 2 Potions of Cure Serious Wounds
- 2 +1 chain shirts
- 2 heavy crossbows
- 2 cloaks of resistance +1
- 2 bandoliers
- 1 MWK thieves' tools
- 1 MWK siege engine tools
Sorry, Daria wants one of the “Eyes of the Eagle”…I had written “Lens of Detection” earlier by mistake.
The bomb-chuckers are just lacrosse sticks, right? That's what everyone is picturing in their heads?
If it works in reverse (hit a camp in the morning, readiness checks in the afternoon/evening) that's my vote.
@Thorek - Yes, you can do it in that order.
Daria wants one of the lens of detection, and she thinks Thorek should hold onto the wand of curing. Other than that, can we sell/contribute some loot towards a restoration spell?
@Daria - Yes. In fact, given the pending invasion, the various churches and organizations in Longshadow are keen to get any equipment available. Thus, you can barter for a Restoration spell and the loot you offer in exchange will be worth 75% value (as opposed to selling for 50% value in cash).
The bomb-chuckers are just lacrosse sticks, right? That's what everyone is picturing in their heads?
Based upon the description of the item, yes.
Who wants what?
Thorek would like to have one of the Eyes of the Eagle but the rest can be sold off as far as he's concerned.
Just a suit of +2 leather armor for me from that lot of items.
Other than a few alchemist's fire or the CSW potions, I can't really use any of it (or what I already have is better). The town can definitely use the siege engine tools better than we can, too.
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So, we have:
For Thorek, Eyes of the Eagle
For Lily, +2 Leather Armor
For Esperanza, 2 potions CSW, 6 alchemist's fire, and a bandolier to carry all 8
For Daria, Eyes of the Eagle and the other Bandolier
Selling all the other stuff at 75%, we get 8611 gp, or 2150 gp each with some leftover drinking coin...
Daria will spend 1000 gp of her share to get a Restoration spell.
Thank you for crunching those numbers, Daria!
Bartering for the Restoration spell, Daria is cured of one negative level from the reincarnation.
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Creating false orders to deceive the Legion requires a Linguistics check, but having the genuine orders recovered from the infiltrators will provide a +4 bonus since they can be used as models to make your forgeries and handwriting look more genuine.
I believe Lily has the best Linguistics modifier, so will she be creating the false documents? I'll probably make the opposing rolls secretly on a mirror server.
Once created, you'll also need to deliver them somehow. One option includes making a set of Stealth and Sleight of Hand checks. The other option involves Disguise and Bluff checks.
Sorry I havent been around much. I've been fighting off a cold recently making my posting sporadic.
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I've gotten the encounter map updated. Go ahead and place your tokens where you land when jumping down from Daria.
Also let me know if you want to adjust your actions to account for the camp terrain.
On Fridays I run a 2e game that CW plays in, and on Saturdays I play in a 1e game that CW runs, and the amount of cross contamination between the editions that goes on is usually funny but sometimes aggravating.
Does the encampment have wagons & packbeasts? I was thinking we could form a caravan to move people + supplies back to Longshadow, with Eagle Daria doing aerial reconnaissance to help us avoid Ironfang checkpoints or patrols.
There is a pen with four yzobu that the unit used to pull the heavy catapults. There are also a couple of supply carts that the Ironfangs forced the slaves to pull. You could harness the yzobu to the carts, but they are ornery for those other than their handlers, so it would require a Handle Animal check to get them to cooperate.
Dang, Thorek has terrible Cha and probably need Daria doing the aerial scouting.
What does the group think?
Handle Animal is trained only and Daria is the only PC with any ranks in it, so our options are very limited. If not for that, I'd have given it a shot, since even my generic Charisma checks are almost quadruple poor Daria's Handle Animal modifier. D:
She can also do Wild Empathy at a +6….She’s a healer, not a conversationalist.
It is a fairly common skill among rural-types. Maybe one of our rescued people can give it a shot.
Yeah Lily is charismatic, but she doesn't get handle animal either.
Also, sorry I've been a bit busy this past week. Im still around.
Luckily our new friends handled it with aplomb!
So Thorek does not have Engineering, stoneworking, Intimidate, or Profession Soldier skills so these other rolls are beyond him.
BUT he could help develop the militia further if the Hemlock Harriers have finally arrived; we haven't rolled for that in a long time.
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Hmm...technically it's the Chernasardo Rangers who are on their way to provide reinforcements, while the Hemlock Harriers are staying behind to protect your other followers and civilians at the reclaimed fort.
However, we could incorporate a Militia Phase into readying Longshadow for the attack, representing the fostering of a Hollow Hills branch of your militia as a side effect of your efforts here.
Should I roll just the one Militia Week, or more than that? It's been a long time since we've done any, but we also haven't been present to our militia in a while either.
Also, any requests or preferences from the group as to what I should focus on?
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I would say just roll one week. As you said, you've been away from base for some time and running missions on behalf of Longshadow. This is the first reasonable stretch of time you've had to focus on militia matters.
Okay so for these rolls due to Daria's stat changes I made some adjustments to the Officer roles, mainly just swapping Daria (now Commandant) and Esperanza (now Ambassador)
MILITIA ACTIONS
Step 1--Training Attrition
Step 2--Notoriety Penalties
I don't think we do anything here since we're under 100, but GM please correct me if I'm wrong! I also assume this has gone up a lot lately given that we've been kicking the Ironfang hard in a high-profile way.
Step 3--Treasury Shortage Penalties
We have 54gp at the start of this militia turn, so our Training Score does drop since that's less than our Minimum Treasury of 60.
Step 4--Increase Rank
After Upkeep we’re at Training Score 39, and revert from Rank 6 to Rank 5.
Step 5--Deposits & Withdrawals
I vote we make a 400gp deposit (Thorek will cover it from his share of the last loot sell-off) to bring the Treasury to 454gp. I'd like to focus on leveling up to Rank 9, and then upgrading existing teams before recruiting new ones, and that will cost money so we should start preparing now.
We are now Rank 7 though Vayelan can award the attendant bonuses as they see fit, and we have one remaining Militia Action.
My idea is this: we can use the Spread Propaganda action to have the Roughnecks deliver taunts & demoralizing information to the Ironfang vanguard; instead of improving Longshadow's opinion of us I'd like to as for +5 Victory points, and I'd happily also suggest a boost in our Notoriety if that'd help us get it.
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Daria will put in 200 gp of her money into the pot for the militia.
Talking with Thorek made me realize we also get a new skill rank for reaching Militia 7, and that I failed to add one that the party has for the militia already being at rank 2. I'm going to put 1 each into Intimidate and Stealth.
I applied mine to Profession (Soldier).
GM, would we be able to do a Propaganda mission to try to demoralize the Ironfangs?
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GM, would we be able to do a Propaganda mission to try to demoralize the Ironfangs?
Yes. I think this synergizes well with the delivery of the falsified orders. The very regimented Ironfangs, finding their deployment and formations changed mere days before the assault, will likely grumble and begin to second guess their commanders.
Okay so the Spread Propaganda action requires 100gp (easily afforded from the 600gp added by Thorek & Daria) and a DC20 Loyalty check for a success.
@GM before I roll would we be able to trade a Notoriety increase for a boost to the roll? It's okay if the answer is no but I'm a) worried about that +5 bonus and b) feel that it makes thematic sense since we've been cleaning up Ironfang forward positions and taking credit for it would be central to the propaganda.
Okay so the Spread Propaganda action requires 100gp (easily afforded from the 600gp added by Thorek & Daria) and a DC20 Loyalty check for a success.
@GM before I roll would we be able to trade a Notoriety increase for a boost to the roll? It's okay if the answer is no but I'm a) worried about that +5 bonus and b) feel that it makes thematic sense since we've been cleaning up Ironfang forward positions and taking credit for it would be central to the propaganda.
That idea is intriguing. How about this?
You can get +2 on the roll in exchange for gaining 1d6 Notoriety, and you can stack this up to 3 times.
That seems very reasonable, I'd take all three to maximize our chances.
[dice=Loyalty]1d20+5+2+2+2[/dic]
Bit of a typo there, Thorek.
ugh, dang it.
barely! Glad we took the full notoriety boost
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The standard benefit of a successful Spread Propaganda mission during a Militia Turn is that the militia's reputation in the settlement improves by one step. This means that Longshadow is now Friendly to the Hemlock Harriers. The mechanical benefit of this is that the DCs of any Bluff, Diplomacy, and Intimidate checks attempted here are decreased by 2. Also, when operating out of a friendly settlement, during the Event Phase, we subtract 5 from the percentile roll to determine whether an event occurs.
However, I feel like we should also implement a special benefit related to the pending battle for Longshadow.
The siege of Longshadow operates across a number of turns that abstracts the course of the battle across two days. There are some turns that serve as intervals where you can essentially influence the morale of Longshadow's defenders. My thinking is that this successful mission can provide either a static +2 bonus on these checks or it gives you a free reroll on one of them.
Thank you GM! So I believe that completes our two defense prep + militia actions actions for this day. Should we move on to tomorrow?
Thank you GM! So I believe that completes our two defense prep + militia actions actions for this day. Should we move on to tomorrow?
Yes.
I'm trying to take an accounting of the invasion timeline, but I think I may have lost track of the passing of days at some point, so I could use some help checking my math.
Once you learn about the pending attack on Longshadow, it starts a 12 day timer until the Legion lays siege to the town. Here's my tally of your progress:
You used the first day traveling to Longshadow by air, then convincing Mayor Crawbert that the threat was real. You spent the second day attempting some readiness checks, some of which got sabotaged. You used the third day to track down the doppleganger infiltrators and the bugbear assassins. You used the fourth day to complete more readiness checks.
The fifth day was spent traveling to Navah's tower, exploring it, and identifying how to use the magic cloak to help alleviate her mental deterioration. You spent the night at her tower, helping her further in the morning, then returning to Longshadow.
From there, on the sixth day, you traveled to the Wyvern Scout camp, defeating them but losing Undari in the process. You spent the rest of the day returning to Longshadow by ground and sought out a local druid to cast the reincarnation spell. On the seventh day, Undari was reincarnated as Daria, then you set out to strike the munitions camp. On the eighth day, you struck the siege weapon camp, then returned to Longshadow to finish falsifying the Legion orders and complete both these readiness checks and the militia turn.
Thus, I believe we'll be starting the ninth day next. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Sounds right to me. I think the false orders may set back the timeline a bit if they succeed.
What other enemy camps do we know about?
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If your false orders fool the Legion's unit commanders, then the resulting deployment confusion delays the attack by 2 days. If your forgeries manage to fool the commander in charge of the offensive, then the attack is delayed by 4 days instead because she opts to radically redeploy her forces before beginning the invasion.
The last forward camp that you know about is the Warbeast Camp, where the Legion keeps and trains the monstrous creatures they plan to use as part of the assault.
Sounds like an assault for tomorrow…
Yup, taking out the Warbeast camp seems like a priority, but if we've got time to spare harassing that bigger vanguard group whose tracks we saw might be worthwhile.
And also, happy Thanksgiving if y'all are celebrating!
Hey everyone, I'm going to be traveling for work starting tomorrow through Sunday (the 4th), so my posting will be intermittent at best.
GM it got lost in my updating my character sheet which I really need to do again but I have the trait relating to the scar caused by fey. Its just something I've been waiting patiently to come up.