The Legacy of Marianasu - DM Downrightamazed

Game Master downrightamazed

Hahahaa, whoops! Spoke too soon. What I get for checking OOC before IC.

Mai and Livain, you're live again, so fire away when ready.

Min, where are you at with your adjustments to the Dragonrider class? I'm picking up the adjusted PDF finally and was wondering if you were still gonna go through with your rebuild...

Sir Damian Lamorak, Knight of the Order of the Silver Flame, Leader of the Skyknights, Blessed by the Inheritor, Destroyers of the Abominations of Marianasu and Slayers of the Devil Villicent will be unavailable from July 10th to 22nd because I will be gone to Norway. Feel free to DMPC until I return!

Sorry haven't been receiving my rss feeds on updates to the ooc.... Hmmmmm...

My rebuild has slowed to crawl since the little man was born, been making some tables and made a little headway but the dragon steeds have been consuming quite a bit of time. I'm using a lot of what they had with the class before but adding some more flare to it and changing parts of it to make the class a little more balanced with the additions.

Hopefully I can get something up soon but I will rework my character with the current Dragonrider revision so he's ready to roll with your adventure and I will post my rebuild in the OOC for comparison. Hopefully I don't slow things down >.<;

Btw! Welcome back Mai and Liv. Good to see you have returned. I too have just got my Ultimate magic book and it has me thinking... Oh yes I have much to think about.

HAVE A GREAT TRIP DAMIAN! Don't do anything to crazy!! ;D

Buy Clothing for Min (silly I know, if there is something special out there it would be fun RP if not I can just deduct the amount for a clothing kit from the PF books.

Buy Set of armor for Damian's Squire to further the lads training and to provide him with more protection when they return to Izmir.

Sell Livain's old bow, the +1 (+3 Str) Mighty comp longbow, unless someone wants it. @ 50% cost (I don't know what magic items usual re-sell for~ =/) its worth 1350gp I think...

Buy Get a proper Identify performed on the Power Orb.

Pay for an Appraiser to Appraise the non-magical Blood Pearl's we found.

Locate and get prices on some wands of CMW and CLW or other useful healing items.

Find if there is a market for Enhathladi weapons.

This is my current list of things to do with Lin, if there is anything else we can add it here in the OOC and that way we can keep rolling forward and have stuff planned out. =) As much as it sounds kinda bad to have Lin as an Errand girl of sorts, Min will have his fair share of stuff to do as well in time.

I'm only using the money that Min has on his person (16 gp WOO! ~Paid one to the tradesmen for his valuable info~) and what we have salvaged so far from our enemies and excess gear. That is why some of the items above are purely on a maybe basis since money is somewhat tight...

I have the loot sheet up to date and the link is located in my character sheet for anyone who wants to peruse what we have before I start selling off meaningless gear.

Place all claims in the OOC and I will remove or at least flag who has what in the spreadsheet if its an item of importance. If their is anything you want to sell let me know and I will add it to the sheet and figure out its cost at 50% resale value.

If possible, Damian will try to procure a flying mount for Brook. An egg, from which he can raise it, would be ideal.

That is totally righteous! Excellent Idea Sir Damian =). "Happy Birthday Brook!" Boy receives a griffon egg xD! We have too much fun with RP in this Pbp... Which rocks btw =)

So now we have:

Lin, Min and general party stuff

Buy Clothing for Min (silly I know, if there is something special out there it would be fun RP if not I can just deduct the amount for a clothing kit from the PF books.

Buy Set of armor for Damian's Squire to further the lads training and to provide him with more protection when they return to Izmir.

Sell Livain's old bow, the +1 (+3 Str) Mighty comp longbow, unless someone wants it. @ 50% cost (I don't know what magic items usual re-sell for~ =/) its worth 1350gp I think...

Buy Get a proper Identify performed on the Power Orb.

Pay for an Appraiser to Appraise the non-magical Blood Pearl's we found.

Locate and get prices on some wands of CMW and CLW or other useful healing items.

Find if there is a market for Enhathladi weapons.

Sir Damian's Wants

Locate and buy/get pricing from an animal trainer about eggs or offspring from flying creatures. (it'll be expensive but i'm sure we can manage) ;D

@ Belsarious: True, thats what I get for metagame thinking, thanks for the reality check ^^;; my bad lol. I have to break some of the bad habits I have >.<;

@ Mai: well because bad guys don't carry goodly blades, that would make it too easy ;D

I'm hoping the cost to destroy these swords will be relatively low and theres no way in Hell thati'm going to break these myself.

Not to worry....

I have a good feeling about this......

You do? Man, I must not be doing my job, then.

@Dolo: After these Abominations are dealt with, the party is really gonna need the assistance of their head researcher. Will you be able to pick up your posting rate, or at least density?

DRA I leave to you the choosing Servais' (aka Maiathreen's blackblade) purpose/mission. That way you can use it as a plot hook or what ever. I'll keep up with the day-to-day rping though. You can also choose to let Mai know or keep it a secret.

Each blackblade has a mission and while sometimes two or more black blades will work in concert, each mission is singular in purpose ( the black blade’s mission is usually up to the GM and the needs of the campaign or the adventure, or a GM can determine the weapon’ s purpose randomly using Table: Intelligent Item Purpose ). Some black blades are very open about their missions, but most are secretive. Certain sages have speculated that an invisible hand or arcane purpose moves these weapons.

Hey all!

Just wanted to say how Awesome it was to read the bits about our group here in this thread.

It's like we're kinda famous or something! ; )

I know it was a while ago for you guys, but, now that I'm back in Canada and have regular net access again, I finally have the time to catch up on reading DRA's other PbP related games.

And way to give it to them damn Wolfguards! The stinkers! lol
Although, unless I missed it,whatever happened with the unconscious one you had?

Anyway, with the druid's involvement with Cassandra, it looks like our group will be meeting up with their group sometime too. Cool! : D

He's still a prisoner. We had a bit of a lull, so we didn't get to focus on him a lot, but I'm sure we'll get the chance before we leave him with DRA's RL groups.

DRA I leave to you the choosing Servais' (aka Maiathreen's blackblade) purpose/mission. That way you can use it as a plot hook or what ever. I'll keep up with the day-to-day rping though. You can also choose to let Mai know or keep it a secret.

D20pfsrd wrote:

Each blackblade has a mission and while sometimes two or more black blades will work in concert, each mission is singular in purpose ( the black blade’s mission is usually up to the GM and the needs of the campaign or the adventure, or a GM can determine the weapon’ s purpose randomly using Table: Intelligent Item Purpose ). Some black blades are very open about their missions, but most are secretive. Certain sages have speculated that an invisible hand or arcane purpose moves these weapons.

I've been thinking about this since you posted and I think it's gonna be a bit of both. I'll play it out in the IC thread, but I'll give you a spoiler for the bits that you just know and then let the rest come out in time.

Hey gang, just a thought I'm putting out there. I don't know if anyone knows what has happened to Dolo's player? Of course we would all love the lovable (if a bit bookish ; )Gnome to come back, but it's been close to a month since they last posted I think.

So, if you all were at all were amenable, I would be very willing to play as Dolo until Kalderaan is able to make it back, or, if it seems they will not be back, to take over permanently.

An alternative to this, if you'd like to leave things open to Dolo coming back whenever, would be that I play a temporary PC, which I'd be happy to do, to help shore up the hole Dolo's absence makes. I would then of course bow out whenever Dolo & Glor are able to come back on the scene.

If this sounds good to everyone, let me know, and let me know which option might work best, if at all.

And again, no slight on Kalderaan meant in any way! I really hope they make it back cuz Dolo added something very special to this game. Just saying in case they're not coming back, or until they do.

I'm certainly open to the idea, but I'll let the others speak up before I say anything more, or more definitive. I know Min has been in touch with Dolo on a different board, so maybe he knows more. I would like to have someone running Dolo or a Dolo-ish character, and more heavy-RP'ers are always welcome to add to the existing awesome crew we have here.

For anyone wishing to check up, you can see Khaladon's postings as Jorzan in my Seer's Journey game beginning here. I'm sure he's got others he can link to if y'want to scope him out. :-)

I just want to know if Khaladon gets in is Dolo out for good, or if Dolo comes back what do we do?

To be honest he was supposed to be back a week or so ago from his business trip and he posted that he had returned but he hasn't been posting even in the Rpol community. So i'm open to giving somebody a shoot and if he comes back we will deal with it then. =D

I did the same thing over on Mists of War with Kyras.

I was wondering how you were suddenly in more then one of DRA's games ;D although I would be too given the chance! xD

Well, seems we've heard from everybody except Livain (and Lin ; ) but is it safe to assume that they'll be agreeing with their respective partners?

If so, I can copy and post up a copy of Dolo's character, or else come up with another scholar type character, whatever the group prefers. I want to just state clearly right now though that I will very willingly step aside if and/or when Dolo comes back. (Not that I would be averse to there being some way for me to stay in the game as well though ; )

So, Dolo copy? Or Dolo-ish? xD

Min and Lin always agree ;) although I don't mind if you play as Dolo or your own creation =) that's not my choice to make lol. I say make your own and run with it ;D

Thanks for weighing in, everybody, I appreciate it, and thanks Khaladon for offering to step in. :-)

Okay, Khaladon, you're in, feel free to start posting as soon as you are ready. Since it's only been a couple weeks and he may yet return, it'll probably be smarter if you make a character who is Dolo-ish, i.e., a "traditional" scholar, and someone attached to one of the major universities; U of Stormfare, U of Lesotho, U of Dambullah, U of Mamban, U of Izmir, U of Lanzhu. I can of course give you more info about the cities if you want it.

Race/Class is up to you, but you will need to be able to fly. It is a requirement for this group. Lemme know if you've further questions, and then we'll arrange an intro in Manaus if you can be ready quickly enough; the group is only there through the dawn in game time.

I can't wait to return to Izmir and fight the beseiging army. The fights at the beginning were the best part of the campaign so far. Can't wait to reacquaint myself with that ancient red.

I can't wait to break through the enemy lines without the assistance of the Air Calvary ;D. That is going to be a bloody fight!

Ok, cool, I'll get right on it. I don't know much about any of the cities other than Stormfare and Izmir, and I don't think I have ever heard any mention at all of the University's of Dambaullah or Lanzhu, so I don't really have any preference. At the moment though I'm leaning toward Lesotho or Izmir. I had in idea that the scholar could have been sent with in important message for Dolo, something along the lines of "I regret to inform you have a dire family emergency, your presence is absolutely needed asap. I have been sent to serve in your stead, until such time as you are able to return."

For the character, I believe I am going to go with a female Magus, I was thinking to play a Sylph, if they exist in your world and/or you will allow them, if not, I'll make her human (as both the humans and the girls are outnumbered in this game ; )

I've begun creating her but does anyone have the link for the original creation post rules for this game? Or recall what they are?

They other issue is the flying. Is it possible to just buy a flying mount? If so, what are all the options? I briefly considered a flying carpet but it doesn't move fast enough.

If I can get that info, I'll have her finished by tonight cuz I can't wait to get in this thread!

Flying carpet has a speed of 40 feet. That's nothing to scoff at as too slow. Lin's speed is only 30 feet.

The character creation rules are the same as seers, with the addition of the flying requirement.

Nevermind, found it (but thank Mai). Here go the stat rolls.

1d3 + 15 ⇒ (1) + 15 = 16
1d3 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17
1d10 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
1d10 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
4d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 1, 5) = 10=9 (dropped)
4d6 ⇒ (1, 6, 2, 6) = 15=14
4d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 1, 3) = 13=12

Comes out to 16, 13, 14, 17, 12, 11. I can live with that.

More to come.

Flying carpet has a speed of 40 feet. That's nothing to scoff at as too slow. Lin's speed is only 30 feet.

Oh really? Thank you, I hadn't known Lin was that 'slow'. (Kind of strange to imagine a dragon only flying as fast as most people can walk, no? ; ) Only problem now is that I had been thinking the flying carpet route when I was tinkering with the idea of running an artificer. Don't think a Magus can afford one at this level....: \

Right now I'm looking at the Hippogriff, or perhaps a Pegasus (if possible? But how much do they cost?) but even with barding I'm not sure how such mounts would hold up to the kind of combat this group regularly faces.

How did Damian end up with a Griffon? And how were you able to change it's feats and up the AC to 21 from it's normal 17? (I'm assuming with barding as well, but didn't notice it on the sheet so just thought I'd ask in case I'm missing something useful)

EDIT: Oh wow! Just found the Dragon Horse! [drools]. Oh pretty, pretty please oh great and good DM!! lol j/k, don't worry, I'm not holding my breath. That sweet mount is pretty much a PC all on it's own! ^-^

I believe Keythan is Damian's cavalier mount so that might be the extra feats and stuff. Also a hippogriph is 500 gold not to bad with a 20000 gold limit.

We played rather fast and loose with the mount rules.

I believe Keythan is Damian's cavalier mount so that might be the extra feats and stuff. Also a hippogriph is 500 gold not to bad with a 20000 gold limit.

Ya, that's what first attracted me, the affordability. It's the survivability of one I'm a bit concerned about ; )

Hmmm, also found the Ercinee Still too much?

We played rather fast and loose with the mount rules.

Oh?? Well then, any of those mounts I mentioned would be cool with me, so I'm happy to go with whatever our good DM thinks is fair. It could even be 'on loan' from the university (or Captain Merit or whoever) while I'm helping fill in for Dolo.

Meanwhile, getting back to finishing up Aylaeth Brely'an

If I ever can find the time to finish my revamp the speed on my dragon will change. But yes 30ft speed is rather.... sad. I can't outrun an archer, if he has the shot on the run feats i'm totally pawned lol. But as Damian said we play kinda loose with the mount rules, although I do hold myself to the speed rules on Lin. I am looking forward to what you come up with. ^.^

EDIT 1: Nice Name btw!

Ah Crap! We already Have a Magus! Dang it! Sorry Mai, I totally didn't realize. And I was almost done too...- _-

Well, I gotta stop for now. But I can get back to the drawing board and come up with something else later on.

Any other suggestions anyone?

@Min: Thanks! Names seem to come easy to me. Kinda feels like the PC just whispers them in my ear ; ) Looking forward to seeing the new and improved Min whenever you get the time.

@Khaladon: Sylphs are fine, and I personally have no problem with there being multiple magi in the party, so I'll leave that up to you. As for your mount, the more creative the better as long as there are mechanics to back it up, and as long as you can afford it.

Also, start at 7th level, since that's what this party is at. (Pardon my participle, there.)

Lessee, what else. Oh yeah; being a scholar from Izmir is just fine, but then you would have to be a divine scholar. There are no arcanists in Izmir, just as there are no women. Well, there are exceptions to both those rules, but being a female arcanist from Izmir is basically impossible in the Explored Land.

HOWEVER! A female arcanist from Lesotho is completely possible, and in fact common, so that would be a fine choice. Lesotho is a city sacred to Abadar, and protected by the great Na-Selene, an ancient and powerful female silver dragon, widely believed to be the greatest military mind in the entire Land. As such, soldiers of Lesotho are often seen assisting in various battles, and every academic expedition has a cadre of troops along with for safety.

Also, much as Izmir has a dearth of women, there are very few men in Lesotho...

I'm working on transfering over the Dragon Companion table I made up. Been reading books like Dragonriders of Pern, Dragonlance, Some DnD books and watching movies on/about dragonriders. I want to make something balance and interesting to play as.

I picture Dragonriders being more mystical then combat types. Like Eragon relied more on his magic then his ability to fight, he was no slouch when it came to combat but he was no Sir Damian thats for sure. ;D

Then Fjorn, from Dragonriders of Pern, was much the same way. On Dragonback the man was a beast, but on foot he was more vulnerable. He was still a decent fighter in some respects but same thing as Eragon.

Then Dragonlance ~ Classic! ~ Same thing in a sense except they had their special lances as well and other bonuses that made them airborn killers. ;)

Eventually I will have everything up so people can view and critique. I'm cool with constructive criticism.

Hopefully I can get something posted today but i'm working 16hrs a day as of late and i've rolled back and forth between day and night shift as well. Its been murder for me this hitch at work. >.<; BUT i'm heading home today so I might have some time~

I'm fine with you going with a magus. And besides with all of the new archetypes its hard to step on someone's toes. Unless of course you go bladebound but even then I don't care.

Hmmm, well ok. As long as my or the rest of the party don't mind another Magus I may just keep her as is. But I'm also ok, switching her up if anyone feels that would be best.

As for mounts, here is what I am thinking. I would have loved to go with the Dragonne but it still seemed a bit too powerful (and therefore Expensive!) to me so I decided to go with the powered up pegasus version, the mighty heroic stallion. ( I did fudge a bit and bump up the HD by one too ; ). Then, just for fun, I added the Celestial template as well. This is how I'm figuring the cost, but please correct any mistakes anywhere in this whole thing.

I'll include in the back story that a very young Aylaeth and very special Pegasi egg were found together, so that's 2,000, then, say add another 2,000 for it being both a heroic egg and celestial. Then 1,000 more for the training. Comes to 5,000 even. Does that seem to work? No problem changing it if it doesn't.

As for Aylaeth I went with the Staff Magus archetype, which should be suitably different from Mai. Will have her sheet posted soon.

As for the medallion given to Dolo and Damian, I basically just thought it might be a convenient plot device to allow Dolo to find the group, or vice versa, once/if he gets back. Here's a rough write up of it

(what do you guys think of that item? Any good? Again, wasn't trying to do a 'proper' write up of it.

PS@DRA: DRA would you mind giving me some info on Lesotho so I can get an even better idea of Aylaeth's background?

Ok! Still not 100% done, but, for the most part, I present you Aylaeth Brely'and Tora'an.

And man I LOVE this class and the archetype! And with the spinning, electrified, flame burst quarterstaff in one hand and casting a spell with the others...man, am I the only one thinkin' 'Freakin Jedi Knight!'
: D

Note to self-Stuff to do:
Familiar
Backstory etc.
Gear and rest of stuff
Double check

No the jedi thing has gone through my head as well.

No the jedi thing has gone through my head as well.

Lol ya, eh? And hey Mai, it's certainly possible I'm wrong, but aren't you missing an Arcana? Cuz it says "As he gains levels, a magus learns arcane secrets tailored to his specific way of blending martial puissance and magical skill. Starting at 3rd level, a magus gains one magus arcana. He gains an additional magus arcana for every three levels of magus attained after 3rd level. Unless specifically noted in a magus arcana’s description, a magus cannot select a particular magus arcana more than once. Magus arcana that affect spells can only be used to modify spells from the magus spell list unless otherwise noted."

And we're 7th now...

The Black Blade archetype gets no arcana at 3rd level.

What Damian said. Getting my blackblade replaces my level 3 arcana.

EDIT: Can't complain though, I get al sorts of goodies along with the blackblade. One of my favorites is unbreakable. And that it increases in power over time.

Nice entrance btw Khaladon =D. I don't mind a wall of text. In fact i'm a culprit of that myself -.- I need to try and be more concise. But for you it was warranted. xD There is no way an entrance like that can be explained in only a few sentences!

Sorry to place this note here guys but this is the only way I know of to get a hold of Belsarious lol xD

@Belsarious Are you still in for the Rpol community? Or have you dropped Uriawa? Just wondering bro =) and by the way i think Uriawa is a neat character and i'm not personally mad at you lol that was just Alastair getting a little miffed. ;D

But they may delete your character if you don't come back =/. Just thought i'd warn you. Also no sign of Luckbender in Rpol still =/

Ah, I see, missed that, my bad.

And ya, the blackblade is awesome Mai! And will just keep getting awesomer. ; ) I'm also hoping there might be some interesting RP interaction, perhaps even a slight sense of competition, between Servais and Aylaeth's familiar, Ada'an. xD

And thanks min! Ya that was fun. And, while I also totally love being in the other game, I can't tell you how thrilled I am to be in this RP heavy one as well. (So please don't tone down your writing on my account, I think it's great! : )

@DRA: Ok, Alya's pretty much done. Only thing is adding a few more items, but I'm kinda waiting till your approval of my cost price for the pegasus before I do that. Oh and also if I get more info on Lesotho I may expand her background/history to hopefully give you more plot hooks. (Already there could be extended members of her family or whoever the egg was originally being stolen for coming back for what 'rightfully theirs'...but you're the master of the plot, I'm just throwing it out there.

Oh and also, to make up for the lack of magus Knowledge skills I was musing on this...what would you think of the 'perfect memory' quality of Aylaeth's familiar allowing her to either have a bonus on Knowledge checks and/or allowing her to use her own mod even with untrained knowledge skills? That sound like it might work?

@Khaladon: pegasus is fine by me, as long as the crunch is legit.

As for Lesotho, it is a walled city, a center of commerce and learning and law, which is perhaps obvious given it is sacred to Abadar. Na-Selene is indeed a great military commander but also the protector and prefect of the city, much like Van-Galazzan in Stormfare, whom you met as Jorzan, or Na-Calanon in Izmir, whom the others have met, and you will meet if you survive the blockade run. ;-)

The leader of the armies of Lesotho, basically the equivalent of Korius Merit in that part of the Land, is Illuminata Vittoria, whose name basically means "Victorious Light". Her paladins and warriors are a well-organized and effective fighting force. It is largely by their efforts that Mamban has not yet been touched by war, and that the current siege on H'arun has not yet taken that city, and the trade routes from there up into the northlands remain open. She is the only non-Warbanian who was allowed to train in the city of Warbane, the whole circumstances of which have never been disclosed.

The city is orderly, well-lit, well-funded, and heavily populated. It is second only to Mamban in total population and population density. The University of the Scales is a major employer and teaches every possible discipline you could imagine, mounting frequent academic expeditions all over the land in its quest for learning and truth. Lesothan lawyers are sought after all over the Land, as are her botanists and alchemists.

The topography of the city is uncomplicated; things are mostly laid out in a grid, there are numerous marketplaces, and not a lot of hills. Travel is easy, business is good, and crime is low. The weather is often sunny and the growing season is long in the surrounding farm fields. Unlike Lesotho's sister city of Izmir, there are both Arcanists and Divine casters in the Universities and magic schools in the Walled City. It is a very popular place to live, and generally a beautiful city.

Representatives from all five Houses of Mamban (even House del Corranus!) have offices in Lesotho, and the City Council in Lesotho is elected by popular vote, with occasional appointments or tie-breakers from Na-Selene when necessary. Lesotho is generally on good terms with all other cities, though ties with Mamban sometimes get strained for reasons that are never clear to Mambani bureaucrats.

The following is what is still left from the warbanian and perhaps we can split them accordingly so I don't feel like a hog. xD

Arrows left from the Warbanians -

19x Puncturing arrows/woodpecker fletching
19x Razortusk Arrows/redwing blackbird fletching
50x Masterwork Arrows/sparrow fletching
8x Backbarb Arrows/cedar waxwing fletching
1x Flamestrike Arrows/cardinal fletching

New Arrows -
Tier-three flamestrike arrows: 6
Hold arrows: 12

I don't know how many of the arrows you guys received back from that scout are left, I wasn't keeping track of your guy stuff. ;D