was AFK for 2 weeks on family vaca....back now and yes Im in
Yayy, Del is back, giving you a chance to chime in on the current situation.
I have embarked on my annual autumn excursion to Someplace Else(TM) and so my availability and access may not be what they generally are. It looks like I should be able to post in the evenings, but can make no guarantees, so please feel free to bot Miyaro as necessary.
I should be able to resume normal activity after the 17th.
just an update post here.
I have been off-line for a couple of days. had pneumonia real bad. almost bed ridden.
fever finally broke today after almost 4 days over 101F (38.33C for our non-american friends)
still a little light headed from the medications to reduce the fluid in my right lung.
Yikes. I hope you are on the mend!
Olde school......nice!
So.... in happier news. We're expecting our second child this Friday so I'm probably not going to be posting anything substantial for a while after!
yayy for Felix.
on my side, I am finally getting done my night shift ad will have more time for posting.
just not sure if I get done Thursday or Friday but definitely this week.
working 72 hours each week is really more draining than I had hoped.
Things are good on my end. Mom and baby doing well and I should be able to get a bit more free time Mondayish? Definitely by first week of December. Will try and catch up and post here and there.
the xp tracker in the campaign tab is updated
you all should be at 6330 xp now.
no leveling yet.
As a bit of advanced warning, it's that time of the semester when my posting may become very sporadic. I need to bury myself deep in my studies to wrap things up and survive the final. I will try to check in on a daily basis, but I make no promises. Well, I make one promise: I will be back.
its ok Miya.
Btw today is December 3rd 2016, and its been 3 years, 126 days since I had to use Calculus in the real world....
ok here are some clues about the map....
the key with this are the dates.
1. they are not typical Pathfinder setting dates.
2. you will have to refer to the following two pictures that I believe I gave out. (but to make it easier I will post them both here again)
picture 2 - the grave where you exhumed the body
more info can probably be obtained by talking to Veoden but you guys are looking for the possible location of Arowain as well as the mysterious Star metal.
Well harvest 18, 738 is a date (I assume) mentioned both places
You are correct... that is a date.
Pretty much back. Thanks for holding my spot.
The only thing I can particularly think of is that we could possibly find out when Dairoo was born/died in our date system to get two points of reference. But I don't really think that's likely to help us since I'm still not sure why we'd care about dates on a map.
Well our goal is to find the missing uncle and also thwart the crazy evil lady who has a part of this document.
I think we should go and talk to Veoden. Might point us in the right direction.
I know it really makes no sense at this point as this was originally written for a different campaign setting and this part did not convert well.
the keep to this the matching dates are supposed to be a clue to show where the next destination should be.
but that does not mean you cannot check out the other locations.
the common denominator in all of this:
Daresh is after this "starmetal" from a fallen metor
Arowain is a master Alchemist that has the secrets to make a powerful magic item that uses this "starmetal"
Daresh has most likely kidnapped or hired Arowain to make this magic item for her.
the map was supposed to give the location of the fallen meteor that most likely has a supply of starmetal.
this is why Daresh was so interested in the map.
there will be parts that may make no sense, so just go with it for story purposes.
As far as Felix is concerned, he's worried about the crazy evil Daresh and also wants to know where Arowain is.
Is it a good idea to start visiting the locations in pretty much any order? Maybe Veoden can give some hints as to what is at each location so we can go to a more level 3 appropriate location first?
I can say that much of this adventure is not level appropriate. some will be very hard and some will be super easy. the placement goes with what will make sense for the area and the creatures in the area.
I can say that the party that I GM'd this for table top fell into the "this will be easy" trap and almost had a TPK
Oh, so we already know what the locations, are and it's just a question of what order to visit them in?
Going strictly by year, all but 1 locations are marked with dates before the current one. If we go in decreasing year, that would make the next location the one with a 725 year (maybe the 1 location after is the island we were just at?). But if we're also supposed to account for the month and day, things are less clear. Some of the months seem pretty related to seasons (e.g. "renewal" or "replanting" seem like spring-related things), but it's not really clear what order they might go in.
Any knowledge skills relevant to knowing what these places are and what we'll find there?
no real knowledge areas. just have to do a little metagaming here.
the dates don't match the Pathfinder setting at all.
I never was good with calanders in any game setting for that matter.
Anyway, if it makes things easier.... ignore the dates except for the one that matched the gravesite.
Sounds good to me. Let's be prepared to bravely run away if we need to I guess.
Sounds good
So I've decided to do something pretty dumb guys!
Throwing my hat into the GMing ring for at least a test run.
Any advice would be appreciated on how I do.
So I've decided to do something pretty dumb guys!
Throwing my hat into the GMing ring for at least a test run.Any advice would be appreciated on how I do.
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The things from that that I'd call out specifically are
1) Use block initiative
2) Sometimes roll things for the players. Like initiative and possibly saves (or else, as DH suggests, spoiler the results for a failed save if you want you players to roll themselves).
Not sure if it's specifically called out there, but I've found it useful to set a time limit on posting while in combat, just be up front about it if you go that route. What I generally tell players is that if they haven't responded within 24 hours of their turn coming up, I get to bot them for that round.
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3) it's better to say "yes but" than "no"
Like "yes you can fit into the sewer gate, but I'm going to need you to roll a fort save, and a know local, to guess how the sewers matched up the map you had
4) the DM is also supposed to have fun
5) if you are having difficulty dazzling us with brilliance, baffle us with bullshit
Improvisation is vital
So I've decided to do something pretty dumb guys!
Throwing my hat into the GMing ring for at least a test run.Any advice would be appreciated on how I do.
I may be able to help with combat maps. the one I use here is pretty simple to use.
Dungeongrid does look pretty good and easy to use. Might get your help to experiment.
We're heading for the last spot on the map aren't we?
Will get things going tonight
Happy holidays everyone!
So where are we going guys? :)
The one with the date matching his death date
That's my thought, as well.
ok all, was just waiting for a decision as to where you wanted to go. So it looks like into goblin territory then.
Happy New Year!
Merry New Year!!
Happy New Year, everybody!