None of those treasure items are really grabbing me at the moment. I'll take cash. :-)
I don't think we should sell the Manual of Bodily Health +1 but instead use it (rare indeed). Now we all have even Constitution numbers so we can use it and that person will have to put a point in Con at level 16, assuming we make it. Anyone interested, besides Valgrim?
Ring of Force Shield and Wand of Major Image also out there. Anyone interested?
Vulcan took Headband of Charisma +6. He contributes his old Headband of Charisma +2 to party treasure. (Hope that is ok!)
Friar took Rod of Extend Metamagic.
Bubba took Whip of Fury.
Valgrim took the Cloak of Resistance +5.
He gives Friar his Cloak +2.
We sell Friar's old Cloak +1.
Please note party treasure and update your character sheets.
List updated:
Sale items to trustworthy sources in town (don't want these evil weapons landing in the wrong hands!):
4 +1 unholy bastard swords (36668 gp + 20 sp)
4 sets of +2 full plate (11,300 gp)
4 +1 heavy steel shields (2340 gp)
+3 Breastplate (4675 gp)
+4 unholy greatsword (36175 gp)
3 suits of full-plate (2250 gp)
3 +1 mithril breastplates (7800 gp)
3 +1 suits of full-plate (3975 gp)
3 MW greatswords (525 gp)
Shield of Arrow Deflection +2 (large steel) (8095 gp)
5300 gp
Jade statue of a green dragon (1,000 gp)
Black pearl (2,000 gp)
Diamond and platinum necklace (3,000 gp)
3 Paintings of Kuluth-Mar (2,000 gp each)= 6000 gp
Cloak of Resistance +1 (500 gp)
Headband of Charisma +2 (2000 gp)
Total = 133,603 gp, 20 sp
Individual Party share = 26,720.6 gp, 4 sp
Items still left to choose:
Ring of Force Shield (4250 gp)
Manual of Bodily Health +1 (13750 gp)
Wand of Major Image (23 charges) (2587.5 gp)
Valgrim doesn't want the Ring of Force Shield? I'm not sure off the top of my head if Bubba would have proficiency issues with it...
No, I guess I've been spoiled by Vug's Shield potions. I am assuming the +2 bonus is a Shield bonus, which would not stack with shields or shield spell. Am I wrong? And what about Manual? Interested?
Force Shield gives a shield bonus, but I don't think you need proficiency to use it, since it has neither armor check penalty nor arcane spell failure associated with it.
I'd use it if no one else wants, can always use an AC boost. And of course on putting in the +2 headband
It's yours Vulcan! Any takers on the wand? And how about the Manual?
I would be interested in the Manual or definitely the Ring of Force Shield. I just thought that it would be a natural fit for Valgrim first.
I would not get a lot of immediate benefit from the Manual... Actually, no, I think I will be spending my future ability bonuses elsewhere, so I withdraw my interest in the Manual.
Bubba, ring won't stack with your +1 shield. Best probably for Vulcan to take it since he doesn't use shields. Want the Wand?
As for Manual, everyone has spoken except for Friar. So I will put Manual on my sheet (won't change my stats in any meaningful way until 16th level).
After we sell the loot, Valgrim looks to spend his new found gold in the following manner:
Buy Belt of Mighty Constitution +4 (16,000)
Sell Belt of Incredible Dexterity +2 (2000)
Buy Ring of Counterspells (4000)
Buy 2 Potions of Fox Cunning (in case of future Maze spells) (800 gp)
Buy 3 Potions of Keen Weapon (2250 gp)
I'm good with Valgrim taking the Manual.
Now to figure out how to spend my loot!
Sure, I'll take the wand. I'd honestly forgotten about the shield. It would not stack, but the ring has a better AC. Go ahead and take it, Vulcan.
Finally working on my level-up.
Spending hero points for a hit point reroll:
EDIT:
Skills (8 pts + favored): Perception, Spellcraft, Perform (Percussion, Sing, Dance 2x), Knowledge (Religion, Arcana, History)
Versatile Performance (Percussion) - not my first choice, but looking at the other choices, they all duplicate something I already have - so Bubba's gonna get into drums.
Spells: Silence (2nd), Shadow Conjuration (4th), Resonating Word (5th)
Character sheet is not updated and I have not considered equipment yet.
Actually, Valgrim, if no one is interested in the shield of arrow deflection, that would give Bubba a +4 shield to AC, so I would be tempted to trade my shield for it. It is a light wooden shield +1 with fortification (light) and was priced at 4153 new according to my character builder. I didn't check those numbers.
OK, the character sheet should be up-to-date. Too late, I am realizing that I should have been allocating skill points differently. I have a lot of wasted points because of Versatile Performance. I've never had a bard at this high a level before.
Equipment will need to be investigated yet.
I don't want to cause problems with the math if everyone has already done their shopping based on the original total. I will pay the difference between the shield of arrow deflection's sale price and my light shield, so just go with the original number. What was that number, Valgrim?
Bubba, the shield of arrow deflection has a sale value of 8095 gp, but also note it is large-sized, so there might be issues with encumbrance or attack penalties. BT will let you know that.
Bubba is proficient with large shields, so there shouldn't be a problem.
Will look at shopping today.
Bubba, it's fine to take the Shield +2 of Arrow Deflection and drop in your Shield +1 of Light Fort. Okay, everybody modify your treasure share as follows:
New Total (share per member): 25,432.2 gp with 4 sp
Shopping:
Buy Belt of Mighty Constitution +4 (16,000)
Sell Belt of Incredible Dexterity +2 (2000)
Buy Ring of Counterspells (4000)
Buy 2 Potions of Fox Cunning (in case of future Maze spells) (800 gp)
Buy 3 Potions of Keen Weapon (2250 gp)
Buy Potion of Fly (750 gp)
Total = 21,800
Loot remaining: 3632.2 with 4 sp
Guess no one wants to go shopping, huh?
No time, sir. Besides, everything I've posted since Friday has disappeared.
I definitely want to buy some stuff. I'll get to it tomorrow.
Yeah I posted and it vanished, will do again later.
Purchases:
upgrade headband of intellect to +6 (20K)
add Undead Bane to bow (6K)
buy Valgrim's used belt of Dex +2 (2K)
Good purchases, Vug. Certified genius now with 25 Int, huh? I got the belt to boost Fort save and gets hps over 150, to nullify a power word stun, at least momentarily. Now need to buy a potion of remove blindness, since power word blind affects up to 200 hps.
By the way, I will be on vacation until January 29. See you then!
So far selling sorceror’s robe [2500)and getting Robe of Arcane Heritage (16,000)
Bubba and Friar? Any shopping to do? Or are we all waiting for Vug's return?
There's shopping to do, but too many irons in the fire. I only got as far as considering something to offset my wisdom modifier penalty.
Looking at the Necklace of Adaptation.
I'm assuming we sell back for half price, as usual, so I really can't afford to upgrade my Headband of Charisma. I could trade across for a +2 on all mental scores, which might not be bad even though it moves my Charisma down.
That would leave 10K or so for scrolls, potions, and wands - or adding Bane to the Rapier.
Bub, you can upgrade the Headband to +6 and pay 20K, like Vug did, and that leaves you 6K to play with.
Selling my 16K headband returns 8K, doesn't it?
Yeah, but you can keep it and pay to have it upgraded. It will take a little while but we can handwave that.
Oh! I had not considered that! In that case, I will upgrade it to a Headband of Mental Prowess (Charisma/Intelligence) +4 and ask the one doing the enhancing to associate the Appraise and Stealth skills with it.
That will consume 24000 gp and leave me with some change that I will figure out how to spend at a later date.
I'm ready to go to the city, just afraid we may have lost Friar. He's been gone from the game since 1/16.
That's very sad. I suggest that one of you bot Friar for now, and let's just hope he resurfaces. There aren't any great battles imminent, so I'd prefer to just give him some more time.
Well, I don't quite know what to do next.
I see four options: A) We press on and bot Feres for now. B) We recruit a replacement cleric C) We put the game on hiatus until we hear something from Feres D) We end the game here.
I'm honestly not happy with any of these options but right now I'm leaning towards C. The game seems to have slowed considerably the last month (as have the games I play in). Don't know if it's a busy time of year or something.
Would appreciate your input.
I am ready for option A, but I don't want to be the only one here. This is my favorite PbP and don't want to see it end, but I guess it depends on the rest of the crew.
I also vote for option (A).
My posting slowed down a while back after my work tightened up their internet policy. Sorry about that, folks.
Thank you. I think we'll press on. Just feeling a bit tired at the moment. But as long as there are interested players, we will go on.
So let's say Feres Wind Walks you to the vicinity of Maskholm and take it from there.
Sounds good. Hopefully, Bubba is around.
He is, but posting at work is non-existent currently and I don't seem to have much time when I'm not at work.
As a GM of an 2+ year old AoW game here I too hope you press on!
Yup Option A works for me.
Treasure:
20 leather bags, each containing 1,000 gp = 20000gp
A leather bag containing 1,000 pp = 5000gp
9 leather bags each containing 2,000 gp in assorted gems = 18000gp
Total: 43,000gp
10 potions of cure moderate wounds
10 potions of undetectable alignment
10 potions of nondetection
10 elixirs of truth
Magical treasure to divide/sell:
Ring of evasion
Rod of flame extinguishing
Wand of lightning bolt (23 charges, caster level 8th)
Wand of haste (19 charges)
Belt of Dwarvenkind
Cloak of Arachnida
Harp of charming
4 beads of force
Friar would like the Belt of Dwarvenkind to get +2 Con, darkvision and bonus on saves vs spells and put his Belt of Mighty Con +2 into the pile.
Valgrim does not want any of the magical treasure.
Vug wouldn't mind the ring of evasion.
Who would be able to use the wand of lightning bolt? Bubba and Vulcan? The wand of haste would be redundant, but if Bubba was incapacitated, Vulcan could lay some haste on the party as a backup.
Friar is welcome to the belt as far as Bubba is concerned. I need to look up the Cloak and the Harp before I say anything about them.
Bubba won't argue about Vug getting the Ring.