Dragoncat, how's the character coming? We'll probably be in port in not too long, so it'd be easy to introduce you then!
All: I may try to find a fifth if I can...five seems to work better for consistent posting when it comes to PBP than 4 does...
that would be great, Norv... go for it!
Sure! I wouldn't mind!
Got the stats & skills worked out. Now I just need to buy her gear and I'll be ready to go.
4500 GP, you said?
That seems like it should be in line with what the others (will) have, yes. :)
I'll get a Gameplay up tonight, folks--on my phone at the moment and I need one of the AP books to proceed.
Well, Jaina's all set up and ready to go. :)
Nice! Can't wait for you to join!
What would happen if a fire humanoid drops into the water...? :)
Steam, followed by cursing and perhaps a punch.
she'd get wet?
About Alabaster...haven't quite come up with something for him yet, so I'm banking on having a good idea by the time we get to Bloodcove. :P
Dragoncat, at a glance Jaina looks good...I can't quite figure out her ability scores, can you walk me through how you came up with them? I'm guessing I'm just doing the math wrong but they're not working out to 25 point buy for me.
Otherwise looks good! Let's figure out how to introduce you in Bloodcove.
Actually, I think I got Jaina's point-buy a bit wrong. She was originally built with a weird point-buy (blame the first GM I made her for), and I included the 1 Attribute Point increase at 4th level.
Should be fixed now.
Yep, looks all good now! Only thing I caught is that I think your Reflex save should be +7 instead of +6? (4 base, 3 DEX)
Otherwise, looks good! Welcome to the game. Now just to figure out what you're doing in Bloodcove and why you're looking to leave. :)
I've reached out to one other player, so hopefully they get back to me soon.
Norv, what was Sandara's tricorn hat worth?
It'll be of use if i know what budget i have left, from the wealth - her hat and 105gp worth of items.
Sandara's hat is a Besmara's Tricorne, which is worth a lot more than I realized: 2,600 gp!
Welcome to Bloodcove! A good place to sell your loot and find new crew members...
Also, I think I've found us a fifth character: an oracle! Just waiting to see the updated character sheet, and then they'll be joining.
Hi all. Oracle reporting in. Character sheet is updated and under the alias. I look forward to meeting and playing with you.
I have tailored the character a little backing off on some things that made her more ideal for captain and is now more idea for first mate and or seine engine operation. She is not really focused on that though. I have also chosen some spells that allows her to do more buffing and healing/removing of ability damage.
A small board...i play in a game, i see my GM alias.
I play here, and i now see my witch. :)
Greetings Diana.
Welcome Diana!
..and Isaac looks like my retired scythe tank. ;)
Hello Diana. :)
...how do you have +40 to Knowledge (Religion)?
I hadn't looked, so label me curious too.
Er, obviously I do not. I posted here and then realized while my Herolab character was updated, my alias was not. I am updating now. That should be a 4. Int 11 here. What we need is an auto-update for aliases from Herolab. :)
Hi Diana, nice to meet you!
Huzzah! Hello officially, Diana! Glad you were able to join us; we'll get you and Jaina on the team in Bloodcove. :)
No worries about hopping in, Diana--I was about to PM you to see if you had an idea as to how to work you in myself!
Both Diana and Jaina have the beginnings of introductions in Gameplay now--go nuts! ;)
Huh. Well now you prompted ME to look up "sardonic" in the dictionary, and it's definition isn't quite what I thought it was. Nothing about disapproval intended...sorry about that!
Perhaps, "wry, witty, amused/knowing" would be a better description?
Yes. :)
Well good. That's what I meant! :P
Had a busy day today. I'll post in the morning--it'll give me time to think of a good introductory post for Jaina. :)
You guys are welcome to roleplay/discuss things in the Witchlight for as long as you want--take time time to get to know each other, etc. :)
When you feel ready to move on, keep in mind that there are a number of actions people can normally take in port, each of which takes one person roughly a day (or in the case of today, the rest of a day) to complete:
- selling plunder
- shopping for magic items/equipment or selling the same
- boosting Infamy/Disrepute
- recruiting crew
Obviously you may have more things you want to do...just wanted to remind you of those options! See the Campaign Bible for more details.
Hmm. I've no plunder and do not need to shop since I have just spent my starting gold. Not being yet part of the crew I don't feel authorized to recruit crew. That leaves Boosting Infamy/Disrepute.
Hey, I will be out of town this weekend starting tomorrow morning and will have limited access to my computer for posting until next Tuesday. Going to Dragon Con. :)
As far as what rolls to use for what (Arhiel was wondering about Diplomacy) it pretty much breaks down to:
- selling plunder = Diplomacy, Bluff, Intimidate, or Profession
- Infamy Checks = Bluff, Perform, or Intimidate
- Recruit crew = Bluff, Diplomacy, or Intimidate
Buying and selling magical gear works just as it normally would, no check needed. Note that when selling plunder, the size of the settlement you're selling it in also comes into play, so there are maximum prices you may run up against.
Sorry for not posting yet. I'm going to work on a post. Just to add my two coppers, whenever we sell plunder, we need to use plunder to pay our crew.
Just so you know, I will be at Strategicon all weekend (Friday-Monday evening). Probably won't be home til late Monday. I will try to keep up with posts via phone and computer at the hotel, but I will be mega-busy at the con, so no guarantees. Please bot my character as necessary to keep the game flowing... Thanks, and sorry in advance for my absence.
Oh, it's no problem. Have a good time!
Have a good time, Arhiel!
Funny story--I'm going out of town for the weekend as well! My partner and I are headed up to Maine, and will be getting back on Monday night. I don't imagine I'll have too much access to internet there, so things may be quiet here for a bit.
If possible, I'd suggest using this time to finish the getting-to-know-you roleplay and figure out what everyone wants to do in port. Remember that most actions take a person a full day each, so right now we've committed to two days (I'll count the end of the day in which Jaina and Diana came on board as a "full day").
Have a good holiday weekend, everyone in the US! (Have a good weekend in general, for those elsewhere!)
I am back and beginning to catch up.
me too!
Hey gang! I just made it back last night and am fighting off a cold I picked up on vacation, so apologies for my absence. Looks like it allowed a few more posts to percolate, so not a terrible thing. I need to get to bed and rest now, but I'll have a new post up in the morning!
feel better soon, Norv!
Thanks! It's not too bad, just got home late on Monday and had a very full day of work yesterday...today's a little lighter, so I'm doing ok. :)
Whoops, so quickly read through the posts and before I can resolve things, had to note that Isaac is correct: you cannot (unless there's something I missed, like a campaign trait I'm forgetting you have) use Diplomacy to raise Infamy, Arhiel and Diana. However, either of you could convert those rolls to sell plunder or recruit crew! Let me know what you'd like to do.
Plunder for me. I need to brush up on those rules. glad I can even contribute since I am not part of the crew just yet.
I guess I'll recruit since we only have one plunder to sell...
Great; those actions are resolved. I added the new crew to the ship character sheet. Will we be heading out onto the sea to commence piracy now, or remaining in Bloodcove for a bit? :)
Also: Diana got 850 gp from the sale of plunder. Is that being divided equally among the 5 of you? If so, it's 170 gp each.
I'll take mine.... won't go far, but I need all I can get... wait... should we divide 6 ways and have a share for the ship to spend on upgrades and the like?
I wouldn't mind the 6 way split with the ship getting its own share for upgrades.