Thirst - A Ravenloft PbP

Game Master Celestial Healer

I've been suoer busy at work working both day and night. Hopefully, this project is winding down its intensity and I can post more regularly. That said, I will be camping Dec 19 to 29 with little internet. So January is a better time for me. Feel free to npc as needed.

Thanks for letting me know. Have fun!

To be honest I heartily dislike buying equipment and items in RPG's, there's so many options and I generally dislike purchasing consumables.

Then we also have Leandro to recover his wits/Wisdom with hopefully some help from Res?

But yep. I believe we are finished in this town.

We can assume Res will be casting multiple lesser restoration spells the following day, unless Tordek says otherwise.

And I hear you on the shopping bit. I just always like to offer those windows to those that want them. We have already established that magic item shopping in Port d’Elhour is extremely limited. Additional opportunities for those that want them will be in Mordentshire.

Hope everyone who celebrates it had a good Christmas. 2020's almost over!

My New Year's Eve song.

Hi all, I know folks have been busy over the holidays, but I’d like to know who is still here. Quite a few PCs have not checked in in over a month. If I need to recruit to fill spots, I would want to know which spots. If you’ve just been busy, but you’re looking forward to jumping back in, please do!

I'm back & logged in - thanks for the cookie tip, CH. Life is returning to normal for me, so I am ready to re-engage with the game!

Excellent! Welcome back!

I’m here. I’m trying to reenergize

Quick note: our home internet is out indefinitely until the company can get some strangeness with the accounts reconciled. I am around and reading but I suck at posting from my phone so we'll be quiet unless absolutely necessary.

I hope that gets fixed soon! (Ideally before Sunday...)

Did we ever divide up the loot in this post? I searched for mire, but this was the only mention of 'boots of' in the gameplay thread. I saw one post in the discussion thread, but nobody responded.

If nobody wants this stuff, Leandro will happily take it and sell most of it. :P

If it's not on anyone else's sheet, we can assume it has not been distributed. Feel free to stake some claims!

Leandro can't use the armor because his is bonded, so I vote sell unless someone else can use it.

I'd like to bid on the belt of giant strength +2 (rolloff, I assume).

Boots of the mire would have been handy in the swamp but won't be much good at sea. Still, someone might want them, particularly with the resistance vs disease and poison.

Cure light potions can go to the party pool.

Someone should grab the +1 frost dagger. We don't get a lot of magical weapons.

Good stuff for magical types in Monerre's loot.

Lots of 'sell at full price' art, too, woo!

Although Tybalt tends to use Rapier/Whip and isn't a frontline fighter - he'd be happy to use a frost dagger.

And don’t forget the contents of the box in the toymaker’s attic:

ring of protection +1, a pearl of power (2nd), a bird feather token, and a tree feather token.

FYI - I have updated the "Campaign Info" tab for the first time in quite a while. Updates include:

*The NPC list has been expanded to include more recent NPCs, including the toymaker and the crew of the ship you are currently on.

*I added a section for the artifacts, including a brief note on the current status of them.

One item that did occur to me as I was doing this: I never properly addressed what happened to Eliva, Andrzej, Angalia, and Nathaniel. While they are not going to be meaningful presences on this journey, we will assume that they are traveling to Mordentshire as well. It won't do to leave them behind. I'm handwaving that a bit. (Maybe they're stuffed in stasis crates in the hold, I dunno.)

It's The Thing on a Ship.

Hey, I'm back and ready to roll. I will catch up on the recent posts and jump in.

Oh, just remembered with this nice sea voyage....Tybalt will have recovered some of his ability score damage?

I forgot that he had any. At this point, Res would have had plenty of opportunities to throw out a lesser restoration. Between that and some rest, Tybalt should be all set, unless he has some ongoing disease (besides lycanthropy) that I forgot about.

I will post later today (Saturday) - just figuring out what Res's next step is

BTW - I'm ready to move this along, but I do need the party to more-or-less agree on a course of action before I can really do that.

Dr Tovanarish is currently distracting Miss Pemberton to facilitate the rest of the party dealing with the good professor

Dr Tovanarish

Sorry I just posted, then realized that Dr Tovanarish couldn't make a dungeoneering roll because of the mist

If he leaves the mist on his turn (which is now), he could certainly make that roll.

Sorry Treppa, that was a really stupid spell by me. I was trying to ensure the creature didn't escape & wanted to do something useful

:(

No, it was a good bet. Bad roll. The odds were not with me today. ;)

At least it’s temporary!

Leandro's sight will recover, but he'll be finding glitter in the creases of his armor for months to come.

He doesn't mind that one bit. He's fairly accustomed to it.

Sorry for the delay. This week has been insanity. I should have updates in the next day or so.

Oh believe me, I feel your pain.

My wife and I are on vacation in Athens, Greece and we will not be back for another week. For now, Res will just follow on. I may be able to squeeze in a post here or there, but I don't want to hold things up - BTW it is very hot, but we are having a great time!

That sounds amazing! Have fun!

Lucky! I've always wanted to visit Greece. At first, I read "Athens, Georgia" so I was not at all jealous.

Have fun! Be safe!

In game, it has been less than 4 weeks since you last saw Dr. Savarre. In real time, the last time you were with him was eight years ago. So, here is a refresher on what has happened:

You journeyed across Arkandale with the Vistani guides Darra and Tannis toward the Misty Border. At the end you were chased by a pack of werewolves into the Mists. The Vistani led you to Souragne and then took their leave.

In Port d'Elhour, Souragne, you hired a guide named Leclerc to take you to a necropolis in the swamp to find the necromancer Monerre, who was known to have the artifact known as Harrag's Skull in his possession. Leclerc was killed by a brain-eating parasite he contracted in the swamp. The shaman Chickenbone sought you out in the swamp and told you how to find the necropolis on your own.

You fought copious amounts of undead and reached Monerre. He had been turned into a vampire. You learned from his correspondence that he traded the Skull to Katalin Szabo, one of the elder vampires of the Crimson Court, in exchange for her deathless gift. You slew Monerre and took his stuff, and Chickenbone's birds led you out of the swamp.

Two of your company: Tybalt and Andrzej (an active and former PC, respectively) transformed into wererats on the new moon as a consequence of your earlier encounters in Richemulot. They are presumed to be still infected with lycanthropy.

While you waited for your ship back to the lands of the Core, you met Volidrian and Dr. Tovanarish. You encountered a series of grisly murders in Port d'Elhour and investigated them, and found out that they were being committed by homicidal children's toys created by a master toymaker known as Monsieur de Monte. When you went to confront him, he had already been killed by his own creations, but you put his ghost to rest by destroying the dolls and the allip that was twisting them to evil, and laid to rest the remains of his daughter.

You caught a ship back to Mordentshire where a faceless stalker had stowed away on board and was killing people.

*takes deep breath*

I'm going to assume that somewhere on the boat ride Volidrian has been informed of what is going on?

I had almost forgotten that Volidrian joined knowing so little. I would imagine so, yes. Although I will let the other PCs chime in on that.

Also, if Leandro does not wish to answer Dr. Savarre’s question, and DSX is out of pocket (which he appears to be for the moment), I can bot Res to chime in. He’s not one to keep secrets.

Leandro won't speak that name.

I'll be away for the long weekend, which for us Canucks, begins today. See everyone Monday.

I cannot remember the name, sorry. I really need to reread all the games and take better notes.

And Tybalt being a native wasn't really going to interject about the Golarion stuff.

Katalin Szabo - I included it in the summary a few posts up from this one. I know some of these events occurred quite some time ago (before this game went on hiatus), so I’m happy to supply reminders!

I botted Res for that reveal to keep things moving. I didn't want to impose on Leandro's RP. I suspect Tordek will be on board when he gets back from Greece.

It wasn’t until this morning that I really realized how incredibly long that post was.

Good info dump tho. I needed it

If folks need time on the gear, that is fine. You can continue the interaction though.

Yeah, I'm trying to find my HeroLab build for Leandro, because that is where I have his magic items, but it seems to have migrated somewhere... :/

I'll be back on Monday, right after Greece I had to go to Saudi Arabia. Now I'm in Wisconsin.