Treasurefox's Rise of the Runelords (Inactive)

Game Master TreasureFox

Maria, how's becoming a wizard going?

I'd like it to be quick and simple so we can get Wabbit and Brelin into the game as fast as humanly (or halflingly) possible. If that means making summary posts on the discussion tab, I think that's the best choice. I like roleplay very much, but the amount of time it takes to play out a single scene (if not several) is too much for two of our company to wait.

Maria, if you want to take wizard levels, I highly recommend you seek out Mr. Gandethus. Not only will it give a bit more reason to your wizarding abilities, but I think you will be pleasantly surprised once you get to know him.

Just a reminder. I'm hitting you guys with the new adventure on day 7. Your ability to do side missions, craft, research, etc will diminish at that time.

Helgarr, Gandethus can enchant weapons and armor to +1. It's 2000gp for a masterwork piece, 2300gp for a non-masterwork weapon, or 2150gp for a non-masterwork armor/shield. If you want to take enchantments from one weapon/armor/shield and want to place them on another, it costs 500gp and requires 1 day of work.

Cleo, is Aggah your new goblin companion?

I'm running slow on my wizarding, been a draining few days. Fox, are you suggesting I stick with the rogue level and do wizard next time, or just seek him out for added stuff?

Tiny silver tiara Appraise: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18
2 silver symbols of a 3 eyed jackal Appraise: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
A beautifully crafted elven flute Appraise: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
Bag of gold dust,Appraise: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
bag of silver dustAppraise: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

F@%+ing shit. I just found a very serious error in my character. Thankfully it's fairly easily solved but it be annoying. I didn't realize the sheet I'm using already accounted for my skill ranks per intelligence. Which means I have about six points I shouldn't have.

Either, or. I'm a fan of having in-game reasons for things like multi-classing, languages, etc, but I don't impose that upon my players.

You could also say that Vandra was teaching you a thing or two, but now you're missing a mentor.

All right. I'll keep my character the way she is now. I need the extra level of rogue before I get to become an Arcane trickster anyways. Gonna change my rogue talent though, since my next level will get me access to vanish.

Question. We keeping the party loot to the surviving members or be we sharing the wealth?

For now party loot is for me, you and Cleo. I'm assuming Brelin and Wabbit are coming in at appropriate WBL.

Fox, I think this post (the part about Orik) never got an answer - it should be happening on day 3, so the schedule above can be updated with that?

Additionally, I am looking into crafting with Savah during day 2 (and maybe turn a normal weapon from normal into MW) - will have to check costs first, and update on my next post ;)

I think the loot math is finished apart from:

which I have the feeling we may want to keep. In any case Helgarr will take the items with her when she went to gather the info about weapon enchantment above from Master Gandethus, and maybe try to id them then? Is that ok Fox?

So bottom line for Helgarr:
Day 1 - Buying and selling (still not fully decided), speaking with Gandethus for ID;
Day 2 - Working with Savah (still not fully decided)
Day 3 - Assisting Orik with getting a job (maybe it does not take a full day?)
Day 4 - Meeting at the inn? And checking out new stock in shops :D

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Another thing that I believe is relevant is the fact that maybe for now, we should keep the flaming +1 sword and the +1 shortsword as mine and Maria's magical weapon. For a couple of reasons - it is more 'organic', and it is way less expensive.

If we do so, each one of us is entitled around 1734.5 gold (still need to figure ID costs), which allows for some additional interesting shopping maybe? What do you guys think?

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Last but not least, I am waiting for Wabbit to answer me - hence I have not posted in Gameplay again yet ;)

You neef magic to turn a regular weapon into a masterwork.

the shortsword is small sized, unless Maria can use it as a dagger we should sell it. Cleo will memorize magic weapon before going after the big evil which will help.

Cleo's mainly a caster and she has the curing wand, so no problem giving up some of her money to get you both to magic armor/weapon or a ring of protection for Maria is a very good buy personally.

With a breastplate Cleo becomes a tank. Not as tanky as Wabbit though. We halfings can form a wall for all you big folk :)

And YES!! Treasure, I would very much like Aggah as my goblin companion. If that is still okay...

How do you want to run her? I'm figured you can still run her as an npc, since her personality and all things her are your creation. Now she just has a reason to remain with us. But if you'd rather me create another alias and treat her like Vandra's mother I can do that as well. Just let me know. Either way I need to record her stats somewhere.

How do you want to run her?

Seriously, if that thing eats my dead body I will leave the game as a party member and just follow you around and haunt your tiny ass.

That thing is a precious member of our party! :)

I promise (if Cleo is still alive) to do everything in her persuasive power to keep you from being eaten.

I dunno Wabbit might put some steaks around Maria's bedroll to tempt Aggah

I am going to cover you in barbecue sauce.

the shortsword is small sized, unless Maria can use it as a dagger we should sell it. Cleo will memorize magic weapon before going after the big evil which will help.

Crap, forgot about this :P

Cleo's mainly a caster and she has the curing wand, so no problem giving up some of her money to get you both to magic armor/weapon or a ring of protection for Maria is a very good buy personally.

With a breastplate Cleo becomes a tank. Not as tanky as Wabbit though. We halfings can form a wall for all you big folk :)

Next level Helgarr will be dipping fighter, but until then she isn't proficient in anything more than light armor (I'm starting to think I should have dipped right away...). Her AC is kinda paltry at the moment.

As far as Cleo tanking, I would refrain from that ;)

Fox, aren't we KINDA below WBL (using it just as a reference :P)?

I've assumed WBL for purchasing equip which is 6k for 4th lvl

Wabbits gear=
+1 waveblade 2k
serpentine tatoo 2k........ imp dirty trick 3/day immediate action
bag of holding minor 1k
pearl of power 1rst 1k .......for arcane caster to cast Mage Armor

If I need to modify anything please let me know

Wall of halflings Helgarr, I'm telling you, it's a thing of pure awesome!

Cleo will barkskin you to help out before the battle, and of course heal to the best of her ability. Help with your squishiness. :)

Cleo will buy the weapons she stated before and a small sized breastplate.

100 gold for breastplate (50% off)
17.5 gold for crossbow (50% off)
2 gold for bolts
2.5 gold for spear (50% off)

122 gold out of her share

Leaving 1612.5 that can be divided up to make you two more combat worthy.

Treasure, how much to donate to the orphanage to identify the remaining items. Cleo will spend her fourth day helping out at the orphanage as well.

I've assumed WBL for purchasing equip which is 6k for 4th lvl

Wabbits gear=
+1 waveblade 2k
serpentine tatoo 2k........ imp dirty trick 3/day immediate action
bag of holding minor 1k
pearl of power 1rst 1k .......for arcane caster to cast Mage Armor

If I need to modify anything please let me know

See what I'm hearing here is you have bought absolutely no mundane equipment, rations, tent, bedroll, etc.

Lost in rampaging caravan bee attack?

lol...always forget the mundane stuff

scratch the minor bag of holding

replace that with:
Kit, Pathfinder’s

Price 12 gp; Weight 22 lbs.

This kit consists of a backpack, a bedroll, a belt pouch, a clay mug, a dagger, two fishhooks, a flint and steel, a sewing needle, a signal whistle, 50 feet of string, 50 feet of thread, a waterskin, a week’s worth of trail rations, and a whetstone. For Small creatures, the weight of a Pathfinder’s kit is 7-1/2 pounds. Leaving the bedroll and rations at camp or on a mount reduces the weight by 12 pounds for Medium creatures and by 3 pounds for Small creatures.

ioun torch 75gp

travels anytool 250gp

sleeves of many garments 200gp

=463gp leftover....enough for a lot of ALE

And snacks!

Oh dear. Wabbit is just like my friend josh. We'll have to make sure he doesn't roll around naked in a salad bar.

I will never ever ask... ever... :)

I will tell you anyways. We're playing Battletech. We've been invited to a party in our honor. Our esteemed NOBLEMAN leader decides to strip down and roll around in the salad bar instead of showing an ounce of roleplay skill. (Which to be fair the rest of us were being awkward loners.)

To be completely transparent, I absolutely thought we were above WPL in gear. I regularly increase the amount/quality of loot vs what the book suggests. That being said, yeah..., you guys could do with a bit more... stuff.

Once you guys have confirmed your sales and purchases, I will update the shops of Sandpoint.

Don't worry too much about carrying capacity, Wabbit. Just use a healthy dose of common sense so you don't turn into a 3ft tall walking armory.

You do indeed need magic to turn a regular weapon (or armor, or shield) into a masterwork one. Such a person would be Gandethus, the transmutation wizard specialist.

Donations are always up to the donor. For moving enchantments from one item to another, I would recommend something significant. Most wizards would charge several hundred gold pieces for that work. For identifying items, I would recommend roughly 10gp per item, as if it were a casting of Identify.

Aggah can be your goblin companion, just use the stats I provided earlier. She's a bit unique in that she needs weapons and armor to be effective. If you'd like to know, Aggah was originally trained with Intimidate, K.Religion, Perception, and Sense Motive. She also had weapon focus Falchion, and Power Attack. It's totally okay if you don't want her to have those feats or skills anymore. I will control her outside of combat, and you will control her during combat. We should write out her most common set of priorities and characteristics so we do not step on each others toes.

I have seen many strange things as a DM, but rolling naked in a salad bar is not one of them. Here are some of the more ridiculous ones that come to mind:
- The party stormed the home of an ashole noblemen with the help of a peasant rebellion, stole his most valuable assets, killed his guards, kidnapped him, and reported every detail to the reigning Countess. When she tried to have them arrested for petty treason, kidnapping, major theft, and raising a rebellion, they threatened to kill her and all her guards. It was not pretty.
- I was playing a drunken barbarian dwarf who was expected to give a speech about a recently deceased friend at a funeral. I rolled a 1, opened my mouth, belched, and fell into the grave unconscious.
- A player of mine was playing a lizardfolk barbarian. She found a crocodile in the river that she was swimming in. She tried to seduce the crocodile in order to ambush it and then later eat it. Against all odds, it worked.

Okay, so the feats Aggah had for simple and light armors were free? cool then. She'll have one more if I treat her like a normal companion with the extra stats you gave me. Falchion isn't a simple weapon though. I was thinking since she will have a lot fewer hit points than any of the rest of us, she should stay behind us and use the crossbow (she likes bows right?).

She likes killing things. She is happy using any weapon really.

I will be out of town on family vacation from 12/22-26.

I will try to post, but it is by no means guaranteed. please bot me if necessary.

sorry, I know it's a bit inconvenient when this campaign is just ramping back up

happy holidays everyone

Merry Christmas or Holidays in general Wabbit and to everyone. I'm at my inlaws... which means I'll happily post as much as possible :)

No worries guys.

I actually quite like my inlaws

You are a strange strange person, Treasure. It is against all the order of the universe to like your inlaws!!!

:)

I don't have any inlaws to know how I feel about them.

Well as you can see, it can be good or bad. Treasure is not unique. I have met two other people in my life that liked theirs.

I do plan to be the horrible type of inlaws in case my kids ever decide to get married. Karma demands.

Wait, Treasure did you get married?

No I just refer to them as my inlaws. I've known them for roughly 2-3 years and I call her mother 'mom'.

Merry Christmas everyone!! :D

Merry christmas Helgar, (and everyone else who celebratrs it)

So, was looking for reference. in the book it says size shouldn't keep people from using magic equipment. As such, what would you think of magic weapons and armors resizing? It would allow maria to take that tiny returning dagger into battle against the Barghest.

Further information. That seems to be more about items that take up body slots. The next section describes arms and armors and their chance of being different sizes like it matters.

I think there is a special weapon property that allows for resizing automatically.

That explains why you still like your inlaws Treasure :)

Okay things left to do before getting into the meat of it. Helgarr and Maria, are you enchanting anything. Helgarr I think you said you'd keep the longsword. Maria, do you want to enchant? Cleo will buy the rind of protection +1, and give it to Maria (Helgarr you already have one right?)

Last thing is identifying the rest of the stuff.

(unidentified) A seven-pointed star medallion with a snapped cord
(unidentified) A floating orb that uses vocal command words to create unknown spell effects
(unidentify-able)Seven shards of a golden sphere-like Ioun stone, +1 on all Will saves (Helgarr)

30 go pieces for donations and a promise to help out as soon as she gets back (and lives)

leaving 1582.5 out of her share. Sorry she does not have enough to buy the ring of protection, but if you wish, she will give you what you need to buy it.

Oh, just reread Treasures post, "For moving enchantments from one item to another, I would recommend something significant. Most wizards would charge several hundred gold pieces for that work."
Move the tiny returning dagger+1 enchantment to your dagger. Would 1000 be good for that Treasure. If so, we can put your remainder from 1734.5 to with Cleo's to get you the ring of protection.

So 600 of yours, combined with 1400 of mine, leaving me with 182.5 and you 134.5.

Helgarr, you could use the longsword for the battle, and buy a shield to raise your AC. If we find more after the battle you can decide if you want to keep it or move the enchantments to your weapon.

Sound good?

The 1000 was a ball park, mainly cause it was two enchantments and I didn't find any rules yet. Feel free to edit, suggest, complain, or hit me with a book.

Happy day after boxing day!

Last thing tonight, promise. Are the below acceptable, Treasure? I kept her skills like you had them. At the moment I gave her improved initiative since she doesn't get martial weapons until 4rth level.

Yeah I'll get one of the dogslicers enchanted. gotta have a magic weapon for this coming battle, which is kind of why I asked about this dagger.

And what are we looking at share wise, my brain's been going fuzzy when I try to math

1734.5 gold is each of our shares.

Cost wise, Treasure had said.
"Helgarr, Gandethus can enchant weapons and armor to +1. It's 2000gp for a masterwork piece, 2300gp for a non-masterwork weapon, or 2150gp for a non-masterwork armor/shield. If you want to take enchantments from one weapon/armor/shield and want to place them on another, it costs 500gp and requires 1 day of work."

Oh I missed that last part. So it would only cost 500 to move +1 returning to the dogslicer. So if you want to go that route it is very affordable. Maria could have done that yesterday, before we leave.

Freaking score. I mean, I don't really care about returning, but it's a hell of a lot more cost effective.

Sorry guys. Been completely in Christmas mode :)

Will try to get a final loot post up tomorrow, because the current division accounts for selling both the sword and returning dagger.

WoW Fox... Great idea with the 'enchantment swapping' option!! Kudos!!

Does anybody want to take that longsword or know what that magic ability is, I'd kinda prefer that to returning and the returning is more expensive anyways so we could sell that for more money.

It gives you fire resistance and can explode into flame once a day. Pretty cool. You both need magic weapons... or I could cast magic weapon on you for the fight, if you wanted to wait.

Depending on answer of Helgar, I'll wait. I'd rather magic goes to the heavy hitter with the better hit chance and returning is kind of meh. Damn. Was pretty sure there was something that mimiced magical weapons for a short bit that you could apply to your weapon like poison. Maybe that was 3.5 Hmm.