Hi all. We are on another brief hiatus. I'm really busy taking some training courses out of town this week. All will resume Thursday night.
When we had a brief lull before the rising of the humans, several people had declared some actions they wanted to do. Please confirm if you are still planning to do as declared. I will go back and reference any rolls you already made.
Also, for those that were up drinking in the inn late at night, could you please advise where you plan to sleep at night.
(Clyde I think you are the only resident of the town, so I have assigned you a house near the woodworker's shop.)
Sorry for the extended hiatus. Last week took a lot out of me. My wife has also been gone for a week and returns tomorrow. Without getting too graphic in detail -- today is cleaning day.
I should have some time to get us back up and running and ready to deal with the next "wave o' undeath".
I still want to slaughter too. Life so dang busy right now. Between extended hours at work (for about 2 more weeks) and currently I am doing prep work for a significant interview I have on Friday. Right now, the worse case scenario is another week and a half delay. The best case scenario is that Saturday I might be able to get us caught up.
Sorry again for all the delays. I wanted to keep this rolling along steadily, but dang life has gotten in the way -- mostly attributed to work. On the plus side, there is a light ahead in the tunnel :)
Good news. 1 more week (after this week) of working my arse off, and life will be back to normal. I can return to having some work-life balance again :)
Work is really burning me out right now, and I am close to being a mental vegetable when I get home each day. I am really looking forward to being done my current duties.
Male Half-Orc Bard 2 (Arcane Duelist) | AC 15; T 12; FF 13 | HP 19/19 | F +1; R +4; W+2 | CMB +3; CMD 15 | Per +4 (6 if trying to find hidden object) | Sense Motive -1
Well this is Thanksgiving week, so I don't expect much out of any campaign right now.
I'm looking forward to starting things up again on the weekend. I work night shifts starting Sunday though, so it means most of my posting will be during the days until Thursday of next week.
Male Half-Orc Bard 2 (Arcane Duelist) | AC 15; T 12; FF 13 | HP 19/19 | F +1; R +4; W+2 | CMB +3; CMD 15 | Per +4 (6 if trying to find hidden object) | Sense Motive -1
Don't have my computer right now, but I'm still here.
I'm here now, sorry I've been gone for a while I have been told to GM a game for a new group I'm in and I've had to make it from scratch. (Star Wars Saga Edition)
Init. +10; AC 33, T 20, FF 27; F+13, R+16, W+18 HP 31/107; Spell Effects: Detect Scrying, Endure Elements, Fly, Nondetection, Mindblank, Magic Aura, Planar Adaption, Arcane Sight, Blur, Haste
Did we get a value on the number of barricade sections we have available?
I won't start barricading the well if I only have 20' of material. I'm hoping I'm smart enough to look at a bunch of junk and figure out how much barricade I can make.
On with the show. I suspect things will slow down again around x-mas time, so here's hoping we can get the next set of encounters done before then. I'm going to my wife's company x-mas party tomorrow, so I may not be able to update until Thursday night.
Male Elf Wizard 2 HP 9/9; AC 13 T 13 FF 10; F -1, R +3, W +1; Init +10; Per +7; Shifts 7/7; Elf Wizard 1
What is the typical climate where the village is? The pitch of a roof is generally related to the amount of snowfall received. (Flat roofs are less expensive, don't generate as much heat, and only a shallow pitch is needed for rainfall.
What are the roof's made from?
Thatch? we could climb up into the rafters and stick our heads through.
Flat shingles? Toss a rope over the roof and get pulled/climb up. Loop a rope around a chimney for more secure ascending/descending.
clay tiles? Most expensive option, also worst for getting on the roof as the tiles will break.
Knowing that we have several people interested in being higher up, would we have had time to build any perches?
A small platform with angled braces (think of a pair of sawhorses) would allow one person to have a seat.
* The climate it is cold to temperate.
* Currently it is mid summer.
* The area does light snow fall in the winter and rain occasionally in the other seasons. Accordingly, all the roofs have a mild to moderate pitch.
* Most of these roofs are wooden shakes over boards.
* You would have had time to make up to 2 perches (or more if someone wants to make a DC 12 carpentry roll for each additional one).
* The only roof in the center of town with a mild pitch is the first story of the General Good Store.
EDIT:
* No alarm bells, but you could borrow some cow bells from the general goods store.
Just got in late from a Christmas function, I will have to wait until tomorrow to update. On the plus side, after tomorrow I am off work until January 6 :)
Time management has never been one of my strong suits and life is making me do a lot of work (for me) at this time and will probably continue until early winter... I regret to say this but I will have to resign from all of my PbP's, not just this one.
Inspired by others running similar campaigns and in the spirit of October (Halloween), I have decided to mercilessly pit a few would-be heroes against the forces of shambling undeath.
This will be a low roleplay, high combat, short adventure. If I do my job right, there will be a few deaths along the way, so I'm going to start this with 8 players and run the adventure until everyone is dead, or until the final plot point is reached (which means some heroes actually survived).
The campaign setting is Golarion, in 1000 years from the current setting date.
Adventure Background
It’s been well over 1000 years since the last Starstone was brought down by necromancer cultists worshipping the Whispering Tyrant. In its wake an undead menace spread across the lands which threatened to destroy all life on Golarion. It was only through the rare act of banding together, man and beast, evil and good, that the undead scourge were defeated. In those times the Protectorate formed and led the fight to eradicate all undead and necromancy in Golarion.
With all necromancers killed, necromancy spells destroyed, negative planar artifacts obliterated and all undead hunted to extinction, Golarion has prospered for the better. Many of the common populace doubt that the undead in the tales which bards tell, ever existed at all.
Life in Haldors Spring is quite peaceful. Founded over 100 years ago, the township of 70 persons simply serves as a waypoint for travellers in Taldor. Its most notable feature is the spring-fed well in the middle of town, which provides crystal clear, pure water. Sages over the years have studied the purported curing properties of the water, however no trace of magical augmentation has ever been found.
General Adventure Info:
Normally I can only post in the evenings after 4:00 pm. I am in GMT -7 timezone (Mountain Standard Time for North Americans).
I plan to use a Google Docs Spreadsheet for a battle map. I find this to be a good way to provide a live battlemap to everyone.
I like to keep combat moving along fairly briskly, so I will roll all initiatives for everyone and will allot these scores into "initiative groups". I will npc players if the combat is moving slow and they are delayed in their posting time.
Players should be able to post at least once a day. (I will npc as needed to keep things moving along).
Players will level up on the fly (video game style -- as soon as you gain your level, you immediately gain all the benefits, such as spells, hp's, extra ability uses, and such).
Don't expect garden variety creatures straight from the Monster Manual -- they may look like a duck and sound like a duck, but they might bite your head off like a tarrasque. All creatures will be modified by my own custom templates.
A map of the surrounding area and of the township will be provided.
Recruitment will close once 10 people have applied. The 8 players will be chosen randomly from the 10. (Names will be numbered and 2d10 will be rolled to see who is not chosen. Should any of the 8 opt out prior to starting the adventure, then the 2 that did not make it will be offered the opportunity.)
Those selected will be asked not to complete the Class / Race info on their character profile screen, and to replace one of these fields with status text similar to:
HP 10/10; AC 20 T 13 FF 17; F +7, R +2, W +3; Init +2; Per +1; Channels 3/3; Human Cleric 1
Players will be expected to always keep their above noted status text up to date.
Character Creation Info
Point Buy: 20 points (only 1 skill may be reduced to 7, prior to racial adjustments).
Alignment: No evil.
Classes: Any from the below sources (including archetypes).
Hit Points: Maximum at level 1. After, take the better of either a hit die roll, or half +1 of your hit die (or half +2 if your hit die is a d10 or d12).
Experience Points: Medium advancement.
Traits: None
Bonus Class Skill: All characters start with a bonus class skill of their choice.
Bonus Skill Point: Characters gain 1 bonus skill point at each level.
Bonus Feat: Characters gain a bonus feat at level 1 which they must select from the following list: Dodge, Toughness, Lightning Reflexes,
Iron Will, Great Fortitude, Improved Initiative, Skill Focus, of (a combined skill Feat -- any feat that provides a +2 bonus to 2 skills)
Starting Money: Max for your class.
Background: Only a few sentences are required to explain who your character is, and why they are currently in Haldors Spring.
(Sorry, but I will not consider any exceptions to any of the above).
Rules Changes
Ability Checks: You may “take 20” on an ability check when you may normally only take 10.
Attack Fumbles: Any time a 1 is rolled on an attack die, the character must make a Reflex save of DC 5. Failure usually means something fairly bad happens to the character or their weapon as determined by the GM.
Charge: A charge action also confers a +2 damage bonus on your attack in addition to the normal modifiers.
Critical Hits: Any time you roll a natural 20 on your critical hit confirmation roll, your critical hit damage multiplier is increased by 1.
Death Threshold: A character’s death threshold is equal to their Constitution score plus their character level (i.e. a 2nd level character with a Constitution score of 12 would die when their hit point score reaches -14 or less.)
Healing Non-Lethal Damage: A successful first aid check can reduce the healing time for non-lethal damage from 1 per hour to 1 per minute. The healer must stay with the injured creature for every minute of healing received.
Healing Lethal Damage: A successful heal skill first aid check can restore 1 hit point from damage incurred in the last minute. A character can only benefit from this once per all previous damage sustained.
Aid Another: Normally, only a maximum of 2 characters may assist with a check and in some cases only 1 or none. The assist checks must be rolled prior to the character who is receiving this aid, makes their skill check.
Skill Checks: Rolling 1 on a skill check might result in a significant failure, similar to an attack fumble. Rolling 20 on a skill check might result in a significant success.
Crossbows: All crossbows have a built-in Strength damage bonus of +2 (+3 for masterwork).
Applying with Eric.. I've made the changes required, I think .. Might wanns look him over.. I took dual talent giving +2 in wis/cha btw, just so you dont think its a 25 point buy..
Applying with Eric.. I've made the changes required, I think .. Might wanns look him over.. I took dual talent giving +2 in wis/cha btw, just so you dont think its a 25 point buy..
All looks good. The only adjustment needed would be the prepared spell, "Hide from Undead". Undead haven't been around for nearly 1000 years, so it would be unlikely that you would have prepared that spell :)
Just a quick note for you magic types: essentially you have no access to necromancy spells. The few people that do cast these spells are quickly located by the Protectorate. You never know when the Protectorate is watching :)
So even the spells that may have been required to win against the undead are not available?
Like disrupt undead, halt undead, or undeath to dead.
Or those spells not affeting undead but still mighty beneficial offensive spells (blindness/deafness)
At 1st level, no one will have access to any spell that is specifically designed for interacting with undead creatures.
At 2nd level, I will allow access to these spells. Whether by divine intervention, a latent magical ability, or recalling some obscure writings, characters will then have access to these spells. (Although it was my original intent to not allow access to these types of spells at all, I don't want to tie up time adjudicating whether a spell fits the criteria or not -- plus I've already chopped out all necromancy spells, so I think that's enough of nerf to available spells).
With regards to recruitment, I have decided to accept the first 8 that apply. If 2 more apply after that, they will be offered the opportunity to join at 1st level characters when one of the 8 spots "opens up".
Since this is a just a short adventure, I hate to see people put the time into creating a character... only to be told by a dice roll "sorry you didn't make it".
Right now we have 5 people who have advised they are interested. Simply advising that you are interested is enough for now. Once we have 8 completed characters ready to go, we will start.
Yea i was more or less wondering "if" we won what level we'd be around.. Might rotate my stats around if its gonna be low is why i asked..
I haven't finalized all the "waves" that you will have to deal with... and I might alter plans mid-adventure as well. I'm guessing it might be 5th level, but who knows... it might only be 3rd, or could go up to 7th.
Olfwei has come to Haldors Spring on instructions from the elders of his tribe, who suggest that the waters might help to cure his violent outbursts. It has not occurred to Olfwei that they probably just wanted him to go away, and he has cheerfully hiked across half of Golarion thinking that he will be cured here.
I've always thought the Wild Rager would be a fun archetype to play, but in a normal campaign, it would just be too risky. In a game like this, it seems like it would just add another element of danger.
Olfwei:
Olfwei
Human (Ulfen) Barbarian (Superstitious, Wild Rager) 1
N Medium Humanoid (human)
Init +2; Senses Perception +5
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Defense
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AC 16, touch 13, flat-footed 13 (+3 armor, +2 Dex, +1 dodge)
hp 18 (1d12+6)
Fort +4, Ref +2, Will +1
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Offense
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Speed 40 ft.
Melee Earth breaker +5 (2d6+6/x3) and
. . Scythe +5 (2d4+6/x4)
Ranged Light crossbow +3 (1d8/19-20/x2)
Special Attacks rage (6 rounds/day)
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Statistics
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Str 18, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 8
Base Atk +1; CMB +5; CMD 18
Feats Dodge, Power Attack -1/+2, Toughness
Skills Acrobatics +5 (+9 jump), Climb +7, Escape Artist +1, Fly +1, Perception +5, Ride +1, Stealth +5, Survival +5, Swim +3
Languages Common, Skald
SQ fast movement +10, uncontrolled rage (dc 10)
Other Gear Studded leather armor, Earth breaker, Light crossbow, Scythe, 32 GP
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Special Abilities
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Fast Movement +10 (Ex) +10 feet to speed, unless heavily loaded.
Power Attack -1/+2 You can subtract from your attack roll to add to your damage.
Rage (6 rounds/day) (Ex) +4 Str, +4 Con, +2 to Will saves, -2 to AC when enraged.
Uncontrolled Rage (DC 10) (Ex) When drop a foe become confused (Will neg). If fail, save again each rd.
Ok i changed him up a bit.. Now semi capable in melee as well.. Didnt figure id need double 18 wis/cha if were only going to 7th.. Considering the Crusader Archetype as well.. Thoughts?
Also ill give the GM a big thumbs up if he would allow access to 1 trait.. Maybe a flaw to go along with it?
Also ill give the GM a big thumbs up if he would allow access to 1 trait.. Maybe a flaw to go along with it?
I've never really been a big fan of traits, as I don't feel they are all well balanced. To compensate though, that is why I gave everyone a free class skill, extra skill point per level, and a limited feat selection.
Clyde is a simple fellow, just give him a little respect and a forest to chop and he is happy. He has been a lumberjack like his father CLyde Jr. and his grandfather Clyde the Death of Trees, he lives in Haldor's Spring supplying wood for people and hope to be able to learn some woodcrafting at the mill.
Made a cleric so Eric doesn't have to do all the healing/divine work.
Sheet:
Bradford Fredrickson
Male 22 Human Cleric
NG Medium Humanoid (Human)
Init +1; Senses Perception +8
Aura G 30 ft.
Languages Common
DEFENSE
AC 17, touch 11, flat-footed 16 (+4 armor, +1 Dex, +2 shield)
hp 13 (d8 HD)
Fort +3, Ref +1, Will +6
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft. (6 squares)
Melee Shield Bash -1 (1d4-1/x2)
Space 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft. (10 ft. with reach weapon)
Spells Known/Prepared
(CL 1st; Concentration +4)
3rd (0/day) – spell, spellAPG, spellUM
2nd (0/day) – spell, spell, spellM
1st (2+1/day) – Bless Water, Protection from Evil, Cure Light Wounds
0 (3/day) – Create Water, Purify Food and Drink, Light
STATISTICS
Abilities Str 8 (-1), Dex 12 (+1), Con 12 (+1), Int 8 (-1), Wis 18 (+4), Cha 18 (+4)
Base Atk +0; CMB -1; CMD 10
Feats Improved Channel, Toughness
Skills Heal +8, Knowledge Religion +3, Perception +8; Armor Check Penalty –7
Combat Gear Chain Shirt, Heavy Steel Shield; Other Gear Bedroll, Masterwork Backpack, Flint and Steel, Spell Component Pouch, Trail Rations (5 days), Canteen, Wooden Holy Symbol, Compartment, Outfit, Monk’s, Vial (7)
Encumbrance light 30 lb., medium 60 lb., heavy 100 lb.; Weight Carried 59 lbs. (excluding tender)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Spells
Aura (Ex) A cleric of a chaotic, evil, good, or lawful deity has a particularly powerful aura corresponding to the deity's alignment (see detect evil for details).
Channel Energy (Su) 1d6 30ft. burst of positive energy either harming undead/evil creatures or healing living healing creatures.
Domains A cleric's deity influences her alignment, what magic she can perform, her values, and how others see her. A cleric chooses two domains from among those belonging to her deity. A cleric can select an alignment domain (Chaos, Evil, Good, or Law) only if her alignment matches that domain. If a cleric is not devoted to a particular deity, she still selects two domains to represent her spiritual inclinations and abilities (subject to GM approval). The restriction on alignment domains still applies.
Each domain grants a number of domain powers, dependent upon the level of the cleric, as well as a number of bonus spells. A cleric gains one domain spell slot for each level of cleric spell she can cast, from 1st on up. Each day, a cleric can prepare one of the spells from her two domains in that slot. If a domain spell is not on the cleric spell list, a cleric can prepare it only in her domain spell slot. Domain spells cannot be used to cast spells spontaneously.
In addition, a cleric gains the listed powers from both of her domains, if she is of a high enough level. Unless otherwise noted, activating a domain power is a standard action.
Rebuke Death (Sp): You can touch a living creature as a standard action, healing it for 1d4 points of damage plus 1 for every two cleric levels you possess. You can only use this ability on a creature that is below 0 hit points. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Wisdom modifier.
Sun's Blessing (Su): Whenever you channel positive energy to harm undead creatures, add your cleric level to the damage dealt. Undead do not add their channel resistance to their saves when you channel positive energy.
Orisons: Clerics can prepare a number of orisons, or 0-level spells, each day, as noted on Table: Cleric under “Spells per day.” These spells are treated like any other spell, but they are not expended when cast and may be used again.
Spontaneous Casting: A good cleric (or a neutral cleric of a good deity) can channel stored spell energy into healing spells that she did not prepare ahead of time. The cleric can “lose” any prepared spell that is not an orison or domain spell in order to cast any cure spell of the same spell level or lower (a cure spell is any spell with “cure” in its name).
Chaotic, Evil, Good, and Lawful Spells: A cleric can't cast spells of an alignment opposed to her own or her deity's (if she has one). Spells associated with particular alignments are indicated by the chaotic, evil, good, and lawful descriptors in their spell descriptions.
1. Azure Zero - ? - ?
2. Andrea1 - Clyde McClod - N Male Human Fighter
3. WerePox47 - Eric Duponte - NG Male Human Cleric
4. Zotsune - Bradford Fredrickson - NG Male Human Cleric
5. fnord72 - ? - ?
6. Sai Ling - Olfwei - N Male Human Barbarian
7. ElRojoGrande - ? - ?
8. Void Dragon - ? - Bard?
Here's Baern Shieldcutter (I'll get the alias set up shortly):
Baern Shieldcutter Stats:
Baern Shieldcutter
Dwarf Monk (Master of Many Styles) 1
LN Medium Humanoid (dwarf)
Init +3; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +7
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Defense
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AC 17, touch 17, flat-footed 13 (+3 Dex, +1 dodge)
hp 12 (1d8+4)
Fort +5, Ref +5, Will +5; +2 vs. poison, spells, and spell-like abilities
Defensive Abilities defensive training
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Offense
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Speed 20 ft.
Melee Unarmed strike +3 (1d6+1/x2)
Special Attacks hatred
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Statistics
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Str 12, Dex 16, Con 16, Int 12, Wis 16, Cha 5
Base Atk +0; CMB +1; CMD 18 (18 vs. Bull Rush, 18 vs. Trip)
Feats Dodge, Improved Unarmed Strike, Snake Style, Stunning Fist (1/day) (DC 13), Weapon Finesse
Skills Acrobatics +7 (+3 jump), Appraise +1 (+3 to determine the price of nonmagic items with precious metals or gemstones), Escape Artist +7, Perception +7 (+9 to notice unusual stonework, such as traps and hidden doors in stone walls or floors), Sense Motive +9, Stealth +7, Survival +7
Languages Common, Dwarven, Orc
SQ ac bonus +3, fuse style (2 styles), greed, hardy, slow and steady, stability, stonecunning +2, stunning fist (stun), unarmed strike (1d6)
Other Gear Backpack, Belt pouch, Blanket, Chalk, Flint and steel, Iron spike (2), Rope, Shaving kit, Torch (3), Trail rations (15), Waterskin, 44 GP, 3 SP, 6 CP
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Special Abilities
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AC Bonus +3 The Monk adds his Wisdom bonus to AC and CMD, more at higher levels.
Darkvision (60 feet) You can see in the dark (black and white vision only).
Defensive Training +4 Gain a dodge bonus to AC vs monsters of the Giant subtype.
Fuse Style (2 styles) (Ex) At 1st level, a master of many styles can fuse two of the styles he knows into a more perfect style. The master of many styles can have two style feat stances active at once. Starting a stance provided by a style feat is still a swift action, but whe
Greed +2 to Appraise checks to determine the price of nonmagical goods that contain precious metals or gemstones.
Hardy +2 Gain a racial bonus to saves vs Poison, Spells and Spell-Like effects.
Hatred +1 Gain a racial bonus to attacks vs Goblinoids/Orcs.
Improved Unarmed Strike Unarmed strikes don't cause attacks of opportunity, and can be lethal.
Slow and Steady Your base speed is never modified by encumbrance.
Snake Style Gain +2 on Sense Motive checks, and deal piercing damage with unarmed attacks
Stability +4 Gain bonus to CMD vs bull rush/trip while standing on ground.
Stonecunning +2 +2 bonus to Perception vs unusual stonework. Free check within 10 feet.
Stunning Fist (1/day) (DC 13) You can stun an opponent with an unarmed attack.
Stunning Fist (Stun) (Ex) At 1st level, the monk gains Stunning Fist as a bonus feat, even if he does not meet the prerequisites. At 4th level, and every 4 levels thereafter, the monk gains the ability to apply a new condition to the target of his Stunning Fist. This conditio
Unarmed Strike (1d6) The Monk does lethal damage with his unarmed strikes.
Background: As a child, Baern never fit in very well with the rest of his clan, who tended to grow up to be hired mercenaries. He was given the opportunity to leave his home and join a monastic order during his youth, and snatched it without looking back. He has since spent his formative years adapting himself to the order's teachings. Upon reaching adulthood and starting on his final path to be granted full membership to the order, Baern's first trial has been to investigate Haldors Spring's famed well to determine if it could provide a healing benefit to any of his brothers.
Varnus Weran a bard ready to tell tall tales. (Void Dragon's submission). Backstory is in the profile, but here it is again.
Varnus is a traveling bard who heard about the stories of the heroes who stopped the undead, and fell in love with them. He found out that after listening to a song he could come up with stories to fit those songs. He trained at the bardic college for a year until he was ready. He finally went out, and began to sing for a living. He didn't make much, but it was enough to live, and he did what he loved. His travels took him from town to town, and he finally decided to travel to Haldor Spring ready to spin another tale for his bread, and butter.
Well, 8 have already applied... but I don't think there is going to be a rush of people signing up to be fill-ins. So, I'll take you as a 9th and close recruitment. No reinforcements now should the adventurers fall :)
Since I suspect most of my critters will be going last in initiative, and like to group people into 3's, this should work well now as in theory there will be 3 groups of 3 pc's in the initiative rounds.
