medlii's Curse of the Crimson Throne

Game Master medlii

Daaaaaaamn, Roscoe gets scary

Be glad he is undyingly loyal to Bosch.

I have to say, I'm enjoying my irish druid very much!

Glad to hear it Niv! this is a fun game.
XD

Bosch is very, very angry.

The dwarf only had 2 hitpoints left before his turn...

I think Roscoe needs to share some of his crit rolls with Typhon ;)

That was epic. It's nice when the rolls work out like that!

Ima just gonna get a reduce person potion, then ride Roscoe into combat. XD

Hey guys, I will be out of town over the weekend without internet, returning on Monday afternoon. I will do my best to post tomorrow morning before I leave - this fight is the last bit of this dungeon!

cool. My dad's coming for the weekend so I wont post as much either.
XD

Small crit range? No problem, roll all of the 20s!

I've been DMing kingmaker for my local group for the past couple years. One of the players started as a traditional cavalier, and his horse animal companion kicked serious ass at low levels. The rogue/inquisitor is a hafling and he bought a riding dog at 1st level, who kicked major ass of its own. The party had a competition to see who could kill the most things - the winner had the right to name the party. The dog ALMOST won, and the party was ALMOST the "companions of woof woof good dog".

lol

Alrighty, I'm back! Let's get this show on the road!

Animal companions and such are seriously effective, especially at low levels. Bosch rolling constant 20s certainly helps things ;)

Welcome back! Sure feels good having one insane dog ripping everything to shreds!

WOOF

Just had this image of Ty in a feathered cloak, with knives in each hand wearing a beaked full helm. XD

Here is a link to my loot list: The Loot

Does anyone want any of this?

If no one else wants it I'll take the Mithril shirt as my part. Even tho Ty doesn't like skulls.

I'm sure Bosch can perform some alterations.

Tessa would be interested in the books and the cloak of resistance.

I'm fine, really.

Sure, Ty & Bosch can alter the shirt to take out the skulls or change them into something else.

No worries, Not like a MW helm actually does anything. I just had this image in my head. Its kinda like an old cartoon, they were space not medieval but their helmets had beaked visors. G-force or something.

Thought it would look cool. become the Owl or somethin a hero for the poor.....XD

As for the owlbear helm, I figured out something that will play out in-game in the near future... Typhon better hold onto his britches, this adventure path is just getting started!

In fact, Typhon (and the rest of the party) have probably heard legends of Blackjack. One of the city’s most beloved and reviled heroes, Blackjack is more of a symbol than anything else — a legendary masked hero who has fought for Korvosa’s downtrodden for hundreds of years.

hey all been working through some stuff

trey didn't lay claim to anything since she only met you guys and not sure (in character) she would be welcome after this whole necromancer thing was done

We're a pretty easy going bunch. Tessa's as friendly as can be, Bosch is a hero out to do what is right, and Ty never had anything so doesn't really care about stuff. if you need or want something speak up. XD
And as for people, this is Ty's family now, so the more the merrier.
living by yourself on the docks sucks. ;)

in Trey's backstory (the added part to tie her to this game) she was caring for a boy named Toby that you guys rescued with the other kids. I was wondering if I should tie him to maybe some of the others here maybe even someone recognizes Toby or toby told them of Trey.

Toby's status is up to you guys. I've been pretty vague about which kids have been living at the Fishery, I only really detailed Kester, and you guys brought Bee and Wren. So if Toby is or was staying there, that's no problem at all.

Speaking of Kester, do you have some stats set aside for him or do you mind if I figure him out?

You can figure him out, that would be fantastic. Besides apprenticing with Bosch, 13-year-old Kester has been visiting Abadar's grand temple about once a week and learning more about the church and faith. It seems that Arbiter Zenderholm made an impression on him about the effectiveness of law and order.

Should I give him a proper class level or stick to the NPC classes for now?
I'm not going to be taking leadership or anything so I doubt he'll be progressing with the rest of us.

I'm thinking a 1st level expert with a mess of mostly domestic skills and his apprenticeship reflected in the Prodigy feat at first level.

Bosch, first level expert and the other details you said sound good. He may progress a bit as he gains more experience by crafting and by being worked into roleplaying.

I'm going to rework Bee in a little bit to reflect the new rules for young characters. I was going to blend the rules with the young creature template to reflect the fact that she is even younger than Kester.

I apologise for the rancor in my post, but I had a cool little scene going where Tessa decided to not let an innocent be executed. I was going to break in to the proceedings and drop some truth in front of Korvosa's movers and shakers. I had planned an epic getaway jump off the side of the pyramid, and a fair amount of action. Tessa fully expected capture or being run out of town - Hence the cryptic message to Bosch. I don't mind batman showing up to save the day, but I had stuff I wanted to do that got rolled right past.

What I was going to post:

"STOP!"

Tessa's thin and high-pitched voice cuts through the deathly silence of the crowd. The diminutive gnome stands boldly on the stone wall, in plain view of the entire crowd. As startled eyes turn to her, Tessa almost wilts in the stares of the movers and shakers of Korvosa.

Be brave, girl!

"Citizens of Korvosa! This is an awful miscarriage of justice! Stay your hand, axeman, lest you burn in the Pit for your misdeeds!

It is common knowledge that the late King was laid low with leprosy - ask any healer for the signs and find them matched with royal suffering! How then is the King to have died from poison? Are we to believe some assassin so hasty as to not let the disease take its course?

And your choice of assassin! Trinia Sabor is an artist! A gentle soul! Can any in this city step forward and testify other than her kindness and goodness?

Not that your testimony would do Trinia any good! For when was her trial? Is it not the law that all accused face judgment in a court of law? Tell me, in what court did Trinia receive her trial? Captured and executed on the same day! What a mockery of justice!

And even if Trinia was the accursed assassin, and fairly tried, we still have no justice: For that woman on the block is not Trinia Sabor! I have hidden Trinia; even this moment she is in hiding for her life and an innocent is in her place on the block!

Citizens! Demand answers from your Queen and do not wallow in the blood of innocents!"

diplomacy check: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

As the inevitable guards push their way through the crowd to arrest Tessa, she turns and hurls herself off the wall into the open air. The wind whistles past her as she plummets towards the ground, far below.

Majenko! Fly!

The tattoo on Tessa's arm stirs to life, and Majenko the pseudodragon erupts into the air. Tessa grabs his hind legs as Majenko beats his wings madly to slow their descent. Tessa lands safely on the street below and makes a mad dash for the nearest sewer entrance, Majenko flying by her side

Batman could have showed up just fine after Tessa did her thing, with no changes to the outcome of the cutscene. I'm peeved because I put a decent amount of thought into this plan and cleared it with the DM and it got rolled right past.

yahooo! you go Tessa...You da Girl... yeah!

forget batman ....tessa rocks!

Toby would be all like, That Tessa is H.O.T. ... hot

and Trey would be like get dat girl a cape we can call her "Hitgirl"!
(and Bosh can like be "Big Daddy")

sorry just wanted to post What Trey and Toby would have been thinking...

Loved the Tessa-copter, in my head that's what happened now.

I LIKE it BUT.... It would have put all of our heads on the chopping block.
1 the Royal Court most certainly has a wiz/sorc of some type, so flying away may not have got you far enough away fast enough.
2 The griffin riders ( cant remember their official name) most certainly would have been on your tail.
And if either of those were to happen Ty would have to attack to save his friend Tessa.
3 The Field Marshall knows your with us, it would lead directly back to the Fishery and the real Trinia. ( tho Kroft may have not said anything. just depends on her beliefs and the strength of her oath.)
On the other hand it had a HUGE cinematic effect and great story potential. XD

I messed up. I should have posted up until Queen Ileosa shouts "Off with her head," then let you guys react, and go from there. Tessa informed me of her plan and I said "Okay, sounds good!" and then completely ignored it. I'm sorry.

I discussed what happened with Tessa and she would rather the events proceed as written and not retcon the story.

Thank you all for your patience.

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Sorry for the lack of posting, I was traveling back home yesterday, and for whatever reason couldn't access the Paizo website.

Bosch, that sounds reasonable! Kester looks good. That's fine with me if you stat out the kids and use them to help with Bosch's smithing and stuff.

Trey, if you are interested in statting out Toby and having him around, that's fine.

We should figure out what renovations have been done to the Fishery.

You guys took care of all the renovations to the fishery. But if there are other things your characters would like to invest in, then go for it (nicer furnishings, more secure locks and doors, etc).

Congratuations! You have completed Curse of the Crimson Throne Book 1: Edge of Anarchy! Everyone levels up to level 4.

To remind everyone of a couple house rules:

Hp roll: 1d8 ⇒ 3
Bah I'll take the 4+1 average.With +2 con and +1 from multitalented racial ability nets me 8, so not bad

don't forget your +1 to any ability, for level 4. XD I almost did.
Ty has spent a lot of his down time watching Corwin train his students, and has learned the mage hand spell...(Rogue/minor talent=mage hand 3/day.) Other than that he is restless and when not helping around the Fishery, or helping Bosch with his Owl bear helmet, he roams around the city poking his nose into things. Mostly out of boredom but also to investigate what exactly the Queen is up to and to see if Sabina is involved or just a loyal retainer.
Doesn't expect much...
gather info: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
p.s.
He will also stop in and check on Orsini, and continue practice there if he can.

hp roll for trey: 1d8 ⇒ 6

Someone asked about retraining before. You are welcome to retrain using the retraining rules along with some roleplaying that explains your justification for retraining.

Anyone else going to the Osirini Academy with Typhon? If so, I'd rather do the visits simultaneously.

I meant like what rooms are now what and such.

1d10 ⇒ 3
1d8 ⇒ 2

Ugh, I'll take average.

Bosch and Roscoe are all set.

I'd appreciate it if everyone would weigh in on the loot list so I can liquidate some assets and divide it up. Otherwise, let me know if you're good.

I took the mithril, otherwise I'm good.

Just the cloak, and my split of the gold