GM Dak - War for the Crown 2

Game Master Dakcenturi

For Negative Reaction you can use it, but there is always a chance someone might spot you casting. Good read about concealing spells also of relevance from the FAQ

Got it, and that's precisely why I asked. I've definitely seen a good amount of table variation on this issue. I admit I hadn't seen the FAQ before, but I do understand why that would be the official ruling given the parity concerns.

Few things I need before the Gala. What, if any, weapons are you taking with you? What, if any, armor are you wearing? Any other items of interest you plan to take?

Rossana will take her spring blade and dagger, though her spring blade will be hidden while her dagger is piece-tied. No chainmail or buckler, so touch AC throughout. Rossana will also apply one use of her perfume kit directly before the Gala to gain a +1 on Diplomacy rolls for 4 hours.

Bimble brings his walking stick quarterstaff. If he ever has to use that in combat, something has gone horribly wrong.

Question: How would you feel about Bimble taking the Pact Wizard (HHH) archetype? It kind of bothers me that Bimble can walk just as fast as any other gnome. I'd intentionally take the drawback of the Lame curse at Level 1, and decrease movement speed by 5 feet. At level 5, the benefits would kick in like normal. My Patron would be Time.

Sara will stick to her thieves tools, hidden as best she can. Her dagger will be a big step down in quality to the clothes she is wearing so she wouldn't want to wear it out in the open and doesn't feel confident trying to hide it and her picks. If bloody stuff starts happening, her plan is to hide behind their paladin :)

Oh, meant to ask. The items being offered will probably need Bimble to describe to some of us what they do. I am pretty worried she would think we would need the soul stimulant!

Does anyone have an objection to Sara carrying a liquid blade and a smoke pellet?

Celad will go in full 'uniform'. Noble clothing, spit-shined breastplate, longsword, holy symbol on full display. But he will not bring his shield or his mace/dagger.

Oh, and I should specify that he will NOT be dressing in colors associated with House Karthis, etc. lest anyone think he's trying to emphasize his assocation with them.

So I'm guessing that that is one set of noble clothing tailored for each of the others for five sets total:

Tailoring: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20

And now we're ready to go.

Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Happy Turkey Day! (Unless you happen to BE a turkey.)

Hapoy Thanksgiving to all!

Happy Thanksgiving! And thank you all for playing pbp.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Yes, I hope you all enjoy(ed) the holiday!

Yay! Was finally able to update the campaign info, so links and all that are now present at the top of the page for easy reference.

Excellent!

When you all jump into Roll20 the next time, just put in chat which character is your so I can assign the tokens properly.

Apologies for any delay. I was in hospital for a few days with penumonia. I was released this morning, and will get caught up as soon as I can. :)

No worries! Sorry to hear, but glad you are back!

With that in mind though, I will wait until Celad has a chance to post before I move us on.

Just posted. :)

I've been feeling ill while traveling internationally. I've been posting here anyway because it's such a new game, but if I do start tailing off, please bot me as needed. Back home on Dec. 2.

Sorry to hear that. Always sucks not feeling well when you are away from home, but I appreciate the continued effort!

Feel better Tazo!

11 was our dc Marcus, so Success! I have to admit I never thought I'd use the baker skill in a game...

Forgot to throw this out there. In the event there are forum issues again in the future. I setup a Discord server to utilize for communication.

Here is a link to join.

When you join just type in general which character you are and I will add you to a group just for this game. Then if things ever get crazy with the forums we can use that to communicate.

Note- It's not a requirement. Just something that might help if the forums have issues again or you ever want to use your phone to get a message to me but don't want to mess with trying to do it on this page over your phone.

Sorry real life is claiming me for the weekend as it did all day long. My youngest's lego robotics competition is tomorrow and I'm one of the coaches, so paperwork and anxiety!

Long live Lego!

The kids did great and we are moving on to the next competition! WooHoo!

Congratulations!

Thank you very much :)

Dak, I tried the discord link and it gave me an invite invalid. I agree that it is nice. During the last prolonged outage, the only game that saw any movement was the one that had a discord channel associated with it.

Marcus, would you like to work the room some more, try to sabotage the wine now that we have the run of the place, or something else? Since we're together and all I figure we should decide together. :)

I think we should at least try to find the wine now - whether or not we get a chance to do the sabotaging will depend on how long before someone notices what we're doing. I'm slightly better at Knowledge (nobility) and you're definitely better at Bluff, so do you want to continue to distract people while I take a look around?

Excellent. Dak, is that how we'd go about it? A single roll to manipulate the environment and find the bottle. Then next social round we can try to sabotage it?

Ah, I see I can use the award for the senate room influence to use a skill applicable there to influence another room without it. So she'll do that, in the guise of distracting any interested in what you are doing.

Yes, though I suppose technically if two people were working on it a task that required multiple steps it could be completed in the same round. Specifically for the sabatoge task, it is a check for finding it (appraise/know. nobility/some other creative solution) and then the actual act of sabotage - disable device to leave no trace.

As for Discord, I thought I posted this yesterday but apparently not. Here is a non-expiring link.

Also, question for you all. Do you like having the spoilers or would you rather me put up a big wall of text to include everything? Just wondering if there is a better format since there are several social rounds to go.

What do others think of Marcus making a run at spying on the High Strategos? It takes Stealth to get close (I have a +7) and Perception/Sense Motive to figure out what he's doing (I have a +6). Since Sara and I succeeded at our sabotage, this seems like the next logical task for me. Thoughts?

I have no issue with that.

That's a smart choice, I agree.

Thumbs up here. I guess Rossana will start on the Theft task.

Sara will do here best to help.

Sorry for the missed day of posting, was laid out sick yesterday.

All good. Hope you're doing better.

Happens to all of us, unfortunately.

Thanks, yeah just that whole process of rejoining the land of the living :D.

Also, in case it wasn't clear since one of the other games asked this. You can always stop by and chat with Martella, at least for now, in the gallery if you have questions or want to report something. There isn't really a limit on you moving around and talking (within reason) during a social round. You are just limited to one 'action' per social round (ie influence an area or npc, discovery check or a mission check)

Ah, that is good to know. I assumed that if I went to talk with her as opposed to doing something else that it would consume my action for that round. So thanks for clarifying.

Hi folks - I'm going to be delayed in posting for a couple of days. Apologies. Feel free to bot me as necessary - Marcus is going to continue to spy on the High Strategos unless he's pulled into something more urgent. Thanks!