GM Dak - War for the Crown 2

Game Master Dakcenturi

Otavio has CHA 14 and INT & WIS 10. He also unlocked bard spells by reaching level four, so he has an odd overlap with Sara.

I'm not entirely sure whether Sacrifice works, but since Otavio is more than a little inspired by the likes of Cervantes and Hemingway, I think it might work. I don't know if an overlap in these points is a bad thing, but both Heroism and Charm could work for Otavio.

In an effort to be different I'll take Sagacity rather than Genius. Then Bimble can have his thing and I'll try to have mine. :) I use Int for almost everything Wis based anyway.

What?!? Sagacity is for Sara! Obviously her good judgement is without question. Putting on magical hairy hats, running into combat after combat head first until she falls, opening trapped doors, stabbing a buttered Otavio, trying to kill Bimble and herself... hmmm.... Sagacity is yours sir.

Charisma is her best attribute :) For uniqueness she'll take Subterfuge, as she was part of the team to taint the wine, steel the artifacts, and distract various maids.

I am quiet enjoying the game sir. As long as you wish to keep running it, Sara will be happy to continue!

In an effort to be different I'll take Sagacity rather than Genius. Then Bimble can have his thing and I'll try to have mine. :) I use Int for almost everything Wis based anyway.

Hm, now that we're talking about this, maybe we should swap? Sagacity feels like an old wise man thing, after all. You can be the young, brilliant genius.

Caspian Lotheed wrote:

In an effort to be different I'll take Sagacity rather than Genius. Then Bimble can have his thing and I'll try to have mine. :) I use Int for almost everything Wis based anyway.

Hm, now that we're talking about this, maybe we should swap? Sagacity feels like an old wise man thing, after all. You can be the young, brilliant genius.

I don't mind either way - as an Empiricist I use Int for all the Wis based skills, so I can be convincing either way. Basically depends on how you see Sherlock Holmes. Probably makes more sense your way though. :)

Alright, so new plan. Bimble is now taking Sagacity, having used his age and experience to guide folks along the right path. :P

Wee moral dilemmas thrust on the party by a TN NPC :)

Poor Sara is going to be stabbed again :(

We're meant to be level 3 right now or have we hit 4?

Now that you have left the warehouse you are good to level up to 4.

We're supposed to be leveling up to 4th. I'm leveling up another PC in another game and volunteered to compile a loot list for that game as well, so Capricia likely won't get updated until tomorrow or Saturday. She'll be taking a 4th level in swashbuckler, however.

Heh, it appears no one else has fully updated yet, so maybe I'm not quite as far behind as I'd feared.

Wizard 4
+7 HP
+1 BAB
+1 Will
+1 Wis
New spells: Detect Thoughts, Masterwork Transformation
Skills: Craft (Propaganda) x3, K. Arcana, K. History, K. Local, Sense Motive, Spellcraft

Need to learn some spells from scrolls and spellbooks. Bimble will share spellbooks with Caspian for his use if he's interested.

*Edit* - I believe Bimble can learn the following spells in 2 days for 130 gp:
Acid Arrow
Invisibility
Alarm
Identify
Mage Armor
Shield
Unseen Servant

Bimble can memorize Identify and Masterwork Transformation to help folks get masterwork gear and to identify the things we already have if any are unidentified.

Oracle 4

HP: +6
BAB: +1
Will: +1
4th LV Bonus: +1 Cha

Spells:
+1 1st/day
+4 2nd/day
0 - Scrivener's Chant
1 - Hideous Laughter
2 - Cure Moderate Wounds, Lesser Restoration

Skills: +1
Bluff
Craft (Fine Clothes)
Diplomacy
Knowledge (Local, Nobility)
Sense Motive
Sleight of Hand
Stealth

Updated Loot page fully and divided up gold. Everyone gets 34 pp 9 gp 7 sp. Out of the loot, Rossana will be grabbing the Healer's Kit, a masterwork chainshirt, and a masterwork dagger for personal inventory.

Of things to sell to make more lovely gold, here's the suggested list:
+1 chainshirt
buckler
14 masterwork daggers
15 leather armors
+1 sickle
studded leather armor
2 masterwork chainshirts (2 medium sized left and up for grabs)
5 masterwork shortswords
masterwork studded leather armor
juggler's kit
fine wine
masterwork fiddle
portrait of Prince Stavian
snuffbox
Total: 9954 gold
This can be split for 1659 gold apiece or added to current party funds of 4656.5 gold

Of potential things to buy:
bag of holding (maybe? unsure how we're working party loot/weight limit)
Total Cost: 2500

Of things of special note not yet claimed:
Concealing Pocket - A nice pocket to hide something small in.
Disguise Kit
A few masterwork chainshirts
oil of keen edge

One minor change, I decided to go with +1 Int instead of Wis, planning for the long term.

@Rossana--thank you for the loot management! I'm fine selling all of the proposed things.

I second the selling. Nothing on the list is hugely useful to me right now.

Sara would like a masterwork chainshirt, please! She has the formerly hairy hat of disguise so the disguise kit is not needed by her. Finalizing her level up currently.

That means her current chainshirt is up for sale, blood stains and all. So 50gp added to the pool. Also her rapier, since she took a masterwork one from the underground. So 10 more.

bard(wit) +1 level
+6 hit points
+1 will, +1 reflex
+1 spell known as class bonus(level 1)
+1 intelligence
Way of Words +2
spells, Biting Words (lvl1), Blistering Invective(lvl2), Pilfering Hand(lvl2)
+12 skill points (3 converted to background)
+1 bluff, +1 diplomacy, +1 disarm device, +1 disguise, +1 intimidate, + 1 knowledge local, +1 perception, +1 sense motive, +1 stealth
+2 background skills (plus the three converted)
+1 linguistics, +1 perform oratory, +1 profession baker, +2 slieght of hand

2 languages learned (one from int increase, one from linguistics)
hallit, skald

Sorry, posting one after another.

Sara also goes up one in initiative to a +5, due to Quick Witted class ability, half bard level bonus to initiative.

Lastly THANK YOU Rossana! for gather the loot!

Good level for Caspian. Next one will be good too, really up his damage.

Keen Recollection
Trap Sense
Investigator Talent
+1 extract
+6 HP
+1 ref (due to fractional bonuses)
+1 BAB
+1 dex

@Rossana: thanks very much for doing the loot calculations. Just checking - do we each get 2008.7gp? I dont know what you guys are doing group funds.

Just for anything that benefits us all as a group, like a wand of healing and such. Speaking of which, would a wand of bless be a good thing to consider? +1 attack for the next 50 battles.

Would we want to keep the chain shirt +1 for one of the light armor fighers? Capricia and Caspian would both get an increase to AC for it.

@Caspian: The 'Party Funds' is basically just collected gold that we didn't split up between the players for stuff that is more group oriented. I'm leaning toward splitting what we sell now. With the 500 gold reward apiece Martella gave us on top of that, that'll be enough for us to grab a little something nice.

So until we decide whether to split what we sell, we got 500 gp apiece from Martella, and 349.7 gp apiece just from loose coinage during the journey.

@Sara: Unfortunately, the +1 chainshirt is actually Small-Sized. :p So the only one that can wear it is Bimble, should he want to.

@Group: Updating list to sell:
+1 chainshirt (Small-sized)
buckler
14 masterwork daggers
15 leather armors
+1 sickle
studded leather armor
2 masterwork chainshirts (1 medium sized still left in loot and up for grabs)
5 masterwork shortswords
masterwork studded leather armor
juggler's kit
fine wine
masterwork fiddle
portrait of Prince Stavian
snuffbox
2 chainshirt (Sara and Rossana oldies)
rapier (Sara's oldie)
dagger (Rossana's oldie)
Total: 10,065 gold
If split, it will be 1677.5 gold apiece. Are we deciding to split it?

Of potential things to buy:
bag of holding (maybe? unsure how we're working party loot/weight limit)
wand of bless
Total Cost: 3250 gp

@GM: How are we going to work loot weight? So far, we've seem to be taking everything without worrying how much it weighed, so I'm unsure if we need to go for a bag of holding. I feel like we might have discussed it before, but can't find the post.

I was kind of rolling under the assumption of you would leave stuff behind and come back for it later if it was really heavy. Obviously if/when we get to places where that isn't as feasible something like a bag of holding would be of more use.

Good with both the group purchases.

Also since we haven't started yet, I'll like to trade out Sara's first level spell she got this level to Tap Inner Beauty (from biting words)

CAPRICIA Level 4 Updates

Rondelero Swashbuckler 4
hp +8 (6 + 1 Con + 1 FC)
BAB: +1
Ref +1
Ability Score Boost: +1 Dex
Bonus Feat: Weapon Specialization (falcata)
Skills (4 + 1 Int +1 skilled + 2 Background)
Acrobatics +1
Bluff +1
Climb +1
Perception +1
Sense Motive +1
Stealth +1
(BG) Knowledge (nobility) +1
(BG) Sleight of Hand +1

I made a final tweak on Capricia's skill choices, removing a rank of Bluff and adding one in Intimidate.

Also, I'm going to assume she paid Bimble 150 gp (plus tip?) to upgrade her armor with masterwork transformation. (Yeah, I know there was a suit on the Loot List, but her original armor has sentimental value to Capricia.)

Lastly, I'm good with pitching in to buy the bag of holding, as some of Capricia's abilities require her to be lightly encumbered.

No tip necessary, thank you for offering!

Alright, finalized the sell and splitting up the gold, so 1677.5 gp to everyone for any last minute buys as we start book two. Rossana will also be buying Apprentice Cheating Gloves and Sleeves of Many Garments for herself.

Just a heads up, I might be a bit slow and or unresponsive in the coming days. The troubles with my back and the currently ongoing revalidation project are kicking my ass.

Sorry to hear that, Otavio. :(

Bimble will make the following purchases with the newfound gold:
Cloak of Resistance +1 (1,000 gp)
Wand of Heightened Awareness (750 gp)
Scroll of Magic Weapon (25 gp)

Sara is going to purchase a +1 mithral chain shirt(2100), if that is acceptable. Which will return a masterwork chain shirt back to the pile of things to sell.

Here to say I love the fact that Capricia is a pirate among a group of nobles. :)

*Edit* - since there's a costume party coming, you could even dress like a pirate and blend in perfectly.

Here to say I love the fact that Capricia is a pirate among a group of nobles. :)

*Edit* - since there's a costume party coming, you could even dress like a pirate and blend in perfectly.

Heh, a pirate costume was my first thought as well. Then I thought a little longer and realized that since Pythareus's friends in the navy had pretty much wiped out the Taldor Maxemes in part because one of them turned pirate, maybe that wasn't the best idea.

Alright, finalized the sell and splitting up the gold, so 1677.5 gp to everyone for any last minute buys as we start book two. Rossana will also be buying Apprentice Cheating Gloves and Sleeves of Many Garments for herself.

Thanks again to Rossana for doing the legwork and building and maintaining a loot list.

A couple of questions: I'm assuming the 1677.5 gp per PC includes the money Martella paid us, plus the various coinage we found while exploring, correct? Also, I'm guessing it's before the expenditure for the group bag of holding and wand of bless (which would cost six PCs 541.67 gp each, leaving each PC 1,135.83 gp).

List of Capricia's Purchases
masterwork transformation on studded leather (150 gp)
noble's outfit (75 gp)
signet ring (5 gp)
jewelry (100 gp)
explorer's (hunting) outfit (10 gp)
extravagant kitsune costume and mask (10 gp)
sleeves of many garments (200 gp)
TOTAL = 550 gp

1335.83 - 550 gp = 785.83 (Capricia's remaining wealth).

If anyone needs gold for purchases, Capricia's probably still ahead of the curve wealth-wise (since she's claimed a ring of protection +1 and an amulet of natural armor +1) and would have no problem giving a loan.

@Capricia: Nope on both accounts. The items came out of the previous group funds, and the 1677.5 was just from sold items. So everyone got 500 from Martella, 349.7 from coins, and an additional 1677.5 from sold items for a total of 2527.2 gp for everyone from those three sources.

@Capricia: Nope on both accounts. The items came out of the previous group funds, and the 1677.5 was just from sold items. So everyone got 500 from Martella, 349.7 from coins, and an additional 1677.5 from sold items for a total of 2527.2 gp for everyone from those three sources.

OMG! I'm rich!! :D

Time to Retire!

Get a nice little cottage down in little Sandpoint surrounded by good-natured level 20 heroes.

I just realized that Capricia bought a kitsune costume, which is amazing! Capricia and Rossana can appear as sisters.

So kind of a random question, but just out of curiosity how much do each of your characters weigh when sleeping (ie no armor)?

I'll say 40 lbs, based on average of the weight table for gnomes.

About 140 lbs for Rossana. A little over average with her large tail of fur.

Caspian would be 180lbs or so. He's decently muscular (and possibly a touch over thin due to good food ;))

152 lbs. here.

Hmm... I have her down as a tad shorter than normal, so randomizing until the height is in line gives us 135 pounds.

I think Caspian can have all of the Styx Oil.

Hope Otavio is okay.

Just checking in for Dak. He's still working through some real life stuff and hopes to be back by tomorrow! He thanks you for your patience!

Hi, sorry! Been going through physical treatment for a lingering back problem and after my treatment this Monday I've been nothing but exhausted. I've been going to bed before 9, to give you an idea of just how exhausted. But yay! Today is the first day I woke up feeling somewhat alive, and I'll do my best to catch up ASAP.

Posting this to all my games, so apologies if you see it in multiple places :).

Sorry for the delay everyone, my wife was in a pretty serious car accident Tues. She is luckily ok, but have been dealing with the aftermath of that the last couple days and have just been a bit mentally exhausted. Things are mostly cleared up now and I should be good to get back into things again.