GM ShadowLord's Ironfang Invasion (Inactive)

Game Master The Rising Phoenix

Jillian - Toss me a few more diplomacy checks for the trip home.

Just the Cloak of Woodland critters that Selde already claimed. I'd love the +1 studded leather armor or chain shirt but I love being able to cast magic more. I assume we are keeping consumables?

Yeah, I will throw consumables into the *Party Fund* if no one specifically claims them.

Ignoring the consumables for the moment, I could take the +1 short sword if no one wants it (I currently have a mwk hand ax as my backup weapon), but I'm usually going to be using my fists.

Similarly, I'm considering the +1 spiked light fortification studded leather. It'd drop my AC by 1, but give me spikes and light fortification. But if someone else wants it ...

Holding off on any consumables for the moment, though I might claim some later on.

The items we've found mostly don't do much for me, though I've put myself down for the mwk backpack.

I've gone ahead and added Pila's attack into this combat, but it brings up something I've not dealt with before.

Attack (DC 20) The animal attacks apparent enemies. You may point to a particular creature that you wish the animal to attack, and it will comply if able. Normally, an animal will attack only humanoids, monstrous humanoids, giants, or other animals. Teaching an animal to attack all creatures (including such unnatural creatures as undead and aberrations) counts as two tricks.

How are you listing/defining tricks for Pila? I didn't see it in her stat block?

Alright I emptied out the loot sheet and assigned everyone their gold amounts. I created individual sheets for everyone and this is where I will put the gold you get after the split. I will also copy over items you have claimed so we can keep track of them. If you want to go ahead and add the rest of your gear and any existing gold, it will help to show everyones WBL to give the GM an idea where we are in case he is interested. Otherwise, if you don't want to use it just be sure you track your stuff somewhere.

I also created a Party tab and a Survivor tab so we can keep up with general gear we have kept for anyone in the party to use or stuff the survivors are using like weapons and armor and such. I still need to move the old Party sheet stuff over to the new one and update which survivors have what gear at some point.

Cool beans, thanks.

Thanks so much, Jillian. I added all my gold and magical gear to the sheet.

I apologize for being absent all week. My schedule has been odd with time at my computer somewhat limited and a project is competing with my time when I do have access to my computer. Still, I've been trying to keep up. Somehow I failed to notice the posts piling up. I'll do better.

I specified which tricks Emil would teach Pila and made animal handling rolls and tracked dates when the tricks would be achieved. Attack was the first on the list but I did not double train her to allow her to attack unnatural beasts. Perhaps her experiences with her previous master as an undead would make her less easily spooked by unnatural creatures.

This post has the details.

I'll update the profile to include them.

My character sheet and the loot sheet are updated. I've removed the steadfast gutstone from my status spoiler, since I assume it's been a week since I used it and its duration is up.

Also, I have a +1 chain shirt (1,250 gp) up for grabs with my change to the spiked leather. If no one wants it (Emil? Jillian?), it can be sold.

Thanks for the spreadsheet, Jillian.

I've got 1,000 gp to burn.

GM, I assume you're OK if I get some handwraps? I think I'd like to get mwk wraps (300 gp, 1 sp).

It doesn't really detail how much it would cost to get coins/metal bars on them to give them special materials, but if possible, I wouldn't mind trying to get at least cold iron (and maybe mithral) that I could weave in as needed. Maybe treat those as if I were buying separate brass knuckles of those materials?

No problems here, that works for me.

Jillian, thanks for the work on the spreadsheet. That's great and very organized. I'll update my section with my loot.

I'd like to try to trade with the Darklands traders, if possible.

I'd like to try to acquire a lesser topping metamagic rod (3000 gp value), since I can't craft those on my own.

I'll send out the word I want one--let me know if/when that is possible.

Also, anyone have any crafting needs? I might make something small for myself (still looking), but should have time to make Wondrous Items for someone else.

I would love a Lesser Rod of Silent Spell, Thael. I think that would pair nicely with my Silence Spell to allow me to give enemy spell casters a really hard time.

Then let's ask the Darklands traders about that, too. Because that requires Craft Rod, and I can only Craft Wondrous Items. :/

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Also, anyone have any crafting needs? I might make something small for myself (still looking), but should have time to make Wondrous Items for someone else.

Emil has just enough gold to commission the crafting of a Headband of Inspired Wisdom (2000 gp). Time to make: 2 days.

If anyone wants armor or weapons enchanted, Emil can do up to +1 enchantment bonus right now at cost of 1000 gp (for weapons) or 500 gp (for armor) and 1 day time, plus the additional cost of making the item Masterowrk, if it is not already masterwork.

He's going to make his scythe +1 for starters and probably get around to his hammer as well as his shield with future loot.

Would love to get that done on my greatsword at some point.

If we're in a rush, I can hold off on my new handwraps, especially since I don't really have the money yet. :)

Also, I know I need to get a game post up too (I laughed at Kining's last post...). Will try to do that ASAP.

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Let's see if we can wait long enough for the trader to come back. Maybe we use that time to explore nearby and then once he (she? Can't remember) returns, we head out to find the rangers.

I suppose we should decide if you are staying and crafting and waiting for the trader to come around or are you hitting the road for the rangers. If you are staying, how long will that be approximately?

Any idea about how long it would be before the trader’s next visit? I suppose I could get Jett to handle my purchase, if available.

I say we wait the day for Emil to do his thing and then have Aubrin or one of the other NPCs handle dealing with the trader if we are not around. With the scouts report Jillian would be anxious to try and find the rangers sooner rather than later to get the group to a safer location.

Thael Silverstep wrote:

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Also, anyone have any crafting needs? I might make something small for myself (still looking), but should have time to make Wondrous Items for someone else.

Emil has just enough gold to commission the crafting of a Headband of Inspired Wisdom (2000 gp). Time to make: 2 days.

I'm happy to craft this for Emil if we have time.

My thought would be to spend maybe another week here while we send out our scouts. We could craft and potentially have time to trade.

Yeah that sounds like a good plan to me. We don't have to wait in the caves for Father Emil to enchant weapons. He can spend up to 4 hours a day to get half that amount of time for magic item crafting while adventuring. Also masterwork weapon is apparently a druid spell as well so Selde will go ahead and spend 300 gold to slap that on her bow. Marked on Selde's inventory.

I'd say we spend a few days recovering, crafting, and making sure the group is safe.

During the evacuation of the town, we found 150 gp worth of silver dust.
At Gristledown, we found 400 gp worth of silver dust. Emil made one flask of holy water from the first lot. This would leave enough to make 10 holy waters using the Bless Water spell, which is a first level spell so that would take 3 days, since Emil can cast 4 per day. If Selde has Bless Water, she could do some.

I'm assuming the value of the silver dust was lumped into the GP totals, which means we could take 500 gp from the party loot. Or we could do a smaller number and leave the rest for replenishing the supply. It's always good to have a flask of holy water for each PC to deal with undead and haunts. The folks staying in Mistholme could keep some in case they get attacked by undead as well.

Does that sound good?

If people really want to stay we can stay, but I think it is a bad idea.

I think we can spend a few days to enhance our weapons/gear, especially if we're also using that time to explore nearby.

I'm flying to San Diego for the next few days and will be mostly out of pocket. I'll be back Monday evening, but I may not get a post in until Tuesday.

I'm going to a wedding and will be out of touch until Sunday. I'll grudgingly gp to go chop down this tree/see what's up with Mekhi once Selde and Thael are ready.

I'll be out of town for a wedding the rest of the week so posts might be a bit infrequent. Feel free to bot if need be.

Any word on whether I could buy a lesser topping metamagic rod (3000 gp value) from the traders? I'm hoping to have put out word a few days ago. I know Wren also wanted a metamagic rod.

Also, I'm hoping that over the last few days, I could have been crafting a headband of inspired wisdom +2 for Emil. Here's my roll if he still wants it.

spellcraft (DC 18): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (12) + 14 = 26

Just roll for the items with a 75% chance of having it! If you have previously asked Novi for the item, increase it to 90%.

I'll just be picking up the Spidersilk Bodysuit for 850 and spending another 150 on the masterwork transformation spell.

Percentage (high is good) 1d100 ⇒ 32 for lesser silent Rod

Yay! I’ll mark off 3000 gold.

@Emil: Did you end up wanting the Headband of Inspired Wisdom? If so, I successfully created it, and you can just take the 2000 gp from your tally.

Here's my roll for my metamagic rod of toppling (lesser)

percentage (high good): 1d100 ⇒ 76

Sweet--spending 3000 gold for this.

I'll also grab a darkwood buckler (mundane item) assuming they have it.

I had to work straight through the weekend and am still working most of the day, so please 'bot me if needed. I'll try to catch up soon.

Bwahaha! Why did I have to be distracted by setting Kining straight so I couldn't oversee what happened with Thael??? Oh, that would have been glorious. :D

Aw man, I missed a lot of fun stuff today!

Oh and FYI, I’ve been kind of absent the last couple weeks and I’m afraid it will probably continue for another six weeks or so. We had an attorney leave the firm the other day, so my workload has greatly expanded until we hire someone and get them up to speed. That usually takes a couple months, so I apologize up front. I can still get pretty regular posts in, but not as good as usual.

TLDR; my life sucks right now!

Sorry to hear that, hope things straighten out soon!

We had a lot of fun NPC interactions today dealing with the fallout of the decision to leave. Everyone is taking it a little differently!

I hope everyone is enjoying their NPC time :) I will move us on story-wise tomorrow.

I think these little NPC breaks are super important to long running games. Sometimes everyone gets into a routine of fight, heal up, fight again, and that gets a little boring.

Having something else to do every now and again really helps with character development and all that jazz.

I mean, we knew Thael was a nerd, but we didn’t know exactly how much until this week!!

Hey!

I'm just juxtaposing the utility of further analysis versus an impulsive fling! Can't she see that!?

All I have to say is if Kining dies, I'm rage-quitting this game. And flipping the table on my way out. :)

Or at least that's what I'd say if I weren't too drunk to speak anymore coherently than Kining.

I think maybe she will die because you left the cave. That should set Caspan on a rather pointed rage path I would think.

Just kidding! As a GM who loves stories, I would never even consider such a terrible, character building, driven plot point.

heh

Yeah it's been a blast. Poor Selde has not been in her comfort zone.

Definitely fun! I've been seeing this slowly coming for Thael, but Mia put her foot on the accelerator! I've been trying to keep Thael fairly oblivious in the romantic realm, and thought this would come together more slowly, but GM is keeping us on our toes!

Thanks for your great work as GM--I have a lot of fun here!

I hesitate and put my romance on the slow track and you give my love interest to my sister.

That’s cold GM—very cold. ;p