Retrocon Elinnea's Legacy of the Stonelords (Inactive)

Game Master Elinnea

Welcome to my table for the Retrocon multi-table special Legacy of the Stonelords!

We're scheduled to start on January 14th, so it's still over a month away, but for big specials like this it's always good to start early and get your... tengus in a row. This is a classic (non-core) table for levels 3-4. Your characters will be busy from January 14 through March 8, so make sure they'll be free for that time frame. If you need to change which character you will bring, you can still do that up until just before we begin.

All that being said, if you do know which character will be joining us, please fill out the following info:

Player name
Character name
PFS ID and character #
Faction
Day job/Downtime

Also make sure your alias has up-to-date character sheet info, and let me know if you have any special abilities that I should be aware of up front.

Huzzah! Tengu 1 lining up!

Player name Ebonfist
Character name Kahwen
PFS ID and character # 143948-9
Faction Grand Lodge
Day job/Downtime Profession (Sailor): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

Kahwen is currently in a run of the Bloodcove Disguise, but it's well underway. Unless something goes wrong, I expect him to be available when this sessions starts up.

Player name miteke
Character name Melnop
PFS ID and character # 141936-13
Faction Silver Crusade
Day job/Downtime Profession Soldier: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25
Progression Normal

Player name Gerald
Character name Ashwell
PFS ID and character # 12445-19
Faction Dark Archive
Day job/Downtime Profession Librarian: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25
Progression Normal

Decided at the last minute to join in on Esmeralda here.

Player name: Garon N. aka Blue Moose
Character name: Esmeralda Villasani
PFS ID and character #: 153161-3
Faction: The Exchange
Day job/Downtime: Profession(Courtesan): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23

Welcome! Two of you noticed that I forgot to ask about progression - I'll assume the rest of you are going for Normal progression unless I hear otherwise.

Yup. Normal. I get to play rarely enough. It would take me forever to progress characters in Slow mode.

Player name: qstor
Character name: Balin
PFS ID and character #: 2072-54
Faction: Sil. Crusade.
Day job/Downtime: Craft Weapons: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

Normal progression

My apologies. Yes, I want normal progression. Likewise, you asked about special abilities. Esmeralda has the first two feats in Kitsune Style, which allow her to use a dirty trick at the end of a charge, and apply 2 conditions with a successful use of the dirty trick maneuver.

I missed the special abilities part.

Kahwen has 2 archetypes (Swordmaster from Advanced Race Guide and Scout from Advanced Players Guide.)

Swordmaster lets him use a Stance that replicates a Style ability. He only knows Crane, at the moment so he can get extra boosts to his AC for a few rounds a day - Crane Stance - -2 penalty to Attack Rolls. +4 Dodge Bonus to AC when fighting defensively, + 7 for full defense.

Scout lets him do Sneak Attack Damage any time he charges a target.

And his Rogue Tricks are Quick Getaway which lets him withdraw after a successful Sneak Attack and Resilience which gives him temporary hit points when he hits 0 or below.

Oh...and the Glide Racial trait, which lets him make a DC 15 Fly check to be treated as though he has Feather Fall in effect any time he falls and another DC 15 check to move 5' for every 10' dropped.

Melnop died. That means I will be bringing Firewarden Yanda to the party instead.

Player name miteke
Character name Firewarden Yanda
PFS ID and character # 141936-12
Faction Sov Court
Day job/Downtime Using same roll with craft alchemy gives 31.
Progression Normal

Let me know if you would prefer I make a new dayjob roll instead of keeping the original one.

Oh dear! Alas, poor Melnop, we hardly knew him...

That's fine to use the same day job roll.

Happy 2019! Hope you all have had a good start to the new year.

We're a little over a week from the start date, so I have a few more comments before we jump in.

Because this is a play-by-post multitable special, with a momentum of its own beyond just our table, the game is going to move quickly. You will need to do your best to post at least once per day, and I will be more aggressive than I normally would be about botting characters or putting them on delay if necessary, and in some cases I will do mass rolls rather than wait for people to respond.

As always, if something comes up and you won't be able to post, if at all possible do let us know. Things happen, I completely understand, but communication makes all the difference.

Now! I have a few tasks for each of you. Don't worry, they're simple.

1) Go to the slides for this game, linked here and also in my alias and at the top of the campaign. On the first slide, fill in your Initiative and Perception bonuses.

2) Put a token for yourself on that slide in whatever marching order you would like to use.

3) The second slide has the instructions for the aid tokens used in this game. Take a few minutes to read them now so when we get one in the game you'll have ideas for how to use it.

I filled in the slide for for Perception and Initiative.

I post on iPad and phones, so if someone would be so kind as to put my token as the next to last slot in the marching order, that would be great. Thanks in advance.

I’ve read the card for the aid tokens. Good idea posting that, as that’ll make it easier for reference during the game!

Done, Done, and took care of Ashwell's request.

Done

Done and ready to play!

as an aside I'm using a dwarven longaxe so I have reach. If there's a bad guy right next to me I can't get an AoO.

Hello,

First time playing PBP! I see we have an alchemist so I can play my investigator 4 if that would be better to round out the team. Any preference?

Oh that's better! Sorry wasn't feeling quite myself before. Please excuse me for sending a messenger in my stead.

I have loaded a slide and I will finish updating my Int and Perception when I get home from work.
Quick question, how do I get all the stuff after, Male Human Investigator 4 like you all do?
Sorry first time PBP.

Player name: Marc Waschle
Character name: Thadeaus Grimm
PFS ID and character # 15033-7
Faction: Grand Lodge
Day job/Downtime (will fill after work)

Welcome to the PBP family!

You can use whichever character you most want to play, but I think the investigator would be a good addition to the team.

When you go to edit the alias, anything that you put in the Race, Classes/Levels, and Gender fields are what will show up under your name on each post. The main text box at the bottom of the alias edit page is where you can put all your other character information (your online version of the character sheet).

There's a document here: PFS Character Template that has a template you can use to format the text and figure out where to type what. You can also click on your fellow teammates to see how they are set up.

Let me know if you need more help getting that done, or for any other questions about play by post. Everybody was new at one point, so no need to worry about that. :)

Thanks so much for getting back to me so quickly! I will put in my character info when I get home this evening as I don't have my sheet at work.

Thanks again!

Prepare for a good time! I think you will find that the role-play aspect of the game is much easier to get into when doing PbP.

Player name: Marc Waschle
Character name: Thadeaus Grimm
PFS ID and character # 15033-7
Faction: Grand Lodge
Day job/Downtime +12 Craft Alchemy

Player name: Marc Waschle

Character name: Thadeaus Grimm
PFS ID and character # 15033-7
Faction: Grand Lodge
Day job/Downtime +12 Craft Alchemy

You can actually make your Day Job check instead of just listing the bonus.

Day Job: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19

And we're off! At least for the mingling and chatting portion of the adventure.

Thadeaus, don't forget to add your character info to the alias.

For the knowledge checks I just posted, you can roll once for each of the four topics, and open all the spoilers for DCs that you meet or exceed. Untrained knowledge checks can still gain information up to DC 10 but not above. (Mentioning this since it's a standard practice in pbp that may not necessarily be obvious.)

I'm going to be at a con all this weekend. Please bot me as needed! I'll attack the bad guys.

I'm going to PAX South, myself. But only Saturday, so there shouldn't be much change in my posting.

Noted! Thanks for the heads-up.

~Halloooo!

An Aid Token for you! Use it wisely and keep the love going around :)

I say we use the token for timely inspiration and get Inspire Courage (+1) for three rounds.

That would be my choice too (with allied offensive in second place).

Inspire courage is fine with me!

Ok, we'll go with that! You can include the +1 in your rolls.

I will be at Winter War 46 this weekend, I will try and keep up my posting but if you need me to go to advance go ahead and bot me. Im really going to try to stay active depending on wifi coverage. lol

Anyone else feel like we missed something in that last room?

Yeah, I do. I wanted to just take the curse and scoop up as much as we could carry! lol Perhaps we got a blessing that will show up later in the scenario?

I can neither confirm nor deny any of your suspicions. *whistles innocently*

To answer some questions: the ledge 40 feet down is the farthest anyone will fall if they fail the DC or go down for any reason. The damage and Reflex save will also be the same for anyone who falls down.

If you want to climb down there on purpose with a rope and then up the other side, you could do two DC 15 climb checks. I'm not sure that would be better. If you or your characters have any other ideas for how to approach the situation you're free to pitch them.

There's also a way around if you don't want to deal with this obstacle, as I just posted in gameplay.

Balin, you need to attempt the Reflex save. Yanda said she will use feather fall if you fail the save to fall gracefully.

I have no problem having Kahwen climb back across to save the trouble of having someone almost inevitably fail a climb check.

Since the Miner's district has just been checked off anyway, is there an option and, if so do we want to take it, of just going on to the Monument District, instead?

That's true, there's also that option. If you want to go back and head straight to the Monument District you can do that.

As much as I hate that idea, that's probably the best option.

Has the fact that someone completed any of these areas unlocked a new one. I'd hate to go to the monument district just to have it completed right after we get there. The thing is that there is no way most of us are going to make that climb roll unless we can get it down near DC 5.

Monuments is the only district that hasn't been claimed, so going here is the correct path in terms of following the momentum of the special.

I realized looking back that it might not have been quite clear, but the things you did in the miner's district, particularly neutralizing the haunt, contributed to it being claimed. So it's not that other tables swooped in before you could get anything done. (I don't know if anyone felt that way, but I do find that the whole success/advancement mechanic is a little opaque when we do it behind the scenes in pbp.)

Also, we have an aid token again! Let me know when/how you want to use it. Or if you don't think you need it, we can also pass it along unused at any time. Two more tokens have just been distributed from the supplies being found, so there are more in circulation now.