Saga of the Sages

Game Master Nathanael Love

Welcome players!

Looking at the 6 we have the following:

Character PFS # XP Class Level
Galvius Pitio 215076-19 3 Spellslinger/Witch 2
Hemmings 75247-12 7 Investigator 3
Kenji Haru 314670-14 3 Swashbuckler 2
Nardic Yarrow 270121-2 5 Archeologist Bard 2
Penthesilea 182453-14 3 Arrowsong Misntrel Bard 2
Pirro Issa 230524-20 1 Spiritualist 1

Since 4/6 have already done From Under Ice I'm going to look to replace that scenario later on.

Unfortunately we're at a tough spot because Hemmings isn't eligible for Mummy's Mask part 1 (it's level 1-2) and Nardic will lose eligibility with a single XP added I'm going to alter the order to accomodate as best as possible.

That means we are moving Mummy's Mask part 1 to be the first adventure in the shoot.

Hemmings- this character is too high level for the scenario, but we can have you play it on another character so you as a player don't miss out even if your character does.

Once everyone has checked in I will look to start out in a day or two.

Also, when you check in please "vote" whether you want to run the Adventure Path sections in campaign mode, or only complete the sanctioned sections-- I'm more than happy to do campaign mode especially since we are locking these characters pretty well anyways.

Once MM1 is complete we will have a low XP value of 4 and a high of 8, but I think this should work itself out and require minimal use of slow track to normalize everyone to the same level.

Hemmings player here. I understand about being out of subtier for MM1. If I need a first level character, I may have make a new one or use a pre-gen as my lowest PFS character is level 2.

It looks like the party could use a little beef or divine caster, so I could make a barbarian, druid or cleric to fill in.

If you think a pre-gen is better, I am happy to use one of those to fill the slot. Let me know your preference.

If it matters, I would vote for campaign mode. I have not played MM, but have always wanted to.

Hullo! That's a fascinating set of classes, hehe.

I wouldn't mind either campaign or sanctioned mode for Mummy's Mask, so if someone has strong feelings I'll defer to them. In general I like campaign mode.

I generally find that the pregens are poorly designed with very few exceptions so you're probably better off with a custom made 1st level if you don't mind.

I'll get on it. Anyone have a class preference for this support, knowing that will likely switch out to Investigator later on?

Hi everyone - looks like it should be a fun group!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but DoctorEvil should be able to bring one of their 2nd level heroes as well, right?

Either way, looking at our party's makeup, a mighty frontliner wouldn't go amiss.

Yes, correct- sorry if that wasn't clear! Any 1st or 2nd level character you want to bring is fine DoctorEvil!

Still waiting for Kuey/Galvius and Pirro to check in, and I apologize but since I wasn't expecting to start right at Mummy's Mask I need another few days to prep and then I will be putting up the intro--

I'm going to aim to start Saturday AM.

Thanks for clarifying but my level 2 PFS character is a witch, and we already have one in the party. If ok with you, I will get bring a front-line fighter of some kind. Havent' had time to get to the concept but I will soon enough.

My first idea was this swashbuckler (rostland bravo). He is proficient with the Aldori sword and has the fiery temper and crass machismo of a street bravo. Eventually will add 2-weapon fighting feats to create a higher damage effect.

Second idea was a bone-crushing barbarian of some kind, but kinda like the finesse front-liner a bit better. Any thoughts from the audience?

BTW, I will be travelling for the holidays from Saturday 12/22 through 12/30. I expect to be able to log-in and post some during that stretch, but cannot commit to daily activity the entire time. If I miss something time-sensitive, feel free to bot my guy as needed.

If you're only playing this character at 1st level, then the barbarian probably starts off stronger (so to speak), but whichever one you'll have more fun with is correct :-)

Hi guys,
Happy holidays!!

Hey guys, just checking in-- I plan to get to the introductory post today, looks like we have 3 characters checked in on gameplay, not including Dr. Evil's character for this one, and I know we had one more drop because his Scarab Sages was too high level, so I'll ping our last party member, but proceed with the beginning stuff-- I know posting will be slow over the holidays (and Kenji is still wrapping his previous game), but I want to at least get the intro started, looking to pick up pace when we get to the meat of things.

I am going to go with campaign mode, so I'll be starting at the beginning of Mummy's Mask part 1.

Sounds great! Thanks

One question GM:

As you are playing the AP in campaign mode all our characters are essentially clones of our PFS characters so I believe it is ok that Kenji starts the AP although his PFS game is not finished yet, correct?

Yes Kenji, I think it's fine for you to just start in.

Still waiting for you and Nadric in the gameplay thread, and our fifth has not responded yet.

I'm here!

Apologies as I lost track of the recruitment thread so I didn't realize that I had been accepted. :)

EDIT: Since you're running MM1 in campaign mode, is the character creation rule "clone your PFS character" or are we starting as fresh level 1, 0 xp characters for the campaign mode?

Just effectively clone your PFS character.

Sorry, the gameplay did not update for me.

As the real profile of Kenji is still occupied I am now using my pregen profile.

I retrained Kenji to a Solar Ifrit Paladin of Irori so that we have a melee character as well.

If you notice that my profile is different, it is. I only had GM credit on Pirro, so those were theoretical sheets that I honestly forgot that I had even drafted until I went to paste the sheets that I just finished up.

No worries on that pirro.

I'll have an update tomorrow morning and then we will really get rolling- sorry tonight got away from me after work.

My usual posting pace (especially in combat) is to aim to resolve a round every day.

Just an FYI, the next two days may be a bit of posting challenge for me, but will return to normal duty on Monday.

Honor the Departed rule spoiler is the same as Every Slave Hut is a Menorial spoiler.

I also think you got the URL code wrong, as it leads to the campaign overview.

Should be: ( URL=your map url ) the text you want the hyperlink to look like ( /URL )

And, of course, replace the soft brackets with hard brackets.

Yeah, the map is on Slide 3 of the slide deck- I usually keep a running Google slides adding the next thing to a new slide as we go so that the previous ones are still up for reference.

Just in case the Recruitment board isn't being checked....a latecomer has come along to see if there's any room left on board....

My original post.

Sorry for the delay. My holiday vacation kept me away from the computer more than I expected. I'll catch up on the posts so far and should be able to post daily from now on.

I am back from traveling and logged on to find more than 30 posts! Will read through them all and catch up tomorrow. Should be at least a daily poster from here on unless notice is given.

Corrected the slide deck so if you click in from the link you can edit now- sorry I forgot you have to change that setting every time you make a new one.

Hey all, just to let you know- the fiancee and I just opened the first bottle of wine, so Happy New Years and it may be a while till I sleep off my hangover and wake up tomorrow!

Happy new year!!! ;-)

Get over here to 2019 already!

(Love, New Zealand)

FYI: I pronounce Nadric like "mad-Rick" with the stress on the first syllable (ˈnæd͡ʒɹɪk if you happen to understand IPA). Of course we're playing through text so you can actually say it however you like!

Happy 2019! (Whenever you get there!)

Do we have a place where we are tracking the loot we find? How about the way we are distributing?

If it's all the same, Dmitri could use the MW spear but don't want to take it from someone who needs it more. Not proficient with khopesh or shield.

We can just use one of the slides in the google doc to write down what we found.

Kenji does not need anything.

I added a slide that you guys can put who takes what on to track it.

Also, just a point of order- I used spoiler tags to hide massive walls of text, so unless there is a DC listed in the spoiler tag feel free to expand it to read since it's just there to clean up the pages as we go along.

(For example the scarab shield spoiler tag I just posted- Drea's check to examine the Shield was high enough so you can feel free to read the rules text on it.)

Shall we do a roll-off to decide who gets the shield? Drea would be interested in it (to use along with the khopesh).

1d1000 roll. HIghest roll wins the shield?

Can we assume that we are taking the gold and valuables without anyone claiming? Or is it assumed that it's left behind if no one puts their name on it?

Propose an equal shares system for all sold items, and a roll off system (like Drea proposes) for items that are claimed by more than one member.

If no one has objections that seems fair.

Yeah - gold and valuables are party items, I think. Weapons, armor, and magic that has utility during the combat aspects of the adventure should be a roll off if more than one person wants them.

I'm fine with that.

Works for me! Though since we're getting chronicles at the end of this, it might sometimes be better to buy something cool for one person to use for the rest of the book, rather than sock money away for a rainy day.

It looks like I go between Zarisha and Penthesilea. I was left off of the Initiative tracker.

Yes, my apologies Drea, missed it at the very top there for some reason.

Wow, Kenji. Two natural 1s in a row. Your upcoming karma is palpable.

Ha ha ... I had to laugh too! ;-)

Did I miss Dmitri’s rolls in his last post?

I need some help from the gathered hive mind.

I'm using HeroLab and I cannot figure out what bonuses and penalties are being added to my atlatl attacks. For my melee attack with the atlatl, HeroLab is imposing both an untyped -4 penalty. For my ranged attack with the same weapon, it is imposing both a -4 untyped penalty as well as a +4 untyped bonus.

I cannot figure out what they mean. The atlatl is a martial weapon with which I have proficiency. I cannot figure out what would give me a -4 penalty for melee attacks and a +4 bonus and -4 penalty for ranged attacks.

Any thoughts?

That just sounds like a Herolab bug honestly (especially the +4 and -4...)

I figured it out: it's not the atlatl that I have strange bonuses/penalties with - it's the atlatl dart by itself. That makes sense; mystery solved.

In my experience, Herolab doesn't make mistakes; I do.

*tee hee*

In my experience, Herolab doesn't make mistakes; I do.

I agree with that. I haven't yet found a bug in HL that wasn't my fault from a setting of one kind or another. It is an invaluable part of my gaming gear.

In my experience, Herolab doesn't make mistakes; I do.

I agree with that. I haven't yet found a bug in HL that wasn't my fault from a setting of one kind or another. It is an invaluable part of my gaming gear.