My uncle believed very...different things...from my father. He believed my father was mistaken for recognizing his illegitimate children. His whoreson, he called me. The fact I was a girl didn't seem to matter.
In the end of his...I guess you have to call it a rebellion...I was the only one who stood between him and my mother. She was wounded - gravely, though I did not realize at the time - and I confronted him in the courtyard. The red autumn leaves danced around us as they fell from their branches in the wind, as the buildings behind us burned. It was so beautiful. There was no way I could beat him. He was a master swordsman. His grace, his speed, his raw power...I've never seen the like in my life since. It was everything I could do to defend myself. To turn his blade from my skin. To retaliate, and counter, and parry, and...
I don't remember striking the final blow.
When it was over, I found her where I'd left her. Her blood was the color of the leaves that surrounded her.
I was doing some research and found out that alchemists can't technically use scrolls without umd. That being said, I think we're can pool some cash for some clw potions for emergencies. Blyth/Grulorg, any scrolls you want that I can make?
Hmm, I will have to think about that and get back to you over the weekend Ish.
I wouldn’t say no to anything on the Magus spell list. Not sure what crossover there is. And I’m no where near books.
Blythe, bing a defensive person you could use reduce person to get +1 ac and to-hit but do less damage.
Grulog, I could make some false life scrolls for you to get some temp hp. I see enlarge person is on your spell-likes known but I can make a scroll or two to save slots.
I forgot to make any obscuring mist and silent image scrolls pregame so that'll take up a couple days for me.
I'd accept any healing potions or a scroll of enlarge person or obscuring mist.
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OK, just remember that you don't have infinite time (or resources). To recap, you can spend eight hours a day creating items. Each item takes one hour per 1,000gp of the item's base price, with a minimum of eight hours per item, or two hours if it is a scroll or potion (actual cost to create is half the base price). So that's a maximum of four scrolls or potions a day, assuming you have the relevant materials (gp) and spells at your disposal, and you aren't doing anything else.
Copying spells from spellbooks takes one hour to first study and understand the spell, and then requires a DC 15 + the spell level Spellcraft check to understand. Assuming the check is successful (if it's not, you can't learn that spell until you gain another rank of Spellcraft) it takes an additional one hour/level of the spell to copy it into your spellbook/formula book. The cost is 5gp for a 0-level spell, 10gp for a 1st level spell, and 40gp for a 2nd level spell. The rulebook doesn't say, but I would assume you have eight hours a day for doing this, which is the same eight hours you have for crafting items (i.e. you have a maximum of eight hours a day for crafting AND spell copying combined, so you have to choose if you are crafting or copying with that time).
You have a week, so you have a maximum of 56 hours of crafting or copying. Please make your decisions and we will do this in the background here in the discussion thread.
I understand, I want planning on making a library. At most I was thinking I could make 7, maybe a couple more if I dedicated all the time to scoll making. Lvl 1 scrolls cost me 11 gold to make at caster lvl 1. Lvl 2 scrolls are 95 gold at caster lvl 4. So all but one or two would be basic lvl 1 scrolls. I know you said that this is a fairly gritty setting so feel free to limit the supplies available. I was thinking I was going to buy extra ink and paper as well to make more once we leave if we need to.
I thought success was automatic if the person who owned the book is on hand to help.
Roll just in case for windy step from Blythe
scroll making list
four enlarge person - 8 hours 44gp (might be better as potions vs scrolls)
two obscuring mist - 4 hours 22 gp
two silent image - 4 hours 22 gp
one False Life cl 4 - 2 hours 95 gp
two floating disk - 4 hours 44 gp
two protection from evil - 4 hours 44 gp
28 hours and 271 gp total
buy another scroll box to keep them in for 5 gp.
I'll adjust my sheet once we are in agreement.
Good list, I was thinking about maybe one or two Expeditious Retreat but as is is fine by me.
The spells I am focusing on the most are immediate casting spells...so spells that someone triggers in combat against me. Currently I have Windy Escape and Duelist's parry memorized.
It is very odd to think I really can't scribe scrolls or anything.
Oh, I know. I just haven't played a character that does magic without it in...I can't recall how long, lol.
So we are each pitching in about 55 Gold to create the scrolls. I will have my list of other items I plan on acquiring up a bit later today.
Grulorg will buy 100 more arrows for his composite bow (5 GP). This is a long trip and he wants to make sure he has enough, just in case.
55 GP for scrolls.
Shovel 2 GP.
Rations trail (5 SP per day so 2 days is one GP, he will buy 60 days worth for 30 GP), again, just in case after all they have a ship to handle transportation!
A tent 10 GP.
Soap 1 lb. 1 GP.
10 Torches 1 SP.
2 Explorer's Outfits for 20 GP.
2 vials of Antitoxin for 100 GP.
1 Grappling Hook (just because he does not have one).
224 GP and 1 SP leaving him with 275 GP and 9 SP.
I bought standard camping gear and cold weather gear, the 55 talents for scrolls, and made my weapon MW.
His website is pretty wild, too. I like his architectural drawings (if you want to call them that) better then his spaceships and aliens, though.
As a side note, how big is Grulorg? Is he the stereotypical 6'8", 300lbs of pure beef Uruk-haî, or is he more of the smaller, wirier Mordor orc?
I picture him in between those two sizes. His face is so scary that he looks bigger:-)
Sorry folks particularly bad string of days in a row here, will try to post tonight.
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Cool. Thanks!
No worries, we'll be here. :)
OK, Table 2 seems to be busy imploding. A bit of a downer and a distraction, so sorry for concentrating on them and not being quick to update here.
No worries :-)
Would you like to try to "re-integrate" or "re-balance" the groups? Combine them, or move a few of us over there with a little story finagling?
Hello, lads and lasses. I have been instructed to pack up my meager belongings from the table two thread and find myself a bunk over here. I believe our illustrious captain will be providing me direction as we go forth.
I do look forward to my new accommodations and meeting everyone, as it were. :D
Ha! Now you'll have to carry my sorry lousy-rolling ass through this adventure!
I mean, I am so pleased to be able to help the group in any way I can.
One sea-sailing second class fighter-bard reporting for duty.
I'd say welcome aboard but the SS Minnow has been lost..
Hooray! Let's try to not go off on our own adventure this time therealthom(a la Rehil and Tal).
Your lousy rolling fits in perfect with this party, lol. Welcome, both.
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OK, Cyriphrain is back, so now we have a really big party. Maybe no bad thing.
So I suggest the following:
- Ujarak was a crewman on the ship. He has the skills and it seems a reasonable excuse for him to be here. So he's washed up and sitting in the hut with Cedric right now, and while he knows who Cedric is he's not actually part of the original group. (However, get Cedric through this and his dad will be grateful. Kerching!)
- Next, Cyriphrain. He's a passenger, shipping out to be a padre to the garrison at Port Elveden. Like Ujarak, he's in the hut with Cedric, and like Ujarak he isn't part of the original group but has the same opportunities to get with them and their mission if he so desires.
- Next, Rish. I've got no idea at this juncture why he might want to go to the Isles of Allam, so I leave it to your collective wisdom to think of a reason. Passenger? Crew? Stowaway? Also, on the other thread he's had, shall we say, an unfortunate encounter on the beach (a different beach). I'm inclined to pretend that never happened. Perhaps he can have climbed the cliff and walked along until he found the village and the punch up which is going on as we speak?
Thoughts?
He could be a survivor from a completely different shipwreck living off the land.
He could be the sole survivor from a completely different shipwreck and assumed to be part of the one that included the party, so thrown in with them.
He could have greatly offended the captain of his ship in some fashion (that he may or may not understand) and gotten thrown overboard when they came in sight of the islands with basically no chance of survival. (Did I mention he greatly offended the man?)
As to why he's traveling, he's not a druid, but he has a druidic upbringing and bent and could have been traveling to see a different part of the world than that of his youth when unfortunate things happened.
If the natives captured him in their sweep for shipwreck survivors and assumed he was part of the same shipwreck, his inclination would be to go along until he understood the situation. Other game notwithstanding, he's not the sort to start a fight unless he needs to.
Regardless, I'm perfectly happy to assume that my "unfortunate encounter" on the other beach did not occur.
What if he was a prisoner of the natives for a different reason completely? Was out here doing a National Geographic study or sommit?
What if he was a prisoner of the natives for a different reason completely? Was out here doing a National Geographic study or sommit?
Like I was on a ship that intentionally landed on the island, but I was left behind? I must not get along with captains, all the assumptions seem to indicate as much.
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The simplest thing is that Rish is the last "official" party member. However, he's the new guy - he's Ishmex's friend, or something similar, and he hasn't been keen on demonstrating his shapechanging yet, especially around a superstitious and potentially hostile crew. The rest of us merely think of him as good tracker/infiltrator and wilderness guy who's handy with a bow, and will be very surprised when he turns into a giant cat (to which Ishmex can be all "I told you so").
He then proceeds to duff all his swim checks and washes up on the shore. The locals pick him up and dump his unconscious ass in one of the huts. He just woke up and rejoins the action just about... now.
I like elves, but plenty of people are annoyed by them, walking around with their ancient culture and long ears and long lives, thinking they're better than everyone else.
Sailor fits Ujarak well and requires no changes to his background. Supposing we'll be in spoilers, I'll just wait for Aubrey to cue the hut action then.
I like elves, but plenty of people are annoyed by them, walking around with their ancient culture and long ears and long lives, thinking they're better than everyone else.
Yeah, well...