Hells Rebels (Inactive)

Game Master Daniel Penfold 351

A very good naval novel is Sharpe's Trafalgar by Bernard Cornwell - a little fanciful at times but the depictions of the Battle of Trafalgar are very good. Actually if you're interested in the Napoleonic Era, the whole of the Sharpe series is worth a look.

OK, things have mostly been resolved (and positively so, thankfully). I will read up on what I missed (90 + posts... dear god, you guys were busy!) and make a post later today/early tomorrow.

Thanks for being understanding about all of this. We had been seeing a therapist prior to this for our relationship issues, he has been helpful as well.

Welcome back Pellius - glad you've managed to sort things out.

Good to hear Pellius

Welcome back!

Hi, everyone! Just thought I’d mention that I’ve updated the link to our tracking of various goodies chained in the header to the campaign here on the boards: there’s a bunch of stuff that’s currently unclaimed, as far as I understand, that might find a good home before we go sleuthing, or be converted into pin money.

In particular, though I wouldn’t dream of insisting, I think there’s a magic breastplate that Ryker is best suited to use, and he might get some mileage out of one of the composite bows, as a backup weapon, while Valekar might find the amulet of natural armour handy?

Thanks for pointing that out! Going through it now :)

EDIT: It'll be just the breastplate, unless Valekar has no interest in the amulet of nat armor. How have y'all been doing loot? It isn't much, but Ryker would add his mwk breastplate to the sell pile. Anyone remember the history for the +1 breastplate? Distinguishing markings, notable prior owner, etc.?

It used to be the warden's, from the prison, so I imagine it might have an Asmodean pentacle to hammer out / chip off, or the like.

Or leave in place for disguise purposes.

Valekar is happy to take the amulet of natural armor, but I don't mind Ryker taking it. I hope to keep Valekar away from melee as much as possible

*slides on his shiny new amulet*

Hi all, sorry I have been caught up in some work stuff - will try to get back up to date tomorrow.

Per the GM's Gameplay post, I think it would be wise to figure out a few questions! GM, how many questions do we get (2/CL iirc)?

Just some thoughts about what kind of information we might want to know:
Something about the killer's description
If she knew the killer
Who else was with her

Regardless of what we end up with, I would advise that we do not phrase it in such a way that she can merely say "yes" or "no," unless that is actually the answer we want (ie "Who killed you?" vs "Did you know the killer?").

Oooh, a handy way to also guesstimate Haetamon’s power/level! … Not that any of us are calculating secret agents weaving an elaborate network of allies, catspaws, and favours owed. ;)

I’m not sure how open-ended our questions can be, but you’re right, definitely something about the killer. Maybe, “What did you notice about the person who attacked you?” or “How could we recognize your attacker?”

Also, maybe, “Where were you attacked?” – Just in case the body was moved after to fact to throw any investigators off the scent.

Unless our Milanite lad here is just glowing with divine favour / xp, I doubt we’ll get more than 2 or 3 questions, though.

Its 1 per two caster levels- he is caster level 5

My vote would be where were you killed and what do you remember about your killer.

Is that the questions you are going with?

I'm happy with the two questions Pellius/Adonara posed:

If we somehow got a third one I would ask what one unfinished task she would have us do for her, but I think we only get two, so solving her murder will have to do.

Those work for me

If we somehow got a third one I would ask what one unfinished task she would have us do for her, but I think we only get two, so solving her murder will have to do.

I don't think this was your intent, however, I can't help but to be amused by a character who goes around calming haunts and restless spirits with a "that's the best I can do" *shrug* attitude. Like "meh, nobody else is going to do this for you, I'll meet you half way. You're the one in anguish, buddy."

Sorry got a bit behind with posting due to having to work late, will catch up tomorrow.

No problem GM. It happens to all of us

Sorry everyone, I have not had a good couple weeks and have been having trouble doing anything, frankly. I've just posted and will try to be more consistent.

It's okay; I've been there.

Yes, like Valekar said, sometimes things get difficult, and then elaborate games of let's pretend get moved to the back burner at best, if one even has the spoons for that, as it were. Take care of yourself, first. I hope things get better for you soon.

So Pellius would probably have us split up if our landlady friend has an idea of where he went and is willing to share... the bulk of us going to find him, leaving one behind to make sure we don't miss him. Thoughts?

Per Valekar's thoughts in gameplay, Ryker has survival trained and has the tracking ability from being a slayer (although it just gives a bonus, no additional abilities afaik). I think it is a good option, my only reservation being that since this is an urban area, it might be challenging to do (population density being the big issue). Alternatively, if his travels don't really take him through busy areas, we might have something there!

Pellius, do we have a means to communicate with each other? If not, it might be safer to ask this woman to pass a message to him about interest in paying him for some work.

Personally I like the idea of us sticking together long enough to break into his place. We might find evidence proving his involvement in the murders, or at least indicating what kind of places he frequents to help out with the tracking.

If we split off afterward we actually do have a way to communicate with each other, via our Silver Raven Figurines of Wondrous Power. I don't think we've ever used them before, but we do have them.

I like that idea, and if it doesn't pan out, then we can start thinking about splitting up and trying some tracking. Adonara would volunteer to hold the fort, because her blessings might help her get out of too much trouble with civilians if something goes wrong and a bunch of commoners start freaking out.

... That came out a lot snobbier than she would like. ;)

I'm on board with this plan

Sorry for not posting today. I had a work-over-the-weekend project that exploded into an all nighter. Expect a post from me tomorrow or Wednesday and bot me until then

Posting in all active games. I am still here but I am in a tech school for a month (basically until the end of next month). I will be able to post still, but I might be a bit more sporadic in the week itself (I am having to drive quite a bit more than normal to get to the schoolhouse and we are putting in some long days while there) but I will try to keep current.

hi all not been feeling well for last couple of days. Will catch up with posting tomorrow

No worries GM

My wife thinks she's in labor right now. I probably won't post for the next week. Please bot me as necessary.

Get well GM!

Good luck with your newborn, Valekar! Hoping for the best of health with your wife and child !

It looks like the majority believes now is the time to strike. Are we going to stay in the apartment, or are we going to all stand outside of his place? If I've understood the posts so far, we're looking to be outside of his apartment when Wex is able to see it?

In favor of a strike. And I was outside the residence, gm, not inside.

Sounds about right. I'm kind of hoping we can spread out a bit so it's less obvious that a posse is waiting for him, and so there's a better chance of limiting his escape routes no matter which way he tries to run. If we have time for thems that wants to to make Stealth checks, that might also be fun.

Based on the map, I think we're going to just have to hope he doesn't run/chase him down if he does!

Two questions:

1. Are we trying to kill the guy or capture him? Ryker can help with either :)

2. GM, are we in the next round now, or are we waiting on someone to post for the current round?

1. I think we've got our smoking gun, at least to Adonara's satisfaction, though I don't mind taking him prisoner if we knock him out before getting into coup-de-grace territory.

For what it's worth, Haetamon can talk with dead people, and if we can de-nastify the kukri if we've somehow managed to make a terrible mistake, we might be able to raise the funds to bring Wex back, but that's being paranoid. I'm reasonably sure we've got our man.

Hi all - I will be on holiday with no access to the internet from today until the 23rd August- I will catch up with posting then.

Let's capture him alive.

Enjoy your break GM!

Have fun, GM! I think this summer the whole world could use more of it than usual.

Yes, have fun. As for the weapon, I could always try singing it into oblivion. Devastating Aria deals 1d4+4 sonic per round of bardic performance I spend on it to an object... in theory I could literally sing until it shatters like glass.

Neat! I like that idea. The main reason Ado's for hanging onto it even temporarily is because, as a mercenary courtesan, she can't help but think that if Balgorah's intelligence can be removed while leaving any powers intact, the kukri might be worth a pretty penny.

If folks who know tell her otherwise, whatever means at our disposal for, ha! safe disposal would do. :)

Hey all, posting this in my games. My school is now in the practical phase of troubleshooting (read: they break the servers and whatnot, I have to fix it) and it is eating a lot of my time. I might be a bit slower in posting the next few weeks as a result. Apologies, and feel free to bot me as needed.

So I am pitching this as an ideological battle within Adonara. Which god does she want to serve? I am betting that her devotion to her goddess will outweigh all else... that she will stab me (hopefully somewhere I can recover from) and let go of the knife. Granted I will then have to deal with having an intelligent, malignant kukri embedded somewhere inside my body... but I am willing to roll that set of dice.

That said, it is entirely possible that the GM (or you, Adonara) think that the compulsion of the item might be dire enough that she instead pulls it out and goes for a follow up strike... I hope not though, ;)

That was awesome. You know, when I got that skill back at level two... I thought... this is kinda cool and thematic, but when am I ever going to be trying to sing down an object (especially given every round spent trying to sonic an item to death is a round not spent giving everyone attack buffs for the day). Never in my wildest dreams/hopes would I have been using it to break an evil intelligent serial killer weapon bent on possessing one of my party members, ;)

I feel like I'm really not measuring up here in terms of roleplay. I think Valekar will grow over time. I don't necessarily mind, but would y'all prefer I drop out and let someone else step in who can banter and dialogue better than I have been? I feel like I am being a bump on a log (or a "dead fish" if you prefer a different kind of metaphor).