My boot makes an awful good lockpick.
So are Dokren's shadow lockpicks.
Kaliyah looks left and right and all around her. "Uhm. Hello?"
Hey everyone, looking forward to joining you soon!
Welcome aboard, be prepared to be thrust into the midst tonight.
Glad to have here to save our city!
I will be traveling this weekend and completely unavailable until Monday. Please DMPC me as needed.
Marcus will lead the way and try to be the first through any doors, and is focused on getting this mission done quickly before too much attention is garnered.
Thanks for letting me know. Your RP will be to scowl at people.
What I just posted in gameplay is a genuine question. Right now Kaliyah hates Meira and Magda doesn't like her either given her connection to Kroft. Marcus and Vera both seem neutral at best.
I'm not opposed to some in-character conflict or distrust of the new girl, but it's starting to seem like Meira's NG alignment might be a larger issue, particularly as she's also loyal to the guard. (And will remain so until/unless the guard shows itself to be obviously corrupt.) If that is a problem, I'm happy to create a different character that leans more neutral and doesn't have that connection.
Oh not an issue, if anything we desperately need it. And I just posted as much in character.
Nope, definitely enjoying Meira thus far!
Clever Wordplay only applies to Intimidate. For Diplomacy I'm using Skill Focus and the Illuminator trait to make up for the negative CHA modifier, but CHA is still the ability score used.
Sadly this means no extra bonuses to diplomacy right now. But if Meira sticks around until level 10, she'll get an extra bonus for the skill focus :)
Ohhhhh, that makes more sense. Gotcha, thanks for correcting me.
Meira is great!
Yes, Magda just doesn't like Kroft for reasons. She also doesn't like being ordered about or manhandled or authority figures in general, which I've explained a bit already I think.
She didn't like... um... Anyone but Vera to start with, then Kali, Shi is fine now, heck she even respects Marcus since he caught the rock she threw at him. She doesn't like Krovax much but that is because of his anger issues.
Magda is Good alignment wise, just not anywhere near lawful.
Kali does not like Meira right now, I'm not going to say that's incorrect. This however has little to do with her alignment, it's the fact you are "the new girl" and she really doesn't trust a lot of people. Hell, she barely trusts most of the party and that's only because they've saved her from sure death.
Kali will warm up to Meira, it's just going to take a little time. She's got some trust issues and she is working through some things right now. I wouldn't change anything about Meira as it would be pleasant to have a guiding light somewhere in this party! :)
If Kali is too rough around the edge for you, I'll tone it back so it's not as grating. By no means am I trying to make you feel uncomfortable so let me know if it's bothering you and I can adjust accordingly.
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It's alright, my gruff melee fighters will continue to handle Phoenix's uppity problem causers. It's our relationship <3
Thanks for the responses. I don't think anyone needs to tone anything down; I just wanted to make sure I wasn't shoving a NG goody-two-shoes peg into a hole she didn't fit.
Problem causers are my middle name! :D
Some questions:
1) Did we end up comandeering that boat as a headquarters for ourselves? I want to say we ended up ditching it but I'm not sure.
2) Is the Pathfinder Society a normal part of this AP?
3) Is this some actual downtime for crafting and whatnot?
1) You didn’t - it seems difficult.
2) They have a lodge - you can draw upon their resources if you join/would like.
3) A few days, maybe a week. I expect everyone to be level 4 before the next vignette.
I have Magda leveled, just need to move it up to the profile, will try and do so tonight sir.
Cool. Then Marcus wants to seek out a forge where he can hopefully make a new weapon for himself. He plans to upgrade to a masterwork falchion.
level goodness,
knowledge nature got a point! She can now identify a rat if one comes at us.
Attribute point in wisdom
Fortune hex so she can buff you all on occasion.
Wandering Spirits!
Meira's leveled. Main benefit of level 4 is access to both studied combat and studied strike. (Along with swift alchemy, but that's less exciting.)
Ranger 4
Animal Companion Link
Attribute: Dex
Skills: A bunch.
Spell: Gravity Bow
Arcanist 4
+5 HP
+1 Will
+1 BAB
2nd Level Spells: Glitterdust, Masterwork Transformation
Skills: Diplomacy, Sense Motive x2, K. Arcana, Spellcraft, Appraise, Sleight of Hand. Trusting Meira to take over the duty of being knowledgeable.
If you have the gold, Vera can make your gear masterwork, Marcus. Or anyone else. If nobody at all wants to use this, I'll come up with some other spell to learn.
I think at Level 5, when Vera is hopefully a little more grown up, she will learn how to craft wondrous item.
And a minor change to how we do HP, from now on, just take the level average. So HD/2 for even levels, HD/2 +1 for odd levels, basically.
Arcanist 4
+5 HP
+1 Will
+1 BAB
2nd Level Spells: Glitterdust, Masterwork Transformation
Skills: Diplomacy, Sense Motive x2, K. Arcana, Spellcraft, Appraise, Sleight of Hand. Trusting Meira to take over the duty of being knowledgeable.If you have the gold, Vera can make your gear masterwork, Marcus. Or anyone else. If nobody at all wants to use this, I'll come up with some other spell to learn.
I think at Level 5, when Vera is hopefully a little more grown up, she will learn how to craft wondrous item.
Sounds good - you have a lot of time to make items, so be creative!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't masterwork transformation cost the same as just buying a masterwork item, so isn't it not very useful in an urban setting?
You don't have to pay the price of the original item. And if you got proficiency through an heirloom weapon, you can make it maksterwork somehow which is good, because it can save a feat for certain exotic weapons.
With some time, Vera would like to do the following things:
- Find a place to properly bury her mother's remains
- Get her house officially hers
- Figure out who that cute Abadarian she met was
- Tell the group about a particular dagger when they are gathered together
- Take Mags shopping for a nice dress
Drat, didn't get to edit my old post. Minor thing, I won't put any points in Diplomacy but instead will have the Headband of Intellect provide a bonus there, and toss another point into Sense Motive. And also one more point in Sleight of Hand instead of Appraise. Also forgot my stat boost, which goes into +1 Int.
Oh, and Vera is 15 now instead of 14. I honestly had made her 14 because according to the age table, adulthood is 15. Default starting age is 15+die roll. So the fact that she's 15 means she's a bit younger and fits the Young template. Kids had to grow up quick in ancient times. And none of you know exactly how old she is anyway.
Marcus Level 4
HP: 6 (average) +2 (con) +1 (favored class) = +9 hp
BaB: +1
Saves: Fort +1
Class Features: Bonus feat
Skill Ranks: keeping my max skills maxed out, picking up knowledge (engineering) because why not and it makes sense to be helping Vera fix her place up
Feat: Bulette Leap (kind of a dead feat for Marcus except in very particular scenarios, but an important prerequisite for his next feat)
Ability Score Increase: Strength, goes to 19 which has no effect beyond carrying capacity
Sorry for the delay, finishing some minor stuff on Discord. @shadowlord make sure your alias is updated!
A note to all my games:
I will be out of town starting tomorrow morning until next Tuesday morning (the 17th). I will be in a location entirely without internet and will be completely unable to post. Please GMPC me as needed.
Hope it's somewhere fun! When will you be back?
FYI just waiting on Shadowlord to chime in/update, and then we'll move on :).
Ranger 4
Favored Enemy: Undead
Feat: Mounted Combat
Spell: Longstrider
For SL's recovery, Meira will happily make as many Alleviate Addictions as she has slots for. It won't permanently stop anything, but it might make it easier for her to seek other help. (Such as antiplague.)
Vera can cast Dancing Lights and will keep those up for the group as they travel. She also casts Message on the group.
Minor thing I need to remember to do every morning; a harrow reading to fill her arcane reservoir.
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Holy hell what a perception bonus Magda!
It's always really nice when the character well-specced for perception invests in some eyes of the eagle. Trivializing perception checks helps bypass a ton of hurdles.
Just popping in to tell everybody to make sure to read the discord. We're talking a lot about the current problem on there.
Hey gang!
I'm struggling to juggle my workload of games these days. I simply have too much on my plate and not enough time to post. The pandemic shifted my lifestyle this year and with the kids at home all day every day with me, I just don't have the bandwidth I used to have to keep the balance. Checking in for games is becoming less fun and more work, so in order to keep my sanity I'm going to need to drop this game.
I don't want to drop this game, as I really enjoy Kali, but it's just too much weight for me to carry at this time. Maybe I'll come back again sometime if there's an opening, but for now I think I need to step away from some of my tables. Honestly, it's not fair to all of you because I can't give enough effort beyond the bare minimum.
I hope you understand, sorry if I'm letting you guys down! Best of luck in you future games and I hope to play with you all in a game one day again.
Check discord for tactics discussion. We're deciding between trying to fight through the east passage despite miss chance or making sure our backline doesn't become vulnerable from the north while we wait for light.
Hi everyone.
I'm very sorry for disappearing like that. I've been pretty sick for the past few weeks, and at this point don't expect to start feeling better anytime in the immediate future. Therefore I'm dropping out of all my games. (Which I had unofficially done anyway I guess.)
Again, I'm very sorry I didn't say anything sooner, I just kept hoping things would get better and I'd be able to rejoin. It was great playing with you all, and I wish you the best of luck.
Oh no! Sorry to hear that, Meira. I hope your health improves and you're able to recover. Be well. Merry Christmas and happy new year!
Let me know everybody's thoughts on use for the dispel magic scroll. If you guys decide to use it now on Marcus's blindness than the GM told me in discord I could use my next gameplay post to make the rolls for it.
I'm fine with that.
Hi guys, nice to meet you and thanks for picking me!
I have linked my background to Yazi at some point, but I can easily change it if you prefer.
Welcome, Erasmo! Looking forward to gaming with you.