Congrats!!! I am looking forward to starting this adventure with you five. It is going to be interesting to see how everything plays out. Having only the first adventure, it seems that how the events within this adventure plays out will change future events in future adventures. I am excited to see this interaction play out.
Take this time to post with your alias and get to know one another. If you would, share your time zones and when you typically are available to post during the day. This way we are all on the same page when it comes to our daily postings.
As a DM I wait for the party to let me know what they are wanting to do and where they are wanting to go when the choice is given, I will never railroad the party. That being said, you are all being hired on as guards for a caravan... So I suppose it technically won't be "railroading."
One last thing, take this time to go over your character sheets. Make sure you have spend your copper/silver/gold on the items your character might believe they need on this journey, there aren't towns along the way to restock.
Good luck, and let's have some fun!!
Mezdav slouched as he leaned against the wall outside the gate, waiting for the caravan to form up. The cheap bastard of a caravan master wasn't even paying rations on the trip, just 25 gp for a 20 day guard job, bring your own food and kit...Still, it would get him to Grayhaven, that was something.
He wondered who else had hired on as guards. Would they want to go shares on a keg of beer? Mezdav could only kick in 4 gp, but his mule could do the carrying, the beast was under-loaded.
A striking girl appears with a mule carrying many of her provisions, with a crossbow strapped to her side, her long hair tied into many knots in the back. Her cheekbones are pronounced and look ruddy with sun. The air distorts around her, somewhat queasily, but it doesn't seem to bother her animal friend. She wears the complicated vestments of a shaman of the hill tribes, with many necklaces, small animal skulls and fetishes, and slices of markhor horns adorn her shoulders. She spins a stick with one finger until it falls, watching it suddenly scoot sideways a good dozen feet, laughing at its absurd trajectory.
"Hi, I am Yalyaane," she says to the half-orc, with the clipped accent of one who speaks a different language than the lowlanders of Greenwold. "Are you a guard?"
Slouching a little lower, not meeting her eyes, Mezdav replies: "I'm Mezdav. Yep, I've signed on for the trip to Grayhaven."
Adir Silverleaf The rather quiet hobbit nods carrying what seems like a walking stick with a sling attached, and a greatsword about his own size, i've been hired as a guard He's wearing a form fitted breastplate with a Black and green gambeson and cloak, as with most halflings he's barefoot.
Mezdav pipes up "Who here would be willing to go shares on a 1/2 keg of beer for the trip? My mule can carry it, and it's safer than drinking unknown water."
"Also, do any of us have a healer's kit - I can't afford one but I am a trained healer"
I'll get a healer's kit for Yalyaane.
Hello all... give Pash a once over if you will. I know he is 100 GP short of the 240 alotment for creation, I asked a question regarding that in recruitment, but beyond that let me know if anything seems off.
Hello all... give Pash a once over if you will. I know he is 100 GP short of the 240 alotment for creation, I asked a question regarding that in recruitment, but beyond that let me know if anything seems off.
Equipment: 20 days of food would be a good thing to add... and some survival in the wilderness gear (eg. a bedroll, etc). We are going on what's said to be a 20 day march and we are responsible for our own upkeep.
Hello all... give Pash a once over if you will. I know he is 100 GP short of the 240 alotment for creation, I asked a question regarding that in recruitment, but beyond that let me know if anything seems off.Equipment: 20 days of food would be a good thing to add... and some survival in the wilderness gear (eg. a bedroll, etc). We are going on what's said to be a 20 day march and we are responsible for our own upkeep.
That might not be a terrible idea... plus extra bolts. I have 20, but you can never have too many.
He has a blanket and bedroll already, though a mess kit and perhaps a skillet or pot might not be a bad choice...
With any of my characters one of the first things I buy is the (Class) Kit. It most everything you really need to start off, at least when it comes to adventuring gear.
Hey guys/gals!
I wanted to check over some mechanical stuff that goes along with this adventure. The journey takes 20 days with planned and random things happening along the way. Would you like me to "SIM" the days nothing happens, or would you like me to do a brief description of the day. This way if any of you would like to do any RP you have the ability to do so.
Part of the whole adventure is taking into consideration the RP between the PCs and NPCs, but it is not vital to the adventure or story.
I wanted to find out so I can provide the game play that you all would enjoy the most.
I'm fine either way. :)
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Personal preference would be to go through them, though perhaps a bit quicker. Otherwise we will always know (at least out of character) that something is about to happen, and that kinda ruins the surprise. Maybe hand-waive a bit if we have several days in a row of nothing happening, just to keep things moving.
My two cents on the matter. Will abide by whichever route you pick though.
I'm with Yalyaane.
That's 2 votes for, and 2 abstentions, motion passes - sim the daily...
I'm with Yalyaane.
That's 2 votes for, and 2 abstentions, motion passes - sim the daily...
@Adir still has to say what they would prefer. Talk about a swing vote....
@Adir still has to say what they would prefer. Talk about a swing vote....I'm with Yalyaane.
That's 2 votes for, and 2 abstentions, motion passes - sim the daily...
That's 2 abstentions, not 2 no's... The yes's outnumber him...
True, but I also would like to know what his (her?) preference is, even if it is the opposite of what I would prefer.
sorry, Saturdays are busy. my vote no skipping anyway. because Rp and crafting.
of course that's only if there's stuff to talk about, if nothings going on then proceed
RP on downtime days sounds good.
When it comes to critical damage, under the confirmation roll go ahead and roll the extra damage die.
Example
Attack
Damage (1d6)
Crit confirm (x3 weapon)
Extra Damage (2d6)
Sorry all, March is a crazy month for me and work. I have conference every weekend and I mentally tell myself I will have time to post but realistically I do not. Until further notice it might be best to say that I will not be posting on weekends, but always feel free to RP moments.
Hey all. sorry about last week. Everything around us is closing due to the coronavirus and my family was scrambling to figure out what we were going to be doing with our kids. I will be getting a post going today.
I hope all of you are doing well through this whole coronavirus whatnot.
My schedule is getting whacky... but beyond that, no impact yet.
I'm transitioning to work-at-home and found I brought home an analog monitor. Much disappoint. I'll have to make a Fury Road run back to work tomorrow.
Hey all, sorry for the delay. Things here at my work are getting kind of hectic. Short-term/long-term shut downs, staffing needs, meetings, etc... Please be gracious with giving me time during this whole uncertain time in the states. I will be posting. Thank you for understanding.
i'm sure thats everyone right now. I'm sorry life the worlds closed, please come back next month
@Mezdav I must say thank you for sharing this song. I clicked play on it and it has been playing his tracks for quite some time. He has that North Mississippi All-Star kind of vibe.
Hey all! How is life doing? Me? Oh not to bad. Came home Thursday night and started to put away groceries. Went to take some stuff downstairs to our freezer when I noticed our basement was completely flooded, then the nightmare hit.... I saw the toilet paper and crap floating. The sewer backed up into our basement.... Finally got the proper team out to clean/sanitize/clean/sanitize it this morning and now it is drying out....
Thats all from me. Expect a real post soon enough...
Not the precious toilet paper! That's turrible.
Posting in all my games. Last few days have had some personal issues that I have had to deal with. Hope to be able to catch up and post sometime tomorrow. I apologize for the inconvenience.
I think Squirrel Ninja is still bailing out their basement, so it should be ok. Pash and GM, and the rest of you, be well! :)
Once again I want to apologize for the laps in posting. The basement was a bit more of a blunder than I thought it would be. Dealing with insurance companies can always be interesting to say the least. But we are back at it.
Another note, as we are not really in "normal times" right now, I am going to be more lax in my expectations of postings. If you are able to post daily that is also, if you are not because of life situations due to quarantine that is perfectly fine. Things will eventually return to normal.
Hey all, hope all is going well. Two questions for you all.
1) I wanted to check in and see if anyone would like to take control of the loot sheet? I would love to give access to someone if they would like to have control over it. We haven't really come across anything yet, but when we do it would be one thing less that I would need to control.
I currently have it set with Item I Value I Who Has It I Location Found I Category rows, but you could totally customize it as you see fit.
If you would like to control it let me know and either put your email address on here or PM me your email address. I'll give you access to the Google Doc.
2) I am always open to constructive criticism when it comes to how I am running the game. I want it to be ran in a way that the party finds enjoyable. If you ever have concern, or need something to change so you are having more fun, please feel free to either post it on here or send me a PM. I want to be able to run the game so all are having fun.
@Ercio thanks! I emailed you the link to be an editor. Like I said, feel free to go crazy with however you'd like to use the loot sheet.
*Insert Oprah giving away stuff meme*
And you get a Vorpal blade, and you get a Vorpal blade, and YOU get a Vorpal blade.
But for real, has anyone ever had a character that acquired a vorpal blade?
Nah, GM's don't just give out Vorpal blades unless it's a high level type campaign and how many people actually get to 16-20
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Once my RL friend gave out a +5 Vorpal to the party (I didn't play with them back then, only heard the story) and put 2 high level demons to fight them. Round 1: Charge into the demon, nat 20, decapitate, cleaving finish nat 20 the 2nd demon, combat over. Needless to say he spent quite a while thereafter without GMing in frustration.
*Insert Oprah giving away stuff meme*
And you get a Vorpal blade, and you get a Vorpal blade, and YOU get a Vorpal blade.But for real, has anyone ever had a character that acquired a vorpal blade?
AD&D, about 35 years ago. Ah D&D as munchkin teenagers...
Ah yes, the days when all sorts of rule bending occurred, until the Paizo Nation attacked.
2) Could we have a tactical map to work on? It's much easier to figure things out, for example, who's in danger - Is it coming from head on, the left side, the right side, etc...
I typically just use theater of the mind when it comes combats, but that is only because I do not know how to make an interactive grid. Does anyone know how to do this and would like to share the info? Otherwise I am not 100% sure on how to make it where you can move your tokens.
I will post a gameplay post soon.