You guys will know each other because you have been on the ship called The Penegrine for 6 weeks. So if you want to introduce your characters here you can or wait for in game that would be up to you.
right-o.
Just checking in.
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Fang will come off as a bit brusque on the ship, but after a few days he opens up a bit. ”Been on and around water for most of m’ life. Been haulin’ line and diving since I was just a tiny minnow. Now, cap’n says I’m gettin too old ta be out on the seas. Says I’m losin m’ edge. He wants a younger crew and says I should go get in on this island building thingy. Fah. He’s putting me on dry dock is what it is. But I’m here, and I’ll pull m’ weight. Once this is over, I’m gettin m’ own ship and sailin wherever I damn well please.”
Fang stands at around 6’ with grey hair and sky blue eyes. While not rippling with muscles, he does seem quite hearty and spry. Skin has that tanned/weathered look. He’s usually wearing just breeches on the ship, but for dinner, he cleans himself up and has a nice shirt to go with it. In the off times when the ship has to stop, he is usually fishing during the break, but otherwise, he tries to help out on the deck.
Mary Kay Ponzi is a half-elf in her mid-20s. Completely average in size and weight to others of her kind, her only redeeming feature are eyes the color of sunset.
Rotating the same 2 outfits, she keeps an array of masks that cover the upper half of her face. She is usually found trying to get fresh air, and keeps a teapot that she will flavor and heat water to sit and chat.
Scents and texture are her main passion. Willing to talk of aromas for hours of the new plants she hopes to find. Exporting as perfumes to the mainland for society to wear, at a tidy profit.
Eustice, Hucklebone to his friends, is a Cecaelia, a fairly rare amphibious creature with the torso, arms, and head of a human but the tentacles of a squid from the waist down. He's friendly and curious, though a bit absent minded at times. He explains that he is always looking for a new adventure and has been exploring new horizons since he was just a lad. For obvious reasons, he chooses to visit locations close to the water, and when he heard of this opportunity he couldn't resist.
His constant companion is a creature he refers to as his brother. Brother is almost the exact opposite of him, with the body of a human but a squid where the head should be. Brother's skin is a pale sickly shade of green and when he speaks, which is rare, it comes in a whisper. There was something very unsettling about being in Brother's presence when first disembarking, but you all grown accustomed to it and aren't bothered now.
Eustice has made it obvious that he is a spell caster and that Brother is a powerful, otherworldly spirit in his service.
Hey, guys, did anyone take the +1 Ring of Protection, Swarmsuit, or lesser talisman of good fortune?
I didn't take any of those
The ring of protection I thought Colten took, not sure on the other 2
I think Fang took the other two, just want to make sure.
Swarmsuit would be awful for me. Cuts speed by half. my dude is already slow enough :P
I don't know if the talisman was official, but i'll take it.
big one that i remember taking was the quick runners shirt.
Ah, that's what I was remembering, okay.
I can't tell based on Atlan's sheet if he has the ring or not. The Touch AC is only 14, which I would think would mean no ring, but the AC is 20 total so I'm not sure.
I'm going to cross the talisman off for Fang.
I did not take the ring but I will now. That will put my AC to 21
Excellent, I'll cross it off.
Does anyone want the spear or the chain shirt?
I could use the spear, but it would do better in your hands. I'm not interested in the shirt.
I have no interest in either. I'd like that ring of swimming, though.
You need to be more mobile than me. Will see what the other stuff is tomorrow.
Alright, we can sell s%#@. I've got the +1 shortspear and mithral shirt going to Colten, the Ring of Swimming to Rhys (thanks, Mary Sue), and the magic bow and the ring of ferocious action to be sold, along with the gems, the incense, the teak box, the 520 collecter coins (if thats ok, Tony), and all of the mundane gear but he swarmsuit and the alchemist's fires.
If anyone wants any of that stuff, let me know, otherwise I'll have a total for you tomorrow, Tony.
Sounds good to me
I think the silver and diamond might want to stick around. Those are spell components, and we may need those. I would hate to get rid of it and then need it a few combats down the road.
Those aren't on the list to be sold.
To be sold:
4 small spears 8/2
3 bucklers 15/2
9 daggers 18/2
3 shortspears 3/2
+1 holy reliquary composite longbow (+2 Str) 2,850/2
handaxe 6/2
Ring of ferocious action 3,000/2
520 rare coins 650
4 blocks of incense 25
Teak box 30
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3,302.5 gold received.
Thanks for taking care of all that loot stuff
No problem.
With the party treasury, I'd like to suggest one of two options:
#1: We each contribute 34.4 additional gold to the party treasury and pick up a wand of cure light wounds or a wand of infernal healing.
#2: We use the party treasury to pick up 5 antitoxins and 5 antiplagues, and possibly some other restorative/healing items.
I think thats a good idea. Who knows how long we will have til next shipment
Yes to that
300 split five ways is a cool 60 gp each.
I'll take mine as follows:
2 acid flasks (20 gp)
Meditation tea (30 gp)
10 doses of magnesium (10 gp)
Do we get these items right away or do we need to wait a certain amount of time for her to finish making these?
She can get them to you right away.
Alchemy guide:
There's a ton of good alchemical items. Some of my favorites
Alchemist's Kindness - No hangover!
Antitoxin, Antiplague - +5 to saves vs. Disease or poison, or a reroll if already affected.
Acid, alchemist's fire, bottled lightning, etc. - Anti-swarm requirements until higher level when AoE spells are better
Meditation Tea - +2 to the most important save for a good length of time
Sooth Syrup - Situational, but being sickened or nauseated sucks, and a +5 is a hefty bonus
Blood Boiling Pill - Initiative boost with minor side affects
Smelling Salts - Wake up people you've knocked out with nonlethal
Soul Stimulant - Ignore a negative level for abit (expensive)
Potion Sponge - Let's you drink potions underwater.
(Alchemical Reagents)
Cold Iron - bonus to dispel checks
Magnesium - increases duration of transmutation effects
Cytilesh spores - increased duration for charm and compulsion effects
Quicksilver - increaed duration for mind affecting
Salt - increased CL for effect for necromancy
Silver - Increased DC for saves vs Illusion (excellent if you focus on that)
Spirit of wine - Increased caster level for duration of summons
Barbarian Chew - Extra round of rage, good for barb/bloodrager dips
Red Flame Torch - Light source that can't be seen at a distance
Spiritbane Spike - Emergency ghost touch weapon, but probably too expensive
Weapon blanches - Only really good for ranged weapons, but nearly mandatory if you're going to use one iwth any frequency
Leveled. Big level up; Rhys (and Esgidiau) now have pack flanking. As long as they are adjacent, they count as flanking any enemy they both threaten. With outflank, that's a +4 bonus to hit, and any critical hits from either draws an attack of opportunity from the other.
Esgi gets a nice combat boost with the dex/str increase and more natural armor. Also picked up the Sneak trick on him as a bonus trick, which should allow me to start stealthing more frequently.
I took Psychic Inception this level and now can try to use my mental abilities on otherwise immune targets of my hypnotic stare.
Thats a good boost to both of you.
Leveled both Rhys and Esgi. Esgi going with the +1 Intelligence to a 3, and spending downtime to learn to understand common.
If we sold everything we have it would be a pretty substantial pay out, but a lot of the items are definitely worth keeping.
Rhys is interested in the ring of protection for Esgidiau and the ioun torch for himself.
leveled up as well. nothing big changes this level, though i do now have Air Cushion. "You cushion a fall from any height. You are constantly under the effects of feather fall, and you count as one size category larger for the purpose of determining how you are affected by wind."
leads up to me flying in a couple more levels :)
I am considering a rebuild into a healer. Im thinking oracle. Thoughts, comments, concerns?
Or I could do the full heal-bot thing and go cleric. I actually derive a lot of enjoyment from being a heal-bot. You wins are my wins as long as I keep you alive and fighting!
Oracles are great. You have lots of spell slots and learn cure spells for free, so you can heal when needed, but also have the ability to cast buffs, debuffs, damage spells, etc.
The Lore oracle gets all knowledge skills (an area we're struggling in currently), can get Charisma to AC/Reflex saves (so you can dump or not prioritize Dex), can get Charisma to Knowledge checks (although you're limited on skill slots, so I wouldn't necessarily suggest dumping Int, especially if you're non-human. Also, see the Mental Acuity revelation here as well), and Arcane Archivist, while once a day, can give you a ton of versatility with access to the much better Sorcerer/Wizard spell list.
Metal Oracle gets lead blades, can get proficiency in all martial weapons and heavy armor, and are solid combatants without needing to dip to a martial.
Life Oracles are the best healers (your already going to have a good charisma obviously, so you'll get more channels pound for pound than an equal level cleric.) Combat Healer gives you swift action heals so you can use your standard for other spells or attacks, and life link can be very good if you build for it, especially if you're willing to dip into Paladin.
Lunar oracles are a favorite, Charisma to AC/Reflex, animal companion at your level. Also, Mantle of Moonlight can ruin a casters day.
Any combination of Oracle that gets access to Charisma to AC/Reflex and that worships Desna, thus opening up Desna's Divine Fighting Technique (Cha to attack/damage with a starknife) can be a ridiculously efficient combatant, with all of the buffs you muster, high Charisma and Con, and access to the various starknife style feats.
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I was convinced to play a cleric until I read your response. Now I have more to think about.
My thoughts on the loot
Meridian Belt. Sell. We don't have enough rings to justify it, and honestly even if we did there are almost always better belt options, its an extremely niche item.
Minor bag of holding. Keep. Not sure who wants to carry it, I've got carrying capacity to spare, as does Esgi.
+1 Trident. Sell, as Atlan already has one.
+1 Seaborne Glaive. Very cool, but I'm hesitant to grab an effectively +2 weapon that doesn't work with my build except when I'm under water. Either Atlan if he can finesse it or sell.
Ioun Torch. Keep. Atlan or Rhys.
cloak of resistance +1. Atlan or Mary Kay.
Ring of Protection +1. Esgidiau, Atlan, or Rhys.
wand of mage armor. Mary Kay
saltspray ring. obscuring mist shuts down (non-Unchained) sneak attack, which can be useful. If anyone needs to stay wet on land, I say they keep it, otherwise, i'd say sell, it's worth a good chunk of change.
Selling everything else (not including the saltspray ring for now) would net us 1946.08 each. I don't have gold values for the recording gems, if they're sellable. We also found a steel flask and a set of dice in a leather cup, but they're likely worth negligible value and someone might want to keep them for roleplaying purposes.
Agree/disagree?
sounds good here
The recording gems do not have a value as they do not have any data that would be good enough to get gold for.
Alright, that's what I figured.
If people want to make a list of wondrous items, Mary will spend that time making magic items and then making more alchemical items. Thinking that the cave by the well is going to make a great place to work.
wish list would be a lot of the standard items.
Belt of Physical Might (con/dex) or Belt of Mighty Constitution.
Ring of Protection
Cloak of Resistance
Amulet of Natural Armor
Skyspirit Stone
I agree on the loot decisions.
Alright, three votes does it. Barring any objections, the following characters get the following items. Update your sheets appropriately.
Rhys minor bag of holding, ring of protection +1, potion of cure light wounds
Atlan ioun torch, cloak of resistance +1,potion of cure light wounds
Mary Kay wand of mage armor (16 charges)
All but me 1 Alchemist Fire
Also, either Mary Kay or Chris' new divine caster should take the wand of cure light wounds (50 charges).
Selling remaining loots nets each character 2,398.58 gold each, and puts 2,399.1 silver in the party treasury. Since we've gotten our wand of cure light now on the last shipment, we're in a better place on out-of-combat heals, and with a cleric or oracle incoming, we're going to have a lot more party staying power. For party loots, my only recommendation would be things like scrolls of lesser restoration. Scrolls of haste might be worth grabbing to give Mary Kay another option after spell slots run out.
Tony, I'll have a final purchase list by this evening. May cancel some of my other purchases and just get Esgidiau a set of +1 leather lamellar barding.
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Sounds good. I have a busy weekend coming so I will not be posting until Sunday or Monday so you have plenty of time.
Item
Chain shirt barding (small).....200 gp
Scroll of water breathing.......375 gp
4 potion sponges....................8 gp
potion of air bubble...............50 gp
wand of longstrider....................................750 gp
cloak of resistance +1................................1,000 gp
Total 2,383 gp
Change: 15.58
Okay, minor change of plans. Since Mary Kay can make us wondrous items during our plentiful downtime, lets hold on to some of the items we were going to sell. My list is pretty brief
Cloak of Resistance +1 .....500 GP crafting costs
Any of you in desperate need of a belt/headband, we could probably break down most of the magic items to make a few of those. They only cost 2,000 in components. However, in APs I often find we find one immediately after I knuckle down and actually purchase one, so buyer beware.
2982.65 (new sales plus 548.1gp savings)
Spring loaded wrist sheath ×2 10gp
Soul stimulant 300gp
+1 Hide armor 1015gp
+1 Buckler 1005
Ring of Resistance +1 500gp
152.68 gp change
And Mary Kay can have the shield cloak for disassembling once I have my buckler.