(#2-01) "Citadel of Corruption" (Inactive)

Game Master rainzax

Welcome!

We will do this "Check In" in two phases; Before getting your mission briefing ("Phase One"), and After getting your mission briefing ("Phase Two"). For now, please just fill out:

Check In (Phase One)

Player Handle:
Character Name:
PFS / Character Number / Faction:
Character Ancestry / Background / Class / Level:
Downtime Skill / Task Level / Task DC / Die Result / Outcome:

Gameplay opens Tuesday (11/17). I will PM each of you. For now lets just sort the logistics.

Player Handle PaleDim
Character Name Elsha Ustosh
PFS / Character Number / Faction 272301-2002 (Grand Archive)
Character Ancestry / Background / Class / Level Human (Half-elf) Nexian Mystic Alchemist (Bomber) 2
Downtime Skill / Task Level / Task DC / Die Result / Outcome Earn income, task 0 (Craft Alchemy): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26

Question from the recruitment thread: you'd mentioned complete profiles. Any issue with Elsha's?

Question from the recruitment thread: you'd mentioned complete profiles. Any issue with Elsha's?

Elsha's Character Prolife and Character Bar both look good!

Speaking of Alchemists, are you aware that the ratio of Prepared Field Specialty Extracts to Daily Infused Reagents has changed to become more favorable at early levels?

Yup, I've specified his two "Signature Items" in the profile, and the initial allocation has him with 3 of each.

It is a good Season to be an Alchemist!

Player Handle: Roll4initiative
Character Name: Redd Appleblossom
PFS / Character Number / Faction: 17148-2005
Character Ancestry / Background / Class / Level: Halfling (emissary), Bard 1
Downtime Skill / Task Level / Task DC / Die Result / Outcome: Task level 0, DC 14.
Performance: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18
4 sp earned.

Player Handle: Sedoriku
Character Name: Symeon Isafira
PFS / Character Number / Faction: 108507-2005
Character Ancestry / Background / Class / Level: Gutsy Halfling Teacher Investigator (Forensic/Medic) 2
Downtime Skill / Task Level / Task DC / Die Result / Outcome: Task level: 0, DC 14
Lore (Surgery) Unassuming Dedication: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 8 + 1 = 16
Success: 4 sp earned

Player Handle: Palandri
Character Name: Mandoo
PFS / Character Number / Faction: 2380483-2001 (Horizon Hunters)
Character Ancestry / Background / Class / Level: Human (Martial Disciple) Monk 1
Downtime Skill / Task Level / Task DC / Die Result / Outcome: Task level: 0, DC 14
Gladiatorial Lore: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Failure: 8cp earned

Player Handle: azjauthor
Character Name: Olnik Shadowstone
PFS/Character Number/Faction: 108452-2003 (Envoy's Alliance)
Character Ancestry / Background / Class / Level: Dwarf (Rivethune Adherent) Bard (maestro/polymath) 3
Downtime Skill / Task Level / Task DC /Die Result / Outcome: Task Level 1, DC 15,
Performance w/ maestro's instrument lesser: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 11 + 1 = 17
Success: 1.6 gp earned

Player Handle: Warah
Character Name: Nal Bagura
PFS / Character Number / Faction: 289224-2001 / Horizon Hunters
Character Ancestry / Background / Class / Level: Half-Elf (Cavern Elf) / Criminal / Rogue 1
Downtime Skill / Task Level / Task DC / Die Result / Outcome: Task level 1* / DC 15
Lore (Underworld): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
Failure: 2cp earned

*Not sure if I'm doing any of this right. My first post in Gameplay will have a description of what she did to earn her wages. Also, I'm wondering if I'm looking at the right Earn Income table (4-2). Looking at Olnik's income above, I'm a very confused newbie.

We are 6/6 here.
Just missing Faction from Redd and Symeon!
@Nal - That is the correct table, wrong Task Level. PCs may attempt a Task Level equal to their Character Level minus Two (minimum zero). Keep your roll and re-calculate!
Or, if you have any other questions, feel free to ask here!

*Not sure if I'm doing any of this right. My first post in Gameplay will have a description of what she did to earn her wages. Also, I'm wondering if I'm looking at the right Earn Income table (4-2). Looking at Olnik's income above, I'm a very confused newbie.

My understanding (no guarantees) is that you get 8 days of downtime to earn income after a Scenario like this one. After a Bounty you get no downtime. After a Quest you get 2 days downtime. After a full AP, you get 24 days downtime.

If my information is accurate (did I mention no guarantees?), then Nal's roll of 14 is a (bare) success, so she should get 5cp per day on a Level 0 trained Task success, for a total of 40cp (or 4sp).

Unfortunately, Mandoo, who rarely makes any money during downtime as a bouncer/bodyguard/cage-fighter/gladiator, only gets 1cp per day on his failure, for a total of 8cp.

2 days of downtime per xp point earned. So bounties/quests give 2 days, scenarios give 8, adventure paths give 24 etc. Unless you are field commissioned which gives 3 days per xp. The GM section of the guild guide has a basic calculation of earned incomes for an 8 day stretch. Though I don't thing the third level task has been put in correctly as there is no way a failure would garner 64 sp when a success only gives 40.

Also Symeon is keeping his Grand Archive faction and not delving into any other ones just yet.

Redd champions the Envoy's Alliance faction.

Ah, I see what I missed. I forgot that the table shows the earnings per day, not the total earnings. So here's my recalculation:

Task Level: 0
Lore (Underworld) DC 14: 11 + 3 = 14 --> Success
5 cp x 8 days = 40 cp (or 4 sp)

Thanks guys!

Question on the new boon rules. I have both an Expert Hireling and the (grandfathered) Eager Protege boon. The Hireling boons say that we "may only benefit from one hireling boon on any given adventure," but can I still also benefit from my Eager Protege boon, since it isn't a Hireling boon?

Olnik, as I understand it, you can bring both, yes, for the reasons you stated.

As for the difference between Retired Boons and Achievement Boons, as I understand it, the systems operate parallel, according to their own interior logic, for those characters lucky enough to have earned, and subsequently spent, Fame, a resource which, as of 9/15/2020, if no longer doled out on Chronicle sheets.

Gotta be honest, Shrike is giving me flashbacks to college. I had a professor with similar qualities.

Long work day ahead - will likely post this evening!

Standard disclaimer: If you're wondering about my strange posting times, it's because I'm currently living in Spain. If other PbP adventures I've played in are anything to go by, most of you are likely to be posting from North America somewhere. I am some 9 hours ahead of Pacific time and 6 hours ahead of Eastern time, so I go to bed sometime in your mid-afternoon and get up sometime in the very early morning.

I think in one of my other games, everyone lives in Australia. All their posts happen in the middle of the night when I'm asleep here in Colorado.

Japan here! Although it's really not that different from Australia time wise.

Japan here! Although it's really not that different from Australia time wise.

Ohhh! Hi, Sedoriku! Tell Ogren that Redd says "Hiya!”

Will do! I was glad to see Redd again!

Mission Prep

GM Glyphs:
School Item:
Retired Boons:
Achievement Boons:
Daily Preparations:

Let me know if you have any questions about these five entries!?

GM Glyphs nope
School Item Minor healing potion
Retired Boons nope
Achievement Boons nope
Daily Preparations

6 batches of infused reagents

Advanced Alchemy Infused Items
- Alchemist's Fire (Lesser) (3)
- Blight Bomb (Lesser) (3)
- Eagle Eye Elixir (Lesser) (2)
- Elixir of Life (Minor) (2)

Quick Alchemy Batches 2

GM Glyphs: none
School Item: Healing Potion (Minor)
Retired Boons: none
Achievement Boons: none
Daily Preparations: none

Default exploration mode is Avoid Notice at Stealth +6. Added to character bar as requested.

GM Glyphs: None
School Item: 2x minor healing potion (in bandolier for easy access)
Retired Boons: Eager Protege (16 XP current),
Achievement Boons: Hireling/Expert Hireling (+7 Thievery/Underworld Lore), Wayfinder, Harmonic Wayfinder, Engraved Wayfinder, Promotional Accessory, Promotional Vestments, Team Player (2 uses remaining), Envoy's Alliance Gear, Skillful Mentor, Devil's Keep (Advanced)
Daily Preparations: None

Looks like my +10 is the best Perception, so I'll take the Search exploration action. Someone else with a lower Perception and nothing better to do should take Scout instead.

I'll take scout.

I'm not actually sure what retired boons are, but Elsha's slotted boons are:

- Grand Archive Champion
- Experienced Mountaineer
- Legacy of the Gorget

Retired Boons

GM Glyphs: None
School Item: minor healing potion.
Retired Boons: none
Achievement Boons: Engraved Wayfinder, Promotional Accessory, Promotional Vestments, Traveler o/t Spirit Road (if crit fail Hide, Sneak, Sense Dir., or Track in forest, check box for failure instead. 3/3 uses).
Daily Preparations: ???

Another reason he's not taking one of the offered climbing kits is that they each weight 2 Bulk, which is twice what the standard one listed in the CRB weighs.

Correction - Climbing Kits are 1 Bulk each (as linked) - DM error - thanks Mandoo!

GM Glyphs: none
School Item: minor healing potion
Retired Boons: none
Achievement Boons: One Who Waits (check a box to turn a crit failure on Acrobatics or Athletics into a failure), Society Connections
Daily Preparations: none

Sorry I've been absent so long. Things got busy for a bit.

GM Glyphs: None
School Item: minor healing potion
Retired Boons: None
Achievement Boons: None
Daily Preparations: None

Just to be sure: There's no level bump on this, is there? If so, then Level 1 and 2 get a +2 Level Bump from my skillful mentor boon.

@Olnik: Low-Tier, correct.

@Symeon, if you wouldn't mind keeping track of your (2) Active Investigations using an In-Post Spoiler or in your Character Bar?
That would be very helpful in reminding me to decide if your bonus applies for every check you make:

I've updated his header to keep things a little easier for me. (I sometimes post from my phone and the less I have to try and copy and paste the better.)

The map's on slide 6. Looks like starting in the Grand Plaza, A5, makes the most sense.

Looks like we were posting at nearly the same time!

Will factor in your input next cycle.

That's so weird that Redd mentioned a dragon. I've had that happen a few times in other games where my PC had guessed what was coming up. RPG ESP?

Activating Botting Tree!

If it's been over 24 hours since someone posted, and that character is "up" in any mode of the game, other player are encouraged to "bot" that character either directly above - or directly below - their own characters' alphabetical names:

Elsha Ustosh
Mandoo
Nal Bagura
Olnik Shadowstone
Redd Appleblossom
Symeon Isafira

Olnik isn't near Symeon in the list, but if you want I can pull out the old flat tone voice.

Being a somewhat novice PbP player, I'm a bit uncomfortable botting for someone. I've only seen a GM do it for a player once. If I were to bot him, I would suggest he heals the 20 points of damage he got, possibly with soothe.

Thank-you for healing Olnik up there, Redd. And maybe you should have botted him after all (what with a crit fail and all).

No prob. Too bad I rolled a 1 on that healing.

Also, I never saw anything in a GM post about Ugo getting spooked. Just roll-playing?

Also, I never saw anything in a GM post about Ugo getting spooked. Just roll-playing?

It is mentioned here

Oh no! I missed that. Thanks!

As for the drum: If it's connected to my bandolier (like on a strap around my neck), then do I need an Interact to pick it up, or can I assume it's still at the ready when I stand up?[/ooc]

Items are either Worn, Held, or Stowed. You are free to decide the exact "how" of it (ex. "using a bandolier, neck strap, etc...").

Your Held items are Dropped when you fall into Dying. That said, I'll houserule you can Interact to grab both (dagger + drum) as a single action (◆) while you lay Prone on the ground next to them and haven't yet moved.

I also noticed in your Character Sheet that your Performance is +1 higher (+2 w/ instrument) than what you posted - I know you recently gained a level so perhaps that explains it?

Also I am happy to have you back!

(Btw, thank you for the bonus hero point, rainzax.)