"Still young!" say the elves
Well, and Vantine isn't going to be calling Aisling Auntie in the game. :)
"I'm sorry Jessibel, I was unkind. But I think we have to accept that speaking loudly and openly about some subjects will be harmful. We know about the things that happened during the Night of Ashes, and that was immediately before and during Barzillai Thrune's arrival. He struck very precisely against all possible sources of opposition. The Sacred Order of Archivists only collect and preserve information, and it was met with death sentences."
"We can't deny the new Lord Mayor has very effective means of finding out what is happening here. Informants and spies, whether outsiders or locals, have done their work well so far and that won't change. We can't be careless."
I will note, because I don’t want this game to become obsessively paranoid, that Notoriety in the rebellion subsystem measures how aware of you Thrune and his minions are. There may be events that increase Notoriety, but so long as you’re somewhat secure, you don’t have to worry too much about talking - especially about things that can be considered innocuous. Talking about Laria = okay in public. Talking about how you’re going to attack a prison to release opponents of Thrune = not okay in public. Don’t fuss too much, is what I’m saying.
I saw a post on the forums about the AP about how incredibly paranoid one GM's group got, and I would like to avoid going to that extreme - that's why I'm saying this. Otherwise, you're perfectly correct - this is not exactly a secure location...
That said, Barzillai is unlikely to hunt you down at the moment - you're nowhere near as potentially threatening as the people hit directly during the Night of Ashes were.
Heh, I will keep this in mind for sure. As Jessibel and Nyxra can attest to from the other game we're in together, my characters can tend toward the paranoid if given any reason for it.
I think Alexius is maybe 24 ish.
For the record, I did not call him the Raven to make it confusing. I initially made him for another campaign that was also a gestalt campaign, and he was a Vigilante/Alchemist. Alchemist >>> Plague Doctor isn’t a big leap.
For the record, I did not call him the Raven to make it confusing. I initially made him for another campaign that was also a gestalt campaign, and he was a Vigilante/Alchemist. Alchemist >>> Plague Doctor isn’t a big leap.
Not to worry, I think it fits.
I just realized that I hadn't told you where you guys are on the map - or if I had, I can't find it now. You're at J5 on the Kintargo map. So relatively close to the Livery, and rather far from the Long Roads Cofeehouse.
So the Livery exploration for the next day? Vantine isn't going to be of much use until she can restock spells. 1st level dontcha know.
I hope everyone's okay. If I left anything amiss with the post immediately before my last two, please let me know. If it had nothing to do with that, I hope you guys are all safe and such... and also that you don't mind me moving you all on for tomorrow.
The post I think you're talking about seemed mainly Raven-specific, and Jessibel had nothing to add, so I didn't post. Not a problem to me--sometimes a certain character needs to be singled out in a conversation or for some other reason...no big deal.
And since the minimal goal is a post a day per player, it's not a big deal to me if/when we have to wait a bit for a player to reply.
I think it being Inauguration Day may have contributed some to the slow pace as well.
Good points, all.
I think the extended site outage going into a three day weekend (in the US anyways) threw off a lot of peoples posting equilibrium. Did to me.
Yeah, I was off today and spent the morning following the inauguration, then most of the rest of the day baking.
Vantine still has Mage Armor and Shadow Trap memorized so no offensive capability outside of her Evil Eye hex and her Daze cantrip. Both of those are mind affecting so if there are undead, or really a lot of different possible non-humanoid enemies, they may not work.
I think waiting to go to the livery the next day is best.
I think the extended site outage going into a three day weekend (in the US anyways) threw off a lot of peoples posting equilibrium. Did to me.
So long as everyone's nice and safe, that's all good.
Yes, still here. Didn't have a lot to say when it went all knowledge-rolls so I hung back and let the rest of you shine for a bit :)
Okay, reins are off for now. I'll let you do some RP until you feel like moving on to the following day.
I'd recommend Vantine get the Bracers of Armor.
Also, how do we want to track loot here? Should I/would someone else like to make a loot list or something along those lines?
I just made a location up. Hope that's not a problem, GM--just wanted to give Vantine a possible common location she and Nyxra met in.
Seems reasonable to me. Kintargo's a big city, and the things labeled on the map are only major locations. There's plenty of room to put stuff.
All I can say is I'm miserably bad at loot tracking. Any solution other than me doing it is a good one in my opinion.
I can if GM wants to add a link to an editable document to the top.
Oops. Sorry, fixed that. xD
I'll be moving us on tonight - sooner if the players feel that they have nothing to say/do before Rexus arrives.
Vantine, don't forget to add the +1 from the bracers to your AC in your profile/above your post. I use the latter more often to figure out if something's hit you, but both would help.
I've updated AC. As far as I can tell the bracers apply to touch attacks as well since they're described as creating a force. But it's doesn't state so definitively. AC is changed assuming they do.
Hm. I don't see why not. Sure, that's fine.
Random question: How do you guys feel about random encounters? There's a couple lists for them in the AP, but I'm considering not using them, or only using them minimally. Any thoughts?
In the "Hell's Rebels" game I run on these forums, I make use of the random encounter tables. I believe the official policy is to roll for an encounter every hour the PCs are out in the city. I instead usually make one check per trip for long treks within the city and generally don't bother with ones for shorter excursions. It's worked pretty good for me.
Jessi's system sounds good to me.
More stuff happening is better :)
I see it's my tun to be on the receiveing end of 13 posts
Whoops, somehow totally missed listing Nyxra in the initial post of this combat. Here's the rundown, in case anyone needs a reminder:
Vantine 22
Jessibel 17
Aisling 17
Dire Rats 15
Nyxra 13
Raven 6
Rexus 5
I was totally planning to have them ambush you guys, but then the Raven one-shot their bait.
Random question: How do you guys feel about random encounters? There's a couple lists for them in the AP, but I'm considering not using them, or only using them minimally. Any thoughts?
Missed this question. I'm fine with random encounters as long as they aren't so common that they bog down the flow of the game. Combat encounter after combat encounter after combat encounter in a single in-game day can be fatiguing, I find. You've been a great DM so far, so I trust in your ability to find a good balance =)
I was totally planning to have them ambush you guys, but then the Raven one-shot their bait.
The best-laid plans of GMs and grimples gang aft agley.
Being fair, their stealth modifiers are super high. Especially given that they can run into the cracks in the walls, and get complete cover there.
So it turns out there's a reason most grimples stick to mischief rather than direct combat. Notably, the AP points out that these ones are particularly vicious, otherwise they'd have stuck around stealthily and just sort of trolled you (perhaps lethally, depending on where it was).
I was a bit worried they were going to hide inside the wall and puke acid all over us. That would have been hard to cope with.
To be fair, their vomit only nauseates. They have actually incredibly little in damage-dealing potential - they're much more dangerous if there's something else in the same encounter that can do damage. As they were, they're basically a bit of a nuisance.
Yes, the grimples and the dire rats together could have been really nasty!
They would've tried interfering there, but they couldn't get into the room without opening the door - which, even with their high stealth scores, is kind of an obvious mark that they're there.
I volunteer Aisling for the cloak. She’s a full caster, having her taken out with a stun or paralyze or something would be more detrimental than one of us non-casters being taken out of the fight.
I bought the actual Doctor’s Mask item, which gives a +1 bonus to fort saves against airborne toxins and scent based effects. I am going to be mildly annoyed if it actual comes up while he’s not wearing it lol
It probably won't! I don't think it would help in this situation.
I volunteer Aisling for the cloak. She’s a full caster, having her taken out with a stun or paralyze or something would be more detrimental than one of us non-casters being taken out of the fight.
Thanks, although as a cleric my will save is pretty good. I'm happy to take it but if someone with a low will save wants to boost theirs taht would make sense too. Also, Vantine is a full caster. Don't make her feel left out :)
@Kintargo DM: Somewhere a while back you asked about the Grease spell and whether you had used it correctly. That way you did it is exactly how I've used it in the past and seen it used by others.
It's an incredible spell with so many uses. One of the best ways to use it is to force opponents to roll against dropping a held object when they use it.
It is really nice in terms of utility. It's a shame they only got one off, because that could've been difficult to deal with.
Don't forget, Aisling, you can do something similar to Rexus' Destined Touch - Touch of Good is pretty damn similar. Though you do have other standard actions to consider, of course.
Grease is a great spell. And I alwasy forget about domain powers, thanks for the reminder. What i really need though is some holy wataer right now.
I mostly am remembering because Rexus can do literally nothing to the lemures. He can pretty much only use his bloodline power. xD
(He forgot they're mindless, so color spray wouldn't have worked on them even if he hadn't gotten nauseous.)
The Raven can't do much against the lemures either. Maybe he and Rexus should go have a drink and let the ladies deal with them.