In Search of Adventure (B 1–9): A 13th Age exploration of Mystara (Inactive)

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For Dotting and erasing once your PC is approved in the Recruitment thread.

Added two maps to the "Campaign Info" tab.

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Added some campaign info to the "Campaign Info" tab.

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Thought I had dotted here.

Ready and rarin' to go!

Welcome to the discussion thread for the 13th Age Mystara game! Here we can talk about any questions about the game system or discuss any aspect of the game world.

I am imagining this as a sandbox game where I use the old Basic D&D modules as a jumping off point for the types of missions you'd like to go on. This means that the game will be very heavily player-driven but I will do my best to drop as many breadcrumbs as possible for you to follow.

Although I am using the D&D modules as a foundation for the game, I will be changing places, people, and monsters quite a bit, although I will still try to keep to the "Old School" feel. This is because 13th Age is a very different game than Basic D&D and requires different challengers for the PCs to face, and secondly because some of these adventures have aged better than others.

My advice to you would think about your PCs' motivations and what their short- and long-term goals might be or become.

I will also restate that any PbP game lives and dies by the frequency of its posts. I don't expect you to be checking Paizo.com every few minutes, but everyone needs to commit to at least one or more posts a day, otherwise this will follow the example of countless inactive games on these messageboards. If your posting frequency needs to dip for whatever reason, just let us know, and we'll work something out.

Thanks for your interest!

Are you looking to make some money?
Gold is always good. But only in the right amount. Too much and you've got problems, too little and you've got worse problems.
Are you fleeing from something or someone, or looking for someone?
I'd advise you to mind your business. Nilus says with a one eyed glare
Are you following a quest that has taken you here? If so, what was it that told you to come here of all places?
I'm here because lots of other someone's aren't.

I figured answering the questions in character would be cool. Not super helpful to the GM though. So I'll answer them in 3rd person below.

Nilus is in Karameikos because it isn't the Empire. Nilus fled the Empire after serving as a mercenary and being on the losing side. He did some horrible things as a mercenary and he's trying to be a better man here in a place where no one knows him.

I figured answering the questions in character would be cool. Not super helpful to the GM though. So I'll answer them in 3rd person below.

That's fine, just be aware that I can't help you with developing your second answer unless you give me some hints.

I also think that it would be a good time for everyone to make their Icon Relationship rolls for this adventure here and now.

Here's how you do it: Roll 1d6 for each point of your Icon Relationship and please list the Icon it applies to. If you roll a 5, you get something from the relationship but at a cost, while if you roll a 6 there are no strings attached.

Example: Emperor (conflicted): 1d6 ⇒ 2

Prince of Shadows - Positive (2) 2d6 ⇒ (3, 4) = 7
The Orc Lord - Conflicted (1) 1d6 ⇒ 4

Prince of Shadows - Positive (2) 2d6

The Orc Lord - Conflicted (1) 1d6

Thanks! Unfortunately, since you did not roll a 5 or 6 on those rolls, you will have no interactions with your Icons.

The High Druid - Conflicted (1): 1d6 ⇒ 3
The Lich King - Negative (2): 2d6 ⇒ (1, 1) = 2

The Elf Queen 2d6 ⇒ (3, 1) = 4

The Orc Lord 1d6 ⇒ 2

The Conquerer: 1d6 ⇒ 5 ayyyyyyyy
The Emperor: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 4) = 8

Emperor (Conflicted): 2d6 ⇒ (1, 4) = 5
Lich King (Enemy): 1d6 ⇒ 2

Nothing from Amy this time around.

Canellir is here after being picked up from her shipwreck. She has heard rumors that a red sailed ship was seen in the area, and is trying to track down rumors of it's visit... and any signs of her missing brother.

NOTE: I'm moving my office this week, so posting will probably be spotty. I'll do my best to keep things current.

[dice=The Conquerer] 1d6 ayyyyyyyy

[dice=The Emperor] 2d6

Nilus, can you give me a bit more information about your relationship with the Conqueror?

NOTE: I'm moving my office this week, so posting will probably be spotty. I'll do my best to keep things current.

Thanks for letting us know, Canellir.

I fought for him at some point in my career as a mercenary/soldier. I probably did some nasty things on his behalf.

I fought for him at some point in my career as a mercenary/soldier. I probably did some nasty things on his behalf.

OK, it seems he still has some interest in you. If you have any ideas, let me know, otherwise I'll throw something in at an appropriate time.

Wong Li is here mostly trying to stay far away from her former master. Even here, under a new name, she doesn't feel particularly safe. In the short term, accumulating wealth is the order of the day. Long-term, she is probably looking at permanently disposing of her former master. But he is a powerful wizard, so that won't be an easy task. She would likely fall in with the other PCs because there is safety in numbers. If she can befriend these people, then when Avaracus comes for her (which she is convinced that he will), at least she will have help against him (for all the good it is likely to do).

She thinks that by accumulating some wealth, she can either buy enough defenses to feel safe or perhaps hire someone to do what she cannot bring herself to do. Avaracus is not an evil man, but neither could he be considered moral. He uses his powers for personal gain and isn't afraid to squash anyone in his way.

Anything else we should be taking care of GM?

Anything else we should be taking care of GM?

I was waiting to see if anyone wanted to post any more information about what brought them to Threshhold, but that can be worked on in-game.

First IC post is up!

I'm trying to fit Nilus in with everyone. Is anyone else here *from* the Empire, that way Nilus could be traveling with them.

Snaaga is from Thar via Darokin. His cover is that of a Darokin merchant down on his luck.

Oh, then "hiring" a less than reputable swordsman like Nilus as muscle fits.

Let's go with that if you're game. Snagga hired Nilus as muscle for the trip.

How much cultural distance is there between high elves and wood elves in Mystara (by default?)

How much cultural distance is there between high elves and wood elves in Mystara (by default?)

As much or as little as both of you want to make out of it. I think players should have the ability to add to the canon in whatever way they enjoy the most.

That's not to say I want players to be making up canon whole-cloth all the time, but when its something that could possibly affect the RP of two PCs, then it's something I think there should be some input on.

I've created the new category "NPCs Encountered" in the Campaign Info tab so that we can keep track of everyone.

I apologize for my absence. I've been out of town on a holiday with the fam, but I'm back!

I am going to be out-of-contact from Thursday, Apr 1 to Monday, April 11. I'm taking my niece and nephew to Disneyworld for their first visit! Please bot me as necessary.

Wow, have a great time with them! They've very lucky.

FYI, I've added a "Current Hooks" entry to the Campaign Info tab. Feel free to run with any of those.

Quick tone question - if Amaryllis fights her way through this using tankards, chairs, bottles and similar, will that be treated as lower-stakes/non-lethal?

(Even though being knocked out is of course, super bad for you in real life)

Quick tone question - if Amaryllis fights her way through this using tankards, chairs, bottles and similar, will that be treated as lower-stakes/non-lethal?

(Even though being knocked out is of course, super bad for you in real life)

Yes. 13th Age really doesn't have non-lethal combat, but it would just be like regular combat except that you are knocked out instead of potentially dying.

Great!

I was waiting for others to chime in about the possible altercation at the bar but no one has ... are folks still around and intersted?

These a#@%~~#s are spoiling for a fight. I say give it to them.

Not sure how everyone else feels, but most of my PbP games have the DM roll initiative for everyone to speed things up. PbP is slow enough without waiting an extra day for everyone to roll initiative. Thoughts?

Not sure how everyone else feels, but most of my PbP games have the DM roll initiative for everyone to speed things up. PbP is slow enough without waiting an extra day for everyone to roll initiative. Thoughts?

That's fine by me if it's okay with everyone else.

That works for me! Sorry, we decided to spend an extra two days with the family and today was a travel day.

My preference as well :-)

Me too!

Sounds good. Sorry for my absence. Vaccine dose #2 has knocked me on my kiester.

Another house rule of mine for PbP games that I am instituting, is that once intiative is established, anyone who is up can go; you don't have to wait for your point in initiative to come up. Because you only have one opponent at the moment there are only two groups: Ogre and the party. Since he won initiative, he goes first followed by everyone else in posting order.

Please let me know if you have questions.

This is exactly why I didn't pitch for Occultist or Commander :-p