War for the Crown

Game Master PJP

Chatty bunch! Sorry, work swamped me for a bit. Read through all this (29 msgs!), but all looks good regarding character change and loot choices.

Valeria - there was already a concept of Party Loot on the sheet, although no column for the graphs, since that doesn't help me in keeping balance.But what you've done looks fine and if it helps you all keep track, no worries!

Rgarding relics, you are better spreading them out (when appropriate, you have to pick which item you are giving the boost), although just carrying it doesn't do you any good. The idea is that by using it, you are adding to its value and ongoing story which restores lost powers. But I do think Sara is a great choice for using it.

Based on the info I have, "a relic needs to be worn, held, or carried (as opposed to being stored in a bag of holding, for instance), and the PC carrying it must have been involved in the triumph in some way."

When a triumph occurs, all PCs carrying a relic get to apply that triumph to their relic provided it is 'worn, held, or carried,' i.e. you don't need to 'pick' which relic gets the triumph: they all get it. Triumphs occur only once or twice per AP book.

Each PC involved in achieving a triumph can apply that triumph to up to one of her carried relics, unlocking the next set of abilities for that item.

Yes that is correct. So if you have two relics on your person by RAW you must pick which one gets the Triumph. Previously I think we had handwaived it to: all relics in the party grow every time a triumph occurs (in order to allow multiple relics on one PC).

I'm fine if you want to spread the love. :)

Sara will happily accept some of the love! We started with a slayer that had the crossbow, but he dropped early, so it was our oracle I believe that held ours.

So...is our next move to investigate the scene of the alleged crime, maybe for tracks that either confirm or call into question the miller's story?

I think so, but I'm going to wait for the results of my knowledge check. I want to know if this is a new law Count Lotheed put in place, or if this law has existed for some time.

This is standard law. Nothing new has changed.

To be clear, poaching is well known to be a capital offense. While it might surprise you, it would not surprise your characters.

Sara's a city girl so it is probably something she's not have had first had evidence of, even though she had heard about it. Plus she is about reform, so her outburst would still make a bit of sense.

It looks like Sveng's our go-to guy for a Survival check, likely aided by inspire competence from Valeria. Capricia can try to do her part with Aid Another, though I'm not sure how many AAs the GM will allow.

Capricia Belacrest Survival Check (Aid Another--likely Sveng): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 FAILURE!

Defer to Sveng if he wants to trek out there. Given our judgment, seems like the details don't matter.

To make it official, if Bimble can borrow 200gp from Sara, that will allow him to complete his staff.

Yes, sir! But remember, since her persona agents mostly come from subterfuge they are from the criminal elements. So you don't want a visit from them about late payments.

KIDDING! :)

Just checking with everyone on which name your character wishes to be addressed in this adventure.

For example, I would like to confirm that Eregos, while we are here in Merratt, wishes to be addressed as "Sir Kalegos Seldry" in front of other nobles and NPCs, and that in private, at the Betony Estate, we can still call him "Eregos"

For Valeria, it's simply 'Valeria' in private, and since she's posing as the noble in charge of the estate, in public it's 'Lady Valeria' or 'Milady'.

Originally, this character was brought over from one or more failed pirate campaigns. Her full name was Capricia Belacrest-Maxeme (the last part to strike fear into the hearts of those who'd heard of the Free Captains Maxeme, Capricia's semi-distant relatives on Little Oppara). The Maxeme family members left back in Taldor were accused of piracy and pretty much eliminated thanks to High Strategos Maxillar Pythareus. That's the reason she hates that man. The fact that someone from the previous table introduced her in-game with the traitorous Maxeme surname is why I eliminated it for this version of the character. :)

So "Capricia," "Lady Capricia," or "Lady Belacrest" are all fine.

I believe that person was Me. At least I remember it happening and feeling bad about it.

Sara goes by Sara. Or Ms. Nole. Or YOU INSOLENT PIECE OF GUTTER TRASH.

Bimble Fickleblooper can be called Bimble, Master Bimble, Mister Fickleblooper, or whatever else seems appropriate. He has a pseudonym called the "Red Ember." The general public would not know that the Red Ember is Bimble, though more knowledgeable people certainly could know.

Just checking with everyone on which name your character wishes to be addressed in this adventure.

For example, I would like to confirm that Eregos, while we are here in Merratt, wishes to be addressed as "Sir Kalegos Seldry" in front of other nobles and NPCs, and that in private, at the Betony Estate, we can still call him "Eregos"

For Valeria, it's simply 'Valeria' in private, and since she's posing as the noble in charge of the estate, in public it's 'Lady Valeria' or 'Milady'.

Yes, I will confirm that is how I wish to be addressed.

Thank you all.

@GM: could you please update the 'Stachys' tab of the loot sheet? thank you.

I didn't realize it was there. Or at least, I wasn't considering it part of my notes... but I like the format, and can transfer my notes to it.

OK, updated to include Pub and initial Farm improvements. You are out of town funds at this point (only 200 left).

Thanks GM! would it be possible to send a messenger and announce our visits to Lady Voinum and Lord Okerra? we could probably (and comfortably) do one NPC visit per week.

How many weeks will the Mill, Farms, Pub projects take? we could start with Baron Okerra, saving Baroness Voinum until after the advanced farms are complete...

Does seem like we could use friends to invest in our projects.

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Thanks for the update, Jedi.

The pub and the farms are going to take about 4-5 weeks.

You can certainly send a messenger.

Ha! Wasn't expecting to get attacked by the General! Here are my assumptions:

Everyone has Water Breathing up. I have two of those memorized and a Haste for 3rd level (because I am never going without Haste). A bunch of Touch of the Sea memorized at 1st level. And my standard loadout for 2nd Level.

@Everyone: please also keep in mind, for the sake of Bimble's action economy, that Valeria purchased a potion of Touch of Sea for each of us, as well as 10 flotation devices (+1 to swim if you have one on you; maybe more if the GM allows multiple) and a scroll of water breathing (Bimble may or may not have used that scroll to acquire the spell into his Spellbook: his choice. Even if he purchased his 'own' scroll for that purpose, it wouldn't be 'bad' to have an extra water breathing scroll lying around for those moments the wizard did not memorize it).

I don't want to sound like a nagging girlfriend, but here it is folks: we managed to get a new GM to help us out, but I don't think we're doing our part to respect the daily posting etiquette. Let us try to check on this game daily, especially when the GM puts an initiative tracker up. All it takes is a minute or two of our time. Thank you.

I am waiting for my turn in the initiative order, which will probably result in me falling into the water. I will endeavor to do better going forward with daily posting, however.

Totally, let's pick up the momentum!

Fishing is not what Sara expected it to be :)

Look at it this way: it's a fight where piercing weapon wielders do best. :)

A battle MADE for us witty rapier Bards!

WooHoo!

Sorry - work has been extremely rough the last two weeks as we had a major deployment that kept hitting snags. Looks like it should ease up a bit now, though.

No worries GM Fuzzfoot - real life takes precedence. I thought you were waiting on us actually! :)

Wait, which one of us has the crossbow. I had thought Sara had it now... not that she could use it inside the belly of a fish :)

I think Valeria grabbed it off your back during the fight.

Oh, that makes sense.

It's in the boat now.

LOOT SHEET UPDATED: everyone gets a share of 1,000gp each from the pleasure barge proceeds and what was left in the party funds.

Party Cash on Hand for emergencies now stands at: 122gp

--> Valeria added a mix of gold, platinum and gems worth a total of 1,000gp to her inventory.

PS: if some of you convert cash into weapons/armor/items, let me know and I will update the loot sheet accordingly so that your items show up there.

Sara gets 200 gold from Bimble as Bimble repays his debt.

Added the remaining 800 gold to my sheet.

Loot Sheet updated.

Loot sheet updated with 100gp taxidermist fee and removed 100gp from Val's inventory.

So what's next? Does our newfound fame open any doors with Okerra?

Not really - he didn't necessarily care about the fish. The otters are his passion. However, as Sara can attest, this fish apparently did eat otters... there were a few sharing he spot in its stomache.

PS: if some of you convert cash into weapons/armor/items, let me know and I will update the loot sheet accordingly so that your items show up there.

Capricia had Bimble upgrade her falcata, studded leather, and buckler from masterwork to a +1 enchantment.

Capricia had Bimble upgrade her falcata, studded leather, and buckler from masterwork to a +1 enchantment.

Sounds like 1000gp + 500gp + 500gp right? this one is easy but in the future can you please list the costs for me i.e. cash paid by Capricia for each item. Thanks. I don't mind taking care of the accounting but I'm not going to surf the webs to find out the costs... lol

Correct, and will do in the future.