Hmmm, it’s been four days, still no power, went to the mother-in-laws for a couple of hours to do laundry, so will get a post up…
My gosh, dude. 4 DAYS?! What part of the world do you live in? That's just crazy for it to be out that long.
Central Ohio, about forty five minutes north east of Columbus. Knox county. Were not really tornado country, so when one passed through, along with a really bad storm, almost 25% of the people who live in the county lost power. The counties around us were also hit, so I don't know how much help we're getting from them.
It's just I use my desktop at home to post, and I can't leave for very long because I take care of my mother in home.I don't want to run my phone down in case I need it, So I'm using my wife's 'work laptop' to post at her moms house... The bigger issue is our house is totally electric: not just the stove but even the hot water heater, and we've had record breaking temperatures, so it's been miserable without the AC and food prep is severely limited.
Oh my gosh, man. You guys getting hit with the heat too? We've got 100+ degree days here in Texas too. And for at least until next Saturday we're going to be over 100 according to the forecast. Of course, that's normal for us.
But I CANNOT imagine having to go several days without AC in that kind of heat. That's practically murderous.
Sorry to hear that, bud. That utterly sucks. Man I hope and pray they get it back going for y'all like... yesterday. But even that's too late. Ugh.
That sucks to hear, Elathras. I hope your mom is doing okay under these conditions. I live in Houston, which is hurricane country, and in 2008, when Hurricane Ike hit, we lost power for five or six days. My parents, in the suburbs to the north, lost power for over two weeks. When you feel that first blast of a/c again, it will be Heaven.
Javell, I didn't know you were in Texas. What part?
Fort Worth.
And you guys do get bombarded by hurricanes badly down there. I remember about 5 or 6 years(maybe longer but I know it wasn't as far back as 2008) ago when y'all got absolutely just FLOODED. Man it was bad. I am a UPS driver and they asked us who all wanted to go down to Houston and help deliver.
I seriously thought about it but just didn't have the guts. I wimped out. There were a couple who did and had to drive a UPS vehicle all the way down there. Pretty wild.
That sucks to hear, Elathras. I hope your mom is doing okay under these conditions...
Thanks for the well wishes, we got power back around noon on Saturday.
It's funny. My mom was the only one who didn't seem to mind the heat. She always cold, normally wearing a turtleneck and I keep the AC at 75. This was the first time this year she wore short sleeves. I got the two latest 'Harry Dresden' books from the library and hunkered down in the shade.
I was feeling bad for myself, till I learned some friends of mine were without power as long. But not only did they not have electric for the AC, they didn't have it for the pump on their well, so no water. Makes flushing the toilet tough :(
I've been in Texas a couple of times, I don't think I could do the heat all year.
Excellent! Good to hear.
And yeah, the heat's a bear to deal with for sure. I don't recommend it AT ALL. Winter lasts about 2 or 3 weeks, Spring/Autumn a couple of months, maybe, and Summer the rest of the year. :P
I jest but it sure doesn't feel like it sometimes.
I remember about 5 or 6 years(maybe longer but I know it wasn't as far back as 2008) ago when y'all got absolutely just FLOODED.
That was Hurricane Harvey in 2017. It actually made landfall much further south. But it was so large and so slow that it just dropped a ton of rain on the entire region for so long that Houston got flooded pretty bad. Fun times.
Thanks for the well wishes, we got power back around noon on Saturday.
Nice! Glad to hear it.
My experience with the Dresden Files books is that I loved them and binged them, reading them one after the other in most of my free time. And then I decided to take a break from them after the 13th or 14th book, and I never picked them back up again. In retrospect, I burned myself out, i think.
I've been in Texas a couple of times, I don't think I could do the heat all year.
It's not all year. There are some months where I need a light jacket!
I remember about 5 or 6 years(maybe longer but I know it wasn't as far back as 2008) ago when y'all got absolutely just FLOODED.That was Hurricane Harvey in 2017. It actually made landfall much further south. But it was so large and so slow that it just dropped a ton of rain on the entire region for so long that Houston got flooded pretty bad. Fun times.
That's right! Harvey. Yeah it was a nasty one for sure.
Sorry, I may have confused myself
Purple closes the door on you all.
What are you doing now?
I though we were still waiting on Bharak's move, did you moving him back into the main room constitute his move, or does he still have an action. IF he no longer has an action are we still in rounds?
Moving was his action.
Sorry, I've run out of time to update today.
Sorry, it's turning into a hectic week. No time to update again.
I was held up and got home late sorry. No update.
Busy again today. Got home very tired so no update.
..."Ye want this necklace?" He said, holding it out. "As for the Lens, I think it would look right stylish on me. It would go with the beard. Unless anyone else is dying for it?"
Did I miss something or are you talking about the golembane scarab?
The Lens of detection. It's right above the scarab. I'd wager you just simply overlooked it. :)
sorry no, I meant the necklace, I cut out the wrong part of the post, he said to use the necklace to combat swarms, not golems.
Oh, gotcha. Looks like I'm the one who missed it. My bad. :P
Elathras is a member, but I've not worked with Fame or Prestige points, anything I need to know right now?
Also, I've looked briefly at the 'loot' sheet, any guidelines or expectations on splitting up wealth that I should know about. For instance the money for the drawings, does that all go to the artist? Do we split the wealth before or after we claim what items we keep?
I know nothing about Fame and Prestige. I'm actually not a PFS guy. I played it once and found I don't really like it so I know really nothing about it. PFS scenarios I just flat out find boring. *shrugs* But that's just me.
Having said that, Uma is part of the pathfinder society. At least, that was the plan I had for her going into this. Is that something we decide or is that something you determine, DBH? I don't really know.
So...
Clockwork servant 7500gp
Images: 2500gp
2000gp as a reward.
12,000 bucks divided by 5 = 2400 gold each.
I guess that's right.
As far as the Shard of Greed goes, I don't know. I guess Uma could take it? I've looked them all up - sorry if that's cheating, DBH :P - but I'm not sure any of them "fit" her per se.
I would say either Greed or Wrath maybe? (Now if you were to combine the both then THAT would be cool). :) Although, I do like the ioun stone that goes with it. +2 enhancement to Strength. But that's just my "frontline" mentality speaking. :P
Anyway, whoever is all good to me.
Elathras is a member, but I've not worked with Fame or Prestige points, anything I need to know right now?]
Ok, I've used fame and prestige points in PFS, so does the character actually have to be a PFS character? Or are you giving 'fame and prestige points' to characters who's backstory has them as members of the pathfinders.
IF were doing 'Fame and Prestige points' for PFS characters, can we use a PFS character? Will you send in the paperwork for actual PFS games?
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Regarding the gold, if I might make a suggestion, I don't think we have a bag of holding/handy haversack or such currently in the group. Shall we each just donate 360 g to buy one so we dont have to worry about how we carry those tens of thousands of copper pieces on the way? :)
Would leave us with 2040 g each. Since we buy items at 90% of the cost in Magnimar.
I had the same questions for the fame and prestige. I believe this campaign assumed each of us is a member of the pathfinder society anyway? I was not aware PFS characters could play modules and receive credit for it. Is this then only an option for character who are licensed PFS chars?
...Not that it seems to matter, as I believe we all started at level 1 save Elathras, so we could just create them as such.
From PFS play, the notable rewards I remember are a 2 Prestige Point award which could buy you a consumable worth up to 750 gp for free, such as a full level 1 wand, or a level 2 scroll with 5 charges. Like lesser retoration x5. Or a scroll of haste with 2 charges. And with 8 PP you could take four of those.
Or you could save them. I believe that at 20 PP, the pathfinder society can arrange to have your body and possessions found and you raised from the dead once.
In between, there were some options about increasing the results of skill checks once and buying condition removal spells and such.
I don't mind the idea of purchasing a 'group bag.' I would recommend that instead of a five-way split we do a 'six-way' split, the sixth part being for group needs: wands of healing or restoration, that sort of thing. I don't like the idea of the cleric and Skald being forced to 'pay for' the groups 'medical expenses' out of their cut. But whether we use that portion for a bag or wands, I don't really care either way.
I've played PFS characters, just never played with Fame and Prestige in a non PFS game. So wanted to know if it was only for 'Legal' (numbered) PFS characters or if Elathras could use them since he's a 'pathfinder' (not a numbered PFS character)
Having said that, if were running PFS legal characters I've got one who's at sixth level...
@Elena: Bag of holding is fine by me.
As far as being a member, Uma is just a member story-wise. I guess? *shrugs*
I don't want to be PFS in any 'legal' type fashion - or whatever the term is - if that's okay. As long as it's not mandatory then I'm good.
I had the same questions for the fame and prestige. I believe this campaign assumed each of us is a member of the pathfinder society anyway? I was not aware PFS characters could play modules and receive credit for it. Is this then only an option for character who are licensed PFS chars?
... so does the character actually have to be a PFS character? Or are you giving 'fame and prestige points' to characters who's backstory has them as members of the pathfinders?
These are actually all good questions.
Javell any opinion on having a 6th cut for purchasing group items?
Javell any opinion on having a 6th cut for purchasing group items?
Yeah sure, whatever works. All good to me any ol' way. I'm a pretty flexible fellow. :)
I'm good with contributing to a group bag of holding, and I'm good with a 6-way split.
I feel pretty confident that DBH was talking about our characters being part of the PFS, not us as players. However, I thought that it was assumed we are all PFS members since that's how we got to be working for Sheila Heidmarch.
Finally, Axton would like to claim the wand of spiritual weapon. I'm working on keeping his UMD skill high, and he's still salty about learning scorching ray and then DBH throwing a bunch of creatures that are immune to fire at the party.
Axton is correct. Your characters can be members of the actual in game Pathfinder society. Fame and prestige are your standing in the society.
No time to update tonight.
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A sixth cut for medical expenses is generous and appreciated, though Elena hasn't had much of those thusfar. The only 'significant' buys of hers were a scroll of remove paralysis, one of remove charms and compulsions (I used this to free a charmed NPC in the last fight), and a breath of life scroll I bought just in case. If everyone wanted to pay for those retroactively, and Uma doesn't have similar investments to share, and we rebought the used compulsions scroll, the total costs are 1125 + 125 + 125 = 1237, divided by 5 = 247.5 g for each of us. So that'd leave 1792.5 g for everyone's normal cut (assuming we buy the bag of holding/handy haversack and also spread that cost).
I think Elena would use the remaining gold from what she'd receive back of this potential spread to buy an eyes of the eagle to become a better party radar. I think she'd then get 2780 g then from this haul in total. The eyes would be 2250. She would like to retrain one of her feats to sacred summons, for 250 g, and specialize in summoning for attacks. I'll deduct this from whatever we decide.
She'd be fine with lending or spreading the rest of it around for upgrades as 1800 is where people can get their weapons magically enchanted if needed to name one thing which might be useful soon.
That said though I'm also fine skipping the sixth cut for this run. The eyes of the eagle would be nice to have but they're not mandatory by any sense. As a summoner/healer Elena is pretty loot-independant past the gloves of the healer which she already has.
Sorry Elena, I got lost at 'retroactively' I'm not sure what you all were doing before I joined, so I'm not going to address it.
What I'm proposing is a six-way split, one part for each person, one part for group needs. If the tally is 12,000 gp. (which I'm not sure it is or not) That's 2,000 gp. for each person and 2,000 for group. I would think the 2,000 for the group would go better for wands and scrolls than a bag of holding.
If it's a concern about weight to carry everything, then Elathras can haul a fair amount.
If your concern is Elena getting enough money to purchase the 'eyes of the eagle' Elathras would happily lend it to her.
In my opinion, we need to decide as a group what were doing, so I'm trying to keep it fairly simple.
For a vote I see two options. Don't change anything, split it five ways and individuals chip in for a bag (or what not) as they so choose. OR split it six ways, using one part to supply party needs. Which we either vote on every time we get money to determine what those are or establish a party member to make those decisions based on party need. Which if we decide a 6 way split we can decide how we determine what later.
I'd vote for a six-way split, rather than taking an offering every time the group needs something. We have five people, so we should have five opinions, well, six if GM_DBH wants to share his.
I'm good with contributing to a group bag of holding, and I'm good with a 6-way split.
Axton are you saying you'd do both or one or the other?
Also, who posted the spread sheet, is it up to date?
I'm good with contributing to a group bag of holding, and I'm good with a 6-way split.Axton are you saying you'd do both or one or the other?
I'm good with both options, whether they both happen or whether only happens.
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@Elathras Regarding the retroactive thing I thought that if we made a party fund for medical expenses now, what about the expenses and scrolls for medical things up until this point? As Elena bought a few expensive scrolls herself prior to this on the last two outings to cover certain emergency situations should they occur (death by damage/charmed/paralysis). See the above post.
That said though I'm fine with not adressing those as I wasn't expecting they'd be paid for by others back then. My vote now however would be to use a sixth cut from now as truth be told I would like to buy non-defensive cool stuff too.
The numbers Javell posted are correct I think. However, I'd forgotten about the shipwreck loot. Selling those items save Lockerby's quest item and with the coins we found we actually have 1525 g more.
Going with a six person split is 13525/6 = 2255 g each then, yes. Assuming the bag of holding would be paid from the sixth share, the large-storage capacity bag of holding (250 lbs) with the 10% discount is 2250 g, the cheaper but better in combat handy haversack (100 lbs but searched item is always on top) is 1800. So if we want the bag of holding we'd have 5 g left in the shared costs/medical fund. With the handy haversack the 'medical fund' would have 405 g left. Personally I would prefer the second one for the combat utility, and that it leaves us room to buy some important other things (more scrolls for tough fights?)
With a share of 2255 each Elena just buys an eyes of the eagle on her own, but thanks for offering to borrow it, Elathras :)
I was keeping track of the list and it was updated up to and including where we did the underwater ship exploration. Apart from those items I think we found no treasure this run other than what we found at the sihedron shrine and the alchemy lab, both in DBH's last post. If someone else wants to take over keeping track though, please be my guest. it is rather time intensive.
Assuming the bag of holding would be paid from the sixth share
Let's table that part of the conversation until we get everyone's input on whether we want 1/6th going for the 'group needs.'
The group gets a 10% discount purchasing things in Magnimar?
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Yes. It's from an earlier quest reward, telling the chief of the markets about what became of her father/finding his missing body.
It seems we have four votes in favor of sharing group needs costs with making a sixth share fund for it. Only Bharak has yet to state his opinion, I think.
Edit: updated the earlier post with the numbers for if we sell the loot found at the ship. Mythril rapier and +1 buckler if no one wants to claim them.
I echo Axton. It's all good to me either way. No worries here however we do it.
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Adding +1 to hammer, for 1800 gold. Also, I'm taking a very, very much needed vacation next week. Will be traveling for 2 weeks, but will try to stay as active as I can.
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On the other subject, what do we do with the new shard? A +1 passive insight bonus to attack rolls is pretty great, as is the ability to cast haste once per day. Personally I think it's best on one of the two melee damage dealers, as they make the most physical attacks while also otherwise not having a buffing option if they ever have a turn where they'd otherwise not be able to attack.
However, I can see it being good on anyone except me. Casting haste and have it be profited on by all physical damage dealers right away is pretty potent. Elena has multiple other buffing options though and will not be making many attacks herself anymore - probably.
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Adding +1 to hammer, for 1800 gold. Also, I'm taking a very, very much needed vacation next week. Will be traveling for 2 weeks, but will try to stay as active as I can.
Bharak, before you go, do you agree with the plan of putting 1/6th of the party's gold into a fund for shared party needs? Also, enjoy your vacation :) Where are you heading?
If Bharak wants to take on the burden of the shard he can have it. I don't think Elathras would be very interested in it. Neither the rapier or buckler are Elthras' style, and since he's still carrying the ranseur, I don't want to be too greedy.
Have a good vacation Bharak!
...Going with a six person split is 13525/6 = 2255 g each then, yes. Assuming the bag of holding would be paid from the sixth share...
... If someone else wants to take over keeping track though, please be my guest. it is rather time intensive.
Ok, I'll start figuring for 2,255 gp. Since were using the group money for the bag of holding, I'll spend 4 prestige points for two wands, CLW and maybe something else.
Does anyone have a comprehensive list of what we can use the prestige points. I no longer have a PFS manual on my computer and I can't find one for PF1 on paizo's site.
Oh, Elena, I wasn't hinting that I wanted to do the tracking, I just was trying to understand the spread sheet. But we do appreciate you doing it :)
GM_DBH I'll get my purchases done tomorrow and get a post up.
Would it be alright if Umazura took the Greed one? Maybe as a test run? If it doesn't really pan out for her, I can always give it to Bharak. That's no prob. (I'm not sure it's going to make that much of a difference, to be honest, but with Bharak being gone for a couple of weeks, I figure just test it out to see how it works).
I want her to at least do something besides make knowledge checks. I like her and I think she's cool but *I* possess a more 'active' type personality when it comes to being useful in combat. I don't have to be The Hulk but I'd like to contribute at some point. I typically play frontline types but I also like to do different type stuff to because I love the challenge.
Right now, though, it doesn't feel like she's doing much of anything and that just makes it a struggle. I have to able to do SOMETHING. And not like once every 42 encounters, you know what I mean? Lucky shots don't count. :P
And let me say it is TOUGH playing a gal. She's the only one I've played and now I know why I don't play them. Oh man is it hard. :P (I did play a goblin gal(Reta Bigbad) but there's no way I'm counting her. She's just a freak). ;)
For the record, she's not going to be charging into battle like a madman. That's not what I'm saying at all just so I'm clear. (For one, her AC is garbage so there's that). :P
And it's still early so we'll see how it plays out. And I don't want anyone stepping aside and letting the bad guys through, you got that, people? I do want her to actually survive, you know. ;)
I'm cool either way, like I said, I don't think Elathras would want it.
you all sleep too much :)
Uma is going to buy nothing. Just hold on to the cash. Put it in the bag of holding or the handy haversack(if we actually get one of these).