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I'll move us along tomorrow morning.
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Dropping a quick note, I am currently very busy with a sudden work deadline which I have to make for the end of next week. As such my writing time is drastically cut until then, my apologies. I'll try to get a catchup post in in the coming weekend, probably tomorrow morning.
So, a question. Are we level 2 or 3? Brunhild, Estelle, Daniel and Astella are lvl 2, Severa and Strom are lvl 3. Just want to get us all on the same page, especially if this encounter goes south.
Correct.
Sorry...I asked are we lvl 2 or lvl 3, and you answered "correct." I'm still confused, which level should we be?
You are currently lvl 2. You can visit your monastery/city training hall the next day, and spend the office hours to lvl up, while Robin's friends dig up the location mr McFargus will be at the day after.
Which still leaves enough time to pick up a repaired weapon and find the 3rd dwarf, of course.
Not sure I am following... do we have to join a guild or something in order to level up?
No. You merely spend 1 working day with instructors, learning the new skills of the trade in your class. Instead of knowing things out of the blue, like we do on Golarion. It's a source mechanic, mentioned in the lower section in the players' guide.
They are funded, your only expense is attention to their lessons.
The same went for the specialization points. Each skill has a specialist of expertise, expert/master/grandmaster, somewhere in the lands.
Lvl 3
HP: +8
Saves: None
BaB: +1
Feats
* Deadly Aim
Skills:
+1 craft bow, +1 perception, +1 diplomacy
Specialization Points
*3x unarmed and unarmored
Fast Movement
* +10ft movement speed (30ft)
Zen Archery (Ex)
* At 3rd level, a zen archer may use his Wisdom modifier instead of his Dexterity modifier on ranged attack rolls when using a bow.
* This ability replaces maneuver training.
Point Blank Master (Ex)
* At 3rd level, a zen archer gains Point Blank Master* as a bonus feat, even if he does not meet the prerequisites.
* This ability replaces still mind.
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I think that should just about cover it.
To clarify, Lady Greenbriar's wanting to do a favor, is for the group's goal of being here, as a whole. Instead of what may be misinterpreted as a favor to each.
I'll proceed after the others chime in.
Also, i'll start a new job from September onward :), and with different working hours, posting responses may vary more, time wise.
Level:
HP +5 (average rounded up 4.5--> 5)
+1 BAB
+1 Fort Save
+1 Spell per day (1st level)
+1 Spell known (cantrip) -- Mage Hand
+1 Spell known (1st level) -- Assumed Likeness
+2 Rounds of Bardic Performance
Level 3 Feat: Point-Blank Shot
Skills (9): Bluff, Diplomacy, Disable Device, Sleight of Hand, Perception, Profession: Carpenter/Woodworker, Stealth (2), Spellcraft
Specialization points: +1 Ranged (longbow), +1 Magic (cold)
Level up: Fighter
HP +7 (6+1)
+1 BAB
+1 Ref Save
+1 Will Save
Armor Training
Feat: Shield Focus
Skills: Acrobatics, Climb, Diplomacy, Intimidate +1 each.
Specialization: Sword/Healing. (3 total for each)
Finally finished my specialization project despite the sudden extra workload! *cheers* Sorry for the wait everyone, I'll be catching up shortly. Should have a lot more time to write again now that vacation has begun and I no longer have to worry about that looming deadline all the time...
So, do we get to roll to see if we know that we have been spotted? Not sure it matters, but Astella would give up and wait outside if she knows they have been made, and probably follow the first guy. Looks like this second guy that we have been watching is just going to drop dead on us anyway... guessing he poisoned himself or something to keep information away from us? So going after the ring is going to take us way longer again.
I can understand some of that worry, and don't want to spoiler the setup of the scene, but consider this,
..Such idiots deserve a hand in the collar..
, getting caught.
The dwarf's comrade had the same inventory. Poison was not among their bottom rank thieves items. :)
I'm traveling for the next seven days and will have limited time to post. Please bot me when appropriate. Cheers.
I hope the other three are ok.
With the radio silence.....
And may the travels be excellent.
I've been tinkering with an AI portrait generator.....
Obviously it has some flaws occasionally...but what do you think, should these be used on combat maps?
Requested access.
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Should be fixed to view for all.
ohh. pretty.
to be clear, with tinkering i mean i joined a site which can, and have done multiple ones. :)
I'm not -that- tech savvy. ^^
are you going to move them to the battle maps?
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Unless you prefer your chosen paizo avatars. :D
But otherwise yes, yes i would? ^^
They are pretty! Is the dark-haired woman with the bird Severa? I am fine with using that as a battle map token but would just note Severa's arcane bond is an item not a familiar. That doesn't mean the art has to be changed or anything. Just making sure I don't give an inaccurate impression to my new party companions.
Yes, that is supposed to be Severa. I forgot about the arcane bond detail specifics, and my witches have songbirds, so i improvised. '^^
Awesome! Love it.
I'm going to be at my company's big IT Conference next week, so just heads up I probably won't be able to post regularly again until the 11th.
I hope you're not waiting on me?
I'm not hoping to spoiler something the team can deduce by themselves, but if the clues were insufficient, i'll have a check accompany it tomorrow.
I'm hesitant to ask, but with the lasts of the posts being over a week ago, Severa and Strom excluded.
Are the current lords of Harmondale still on board?
I posted that I was going to be out of town, but I am back now. :)
How was your IT-Con?
Many players? ^^
I do apologize. As stated before, life has taken a turn for the...busy. Everything that is not related to work and kids has fallen off. I am not active enough here, and that is on me. While this is a great group, to include a great GM, I do understand if it is time to replace Brunhild with someone who can give this the attention it deserves.
The IT Con was good. Lots of fun, and it was cool to meet some people in person that I just knew online.
There are several players in the IT Community, but this was more of a business-centered conference, so no one was actually playing while there. We did a game a few years ago, but I don't think that the girl who DMed for us was here this year. It would be fun to get something like that going again though.
I hope things will turn out well for you as soon as possible, Brunhild.
Which also leaves me with another question.
Where do you see Brunhild go from here? Will she remain in the order's monastery for the forseeable future, or seperate from the party when back in Welnin?
Thank you for playing. I hope we game some other time.
If life smoothes over, don't be a stranger. ;)
I'm still new here, but is there some reason why Astella and Danielle are not sharing with the rest of the group what they've figured out, or why Astella is only discussing it with Lady G privately? Is it an rp choice because Strom has not earned the groups trust? Is this information something that needs to be kept quiet? I'm finding it a little more difficult than usual to crack into the flow of the game.
ah, sorry. Assume that Daniel tells anything he discovers (via spoiler) to the group unless stated otherwise, or story constraints make it impossible (as in, I got a sense motive, but I couldn't tell you due to still talking with the person)
Okay, thanks.
Severa is happy to engage with the group but first she has to find you! And then she has to evaluate you and decide whether or not she's actually allied with you. So there are some in-character hurdles to overcome. Maybe I should have written a simpler character who was just a bold adventurer looking for a chance to prove herself! XD
Thank you for understanding. And again, I really do apologize for this. I hope that when everything calms down in life I can go back to my previous levels of posting. But until then...I believe that it makes the most sense for Brunhild to return to her order. Since meeting the group, I would say that she had grown as a person, and after returning home she made inroads with her familial relations. It makes the most sense for her to break away now to pursue her life, rather than to leave home again to build a new one. I'll try to get a parting post up before the group leaves the city.
I'm still new here, but is there some reason why Astella and Danielle are not sharing with the rest of the group what they've figured out, or why Astella is only discussing it with Lady G privately? Is it an rp choice because Strom has not earned the groups trust? Is this information something that needs to be kept quiet? I'm finding it a little more difficult than usual to crack into the flow of the game.
Normally Astella will tell the group whatever she learns as well, but in this case because it is Lady Greenbriar's son, she doesn't want to start rumors and embarrass her... she just wants her to know, and solve the problem. That's why she didn't blurt it out to everyone.
A question unrelated to our game.
For something homebrew in the future, would some of you like to help me improve a new system through feedback after running a short test module?
It is not a d20 sort of game.
It would be a thing with 3 combats, and fairly straightforward in mechanics. It's based on a 4 member party, so if short on players, someone could run an npc partymember.
If so, i'll provide character creation specifics.
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Sure, happy to help test.
Sure, happy to help test.
Thank you.
If it interests someone else before that time, i will fish for other play testers tomorrow evening GMT +1.
Setting:
A small fictional remote city in eastern Europe.
A science convention is hosted, and people from NATO member countries attend. The convention covers many fields. PCs can be from any NATO member country, and speak English aside from their native language, this being internationally oriented.
The PCs can be either residents of the city, who are working to keep the convention going, staff accompanying attendees, or other parties who have some personal interest in it (professionally or otherwise). Yet all have some degree of combat experience.
It will all take place within a single building.
Classes/occupations & proficiencies:
Law enforcement.
-Proficiencies: Melee weapons, pistols, throwing weapons, unarmed.
Light & medium weight armor. They start with a pistol and a baton. Starting health is 120 HP, starting luck is 10%, 75% ranged accuracy.
Combat medic.
-Proficiencies: Melee weapons, pistols, throwing weapons, unarmed.
Light & Medium weight armor. Healing items applied by a medic, heal an additional 15% HP. They start with a pistol.
Starting health is 100 HP, starting luck is 12%, 65% ranged accuracy.
Expert. (Engineer or Technician)
-Proficiencies: Melee weapons, pistols, unarmed.
Light armor.
--Engineers can attempt repairs or bypass mechanical obstacles.
Engineers start a heavy wrench (can be wielded as a melee weapon) and a tool belt. A tool belt can be used for 3 tasks, new tools must be found afterwards.
--Technicians can attempt to tinker with/or bypass electrical obstacles.
Technicians start with a baton and a tech tool kit. A kit can be used for 3 tasks. They can deal 2 electrical damage with 'modified' tasers.
Starting health is 90 HP, starting luck is 10% and 60% ranged accuracy.
Investigative reporter.
-Proficiencies: Melee weapons, pistols, unarmed.
Unarmored. They gain a passive 8% chance to avoid getting hit by a targeted ranged attack. An investigative reporter may try to pick a lock. They know an additional language.
They start with a pistol and a set of lock picks. A set can be used for 3 tasks.
Starting health is 80 HP, starting luck is 14%, 60% ranged accuracy.
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Combat
- Melee attacks automatically hit.
- Ranged attacks hit on a result of 1-X, with X being your accuracy %.
Ranged attacks suffer -15% accuracy if another combatant stands between you and the target.
When you make a ranged attack, roll 2d100. The 1st to hit, the 2nd is for the luck %. On a result of 1-X, where X is your luck %, you deal additional damage, based on your equipped weapon.
When you are attacked, roll a d100. On a result of 1-X, where X is your counter %, you can 'return the favor', by making a retaliation attack, if your equipped weapon allows it. (ranged vs ranged, but not melee vs ranged)
If a PC is hit in combat, an amount of times equal to their calmness, they spend a turn 'enraged'. During that turn, they focus solely on the target that caused the trigger, caution and tactics be damned.
Reloading your weapon:
You can spend your standard action to reload, and move your full 4 squares that round, or reload by spending 2 squares of movement.
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Debuffs
Unless immune, a status debuff is applied when a combatant (you or an opponent) is the recipent of an effect that causes it. Debuffs last 3 rounds, with damage debuffs dealing 15, 10, 5, over three rounds.
Debuffs: Bleeding, Burning, Enraged (-15% ranged accuracy, +5 on damage), Poisoned, Stunned.
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Stats
- Health: speaks for itself.
- Accuracy: the % with which you effectively land ranged attacks.
- Calmness: the amount of attacks before a PC becomes enraged for 1 turn. The default amount is 5 for any PC.
- Counter: the % chance that you can make a retaliation attack, upon getting hit. When you get hit, roll a d100. On a result of 1-X, where X is your % of counter, you make a retaliation strike. Default is 8% for all PCs.
- Luck: The % that triggers a critical hit on your attack rolls.
- Movement: all PCs can move 4 squares in a turn. This can be before, after, or devided between the two, in combination with an attack.
For example: you move 2 squares into melee, strike, then move 2 squares away again.
Level increase
Upon reaching a new level, you get 5 stat points, to spend on increasing your stats, in any combination.
Interesting. I want to be the IT person for the conference... so, Expert: Technician I think.
@ Strom, the battlemap is found on the link Misc info slides, #12. It has edit rights, so hitting that slide will give a popup that also has the option: edit.
I am guessing Sage will try to flank Copperneck with Daniel.
I can move your piece for you, but i'd need to know who you are swinging your weapon at.
Thanks, I see it now. Assuming I moved the correct icon, we'll flank orange. Strom's weapon has reach.
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Feel free to bot Brunhild & Estelle from here on.
does Estelle have selective channel?
She hadn't updated to lvl 3, but consider her 3rd lvl feat as if she had selected it.
And to my knowledge, a non improved maneuver provokes from the target of the maneuver.
Daniel & Severa, i'll move this forward tomorrow evening.