Any chance of a dead-orcs-shoes promotion for our hero?
AKA Some office reshuffle might be needed once the new blood arrives.
Also I dropped a note in the new-body threat as Thumbs alignment was drawing comment.
That was well replied. Honestly can't think of any genuinely evil thing Pollux has done so far, and everyone's in the group more or less morally challenged.
Also, the most important thing is no PvP inside the party!
Btw, I just want to take this opportunity this say that even though I role-play Litsy as not liking Pollux very much (yet), given the fact that having a hard time trusting others is part of her characterization and he's, you know, an evil witch with a rat familiar who dresses weird and speaks in riddles, I really don't want her bad temper to rain on anyone's parade.
One of the #1 Rules of role-playing games is to Never Ruin Another Player's Fun, and I intend to abide to it 100%, so if you want me to tone down Litsy's crabbiness and teasing, just let me know!
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That was well replied. Honestly can't think of any genuinely evil thing Pollux has done so far, and everyone's in the group more or less morally challenged.Also, the most important thing is no PvP inside the party!
No PVP. (tiny rat pinky swear)
Btw, I just want to take this opportunity this say that even though I role-play Litsy as not liking Pollux very much (yet), given the fact that having a hard time trusting others is part of her characterization and he's, you know, an evil witch with a rat familiar who dresses weird and speaks in riddles, I really don't want her bad temper to rain on anyone's parade.One of the #1 Rules of role-playing games is to Never Ruin Another Player's Fun, and I intend to abide to it 100%, so if you want me to tone down Litsy's crabbiness and teasing, just let me know!
No need to tone down anything. Disliking/Distrusting Pollux just means you are paying attention. :7)
As for upgrading teams that is always an option. It allows more flexibility but it comes with a cost. To upgrade the street performers is 50gp while upgrading the tengu sister is 200gp. It is an option if we want to spend the money. We have that much in the rebellion coffers right now.
Maybe we can update the street performers? It's rather cheap.
Ive consolidated the entries a bit on my end but i want you guys to look at the recruitment and message me your thoughts. It looks to be a mix of warpriests and i quisitors with an oracle and cleric or two so the actual class is less important than thw character to me.
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As for a promotion what role would you like with Borgan gone? We can definitely reshuffle the positions around with new blood. Are you thinking the Sentinel or wanting something else?
Well depending on who we get I think Thumbs has the stats to support Spymaster or Sentinel. Mind you we need a Requiter if we want to see level 3 and a Strategist for the extra action is almost mandatory.
Maybe we can talk Tark into taking 2 of the applicants. It would be nive to be able to fill all the offices.
Are the rest of you in support of getting 2? We initially started with 6 so im not opposed.
Also if tiny wants to shre their thoughts in pms i think we have who we want.
Anyone k ow of any good cosmic horror modules for pathfinder? Been reading through jeff v's annihilation trilogy and have an itch for the unsettling.
Anyone kmow of any good cosmic horror modules for pathfinder? Been reading through Jeff Y's annihilation trilogy and have an itch for the unsettling.
Found an old thread where someone was asking the same question. Might be useful.
Might also want to look at Chaosium's Roman stuff I'm sure it would adapt pretty easy.
Sorry, just got back from work! I'll take a look at the applications and send you a PM, GM.
Week 3 Rebellion Actions
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Don't we get a 3rd action because of Beorn the Strategist?
Could always use another recruit or whatever the Sisters can do.What can the Sisters do anyway?
Apart from entertaining an attic full of sweaty men, valuable service though that is.
They work as Sneaks, I think?
They work as Sneaks, I think?
OOooooo We could have them set a cache in the docks. A barrel in a alley with enough low class used street clothes for the group, some cash, and a couple or five healing potions. The idea is for a team (or us) on the run to be able to change appearance rapidly. The Sisters can then recover the swapped gear and reset the cache later.
Sound good? Or can we not afford this? We should come up with a standard small cache inventory so we can dot a few in each district and safe-house.
I also recommend upgrading the Sisters asap so we can have an active safe-house in whatever district we are going to be active in fur that week. Upgrading the street performers for misdirection is also a very reasonable action that we might as well do now.
Nah. The sisters are a specialist bonus group with no way to upgrade at this time. They have the Earn Gold and Gather Information actions.
Cool. I had Thumbs add a note to that effect to the rebellion sheet.
Have them Gather info then? They are likely nearly as good at eavesdropping as a rat.
Carrion Hill's looking pretty good right about now. Seems something much easier to twist into qhat I want.
Works for me. Perhaps get revenge on the rat that hurt Castor?
You are correct Castor that we have another action available to us. So generic gather info on rumors going around town?
Either that or Earn gold, but we have a good cash supply at the moment right?
Rumors would be best. Can we focus the gathering on the docks? If I remember correctly that is our next target?
I would love to get more info on what hurt Castor because I think we have a monster and/or spy in our house but I don't think the sisters can help with this problem...
Waiting on one more to get back to me before i make my final decision.
You are correct Castor that we have another action available to us. So generic gather info on rumors going around town?
So upgrade the street performers and have the sisters on general eavesdropping?
Do we want to think about getting some sneaks or peddlers for a third (non-bonus) team once we hit rank 3? Assuming the plot does not hand us a third team like it did with the salt boyz this might be an important decision. The sisters are a street performer/peddler duel team s they can take the earn income slot until rank and push the peddlers to rank 5 and the 4th team slot.
That would mean Sneaks for rank 3 and saving some of our tin to upgrade teams until we can get the rank 5 sisters/peddlers dual income machine going for quiet weeks.
The Sisters are nice but I can see their inability to rank up eventually sidelining them.
Greetings everyone! This is Merelda. I want to thank everyone for the chance to join your group. I’ve played this AP’s first book before here in PbP before the game died. I give props to any group who maintains their rebellion updates as well as you guys appear to do.
Hello, Sasha here! Very excited to join, and I'll second the being really impressed about the rebellion upkeep.
I just wanted to make a note: While I trade the 'Solo Tactics' ability for my Preacher 'Determination' ability, I still can gain bonus Teamwork feats if the group wants to look into that possibility in the future. I'm fine getting more Determination uses per day, but Teamwork feats can get pretty useful the more a group starts using them too.
Dunno if we've kept up as well as I thought. Looks like we skipped from rank 2 to 4. Just need variel to clarify whether or not he updated the sheet that last upkeep roll.
Dont see any reason why not.
Since we haven’t been introduced yet, Im assuming we new ladies get none if the new bonuses?
Not yet but relatively soon. There's some stuff to work out and I think I have an idea on where to put you two.
Hello to both newcomers! Happy to meet you!
Sorry for asking, but can the link to the spreadsheet be reposted in the discussion thread? I forgot to add it as a Favorite and I don't know where to find it
Welcome to the House of Fun Sasha and Merelda. We are short a lion at the moment but give thumbs a level or so......
HEY Tark
The players guide has each of us getting a potion. Players guide pg. 23 section Gift "...tributes to each PC...". Is this a change you are making or another instance of more editing needed for the Players Guide?
Since we haven’t been introduced yet, Im assuming we new ladies get none if the new bonuses?
If it works the way it did when Thumbs and I arrived the boni (bonuses?) activate when you actually join the Ravens. It would be worth while not to add the feat and the extra skill point just yet but have them ready to add once you get the high sign.
I just wanted to make a note: While I trade the 'Solo Tactics' ability for my Preacher 'Determination' ability, I still can gain bonus Teamwork feats if the group wants to look into that possibility in the future. I'm fine getting more Determination uses per day, but Teamwork feats can get pretty useful the more a group starts using them too.
I'll take a look. It will be tough to compete with 'Extra Hex' but who knows. I suppose it would be a way to keep you close to Thumbs as most hexes have a 30' range.
Hello, Sasha here! Very excited to join, and I'll second the being really impressed about the rebellion upkeep.
All that praise should go to Variel. Though we all have editing access to the rebellion sheet and I doubt the good Mr. Nightstorm would object to a bit of help.
The loot list and rebellion sheet are the link in my profile header.
... I really need to go back to sleep. Sorry!
HEY Tark
The players guide has each of us getting a potion. Players guide pg. 23 section Gift "...tributes to each PC...". Is this a change you are making or another instance of more editing needed for the Players Guide?
Eh, thats fine I didnt catch that part. Just make it 6 potions of Diguise Other for now.
Have a fun-ish idea. The potions were found in the former secret temple to Calistria in a box covered in her markings. the scavenger hot-potatoed it to the Street Performers who bounced it to us before the powers that annoy caught sight of it.
Just thinking of ways to connect to the new folks.
So I was thinking about the first proclamation:
"All slayers of city pests (hereby
ascribed as doves, mice, and ravens) who present said
pests to the dottari shall be rewarded with a bounty of
one copper piece."
You should see where I am going with this but I never pass up a chance to quote Twain:
"Once in Hartford the flies were so numerous for a time, and so troublesome, that Mrs. Clemens conceived the idea of paying George a bounty on all the flies he might kill. The children saw an opportunity here for the acquisition of sudden wealth. ... Any Government could have told her that the best way to increase wolves in America, rabbits in Australia, and snakes in India, is to pay a bounty on their scalps. Then every patriot goes to raising them."
A breeding pair of house mice can produce 3-14 pups a month. About half of those will be female who will start producing more mice in 2 months. The math taking average litter size and a 2year lifetime means north of 5 million mice in a year. 5m/100copper= 50k gold a year or over 4 times extravagant lifestyle.
Now this is not a proposal for the Ravens to pursue. But if we promulgate this info amongst the fine citizens then we can flood the dottiari with dead mice. The mayor would have to rescind the proclamation, functionally admitting they were wrong and humiliating the throne.
Even it this plan fails as it very likely will we will foster a major mouse plague in the city disrupting commerce and humiliating the mayor.
Also there would be a great many very dead mice. Damm rat-wanna-be posers.
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Both ideas bear merit Castor. I wonder if we could cross mice and rats though? Then Castor has something to do in his spare time and may have progeny to serve him.
I like the idea of finding a connection to the new recruits as currently Variel does not have many ideas for bringing them in. Not sure where he would meet a follower of Calistria at this point. I could see Variel knowing Sasha from a bar though that he frequents and brings her along that way.
As for the spreadsheet thanks for the kudos. I enjoy that type of thing and it's easy enough to do. If you do make any changes all I ask is that you post it accordingly in the discussion thread so we don't double up.
"Once in Hartford the flies were so numerous for a time, and so troublesome, that Mrs. Clemens conceived the idea of paying George a bounty on all the flies he might kill. The children saw an opportunity here for the acquisition of sudden wealth. ... Any Government could have told her that the best way to increase wolves in America, rabbits in Australia, and snakes in India, is to pay a bounty on their scalps. Then every patriot goes to raising them."
Too bad this didn't work for sparrows in Mao's China...
Unrelated, but should we discuss Sasha and Merelda's offices yet? We're missing Sentinel and Recruiter, but perhaps they'd like to do something else?
I've finally taken the time to look at the spreadsheet thoroughly, and Variel, you deserve all the kudos and the praise. That's some top-tier organization skills! The Hellknights won't stand a chance.
I like the idea of finding a connection to the new recruits as currently Variel does not have many ideas for bringing them in. Not sure where he would meet a follower of Calistria at this point. I could see Variel knowing Sasha from a bar though that he frequents and brings her along that way.
I think Tark may have an idea for the lady with the long lashes. Something seems to be going on in that bar. Hmmm bar ... Sasha has a bar in her background as well. Think our fearless leader is up to something Sasha?
Rats and mice can't crossbreed. We do have standards you know. (seriously they cant. Even making rat-mice in a lab is proving extremely difficult. Pig-Humans are much easier.
Rebels
Well the gang is effectively all here.
We should take a look at the players guide and see what offices we want/are suited for.
Rebels
Just did a scam of the Events in the players guide. Whoever takes Sentinel will hopefully have a good STR/WIS modifier and something in CON/CHA as those stats are used 4 to 5 times more frequently than INT/DEX in events. Unless the unknown special events make up the difference that is.
Dex/Wisdom are my highest stats. I took the campaign trait that ‘makes ‘ my Charisma effectively 14 for the office I take. Im not particular on which slot to take, although she might enjoy ‘recruiting too much!
Too bad this didn't work for sparrows in Mao's China...
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Too right. This tactic only works when control is loose enough that folks are more motivated by personal greed that by personal fear or a strong ideology. I do not know enough about the Great Leap to say anything about folks motivations but my cynical brain/gut says fear. Could be wrong though and they are far from mutually exclusive.
Wisdom is my highest stat. I took the campaign trait that ‘makes ‘ my Charisma effectively 14 for the office I take. Im not particular on which slot to take, although she might enjoy ‘recruiting too much!
Ummm your dex is 16/+3 and your wis 15/+2 on your character sheet. Am I misreading something?
I updated my post. You were too fast!
I updated my post. You were too fast!
Hotcha! <rat scampers away!>
So you are:
CON/CHA +2 thanks to Nat leader.
STR/WIS +2
DEX/INT +3
Very well balanced. Not recruiter or strategist. Pity Dex and Int are paired.