Welcome to those selected! Let's try and have fun. I am looking forward to this game. Please finish your characters and spend your gold. Also, let me know if you have ties to any of the other players or if you wish to start out as strangers.
Looking forward to it.
Checking in. Thanks for picking me!
Re previous ties, Rik has been in Diamond Lake for a few months. He might have heard of Andros, and given his mercantile cover Badabar may have sought him out for clues regarding the stolen gems. Rik also speaks Gnomish. He's unlikely to know Cedric, though.
Thanks for the selection! Gold spent. I am cool with knowing Rik, as we have the same outlook on life (LN) and he could be my alchemy purveyor. We're quite a lawful party! Looks like we're missing Knowledge (Religion) ranks. Maybe Cedric will help with that.
Thanks for the invite. I'll finish my equipment and spells at lunch later today.
My current background has me passing through town so I wouldn't know anyone although we can adjust that if needed.
I do have religion but limited as a cleric w 10 int. Part of reason I went with human to get a 3rd sp per level.
I took a trait to reduce crafting by 5% to save gold. Maybe I should change to seeker to boost perception and free up a few skill points for other skills. Any thoughts on that?
Badabar might pick up religion next level, but Paladins don't get a lot of skill points.
Badabar probably might have met Rik at Tidwoad's, where he is staying.
It's not a big town, so we've likely crossed paths in the town square.
It's Bad's first trip out in the world on his own, and he's surprised by the wickedness that lurks under the surface in what is supposed to be a civilized part of the world.
The big folk aren't really familiar with smallfolk religion and so they don't really get that Bad is a paladin of Gaerdal Ironhand able to sense evil in the world.
I expect he is underestimated by most humans he meets.
Hey all, please format your profiles as Cedric has done, as it gives me a quick glance at your vital stats without having to click your profiles. Also, I have linked a profile of Diamond Lake and the Legend for Badabar's Diamond Lake Map (thx for that!) in the Campaign Info Tab above and you can dot in the Gameplay thread as well.
Profile formatted. Badabar is correct, it is a small town, so a gnome, an oread, and a ratfolk would stand out, especially since 92% of population is human so I am sure we would have crossed paths.
Cedric, Perception is the most rolled skill in the game. I would take Seeker as a social trait to make it a class skill. My 2 cents.
Waiting on Rik to modify his profile view.
My thoughts are that Rik, with his high intelligence and ranks in Spellcraft and Arcana, has interacted and developed a social acquaintance perhaps discussing the arcane arts, with the wizard Allustan, brother of the Lord-Mayor, and widely regarded as the "smartest man in town". Thoughts?
Perhaps Badabar and Cedric have run into each other at a shrine or other religious place?
I knew I'd forgotten something. How does the header look now?
Definitely agree that Rik would be acquainted with Allustan. I think of Rik as in large part self-taught in alchemy--at least as pertains to the crypt breaker class features--so he's always looking for more information in the field. It's natural for him to seek out wizards and other scholars.
Is anyone else having trouble dotting into gameplay thread? When I click "submit" it responds as if I've clicked "preview". I've tried from my computer and phone and get the same result.
Looking at the magic item creation rules, I realize I've never created high level items where that 5% discount would help. It looks like I can easily create some +1 items in a week (and save about 500 gp) but a +5 item seems unlikely.
As I understand it, take a +5 weapon with a base price of 50k which would take 50 days. If I increase the DC by 5, I can cut it to 25 days but only if that's all I'm doing. If we are out adventuring, it's back to taking 50 days. Even if I create 6 similar items over the course of a year, I will have only saved 15k in gold from the trait. Just from that perspective, it seems more advantageous to take the seeker trait for the boost to perception.
I was able to phantom dot in, and I see that Andros also managed to post. I've occasionally had problems like what you've described, though, and I generally have to start the post over from scratch.
Thanks Rik, looks good. Cedric, can you add the Touch and FF AC to your header?
I know Badabar is staying at Tidwoad's. And the rest of you? You can view the legend for a list of places in town.
Andros hangs out at the Feral Dog drinking and eating until night and sleeps at the Able Carter Coaching Inn for 1 gp/night.
I'm assuming the amenities at the Inn are better than at the Flophouse. If that's the case, I'll splurge and start at the Inn.
I'm still not having luck posting in gameplay though.
Cedric, sorry about the posting issue you're having. Let me know when it gets resolved. The amenities are better at the inn.
Not sure what the issue was. I was able to ghost dot last night. Sorry, I should have posted here that I was able to get in.
How are we starting? Is it the start of the day?
I should be able to do something about that soon...would have been sooner, but my work day just went kind of pear-shaped.
Im quite limited in skils but I do have a scroll of comprehend languages. I think I'm ready.
In non-combat situations, I will always cast guidance on someone before a skill check if possible.
Got it, thanks for the heads up.
If you send me the map, I can put it up on Google Drawings or Slides, and make it editable by everyone so we can move our tokens.
I'm playing around with a status spoiler to help me track what is going on from round to round.
This should be editable by anyone. I color-coded the wolves and tried to position the combatants in something approximating the actual layout. I'm not sure how the color-coding matches up with the original identifiers, though.
Very cool map, Rik! Easy to zoom in.
Thanks!
Narrator, could you put the map link into the header?
Thanks for the map, Rik! Appreciate it. Map under the Campaign Tab.
I'll get the map updated later today. Incidentally, I've played through the first parts of AoW before, and even though it was over nine years ago I remember this room. So I'll let everyone else figure out the next move, unless we get stuck.
Updated map. I moved it to a Slides format, to make it easier to see previous maps. Narrator, if there are any other handouts or pictures you'd like added I can do that as well.
Thanks for serting up the maps switching to slides. It is easier to use on my phone as drive is blocked at work.
No problem! I sympathize; Paizo is blocked at my work, but so far Drive still works.
Where did the yellow lantern go when the metal shaft rose from the floor?
It rose up and now cannot be seen due to the elevator.
Was the yellow lantern lit?
No only the green one.
What Cedric said.
Narrator, you can put the new map link into your profile header. Take a look at my GM alias HERE and you'll see how I do it. That makes accessing the map much quicker.
Done! Thanks.
I'd put the new map you sent up at a different link--see my post from Tuesday morning.
Oops, my bad. I started combat on the wrong map. Oh well. After this fight, will change to new map. Thanks.
No problem; as far as I can tell the only difference is the level of detail re the positions of the lanterns.
Thanks, I forgot about that so my 3 dam should be 4. Unfortunately, in reading up on swarms, they aren't subject to crits. :(
I didn't know that, either.
Good to know, thought the swarm might be in trouble.
I've updated the MAP, and I think I have us in the right place. Note that north is down.
"The Ironhand doesn't have anything in particular against beetles, but he tasks his followers with defending their fellows against any dangers that threaten them...." Badabar says between breaths as he recovers from his swing.
No one got that I was riffing on the JBS Haldane quote about beetles?
Looks like Death-Lok had only posted once in one game in the last 2 weeks.
@GM - are you waiting for him or can you bot to move things along?