Here is where you ask all your questions your characters cannot!
Who holds Tempest and has become the moldspeaker? Was Balan taking on that role?
Interact with each other and see how you have come to know each other in the time of reestablishing Kelmarane.
Who was apart of the heroes of Kelmarane that helped to reclaim it?
This character immediately gets the impression that he or she should dig in a certain spot under the thicket in the cloister courtyard at area 8. This turns up an old weapon that coincidentally matches your favorite weapon type.
When the PC wields this weapon, a patchy, uneven
growth of mold appears on his weapon hand up to his
elbow, and the PC sometimes has flashes of Vardishal’s
memories. This effectively grants the character a +1 bonus
on all Intelligence-based skill checks. The power of the
weapon and the physical effect of the manifestation increase
in potency as the PCs goes up in level, and future events
might trigger hints of memories from Vardishal’s life. The
character does not become Vardishal, but some element
of the genie’s conscience exists within him, particularly
when the weapon is wielded. The overwhelming desire
of the character, the moldspeaker, is to wield this weapon
in battle against the hated efreet
The moldspeaker’s influence is a chaotic and good
effect, despite the sinister nature of the mold. It has no
impact on the PC’s alignment and shouldn’t harm him in
any other way.
Thanks Wolf! I'm looking forward to this!
No mold speaking for Soraya, she wouldn't allow some sort of moldy growth to ruin her perfect complexion.
Likewise! Glad to be here. Will be spending tomorrow with the family for Veterans Day, but will be looking to make a decent introductory post the day after.
Also want to say, while Moldspeaker is really cool, Sendi is doesn’t have much in the way of intelligence skills (2 skill point Paladins cry…). So she probably isn’t the best choice for it
Yes you can purchase magical items, sending gold or loot with the caravan, then they return with what they could trade for.
Yup, so it looks like Anso or Balan for the moldspeaker.
@ GM Wolf - Yes, I was planning to take on Moldspeaker, which ironically enough works with the fact that the Champion of Irori gets all knowledge skills and bardic knowledge. My only question is about the weapon I would have picked up, seeing as I mainly use unarmed strikes. If you want, I have a monk weapon as one of my starting weapons, and I could use that.
I'm currently working on an inital post, which I'll put up soon.
@ My fellow players - Hello! Here are some ideas on how relationships between Balan and other characters may have developed:
-My guess is that Balan would have things to talk about with Sendi, considering both grew up slaves.
-If Victrix is interested in tales, both Balan and his mother Uma could tell her a number of Jalmeri folk tales and Iroran parables she may not have heard before.
-I can't think of anything for anyone else, but he would respect anyone working toward self-improvement and lifting up others.
For a monk using weapons, I’m using handwraps
“ Many unarmed fighters wrap their hands in cloth to minimize injuries to their fists.
Some martial artists also weave small coins or metal bars into their handwraps, adding special material effects as well. Handwraps don’t alter the damage a character’s unarmed attacks deal. However, masterwork handwraps can be enchanted as weapons, providing their benefits on unarmed attacks the character makes with her hands. A character can’t benefit from both handwraps and other items that provide enhancement bonuses or weapon special abilities (such as an amulet of mighty fists) on the same attack.”
Perfect for unarmed warriors. Doesn’t work well for most natural attack builds. Technically won’t work on attacks there specifically use feet/legs.
I’m also using as a special material liquid glass:
“ This heatstone-derived glass is warm to the touch and slightly malleable, as if it were still liquid. A pliable nature allows this otherwise razor-sharp crystal to repair itself when it takes damage. An item made from liquid glass repairs damage to itself at a rate of 2 hit points per day, even if the weapon is broken or destroyed (but not if the weapon is destroyed in a way that the pieces cannot be retrieved, such as via disintegrate). If a weapon made from liquid glass has full hit points, it grants a +1 bonus on damage rolls. Items made from liquid glass have 10 hit points per inch of thickness and hardness 10.
Type of Liquid Glass Item Item Price Modifier
Weapon +800 GP
Other Items +250 GP/lb.”
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Well, I was NOT planning on taking up Moldspeaker, but I have to say it would be a boon mechanically. 13 trained Intelligence skills, Bardic Knowledge backing those training points up, and eventually the ability to use all skills as though trained. Auso's also more likely to have failed the Fort save. <wink>
I'm good with Balan bearing the curse. I just had to poke him a bit.
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Since Auso is here because he was sent along WITH Garavel to assist, he had to have been part of the team working to clear the gnolls. Not that this is the kind of work he was hoping to see coming here.
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Glancing at the other characters, I see at least one case where the Elephant in the Room rules aren't being used. Since everybody gets access to Weapon Finesse as a base combat option, Rogues gain Deft maneuvers for free at Level 1. I was really just trying to get a look at what else is at hand, but that jumped out at me.
Hi everyone - dotting in! I was not aware the thread was already going :O
Throrgar (yep, I changed name from Tharg, hope that is ok) could be a good candidate for the moldspeaker - assuming the +1 to Intelligence skills would affect those considered by the Empiricist archetype, it would be pretty sweet. Plus the whole thing could be an object of study for him.
But all good on my end also with Balan taking it.
Throrgar could be a part of the group that contributed to the liberation of Kelmaranes. Most of his time now would probably be split between:
- The small Alchemy shop he has managed to set up next to his sleeping quarters (good idea, I am spending 200gold in an Alchemist Lab), either researching his 'own personal project' - those who know him, would be aware of this, but maybe not the details;
- Researching and documenting any curio he can get his hands on, either around Kelmaranes, or in the surrounding regions;
- Doing forays outside the walls of Kelmaranes with patrols, both intent on making sure the gnoll threat has indeed subsided, but also to saciate his will to explore;
- Visiting the guard house, to rub shoulders with some of those he fought side by side before;
I can see him sharing interests with several of the characters, but Auso as an Archeologist would be a logic one.
I can also see him delivering any religious related artifact he might come across in his forays, to anyone established in the church.
Etc.
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Auso still has a lot of street rat in him. He's unconsciously afraid of leaving anything unattended. He still identifies opportunities that he no longer needs.
But he has a voracious appetite for information. By now you've all learned that his apparent lack of attention is usually either a bluff, or a misreading of how hard he's focusing on the sounds and their message. He also consistently uses magic to keep himself cleaner than basically anyone else you've ever met in your life. When he has an unused spell slot at bedtime, he casts Fastidiousness to keep himself and his gear clean for the next 24 hours. If he is forced to use his spells up during the day, he'll use prestidigitation over and over through the next day, attempting to "stay ahead of the problem."
If anyone has a recommended tweak, I would love to hear it. Doesn't mean I'll implement it, but I would love to hear the ideas.
And finally got the introduction post up. Sorry for the wait. Ended up having to do it with a cranky one month old sleeping on my chest. :P
Balan, given that both of our characters are unarmored/unarmed practitioners would it be fair to say that they have been sparring partners/friends while in town?
And Soraya, given that your character is a cleric of Sarenrae, what has she been doing in town? If she has any kind of a congregation, then Sendi would certainly be part of it.
Auso...I'm not sure what kind of relationship Sendi would have with Auso. If you have any ideas, I'm all ears. Otherwise, I'd just treat it as "she recognizes him and maybe has spoken once or twice."
Sendi, congrats on the baby!
Been there, done that, though some time ago ;)
Soraya will be mostly occupied with restoring the church. She can't yet cast the spells needed to reconsecrate it or hallow the building, but she can restore the building's structure and its contents so it ready when the magic can be worked.
She came with Lady Almah's caravan at the very beginning and was active in reclaiming Kelmarane the whole time. As the head of the church in town, Soraya sees herself as a sort of public official. She views her position as being more or less co-equal with Lady Almah's in theory if not exactly in practice. That said, she also sees Lady Almah as a partner and ally rather than a rival. The town's freedom is too new and precarious for conflicts among leaders. She keeps busy however and stays informed about what is happening currently, as well as what is being planned for the future.
She would certainly be taking time to meet and get to know all the other characters at lest a little, thinking it to be practically part of her job. Soraya is definitely not hanging around idle while waiting to be given something to do.
Congrats on the new baby Sendi!
I think Soraya would be on friendly and familiar terms with Sendi, the longer Sendi has been around the friendlier and more familiar.
I tend to envision the Sarenite Church in Qadira especially as being a very organized, structured, and hierarchical thing like the Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches. It's been around absolutely forever, has few serious competitors, and wields real political power.
Gurat is an important location in Qadira, so as high priest of the temple there, Soraya's mother is sort of analogous to an archbishop. Soraya is used to the idea of leadership and will tend to view herself as ranking higher than Sendi since clerics are spiritual (and often otherwise) leaders in society, while paladins are tools for protection and enforcement. That doesn't at all mean Soraya wouldn't respect Sendi, but Soraya is a mind and Sendi is a hand.
The Church may not be so structured and rigid outside Qadira, but she only knows the Qadiran portion of the church.
Ooooooph Soraya, that is a lot of hierarchy and status for Throrgar :P
But they could have easily crossed paths whenever he visits the church with Victrix, or returning some artifact he might have come across out in the desert, and which he may believe to have some religious relevance.
Throrgar is not a religious one, but he considers the divine as an undeniable fact ;)
@Sendi - Absolutely, especially with slavery in both their backgrounds.
Also, he will have spent a good portion of time since the liberation spreading the word of Irori among the villagers, and out on patrols looking for a spot for a monastery in the hills above town.
@Throrgar: To be more precise Soraya's mom is a famous action hero-saint-high priestess. It's a lot of pressure and expectations from people when one's mom is cooler than one probably will ever be. What makes it worse is her mom Heba is actually quite laid back as a parent. It's all the other people who know Heba is Soraya's mother that are the problem.
Soraya can get anxious about that sort of thing.
Throrgar is not a religious one...
Yet. Soraya will guide Throrgar to the Dawnflower's mercy and redemption sooner or later. :)
Re: Baby. Thanks. :) This is child number 4. The last and final baby. Luckily taking care of him is nothing new at this point.
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Totally fine with the hierarchy. Sendi would be glad to have that kind of structure. Also she is not an ordained Paladin…she has lay on hands, but it is unclear if it is from her Aasimar heritage or her Goddess. That is unless she has been ordained as a Paladin by Soraya. Which alone could be a good connection.
Also for Balan I’d think that she’d see him as an older brother kind of figure. Both because of the shared slavery in their background and because practicing with him would be the only formal martial arts training that she has had.
Also, I’ve added the drawback mark of slavery.
“You were enslaved for part or all of your youth, and marked as such with a brand or tattoo that still reminds you of how you were punished whenever you failed to do what you should.
Effect: Whenever you fail a skill check, you take a –2 penalty on any skill check or attack roll you attempt before the end of your next turn unless it is a part of retrying the failed skill check.”
It seems to be very IC.
These first posts are welcomed to be long! After all we want to show others what our daily life has become before plunging back into action.
Congrats on the new baby Sendi!
I think Soraya would be on friendly and familiar terms with Sendi, the longer Sendi has been around the friendlier and more familiar.
I tend to envision the Sarenite Church in Qadira especially as being a very organized, structured, and hierarchical thing like the Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches. It's been around absolutely forever, has few serious competitors, and wields real political power.
Gurat is an important location in Qadira, so as high priest of the temple there, Soraya's mother is sort of analogous to an archbishop. Soraya is used to the idea of leadership and will tend to view herself as ranking higher than Sendi since clerics are spiritual (and often otherwise) leaders in society, while paladins are tools for protection and enforcement. That doesn't at all mean Soraya wouldn't respect Sendi, but Soraya is a mind and Sendi is a hand.
The Church may not be so structured and rigid outside Qadira, but she only knows the Qadiran portion of the church.
Who has been in charge of the church? I think that would determine how things are run initially.
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As Soraya reclaimed the monostary with the reclamation of Kelmarane, the church is likely very structured! Do a diplomacy check to see how many other clergy you have collected to the church. Assuming you would want more.
I noticed that I was not included in any of your suggestions!
Aukan is a straight shooting goliath fighter. He takes things easily and rolls with any problems that arise. His temper only flares like a barbarian when slavery is involved or an obvious disrespect to his companions.
We have a Goliath? :O
And an incredibly dangerous Goliath at that. How does our party know him and how does he fit into the campaign?
He definitely rolled well :D
What's a Goliath?
What's a Goliath?
It’s a D&D race. I’ve seen a few conversions for pathfinder.
“ Goliaths are large, rugged humanoids that inhabit the tallest, most inhospitable mountain ranges, higher than even most dwarves find tolerable. These daring nomads follow herds of wild sheep and other game up and down the mountain slopes, fearlessly braving cliffs and ledges to survive.
Standing 7 to 8 feet tall, goliaths are large, muscular people with pale gray skin covered in darker patterns and dotted with bony growths called lithoderms. Goliath women typically have long black hair, while male goliaths are usually hairless. Goliaths take pride in their body markings, and prefer light clothing that shows off as much skin as possible. Although they are a spartan people, many goliaths wear jewelry such as ear, nose, or brow rings.
Goliaths push themselves to the point of foolhardiness, competing against their clanmates and their own past achievements. Competition is the heart of goliath culture, ranging from friendly games like races and tug-of-war to deadly serious attempts to prove themselves best at combat. Just as important is the concept of a level playing ground, and goliaths look down on other races’ kings and lords who hoard wealth without having earned it. Goliaths who cannot or will not push themselves this way are seen as lazy and useless and face exile. A few such exiles become adventurers; most die in the wild. Few goliaths reach old age.”
Sorry folks my day went from being easy to being completely full. I had a half day at work, then had to drive to help out family. Then got invited to some games with friends, we took pizza to share! I had to keep up a conversation with my wife to help her stay awake as she drove, so no time to post there.
Now to answer questions...
I transcribed him over from another campaign. No adjustments to his character sheet yet.
Thanks for the explanation Sendi!
At least I wasn't transcribed over!!!
Oh you will see me eventually, I always show up in his campaigns for Legacy of Fire!!!
I was not hired on as a mercenary for Almah, but was found in the abandoned cathedral. I was released from my prison by those hired mercenaries: Soraya, Balan, Auso, and Throrgar. To repay them, for their kindness or accident, I swore to fight for them.
Victrix was staying at camp I believe.
He found his portal stone and was able to bring his allies and wealth here after the reclamation of Kelmarane happened, a good two months after.
Aha! Arthur Stavian. We played in a War for the Crown game together for a short while before it crashed and burned. I had an Oracle/Bard named Thonis.
Wow, sorry. I guess I missed that gameplay was open.
Aha! Arthur Stavian. We played in a War for the Crown game together for a short while before it crashed and burned. I had an Oracle/Bard named Thonis.
Ah yes! I remember you. Yeah I have no clue where bluedove is...
I remembered this morning that we never decided on what the Moldspeaker weapon was. Sendi had suggested it could be a handwrap, and I had offered to have it be my starting waveblade. I would like to know which of those two options you'd like to go with (or another option, if you want), so I can roleplay using that weapon appropriately.
I like the idea of Tempest being a waveblade! That sounds cool!
Sounds good!
Question: How does cold weather interact with Cold Resistance 5?
Also with sleeves of many garments, that can make cold weather clothing, right?
Sleeves of many garments: These translucent cloth tubes easily fit over their wearer’s arms.
The wearer of these sleeves can, when she slips them on, choose to transform of her current garments into any other non-magical set of clothing. These new clothes fit her perfectly and are always clean and mended unless she specifically designates otherwise. When she removes the sleeves, her clothes revert to their original form.
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So sleeves of many garments only changes the appearance, they would not give you cold weather clothing.
Cold Resistance 5 means that you could be out on the tundra, nearly naked, for a few hours before becoming cold. If you ever take more than 6 points of cold damage then you begin to feel its biting cold effects.
Hope you feel better soon.
Wish you quick recovery Victrix ;)